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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20169	The monument or tombe-stone: or, A sermon preached at Laurence Pountnies Church in London, Nouemb. 21. 1619 at the funerall of Mrs. Elizabeth Iuxon, the late wife of Mr. Iohn Iuxon. By Stephen Denison minister of Gods word, at Kree-Church in the honourable citie of London.	Denison, Stephen, d. 1649 or 50.	1620 (1620)	STC 6604; ESTC S116460	41,077	140

of Scripture and desired me to intreate of it at her bu●iall And indeed if I had bene left to mine owne free choice I thinke I could not haue made a fitter choice of a Text in all the Bible For the estate of Iob described in these words doth notably answer to the estate of our sister For were the moneths of Iob moneths of vanitie did they vanish away like smoake did they passe away quickly like the Weauers shuttle Euen so it was with the life of this our sister her dayes were but few and euill her pilgrimage here was but short for she was not full seuen and twentie yeares old when God tooke her away as I am informed As it was with Henoch because he walked with God therefore the Lord tooke him away in his middle age euen so it was with this worthy woman she walked with her God and therefore he hath now taken her vp vnto himselfe in the midst of her dayes Secondly did Iob endure a painfull and tedious griefe in his body Euen so did this our sister her paines were very great her triall was a fiery triall yea her sicknesse was not onely dolorous but likewise it was long and tedious continuing vpon her with great extremitie for the space of a yeare and vpwards God did grinde her in the mortar of his fatherly correction like spice that so she might be made the more fragrant sacrifice vnto himselfe Thirdly was Iob brought by his sicknesse to the sight of the vanitie of earthly things So was this seruant of God she had attained an holy scorne of the contentments of this life For when I demanded of her whether the comelinesse of the roome where she lay and furniture of her house did not somewhat tempt her to desire still to liue she answered me That nothing in the world did moue her to desire life no not her very children which were farre more deare vnto her then any worldly riches whatsoeuer So that I found she was quite dead to the world in her mind before she was dead or depriued of life in her bodie God grant that euery one of vs may labour for the like grace of s●und mortification For if we be dead and crucified vnto the world it is a good signe that we are aliue to God Fourthly was griefe and smart irkesome and troublesome vnto Iob himselfe Then it was the great mercie of God to giue patience vnto this our sister in any measure And let vs not thinke it strange if she roared and cried with paine at some times but let vs rather feare that if we had bene in her case and had tasted her sorrowes we had bene like to fall into greater extremitie then euer she fell It is the propertie of a good child to crie whilest he is a beating as well as of a bad But here is the difference a good child when the smart is gone will kisse the rod and loue his parents and be sory for his fault whereas a wicked child will murmure against and hate his parents Now this our worthy sister shewed her selfe to be a good child for she cried when she felt the smart but when she had a●y mitigation she condemned her i●patiencie and iustified God kissing ●is rod by shewing a very tender affection of loue to God whensoeuer she thought or spoke seriously of him Fifthly were these painfull nights appointed vnto Iob not by fatall necessitie or by chance and fortune but by the prouidence of God Euen so it was with this our sister For ho●so●uer the first occasion of her sicknesse might seeme vnto vs to bee meerly casuall yet the truth is that euen casualties themselues are guided by the diuine prouidence For as Salomon saith The lot is cast into the lap but the whole disposition thereof is from Iehouah Prou. 16. 33. And thus I haue declared vnto you how fitly this text doth answer vnto this present occasion Now may it please you further to consider the spirituall estate of this our sister And her spirituall estate shall appeare by a strict and serious examination which she tooke of her selfe in the time of her health It is set downe with her owne hand and was found by her husband after her departure amongst the rest of her things which she most esteemed and for my owne part I know them t● be no fables For I knew her spirituall estate by siue yeares experience liuing in the house with her Now I thought good to make them publike not onely for a due memoriall of this blessed seruant of God but also for the common good of Gods Church as being indeed exceedingly importuned by good people thereunto If you desire to reape benefite by the markes reade them not as a bare report or commendation of the partie deceassed but duly obserue euery marke what it importeth and next obserue in what manner it was found in this worthy woman thirdly weigh well the places of Scripture which are alledged to proue the Markes to be peculiar to Gods elect and lastly examine whether thou findest these signes in thy selfe or no for this is the way to benefit by them The Markes which this our sister found to be wrought in her by Gods holy Spirit are many I will reduce them to as few heads as I can for the helpe of your memorie I will not adde any thing aboue the sence of that which she hath written onely it shall be my endeuour to bring that which she hath written into distinct order for better capacitie and to declare vnto you my owne particular knowledge conc●rning her estate And the Markes are these following being noted in the small letters for distinction And behold she that is dead shall yet speake vnto you The first Marke First I desire to be exercised in the word day and night and I finde a willing receiuing of Gods commandements they are not grieuous And that this precious signe was in this worthy woman let her practise shew it To my knowledge when she was in the Citie she heard for the most part nine or ten Sermons euery weeke whereof foure of them constantly vpon the Sabbath day besides catechizing Also she read daily morning and euening some part of the Scripture from the beginning of the Bible vnto the end thereof And she did not reade the Scripture as many do in haste but with serious consideration application and meditation Moreouer Gods commandements were not grieuous vnto her but she obeyed them with chearefulnesse I neuer made any motion vnto her for any that were in distresse but as soone as she heard it she obeyed Yea the word was so farre from being grieuous as that it was more sweete then the hony and the hony combe as she acknowledged Yea she slept euerie night with this meate in her mouth the word being her last meditations in the night and her first thoughts in the morning And this constant meditation of Gods word is giuen as an infallible marke of a