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Elisha his lamentation, upon the sudden translation of Elijah. Opened in a sermon at…Elisha his lamentation, upon the suddain translation of Elijah. Opened in a sermon at…
Elisha his lamentation, upon the sudden translation of Elijah. Opened in a sermon at the funeral of Mr. William Strong, that eminently faithful servant and minister of Christ. By Obadiah Sedgwick, B.D. and preacher of the Gospel in Covent Garden.Elisha his lamentation, upon the suddain translation of Elijah. Opened in a sermon at the funeral of Mr. VVilliam Strong, that eminently faithful servant and minister of Christ. By Obadiah Sedgwick, B.D. and preacher of the Gospel in Covent Garden.
London: printed by R.W. for Francis Tyton, 1654
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Their death would presently call up all those heavenly counsels, and all those seasonable directions, and all those spiritual satisfactions, and all those sweet comforts of God, which you by them did receive: At such a time I remember how he thus spake, and at such a Sermon, and at such a meeting, and in such a conference; and now I shall never see him more, nor confer with him more: The heart would melt to think of these things.
4. It is a sign that God hath in Judgement taken away your faithful Ministers from you, even for your want of love to the Truth, and for your slighting and neglecting the means of Grace, for which you must give a severe account unto God.
And let me tell you, that so many faithful Ministers as you have heard, and so many heavenly Sermons as you have heard, (or should have heard) the more heavy will the account be unto God, and the more dreadful will Gods Judgements be upon you for your unthankfulness and unprofitableness: I grant that the Prophets dye, but remember, that a peoples accounts for the pains and labours of those Prophets never die, but do remain upon Record as a witness against you.