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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33989	Counsel for the living, occasioned from the dead, or, A discourse on Job III, 17, 18 arising from the deaths of Mr. Fran. Bampfield and Mr. Zach. Ralphson / by Hercules Collins ...	Collins, Hercules, d. 1702.	1684 (1684)	Wing C5361; ESTC R32496	24,906	39

some dark Dungeon this is a part of his Punishment though not as yet tryed judged Condemned nor Executed Eccle. 12.7 only he may have been carryed before some Judge or Justice as the Souls of all men return to God at Death Mat. 25.46 and the wicked receive a Sentence of Commitment to Prison to be bound in Fetters and Chains and put in some dark Dungeon untill his great and Final Tryal and Judgment for Life or Death Eternal Observation 5. Death and the Grave puts an End to all Oppressions They hear not the Voice of the Oppress●r Mat. 5.27 There is Oppression in Voice and Oppression in Intention and Oppression in Act Oppression in Intention and Purpose is accounted so by God as well as Adultery though never Acted as a good Mans Intentions though many times never come into Act is accepted It was well God told Dav●d 1 Kings 19.2 it was in his Heart to Build h●m a Temple so Jezabels Intention to destroy Elijah shall be accounted one day as if it had been done Actually The word for Oppression Nagas 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is sometimes rendred Taskmasters as in Exod. 2.7 Arias Montanus saith Exactors it signifieth in a special use one which Exacteth or Extorteth Money or Tribute to the grievance of a Person 2 Kings 23.35 in the 10. Zachariah 4. It s rendered an Oppressor so Chap. 9.8 No Oppressor shall pass through the Land any more It s so used because those Exactors many times impose against Right and Equity Mulcts and Fines upon the Subjects as to be sin'd for Worshiping God according to the light of our Conscience which is Consistent to a Peaceable and quiet Living in the Land this is Oppression and Sinful Exaction and against the very light of Nature for no man that owns a God Exod. 33.9 and that he ought to be Worshipped would be done so by God prohibited Israel from Oppressing a stranger then to Oppress a Native a Contry-man a Subject yea quiet and Peaceable Subjects Isai 5.7 is far worse May not God Expect in a Land of Gospel-Light Judgment and Justice But if instead thereof there should be a Cry yea a great Cry of Oppression how sad is this For those Cries to Enter into the Ears of the Lord of Sabbaoths James 5.7 or Lord of Hosts Let the Oppressor look into these Scriptures as into a Glass to prevent the Sin of Oppression for the time to come Isa 30.12 Wherefore thus saith the Lord because ye despise this Word and trust in Oppression and perversness and stay there therefore this Iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall swelling out in a high Wall whose breaking cometh suddenly on an Instant O how many do trust to nothing else but Oppression Psal 62.10 and the ruining of honest Families contrary to that Prohibition Trust not in Oppression Isai 49.26 Such shall be fed with their own Flesh and made drunk with their own Blood as with sweet wine Zeph. 3.1 Moreover a Woe is denounced against the Oppressing City Psal 72.1 yea Christ shall break in pieces the Oppressor Isa 14.2 in pleading the poors cause They shall take them Captiv●s whose Captives they were and they shall Rule over their Oppressors Let these following Scriptures be as a Comfortable Cordial to all the Oppressed in this day of Jacob's Trouble Psal 9.9 God will be a Refuge for the Oppressed yea 103.6 the Lord will exercise Righteousness and Judgment for all such 12.5 For the oppression of the Poor and sighing of the Needy Job 3.18 now will I arise saith the Lord Isa 14.4 and set him in safety from him which puffeth at him Isa 14.4 The time is coming God hath promised we shall no more hear the voice of the Oppressor 51.13.16.4 Then shalt thou take up this Parable against the King of Babylon Psal 146.7 How hath the Oppressor or Exactor of Gold Ceased And where is the fury of the Oppressor They are Consumed out of the Land God Executeth Judgment for the Oppressed and giveth food to the hungry the Lord looseth the Prisoners 6. Observation An Arrest by death bringeth Rest to Prisoners There the Prisoners Rest together That all must die is the Statute-Law of Heaven it was threatned on Adam Heb. 9.27 and all his Posterity Gen. 2.17 That in the day he did eat of the forbidden fruit he should surely dye or as the Original in dying thou shalt dye certainly and all thy Off-spring for thou art a publick head I spoke in Truth if thou eatest thou dyest and as thou shalt certainly die so thou shalt die perfectly Soul and Body as Austin saith as the Separation of the Soul from the Body is a natural death Eph. 2.1 2. so the Separation of the Soul from God is a Spiritual hence all men by Nature are said to be dead in Trespasses and Sins Chap. 2.17 19. and to be without God in the World yea Strangers and Forreigners in respect of any saving Spiritual Acquaintance Moreover thou shalt die or be in a dying condition as soon as thou dost eat of the fruit subject to sickness weakness Corruption Pain and Death yea thou and all thy Posterity must die Eternally except Grace prevent for as man hath an Immortal Soul if he by Sin brings a spiritual death on the Soul and separate it from God it must for ever remain under Wrath 1 Thes 1.10 and at a distance from him unless he bring it near by the Blood of his Son Gen. 3.15 and this God did promise after the Fall the Messias that is the seed of the woman should break the Serpents head take away his power which he had by the Fall over Adam and his Posterity so that now through Christ death is no loss but a gain to Believers Ye Believing Prisoners 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the word which we translate Prisoner Asar signifieth one bound and fastened confin'd Numb 30.3 there it refers to a being bound by a Vow Job 12.18 He looseth the Bonds of Kings c. it 's taken for that binding which is an act of coercive Authority Gen. 40.3.42.17 19 24. Numb 15.34 Levit. 24.12 Death and the Grave will put an end to all Oppressions and usher the Body into Rest the Bodies of all bad Prisoners as well as good shall hear the Voice of the Oppressor no more we shall know no more Apprehendings under the power of no more Witnesses nor hear no more of Take him Jaylor keep him until he be cleared by due course of Law we shall have no more Bolts nor Bars then on us no more looking for the Keeper then nor speaking to Friends through Iron-grates death is a debt we owe and when that is paid we shall receive an acquittance a Quietus est many Captives and Prisoners will have little Rest until they go to their Grave some