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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43584	A narrative of the holy life, and happy death of that reverend, faithful and zealous man of God, and minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Mr. John Angier, many years Pastor of the Church of Christ at Denton, near Manchester in Lancashire wherein are related many passages that concern his birth, education, his entrance into the ministry, discharge of his trust therein, and his death.	Heywood, Oliver, 1629-1702.	1683 (1683)	Wing H1772; ESTC R177987	61,863	136

Lincolnshire but he came not while he was living he ordered his Son-in law to be sent for a messenger was dispatched to him but tho he hasted away towards him yet he came not till this holy Man of God had breathed his last a few hours before on the same day his approaching dissolution came on apace yet had he the free exercise of his understanding to the last and as he had been a man of prayer all his days so he died praying that morning he died he prayed sensibly the last words which were intelligible were his request for the King and Council but the particular words they that were about him could not understand The last day of the week His death Sept. 3. 1677 was the last day of that worthy mans life he dyed about eleven a Clock that day and entered into his rest near the Sabbath a day of rest from thenceforth to rest from all his weary labours and to keep an Eternal sabbath with his dearest Lord and and it was his own observation that God oft takes home his Ministers and people upon or near his holy day to perfect their graces and give them rest on that day of Rest Thus fell that bright star thus set that shining Sun in the firmament of the Church or rather hid from our eyes to shine more gloriously in the upper Region the wise i.e. wise Virgins members of Christs mystical body or as the word is Dan. 12.3 Teachers of others shall shine as the brightness of the firmament and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever Thus this Pillar is taken down that bore up an incredible weight not discerned so well then as felt dayly by sad experience since his removal from under ●he fabrick thus is this plant of renown ●ransplanted into a better soyl this ancient ●ree of Gods own plainting that had sheltered many with its shadowing shroud and ●ed many with its grateful fruit is at last fallen by the stroak of death yet bears both ripe and plentiful fruit in the heavenly paradice above he that uttered words of life to others is dead he that by the grace of God quickened others is himself struck dead dead said I no he is but asleep the sting of death was gone the fear of death was vanished he lived an holy life he died an happy death he lived desired and died lamented he lived to a good old age himself would sometimes say that he had lived two years beyond the age of a man for he died in the 72 year of his age in the same month wherein he was born he died in his own house the house belonging to the Chappel to which he had been a great benefactor he died amongst his own People over whom he had been pastor 45 years with whom he had been travelling weeping fasting praying among whom he hath left remarkable seals of his Ministry some indeed are gone to heaven before him and some in other places had benefit by his Ministry tho but occasionally one instance I had from a very eminent divine in or near the City of London that he being a young Scholar newly come from Oxford and being occasionally at Mr. Case● house when Mr. Angier was there Mr. Angier went to prayer but God so reached and warmed the young Ministers heart by that prayer that he hath cause to remember it while he hath a day to live and hopes he shall never forget it yea it had influence upon others related who from that time proved as useful and succesful instruments of Gods glory and the good of Souls as any I have heard of in those latter times The whole Nation and Church of God seem much clouded by the obscuring of this bright star but especially that congregation of Denton is sadly eclipsed their valley of vision is at least turned into a valley of Division oh that it may not also prove a valley of treading down and desolation Ah what lamentation was there at his funeral amongst the rest an ancient Christian came from the grave into the house where the Ministers were sate after the funeral with a trembling body weeping eyes and with a doleful voice of sad complaints saying Ah sirs what must we do what must we do our loving pastor is gone our loving pastor is gone And now that good man is gone after and many others so John 4.36 he that sowed and they that reaped are rejoycing together but the sad countenances and weeping eyes of that day with that affecting passage of that good old mans bemoaning cannot be easily forgotten by the Writer hereof That Lords day when Mr. Angiers Corps lay in his house two Ministers preached in his Chappel two funeral Sermons the one seeming to be a funeral Sermon to the people the other for their Minister That which concerned the people carried an ominous presage of the death of their Gospel priviledges and Sunsetting of their glorious day sadly predicted from Gen. 6.3 My spirit shall not always strive with man and oh what a dreadful verification of that text hath providence made there that being the last Sabbath that excluded Minister injoyed the liberty of ordinances in that place The other Minister discoursed sweetly and suitably on John 17.4 I have glorified thee on earth I have finished the work thou gavest me to do That Sermon was a lively comment on that good mans holy life and a fair Copy let before this surviving people the perfect precepts in the Scriptures and lively pattern set before them for their imitation makes it apparent that Gospel rules an● practicable may be transcribed by some and will be a sad testimony against others and tho Mr. Angiers mouth be now stop with dust and his voice shall no more be heard in his pulpit yet oh that Almighty God that lives for ever would awake carna● sinners by this astonishing blow and breach and propagate religion in that place and by that blessed spirit transfuse the Doctrine principles and practice of that good man into all his hearers for they shall one day know there hath been a prophet among them The next day being Sept. 5. 1677. the Funeral solemnities were mournfully observed on which occasion multitudes of persons Gentlemen Ministers relations and Christian friends besides his hearers and sad neighbours attended these dismal and sorrowful obsequies with sad hearts and dejected countenances lamenting not only the loss of such a worthy Pastor and Friend but their own Spirits did suggest great grounds of presaging fears concerning the attending consequences of that heavy blow his Corps were decently interred in Denton-Chappel in the Alley before the pulpit by his last dear Wife laid in the same place Mr. Angier had requested Mr. Robert Eaton a learned pious Minister who had married his kinswoman to preach the Funeral Sermon and had given him that Text to insist upon in Act. 20.32 And now brethren I commend you to God and to the word of his

