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A42696	A funeral sermon preached at Newport-Pagnell, April 11, 1697 on the occasion of the sudden death of William Maxwell, a pious and hopeful young scholar belonging to Harvard-Colledge, in Cambridge, New-England.	Gibbs, John, 1627?-1699.	1697 (1697)	Wing G662A; ESTC R28403	8,748	18

A Funeral SERMON Preached at Newport-Pagnell April 11. 1697. On the Occasion of the Sudden Death of William Maxwell A Pious and Hopeful Young Scholar belonging to Harvard-Colledge in Cambridge New-England And Aaron held his peace Lev. 10. 3. I was dumb I opened not my mouth because thou didst it Psal 39. 9. Mihi vivere est Christus mori Lucrum London Printed for H. Nelme at the Leg and Star over against the Royal Exchange 1697. To the Parents of the Deceased THE Design of this plain Discourse was to minister a word of Counsel and if the Lord would bless it of Comfort to you under that awful and afflicting Providence that hath of late befallen you which tho' very surprizing yet is it common to good and bad And as it was principally delivered on your account so at your request I have Transcribed the Copy and put it into your hand to be disposed of at your pleasure The Publishing of it was far from my Thoughts when I preached it and is altogether averse to my Inclination tho' to gratifie you whose desire I could not well with-stand I gave my self the trouble of writing it over You have my Friends no cause to give too much vent unto your Sorrow for upon very good grounds you have reason to hope that he whom you love is with Him that loves him better than you and is safely arriv'd at the Haven of Rest that you are desirous at last to come unto What tho' his Race was short his Rest is the longer and if he be gone a little before you you follow after and if you are prepared as I doubt not he was you will meet together in an unspeakable unconceivable far better State and Place then was to be injoyed or can in this Vail of Tears He is wholly set free from all those Evils that you are still exposed unto and is warm in that bosom wherein you hope to be lodged for ever My love to him for the Relation I stood in was very great from his Childhood for I do not remember that I did ever see any thing in him but what did deserve it his Nature was very lively and his Deportment very obliging that drew Respect unto him from Neighbours as well as Relations that had knowledge of him And since his departure out of his Native Country you have had such a full Account from good hands of his pious and gracious Behaviour that should command your silence under this sharp Providence And methinks should not make it difficult for you to determine whether you have greater cause of mourning in parting from such a Child than of rejoycing that you had so good and hopeful a one How many alas poor Parents that beget and bring forth Children for the Destroyer when you had one for the Saviour whom he sought and now doth and will for ever enjoy It becomes you not therefore to mourn as those that have no hope That the Lord who hath done it would sanctifie this Stroak and by the manifestations of his love to your Souls sweeten this bitter Cup and fully satisfie you with his Will is and shall be the Prayer of Your Sympathizing Friend and Relation J. G. POSTSCRIPT Christian Reader THIS Sermon not being intended to come into publick view I shall only advertise thee That the Objection about unlawful Ways of getting the good Things of this World with the Answers thereunto not being suited unto a Funeral Discourse were a Digression designed to Cure or Prevent a great Transgression which some worldly Auditors fall into or may be in danger so to do unto the dishonour of God and the hazarding of the Eternal Destruction of their Immortal Souls A Funeral Sermon c. Job II. 10. What shall we receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive evil THIS Book is Intituled the Book of Job for the principal Matter contained therein doth concern him Who was the Pen-Man of it is ●●certain neither is it much material for us to ●●●w The first Verse gives us his Picture draw● 〈◊〉 the Finger of God which he twice Attested unto the Teeth of Satan Ver. 8. Chap. 2 3. which did draw the Malice and Envy of Satan against him We have also an Inventory of his Wealth Ver. 2 3. The loving and friendly practice of his Children 4. This good Man's Fear and godly Course 5. Satan's desire to try him a Commission given him with a Limitation 12. He goes to the utmost length of his Chain Upon the sad Messages brought to him we find he had a Sense of his Afflictions and by outward Gestures did demonstrate it 20. yet did manifest a gracious Frame of Heart under all 21. Satan's Commission with a Limitation renewed 't is executed to the full Chap. 2. 6 7. Job's Wife in discontent gives him very ill Counsel Ver. 9. Job Replies Ver. 10. wherein he gently Reproves her 2. gives a valid Reason for this Reproof in the Words of my Text in a double Interrogation What As if he should say what bad Advice do you give me What would you have me to sin against God Then shall we receive good at the hand of God and not evil Interrogations are a kind of quick and smart Speaking and in this place it imports the anger of Job at this evil Counsel Shall we receive c. The Good here spoken of I presume doth only intend the good things of this Life such as Abraham speaks of Luke 16 25. unto the rich Man though some extend it to the good things of the othe● 〈◊〉 also at the hand or from the hand or ●●●●●●ence of God and shall we not receive 〈◊〉 Not the evil of Sin for God gives 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 nor doth Man though full of this Ev●●●●ceive it from Him but the Evil of Troubl● 〈◊〉 Affliction those in Scripture are frequently called Evil Isa 45. 7. I create evil Amos 3. 6. Is there evil in a city i. e. any trouble or affliction that the Lord hath not done Called Evil not that there is any Evil either Natural or Moral in it but because it is so in our Sense and Esteem or because the common effect of the Evil of Sin From these Words do arise Three Observations 1. That the Life of Man in this World is made up of Good and Evil not all Good nor all Evil Not all good lest we be full and deny God as Agur said Prov. 30. 8 9. Not all Evil lest we faint under it and our Lives be too bitter Our Life is as Checquer-work that hath white and black Lines or as the Cloud in the Wilderness that had a bright side as well as a dark one Herein it differs from the future Life or Life in the other World that is either all Good and that in the superlative Degree without any allay of Evil as with the Spirits of just Men made perfect Or all Evil without the least mixture of Good that is of Comfort and Refreshment