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A12995	A curse become a blessing: or, A sermon preached in the parish church of S. John the Baptist, in the Ile of Thannet, in the country of Kent, at the funerall of that vertuous and worthy gentleman Mr. Paul Cleybrooke Esquire. By William Stone preacher of Gods word: on Tuesday, September 17. 1622	Stone, William, preacher of Gods word.	1623 (1623)	STC 23288; ESTC S106188	46,107	88

dead to the Law that I might liue vnto God The meaning is they are freed from the dominion of the Law and that by meanes of the Law it selfe which accuseth terrifieth and condemneth them and thereby occasioneth or vrgeth them to flie vnto Christ which is the cause of this death And they are dead to the Law that is to say they are free from the dominion of the Law in foure respects First in respect of that most rigorous and seuere exacting of most perfect obedience to be performed in this life for the obtaining of life eternall Act. 15.10 Rom. 6.14 15. and 7.6 Secondly in respect of the curse and damnatory sentence of the Law for the breach therof because Christ being become a surety for vs hath fulfilled that exact righteousnes of the Law for vs and performed that obedience for vs and for vs hath vndergone borne yea and ouercome the curse and punishment Thirdly in respect of the power of the Law Rom. 7.8 whereby as an occasion it prouoketh stirreth vp the corruption of the hart in the vnregenerat Fourthly in respect of the obseruation of the iudgements and ceremonies of the Law that is Act. 15. 1 Cor. 9.1 19. 2 Cor. 3.17 Heb. 9.10 Iohn 1.17 of the Iudiciall and Ceremoniall Law to wit so farre as they properly pertained only to the policy of Moses and the rutorship of the ancient people and Church of God such as be the lawes concerning sacrifices and the whole outward worship prescribed by Moses But such lawes amongst them as belong to the Law of Nature and haue alwaies bound all Nations of the world there is no death to them nor no freeing therefrom 3. A death vnto sin and the world Thirdly there is a spirituall death which the Saints feele in themselues by which they die to sinne and to the world that is to say by which they more and more bid sinne farewell 1 Cor. 15.31 Gal. 6.14 and seuer themselues from the men of this world as much as possibly they can by faith and repentance This is a blessed death springing from the death of Christ by a vertue and power deriued therefrom for the beating downe and killing of the strength of sinne in vs that be his members For that same diuine power which supported his manhood so that he sunke not when hee stood charged with our sinnes and died for vs and we in him euen that same diuine power worketh in all his members for the mortifying of sinne through his death From whence it commeth that euery true beleeuer dieth more and more to sinne continually And this now cannot but be a most precious death in the sight of God being an effect of the death of his Sonne of whom hee saith This is my beloued Sonne in whom I am well pleased and in whom he was as the Apostle beares witnesse reconciling the world vnto himselfe Matth. 3.17 2 Cor. 5.19 not imputing their trespasses vnto them But neuerthelesse it is not that death which Dauid here meanes We must therefore consider that other kinde of death which according to the Scripture the Saints be subiect vnto Bodily death attributed to the Saints and that is the death of the bodie of which I said that it is a priuation of the life of the bodie by meanes of the locall separating of the soule from the body fora time This death of the bodie as I conceiue is the death which Dauid doth especially meane in this place The death of his Saints FIrst this very mentioning of the death of the Saints doth imply this much which I note for the instruction of some ignorant and vnlearned people that liue among vs whom I desire well to marke it and to learne from this Sermon that Doctr. 1 Doct. Some be Saints in this life And namely all Gods people euen all that be saued Gods people be all Saints before they die be Saints before their death This very speech the death of his Saints implieth thus much And it is according to our Creed in the ninth article whereof we confesse that we beleeue the Communion of the Saints which is not only to be vnderstood of the Saints in heauen but also of the Saints vpon earch And thus the Epistles of Paul for diuers of them are directed to the Saints As the Epistle to the Ephesians To the Saints which are at Ephesus Ephes 1.1 Philip. 1.1 Col. 1.2 And the Epistle to the Philippians To all the Saints in Christ Iesus which are at Philippi And likewise the Epistle to the Colossians To the Saints and faithfull brethren in Christ which are at Colosse In all which places are vnderstood by the Saints Gods faithfull seruants then aliue vpon the earth And as it was then so is it now Psal 30.4 and 31.23 and 34.9 and 37.28 and 50.5 and 52.9 and 79.2 and 85 8. and 89.7 and 97.10 and 13 29 16. and 145.10 and 148.14 and 149.1 5 9. Psal 16.3 Act. 9.13 As many faithfull seruants as God hath amongst mankind throughout the world so many Saints there be liuing at this day vpon the earth And in this sense the word Saints is taken aboue a dozen times in the booke of the Psal In one place whereof expresse mention is made of the Saints on earth In the sixteenth Psalme at the third verse be these words But to the Saints that are in the earth And in the Acts of the Apostles Ananias saith Lord I haue heard by many of this man how much euill he hath done to thy Saints at Ierusalem And Paul himselfe in the presence of Agrippa declaring his life from his child-hood hath these very words Act. 26.10 And many of the Saints did I shut vp in prison Which cannot possibly be taken otherwise then of some that then were aliue vpon the earth And thus Aaron while hee liued and was enuied of some is called the Saint of the Lord They enuied Moses also in the Campe Psal 106.16 and Aaron the Saint of the Lord. So that it is certaine and as cleare as the sun-shine that there bee Saints in this world If it were not so there were no holy Catholike Church for vs to beleeue according to our Creed nor any one man nor woman liuing at this day vpon the face of the earth that were the true childe of God Question Who then bee the Saints now aliue vpon the earth Answer Answer Lambert in his Paradoxes cap. 2. Parad. 31 36. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Mac. hom 17. Why Gods children on earth be called Saints Lambert shall tell thee They bee Saints saith he that be translated from profane or worldly things to godly and spirituall things and made holy and consecrated vnto God And againe All true faithfull people be Saints Otherwise thus Euerie man and woman that is effectually called and regenerated by the Holy Ghost to liue iustly and holily euerie such is a Saint And such bee called

