Doct. 2. The day of death is better then the birth day. This is not the speech, First, Of Job in misery, Job 3.3. Secondly. Of Jeremiah in passion, Jer. 20.14. but of Solomon in his repentance. This Solomon speaketh, not only of some extraordinary kinds of death, which have been of more public service, as the death of Christ, Joh. 12.32. Of Sampson, Judg. 16.30. Of the Martyrs, whose blood is, First, The glory of God, John 21.19. Secondly, the seed of the Church. But indefinitely and generally of the death of all or any. Better to the godly in regard, First, Of sin, which shall then be wholly subdued, Rom. 6.7. 1 Cor. 15.26. If sin continued after death, death were not the last enemy. But in birth we are borne in sin, Psal. 61.5. children of wrath, Eph. 2.3. Yea Newbirth leaveth much corruption still in us; we are borne in sin, but we dye in the Lord, Rev. 14.13. 1 Thes. 4.14. Secondly, Of misery, which attendeth Birth, Job. 14.1. & 5, 7. But death is an haven of rest after a sea of troublesome agitation and misery; Job 3.13, 14, & verse 21, 22. Rev. 14.13. Thirdly, Of grace which will then be perfected, Heb. 12.23. 1 Cor. 13.12. Jude 24. Ephes 5.27. Death is accounted an enemy to Nature, but is a friend to grace; we are borne unclean, Job 25.4. John 3.6. but we dye perfect. Fourthly, Of glory. Birth is the seed time of ⟨p. 117⟩corruption, Gal. 6.8. Death is the seed time of incorruption and glory, 1 Cor. 15.36, 42, 43, 44. Birth putteth us into the hands of Midwives, and other weak women: Death into the hands of the glorious and mighty Angels, Luke 16.22. Birth bringeth us forth into a valley of tears, Death into our Masters joy, Matth. 25.21. Birth into an estate of absence from the Lord, 2 Cor. 5.6. Death bringeth us into his presence, 1 Thes. 4.17. 1 John 3.2. Birth bringeth us to labour, Job 5.7. Death to rest, Rev. 14.13. even Sabbaths rest. Birth bringeth us into a larger and fairer world then our mothers womb: but death into a larger and fairer then this. The starry roose of this world is but the pavement of that. Better to the wicked in regard, First of others Prov. 11.10. Secondly, Of themselves, though it had been good for them not to be borne, Matth. 26.24. yet being borne, the sooner dead, 1. The less sin, 2. The less Punishment.
Doct. 2. The day of death is better then the birth day. This is not the speech, First, Of Job in misery, Job 3.3. Secondly. Of Jeremy in passion, Jer. 20.14. but of Solemon in his repentance. This Solomon speaketh, not only of some extraordinary kinds of death, which have been of more publike service, as the death of Christ, Ioh. 12.32. Of Sampson, Iudg. 16.30. Of the Martyrs, whose blood is, First, The glory of God, Iohn 21.19. Secondly, the seed of the Church. But indefinitely and generally of the death of all or any. Better to the godly in regard, First, Of sin, which shall then be wholly subdued, Rom. 6.7. 1 Cor. 15.26. If sin continued after death, death were not the last enemy. But in birth we are borne in sin, Psal. 61.5. children of wrath, Eph. 2.3. Yea Newbirth leaveth much corruption still in us; we are borne in sin, but we dye in the Lord, Rev. 14.13. 1 Thes. 4.14. Secondly, Of misery, which attendeth Birth, Iob. 14.1. & 5, 7. But death is an haven of rest after a sea of troublesome agitation and misery; Iob 3.13, 14, & verse 21, 22. Rev. 14.13. Thirdly, Of grace which will then be perfected, Heb. 12.23. 1 Cor. 13.12. Iude 24.
