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           THE
           
             CHVRCHES
             TRIVMPH
          
           OVER
           DEATH
           .
           Opend
           in
           a
           SERMON
           Preached
           
             Septemb.
          
           11.
           1660.
           at
           the
           Funeral
           of
           the
           most
           Religious
           and
           ver
           .
           tuous
           Lady
           ,
           The
           Lady
           
             MARY
             LANGHAM
             .
          
        
         
           By
           EDWARD
           REYNOLDS
           D.
           D.
           now
           Bishop
           of
           
             NORWICH
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             15.
             55.
             
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             Tho.
             Ratcliffe
             ,
          
           for
           
             John
             Baker
          
           at
           the
           sign
           of
           the
           
             Peacock
          
           in
           St.
           
             Pauls
          
           Church-Yard
           .
           1662.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           his
           ever
           Honoured
           and
           most
           worthy
           Friend
           Sir
           James
           Langham
           K.
           
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           IT
           hath
           not
           been
           without
           a
           special
           providence
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           this
           Sermon
           preached
           above
           a
           year
           and
           an
           half
           since
           ,
           at
           the
           Funeral
           of
           your
           most
           religious
           Lady
           ,
           should
           now
           by
           your
           earnest
           desire
           ,
           come
           abroad
           unto
           publick
           view
           .
           For
           hereby
           a
           just
           Accompt
           is
           given
           to
           the
           world
           of
           those
           deep
           and
           permanent
           Impressions
           of
           Love
           ,
           Sorro●
           and
           Honour
           ,
           which
           the
           memory
           of
           so
           matchless
           a
           Consort
           have
           made
           upon
           your
           soul
           ,
           when
           a
           wound
           so
           long
           since
           inflicted
           ,
           doth
           not
           yet
           cease
           to
           bleed
           afresh
           upon
           the
           continually
           recurring
           thoughts
           of
           so
           inestimable
           a
           loss
           .
           I
           have
           read
           in
           the
           Civil
           Law
           ,
           That
           if
           a
           woman
           married
           again
           before
           the
           expiration
           of
           ten
           moneths
           after
           the
           death
           of
           her
           former
           Husband
           ,
           she
           did
           
             Subire
             maculam
             Infamiae
             :
          
           But
           after
           such
           a
           space
           of
           time
           ,
           it
           was
           presumed
           she
           might
           overcome
           the
           pressures
           of
           so
           great
           a
           sorrow
           ,
           and
           yet
           still
           retain
           her
           Honour
           .
           You
           have
           passed
           over
           double
           that
           time
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           at
           all
           out
           of
           an
           unmanly
           softness
           ,
           but
           out
           of
           a
           just
           and
           most
           judicious
           esteem
           of
           those
           eminent
           graces
           ,
           which
           did
           so
           beautifie
           
           the
           soul
           ,
           and
           perfume
           the
           name
           of
           that
           excellent
           Lady
           ,
           you
           do
           ,
           not
           without
           redoubled
           Honour
           ,
           often
           resume
           the
           view
           and
           sense
           of
           that
           divine
           stroak
           whereby
           you
           were
           deprived
           of
           so
           unvaluable
           a
           Treasure
           .
           Nor
           am
           I
           my self
           without
           a
           special
           Advantage
           acrewing
           unto
           me
           by
           this
           Publication
           ,
           having
           so
           good
           an
           opportunity
           to
           let
           the
           world
           know
           that
           great
           debt
           of
           Honour
           ,
           Love
           and
           Thankfulness
           wherein
           I
           stand
           bound
           to
           your
           noble
           Father
           ,
           your self
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           branches
           of
           that
           worthy
           Family
           for
           those
           many
           Favours
           ,
           those
           real
           and
           great
           bounties
           ,
           which
           ever
           since
           I
           have
           had
           the
           Honour
           of
           an
           acquaintance
           with
           you
           ,
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           yet
           are
           enmulated
           upon
           me
           :
           I
           have
           no
           other
           way
           of
           paying
           back
           the
           Tribute
           which
           I
           ow
           to
           you
           all
           ,
           then
           by
           beseeching
           the
           God
           of
           Grace
           to
           make
           all
           his
           Grace
           abound
           towards
           you
           all
           ,
           and
           plentifully
           to
           supply
           you
           with
           the
           choicest
           ●f
           his
           heavenly
           Treasures
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           Riches
           in
           Glory
           by
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           unfained
           prayer
           of
        
         
           
             Your
             most
             faithful
             Friend
             And
             Humble
             Servant
             ,
             
               Ed.
               Norvic
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           CHURCHES
           TRIUMPH
           OVER
           DEATH
           .
        
         
           
             ISAIAH
             XXVI
             .
             18
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             
               We
               have
               been
               with
               child
               ,
               we
               have
               been
               in
               pain
               ,
               we
               have
               as
               it
               were
               brought
               forth
               wind
               ,
               we
               have
               not
               wrought
               any
               deliverance
               in
               the
               earth
               ,
               neither
               have
               the
               inhabitants
               of
               the
               world
               fallen
               .
            
             
               Thy
               dead
               men
               shall
               live
               ,
               together
               with
               my
               dead
               body
               shall
               they
               arise
               :
               awake
               and
               sing
               ye
               that
               dwell
               in
               the
               dust
               :
               for
               thy
               dew
               is
               as
               the
               dew
               of
               herbs
               ,
               and
               the
               earth
               shall
               cast
               out
               the
               dead
               .
            
          
        
         
           THe
           holy
           Prophet
           having
           in
           the
           foregoing
           Chapter
           set
           forth
           many
           gracious
           
             Evangelical
             promises
             ,
          
           doth
           here
           in
           this
           celebrate
           them
           with
           a
           
             song
          
           of
           solemn
           and
           publick
           thanksgiving
           ,
           blessing
           the
           Lord
           for
           his
           
           salvation
           to
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           his
           severity
           against
           the
           enemies
           thereof
           .
        
         
           Whereupon
           we
           find
           the
           Church
           entertaining
           many
           
             holy
             Resolutions
             ,
          
           as
           fruits
           and
           expressions
           of
           that
           her
           joy
           .
           She
           resoves
           to
           
             trust
             in
             the
             Lord
             for
             ever
             ,
          
           in
           regard
           of
           his
           strength
           and
           fidelity
           towards
           his
           people
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           power
           and
           jealousie
           against
           their
           enemies
           ,
           
             ver
             .
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           She
           resolves
           to
           
             wait
             upon
             God
          
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           judgements
           ,
           upon
           the
           remembrance
           of
           that
           
             Name
          
           of
           his
           ,
           whereby
           he
           made
           himself
           known
           to
           his
           people
           in
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           Exod.
           34
           6
           ,
           7.
           as
           a
           God
           able
           to
           give
           
             being
          
           to
           every
           promise
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           
             truth
             and
             power
          
           to
           performe
           what
           his
           
             mercy
          
           had
           covenanted
           to
           do
           for
           her
           ,
           
             Micah
             7.
             20.
             ver
             .
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             12.
             
          
           And
           this
           confident
           waiting
           upon
           God
           in
           trouble
           is
           commended
           
             ab
             opposito
          
           by
           the
           contrary
           disposition
           of
           wicked
           men
           ,
           whom
           favours
           and
           mercies
           cannot
           perswade
           to
           learn
           righteousness
           ,
           
             ver
             .
             10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           She
           resolves
           
             to
             submit
          
           to
           Gods
           fatherly
           Government
           alone
           ,
           and
           to
           renounce
           all
           other
           usurping
           and
           tyrannical
           Lords
           ,
           who
           had
           exercised
           domination
           over
           her
           ,
           in
           reregard
           of
           Gods
           judgements
           executed
           on
           them
           ,
           and
           his
           mercies
           renued
           to
           his
           people
           ,
           
             v.
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           She
           resolves
           to
           
             poure
             out
             her
             prayer
          
           unto
           God
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           all
           present
           troubles
           ,
           acknowledging
           her
           own
           impotency
           ,
           and
           the
           miscarriage
           of
           all
           her
           own
           carnal
           counsels
           and
           contrivances
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           trusting
           no
           longer
           in
           her self
           ,
           but
           in
           God
           which
           raiseth
           the
           dead
           ,
           
             ver
             .
             16
             ,
             17
             ,
             18
             ,
             19.
             
          
           Lastly
           ,
           after
           all
           these
           pious
           dispositions
           and
           noble
           resolves
           ,
           she
           concludeth
           her
           song
           with
           a
           
             triumphal
             Epinicion
          
           
           and
           insultation
           over
           all
           her
           enemies
           ,
           and
           with
           an
           assurance
           that
           as
           they
           should
           
             die
             and
             not
             live
             ,
             fall
             and
             not
             rise
             ,
          
           their
           persons
           and
           their
           memories
           should
           perish
           ,
           
             ver
             .
             14.
          
           so
           she
           should
           
             live
             ,
             and
             rise
             and
             sing
             ,
             and
             flourish
             ,
          
           as
           the
           herbs
           buried
           in
           the
           Earth
           ,
           when
           the
           dew
           of
           Heaven
           falls
           on
           them
           to
           refresh
           them
           ,
           
             ver
             .
             19.
             
          
        
         
           Some
           refer
           the
           words
           to
           the
           
             Babylonian
             Captivity
             ,
          
           wherein
           they
           were
           as
           dead
           bones
           in
           a
           grave
           ,
           
             Ezek.
             37.
             11
             ,
             12.
          
           without
           any
           strength
           ,
           wisdome
           ,
           or
           visible
           hope
           of
           being
           ever
           delivered
           .
        
         
           Some
           to
           the
           
             afflicted
             state
             of
             the
             Church
          
           under
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Rest
          
           or
           
             Sabbath
          
           which
           the
           Lord
           would
           give
           them
           at
           the
           last
           ,
           out
           of
           all
           their
           labours
           and
           sufferings
           ,
           
             Heb.
             4.
             9.
             
             Rev.
             20.
             2.
             
          
        
         
           Some
           to
           the
           
             last
             Resurrection
          
           and
           the
           faith
           of
           the
           Church
           touching
           that
           .
           And
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           usual
           then
           for
           the
           Church
           and
           holy
           men
           therein
           to
           support
           their
           hearts
           above
           their
           incumbent
           afflictions
           ,
           and
           to
           secure
           to
           themselves
           ,
           the
           comfort
           of
           promised
           deliverance
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           seeming
           improbabilities
           thereof
           ,
           by
           the
           general
           doctrine
           of
           the
           
             Resurrection
             .
          
           See
           
             Job
             19.
             25
             ,
             26
             ,
             27.
             
             Isa.
             66.
             14.
             
             Hos.
             6.
             2.
             2
             
             Cor.
             1.
             9.
             
          
           
        
         
           Whatever
           was
           the
           particular
           state
           of
           the
           the
           Church
           then
           ,
           certain
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           
             in
             the
             general
             the
             words
          
           extend
           to
           the
           
             Resurrection
             of
             the
             faithful
             ,
          
           and
           are
           so
           interpreted
           by
           the
           Ancients
           ,
           
             Irenaeus
             ,
             Tertul.
             Hierom
             ,
             Cyril
             ,
             Augustine
             ,
          
           
           and
           by
           learned
           moderns
           Expositors
           .
        
         
           The
           
             sore
             affliction
          
           here
           of
           the
           Church
           is
           compared
           
           to
           the
           pangs
           of
           a
           woman
           in
           travel
           ,
           who
           earnestly
           cryeth
           out
           ,
           and
           striveth
           to
           be
           delivered
           ;
           a
           frequent
           allusion
           to
           expresse
           any
           exquisite
           pain
           by
           ,
           
             Isa.
             13.
             8.
             
             Jer.
             13.
             21.
             
          
           She
           had
           in
           this
           her
           sore
           distresse
           ,
           cryed
           with
           strong
           groans
           and
           cryes
           unto
           God
           to
           be
           delivered
           ,
           but
           all
           in
           vain
           ,
           she
           brought
           forth
           nothing
           but
           
             wind
             ,
             pain
             without
             profit
             ,
          
           Jer.
           12.
           13.
           
           
             Wind
          
           is
           an
           usual
           expression
           ,
           whereby
           the
           Scripture
           describeth
           
             frustraneous
             events
             ,
             Jer.
             5.
             13.
             
             Hos.
             8.
             7.
             12.
             1.
          
           the
           womb
           of
           the
           Church
           miscarried
           ,
           and
           brought
           forth
           ,
           
             flatum
             pro
             faetu
             ,
          
           they
           looked
           for
           salvation
           and
           deliverance
           ,
           but
           they
           were
           totally
           disapointed
           ,
           they
           had
           the
           pains
           of
           a
           travelling
           woman
           but
           not
           the
           
             comfort
          
           of
           a
           child
           born
           ,
           
             John
             16.
             21.
          
           when
           they
           looked
           for
           deliverance
           from
           one
           calamity
           ,
           they
           fell
           into
           another
           ;
           or
           as
           some
           render
           it
           ,
           instead
           of
           bringing
           forth
           a
           child
           ,
           or
           working
           any
           deliverance
           ,
           they
           were
           delivered
           of
           their
           own
           spirit
           ,
           or
           
             gave
             up
             the
             Ghost
             .
          
           The
           next
           words
           are
           a
           litteral
           explication
           of
           the
           metaphor
           ,
           We
           
             have
             not
             wrought
             any
             salvation
          
           or
           deliverance
           .
           All
           our
           
             conceptions
          
           and
           cries
           end
           in
           
             vanity
          
           and
           disappointment
           .
           All
           our
           
             Hopes
          
           touching
           the
           ruine
           of
           our
           enemies
           ,
           
             ver
             .
             14.
          
           are
           come
           to
           nothing
           ,
           they
           
             are
             not
             fallen
             .
          
           But
           we
           
             are
             dead
          
           men
           ,
           very
           
             carcasses
             ,
          
           we
           
             dwell
             in
             the
             dust
             ,
          
           we
           are
           as
           low
           as
           calamity
           can
           make
           us
           .
        
