...departed, w<* therefore commit, See." 2. " We give thee hearty thanks for that it hath pleased thee to deliver this our brother out of the miseries of this sinful word." 3. " As our hope is, this our brother doth." The first I propose to re-ad thus: " Forasmuch...

...burden of the flesh, are in joy and felicity ; we give thee hearty thanks for that it hath pleased thee to deliver this our brother out of the miseries of this sinful world, beseeching thee that it may please thee shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect." Still farther...

...rushed into his presence without being called for? And how can I return hearty thanks unto God, for that it hath pleased him to deliver this our brother out of this miserable world ? Can I thank God for the greatest calamity that a mortal can inflict, and blasphemously...

...declares, " That God hath taken to himself the soul of this " our dear brother, — gives him hearty thanks that " it hath" pleased him to deliver this our brother " out of the miseries of this sinful world," —and prays, " that when we shall depart this life, we " may rest in him (Christ) as our hope is,...

...said ' We commit his body to the ground. We give thee hearty thanks, for that it hath pleased thee to deliver this our brother out of the miseries of this sinful world,' Oh, how did these words rend the hearts of the people ! they cried ; — the poor cried ' Oh, my dear...

...providence, and revere thy justice, and magnify thy mercies, thy infinite mercies that it hath pleased thee to deliver this our brother out of the miseries of this sinful world. Thy counsels are secret, and thy wisdom is infinite: With the same hand ' thou hast crowned him, and...

...burden of the flesh, are in joy and felicity ; We give thee hearty thanks, for that it hath pleased thee to deliver this our brother out of the miseries of this sinful world ; beseeching thee, that it may please thee, of thy gracious goodness, shortly to accomplish the number...

...burden of the flesh, are in joy and felicity ; We give thee hearty thanks, for that it hath pleased thee to deliver this our brother out of the miseries of this sinful world ; beseeching thee, that it may please thee of thy gracious goodness, shortly to accomplish the number...

...commit his body to the ground;"- — lf We .give thee hearty thanks, for that it hath pleased thee to deliver this our brother out of the miseries of this sinful world." Oh, how did these words rend the hearts of the people ! They cried. . . . the poor cried. . . . w'Oh...

...The second sentence cited by the Inquiry, " We give thee hearty thanks, for that it hath pleased thee to deliver this our Brother out of the miseries of this sinful world," is as little indicative of the state of the departed. The Church gives thanks for the deliverance of...