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A21104	A sermon preached at the funeralls of that worthie and worshipfull gentleman, Master Thomas Dutton of Dutton, Esquire who yeelded to nature the 28. of December. By Richard Eaton Bachelour of Diuinitie, and pastor of Great Budworth in Cheshire.	Eaton, Richard, 1563?-1617.	1616 (1616)	STC 7468; ESTC S100229	18,744	30

an awfull reuerence of Gods Maiestie for the sanctifying of the Lords Sabbaths and for the sincere preaching of the Gospell of Christ Iesus It is my comfort to see such a happy and friendly aspect of so many principall Planets together in one place so many Gentlemen and Magistrates Giue me leaue I beseech you to wash my hands in innoceny to free mine owne soule in the sight of God and to speake a few words to stirre vp your minds and to quicken your affections in the behalfe of the Lords worship and seruice Think not your dwellings safe enough without the house of God sing not at home with your owne Muses absent not your selues from the Lords sanctuary as though Iorden lay between you and the Church say not as the women did in Esay We will eate our owne bread and we are our owne garments The Sabbath day is the sanctified day of the Lords rest If you haue any loue to that hidden Manna which perisheth not If you haue any desire to those fruits of the tree of life in the midest of the Paradise of God If you haue any sincere affection to those white garments washt in the blood of Christ If you desire to shine hereafter as the stars in the firmament rather then to be but as a Glow-worme in this world then helpe to bring the Lords Sabbaths to rest they are shamefullie troubled disquieted the common daies of the weeke are happier in their seasons then the Lords Sabbaths The sanctifying of the Sabbath is one of those vnchangeable lawes which God himselfe wrote with his owne finger Resolue therefore as this Gentleman did to keepe it holy God did not ordeine it for carnall pleasures or that we should giue liberty on that day to our sensuall affections But if you will not regard and obey this then behold the dispersion and dissipation of your posterity vpon the face of the earth behold the ruine vastation and desolation of your houses behold the detestation of your names behold the hissing clapping at your death and departure among your neighbours The want of the word of God is the want of your credit and prosperity the want of the word of God is the want of your true comfort peace and happinesse the want of the word of God will be the want of your saluation if in this open and free time of the Gospel you depriue your selues through wilfull neglect of that benefit which others receiue by it Thus you haue heard of this Gentlemans life I must now speak a word or two of the maner of his death When the shadow of death was vpon his eies his senses began to faint and faile yet this was obserueable that in the time of prayer his senses were quickned and againe reuiued so that he was able to lift vp his hands and his eies at euery Petition and to say Amen to euery conclusion This was also worthy regard that the last words he spake were these O Lord Iesus haue mercy vpon me forgiue me my sins O Lord Iesus receiue my spirit And presently after his breath and his spirit departed So that I may say of him as Ierome reporteth of Nepotians quiet and peaceable departure from this life Non intelligeres illum emor● sed emigrare Thou wouldst not thinke he died but rather that hee walked forth And this was the manner of his death I must not be tedious in regard of the present businesse Time at this time must haue power ouer ●y words I will therfore conclude and make an end as I did begin O Lord teach vs to number our daies t●at wee may apply our hearts vnto wisedome Amen FINIS

●●e doe not reade that Moses who made this pray●● did oppose himselfe by the least thought of his heart to the ordinance of God when it was told him Behold the daies are come that thou must die though Deut. 34. 7. h● might haue liued longer for his eies were not yet d●mme nor his naturall strength abated But rather he s●ake to the people with alacritie of spirit and chearefulnesse of heart imbracing the tidings of death He was not pulled like a beast by violence from his den ●●t on the other side if a man will not pray as Moses ●●d Death will be a death indeede and little profit or ●●se to be found in it Oh pray that the flight and dep●rture of your spirits be not vpon the Sabbath day that is in the rest and tranquilitie of your sinnes pray ●● God that your departure be not in the frost and win●● of your hearts Oh pray to God that your departure be not in the midnight of your securitie Wee worth the man whome the Lord when he commeth shall finde sleeping The vntimely fruite is better then that man it had beene much better for him neuer to haue beene borne Doct. 5 I am now come to the last part of my text and the doctrine thereof is this That the remembrance of ●eath will cause vs to apply our hearts vnto wisedome There are many benefits which come by death an● there bee many benefits that come by the reme●brance of death Moses considered the shortnesse ● his life and therefore was carefull to spend his ti●● well He chose rather to suffer affliction with th● Heb. 11. 