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A23806	A funeral handkerchief in two parts : I. Part. Containing arguments to comfort us at death of friends, II. Part. Containing several uses which we ought to make of such losses : to which is added, Three sermons preached at Coventry, in December last, 1670 / by Thomas Allestree ...	Allestree, Thomas, 1637 or 8-1715.	1671 (1671)	Wing A1197; ESTC R14326	214,765	404

1.12 c. Old Par in Shropshire by faring hardly had attained to above an hundred and forty years Tenuis mensa sanitatis mater Delicate feeding renders the Body dull and diseased whereas slender meals make it active and healthful 5. Consid God can make course diet as pleasant to the taste See Prov. 15.16 17. Even a dinner of herbs is sweet Prov. 27.7 The full soul loatheth an honey-combe but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet To the hungry soul how pleasant is a piece of bread and cheese 6. Consid God can make course diet as satisfying if you belong to him Prov. 13.25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of ●his soul but the belly of the wicked shall want Indeed we read how they who have their portion in this life God filleth their bellys with his hid treasure Psal 17.14 But many Epicures though their Bellies are filled yet their appetites are not satisfied but they are still hankering after variety of dainties Ecles 6.7 But God hath promised to his People that he will satisfy the poorest of them with bread Psal 132.15 I end this with that of Musculus Muscul in Gen. 1 29. p. 48. Sic esse naturam humanam comparatam ut quod cibum attinet modico ac facili demitti posset nisi ingluvies obtinuisset cui nullo edulij genere satisfieri potest 7. Consid God can make a little go far As he multiplied the Sareptan Widows handful of Meal and little Oyl in a cruse to the feeding of many many dayes 1 King 17.15 and Christ in the dayes of his flesh with five loves and two fishes fed five thousand men besides women and children Mat. 14.17 c. And though Miracles are now ceased yet we see daily God feeds many poor people with a little so that we wonder how they live yet through God's blessing they live and look well There is an expression Psal 107.41 of God's making the poor man's families like a flock of sheep which may imply thus much that the poor godly man's children being divided into families as so many flocks of sheep shall live and look well with a little as sheep you know gather fleece and flesh though they fare hardly 8. Consid God sees coarse diet to be most convenient for thee Pro. 30.8 wise Agur prayed that God would give him food convenient for him God sees that high feeding is not convenient For 1. It unfits for good Duties as Praying Reading Hearing Meditating Receiving the Sacrament c. St. Chrysostom in the first Homily on Genesis hath this pretty conceit That Moses when he came from the Mount and brought the two Tables of the Commandments with him when he perceived the Israelites to whom he came that they had fill'd themselves full and were dancing and sporting he threw down the Tables because saith that golden-mouth'd Father he thought it an absurd thing to give Commandments for them to observe upon a full stomach See Mr. Ramsden's Serm. on Luke 21.34 For 2. It besots men and makes them careless and sensless It is the nurse of security as you may see Luke 17.27 c. so Luke 21.34 Intrárunt Urbem somno Vimque sepultam Virg. Corpus onustum Hesternis vitiis animum quoque praegravat Horat. Full meals as they make dull bodies so they make foggy minds 3. It is accompanied usually with many sins As great and delicate Persons have usually a great Retinue waiting upon them so high and delicate feeding is generally accompanied with many sins as Pride and Idleness Ezek. 16.49 Unthankfulness and Forgetfulness of God Deut. 32.15 8.10 11. Prov. 30.8 Vomiting and Filthiness Isa 28.8 Lust and Uncleanness Prov. 23.31 c. Jer. 5.7 8. Rom. 13.13 Rioting and Drunkenness Chambring and Wantonness go together Saturitas ventris seminarium libidinis A full belly and a foul heart seldom go uncoupled 4. And lastly It brings down God's Judgments It brought the Flood upon the old World Mat. 24.38 Fire on Sodom Ezek. 16.49 50. The Sword on Israel Amos 6.4 7. compared See what befell the murmuring Israelites that desired delicious fare Psal 78.30 31. They were not estranged from their lusts but whilst the meat was in their mouthes the wrath of God fell upon them and slew the fattest of them c. We reade likewise of the rich-man that fared deliciously every day was after his death in Hell and lift up his eyes being in torment Luke 16.19 23 compared The Apostle tells you Phil. 3.19 Whose god is their belly their end is destruction To shut up this The Psalmist speaks of some how God gave them their request but sent leanness into their soul Psal 106.15 If God should give thee thy request and bestow more delicious fare upon thee however thy body might come on yet thy soul would be but poor in grace