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A20523	The doctrine of dying-vvell. Or The godly mans guide to glory Wherein is briefly comprised a short view of the glorious estate of Gods saints in the kingdome of heauen. Together with the meanes to obtaine, the markes to know, and the motiues to vrge vs to prepare our selues for Christ, before our soules be vnbodied, lest heauens gate be shut against vs.	Shawe, George, attributed name.	1628 (1628)	STC 6934; ESTC S105384	10,860	24

speake euill of them Oh miserable seruants of sinne slaues of the Deuill taken captiue at his will pleasure how long will ye peruert the wayes of God miserable wretches how can ye escape the damnation of hell Oh repent of this your great wickednesse and pray God that the thoughts of your hearts may be forgiuen you for without true repentance your end will be destruction and damnation It may be this night Death for ought you know may dispatch you suddenly before you be prepared for Christ and then wofull and miserable will your estate be it had béene good for you that Mat. 26. 24 ye had neuer béene borne Oh that all the rabblement of the wicked crue would seriously thinke of hell and be forewarned now whilest it is called to day and that Heb. 3 15. Lu● 1● 28 vers 26. with all expedition lest they come into the place of hels torments from whence is no redemption This would be a strong motiue vnto them if they had but any dramme of true grace in their hearts it would bridle and curbe their leud affections and dry vp the fountaine of their filthy words change the vaine course of their conuersation and make them willing to submit thēselues to any good course whatsoeuer so that they may auoid the bitter torments of hell If a man haue but some extremitie of Simile the Gout Collicke or Tooth ache what paines and cost will he be at to be eased Oh what are these to the endlesse easelesse remedilesse paines of hell yet few there are that will bestow the cost and paines to auoid them Oh that all the reuell rout of beastly drunkards and all other impenitent persons would but meditate seriously a little vpon Diues in Hell how that for one drop of water to coole his tongue he cryes most bitterly in the gulph of hell for the obtaining of it and yet goeth without it Oh that all this that hath Luk. 25 26. béene said would cause euery miserable wretch in the world that heares or reades of the most wofull torments of hell with all prayers and teares of true repentance to worke out their saluation in the feare 2 Cor. 7. 1. of God Heare what St. Chrisostome speaketh Chrisost in 2 Epist ad Corin. hom 10 to this purpose If thou saith he shouldest come into a loathsome prison and there sée some looke pale and wan others hungry and thirsty others bound in chaines and fetters others shut vp in a darke and filthy dungeon making pittious moane and lamentation would it not moue thy heart with commiseration and cause thee carefully to avoid those courses that might bring thee to the like danger oh thē think vpon the prison and dungeon of hell and confider seriously with your selues oh miserable wretches how many poore soules looke pittifully there how many are bound strongly there in the deuils fetters how many are shut vp in the place of vtter darknesse and being in continually tormented with foule and vgly diuels in hell doe nothing but weepe and waile and gnash their teeth for euermore in extremitie of paine oh what madnesse is this in euery one of vs all if in this our pilgrimage or trauel on the earth we spend our dayes in pleasu●es bathe our selues in sports and pastimes ca●king and caring for the things of this life neuer bethink our selues as to say ●las 〈◊〉 doe I now eate drinke mock sweare cozen cheat whore and bathe my selfe in all kinde of lewd courses but woe is mee for 〈◊〉 must come to iudgement for all these things to giue a strict account of all those things that I haue done in my vile body whether it be good or euill Eccles 11. 9. 2 Cor. 5. 10. Eccles 12. 14. Mat. 12. to close vp this Luke 12. 