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death_n	body_n	natural_a	spiritual_a	4,171	5	6.7902	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20507	The drousie disease; or, An alarme to awake church-sleepers Wherein not onely the dangers hereof are described, but remedies also prescribed for this sleeping evill.; Drousie disease.		1638 (1638)	STC 6913.5; ESTC S122417	51,584	164

who being asked what Anton. Max. ser de somno Aelian lib. 2 sleepe was answered The image of death and rest of the senses and that of Gorgias who being very aged and feeling deadly sleepe or death to creepe on him unto a friend who asked him how hee did answered Sleepe now beginneth ●ras lib. 6. ●ap 8. to commend me unto his brother and that of Epaminondas who having slaine one of the watch whom hee found sleeping thus justified his fact Such a one as I found him saith he I have left him To ●uslat ad ●om Ibid. ●ertull de a●ma Chrys ●● pop an t ●mil 5. ●rist lib. 19. ●nimal this purpose is it that of some sleepe and death are said to bee brethren or cousin-Germans Sleepe Deaths looking-glasse death a sleepe longer then usuall yea sleepe a kind of middle thing betweene death and life 2. Sleepe as it is common to all men and cannot bee driven away or avoided of any how sparing soever or well-spenders of time so it is ●eb 9. 27. ●om 5. 12. appointed unto him once to die Death passeth upon all men and ●al 89. 48. what man is he that shall not see death 3. Sleepe though usually it commeth by degrees as after labour meat wearinesse watching and the like yet doth it often steale on men at unawares So death though usually and by course of nature it 1 King 13. 24. followeth sicknesse as the forerunner thereof yet seazeth it often on men both good and bad on the very sudden So did it on the man of God that came Act. 5. 5. 10 unto Bethel so on Ananias and Luk. 12. 19 20. Sapphira Then said God unto the rich man Thou foole this night shall thy soule be required of thee when he had said unto his soule Soule thou hast much goods laid up for many yeares take thine ease eate drinke and be merry 4. Sleepe is proper to the body not the soule for even Corde vigilamus etiam cùm corpore dormimus Aug. de verb. dom Ser. 22. Isa 26. 19. then are we to be awake in soule when wee sleepe in body so dieth man in respect of his body not his soule Though the body rests and dwells in the dust of the earth yet doth not the soule so rest The dust that is the body returneth to the earth as it was and the Eccles 12. 7. spirit returneth unto God who gave it yea if the soule doe Anima quieti nunquam succedit Tertul. de anima not now sleepe whilst it is in the prison of the body much lesse shall it being freed therefrom As the soules of the godly are carried into heaven so Luk. 16. 22. are the soules of the ungodly into hell eithers bodyes in the meane time remaining in their graves As Cosimo the Florentine Hist Florent lib. 7. to some Rebels that sent him word they slept not answered that hee beleeved the same because their sleepe was taken from them So may it be affirmed of mens soules that as here they cannot sleepe so hereafter they cannot die 5. Sleepe though it bee of longer continuance with some then with others yet lasteth it not alwayes with any even the sluggard being at the length awaked or awaking therefrom so death must at the last restore her dead how long soever they have beene under the power and in the possession thereof For the trumpet shall 1 Cor. 15. 5 sound saith the Apostle and the dead shall be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed Agreeable hereunto is that of S Iohn And the sea gave Rev. 20. 13. up the dead which were in it and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them The difference between them Wherin th● differ in these 1. Though such as are asleepe may or shall awake yet doth not their awaking prove alike comfortable for Pharaohs Butler was restored and his Baker hanged according to Iosephs interpretation of their dreames So both the ungodly and the godly die yet doth not eithers death prove advantagious The houre is comming Ioh. 5. 28. in the which all that are in the graves shall heare the voyce of the Sonne of man and shall come forth they that have done good unto the resurrection of life and they that have done evill unto the resurrection of damnation Saith our Saviour himselfe All the ten virgins which slumbered as well the wise as the foolish arose but ●at 25. 