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A66101	The high esteem which God hath of the death of his saints as it was delivered in a sermon preached October 7, 1683, occasioned by the death of the worshipful John Hull, Esq. who deceased October 1, 1683 / by Samuel Willard.	Willard, Samuel, 1640-1707.; Corlet, Elijah, d. 1687.	1683 (1683)	Wing W2280; ESTC R27592	13,583	24

secures their Lives for them and that oftentimes almost miraculously so that all the Malice Rage Spite and Power of their Enemies shall not be able to effect it and whiles they are thus laying their heads together plotting and contriving how to bring it about God laughs at them Psal 37. 12 13. The Wicked plots against the Just The Lord shall laugh at him How many consultations and endeavours were there against the Life of Athanasius of old and of Luther in later times and yet they could not obtain to cut short one of their dayes appointed 2. When their fit time is come and they are prepared for it God mercifully taketh order about their dying and makes their Death to be such as it shall be a full witness of his dearest respect unto them and hence we may observe a threefold circumstance of the time of the Saints dying one of which is alwayes accommodable thereunto God therefore takes them away either 1. When they are despised or undervalued in the World when Men grow weary of them and their company is a trouble to them now God will not suffer them to be troubled with them any longer but sends to fetch them away to a place where they are better thought of and shall meet with more worthy entertainment It is Recorded of those Worthies Heb. 11. 38. That the World was not worthy of them they were too good for them and they did not know their Excellency and therefore thought meanly of them and now God will not let them enjoy them any longer he calls them home 2. When there are evil and calamitous times hasteniug upon the place where they live they are taken away from the wrath to come Isai 57. 1. God now takes them off and this he doth not only to make a way for his wrath by taking them out of the Gap where they stood to prevent ruine but also to free them from those Sorrows and distressing Calamities which else they must needs undergo this was a mercy promised to tender-hearted Josiah 2 King 22. ult Thou shalt be gathered to thy Fathers in peace and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place 3. When they have done the work of their Generation God hath in his holy Decree laid out what work every one of his Saints shall do for him in this World and a Saint would not desire to be here any longer than he hath some work to do for God Hence when they have finished their course he brings them to the Crown thus we read of David Act. 13. 36. When he had served his own Generation by the Will of God he fell asleep When a Believers work is done it s his priviledge to go to rest 2. In his special care about the manner of their Death For 1. He affords them his special presence to carry them through all the conflicts which they have with Death and with all their Enemies who in that hour assault them He makes all their Bed for them in their sickness he visits them with his Holy Spirit comforteth and refresheth them against all their fears bruiseth Satan for them under their feet sends his Angels to strengthen them against all their Temptations and support them under all their Agonies and is very careful that they shall in no wise be tempted above what they are able 2. He takes order thet they shall die in peace whatever Troubles they have been which they have met with in their lives yet they shall meet perfect peace in their Death Psal 37. 37. Take notice of the perfect man mark the upright for the latter end of that man is peace Death comes not armed with a sting against them but the sting is taken out and the poyson of it removed 1 Cor. 15. 55. Oh Death where is thy sting it comes not as an Officer of Justice to Arrest them but as a friendly Messenger to invite them into their Fathers presence to the Court of a reconciled God and tender-hearted Father and the kind embraces of a loving Redeemer 3. He orders them so to die as to leave a sweet remembrance behind them Wicked men possibly may endeavour by throwing dirt at them to blemish their Names and yet God often makes them speak well of his dead Saints and to build the Tombs of the Prophets whom they have killed But however in the hearts of the faithful they have an honourable esteem a worthy Monument Psal 12. 6. The Righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance Prov. 10. 7. The memory of of the just is blessed 3. In the care which he takes of them after their death those that were dear to us in their lives are not easily forgotten by us when they are dead nor are the Saints by God but effectually iaken care for For 1 Their dust is not reputed by him as common dust but they are laid up by his care kept under his eye and preserved by his powerful providence as precious Relicks till they be brought forth again in the day of Resurrection He lays them to rest in peace and safety Isai 57. 2. They shall rest in their Beds their Bodies which were made Temples of the Holy Ghost and Members of Jesus Christ are not now rejected as worthless things but are laid up in God's Cabinet and that with far more tender care then we do the most estimable jewel and Hence their Flesh resteth in hope Psal 16. 9. dying Believers can in Faith recommend their dead Bodies to the Grave in joyful expectation of an happy return and all the rage of Men and Devils shall never be able to prevent this 2. Their precious Souls dearly beloved of the Lord Jesus are safely guarded and surely transported to a place of eternal honour and rest The Saints die to go to and to be with Christ which is best of all they die that they may live for ever When a Saint of God dies there is a glorious Convoy of blessed Angels sent from Heaven to attend his departure the Angels carried Lazarus into Abraham's bosom Luk. 16 22. and this is done both for their honour and their safety they carry their Souls out of the reach of Men and Devils into the presence Chamber of the great God to him in whose presence is fulness of joys and at whose right hand are pleafures for evermore to receive an incorruptible and never sading Crown of Glory and though Legions of Devils enterpose and seek to stop up the way they shall never be able to obstruct their passage nor from that time for evermore do them any the least displeasure Thus precious in Gods account is the death of every one of his Saints 3. Whence it comes to pass that it is so A. It Flows not from any merit of theirs a Saint aspires not to chalenge any favour from God upon the score of his own deservings but when he hath done all acknowledgeth himself an unprofitable Servant and his best Righteousness to