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A09001	A funerall sermon, both godlye, learned and comfortable, preached at S. Maries in Cambridge, Anno 1551. at the buriall of the reuerend doctor, and faithfull pastor of the Churche of Christe, Martin Bucer. By Matthew Parker Doctor in Diuinitie, and since, Archbishoppe of Canterburye; Howe we ought to take the death of the godly	Parker, Matthew, 1504-1575.; Newton, Thomas, 1542?-1607.	1587 (1587)	STC 19293A; ESTC S109977	12,872	38

cunning maister workman if I say his daies were cut shorte to the end he mighte rest from his vehemente toyle and zealous studie which hee had toward the promoting and aduauncing the lordes building how commeth it to passe that we we I say ūnful caitiues do promise to oure selues longe life and thinke here to liue many yeares spendding and bestowing the same as some doe in idlenesse vanitye and loytring Whereby it must needes come to passe and necessarily follow that they cannot be saide to liue ouerwise then by the spoyles of the goodes and Patrimonye of Christ crucified Some there be that deuise all the waies they can and seeke all meanes possible to the vttermost of their ability to deface the beautye glory of this building to vndermine the walles and ouerthrow the foundation therof that all the wilde beastes of the woode may freely enter to deuoure spoyle robbe and moste cruellye to make hauocke of all If this greene Tree which yelded plentifull store of fruite in due season and which was planted by the riuers side and moystened with the liuelye waters of the Fountaine of lyfe and which brought foorth such continuall heauenly and durable fruict to the glory of God and for our consolation to be imitated was notwithstanding his flourishing and fruitfull encrease plucked vp by the rootes what shalbe the ende of vs thinke wee being deade drye and wythered Figge trees without eyther blossome or fruite vnworthy any longer to occupye the ground or to set one foote vppon the earth He was without doubt a most florishinge greene tree yelding foorth most excellent fruite and therefore is not vtterly and altogither cutte downe but onelye transplanted and remooued out of his place to bee sette in a pleasaunter and wholesommer soyle But what maye wee iudge of our selues that bring foorth in our lyfe nothing but brambles and thistles and yet are continually and dayly moystened and watered with the deawe of the heauenlye grace and word of God Why should not wee tremble and with compunction of heart greatly feare least we be vtterly cut downe with the Axe of Gods iudgement and by diuine sentence throwen into the fire Vnderstande yee vnwise among the people be wise at length ye fooles O consider this ye that forget God least he teare you in peeces and there be none that can deliuer you Say not within your selues We haue Abraham to our Father For I saye vnto you that euery tree which bringeth not foorth good fruite is hewne downe cast into the fire Feare ye the dreadfull and terrible wordes of the Lorde who saith The kingdome of God shalbe taken from you shal be giuen to a Nation that shal bring forth the fruits therof Remember thy selfe therfore O Cambridge and looke well aboute thee consider thine estate seeing that vnto thee God hath sent his Prophets Wisemen Scribes from the far distant places of the world Least there come vpon thee all the iust bloud that hath beene shed vppon the earth Repent repent thou that killest the Prophets with slaunderous words stonest them that are sent vnto thee But marke ye heare what doth there in that place immediately followe Behold your house is left vnto you desolate Amende therefore youre waies and your workes and trust not in lying wordes sayinge The Temple of the Lord the Temple of the Lorde this is the Temple of the Lord. For behold the Lord commeth with thousands of his saints to giue iudgment against all men and to rebuke all the vngodly among them of al their wicked deeds which they haue vngodly committed and of al their cruell speakings which wicked sinners haue spoken against him He that hath eares to heare let him heare ¶ Exhortation to Prayer THat therfore the vaile of ignorance may be remooued from our hearts the dazeling dimnes of spight enuy banished from our eyes that we may deeply weigh with humble confession of our sins effectually consider this heauy stroke punishment here offred vnto vs by God vpon this present occasion that all bitternes of words al boasting wrath cursed speaking railing backbiting with all malice rancor hartburning may bee put away from among vs let vs humbly prostrat our selues before our gracious God heauēly father meekly deuoutly by earnest prayer crauing at his mercifull handes the assistance of his holy spirite and that he will of his infinite goodnes forgiue vs out sinnes and pardon our offences In which prayers I do commend vnto you the state of the Catholike Church being the blessed communion of the sainte of God the the same may florish go forward in y t knowledge of his diuine will du●y●ully agnising confessing his holy name sincere religiō thankfully receiuing embrasing the graces gifts of Christ her Spouse head and that she may persist continue to the end in the vndoubted faith of our Lord Sauiour Pray