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A10033	The patriarchs portion or, the saints best day Deliuered in a sermon at the funerall of Sir Thomas Reynell of Ogwell in Deuon. Knight, Aprill. 16. 1618. Wherein may be seene, 1 The shortnesse of mans life. 2 A Christians combat against 1 Sathan. 2 The world. 3 The flesh. 4 Sinne. 3 A preparation to die well. 4 The reward of glory after warfare. By Iohn Preston, preacher of Gods word at East-Ogwell, in Deuon.	Preston, John, minister of East Ogwell.	1619 (1619)	STC 20282.3; ESTC S114305	28,466	80

feare God IIII. His hatred of Mammon COuetousnesse Contentednesse can no more agree together then fire and water how could he but bee content whose delight was in the Lord which as Dauid saith wil bring a man his hearts delight Godlinesse is great gaine with contentation not if a man can bee content for that brings contentation with it wheresoeuer it comes And as impossible it is for a Godly man not to bee contented as it is for a contented man to be couetous his feare of God therefore frees him from this breeding sinne of couetousnesse Couetousnesse is cruell so was not hee but kind hearted towards all What Tenant can complaine that hee did ouer rack their rents what neighbour can iustly accuse him that hee did ouer-beare them in their right or ouer-burden them with his might Couetousnesse is alwaies complaining of some thing that it wants so was not hee but most thankefully acknowledged Gods goodnesse for that hee had Couetousnesse keepes no hospitality hee did and that not onely vpon good dayes like some that will kill an Oxe or two at Christ-tide that scarce kill a Sheepe all the yeare after but all the yeare long yea many yeares together without euer seeking to liue in some corner of a City to saue charges as too many far more able then he daily doe Couetousnesse is ●unning and crafty so was not hee but like a true Nathaniel in whom there was no guile hee louing nothing better in others nor practised nothing more carefully in himselfe then plaine downe-right honest dealing V. His loue of the Truth ANd this is not ouely the worde of truth as the Gospell is called as heere it is taken that is true dealing both in word and deed Hee who knew that Dauid would not endure a lyer to tarry in his sight and that God will not suffer a lyer to come in his kingdome made it his Christian 〈◊〉 that neither his tongue might belie his heart by speaking otherwise then he thought nor his hands belie his tongue by doing otherwise then hee spake Li● not one to another saith the Apostle for you are members one of another VI. His loue ANd indeed such was his loue to his fellow mēbers that he took as tenderly what did touch thē as if himselfe had felt it his sympathie fellow-seeling of his brethrens wrongs made him ready to heare any poore mans complaint and to helpe them if hee could sometimes speaking for them sometimes writing for them with his owne hand alwayes in his heart pittying the poore and oppressed Hee knew how fatall it is for members of the same bododie to fall out amongst themselues and therefore hee was alwaies busie in that blessed worke of making peace Composing controuersies and ending sutes of Law sometimes by faire words intreating sometimes by giuing counsell aduising sometimes by plaine and and pregnant places of Scripture conuincing the wilfull there were not many dayes in the whole yeare excepting the Sabbath wherein hee was not sought vnto and many times would hee sit from morning till night hearing and examining such matters as came before him being demanded by some why hee would sit so long so tyring out himselfe spending his spirits and endangering his health his answer was that by his place and calling and good of his countrey hee was to doe it and for himselfe hee said hee was as a Candle wasting himselfe to giue light to others disquieting himselfe to quiet others