DEATH-FEAR OF
Afraid? Of what? To feel the spirit's glad release? To pass
from pain to perfect peace. The strife and strain of
life to cease? Afraid – of that?
The fear of
death is ingrafted in the common nature of all men,
but faith works it out of Christians.
Vavasor
Powell
A Puritan Golden Treasury,
compiled by I.D.E. Thomas, by permission of Banner of Truth, Carlisle, PA. 2000, p. 71.
It is a poor
thing to fear that which is inevitable.
Tertullian
I don’t so much pray that my death will be without pain,
but that it will be without doubt.
John Piper
Let them fear
death who do not fear sin.
Thomas Watson
A Puritan Golden Treasury, compiled by I.D.E. Thomas, by permission of Banner of Truth, Carlisle, PA. 2000, p. 71.
Never
fear dying, beloved.
Dying is the last, but the least matter that a Christian has to be anxious
about. Fear living – that is a hard battle to fight, a stern discipline to
endure, a rough voyage to undergo.
C.H. Spurgeon
62.188,189.