est timere mortem qui ad Christum nolit ire said Cyprian let them fear death who are loath go to God 10. Though she shall not return to us yet we shall go to her 2 Sam. 12.23 8. Let us lay hold on eternall life make sure of salvation 1 Tim. 6.12 We cannot make sure our houses our Estates our Friends our lives but we may make our election and salvation sure which is far more sweet and needfull 2 Pet. 1.10 consider how short our time is here The last week we enjoyed her now her seat here is empty as sometimes Davids was at the feast 1 Sam. 20.18 but she is placed for eternity let our thoughts much run upon eternity It 's said that Mr. Wood after some holy discourse being at dinner fell a musing and cryed out for near half a quarter of an hour together for ever for ever A great †Sir T.M. man of this Nation being in prison for that which he called his Conscience his Lady coming to him did chide him that he would not do as others did and so live at his own gallant house with his wife and children Wife said he if I should do so how long think you I might live I think said she you may live these 20 years well said he it is but 20 years and yet it s not likely that I should live so long yet they would end but I must be after that for ever and ever Mind we eternity if that as once one said be well looked to all is well looked to 9. Let us lay up some Cordialls against our own death which may comfort us in such an hour First Cordiall Consider that though death which is unavoidable will break many near bonds as 1. the union twixt near kinted and acquaintance nay twixt Mother and Children which are one blood 2. yea nearer the union twixt Husband and Wife which are one flesh nay 3. yet nearer union twixt body and soul which are one person yet there are 3 better unions or bonds which death cannot break as 1. the bond of the Covenant twixt God and his people the Covenant is everlasting though we be mortall and dye Ier. 32.40 Many hundreds of years after Abraham Isaac and Iacob were dead yet God saith that he was still their God I am and Math. 22.31 32. namely their God in Covenant and they then alive to him God is as well their God when they are rotting in their graves as when flourishing in their houses God promised Iacob Gen. 46.4 that he would go down with him into Egypt and he would surely bring him up again yet Iacob was dead ere he was brought out of Egpyt but Gods promise still was of force 2. the bond of union twixt the believing soul and Jesus this marriage-knot death cannot break When Christ dyed death seperated twixt his body in Iosephs tomb and his soul in paradise yet the union with the godhead was as firme as ever so here though the naturall union twixt soul and body may be dissolved by death yet not the Mysticall union twixt the soul and Christ 3. the bond twixt the soul and eternall life is not dissolved by death the believer hath not onely right to it by purchase promise c. but hath possession the beginning of eternall life already earnest of heaven here John 3 36. and though temporal life may fail yet this other here begun will never end Some tell us of a temporall Kingdome of Christ that must onely last certain years is yet to begin and must have an end but the Scripture saith that it s begun not after but in the dayes of those Kings Dan. 2.44 and shall last for ever even for ever and ever Dan. 7.18 so shall the beleevers eternall life here begun never end 2d Cordiall that though the grave be our long home yet it is not our lasting home it s our long home Eccles. 12.5 but not our last home A godly man doth as Myconius writ to Luther mori vitaliter non lethaliter dyes to live he dyes as corn dyes to spring again and that more gloriously as a grain of wheate cast into the ground riseth again with more beauty blade and eare 1 Cor. 15. 20 21. 3d. Cordiall Consider that to godly men death is not an eeven bargain but great gain Phil. 1.21 The sting of death is gone but the honey is still to be reaped all ill is gone by death it cures them of all sin sorrow possibility of sinning or suffering from man or devil Christ our Sampson hath slain this Lyon death and brought us honey out of the carcase of it we not onely may but we must needs dye 2 Sam. 14.14 must is for this King We use to say that necessity hath no law but for death there is both necessity and law necessity by reason of our constitution and corruption our bodyes are like tents patcht up of a few bony sticks covered over with skin and flesh our food and cloathing shew our death we feed on dead beasts and often wear their hides and fleece death was born with us into the world rockt with us in the cradle bred in the bone will nor out of the flesh we travell work lodge lye down with it daily we cannot out run it but especially sin hath so fretted all the threads of our garment that it easily falls in peices we do not dye because we are sick but because we have sinned yea though Christ hath not taken away the course of death yet hath he taken away the curse of death and made it to be every way for our advantage We do not think it any losse to part with an ague the stone c. cold water out of our shooes no more losse hath a godly man by dying it s our perfection Luke 13.32 not our destruction a way to rest Rev. 4.13 not ruine it brings us home 2 Cor. 5 to our kingdomg Fourth Cordiall Consider that to a godly man death is a most happy change Iob 14.14 thereby is neither body quite lost nor soul lost we lose not our friends nor any goods that we have need of or use of Prests wife of Exeter for as that Exeter-Martyr said In Heaven money bears no worth is not currant we shall then and not till then be above ordinances 1. We shall need no repentance c. shall have better houses friends c. Here are nothing but changes sorrow and joy health and sicknesse changes in body soul and estate but death ends all changes there shall be no more 5. Cordiall Though here we part and lye down in severall beds at night and at several hours yet we shall comfortably meet again in the morning 1 Thess 4.17 Psal 49.14 My dear and tender (a) Who dyed in December 1634. father and my onely (b) January 1636. son lye interred at Bradfield where I was born in the Westriding of Yorkshire My dear and loving (c) January 1652. mother
so is he gone for us from Earth to Heaven to intercede for us in life and to entertain us at death we shall not be strangers there Iohn 14.2 3. 3. Our debt is fully paid we are not in danger of any arrest or prison our sins are fully paid for to the utmost farthing our sins though many are but the sins of men but the satisfaction is by the payment of God-Man who gave not his Heaven and Earth but his very Self to pay to the full 4. Consider that we are not to stand and appear in our own rags but in such a robe wherein God himself can find no spot and therefore may rejoyce in the thought of that appearing before God Rev. 19.7 8. Let us be glad and rejoyce c. and why to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linnen clean and white which is the righteousnesse of the Saints 5. we shall not dye for our times are not in mens but in Gods hands Psal 31.15 till Gods work be wrought in us and till his work be wrought by us till his work be wrought in us and so we fit to dye As Christ took not away the being but the raigning of sin so neither took he away the being but the hurt of death sin in the godly is like those beasts Dan. 7.12 whose dominion was taken away but their being is prolonged for a time like ripe fruit fit for the barn Iob 5.26 and till we have finished our work Iohn 17.4 The work of payment and purchase is by Christ fully wrought for us and that work of duty and obedience that God hath sent us into the world to do in our generation shall be wrought by us we shall finish our testimony ere we depart Rev. 11.7 6. Death when it comes will be our very good Friend as old Mr. Iordan used to say it will not kill a Saint but kill his sin non mors hominis sed peccati sin brought in death into the world and death carryes sin out of