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A59876	A sermon preached at the funeral of the Reverend Benj. Calamy, D.D. and late minister of St. Lawrence Jewry, London, Jan. 7th, 1686 by William Sherlock ...	Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707.	1686 (1686)	Wing S3347; ESTC R21708	14,846	42

of Popery were thought a sufficient Justification of the most illegal irreligious methods to keep it out when it was scandalous to speak a word either for the King or the Church when cunning men were silent and those who affected Popularity swam with the Stream then this great good man durst reprove Schism and Faction durst teach men to conform to the Church and to obey honor the King durst vindicate the despised Church of England and the hated Doctrine of Passive Obedience though the one was thought to favour Popery and the other to introduce Slavery but he was above the powerful Charms of Names and liked Truth never the worse because it was miscalled His publick Sermons preached in those days and printed by publick Authority are lasting Proofs of this and yet he was no Papist neither but durst reprove the errours of Popery when some others who made the greatest noise and out-cry about it grew wise and cautious This was like a truly honest and faithful Servant to oppose the growing Distempers of the Age without any regard either to unjust Censures or apparent Danger And yet he did not needlesly provoke any man he gave no hard words but thought it severe enough to confute mens errors without upbraiding or reproaching their persons His Conversation was courteous and affable to all men soft and easie as his Principles were stubborn he could yield any thing but the Truth and bear with any thing but the Vices of men He would indeed have been the Wonder of his Age had he not lived in such an Age as thanks be to God can shew many such Wonders and yet in such an Age as this he made an Illustrious Figure though he had his Equals he had not many Superiours Thus he lived and thus this good man died for thus he was found doing when his Lord came The first symptoms of his Distemper seized him just before his last Sermon at White-hall but gave him so much respite as to take his leave of the World in an excellent Discourse of Immortality which he speaks of with such a sensible gust and relish as if his Soul had been then upon the wing and had some fore-tast of those joys it was just a going to possess And indeed he encountered the apprehensions of Death like one who believed and hoped for Immortality he was neither over-fond of living nor afraid to die He received the Supper of our Lord professed his Communion with the Church of England in which he had lived and in which he now died and having recommended his Soul to God he quietly expected how he would dispose of him But I must not forget to tell you that he died like a true and faithful Pastor with a tender care and affection for his Flock When he imposed this unwelcome Office upon me he told me he did not desire any Praises of himself but that I would give some good advice to his People who said he are indeed a very kind and loving People And this was not the first nor the onely time I have heard him own not onely your kind reception of him at first but the repeated and renewed expressions of your affection which did signally manifest it self in his late Sickness and now accompanies him to the Grave A Character which to your honour I speak it you have now made good for several successions and which I hope you will never forfeit But what that good counsel is he would have me give you he told me not and therefore I can onely guess at his intentions in this Were he now present to speak to you I believe he could not give you better counsel than he has already done and therefore my advice to you is 1. To remember those Counsels and Exhortations which you have heard from your deceased Pastor Though the Sower be removed yet let that immortal Seed that Word of Life which he has sown live and fructifie in your hearts and bring forth the blessed Fruits of Righteousness He has shewed you the plain way to Heaven have a care you do not forget it have a care you do not wander out of it He has recommended the Communion of the Church of England to you He has taught you to be Loyal to your Prince and to be true to your Religion take care then that neither your Religion destroy your Loyalty nor your Loyalty corrupt your Religion remember that beloved person whose memory is dear and sacred to you was neither a Rebel a