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…

Fourthly, though death set upon thee as thine enemy, and do bring thee down to the grave: yet shalt thou not fear to buckle with her, because in the end thou shalt get the mastery of her, as Michael did of the dragon. Reve. 12.9. And triumph over her by the power of God, Rom. 6.4. through faith in the death of Christ. Who by his rising from death, hath overcome these thy most mighty enemies, Sin, Death, and Hell: Rom. 8.32.33.34. and thereby assureth thee of the conquest over them, through him at the resurrection. 1. Cor. 15.12. For in that he suffered and was tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted. Heb. 2.18. And that he will, the scriptures affirm plainly of Christ the seed of the woman, that he shall break the head of the serpent. Gen. 3.15. He shall destroy death for ever. Isai. 25.8. And the Lord God saith by the Prophet Hoseas: I will redeem thee from the power of the grave, I will deliver ⟨p. 162⟩thee from death. O death, I will be thy death: O grave, I will be thy destruction. And Paul saith:¹ Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more death hath no more power over him. Who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel. Again it is written:² For as much as the children were partakers of the flesh and blood, he also, 1. Christ himself likewise took part with them, that he might destroy through death, him that had the power of death, that is, the devil. And that he might deliver all them, which for fear of death; were all their life time subject unto bondage. Heb. 2.14. Well therefore say the learned,