         
           Now
           above
           all
           this
           misery
           the
           
             Church
             by
             faith
          
           lifteth
           up
           her
           head
           ,
           in
           the
           assurance
           of
           a
           glorious
           Resurrection
           .
           She
           turnes
           away
           from
           the
           view
           and
           sense
           of
           her
           own
           sufferings
           ,
           from
           the
           
           
             conceptions
          
           and
           
             parturitions
          
           of
           her
           own
           Counsels
           ,
           and
           carnal
           contrivances
           ,
           and
           
             with
             a
             triumphant
             .
             Apostrophe
          
           turns
           to
           God.
           
        
         
           
             Thy
             dead
             men
             shall
             live
             ]
          
           The
           pronown
           is
           very
           emphatical
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Church
           to
           God
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           the
           continuation
           of
           the
           context
           ,
           from
           
             ver
             .
             16.
          
           so
           it
           is
           not
           meant
           of
           all
           ,
           but
           of
           
             Gods
             dead
             men
             ,
          
           whether
           
             figuratively
          
           in
           any
           desperate
           clamity
           ,
           or
           
             really
          
           in
           their
           graves
           ,
           For
           the
           words
           will
           extend
           to
           both
           .
        
         
           
             Shall
             live
             ]
          
           or
           
             do
             live
             ,
          
           are
           
             prisoners
             of
             hope
             ,
          
           have
           a
           
             seed
          
           of
           life
           in
           them
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           grave
           .
           It
           is
           the
           Apostles
           similitude
           and
           illustration
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           15.
           36
           ,
           37
           ,
           38.
           
        
         
           
             With
             my
             dead
             body
             ]
          
           In
           the
           Original
           it
           is
           thus
           .
           
             My
             dead
             body
             ,
             They
             shall
             live
             ;
          
           by
           an
           usual
           
             Enallage
          
           of
           the
           number
           ,
           every
           one
           of
           my
           dead
           bodies
           shall
           live
           .
           Some
           make
           it
           an
           expression
           of
           the
           Prophets
           
             faith
             ,
          
           applying
           to
           himself
           the
           comfort
           of
           that
           common
           salvation
           ,
           
           preaching
           nothing
           to
           them
           which
           he
           was
           not
           in
           his
           own
           particular
           assured
           of
           .
           
           Some
           take
           it
           as
           an
           
             Answer
             of
             Christ
             to
             the
          
           Churches
           faith
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           related
           to
           that
           ,
           
             Mat.
             27.
             52
             ,
             53.
             
          
           I
           conceive
           them
           to
           be
           the
           
             words
             of
             the
             Church
          
           still
           ,
           comforting
           her self
           in
           the
           assurance
           of
           Gods
           mercy
           to
           every
           one
           of
           her
           mystical
           members
           ,
           which
           assurance
           is
           expressed
           by
           a
           kind
           of
           
             Hypotyposis
             ,
          
           calling
           the
           dead
           to
           come
           forth
           out
           of
           the
           dust
           ,
           and
           to
           rejoyce
           for
           her
           deliverance
           .
        
         
           
             For
             thy
             dew
             is
             as
             the
             dew
             of
             Herbs
             ]
          
           Thy
           divine
           
             word
             ,
          
           power
           ,
           and
           promise
           is
           able
           to
           do
           unto
           us
           as
           
             dew
          
           unto
           herbs
           ,
           though
           they
           seem
           outwardly
           
           dried
           up
           and
           dead
           ,
           yet
           having
           a
           
             vital
             Root
             ,
          
           they
           do
           by
           the
           fall
           of
           the
           dew
           send
           forth
           their
           Leaves
           and
           beauty
           again
           .
           Now
           God
           hath
           more
           care
           of
           us
           then
           of
           
             herbs
             ,
          
           and
           his
           spirit
           more
           efficacy
           then
           the
           
             dew
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           however
           we
           may
           be
           withered
           and
           consumed
           with
           calamity
           and
           death
           ,
           yet
           he
           will
           raise
           us
           up
           again
           ,
           and
           cloath
           us
           with
           beauty
           and
           glory
           .
           Thus
           the
           Scripture
           often
           argues
           from
           
             natural
          
           to
           
             supernatural
          
           things
           ,
           Jer.
           31.
           35
           ,
           36.
           
           
             Jer.
             33.
             20
             ,
             21.
             
             Psal.
             89.
             36
             ,
             37.
             1
             
             Cor.
             15.
             36.
             
          
           And
           this
           similitude
           of
           
             dew
          
           reviving
           and
           refreshing
           decayed
           herbs
           we
           frequently
           meet
           with
           ,
           
             Prov.
             19.
             12.
             
             Isa.
             66.
             14.
             
             Hos.
             14.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
        
         
           
             And
             the
             earth
             shall
             cast
             out
             the
             dead
          
           ]
           as
           a
           woman
           doth
           an
           untimely
           birth
           .
           The
           Grave
           shall
           be
           
             in
             Travel
          
           with
           the
           dead
           ,
           
           the
           Apostle
           seems
           to
           point
           at
           such
           a
           Metaphor
           ,
           
             Acts
             2.
             24.
          
           and
           shall
           be
           delivered
           of
           them
           .
           Another
           version
           thus
           ,
           
             Thou
             shalt
             cast
             the
             Giants
             in
             the
             earth
             .
          
           They
           who
           here
           as
           Giants
           did
           trample
           on
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           were
           formidable
           unto
           her
           ,
           shall
           then
           
             fall
             and
             perish
             ,
          
           when
           thy
           people
           shall
           awake
           and
           sing
           ,
           as
           
             ver
             .
             14.
          
           so
           elsewhere
           ,
           
             They
             shall
             take
             them
             captives
             whose
             captives
             they
             were
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             rule
             over
             their
             oppressors
             ,
          
           Isa.
           14.
           2.
           
             the
             sons
             of
             them
             that
             afflicted
             them
             shall
             come
             bending
             unto
             them
          
           Isa.
           60.
           14.
           65.
           13
           ,
           14.
           
        
         
           In
           the
           words
           we
           observe
           two
           general
           parts
           1.
           
           The
           Churches
           
             complaint
          
           under
           very
           great
           calamity
           and
           disappointment
           ,
           
             ver
             .
             18.
             2.
             
          
           Her
           
             triumph
          
           over
           all
           her
           enemies
           and
           sufferings
           ,
           
             ver
             .
             19.
             
          
           The
           
             complaint
          
           being
           expressed
           by
           the
           metaphor
           of
           
           
             conception
          
           and
           parturition
           intimateth
           .
           1.
           
           The
           
             Greatnesse
          
           of
           their
           affliction
           .
           2.
           
           The
           
             Contrivances
          
           they
           used
           to
           procure
           deliverance
           from
           it
           .
           3.
           
           The
           
             disappointment
          
           of
           them
           all
           ;
           we
           have
           
             brought
             forth
             winde
             ,
          
           as
           elsewhere
           ye
           shall
           
             conceive
             chaffe
             ,
             and
             shall
             bring
             forth
             stubble
             ,
          
           Isa.
           33.
           11.
           
        
         
           In
           the
           
             Triumph
          
           we
           may
           consider
           ,
           1.
           
           The
           
             Matter
          
           of
           it
           ,
           
             Deliverance
          
           from
           the
           lowest
           to
           the
           best
           condition
           ,
           from
           
             death
          
           to
           life
           ,
           from
           a
           
             carcasse
          
           to
           a
           Resurrection
           ,
           from
           
             corruption
          
           to
           glory
           ,
           from
           
             dust
          
           to
           singing
           .
           2.
           
           The
           
             Reasons
          
           of
           it
           ,
           1.
           
           In
           regard
           of
           the
           
             subject
             ,
             Mortui
             tui
             ,
          
           Gods
           dead
           men
           ,
           
             Cadaver
             meum
             ,
          
           the
           Churches
           dead
           body
           .
           2.
           
           In
           regard
           of
           the
           
             Author
          
           and
           vertue
           whereby
           it
           should
           be
           effected
           ,
           the
           Word
           ,
           the
           Power
           ,
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           metaphorically
           expressed
           ,
           
             Ros
             tuus
             ,
             Thy
             dew
             is
             as
             the
             dew
             of
             herbs
             .
          
        
         
           From
           the
           first
           general
           the
           Prophets
           
             complaint
          
           we
           may
           observe
           three
           things
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           the
           Lord
           exerciseth
           his
           own
           people
           ,
           yea
           his
           whole
           Church
           sometimes
           with
           sore
           and
           sharp
           afflictions
           ,
           with
           the
           
             pangs
          
           and
           throws
           of
           a
           woman
           in
           travel
           .
           Sometimes
           we
           finde
           them
           in
           a
           
             house
             of
             bondage
          
           in
           
             Egypt
             ;
          
           sometimes
           in
           a
           Grave
           in
           
             Babylon
             ;
          
           often
           oppressed
           with
           
             Philistims
             ,
             Midianites
             ,
             Cananites
             ,
             Ammonites
             ,
             Edomites
             ,
             Syrians
             ,
          
           under
           the
           tyranny
           of
           the
           four
           great
           
             Monarchies
          
           of
           the
           earth
           .
           So
           the
           Christian
           Church
           first
           under
           the
           persecutions
           of
           the
           Heathen
           Emperors
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           and
           then
           under
           persecutions
           of
           
             Antichrist
          
           &
           her
           witnesses
           prophesying
           in
           sackcloth
           1260.
           years
           .
           
           As
           Christ
           first
           suffered
           &
           then
           entred
           into
           glory
           ,
           
             Luk.
             24.
             26.
          
           
           so
           must
           his
           Church
           ,
           
             Rom.
             8.
             17.
             
          
           Christ
           hath
           a
           double
           Kingdom
           ,
           that
           of
           his
           
             patience
             ,
          
           and
           that
           of
           his
           
             power
             ,
          
           we
           must
           be
           subjects
           under
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           his
           
             patience
             ,
          
           before
           we
           come
           to
           that
           of
           his
           
             power
             .
          
           The
           Church
           must
           passe
           through
           the
           Sea
           and
           the
           Wildernesse
           to
           
             Canaan
             ,
          
           they
           must
           be
           in
           a
           working
           and
           suffering
           condition
           ,
           before
           they
           come
           to
           the
           
             Rest
             or
             Sabbath
          
           which
           remaineth
           for
           them
           ,
           
             Heb.
             4.
             9.
             
             Davids
          
           militant
           Raign
           must
           go
           before
           
             Solomons
          
           peaceable
           Raign
           .
        
         
           Our
           sins
           must
           this
           way
           be
           mortified
           .
           Our
           faith
           ,
           hope
           ,
           love
           ,
           patience
           ,
           humility
           ,
           Christian
           courage
           and
           fortitude
           be
           
             exercised
             .
          
           Our
           conformity
           unto
           Christ
           evidenced
           .
           The
           
             measure
          
           of
           the
           wickednesse
           of
           the
           enemy
           
             filled
             .
          
           The
           
             glory
          
           of
           God
           magnified
           in
           supporting
           them
           under
           ,
           in
           delivering
           them
           out
           of
           all
           their
           afflictions
           ,
           and
           raising
           them
           up
           when
           they
           are
           at
           lowest
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           we
           should
           not
           esteem
           it
           strange
           when
           we
           fall
           into
           divers
           temptations
           ,
           or
           see
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           in
           the
           world
           in
           a
           suffering
           or
           dying
           condition
           ,
           1
           
             Pet.
             4.
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             17.
             
             Jam.
             1.
             2.
             
          
           If
           we
           will
           have
           Christ
           for
           our
           husband
           ,
           we
           must
           take
           him
           for
           better
           for
           worse
           .
           1.
           
           His
           afflictions
           are
           
             short
             ,
          
           and
           but
           for
           a
           moment
           ,
           
             Isa.
             54.
             7.
             2
             
             Cor.
             4.
             17.
             2.
             
             Sanctified
          
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           glory
           and
           of
           God
           resting
           upon
           us
           ,
           1
           
             Pet.
             4.
             13
             ,
             14.
             3.
             
          
           Seconded
           with
           
             grace
          
           and
           the
           power
           of
           Christ
           to
           support
           us
           under
           them
           ▪
           2
           
             Cor.
             12.
             9.
             4.
             
             Operative
          
           unto
           peace
           ,
           righteousness
           and
           glory
           ,
           
             Rom.
             8.
             28.
             
             Heb.
             12.
             11.
             5.
             
          
           Not
           
             worthy
             to
             be
             compared
          
           with
           the
           glory
           that
           shall
           be
           revealed
           ,
           
             Rom.
             8.
             18.
             6.
             
             Proportioned
             
             to
             our
             need
             ,
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             6.
          
           and
           to
           our
           
             strength
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             10.
             13.
             
          
           If
           we
           will
           come
           to
           glory
           we
           must
           go
           the
           same
           way
           unto
           it
           as
           Christ
           did
           ,
           the
           
             way
             of
             holinesse
             ,
          
           and
           the
           way
           of
           
             sufferings
             ,
          
           Act.
           14.
           22.
           and
           surely
           if
           there
           be
           enough
           in
           a
           womans
           child
           to
           recompence
           the
           pains
           of
           her
           travel
           ,
           
             John
             16.
             21.
             
          
           There
           will
           certainly
           be
           
             enough
             in
             the
             glory
          
           to
           come
           to
           recompence
           all
           our
           pains
           ,
           either
           in
           our
           obedience
           or
           in
           our
           afflictions
           .
        
         
           II.
           We
           might
           here
           note
           ,
           That
           even
           Gods
           own
           servants
           in
           time
           of
           trouble
           &
           calamity
           are
           very
           apt
           to
           betake
           themselves
           to
           their
           own
           
             conceptions
          
           and
           contrivances
           for
           deliverance
           ;
           they
           are
           big
           oftentimes
           with
           their
           
             own
             counsels
             ,
          
           and
           in
           pain
           tobring
           forth
           and
           execute
           their
           own
           
             projections
             ,
          
           in
           order
           to
           the
           freeing
           of
           themselves
           from
           trouble
           .
           
