An Influence upon the Father 3. Would ye prepare for Death Then thorough Christ imbitter Sin Page 45. To this end take these Considerations 1. Sin had not a Being from God 2. Sin hath not a Being with God 3. Sin striketh at the Being of God The more to imbitter Sin 1. Look upon it as a cursed Inmate 2. Look upon it as a cursed Make-bate 1. Between God and Man 2. Between Man and Man 3. Between Man and Himself 4. Would ye prepare for Death Be then endearing Grace and Glory Page 47. 1. Endear thorough Christ Grace 2. Endear thorough Christ Glory Quest But what manner of Inheritance is Heaven Page 49. Heaven is 1. A free 2. A full 3. A living 4. A lasting Inheritance There are six things that cannot be finally lost 1. The Soul 2. The Saviour 3. The Grace of Christ 4. The Spirit of Christ 5. Interest in Christ 6. Inheritance with Christ 5. Would ye prepare for Death Be then in the Reflection of Eternity Page 52. 6. Would ye prepare for Death Be then in the improving of the Spirit It is 1. An enlivening 2. An enlightning 3. A bearing 4. A witnessing 5. A sanctifying 6. A sealing Spirit Page 53. 7. Would ye prepare for Death Look then unto Christ and lay the stress of Obedience upon him Page 55. This Obedience is twofold 1. Active 2. Passive True Obedience may be known by 1. The Sincerity 2. The Vniversality 3. The Constancy of it Now this Christ is for those actually his 1. All from the Father 2. All unto the Father 3. All with the Father DIRECT II. Page 58. Direct 2. Study thorough Christ the Art of dying well Quest But what shall we do that we may dye well Sol. 1. Would ye dye well Then thorough Christ live well 2. Would ye dye well Then thorough Christ dye daily Quest But unto what are we to dye Sol. Unto Self and unto the World 1. Unto Self Thus there must be a dying Unto 1. Sinful 2. Lawful 3. Natural 4. Moral 5. Relative 6. Religious Self 2. Unto the World Thus a dying unto The Worship Wisdom Mode Manners Pleasures Profits of the World Page 61. DIRECT III. Direct 3. Be not surprized with a panick Fear concerning the Arrests of the first Death To this end consider that Christ is thine and being thine will be to thee 1. A Father Quest But what manner of Father is Christ Sol. Take the properties of a natural Father towards a natural Child A natural Father 1. Pitieth 2. Provideth 3. Teaeheth 4. Leadeth 5. Counselleth 6. Heareth 7. Loveth 8. Correcteth 9. Preferreth 10. Pardoneth the Child Page 63. 2. A Friend Quest But what manner of Friend is Christ Page 65. Sol. A 1. Rich 2. Righteous 3. Real 4. Ready 5. Strong 6. Loving 7. Lasting Friend 3. A Foundation Quest But what manner of Foundation is Christ Page 67. Sol. 1. An ancient 2. A perfect 3. A sutable 4. A safe 5. A lovely 6. A precious 7. A living 8. A lasting 9. A tryed 10. The sole Foundation 4. A Fountain Page 68. Quest But what manner of Fountain is Christ Sol. 1. A living 2. A loving 3. A lighting 4. A pure 5. A peaceable 6. A free 7. A full 8. An invisible 9. An immutable 10. An incomparable 11. An inexhaustible Fountain 5. A God That Christ is God is evinced Page 70. 1. From plain and positive Texts and Truths 2. From gracious and glorious Appellations and Titles 1. Christ is called I Am. 2. The chiefest among ten thousand 3. A great God 4. The true God 5. God over All. 6. A mighty God 7. The onely wise God 8. The End of the Law for righteousness 9. The Image of the invisible God 10. The Desire of Nations 11. The Saviour of the world 12. The King of Saints 13. The King of Kings and Lord of Lords 14. The Father of Eternity 15. The Bread of Life 16. The Water of Life 17. The Rock of Ages 18. Emmanuel 19. Jesus 20. Jehovah 3. From probable and promising Arguments and Reasons Page 73. 1. He from whom Salvation is must be God 2. He who is the Object of Faith must be God 3. He who is the Life of His must be God 4. He who is Life to Himself must be God 5. He who can turn Water into Wine and heal with a word must be God 6. He that was before all things must be God 7. He that is God's Fellow must be God 8. He who gave a Resurrection to Himself must be God 9. He who can give a Resurrection to others must be God 10. He that made all things must be God 11. He unto whom divine Adoration is due must be God Page 76. 