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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.
Advertisement by Agnes Campbell, relict of the deceased Mr. William Guthrie, late Minister of the Gospel, to suc• unto whose hands some printed papers, called Sermons, bearing the said Mr. William Guthrie his name, may come.
Advertisement by Agness Campbell, relict of the deceast Mr. William Guthrie, late Minister of the Gospel, to suc• unto whose hands some printed papers, called Sermons, bearing the said Mr. William Guthrie his name, may come.
Christian Reader.
Being much afflicted with the sight of some printed papers or Sermons, to which the name of my worthy Husband, now with the Lord, is prefixed, by these who have published them, because I found many things therein injurious, not only to his memory, but to the truth; I was therefore at the pains to cause compare them with his notes I have beside me, and likewise, to interrogat some of his most conscientious and judicious ordinary hearers yet living, anent the same; And after due and serious consideration of the whole, I dare very confidently declare, that they are not the genuine works and Sermons of my foresaid Husband, which may be very evident to all that knew him, considering the perplexed stile, the confusion and want of connection, and a multitude of vain repetitions, that are oftentimes to be found therein, as also want of that clear method familiar to him, together with the unsoundness sometimes of the matter, which was known to be far from him, being well instructed in the form of sound words, which in all discourses to the people he held fast. Moreover, there be many things therein clear nonsense and