So that all the difficulty in these words, is, what we are to understand by the days of Darkness, which are here opposed to a long Life of Joy and Rejoycing in this World? And this difficulty will be easily resolved, by considering the foregoing Verse;
So that all the difficulty in these words, is, what we Are to understand by the days of Darkness, which Are Here opposed to a long Life of Joy and Rejoicing in this World? And this difficulty will be Easily resolved, by considering the foregoing Verse;
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yet let him remember those days of Darkness, wherein his Eyes shall behold the Sun and Light no more, wherein he shall be laid up in a dark and silent Grave, whence the light of the Sun is excluded,
yet let him Remember those days of Darkness, wherein his Eyes shall behold the Sun and Light no more, wherein he shall be laid up in a dark and silent Grave, whence the Light of the Sun is excluded,
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By the days of Darkness therefore is evidently meant all that space of time between our Death and our Resurrection, wherein our Bodies shall lye mouldering in a dark Grave, utterly insensible of Good or Evil, till by the powerful call of God they shall at length be roused up out of this fatal slumber, into a state of Everlasting Life and Activity:
By the days of Darkness Therefore is evidently meant all that Molle of time between our Death and our Resurrection, wherein our Bodies shall lie mouldering in a dark Grave, utterly insensible of Good or Evil, till by the powerful call of God they shall At length be roused up out of this fatal slumber, into a state of Everlasting Life and Activity:
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The words thus explained resolve into this sence, That how long and happily soever men live in this World, they ought to entertain their thoughts with frequent remembrances and considerations of their approaching Mortality.
The words thus explained resolve into this sense, That how long and happily soever men live in this World, they ought to entertain their thoughts with frequent remembrances and considerations of their approaching Mortality.
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and not suffer the Joys of this Life to divert our Thoughts from that impending Fate, which ere long will set an Everlasting period both to Them and That.
and not suffer the Joys of this Life to divert our Thoughts from that impending Fate, which ere long will Set an Everlasting Period both to Them and That.
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But the necessity of entertaining our minds with frequent Remembrances of our Latter end, is founded upon far more powerful motives than a company of fine Sentences, and pretty Sayings of Philosophers. For
But the necessity of entertaining our minds with frequent Remembrances of our Latter end, is founded upon Far more powerful motives than a company of fine Sentences, and pretty Sayings of Philosophers. For
Fourthly, It is necessary to fore-arm our minds against the Terrors of Death. Fifthly, It is necessary to excite and quicken us in our preparations for Eternity. I.
Fourthly, It is necessary to forearm our minds against the Terrors of Death. Fifthly, It is necessary to excite and quicken us in our preparations for Eternity. I.
while we are encompassed round with the pleasures and delights of this world, they commonly so ingross our minds, that we shut our eyes against all futurities,
while we Are encompassed round with the pleasures and delights of this world, they commonly so ingross our minds, that we shut our eyes against all futurities,
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Now there is no more effectual way to rouse mens minds out of this flattering Dream of happiness, (from which if they persist in it, the dire experience of a woful Eternity will ere long awake them) than frequently to entertain their minds with the thoughts of their departure hence.
Now there is no more effectual Way to rouse men's minds out of this flattering Dream of happiness, (from which if they persist in it, the dire experience of a woeful Eternity will ere long awake them) than frequently to entertain their minds with the thoughts of their departure hence.
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For when I set my self seriously to think of my dying hour, that fairly represents to my deluded mind, the true state and condition of all worldly happiness.
For when I Set my self seriously to think of my dying hour, that fairly represents to my deluded mind, the true state and condition of all worldly happiness.
