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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	dead_a	death_n	quicken_v	3,267	5	10.4250	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87797	The grand statute: or The law of death unalterable; opened and applied in a sermon preached May 11. 1660. At the funerals of that pious, useful, and much lamented gent. Mr. John Cope in the parish-church of St. Mary-Bothaw London. By John Kitchin, M.A. minister of St. Mary-Abchurch London.	Kitchin, John.	1660 (1660)	Wing K655; Thomason E1040_17; ESTC R207918	25,041	39

not made with hands 2 Cor. 5.1 4. A better manner we have their offerings were repeated and that often to note their imperfection every year new offerings ver 25. The high Priest entred into the holy place every year with the blood of others but our offering is but once and once for all not towards the end of the year but towards the end of the world verse 26. with 25. Nor yet that he should offer himself often for then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself And this he proves and illustrates in the two last verses 1. Laying down his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 for his medium and proof in the words of my Text. As it is appointed unto men once to die 2. Applying his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 for his illustration in the words following So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many c. q. d. There 's no man dies any more than once but our offering and sacrifice is a man the blood of Christ God-man therefore he must and can die but once It is appointed unto man once to die but after this judgment In the words there are two of those quatuor novissima Mors Judicium Gloria Gehenna Bern. in Se●m two of those four last things that the Ancients have advised us often to remember and consider Death Judgment Considera tres re non venies in transgressionem unde veneris è sordibus quo tandem sis abiturus inpulverem coram quo rationem es red diturus coram Sanct. Ben. R●f Akiba Particutare sigillatim statim dum moriuntur Carthus Heaven Hell here are two of them not only named but stated 1. The certainty of Death after sin He hath appeared to put away sin as it is appointed unto men once to die 2. The Celerity of Judgement after Death but after this Judgement 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 immediatè post as the phrase imports John 19.38 I le handle the first of these only The certainty of Death It is appointed c. Wherein you have three Doctrines observable 1. Death is the Lot and portion of all men sooner or later first or last It is appointed unto men to die 2. Death comes but once to men naturally It is appointed unto men once to die 3. Death ever comes by and never comes but by Gods appointment It is appointed unto men c. I shall God willing handle them all and therefore I can but paraphrase upon each particular 1. Doct. Death is the lot and portion of all men sooner or later for the evidence of which we must know that there is a threefold death mentioned in Scripture Mors triplex est Culpae Gratiae Naturae Ambr. lib. 5. in Luc. 1 A sinful death 2. A spiritual death 3. A penal death adeath of grace which is sinful a death of sin which is gracious and spiritual a death of the person which is penal or there is 1. A death in sin 2. A death to sin 3. A death for sin 1. A death sin sin Ephes 2.1 You hath he quickned who were dead in sins and this is a sad death this is a woful death many are thus dead and no body misses them no body knows them no body laments them saying ah my brother or ah sister ah my wife or ah husband Jer. 22.18 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Philo lib. de profugis ah my Lord or ah his glory there are thousands of these walking ghosts go up and down the streets every day and that without observation such a one was she as merry as she was 1 Tim. 5.6 The widow that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth the husband is dead the husband is dead every one knows that Oh but look to 't for Gods sake look to 't the widow may bedead also if she be not careful and watchful the widow that lives in pleasure is dead yea twice dead Jude 12. 2. A death to sin as Barzillai was dead to Davids Courtship to whom all his royal and pompous entertainment would seeme but as dry and saplesse things 2 Sam. 19.35 Can I discerne betweene good and evil Can thy servant taste what I eate or what I drink Can I hear any more the voice of singing-men or singing-women He was dead ey'd to his Pageants and dead pallated to his banquets and dead ear'd to his musick so dead to pride and dead to lust and dead to covetousnesse dead to the world and dead to self c. and this now is a good death this is a right 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 indeed this is an happy death Sneton in Augusto and oh that every living soul in the Congregation was thus dead oh that this Fvneral Sermon might be the Funeral of all your lusts this you have mentioned in Colos 3.3 for ye are dead i. e. dead to sin and in Rom. 6.2 so expounded How shall we that are dead to sinne live any longer therein 3. A death for sin the work turn'd into wages 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Basil Soluc Orat. 4. the crime made the punishment Rom. 6.23 The wages of sin is death Rom. 6.21 The end of sin is death Culpa morique fuit paena morique fuit Death was our sin and it was fit Sin should be punished by it Now this last death is twofold or at least in reference to the subject thereof to be doubly considered 1. The death of the Surety or the death of Christ for us and this is a glorious death this is a Christians triumphant death we can boast of this death against all the world against all the Divels in Hell against all accusations of conscience against all exactions of Justice 2 Sam. 11.17 this will smooth the wrinckles of Gods brow and appease his anger and indignation as that of Uriah's did Davids Uriah the Hittite is dead also that pleased David so Christ our Sacrifice is dead also and that pleases God Rom. 8.33 34. Who shall lay any thing to the charge of Gods Elect It is God that justifieth Who is he that condemneth It is Christ that died Nay we can boast of this death even against death it self O death where 's thy sting O grave where 's thy victory thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ 1 Cor. 15.55 57. There are two parts of that triumphant 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sung accordingly by both parts of a Saint O death where 's thy sting that the soul sings O grave where 's thy victory that the body sings Thanks be to God which giveth us the victory that both sing over the sting of death by sanctification over the stroke of death by resurrection and both through the death of Christ who by death has slain death as the * Hydrus est animal habitans

