A47613:261
A summons to the grave, or, The necessity of a timely preparation for death…
A summons to the grave, or, The necessity of a timely preparation for death demonstrated in a sermon preached at the funeral of that most eminent and faithful servant of Jesus Christ Mr. John Norcot who departed this life March 24, 1675/6 / by Benjamin Keach.
London: printed for Ben Harris, 1676
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
1. By it is intended the whole man, Gen. 46. 27. And the sons of Joseph which were born him in Egypt, were two souls; all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten souls; the like you have in Acts 7. 14. And Joseph called his father Jacob to him and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls; that is so many persons: in Acts 27. 37. all that were with Paul in the ship, are said to be two hundred and threescore and sixteen souls.
2. It is taken for the life of the body, Psal. 7. 5. Let the wicked persecute my soul and take it, yea let him tread down my life upon the earth.
3. It is taken for the affections, desire, or heart of the Creature, 1 Sam. 1. 15. And Hannah answered and said, no my Lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord. And in chap. 18. it is said, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David; that is, his affections were set and fastened upon him. In many other places, by soul we find some one or more faculty of the soul is intended.