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A43966	The sting of death and death vnstvng delivered in two sermons in which is shewed the misery of the death of those that dye in their sins, & out of Christ, and the blessedness of theirs that dye in the Lord : preached on the occasion of the death of the truely noble and virtuous Lady Mildmay / by Leonard Hoar ...	Hoar, Leonard, 1630?-1675.	1680 (1680)	Wing H2200; ESTC R21593	30,404	33

victory Deaths commission and power is taken away it comes not as a penal and judicial evil to the Saints not as a part of the curse but a remain of the cross an evil of affliction sanctified and eminently conducing to their good hence the Apostle gloryes over it not in a way of proud insulting but in an humble triumph of faith in God through Christ which plainly argues death as to him and all believers was spoiled of its power Hence we may take up these two Doctrines of just and weighty Observation Doct. 1. That there is a sore and grievous Sting in natural Death or natural Death is armed by Sin with a sore and grievous Sting Doct. 2. That the Sting of Death is certainly and infallibly taken out so that it cannot really hurt prejudice or annoy true Believers These two Doctrines doe contain the true meaning and intent of the Apostle in these words 1. That there is a sore and grievous Sting in natural Death This lies first in our way Never shall we see our deliverance fully till we see our danger nor be sensible of the excellent remedy till we have felt the smart of the fore hence many men out of stupidity or a wilful slighting or refusing to mind their death their last end have made too light a matter of it but of a truth when death comes armed by sin with an high Commission from the Law it will be found to be piercing painful and poysonous I shall therefore in the first place endeavour to shew more particularly what the Sting of Death is before I come to shew how it is taken out 〈◊〉 ●●ow there are several Stings in Death 1. The first sting in death is that it came into the world through mans own fault Rom. 5.12 By one man sin entered and death by sin and death passed upon all men c. It is sin brought in death as a curse and punishment Death comes from God not as instituting the course of Nature at first but as revenging sin There is a Saying in Ecclsiasticus that God did not make Death true it is not a Creature but the destruction of the Creature God is not the peccant cause of the falling of this house of clay but our sin as Eccles 10.18 It s plain in the tenor of the first threatning Gen. 2.17 They are Malefactors that are sentenced a● judged and condemned to die Every sinner dyes as a Malefactor as an evil doer suffering for his own sin And truely it pierceth deep if a man consider that he fetcht the Viper out of the snow and nourished it in his own bosome which now doth sting and devour him When a man must say In me convertite ferrum mea caedes mea fraus omnis When it shall be told him as Jer. 2.19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee And as Jer. 4.18 thy way and doings have procured these things unto thee this is thy wickedness We like the foolish woman Prov. 14.1 pull down the house over our heads with our own hands Before we feel the burthen of sin our own will to it is our warrant for it and because our selves have done it we can easily excuse it but at last it will sting like an Adder This will double the burthen this will be enough to silence any sufferer in this last execution of Justice upon him i.e. in this life This consideration will devolve all the load upon our selves Who shall relieve us Who shall grieve for us Whom shall we blame but even leave our complaint upon our selves 2. Another Sting in Death is that it comes from the Wrath of God Psal 78.50 He made a way to his anger and spared not their soul from death God takes away the wicked in his wrath Psal 58.9 Death is his destroying Angel that chaseth them out of the world There are two thing in a curse or punishment 1. Something that is evil some oppressing evil 2. The wrath of God mixt with it Now death is a part of the curse now this is piercing and painful indeed for a man to be taken away in wrath Sinners in Sion are afraid and a fearful thing it is to tall into the hands of the Living God 3. Another sting in death is that it is the punishment due to sin It comes armed therefore with a Commission to take satisfaction for of sence and wrong done to the infinite God It is the wages of sin Rom. 6. ult We were bound upon peril of our lives and on pain of death to keep Gods Law Gen. 2.17 In the day thou catest thereof thou shalt surely dye that being broken death ensues and seizeth on us as our punishment So v. 22. of this Chapter In Adam all aye Sin and punishment goe together When the body of sin goes before Punishment as its shadow attends it When Eve brought forth a son she was brought a bed of death according to the Proverb Ex malo Corvo malum Ovum The Jews have a Saying There was never any punishment hapned to them but there was anounce of the golden calf in it So there is no death but there are some drachmes of sin in it The lively Image of Sin is ever to be seen in Death Would you see the sad influence that moisture hath upon iron Look upon the rust of it Would you see the horrid evil of drunkenness Look upon the effects of it Prov. 23.29 Who hath woe who hath sorrow Who hath contention Who hath babling Who hath wounds without cause Who hath redness of eyes v. 30. They that tarry long at the wine they that goe to seck mixt wine So here Who hath shortness of breath a pale countenance a crazy body Catarrhs Epilepsies Palsyes c They that continue in sin Why doth the living man complain Lam. 3.39 A man for the punishment of his sin This stings pains and pierceth the sinner when death comes 4. Another sting in death is that it separates the soul and body each from other These antient friends whose lives and happiness here as Jacobs was in Benjamins Gen. 44.30 lare bound up in one anothers welfare Will ye take Benjamin away All these things are against me If mischief befal him then shall ye bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to the grave Gen. 42 36 38. So may the body which is so closly wedded and so dearly affected to the soul say If ye take away my soul you take away my life As it is reported of Madrian the Emperour when he was dying he thus trembling at the gastly countenance of the King of Terrors bespake his miserable soul Animula vagula blandula Hospes Comesque corporis Quoe nune abibit in loca Pallidula rigida nudula Nec ut soles dabis Jocos O thou little pleasant wandring soul the guess and companion of the body 〈◊〉 what place will it goe c. So hard did he find it for these two friends to part If it be so hard for a man to part

