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Harvest-home being the summe of certain sermons upon Job 5. 26 : one whereof was preached at the funeral of Mr. Ob. Musson, an aged Godly minister of the Gospel in the Royally licensed rooms in Coventry : the other since continued upon the subject / by J.B. D.D, ... ; the first part being a preparation of the corn for the sickle, the latter will be the reaping, shocking and inning of that corn which is so fitted.
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Bryan, John, d. 1676.
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Object 1 The painfullness of death this terrifies To cure this fear Answ 1 let them reflect Upon worse pains which do from life arise From day to day nor is there pain in death But life gives pain at parting with its breath No sting in death being found It cannot hurt at all though it may pain There 's pain in curing of a wound The Marriner e're he the Haven gain Takes no small pains and thinks it well bestow'd Though it was painfull all the time he row'd All wounds by death are cur'd Who would not bear a little for so great A happiness a Haven being procur'd Thereby an everlasting resting seat But yet there is another senceless thing Which doth to some Saints sence of terrour bring Namely some kind of dying Object 2 Sudden and violent death they cannot look On with a smile nor without crying Nor can they bring their hearts these deaths to brook Sith we must dye Answ it matters not what kind Of death we dye this should not move our mind Matter we should not how We go from hence so much as whither we Shall goe remember Christ did bow His head and dy'd a cursed death to free Each kind of death from being a curse to his That every kind of death should be their bliss SECT VIII Reasons why some good men in prospect of death have petitioned for a Reprieve Practical directions to make us both willing and fit to dye Self-murder shewed unlawfull and probably damnable WHat may the reason be May some demand that sundry precious Saints Quest Beg'd living light longer to see When they saw death at hand made sad complaints Their love of life proceeded from the love Answ Of honouring God below not yet above From lawfull self-love too Having not yet attain'd assurance full They prayed for a previous view Of th' heavenly Canaan before the Pull Of soul from flesh desir'd some short abode More quietly to render up to God Their spirits with submission To his good pleasure another reason may Be rendred why they fear'd dismission Because the old man still in part bore sway Best but in part are sanctified but Before their end their fears are all out shut Considerations working willingness In Christians all to dye premised thus Pass we to things in Practice nothing less Effectual to work this will in us Provided we be righteous First we must cleanse our hearts from carnall love Of earthly things the worldlings Trinity Must be renounced we must get above The Moon Rev. 12. wealth pleasures honours tye The soul to them too stedfastly It cannot with good will be loos'd from them The means to cut this Gordian knot must be Carefully learn'd by all of Abrahams stem First leave they must evil Society And sort with godly company Next needless cares and business restrain Then strive with God by prayer and believe That he will give what they would compass fain And every day they must not fail to grieve For Sin and regularly live Our sins must dye before us else we are Sure to dye damned who can willing be To dye in such estate but if we care To rid our hearts of damn'd hypocrisy We shall depart then cheerfully These are the motives and the means to get This grace if still we find a reluctation And that we are loth to depart as yet Let 's not despond but live in expectation Our end shall be endless compleat salvation That we should alwayes willing be to dye Hath been so prov'd that none can it deny To be a duty and a priviledge Promis'd to Saints of which nought shall abridge Them but whether it 's lawfull to desire Death is a doubt to which we have giv'n fire Determined th' affirmative in case Gods name thereby more glory may embrace Than by our life See in the Margin places Judg. 16.29.30 Evincing this one of the lawfull cases Exod. 32. Rom. 9. Psal 120.6 7. 2 Pet. 2.7 8. Another is that we may be set free From wicked mens vexing Society A third that we may make an end of sinning A fourth prevention of more crosses winning Gen. 27 46. 