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A09001	A funerall sermon, both godlye, learned and comfortable, preached at S. Maries in Cambridge, Anno 1551. at the buriall of the reuerend doctor, and faithfull pastor of the Churche of Christe, Martin Bucer. By Matthew Parker Doctor in Diuinitie, and since, Archbishoppe of Canterburye; Howe we ought to take the death of the godly	Parker, Matthew, 1504-1575.; Newton, Thomas, 1542?-1607.	1587 (1587)	STC 19293A; ESTC S109977	12,872	38

their great comfort and singuler commodity did Corah Dathan and Abiram maliciously conspire and him rebelliouslye despise shaking of the yoke of obedience and moste vnnaturallye forsaking him or rather their owne profites and commodities which by him they bountifully enioyed But how seuerelye how strangely and dreadfullye did the Lorde God reuenge that thir so mutynous reuolt and vndutifull contumacie Did not the earth open her mouth and swallowe them vp with their tabernacles and familyes and all them that were with them soe that they and all that they had wente downe aliue into the pit with all their traine and goodes This dreadfull and terrible example notwithstanding wheÌ„ as yet they seditiously persisted in their treacherous mutinie and peeuishe frowardnesse agaynste the same Moses their Prince and Gouernour the Lord for an euerlasting terror to al murmuring Malcontents against so worthie a man geuen to them if they could haue accordingly so considered it for the inestimable benefit comfort both of them their whole companie sent a plague among them whereof there dyed in one day fourteen thousand seuen hundred God so stroÌ„gly terribly reueÌ„ged this their seditioÌ„ consperacy chiefly especially therby to bring theÌ„ to y e acknowledgmeÌ„t of that singuler benefit which they inioyed by hauing so good and godly a magistrat ouer theÌ„ as Moses was meaning by such a kind of punishment to make them more thankfull and better contented with this benefite But when almighty God saw that all these punishments would not serue to bring them to amendment nor to stur them vp to their dutifull thankefullnesse and obedient behauiour after many assaies and waies practised and wrought for their recouery he was at length driuen in his heauy indignation to betake himselfe to an other course and to proceede further And what course was that Forsooth for their sins and wickednes he shortned the life of Moses and would not that by him they should be brought into the land of promise Moses therefore dyed before they had set one foote therin But how profitable had it beene for them if hee had remained aliue considering his graue wisedome and ripe iudgement wherein by reason of his great practise and long experience hee singularlye excelled Howe fitte a man had hee beene by reason of his Sanctytye and holinesse of lyfe and of his vertuous dealinges and godlye cogitations to turne awaye the wrath of GOD iustlye conceiued against them What an helpe furtherance and direction moreouer mighte hee haue beene to them after they had beene once entered and come into the Lande touchinge their Sacrifices Rytes and Ceremonies which hee eyther by worde of mouthe or by traditions written had lefte amonge them How necessarie in all respectes was this reuerend Doctor Martin Bucer to the Church of Christ being a man so notablye furnished so exquisitely enclyned to the aduauncement of the glorye and true religion of God And yet notwithstanding God hath taken him away from amonge vs the lyght that was in him hee hath quenched and would not that we should bee shrowded any longer vnder his winges or priuiledged vnder his shadowe reputing vs people most vnworthy to be so much as the leaste partakers of suche surpassing benefites And if as it is indeede the greater greater the sinne is the greater punishment is there vnto due and the sharper smart it deserueth then shall it bee no hard matter to iudge among what sort of punishment this is nowe to be reckened that this time so good a pastor is taken awaye from vs so brighte a lampe quenched and such a lighte put oute as while wee enioyed wee safely walked thoroughe the daungerous and darke pathes of this life Lette vs diligently waighe and effectuallye consider these thinges dearely beloued and beeinge herein in like sort punished by the hand of God as the Isralites were lette vs learne to acknoweledge the wrathe of God and receyue it as an vndoubted signe that hee is angrie and displeased with vs. We haue heertofore shewed our selues waiward churlish and vnthankful by murmuring both againste God and also againste this man his Seruaunt Nowe euen this daye we feele as Israell did the heauie wrath and reuenging hand of God for the same and may perceiue how y t he euidently punisheth vs therefore We haue bene heretofore vngratefull and repyning for the light that wee receyued from this excellent and worthy Doctor now is it therefore put out and quenched It is sayde that hee liued heere amonge thankelesse crabbed and frowarde sinners nowe therefore is he taken awaye from them As for him-selfe hee liude still but soe that hee liueth in ioye and blisse with God and is hence dispatched and freed from the toylesome greiues and wretched troubles of this life from those paynefull labours which hee heere willinglye suffered and patyentelye endured for oure beehoofe and benefytte but nowe is he at rest with GOD to his owne beehoofe comforte and commodytye GOD looueth him in that hee hasted