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           
           when
           he
           was
           afraid
           of
           
             Pharaoh
          
           and
           
             Abimelech
          
           dissembled
           his
           relation
           unto
           
             Sarah
             ;
             David
          
           fearing
           
             Achish
          
           the
           King
           of
           
             Gath
          
           fained
           himself
           mad
           ,
           1
           
             Sam.
             21.
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             13.
          
           when
           he
           feared
           the
           discovery
           of
           his
           adultery
           ,
           he
           gave
           order
           for
           the
           killing
           of
           
             Uriah
             ,
          
           2
           Sam.
           11.
           15.
           one
           sin
           is
           the
           womb
           of
           another
           .
           When
           
             Asa
          
           was
           in
           danger
           from
           
             Baasha
          
           King
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           he
           bought
           his
           peace
           with
           the
           spoils
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           2
           
             Chron.
             16.
             1
             ,
             2.
          
           when
           
             Jonah
          
           was
           afraid
           of
           preaching
           destruction
           to
           
             Ninive
             ,
          
           he
           fled
           unto
           
             Tarshish
          
           from
           the
           presence
           and
           service
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           
             Jonah
             1.
             3.
          
           when
           
             Peter
          
           was
           afraid
           of
           suffering
           with
           Christ
           ,
           he
           flies
           to
           that
           woful
           Sanctuary
           of
           denying
           and
           forswearing
           him
           ,
           
             Mat.
             26.
             69
             —
             74.
          
           thus
           the
           
             fear
             of
             man
             causeth
             a
             snare
             ,
          
           Prov.
           29.
           25.
           
        
         
         
           This
           therefore
           is
           a
           necessary
           duty
           in
           time
           of
           fear
           and
           danger
           ,
           to
           look
           up
           (
           as
           the
           Church
           here
           after
           disappointment
           by
           other
           refuges
           ,
           doth
           )
           with
           a
           victorious
           and
           
             triumphant
             faith
          
           unto
           God
           ,
           
           and
           to
           make
           him
           onely
           our
           fear
           and
           our
           dread
           ,
           
             not
             to
             trust
             in
             fraud
          
           and
           perversenesse
           ,
           or
           to
           betake
           our selves
           unto
           a
           
             refuge
             of
             lies
             ,
          
           Isa.
           30.
           12.
           28.
           15.
           but
           to
           build
           our
           confidence
           upon
           that
           sure
           foundation
           ,
           on
           the
           which
           he
           that
           believeth
           
             shall
             not
             need
             make
             hast
             .
          
           If
           we
           
             lean
             not
          
           upon
           our
           
             own
             understanding
             ,
          
           nor
           be
           
             wise
             in
             our
             own
             eyes
             ,
          
           but
           
             in
             all
             our
             ways
             acknowledge
             him
             ,
          
           and
           trust
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           fear
           him
           ,
           and
           depart
           from
           evil
           ,
           we
           have
           this
           gracious
           promise
           that
           he
           will
           
             direct
             our
             paths
             ,
          
           Prov.
           3.
           5
           ,
           7.
           the
           more
           we
           deny
           our selves
           ,
           the
           more
           is
           he
           engaged
           to
           help
           us
           .
           But
           when
           we
           travel
           with
           our
           
             own
             conceptions
          
           and
           will
           needs
           be
           the
           contrivers
           of
           our
           own
           deliverance
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           wondred
           if
           the
           Lord
           turn
           our
           devices
           into
           vanity
           ,
           and
           make
           our
           belly
           prepare
           wind
           and
           deceit
           ,
           
             Job
             15.
             35.
          
           as
           it
           here
           followeth
           .
           We
           have
           
             brought
             forth
             wind
             ,
             we
             have
             not
             wrought
             any
             deliverance
             ,
          
           all
           our
           endeavours
           have
           been
           vain
           and
           succeslesse
           .
        
         
           III.
           Carnal
           Counsels
           and
           humane
           contrivances
           are
           usually
           carried
           on
           with
           
             pain
             ,
          
           and
           end
           in
           
             disappointment
             ,
          
           and
           do
           obstruct
           the
           progress
           and
           execution
           of
           Gods
           promises
           unto
           us
           .
           If
           we
           would
           go
           on
           in
           Gods
           way
           ,
           and
           use
           the
           means
           which
           he
           hath
           directed
           ,
           and
           build
           our
           faith
           and
           hope
           upon
           
             his
             promises
             ,
          
           we
           have
           then
           
             his
             Word
          
           to
           secure
           us
           ,
           
             his
             Spirit
          
           to
           strengthen
           us
           ,
           
             his
             Grace
          
           to
           assist
           
           us
           ,
           his
           
             Power
          
           and
           fidelity
           to
           comfort
           us
           ,
           we
           have
           him
           engaged
           to
           work
           our
           works
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           his
           Angels
           to
           bear
           us
           in
           our
           Wayes
           .
           But
           when
           we
           seek
           out
           diverticles
           and
           inventions
           of
           our
           own
           ,
           when
           we
           will
           
             walk
             in
             the
             light
             of
             our
             fire
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             sparks
             which
             we
             have
             kindled
             ,
          
           Isa.
           50.
           11.
           and
           be
           
             wise
             in
             our
             own
             conceit
             ,
          
           Rom.
           12.
           16.
           and
           walk
           
             after
             our
             own
             thoughts
             ,
             Isa.
             65.
             2.
          
           no
           wonder
           if
           we
           be
           disappointed
           ,
           and
           made
           
             ashamed
             of
             our
             own
             counsels
             ,
          
           Hos.
           10.
           6.
           when
           we
           
             sow
             the
             wind
             ,
          
           it
           is
           not
           strange
           if
           we
           
             reap
             the
             whirle-winde
             ,
          
           Hos.
           8.
           7.
           
           And
           therefore
           it
           is
           
             our
             wisdom
             to
             cease
             from
             our
             own
             wisdom
             ,
          
           as
           the
           wise
           man
           exhorteth
           ,
           
             Prov.
             23.
             4.
          
           in
           as
           much
           as
           the
           Lord
           hath
           pronounced
           a
           
             curse
          
           upon
           those
           that
           are
           
             prudent
             in
             their
             own
             sight
             ,
          
           Isa.
           5.
           21.
           whom
           usually
           he
           disappointeth
           ,
           
             Job
             .
             5.
             12.
             
          
        
         
           We
           have
           considered
           the
           Churches
           complaint
           ,
           her
           anguish
           ,
           her
           disappointment
           .
           Now
           
             in
             her
             Triumph
          
           we
           are
           first
           to
           view
           her
           
             deliverance
             ,
          
           and
           then
           the
           
             causes
          
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           deliverance
           is
           a
           
             Gradation
          
           both
           in
           the
           misery
           from
           which
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           condition
           unto
           which
           they
           are
           restored
           .
           For
           the
           former
           ,
           1.
           
           It
           extends
           unto
           
             dead
             men
             ,
          
           whom
           to
           quicken
           exceeds
           the
           power
           of
           nature
           .
           But
           we
           do
           not
           use
           to
           give
           men
           over
           ,
           and
           lay
           them
           out
           for
           dead
           as
           soon
           as
           their
           breath
           fails
           them
           ,
           some
           diseases
           look
           like
           death
           ;
           therefore
           the
           deliverance
           goes
           further
           unto
           
             Cadaver
             meum
             ,
          
           my
           carkasse
           ,
           which
           the
           remainders
           of
           vital
           heat
           have
           forsaken
           ,
           laid
           out
           ,
           carried
           away
           ,
           severed
           from
           the
           living
           ,
           hastning
           to
           
           putrefaction
           .
           But
           death
           makes
           yet
           a
           further
           progresse
           ,
           this
           carcasse
           must
           be
           had
           out
           of
           sight
           ,
           lodged
           in
           the
           bowels
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           and
           there
           dissolved
           into
           dust
           ,
           
             his
             house
             must
             know
             him
             no
             more
             ,
          
           Job
           7.
           10.
           and
           yet
           even
           here
           when
           death
           hath
           carried
           a
           man
           to
           the
           end
           of
           his
           journey
           ,
           and
           landed
           him
           in
           its
           own
           dominion
           ,
           so
           far
           shall
           the
           deliverance
           extend
           .
           The
           
             Damsel
          
           whom
           Christ
           raised
           was
           
             mortua
             ,
          
           though
           yet
           in
           the
           house
           amongst
           the
           living
           ,
           
             Mark
             5.
             35.
             
          
           The
           
             widows
             son
          
           gone
           a
           little
           further
           into
           the
           Region
           of
           death
           ,
           coffin'd
           up
           ,
           laid
           on
           the
           Biere
           ,
           carried
           out
           from
           the
           House
           ,
           a
           
             Carcasse
             ,
          
           Luke
           7.
           14.
           
           
             Lazarus
          
           in
           deaths
           den
           ,
           
             Inhabitator
             pulveris
             ,
          
           as
           far
           as
           death
           could
           carry
           him
           ,
           yet
           raised
           up
           ,
           
             John
             11.
             38
             ,
             44.
          
           so
           there
           is
           a
           gradation
           in
           the
           
             Terminus
             à
             quo
          
           of
           this
           deliverance
           .
           There
           is
           likewise
           a
           gradation
           in
           the
           
             Terminus
             ad
             quem
             ,
          
           the
           condition
           unto
           which
           they
           are
           restored
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           They
           shall
           
             Live
             ,
          
           and
           this
           is
           a
           favour
           though
           one
           stay
           in
           prison
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           They
           shall
           
             Rise
             ,
          
           their
           life
           shal
           be
           to
           an
           exaltation
           ;
           the
           wicked
           shall
           live
           again
           ,
           but
           it
           shall
           be
           to
           die
           again
           ;
           but
           these
           dead
           shall
           live
           and
           rise
           ,
           their
           life
           shall
           be
           an
           advancement
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           They
           shall
           
             Awake
             ,
          
           like
           a
           man
           out
           of
           sleep
           refreshed
           and
           comforted
           ,
           
             Psal.
             17.
             15.
             
          
        
         
           4.
           
           They
           shall
           
             sing
             ,
          
           as
           victors
           over
           the
           grave
           ,
           never
           to
           return
           thither
           more
           .
           So
           we
           have
           here
           ,
           1.
           
           
             The
             sad
             condition
          
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           2.
           
           The
           
             great
             mercy
          
           and
           power
           of
           God
           to
           them
           in
           that
           condition
           .
        
         
         
           Their
           
             sad
          
           condition
           in
           the
           former
           of
           these
           two
           gradations
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           They
           are
           
             dead
             men
             ,
          
           in
           a
           condition
           of
           death
           ,
           their
           
             whole
             life
             a
             conflict
             with
             mortality
             .
          
           And
           
             though
          
           this
           be
           
             not
             a
             calamity
             peculiar
          
           to
           them
           ,
           (
           for
           death
           feedeth
           equally
           upon
           all
           )
           and
           though
           there
           be
           a
           great
           alleviation
           in
           their
           being
           
             Mortui
             tui
             ,
          
           The
           Lords
           dead
           men
           ;
           yet
           in
           some
           respects
           we
           finde
           the
           weight
           of
           
             mortality
          
           on
           the
           Churches
           side
           .
           Wicked
           men
           meet
           many
           times
           with
           an
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           live
           in
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           then
           die
           in
           ease
           ,
           spend
           their
           days
           in
           wealth
           and
           jollity
           ,
           in
           vanity
           and
           folly
           ,
           and
           go
           suddenly
           to
           the
           grave
           ,
           
             die
             onely
             once
             and
             together
             ,
          
           Job
           21.
           13.
           whereas
           holy
           men
           have
           complain'd
           of
           
             dying
             daily
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             15.
             31.
          
           of
           being
           in
           
             deaths
             often
             ,
          
           2
           Cor.
           11.
           23.
           of
           being
           
             compassed
             about
             with
             death
             ,
          
           Psal.
           18.
           4.
           
           The
           wicked
           have
           no
           
             bands
          
           in
           their
           death
           ,
           
             Psal.
             73.
             4.
          
           they
           are
           at
           
             an
             agreement
          
           with
           it
           ,
           have
           as
           it
           were
           hired
           it
           not
           to
           disquiet
           them
           ,
           
             Isa.
             28.
             15.
          
           they
           put
           it
           
             far
             from
             them
             ,
          
           Amos
           6.
           3.
           whereas
           good
           men
           have
           their
           souls
           often
           
             drawing
             nigh
          
           to
           the
           grave
           ,
           
             Psal.
             88.
             3.
             
          
        
         
           Dead
           ,
           then
           here
           they
           are
           ,
           1.
           
           
             Quoad
             mortis
             praeludia
             ,
          
           all
           the
           fore-runners
           and
           harbingers
           of
           death
           common
           to
           them
           with
           all
           others
           ,
           sorrows
           ,
           sicknesses
           ,
           distresses
           ,
           and
           infirmities
           of
           all
           sorts
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Quoad
             vitae
             exitum
             ,
          
           they
           end
           their
           days
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           as
           other
           men
           ;
           the
           
             wise
             man
             as
             the
             fool
             ,
          
           Eccles.
           2.
           16.
           
           Psalm
           49.
           10.
           thus
           in
           common
           ,
           good
           men
           and
           bad
           .
           But
           godly
           men
        
         
           3.
           
           Are
           dead
           
             quoad
             affectus
             ,
          
           Their
           affections
           
           and
           meditations
           are
           upon
           death
           .
           Wicked
           men
           feed
           and
           fat
           their
           lusts
           ,
           fetch
           out
           all
           the
           sweetness
           that
           sin
           hath
           in
           it
           .
           Whereas
           holy
           men
           
             mortifie
          
           their
           earthly
           members
           ,
           
             crucifie
          
           the
           flesh
           with
           affections
           and
           lusts
           ,
           are
           
             ever
             dying
          
           to
           sin
           and
           the
           world
           ,
           
             Rom.
             6.
             11.
             
          
        
         
           4.
           
           They
           are
           dead
           ,
           
             quoad
             seculum
             ,
          
           crucified
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           
             Gal.
             6.
             14.
          
           and
           therefore
           hated
           by
           it
           ,
           
             John
             15.
             19.
          
           nothing
           to
           be
           looked
           for
           from
           it
           ,
           but
           
             persecution
          
           and
           tribulation
           ,
           
             John.
             16.
             33.
          
           as
           men
           have
           done
           to
           the
           green
           tree
           so
           they
           will
           to
           the
           dry
           ,
           
             Luk.
             23.
             31.
          
           suffering
           belongs
           to
           the
           essence
           and
           calling
           of
           Christians
           ,
           1
           
             Pet.
             2.
             21.
          
           they
           are
           hereunto
           appointed
           ,
           1
           
             Thes.
             3.
             3.
             
