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The marrow of the oracles of God. Or, divers treatisesThe marrovv of the oracles of God. Or, diuers treatises
The marrow of the oracles of God. Or, divers treatises containing directions about six of the weightiest things can concern a Christian in this life. by N. Bifield, late preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex.The marrovv of the oracles of God. Or, diuers treatises containing directions about sixe of the waightiest things can concerne a Christian in this life. by N. Bifield, late preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex.
London: printed by John Legatt, 1630
THE CURE OF THE FEAR OF DEATH. › Chapter 4THE CVRE OF THE FEARE OF DEATH. › Chapter 4
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.
9. The liberty of the soul in 1death may be set out by another similitude. The world is the Sea; our lives are like to many Galleys at Sea, tossed with continual Tides or Storms: our bodies ⟨p. 678⟩are Galley-slaves, put to hard service by the great Turk the Devil, who tyrannically, and by usurpation, doth forcibly command hard things. Now the soul within, like the heart of some ingenious Galley-slave, may be free, so as to loath that servitude, and inwardly de•est that tyran• but yet so long as it is tied to the body, it cannot get away. Now death comes like an unresistable Giant, and carries the Galleys to the shore, and dissolves them, and sets the prisoners free: And shall this glorious liberty of the soul be a matter of terror unto us? Had we rather be in captivity still?
9. The liberty of the soule in 1death may be set out by another similitude. The world is the Sea; our liues are like to many Gallies at Sea, tost with continuall Tides or Stormes: our bodies ⟨p. 678⟩are Gally-slaues, put to hard seruice by the great Turke the Diuell, who tyrannically, and by vsurpation, doth forcibly command hard things. Now the soule within, like the heart of some ingenious Gally-slaue, may be free, so as to loath that seruitude, and inwardly de•est that tyran• but yet so long as it is tyed to the body, it cannot get away. Now death comes like an vnresistable Gyant, and carries the Gallies to the shore, and dissolues them, and sets the prisoners free: And shall this glorious libertie of the soule be a matter of terror vnto vs? Had we rather be in captiuitie still?
- 19. Showed by another similitude.9. Shewed by another similitude.