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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96877	A relgious treatise upon Simeons song or, instructions advertising how to live holily, and dye happily. / Composed at first for the use of the truly pious Sir Robert Harley, knight of the honourable order of the Bath but since published by Timothy Woodroffe, B.D. Pastor to the church at Kingsland, in Herefordshire.	Woodroffe, Timothy, 1593 or 4-1677.; Rowe, John, 1626-1677.	1658 (1658)	Wing W3472A; Thomason E2119_1; ESTC R210138	91,617	274

I have my joy sweet Babe let this Song be a Lullaby for thee and a Funerall for Me sleep thou in mine armes while I depart in peace Simeons resolve and willingness to die Simeon resolves to die willingly so freely doth his heart breath out and his tongue expresse what he had so well resolved on Simeons time in which he wills to dy neither sooner nor longer His time even now Lord no sooner nor no longer Lord say Amen to my desires Note his relation in which he stood in the word Servant answering relatively unto the word Lord and so 't is between a Master and servant And here let us observe Simeons humble acknowledgment of his relation Simeons humility in being the Lords Servant A Servant indeed he was both in heart and life both in word and deed an humble worshipper of the Lord God who as he had been graciously preserved by him in a 1000. dangers all his life long and much owned from his Mothers womb till now So he will now resigne up himself in death to the safe custody and farther favour of so good a Lord and Master In the words be two parts 1. A Proposition Lord now lettest thou thy servant depart c. 2. A Confirmation For mine eyes have seen thy Salvation In the first he proposeth the large desire of his soul as if he had said Lord long have I lived and have seen all the Vanity that is under the Sun and thought I could never have my fill But now Lord since thou hast made me see the emptines of the creature thy fulnes why do I live any longer in such a place as earth is In such a condition as mortals are Lord now lettest thou thy Servant depart in peace What depart out of thy publique service now in the Temple no but by thy leave but thou Lord permitting let my long imprisoned pretious soul depart this body and this body and soul depart out of this present world So now he desires death which is resolutio animae a corpore as the Philosophers call death who say that there is a strong ligament between the soul and the body which death doth unty and so deliver up the person either to a better Qui pacatum habent Deum et pacatam conscientiam illi in pace moriuntur or worse place Simeon here desires to depart in peace who as he was at peace with God and with his owne Conscience So he desiers to die in an holy calme and sweet peace Hitherto of the proposall next briefly of the Confirmation For mine eyes have seen thy saluation .. The happy death of every gratious Simeon is much exalted by the promises of God which in Christ Jesus are yea and Amen to the praise and Glory of God 2 Cor. 1.20 As if Simeon had said Domine jam moriar alacriter Lord I will now depart for mine eyes have seen thy Salvation Lord now said thy Holy Oracle truth which was delivered me to believe Isa 5.2 All the ends of the earth shall see the Salvation of our God Isa 52.10 And I Simeon my selfe do see the person and the thing viz Christ and his Salvation which he shall bring to all Nations Nor is this all but he speaks of the Offices and actings of Christ saying which thou hast prepared before the face of all people Isai 49. out of Is 49. I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles that thou mayest be my salvation to the ends of the earth Him whom man despiseth Him whom Nations abhor Kings shall see and arise Prices also shall worship because of the Lord that is faithfull And to be the glory of thy people Israell Here 's high exaltation of the Tribes of Israell because from amongst them shall Christ come according to the flesh and the consequent of Simeons Song was 2 Luke 33. 1. The parents of Christ they marvell especially considering what they lately heard from the blessed Angels 1 Luke 30. what the Shepherds reported of him 2 Luke 34. 2. Simeon blessed them and said to his Mother Mary behold this Child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israell Now as Solomons throne had six ascending Ivory steps over laid with gold 1 Kings 10 18. so here be six steps of ascent for the poor soul to come very near to a greater then Solomon even to the everlasting King of glory 2 Cor. 11.2 who hath a long time been preparing every gracious soul to be a Bride for himself and to enjoy the Lord Jesus in his blessed arms with everlasting conjugalls Where first note the time now presently without farther stay Secondly note his desire to enjoy and adore him more and more fervently Thirdly note his dutifulnesse in the appellation he givs himself the name of a servant Fourthly the dignity of his Master in the word Lord one of great command power and place Fifthly the ground of his request the word the infallible word let me dye according to thy word according to thy word of promise Sixthly the condition in which he did desire to dye and that was in peace Simeon now had the Lord Christ in his armes who made peace who came and brought peace who was peace and the very God Prince of peace Ah soul that 's the only time for thee me to die when we have gotten Christ into the arms of our faith then then not before we can sing with Simeon Lord now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace for when Christ is thus in thine arms thou art in his arms also so reciprocally do these two lovers clip and embrace each other Now a word both of this proposall and confirmation in the manner of his speech The words be the humble prayer of a gracious servant to his Lord viz. to die presently in peace but according to the minde and with the good leave of his Lord Quest But who is Simeon here or what it Simeons condition Answ 1. A servant but an honourable one for he was the servant of the Lord of life and glory Answ 2. A servant bound by strongest obligations of oath and covenant Answ 3. A servant during life nay a servant for ever to a Master whose service is perfect freedome Joh. 8.36 but what freedome can such a servant ask or expect yes this great Lord hath a blessed freedome an everlasting jubilee to grant to all his servants that aged Simeon foresaw and that hee askes Mistake me not Simeon desires not askes not to be freed from the service of his Lord but askes to be translated into an higher into a more celestiall and evangelical service according to the faithfull word of promise made to him by his Lord and so heartily desires and prayes to depart from faith and hope to fruition from prayers to praises from feares and doubtings of a misgiving heart to a most sweet tranquility to fear

