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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75710	Living loves betwixt Christ and dying Christians A sermon preached at M. Magdalene Bermondsey in Southwark, near London, June 6. 1654. At the funeral of that faithful servant of Christ Mr. Jeremiah Whitaker, Minister of the Gospel, and pastor of the church there. With a narative of his exemplarily holy life and death. By Simeon Ashe, his much endeared friend and brother. Together with poems and elegies on his death, by divers ministers in the city of London.	Ashe, Simeon, d. 1662.	1654 (1654)	Wing A3961A; ESTC R223578	67,742	92

speech to Peter If thou love me feed my sheep feed my lambs Here I judge these particulars very worthy of consideration 1. That while he was a Grammar-Scholar this calling he chose and though his father endeavoured often and earnestly to divert his thoughts from the Ministery yet he was unmovable in his desires to be a Minister 2. That he never repented of this his choice but would all his life long upon all occasions magnifie this his office I have many times heard him speak these words I had much rather Rom. 11. 13. be a Preacher of the Gospel then an Emperour And when a motion was once made to him for a Mastership in the University he readily returned this answer My heart doth more desire to be a constant Preacher then to be the Master of any College in the world 3. That when he was motioned to marry her whom God afterwards made his wife he was the rather inclined to accept the motion because she was daughter to a pious painful learned Minister of the Gospel and would occasionally tell his friends that he was the better pleased with his choice because of that relation 4. That he was never so well pleased with any imployment as that of his Ministery In the Pulpit he still was like a fish in the water Though many times he went halting and full of paine thither yet he would not manifest any sense of distemper while he was there How often hath he gone upon crutches unto the Congregation of his own people to fulfil his Ministery yea once at least of my knowledge he adventured to Preach at Michaels Cornhil when he was scarce able to get into the Pulpit and his friends with much difficulty helped him out of the Church homeward 5. That when he was by extreame paines taken off from his Ministery he would sometimes professe unto some special friends that the paine felt was not so grievous to his Spirit as his inability by reason thereof to manage his wonted work Many times these were his words If I could but Preach I should be much better And he would rejoyce with chearfulnesse and thankfulnesse when in the times of his weaknesse he found not himselfe more distempered by his preaching and would mention such experiences as arguments to move his friends to yield unto his preaching when they did disswade it as prejudicial 6. He did zealously upon all occasions both in publick and private defend the office of a Gospel Ministery and especially amongst those persons and in such places where as he conceived there was most need This passage fell from him with affection in one of his morning Lectures at Westminster Though I have read and heard of some good men who unadvisedly in their passion have persecuted the persons of some godly Ministers as Asa was angry with the Seer and cast him into prison yet I never knew I never read nor heard of any godly person who did dare to oppose the calling of the Ministery And whereas at the end of his Sermon a souldier expressing himselfe dissatisfied with the Sermon came to him in private and asked him whether he meant this Ministery of England as now constituted he returned this answer Although I will not justifie the calling of every individual Minister in the Church of England as you dare not justifie the Saintship of every member in your independant Congregations yet I will be ready when and where you please to maintaine the office and calling of Englands Ministery at this day 7. And that he continued unchanged in this his estimation of the calling Ministerial may be manifested by one passage in his last Will and Testament though it was not long which I will put down in his own words writ with his own hand For my son Jeremiah my desire is that he be bred a Scholar and that the Lord would spiritualy incline his heart freely to give up himselfe to the Lord to serve him in the work of the Ministery which calling and employment though now despised I do esteem above all other in the world and do commend it to all mine that if the Lord blesse them with sons they would commend this calling to their posterity Before I passe from this my first demonstration of his love to Christ I heartily desire that this may be seriously considered whether there be not herein much to credit and incourage the Ministery of the Gospel That a learned man and so eminent for piety who also had throughly studied the Controversies of the times against the Ministery should upon his death-bed give such a testimony unto it when he daily expected to make up his account before God and also give so great incouragement unto his posterity to undertake this calling now even now when such disgrace is cast upon it and when the Ministers setled maintenance is threatned to be taken from them And may not those men who know Mr. Whitaker's worth be hereby awed and moved to take heed how they oppose or slight that calling of men whom he living and dying judged to be so highly honoured by God himself To all this adde that it was an ordained Ministery which he thus valued as is evident by these two things as by many living testimonies viz. 1. That he joyned with the Classis whereof he was a member in ordaining Ministers 2. That he had an hand in the book lately published by the Province of London in the defence of such a Ministery not only by assent but also by assistance Secondly his love to Christ was proclaimed by his unwearied laboriousnesse in his Ministerial services 1. While he continued Schoolmaster at Okeham he undertook a Lecture there weekly besides many Sermons preached occasionally in neighbour Congregations 2. During his abode at Stretton besides his Pastoral imployment twice every Sabbath his constant weekly Preaching at Okeham he was a principal prop to hold up the Lectures in the neighbourhood His manner was to set apart every holy day if but one in the week as a day of seeking God in reference to the necessities of the times and no man was more frequent in assisting in dayes of humiliation in private both in Rutland shire and the adjacent Counties when ever invited thereto 3. And since Gods good providence brought him to the neighbourhood of London he was in labours more abundant 2 Cor. 11. 23. For the most part his set task was foure Sermons weekly viz. two at home and two elsewhere viz. at Westminster and Christs Church London or Westminster and Stepney since he laid down Christs Church Lecture together with two Sermons every quarter at Michael Cornhil Adde hereto his Preaching monethly at the morning-exercise or assistance on the fast day at the conclusion thereof besides occasional Sermons for preparation to the Sacrament at his own place and at Funerals both at home and abroad Yea I will close up the evidencing of the labours of his love with this true report viz. that he would never