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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52287	The dying mans destiny, and the living mans duty, opened. And applyed in a sermon preached on board the Loyal-Eagle, upon the coast of Cormodell in the East-Indies. At the solemn obsequies of Mr. Richarde Bernard, Chyrurgeon, who, at the conclusion of it, was (with universal sorrow) thrown into the sea, Feb. 1. 1680. Together, with an elegy on his death. By C.N. Minister of the same ship.	Nicholets, Charles.	1682 (1682)	Wing N1087; ESTC R222287	39,747	53

and perish there For David personating him thus prophetically spake Thou wilt not leave my Soul taken here figuratively for the outward Man in Hell that is the Grave for so Sheol signifieth Neither wilt Thou suffer thy holy One to see Corruption Implying that all other bodies must see corruption under whatever circumstances they may be considered when they come to this common home this general receptacle of the Grave For as all must lye down and take up their dwelling there together so all must perish and rot and be consumed there and that from the same cause and after the same manner The Grave is a common home for the wicked in Judgment it is their Jail where they are kept safe till the great and general Assizes of the Day of Judgment when the last Trumpet will sound and the Eccho of it will be heard from the one end of the Earth to the other with this doleful Summons Arise ye Dead and come to Judgment When the Vision of John will be made good to a tittle And I saw a great white Throne and him that sate on it from whose Face the Earth and Heaven fled away and there was found no place for them And I saw the Dead small and great stand before God and the books were opened and another book was opened which is the Book of Life and the Dead were judged out of those things that were written in the Book according to their Works And the Sea gave up the Dead which were in it and Death and Hell that is the Grave delivered up the Dead which were in them and thy were Judged every Man according to their Works And the effect of this great Tryal and dreadful Appearance will be the Bodies of the wicked shall be sent to Hell as well as their Souls and be Tormented there for ever God can and for the glorifying of his Justice he will Condemn both Body and Soul to Hell-fire at last Those Ears that have been always open to let in the Air of obscenity and tickled with delight in the hellish musick of prophane Language shall then be terrified with the doleful Howlings and Cryings and Gnashing of Teeth that will there be in an horrible manner among the wreached Miscreants Those Eyes that have been as Windows to let in Lust and all manner of wantonness and filthiness into the Soul shall then be punished with beholding the ghastly Looks of affrightning Devils that will be continually staring the damned in the Face Those Tongues that have been the Bellows of the Devil blown into from Hell always imploy'd in belching forth horrid Oaths blaspheming their Creator or thundring out direful Execrations cursing the Creature and that without either shame or remorse shall then be miserably scorched in that inextinquishable Fire which there burneth Day and Night In a word those Bodies that here have been vessels of uncleaness members of an harlot recepticles of all prophaness shall then be rowling on fiery Pillars in those everlasting Burnings in those devouring Flames which the Breath of the Lord hath kindled when that amazing and soul-confounding Sentence is pronounced upon them by the Month of the righteous Judge himself Depart from me ye Cursed into everlasting Fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels But now the Grave is a common home to the Saints and People of God in Mercy it is the place where their Bodies are clarify'd and refined from all dross and corruption and so made fit for Glory Oh! what a glorious Morning what a joyful blessed day will that of the Resurrection be to All that sleep in Christ For then with their bodily Eyes shall they behold their Saviour and in the re-union of their Bodies with their Souls shall they be for ever with him hearing him speaking in that soul-reviving soul-refreshing yea soul-ravishing Language to them Come ye blessed of my Father inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the Foundation of the World Then the Body that is now 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a body of meanness or a low abject vile Body by reason of its corruption shall in that day become 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Body of Glory for it will be changed and made like unto the glorious Body of the Lord Jesus and in conformity to that Glory put on Stolam immortalitatis the Garment of immortality The dead bodies of Saints shall live yea together with the dead Body of Christ shall they arise They shall awake and sing though now they dwell in the Dust for their Dew is as the Dew of Herbs and the Earth shall give them up as the Lord 's Dead Now then if the Grave be Man's proper home his seltled home his confined home and his common home