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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18385	Sarahs sepulture, or A funerall sermon preached for the Right Honourable and vertuous lady, Dorothie Countesse of Northumberland, at Petworth in Sussex. By Richard Chambers Doctor of Diuinitie.	Chambers, Richard, b. 1583.; R. H., fl. 1620.	1620 (1620)	STC 4953; ESTC S107948	17,912	32

any will follow me tollat crucem suam let him take vp his crosse ego meam ille suam I haue taken vp mine and hee must take vp his Luc. 9.23 A Christian must be a daily Crosse-bearer For Aug Tom. 6. de Pastoribus exceptus à passione flagellorum exceptus à numero filiorum This is good Catholique doctrine Heb. 12.6 The Lord scourgeth euery sonne that he receiueth It is a shrewd signe that he shall neuer receiue the crowne who did not first taste of the crosse Heb. 12.8 In the Booke of Iob there is made this inquision Iob. 28.12.13 Sapientia verò ubi inuenitur Et quit est locus intelligentiae the answere is Non invenitur in terra suaviter viventium as the vulgar latine readeth So may I say concerning Piety the feare of God grace and goodnesse where are they to bee found Non in terra suaviter viventium Not in the Land which liueth in pleasure Iam. 5.5 If you find a land of good fellowes if you seeke for grace and goodnesse you must seeke some where else for you shall not finde them there But to returne vnto this worthy Lady though she were afflicta yet was she not derelicta Psal 37.26 She had her many comforts Oliue plants about her table Psal 128.3 not one but many dutifull children children tractable to piety and goodnesse children free from the common staine of this sinfull age Moreouer shee died in good time for her selfe though too soone for me and many moe Sibi maturè aut mihi citò she came to the graue in a good age to the graue often before wished often before desired Phil. 1.23 Often haue I heard her vtter the effect of these following verses Vita diu mihi poena fuit me nulla voluptas Incitat ut cupiam longius esse super Mors melior vita certa mihi mente videtur Quae ridimit cunctis pectora fessa malis But my spirits faile my passions will not suffer me speake the fountaine is full therefore well may it ouerflow we therefore that doe remaine haue this for our comfort and it is no small comfort that she liued and died in a Land where vnder a gracious Prince of peace the word of life is published and in this vale of misery she tooke vp Christs crosse she passed the burning Seraphins therefore hath she entred into Paradise * Habent omnes animae cum de seculo exierint diversas receptiones suas habent gaudium boni mali tormenta Aug. in Ioh 11. Tract 49. pag 442. shee did drinke many a deepe draught of the bitter waters of Marah therefore she hath set foote into the Land of promise the true Canaan she hath climbed vp mount Caluarie and waded many a wet footstep through the vallie of weeping therefore she is ascended mount Sion and come to the City of the liuing God the Coelestiall Hierusalem and to the company of innumerable Angels and to the Assembly and Congregation of the first borne and to God the Iudge of all and to the Spirits of iust and perfect men Heb. 12.22 where with Christ Iesus she liueth for euermore a Fideles etiam defuncti membra Christi sunt quamvis ergo cum suis corporibus nondū sunt iam tamen eorū animae regnant cum illo Aug. But I must leaue thee Noble Lady thy body to rest in thy graue of peace vntill the great Resurrection when you shall receiue full blessednesse b Quum verò ab hoc somno evigilabunt simul omnes quod promissum est accepturi sunt Promissa enim est fidelibus resurrectio carnis mortis consumptio vita aeterna cum Angelis Aug. Tom 9. Tract 49. in Euang. Ioh. pag. 442. and thy Soule to bee with the God of peace and with the blessed Angels and all the congregation of the first borne where you sing the song of Moses a song of victory and thanksgiuing Reu. 15.3 And as for you my Christian auditorie take this by the way and thinke vpon it This place and this Country is Terra suaviter viventium a Land that liueth too much in pleasure too much giuen to the common sinne of this age Hor epist lib. 1. ad Albium Tibullum that is too many are Epicuri de grege porci to english it in the Apostles phrase 1 Cor. 15.32 Beasts of Ephesus giuen to eating and drinking c To remedy this great euill which hath bin the ruine of many of his Maiesties Subiects the wasting of their goods and losse of their liues in these parts I wish the worshipfull Iustices would be pleased to giue eare to these my requests First That no Ale-house be suffered vpon the edge of Commons and in obscure places where Rogues and Theeues may resort Secondly not to licence any in a village when the Minister thereof and all the whole Parish shall think it vnfit Thirdly not to licence any who hath iustly stood for misdemeanours excommunicated a yeare or two Fourthly when the abuse shall grow so great that poore women out of the anguish of their soules shall craue ayde that their husbands may not spend all at the pot and they statue that then there be made some redresse Lastly that painfull Preachers or other Officers may be heard and not checked when they iustly complain at your Benches against such places as suffer drinking carding and fighting vpon the Sabbath dayes in the time of Diuine Seruice If these requests be iust and good I request you harken vnto them Consider that here lyeth a Saint therefore bee not so grosse sinners Here God hath erected the standard of his Word to his people Isay 49.22 His banner is displayed and whosoeuer are guided hereby to them appertaine peace and mercy Galath 6.16 Here the great Trumpe is blowne Isay 27.13 O foelicem populum qui agnoscit clangorem Psalm 89.15 O blessed is the people that know the ioyfull sound giuing eare vnto this voice for they O Lord shall walke in the light of thy countenance Iob. 14.23 And I pray you is not this his word or voice Luke 21.34 Take heed to your selues lest at any time your hearts bee oppressed with surfetting and drunkennesse But at this time I will presse this point no more here I will abruptly end and that portion of Scripture which was lately my text for a Sermon I will make now the conclusion of this my Sermon Now the God of peace that brought again from the dead our Lord Iesus that great Shepheard of the Sheep through the bloud of the euerlasting Couenant make you perfect in euery good worke to do his will working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight through Iesus Christ to whom be glory for euer and euer Amen FINIS