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A31268 The duty and support of believers in life and death a funeral sermon on the death of Mrs. Mary Smith, who deceased Feb. 29, 1687/8 preached, on the Lords Day following, March 4, to the auditory whereof she was a constant member. T. C. 1688 (1688) Wing C131; ESTC R5669 18,382 34

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The Duty and Support of Believers in Life and Death A Funeral Sermon ON THE DEATH OF Mrs. MARY SMITH Who Deceased Feb. 29. 1687 / 8. Preached on the Lords Day following March 4. to the Auditory whereof she was a constant Member Published at the Earnest Desire of her Nearest Relation and Others Isaiah XLVI 4. Even to your Old Age I am he and even to hoary hairs will I carry you LONDON Printed for Tho. Cockerill in the Poultrey and John Smith upon London-Bridg MDCLXXXVIII To His much Valued and Respected Friend Mr. Anthony Smith SIR AS You were pleased to assign that Province to Me of Preaching a Sermon on the sad Occasion of Her sudden Death who not many Weeks ago lay in your Bosom but is now in Abraham's so you with some others are to bear the blame whatsoever happens of its being Printed I must appeal to you and them as my Witnesses that my Inclinations were contrary to your Requests and that these Papers which now see the light should have been buried in darkness like Her whose loss we bewail if your Importunity had not pluckt them out of that Grave which I intended for them among their fellows My time is not yet come I Joh. 7. 4 6. know not whether ever it may or no to shew my self to the world in such a manner for in like cases heretofore there are some who can testifie that I am not of their number whose time is always ready because they seek to be known openly I will not trouble my self here to publish my own Infirmities the following Discourse will do that sufficiently only to prevent any from thinking that I have done something extraordinary upon this subject it will be but justice to acquaint them that fewer hours were left me wherein to prepare for this than what I commonly have for my constant work It might have been thought perhaps more proper by some for Days to speak when such Gray hairs were dropt into the place of silence because they are less obnoxious to publick censure and more able to encounter it But I must now quietly take that Lot which every Reader is dispos'd to cast upon me not expecting the same kindness and clemency from all which it is possible that I may obtain with a few For it is easie to observe that the most do pass a severe or favourable Verdict upon Discourses according as they have mens persons in contempt or admiration and too many oftentimes are kept from receiving the love of the Truth by their rooted prejudices against him that does deliver it The main thing about which I am concern'd next to the occasion it self is that so mean a Performance should follow after such a mournful Solemnity but I hope that none will measure her real worth by the very short and imperfect representation which I have given of it she hath a Record on high which Job 16. 19. speaks more fully in her praise than our poor Testimonies here below Her honoured Name did indeed deserve a more costly Embalming than I was able to bestow others may say only of me as Christ did of the Affectionate Mark 14. 8. Woman that I have done what I could I have the will to do more and therefore sincerely add that wheresoever I may be call'd at any time hereafter to preach this Gospel I shall be ready to publish the same Memorial of her as I have done in this Sermon for the glory of that Grace which was given to her Let not this revive your sorrow which is design'd as an Antidote against it Remember that the Thread was spun almost to LXIX before it broke and many thousands come not so near the ordinary limited age of man as Psal 90. 10. she did Remember also that there was the comfortable conjunction of 45 Years before the hand of God's wise and holy Providence made this afflicting separation You have cause to sing of mercy as well as judgment do not overlook the one by poring on the other I shall not forget to lift up an Hearty Prayer for you That the breach which God hath made may be abundantly repair'd and fill'd up by himself and that Jesus Christ the glorious Bridegroom to whom your late Consort is now more intimately join'd would not leave you Joh. 14. 18. comfortless but come to you That your Hoary Hairs may be yet long continued in the way of Righteousness as an Example and Encouragement to others and that God would not at last cast you off nor forsake you when Psal 71. 9. your strength totally fails but in a good old age translate you to a more happy Eternity And while I am thus praying for you I doubt not your concurrence with me in beging of God that this small Discourse may go and bring forth fruit and that its fruit may remain which will be great satisfaction to March 20. 1687 / 8. Your Friend and Servant in the Concerns of your Soul T. C. The Duty and Support of Believers c. Genesis XLIX 18. I have waited for thy Salvation O Lord. THIS Chapter contains the Prophecy which was uttered by Jacob on his Death-Bed with respect to those things which were to befall his Posterity in the latter Days It hath been observed of many of God's Servants that God hath revealed more of the Counsel of his Will to them at the close of their Lives than at any time before but that which was spoken by the Holy Patriarch here he was moved to speak in an extraordinary manner by the direction of an Infallible Spirit He mentions particular Events relating to several of his Sons and the Tribes which should come from them distinctly and in the midst of those predictions he breaks out into this Pathetical passage I have waited c. The Words seem to be a sudden Ejaculation having no strict or necessary Coherence with what goes before or follows after only as a Learned Man conjectures Charnock vol. 2. p. 1169. Jacob having compared Dan to a Serpent upon the account of its subtilty ver 17. this might mind him of that trick which the Old Serpent put upon our First Parents which laid the foundation of their fall and so he takes occasion from t●●●…e to express his Faith in that Seed of the Wo●●… who was promised to break the Serpent's Head. However this be we may reasonably suppose That so eminent a Saint when he found himself almost tired with speaking to his Children and the pains of Death taking hold of him was willing like Simeon with open Arms to receive the expected Messiah and desirous to be received by God for the Messiah's sake This Patriarch is noted to have been exercised with more troubles than any of his Progenitors and therefore he tells Pharaoh that his days had been few and evil chap. 47. 9. and besides this he had now the prospect of many Calamities which his Seed would undergo after his Decease which might