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Harvest-home being the summe of certain sermons upon Job 5. 26 : one whereof was preached at the funeral of Mr. Ob. Musson, an aged Godly minister of the Gospel in the Royally licensed rooms in Coventry : the other since continued upon the subject / by J.B. D.D, ... ; the first part being a preparation of the corn for the sickle, the latter will be the reaping, shocking and inning of that corn which is so fitted.
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Bryan, John, d. 1676.
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is No work device any man minds In grave whither he goes nor any bliss There to be had Deferring therefore 's bad And as to matter we should look So to the manner too upon this ground Hypocrites doing good ' i th' Book Of God not to their good are often found No small pains taking Marring good works i th' making Cain brought fruits Esau lamented Jehu reform'd Herod did many things Pharisees fasted Judas repented Many such instances the Scripture brings To let us know More is requir'd than so And that God loveth Adverbs better Than Adjectives calls for sincerity In Spirit resting not in letter Yea that we do all duties fervently Each service so As we the last would do Now would we hear read meditate Confer sing Psalms receive for blessings pray Work in our callings recreate Our selves if we knew we should dye this day Draw out at length We would our utmost strength So when thou read'st a Chapter read As if thou never should'st read Chapter more Every time thou hear'st take heed Attend apply each word open the Door To let truth in To mortifie thy Sin Make thee to live a life of grace Hear as if this Sermon should be last Let meditation run apace On heavenly things this day as if when past Thine eye behold Another never should So praise and pray to God to day As if thou never shouldst praise pray again So eat and drink and work and play And buy and sell with all thy might and main Strive to do all As if God should thee call Presently hence to give account Of all these things that thou hast done what care Would'st thou take higher much to mount Than a bare outward form no labour spare To be upright Not playing th' hypocrite Followes the third means of repelling The reasons taking off mens minds from thinking Seriously on death hold them rebelling Against right reason which if it were sinking into their hearts They would act better parts The Poem tit'led Vertue teaching That many spectacles do death present A Lecture of Great Herberts Preaching From his Theorbo's let us be content That shoul'd make way To what we have to say Sweet day so cool so calm so bright The Bridall of the earth and sky The dew shall weep thy fall to night For thou must Dye Sweet rose whose hue angry and brave Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye Thy root is ever in his Grave And thou must Dye Sweet spring full of sweet dayes and Roses A box where sweets compacted lye My musick shew's you have your closes And all must Dye Only a sweet and vertuous soul Like season'd Timber never gives But though the whole world turn to Cole Then chiefly lives Let vertuous pious men not fear this King Of frighting fearfull terrors Christ Jesus rectifying errors Heb. 2.14.15 Having death suffered for this very thing This very end to cure this fear of death Which gracious hearts Was wont to pierce with poyson'd darts As with a sharp sword drawn out of its sheath To wound them so and work them such unrest In bondage they With Israel serv'd in brick and clay But their Redeemers Death their wounds hath drest Delivered them from former Bondage now They may and ought To beds of ease and rest be brought No fear of dying in themselves allow But in triumphing wise with voices shrill Merrily sing O death where is thy mortal sting There is in thee much good nothing of ill Death thou wast once an uncouth hideous thing Nothing but Bones The sad effect of sadder groans Thy mouth was open but thou couldst not sing For we considered thee as at some six Or ten years hence After the loss of life and sence Flesh being turn'd to dust and bones to sticks We look'd on this side of thee shooting short Where we did find The shells of fledg Souls left behind Dry dust sheds no tears but may extort But since our Saviours death hath put some blood Into thy face Thou art grown fair and full of Grace Much in request much sought for as a Good Therefore we can goe dye as sleep and trust Half that we have Vnto an honest faithful Grave Making our Pillows either down or dust The Dialogue Antheme's likewise worth our hearing The Christian first Questions with death in 't self accurst Which questions too but sans the Christians fearing Alas poor death where is thy Glory Chr. Where is thy famous force thy Ancient sting Alas poor mortall void of story Death Gospell and read how I have kill'd thy King Poor death and who was hurt thereby Chr. Thy curse being laid on him makes thee accurst Let loosers speak yet thou shalt dye Death These arms shall crush thee Chr. Spare not do thy worst I shall be one day better than before Chr. Thou so much worse that thou shalt be no more Death should be unto Godly men no more Terrible than Sleep is unto a weary man A rest from labours crosses many a Score Unruly passions which do vex them here From winnowings Of Satan dreadfull buffetings They 'r freed from these by death and from their fear The day of death is unto them a day Of Liberty Beginning of felicity Ferfect in part which after a small stay Shall be consummate at the resurrection When they shall be Rewarded for their industry Have vision and fruition in perfection While they live let them make their lives as free From fears and griefs as possibly they can Eating and drinking merry let them be Singing cares fears away during this span Let all clouds scatter What shall befall hereafter make no matter The Lords Prerogative royal it is Future events to order as he pleaseth Let come what will nothing can come amiss To those that love him this the Spirit easeth When 't is opprest In midst of cursed chances these are blest Every wind blowing them profit griefs The greatest are if taken in their way Ready to prove themselves greatest reliefs However every drooping Christian may Utter these words Which by his Servant God to him affords Awake sad heart whom sorrow ever drowns Take up thine eyes which feed on earth Vnfold thy forehead gather'd into frowns Thy Saviour comes and with him mirth Awake awake And with a healthfull heart his comforts take SECT IV. The several blessings and comforts comprised in the Text for good men instances of such as have enjoyed them Objection that experience tells 't is otherwise with many of the Godly Severall Answers put in to this THe severall comforts in this text held forth To every pious person we Will mention first next prove apply the worth Of each of them that each may see Who will take pains Till he an int'rest in the promise gains A healthfull sound fresh lively constitution Is the first blessing promised He shall until his day of dissolution From sole of foot to crown of head Free from attaches Of sickness weakness in no part feel
