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A59969	The Christians triumph over death a sermon at the funeral of Richard Legh of Lime in the county Palatine of Chester, Esq., at Winwick in the county Palatine of Lancaster Sept. 6. 1687 / W. Shippen ...	Shippen, W. (William), 1637?-1693.	1688 (1688)	Wing S3441A; ESTC R4015	35,882	69

according to Solomons Advice Prov. 3.9 as well as with cheaper services and will cast an Eternal Glory about his Name and Memory This honour of building a House for the Almighty to dwell in Holy David was more Ambitious of than of being the Founder of the Royal Palace in Sion for himself and the succeeding Kings of Israel Which though God denied him yet he dismist him not without both a Commendation and Reward for his desiring and designing to do it And that Mans praise is inroll'd in the Everlasting Register of the Gospel who loved his Nation and built them a Synagogue Luke 7.5 But notwithstanding the largeness of his Heart and the liberality of his Hand his constant Hospitality and Private Charities his Publick Expences and Pious Works and Donations yet at the foot of the Account at his Death his Personal Estate rose up to such an unexpected heigth as can hardly be Accounted for upon any other Hypothesis than that Divine Principle That the Blessing of the Lord maketh rich Prov. 10.22 And that he replenisheth the Treasures of those that love him Prov. 8.21 when emptied in his Service Accordingly this good Man seems to have shared in the promis'd Reward of Godliness in this life and that in a higher degree than the Widow of Sarepta for while her Hospitable Barrel and Cruse kept at a stand only and wasted not his Wealth by his Religious Disbursements overflow'd 1 King. 17.14 and like the true Riches of the Mind improved by using and so became an eminent Instance and Justification of that sacred Paradox That there is that scattereth and yet increaseth Prov. 11.24 In short This Excellent Person like an unspotted Pearl was a Man of many and bright Vertues without the least stain of any known Vice. In whom we found the Loyalty and Charity of a Church of England Man the Piety and Purity of a Primitive Christian the Publick Spiritedness and Magnanimity of an Heroe with the Zeal and Constancy of a Martyr All which Vertues were in him such Originals in their several kinds as taken apart may challenge our Imitation but in Conjunction demand our Wonder And now reflecting upon what I have done in attempting to draw a Character where 't was fitter to pay Admiration as it may appear to be my Crime so also my Justification the former for the Essay the latter for the ill success of it For though the Excellency of the Theme may Impeach my Confidence for undertaking it at all yet it will at the same time Apologize for my Deficiency in performing it no better the worth of this great Man being such and so well known that it doth not need though it deserve a better Orator Besides the great commotion which I feel in my own Breast for the particular share I bear in this general loss hath so scattered my thoughts that it ought to be admitted not only to excuse a negligence of Style and a disorderly Method but to justifie them too as most proper for an Argument too bulky for the Undertaker and most becoming the tumultuariness of that Passion which hath possessed my Soul. Having now attended this Extraordinary Man through the more remarkable and Illustrious Passages of his Life we come to the last dark scene of it that of his Death which was uniform and of a piece with all the rest For as he lived the Life so he died the Death of the Righteous in the Unity and Communion of the Church of England thereby giving the most absolute Pattern of an Excellent Christian in both This sad cloudy part he adorned with the most vigorous exercise of all those glorious Graces Faith Hope and Charity wherewith he had so richly furnished himself in his life time and of all those other Divine habits peculiar to that state not only of Patience and Meekness Christian Courage and an Entire Resignment to the Divine Disposal but of Earnest Longings and Breathings of Soul to be with Christ In all things performing this last part so gracefully as when he went off the Stage not only to deserve the Plaudits of all good Men and Angels to whom he was a Spectacle but to receive an Euge and a Crown from his great Master who hath doubtless exalted him to a State of full Recompence and Transcendent Glory with himself in Heaven to his great and unconceivable Comfort though to our no less great and inexpressible Sorrow His setting like that of the Sun whose unlimited influence and bounty he emulated though it creates a Day and Joy to the other World leaves us in the Night and Darkness of gloomy thoughts for our loss A loss which must be beholding to time to be understood and to Eternity to be forgotten in a loss that is not confined within the narrow limits of a Family or a Town within the Precincts of a Hundred or a County but t is National and Epidemical t is the loss of so great and good a Man that the Gentry could not have lost a more faithful Friend the Magistracy a more worthy Associate nor the Country a more Nobler Patriot Than whom the King could not have lost a more Loyal Subject the Clergy a Stouter Champion the Church a truer Son nor the World a greater Example of all that is truly generous vertuous and praise worthy Yet we ought not only with patience but chearfulness to Contemplate and acquiesce in this great Conjugation of our losses they being also infinitely over-balanced by his gain of that Eternal and exceeding weight of glory which we are all aspiring unto and wherewith he is now certainly Crown'd amidst an innumerable company of Angels and of the Spirits of Just Men made perfect in the City of the Living God in whose presence is fulness of Joy and at whose right hand there are pleasures for evermore What we have hitherto heard and seen from both these Texts I mean the Word and Work of God may yield some useful Inferences that may reach those who are nearest concerned in this sad occasion If it be true that Death to the godly is now not only a Conquered Enemy but a real and a Confederate Friend not so much a Curse or a Cross as a great Deliverance and Blessing and if we ought to rejoyce and give thanks unto God for the Victory he hath gained and given us over it then surely we ought to be far from murmuring or immoderate Mourning when either we or any of our fellow-Souldiers are called out to Triumph over this Enemy and take possession of those Conquests as we do in part at Death But on the contrary rejoyce and give thanks Hence we may inferr a Double Duty First the Abstaining from excessive sorrow Secondly Admitting of moderate and suitable Joy. First we should hence Learn to Abstain from Excessive sorrow The voice of nature in the Heathens granted a Toleration for men to Lament their Deceased Friends and to wait upon them with Tears and Sorrow to their