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A62464 A funeral sermon upon the much lamented death of Col. Edward Cook who died in London upon January the 29th. and was buried in the chapple at Highnam near Gloucester, on February the 2d. 1683/4. By Edmond Thorne Master of Arts, and Fellow of Oriel College in Oxford. Thorne, Edmund. 1684 (1684) Wing T1057AA; ESTC R222218 33,919 39

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any more then with his own good will So that he which first gave the Soul by the might and power of his bare word may so take it again whensoever he shall please and we need not fear the good will of our Heavenly Father to give his obedient Children the Kingdom prepared for them from the beginning of the World 1 Cor. 6.20 Eph. 1.14 For his infinite Goodness Mercy Love and Justice too stand all of them engaged for instating of holy Souls in their purchased everlasting Habitations For we truly suppose Divine Justice to be fully satisfied by that All-sufficient Sacrifice which our Saviour made upon the Cross for the Redemption of Mankind If it were not so then our Preaching would be vain our Faith were also vain we should be still in our Sins without Hope and without God in the World But if divine Justice were duely satisfied and when Christ made his Innocent soul an Offering for sin by which means he perfected for ever them that are sanctified certainly there now remains no more sacrifice nor any future satisfaction to be made for sin for it is not possible with God or any good and honest Men to demand further satisfaction after all their Debts are paid And St. Paul hath affirmed that God in Christ hath forgiven us all our Trespasses Colos 2.13 14. blotting out the Hand writing that was against us and hath tak●n it out of the way nailing it unto his Cross Moreover it is not in mans power to satisfie God in any measure for the least offence or violation of his Holiness because the demerit of every sin is infinite being a trespass against Almighty God that is infinite in Goodness and in Truth in Righteousness and Holiness of purer Eyes then to behold Evil or lo●k upon our iniquities Hab. 1.13 but with Indignation and Wrath. For this cause what man soever goeth hence without Repentance for his part and forgivness upon Gods as he hath liv'd without Fear so shall he dye without Favour and void of remedy for Purgatory flames will never extinguish those of Hell where the Worm dyeth not and the Fire is not quencht The time would fail me to tell at large how strangely the Papists have outstript their forerunners the Scribes and Pharisees nay Pagans themselves in folly 't is clear enough how basely they have adulterated the pure Doctrine and Commandments of God with filthy dross of their own absurd inventions Magisterially imposed on the credulous multitude as Articles of their Creed thus crucifying Christ afresh and putting once more the Lord of Glory to Reproach and Blasphemy Let it suffice in short that all the Doctrines which they have taught and obtruded on the World concerning those imaginary pains of Purgatory do make void in great measure Christs real sufferings upon the Cross their propitiatory sacrifice of the Mass with Prayers and Oblations for Souls aggrieved with Purgatory torments do very much diminish and vilifie the price of our Saviours Blood and lastly pardons and indulgences for all Trespasses and Sins past present and to come granted mercinarily from the Popes Chair do throw down the Mercy-seat and exalt the Man of sin to the Throne of God All this Abomination of Desolation craftily brought into that Holy place the Church or Temple of God rightly weighed in the Ballance of the Sanctuary will prove lighter than Vanity worse then nothing full fraught with Falshoods Contradictions and Blasphemies against God even to their denying the Lord that bought them and the bringing down upon their own Heads very swift and sure destruction That Vexata Questio or Ball of Contention I mean Christs descent into Hell stifly bandied on all sides without any final determination whether it were only Vertual as some Learned men would have it or also ●ersonal real and local as others may be well spared and let alone for once 'T is enough to my purpose that he which descended was the same that ascended the man Christ Jesus and that he was made perfect through sufferings which in truth were all finisht when he bowed his Head and gave up the Ghost For he then led Captivity captive in a pompous Triumph spoyling Principalities and Powers and making a shew of them openly And seeing now that Christians are like faithful Souldiers to follow the Captain of their Salvation by treading in the same steps at least in a spiritual sense if they are made conformable to Christ in his death by mortifying their sins or crucifying their Flesh with its Affections and Lusts and also partake with him in the power of his Resurrection by rising again to newness of Life in a constant course of Grace and Holiness to their end what shall hinder them from Ascending triumphantly to the same Kingdom and seat of Glory For be sure the Almighty God is more just and righteous then to demand any thing more of sincere Converts in requital for their Trespasses and Sins then what Christ once paid when he was delivered for all our offences and was raised again for our justification Rom. 4.25 Eccl. 9.10 5.6 To conclude the point in this difficult case betwixt an offended God and poor guilty Sinners how can they possibly relieve either themselves or others For there is no work nor device nor knowledg nor wisdom in the Grave whether then goest therefore whatsoever thy hand findeth to do be sedulous and careful in doing it with all thy might 2 Cor. 6.2 Jo. 9.4 Ps 115.17 For the dead have no more a Reward nor any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the Sun But now is the accepted time now is the day of Salvation before Night cometh when no man can work For the dead praise not the Lord neither any that go down into silence To day then if you will hear the voice of God and live harden not your hearts but repent in time and return unto the Lord with Oyl in your Lamps before the doors are shut Isa 55. Seek the Lord whilst be may be found call upon him whilst he is near Come now to Christ in this time of Visitation labouring and heavy laden Mat. 11.29 with broken contrite Hearts and having on the clean Wedding garment that is the Righteousness of Saints that when the Bridgroom shall appear ye may go into the Marriage Supper of the Lamb and there take refreshment or find rest unto your Souls For those men who so live in the true faith and fear of God shall die with comfort and be really blessed in their end Because th●y shall rest from all their labours Rom. 8.2 being free both from the law of sin and of death which can have no more dominion over them for the guilt of sin as also the condemning power of the Law will be quite and clean abolisht by the righteousness of Christ Rev. 21.4 which by faith is imputed unto them and abundantly rewarded as if it were their
