THE FIR S T T R EA~ TISE OF THE RESVR~ RECTIO}{. ps• L .,, r6. ro. ForthotiiViltnotleatumyfouleinthegraue:neithenPilttkPtifuffir thineholyone tofie corruption(. PH I LIP. 3.20. OtlrcOPUt.JJltionis inhea11en, fromwhmcealfo wee!ooke for the Sauiour,euen the Lordlefts Chris1, V• R s. 21. Who/hallchaTJgeoffrvilebody,thatitmaybeftciOTJtdlike vnto hisglori– ousbody,accordingto the working, whm6y.heisableeutn toftbdutall things vmo himftlfe. Rewe perfwadedwith the Prophetof God Pfahn. t 6. that we fl1all bee rarfed and freed from corruption! that our death is a ileepe,our graue a! a bed! and drat, that God, that raifeth thdunne darly out of his drnnc, will draw vs alfo out of the earth! then haue wetrue faith, which vndoubcedly we n,.ll 6nde more flrong, if long before death come, we would exc:rcifC ou~ fduc:s with themeditati~ns ofde:a~h. Many wee fee .?.ttdiwiunl bydcferr:ng all vnto thclall end,dreheathenulrly; many,who ofdraib, would fec:rnc co !1aue more hcroicall fpirits, ddirevnnatural.. Iy co die, notchat they are furcharged.with the burthen of their. rebelliog and~orruption, butbccaufc asbeaftc:s, they neithercanre10ycetn dungs m hcaucn, ncrteare the p•inesin hell.Thefe are more drowfieand fenlies bealles, then chafe, who are more loti• toJcoart, in whom appcarc:th more na.turC', andfomc coofcicnce; but the other dcg~:ncratmg from nature, arc a f~1.rrc more montl:rous and dangerous kinde of people. Howbc!t the common fort of people commend this kinde of death, they fay thus, hedeparted as meekdy as aIambe, he went outof the world as a bird goeth out ofa. fhdl,he diedveryquietly neuer fpeaking aword; nay they might fay moretrudy, he . died beafle-like, hce gaue no token ofrepentance, m acknowledging his linnes, hee~d•UtmJtof !hewed no fruit< of faith how hce was faued in Cluifl, he gaue no ceflimonic of his tath. hope in wimcffing n ioyfutl ref~nrcB:ion_, aad chaunging to abett~r li~e. Thus we fee, Grtatquithtu howreadic we arc to cxtreilles,cttherfearmg deathtoomuch,orfeanng It toolittle.Wei ~ndmtt~tnts ' ifwe willbe nd ofthat feare in excdl'e, beholde here is areilledie: MJJkfh doth rdf in mtbtdratb •f hope, for thoH wiltnot /eaue m} foul~ in g~aHt. But t~1ere ~re ~tl1crfomc, who can ycclde manyfmnttl. quiecfy co death alfo; what IS thmrealon! wl~at IS therrfa1ch! forfooth they lay,they niU!t pay tha.r wilhngly, wlueh IS due ofneceffitrc ; and fcemg. they owe God a death, they had asheuc d1<at 6rfl, as aclall, whenthedebtl! paycd, It can be no more required. It is farreocherwrfe with the cluldrcn ofGod, who of all others haue the greateft pcrferment bydeath, andret haumgcalled oftbe l~nd ofthe Iiuing euen in chis lrfe, cannot (amne themfclues Il_l the mulmude of many.dayes with the liveetelap thereof,vntilltlrmmcalurebe bnm full. Thentheydymgiu therrpencs ofyecrcs, and in the fulnelfc
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