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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28334	Bravch's work finished a sermon preached at the funeral of that painful labourer in the Lords vineyard, Mr. James Sharp, and now published at the earnest request of his friends / by Nicholas Blake ...	Blake, Nicholas, Preacher of the Gospel.	1681 (1681)	Wing B3135; ESTC R12944	19,062	36

things but the things one of another and let all of you pray the Master builder to send you such a blessed repairer as may make you find that he hath turn'd your loss into gain and given you a meat-offering and a drink-offering with a blessing 3. From this you may take a word of reproof such of you as would not be wrought upon would not be repaired by this Repairer such as weakned his hands in his work such as built against him who were ready to ruine what he repair'd or who at last might be eminently instrumental in taking him off from his work As for particular circumstances I leave to mens own Consciences but such would do well to consider that it 's no small thing to bring a Ministers and a blessed Ministers Head to the Grave in sorrow that it 's yet more terrible if thou be one who ought to have been the staff of his old Age if one whose soul hath been dear to him as his own if one from whom honour was due by all the bonds of nature and Religion it 's yet more terrible if such in all this should justifie themselves and harden their heart against the Almighty May not such fear if they truly repent not that now when they cease to trouble they shall be troubled and lest God cut them off in the midst of their days I say not this for any other end but to awaken you and excite you to repentance Our Lord is gracious and full of compassion if you seek him he will be found of you he will be gracious at the voice of your cry If persons guilty will take hold of Gods strength that is his Mercy we shall for the loss of one have many Repairers And now one word more to his afflicted yoke fellow a copartner with him in all tryals Now I am left alone Pray you consider that you are not alone for the principal and chief Repairer is yet with you and who will never leave you nor forsake you Ah! the desire of my eyes is gone Bless God that he died desired and that in an acceptable time in much peace faint not in your sighing but rise to your work and the Lord will be with you remember that there is much of your work to do let not this astonish you so as to disable you from duty put in your claim lay hold on him for your Husband Shield and Judge leave your fatherless Children on him let him teach feed and keep them In a word be still knowing that he is God and hold your peace knowing not only that he hath done it but that he will be sanctified And make it your business to know for what he hath spared you and set about the doing of it earnestly till all be finished That I may close all with a word in general to the multitude I have been telling you of one repairer in my Text another in the Providence I have the best of all to tell you off at the Fathers right hand namely our Lord Jesus Christ who is and only is the repairer though he makes use of our hearts heads and hands and imploys them in doing what is his great repairing and restoring-work he it is that makes peace restores to favour and friendship with God he restores to life Now let me perswade you if there be any consolation in Christ Jesus by the life that you may have in him by all the promises made to you in him by the life and dying of our Lord Jesus by the terrors of God the torments of Hell the jaws of death and the comforts of eternal life let me perswade you to make choice of Christ as your blessed Repaires make use of him in repairing look to him for strength to perform for acceptance of what you do and for a blessing to make you every way blessed O let none of you dare to follow this Corps who will not have our Lord Jesus Christ to reign over you And to say no more seeing by what you have heard you cannot but see the riches of Grace which this glorious Repairer bestows upon his under-workmen his Labourers O! then do as they in Matt. 9.8 But when the multitude saw it they marvelled and glorified God which had given such power unto men Now you have heard what is in my Text what you have heard that you have seen many times Go hence admiring and adoring the bounty and goodness of such a one And by all be perswaded to do your work earnestly that of you it may be said as in my Text That he repaired earnestly his piece of the wall FINIS

this inferiour to that other Baruch Jer. 36.8 who was so active for God that the Princes said to Jeremiah that he was stirred up by Baruch against them Jer. 43.3 But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us c. And seeing we have hinted a little at this Baruch the son of Neriah Jeremiahs Scribe I shall guess a little at the common weakness of Eminent persons eminently imployed from what I find observed and recorded by the spirit of God concerning the forementioned Baruch and that upon occasion of the many various tryals that he did meet with in his part of the work As 1st We find he was distempered in his expression a usual weakness in repairers in all ages you know Moses in his restoring and repairing fell under this and spake unadvisedly David upon the account of his tryals spake unbelievingly Jonah passionately and Baruch Jer. 45.3 spake not like a valiant man either of God or his dispensations but frettingly and as one discouraged Wo is me now I am left alone Jeremiah