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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04284	The true guide to glory A sermon preached at Plympton-Mary in Deuon, at the funerals of the right vvorshipfull, and ...	Barlow, John, b. 1580 or 81.	1619 (1619)	STC 1440; ESTC S114791	30,821	66

will not haue vs absent Heauen doth not admit a perpetuall vacuity Ionathan cannot excuse vs at the great feast day when our good King calleth for vs. Soone after the Creation men liued longer that the earth might be peopled Now towards the consummation they dye the sooner that the heauens may be with greater speede replenished Doe wee not see that a Father will sometimes part with his owne sonne to be his friends by adoption will not one kinde neighbour pull vp his tender plants to pleasure and supply the vaste ground of another and shall Eden lye waste the garden of our God shall he want sonnes when wee haue any that can content him or plants to replenish it What shall I more say Is not euery faithfull person a pillar or poste in that heauenly house that is aboue must they not then by death be cut downe out of the thicke forrest of this world hewne forth of the craggy Rocke here below and be carried and conuered from hence to heauen otherwise how should the Lords building and Christs misticall body be perfected When the materiall Temple was a making was not matter fetcht from farre And shall not the great Salomon aboue gather his spirituall stones and fetch his choifest timber from the foure ends of the world Hee that is about to build will hee not cut downe the most ancient Oke or Elmo what if they would keepe off the beames of the scorching Sunne shelter thee vnder their coole and much to be desired shade beate backe the blustring and bitter showres stormes Yet downe they must notwithstanding their profit pleasure or the which man naturally affects antiquity otherwise how should the building begun be perfected well edified Gods pleasant plants we grant on earth by their presence and prayers would yeelde the Church much comfort benefit but then the new Ierusalem would not at all be made perfect Mourne not therefore ouer-much for thy friends departed for this were to grieue ouer-much that Gods building goeth too fast forward And in conclusion yet something more may be added to take away immoderate passion Be not thy friends Trauellers sea-faring men are they not arriued and landed safe at the hauen of heauen Neuer did poore Mariner after hee had beene long absent in a strange land in danger of shipwracke amidst the terriblest storme pursued night and day by the cruell Pyrates reioyce more to step off the hatches to shore at his owne home then the faithfull soule hauing beene tossed in this world is to depart from the body to take possession in the highest heauens it 's naturall countrey And what can I more say Are not wee our selues come to the very brinke of lorden must wee not one day and that before long land at the Key of Canaan And shall not they and we then for euer in glory and peace remaine together Ponder this seriously beleeue it vnfainedly apply it particularly and then for thy friends departure if thou canst mourne immoderately NOw hauing spoke of the Text what I purposed I perswade my selfe it will be expected that I should say something in the praise of her whose Funerals at this present be celebrated the which I am vnwilling yet willing to doe vnwilling because it hath not beene my vsuall custome vpon the like occasion and therefore I may giue offence to some in the Congregation Againe it is to be feared that some Preachers imitate bad Lawyers let this be no preiudice to the best who for a fee will pleade and commend any cause speaking good of euill and euill of good making the heauens to lowre grow darke and shrowd themselues in a vaile of blackenesse more like to weedes of mourning then the persons attired with their suites of sorrow in the present assembly Yet I am willing to say somewhat first because I know for whom I am to speake it 's either God or his seruant departed God I assure my selfe as he would haue the name of the wicked to rot so would he that The memoriall of the righteous should remaine for euer And a true testimony is a good action vnto which he hath though not by way of merit annexed a reward why then should I in this thing be silent if my heart be vpright Now for the person departed I know in part with whom I haue to deale and all that I will say is either what I haue heard by the report of credible persons or haue knowne by my owne experience which is either concerning her publique carriage or priuate conuersation of both the which I haue not much though much might be said to vtter She in respect of her birth and pedigree shall of me receiue no praise though for any thing I know in that commendable we are all of one blood God little respects to commend that in any and they are most honourably as I perswade my selfe she was descended that are borne againe by the word and spirit and where the Lord is silent I wish to be silent also For her publique carriage I haue heard that which if I should at large relate would much returne to her commendation but it is so well to the most here present knowne that I omit all saue one thing which is that she was a Notary and tooke the Sermons which she heard by her owne penne I know not what some will iudge of this action but I hope the best cannot but giue it a Christian probation shee did this when as many by much meaner then shee come with their Fannes and Feathers whereas mee seemes a Goose-quill would farre better befit their fingers But a priuate life is least subiect to hypocrisie therefore I proceede to that I haue beene credibly informed that shee did in her Chamber repeate to her Maid-seruants the Sermons shee had heard and penned Catechise them in the principles of Religion and vpon euery fit occasion would labour to season them with the true feare of the Lord. Againe she spent hauing health three or foure houres in her priuate Closet euery day in Reading Meditating Praying and Writing But what was the subiect for otherwise to write is no great commendation Amongst other things all tending to good vses she hath left and that in no small volume diuers disputations that shee had with Separatists and Papists her answeres and what was her owne resolution in the controuerted opinions annexing her reasons Moreouer as one that expected the time of her change before it came she left vnder her owne hand what if it might stand with her husbands good pleasure she would haue performed as diuers gifts to seuerall persons both for cloath and coyne in value amounting to a large summe And her desire was that there might be no blacks worne for her at her Funerals except by her owne house at the most or in particular by her deare and especiall friend because she had rather haue them receiue some priuate gifts of remembrance and in that she would not follow the common custome of the world It was not couetousnesse I perswade my selfe but conscience that frustrated in that respect any mans expectation And thus hauing touched a few particulars I come in briefe to mention what my selfe can speak by experience And that is either in the time of her health or sickenesse In which former condition I not many times came into her presence because of the distance of our habitations But for her apparell it was so modest not with gold put about or broidered haire that a curious eye could not iustly picke a quarrell at it her speech was not much her words well composed and the matter such as to a iudicious Auditor might yeeld comfort and in some thing administer profitable edification In the time of her sickenesse I heard her neuer vtter one word that fauoured of impatience shee tooke all helpes willingly that might haue restored her if God had giuen the blessing to health and her former condition and in the receipt she would pray and desire others also that God would blesse it to her And she spake much in the commendation of the Gospell affirming that all things without that were worth nothing She left certaine Bibles to be deliuered to her daughters with this writ on them I haue said that my flesh shall perish and rot But the word of the Lord shall endure for euer And blessed shall you be if you constantly vnto the end delight to seeke and follow that with faithfull and true hearts She also gaue a gift to the Pastor of that place by which she said she would tye him to be as carefull ouer the poorest sheepe in his flocke as if he were the greatest Lord. Not long before her death she said that she hoped God would giue her power against the Enemie But alas we many of vs cannot tell what by Enemie is meant which phrase of hers stroke into me a deepe suspition that her change was neere at hand For I haue alwayes obserued that when Sathan most tempteth the truely-religious they seldome recouer of that sickenesse He hath great skill to discerne how Nature is weakened and therefore taketh the fittest time for his purpose She prayed with iudgement and affection not long before her desolution In the which petitions she vsed words and sentences worthy of admiration imitation She mentioned the King in particular remembred his kingdomes and subiects with others that for breuity I passe ouer as her friends kinsfolkes and children These things I my selfe saw and heard with many others that were worthy to be recorded and of the best practised At which time I absented my selfe out of the chamber neither after that heard I her voyce or saw her face for within a short space she departed From all which I wish we may for I am sure we ought to learne instruction Laus Deo FJNJS