An assize-sermon preach'd at St. Edmunds-Bury in Suffolk March the 23rd, 1696/7 before the Right Honourable Sir John Holt, Knight, lord chief justice of the King's Bench, and John Packe, Esq., high sheriff for the county / by Thomas Knaggs ...
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Paul having been accused before Felix the Governour by Tertullus and several others of the Jews, was by them represented as a dangerous Person, a pestilent Fellow, a Mover of Sedition, a great Promoter of the Religion of the Nazarens, and a Profaner of the Temple.
Paul having been accused before Felix the Governor by Tertullus and several Others of the jews, was by them represented as a dangerous Person, a pestilent Fellow, a Mover of Sedition, a great Promoter of the Religion of the Nazarens, and a Profaner of the Temple.
in a real Belief of the Resurrection and the last Judgment, do I exercise my self to have always a Conscience void of Offence towards God, and towards Man.
in a real Belief of the Resurrection and the last Judgement, do I exercise my self to have always a Conscience void of Offence towards God, and towards Man.
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What Conscience is. II. Wherein a Conscience void of Offence towards God and towards Man, doth chiefly consist. III. The Advantages that will accrue by keeping such a Conscience. IV. Shall lay down several Inducements for the keeping such a Conscience.
What Conscience is. II Wherein a Conscience void of Offence towards God and towards Man, does chiefly consist. III. The Advantages that will accrue by keeping such a Conscience. IV. Shall lay down several Inducements for the keeping such a Conscience.
Next under God himself, who is the supream Judg, this, as the Almighty's Vicegerent, exerciseth a Soveraign Power in every Man's own Breast, calling him to the Bar, and arraigning him;
Next under God himself, who is the supreme Judge, this, as the Almighty's Vicegerent, Exerciseth a Sovereign Power in every Man's own Breast, calling him to the Bar, and arraigning him;
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The Horrours that naturally arise out of an accusing Conscience, such as Frights and Distraction, Anguish and Despair, Grief and Fear, Lashes and Gripes,
The Horrors that naturally arise out of an accusing Conscience, such as Frights and Distraction, Anguish and Despair, Grief and fear, Lashes and Gripes,
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so on the other side, the Delight and Joy, the Pleasure and Satisfaction, the Peace and Quietness that follow upon the Discharge of an honest and upright one, abide for ever,
so on the other side, the Delight and Joy, the Pleasure and Satisfaction, the Peace and Quietness that follow upon the Discharge of an honest and upright one, abide for ever,
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We must be serious in all our Addresses to him, uniform in our Obedience, and as much as in us lie, endeavour to copy out in our Lives that Holiness, Justice,
We must be serious in all our Addresses to him, uniform in our obedience, and as much as in us lie, endeavour to copy out in our Lives that Holiness, justice,
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3. To keep a Conscience void of Offence towards God, we must be free from all Appearances of Hypocrisy and Insincerity, diligent and faithful in our Pursuits of Heaven and Eternity,
3. To keep a Conscience void of Offence towards God, we must be free from all Appearances of Hypocrisy and Insincerity, diligent and faithful in our Pursuits of Heaven and Eternity,
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3. He that would keep a Conscience void of Offence towards Man, must in his Dealings with him lay aside all cunning Practices of Guile and Hypocrisy, all secret Arts and base Tricks,
3. He that would keep a Conscience void of Offence towards Man, must in his Dealings with him lay aside all cunning Practices of Guile and Hypocrisy, all secret Arts and base Tricks,
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This makes him just and impartial in the Discharge of his Trust, always prevails with him to advance Righteousness and Justice, to deal fairly between Party and Party,
This makes him just and impartial in the Discharge of his Trust, always prevails with him to advance Righteousness and justice, to deal fairly between Party and Party,
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and to take care that the poor Man's Cause have as friendly and favourable a hearing as that of the Rich. The keeping a Conscience void of Offence towards God and Man, will make the Judg have no respect of Persons in Judgment,
and to take care that the poor Man's Cause have as friendly and favourable a hearing as that of the Rich. The keeping a Conscience void of Offence towards God and Man, will make the Judge have no respect of Persons in Judgement,
And as the Magistrate in particular, by keeping a Conscience void of Offence towards God and towards Man, has this Advantage by it, that it always prevails with him to do Justice, and to denounce righteous Judgment;
And as the Magistrate in particular, by keeping a Conscience void of Offence towards God and towards Man, has this Advantage by it, that it always prevails with him to do justice, and to denounce righteous Judgement;
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Those two Philosophers Plato and Aristotle could tell us that a Man that acts from the Spring of a good Conscience, is NONLATINALPHABET, like a Die; cast him which way you will, he still finds a Bottom.
