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A23806	A funeral handkerchief in two parts : I. Part. Containing arguments to comfort us at death of friends, II. Part. Containing several uses which we ought to make of such losses : to which is added, Three sermons preached at Coventry, in December last, 1670 / by Thomas Allestree ...	Allestree, Thomas, 1637 or 8-1715.	1671 (1671)	Wing A1197; ESTC R14326	214,765	404

Father See his holy indignation against such as prophaned his Temple John 2.15 16 17. so John 4.34 He counted it his meat to do the Will of him that sent him and to finish his Work When his Mother and Brethren would have taken him off from Preaching he would not then own them for he said Who is my Mother or my Brethren Mark 3.33 Not that he did despise them but preferred the Service of God before them see Luke 2.48 49 50 51. so should we be zealous for God's Glory We should be fervent in Spirit serving the Lord or according to Orig. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 we should be seething hot in Spirit Rom. 12.11 We should have a zeal for God and the duty that we are to perform This God calls for Rev. 3.19 And Christ died to redeem unto himself a peculiar People zealous of good Works Tit. 2.14 Moses was zealous Exod. 32.19 so was Phineas Numb 25.11 so was David Psal 69.9 so St. Paul Acts 17.16 and so are all true Christians in some measure zealous St. Cyprian speaks of Christians in his time that were Tanquam Leones ignem spirantes Like Lyons breathing forth the Heavenly fire of Zeal 7. There was in Christ compassion to his Enemies When his Enemies came to take him one would have thought he should have call'd for fire from Heaven as Elijah did 2 Kings 1.10 and thereby have consumed his Adversaries But this was against the loving Nature of Christ as well as against the * Omne leve sursum tendit Nature of Fire that it should descend to destroy them Luke 9.54 55 56. Nay Christ would not onely not destroy them but he useth means to reclaim them from sinful courses that he may save them This good Samaritan would gladly have healed their spiritual Wounds How passionately doth he complain John 5.40 Ye will not come unto me that ye might have life And again Mat. 23.37 O Jerusalem Jerusalem thou that killest the Prophets and stonest them that are sent unto thee how oft would I have gathered thy Children together even as an Hen gathereth her Chickens under her Wings which would have been for your safety and yet ye would not When his Enemies hearts became like to Clay more hardned by the Sun-shine of those favours which should have melted them he then grieved for the hardness of their hearts Mark 3.5 and like a Judge passeth Sentence with tears in his eyes Luke 19.41 42. And when he was come near he beheld the City and wept over it saying If thou hadst known there he weeps even thou there he weeps again at least in this thy day he goes on still weeping the things that belong unto thy peace now he weeps a main and tears do so fast trickle down his cheeks that they hinder him from speaking and he breaks off abruptly as men do in a passion but now they are hid from thine eyes Our Saviour here shed tears for them who were about to shed his blood Yea we find him praying for his Enemies when they had given him the worst that malice could invent or cruelty impose Luke 23.34 Then said Jesus Father forgive them for they know not what they do Then said Jesus When said he this Why even then when he was suffering the painful shameful and accursed death upon the Cross Yea some think he prayed for his insulting Enemies before he provided for his weeping Mother John 19.26 27. Let us then pity and pray for our Enemies so did Stephen Acts 7.60 This Christ commands by Precept as well as commends by Pattern Matth. 5.44 c. Let us bless them that curse us Rom. 12.14 Nay we should mourn for them in affliction as David did Psal 35.13 14. In a word if thine Enemy hunger feed him if he thirst give him drink Be not overcome of evil but overcome evil with good Rom. 12.20 21. 8. There was in Christ love to the godly He loved them with a love of complacency and delight John 13.1 He bare a constant love towards them They were like golden Letters engraven indelibly upon his heart His love to them appeared by his accompanying with them by counselling reproving comforting clearing their innocency c. Matth. 