1. DEATH
    1. Burial
      1. ATTENDED BY
        1. Family of the dead (Genesis 50:5, 6, 8; Matthew 8:21)
        2. Numbers of friends, &c (Genesis 50:7, 9; 2 Samuel 3:31; Luke 7:12)
        3. Female friends (Mark 15:47; Luke 7:13)
        4. Hired mourners (Jeremiah 9:17, 18)
        5. Great lamentation at (Genesis 50:10, 11; 2 Samuel 3:31, 32)
        6. Orations sometimes made at (2 Samuel 3:33, 34)
      2. PLACES USED FOR
        1. Natural caves (Genesis 23:19; John 11:38)
        2. Caves hewn out of rocks (Isaiah 22:16; Matthew 27:60)
        3. Gardens (2 Kings 21:18, 26; John 19:41)
        4. Under trees (Genesis 35:8; 1 Samuel 31:13)
        5. Tops of the hills (Joshua 24:33; 2 Kings 23:16)
        6. Houses of the deceased (1 Samuel 25:1; 1 Kings 2:34)
        7. The city of David for the kings of Judah (1 Kings 2:10; 2 Chronicles 21:20; 24:16)
        8. Antiquity of purchasing places for (Genesis 23:7-16)
      3. Burial Origin
        1. Probable origin of (Genesis 4:9, 10)
        2. Design of (Genesis 23:3, 4)
      4. THE BODY WAS
        1. Washed before (Acts 9:37)
        2. Anointed for (Matthew 26:12)
        3. Wound in linen for (John 11:44; 19:40)
        4. Preserved with spices (John 19:39, 40)
        5. Sometimes burned before (1 Samuel 31:12)
        6. Carried on a bier to (2 Samuel 3:31; Luke 7:14)
        7. Perfumes burned at (2 Chronicles 16:14; Jeremiah 34:5)
        8. Antiquity of coffins for (Genesis 50:26)
        9. Often took place immediately after death (John 11:17, 39; Acts 5:6, 10)
        10. Of persons embalmed, deferred for seventy days (Genesis 50:3, 4)
        11. Of persons hanged, always on the days of execution (Deuteronomy 21:23; John 19:31)
        12. The right of all nations (Judges 16:31; John 19:38)
        13. Of enemies, sometimes performed by the conquerors (1 Kings 11:15; Ezekiel 39:11-14)
        14. Of the friendless, a kind act (2 Samuel 2:5)
      5. PLACES OF
        1. Frequently prepared and pointed out during life (Genesis 50:5; 2 Chronicles 16:14; Matthew 27:60)
        2. Members of a family interred in the same (Genesis 25:10; 49:31; 2 Samuel 2:32)
        3. Held in high veneration (Nehemiah 2:3, 5)
        4. Provided for the common people (Jeremiah 26:23)
        5. Provided for aliens and strangers (Matthew 27:7)
        6. Visited by sorrowing friends (John 11:31)
        7. Pillars erected on (Genesis 35:20)
        8. Tombs erected over (Matthew 23:27-29)
        9. Sometimes had inscriptions (2 Kings 23:17)
        10. Sometimes not apparent (Luke 11:44)
        11. For criminals, marked by heaps (Joshua 7:26)
        12. Were ceremonially unclean (Numbers 19:16, 18)
        13. Often desecrated by idolatry (Isaiah 65:3, 4)
        14. The Jews anxious to be interred in their family places of (Genesis 47:29-31; 49:29, 30; 50:25; 2 Samuel 19:37)
        15. Followed by a feast (2 Samuel 3:35; Jeremiah 16:7, 8; Hosea 9:4)
        16. Privation of, considered a calamity (Ecclesiastes 6:3)
        17. Privation of, threatened as a punishment (2 Kings 9:10; Jeremiah 8:2; 16:4)
        18. An ignominious, compared to the burial of an ass (Jeremiah 22:19)
        19. Illustrative of regeneration (Romans 6:4; Colossians 2:12)
    2. The Dead
      1. They who have departed this life (Genesis 23:2; 25:8; Job 1:19)
      2. TERMS USED TO EXPRESS
        1. Corpses (2 Kings 19:35; Nahum 3:3)
        2. Carcases (Numbers 14:29, 32, 33; 1 Kings 13:24)
        3. Those who are not (Matthew 2:18)
        4. Deceased (Isaiah 26:14; Matthew 22:25)
      3. CHARACTERISED BY