Ah! How should all of us whether rich or poor high or low old or young be familiarizing this home to our selves as that which we must all come to Oh Sirs Methinks you should have serious and awful thoughts of your ghastly paleness your loathsome blackness and your habitations in the dark And so I pass from the Dying Mar's Destiny He goes to his Long Home To the Living Man's Duty He ought to be a Mourner in the Street I told you in the Doctrine there was a Mourning due from the Survivers to the Deceased I shall now labour to make it appear and that upon a four-fould account First Naturally There is a natural Obligation to Mourn when any Man goes to his Long Home and surely they are very unnatural that do not pay it First For that they that Live are of the same Mould with them that Dye All are made and composed of the same perishing Earth Hence David speaks not only of himself but of all Men when he inscribes Vanity on them Psalm 39. ver 5 6. Behold thou hast made my Days as an hand 's breath and my Age is as nothing before Thee verily every Man at his best estate is altogether Vanity Surely every Man walketh in a vain show surely they are disquieted in vain He heapeth up Riches and knoweth not who shall enjoy them Here is a general Rule without any exception that every Man be he never so great or high or rich or wise or learned in the world and that in his best estate take him under what circumstances you will is Vanity yea altogether Vanity a poor crazy empty evanid thing Now when Man that is so vain so perishing in his own Nature sees one of the same Mould with himself carrying to the Grave to be placed in his Long Home the Law of Nature exacts a tribute of Tears from him though he had no particular acquaintance with or obligation to the person deceased because he beholds a crumbling away and a fading of that Earth whereof himself is made at which Nature cannot but have a reluctancy and vent its sympathetical Passion But as the Apostle speaks of some Monsters in filthiness and uncleaness that they did that which is against Nature so we may see

those things which the principals of natural being do require as necessary to the demonstration of its being but rather provokes to a lively and regular doing of them And surely this duty under our present consideration is that which the spirit of a Man dictates to him though in a dark mistaken way and the Spirit of God suggests to him in a right safe justifiable way That there is a time to Mourn is past dispute since the Word of Truth speaks it and that a Funeral Solemnity or seeing Man go to his Long Home is such a time is also out of doubt since the Word of Truth enjoyns it Hence we may warrantably and not uncharitably conclude That Man void of Reason or Religion of Nature or Grace yea of Love to God or Man that brings not a Mourning-heart along with him to the House of Mourning Secondly Relatively There is a relative obligation upon the living to Mourn for the dead which Relation either in a more large or strict sence takes in the whole Race of Mankind First For that all men are related in Adam as springing from his Loyns Though men are now distinguished into many sorts of Nations and divers Kinds and Manners of persons yet they all come from the same Root the same Off-spring all Children of the same Father of the same Mother So we are told Gen. 3. ver 20. And Adam called his Wives name Eve because she was the Mother of all Living All the vast numberless multitudes of People throughout the Universe that have been or still are in the World came originally from her Womb. She is the Parent from whence so many Millions of Souls may derive their pedigree The highest and most certain degree of Relation in natures Climax Methinks then we should not be so unmindful of our primitive Extraction as to be wholly unconcerned at the departure of one of the same Race with our selves There is none so remote from us in Country or Acquaintance but he is near to us yea related to us Secundum esse as he is a Son of Adam And can we afford never a tear never a sigh never a compassionate sob to accompany such an one be he who he will or what he will to his Long Home Ah! 'T is sign we are hardned against our own Flesh and that we shamefully forget the Father that begat us and the Mother of whom we are all Born Oh! what a debauched abominable Age do we live in wherein Men are so senceless and horridly stupid so intoxicated with Lusts and Vanities so bewitched to the Allurements of the World so feared in their evil ways and courses that Death though it be even at their doors is disregarded by them and the going to the Grave of others though their very Neighbours is a thing they take no notice of nor in the least Mourn for so long as they have their strength and health to drink and swear and indulge themselves in their lusts and pleasures they care not who are Sick or who Dye or who go to the Grave it is all one to them Truly such persons are so far from being like Christians that they are ten thousand times worse than Heathens Oh! how will the Egyptians rise up in Judgment against the Men of this Generation and condemn them