N29779:13
A prospect of eternity. Wherein is clearly proved, I. That there is an eternity…
A prospect of eternity. Wherein is clearly proved, I. That there is an eternity into which all men must enter, when they go out of time. II. That we should eye eternity, and look at eternal things. III. That this looking ought to have an influence upon us, in all that we do. / By Tho. Doolittle. ; [Two lines from Matthew]
Boston: printed by T. Fleet and T. Crump for Nicholas Buttolph, 1715
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.
2. Absolute, As they set before us the mark and scope we should have in our Eye, all the while we are in time, viz. unseen Eternal things; you stand in time, but you should look into Eternity: you stand tottering upon the very brink of time, and when by Death thrust out of time, you must into Eternity: and if in any case the old Proverb should prevail, it should not fail in this, to look before. you leap. The Analysis of the Text breaks it into these parts.
1. The Objects that are before us,
1. Things seen.
2. Things not seen.
2. The Act exerted on these Objects. Looking expressed.