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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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Obs. God oftentimes suffers not his choicest servants to see the issue and accomplishment of these glorious things wherein themselves have been most eminently engaged.
3 The third thing (that we may make haste) is his state and condition, during the time which he lies under this dismission, in these words, for thou shalt rest.
3 The third thing (that vve may make haste) is his state and condition, during the time vvhich he lies under this dismission, in these vvords, for thou shalt rest.
There is nothing of difficulty in these words, but what vvill naturally fall under consideration in the opening of the proposition which they hold out; which is
There is nothing of difficulty in these vvords, but vvhat vvill naturally fall under consideration in the opening of the proposition which they hold out; which is
Obs. 3. The condition of a dismissed Saint is a condition of Rest, Thou shalt rest until the end be. What this rest is, and from what, with wherein it consists, shall be afterwards explained.