Joule-exalting humiliation. the cro1fe lies light; and contrarily,where the crcHfe lies heavy, Gnne lies light ; fo the heart that bath beene.very holy inacalme, will be mofr lightfome in tempefiuous times. 1 o Get mortifying motives andmeditatio_ns~ to mafier an .immoderate feare ofdeath, the king of feares and princeof terrours; andwe iliall with far · morepatience,and refolution, digefi all petty trou– bles and miferies in the mean~ time. For which . purpofe confider, '_ '_ .. ' . . . ''' 1 Mot!ve~ and I That there is almo£1: no man, but hee bath en· rnedltatwns w . d d r_ • • • } . • fi r usfordearh. ure . wohe pames mhfe, than 1ee can endure m death. The pangs ofdeath are ofteq Ieffe -than 'thofe ofthetooth-ake. .: ·- z ThecovenantofGod is inforce with us) as we lie in thedufl:ofthee1arth; Mat. 22. 31,3 z. wards life·of faith in death, pag.78• 3 The unionwithChrift: holds ftill, C9l. 1.18. as ·the hypoil:aticall did when Chrift lay in the grave. • 4 -Death is butafleepe, 1 Thtf. 4· I 3. , 5 C.hrifis death hathtaken·away the fiing and fweerned it to all his. · · . '· \ .. 6 Itisbutas'llfiurdyporter, letdngusinrohea– ven. Iris a paffage to erernall joyes. · '" ' _ 7 Irisbut like the fall ofa wheaccorr.e into the ·. gr0und, anddying~ that it may fpring up afrerward ;: :gloriouOy, !oh. 1 2~ 14. . · ' ~ 8. It is but adepardng'out ofthis world unto the ·. Father, I oh. I 3. I. . 9 Jt was ca-lled in theold Tefiariient, but a ga· · thering to their fatb~rs. , · · •· · 1 o I aco·bmadenorhing-ofit. Hee faid to Ioftph, · Gen; 48. 2 1. Behol~ I die. See affo chap. 49. 33. 11 Let'.
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