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A49759	Two funeral sermons of the use and happiness of humane bodies Preached on I Corinth. vi. 13. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. With a brief account of the life and death of Mr. G. Lorimer, merchant; upon the occasion of whose death the second sermon was preacht. By Edward Lawrence, M.A. minister of the Gospel.	Lawrence, Edward, 1623-1695.	1690 (1690)	Wing L655; ESTC R216653	22,474	88

TWO Funeral Sermons OF THE Use and Happiness OF HUMANE BODIES Preached on 1 CORINTH vi 13. Now the Body is not for Fornication but for the Lord and the Lord for the Body WITH A brief Account of the Life and Death of Mr. G. Lorimer Merchant upon the occasion of whose Death the second Sermon was Preacht By Edward Lawrence M. A. Minister of the Gospel London Printed by J. R. for T. Parkhurst at the Bible and Three Crowns in Cheapside 1690. TO THE READER Reader THou hast many Discourses of the Souls of Men And here I offer thee one Plain and Short Discourse of Mans Body yet also with respect to the Soul It will cost thee but a very little Time to read it and but a very little Money to buy it If it may be of any use to preserve thee from wasting thy Time at the Door of Eternity and from losing thy Soul in a vain Religion and to save thee from a stinging Death and tormenting Eternity I have my end Febr. 17th 1689 90. Thy Servant for Jesus sake Edward Lawrence THE BODY FOR THE LORD 1 COR. 6.13 Now the Body is not for fornication but for the Lord and the Lord for the Body IT is ordinary for Nations and Cities Families and Persons to be in a special manner inclined to some particular sins The Cretians were branded for a Lying People Tit. 1.12 The Cretians are always Lyars And the Jews also to whom St. James writes seem by his Epistle to be much addicted to the Sins of the Tongue and this is exemplified in the Corinthians which were much given to Fornication and therefore we read that in Corinth there was a Temple erected for this Sin One reason of the prevalency of this Sin amongst them was an Opinion of the Gentiles which prevailed in Corinth that Fornication was no sin but a thing indifferent Hereupon the Apostle in this Chapter pleads against this Sin the argument he uses against it is That this sin is against the right use of the Body of Man Now saith he The Body is not for Fornication c. The words shew us the true and proper use of Mans Body And this is express't 1. Negatively the Body is not for Fornication 2. Affirmatively But for the Lord And this is amplified by another proposition which shews why the Body is and ought to be for the Lord viz. The Lord is for the Body By the Lord is here meant the Lord Jesus Christ as appears by his being mentioned with God the Father ver 14. and hath both raised up the Lord. The words chiefly teach us Two Doctrines I. The Body of Man is for the Lord Jesus Christ II. The Lord Jesus Christ is for the Body of Man I. The Body of Man is for the Lord Jesus Christ Method 1. What is meant by the Body of Man 2. What is it for the Body of Man to be for the Lord. 3. The reasons of the Doctrine 4. Use By the Body of Man is meant that visible and essential part of Man which is distinct from the Soul and Spirit this is that part of Man which was at first form'd out of the dust of the ground Gen. 2.7 and at death returns to the Earth when the Spirit returns to God that gave it Eccles 12.7 This is visible may be seen and felt and therefore Christ demonstrates his Body by this Luke 24.39 Behold my hands and my feet handle and see for a Spirit hath not Flesh and Bones as ye see me have 3. This is distinct from the Soul as appears verse the last of this Chapter Glorifie God in your Body and in your Spirit viz. In your Body and Soul Now this Body is for the Lord which implies Four things 1. The Body with all the Members of it in particular are for the Lord. The Eyes Ears Tongus Hands Feet are for the Lord. They have all work to do for the Lord Christ And it s a great piece of Skill to understand what is the main use we are to make of our Senses and of the Members and Limbs of our Bodies What is the chief work these are to be employed in they are to be used for the Lord they are to work for the Lord Christ 2. The Life Health Strength and Activity of all these is for the Lord Rom. 14.8 Whether we live we live unto the Lord If we have better Health and Strength than others it is that in the use thereof we may do more for the Lord than others 3. All things that are for the use and service of the Body are to be used for the Lord that with them you should serve him What Christ appointed his Disciples to say in a special case concerning the Ass and the Colt Mat. 21.3 The Lord bath need of them is true in ordinary cases The Lord hath need or use for them your Money Cattel Corn Goods