Chap. Ill. Of DEATH. I. The freedom he obtains from all affiiEting Evils that are numberlcfs here, and from Sin the worft in its nature, and thecau(e of all the re fr. -:(he prefent World is a Labyrinth of Thorns, in every ftate we meet With fomething eo vex us. You may as well count the :::fia~~ \~h:a~~a.~~~~.ior~:~ ~latai;b~~!!J'a w~~.n~~o:J.~'Jay~:h~~d fi,,J~)'r';.~b~~: Job 14. I. A fhort Life, and many M1ferics. 0 our unhappy, Capacity! the Body -is ~~~~~~-as~~~~ ~~t~~r=:~ :~:~~~~e~r~!f~a~~~! ~h~~:,~~ ~~~~t~~:~f~~~ ~:~ie~r~~5h:~ ~~~~~f~~~~: lives in Ple.afures, muft aa the Mourners p~rt, Q(l~fweetejl Comforts have hidden Stings: and ad mi!hi~IU. whatever IS mort pleaGng, may occaGon bitter.gnef. . And ufually ho ly Men have agrea~ ter p01·non of Affi1£t1ons here: fomenmes by the mahgmty and VIOlence of the Wicked ; as under. the Law, the Lamb and the Dove were Sacrifices, the Emblems of Innocence, ~~~.r~~~ili:~!~~~'';;r:i~;~[~g:h;h~u~;.~~ed.~;~~~~e~'~nte ~~;fo;~~e~Yt~~z~~;:;;~ :}'da1.; Son, who trac'd out the Way to Heaven in his own Blood, and by the Crofs afcended to the Throne. Somecimes more immediately Divine Providence affiias t hem to preferve their Spirits from the tainted P]e'!,fures of the Wqrld, and for other hol y Ends : but there is a l{ejl fo r the People of God in Heaven. BeGde>, there are Relicks of Sin in the beet of the Saints here. Indeed Sin is depos'd from Sovereignty ~nd Rule; the imperious Lufts are ~!~i.fi~t~ ~:t~~~~u~ti~a1~J~~%ort'}:~8~~:,h~tiede~ep~~~~~l jfn~~fn~~~~:;;,th~~i~:~d'JJ:J lujls againjl theSpirJt, and theSpmt agamjl the Flejb. As there IS a complexion of Humours in humane Bodies, always ,arnng when they are in the founqert Health; and where there is not thi.s aCtive co~trariety, .either the Bo.dy is .without a. S~ul, a mere Carcafs, ·or a glorified Body m Heaven : So where there IS not thiS Internal Combat ber- ' · ~ .. 1 ' I ~lly .J J rli.J ' • ~ r ~~~~ ti~~~~f~~~ fiill ~~~{t1J~~L::: cfe- 1Pirim~ ii Man ~unn; :~~ ~~~. avy crone. Ant are fi1~~ ram~1m ~d Y ~~~~;~s flne Sin fun,t [mtli.; ~~:: ~~:e~~e e is ~~~ h~n~lrrrm_fpinrus, .i~~;; fl~~.~l~:~~.;;~ the ~~~ ~n;r~~· 'are in ChrHl:o. ~:~~ ]:1: COnt. bt,lt rt h; ~ent tk~s eon .ours .ath nds. g is y be IVCd dto Anfed . igh, lick, "'- ~ ·~ .1 ~·i -n-ltupf ,<ilJ }UI.ft:;!lu;m iiu \l.nii;Cuuu, ll wuu1a cnuteto oe wnat tt ts: 10 rrom thedifferent degrees of Glmy in Heaven, the moft amiable and equal Order of the Divine W1fdomappears, that fatiSfiesevery one, We
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