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religion_n	christian_a	time_n	true_a	2,835	4	3.9950	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15674	The state of the godly both in this life, and in the life to come deliuered in a sermon at Chudleigh in Devon: at the funeralls of the right worshipfull, the Ladie Elizabeth Courtney, the 11. of Nouember, 1605. And published for the instruction, and consolation of the faithfull. By R.W. minister. Whereunto is annexed the christian life and godly death of the sayd worshipfull Lady Elizabeth Courtney.	Wolcomb, Robert, b. 1567 or 8.	1606 (1606)	STC 25942; ESTC S106614	39,608	94

him to feare death who woulde not goe to Christ it is for him to bee vnwilling to goe to christ who beleeues not that after death hee shall beginne to raigne with christ When our friends are taken from vs by death let vs not thinke that they are lost and vtterly perished but that they are gone before vs into the place and palace of rest and therefore let vs not mourne as they doe which are voyde of the hope of the resurrection and immortall life for as wee beleeue that Iesus is dead and risen euen so they which sleepe in Iesus are liuing in ioy and god will bring them againe at the last daye with Iesus and let vs comfort our selues one another with these wordes When wee see the godlye in this worlde 1 Thes 4.14 1● as it were forsaken now and then and contemptible to the eyes of men but the vngodly oftētimes sprowting as the green Bay tree let this supporte and proppe vs vp that one day Lazarus shall be comforted and Diues tormented When wee consider the inconstancie of worldlie ritches and honour and fauoure and promotion and friendshippe in this life let vs learne hereby not to loue the world neither the thinges that are in the world for the luste of the flesh the lust of the eyes the pride of life and all that is in this worlde passeth away but hee that fulfilleth the will of God 1 Iohn 2.15 16.17 abideth for euer and let vs solace our selues with the stable permanent and vnchaungeable ioyes of heauen for the state of the godlie and vngodly after death cannot bee chaunged there is a greate gulfe sette betweene heauen and hell Luke 16 26. so that they that woulde goe from blisse to punishmente cannot neither can any come from tormente to blisse Finallie when wee are soliciced eyther by the suggestion of Sathan or the allurements of pleasure or the perswasion of Atheistes or the weakenesse of the flesh to imagine that there is no life after death and that the soule vanisheth awaye into nothing when a man dyeth let vs call to minde that heauen and earth shall sooner passe then the worde of the Lorde shal fall to the grounde which teacheth that after bodylie death the souls of the faithfull and righteous are in the handes of the Lorde and enioye eternall comforte and if wee cannot remember all that hath beene now deliuered let vs alway carrie the summe and quintessence of this one place of Scripture imprinted and ingrauen firmelie in our heartes in which the Angell declares vnto blessed John that all faithfull soules that in this life haue washed their long robes and made them white in the bloud of the Lamb and haue onelie relyed on the merites death and passion of Iesus Christ they are after this life in the presence of the throne of God and serue him continuallye in the temple of heauen and dwell eternally with God God with them they hunger and thirste no more they are molested and accumbred with the heate of the Sunn no more and afflicted with tribulation no more for Iesus Christ the Lambe of God which is in the middest of the Throne shall feede them and rule them leade them to the liuelie fountaines of waters and GOD shall wipe awaye all teares from theyr eyes Thus much for the interpretation and explication of this text of holy Scripture And although I haue already very much exceeded my vsuall manner The christia● life and god● death of the Lady Court ●ney in that I haue so long and largely insisted on the thinges proposed and thereby tediousnesse perhappes may beginne to creepe vpon you yet I must a little longer pray your attention while I breeflye speake some thinge of the life and death of this right worshipful and deuoute gentlewoman which is now to be buried and which hath occasioned me at this time to vnfold vnto you this portion of Gods word The virtues and graces wherewith shee was adorned as they merited greate commendation so I am sorrie that they may not now be blazed by the eloquence of Aaron or the tongue of Angells ●al Max. l 8 ●1 For as Alexander the greate forbade anye to painte him but Apelles and to carue him but Lysippus leaste his excellencie shoulde bee abased by vnnoble Artificers so the woorthinesse of this religious Ladie deseruedlie craues to bee described of some one endued with singular guifte of speaking who mighte counteruaile her worthie workes with aunswerable wordes Howsoeuer it bee this comfortes mee that I speake not before straungers vnacquainted with her godlie qualities that therefore woulde aske a more copious declaration of the thinges they knowe not but before those who hauing had very long experience and triall of her godlinesse eyther wil supplie the defecte of the Speaker through theyr own manifould knowledge or els by one worde wil coniecture what the whole sentence meanes And for that the life of a true Christian consisteth in beleeuing and liuing I wil beginne firste with the sinceritie of her faith She was not like many lukewarm Politicians that either are Atheistes of no religion at al or els Chameleon-like turne with the time and iump with opportunity but shee embraced the ancient and apostolike fayth cleauinge to the sound doctrine deliuered in the word of God and abhorring the superstitious ceremonies of mens deuises This fayth was not hypocriticall but true not temporarie but permanent not idle but working not deade but liuing springing foorth with the abundance of all good workes euen as a good tree brings foorth good fruite and a wholesome well yeeldes out wholesome water Her earnest loue of Gods word great measure of knowledge of Christs gospell of which she hath alwayes been an affectionate hearer and a diligent performer sufficiently declare what these workes of fayth were For she was not onely painefull in resorting to the Church to pray with the congregation to heare the word of God as long as strength of bodie permitted but euen since age weakenes debarred her of the custome she hath ordinarily dayly caused prayers to be vsed the scriptures pure expositors of them to bee reade at home making the worde of God a Ianc-horne to directe her feete and Manna to sustayne her soule so passing her time for many yeares that her life might be deemed a meditation of death and a preparation for entrance into the life to come What shoulde I speake of the christian gouerning of her househoulde and of her especiall care that those which were about her might bee taughte the lawes of the Lorde to walke as it becommeth the professors of the gospell What shoulde I speake of her patience that beeing in sundry wise tossed and tryed with the crosses of this life yet like a rocke beaten on by the swelling floods shee stoode constant rendring thankes to God aswell for aduersitie as for prosperity and taking euery affliction in good parte as proceeding