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A10080	The two twins of birth and death A sermon preached in Christs Church in London, the 5. of September. 1624. By Samson Price, Doctor of Diuinitie, one of his Majesties chapleins in ordinarie. Vpon the occasion of the funeralls of Sir William Byrde Knight. Doctor of the Law, deane of the Arches, and iudge of the Prerogatiue Court of the Archbishop of Canterburie.	Price, Sampson, 1585 or 6-1630.	1624 (1624)	STC 20334; ESTC S115217	28,776	52

THE TWO TWINS OF BIRTH AND DEATH A SERMON PREACHED in Christs Church in London the 5. of September 1624. By SAMSON PRICE Doctor of Diuinitie one of his Majesties Chapleins in Ordinarie Vpon the occasion of the Funeralls of Sir WILLIAM BYRDE Knight Doctor of the Law Deane of the Arches and Iudge of the Prerogatiue Court of the Archbishop of Canterburie PHILLIP 1.21 To me to liue in Christ and to dye is gaine AT LONDON Printed by Edward All-de for John Hodgets 1624. TO MY CHRISTIAN AND LOVING PARISHIONERS OF CHRISTS CHVRCH IN LONDON Beloued in Christ Jesus IT is the promise of the Word that the righteous shall be in euerlasting remembrance Psal 112.6 as registred in the booke of eternall life so graciously mentioned to the ioy of posterity in this life Chrisost The best monument is not in stately houses strong walls high Towers glorious Sepulchers Antomin 1. P. Tit. 2. C. 9. S. 2. but in righteous actions grounded vpon memory which considering the infirmity of nature losse by sinne examples of the good folly of the wicked necessity of the miserable and looking vpon God as a Creatour Redeemer Rewarder maketh a man liue according to his will reuealed in his Word Mic. 6.8 in doing iustly louing mercy and walking humbly The memoriall of such a one I present to you and to those whosoeuer shall reade this passage from birth to death in Sir William Byrde deceased and gone to the Lord whom I know you esteemed Inter raros paucos excellentissimae gratiae viros Amongst those few choise pearles of excellent parts Aug. de Cyp. li. 6. de Baptismo left in these decaying times Vnperfect it is and this birth had died as soone as it had beene borne without pressing had not I perceiued how tender it was taken among some and earnestly desired to be published by others We shall learne to liue well by remembring our death and wee shall liue to God if we dye to the world As long as I am in this Tabernacle I shall put you in remembrance of this 2. Peter 1.13 that you may loue the Lord your God walke in his wayes keepe his commaundements statutes iudgments liue multiply that the Lord our God may blesse you and we may be preserued and deliuered at the houre of death and day of iudgement From the new Rents in your Parish Octob. 18. 1624. Yours in Christ Jesus Samson Price THE TVVO TVVINS OF BIRTH AND DEATH Lord Iesus begin and end ECCLES 3.2 A time to be borne and a time to dye IT was a diuine confession of that sweet Singer of Israel holy King Dauid a man concerning whom GOD did sweare in his holinesse Ps 89 33. that he would not suffer his faithfulnesse to faile him His glory is great in thy saluation honour and maiestie hast thou layde vpon him Ps 21.5 Great were his deliuer ances from the Iawe of the Lyon Pawe of the Beare Iauelin of Saul Speare of Goliath from the Counsaile of Achitophell Slaunder of Doeg Reuiling of Shemei Mouth of the Sword from the murraine of his Subiects multiplicity of his sins the rebellion of his son Absolon Honourable were his dignities in the loue of his people glorious wearing of a Crowne triumphant victories ouer his enemies Hee was higher then the Kings of the earth Ps 89.27 such a sonne did the Lord send him Salomon a King passing all the Kings of the earth in riches wisdome 2. Ch. 9 2● 2. Sam. 12.24 Eccles 1.1 2. Sam. 12.25 called Salomon by his father Dauid when Bethsheba had borne him the Preacher by himselfe in the fore-front of this booke and Iedidiah by Nathan the Prophet by whose hand the Lord sent so to name him Hier. in Eccles orig in Can. Am. pro. in Lu. Salonius viennensis in Prou. Three names agreeable to three bookes hee wrote Salomon to that of the Prouerbs the Preacher to Ecclesiastes Iedidiah to his Canticles the Prouerbs containing morrall Instructions the Preacher many naturall secrets Prou. 4.1.3 his Canticles the supernaturall mysterie of that marriage betwixt Christ and his Church Tria volumina Salomonis misle Cobel. th Sir Hasirim Heir Praef. in Prou. Solom In the Prouerbs as a Father he teacheth tender children the offices