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kingdom_n	bless_v	father_n	inherit_v	1,819	5	9.6520	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10084	A verie godlie and learned sermon treating of mans mortalitie, and of the estate both of his bodie and soule after death. Preached at Denham in Suffolke. At the celebration of the solemne and mournfull funerals of the right orshipfull Sir Edward Lewkenor Knight, and of the vertuous Ladie Susan, his wife, both at once. By M. Robert Pricke their beloued and faithfull minister: now also since that time (to the encrease of our sorow for the losse of so excellent a light) departed this life.	Pricke, Robert, d. ca. 1608.; Allen, Robert, fl. 1596-1612.	1608 (1608)	STC 20338; ESTC S112476	28,846	49

their studies Let the Noble and worshipfull race of Gentry Magistrates lay to heart the losse of two such familiars as were most faithfull and dutifull to them Poore of Den. ham and in the townes adioyning But O yee poore and miserable of these partes howle yee and cry out seeing they are taken from you whose hands in times past were alwaies open to relieue your necessities The Minister himselfe then a chief mourner for them on earth but now achiefe reioicer with them in heauen And would to God mine eies would gushe out teares yea riuers of teares seeing the place and seats open now empty and without them whose presence in times past was comfortable to my heart where vnto they alwaies bent themselues as did appeare by their readinesse and willingnesse to repaire to this place Finally there is cause that all should mourne for the death of such persons according to the laudable custome and manner of the Church The causes of comfort are resumed more fully amplified because they are greater and therfore ought to receiue the deeper more durable impression chiefly in the heartes of those that are most subiect to passe boundes in mourning in all times Yet least we should passe measure and runne into the excesse of mourning wee want not iust cause to moderate and temper our mourning and sorrowe and that not only for that we are not without hope as were the heathē but for far better more agreable causes And first of all although they be gōe yet haue they left behind them many persons equall to thē in degre dignity who are not ōly indued with excellent gifts but ready prest to performe the same duties which they in their life time performed As namely to professe and maintaine the Gospell The 1. cause of comfort sincerely to worship serue the Lord and to go before other in a holy christian example of life A 2. cause of comfort Againe it ought not a little to mitigate our sorrowe in regard of their departure because as they honoured God in their life so God hath now honored thē in their death as appeareth this day not ōly by the solemnities of their buriall but also in the great concurse of all sorts who are come together euery one according to his place to testifie what honorable and louing affections they bare toward them A 3. Cause of comfort both in life and in death The last full cause shuttinge vp perfecting all our cōfort against all our mourning Lastly that we may at lēgth conclud the greatest matter of comfort is that although they haue left vs for a time yet ere it bee longe wee shall meete with them in the Kingdome of God For which purpose because wee know not howe sodenly the Lord will come either by death And thus a sweete conclusion of a verie sweete godlie learned and fruitfull Sermon To God be all the praise honour glory to vs much benefit spirituall edificatiō through his most gratious blessing or at the last iudgement as we haue good cause to bethinke vs thereof by the present occasion let vs not driue off as the slouthfull seruant in the Gospell or as the foolish virgins but let vs fit our selues before hand for his glorious comming that is let vs get oyle in our lamps with the wise virgins and euerie one of vs behaue our selues faithfully in our place and calling by imploying such gifts as we haue receiued of our Soueraigne Lord and Maister to the glory of God and the benefit of our brethren And then no doubt as the second death shall not hurt vs so shall wee enter into our Maisters ioy where we shal with the soules of the righteous crie continuallie Lord Iesus come quicklie Reu. 22.21 as the soules of these two persons doe And in the end we shal doubtles heare those sweet words of heauenly entertainement which Christ our Lord Sauiour from his glorious throne shall pronoūce to the vnspeakeable comfort of all the elect saying Come ye blessed of my Father inherit the Kingdome prepared for you Math. 25.34 from the foundation of the world Which the Lord of his infinite mercie hasten speedily put an an end to the miseries of this world vnder which we doe continually sigh and groane 2. Cor. 5.4 And that euen for Iesus Christ his sake our onely Redeemer and Sauiour to whom with the Father the holie Ghost be rendred and giuen for euer and euer both in heauen and earth all possible praise honour glory immortalitie Amen And thus an ende Let vs pray