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A03795	The saints losse and lamentation A sermon preached at the funerall of the VVorshipfull Captaine Henry Waller, the worthy commander of the renowned martial band of the honourable city of London, exercising armes in the Artillery Garden. Octob. 31. 1631. By George Hughes Mr. of Arts, and preacher of Gods word in Alhallowes Breadstreet in London.	Hughes, George, 1603-1667.	1632 (1632)	STC 13913; ESTC S104275	22,663	58

O Ioash thou art a mourner at Elish●● death Vse 1. but who thinkst thou will lament at thine The righteous indeed fall and the City is mooved all cry after him and the streets ring with their lamentations but the wicked are cut off and all is still they are neither missed nor desired nor lamented We will not crosse he proverb yet may we limit it Eccl. 2.15 So dyeth the wise man even as the foole so dieth he indeed for the nature of his death his soule is separated from his body but not so for the manner issue and consequents of his death hee dyeth a wise man but this a foole he like a Saint expecting to rise againe gloriously but this as a beast which perisheth for ever he dieth and is lost as a pearl this and is never missed like carrion he is taken away and bitterly lamented but this is cut off and not so much as desired Will ye see how they use him when he is gone It was Iehoiakims case sonne to Iosiah king of Iudah a wicked wretch whom God thus cursed when he was dead Ier. 22.18 19 Non plangent eum vae ob fratrem meum vae ob sororem non plangent eum vae ob regem vae ob regnum eius Sicut proiiciunt cadaver asini sic proiicient cadaver eius lacerabitur proiicietur ultra portas Ierusalem Calv. paraph. They shall not lament for him saying Ah my brother or ah sister they shall not lament for him saying Ah Lord or ah his glory He shall he buried with the buriall of an asse drawne and cast forth beyond the gates of Ierusalem Reade here and see your doome ye generation of evil doers though ye be the sonnes of kings and children of Princes yet your iniquities make you stinke ye die and are dragged and tumbled out like carrion this is your sentence from heauen It is the curse of folly to be buried like an asse Secondly Vse 2. O Israel how art thou beholding to Elisha Thy child indeed yet thy father thy guide thy counsellour thy charet and thy horsemen thy sinewes thy very strength and safety and 〈◊〉 this why doest thou not love him oh how would I weepe over thee with Ierusalems lamentation O Israel Israel thou that keepest the oracles of God and callest thy selfe by the name of his Church why art thou weary of thy righteous Princes thy righteous Prophets thy righteous soldiers and righteous people thou seemest not to regard though they be persecuted killed and stoned oh that thou wouldst consider in this thy day the things which concerne thy peace before they bee taken from thine eyes thy peace thy safety thy strength is in thy righteous members doest thou so slight them while thou now inioyest them Woe is thee thou wilt be feeble when they are gone then shalt thou weepe bitterly and they will not be How is it that thou art become unnaturall thou forsakest thine owne and thou harbourest strange children can salvation be thy walls when unrighteousnes and oppression are among thy rulers profanenes among thy Prophets strange altars in thy temples and idolatry in thy habitatations Alas thy leannesse thy leannesse thou art become weake and feeble and thy destructions are now upon thee Were I worthy to counsell thee yet I may call to thy remembrance Gods counsell unto thee O that righteousnes might abide rule in thy habitations that thou wouldest ingrave it on thy Nobles on thy Iudges on thy Prophets on thy Captaines and on thy Souldiers that in thee might dwell only a people of righteousnes then shouldst thou be as the strong City which the Lord hath founded salvation should be thy wals the name of Iehovah thy tower thy rereward and thine everlasting strength thou shouldest be built as on a rocke that can never be shaken and be established as mount Sion Gods holy place which shall never be remooved Lastly is Elisha among the sicke Vse 3. and maimed and cripples and feeble what doest thou heere Elisha How commest thou thus tyred and weak and faint thou righteous soule thou strength of Israel hast thou bin dallying playing the wāton in the harlots lap are thy locks sho●● oh Sampson and hast thou betrayed thy strength into the hands of thine enemies Hast thou lost thy Captain thy Assistance thy weapons