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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51833	Advice to mourners under the loss of dear relations in a funeral sermon long since preach'd / by the late Reverand Dr. Thomas Manton ... And now occasionally published on the much lamented death of Mrs. Ann Terry, who died the 9th of November, 1693. With a short account of some passages of her life, and papers left under her own hand.	Manton, Thomas, 1620-1677.	1694 (1694)	Wing M517; ESTC R32908	55,550	130

hunger no more neither thirst any more neither shall the Sun light on them nor the Heat for the Lamb which is in the midst of the Throne shall feed them and shall lead them unto living Fountains of Water and God shall wipe away all Tears from their Eyes O what blessed Imployment are the Saints ingaged in in serving God Day and Night in his Temple where the everlasting JEHOVAH that sitteth on the Throne shall eternally dwell among them The Bliss of these Heavenly Inhabitants is inconceivable Well may the Apostle say Eye hath not seen nor Ear heard what God hath laid up for them that love him It is exceedingly above what we can think or imagine or conceive Who can tell what it is continually to injoy the comfortable Presence of the great God and the Lamb When God's People have had but some Glimpse of his Favour and Friendship and some Hopes of dwelling with him they have impatiently longed for a Dissolution They count this World as a Prison in which they are separated from their God their Christ and the Holy Angels which will be their everlasting Companions Those that God will admit into his everlasting Glory he hath told us they shall be exempted for all hurtful Evils never shall they hunger more nor thirst any more Lord too too many Thoughts do I spend about these outward Supplies of Meat and Drink and Raiment O when when wilt thou bring me to Heaven where these things will be of no Use nor Value to me Happy and only happy are they whom the Lamb which is in the midst of the Throne will feed and lead to the Fountain of Living Water from whose Eyes all Tears shall be wip'd they shall know no more what Death meaneth In Heaven there is no Sorrow nor Crying nor shall there be any more Pain for all old things shall be done away the former things are passed away past and gone nothing remains but Joy and Gladness and praising of our Great Creator sounding out continual Halleluja's to the King of Kings Lord is it my Duty to be fitting and preparing my self for this blessed State and for my Approach before thy awful Tribunal and dare I still neglect it Help me to remember that I must work while it is Day the Night of Sickness Sorrow and Death are approaching and then I cannot work Lord Jesus make me meet make me fit for thy blessed self that when I come to leave this base World I may be admitted to the Heavenly Society of Saints and Angels Cherubims and Seraphims where are ten thousand times ten thousand saying with a loud Voice Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive Power and Riches and Wisdom and Strength and Honour and Glory and Blessing Every Creature in Heaven and Earth shall then say Blessing Honour and Glory and Power be unto him that sitteth upon the Throne and unto the Lamb for ever and ever Amen and Amen PAPER XII I Am frequently assaulted with this sore Temptation that I shall never persevere and hold out to the end but shall tire and saint and grow weary so that every Trial shall master and overcome me so that I sometimes fear there is no Hopes for me of entring into Rest I fear I shall fail short of eternal Life which is a cutting Consideration to me and sometimes sinks me into the Depth of Misery But that I may not wholly despond I will here recite some Places of Scripture which consist of Precepts and Promises and which I hope may be of use to me and may make me stir up my self to do what in me lieth to lay hold on the Hope set before me and may cause me to look to thee O blessed Father for Grace and Strength to hold out to the End of my Days Let me not grow weary in Well-doing for in due time I shall reap if I faint not In Rev. 2. 10. it is said Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer Behold the Devil shall cast some of you into Prison that ye may be tried and ye shall have Tribulation ten Days Be thou faithful unto Death and I will give thee a Crown of Life Doth God say Fear none of those things which ye shall suffer and yet shall I be overwhelmed and dejected and distracted for fear of Troubles and Calamities Here is mentioned the worst of Enemies the Devil he shall afflict some and cast them into Prison but at this we ought not to be terrified for sometimes God doth it to try his poor People and he doth permit them to be in Tribulation but God limits the time it is expressed here ten Days that is a certain for an uncertain time it implies but a short time were it at our Adversary's the Devil's Disposal we might be as many Years as here are mentioned Days yea all our Life-time in continual Sorrow but we are in the Hands of a merciful God and though he see meet sometimes to scourge and try us yet he will not let us be tempted beyond what he will enable us to bear and for our Incouragement he hath said If we be faithful to Death he