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B09542	The believers happy change by dying as it was recommended in a sermon preached, on the occasion of the death of Capt. Thomas Daniel Esq. who was interred the day before, November 17th. 1683 / by the reverend Mr. Joshua Moodey, late pastor of the Church of Christ at Portsmouth in New-England, now gone to rest.	Moodey, Joshua, 1633?-1697.	1697 (1697)	Wing M2521; ESTC W38384	17,311	36

here is in the Beginning of it a Revelation of a Time of great Trouble coming upon his people such as had not been since they were a Nation v. 1. with other things that Daniel greatly desired a plainer discovery of and further satisfaction about as not fully understanding what was said therefore enquired v. 8. but received that Answer v. 9. that the words were Sealed till the Time of the End and therefore willed him to go his way and adds that many should be tried and that the wise should understand c. and annexes something tho' darkly too concerning the Time of the end v. 10 11 12. about which he had enquired v. 8. The words read are an Encouragement and Cordial referring to his own particular Case there should be such and such dismal Changes and Troubles in the World and upon the Jews but as for his part it should be well with him he should go to Rest and at the End of Dayes should rise and stand up to take his Lott The People of God that have a prospect of Evil to come are very much concerned there about so was he but God gave him this word of Consolation which is of use to all other in like Condition But thou i. e. Thou Daniel as v. 9. unto whom this speech was directed Go thy way Satisfy thy self with what I have told thee cease to be over inquisitive about the premises set thy heart at rest speak no more to me concerning this matter Until the End i. e. until thy End which is quickly coming or which thou hast but a little way to go about thy Business till thou come to the end of thy Business be not over solicitous about those future events nor distractingly thoughtful about what shall fall out Think of thine end to which thou art going and there shall be an end of all Trouble with thee Thou shalt rest Sometimes God gives his Eminent Servants a particular Exemption from future Trouble tho' they live in the Time of it they shall not share in it he finds Chambers of Providence to hide them in Isa 26. 20. we hear concerning Noah Daniel and Job what shall be their personal Lott in troublesome Times tho' they shall Save neither Son nor Daughter yet themselves shall escape Ezek. 14. 14 16. But this seems not to be the meaning here rather it refers to the end of his life that he should rest in the Grave which is given in Scripture as the common place of certain Rest to all the Saints See Rev. 14. 13. with Isa 57. 2. so Job calls the Grave a resting place Job 3. 17 18. and probably Daniel was now near the end of his life drawing on toward the Evening of his Day ready to be put into the Bed of his Grave there to take his Rest Shall stand up shalt rise again or come up out of thy Grave Death is a falling and therefore the Resurrection is a standing up again or a recovering after that fall In thy Lott i. e. in that place and condition which God has appointed for thee Thou shalt have thine Inheritance or Portion in another World called a Lott because the Land of Canaan an eminent Type of Heaven was laid out by Lott to the people hence a possession there was called a Lott in allusion to which the Lord minds Daniel of a Lot laid out to reserved for him there which he should stand up in or come to the possession of At the End of Dayes That is at the end of the World when Time shall be no more then an Eternity of Happiness shall be thy Lott or Portion As if he had said Oh! Daniel thou hast heard from me a Prediction of Impending Calamity I have somewhat darkly discovered it and thou art very thoughtful thereabout but go thy way content thy self with what has been told thee thy Time is hastening to a period and then for thy part thou shalt go to rest and in the season of it stand up to take thy Lott among the Righteous and let that be enough to thee DOCTRINE It should quiet and satisfy the People of God when Evil Dayes are coming that he can take them away to rest and cause them to stand up again at the End of Time in their Lott The taking away of pious ones is the bringing them to rest till the End of Time when they shall stand up in their Lott There be four Propositions in the Doctrine 1. God can and sometimes doth take away his precious Ones by Death when Evil is coming 2. When the Saints are taken hence they go to Rest. 3. All so removed and laid to Rest shall Stand up again at the End of Dayes 4. Each shall stand up in that Lott which is appointed for them Proposition 1. God takes away some of his People when Evil Dayes are coming This was the case in the Text unparallel'd Evil was coming v. 1. and now go thy way Daniel Isa 57. 