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A44540	A sermon preached at the solemnity of the funeral of Mrs. Dorothy St. John, fourth daughter of the late Sir Oliver St. John, Knight and Baronet, of Woodford in Northamptonshire, in the parish church of St. Martins in the Fields, on the 24th of June, 1677 by Anthony Horneck ...	Horneck, Anthony, 1641-1697.	1677 (1677)	Wing H2849; ESTC R7942	28,330	40

all true penitents find nor that there is that Hell in it when ever the Conscience awakes which Cain and Saul and Judas found They apprehend God childishly merciful and because he knows their frame forsooth that they are frail and weak he cannot be angry with them for not observing his injunctions They make him a Being without justice and though they could wish he would revenge their quarrel whenever they receive any signal affront of their neighbours yet they would not have him revenge their ingratitude to him and because they would not have him angry with them therefore they believe he will not and from their loose behaviour infer his good nature and please themselves with thinking that he will overlook their wilful errors because their nature abhors every thing that looks like pain and torment But these fancies Sinner are so far from extenuating that they but aggravate thy folly Alas it is not thy unwillingness to suffer that will allay Gods wrath nor thy tenderness to thy self that will make him express less hatred and indignation against thee If unwillingness to endure pain were a sufficient bar to justice what Malefactor would be put to death and if this plea will not serve on Earth sure I am it will be insignificant in the Court of Heaven and as light as sin seems now there will a time come when it will be weightier than Rocks and Mountains Though thou losest the sense of it yet God doth not forget the dishonour done unto him by it and when the monstrous load sunk the Son of God and pressed him that was infinite into a sweat of blood and made the immortal die think what a pressure it will be for thy impenitent soul for from such Christ hath not taken away Gods anger when the whole burden shall be thrown upon thee at the Revelation of the righteous judgment of God VI. Doth the whole Creation hope to be deliver'd from her bondage Then lift up your heads ye mourners of Sion and learn to imitate the Creature in its hope Doth the Creation as it were support it self with this hope from sinking into its primitive Chaos and cannot this hope of your everlasting deliverance keep your hearts from fainting under the darkest providence Behold the Husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the Earth and hath long patience for it until he receive the early and the latter rain Jac. 5. 7. You sow in tears now the day will come when you shall reap in joy It 's but a little while and he that shall come will come The hope of a Kingdom keeps a captive Prince from murmuring and should not the hopes of that Kingdom which fades not away bear up your spirits against despair Have you fought the good fight so long and will you give over now Are you within reach of the Crown and will you lay down your weapons Are you within sight of the Haven and will you suffer shipwrack Behold that Jesus who was dead and is alive and is the King of the Princes of the Earth is hastening to your rescue you 'll see him ere long coming in the clouds of Heaven and all his holy Angels with him your afflictions then will all be changed into Eternal Freedom your waters of Marah into rivers of delight which make glad the City of God your prison into perfect liberty your Lions Den into a Palace your fiery Furnace into the light of God's countenance your Dungeon into Heaven your poverty into plenty your sickness into Eternal health your losses into solid possessions your shackles into kisses your setters into the kindest embraces your bryars into glory your thorns into a Crown O joyful day when this corruptible shall put on incorruption and this mortal shall put on immortality and your rags be changed into splendid robes Who would not suffer a while to enter into that rest Who would be afraid of being destitute tormented afflicted when these storms are all to expire into Eternal Sun-shine The Spirit and the Bride say Come and let him that hears say Come Even so Come Lord Jesus Having thus led you from the Creature to the Creator I must crave leave to lead you back again from the Creator to the Creature viz. To the party deceased And here I could wish I were able to give you that account of her Life and deportment which in all probability you expect upon this occasion But when I shall have told you that it was not my happiness to be acquainted with her before she died you 'll soon pardon my silence in her Commendations And yet I dare not be so injurious to her Memory as to conceal the Character which those that