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

AN EPITAPH on his Tomb-stone.

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AN EPITAPH on his Tomb-stone.

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Here underneath this Stone lieth the Dust

HEre underneath this Stone lieth the Dust

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of NORCOT; whilst the R•si•g of the Just.

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His Soul to Heaven is sled, and there doth stand

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With Christ and all the Saints at his Right Hand.

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And when on Earth he was, he did not spare

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His Life for Christ, it was his daily care,

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AN EPITAPH on his Tomb-stone.