12. He who is omniscient must be God 13. He who is omnipotent must be God 14. He who is omnipresent must be God 15. He who is All in All must be God 16. He that shall come from Heaven waited by Angels and whose voice shall raise the dead must be God 17. He who is all Eye must be God 18. He who is all Ear must be God 19. He that can forgive Sin must be God 20. He that shall judge the world must be God 6. A Guide Page 78. Quest But what manner of Guide is Christ Sol. 1. An incomparable 2. A careful 3. A gracious 4. A gentle 5. A peaceable 6. A prositable 7. A desirable 8. A delectable 9. A prudential 10. A gradual 11. A regular 12. A continual Guide 7. A Guard Page 81. Quest 1. But how is Christ a Guard Sol. 1. In respect of his Justice 2. In respect of his Mercy Quest 2. But why is Christ a Guard Sol. 1. Because it is his pleasure so to be 2. Because it is his promise so to be 3. Because His are Jeweis 4. The Relation between Christ and his Church call for this and carry the reason of it 5. The Appellations of Christ and his Church call for this c. 1. The Church is Christ's Love and Christ is the Churches Beloved 2. Christ is the Head the Church is Body 3. Christ is Foundation the Church is Fabrick 4. Christ is Husband the Church is Spouse 8. A Good Page 85. Quest But what manner of Good is Christ Sol. 1. A substantial 2. An essential 3. An impartinl 4. An universal 5. An unchangeable 6. A sutable 7. A seasonable 8. A satisfying 9. An incomparable 10. An eternal Good 1. Eternity is his Mansion 2. Eternity is his Measure 9. A Rock Page 90. Quest But what manner of Rock is Christ Sol. 1. Christ is a high Rock He is 1. Higher than fallen Souls 2. Higher than unfallen Spirits 2. Christ is a strong Rock Christ strengthens 1. Against Sin 2. Unto Service Thus 1 Unto Action 2 Unto Passion 3. Christ is a firm Rock He was firm 1. In Doing 2. In Dying 4. Christ is an ancient Rock This appears 1. In respect of Generation 2. In respect of Regeneration 5. Christ is an accommodating Rock He
Nothing then is the Age of one Man unto Eternity Some things created and finite are so great above others that they are nothing unto them What is the Ant unto the Elephant what is the Shrimp to the Whale what is the whole body of the Earth to the body of the Heavens It is but a point say Naturalists As one part of the Earth is but a point to the whole and the whole Earth but a point to the Heavens so one part of Time is but a moment to all Time and all Time is but a moment to Eternity especially to the Eternity of God What is Finite unto Infinite The Brevity of mans life will yet appear beyond all modest contradiction by the expressions wherewith it is cloathed by the metaphors wherein it is emblemed and by the Things whereunto it is compared For instance The Life of Man is compared to a Weavers Shuttle Job 7.6 My daies are swifter than a Weavers Shuttle A Weavers Shuttle is an Instrument of a very swift and sudden Motion this passeth the Loom or Web with such speed that it is grown to a Proverb for all things quick and transient The Life of Man is compared to an Hand-breadth Psal 39.5 Thou hast made my daies as an Hand-breadth That is not long which is no longer than the Breadth of an Hand not long in the largest Extent The Life of Man is compared to a Tale that is told Psal 90.9 We spend our daies as a tale that is told That is suddenly and swiftly A Discourse from the mouth especially in the mind out-runs the Sun as much as the Sun out-runs the Snail The Thoughts of a Man will travel the world over in a moment The Life of Man is compared to a Vapour What is our Life Jam. 4.14 it is even as a Vapour which for a while appeareth and then vanisheth away Though all a man hath is short of Life yet this Life of Man soon evaporates and expires SECT VI. The Certainty of Death OUR Bodies are but living Graves no sooner did we begin to live but we began to die and continue dying until we be swallowed up of Death As every Man had his Genesis his beginning or comming into this world so every Man shall have his Exodus his ending or going out of the world 1 Chr. 29.28 Oh soul flatter not thy self and thy soul with an undiable state David was a man after Gods own heart and yet concerning him it is said That he died Though he lived to a good old age full of daies riches and honour yet he died and Solomon his Son reigned in his stead Anaxagoras Scio me genuisse mortalem Deaths seisure is without surrender and from her sentence there is no