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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

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 worshipfull 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 Man goeth to the house of his age and the mourners goe about in the streete Eccles 12.5 Yet Christians must not mourne as other which haue no hope 1. Thess 4.13 For To be loosened and to bee with Christ is best of all Philip 1.23 LONDON Printed by Thomas Creede 1608. ¶ To my louing friend M. Timothie Pricke Minister of the word of God heartie Salutation in the Lord. MY welbeloued and verie deare friend in the Lord as God of his great goodnes and aboundant mercie hath vouchsafed you no small fauour in that you are not onely the naturall sonne of a good man but also the sonne of a verie faithfull Minister of his holy word thereby also a spirituall Father vnto you in the Gospell of Iesus Christ euen to you a sonne of his best desires and most comfortable hope an heire to manie his earnest prayers and supplications to God a behoulder witnes of his holie life a sheepe of his deare flocke and nowe a pastor of those who were lately his sheepe so I beseech you for the Lords sake to indeuour after no small and vulgar fruits of dutie and thankes to God your heauenly Father nor of imitation in respect of the excellent vertues of your both naturall and spirituall Father Lay sure and fast hold I pray you on the blessing of his holie feruent prayers wherein with great wrestlings he intreated God often that hee would make you an instrument of greater glorie to him in foyling the diuell and furthering the saluation of his people much more then hee thought himselfe to haue attained vnto though in truth hee quitted himselfe exceedinglie well and greatlie prospered in that spirituall fight and dangerous battell and in promoting the saluation of verie manie Thus comfort you vs deare friend the deare and louing friendes of your worthy Father thus reioice you the hearts of Gods people and thus tēder the good peace of your owne conscience I heartely intreat you Where much hath ben bestowed there much may iustly bee looked for and therefore as good ground hauing receiued the best seede yeeld you your best endeuor that you may bring foorth fruite after the fullest measure euen to an hundred fold Among other prouocations and incouragements let the present Sermon of your Father be as the lift of a strong shoulder to further you as longe as you shall liue in the care of a godly life as he cōstantly liued that growing to like perfection and ripenes of all holy ministery you may after māy yeares dy the like death of the righteous that he died In the meane season giue me leaue to commend it vnto you as a most artificiall picture better representing to the view of your inward sight the spiritual image of your Father then any the skilfullest Limmer could haue drawne his outward shape to the beholding of your bodilie eye Esteeme it deare friend as a verie worthy and memorable monument of that pure and pithie manner of preaching which he vsed and as a notable president set before you and before vs all let vs follow it with as prosperous a pursuite as we may And if we cannot attaine vnto it yet let vs presse toward it as neare as we can Wee all knowe what a blessing God gaue to his sincere and faithfull dealing that is so plentifull a blessing as is seldōe to be seene vpon the ministerie of any in a far greater congregation Now further that which remaineth ioine with me in request to the right worshipfull to whom your Father did both with hand and heart while yet hee was liuing dedicate this memorable gift a testimony of his speciall loue from a most parentlike and pastorall affection toward them that they will accept it as one little siluer streāe of pure and precious water deriued vnto them from that more full and liuing springe which was wont to flow dailie more plenteously to the sweete refreshing and comfortting of their soules And albeit his person be now gone and his pastorall care ouer them hath had an end which if they had continued to this day would surely haue procured their most ready and thankfull accepting of the same let vs be sutors that the thing it selfe being of great worth may be neuer the lesse regarded of them remembring still that they must giue an account vnto God how they haue profited by his holy ministery In which hope let vs for conclusion omitting all complements wanting beseech God the only full supplier of all defects to blesse the holy doctrine of this one blessed Sermon to as manie good endes and purposes both to them and to our selues and to many other as any one Sermon may be blessed and sanctified vnto And thus with my most hearty prayer I doe commend both your selfe and that right worshipfull familie and all of the families of the Church of God at your and their little Denham to all further and more full blessing of