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t,
the
words
of
my
text are written
by St.
Panl
; l
Cor.
.xv.
24.
25.
Then
cometh
the
end,
when he
shall
have
de-
livered up;the
kingdom to God,
even
the
Father
;
when
he shall
have
put
down
all
rule, and
all
authority, and
all
power
;
for
he
must
reign
till
he
hath
put
all
enemies
under.hisfeet.
1
h
e
last
enemy
that
shall
be
destroyed,
is
death.
With
regard to each
particular
christian, all
other
enemies are
destroyed
when he dies,
for whither
he goes,
they cannot
come
;
he
puts off the body
of
flesh
and
of
in
together
he
leaves every
corruption
behind
him,
when he ascends
to
the company
of
the
spirits of
the
just
made
perfect..
The
smiles
and the frowns
of
this
vain
and
vexing world,
are too far
off/
to influence
the inha-
bitants
of
heaven
;
and
Satan,
the
tempter
and accuser,
is for ever forbid
entrance at
the gates
of
that
holy
city.
But
death holds
one
part of
the saint
in his
prison,
the
grave
:
And though the
departed
soul has
overcome the
terrors
of
this enemy,
and
triumphs
in
this
expression,
O
death, where
is thy
sting? yet
the
body
is
confined as
a
prisoner
under
his
power
:
But
the
hour is
coming,
when
those that
are dead
shall
hear
the voice
of
the
Son
of
God,
and
live. All
the prisons
of
the saints
shall
be
broke
to pieces,
and
burnt
up,
and the keeper destroyed
for
ever.
Let
us
make these
two
reflections
on
the second
general
bead
of
this
discourse
:
Reflection
I.
What abundant encouragement
may
we
derive
from
hence, to engage
us
betimes
in
a
war
with all the
other
enemies
of
our
salvation,
that
having
overcome
them,
we
may be
assured
that
death
is
the
last
enemy
we
shall
meet with:
And
then
also
we
may face
death
with
a
braver courage,
may conflict with it with
better
success,
way
vanquish it
by
a
lively
faith, and re-
joice
in
the
prospect
of
its
final
destruction.
The
same
armour of
God,
the same divine weapons, and the same
almighty assistances
by
which
we
have
subdued our for-
mer
adversaries,
sin,
Satan, and the
world, shall
be
suf-
ficient
to gain this
conquest
too.
We
cannot
begin
the
holy warfare too soon
;
none
of
us are too young
to be
assaulted
by
death
;
but
let
it
come
ever
so
early
in
the
scorning
of
our
days,
it
is
the last enemy
that
we
can fear,
if
we
are listed in the army
of
Christ, and have
begun
the
glorious
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