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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60134	A funeral sermon preached upon the death of Mr. Nathaniel Oldfield who deceased Decemb. 31, 1696, ætat. 32 : with some account of his exemplary character / by John Shower.	Shower, John, 1657-1715.	1697 (1697)	Wing S3669; ESTC R37551	32,128	104

to help to make the World better I Rejoice in the Gifts and Graces and Success of All the Servants of Christ of whatever Name or Denomination Yea I will Esteem and Love Them whether they will Own and Love me or no. THIS Charitable Spirit let who will call such Moderation Lukewarmness with serious Diligence to please God and do what Service we can in our Several Places will be accepted with God and yield us Comfort living and dying And will I doubt not be better thought of hereafter when the little Names of Distinction and Matters of Dispute that now divide Christians and Protestants shall be forgotten As to all the Opinions and Censures of Men while we endeavour to do our Duty we ought to be firmly perswaded that every Man's Reputation and Credit is as much at the Disposal of God and under the Conduct of his Providence as his Estate or Health or Life and accordingly we ought to trust him SIR By what I already know of you I do not question your Agreement with me in these things I hope I shall know you better by a nearer and more intimate Acquaintance if it shall please God to Direct and Guide you to comply with the Invitation you have by a unanimous and speedy Choice to succeeed your Brother However that may be I beg of God to sanctifie this Providence to you to the Congregation and to all his surviving Friends and Acquaintance May I have Wisdom duely to improve it I am SIR London Febr. 3d. 1696 7. Your Affectionate Brother and Servant John Shower Advertisement THere will be speedily Publish'd a Funeral Sermon on the Death of Mr. T. Heasy an Hopeful Student Aged 19. With Serious Counsel to Young Students and Candidates for the Ministry c. And some Meditations on Several Subjects Collected out of the Papers he left By J. S. BOOKS Written by the same Author and Sold by John Lawrence at the Angel in the Poultrey WInter Meditations Or a Sermon concerning Frost and Snow and Winds c. and the Wonders of God therein 4 to A Thanksgiving Sermon April the 16th 1696. 4 to An Account of the Life of Mr. Henry Gearing 12o. A Discourse of Tempting Christ 12o. A Discourse of Family Religion in three Letters 12o. A Funeral Sermon HEB. 13.7 Remember them who have the Rule over you who have spoken unto you the Word of God whose Faith follow considering the End of their Conversation THE Suitableness of this Passage to the present Solemnity and to the Mournful Occasion of it is sufficiently apparent The Direction here given concerning the Peoples Duty with respect to their Ministers is entire and may be understood without examining the Context One would think it very easie to determine of what Ministers the Apostle speaks whether such as were yet alive or such as were dead did not our Translation favour their Opinion who would make the Original Word a Participle rather than a Substantive 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 contrary to the more general Sense of most Learned Interpreters and Criticks who read the Words thus Be mindful of your Guides or Rulers and remember them who have had the Rule over you i. e. who have been and were your Spiritual Guides That 't is of these he speaks is manifest by what follows Who have spoken to you the Word of God or have been your Instructors in the Faith and who have kept the Faith and finished their Course For he advises them to follow their Faith and to consider the happy End and Exit of their Conversation AS to the Duties unto Deceased Ministers here mention'd it cannot be denyed but they are applicable in part to other Good Men departed this Life For when private Christians dye in the Lord we are not to forget them and are obliged to imitate their Faith and Patience and to that end to consider their Conversation in this World and how they got safe into another But the Apostle speaks here of their Pastors and Teachers the Ministers of the Gospel and such of their Spiritual Guides as were departed this Life With respect to these we have two things to consider First The Account that he gives of them as to their Persons Secondly The Duty of surviving Christians towards them after their Death 1. FIRST As to their Persons the Apostle gives us an account of them in four Things 1. As to their Name They are Guides and Rulers 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2. They have spoken to you the Word of God have been Preachers of the Everlasting Gospel 3. He testifies their Exemplary Faith proposing them as Patterns 4. Their Constancy and Perseverance in Faith and Holiness to the last Considering the End of their Conversation 2. HAVING thus described their Persons he mentions three Duties towards them 1. To Remember them 2. To Follow their Faith 3. As a Motive and a Means thereto to Consider their Conversation and the happy End of it Remember them who have had c. I shall first explain these several Particulars in the Text in the order mentioned and then Apply my Discourse to the Solemn Occasion of this Assembly viz. the Breach which God hath made amongst you by the Death of my Reverend and worthy Brother 1. FIRST As to the Persons here described They are called Rulers and Guides for so the Original Word imports such as have the Guidance and Instruction of others by Authority or Office It is sometimes used for Civil Rulers sometimes for Ecclesiastical and for the General of an Army for the Captain of a Regiment for the Governour of a Town and sometimes for a Principal Person amongst others Acts 15.22 THE Sacred Writers make use of this Word for such as were established to feed the Flock of Christ and had the Over sight of Particular Churches so Ver. 17. Obey them that have the Rule over you and submit your selves for they watch for your Souls as they that must give an account the like 24. ver Salute all them that have the Rule over you and all the Saints 't is doubted whether St. James who was Bishop of Jerusalem was then alive and more whether the Apostle directs this Epistle to all the Churches in Judea or only to the Converted Jews in Jerusalem I shall not go about to decide it 'T is plain that these Rulers these Warchmen are the same who in the Text had spoken the Word of God or preach'd the Gospel TO this purpose we find that Clemens Romanus who is the most Antient Writer of the Christian Church next the Apostles the same Clemens who is mentioned by the Apostle himself Phil. 4.3 in his Epistle to the Corinthians useth this very word very frequently for * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p. 2. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p. 30. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ib. p. 73. St. Clemens Rom. Epist 1. ad Corinth 4to Edit Patr. Junij Oxon. 1633. Gospel Ministers Bishops such as preach'd the Word of God and were over 'em in