and Apparel that with them you should serve him your Meat and Drink Preferments and Estates Houses and Lands are for the good of your Bodies but you must eat and drink to the Lord 1 Cor. 10.31 You must honour the Lord with your substance Prov. 3.9 When you buy or sell or build be able to say I get this Money for the Lord I trade in this Shop for the Lord I build these Houses for the Lord. The Lord Jesus shall have all at his service and for his Glory The Heavens Earth Seas c. must praise the Lord by your Mouths 4. All the time of Bodily Service The time wherein we are in the Body is for the Lord. Ps 148.12 13. Both young Men and Maidens old Men and children let them praise the name of the Lord. A young Boy or Girl hath work to do for the Lord. You should make all your Works and Recreations serviceable to the Lord. There is no time but you may find something to do for God 2. What is it for the Body to be for the Lord Account in seven particulars 1. It is for the Lord chiefly This doth not exclude our Natural much less our Spiritual Self Neither doth it exclude our Families Relations or the Publick the Body is for all these in their places but chiefly for the Lord and for all these things in and to the Lord. The Body is for Food and Raiment for to get Money and Wealth c. in their places but the Body with all these must be for the Lord as the last end You may take all the good God hath put in any Creature for your use and service but you must honour and serve God in the use of it And it s most certain that any Creature is best to you and you have most of the Comfort and sweetness of it when you do honour and serve God with it You will eat and drink with as true gladness of Heart as any Man alive when you eat to the Lord and drink to the Lord and you may get and keep riches with as much diligence

sin is abus'd lies more without the body The Drunkard hurts this body but he abuses Wine and Drink which is without the body but in Whoredom the body is the Instrument of sin and that which is abused by sin But these things are spoken comparatively the words shew what a wrong Whoredom is to a mans body See ver 15. how the Apostle pleads against it as a most loathsom thing to take a part member of Christ and make it a member of an Harlot to joyn any part of Christ to a Harlot This is a sin rots the Name rots the Body by this the flesh and the body are consum'd Prov. 5.11 and brings body and Soul to Hell ver 9 10. of this Chap. Fornicators and Adulterers shall not inherit the Kingdom of God It 's matter of grief and astonishment that this sin should be practiced with such horrid Impudence by a people that profess their bodies to be Members of Christ and in a Land where the Bible is read that tells them Whoremongers and Adulterers God will judge Heb. 13.4 And that people will not believe how little a way it is between the defiled Bed and the Fire of Hell 2. Drunkenness to which may be added gluttony These things set the body in a readiness to do any thing for the Devil and Sin but render it unfit for the service of the Lord. A Drunkard in his drink may swear blaspheme and Whore and Murder But can a Man pray when he is drunk hear Sermons or receive Sacraments or have Communion with God in any thing when he is drunk When a Man is drunk he is not fit Company for a Man how then can he at that time be fit for Communion with God Pray therefore that nothing may enter into thy Mouth which may defile thy Soul disease thy Body unfit thee for the service of God or waste the Creatures on thy craving and consuming Lusts 3. Sins of the Eyes A great deal of Sin or Grace is seen in the Looks or Countenances of People There are proud Looks wanton Looks envious Looks and angry Looks but when the Soul and Body is serving the Lord it puts another Face and Countenance on Men. It makes them look with a holy humble chaste loving and chearful countenance Lastly Sins of the Tongue Jam. 3.6 How would it tame our Tongues if we consider'd our Tongues are for the Lord And what a great deal of Honour one wholsome Tongue brings to the Lord and we should not speak a word but it should be some way or other for the Lord. Vse 2. Of Exhortation which refers 1. To others 2. To our selves For the First Is the Body for the Lord Thence infer three Duties to others 1. Put a true value on the very bodies of all Men. Look on them as for the Lord and prize them accordingly 1 Pet. 2.17 Honour all Men Wherever you see the body of a Man Woman or Child be they never so poor or weak or deformed yet consider these bodies were made for the Lord bought for the Lord and may be Members of the Lord and therefore love and esteem the bodies of Men for the Lord's sake 2. Do all the good you can not only to the Souls but to the Bodies of Men This is the great duty of the Sixth Commandment which binds you to your power