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A86694	The art of embalming dead saints, discovered in a sermon preached at the funerall of Master William Crompton, the late reverend and faithfull pastor of the church in Lanceston Cornwall. Ianuary the fifth, 1641. By G. Hughes. B.D. Pastor of the church in Tavistocke Devon.	Hughes, George, 1603-1667.	1642 (1642)	Wing H3307; Thomason E142_1; ESTC R8080	45,689	61

and victory in death it salse 3. Let saith also have its perfect worke if you provide well for your selves against the evills of the dark habitation and shadow of death Ca●e in this matter I would commend mainely about two things 1. To pitch upon the true object the proper remedies and preservatives against these deadlyevills 2. That the Act of faith upon these be genuine and naturally to it such as may shew it to be Gods noble plant in the soule these are the realizing evidencing and appropriating these saving receits unto the soule 1. There be great and precious promises for salvation in the midst of the furious assaults of death and the pit which have admirable vertue if well applied such are these Esay 26.19 Hos 13 14. Ioh. 11.26 Dead men shall live death shall be plagued for killing and the grave destroyed for devouring and whosoever liveth and beleeveth in me shall neverdye These perhaps confidered in the letter may seeme either not to be or not to be evident or not to be a mans owne but thing remote or farre of Now let savign faith come and worke upon these it will make all the sweethesse of these to bee in present which seemeth either not to be or to be long hereafter to come it will make them evident which otherwise cannot be seene and it will give possession to a soule of all the goodnesse of them unto which otherwise it is but a stranger what a sweet security is this to a poore soule to live in death to vex and were out the grave and never truly dye or be corrupted this safe-guard will faith give out of Gods promises neither can law or curse prejudice or disannuall it beleeve O then beleeve the promises 2. God infinite invisible immortall all-powerfull and only wise Pro. 18.10 is the Rock the fortresse the Sanctuary of his Saints Esay 8.14 all his attributes shelter them in every storme fence them against fiery darts and hide them from the bloody pursuit of that mercilesse one that hath the power of death let faith worke mightily on him also to compasse the Almighty Heb. 11.27 to make him seene that is invisible to give propriety and interest in him that is immortall wrap thy selfe by faith in God put on his attributes as garments of salvation while thou livest and keepe them about thee for grave-clothes when thou dyest God will not disdaine to by they safety in the pit and then death must destroy his glory and corruption eat thorough it before they can come to de mischiefe unto thee Stagger not then but be strong in faith giving glory unto God 3. The son of God manifest in the flesh the Prince-Saint given to bee the head of his Church is deathes king and the Graves commander they are his conquered captive slaves he keepes them shut up under lock and key Revel 1.18 he hath they keyes of hell of death were wethen but his confederats and member-Saints how might we laugh at the from nes and spite of death and slight the venome of the grave Ioh 14.1 Faith will accomplish this for you unite you to him cause you to see him make you his and him yours ye therefore that beleeve in God beleeve also in him Hee carrieth God with him where he is God is He makes good all promises in him they are yea and Amen granted and performed Make sure of him and have all Faith hath by gracious dignation as it were a command over him hee will no where faile it Faith called him to his three companions in the fiery furnace and he brought them out in safety Dan. 3.25 not so much as the smell of fire was upon them and no lesse will it draw him to accompany his saints in the deadly habitations where he will keepe them and whence he will never leave untill hee raise them out and no smell of the grave shall be upon them obey these counsells exerise faith in these and live above death yee shall never see corruption but overcome death when yee dye and triumph over the grave while ye live in it and sing that triumphant son when ye awake O death where is thy Sting O grave where is thy victory c. Lastly the sweet comfort of these golden truthes may not be concealed from the Saints Use 3. the Lord hath given speciall charge O comfort comfort them especially his afflicted ones that are oppressed either with the sad thoughts of his absence or feares of the fury of these last enemies I dare not with-hold the Cordialls provided for these sick soules 1. To you is comfort sent that are sick of Love that lye commplaining of Gods absence from you or desertion of you that long for Cry for waite for his returne and presence saving O when will hee come and appeare to us why doth