the world Christ doth that for us by death which he did not do by grace for us at our first conversion for then he took away the raigning but never till the wall fall down by death the in-being of sin death is to such the out-let to sin and sorrow and the in-let to perfect glory mors est sepulcrum peccati And death will do that for us which all Friends and Physitians could not do to the body cure us of all pains diseases c. as Hugh Laverock and Iohn Aprice two Martyrs in Queen Maries dayes burnt at Stratford-Bow whereof one was blind the other lame one said to the other Be of Comfort Brother My Lord of London is our good Physitian he will help you to legs and me to eyes for ever 7. Fear not the paines of death see the joy of the Martyrs in their death Remember how patiently comfortably cheerfully this servant of the Lord dyed you are frequent in reading the book of Martyrs see how old Latimer when ready to suffer urged that promise 1 Cor. 10.13 God is faithfull who will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able c. 18. Search we our hearts Lam. 3.39 40. and beg we of God to know why the Lord contends with us what Ionah what cursed thing there is amongst us provohing the Lord Iob 10.2 Learn we the voice of the rod for we may say of sin what Martha said to Jesus John 11.21 if sin had not bin here our dear Relation had not dyed 19. Seeing we are under the Lords rod let us more avoid and watch against our sins learn we the sweet lesson of Elihu Iob 34.31 32. Surely its meet to say unto God I have born chastisement I will not offend any more c. And that of Christ John 5.14 The Lord puts us in this boyling pot to take away our scum Ezek. 24.6 puts us in the furnace to take away our drosse Isa 1.25 into the water to whiten us Dan. 11.35 20. God whips us to sharpen us in the wayes of God we have gone too slow a pace let us now be zealous and amend Rev. 3.19 per vineula cresco is the Saints motto they grow better by afflictions And now as Ioseph sometimes put off his prison Garments when he went in to King Pharaoh and put on his robes so this Friend of Christ hath put off the rags of mortality and put on the robes of immortality And if we had such an officer in use amongst us as once was amongst the Greeks which did measure the monuments of persons when they were dead according to their vertues and good conversation in their life then might she have had a chief Sepulcre 2 Chron. 32.33 Sic mihi contingat vivere sicque mori So let me live so let me dye That I may live eternally Discupio solvi tecumque O Christe manere Portio fac regni sim quotacunque tui Beza Horribilis mors est fateor sed proxima vita est Ad quam te Christi gratia certa vocat Praesto est de Satanâ peccâto morte triumphans Christus ad hunc igitur laeta alacrisque migra Musculus I may now say what a Pious and Learned man said before me and so conclude Quae mihi vita fuit dulci cum conjuge fugit Proh dolor infelix ut felicissimus idem Quòd sic uxori monumentum fio sepultae Mr. Dugard FINIS Courteous Reader These Books following are Printed for Nath. Brooks and are to be sold at his Shop at the Angel in Cornhill Excellent Tracts in Divinity Controversie Sermons Devotions 1. THe Catholique History collected and gathered out of Scripture Councels and Ancients Fathers in answer to Dr. Vanes Lost Sheep returned home by Edward Chesensale Esq Octavo 2. Bishop Morton on the Sacrament in Folio 3. The Grand Sacriledge of the Church of Rome in taking away the sacred Cup from the Laity at the Lords Table by Dr. Featly D. D. Quarto 4. The Quakers Cause at second hearing being a full answer to their Tenets 5. Re-assertion of Grace Vindiciae Evangelii or the Vindication of the Gospel or a Reply to Mr. Anthony Burgess Vindiciae Legis and to Mr. Rutherford by Robert Town 6. Anabaptists anatomized and silenced or a dispute with Master Tombs by Mr. J. Crag where all may receive clear satisfaction in that controversie the best extant Octavo 7. The Zealous Magistrate a Sermon by T. Threscot Quarto 8. Britannia Rediviva a Sermon before the Judges August 1648. by J. Shaw Minister of Hull 9. The Princess Royal in a Sermon before the Judges March 24. by J. Shaw 10. Judgement set and books opened Religion tried whether it be of God or men in severall Sermons by J. Webster Quarto 11. Israels Redemption or the Prophetical History of our Saviours Kingdom on Earth by K. Matton 12. The Cause and Cure of Ignorance Error and Prophanesse or a more hopefull way
Mistris SHAWE'S Tomb-stone OR The Saints Remains Being a brief Narrative of some few amongst many Remarkable passages in the holy life and happy death of that precious servant of the Lord Mrs. Dorothy Shaw late the dearly beloved wife of Mr. John Shaw Preacher of the Gospell at Kingstone upon Hull who sweetly slept in the Lord Decemb. 10th and was interred at Trinity Church in Hull Decemb. 12. 1657. Collected by her dearest Friend with many usefull instructions especially for his own and his six daughters consolation and imitation Job 1.1 Job was a perfect and upright man and one that feared God and eschewed evil Psal 37.37 Mark the perfect man and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace Psal 116.15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his Saints 2 Tim. 4.7 8. I have fought a good fight I have finished my course I have kept the faith henceforth there is laid up for me a Crown of glory In Christo vixi morior vivoque beata Do sordes morti caetera Christe tibi Nolui aliquid loqui vel scribere quod improbaturum putem Christum Oecolamp London Printed for Nathanael Brooks at the Angel in Cornhill 1658. TO THE Right Honorable and truly Religious Ladyes the Lady Frances Strickland the pious Consort of William Lord Strickland of Boynton and the Lady Anne Strickland the gracious Consort of Walter Lord Strickland One of his Highness the Lord Protector 's Honorable Councell J. S. Wisheth grace and peace Right Honorable THough I my self cannot bring forth any thing worthy your Honour's view yet that which is dearest to me the memory of my dear and precious wife I commend to your Honours and though I have ever judged both of you Eminent in Piety yet something perhaps in this deceased servant of Christ may not be unworthy of your serious thoughts and may further stirr up your pure mindes in the wayes of God yet more to honour that God who hath so much honoured you The Lord hath exceedingly blessed you both with Pious (a) Your marriage is conjugium non conjurgium Comfortable and Eminent Yoke-fellows and yet hath more honoured you by marrying you to Gods own Son the heir of heaven and indeed therein lies your chief and lasting happinesse Probably this short discourse which was very hastily written as it dropt from my pen in much grief and sorrow on the suddain to divert that flood of grief which I found my self unable to withstand at present as well as I would may somewhat further your Honours Comforts against the hours of approaching and inevitable death God hath called both your Honours to great estates and places and you cannot but know that therein lye snares When the Duke of Venice had shewea to Charles the 5th his most stately Palace he after the sight thereof onely answered (b) Haec sunt quae nos faciunt invitos mori These things are they that make us unwilling to dye We use to say there are two manners of Enough and indeed there is Esaw's enough or (c) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 much in the world without God Gen. 33.9 and Jacobs enough (d) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or all first God and then content in these other things with him Gen. 33.11 This latter enough I hope God hath given you Christ and with him all other needfull things Rom. 8.32 Let this Tombstone be to your Honours as King Phillips Monitor to put you in mind of what is certain yet we are too prone to forget Lam. 1.9 viz. death The Egyptians used to have a deaths-head at their greatest feasts thinke we of death in the greatest plenty When Moses and Elias