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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45205	Dorcas revived the second time: or a sermon preached at the funerals of Mrs. Anne Mickle-thwait the one and twentieth of March 1658.	Hunter, Josiah, minister in York.	1656 (1656)	Wing H3765B; ESTC R224179	44,466	48

by the name of Japho 19 Josh 46. 2 Chro. 2.16 now it is called by the Inhabitants Sappho VVe find no mention made of Joppa but in this and the next Chapter throughout the whole New Testament and it is very probable had not Peter Sojourned there and Dorcas Lived and Dyed there that we had not heard of it at all Now so long as Dorcas is had in memory Ioppa will not be altogether forgotten Of Zion it shall be said in Way of honour this and that man was Born there 87 Psal 5. Good Persons are an honour to the places that they live in and together with their own names transmit the memorial of their Habitations to posterity Bethlehem was but little among the thousands of Iudah 5 Mich. 2. yet it is become famous because it was the place of Christs birth 2 Mat. 6. VVe read how Cities yea whole Countries have contended for the birth and breeding of famous men Religious persons are not only a blessing to the places of their abode whilst they live but a credit also after they are dead As you know that little Spring amongst us is become famous because of that great River of Ouse flowing from it which is so advantagious to the Country round about So many places though in other respects obscure and ignoble and might have continued so without observation or remembrance have become famous and their memories perpetuated in succeeding generations by the birth or residence of some honourable person Let us learn from hence to live so that we may not be a discredit to the places we live in There are three things that are the glory of a Country Arts Sciences and Religion If we desire to honour the places of our Nativity or abode we must neither be Idle Ignorant nor Prophane if we be the Earth that we tread on bears us but we are a burden to it the Air we breath in enlivens us but we are an infection to it Her profession a Disciple Disciple was the usual appellation by which those that professed the truth were called at the first plantation of the Gospel at its first original it was appropriated to those who were the special Attendants of our Saviour so the twelve Apostles are called the twelve Disciples 10 Math. 1. Afterwards as the Church increased so the name grew more common so that in Christs time they that were frequently his Auditors are called his Disciples 6 Joh. 66 and those which afterward were first called Christians at Antioch 11 Act. 26. were before that time called Disciples now this title is given to Dorcas 1. ad Honorem 2. ad Documentum 1. ad Honorem for Honours sake To be a Christian a Disciple a Professour of the Gospel is a great honour to any Person to be such an one not in a large sense as the name of Christian and Professour is now used for it would make a mans heart even abhor and loath to see what kind of Professours and Christians we have in our days but to be such an one in that strict acceptation that Dorcas is entituled here is a Persons great honour Certainly if holinesse be the greatest Honour and piety the best Nobility then they are to be reputed the most Noble and Honourable Persons who are Professours of Holiness wicked men themselves canot gainsay it when they see that the Profession of holiness is accompanied with the Practice of Piety How often do we meet with that of David in the Psalmes Lord I am thy Servant and no doubt but he thought it a greater honour to be the Servant of God than the King of Israel There are three callings in Honour styled Professions and they are the calling of the Lawyer the Physician and the Divine all other callings are accounted less noble Liberal and Ingenuous but there is a calling and Profession for Nobility beyond all these and that is the calling and profession of Christianity How have the greatest Princes and Personages on the Earth Gloried in titles of this nature as the King of Spain in being called the Catholick Prince the King of France in being styled the most Christian King and our Kings of England have thought themselves more famous for the title of Defenders of the Faith Sure it is that as there is nothing more honourable than Christ and the Gospel so there is no Profession more honourable than the Profession of the Gospel and Christianity 1 Phil. 27. when they that professe the Gospel have but a care to honour it by walking as becometh the Gospel and what though there be some Professours who are vile Persons the profession though less honoured is no less honourable The Ministry is a most honourable calling though there be many unworthy Ministers As soon may we think to scour the spots out of the Moon as purge the Church of all unworthy Members Let the shame be cast where the blame is there is no shame in being a Christian or in professing to be so but it is a shame to profess the Gospel and practice quite contrary to it indeed the profession of the Gospel is so honourable that Loose-Livers Prophane Persons and Hypocrites if we knew them are not worthy the name of Professours If then to be Professours be our honour let us glory in it and if our profession of the Gospel shall make us vile in the eyes of wicked men 2 Sam. 6.21 22.14 Rev 1 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 9 Rev. 4. let us resolve with David in another case I will make yet a greater profession I will be more vile They who received the mark of the Lamb had it in their foreheads a visible place to note that they should not be ashamed of it I will speak of thy testimonies before Kings saith David and will not be ashamed 119 Psal 46. We live in an age wherein Nazianzens complaint of old may be renewed nothing is so delightfull as the deriding of a Christian applause and preferment waits upon them that can 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 rail upon honest men in handsome language Michol was barren untill her death 2 S●m 6.23 for scoffing at David dancing before the Ark but I know not how saith a learned man Michol is become fruitful after her death of a scoffing generation What then shall any that makes profession of the glorious name of Christ be afraid of words 12 Heb. 2 then may Prophane Persons scoffe indeed let us rather despise the shame yea we may glory in this shame the Apostles rejoyced that they were accounted worthy to suffer shame for his name 5 Act. 41. Oh that ever men who desire to be called Christians should yet be ashamed to make profession of Christianity that they should judge that their shame which is their greatest glory Let us remember what our Saviour saith 8 Mark 38. Whosoever shall be ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinfull generation of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed when