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The blessedness of the death of these that die in the Lord and more…The blessednesse of the death of these that die in the Lord and more…
The blessedness of the death of these that die in the Lord and more especially in an evil time excellently discoursed in seven very searching but sweet sermons on Revel. 14, v. 13 : wherein several weighty cases relating to death in general and to dying in Lord in particular are succinctly, solidly and satisfyingly handled / by James Durham.The blessednesse of the death of these that die in the Lord and more especially in ane evil time excellently discoursed in seven very searching but sweet sermons on Revel. 14, v. 13 : wherein several weighty cases relating to death in genereal and to dieing in Lord in particular are succinctly, solidly and satisfieingly handled / by James Durham.
Glasgow? : s.n., 1681
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
We come now to a third and main use of the general Doctrine, seeing it is of such concernment to die in the Lord, as it hath eternal happiness depending upon it, let all of you seriously set yourselves to fall about such a way of living, as when death comes ye may die in him; As ever ye would attain to this happiness and eschew this misery whereof ye have been hearing, take I say, such a way of living as death may find you in him.
We come now to a third and main use of the general Doctrine, seeing it is of such concernment to die in the Lord, as it hath eternal happinesse depending upon it, let all of you seriously sett yourselves to fall about such a way of living, as when death comes ye may die in him; As ever ye would attaine to this happinesse and eshew this miserie whereof ye have been hearing, take I say, such a way of living as death may find you in him.
To clear and press this a little I shall speak a word to these three things; 1. Somewhat further to what dying in the Lord is; 2. To some rules or directions that all, who would solidly comfort themselves in the hope of dying in the Lord, would make use of, and walk by, in their life. 3. To the necessity of taking these directions and walking according to them, even as ye would have the comfort of these that die in the Lord; and of doing this speedily without delay or dallying.
To cleir and presse this a little I shall speak a word to these three things; 1. Somewhat further to what dieing in the Lord is; 2. To some rules or directions that all, who would solidly comfort themselves in the hope of dieing in the Lord, would make use of, and walk by, in their life. 3. To the necessitie of takeing these directions and walking according to them, even as ye would have the comfort of these that die in the Lord; and of doeing this speedily without delay or dallieing.