        1. Being without the Spirit (James 2:26)
        2. Being incapable of motion (Matthew 28:4; Revelation 1:17)
        3. Ignorance of all human affairs (Ecclesiastes 9:5)
        4. Absence of all human passions (Ecclesiastes 9:6)
        5. Inability to glorify God (Psalm 115:17)
        6. Return not to this life (Job 7:9, 10; 14:10, 14)
        7. Eyes of, closed by nearest of kin (Genesis 46:4)
        8. Were washed and laid out (Acts 9:37)
        9. Were wrapped in lined with spices (John 19:40)
      4. MOURNING FOR, OFTEN
        1. Very great (Genesis 27:35; Jeremiah 31:15; Matthew 2:18; John 11:33)
        2. Loud and clamorous (Jeremiah 16:6; Mark 5:38)
        3. By hired mourners (Jeremiah 9:17, 18; Amos 5:16)
        4. With plaintive music (Jeremiah 48:36; Matthew 9:23)
        5. Testified by change of apparel (2 Samuel 14:2)
        6. Testified by taring the hair (Jeremiah 16:7)
        7. Testified by covering the head (2 Samuel 19:4)
        8. Testified by rending the garments (Genesis 37:34; 2 Samuel 3:31)
        9. Lasted many days (Genesis 37:34; 50:3, 10)
        10. Regard often shown to the memory of (Ruth 1:8)
        11. Too soon forgotten (Psalm 31:12; Ecclesiastes 9:5)
        12. Heathenish expressions of grief for, forbidden (Leviticus 19:28; Deuteronomy 14:1, 2)
        13. All offerings to, forbidden (Deuteronomy 26:14)
        14. Touching of, caused uncleanness (Numbers 19:11, 13, 16; 9:6, 7)
        15. In a house rendered it unclean (Numbers 19:14, 15)
        16. Even bones of, caused uncleanness (Numbers 19:16; 2 Chronicles 34:5)
        17. A priest not to mourn for, except when near of kin (Leviticus 21:1-3; Ezekiel 44:25)
        18. High priest in no case to mourn for (Leviticus 21:10, 11)
        19. Nazarites not to touch or mourn for (Numbers 6:6, 7)
        20. Those defiled by, removed from the camp (Numbers 5:2)
        21. Uncleanness contracted from, removed by the water separation (Numbers 19:12, 18)
      5. IDOLATERS
        1. Tore themselves for (Jeremiah 16:7)
        2. Offered sacrifices for (Psalm 106:28)
        3. Invoked and consulted (1 Samuel 28:7, 8)
        4. Consecrated part of their crops to (Deuteronomy 26:14)
        5. The Jews looked for a resurrection from (Isaiah 26:19; Acts 24:15)
        6. Instances of, restored to life before Christ (1 Kings 17:22; 2 Kings 4:34-36; 13:21)
        7. Instances of, restored by Christ (Matthew 9:25; Luke 7:15; John 11:44; Acts 9:40; 20:12)
      6. ILLUSTRATIVE OF
        1. Man’s state by nature (2 Corinthians 5:4; Ephesians 2:1, 5)
        2. A state of deep affliction, &c (Psalm 88:5, 6; 143:3; Isaiah 59:10)
        3. Freedom from the power of sin (Romans 6:2, 8, 11; Colossians 3:3)
        4. Freedom from the law (Romans 7:4)
        5. Faith without works (1 Timothy 5:6; James 2:17, 26)
        6. Diviners &c (Isaiah 8:19)
        7. Impotence (Genesis 20:3; Romans 4:19)
    3. Death, Eternal
      1. General
        1. The necessary consequence of sin (Romans 6:16, 21; 8:13; James 1:15)
        2. The wages of sin (Romans 6:23)
        3. The portion of the wicked (Matthew 25:41, 46; Romans 1:32)
        4. The way to, described (Psalm 9:17; Matthew 7:13)
        5. Self-righteousness leads to (Proverbs 14:12)
        6. God alone can inflict (Matthew 10:28; James 4:12)
      2. IS DESCRIBED AS
        1. Banishment from God (2 Thessalonians 1:9)
        2. Society with the devil &c (Matthew 25:41)
        3. A lake of fire (Revelation 19:20; 21:8)
        4. The worm that dies not (Mark 9:44)
        5. Outer darkness (Matthew 25:30)
