A44680:65
A funeral sermon on the death of that pious gentlewoman Mrs. Judith Hamond Late…
A funeral sermon on the death of that pious gentlewoman Mrs. Judith Hamond Late wife of the Reverend Mr. George Hamond, minister of the Gospel in London. By John Howe, minister of the same Gospel.
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1696
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
3dly. This saying should be Monitory to us. (As it is a Credible, as it is a Comfortable, so it is a Monitory saying also). Death shall be swallowed up in victory. This said in reference to some, (which cannot be meant as to all), So great a thing, spoken with restriction, ought to make them of whom it is not meant, look about them! With what solicitude should we concern our selves, to be at a certainty! Am I one of them, in reference to whom Death shall be swallowed up in such a Victory?
It should awaken us to consider, Have we made our Interest sure in our Lord Jesus Christ, that great Prince and Lord of Life. He that hath the Son hath life. 'Tis Eternal Life that is spoken of in that Context, 1 Joh. 5. 11, 12. This is the record that God hath given us, eternal life; and this life is in his Son; That is, this Eternal Life. He that hath the Son, hath [this] Life, he that hath not the Son, hath not [this] Life. Spiritual Life, and Eternal Life, are all one, all of a piece; the same in nature and kind. The One will grow up into the other.
That Life only is here meant, that will be Eternal Life. To the same sense is that, He that believeth ⟨p. 25⟩in me, shall never dye, Joh. 11. 26. These are plain words. He hath a life in him that is Immortal, Sacred, and not liable to be touched. It was before said, They that believe in him, if dead, shall live, ver. 25▪ But not only that, but 'tis further added, they that believe in him shall never dye; If dead, they shall live; If they