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That
though
we
die
yet:
we
are
redeemed
from
death.
5
Y
S
phane wicked men, who grieue the
very foules
ofthe righ-
teous, and
make
them
to
crie
out with
Dauid
;
Were
is me
that
mi.
$ao
s;
1
remaine
ira
illefhech,emidtvell
in
the
tents
ofKedar;it
whol-
ly
freeth
vs
from
finne, and
purgeth
away
thofc
corruptions
which
in
this
life cleaue
fo
faß veto
vs
;
fo
that though
here-
tofore there
was
great
amitie betweene
finne
and
death, for
finne
was the only
caufe
which
inlarged deaths
dominions,
and made
all
the world to become
his
tributaries, yet now
they
are
at oddes, and death now
is
the
meares to
free
vs
out
offinnes thraldome and vtterly to deflroy it. And thus
hath
the Viper
finne,
bred
a
young
one
which eateth
out
it
owne
belly;
for
finne
brought
foorth death,
and death deftroyed
finne
:
had
it not
been
for finne,
death had
neuer
entred
into
the world,and
were
it
not
for
death,
finne
would
neuer
goe
out
ofthe
world. More9uer,
by death
we
obtaine
a
full
and
perfe6t
viétorie ouer the
flefh,
the world,and
the
diuell; for
whereas in this
life wee are in
a
continual' fight,and
fome-
times
Ameleck,
fometitne
Ifrael hath
the vpper
hand
:
death
puts
an
end
to
this
battell,and giueth
vs
full
vidtory
otter
the
flefh,the world,and the diuell;
fo
as
they (hall neuer
after-
wards
not
onely
not
preuaile,
but not
fo
much
as
aífault
or
trouble
vs
:
and thus doth
Query
Chriflian.,with
Dauid
cut
off
Goliahs
head with
his
owne
fword;
for
death
Was
the wea-
pon
which Satan vied
to deßroy
vs,and
with
this weapon
we
glue
Satan
a
final
ouerthrow.Laftly,death which heretofore
was
the
high
way
to
hell and deftru6tion,is
now become
the
readie
entrance
into Gods kingdome,
and like
a
foule
gate
whereby
we
enter
into
a faire palace
;
heretofore
it
was
a
fi-
rie ferpent
which by flinging
killed and
de!_troyed
vs,
but
now our Suiour
hath pulled out the fling, it
is
become
fo
harmeleffe
that
we may lately
put
it
into
our
befome,
with-
out
recciuing
any
hurt
:
and
in
this
ref-pea
it
may
not
vnfitlie
be compared to the brafen Serpent, which
looked
like other
Serpents,
but
in Bead
of
wounding
it
prefeixtlie
cured,
in
Read
of
killing
it
prefertted
life;
fo
though
death retaine
his
former
Chape, fo
that
wee-are
afraid and readie
to
flee
from
it, yet it
is
but
in
outward appearance;
for
in
dead
of
an
euer
dying life,it giueth
vs
poffefitîon.ofa'neuer
dying
life
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