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1. The body, the body? what's a dead body capable of? what should we speak of a piece of putrefying, rotten, stinking clay? though 'twas never so lovely while living, yet we say of it when dead, as Abraham of Sarah, Remove it out of my sight. Aye, but God will not say so: he counts ⟨p. 11⟩the dust of Jacob: he that loved us when we were nothing, doth not love us less for our rottenness.

1. The body, the body? what's a dead body capable of? what should we speak of a piece of putrifying, rotten, stinking clay? though 'twas never so lovely while living, yet we say of it when dead, as Abraham of Sarah, Remove it out of my sight. Aye, but God will not say so: he counts ⟨p. 11⟩the dust of Jacob: he that loved us when we were nothing, doth not love us lesse for our rottennesse.

1. The body hath rest in the grave, and peace there, and sleep there, never better in beds of down, Isa. 57.2. They shall enter into peace, they shall rest in their beds, every one that hath walked uprightly. 2. The body in the grave is still united unto Christ, 1 Thes. 4.14. the body sleeps in Jesus. As one that draws a sword, and holds the scabbard in one hand, and the sword in the other, hath both in his hands, though separated. So when Christ draws out the soul: never shall any man, or devil pluck the body out of his hand. Is not this enough for a carcass?

1. The body hath rest in the grave, and peace there, and sleep there, never better in beds of down, Isa. 57.2. They shall enter into peace, they shall rest in their beds, every one that hath walked uprightly. 2. The body in the grave is still united unto Christ,