talked with Christ at his glorious transfiguration on the Mount their discourse was about death Luke 9.30 31. Christ once cured the blind mans eyes with clay so may he still more open our eyes with the consideration of our clay and mortality do as Eumolpus (e) Ego sic semper nbique vixi tanquam ultimum diem nunquam rediturum consumerem said he did namely endeavour to live every day as if it should prove his last day God hath of late much exercised both your Honours with weak bodies so that what would be a curse to some would be a blessing to you to wish that which John wished to Gaius 3 John 2. that your bodies may prosper as your souls prosper The gracious God give you these two choise mercyes which are most sweet when they go together Psal 103.3 forgive your sins and heale all your diseases I hope you will not take it ill from me whom you have Constantly so much †I may say of both your Honours with Jerome vobis quod possum debeo quod non possum favoured that I propound to your Honours so mean a person for your imitation be pleased to consider that its the best that I had (f) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 said the poor Grecian to the Emperour and whose example I my self desire to follow in the way to life It is the use at the Election of the Emperour of Germany to shew to him on his Election day severall marble-stones desiring him to chuse of which of those he would have his Tomb-stone made to mind him even then of his Death I have here shewed you the Tomb-stone of one that lived very holily and dyed very happily which may encourage your Honours against the night of sable death Satan is busie to vex whom he cannot destroy and though he cannot bring a childe of God to Hell yet he will bring Hell to a childe of God and oftimes brings his sharpest darts towards his death though Satan cannot make him fall out of the state of grace yet he labours to make him fall in the state of grace its good to have your hearts Comforted against that day Senarclaeus saith of John Diarius that the day before he was slain by his own brother as Abel was by Cain for Religion's sake he spake to him so sweetly and feelingly that he thought that he felt the holy Ghost come powerfully upon him with his words and surely I could say much to this purpose concerning this deceased servant of Christ that she spake even to her death with that affection warmth and life as one that first felt what she spake and then spake what she felt That holy learned man Mr. Brightman who dyed about fifty years since desired much if the only wise so pleased to dye a suddain though to him not suddain death so he did Augustus Caesar was wont when he heard of any that dyed easily and suddainly to wish such a happy (g) Which he called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 death I cannot say that she dyed exceeding suddenly †Though she was at the Congregation twice on the Lords day Decemb 6. and asleep in the Lord on Thursday Decemb 10. but I can say that she dyed exceeding happily
May your Honours in these saying-dayes wherein is so much disputing and unedifying janglings about Religion 1 Tim. 1.4 6 5. wherein Rachells sight exceeds Leahs fruitfulnesse may your Honours I say take that counsell which holy and learned Melancthon gave his mother then troubled with variety of disputes about Religion namely Go on in holy practise to do what you know and trouble not your selves as you do not with the endlesse and needlesse brabbles of the times which would weary and not edifie you and which made holy Strigellius and Melancthon very learned pious men to desire to dye to be freed from (h) They desired to dye to be freed ab implacabilibus odiis Theoiogorum them how many in stead of heart-searching holy practising mind only opinions notions and disputes which the serious thoughts of death might happily aellay the Poet saith and perhaps you know that swarmes of Bees meeting in the aire will sometimes fight with great violence yet if you cast a little dust (i) Virgil. Hi motus animorum atque haec certamina tanta Pulveris exigui jactu compressa qâ—iescunt Sir Hen. Wotton Provost of Eaton would have no other Epitaph on his Tombe but this Hic situs est author illius Sententiae Disputacdi pruritus fir Ecclesiarum scabies saith learned Dr. Arrows And Luthers prayer was à doctore glorioso a pastore contentioso inutilibus quaestionibus liberet ecclesiam suam Dominus amongst them they are presently quiet Oh that the serious consideration of our dust and mortality might cease and quiet our needlesse differences and unprofitable disputes Go on I beseech you to study Gods word and your own hearts death and your great account Learned Suarez used to say that he more esteemed that little pittance of time which he constantly set apart every day for the private examination of his own heart then all the other part of the day which he spent in Voluminous controversies hold on therefore in Gods work and fear not to lye down in the bed of the grave which Christ hath made soft for you Christ hath both conquered for you and conquered in you the great work is past here if God hath made you new Creatures raised you from the dead the death of sin and nature hath changed you from darknesse to light it s an easier work to put that new Creature so made so raised into heaven and to remove him from the lesser light of grace to the greater light of glory he that hath done the greater which you experience will surely do the lesser But I cease your Honours further trouble onely humbly crave your pardon for this my boldnesse herein and my plainnesse in the ensuing narrative for sorrow knew neither exactnesse of method nor curiosity of phrase and when your Honours have leasure vouchsafe to read the life and death of her who was most dear to him that is A poor faithfull remembrancer of your Honorable Consorts and your Ladiships at the throne of grace I. S. Charter-house near Kingston upon Hull December 23. 1657. TO The Dear Kinred Friends and Acquaintants of his deceased servant of Christ Mr. Dorothy Shaw especially those now inhabiting in Kingston upon Hull in Derbyshire Cuttthorp Somersall c. in Yorkshire at Penistone York Sickhouse Hal-broom Brom-head Rotherham c. in Lancashire Manchester Alding-ham c. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Dear and Christian Friends THe Apostle saith Heb. 11.4 that Abel being dead yet speaketh or is spoken †〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of as is said of that woman Mat. 26.13 I question not but this pretious servant of the Lord mentioned in this ensuing Narrative will be much spoken of among you and the good example of her holy life and happy death still speaks aloud to you all and calls upon you to attend the meanes of grace watchfully whereby she felt very much profit and take heed that you be not drawn from them by the subtilty of the old Serpent or his factors who are full of wiles for whom Satan cannot keep wholly ignorant or draw away to open prophanesse yet with other sleights he withdrawes them by degrees from all Gods ordinances one after another so as they grow quickly cold or negligent in Family duties which they call not their duties but liberties and put all their Religion in their private opinion on which they spend all their zeal and though they regard the Lords day no more then singing Psalmes yet seem to do something on that day merely to keep their proselytes that day from a powerfull Ministery a Popish Antichristian plot and set on by the Prince of darknesse lest his kingdome should go down and poor seduced souls be saved Our Saviour forewarns us that before his coming Math. 25. divers Virgin-professours who though they had no oyl of grace in their hearts ver 3. yet had something that kept their Lamps burning verse 8. some sound principles and common graces shall before Christ come even lose those Principles and their Lamps go out And truly many sometimes-professors have in these dayes lost even their principles and become almost no-Christians or very