lean and ill-favoured It is well for God's Servants that their Master keeps them in good working case for as an Heathen said 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Menand It is better to fare meanly and live well then to fare deliciously and live disorderly A barren ground doth well for Gods sheep fat pastures may rot them And a full table may be a snare to Christians and that which should have been for their welfare through an ill disposition in them may become a trap unto them Psal 69.22 God then in giving thee course Diet sees it most fit for thee 9. Consid If you serve God you are not without your feasts you have several Spiritual feasts which are far better then bodily To name a few 1. you have the feast of a good Conscience Prov. 15.15 He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast The Scripture oft puts Heart for Conscience 2 Sam. 24.10 Acts 15.9 1 John 3.20 The Hebrews have no other word but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to express Conscience by And because a good Conscience causeth joy or mirth therefore it 's rendred a merry Heart but it may be rendred according to the Original A good Conscience is a feast alwayes or at a feast continually 2. You have the Word of God which is a feast This is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as Clemens calls it Vitae aeternae viaticum David looked upon it as such Psal 119.19 I am a stranger here on Earth hide not thy Commandments from me He looked upon Gods Commands backt with Promises as his Spiritual food whilst travelling towards Heaven his own Country He esteemed it sweeter then honey or the honey-comb Psal 19.10 and Job esteemed it more then his ordinary food Job 23.12 3. You have the feast of the Lords Supper This is Heavenly Manna our viaticum to the Heavenly Canaan This is Spiritual meat 1 Cor. 10.3 It is Angelical food indeed an excellent banquet for saith Christ Joh. 6.55 My Flesh is meat indeed and my Blood is drink indeed Meat and drink indeed by way of reallity and by way of excellency see Psal 22.26 29. and 36.8

mind him of his mortality and keep him temperate in the use of Gods good Creatures Oh consider thou wretched Epicure that thy pamper'd body will shortly be a most noysome Corps Job 24.20 The Worm shall feed sweetly on it Consider the pleasures of sin are but for a season Heb. 11.25 Thou mayest hear that voice this present hour in the midst of Drinking Dancing Feasting Gaming Whoring c. which Pope Innocentius the 4th heard in his Court and was found dead the next day Veni miser ad judicium Come thou wretch to judgment Use 10 10. Let death of Friends give a check to pride and ambition * Dr. Stuarts Cathol Divin pag. 150. Some say The hand of a dead man stroaking the part cures the Tympany Methinks the spectacles of mortality presented so frequently before us should asswage the swelling of pride that is within us Who would be proud of popular applause which is indeed but a fancy for so Agrippa's pomp is called Acts 25.23 Orig. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 did he consider his own mortality Herod would not have erected the plumes of pride as he did when the people flattered him had he looked on himself as a mortal man and that he should be so soon eaten up of Worms the vilest of Creatures Acts 12.21 22 23. Who would be proud of beauty considering if Deaths Hand do but touch the best complection'd Persons like the * Contacto● cinerescunt Apples of Sodom they drop speedily into dust and ashes Who would be proud of Gifts and Parts seeing the Wise Man dies as well as the Fool Psal 49.10 Who would be proud of stately and pleasant Houses considering shortly he must be housed in dark and dankish rooms under ground Job 17.13 Who would be proud of his Pedigree considering he must say ere long to corruption Thou art my Father and to the worm Thou art my Mother and my Sister Job 17.14 Who would be proud of Apparel which must shortly be laid aside Or who would be proud of Riches which must be left at death and we know not to whom Psal 39.6 Who would be ambitious of great swelling titles as your Worship your Honour your Grace your Excellency your Greatness your Highness c. considering that the Greatest die and their Titles with them and their Glory will not descend after them Psal 49.17 Ambition like a blazing Comet portends no good and in a while vanisheth and comes to nothing How unbefitting a thing is it for man to be daily aspiring who is daily expiring to soar so high who must lie so low even under the feet of those whom he desires to tread upon Ahasuerus that could reckon 127 Provinces under his command Esth 1.1 had but about seven foot Sepulchre at most being dead And Alexander that sweated within the compass of the world as too narrow for him Aestuat infoelix angusto limite mundi Juvenal Sat. 10. Yet being dead had but a little patch of ground to contain his Body and that was with much difficulty obtained There is indeed some odds betwixt men whilst living in respect of