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death_n	day_n	judgement_n	life_n	5,825	5	4.4491	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09001	A funerall sermon, both godlye, learned and comfortable, preached at S. Maries in Cambridge, Anno 1551. at the buriall of the reuerend doctor, and faithfull pastor of the Churche of Christe, Martin Bucer. By Matthew Parker Doctor in Diuinitie, and since, Archbishoppe of Canterburye; Howe we ought to take the death of the godly	Parker, Matthew, 1504-1575.; Newton, Thomas, 1542?-1607.	1587 (1587)	STC 19293A; ESTC S109977	12,872	38

their great comfort and singuler commodity did Corah Dathan and Abiram maliciously conspire and him rebelliouslye despise shaking of the yoke of obedience and moste vnnaturallye forsaking him or rather their owne profites and commodities which by him they bountifully enioyed But how seuerelye how strangely and dreadfullye did the Lorde God reuenge that thir so mutynous reuolt and vndutifull contumacie Did not the earth open her mouth and swallowe them vp with their tabernacles and familyes and all them that were with them soe that they and all that they had wente downe aliue into the pit with all their traine and goodes This dreadfull and terrible example notwithstanding whē as yet they seditiously persisted in their treacherous mutinie and peeuishe frowardnesse agaynste the same Moses their Prince and Gouernour the Lord for an euerlasting terror to al murmuring Malcontents against so worthie a man geuen to them if they could haue accordingly so considered it for the inestimable benefit comfort both of them their whole companie sent a plague among them whereof there dyed in one day fourteen thousand seuen hundred God so strōgly terribly reuēged this their seditiō consperacy chiefly especially therby to bring thē to y e acknowledgmēt of that singuler benefit which they inioyed by hauing so good and godly a magistrat ouer thē as Moses was meaning by such a kind of punishment to make them more thankfull and better contented with this benefite But when almighty God saw that all these punishments would not serue to bring them to amendment nor to stur them vp to their dutifull thankefullnesse and obedient behauiour after many assaies and waies practised and wrought for their recouery he was at length driuen in his heauy indignation to betake himselfe to an other course and to proceede further And what course was that Forsooth for their sins and wickednes he shortned the life of Moses and would not that by him they should be brought into the land of promise Moses therefore dyed before they had set one foote therin But how profitable had it beene for them if hee had remained aliue considering his graue wisedome and ripe iudgement wherein by reason of his great practise and long experience hee singularlye excelled Howe fitte a man had hee beene by reason of his Sanctytye and holinesse of lyfe and of his vertuous dealinges and godlye cogitations to turne awaye the wrath of GOD iustlye conceiued against them What an helpe furtherance and direction moreouer mighte hee haue beene to them after they had beene once entered and come into the Lande touchinge their Sacrifices Rytes and Ceremonies which hee eyther by worde of mouthe or by traditions written had lefte amonge them How necessarie in all respectes was this reuerend Doctor Martin Bucer to the Church of Christ being a man so notablye furnished so exquisitely enclyned to the aduauncement of the glorye and true religion of God And yet notwithstanding God hath taken him away from amonge vs the lyght that was in him hee hath quenched and would not that we should bee shrowded any longer vnder his winges or priuiledged vnder his shadowe reputing vs people most vnworthy to be so much as the leaste partakers of suche surpassing benefites And if as it is indeede the greater greater the sinne is the greater punishment is there vnto due and the sharper smart it deserueth then shall it bee no hard matter to iudge among what sort of punishment this is nowe to be reckened that this time so good a pastor is taken awaye from vs so brighte a lampe quenched and such a lighte put oute as while wee enioyed wee safely walked thoroughe the daungerous and darke pathes of this life Lette vs diligently waighe and effectuallye consider these thinges dearely beloued and beeinge herein in like sort punished by the hand of God as the Isralites were lette vs learne to acknoweledge the wrathe of God and receyue it as an vndoubted signe that hee is angrie and displeased with vs. We haue heertofore shewed our selues waiward churlish and vnthankful by murmuring both againste God and also againste this man his Seruaunt Nowe euen this daye we feele as Israell did the heauie wrath and reuenging hand of God for the same and may perceiue how y t he euidently punisheth vs therefore We haue bene heretofore vngratefull and repyning for the light that wee receyued from this excellent and worthy Doctor now is it therefore put out and quenched It is sayde that hee liued heere amonge thankelesse crabbed and frowarde sinners nowe therefore is he taken awaye from them As for him-selfe hee liude still but soe that hee liueth in ioye and blisse with God and is hence dispatched and freed from the toylesome greiues and wretched troubles of this life from those paynefull labours which hee heere willinglye suffered and patyentelye endured for oure beehoofe and benefytte but nowe is he at rest with GOD to his owne beehoofe comforte and commodytye GOD looueth him in that hee hasted soe soone to call hym awaye oute of the companye of wicked Sinners But hee is angrye with vs in that he thinketh vs inworthye any longer to enioye such a precious piller If these thinges being thus duely diligently considered can nothing at all moue vs wherwith notwithstanding I knowe that euery godly person is will be not a little touched yet is there greater cause to drawe vs heauilie and sorowfully to take this misfortune not in suche sorte lamenting and sorowing for him that is deade as hath bene said before as though death had done to him any harme but in applying and translating the whole cause of our sorowe and greife vnto our owne selues according to that saying of our Lord Sauioure Christ who would not haue the Hierosolimitanes to mourne for him but for themselues and their children Daughters of Hierusalem sayth he weepe not for me but weepe for your selues and for youre children And hee there yeldeth a reason why they should weepe for them selues their children For sayth he if they doe this to the greene tree what shalbe done to the drie Let euery one of vs now here present note well this sentence and loke wel to himselfe let euerye one of vs I saye thinke well of this matter vpon this occasion heere presently offered by the death and departure of this graue and reuerend Father let him be mooued to feare For if by the secrete and hidden but yet iust iudgment of almighty god we see and heare suche heauye sentence pronounced against his owne familie haushold that he threateneth to abridge their life and shorten their dayes howe neere at hand is the end of them which beleeue not the Gospel If his life were shortened whom while hee heere liued the Lorde so entirelye loued beeing the beautie of his house in the building repayring and euery way garnishinge whereof he shewed himselfe a most dyligent and paynefull builder and a most wise and