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subdue_v death_n for_o we_o and_o say_v o_o death_n i_o will_v be_v thy_o death_n and_o we_o may_v now_o triumph_v over_o death_n in_o the_o strength_n of_o christ_n and_o say_v with_o our_o apostle_n o_o death_n where_o be_v thy_o sting_n jesus_n christ_n overcome_v death_n by_o die_v nay_o more_o by_o death_n he_o destroy_v not_o death_n only_o but_o he_o also_o who_o have_v power_n over_o death_n the_o devil_n heb._n 7.14_o our_o captain_n have_v conquer_v our_o enemy_n at_o his_o own_o weapon_n he_o have_v catch_v this_o mighty_a hunter_n in_o his_o own_o snare_n he_o yield_v only_o to_o death_n to_o take_v advantage_n against_o death_n yea_o therefore_o lay_v he_o down_o his_o life_n that_o death_n may_v no_o long_o live_v therefore_o say_v st._n chrysostom_n we_o do_v not_o believe_v that_o christ_n be_v dead_a in_o death_n but_o we_o believe_v that_o death_n be_v dead_a in_o christ_n death_n that_o greedy_a whale_n dare_v venture_v to_o devour_v christ_n jesus_n our_o ionas_n who_o be_v cast_v into_o the_o sea_n of_o the_o world_n that_o the_o storm_n and_o tempest_n of_o the_o devil_n and_o sin_n may_v cease_v but_o yet_o he_o be_v preserve_v alive_a in_o the_o fish_n belly_n in_o the_o belly_n of_o hell_n in_o the_o jaw_n of_o death_n that_o he_o may_v preach_v repentance_n to_o the_o ninive_n of_o the_o church_n this_o great_a whale_n death_n swallow_v the_o bait_n of_o christ_n humanity_n but_o the_o hook_n of_o his_o divinity_n entangle_v she_o and_o make_v she_o vomit_v up_o her_o bowel_n bait_v and_o all_o death_n design_v to_o have_v swallow_v christ_n and_o leave_v he_o in_o darkness_n and_o obscurity_n but_o death_n itself_o be_v swallow_v up_o in_o victory_n the_o serpent_n death_n be_v bold_a to_o sting_v our_o saviour_n but_o he_o make_v he_o lose_v his_o sting_n for_o his_o labour_n so_o that_o in_o his_o name_n we_o may_v now_o cheerful_o ask_v oh_o death_n where_o be_v thy_o sting_n the_o sting_n of_o death_n be_v sin_n 1_o cor._n 15.56_o 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