        6. A mist of darkness for ever (2 Peter 2:17)
        7. Indignation, wrath, &c (Romans 2:8, 9)
      3. IS CALLED
        1. Destruction (Romans 9:22; 2 Thessalonians 1:9)
        2. Perishing (2 Peter 2:12)
        3. The wrath to come (1 Thessalonians 1:10)
        4. The second death (Revelation 2:11)
        5. A resurrection to damnation (John 5:29)
        6. A resurrection to shame &c (Daniel 12:2)
        7. Damnation of hell (Matthew 23:33)
        8. Everlasting punishment (Matthew 25:46)
        9. Shall be inflicted by Christ (Matthew 25:31, 41; 2 Thessalonians 1:7, 8)
        10. Christ, the only way of escape from (John 3:16; 8:51; Acts 4:12)
        11. Saints shall escape (Revelation 2:11; 20:6)
        12. Strive to preserve others from (James 5:20)
        13. Illustrated (Luke 16:23-26)
    4. Death, Natural
      1. General
        1. By Adam (Genesis 3:19; 1 Corinthians 15:21, 22)
        2. Consequence of sin (Genesis 2:17; Romans 5:12)
        3. Lot of all (Ecclesiastes 8:8; Hebrews 9:27)
        4. Ordered by God (Deuteronomy 32:39; Job 14:5)
        5. Puts an end to earthly projects (Ecclesiastes 9:10)
        6. Strips of earthly possessions (Job 1:21; 1 Timothy 6:7)
        7. Levels all ranks (Job 3:17-19)
        8. Conquered by Christ (Romans 6:9; Revelation 1:18)
        9. Abolished by Christ (2 Timothy 1:10)
        10. Shall finally be destroyed by Christ (Hosea 13:14; 1 Corinthians 15:26)
        11. Christ delivers from the fear of (Hebrews 2:15)
        12. Regard, as at hand (Job 14:1, 2; Psalm 39:4, 5; 90:9; 1 Peter 1:24)
        13. Prepare for (2 Kings 20:1)
        14. Pray to be prepared for (Psalm 39:4, 13; 90:12)
        15. Consideration of, a motive to diligence (Ecclesiastes 9:10; John 9:4)
        16. When averted for a season, is a motive to increased devotedness (Psalm 56:12, 13; 118:17; Isaiah 38:18, 20)
        17. Enoch and Elijah were exempted from (Genesis 5:24; Hebrews 11:5; 2 Kings 2:11)
        18. All shall be raised from (Acts 24:15)
        19. None subject to in heaven (Luke 20:36; Revelation 21:4)
        20. Illustrates the change produced in conversion (Romans 6:2; Colossians 2:20
      2. IS DESCRIBED AS
        1. A sleep (Deuteronomy 31:16; John 11:11)
        2. The earthly house of this tabernacle being dissolved (2 Corinthians 5:1)
        3. Putting off this tabernacle (2 Peter 1:14)
        4. God requiring the soul (Luke 12:20)
        5. Going the way whence there is no return (Job 16:22)
        6. Gathering to our people (Genesis 49:33)
        7. Going down into silence (Psalm 115:17)
        8. Yielding up the spirit (Acts 5:10)
        9. Returning to dust (Genesis 3:19; Psalm 104:29)
        10. Being cut down (Job 14:2)
        11. Fleeing as a shadow (Job 14:2)
        12. Departing (Philippians 1:23)
    5. Death of Christ, The
      1. General
        1. Foretold (Isaiah 53:8; Daniel 9:26; Zechariah 13:7)
        2. Appointed by God (Isaiah 53:6, 10; Acts 2:23)
        3. Necessary for the redemption of man (Luke 24:46; Acts 17:3)
        4. Acceptable, as a sacrifice to God (Matthew 20:28; Ephesians 5:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:10)
        5. Was voluntary (Isaiah 53:12; Matthew 26:53; John 10:17, 18)
        6. Was undeserved (Isaiah 53:9)
      2. MODE OF
        1. Foretold by Christ (Matthew 20:18, 19; John 12:32, 33)
        2. Prefigured (Numbers 21:8; John 3:14)
        3. Ignominious (Hebrews 12:2)
        4. Accursed (Galatians 3:13)
        5. Exhibited His humility (Philippians 2:8)
