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A42350	The Christians labour and reward, or, A sermon, part of which was preached at the funeral of the Right Honourable the Lady Mary Vere, relict of Sir Horace Vere, Baron of Tilbury, on the 10th of January, 1671, at Castle Heviningham in Essex by William Gurnall ...	Gurnall, William, 1617-1679.	1672 (1672)	Wing G2258; ESTC R10932	62,221	185

work without this help 't is heavy indeed yea too heavy for him to stand under but Gods helping hand put to it makes this heavy work light The Ship which when lying on ground all the Teams in the Country could not draw off how easily is it set a float when the Tide comes in Thus the Heart which the Christian by no pains and industry of his own can raise out of its dullness and indisposition to Duty Oh how soon is it elevated and inspirited when God flows in with his secret Aspirations and Exuscitations of his Blessed Spirit and Grace he who confessed that he could do nothing of himself not so much as think a good thought tells us also he is able to do all things through Christ who strengthneth him now this help from the Lord is promised but it comes not till the Christians hand is put to the work let him be up and doing and then God will not fail to be with him 'T is cheap travelling we say for a Child in his Fathers company to be sure God will pay the charge the Christian is at in his whole journey to Heaven it is easie working while God holds our hand yea puts strength into it Art thou to pray his Spirit will lift with thee for so that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifies art thou tempted whilst thou art fighting in the Valley below Christs hands are lift up in Heaven above for thy Victory I have prayed that thy Faith fail not yea he doth not only pray above for thee but will be in the Field with thee and in thee by the secret succours of his Spirit My Grace is sufficient for thee which is not meant of Grace Inherent in us that indeed is unsufficient of it self but the auxiliary Grace which he sends in to assist and excite that in a time of need Thirdly Though Christianity be a labour and many troubles and perils attend it yet 't is not alike to all every Christian hath not Hemans Faith Jobs Patience or Pauls Courage neither shall all have Hemans Disertions Jobs Losses nor Pauls Persecutions the stoutest Souldiers are put upon the hottest service the heaviest burden upon the strongest back he knows every Saints ability and so he rates them he will not suffer any to be tempted above that they are able When the Israelites came first out of Egypt he knew they were raw Souldiers and therefore led them about that they might not be put to fight before he had hardned and heartned them more to bear such a work While Christ was upon Earth he interposed his own body between his weak Disciples and the fury of the wicked world but when he went to Heaven then he ventured them into the storm but careful first to re-inforce them with power from above before he let them take the Field Acts 1.4 Being assembled together with them commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem but wait for the promise of the Father Fourthly The merciful indulgence which the Lord gives them as to their failings hard work indeed God calls them to but the harder the work is the more his pity is expressed towards them in pardoning those invincible infirmities which notwithstanding their faithful endeavour will be found in their doing it It was hard for the Apostles to keep their eyes wakeful in the dead of the night Christ considereth this and Apologizeth for them even while he chides them the Spirit is willing but the Flesh is weak It is hard when Afflictions are strong and long not to fall into some indecencies of speech and behaviour we have heard of Jobs Impatience as well as Patience yet the Lord was graciously pleased to to take his part against his accusing Friends ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right as my servant Job hath Job 42.7 It is hard to act Faith when sense and reason are non-plust the Lord therefore is pleased to overlook the weaknesses of his Childrens faith which in such deep plunges they bewray so they strive against them and be humbled for them in magnis tentasse aliquid non parvum in great and difficult enterprizes an essay and endeavour is not little Peter shewed great Faith in venturing to go upon the Sea but discovered infirmity when he began to sink therefore Christ pitieth and succoureth his weakness Davids strait was in a manner as great at Land as Peters was at Sea When at Gath amongst his Enemies whose Champion he had slain much fear and unbelief he borrowed in this his strait yet some secret actings of Faith were mingled with these his fears as appeared by the Prayer he then lift up to God and even this Prayer attended with so many distrustful fears found acceptance with God which made the good man bring this forth as an encouragement for others This poor man cryed and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his Troubles Psalm 34.6 A poor man indeed he was at this time not only in his outward state but his inward poor and low in the actings of his Faith O what encouragement is here to come into the service of God hard work thou mayst meet with but not an hard Master do but thou thy best and God will forgive thy worst Beware of wickedness in not doing what thou canst and God will not reject thee for thy weakness Like as a Father pitieth his Children so the Lord pitieth them that fear him Psalm 103.13 I come now to the Second Part of the Text which presents us with the reward that attends the Christians labour it is not in vain in the Lord they shall not be put off with their labour for their pains no there is a reward laid up in Heaven which will abundantly compensate all the pain and pains they were put to on Earth but we must not understand this as if the Christian received no gain or advantage in this life from the service of God while he is labouring in it Godliness hath the promise of this life as well as the other There are promises of which payment is made here and though these be inferiour to what the Christian shall receive hereafter yet be they so pretious as prove Religion even in this life no hospes asymbolus No guest that lodgeth on free cost but such as pays well and that in present Coin for its entertainment It affords Bread to the eater as well as Seed to the sower there is fruit unto Holiness which the Christian may now feed on to his comfort as well as an hope of Eternal life to be received at the end of this The very vales which the Christian hath given him while at his work afford him enough for his present expence to maintain him in a port becoming his high hopes for afterwards First His conscionable labour in the Lords work will gain him more ability and holy skill to do his work still better by exercising of himself daily unto Godliness he becomes more

