Chap. 3o. Au Expofetioo upon the "//Doke of J a. Verf. 24. flaying ofall their firftborn ^ inone night by an immediate ftroake fromGod, ( Exod. I2- 3o) e.../had `Pharaoh role up in thenight, heandall his fervants, andall the Egyptians, and there was agreat cry in Egypt : for there was not an h :u/e where there wras not one dead. And whenbloody Herod had murdered the In- fants,Then (Math. 2. 17, a8.) was featfelled that winch wasfpa- ken by leremir the Prophet , faying, In. Rama was there a voice beard, lamentatatian andweeping, and great mourning, Rachel weepingfor her children, and would not be ,comforted beeaufe. they are not , that is becaufe they are dead,anddyed thus, and are not any more forthis world. 'Tis no eafie matter to part with et,fe we'fove, efpecially when they are a part-of our (elves, a; child/re a are and other neere relations maybe fayd to be. Our fare of looting triend=, will provoke us to cry in praying and our for- row for thci.r Joffe will caufe us to cry in lamenting lob (peaks of t"histryas ofwhat was tafuaally heard in fuch fad cafes ; Though they cry inhis dcftruElion. Note , Fourthly. As no crying canprevaile with Gad,tefetch thofefrein thegrave, whoare once dead fo prayer cannot prevaile to prejerve any alive when the appointed time cfdeath is once come. The Apoftle ?..awes afferts (Chap.5. t 5. ) The prayer offaith, 17,41fave thefick; but prayer loth not rtife the dead.Some have had a faith"ofmiracles for healing the fick,but that (I corceave) is not the faith which the Apoftle intends when he faith", The prayer of faith, fhall five thefçk : Ord nary faith in truth and ftrengthm' ay doe that. David fpake as if he had been redeemed nor from ficknes , but, from death, ( Pfd. -30. z, 3.) 0 Lord, thou haft brought forth my (rule from-thegrave. But was.D.ovids foule in the grave? His body had not then been in the grave, and therefore furely his tonic was not ; And ifhis body had been in the grave, yet his foule cöuld'not. The foule is a fpiritdali fub- ftance and immortal ., The foule dyathnot , therefore it is not bused ; How then faith David, Thou haft broughtforthmyfettle from thegrave ? I anfwer. The foule is there put for the man or for the perfon. But it leecne then, Davidwas in the grave, and God ftretcht out:his hand to fetch him thence ? I anfwer; By the grave in the Pfalme we are to underftand, great dangers , deadly dangers. 2?9
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