Atheists but this servant of the Lord kept both sound Principles her Lampe burning and saving Graces she was not like Nebuchadnezzars Image her feet were of gold as well as her head she relyed on Christ alone as the onely personall foundation 1 Cor. 3.11 fundamentum fundans and on the Scriptures as on the only doctrinal foundation Eph. 2.20 fundamentum fundatum Christi satispassio fuit ejus satisfactio scriptura fuit vita ejus regula regulans conscientia regula regulata she could not bear with cursed blasphemies Rev. 2.2 but as Zuinglius when the Heretick Servetus condemned him for his harshnesse towards him he answered in aliis mansuetus ero in blasphemiis in Christum non it à or as Luther Inveniar sanè superbus c. modo impii silentii non arguar dum dominus patitur or as Ierome in the like case Mori possum tacere non possum She still speaks to you more to look after the power of godlinesse and to faith and profession joyn sincere obedience we use to say that Philosophy seeks †Philosophia quaerit Theologia invenit religio possider divinity finds but the power of godlinesse possesseth the sweet and comfort of true happinesse though she could not to use Junius his distinction placare Deum pacifie God that is Christ's worke alone yet did she placere Deo she had this testimony that she pleased God Heb. 11.5 She did what Luther directs servare mandata scilicet in Christo and that is sweet She obeyed God with fear and love Psal 2.11 she had obedientiam servi yet not servilem She had amorem mercedis an eye to the recompence of the reward yet not amorem mercenarium she served God as well with the heart and love as with the hand and life with the fear of a child
Hereticks who Sainted and honoured Cain because he prevailed against Abel so as to kill him and therefore they judged that God liked him they alwayes liked the strongest side but take Christs side stand with the Lamb according to Scripture-rule he is stronger †Nazian observes that Christ is in Scripture compared to the weakest things as a worm water Lamb c. and the devil to the strongest as Lion Dragon c. yet still Christ is stronger and overcomes then the strong man Luke 11.21 22. he goes Conquering and to Conquer both in us and for us is the best comfort in the best times and the onely comfort in the worst and will alwayes prevaile at last And five things I beg for thee and me 1. That living and dying we may be found not in our own rags or old Adam but in a Christ Phil. 3.9 the Virgin Mary did not so much rejoyce in Christ her Son as Christ her Saviour In the holy of holyes all things were gold or covered with gold and if we be accepted dutyes or persons in life or death we must be covered with this Christ 2. That we may have interest in the second Covenant which allowes * The second Covenant containes both promises of grace and promises to grace pardon to penitents wherein God promiseth †Salmeron holds that after the Angels sinned God gave them some space to repent ere they were condemned but he hath scearce one other of his opinion Offer of pardon to such as repent is a priviledge of the second Covenant made not with Angels but Men. to work in us what he requires of us accepts of sincerity c. things which the first Covenant knew not Jer. 31.33 2 Sam 23.5 and that not onely quoad jus faederis but quoad faederis beneficia an interest both in the Covenant of grace and in the grace of the Covenant 3. That the kingdome of God may come in us now Luke 17.20 21. while others are disputing about a temporall kingdome of Christ without us that so we may come into Gods Kingdome hereafter 4. that God who onely can teach to profit Isa 48.17 would teach us to profit both by his word and rod his ordinances and providences 5. That God would guide us by his counsel and after receive us into glory Psal 73.24 Paul may plant Apollos water and now the great God give the increase Farewell Thine J. S. Charter House Decemb. 30. 1657. Mors tua mors Christi fraus mundi gloria coeli Et dolor inferni sunt meditanda tibi Birk A Saint Dear Mother and a pretious wife Doth now possesse an everlasting life In Christ she joyed and for sin repented She liv'd beloved and she dy'd lamented She was the gift of God as was her †Dorothy 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the gift of God name And God that gave the gift cal'd for the same Her other name shew'd all things here are vain But where 's perfection now she doth remaine Twice born twice married three lives she hath seen With her first Husband Christ she raigns as Queen Besides the life of nature grace and glory Let her still live in this our mournful Story J. S. The Blessed Soul's ECCHO Dear heart let 's talke again tell me below Some little of those great things now you know Souls Answer Till we meet here I cannot speak my fill Yet aske I 'le Eccho something to you still What is it now Dear soul that you enjoy Souls Eccho Joy Is your joy small or is it plentifull Ecc. Full. What is that State whereof you now so glory Ecc. Glory Is that your glory short or everlasting Ecc. Lasting Who is it now Dear soul that thus doth ease you Ecc. Jesu Doth he embrace you in his armes of blisse Ecc. Yes Would you be here again or else above Ecc. Above Where shall we meet and talke anon in th' even Ecc. in Heaven Tell me I pray can you now sin or no Ecc. No. You are so changed now how shall I know you Ecc. I know you Which is our way to you as you believe Ecc. Believe Will not Profession serve and curious notion Ecc. Motion Will not disputings serve and pious talking Ecc. Walking How would you have us live below Dear love Ecc. in Love What Rule would you to us on Earth Commend Ecc. Amend This joy full glory lasting blisse above Sweet Jesu grant me for t is thee I love That I sin not but thine in Heaven may know As Adam knew his Eve when first her saw Grant me this faith to Move Walk Love Amend That I may live with thee world without end A thousand times farewell dear heart Till we shall meet and never part Oh may we shortly meet again To praise our God Amen Eccho Amen I. S. CHristian and Ingenuous Reader for such I desire thee to be who vouchsafest to read this 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I cannot I shall not call hee a fault-finder though thou findest many faults both in the Authour and Printer hereof but as for the blessed Saint enshrined under this Tomb-stone some that have long known her yet no way related to or interessed in her have often said and still do that they never knew any other with whom they were acquainted but they have heard one or other good or bad to speake or report some evil of them but they never heard any either good or bad no not the worst ever say any evil of or against this now glorified Saint though she daily found and sadly complained of manifold infirmities in her self I say infirmities for she did not wickedly depart from God 2 Sam. 21.22 nor from his Statutes vers 23. but kept her self from her iniquity verse 24. and was clean in Gods sight verse 25. But oh could the walls and severall Roomes about the Charter-house could the walks in her garden and most especially her garden-house speak they would tell her sighs and sobs her tears and wrestlings and what sweet talk she had with her beloved frequently besides her more constant standing duties her beloved took her in the fields c. Cant. 7.11 12. She was of Epictetus his mind 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 si vis esse bonus primò crede quòd es malus Her lowly meek and upright spirit her humble and inoffensive conversation with her sincere and ready endeavour to do any good to whomsoever she was able did much encrease that love and esteem that respect and good name which she had from all sorts and therefore the sadder is my and our losse †Though I endeavor to follow Epictetus his rule 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. i. e. Never say that thou hast lost a friend wise childe c. but only restored them to him of whom thou didst receive them c. Alstedius tells of some that thought this world would end in the year 1657. because the numeral Letters of that Chronogram MVnDI Con-Lagratlo make up that
