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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.
that one word will mar all that comfort, fool this night they shall require thy soul, and whose then shall all these things be?
that one word will marr all that comfort, fool this night they shall require thy soul, and whose then shall all these things be?
Seventhly, Consider the particular crosses, infirmities, and afflictions ye are under and may be shortly under, ⟨p. 71⟩which may put you in mind of dying, and invite you to make for a change to the better; now ye are in health, within a little ye may fall sick; now ye are in safety, and by and by the may be in hazard; do not so many changes call on you aloud to make for an unchangeable estate, and to endeavour to make sure that it may be a happy one?
Seventhlie, Consider the particular crosses, infirmities, and afflictions ye are under and may be shortlie under, ⟨p. 71⟩which may put you in mind of dieing, and invite you to make for a change to the better; now ye are in health, within a litle ye may fall sick; now ye are in saftie, and by and by ye may be in hazard; doe not so many changes call on you aloud to make for ane unchangeable estate, and to endeavour to make sure that it may be a happie one?
And now when we have spoken both to directions, and considerations pressing and enforcing the practice of them, for ordering our life and walk with a due regard to dying, and to dying in the Lord; we are affrayed that it shall be but as water spilt on the ground, and but little further the conviction and edification of many of us, which God only can prevent; and therefore we shall shut up all with a word to two sorts of you; The 1. is to you that are stricken deaf and dead with the spiritual Judgments of God, who no more regard or mind your immortal souls then if ye had none at all, who live rather like beasts then like reasonable men and women, or like pagans rather then like Christians, what through carnal joveltie and mirth in some, what through profanity & mocking of piety in other some, what through idleness in a third sort, what through the earthly mindedness & grovelling in the world that is in a fourth sort, and what through security, formality, and hypocrisy that reigns in the greatest part; I assure you in the name of the Lord, that death is coming and God will not be mocked, as ye sow so ye shall reap; think ye it sufficient preparation for death, or a suitable readiness to die, to laugh and sport and play over your time, or to have your buildings going up, and your bargains going on? beguile not yourselves there is a reckoning quickly coming which will be very sad, and many of you will find yourselves behind and at a loss in the main business: do not think, Sirs, that we speak their words for the fashion, your case requires them all, and