soe soone to call hym awaye oute of the companye of wicked Sinners But hee is angrye with vs in that he thinketh vs inworthye any longer to enioye such a precious piller If these thinges being thus duely diligently considered can nothing at all moue vs wherwith notwithstanding I knowe that euery godly person is will be not a little touched yet is there greater cause to drawe vs heauilie and sorowfully to take this misfortune not in suche sorte lamenting and sorowing for him that is deade as hath bene said before as though death had done to him any harme but in applying and translating the whole cause of our sorowe and greife vnto our owne selues according to that saying of our Lord Sauioure Christ who would not haue the Hierosolimitanes to mourne for him but for themselues and their children Daughters of Hierusalem sayth he weepe not for me but weepe for your selues and for youre children And hee there yeldeth a reason why they should weepe for them selues their children For sayth he if they doe this to the greene tree what shalbe done to the drie Let euery one of vs now here present note well this sentence and loke wel to himselfe let euerye one of vs I saye thinke well of this matter vpon this occasion heere presently offered by the death and departure of this graue and reuerend Father let him be mooued to feare For if by the secrete and hidden but yet iust iudgment of almighty god we see and heare suche heauye sentence pronounced against his owne familie haushold that he threateneth to abridge their life and shorten their dayes howe neere at hand is the end of them which beleeue not the Gospel If his life were shortened whom while hee heere liued the Lorde so entirelye loued beeing the beautie of his house in the building repayring and euery way garnishinge whereof he shewed himselfe a most dyligent and paynefull builder and a most wise and

A Funerall Sermon both Godlye Learned and comfortable Preached at S. Maries in Cambridge Anno 1551. at the buriall of the Reuerend Doctor and faithfull Pastor of the Churche of Christe Martin Bucer By Matthew Parker Doctor in Diuinitie and since Archbishoppe of Canterburye Â¶ Printed at London by Thomas Purfoote and are to be sold at his shop without Newe-gate ouer against S. Sepulchers Church To my very friends M. Iames Taylor M. Ranulph Barlow YOVR manifold curtesies towards me togither also with the Reuerend account that you euer made of that late worthy Archbishop the Author hereof moued me to translate dedicate vnto you this his godly and learned Sermon Receiue it therfore euen for the Authors sake embrace it for the matter therein comprized let it remaine as a token of the vnfeined goodwill of your olde schoolefellow as a seale to confirme that league which at home in our childhood 30. yeares agoe we entred into in our natiue countrey of Chesshire vnder that our graue learned zealous painefull Schoolemaister M. Iohn Brownesworde Fare ye well At little Ilford in Essex the 24. of Februarie 1587. Your assured wel willer Thomas Newton The text Wisd. 4. Vers. 7. Althoughe the righteous bee preuented by death yet shall he bee in reste 10. He pleased God and was beloued of him so that whereas hee liued among sinners he translated him 14. For his soule pleased God therefore hasted hee to take him awaye from wickednesse 15. Yet the people see vnderstand not consider no such things in their it hearts how that grace mercy is vpon his Sainctes and his prouidence ouer the Elect. 16. Thus the righteous that is deade condemneth the vngodly which are liuing and the youthe that is soone broughte to an end the longe life of the vnrighteous 17. For they see the ende of the wise but they vnderstande not what God hath deuised for him wherfore the Lord hath preserued him in safety 18. They see him despise him but the Lord will laugh them to scorne 19. So that they shall fall heereafter without honour shall haue a shame among the deade for euermore THE cause of this our present assembly brethren in the Lorde and Sauiour Iesus Christ most dearely beloued is alredye vnto you so wel knowne y t I shall not neede therevpon to vse many wordes but on the other side the speciall points hereby offered to our considerations and againe the iust cause that wee euen we Cambridge-men haue to weepe and waile I feare that a greate sorce throughe want of skill feele not and many moe blindely ledd with a certayne peeuish rancour and festured malice throughly consider not To mourne and weepe for the death of a good and godly man so far foorth as concerneth him we are flatly forbidden both by reason and also by nature I meane that reason which is right and that nature which is sinceare not corrupted Yea it is directly against the rules both of Charity and Faith For if Heathen Philosophers not knowing god aright void of that hope which wee dayly haue before our eyes and whiche so manye of vs as liue in Christ doe earnestly thirst after and dayly long for deemed by reason that death was not to be bewailed and if they could agree among themselues in opinion that nature might lawfully call for redemaund that whereof she had graunted to vs the vse but for a while what an absurd thing were it if wee in this so great light of the Gospell beeing so vndoubtedly perswaded of such sure and manifest promises of most blessed state after this life by the benefite of our Redeemer should not aswell as they thinke it to stand with reason and equitie Yea worthilye were wee to be reprooued