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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77231	Death disarmed: the grave buried: or, The Christians future triumph through Christ over death, and the grave. Delivered in a sermon at the interrment of Mr. Henry English; at Salerst in the county of Sussex. Decemb. 10. MDCXLIX. By Iohn Bradshavv Mr. of Arts, preacher of Etchingham.	Bradshaw, John, 17th cent.	1650 (1650)	Wing B4152; Thomason E602_5; ESTC R206407	30,926	37

land how is the [i] Hoc est Babylon quae quasi malleus adamantinus percussit et contudit totam terram ita ut nihil quantumvis durum vel aeneumei resistere aut ejus ictum sustinere possit quin confringereturet dissil●ret A Lapid in loc Haec ipsa de morte dici possunt quae omnia confringit a Christo tandem confrigenda hammer of the whole earth cut asunder that like Iael's hammer doth not onely kill but nailes us to the earth for a certaine time Rom. 16.20 The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly So Death under your feet shortly to shew that we are to enjoy the benefit of this Victory But God shall bruise to shew that he must have the glory of the Victory and therefore Christ triumphed over his own death when he was carried up into heaven in a cloud as in a chariot for so Elias his vehiculum was called my Father the Chariots of Israel and the Horsemen thereof And one will have it that when Christ ascended up to Heaven the Angels went before and proclaimed Lift up your heads ye gates and be ye lift up ye everlasting doors and the King of glory shall come in 6. Why is this great Victory obtained 1. That no enemie may be left and this is the last enemie Object But is not the hell of wicked men an enemie No To them it is an enemy but not to Christ and his Members because it is the very execution of his enemies This Ark will not leave one Dagon standing 2. That man may be made up again that Death hath taken and kept asunder 3. That his wonderfull Power may be manifest Victory declares Power Psal 49.15 We reade of the power of the Grave but Christ will have all the World to see that which now onely some of the World believes that his power is greater than the power of the Grave Psal 106.8 He saved Israel at the Red Sea to make his power to be known 4. That his glory may appear in his power as his power in Victory [a] And having spoyled principalities and powers he made a shew of them openly triumphing over them in it Vt autem praeclaram hanc Christi victoriam mentis nostrae oculis visendam praebeat utitur illustribus metaohoris desumptis a consuetudine triumphantum imperatorum Nam illud verbum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 alludit ad illam consuetudinem qua victores solebant victos armis spoliare eadem que pro trophaeo illîc figere ubi in fugam hostes versi sunt Quod autem addit 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 spectat illam triumphantium pompam in qua solebant ignominiae causâ ducis captivos inter se junctos agere ante curium suum triumphalem toto populo inspectante acclamante Cicero in Pisonem hunc morem triumphantium hisce verbis depingit quid tandem habet iste currus quid vincti ante currum duces quid simulacra oppidorum quid aurum quid argentum et c. Daven in Coloss Coloss 2.15 He will raise himself glory out of the confusion of his Enemies and honour out of the destruction of his Adversaries Shall Death be disarmed and the Grave conquered Corol 1 and shall we sit still and do nothing Shall Christ overcome for us hereafter and shall not we overcome for him now Are we such perfect men and such compleat Saints that we have no lusts to mortifie no temptations to vanquish Poor men Lusts God knowes too many and temptations too frequent but we neither feel the burden of the one nor know the danger of the other When King Francis the first of that name was resolved to go into Italy to recover the Dukedom of Milan he advised with his Privy Councel which way to get into Italy his Fool met him as he came from the Councel-board and told him his Councel had dealt unwisely with him for they had told him how to get into Italy but not how he should get out again It is so with us our carnal Friends can shew us the way into dangerous temptations into a Noli conscentire concuiscentiae tuae Non est unde concipiat nisi de te Aug. homil 42. cap. 8. consuming lusts that consume our Estates by prodigality our bodies by luxury our repute by infamy but they cannot shew us the way out again but leave us in the lurch Thou feeble faint-hearted Christian whom every slight temptation proves a Coward who knowest not how to deny the inticements of a sinner either to commit a sin or to do that which probably will lead thee to commission of sin remember what is written Rev. 2.7 To him that (b) Insidiae repunt in hoc seculo et in cautos repente occupant Repentes autem tentationes quis numerat Repunt sed cave ne surripiant vigiletur in ligno et c. Aug. in Psal 103. enarratio conci quart overcomes will I give to eat of the tree of life not to him that is overcome 1 Pet. 1.13 Gird up the loins of thy minde be sober and hope to the end Ephes 6.14 Stand therefore having your loins girt with truth and having on the breast-plate of Righteousnesse It is better to conquer with pains than to yield with sorrow To him that is regenerate sin is worse than Death and grace is better than life Let him never look to have a share in the Conquest of the Death of the body that hath not before a share in the Conquest of the body of Death Corol 2 If Death shall be disarmed and the Grave overcome let us make up our 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 with the Apostles Doxology Thankes be to God who hath given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ Glory be to God on high the mighty God that gives Victories the mercifull God that gives us this Victory through Jesus Christ our Lord. What praises can we use to set out this benefit or what words can we use to set out his praise who when he searches into things hidden is above all most wise When he rewards every man is most just When he bestows his Gifts is most liberal And when he conquers his Enemies is most valiant And who is it for for us Hath given us the Victory Vs Why should the great God bestow so much honour on us What are we or what is our fathers house that wee should have such Victory given us (a) Nonne fragiliores sumus quā si vitrei essemus vitrum enim etsi fragile tamen servatum diu durat et invenis calices ab avis et proavis in quibus bibunt nepotes et pronepotes Aug. hom 28. c. 7. We whose original is dust whose excellency is vanity and whose life is sin We that have received so many Benefits returned so little thanks and deserved so much anger Whom before our Conversion no Benefits could perswade to come to God whom since our Conversion no mercies can