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A43584	A narrative of the holy life, and happy death of that reverend, faithful and zealous man of God, and minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Mr. John Angier, many years Pastor of the Church of Christ at Denton, near Manchester in Lancashire wherein are related many passages that concern his birth, education, his entrance into the ministry, discharge of his trust therein, and his death.	Heywood, Oliver, 1629-1702.	1683 (1683)	Wing H1772; ESTC R177987	61,863	136

in th● Oxford Act that commenced Mar. 24. 166● by which Ministers were banished 5 mil● from the place where they had formerly preached it was judged expedient that 〈◊〉 also should at present withdraw from 〈◊〉 House upon that Act he begun to Trave● and his son-in-law with him amongst 〈◊〉 friends in Cheshire and visited several persons of quality lodging with them so● Weeks being kindly treated and lovingly entertained being also of very gre●● use and leaving his good counsels a● blessing where ever he came notwithstanding in that time he seemed to be out of 〈◊〉 element and longed to return home 〈◊〉 was compelled to return for wearing 〈◊〉 Boots dayly a goutish humour seiz● on his foot he then said Come son 〈◊〉 trust God and go home so he returned to his own house and continued there without further trouble 3. He was very much afflicted with Bodily distempers and at his stomach which sorely oppressed him and he could not find ease of it by any means he could use he was advised to take Tobacco but could never deal with it 4. His very dear Wives death about two years before his own His second wivs death was a grievous and bitter affliction to him whom he had injoyed 32 years to his abundant content every way and indeed she was a dear and desirable companion very helpful in spirituals and temporals drawing evenly in the same yoke of a truely Christian temper one thing further I shall add of her noted to my hand as a peculiar privilidg and rare amongst Christians That God gave her early assurance of his love and she said also not long befor her death he had never withdrawn it from her all her time this was very observable and far different from Gods dealings with his former Wife of whom Mr. Angier faith in some remarks left in writing upon her life that tho God moved her heart to seek him from 8 years of age yet he never gave her settled assurance of his love while she lived Behold the arbitrary dealings of God with his own dear Children but God is infinitely wise in these cases But the great affliction the very accent and quintescence of his affliction was the sin and miscarriage of some of his Children this this did cut him to the very heart and lay as a continual pressing load on his Spirit his Son his only Son devoted to God not only in Christian profession but Ministerial function miscarrying under such education with such aggravations this went so near him that such words dropt from Mr. Angiers lips of bitter complaint to one related to him as shewed his heavy resentment of some burdens of that nature Tho he had paid for his Son 400 l. In a few years to the prejudicing of his own estate yet he saw it did no good and yet that was all nothing in comparison of the dishonour to God by his extravagancies his friend said Sir God hath given you much grace and He is resolved to exercise it Ah said he but it is hard very hard to bear a strange word from such a man but he could bear any thing better than sin But especially in so near a relation as the Angel of the Ephesian Church to whom it is said Rev. 2.23 Thou canst not bear them which are evil yet hast born and hast patience and for my name sake hast laboured and hast not faeinted oh sin sin in dear relations against his dearest Heavenly father cut him to the quick and Souls of a sensible spirit know what this means but God bore up this good mans heart as he did Davids with hopes and confidence in the blessed Covenant that sure and well ordered Covenant this he stuck to this he pleaded and depended upon living and dying still he spoke well of God and exercised himself in praising his name both in duties and discourses owning the hand of God in all crosses to whom he had devoted his all these various experiences helped him to compassionate and incouraging counselling of others for as was said he could speak a word in season to quiet and qualify others spirit under pressing burdens he still said hold up faith and patience wait on God and fear not for he will issue all to the best to his own Glory and your best good His usual practice was upon the evening before a fast-day His care to reform his Family to put his Children and Servants upon it to set themselves seriously about the work of preparation to search out and confess their sins he used such means as might by Gods help prove effectual for reformation both of himself and his Family and upon all such occasions of fasting or thanksgiving it was his way to inquire concerning fatherless and Widows and such as were in necessity that something might be sent