A discourse concerning the Redeemer's dominion over the invisible world, and the entrance thereinto

And hence when a good man Dies (elder or younger) the common cry is among the better sort (for the other do less concern themselves) O what a loss is this! Not to be repaired! not to be born! Indeed this is better than the common stupidity, not to consider, not to take it to Heart, when the Righteous Man perisheth, or is taken away. And the Law of our own Nature, obliges and prompts us, to feel, and regret, the losses which afflict us. But such resentments ought to be followed, and qualified, by greater thoughts, arising from a superior Nature, that ought presently to take place with us, of the nobler employments which God calls such unto, of whom this World was not worthy, ⟨p. 135⟩Heb. 11.38. And how highly his great and all comprehending interest, is to be preferred before our own, or the interest of this or that Family, Country, or Nation, on Earth!

And hence when a good man Dies (elder or younger) the common cry is among the better sort (for the other do less concern themselves) O what a loss is this! Not to be repaired! not to be born! Indeed this is better than the common stupidity, not to consider, not to take it to Heart, when the Righteous Man perisheth, or is taken away. And the Law of our own Nature, obliges and prompts us, to feel, and regret, the losses which afflict us. But such resentments ought to be followed, and qualified, by greater thoughts, arising from a superiour Nature, that ought presently to take place with us, of the nobler employments which God calls such unto, of whom this World was not worthy, ⟨p. 135⟩Heb. 11.38. And how highly his great and all comprehending interest, is to be preferr'd before our own, or the interest of this or that Family, Country, or Nation, on Earth!

And, at once, both to enlarge and quiet our minds, on such occasions we should particularly consider,