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A77556 Gods statute for generall iudgement by the man Christ Iesus. Opened in a sermon at the funerall of the most religious lady, the Lady Lucie Iervoice, sometime wife to the right worshipfull Sir Thomas Iervoice at Herriot. Aug. 26. 1641. By John Brokett Minister of Elsfeild. Brokett, John. 1642 (1642) Wing B4845; Thomason E116_1; ESTC R5889 21,463 41

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GODS STATUTE FOR GENERALL IVDGEMENT BY THE MAN CHRIST IESVS OPENED IN A SERMON AT THE Funerall of the most religious Lady the Lady LVCIE IERVOICE Sometime wife TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL SIR THOMAS IERVOICE AT Herriot Aug. 26. 1641. By JOHN BROKETT Minister of ELSFEILD ECCLESIASTES 12.14 God shall bring every work to Iudgement with every secret thing whether it be good or evill Expavesco multum Iudicis severi vultum Quem latebit nil occultum Qui relinquet nil inultum LONDON Printed by I. L. for Richard Thraule at the signe of the Crosse-Keyes at the entrance into Pauls Church-yard 1642. TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVL SIR THOMAS IERVOICE my much honoured friend SIR I Doe here present to you that Sermon which the Lord enabled me to deliver at the funerall of your gracious Lady now a glorified Saint in Heaven Of right it belongs to you for your desire which the receipt of many favours obliged me to satisfie brought it first to the Pulpit now to the Presse The consciousnesse of my insufficiencie in the Worke of the Ministerie and of the weaknesse and unworthinesse of this Sermon so suddenly conceived made me for a time most unwilling to expose it to the publike sight and censure of this queasie and distempered time But your importunitie hath now drawn it from me and you have it in the same forme wherein it was deliverd And though it be a plain discourse according to my countrey course of Preaching yet as it did affect the Hearts and Consciences of the Hearers so I hope it will not be unpleasing or unprofitable to the Readers And may it by the good blessing of God affoord any comfort to your self or any other truly fearing God I have that which I expect and pray for Sir I am bold to inscribe it to your name as a testimonie of my Gratitude for your undeserved respect to me and a pledge of my true desire to further you in your journey towards Heaven by commending this Sermon to your Meditation this Saint to your Imitation These with all other means of grace the Lord so blesse to you that you may be sanctified throughout and I pray God your whole spirit and soule and bodie be preserved blamelesse unto the coming of our Lord Iesus Christ And with this Prayer I end resting Your Worships to command in the best of my poor service JOHN BROKETT THE TESTIMONIE GIVEN TO THE WORSHIPFULL AND and most Religious Ladie THE LADY LVCIE IERVOICE AT HER FVNERALL Aug. 26. 1641. WE are here assembled by the good providence of Almightie God to celebrate the Funerall of the right Worshipfull and most religious Lady the Lady Lucie Iervoice A dutie which Affection Reason and Religion doe impose upon us These three Heraulds doe enjoyne us justa persolvere so to give the dead their due that the memoriall of the just may be blessed and their names may be had in everlasting remembrance Now to the right performance of Christian Funerals two things have ever beene thought requisite 1. That the bodies of the Saints be decently laid up in the darke chamber of the grave ut molliter essa cubent there to sleep in peace with their fathers and to rest in hope of a joyfull and glorious resurrection at the last day 2. That we tender to the deceased such honour as the qualitie of their persons deserved For the graces and vertues of the Saints must not be raked up with their bodies in dust and ashes but receive their deserved commendation to the due praise of the grace of God then especially when the lives of the deceased may be set forth as examples and patternes of vertue to the living And such I am sure was the life and death of this most gracious Ladie She lived like a Saint and she dyed like a Saint Her life was full of grace her latter end was full of peace We finde in Scripture many women much commended for some speciall vertues wherein they excelled Sarah is commended for obedience Abigail for wisdome Mary for faith Martha for hospitalitie Anna for devotion Dorcas for charitie Eunice for the pious education of her sonne Timothie but of this Ladie whose dead body lyeth here before us I may say without falshood or flatterie in the words of Lemuels mother Many daughters have done vertuously but thou excellest them all Prov. 31.39 Her vertues were many more by many then I am able to relate to you If I could the whole time allotted for this exercise would faile me And therefore like a man in hast I will run over the garden of her life and here and there crop a flowre to make a Garland of praise to set upon her Hearse and a spirituall pofie for every one of you And when you have it part not with it carry it away in your bosomes with you and it will perfume your words and actions and make you as she was a sweet smelling sacrifice to God 1. Observe and imitate her Pietie which shined forth amongst us in the constant practice of a godly life It may be said of Men as Saint Paul doth of the creatures for meat they are sanctified by the word and prayer These are the principall means the Lord hath sanctified to sanctifie us And to both these this most pious Ladie did give diligent attendance both privately and publikely For her Private Devotion she was a rare and most singular patterne for our imitation For it was her constant course both Winter and Summer to rise very early from her Bed immediatly she repaired to her Closet and there for a time she gave her self to devout prayer and divine meditation having offered up this sacrifice to God then like Salomons vertuous woman she gave meat to her houshold and a portion to her maidens Having ordered the affaires of her Familie then she returned to her Closet againe where for the most part she spent divers houres in praying and reading the Scriptures and other good bookes tending to godly instruction Having thus trimmed up her soul then she dressed her body which done she addressed her selfe to prayer againe with her whole Familie before dinner And if occasions did permit she spent much of the afternoone in prayer studie and meditation never neglecting to pray with her Family in the Evening and before she lay down to take her rest her manner was in private prayer to recommend her selfe and all belonging to her to Gods gracious protection Thus this pious Ladie did dresse up her soul like the lamp in the Tabernacle every morning and every evening with the sweet oyle Olive of pure Devotion Now touching her publike Devotion in this she was most exemplarie With David she rejoyced to goe to the house of the Lord. With Mary she delighted to sit at the feet of Christ to heare him preaching to her in the Ministery of the word Her behaviour in Gods house was so decent so comely and full of humble reverence her Amen to the prayers of the