          
           They
           are
           in
           his
           sense
           properly
           
             Mortui
             tui
             ,
          
           the
           Lords
           dead
           men
           ;
           for
           worldlings
           are
           
             not
             sufferers
             by
             calling
          
           and
           profession
           as
           true
           Christians
           are
           .
           They
           are
           not
           in
           trouble
           as
           other
           men
           ,
           
             Psalme
             73.
             5.
             
             Job
             21.
             7
             —
             13.
             
          
        
         
           II.
           From
           
             Mortui
             tui
             ,
          
           it
           proceeds
           to
           
             Cadaver
             meum
             ;
          
           and
           such
           they
           are
           not
           onely
           by
           dissolution
           after
           death
           ,
           
             but
             by
             condition
          
           before
           it
           ;
           used
           like
           a
           dead
           
             carcasse
             ,
          
           exposed
           to
           contempt
           and
           dishonour
           ,
           as
           the
           
             refuse
             and
             off-scouring
             of
             men
             ,
          
           Lam.
           31.
           45.
           1
           
           Cor.
           4.
           13.
           
             troden
          
           under
           foot
           ,
           
             Isa.
             63.
             18.
          
           
           had
           in
           
             derision
             ,
          
           Jer.
           20.
           8.
           
           filled
           with
           
             contempt
             ,
          
           Psal.
           123.
           3.
           made
           
             as
             the
             ground
          
           and
           as
           the
           street
           for
           proud
           men
           to
           go
           over
           ,
           
             Isa.
             51.
             23.
          
           thus
           the
           
             righteous
             is
             an
             abomination
             to
             the
             wicked
             ,
          
           they
           loath
           him
           as
           a
           man
           would
           do
           a
           dead
           carcasse
           ,
           
             Prov.
             29.
             27.
             
          
        
         
           III.
           From
           dishonour
           they
           proceed
           to
           a
           kinde
           
           of
           despaire
           ;
           They
           are
           
             Habitatores
             pulveris
             ,
          
           they
           dwell
           in
           the
           
             dust
             ,
          
           they
           are
           not
           
             onely
          
           dust
           by
           
             constitution
             ,
          
           Gen.
           3.
           19.
           and
           by
           
             dissolution
             ,
          
           making
           the
           Grave
           their
           House
           ,
           and
           their
           
             bed
             in
             darknesse
             ,
             Job
             17.
             13.
          
           but
           further
           
             by
             estimation
             ,
          
           they
           judge
           
             so
             of
             themselves
             ,
          
           abhorring
           themselves
           ,
           and
           putting
           their
           mouths
           in
           the
           dust
           ,
           
             Job
             42.
             6.
             
             Lam.
             3.
             29.
          
           they
           are
           valued
           
             so
             by
             others
             ,
          
           Isa.
           10.
           6.
           as
           the
           mire
           of
           the
           streets
           .
           This
           is
           the
           sad
           condition
           of
           the
           Church
           sometimes
           in
           this
           world
           under
           persecution
           and
           captivity
           ,
           so
           they
           were
           in
           
             Babylon
          
           as
           
             dead
             bones
             in
             a
             grave
             ,
          
           Ezek.
           37.
           11
           ,
           12.
           
        
         
           By
           all
           which
           we
           learn
           what
           to
           look
           for
           in
           the
           world
           when
           we
           give
           our
           names
           to
           God.
           The
           usage
           not
           onely
           of
           
             strangers
          
           and
           
             enemies
             ,
          
           but
           even
           of
           
             dead
             carcasses
             ,
          
           to
           be
           buried
           in
           contempt
           and
           dishonour
           .
           The
           way
           to
           life
           lies
           through
           the
           countrey
           of
           death
           ,
           as
           the
           way
           to
           
             Canaan
          
           through
           a
           sea
           and
           a
           wilderness
           ;
           no
           scorns
           ,
           no
           graves
           must
           deter
           us
           from
           a
           godly
           life
           ,
           if
           ever
           we
           hope
           for
           a
           blessed
           resurrection
           .
           Neither
           may
           we
           think
           it
           strange
           when
           we
           meet
           with
           troubles
           in
           the
           world
           which
           are
           but
           the
           preludes
           and
           prefaces
           unto
           death
           ,
           nor
           when
           one
           evil
           is
           over
           ,
           may
           we
           sing
           a
           
             requiem
          
           to
           our
           souls
           as
           if
           all
           were
           passed
           ,
           but
           look
           for
           vicissitudes
           and
           successions
           of
           sorrow
           ,
           for
           
             clouds
             after
             rain
             ,
          
           till
           we
           are
           landed
           in
           the
           Countrey
           of
           death
           .
           And
           since
           our
           tenure
           in
           this
           world
           is
           so
           obnoxious
           both
           to
           encumbrance
           and
           uncertainty
           ,
           we
           should
           die
           to
           the
           world
           while
           we
           are
           in
           it
           ,
           as
           those
           who
           are
           very
           shortly
           to
           be
           translated
           from
           it
           ,
           and
           having
           no
           abiding
           station
           here
           ,
           
           be
           careful
           to
           look
           after
           that
           
             City
             which
             hath
             foundations
             ,
          
           and
           so
           to
           acquaint
           our selves
           before
           hand
           with
           death
           by
           meditation
           on
           it
           ,
           and
           preparation
           for
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           not
           come
           as
           a
           messenger
           of
           wrath
           ,
           but
           as
           an
           Harbinger
           of
           glory
           ,
           that
           in
           our
           death
           we
           may
           be
           
             Mortui
             tui
             ,
          
           The
           Lords
           dead
           men
           ,
           and
           
             prisoners
             of
             Hope
             ,
          
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           in
           us
           being
           the
           earnest
           and
           seed
           of
           a
           Resurrection
           unto
           life
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           considered
           the
           sad
           condition
           of
           the
           Church
           expressed
           by
           our
           Prophet
           in
           that
           Emphatical
           
             Climax
             ,
          
           Dead
           men
           ,
           a
           Carcasse
           ,
           Inhabiters
           of
           the
           dust
           .
           Let
           us
           next
           take
           a
           view
           of
           the
           mercy
           of
           God
           in
           her
           deliverance
           ,
           a
           deliverance
           not
           onely
           commensurate
           to
           her
           troubles
           ,
           but
           victorious
           over
           them
           ,
           
             dead
          
           indeed
           ,
           but
           she
           shall
           
             live
             ;
             a
             carcasse
             ,
          
           but
           she
           shall
           
             arise
             ;
             asleep
             ,
          
           but
           she
           shall
           
             awake
             ;
          
           in
           the
           
             dust
             ,
          
           but
           she
           shall
           
             sing
             .
          
           So
           there
           is
           mercy
           fully
           answerable
           to
           the
           misery
           ,
           no
           temptation
           without
           an
           issue
           ,
           no
           calamity
           without
           an
           escape
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             Vivent
             Mortui
             ,
          
           or
           as
           others
           read
           it
           ,
           
             Vivant
             .
          
           True
           both
           .
           They
           
             do
             live
             ,
          
           They
           
             shall
             live
             .
          
           They
           have
           life
           in
           death
           ,
           and
           that
           life
           shall
           work
           them
           out
           of
           death
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           They
           
             do
             live
          
           in
           death
           .
           Wicked
           men
           are
           
             dead
             while
          
           they
           
             live
             ,
          
           1
           Tim.
           5.
           6.
           
             dead
             in
             Law
          
           under
           the
           sentence
           of
           the
           curse
           ,
           as
           
             Adam
          
           was
           legally
           dead
           by
           guilt
           and
           obnoxiousness
           the
           same
           day
           that
           he
           did
           eat
           the
           forbidden
           fruit
           .
           Dead
           in
           
             conscience
          
           under
           the
           pain
           of
           that
           sentence
           ,
           and
           under
           the
           bondage
           of
           deserved
           and
           denounced
           
           wrath
           ,
           
             Heb.
             2.
             15.
             
             Heb.
             10.
             27.
             dead
             in
             sin
             ,
          
           under
           the
           power
           of
           Lust
           ,
           
             Eph
             ▪
             2.
             1.
             
             Psal.
             14.
             3.
          
           their
           
             throats
             Sepulchres
          
           full
           of
           rotten
           words
           ,
           
             Rom.
             3.
             13.
          
           their
           
             hearts
             Sepulchres
          
           full
           of
           unclean
           affections
           ,
           
             Matth.
             23.
             27
             ,
             28.
          
           their
           
             lives
             Sepulchres
          
           full
           of
           dead
           works
           ,
           
             Heb.
             6.
             1.
             
          
           But
           
             mortui
             tui
             ,
          
           the
           Lords
           dead
           men
           
             live
          
           even
           in
           the
           Kingdome
           and
           Country
           of
           
             Death
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           They
           live
           in
           
             praeludiis
             mortis
             ,
          
           in
           all
           the
           forerunners
           of
           death
           ;
           in
           the
           greatest
           calamities
           they
           bear
           up
           their
           hearts
           in
           
             the
             favour
          
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           is
           better
           then
           life
           ,
           
             Psal.
             63.
             3.
             2
             
             Cor.
             6.
             9.
             
          
           In
           these
           things
           ,
           
             all
          
           these
           things
           ;
           we
           are
           
             Conquerours
             ,
             more
          
           then
           Conquerours
           ,
           
             Rom.
             8.
             37.
             
          
        
         
           2.
           
           They
           live
           in
           
             Regno
             mortis
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Kingdome
           and
           Country
           of
           death
           ;
           when
           death
           hath
           possession
           of
           them
           ,
           they
           live
           still
           :
           you
           are
           
             dead
             ,
          
           and
           
             your
             life
             is
             hid
             ,
             Col.
             3.
             3.
             
          
           The
           death
           of
           a
           Christian
           is
           not
           the
           taking
           away
           of
           life
           ,
           but
           the
           
             laying
             up
          
           of
           life
           ;
           as
           a
           Parent
           takes
           the
           Childs
           money
           ,
           and
           keeps
           it
           for
           him
           :
           He
           that
           believeth
           shall
           live
           ,
           though
           he
           die
           ,
           
             John
             11.
             25.
             
          
           As
           
             Abel
          
           being
           dead
           ,
           yet
           speaketh
           ,
           
             Heb.
             11.
             4.
             
          
        
         
           Yea
           ,
           their
           
             very
             bodies
             ,
          
           though
           dead
           to
           them
           ,
           do
           
             live
             to
             God
             ,
          
           for
           he
           is
           the
           
             God
             of
             the
             living
             ,
             Mat.
             22.
             32.
          
           therefore
           the
           Jews
           call
           their
           burying
           places
           
             Domus
             Viventium
             .
          
           1.
           
           They
           
             live
             in
             the
             Promise
          
           and
           Power
           of
           God
           ,
           
             Mat.
             22.
             29.
          
           2.
           
           They
           live
           in
           
             the
             Life
             of
             Christ
          
           their
           Head
           ;
           whether
           we
           wake
           or
           sleep
           
             we
             live
             together
             with
             him
             ,
             1
             Thes.
             5.
             10.
          
           as
           we
           are
           risen
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           sit
           with
           him
           in
           heaven
           ,
           
             Col.
             3.
             1.
             
             Eph.
             2.
             6.
          
           3.
           
           They
           live
           in
           
             the
             Seed
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Holiness
             ,
          
           whose
           Temples
           they
           are
           ,
           which
           
           is
           in
           them
           a
           pledge
           and
           seminal
           virtue
           of
           Resurrection
           ,
           
             Rom.
             8.
             11.
          
           compared
           with
           1
           
             Cor.
             3.
             16.
             6.
             19.
             
          
           In
           which
           respect
           the
           Apostle
           compareth
           the
           bodies
           of
           the
           faithful
           unto
           
             Seed
             ,
             I
             Cor.
             15.
             42.
          
           to
           note
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           Inhabitation
           and
           Sanctification
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           
             vital
             virtue
          
           in
           the
           body
           to
           spring
           up
           and
           awake
           again
           .
        
         
           Thus
           even
           in
           the
           state
           of
           death
           ,
           we
           have
           
             vitam
             Absconditam
             ,
             Col.
             3.
             3.
          
           hidden
           out
           of
           our
           sight
           and
           sense
           ,
           as
           
             seed
          
           in
           the
           Furrow
           ,
           as
           a
           
             jewel
          
           in
           the
           Cabinet
           ,
           as
           an
           
             Orphans
             estate
          
           in
           the
           hand
           of
           his
           Guardian
           ,
           hidden
           with
           Christ
           the
           first
           fruits
           ,
           and
           in
           God
           the
           Author
           and
           Fountain
           of
           Life
           .
           Thus
           
             vivunt
             ,
          
           they
           do
           live
           .
        
         
           And
           further
           ,
           
             vivent
             ,
          
           they
           shall
           live
           ;
           for
           our
           life
           in
           Christ
           is
           not
           a
           
             decaying
             ,
          
           but
           a
           
             growing
          
           and
           abounding
           life
           ,
           
             Joh.
             10.
             10
          
           therefore
           it
           will
           break
           forth
           into
           the
           similitude
           of
           Christs
           glorious
           Body
           ,
           in
           whom
           it
           is
           hid
           ,
           as
           the
           Corn
           groweth
           into
           the
           likeness
           of
           that
           seed
           wherein
           it
           was
           originally
           and
           virtually
           contained
           ,
           
             Joh.
             12.
             24.
             
             Col.
             3.
             4.
             
             Phil.
             3.
             21.
          
