154 An Expofztion upon Chaim. as of men of yeers, which plainly pro- I S i L. That all men are fo to make veth all men to have been (inners , and account of death, as they doe prepare guilty before the Law of /Wafer. continually for it, and arme themfelves T r M. What learnye by thin, that finne continually again({ the feare of it, by and death doe unfeparably follow one the o- keeping faith and a good confcience. other? S r L. That death came in not by creation, but by corruption. Secondly, that if men account death terrible, they fhould not think Nightly oftime , the breeder of it. TIM. What meaneth this, which is faid bere, [That death raignedfrom Adam to Mofee ? ] Sr L. Hereby hee fignifyeth the force & power of death to be exceeding great, bearing all men downe before it, as a mighty King doth fubdue fuchas rife' a- gainft him. T i et. How long doth the reign of death continue and la ff ? S I L. Not from Adam till Mafia onely,but till the end of the world. S i L. Over whom doth death exercifi bit power and ¡e gdome ? Si L. Ove ,all,both old and young, none exempted,Infants nor men. T1M. ret the Apofile faith of Tome, that they foal not dye, but be changed, I C or. Tim Toufaid,that Death reigned over infant., tell Ill by what words are Infants deferibed? Sr L. That they finned not after that manner that Adamfinned. T r yt. What meaneth Ibis? St L. That they are free from volun- tary and aauall fins,as in refpe£} of their own perlons. Tr M. What fin then have they to procure death ? St L. Theirbirth -fin,or originali cor- ruption,which they draw from their Pa- rents by propagation. T i M. What is to be gathered hence Jr o our inftrufiion? S r L . That Parents have caufe to mourn for fin in their young Children, as well as for their own.Secondly, that in the death of their children, they con- fider not fo much the Joffe, as the cattle, which is fin ; which would keep them from impatiency, and ferve to humble them.Thirdly,that there is divers kinds 15. 52. of fin,(to wit)vojuncary,involuntarily, S i L. True : yet that change (hall original!, a&uall. Moreover,that all fin bee infieadof death tothem. Secondly, is equal! thus farreas to deferve death, this is the condition of all men , that though in other refpeas unequal!. through finne they are fubjea to death; Tim. What will follow this? God may privilcdge whom he will, as SI L. That God is no refpeaer of Enoch and Eliot. perlons, young or old,all are one with T i M. Whence got death this power ? him. Si L. Through mans fin, according TIM. Tet fins are not every way equal to Gods decree. S I L. No c for there is difference in T I m. What learn we hereby ? the degree both of the offence, and of S i L. That there is a neceffity for all the punifhment, fome more heynous men once to come unto death. then others,fome to be more grievoufly T r M. But the faithful have their punilhed then others. pules forgiven them,how is it then {bat they Tr yi. What fhould this work!? dye ? S L L. It (hould be a bridle to wicked S I L. Yet fin is frill in them, whence ones,to refrain from fin as much as they cometh death to them, not as a part of can, thereby at leaf{ to leffen their pain. the curie for fin, but as an entrance into Alfo, a Curbe even to the godly, whole heavenly bliffe, whither they cannot fins howfoever pardoned,fo as they fhal come but by death ; fo as they are freed not dye eternally for them, yet forer from the hurt which death brings, but temporali punifhments are infliaed, T not from _tthenecef iit_y of dying. as their finnes bee greater : s is to be feene in Davidr exampie,who had many fmart-
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