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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51833	Advice to mourners under the loss of dear relations in a funeral sermon long since preach'd / by the late Reverand Dr. Thomas Manton ... And now occasionally published on the much lamented death of Mrs. Ann Terry, who died the 9th of November, 1693. With a short account of some passages of her life, and papers left under her own hand.	Manton, Thomas, 1620-1677.	1694 (1694)	Wing M517; ESTC R32908	55,550	130

in some measure bethink my self and consider my latter End Lord I have reason to conclude that few Sands remain in my Glass to run With what Astonishment Anguish and Trouble may I review my Life past not one Thought Word or Action but needs a Pardon I blush to see how vile I have been and if I cannot bear the Scrutiny of my own Conscience how shall I abide thy severe Trial who hath kept an exact Account of all my Sins and Offences A numberless Number of Sins may be charged upon me which I confess I have been guilty of To whom shall I betake my self for Relief and Mercy but to thee O my gracious God for that I have heard that the God of Israel is a merciful God that he is slow to Anger and plenteous in Mercy that he doth abundantly pardon and forgive the Sins Offences and Provocations of his poor Creatures and therefore as I would not presume so I dare not despair Lord I fly from the Throne of thy Justice to the Throne of thy Mercy and humbly implore Pity Pardon and Compassion for thy Son's sake Magnify thy Grace in pardoning me though my Sins have abounded let thy free Grace superabound Blot out all my Sins out of the Book of thy Remembrance and let my Name be written in the Book of Life Let me be meet for the Inheritance of the Saints in Light when this earthly Cottage shall crumble to Dust. Let me be admitted to that Building an House not made with Hands eternal in the Heavens Let not me though unworthy be excluded from thy Presence Look on me in and through thy well-beloved Son in whom only thou art well pleased and for his sake be reconciled to me a vile Wretch By his Stripes let me be healed I have nothing to plead for my self only the Satisfaction of my Blessed Saviour on whom alone I rely for Pardon and Life Give me some undeniable Evidence that I do belong to the Election of Grace and that within a little while I shall be released from this Body of Sin and Death and shall be made perfectly blessed in a full Injoyment of thee to all Eternity Let me have some comfortable Hopes and Foretaste of a blessed Immortality to sweeten my Passage through and out of this World I am hastning and posting apace into an endless Eternity O that I were ready for my Appearance at thy Bar. Ah Lord if my Judg be not my Advocate with what Dread and Astonishment must I needs think of thy Tribunal where I must appear before a Heart-searching and a Sin-revenging God! There is not one Sin in my whole Life but is seen to thine all-seeing Eye and is all naked and open to thee Lord I would humbly beg that my Sins though many and great may all be pardoned and forgiven Many horrid Sinners have been received to Mercy and though my Sins are of a Crimson and Scarlet Dye yet the Blood of an All-sufficient Saviour can wash them white He is able and willing to save all those that come to God through him and he ever lives to make Intercession for them Help me by Faith to lay hold on this Redeemer who came into the World on this very Errand to save poor Sinners and reconcile them to God If so I dare not I will not despair yet Lord I beg I may not presume Help me humbly to cast my self prostrate at thy Feet and implore thy Heavenly Benediction Bless me even me in turning me away from all my Sins let them never separate between thee and my poor Soul Let them all be remitted and then it will be as if they had never been committed In my last and sorest Agonies let me see thou art reconciled to me Be with me till I die and when I die and when this World can yield me no Help Comfort or Support let me find it all in thee I know thy Presence can sweeten all the Troubles of this Life and Death it self Then let me not be dismayed at that last and great Enemy When I pass thorow the Valley and Shadow of Death I will fear no Evil for thou wilt be with me O Lord I beg thou wouldst not then be a Terror to me Thou art my Hope in the Day of Evil Help me then to hold up my Head with Comfort hoping my Redemption draweth nigh Let not this World have such possession of my Heart and Affections as to make me unwilling to dislodg and go hence when thou callest me off the Stage of this Life Let the last Scene of my Life be the best part of my Days Let me honour thee by doing thy Will and submitting to whatever thou my God shalt think fit to lay on me Help me to bear patiently thy afflicting Hand either Sickness or worldly Crosses or Death it self Let me not dare to murmur grumble or complain when Death looks me in the Face Let me not be too much daunted startled and affrighted at its Approach Thousands and ten thousands have gone through that dark Passage and shot that Gulph and there is no escape for any of the Children of Adam they that have deserved Death Eternal have no cause to grumble at Death Temporal especially if it be unstung nay then there 's Cause of Triumph for it is an Entrance into Life and Messenger to Glory therefore I hope and firmly believe and trust that that God who hath conducted so many safe through those dark Regions will not leave my poor Soul in its last Conflicts PAPER X. I Sensibly find my outward Man perish and decay but how comfortable would it be to me if I could as easily perceive the inward Man to be renewed day by day This Earthly Tabernacle is tottering and e're long will tumble down but in what plight is the poor Soul that now inhabiteth this ruinated Cottage What Provision hath it made against that Day when it must be turned out hath it got an Interest in and a Title to an enduring Substance a House above eternal in the Heavens This Life of mine is but a Vapour it appeareth but for a little while and then vanisheth away Lord teach me to number my Days that I may know how frail I am This outward Man is daily consuming wasting perishing and decaying and shall I be careless negligent remiss and unconcerned about my future State how it will go with me hereafter in the other World Though my bodily Strength abate yet let the inward Man be renewed every Day and wax stronger and stronger When the Comforts of this Life are as Iob saith of the White of an Egg unsavory have no Relish and are no Satisfaction to me let me have Comforts and Cordials that this World knoweth not of even the Light of thy Countenance and that will put Gladness into my Heart more than all the Treasures and Pleasures of this vain World Whatever thou deniest me deny me not thy self to be my God and Portion and let me have an

