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A53333 The blessedness of good men after death a sermon preach'd at the funeral of the Revd. Mr. Henry Cornish, B.D., who died on Sunday, Decemb. 18th, in the eighty ninth year of his age and was interred on Thursday, Decemb. 22d, 1698, in the Church of Bisiter, in the County of Oxford : with a preface to rectifie some misrepresentations &c. in a late pamphlet, entitled Some remarks on the life, death, and burial of the said Mr. Cornish / by John Ollyffe ... Ollyffe, John, 1647-1717. 1699 (1699) Wing O286; ESTC R7832 31,135 36

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that_o die_v in_o the_o lord_n for_o now_o they_o be_v pass_v from_o all_o their_o labour_n and_o trouble_n from_o all_o their_o fear_n and_o danger_n their_o pain_n and_o suffering_n whatsoever_o and_o be_v go_v but_o to_o take_v possession_n of_o the_o promise_a crown_n it_o be_v a_o loss_n to_o we_o indeed_o that_o they_o be_v go_v and_o self-love_n make_v we_o to_o mourn_v and_o complain_v at_o it_o but_o what_o do_v they_o lose_v in_o leave_v we_o or_o the_o world_n and_o the_o little_a accommodation_n of_o this_o life_n that_o be_v now_o enter_v upon_o the_o possession_n of_o the_o inheritance_n though_o we_o lose_v by_o they_o because_o they_o be_v go_v yet_o we_o ought_v not_o sure_o to_o grudge_v at_o their_o happiness_n second_o to_o exhort_v all_o to_o the_o faith_n and_o