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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60348	A funeral-sermon upon occasion of the death of Mrs. Lobb late wife of Mr. Stephen Lobb. Preached by Samuel Slater, minister of the Gospel	Slater, Samuel, d. 1704.	1691 (1691)	Wing S3966; ESTC R221626	33,124	39

Ease which through the Blessing of God it doth produce in the Patient that takes it Death hath but a bad look a grim countenance but yet it comes upon a good Errand it hath the hands of Esau which are very rough but its voice is the voice of Iacob speaking Peace and Comfort to a Child of God You see here in the Text that Paul desir'd it and he very well understood himself he knew there was sufficient yea abundant reason for his doing so It must be acknowledged That Death was at first threatned as a Curse and since the Fall it hath been inflicted as the Punishment of Sin But God for the great Love wherewith he loves his People and for the sake of his Son our dear Lord Jesus hath as to them turned that Curse into a Blessing That which was a part of the Curse is now the high-way to all Blessedness as matrers do now stand not to dye would be a loss a prejudice to the Saints Iob 7.16 I loath it I would not live alway if I might I would not i. e. here in this world It is a very great aggravation of the misery of the Damned in Hell that they cannot dye death flees from them tho they desire it and seek it and earnestly call after it yet it will not come nay it cannot The hopes of Annihi●ation would be grateful and pleasant to them fain they would not be but be they must whether they will or no. But Death will come to a Child of God would he not live always then ●hall not Only to him Death comes in the fittest season not till work be done and he be ripe for Glory he goeth to his Grave 〈◊〉 shock of Corn in its season If Spiritual Death be taken away ●●ch separates between the Soul and God Natural Death can do hurt tho it doth for a time separate between the Soul and the ●●ly Now from this Truth two things do necessarily follow ●irst That Death is not to be feared by a Believer There are other ●●gs enough which are the proper Objects of our Fear and it would our ●olly not to fear them Of these things Sin is one Do not li● to its voice nor comply with its motions nor set your hand to work though it come with the most tempting smiles and alluring ●rms stand at a distance from it and bid defiance to it for its 〈◊〉 is more bitter than wormwood God is another Jer. 10.7 Who ●●d not fear thee O King of Nations for to thee it doth appertain It ●art of that natural worship which is due to him fear him as ●●ldren a Father rejoyce at the remembrance of his Holiness and 〈◊〉 the Lord and his Goodness fear to break his Commands and ●buse his mercies and thereby provoke him to withdraw from 〈◊〉 his assistances and comforts and to set upon you the marks of displeasure Your own hearts are another if he that trusts in his 〈◊〉 heart be a fool then to be afraid of our selves and of our own ●●ts is a special piece of wisdom As the heart of man is knotty ●crabbed so it is treacherous deceitful above all things and de●ately wicked therefore let us watch our hearts and be jealous 〈◊〉 our selves with a godly jealousie But be not afraid to dye A ●●●istian ought to be at God's ordering Be willing to live as long as 〈◊〉 will have you though it be an afflictive and troublesome life ●●gh it be a sickly and painful life though it be a mean and poor 〈◊〉 Iob could say upon his Dunghill in the midst of outward and ●●●ard anguish Iob 14.14 All the days of my appointed time I will 〈◊〉 till my change shall come Wait with patience live out of a prin●e of obedience to God and then be willing to die when God will 〈◊〉 you Death hath lost its sting and now you may play with it 〈◊〉 reconciled and therefore will not be unkind nor do you a mis●f It is your Father's servant and therefore cannot go beyond his ●●mission the Scripture tells you 1 Cor. 5.21 22. Death is yours ●ell as life It is a part of your interest You owe a great deal to ●●th as it puts an end to all your sins and sorrows and as it is a pas●● though a dark one to Heaven and Glory Secondly The Death of those who died in the Lord is not upon 〈◊〉 account to be bewailed by those their near and dear Relations that super● them Indeed as it is a loss to the Family and Friends and to 〈◊〉 Nation and to that part of the Church which is here a sense of 〈◊〉 and a sorrow for it is to be allowed them and commended 〈◊〉 them for it is no other than their duty It is a sign of a bad hea● and of approaching evil when the righteous perish and no man 〈◊〉 it to heart Isa. 57.1 Only that Sorrow is to be kept under co●●mand and within those bounds that Religion and right Reason 〈◊〉 set it Tho over their Graves we may drop our Tears we must 〈◊〉 drown our selves But the more deeply sensible we are of our loss 〈◊〉 more careful and diligent we ought to be about the improving 〈◊〉 making it up Have we lost much of the Creature then let us lab● to get so much the more of God and Iesus Christ There is not 〈◊〉 loss here below that we can meet with but if we will be foun● the way of our duty it may yea for certain it shall be repa● and made up to us But the Death of Holy Gracious Persons is to be bewailed upon their account They stand in no need of an● our Sighs or Tears Their case doth not call for it Tho they di● their Strength and Prime in their Youth or in their consistent 〈◊〉 yet they did not dye too soon They liv'd as long as God would 〈◊〉 them and that was long enough They do not dye too soon who 〈◊〉 they dye go to Christ. Rev. 14.13 Blessed are the dead that dy● the Lord. They are not miserable then but happy yea more ha●● than ever they were before When thou thinkest My Relation is d●● follow that thought with this My Relation is blessed Now she 〈◊〉 indeed now she is happy indeed The life she had here 〈◊〉 not deserve the name of a life if compared with that life which now hath with Christ. Fifthly A truly yea an eminently Gracious Person may be in a 〈◊〉 about dying-work When David was almost consumed with the 〈◊〉 of God's hand He prayed O spare me that I may recover stre●● before I go hence and be seen no more Psal. 39.13 When Hez●● was commanded by the Prophet from the Lord To set his hous● order for he should dye and not live he turned his face to the wall 〈◊〉 prayed and wept sore Isa. 38.1 c. Paul here was in a strait 〈◊〉 that proceeded from a more noble Cause than that of many 〈◊〉 was brought into it