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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.
2dly, The righteous consist of perishing principles as well as the unrighteous; the righteous are earthly vessels, made of dust; their foundation is in the dust; their lives are a vapour as well as the lives of the unrighteous.
3dly, The righteous must dye as well as others, because they have a body of sin that they carry about with them; for there is no man so wise, that lives and sins not, Eccles. 7.20. Wherefore there is that which deserves death in a righteous man.
Lastly, and especially, The righteous must perish upon a peculiar account; For if we had hope only in this life (saith the Apostle) we are of all men most miserable, and therefore they must perish to keep them from perishing, they must say as Themistocles, Periissem nisi periissem; they must dye, that they may rest from their labour; for here is not our rest, Micah 2.10. There remaineth a rest for the people of God; there is no rest in this World; the word quies wants the plural number.