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A10034	A sermon preached at the funerall of Mr. Iosiah Reynel Esquire, the 13. of August 1614. in East-Ogwell in Deuon. By Iohn Preston Minister of Gods word in East-Ogwell	Preston, John, minister of East Ogwell.	1615 (1615)	STC 20282.5; ESTC S115167	16,154	28

shall be Ec●le 11. 3. As Ishbosheth being found asleepe was killed by Rechab Baanah 2. Sam. 4. 6. 7. euen so if we be asleepe in sin and vnprepared we shall be killed by Sathan Because the fiue foolish virgins had not oyle to maintaine their lampes the Bridegroome said I know you not Mat. 25. 12. Because the man which came to the wedding was not prepared he was cast into vtter darknesse Mat. 22. 13. As he is left behind that is vnprepared when the winde serueth and the ship vnder saile euen so he is left in damnation that is not prepared for the Lord when death commeth Many men prepare for life which is vncertaine and forget death which is certaine I say vnto all men Watch Mark 13 37. The day of the Lord will come as a thiefe in the night 2. Pet. 3. 10. a thiefe as well for stealing on vs as stealing from vs he comes in the darke when no body sees treades on wooll that no body heares watcheth an houre that no body knowes It may be he will come when men are banqueting as on the old world Luk. 17. 27. Or when they are drunken as on Belshazzer Dan. 5. 25. Or when they are committing filthinesse as on the Israelitish man and the Moabitish woman Num 25. 8. Or when they are coueting as on the rich man Luk. 12. 20. Or when they are gormandising as on the glutton Luke 16. 22. Or when they are lying as on Ananias Acts 5. 5. No thunder now can beat into them a feare of that which then no power shall ease them of We know Christ will come let vs prepare for his welcome We are all housholders our bodies are our houses our soules our goods our sences are the doores and windowes the lockes are faith and prayer The day of our death will come as a thiefe a thiefe commeth when men do not looke for him so the day of death commeth suddenly A thiefe commeth not when the maister of the house is watching but when he is asleepe so many times the day of the Lord commeth on men not when they seeme to watch but when they are secure and carelesse let our repentance watch let it neuer sleepe least we perish But men now put farre away the euill day and they flatter themselues with the remotenesse the vision that he seeth is for many dayes to come and he prophesieth of the times that are farre off Ezek. 12. 27. Surely there is no peace to the wicked Esa. 57. 21. Their rose buds are not withered their dances are not done sleepe conscience lye still repentance they will not prepare for death God made garments for Adam of dead beasts skins Gen. 3. 21. to put him in minde that he was condemned to dye and to make the remembrance of death familiar vnto him that the losse of life might not affright him who alwayes ware the liuery of death vpon him so we feed daily vpon dead creatures this should teach vs to prepare to feed dumbe creatures Secondly because our liues are short and sinfull it should worke in vs a willingnesse to dye Blessed are they which die in the Lord. Reu. 14. 13. First they are blessed in respect of the place for if we consider the world wherein we liue it is a vale of misery a prison and a place of vexation and trouble as the Apostle saith Wee know that euery creature groaneth with vs also and trauelleth in paine together vnto this present Rom. 18. 22. But heauen is a place of ioy rest and of comfort This place is of no certaine continuance here we haue no abiding Citty but wee looke for one to come Heb. 13. 14. But heauen is of continuance for the foundation thereof is God Secondly they are blessed in regard of their company for here we liue among the wicked and sinfull men but there we shal enioy the company of innumerable Angles Heb. 12. 22. It was an excellent change when Dauid was called from a Sheepheard to be a King so was it an excellent change in Saul when hee was called from seeking his fathers Asses to be a King yet this is nothing in respect of their estate which are called from this world to heauen where there is light without darknesse wisedome without ignorance vnderstanding without error reason without obscuritie memory without obliuion and ioy without sorrow where whatsoeuer shall be desired shall be present neither shall any thing bee desired which is not comely where God shall be seene without end loued without lothing and praised without wearying Thirdly in regard of their condition they are blessed for they rest from all their labours for they which dye in the Lord or for the Lord are with the Lord. Paul desireth to be dissolued and to be with Christ Phil. 1. 23. Death considerd in Christ and ioyned with a good life is to Gods elect an aduantage Phil. 1. 21. nothing else but a bridge ouer this tempestuous sea to Paradice Gods mercy made it so not by making death in it selfe good but an instrument of good to his Why is any man vnwilling to dye Death doth not separate vs from God but it maketh vs draw neere to God then doe wee draw neere to God when we are separated from the body As Pharaohs Butler could not see the face of the king when hee was in prison but beeing loosed from his bonds he both saw him and gaue the cup into Pharaohs hand Gen. 40. 21. So as long as we are in the prison of our bodies we cannot see the face of God but being loosed we shall see God face to face 1. Cor. 13. 12. and enioy that vnspeakable good which God hath prepared for them that loue him 1. Cor. 2. 9. Hast thou feared God in life then do not feare death for the sting of death is taken away by Christ so that as hony is not truely hony when it hath lost its sweetnesse nor vinegar truely vinigar when it hath lost its tartnesse nor Aloes truly Aloes when it hath lost its bitternesse so the death of the righteous is not truly death hauing lost his sting fearfulnesse and terrors in the godly The dying out of this world is not a death but a life rather and therefore as Iulian said to Christ O Galilean thou hast ouercome me so may death say to them O Christian thou hast ouercome me What is death that thou fearest it it is a departure from this wicked world a dissolution of the bodies of the godly from bonds that they may be with Christ it is a returning to our heauenly Countrey from this pilgrimage it is a deliuerance from the misery of the world it is a returne from banishment to our fathers house it is a preparation for the glory of the resurrection Why dost thou feare death Death hath onely the name of death not the