is imprisoned and King and Court is against me 2dly We find he was distempered in his heart and affections with immoderate fear and perplexity like Jonah I do well to be angry even unto death when he thought too much of his own cross and cryed out as Lam. 1.12 Is there any sorrow like unto my sorrow looking on difficulties that were in his way as insuperable this made him faint in his sighing and remiss in his zeal and activity for God 3dly In that it reached his mind and did so vexand perplex him that he found no rest nor never would if God had not observed his distemper and sent him a Cure by the hand of Jeremiah even so Eminent Instruments imployed in repairing work notwithstanding all their Excellencies they may be much distempered in their minds so that for some time they can find no rest 4thly Such may be the distemper that it may reach their Prayer and put them upon seeking great things for themselves as Baruch was charged with this so others may be guilty of the same And that 1. As Baruch had a great desire to be excused from the publick noise of the Court and that for his own greater quiet and self-ease so other repairers may be guilty of the same weakness especially when they seek more of this for themselves than comes to their lot this was a branch of Baruchs seeking of great things to himself and may be also found in others not inferior unto him 2. As he so may other repairers seek too great things for themselves when they peremptorily seek to be faithful to God in the trust he hath put them in and yet to have the favour and countenance of great men who are no great friends to repairing-work it 's never good when Eminent Instruments seek to please both parties and cannot bear up against the frowns of great men 3. It is a weakness when persons imployed in repairing-workseek to be exempted from any cross or tentation that is common to men especially when they see better than themselves not excused from it Jeremiah was Imprisoned Baruch had no will to come under the like lot though he knew that suffering was the Masters lot and to desire to be freed from this was very inconsisent with the general calamities of the day wherein God threatned to pluck up that he had planted and to pull down that he had built up The Second thing to be taken into consideration is the Action what this Agent did wherein he was imployed the Text tells us in repairing his piece he had a particular piece of the work allotted for his share he had his appointed time wherein he was sent out to do it and suitable furniture which he spends in repairing which that you may know I shall consider the original word which is very Emphatick and seems to branch out his work in these Eight Particulars 1st In that he so repaired as one that was naturally concerned in the work it was easie and pleasant to him his rest and refuge was in his work Paul could not commend Timothy more by any thing than by this Phil. 2.20 For I have no man like minded who will naturally care for the things of your soul 2dly He not only repaired but did it affectionately he stirred up himself and others to the work he did what he could to raise his own spirit and to provoke others to the highest pitch of activity in and about so good a work The word fignifies to kindle or inflame he inflamed all he could reach and was still more and more rouzing up himself he stirred up his own gift and did what he could to provoke others to zeal and good works 3dly He so repaired as to re-edifie and re-build what had been formerly built but thrown down by the Foxes and Wild-Boars that came up upon his part of the Wall he built and re-built without wearying he did the same work over again and repaired upon occasion of breaches in his Wall 4thly He so repaired that he reformed and did mend what was amiss he was not only careful to repair breaches to prevent ruine but to remove deformities that would marr the Beauty of his piece of the Wall that so there might not only be a Sanctuary for strength and safety but an Ornament for Beauty and Majesty 5thly He so repaired as to strengthen he fortified his piece he made strong work as he himself was strong for labour so he in repairing his piece of the Wall not only made strong and firm work but did thereby strengthen all the rest of repairing-work done by others he did not build upon other mens ruins nor did he weaken their piece of the Wall to strengthen his own but in repairing his piece was singularly beneficial and strengthning to all the distinct parts of repairing works and to persons repairing 6thly The word implies that he was no Lingerer or Loiterer about his work he hastned his piece of the Wall Zeal to the house made him quicken his motions he knew his work he considered his wages and how pleasant quick dispatch was to the Master and how commendable wherever it is and therefore he made haste and delayed not to have his piece of the Wall repaired 7thly He was such a repairer as used and put forth a holy violence in repairing he bursted forth and this he did either against himself in case he fell heavy and dull at work by which means this work was not finished a grievous thing to him or else against others who either had left off the work or advanced slowly in it who were repairers but not so earnest as the work called for 8thly He repaired and continued his work till he had finished as zealously he began so zealously he did finish his piece his last works were as good as his first his strength was not abated in the way his fervency and diligence laid the last stone in