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A heavenly cordial for all those servants of the Lord that have had the…
A heavenly cordial for all those servants of the Lord that have had the plague ... , or, Thirteen divine maxims, or conclusions, in respect of the pestilence which may be as so many supports, comforts and refreshing springs, both to the visited and preserved people of God in this present day : also ten arguments to prove that in times of common calamity the people of God do stand upon the advantage ground as to their outward preservation and protection ... : also eight reasons why some of the precious servants of the Lord have fallen by the pestilence in this day of the Lords anger / by Thomas Brooks.A heavenly cordial for all those servants of the Lord that have had the plague ... , or, Thirteen divine maximes, or conclusions, in respect of the pestilence which may be as so many supports, comforts and refreshing springs, both to the visited and preserved people of God in this present day : also ten arguments to prove that in times of common calamity the people of God do stand upon the advantage ground as to their outward preservation and protection ... : also eight reasons why some of the precious servants of the Lord have fallen by the pestilence in this day of the Lords anger / by Thomas Brooks.
London : Printed for and are to be sold by John Hancock, 1666
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The Thirteenth and last Divine §13Maxim or Conclusion, is this, Viz.
The Thirteenth and last Divine §13Maxime or Conclusion, is this, Viz.
That though the godly are not delivered from the plague, yet they are still delivered by the plague; by it they shall be delivered from all their sins.
Death is not Mors hominis, but Mors peccati; not the death of the man, but the death of his sin. When Sampson died, the Philistines died together with him; so when a believer dies (be it by the pestilence or any other disease) his sin dies with him. As death came in by sin, so sin goes out by death. As the worm kills the worm that bred it, so death kills sin that bred it. The Persians had a certain day in the year, wherein they used to kill all serpents and venomous ⟨p. 79⟩creatures; such a day as that will the day of death be to every believer. When the pestilence hath put a period to a Christians days, then he shall never be proud more, nor passionate more, nor unbelieving more, nor worldly more, nor neglective of duty more, nor grieve the spirit of God more, nor wound Conscience more, nor break his peace with God more, nor sad the hearts of the righteous more, nor open the mouth of blasphemy more; the death of the body shall quite destroy the body of death: so that as sin was the Midwife that brought death into the world, so death shall be the grave that shall bury sin in. When the pestilence takes away a godly man, it doth not take him away in his sins, but it takes him way from his sins. And as death, as the pestilence (where it kills) rids the believer of all his sins, so 'twill rid him of all his troubles. Death cures all diseases, the aching head, and the unbelieving heart; Ultimus morborum medicus mors. At Stratford-Bow