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The Christians map of the world drawne at the solmne funerals of M. Henry Chitting Esquire, Chester-Herauld at Armes, interred Ianuary 11, Anno Domini 1637. By Edward Sparke Master in Arts, and preacher at St. Mary Islington.
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Sparke, Edward, d. 1692.
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Boetius T is better to have beene afflicted Iob. 5.17 adverse fortune more profits man than smiling starres and Iob as well as David had experienc'd it Blessed is the man saith hee the man what man thinke you the man that 's clad in purple and fares deliciously every day no that 's not hee is' t the man whom the King will honour with the Ring and Steed and royall Roabe t is not he neither what then is' t the man that hath caught this world in a purs-net and by th'omnipotence of his gold commands al the felicities that grow in Salomons walk sub Sole under the Sun no none of these but beatus a Domino castigatus blessed is the man whom God correcteth To this purpose St. S. Austins dialogue in Soliloq Austin feignes a conference twixt God and himselfe God personating a Merchant and himselfe a chapman Vaenale habeo saies God I have merchandise to sell Quid est what is it saies the holy Father wy Regnum Coelorum saies God the Kingdome of Heaven quo emitur saies Saint Austin what 's the price on t Paupertate Regnum afflictione Requies Ignominiâ Gloria For poverty saies God the richest Kingdome for momentany affliction eternall rest and for reproach a Crowne of Glory since then our light affliction which is but for a moment bringeth us a more excellent eternal weight of glory Rom. 8.18 Rom. 8. Let us not refuse the chastning of the Lord but when he sends it patiently suffer evill and thus you have the duty Seeke Seeke by doing good doe good by Charity and Prayer and Seeke by suffering evill and suffer by abstaining all intemperance and sustaining all afflictions so run and you shall obtaine thus seeke and you shall finde 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the continuing City that wee looke for And t is an obiect worthy all this paines our best deservings undeserving it take but a glimpse on 't 1 Cor. 13.12 The obiect of our search for we can no more heer we see as in a glasse but darkely 1 Cor. 13. Consider the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 abstractly as a City then as a concrete One to come First you see t is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a City not a Wildernesse as is this world where we are all in Pilgrimage to the Sepulcher and behold heer a most exact 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 'twixt this same and the former City The 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of this City and the former the worldly one's 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 built but of clay and stubble the worke of mens hands and those that make them are like unto them of a facile dissolution but this coelestiall City is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 made by Him who made the hands whose Archtectour is the Almighty these buildings therefore are the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Iohn 14.2 2 Cor. 5.1 Ioh. 14. the abiding mansions whereas those earthly ones are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Cor. 5. but Gourds but fleeting Tabernacles you remember tother was a City of Negatives 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 neither of Strength nor Unity Rest nor Safety this of all good affirmatives wherein are all Those fixt as in their proper Sphere 1. T is a City of Strength aske St. Iohn else Reu. A City of Strength Reu. 121. 21. the foundation all of Gold the walls of Adamant and its twelve Gates of Pearle materialls of the strongest Psal 103 20. yet guarded with innumerable Angels that excell in strength Psal 103. garrisond with an Army of Martyrs and govern'd by the Lord of hoasts indeed there can want no Strength where dwells omnipotence heer then were that an opportune desire quis deducet me in Civitatem munitam Psal 60.9 who will lead me into this strong city that the Text wil if thou follow it This too is a City of Unity A City of Vnity Charitas virtus viae patriae the King of Salem's dwelling house those Starres are the embroyderies of Peaces Coate and the gay-beames of Sun and Moone but the bright smiles of Loue Tryumphant Coelum charitatis patria Heaven is the place where shee was bred Faith and Hope are low borne virtues to her 1 Cor. 13. 1 Cor. 13.8 heere they begin and heere they end But 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 this greater grace of love unity a stray indeed on earth take up their eternall rest in Heaven nay there were no Heaven without it Concord heer ever flowes and knowes no ebbe springing from the undivided Trinity unto the goodly fellowship of the Prophets and communion of all Saints quibus lux eadem Cantio unica who shining all with the same light of glory breath all the same incessant Halilujahs None envying others happinesse vessells all full though of their severall cises None know either want or emulation This Ierusalem is the City at unity with it selfe Psalm 122.3 A City of Safety Psal 122. Thirdly t is a City of Safety you see strengthned beyond all opposition seated above short-armed danger Altissima venti non perflant no angry storme can shake the Cedars of this Libanus or blast the Ascenders of