A Summons TO THE GRAVE OR. The Necessity of a Timely Preparation for DEATH. Demonstrated in a SERMON Preached at The FUNERAL of that most Eminent and Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ Mr. JOHN NORCOT.Who Departed this Life March 24. 1676By BENJAMIN KEACH, a Cordial and an unfeigned Lover of the Deceased.MIC. 7. 2. The good man is Perished out of the Earth.LONDON, Printed for Ben. Harris at the Stationers Arms in Sweethings Rents, near the Royal Exchange. 1676.Title page of A summons to the grave, or, The necessity of a timely preparation for death…, London, 1676A summons to the grave, or, The necessity of a timely preparation for death…Benjamin Keach, 1676

Another Elegiac POEM by a Young Man that dearly loved him.Another Elegiack POEM by a Young Man that dearly loved him.

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Another Elegiac POEM by a Young Man that dearly loved him.

Another Elegiack POEM by a Young Man that dearly loved him.

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Waves upon Waves, Methinks, begins to roll,

WAves upon Waves, Methinks, begins to roule,

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Some strange Alarm afflicts my troubled soul,

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Which grieves my heart, by founding in mine Ears

VVhich grieves my heart, by founding in mine Ears

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And makes my Eyes to flow in Brinish tears.

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What Tragedy is this: Death hold thy hand,

VVhat Tragedy is this: Death hold thy hand,

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Another Elegiac POEM by a Young Man that dearly loved him.Another Elegiack POEM by a Young Man that dearly loved him.

95 passagespart 1 of 3

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.

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Another Elegiac POEM by a Young Man that dearly loved him.

Another Elegiack POEM by a Young Man that dearly loved him.

:139img 10

Waves upon Waves, Methinks, begins to roll,

WAves upon Waves, Methinks, begins to roule,

:140img 10

Some strange Alarm afflicts my troubled soul,

:141img 10

Which grieves my heart, by founding in mine Ears

VVhich grieves my heart, by founding in mine Ears

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And makes my Eyes to flow in Brinish tears.

:143img 10

What Tragedy is this: Death hold thy hand,

VVhat Tragedy is this: Death hold thy hand,

:144

Another Elegiac POEM by a Young Man that dearly loved him.

Another Elegiack POEM by a Young Man that dearly loved him.

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Another Elegiac POEM by a Young Man that dearly loved him.

Another Elegiack POEM by a Young Man that dearly loved him.