Chap. U. . Of DEATH. De41h' and there uno dijih4rge in that War. Ecclef. 8. 8. The Body links in the ConfliEl: ; and Death feeds on its prqflrate Prey in the Grave. . z. I !hall confider more particularly the Caufes that render Death fa fearful to Men : 1 • In the apprehenfion of Nature. z. In the apprehenfion of Confcieni:e. '· In the apprehenfion of Nature, Death bath this Name engraven in its forehead, Vlti· mttm terribi!ium, the fupreme of terrible things, upon feveral accounts. · (I.) Becaure ufually Sicknefs and Pains languifhing and tormenting, make the fidl: Changes in the Body, and the natural Death is violent. This Hezektah complained of with a mournful accent, Hewtll cut me off wttl'. pining Szcknefs.: from day even to mght thou wt!t m4ke an end of me. I reckoned till mornmg that tU a Lzon, fo will he break all my Bones. Ifa. j8. A Troop of Difeafes are the forerunners of this /(jnt, of Terrors. There is a preceding Encounter, and fomerimes very fierce, that Nature Jeels the cruel Victory before it yields to this Enemy. As a Ship that is toll: by a mightyTempefl:,and by the concuffion of the Winds and Waves loresits Rudder and Mafl:s, takes in water in every part, and gradually links into the Ocean : So in the !hipwrack of Nature, the Body is fa !haken and weakened by the violence of a Direafe, that the Scnfes, the animal and vital Operations decline, and at lafl: are extinguifh'd in Death. l2.) Death confidered in the fl:riEl:efl: propriety, as defl:ruEl:ive of the natural Being, that is our firfl: and m'ofl: valuable Good in the order of Nature, is the"jutl: objeEl: of Fear. The Union between Soul and Body is very intimate and dear, and like David and 1onathan they part unwillingly. Nature has a !hare in the bell: Men, and works as Nature. St. Paul declares, we "ould not be t~nclothed, not finally put off the Body, but have it glorified inconjunEl:ion with the SouL Our ble£fed Saviour, without theleafl: impeachment of the ReEl:itude and PerfeEl:Lon of his Nature, exprcfs'd an averrcnefs from Death, and with fubmiffion tO the Divine Will defired a freedom _from it. His AffeEl:ions were holy and humane, and moved accordmg to the quality of their ObjeEts. (j.) The natural Confequents of Death render it fearful. Life is the foundation of all natural Enjoymentts ; and the Jars of it induces the lofs of all for ever. 'Tis from hence that fuch Evils as are confiftent with Life, and deprive us only of fame par'ticular Content and Pleafure, are willingly chofen rather than Death: The forfeiture of Efl:ate, the degrading from Honour, the confinement to a perpetual Pnfon, the bamfhmg from our native Cormtry, arc lefs Penalties than Death. There is a natural love of Society in Man, and Death removes from all. The Grave is a frightful Solitude. There is no Converration in the Territories of Darkne[s. This alfo Hezekiab in his apprehenfions of Death fpeaks of with Tears: I ft;a/1 fie M•n no more in the L~nd of the Living.. Ifa. j8. I I. As in the Night. the World is an univerfal Grave, Dies moricur all Thmgsarc 10 a dead S1lence; Palaces, Courts of Jufl:Jce, Temples, Theaters Schools mnolkm, & ~nd all .Places of publ~ck Conver~ation are !but up; the Noife and Rum_our that keeps Me~ ;u~b~~;~~ .. 10 contmua.l Obfcrvat100 and AEbon ce~fes. Thus when the Sun o~ th1s prefent Life is fet, htur; fun~fu.· ~~~~~:,ff~~~fe~~d ~~~~~~~e~~~~~ r~1~'b~Jis~~~~~J'~~Yili;f~~~dg~b~:~r~~~ll~au~~~~ ~J~:~~:~e~ alone an entertainment for the Worms. nigramr,for... ver;~~~JP[~!~i}k~~~~~J~;, ~~;~~~esg,:!(~~s B;~~~fm::~~~::~gf~i, ;:~';fo~ to ~{~is~f;:~ito~T;~ ~:~~~~~~~, ~~~~;~~e\~~: ~~:~~~~Z:~~~ofe~~ ~~~:~~ 1l~st~~0f~~n~~1!1~~~f,e~~~~:~~i';h~1~~gft~~~~ ~;;~. ~~~e~ and Rearon of all; to enrich and adorn the City of Rome, as was becoming the Regent of the World ; to ·epitomize the Works of the moll: learned Greci•m and Rom•ns for the publickBenefit. And 'Vhilfl: he was defigning and pUI·ruing there, and other vafl: and noble T•li• •gcnr<m Thmgs, Death furpnfed lum, and broke off all Ius Enterpnres. •tq;mcdiun- !r!~~~~~.~e~~~~:s~:1~J~:~I~ef,~~~;~t;:h:~~~;!~~~ :~: o~r;~.p'dB~fn~~l~~~~:rAfra~~~~r:, 30:~ ~~~~o;~;,::: u .madt rt&h, ~vhen the Glory of hr.s Houfe 1: tn&re,ifed. For when he dieth, he Jbll!l c4rry nothmg aov.y; /m Glory Jball not defiend after lum; Pfal.49·t6,17. Deathequal!y vilifies, makes loathfom and ghafl:ly the Bodies of Men, and reduces them to fordid Dull:. In the Grave the" Dull: is as precious and powerful of one as of another. Civil • .&<>ur D''""' P·= ~. Difl:inEl:ions are limited to the prefent time. The prodigious Statue in Nebnchadnezzars Vifion, Dan. 2. 32, n, 34, 3S· while it was upright, the Parts were really and vifibly difl:inEl:: The Head•vas of pm Gold, the Breajl and .Arms of Silver ihe Bell; and Thighs of Braf, the Legs of lrpn, the Feet F•Uo( hon andpart of Clay~ hut when the Stone mt out without hands, fmote the Image itponthe Feet, then was the Iron, the Cl11], the Brafs,. theSih~er, and the Gold, broken to pieces together~ and became like tbeChajf the Wtnd cames away. Who can difl:inguifh between Royal Du!t
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