hee leave and forsake our soules Refraine from these complaints yee holy ones God hath not left you Then is a soule left indeed when it hath no desires after God but here is no feare of Gods forsaking you while your soules are restlesse in longing after him wipe away your teares and looke up God is it neerer to you than ye thinke It was M●●●es ca●e once shee weepes for Christ and all the while he stands by her and so is not unusuall with the Saints Joh. 20.15.16 that are selfe-susoicious to thinke upon every uneven step of theirs God to be gon It may be sometimes his comforting presence may bee hid and yet his sanctifiing presence continueth to inlarge your soules in desires after him this is then better for you than that Grace more needrull for you than Comfort know this deare soules God cannot God will not leave you when you are dead Heb. 13.5 and will hee forsake you while you are alive He desires to have more trust from you upon his promise I will never leave you nor forsake you and you shall certainly receive more manifestations of love from him quicken faith wher sence faileth and be assured as soone may hee forsake Christ the Head-Saint which is impossible as you the member-Saints whose soules delight in him These good and comfortable words God speakes to your hearts O receive them and be cheared for they are true and faithfull 2. For you that are sick with feare is fom fort here prepared ye that are of a trembling heart God faith unto you be strong ye that are fearefull andshake at the terrors of the enemies of your salvation be ye comforted ye that often expresse your feares one time or other we shall perish by the hand of sin and bee given up to death and hell O how terrible are the thoughts of death how gastly the visage of the grave woe unto us when wee must descend into the pit And why so fearefull poore Saints O that yee would make use of faith now and take in the consolations of God Can promises chear the heart

THE ART OF EMBALMING Dead SAINTS discovered in a Sermon preached at the Funerall of Master William Crompton the late Reverend and faithfull Pastor of the Church in Lanceston Cornwall Ianuary the fifth 1641. By G. Hughes B. D. Pastor of the Church in Tavistocke Devon Mors lucrum Phil. 1.21 Sepulchrum cubile Esay 57.2 Infernum nihil Heb. 2.14 Fides victoria 1 John 5.4 Imperatrix sanctitas Esay 49.7 8. Dei Christi Hac sunt Sanctorum trophaea LONDON Printed by A. N. for John Rothwell and are to be sold at his Shop in Pauls Churchyard at the signe of the Sun 1642. To the VVorshipfull the Major Recorder and Aldermen of the Towne of Lanceston in Cornwal with all in that place who love the LORD JESUS in syncerity Worthy and beloved Friends IF question be Why comes this in print I will truly tell you not my Ambition to be publicke by the Presse in this Worke when I preached the summe of it unto you my thoughts were not in the least motion this way God knows it But as by stroking and by wringing the milke is drawne from an hard-milch't beast so hath it fared with me The love of Friends who thought better of it than I my selfe hath been stroking it out but however a motion was made yet did it not come by that Shortly after false and uncharitable aspersions upon the dead and living with defective copies of my Sermon flew about the Country and these did wring mee so that I resolved to hold back no longer Having therefore desired at the throne of Grace that not my selfe but God might be eyed in it I set upon the perfecting of my Notes and yielded that the World should see what doctrine I delivered and whether I spake any thing of your deceased Pastor that was not deserved My friends thus have their desire but the Enemies perhaps an Eye-sore I shall pray it may be an Heart-healer to them if they vouchsafe to use it Now having thus prepared it as I send it to the World so have I thought good to direct it with a speciall Dedication unto you not for patronage over it but for a believing Entertainment of it If it be truth God is the Patron of it he wil defend it if it be falshood it is not worth the countenance of a man to shelter or abet it And for my owne part I thank God my prayer my studie is not to get Patrons to my selfe but to make Friends and Favorites in the World to Christ Upon this condition this worke is yours Deare Friends truly yours all yours and I am yours and shall rejoyce to be so if you be Christs I have but one word more unto you to stay you in the entrance and it is of humble request not for my selfe but your owne precious souls The hand of God hath bin against you in breaking and burying one famous Chariot wherin you were carried swiftly towards Christ And no lesse hath it been for you in a sweet providence repairing that losse and sending you a Man of God to carry on his saving work among you Now therefore I beseech you Forget not your losse let his name be precious to you let his labours live in your hearts and ways fulfill