The works of the Reverend and learned MrHenry Grove, of Taunton : containing all the sermons, discourses, and tracts published in his life time . d bore his uncommon pains, his calmrefignatlon of himfelf to the will of God, histender and pious exhortations to his Brothers,and grateful acknowledgement of the care ofhis Parents in his education, feem to arguethat he was no ftranger to the power of reli- lyo The Ptirpofes of Men Vol. I. religion, and the operations of the divineSpirit; which cannot bat be ground of muchfatisfad:ion to the Farents and Relations. I (hall conclude with my wifhes and
The works of the Reverend and learned MrHenry Grove, of Taunton : containing all the sermons, discourses, and tracts published in his life time . d bore his uncommon pains, his calmrefignatlon of himfelf to the will of God, histender and pious exhortations to his Brothers,and grateful acknowledgement of the care ofhis Parents in his education, feem to arguethat he was no ftranger to the power of reli- lyo The Ptirpofes of Men Vol. I. religion, and the operations of the divineSpirit; which cannot bat be ground of muchfatisfad:ion to the Farents and Relations. I (hall conclude with my wifhes andprayers, that you would hearken to the opi-nion and advice of your Friends and Inti-mateSy when they have been leaving thisworld, and ftanding upon the brink of ano-ther ; at which time men have right notionsof things, if ever they have fo. We areall of us, God knows, too apt to flight themoft friendly Admonitions of the Living; butmethinks, we {hould pay fome regard to theWords of the Dying. Let us think of theDeaths of our Acquaintance j let us think fe-rioufly of our own ; and live now as we ihaUwifh we had done v>hen we come to Death ahoUJhed hy Jesus Funeral Sermon FOR Mr. Samuel Mullins^ Who died at T A U N T 0 N, I N T H E XVII. Year of his DEDICATION. 173 T O Mrs. MULL INS, M A D A M, ^~r H ERE may be fome fatisfadion, U72der-*• a private AffiiSiion^ in thinking that othersJiiffer with us^ but I doubt very little ^be {atisfa<ftion in this cafe^ arifeth jrom thenature of human PaJJions, which are fond ofju/iifying themfehes^ and confequently give usa jort of pie a jure amidji all the trouble anduneafinefs which they occafon^ when they havethis to plead for themfelves^ that the Objectwas deferving, and is jo acknowledged by per-fons lefs interefted than we are. But fill,how is this a relief againfi our forrows^ thatthey appear to be too well grounded f On thisaccount^ there are no methods for calming thethoughts and pafions of the
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