Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	eternal_a	grace_n	life_n	9,446	5	4.9473	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94068	Hēmera apokalypseōs. The day of revelation of the righteous judgement of God. Delivered in a sermon preached to the Honorable House of Commons, at Margarets Westminster, at their late solemn fast, December 31. 1645. / By William Strong, sometime fellow of Katherine Hall in Cambridge; now minister of More-Crichel in Dorcetshire.	Strong, William, d. 1654.	1646 (1646)	Wing S6003; Thomason E313_33; ESTC R200485	24,229	42

Christ shall proceed only concerning the things done in the body whether good or bad Lastly the inference of the Apostle upon the consideration of his appearing in the first particle of the text which is set downe v. 9. We labour whether present or absent to bee accepted of him The word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifies to labour not only with the lifting up of the hand but the heart also so to make a thing matter of duty as also to esteem it matter of glory so a mans labour that it shall bee alwaies a mans honour we ambitiously labour whether in this life present in the body or after this life when wee shall lay downe our bodies to be accepted before him Habet sapientia sui generis superbiam I shall only pitch upon the third sc the manifestation in that day which I shall present to you in this short Observation Doct. There shall be at the day of judgement a cleere and full manifestation of every man what manner of man hee is The Apostle calls it for this cause a day of revelation Rom. 25. ● Cor. 4.5 And that when the Lord comes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 he will inlighten the hidden things of darknesse c. Now there is many a grave that appeares n●t many a wolfe in sheeps cloathing and men have their cloaks of covetousnesse and dishonesty But then the graves shall bee opened the wolfe uncased the cloaks plucked off before men and Angells Now things hid as colours in the darke but when the light comes they will appeare and this seems to be the great worke of this great and terrible day of the Lord. In the opening of this truth it will be necessary to enquire into these three things 1. What shall be manifested 2. How can such a manifestation be 3. Why will the Lord have every man laid open in that day 1. What shall be manifested in that day The Text saith wee all and that not in a crowd and in the generall judgement to receive a generall sentence Rom. 14.12 but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 every particular person shall give a particular account of himselfe and receive a particular sentence concerning himselfe at that day But more particularly in every man there are three things to bee distinctly considered 1. His state 2. His heart 3. His life and in the discovery of the man all these shall bee made manifest in that day 1. Mens states shall then bee made manifest in two things 1. What they are 2. Upon what grounds they are built 1. What mens estates are There are two Covenants that God hath made with man under two common heads publique persons the first with the first Adam and all in him the second with the second Adam and all in him therefore the Lord looks upon the world as if there were but two men in it the first man was of the earth earthy 1 Cor. 15 47. the second man the Lord from heaven heavenly These two Covenants are the two mothers Gal. 4.24 and the condition and state of the Son is according to the condition of the Mother partus sequitar ventrem therefore in conversion there is required a double change moral which is the change of a mans Covenant 2. Physicall the change of a mans image So that as a mans Covenant is such is his state if under the first Covenant hee is in a state of nature a state of sin of bondage and of death if under the second Covenant a state of grace of liberty and of life because no longer a son of the bond woman but of the free Now as it is an act of soveraignty in God to appoint every creature to their ends and eternal estates whether vessells to honour or dishonour So it is also in Christ an act of Sovereignty to judge of their estates and to discover them what they are men in their judgements can looke no further then the action and as it discovers the heart but to judge of mens eternall estates is a secret which the Lord hath reserved as a royalty to himselfe And at the laft day this seems to be the great businesse that shall be done the discovery of mens estates what they are Here wise and foolish virgins live together Matth. 25. and together goe forth to meet the bridegroome with oile in their lamps and seeme all to be wise alike but there will bee made manifest who is wise and who is foolish Here the tares and wheat grow together in the same field sheep and goats feed together in the same pasture but then comes the harvest and the time of separation at that day when the goats shall be set by themselves and the ●ares bound up in bundles by themselves to burne Ps 125.5 At that day he will sort the world and lead every man forth with those of his owne kind though in this world they be all mixed one with another 2. Upon what grounds men doe build their estates Christ Matth. 7. tells us that every man is a builder and his hope and confidence of the goodnesse of his condition is his house Job 8.15 the hope of hypocrites shall be as the spiders web be shall leane upon his house but it shall not stand be shall hold it f●st but it shall not endure One builds his hope onely upon the self flattery of his owne heart and saith I shall have peace Deut. 29.19 Another upon outward blessings and Gods prospering him in things of this life therefore while be lives he blesseth his soule Psal 49 1● Another upon an outward profession of Religion a forme of duties oyle in his vessels to make a blaze before men and to these men cleave this house they hold fast and that with all their * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Fi●miter apprehe●dere mordi●us tenere might for if men will hold fast a corrupt opinion and a sinfull practise as they doe how much more will they a corrupt estate this is the generall delusion of the world Videas ●os tenentes tenere ●es ulla ratione discrere quod primum occurr●●t manibus licet tale sit ●●iquod quod own no prodesse non possit Bern. De adventu Domini Serm. 1. Sic pereunt miseri dum peritura sectantes mittunt solida But in that day these grounds shall be discovered there shall be manifested who doe build upon the Rock and who upon the sand who upon Christ alone received aright in a worke of faith and who upon outward blessings a forme of godlinesse some common worke of the Spirit a vaine hope of mercy a generall notion of the death of Christ for sinners and hope of a late repentance c. 2. Mens hearts shall be made manifest 1 Cor. 4.5 He will make manifest the counsels of the heart and herein these three things 1. Principles 2. Projects 3. Ends. 1. All the principles which are the grounds of mens actions and by which they are