to them for whom nothing was provided as he often said Not long before he fell sick His review of his life he said to one that lay with him that he slept very little in the nights adding when I lye waking in my Bed I sometimes run through the course of my whole life and if a Pen-man were ready by me I could relate many observable passages of Gods Providence about me his friend said Sir you may do well to write them down as they come into your thoughts he made no answer to that When money lent by him came in seasonably Money lent repayed he acknowledged though it was his own yet he admired and thankfully owned Gods Providence in it as if it had been a gift and said it is all one whether it was a debt or a gift so God send it in a needful time the paying of a debt is as great a mercy from God as sending a gift I must now hasten to the last scene of this holy man life His sat sickness he longed to be with Christ and our Lord had been long ripening him for Glory he loved his Masters work and his Master indulged him in his work when others were taken off he was wonderfully maintained in his lot he did not of late years preach that day he administred the Lords Supper the last Supper-day was August 12 1677. and the next Lords-day after he preached one part of the day August 19. but when he came into his house he laid his hand upon his breast and said Ah this will not do I must give over preaching which yet cut him to the heart to think of he was very weary that Night as usually he was the next day but one after he begun to have some Aguish fits and had six or seven of those fits from that time he began to decline apace when this his last sickness begun he ordered his kindsman in the house to write letters to Mr. Case his brother in law Mr. Tuckney his brother Bezaleel and others to acquaint them with his condition hoping for and desiring their prayers he expected his own Sons coming dayly out of

A NARRATIVE OF THE Holy Life and Happy Death OF That Reverend Faithful and Zealous man of God and Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ Mr. JOHN ANGIER Many years Pastor of the Church of Christ at Denton near Manchester in Lancashire Wherein are related many Passages that concern his Birth Education his entrance into the Ministry discharge of his Truth therein and his Death Phil. 3.17 Brethren be followers together of me and mark them which walk so as ye have me for an e●ample LONDON Printed for Tho. Parkhurst at the Bible and Three Crowns at the lower end of Cheapside near Mercers Chappel 168 The PREFACE GOdly Ministers are stiled the Chariots and horsemen of Israel these are the watchmen of the city that give warning of danger intercede with the Lord and doubtless the Church of God must needs receive great detriment by the removal of such worthies It is a saying of the Jewish Rabbins Quando luminaria patiuntur Eclipsin malum est signum mundo when the heavenly luminaries are eclipsed it 's a dreadful presage of approaching evil to this lower world The Church in these parts hath been successively blessed with famous Ministers and gracious Christians whose praise is in the Churches of Christ many whereof now sleep in the Lord yet through Gods wise care of the Churches succession not a few are yet left as hopeful slips spring up in their room on whom and the people surviving I would here take occasion to drop a word of counsel 1. You that are like to succeed this old stock of Preachers worn or wearing out look to your planting into Christ let your own Souls be duely built upon the right foundation presume not to be Ministers before you be Christians get experience of Divine Truths in your own Souls and transcribe them in your dayly practice Believe repent obey your selves or you will teach these things sorrily and unconcernedly whatever your gifts be see you have sincere grace and dedicate your all to God you serve an holy God Christ you preach an holy Gospel you have before you holy examples be you also holy in every change in all conditions Aarons ornaments signified nothing if Holiness to the Lord was not writ upon his forehead in a plate of Gold if you had profound Wit and Learning tenacious Memories brave Elocution that you could speak with tongues of Men and Angels all is of no worth without Grace within and universal sanctity one allowed sin will worm-eat the goodliest trees and blast the pleasantest fruits some Ministers are eminent for one rare gift others for other accomplishments all have some few have all some modest young men look upon themselves as much behind others are apt to be discouraged my advice to such is to make up that defect in diligence holiness and in faithfulness what Nature or Art denies get a supply by Grace Grace within vigorously exercised the assisting grace of God setched in by faith and prayer Be faithful to what you have if you cannot attain to much that 's a brave saying of Luthers and shall be my Motto I desire to be found a faithful Minister of Christ and his church if I cannot be prudent or skilful Let not weakness of parts discourage you