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A60352	A sermon preach'd at Crosby-Square, Jan. 8, 1692 upon the funeral of that faithful servant of Christ, Mr. John Reynolds, who died in the Lord the preceding 25 Decemb. / by Samuel Slater ...	Slater, Samuel, d. 1704.	1693 (1693)	Wing S3972; ESTC R37561	27,157	38

for those Graces to yield their Fruit those Spices to flow forth Now act submission to the Divine Will Here am I let him do what seemeth good unto him Fall to Improving of the Affliction get Meat out of the Eater Honey from the Carkase of the Lion that what hath devoured thy Comforts may seed thy Graces see if you cannot by an holy Chimistry extract Gains out of Losses and turn Iron into Gold Try what advantage you can make of the Sickness that consumes you of the pain that grinds and tortures you what Life you can fetch out of the Grave the death of such a Friend or Relation there is no Affliction with which we are exercised but it puts into our hands an opportunity for some special work or other there is no Condition but what hath a particular duty belonging to it Do not say I am now altogether useless and unserviceable who is it that hath made thee so God hath not have a care thou dost not make thy self so What thô thy Work doth not lie where it did it lieth somewhere find it out and do it I most freely and readily grant you cannot do your present Duty nor any thing else in your own strength as it ought to be done You cannot stir a Finger without Divine Concurrence nor lift up a Prayer unless the Spirit set his hand to it there must be an helping of the Infirmity else no performance of the Duty It is one above that worketh both to will and to do of his own good pleasure But however go you about your Work set to it heartily and in good earnest going for strength where it is to be had Seek it in and from Christ in whom it is laid up for you To this purpose for your Encouragement remember that of Paul in the 4 Phil. 13. I can do all things thrô Christ who strengtheneth me Upon the gracious conveyances of Life Spirit and Power from Christ he is able to do the work of a Christian and of an Apostle to resist Temptation to bear Affliction and glory in Tribulation He was able wisely to improve what he had and willingly to part with it able to deny himself and yet enjoy himself when he had done so In short while you bitterly complain that you know not what to do have a care you do not overdo in inflaming your own wounds afflicting and sinking your own Spirits when the hand of God hath touched you Secondly Labour to extricate your selves and with all possible speed procure your own deliverance and enlargement out of these Distresses Submit to the Loss God hath order'd out to you and to the Affliction with which you are exercised Hath he brought you into the Dust lay your Mouths there and lie quietly till he bring you forth to the light and shew you his Smiles and Salvation but get out of the distress as fast as may be only see that it be in the right way Be content that a Storm should be upon thy Tabernacle as long as God will have it there but command thy Soul to be silent and still and as soon as thou canst recover the calm of thy Spirit Our Lord and Saviour of his own accord came to do the Will of his Father and without hesitancy yielded to a suffering Condition not running from it to the last but breathing out his last upon a Cross but his Agony did not last long very sharp indeed it was so that therein he sweat drops of Blood but it was short and quickly went over again and in all his after Trials he expressed a full and most sweet Composure of Soul and carried it with a true greatness of Spirit There should be in us a due sense of Losses and Afflictions otherwise we shall be guilty of offering an Affront unto God and putting a slight upon him and we shall prejudice our selves by not serching that good out of an Actiction which we might But still we must be careful to moderate our grief as much as possibly we can both as to degree and duration returning to a right and even Temper It is most honourable for the Christian and comfortable to him when Grace doth that which Time will In order hereunto I advise these four things First Ease your selves in a way of Prayer It is indeed very good when an Oppressed Person can broach the Vessel and give his Sorrow vent in Tears I my self have known some among others an Eminent and Noble Lady so full of Sorrow that their Hearts were ready to break relieved by Weeping when all their Friends that came to Comfort them prov'd Physicians of no value but the best and most excellent way is to mingle Tears and Prayers together Weep over your Afflictions if you can but withal go and tell your Father of them pouring out the Complaints and Desires of your Souls into his Bosom Poor Hannah was in great distress having an Adversary in the House with her who multiplied provocations to make her fret whereupon she became bitter of Soul In that Case she tried what God would do and sought unto him 1 Samuel 1. 10. She wept sore that she could not help nor did she endeavour it Tears have their Rhetorick but she also prayed And O! how much did she gain by it what abundance of Peace what Quietness and Comfort did her Prayer fetch into her It is said ver 18. She went away and her Countenance was no more sad While she was praying God gave her a Gracious Smile a look of Love and she was a cheerful Woman ever after Faith and Prayer will do the work notwithstanding the difficulties of it and scatter the Clouds be they never so thick The more a gracious Soul relies on God in a way of Believing and seeks him in a way of humble fervent Supplication the easier will every Burden be to it the lighter every Affliction and the more comfortable every Condition Secondly Put the most fair and candid sense you can upon Providences and make the best interpretation of every thing God doth with you We should have both Honourable Thoughts of it and Amicable too for He is too Righteous to do wrong to any of his Creatures and too Gracious to do hurt to any of his Children When our Lord had open'd the Ears of the Deaf Man and loos'd his Tongue the People said 7 Mark 37. He hath done all things well say the same of God for it is true He doth not fail in any of his Undertakings nor miscarry in any of the works of his hands but doth all things like himself like a God Do not only assert this of his Providences in General but bring it down and apply it to particular Dispensations He hath done well in this and well in that 119 Psalm 65. Thou hast dealt well with thy Servant O Lord according to thy Word 71 Verse It is good for me that I have been afflicted 75. I know O Lord that thy judgments are right

