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spirit_n	body_n	dwell_v	life_n	5,689	5	5.1352	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60704	A sermon preached upon the thirtieth of January, 1694/5, in the parish of S. in the county of Norfolk by Samuel Snowden ...	Iraeneus, junior.	1695 (1695)	Wing S4397; ESTC R38262	21,975	34

viz. 2ly That considering Men in their best capacities or advantages of power and interest yet they are not proper objects of our trust and dependance We may catch hold upon these twigs but they cannot bear our weight or keep us from sinking when the Waters of Mara over-flow our Banks or run over our Heads All their power and interest are but faint and feeble things ineffectual expedients to save either themselves or others 'T is true they may by great and swelling Titles be dignified and distinguished from others but these are but magni nominis umbroe And who can sit under those shadows and be safe They are bubbles tunned with Air which with the Breath of God's Nostrils are presently staved and stifled and in a moment blasted so as never to appear For when the Breath of God goeth forth theirs is stopp'd and they return to the Earth from whence they were taken But I shall give some particular reasons to prove that they are not sufficient objects of our trust And here I shall shoot no other Arrows or Arguments than which we find in the quiver of the Text. The Crowns of Princes may adorn their Heads but can never secure either theirs or ours from falling They may sparkle with Diamonds and be inrich'd with Jewels but they are Pearls of no very great price upon this account seeing Man in his best estate is altogether vanity Psal 39.5 1st They are not fit to be relied upon because they cannot help nor relieve us And then what need we any other proof We have heard the Lord's own words Trust not in Princes nor in the Son of Man in whom there is no help So that all surther arguments are superseded if this be justified which will not be difficult to do whilst it appears that the Crowns of Princes are not placed so high as to be out of Gun-shot or above the reach of those miseries which are incident to the rest of Mankind There Persons are not peculiars or that can plead the prerogative of Exemption from those temptations and trials which afflict others If so their name would be a strong tower and those who are in distress might flee to it and be safe but this have proved a weak resuge unto others whilst they have not been able to secure themselves from the strivings of the People Jan. 30. As the sad theme of this day is no weak evidence for the anointed of the Lord was taken in their net who said we will not have this Man rule over us but brought him and slew him at the gates of his Palace How low were the five Kings of the Amorites laid when the Captains of Joshua set their feet upon their * Josh 10.24 necks Nor could the Imperial Crown which Frederick wore defend him from the insult of Pope Alexander who was basely trampled on by his holiness or haughtiness rather perverting holy writ to an unintended Sense Thou shalt tread upon the Lion and Adder the young Lion and the Dragon thou shalt trample under thy feet Psal 91.13 How then can they cover us with their feathers or under their Wings can we trust How can they be a strong tower to us from the faces of our Enemies who themselves are too often exposed to their fury and become a prey to their revenge It might be well enough said concerning Saul How shall this Man save us who could not secure himself upon the Throne but had his Kingdom rent from him like the skirt of his Garment Shall we then lean against a bowing Wall or tottering Fence which are so little able to support us that they cannot be a sufficient stay to their own shaking States or declining Empires Let us therefore cease from Men who though they be tunned full with popular air yet their breath is in their nostrils which presently goes forth and they return to the Earth which induces the second Argument 2ly Viz. That it is not wisedom to confide in the greatest Men because they are mortal and must die Who would hang too much weight upon that silver Cord which is so presently loosed or fill their Pitcher with any precious liquor which is so unexpectedly broken at the Fountain leaving all our expectation and hope like water spilt upon the ground never to be retrieved or gathered up again For Man dies his breath goes forth that is the Soul departs and his body returns to the Earth being then reduced to its first original for dust it was Ecal. 12.7 and to dust it shall return in which repository it is only fit to be laid and buried out of our sight Or perhaps the words may be thus read The breath goes forth but never returns Egredietur flatus ejus Cald. Paraphr respiration ceaseth the motion of the spirits and circulation of the blood is for ever stopt upon which stagnation of the humours the body presently stinks and is corrupt fit for nothing but its long home and common receptacle where it is reduced to its first Principle Eccl. 12.7 Then shall the dust return to the Earth as it was and the spirit to God who gave it Nor is it long to this period we have not far to travel before we come to the grave the knot which is tied upon the thread of Life is easily and presently loosed We dwell in Cottages that are of Clay but we have no lease of them or if we had 't is the Owner not the Tenant which prescribes the term of it which is not spun out to any great length For yet a little while and ye shall see us and yet a little while and ye shall not see us because we are going to our long home And no wonder for whilst we live we may be said to die daily we being no sooner quit from the Womb but we are hasting to the Tomb. Our Sun being like that in the Firmament which from its first rising is immediately posting towards its declension and fall only with this difference that this never goes down till it hath run its race and finish'd its course for though it may be sometimes accidentally eclipsed yet it recovers its light and lustre again keeping itself always above-board till the shadows of the Evening be drawn over it When ours many times sets before 't is well up or when it is in its highest exaltation or vertical point of health and strength age or honour sinks into the place of darkness and goes down into the Land of Forgetfullness As the decease of our late Gracious Queen is too sad and pertinent an instance Which comes to pass first from the nature of our Constitution and State we are made of heavy Clay which hath always a tendency and inclination downward and would drop into the Earth from whence it came that being the hole of the pit from whence we are digged if the constant kindness and care of Heaven did not prevent the fall The Beams of our own timber have those