...troubles and afflictions of this life. The duty and blessedness of patience and perseverance to the end. O DEATH, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions! to the man that hath nothing to vex him, and that hath prosperity in all things * ! O death, acceptable...

...prospect of going to that place, where the weary be at rest, and the servant is free from his master *. O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions, that hath prosperity in all things ! But acceptable is thy sentence to the needy, and to him that is...

...important, whether it be regarded as a departure from this world, or an entrance into an eternal one. " 0 Death ! how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions ! " To such a person, death comes in a terrific form ; the very mention of his name harrows up the...

...pleasures that solicit our pursuit ; and this consideration can be inculcated only by affliction. " O Death ! how bitter is the remembrance of thee, to a man that lives at ease in his possessions !" If our present state were one continued succession of delights,...

...pleasures that solicit our pursuit; and this consideration can be inculcated only by affliction. " O Death ! how bitter is the remembrance of thee, to a man that lives at ease in his possessions !" If our present state were one continued succession of delights,...

...last, and " in our prosperity we say we shall never be removed." " O death," says the son of Sirach, " how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that...vex him, and that hath prosperity in all things." Most merciful then is the Almighty in these his dispensations of affliction and pain, that wean our...

...Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life; and they are they which testify of me. John v. 39. O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to...to vex him, and that hath prosperity in all things !—O death, acceptable is thy sentence unto the needy, and unto him whose strength faileth, that is...

...with them when they die, neither can their pomp follow them." " Oh death," says the son of Sirach, "how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that...to vex him, and that hath prosperity in all things !" But from this regret, from this pain and vexation, we shall be secured, if we have practically learnt...

...world ; he must neither love any thing passionately, nor be proud of any circumstance of his life. " O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man, that liveth at rest in his possessions, to a man that hath nothing to vex him, and that hath prosperity in all things; yea, unto him that is...

...this thought made distasteful and imbittered to them. So did the Wise xii. Man observe: O death, hotv bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth...him ; and that hath prosperity in all things ; Yea, adds he, unto him, that is yet able to receive meat : And how bitter then must the remembrance ther...