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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 13THE CVRE OF THE FEARE OF DEATH. › Chapter 13
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2. The body is not the man: 1the man remains still, though he be without the body. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, are proved to be living still, by our Saviour Christ, though their bodies were consumed in the earth; and God was their God still. It is true, Death seizeth on thy body; but a Christian, at the most, suffers ⟨p. 734⟩but aliquid mortis▪ a little of death.
2. The body is not the man: 1the man remaines still, though hee be without the body. Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob, are proued to be liuing still, by our Sauiour Christ, though their bodies were consumed in the earth; and God was their God still. It is true, Death seizeth on thy body; but a Christian, at the most, suffers ⟨p. 734⟩but aliquid mortis▪ a little of death.
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Death is like a Serpent; the Serpent must ea•e dust: now death therefore can feed upon no more but our dust, which is the body, it cannot touch the soul: whereas wicked men suffer the whole power of death, because it seizeth both upon body and soul too; and in their case only it is true, that death destroys a man.
Death is like a Serpent; the Serpent must ea•e dust: now death therefore can feed vpon no more but our dust, which is the body, it cannot touch the soule: whereas wicked men suffer the whole power of death, because it seizeth both vpon body and soule too; and in their case onely it is true, that death destroyes a man.