cannot separate them from God Rom. 8.38 but perfect them Luk. 13.32 it brings them to a better house 2 Cor. 5.12 to a Mansion-house Joh. 14.12 for indeed here are no Mansion-houses Heb. 13 14. though some are so called to a better Countrey Heb. 11.15 16. In this low-Countrey we are strangers the world knowes us not 1 John 3.1.2 David was so in his own house and kingdom and therefore must not wonder at strange usage here Psal 39.12 David saith not that he was a stranger to God but a stranger with God that is as some expound it God and he were both strangers here but death will bring them to their own the high Countrey for a godly man to die is but as Bernard calls it repatriâsse †Ubi pater ibi patria to go home again to his own Countrey where or from whence he was born as he is godly viz. new-born death brings him to a better Inheritance of which Peter mentions 5. excellent properties 1 Pet. 1.4 it s kept for him and he for it v. 4.5 death brings them to their resting-place Heb. 4.9 Rev. 14.13 where is their Father Husband Brethren Friends c. to their reaping-place Gal. 6.9 yea to their Crown justly gotten a Crown of righteousness 2 Tim. 4.8 and everlasting a Crown of life Jam. 1.12 Rev. 2.10 and full of honour a Crown of glory 1 Pet. 5.4 These earthly Crowns have two great wants want satisfaction and perpetuity they are both unsatisfying at present and uncertain for the future here all is not only vanity but vexation every Crown of gold ilned with a Crown of thorns which made a great man once say of his Crown O Crown (c) Lam. 4 5. more noble then happy and here we read of many heads that have been weary of Crowns and Crowns weary of Heads In this Nation how hath the Crown walked even since Christs birth from Britains to Saxons Danes Normans Plantagenets Tudors Stuarts c. William the Conqueror was crowned three times every year in three several places namely Glocester Winchester and Westminster yet soon did his Crown fade and he as great Alexander before him when dead could scarce get a grave for some time we read in Scripture of a City for strength called infinite namely No or Alexandria in Egypt Nahum 3.9 and of an (d) Constantius so Rome was called aeterna yet is falling and Roma mira perenis erit c. Emperor in story that would needs be styled his eternity ordinary Titles would not content him yet the first was soon ruined vers 10. and the last but short-lived only 40. years but death brings us to a satisfactory Crown where no want Rev. 7.16 17 21.4 nor any more death but shall be as the Angels Luk. 20.36 and everlasting Hujusmodi comparandae sunt opes quae cum naufragio simul enatent said good Lewes of Bavyer Look well to such Crowns as will last to eternity House and Lands are moveables as well as Goods if not from the Center yet from the owner godly may live poorly but they die rich but however a wicked man lives rich yet he dies poor to him death is properly the King of terrors †As Aristotle called it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Job 18.14 Which made a great man in this Nation when he was assured by his Physitians that he must die to cry out I would said he I might live though but the life of a Toad for better that then Hell And it made Cardinal Wolsey when he died at Leicester to say If I had served my God as I have served my King God would not now have left me but now I am forsaken both of God and man Drexellius tells us of a young man of very bad life who was very fearful of being in the dark who after falling sick and could not sleep cryed out Oh if this darkness be so terrible what is eternal darkness Such are men without hope as Homer saith of Achilles that he wished rather to be a servant to any poor Countrey Clown then to be a King to all the souls departed because he had no hopes of a better life It s a sad case when at once the body stinks the soul burns and the name rots Prov. 10.7 yet to the godly death is no losse they part with nothing but sin and vanity but great gain others may gain while living but these gain by dying it brings them to perfection of grace and glory to see Christ and therefore to be like him 1 Joh. 3.12 not through a Glasse but clearly 1 Cor. 13.12 face to face to enjoy him whom our soul loveth to be ever with the Lord 1 Thes 4.17 Only our duty is while we live to be making our Title sure that which is sure in it self should be made sure to us 2 Pet. 1.10 this ornamental grace is so necessary to our well-being that without it we can neither live nor die comfortably therefore a good man when he was asked why he constantly prayed six times a day and lived so strictly he only answered I must die I must die King Henry the 7th of England pretended a sixfold Title to the Crown by Conquest Military Election of Souldiers in the Fields near Bosworth by Parliament by Birth Donation and Marriage but sure I am a Child of God hath a farre better Title to the Kingdom of Heaven by Christs purchase by new birth by Marriage with Christ the Son and Heir by Gods free promise c. yea here they have eternal life already Joh. 3.36 5.24 Ephes 2.6 in our Head in the promise the earnest seal bud c. They are in Christ now therefore though they may have a crosse yet no curse correction yet no condemnation a Fathers rod yet not an enemies wroth how sweetly may such as these go to the grave which the Jewes call Beth Chajim the House of the living Job 30.23 and not only use Chaucers Motto mors mihi aerumnarum requies or as he whom some call St. Francis who when Physitians assured him that death drew nigh said benĕ veniat soror mea mors welcom Sister Death but as old Alderman Jordan used to say that Death would be the best friend that he had in the world he would willingly go forth to meet it or rather say with holy Paul Oh Death where is thy sting c. triumphing over it 1 Cor. 15.55 For as Austin said of Elect men that by Christs death they are non solum instaurati sed meliorati so by their own death they are brought to a sarre better condition then here they had but quorsum haec All this is but to usher in and give you an example and instance hereof in the boly life and happy death of that pretious servant of the Lord still Gods Servant Josh 1.2 still Christs friend Joh. 11.11 though she sleep Mrs. Dorothy Shaw late the dearly beloved Wife of Mr. John Shaw Preacher of the
Gospel in Kingston upon Hull who died in the Charter-house near Hull on Thursday Decemb. the 10th 1657. Concerning whom observe these among very many other few gleanings remarkable in her life and death and learn especially her Husband and Children these few Lessons after her death She was born in the Parish of Brampton in the County of Derby two miles from Chesterfield the Daughter of Mr. George Heathcot and Dorothy his Wife of Cutthorp-Hall persons of very good note both for the things of Heaven and Earth both for needful spirituals and useful temporals She was the eldest of eight Children four Sons and four Daughters whereof three only now remain alive namely two Daughters married in Hull and one Son late an Officer in the Army †Ninis serò te amavi domine said Austin Gods adverb is manè early the Devils verb is Manè tarry and now in Ireland She began to look after Heaven and godliness betimes * she first sought Gods Kingdom and gave her first fruits to God which her Father joyfully observing would usually call her forth to read Chapters and good Sermon-books at evenings to the Family and question her about the Sermons that they and she had heard and other points of Religion wherein she would alwayes give a very profitable account and was a great help and good example to all the Family when she was but young shewas much unsatisfied with one called a reading Minister in Brampton Parish therefore shewent usually every Lords day to Chesterfield which was two long miles to hear a faithful Preacher and instead of her dinner went to a private house where many