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The natural mans case stated, or, An exact map of the little world man…The naturall mans case stated, or, An exact map of the little world man…
The natural mans case stated, or, An exact map of the little world man considered in both his capacities, either in the state of nature or grace / as is laid down in XVII sermons by that late truly orthodox divine, Mr. Christopher Love ... ; whereunto is annexed The saints triumph over death, being his funeral sermon, by that painful labourer in the Lords vineyard, Mr. Tho. Manton ...The naturall mans case stated, or, An exact map of the little world man considered in both his capacities, either in the state of nature or grace / as is laid down in XVII sermons by that late truely orthodox divine, Mr. Christopher Love ... ; whereunto is annexed The saints triumph over death, being his funeral sermon, by that painful labourer in the Lords vineyard, Mr. Tho. Manton ...
London: printed by E. Cotes for George Eversden, 1652
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.
What remaineth then, but that we dye by faith as well as live by faith, but that we welcome death with confidence, and breath out our souls in triumph? Moses when he took up the Serpent in his hand, 'twas but a rod, death thus welcomed and entertained by faith will prove at most but a correction, yea rather a blessing of the Covenant, a means of passage into glory.
One thing I had almost forgotten, to press you to thankfulness to Christ: Oh bless your Redeemer, that hath delivered you from the fear of death, admire his love and condescension, that he should come down from heaven and substitute himself into our room and place, and take the horrors of death into his own soul; 'tis said, Mat. 20: 28. The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many; Christ was a Prince by birth, heir of all things, yet he came not in the pomp and equipage of a Prince, if he had come in state to visit us, and to deliver comfort to us by word of mouth, it had been much; but Christ came not in this way, not in the pomp of a Prince, but the form of a servant to minister to our necessities, and that in the highest way of self-denial, he gave his life as a ransom for many; other Princes are lavish of their subjects blood, and care not how many lay down their lives for them, many give ⟨p. 33⟩their lives as a ransom for the Prince, but here 'tis quite otherwise, this Prince layeth down his life to redeem the subjects, and he suffered death that it might not be terrible and destructive to us, Oh blessed be the Lord Jesus Christ for this love for evermore.
One thing I had almost forgotten, to presse you to thankfulnesse to Christ: Oh blesse your Redeemer, that hath delivered you from the fear of death, admire his love and condescension, that he should come down from heaven and substitute himself into our room and place, and take the horrours of death into his own soul; 'tis said, Mat. 20: 28