God of death fear him that has power to cast into Hell I say unto you fear him This consideration carried Luther on so vigorously and undauntedly in his work of Reformation Quid si me occidat Papa aut damnet ultra Tartara Occisum non suscitabit ut bis iterum occidat Luther Tom. 2 mihi p 270. that he could die but once and he mattered not for their cruelty and persecution what will the Pope do sayes he writing to his Father in his book de votis Monasticis perhaps he will kill me but potestne resuscitare can he raise me again to kill me a second time and so to slaughter me ore and ore again no that 's my Comfort Christians death is like an huge Monster that overthrows himself at one blow by his own bulk and striking once he can never recover himself for a second blow Come come said that precious Minister on Tower-hill 't is but one blow and then we are in Heaven wah fear not Christians death has but one blow and let him do his worst 2. It serves to instigate our care of death if we must die but once sure then we should labour to die well this should provoke us to be careful how we die that which is but once done methinks that should be well done of all Contracts you 'l look to your Marriage for that 's supposed to be but once done so it will be your wisdom to look to your dying for that 's but once in all your life you cannot correct your former death by an after-dying if you do not live well you may happily live better but if you do not die well there 's no second Edition of death Paraeus in loc and this is Paraeus his hint upon the place si semel tantum moriendum ut semel pie moriamur operam demus do it well saith he for you must never do it more Beloved to die well is 1. To die twice we use to say that which is well done is twice done and here Christians that must be twice done that 's well done you must first die unto sin Haec sunt que faciunt invi●●● mori 1 Sam 25.37 before you can well die unto nature if your lusts be not dead before you die your hearts will be dead when you come to die and you 'l have no heart to die Nabal his heart was dead when he came to die why he had living lusts and therefore he had a dead heart oh look to the work of Mortification those sins are deadly Quid saciet homo ut vivat mortificabit seipsum quid faciet homo ut mo●iatur vivificabit seipsam Rabbini apud Buxtorf that are not dead they are mortal if they are not mortified the life of thy lusts must go for the life of thy soul Come come be not so foolishly pitiful to yong Absolom the gentlier thou handlest thy darling and bosom-lust the more it will prick and sting and wound thy conscience one day if thou wouldst die quietly safely comfortably do not threaten thy lusts or restrain them a little but kill them stab them thy life must go for theirs else no meeting of the first death and no freedom from the second death without a part in the first resurrection Col. 3.3 Ye aredead and your life is hid with Christ in God but you are dead first 2. To die well is To have nothing to do but to die when you come to die Says the Prophet to Hezekiah Set thine house in order for thou must die Isa 38.1 q.d. let every thing be done let all thy business be dispatcht let there be nothing wanting to entertain death alas Christians how much are mens houses and how much are mens hearts out of order usually when death approaches many men have every thing to do when they come to die then send for the Minister then receive the Sacrament then restore the bribe never before every thing to do when they come to die Poor souls is your glass run and your sun set and all your work to do what is your sick-bed made of brass and your cords of iron that it must bear the burden of your whole life Mat. 6.34 when sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof Does your pain require all your groans and have you any left for your sin 't is egregious deceit Eccles 9.10 Whatsoever thine hand findeth to do do it with thy might Dum polles viribus or as the Syriack has it do it whilest thou hast might do it vigorously and do it speedily repent and repent heartily and quickly reform and reform vigorously and speedily for there is no work nor device nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave whither thou goest 3. To die well is To be sure to live well we must not think to have Lazarus's death and Dives's life like him in Plutarch that would live with Croesus as he said but he would die with Socrates no Balaams wishes are foolish and fruitless Numb 23.10 if you would die well Christians you must have a care to live well qualis vita finis ita if you would die quietly you must live strictly if you would die comfortably you must live conformably if you would die happily you must live holily Mark the perfect man and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace Psalm 37.37 Doctr. 3. Death ever comes by and never comes but by Gods appointment 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 It is appointed unto men to die Statutum est nimir●m fixo imm bili indispensabili Dei decr●to A Lapide statutum est it is the Satute-Law of Heaven more firm then the Medes and Persians 't is no Ordinance or Temporary Sanction that time may abrogate but 't is an Act and Statute of the supream Legislator never to be repeal'd All our deaths with all the circumstances thereof when where how why they are all foreknown and fore-appointed by God Thou turnest man to destruction says Moses and sayst return ye children of men Psal 90.3 whoever may be the inst●ument 't is God alone that is the chief Agent in life and death he has potestatem necis vitae he spake at first and the creature was made he does but speak again Dicta Dei sunt facta verb● Dei sunt opera Greg. and 't is destroyed thou turnest viz. in that thou sayst Return if a Sparrow cannot fall to the ground without Gods appointment surely then not a body to the grave for ye are of more value than many Sparrows Mat. 10.29 Ver. 31. T is an excellent Note that Expositors give from that Zech. 6. the three first verses of the vision of Chariots of red horses and black horses and white horses and bay horses coming out from between two brazen mountains I turned and lift up mine eyes and looked and behold says the Prophet there came four Chariots out from between two Mountains Montes sunt duo