7. ●● 12. the wise onely went in with the Bridegroome unto the mariage the others being excluded Depart from me ye cursed shall ●at 25. 34. ●● it be said unto the wicked on the day of judgement but unto the godly Come yee blessed of my Father Unto these death is not as death as having the Cor. 15. 56. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chrys ●● Heb. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●rist sting thereof removed which is sinne but as a sweet sleep unto those it is otherwise even of fearfull things the most fearfull Those lose but these gaine thereby a palace for a prison rest for labour liberty for bondage God for men the company of Angels for the company of sinners and finally heaven for earth 2. As sleepe proveth unto many fatall wherein they die and from which they never rise so unto the ungodly the death of the body is a forerunner of that second death the death both of body and soule under which they shall lye world without end But it is not so unto Gods children Thereby is put an end unto all their miseries for they rest from Rev. 14. 13 their labours neither doe they hunger any more or thirst any more and all teares are wiped from their eyes Thereby are they freed from all sorts of Rom. 6. 7. sinnes for hee that is dead is freed from sinne thereby from the beeing of sinne from the infection of sinne from the guilt of sinne from temptations unto sinne from the authority dominion and rule of sinne from the imputation of sinne from the reward or dangerous effect and consequents of sinne and that wholly fully perpetually Thereby from all sorts of crosses Thereby from all sorts of feares Thereby from all sorts of cares In a word thereby freed from all sorts of evill past present and to come They lye downe in 〈◊〉 57. 1● sure and certaine hope of resurrection to eternall life Their ● Cor. 15. 42 ● 44. bodyes are sowne in corruption but raised in incorruption sowne in dishonour but raised in glory sowne in weaknesse but raised in power sowne naturall bodyes as many goe heavily to bed but raised spirituall bodyes when through the glorious beames of the Sunne of righteousnesse shining on them they shall fully recollect both their spirits and strength in all which respects that of Salomon may bee applyed unto them that Their day of death is better then the day wherein they were borne 3. As every

and undeniable Word alwayes constant one and the same for ever wherein there is no errour no falshood no defect no imperfection As it is unto us It is wine to ●s it is unto ●● comfort us bread to feed us drinke to quench our thirst fire to purge us an hammer to beate upon our hardned hearts a staffe to uphold us a treasure to inrich us a lant horne to direct us a guide to conduct us a weapon to defend us seed to beget us meate for men milke for babes Yea as the Sunne is to the world so is it to us the light of our lives and the life of our soules The Matter therein contained The matter therein contained such as may give content unto all the same so farre exceeding all other subjects as the Creator whose workes and will it principally setteth forth doth the creatures It revealeth unto us the blessed Trinitie It maketh knowne unto us Christ and him crucified It pointeth out unto us the vertue of his death and resurrection It setteth forth the excellencies of a better life which for the present are wholly hid from the ungodly and but in part revealed unto the godly Doth any loath it for its plainnesse It is milke for babes Eccles 11. 10. It is pleasant affording unto each Christian heart more sweetnesse then is in the honey and the honey combe It is upright as being voide of errour It is a word of truth pure wheat without chaffe pure gold without drosse It is a word of wisdome whereby alone we become wise It is as a goad whereby being pricked whilst wee sleepe in sinne wee doe thereupon awake It is as a naile whereby indeed wee are fastened and confirmed Is any delighted with history prophecies Rener Clavis Script parables lawes morall judiciall and Ceremoniall Geographie Cosmographie Astronomie Arithmeticke Logicke Rhetoricke Musicke and whatsoever else Yea who so longeth after newes from heaven aboue from the earth beneath from the waters which are under the earth Newes of wars peace plenty famine and the like Hereby may hee in each receive satisfaction The Antiquitie and perpotuitie The Antiquity and perpetuity thereof thereof As it yet