           1
           
           
             Joh.
             3.
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           Of
           
             natural
             life
          
           we
           cannot
           say
           ,
           
             I
             live
             ,
          
           and
           
             I
             shall
             live
             ,
          
           for
           natural
           life
           runs
           into
           death
           ,
           as
           
             Jordan
          
           into
           the
           dead
           Sea
           :
           But
           of
           
             Christian
             life
          
           we
           may
           say
           ,
           
             I
             live
             ,
             and
             I
             shall
             live
             ;
          
           it
           is
           a
           life
           which
           
             runs
             into
             life
             ,
          
           though
           through
           the
           way
           of
           death
           ;
           as
           the
           waters
           of
           the
           
             Caspian
             Sea
          
           are
           said
           through
           subterraneous
           passages
           to
           have
           communion
           with
           the
           great
           Ocean
           .
           It
           
             comes
             from
             heaven
             ,
          
           Christ
           the
           Fountain
           and
           Center
           of
           it
           :
           and
           it
           
             goes
             back
             unto
             heaven
             :
          
           As
           a
           piece
           of
           earth
           falls
           to
           the
           whole
           earth
           ,
           so
           every
           piece
           of
           heaven
           will
           find
           the
           way
           to
           its
           whole
           .
        
         
         
           2.
           
           
             Resurgent
             :
          
           With
           my
           dead
           body
           they
           shall
           arise
           ,
           their
           life
           shall
           be
           given
           them
           for
           their
           
             advancement
             :
             wicked
          
           men
           shall
           
             live
             again
             ,
          
           that
           they
           may
           
             dye
             again
             ,
          
           and
           shall
           rise
           ,
           
             ut
             lapsu
             graviore
             ruant
             ,
          
           that
           they
           may
           be
           thrown
           deeper
           .
           
             Pharoahs
             Butler
          
           and
           
             Baker
          
           came
           both
           out
           of
           prison
           ,
           the
           one
           to
           his
           
             office
             ,
          
           the
           other
           to
           
             dishonor
             ,
          
           the
           one
           to
           be
           
             advanced
             ,
          
           the
           other
           to
           be
           
             executed
             :
          
           So
           
             mortui
             tui
             ,
          
           and
           
             mortui
             seculi
             ,
          
           shall
           both
           come
           out
           of
           their
           graves
           ,
           the
           one
           from
           a
           prison
           to
           a
           
             Furnace
             ,
          
           the
           other
           from
           a
           prison
           to
           a
           
             Palace
             :
          
           In
           which
           respect
           Believers
           only
           are
           called
           ,
           
             children
             of
             the
             Resurrection
             ,
             Luke
             20.
             36.
             
          
           It
           is
           a
           Resurrection
           of
           life
           to
           the
           one
           ,
           of
           condemnation
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           
             Joh.
             5.
             29.
             
          
           And
           therefore
           to
           distinguish
           them
           from
           the
           other
           ,
           it
           is
           added
           :
        
         
           3.
           
           
             Expergiscimini
             .
          
           They
           shall
           awake
           as
           a
           man
           refreshed
           with
           sleep
           ,
           which
           puts
           a
           great
           difference
           be●ween
           the
           deaths
           and
           Resurrections
           of
           the
           godly
           and
           the
           wicked
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           death
           of
           the
           godly
           is
           
             but
             asleep
             :
          
           1.
           
           In
           regard
           of
           the
           
             seeds
             of
             life
          
           abiding
           in
           them
           .
           A
           man
           in
           sleep
           ceaseth
           from
           the
           
             acts
          
           of
           sense
           ,
           but
           the
           
             faculties
          
           he
           retaineth
           still
           :
           So
           an
           holy
           man
           ,
           though
           he
           lose
           in
           death
           the
           
             acts
             of
             life
             ,
          
           yet
           the
           
             seed
             and
             root
          
           he
           hath
           not
           lost
           ,
           he
           lives
           to
           God
           still
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           In
           regard
           of
           his
           
             weariness
             of
             the
             world
             ,
          
           and
           fulness
           of
           dayes
           :
           A
           man
           wearied
           with
           labour
           lies
           down
           willingly
           to
           rest
           :
           
             Abraham
          
           d●ed
           
             full
             of
             dayes
             ,
          
           he
           was
           satiated
           ,
           and
           desired
           no
           more
           ,
           
             Gen.
             25.
             8.
          
           the
           Apostle
           had
           enough
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           when
           he
           desired
           to
           
             depart
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             with
             Christ
             ,
             Phil.
             1.
             23.
          
           whereas
           a
           wicked
           man
           ,
           how
           old
           soever
           ,
           is
           not
           said
           
           to
           die
           
             full
             of
             years
             ,
          
           or
           satisfied
           with
           life
           :
           He
           may
           be
           
             loaded
             ,
          
           but
           not
           
             replenished
             ;
          
           he
           knows
           not
           whither
           he
           is
           going
           ,
           and
           therefore
           he
           would
           fain
           stay
           in
           the
           world
           still
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           may
           be
           said
           ,
           Have
           not
           wicked
           men
           brought
           death
           upon
           themselves
           ,
           as
           
             Achitophel
             ,
             Saul
             ,
             Judas
             ,
          
           and
           godly
           men
           been
           sometimes
           unwilling
           to
           die
           ,
           as
           
             Hezekiah
             ?
             Isai.
             38.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
        
         
           True
           both
           ,
           yet
           neither
           the
           one
           out
           of
           the
           love
           of
           death
           ,
           nor
           the
           other
           out
           of
           love
           of
           the
           world
           :
           wicked
           men
           are
           impatient
           of
           present
           anguish
           ,
           and
           inconsiderate
           touching
           future
           terrours
           ,
           and
           therefore
           rush
           upon
           the
           one
           to
           avoid
           the
           other
           :
           But
           godly
           men
           are
           weary
           of
           the
           body
           of
           sin
           ,
           and
           believe
           the
           favour
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           glory
           of
           Christs
           presence
           ,
           and
           that
           makes
           them
           
             desire
             to
             depart
             ,
          
           and
           to
           be
           with
           him
           :
           Nor
           did
           
             Hezekiah
          
           decline
           death
           out
           of
           a
           
             servile
             fear
             ,
          
           being
           able
           to
           plead
           unto
           God
           his
           uprightness
           ,
           but
           out
           o●
           a
           desire
           to
           live
           to
           
             compleat
             the
             Reformation
          
           of
           the
           Church
           which
           he
           had
           begun
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           might
           have
           a
           
             Successor
          
           to
           derive
           the
           Line
           of
           the
           Royal
           Seed
           unto
           .
        
         
           So
           then
           death
           to
           the
           godly
           is
           
             but
             a
             sleep
             ,
          
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           
             rest
          
           it
           giveth
           them
           ,
           
             Rev.
             14.
             13.
          
           from
           sins
           ,
           f●om
           sorrows
           ,
           from
           labours
           ,
           from
           enemies
           ,
           from
           temptations
           ,
           from
           fear
           ,
           from
           evils
           to
           come
           ;
           and
           therefore
           
             Job
          
           calls
           the
           
             grave
             his
             bed
             ,
             Job
             17.
             13.
          
           and
           so
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           
             They
             shall
             lye
             down
             in
             their
             beds
             ,
             Isa.
             57.
             2.
             
          
        
         
           2.
           
           This
           awaking
           makes
           a
           great
           
             difference
          
           between
           the
           
             Resurrection
          
           of
           the
           godly
           and
           the
           wicked
           :
           the
           one
           riseth
           
             refreshed
             ,
          
           as
           sleep
           repaireth
           the
           
           decays
           of
           Nature
           ,
           so
           that
           a
           man
           riseth
           vigorous
           and
           recruited
           ;
           therefore
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           is
           called
           the
           
             time
             of
             refreshing
             ,
          
           and
           of
           
             restitution
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             Acts
             3.
             19
             ,
             21.
             
          
           The
           other
           riseth
           
             affrighted
             ,
          
           as
           a
           man
           awakened
           with
           a
           
             Thunder-clap
             ,
          
           or
           whose
           house
           is
           in
           a
           
             flame
          
           about
           him
           ;
           the
           one
           awakes
           to
           
             his
             work
             ,
          
           the
           other
           to
           
             his
             Judgement
             ;
          
           it
           is
           
             morning
          
           and
           everlasting
           day
           to
           the
           one
           ,
           it
           is
           
             horrour
             and
             darkness
          
           to
           the
           other
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           added
           :
        
         
           4.
           
           
             Cantate
             ,
          
           when
           they
           awake
           they
           shall
           sing
           :
           as
           
             David
          
           when
           he
           awaked
           ,
           calls
           on
           his
           
             Lute
             and
             Harp
          
           to
           awake
           with
           him
           ,
           
             Psal.
             57.
             8.
             
             In
             their
             graves
             ,
          
           at
           
             Bobylon
             ,
          
           they
           
             hung
             their
             Harps
             on
             the
             Willows
             ,
          
           no
           musick
           then
           ,
           
             Psal.
             137.
             3.
          
           but
           they
           go
           out
           of
           their
           graves
           ,
           as
           
             Israel
          
           out
           of
           the
           Red
           Sea
           ,
           with
           
             Victory
          
           and
           
             Triumph
          
           over
           Death
           and
           Hell
           ,
           and
           so
           shall
           
             sing
             the
             Song
             of
          
           Moses
           
             and
             the
             Lamb.
             Dust
             and
             Ashes
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Scripture
           phrase
           ,
           are
           
             ceremonies
             of
             mourning
             ,
             Job
             2.
             12.
             
             Mic.
             1.
             10.
          
           but
           here
           they
           who
           inhabit
           the
           dust
           ,
           are
           called
           upon
           to
           
             put
             off
             their
             prison
             garments
             ▪
          
           and
           to
           shake
           themselves
           from
           their
           dust
           ,
           
             Isai.
             52.
             1
             ,
             2.
          
           to
           awake
           unto
           singing
           and
           triumph
           ;
           when
           they
           awake
           they
           are
           satisfied
           ,
           
             Psalm
             17.
             15.
             
          
           Thus
           we
           see
           the
           deliverance
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           is
           fully
           as
           large
           as
           their
           distress
           .
           From
           all
           which
           we
           learn
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           true
           cause
           why
           
             Death
          
           and
           the
           
             calamities
          
           leading
           thereunto
           ,
           do
           still
           remain
           after
           Christs
           Victory
           over
           them
           ;
           to
           wit
           :
           1
           To
           
             exercise
             our
             Faith
             and
             Hope
          
           in
           Gods
           Promises
           ,
           for
           the
           
             righteous
             hath
             hope
             in
             his
             death
             ,
             Prov.
             14.
             32.
          
           2
           to
           
             conform
          
           us
           unto
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           as
           well
           in
           the
           way
           to
           life
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           end
           ,
           
           1
           
             Pet.
             4.
             13.
             3
             
          
           To
           
             wean
             us
          
           from
           the
           love
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           which
           both
           useth
           us
           ill
           ,
           and
           passeth
           away
           ,
           1
           
             John
             2.
             15
             ,
             17.
             
             John
             15.
             19.
             4
             
          
           To
           encrease
           our
           
             desires
             of
             glory
             ,
          
           that
           we
           may
           with
           good
           
             Jacob
             ,
             wait
             for
             the
             salvation
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             Gen.
             49.
             18.
             5
             
          
           To
           
             commend
             our
             love
             to
             Christ
             ,
          
           which
           makes
           us
           willing
           to
           be
           dissolved
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           go
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           a
           stone
           is
           contented
           to
           be
           broken
           in
           moving
           towards
           its
           center
           ,
           
             Phil.
             1.
             23.
             6
             
          
           To
           
             commend
             the
             power
             of
             Righteousness
             ,
          
           which
           is
           not
           afraid
           of
           the
           King
           of
           Terrours
           ,
           nor
           to
           go
           to
           Christ
           ,
           though
           there
           be
           a
           
             Lion
             in
             the
             way
             ,
             Act.
             21.
             13.
             
             Rom.
             8.
             
             35-37
             .
             7
          
           To
           shew
           the
           sweetness
           and
           
             virtue
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           which
           makes
           a
           
             Bed
          
           of
           a
           Grave
           ,
           an
           
             Antidote
          
           of
           a
           Serpent
           ;
           hath
           brought
           
             sweetness
             out
             of
             the
             strong
             ,
          
           and
           meat
           out
           of
           the
           Eater
           ;
           hath
           
             bound
             Death
          
           with
           her
           own
           Grave
           Cloaths
           ,
           and
           set
           a
           
             Guard
          
           of
           Angels
           over
           the
           bodies
           of
           the
           Saints
           ;
           hath
           
             rolled
          
           away
           the
           heavy
           st●ne
           from
           the
           graves
           of
           his
           people
           ,
           and
           made
           it
           a
           place
           of
           ease
           and
           refreshment
           ;
           hath
           made
           our
           
             Graves
             like
             a
             Garden
             ,
          
           that
           our
           bodies
           like
           herbs
           might
           spring
           out
           again
           ;
           hath
           slain
           Death
           as
           
             Benaiah
          
           did
           the
           Lion
           ,
           in
           its
           own
           pit
           ,
           and
           hath
           made
           it
           sick
           of
           the
           bodies
           of
           his
           people
           ,
           and
           
             travel
             in
             pain
          
           like
           a
           woman
           with-Child
           ,
           till
           at
           last
           it
           be
           delivered
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           2
           We
           should
           by
           Faith
           and
           Hope
           in
           this
           Doctrine
           comfort
           our selves
           against
           all
           other
           calamities
           ,
           and
           incourage
           our selves
           against
           
             Death
          
           it self
           ,
           which
           is
           but
           a
           
             depositary
             ,
          
           and
           shall
           be
           an
           
             accomptant
          
           unto
           God
           for
           every
           member
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           though
           it
           hath
           swallowed
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           Whale
           did
           
             Jonah
             ,
          
           
           it
           shall
           cast
           them
           up
           again
           :
           though
           to
           the
           wicked
           it
           be
           a
           
             Trap-door
          
           which
           lets
           them
           down
           to
           Hell
           ,
           and
           so
           keeps
           them
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           laughter
           
             sorrowful
             ,
          
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           plenty
           and
           pleasures
           
             fearful
             ,
          
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           hope
           
             doubtful
             ,
          
           when
           they
           remember
           the
           dayes
           of
           
             darkness
             ,
          
           for
           they
           be
           many
           ,
           and
           the
           dayes
           of
           
             torment
             ,
          
           for
           they
           be
           more
           :
           Yet
           to
           Believers
           it
           is
           
             a
             Bed
             ,
             a
             Rest
             ,
             a
             Sleep
             a
             Friend
             ,
          
           when
           it
           shuts
           the
           door
           between
           us
           and
           the
           world
           ,
           it
           opens
           a
           door
           between
           us
           and
           heaven
           :
           Pardon
           of
           sin
           ,
           and
           peace
           with
           God
           ,
           makes
           us
           bold
           to
           play
           with
           the
           hole
           of
           the
           
             Asp
          
           and
           with
           the
           
             Cocatrice
          
           den
           ,
           
             Isai.
             11.
             8.
             