some ordinary men of low gifts may honour God more than some famous learned Doctors Be industrious in your Studies daily improve your talents you have more helps than your predecessors give not occasion of the complaint of that Hebrew Rabbi that the Father had Plow'd Sown Reaped Fanned the Wheat set Bread on the Table but the children have not a mouth to eat it the greatest Parts may rust away by idleness but meanest grow bright and useful by diligent improvement the diligent hand with Gods blessing makes rich but be sure you keep humble despise not but reverence your forefathers if you exceed them in advancement of Learning in some points it s well if you fall not below the min real worth as to the power of Godliness read their lives in Mr. Clarks Collections especially this last Volume printed since his Death and be ashamed of your selves and provoked to a holy Emulation in true piety and Zeal get into a corner and tremble to see your selves thus outstript and implore more Grace from Heaven I have but a word to say concerning this Discourse the Life of this holy Man of God I confess many discouragements lay in the way of this undertaking not fit now to be named the main was That we were not capable of doing any thing worthy of him and it 's better do nothing at all than not to purpose to answer the fame of him or expectations concerning him but my Answer is that of the Poet Lucan Quod si digna tua minus est mea● pagina laude at voluisse sat est And difficilium facilis est venia If I am not able to make a Fine portraiture of all the Features it may be this rough draught may exceed some of our attainments and excite usto imitation and may some way tend to the glory of our grea● Master and then I have my end If any say its poorly done and might have been done better I confess it and let them contribute something to mend it but this is the best we can find according to ou● Information and if we cannot bring 〈◊〉 Lamb our two Turtle Doves may b● accepted both by God and man Let th● Infinite Omnipotent Faithful God pu● in labourers into the Harvest supply Va● caneies second his Servants labour● with his blessing and continue hi● Church Ministry and presence wit● these Nations to the end of the World Amen A Narrative of the Life and Death of Mr. John Angier Minister of the Gospel at Denton MR. John Angier was Born at Dedham in Essex of Pious Parents and was baptized there October 8th 1605. He was careful 〈◊〉 Instructed by his Parents be-times in ●e Principles of Religion Educated in ●chool-learning in the same Place being ●t and capable and from his Child-hood ●uch inclined to his book and very desi●us to be trained up for the Ministry ●hich he made his early and earnest choice 〈◊〉 appears by this remarkable story which have heard confidently reported by cre●ble persons It is this As this John who was the first-born Son named after 〈◊〉 Father with his three Brethren Be●eel Samuel and Edmund were coming ●m School to their Fathers house there fell a shower of Rain they all run under Tree in an Hedg for a shelter they stand ing there seeing it Rain apace begun 〈◊〉 make their several wishes one wished would Rain Learning another Wool and ther Money and another Plumbs th● pleasing themselves with their juvenile fa● cies which options manifested their di● ferent Inclinations and became proph● tick presages of their future disposals Fo● behold a Neighbour over hearing them a● quainted their Father who ealling them 〈◊〉 him examined them one by one saying Joh● what did you wish it

Lincolnshire but he came not while he was living he ordered his Son-in law to be sent for a messenger was dispatched to him but tho he hasted away towards him yet he came not till this holy Man of God had breathed his last a few hours before on the same day his approaching dissolution came on apace yet had he the free exercise of his understanding to the last and as he had been a man of prayer all his days so he died praying that morning he died he prayed sensibly the last words which were intelligible were his request for the King and Council but the particular words they that were about him could not understand The last day of the week His death Sept. 3. 1677 was the last day of that worthy mans life he dyed about eleven a Clock that day and entered into his rest near the Sabbath a day of rest from thenceforth to rest from all his weary labours and to keep an Eternal sabbath with his dearest Lord and and it was his own observation that God oft takes home his Ministers and people upon or near his holy day to perfect their graces and give them rest on that day of Rest Thus fell that bright star thus set that shining Sun in the firmament of the Church or rather hid from our eyes to shine more gloriously in the upper Region the wise i.e. wise Virgins members of Christs mystical body or as the word is Dan. 12.3 Teachers of others shall shine as the brightness of the firmament and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever Thus this Pillar is taken down that bore up an incredible weight not discerned so