Of theRich man,avdLdzarus. 51 6. 23. än d thereforekill it is, that hee who fìnneth (and all are ruiners) fhould dye. Secondly,fnncwent ouer all, and deathby it, Rcrn.5. 12. and therefore all, rich,poore,andall mil die. Thirdly, God fayde to Ad6m, In the day that thou eatcfl oftke tree,'h,ch I hasteforbidden thee to ease cr tcuch, theseflait dye the death, Gen. 2. 17..NowAdax did Bate, and what was fayd to him, vvasfpcken toall Man-kinde in him : and thereforenothe onely mutt dye,butall mull dye that were in his loynes. Fourthly, wee are all one mans fonnes, Adams; and haue Onemother,our cornmora niother,the earth, 1nb.17. I 3. r4. Andwhither mutt Adams formes goe, but whi- ther Adams finne fends them : and to whom is thechilde tobee brought,but tohis ovine mother? Fiftly, (b) onecalleth life a fickneffe, andhee that bath b Auften. the fìcknefleof life, how can hee chufebut dye: Sixtly, by deathGod declareshis power,ieeingthat by it he tranflates his Elee`t to life,and that eternal': therefore is deathcalledby L quid, 7he'ray of allthe lttttrg: Y. King. 2:2. and byHezech:ah in Lis long, Ike docreofthegraxe: Efa.38.ie. For as rnenter into their hcufes by thedome, and goe to their places by theway: fo doe, they palie to their grauesby death,and rernoue to their Countrey by the fame, as by their commonway. One vied: this ccnapat rifon;As the herbe breedes the werme,and the worn e (fo bredde) Bates the herbe that is bredde in : 1c fin btcught in death : anddeathbrought in by finne,deftroyeth finne to the righteo is, the finite that caufed death. If finne had not beene, death had neuer been : and yet to the pled, deaths being, only,doth away finne; hot becau fethey die, but becaufe they receyue that gracein death, and not bef forethey dye. Seuenthly, thereis a common fuhicelion to death, that the godly by fuch fubiec`ticn may lest ne tomake the more of Chrif3,and oftheir faluationby him, v+ hen they; !hall perceyue that,thatwhich they fo much abhorre and 1-I 2 feared,
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