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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89505	A sermon preached at the funerall of M. Christopher Love, in St. Laurence church, August, 25. 1651. By Thomas Manton, minister of the gospell at Stoak-Newington near London.	Manton, Thomas, 1620-1677.	1651 (1651)	Wing M535; Thomason E641_7; ESTC R206708	6,559	16

A SERMON Preached at the FUNERALL OF M. CHRISTOPHER LOVE IN St. LAVRENCE CHVRCH August 25. 1651. By THOMAS MANTON Minister of the Gospell at Stoak-Newington near London ISAIAH 517. The righteous perisheth and no man layeth it to heart and mercifull men are taken away none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evill to come London Printed by J B. 1651. To the Reader Courteous Reader THou hast here presented to thy view a short but yet a sweet Sermon in it is comprehended among other things the right way of dying well If ever you would die comfortably you must first live holily get an assurance that your sinnes are pardoned that God is reconciled unto you through Jesus Christ that so you may be perswaded by the holy Spirit of God as soon as ever you goe out of this world you shall then be received into an eternall Reader if this Sermon may prove for thy spirituall advantage for the mortifying of sinne and the renewing of Grace in thy heart blesse God for it Thou mayest bee confident it shall be the daily Prayer of him that is thy friend in the Lord D. R. A SERMON Preached at the Funerall of M. Christopher Love in St. Laurence Church August 25. 1651. 1 COR. 15. 57. But thankes be to God which gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ THE words in themselves needs no explication they are the triumphing song of S. Paul partly directed to the enemies themselves and partly to the giver of victory Thanks be to God that gives us victory through Jesus Christ 1. It is sinne that is the sting of death when the conscience is awakened and all disguises are taken away then sin will be sin indeed 2. In regard of the Obligation the Law binds us over unto death 3. Sin aggravated labours to strengthen sin and sets them all in order in their proper colours before our face But now the great question will be What shall we do that we may come out of this horror and terror The Apostle tells us Christ hath given us victory in Christs victory he hath overcome the law death and hell he foyled death in his own person when he was upon the Crosse he left death in the grave when he himselfe arose againe he hath given us victory through Jesus Christ and yet all Christs work was not done upon the Crosse there is much to be done in our hearts the God of peace shal bruise Satan under your feet shortly Rom 16. 20. hee will make you fellow-Conquerors with his Sonne Jesus Christ Christ hath got a victory for us and he will get also a victory in us From the words observe this Doctrine That Christs victory over death may serve for the incomparable comfort of all true Believers Death is either temporall or eternall now wicked men are subject unto both the wicked mans temporall death it makes way for his eternall the taking them away out of this life is but the bringing them into eternall wo and misery For the opening of the point he would 1. shew how Christ delivereth us from death 2. How far he hath delivered us from death For the first that Christ hath delivered us from death Heb. 2. 14. By death he destroyed him that had the power of death If you consider Christs death by way of merit or if you consider him as a Conqueror by his death he destroyed death he grapled and overcome death Whether you look upon it as the Act of a Redeemer in dying for our sinnes Christ died in our room or in our stead he died that the creature might be spared Iob. 33. 19. Deliver him from going down into the pit for I have found a ransome the sinner must die or else the Surety must die by Christs death the wrath of God is expiated the Law of God is satisfied the Justice of God fulfilled and the jawes of death are broken 2. Looke upon it as the act of a Conqueror and so Christ hath foiled death in his owne person for Christ is called the first fruits of them that sleep in the Lord Jesus Christ 1 Cor. 15. 20. yea he is called the first-borne of the dead death is Satans last beast of prey and Christ hath grapled this beast 1. Be pleased to consider the quality of the Grave is quite altered to wicked men it is the King of terror but to every beleever it is a bed of ease Isai. 57. 2. The righteous are taken from the evill to come and rest in their beds 2. The second question is how far he hath delivered us from death I might answer that it is sufficient the second death hath no power over us there is no condemnation unto them that are in Christ Jesus Rom. 8. 1. But this is not all the very nature and habit of death is changed death is not a destruction but a deliverance we are apt to have wrong thoughts of death death is to us a blessing it is one of Christs legacies bequeathed to his Church while death was in the Devils hand it was our enemy but now it is in Christs hand it is our friend it is now but our passage into the Land of Canaan our entrance into the heavenly Jerusalem a wicked mans death is his executioner but to the Godly it doth but fever us from our friends upon earth and then we are united unto Jesus Christ our head now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace wicked men are taken away This night shall thy soule be taken away Luke 12. 20. Now what hope can a wicked man have when God takes away his soule the godly man resignes up his soule unto Jesus Christ The beleever dyeth not because he must dye but because he would dye the Funerals of the Godly are but the Funerals of their sinnes it is not the man that dyeth but his misery and his sinnes that dyeth When God justifieth a sinner he takes away the condemning power of sinne when he sanctifieth he takes away the reigning power of sinne but when he takes him away by death unto himselfe he takes away the very being of sinne Death is our cure sinne brings in death and death by way of revenge destroyeth sin 2. By death there is way made for a present union of the soule with Jesus Christ I desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ saith St. Paul it is better the soul should be seperated from the body then to be absent from Christ we have an union here but whether is it better to be present with your friends or present with Jesus Christ the soul goeth away to God that gave it immediately as soon as ever the body is destroyed the body came from Adam and must be purified in the grave but the soul is a supernatural Light and flyeth to God again 3. The Body that seemeth most to suffer hath great advantage A Shed is taken down to raise up a better Structure It is sowed a Natural body