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A29663	A sermon at the funeral of the Worshipful John Symonds, late of Great Yeldham in the county of Essex, Esq. preached in the parish-church of Great Yeldham aforesaid on the 24th of February, 1692, by John Brooke ... ; with a short account of his life.	Brooke, John, 1633 or 4-1716?	1693 (1693)	Wing B4906; ESTC R12467	25,737	32

that look out at the Windows are darkned in a fourth the D●ughters ●f Musick are brought down Phys●cians tell us of hundreds of diseases at leas● that are thus Incident to Mans Body and by reason of these he spends his Days many times in Pain and his Nights in Sorrow But here is the comfort of good Men death will be a remedy against them all It will deliver them or set them at rest from them all there shall be saith St. Jo●n Speaking of the New Jerusalem no more Death nor any more Pain R●vel 21.4 As the Blind Martyr told the Lame when they met at the Stake y●● may throw away your Crutches now if you please D●●th will ●u●e us both you of your Lameness and me of my Blindness The great Physician of Souls the Lord Jesus Christ will by Death cure all the Diseases and remove all pains from good Mens Bodies And consequentially they shall then be at rest from all sufferings with respect to the Body 2. They shall be at rest too then from all sufferings with respect to the Soul Many and Sore are the sorrows and troubles of a Christian in this Life in this respect also Sometimes the Afflictions of the good set him on weeping By the Rivers of Babylon we sate down and Wept when we remembred Zion Ps 137.1 viz. The Afflictions and Desolations of Zion and of Gods People that had once lived there Sometimes the Transgressions of the wicked fetch tears from his Eyes Rivers of Waters run down my Cheeks Saith David because wicked Men keep not thy Laws Ps 119.136 Sometimes the Sense of his own corruptions stabs him as it were at the very Heart When they heard this they were pricked in their Heart And said unto Peter and to the rest of the Apostles Men and Br●th●ren what shall we do Acts 2.37 And O Wr●tched Man that I am cries St. Paul who shall deliver me from the Body of this Death Rom. 7.24 Sometimes God hides his Face and he is troubled thou hidest thy face and I am troubled Ps 30.7 And Tears have been my Meat Day and Night whiles they continually say unto me where is thy God saith he Ps 42.3 Thus the Christians whole Life here many times is as it were a field of Sorrows but now Death will set him at rest from them all It will be the Funeral of all his sorrows and the resurrection of all his joys The Day of Death is the good Man's Marriage-day and at that Marriage day of his Christ will turn again as one Expresseth it all his Water into Wine all his Sighing into Singing all his Mourning into Mirth Then indeed shall the ransomed of the Lord return and come to the Heavenly Zion with Songs and Everlasting Joy upon their Heads They shall obtain Joy and Gladness and all Sorrow and Sighing-shall flee away that I may Allude to and Conclude this particular in the Prophets words Isa 35.6 But that is the first reason that is given in my Text why the dead that dye in the Lord are Blessed Because they dye that they may rest from their Labours And that both in respect of all further sinning and all further suffering I come now to the second that is here given us why they are Blessed and that is 2. Because their works shall follow them their works i. e. the good fruits and good e●fects of their works or rather the reward of them the great reward that God will then give them though not for yet according to their good works and this is and will be indeed very great so great as that no mortal can declare the greatness of it for Eye hath n●t seen nor ear heard neither did it ever yet enter into the heart of man to conceive what great thin●s God hath prepared for them that love him As the Apostle tells us 1 Cor. 2.9 The Eye of man hath seen wonderful things in nature and the Ear possi●ly hath heard of more and as for the heart or mind of man what almost can't that conceive And yet it can no way conceive the greatness of the glory which God hath prepared and laid up in the other world for those that love and fear him in this and yet that hath been and will be still done by all that have love shall die in the Lord therefore all that die in him are and shall be blessed 'T is true indeed this blessedness that I may prevent all mistakes will not 1. Be given out to all alike as there are different degrees of grace upon Earth so there will be different degrees of glory in Heaven There is o●e glory of the Sun another glory of the M●on another glory of the Stars for one Star differs from anot●er in ●l●ry i. e. shines more gloriously than another so also shall it be saith he in the resurrection of the dead 1 Cor. 15.41 42. And they that be wise saith Daniel speaking of the same thing shall shine as the fi●mament and they that turn many unto righte●usn●ss as the Stars for ever and ev r Dan. 1● 3 Now there are we know different degrees betwixt the light of the firmament and the light of the St●rs and so there will be betwixt the glory of one Saint and the glory of another in the future life 'T is true indeed all good Men when once got to Heaven shall have glory enough He that hath the least glory there shall have enough to make him unspeakably and unconceivably happy every Vessel of glory shall be full but some shall have more of it th●n others as being more capacitated to receive it God will then and there reward every m●n accord●ng to his w●rks as the Scriptures do abundantly assure us Now look as there are diversities of gifts and graces amongst Gods people here upon Earth so there are of works some do and suffer more for God others less and therefore some shall have more glory others less because every mans glory shall be proportion●ted according to his works since mens labours are different in this world their reward and glory will be different also in the world to come This happiness therefore I say will not be given out for degrees alike to all 2. Nor secondly will it be consummated or compleated to any till the last day till the general day of Judgment when their bodies shall rise again be reunited to their Souls though good men such as die in the Lord are immediately admitted to happiness after their death yet not to all that happiness that God intends hath designed for them in the other world this is indeed reserved for that great and general day of Judgment so often menti●ned in the Holy Scriptures when Christ to whom the Judgment of the world is committed shall come in the glory of his Father with his Holy Angels to render to every man fully according to his works as you have it Mat. 16 27. But in the interim and as soon as they

