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SECT. IV.
THE
CONQVEST
OVER
DEATH:
373
died around
us,
adoring
thy
rich grace together,
and
entering together
into
the
state'of
perfect
glory
which
thou
hast
prepared."
It
remains
only
that
I
should propose some reflections
on the last' head
of
d:iscoursé
for
the
meditation
of
this
whole assembly, and
especially for those
that
are engaged
in the
spiritual
warfare, and proceed
to daily
conquests.
Shall
death, with
all its
attendants,
be
destroyed for
ever
?
And
are
these the blessings
that
shall succeed
?
Then enter
into
this
joy
before
-hand
by
a lively faith,
and
begin the song
of triumph
O
death, where is
thy
sting,
O
graze,
where
is
thy victory
?
1
Cor.
xv.
.55.
Rejoice
not
over
me,
O
mine
enemy,
when
I
fall
I
shall
arise;
Mic.
vii. 8.
After
you have
fought many
battles
with Satan,
'sub-
dued
many
sins,
and
encountered
a
thousand
tempta-
tions
with success,
perhaps
you find new
adversaries still
arising;
look forward then
to this
joyful
hour,
and
say,
"
But
-I
shall one day be for
ever free
from all these toils
and
labours
of
war, for
all my
enemies shall be
over-
come, since
death the last
of
them shall
be
subdued."
When
you
feel
the infirmities
of
this
mortal body hang
heavy upon
your
spirits,
and damp
your
devotion,
read
the
words
of
this
promise, and rejoice
;
"
These pains
and
these languors
of
nature
shall one
day
vanish
and
be
no more
;
for death, with all its
train, must
be
de;-
stroyed."
When
some
of
your
dearest
friends are
seized by
this
tyrant, and
led
away
to the grave
in his
chains, while
yoú
are
wounded
to
the very
soul,
remember,
that
Christ
your
Captain, and
your.
Saviour, shall revenge
this
quar-
rel upon your last enemy;
for
he
has
appointed
the
hour
of
his
destruction.
Mourn not therefore
for the dead,
as
"
those
that
sorrow
without
hope, for those
that
sleep
in Jesus, the Lord
shall
bring
with him
when
he
comes
;"
1
Thess.
iv. 13,
14.
And
he shall
join
you
together
in
a
blessed
and durable friendship, where it shall
be
eternally
impossible for enemies to
break
in
upon
your peace; for
death, the
last of
them, shall be
then destroyed.
And
the
Lord
has left
us
this comfort
in
the
end
of
his
sacred
writings,
"
Surely
I
come quickly."
Let
each
of
us with
a
chearful
heart
reply,
even
so,
corn;
Lord Jesus,"
Amen.
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