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A godly treatise, entitled the view and down-fall of pride Wherein is declared the…A godlie treatise, intituled the view and down-fall of pride Wherein is declared the…
A godly treatise, entitled the view and down-fall of pride Wherein is declared the cause of Babylons destruction, and Nebuchadnezzars subversion. Set forth by William Wheatley Master of Art, and preacher of Gods word.A godlie treatise, intituled the view and down-fall of pride Wherein is declared the cause of Babylons destruction, and Nabuchadnezzars subuersion. Set forth by William Wheatley Maister of Art, and preacher of Gods word.
London: printed by Thomas Creed for John Deane and John Baily, 1602London: printed by Thomas Creed for Iohn Deane and Iohn Baily, 1602
Part 2 › Chapter 12: Who fear not death.Part 2 › Chapter 12: Who feare not death.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Now there is an other sort of men, unto whom death is never terrible, but most heartily welcome: And these are those spiritual minded men, the number whereof is but small: Math. 7.14. which have the seal of the living God in their foreheads. Reve. 7.3. Whose names are written in the Lambs book of life. Which have made their long robes white in the blood of the Lamb. These have the spirit of the living God, by which they are sealed unto the day of redemption: and are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, because the spirit of God dwelleth in them. Which spirit beareth witness unto our spirits,1 that we are the children of God, and heirs annexed with Christ: if so be that we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him, or else not. For after death, there is a separation of the soul from God into hell only, Math. 7.23. Which ⟨p. 145⟩the learned do call the death of the soul: and the Evangelist John, 2The second death. Quam omnes patiuntur, qui periculorum metu fidem abnegant, & mundo sese conforms reddunt: 3Which all souls do suffer, that for fear of dangers do deny the faith, and fashion themselves like unto the world. But the Saints of God are free, being justified by faith, and are at peace with God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. And they do show forth their faith by their works, being borne anew, not of mortal seed, but of immortal: by the word of God, who liveth and endureth for ever. And these being strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might, do cast away the works of darkness, and put upon them the armour of light; even the whole armour of God, by which they are able to resist in the evil day; and having finished all things they stand fast. For their heart (as the Prophet saith) believeth in the Lord, and they are not afraid to meet with their enemy in the gate. Therefore if death come, or the devil, or whatsoever, they fear not. For who shall lay any thing ⟨p. 146⟩