40. Bee therefore ready for the Sonne of man commeth also at an houre when yee thinke not III Vse Apoc. 14. 13. Blessed are the 3 Vse dead that die in the Lord c. Not to stay long on this let these things that are here inbalmed be had in remembrance briefly 1 They are blessed in respect of the place for if we consider the world wherein we liue it is but a prison a vale of misery a place of vexation and trouble as the blessed Apostle testifieth in Rom. 8. 22. but heauen is a place of ioy rest and comfort Iohn 14. 16. The world is of no certaine continuance here wee haue no abiding City but we looke for one to come Heb. 13. 14. but in heauen is a place of continuance for the foundatiō is God Heb. 11. 10 2 They are blessed in regard of their companions for here we liue among wicked godlesse sinfull wretches but there wee shall enioy the company of innumerable Saints in heauen It was an excellent Dan. 7 9. Heb. 12. 22. Apoc. 5. 11 Heb. 12. 11. Apoc. 7. 19 10 11. 12. ● Sam 9. 3. to 27. 10. 1. 1 Sam. 16. 11 12. 13 2 Sam. 7. 8. Apoc. 22. 5. Apoc. 21. 4. Mat. 6. 20. exchange for Saul when hee was seeking his fathers Asses to be called to be a King so it was an excellent exchange for Dauid when he was called from a shepheard to be a King Oh yet this is nothing to their estate which are called from this miserable world to heauen where there is light without darknesse ioy without sorrow riches without corruption and all without ending yea wisedome without ignorance vnderstanding without error reason without obscurity memory without obliuion where whatsoeuer shall bee desired shall be obtained where wee shall see God face to face 1 Cor. 31. 12. euen as he is 1 Ioh. 3. 2. to our euerlasting comfort world without end 3 They are blessed because III. of their condition for they rest from all their labours for they that die in the APoc. 14. 10. 1 Thes 4. 18. Phil. 1. 23. Phil. 1. 22. Lord are for the Lord. This made Saint Paul desire to be dissolued and to bee with Christ death considered in Christ and ioyned with a godly life to Gods Elect is an aduantage death to the godly is nothing else but a bridge ouer this tempestuous sea of this troublesome world to paradise Gods mercy made it not by making death in it self good but an instrument of good to his Oh why shall wee then be vnwilling to dye for death doth not separate vs from God but it makes vs draw neere to God as Pharaohs Butler could not see the face Gen. 40. 21 of the King when as hee was in prison 1 Cor. 13. but being loosed from his bonds hee both saw him and gaue the cup into his hand So long as our soules be in the prison of our bodies we cannot see the face of God Esay 64. 4 1 Cor 2. 9. 1 Cor. 1● ●6 but our soules being once loosed from our bodies we shal see God face to face and inioy that vnspeakable good which God hath prepared for all them that loue him dost thou feare God sincerely oh then feare not death for the sting of death is taken away from thee by Christ If one enemy finde fauour at another enemies hand oh why then should a dutifull child feare to goe home to his heauenly father and a penitent sinner to goe to his swéete Sauiour if Christ came into this world to redéeme vs oh why should wee doubt but at our death he will receiue vs he that bought vs at so deare a rate euen with his owne blood which is most precious will Act. 20. 28. 1 Pet. 1. 18. he refuse his penny worth if he affected our company so much on earth as that he said my delight is to bee with the children of men Pro 8. 23. Hath he now so forgotten his old loue as not to admit vs into his company in heauen seeing hee went thither to prepare a place for vs oh let vs Ioh. 14. 22. then surrender our soules bodies vp vnto God as a faithfull Creator 1 Pet. 4. 19. To conclude Apoc. 14. 13. Blessed are the dead that dye in the Lord. FINIS