and troubling himselfe to free others from trouble To conclude this particular there are more then many that can witnesse that as it was said of Iob so wee may say of him that he was eyes to the blind feet to the lame a father to the poore and a friend to all Finally for his good name the sweet sauour of it spread it selfe further then himselfe was knowne and begins now after his death to grow stronger and stronger Iacobs body was neuer embalmed with so sweet spices as this mans name and memory is seasoned with the sauour of his vertues and euer shall be honoured with variety of fresh praises which not only his godly life which you haue heard but his gracious death which in a word you shall heare will alwaies afford It is the nature of naturall motions that the nearer they come to their end the swifter they are surely we may easily imagine that this mans motion to heauen was come naturally such haste he did make thither now towardes his end Hence it was that he professed that he was wearie of this world wherein he neuer found any sound comfort or content that hee was desirous to goe to his owne home for here hee sayde he was but a stranger and pilgrim not long before he fell a sleep he cited two verses of the 39. Psalme The words are these Heare my prayer O Lord and hearken vnto my cry keepe not silence at my teares and with those wordes wept for I am a stranger with thee and a saiourner as all my fathers were stay thine anger from me that I may recouer strength before I goe hence and bee no more seene What shal I say of his humble Confessiō that hee was a great sinner his strong Considence in Christ his Sauiour that sweete peace of conscience which hee did finde in his foule by the assured remission of his sins and that infallible assurance of saluation that hee should l●●e for euer with God of which and other points he sweetly discoursed fiue dayes before his death not without sighes and teares the true messengers and best Orat●rs of a penitent soule Thus might he at his death make as bolde a profession as that good Bishop I haue so liued that I am neither affraid to die quickly nor ashamed to liue l●nger hee need not indeed for a good life is the forerunner of a good death As I●r●● saith I haue not read nor heard but that hee who liued well died well Thus wee know this Worshipfull Knight and worthy Gouernour in his Country liued and thus we doubt not but he died in the Lord and liueth with the Lord. The Lord grant vs all grace to liue and die in him Amen FINIS a Iob. 1. 1 b Iam. 5 11 c Iob. 1 ●1 d Iob. 14 1 e Gen. 47 9 f Gen. 25. 7 g Gen. 35 28 h Iob. 10. 28 i Iob. 1 12 k Ver. 4. l V●● 17. m Iob. 2 7 n Iob. 2 9 o Iob. 16. 2 p Heb. 9 27 q Iob. 14 5 r 2 S●m 12 18 s Gen. 5 27 t Eccl 3 12 u Gen. 15 13 x Exo. 12 41 y Psal. 77 19 z Gal. 4 4 a Ioh 8 59 b Ioh. 11 57 c Ioh. 18 4 d Mat. 28 6 e Gen. 8 22 f Iob. 14 16 g Psal. 39 4 h Mat. 10 30 i Gen. 4 81 k Gen 7 21 l Gen. 19 24 m Num. 15 36. n Iudg. 19 29 o Iug. 16 30 p Luk. 13 4 q Iug. 4 21 r 1 King 13 24 s 2 King 2 24 t Luk. 23 39 Vse 1. u Act. 23. 12 x Den. 34 5 y 1 Kin. 2 10 z 2 Chro. 〈◊〉 12 Use 2. a Mat. 10 29 b Amos 3 5 c Deut. 28. 21. 3 Vse d Iob 14. 14. e Phil. 3. 21. f 〈◊〉 Kin 6. 23. g Eccles 7. 4 h Ioh. 16 21 i 1. Sam. 2. 6. k Phil. 1. 23. l Heb. 13. 14. m 1 Pet. 2. 1. n Psal. 39. 12 o Gen. 18 27 p Psal. 22. 6. q Rom. 6. 23 r Iob 30. 23 s Iob 4. 19. t 2 Cor. 5. 1. 4 u 2 Tim. 3. 12. x Acts 14 22 y Iug. 9 54. z 1 Sam. 31 4. a 2 Sam. 17. 23. b Mat. 27. ● 5 c Luk. 12. 40. d Isa. 38. 〈◊〉 e Psal. 51. 4. f Rom. 12. 18 g P●o. 1. 24. h Eccles. 12 1. Doct. 2. i 1 Pet. 5 8 k Gen. 3. 1 l Mat. 4 3 m Luk. 4 2 n Eph. 6. 15 o 1 Pet. 5 9 p 1 Iob. 5. 4 q 2 Cor. 16 13 r Luk. 22 31 s Rom. 1 16 t Heb. 4 11 u Psal. 119 105 x Tim. 3. 15 y 2 Kin 20 2 z Iona. 2 1. a Psal. 50. 15 b Luk. 18. 13 c 2 Tim. 4 10 d Iam. 4 4 e 1 Ioh 2. 15 f Luk. 1 52 g Psal. 1 3 7 8 h 1 Ioh 2 19 i Iob. 1. 10 k Ioh 14. 