In every serious prospect of my Mortality, I behold all my worldly enjoyments, which promised me such mountains of happiness, standing round my death-bed, mocking at all my foolish hopes,
In every serious prospect of my Mortality, I behold all my worldly enjoyments, which promised me such Mountains of happiness, standing round my deathbed, mocking At all my foolish hope's,
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and whilst in the anguish of my Soul I cry out to them, O ye helpless impotent things, what are now become of all your boasted comforts? you that promised to be a heaven upon earth to me,
and while in the anguish of my Soul I cry out to them, Oh you helpless impotent things, what Are now become of all your boasted comforts? you that promised to be a heaven upon earth to me,
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why do not ye now help me in this my last Extremity? why do not ye quench my raging Thirst? why do not ye cool my feaverish Blood? why do not ye ease my labouring Heart,
why do not you now help me in this my last Extremity? why do not you quench my raging Thirst? why do not you cool my feverish Blood? why do not you ease my labouring Heart,
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miserable Comforters are ye all, and Physicians of no value. Such thoughts as these the remembrance of our Mortality will be frequently suggesting to us;
miserable Comforters Are you all, and Physicians of no valve. Such thoughts as these the remembrance of our Mortality will be frequently suggesting to us;
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and if at any time any good thoughts come in to visit us, (as those two Angels did Lot in Sodom ) to warn us of the dire Fate that hangs over us, our Affections,
and if At any time any good thoughts come in to visit us, (as those two Angels did Lot in Sodom) to warn us of the dire Fate that hangs over us, our Affections,
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But now to fix such a Roving and Volatile temper, and thereby to render it accessible and hospitable to wise and good Thoughts, I know nothing more necessary than the frequent Remembrance of our Mortality:
But now to fix such a Roving and Volatile temper, and thereby to render it accessible and hospitable to wise and good Thoughts, I know nothing more necessary than the frequent Remembrance of our Mortality:
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yet being both Future and Invisible, Vain and Sensual Minds are not so capable of apprehending them with that degree of certainty that is necessary to render them affecting and prevalent:
yet being both Future and Invisible, Vain and Sensual Minds Are not so capable of apprehending them with that degree of certainty that is necessary to render them affecting and prevalent:
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If therefore together with those gay Idea's that possess our Minds, we would ever and anon mingle that of our Mortality, that would soon reduce our squandered Thoughts,
If Therefore together with those gay Idea's that possess our Minds, we would ever and anon mingle that of our Mortality, that would soon reduce our squandered Thoughts,
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And when at length I have groaned away my fleeting Breath, I must be removed from all my company & attendance into a dark, lonely and desolate hole of Earth, where all my present Pomp must expire,
And when At length I have groaned away my fleeting Breath, I must be removed from all my company & attendance into a dark, lonely and desolate hold of Earth, where all my present Pomp must expire,
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or thy fine Cloaths, think thus with thy self, Alas, fond Soul, all these gay objects of thy Pride, must ere long convert to Rottenness and Corruption;
or thy fine Clothes, think thus with thy self, Alas, found Soul, all these gay objects of thy Pride, must ere long convert to Rottenness and Corruption;
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In these gastly Mirrors thou beholdest the true Resemblance of thy future State: forty years ago that naked Skull was covered like thine, with a thick fleece of curled and comely Locks;
In these ghastly Mirrors thou Beholdest the true Resemblance of thy future State: forty Years ago that naked Skull was covered like thine, with a thick fleece of curled and comely Locks;
those empty holes were filled with Eyes that looked as charmingly as thine; those hollow Pits were blanched with Cheeks that were as smooth and amiable as thine;
those empty holes were filled with Eyes that looked as charmingly as thine; those hollow Pits were blanched with Cheeks that were as smooth and amiable as thine;
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that grinning Mouth did smile as gracefully, and speak as fluently as thine; and a few days hence thou must be Rotting into just such another spectacle:
that grinning Mouth did smile as gracefully, and speak as fluently as thine; and a few days hence thou must be Rotting into just such Another spectacle:
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with its Nose sunk, its Jaws gaping, its Mouth grinning, and Worms crawling in those empty holes wherein now thy Eyes roul to and fro in Amorous glances;
with its Nose sunk, its Jaws gaping, its Mouth grinning, and Worms crawling in those empty holes wherein now thy Eyes roll to and from in Amoros glances;
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If with these, or such like Considerations of our Mortality, we would now and then entertain our selves, they would by degrees wear off the Levity and Vanity of our Minds,
If with these, or such like Considerations of our Mortality, we would now and then entertain our selves, they would by Degrees wear off the Levity and Vanity of our Minds,
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and compose us into such a degree of Seriousness, as is necessary to qualifie us for those Divine and Religious Considerations, without which we can never expect either to be made good men here, or happy men hereafter. III.
and compose us into such a degree of Seriousness, as is necessary to qualify us for those Divine and Religious Considerations, without which we can never expect either to be made good men Here, or happy men hereafter. III.