25. children of God then to enioy the pleasures of sinn● for a season The Prophet Ieremie imputeth all the calmities Lam. 1. 9. and sins of Ierusalem to this that shee remembred not her last end Reason 1 There is no greater enemie to repentance then ●● thinke we haue a long time to repent hereafter me doe not vse to thinke vpon death when they go abo● euill things but they say as the serpent said We shal not die It is hard for a man to thinke vpon short life and to thinke well Reason 2 Though death come after life yet it guideth the whole life as the sterne doth the ship but for deat● there would be no rule but euery mans lust would be his law As the bird guideth her flight by her taile s● the life of man is best directed by a continuall recourse vnto the end Reason 3 Though death the king of feare differ his sessions and stay his execution yet the remembrance tha● death will come maketh the proudest peacocke lay downe his feathers and is like a dampe that puts ou● all the light of pleasure Hereupon Salomon Eccl. 11. 9 opposeth this memorandum against all vanities as ● Eccl. 11. 9. counterpoise Remember for al these things thou shal● come to iudgement Reason 4 The remembrance of death serues to humble vs vnder the mightie hand of God Abraham is an example Gen. 18. 27. hereof I am but dust and ashes Vse We know not when our great Landlord will come and recken with vs. Quo hora mora incertior est eo magis vigilandum By how much the more the houre o● our departure is vnknowne we must be so much the more watchfull and vigilant Ideolatet vltimus dies vt ●eruetur omnis dies Other farmers know certainly the ●me of their lease But wee are all Gods tenants at ●l he may put vs out of house and home when hee ●● Some landlords set leases for three liues But God ●uer demiseth any tenement longer then for one ●● we cannot be secured an howre The remem●●●nce of death therefore is like a strainer all our th●ughts words and actions which come through it ●●clensed and purified like a cloath that cometh out of the water The thought of death causeth many si●●es to avoide as Sathan avoided when Christ alle●●ed Math. 4. 11. Scripture Surely if a man did perswade himself that this were the last day that euer he should liue hee would not deferre his repentance till to morrow If he did thinke that this were the last meate that euer hee ●o●ld eate he would not surfeit if he did beleeue that th●se are the last wordes that euer he shall speake hee ●●uld not offend with his tongue if he were perswaded that this were the last Sermon that euer he should he●●e he would attend better then euer he did to any R●member your last end Alas what are our Churches and Church-yards but Humanarum cladium miseranda ●●●●pta the lamentable pinfolds of the deaths of 〈◊〉 Beware that you offer not to God the dregs of your life lest God make you drinke the dregs of his anger Remember that death ere it be long will set her 〈◊〉 vpon your heads and your lippes must kisse the dust of the ground remember that the grauell slime of the graue shall dwell betweene your hawtie eye●●●● I haue not leasure to say any more Quid superbis terra cinis Oh earth and ashes why art thou so p●●ud And thus much out of my text And now right worshipfull and beloued I know you looke that I should speake something of this gentl●●an whose shadow is here presented vnto our view I confesse the licenciousnes of many preachers in c●mending the dead contrarie to desert is worthily ●● be censured as that which grieues the godly hardneth the wicked and makes the ministery of the Go●pell to be euill spoken of And yet I haue euer though● it not onely lawfull but necessarie to speake somewh●● liberally so it might bee done warrantably of mag●strates and publike persons deseruing well of th● Church and Common-wealth my iudgement a● practise in the present occasion shall accompanie eac● other while by your patience I speake a few words ● Chrys lib. de sacerdo his life and death Sed vereor ne tanti viri laudes orat● mea eleuarem magi● quam exorn●rem I feare lest while ● striue to set forth this gentleman in his owne worth rather lessen and diminish his praise then any way dorne it But as I intend not to deny or with hold fro● him any part of his due so if all your expectations not fully satisfied let me alleadge Bernards words fo● Bern. ser in Cant. 34. my excuse Culpetur sanè ingenium non voluntas The fa● is not willingly committed blame them my vnskilfu●nesse But I will hold you no longer in suspence A●● therefore first of all I say as Dauid said vpon the dea● of Abner Hodie cecidit princeps in Israele This day there fallen a great man in Israel I will not speake much 2. Sam. 3. 38. his birth progenitours though it be worthy respe● to descend from the loines of those that are worth● and worshipful But alas Stemmata quid faciunt Ancie● and noble pedigrees what are they worth when t● line of well doing continueth not