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A Golden Chain
A golden chain: or The description of theology containing the order of the causes of salvation and damnation, according to Gods word. A view whereof is to be seen in the table annexed. Hereunto is adjoined the order which M. Theodore Beza used in comforting afflicted consciences.A golden chaine: or The description of theologie containing the order of the causes of saluation and damnation, according to Gods word. A view whereof is to be seene in the table annexed. Hereunto is adioyned the order which M. Theodore Beza vsed in comforting afflicted consciences.
Cambridge: printed by John Legat, 1600Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legat, 1600
Chapter 25 › The affirmative part.Chapter 25 › The affirmatiue part.
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The examples of the Patriarchs, and other holy personages. Abraham buried Sarah. Gen. 23.19. Jacob is buried by his sons. Gen. 50.12. Steven by religious and devout men. Act. 8.2. III. The Lords own approbation of burial, in that he numbereth it amongst his benefits. For the want thereof is a curse. Jer. 22.19. He (uz. Jehoiakim) shall be buried as an ass is buried, even drawn and cast forth without the gates of Jerusalem. Therefore rather then Moses should be unburied, the Lord himself did bury him. Deut. 34.5,6. Moses the servant of the Lord died in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. And he buried him in a valley, in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor, but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. IV. There is no dead carcass so loathsome as man is, the which both argueth the necessity of burial, and how ugly we are in the sight of God, by reason of sin. V. The body must rise again out of the earth, that it may be made a perpetual mansion house for the soul to dwell in. VI. The bodies of the faithful are the temples of the holy Ghost, & therefore must rise again to glory. VII. Burial is a testimony of the love and reverence we bear to the deceased. A funeral ought to be solemnized after an honest and civil manner: namely, agreeable to the nature, and credit as well of those which remain alive, as ⟨p. 80⟩them which are dead. Concerning the living, they must see that I. their mourning be moderate, and such, as may well express their affection and love to the party departed. Joh. 11.34. He said, Where have ye laid him? they answered, Lord, come and see. •5. Then Jesus wept. And (vers. 36.) the Jews said, Behold how he loved him. II. They must avoid superstition, and not surmise that funeral ceremonies are available to the dead. Such are the rites of the Church of Rome; as to be buried in a Church, especially under the altar, and in a Friars cool. III. They ought to take heed of superfluous pomp and solemnities. For of all ostentations of pride, that is most foolish, to be boasting of a loathsome and a deformed corps. Isaiah 22. 15, 16. Thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Go, get thee to that treasurer, to Shebnah the steward of the house, and say, What hast thou to do here? and whom hast thou here?