A92851:52
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
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.
3. The third is the day of Grace, our Gospel-day, ⟨p. 9⟩wherein Christ reveals himself, and offers himself, and mercy, and peace, and salvation; this is a day for eternity, but it is not an eternal day: It may quickly be lost, and for ever lost. O if thou hadst known (said Christ to Jerusalem) even Thou, at the least in this thy day, the things which concern thy peace—But now they are hid from 1thine eyes: q. d. Thou hadst thy day, Thou didst not make use of thy day, and now thou hast lost thy day.
4. The fourth is, all the lives, and pains, and labours of the Prophets and Ministers of God, they are all fluent and uncertain.
4. The fourth is, all the lifes, and pains, and labours of the Prophets and Ministers of God, they are all fluent and uncertain.
This day the Minister lives and preaches, the next day he is sick and dyes; you cannot say of the best Minister on earth, he shall be ours for ever, or long, or a week, or a day: such an instability is there, not only in the best of our outward comforts, but also in the best of our spiritual helps.
This day the Minister lives and preaches, the next day he is sick and dyes; you cannot say of the best Minister on earth, he shall be ours for ever, or long, or a week, or a day: such an instability is there, not onely in the best of our outward comforts, but also in the best of our spiritual helps.