where is faith now where is that Almighty praier that openeth and shuts heaven that calleth for legions of Angels Alas thou hast sinned thy God is hidden from thee and thy confederates dare not come neere thee thou canst not hand before the enemy nor wind a weapon for thy defence thy strength is become weaknes and thou hast made thy selfe a scorne to the adversaries whom thou hast sometimes wounded Shouldst thou thus tempt God and fall this is thy rebuke yet let me advise thee too Come shelter thy selfe a little under the wing of thy redeemer stay there while thy locks are growne thy Captaine will come that way then lay hold on him thy forces goe along with him gather them together draw out thy weapons again and begin to use them let faith pitch it selfe upon thy God through thy Christ tell him thou wilt throw thy selfe upon his power and faithfulnes to preserve thee let thy prayer set upon him mightily and give him no rest untill hee come againe and renew tsty strength like the Eagles Then comfort thy selfe oh thou charet of Israel and the horsemen thereof the eyes of all Israel are upon thee for their strength thou mighty man of God they weepe with bitter lamentation when thou art taken from them and shouldest thou quaile for any adverse power Consider thy strength thou hast power to combat with hell and overthrow it to grapple with death and to defeat it to make the grave tremble and open unto thee that thou maist arise againe come forth a conquerour Death may humme about but it is a drone it hath no sting sinne may make a bluster but it hath no strength hell may belch foorth great words but it is already vanquished to thy hand and the grave may threaten much but it can doe nothing against such a mighty man as thou art thou hast now nothing to doe but resting in Jehovah thine everlasting strength sit downe and sing Death is swallowed up in victory 〈◊〉 death where is thy sting oh grave or 〈◊〉 where is thy victory The sting of death is 〈◊〉 and the strength of sinne is the law But th●nk● be to God who hath given me victory through our Lord Iesus Christ I have now done with my Text. I mistooke I have not yet done I must have one cursory more over it for this heavy and sad occasion then I close up indeed yet the corrupt custome of our dayes maketh mee almost afraid when men of corrupt minds enemies to godlines and children of their father the divell must bee made Saints at their funeralls and though all their life time they

giveth us this not as a common observation but as a thing notable and very remarkeable above most things in his experience the benefit and yet the neglect in the world of this godly wisedome which is our righteousnesse or the feare of the Lord It is great unto we And it deserves no lesse than a serious note marke we but the opposition I here was a little City and a great King came against it c. this no small disproportion againe there were but a few men within it and yet he built great bulwarks against it this was greater and little hope could the City have to subsist long upon such unequall tearmes yet now in this great improbability of safety there was found in the City 〈◊〉 poore righteous godly wise man and hee defeateth this great king and his great bulwarkes he delivered the City not by weapons of warre but by his wisedome or righteousnes therefore however the world esteem of it the wise Preacher concludes wisedome is better then strength or it is the strongest defence of all this hath its undeniable truth whether we reade it as a parable or an acted history In the map which the Prophet draweth of Iudah Gods holy place hee thus deciphers the strength of it Isa 26 112 3 4 We have a strong City salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarkes and what surer defence than Safety it selfe its Canon-proofe and a wall impregnable but who the inhabitants Surely the righteous nation which keepeth truths entreth in and dwelleth there and their Iehovah is their rocks of ages or everlasting strength This is very strange and who almost beleeveth it may a man aske where lyeth this strength of Sampson in the righteous their faces promise as little or lesse than other men Reason It will not betray them to discover it it standeth mainly in their union with God through Christ which 〈◊〉 it were possible for the world to 〈◊〉 they would become weake 〈…〉 other men but whilest this lasteth 〈…〉 theirs heaven is theirs they have 〈…〉 of angells for their assistance and to 〈◊〉 more punctually their strength is 〈…〉 in these particulars First in