this holy Mountaine heer only may wee cry Peace peace all safety dwelling heer no enemies being left to interrupt it Sinne and Sorrow hell and the grave all conquerd conculcata pedibus 1 Cor. 15.27 by him who hath subdued al things yet were the world let loose against them Christs little flocke need feare no ill they are in such an hand Iohn 10.28 as who shall take them from him Joh. 10. Etiamsi fractus illabatur orbis Impavidos ferient ruinae Let the world totter into its first Chaos ruine should threaten them in vaine whom God makes dwell in safety Psalm 4.8 Psalm 4. This Canaan's full of secure Vines and Fig-trees the Prophet Zachary means this City sure when he saies Men shal dwell in it and there shall be no more destruction but Ierusalem shall be safely inhabited Zech. 14.11 A City of Rest Zech. 14.11 Lastly all these speake Heaven a City of rest where there is such Strength and Love and Safety needs must there be true security I heaven is the Center of soules as is the Earth of bodies and onely there they rest there indeed being contentation adequate to the Soules capacity no further search no more desire wheras heer one * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sacri cordis humani figura quae sibi mutuo solùm sufficiant Psal 107 9. corner of the heart or other still is empty â—ulcimentum innitenti plenitudinem continenti sufficientiam Possidenti coelum praebet Heaven satisfieth the hungriest soule with goodnesse Psal 107. And yet this heavenly rest is not to bee taken as some impious Spirits only privatively as a totall cessation from all sacred businesse for in that
soule which travels them well over this contempt of earth and search for Heaven shall make a happier voyage * Drake or Cavendish c. than those who Ring the Earth shall bee companions of a brighter Sunne without either cost or danger may discover fortunate Isles whence more then gainefull blest returnes As this experienc'd Heroê hath already in whom wee finde our Text againe with a fresh comment on 't his soule a faire example of the inquirimus A Transition to the funerall occasion being fled unto the City that wee seeke for and his body a demonstration of the Non habemus witnesse this Tenantlesse house of clay the sad remainder of our worthy friend and comparishioner Mr. Henry Chitting who is now come hither to take his ultimum vale of the world and tell his good friends that he will meet them in heaven yet hath he left us somewhat else behind him than these shella of a fledg'd soule sc memoria justi the blest memorial of the righteous which shal be had in everlasting remembrance Psa 112. I Psal 112.6 now this box of ointment's broken a sweet perfume's defused through this assembly nay through the whole place of his abode and knowledge a good name is like confections of the Apothecary faith Solomon or as musicke at a banquet of wine Eccles 7. His then most full of pleasant Odours in the Nostrills of God and man Vir verè insignis nec silendus nec dicendus subitò One so full of worth and goodnes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that Silence may not bury him Suddennesse cannot expresse him I wish his bright vertues heer but such an able Herauld as himselfe was to emblazon them in their owne colours Nemo Ciceronem nisi Cicero for my own part inopem me copia I must confesse his store of merit tumultuates my expression and sorrow is so il a Methodist I scarce know where to initiate his Encomium his just commendations Iâ— Epist ad Eustoch unlesse as St. Ierom of his vertuous Paula I begin with his beginning Clarus genere Clarior virtute he was genteild by bloud and office yet more enobled by his virtue as will appeare sufficiently if you consider with mee according unto Nature and to Grace and doubtlesse all of us may by the way finde something worth our imitation his mourning friends matter of consolation First Nature you know had been no stepdame to him whether you look upon the house or the inhabitant his body or his soule one of them a goodly structure a proper mansion for so divine a guest as he was not like Galba Plutarch in his life 2 Sam. 14.25 who is said to have had a good soule in a deformed body so was he not like Absâ—lon who had an il soule within a comely body But tanto hospiti aptum domicilium He was a Diamond set in gold Nature his body and his mind like Apples of gold in pictures of silver each fitly made for other and both to praise their Maker but for that part of him which chiefly was himselfe his soule so eminently ingenious what with addition of industry and education to native dispositions as long agoe preferd him unto Royal attendance and a stile of honour He was Chester Herauld above 20. yeares Chester now lamenting her deceased Herauld as we our loving neighbour we whose every tongue is still his ready Orator acknowledging his deportment faire and full of sweetnesse composed of affection and discretion respective of superiours most affable to equalls soft unto inferiours and lowly towards all But what speake I of Naturalls Grace Grace was the Altar sanctified this gold I that made his soule shine like to the Heaven it came from with many greater and leffer lights virtues of all magnitudes lights that shined before men both in his former conversation and his latter visitation His conversation to God-ward full of reverence a practiser of publike as well as private piety a man after Davids heart that Iov'd the place where Gods honour dwelleth His Piety witnesse his diligent frecuenting of