        6. A stumbling block to Jews (1 Corinthians 1:23)
        7. Foolishness to Gentiles (1 Corinthians 1:18, 23)
        8. Demanded by the Jews (Matthew 27:22, 23)
        9. Inflicted by the Gentiles (Matthew 27:26-35)
        10. In the company of malefactors (Isaiah 53:12; Matthew 27:38)
        11. Accompanied by supernatural signs (Matthew 27:45, 51-53)
        12. Emblematical of the death to sin (Romans 6:3-8; Galatians 2:20)
        13. Commemorated in the ordinance of the Lord’s supper (Luke 22:19, 20; 1 Corinthians 11:26-29)
    6. Death of Saints
      1. General
        1. A sleep in Christ (1 Corinthians 15:18; 1 Thessalonians 4:14)
        2. Is blessed (Revelation 14:13)
        3. Is gain (Philippians 1:21)
      2. IS FULL OF
        1. Faith (Hebrews 11:13)
        2. Peace (Isaiah 57:2)
        3. Hope (Proverbs 14:32)
        4. Sometimes desired (Luke 2:29)
        5. Waited for (Job 14:14)
        6. Met with resignation (Genesis 50:24; Joshua 23:14; 1 Kings 2:2)
        7. Met without fear (1 Corinthians 15:55)
        8. Precious in God’s sight (Psalm 116:15)
        9. God preserves them to (Psalm 48:14)
        10. God is with them in (Psalm 23:4)
        11. Removes from coming evil (2 Kings 22:20; Isaiah 57:1)
      3. LEADS TO
        1. Rest (Job 3:17; 2 Thessalonians 1:7)
        2. Comfort (Luke 16:25)
        3. Christ’s presence (2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23)
        4. A crown of life (2 Timothy 4:8; Revelation 2:10)
        5. A joyful resurrection (Isaiah 26:19; Daniel 12:2)
        6. Disregarded by the wicked (Isaiah 57:1)
        7. Survivors consoled for (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)
        8. The wicked wish theirs to resemble (Numbers 23:10)
        9. Illustrated (Luke 16:22)
      4. Exemplified
        1. Abraham (Genesis 25:8)
        2. Isaac (Genesis 35:29)
        3. Jacob (Genesis 49:33)
        4. Aaron (Numbers 20:28)
        5. Moses (Deuteronomy 34:5)
        6. Joshua (Joshua 24:29)
        7. Elisha (2 Kings 13:14, 20)
        8. One thief (Luke 23:43)
        9. Dorcas (Acts 9:37)
    7. Death of the Wicked, The
      1. General
        1. Is in their sins (Ezekiel 3:19; John 8:21)
        2. Is without hope (Proverbs 11:7)
        3. Sometimes without fear (Jeremiah 34:5; 2 Chronicles 36:11-13)
        4. Frequently sudden and unexpected (Job 21:13, 23; 27:21; Proverbs 29:1)
        5. Frequently marked by terror (Job 18:11-15; 27:19-21; Psalm 73:19)
        6. Punishment follows (Isaiah 14:9; Acts 1:25)
        7. The remembrance of them perishes in (Job 18:17; Psalm 34:16; Proverbs 10:7)
        8. God has no pleasure in (Ezekiel 18:23, 32)
        9. Like the death of beasts (Psalm 49:14)
        10. Illustrated (Luke 12:20; 16:22, 23)
      2. Exemplified
        1. Korah, &c (Numbers 16:32)
        2. Absalom (2 Samuel 18:9, 10)
        3. Ahab (1 Kings 22:34)
        4. Jezebel (2 Kings 9:33)
        5. Athaliah (2 Chronicles 23:15)
        6. Haman (Esther 7:10)
        7. Belshazzar (Daniel 5:30)
        8. Judas (Matthew 27:5; Acts 1:18)
        9. Ananias, &c (Acts 5:5, 9, 10)
        10. Herod (Acts 12:23)
    8. Death, Spiritual
      1. Alienation from God is (Ephesians 4:18)
      2. Carnal-mindedness is (Romans 8:6)
      3. Walking in trespasses and sins is (Ephesians 2:1; Colossians 2:13)
      4. Spiritual ignorance is (Isaiah 9:2; Matthew 4:16; Luke 1:79; Ephesians 4:18)
      5. Unbelief is (John 3:36; 1 John 5:12)
      6. Living in pleasure is (1 Timothy 5:6)
      7. Hypocrisy is (Revelation 3:1, 2)