Appeal When News arrived at one concerning the death of his only Son he seemed not to be over-concerned but to reply without Regret I know that he was begotten mortal I know the Son is mortal as well as the Father Gen. 5.5 8 11 14 17 20 27 31. Those long-livers recorded in the sacred Scripture and transmitted to posterity died They lived long but they did not out-live Death They lived long in the world but at last they left the world They lived long but a day came when they could not live a day longer Death is the obscurest thing in the world The Grave is a gloomy place and filled not only with natural but also with metaphorical Darkness SECT VII The Vncertainty of the Time of Death THough Death be certain yet the Time of Death is uncertain Death is certain but the Day or Hour of Death is uncertain Little did Julian think that Death had been at the Door before he was wounded by an unknown hand Vicisti Galilaee vieisti 1 Kings 22.27 1 Sam. 15.32 33. and blasphemed Thou hast overcome oh Galilaean Thou hast overcome Little did Ahab think that the day of Death had been so near dawning when he gave in charge concerning Micaiah Put this fellow in the Prison and feed him with the bread of Affliction and with the water of Affliction until I come in peace Little did Agag think of being hewed in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal when he said Surely the bitterness of death is past Pharoah stood upon even ground with God little thinking Exod. 5.2 Exod. 14.27 Isa 36.13 that the Sea should be his Sepulchre when he said Who is the Lord that I should obey his voice to let Israel go I know not the Lord neither will I let Israel go Little did Sennacherib think that he stood upon the Brink of Eternity Isa 37.38 when these words were spoken by his servant Hear ye the words of the great King the King of Assyria when he seemed to stand upon higher ground than God Little also did Herod the Mount of Pride according to his name think Acts 12.21 22. that his Grave had been digging when he so charmed his Auditory with his Oratory that they gave a shout It is the voice of a God and not of man The Manner and Time of Death is uncertain Some indeed have predicted the Manner of their Death thus Ridley that he should be burned and not drowned Thus Jewel he long before his Sickness predicted the Approach of it And in his Sickness predicted the precise day of his Death But this is rare very rare What is prayable Object 1. is attainable but the knowledge of the length of life is prayable To pray for a Physical Sol. or Literal knowledge of our End that is what Year or Day our Lives shall end Caryl Vol. 1. p. 355. is a sinful Curiosity and presumptuous Intrusion into the secret Will of God but to pray for a metaphysical or spiritual knowledge of our End that is how we may end any day of the year or hour of the day in an holy Duty and humble submission of our selves to the revealed Will of God this is warrantable But Obj. 2. Isa 38.5 Hezekiah had fifteen years added to his daies and therefore he knew how long he should live and when he should die This Sol. is such a Favour as that we read not of the like indulged any other of Gods Servants though very high in Favour with him This Great and Good King is indulged and assured a Lease of his Life fifteen years longer well now may this be ushered in with a Note of Attention and serious Consideration Behold I will add unto his daies fifteen years It is sealed also being an unusual Grant with an unusual Miracle Behold I will bring again the shadow of the degrees Isa 38.8 which is gone down in the Sun-dial of Ahaz ten degrees backward so the Sun returned ten degrees by which degrees it was gone down As we are to reflect the Brevity of Life the children of men being many times of as short a continuance as Jonahs Gourd which came up in a night and perished in a
