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A92319	A cedars sad and solemn fall. Delivered in a sermon at the parish-church of Waltham Abbey in Essex ... At the funeral of James late Earl of Carlisle. By Thomas Reeve, D.D. preacher of Gods word there.	Reeve, Thomas, 1594-1672.	1661 (1661)	Wing R685; Thomason E1056_2; ESTC R208034	43,685	55

A CEDARS SAD and SOLEMN FALL Delivered in a SERMON at the Parish-Church of Waltham Abbey in Essex By THOMAS REEVE D. D. Preacher of Gods Word there At the Funeral of JAMES late Earl of Carlisle 4 JAMES 14. What is our life it is but a vapour which appeared for a little season and afterwards it vanisheth away 2 SAM 14.14 We must all needs die and are as water spilt upon the ground which cannot be gathered up again neither doth God respect any Person LONDON Printed for William Grantham at the black Bear in St. Pauls Church-yard near the little North-door 1661. To the Right Honourable Margaret Countess-Dowager of Carlisle my very noble Patroness c. Length of dayes Dayes of gladness the holy Calling the holy Annointing Light in the Lord the Light of Gods countenance the Spirit of the fear of the Lord the Spirit of comfort the height of Honour and eternity of Bliss Right Honorable and graciously-accomplish'd Lady MArriage is an image of heaven for the celestial state is compared to espousals This mystery is great Ephes 5.32 because union of hearts in wedlock doth much resemble the glorious union Then you have had in this kind the heaven upon earth as much as Marriage can afford it you for the dear and entire mutual and reciprocal love which passed between you and your noble Bridegroom was so eminent that it seemed not onely to be affection but passion it was expressed to admiration and it might be presented to the world for imitation But all earthly comforts have their stints and limits They that rejoyce must be as if they rejoyced not 1 Cor. 7.30 There is nothing here so transcendent but it is transitory the sweetest fruit doth corrupt the brightest gemms do lose their lustre that which doth most delight us doth leave us with an heart-gripe we must turn away our eyes from our most enamouring objects with a storm of tears So hath it happened to Your Honour He which lay nearest to Your heart it taken out of Your bosom and the want of him hath caused You to be a true mourner Thus heavenly providence doth order all things concerning our temporary comforts he will have nothing here permanent that we might rely upon him which is unchangeable it is not the wedding-ring that can endow any with lasting felicity constant joy is not to be found in the Bride-bed they are not our embraces that can keep fast our desired delights nor our eager eyes that can fix a face long for us to look upon No death doth pluck many a dear pledge out of our hands and extinguish many a lamp when it is shining before us with the greatest brightness This moth doth fret in pieces our costliest robes this thunderbolt doth cleave asunder our most admired monuments there is no armour of proof against this dart when this blow is given adamantine chains break when death doth give the knock there is no keeping within doors when death doth come with the ground-spade who must not be buried under ground we had need not to fancy any thing too much for the best is but a perishing delight we had need to provide something that is immortal for every thing that we do here enjoy is mortall The wisest head at last will be but a deaths-skull and the kindest husband we may at last take him up in an handful of dust or go lye by him in a bed of clay Death doth but smile when we do call any thing here our own and deride us that we laugh in that face which with a stroke can be made pale and grisly Your Honour therefore hath done well to furnish Your self with that which might comfort You beyond Nature and give You engagements when all the privileges of Nature do fail and indeed Godliness is profitable to all things and hath the promises of this life and of that which is to come 1 Tim. 4.8 these are the great and precious promises 2 Pet. 1.4 How would You have done if You had had nothing above this world to strengthen You against this trial You did but a little if You remember leave Your self to Your self and Your footsteps were well nigh gone You did but conceive Your Husband to be dead when he was not dead and yielding to Natures sad apprehensions what a sad fit did it bring upon You Your own life was in danger but You no sooner left consulting with flesh and bloud and began to take up Religion to be Your director but You were able with more patience and prudence moderation and Christian submission to undergo what God in his high and over-ruling wisdom should appoint and determine You could then speak to the honour of God and conform to the will of God saying Why should You try masteries with God when You knew that A sparrow doth not fall to the ground but by Gods appointment So that noble Lady there is no light like to a beam of Gods Spirit nor no counsellor like to a sanctified heart all the Preachers upon earth all the Angels of heaven can hardly so well informe us as our own regenerate consciences They which fear not God fear all things they which have learned God are taught against all exigents therefore the fear of the Lord is the treasure Es 33.6 I know that it shall be well with them that fear the Lord and do reverence before him Eccles 8.13 Natural perfections are a scant and fickle livelyhood therefore the Saints fee-simple is free-grace then have we something to rejoyce in and rely upon when he in heaven according to his godly power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness 2 Pet. 1.3 This is the stock that is to be preferred before Rubies yea of greater value than all the treasures of Aegypt The Carbuncle of high birth is nothing like to the jewel of new-birth all Academical Arts are nothing like to the eye-salve of the Spirit There is a spirit in man but the inspiration of the Almighty giveth understanding Job 32.8 Here is the mind which hath understanding Rev. 17.9 The most solid judgment is that where there is a quick understanding in the fear of the Lord Es 11.3 Through Christ I can do all things saith the Apostle but without Christ we can do nothing or very little The heart of the wicked is little worth There is not such a faint-heart as an unregenerate person he doth flee when none doth pursue the least trial doth cause in him astonishment of heart yea the sound of a shaken leaf doth chase him Lev. 26.37 he is like a silly Dove without heart Hos 7.11 We see it in Haman who wanted nothing for outward pomp and potency and yet the least check of neglect doth make all that he was worth a burthen yea a very loathing to him for What doth all this availe me And the like is to be seen in Achitophel who had greatness enough and pusillanimity dastardlinesse enough for being

