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A23644 A gainful death the end of a truly Christian life a sermon at the funeral of Mr. John Griffith, late minister of the Gospel, who departed this life May 16, in the 79th year of his age / preached May the 20th, 1700 by Richard Allen. Allen, Richard. 1700 (1700) Wing A1041; ESTC R28091 13,910 48

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Bishop under the great Shepherd and Bishop of Souls About fourteen years of which time he spent in Sufferings Bonds and Imprisonments for his Lord and in the Testimony of a good Conscience He was indeed in my opinion and in the opinion of several other Christians somewhat too strait and narrow in his Notions concerning the terms of Church-Communion but even this we have good reason to think proceeded from his sincere Zeal and tender respect to the Laws of the blessed Jesus I know of no dishonour or blemish he brought upon our holy Religion in his so long Profession of it but he was I think in general an Ornament and Reputation to it He bore his long Sickness and Pains with much Patience and Submission to the Divine Will and to the last rejoiced in full assurance of hope He being conscious that Christ was his Life thereupon comfortably concluded that Death would be his Gain We have good ground through Grace to believe him among those blessed Ones who died in the Lord Rev 14.13 who rest from their Labours and their Works follow them And that he will hear that joyful Sentence Mat. 25.21 c. Well done good and faithful Servant Enter thou into the Joy of thy Lord. Where we leave him And In the last place Let us labour to be Followers of him so far as he followed Christ and of all others who through Faith and Patience inherit the Promises Heb. 6.12 Let us give all diligence and labour with a holy Ambition to grow in Grace and Holiness and thereby make our Calling and Election sure 2 Pet. 1 5-11 that so we may have an Entrance abundantly ministred to us into the everlasting Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ This antient Minister of Christ now laying in the Dust liv'd indeed to be full of days but who of you can promise your selves to be herein like him James 4.14 For what is your Life it is even a Vapour that appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away O remember that the youngest and strongest and the most healthy walk but in a vain shew Psal 39.5 6. and at their best * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Stans vel stabilis most establish'd State are altogether Vanity Let us therefore earnestly pray and labour so to number our days Psal 90.12 and consider the great uncertainty of our Life that we may apply our Hearts to Divine and Heavenly Wisdom We see many of our dear Friends and Relations suddenly cut off as a Flower and snatch'd from us let us bless God for the good hope we have thro Grace of their being ready and let us pray and labour that we may be also ready Mat. 24.44 because our Lord assures us he will come in such an hour as we think not I close all with the Apostle's concluding Exhortation and Desire Therefore my beloved Brethren 1 Cor. 15.58 be ye stedfast unmovable always abounding in the Work of the Lord forasmuch as ye know that your Labour is not in vain in the Lord. And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence Heb. 6.11 to the full assurance of hope unto THE END Errat Pag. 7. read 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sold by Andr. Bell at the Cross Keys and Bible in Cornhil and M. Fabian at Mercer's Chappel in Cheapside AN ESSAY to prove Singing of Psalms with conjoyn'd Voices a Christian Duty and to resolve the Doubts concerning it And A Brief Vindication of the said Essay Both by Rich. Allen. Hymns in Commemoration of the Sufferings of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ compos'd for the Celebration of his holy Supper A new Version of Solomon's Song of Songs together with the 45th Psalm The Groans of a Saint under the Burden of a mortal Body Being a Funeral Sermon on Mr. John Belcher These by Joseph Stennett