fear death nor to avoid it's snares for death of it self is not good nor is it naturall to us but cruell and horrible but basely to fear death rather then to glorifie the name of God in our sufferings this is a great sin to bee afraid to dye after an evill life and out of Christ to such death is the terrible of terribles such cannot bee well willing to dye but when God shall in the way of his good providence call us to dye either by a naturall death or to seal unto his truth under persecution to dye a violent death then we may welcome death and the instruments of death as Historians say Saint Andrew did Salve crux pretiosa susci pe nunc Discipulum cúm priùs sustinueris Magistrum Thus M. John Philpot embraced the stake in Smithfield who with a gladsome Spirit said I kindly salute thee precious cross be content to bear me the Disciple who hast formerly born my Master every Simeon is carried above the apprehensions of naturall and morall men in death and hath very grand considerations neither basely nor sinfully to fear death and therefore subscribes unto her with heart and hand Answ 2. The fear of death in the Saints and the fear of death in others are very diverse the one is acted by sinfull-self whom such an one seeks to preserve for fear of greater wrath the other is acted by gracious self who seeks to know the minde of God in his death to subscribe to it and to serve divine providence as in life so in death whom if the Lord shal recover or deliver he gives himself to God again if the Lord hath determined death shall take place hee resigns up soul and body with an holy contentment Mat. 26.39 under the good pleasure of his heavenly Father Let Pagans and Infidels who never believed who never feared God fear to dye or despair in death because they dye without hope Eph. 2.12 Collos 1.20.21 Eph. 1.10 because they have no faith nor do lay hold on that reconciliation which Jesus Christ hath made between the Lord and gracious souls but let Christians rejoice and be glad ever giving thanks unto the Father of mercies Col. 1.1.2 who hath made them meet to be pertakers of the inheritance of the Saints in light Which inherirance for scituation is the Empyrean heaven far above all heavens where is Christ himself to entertain and glorifie all those who sleep in him where is nothing but glory for all such poor souls dying in the Lord as the King of Glory to be with all vessels of glory to accompany us thrones of glory to sit on an eternal wait of eternal glory 2 Pet. 2.1.11 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 An enterance shall be administred to you abundantly or according to the originall richly Phil. 1.23 to put on crowns of glory to wear a kingdō of glory to possess here the soul of the departing one cries out in a blessed ecstasie I have enough blessed Lord I come I come having so abundant an entrance made for me into celestiall triumphs blessed be God who hath made me thus willing desirous rather to be absent from the body and to bee present with the Lord where I am assured to find peace without intermission or perturbation health without sickness plenty without want wealth without poverty and everlasting life without death Of which holy City said Austin when shall I come into thy golden streets when shall I see and enjoy the heavenly society of blessed souls and that glorious Jubilee Fain I would come to fruition but Oh how am I detain'd anon will death come behold she stands at the door and knocks bid her come in that I may bid her welcome to whom I am ready to answer as Rebekah did Gen. 24. to her old near and dear relations who were so loath to part with her I will go with the man so say I even withlong-looked-for death my harbinger and friend Oh death I willingly go along with thee whom my Lord hath made so necessary and serviceable to me in my happy translation Acts 10. for me thinks I see Heaven open as Peter in his vision and the son of man like as Stephen did see him standing at the right hand of God Oh my soul thou art in a rapture divine to contemplate the things in heaven which are so unspeakable and ful of glory True I shall in death be taken from my deerest friends but let not that retard my souls willingnesse to dye for it s not improbable but I may know my gracious friends in heaven since our divine knowledg there shall not be diminished but enlarged hence some conclude we shall joyfully know the Patriachs and Apostles of our Lord and this seems the more rationall because Peter and James Mat. 17.13 and John at the transfiguration knew Moses and Elias whom they knew not before so shall the sun of righteousness irradiate the Saints with the celestiall beams of his transcendent glory The last thing in our submission in the point of death is to shut our own eyes and to bind up our own jawes when the departing soul utters her last words blessing God for that land of promise which like Moses shee sees at a distance Deut. 34.4 Jos 23.6 8 11.14 so Joshua about to dye shuts his own eyes exhorting the people to fear and serve the Lord so did Stephen who calling on the name of the Lord fell asleep so did Simeon gathered up disposed and prepapared himself most sweetly singing Lord now lettest thou c. Our blessed Saviour doth as it were shut up his own eyes and bind up his jaws in that he sweetly submitted himself to the hand of death saying Lu. 23.45 Father into thy hands I do commend my spirit and so do all wel prepared souls take care to dye under an holy resignation of their bodies to the grave for a time of their departing souls into the hands and bosom of Jesus Christ who is our Reuben to take care of our Benjamin that is Gen. 42.37 of our immortall souls to convey them safely unto our Fathers house Thus of the third Exhortation which is wisely to submit unto the Lord God in every estate in our health in our sickness in the approaches of death and and at the point of death 4. Exhortation 4. Exhort To friends not to grieve over-much at their departure who dye in the Lord. It is lawful commendable it is just and honorable to have sad thoughts at the losse of such friends If the very Egyptians mourned for old Jacob seventy days that with a great sore lamentation Gen. 53. 1 Sam. 15.35 2 Sam. 13.37 2 Chro. 35.24 if Samuell mourned for Saul and David shall not we much more mourn when the Saints are taken from us All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah Surely then it is not onely naturall and morall but it is religious