Meditations on death. Delivered in several sermons, wherein is showedMeditations on death. Delivered in several sermons, wherein is shewed

Name: Meditations on death. Delivered in several sermons, wherein is showed
Author: Increase Mather

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]

Increase Mather 1639–1723printed by Timothy Green, 1707

[8], 171, [5] p. ; 14 cm. (12mo) · 33k words · Evans 1321

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Meditations ON Sudden Death. › DOCTRINE. Considering that Death may co•• upon Men Suddenly, they s…: DOCTRINE. Considering that Death may co•• upon Men Suddenly, they should […] Watchful a…Meditations ON Sudden Death. › DOCTRINE. Considering that Death may co•• upon Men Suddenly, they s…: DOCTRINE. Considering that Death may co•• upon Men Suddenly, they should 〈…〉 Watchful a…

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DOCTRINE. Considering that Death may co•• upon Men Suddenly, they should […] Watchful and Careful lest the […] then find them Sleeping.

DOCTRINE. Considering that Death may co•• upon Men Suddenly, they should 〈…〉 Watchful and Careful lest the 〈…〉 then find them Sleeping.

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Four Propositions will Clear the Doctrine.

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PROPOSITION I.

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That sometimes Death comes on men •ery Suddenly. It has ever been so in •ll Ages of the world; therefore if •f it be so in our Days, we need not wonder at it: Numb. 6.9. If a man Dye very Suddenly. Implying that men […] Dye so. Death does often overtake them when they no more think f it than the Fishes of the Net, or the Bird of the Snare in which it is taken:

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Meditations on death. Delivered in several sermons, wherein is showedMeditations on death. Delivered in several sermons, wherein is shewed

DOCTRINE. Considering that Death may co•• upon Men Suddenly, they should […] Watchful and Careful lest the […] then find them Sleeping.

DOCTRINE. Considering that Death may co•• upon Men Suddenly, they should 〈…〉 Watchful and Careful lest the 〈…〉 then find them Sleeping.

PROPOSITION I.

PROPOSITION II.

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DOCTRINE. Considering that Death may co•• upon Men Suddenly, they should […] Watchful and Careful lest the […] then find them Sleeping.

DOCTRINE. Considering that Death may co•• upon Men Suddenly, they should 〈…〉 Watchful and Careful lest the 〈…〉 then find them Sleeping.

PROPOSITION I.

PROPOSITION II.

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