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That we should frequently remember our Mortality, in the midst of our most happy Circumstances here, is highly necessary to put us upon improving our present injoyments to the best purposes, considering what use the generality of Men make of the Injoyments of this World, It is really a great question,
That we should frequently Remember our Mortality, in the midst of our most happy circumstances Here, is highly necessary to put us upon improving our present enjoyments to the best Purposes, considering what use the generality of Men make of the Enjoyments of this World, It is really a great question,
And if the latter be the effect of his prosperity, that is, if it melts him into Luxury, it thereby wastes his Health, to be sure, and commonly his Estate too;
And if the latter be the Effect of his Prosperity, that is, if it melts him into Luxury, it thereby wastes his Health, to be sure, and commonly his Estate too;
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and be Landed in another World, upon a strange Inhospitable Shore, and there be left miserable poor Wretches, without so much as one drop of the Comforts we now enjoy to satisfie our Tormenting desires,
and be Landed in Another World, upon a strange Inhospitable Shore, and there be left miserable poor Wretches, without so much as one drop of the Comforts we now enjoy to satisfy our Tormenting Desires,
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or feeding our insatiate Avarice with the continual increase of it, we had by doing works of Piety and Charity with it, made our selves friends of the Mammon of unrighteousness, that so when we failed, they might receive us into everlasting habitations, and there entertain us with pleasure and delight for ever.
or feeding our insatiate Avarice with the continual increase of it, we had by doing works of Piety and Charity with it, made our selves Friends of the Mammon of unrighteousness, that so when we failed, they might receive us into everlasting habitations, and there entertain us with pleasure and delight for ever.
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we shall make this Earth Tributary to Heaven, and in a much nobler Sense than the new Systeme of Astronomy teaches, advance it into a Star, and a Celestial Body:
we shall make this Earth Tributary to Heaven, and in a much Nobler Sense than the new System of Astronomy Teaches, advance it into a Star, and a Celestial Body:
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by this we shall transmit it into the Eternal World, as it were, by Bill of Exchange, there to be repaid us, Ten Thousand fold in Glory and Honour and Immortality,
by this we shall transmit it into the Eternal World, as it were, by Bill of Exchange, there to be repaid us, Ten Thousand fold in Glory and Honour and Immortality,
Suppose now that you were a Merchant in a far Country, where you were allowed for an uncertain time the benefit of free Trade and Commerce, in order to your gaining a good Estate to maintain you whenever you should be forced to return to your own Native Soil, would you be so indiscreet as to lay out all the product of your Merchandise in Building fine Houses,
Suppose now that you were a Merchant in a Far Country, where you were allowed for an uncertain time the benefit of free Trade and Commerce, in order to your gaining a good Estate to maintain you whenever you should be forced to return to your own Native Soil, would you be so indiscreet as to lay out all the product of your Merchandise in Building fine Houses,
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and to leave all these immoveable Goods behind you, or rather would you not think your selves obliged by all the Laws of Interest and Discretion to convert all your Gain into portable Wealth, into Money or Jewels,
and to leave all these immoveable Goods behind you, or rather would you not think your selves obliged by all the Laws of Interest and Discretion to convert all your Gain into portable Wealth, into Money or Jewels,
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that all the Wealth, the Houses and Lands, you gain by your present Commerce, are immoveable Goods, which you must leave behind ye when ye go from hence,
that all the Wealth, the Houses and Lands, you gain by your present Commerce, Are immoveable Goods, which you must leave behind you when you go from hence,
and that therefore it concerns you, while you have opportunity, to store and treasure up a plentiful proportion of these, that so when you are Shipt off into the Eternal World, you may carry such an Estate of them thither with you,
and that Therefore it concerns you, while you have opportunity, to store and treasure up a plentiful proportion of these, that so when you Are Shipped off into the Eternal World, you may carry such an Estate of them thither with you,
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IV. That we should frequently remember our Mortality, even in the midst of our most happy Circumstances here, is highly necessary to fore-arm our minds against the Terrors of Death.
IV. That we should frequently Remember our Mortality, even in the midst of our most happy circumstances Here, is highly necessary to forearm our minds against the Terrors of Death.
when the poor deluded wretch hath been just Singing a soft Requiem to himself, Soul take thy rest and ease, thou hast goods laid up for many years, and many years to possess and enjoy them;
when the poor deluded wretch hath been just Singing a soft Requiem to himself, Soul take thy rest and ease, thou hast goods laid up for many Years, and many Years to possess and enjoy them;
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Now before he hath given himself the leisure to think of his Dying hour, or to fortifie his Heart with any wise or good Thoughts against the Terrors of this terrible one, that is just now brandishing its fatal shaft at his breast!
Now before he hath given himself the leisure to think of his Dying hour, or to fortify his Heart with any wise or good Thoughts against the Terrors of this terrible one, that is just now brandishing its fatal shaft At his breast!