will graciously reward us He that saith Be thou faithful make me faithful and then I need not doubt but he will give me this Crown of Life It is not nor cannot be merited by us it is the free Gift of God Here are several Promises he hath graciously made to those that hold out to the end as in ver 7. To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the Tree of Life which is in the midst of the Paradise of God Who would not strive to overcome that at last he may be admitted into the Paradise of God where he shall eat of the Tree of Life and then shall hunger and thirst no more but shall be happy in the Injoyment of God and the Lamb to all Eternity Ver. 11. He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the Second Death What a comfortable Promise is this The First Death is nothing in comparison of the Second What 's Death Temporal if compared to Death Eternal When we die we are deprived of earthly Friends and earthly Comforts but if the Second Death hath Dominion over us then there is an eternal Banishment from the comfortable Presence of God and an eternal Separation between God and the poor Soul which is Hell it self O Lord give me Grace that I may so fight strive run and conquer and at last overcome that I may not be hurt of the Second Death Ver. 17. To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden Manna and will give him a white Stone and in the Stone a new Name written which no Man knoweth saving he that receiveth it This is an unspeakable Privilege indeed to have the Bread of Life This hidden Manna it is hidden from the World and given only to those who through Faith and Patience lay hold on eternal Life How happy are those that

have the White Stone of Absolution and have in it a new Name written Once indeed they were Children of Darkness Children of this World but now through Grace they are made Children of Light they have the Image of God impress'd upon their Souls and though the World know it not yet the Persons that receive this inestimable Privilege find at least sometimes a Change in their Heart and can rejoice in their future Hopes that however it goes with them here yet they can be contented knowing it will not be long e're they be past the Inconveniencies of their present Pilgrimage and shall then be admitted into the Heavenly Canaan where all Troubles and Sorrows and Calamities shall be done away and they shall injoy God World without End Amen Chap. 3. v. 5. He that overcometh the same shall be clothed in white Raiment and I will not blot out his Name out of the Book of Life but I will confess his Name before my Father and before his Angels How many Motives are here to Perseverance Just now a Promise of hidden Manna to eat now of white Raiment to clothe the Person that overcomes This white Raiment is the Righteousness of Jesus Christ in which poor Sinners must be clothed If they should have nothing but their own Righteousness to appear in they would not be able to stand in the Judgment How blessed and happy are all those for whom this white Raiment is prepared they are assured that their Name shall not be blotted out of the Book of Life It is an inestimable Privilege to have their Names register'd in Heaven for to them Christ saith that he will confess them before his Father and before his Angels to be owned approved and commended before Men and Angels and the great Assembly of the Just. This should excite us to be diligent and faithful to the end that at the last we may overcome and be Sharers of these great Benefits that are promised unto those who are clothed with this white Raiment Ver. 11. Behold I come quickly hold that fast which thou hast that no Man take thy Crown We not knowing how soon our Saviour may come ought to be watchful careful and diligent and hold fast Faith and a good Conscience that so we may hold out to the end that none may deprive us of our Crown Him that overcometh will I make a Pillar in the Temple of my God and he shall go no more out and I will write upon him the Name of my God and the Name of the City of my God which is New Jerusalem which cometh down out of Heaven from my God and I will write upon him my new Name To be a Pillar in God's Temple is an high Honour it is a fixed Place no danger of being removed if once set there and God will write his Name upon it and own it for his own and ingrave the Name of the City Ierusalem which is above as a Token that they are Denisons and Inhabitants of the New Ierusalem and then the Lord will write upon him a new Name The Lord knows them that are his he distinguisheth them from the rest of the World Happy are those that be in such a Case Blessed are those whom God hath chosen to be a Pillar in his Temple To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me on my Throne even as I also overcame and am sat down with my Father on his Throne Who would grudg at a little Pains and Labour and Difficulties if at last he may overcome his Spiritual Enemies Here 's a gracious Promise that our blessed Saviour makes that if we do overcome though it must be by his Grace his Strength and Assistance he will grant us to sit with him on his Throne What an Honour is this to be conferr'd upon poor Mortals What to sit with Christ and his Holy Angels upon a Throne Well may we say with the Apostle