1 2. is a plain Confirmation thereof Scripture Instances abound for the proof of it Methuselah dyed just before the Flood Josiah was to go to his Grave in peace before the threatned Calamities came 2 Chron 34. 28. Hezekiah was to have Peace and Truth in his Dayes and the Judgments spoken of not to come till he was gone Isa 39. 6 7 8. Daily Examples also confirm it The Reasons are 1. From the great love of God to his Children to call them home before Trouble comes A tender Father Mother will do so by their Children call them in when the night is drawing on or when a Storm is rising 2. From the Saints themselves whom the Lord may find ripe and so house them before a Storm their work may be finished and so he calls them off to give them their Reward 3. For warning to the wicked and as a means to awaken them if ought may prevail or else to leave them without excuse 4. On the account of the Godly that do Survive who are concerned in the removal of them that go 1. For their further Exercise and Trial of their Faith and Patience and a great Trial it must needs be to be deprived of such Helps 2. To necessitate them to Live by Faith when he takes away such Props that they leaned on When Chariots and Horsemen Studs and Pillars are removed it 's time then to look to lean upon the Lord. 5. From God himself who hereby discovers his Soveraignty in taking and leaving when he pleases His Wisdom in having other ways to carry on his work than we can think of His Power in raising up other Instruments when he pleases Or that he may appear so much the more clearly gloriously with his own Arm and Power when Instruments that often eclipse his Glory are taken away Prop. 2. When Godly Ones go they go to Rest For proof see Isa 57. 1 2. Rev. 14. 13. Hence Death is called a falling asleep so did Stophen just

brings them to ease quiet and rest That dreadful thing Death the King of Terrours shall be to them their Sleep and Rest Use 2. Then Death is not so dreadful to the People of God as it is represented and supposed usually to be If it be their Rest or that which gives them a Passage or Entrance into Rest it is a very pleasant sweet desirable and comfortable thing It 's true Death is indispensibly the Lot of all and made so by Divine Appointment Heb. 9. 27. and it is to Nature very irksome and unto sinning Nature terrible and affrighting but to them that are in Christ and so have their sins pardoned c the Sting of Death removed it should not be so And to prevent its being so the Lord is pleased to find out the most sweet pleasant and alluring Metaphors to set forth the Nature of it by not only to take away the Terror of it but to render it delightsome and desirable to them and among many other these two of Rest and Sleep which are not only harmless things but very desirable and attractive too how does the labouring and travelling man long for the setting of the Sun and end of his Journey that he may rest the sick and pained man to whom wearisome days and nights are appointed what would he give for a nights sleep Oh that I could sleep Oh that I could take my Rest that I could get a little sleep Then why should a true Believer be scared at Death there is no matter of Affrightment in going to rest And that is one thing the Lord is aiming at in making the World a weary World to his people that they may be willing to leave it long to be out of it desirous of the Grave that they may go to Rest therein Use 3. Then be not over much troubled at the removal of any of our pious Friends whom God has taken away by Death they are but gone to Rest and why should that grieve us When persons are sick or diseased and weak one of the principal things we are solicitors about in their behalf is that they may take their Rest when their eyes have been long held waking O how do we wish for them that they might take their Rest we make all quiet still suffer no noise nor any disturbance that might hinder them of their Rest and if we can see them take their Rest we hope they shall do well So when night comes we get our Children to bed and if they be once asleep we are pleased and think all is well with them And why are we not as well satisfied and contented about our Friends that Dy in the Lord they do Sleep in Jesus and so shall do well they have been toyling in the world and are tired with the labour of it and are now gone to Sleep why should we begrudge them their Rest Indeed for our own loss of them we should grieve and for Gods displeasure that may appear in the stroke we should mourn and for our sins that have made God angry we should cry bitterly but for them that are gone to Rest see that we weep as though we wept not The Grave is called an House and Bed it is so sanctified by the Death of Christ that it is a good house a good bed both soft and warm a comfortable bed a place of quiet and repose a place of Security and Secrecy hence Job speaks of Gods hiding him in the Grave Job 14. 