Deal with me as thou usest to do to those that love thy Name Lord I hope I love thee Lord I desire to love thee and to be beloved by thy blessed Majesty and then all the Afflictions that I meet with will make no Breach between thy self and my poor Soul Thou art pleased to afflict me very sore but I do not I dare not I will not say unto thee What dost thou for thou givest no Account of thy Matters It is my Duty to submit admire not to quarrel at thy Providences therefore with all humble Submission I acquiesce to thy Sovereign Will saying as my Blessed Saviour Not my Will but thine O Lord be done PAPER VI. I Am willing to recount some of those many Mercies God hath been pleased to bestow upon me to excite my Self to Thankfulness and to incourage me still to trust in and wait upon that good God who hath bestowed so many Mercies upon me the least of which I am altogether unworthy of I may say with David While I live will I praise the Lord I will sing Praises to my God while I have any Being to that God who hath bestowed my Life Health my Strength my Memory my Reason my Understanding and all the Blessings of this Life upon me and hath through Grace given me Hopes of dwelling with himself in Glory when this miserable Life shall be ended O my Soul praise thou the Lord O give Thanks unto the Lord for he is good for his Mercy endureth for ever Remember the Goodness of God to thee from the very Womb to this very Day nay before thou hadst a Being in this World God was pleased to form thee and write all thy Members in a Book or else what an imperfect Creature might I have been if there had been an Eye or an Ear or any part wanting O that I could be truly thankful for these Mercies I desire with Thankfulness to remember the Dealing of God to me in my Infancy and Childhood How many Dangers and Accidents have I been liable and exposed to and yet God hath been pleased to take Care of me and preserved me from innumerable Mischiefs that have compassed me about I look upon it as no small Blessing that I was born of Christian Religious and Pious Parents such as did truly fear God and did what in them lay to instruct their Posterity in early Piety they were those that frequently addressed themselves to the Throne of Grace the Benefit of whose Prayers I hope to reap both in Life and Death I desire with Thankfulness to own the Goodness of God in taking Care of me and providing for me when I was left motherless in my tender Age when I was uncapable of minding my self yet then was God pleased to raise me up Friends that were careful kind and tender of me some of which did instruct me in the best things and were very solicitous for the Good of my poor Soul and did daily counsel instruct and admonish me to mind my Creator in the Days of my Youth and to live continually as one that must one Day give an Account of all the Good or Evil done in the Body And that you may see how the Goodness of God hath followed me all my Days I will endeavour to recollect those many comfortable Places of Scripture which have been of most excellent Use to me to comfort support and incourage me in many Difficulties and Troubles I have met with some of which I hope will ever keep my Spirits from sinking In my younger Years being seized on by a severe Fit of Illness that comfortable Place was a Support to me Heb. 13. 5. Be content with such things as you have for he hath said I will never leave thee nor forsake thee I was well satisfied with my present Condition though painful and sick enough hoping that God would not leave me nor forsake me Some time after being in great Fear and Danger of some approaching Evil that incouraging Place was brought to my Mind Isa. 41. 10. Fear thou not for I am with thee be not dismayed for I am thy God I will strengthen thee yea I will help thee yea I will uphold thee with the right Hand of my Righteousness This Place vanished all my Fears and caused me to put my Trust and Confidence in the Almighty God who never faileth those that rely on him Afterwards when I came to part with Children though this Affliction was very heavy God was pleased to mitigate it by the Consideration that there was a Name better than that of Sons and Daughters and though God saw fit to deprive me of them for wise Reasons I doubt not yet he was pleased to silence me under his Hand by the Considerations of Heb. 12. 5 6. My Son despise not thou the chastening of the Lord nor faint when thou art rebuked of him for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth and scourgeth every Son whom he receiveth I have sometimes thought that if I were assured of the Love of my Heavenly Father I could then bear any Affliction Lord I beg I may be truly humbled that I have deserved so many severe Scourges and yet Lord I would be thankful that thou art pleased though by the Rod to bring me home to thy Blessed Self When my dear Husband hath met with many Losses and Crosses I have been apt to be desponding and cast down but God hath mercifully composed me by the Consideration of Matth. 6. 25 26 c. There I see that God clothes the Grass and feeds the Fowls and hath bidden poor Creatures not to be anxious for these outward things assuring us that our Heavenly Father knoweth we have need of these things and that he will graciously supply the Wants of those that seek to him Phil. 4. 6. He hath bidden me to be careful for nothing but in every thing by Prayer and Supplication with Thanksgiving to let my Request be made known unto him and God hath incouraged poor Souls to cast their Care on him letting them know he careth for them What should I go to for Comfort if I had not the Word of the Eternal God to fly to It would be endless to reckon up the thousand Parts of those refreshing comforting and quickning Places that are to be had in the Word of God to comfort poor disconsolate Souls in all Conditions of Life and it ought to be took notice of how God is pleased to sute them to our present Conditions of Life I was once so perplexed with groundless Fears of Troubles that I was for some time unfit for any thing but my good God was pleased to fix upon my Mind Psal 23. 1. The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want There was then no room left for any tormenting Fears but they all vanished away at the Consideration of the Happiness of those that have so careful a Shepherd It is my earnest Request that God will own me as one of his Flock however he deal