birth education wealth wit alliance honour beauty c. yet to pull down the top-sail of pride man should consider that the same God made us all Job 31.15 Mal. 2.10 and of the same matter and we all at last return alike to the same earth Gen. 3.19 Eccl. 12.7 There is no odds amongst dead men Respice sepulchra vide quis servus quis dominus quis dives quis pauper discerne si potes vinctum a Rege fortem a debili pulchrum a deformi * Aug. lib. de nat et grat Aust Take a view of the Graves of men and you shall find all there have a like hollow eyes flat noses ghastly looks noysom scents c. there Dives cannot be distinguished from Lazarus nor beautiful Rachel from blear-ey'd Leah At a game of Chess as a learned * Doctor observes we see Kings and Queens and Bishops † Dr. Stuart's Catholic Divinity pag. 151 152. and Knights upon the board and they have their several walks and contest one with another in points of state and honour but when the game is done all together with the pawns are shuffled in one bag In like manner in this life men appear in different garbes and take diverse courses some are Kings some are Officers some Bishops some Knights some of other ranks and orders But when this life like a game is done which is sometimes sooner sometimes later all are shuffled together with the many or vulgar sort of people and lie in darkness and obscurity All their pomp is brought down to the grave and the worms shall cover them Isa 14.11 To shut up this point A proud man is a vain supercilious bubble that swells for a while and danceth about with a splendid gaiety upon the surface of the waters but presently disappears and is seen no more Who would then boast himself with Theudas to be some body Act. 5.36 or with Simon-Magus look upon himself as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Act. 8.9 some grand Magnifico whereas in his best state he is but altogether vanity Psal 39.5 Use 11 11. Let death of Friends be a Cordial to keep you from fainting under any affliction You see Friends die daily assure your self ere long your turn will come and by death you shall be delivered from all your sorrows A Christian may say with Jacob Gen. 47.9 Few and evil have the dayes of the years of my life been This is Jacobs Arithmetick he casting the account of his days tells you they were by substraction and diminution Few by addition and multiplication full of evil Indeed Psal 34.19 Many are the afflictions of the Righteous The Latin word Quies which signifies rest wanteth the plural number for there is little rest in this world A good man meets with contempt from the world temptations from the Devil assaults from the flesh sometimes with rebukes from God checks from Conscience with spiritual desertions with poverty sickness reproach c. like a Ship sayling on the Sea of this world no sooner is he freed from one waye but he is immediatly lifted up by another but when he dyes he is safely landed on the shoar in the haven of Heaven above a state of misery and mortality too Old Chaucer's Epitaph is a good one * Manch Al. Mond p. 61. Mors aerumnarum requies Death puts an end to all sorrow We may write upon the Grave-stone of a Spiritual Pilgrim Hic mortuus requiescit semel Qui vivus requievit nunquam Death is a Sleep and the Coffin a Couch In quo illé mollius dormit quisquis durius in hâc vità se gèsserit Ambros The Sepulcher is a place of rest for the Antients called it Requietorium or Dormitorium And the Prophet Isaiah calleth it a Bed Isa 57.2 They shall rest in their Beds Men being hard-work't all day sleep sweetly at night So

the Righteous when the night of Death approachcth after all their hardship and sore labours have their bodies laid down to rest in the Grave where they sleep quietly until the Resurrection Chear up then ye Servants of the Lord under all your Grievances your Afflictions cannot continue long because your life is short See 1 Cor. 7.29 30. Weep as if you wept not for it will be shortly better with you than now it is God will wipe away all tears from your eyes Rev. 7.17 21.4 As Athanasius said of his Banishment so may you of your Affliction what ever it be * Bp. Pilkington on Neh. 4.16 it is but Nubecula cito transitura a little Cloud that will soon be dissipated and blown over Niceph. 10. cap. 19. Thus as the Psalmist saith Psal 30.5 Weeping may endure for a night but joy cometh in the morning After a wet night of Affliction comes a bright morning of Consolation which no night shall ever overtake Though Spectacles of Mortality administer Comfort to the Righteous under Affliction yet they may strike terror into the hearts of impenitent Wretches for they may reade their own death in the death of their Friends They must shortly die aswell as others Job 24.24 Psal 37.35 36. 