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A28821 A mirrour of Christianity and a miracle of charity, or, A true and exact narrative of the life and death of the most virtuous Lady Alice, Dutchess Duddeley published after the sermon in the Church of St. Giles in the Fields / by R.B., D.D., rector of the said church, on Sunday the 14th of March, MDCLXIX. R. B. (Robert Boreman), d. 1675. 1669 (1669) Wing B3758; ESTC R11208 27,802 56

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the_o saint_n to_o set_v a_o high_a price_n or_o value_n upon_o the_o lord_n jesus_n so_o it_o engage_v they_o to_o a_o strict_a performance_n of_o all_o holy_a duty_n as_o continual_a prayer_n sobriety_n and_o watchfulness_n be_v assure_v that_o none_o at_o that_o great_a day_n shall_v escape_v the_o sentence_n of_o condemnation_n with_o the_o wicked_a who_o be_v surprise_v by_o death_n and_o snatch_v away_o in_o their_o sin_n of_o which_o they_o have_v not_o repent_v for_o most_o true_a be_v that_o say_n of_o s._n aug._n epist_n 80._o to_o hesychius_n in_o quo_fw-la quemque_fw-la invenerit_fw-la suus_fw-la novissimus_fw-la dies_fw-la in_fw-la hoc_fw-la eum_fw-la comprehendet_fw-la mundi_fw-la novissimus_fw-la &_o qualis_fw-la in_o die_fw-la illo_fw-la cuique_fw-la moritur_fw-la talis_fw-la in_o die_fw-la altero_fw-la judicabitur_fw-la in_o what_o condition_n a_o man_n be_v find_v at_o the_o hour_n of_o death_n in_o the_o same_o shall_v he_o be_v look_v upon_o at_o the_o great_a day_n of_o judgement_n if_o he_o be_v surprise_v by_o death_n in_o the_o state_n of_o impenitency_n he_o shall_v then_o be_v condemn_v as_o a_o impenitent_a without_o mercy_n if_o death_n find_v thou_o without_o sin_n it_o be_v sever_v from_o thy_o soul_n by_o a_o hearty_a repentance_n thy_o soul_n shall_v not_o be_v separate_v from_o god_n but_o shall_v with_o thy_o glorify_a body_n partake_v of_o everlasting_a blessedness_n to_o conclude_v he_o that_o shall_v come_v i._n e._n christ_n who_o be_v design_v by_o god_n to_o be_v our_o judge_n will_v come_v and_o will_v not_o tarry_v heb._n 10.37_o i_o e._n not_o fail_v to_o come_v on_o that_o very_a day_n which_o be_v appoint_v for_o he_o to_o summon_v all_o man_n to_o judgement_n of_o that_o day_n and_o hour_n know_v no_o man_n matth._n 24-36_a it_o be_v hide_v from_o the_o eye_n of_o our_o understanding_n and_o knowledge_n but_o let_v not_o the_o thought_n of_o it_o be_v banish_v from_o our_o heart_n let_v we_o expect_v our_o lord_n come_v every_o day_n he_o come_v first_o by_o death_n before_o he_o come_v to_o judgement_n therefore_o let_v our_o expectation_n of_o he_o be_v in_o the_o last_o place_n expectatio_fw-la attentè_fw-fr vigilans_fw-la a_o expectation_n or_o look_v for_o he_o attend_v with_o a_o attentive_a watchfulness_n all_o our_o watch_n all_o our_o pray_n with_o other_o holy_a duty_n shall_v drive_v at_o this_o end_n that_o when_o death_n come_v it_o may_v find_v we_o well_o do_v or_o in_o a_o holy_a frame_n of_o live_v and_o we_o it_o our_o friend_n which_o be_v a_o enemy_n to_o the_o impenitent_a and_o ungodly_a sinner_n suppose_v thou_o see_v death_n march_v towards_o thou_o with_o a_o cup_n of_o deadly_a poison_n in_o one_o hand_n and_o a_o crown_n in_o the_o other_o and_o that_o if_o it_o take_v thou_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o thy_o sin_n that_o poison_n will_v be_v thy_o potion_n but_o if_o it_o find_v thou_o watch_v and_o pray_v that_o crown_n shall_v be_v thy_o lot_n or_o portion_n oh_o then_o put_v on_o job_n resolution_n chap._n 14.14_o all_o the_o day_n of_o my_o appoint_a time_n will_v i_o wait_v till_o my_o change_n come_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d expectabo_fw-la wait_v be_v but_o a_o syllable_n but_o of_o a_o large_a and_o spread_a signification_n and_o comprise_v the_o main_a if_o not_o the_o whole_a duty_n of_o man_n he_o that_o wait_v do_v watch_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o a_o awful_a care_n and_o circumspection_n with_o a_o holy_a fear_n and_o jealousy_n over_o himself_o ever_o suspect_v his_o own_o weakness_n so_o that_o he_o be_v ever_o upon_o duty_n always_o busy_v either_o in_o the_o immediate_a act_n of_o piety_n or_o in_o the_o ordinary_a work_n of_o his_o call_v that_o the_o devil_n or_o his_o own_o imbred_a corruption_n may_v not_o supplant_v or_o hurt_v he_o nor_o death_n surprise_v his_o person_n