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How must it needs blank and amaze and confound him? and what a trembling horror must it strike through his Heart, to see himself thus unexpectedly hurried away, one part of him to the Grave,
How must it needs blank and amaze and confound him? and what a trembling horror must it strike through his Heart, to see himself thus unexpectedly hurried away, one part of him to the Grave,
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Wherefore as we would be fore-armed against the Terrors of Death, and enabled to abide his dreadful approaches with a firm and constant Mind, it concerns us now while we are surrounded with the Joys and Pleasures of this Life, to entertain our Minds with frequent thoughts and remembrances of him;
Wherefore as we would be Forearmed against the Terrors of Death, and enabled to abide his dreadful Approaches with a firm and constant Mind, it concerns us now while we Are surrounded with the Joys and Pleasures of this Life, to entertain our Minds with frequent thoughts and remembrances of him;
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to retire now and then into the Charnel-house, and there to read Lectures to our selves upon the Skelitons and Deaths Heads, those emblems and representations of our approaching Mortality:
to retire now and then into the charnel house, and there to read Lectures to our selves upon the Skelitons and Death's Heads, those emblems and representations of our approaching Mortality:
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how when he hath tired and exhausted us with his continued Batteries, and worn out our strength with an uninterrupted succession of wearisom Nights to sorrowful Days, he at last storms the Soul out of all the out-works of Nature,
how when he hath tired and exhausted us with his continued Batteries, and worn out our strength with an uninterrupted succession of wearisome Nights to sorrowful Days, he At last storms the Soul out of all the outworks of Nature,
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and how when upon this last retreat of Life he hath marked us for dead, in a cold Baptism of clammy and fatal Sweats, he summons our weeping Friends together, to assist him in grieving us with their parting kisses, and sorrowful adieus;
and how when upon this last retreat of Life he hath marked us for dead, in a cold Baptism of clammy and fatal Sweats, he summons our weeping Friends together, to assist him in grieving us with their parting Kisses, and sorrowful adieus;
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and with a few mortal Pangs and Convulsions tears the Soul from thence, and turns it out to seek its fortune in the wide world of Spirits, where it is either seized on by Devils,
and with a few Mortal Pangs and Convulsions tears the Soul from thence, and turns it out to seek its fortune in the wide world of Spirits, where it is either seized on by Devils,
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and carried away to their dark Prisons of Sorrow and Despair, there to languish out its Life in a dismal expectation of that dreadful day wherein it must change its bad condition for a worse;
and carried away to their dark Prisons of Sorrow and Despair, there to languish out its Life in a dismal expectation of that dreadful day wherein it must change its bad condition for a Worse;
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or be conducted by Angels to some Blessed Abode, there to remain in unspeakable Pleasure and Tranquillity, till the great day of its Coronation with a Glorious Resurrection.
or be conducted by Angels to Some Blessed Abided, there to remain in unspeakable Pleasure and Tranquillity, till the great day of its Coronation with a Glorious Resurrection.
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If we would thus frequently survey our approaching Mortality in all the Circumstances and Appendages of it, we should hereby familiarize its Terrors to our Minds,
If we would thus frequently survey our approaching Mortality in all the circumstances and Appendages of it, we should hereby familiarize its Terrors to our Minds,
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and the often remembrances we have past upon it, will put us upon laying in such wise and good Thoughts and Considerations as are best able to fortifie our minds against it,
and the often remembrances we have passed upon it, will put us upon laying in such wise and good Thoughts and Considerations as Are best able to fortify our minds against it,
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V. And Lastly, Frequently to remember our Mortality in the midst of our most happy Circumstances here, is highly necessary to excite and quicken us in our Preparations for Eternity:
V. And Lastly, Frequently to Remember our Mortality in the midst of our most happy circumstances Here, is highly necessary to excite and quicken us in our Preparations for Eternity:
and hence it is that we are so often called upon in this Militant Estate to consider our latter end, Deut. 32. 29. and by the examples of the best men, are invited So to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom, Psal. 90. 12. and to wait till our change comes, Job 14. 14. To which end also we are put in mind, that Here we have no abiding City, Heb. 13. 14. and that it is appointed for all men once to dy, Heb. 9. 27. and that our life is even as a vapour that appears for a little time,
and hence it is that we Are so often called upon in this Militant Estate to Consider our latter end, Deuteronomy 32. 29. and by the Examples of the best men, Are invited So to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto Wisdom, Psalm 90. 12. and to wait till our change comes, Job 14. 14. To which end also we Are put in mind, that Here we have no abiding city, Hebrew 13. 14. and that it is appointed for all men once to die, Hebrew 9. 27. and that our life is even as a vapour that appears for a little time,