Papist nor a Fanatick 2. Since you have lost your Guide a faithful and a prudent Guide and the choice of a Successour is in your selves be very careful as the concernment of your Souls requires you should be of your Choice Consider what an Age we live in which requires an experienced and skilful Pilot to steer a secure and steady course Have a care of dividing into Factions and Parties let not meer private Interests or Friendships govern you if it be possible admit of no Competitions much less of Pulpit-Combats which do oftner occasion lasting and fatal Divisions than end in a wise Choice Remember what a succession you have had of Great and Good Men in this Place and let it be your ambition still to equal and out-do it if you can And now I shall conclude with one word to you my Brethren of the Clergy We have lost a faithful and diligent Labourer in Gods Vineyard in a time when we could ill have spared him let us then who still survive double our diligence and express a greater Zeal and Concernment in the defence of Religion and in the care of Souls Let us remember that we are all mortal and how little time we have to work in we know not but let us so improve the remainder of our days that when our Lord comes he may own us for faithful and wise Servants and bestow on us a Crown of Righteousness and Immortality Which God of his infinite mercy grant through our Lord Jesus Christ To whom with the Father and the Holy Spirit be Honour and Glory and Power now and for ever Amen FINIS ADVERTISEMENTS ☞ A Sermon Preached before the Honourable House of Commons by W. Sherlock D. D. Price 6 d. A Vindication of that Sermon from a Popish Remonstrance 4 o. Price 6 d. Both sold by John Amery at the Peacock in Fleetstreet A Discourse against Transubstantiation Price 6 d. Doctrines and Practices of the Church of Rome truly Represented in Answer to a Papist Mis-represented and Represented Both printed for W. Rogers 1 Cor. 3. 16. 2 Cor. 6. 16. 6 Gal. 10. 3 Heb. 5 6. 20 Acts 28. 1 Cor. 4. 1. 1 Cor. 3. 2. 5. Heb. 12 1 Pet. 2. 2. 2 Tim. 4. 2. 20. Acts 28. 21. John 15 16 17. 1 Pet. 2. 2. 17. John 3. 5 Eph. 23. 10 John 14. 4 Eph. 8 11 12 13. 28 Mat. 18 19 20. 20 Joh. 21 22 23. 1 Act. 4. 8 9. 2 Cor. 10. 3 4 5. 2 Cor. 13. 10. 2 Cor. 1. 24. 10 Luk. 16. 13. Mat. 52. 2 Sam. 18. 22. 1 Cor. 4 1 2 3. 20. Acts 26 27. 16 Rom. 18. 2 Cor. 4. 2. 10. Mat. 41. 2 Cor. 6. 1. 2 Cor. 2. 16. 1 Cor. 4. 12 13. 19 Mat. 28.

A SERMON Preached at the FUNERAL Of the Reverend Benj. Calamy D. D. And late Minister of St. LAWRENCE JEWRY London Jan. 7 th 1686. By WILLIAM SHERLOCK D. D. Master of the Temple And Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty LONDON Printed for John Amery at the Peacock and William Rogers at the Sun both against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet 1686. Imprimatur Jan. 11. 1685 6 C. Alston R. P. D. Hen. Episc. Lond. à sacris Domestics To his much Esteemed Friends the Church-Wardens and Parishoners of St. LAURENCE Jewry and St. MARY MAGDALANE Milkstreet Gentlemen THough I had no intention to make this Sermon Publick yet I could not with any Modesty deny your Request when you had paid so great a regard to the Counsel given you in it I heartily Congratulate your happy agreement in the Choice of so excellent a Person to succeed the not-to-be-forgotten Dr. CALAMY who I doubt not will deserve all that Honour and Kindness which it is so natural to you to show to your Ministers I here present you with the Sermon as it was Preached excepting some few things at the beginning which were left out in speaking to shorten it as much as I could without injuring the Sense I am sensible the Character falls very short of what our deceased Friend deserved but it is every Word true and I thought had been as inoffensive too as it is true and so I believe it will appear to wise and considering men and others may judge as they please If it will contribute any thing to make both Ministers and People more faithful in the discharge of their several Duties I have what I aimed at both in Preaching and Printing it especially if you please to accept of it as a Testimony of the sincere Respects of GENTLEMEN Your very Humble Servant WILL. SHERLOCK 24 Matth. 