Chrifir 'Triumph over Death. the Adders, twoforked ar double ; for it is either original or a£tual fin; original fin is the fling ofdeath, in the day thou eatefl of theTree ofknowledge; thouJhalt furey e : and as by one man lin came into the is, orld, anddeath byfin, andfo death paffeth ponall men, for that all hadfinned. Secondly, aElual finisthe flingofdeath; ,the oeil:hatfinneth, it /halldie ; the fin /hall not bear the iniquity ofthefather, nor the father the iniquity of thefan, the righteonfnefs of,the righteous /hall be upon him, and the wickednefi of the wickedfhallhe upon him. Howbeit, if we fpeak properly; ori- ginal fin, as it isa pronenefs to all fin, fo it maketh us rather obnoxious todeath, than dead men : but a&ual fin without repentance, flaysout- right. Adam did not die the dayhe eat the fruit, but that day became mortalir, or morti obnoxius, guilty ,of death, orliable to it ; originalfinalone maketh us mortes, but aélual mortuos, dead men. TheDevil liketo a Hornet,fometimespricks us only ,butlestvethnot his fling in us, fometime he lcaveth hisding in íu, and that's far the more dangerous. He isprickcdonlÿ with this fling, who finneth fuddenly and prefently repenteth : but he who the Devil bringeth to a habit or cullomin fin, in himhe leavethhiafling. . Now weknow what thefling is, let usenquire where it is ? The anfwer is,ifwe fpeakof the reprobate mcn,or Devils,it remainethin their confciences, ifwefpeak of theEle 1, it is plucked out of theirfouls, and it was put inour Savioursbody,and there deaded and loll, for he that knew no fn,wae. madefinfor us, to wit, by imputing our fin to him, and infli&ling the punifhment thereofupon hies, That we might be made the rigbteooefnefiofCjod.in hi., for the chaflifement ofour peace was upon him, andby hisftripes were wehealed, who his ownfelf bare ourfns in his own body on the tree. Athanalüisreprefenteth the manner ofit, by the fimilitude ofaWafp lofing her fling in a Rock. Velpa acculesfodiem petram,&c. as an angry rva{p, thradeth her fling into a rock, cannotpierce or enterfar into it, but either breaketb herfling, or lofetb it all : fie Death affaulting the Lordof life, and flrivingwith all her might to flingbim,btort not him,but *farmed herPelf of herflingfor ever. The firft interrogatory is anfwered, we know where Deaths fling is ;. let us now confider of the fecond interrogatory, concerning the vietory of the Grave; O grave ! where is thyvictory? If the Grave, as theopeneth hermouth wide, fo fhe could fpeak, thewould anfwer : My vi&ories aretobe feen inMacpelab, Golgotha in all the gulphs ofthe Sea,and caves andpits of theEarth, wherethedead havebeen bellowed lince the beginning of the world. rMy vi&ory is in the fire, in the water, in the earth,in all Churnels and Cumitaries,ordormitories,in the belliesoffilh,in the maws ofbeafls,in holy flt tines, tombsand fepulchres,wherefoever corpfeshave been put; and are yet refcrved. Ofall that ever Deatharrefled, andthey byorder of di- vineJuflice navebeen committed to my cuftody, never any but one efcaped, whom the heaven ofheavens could not contain, much leis any earthly prifon, he might truly fay, andnone but he Ograve ! where is thy viilory ? all fave him I keep in fafecu- , ftody,that were everfeinto me. Yet may all thatdie in fefus,and expert aglorious Refurre&ion by him, evennow by faith infult over the Grave, for Faith calls thofe things that are not, as if they were, it looketh backward asfar as the Creation, whichproduced all things at the firfl ofnothing : andas forforward to the refurreïl'ion which fhall refloreall things from nothing, or that which is as much as nothing ; Faith withan eye annointedwith the 490¡ Gen. x. ,7. Rom. q. IS. Eaek, i s ro. r Cor. S. z,. Ifa. st.,. I Pet. z 24. Malouin, in Gen. fidee in id quad Pau- non aft tie, ac de eo non feu, ac l eye-falve ofthe s irit fresh death(wallowedup into victory, and the earth andfea calf- fjan ffEium ingupalltbrirde,d, andupon this evidence ofthings notfeentriumphcthoverDeath e1etg1eriatur and Hell, Paying, ODeath, where is thy fling? O Hell, where is thy viEÉory ? We have fpoken hitherto of Death and the Grave, let us now hear what they have to fay to us. Death faith, fear not me; the Grave, ;keep not immoderatelyfor thedead : Death bids us die tofn: the Grave, Buryall thy injuries andwrongs in the pit ofoblivion ; both fay to us, Elie fin, and neither ofus can hurtyoss.; both lay to us, Give thanks to him, who bath givenyou viElor over us both, thefling ofdeath pricks youno:, but ifyou die in the bofòme ofChriff rather delights and tickles you. Death is no more Death,buta f[eep ; 'the Grave isno more agrave,; but abed. Death is but the puttingoff of our old rags,the Grave is theVefery ; and theRefurreaion, the newdreng, andrichly embroydering them. Enough
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