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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76330	Sorrow upon sorrow: or, The much lamented death of the worthy Mr. Ralph Venning being a sermon preached upon the sad occasion of his death before his burial, from Acts 20.38. Sorrowing most of all that they should see his face no more. By W. Beerman minister of the Gospel.	Beerman, William.	1674 (1674)	Wing B1690A; ESTC R218872	10,032	23

it be when you shall have him no more For the Prosecution of this Doctrine I shall do these three things First I shall prove it Secondly give you the Reasons of it Thirdly make Application First for the Proof of it That it is the Property and Practice of the Saints and People of God when the Saints and Servants of God are taken from them to be sorrowfully affected to Lament and Mourn for the loss of them I shall give you some instances out of the Old and New Testament 4. or 5. out of the Old the first is of the Patriarch Jacob that Puny-God that wrestled and prevailed when he came to die as you read in Gen. 49. and the last verse That he pull'd up his feet into the bed and he 's gone Now see what a Mourning there was for him in Gen. 50.1 Joseph fell upon his Fathers face and kissed him and vers 3. And the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days here was a Mourning for Jacob and vers 10. They came to the threshing-floor of Atad which is beyond Jordan and there they Mourned with a great and very sore Lamentation and made a mourning for his Father seven days They carried his Body to the Land of Promise and they mourned with a very great and sore Lamentation and made a Mourning for his Father seven days Now mourn that Jacob is gone a Man that used to wrestle for your Souls is gone now mourn A second Instance is Moses that man of God when he dies and they see his face no more and in Deut. 32.49 50. God bids Moses there get up into the Mount Nebo and die there God bids Moses go up and die and you see Moses doth it in Deut. 34.5 Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab according to the word of the Lord and what then Moses may die if he will who will concern themselves for him see vers 8. And the Children of Israel wept for Moses thirty days there is mourning for Moses We shall see him no more whose Doctrine dropt as the Rain and whose speech distil'd as the Dew whose lips dropt hony A third instance is of the Prophet Samuel he was an excellent Teacher God forbid saith he that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you but I will teach you and he taught the good and the right way of the Lord but now observe in the 1 Sam. 25.1 what mourning the people made for him when he died it s said all the Israelites were gathered together and lamented him that is from all parts of Israel all sorts of Israel came together and Lamented for Samuel we shall never hear his Prayer for us more and they lamented for him A fourth Instance is that of the young Prophet in the 1 Kings 13. who without doubt in the main was faithful to God though seduced out of his way and out of his Life by an old Prophet whereby a Lyon was appointed by God to destroy him but see now how the old Prophet was affected with it as soon as he hears it causeth the Ass to be sadled and goes and brings the Carcase home to the City to Mourn and to Bury him and laid him in his own grave in the 30. verse and brings all to mourn over him and charges his Sons that when he was dead that they bury him in the same Sepulchre where the man of God was and lay his bones besides his bones 5. One Instance more in the old Testament is that of the Prophet Elijah a man that the Apostle saith was subject to the like Passion as we are This Prophet that pray'd it should rain and it did and that pray'd it should not rain and it did not This Prophet in 2 Kings 2. tells his Servant he should see him no more In the 12. he cries out My father my father and rent his cloaths in two pieces that rending of Cloaths or garments signifies sorrow also as David did when he heard of the death of Saul and also repeating it is argument of sorrow as David did for Jonathan 2 Sam. 1.17 to the last and by Absalom Oh Absalom my son my son my son Absalom I shall now instance in the New-Testament it was so with them of Ephesus when they parted with Paul They should see his face no more He had been such a Preacher that they could not part with him without tears or with dry eyes if you look into Acts 20.18 you see his labour Ye know that from the first day that I came after what manner I have been with you At all seasons he Preach'd to them in season and out of season and he was a faithful Preacher he did not neglect to declare the whole Councel of God and he was a couragious Preacher too he did not care what became of himself for their good Now if people loose such a Preacher so painful so laborious it is no wonder if they mourn when they shall see his face no more A second instance is of Stephen who was the first Martyr that ever was in the New-Testament Stephen was the first Gospel-Officer that ever I read was chosen he was the best read in Scripture for Acts 7. he runs over all the Scripture and in the 51. verse he calls them stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears Ye do always resist the Holy Ghost now this Stephen that thus Preach'd the Scripture to them they put him to Death as you may read in the close of the seventh Chapter of the Acts but now how was he buried in cap. 8. vers 2. Devout men carried Stephen to his Burial and made great Lamentation over him That Stephen that was so powerful a Preacher and to Pray for us We shall see his face no more The last instance is that of our Lord Jesus he is called by Nichodemas A Teacher sent from God By Paul in the Romans The Minister of the Circumcision By Matthew As one having Authority and not as the Scribes Now this blessed Teacher being taken away you shall find they were much troubled Joh. 16.5 he tells them he was going away to him that sent him He was going to his Father In the 6. verse saith he Because I have said these things to you sorrow hath fill'd your hearts Oh Lord Jesus what thou go away sorrow was in their heart and sorrow fil'd their heart because he was to go away and when he was dead and buried you find there was weeping and mourning as you may see in Joh. 20.11.13 15. there was weeping and mourning and mourning and weeping yea those that were his Persecutors they were sorrowful Luk. 23.48 And all the people that came together to that sight beholding the things that were done smote their breasts and in the 27. verse of that Chapter when Christ was carrying to be put to Death there followed him a great multitude of people and women which also bewailed and lamented him