well then as felt dayly by sad experience since his removal from under ●he fabrick thus is this plant of renown ●ransplanted into a better soyl this ancient ●ree of Gods own plainting that had sheltered many with its shadowing shroud and ●ed many with its grateful fruit is at last fallen by the stroak of death yet bears both ripe and plentiful fruit in the heavenly paradice above he that uttered words of life to others is dead he that by the grace of God quickened others is himself struck dead dead said I no he is but asleep the sting of death was gone the fear of death was vanished he lived an holy life he died an happy death he lived desired and died lamented he lived to a good old age himself would sometimes say that he had lived two years beyond the age of a man for he died in the 72 year of his age in the same month wherein he was born he died in his own house the house belonging to the Chappel to which he had been a great benefactor he died amongst his own People over whom he had been pastor 45 years with whom he had been travelling weeping fasting praying among whom he hath left remarkable seals of his Ministry some indeed are gone to heaven before him and some in other places had benefit by his Ministry tho but occasionally one instance I had from a very eminent divine in or near the City of London that he being a young Scholar newly come from Oxford and being occasionally at Mr. Case● house when Mr. Angier was there Mr. Angier went to prayer but God so reached and warmed the young Ministers heart by that prayer that he hath cause to remember it while he hath a day to live and hopes he shall never forget it yea it had influence upon others related who from that time proved as useful and succesful instruments of Gods glory and the good of Souls as any I have heard of in those latter times The whole Nation and Church of God seem much clouded by the obscuring of this bright star but especially that congregation of Denton is sadly eclipsed their valley of vision is at least turned into a valley of Division oh that it may not also prove a valley of treading down and desolation Ah what lamentation was there at his funeral amongst the rest an ancient Christian came from the grave into the house where the Ministers were sate after the funeral with a trembling body weeping eyes and with a doleful voice of sad complaints saying Ah sirs what must we do what must we do our loving pastor is gone our loving pastor is gone And now that good man is gone after and many others so John 4.36 he that sowed and they that reaped are rejoycing together but the sad countenances and weeping eyes of that day with that affecting passage of that good old mans bemoaning cannot be easily forgotten by the Writer hereof That Lords day when Mr. Angiers Corps lay in his house two Ministers preached in his Chappel two funeral Sermons the one seeming to be a funeral Sermon to the people the other for their Minister That which concerned the people carried an ominous presage of the death of their Gospel priviledges and Sunsetting of their glorious day sadly predicted from Gen. 6.3 My spirit shall not always strive with man and oh what a dreadful verification of that text hath providence made there that being the last Sabbath that excluded Minister injoyed the liberty of ordinances in that place The other Minister discoursed sweetly and suitably on John 17.4 I have glorified thee on earth I have finished the work thou gavest me to do That Sermon was a lively comment on that good mans holy life and a fair Copy let before this surviving people the perfect precepts in the Scriptures and lively pattern set before them for their imitation makes it apparent that Gospel rules an● practicable may be transcribed by some and will be a sad testimony against others and tho Mr. Angiers mouth be now stop with dust and his voice shall no more be heard in his pulpit yet oh that Almighty God that lives for ever would awake carna● sinners by this astonishing blow and breach and propagate religion in that place and by that blessed spirit transfuse the Doctrine principles and practice of that good man into all his hearers for they shall one day know there hath been a prophet among them The next day being Sept. 5. 1677. the Funeral solemnities were mournfully observed on which occasion multitudes of persons Gentlemen Ministers relations and Christian friends besides his hearers and sad neighbours attended these dismal and sorrowful obsequies with sad hearts and dejected countenances lamenting not only the loss of such a worthy Pastor and Friend but their own Spirits did suggest great grounds of presaging fears concerning the attending consequences of that heavy blow his Corps were decently interred in Denton-Chappel in the Alley before the pulpit by his last dear Wife laid in the same place Mr. Angier had requested Mr. Robert Eaton a learned pious Minister who had married his kinswoman to preach the Funeral Sermon and had given him that Text to insist upon in Act. 20.32 And now brethren I commend you to God and to the word of his