Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	age_n	die_v	year_n	6,258	5	4.9578	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34701	Upon the death of that aged, pious, sincere-hearted Christian, John Alden, Esq. late magistrate of New-Plimouth Colony, who died Sept. 12th, 1687, being about eighty nine years of age.	Cotton, John, 1640-1699.	1687 (1687)	Wing C6473; ESTC W479526	1,643	1

Upon the DEATH of that Aged Pio●s Sincere hearted CHRISTIAN JOHN ALDEN Esq Late MAGISTRATE of New-Plimouth Colony who died Sept. 12th 1687 being about eighty nin● years of age THE ●taff of bread and water eke the stay From sinning Judah God will take away The prudent Counsellour the Honourable Whom Gracd and Holiness makes delectable The Judge the Prophet and the ancient Saint The deaths of such cause sorrowful complaint The Earth and its Inhabitants do fall The aged Saint bears up its pillars all The hoary head in way of Righteousness A crown of glory is Who can express Th' abundant blessings by Disciples old In very deed they 're more than can be told The guise 't is of a wanton generation To wish the aged soon might quit their station Tho' truth it be The Lord our God does Jrown When aged Saints by death do tumble down What tho' there be not such Activity Yet in their Prayers there 's such Fervency As doth great mercy for a place obtain And gracious presence of the Lord maintain Tho' Nature's strength in old age doth decay Yet th' inward man renew'd is day by day The very presence of a Saint in years Who lifts his soul to God with pray'rs and rears Is a rich blessing unto any place Who have that mercy to behold his face When sin is ripe and calls for desolation God will'call home old Saints from such a nation Let sinners then of th' Aged weary be God give me grace to mourn most heartily For death of this dear servant of the Lord Whose life God did to us so long afford God lent his life to greatest length of days In which he liv'd to his Redeemer's praise In youthful time he made Moses his choice His soul obeying great JEHOV AH's voice Freely forsook the world for sake of GOD In His House with His Saints to have abode He followed GOD into this Wilderness Thereby to all the world he did profess Affliction with the Saints a better part And more delightful to his holy heart Than sinful pleasures lasting but a season Thus said his Fa●●● so saith not carnal Reason He came one of 〈◊〉 first into this Land And here was kept 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●od's most gracious hand Years sixty-seven which time he did behold To poor New-England mercies Manifold All God's great works to this His Israel From first implanting what to them befel Of them he made 〈◊〉 serious Observation And could of them present a large Narration His walk was holy humble and sincere His heart was filled with JEHOVAH's Fear He honour'd GOD with much integrity God therefore did him truly magnify She hearts of Saints intirely did him love His Uprightness so highly did approve That whilst to choose they had their liberty Within the Limits of this Colony Their Civil Leaders him they ever chose His Faithfulness made hearts with him to close With all the Governours he did Assist His Name recorded is within the List Of Plimouth's Pillars to his dying day His Name is precious to eternal Ay. He set his Love on God and knew His Name God therefore gives him everlasting Fame So good and heav'nly was his Conversation God gave long life and shew'd him His Salvation His work now finished upon this earth Seeing the death of what he saw the birth His gracious Lord from heaven calls him home And saith My servant now to Heaven come Thou hast done good been faithful unto Me Now shall thou live in bliss ETRNALLY On dying bed his Ailes were very great Yet verily his heart on GOD was set He bare his griefs with Faith and Patience And did maintain his lively confidence Saying to some The work which God begun He would preserve to its perfection His mouth was full of blessings till his death To Ministers and Christians all his breath Was very sweet by many a precious word He utter'd from the Spirit of his Lord. He liv'd in Christ in Jesus now he sleeps And his blest soul the Lord in safety keeps JOHN ALDEN Anagram End al on hi. Death puts an End to all this world enjoyes And frees the Saint from all that here annoyes This blessed Saint hath seen an end of all Worldly perfections Now his Lord doth call Him to ascend from earth to heaven high Where he is blest to all Eternity Who walk with God as he shall so be blest And evermore in Christ His bliss shall rest Lord Spare thy remnant do not us forsake From us do not thy Holy Spirit take Thy Cause thy Int'rest in this land still own Thy gracious presence ay let be our Crown J. C.