13. a man in the Grave is hidden from the strife of Tongues hidden from the rage and malice of evil men out of the reach of all that devise mischief against him he is there freed from all Trouble and Molestation whatsoever There the Servant is free from his Master and they hear not the cry of the Oppressor Job 3. 13 17 18 19. They that are lodged in the Grave are lodged in an house where they are safe from fear are not disturbed by all the noise and lumber in the World tho' the Earth quake the Sea roar they are not moved though the Mountains be cast into the midst of the Sea they are not affected with it the sound of the Trumpet and Alarms of Wars do not affright them There is no aking head sick stomach pained Bowels spending weakning Cough to break their Rest no Evil Tidings can make their ears Tingle or hearts Tremble Diseases Pains Business Cares Fears would not let them rest here but none of these things shall molest them there nothing shall awaken them till the Last Trumpet sounds when they shall arise to receive that Incorruptible Crown that fades not away reserved in the Heavens for them Then let not us disturb our selves about them be at rest concerning them there let them rest quiet till the Morning of the Resurrection in which they shall rise to the full Enjoyment of that Christ in whose Bosome they are now sleeping If they be quiet in their Beds let us be quiet also about them if they be at Rest labour we to compose our selves unto free submission to Soveraign Disposal yea and comfort our selves in this that however it may fare with us or others yet such and such of ours are well and at rest gotten quite out of harms way that no evil shall come near their dwelling however they are safe enjoying quiet rest till the Pit be digged for the wicked Psal 94. 13. Such of our Friends are out of the Gunshot of the malice and rage of men and Devils Rather let us so believe and live so work and labour while here that when we dye we may rest with them than spend our time in inordinately grieving for them who are at rest Use 4. Let this serve also to comfort and quiet us against all the labour toyl and travel that God hath appointed to us in this World Work willingly labour chearfully bear our Cross which God lays on us without repining or reluctance it is but for a little while Rest is a coming It comforts the Hireling while he is bearing the heat and burden of the day that it is but for a Day and when he hath accomplished his Day there is a Recompence and Rest ready for him when he hath ended his work he shall have his Reward and go to his Rest And as the Rest of a labouring man is sweet when it comes so the fore thoughts of it should be sweet while he is at work be sure it should be so with all the Godly It should make every good mans work go off hand with the more content and comfort I shall rest anon and the harder my work the sweeter my Rest The Parents of Noah when he was born by a Spirit of Prophecy no doubt Gen. 5. 29. called him Noah promising themselves Rest by him under all their Toyl c. Jesus Christ is the true Noah from whom all true Rest comes he hath by his lying in the Grave made it a place of

before the heat or at the beginning of that great Persecution Acts 7. ult Quest What Rest do they go to Answ 1. A Rest from Labour This Life is a laborious Life especially to the Godly many others sin and play and sleep away their time but they labour and strive run fight wrestle all which are very laborious Imployments Rev. 14. 13. 2. A Rest from Sin there is no man lives sins not but when the Saints dye they cease from Sin 3. A Rest from the Temptations of Satan There is no Serpent in that Paradise whither the Spirits of Just men go at Death 4. A Rest from Oppression by or any vexation from evil men Job 3. 17 18 19. 5. A Rest from all Suffering and Sorrow from within without themselves or others they shall have no more Pain Grief c. All Tears shall be wiped away 6. To make up all that can be thought on that good is it is a Rest in Christ and with Christ and that is best of all yea all that is best or good Quest Why do the Saints then Rest Answ Because they Laboured and Toyled while here were faithful at their labour while they lived and therefore go to rest when they dye And it is a righteous thing with God to give the labouring and troubled ones Rest at that Day 2 Thes 1. 6 7. Our life-time is the Day wherein we are to work there is no work device or labour in the Grave Eccl. 9. 