1● l Ioh. 16 8 m 1 Cor. 1● 20 n Ioh. 17 9 o Ioh. 18. 36 p Rom. 12. 2 q 1 Cor. 7 31 r Gal. 5 17 s Pro. 16 32 t 2 Pet. 2 19 u 1 Pet. 2. 11 x 1 Cor. 9. 27 y Col. 3. 5. z Rom. 7. 25 a 2 Cor. 5. 21 b Iosh. 10. 27 c Reu. 5. 5. d Heb. 2. 14 e Iug. 16. 3. f Iude 23. g Acts. 15. 9. Vse 1. h Matth. 24. 42. i Mat 26. 4 k 1 Cor. 〈◊〉 34. l 1 The. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 m Mat 26 46. n Reu. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 o Pro. 8. 33. p Isa. 32. 18. q Mat. 26. 38. r Luke 12. 40. Use 2. s Gen. 7. 23. t Gen 19. 24. u ●ug 16. 21. x Ion. 〈◊〉 ●5 y Lu● 12. 1● z 1 Thess. 5. 3. a Reu. 2. 17. b Reu. 2. 26. c Reu. 2. 7. d 2. Tim. 4. 7 e 2 Tim 2. 34. f 1 Cor. 9. 25 g 2 Cor. 4. 17. h Psal. 66. 12 i Nah. 1 12 k 2 Cor. 1 7 l Esa. 38. 1 m Ioh. 14 〈◊〉 n Re. 16. 10 o Mat. 3 12 p Iob. 10 21 q Heb. 10 17 r Reu. 9 20 s Reu. 20 10 t Iudg. 1 6 u 1 Tim. 2 8 x Mat. 22 13 y Reu. 〈◊〉 6● z 2 Tim. 4 8 a Iam. 1. 12 b 1 Pet. 5 4 c Gen. 5 29 d Iob. 21 15 e Rom. 6 23 f Rom. 1. 6 g Eph. 2 8 h 1 Chro. 29 14. i Rom 11. 35 k Coll. 1. 10. l Acts 26. 20 m Tit. 2. 14 n Ioh. 15. 5● o Iam. 3. 13 p Heb. 10. 24 r Pro. 1 7 s Eccl. 12. 13 t Eph. 4. u Iob 24 15 16.

formally good till he be ingraffed into Christ and therefore it should be our wisedome and comfort to shew by good conuersation our works and our loue to prouoke one another to good works A faith busie in obedience and fruitfull in good works is the fruits of profitable Preaching and conscionable hearing a godly life is the Christians badge whereby he is knowne it is the Ensigne shewing whose Souldier he is and to whom he belongeth As the pleasant and delghtfull fruit which the Spies brought out of the promised land shewed that that was pleasant and profitable so a godly conuersation sheweth that a man is the child of God and seruant of Christ. Last of all let this serue to exhort all true Christians to liue godly in this present life alwayes to look for yea and long for death to welcome and embrace it when it doth come for there is no other meanes to put an end vnto our troublesome Warfare and to put vs in possession of our promised reward but onely death The poore Apprentice counts when the date of his Indentures ende that hee may bee made free the Day-Labourer lookes when the Sunne will set that he may leaue worke The Seafaring man and Passenger is faine when they come within kenne of land that they may attaine the Hauen and shall not we whose Indentures end not but by death who must not leaue working till the Sunne of our life be set and who can neuer come within ken of the Hauen of Heauen till we see some signes of death welcome it with all our hearts It is no wonder indeed if the wicked looke pale and wanne at the warning of death because they discry beyond death a day of Iudgement and beyond that they behold hell well may they be deiected when they feele sicknesse and almost desperate when they finde the pangs of death vpon them for besides the paine of death euery sinne serues as a Fury to torment the soule and to make it loath to depart out of the prison of the body But the godly who haue wrastled and made Warre here with their spiritual enemies are glad to heare that the time is come when they shall be crowued It was a cleare heart nothing els could doe it that gaue so bold a f●rehead to that good Bishop who durst on his death-bed professe I haue so liued as I neither feare to die nor shame to liue for if we so l●… as alwayes looking when we shall die we shall so die as not doubt but be Crown●d with Christ in his Kingdome The Commendations of the deceassed Partie ANd now blessed and beloued Brethren That little Boxe of oyntment which I haue brought for the buriall of this worthy and Worshipfull Knight I hope you will giue mee leaue to powre forth for a good name is like a pretious oyntment powred out and I doubt not but to fill the house with the sauoure of it and