N01375:31
Wholesome words. A visit of advice, given unto families that are visited with sickness;…
Wholesome words. A visit of advice, given unto families that are visited with sickness; by a pastoral letter, briefly declaring the duties incumbent on all persons in the families, that have any sick persons in them. : [Two lines of quotations]
Boston: printed for D. Henchman, 1713
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.
Having thus led them into the Path of Life; Let this one more Paragraph be Read unto them.
O Man; Apprehensive of thy Soul drawing near unto the Grave, and thy Life ⟨p. 21⟩unto the Destroyers; if God will have thy present Sickness to be unto Death; yet let it be unto the Glory of God, by thy Dying in Faith, even a Strong Faith, which will give Glory to God. Thy Faith must be thy Life; and thy Victory over Death. Die like Stephen, by Faith, Committing a Soul into the Hands of the Faithful JESUS. Let thy Dying Ejaculations, be with all possible Frequency and Fervency in those Terms; Psal. XXXI. 5. Lord, Into thy Hands I Commit my Spirit. Die, Persuaded, that thy Soul shall never Dy. Fully Believe, the Immortality of the Soul; Departing hence, think, I am going to the Immortals. Die, Persuaded that thy Body shall after Death return to Life. Strongly Believe The Resurrection of the Body, when thy Mind is taking a Farewell of thy Weakened Body. Die, Persuaded of the Heavenly Blessedness, which is Reserved in the Heavens for the Righteous. If thou canst attain to it, Come to that, I desire to be Dissolved, and to be with Christ, which is by far the Best of all! Reckon Death which is the Last Enemy, ⟨p. 22⟩to be turned into a Good Friend, by the Influences of the Dear JESUS, who was Dead and is Alive, and behold, He Lives for evermore . The Sting of Death having been once fastened on our Surety JESUS, now, even Triumph over it, and say, O Death, Where is thy Sting? Thou wilt only strip me of my Sin, which is my worst Enemy; and fit me for my Everlasting Rest. Finally, Die, Persuaded, That the God with whom the Fatherless find Mercy, will take a Fatherly Care of thine, after thou shalt be Dead and Gone; Persuaded, for thy Orphans, that when their Father and their Mother forsakes them, the Lord will take them up. Oh! By Faith leave them in the Hands of thy Saviour, and then say with the Martyr; I have Left them with an Able and a Faithful Guardian. My Friend, May thy End be in this Peace of God!