9.14 Mat. 12.3 4. rejoycing in their welfare Luk. 10.21 taking what is done to them as done to himself be it good or bad Mat. 25.40 45. Acts 9.4 praying for them Luke 22.31 John 17.9 11 17 20 21. But his dying for them was above all an eminent instance of his love Gal. 2.20 He thought nothing too dear to part with for their sakes He shed his precious Blood in great plenty for them 1 Pet. 1.18 19. Acts 20.28 When our Saviour shed but a few tears for Lazarus the Jews collected thence his love towards him John 11.35 36. Surely Christ's shedding his precious Blood in great plenty for the Elect is a manifest token of extraordinary love towards them Let us imitate Christ in love to the godly Let us delight in them and accompany with them as David did Psal 16.3 119.63 Let us sympathize with them Rom. 12.15 Let us pray for them so did St. Paul for the Colossians Col. 1.9 10 11. and for the Thessalonians 1 Thes 5.23 In a word We should be ready to lay down our lives for them if need require 1 John 3.16 Hereby we perceive the love of God because he laid down his life for us and we ought to lay down our lives for the Brethren And this unfeigned love to the godly is as sure a note to know whether a man be in the way to Heaven as pronouncing the word * Judg. 12.6 Shibboleth was to know an Ephramite from a Gileadite Here what St. John the beloved Disciple saith 1 John 3.14 We know that we have passed from Death to Life because we love the Brethren Be ye therefore as St. Paul saith Ephes 5.1 2. followers of God as dear Children and walk in love as Christ also hath loved us and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour 9. There was in Christ thanksgiving When Christ are Victuals he lift up his eyes and gave thanks John 6.11 23. He was thankful for Spiritual Blessings Mat. 11.25 At that time Jesus answered and said I thank thee O Father Lord of Heaven and Earth because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them unto Babes This is spoken by Christ after the seventy had returned and told him what good success they had as may be gathered from Luk. 10.17 21. He did thankfully acknowledge God's mercy in revealing Gospel-Mysteries to poor simple Creatures that knew no more in Gospel-Mysteries then Babes knew in Worldly-Businesses And John 11.41 Jesus lift up his eyes and said Father I thank thee that thou hast heard me Indeed Christ's whole life was a glorifying of God John 17.4 I have glorified thee on Earth Let us imitate Christ in thankfulness Let

sooner let out of the prison of the body but is brought to Heaven the Presence-Chamber of God who is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords where we shall see him as he is so saith St. John 1 Joh. 3.2 And St. Paul tells us 1 Cor. 13.12 We shall see him face to face and know● him even as we are known 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as * Mr. Abr. Wright's Serm. on Luk. 16.9 one observes is Nota similitudinis non aequalitatis As God knows me so shall I know God but I shall not know God so as God knows me It is not quantum but sicut not as much but as truly as the Fire doth as truly shine as the Sun shines though it shine not out so far nor to so many purposes Believers at death know God perfectly though not comprehensively for as † Mr. Frost at the end of his Serm on Acts 17.23 another Divine saith well God is infinitae Veritatis Cognoscibilitatis as well as Entitatis and so must either lay aside his Infinity and cease to be God or elevate us above the condition of finite creatures before we can be capable of any comprehensive vision which supposeth an equal commensuration between the object and the faculty but we shall know God so fully see Christ so face to face as that we shall be perfectly happy The Wisemen rejoyced to see the Star that directed to Christ Mat. 2.10 What exceeding Joy will it then be to see the Sun of Righteousness for so Christ is called Mal. 4.2 Old Simeon upon the sight of Christ in the flesh got him into his arms and desired to die Luke 2.28 29. We reade of some John 12.21 that came to Philip and said Sir we would see Jesus And to see Christ in the flesh was one of the three things St. Austin much desired And we read John 20.20 The Disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. It was matter of joy to them to see Christ after he was risen from the dead Now if it was so joyfull a sight to see Christ in the flesh and to see him after he was risen before his Ascension What a joyful sight will it