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and then vanishes away, Jam. 4. 14. And to this purpose the Apostle applies this consideration, 1 Cor. 7. 29, 30, 31. Now this I say, brethren, (i.e. of our uncertain abode and continuance here) (upon which he exhorts us to compose our selves to a great indifferency as to the things of this World) it remains, that they that have wives, be as if they had none:
and then Vanishes away, Jam. 4. 14. And to this purpose the Apostle Applies this consideration, 1 Cor. 7. 29, 30, 31. Now this I say, brothers, (i.e. of our uncertain Abided and Continuance Here) (upon which he exhorts us to compose our selves to a great indifferency as to the things of this World) it remains, that they that have wives, be as if they had none:
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for the fashion of this world passeth away, i.e. Since your time here is so very short and uncertain, see you endeavour beforehand to loosen your selves from this World,
for the fashion of this world passes away, i.e. Since your time Here is so very short and uncertain, see you endeavour beforehand to loosen your selves from this World,
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And how much are we concerned to throw that well, upon which so vast a Stake depends? O my Brethren, it is a most serious thing to Die, to pass this dark Entry of Eternity, through which,
And how much Are we concerned to throw that well, upon which so vast a Stake depends? O my Brothers, it is a most serious thing to Die, to pass this dark Entry of Eternity, through which,
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But then alas, what will they be able to do, when their Thoughts are continually disturbed with the care of disposing their Affairs in this World, and the frightful prospect they have of the other.
But then alas, what will they be able to do, when their Thoughts Are continually disturbed with the care of disposing their Affairs in this World, and the frightful prospect they have of the other.
when through the stupor and indisposition of the Organs of their Reason, they are not able to range their scattered and unwieldy Thoughts into any of those sober Reflexions and serious Meditations, that are necessary to the forming of a sincere Repentance? In effect therefore for men to refer their Repentance to a Death-bed, is the same thing as to retire into a Battel to Meditate,
when through the stupor and indisposition of the Organs of their Reason, they Are not able to range their scattered and unwieldy Thoughts into any of those Sobrium Reflexions and serious Meditations, that Are necessary to the forming of a sincere Repentance? In Effect Therefore for men to refer their Repentance to a Deathbed, is the same thing as to retire into a Battle to Meditate,
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For alas, what is vain Man, that he should talk of Repenting hereafter, when perhaps while the words are in his mouth, the earnest of Death is in his Head, or Heart, or Bowels;
For alas, what is vain Man, that he should talk of Repenting hereafter, when perhaps while the words Are in his Mouth, the earnest of Death is in his Head, or Heart, or Bowels;
and render it impossible for ever? Now of what dismal consequence would it be, should I be thus surprized? If while I presume upon my future Repentance, I am merrily Sinning on, I should all of a sudden be hurried away out of the company of my Jovial Associates, into that of houling and tormented Spirits:
and render it impossible for ever? Now of what dismal consequence would it be, should I be thus surprised? If while I presume upon my future Repentance, I am merrily Sinning on, I should all of a sudden be hurried away out of the company of my Jovial Associates, into that of houling and tormented Spirits:
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when we consider, that it is not in our power to command so much as one moment of future time? When for all that we know, the hope of Eternity, which is now in our hands, may be lost for ever,
when we Consider, that it is not in our power to command so much as one moment of future time? When for all that we know, the hope of Eternity, which is now in our hands, may be lost for ever,
and fall asleep securely in our Sins, we do not know, but before the next Twilight we may awake with horror and amazement in Hell? Let us seriously consider therefore, that the present time only is in our power;
and fallen asleep securely in our Sins, we do not know, but before the next Twilight we may awake with horror and amazement in Hell? Let us seriously Consider Therefore, that the present time only is in our power;
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Wherefore it highly concerns us, by all the regard we owe to our own Everlasting safety, wisely to manage this last Stake, the winning or losing whereof may be our making or undoing.
Wherefore it highly concerns us, by all the regard we owe to our own Everlasting safety, wisely to manage this last Stake, the winning or losing whereof may be our making or undoing.
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as ever any Merchant that trod the Exchange of London. And indeed considering the great share he had of Intellectual Endowments, He was a Gentleman that seemed to have been mark'd out by Providence, to make a considerable Figure among Men.
as ever any Merchant that trod the Exchange of London. And indeed considering the great share he had of Intellectual Endowments, He was a Gentleman that seemed to have been marked out by Providence, to make a considerable Figure among Men.