ye also for al those y t through error misbeleefe are foūd to be out of this church and for such as through hypocriticall dissimulation ar reck●ned to be of y e true church being indeede the Synagog of Sathan y t they and we with one minde consent may willingly heare and ioyfullye embrace the voyce of our high Shepheard Christe and that we may become one Sheepefold one flocke with one mouth and one hart glorifying God the father of our lord Iesus Christ. Pray ye also particularly for this church of England Ireland and for y e supreme head of both the same next immediately vnder Christ our most excellent and gratious Soueraigne King Edward the sixt c. Finally let vs giue humble thankes vnto almightye God for our brethren and sisters which are departed out of this vale of misery marked with the Seale of Faith And last of all let vs pray for our selues that euen as the Fathers of the olde Testament earnestly desired and zealously continued still looking expecting for the first comming of our Sauiour Christ in the flesh that they might be ●artakers of that abundant blessing which ●●ey assuredly vndoubtedly knew that he ●ould bring with him after he was exhibited to the world had a longing desire to be hold him with their bodily eyes So likewise that we now vnder the new Testamēt may liue soberly godly and honestly in this world earnestly waiting for his second comming that we greedily thirsting with our brethren alreadye deceassed for the full redemption of our bodies to bee vnited to his glorious bodie may be ioyned in fellowship with Abraham Isaac Iacob c. Among whom I doe recken pronounce this excellent and reuerend Doctor Martin Bucer to bee for whom let vs hartily and in full assurance thereof thanke almighty God for so guiding him with his heauenly spirite that in holinesse and sanctity he hath thus begun his rest that he remained continued constant vnmoueable to the last gaspe in pure incorrupt doctrine grounded vpon the infallible word of God and founded vppon the faith of the Apostles the Catholike church of Christ constantly confirming his profession both in life and maners agreeable to the same For by warrant of the mercies and promise of almighty God I doe boldly pronounce that he is now in Abrahams bosome enioyeth most happie blisse rest felicitie with al the holy company of the elect childrē of God And thus for him in his name do I affirme I know that he shall rise againe at the resurrection in the last day with a moste assured and certaine knowledge such I say as commeth of faith I know that forsomuch as our Sauiour Christ saieth of himselfe y t he is the resurrection the life that whosoeuer beleeueth in him although hee were dead yet liueth and againe that euerye one which liueth and beleeueth in him shall not die for euer I know I say and by that vndoubted trust warrant which I haue in the word of God and by that testimonie whiche he constantly made of his faith life conuersation constant confession of Christs name euen till the verie last pointe of his life that although he be dissolued for a time in respect of his body yet in spirite he liueth with god at the last day in the ioyful resurrection of the iust shall againe be conioyned shall enioy the presence of God raigne with him both in body and soule for euermore FINIS Lone enuieth not Faith and hope inseparable companions 1. Thes. 4. 13. Eccle. 22. 11. Ier. 22. 10. Reue. 14. 13. Wised 3. 2. ● Thes. 4. 14. Eccle. 38. 16. Eccle. 22. 11. The nature propertie of Enuy towards worthy and excellent men Vertuous lyfe and singuler learning in B●cer Ierem. 5. 3. Esai 30. ●● Matt. 23. 38. Luc. ●9 43. Psal. 67. 1. Num. 16. 3. Luc. 23. 28. Ver. 31. Matt. 21. 19. Mar. 11. 13. Matt. 3. 10. Luc. 3. 9. Psal. 94. 8. Psal. 50. 22. Matt. 3. 9. Mat. 21. 43. Luk. 11. 50. Luk. 13. 34. 35. Ierem. 7. 3. Iude. 14. Luke 8. 8

he layeth downe before our eyes the verie cause for the which we should rather reioyce and be glad And therfore in this worde a little hee hath consyderation vnto oure weakenesse and infirmytie in respecte whereof hee yealdeth somewhat vnto our frayltie and tollerateth some small sorrowe and little mournynge howebeit if the wise-man had any hopefully to perswade effectuallye to obtaine that which he was the willinger of no doubt hee woulde rather haue counsailed and aduised vs vtterly to put away and entirely to laye aside all sorrow Which thing we ought doubtlesse to doe if wee coulde in all our actions haue that regard alwayes keepe that euen hand which we should doe if our nature were not so weake and naught or if the world were not pestered with enuious spighters and quarellours wranglers in euery corner that will not sticke to call vs stonyharted creatures such as haue no sparke of humaine nature in vs if they see that wee make no lamentation for the death of our friends Construing the matter many tymes to the worst and sinesterlye thereby gathering that we doe rather reioice in respect of some worldly gaine or commoditie thereby growing to vs. Wheras we by the rule of faith onely and in respect of that euerlasting blessednesse which our friends haue attained doe shew our selues therein constantly stayed in conscience for the departure of our brethren and altogether renouncing such womannish