...admitted into Christ's presence. As;ain, this farther appears from the words of Solomon, in Eccl. iv. 2. I praised the dead which are already dead, more than the living which are yet alive. By which we are to understand, that the state of believers, when they die, is much more happy than...

...occasions. The first was, when appointed to preach queen Mary's funeral sermon, or oration. His text was, "Wherefore I praised the dead, which are already dead, more than the living which are yet alive," Eecles. iv. 2. In this sermon, after exhausting his powers of oratory in celebrating his saint of a...

...occasions. The first was, when appointed to preach queen Mary's funeral sermon, or oration. His text was, "Wherefore I praised the dead, which are already dead, more than the living which are yet alive," Eccles. iv. 2. In this sermon, after exhausting his powers of oratory in celebrating his saint of a...

...made a very black sermon," taking for his text Ecclesiastes iv. 2, Laudavi mortttos, <fec., "I have praised the dead which are already dead, more than the living which are yet alive." If there was any difficulty in the application, the preacher took care that his hearers should understand...

...done under the sun, and beheld the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter ; then I praised the dead which are already dead, more than the living which are yet alive." Our virtuous friends, whom death has translated to a better world, are now free from the endless train...

...had no comforter ; and on the side of their oppressors there was power ; but they had no comforter. Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more than the living which are yet to die." The three following ideas are evidently suggested by the passage recited : I. In relation...

...had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power ; but they had no comforter. Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more than the Jiving which are yet alive." The three following ideas are evidently suggested by the passage recited...

...comforter. Wherefore, if this world and human pursuits are to be regarded as the things of highest value, I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive, inasmuch as it would be better to die than to endure the persecutions which are inflicted by tyranny...

...worm, Preys on the fairest fruit, at his success They pine, his worth depreciate, blast his name.! b [2] Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more than the living which are yet alive, c [3] Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the e. vil work...

...with one hand, and with the other is making some vain c Moris to push htm off. No. XIV.— THE ABBESS. Wherefore I praised the dead, which are already dead, more than the living, which are yet alive. ECCLE8. iv. 2. DEATH ludicrously hooded with several flowing plumes, and robed in a kind of gown, carries...