and Omega Beginning and End First and Last Fear not Death for Christ is thine and he is a Foundation A Foundation is the Basis and Bottom of the Fabrick The whole Stress of the Fabrick layeth upon theâ— Foundation Behold Isa 28.16 Quest Sol. 1. I lay in Sion for a Foundation a stone a tryed Stone c. But what manner of Foundation is Christ Christ is an ancient Foundation Christ may plead Antiquity He was before the World Pro. 8.23 for he made the World The World was made by him I was set up from everlasting Christ is a perfect Foundation Christ must needs be perfect for he is the Persecteâ— Heb. 10.14 He is the Finisher as well as the Author of Faith of all Grace By once offering of himself he hath for ever perfected those that are sanctified Christ is a sutable Foundation Is not Bread sutable for the hungry is not Water sutable for the thirsty Christ is the Bread of Life and Water of Life Is not that a mighty word Col. 2.10 Ye are compleat in him who is the head of all principality and power Christ is a Safe Foundation He that hath Christ for Foundation shall dwell on high Isa 33.16 his place of defence shall be the munition of rocks bread shall be given him and his Waters shall be sure Christ is a lovely Foundation Chrict Can. 5.10 is a Beauty without a Spot Absalom was a Black to this Beauty He is White and Red. Christ is a precious Foundation Though Christ was sold for thirty pieces of Silver Prov. 3.15 yet he was invaluable He is more precious than Rubies Christ is a living Foundation He that hath the Son 1 Joh. 5.12 hath life but he that hath not the Son of God hath not life Christ is a lasting Foundation The material Foundations of material Fabricks may rot and decay Rev. 1.18 but this Foundation will not cannot Christ is a lasting yea an everlasting Foundation I am he that was dead and am alive and live for evermore Christ is a tried Foundation He hath been tried to purpose tried to the Life tried to the Death He was obedient unto death Phil. 2.8 even the death of the Cross Christ is the Sole Foundation There is not any other Foundation laid nor to be laid Other foundation can no man lay 1 Cor. 3.11 than that already laid which is Jesus Christ Fear not Death for Christ is thine and he is a Fountain With thee is the Fountain of Life These words are metaphorical and may not the Psalmist here allude unto One or All these three things Waters Metals Veins Waters Waters flow from a Fountain There is the Fountain 1 Joh. 5.11 and the Stream the Stream is fed by the Fountain flow from the Fountain Thus Life flows from Christ. This life is in his Son Metals With thee is the Fountain or Veins of Lifes All Mineral Veins the Veins of Gold and Silver the Veins of Lead and of Iron they lay as it were in Bank in the Bosom and Bowels of the Earth Col. 3.3 Thus Life lies hid in Christ For ye are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God Veins The Veins of the Body as so many Rivers derive their Blood from the red Sea in Man which is the Liver of Man Thus Christ is the Ocean of Life and All that live are filled with Life from Him Col. 3.4 When he who is our life shall appear then shall we also appear with him in glory Thus Christ is Life But what manner of Fountain is this Christ Quest Sol. 1. Christ is a living Fountain Many complain of their deadness and all have cause enough so to do Oh saith One I am dead in the Country dead in the City Oh saith another I am dead in the Church dead in the Closet Soul Christ is the Fountain of Life and this Christ is thy Christ. They have forsaken the Lord Jer. 17.13 the fountain of living waters Christ is a loving Fountain As Christ is the Fountain of Life so of Love Christs Love is a Loadstone 1 Joh. 4.19 it hath in it a magnetick and attractive Vertue His Love is the Cause of Ours Our Love the Effect of His. We love him because he first loved us We cannot love until loved Christ is a lighting Fountain As Christ is the Fountain of Life and of Love so of Light In thy light shall we see light As the Firmamental Sun so the Sun of Righteousness is purely seen in his own Light Oh say the Soul I am in the dark concerning promises in the dark concerning providences But Soul Christ is the Fountain of Light and this Christ is thy Christ Joh. 8.12 I am the light of the world Christ is a pure Fountain Water in the Fountain is pure purely pure Christ must needs be a Fountain pure for he is a Fountain set open for the impure In that day what day The day of the Messiahs comming into the world In that day Zach. 13.1 there shall be a fountain opened to the House of Jacob and to the Inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness Or for sin and for separation from uncleanness Christ is a peaceable Fountain As Christ is the Fountain of Life and Love of Light and Purity so of Peace Joh. 16.33 If a man would have peace of Conscience which