a Nobleman bring an argument if thou canst but out of the Topicks of feee favour he that made thee a Nobleman might have made thee a Drudgeman he that made thee a Cedar might have made thee one of the under-trees which grow about thee why dost thou flourish in thy palace when others have not a cottage to hide their heads in why doth thy Rent-taille come to many thousands by the year when many have not mony enough to pay their house-rent O! God might have made those strong shoulders of thine to have born burthens and those lusty arms of thine to have wrought for thy living yea and with that diligence and strictness that If those hands of thine out of idleness had kept one day an Holy-day the next day might have been a Fasting-day Si manus c●ssaret panis desiceret Cassiod There are a company of Egenoes in the land an host of needy people which wander up and down the Nation to beg necessary sustenance God might have listed thee into this tattered Regiment and made thee to have crouched for a piece of silver and to have sought thy bread out of desolate places but God hath so well provided for thee that thy Table is continually spread thy Coffers filled and thy Wardrobe furnished whatsoever the wants of others are for meat money rayment thou canst eat dainties according to thy appetite take out gold and silver by the handful put on changeable suits of apparel according to thy delight others cannot sleep enough in the night-time nor keep their houses in the day time nor chuse their work but do any thing whereby they may get a livelyhood but thou canst lie in bed as long as thou listest and rise when thou pleasest thou canst either sit at home at ease or ride abroad at pleasure and thou canst chuse thy work even chuse whether thou wilt work at all for what is thy labour to wash thy hands rather than to work with thy hands to stretch thy self in idleness rather than to stretch thy joynts in industry to sprinkle thy head with perfuming powders rather than to oyle thine hair with thine own sweat alas when others are enforced to look to herds and flocks tilling seeding reaping c. thou lookst onely to thy cuts and curles thy knots and fancies thy half-arms and half-wastes thy chapfallen boots and neckerchief knees O then hath God freed thee from the aking limbs the warded hands and surbaten feet of other men and hast not leisure enough to magnifie thy God yes God hath given thee all this liberty opulency and affluency meerly that thou mightst praise the name of him that hath done wonderously for thee If three should not be an oblation kindled in private cottages yet the Altar should flame with sacrifices in Noblemens families God hath pricked out such a song for thee that it might be called the Noblemans Magnificat yea every member about thee might be a Querister to sing in consort Glory be to God God hath separated that house of thine from all other imployment meerly to make it a chantry to himself what then wilt thou not yet say Awake Lute and Harp I my self will awake right early wilt thou not cause thy glory to awaken praise God with the best member thou hast praise him in the highest that he hath given thee cedar-height yes blazon Gods Coat of mercies better than thy progenitors Arms and sing in a louder tone for Gods rich blessings than thou wouldst if a triumphant chariot were prepared for thee such mercies deserve a song of degrees yea the song might be appointed to the chief singer on Neginothai or to him that excelled upon Hajjaleth Halshahar no ordinary Instrument is fit for this ditty but even that which David calleth the Hind of the morning If a poor man ought to praise God for a being how much more the Nobleman for a well-being if a poor man ought to praise God uppon a wel-tuned Cymbal the Nobleman ought to praise him upon a loud-sounding Cymbal if a poor man ought to bring a Turtle Dove and two young Pigeons a Nobleman ought to bring a whole burnt Offering an Hecatombe if the height of a Noblemans praises ought to be according to the height of his greatness then let him consider that God hath given him Cedar-height The Cedar 3. Thirdly a Nobleman is from hence exhorted to be the better man for as the Cedar is the excellent tree in the forrest so a Nobleman should be the excellent Professor in the Church The Star of the great Magnitude should yield the brighter light the better plant should bring forth the sweeter fruit God doth expect great duty from men of great dignity and high service from them upon whom he hath bestowed high honour Optimates optimi mens graces and places should carry a correspondency for these have a price in their hands and they are called fools to their faces if their hearts be not answerable to their abilities it is a sin against Gods favours if these should be the inferiour Saints howsoever if they should be the worst of sinners A great man to be a great Libertine or great Oppressor is no more honour then to be a great Swine or a great Tiger The fall of that house saith our Saviour is great so the fall of that noble person is great then Jeconiah is but Coniah and no more in effect but a broken Idol Who honour Nimrod the great hunter or Haman the great persecutor or Achitophel the great traytor 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Men●n Nobile malum Sen. G●nus d●●icitur Arist 2. Rher 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Menaud one Abraham which was the Father of the faithfull one Job which was so righteous that there was not the like unto him upon earth one Obadiah which feared the Lord greatly is to be preferred before a thousand of these Monsters and Miscreants Noblemen if they be wicked are but the greater Stains for there is no Nobility in impiety there is nothing noble there but a noble villany The stock is there decayed such an one hath lost his Arms though he were born of a better Father then ever was Jupiter saith Menander It was an heavy thing when Ieremy went unto the great men thinking that they had known the way of the Lord and the judgements of their God but these altogether had broken the yoke and burst the bonds in sunder Jer. 5.5 How is God offended when he had planted a noble Vine and it turned into a degenerate plant As God is served in Heaven by the best Spirits so he would be served upon Earth by the best men Bring unto the Lord O ye Sons of the Mighty whosoever do hold back do ye bring these to be good precedents to others should have sanctity seen in every thing that belongs to them they should have written upon their very horse-bridles Holinesse to the Lord Zack 14.20 Why should they promote Gods honour most yes he hath