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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89505	A sermon preached at the funerall of M. Christopher Love, in St. Laurence church, August, 25. 1651. By Thomas Manton, minister of the gospell at Stoak-Newington near London.	Manton, Thomas, 1620-1677.	1651 (1651)	Wing M535; Thomason E641_7; ESTC R206708	6,559	16

then be sure they shall never trouble your soul again It is the great fault of Christians that when they come to dye they come altogether naked it is an ill favoured thing to see a man stark naked Christians should come cloathed with the White Robes of Christs Righteousness for the grave hath no power over them 2. Strive for an assurance of Gods love mine eyes have seen thy salvation therefore now let thy servant depart in peace now let me dye saith old Jacob when he had seen his son Joseph when you have seen Jesus Christ when you can say experimentally he is my portion then you may bid welcom to any death death never comes untimely to such a man though he may be cut off by some sudden stroak if he hath an interest in Jesus Christ A sinner though he live to be an old man yet he is accursed 3. Mortifie Corruption he dyeth well that mortifieth corruption first see your sins dead before you come to dye Either sin must dye or we must dye What should an unmortified man do with heaven that would be no place for his abode because there are no carnal Bestial delights there when wicked men go howling to hell then might God say go see whether your vain delights can save you 4. There must be a holy Life and Conversation Men live as though they never thought to dye and then they dye as if they never thought to live they that are not ashamed to live are not affraid to dye We have a singular instance of this in our deceased brother Balaam would fain dye the death of the righteous but he would not live the life of the righteous if we are careful to observe these directions then our last hour will be our best hour The third Use is to improve the comfort of Christs Victory 1. Improve it for your friends that are departed in the Lord Why should we weep in the day of their preferment Christians in the primitive times at the solemnizing of their friends Funerals had wont to light Tapar sing Psalms and rejoyce in the Lord but may some say Sir do you not read when Stephen was stoned to death that certain devout men carried him and made great lamentation for him Acts 8. 2. But for answer to this mourn for your friends deceased but not distractedly mourn for them as those that know they shall meet their friends in glory when you weep for your friends it should be like rain upon earth when the Sun shines 2. Improve it for your selves and that in your life time 1. In your resolutions that you may be willing to dye we are apt to linger ond linger and fain we would live a little longer but alass what Prince would be willing to be uncrowned this argueth a great deal of carnallity Christians are begotten to a lively hope 2. Improve it in your death against the fear of death death it self startles the Creature When once you come to Heaven death shall molest you no more Believers when they come to heaven shall have the same welcom that Jesus Christ had the Angels shall carry your soul into Abrahams bosom Luk. 16. 22 there shall a train of Angels carry your soul into eternal Glory Lastly Bless your Redeemer that hath freed you from the fear of death Jesus Christ hath given himself a ransom for thy soul he hath satisfied Divine Vengeance for thy sins Many men give their lives to death for their Prince but here is a Prince that gives his life for his People It remains that we speak a little concerning this our deceased Brother I might speak much concerning those ravishing Comforts that he had in his soul What a rare assurance he had of heaven as a patern most worthy of your imitation He was a man eminent in Grace A man of a singular Life and Conversation When he was to dye he professed high thoughts of his Congregation Therefore I pray do not frustrate his expectations when he looks to finde you among the sheep the Lord grant you be not found among the goats do not think that now he is gone his truths are gone too for God will require them at your hands God takes an exact account how long a Minister hath been in such a place what good a people hath got under his Ministery The Lord grant that you may now reap the fruit of all his labours I might speak much more but I will forbear The Lord bless what you have heard and give you understanding in all things FINIS August 30 1651. Imprimatur JOHN DOWNAME