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A57739	The blessedness of departed saints in their immediate enjoyment of God in glorie Propounded and improved in a funeral-sermon, upon Revel. 14.13. March 3. 1651. By Joseph Rowe, minister of the Gospel, and pastor of Buckland-monachorum in Devon.	Rowe, Joseph, b. 1617 or 18.	1654 (1654)	Wing R2067A; ESTC R218416	20,652	33

heaven Although the body of this Saint had not a pompous funeral as the rich mans had yet his soul was attended by the glorious Angels and by them instantly conveyed to the glory of heaven represented under these tropical expressions 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 * Rom 4.11 Abrahams bosom This happiness is represented by the bosom of Abraham rather than of any other Saint because he is the * Peter Matt. in 2. reg 2. Father of all those that believe and the head as it were of all those men whom God takes into covenant with himself The phrase is borrowed either from * Cameron Mytoth in locum Marriners who carry their ships out of the tempestuous Waves into the good harbour or quiet bosom of the sea or from the * Capel Spicil in ocum custom of the Eastern Nations who at their banquets use to lean on lie in each others bosom or rather From the practise of tender parents hugging and imbracing their little ones into their bosoms Even so the souls of the Saints immediately upon death are carried by the Angels who are Gods Pilots from the troublesom sea of this world to rest and safety in the harbour of heaven and to sit down as at a banquet with Abraham and other believers in that glorious place where they shall be honoured not onely with the fellowship and imbraces of the Saints but of God himself their tender Father in whose * Psal 16.11 presence there is fulness of joy and at whose right hand there are pleasures for ever more Thus was it with Lazarus and thus shall it be with all the Saints the ending of this life will be to them the beginning of happiness in the next When their faith ends as it doth when this life ends then shall they receive the salvation of their souls 1 Pet. 1.9 There is a passage in the 12 of Eccles 7. fully declaring the condition of souls in and after death and I hope I may without A rigid censure place it under this Topick place The words are these Then meaning the time of death shall the dust return to the earth as it was and the spirit shall return to God who gave it As certainly as the dust that is the body goeth down to the dust so certainly the spirit that is the soul goeth up unto God to be judged and to receive Either of his justice in a sentence of immediate condemnation or of his mercy in an instantly beginning and everlasting salvation The soul without delay upon its separation from the body repairs to God to receive according to her demerits either chains and torments in hell the prison of disobedient spirits or frcedom and blessedness in heaven the mansion of glory And this is the first Scripture Argument Secondly the truth of the former Doctrine may be demonstrated The second Argument of Scripture to prove the former Doctrine from such Text of holy Writ as hold forth the knowledge and faith of Gods people in and about their immediate happiness after death and their desires to depart hence that so they may be with Christ in happiness and glory We may read the knowledge and faith of the Saints about this truth in that excellent portion of Scripture 2 Cor. 5.1 We know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved we have a building of God an house not made with hands evenal in the heavens In this verse our * Calvinus in locum body is compared to a tent or tabernacle the glory of heaven to an eternal house When the soul is called away from sojourning in the tabernacle of the body she instanly goeth to dwel in that eternal house of glory above This the Apostle and other of the Lords people knew and believingly received as an undoubted truth And upon this account is it that death hath been so earnestly desired by them I have a desire said S. Paul to be dissolved and to be with Christ which is farr better Phil. 1.23 Yea this is the defire of all the Saints 2 Cor. 5.8 We are confident and willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. The souls of the Saints straightway upon death enter into the society and fellowship of Christ in glory Assoon as they depart hence they go to Christ and are present with him instantly upon their absence from the body Now the knowledge and faith of the Lords people concerning this was it that made them so desirous of death Did their souls die or sleep or pass through the penances of Purgatory before they went up to heaven death were not so desirable as the Saints guided by the unerring spirit know it to be neither yet should they be with Christ upon death which they fully know and firmly believed but in an estate of further distance from Christ then whilst they were here upon earth which is expresly contradictory to the word of Truth The last Scripture-Argument The third Scripture-Argument for probation of the Ductrine I shall urge for confirmation of the former Truth is deduced from Scriptures representing promises from God to the Saints of immediate entrance into glory upon their respective dissolutions and the prayers of dying Saints that God would according To his promise receive up their souls to himself in glory We may see these promises in the following quotations The first is Esay 57.2 He shall enter into peace they shall rest in their beds each one walking in his uprightness In these words we have a gracious promise made out to all those that walk uprightly before God that upon their deaths they shall enter into peace and rest in their beds These expressions He shall enter into peace import and hold forth that happiness which upon death shall be bestowed upon the souls of the upright in their immediare enjoyment of God in glory the last clause they shall rest in their beds sheweth that as the * Synod Annot. in locum souls of the Saints go unto a place of rest bliss so their bodies are laid to rest in the grave as in a bed or bed-chamber until the generall resurection The other quotation is Luke 23.43 To day said Christ to the penitent thief thou shalt be with me in paradise That is this very day in thy soul thou shalt be with me in Paradise Christ means not the earthly Paradise for that is supposed destroyed by the flood neither can the soul which is spiritual be affected with earthly delights but the caelestial Paradise which is no other than heaven as is plain by 2 Cor. 12.2 4. verses The Greek word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 * Paser lex Graecolat signifieth a most pleasant garden set forth with fruitfull trees of all sorts And by a * Diodati in 23 Luke 43. figure taken from the garden where Adam was put when he was in the state of innocency is here used as elsewhere in *

