CHAP. 9. of%ïliredome,&c. 525 -- earthly Tabernacle isdáffol ied , wee haue a buildingfrom God, not fn,ide with brands, euerla-ingin Heauen. And the fame dwelling in the Heauens , hee e by and by inter- pretetla tobee as much , as to goe and dwell with the Lord : Freeknow, that while twee dwell in thebody , wee are absent from the Lord : for wee wakeby Faitb , and not by fight :Thereforewee ¿fire rather to remooueout ofthe body, and todwell with the Lord. So to the f `Philippians, Idoe de/ire to loose from hence, that is, tohauemy foule depart from Icy body : (AMetaphor taken from Ships that bofe, or set from the (pore) and to bee with Chrill. And this to bee his meaning, the next words make it very plaine, but to continue intbeflesh, is more nice Caryfor you. This is it which our Sauiour g Chriíffaith to the Thiele, This dayJJialt thou be with me in Paradife. In the Reuelati- om, h Thefoules of the Martyrsare la i d to beat refl under the Altar. And the Apofile to the i Hebrewes reckoneth the Spirit ofthe righteous that are perfited. For this caufe, our Sauiour k Chriít vpon the Croffe commondeth his Spirit into the hands ofhis Father, that it might be an af- furance vnto vs, that our fpirits alto (hall goe to him, when they depart out ofthis body. And thiseflate both of the Ele& andReprobate, our Sauiour Chriff exprcfly (heweth in the Parable ofthe Rich man. The very fcope whereof driueth vnto this, that although the wicked,in this life, for themol{ part, enjoy pleafure, and the Saints of God are pinched with penurie , yet that after death there abidesa large recompence for the godly, when to the wicked fihall be anguifh and forrow. Therefore hee faìth, I That LA z AR V s when hedyed,was carryed ofAn. gels into AB R. Ali A M s bofome, and the Iffh manburyed and caft into Hell, For being in Hell faith our Sauiour Chrift , in torment , he faro ABRAHAM afarreoff, and LAZARVSinhis bofome. The fecund degree is a better and more excellent condition after that both to foule and body, for the full cffeaiug whereof, therebee two moft glorious and re- L 1 nowned e T%rfe 6s7, 8. f Pbíl.l.2,3. g Luke 13.43% h Reuet.6,ia. i Heb.rz.13. k Luke 23.4e. Luk.IÓ.t3,a$3 At what time
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