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A90350 The inseparable union between Christ and a believer, which death itself cannot sever, or, The bond that can never be broken opened in a sermon at the funeral of Mrs. Dorothy Freeborne, who was interred at Prittlewell in Essex on 24 of August, 1658 / by Thomas Peck ... Peck, Thomas. 1671 (1671) Wing P1039B; ESTC R29381 36,989 123

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of the dust to glory at the last day And as the death of a Saint is pretious to God so 't is very gainful and advantagious to the Saint himself for 1. It separates him from all his sins corruptions impurities imperfections from his body of death 2. From this vile and wicked world as the Angels separated Lot from Sodom 3. From all failings and weakness from all afflictions and temptations from all Crosses and grief whatever This is a pretious separation but it never separates him from the love of God in Christ Jesus so far is it from this that it brings him to the immediate and full fruition of God and his love to see him face to face and so to be satisfied with his love and likeness Why then should a believer fear death let death be their fear and dread who are out of Gods favour and have no interest in the love of God in Christ Jesus but let not the beloved of the Lord fear it which is so much their friend because God loves them as to bring them into the bosome of his love and to a present and perfect Union with himself which was the reason why Job so little feared it and St. Paul so Job 3 14 15. Phil. 1. 23. much d●●ired it having a desire to depart and to be with Christ which is far better yea best of all Use 2. This doctrine speaks terror to the wicked You may think it strange that I should draw terror out of so comfortable a truth but consider this comfort belongs only to those that are in Christ Jesus as for those that are out of Christ they are out of the love and favour of God both in life and in death For the present the case of a wicked man is sad in death it will be worse 1. 'T is sad in this life because they live without God out of the love and favour of God in a state of enmity and wrath and all outward blessings they injoy are no signs of Gods special love 2. In death 't is worse 't is bad and sad enough to live out of Gods favour but worse and more sad to dye out of it for then they dye eternally and death to them will be a sad separation for it separates them 1. From their presumptuous conceit hopes and belief of their interest in the love and favour of God What is the hope of the Hypocrite when God taketh away his Soul Now he hopes he is in the love of God but when God by death separates his Soul from his body he separates him also from all his hopes these dye with him and he and his hopes of being in the love of God perish together Prov. 11. 7. Prov. 11. 7. 2. Death separates the wicked from that common and general love of God wherewith he loveth all his creatures especially mankind manifested by his patience and long sufferings by many blessings and comforts of life by his ordinances and many Church priviledges yea and common gifts and graces now death separates them from this common and general love of God and all the forenamed fruits of it Death puts an end to Gods patience separates them from Gods protection from all things that were good and comfortable to them here in this life from all Gods ordinances and from those common graces they have the oyl which they had in their Lamps goeth out when death comes 3. It separates them not only from this general love of God and all that good that is in it but it separates them to everlasting punishment from the presence of the Lord God will say to them then depart from me I never knew you I never loved you Go ye cursed that never had any interest in my everlasting love into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and for his Angels Use 3. If death it self cannot separate the faithful from the love of God in Christ Jesus then as you desire comfort at death labour to get an interest in and an assurance of this love If the arms of Gods love have once embraced thee neither death nor Hell can get the thence for ever the Sanctuary to which thou art fled is inviolate the rock impregnable the City invincible and thou art safe layed up to all eternity This assurance will make thee triumph over death as an enemy that cannot hurt thee a Serpent that cannot sting thee a privation that cannot deprive thee of Gods love O death thou maist say where is thy sting O Grave where is thy Victory for neither the one nor the other can separate thee from Gods love O this will sweeten death which is a bitter thing make death a sweet sleep and the Grave an easy Bed to rest in when we know that it shall not feparate us from but bring us to the full injoyment of him who hath loved us and whom we have loved and longed for O then strive after this assurance in the diligent use of all means search for it seek for it hear it pray for it and wait for it its worth seeking for if once attained you will be so far from fearing death that you will say with old Simeon Lord mine eyes have seen thy Luk. 2. 29 30. salvation my Soul is assured of thy love therefore now let thy Servant depart in peace And here I may set before you as an example to follow this pretious Saint whose sad funerals we now celebrate who by the use of means servent prayer self examination search of the Scriptures meditation on the promises and long patience had attained this assurance this full and certain perswasion of Gods love for when death approched she could say I know in whom I have believed and I go to my God and Father that the time of her redemption was at hand redemption from pain and sickness from sorrow and fin It is not indeed my manner often in this place to make Encomiums of the dead and the Jews have a saying that non facienda sunt monumenta justis monuments are not to be made for the righteous whose words and works are their best monuments and which praise as the righteous man so the vertuous woman in the Gates Prov. 31. 31. In this respect our deceased Pro. 31. 31. friend needs no monument to perpetuate the memory of her worth Her own works will Publish her praise to posterity Yet that I may not seem by silence to bury her vertues with her Ashes give me leave for a few words and that for these two reasons 1. That God may have the glory whilst we shew forth the praises of this Saint whom he long since called from darkness to light in his Kingdom of grace and hath now translated into his Kingdom of Glory 2. That the world may have the benefit of so worthy a pattern and example And though I might inlarge much on this subject yet take what I shall say of her in a few words 1. More generally She was richly