his dying desires that yee be holy and undervalue not this great mercie in your repaire In many places Wolves watch over the poore flocke of Christ that hurry them suck the bloud of their souls What a mercy is it to have a Pastor after Gods owne heart to keep feed them Such hath God given you Accept this blessing and rejoyce in it Love honour obey him that is set over you in the Lord to watch for your souls that he may give up his account at last with joy to himselfe and abundant profit and gain to you This I beg of you for this cause I shall pray for you The Lord of Glory who is exalted to shew mercy to his people from his High throne and boundlesse fulnesse power out upon you the riches of his grace he strengthen perfect and stablish you To him be Glory for ever And in him I am From my study in Tavistock March 28. 1642. Your obliged friend and servant for Iesus sake George Hughes To the Reader Honest Reader I Should not stay thee with the shortest Preface to so small a work but that it is something needfull for me and may not be unprofitable unto thee It is not by subtile Apologie to palliate any errour but by a plain confession to prevent prejudice which may arise in a good heart upon harmlesse grounds 1. It may be perhaps suggested to thee this Sermon was preached twice I confesse these which I publish are my second thoughts upon this text My first were vented not yet a yeere since at the Funerall of a dear Christian Friend once of my Flock in London which though for substance they were the same with the last yet these in forme and inlargment are much different however confitentem habes non reum I account it no crime to preach one Sermon twice neither I hope wilt thou pre-judge it for this reason if it were so It glad's mee now that by this I have occasion to make mention of the name of that deceased member of Christ Master John Underwood whom I had cause to prize living as I have to carry dear and precious in my heart Many good souls in * All Hallows in Breadstreet that place surviving whose I account my selfe yet to be for Christs sake if my life can doe them good And of him dead I cannot be unmindfull It was his charge to me before his death Speak not a word of me and I obeyed his voice yet now I hope it will be no impiety to write a word If of truth and inlargednesse of heart to Christ Matth. 25. the living and great expressions to his members may be an evidence as Christ makes it Let the World then judge of him by the following character Hee was a very free and open-hearted man to Christs cause and members because they were Christs J speak of my own knowledge every yeer when he made up his books and had summed up his debts and gains constantly he would reserve the tenths and write himselfe so much debtor to God for many yeers together he made me his Almoner to relieve imprisoned impoverished and sick Christians by these portions with trust in me not to reveal his name which J kept unto his death The better tenth of his estate he gave to God also in his last Will. I mention this for a spectacle to the World who thinke all lost that is spent upon God but in this Christian let them see by liberall things is the liberall man established Isai 32.8 Hee died enriched with a full estate J believe he is at rest let him sleep untill the morning Reader pardon this digression it was a godly Friend led me aside 2. It may be also

car resur c. 25. sequestration neither wilt thou stretch out thine hand thy selfe to corrupt thine holy one which none can doe without thee but rather spread it over thy favourite and carry me in the hollow of thy hand that a perpetuall desolation may not come neere me This is the work of God for his Saints in the state of death a sure defence is against desertion and corruption 2. 2. Cur sit But why will God do this for his holy ones I shall in short reply 1 The eternall purpose of God 2 His promise and covenant with the Redeemer And to saith in him are the causes of it I will but touch these 1 God will thus stand by his Saints in the state of death Reason 1. because from eternity he hath purposed and decreed to make them to call them and through tribulations Ephes 1.4.11 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ephes 1.11 sufferings death and the pit to bring them to glory Concerning which purpose I shall but note 1 The freenesse or independency of it on any thing in the creature it is of himselfe and for himselfe only that thus he purposeth therefore he must be most willing to his own work Rom. 11.29 A 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 The stedfastnesse and immutability of it he wavers not in his counsels nor repents of what he hath resolved or done therefore the least no willingnesse cannot come in to decline him from his purposed grace to his chosen ones 2 God will not leave them nor give them to corruption because his covenant with the Redeemer and his seed is to set them above all and this God gives to Faith to keepe as a sure evidence against the day of darknesse and thereby to secure the soule of its welfare Psal 110.1 It is Gods word to Christ Sit thou at my right-hand until I make thine enemies thy foot-stook and among them death is not the least John 11.26 And it is Christ word to us whosoever believeth in me shall never die not dye indeed and throughly that death should rule over him or plague him And againe yet further Matth. 