CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

In the fourth general place, By this phrase is signified to us that death could not detain Christ in the grave, it could not hold him there so as to hinder his going to the Father; By this therefore we see Christ hath triumphed over the devil and sin with all the effects of it; The devil that prevailed by his Instruments to put him to death, would much more have kept him always in the grave, but his resurrection and ascension to heaven, there to be with the Father in glory signifieth that he hath now overcome all his enemies, and which is the godly mans comfort, all his enemies likewise, for Christ and the believer have the same enemies, if Christ overcome they overcome; The devil is Christs Enemy, and death was Christs Enemy as well as thine, and it's good to observe that death is called Christs Enemy, 1 Cor. 15. Christ shall put all his Enemies under his feet, The last Enemy that shall be destroyed is death; See then that death which is so terrible to thee which thou lookest on as an Enemy, it is Christs, and he hath overcome it; Oh then what glad tidings should this be in our ears, Christ hath ascended to the Father, for that is as much as to say, Neither sin, or devil, or grave could prevail over him, and therefore he hath fully discharged the work of a Redeemer, ⟨p. 293⟩he hath paid to the utmost farthing, so that the love and justice of God cannot but be satisfied by the atonement he hath made.

In the fourth general place, By this phrase is signified to us that death could not detain Christ in the grave, it could not hold him there so as to hinder his going to the Father; By this therefore we see Christ hath triumphed over the devil and sin with all the effects of it; The devil that prevailed by his Instrumens to put him to death, would much more have kept him alwaies in the grave, but his resurrection and ascension to heaven, there to be with the Father in glory signifieth that he hath now overcome all his enemies, and which is the godly mans comfort, all his enemies likewise, for Christ and the beleever have the same enemies, if Christ overcome they overcome; The devil is Christs Enemy, and death was Christs Enemy as well as thine, and it's good to observe that death is called Christs Enemy, 1 Cor. 15. Christ shall put all his Enemies under his feet, The last Enemy that shall be destroied is death; See then that death which is so terrible to thee which thou lookest on as an Enemy, it is Christs, and he hath overcome it; Oh then what glad tidings should this be in our ears, Christ hath ascended to the Father, for that is as much as to say, Neither sin, or devil, or grave could prevail over him, and therefore he hath fully discharged the work of a Redeemer,