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A funeral sermon preached at Newport-Pagnell, April 11, 1697 on the occasion of the sudden death of William Maxwell, a pious and hopeful young scholar belonging to Harvard-Colledge, in Cambridge, New-England.
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Gibbs, John, 1627?-1699.
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part from him but your love had too much self-Self-love in it seeing you would have kept him from his Father and the Glory prepared for him So that your Child might say If you lov'd me with a cordial sincere love free from a mixture of self-love you would rejoyce and not over-much afflict your self with sorrow because I am gone to the Father Joh. 14. 28. 3. This you say is a very heavy burden that the Lord has laid upon you but not so heavy as your Sins were that was laid upon Christ the which He bore Isa 53. 6. 12. 1 Pet. 2. 24. He bore them on his own Body on the Tree to bear or carry them away from us Ferebat auferebat Did Christ silently and patiently bear and bear away our sins Was He as a Lamb before the Shearers and this burthen laid upon Him by the Father and shall not we be silent under the burthen of Affliction that the hand of the Lord lays upon us 4. You complain that the Tryal and Affliction is great but alas it might have been far greater He might have been taken from you by the hand of Justice inflicting death for horrid wickedness He might have died and you had no well-grounded hopes of his Eternal Salvation but he gave early Proofs of his preparedness to meet with the Enemy though he came suddenly upon him 5. It may be he had taken up too much room in your Heart and was lodged in the bed which the Lord had chosen to lye in and therefore takes him out of the way that He might have your Hearts more fixed upon Him It was as I have read the Saying of a good Woman whose only Son was taken away by Water That now the Lord had left her none to love but Himself Your Son though not your only Son was thus removed from you that your heart might be more at liberty to love the Lord. 6. If the Affliction be great and the Burthen be heavy do the best you can to lessen your Affliction and make your Burthen lighter this is done by a quiet silent submission unto the Will of God in this awful Providence whereas impatience or discontent under it will add more weight unto it 7. Such a carriage and deportment will bespeak our Reverence of God in resigning up our choicest Creature Comforts to Him patiently to part with that which we have no great affection unto or kindness for is no proof of our Reverence and Obedience but if our Isaac be called for and we quietly give him up By this we manifest our Fear of God Gen. 22. 12. 8. Patience under sharp Afflictions gives us possessions of our Souls as saith Luke 21. 19. The Mind being Composed will render us capable of making use of those means whereby we may gain Support and Relief under it Hence the Apostle James 1. 4. Let Patience have her perfect work that ye may be intire and want nothing that is needful for your support under the present Circumstances 9. The exercise of Patience in our Tryals will bring in Experience Rom. 5. 4. of the Power Mercy and Goodness of God then shall we be capable of taking notice of his merciful dealings with us Hence that of Moses unto the Children of Israel Exod. 14. 13. Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord. This included Psal 46. 10. Be still and know that I am God 10. The Lord takes it well when we are graciously silent not sullenly silent under our troubles and quarrel not with his Rod He glories in his Servant Job in the face of the Devil on this account Chap. 2. 3. 11. By such a carriage in afflictions we imitate our Lord Jesus who by his patient bearing all that He underwent from the hand of God and man did give us an example and certainly it becomes a Christian and is no small part of his glory to be conformable to his Lord and Master FINIS