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A59930 The great treaty of peace: or, A serious exhortation upon a sad occasion to double diligence about making peace with God Part whereof was preached at the funeral of Mrs. Anne Kyrl, April 6. 1677. To which is added, the character of that worthy gentlewoman. By H. S. minister of the Gospel. H. S. 1677 (1677) Wing S34; ESTC R219783 30,825 97

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for such things made her diligent industriously diligent that she might be found of Christ in peace without spot and blameless in a reconciled justified and sanctified estate She gave her mind she set her self to be found in this estate She was instant in season and out of season about this In the morning she sowed her seed and in the evening she withheld not her hand Eccles 11. 6. She gave all diligence to add to her faith vertue and to vertue knowledge c. She gave diligence to make her calling and election sure 2 Pet. 1. 5 10. She was not slothful but shewed diligence to the full assurance of hope Heb. 6. 11 12. And whatsoever she apprehended was commanded by the God of Heaven she would diligently do it Ezra 7. 23. What more shall I say Her eyes were turned away from beholding vanity Ps 119. 37. Her ears were swift to hear Jam. 1. 19. In her tongue was the Law of kindness Prov. 31. 26. Her hands were stretched out to the poor and needy Prov. 31. 20. Her feet were shod with the preparation of the Gospel of Peace Eph. 6. 15. Her knees were bowed unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ Eph. 3. 14. Her face was Zion-ward Jer. 50. 5. Her clothing was humility 1 Pet. 5. 5. Her ornaments a meek and a quiet spirit 1 Pet. 3. 4. Her girdle sincerity Eph. 6. 14. Her speech was savoury seasoned Salt Col. 4. 6. Corrupt communication proceeded not out of her mouth but such as might minister Grace to the hearers Eph. 4. 29. Her conversation was upright Ps 37. 14. Ordered aright Ps 50. 23. As became the Gospel Phil. 1. 27. Without covetousness Heb. 13. 5. Chaste coupled with fear 1 Pet. 3. 2. Honest 1 Pet. 2. 12. Holy 1 Pet. 1. 15. Heavenly Phil. 3. 20. All her springs whence slowed these streams were in God Ps 87. 7. Her confidence was not in the slesh Her rejoycing was in Christ Phil. 3. 3. Christ was her All Col. 3. 11. Her wisdom to direct her righteousness to justifie her sanctification to cleanse her redemption to set her at liberty 1 Cor. 1. 30. When she was hungry his flesh was her meat When thirsty his blood was her drink John 6. 55. When she fainted he was her cordial Luke 2. 25. When she fought with her spiritual adversaries he was her victory and triumph 1 John 5. 4 5. 1 Cor. 15. 57. Rom. 8. 37. When she failed Christ was her Advocate with the Father John 2. 1 2. In life he was her hope 1 Tim. 1. 1. In death he is her gain Phil. 1. 21. In the grave he will be her life and resurrection John 11. 25. I think I may say of her as Hezekiah of himself Isa 38. 3. That she walked before God in truth and with a perfect heart and did that which was good in his sight And as Christ of Nathanael John 1. 47. Behold an Israelite indeed in whom is no guile Her dying words exprest much of a Christian indeed To instance They exprest 1. Her expectation of a change I do not hope to live long 2. Her weannedness from the world and sense of the badness of it For said she being fit to dye 't is the best time to dye in and the worst age to live in 3. Her lamenting after God for she complained of unprofitableness under the means she enjoyed and of the want of former refreshments 4. Her confidence in God For said she though I am a great sinner yet I believe I am a pardoned sinner and so have rest and quiet One saying to her There is need of the Lords help Yea said she and God hath laid help upon one that is mighty and by his stripes I am healed One repeating that Scripture Ps 116. 6. The Lord preserveth the simple I was brought low and he helped me Yea said she the Lord will remember me in my low estate Her thankfulness Blessed be God said she I have refreshing though not rest At other times she would say O the consolations of the Lord are not small things 6. Her prayerfulness In her last fit she said Lord ease Lord help Pray pray pray And so whiles we were praying for her she fell asleep Thus she has given you an Example as Christ did his Disciples John 13. 15. I will not call you to lamentation but to imitation I must Not to lamentation Though some of you have lost a dear Sister And some of you a tender Aunt And some a faithful Friend And some a helper of their faith and joy And some an encourager in the ways of God The poor have lost a visitor and liberal benefactor And this Congregation a worthy member And she her self has lost something too she has lost her Asthma or difficulty of breathing Her pains sighs and groans Her cold sweats and fainting fits Her sorrows and sufferings Her troubles and temptations Her sins and corruptions But what are her gains No tongue can express nor heart can conceive what they are She has gained Heaven What eye hath not seen nor ear hath heard nor hath it entred into the heart of man 1 Cor. 2. 9. A Kingdom Everlasting Luke 12. 32. 2 Pet. 1. 11. A Crown of righteousness and life 2 Tim. 4. 8. James 1. 12. An Inheritance rich and glorious Eph. 1. 18. Incorruptible undefiled and that fadeth not away 1 Pet. 1. 4. She has gained fulness of joy in the presence of God and pleasures for ever more at his right hand Ps 16. 11. An exceeding exceeding eternal weight of glory 2 Cor. 4. 17. The Beatifical Vision Mat. 5. 8. The immediate and full fruition of God and Christ An eternal life with God and Christ and Saints and Angels And therefore I must not call you to lamentation But as I said to imitation I must Follow her as she followed Christ 1 Cor. 11. 1. Let her Vertues live in you so shall she in some sense still live with you 1. Look for such things as she did Look for new Heavens and new Earth Look to things not seen and things that are eternal Look for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of c. Look for and hasten unto the coming of the day of God 2. Let the expectation of such things make you diligent in the use of means to be found of Christ at his coming in peace without spot c. in a reconciled justified and sanctified estate Give your minds set your selves to be found in this estate Be instant in season and out of season about it In the morning sow your seed and in the evening withhold not your hand Eccles 11. 6. Give all diligence adde to your faith vertue c. 2 Pet. 1. 5. Give diligence to make your calling and election sure 2 Pet. 1. 10. Be not slothful but shew diligence to the full assurance of hope Heb. 6. 11 12. And whatsoever shall be commanded you by the God of Heaven diligently do it Ezra 7. 23.