world sufficeth them they are weary of it He is no Christian whose whole treasure is laid up in present enjoyments The Saints are of another spirit and live much upon hope Rom. 8.23 24 25. We our selves who have the first fruits of the Spirit groan within our selves waiting for the Adoption and it follows We are saved by hope now hope that is seen is not hope but if we hope then doe we with patience wait for it So 2 Cor. 5.2 c. In this we groan earnestly Their going out of this world is not their loss but their gain for to me to live is Christ and to dye is gain Phil 1.21 T is not their ruine but their redemption not their being uncloathed or stripped naked but their being cloathed upon not their going into obscurity and darkness but their glorious manifestation of being the sons of God and heirs of glory 1 Tim 6.6 Godliness in the winding up of things is great gain The going out of this life is like the ending of a fight 2 Tim. 4 6 7 8. It is not a flying of the field as those that are vanquished but the saints goe out Conquerours yea more then Conquerours I have fought a good fight the time is now come that they may fairly leave off it is the finishing of their course and the winning of their crown having kept the faith while they lived they are kept from fear in the hour of death P●i● 1.23 Having a desire to depart Love and longing to be with Christ made the world tedious to Paul that which all men naturally love and Death desirable which men naturally dread and abhor Assoon as good old Simeon had Christ in his arms Now let rest thou thy servant depart Luk. 2.29 When John Baptist saw Christ he resigns up all to him Let all men follow him Let me decrease so Christ increase my joy is fulfilled in him Joh. 3.29 30. So Paul when once he thought what it was to be with Christ to goe to God and to be with the Lord for ever he 〈◊〉 nothing that he wanted but this was the sum of his desire to be dissolved and no joy now to him but to enjoy Christ no glory but to 〈◊〉 where he is to behold his glory The love of this world ceaseth w●●● we tast of the next No matter then if the Manna of this world cea●● when we are got to Canaan Elias can easily part with his Mantle 〈◊〉 keep on his journey So a saint dying can easily part with all his present enjoyments in the hope of what is to come for how easily 〈◊〉 part with that which I know and firmly believe I shall never need That City which hath no need of the Sun Rev. 21.23 I am sure need not any thing under the moon and if a dying Saint may leave the temple of God here l●a● sure he may leave the wor'd A Child of God being thus mort sied to the world one sting of death is taken away 8. The sting of death is taken away in that it brings the Saints to higher and better things as you would take straws and pebbles out of a child hand and give him necessary bread or remove poyson and things hurt full from a sick man and give him cordials and restoratives so doth the blessed God deal with his Children He takes away this world from them or rather them from it and gives them another and a better He takes away occasions of sin and trouble and gives us salvation and rest He takes away the cross and gives us a crown He takes away temporal enjoyments and gives us eternal He takes away Earth and gives us heaven And are we any loosers by this Doe we well to be angry Is there grief and sear No sure but rather if we are in Pauls state to reckon as he did To live is Christ and to dye is gain No better way for a true Christian to better his state and advantage himself then to depart hence lay down his life No man saith Christ that hath left house or parents brethren or wise and children for the Kingdome of Gods sake but shall receive manifold here and in the life to come that which cannot be unfolded Luk. 18.29 30. The Prophet resolves that he will rejoyce in God though the Fig tree doth not blossome c. Hab. 3.17 13 Now if the gleaming of Gods gracious presence be so solacing when all lower causes of joy fail whhat will the bright shinings of Gods glorious presence be Let Ziba take all said Mephibosheth since my Lord the King is come again in peace 2 Sam. 1930. So much more may the ●●●nts of God say Let the world take all since my Lord is safe upon his throne and I am now going where I may behold his glory Death is as the Chariot that is sent from Jesus to carry his true Israels to Canaan and therefore their Spirits may now revive and say as holy Jacob. Gen. ●5 28 It is enough Jesus that was dead is alive and lives for evermore and I will goe and see him The good the grace the glory of all heaven shall now be theirs Now then may the Saints say I leave a Cottage to take possession of ●●●●cely Palace I leave my friends here and am going to the Father the holy Spirit to Jesus the Mediator of the New Testrmeut and to the Angels in light and to the Church of the first born I leave present enjoyments and goe to take up an eternal inheritance Let the loss here be as much as can be supposed the gain is as much yea more then can be expressed Ah who would now regard his stuff when he sees the Waggons and the Convoy of Angels the provision for the way and the end of his race and that Jesus is there in honour and power who would not resolve to goe and see him 9. The sting of Death is taken away in that it s given in that hour to the Saints with Faith and patience to endure temptations to resist stand in the midst of danger A dying hour is an hour of temptation yea of multiplyed violent temptations Christ found it to be the hour power of darkness Psal 22.12 13 16. Now the Prince of the world comes Joh. 14 30. Now when his time is short our bodies weak and souls perplexed many even all circumstances and accidents occasions of sorrow is a special season for the Tempter to tempt to security infidelity carnal confidence to impatience and if possible to despair and casting away of our hope Now when Satan resists God doth assist if Satan desire to winnow Christ will be sure to pray that our Faith fail not If there be Chariots and Horsemen against Elisha there is a mountain full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha 2 King 6.15 17. If God let Satan out it s but a little way if he tempt its never more then the Saints are able to bear Hence