A90272:13
The labouring saints dismission to rest. A sermon / preached at the funeral of…
The labouring saints dismission to rest. A sermon / preached at the funeral of the Right Honourable Henry Ireton Lord Deputy of Ireland: in the Abbey Church at Westminster, the 6th. day of February 1651. By John Owen, minister of the Gospel. Licensed and entered according to order.
London: printed by R. and W· Leybourn for Philemon Stephens, 1652
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THE LABOURING SAINTS Dismission to REST:
DAN. 12. 13. But go thou thy way till the end be, for thou shalt rest, and stand in the lot at the end of the days.
DAN. 12. 13. But go thou thy way till the end be, for thou shalt rest, and stand in the lot at the end of the dayes.
The words of my text having no dependence (as to their sense & meaning, but only as to the occasion of them) on the Verses foregoing, I shall not at all look backward into the Chapter, but fall immediately upon them, that I be not hindered from my principal Intendment; being unwilling to detain you long, though willing to speak a word from the Lord, to such a Congregation gathered together by such an eminent Act of the Providence of God.
THe words of my text having no dependance (as to their sense & meaning, but only as to the occasion of them) on the Verses foregoing, I shall not at all look backward into the Chapter, but fall immediately upon them, that I be not hindred from my principall Intendment; being unwilling to detein you long, though willing to speak a word from the Lord, to such a Congregation gathered together by such an eminent Act of the Providence of God.