THE DOCTRINE OF DYING-VVELL OR The godly mans Guide to Glory Wherein is briefly comprised a short view of the glorious estate of Gods Saints in the Kingdome of Heauen Together with The Meanes to obtaine the Markes to know and the Motiues to vrge vs to prepare our selues for Christ before our soules be vnbodied lest Heauens gate be shut against vs. Psal 73. 24. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsell and afterwards receiue me to Glory 1 Kings 2. 2. I goe the way of all the earth Printed at London for F. Co●les 1628. The doctrine of dying well Of Death in generall WHat man is he that liueth and Gen. 25. 7. 8. 35. 28. 29. 49. 33 50. 26. Deut 34. 7. lo● 24 29. 1 Sam 2. 51 1 Kin. 2. 21. 2 Chron. 2● 28. Iob 42. 17. 2 Sam. 11. 18. 19. Gen. 5. 5. 8. 11. 14. 17 20. 27. 31. Gen. 5. 24. Heb. 11 5. Syrac 44. 16. 2 Kin. 2 11. Syrac 48. 9 1 Mac. 2. 58. 1 Cor. 15. 30. 31. shall not see death shall hee deliuer his soule from the hand of the graue Ps 89 48. And It is appointed vnto men once to dye Heb. 9. 27. And so death passed vpon all men Rom. 5. 12. II. For all men must dye This is cléer by these testimonies of holy Writ Iob. ●0 23. For I know that thou wilt bring me to death and to the house appointed for al the liuing Read Iob 34. 14. 15. Psal 104. 29. Eccles 6. 6. Esay 40. 6 7 8. Iob 14. 2. 8. 9. Psal 102. 11. 103. 14 15. 144. 4. Iames 1. 10. 1 Pet. 1. 24 Iob 17. 13. 14. III. Examples Death is the lot of all men for Abraham dyed Isaac Iacob Ioseph Moses Ioshua Samuel Dauid Iob. Young and old all that haue béene before vs haue dyed except Enoch Eliah who were translated vp into heauen and those that now are or hereafter shall be on the earth must all dye except those that shal Thes 4. 6. 17. be at the last day who in the twinckling of an eye shall bee changed when the iust shall be caught vp in the clouds and be euer with the Lord. 1 Thes 4 16. 17. IV. Reasons manifest I. Reason Reasons ● Reason ● Kin. 2. 2. 1 Cor. 15 ●0 31. Iosh 23. 14. because this is the way of all the earth for euery child of Adam is subiect to death daily Death is the debt that all men owe this is the common course of all the liuing II. Reason Because all are of the 2 Reason Gen. 3. 19. Iob 4. 19. 7. 12. 13. Ecel 12. 7 Iudg. 16. 28 dust and all turne to the dust againe there is not any thing in any earthly creature that can preuent death Strength cannot withstand it for Samson was a mighty strong man and yet he was ouercome by death Wisedome a most excellent gift yet vnable to subdue death for Salomon 2 Kin. 11. 43 2 Chron 9. 31. Psal 49 10. Eccl. 2. 16. the wisest of meere men was dispatched by death for wise men dye as well as the foolish Eloquence is not able to charme death but the most eloquent men that euer liued haue all dyed as Tully and Demosthenes Death saith one can find way into Princes palaces into the Courts of Kings as well as into the pesants Cottage for Magistrates are Gods vicegerents but yet all mortall and subiect vnto Psal 86. 7. death Death spareth not the beautifull Sarah Rebecca Rachel Ester and Bersheba Gen 12. 1● 24 16. 23. 2. 29. 17. 35. 18. 2 Sam. 14 25. 2 Sam. 2. 1● 50. 51. 2 Sam. 16. 23. 17. 27. Luk 16. 1● 22. 23. Psal 49. 1● Lucan 〈◊〉 were all beautifull creatures yet all died Absolon and Achilles were braue gallants yet are dead and gone Asael was as swift as a Roe yet death ouerwent him Goliah was a great Giant yet death was greater then he Achitophel was very politike and subtle yet was ouer-reacht by death rich and poore all are arested of death It is recorded that among many dead carkasses one wold know which was Philip King of Macedon Answer was made he that had the bald head is Philip. Al haue bald heads saith he He that hath the flat nose is Philip saith the other All haue flat Noses saith he Heé that hath the hollow eyes saith the other and that hath the bare ribs and ratling bones but all are such haue such saith he Then saith the other I perceiue there is no difference betwéen the King and the begger in death In a East of compters one hath the place of a pound another of a shilling a third of a peny and euery one as he that casts the count shall thinke good to lay them but put them together into the bag and what difference betwéen those that were worth thousands and those that were worth nothing Euen so in the common bag the earth rich and poore are alike for there is none that can be exempted from the dust of death III. Reason Because the w●ges of sin 3 Reason Mat. 16. 