The righteous man's hope at death consider'd and improv'd for the comfort of dying Christians, and the support of surviving relations : to which is added Death-bed reflections, &c. proper for a righteous man in his last sickness / by Samuel Doolittle ; this was the first sermon the author preacht after the death of his mother Mrs. Mary Doolittle, who deceased Decemb. 16. 1692. and is since enlarged.

Title

The righteous man's hope at death consider'd and improv'd for the comfort of dying Christians, and the support of surviving relations : to which is added Death-bed reflections, &c. proper for a righteous man in his last sickness / by Samuel Doolittle ; this was the first sermon the author preacht after the death of his mother Mrs. Mary Doolittle, who deceased Decemb. 16. 1692. and is since enlarged.

Author

Doolittle, Samuel.

Publication

London :: Printed for Thomas Cockerill ...,

1693.

Rights/Permissions

To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.

Subject terms

Future life.

Death.

Consolation.

Link to this Item

https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A36312.0001.001 content_copy

Cite this Item

"The righteous man's hope at death consider'd and improv'd for the comfort of dying Christians, and the support of surviving relations : to which is added Death-bed reflections, &c. proper for a righteous man in his last sickness / by Samuel Doolittle ; this was the first sermon the author preacht after the death of his mother Mrs. Mary Doolittle, who deceased Decemb. 16. 1692. and is since enlarged." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A36312.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 23, 2025. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• TO His Loving Sisters, Mrs. Mary Sheafe, Mrs. Tabitha Hearne, Mrs. Susanna Pool, Mrs. Sarah Dawson, Mrs. Martha Doolittle.
• THE Righteous Man's Hope AT DEATH; Consider'd, and Improv'd; For the Comfort of Dying Chri∣stians, and the Support of Survi∣ving Relations.
• half title
• DEATH-BED Reflections: Suitable to the preceding DISCOURSE, And Proper for a RIGHTEOUS MAN in his Last Sickness.
  • I. This World, and all in it is changeable; Man in particular is so. Death is certain, and unavoidable. What is to be done by a Righteous Man in his Sickness, supposing it to be his last.
  • II. God's goodness is to be acknowledged, though he afflicts us at present. An enumerati∣on of past mercies, temporal and Spiri∣tual: And solemn thanksgiving for both.
  • III. After Death cometh Judgment: what an a∣wakening Thought this is, and ought to be. How this Thought may, and should be im∣prov'd by us in our last Sickness, particu∣larly, to put us upon Confession, the exercise of Repentance, and earnest Prayer to God for Pardoning Mercy.
  • IV. Of submission to the Divine will as to the time of our Death: Many reasons to persuade to such an holy frame, and resigning tem∣per. Objections Answered. Suitable Pe∣titions. The Triumph and last work of FAITH.