of life in Ecclesiastes the young man that for all things hee must be brought to iudgement in the Canticles him that is growne to some perfection how to be ioyned with diuine embracings to God Cant. 1.2 and to be kissed with the kisses of his mouth In the Prouerbs hee teacheth how to liue in the world In Ecclesiastes Hie. Prae. in Ec. how to despise the world In the Canticles how to loue God aboue the world As Salomon he wrote his Prouerbs a King of peace giuing lawes which being kept by vs shall work internall externall eternall peace for vs peace with our selues neighbours God As a Preacher he wrote his Ecclesiastes for no doctrine more fit for the Pulpit and to be preached to the whole world then mans mortality the chiefe subiect of the booke As Gods fauourite hee wrote the Canticles containing the mutuall loue of Christ and his Church King Dauid was Gods beloued and hence comes his name Dauid of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Dod Amor. Amicus Dilectus his sonne Salomon was so a wise sonne of a wise father a Prophet from a Prophet for howsoeuer the spirit of prophecie goeth not euer by inheritance and succession Basil yet Dauid by prayer obtained this blessing to haue a sonne like himselfe a sonne by generation and a sonne by similitude King Dauid delighted to teach transgressours the wayes of God that sinners might be conuerted Ps 51.13 Prou. 1.2 Bede Ecles 12.14 so King Salomon wrote to make men know wisdome and instruction and to perceiue the words of vnderstanding how men should liue according to the truth of knowledge direct their intentions and gouerne their actions For God shall bring euery worke into iudgement with euery secret thing whether it be good or whether it be euill Thales therfore answered well when demanded what was the wisest amongst creatures Time said he for it findeth out all things O then that we were wise that we vnderstood this that we would consider our latter end Deut. 37.29 Things past must be considered the good omitted Patritins de transitu animae ad Deum not prouiding for a time to come neglecting the day of grace desisting from doing good the euill committed against God by disobedience our neighbours by hurt done our selues by consenting to sinne the time lost which is precious a benefit from God irreuocable Things present must be considered the shortnesse of life which flyeth as a shadow fadeth as a flower is onely certaine in vncertainty the worlds vanity whereby the couetous are deceiued the carnall led the proud caught the space giuen to repent wherein our estate should be

remembred our passage considered our good foreseene Things to come must be considered the giuing vp of our account when wee must answere for our thoughts words works the day of death which is at hand sure vnsure the day of iudgement which is the last doome to the euill fearefull to the good ioyfull This was the song of Moses not onely merely propheticall as Rabo Paulus would haue it but exhortatory also This is the wisdome from aboue making men pure peaceable gentle easie to be entreated full of mercy and good fruits Iam. 3.17 without partiality without hypocrisie Other wisedome perisheth the wisdome of the serpent in a curse Is 29.14 the wisdome of the Pharisies in a woe the wisdome of Achitophel in folly of Nimrod in confusion of the vniust steward in expulsion the wisedome of Iezabel in death Moses prayed for this heauenly wisdome So teach vs to number our dayes Ps 9.12 that wee may apply our hearts vnto wisdome Hier. ep 139. Nothing so deceiueth men as to be ignorant of the paces of their life and to promise long times to themselues vnlesse we thinke vpon death we can neuer fashion our selues to a godly life Repentance hath no such enemie as to thinke that any time will serue to repent Hardly can a man think of a short life here and thinke euill or of a long life and thinke well The act of liuing well is very long but life it selfe short and God would haue the time of death vnknowne vnto vs because wee should be ready for him at all times hauing no more certainty of one houre then another yet Salomons lesson shall make vs ready to leaue the world cheerefully when we remember a time to be borne and a time to dye A text shewing the short progresse of mans life his inconstancie and mortality who commeth vp and is cut downe like a flower flyeth as it were a shadow and neuer continueth in one stay in the midst of life is in death whirling by a swift wheele which should admonish vs that we haue a set time for our taske