Sick-bed thoughts, upon those words of the apostle in Phil. 1, 23 ... Part. I containing an answer to that great and solemn question, what that state and condition is, which a person must be found in, before he can have good and sufficient ground, not to be affraid, or unwilling to dye? / by J.B.

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Sick-bed thoughts, upon those words of the apostle in Phil. 1, 23 ... Part. I containing an answer to that great and solemn question, what that state and condition is, which a person must be found in, before he can have good and sufficient ground, not to be affraid, or unwilling to dye? / by J.B.
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Batchiler, John, ca. 1615-1674.
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[London :: s.n.],
Printed in the Year, 1667.
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Death -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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"Sick-bed thoughts, upon those words of the apostle in Phil. 1, 23 ... Part. I containing an answer to that great and solemn question, what that state and condition is, which a person must be found in, before he can have good and sufficient ground, not to be affraid, or unwilling to dye? / by J.B." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A76092.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 29, 2024.

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SECT. 2.

The first Doctrine propounded, and the method layed down for the handling of it.

THe first Doctrine then is this: That whoever hath a true and sa∣ving interest in Christ, hath good and sufficient ground, not to be affraid, or un∣willing to dye.

The method I intend to handle it in, shall be this: (1) To consider what are the just causes of the fear of death. (2) What it is that gives a good and sufficient relief against the said fear; which, whatever it is, is likewise a clear evidence of a true and saving in∣terest in Christ. (3) I shall endea∣vour to answer two very important ob∣jections, which may seem strongly to

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oppose the whole Doctrine, and all that is said upon it. (4) Make use of the whole, partly by way of infor∣mation, and partly by way of exhorta∣tion, and that both to good and bad.

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