Those two Philosophers Plato and Aristotle could tell us that a Man that acts from the Spring of a good Conscience, is, like a Die; cast him which Way you will, he still finds a Bottom.
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Like his God, he is still the same yesterday, to day, and for ever. His first Principle is to have honest Principles, whether in a publick or private Station.
Like his God, he is still the same yesterday, to day, and for ever. His First Principle is to have honest Principles, whither in a public or private Station.
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'Tis a memorable Story of Constantius, who at his first coming to the Empire, commanded all his Nobles and Servants to offer Sacrifice unto Idols, threatning to banish all from his Court and Service that should refuse to obey him in that Edict.
It's a memorable Story of Constantius, who At his First coming to the Empire, commanded all his Nobles and Servants to offer Sacrifice unto Idols, threatening to banish all from his Court and Service that should refuse to obey him in that Edict.
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The good Emperor retain'd these about him, and banish'd all the others who were so forward to embrace Idolatry, saying, Quomodo fidem in violatam praestabunt Imperatori, qui Deo sunt perfidi? What Loyalty and Allegiance can there be expected from them towards their Soveraign, that were so perfidious to their God?
The good Emperor retained these about him, and banished all the Others who were so forward to embrace Idolatry, saying, Quomodo fidem in violatam praestabunt Imperatori, qui God sunt perfidi? What Loyalty and Allegiance can there be expected from them towards their Sovereign, that were so perfidious to their God?
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What shall we think of their Consciences, who dare not for their Lives taste Flesh in Lent, stand cover'd before the Picture of our Lady, or receive the Eucharist, omitting Auricular Confession;
What shall we think of their Consciences, who Dare not for their Lives taste Flesh in Lent, stand covered before the Picture of our Lady, or receive the Eucharist, omitting Auricular Confessi;
and involve Kingdoms in Blood and Confusion? What shall we say of their Consciences, who have a seeming Zeal for the Church of England, and yet take direct Ways and Means for bringing in Popery, Slavery, and Tyranny? Or what shall we think of their Consciences, who endeavour to make the World sensible of their Love for the common Good,
and involve Kingdoms in Blood and Confusion? What shall we say of their Consciences, who have a seeming Zeal for the Church of England, and yet take Direct Ways and Means for bringing in Popery, Slavery, and Tyranny? Or what shall we think of their Consciences, who endeavour to make the World sensible of their Love for the Common Good,
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and yet are Enemies to a Prince that has preserv'd their Liberties and Properties, and by his Courage and Conduct sav'd Europe? A Prince whom God rais'd up in the day of our distress to work a Deliverance for us,
and yet Are Enemies to a Prince that has preserved their Liberties and Properties, and by his Courage and Conduct saved Europe? A Prince whom God raised up in the day of our distress to work a Deliverance for us,
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or be so solicitous to compleat the Ruin and Destruction of their Country, and expose it to the Revenge of an incens'd Enemy to our Religion, Laws, and Liberties.
or be so solicitous to complete the Ruin and Destruction of their Country, and expose it to the Revenge of an incensed Enemy to our Religion, Laws, and Liberties.
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The old Romans were ready to sacrifice their Fortunes for the Safety of their Country, and were neither afraid nor asham'd to die in so glorious a Cause.
The old Romans were ready to sacrifice their Fortune's for the Safety of their Country, and were neither afraid nor ashamed to die in so glorious a Cause.
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How then are some Englishmen degenerated from antient Worth and Honour, in seeking to betray what the others were so zealous to preserve? This is one of the worst kind of Consciences in the World.
How then Are Some Englishmen degenerated from ancient Worth and Honour, in seeking to betray what the Others were so zealous to preserve? This is one of the worst kind of Consciences in the World.
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A Conscience that has a hot and flaming Zeal for the Church, yet at the same time carries on the Interest of him who for many Years has been endeavouring to establish Popery and Arbitrary Government.
