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son_n	ghost_n	holy_a	trinity_n	32,243	5	10.2915	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A23803	The whole duty of mourning and the great concern of preparing our selves for death, practically considered / written some years since by the author of The whole duty of man, and now published upon the sad occasion of the death of our Most Gracious Sovereign Lady Mary the II, Queen of England, &c. of blessed memory.	Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.	1695 (1695)	Wing A1194; ESTC R33068	65,567	192

height thereof to look about them from one end of the World unto the other to behold the two great Gates thereof so often mentioned in Scripture that stand always wide open night and day the one of entrance into the World and the other of departure out of it Job 1.21 Eccl. 7.5.14 15. 1 Tim. 6.7 there may they observe how many Thousands come every Hour Naked Crying and Crowding into the World at their Birth and as many Thousands every Hour of the Day and Night that depart Groaning and Crowding out of this World at their Death thence they see how one Generation goeth and another comes Successively Eccles. 1.4 one draws on the one and another drives on the other and there is no Rest in this Race but all run Uncessantly from the Oriental Gate to the Western Port even from the Womb to the Grave XI And as it was ordained at the new Temple that he which Entred at one Gate must not return through the same but go out at another Ezek. 46.9 So here is no return but every one hasts forward and never ceaseth till they have past the Gates of the Grave and by this Contemplation when we see and find our selves in the midst of the throng carried on with others in the Swift Wing'd Chariot of Time unto the Sun-Setting Gate of the World we are hereby warned to use this fleeting World as though we used it not and to think daily of that new Eternal World out of which there is no Gate of departure when we are once entred into it and therefore also to make strait Steps to our Paths and so run that we may obtain XII Having been at the Grave and perform'd the last duty to the Deceased we then return from the dead to the living to the Friends of the dead to Mourn with them to Comfort them and give them the Cup of Consolation Rom. 12.15 Jer. 16.7.8 Gen. 37.35 1 Chron. 7.22 John 11.19 and in this action we have another Call to remember our End and while we administer Consolation to others we are to take an Exhortation our selves Now the house of mourning is the School of mortification and therefore it is better to enter into it than into the house of feasting for there is the end of all men and the living will lay it to his heart and so be made better in his heart by the Consideration of the dead and by the Sadness of the Countenances waiting on that Consideration Eccles. 7.2 3 4. XIII When the Comforters of them that Mourn are departed to their respective Habitations yet still the Friends of the dead even while they are on Earth so often as they miss their departed Friends and want the help and benefit which they were wont to enjoy from them so often are they call'd to remember Death that caused such Separations Lum 4 18.20 and in this remembrance they are withal Warned to be prepared ready for Death and not to be Conformed unto this World from whence their Comforts are taken away when the Shepherd takes up the young Lamb the Ewe follows him of her self and needs no calling nor driving when the great Shepherd of the Sheep takes away the Souls of Young and Old and of dearest Friends from one another it is to Encourage them to run after the Lord and to long after his Presence in whom they shall find more then all this World can afford XIV So often as we think of an indulgent Parent or an intire Friend that would have rejoyced with us and assisted us so often are we called to be stirred up in our desires to be with them and especially to run after such a Shepherd that hath laid down his Life for his Sheep John 10.11 Whom the Ewe should follow more then her Lamb and whom our Soul should long after more then after our dearest Friends thus this missing of Friends and Separation from them both is to some and ought to be unto all an effectual means to Separate their minds from the Earth to loosen their hearts from the love of this Life and to make them aspire after that perfect and indissoluble Communion into which their Friends are gone before CHAP. VIII Eternal Life described and practically considered THis Consideration of the last period of our Life ought most to affect us which must end in Eternal Bliss or everlasting Woe this being duly thought upon may serve to make a deeper Impression upon the Soul and be retained in the memory more than all the memorials that have been rehearsed Now would it not seem Strange if any Person were to have Executed upon him the next day a Shameful and Ignominious Death or to be Exalted to a Rich and Honourable Estate think you that this Person could not keep in mind the Judgment approaching or the glad Tidings of his Worldly Happiness without the help of a remembrance and more strange is it that these great and main Concerns of Eternal Salvation or Eternal Misery should not by their own value press the Heart of Man with their ponderosity unto a continual remembrance of them without other warnings when as we know not whether we shall have a days Respite before they approach II. The Last End of the Righteous is Eternal Life and this Life consists especially with God and the Saints Now by Fellowship with God Men come to see God Math. 5.8 Even to see him as he is 1 John 3.2 to see his face which no man can see and live Ex. 33.20 to see him before whom the Glorious Seraphims Cover their faces with their wings Isa. 6.2 To see the Holy Trinity the Blessed Father Son and Holy Ghost Cloathed with the Sacred Robes of their several Beauty and Majesty shining distinctly as the pure Jaspar the Carnation Sardine and the Green Emerald Rev. 4.3 then the Son will manifest himself to those who are his John 14.21 and they shall behold his glory John 17.24 and and the Father shall be seen in him John 14.9 10. and with them both the seven spirits which are before the throne even that one and the same spirit Enlightning with his Seven-Fold Graces and Gifts that bright Seven-fold Lamp of his Church Rev. 14. chap. 4.5 1 Cor. 12.11 III. With this Vision shall the soul be satisfied when it awakes Psal. 17.15 and this Pleasure Surpasses all that Mortal Eye can behold for even the Heavenly Angels are but a shadow of that Goodness and Glory which is in God the Creator and Author of all things Rom. 11.36 all is but as a drop of a Bucket or as a small Mote of dust that turns not the ballance yea as nothing and less then nothing before him Isa. 40.15.17 The Beauty of this World and the Excellencies of all Earthly things are such as Eye hath seen and the Heart imagined but this Glory and Pleasant Countenance of God is Exceedingly above all that we can desire or think Eph. 3.20 Such as eye hath not seen nor ear heard