if we should but onely match them and not rather far surmount them in this point and by faith vnderstand how that we are so far from hauing any cause of sorrowing that we rather ought more then can be vttered to reioyce for them and to congratulate cheir felicitie whereunto we hope also to come our selues and for the same ought dayly to pray Now I pray you what Ioue or what charity is this to enuie our friendes blessed hap to be sory for their felicitie and welfare To be agreeued to lament for their glorious exchaunge is as though we repined that after many dangerous stormes and blustring tempests in the Sea of this world they be at length gotten to a quiet har borough and safely ariued at the hauen of rest or that after a sharpe conflict long continued warre they bee nowe at length safely returned home with victory ouer their enemies What loue can this be to bee sorye that our friend hauing beene long pyned with grieuous languishing diseases to haue now recouered his former health or to fret and greeue to heare that hee whom we say we loue is enlarged and deliuered out of most loathsome prison where he had long lyne in hunger and cold fettered and chayned Is there any man that can with anye colour of reason say that he loueth his friend being heire to some great lands if he mourne and be sory that the tyme now approcheth wherin his friend shal possesse and receaue some huge summe of money aud sewe out his liuerey for the peaceable enioying of his great reuenewes and enheritance It is I say against godly loue and against sinceare affection to bewaile our friends when they leaue the miseries of this wretched lyfe and goe to possesse a place of rest and blisse that shall continue for euer Moreouer it agreeth not with the rules of faith for a christian man to bewayle the dead For who can deny that to be against faith which is flatly forbidden by the scriptures And how can that be sayed to agree with the rule of fayth whiche the scriptures most euidentlye prooue to be done by those that haue no hope There is such an indeuisible agreement betweene Faythe and Hope that the one is neuer seuered froÌ„ the other but wheresoeuer the one is the other is also and where the one lacketh y t other wanteth likwise Sorow ye not saith the blessed apostle Paule ouer theÌ„ that are a sleepe as others do which haue no hope c. Yea such kind of sorrow is most plainly by y e scriptures forbiddeÌ„ Make small weeping for the dead sayth the wise-man for he is at rest If a man do but lightly superficially consider y e words of this scripture do not diligently search the bottome ground of the true meaning sence thereof he may perhaps thinke that it is thereby permitted yea after a sort commaunded enioyned to a man to mourne and bewaile the dead so that he do it moderatly But it shall plainely appeare to bee otherwise if a man will diligently consider the cause whiche the Wise-man there alledgeth namelye because hee is at rest In whiche wordes

he layeth downe before our eyes the verie cause for the which we should rather reioyce and be glad And therfore in this worde a little hee hath consyderation vnto oure weakenesse and infirmytie in respecte whereof hee yealdeth somewhat vnto our frayltie and tollerateth some small sorrowe and little mournynge howebeit if the wise-man had any hopefully to perswade effectuallye to obtaine that which he was the willinger of no doubt hee woulde rather haue counsailed and aduised vs vtterly to put away and entirely to laye aside all sorrow Which thing we ought doubtlesse to doe if wee coulde in all our actions haue that regard alwayes keepe that euen hand which we should doe if our nature were not so weake and naught or if the world were not pestered with enuious spighters and quarellours wranglers in euery corner that will not sticke to call vs stonyharted creatures such as haue no sparke of humaine nature in vs if they see that wee make no lamentation for the death of our friends Construing the matter many tymes to the worst and sinesterlye thereby gathering that we doe rather reioice in respect of some worldly gaine or commoditie thereby growing to vs. Wheras we by the rule of faith onely and in respect of that euerlasting blessednesse which our friends haue attained doe shew our selues therein constantly stayed in conscience for the departure of our brethren and altogether renouncing such womannish wayling and childish infirmitie And true it is that Ieremie being a witnesse in this case of far more credite and authoritie alloweth nothing at all to this our fraile infirmitie but in most plaine words flatly and in a generalitye forbiddeth all weeping and mourning for y e dead Weepe not saith he for the dead and be not mooued for them For he had a greater consideration of the blessed lyfe whereinto they were entered and he wisely weighed that the sooner they finisht the course end the race of this life the sooner they come to enioy their desyred rest blisfull state and therefore he woulde not at anye hande nozzle and feede a man in folly by allowing or yelding any thing to him in this so vaine frailty This did he see in the spirite and the very same is lykewise by the same spirite reuealed vnto Iohn with commandement also vnto him to write it for an euerlasting memory as a voice not vttered by the world or in the world after the measure of our humaine frailty and weakenesse but as a sentence descended from heauen deliuering a iust consideration of the state