THE BLESSEDNESS of Departed SAINTS In their immediate enjoyment of GOD in glorie Propounded and improved in a Funeral-Sermon upon Revel 14.13 March 3. 1651. By JOSEPH ROWE Minister of the Gospel and Pastor of Buckland-monachorum in Devon 2. COR. 5.1 We know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved we have a building of God an house not made with hands eternal in the heavens LONDON Printed by W. Bentley for F. Eaglesfield at the Marygold in S. Pauls Church-yard Anno Dom. 1654. To the READER Courteous READER THe plain Meditations hereunto annexed conceived at first for the Pulpit from thence delivered at the Funeral of a gracious * M.C. Wife to E.C. Esquire Gentlewoman to the ears of a few are now providence so disposing made publick and in the same Attire presented to the eyes of many This short address humbly be speaks thy kind acceptance of them and a lodging for them in the treasurie of thy heart The common good of souls is I assure thee the great design of the Author and of the present undertaking And if God be pleased to witness to his own precious Truth managed in this little discourse and by it convey light to any soul I shall account my self a rich gainer by this adventure whatsoever hazards I run in it My prayer is that GOD WHO QUICKENETH THE DEAD would put life into these dead papers and by his own holy SPIRIT lead into the ways of blessedness they direct unto and in the end of thy earthly pilgrimage crown thee with blessedness in the kingdom of glorie This is the earnest desire of him who is Thine to love and serve in the Ministerie of the Gospel JOSEPH ROWE March 15. 1653. THE BLESSEDNESS Of Departed SAINTS In their immediate enjoyment of GOD in Glorie REVEL Chap. 14. Vers 13. part of it Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth yea saith the spirit that they may rest from their labours and their works do follow them THere is controversie amongst Interpreters concerning the cohaerence and dependancy of this verse The context cleared Most refer it to the foregoing * Mede Cla. Apocalipt Some few to the following verses but it is not much material how we state the relation of the words so we carefully inquire into and retain their sense and meaning The scope and drift of the Text is The scope of the Text proposed to comfort the Saints against the fear of death whether natural or violent The consolation held forth in it is drawn from the happiness that departed Saints enjoy upon the very moment of their dissolution And herein the Lord deals like a wise Physitian who applieth cordials to revive and keep up the spirit of his fainting Patients So doth our gracious God! He here tenders a rich and Sovereign Cordial to revive and heighten fearfull and dejected Souls against the dreadfull threatnings of the evil day Assuring them by a voice from heaven utte red by the spirit of truth that the greatest evils yea death it self do but make way for the speedier passage of Saints to eternalfelicity Though believers die either in or for the Lord yet herein they are blessed and that instantly upon their death in resting from their labours and in receiving the reward of their works Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henee forth c. In the words are two general parts Division of Text First A Point propounded Blessed are the dead which c. Secondly A proof fit exhibited and laid forth yea saith the spirit that they c. In the former of these are three Circumstances First Gen. subdivided First A priviledge Blessedness Blessed Secondly the persons to whom it belongs The dead which die in the Lord. Thirdly the time when this glorious Priviledge comes to be enjoyed This is carried under those expressions from henceforth Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth In the second General are two Particulars Second General subdevided 1. The Person asserting the former Truth The spirit 2. The Reasons alledged for confirmation of the Truth and they are two The first is taken from the rest of departed Saints They are blessed that dye in the Lord that they may rest from their labours that is because they rest from their labours 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that * Pareus in locum being put for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 because The second reason is grounded upon their reward Their works that is by a Metonymie the * Piseator Napier Junius Bullinger Diodati Leigh Gerhard reward of their work do follow them Both reasons as Pareus observes are taken from racer● who having attained the mark enjoy a twofold benefit rest and reward These Particulars being too many to be all dispatched at this time the first General shall by Gods permission be the boundary of my speech and your attention 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Blessed are the dead dying or which dye in the Lord from henceforth I shall first explain the terms that are shadowed with any difficulty First General explained and next give out such Doctrines as may warrantablely be erected upon this Scripture-foundation That which is to be handled by way of explication is First the meaning of the word Blessed Secondly who they are that are here said to die in the Lord. Thirdly what time is especially intended by these particles of time From henceforth We begin to open the priviledge held forth under the tearm Blessed and to shew what is meant by it There is as Divines distinguish A 3 fold Blessedness What is meant by term blessed 1. Naturae of nature This Adam had during the short time of his abode in Paradise 2. Gratiae of grace Thus the Saints are happy even in this life This blessedness our Saviour speaks of in that excellent Sermon of his upon the Mount Matth. 5. Chap. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11. verses This is called most often by Polemick Authours Beatitudo viae the blessedness of the way 3. Gloriae of glory This appertains only to departed Saints and is in other terms called beatitudo patriae the blessedness of the countrey This again is 2 fold Inchoata inchoate or initial This is that blessedness which is bestowed upon the soul immediately upon its separation from the body and of this blessedness is our Text to be understood Or Consummata consummated and perfect which is that high and eminent degree of blessedness and glory which is to be given forth to the body and soul at the last day The next expression to be opened is Who they are 2. Dissiculty opened who they are that die in the Lord. that are here said To die in the Lord The greek is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 we render it The dead which die in the Lord. 1. There is a double exposition given of this clause Some interpret dying in the Lord of dying for the