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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45378	A burning and a shining light a sermon preached at the funeral of the late reverend Mr. James Wrexham, minister at Haversham in the county of Bucks / by John Hammat.	Hammat, John, b. 1657 or 8.	1685 (1685)	Wing H490; ESTC R9273	13,378	41

frozen Hearts and quicken us in the way of God How indifferent should we be what became of the Interest of God and of our Souls how should we settle on our Lees if not stirred by his lively Exhortations Alas that blind Sinners should be so insensible of it Some are glad when their Lights are gone because they reprove their beloved deeds of darkness but oh how will they repent it when they are plunged into everlasting darkness Oh Haversham Haversham thou had'st this mercy but thou hast lost it thou art a Candlestick but thy Candle is gone you had a burning and a shining Light his Knowledge and Example shined to you his fervent Affections warmed you how gloriously did this Parish shine with his Light it drew the Eyes of the Inhabitants round about and made them admire at God's goodness to you But now your Candle is out and how great is your Darkness I need not insist on this to move you to lament your loss I see you are sensible of it neither will I endeavour to stop your Sorrow Weep on your loss requires your Tears and I must bear a part with you You have lost a faithful Pastour I a dear and faithful Brother How oft have we taken sweet Counsel and walked to the House of God How oft have I been refreshed by his Heavenly Discourse and Prayers Ah my Brother Wrexham distressed for thee very pleasant hast thou been unto me But what have we done to provoke the Lord to inflict this heavy Judgment upon us Are there any that did not prize him would to God there were not if there be they have been instrumental of pulling down this Judgment For God will not long vouchsafe his Mercies to those that despise them Are there some who love Darkness and wished that their Light might be removed that so they might undisturbed enjoy their Lusts Lo he is extinguished He will shew you your Sins and trouble your Consciences no more by his Reproofs Exhortations c. But know ye that the Light which through him hath already shined into your Souls will leave you inexcusable and aggravate your Condemnation without Repentance John 3.19 This is the Condemnation that light is come into the World and Men love Darkness rather than Light because their Deeds are Evil. They who have had and abused most Light will sink lowest in the dark and bottomless Pit Again Are there not some who grew more cold while he burned amongst us who by an Antiperistasis were cooled by his heat God threatned the Ephesians with the removal of their Candlestick for losing their first Love Rev. 2.4 5. Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee because thou hast left thy first love Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen and repent and do thy first works or else I will come unto thee quickly and remove thy Candlestick out of his place except thou repent And behold your Candle is removed Again Are there not some Hypocrites who have but a name to live to whom God may say as he did to Sardis I have not found thy Works perfect before God some Works thou hast done thou hast given me bodily Worship but there wants a Heart and good Intentions and therefore they are not perfect God threatned that he would come suddenly as a Thief upon this Church and they should not know at what Hour And lo God is come suddenly upon us and with a surprize snatched away our Candle Hypocrites hide their Wickedness and by their Cheats impose upon the World and Gods Judgments steal upon them Oh! will there be yet a Hypocrite in Haversham Again Are there any proud Professors in this Place who think they have Knowledge enough and Grace enough and have no need of Ministers God knows your secret Thoughts For this Pride God threatned to spue the Laodiceans out of his Mouth Rev. 3.16 17. So then because thou art luke-warm neither hot nor cold I will spue thee out of my Mouth because thou sayest I am rich and encreased with Goods and have need of nothing and knowest not that thou art wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked Oh that God might not spue out you Again Not to insist any longer on particulars We have not improved this Light we were idle while the Candle Burned and therefore God hath taken him away we were unfruitful while God by him dressed us and therefore the Labourer is called out of the Vineyard Unfruitfulness is the desolating Sin of Churches Luke 13.7 Behold these three years have I come seeking Fruit and found none cut it down why cumbreth it the Ground It is thought the three years of our Saviours Ministry is intended he now being entred upon the last half year of it And it is but three or four years that your faithful Minister laboured among you and he is taken away O doth not this Judgment sound through your Ears Repent Repent and bring forth Fruit for the Axe is not only laid but strikes at the root of the Tree Vse Secondly Are faithful Ministers burning and shining Lights then they are to be reproved who despise and hate Ministers Light is pleasant one of the most comfortable of Gods Creatures and Ministers are Lights why then are not Ministers loved So great a love and value of God's Messengers had the Church of Old so much were they affected with the blessed News of Peace which they brought that they cryed out with Admiration as if they could not express it How beautiful upon the Mountains are the Feet of him that bringeth good Tidings that publisheth Peace that bringeth good Tidings of Good that publisheth Salvation that saith unto Zion thy God reigneth Isa 52.7 Yea they esteemed the removal of their Teachers more grievous than the sorest of temporal Calamities Isa 32.20 And though the Lord give you the Bread of Adversity and the Water of Affliction yet shall not your Teachers be removed into a Corner any more but thine Eyes shall see thy Teachers And 't is reported of St. Chrysostom's Auditours that they said they could better want the Sun than Chrysostom But such is the Blindness and Atheism of this Age that the everlasting Gospel is despised and God's Ambassadours who publsh it their Auditours set at nought all their Counsels and will have none of their Reproofs Instead of working for God and their Souls they play and sin while the Candles burn and shine to them in the Hand of God and do wish that they were extinguished Oh what will be the end of this but the loss of the Gospel unless God gives timely Repentance Ye judge your selves unworthy of it and of Eternal Life and the Dust of the Feet of Gods despised Ministers will be a Witness against you and make your Condemnation more dreadful than Sodoms or Gomorrahs as you may see in Math. 10.14 15. And whosoever shall not receive you nor hear your Words when you depart out of that House or City shake off the Dust of