the power and wisedome of their Captaine their reconciled God his counsell shall stand though all the ●●●phels in the ea●●h conspire against him and his power is irresistible though all the kings of the earth bandy themselves to fight with him and how safe must the holy ones be Prov. 18.10 when hee is their Sanctuary The name of the Lord is a strong tower the righteous runneth into it and is safe or set aloft free from gun shot where they may sit and laugh and the enemy cannot hurt them This tower goeth with them whithersoever they move where they abide the very name of that place is Iehovah Shāmab Ezek 48.33 The Lord is there and in whomsoever the strength of Israel is they must needs be a strong defence and guard to their City their Church and state Secondly in the spirituality of all their forces and munition whereby they offend and grieve the enemy yet are not discerned that they should bee avoided or repelled Their Captaine is a Spirit and therefore mocketh his enemies in his intermination of the perfidious Iewes Wee unto them that goe downe to Egypt for help Isa 31.1.2 3. and stay on horses and trust in charets because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong but they looke not to the holy one of Israel neither seeke the Lord yet hee also is wise and will bring evill and will not call backe his word but will arise against the house of evill doers and against the help of them that worke iniquity Now the Egyptians are men and not God and their horses flesh and not spirit when the Lord shall stretch forth his hand he that helpeth shall fall and he that is holpen shall fall downe and they all shall faile together For there can be no resistance a spirit fighteth against them and alas they cannot see either to offend him or defend themselves Againe their souldiers and ministers are spirits Heb. 1.7.14 the Angels which serve them 2 Kin. 19 ●5 and are for guard about 〈◊〉 one of them went out in a night and 〈◊〉 in the camp of the Assyrians an hundr●● foure score and five thousand men 〈◊〉 was never perceived It is a pittifull 〈◊〉 to be smitten and never know whence the blow commeth help or defence cannot bee had against such an adversary Once more their weapons are spirituall and therefore cannot bee warded off faith and prayer powerfull instruments wherby the weakest women have beene the greatest conquerours Heb. 11.34 Through faith the Apostle witnesseth the righteous haue put to flight the armies of the aliens or forrei●● enemies this is a sure weapon which they were never able to strike out of the beleevers hand and this was his victory or conquering peece Ezod 17.11 12● 13 14 15. By prayer also Moses kept off the blowes of Amalek from Israel and gave them a fatall overthrow so that God commands him to write it for a memoriall in a booke not onely the conquest but the meanes and weapon which Moses doth and erecteth also an altar whose name he called Iehovah 〈◊〉 ●he Lord my banner as a pillar for the eternall memory of faithfull prayer In this the Paraphrast put the strength of Elisha Thou art better by thy prayer to Israel than charet or horsemen Melior erat Isratioratione sua c. Cald. Paraph Spirituall forces are thus irresistible therefore they are very strong and such is the strength of the righteous Lastly 3. in their unexhausted provision which continually maintaineth their strength that they need not feare a decay thereof The righteous alwayes pitch by that little river whose streames make glad the City of God of which Psal 46.4 though they bee faint and weary if they doe but drinke their strength returnes as Sampsons Iudg. 15.19 and they grow mighty and strong againe This river is no other but the water of life the word and Gospel of Iesus Christ it is meate and drinke to the beleeving soule and if he chance to faint hee getteth strength from thence to his faith and if his hands grow feeble he drinketh and stretcheth them forth againe mightily in prayer and so long as he is able to winde his weapons his strength will bee unresistable Happy that City that nation that Church that hath such mighty men 〈◊〉 champions their strength is admirable and they shal not be ashamed to 〈◊〉 the enemy in the gate Such souldiers such champions such walls such bulwarks are the righteous to their places our conclusion then is necessary their losse must be very grievous and their lamentation deservedly very bitter I have now but three words to speak to Ioash to Israel and to Elisha to the wicked to the Church and to the righteous and I close with the text