45 46. Who then is a Faithful and Wise servant whom his Lord hath made Ruler over his Houshold to give them meat in due season Blessed is that servant whom his Lord when he cometh shall finde so doing IN this and the fore-going Chapter our Saviour acquaints his Disciples with the Signs and Prognosticks of his coming which plainly have a double aspect both upon his coming to destroy Jerusalem and upon his coming to judge the World But the application he makes of it is of universal use Watch therefore for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come v. 42. which is excellent advice in what sense soever we understand the coming of our Lord for the coming of our Lord signifies his coming to take account of us and whether we apply this to the Hour of our Death or to the last Day of Judgment still it concerns us to watch that is to be always diligent and careful in doing our Duty and discharging that Trust which is committed to us that whenever our Lord comes we may give up our Accounts with joy The Words I have now read to you concern the Apostles of Christ and their Successors the Bishops and Pastors of the whurch who are as much obliged to this watchfulness as any other sort of persons because as they have a greater Trust so they have a greater Account to give This we learn from 12 Luke 42 43 v. where our Saviour having given that general advice to all his Disciples to watch for the coming of their Lord St. Peter particularly enquires how far he and the rest of the Apostles were concerned in it Lord speakest thou this parable unto us or even to all v. 41. To which our Saviour answers Who then is that faithful and wise steward whom his Lord shall make Ruler of his Houshold to give them their portion of meat in due season Blessed is that servant whom his Lord when he cometh shall find so doing Wherein our Saviour does particularly apply that general Advice to his Apostles and their Successors his Servants Stewards and Ministers of the Gospel and indeed those particular expressions which are here used do sufficiently acquaint us to whom this Advice belongs We need not question who is here meant by the Lord which is the peculiar Title of Christ in the New Testament and it is as evident what this Houshold is which is the Church of Christ The House and Temple of the living God The Houshold of Faith The Houshold of God And Christ is said to be Faithful as a Son or Lord over his own House whose House are we if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoycing of the hope firm unto the end in distinction from Moses who was Faithful as a Servant The Rulers of the Houshold or the Stewards in St. Luke are the Apostles Bishops Presbyters who are the Governours of the Church 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Overseers the Ministers of Christ the Stewards of the Mysteries of God The Meat which they are to give in season is the Word of Life which with respect to the different degrees and perfection of Knowledge is compared to Milk and to strong Meat and therefore they are commanded to feed the Flock to preach the Word to be instant in season out of season to reprove rebuke exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine This is sufficient to shew you that my Text does principally concern the Bishops and Ministers of the Church who are in an eminent manner the Servants of Christ in the Instruction and Government of his Church which is his House and in speaking to these words I shall observe this following method I. Consider the Duty of Gospel-Bishops and Pastors which is to Feed and to Govern the Houshold of Christ. II. The Qualifications of Gospel-Ministers which are Faithfulness and Prudence a Faithful and Wise servant III. The great rewards of such men Blessed is that servant I. The Duty of Gospel-Ministers whether Bishops or others and that consists of two parts 1. To Feed 2. To Govern the Houshold or Church of Christ. They are appointed Rulers of his Houshold to give them meat in due season I. To Feed the Flock of Christ. This command Christ gave to Peter and repeated it three times Simon son of Jonas lovest thou me more then these then feed my lambs feed my sheep Now to Feed signifies to instruct men in the Knowledge of Christ for Knowledge is the proper food and nourishment of the Soul by which it grows in Spiritual Wisdom and all Vertue and Goodness and is as necessary to our Spiritual Life as natural food is to the Life of our Bodies This is life eternal saith our Saviour to know Thee the onely true God and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent For this reason our Saviour appointed Stewards and Dispensers of the Mysteries of his Kingdom whose whole business it should be to study the Divine Will themselves and to instruct others For this is a knowledge which must be taught Nature may instruct us in the Being of a God and the differences