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death_n	day_n	good_a	life_n	10,536	5	4.7272	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44864	David's labour and rest, or, A discourse on Acts XIII, v. 36 preached at the funeral of Mr. Richard Shute, the late Most Reverend Pastor of the congregation of Stow-Market in Suffolk : together with some memorable remarques upon the deceased, for the benefit and use of that parish / by Samuel Hudson ...	Hudson, Samuel, 17th cent.	1689 (1689)	Wing H3264; ESTC R4246	15,092	32

is no Design a Christian ought to have in in pursuit comparable with that of glorifying God and saving of his Soul All others compared with this whether raising great Estates and Fortunes or climbing up to highest Pinnacles of Honour are but low and beggarly Designs Nor is there any other way we can better express our reall care for carrying on this good Design than by a suitable Comportment and endeavour to do as David did to serve out our own Generation Nor any Rule for us to square our Conversation by in order to the glorifying of God and serviceableness than the Rule David walked by viz. the Will of God. And whosoever walketh in this Way and by this Rule may expect a David's Issue and Event to fall asleep to be gathered to their Fathers and receive a glorious Resurrection The words as they lye in the Relative sence are brought in to prove the Resurrection of Christ and that as a thing foretold by the Psalmist That he would not suffer his Holy One to see corruption But David saw corruption and therefore the Prediction of the Psalmist relates to Christ and not personally to David For David after he had served out his generation by the will of God fell on sleep and saw corruption c. But I shall consider the words absolutely in themselves which contain these three Considerables First Good David's Agency and Fidelity He served out his generation Secondly The Canon or Rule of his Activity the will of God. Thirdly The Exodus or Event of both which doubtless was happy He fell asleep and was gathered to his Fathers Of these three in their order First Holy David's fidelity and agency who served out his Generation i. e. the whole series course and scope of his Life was how he might be serviceable to God in all the parts thereof not only in a fit and mood by starts and fits but throughout his Generation Whose excellent Pattern Note recommends to us a necessary and important Duty incumbent upon us to be Active and Serviceable to God in our Generation in all the Stations and Relations Gods Providence sets us in He did not serve God as a Servant his Master for a Year or an Apprentice for seven Years as long as his Indentures last but he was as a bored Servant all his days Not putting Limits Bounds or Periods to his Service but as long as Life lasted He never begun well or to good purpose that doth not continue his Fidelity Nor may he expect a Crown of Life Rev. 2.10 who is not Faithful to the Death And here I must consider David in his respective and several Relations wherein Gods Providence set him and shew how serviceable he was in them all and how reasonable it is for us so to be And those were either in His Political Ecclesiastical Domestick Relation First Consider him in his Political Relation as he was a King. No sooner did God advance him from the Shepherds Crook and by his special command invest him with the Crown and Scepter to lead his People Israel as his peculiar Flock but he set himself to defend his Subjects to subdue Israels common Enemies put Garisons into the Cities for the safety of the Common-wealth When possibly male-contents might think a less guard might serve the turn to secure the publick Peace This was he who enjoyned and commanded by his Authority the Worship of the God of Israel according to the Law of Moses and required the People under his Charge to serve and fear the God of Abraham This was he who was serviceable by appointing Judges for the Execution of Judgment and Justice both for the Punishment of evil-doers and for the Praise of them that do well Nor was he a negligent Administrator of Justice himself or did he turn off all to be managed by others hands but declares that when he shall receive the Congregation he would judge uprightly Psal 75.2 which he performed with great faithfulness notwithstanding the after-insinuations of a Rebellious Son Absolom and a Crafty Courtier Achitophel who out of Sinister ends aspersed the Government to raise their own Fortunes and gratifie their own ambition It is a very difficult if not impossible thing to wear a Crown long but some touring Spirits will be apt to raise Clamour and unreasonable Slanders and think it would fit better upon their own heads and that if they had Power they could better manage the Affairs of State. What he engaged to his God David was careful to perform Early destroying the wicked of the Land and cutting off evil doers from the City of the Lord. Leading his People Israel in the Integrity of his heart and guiding them by the skilfulness of his hands In short in his publick service and administration he eyed publick good so as to the most and best men Whatsoever the King did pleased the People 2 Sam. 3.16 Consider him Secondly in his Ecclesiastical relation as a Prophet of the Lord and so he served out his Generation This was he who brought the Ark the visible Symbol of God's Presence from Kirjathjearim and placed it in a Tabernacle notwithstanding the insolent scoffs of a deriding Michal So hard a thing it is for any in publick Authority to promote Religion but some or other will revile and reproach But yet he proceeded and made preparation for building a House for God thô the compleating of it was left to his Successor yet his good purpose was acceptable to God. How careful was he in ordering the Priests and Levites to perform their Offices in their several courses Sacred Writ do testifie to rectifie abuses 2 Chron. 23. ● and regulate the Worship of God. How industrious in composing that precious Model of divine Truth the Book of the Psalms And ordering the Singers in their places to serve God in Prayers Praises and Thanksgiving And himself also with Supplications and Intercessions to God standing up in the gap to divert the wrath of a justly provoked God from a God provoking People as divers Psalms testifie Psal 79.83 nor was he wanting upon the Receipt of any signal blessing to return his grateful resentments of God's goodness Several of the Psalms being Anthems of Praise penn'd upon such occasions to be publickly sung As Psal 18. c. Nor Thirdly was he less careful to be serviceable to God in his Private or Domestick relation By a holy and exemplary Conversation This was he who gave not only holy Precept but Pattern behaving himself wisely Psal 101.1 and walking in the midst of his house in the perfect way Not as too many who regard not to debauch others under their charge by ill President Or others who care not if they have but their Servants bodily labour thô the Devil have their Hearts and Lives He doubtless counselled them to Piety and bewailed the miscarriages of any under his charge and care When Rivers of Tears ran down his Eyes because men kept not