A Conscience that has a hight and flaming Zeal for the Church, yet At the same time carries on the Interest of him who for many years has been endeavouring to establish Popery and Arbitrary Government.
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Solomon tells us that the righteous Man's Heart is a continual Feast, Prov. 15. The Man who carries a clean Conscience about with him, marcheth every where with an Head lifted up:
Solomon tells us that the righteous Man's Heart is a continual Feast, Curae 15. The Man who carries a clean Conscience about with him, marches every where with an Head lifted up:
St. Paul made so great an Account of the Testimony of a good Conscience, that he call'd it his Glory. O the Comfort a good Conscience will afford us while we live,
Saint Paul made so great an Account of the Testimony of a good Conscience, that he called it his Glory. Oh the Comfort a good Conscience will afford us while we live,
It is a sure Testimony of a secure Mind here, and eternal Happiness hereafter. Nothing can be conceiv'd more pregnant with Delight and Joy than a peaceful Conscience.
It is a sure Testimony of a secure Mind Here, and Eternal Happiness hereafter. Nothing can be conceived more pregnant with Delight and Joy than a peaceful Conscience.
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And King Ptolomy having ask'd one of the Hebrew Interpreters how he might be at rest when he slept, receiv'd this Answer, Let Piety and righteous Dealing be the Scope of all thy Sayings and Doings;
And King Ptolemy having asked one of the Hebrew Interpreters how he might be At rest when he slept, received this Answer, Let Piety and righteous Dealing be the Scope of all thy Sayings and Doings;
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for by applying all thy Discourses and Works to such excellent Ends, whether thou sleepest or wakest, thou shalt have quiest Rest in regard of thy self.
for by applying all thy Discourses and Works to such excellent Ends, whither thou Sleepest or wakest, thou shalt have quiest Rest in regard of thy self.
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And as one Inducement for the keeping a Conscience void of offence towards God and Man, is taken from that Peace and Tranquillity of Mind that follow upon the keeping such a Conscience: So,
And as one Inducement for the keeping a Conscience void of offence towards God and Man, is taken from that Peace and Tranquillity of Mind that follow upon the keeping such a Conscience: So,
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I could instance in Cain, Saul, Judas, Felix, and such like, which the Scripture mentions, who had a Worm that gnaw'd their Consciences both day and night.
I could instance in Cain, Saul, Judas, Felix, and such like, which the Scripture mentions, who had a Worm that gnawed their Consciences both day and night.
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What Creature can be imagin'd more miserable than a Man whose Life is accompanied with the secret Lashes and Tortures of a guilty Conscience? What Shame and Confusion, what Frights and Anguishes,
What Creature can be imagined more miserable than a Man whose Life is accompanied with the secret Lashes and Tortures of a guilty Conscience? What Shame and Confusion, what Frights and Anguishes,
and Executioner? Holy Job in his 15th Chap. has given a lively Description of the miserable State of such a Man. The wicked Man travelleth with Pain all his Days,
and Executioner? Holy Job in his 15th Chap. has given a lively Description of the miserable State of such a Man. The wicked Man travelleth with Pain all his Days,
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then all the Pomp and Glories of the Earth will be but weak Cordials, and afford but small Comfort to him who dies with an accusing Conscience staring him in the Face.
then all the Pomp and Glories of the Earth will be but weak Cordials, and afford but small Comfort to him who die with an accusing Conscience staring him in the Face.
If we would put our selves into a good Posture of dying, we must take care to observe those Commands of St. Paul; That our Hearts be sprinkled from an evil Conscience, Heb. 10.22. To hold Faith and a good Conscience, 1 Tim. 1.19.
If we would put our selves into a good Posture of dying, we must take care to observe those Commands of Saint Paul; That our Hearts be sprinkled from an evil Conscience, Hebrew 10.22. To hold Faith and a good Conscience, 1 Tim. 1.19.
For a Man to talk of Death, and make Preparation for it, and yet not to discharge his Conscience of all the Remains of its past Guilt, is the greatest Folly and Presumption in the World.
For a Man to talk of Death, and make Preparation for it, and yet not to discharge his Conscience of all the Remains of its past Gilded, is the greatest Folly and Presumption in the World.
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4. Another Inducement for the keeping a Conscience void of Offence towards God and Man, shall be taken from the Consideration of the general Resurrection, and the last Judgment.