          
        
         
           We
           have
           thus
           far
           considered
           the
           
             Church
          
           as
           dead
           ,
           buried
           in
           the
           dust
           ;
           as
           quickned
           ,
           raised
           ,
           awakened
           ,
           delighted
           in
           God
           :
           We
           are
        
         
           III.
           To
           take
           a
           view
           of
           the
           
             causes
          
           of
           this
           deliverance
           ,
           which
           are
           1
           
             Dispositive
             ,
          
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           
             Subject
             .
             2
             Efficient
             ,
          
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           
             Author
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             dispositive
          
           causes
           qualifying
           the
           Subject
           for
           this
           deliverance
           ,
           are
           in
           the
           two
           Pronowns
           ,
           
             Tui
             ,
          
           and
           
             Meum
             :
          
           thy
           dead
           men
           :
           my
           dead
           body
           .
           These
           mercies
           are
           not
           promised
           generally
           unto
           
             all
             dead
             men
             ,
          
           but
           unto
           the
           
             Lords
             dead
             men
             ,
          
           whom
           he
           hath
           chosen
           and
           formed
           for
           himself
           ,
           
             Psalm
             4.
             3.
             
             Isai.
             43.
             21.
             
          
           If
           he
           say
           thou
           art
           mine
           ,
           neither
           water
           ,
           nor
           fire
           ,
           nor
           East
           ,
           West
           ,
           North
           ,
           South
           ,
           
             Egypt
             ,
             Ethiopia
             ,
          
           nor
           any
           other
           Enemy
           shall
           keep
           us
           back
           from
           him
           ,
           
             Isai.
             43.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             6.
             
          
        
         
           1.
           
           His
           we
           must
           be
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           not
           be
           
             lost
          
           in
           death
           .
           1
           
             His
          
           by
           
             Consanguinity
             ;
          
           for
           Christ
           having
           taken
           upon
           him
           the
           Nature
           of
           
             Adam
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Seed
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           and
           so
           vouchsafing
           to
           call
           Believers
           
             Brethren
             ,
             
             Heb.
             2.
             11.
          
           by
           that
           means
           God
           is
           become
           our
           
             Father
             ,
             John
             20.
             17.
          
           and
           therefore
           in
           the
           deluge
           of
           desolation
           ,
           he
           will
           bring
           us
           into
           his
           
             Ark
             ,
          
           as
           
             Rahab
             ,
          
           when
           she
           was
           delivered
           her self
           ,
           called
           together
           her
           Kindred
           to
           share
           therein
           with
           her
           ,
           
             Josh.
             6.
             23.
          
           2
           
           His
           by
           
             purchase
             ;
          
           there
           was
           a
           dear
           and
           precious
           price
           paid
           for
           us
           ,
           we
           were
           bought
           with
           no
           less
           a
           price
           then
           the
           
             Blood
             of
             God
             ,
             Act.
             20.
             28.
          
           and
           therefore
           he
           will
           vindicate
           his
           Claim
           and
           Title
           unto
           us
           ;
           no
           man
           will
           lose
           what
           he
           hath
           paid
           for
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           able
           to
           rescue
           and
           recover
           it
           out
           of
           the
           hands
           of
           unjust
           possessors
           :
           Christ
           having
           bought
           us
           ,
           Death
           shall
           not
           with-hold
           us
           from
           him
           ,
           the
           
             Redeemed
          
           of
           the
           Lord
           shall
           
             return
             ,
             Isai.
             51.
             11.
             3
             
          
           His
           by
           
             Covenant
             ;
          
           thy
           
             Maker
          
           is
           thy
           
             Husband
             ,
             Isai.
             54.
             5.
          
           and
           being
           married
           to
           her
           ,
           he
           will
           make
           her
           return
           ,
           
             Jer.
             3.
             14.
             
          
           Any
           loving
           Husband
           would
           fetch
           back
           his
           Wife
           from
           the
           Dead
           ,
           if
           he
           were
           able
           to
           do
           it
           .
           4
           His
           by
           
             Dedication
             ,
          
           Inhabitation
           ,
           Consecration
           ,
           
             as
             a
             Temple
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             6.
             19.
             
          
           If
           Death
           destroy
           his
           Temple
           ,
           he
           will
           raise
           it
           up
           again
           ,
           
             John
             2.
             19.
             
          
           The
           Spirit
           that
           dwelleth
           in
           us
           ,
           will
           quicken
           our
           mortal
           bodies
           ,
           
             Rom.
             8.
             11.
             
          
        
         
           2
           
             His
             dead
             men
          
           we
           must
           be
           ;
           we
           must
           
             dye
             to
             sin
             ,
          
           because
           he
           died
           for
           it
           ;
           we
           must
           kill
           that
           which
           killed
           Christ
           ;
           we
           must
           be
           dead
           unto
           sin
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           live
           unto
           God
           ,
           
             Rom.
             6.
             11.
             
          
           His
           
             dead
          
           men
           ,
           his
           
             perseverantly
          
           until
           death
           ,
           
             Rev.
             2.
             10.
             
          
           His
           
             patiently
             ,
          
           even
           unto
           death
           ,
           
             Heb.
             10.
             36.
             
          
           Nothing
           must
           separate
           us
           from
           his
           love
           .
           His
           
             ultimately
             ,
          
           whether
           we
           live
           ,
           we
           must
           
             live
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           or
           whether
           we
           die
           ,
           we
           must
           
             die
             unto
             the
             Lord
             ,
             Rom.
             14.
             8.
          
           that
           he
           may
           
           be
           
             glorified
             in
             our
             mortal
             bodies
             by
             life
             ,
             or
             by
             death
             ,
             Phil.
             1.
             20.
             
          
           And
           being
           thus
           
             His
             dead
             men
             :
          
        
         
           1
           We
           are
           sure
           Death
           comes
           not
           but
           with
           a
           
             Commission
          
           from
           him
           ,
           his
           
             providence
          
           sendeth
           it
           ,
           his
           
             power
          
           restraineth
           it
           ,
           his
           
             love
          
           and
           wisdome
           guideth
           and
           ordereth
           it
           to
           our
           good
           ;
           it
           is
           
             his
             Officer
             ,
          
           it
           shall
           touch
           us
           no
           further
           then
           he
           gives
           it
           authority
           ,
           
             John
             19.
             11.
             
          
           He
           hath
           muzled
           and
           chained
           it
           ;
           he
           saith
           to
           Death
           ,
           as
           to
           Satan
           concerning
           
             Job
             ,
          
           He
           is
           in
           thine
           hand
           ,
           but
           
             touch
             not
             his
             Soul
             ,
          
           meddle
           not
           with
           his
           Conscience
           ,
           or
           with
           his
           Peace
           ;
           and
           for
           his
           
             Body
             ,
          
           thou
           shalt
           but
           keep
           it
           ,
           thou
           shalt
           not
           destroy
           it
           ,
           thou
           shalt
           be
           
             accomptable
          
           for
           every
           piece
           of
           it
           again
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Being
           
             His
             dead
             men
             ,
          
           he
           hath
           alwayes
           an
           
             eye
             of
             compassion
          
           upon
           us
           ,
           our
           sorrows
           and
           sufferings
           he
           esteems
           his
           own
           ,
           
             Isai.
             63.
             9.
             
             Col.
             1.
             24.
             
             Act.
             9.
             4.
          
           and
           if
           they
           be
           his
           ,
           he
           will
           certainly
           save
           us
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           conquer
           them
           as
           well
           in
           us
           ,
           as
           
             in
             himself
             ,
          
           for
           
             unto
             him
             belong
             the
             issues
             from
             death
             ,
             Psalm
             68
             20.
             
          
        
         
           3
           As
           ever
           therefore
           we
           look
           for
           blessedness
           in
           death
           ,
           or
           deliverance
           from
           it
           ,
           we
           must
           labour
           both
           living
           and
           dying
           ,
           to
           
             be
             the
             Lords
             ,
          
           that
           he
           may
           own
           us
           when
           the
           world
           hath
           cast
           us
           out
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           be
           precious
           in
           his
           sight
           ,
           when
           we
           are
           
             loathsome
          
           to
           the
           world
           ;
           
             jewels
          
           to
           him
           ,
           when
           
             dung
          
           to
           men
           ,
           that
           our
           
             Graves
          
           may
           not
           only
           have
           
             worms
          
           in
           them
           to
           consume
           us
           ,
           but
           
             Angels
          
           to
           guard
           us
           .
           If
           we
           die
           in
           our
           sins
           ,
           and
           be
           
             Satans
          
           dead
           men
           ,
           we
           shall
           never
           rise
           with
           comfort
           ,
           
             rottenness
          
           will
           feed
           not
           on
           our
           
             bodies
          
           only
           ,
           but
           on
           our
           
             names
             ,
          
           we
           shall
           have
           worms
           
           in
           our
           
             consciences
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           in
           our
           
             carcasses
             :
          
           But
           when
           we
           can
           say
           ,
           
             Lord
             ,
             I
             am
             thine
             ,
             thou
             art
             mine
             ,
          
           we
           may
           thence
           infer
           ,
           
             we
             shall
             not
             dye
             ,
             Hab.
             1.
             12.
             
          
           We
           have
           a
           life
           which
           death
           cannot
           reach
           ,
           
             Col.
             3.
             3.
          
           this
           therefore
           must
           be
           our
           special
           care
           ,
           to
           be
           
             Mortui
             tui
             ,
          
           to
           dye
           to
           the
           Lord
           ,
           
             to
             fall
             asleep
             in
             Christ
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             15.
             18.
          
           that
           when
           he
           comes
           we
           may
           be
           found
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           so
           may
           be
           ever
           with
           him
           ,
           1
           
             Thes.
          
           4.
           17.
           
           This
           is
           the
           first
           qualification
           of
           the
           Subject
           for
           deliverance
           ,
           to
           be
           
             Mortui
             tui
             ,
          
           the
           Lords
           dead
           men
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           next
           is
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           
             Cadaver
             meum
             :
             1
             Mine
             ,
          
           as
           the
           words
           of
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           being
           my
           body
           ,
           they
           shall
           surely
           rise
           :
           2
           
             Mine
             ,
          
           as
           the
           words
           of
           the
           
             Church
             ;
          
           Every
           member
           of
           my
           dead
           body
           shall
           rise
           in
           the
           unity
           of
           the
           whole
           .
        
         
           1
           Then
           my
           
             dead
             body
          
           being
           members
           of
           an
           Head
           that
           lives
           for
           ever
           ,
           and
           hath
           the
           Keys
           of
           Hell
           and
           the
           Grave
           ,
           shall
           certainly
           rise
           :
           
             His
             life
          
           is
           the
           Foundation
           of
           ours
           ,
           
             Because
             I
             live
             ,
             ye
             shall
             live
             also
             John
             14.
             19.
             
          
           If
           death
           had
           held
           him
           ,
           it
           would
           much
           more
           have
           held
           us
           :
           But
           because
           in
           him
           the
           
             Mercies
             of
          
           David
           
             are
             sure
             ,
          
           therefore
           his
           Resurrection
           is
           an
           assurance
           of
           ours
           ,
           
             Act.
             13.
             34.
             
          
           Christ
           will
           not
           be
           
             incompleat
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Church
           is
           
             his
             fulness
             ,
             Eph.
             1.
             23.
             
          
           The
           feet
           under
           water
           are
           safe
           ,
           when
           the
           Head
           is
           above
           it
           :
           Christ
           is
           said
           to
           be
           the
           
             first
             that
             rose
             from
             the
             dead
             ,
             Act.
             26.
             23.
          
           the
           first
           
             begotten
             ,
          
           the
           first
           
             born
          
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           
             Rev.
             1.
             5.
             
             Col.
             1.
             18.
             
          
           For
           though
           some
           were
           raised
           
             before
             him
             ,
          
           yet
           not
           
             without
             him
             ,
          
           but
           by
           the
           Fellowship
           of
           his
           Resurrection
           :
           As
           though
           light
           rise
           before
           the
           Sun
           ,
           
           yet
           it
           doth
           not
           rise
           but
           from
           the
           Sun.
           The
           Mace
           goes
           before
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           but
           it
           doth
           so
           only
           in
           attendance
           upon
           him
           :
           He
           the
           
             only
             Conquerour
          
           of
           Death
           ;
           and
           as
           the
           first
           fruits
           did
           sanctifie
           the
           whole
           Mass
           ,
           
             Rom.
             11.
             16.
          
           so
           Christ
           by
           his
           Resurrection
           did
           
             consecrate
          
           all
           such
           as
           dye
           in
           the
           Lord
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           kind
           of
           
             first
             fruits
             ,
          
           and
           
             first
             born
             ,
             Jam.
             1.
             18.
             
             Heb.
             12.
             23.
          
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           that
           they
           
             shall
             rise
             first
             ,
             1
             Thes.
             4.
             16.
             
          
           His
           Resurrection
           is
           unto
           all
           his
           members
        
         
           1
           
             Arrha
             ,
             a
             pledge
          
           and
           earnest
           of
           theirs
           ;
           He
           having
           paid
           our
           debt
           ,
           death
           cannot
           detain
           us
           in
           prison
           for
           it
           :
           His
           Resurrection
           hath
           
             justified
          
           us
           against
           the
           
             claim
             of
             death
             ,
          
           and
           will
           
             glorifie
          
           us
           against
           the
           
             power
             of
             death
             :
          
           What
           he
           did
           purchase
           by
           the
           merit
           of
           his
           death
           ,
           is
           
             made
             applicable
          
           to
           us
           by
           the
           power
           of
           his
           Resurrection
           ,
           
             Rom.
             8.
             34.
             
