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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64984	The death of ministers improved. Or, an exhortation to the inhabitants of Horsley on Glocester-shire, and others, on the much lamented death of that reverend and faithful minister of the Gospel, Mr. Henry Stubbs By Tho. Vincent, John Turner, Rob. Perrott, M. Pemberton. To which is added a sermon upon that occasion, by Richard Baxter.	Vincent, Thomas, 1634-1678.; Turner, Robert, b. 1649 or 50, 4aut.; R. P. (Robert Perrot) aut.; Pemberton, Matthew, d. 1691. aut.; Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.	1678 (1678)	Wing V430; ESTC R221906	43,418	108

to succeed you who will watch over and feed them as you have done Indeed after so much toil and labour you may well long to be at rest after so much work you may well look and long for your reward but will not your rest be the sweeter if you ●abour a little more Will not your reward ●e the greater if you add further work to what you have done already If you long to be in Heaven O stay a little for us till we be more fitted for that place good Sir abide a little longer with us that you may gain more Souls for Christ who will add to your glory and joy at the day of Christs glorious appearance Thus we might have argued and pleaded with him to stay had we known that he was going from us not to London only but also unto Heaven But it was the will of God he should take this journey to London and that he should finish his course there his glass was run his work was done the bounds of his years and days were determined over which he could not pass had both he and we never so much desired it He is gone he is gone never to return to us again in this World We have lost a most dear tender hearted faithful laborious and painful Minister but our loss is his gain he is happy we do not envy his happiness but he hath left us behind forlorn and sorrowful in a World of sin and misery Such language as this we may suppose to have been amongst you in the Country and as you are most deeply concerned in the loss of Mr. Stubbs so that you have been greatly affected therewith beyond what we can set forth Two Funeral Sermons on Mr. Stubbs death have been Preached in the City one on the Lords day by Mr. Thomas Watson the other on the week day by Mr. Richard Baxter both which we suppose will come to your hands The Character which Mr. Baxter in his hath given the only Sermon of the two which we have seen of Mr. Stubbs his Spirit Doctrine manner of Life conversation his great diligence and unwearied pains in publick Preaching and private instruction when the Sermon doth come forth will sufficiently evidence to others as well as your selves what a loss above others you have sustained Should we employ our Pens in drawing further lineaments of this excellent person they might prove but shadows not to set off but obscure the picture of his spirit already drawn so lively by a far more skilful hand and therefore we forbear any further commendations of him who is above our commendation Our design and business is to mind you of your duty in reference to this sad providence which hath bereaved you of such a Pastor as Mr. Stubbs was unto you One great duty is to lament and lay to heart your Pastors death to affect you herewith what we have already written hath a tendency we know all of you have reason to grieve but are there not too many of you unsensible of this great loss And is not this loss the greatest to such When good old Iacob dyed his death was lamented sorely not only by his own Children but also by the Egyptians Gen. 50. 10 11. When Moses and Aaron dyed the Israelites mourned for each of them thirty days Numb 20.29 Deut. 34.8 When the good King Iosiah was slain there was a great mourning for him amongst the Iews called the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon When Elisha the Prophet lay on his death-bed Ioash although a wicked King did weep over him 2 Kings 13.14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he dyed and Joash the King came down to him and wept over his face and said O my Father my Father the Chariot of Israel and Horsemen thereof And we read Act. 8.2 when Stephen the Protomartyr was stoned by the Iews Devout men carryed Stephen to his burial and made great Lamentation over him Eccles. 12.5 Man goeth to his long home and the Mourners go about the streets But when such men go men of God Embassadours Ministers such eminent Ministers as yours was O what mourning should there be for him you have lost a Soul friend yea a Soul-Father an old Disciple a Soul-counsellor a true shepherd a Soul feeder a sincere Nathanael a Barnabas a Soul comforter you have lost an Angel a steward a labourer a watchman a builder one that studied for your Souls Preached prayed for your Souls watched for your Souls wept for your Souls spent himself for your Souls good and shall not such a loss be bewailed As Paul said to the Ephesians concerning himself we may say to you concerning Mr. Stubbs Act. 20.25 Behold all ye amongst whom he hath gone for some year● Preaching the Kingdom of God ye shall see hi● face no more and it is said Verse 37.38 And they all wept sore and fell on Pauls neck and kissed him Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake that they should see his face no more Mr. Stubbs hath several times come to the City and returned to you again but now he will return to you no more he hath done Preaching to you he hath done praying for you he will weep and wrestle for you no more he will never more instruct and counsel you never more warn and admonish you never more exhort and perswade you never more comfort and encourage you the doors are now shut the doors of your ears have been too often shut against his message and now the doors of his lips are shut up and never will they be open to you any more It would have been a just cause of great trouble if your Minister had been removed into a corner or had been thrust into a Prison although there you might have visited him sometimes and received a Spiritual benefit by his private converse and not have been without hopes of his deliverance and enjoying the fruit of his labours again but now he is gone from whence he will not return his Soul is fled beyond your reach and his body is gone down to the place of silence the Lord hath put him to silence men could not do it he would preach so long as he had a Tongue to speak but God hath silenced him in the grave so that now you must not look that he should pray more and put up further supplications for you or preach more and give further instructions unto you this is a Lamentation and should be for a Lamentation Especially you should lament your sins which have procured this loss this sad stroke have you not sinned away your Minister by your unteachableness under the word which hath been taught by his mouth your unfruitfulness under Gods showing upon you Gods dressing and manuring of you by his hands We have had our loss too here in the City not only of him but also of many other eminent and faithful Ministers our glory is in a great measure