is an Anticipation of Glory he must go to Christ for it In me ye shall have peace How prodigious soever the winds be and impetuous soever the waves be yet in Christ for those who are Christs there is peace Oh say the Soul my life is Chequer-work I have my Tones of sorrow with my Tvnes of joy but Soul sorrow not as one without hope for thou art Christs and in him there is peace for his Christ is a free Fountain Wine and Milk may be had without Money and without Price Is this thy Cry Oh that one would give me a crum of the Bread of Lift Rev. 21.6 a drop of the Water of Life I will give to him that is â—thirst of the fountain of the water of life freely What freer than Gift Christ is a full Fountain In Christ water for Quality and Quantity Col. 2.9 is ever the same In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead personally Christ is an invisible Fountain This Fountain is not for every eye Heb. 11.27 it is only for the eye of Faith Thus Moses saw him who is invisible Christ is an immutable Fountain Men are not the same but Christ is Herod hears John and yet beheads him Heb. 13.8 Saul courts David one day and seeks to kill him the next but Christ is the same yesterday to day and for ever Christ is an incomparable Fountain Christ had the perfection of Grace as God and the perfection of Nature as Man Isa 46.5 To whom will ye liken me and make me
equal and compare me that we may be like Christ hath not his second Christ is an inexhaustible Fountain This Ore is never goldless this Sun is never lightless this Ocean Eph. 3.8 is never waterless That I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ Fear not Death for Christ is thine and he is a God What of a Christ is not called into Question That Christ is God I shall endeavour to evince from plain and positive Texts and Truths from gracious and glorious Appellations and Titles from probable and promising Arguments and Reasons From plain and positive Texts and Truths Thy Throne oh God is for ever Psa 45.6 Heb. 1.8 and ever That this is spoken of Christ is evident But unto the Son he saith Thy Throne oh God is for ever and ever Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus who being in the form of God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Phil. 2.5 6 The word here Form signifieth an essential and substantial Form Christ was in the form of God i.e. he was in the Nature and Essence of God or in the Glory and Majesty of God And thought it not Robbery to be equal with God Once more My Lord Joh. 20.28 and my God These places are unanswerable proofs of the Deity and Divinity of Christ From gracious and glorious Appellations and Titles Christ is called I AM. Before Abraham was I AM. But what is this I AM Joh. 8.58 This is one of the names of God this is proper to God and with this name was Moses sent to the children of Israel I AM hath sent me unto you Exo. 3.14 Now this name I AM takes in all time past present and to come which speaketh Christ to be a God Christ is called the chiefest or Standard-bearer among ten thousand Cant. 5.10 Now Standard-bearers are choice men Elect of the multitude Christ is called a great God Looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of the great God Tit. 2.13 and our Saviour Jesus Christ. Not only God and great God but also the great God Christ is called the true God This is the true God and eternal life Not a false but a true God 1 Joh. 5.20 not an Impostor as the Jews call him nor a less Prophet than Mahomet as the Turks call him nor a feigned God among the Gentiles as the blind and the bloody Papists call him but the true God and eternal life being the Author of it and the Donor of it the God of it and the Giver of it Christ is called God over all Whose are the Fathers and of whom as to the flesh Christ came Rom. 9.5 Oecumenius 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 who is over all God blessed for ever Amen Christ is over all over Angels over Saints over Devils Is not this a pregnant proof for the Deity and Divinity of Christ Blush said one for shame and be thou confounded oh thou wretched miscreant Arrius when thou hearest Christ by the Apostle glorified with the Title of God in the singular number and with the Article Ho the God that God and yet denyest his Deity who is over all the or that God blessed for ever Amen What more legible than the Deity