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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28334	Bravch's work finished a sermon preached at the funeral of that painful labourer in the Lords vineyard, Mr. James Sharp, and now published at the earnest request of his friends / by Nicholas Blake ...	Blake, Nicholas, Preacher of the Gospel.	1681 (1681)	Wing B3135; ESTC R12944	19,062	36

BARVCH 's Work finished A SERMON PREACHED At the FUNERAL of that painful Labourer in the Lords Vineyard Mr. JAMES SHARP And now Published at the earnest request of his Friends By Nicholas Blake Preacher of the Gospel There the wearied are at rest Job 3.17 LONDON Printed for Dorman Newman at the Kings Arms in the Poultrey 1681. BARVCH 's Work finished c. Nehem. III. 20. After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece c. OUR blessed Repairer as he permits the making of breaches on the Walls of his own Jerusalem and greater and smaller Foxes to enter into his Vineyard so he creates repairers and sends whom and when he pleaseth allotting to every one of them their particular season work and talents for repairing of the breaches or taking the Foxes that spoil the Vines with tender Grapes and particularly observes the frame of every one he imploys what heart they have to work as Neh. 4.6 the people had a mind to work and how they begin and finish their piece of the work for as he hath several pieces of work and several workmen so he allots to each their several piece and indowments sutable thereunto and accordingly records and remunerates what they do and as they do it This Chapter is a short and yet a long history giving us an account of the persons imployed in repairing work Wherein the Lord doth greatly commend all of them but more especially the repairer in my Text whom you find described and elegantly set forth to you by the Spirit of God in these Five Particulars 1. His name Baruch which is Benedictus genuflexus i.e. a blessed and devout man and indeed as his name so is he for he was a blessed and prosperous repairer and finished his work and was most obsequious and compliant in his copartner-ship with the rest of the repairers 2. By his relation he is the son of Zabbai fluxus vel fluens pointing out how communicative he was one constantly imparting what he received for the good of others and this his son answered in his practice for as we shall hear he was one that put forth what he had for the good of that work he was called to or as it is in the Margent the son of Zaccai which signifieth pure and clear such as indeed our Baruch in the Text was being a man of a pure heart and of a shining conversation 3. He is described to us from his work he repaired he vehemently repaired left not off repairing till all was finished 4. From the manner of his work he not only repaired but did it earnestly with burning Zeal and an inflamed heart 5. From the nature of the work it was Zions Wall Church-work and more particularly it was such a piece as was allotted him which he earnestly repaired his own part of the Vineyard his own Watch-Tower and that to the advantage of all the rest of the work that other repairers were taken up with he did not advance his own upon the ruines of others but with joint harmony and common advantage finished his work The only Doctrine I lay before you from the words shall be this That it 's of singular commendation and that which the Lord takes special notice of and greatly values when a Christian or Minister does their allotted part of Zions work earnestly Baruch not only repaired but did it earnestly how earnest was that other Baruch who was imployed by Jeremiah to carry the black Rolls that were sent from God by Jeremiah unto the King and Princes of Judah whereof you may read Jer. 36. at large as a most obedient son of the Prophet he run and faithfully discharged his part in that Ministry In the explication of this I shall take into consideration these Five Particulars 1. The Agent Baruch 2. The Act repaired 3. The manner of this Act earnestly 4. The matter about which this Agent was so earnestly imployed 5. What is in all this that makes it so highly commendable and why the Lord does notice the same The First thing is the Agent called out and imployed in repairing his piece of the wall of Jerusalem he run not before he was sent he consulted not with flesh and blood being called out to this work In every inferior Agent there be two things we must take into our consideration 1. Their excellencies as qualified by the Master-builder for their work 2. Their weakness as they are men subject to many Passions and infirmities by reason of the tryals and oppositions they meet with in their work For the Excellencies of this Agent I shall lay before you these Six 1st He had an excellent name a man of a rare fame Baruch in name and thing And that 1. In his being blessed to others Benedictus as his name signifies a man a good man a Minister an able Minister is much but a blessed Minister is above all so a repairer an earnest repairer is good but a blessed repairer is better one blessed of God with success and made a blessing to others and called by them Baruch the blessed 2. In that he was Baruch the genuflexus kneeling devout and reverent in all his addresses to the Master of the work of a sweet yielding and complying spirit with the rest of his fellow-repairers in all things submitting to the will and complying with the directions of his Master and condescending to them of low degree 2dly He was a man of an excellent frame he had a spirit suitable to his work hot and moist hot with a fire of Zeal to have his work finished and yet moist sweetly bowing and yielding to the various methods of God about him and his work 3dly He was a man of an excellent conversation For 1. He conversed with the Master-builder to understand his will and pleasure that he might conform all to it 2. He conversed with fellow-repairers that he might keep a correspondence in repairing with the rest of the repairers 3. He eyed the end of both which was to do his work according to the Master-builders directions and for the good and advantage of all the rest of the repairers 4thly He was a man excellent in regard of his communicativeness in that both he had enough to impart for the good of others and in that he most freely and readily did communicate what he had for upstirring of them in way of duty that repairing-repairing-work might not be retarded 5thly He was a man of a publick spirit not only concerned in what was the publick cause but was faithful with the Saints taking part of their cross and despised work of repairing and in opposing the publick defections of the time he was neither a Sanballat nor a Tobyah discouraging and drawing off others from the work but a zealous opposer of all such and earnest repairer of his piece of the Wall 6thly He was excellent in regard of his activity he was a very active man he repaired and repaired earnestly he was not in