10. which tho' it be a Judgment to the wicked who slept away their labouring Time that they shall then have no more Opportunity to work yet it is a comfort to the Godly Labourers that they shall have no more need or occasion to work but shall go to their Rest cease from all work Prop. 3. After their going away to Rest they shall stand up again at the Last Day There needs no more to be said toward the Confirmation of this Assertion save the Doctrine of the Resurrection which is one of the main Articles of our Faith and that without which all our Faith and Hope would be vain as not reaching any further than this life and so leaving us most miserable 1 Cor. 15. 17 18 19. Christ told Martha her Brother should rise a-again and she owned it This was Pauls hope Act. 24. 15. and Jobs Comfort Job 19. 25. The Scripture is full of this Truth The ground of it is partly from their Union to Christ their Head who dyed and rose again and so shall they by vertue of his Resurrection Partly that they may receive their Reward according to their works Prop. 4. When they stand up each shall stand in his Lott 1. There shall be a Lott Laid out to each of them a peculiar place and station provided for every one All the Saints both great and small not only a general State of Glory for all but each shall have his own Lott Mansion Crown 2. He shall stand abide or continue therein The Lot is that State of Glory peculiar to every Believer Indeed there shall be degrees some greater some lesser tho' every Vessel shall be filled Some shall have Five Cities others two every one answerable to the Measure of free Grace bestowed on him and the Degrees of its acting in him each shall be rewarded both for kind and measure according to his works And the Reason is from the Righteousness of God who will therefore as Justice obliges render to every one what is his own or due Indeed not unto Believers on Christ for the sake of their works upon the account of their own merit properly but for the sake of the Works and Merits of Christ only yet still according to their works Not for your sakes but for mine own Name sake Uses of the First Proposition If God doth use to take away some of his Eminent Ones or bid them go away before Evil Days Use 1. Then it is an ill Omen and should be accounted matter of great awakening and solemn Consideration to see good men removed If prudent and useful especially if pious men be taken away when meek and merciful ones are removed it looks as if there were Evil at hand which God is willing to Save them from Noahs housing in the Ark and Lot's entering into Zoar carried an ill face to the Old World and Sodom Especially if the removal of such be not Laid to heart their removal is signal and not laying to heart Causal also of approaching Evil. Use 2. Learn hence also that however the Death of any may prove to the Survivers it 's always in mercy to the Godly As all other Troubles so Death is theirs let it come when and how it will It is an effect of his Kindness to them and in pursuance of his Care for them Gods way often is to take away the best first and lay them up safe out of harms way and leave the rest either to mend or grow worse and if they grow worse so to ripen them unto ruin for not growing better under such awakening Providences as the removal of the good Use 3. Then we should not be inordinately careful or solicitous for fear of Trouble before hand do not distract thy self about what may be hereafter yea tho' it seems to be near even at the very door For besides that fixedness without fear of evil Tidings is attainable and ought to be laboured after as a fruit of Faith Psa 112. 7 8. and besides that many times evils feared do not come at all I say besides both these this may comfort us against approaching Trouble that it may be we may be gone into the Grave before it comes Who can tell how soon God may say to him Go thy way Daniel go to thy Rest out of the reach of that Trouble thou fearest before it comes to such an height as to work thee any considerable Damage A prudent foresight of evil and guarding or preparing against it is good and a Duty but distracting thoughtfulness is always sinful and oft needless because possibly thou mayst not live to see it If thou art a good faithful and diligent Servant the Lord may accept of thy good will and call thee off before the pinch comes A good Master will do so by a good Servant that is diligent and willing to do what he is able he will call him by name and take him off when he sees the heat of the day a coming or some pinch at hand that will be too hard for him he will favour him and lay the burden upon others So did the Lord here say to Daniel Go thy way give over thou hast done well go lye down and take thy Rest Uses of the Second Proposition Do the Saints go to Rest when they Dye Use 1. Then see what cause we have to bless God for Jesus Christ who hath made one of the worst things in the Curse viz. Death to be matter of comfort unto all his as it