though I cannot sufficiently set forth his commendations yet I dare not so much wrong him that deserued it or you that expect it or my selfe that owe it as to be altogether silent lend me your patience then a little till I discharge this due debt of deserued praise not to be denyed vnto the dead To liue well and to die well as they are inseperable companions so they are the most certaine tokens of a true Christian and the greatest commendations that in fewest words can bee giuen a man which whether they bee not due to the deceassed Partie those that knew him best can well witnesse and you will confesse when you shall haue heard the particulars which I can but onely point at The Hebrew Doctors say of their meanest Magistrates whom they call the Court of three men that there must be in euery one of them these seuen properties VVisedome Meekenesse The feare of God Hatred of Mammon Loue of the Truth Loue of their fellow Creatures that is of other men and that they be men of good name and these seuen are indeed the same in effect with those that we finde mentioned in Exod. 18. 21. and Deut. 1. 13. And did sweetly concurre in this Man menaging the affaires of the Common wealth wherevnto he was called and did carefully and consciouably discharge I. His wisedome FOr first his wisedome was well tryed and prooued to be sound in his singular dexterity to search into and his happy successe in putting an ende to such Causes and Controuersies as were committed to him which commonly were as many and materiall us to any one man and what was it but his wisedome and mature iudgement which made cunning and crafty Companions by all meanes feare to come before him lest they should be detected and poore ignorant and innocent people so fast to flocke vnto him that they might be directed by his direction II. His Meekenesse ANd how could hee chuse but bee wise who was so meeke and so mildely and calmely did he ●●rry himselfe that as the Heathen Hit●ites when they saw Abrahams meeke and milde carriage towards them saide surely thou art a Prince of God amongst vs so stubberne and sturdy Malefactors were almost well pleased with those punishments he inflicted vpon them so sweetly tempered with meeke and soft answers to their doubts and admonitions for their well doing Thus did he carefully practise that precept of the Apostle which as it concernes all Christians so particularly Ministers and Magistrates Gal. 6. 1. Brethren if a man be fallen by occasion into any fault ye which are spirituall restore such one with the spirit of meekenesse considering thy selfe least thou also bee tempted III. His feare of God ANd how could he chuse but be both ●ise meeke whose soule was seasoned with the fear of God which is both the beginning of Salomons Prouerbs The feare of the Lord is the beginning of wisedome And the end of Salomons preaching Heare the end of all feare God and keepe his Commandements for this is the whole man without this I know not whether men be more foolish or fierce by this they are made both wise and meeke and for his feare of God though this be a sparke which the firy eyes of God can discerne the fleshly eyes of men may be deceined yet those that knew him how duely and daily he obserued his Deuotions both for prayer and reading How willingly and feelingly hee would conferre of matters of Religion how deepely hee detested all Poperie and superstition how diligently he frequented the gates of Gods house how attentiuely hee hearkened to the preaching of Gods Word and for the helpe of his memory would note downe many worthy sayings deliuered by diuers Preachers which were found in his studie after his death how wisely he made choyce of such bookes as may help forward our mortification wherein hee could not too much commend Master Perkins Workes the Deceitfulnesse of the heart and the Practice of Pietie must needs confesse that hee did indeed truely