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A64962	The great change discoursed of in a funeral sermon, occasioned by the death of Mrs. Martha Thompson, late wife of Captain William Thompson in Wapping. Preached by Nathanael Vincent, M A. minister of the gospel.	Vincent, Nathanael, 1639?-1697.	1682 (1682)	Wing V408; ESTC R219229	19,844	35

them without the least interruption or Eclipse unto Eternity 3. There is a Change from ignorance and darkness much of which remained even in the children of light unto perfect knowledge Believers in this World who are most of all Enlightned do know but in part and therefore 't is their duty to be still growing both in Grace and Knowledge but when Death comes that which is perfect is come and that which is in part shall be done away 1 Cor. 13. 10. Heaven is called an inheritance in Light Oh what a full understanding will there be of the Works and of the Word of God! What clear views of God himself and Jesus Christ who lives and reigns at his right hand will be there vouchsafed All the ignorance that followed upon eating the Tree of Knowledge will be cured all strangeness and doubtings concerning God his Goodness and his Love will be at an end Glorified Saints see what Militant Saints can't bear 4. There is a Change at Death from incompleat grace to glorious and sinless purity and holiness The body of sin is put off when the Saints put off this Mortal Body The separated Souls of the Just ones have no External Senses nor any sensual and fleshly inclinations Death removes them out of the World so that nothing hence is any longer a Temptation they are also out of the Tempters reach and then they have a sight of their Lord as he is and this sight Transforms them into his likeness 1 Joh. 3. 2. Grace that was here only in the bud will then be full blown Holiness will be perfected and all filthiness both of the Flesh and Spirit cleansed away It may truly be said then concerning the Spouse of Christ O my love thou art all fair there is no spot in thee 5. There is a Change from War and Labour unto Rest and Triumph 'T is no easie matter to be Saved The Saints are put upon hard work and service they are to watch to pray to stir up themselves to lay hold on God They are to contend earnestly for the faith to strive to enter in at the strait gate They are to use an holy Violence that they may by a kind of storming take the heavenly Kingdom all opposition from the Worlds Rage and the power and wrath of Hellish Principalities they must break thorow But at Death their Warfare is accomplished they rest from their Labours Rev. 14. 13. They go then to their Lord and receive their reward which he has freely and faithfully promised and having been faithful in a little they are made rulers over much they have fought the good fight and finished their course and having been more than conquerors through him that loved them they sit down with him on his throne and are Crowned with Life and Glory and shall wear that Crown for ever 6. When the Saints dye there is a Change from all manner of Sorrow unto fullness of joy and pleasures for evermore Oh how glad will they be to see themselves safely arrived to the fair Haven after the many Storms which beat upon them in this World to perceive themselves safely secur'd in Heaven and that they are made pillars in the temple of God and shall go out no more Rev. 3. 12. When they come to see their Lord and Husband Jesus and God their Father and to the uttermost of their capacity they are filled with his Love and satisfied with his Image Oh then all tears will be dried up Sin and Sorrow are Eternal Strangers in the New Jerusalem Joy will be full and the fuller because 't will never end In the Second place follow the Arguments to prove That Death which is such a Change will certainly come 1. Death is merited by Sin It was upon the Sin of Man that that Sentence was past upon him Gen. 3. 19. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread until thou return to the ground for out of it wast thou taken for dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return Now all having Sinned Death passes upon all Rom. 5. 12. Assoon as Man became a Sinner presently he became Mortal Death had not been able to have entred into the World if Sin had not first got entrance If Man had never Sinned the Tree of Life was to assure him he should never have died 2. Death is appointed and the appointment is most firm and unchangeable let an exception be made of Enoch and Elias and them that shall be found alive at the Last Day and the appointment is general Heb. 9. 27. Constitutum est omnibus semel mori plerisque bis It is appointed unto all men once to die and the Second Death will be the Portion of the most that Live The Grave is called The House appointed for all the living that 's the dark and silent place where all the dwellers upon Earth must make their aboad until the Resurrection 3. Christ does not deliver those that are dear to him from the stroak of death though he does always from the Sting of it If there were any hope to be freed from tasting of Death that expectation must be from our Mediator but though he makes the bodies of Believers his own Members and the temples of his Spirit yet he suffers them to fall down to the ground that too visible a difference may not be made between the Righteous and the Wicked here and that his power may be glorified in raising them up again at the Last Day And certainly the Lords power and love will be exceeding Glorious when this corruptible shall put on incorruption and this mortal immortality In the Third place I am to make it manifest That Time comes to an end when this Change comes 1. One Argument shall be drawn from the Eternal Rewards which upon their dissolution are received by the Righteous The Saints in Heaven need no more time for their work is done Assoon as they depart they are with Christ they are cloathed upon with their house which is from Heaven 2 Cor. 5. 2. They have no need more of a Day of Grace who have received an exceeding and eternal weight of Glory And truly 't is well for them that their time is over since they have made good use of it and time being over they are in Eternity and now their State and Happiness is fixed Rom. 6. 23. The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. 2. A Second Argument shall be drawn from the Everlasting Punishments which after Death are inflicted on the wicked We read Luke 16. That the Wicked Rich Man died and was buried and the next News we hear of him is That he was in Hell and shut up there so as never to come out more He does not pray for a release out of his Torments that was despaired of but onely for a little mitigation and truly it was but a small kindness that a drop of water could have done him in the midst of such