The Deadr Hër'auld. 51 Laftly all they that die; calingupon the Lórd, or otherwife make a goodly end, Mat 14.46. For they 'die in the Lord, becaufe they die in the works of the Lord, andhappy is their n' .° +"1.0",c fervan: whom hie e/Ylafferwhets he comethPOI!find f doing. ac. quidJ rega From henceforth drageT. Reza and fain other render the word in the original ;",:;P:,:;,:84, t n, perfe ly, becaufe the dead obtain the bleffednefs they hoped for ; but this Expofition pira+am boon cannot ftand,unlefs we reftrain this blefleduefs to the tout. For the perfect and con- indinen . futumate happinefs ofall that die in the Lord, confilteth in the glorification of their bodies and fouls, when they (hall fee God faceto face, and the beams ofhis counts-'t,a navedirely fallingupon the foúl,ihall reflect alto upon the body : and 'non true ' pot. it is which Panetta obterveth, the leads blef ednefi, farexceeds thebleffedneft of tie Hieprivet :4,in living ; for here we bave but the firfifruiii ofhappinefs, 'but in heaven roe (ball have t¢to ipfa en ß bcati ud+n;, hip thewhole lamp: here we hunger and thirflfor righteoufnefi, there we/háíí be farts fled.' r;;ew ft.ti_ To this we all willingly afíent, but it will riot hencefollow, that theyhave their an,, urt lads. whole lumpof happinefs till the day of judgement : bleffed they ire from thehour tor. of their death, but not perfectly bleffed, but not confummately z bleffed ïnten/ive, i as ble(fed as the foul by it Pelf can be for that ftate in which it now is : not bleff d extenfve, not fo bleffed as the wholeperfon (ball be, when the foul that' bethe fe- cond time given to the body, and both bid to an evcrlafling featt at themarriage of theLamb. Others therefore more agreeable to the Analogy of faith, render the original drme,4, from hence-forth, and refer the hence forth,notto the timeOf the ut- teringthis Prophefie ; as if before it none were bleffed ( for before this prophecy all theApoftles ( Saint Johnonly excepted) and thoufands ofSaints and Martyrs' had died in the Lord,antl were at reft from their labours) but to the inflantoftheir dyingin the Lord, they nofooner loft their lives for Chrift, then they found happi- nefs Luke i . ai. in him, So foon as Lazarus died, his foul wets carriedby Angels into Abra- Ouderaca¡ar hams bofome. So foon as theThiefexpired on the Croft, he afpired to paradife,and credo genero¡nm was With Cbriff ; So 7azianzen teacheth concerning every religious foul ; I be- mowncarding; lieve, faith he, that everynoble foulwhichis ingraceandfavonr with God, prefentlyát neo animam foonadhe bathfhaken ofthe body, which kept down her wings, flieth joyfully 'freight Pw?t orporie- up toher Lord ; and Saint Cyprian, Death to the godlfis not adeparture, but apall ht, ¡tuts ex- from atemporalto an eternal life, and no flay by the way, as foon as we havefinifhed Coffer ;t our courfe here, we may arrive at thegoal there ; And S. Bernard, The infidels call c°mpeiibue the partingof thefoulfrom tie body, Death, but the believers call it the Paffeover, bw aními pen becaufe it is a pals fromdeath to life. For they die to the world that they per- na !`Pilo, P Y , y may kbat b;tar,m fatly live to God. ; ¡ad Dominum To ftrike fayl and make towards the tlroar, ifall that die iii the Lord are blef- 'faum ronvolare. fed,from theverymoment oftheir death,and this bleffednefs is confirmedby a vdyce im)y ñ rymortal. from heaven : let us give more heed to fuels a voce, than to any whiter of the o `X $ y Y P aw f d trap(+. flefhordevil.WhatfoeverPhilopophy argueth,orReafon objeð,orfenfeexcep- 'toodzotze tethagainft it: let us give more heed to God thanman, to thefpirit than the ble(h, 't;, reins, de- to faith than toreafon, to heaven than to earth ; although they who fufierfor the curro ad aerha testimony of the Gofpel teem to be molt miferable,their skins being fleyedoff,their `rónfgr`pus. Bern, a. IS. joynts racked,their whole body torn inpieces,or burned toallies; their goods con- amo, mi en- ftfcate,theirarmes defaced,and allmanner ofdifgraces put upon them : yet they are fid,te, morose molt happy in heaven,by the tehtimonyofheaven it felt, the malletof their enemies appellant fide, cannot reach fohigh as,heavtir, it c4pnot touch them there; Much lëfs awake them I" P.41'' T i out of their fweetfleep in Taus: =Grimmando, ueperfedla vi- Secondly, if the dead are bleffed iii compariforf of the living : let Ifs not fo glue roe: Dm. our thoughts, and affections to the world, and the comforts thereof, brit that they maybe eafily fevered,for there isno companion between theeftateof the god- ly in this life, and in the life to come ; for here they labour for reft, there they refs from their laborrr: here they expect what they are to receive, there they receive what they expected here they hunger and thïrft for righteoufnefs , there they are fatisfied ; here they are coutinüally aft-lifted; either for their fins , or ApáTti. with their fins, and they have continual cattle to fhed tears, 'either for the cala- mities of Gods people, orthe flroaks they themfelves receive from God, or the wounds they give themfelves ; there all rears are wipedfront their. eyes. Heretliey
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=