God Your louing friend and brother in the Lord. ROBERT ALLEN London this 2. of May. 1608. To the right vvorshipfull and Christian posteritie the Sonnes and Daughters of the right worshipfull Sir Edward Lewkenor Knight and of the vertuous Ladie Susan Lewkenor his wife Grace and peace in Christ Iesus THE Prophet Isaiah by the motion of Gods holie spirit did long since in great zeale vtter this holy saying The righteous perisheth Isa 57.1 and no man considereth it in heart and mercifull men are taken away and no man vnderstandeth that the righteous is taken away from the euill to come Which as it hath in former times bene true so is it prooued most true in these our miserable and desperate daies as may hereby appeare for that although the Lord withdraweth and taketh out of this world by death many of his principall and excellent seruants thereby setting vp as it were prodigious Comets to premonish all men not only of the vncertainty of this natural life but also that his iudgements are neare hand yet few doe so much as once turne their eyes toward this hand of God and fewer doe make vse thereof and applie it to their heart for the increase of true godlinesse and reformation of life Against which estate disposition gracelesse and more then brutish some what was vttered at the Funerall of your said worthie Parents which although it hath hetherto lyen in silence and beene whollie suppressed yet nowe by the grace of God it is come to light The discourse I confesse is homely

it entred into the heart of man A worthie exemplification of all the former doctrine from the godly couple latelie departed this life and liuing assuredlie in heauen with the soules of the righteous for euer and euer Into the which estate there is no doubt but that these two right worshipfull persons I meane Sir Edward Lewkenor Knight and the vertuous Ladie Susan his wife whose funerall this day is heere celebrated and held are by the free mercie of God placed and aduanced For why as they liued well so they dyed In their life they loued and serued God and at the length slept in the Lorde For proofe hereof we wil not resort to the deceitfull weights of humane reason nor anie morall or ciuill Vertue which may be found in heathens that neuer knewe God Reasons for proofe of their blessed estate but to the golden and infallible ballance of the holie Scripture Wherin among other signes and arguments we finde especiallie two whereby a true Christian may be descryed and discerned 1. They were called by the preaching of the Gospel 2. They were trulie sanctified by the holie Spirit of God Many reasons alleadged to prooue their effectuall calling and that both in life and death The first is a true and effectuall calling The other is true sanctification after which followeth eternall glorification Rom. 8. That they were both effectually called may appeare by diuers arguments And first of all they were inlightned and converted by the ministerie of the Gospell preached which in an ordinarie time is a sure token of an effectuall calling Besides 1. Reason Rom. 10.15.17 they both imbraced Christ Iesus by a liuely faith 2. Reason in whom they found felt such sweetenes assurance with peace of conscience and fullnesse of life and saluation that they accompted all things in the world but drosse in cōparison of him Yea they renounced and abhorred from their verie hearts all meanes of saluation redemption and reconciliation with God inuented by mans braine and ioyned with him in the worke of iustification either in parte or in whole Againe they loued most dearelie the ministerie of the word and ministers thereof all their life after 3. Reason by the which as by an immortall seede they knewe they were borne anewe through the operation and working of the holie Ghost And therefore pursued this holie ordinance of God and the ministers thereof with no lesse reuerence and tender affection then naturall children doe their naturall Parents of whom they are bred and begotten Furthermore 4. Reason all such as were begottē by the same means thereby had the image of God repaired in them were so deare precious in their eyes as that they preferred thē before all others althogh neerely linked to thē that were not in the same estate of grace To conclude they were not contēted with their owne calling 5. Reason but they desired laboured the conuersion of others especially of them of their own familie as may appeare by their holy exhortations carefull in couragements and by their vertuous example of life set before the eyes of all Lastly by their continual praying reading meditating 6. Reason and conferring of the word of God with other holie exercises wherewith the hearts of manie were exceedingly rauished the remembrance whereof as I trust will neuer dye in the hearts of them that were partakers thereof so long as they shall liue By all which arguments their effectual calling is clearely proued And if they be not sufficient