condition of those that bee hence departed which voyce did plainly deliuer these words Blessed are the dead which dye in the Lord. May this worde Blessed being pronounced by the mouth of God himselfe be thought to be miserable mournefull or lamentable Neyther doth the Spirite deliuer vtter these words absolutely without any other addition but withal he alleadgeth the cause For they henceforth saith the Spirite rest from their labours moreouer Their workes follow them Let vs now therfore ponder and consider diligently the words of the Wyse man whereof mention was made a litle afore viz. Because he is at rest Also of an other wise man The soules of the righteous are in the hands of God and they are in peace Furthermore let vs herevnto adde the words of the Apostle S. Paule If we beleue that Iesus is dead is rysen againe euen so them which sleepe in Iesus wil God bring with him Let vs consider what these wordes doe signifie meane Blessed are they that dye in the Lord c. And we shall easily perceiue in what sense we ought to take this Little which the wise man vseth yea we shal quickly see what he would rather haue aduised vttered if he had not otherwise regarded respected our weaknes Therefore I saye when wee haue respect consideratioÌ„ of the party that is dead and departed it is both vnseemely wicked to vse any howling or blubbering for him vnlesse we desire to be accounted creatures endued rather with beastly nature then furnished with the vse of reason to be deemed Heathen people rather then true Christians enuious caitiues then wel meaning friends void of hope faith not vnderstanding our happy estate persons doubtful vncertain of their saluatioÌ„ rather then coÌ„stant beleeuers vndoubtedly embracing crediting y e infallible worde of God therby as by a rule directing all euery our actions thoughts affections valiantly subduing and entirely triumphing ouer our imbecillity weaknes But howsoeuer some texts of scripture seeme to confirm this opinion to proue allow some small mourning again some vtterly altogither forbid weping and lamenting as we haue afore declared So in an other sence wee are not onely allowed to mourne but also are admonished and directly commaunded so to do My sonne powre foorth teares ouer the dead and begin to mourne as if thou hadst suffered greate harme thy selfe Heere the same wise man that a little aforesaid Make small weeping for the deade seemeth in this place to enioyne vs to weepe not a little nor for a while but to continue lamentations and to powre foorth teares for a long season God forbid that we should think so holy a man inuested with the tytle of a wiseman should in one the selfe-same booke disagree with himselfe in opinions and sentences albeit they be set downe in seuerall Chapters and to enioyne and commaund things contrary and repugnant one to an other We must therefore assay and tyre whether we can find out his very meaning But if he himselfe doe expound and interpret his owne words we may then boldly and safely without danger sticke to his iudgement In this verye sentence where he thus writeth Make small weeping for the dead for hee is at rest he also saith Weepe for the dead for he hath lost the light To make him therefore to agree with himselfe this must needes bee his meaning that as in respect of the party deceased it is not lawfull to weepe and lament for that he enioyeth blisse and is at rest so on the other side namely in respecte of our selues that are berest the company sight and comfort of his vertuous maners godly life and excellent learning we haue most iust and vrgent cause not onely to lament bee sorie but euen for a long space to continue the same our griefe and moane as hauing receiued some great losse hinderance vnrecouerable And the brighter clearer that the light was when it gaue shine and the neeedefuller expedienter that the same was for our behoofe and benefite so much the more cause and matter is there ministred to our lamentation and mourning by the wofuller consideration of the losse receaued Such a kind of light is there nowe quenched in this famous and reuerend Doctor renowmed aswell for his exquisite knowledge and learning as also for his

right christian maners and vertuouse life all whiche appeared in him moste excellentlye euen at the time of his death and departure What a burning and shining lampe shewed he himselfe in the Church of Christ the space of many yeares And although Enuie do leare and prie askewe and can not wel abide the sight of the sunne yet cannot his verie enemies withoute greate shame and infamie reproch him or iustlye open their mouthes againste him when as they shall see suche persons to giue testimonye to his vertues whiche haue bene daylye conuersant with him and haue diligently obserued and marked the continuall care and vehemente studie which he toke to further and aduaunce such causes as his trade of life and function required What maner of salt he shewed himselfe in the mild deliuerie of his sounde doctrine vttered aswell by liuely voice as also otherwise testified and recorded by his moste learned workes printed bookes againe what exquisiâ— learning and as I may say almost singuler harborowghed in his breast howe pithie sententious howe deepe waightie his arguments were wherewithall he notablie seasoned religion and the same being in these later ages of the worlde pitifully many wayes mangled and dismembred reuiued and resorted to her right auncienty former strength and