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A28823	The triumph of faith over death, or, The just man's memoriall compris'd in a panegyrick and sermon, at the funerall of the religious, most learned Dr. Combar, late master of Trinity Colledge in Cambridge, and deane of Carlile / delivered in Trinity Colledge chappel, by R.B. ... the 29. of March, 1653.	R. B. (Robert Boreman), d. 1675.	1654 (1654)	Wing B3762; ESTC R17491	31,312	50

sonnes of unbelief She sets her foot upon the neck of this King of feares and so as a Conquerour sets up a Flag of defiance to all petty dangers and feares which are onely dreadfull because they march towards and tend to Death the last the end and summe of all feared evills Let Death dresse it selfe like the cruellest and most bloudy fury come with all her Racks Fires Strappadoes wild beasts all her exquisite tortures invented by the wit of the most savage Tyrants Faith will set a Woman a child to make sport with it to dare and tire it and its executioners A faithfull man dying lookes up to Iesus as Alexander look'd his Physitian in the face Heb. 12.2 Curt. when he dranke off his potion wherein he was told there was poyson and being assured that Christ drunk out of Deaths bitter Cup an eternall health to all Mankinde suck'd the Gall and Venome out of it and made it an wholesome potion of immortality upon this assurance he looks into the Grave without feare and upon Death without horrour embraces it with joy as old Egredere anima mea c. so said He dying Hieron in vita ejus Hilarion and the Martyrs did as being the end of sinne and misery and the beginning of everlasting felicity This pious thought had St. Cyprian of it who when he was condemned to die by Valerian did lift up his hands and eyes to Heaven and cheerfully replied at the hearing of his fatall sentence Benedictus Deus c. God Almighty be blessed for this Gaole-delivery for that he is pleased to deliver mee from the fetters of my Body A man that is in debt feares the face of a Serjeant or Baliffe nay every one that weares a Sword is a terrour or death unto him Thus it is with the wicked their debts being not paid the black bills of the Lawes endictments against them being not cancelled they feare death 'T is otherwise with the Godly whose sinnes are pardoned and they reconciled to God they entertaine Death with the greatest welcome and delight that can be imagined as a messenger from their heavenly Father to invite them to a Palace from a Prison Chrys in Colos to a Court of Glory from a Dungeon of sorrow to be solaced and feasted amongst the Saints and Angels with heavenly delicacies the chiefe dish of which glorious banquet is the Vision of Almighty God to behold the soule-ravishing aspect of our Lord Iesus now glorified Death is the * Eccl. 41.1 O Death how bitter c. Rich mans feare the good mans wish whose sinnes are washed away in the bloud of the Lamb Christ Iesus whose person is therefore reconciled to God who upon this ground has a good Conscience a Conscience that is quiete bona that is not troubled nor staind with unrepented sinnes He that trembles at the approach of Death we may say to that man in the words of St. Austine O homo perdidisti fidem O man thou hast lost thy Faith which in the last place as in Adversity and Death so it has a quickning power to enliven us in Duty When there is great Faith in the Heart there will be much prayer in the mouth Charity in the Hand sedulity in the Feet to move with alacrity in those paths which tend to God and bend toward Heaven Faith like the Spring in a Watch sets all the Wheeles or Members of the Body on worke Heb. 11.26 Psal 71.20.80.18.119.25.37.88.107.149.154.159.143.11 Faith reflecting upon the Promises and having with Moses respect unto the great recompence of the reward of everlasting Life Doubtlesse David prayed to God for the enlargement or encrease of Faith when he desired so often as we finde in the Psalmes to be quickned This livelinesse in duty when we serve God with cheerfulnesse breaking through all oppositions to the contrary as it is the effect of a strong vigorous active Faith so it is a thing most pleasing to God Rom. 12.8 Shew mercy i. e. give Almes with cheerefulnesse God loveth a cheerefull giver 2 Cor. 9.7 As for those weake Christians Is 42.3 those bruised Reeds and smoaking flax who by meanes of their bodily distempers or weaknesse of Faith finde in themselves some indispositions and deadnesse unto or about spirituall duties when their Altar seemes to have no fire when they pray but not with wonted fervency when they heare but not with an attentive alacrity Let them not measure their interest or share in Christ by sense or feeling let them not be discouraged though they want inward comfort which is oftentimes denied to many a deare Saint it being a dish reserved for many a one till he comes to partake of the Heavenly Banquet Advise to those tha want comfort in duties and let me advise such although they have no comfort nor delight in duties as they are performed by them with some imperfection and drinesse yet let them rejoyce in this that they have so much grace as to doe the Wi l of God even with some reluctancy of theirs then they discharge their duty for the substance or matter of it though they faile in some circumstance or manner of doing And let them know too that that duty is most acceptable to God Vid. Fr. de Sales Bp of Geneva his Introduct to an holy life l. 4. c. 14. Is 50.10 Is 8.17 which is performed meerly out of Obedience to his command when our vigorous wills carry us to it and we take little delight in the performance of it because then we seeke not to please or content our selves so much as God And who is He that walketh in darknesse and hath no light let him trust in the Name of the Lord and stay upon his God who sometimes hideth his Face from his Children who are of the Familie or off-spring of faithfull Abraham This King of Spirits and Lord of Soules hath a Throne of Grace set up in his Childrens heart he rules and raignes in them by his blessed and holy Spirit whose Dominium and the parts of it you have heard Now followes the second particular which is Dominii generalitas the Generality of the Spirits Lording power in us of which with much brevity and concisenesse The Soule of Man may be fitly resembled to Noahs Arke Gen. 6.16 in which there were Gen. 6.16 First Second and Third stories Gen. 6. So in the soule there be upper and lower roomes the superiour and inferiour faculties and in all these the Holy Ghost by a generall command and rule keepes his abode and residence First it dwells or resides in the understanding which is the Soul 's 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the upper loft by clearing the darke and dimme eye of it by begetting in it a saving knowledge whereby we come to know the things of God 1 Cor. 2.12 those things which are revealed to us in his Word concerning our future end which is our soules salvation and the meanes