Death disarm'd of its sting. To which is added, A discourse of redemption from the curse of the law

Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.)

1712

Contents

• Of Patience under Afflictions: 7
• To endear our Sufferings to us as intended: 27
• and in Fortitude: 35
• Which is alleviated by Patience: 42
• And He an infinite wife: 50
• That this is the readiest way to procure Deliverance: 75
• That our Sufferings here are but of ſhort Duration: 83
• Reflecting too much on the Instruments of our Suf: 114
• Reflecting on our former more prosperous Condition: 120
• The Apostles Practice with regard to Sufferings: 127
• Nor is any thing but That worth the Regard: 133
• Eternity is an unchangeable State: 139
• constantly exercising a holy Life: 145
• 7: 151
• No other Confideration is fufficient to affure the Soul: 152
• But the Hope of a joyful Resurrection enables us: 160
• That there is indeed a Sting in Death appears: 168
• 12: 178
• Of the Refurrection: 184
• ourselves from: 186
• Where we may obſerve that though our Bodies ſhall: 190
• An irrefragable Proof both of his Humanity: 192
• How He accommodates His Copdefcenfions to the: 198
• Nor to lye where no Advantage is to be expected: 199
• From this Proof of the Resurrection we may infer: 207
• Hence alſo we may infer that CHRIST is: 214
• And that therefore His is a certain Pledge of: 220
• THE Confideration of it not to be despised be cause it is a common nor avoided because: 224
• The Place and Time of this Fudgment uncertain 128: 230
• Much less to invite Sufferings: 236
• The Affeffors the Saints: 243
• Hence appears the wrong Fudgment pass d upon fuch: 252
• The Univerfality of this Fudgment: 257
• In their own Confciences ibid: 263
• And all this upon right Grounds: 265
• By endeavouring to keep a good Confcience ibid: 269
• 19: 277
• For the Motions of GODs Spirit and Convi: 285
• Since we can give no good Account of all these: 289
• To learn us to reſign onr Wills to Gods: 297
• Works or the Law of Faith: 299
• Which will be Matter of great Terror to the Wic: 307
• And other Men will bring in Accufations against: 313
• What the Scripture Says of such a Plea is to be: 319
• Yet if Men were to plead for themselves in that Day: 323
• Nor will Mens civil and reproachless Lives excuſe: 329
• Nor their being GODs Creatures: 337
• What may be inferrd for our Advantage from: 349
• The Division of the Text: 377
• That JESUS CHRIST was made a Curse for us: 383
• And from all Tranfgreffion of Life by His: 389
• As to the Punishment He Sufferd it may seem: 397
• But especially in our stead as it was a Ran: 403
• This latter provd from Scripture ibid: 409
• The great Force of this Example in all our Suffer: 415
• CHRIST being thus made a Curse for us redeemd: 423
• The Price paid was CHRISTs Sufferings: 425
• And his infinite Hatred of Sin: 433
• By CHRISTs Death in a large Sense is meant: 439
• This proved from the Scriptures aſſerting CHRIST: 446
• Crofs for Him: 462

Popular passages

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Page 72 - Pet. iv. 14, If ye be reproached for the Name, of CHRIST, happy are ye; for the Spirit of Glory, and of GOD, refleth

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Page 53 - is faithful, who will not fuffer you to be tempted above that you are able ; but will, with the Temptation, alfo make a Way to ejcape, that ye may be able to bear

Page 451 - of Clay. He who was in the Form of GoD, took upon Him the Form of a Servant. He who thought it no Robbery to be equal with GOD, thought it

Page 120 - Things which are feen, but at the Things which are not feen. For, the Things which are feen ? are Temporal; but the Things which are

Page 168 - do groan, being burdened; not that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that Mortality might be fwallowed up of Life.

Page 116 - me: But it was thou, a Man, mine Equal, my Guide, and my Companion. 3. IT many times heightens Impatience, to reflect upon the

Page 359 - or can it, enter into the Heart of Man to conceive, what GOD hath prepared for thofe

Page 274 - for what -they have done in the Body, whether it be good or bad. Nothing that hath been done in the World,

Bibliographic information

• Title: Death disarm'd of its sting. To which is added, A discourse of redemption from the curse of the law
• Author: Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.)
• Published: 1712
• Original from: Oxford University
• Digitized: Apr 26, 2007