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PEC.T,-IY.,
THE CONQUEST OVER
DEATH.
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friends,
and,
dearest. acquaintance:;. those
that
have
ar-
rived
at
the new
Jerusalem
themselves, and have
assisted
us
in
our
travels thither. And
we
shall
delightfully'en-
tertain,
and
be
entertained
with the
mutual narratives
of
divine
grace,.
and the
wise
and holy
methods
of
provi-
dence, whereby
we
have been
conducted
safe
through.
all
the
fatigues
and dangers
of
the wilderness
to
that hea-
venly:
country.
And
that
which
shall add-an unknown relish
to all
the
former
blessings,
is
the
full
assurance
that
we
shall
pos-
sess
them
for
ever.
For
every one
of
our enemies
are
then destroyed, and the
last of
them
is
death.
Here
on
earth it
is
a
perpetual
pain to the mind to think,
that
those
whom
we
love
are
mortal
;
the next
moment may
divide them frpm us
far
as
the distance
of
two
worlds.
They are
seized on a
sudden
from
our
eyes,
and
from
our
embraces
;
and
this
thought
allays
the delight
that
we
take
in
their
company, and diminishes the
joy;
but
in
.
that
world
all
our
friends
are
immortal
;
"
we
shall ever
be with
the
Lord," and
ever
with one
another
too
;"
1
Thess.
iv.
17.
May
I
be
permitted here
to
make
a
short
reflection on
that
mournful providence
that
has
joined
two lovely
rela-
tives
in
death
*;
and
given
occasion
for
the
sad
solemnities
of
this day
!
The
pious
mother
led the
way
to
heaven
but
a
few
days before
the pious
daughter
followed,
each
of
them
the
parent
of
a
reputable
family,
and
the
descend-
ants
from
a
progenitort,
whose
name
is
in
honour among
the churches.
As
mutual affection
joined
their
habita-
tions
in life, so
the
care
of
surviving
fri'..nds
has
laid them
to
rest
in
their beds
of earth
together. We
trust
they
are
also
joined
in
the world
of
blessed
spirits
on high,
and
they shall
be
joined
again
in the world
of
glorified
saints
in the morning
of
the
resurrection.
Death their
common
enemy has taken them both captives
together
;
has
bound
in his
.
chains
the mother
andi
the
daughter: but
they
are
*
The Lady
Hartopp,
daughter of
Charles Fleetwood, Esq.
and
wife
to
Sir John
Hartopp, of Newington,
baronet, died Nov.
9, 1711.
Mrs.
Gould, their daughter, and
wife
to
Mr.
Gould,
now
Sir
Nathaniel Gould,
of
Newington,
died six days
after,
viz.
Nov.
15,
and left
their
households
behind
then
oppressed with double
Sorröw.
f
Charles Fleetwood, Esq.
of Norfolk,
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