I will ransom them from the power of the grave. I will redeem them from death: O Death, I will he thy plague; O grave, I will he thy destruction. Hosea 13:14. Christ having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it. Colossians 2:16.
The world is afraid of a hidden poison where there is none. The real hidden poison is sin, which the Lord grant me to fear every where; for it has infected all things and all places. But, O my dear Saviour, thou being my all-sufficient preservative and antidote in all places, O! dwell in me continually, and increase thou my faith, that I may know thee and enjoy thee more and more. Take away all fear of death, since thou the Prince of life livest in me, and hast totally destroyed both death and hell.
Hosanna to the Prince of light
That clothed himself in clay,
Entered the iron gates of death,
And tore the bars away.
Death is no more the king of dread;
Since our Emmanuel rose,
He took the tyrant’s sting away.
And spoiled our hellish foes.
Now holy triumphs of the soul
Shall death itself out-brave;
Leave dull mortality behind,
And fly beyond the grave.