for their melting and mourning Deportment at the Funeral of good old Jacob notwithstanding he was of another Nation and Religion when they came to the Threshing-floor of Arad which is beyond Jordan 't is said they Mourned with a very great and sore Lamentation insomuch that the place was called Abel-Mizraim the Mourning of the Egyptians But ah How little Mourning is there found amongst us upon such occasions Secondly As there is a Relation in the first Adam wherein all are concerned so there is a Relation in the second Adam wherein not a few are tied and obliged to be concerned one for another especially at so great a change as that of Death Now this Relation is either more Large or more Strict More Large and so all that own Jesus Christ the Son of God to be come in the Flesh are within the reach of it who are therefore called by one general and Catholick name Christians But more Strictly and so it is restrained peculiar to Believers who by the same work of Grace are made true Members of the Church-militant and by the same act of Faith are expecting the glory of the Church-triumphant Who are engaged in the same cause Souldiers under the same Banner Wrestlers against the same Enemy even Principalities and Powers and spiritual Wickednesses in high places Who are sighting the same Battle Runners of the same Race Pursuers after the same Crown even that which is incorruptible undefiled that fadeth not away Who are Inheritors of the same Promise Fellow-heirs of the same Kingdom Waiters for the same Adoption to wit the Redemption of the Body Who are Professors of the same Faith Believers in the same Christ Experiencers of the same happiness in the glimpses of Zion's glory and the fore-taste of the Joys of the Life to come In a word who are under the same Tye confirmed by the same Seals bound by the same Covenant to live according to the Rule and in the Fellowship of the Gospel This Relation is so near so great so obligatory that the Apostle calls it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Brotherhood or a company of Brothers As all Men are Brothers in Adam naturally so Believers are Brothers in Christ spiritually and this nearness in Relation should certainly cause a Mourning when Death makes a Separation Oh! when a Godly Man goes to his Long Home then Godly-Mourning should Go about the Streets for that there is a great Loss and will be a real want of his Prayers his Tears his Holy Converse and the good he might farther have done in the World Upon this account Elishah Mourned for Elijah and sent his loud Acclamations of Sorrow to Heaven after him when he was taken up from him My Father my Father the Chariots of Israel and the Horsemen thereof This made the Ephesians Mourn so dolefully at Paul's departure because they were never to see him again So saith the Text And they all wept sore and fellon Pauls Neck and kissed him Sorrowing most of all for the words that he spake that they should See his Face no more Paul was their spiritual Father that had begotten them to God and therefore they could not but Mourn to think of parting with so dear a Relation especially since it was to be an eternal Farewel How must they never see his Face more never hear the sound of that golden Trumpet more that had been so charming to their Ears yea so ravishing to their Souls Oh! This strained up their Sorrow to the highest Peg this made them Mourn with a Mourning truly Mournful And we read Acts 8. ver 2. And devout Men carried Stephen to his Burial and made great Lamentation over him

description of the Body when it is prepared for and carrying to the Grave It is a filthy polluted a base ignominious a frail impotent a rotting perishing Body This is the outward state of every man when Death has mow'd him down And therefore we should Mourn at so great and sudden a Change Though I confess our Mourning should be in hope with respect to the departure of the Godly For though their Bodys be Sown in corruption they will be Raised in incorruption though Sown in dishonor they will be Raised in glory though Sown in weakness they will be Raised in Power though Sown natural they will be Raised spiritual Bodys For their corruptible must put on incorruption and their mortal must put on immortality and then Death it self shall be swallowed up in Victory But the present change in their Bodies by Death calls for a due Mourning from their Survivors Fourthly For the great change and alteration Death makes in the place of the Deceased the great Vacuum there is when Man is removed and carried away to his Long Home Concerning which Job excellently speaks chap. 7. v. 9 10 11. As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away so he that goeth down to the Grave shall come up no more He shall return no more to his house neither shall his place know him any more Therefore I will not refrain my Mouth I will speak in the anguish of my Spirit I will complain in the bitterness of my Soul Oh! It is very sad to consider what a great change one stroke of Death may make A Wife Husbandless poor Children Fatherless Servants Masterless and many Friends Comfortless And so great is the