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lord_n	death_n	die_v	live_v	21,229	5	6.1130	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76330	Sorrow upon sorrow: or, The much lamented death of the worthy Mr. Ralph Venning being a sermon preached upon the sad occasion of his death before his burial, from Acts 20.38. Sorrowing most of all that they should see his face no more. By W. Beerman minister of the Gospel.	Beerman, William.	1674 (1674)	Wing B1690A; ESTC R218872	10,032	23

There was great lamentation Oh they could not part with Jesus Christ without lamenting That they should see his face no more But it will be here objected in the next verse that Jesus Christ in Luke 23.28 turn'd to these women that wailed and wept and said Daughters of Jerusalem weep not for me but for your selves That therefore there ought not to be weeping or lamenting for the departure of any eminent Saint seeing he forbids it for himself It argues indeed we should not weep for them but for the want of them which is ours Christ bids not by his forbiding weeping upon his account but not to weep on his account as if he had said Dont weep for me as for my suffering or upon my account but for your selves and your own children there are dreadfuler things coming upon you then these Blessed are the barren that bare not dont weep for me may this servant of God say that we are speaking of at present Dont weep for me I am gon from way to way from triumph to triumph but it is for the people of God to be heartily affected when the worlds Teachers are taken from them but you may say Why should it be thus I will shew you in five particulars why you and them should be greatly affected with this dreadful providence of God that hath lately befallen First because the death of such men possibly is for your sakes for your sakes they had lived longer had it not been for others and if it be so then we had need to bedew their Hearse with tears I 'le give you a three-fold meaning First it is possible in our service that he lost his life for it may be that in the painful labouring for the saving of our souls he lost his life and will you not lament Secondly we may occasion the Death of godly Preachers thus wounding their Spirits grieving their Hearts that we profit no more if that be true in the 1 Thes 3.8 where the Apostle saith For now we live if ye stand fast in the Lord Then it is beloved if ye Apostatize ye kill our hearts Thirdly possibly we may occasion the Death of Godly Preachers by the non-improving of his Ministry Sirs God sends his Embassadors we give them not the hearing or but the hearing and if our unprofitableness and non-improving shall occasion this shall we not mourn and lament that we should be the cause of their death Secondly why should those that are hearers be deeply affected at the final departure of holy Ministers I answer This arises from the love that is between them there is a mutual love between a faithful Preacher and a sincere Hearer Now beloved you shall observe two things to attend this assertion of love according to the Nature and Degree of it 1. Where there is Love there is delight of and enjoyment And secondly where there is love there is mourning in the absence of it in the 3 John 29. saith our Saviour He that hath the Bride is the Bridegroom but the friend of the Bridegroom which standeth and heareth him rejoyceth greatly because of the Bridegrooms voice so on the contrary when he is taken from them there cannot be but great mourning in the 37. Gen. 3. It s said that Israel loved Joseph more then all his Children and therefore when News came to Jacob that Joseph was not oh saith Jacob v. 35. I will go down into the Grave unto my Son mourning So David lamented for Absolon oh Absolon my son my son Absolon and David lamented exceedingly for Jonathan in that 1 Kings I am distressed for thee my Brother Jonathan if you love your Preachers so as it s said of them that could pull out their eyes for them while living you will even weep out your eyes for them now dead Thirdly no wonder that the Children of God are under so much sorrow when Preachers are taken from them for now they are under the Execution of Divine threatning as the giving of faithful Teachers is the loving kindness of God so taking them away is of a great threatning in Isa There is a promise That I give you the water of affliction yet your eyes shall see your Teachers and you shall not be driven into Corners Now see Isa 3.1 There it is a threatning I will break the whole stay of bread and the whole stay of water In Jer. 3.15 There is a promise I will give you Pastors according to my own heart It signifie great Love and is a fulfilling of a great Promise when God gives them Pastors according to his own heart Now as it is a Promise to give them so it is a threatning when God takes them away In Jer. 22.22 see how dreadful a threatning is saith the Prophet The wind shall eat up thy Pastors surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness Fourthly well may we mourn when God removes our faithfull able Teachers from us for we are like enough soon after their departure from us to corrupt our selves I remember in Exod. 32.7 God speaks to Moses when he was in the Mount God get thee down for this people which thou broughtest out of Egypt have corrupted themselves God tells Moses you have been here with me in the Mount 40. days It is time for you to be gone get thee down the people have turn'd out of the way no sooner are you turn'd from the people but they turn their backs upon me Deut. 31.27 Moses speaks to Israel I know thy Rebellion and thy stiff-neck behold while I am yet alive with you this day ye have been Rebellious against the Lord and how much more after my Death as if Moses as the Minister should say to this Congregation I have had much a do to keep you a live what will you do after my death for in the 29. verse saith Moses I know that after my Death ye will utterly corrupt your selves and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you and evil will befall you in your latter days because you will do evil in the sight of the Lord. In 2 Chron. 24.2 It s said all the time that Jehoiada lived Joash followed the Lord but when he died Joash turned to Idolatry as you have it in the 18. verse of that Chapter And they left the house of the Lord God of their Fathers and served Groves and Idols While the light is we walk well but when the light is taken away then we fall and slip Fifthly why should the Servants and Saints of God be so much affected when God takes away faithful Teachers from them because when they go evil comes if so be Sampson lays his hold upon the Pillars the house will fall but when Death comes to lay hold on the Preacher what will the House do I know saith Paul after my departure Wolves will come In Luke 23.29 30. saith our Saviour The days are coming in which they shall say Blessed are the Barren and