THE HAPPINESS Of those who Sleep in Jesus, OR, The Benefit that comes to the dead bodies of the Saints even while they are in the Grave, Sleeping in Jesus. Delivered in a SERMON Preached at the Funeral of that Pious and Religious Lady, the Lady Anne Waller, At the New Church in Westminst. Oct. 31, 1661. Together with the Testimony then given unto her. By Edm. Calamy, B. D. and Pastor of Aldermanbury.Rev. 14.11. And I heard a Voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, from henceforth, yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their Labours, and their Works do follow them.John 11 11. Our Friend Lazarus sleepeth, but I go that I may awake him out of Sleep.Upon which words St. Austin saith.Domino dormiebat qui eum tantá facilitate excitavit de Sepulchro, quanta tu cx citas dormientem de Le•to, hominibus autem mo•taus erat, qui eum suscitare non poterant.1 Thes. 4.16. The Dead in Christ shall rise first.London, Printed by I. H. for Nathanael Webb, at the Royal Oak in St. Pauls Church-Yard, near the little North-Door, 1662.Royal Oakprinter's or publisher's deviceTHE HAPPINESSE Of those who Sleep in Jesus, OR, The Benefit that comes to the dead bodies of the Saints even while they are in the Grave, Sleeping in Jesus. Delivered in a SERMON Preached at the Funeral of that Pious and Religious Lady, the Lady Anne Waller, At the New Church in Westminst. Oct. 31, 1661. Together with the Testimony then given unto her. By Edm. Calamy, B. D. and Pastor of Aldermanbury.Rev. 14.11. And I heard a Voyce from heaven, saying unto me, Write, blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, from henceforth, yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their Labours, and their Works do follow them.John 11 11. Our Friend Lazarus sleepeth, but I go that I may awake him out of Sleep.Upon which words St. Austin saith.Domino dormiebat qui eum tantá facilitate excitavit de Sepulchro, quanta tu cx citas dormientem de Le•to, hominibus autem mo•taus erat, qui eum suscitare non poterant.1 Thes. 4.16. The Dead in Christ shall rise first.London, Printed by I. H. for Nathanael Webb, at the Royal Oak in St. Pauls Church-Yard, near the little North-Door, 1662.Royall Oakeprinter's or publisher's deviceTitle page of The happiness of those who sleep in Jesus, or, The benefit that comes to…, London, 1662The happiness of those who sleep in Jesus, or, The benefit that comes to…The happinesse of those who sleep in Jesus, or, The benefit that comes to…Edmund Calamy, 1662

THE HAPPINESS of those who Sleep in Jesus, OR, The Benefit that comes to the dead Bodies of the Saints, even while they lie in the Grave, Sleeping in JESUS:THE HAPPINESSE of those who Sleep in Jesus, OR, The Benefit that comes to the dead Bodies of the Saints, even while they lie in the Grave, Sleeping in JESUS:

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THE HAPPINESS of those who Sleep in Jesus, OR, The Benefit that comes to the dead Bodies of the Saints, even while they lie in the Grave, Sleeping in JESUS:

THE HAPPINESSE of those who Sleep in Jesus, OR, The Benefit that comes to the dead Bodies of the Saints, even while they lie in the Grave, Sleeping in JESUS:

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1 THESS. 4.14. — Even so them also which sleep in Jesus, will God bring with him.

1 THESS. 4.14. — Even so them also which sleep in Iesus, will God bring with him.

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• N the former Verse, the Apostle persuades the Thessalonians not to mourn immoderately for the Saints Departed. He doth not forbid them to mourn, but not to mourn without measure. Religion doth not abolish natural Affections, but only mode[…]hem. Grace doth not destroy, but rectify Nature; it dep[…]ot of sense, but teacheth the right use of Senses. And he b[…] divers Arguments to dissuade us from immoderate M[…]ning.

• N the former Verse, the Apostle perswades the Thessalonians not to mourn immoderately for the Saints Departed. He doth not forbid them to mourn, but not to mourn without measure. Religion doth not abolish natural Affections, but only mode〈…〉hem. Grace doth not destroy, but rectifie Nature; it dep〈…〉ot of sense, but teacheth the right use of Senses. And he b〈…〉 divers Arguments to diswade us from immoderate M〈…〉ning.

THE HAPPINESS of those who Sleep in Jesus, OR, The Benefit that comes to the dead Bodies of the Saints, even while they lie in the Grave, Sleeping in JESUS:

THE HAPPINESSE of those who Sleep in Jesus, OR, The Benefit that comes to the dead Bodies of the Saints, even while they lie in the Grave, Sleeping in JESUS:

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THE HAPPINESS of those who Sleep in Jesus, OR, The Benefit that comes to the dead Bodies of the Saints, even while they lie in the Grave, Sleeping in JESUS:

THE HAPPINESSE of those who Sleep in Jesus, OR, The Benefit that comes to the dead Bodies of the Saints, even while they lie in the Grave, Sleeping in JESUS:

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