upon DE A T H. j67 dency to their Original ? and is not the bletfed Bofom of ChrifI . their Port ? Oh what joyful thankfgivings are due to God, when by his Spirit and Provi- dence they have happily finiíh'd their Voyage through fuch it dan- gerous Seas, and are coming in- to theLand ofthe Living ? How joyful was to Noah the comingof the Dove with an Olive Branch, to Phew him the Deluge was af- fwaged, and the time was come of his freedom from the trouble- fom company of Animals, and from the ftraitnefs and darknefs ofthe Ark, to go forth and poffefs the World ? How joyful fhould Deathbe to a Saint, that comes like the Dove in the evening, to affure him the Deluge of Mifery is ceas'd, and the time is come of his enlargement from the Body, his deliverance from the wretched finful Quamdiu in Salo i/io, tamdiu inter naufragia.
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