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law_n	death_n	sting_n	victory_n	6,058	5	10.0485	5	false

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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

engage to walk close with God 3. When is this The Apostle saith he hath done it to shew that it is as certain as if it were done already But it is then when in all outward appearance we are both hopelesse and helplesse When Death and the Grave have gone on conquering and to conquer to the last Generation of men But b) Gratias misericordiae ipsius Quid dicam aliud quam gratias gratiae ipsius Nos enim gratias agimus non damus nec reddimus nec referimus nec rependimus gratiam si tantum verbis agimus retribuimus Aug. in Psal 88. Enarrat what shall we content our selves to be onely thankfull in Word shall we not adde Action to it also We read of an Hunter in Italy that at first when he ever took any thing in the Forrest or Field by hunting he used to offer up the head and the feet to Diana but happening once to catch a Boar of a vast bigness he resolved to leave off that Custom in part and said Diana should be content with the head onely which he hung upon a Tree but falling a sleep the head fell down and gave him a bruise of which he died The Moral of this historical Fable may teach us to take heed how we content our selves to give God onely our head in praising him so as to invent and utter praises but even our hands and our feet to act to his praise and to walk to his glory For whilest we professe we honour God in our lips and dishonour him in our lives the very head will fall upon us our very Words will condemn us I am sorry I have not Time to urge this Duty all that I now desire is that you may overcome my over bold prolixity with your patience and that I may overcome the rest of my work with such truth and sobriety that whilest I speak somewhat of our deceased Brother I may neither weary you nor flatter him but may onely lay before you the hopes I have that for his sake also and to his comfort the saying shall come to pass which is written O Death where is thy sting O Grave where is thy victory One of the Kings of Athens made a Law that when any one died at the Funeral there should be a speech made to them that were nearest of kin Some People are so satyrical they cannot endure to hear any thing spoken in honour of the Dead but when we go about by the sweet unguent of their good name to anoint them to their Burial they are ready to say Why was all this waste This waste time and these waste words If there be any such here as perhaps among so many there may be many I hope they will give me leave to speak of him amongst his Kindred of which here is a considerable number Sure a man may without any offence [a] Nothing sooner stirs up children to vertue then the example of parents as contrariwise nothing sooner corrupt them then their ill example Si natura jubet velocius citius nos corrumpunt vitiormm exempla domestica magnis cum subeant animos authoribus Iuven. Satyr 14. ubi quam plurima de hoc argumento propound the example of a Father to his Sons (b) Syri non cremabant sed condiebant cadavera myrrha aloe ced●o melle sale bitumine et resina odoribus et unguentis delibuta Alexand. ab Alexandr lib. 3. They use in many places to stick the Corpse or Coffin with sweet smelling herbs and flowers I know not why I may not also stick a flower or two in the Coffin of this well-deserving person lately deceased Master Henry English Something therefore would be spoken but yet at present but little It is true indeed at present Death seems to triumph over him and to lead him here in Triumph to the Grave But O Grave is this thy Victory to insult over a man full of years and full of pains and full of weakness Well I doubt not but the day is coming apace when in his behalfe it shall be sayd as in the behalfe of all other dead in Christ O Death where is thy sting c. I make no doubt of it but as it was said of Christ He lead Captivity captive so he and all others dead in the Lord shall through the power of Christ for the merits of Christ and to the praise of Christ trample on Death being disarmed triumph over the Grave being overcome nay I expect that he and all others shall not onely be Conquerers but more than Conquerers Rom. 8.37 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1. More than Conquerers Because Conquerers in the World gain the Victory by power but we in weaknesse they by resisting but we by persisting they by kill ng but we by being killed it may be said of all that die for Christ that they are more than Conquerers because they cannot conquer but by being conquered 2. More than Conquerers because the Victory is so easily attained Christ fights and we get the Victory c. 3. More than Conquerers that is triumphant Conquerers such as reap the fruit of their Conquest The Apostle saith Cor. 9.2 He that gets the Mastery is tempera●e in all things He must be a well tempered man that must be a victorious man 1. Well tempered in his speeches not rash not censorious not quarrelsome not contentions then when he hath meanes and opportunity so to be 2. Well tempered too for his desires either to pleasures or profits to be free from luxury on one hand or avarice on the other hand When Riches increase not to set the heart on them and when they are multiplied not prodigally to waste them such a tempered man was the deceased There is also a very good temper which is temperamentum ad justitiam not in the Philosophers sense How ever he had many men to deal withall and that in many things know not the man alive that can tax him with any fraudulency or injustice (a) Agnos●unt omnes sani justitiam esse omnium moximum communissimumque bonum et postea apud philosophos totum chorum virtutum significat juxta versum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Illyr Clav. Iustitia est reddere unicuique quod suum est Tribue ergo tribus qua sua sunt superiori aequali inseriori c. Bern. And this truly is so excellent a virtue that all virtues towards men are often called Righteousnesse yea all graces are frequently termed by this name and therefore as Anselm sayes well Justice gives to every one according to their worth according to their condition to our Betters reverence to our Equals correspondence to our Inferiours favour to God obedience to our selves sobriety to our Enemies patience to the needy mercy And to such large promises are made in Scripture Prov. 2.21 The upright shall dwell in the Land But what dwelling shall he have Prov. 3.33 He blesseth the habitation of the just But with