Sermons upon death and eternal judgment

And of the possibility of the Resurrection, the circular and continual production of things in the World, is a clear demonstration of the Power of God for that effect. There is a pregnant Instance that our Saviour and the Apostle made use of as an Image of the Resurrection: A grain of Corn sowed in the Earth corrupts and dies, and after springs up entire: its death is a disposition to life. The essays of God's Power in the Works of returning Nature, Flowers and Fruits in their season, instruct us how easily he can make those that are in the dust to awake to life. If the Art of Man, whose power and skill […] ••rrow and limited, can ⟨p. 89⟩refine Gold and Silver to such a lustre, as if their matter were not ^‖Earth digged out of the Mines: If from black Cinders it can form Chrystal Glasses so clear and shining, how much more can Omnipotency recompact our dust, and reanimate it with a glorious life? Death that dissolves our vital frame, does not abolish the matter of our Bodies: and tho' 'tis corrupted and changed by a thousand accidents, yet 'tis unperishing; and under whatsoever Colours and Figures it appears, God perfectly discerns and will separate it for its proper use.

And of the possibility of the Resurrection, the circular and continual production of things in the World, is a clear demonstration of the Power of God for that effect. There is a pregnant Instance that our Saviour and the Apostle made use of as an Image of the Resurrection: A grain of Corn sowed in the Earth corrupts and dies, and after springs up entire: its death is a disposition to life. The essays of God's Power in the Works of returning Nature, Flowers and Fruits in their season, instruct us how easily he can make those that are in the dust to awake to life. If the Art of Man, whose power and skill 〈…〉 ••rrow and limited, can ⟨p. 89⟩refine Gold and Silver to such a luster, as if their matter were not ^‖Earth digged out of the Mines: If from black Cinders it can form Chrystal Glasses so clear and shining, how much more can Omnipotency recompact our dust, and reanimate it with a glorious life? Death that dissolves our vital frame, does not abolish the matter of our Bodies: and tho' 'tis corrupted and chang'd by a thousand accidents, yet 'tis unperishing; and under whatsoever Colours and Figures it appears, God perfectly discerns and will seperate it for its proper use.