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For First, Nature had inrich'd him with a clear bright Mind, with a quick Apprehension, a prompt Memory, a steady and a piercing Judgment, together with a natural presence of Mind,
For First, Nature had enriched him with a clear bright Mind, with a quick Apprehension, a prompt Memory, a steady and a piercing Judgement, together with a natural presence of Mind,
and fluency and readiness of Speech, which inabled him upon all occasions easily to express his own conceptions of things in very clear and apt Language.
and fluency and readiness of Speech, which enabled him upon all occasions Easily to express his own conceptions of things in very clear and apt Language.
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And great part of his Time, before he was called up by his Prince, into a more busie and active Station, being spent in Arbitrating differences between Man and Man:
And great part of his Time, before he was called up by his Prince, into a more busy and active Station, being spent in Arbitrating differences between Man and Man:
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and adjusted as many Differences, (which otherwise might have flamed out into destructive breaches) as most of those blessed Peace-makers that are gone before him.
and adjusted as many Differences, (which otherwise might have flamed out into destructive Breaches) as most of those blessed Peacemakers that Are gone before him.
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Consider him in his respective Relations, and there all that knew him I am sure will allow him to have been a Faithful, a Loyal and useful Subject to his Prince, a kind and obliging Husband to his Lady, a tender and a wise Father to his Children, a prudent, careful and benevolent Master to his Servants;
Consider him in his respective Relations, and there all that knew him I am sure will allow him to have been a Faithful, a Loyal and useful Subject to his Prince, a kind and obliging Husband to his Lady, a tender and a wise Father to his Children, a prudent, careful and benevolent Master to his Servants;
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and what his Judgment was of our Church, he visibly exprest by his constant attendance upon the Publick Offices of our Religion upon the Lord's day, from which he never absented,
and what his Judgement was of our Church, he visibly expressed by his constant attendance upon the Public Offices of our Religion upon the Lord's day, from which he never absented,
and in which he always demeaned him with all the profound Reverence and Devotion that outwardly expresses a Mind inspired with a Pious Sense of its Duty,
and in which he always demeaned him with all the profound reverence and Devotion that outwardly Expresses a Mind inspired with a Pious Sense of its Duty,
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for having to his hearts desire, disposed of his only Son in Marriage (who was the last of his Children undisposed) he hath been often heard to say, That now he thanked God, his business in this World was finished,
for having to his hearts desire, disposed of his only Son in Marriage (who was the last of his Children undisposed) he hath been often herd to say, That now he thanked God, his business in this World was finished,
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and though the last part of it was extremely painful to him, he underwent it without Complaint or Murmuring, with a Mind that seemed intirely resigned to the Soveraign Disposer of all Events.
and though the last part of it was extremely painful to him, he underwent it without Complaint or Murmuring, with a Mind that seemed entirely resigned to the Sovereign Disposer of all Events.
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And when he perceived the approaches of Death, and found that he was going off this Stage of Mortals, he never shew'd the least sign of Regret or Reluctancy,
And when he perceived the Approaches of Death, and found that he was going off this Stage of Mortals, he never showed the least Signen of Regret or Reluctancy,
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and as one that had placed his main hope on the other side the Grave, and did expect to exchange an uneasie Mortal Life, for an Immortal one of Pleasure.
and as one that had placed his main hope on the other side the Grave, and did expect to exchange an uneasy Mortal Life, for an Immortal one of Pleasure.
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And therefore though I make no doubt after all, but that as a Man, he had his Faults, (and he that hath none let him cast the first stone) yet I am sure he had his Vertues,
And Therefore though I make no doubt After all, but that as a Man, he had his Faults, (and he that hath none let him cast the First stone) yet I am sure he had his Virtues,
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That so with him, and all our other Christian Brethren departed this Life in God's true Faith and Fear, we may have our final Consummation in Bliss and Glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord:
That so with him, and all our other Christian Brothers departed this Life in God's true Faith and fear, we may have our final Consummation in Bliss and Glory, through jesus christ our Lord:
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To whom with the Father, and Eternal Spirit, Three Persons and One God, be ascribed all Honour and Glory and Power and Dominion for ever and ever. AMEN. FINIS.
To whom with the Father, and Eternal Spirit, Three Persons and One God, be ascribed all Honour and Glory and Power and Dominion for ever and ever. AMEN. FINIS.
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