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A47541	A sermon preach'd at the funeral of The Right Honourable the Lady Guilford, Nov. 18, 1699 by John Knight ...	Knight, John, 1651-1712.	1700 (1700)	Wing K689; ESTC R1128	17,985	40

almost all Nations and all sorts of men by the Patriarchs and Magi by Jews and Gentiles by Philosophers of all Sects yea by Judas that betrayed him by the Judges that condemned him and by the Executioner that dispatch'd him for when he the Centurion i. e. the Heathen Officer who had the care of his Execution saw what was done he fear'd greatly saying Truly this was the Son of God Matt. 27.54 For he that was seen and felt to exercise such a power that put the Earth into Convulsions whilst he was dying upon the Cross left no room in any Infidel to doubt after that but he could also rend the Prison of the Grave as he did by a second Earth-quake at his powerful Resurrection Thus did he that suffer'd for our Sins to shew the efficacy of that Attonement rise again for the Justification both of it and us which makes our assurance of our Resurrection equal to that of his and that if we believe he is risen with the same certainty are we to believe that we shall For if there be no Resurrection of the Dead then neither is Christ risen as St. Paul argues 1 Cor. 15. Which brings me to my second Particular to be prov'd viz. The necessary Connexion between his and ours Christ is the head of that Body of which we are said to be members and by his Resurrection he hath begotten us to a lively hope of our own for if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the Dead dwell in you he that raised up Christ from the Dead shall also quicken your mortal Bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you Rom. 8.11 So that if Death had no more power over him who took upon him to expiate for our Sins which brought the punishment of Death upon us for Death was the consequent of our sinning not the fate of our Nature it must needs follow that it can have no more power over us otherwise our Punishment would remain after our Guilt is taken off which cannot be said without robbing God of the Attribute of his Justice as well as Christ of the Merits of his Cross Wherefore as by the first Adam came Death by the second came also the Resurrection of the Dead In short as I have above prov'd that the most undoubted Argument of Christ's Resurrection were the Prophecies that foretold it so have we the like assurance from the Declarations of God's Will concerning ours too And if there be no doubt of God's Power but that he is able there can be none of his purpose in this matter since he has assur'd us that he will and therefore we have now nothing to do but to believe it necessary Wherefore marvel not at this for the hour cometh in which all that are in the Grave shall hear his voice and come forth they that have done good unto the Resurrection of Life and they that have done evil unto the Resurrection of Damnation John 5.28 29. We may have leave and 't is indeed our duty to admire and adore the grace and efficacy of such an Operation but 't is unpardonable to wonder so as to suspect the certainty We may devoutly admire that Bodies so frail as ours should become subjects of Immortality And to hear how the Almighty Potter designs to form such lumps of Clay into everlasting Vessels of honour is one would think enough to perswade us in the mean time to reverence our Bodies more than to defile them by sensuality to oppress them by Intemperance and ruine them for a Lust Once more It justly may and ought to raise our wonder and devotion both to be told That 't is by his Power and Goodness we shall be rescued from the Grave who was himself by our inhumane Malice sent thither Is he to come and fetch us from the Grave who comes with Garments dyed in his own Blood and so brings with him the Remembrances of our Cruelty It is so and therefore as I said tho' we are forbid to marvel so as to distrust the faithfulness of his Promise or the omnipotence of his Power yet not to be affected with all astonishment and devotion at the consideration of it might be esteemed another Miracle And thus have I endeavoured with competent satisfaction I hope the discharge of my first task viz. the proof of this great Article of our Faith tho' considering there are still some Atheistical Gainsayers that except against the Article and the Proof of it I must be obliged to pay some deference to them especially since they distinguish themselves by their Numbers and by their Wit by their polite Manners and politer Learning Nay they say these Heathens boast the Reverse of Tertullian's Apology for the Christians and tell us that they fill our Courts our Camps and our chiefest Cities But what occasion soever there is for so impudent a Vapour let those that are most concerned in the reproach on 't look to 't mean while I return to what these Gentlemen except against And 1. They tell us that this Doctrine was never generally receiv'd but men of the acutest wit and deepest judgment always opposed it and even as early as it was publickly attempted to be imposed upon their credulity Among the Greeks the Epicureans and Stoicks derided it and among the Jews the Saducees obstinately denyed it as appears 1 Cor. 15. and Acts 17.18 Ans True this is and let our Infidels make the most on 't And after all it will appear that they were but some among the Corinthians i. e. some odd inconsiderable Folk a despicable Sect among the Jews but of late date and short continuance whom the Learned Historian of their own Age and Nation describes as very contemptible for their Numbers and their Manners So also in the other Instance they were not all the Schools of Athens but certain of the Epicureans and Stoicks as if not all these neither But whoever reads Epicurus their Master's Epistle to Herodotus apud Diog. Laert. will not wonder his Scholars and Successors should affirm any thing absurdly or deny what may be evidently prov'd true since he there asserts the Infinity of Bodies and calls it Dotage to assert the Soul incorporeal which Pythagoras a greater than he and his Predecessor in the same School very rationally affirm'd So that these Exceptions rather confirm the Doctrine than make any valuable Objection against it And indeed of extraordinary use they prov'd in his Almighty Hand who can bring Light out of Darkness for it was thro' the senseless Incredulity and Pertness of these few Men that the Arguments were multiply'd in defence of the Doctrine 'till it became establisht so as to be impossible to shake it For tho' the Corinthians Infidelity was occasion'd by a foolish Enquiry into the manner how the dead were rais'd And with what Body do they come Yet the acute Argument the Apostle brought to satisfie those Fools and to solve the mysterious Phaenomenon so far as to take off