Turn away your eyes from beholding vanity Ps 119. 37. With your ears be swift to hear counsel and receive instruction James 1. 19. In your tongues let the Law of kindness be Pro. 31. 26. Let your hands be stretched out to the poor and needy Pro. 31. 20. Let your seet be shod with c. Eph. 6. 15. Let your knees be bowed to your Father c. Eph. 3. 14. Let your faces be Zionward Jer. 50. 5. Cloath your selves with humility 1 Pet. 5. 5. Adorn your selves with meekness and a quiet spirit 1 Pet. 3. 4. Gird your selves with sincerity Eph. 6. 14. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth c. Eph. 4. 29. Order your conversations aright Ps 50. 23. Let your conversation be as becomes the Gospel Phil. 1. 27. Without covetousness Heb. 13. 5. Chaste coupled with fear 1 Pet. 3. 2. Honest 1 Pet. 2. 12. Holy 1 Pet. 1. 15. Heavenly Phil. 3. 20. That it may be such Let all your springs be in God Ps 81. 7. Have no confidence in the flesh Phil. 3. 3. Rejoyce in Jesus Christ Phil. 3. 3. Let Christ be your All Col. 3. 11. Your Wisdom to direct you your Righteousness to justifie you your Sanctification to cleanse you and your Redemption to set you at liberty 1 Co. 1. 30. When your Souls are hungry let Christs flesh be your meat When thirsty let his blood be your drink John 6. 55. When you faint in a day of adversity let Christ be your cordial Luke 2. 25. When you fight with your spiritual adversaries look to Jesus for victory and triumph 1 John 5. 4 5. 1 Cor. 15. 57. Rom. 8. 37. When you fail look to Christ your Advocate with the Father 1 John 2. 1 2. In life let Christ be your hope 1 Tim. 1. 1. In death be confident he will be your gain Phil. 1. 21. And in the grave your life and resurrection John 11. 25. Thus pace after this blessed soul departed your near and dear Relation tread in her steps and then ere long where she is you shall be also Where 's that I doubt not to say in Paradise Luke 23 43. In Abrahams bosom Luke 16. 22. In Heaven with Saints and Angels Heb. 12. 22 23. With God in Christ Jesus which is best of all Phil. 1. 23. AN APPENDIX TO THE Foregoing Discourse BY WAY OF Caution and Exhortation 1. BY way of Caution Take heed lest Christ at his coming find you 1. With nothing but leaves on you as that Figtree Mar. 11. 13. was lest you be cursed and it be said unto you as Mat. 25. 41. Depart c. 2. Without fruit as that Tree was Luke 13. 7. lest you be cut down and cast into the fire 3. Without Oil in your Vessels as the foolish Virgins were Mat. 25. 3. lest the door be shut against you v. 10. 4. With works not perfect before God Rev. 3. 2. 5. Smighting your fellow-servants as he Mat. 24. 49. lest you be cut asunder and have your portion appointed you with Hypocrites 6. Eating and drinking with the drunken Mat. 24. 49 50 51. 7. Idle slothful and not improving your Talents Mat. 25. 25 26. lest you be cast into utter darkness where shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth v. 30. Take heed therefore lest Christs coming suddenly as Mar. 13. 36. find you thus viz. With nothing but leaves Without fruit Without Oil With works not perfect Smiting your fellows Eating and drinking with the drunken Idle drunken not improving your Talents Do not make slight of this Caution I beseech you 2. By way of Exhortation Be diligent that you may be found of Christ at his coming 1. Watching For blessed are trhose Sevants whom the Lord when he cometh shall sind watching whether he come in the second watch or in the third watch and sind them so blessed are those Servants Luke 12. 37 38. 2. In Christ not having your own righteousness which was Pauls desire Phil. 3. 9. That I may be found in Christ not having mine own righteousness which is of the Law but that which is through the faith of Christ the righteousness which is of God by faith 3. Written in the Lambs Book of Life For whosoever shall not be found written in the Book of Lise shall be cast into the Lake of Fire Rev. 20. 15. 4. Established unblameable in Holiness before God This was part of Pauls prayer for the Thessalonians That their hearts might be established unblameable in holiness before God even our Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his Saints 1 Thes 3. 13. 5. Sanctified wholly in Spirit Soul and Body So also prays the Apostle for the Thessalonians The very God of Peace sanctifie you wholly and I pray God your whole Spirit Soul and Body may be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ 1 Thes 5. 23. 6. Patient To this S. James exhorts Be patient Brethren unto the coming of the Lord which draweth nigh James 5. 7 8. 7. Waiting for his coming which was the commendation of the Corinthians They waited for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ 1 Cor. 1. 7. 8. Looking for and hasting to it according to the counsel of S. Peter 2 Pet. 3. 12. 9. In peace without spot and blameless as in the Text. Be diligent thus to be found at the coming of Christ so shall you be blessed Luke 12. 37 38. And so shall you have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming 1 Joh. 2. 28. FINIS