it were sure to conclude in utter Extirpation of the Royal Seed and in a Fatal Catastrophe of Blood striving to protect themselves from the Vengeance due for their past offences by committing more And though he fail'd of that Happy success in his Negotiation which himself and good Men would have joyfully embrac'd yet he procured for his own part this immortal Honor That he was at least in good will a true Patron of his languishing affl cted Country a real hearty Servant both to Caesar and his God As Christ the King of Glory will impute the good usage of his Disciples as it were immediately confered upon himself so that a Cup of cold Water on that account shall not loose its Reward So Christs Vicegerent in observance of his Masters Will first granted this penitent a full pardon of all Misdemeanours whatsoever against his Government or his Royal person then graciously returned into his Bosom a showre of thanks for his many kind services towards his Friends that were in distress viz. The Duke of Richmond the Earl of Lindsey and others The Commission which he took up rashly to serve the Parliament being hurried thereunto partly by the importunities of some Familiars partly by want of Judgment and too much heat of Passion which are the general infirmities of Youth upon better advice he laid fairly down withstanding resolutely Cromwels importunate offers of another thus he quite left the Field when he perceived it was nothing else but an Akeldama or Field of true Christian Blood Howbeit he still maintained his interest with the Kings Enemies purposely to serve his Friends in which very Charitable Service he spent most of those Evil days getting some of the Royallists out of Prisons and entering himself into Bonds to keep others out of Chains and Fetters When his Eldest Brothers whole Estate had been seized by the Parliament which yet could find in him no fault at all worthy of such unrighteous dealings unless it were his Loyalty Justice and Equity Pitty and Commiseration for a divided Kingdom and a persecuted Church ready both to be devoured of bloody Vipers in their own Breasts though 't was in his power to have dealt with his beloved Brother as Jacob did with Esau depriving him of his Birthright either by Violence or Fraud Yet he voluntarily chose the better part more becoming a good Christian or a loving Brother of one blood and of the same Houshold of Faith For he proved a brother most faithful in a time of need and was highly concern'd in the Restitution Nor is that all His imcomparable skill in Civil Affairs joyn'd with great integrity and uprightness of Heart loving the Truth and hating Covetousness were Abilities enough to recommend him to many great Persons of Quality The Right Honourable Earl of Abingdons Mother for one which appointed him in their last Wills a Trustee for their Estates and a Guardian to their Children As to the Noble forementioned Earl he discharged himself with so much Honesty that he would accept of nothing more than his labour for his pains Travelling many times for the improvement of that Estate with expences upon his own And God be thanked he saw the good end of all his Journeys and the reward he most of all expected in a just encrease of Wealth and Riches of Honour and Authority of Wisdom and all Heroick Vertues that have made his Lordship more noble or willing shall I say to promote the publick peace and wellfare of his Country Our present most gracious King received a fair specimen of his Allegiance to the Crown from the pains he took at home and abroad for his Majesties Person and his Kingdoms Restauration Ireland And certainly the King had no little confidence in his dextrous Wisdom and sincerity requisite for State-affairs when he gave him a Commission for the settling of a Kingdom and that extreamly divided as well in Religious as in Secular concerns and yet he managed that ambiguous and important Office with so much prudence and equity that he came off with Honour for himself and gave general satisfaction to those persons whose interest were there involved Our prospect hath been hitherto like that of Moses before the Israelites wrapt up under the dark shades and glimmering twilight of a Vail It is now time that we draw the Curtain off and change our Scene though the Stage be still the same we have only observed all this while how this man of Renown hath acted his part in several changes on this unconstant Hypocritical World and that first in respect of himself and then with relation towards his Neighbours of all Ranks and Qualities We come now to survey the more Heavenly part of his Life to the very point of his Decease Thus from the second Table of the Law promulged by Moses and confirmed since by Christ himself we go backwards in order to the first from his Conversation with Men as to Civil matters We pass on to the great business of Religion with a special Reference to God The whole sum and substance of Religion as is contained in the received Articles and Constitutions of our Church is made up of three general parts namely Doctrine Discipline and Government The First is the Formal object of our Christian Faith or Judgment the rest gives us Rules for practice in the external Administrations of our Church The Doctrine is for the most part unchangeable and so far necessary to Salvation that whosoever pertinaciously maintains any thing evidently repugnant or contrary thereunto stands therefore guilty of a damnable Heresie Concerning the Discipline and Government of our Church It cannot be well remembred without grief and anguish of heart what combustoins have been rais'd what havock hath been made upon that account by a certain gang of schismatical factious high-minded men whose Religson tended plainly to Rebellion whose godliness in truth was no more but interest and gain whose faith so much cried up was only fanatick humour and conceit and whose holy discipline allowed of Murder sacriledg and rapine for meritorious and very godly deeds These were the pious men who brought in the Covenant and the Directory from the North like the wild Boar and subtile Fox to devour the Church that Vine of Christ's own planting both Root and Branch Their innovations both in Church and State no better then Extirpation it self were brought on by the power of the Sword and impos'd in such unreasonable Terms as will force all good Christians to renounce their Consciences their King and even their God or else to loose their Fortunes their Liberties and their Lives In this heideous and amazing juncture of Affairs our conscientious good Man as I have heard from his own mouth boldly refused the Covenant in plain Field at the head of Sr. William Wallers Army Thus like little David our valiant Champion defied great Goliah of Gath in the face of the Philistines with undaunted courage and resolution for the God of