of Christ in this place with many other places Christ is called a mighty God Giâ—d thy Sword upon thy thigh oh most mighty He is mighty Psa 45.3 yea most mighty There cometh one after me mightier than I. Jesus was mightier than John What is a Pharaoh a Sennacherib a Mounsieur to this mighty Christ Psa 89.15 All Nations unto him are but as the drop of a bucket What is Man to God I have laid help upon one that is mighty Yea Christ is an Almighty God Rev. 1.8 I am Alpha and Omega The beginning and the ending saith the Lord which is and which was and which is to come the Almighty Christ is called the only wise God To the only wise God our Saviour 25. Verse of Judes Epistle Christ is wiser than men wiser than Angels the wisdom of Men the wisdom of Angels the wisdom of God the God of wisdom Christ is called the End of the Law for righteousness Rom. 10.4 He is the End of the Law for righteousness to every one that believeth Thus he is in respect of Nation whether Jew or Gentile in respect of Sex whether Man or Woman in respect of Age whether Green or Gray in respect of Degree whether a Man in his Rags or a Man in his Robes Christ is called the Image of the invisible God Christ is exactly like unto God Col. 1.15 Who is the Image of the invisible God the first born of every creature Christ is called the Desire of Nations What is there in any Nation Hag. 2.7 that is the Desire of every Nation Christ is the Desire of all that are actually his in all Nations I will shake all Nations and the desire of all nations shall come Christ is stiled the Saviour of the World The Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the World 1 Joh. 4.14 Now who below a God can save a Man Christ is stiled King of Saints Just and true are thy waies Rev. 15.3 thou King of Saints Christ hath a Kingdom in this World though his Kingdom be not of this World Christ hath a Kingdom and his Saints are the Subjects of his Kingdom Christ is King of Kings and Lord of Lords The Kings of Tarshish Rev. 17.14 Psal 72.10 11. and of the Isles shall bring presents the Kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts yea all Kings shall fall down before him all nations shall serve him As Christ is King of Saints and of Sion so he is to be King of Nations Christ is the Father of Eternity Christ as God is from Eternity and the Father of Eternity Abi Gnad Isa 9.6 His name shall be called Wonderful Counsellor the Mighty God the Everlasting Father the Father of Eternity so the Hebrew the Prince of Peace Christ is the Bread of Life I am that Bread of Life Christ is not only Bread and Bread of Life Joh. 6.48 but also by way of Emphasis the or that Bread of Life Christ is the Water of Life I will give unto him that is a thirst Rev. 21.6 of the fountain of the water of life freely Now is not he God who is the Bread of Life and Water of Life Christ is called the Rock of Ages Christ was the Rock for Old Testament Saints 1 Cor. 10.4 and Christ is the Rock for New Testament Saints They all drank of that Spiritual Rock that followed them and that Rock was Christ Christ is called Emmanuel A Virgin and yet with child shall bring forth a Son Mat. 1.23 and his name shall be called Emmanuel which being interpreted is God with us As God for Vs so God with Vs Christ is called Jesus
Thou shalt call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins Mat. 1.21 This name Jesus is originally Hebrew and it is a sweet word a word sweetly sweet Had it not been much better for Thee and for Me not to have had a Name than for Vs not to believe in this Name This Name is Honey in the Mouth Musick in the Ear a Jubilee in the Heart Christ is called Jehovah Is not this a great and a good Name What Mortal though the greatest Rhetorician is able to express the greatness and goodness of this Name Jer. 23.6 In his daies Judah shall be saved and Israel shall dwell safely and this is the name whereby he shall be called Jehovah our Righteousness Now do not these various Titles speak Christ to be a God From probable and promising Arguments and Reasons He from whom Salvation is must be God but from Christ Salvation is therefore Christ is God Psal 68.20 He that is our God is the God of salvation and unto God the Lord belong the Issues from death Salvation is a sweet word to a dark and doubting soul to a desponding and despairing soul and this Salvation is