high she got in Grace and Godliness She hath not drawn up the Ladder after her take her course tread in her steps and by Gods blessing though thou mayst not come to her pitch here yet thou shalt have far more than now thou hast She did not grow thus rich in Grace with idleness and sloth but by Gods blessing on her diligence in the use of means She did not become so eminent by proudly thinking her self so to be but by Humility and Poverty of Spirit Many had been better if they had not thought themselves to be better than they were Fourthly A word to you that had the priviledge to live in her Family For Gods sake look to your selves happy you if the holy Example you had in her and extraordinary means of Grace you enjoyed under her roof have had a kindly and powerful effect in you if they have produced a serious resolution for an holy life But wo be to you that shall bring a prophane and wicked Spirit out of such a Pious Family think seriously how sad it will be to live so near Heaven in this world as there you did and at last to miss of Heaven in the other Fifthly To those that are priviledged with Noble Birth or Gentile Extraction learn from this Lady the best way in the world to make the Tribute of Honour which is your due surely and chearfully to be payed you take but the same course that this Gracious Lady and Noble Lord her Husband did and I dare promise you shall obtain it Labour to be good and to do good be not afraid or ashamed to be Religious own God in his Holy Ways and Holy Ones and then you shall be Honoured of all but by those that refuse to Honour God himself And who would accept of Honour at their hands who rob God of his you have the Word of God for this Them that honour me I will honour 1 Sam. 2.30 By Humility and the fear of the Lord are Riches and Honour and Life Prov. 22.4 A place of Scripture which God fulfilled remarkably in the deceased Lady It fareth with Gentlemens Honours as it doth with Tradesmens Wares which while they are made true and good their price keeps up in the Market but when they are made with little care and of bad stuff then it falls and they hardly go off Oh defile not your Honours by any debaucheries Dignitas in indigno est ornamentum in Luto saith Salvian What pity is it a Scarlet Cloak should be sopt in a swill tub The corruption of the best is the worst I do not clear those of sin who do not give him the Honour due to his Title and Place that is unworthy of them but methinks that those whom God hath left so high in dignity above others should consider that it is their duty and wisdom also to shun all that may lead their Inferiours into this Temptation How can he be free to complain of others denying him his Honour who by his own prophaneness and wickedness casts more dishonour on himself than any other can do To be dishonourable is worse than to be dishonoured as much as a sin is worse than an affliction The Good and Pious are sometimes dishonoured by those that are wicked even for that which is their highest Honour but it is sin and wickedness that makes a person dishonourable as also it doth a Nation Prov. 14.35 But sin is a reproach to any People FINIS An Epitaph on the Right Honourable and Religious the Lady Vere Wife to the most Noble and Valiant Lord Horatio Vere Baron of Tilbury who dyed Decemb. 25. 1671. in the 90 Year of her Age. BEneath this Marble Stone doth lye Wonder of Age and Piety So Old so Good 't was hard to say Which striving in her won the day Or had most power to bow her down Her Age or her Devotion Her Piety made the World confess Old Age no bar to fruitfulness Her Age again so wondrous great Prov'd Piety never out of Date Well may she then a wonder go When as to prove her to be so The two grand Topicks do agree Both Scripture and Antiquity Thus was she like none ever more That Widow of above Fourscore Who serving God both day and night At last of Jesus gat a sight Nay still like her in Temple she Her Saviour waits once more to see On Her sleeping Three days together before she dyed Deaths Brother Sleep her Senses ty'd Three days and then she waking dy'd Sleep was the Essay of Death's Cup Which first she sipt then drank all up Thus Swimmers first with foot explore The Gelid stream then venture o're Thus Martyr for a Tryal first Into the fire his Finger thrust To snip a Pattern of the flame Then clothes his Body with the same Thus Spies to Canaans Land are sent To view the Countries e're they went Sleep was the Mask in which she saw The Promis'd Land Incognita Which done she only wak't to tell By-standers that she lik't it well Then Reader if thou wonder'st at Her Three days Sleep remember that Three days to view the Triple-Heaven One day spent in each Court makes even But Reader when thou think'st upon Her Third days Resurrection If thou' rt amaz'd wonder no more Her Saviour did so before On her dying just on the day of Christ's Nativity Long time she sleeping lay but could not dye Until the day of Christs Nativity No wonder then She slept and slumbered It was because the Bridegroom tarried On Her Nobility Noble herself more Noble ' cause so near To the Thrice Noble and Victorious Vere That Belgick Lyon whose loud fame did roar Heard from the German to the British shoar His Trophies she was Joyntur'd in so say The Lawyers Wives shine by their Husbands Ray. See therefore now how by his side she stands Triumphing midst the Graves those Netherlands Rather in Heaven Those only we confess Are truly call'd Th' Vnited Provinces Charles Darby Rector of Kediton in Suffolk Vpon the Death of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Vere WHat Marble Heart can chuse but drop a Tear At the sad Funeral of the Lady Vere Whose Death 's a publick loss Our spring is dry That many an empty Cistern did supply God deckt her Heaven-born Soul with Gems Divine Of various lustre which did make her shine That all that stood about her saw the light She made it day even in the darkest night Her bounteous Hand and truly noble Heart Did noble Gifts to multitudes impart She was a flowing Spring a Mine of Treasure To serve her Lord and do good was her pleasure Pattern of Goodness and a Pillar too A few such losses might the World undo She gave her self to Christ with heart and might And was with him in Spirit day and night And when his Festival began on Earth But kept in Heaven with purer joy and mirth She longed to be there which made her sing Her Nunc Dimittis and her Soul