to argue prooue it I knowe not what is Nowe concerning their Sanctification another signe that they dyed in the Lord. Reasons to prooue their sanctification Sanctification is known vnto man by the outward cōuersation man cā search or see no further For that be longeth to God the searcher of the heart reynes Therefore what their outward conuersatiō was we wil next enquire that cōcerning both of thē seuerally apart And first the vertues of the Christian Lady who dyed first are faithfully testified and rehearsed And first we will begin with the Ladie because it was her lotte to departe out of this world before her husband What her conuersation was it is well knowne to all and yet it shall not bee amisse at this present more distinctlie to declare An example worthie the imitation of al women specially of Ladies Gentle womē Read it diligētly good Gentlewomen and weigh it through out To this purpose more generally she was indued with most of those vertues expressed in the Epistles of Paul in the Prouer. of Salomon and other places of holie Scripture required in a true Christian and an holy woman For why although she was worshipfullie descended and indued with excellent giftes yet she walked not with hautie eies despising and disdaining the baser sorte and such as were farre her inferiours but willingly and chearefully did stoope downe to them and so humblie conuersed with them as if they had ben her equalls Shee was temperat in her diet and apparrel professing that frō her childhood she neuer delighted in those toyes An obseruatiō most necessary for the womē of this most vaine and new fangled age vanities and superfluities of attire wherewith many women otherwise vertuous and truly religious are She was louing and tender to her children but yet with singular discretion Shee loued her Husband and was dutifull to him shining before his eies as a starre in chastitie and holines Shee was sparing in speach considerate and aduised in all her waies and deedes Shee was as louing and dutifull a daughter to her mother as euer I knew liuing which vertue God recompenced in her life time with the like that is with very dutifull and obediēt children She delighted in peace and concord and if she espied any variance toward either in regard of her selfe or others she neuer ceased nor gaue herselfe rest till shee had made vp the breache by christiā reconciliation She thought much of death and specially a little before her departing out of this world wishing if it could be by the good pleasure of God that shee might not out-liue her husband but die at the same time which thing accordingly came to passe Mine eares heard it of her in priuate and therefore I dare the more boldly auoucheit Shee was not like the foolish woman that pulleth downe the house but shee built vp her husbandes house by wise and frugall ordering of her domesticall charges and maintenance And yet for all that she knew how in season to open her hand A conclusion most aptly fitting the premises Pro. 31.29.30 God of his infinite mercie graunt vs the increase of many such good women and to giue liberally to the needy vnto whom she was a nursing mother So that we may in regard of the premises truly and rightly cōclude with the holy Ghost 31 Pro. 29 30.31 ver Manie daughters haue done vertuously

The vertues of the right christiā knight to manifest confirme the truth of his sanctification but thou surmountest them all Fauor is deceitfull and beautie is vanitie but a woman that feareth the Lord shall be praised Giue her of the fruite of her hands and let her owne workes praise her in the gates The outward conuersation likewise of her worthy Husband was very Christian vnblameable and without iust note of reprehension An example worthy to bee followed of all men specially of persons in special dignitie authority aboue the rest For first of all whereas all men know hee was indued with excellent ornamēts of nature and learning yet knew he how to make himselfe equall to thē of the lower sort And whereas hee could haue made many affraid as it is said of Iob yet was hee continuallie fearefull to offend the meanest An excellent vertue the true valour of great mighty mē In which respect if he had at any time ouerseene himselfe his soule was neuer at rest till hee had remoued the offence and satisfied the party Hee bare a feruent loue zeale toward the truth which hee was ready at all times to defend against Papists Atheists Hereticks c. as diuers do well knowe who haue felt the force and weight of his argumēts in disputation He was bountifull and liberall according to the measure of that portion and reuenewes that GOD had bestowed vpon him as the poore round about him can and wil testifie whose sides were warmed with the fleece of his sheepe and their empty and hungry stomackes relieued satisfied of his owne prouision How he carried him selfe in his publick calling concerning the administration of Iustice the