I account this body nothing but a close prison to my soul; and the earth a larger prison to my body. I may not break prison, till I be loosed by death; but I will leave it, not unwillingly, when I am loosed.

Topics: Time & Transience, Eternity & Hope Beyond Death, Hope & Confidence

Occasions: Farewell & Funeral, For Reflection

Joseph Hall

Joseph Hall (1574–1656) war ein englischer Schriftsteller, Geistlicher und Bischof von Exeter sowie Norwich. Er verband reformierte Frömmigkeit mit der Verteidigung der anglikanischen Kirchenordnung und erlangte als moralistischer Essayist den Beinamen „englischer Seneca“. Für Bibelleser sind vor allem seine Betrachtungen der biblischen Geschichte von Bedeutung, die theologische Tiefe mit praktischer Lebensweisheit verbinden.

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