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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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MEDITATIONS on the Believers being Delivered from […] of Death.
MEDITATIONS on the Believers being Delivered from 〈…〉 of Death.
Text. Heb. 2.15. Pag. • […]. That the Children of God are delivered from that Bondage which through the Fear of Death Christless Sinners are subject unto. pag. 3 Prop. 1. That Death is to Nature a formidable Evil. pag▪ 4 For, 1. A Cruel Enemy has by the Righteous Judgment of God the Power of Death. pag. 5 What is meant thereby. pag. 7, 8. 2. Death is a sign of the Anger of God. pag. • ▪ 3. It dissolves the Union between the Soul and Body. pag. •• ⟨image ?⟩4. The Soul goes then into the immediate presence of God. pag. 14 5. At the Hour of Death men en•er into Eternity. pag. 16 Prop. 2. Christless Sinners have just cause to be afraid of Death. pag. 17 For, 1. They are in Bondage to him •hat hath the power of Death. pag. 20 2. Death will deprive the Christless sinner of all that is good & desirable. pag 22 They have cause to fear death in respect of that which will follow death. pag. 24 Prop. 3. The fear of Death causeth Bondage: And this in several Respects. pag. 29, 30, 32. Prop. 4. That some true Believers are afraid of death. pag. 33▪ The reasons of it. pag. 34, 36, 38, 39 That they have no just cause to fear Death. pag 41.44 Use. A double Exhortation. 1. To those that have just cause to fear death. Rest not in your present condition pag. 49. 2. To Believers. Live above the fear of Death. pag. 51 How may we attain to this. pag. 54, 55, 56.