Eye hath not seen nor Ear heard what God hath prepared for those that love him If we do overcome a few Difficulties and deny our selves some small things for Christ's sake will he thus amply reward us by admitting us to be Sharers with him in the Glories of Heaven He hath said it and his Word shall stand that if we overcome we shall sit with him even as he hath overcome and is set down with his Father Our Saviour indeed did the whole Will of his Father and overcame all the Hardships and Difficulties that he met with in accomplishing his Father's good Pleasure He was despised of Men he was spit upon he was mocked and buffeted and at last crucified and yet how meekly did he submit to all this We find him in his greatest Agonies saying Not my Will but thine be done and the Cup that my Father hath given me shall I not drink it And shall I dispute his Will and Pleasure Our Saviour he indured the Cross despised the Shame and is now set down at the right Hand of the Throne of God He bore all the various Difficulties he pass'd through here with an invincible Courage and Constancy and now we are assured that he is set down on the Throne of God and hath promised that those that are true Followers of him shall in due time inherit Eternal Life and shall sit down with him on the Throne of God as certainly as he is already set down with his Father Chap. 21. v. 7. He that overcometh shall inherit all things and I will be his God and he shall be my Son Here are several Particulars instanced in what those shall possess that overcome and here to conclude it is said he shall inherit all things all things necessary for this Life or a better all things conducing to this Life and the other But to compleat the Happiness of the Godly God hath promised to be his God and that he will own him as his Son And I am sure none can be miserable that have this God for their God and Portion Seeing here are so many comfortable Promises to those that overcome help me O my God that I may not seem to fall short of entering into thy Rest but help me to persevere and hold out to the End Do thou strengthen me against all needless Fears Thou that saidst Fear none of those things that thou shalt suffer give me an undaunted Spirit against all earthly Troubles What though thou meetest with many Troubles and Trials yet thy God hath told thee they shall not last long If thou sink under thy Burden thou art undone but if thou couragiously overcomest these Promises to thy Comfort thou mayst lay hold on Be faithful to the Death and then thy good God will give thee a Crown of Life which fadeth not away but is reserved in Heaven for these that love and fear him PAPER XIII O Lord I beg a Meetness for Heaven make me meet to be a Partaker of the Inheritance of the Saints in Light I am unmeet unfit unprepared unworthy to be a Partaker of those Privileges that are injoyed above at thy right Hand by thy redeemed Ones But Lord I humbly desire thou wouldst sit prepare and qualify me for Communion with thy self in Glory Help me to be getting Dispositions for Heaven to be meet to live above I often desire to be at home at my Father's House to be there where God and Christ is where the Saints and Angels and all the Host of Heaven are continually lauding blessing praising and magnifying thy Great and Holy Name O Holy Holy Holy Lord God of Hosts shall ever such a poor Worm as I be admitted to dwell with thee in thy Heavenly Temple I that am so ill-deserving I that am so undeserving dare I presume Can I hope upon good Grounds that I shall be of the Number of those happy Ones who shall be called unto thy Kingdom and Glory there to live and reign with thee World without End Sometimes I am overwhelmed and utterly despair of this high Honour when I consider what a vile Wretch I am by Nature And when I reflect on the Sins of my Life that my whole Life hath been one continual Provocation against thy Divine Majesty I can hardly find Day or Hour wherein I have not offended thee Nay I fear my very Prayers are Sins and Abominations to thy pure Eyes And if my Condition be such how is it like to fare with me to all Eternity Who will be my Companions in the other World if I am cast off by thee and excluded from thy Presence which Lord I earnestly implore may never be my Portion Give me leave to plead with thee I find in thy Word that the Blood of Christ cleanseth from all Sins those of a Crimson and Scarlet Dye and also I read that he came to save the Chief of Sinners that are sensible of their lost and undone Condition and that fly to him for help He hath said those that come to him he will in no wise cast out Being incouraged by thy Holy Word to come to thee in thy Son's Name I humbly beg for his sake that all my Sins may be pardoned and done away that I may be sanctified washed and cleansed in the Laver of his Righteousness Let me have a Meetness and Fitness for Heaven where I long to be Help me to be laying up a good Foundation against the time to come that I may lay hold of Eternal Life Let me be kept by the mighty Power of God through Faith unto Salvation O keep me from falling and preserve me blameless to thy Heavenly Kingdom for Christ Jesus's sake Amen FINIS * Titus Vespasian the Roman Emperor * The Circle of Instruction * Taken up amongst the Blessed