worshipfull magistrates both here and els where in this country can both know and iudge Yet thus much I know and dare affirm that he was carefull to do his duty A conclusion not forced but very wel applied And that which is more and a very special grace of God in a magistrate hee hated and auoided priuy bribes and rewards 1. Sam. 13. least his eies should bee blinded therewith and his heart corrupted God graunt vs many such good Maiestrates euen for the Lord Iesus sake and blesse these excellent examples to helpe forward so gratious a worke of his so necessarie for his church Amen and so turned aside from iustice and equity So that he might if hee were aliue make his iust Apologie for himselfe as Samuel did 1. Samuel 13 in these words Behold here I am bare record of mee before the Lord before his annointed whose Oxe haue I takē or whose Asse haue I taken or whom haue I done wrong to or whome haue I hurt or of whose hand haue I receiued a bribe to blinde mine eies there with I will restore it you All this and the rest I speake God knoweth not in the way of flattery to gratifie the eares of anie as it is the manner of too many in assemblies vpō such occasions as this is The common abuse of funerall Sermons iustly taxed to make their tongus saleable in decking them with ornaments of commendation which are most vnworthy of any great commendation I haue abhorred flattery since I knewe the Gospell and rather runne into the contrarie Neither need I in this case to vse flatterie seeing I may appeale to the consciences of al them that knew them Yet did they not want their blemishes and infirmities all which I doubt not are couered and washed away in the precious blood and death of our Lord Iesus Christ And therefore seing that they both drew in one yoke of obediēce The vses of the former sonotable an exēplification not only walked hand in hād in the waies of righteoussnes while they liued but also were not much diuided in the act instant of their death 1. For christiā consolation comfort what enuy of man what rage of Sathan what power of hell can let but that both of their soules are now in heauē amongst the Angels soules of the righteous triūphing against the deuill the world the flesh all their spirituall enemies singing praise to God with the whole Church for their creation preseruatiō herevpon earth specially for their redemptiō saluation by the blood of the Lambe wishing the accomplishmēt of the number of Gods elect that the miseries of the faithfull might haue an end standinge at the fountaine of liuing waters wearing longe white roabes washed in the blood of Iesus Christ fedd and nourished continuallie with the fruit of the tree of life beholding the glorious face of their sweet Lord and Sauiour whose presence in their life time they wished and longed for with teares and earnest praiers Finally they liue remaine in such fulnes of ioy and happines as to the perfection thereof nothing cā be added or desired So that they neede no outward solemnities of Buriall although it bee agreeable to their estate and serueth very well for the auoyding of Anabaptisticall confusion For why in their life time they reared vp to themselues a Tombe in heauen not perishing or corruptible but euer during and eternall not polished by the art and cunning of man but grauen and commended by the hand of Gods spirit And therefore so glorious as it is not only pleasant and acceptable to God and his Angells but also maketh cōtinualie for the encrease of their owne comfort 2. For christiā sorrow and mourning yet with godly moderation All which notwithstanding this their great happines yet is there cause why their death and departure should bee lamented and bewailed It is the duty of al sores moderatelie to mourne at the death buriall of their friends specially of such as were of best imploiment vse not only generally but also by particular persons Generally the Church militant hath great cause to lament that two such excellent and profitable members are rent from it Particularly their chlidren haue cause to mourn and sorrow for that they want two such excellent Parents who did so tender and loue them as their own souls Children and therefore sought both by exāple al good meanes to procure their comfort and good estate in this life and in the life to come Seruants for that they haue lost the gouernmēt and direction of such a Master Lady Seruantes as continually expressed no lesse loue and care ouer them then if so be they had ben their naturall children so that by their death they are bereft of many sweete comforts and helps which many a yeare some of them inioyed Let the ministery of this congregation mourn sorrow Ministers for that it is disappointed and left destitute of such worthy Patrons Let students and fauorers of Learning Students ioine with the fotmer in mourning seeing they shall all see thē no more in this world by whome before times the receiued cōfort incoragemēt in