4. another Inducement for the keeping a Conscience void of Offence towards God and Man, shall be taken from the Consideration of the general Resurrection, and the last Judgement.
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The Court shall be called, and the Books opened, not only of guilty Consciences, but also the Book of Life, wherein God himself has written with his own Finger all our Thoughts, Words, and Actions.
The Court shall be called, and the Books opened, not only of guilty Consciences, but also the Book of Life, wherein God himself has written with his own Finger all our Thoughts, Words, and Actions.
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and whosoever is not found written in the Book of Life, shall be cast into the Lake of Fire, Rev. 20. Which way will the Man who has a condemning Conscience at that Day look,
and whosoever is not found written in the Book of Life, shall be cast into the Lake of Fire, Rev. 20. Which Way will the Man who has a condemning Conscience At that Day look,
when he stands forth and makes his Appearance before the great Tribunal at the general Assize holden for the whole World? If he looks upwards, there sits his Judg ready to pass an unrepealable Sentence upon him.
when he Stands forth and makes his Appearance before the great Tribunal At the general Assize held for the Whole World? If he looks upward, there sits his Judge ready to pass an unrepealable Sentence upon him.
If he casts his Eyes downwards, there stands his Accuser beneath him; his Conscience also at the same time from within crying out and witnessing against him.
If he Cast his Eyes downwards, there Stands his Accuser beneath him; his Conscience also At the same time from within crying out and witnessing against him.
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What dreadful Impressions should the Proceedings at that day make upon our Lives, to do the thing that is lawful and right? A serious Reflection upon an Eternity of Misery, accompanied with all the Horrours and Pangs that that Day writes upon the Forehead of an evil Conscience,
What dreadful Impressions should the Proceedings At that day make upon our Lives, to do the thing that is lawful and right? A serious Reflection upon an Eternity of Misery, accompanied with all the Horrors and Pangs that that Day writes upon the Forehead of an evil Conscience,
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The Ways of Injustice, Oppression, and Extortion, how gainful and pleasant soever they appear here, do not deserve to be bought with the dear Purchase of endless Misery hereafter;
The Ways of Injustice, Oppression, and Extortion, how gainful and pleasant soever they appear Here, do not deserve to be bought with the dear Purchase of endless Misery hereafter;
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What an Obligation do we lie under to make a diligent Inspection into our Consciences, to be nice and curious in examining our Lives and Conversations, to set that right which is amiss,
What an Obligation do we lie under to make a diligent Inspection into our Consciences, to be Nicaenae and curious in examining our Lives and Conversations, to Set that right which is amiss,
The Belief and Hope of a general Resurrection, and the Judgment that is to follow upon it, did strongly oblige and bind that Apostle's Conscience to Vertue and Goodness, to Purity and Holiness, to Honesty and Uprightness, insomuch that he kept always a Conscience void of Offence towards God and towards Man.
The Belief and Hope of a general Resurrection, and the Judgement that is to follow upon it, did strongly oblige and bind that Apostle's Conscience to Virtue and goodness, to Purity and Holiness, to Honesty and Uprightness, insomuch that he kept always a Conscience void of Offence towards God and towards Man.
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and that inward Contentment, which a universal and exact Conscientiousness begets in vertuous Men, will make them abundant Recompence for all that upright Conversation it puts them upon.
and that inward Contentment, which a universal and exact Conscientiousness begets in virtuous Men, will make them abundant Recompense for all that upright Conversation it puts them upon.
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If a Man would consult his own Happiness, and be blessed with a quiet and comfortable Life, let it be his Care to tie up himself to an exact Conscientiousness, which will contribute very much to his convenient living in this World.
If a Man would consult his own Happiness, and be blessed with a quiet and comfortable Life, let it be his Care to tie up himself to an exact Conscientiousness, which will contribute very much to his convenient living in this World.
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What an excellent Temper of Spirit ariseth from the Minds of those that have kept a Conscience void of Offence towards God and Man? They can appeal to God with Considence,
What an excellent Temper of Spirit arises from the Minds of those that have kept a Conscience void of Offence towards God and Man? They can appeal to God with Confidence,
On the contrary, how full of Fears are the Minds of those that are troubled with an evil Conscience? They walk with perplexing Thoughts, their Repose in the Night is uneasy, they are possest with the frightful Appearances of Ghosts, and pursued by the same.
