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Asarkokaukemma, or The vanity of glorying in the flesh, opened in a sermon preached…Asarkokaukēma, or The vanity of glorying in the flesh, open'd in a sermon preached…
Asarkokaukemma, or The vanity of glorying in the flesh, opened in a sermon preached at the funeral of Kingsmel Lucy, Esq. Eldest son to Francis Lucy, Esq. / By Tho. Case ...Asarkokaukēma, or The vanity of glorying in the flesh, open'd in a sermon preached at the funeral of Kingsmel Lucy, Esq. Eldest sonne to Francis Lucy, Esq. / By Tho. Case ...
London: printed by T.R. and E.M. for Robert Gibbs, 1655
Dedication: To the Honourable, Sir THO WITHRINGTON Knight, and SERJEANT at the LAW, And one of the…
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To the Honourable, Sir THO WITHRINGTON Knight, and SERJEANT at the LAW, And one of the Commissioners of the Treasury.
Noble Sir,
The Dedication of this piece to your Name, may seem strange to one that is a stranger to ⟨image 3⟩you. But the truth is, your interest in this young Gentleman deceased, gives you too great a title, to this poor, imperfect memorial of him, while your great love to the worth and goodness that was in him, invited your Noble Spirit, to adopt him into the Relation of a Son-in-law, a choice, which truly rendereth you as honourable, as it would have rendered him happy, had he lived to enjoy it. But oh the instability of all sublunary felicities. You expected a Marriage, and behold a ⟨image 3⟩Funeral. Vanity of vanities! how fitly hath that great Apostle phrased all terrene fruitions,1 uncertain riches! Ixion-like, they vanish while we hug them in our arms; yea, we lose them before we are possessed of them. This is the Doctrine, the living God teach us the Use; To do good, 2to be rich in good works, &c. to lay hold on eternal life.
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