be to see Christ in Glory sitting at his Father's right-hand If the enjoyment of God's Spirit in the Ordinances be so sweet to a Child of God that one dayes communion with God there is better than a thousand Psal 84.10 what will it be to enjoy the immediate Presence of God for ever here the Soul 's Beloved shews himself as it were through the Lattice Cant. 2.9 for clear visions of God are too glorious for this state but hereafter he will shew sorth himself in his full glory To end this Moses prayed Lord shew me thy Glory Exod. 33.18 To whom God answered v. 20. Thou canst not see my face for there shall no man see me and live Whereupon St. Austin meditating cryed out Moriar Domine ut te videam Lord let me die that I may see thee So that you see Death brings a Believer to a sight of him 2. Death brings a Believer to the society of glorified Saints and Angels Heb. 12.22 23. When godly Friends depart they go to better company from Church-militant to Church-triumphant We find Gen. 15.15 compared with Gen. 25.8 Abraham was gathered to godly Fathers Adam Seth Enoch Noah c. that went before him So it is said Isa 57.1 The Righteous perisheth and no man layeth it to heart and merciful men are taken away none considering that the Righteous is taken away from the evil to come The righteous man's perishing is but a taking away Or according to the Original 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Collecti a gathering to their Fathers and godly Friends Many shall come saith Christ from the East and from the West yea and from the North and South from all the quarters of the World Luke 13.28 29. and shall sit down with Abraham Isaac and Jacob in the Kingdome of Heaven Mat. 8.11 I have read how Cato comforted himself in his old age with this consideration that he should depart from the rude multitude and go to the company of blessed Souls O praeclarum diem cum ad illud animorum concilium coetumque proficiscar cum ex hâc turbâ colluvione discedam And Socrates dying rejoyced to go to the place where he should see Homer Hesiod and other Worthies who lived in the Age before him Sure it will be very comfortable to Believers to see Abraham Isaac and Jacob Job David St. Paul St. Austin St. Jerom and innumerable others in the Kingdom of Heaven where joyntly with the blessed Angels as so many Quiristers they sing continually divine Anthems of praise Rev. 4.8 10 11. 19.4 5. David counted the Godly The only Excellent in whom was all his delight Psal 16.3 If it be so delightful to be in company with them here where the best of their actions are mingled with many imperfections Oh! how delightful will it be to be in their company in Heaven where they serve God perfectly without sinning day and night in his Temple Rev. 7.15 We find Luke 16 2● how that Lazarus departed is carried by the Angels into Abrahams bosom and then v. 25. It is said he is comforted And no wonder for if to be with glorified Saints and blessed Angels be not a comfort I pray you tell me what is 3dly and lastly Death brings a Believer to joy unspeakable We read Heb. 12.2 Christ for the joy that was set before him endured the Cross And Saints are said Rev. 7.9 13. To be cloathed in white Robes Now white as it is an Emblem of purity so likewise of joy And this heavenly joy is so great Dr. Stuarts Cathol Divinity pag. 249 250. that we cannot express it St. Austine said of Jerome Quae Hieronymus nescivit nullus hominum unquam scivit that which Jerome knew not no man ever knew And St. Cyril said also to St. Austin in magnifying St. Jerome That when a Catholick Priest disputed with an Heretick and cited a passage of St. Jerome and the Heretick said Jerome lyed instantly he was struck dumb Yet of the joy of Heaven this learned St. Jerome would adventure to say nothing no not when he was divested of his mortal Body for as soon as he dyed at Bethleem he came instantly to Hippo St. Austins Bishoprick and though he told him Hieronymi anima sum I am the soul of that Jerome to whom thou art now writing o● the joys and glory of Heaven Mr. Abr. Wright's Serm. on Luk. 16.9 yet he said no more then this Quid quaeris brevi immittere vasculo totum mare Why goest thou about to pour the whole Sea into a Thimble this is easier than to comprehend the joy and glory of Heaven in this Life If all sublunary delights were put together yet were they but as a Candle to the Sun or Drop to the main Ocean if compared with Heavenly joyes And