bless thee for what good thou hast done by my Ministry among them and for those Souls thou hast already brought into Heaven And now Lord I commit them into thy hands who art the chief shepherd they are thy flock help them to live in love and peace Oh that strifes and contentions might cease And thou who hast kept an open door for thy people in this place when it hath been shut elsewhere for a long space Lord keep it open still until thou shalt open the rest Oh remember thy Ministers Take care of them provide for this congregation and if thou shalt incline the heart of my Kinsman to stay amongst them who hath been trained up in my Family for these ten years and they have known his manner of life his Doctrine his parts and abilities for the Ministry if thou see it good make way in the heart of thy servan● H. And those that have power in this place to use their endeavour that he may continue here This is my desire Lord remember thy People in these nations Papists are striving and some of the meer formalists care not what becomes of the Protestant interest If Popery comes in like a flood Lord put a stop to it Yea put an end to it Stir up the heart of our King and the King of the Swedes against the Whore of Rome that thinks she sits as a queen and is no widow Oh stir up the ten Kings against her Then he added a request for accommodation of a difference betwixt two persons whom he names in his congregation that he might see it healed before he die And for some others that had made detection in practice and were sallen off to looseness and vain company-keeping who were children of Godly Parents that at last God would bring them home by sound repentance Concluding he begs that the Lord will bring down ill houses of iniquity meaning Alehouses He added that night Whilst we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord but when we are absent from the body then we shall be present with the Lord therefore we labour The just shall live by his faith Read we the 20th of Acts where Paul fent for the elders of the Church of Eph●su● and gave them charge and took his leave of them Read the 1. Thes 4.12 to the end adding It is a great priviledg● that the dead in Christ shall rise first and be with him before they that are alive at his coming shall be changed Thus his Holy Soul mounting upwards by gradual ascents breathes out its self into the bosom of God being mellowed and ripened for Glory In all these we may take notice of 1. His publick-spiritedness still his heart was carryed out for the Church No man like-minded Phil. 2.20 who naturally cared for the spiritual state of souls and of Sion 2 His hatred of sin Love to Holiness Righteousness Peace and earnest desires to promote the interest of Christ living and dying at home abroad 3. His sweet serenity and composedness of Spirit looking this grim serjeant of Death the King of Terrors full in the face without amazement meeting it is his friend giving him possession of his Fathers house 4 His endeared love to the word of God delighting to have it read sounding in his ears and tipping his tongue with Scripture-Language because his heart was throughly drencht therein Thus this Holy man lived and thus he dyed thus he believed thus he Preached professed his hopes of a life to come and thus he entred into his rest and possesseth that purchased and perfect inheritance who would not thus live what Atheist would not thus dye however a carnal heart may possibly say as that wicked Roister who with his companion visited dying Ambrose and hearing his Holy discourses and confident welcoming approaching death with comfort he turns him to that swaggering Russian saying Oh that I might live with thee and dye with Ambrose and thus could Balaam Num● 23.10 that devillish Wizzard and covetou● conjurer say let me die the death of the righteous and let my last end be like his Heb. Let my Soul or my life be with the Righteous but they that would follow this blessed Saint into the upper region must enter in at the right door by sound conversion and go forth and go on in the foot-steps of the flock travelling gradually in the paths of sanctity till we advance to the mount of God and tho it be a rare thing to follow these Worthies passubus aequis with such long strides and quick motion yet sincerity in our setting out diligence in pursuit and perseverance in holding on to the end may by the blessing of God bring us to the goal and garland of Glory and tho we cannot attain the exploits and honour of the first three of King Davids worthies yet may we be faithful souldiers in this noble Army of the followers of the Lamb at last the Crown of Glory may be by the grace of God set upon our triumphant heads and if there be degrees of Glory yet the least vessel shall be filled and the meanest Saint shall be sully loaden with that exceeding and eternal weight of Glory for such and so great is that joy that it cannot enter into the most extensive and capacious receivers but they must enter into their Masters joy as if ten thousand millions of Bottles of different sizes were cast into the vast ocean they would all be abundantly filled so every Saint shall say with David Psal 17.15 As for me I will behold thy face in righteousness I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness Nor is it difficult for an Angelified Soul set at liberty from the prison of the flesh to soar aloft with speed into these celestial regions especially having such a royal guard of Angels to attend it tho it is said that from Earth to Heaven it is an hundred and sixty millions of miles yet how quickly and safely can that blessed Convoy convey it into the presence-chamber of that Glorious King Oh how well did this gracious Soul know the way thither where he had been dayly visiting the great God by faith and prayer he was not a stranger to the laws of that Country nor unacquainted with the manner of that Court above but as he walked with his God and was joyned to that heavenly soicety so doubtless he kept up some communion with those blessed spirits above as they have an ineffable way of intercourse and correspondence amongst themselves yet have we no Scripture ground to pray to or expect answers from them happy they that have faithfully improved their gifts and graces whilest conversant below remember their dying speeches and imitate their lovely lively examples IT might now be expected that I should further unfold Elijahs Mantle by recording those pithy and pertinent Speeches that dropped from him But as that hath been occasionally rehearsed already in the preceding Narrative so I fear those that