For hee best knowes to distinguish betweene good and euill betweene precious and vile Wherefore if in his iudgement any thing be precious it must needs be true that it is precious indeed Put the question then How commeth it to passe and how might wee be sure that the death of the Saints is precious And the answer is giuen because it pleaseth God to account it so Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his Saints It is not long of the Saints but of Gods meere goodnesse and mercy vnto them And because that he of his goodnesse doth so account of it therefore it is precious and not for any worthinesse or desert of their owne Neither is this preciousnesse of the death of the Saints supposed and imaginary but reall and true the Saints death is truly and really precious For although man may bee deceiued and erre in his iudgement yet it is otherwise with God It is true of man that in the errour of his iudgement hee may take a thing to be precious and say that it is so when there is no such matter onely because he doth imagine and conceit with himselfe that such a thing is precious but God cannot be so deceiued But whatsoeuer he iudgeth and pronounceth precious it is truly and indeed precious and it cannot be otherwise And thus it comes about that the Saints death is precious and vpon this ground wee are certaine of it It is precious and wee know it because the most wise God doth account and pronounce it to be precious in his sight Thus ye see the summe of the confirmation To gather profit thereby we must consider two things first what manner of argument this is secondly the application thereof to the matter in hand There be two kindes of proofes the one called artificiall the other inartificiall Artificiall proofes are such as are fetched one way or other Artificiall proofes from the consideration of the theme or matter it selfe which is proued and of their owne force or nature are able to proue or disapproue This proofe of Dauids in this place is no such Inartificiall proofes are such as are fetched from authority Inartificiall proofes either diuine or not diuine Such a proofe is this that Dauid here brings fetched from the authority of God Now this kinde of prouing of a matter by the authority of God howsoeuer it neuer touch the nature of that which is proued neither explicateth nor illustrateth it yet it begetteth in the minde the greatest credit and beleefe to the matter that may bee For no argument can be deuised so forcible to procure faith and credit to a matter as this that is drawne from the authority of God Deus per se est 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 For God is simply to bee beleeued for himselfe and to doubt of that which he affirmes is great impiety In this respect therefore this testimony serues for this vse for the strengthening of our faith touching the preciousnesse of the Saints death That wee should not doubt nor stagger through vnbeleefe but bee fully perswaded that the death of the Saints is precious Comfort ouer the death of a Saint How full of comfort is this to know vpon a sure ground and beyond all exception euen from the expresse testimony of the Lord God of truth that the Saints death is precious and that it is so in his sight howsoeuer the world doe iudge of it Can any thing be more comfortable to a Christian soule to cease the mourning thereof for the death of a Saint and deare childe of God Let it sinke into your hearts and comfort your selues with this meditation There is I confesse iust cause of mourning for the death of the Saints But where finde we this cause Is it in themselues Their life was holy their course is finished their death is precious their body is at rest their soule is in heauen their memoriall is blessed they shall arise to glory and bee with Christ in heauen for euermore The true cause of mourning for the Saints death In respect of themselues there is no cause of mourning But in respect of vs that remaine aliue there bee many causes For when any of the Saints die we see that all of vs bee enclosed within the curse of God because of Adams sinne and seeing that it behooueth vs to feele what we haue deserued and bee ashamed of ourselues and bee touched with the feare of Gods vengeance and bee so wounded therewith as it may prouoke vs to sorrow because of our sinnes which we haue committed Againe when any of the Saints die wee lose a helpe to the peace of our Sion I meane of our Church and Common-wealth a helpe to the Gospell a helpe in the house an intercessor to God a louing friend and a shining starre If it were a thing possible it were best for vs to keepe such men still with vs but for them it is farre better to depart hence and to bee with Christ For when such are taken from vs our Lord chastiseth vs and sheweth vs a signe that except we speedily repent hee is minded to diminish his grace vnto vs. The taking away of the best men and of them that doe most good in the Church and amongst vs is alwaies a threatning vnto vs. And ought wee not to bee grieued at the threatning and feeling of Gods displeasure And therefore wee may iustly mourne for the death of the Saints But yet so let vs mourne Comfort that withall wee remember to keepe a measure in our mourning and to pacifie our selues with this consideration that their death is precious And that God calls them hence to free them from a great deale of misery and to doe them a great deale of good In the sight of the Lord. COncerning the application of this proofe to the present matter in as much as Dauid affirmes the Saints death to be precious vpon this ground because it is so in Gods sight that is to say because God doth so esteeme it Out of this I gather that Doct. 7 Doct. The right iudgement of matters is to iudge of them as God doth To iudge aright we must iudge of things as God doth They are precious and good that hee approues of but they are vile and naught which he disapproues Vse 1 The Vse First how much doth this condemne the people of our age For is not this the nature of the most Against following only the iudgement of the world that they neuer regard what account God makes of a thing but only whether men doe esteeme of it or no And if they see it in esteeme with men is not that enough Yea they care for no more They be so wedded to the world that they will neuer looke whether God doe like or dislike that which they fancie or set themselues against and they be so blinde and obstinate that whatsoeuer is taught them they will neither see