godly persons used to meet where the Sermon was repeated and other duties performed and so again to the publick Ordinance in the afternoon and so home at night and all this very joyfully and chearfully till they got a faithful and powerful Preacher oft times to help them at Brampton whom she was very instrumental though young to procure thither and after her Fathers death contributed towards his maintenance out of her portion to and beyond her abilities and besides that she did with much hungring affection frequent the word on the week dayes as she had any opportunity and sure if David so prized the Word above thousands of Gold and Silver that he oft calls it his delights in the plural number Psal 119.29.92 14. when there was but a little of it written neither the new Testament nor a great part of the old no wonder if now in the dayes of the Gospel she hungred for the word above her necessary food who might say with Austin Sacrae scripturae tuae sunt sanctae delitiae meae Lord thy holy Scriptures are my holy delights But pass we these and come we to the times since I better knew her in which time I have others might clearly observed these particulars 1. Psal 32.2 She was not without guilt yet without guile there were none but the two Adams in whom 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 yet there are some in whom 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 John 1.47 She did not uti deo ut frueretur mundo with Jehu and Judas Amongst all the Saints that yet I had the happiness to be acquainted with I never knew any more eminent in that bottom and top grace of a Christian namely sincerity plainness and uprightness in all her wayes towards God and man the weakest Saint is sincere and the tallest Saint is but sincere Sincerity is the honour of a godly man in his life Job 1.1 and his great comfort at his death Isa 38.3 And for this grace all that knew her did honour and admire her she looked as much at Gods glory and as little a squint as any I knew The Hebrew word that signifies blessedness comes of a root that signifies to go right forward having oculum ad metam an eye to the mark sure upon this account this Saint was blessed They say that in the Low-Countries half of the cost and pains in building their Houses is in the foundation under ground unseen sure she was much for the foundation unseen-work to mens eyes Mat. 6. a plain Jacob a sincere Nathaniel much in inside heart-work which was much in this age where so many are for talk notions shewes many like Antigonus doson that promised much but in deeds performed nothing and though they are unwilling to have head and body severed by the Axe yet are willing to have heart and body severed by hypocrisie Mr. Firth of Mansfield she was as it was expressed by him e that excellently preached at her Funeral a doing Saint in saying-times and so afraid to be too high for others that she was rather sometimes too low for her self and surely persons are better judged by their doings then their sayings Mat. 7.21 Prov. 20.11 How many in these dayes have the Rickets their heads swell with notions talk strange phrases speak of high attainments but all their life withers audi nemo melius specta nemo pejus She could never like of womens †She was of the Apostles mind 1 Cor. 14.34 35. 1 Tim. 2.11 12 13 14. preaching and yet her life was a continual Sermon Exemplis sanè quae docet illa docet God loves curristas magis quà m quaeristas saith Luther walkers better then talkers motion more then notion 2. When ever she heard of the Church of Christ or any that stood up for Religion truth and godliness in our Nation or abroad to be in trouble or danger she did constantly spend much time in her Closet in prayer and her eyes were constantly so bleared with weeping that they told that which she would fain have concealed from men Rivers of waters ran down her eyes Psal 119.136 She was one that sighed and mourned in Jerusalem Ezek. 9.4 When any Diurnals weekly were brought to the house she would say let me hear so far as concerns the Church and Cause of God for other things I let them passe she was no Athenian like them Act. 17. but with Nehemiah enquired much how it went with Jerusalem and the Church Nehem. 1.2 3. Her Husband cannot remember that in all these 25 years for so long just to a day she was married to him she did ever do any thing that she thought might offend †That could not be said of her which a Doctor saith of some Women liberum arbitrium pro quo tantopere contenditur viri amiserunt uxores arripuerunt him yea but whatever she thought might be his just desire she would be sure that that was done and if she at any time saw him displeased she would meekly hold her peace till she saw a fit opportunity to give him all just satisfaction She was farre from the Heathens mind that said Non amo quemquam nisi offendam 4. The zeal of Gods house and love to his publick Ordinance did even consume * Non amat qui non zalot her she would neglect no
2.12 13. Nor did she think that this assurance would make any one more secure and carelesse how they lived but more holy 1 Iohn 3.3 more to purifie themselves the more hope they have and though she had not alwayes been without her doubts and fears our Lord Jesus who had alwayes the grace of union and of unction yet had not alwayes the grace of vision yet she still recovered her comforts again and could and did dye with much assurance and joy and free from that trouble of Roger Bishop of Salisbury in King Stephens dayes who was so troubled that he could not live and durst not die c. But oh in the gleaning of these few how many handfulls have I lost that might most profitably have been observed in her life and in these few how far doth the picture come short of the life of her glistering graces so that when I run over what I most hastily and passionately currente calamo have write I am ashamed of my self and may sadly say in regard of my own defects herein Cum relego scripsisse pudet quia plurima desunt Plurima sunt quae me judice digna lini But now she is gone to sleep having put off her Cloths not her life as we do when we go to bed she still lives nay never lived so well as now vita Christi nostram instruxit mors Christi nostram destruxit Bern and I hope I may say as that learned Lord du Plessis did concerning his wife when she was dead that she had been an aid to him in living well and should be so hereafter in dying well her death shall make me more consider I hope the vanity of this life and say with the Poet Oh! What is man A Scuttlefull of dust Quarles a measured Span Mans breath 's a bubble and his dayes a Span T is glorious misery to be born a man The first piece of houshould-stuffe that Zeleucus brought into Babylon was a Tomb-stone and 't is the last that I have brought into Hull the Tomb-stone of a dear Saint of whom I with hundreds more may say what Uylsses sometimes did of Achilles Si mea cum vestris valuissent vota c. if our prayers and teares could have prevented she had not died but herein is our comfort that her soul is happy and her body shall ere long be like to Christs glorious body Phil. 3.21 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for quality not quantity as Theodoret speaks When she could not longer live yet she could sweetly and happily dye and might say with the Poet certè coelum patet ibimus illâc and though much work be yet undone yet her work is done though she was not very long yet she did much in a little time and wrought hard for God while she had time Christ dyed about the 33d year of his age younger then she and though much work was then to do yet he said I have finished that work that thou gavest me to do John 17.4 so Paul 2 Tim. 4.7 And now she is gone to her rest Rev. 14.13 Isa 57.1 2. She sweetly slept in the Lord on Thursday Decemb. 10. being that day just 25. years from her marriage in Yorke and was carried to the place appointed for all living Iob 30.23 December 12. 