27 Psal 62. 12 Prou. 24. 12 I●r 3. 19 Eze. 35. 20. Rom 2. 6. Ezec. 7. 27. 2 Cor. 5. ●0 Col 3. 25. 1 Pet. 1. Apo. 22. 12. 4 Reason Hos 13. 14. Luk. 21. 36 1 Cor. 15. 54. 55. 5 Reason 2 Cor. 5. 4. Phil 3. 21. Iob 14. 14. Vses 1 Vse 1 Thes 4. 13 Apoc. 4. 13. Ioh. 14. 28. is death Rom. 6. 23. And so sinne passed vpon all men for all men haue sinned Rom 5. 12. IV. Reason Because the last enemy that shall be destroyed is death 1 Cor. 15. 16. V. Reason Because we shall be changed 1 Cor. 15. 51. c. Vses seuerall I. Vse That we sorrow not euen as others which haue no hope for when we know that our friends and acquaintance that are dead are departed in the Lord for they that die in the Lord are blessed their death doth rather yéeld cause of comfort then of sorrow of reioycing rather then mourning for our Sauiour saith If yee loued mee yee would reioyce because I goe to the Father Those then that loue their friends indéed haue greater cause to reioyce then mourne because they goe to be glorifled with their heauenly Father in heauen For as a childe or simple person that Simile should sée a Goldsmith melting pure Gold or Siluer would imagine that all were quite spoyled when as the skilfull workeman hath a purpose to cast some excellent péece of plate euen so we silly creatures whē the Lord cuts off some of our friends by death or melteth them in the furnace of the graue are ouercome with sorrowful conceits as if some euill thing had betided our friends whereas we should remember that the Lord hath a purpose by that meanes to preserue them to transforme into the glorious estate with the Angells M●t. 18. 1● 1 Thes 4. 13 in ioy

in heauen where they shall neuer dye For as Saint Paul saith I would not haue you ignorant brethren concerning them that are asleepe c. 1 Thes 4 3. Who Simile would be sorry to haue his friend fall asléepe séeing thereby hée is more fresh lusty and lightsome Now death vnto the godly is nothing else but a sléepe whereby Acts 7. 60. we are refined and refreshed Oh then why should wée be offended there with If our friends be wicked then haue we iust cause of mourning as Dauid 2 Sam. 18 ●3 had 2 Sam. 18. 33. but if we know them to liue and dye in the feare of God howsoeuer naturall affection may haue force to cause vs to mourne and shed teares and to lament them in respect of the good we haue by them yet wée haue reason to reioyce be glad for their happy change For as if in this world our friends should Simile be aduanced to some high and honourable place and be the third in the Kingdome as Daniel was Dan. 2. 48. this would Dan 2. 48. much reioyce our hearts Oh how much more then should we reioyce when as our friends are deliuered out of this miserable world by death and are crowned with glory for euer in the Kingdome of heauen 2 Thes 4 13 To conclude this with that of the Apostle that yee sorrow not euen as others which haue no hope II. Vse Luke 12. 40. Bee therefore 2 Vse Luk. 12. 40. ready also for the Sonne of man commeth at an houre when yee thinke not Briefly for the better manifesting this viz. that wée may be ready for Christ at his comming whensoeuer he shall summon vs eyther particularly by death or generally by iudgement to enter heauens glory let vs take a serious view of these particulars which herevpon result 1. The Meanes 2. the Markes 3. the Motiues For the first to wit the meanes Oh Meanes to help vs to make ready for Christ that we may die blessedly diuers but what meanes must I vse that I may be ready at Christs comming that so I may dye blessedly By a diligent vse of these Meanes I. Meanes is wée must seriously thinke with our selues that we are but dust and ashes made of clay which is frail and brittle 1 Meanes Gen. 18. 27 Gen. 3. 19. and this will make vs thinke that we cannot long continue here but that our bodies of clay and our earthly tabernacles must néeds be dissolued and that wee haue 2 Cor. 5. 