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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

Son remember saith Abraham to Dives that thou receiv●●st thy good things in thy life-time and Lazarus evil things but now thou art tormented and he is comforted Luke 16.25 Look in short as to this use what Difference there is betwixt Bliss and Misery betwixt Heaven and Hell betwixt being Eternally Blessed in the one and Eternally Miserable in the other that Difference there will be betwixt the Wicked and the Righteous in the other Life For the wicked shall go away into everlasting punishment and the righteous into life eternal as our Saviour assureth us Mat. 25.46 Great therefore will be the Difference betwixt them 3. Are the dead that die in the Lord so blessed then who would not with Balaam die the Death of the Righteous Yea Who would not live their Life that they might die their Death Who would not live to Christ now that they might die in Christ hereafter Bear his Cross in this World that they might wear his Crown in the other Suffer him by his Spirit and Grace to reign in their Hearts and Lives here that they might reign with him in Glory for ever hereafter Methinks if there were nothing else in a Godly Life but the great Happiness which you have heard will attend those that live it after their Death though there is much very much besides Yet I say if there were nothing else but this every one that hath but the Face of a Man the least Spark of humane Reason left in him should be in Love with it should heartily and solemnly devote himself to it and that presently too without any further delays or put-offs as not knowing how suddenly Death may arrest us nor how soon it may be our turn to die and we can never die in the Lord and so be happy after Death unless we first live in him and to his Glory Look saith Cornelius A Lapide upon my Text as he can't be said to die at Rome that never lived at Rome so he can't be said to die in the Lord that never lived in or to the Lord and therefore if thou designest or desirest to die in the Lord and so to be happy after Death as thou must do if thou beest but still a Man and wilt give thy self leave to consider I say if thou designest or desirest this be persuaded immediately without any further delays to become a good Man to devote thy self heartily to the Service of Christ and to live to his Honour and Praise 4. Are the dead that die in the Lord so Blessed Do they thenceforth rest from their Labours And will their Works follow them Then this may be for Comfort to all good Men. And that 1. Under and against all their present Trials and Troubles their present labours and sufferings death will e're long come and when it comes it will put a period to them all You shall rest shortly from all your labours and sorrows and your works i. e. the reward of your good works will follow You have but a step or two more to take A stile or two more 〈…〉 as the Martyr said and you will be in Heaven at y●ur 〈◊〉 ●r●sently and therefore you have great reason to bear 〈…〉 our present labours and troubles with great patience and ●●● er●ulness For how great and how sharp soever they may be ●ey will be but short The longest life we live here you know is but short Man that is born of a w●man is but 〈◊〉 fe● d●ys as Job tells us Job 14.1 And few a●d e●●l have bee● the d●ys of the pilgrimage of my life said Jacob Gen. 47.9 though he had lived then many more days than any liv● now 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Life f Man is but a po●●t saith P●●●arch yea 〈◊〉 ●ctu● est quod vivimus adhuc puncto minus saith Se●●●● ●●s l●ss than a p●i●t if any thing can be so at least in respect of that Eternity which is to ensue Our labours and troubles therefore will not cannot last long for this l●●e will not last long and 't is only whiles we live here that we shall be exposed to them Death will set us at rest free us for ever from them and besides all those troubles of ours if we be good men which are but thus for a moment as the Apostle phrazeth it 2 Cor. 4.16 For no more in deed if compared with Eternity will not only in the end work together in the general for our good according to that of the Apostle Rom. 8.28 We know that all things shall work together for good to them that love God But if born aright by us they will work for us as he tells us 2 Cor. 4.17 read 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 where the Apostle makes use of such Rhetorick as is scarce to be parallell'd as is scarce to be met with in any human Authors an Hyperbole upon Hyperbole an exceeding an exceeding eternal weight of Glory whiles we look not saith he at the things which are seen but at the things which are not seen for the things which are seen are temporal and so be sure will the good mans troubles only be but the things which are not seen are eternal So will his reward be if he bears them as he ought to do ver 18. For we know saith he in the first Verse of the following Chapter that if our earthly House of this Tabernacle were dissolved as it will be when death comes and that will come as you have heard shortly we have a building of God an House not made with hands eternal in the Heavens And this amongst other Considerations supported them and kept them from fainting as well it might under all their troubles and afflictions as he tells us 2 Cor. 4.16 But then 2. This may comfort good men too as against all the troubles of this life so against the fears of death Why should you be afraid of that which will make you happy which will bring you to your rest and to the end of all your labours and sorrows as you have heard your dying will do 'T is true indeed I grant that death to nature is terrible and to wicked men to such as are still in their natural condition it is as the Philosopher stiles it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the terriblest of terribles even the king of terrors as Job terms it Job 18.14 that which will bereave them of all their good things and expose them to all evil the very porta Gehenna as one stiles it that which ushers in into Hell The Devils surly Sergeant as another calls death with reference to the wicked sent forth on purpose to drag them thither Hell followeth immediately as we read Revel 16.8 the pale Horse on which death rides with reference to wicked men and therefore such have reason great reason to fear it But to good men it is the introitus Regni their entrance into the Kingdom of Heaven an out-let to all their misery an in-let to all bliss the