1657. where she lyes interred in the middle alley of Trinity Church in Hull Papists take it for a great wonder that Stapleton their great controversall Divine was born on the same day whereon their Sir Thomas More dyed and why may not we take notice that this Saint dyed neer Hull the same day 25. years that she was married in York And that by a quite unexpected providence her Daughter Dorothy was married the †On Decemb. 10. 1657. The Sun shone very bright but that night the Moon was sore Ecclipsed and so it proved to be with us same day whereon but before her Mother dyed surely these Wheels are full of eyes the Martyrs used to call their dying day their wedding day and invite their Friends that day to their wedding so this Saint was betrothed to Christ here Hos 2.19.20 but married to him at death And others observe that the same day whereon Pelagius was born in Brittain Augustine was born in Africa as Remarkable God set a death's heads at our feast as the Egyptians used her blessed marriage day Mr. Firth of Mansfield by a speciall providence lying then in Mr. Shaws house when she dyed preached an excellent Sermon at her Funerall at which there was the greatest assembly of people that any remember that they have seen in Hull at a Funerall for many years as sometimes to Hezekiah all Israel did her honour at her buriall 2 Chron. 32.33 His Text was John 20.17 whence he observed that Covenant relations are soul quieting and heart comforting relations will comfort men against the departure of dearest Friends which Sermon I wish that he would recollect and publish for the good of many The last Sermon that ever she heard on Earth was preached by her Husband on that text Isa 56.5 being on the Lords day in the afternoon Decomb 6. holding out comfort to Godly persons that wanted some worldly priviledges as Sons and Daughters to comfort them here and bear up their names when they are dead yet God would give them far better priviledges then these which would abundantly supply all other wants even an everlasting name which now she hath got in heaven and though she hath not left any Children but only daughters on Earth and we know that the word in Hebrew that signifies a male * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 comes of a root that signifies to remember and the word that signifies †〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 women comes of a root that signifies to forget because males keep up the name of the family which females cause to be forgotten yet hath she left a sweet name †She was not filia terrae Jer. 13.13 nor desired a name among the great men upon Earth 1 Chron. 17.8 but looked after a name in Heaven Luke 10.20 in the book of life Phil. 4.3 savour on Earth which will make her family to be remembred for whom she had sent up formerly many servent prayers to heaven and they shall find it All her troubles and enemies and dangers by Land and Sea could not cut her off till her work was done Rev. 11.7 and her hour come Iohn 7.30 8 19 20. God kept her to a day but her soul being joyfull embraced in the armes of her best and lasting Husband and her body laid down in her bed of rest to sleep till the better Resurrection of the just Let us for a while draw the curtains quietly about her and see what good we may get to our selves by this sharpe affliction for the good and wise God would never have suffered any evil either of sin or forrow to be in the world but that he knew how to bring
for sin * The Scholemen say that sorrow for sin ought to exceed all sorrows 1. in Conatu 2. in Extensione 3. in appretiatione 4. in intensione He grieves with a witnesse that grieves without a witnesse for his sin which was forbidden for affliction compare Isa 22.12 with Levit. 19.27 28 21 5. Deut. 14.1 they might not make themselves bald in their sorrow for the dead but in their sorrow for sin God called to it She is now above our tears so also is she above our praises yet Solomon highly commends a virtuous woman which thing the holy Ghost registers Prov. 31.10 c. and the Septuagint as I hinted renders Prov. 10.7 thus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 memoria justorum cum encomiis and so the vulgar cum landibus the memory of the just shall be with praises Bernardus Bauhusins made a book in praise of the Virgin Mary a large book yet all of it but one verse he calls his book unius libri versus unius versûs liber only he changed this verse 1022. wayes according as he thought to the number of the Starrs the verse was this Tot tibi sunt dotes virgo quot sidera coelo How do our Chronicles commend the wise of Archbishop Parker as a great example of humility chastity fidelity c. as also Magdalen the wife of Dr. Paraens for that after she was maried and 40. years of age out of love to the Scriptures she learned to read and took such delight in the word that she got much of it by heart and many other virtuous women are much commended for our imitation I am far from comparing this deceased servant with the first yet I think she was not exceeded by the last or if so yet as Josiah exceeded Hezekiah in some things but was exceeded by him in others so if in any thing they exceeded her probably in other things she out-stript them why may I not therefore commend her example to you and to others But my pen is full of sorrow and drops apace Let us come to such lessons as we may to our profit learn by this example and sad providence 1. Learn we to be more weaned from this vain world which is both uncertain and uncertainty it self 1 Tim. 6.17 not onely unsatisfying but vexeth with thornes and hinders satisfaction 1 Tim. 6.10 not onely unsanctifying but hinders oftentimes sanctification Math. 13.22 Let this sharp affliction teach us for afflictions are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gods free Schoolmasters Psal 94.12 schola crucis schola lucis let it I say teach us more to consider the emptinesse and vanity of all these †Divitiae terrenae sunt paupertat is plenae things below if life it self be so uncertain and short what are all these things that depend upon it Eccles 1. 12. as holy Clavger said Omnia praetereunt praeter amaere Deum Let us not so plot for this world as if it would never end and so little regard the next world as if it would never begin as if we were pilgrims and strangers in the next world and onely at home here That will in some measure be true of us which was said of our King Henry the 2d Cui satis ad votum non esseut omnia terroe Climata terra modo sufficit octo pedum He whom alive the world could scarse suffice Psal 62.9 146 4. 131 2. When dead in eight-foot earth contened lyes Though the South wind be hot and dry and the North wind cold and moist yet every wind blowes good and profit to those who can gain by losses and by death and therefore let it blow Cant. 4.16 2. Be we humbled that we got no more good by her alive by her heavenly discourse and example Plato Xenophon thought it fit and profitable that mens speeches at meals should be written as Luthers Colloquia mensalia his table talk is printed had we well observed this what good might we have got Let us yet gather up some crums such as we can remember better late thrive than never 3. Let me who have now so many obligations from God and your Mother upon me charge you as holy Mr. Bolton on his death-bed did his 5. Children that you do not dare to appear before God and her at the great day in an unregenerate estate 4. Redeem we our time be carefull how we spend every day which may be our last When that good old man was invited to a feast on the morrow he answered Ego à multis annis crastinum non habui It 's long since I had a morrow said he If a Heathen Emperour would bewaile any day which he had spent and could not remember some good that he had done saying Diem perdidi †Nulla dies sine lineâ oh how much more we Christians if heathen Seneca could say Non multum temporis habemus sed multum perdimus we rather wast time then want it hoc animo tibi hane epistolam scribo tanquam cum maximè scribentem mors evocatura sit let us redeem our time from sin and vanity for God and piery