1. Heb. 13. 14. Iob 4. 19. here no continuing Citie For our bodies are houses of clay and the foundation of them is in the dust II. Meanes We must aforehand acquaint 2 Meanes our selues with death and so liue that we be still ready to dye that so wée may say with S. Paul I dye daily Thus 1 Cor. 15. 31. Iob 17. 14. did patient Iob If I wait the graue will be my house I haue made my bed in the dark c. Thus are we to preuent death as it were by little and little depriuing our selues of life not by offering violence to our persons but by mortifying our earthly Col 3. 5. Psal 119. 37. Psal 38. 13. members Thus should we cause our eyes to dye by turning them away from beholding vanitie Our eares to be as deafe not harkening after the villanies of the wicked world III. Meanes We must lay to heart 3 Meanes the death of others that so our harts may be in the house of mourning for It is better Eccl. 7. 2. 4. to goe to the house of mourning then to the house of feasting for it is the end of all men and the liuing will lay it to heart Therefore if we heare of any that be dead let vs thinke it might haue béene our own turne as well as theirs and so prepare our Luk 12. 43. selues daily for Christ that when he commeth he may finde vs so doing To which end let vs frequent funerall Sermons for there may we both see with our eyes and heare with our eares that which will put vs in minde of our mortalitie and end for euery graue and tombe be monuments to put vs in minde of death IIII. Meanes is to pray earnestly frequently 4 Meanes Ionah 3. 8. Psal 90. 12. Iob 13. 5. Psal 39. 4. zealously feruently and mightily vnto the Lord Ionas 3. 8. and continually vnto Almighty God in the name of Iesus Christ to teach vs to number our dayes that wee may apply our hearts vnto wisedome Psal 90. 12. Secondly the Marks Oh but by what marks and tokens may we assertaine our selues that we shal be in the glorious ioies Markes to know certainly whether we be ready for Christ to enter heauens glory at the dissolution of our vile bodies diuers 1 Marke Rom. 8. 19. 20. c. 2 Cor. 5. 6. Psal 42. 1. 2 of heauen with our swéet and blessed Sauiour when our soules shall be vnbodyed By these markes ensuing I Marke If it be the earnest desire of our hearts to be dissolued and to bee with Christ Iesus Phil. 1. 21. and yet in the meane time by faith and hope wait patiently expecting the Lords leisure being contented to liue as long as it shall please him thinking long till wee be at our long home groning within our selues and waiting for the redemption of our bodies earnestly longing after the ioyes of heauen as knowing that whilest wee are here in the body we are absent from the Lord this longing desire was in Dauid Psal 42. 1. 2. II. Marke is If we dye vnto sinne daily 2 Marke Col. 3. 5. Tit. 2. 11. 12. 13. Gen. 5. 22. 24. 7. 1. 17. 1. Gal 6. 16. Psal 1. 2. and liue vnto righteousnesse continually mortifying our earthly members crucifying our sinfull corrupt natures liuing a godly righteous and lober life denying all vngodlinesse and worldly lusts walking before God in vprightnesse of heart striuing against all the vanities of this sinfull life and leading our liues answerable to the rule of Gods most holy word III. Marke is if wee haue a moderate 3 Marke 1 Cor. 7. 2● c. vse of these earthly things obseruing a mediocritie both in worldly cares earthly delights in vsing this world as not abusing it for the fashion of this world passeth away IV. Marke is if we haue our conuersation 4 Marke 1 Tim. 6. 19 in heauen laying vp in store a good foundation against the time to come euen treasure in heauen setting our affections Mat. 6-20 Col. 3. 1. 2. 3 Tit. 2. ●3 on things aboue and not on the things on the earth looking for the glorious appearing of our Sauiour Iesus Christ Thirdly the Motiues Oh but what be Motiues to make vs ready for Christ speedily sundry 1 Motiue the motiues to induce vs to long earnestly for the comming of our Sauiour Iesus Christ I. Motiue is the shortnesse