Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	affection_n	love_v	true_a	4,053	5	4.6245	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86694	The art of embalming dead saints, discovered in a sermon preached at the funerall of Master William Crompton, the late reverend and faithfull pastor of the church in Lanceston Cornwall. Ianuary the fifth, 1641. By G. Hughes. B.D. Pastor of the church in Tavistocke Devon.	Hughes, George, 1603-1667.	1642 (1642)	Wing H3307; Thomason E142_1; ESTC R8080	45,689	61

wilt not leave c. His meaning plainly is God will not forsake him in the house of darknesse nor cease to be to him either in body or soule 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 what formerly he had beene in the state of life The affirmative then is this that God will be to Christ and his holy members in the state of death to their soules to their bodyes what ever he had been more punctually God will not faile them in these 4. respects 1. Of union God was one essentially with his son before death and God the son one personally with our flesh in life Ioh. 10.30 and in neither doth God faile him now under the bonds of death He and the Father are one now as much as ever So God and man as much one Christ now as ever Though soule and body be for a while parted yet God is not gone from either This is transcendent for the Prince Saint yet every meaner saint may claime his priviledge in measure God in Christ is mystically one with these Joh. 17.23 having by his spirit knit them to Christ their head and thorough him to himselfe once one and ever one is God when hee doth reunite to man in Christ though spirit and flesh part and faile them yet God failes them in soule and body never rottennesse and stench in the grave cannot drive him away nor separate him from his dust Bodies and soules are parts united to Christ so that they are of his flesh and of his bone therefore never by death to be divided from him They are Gods owne what ever they be 2. Of Relation The Lord was Christs God and Father while he was alive his voyce from heaven proclaimes it This is my beloved son Luke 9.35 and as tender hearted a Father was he to him Ioh. 20.17 when he was dead he did not cease to bee what he was neither doth he to the Holy seed arising from him He is Christs Father and their Father Christs God and their God while they are in the Land of the living and though man dye God dyeth not nor his relation wherein he hath beene knowne to his he his the father of the Saints dust in the pit and of their soules in his hand as well as he was of both united Hee gloryeth to be knowne at this day Matth. 22.32 The God of Abraham The God of Isaac and the God of Iacob God of their soules God of their dust yet not the God of the dead but of the living as our Lord teacheth for as much as they are related to the fountaine of life and shall by him bee revived and raised They and the Saints are his therefore not truly dead if so then were they left 3. Of affection what love the Father bare to the Son in his life time Iohn 1.18 is fully expressed in that one passage he was in the bosome of the Father and no whit was it abated when he dyes nay for that cause rather more love is now discovered it is his own word Iohn 10.17 therefore doth my Father love me because I lay downe my life and when it was gone he could not be loved lesse God could not leave now to affect him It is no otherwise with his brethren-saints John 17.23 if God love them even as he hath loved him yeelding to Christs own request whom he loves he loveth to the end and death is no end of being unto them conforme therefore herein are they to their head also God cannot leave to love them in the grave Rom. 8.38 nor can death separate from Gods love in Christ 4. Of Operation God wrought in Christ and for Christ admirably in his life Isay 55.5 God glorified him in his combate with Satan in his conflicts with the world John 11.41.43 in healing sick and raising dead in curing bodies and saving soules John 5.17 he confesseth the Father workes and he workes in all And will he now leave working with him and for him in the grave Nay his glory is there also to keep him to command drive away corruption from him to make him laugh at death and scorne the frownes and terrors of the grave yea to raise him againe out of the pit and exalt him up to his victorious throne But was this for him only Is it not for his confederates also Yea the poorest Saint hath a portion here God will not leave to work for them in death Hath he rescued them from the power of Satan and from the hand of hell by his quickning and converting grace and shall he now leave them to be a prey to death Nay sure he that hath begun is faithfull and will not leave working untill he carry them through the shadow of death and house of darknesse and perfect salvation for them in the heavens you see the first work 2. Thou wilt not give c. or thou wilt not suffer c. Yet the former is more neer the letter 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and a word of action more consoant in reason for the present purpose then of pernaission for an efficacious permission seemeth too little for God about this matter for as much as God doth not only permit these evils to be done upon his enemies but his owne hand doth them as a Judge dividing right So that in this confidence of Gods gracious will to him the Saint acknowledgeth these things concerning the Lord. 1. His soveraignty over the graves malignity as if hee had said thou mightest give me into the power of the grave but thou wilt not thou art the Lord of it and me and it cannot budge one jot beyond thy leave 2. His sentence so that to give to see corruption is to give sentence upon a soule and to adjudge it to the cruelty of the grave thus God doth to some 3. His execution also of this it is the Lord not only that hath power over these evils and giveth sentence but whose arme doth execute even corrupt and destroy the condemned and this makes it intollerable evill when the hand of God inflicts it upon sinners Now from all these the Saint confides to be exempted and he is not deceived God will be faithfull He therefore speaks very boldly Thou wilt not give thine holy one to see corruption That is thou wilt not use thy soveraignty over death to the disadvantage of thy Saint thou art Lord of all not against but for me not to destroy but save me in my bed Nor wilt thou command death to feed upon me nor th● grave to rot me away from thee but rather wilt thou give sentence for me to preserve thy darling in the house of death and require it back safely and with advantage from the place of my p Hinc Apostolus concepit seminari eam dicere cum redhibetur in terram quia seminibus sequest●atorium terra est illic deponendis inde repetendis Tertul. lib. de