On the contrary, how full of Fears Are the Minds of those that Are troubled with an evil Conscience? They walk with perplexing Thoughts, their Repose in the Night is uneasy, they Are possessed with the frightful Appearances of Ghosts, and pursued by the same.
in all things and at all times, in Health as well as in Sickness, and in the time of Life as well as in the Hour of Death, he laboured to have a Conscience void of Offence towards God and towards Man. That Apostle was not conscientious in his Dealings by Fits and Starts,
in all things and At all times, in Health as well as in Sickness, and in the time of Life as well as in the Hour of Death, he laboured to have a Conscience void of Offence towards God and towards Man. That Apostle was not conscientious in his Dealings by Fits and Starts,
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Be diligent, that ye may be found of him in Peace, without spot, and blameless; 2 Pet. 3.14. The more spotless and blameless we are in our Ways, and the more we breathe after a Principle of Holiness and Purity, the more our Industry and Study will be to keep a Conscience void of Offence.
Be diligent, that you may be found of him in Peace, without spot, and blameless; 2 Pet. 3.14. The more spotless and blameless we Are in our Ways, and the more we breathe After a Principle of Holiness and Purity, the more our Industry and Study will be to keep a Conscience void of Offence.
An unholy and impure Soul will not walk with God, but lives and allows it self in Ways and Haunts of sinning, indulging this and the other unconscionable Action.
an unholy and impure Soul will not walk with God, but lives and allows it self in Ways and Haunts of sinning, indulging this and the other unconscionable Actium.
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even our Father, at the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, with all his Saints, 1 Thess. 3.12, 13. Our Hearts and Affections must be pure and holy within,
even our Father, At the coming of the Lord jesus christ, with all his Saints, 1 Thess 3.12, 13. Our Hearts and Affections must be pure and holy within,
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and that God has his Eye continually upon him? All things are naked and open unto the Eyes of him with whom we have to do, Heb. 4.13. Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord, Jer. 23.24. Do not I fill Heaven and Earth? The Darkness and the Light to him are both alike.
and that God has his Eye continually upon him? All things Are naked and open unto the Eyes of him with whom we have to do, Hebrew 4.13. Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? Says the Lord, Jer. 23.24. Do not I fill Heaven and Earth? The Darkness and the Light to him Are both alike.
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He that lives under the consideration of God's Omnipresence and Omniscience, will exercise himself to have always a Conscience void of Offence towards God and towards Man. And the rather, because,
He that lives under the consideration of God's Omnipresence and Omniscience, will exercise himself to have always a Conscience void of Offence towards God and towards Man. And the rather, Because,
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They shall quake and tremble, and cry out to the Mountains, O fall upon us, and to the Hills, O cover us from the Presence of him that sits upon the Throne.
They shall quake and tremble, and cry out to the Mountains, Oh fallen upon us, and to the Hills, Oh cover us from the Presence of him that sits upon the Throne.
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Lastly, To keep a Conscience void of Offence towards God and Man, it will be highly requisite frequently to meditate upon the Uncertainty of your Lives, and the shortness of them.
Lastly, To keep a Conscience void of Offence towards God and Man, it will be highly requisite frequently to meditate upon the Uncertainty of your Lives, and the shortness of them.
Now if our Days be few, and they uncertain, how should that Consideration put us forward with all our might, to live in all good Conscience? If Death surpriseth us in a guilty Conscience, it leaves us under an Impossibility of ever wiping it off.
Now if our Days be few, and they uncertain, how should that Consideration put us forward with all our might, to live in all good Conscience? If Death surpriseth us in a guilty Conscience, it leaves us under an Impossibility of ever wiping it off.
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And therefore it concerns us, as much as our everlasting Interest amounts to, to use all present Care and Diligence to discharge a good Conscience both towards God and Men.
And Therefore it concerns us, as much as our everlasting Interest amounts to, to use all present Care and Diligence to discharge a good Conscience both towards God and Men.
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and having our Hearts sprinkled from an evil Conscience, we may depart in Peace, close our Eyes with Joy and Confidence, and fall asleep in hopes of a glorious Resurrection at the last Day.
and having our Hearts sprinkled from an evil Conscience, we may depart in Peace, close our Eyes with Joy and Confidence, and fallen asleep in hope's of a glorious Resurrection At the last Day.
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