knew her intimately were pleased to give of her Her Piety it seems was great and early and her Soul big with Devotion in an Age which is exposed to the greatest Temptations What Solomon learn'd by sad experience in his latter years she practised in the days of her youth and the fear of God which he found to be the only true happiness when he had run through all the risks of sin she embraced before she had tasted any of the Worlds pleasures She no sooner came to years of discretion but she saw that her greatest interest lay in loving God and understood that to remember her Creator before the evil days do come was the greatest prudence and policy As young as she was her eyes were fix'd upon a better World and it was hard to say which had her greatest care God's glory or her own Salvation Her affection to Goodness appear'd in her when Vice begins to flourish in other persons and she began to shoot out buds of Grace when others look upon 't as a piece of necessity to run out into Sin and Vanity The Word of God was the food her Soul delighted in and she thought no provision comparable to the Bread of Life which feeds men into Eternal content and satisfaction She had learn'd that God was one that did hear Prayers and to address her self to him was not the least part of her employment In these tender years she was already arriv'd to that knowledg which Philosophers formerly attained not unto till they were grown aged and was become Mistress of the greatest vertues at a time when others are apt to laugh at strictness and severity as a mellancholy humor She had already learn'd to scorn reproaches for Righteousness sake and did clearly apprehend that her greatest glory must be Religion and God's favour At those years when others hardly know what Heaven means she had already felt it in her Soul and she could guess at what Angels did above by her praising and magnifying the beauty and bounty of her Maker The fruits of the Spirit which are not seen in others before fifty appeared in her at eighteen and the joys of the Holy Ghost which are not counted modish till fourscore became familiar to her as soon as her reason began to exert it self into action She had already practised to lay up her treasure in Heaven and as if she had foreknown her death she made preparation for it at a time when others make provision for the flesh to fulfil the lusts thereof What would this Plant have come to if it had grown up to its full height and stature and how glorious would this Tree have been if it had been permitted to spread its branches like the Cedars in Lebanon She that did already like Aarons rod bud and blossom and bear fruit how rich would the fruit have been if it had been warm'd some years longer by the Sun of Righteousness But the flower was too costly for this valley of tears and the soil here below too course for this curious Plant to thrive in God therefore cropt it to transplant it into Paradise and withdrew it from the eyes of men because it was a fitter spectacle for Angels FINIS Some Books Printed for James Collins THe Duke of Albermarl's Compleat Body of Military Discipline Fol. The Great Law of Consideration in order to a Serious Life by Anthony Horneck Preacher at the Savoy Octavo Essays on several Important Subjects in Philosophy and Religion by Joseph Glanvil Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty Quarto Two Discourses viz. A Discourse of Truth by Dr. Rust Lord Bishop of Dromore in the Kingdom of Ireland and the way of Happyness and Salvation rescued from vulgar Errors by Joseph Glanvil Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty Twelves Bishop Wards Sermons before the King and other occasions Oct. Doctor Parkers Answer to Marvel Oct. Bishop Bramhall's Vindication of the Church of England Oct. Private Conference twixt a rich Alderman and poor Countrey Vicar by Dr. Pettis Oct. 2 Pet. 3. 16. Tertuli lib. 3. adv Marc. Luc. 12. 17 1● Matth. 23. 27. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Diog. Laert. lib. 6. de Diog. De 300 Statuis Demetrii Phalerei null● corrupit aerug aut situs sed omnes vivent ipso eversae sunt Demadis statuae co● flatae sunt in matulas Plutarch de Rei● Ger. praec Tertullian 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Philo. Voluptas bonum pecoris est Senec. a Campana luxuria perquam utilis ci●itati nostrae ●uit Invi●tum enim artis Hanniba●em illicebris ●uis complexa ●incendum Romano militi ●ibuit Val. Max. lib. 9. ● 1. b Aelian Lib. 5. de Animal c. 40. Max. Tyrius Dissert 21. In Strab. lib. 1● Vid. Trigant Com. de Exped apud Sinas Et Martin Hist. Sin lib. 8. Vid. Plat. in Axioch Job 1. 14. seq 2 Cor. 11. 26. Job 29. 3. 6. 19. c. 31. 4. Vid. Senec. Consil. ad Polyb c. 28. Hom● Via Helmont ●● Sympath Vid. Valer. Max. lib. 5. c. 4. Vid. Olear Rosar p●rs lib. ● c. 2. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Debarim Rabba