XXXIX. To trust in God, is a Christian's necessary Duty.
I find trusting in God my most necessary Duty. My Condition is such, that I cannot see before me: I know not what a day may
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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- 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 15, 2024.
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bring forth. I find my self weak and impotent, unable to do or suffer as I ought: I cannot pre∣serve my Soul, Life, Health, or any thing dear to me. And with∣out trusting in God, I cannot ex∣pect God should fulfil any Pro∣mise, it being the Condition of the Promise.