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A19277	A sermon of sure comfort preached at the funerall of Master Robert Keylwey Esquire, at Exton in Rutland, the 18. of Marche 1580. By Anthonie Anderson preacher, and Parson of Medburne in Leicestershiere.	Anderson, Anthony, d. 1593.	1581 (1581)	STC 569; ESTC S108524	34,987	88

alter the state condition of the persons once dead but such workes as they themselues caried with them such shall they rise withall vnto their iudgement whether lampes of louing faith to the praise of God or cressettes of corruption to their owne condemnation And thus I will conclude with the spirite of Gods sentence our best moderator and so passe to the last braunch Io. 5.28 Maruell not at this sayth Christe for the houre shall come in the which all that are in the graues shall heare his voice And they shall come forth that haue done good vnto the resurrectiō of life But they that haue done euill vnto the resurrection of condemnation The same assurance of doctrine Gods spirite by Paul doeth deliuer vs saying 2. Cor. 5.10 We must all appeare before the iudgement seate of Christe that euery man may receiue the thinges which are done in his bodye according to that hee hath done whether it bee good or euill Note well this doctrine and amend your liues rest not vppon the doubtfull doctrine of poperie O dearely bought children of GOD but fixe your faith in this absolute doctrine of sound warrant which is yea and amen Then here you may perceiue that after death there is no temporarie prison as Popish purgatorie but a perpetuall lake of fire which is the second death And also that after this life there is no remissiō of sins to any that hath not obteined that grace during this time of repentance But euen in what state the soule departeth from the bodie at the comming of death euen vnchanged hee retyreth to the same bodie at the last for the déeds done by himselfe and not for the workes of any other done after him And to receiue his iudgement whether through faith in her fruites vnto life in Christ or because of sinne and Sathan to eternall death This is the sound and sure doctrine of our good God But as for the gainefull and paineful preaching of poperie and her purgatorie as a most venemous Serpente flée from it that you may escape the seconde death and be partakers of the felicitie of the iust which our text saith is this For they shall bee the priestes of God and Christ and shall raigne with him a thousande yeares Cicero hath saide that true beatitude or blessednesse consisteth of two partes Namely to be frée from al kinde of want and miserie and so to abound in all goodnesse that on no parte he néedeth to aske further Surely this very happinesse shall come to all those which be partakers of the first resurrection First they shall be frée from all woe and miserie in the ende of their course for the seconde death shall haue no power of them And they shall abounde in all felicitie for they are blessed holy and shall therefore raigne with Christ for euer more And here againe beloued note with me what it is to be blessed and holy Namely to haue forgiuenes of our sinnes in Christes death Heb. 9. and by the same to be purged and segregated from dead workes to serue the liuing God Psal 32.1.2 Rom. 4.7.8 Blessed are they saith Dauid whose iniquities are forgiuen whose sinnes are couered blessed is the man to whome the Lorde doeth not impute sinne And then againe note who they be that are so blessed by Gods censure here marke it wel and thou shalt sée it Not they that liue so vprightly that God hath not any thing to lay to their charges for none such can be founde amongest the sonnes of men For what is he that liueth and sinneth not yea more then seauen times a day Psal 14.1 53.4 No flesh is righteous in Gods sight for all haue sinned Rom. 3.23 all haue gone out of the way euery man his seuered course this after this sinne another after that and all are therefore depriued of the glory of God Dan. 9.5 All are taught to cry We our fathers haue sinned wee haue done vniustly but deale not with vs O Lord in thine anger for then wee perishe but in the multitude of thy mercies haue thou mercie vpon vs and forgiue vs our trespasses And heerein consisteth the felicitie of the iust that they haue féeling heartes of sinne and penitent spirites for their transgressions humbled soules void of hypocrisie before the Almightie God confessing with teares in great remorse agonies their heaps of corruptions before him Euen Marie Christes mother the Apostles and all the foure electe of God Then are these mixed persons whome the Papistes make the thirde sorte to goe to purgatorie onely they which are blessed and are the whole number of the electe All which as they confesse them selues worthie the seconde death because of Sinne and no wayes can merite eternall life because their beste workes are full of corruption So they mightily triumphe ouer sinne Esa 30.22 death and hell because they are purged in the bloode of the lambe Reuel 7.14 and haue their garmentes made white are pardoned of their former sinnes by faith in hys bloode are sanctified vnto godlinesse Yea so long as they liue they confesse because they féele the burthen of sinne in them but they reioyce in this felicitie that his spirite worketh in them an ardent zeale and burninge desire to liue in godlinesse and honestie according to such portion as the Lord doeth giue them in their parte of the first resurrection And hee that seeth not this nor hath the practise of the premisses is blinde and hath forgotten the purgation of sinnes Last of all forget not this our Apostle doth not say Blessed is he 2. Pet. 1.9 which hath perfection in the firste resurrection but blessed is hee that hath hys part in the first resurrection So as though there bee in vs yet the remnauntes of sinne and we can not quite shake off that which cleaueth so faste on Heb. 12.1 or fully créepe from that burthen that presseth so harde vpon vs therefore alwayes of this sort that are before called mixt yet that Mediocritie or mixture can not sende vs to the second death if we haue our part in the firste resurrection But I would not leaue thy conscience to bare affirmations There be verie sounde reasons to drawe thy confidence to this comforte 1. Reason The firste is the great mercie and rich clemencie of God the father whose mercie hath béene such towardes vs that when wée were his enemies through sinne hee hath euen then reconciled vs to himselfe by his grace howe much more therefore nowe shall he estéeme vs for his and embrace vs with his armes of mercie séeing we being so reconciled séeke for his spirite to dwell in his loue If hee from his wrath deliuered vs whē we had no care of him shal he not much more nowe deliuer vs shew a parte thereof which they say is purgatorie nowe that our chiefe desire is to séeke after him and doe lament at the verie heart

