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The life and death of Mr. Tho. Wilson, minister of Maidstone, in the county…
The life and death of Mr. Tho. Wilson, minister of Maidstone, in the county of Kent, M.A.
London? : s.n., 1672
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CHAP. XXIV. His Sickness and Death.
That piety which did shine so brightly in his life, did wonderfully sparkle in his death. The messenger which God sent to call him hence, (for morbus est via ad mortem) was a violent Fever, which he welcomed, as knowing it was sent by a gracious Father to call him home to his Fathers House. No guest comes at any time a miss to him that keeps a constant Table, no providence, no not death it self comes at any time amiss to him that is always ready, and dieth daily while he liveth. His Lamps were burning, his Oil was ready in his Vessel, when the Bridegroom came.
THat piety which did shine so brightly in his life, did wonderfully sparkle in his death. The messenger which God sent to call him hence, (for morbus est via ad mortem) was a violent Feaver, which he welcomed, as knowing it was sent by a gracious Father to call him home to his Fathers House. No guest comes at any time a miss to him that keeps a constant Table, no providence, no not death it self comes at any time amiss to him that is always ready, and dieth dayly while he liveth. His Lamps were burning, his Oyl was ready in his Vessel, when the Bridegroom came.
His Fever had continued but a little while, before his friends did Prognosticate, that it would prove mortal, and remove him from thence, whom they loved as their own souls, and under whose Ministry they had sat with so much delight. But what he had been in the course of his life, the same did he continue to be to his death; Though his disease was violent, and his fits often acute and sharp, yet he