alteration in the Family that the whole House resents it and seems silently to Mourn for it There is as it were a Face of sadness in every place he was wont to be conversant in Look in his Parlour where he used to sit with his Wife and Children about him and there is nothing but a profound silence his voice is not to be heard Look at his Table where he used to sit with chearfulness eating his Bread with joy among his Relations and the dull demeaner and sorrowful posture of all the assessors do plainly yet dolefully speak Behold he is not here Look in his Shop where he used to be about his occasions and the disorder and confusion there proclaims aloud his being gone and not to be heard of In a word Look in every place where he us'd to be and you will find one mourning circumstance or other a legible Historian of his departure and being no more among them So that if you seek him you will not find him if you ask for him you will hear no news Now surely methinks the very miss of a Man in his Family the want of him in his place the great change immediately following his Departure in all his Affairs and Concerns should be cause enough to enforce a Mourning from his Survivors if there were no other consideration Thus I have shown you in what respects there is a Mourning due from the Surviving to the Deceased and why we ought to be Mourners in the Street when we see a Man going to his Long Home even from a Natural Relative Moral Modifical consideration obliging us thereunto I now pass from the Doctrinal to the Applicatory part of this sad and solemn Truth And the only use I shall make of it shall be a word of Exhortation to put this Duty in practise now in the day and season thereof Never was an occasion more doleful than that which has brought us hither this day Never was a Text more suitable than this which is now to be applyed to the Occasion So that what Application is to be made will be Verbum diei in die suo A word of day in its proper day Look Sirs in yonder Coffin lies a Man known unto us and beloved by us ready to go when we shall put our hands to carry him to his Long Home Oh! should not we this day be as Mourners in the Street Oh! that we could our selves as really evidence the Truth of the latter part of the words in being Mourners as our deceased Brother before us has done of the former part in going to his Long Home Verily Sirs This is the day the very day in which the Lord God of Hosts calls to Weeping and to Mourning to Baldness and to Girding with Sack-cloath And therefore I shall make use of the Apostles words for the pressing this Exhortation James 4. ver 9. Be Afflicted ana Mourn and Weep let your Laughter be turned to Mourning and your Joy to Heaviness Not a word here but has its Emphasis and deservies a special Notation 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Be touched with a sense of misery and that in your Hearts 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Mourn in an exceeding great measure expressed in some outward overt-Act 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Weep from a broken and tender Heath This Weeping is Natures priviledge forbiddon by none as the Poet intimates Quis matrem nisi mentis inops in funore nati flere vet at Again 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Let you Laughter or loud Acclamations of Mirth and Jollity 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 be turned into Mourning or into a Funeral Elegy or Lamentation 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Your Joy or the greatest Delight and Contentment 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 into Heaviness or into a Sorrow that dejects the Countenance and makes Men look down-ward upon the Earth Now Sirs put all this together that is it which I would press you to this day Oh! Be so Afflicted as to be touched with a sence of this awful dispensation of divine Providence in visiting us so sorely in this the day of his Anger And then Mourn in a visible real manner And Weep till your Hearts are even broken with Sorrow Let your Laughter or outward expressions of Mirth be turned into Mourning or grievous bursting forth into Tears And let your Joy or any thing of delight be turned into Heaviness or into a real dejectedness or calling down And the reason is very obvious this Coffin herd before us does justly call for it as containing one who was lately the Object of our Love and Esteem but now the deserved Subject of our Sighs and Tears It is not my principle nor usual practise to speak much on such occasions of the Person deceased The custom of some Predicants is rather to be bewailed than imitated who are inconsiderately Studious to hoise up the Names of those who they would stutter as high as Heaven when perhaps at the same time their Souls are roaring in the hottest Hell 'T is also of dangerous consequence to the Auditors Funeral Encomiasticks of the Dead prove often confections of poyson to the Living People may well grow careless of their Lives when custom layes an obligation upon the Preacher to Hackney them to Heaven in his Sermon when they Dye But here is something