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A treatise of death, the last enemy to be destroyed showing wherein its enmity…A treatise of death, the last enemy to be destroyed shewing wherein its enmity…
A treatise of death, the last enemy to be destroyed showing wherein its enmity consisteth and how it is destroyed : part of it was preached at the funerals [sic] of Elizabeth, the late wife of Mr. Joseph Baker ... / by Rich. Baxter ; with some few passages of the life of the said Mrs. Baker observed.A treatise of death, the last enemy to be destroyed shewing wherein its enmity consisteth and how it is destroyed : part of it was preached at the funerals [sic] of Elizabeth, the late wife of Mr. Joseph Baker ... / by Rich. Baxter ; with some few passages of the life of the said Mrs. Baker observed.
London: printed by R.W. for Nev. Simmons, 1660
Sermon › Section 9 › Application 7 › Direction 4: DIRECTION. IV.
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.
DIRECTION. IV.
Moreover, if you will conquer the enmity of death, do all that you can to increase and exercise the love of God in you. For love will so incline you to the blessed object of it, that Death will not be able to keep down the flame. Were God set as a seal upon our hearts, we should find that Love is as strong as death, and the coals thereof are coals of fire, •nd the flame is vehement: many waters cannot quench it, nor can the floods drown it, Cant. 8.6, 7. If carnal Love have made the amorous to choose death that they might passionately express it, especially when they have heard of the death of their beloved; and if natural fortitude and love to ⟨p. 125⟩their Country, have made many valiant men, though Heathens, to contemn death, and readily lay down their lives; and if the love of fame and vain glory in a surviving name, have caused many to die through pride: how much more will the powerful love of God, put on the soul to leave this flesh, and pass through death, that we may see his face, and fully enjoy the object of our love? So much as you love God, so much will you be above the terrors of the grave, and pass through death for the enjoyment of your beloved. Perfect Love casteth out fear: and h• •h•t feareth is not made perfect in l•ve: in death and judgement, we shall have boldness, if our love be perfect,