from Christ There is salvation in none other Say unto my soul Psal 35.3.2 I am thy salvation He who is the Object of Faith must be God but Christ is the Object of Faith therefore Christ is God Let not your hearts be troubled Joh. 14.1 ye believe in God believe also in me Not that Christ commands or approves a Stoical Apathy as if his Disciples should put off natural affection and be troubled at nothing but he would not have their hearts like water muddied and stirred not full of vehement commotion and perturbation as the Greek word signifieth Let not your hearts be thus troubled ye believe in God believe also in Me. Rom. 3.26 The person of Christ is the Object of Faith That he might be just and the justifier of him that believeth in Jesus He who is the Life of His must Himself needs be God but Christ is the Life of His therefore Christ is God Joh. 11.25 I am the Resurrection and the Life The life of Nature of Grace and of Glory are from Christ Col. 3.4 When he who is our life shall appear He who is Life to Himself must be God but Christ is Life to Himself therefore Christ is God I am he that was dead Rev. 1.18 and am alive and behold I live for evermore God as Father hath communicated unto Christ as Son his whole Essence Joh. 5.26 As the Father hath life in himself so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself He that can turn Water into Wine and heal with a word must be God but thus Christ did therefore Christ is God Satan may work wonders and Magicians by the help of Satan did work wonders but miracles are out of the sphere of Satan A miracle is a rare work John 2.9 11. Joh. 4.50 54. apparently wrought by the power of God far above Nature and all natural causes Christ turned Water into Wine and this is called a miracle Christ also healed with a word for he said unto the Noble-man Go thy way thy Son liveth This also is called a miracle Now is not this Christ a God He that was before all things must be God but Christ was before all things therefore Christ is God I was set up from everlasting Pro. 8.23 In time Christ â—vas sent out but from everlasting was Christ set up He is before all things Col. 1.17 and by him all things consist He that is Gods Fellow must needs be God but Christ is God's Fellow therefore Christ is God Awake oh sword against my Shepherd Zach. 13.7 and against the man that is my fellow saith the Lord of Hosts smite the Shepherd and the sheep shall be scattered 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Proximum meum My Fellow my Citizen so the Septuagint My nearest that is next unto Me so Junius Thus Christ is he is nearest unto God his Session is at the right hand of God He is next unto God Father and then Son Mark 14.27 That this place is principally to be understood of Christ is evident by the Evangelist For it is written I will smite the Shepherd and the sheep shall be scattered He who gave a Resurrection to Himself must be God but Christ gave a Resurrection to Himself therefore Christ is God Joh. 2.19 21. Christ told the Jews that he would give himself a corporal and numerical Resurrection Destroy this Temple and in three daies I will raise it up but he spake of the Temple of his body When therefore ye read that God raised him from the dead as ye often may ye may then understand it of the Deity Christ also seems to insinuate this when speaking of his Life he saith I have power to lay it down Joh. 10.18 and I have power to take it up again He that can give a Resurrection to others must be God but Christ can give a Resurrection to others therefore Christ is God Lazarus come forth Joh. 11.43 44. and he that was bound came forth That Christ did raise is evident that Christ will raise is as evident This is the will of him that sent me Joh. 6.40 that every one which seeth the Son and believeth on him may have everlasting life and I will raise him up at the last day He that made all things must be God but Christ made all things therefore Christ is God All things were made by him Joh. 1.3 and without him was not any thing made that was made None can create but God only Though Christ be less than the Father in respect of his Humanity yet he is equal unto the Father in respect of his Divinity Jer. 10.11 for all things were made by him The Gods that have not made the Heavens and the Earth even they shall perish from the Earth and from under