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duty_n	day_n	great_a	lord_n	3,227	5	3.8203	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B05935	A sermon preached in S. George's Church Southwark, at the funeral of that pious and worthy gentlewoman, Mrs. Frances Fenn. / By R. Sparke ...	Sparke, Robert.	1679 (1679)	Wing S4819; ESTC R184509	20,356	36

dying will be cautious and circumspect in his doing And not like those careless souls who spend their daies their months their years nay their whole time in sin and wickedness not considering what will befall them in the end Now let me fasten two Reasons upon you why you should consider that you must die and to confirm you in the truth delivered First if men seriously did consider that they are mortal and must die and shortly appear before the Tribunal of the just and great Judge it would prove an absolute and soveraign antidote to expel the greatest evil sin and the dreadful consequences of it and a means to avoid the greatest loss the loss of our immaterial Spirits those excellent beings and the way to procure the greatest good Heaven and eternal blessedness What is the reason and cause of that inundation of prophaness and wickedness and those prodigious sins as Treasons Murders Uncleaness Rebellion that are now in the world and in this Kingdom and in all places in most families and persons of all qualities and degrees but this their not duly and effectually considering that they are mortal and must die and come to Judgment This is the reason if not one main ground of sin and of the neglect and omission of all sacred duties For did they believe and remember they must die and come to Judgment and that their naked Souls and their naked crimes and sins must shortly be manifested and stand before the dreadful Bar of the most tremendous Judge of all mankind who will render unto every man according as his work shall be no doubt it would impede and hinder their constant and desperate course of sinning But alas it is the foolishness and unhappiness of most that they defer and put of the consideration of death till they feel and find they can no longer live Secondly Did ye believe that ye must die and answer for all ye have done in the body whether good or evil this if any thing would make you serious diligent zealous and constant in the worship of God and to work while it is day before the night cometh wherein no man can work For this world is for duty the other for glory this for repentance the other for recompence Hic locus luctae ille coronae This is the place of combating that of crowning this of working that of rewarding this for thy mourning that for thy consolating The Apostle exhorts us to consider one another to provoke to love and good works Heb. 10.24 25. And so much the more as we see the day approaching Our work is great and weighty Diversions are various and many Adversaries potent and subtle thy strength is weak and small thy time is short and uncertain thy account is large and great death and judgment are at the door therefore be sluggish and loiter no longer but be active and vigilant now or never Surely did you in the depth of your serious thoughts cogitate of your apparent and inevitable danger that would incite and stir you up to duty To seek the Lord while he may be found Esa 55.6 to call upon him while he is near While God gives you life opportunity peace strength and liberty to seek him before the gate of life be shut God with-drawn and mercy quite gone for ever Were prophane sinners truly sensible of their peril they would pray more ardently more deeply more affectionately more effectually than ever they have done This Consideration of Mortaliry put holy Job upon Prayer Job 7.21 Why do'st thou not pardon my transgression and take away mine iniquity for now shall I sleep in the dust Chap. 14.13 O that thou wouldst hide me in the grave until thy wrath and indignation be past that thou would'st appoint me a set time and remember me David when the sorrows of Death compassed him and the pains of Hell gat hold upon him Then said he Psal 116. I called upon the Lord O Lord I beseech thee deliver my soul I might also give you the example of Hezekiah Jonah Paul and Silas with many others but I hasten to the Uses and Application yet let me tell you a through affecting Meditation of your Dissolution and Change would make you speedy in prosecuting your known necessary and religious duties which God requires at your hands Therefore let me beg of you before the Decree bring forth Eccles 9.10 before the day pass as the chaffe before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you prepare for Death for how shall ye escape if ye neglect so great salvation Now let me improve and apply it in a threefold Use the first is for Exhortation the second for Reprehension the third for Consolation Is it so that Life is short and Death certain both which have been sufficiently cleared and proved This then calls and cries aloud unto all those that have made no provision for Death and Judgment to admire at the unwearied patience the matchless and amazing mercies of the infinitely good and gracious God Be exhorted therefore to stand upon your guard and watch and be in a prepared readiness Luke 12.40 For the Son of Man will come at an hour when ye think not All Estates are exhorted to prepare and be furnished Old and Young Male and Female Rich and Poor Noble and Ignoble for the danger is great if men be found unprovided As Death leaveth them so Judgment will find them If it leave them in a state of Damnation it will find them in a state of Damnation So if it leaves them in a state of Salvation it finds them in a state of Salvation As Ishbosheth being found asleep 2 Sam. 4.7 was killed by Rechab and Baanah so if we be sound asleep in Sin and unprepared for the Lord we shall be killed by Sathan that roaring Lion that goeth about seeking whom he may devour Because the Man that was not prepared came to the Wedding Matth. 22.13 he was cast into outer darkness As he is left behind that is unprovided when the wind serveth and the Ship under sail even so he is left in Damnation that is not prepa ed for Christ when Death cometh Many Men make all the provision they can for this Life which is uncertain and forget Death which is certain The day of the Lord shall come as a thief in the night 2 Pet. 3.10 in which the Heavens shall pass away with a great noise and the Elements shall melt with fervent heat the Earth also and the Works that are therein shall be burnt up The day of the Lord shall come as a thief in the night A Thief as well for stealing on us as stealing from us he comes in the dark when no body seeth watcheth an hour which no body knoweth It may be he will come when thou art revelling or banqueting as on the Old World Luke 17.27 or when thou art drunk as on Belshazzar Dan. 5.25 or when thou art lying as on Ananias or when thou art committing