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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57066	The saints submission to the will of God. Or, A sermon preached at the funerall of a vertuous young gentleman, Mr. William Elmes the only son and heir of Thomas Elmes, of Warmington in the county of Northampton, Esquire. By Richard Resbury, minister of Oundle.	Resbury, Richard, 1607-1674.	1654 (1654)	Wing R1135A; ESTC R219670	5,698	17

THE SAINTS SUBMISSION TO THE WILL of GOD. OR A Sermon preached at the Funerall of a vertuous young Gentleman Mr. WILLIAM ELMES The only Son and Heir of THOMAS ELMES of Warmington in the County of Northampton Esquire BY RICHARD RESBURY Minister of Oundle LONDON Printed by T. C. for J. Wright at the Kings Head in the Old-baily 1654. TO THE READER Reader A Few words in way of preface to the short discourse ensuing The Argument is submission to the Will of God in cases of sorest tryall The occasion the sudden and untimely death of a very hopefull Gentleman the Top-branch of a very worthy family who was found fallen from his horse and ready to expire which in a very short time he did against all endeavours to have preserved so precious a treasure as his life Circumstances brought in to the Jury made it appeare to them that the cause of his death and fall in order thereto was an inward imposthume Was it not too far below him to question it I would against all ungrounded surmises of whomsoever give this cleare testimony upon full enquiry and satisfaction that as in his constant course so at this time too he was free from all distemper and excesse I have but one word more It was my desire since it was thought fit this little piece should passe the presse to have put it into a better form and set forth the discourse more full but multitude of emergent and unexpected occasions have wholy ravisht my time from me that as an Embryo it comes forth rather then as a timely birth If it might be of any use unto thy soul according to the end intended I shall rejoyce resting Thy true friend in the Lord R. RESBURY The Saints submission to the Will of God 1 Sam. 3.18 It is the Lord let him doe what seemeth him good TImes of sad trials are even to the Saints themselves times of great perplexity and discomposure an hard thing then to finde the true path of duty towards God and walk in it with an even foot dark times and stormy times the spirits of the Saints like a vessell in a troubled sea by night a difficult thing to steere a right course like wayfarers benighted in a Wildernesse hard to finde their paths The Word of God is a light in a dark place richly furnished for direction in all cases The pole Star appearing to guide our nightly course in the most tumultuous seas it is as the pillar of the cloud and of fire to Israel in the Wildernesse That the neer relations of this deseased Gentleman are under a sad triall needs must we all be sensible Nay who amongst us to whom he was known is not touched with it A Gentleman the hopes of his family an onely sonne to so worthy parents singularly vertuous of lovely demeanour cut off in the flower of his age and that by such a sudden stroak Ravisht from the dear embraces of all his friends by an unexpected surprisall O it is a dark time now for a light to shew unto poore benighted wanderers their way that they may not lose themselves Now for a word of sure direction how to order our spirits towards god in such a time as this Oh blessed be our wise God who hath here given us his good word to be a light to our feet a lanthorn to our steps at this time and in this Wildernesse in this portion of Scripture now read unto you It is the answer of good old Eli unto Samuel upon a most severe and terrible message delivered him from God The message from the 11. to the 15. v. referring to the 2. chap. 31. to the end This Samuel delivers to the full in the 18 verse Elies answer and answer of clear and ready submission without either the least murmuring or disputing unto the will of God And here now from an excellent president we may conclude this Doctrine In all our saddest changes whatsoever Doct. as they are disposed to us by the hand of God so it is our duty freely to submit unto his will 1. We are to take notice of them as from him whose providence reacheth to the numbring of our haires to the fall of a Sparrow to the ground much more doth he determine our daies number our months and appoint our bounds that we cannot passe in whom we live and move and have our being in whose hands is our breath and all our waies We are freely to submit to his will to resigne our selves to his whole pleasure The former of these we shall passe over and insist onely upon this Now a cleare and full confirmation of this we have here in my Text and the History to which it relates Here is a most sad change threatned in due time and that very shortly too to be fulfilled the whole posterity of Eli both for the present and for ensuing generations were to be cut off untimely 2. chap. 31 32 33. This stroak upon them should be accompanied with publique judgement upon the whole Nation through their sinne vers 32. Such should be the misery of his posterity whilst alive that should he live to see it it should be a most horrible vexation to him vers 33. His two sonnes I think all hee had should in and for their sins as farre as appeares be cut off by the hand of an enemy at once vers 34. From the whole race and family the Priesthood to be removed vers 35. to utmost beggery and basenesse should his off-spring be reduced vers 36. all this most certainly to be accomplished with evidence of greatest wrath upon his posterity chap. 3. vers 11. to 15. and that in way of judgement for his sinne vers 13. Now when he hath heard all this what answer makes he doth he exclaime Oh who is able to beare so great severity from the Lord doth he dispute and why for the children that are yet unborn shall the wrath of the Lord reach unto them none of these things but it is the Lord. This will conclude then the saddest cases and much more sad then this before us 1. This providence is shut up in one here is nothing threatned for the future 2. In this providence is no character of wrath of unaccountable dominion and arbitrary pleasure there is but not of wrath For 1. Here is no singular provocation declared against in recompence whereof this stroake should be by way of judgement from the Lord. 2. It is such a stroak as may befall Gods children Ecclesiastes chap. 9. vers 1 2. as hath befallen such Jobs children nothing appeares but they all died the children of God not imaginable that none of them died so yet their stroak far greater 3. The life of this Gentleman who fell under it gives very hopefull testimony against wrath in this stroak that he was of a blamelesse and untoucht conversation so free from the vanities and evils of youth as it will be hard to finde his match all that