1 King 19.3 4. Rom. 7.23 24. Psal 38.3 41 Phil. 1.21 to 24. Psal 73.25 Quest With this proviso not immoderately Desiring ease but most submissively Lastly to be with Christ and to enjoy Intire communion without mixt alloy May one in any case may some demand His own life take away with his own hand I answer roundly in no case we may Answ By poyson halter knife or other way To Make our selves away attempt we must Cast the world out of us this is most just But not our selves out of the world its base To run away like cowards our short race We ought to run staying till God doth call Us hence and then most gladly farewell all Till then abide the battle we are bound None but most wicked are in Scripture found Who kill'd themselves Achitophel did so And Saul and Judas as for Sampson though He pull'd the house upon him this was done In zeal for God by inspiration It 's damnable to leave our work before God bid us leave it upon any score Who is himself and breaks the jayl must dye For such a breach and that eternally Yet pass not sentence upon such a soul It may repent in parting sans controll The act is haynous hideous killeth both Body and Soul unless repentance doth Suddenly interpose it self and grace Step in a moment into justice place Neither of which will probably be given This sin beyond all others forfeits heaven A sin most Criminous and borders most Near to the sin against the Holy Ghost FINIS Postscript I finisht have The first part of this quickning Text Presenting to all good men death and grave Passing desirable the next Part I must crave Leave to delay The presentation of it till More strength of spirit body gain I may Which when God granteth then I will make an Essay The illustration Of what 's there promis'd to unfold Humbly commend it to your meditation And for a closure shall make bold some Consolation To annex by Mentioning a doctrine which Hath in it truth in probability Containing treasure very rich Pray lend the eye Gives hope to all Who vertuous pious patient are That they in the first resurrection shall Have part with blessedness most rare Holy withall Transcendently Their souls and bodies both shall be These raised from the dead primarily Those to them reunited by Omnipotency And live in bliss A thousand years during which space They shall bless Christ their head with Emphasis For merit mercy and free grace vouchsaf'd them this Work of thanksgiving Will be the onely or the chief Employment of the raised Saints who living Shall all those years find fresh relief together striving Who shall outstrip Another in this glorious work Of praising Jesus with one joyful lip For treading down the Pope and Turk Smiting thigh hip They all shall joyn In singing Hallelujahs to their King From whom none shall dominion purloin Nor from his Saints whom he shall bring With him conjoyn Co-heirs in face Of all the World who shall behold Each of them Kings over the total mass Subdu'd unto them uncontrol'd And in th' end as Commissioners Of Oyer and of Terminer With him Apostles Gospel-Ministers Shall highest sit much statelier Each one appears Than Earthly Lords Next these to pious private men A power of Judging also Christ affords ill spirits their carnall off-spring when Of death the cords Are loosed which detain'd in grave till the last day Of generall judgement poor and rich Who wicked were all cast away into the ditch And Lake of fire Burning with Brimstone sentenc'd hither By them whom then the whole world shall admire Assessors with their King together Here counted mire O then rejoyce At thoughts of reigning upon Earth A thousand years which ended with great noise Yea who have had a second birth While here a choice Tranquillity More Millions of years thâ—â—sands On shores of Seas even to Eternity You shall enjoy safe in his hands Who did both dye And rise again Ascended sits and reigns above Hath purchas'd for them freedom from all pain Embraceth you with arms of Love By him you 'l gain A Kingdom that Is apthartal amiantal Amarantall beyond the reach and hate Of persecuting enemies all Who at no rate Without within Shall neves vex them more mutations There shall be none in heav'n nor unto sin any the least temptations as first have been Shall er'e be there But fellowship with God and Christ Uninterrupted not the smallest fear of ever having loos'd the twist Of grace made here This doctrine of The raised reigning Saints of God A thousand years hath proof enough In holy writ and their abode By Earthly stuff Inheritance Of the whole earth is frequently Promis'd unto them and as now all France is Englands Kings titularly who seem to dance After't alone Possessing not a foot of ground Of that fair Realm but as they shall anon Possessors of it all be found really own That wholly as They have done do these kingdoms three Thus it in time shall probably come to pass Though haply our eyes shall not see save in a glass This wish'd event Right so though Saints at present have Little or nought besides bare aliment And rayment both too far from brave yet well content They ere 't be long As Abraham Isaac Jacob shall Inherit actually as by faith strong Those did while living Canaan all which did belong To them and theirs By Gods donation so with them We being as they were of this world heirs which plain appears Shall really Possess a thousand years together This Earthly Globe with each commodity It doth produce and serene weather Le ts then leap for joy FINIS