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Meditations on death. Delivered in several sermons, wherein is showedMeditations on death. Delivered in several sermons, wherein is shewed
Meditations on death. Delivered in several sermons, wherein is showed; I. That some true believers on Christ are afraid of death, but that they have no just cause to be so. II. That good men as well as others may be taken out of the world by a sudden death. III. That not earth but heaven is the Christians home. / By Increase Mather, D.D. ; [Two lines from Hebrews]Meditations on death. Delivered in several sermons, wherein is shewed; I. That some true believers on Christ are afraid of death, but that they have no just cause to be so. II. That good men as well as others may be taken out of the world by a sudden death. III. That not earth but heaven is the Christians home. / By Increase Mather, D.D. ; [Two lines from Hebrews]
printed by Timothy Green, 1707
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[…] the Lords Servants meet with great Sorrow, they should moderate their Affections, because they are Sojourners and have no abiding here. Their Sorrows will all be over in a little time; Job 14.1. Man is of few Days and full of Trouble. This is some alleviation of the trouble▪ that the days are b•t few. It may be there is a• heavy Cross imposed on them; well but they have but a little way to carr• it. They will soon be at their Journey's end; and the consideration o• that should moderate their Griefs and keep them from Fainting: 2 Co• 4.16, 17. We faint not. Why? Ou• Light Affliction is but for a Moment and that makes it light. This is th• Use that the Apostle makes of men being but a little time here in th• ⟨p. 151⟩world, 1 Cor. 7 29. The Time is short: Therefore they that Possess should be •s tho' they Possessed not; and Rejoice, & Weep as tho' they Rejoiced •ot, and Wept not. If you abound […] says he) with Outward Comforts, […] moderate your Affections; the •ime of your Enjoying them is short: And if you meet with great Afflictions, moderate your Sorrows; the time of •our bearing them is short.
〈…〉 the Lords Servants meet with grea• Sorrow, they should moderate their Affections, because they are Sojourners and have no abiding here. Their Sorrows will all be over in a little time;