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cause_n	death_n	sin_n	sting_n	2,094	5	13.1353	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B09542	The believers happy change by dying as it was recommended in a sermon preached, on the occasion of the death of Capt. Thomas Daniel Esq. who was interred the day before, November 17th. 1683 / by the reverend Mr. Joshua Moodey, late pastor of the Church of Christ at Portsmouth in New-England, now gone to rest.	Moodey, Joshua, 1633?-1697.	1697 (1697)	Wing M2521; ESTC W38384	17,311	36

the main business with us Alas the best Lot that any man has in this world is Cabul a dirty place it will cost more to keep it than its worth considering what striving and contending there is about it but if thou get a Lot there God is the maintainer of it it was purchased for thee and given to thee by Christ and also reserved and kept for thee that God who hath given it thee is obliged to make good to warrant his Deed of Gift against all Claimers whatsoever No Writ of Ejection shall ever dispossess thee And it is a Lot lying in a pleasant place and a goodly Heritage It is the Lot of the Righteous upon which the Rod of the Wicked shall not always rest A lot which God hath cast for thee which Christ is gone before as thy Forerunner Agent Advocate to take possession of for thee and in thy name stead if thou be a believer on him kept for thee thou kept for it to it by the mighty power of God thro' Faith unto Salvation 1 Pet. 1. 3 4 5. Thy Lot there is the Inheritance among the Saints in Light Abrahams Bosome the Masters Joy an Incorruptible Crown a Kingdom prepared c. Then let not worldly Possessions Enjoyments Profits Pleasures Buisiness take up that time and those thoughts that should be imployed about things of an higher Import Concernment We may conclude our Discourse with this one practical Question Q. What shall I do that when called away or commanded to go away I may be sure to rest till the end of Dayes and then stand up in an Happy Lott Or how shall I so live that I may go to rest when I go away from hence A. It is a great Question and that which nearly concerns us all In general I would say it is for the Lords faithful ones his Daniels or beloved ones this Rest remains for the People of God and that for those that are really not only nominally so It is the Righteous man who when he dyes enters into his Bed Rests in his Grave Isa 57. 1 2. The Securing to thy self that thou art one of these will secure the other More particularly take these three Directions 1. If thou wouldest go to Rest when thou dyest See that a State of Sin which is a State of Nature be made a Restless state to thee See that thou be not able to rest in Sin or in any thing in this World see that nothing under the Sun quiet or give thee rest Those whom God brings to rest when they dye are such as were distested while alive driven out of all false Rests that Sinners take up-withal in the World Some rest in one thing some in another Some cannot rest unless they Sin or have done some mischief Some rejoyce in Iniquity some rest in the Abundance of the World fill their Barns Bags and then go to rest some get a Profession of Godliness a Name to live they hear read pray c and therein they rest their Priviledges their own Righteousness is the Rest of many But the Lords way to give Rest is first by disquieting and disresting them in till he brings them out of all other things that so he may bring them to the true Rest Sin shall give thee no Rest no nor the World nor any thing therein If the Lord intend to bring thee to rest an Unregenerate Estate shall be an unquiet State to thee thou shalt find no rest to the Sole of thy foot while in it no rest till got into the Ark the only place of Rest If ever God give thee Rest Sin shall be a meer Slavery Bondage to thee worse than Egyptian Bondage under which he will make thee to groan and sigh and cry till he bring thee out He will make indwelling Sin out-breaking Sin Original Sin actual Sin a burden to thee too heavy for thee to bear if ever he give thee Rest This know that one of the next Mercies to Christ and a Preparatory Mercy in order to the giving of Christ Rest in him is to disrest in Sin and for want of Christ nor will he ever bring any to Rest but in this way And thou must be so disquieted about Sin that all the World cannot quiet thee neither pleasures profits honours company business no nor thy Duties Prayers Tears own Righteousness c. shall be able to give thee Rest 2. Being thus weary labouring and restless Come to Christ at his Call and his Promise is that he will give thee Rest Mat. 11. 28. Oh! make that thy business as our Daniel whose Death we are bewailing said he had done to secure an Interest in Christ and there is Rest Faith in Christ will give thee true Rest Faith stablishes and fixeth the Heart Psal 112. Faith in his Power Promise Will. And be sure thou make Christ not only the Refuge but the Rest of thy Soul which no Hypocrite does or can do say of him and to him I have none but thee he whose heart can say None but Christ none but Christ shall have him and in him Rest here and with him everlasting Rest hereafter Make use of all Bereavements disquietments troubles here to make thee hie away to Christ for Rest The poor Dove found nothing but Water all over the face of the Earth and could not be quiet till gotten to the Ark where Noah was ready to put forth his hand and pull her in This World hath alwayes been though at some times more than other it is a troubled Sea there is nothing but instable Water uncertain comforts certain disquietments let this Serve to make Christ Precious with whom is certain Rest And the reason why those that get into Christ shall rest is because he takes away Sin the only cause of disrest Sin the sting of Death and then Death cannot separate from the Love of Christ and where that is must needs be Rest He that hath seen Christ and in him obtained Salvation from Sin he may depart in peace and shall goe to Rest 3. Then follow Jesus Christ Vniversally Laboriously in all the wayes of New-Obedience and that will carry thee to Rest Those only that followed the Lord fully entered into Rest and had a Lott in Canaan and they were only two of the Congregation Numb 14 24 with 32. 12. If you would Rest when you dye work hard for Christ while you live The Rest of a Labouring man is sweet then labour with all your might and that will both secure your Rest and make it Sweet And indeed it is a buisy World in which we are here is a great deal of work much business to be done for Christ none need stand still for want of work and none shall rest but those that did work Lazy idle slothful Sinners shall never goe to rest Idleness tends to disrest but all regular labour and motion leads to rest And the nearer we come to our end the more