An interest in this Covenant was the living comfort of dying David, He hath made with me an everlasting Covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make not my House to grow, 2 Sam. 23.5. Mark how the pious King draws all the Wine which made his heart glad (in one of his last hours) from this Pipe. Death is one of the sourest things in the World, and such things require much sugar to make them sweet. David found so much honey in the Covenant, that therewith he made Death it self a pleasant, a desirable Dish. If you observe the beginning of the Chapter, you will find that his end was near; Now these be the last words of David. But this, this was the quiet and ease of his heart, that Gods Covenant with him was everlasting and without end. As Death is famous for its terror (being King thereof) so also for his power, it brings down the mighty Princes and Potentates of the Earth;1 Samson was but a Child in Deaths hands, hence we read when Scripture would draw strength in ⟨p. 65⟩its full proportion and length, As strong as Death: but as strong as Death is, David knew it could not break in sunder the Covenant between God and him, nor dissolve the union betwixt his Saviour and his soul. The firmness of this Covenant being sure footing for faith to stand on, is that which puts life into a dying Christian. As Death, though it parted the soul and body of Christ, parted neither of them from the divine nature (they were as a Sword drawn by a man, the Sword is in one hand separated from the Sheath in the other hand, but neither of them separated from the man) so though Death break the natural union between the believers soul and body, it cannot break the mystical union between Jesus Christ and the soul, therefore Saints are said to sleep in Jesus, 1 Thes. 4.14. And truly by the virtue of this Cordial, this Covenant, they are so far from flying back at the sight of their Foe Death, that they can look him in the face with courage and confidence. See how they triumph over him, as if he were already under their feet, O Death where is thy sting, O Grave where is thy Victory, 1 Cor. 15.57, 58. The sting of Death is sin, and the strength of sin is the Law, but thanks be to God which hath given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Hark, they speak as Challengers, daring their disarmed enemy to meet them in the field;
An interest in this Covenant was the living comfort of dying David, He hath made with me an everlasting Covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make not my House to grow, 2 Sam. 23.5. Mark how the pious King draws all the Wine which made his heart glad (in one of his last hours) from this Pipe. Death is one of the sowrest things in the World, and such things require much sugar to make them sweet. David found so much honey in the Covenant, that therewith he made Death it self a pleasant, a desireable Dish. If you observe the beginning of the Chapter, you will find that his end was near; Now these be the last words of David. But this, this was the quiet and ease of his heart, that Gods Covenant with him was everlasting and without end. As Death is famous for its terror (being King thereof) so also for his power, it brings down the mighty Princes and Potentates of the Earth;1 Samson was but a Child in Deaths hands, hence we read when Scripture would draw strength in ⟨p. 65⟩its full proportion and length, As strong as Death: but as strong as Death is, David knew it could not break in sunder the Covenant between God and him, nor dissolve the union betwixt his Saviour and his soul. The firmness of this Covenant being sure footing for faith to stand on, is that which puts life into a dying Christian. As Death, though it parted the soul and body of Christ, parted neither of them from the divine nature (they were as a Sword drawn by a man, the Sword is in one hand separated from the Sheath in the other hand, but neither of them separated from the man) so though Death break the natural union between the beleivers soul and body, it cannot break the mystical union between Jesus Christ and the soul, therefore Saints are said to sleep in Jesus, 1 Thes. 4.14. And truely by the vertue of this Cordial, this Covenant, they are so far from flying back at the sight of their Foe Death, that they can look him in the face with courage and confidence. See how they triumph over him, as if he were already under their feet, O Death where is thy sting, O Grave where is thy Victory, 1 Cor. 15.57, 58. The sting of Death is sin, and the strength of sin is the Law, but thanks be to God which hath given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Hark, they speak as Challengers, daring their disarmed enemy to meet them in the field;
- 1Cant. 8.6.
