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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03795	The saints losse and lamentation A sermon preached at the funerall of the VVorshipfull Captaine Henry Waller, the worthy commander of the renowned martial band of the honourable city of London, exercising armes in the Artillery Garden. Octob. 31. 1631. By George Hughes Mr. of Arts, and preacher of Gods word in Alhallowes Breadstreet in London.	Hughes, George, 1603-1667.	1632 (1632)	STC 13913; ESTC S104275	22,663	58

O Ioash thou art a mourner at Elish●● death Vse 1. but who thinkst thou will lament at thine The righteous indeed fall and the City is mooved all cry after him and the streets ring with their lamentations but the wicked are cut off and all is still they are neither missed nor desired nor lamented We will not crosse he proverb yet may we limit it Eccl. 2.15 So dyeth the wise man even as the foole so dieth he indeed for the nature of his death his soule is separated from his body but not so for the manner issue and consequents of his death hee dyeth a wise man but this a foole he like a Saint expecting to rise againe gloriously but this as a beast which perisheth for ever he dieth and is lost as a pearl this and is never missed like carrion he is taken away and bitterly lamented but this is cut off and not so much as desired Will ye see how they use him when he is gone It was Iehoiakims case sonne to Iosiah king of Iudah a wicked wretch whom God thus cursed when he was dead Ier. 22.18 19 Non plangent eum vae ob fratrem meum vae ob sororem non plangent eum vae ob regem vae ob regnum eius Sicut proiiciunt cadaver asini sic proiicient cadaver eius lacerabitur proiicietur ultra portas Ierusalem Calv. paraph. They shall not lament for him saying Ah my brother or ah sister they shall not lament for him saying Ah Lord or ah his glory He shall he buried with the buriall of an asse drawne and cast forth beyond the gates of Ierusalem Reade here and see your doome ye generation of evil doers though ye be the sonnes of kings and children of Princes yet your iniquities make you stinke ye die and are dragged and tumbled out like carrion this is your sentence from heauen It is the curse of folly to be buried like an asse Secondly Vse 2. O Israel how art thou beholding to Elisha Thy child indeed yet thy father thy guide thy counsellour thy charet and thy horsemen thy sinewes thy very strength and safety and 〈◊〉 this why doest thou not love him oh how would I weepe over thee with Ierusalems lamentation O Israel Israel thou that keepest the oracles of God and callest thy selfe by the name of his Church why art thou weary of thy righteous Princes thy righteous Prophets thy righteous soldiers and righteous people thou seemest not to regard though they be persecuted killed and stoned oh that thou wouldst consider in this thy day the things which concerne thy peace before they bee taken from thine eyes thy peace thy safety thy strength is in thy righteous members doest thou so slight them while thou now inioyest them Woe is thee thou wilt be feeble when they are gone then shalt thou weepe bitterly and they will not be How is it that thou art become unnaturall thou forsakest thine owne and thou harbourest strange children can salvation be thy walls when unrighteousnes and oppression are among thy rulers profanenes among thy Prophets strange altars in thy temples and idolatry in thy habitatations Alas thy leannesse thy leannesse thou art become weake and feeble and thy destructions are now upon thee Were I worthy to counsell thee yet I may call to thy remembrance Gods counsell unto thee O that righteousnes might abide rule in thy habitations that thou wouldest ingrave it on thy Nobles on thy Iudges on thy Prophets on thy Captaines and on thy Souldiers that in thee might dwell only a people of righteousnes then shouldst thou be as the strong City which the Lord hath founded salvation should be thy wals the name of Iehovah thy tower thy rereward and thine everlasting strength thou shouldest be built as on a rocke that can never be shaken and be established as mount Sion Gods holy place which shall never be remooved Lastly is Elisha among the sicke Vse 3. and maimed and cripples and feeble what doest thou heere Elisha How commest thou thus tyred and weak and faint thou righteous soule thou strength of Israel hast thou bin dallying playing the wāton in the harlots lap are thy locks sho●● oh Sampson and hast thou betrayed thy strength into the hands of thine enemies Hast thou lost thy Captain thy Assistance thy weapons where is faith now where is that Almighty praier that openeth and shuts heaven that calleth for legions of Angels Alas thou hast sinned thy God is hidden from thee and thy confederates dare not come neere thee thou canst not hand before the enemy nor wind a weapon for thy defence thy strength is become weaknes and thou hast made thy selfe a scorne to the adversaries whom thou hast sometimes wounded Shouldst thou thus tempt God and fall this is thy rebuke yet let me advise thee too Come shelter thy selfe a little under the wing of thy redeemer stay there while thy locks are growne thy Captaine will come that way then lay hold on him thy forces goe along with him gather them together draw out thy weapons again and begin to use them let faith pitch it selfe upon thy God through thy Christ tell him thou wilt throw thy selfe upon his power and faithfulnes to preserve thee let thy prayer set upon him mightily and give him no rest untill hee come againe and renew tsty strength like the Eagles Then comfort thy selfe oh thou charet of Israel and the horsemen thereof the eyes of all Israel are upon thee for their strength thou mighty man of God they weepe with bitter lamentation when thou art taken from them and shouldest thou quaile for any adverse power Consider thy strength thou hast power to combat with hell and overthrow it to grapple with death and to defeat it to make the grave tremble and open unto thee that thou maist arise againe come forth a conquerour Death may humme about but it is a drone it hath no sting sinne may make a bluster but it hath no strength hell may belch foorth great words but it is already vanquished to thy hand and the grave may threaten much but it can doe nothing against such a mighty man as thou art thou hast now nothing to doe but resting in Jehovah thine everlasting strength sit downe and sing Death is swallowed up in victory 〈◊〉 death where is thy sting oh grave or 〈◊〉 where is thy victory The sting of death is 〈◊〉 and the strength of sinne is the law But th●nk● be to God who hath given me victory through our Lord Iesus Christ I have now done with my Text. I mistooke I have not yet done I must have one cursory more over it for this heavy and sad occasion then I close up indeed yet the corrupt custome of our dayes maketh mee almost afraid when men of corrupt minds enemies to godlines and children of their father the divell must bee made Saints at their funeralls and though all their life time they