and victory in death it salse 3. Let saith also have its perfect worke if you provide well for your selves against the evills of the dark habitation and shadow of death Ca●e in this matter I would commend mainely about two things 1. To pitch upon the true object the proper remedies and preservatives against these deadlyevills 2. That the Act of faith upon these be genuine and naturally to it such as may shew it to be Gods noble plant in the soule these are the realizing evidencing and appropriating these saving receits unto the soule 1. There be great and precious promises for salvation in the midst of the furious assaults of death and the pit which have admirable vertue if well applied such are these Esay 26.19 Hos 13 14. Ioh. 11.26 Dead men shall live death shall be plagued for killing and the grave destroyed for devouring and whosoever liveth and beleeveth in me shall neverdye These perhaps confidered in the letter may seeme either not to be or not to be evident or not to be a mans owne but thing remote or farre of Now let savign faith come and worke upon these it will make all the sweethesse of these to bee in present which seemeth either not to be or to be long hereafter to come it will make them evident which otherwise cannot be seene and it will give possession to a soule of all the goodnesse of them unto which otherwise it is but a stranger what a sweet security is this to a poore soule to live in death to vex and were out the grave and never truly dye or be corrupted this safe-guard will faith give out of Gods promises neither can law or curse prejudice or disannuall it beleeve O then beleeve the promises 2. God infinite invisible immortall all-powerfull and only wise Pro. 18.10 is the Rock the fortresse the Sanctuary of his Saints Esay 8.14 all his attributes shelter them in every storme fence them against fiery darts and hide them from the bloody pursuit of that mercilesse one that hath the power of death let faith worke mightily on him also to compasse the Almighty Heb. 11.27 to make him seene that is invisible to give propriety and interest in him that is immortall wrap thy selfe by faith in God put on his attributes as garments of salvation while thou livest and keepe them about thee for grave-clothes when thou dyest God will not disdaine to by they safety in the pit and then death must destroy his glory and corruption eat thorough it before they can come to de mischiefe unto thee Stagger not then but be strong in faith giving glory unto God 3. The son of God manifest in the flesh the Prince-Saint given to bee the head of his Church is deathes king and the Graves commander they are his conquered captive slaves he keepes them shut up under lock and key Revel 1.18 he hath they keyes of hell of death were wethen but his confederats and member-Saints how might we laugh at the from nes and spite of death and slight the venome of the grave Ioh 14.1 Faith will accomplish this for you unite you to him cause you to see him make you his and him yours ye therefore that beleeve in God beleeve also in him Hee carrieth God with him where he is God is He makes good all promises in him they are yea and Amen granted and performed Make sure of him and have all Faith hath by gracious dignation as it were a command over him hee will no where faile it Faith called him to his three companions in the fiery furnace and he brought them out in safety Dan. 3.25 not so much as the smell of fire was upon them and no lesse will it draw him to accompany his saints in the deadly habitations where he will keepe them and whence he will never leave untill hee raise them out and no smell of the grave shall be upon them obey these counsells exerise faith in these and live above death yee shall never see corruption but overcome death when yee dye and triumph over the grave while ye live in it and sing that triumphant son when ye awake O death where is thy Sting O grave where is thy victory c. Lastly the sweet comfort of these golden truthes may not be concealed from the Saints Use 3. the Lord hath given speciall charge O comfort comfort them especially his afflicted ones that are oppressed either with the sad thoughts of his absence or feares of the fury of these last enemies I dare not with-hold the Cordialls provided for these sick soules 1. To you is comfort sent that are sick of Love that lye commplaining of Gods absence from you or desertion of you that long for Cry for waite for his returne and presence saving O when will hee come and appeare to us why doth hee leave and forsake our soules Refraine from these complaints yee holy ones God hath not left you Then is a soule left indeed when it hath no desires after God but here is no feare of Gods forsaking you while your soules are restlesse in longing after him wipe away your teares and looke up God is it neerer to you than ye thinke It was M●●●es ca●e once shee weepes for Christ and all the while he stands by her and so is not unusuall with the Saints Joh. 20.15.16 that are selfe-susoicious to thinke upon every uneven step of theirs God to be gon It may be sometimes his comforting presence may bee hid and yet his sanctifiing presence continueth to inlarge your soules in desires after him this is then better for you than that Grace more needrull for you than Comfort know this deare soules God cannot God will not leave you when you are dead Heb. 13.5 and will hee forsake you while you are alive He desires to have more trust from you upon his promise I will never leave you nor forsake you and you shall certainly receive more manifestations of love from him quicken faith wher sence faileth and be assured as soone may hee forsake Christ the Head-Saint which is impossible as you the member-Saints whose soules delight in him These good and comfortable words God speakes to your hearts O receive them and be cheared for they are true and faithfull 2. For you that are sick with feare is fom fort here prepared ye that are of a trembling heart God faith unto you be strong ye that are fearefull andshake at the terrors of the enemies of your salvation be ye comforted ye that often expresse your feares one time or other we shall perish by the hand of sin and bee given up to death and hell O how terrible are the thoughts of death how gastly the visage of the grave woe unto us when wee must descend into the pit And why so fearefull poore Saints O that yee would make use of faith now and take in the consolations of God Can promises chear the heart