longer stay O loose this frame this knot of man unty That our free souls forthwith may take their flight Soaâ— up to God and Christ this is their cry There there and no where else is our delight They in their death are Volunteers In the ungodly no such thing appears Unwilling oft They are to live but find No will to dy their life 's thrust out of door With violent hand not with a cheerfull mind Their shame pour'd out upon the open floor Death welcom is unto them why Life is a burden through their misery It 's otherwise with godly men attend What Simeon says Luk. 2.29 Lord let thy servant now Depart my life most joyfully I end And so St. Paul had a desire to bow At th' feet of death Phil. 1.23 how did he thirst To be dissolved and to be with Christ Thus shall it be with every godly one Truth having seal'd it and Christ having been Laid in the dark bed of corruption Perfuming it without corruption seen T'undress themselves they all see cause And call'd to come they seldome use to pause Nor without honour shall they thither come This is the fifth good promis'd in these words To good men th' illustration following home No small addition of delight affords But that a while must be supprest Till application's made of all the rest Yet a few words we 'l speak t'it though the dead Are not at all affected with what 's done Unto their bodies yet when we do read Among the rest this commination Against Jehojakim that he Should have the burial of an Ass and be Drag'd and cast out beyond the Gates o' th' City Jer 22.19 2 Châ—o 35.24.25 Gen. 50.10 Acts 8.2 And find Josiah Jacob Stephen were Brought to their graves with a most dolefull ditty Great mourning made for them it doth appear 'T is necessarily infer'd 'T is a great blessing to be so interr'd To be with honour buri'd none shall miss Of such a happy life and death as hath Described been who ever godly is And persevereth in a pious path Against these points objections lye Experience seems to prove the contrary Some very godly very sickly are Object Most of the best are very poor and many Dye very young nor is it very rare To find Saints loth to part with life scarce any Have honour more than usual When they are born unto their burial I Answer Answ first all is not gold that glisters Many seem godly really not so No other than i th' Churches body blisters Who find by search themselves such let them know These blessings are denyed to them Because they are not of the holy stem The promise is not made to Hypocrites If upright sincere hearted ones be sickly In want short liv'd at sight of death have frights Loth to depart and meanly buried quickly This answer is return'd though letter Be not made good to them they have much better In lieu of all who hath the weight in Gold For so much promis'd brass will not complain Of breach of promise were it good God could Give every Saint all these in kind maintain Health wealth long life It s good some want Some of these outward goods have measure scant But all 's made good in value passing kind Abundantly Communion with God Is best ten thousand fold content of mind Fully they have though here under the rod Of sickness poverty they have In God health wealth long life all passing brave SECT V. What is requisite to render us happy where it is shewed that God is the Greatest and only happiness of a Christian all things desireable are found in him Reasons why nothing else can satisfie the mind of man and that the promise of all good things is with advantage fulfilled to us in the enjoyment of God A Pure sufficient satisfying good Eternal also must that good thing be That can make happy if but one of these Be wanting it is understood By all that have but half an eye There 's not enough to give man perfect ease It must be pure if any ill be in it Sinfull or penal it will never do it Sufficiency is likewise requisite And satisfaction too to win it Eternity must be put to it Else happiness will be far out of sight Now God and he alone these properties Of beatification hath in him Light without any darkness all sufficing Abounding with abilities An Ocean wherein man may swim And in joyes full and true without disguising But nothing else is such a good the best Of creature-comforts mixt with something which Is not good else how could they vanity Be call'd and with vexation drest Men honourable healthfull rich That this is truth do by experience try Again all creatures in the world if they Stand by themselves so many Cyphers are Till God a solid number added be Not to be valued but laid by As light as blasted Corn or tare Set God aside there 's not sufficiency For one Soul in the whole creation who Hath most of this worlds goods hath not enough He that hath least he hath too much unless He can as Austin did say so All the abundance I pass through Is just nothing but want doth not me bless At all if it be not my God in whom Is all the good that is in wife child friend Health beauty learning wisdom wealth and power Though not the same in kind the same And more in value doth extend Beyond them all and on the owner show'r The world and God together put are not More excellent than God alone for if An excellency be in any creature More eminently every jot Already 't is in God the chief Nor does that adding give a fuller feature What ever God is pleased to bestow Upon me let him take it all away Give me himself the bargain will be good Enough St. Austin speaketh so So should each pious person say So saying and so thinking breeds good blood Satisfactoriness sufficiency Follow no happiness without content And quietness of mind if what we have Do not delight and fill stand by Say sence and reason merriment Cannot be had if th' appetite shall crave Now leave out God what ever we take in The heart will still be capable of more The world with all its stock which cannot fill The narrowest soul let us begin To search the reason why such store Cannot make silent but here 's craving still Some say because the world is sphericall The heart triangular others do drill it To the concupiscible faculty Whose size so large is that not all The earth being a globe can fill it But there will still be some vacuity Others say th' object is not sutable Unto the faculty none fill a Chest With wisdom nor a Bag with vertue can Even so things gross and mutable Have no conveniency at best With spirits no fit food for th' heart of man Another reason 's given namely this The appetite is rais'd by having as A fire