          
        
         
           2
           
             Exemplar
             ;
          
           His
           the
           
             pattern
          
           of
           ours
           :
           He
           taken
           not
           only
           from
           
             prison
             ,
          
           but
           from
           
             judgement
             ,
          
           death
           had
           no
           more
           to
           do
           with
           him
           ,
           
             Isal.
             53.
             8.
             
             Rom.
             6.
             9.
             
          
           In
           like
           manner
           we
           shall
           
             rise
             Victors
          
           over
           death
           ,
           never
           any
           more
           to
           be
           subject
           unto
           it
           :
           This
           the
           Apostle
           calleth
           the
           
             Image
          
           of
           the
           Heavenly
           
             Adam
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             15.
             49.
             
             Phil.
             3.
             21.
             
          
        
         
           3
           
             Primitiae
             :
          
           The
           
             beginning
          
           of
           the
           future
           Resurrection
           ;
           for
           he
           rose
           not
           barely
           in
           a
           personal
           ,
           but
           in
           
             a
             publick
             capacity
             ,
          
           though
           it
           were
           a
           damnable
           
             Heresie
          
           of
           
             Hymeneus
             ,
          
           that
           the
           Resurrection
           
             was
             past
             ,
             2
             Tim.
             2.
             18.
          
           yet
           it
           is
           a
           truth
           to
           say
           ,
           
             that
             it
             is
             begun
             .
          
           He
           first
           ,
           then
           we
           at
           his
           coming
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           15.
           23.
           
           By
           what
           is
           
             past
             in
             the
             Head
             ,
          
           we
           are
           assured
           of
           what
           is
           
             expected
          
           in
           his
           Members
           .
        
         
         
           2
           All
           the
           particular
           Members
           of
           the
           Church
           shall
           rise
           
             in
             the
             unity
             of
             one
             body
             ,
          
           as
           mystically
           joyned
           unto
           one
           Head
           ,
           and
           as
           
             one
             Family
             ,
             Eph.
             3.
             15.
          
           and
           
             all
             one
             in
             Christ
             ,
             Gal.
             3.
             28.
          
           not
           barely
           the
           persons
           singly
           considered
           ,
           but
           as
           a
           Church
           and
           Body
           shall
           rise
           .
        
         
           1
           Then
           be
           careful
           to
           be
           found
           in
           
             Christ
          
           at
           his
           coming
           ;
           for
           though
           all
           men
           shall
           rise
           ,
           yet
           with
           a
           great
           difference
           .
           The
           wicked
           
             potestate
             judicis
             ,
          
           as
           malefactors
           are
           brought
           out
           of
           prison
           to
           the
           Judge
           to
           be
           condemned
           .
           The
           godly
           
             virtute
             capitis
             ,
          
           the
           life
           of
           Christ
           shall
           be
           manifested
           in
           their
           bodies
           ,
           2
           
             Cor.
          
           4.
           10.
           
        
         
           2
           A
           Christian
           must
           not
           onely
           believe
           ,
           
             Thy
             dead
          
           men
           shall
           live
           ,
           but
           furth
           1
           
             My
             dead
          
           body
           shall
           arise
           too
           .
           Herein
           is
           the
           
             Life
             of
             Faith
          
           in
           bringing
           down
           
             general
             promises
          
           to
           our
           
             own
             particular
             cases
             ,
          
           interests
           and
           comforts
           ,
           2
           
             Cor.
             4.
             13
             ,
             14.
             
             Joh.
             20.
             28.
             
             Gal.
             2.
             20.
             
          
        
         
           3
           Since
           we
           shall
           all
           rise
           as
           one
           ,
           we
           should
           
             all
             live
             as
             one
             .
          
           As
           we
           have
           
             all
             one
             Head
             ,
             one
             Spirit
             ,
             one
             Faith
             ,
             one
             Hope
             ,
          
           one
           Inheritance
           ,
           one
           
             common
             salvation
             ,
          
           so
           we
           should
           have
           
             one
             heart
             ,
             and
             one
             soul
             ,
          
           Act.
           4.
           32.
           
           Love
           as
           brethren
           ,
           have
           the
           same
           care
           as
           fellow
           members
           one
           of
           another
           ,
           
             weep
             with
             them
             that
             weep
             ,
             rejoyce
             with
             them
             that
             rejoyce
             ,
          
           That
           our
           life
           
             of
             faith
          
           on
           earth
           may
           in
           some
           measure
           expresse
           our
           life
           
             of
             vision
          
           in
           heaven
           ,
           and
           since
           we
           shall
           agree
           there
           ,
           not
           to
           fall
           our
           in
           our
           way
           thither
           ,
           
             Eph.
             4
             1.
             6.
             
             Phil.
             2.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             
             Col.
             3.
             12
             ,
             13.
             
          
           And
           thus
           much
           of
           the
           
             dispositive
          
           cause
           ,
           qualifying
           the
           
             subject
          
           of
           this
           deliverance
           .
        
         
         
           2
           The
           Efficient
           follows
           .
           The
           word
           and
           command
           of
           God
           ,
           being
           like
           
             dew
          
           to
           the
           tender
           
             herbs
             ,
          
           to
           revive
           them
           when
           they
           seem
           dead
           .
           Whence
           we
           observe
           ,
        
         
           1
           The
           
             facility
          
           of
           the
           last
           
             Resurrection
          
           in
           regard
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           whom
           miracles
           are
           as
           easie
           as
           natural
           operations
           ,
           A
           
             Miracle
          
           being
           nothing
           but
           a
           
             new
             creation
             .
          
           It
           is
           as
           impossible
           to
           us
           to
           cause
           raine
           as
           to
           raise
           a
           dead
           body
           .
           He
           therefore
           who
           we
           see
           doth
           cause
           the
           one
           ,
           we
           may
           believe
           on
           his
           word
           that
           he
           will
           the
           other
           .
           We
           finde
           
             Raine
             and
             dew
          
           used
           as
           Arguments
           to
           prove
           the
           
             omnipotency
          
           and
           greatnesse
           of
           God
           ,
           
             Psal.
             147.
             5
             ,
             8.
             
             Job
             5.
             9
             ,
             10.
             ler.
             14.
             22.
             
             Zach.
             10.
             1.
             
          
        
         
           And
           this
           teacheth
           us
           a
           very
           useful
           point
           ,
           to
           
             observe
             the
             wisdome
          
           and
           
             power
          
           of
           God
           in
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           heaven
           and
           
             course
             of
             nature
             ,
          
           and
           from
           thence
           to
           argue
           for
           the
           setling
           of
           our
           
             faith
          
           in
           such
           things
           as
           exceed
           the
           course
           of
           nature
           ;
           for
           there
           is
           no
           lesse
           omnipotency
           required
           to
           govern
           
             natural
             causes
             ,
          
           then
           to
           work
           those
           that
           are
           
             supernatural
             .
          
           He
           therfore
           that
           keepeth
           his
           Law
           ,
           and
           sheweth
           his
           power
           in
           the
           one
           ,
           will
           do
           so
           in
           the
           other
           too
           .
           The
           Lord
           strengthneth
           our
           faith
           by
           the
           consideration
           of
           
             natural
          
           things
           ,
           the
           bow
           in
           the
           clouds
           ,
           
             Gen.
             9.
             12.
             
             Isa.
             54.
             9.
          
           the
           stability
           of
           the
           mountains
           ,
           
             Isa.
             54.
             10.
          
           the
           multitude
           of
           starres
           ,
           
             Gen.
             15.
             5.
          
           the
           highth
           of
           the
           heavens
           ,
           
             Psal.
             103
             11.
          
           the
           beauty
           of
           the
           Lilies
           ,
           
             Mat.
             6.
             28
             ,
             30.
          
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           the
           Moon
           and
           Stars
           ,
           
             ler.
             31.
             35
             ,
             36.
          
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Day
           and
           Night
           ,
           
             ler.
             33.
             20
             ,
             21.
             
          
           Thus
           the
           Lord
           teacheth
           us
           to
           make
           use
           of
           the
           rudiments
           
           of
           nature
           to
           confirme
           our
           faith
           in
           him
           .
        
         
           I
           go
           quietly
           to
           bed
           and
           am
           not
           frighted
           with
           the
           horror
           of
           the
           night
           .
           I
           know
           the
           day
           will
           return
           ,
           It
           is
           
             Gods
             Covenant
             .
          
           I
           put
           my
           seed
           into
           the
           ground
           in
           the
           Winter
           ,
           I
           know
           it
           will
           grow
           into
           an
           harvest
           ,
           the
           Sun
           will
           return
           ,
           it
           is
           
             Gods
             Covenant
             .
          
           And
           why
           should
           I
           not
           trust
           him
           ,
           as
           well
           in
           his
           
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
          
           as
           of
           
             Nature
             ?
          
           why
           should
           I
           not
           believe
           that
           that
           power
           which
           quickens
           
             dead
             corn
             ,
          
           can
           quicken
           
             dead
             men
             ,
          
           and
           can
           provide
           as
           well
           for
           my
           
             salvation
          
           as
           for
           my
           
             nature
             ?
          
        
         
           The
           truth
           is
           ,
           all
           unbelief
           doth
           secretly
           question
           the
           
             power
          
           of
           God.
           Things
           past
           and
           present
           all
           can
           believe
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           seen
           .
           But
           things
           
             promised
             ,
          
           when
           they
           pose
           reason
           ,
           and
           transcend
           the
           course
           of
           natural
           causes
           ,
           and
           the
           contrivances
           and
           projections
           which
           we
           can
           forecast
           ,
           we
           many
           times
           stagger
           and
           falter
           about
           .
           
             Israel
          
           confessed
           what
           God
           had
           done
           ,
           and
           that
           omnipotently
           ,
           
             He
             smote
             the
             rock
             and
             the
             waters
             gushed
             out
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           in
           the
           same
           breath
           they
           question
           his
           
             power
             ,
             can
             he
             furnish
             a
             Table
             in
             the
             wildernesse
             ?
             can
             he
             give
             bread
             also
             and
             provide
             flesh
             for
             his
             people
             ?
          
           Psalm
           78.
           19
           ,
           20
           ,
           22.
           
           
             Moses
          
           himself
           stagger'd
           ,
           when
           the
           Lord
           made
           a
           promise
           which
           seemed
           to
           exceed
           the
           power
           of
           ordinary
           causes
           ,
           
             Numb
             .
             11.
             21
             ,
             22.
             
          
           And
           therefore
           when
           God
           will
           confirm
           the
           faith
           of
           his
           servants
           ,
           he
           draweth
           them
           off
           from
           viewing
           the
           greatnesse
           and
           strangeness
           of
           the
           promises
           in
           themselves
           ,
           to
           the
           consideration
           of
           his
           
             power
             .
          
           Is
           
             any
             thing
             too
             hard
             for
             
             the
             Lord
             ?
          
           Gen.
           18.
           14.
           
           
             I
             am
             the
             Lord
             ,
             the
             God
             of
             all
             flesh
             ,
             is
             there
             any
             thing
             too
             hard
             for
             me
             ?
          
           Jer.
           32.
           27.
           
           
             If
             it
             be
             marvellous
             in
             the
             eyes
             of
             the
             remnant
             of
             this
             people
             in
             these
             dayes
             ,
             should
             it
             also
             be
             marvellous
             in
             mine
             eyes
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             ?
          
           Zach.
           8.
           6.
           
           And
           therefore
           in
           all
           cases
           of
           difficulty
           ,
           when
           sense
           and
           reason
           ,
           flesh
           and
           blood
           ,
           dictate
           nothing
           but
           despaire
           ,
           we
           should
           by
           faith
           look
           up
           to
           the
           
             truth
          
           of
           God
           promising
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           
             power
          
           and
           
             name
          
           of
           God
           giving
           being
           to
           his
           promis●s
           ,
           whose
           
             ways
             are
             higher
             then
             our
             wayes
             ,
             and
             his
             thoughts
             then
             our
             thoughts
             ,
          
           Isa.
           55.
           8.
           9.
           
           So
           did
           
             Jehoshaphat
             ,
          
           2
           Chron.
           20.
           12.
           so
           
             David
             ,
          
           I
           Sam.
           30.
           6.
           so
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           
             Ezek.
             37.
             3.
          
           so
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           Rom.
           4.
           19
           ,
           20
           ,
           21.
           so
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           Luke
           5.
           5.
           so
           we
           should
           all
           do
           when
           we
           walk
           in
           darkness
           and
           have
           no
           light
           ,
           
             still
             trust
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             stay
             upon
             our
             God
             ,
          
           Isa.
           50.
           10.
           
        
         
           2
           We
           hence
           learn
           the
           
             Original
             of
             the
             Resurrection
             ,
          
           it
           is
           an
           
             Heavenly
          
           work
           ,
           as
           
             dew
          
           which
           comes
           from
           heaven
           to
           revive
           the
           grass
           .
           The
           Lord
           resolves
           the
           lineage
           and
           
             genealogie
          
           of
           corn
           into
           Heaven
           ,
           
             Hos.
             2.
             21.
          
           takes
           it
           to
           himself
           to
           be
           the
           
             father
             of
             the
             dew
             ,
          
           Job
           38.
           28.
           
           It
           comes
           from
           him
           whose
           body
           did
           shed
           drops
           of
           heavenly
           dew
           in
           the
           garden
           ,
           and
           by
           them
           did
           slay
           death
           ,
           and
           revive
           he
           herbs
           of
           the
           grave
           .
        
         
           We
           must
           labour
           therefore
           by
           an
           heavenly
           conversation
           to
           have
           our
           
             Bodies
             Temples
             of
             the
             holy
          
           Spirit
           ,
           that
           this
           
             Heavenly
             vertue
             ,
          
           when
           it
           hath
           drawn
           us
           out
           of
           our
           graves
           ,
           may
           then
           
             carry
             us
             to
             Heaven
             ;
          
           for
           as
           that
           
             which
             is
             earthly
             ,
          
           when
           it
           
           is
           out
           of
           its
           place
           ,
           never
           leaves
           descending
           till
           
             it
             goes
             to
             Earth
             :
          
           so
           that
           which
           is
           
             Heavenly
             ,
          
           will
           never
           cease
           rising
           till
           it
           get
           to
           Heaven
           .
           