the clocke counting our houres and should worke out our saluation with feare and trembling while we haue light least we be benighted and our eyes shut and wee sleepe in death A great taske it is and we should not lose one minute but make a good vse of time and seeing we were borne to glorifie God and must dye wee should labour that after death wee may liue for euer with him in glory because there is a time to be borne and a time to dye as sure as wee haue beene borne so sure we must dye Oritur Moritur Birth and Death are Twinnos The summe of the words is the Reuolution of time or watch of time or the Race of life or Mans mortality or his pilgrimage consisting of two parts 1. Vpon his birth a time to be borne 2. Vpon his death and a time to dye The first sheweth vs his comming forth the second his returning backe In the first see his beginning In the second his ending The first openeth his day the second threatneth a night Here is the Prologue and Epilogue of the state of man wherein first his Birth commeth to bee considered Prima pars Caietan A time to be borne Amongst Salomons couples which are 14. in this Chapter the foure first contrarieties concerning the generation and corruption of men plants other creatures and things made by Art the foure next concerning the delectable good the other three a profitable good and the three last humane society First heere is mention made of the Birth and Death Nyssen Olym●iod to rowze vp the sluggard to raise vp the worldly minded men who neglect things future remembring them that because they were borne they must dye as Moses vvho hauing vvritten his booke of Genesis the beginning creation production of creatures vvrote an Exodus next to that a going out No man must murmur against Gods prouidence It is not in the power of man to come into the vvorld Hugo Victorinus nor in his disposition to depart out of the vvorld A diuine hand ruleth all euery thing hath its season as a time ordained by God The creature is gouerned by the Creatour Righteousnesse that came downe from heauen first appeared in the glimpse of the rudiments of nature vvhen the lavv came it vvas in the infancie Tertul. de Virg. Veland c. 10. vvhen the Gospell vvas preached it had a flourishing youth and at the comming dovvne of the holy Ghost it grevv to more maturity When the fulnesse of time vvas come Gal. 4.4 God sent forth his Son It is folly for men to murmure that they were borne at such times and not other vve are borne at Gods pleasure and his periods of time There is a time of conception a time of birth For that hath not euer a birth which hath had a conception though somtimes one word be vsed for another the birth for the conception as that which shall be borne of thee shall be called the Son of God Lorinus in textum Luk. 1.35 and somtime it signifieth any increasing as Nascere Dardanio promissum semen Iulo Tu modo nascenti puero castae faue Lucina And that Sometimes Birth is taken for creation as that Martial l. 6. Epig. 7. Virg Aeglog 4. Iob 15.7 Art thou the first man that was borne Vnderstood of Adam But here in the proper signification opposed to Death and limited by God Psal 73.9 who disposeth of all things though some set their mouth against the heauens and cast the faults they commit vpon the Planets vnder vvhich they vvere borne Amb. Euth in illud Psal neuer considering how prouidence gouerneth time neuer referring any thing to their owne corruptions God hath sent vs into the vvorld to vse our time vvell that vvhither vve liue vvee liue vnto the Lord or dye vve may dye in the Lord so vve shall exchange a troublesome life for a peaceable a temporall for an eternall Man is borne miserable For other creatures which are but base borne in respect of man haue couerings to defend them and Bucklers to offend their enemies Fishes of the Sea haue shels Pli. nat hist li. 7. proem Trees of the Forrest haue knotty barkes Beasts of the field hard hides Bees stings Hogs bristles Hedgehogs prickles Beares rough hayre Birds feathers Fishes scales Sheepe fleeces Serpents stings Cockes spurres Elephants and Bores teeth and tuskes yet man commeth from the prison of his mothers wombe as a poore worm Ar. l. 3. de generat animal c. 4. Yea nudissimum omnium animalium Most naked of all liuing creatures Hee enters into the world bathed in bloud an image of sinne Dr. Wilk his first song is the Lamentation of a sinner weeping and sobbing the mother lyeth by but halfe flaine by the birth and when shee looketh vpon the fruit of her labour pranked vp it