Lastly, That this victory will not be gradual only, but total and entire. Every thing of Mortality, that was Hanging about these glorious Victors, shall be ⟨p. 31⟩swallowed up in perfect, and in endless Life. Death is unstung first, disarmed, and then easily overcome. Its sting is said to be Sin, the deadliest thing in Death. A plain further proof (by the way) the Apostle intended Death also, in the moral Sense. And the insulting Enquiry, Where is it? implies 'tis not any where to be found, and signifies a total abolition of it; and, by consequence, must infer that every thing of Death besides, must (as to them) for ever cease, and be no more. Which also the Phrase of swallowing up, doth with great Emphasis express. And this completes the vindication of Providence, i. e. in this whole Affair; and not only vindicates, but magnifies the conduct of the Supreme Disposer of all things. For by this means, as his Wisdom, Power and Goodness, are most highly illustrated, so the trial of his Peoples Faith (the great Instrument of this their Victory, as well as of that over the world, 1 Joh. 5. 4) is found unto praise, honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ, 1 Pet. 4. 7. And they find, what, by patient continuance in well-doing, they were enjoined to seek, (which shows they were not vainly put upon so noble a pursuit) Honour, Glory, Immortality, to their actual attainment of Eternal Life, Rom. 2. 7.
Lastly, That this victory will not be gradual only, but total and entire. Every thing of Mortality, that was Hanging about these glorious Victors, shall be ⟨p. 31⟩swallowed up in perfect, and in endless Life. Death is unstung first, disarm'd, and then easily overcome. Its sting is said to be Sin, the deadliest thing in Death. A plain further proof (by the way) the Apostle intended Death also, in the moral Sense. And the insulting Enquiry, Where is it? implies 'tis not any where to be found, and signifies a total abolition of it; and, by consequence, must infer that every thing of Death besides, must (as to them) for ever cease, and be no more. Which also the Phrase of swallowing up, doth with great Emphasis express. And this compleats the vindication of Providence, i. e. in this whole Affair; and not only vindicates, but magnifies the conduct of the Supreme Disposer of all things. For by this means, as his Wisdom, Power and Goodness, are most highly illustrated, so the trial of his Peoples Faith (the great Instrument of this their Victory, as well as of that over the world, 1 Joh. 5. 4) is found unto praise, honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ, 1 Pet. 4. 7. And they find, what, by patient continuance in well-doing, they were enjoyn'd to seek, (which shews they were not vainly put upon so noble a pursuit) Honour, Glory, Immortality, to their actual attainment of Eternal Life, Rom. 2. 7.