continueth so hath it done even from the very beginning and even the Word written is more ancient of greater antiquity then all other writings now extant in the world 2. In respect of its necessitie which may appeare by considering Necessity from first the estate wherein we are 2. The estate wherein we should be 3. The estate of such as are altogether deprived thereof The estate wherein naturally The estate wherein we are wee are dead in trespasses and sinne wanderers from God preyes unto the divell poore and blind unregenerate polluted with sinne both in soule and body stony-hearted unfruitfull and barren guilty of death and damnation c. It is not then needfull a trumpet to awake us a guide to conduct us a buckler to shield us a treasure to enrich us eye-salve to anoint us seed to beget us a fountaine to wash us raine both to mollifie us and make us fruitfull The estate wherein we should The estate wherein we should be be Alive unto God the souldiers and servants of Christ temples of the holy Ghost fruitfull in good workes and the like and hereunto doe we attaine through Gods word The estate of such as are altogether The estate ●f such as are ●ithout it deprived therof wretched and miserable No judgement greater then famine no famine so grievous as this of the Word 3. In respect of its utilitie which may appeare 1. By the ●mos 8. 12. ●●s utility ap●●aring by similitudes whereby it is expressed 2. By the effects which are thereby produced 3. By the duties which are thereto of us required 4. By the meanes which for the suppressing and hindering thereof have beene at all times by Satan and his instruments used The similitudes whereby it is ●●●ilitudes expressed are divers as Manna bread water light a rod of strength wine fire silver a precious stone a new garment a banner a sharp sword a glasse a staffe c. This being no lesse or rather much more profitable for the soule then those and the like for the body The effects which are thereby effects produced are such as concerne either this or the life to come This. It clenseth us It inlighteneth us It regenerateth us It changeth us It makes us fruitfull It maketh us wise to Salvation It gladdeth our hearts with spirituall joy It begetteth faith in us Wee are hereby informed of the duties which wee owe one towards another It tells the Magistrate how hee should rule who else might be either too severe or too milde As Machetes appealed Eras apoph●● lib. 4. from Philip asleepe for whilst his cause was pleading he was asleepe to Philip awake so sendeth it them from their ungodly government unto that which is lawfull It tels Iudges that with Festus they Act. 24. 26. must not looke for bribes It tels Subjects that with Sheba 2 Sam. 20. ● they must not be rebellious It tels husbands that they must Col. 3. 19. love their wives and not be bitter to them It tells wives that they must not be taunting Peninnaes painted Jezabels whorish Dalilaes scolding Zipporaes It informes Ministers to be instant in preaching the ● Tim. 4. 2. Word in season and out of season It tells Lawyers how and for whom they are to plead It directs the Merchant 1 Thes 4. 6. and tradesman how to buy and sell c. Now if it were not for the Word would any of those performe their duties nay by it as Socrates from his ●ic de fat● naturall constitution by the study of Philosophie they are bettered both in their judgement and practise Through it doe the covetous forsake their Mammon the drunkard his wine the adulterer his lust which till it thus worke are unto them no lesse precious then their lives Would Herod have heard Iohn Baptist and Eli his sonnes their Father either might have learned their duty and escaped the judgements Rev. 16. 15. which befell them By hearing this and watching Luk. 16. 29. Mat. 26. 41. hereat we are blessed hereby are saved from hell and hereby avoide temptations If hereat we be informed of the malice of Gods enemies shall we not hereupon profit the Church by calling upon God in the words of the Psalmist Awake Psal 44. 23. why sleepest thou O Lord arise cast us not off for ever And as when Ahasuerus could not Ester 6. 3. sleepe hee had his Chronicles brought unto him and thereupon came to know what Mordecay had done for him so if wee would awake at the reading and preaching of the Word we should heare what deliverance the Lord hath wrought for our poore soules The life to come The Word Joh. 12. 48. must judge us The Duties required of us The duties