             Earthly
             vapors
             may
             be
             drawn
             up
             ,
          
           but
           they
           fall
           again
           in
           rain
           and
           winde
           .
           Wicked
           men
           ,
           though
           raised
           ,
           will
           fall
           again
           .
           Any
           thing
           
             of
             heaven
          
           will
           go
           
             to
             heaven
             ,
          
           any
           thing
           
             of
             Christ
          
           will
           
             go
             to
             Christ.
             
          
        
         
           Concerning
           this
           dear
           and
           worthy
           Lay
           ,
           though
           my
           custom
           be
           to
           be
           very
           sparing
           in
           Funeral
           Elogies
           ,
           yet
           many
           things
           were
           in
           her
           so
           remarkable
           ,
           that
           the
           mentioning
           of
           them
           cannot
           but
           tend
           to
           the
           Edification
           of
           others
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           not
           mention
           her
           meere
           
             Exterrals
             .
          
           The
           worth
           ,
           credit
           and
           dignity
           of
           her
           family
           .
           The
           gentlenesse
           and
           sweetnesse
           of
           her
           
             disposition
             ,
          
           and
           all
           amiable
           accomplishments
           which
           rendred
           her
           lovely
           to
           those
           that
           knew
           her
           ;
           nor
           set
           forth
           the
           proportion
           between
           her
           and
           the
           present
           Text.
           I
           shall
           onely
           name
           such
           things
           as
           commended
           her
           to
           God
           as
           well
           as
           to
           men
           .
        
         
           She
           looked
           after
           
             Heaven
          
           very
           
             young
             :
          
           would
           frequently
           blesse
           God
           for
           the
           Religious
           Education
           which
           she
           had
           under
           her
           parents
           .
           She
           was
           even
           then
           assaulted
           with
           
             Temptations
          
           unto
           Atheisme
           ,
           and
           to
           think
           that
           there
           was
           no
           God.
           But
           took
           the
           best
           course
           to
           repell
           and
           resist
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           most
           experienced
           Christian
           could
           have
           directed
           her
           unto
           .
           Immediately
           betaking
           her self
           by
           
             prayer
          
           unto
           that
           God
           whom
           she
           was
           tempted
           to
           deny
           .
        
         
         
           She
           was
           a
           woman
           
             mighty
             in
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
          
           read
           them
           over
           once
           a
           year
           ,
           and
           searched
           after
           the
           sense
           of
           difficult
           places
           out
           of
           the
           several
           Annotations
           before
           her
           .
           She
           was
           as
           it
           were
           a
           
             Concordance
          
           directing
           usually
           to
           the
           Book
           and
           Chapter
           where
           any
           place
           of
           Scripture
           mentioned
           in
           discourse
           ,
           was
           to
           be
           found
           .
        
         
           She
           was
           constant
           in
           reading
           
             substantial
             Authours
             ,
          
           of
           
             dogmatical
          
           and
           
             practical
          
           Divinity
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           means
           grew
           greatly
           acquainted
           with
           the
           whole
           Body
           of
           wholsome
           doctrine
           .
        
         
           She
           was
           unweariedly
           
             constant
          
           in
           the
           performance
           of
           
             private
             duties
             ,
          
           in
           so
           much
           that
           it
           is
           verily
           believed
           by
           him
           ,
           who
           had
           best
           reason
           to
           know
           it
           ,
           that
           for
           twelve
           years
           together
           she
           never
           intermitted
           her
           morning
           and
           evening
           addresses
           unto
           the
           Throne
           of
           Grace
           .
           When
           she
           was
           suddenly
           surprized
           with
           the
           pangs
           of
           this
           last
           child
           ,
           she
           ran
           into
           her
           closet
           to
           be
           first
           delivered
           of
           her
           prayer
           ,
           and
           to
           poure
           out
           her
           soul
           to
           God
           ,
           before
           she
           was
           delivered
           of
           her
           child
           .
        
         
           She
           had
           a
           singular
           delight
           in
           the
           
             publick
             Ordinances
             ,
          
           and
           was
           a
           most
           constant
           frequenter
           of
           them
           ,
           with
           very
           serious
           and
           devout
           attention
           ,
           calling
           her
           memory
           to
           an
           account
           when
           she
           came
           home
           ,
           and
           if
           any
           particular
           slipt
           from
           her
           forgotten
           ,
           she
           would
           enquire
           of
           her
           husband
           in
           bed
           to
           recover
           it
           for
           her
           .
        
         
           She
           left
           behind
           her
           in
           her
           closet
           a
           paper
           book
           ,
           wherein
           with
           her
           own
           hand
           she
           had
           collected
           divers
           
             general
             Directions
          
           for
           an
           holy
           spending
           
           
           
           
           
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           with
           several
           particular
           meanes
           for
           the
           faithful
           observance
           of
           those
           General
           Rules
           .
        
         
           She
           highly
           honoured
           
             Holinesse
          
           in
           the
           poorest
           and
           meanest
           persons
           ,
           and
           would
           frequently
           with
           some
           decent
           and
           modest
           excuse
           get
           off
           from
           unprofitable
           &
           impertinent
           discourse
           ,
           that
           she
           might
           have
           her
           fill
           of
           more
           edifying
           conference
           with
           such
           ,
           in
           whom
           she
           had
           learned
           of
           
             David
             ,
          
           to
           place
           her
           delight
           .
        
         
           For
           divers
           months
           before
           her
           death
           she
           was
           wonderfully
           improved
           heavenward
           ,
           as
           those
           about
           her
           observed
           ,
           not
           regarding
           the
           world
           ,
           nor
           letting
           any
           vain
           word
           drop
           from
           her
           ;
           and
           her
           
             countenance
          
           many
           times
           after
           her
           coming
           out
           of
           her
           closet
           ,
           seemed
           to
           have
           strange
           impressions
           of
           her
           conversing
           with
           God
           shining
           in
           it
           ,
           as
           some
           conversant
           with
           her
           have
           professed
           to
           observe
           .
        
         
           She
           was
           greatly
           adorned
           with
           
             Meeknesse
             ,
             Modesty
          
           and
           
             Humility
             ,
          
           which
           are
           graces
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           of
           great
           price
           .
           When
           one
           wish'd
           her
           
             ioy
          
           with
           the
           
             Honour
          
           lately
           come
           to
           her
           ,
           she
           answered
           ,
           That
           there
           was
           a
           greater
           Honour
           which
           she
           looked
           after
           ,
           which
           would
           bring
           with
           it
           more
           solid
           joy
           .
        
         
           She
           alwayes
           expressed
           much
           
             Honour
             and
             Reverence
          
           to
           her
           
             parents
             ,
          
           in
           all
           comely
           and
           dutiful
           comportment
           towards
           them
           ,
           which
           much
           endeared
           them
           unto
           her
           .
        
         
           Full
           of
           
             conjugal
             affection
          
           to
           her
           dear
           husband
           revoking
           with
           an
           ingenuous
           Retraction
           any
           word
           
           which
           might
           fall
           from
           her
           ,
           which
           she
           judged
           lesse
           becoming
           that
           Honour
           and
           Reverence
           which
           she
           did
           bear
           to
           him
           .
           When
           he
           was
           ingaged
           upon
           publick
           concernments
           ,
           and
           more
           particularly
           when
           he
           cross'd
           the
           seas
           to
           wait
           on
           his
           Sacred
           Majesty
           ,
           she
           daily
           put
           up
           such
           ardent
           and
           heavenly
           petitions
           unto
           God
           for
           him
           ,
           as
           caused
           those
           about
           her
           to
           conclude
           it
           impossible
           that
           the
           husband
           of
           so
           many
           prayers
           and
           teares
           should
           meet
           with
           any
           miscarriage
           .
           Wonderful
           watchful
           over
           his
           
             Bodily
             health
             ;
          
           and
           spying
           out
           distempers
           in
           him
           before
           he
           discovered
           them
           himself
           .
           Earnestly
           desiring
           what
           is
           now
           come
           to
           passe
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           survive
           her
           ,
           that
           she
           might
           never
           know
           the
           wound
           of
           a
           deceased
           Husband
           .
        
         
           She
           had
           a
           more
           then
           ordinary
           care
           in
           the
           
             Education
             of
             her
             children
             ,
          
           holding
           them
           close
           to
           the
           reading
           ,
           and
           committing
           to
           memory
           both
           Scripture
           and
           Catechisme
           ,
           wherein
           by
           her
           diligence
           they
           made
           a
           very
           strange
           progress
           ,
           a
           pregnant
           instance
           whereof
           to
           speak
           nothing
           of
           her
           children
           yet
           living
           ,
           was
           her
           eldest
           son
           ,
           who
           went
           to
           heaven
           in
           his
           childhood
           ,
           about
           the
           age
           of
           five
           or
           six
           years
           ,
           of
           whose
           wonderful
           proficiency
           in
           the
           knowledge
           of
           God
           ,
           an
           exact
           account
           is
           given
           by
           a
           grave
           and
           godly
           Divine
           in
           the
           printed
           Sermon
           ,
           which
           he
           preached
           at
           his
           Funeral
           .
        
         
           She
           was
           very
           affable
           and
           kind
           to
           her
           
             servants
             ,
          
           specially
           encouraging
           them
           unto
           
             holy
             duties
             ,
          
           who
           have
           professed
           themselves
           very
           much
           benefited
           in
           their
           spiritual
           concernments
           by
           the
           discourses
           
           which
           she
           hath
           had
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           She
           was
           very
           
             charitable
          
           and
           ready
           to
           do
           good
           to
           poor
           distressed
           persons
           ,
           specially
           those
           of
           the
           
             houshold
             of
             faith
             ,
          
           visiting
           ,
           edifying
           ,
           and
           comforting
           them
           ,
           and
           with
           her
           
             liberality
          
           relieving
           their
           necessities
           ,
           acknowledging
           Gods
           free
           and
           rich
           mercy
           in
           allowing
           her
           a
           plentiful
           portion
           of
           outward
           blessings
           ,
           and
           that
           she
           was
           not
           in
           the
           low
           condition
           of
           those
           whom
           her
           charity
           relieved
           :
        
         
           In
           her
           sicknesse
           and
           extremities
           of
           travel
           and
           other
           pains
           ,
           she
           earnestly
           
             pleaded
             Gods
             promises
          
           of
           
             healing
             ,
          
           of
           
             easing
             ,
          
           of
           refreshing
           those
           that
           were
           weak
           and
           heavy
           laden
           ,
           acknowledging
           her self
           so
           to
           be
           ,
           not
           in
           body
           onely
           ,
           but
           in
           soul
           too
           ,
           and
           was
           full
           of
           holy
           and
           servent
           ejaculations
           .
        
         
           Yea
           ,
           when
           the
           disease
           affected
           her
           
             head
             ,
          
           and
           disturbed
           her
           
             expressions
             ,
          
           yet
           even
           then
           her
           speeches
           had
           still
           a
           
             tincture
             of
             Holinesse
             ,
          
           and
           savour'd
           of
           that
           spirit
           wherewith
           her
           heart
           was
           seasoned
           .
        
         
           She
           advised
           those
           about
           her
           to
           set
           about
           the
           great
           and
           one
           necessary
           work
           of
           their
           
             souls
          
           while
           they
           were
           in
           
             health
             ,
          
           assuring
           them
           that
           in
           sicknesse
           all
           the
           strength
           they
           had
           would
           be
           taken
           up
           about
           that
           .
        
         
           She
           desired
           her
           
             husband
          
           to
           read
           to
           her
           in
           her
           sicknesse
           
             Mistris
             Moores
          
           Evidences
           for
           salvation
           ,
           set
           forth
           in
           a
           Sermon
           preached
           by
           a
           Reverend
           Divine
           at
           her
           Funeral
           ,
           meditating
           with
           much
           satisfaction
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           when
           some
           
             cloud
          
           overcast
           her
           soul
           ,
           she
           desired
           her
           husband
           to
           pray
           with
           her
           ,
           and
           seconded
           
           him
           with
           much
           enlargement
           of
           heart
           ,
           and
           blessed
           God
           for
           the
           recovery
           of
           light
           again
           .
        
         
           Thus
           lived
           and
           died
           this
           excellent
           Lady
           ,
           a
           worthy
           patterne
           for
           the
           great
           ones
           of
           her
           sex
           to
           imitate
           .
           Such
           works
           will
           follow
           them
           into
           another
           world
           ,
           where
           none
           of
           the
           vanities
           of
           this
           ,
           no
           Pleasures
           ,
           no
           Pomp
           ,
           no
           Luxury
           ,
           no
           Bravery
           ,
           no
           Balls
           ,
           no
           Enterludes
           ,
           no
           Amorous
           or
           Complemental
           discourses
           ,
           or
           other
           like
           Impertinencies
           of
           the
           world
           will
           have
           any
           admittance
           .
           The
           more
           seriously
           you
           walk
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           
             plie
          
           the
           concernments
           of
           your
           immortal
           souls
           ,
           living
           as
           those
           that
           
             resolve
             to
             be
             saved
             ,
          
           the
           greater
           will
           be
           your
           treasure
           of
           
             comfort
          
           in
           your
           death
           ,
           and
           of
           
             glory
          
           in
           another
           life
           ;
           whereas
           all
           your
           other
           delights
           and
           experiments
           for
           content
           will
           expire
           ,
           and
           give
           up
           the
           Ghost
           in
           
             Solomons
             vanity
             and
             vexation
             of
             Spirit
             .
          
           The
           Lord
           make
           us
           all
           wise
           unto
           salvation
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A57133-e280
           
             Irenaeus
             lib.
             5.
             cap.
             15.
             30.
             
             Tertul.
             de
             Resurrect
             .
             c.
             32.
             
             Hieron
             .
             &
             Cyril
             in
             loc
             .
          
           
             Aug.
             de
             Civ
             .
             dei
             lib.
             20.
             cap.
             21.
             
             Calvin
             Institut
             .
             l.
             2.
             c.
             10.
             sect
             .
             21.
             l.
             3.
             c.
             25.
             sect
             .
             4.
             
          
           
             Calvin
             .
          
           
             Sasbout
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             Rev.
             11.
             3.
             12.
             6.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             12.
             13.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             20.
             2.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             8.
             13.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             119.
             51.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             20.
             8.