The faithful and diligent Christian described and exemplified, or, A sermon (with some additions) preached at the funeral of the Lady Elizabeth Brooke, the relict of Sir Robert Brooke, Kt. ... who departed this life July 22, and was interred in the parish-church of Yoxford, July 26, 1683, and in the 82d year of her age to which is annexed ... an account of the life and death of that eminent lady : with an appendix containing some observations, experiences, and rules for practice, found written with Her Ladiship's own hand / by Nath. Parkhurst ...
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The faithful and diligent Christian described and exemplified, or, A sermon (with some additions) preached at the funeral of the Lady Elizabeth Brooke, the relict of Sir Robert Brooke, Kt. ... who departed this life July 22, and was interred in the parish-church of Yoxford, July 26, 1683, and in the 82d year of her age to which is annexed ... an account of the life and death of that eminent lady : with an appendix containing some observations, experiences, and rules for practice, found written with Her Ladiship's own hand / by Nath. Parkhurst ...
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Parkhurst, Nathaniel, 1643-1707.
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London :: Printed for Samuel Sprint ... and John Harding ...,
1684.
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Subject terms
Brooke, Elizabeth, -- Lady, -- 1601-1683.
Church of England -- Sermons.
Funeral sermons.
Sermons, English -- 17th century.
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"The faithful and diligent Christian described and exemplified, or, A sermon (with some additions) preached at the funeral of the Lady Elizabeth Brooke, the relict of Sir Robert Brooke, Kt. ... who departed this life July 22, and was interred in the parish-church of Yoxford, July 26, 1683, and in the 82d year of her age to which is annexed ... an account of the life and death of that eminent lady : with an appendix containing some observations, experiences, and rules for practice, found written with Her Ladiship's own hand / by Nath. Parkhurst ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A56406.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2024.
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X. The real Christian loves Solitude.
Solitude is no Burden to a real Christian, he is least alone, when alone: His Solitude is as busy and laborious as any part of his Life. It is impossible to be Religious in∣deed, and not to love Solitude in some measure; for all Duties of Religion cannot be performed in Publick. It is also a thing as no∣ble
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as 'tis necessary, to love to con∣verse with our own Thoughts. The vain Mind doth not more natu∣rally love Company, than the Di∣vine Mind doth frequent retiring: Such have Work to do, and Meat to eat the World know not of. Their Pleasures are secret, and their chiefest Delight is between God and themselves. The most plea∣sant part of their Life is not in, but out of the World.
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