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The happiness of those who sleep in Jesus, or, The benefit that comes to…The happinesse of those who sleep in Jesus, or, The benefit that comes to…
The happiness of those who sleep in Jesus, or, The benefit that comes to the dead bodies of the saints even while they are in the grave, sleeping in Jesus delivered in a sermon preached at the funeral of ... Lady Anne Waller, at the new church in Westminst[er], Oct. 31, 1661 : together with the testimony then given unto her / by Edm. Calamy ...The happinesse of those who sleep in Jesus, or, The benefit that comes to the dead bodies of the saints even while they are in the grave, sleeping in Jesus delivered in a sermon preached at the funeral of ... Lady Anne Waller, at the new church in Westminst[er], Oct. 31, 1661 : together with the testimony then given unto her / by Edm. Calamy ...
London: printed by J.H. for Nathanael Webb, 1662
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5. Christ hath conquered Death for him, he hath not only sweetened and sanctified it, but conquered it, according as it was fore prophesied, — I will ransom them from the Power of the Grave, 1I will redeem them from Death; O Death I will be thy Plagues; O Grave I will be thy Destruction. He hath led Captivity Captive, 2and death is one of those Captives, as well as the Devil. He hath disarmed Death, and taken away the Sting of it, so as to a man in Christ, death is a Serpent without a Sting. It is like the Viper which skipped upon S. Pauls Hand, 3which did not at all hurt him. It is like the Brazen Serpent, which though it had the shape of a Serpent, yet it had not the Nature of it, but was a healing, not a stinging Serpent. So is death to a Child of God. It is so far from hurting of him, that it is now by Christs death, become his greatest Advantage, and he may triumph over it, and say with the Ap. O Death, 4where is thy Sting? O Grave, where is thy Victory? the sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the Law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
5. Christ hath conquered Death for him, he hath not only sweetned and sanctified it, but conquered it, according as it was fore prophesied, — I will ransom them from the Power of the Grave, 1I will redeem them from Death; O Death I will be thy Plagues; O Grave I will be thy Destruction. He hath led Captivity Captive, 2and death is one of those Captives, as well as the Devil. He hath disarmed Death, and taken away the Sting of it, so as to a man in Christ, death is a Serpent without a Sting. It is like the Viper which skipt upon S. Pauls Hand, 3which did not at all hurt him. It is like the Brazen Serpent, which though it had the shape of a Serpent, yet it hadnot the Nature of it, but was a healing, not a stinging Serpent. So is death to a Child of God. It is so far from hurting of him, that it is now by Christs death, become his greatest Advantage, and he may triumph over it, and say with the Ap. O Death,