to endeavour to preserve the Life Health Liberty and Chearfulness of Men Therefore do them good on this reason because their bodies are for the Lord and you may fit them and make them more capable of serving and praising him 3 Lament to see the horrid abuse which most make of their bodies When you see how most use their own bodies can you think they use them for the Lord. What are Men Swearing and Cursing Whoring and Drunk for the Lord are they Lying Cheating and oppressing for the Lord You may see Streets full of Sin Shops full of Sin Houses full of Sin most people eating and drinking talking and working for the Devil the Flesh and the World but very few doing any thing for the Lord. 2. To our selves Frame your Lives according to the belief of this Truth That your bodies are for the Lord. I shall press this with a few Motives and conclude with Directions Mot. 1. Consider the great account you are to give to God for your own Body Rom. 14.12 Every one of us must give an account of himself to God God will question us what we have done with our selves VVhat use we have made of our own Souls and bodies 2 Cor. 5.10 We must all appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ that every one may receive or carry away the things done in his Body according to that he hath done whether it be good or evil Observe VVhen we appear before Christ at the day of Judgment every one shall carry away his weight Sinners shall carry away their Oaths and Lies c. viz. the Wrath due for them Saints shall carry away a weight of Glory I charge you Christians as you will answer it to the Judge before the door when in that flesh and body you must stand before him when he will call you to account for your Lives Health Ease for your Speech Sight Hearing and for the Members and Limbs of your bodies for your Meat Drink Sleep Estates that you then be able to say I have used this body for the Lord remembering that of the Apostle 1 Cor. 3.17 If any Man defile the Temple of God meaning his own Soul and Body him will God destroy 2. Consider God accepts and will reward all that with your bodies you do for the Lord Not so much as a good word spoken sincerely for God nor a loving look upon a Child of God nor a Cup of cold Water given to a Disciple of Christ shall lose its reward 3. It 's but a little while that your bodies will be fit to do any thing for the Lord. I would have those who have yet Youth and Health and Strength to study the 12. of Ecclesiastes where young Men are required to serve the Lord ver 1. Remember thy Creator and the way the Holy Ghost useth to move them hereunto is this he sets before them an old man with an hoary head dim eyes shaking hands Feeble Limbs with his Teeth rotted away Faltring Speech and bow'd Back such things as these are set out by those Metaphorical Expressions ver 3 4 5 6. and they serve to teach the Young and Healthful that whenever they see an Old Lame Withered Man or Woman sitting in the House or creeping about the Streets They should consider that they should do all the service they can for God now because they will do so little when they are in the condition of such aged Persons 4. Consider if your Bodies are employed for the Lord now it will yield you sweet comfort when you can serve God no longer or at least do him but little service Ps 71.17 18. God will

the Lord and will also raise us by his Power As sure as Christ is risen so sure shall all Believers be raised to Life and Glory by the same Power that raised Jesus Christ Rom. 8.11 But if the Spirit of him who raised Christ be in you he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your Mortal Bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you Then will he indeed shew himself for thy Body when that Body which was at death sown in Corruption shall be raised in Incorruption and which was sown in dishonour shall be raised in Glory Then shall thy Body and Soul which were so loath to part at Death and did part with such sad gaspings and groans meet again in Joy and Glory and be for ever united never to die and part more 1 Cor. 15.42 43 44. And all this done in the twinkling of an Eye ver 52. in a moment and all be raised together 2. Thy Body shall be fashioned like the glorious Body of Jesus Christ Phil. 3. last from whence we look for a Saviour who shall change our vile Body Believer look upon that poor dying dust of thy body see it as it will be shortly amongst the Worms of the Earth and then believe that the Lord is so for thy Body as to exercise his Almighty Power in fashioning that Body like the glorious Body of Christ at the Right hand of God 3. Thou must in thy Body come with Christ and attend him coming to Judgment 1 Thess 4.14 Them that sleep in Jesus will God bring with him He will bring the Holy Patriarchs and Prophets and Apostles and all the Saints with him Col. 3.4 When Christ who is our life shall appear then c. you that were so despised and scorn'd here shall appear in Glory in the open view of the World 4. They shall be solemnly own'd and acknowledg'd of Christ before his Father and the Holy Angels Matth. 