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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45688	A sermon preach'd at the funeral of Capt. John Briggs at Dunstable, March 23, 1694/5 by Thomas Harrison.	Harrison, Thomas.	1695 (1695)	Wing H912; ESTC R40945	17,078	32

the Earth Tho Angelick Spirits were originally placed in the superiour World Heaven was their first Habitation yet the Human Body was lodged in the Earth at its first Formation this is the place of its Residence and must be while in its present State and Condition Flesh and Blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God 1 Cor. 15.50 Heaven is too pure an Air for our Animal Bodies to breath in till they shall be purified and refined and endued with those excellent Qualities which will fit them for such a noble Region Therefore so long as our Souls continue in our Bodies they have but an Earthly Lodging tho their Motions and Operations may reach to Heaven yet their Essential Residence is in the Earth on this account while we are present in the Body we are absent from the Lord 2 Cor. 5.16 While we dwell in this Tabernacle we sojourn in a polluted and troublesome World a place to which Sin hath introduced the greatest Disorder and Confusion where Iniquity abounds and where many Occasions of Grief are continually ministred to us a Vale of Tears a Field of War a Stage of Contention and a waste and howling Wilderness 3. Upon the account of those Means whereby it is supported and refreshed Our Bodies in their present State would immediately fall if they were not propp'd up and repair'd by Earthly Comforts viz. Meat Drink Physick and Raiment All the Conveniences of Life which we value and prize which we industriously labour for and after which our Affections do often run in an immoderate degree are nothing better than Earth An Earthly Body is only capable of Earthly Enjoyments 4. Upon the account of its Disposure and Resolution When Death rends the Soul from the Embraces of the Body then the Dust returns to the Earth as it was Eccles 12.7 it is turned into common Earth and laid in a Bed of Dust Thus much for the Description of the State and Condition of the Human Body in this Life I proceed Secondly To the second thing contain'd in the words viz. An implicite Assertion of its Dissolution If it were dissolved Tho the conditional Conjunction 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 if is here made use of yet it doth not import any Hesitation or Doubt in the Apostle's Mind concerning the Dissolution of his Body as if it were uncertain whether it should be dissolved or not but that Conjunction hath the same Signification here with the Adverb 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 when and so the words may be render'd thus When our Earthly House of this Tabernacle shall be dissolved We find that this Particle hath the same Signification Joh. 16.7 1 Joh. 3.2 so that these words do amount to an Assertion of the Body's Dissolution For what Comfort could arise to the Apostle and his Fellow-Sufferers from the Thoughts of their Entrance into an Heavenly Habitation after the Dissolution of their Bodies if they were not assured that some time or other they should be dissolved We read of a twofold Dissolution made by Death in Sacred Writ viz. a Dissolution of the Person or the Man Phil. 1.23 I desire to depart or as the original word may properly be render'd to be dissolved this consists in the Separation of the Soul from the Body and a Dissolution of the Body in my Text. This is a Metaphor taken from the Destruction of Buildings the Overthrow of Earthly Fabricks When a Structure is demolished it is said to be dissolved for so the Original Word whereby the Ruine of the Temple is exprest Mat. 24.2 Mark 13.2 most properly signifies In Allusion hereunto the Death of the Body is called its Dissolution Now pursuant to the Metaphor several things are imply'd in the Body's Dissolution 1. The Continuance of its Matter after Death When an House is demolished tho it loseth its Form yet the Matter still remains it is not annihilated The Matter of the Human Body passeth through various Changes after Death yet it is not reduced to nothing for if it were at the great Day there could not be a Resurrection but a new Creation of Human Bodies Whereas the Scripture assures us that the same Body which dies shall live and rise again Tho it may be accidentally and with respect to its Qualities another Body yet it will be essentially and with respect to its Substance the same 2. The Destruction of its Form When a Building falls its Form is lost tho its Matter remains the same Effect doth Death produce in the Body Herein these two things may be comprehended 1. The loss of its Beauty and Comeliness What Beauty is there in the Rubbish of the most splendid and stately Palace Surely there is nothing in it that can attract the Admiration and Esteem of those who behold it They who delighted to view and walk in a House while standing will turn their Eyes from its Ruines The Beauty of the most amiable Body becomes a Prey to Death when it is seized by this mighty Conqueror Death draws a dismal Vail over all its Glory and makes very unlovely and deforming Impressions on it The Bodies of our deceased Relatives which we formerly beheld with great Delight would be now very unpleasant Spectacles to us we cannot without Regret turn our Eyes towards the Corps of our dearest Friend but are willing soon to bury it out of our Sight 2. The loss of its Excellency and Usefulness What Value is there in the Rubbish of a fallen Sructure which while standing was worth many thousands or what use can it serve for Tho a living Body is exceeding valuable yet a dead Body is of no more Worth than common Earth and it is as useless and unprofitable The Eyes Tongue Hands and Feet which were all active Members and perform'd many Operations when seized by Death become wholly unactive they lose their Motion and Activity when bound with its Adamantine Chains and Fetters Those Bodies of our Relations which were very serviceable to us while in the Land of the living can do us no good when numbred among the Dead 3. In the Dissolution of the Body may be imply'd its entrance into the Grave and corrupting there A standing House is raised above the Ground but a fallen House lies level with it and the Materials thereof are separated and divided When Mens Bodies die they are laid in the Grave which is the House appointed for all living They enter into the place of Silence and of Darkness and there they moulder away and crumble to Dust 4. Herein may be implied the various ways whereby the Structure of the Human Body decays and is destroyed Some Buildings fall down of themselves Time the Consumer of all material Things upon the Earth destroys them other Fabricks are blown down by violent Winds others fall by the force of devouring Flames and others are demolish'd by Men. In like manner some Mens Bodies may be said even to fall of themselves because no internal Distemper nor external Violence is the Cause of