thy sinnes are discouered and thine imperfections more notorious But by two especiall notes a sicke man is knowne to be neare his death First his pulses labour weakely his speech draweth farrely and his strength is fled away Secondly when he is sodeinely bereft of his vitall spirits perfect senses so as he is not féeling the parts of his dying bodie he is déemed neare vnto his death Alas looke into the bodie of England for the soundenes of her life Christ in her beholde her pulses beate faintly her speach fetcheth farly her strength is meruellously decayed Is her zeale to religion as it was in the beginning of her maiesties raigne Is it continually vigent in all the parts of the bodie doth euery knée bowe to Christ the Lorde in her doth euery tongue confesse Iesus to be the Lorde to the glorie of God the father Nay alas this little life left is drawne néere to the heart and the heart is verie sicke A fewe names a fewe in respecte of so great a number What meaneth it that so many magistrates are molested with carcke against conspiracies and domesticall furies That such and so great vices are dayly spread and breake out So sundrie persons forced with papists filthy familyes and popish seminaries Such friendshippe to Gods enimies of some that rather should help to spewe them out of the bodie Such prouision for warre such feare of forraine foes and so small trust in manie home dwellers vndoubtedly this is the very cause that Englande is very sicke fainting falling as by degrées from her former strength in Christ Religion is thought to bee strong ynough of it selfe for aide it can obtaine little except about the heart Godly conuersation is fledde out of the countrie God graunt him godly constant entertainment in her graces Court Charity is become key cold for no man hath leasure to loue beyonde himselfe Hate of iniquitie is banished the lande and the true loue of God is hardly to be founde in the bodie of England Euen now is performed againe the prophet Hosias speach There is no truth nor mercy Hose 4 2.2.3 nor knowledge of God in the land by swearing lying and killing and stealing and whoring they breake out and bloode toucheth blood therefore shall the lande mourne c. And are we not senselesse of our weake estate Do not our spirituall preachers crie vnto vs Esa 1.53.6 Rom. 2.2 There is no health frō top to the toe All haue gone astray euery mā after his picked chosē way the long suffering of God hath béene to drawe you to repentance but you haue abused his great pacience are like to the raging seas for in the glory of your presumptiōs you haue cast vp to the eyes of the Lord the filthie fome of your bloodgiltinesse But nowe repent in time ere the day of his decrée come foorth Zoph 2.1 ● Gather your selues together O nation not worthy to bée beloued least you be blowen away like chaffe in that day Séeke the Lorde ye méeke of the earth you that haue wrought his iudgementes Séeke righteousnesse séeke lowlines if so be the ye may bée hidden in the day of the lords wrath But beloued in GOD Esa 26.20 howe féele we our selues now are we sicke or whole To this me thinke some do say No sir loquere no bis placentia speake more pleasant things to vs. Crie peace peace Iere. 20.1 euē til the day of war Cast Ieremie into prisō saith Pashur his partakers for hee speaketh against this citie But those names onely that are about the hart and haue not so steined their cloths they say he is not worthie to die for he hath spokē to vs in the name of the lord our god Ier. 26.16 But of the residue what shal we say truly we may rightly say as God him selfe spake to his prophet Ezechiel in the time saying Also thou son of man the childrē of thy people the talke of thee by the wals as they sit at their banquets Ezec. 33.30 thou art their sauce to their delicates in the dores of their houses whē they sit in the streets to recreate thēselues speake one to an other saying in derisiō of my law come I pray you heare what is the word that cōmeth from the Lorde for they come vnto thee as the people vseth to come and my people sit before thee and heare thy words but they wil not do thē for with their mouths they make mowes iestes their hart goeth after their couetousnes And lo Thou art to them as a iesting song of one that hath a pleasant voice can sing well for they heare thy words but they do thē not And when this cōmeth to pas for lo it wil come namely the ripenes of this sin the performance of my prophets threts frō me Then shal they knowe Verse 28. that not a iesting singer but a prophet hath ben amongst them When Lord euen whē I wil lay the land desolate saith the Lord wast and the pompe of her strength shal cease c. O lord in thy great mercy looke down vpon our English Israel What is he the séeth this huge heape of people here this day being a straunger to the state of this country but presently might cōceiue much life of god to be in thē Surely it is a great people yea a very great auditorie I haue not seene the like in the countrie the Lord blesse you al with the first resurrectiō according to his blessed will But you of the greater sort take you care that ye come not to heare what the lord saith only for ciuility or neiborly courtesie in respect of these funerals or in nisenes to heare a voice that might delight you but what cause soeuer brought you now that you are come be attentiue to the lord that you may be taught of god As for the gretest number it is too apparant wil be proued anonne that as our prophet saith they folow their couetousnes They are come in hope to haue a dole to day Against whose gréedie desire eftsones I pray you to whom it belongeth that regarde may be had hereof least this dayes exercise may be abused by the wicked to father their popish prayer for the deade vppon your charitable deuotion to the poore But beloued let the bell call you to another Church or at an other time be the preacher liked neuer so well we shall not haue the thirde part of this audience Nay if we might haue but the fourth part and that on the Sabboth onely it were in these partes a vertuous people And after our hearing howe do we digest the worde For the moste part this is al At dinner and after we talke of the man but féede not of the matter We either yéelde him his due commendation or our dislike But euen as minstrels song once hearde is streight forgotten So very fewe with Marie laieth