A short exposition of the Order for the burial of the dead, by an old college incumbentLondon; Thames Ditton [printed], 1836 - 88 pages |
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... relations , when they are sick and afflicted , but we must leave the event , in humble submission and implicit faith , to His unerring wisdom . In one way or other , the sicknesses of those whom He loves will be to the glory of God ...
... relations , when they are sick and afflicted , but we must leave the event , in humble submission and implicit faith , to His unerring wisdom . In one way or other , the sicknesses of those whom He loves will be to the glory of God ...
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... relation , are about to be committed to the silence of the grave , when the mind is often softened and subdued , and the world , with its pleasures and tempta- tions , for a time at least , deprived of their power , offers some ...
... relation , are about to be committed to the silence of the grave , when the mind is often softened and subdued , and the world , with its pleasures and tempta- tions , for a time at least , deprived of their power , offers some ...
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... relation to the state of de- parted saints ; for since Jesus hath now conquered death , from henceforth " bless- ed are the dead which die in the Lord . " They are no more to be lamented , but to be the subjects of our joy . The Spirit ...
... relation to the state of de- parted saints ; for since Jesus hath now conquered death , from henceforth " bless- ed are the dead which die in the Lord . " They are no more to be lamented , but to be the subjects of our joy . The Spirit ...
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... and uncer- tain our own condition is , and may so number our days as to apply our hearts to heavenly wisdom . It would indeed be unnatural not to be affected by the . death of a relation or friend ; but while we 72 A SHORT EXPOSITION.
... and uncer- tain our own condition is , and may so number our days as to apply our hearts to heavenly wisdom . It would indeed be unnatural not to be affected by the . death of a relation or friend ; but while we 72 A SHORT EXPOSITION.
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death of a relation or friend ; but while we feel as men , we should learn to bear it as Christians , and when we consider from what our departed friend is de- livered , and what he has gained , not to be thankful for this , is an act ...
death of a relation or friend ; but while we feel as men , we should learn to bear it as Christians , and when we consider from what our departed friend is de- livered , and what he has gained , not to be thankful for this , is an act ...
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Page 38 - Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
Page 57 - Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Page 55 - MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up and is cut down like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
Page 46 - Else what shall they do, which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all ? why are they then baptized for the dead ? 30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?
Page 45 - For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order : Christ the firstfruits ; afterward they that are Christ's at His coming. Then cometh the end, when He shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father ; when He shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. For He must reign, till He hath put all enemies under His feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
Page 69 - Almighty God, with whom do live the spirits of those who depart hence in the Lord, and with whom the souls of the faithful, after they are delivered from the burden of the flesh, are in joy and felicity...
Page 34 - Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry ; Hold not thy peace at my tears : For I am a stranger with thee, And a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Page 17 - I AM the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die.
Page 47 - But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die : and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain : but God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
Page 57 - For all flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.