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The last work of a believer his passing prayer recommending his departing spirit to…
The last work of a believer his passing prayer recommending his departing spirit to Christ to be received by Him / prepared for the funerals of Mary the widow first of Francis Charlton Esq. and after of Thomas Hanmer, Esq., and partly preached at St. Mary Magdalens Church in Milk-Street, London, and now, at the desire of her daughter, reprinted by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by B. Griffin for B. Simmons, 1682
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.
Say then to him, [My Lord, I expect but the performance of thy Covenants, and the discharge of thine undertaken Of••ce: As thou hast caused me to believe in thee, and •••e and serve thee, and perform the conditions which ••ou laidst on me, though with many sinful failings which thou hast pardoned: so now let my soul that hath trusted on thee, have the full experience of thy fidelity, and take me to thy self according to thy Covenant. O now remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused him to hope! (Psalm 119. 49.) How many precious promises hast thou left us, that we shall not be forsaken by thee, but that we shall be with thee where thou art, that we may behold thy glory! For this cause art thou the Mediator of the New Covenant, that by means of death for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first Testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal Inheritance: (Heb. 9. 15.) According to thy Covenant, Godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come, 1 Tim. 4. 8. and when we have done thy will (notwithstanding ⟨p. 42⟩[…] ⟨p. 43⟩[…] ⟨p. 44⟩our lamentable imperfections) we are to receive the promise, Heb. 10. 36. O now receive me into the Kingdom which thou hast promised to them that love thee, James 1. 12.
Say then to him, [My Lord, I expect but the performance of thy Covenants, and the discharge of thine undertaken Of••ce: As thou hast caused me to believe in thee, and e and serve thee, and perform the conditions which ou laidst on me, though with many sinful failings which thou hast pardoned: so now let my soul that hath trusted on thee, have the full experience of thy fidelity, and take me to thy self according to thy Covenant. O now remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused him to hope! (