      8. Is a consequence of the fall (Romans 5:15)
      9. Is the state of all men by nature (Romans 6:13; 8:6)
      10. The fruits of, are dead works (Hebrews 6:1; 9:14)
      11. A call to arise from (Ephesians 5:14)
      12. Deliverance from, is through Christ (John 5:24, 25; Ephesians 2:5; 1 John 5:12)
      13. Saints are raised from (Romans 6:13)
      14. Love of the brethren, a proof of being raised from (1 John 3:14)
      15. Illustrated (Ezekiel 37:2, 3; Luke 15:24)
  2. BURIAL
    1. Burial Origin
      1. Probable origin of (Genesis 4:9, 10)
      2. Design of (Genesis 23:3, 4)
    2. ATTENDED BY
      1. Family of the dead (Genesis 50:5, 6, 8; Matthew 8:21)
      2. Numbers of friends, &c (Genesis 50:7, 9; 2 Samuel 3:31; Luke 7:12)
      3. Female friends (Mark 15:47; Luke 7:13)
      4. Hired mourners (Jeremiah 9:17, 18)
      5. Great lamentation at (Genesis 50:10, 11; 2 Samuel 3:31, 32)
      6. Orations sometimes made at (2 Samuel 3:33, 34)
    3. THE BODY WAS
      1. Washed before (Acts 9:37)
      2. Anointed for (Matthew 26:12)
      3. Wound in linen for (John 11:44; 19:40)
      4. Preserved with spices (John 19:39, 40)
      5. Sometimes burned before (1 Samuel 31:12)
      6. Carried on a bier to (2 Samuel 3:31; Luke 7:14)
      7. Perfumes burned at (2 Chronicles 16:14; Jeremiah 34:5)
      8. Antiquity of coffins for (Genesis 50:26)
      9. Often took place immediately after death (John 11:17, 39; Acts 5:6, 10)
      10. Of persons embalmed, deferred for seventy days (Genesis 50:3, 4)
      11. Of persons hanged, always on the days of execution (Deuteronomy 21:23; John 19:31)
      12. The right of all nations (Judges 16:31; John 19:38)
      13. Of enemies, sometimes performed by the conquerors (1 Kings 11:15; Ezekiel 39:11-14)
      14. Of the friendless, a kind act (2 Samuel 2:5)
    4. PLACES USED FOR
      1. Natural caves (Genesis 23:19; John 11:38)
      2. Caves hewn out of rocks (Isaiah 22:16; Matthew 27:60)
      3. Gardens (2 Kings 21:18, 26; John 19:41)
      4. Under trees (Genesis 35:8; 1 Samuel 31:13)
      5. Tops of the hills (Joshua 24:33; 2 Kings 23:16)
      6. Houses of the deceased (1 Samuel 25:1; 1 Kings 2:34)
      7. The city of David for the kings of Judah (1 Kings 2:10; 2 Chronicles 21:20; 24:16)
      8. Antiquity of purchasing places for (Genesis 23:7-16)
    5. PLACES OF
      1. Frequently prepared and pointed out during life (Genesis 50:5; 2 Chronicles 16:14; Matthew 27:60)
      2. Members of a family interred in the same (Genesis 25:10; 49:31; 2 Samuel 2:32)
      3. Held in high veneration (Nehemiah 2:3, 5)
      4. Provided for the common people (Jeremiah 26:23)
      5. Provided for aliens and strangers (Matthew 27:7)
      6. Visited by sorrowing friends (John 11:31)
      7. Pillars erected on (Genesis 35:20)
      8. Tombs erected over (Matthew 23:27-29)
      9. Sometimes had inscriptions (2 Kings 23:17)
      10. Sometimes not apparent (Luke 11:44)
      11. For criminals, marked by heaps (Joshua 7:26)
      12. Were ceremonially unclean (Numbers 19:16, 18)
      13. Often desecrated by idolatry (Isaiah 65:3, 4)
      14. The Jews anxious to be interred in their family places of (Genesis 47:29-31; 49:29, 30; 50:25; 2 Samuel 19:37)
      15. Followed by a feast (2 Samuel 3:35; Jeremiah 16:7, 8; Hosea 9:4)
      16. Privation of, considered a calamity (Ecclesiastes 6:3)
      17. Privation of, threatened as a punishment (2 Kings 9:10; Jeremiah 8:2; 16:4)
      18. An ignominious, compared to the burial of an ass (Jeremiah 22:19)
      19. Illustrative of regeneration (Romans 6:4; Colossians 2:12)