and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me Go ye and do likewise He hath done well in emptying me for had I continued full I might have grown proud and denied him saying who is the Lord He hath done well in taking my Husband my Father my Teacher from me for being ripe for Heaven he was gathered He had finished that Work which was given him to do and it is more than a thousand pities that a Good Man should outlive his Work or stay in a place where he hath nothing to do It is pity but that a Faithful Servant of Christ when he hath dispatch'd the business he came for should forthwith be taken up to his Rest and have an entrance granted him into the Ioy of his Lord Believe this also That in all God's dealings with you he intends you a Kindness if a Raven be sent to Elijah it shall carry Food for him the very Rod blossoms with Love and bears the peaceable fruit of Righteousness Iacob was mistaken when he said 42 Gen. 36. All these things are against me Good Man he little knew then what God was doing for him Do you rather say with Paul 8 Romans 28. We know that all things work together for good to them that love God this shall work so and that likewise Thirdly Look off from the Afflictions you feel to the mercies you have from the Comforts you have lost to those that are yet left God might have stript you of all for you have made frequent forfeitures We took notice before of God's dealing with Vpright Iob who in a little time was deprived of all brought to the Ashes having his Body over and above smitten with fore Boils from the sole of his Foot even to his Crown yet had he then something left him for his Support and Comfort viz. The witness of his Conscience Tho' his Wife was very unkind a Thorn in his side and spake bitterly when she bade him Curse God and die yet Conscience was within him like a Bird of Paradise that sung sweetly while it told him he was not wicked and bare Testimony to his Integrity God hath taken from you an Husband a Father a Wife a Mother a Child one Child after another a dear Brother or Sister a faithful Friend a diligent Labourer in the Vineyard But ask your selves the Question what hath God left me And be sure that the present Loss be it what it will do not so corrupt and vitiate thy Palate as that thou shouldest not taste the remaining Mercy Rather let the Mercy which remains influence thy Spirit to the alleviating of the present Loss and enabling thee to bear thy Burden the better Possibly some here have lost the Husband or Father is dead Estate is spent Debtors are broke Trade fails all is gone and no visible way for a Livelihood Be it so yet there is something left for you namely a God can you not live upon him Cannot you rejoyce in him You may read of one that could 3 Habbuk 17 18. and you have Promises left which are exceeding great and precious Go feed upon them believe them plead them and turn them into Prayer Lastly Often relieve your selves with Meditations upon the fulness and sweetness of Christ. Was Ionathan pleasant to David how pleasant then is Iesus far more than Ionathan was or ever could have been And tho' Ionathan be dead yet Iesus is risen He is said to rejoyce over his Church as the Bridegroom over the Bride And he saith 7 Cant. 6. How fair and how pleasant art thou O love for delights And shall not Saints reckon Christ so They that know what he is and what Communion with him is do and will witness with the Spouse in 1 Cant. 16. Behold thou art fair my Beloved yea and pleasant O how fair must he needs be who is the Sun of Righteousness who outshines all the Beauties in the World all the Angels in Heaven and who is the brightness of his Fathers Glory the express Image of his Person 1 Heb. 3. And how pleasant must he needs be who puts a sweetness into our worst things so that the Saints have taken joyfully the spoiling of their goods 10 Heb. 34. and a deliciousness into their best things It is He that makes Truths sweet being the Marrow of the Gospel and Ordinances sweet they are but the Dishes he the Feast It is He that makes Heaven sweet What would that place be without his Company There indeed Saints are and shall be without Sin and without Sorrow above Affliction and above Temptation all this is very good but that which commends it and is its self yet better is they shall there be with Christ. 14 Ioh 3. Where I am there ye shall be also And said Paul 1 Phil. I desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ which is far better Yea it is Christ that commends God himself to us for out of him he is a consuming Fire and everlasting burnings 33 Isa. 14. We could not endure his Presence In him He is reconciled a Father of Mercies and God of Comforts 2 Cor. 1. 3. So that he must needs be pleasant and with this comfort your selves Whoever is dead whatever is gone you have Christ still who hath said He will not leave you comfortless but will come to you It may now be expected I should speak something concerning my Dear Brother who fought a good Fight kept the Faith served his Generation according to the Will of God and hath now finished his Course but there is no need his Works praise him You have known his Doctrine and manner of Life and so have others who were gainers by his Ministry being begotten nourished and built up by the Gospel he Preached Take therefore what I shall say in short thus He was well accomplished with Learning and furnished for the Work to which God had call'd him His Abilities and stock of Knowledge were very considerable as they found who conversed with him He was I am perswaded truly Gracious an humble Christian a profitable Preacher an able Catechist and a Faithful Friend He was a wise Man and a Man of Peace one that did adorn his Profession by his unreproveable and exemplary Conversation God hath been pleased to take him from us I do bewail my Loss and so do many of you yours But he had done his Work and is now I doubt not taking an Everlasting Rest in the Bosom of his dearest Lord. His Faith let us follow considering the end of his Conversation FINIS