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Sermon
I.
Of
theRE s
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R REcTI
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which made the
Prophet
call
it{opio{am Redemptionem
a
plenteott< Rtdemptiht.
Bur
t~~
.
A
of/le
he goeth beyond all, mexpreffing thts : moneplace tl"<
mtn~
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n
Eph
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,
atorher·~~ft~iew.r{v&o~v,
inanocher
'lfA.iovti.(ro~v :
mtrcy,nch,
tx~cedtng,graceoverabounding,
Eph.,
s.
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ha
race jieperjlnom
(for fo is
"""d(pv:
}and
Jitperftuottn~
en011gh a':dtoffiare;
fupeJ:.. •
Tun·•·••·
flu~~
is (cleerd y)
eno11gh
and
more thtm enough. Once dyutg
then, bemg more thJn en.
.
ough, no reafon Hcfhould dye more than once. That, of Hts dcat!H
.
.
N
W O
fHislife:
HdivtthrmtoGo
01
TheRigouroftheldwbeingfully
H•Thecaurc•!
0
I
.
fl1
b
c
!! d
.
1Sltv,.g.
fatisfied by His
de•th :
then was He no onger
JU
y, ut wrongru y eramed by
death:
As therefore, by the
po;~et
He had, Helayd downe H1s
life,[oHetookc
it
againe, and
ro(e againefom the dead.
And not on!y
rofe
H1mfelfe; Bur, m one
COil-
current aC!ion Go o, who had by H1s dearh, rece1ved full famfachon, reached
Him
(asinvcr~)
His hand, and raifcd Him to life. The Apollles word
'"'fa,;,
in the
native force doth more properly figmfie,
rayfed6y another,
rhan
rtfm
by Htmfelfe.
And is foufed to !hew, it was done, noto'lly by the power of the
Sonne,
but by rhe
111
i!l,
confenr,
~nd
co-operation of the
Father;
and Hethe caufe of ir, whoforrhe
over·abundant
merit of. His
death,
and His
humbling Himfel(e,andbecomming obediest
Piu!.•.s;
todeath, even the.death of the Crof{e,
not only
rayfedHim,
bur
propter
IJDC,
even
for that
9·
caufe,exalted Him alf•,
ro live wuh Him,in joy and gl ory for ever. For, as when He
-lived roman, Helived
to
much m1fery; fo, now He
livtth to
Go o, He !tveth in all
felicitie. This pm being oppofitely fer downe
to
the former:
livtng,
to exclude
dy.
ing againe ; living to God,
to
exclude
death• dominion,
and all t'· 1ngs per,Jimng t')
1
r,
For, as with G
b
D IS
life,•nd
tht
fountame
of
life,
again{!
death;
I
even the
fountainp
of
life
never
fJil~ng,
but ever tcnewing
to
all eternity:) fo Wtth Him alfo,
t<.'orrens
Phil.3&.t~
de!tciarum,
a
mamerwer ofp!ea{ures,
even
p!eafurcs_
for
evermore;
never ebbmg,but
ever flowing, to all contenrmenc; agamft the
mifenes
belongmg to
deaths dominzon.
And there
H~
liveth
rhus : nor
~ow,
as the
Sonne of
Go o, as He Jived before all
worlds, bur as the
Sorme of"''"'
in the right of our nature : roeftate us, in rh.is Jife
io rhe hope of
artverfiM·
•10djn the life to come, in perfecbnd full poffeffion
ofH~
owne and His
Fathersb!iife
and happineffe: when we ihall
al(olivet~
Go o, and
G
0
~be
all
in all;
which is the higheft pitch of all our
hope.
We feethen,H:sdying
.2nd r!fl11_g-,and the grounds
of
both: And thus have we the
tot
an
of our
Smnw,
.
Now followcth our
ai:compt.
An
11ccompt
is
either of what is
comining
to
nf.;
IT.'
and thatwclikewdl: or what
isgoingfom tu,
and that is not io pleafing.
Comming
tom,
I call matter of
henejt: GoingfoJittu,
mmer of
duty:
where(! doubr)many
?~'r ~~;·;;.;:
:an expectation will be d-:ceived, makmg
accompt
ro heare from rhe
refiirrefliim
mar~
mi;'·"
·•,
tho
ter
of
be~efit,
only to
come in,
where
theApojile
calleth us to
ammpt
for matter
ofdu.
benefit.
ty
whtch ts to goc from us.
.
·
An
accompt
there
i~
growing
to
us by
Chrifts rifing,of
matter of
6en'eft
and com–
fort: fuch an onetherCJS,and we have rouched ir before. The hope ofgayning a be"t·
re~
hfe, whichgroweth from
Chrifts riflng,
is ourcomforr againfi thefeare of lofing
thts. Thus doe we comfort our ielvesagamfi our deaths:
Now
blef!ed be
Go o
that
,p.,,q:
hath
rer;ener•ted tu tD altvely hope, by the rejitrreflzon
of
Iefru
Chrifl :
Thus doe we
comfort
OUT
felves againft our friends death;
Co~nfort
JOllY
[<Ives one another
(faith
~e Apo~le,)
w1th thefe words: what words bee they
(
Even thole
of
ourS •-
,
T&.r.
4
.~.s;
fo
:r?
u• m
~he
GbfPell,
Re{urget
frate~
tm«,
Thy brothrr
(or
thy Father,
or
thyfriend)
loh.u,, 3 •
h.
~ife
agame.
And nor onely aga10fi
death,
bur even againfi
"I!
rhc
mJ(rries
if
·
·
~fo
1
f~:
It was
lobs
comfort onthe dung-hill: well yet,
videbo J>wm in carne mea:
:tnda
t'
Go o
tn
myjlefh.
And not in Our miferies alone, bur when
w~
doe well,
Iob
,
9 ,, 1 ;
.
fi.
oaman refpeel:eth us for it: Iris the .ApoH!esconclufionof rheChapter ofrhe
~e
urre
zon :
Be ofgood cheere yer,
tabor veffer non crit intWu in Domino :
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thefe wates, cotnfort 'ommetli unto us by it,
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