authoritie although herein spightfull malice and cankered enuie will not lose her olde wount but still shewe her selfe in her colours what disposition she euer carieth toward all such as in any singuler gift excel others yet shal our posterity in time to come know and find how iuste cause there is why they shoulde esteeme Enuie as Enuie and highlye regard learning and vertue accordinge to their due worthynes and dignitie But before I enter into the examination and discourse of these two rare and singuler vertues in him wherwith god had wonderfullye beautified enriched him made him admirable reuerend in the worlde I would especially wishe vs Vniuersity-men for whose comfort consolatioÌ„ Almighty God in his great mercye and gracious fauour towardes this Vniuersity being greately decayed and almost vtterlye fallen downe to the grounde ordeyned this worthy instrument in his Church tosoiourne and dwell now in the ripenesse both of his lyfe and doctrine heere among vs with a great deale the more care circumspect diligence to consider the fearefull iudgmeÌ„ts of almighty god who in this purpose of his deuine wil hath translated so soone taken him away from vs. Wherby it is most certaine that we haue iust cause to bewaile his death heauily to take his departure from vs howebeit not for his sake but for our owne greatly to feare dread y e further wrath punishment of god his heauy displeasure a taste wherof we heere now feele in y t he hath quenched this so notable necessarye a light among vs. The stroke feeling wherof ought effectually to driue vs to an humble open confessioÌ„ of our wicked detestable life prostratly with an earnest repentance to craue pardon of the same at his mercifull hands beseeching him to forgiue vs our grieuous offences to haue compassion on vs. Otherwise it is to be feared least some worse thing wil ensue follow afterward God forbid y t we which heere professe the true sinceare word of God should be so blockish so dull sencelesse that we shoulde not euen heerein perceaue the greeuous displeasure of God enkindled conceaued against vs or that we should so pitifully be ouer seene in our own cases or so far to be our own foes backfriends that these things should not any whit at all mooue vs. Then might that iustly be obiected layd to our charge which the prophet Ieremy twitted y e men of his time withall for their malicious manifest contempt of God the careles regard that they made of his scourges and punishments Lorde thou hast stroken them but they haue not sorrowed thou hast consumed them but they haue refused to receiue correction they haue made their faces harder then a stone and have refused to retourne Should not we blush and be ashamed after so many admonitions to be like vnto those stifnecked Iewes and rebellious persons which saide vnto the Prophets of God prophecie not and to the seers see not neither speak vnto vs right thinges but speake flattering things vnto vs prophecie errours Departe out of the way goe aside out of the path cause the holy one of Israell to cease from vs. And if our peeuish wilfulnes impudencie and hardnes doe thus continue with increase among vs are we not worthye to heare this dreadful heauie sentence pronounced against vs. Behold your habitation shalbe lefte vnto you desolate Behold the daies shall come vpon thee that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee and compasse thee rounde keepe thee in on euery side shal make thee euen with the ground and thy children which are in thee they shall not leaue in thee a stone vpon a stone because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation God be mercifull vnto vs and blesse vs and shewe vs the lighte of his countinance be merciful vnto vs. c. The verye consideration of this one kinde of God his punishment and correction to witte the takinge awaye by deathe of those excellente members of the Churche on whome dependeth the singuler benifite of the flocke and comfortable staye of the people affordeth ministreth vnto vs as by the scriptures wee maye plainelye perceiue manifest arguments profitable lessons to draw vs in this euidence token of Gods displeasure to lament our sinnes and to amend our wicked liues It is ynoughe I say to moue vs to loke better to our selues to feare afterclaps and to be inwardly most hartely sorie for our churlish behauiour extreeme ingratitude toward so gracious a God One example fitlie seruinge to this purpose I will offer here vnto your considerations Call to your remembrance that rebellious obstinate murmuring mutinous stifenecked people of Israell ouer whoÌ„ god set that excellent man Moses to be their Captaine Gouernour And that I may omit not speak of the huge heape of their manifolde leawdnes wicked disobediences to omitte also y e sundry punishments wherwith God many times afflicted them to omit how how often their leader and Gouernor Moses was prest ready by prayer intercession to reconcile God vnto them to turne away his plagues from them for whose sake at whose suite their misdeedes were often forgiuen their offences pardoned how worthy a Gouernor he was how notabe a stay and what a shining light he shewed himselfe vnto them the whole course of his dealinges the whole race of his lyfe and the whole manner of his proceedings during the time of his rule gouernment doth sufficiently declare And yet against him being so worthy so noble a Prince appointed of god to them for

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