49.10 And though Death put a period to the sorrows of the Righteous yet it is an inlet to the wicked man's misery See Job 20.5 6 c. The Lord laughs at the cruel wicked man for he seeth that his day is coming Psal 37.13 The day of vengeance is drawing on therefore envy him not v. 1 2. Neither be afraid of him Isa 51.12 To end this we read Dan. 5.5 6. There came forth fingers of a mans hand and wrote over against the Candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the Kings Palace and the King saw the part of the hand that wrote These fingers did not snuff the Candle of Belshazzars joy to make it burn the brighter but quite put it out for the King's countenance was changed and his thoughts troubled him so that the joints of his bones were loosed and his knees smote one against another Methinks every Spectacle of Mortality should be to wickedmen as this Hand-writing upon the wall to Belshazzar It should make them crest-faln stand in fear For Death like Israels Pillar of the Cloud Exod. 14.20 as it brings Light to the Godly so Darkness to the Wicked Prov. 13.9 The Light of the Righteous rejoyceth but the Lamp of the Wicked shall be put out Use 12 12. Let death of Friends make us careful to do all good with as much speed as we can It is said Gen. 47.29 The time drew nigh that Israel must die So the time of thy Departure draws nigh therefore whatever thine hand finds to do do it with all thy might Eccl. 9.10 hide not thy Talent in a Napkin thou knowest not how soon thou mayest be called to an account assure thy self when a night of Death comes no man can work John 9.4 Why stand you idle the day of your life being for ought ye know well-nigh spent A man cannot think to have his money when he hath spent it you cannot spend your time and have it As you have therefore opportunity do good to all especially to them of the houshold of Faith Gal. 6.10 Make to your selves friends of the Mammon of unrighteousness that when ye fail they may receive you into everlasting habitations Luk. 16.9 and as Solomon adviseth Withhold not good from them to whom it is due when it is in the power of thine hand to do it Say not to thy neighbour Go and come again and to morrow I will give when thou hast it by thee Prov. 3.27 28. Be provident to lay up something for Wife and Children Prov. 13.22 1 Tim. 5.8 We hold our life with great uncertainty be careful as may be with a good conscience to lay up something for posterity to live upon Joseph in a time of plenty laid up against dearth and scarcity Gen. 41.48 especially labour to promote the spiritual welfare of Relations and others whom you converse with lead an exemplary life reprove rebuke instruct and pray for them Ministers should do so ex officio they are called and appointed hereunto Isa 58.1 2 Tim. 4.2 Private Christians should likewise do it ex charitate out of christian care and charity Levit. 19.17 so 1 Pet. 4.10 And for encouragement consider Prov. 11.30 He that winneth souls is wise And Dan. 12.3 They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the Firmament and they that turn many unto righteousness as the Stars for ever and ever So Jam. 5.19 20. Brethren if any of you do err from the truth and one convert him let him know that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death and shall hide a multitude of sins Furthermore if we endeavour the conversion of souls and do not effect it yet the Apostle tels us for our comfort we shall not lose our reward 1 Cor. 3.8 Every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour It is not said according to success but according to labour Heb. 6.10 God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love This comforted the Prophet Isa 49.4 Then I said I have laboured in vain I have spent my strength for nought and in vain yet surely my judgment is with the Lord and my work or reward with my God However as another Prophet shews Liberavimus animas Ezek. 3.17 18 c. we free our selves from that guilt which we might have contracted through negligence Well then hast thou a treasure of spiritual Wisdom and Grace labour to communicate it betimes for Death ere long may stop either your mouth or the ears of others and then it will be too late to make Dives's motion to forewarn your Brethren lest they come into the place of torment Luke 16. latter end The Apostle Peter was diligent in putting people in remembrance of good things knowing that shortly he must put off his tabernacle 2 Pet. 1.13 14 15. And St. Paul is earnest in his exhortations and spiritual directions to Timothy especially knowing the time of his departure to be at hand 2 Tim. 4.5 6. Mr. Perkins his Motto was Hoc age do the business you are about what concerns you most Abel-Redivivus in Life of Mr. Perkins do it speedily exactly And truly that good man as if presaging that his life was likely to be short for he dyed at the 44th year of his age husbanded his time with double diligence to God's glory and the good of many others Oh then let us consider the taper of our life may be almost spent and therefore tanquam ultimus lucernae fulgor let us now shine most gloriously to the good of others And truly as some think if there were grief in Heaven it would be most of all for this that Believers did no