The life anddeath ofZ,orcaJ. 391 it not oliAmtiliyour latter end. Thefe her almer,wrerefruits other lifer còurfe, our ofher Legacies at her death,Wbilewe hoe time, let vsdoegood 9,ßjc.I con- s Galac.ó.r ó, demurnot funerali beneficence (imply :oriely I prefetre .the vital] before it.. Theywhich doe nothi::g butby a way of tedamentarie beneuolence, arc rightly faidto be men of good wils,but of cull]deedes. Thus flute ofthe life ofDorcaa. Now ofher death, Verfe3y.It came topffe, intbofedaier,thatfheeTlïczpart. roanfcke,anddied.. I cannot fpeake at largeofeuery thing. I muff ]}ill (as hitherto ) fele& the prin cipall;and thatin this part is this:That earn thebelief; anima religious a- Theo. DeP1 mong thefoniei ofmen,arrfabieilvoila deathDoreaa,notwithftanding fife was a Drfeiple,notwith Cladding thewas zealous ofgoodmerkes,&ful dolma-deeds; yet,here in-thofe driesfhe ßckenedand was dead. This may eafifybe inilan- cedby aworldof Righteous Noah,faithfull Abraham,zealous Lot, meeke Mofes,teligeous naiad,innocent lob, painful] Paul, penitent Zache, charitable Cornelitu,ail theworthies ofthe fitti times,&whotnfoeucr elfe the word ofGod bathwell reported of, where are they ? Are they not all dead? Doe their not all fee corruption? arc theynot allgone down into the flimie Valley? Haue they not longUnce made their bed inthedanke? Noue ofthem all was ai le to injure his life from the power of the graue. Flow is it then true ( will flame fay) that ChriP hats dellroved death, fishdeath bath(ill power cuter Godscalms? Ianfwere : Chriff didnot die to take away death(as yet) but to change death : not toouerthrow the beingofdeath,buc to plucke out the /Sing ofdeath ': notquite to flopvp the graue,butremooue and quell r.r. Coe:5.5C the vi &oryofthegraue, The holieft therefore doe Rill die, but death cannot fling them, thegiant cannot triumph ouerthem .Dcathinitfelfe'is theway to hell;It is, altered tti the children ofgrace,andbecomeá Portail, bywhich the foule palfeth from out of the body into Flauen. Deathit felf is a Ser: ¡emit to arrefl.and tobrina to iudgetinent : but to theele&ofGod,it is as the Angel which guided Pete- vt and leadech themfrom thevaleofteares,into'rho tA .tz. land ofrighteosufaes.Thut theholy die, but tarit to damnation, for to thetas which are in Chrill,thereir ecodamnation 'Jr is apeeteof their happineffe that r theydie tExcept the wheate cormfall intothegroand,acddie,itbidetb and, oh feule, r hat whichthenfowef ie'not quickedexcept it die.a Afacie or a r ,.Cor.:S}5 chilly eeinga góodly duller of grapes, thinketh it pitie to put them into the preffe, and to deface them; but he that is wife, knoweth that by tisis measles the liquor inthem is prefetued, and that this timely gathering is a measles of keeping from corruptioniSowee chinkefometine; Oh, itispiteiefitchanone (hould diefapane; as one might haue Paidof/Jot-ea; Alasfogoodawoman; fo penfnt a crestarecanillbe floored: But Godin hiswifedome knoweth it tobe good, and dire cut offthelifeofgoodlofah, ant were in rhemuddir oftire flemme,doubtleffeitis,thathraeyes maynotfee theendto comer. rn.Kin.ar.x® ThefpecíailvfeI will driue this point onto, is toorgeoponvs ail aductor- 7hel'fe, dilationofour end.For furelyifeuen theholiefl die,thenall mull die. Ifdeath frice enenopen thehonfeof God, wherefhall thevngedly andfanera appeare'? `rPer4. 17. It-Dorcasdoe die, f Surlylezabel fiat not efcape:lfthe tender-hearted woman x8i. that wept fonChrill, then theflony-hearted osen that fcoffedat Chrill; if thofe that embalmedhim, thenthofe that buffered him t if flue that poured oyotment on hishead, thenhce that (pate inhis face : there is no auoidance It o appointedvnto all menthat they¡hall once die a. It is hcauens decree , and ' Hebr.9ry it cannot bee reuoked. And wMar is that redit, to bee no more? No ; hap- pie then were Caineand ladaa, and happie you that nowmake a;nocke of frnne; but , to beHill foreuer either in endlefneffe ofblifle , or perpetuitie of woe. What fball wee then doe? fhall wee reafon as the prophane ? Lee vseeiteanddrinke.for to morrowwee{hall die b.? God forbid:that were tobe like e í Corr 5.3u the
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