these Heavens He unto whom divine Adoration is due must be God but unto Christ divine Adoration is due therefore Christ is God Mat. 4.10 This Doctrine Christ hims elf preached to Satan Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve As if Christ had said Satan thou art not God therefore I must not worship Thee to get all the world Acts 14.13 14 15 And as Satan must not so Man must not be worshipped Not Magistrates not Ministers Paul and Barnabas would not be worshipped Rev. 22.8 9. And as Men must not so Angels must not be worshipped They are fellow-servants worship God He who is Omniscient must be God Joh. 21.17 but Christ is Omniscient therefore Christ is God Lord thou knowest all things Christ knoweth all things as if he had but one thing to know He knoweth all things done in Romish-Conclaves and in English-Cabals Come Joh.
that an ENOSH is deterred From dying Thoughts for Bildad hath averred That Death the King of Terrors is to thee If Christless dying and thus unto me Lend but an Ear to what the Romists say Rome unto Heaven is the onely way Ah but my Soul go not so far about A Papal-Toe may sometimes have the Gout Rome's Monster goeth wrong and will not suffer A going right this Candle wants a Snuffer Yea an Extinguisher that lighted may A better be and light a better way Ah needs must Hell a dismal Dung'on be Where Heavens Sun shall never shine to thee Sin hath no Mean but not at all to be Sin is the Means for to endanger thee Prepare for Death let this appear to thee Certain uncertain is the Time to me Death if no Children did a Rachel cry Ah crying be a Christ or else I dye Doth Death arrest and find thee without Grace With Judas then go to thy proper place If true Grace here shall not implanted be Then Woe Woe Woe hereafter unto thee III. Of Triumph A Scend my Soul on Mount Gerizim stand A taking Prospect is the Holy LAND 〈◊〉 joyous Saint no Corrosive to thee â—f stingless Death can a Memento be â—ot fuller is of light the Worlds bright eye â—or yet the Sea with water never dry â—i en that mans Heart with joy who truly see â—he Death of Christ the Death of Death to be â—ad Heaven Sin thus Anselm speaks about it â—uch rather would He be in Hell without it 〈◊〉 drop of Sin doth unto Mortals bring â—ore evil than a Sea of Suffering â—here may be Sorrow without Sin but can â—n without Sorrow be unto the man â—eath's an Eclipse to man this happen may 〈◊〉 in a clear so on a cloudy day â—one until Dearth were blest in Solon's eye â—hey blessed are that in a JESUS dye 〈◊〉 moment Man be winged like a Dove â—nd restless too till Arked with thy Love â—lace thy self with Loves If Christ be thine â—ALL into Honey WATER into Wine â—nverted are Now Marah tasteth sweet â—nd lovely will appear a winding sheet â—ake Death familiar this welcome thus â—ome Life come Death with good Ignatius â—he presence of all Good is Heaven and â—he absence of all Evil Here 's a Land 〈◊〉 then my Soul suck sweetly here and crave it 〈◊〉 Heaven 't is to hope it what to have it â—hus Time 's a Space lent from Eternity Globe that rolls with slie Celerity 〈◊〉 it is true Alpha it is that lends it 〈◊〉 is as true Omega 't is that ends it VI. The Epilogue FAith thorough Grace make now of Sacred Truth Must NESTOR dye so may the Shumem-Youth T is true Life is the Triumph of each Stature T is true Death is the Tribute due to Nature All Ages Statures Sexes Sifes must This payment make and bedded be in dust And he dyed this Epitaph must have Each individual upon his Grave Death ingress had by Sin this sadly woundeth Sin egress hath by Death this gladly soundeth Reader the Bodies-death doth perfectly From Deaths-body the Saint indempnifie Death a Dilemma is non-plust are All Who enter Lists and so resign the Wall The Fear of Deáth the Soul with Terror fill Death killeth once but Fear doth often kill A Creature with the Ephemera may Be as to Life a Creature of a Day Tears unto One the God of Nature gives Another not a Day in Nature lives View Nature now and in this Glass descry Art a Day old then old enough to dye The best of Men they are but Men at best The worst of Men dye sooner than the rest In hearing hear in saying also say In trying try in praying also pray In doing do in giving also give In living dye in dying also live Are grace-ful Veins found running thorough Thee All Glory then be given unto THREE FINIS