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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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Instruct. IV. If men are to be but a […] while in this World, if they are but sojourners here, then they ought to be •ery careful not to misspend their little •ime, but to improve it well. If a man •as a Commodity of great Worth & ⟨p. 156⟩Value, and but a little of it, he will be careful not to squander it away. Verily Time is such a Commodity: Time is more precious than Gold▪ If a man had all the Gold on Earth, […] could not purchase one Day, one Hour of Time with […] all. And men have but a little of this Precious Commodity: Then had they not need to beware that they squander none of it away. It is a sad thing to hear some men speak as if Time lay on their hands. They will say, we went into such an House, or into such Company to Pass away the Time. Alas for you! Go to pass away the Time▪ The Time will pass away fast enough whether you will or no. Time is going and flying when men are doing nothing: Time is going when men are sleeping: Time is going, and will soon be at an End. Men should be careful so to improve their Time, as to be able to give account of it to that God who gave it them; 1 Pet. 1.17. God will Judge men according to their works, without ⟨p. 157⟩respect of Persons, Pass the time of •ur Sojourning here in Fear. You are •o Sojourn here but a little while; •herefore pass your Time so as you •ay be able to give a good account •o God the Judge of all. Think often with thy self, Why did God send •e into the world? And why has He continued me therein? Has not the •ord allowed me so much time that I •ight Repent of Sin, and be prepared […] another World before it is too […]? The Lord said of Jezebel Rev. 21. I gave her space to Repent, and […] Repented not. God has given thee space for that End, that so thou ayest Repent before Death puts an […] to thy Time. And Time is given […] that so they may Serve and Glorify God, and do good to men while ere on Earth: Which after their ime is ended they can't do as now […] may;