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The righteous mans death lamented. A sermon preached at St. Austins, London, Aug.23. 1662…
The righteous mans death lamented. A sermon preached at St. Austins, London, Aug.23. 1662 at the funeral of that eminent servant of Jesus Christ, Mr. Simeon Ash late minister of the gospel there. By Edmund Calamy, B.D.
London : s.n., printed in the year 1662
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.
First, it is a common sin, and therefore it is set down in the greatest latitude; the righteous perisheth, and no man lays it to heart; that is, very few: And merciful men are taken away; no man considering! that is, very few.
First, it is a common sin, and therefore it is set down in the greatest latitude; the righteous perisheth, and no man layes it to heart; that is, very few: And merciful men are taken away; no man considering! that is, very few.
2dly, It is a great sin; and therefore the Prophet Jeremiah in the former Chapter calls to all the Beasts of the Field to devour, that is, all the Enemies of the Church to destroy the Children of Israel, because they drank strong drink, filling themselves with merriment, and promised themselves happy days, but did not consider that the righteous were taken away from the evil to come.
2dly, It is a great sin; and therefore the Prophet Jeremy in the former Chapter calls to all the Beasts of the Field to devour, that is, all the Enemies of the Church to destroy the Children of Israel, because they drank strong drink, filling themselves with merriment, and promised themselves happy dayes, but did not consider that the righteous were taken away from the evil to come.
I shall begin with the first, That the righteous perish as well as the unrighteous.