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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79887	An antidote against immoderate mourning for the dead. Being a funeral sermon preached at the burial of Mr. Thomas Bewley junior, December 17th. 1658. By Sa. Clarke, pastor in Bennet Fink, London.	Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1682.	1660 (1660)	Wing C4501; Thomason E1015_5; ESTC R208174	34,512	62

it s a duty to mourn for the dead For as a reverend and learned Doctor saith sorrow and lamentation is the dues of the dead It is fit that the body when it s sown in corruption should be watered with the tears of them that plant it in the earth and to be without natural affections is an Heathenish sin Rom. 1. 31. and one of those that make these later times perilous 2 Tim. 3. 3. From whence we may observe It s lawful to mourn and sorrow upon the death of our friends and relations Our Lord Christ himself wept at the death of Lazarus Joh. 11. 35. And the Church made great lamentation for Stephen Act. 8. 2. And the widdows wept for Dorcas Act. 9. 39. And Paul sorrowed when Epaphroditus was deadly sick Phil. 2. 27. Seventhly As do others that have no hope i. e. as the Heathen do which are ignorant of these things Hence The Heathen use to be immoderate in their mourning for the dead becaue they want a hope of the present blessednesse of their souls and the future resurrection of their bodies Forbidden Gods people Lev. 19. 27 28. Eightly But I would not have you do so saith the Apostle Hence Christians which know these things must be moderate in their mourning Ninthly Vers 14. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again c. Hence observe first The resurrection of Christs body from the dead is a sure and certain pledge and evidence of the resurrection of out bodies So the holy Apostle Paul makes it 1 Cor. 15. 12 c. If Christ be preached that he rose from the dead how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead But if there be no resurrection of the dead then Christ is not risen and verse 20. But now is Christ risen from the dead and become the first fruits of them that slept c. Tenthly Even so them also which sleep in Jesus Hence observe That the bodies of the Saints departed sleep in the arms of Jesus He takes care of all the bones yea of the very dust of his Saints that none of it shall be wanting when he comes to raise their bodies again at the last day Our bodies even whilst they lie in the grave are members of Christ and therefore it s no marvel though he takes such care of them Eleventhly Will God bring with him Whence I gather That when Christ shall come to judgment then shall the resurrection of our bodies be This is an Article of our faith It was typified by the budding and blossoming of Aarons dry rod By Jonas deliverance out of the belly of the Fish where he had been three dayes and three nights It was believed by the Patriarchs of old Heb. 11. 13. And its an infallible truth that these bodies of ours that are sown in corruption shall be raised in incorruption 1 Cor. 15. 42. And for our further security Enoch before the flood and Elijah after the flood were taken into heaven in their bodies Neither indeed is this contrary to reason though it be above the reach of reason For why cannot Christ as well raise a body out of the dust as at first he made it out of the dust especially considering that the soul is preserved in heaven for this very end to be joyned to the body again This Job was confident of Job 19. 26 27. Though after my skin wormes destroy this body yet in my flesh I shall see God c. Nay it s not contrary to the course of nature For we yearly see that the resurrection of the Spring succeeds the dead Winter the day the night and thou fool the corn that thou sowest is not quickned except it die saith Paul 1 Cor. 15. 36. and the same Apostle tells us Rom. 8. 11. That if the Spirit that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in us he that raised up Christ from the dead shall quicken our mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwells in us Besides Christ is the second Adam and as we did bear the image of the first Adam in corruption so we must bear the Image of the second Adam in glory 1 Cor. 15 22. 45 49. Twelfthly But that which is the principal thing that I intend to insist on is a Doctrine held forth to us in the latter end of the fourteenth verse That ye sorrow not as do others that have no hope Whence A well-grounded hope of the happinesse of our friends deceased should moderate our mourning for them This without question moderated Abrahams mourning for Sarah Mourn indeed he did for the text saith Gen. 23. 2. that Sarah died and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her but that he kept a mean in his mourning appears by the next words v. 3 4. And Abraham stood up from before his dead and bespake a burying place to bury his dead out of his sight and this he did that the object being removed his sorrow might be mitigated This also moderated Josephs and the Israelites mourning for Jacob Gen. 50. 1. where it is said that Joseph fell upon his fathers face when he died and wept upon him and kissed him and vers. 10. it s said that Joseph and the Israelites made a mourning for him seven dayes but v. 3. It s said that the Egyptians who mourned as men without hope mourned for him threescore and ten dayes This also moderated Davids mourning for his child 2 Sam 12. 23. Now he is dead wherefore should I fast can I bring him back again I shall go to him but he shall not return to me And this was Martha's comfort when her dear Brother Lazarus was dead I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day Joh. 11. 24. In the prosecution of this Point I shall shew you First what is meant by a well-grounded hope Secondly Wherein the happinesse of our friends departed in the Lord consists Thirdly why the consideration of these things should put a mean to our mourning for them Fourthly I will answer some objections that may be made against it And fifthly make application of it For the first What do you call a well-grounded hope I use this Epithite to distinguish it from that ill-grounded hope wherewith so many do delude themselves as First because their friends were born of Christian Parents Baptized and brought up in the Church Secondly Because they had gotten some knowledge and made an outward profession of Religion Thirdly because they used to attend upon the publick ordinances and that with some seeming devotion Fourthly Because they were free from grosse sins and dealt justly with every man Fifthly Because they enjoyed outward peace and prosperity the Sun of God shining upon their Tabernacles Sixthly Because they died quietly like lambs and it may be went out of the world with some good words in their mouths Psal. 73. 4 5. 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