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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34428	Christian supports under the terrors of death a sermon preached to Sir John Friend in Newgate, preparatory to his sufferings / by Shadrach Cooke ...	Cooke, Shadrach, 1655?-1724?; Friend, John, Sir, d. 1696.	1696 (1696)	Wing C6036; ESTC R41901	14,780	27

care and regard for us in this most straight and difficult condition To sum up this Head as nothing is surer than the day of Death and our Departure out of this Earthly Body which very likely may be attended with blackness and terror with dreadful Pains and Agonies too great to be exprest yet I may comfortably say that herein the Lord is my helper yea though I walk thro' this Valley of the shadow of Death I will fear no evil for thou art with me Tho' the Arrows of the Almighty 〈…〉 in me and his Hand presseth me sore though my condition be painful and tormenting and I be stretch'd upon my Bed with Grief and Anguish and my Friends about me lament to think that the place which now seeth me shall see me no more notwithstanding the Decree is past That God hath number'd my Life and finished it and I am now beset with gloominess and darkness mine Eye-balls rowl and my Soul is just on the wing ready to take its flight into the unknown Regions of the other World Nevertheess I am continually with thee thou hast holden me by my right hand thou shalt guide me with thy Council and afterwards receive me to glory Whom have I in Heaven but thee and there is none upon Earth that I desire besides thee My Flesh and my Heart faileth but God is the strength of my Heart and my Portion for ever Which brings us to another thing that will relieve and comfort us in a dying State and Condition And that is Thirdly THE THOVGHTS OR CONSIDERATION OF OVR NEAR APPROACH TO HAPPINESS AND GLORY Having hitherto run the race that is set before us We may expect greater sweats and troubles and to be more tired the nearer we come to the end of it But this is the last Stage if we can bear up under this only remaining difficulty the day and the prize is ours we may go on with Patience Looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our Faith How must it incourage our endeavours and support our Spirits under the sorest pressure of Death it self to behold with an Eye of faith the Glory ready to be revealed and to see our Lord with open arms ready to receive us Come bear up under this and as it is your worst it is your very last trial There are blessed Mansions prepared for you where there shall be no more Death neither sorrow nor crying neither shall there be any more pain for the former things are passed away Tho it may not seem consistent with what I have already deliver'd to lessen the sad and sorrowful circumstances of our dying hours yet I may say that if our Souls be duly fixed on Heaven and Eternity it must in a great measure abate and will I 'm sure outweigh the worst that can be said or conceived of that State This is able to out-ballance the utmost Tyranny of Pains and Agonies and to dispel all Clouds and Melancholy from our minds The Night is come but it brings us to the dawn of Eternity and that shadow of Death is the confine of the days of Heaven Yet a little while and we are gone into YONDER World and must it not be a mighty satisfaction to us now to say with the Apostle We know that if our earthly House of this Tabernacle were dissolved we have a building of God an House not made with hands Eternal in the Heavens To think that the pain will be over in a short time is some ease to my mind in the greatest Affliction but to add and consider withal that it will be presently succeeded with Joy unspeakable and full of glory must administer to our Souls the highest consolation I will fear no evil for thou art with me to say farther and I shall be with thee be transferred to that blisful State to the presence of God where there is fullness of joys and pleasures for ever is my most unspeakable support and the very height of comfort and satisfaction The Years draw nigh in which thou shalt say I have no pleasure in them while the Sun or the Light or the Moon or the Stars are darkened In the day when the Keepers of the house shall tremble Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high and fears shall be in the way The Silver Cord is loosed Observe upon that melancholy and tho' Elegant description of our dying condition Soloman subjoyns us a comfort against the dismal thoughts of those sad circumstances and against Death it self the consideration of our acceptance with God in the Immortal State Then shall the dust return to the Earth as it was and the Spirit shall return to God who gave it In a word this single consideration that we shall ever be with the Lord duly weighed and rely'd on will abundantly relieve and support us against all the Powers of Death in its most horrid and ghastly apperances and sufficiently subdue the great difficulties of the dying State Fourthly This is again render'd further easie and supportable FROM THE CONSIDERATION OF CHRIST'S DEATH AND SVFFERINGS not only as they do expiate our Sins and so bring comfort to our Souls as we may have occasion to shew presently but withal upon the account of his great and glorious conquest over Death and the Grave which he vanquished and subdu'd in the very worst and most horrid circumstances that they might have less power and exercise less Tyranny over us Whereupon the Apostle triumphantly speaks Death is swallowed up in Victory O Death where is they sting O Grave where is thy victory Thanks be to God which giveth us the Victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. To consider that Christ our Lord underwent the same before us and in a more dismal manner than we are able to bear or imagine is some mitigation in this most sorrowful condition considering withal that in doing so he hath made the way more smooth and passable for us Death spent his most fiery Darts on him and he hath so subdu'd his greatest strength and utmost power that he either cannot or dare not be over severe and rigorous with us at least he can go no further than he will permit him I am he that liveth and was dead and behold I am alive for evermore Amen And have the Keys of Hell and of Death Death is now purely under Christs command and can do nothing but by leave from him and therefore we may justly hope that our gracious Lord will not suffer him to exert his utmost fury upon us How suitable then is that pious Prayer of our Church at this season O Saviour of the World who by thy Cross and precious Blood hast redeemed us save us and help us we humbly beseech thee O Lord. Fifthly the troubles and Sorrows of a dying State are again very much abated and subdu'd FROM THE THOVGHTS OF A FVTVRE RESVRRECTION which will satisfie our Minds and make abundant amends