When I have sometimes said to her that now triumphs we are as sure to part and dye as if it was just now in doing and others were at this hour carrying us to our graves how would she have been affected and stirred up therefore to improve her time for heaven while she had it 5. Let us have a care so to live as we need not fear death Bernard saith that he heard his Brother Gerard when just in dying rejoyce and triumphing say Jam mors mihi non stimulus sed jubilus or to use holy Mr. Steph. Marshalls Phrase so to believe in Christ rather as not to be afraid of death knowing that death ends a godly mans death and not his life get we our oyle ready in our vessells that when the bridegroome calls he may find us ready having nothing to do but to dye 6. Lay we our hands on out mouths hold our peace submit we to Gods will which we have prayed may be done on earth let us not think to call God to account for any of his works before our tribunall who must shortly call us to account let not our weaknesse and folly dispute with Gods infinite wisdome and say to that great King Why doest thou thus but rather say Good is the word and work of the Lord I said nothing because thou didst it Psal 39.9 The Lord gave and the Lord rook away and Blessed be the name of the Lord as well for taking away as for giving Iob 1.21 Say we There is infinite wisdome goodnesse mercy faithfulnesse in this stroke therefore seeing its Gods will let it be our will for had that great Physitian that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that Iehova Rophe Mal. 4.2 been so pleased she had not now dyed Remember that saying of Luther to Melancthon Monendus est Philippus ut desinat esse
down in any State that may consist with reprobation and damnation love the power of godlinesse 13. Seeing we have parted though to her advantage with such a helper adviser c. learn we to run more to God to fly to Christ for Counsell and support daily and lean lesse to Creature Comforts which Luther calls consolatiunculae Creaturulae Christ said the dying Martyr in his Letter to his sad wife will rock the cradle wash the dishes do all for thee that thou wantest if we thus run to him here we may sweetly resigne up our selves to him hereaster and say with Wigandus Do sordes morti caetera Christe tibi Hos 6.1 Be sure to make God your friend other friends we see will leave us and whosoever hath him a friend in Heaven shall not want friends on Earth as namely his own conscience within godly men so far as regenerate yea ungodly men so far as good Prov. 16.7 As Cyrus Darius Ez. 6. c. 14. Learn we to be willing to be at Gods disposing in what condition he sees fit we are worst when we are at our own disposing and best when at Gods trust God who hath been with us in the six troubles that he will be with us in the seventh yea through the fire and water Isa 43.2 It s good Scripture Logick for a Saint to argue thus God hath done thus for us therefore do for us still O Lord thus Psal 85.1 2 3 4. in the 3 first verses are six Hasts thou hast thou hast c. and all to usher in the fourth verse therefore do for us still Numb 14.19 thou hast pardoned therefore do pardon 1 Sam. 17.37 2 Cor. 1.10 15. It drawes towards evening let us be packing up pack up all our Comforts in God and then we shall never lose them Ipse unus saith Austin erit tibi omnia quia in ipso uno beno insunt bona omnia quiet not our selves in any riches on this side infinite nor in any gold on this side Eliphaz his gold God himself Iob 22.25 nor in any thing that may consist with hell Plutarch tells of a great Gentlewoman of Ionia that shewed to the wife of Phocion all her rich treasure pearls and jewels which she had Phocions wife again shewed to her her Husband saying all my riches and jewels are in my Husband so should we say of God Habet omnia qui haber habentem onania Psal 73.25 and with Bernard ipse deus sufficit ad praemium When the States of Venice shewed to the Spanish Embassadour the rich treasury of St. Mark as they call it in Venice which is so cryed up through the world the Embassadour groped underneath to see if it had any bottome and being asked why he answered my Master the King of Spain his treasure differs from yours for his hath no bottome meaning the Indies We may soon find a bottome and a vanity in all earthly but not in God not in Heavenly treasures which are unsearchable Eph. 3.8 The mother of Iohn Galear Duke of Millain when her husband was dead caused a Coyn to be stamped with this Motto Sola facta solum deum sequor while her husband lived he too much doted and trusted on him as perhaps she did 1 Tim 5.5 but now found that she got good by that which she thought would have been her ruine it made her more pack up all her Comforts in God 16. Take heed in these seducing times that you be not drawn aside from the faith which you have been taught Col. 2.7 hold fast the form of sound words 2 Pet. 3.17 2 Tim 1.13 Many much delight in new and strange words and love 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 affect new and uncouth expressions which Austin of old and Luther since observed are very prejudiciall to the truth and usually when men Coyne now Pharses they are about to forge some new Doctrines Did we more mourn aright for our sins we should prevaile for the removing this unclean spirit of error out of our Land compare Zach. 12.12 13 14 with 23 2. non parum interest ad Christianam venitatem quibus verbis utamur saith Austin quia ex mutatâ temerè phrasi secuta esi dogmatum mutatio Satan that old Serpent is subtill and hat hhis Methods depths devices and hath his factors lying in every corner with their 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 plausible words and fair speeches fine phrases Rom. 16.18 such as have their 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Eph. 4.14 their coggings sleights toylsome craft and Methods all to deceive take heed of itching eares 2 Tim. 4.3 4. hearken to whole some words and doctrine that is according to godlinesse 1 Tim. 6.3 you know how sound how established and careful she was this way whom no thing would divert but like that devout pilgrime travelling to Ierusalem and by the way visiting many Stately Cities Townes Buildings c. and meeting with many friendly entertainments yet would still say I must not stay here this is not Ierusalem and so do you and I. 17. Prepare we for our own death that we may not be dismayed and troubled thereat which is approaching and inevitable God hath given us fair warnings to prepare for death both by this breach in our own family by the great mortality in these dayes in the Country and Nation about us yea death is in our own backs and bones When Christ was transfigured on the mountain Moses and Elia long since departed hence talked with him would you know what discourse they there had the text tells us it was about death Luke 9.30 31. well may we then often seriously meditate of it and yet how backward are we herein Deut. 32.29 Lament 1.9 How prone to forget our latter end like men in two boates on a river they in the one boate see the other as they think go swiftly but their own boate seems to stand still or move but slowly so we see others dying and decaying yet are we prone to think that we may still live long but alas Omnia sunt hominum tenui pendentia filo Et subito casu quae valuêre ruunt Now to enccu age us against the time that death come and seize on us Consider of these 7 meditations 1. that Jesus Christ hath gone through the grave and sweetened it taken away all curse from it and made it a sweet bed to sleep in for a time Isa 57.1 2. The Welch men were never use to flye till their Generall or Leader flye shall we be afraid to follow such a Leader who will be with us though we go through the valley of the shadow of death 2. As Christ hath sanctified the grave so he hath provided mansions and resting places for his in glory and is gone before to welcome us to glory as he came for us from Heaven to Earth
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