A47613:347
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.
I answer, First, They gain a glorious place, heaven, the glorious Paradise of God, the Mansions of glory that are in our Fathers House! Who is able to conceive what a glorious place heaven is? But then,
I answer, First, They gain a glorious place, heaven, the glorious Paradice of God, the Mansions of glory that are in our Fathers House! Who is able to conceive what a glorious place heaven is? But then,
Secondly, They shall enjoy glorious company too. They shall be with Jesus Christ, have his company, in whose presence there is fullness of joy, and at whose right hand there be pleasures for evermore; be with Christ, holy Angels, and glorious spirits of just men made perfect. O what a blessed state and condition of soul have they gained that are gone thither!
Secondly, They shall enjoy glorious company too. They shall be with Jesus Christ, have his company, in whose presence there is fulness of joy, and at whose right hand there be pleasures for evermore; be with Christ, holy Angels, and glorious spirits of just men made perfect. O what a blessed state and condition of soul have they gained that are gone thither!
Thirdly, we shall gain sweet peace. 'Tis not only peace in Christ (that Gods people have as their portion here) but it shall be peace with Christ. A Woman that has a dear Husband who is gone to Sea, he is it may be in another Country, yet she hears from him, receives tokens of love, she has much satisfaction of the steadfastness of his love, cordialness of his affection; in this she has peace and comfort, but alas what is this peace to that when he comes home, when she has him, enjoys his company? O we shall see Christ, enjoy him, yea lie in his arms to all eternity. Enter thou, saith Christ, into the joy of thy Lord. That joy is too much to enter into us, therefore we must enter into that. Mark the perfect man and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace. He has peace In death, peace beyond