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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39761	The dead saint speaking, or, A sermon preached upon occasion of the death of that eminent man, Mr. Mathew Newcomen ... wherein is succinctly discoursed (to a popular auditory in Dedham) what instructions are given and sealed to the living by the death of the righteous servants of God / by J.F., Minister of the Gospel.	Fairfax, John, 1623-1700.	1679 (1679)	Wing F127; ESTC R16035	17,568	32

would restore to him the life that Cain took away it still cries and it shall cry until the day of Resurrection Abels blood yet crieth unto God not only against Cain but it cryeth unto God against all the generation of the Cainites against all the persecutors of the Church of God for all persecutors following in respect of Abel are as Saul in respect of Stephen they are consenting to his death For had the present generation of persecutors lived in the days of Abel they would as well as Cain have imbrued their hands in the blood of Abel Tremble at this then oh ye generation of persecutors Abels blood crieth unto God from the earth against you The souls from under the altar of those that were slain for the testimony of Jesus cry unto God perpetually How long Lord holy and true dost thou not judg and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth and what is it that they cry for unto the Lord but that which our Saviour said Mat. 23.25 That upon these persecutors may come all the righteous blood that hath been shed from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of the last martyr that shall be slain upon the earth Abel being dead he thus speaketh unto us and he thus speaketh unto God Take the words now in a passive sense Abel being dead is yet spoken of he obtained a good report as it is said ver 2. He is spoken of by God in holy Writ to the intent that he may be spoken of by man God doth make an honourable mention of Abel and therein commends him to his Church that an honourable mention may be made of him for where-ever this Scripture shall be read and preached this also that Abel hath done and suffered shall be spoken of Abels Faith and Righteousness Abels good and holy Conversation Abels Sufferings and Martyrdom shall be spoken of for an honourable memorial of him The memory of the just is blessed Prov. 10.7 but the name of the wicked shall rot We read in the 6th of Gen. of Giants in the earth mighty men and men of Renown Giants in stature and Giants in nature Giants in state condition and quality in the world and Giants too in wickedness but there is not one of their names mentioned in all the Scripture Abel and Seth and Enos and Cainan and Mahaliel and Jared and Methusala and Lamech and Noah These have their names recorded and perpetuated with honour from the beginning of the world to the end thereof while these Giants in wickedness both persons and names are gone down in silence and buried in the ●and of forgetfulness We read the names of many sinners that are mentioned in Holy Writ but with shame enough Of bloody Cain of hunting Nimrod of hard-hearted Pharaoh of a painted Jezabel of an incorrigible Ahab of proud Herod of an ambitious Diotrophes But what are these to a Martyr Abel To a righteous Noah A faithful Abraham A plain-hearted Jacob A meek Moses a zealous Phineas A praying Samuel A patient Job A penitent Peter Let men boast and glory and brag of their birth and power and wit and authority and dignity and preferment Let them boast of these true Religion is the true honour Abel being dead yet speaketh and being dead he is yet spoken of We have now spoken to the Text as it is in it self Let us now apply it to our occasion That dead Saints do yet speak that is the general truth to which we have hitherto spoken in the particular instance of Abel but instances of this kind and nature are more than one Let us speak therefore to the general truth again in another instance invert only the name change Abel for Newcomen and read the Text of him he being dead yet speaketh Being dead did I say What art thou dead Oh thou blessed soul Oh! killing wounding word could I bleed for thee thou whom God was pleased to separate from thy Mothers womb and to call by his Grace that he might reveal his Grace in thee that thou mightest preach the everlasting Gospel to the world of sinners Thou that wert commissionated to be Christs Ambassador in his name to beseech sinners to be reconciled to God Thou a Scribe instructed to the Kingdom of Heaven that broughtest out of thy treasury things both new and old Thou whose natural gifts and abilities were like Aarons Plate of pure Gold upon thy breast whereon holiness to the Lord was ingraven Thou who Isaiah like hadst the Tongue of the learned and touched with a Coal from Gods Altar who knewest how to speak a word in season to the weary Thou that like Paul wert brought up at the feet of Gamaliel and moreover instructed as he by a light from Heaven Thou a glistering glorious star in the right hand of God Thou that wert the Angel of God to this his Church Art thou dead Thou the desire of thousands The dearly beloved and longed for the joy and crown of thy generation Thou on whose face so many eyes were fixed Thou on whose lips so many ears were hanged at whose windows so many Doves have flocked Thou at whose silence so many hearts were broken Thou at whose departure into a foreign Land so many tears were shed and hands wrung Art thou dead Thou whose tongue was as choice silver whose lips fed many Thou whose Doctrine fell as the rain Whose life shined as the light Whose zeal provoked others Whose labours blissed the Earth Whose prayers pierced the Heavens Thou at whose presence the bold Sinners blushed At whose thunderings secure consciences were awakened Thou at whose searchings the Hypocrite trembled Thou at whose force the Kingdom of darkness shaked and the powers of Hell fell Thou who hast bound up many a broken heart with thy tender and skilful hand Thou who hast carried the Lambs in thy arms A spiritual Father of so many Children The happy instrument of life in so many dead souls Art thou dead Oh could the love-lines of thy person the usefulness of thy gifts the willingness of thy heart to thy Masters service the necessity of the Church the prayers of the Saints the love of thy Friends the desire of thy Relations could this have prevailed we had not said of thee this day Thou art dead Verily thou art the tryal of our faith Thou art the exercise of our patience and contentation How hardly do we restrain our reasonings and complainings to the Almighty What a multitude is the wicked ungodly violent intemperate prophane blasphemous generation The very curse and pest and burden of the earth they tread upon the very earth groaneth under them hell gapeth for them and heaven is darkned by them And shall these live and thou dye What mercenary hirelings and greedy wolves are crept into the Church of God not regarding nor sparing the flock unsavoury salt fitter for the dunghil Shall these live and thou dye What dark corners require light What hungry souls are craving for