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A49502 Death the sweetest sleep, or, a sermon preach't on the funeral of Mr. William Hiett, late citizen of London by Tho. Lye ... Lye, Thomas, 1621-1684. 1681 (1681) Wing L3531; ESTC R5710 14,347 36

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Death the sweetest Sleep OR A SERMON Preach't on the FUNERAL OF Mr. WILLIAM HIETT Late CITIZEN of LONDON By Tho. Lye Mr. of Arts and formerly Minister of the Gospel in Alhallows Lombard-street London LONDON Printed by J. R. for Thomas Parkhurst at the lower end of Cheapside 1681. The Epistle Dedicatory To the worthily Respected Mrs. ANNE HIETT Relict of Mr. WILLIAM HIETT lately Deceased CHRISTIAN FRIEND THis plain Sermon was lately Preacht and is now Printed at your request What you heard with your Ear then you will now see presented To your Ey with some few additions which my Time then did not permit me To touch upon It hath been Alwaies my judgment That when Ministers of the Gospel ar called forth To improve funeral obsequies their proper Work is not so much To launch out into prais and panegyric of the Dead as to excite and profit the Living By this compass I hav endeavoured to steer in this discours And herein the judg of Hearts knows my Heart and Ey and Aim were steadily fixt on the Spiritual and Eternal Weal of that good Society whereof through Grace I am an unworthy Pastour and you A becoming Member I told them then and I tell you now that the Time of our departure to our Beds of Earth was at hand that we must all certainly if not sodainly sleep in the dust and if so may not the Blessed Moses his pathetick breathing be lookt on as a rational inference from that deep consideration O that they were wise that they understood this that they would consider their latter end Deut. 32.29 That you ar not now to begin that great Work I do not question and do promise my self that in Gods strength you will vigorously endeavour so to improve this fatal stroke as by it the more To meditate on and prepare for your last lasting endless end You well understand the great Work and Business that you have yet To do before you fall Asleep It is certainly so to liv as that you may cheerfully welcom Death as a reconciled Friend or believingly defy it as a conquer'd Enemy To that end you will go on more and more To clear up your interest in that Christ who hath Turn'd the worst of poisons into the Best of Antidotes transform'd Death into sleep To liv in the constant Acts and Exercises of your Graces specially Faith Repentance Self-denial Heavenly-mindedness To liv whilst in Abov this vain fals vexing World To walk before God in Truth and with a perfect Heart And do but Ask your own experience whether That be not the way to be in Heaven here when even on A supposed Death-Bed To have your Lamp so fill'd with Oil so fairly trimm'd and cleerly burning as that when you com to die you may have nothing els left to do but to die to die in Christ to sleep in him and at his return arise and liv for ever with him That thus you may resolv and do thus liv and dy both is and shall be the fervent praier of Clapham Aug. 15th 81. Your sympathizing Friend and Pastor Tho. Lye JOH 11.11 Our Friend Lazarus sleepeth THese Words are an Affirmativ Proposition delivered by our blessed Saviour wherein we note 1. The SUBJECT of it or the Person spoken of who is here described by his Name (a) in Heb. Eleazar LAZARUS with his Relation a FRIEND OUR Friend 2. The PREDICATE Sleepeth Our Friend Lazarus sleepeth First As for the Subject Lazarus OUR Friend Not My Friend but Ours q. d. Behold my dear Disciples I who am your Liege Lord and King do yet stoop so far as To own you not only for my Servants and Subjects but for my FRIENDS and faithful Lazarus tho' now dead to be my Friend I am indeed your Friend and ye are my Friends and so was Lazarus whilst Living my Friend and your Friend Our Friend Lazarus From hence I infer I. That there is A Mutual Friendship a dear and intimate Lov betwixt the Lord Jesus and tru Believers 'T was so betwixt Christ and Lazarus CHRIST was certainly a Friend to Lazarus Both his Sisters attest it Lord he whom thou lovest is sick ver 3. The Evangelist averrs it Jesus loved Lazarus v. 5. and the Jews from his melting Tears and yerning Bowels conclude it ver 36. Behold how he lov'd him And that LAZARUS lov'd Jesus abundantly appears from his friendly Converse and Communion with him his friendly treats and entertainments of him Christ did often eat of his bread and drank of his Cup. That BETHANY which by Lazarus's Death may justly now be stil'd an hous of Sorrow was in Lazarus Life-Time to Christ a real BETHLEHEM an house of bread And so it was and is betwixt the Lord and all Tru Believers ABRAHAM is stiled the Friend of God by Jehoshaphat 2 Chron. 20.7 and Jam. 2.23 becaus of his firm Covenanting and frequent Communion with him and GOD owns him as his Friend Isa 41.8 The like doth Christ our Lord. Henceforth I call you not servants but friends Joh. 15.14 15. This friendship is (b) Jer. 31.33 32.38 39. Zec. 13.9 Hos 2.23 Mutual I lov them that lov me Prov. 8.17 My Beloved is mine and I am His. Can. 2.16 From hence Learn 1. The heigth Ela Zenith of a Tru Believer a clod of dust and sin his Exaltation that as the Son of God is not ashamed to call him Brother so both Father and Son are pleas'd to own and embrace him as a Friend 2. The infinit stoop and condescension of the Lord Jesus who tho' he thought it no robbery but rather claims it as his just Prerogative to be equal with God judges it no disparagement to match himself with weak and wretched men Our Friend Lazarus Friendship bespeaks a kind of a Parity (c) Amicitia est inter pares There may be lov where there is the greatest inequality Lov descends But Friendship either finds or makes an Equal II. That All those that are Tru Friends to Christ are mutually loving Friends each to other Not my Friend but OUR Friend saith the Text. Not a Friend to me only who am the head but To you also and all that are like you living Members of the Mystical body The holy Ephesians that had tru Faith in Christ had a sincere lov to All the Saints Eph. 1.15 So had the Colossians Col. 1.4 The Beloved Discipl assures us that 't is impossible to lov the Father 1 Joh. 4.20 21. or his Eternal Son if we lov not his adopted Children The Mutual lov of Saints is the very badg Joh. 13.35 livery 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Distinctiv Character of a Tru Discipl By this shall all men Know that ye ar my Discipls indeed if ye lov one another Ecce ut Christiani se mutuo diligant was the blessed Elogy the convinced Heathens gav the Warm Christians of Old who were they now aliv would see too much reason to decry yea condemn the frozen