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

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

A Funerall Sermon both Godlye Learned and comfortable Preached at S. Maries in Cambridge Anno 1551. at the buriall of the Reuerend Doctor and faithfull Pastor of the Churche of Christe Martin Bucer By Matthew Parker Doctor in Diuinitie and since Archbishoppe of Canterburye ¶ Printed at London by Thomas Purfoote and are to be sold at his shop without Newe-gate ouer against S. Sepulchers Church To my very friends M. Iames Taylor M. Ranulph Barlow YOVR manifold curtesies towards me togither also with the Reuerend account that you euer made of that late worthy Archbishop the Author hereof moued me to translate dedicate vnto you this his godly and learned Sermon Receiue it therfore euen for the Authors sake embrace it for the matter therein comprized let it remaine as a token of the vnfeined goodwill of your olde schoolefellow as a seale to confirme that league which at home in our childhood 30. yeares agoe we entred into in our natiue countrey of Chesshire vnder that our graue learned zealous painefull Schoolemaister M. Iohn Brownesworde Fare ye well At little Ilford in Essex the 24. of Februarie 1587. Your assured wel willer Thomas Newton The text Wisd. 4. Vers. 7. Althoughe the righteous bee preuented by death yet shall he bee in reste 10. He pleased God and was beloued of him so that whereas hee liued among sinners he translated him 14. For his soule pleased God therefore hasted hee to take him awaye from wickednesse 15. Yet the people see vnderstand not consider no such things in their it hearts how that grace mercy is vpon his Sainctes and his prouidence ouer the Elect. 16. Thus the righteous that is deade condemneth the vngodly which are liuing and the youthe that is soone broughte to an end the longe life of the vnrighteous 17. For they see the ende of the wise but they vnderstande not what God hath deuised for him wherfore the Lord hath preserued him in safety 18. They see him despise him but the Lord will laugh them to scorne 19. So that they shall fall heereafter without honour shall haue a shame among the deade for euermore THE cause of this our present assembly brethren in the Lorde and Sauiour Iesus Christ most dearely beloued is alredye vnto you so wel knowne y t I shall not neede therevpon to vse many wordes but on the other side the speciall points hereby offered to our considerations and againe the iust cause that wee euen we Cambridge-men haue to weepe and waile I feare that a greate sorce throughe want of skill feele not and many moe blindely ledd with a certayne peeuish rancour and festured malice throughly consider not To mourne and weepe for the death of a good and godly man so far foorth as concerneth him we are flatly forbidden both by reason and also by nature I meane that reason which is right and that nature which is sinceare not corrupted Yea it is directly against the rules both of Charity and Faith For if Heathen Philosophers not knowing god aright void of that hope which wee dayly haue before our eyes and whiche so manye of vs as liue in Christ doe earnestly thirst after and dayly long for deemed by reason that death was not to be bewailed and if they could agree among themselues in opinion that nature might lawfully call for redemaund that whereof she had graunted to vs the vse but for a while what an absurd thing were it if wee in this so great light of the Gospell beeing so vndoubtedly perswaded of such sure and manifest promises of most blessed state after this life by the benefite of our Redeemer should not aswell as they thinke it to stand with reason and equitie Yea worthilye were wee to be reprooued if we should but onely match them and not rather far surmount them in this point and by faith vnderstand how that we are so far from hauing any cause of sorrowing that we rather ought more then can be vttered to reioyce for them and to congratulate cheir felicitie whereunto we hope also to come our selues and for the same ought dayly to pray Now I pray you what Ioue or what charity is this to enuie our friendes blessed hap to be sory for their felicitie and welfare To be agreeued to lament for their glorious exchaunge is as though we repined that after many dangerous stormes and blustring tempests in the Sea of this world they be at length gotten to a quiet har borough and safely ariued at the hauen of rest or that after a sharpe conflict long continued warre they bee nowe at length safely returned home with victory ouer their enemies What loue can this be to bee sorye that our friend hauing beene long pyned with grieuous languishing diseases to haue now recouered his former health or to fret and greeue to heare that hee whom we say we loue is enlarged and deliuered out of most loathsome prison where he had long lyne in hunger and cold fettered and chayned Is there any man that can with anye colour of reason say that he loueth his friend being heire to some great lands if he mourne and be sory that the tyme now approcheth wherin his friend shal possesse and receaue some huge summe of money aud sewe out his liuerey for the peaceable enioying of his great reuenewes and enheritance It is I say against godly loue and against sinceare affection to bewaile our friends when they leaue the miseries of this wretched lyfe and goe to possesse a place of rest and blisse that shall continue for euer Moreouer it agreeth not with the rules of faith for a christian man to bewayle the dead For who can deny that to be against faith which is flatly forbidden by the scriptures And how can that be sayed to agree with the rule of fayth whiche the scriptures most euidentlye prooue to be done by those that haue no hope There is such an indeuisible agreement betweene Faythe and Hope that the one is neuer seuered frō the other but wheresoeuer the one is the other is also and where the one lacketh y t other wanteth likwise Sorow ye not saith the blessed apostle Paule ouer thē that are a sleepe as others do which haue no hope c. Yea such kind of sorrow is most plainly by y e scriptures forbiddē Make small weeping for the dead sayth the wise-man for he is at rest If a man do but lightly superficially consider y e words of this scripture do not diligently search the bottome ground of the true meaning sence thereof he may perhaps thinke that it is thereby permitted yea after a sort commaunded enioyned to a man to mourne and bewaile the dead so that he do it moderatly But it shall plainely appeare to bee otherwise if a man will diligently consider the cause whiche the Wise-man there alledgeth namelye because hee is at rest In whiche wordes