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Advice to mourners under the loss of dear relations in a funeral sermon long…
Advice to mourners under the loss of dear relations in a funeral sermon long since preached / by the late Reverend Dr. Thomas Manton ... And now occasionally published on the much lamented death of Mrs. Ann Terry, who died the 9th of November, 1693. With a short account of some passages of her life, and papers left under her own hand.Advice to mourners under the loss of dear relations in a funeral sermon long since preach'd / by the late Reverand Dr. Thomas Manton ... And now occasionally published on the much lamented death of Mrs. Ann Terry, who died the 9th of November, 1693. With a short account of some passages of her life, and papers left under her own hand.
London: printed by J.D. for Jonathon Robinson, 1694
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.
PAPER II.
DO thou, by a patient Continuance in Well-doing, seek for Glory, and Honour, and Immortality, and Eternal Life. Be not weary of Well-doing, for in due time thou shalt reap if thou faint not. Is there Glory, Honour, Immortality, and Eternal Life set before me, and yet shall I tire and wax weary? Dare I be impatient and fret at any of the Lord's ⟨p. 38⟩Dealings towards me? If Heaven were oftener in my Eye and View, I should be more calm and composed in the midst of all Trials, Troubles and Afflictions that do or may overtake me during my Abode in this distracting and Sin-defiling World. Is there Glory to be had hereafter, and shall not I endeavour to be a Sharer therein? Is there Honour to be conferred upon those that are true Worshippers of the Lamb, and shall I be dull, and dead, and sluggish, and unmindful of the Honour that shall be bestowed upon the Saints? Is Immortality set before me, and yet I so glued to this mortal Life, that the Interests and Concernments thereof so fill up my Time and Thoughts, that these Heavenly Objects are too seldom thought of, and presented to my Mind? An eternal Life is offered in the Gospel to all those that by Faith lay hold on it, and yet I, Fool that I am, so solicitous for this temporal Life, this animal, this perishing, this fading Life, so that I do too too much neglect my precious, immortal, never-dying Soul? so that should I hereafter be banished thy comfortable Presence, and excluded from those Joys and Pleasures that are enjoyed by those admitted to thy Kingdom and Glory, I could blame none but my self, who have not in a due manner sought the Welfare of ⟨p. 39⟩my Soul. I have a blessed Hope of the glorious Appearance of the Great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ, which I pretend to look, long, and wait for: but do I live as an Expectant of such tremendous Appearances? Can I, with Comfort, and Confidence, and Hope, look for this glorious Appearance of the great God, when he shall come in flaming Fire, taking Vengeance on them that know him not, nor obey his Gospel? If I be found in this Number, how sad and deplorable will my Case be? Help me, O Lord, to search and see how Matters go with my Soul: If thou art not in Christ; If I have not got an Interest in God the Father, Son, and Spirit, there will be no blessed Hope for me, but a fearful Expectation of the fiery Indignation that shall consume his Adversaries: O!