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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44680	A funeral sermon on the death of that pious gentlewoman Mrs. Judith Hamond Late wife of the Reverend Mr. George Hamond, minister of the Gospel in London. By John Howe, minister of the same Gospel.	Howe, John, 1630-1705.	1696 (1696)	Wing H3029; ESTC R215976	18,994	36

the Triumphs of this Victory be over the Grand Apostate And how unsupposeable is it that he should have occasion left him to glory in an Eternal Conquest And 2. It is not a light thing to him whose nature is Love That without this final victory the felicity of the Redeemed should never be fully accomplisht Ante-cedently to the Gospel-Revelation it would seem more agreeable to the Nature of God that some should be rescu'd from the Power of Death than that all should lye under it for ever But we to whom that Revelation is vouchsaf't cannot now but think it the most unlikely thing in the World that the design of Almighty Love should finally be defeated and that such as are in Vital Union with the Redeemer should either be overcome at last by Death or remain in an eternal struggle with it Whence nothing can be conceived in this case but that as to them death must be swallowed up in this glorious Everlasting Victory Whereupon how admirable a display will there herein be of sundry the most known Attributes and Excellencies of the Divine Nature as his Wisdom Power Goodness Holiness Justice and Truth in the whole Conduct and in this final issue of things as might be distinctly shown of each if we were not within limits He at first dealt with them very sutably to their natures At length he deals with them according to his own That it may be the Theme of Eternal Contemplation to themselves and the whole intelligent World How far his ways are above their ways and his thoughts above their thoughts Isa. 55. And that as at first he thought it not fit to hinder them from doing as too little became such Creatures nothing should at last hinder him from doing as became a God But come we now to the Use. And 1. Do we find this saying in the Sacred Word of God that Death is to be swallow'd up in victory Then we are not to doubt but so it shall be A plenary assent is to be given to it But what sort of assent not that which arises from the sight of our Eye If that were to be our only Informer we see no such thing but quite the contrary That represents Death to us as the only Conquerour It visibly swallows up all in Victory wheresoever it makes a seizure Nothing stands before it We behold it turning every where living Men and Women like our selves into breathless lumps of Earth It irresistibly introduces it self and Life is fled and gone Such as convers't with us walk't to and fro amongst us reason'd discourst with us manag'd business pursu'd designs delighted themselves with us and gave us delight become Deaths Captives before our Eyes are bound in its bands and we cannot redeem them nor save our selves Where then is this swallowing up of Death in Victory which is it self so constantly Victorious Our Reason may tell us it shall not be always and universally so but it flutters and hallucinates 'T is the Divine Word that must at last put the matter out of doubt and our Faith therein which is the substance of what we hope for and the evidence of what we do not see If Faith is to assure our hearts in this matter it must be as it relies upon his Word who can do this and hath said he will If we believe his Power that renders it possible to us If his Word that makes it certain Hath he said it who then shall gainsay it 'T is one of the true and faithful sayings of God 2. If this be a Credible saying 't is certainly a very comfortable One If we can but make that first step and perceive this not to be a hard or incredible saying it is very obvious to make a second and acknowledge it to be a very Consolatory saying and that both in reference to The past Death of our Friends and Relatives even such as were nearest and most dear to us And in reference to our own most certainly future and expected Death In the one Case and the other we are to look upon it as a comfortable saying That this Mighty raging Enemy shall have all his power lost and swallowed up in so glorious a Victory one day 1. It is surely a very comfortable saying in the former of these Cases the Case of our losing Friends and Relations very dear unto us And there only needs this to make it most deliciously pleasant that is to have a comfortable perswasion concerning such That they are part of Christs Seed they are some of them in reference to whom Christ is in the most peculiar Sense the first-fruits so as that they have a pre-assurance of Victory in his Conquest and Victory over Death and the Grave And we have great reason to be so perswaded concerning that Worthy Gentlewoman whose late Decease is the more special occasion of this solemn Assembly at this time She was one who as such as had most opportunity to observe and best ability to judge did reckon had given abundant evidence of the work of Gods Saving Grace upon her own Spirit and who thereupon did long walk with God in a very continued Course so indeed as that tho' her Comforts were observed not to be Rapturous yet they were steady and even so as that she was rarely troubled with doubts to give obstruction or hinderance to her in her Christian Course If any such doubt did arise it soon vanished and she quickly through the Mercy of God received Satisfaction and so went chearfully on in her way She was abundant in reading especially of the Holy Book that was her business and delight She very little cared to concern her self in reading Writings that were merely Notional or Polemical and disputative But the most practical ones she was most of all taken with such as treated of the other state and of the duties of Christians in the mean time in reference thereto future felicity and present spiritual-mindedness that has so certain connexion therewith and so direct a tendency thereto were with her the delightful Subjects which she chose to read of and meditate upon Her Temper was observed to be even betwixt a freeness and reservedness She was not Melancholy though much inclined to solitariness and would frequently lament that so much of her precious time was past away either in necessary business or Civil Conversation that was not to be avoided It was observed that her disposition was most highly charitable very apt to give even to her uttermost as occasions did occur In reference to her Children her care was most tender Much of her time was spent in instructing them while under her Instruction and within her reach teaching them their Catechism with the Proofs at large and how to apply the Proofs to the Answer so as to bring them to a distinct understanding thereof And in this way and course she past through the World Her last Sickness did very little alter the temper of her Spirit it was calm