have beene tracing downe to hell yet at their death they are posted from the pulpit in a charet into heaven but it is a windy one that breaketh in pieces and lets them fall downe againe before they come halfe way thither Neverthelesse I see the holy Fathers have used to give record of the graces of the Saints deceased and to spread their names as a sweet ointment among their brethren and it is very commendable if faithfully performed and not abused to paint divells with this care I shall proceed by Gods helpe to performe this last duty for this honoured brother and it must bee with care for there are two eyes upon me very extreamely opposite Envies and Affections that would have nothing said this perhaps too much I shall not feare to displease either so I may please my God by whose blessing I now begin You will pardon mee if I keepe not the common method to begin from his descent and parentage though that of worthy and honest ranke not to be neglected if I should keepe that order but me thinkes it is ●●proper praise from anothers worth Sedgenus proav● quae non f●ci●sus ipsi vix ea nostra voc● I desire to let him have his owne and to 〈◊〉 him where he commeth within my 〈◊〉 as a righteous soule and nothing ●●ere certaine than that he was borne a 〈◊〉 His transplantation therefore into this City is my beginning Mr. Richard Stocks and his fruitfull growth under the labours of a Reverend Minister now with God 〈…〉 gave full testimony that he was a 〈◊〉 of righteousnes indeed thence 〈◊〉 up to shew forth the power of righteousnesse in the places private and publicke whereunto God called him He was a righteous husband I 〈◊〉 no more of this lest I provoke bitter lamentation He was a righteous master● his servants feele it from whose heads God hath taken off their master this day He was a righteous father not to his 〈◊〉 alone they are too little to have experience of it but to orphans and fatherlesse was he father a guide and counsellor my owne losse is with theirs beare with●●● if in the sense of it I bewray my infirmities as David for his sonne O my father my father would to God I had 〈…〉 thee O my father my father Hee was a righteous friend to many I give but 〈◊〉 instance of it his reconciling difference almost every day his hands were 〈◊〉 ever out of an arbitration which 〈…〉 without partiall respects to any that 〈◊〉 him a iudge over them I know I 〈◊〉 many witnesses to this who now want him In his more publike offices hee was first a righteous souldier squared by Saint Iohns rule hee would doe violence to no man nor put any man in feare Luk. 3.14 in this condition he tooke a good degree he was a Captaine and a righteous Commander the vertues of a Commanders maiesty wisedome meeknes and love surely made him one disorder as there must bee among souldier sometimes could never make him passionate hee was a man of such admired moderation He crossed the rule of that rash commander Jt is folly to intreat where a man hath power to compell 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hesiod p. 41. He found it better governing by love this made the flower of the Cities yea of the kingdomes Artillery so unanimously subiect to his command Let me minde you ye worthy souldiers know ye not that God hath taken away your Captaine from off your heads this day and can yee doe lesse than cry after him O our charet and our horsemen I know sorrow hath filled your hearts yet by the way let mee advise you be not overcharged that you forget your calling but when yee 〈◊〉 weepe over this your honoured head and lamented before his hearse Ah our father ah his glory wipe your faces 〈◊〉 and to worke againe for God pray for● double portion of his spirit upon some of your brethren and choose him who may goe before you in wisedome and courage and the feare of the Lord. I am now at a stand An arma A●●●g● cedat whether he were better souldier or better Citizen His wisedome his courage and his impartiall carriage in the City affairs which might concerne him beare record that he was not onely a good man but a good Citizen his worth provoked the City Quid in illa virtutum quid ingenii quid sanctitatis quid puritatis invenerim vere●● dicers ne fidem credulitatis ex ceda● tihi mai●rem delorem intutiam recordanti quanto bon● caru eris Hier. Mar. ep tem 1. not only to call him to her common counsell but to designe him to a more honorable place in the High Court of Parliament where he manifested himselfe to be a righteous servant to his King to his Country and to his City I must stay least as S. Hierome writes to Princip●● of Marcella a widow if I should tell all I should either seeme to hyperbolize or oppresse your hearts the more when ye see what a great good ye have lost In this honour for his last time he lived and died Ye may expect now in my hand a catalogue of good deeds but I have none the reasons these 1. It was his his care to give to God in his poore and in his ministers the portion of his estate while he lived yet dying he hath given as well as living 2. It was his mind not to have a trumpet sounded at his death and I fulfill it I must leave him he will be gone it was my portion to commend his soule in the last breath into the hands of his faithfull redeemer and his body I must commend to the earth in the assuted hope of his ioyfull resurrection Onely two things I would commend to you and then your selves to God 1. The honour of his name let it be as a sweete ointment among you in everlasting remembrance he was your strength your charet and horsemen 2. The imitation his righteousnes his wisedome his godly courage ye see his reward he is now with God at rest his worke is done our houre