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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 7: DIRECTION VII.
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DIRECTION VII.
Another help against the Enmity of Death, is the Crucifying of the flesh, with its affections and lusts: and the conquest of the world by the life of faith, and crucifying it by the Cross of Christ; and dying daily by the patient suffering of the Cross our selves. When we are loose from all things under the Sun, and there is nothing that entangleth our affections on earth, a great part of the difficulty is then removed. But death will tear the heart that is glued to any thing in this world. Possess therefore as if you possessed not, and rejoice as if you rejoiced not, and use the world as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world doth pass ⟨p. 133⟩away, I Cor. 7.29, 30, 31. It is much for the sake of our flesh that must perish, that death doth seem so bitter to us: If therefore we can throughly subdue the flesh, and live above its pleasure and desires, we shall the more easily bear its dissolution. Shut up your senses then a little more, and let your hearts grow stranger to this world; and if you have known any persons, relations, accommodations after the flesh, from henceforth know them so no more. How terrible is death to an earthly-minded man that had neglected his soul for a treasure here, which must then be dissipated in a moment? How easy is death to a heavenly-mind, that is throughly weaned from this world, and taketh it but for his pilgrimage or passage unto life, and hath made it the business of his days, to lay up for himself a treasure in heaven? He that ⟨p. 134⟩