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A36322 The mourner directory, guiding him to the middle way betwixt the two extreams, defect, excess of sorrow for his dead to which is added, The mourners soliloquy / by Thomas Doolittle ... Doolittle, Thomas, 1632?-1707. 1693 (1693) Wing D1888; ESTC R17535 114,706 250

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the_o lesser●_n overmuch_o and_o excessive_a q._n 6._o be_v not_o that_o sorrow_n overmuch_o which_o carry_v our_o thought_n down_o into_o the_o grave_a to_o think_v of_o their_o dead_a corpse_n but_o hinder_v they_o from_o ascend_v into_o heaven_n to_o meditate_v upon_o the_o the_o eternal_a everliving_a god_n what_o a_o shame_n and_o reproach_n be_v it_o to_o we_o that_o a_o dead_a wife_n or_o a_o dead_a child_n or_o a_o dead_a father_n or_o mother_n shall_v have_v more_o of_o our_o thought_n than_o god_n and_o christ_n and_o thing_n above_o and_o that_o the_o body_n of_o our_o depart_a relation_n consume_v in_o their_o grave_n shall_v have_v more_o of_o our_o thought_n than_o their_o soul_n triumph_v in_o heaven_n have_v that_o it_o be_v so_o our_o excessive_a sorrow_n do_v testify_v to_o our_o face_n for_o we_o can_v say_v nor_o do_v pretend_v to_o sorrow_n for_o the_o soul_n in_o heaven_n be_v it_o not_o then_o for_o the_o body_n in_o the_o grave_a and_o why_o shall_v not_o the_o joy_n the_o immortal_a part_n be_v fill_v with_o abate_v our_o sorrow_n for_o the_o corruptible_a part_n though_o it_o be_v consume_v if_o our_o thought_n be_v as_o much_o with_o the_o soul_n in_o heaven_n as_o they_o be_v with_o the_o body_n in_o the_o grave_a let_v these_o excessive_a mourner_n ingenuous_o confess_v if_o they_o have_v not_o twenty_o thought_n of_o the_o dead_a body_n for_o one_o serious_a heart_n affect_v thought_n they_o have_v of_o god_n and_o christ_n and_o the_o live_a triumphant_a soul_n above_o for_o will_v not_o the_o one_o cause_n joy_n as_o other_o do_v sorrow_n and_o so_o our_o joy_n mitigate_v be_v equal_a to_o or_o exceed_v our_o sorrow_n if_o it_o be_v