very harbinger and fore-runner of their glory a boat sent on purpose to fetch them off from the troublesome sea of this world and to land them safe at the pleasant harbour of eternal rest their Fathers Messenger sent to fetch them home to their Fathers House And should not such an Harbinger such a Boat such a Messenger be welcome when he comes Their dying day is their great resting day the day wherein they shall rest from all their labours as you have heard and was ever any wearied labourer unwilling to go to his rest 'T is their great pay-day the day wherein they shall receive their full wages their reward for all that they have done and suffered here in the flesh And what Servant is there that is not well-pleased when the pay-day comes The Servant earnestly desires the shadow as Job tells us and the Hireling longs for the wages of his work Job 7.2 good men have no reason to be troubled but indeed to rejoyce when the day of their death comes for then they will find that they shall not only rest from their labours but that their works will follow them that they shall then receive their wages wages infinitely beyond all their work beyond all that they can think or conceive For eye hath not seen nor ear heard neither ever yet did it enter into the heart of man to conceive what great things God hath prepared for them that love him as the Apostle assures us in that place so often quoted 1 Cor. 2 9. 3. And Lastly It may comfort us as against our own death if we be good men so against the death of our godly friends They are blessed they do rest from their labours and their works do follow them Their death is their great gain and if it be so much their gain why should it be so much our grief I know indeed and we read in th● Scriptures that great mournings sore lamentations have been made at the interment of many deceased Saints And if ever any People had reason to make them we of this place have so now and yet we must not over-do here neither as we soon may we must be careful that we do not sorrow as th●●e that h●●e no hopes as the Apostle adviseth us in this Case 1 Thes 4.13 weep we may that will speak us to be men but yet it must be with moderation and that will speak us to be Christians Our pious Friends have only left us for a little time we have not lost them but shall receive them again or rather be received to them at the last They are the Gainers though we are the Losers their death is but a departure to a better life and therefore it would be rather a piece of Envy in us than of real Piety excessively or over-much to bewail it especially since we are so well assured to meet them again in a better World where we shall never part more but shall be together with them forever with the Lord as the Apostle doth assure us we shall 1 Thes 4.17 And therefore we that survive may as well comfort one another with those Words as he in this Case also adviseth us there to do These things might have been some of them at least more enlarged upon but I have trespassed I fear too much already upon your patience and yet I must borrow a little time more from it if it be only to tell you in a few words what kind of Person he was which we have brought here now to be interred And now I have mentioned this worthy Gentleman I have started as it were another Text and might well give you another Sermon upon it if I had time and ability for it I never indeed took any great delight in making long Panegyricks or large Encomiums of the dead For not to mention the frequent abuse of them I have ever thought that silent tears are the best Oratours at Funerals and that the good works which the deceased have done whiles they were living and the good names which they have left behind them when dead are their best embalmings and do speak out their praises more effectually than the tongue of the Preacher could do And in this respect I should not have needed to have said any thing now for this worthy Gentleman hath obtained a good repent amongst us And his own works will praise him more in the ●●te● than any of my words can do yet least I should seem to be injurious both to him and to you at once to Him in denying him his due and deserved praise and to You in concealing so Excellent a Pattern for you●●●●●ation I ●●st say something of him and the Brief Character which I shall give of him shall be chiefly in such things as mine own knowledge ●●d the great Honour that I do and shall ever bare to his Name do both warrant and prompt me to give And so 1 To begin with such things as relate to Gods Service and Worship a due regard to which doth be sure as much commend us as any thing we can shew regard unto he was a great lover of his Church of Gods House and publick Worship Did constantly attend when at home unless when he was hindred by great Sickness and that both Morning and Evening upon the Prayers and other Ordinances here dispensed And seemed always most a●tentive to reverent and devout in all Yea such was his zeal always to attend here upon Gods publick Worship as that he came very often to it when in the Judgment of others it had been fitter for him by reason of his great illness and weakness to have been at home in his Bed He seemed always to be greatly offended and angry with his Friends when they knowing his weakness did at any time but desire him to stay at home Neither was he only thus diligent to come himself but careful to bring his Family and Servants also along with him as resolving with good Joshua that what ever others did that he and his Houshould would serve the Lord. He was likewise a most diligent and devout receiver of the Lords Supper an Ordinate God knows is too much slighted and neglected by too too many I do not remember that for the space of ●0 years and more in which I have had the Happiness to be acquainted with him that ever he missed when at home above 2 or 3. Sacraments and them sore against his will being forced to it by reason of great Sickness or Weakness Neither was be only thus careful to Worship God thus publickly every week here in his House But likewise took care to have him Worshipped dayly in his own by keeping up a constant course of Family-Duties there ever since I knew him which is a thing I am afraid too too much neglected by too too many not only of the Vulgar bu● of Men of his rank and quality Neither did he rest in this but it was his usual course as I have