The life & death of Mr. Joseph Alleine, late teacher of the church at Taunton, in Somersetshire, assistant to Mr. Newton whereunto are annexed diverse Christian letters of his, full of spiritual instructions tending to the promoting of the power of Godliness, both in persons and families, and his funeral sermon, preached by Mr. Newton.

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The life & death of Mr. Joseph Alleine, late teacher of the church at Taunton, in Somersetshire, assistant to Mr. Newton whereunto are annexed diverse Christian letters of his, full of spiritual instructions tending to the promoting of the power of Godliness, both in persons and families, and his funeral sermon, preached by Mr. Newton.
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Alleine, Theodosia.
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London :: Printed for Nevil Simmons ...,
1672.
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Alleine, Joseph, 1634-1668.
Funeral sermons.
Sermons, English -- 17th century.
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"The life & death of Mr. Joseph Alleine, late teacher of the church at Taunton, in Somersetshire, assistant to Mr. Newton whereunto are annexed diverse Christian letters of his, full of spiritual instructions tending to the promoting of the power of Godliness, both in persons and families, and his funeral sermon, preached by Mr. Newton." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A23622.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.

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His Will and Affections.

His Will he had so long lost in the Divine Will, as not to find it, or to be troubled with its reluctancies under so long and sad a Series of Tryals and Afflictions, as those which at∣tended him constantly to his Grave. His Affections were strong and servent, and to use his Words, They kept to their right Objects, and their due Bounds, never inkindled

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but with a Coal from the Altar, and then they soared to mar∣vellous Heights. He was indeed, as it were, all affection in pursuing and promoting the grand interests of Religion. The Zeal of God's House had consumed him, and that not Blind nor Wild, but well attempered with Light and Heats. In Sum, what Holy Mr. Herbert said of himself, that may be said of him, That his Active Soul was as a keen Knife in a thin Sheath, ever about to cut through, and take its flight into the Region of Souls.

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