10.32 Luk. 12.8 The Lord Jesus himself will in Effect say This is my dear Spouse and Bride these are they that loved me and served me and suffered for me and were never ashamed of me Yonder Tongues have spoken many good words for me and yonder hands have reached out many a kindness to me Lastly They shall with their Bodies sit with Christ to Judge the World 1 Cor. 6.2 3. The World of Ungodly Men and all the wicked Angels and Devils in Hell must stand before the Saints to be judged by them Indeed Jesus Christ is the Chief and Supream Judge but all his Saints shall sit with him in Glory as his Members with all their Bodies like his glorious Body So that they shall then be like him 1 John 3.2 And they shall prove and applaud the just Judgment of Christ though they see Jesus Christ judging their Parents to Hell yet they shall see his Justice so glorious and excellent and their own Glory will be so great that they will be so far above the trouble for the Damnation of the nearest Relation that they will applaud and exalt the Righteous Judgment of Christ therein I tell you Christians the poorest and meanest Saints of God whom you oft see cloathed in Rags who are accounted the Sink and Jakes of the World shall shortly appear in such Majesty and Glory that the highest and proudest Ungodly Monarchs in the World will be ashamed and tormented to look them in the face Lastly Consider what he doth for their Bodies for ever In three particulars 1. He makes their Bodies to be Immortal and Incorruptible 1 Cor. 15.43 Thy Body must last as long as thy Soul or as the Angels in Heaven or as the Body of Christ Here the most healthful are but a Vapour which appear but a while and then vanish away Jam. 4.14 What 's become of all the bodies of the Men in the Ages before us which were once in the Streets Shops Houses and Congregations as you see the Bodies of Men now What 's become of the bodies of your Parents Grandfathers and Grandmothers they are all vanisht away but the other World is a World without Sickness Death or Graves your very Bodies must live for ever 2. They shall live in the Society of Blessed Angels As the Devils are Haters so the Holy Angels are Lovers of Mankind They love the Bodies of Saints and are undoubtedly Instruments of much good to them here and they shall be in the blessed Company of these Spirits for ever See Zech. 3.7 3. They shall with their glorified bodies live in the Everlasting view and sight of the glorious body of Christ and of the glorified bodies of one another John 17.24 Thou shalt see the Body of Christ as the Body of thy Husband Head and Saviour thou shalt see the body of Abraham Isaac and Jacob Paul and Peter and be able to say This is the Body of Paul Peter and John This is the body of Bradford and Philpot c. Your Bodies shall be cloahted without Silks or Sattins fed without Meat and Drink Rich without Silver and Gold and your Bodies and Souls in nearer Communion with God then they would be here though in the most desirable frame you could hear a Paul in the Pulpit every day Reason Why is the Lord Jesus for the Body 1. God the Father hath given our Bodies as well as our Souls to Christ to be made happy by him John 6.39 It 's the body that was given to Christ to be raised up at the last day and not a Finger or Toe shall be lost if the having of it will make it thy happiness 2. Christ is fitted to be a Saviour of the Body as well as the Soul Heb. 10.5 Jesus Christ hath the Body as well as the soul of man which inclines him so love Mens Bodies and his Mystical Body is to be made of the Bodies of his People as well as their Souls who as the Apostle saith are Members of his Body Flesh and of his Bones Eph. 5.30 3. He carries on the whole Work of Salvation with respect to our Bodies He dyed for our bodies rose again for our Bodies that they might rise with him and he intercedes in Heaven for our Bodies and at the day of Judgment will raise up and glorisie our Bodies for he is the Saviour of the whole Man Body as well as Soul VSE 1. Of Information Of three things 1. This informs us what an unspeakable priviledge it is to be a Child of God to have the Lord of all the World for our Bodies as well as for our Souls We would think our selves happy if the Princes and Nobles and great ones of the World were for us if we had their Love and Favour so that they would improve their Power and Interest for our good but this hath not always been the Lot of Gods People but the Lord is for us Infinite Wisdom and Power and Goodness for us for Believers are a part of Christ a Self of Christ and certainly he