wayling and childish infirmitie And true it is that Ieremie being a witnesse in this case of far more credite and authoritie alloweth nothing at all to this our fraile infirmitie but in most plaine words flatly and in a generalitye forbiddeth all weeping and mourning for y e dead Weepe not saith he for the dead and be not mooued for them For he had a greater consideration of the blessed lyfe whereinto they were entered and he wisely weighed that the sooner they finisht the course end the race of this life the sooner they come to enioy their desyred rest blisfull state and therefore he woulde not at anye hande nozzle and feede a man in folly by allowing or yelding any thing to him in this so vaine frailty This did he see in the spirite and the very same is lykewise by the same spirite reuealed vnto Iohn with commandement also vnto him to write it for an euerlasting memory as a voice not vttered by the world or in the world after the measure of our humaine frailty and weakenesse but as a sentence descended from heauen deliuering a iust consideration of the state condition of those that bee hence departed which voyce did plainly deliuer these words Blessed are the dead which dye in the Lord. May this worde Blessed being pronounced by the mouth of God himselfe be thought to be miserable mournefull or lamentable Neyther doth the Spirite deliuer vtter these words absolutely without any other addition but withal he alleadgeth the cause For they henceforth saith the Spirite rest from their labours moreouer Their workes follow them Let vs now therfore ponder and consider diligently the words of the Wyse man whereof mention was made a litle afore viz. Because he is at rest Also of an other wise man The soules of the righteous are in the hands of God and they are in peace Furthermore let vs herevnto adde the words of the Apostle S. Paule If we beleue that Iesus is dead is rysen againe euen so them which sleepe in Iesus wil God bring with him Let vs consider what these wordes doe signifie meane Blessed are they that dye in the Lord c. And we shall easily perceiue in what sense we ought to take this Little which the wise man vseth yea we shal quickly see what he would rather haue aduised vttered if he had not otherwise regarded respected our weaknes Therefore I saye when wee haue respect consideratiō of the party that is dead and departed it is both vnseemely wicked to vse any howling or blubbering for him vnlesse we desire to be accounted creatures endued rather with beastly nature then furnished with the vse of reason to be deemed Heathen people rather then true Christians enuious caitiues then wel meaning friends void of hope faith not vnderstanding our happy estate persons doubtful vncertain of their saluatiō rather then cōstant beleeuers vndoubtedly embracing crediting y e infallible worde of God therby as by a rule directing all euery our actions thoughts affections valiantly subduing and entirely triumphing ouer our imbecillity weaknes But howsoeuer some texts of scripture seeme to confirm this opinion to proue allow some small mourning again some vtterly altogither forbid weping and lamenting as we haue afore declared So in an other sence wee are not onely allowed to mourne but also are admonished and directly commaunded so to do My sonne powre foorth teares ouer the dead and begin to mourne as if thou hadst suffered greate harme thy selfe Heere the same wise man that a little aforesaid Make small weeping for the deade seemeth in this place to enioyne vs to weepe not a little nor for a while but to continue lamentations and to powre foorth teares for a long season God forbid that we should think so holy a man inuested with the tytle of a wiseman should in one the selfe-same booke disagree with himselfe in opinions and sentences albeit they be set downe in seuerall Chapters and to enioyne and commaund things contrary and repugnant one to an other We must therefore assay and tyre whether we can find out his very meaning But if he himselfe doe expound and interpret his owne words we may then boldly and safely without danger sticke to his iudgement In this verye sentence where he thus writeth Make small weeping for the dead for hee is at rest he also saith Weepe for the dead for he hath lost the light To make him therefore to agree with himselfe this must needes bee his meaning that as in respect of the party deceased it is not lawfull to weepe and lament for that he enioyeth blisse and is at rest so on the other side namely in respecte of our selues that are berest the company sight and comfort of his vertuous maners godly life and excellent learning we haue most iust and vrgent cause not onely to lament bee sorie but euen for a long space to continue the same our griefe and moane as hauing receiued some great losse hinderance vnrecouerable And the brighter clearer that the light was when it gaue shine and the neeedefuller expedienter that the same was for our behoofe and benefite so much the more cause and matter is there ministred to our lamentation and mourning by the wofuller consideration of the losse receaued Such a kind of light is there nowe quenched in this famous and reuerend Doctor renowmed aswell for his exquisite knowledge and learning as also for his