16.18 The q Portae inferi peccatum est peccati regnum ex quo aditus est ad inferos Ar. Mont. lib. Ios p. 108. gates of hell shall not prevaile against his holy body And if not all the power of Hell the terriblest enemy then not the gates of sin nor of death nor of the grave can corrupt the Saints for these are strong confederates and either prevaile or are vanquisht together these words are faithfull and true and are given to Faith to lay up and keepe safely for the Saints-advantage if ye desire to know what use faith makes of them the last point will declare it whereunto I now proceed 3. Faith secures the Saint of Gods gracious presence and of his immunities from the evils of death and the grave Doct. 3. It is the voice of faith every word of it Thou wilt not leave c. see how boldly and peremptorily it speaks My flesh shall rest in hope though it now be laid in the dust 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or more neerely to the letter My flesh shall dwell confidently or in confidence and security Not once fearing deaths terrors or the graves spight And why so daring thou holy one Faith brings in evidences and secures the soule of life in the midst of death and of salvation in the very pit of corruption so that not only the holy child Jesus but all Gods holy children are thus bold with God as to say Thou wilt not leave our soules in hell c. But how comes faith to give this security to the Saints I shall answer this Q. A. and it shall suffice at this time for the doctrinall part of this truth There are two notable acts or effects of faith that must needs work invincible confidence against the mighty powers of darknesse where ever they appeare and by them the Saints are so well established 1. 1. A realizing and evidencing effect of faith there is which gives subsistence to things which we yet but hope for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Heb. 11.1 and evidence to that glory which flesh and blood cannot see thus the Apostle commends faith It is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seene Now to consider duly this work of faith two things must be noted 1. The object expressed in two termes First things hoped for such as are not actually subsisting nor present to sens Secondly things not seene which though they have an actuall present being yet are not open to sight 2. The worke of faith about these which is double First those things which yet have no actuall subsistence it makes really to subsist unto the soule therefore is it called the subsistence of them because it gives them being to the heart when yet they are not in themselves Secondly those things which actually are but are not seene by men faith makes them so evident and apparent unto the Saint as if he looked on them with his eyes I will give instance of somethings touching the present case and apply the work of faith to them and then let any judge whether the Saint have not cause enough to be confident against deaths gastly terrors 1. Things hoped for and not actually subsisting are such as these First Incorruption to be put upon our corruptible Secondly resurrection from the grave Thirdly vision of God in his heavenly glory Now the excellent worke of faith is to make these really to be to the soule in present that how ever to sight they are not yet to faith they are and what coward would not be confident against death if he had the resurrection really present with him before hand Indeed without this death may swallow up a man It is Davids word Except I had believed to see the goodnesse of the Lord in the Land of the Living Psal 27.13 alas what would have become of me I might have fainted and perished for ever 2. Things not seene yet actually being are such as these 1. Gods being the cause of all 2. Gods union with relation to and love of his Son the head-saint and all his beleeving members 3. Gods absolute dominion over death and hell c. All which though they be in present yet are not seene with men and therefore are neglected but faith gives as cleere a convincing demonstration of them to the saint as if he did look upon them that however before with Elishas servant he tremble as a man 2 King 6.15.17 yet when faith hath opened his eyes and made him see God and Christ inseparably united to him he is then secure and bold as a beleever He now perceives there are more with him than are against him and therefore foolish were it to feare death or the grave 2. 2. An appropriating and a closing worke of faith there