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cause_n	like_a	zeal_n	zealous_a	34	3	8.6629	4	false

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A28823	The triumph of faith over death, or, The just man's memoriall compris'd in a panegyrick and sermon, at the funerall of the religious, most learned Dr. Combar, late master of Trinity Colledge in Cambridge, and deane of Carlile / delivered in Trinity Colledge chappel, by R.B. ... the 29. of March, 1653.	R. B. (Robert Boreman), d. 1675.	1654 (1654)	Wing B3762; ESTC R17491	31,312	50

c. Sixthly Ipsam demum Charitatem omnium virtutum matrem inquirat Let him by a strict scrutiny and narrow search enquire into his breast and see whether that be the seat of Charity the mother of all Vertues and if he finds there the love of God and his Neighbour so rooted and settled that he could be willing to die and is ready to do any thing for God and stands in this frame and posture of mind toward man that he doth to others what he would have done to himself being of a mercifull disposition and bountifull Spirit Quisquis est hujusmodi Deum Rectorem Habitatorem esse non dubitet whosoever he be that is of this heavenly temper he may assure his Soule that it is the mansion or habitacle of God his Maker Orat. 44. I might adde to these three other markes out of Nazianzen in one of his orations where he ascribes three speciall operations to the spirit of grace 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 3. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 A purifying An enflaming An elevating work or operation They whose soules are purified from fleshly lusts and worldly desires They who are zealous in Gods cause 1 Pet. 1.22 1 John 3.3 Tit. 2.4 and zealous of good works They whose soules are not only like unto fire but heat of zeal which enflames them and love to God but like fire too in that they are ever soaring and mounting upwards upon the wings of Prayer and Meditation upon the wing of contempt of things here below The Spirit of God Psal 143.5 6. Psal 119.48 Col. 3 2. that descended upon the Apostles in the likenesse of fire dwells in such Souls and at the great day the great God that rais'd up Jesus from the dead will raise up their bodies by virtue of that powerfull 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Holy Spirit of grace This is the position a comfortable Thesis the second generall part of my Text 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 he shall quicken c. i. e. Resuscitabit ad vitam immortalem beatam exemplo Christi capitis primogeniti mortuorum Estius ad Generall part He shall raise them to life and glory that with Christ their head and Saviour in Heaven they may be for ever happy This is the fructus inhabitantis Spiritus the blessed fruit or effect of the spirits dwelling in us which is the first particular of the last generall part of my Text which is also seconded with another and that is per quem accrescit nobis fructus by whom this happinesse of being rais'd to life eternall is derived unto us This is effected by the H. Spirit by the spirit immediatly whose instrumentall action is used by the Father and Son who likewise co-operate and concur though mediatè in this great and glorious worke of the Resurrection as is evident by the Text John 5.28 and the 5. of St. Iohn where our Saviour speaking of himselfe sayes The houre is comming in the which all that are in the Graves shall heare his voyce c. To wave all other doubts and doctrines concerning the Resurrection wherein I might enlarge my meditations I shall close all with some few short Uses by way of Application Use 1 First this Text methinks speakes to every man as Dalilah did once to Sampson Iud. 16.9 Vp for the Philistines are upon thee c. Thou hast a mortall body death is at the doore O therefore thou mud-wall of frailty be not proud whilst the Sun-shine of prosperity reflects upon thee one blast of death by a sicknesse his harbenger may blow thee into thy first dust and tumble thee with thy unrepented sins into hell one glimpse whereof in the judgement of Bellarmine were enough to make a man from a dissolute one turn Monk or which I say is better a strict Christian Think of your houses of clay your 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 your mortall bodies and you cannot you will not be proud or covetous Use 2 Luke 2 10. Againe methinkes this Text sounds in my delighted eare that joyfull message of the Angel to the Shepheards Fear not death O mortalls for I bring you good tidings of great joy although your bodies be crumbled into dust yet 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 He that raisd up Christ from the dead shall quicken and restore them unto life Therefore grieve not much for a friend deceased that lived in the feare of God and died in the armes of his mercy as Moses and this our deceas'd friend a second Moses did Grieve not for him who is passed from a Sea of troubles to an Haven of everlasting rest 1 Cor. 6 17. But rejoyce in this that God is your Father and Christ your Saviour that you are made one with Him by his Spirit and that by meanes of this happy union you have a communion in his merit in all the benefits of his Death and Passion whereby you are made partakers of Grace here and shall be of Glory hereafter Use 3 Againe when we read mortall this should minde us of our fraile condition that we carry corruption in our bosomes and death in our bodies as well as in our names 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 methim in the Iewes language signifies men both living dead O therefore seeing death watches for us let us watch and waite for death as holy Job did All the dayes of my appointed time will I waite Job 14.14 till my change come Wait Jugiter orando Poenitendo Benefaciendo By being frequent in prayer Pray continually 1 Thess 5 17. By repenting daily of your sins it is Repentance that turnes death into life and drives out his venome which is sin makes it a drone that it cannot hurt Thirdly waite for it by being much in duty and in the works of Charity Then mayst thou say with greater security then that heathen Phylosopher did Epictetus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 let death surprise me so speaking and so doing c. Fourthly if mortall then so because of sin which stings our bodies Use 4 unto death O then expell and hate this bosom enemy let our hatred be implacable without reconciliation constant without intermission and generall without permission of our selves to live in any the least unrepented sin † Non nisi corpus condignum habero potest caput Christum Aug. Mat. 9.11 How can a dead body accord with a living head Thou deceivest thy self O man who being a rotten nominall Christian yet pretendest to be in Christ who is a sound Physitian who came to heale sin not to harbour sinners We read that he went in to sinners conversed with Publicans but sinners shall not go in to Him never be admitted into his glorious Presence I meane such sinners that delight in uncleannesse and are unwash'd from their habituall actuall pollutions Oh therefore wash ye make you clean Is 1.16 for why will ye die venture upon damnation The