this House of prayer and I were somewhat ingratefull who had the happines to be his friend should I not acknowledge him a lover of the Church her government and Ministers and give me leave to wish the world fuller of such obedient Spirits For himselfe hee no way had defac'd that Tenement where God had housd his soule nor yet opprest the Tenant .i. was neither intemperate in body nor passionate in minde a minde gentle full of soft answeres and as the Apostle would have it slow to anger Iam. 1.19 his body a Vessell of sobriety not excesse His Temperance not washing out his Makers Image with immoderate drinking that Deluge of the Times no Sacrifiser He to any of those bruitish gods Bacchus Venus Epicurus Rom 13.13 but like a child of light walking honestly as in the day Rom. 13. And hee that was so pious and so temperate could not bee uncompassionate hee that so lov'd God whom he had not seene could not but love his brother whom he had I His Charity many poore inhabitants of this Parish for his charity call him blessed and not many weekes are past since they had a gracious tast on 't Pauper est Altare Dei Are Heb. 13.16 Hee knew the poore to bee Gods Altar and therefore to distribute forgot not but offered the well-pleasing sacrifice Heb. 13.16 Thus did a good life approve him in all the three relations to God his Neighbour and himselfe an upright Christian Act 24.16 one well versd in Saint Pauls endeavour Act. 24. To keepe in all things a good Conscience voyd of offence to God and man And these being the premises with a little Logick you may ghesse at the conclusion Qualis vita Finis ita ex veris possit nil nisi verasequi None other then a happy end could follow such a well-led life for commonly one is tothers Eccho His latter visitation was indeed short and sowre His disease supposed an Apoplexie an acute angry malady feeding on his braine yet for the Senders sake bid welcome and entertained with such unmoved patience as well deserved Iobs owne commendations in all this languishment he sinned not nor once charged God foolishly with his lips Iob. 2. Iob. 2.10 no as he was my charge so my comfort to finde him still as full of devotion as affliction a ready companion of our praiers making his tongue Gods glory and his owne as David calls it till such time as the tyranny of his disease chaind up the faculties of expression Psalm 57.8 and then reared hands and eyes spake louder the elevation of his pious heart all which petitioned the Churches comfortable absolution which being administred his soule feeling her selfe disburdened of a double weight flesh and sinne soone after took her blessed flight to Heaven where is no more Death or sicknesse but all teares wipt away to give your imitation then a Charecter of him The Character of him in a word Hee was a zealous Christian a faithfull Friend a comfortable Neighbour a loving Husband a tender Father an affectionate Brother a gentle Master a sweet Companion indeed living hee was a Common good and therfore now a common losse Yet this may comfort his lamenting friends that though his body is gone the way of all flesh yet his soule the way of all the Saints his Time 's extended to eternity his company for sinnefull men the goodly fellowship of the Prophets His exchange Saints and Angels and in stead heere of beholding vanity any longer hee lookes upon the face of God himselfe which none can see and not bee blessed thus to him to dye is gaine Claudite jam rivos because to live was Christ Then shut your sluces all that lov'd him and seeme not to bowayle his happinesse doe not Reguantem flere as Saint Ierome forbids Eustochium doe not you bedew your eyes because God hath wip'd all teares from his Mortui non amissised praemissi sancti Planctus ululatus sint inter saeculi homines Let such immoderate griefe bee among hopelesse men that thinke their friends lost and gone to a place of weeping 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And though in such cases wee must permit you to bee men yet forget not to bee Christians Doleamus nostram vicem as our Saviour to the Women weepe not for him blest soule but for your selves for envie that your selves are not so happy In Epist ad Eustoch Non maereamus qaod talem amissimus sed potiùs gratias agamus quod habuimus imo quod habemus sweetly Saint Ierom Let us not mourne as for one lost rather bee thankefull that wee have had so good a patterne nay that wee still have him saies the Father Deo enim vivunt omnia For all still live in God yea though they dye and whomsoever hee thus takes unto himselfe are still within the Family of the Church Heare his last Farewell now Valete omnes omnes Me suo quisquis Ordine His Vltimum Vale. secuturi Valete Farewell my friends Brothermortalls fare you well that shortly each in his owne order all must follow mee Follow him then first in goodnesse fight the good fight keepe the Faith Finish so your course as hee did and henceforth is laid up for you what hee hath now received a Crowne of Righteousnesse Though you goe along with him in the Non habemus having heere no continuing City you shall also accompany him in the Futuram acquirimus the finding one to come Which God the Builder and Maker of it grant us all in his good time thorough Iesus Christ To whom with the Father and the Blessed Spirit bee all honour and Thankesgivings evermore Amen Tibi desinet FINIS Perlegi concionem hanc Funebrem cui titulus est The Christians Map eamque typis mandari permitto SA BAKER ex aedib Londinens Martii 3. 1637.