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A funeral sermon, preached March 13. 1697/8. For Mr. William Hartley, of Newport-Pagnel, apothecary. By J. Gibbs.
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Gibbs, John, 1627?-1699.
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A Funeral Sermon Preached March 13. 1697 8. FOR Mr. WILLIAM HARTLEY of Newport-Pagnel Apothecary Bis vivit qui bene vivit Is timeat mortem qui ad Christum ire timet By J. GIBBS Blessed are the Dead that die in the Lord from henceforth Yea saith the Spirit that they may rest from their Labours and their Works do follow them Rev. 14.13 LONDON Printed for Mark Conyers Bookseller at Newport-Pagnel And Sold by A. Roper in Fleetstreet and G. Conyers in Little-Britain 1698. TO THE Sons and Daughters OF Mr. William Hartley deceased My Friends AT the Motion of your late deceased Father which I could not withstand this home-spun Discourse was Preached on the Subject which was his own Choice and is to satisfie his Desire in this plain Dress now presented unto you His Design in Printing it was as he told you to keep him fresh in your Memory that the Proverb might not be verified in you Out of Sight and out of Mind and without doubt to remember you of that which was then coming upon him Plain Discourses if pertinent do best suit with Funeral Sermons Had it been preached in a loftier strain as possibly I could have done if the occasion would have permitted it it might have pleased itching Ears and curious Palates but would have been of little Vse unto mean Capacities the Welfare of whose Souls in Preaching ought to be respected I therefore did think it best to use the plainest Language that all might understand And if the Lord will add his Blessing that all might be profited thereby who were Auditors or into whose Hand it may come to be read Not making use of Notes in Preaching it cannot rationally be supposed that my Memory should be so tenacious as to retain every Word or Sentence that was delivered or that there should be no Omission Addition or Alteration yet I have recollected as much as I could And what is emitted added or altered I hope will be no prejudice to the Truth then â—â—sisted on Neither can it be thought that a pâ—iâ—t a Neâ—men should as much affect the Heart of the Reader as Preaching â—wa vote might do the Hearer There is as much difference usually between Reading and Hearing as there is between cold Meat and hot although the Meat be the same 〈◊〉 an hungry Stomach may make a good Meal of it or as there is let â—een Drink when the Vessel is newly broached witch is quick and palatable and when it is at the bottom and is become flat and untastable yet it may serve to quench the Thirst. The Subject treated on is very frequent and common and yet too little to awaken and rouse up our sleepy and slothful Hearts to serious diligence in and about the great Concernments of our Souls for Eternity was that great and necessary Truth which my Text holdeth forth throughly believed it would produce better Effects in the Lives of Men than do appear generally in the World That which will certainly and must unavoidably come upon us and how soon and how suddenly it may come and by what means we know not and is of the highest Importance and deserveth the greatest and deepest Consideration is that which my Text doth acquaint us with and the ensuing Discourse doth call for and press unto That this Vse may he made of it by you my Loving Friends and many others that heard it and others that may read it is the Cordial Desire of Your Kinsman and Soul's Friend J. G. Job XXX 23. For I know thou wilt bring me to Death and to the House appointed for all living IN the foregoing Chapter we have an Account of Job's Prosperity v. 1 2. to the 7th and in Metaphorical Expressions v. 19 20. As also of the Honour he was in being reverenced by Young and Old Great and Small v. 8 9 10 11. with the reason of this Honour from v. 12. to the 18. This Chapter wherein is my Text informs us of the sad Catastrophe that did befall him first his Honour was laid in the Dust and turned into the greatest Contempt from v. 1. to 14. and his Prosperity into the deepest Calamity whereof he doth most grievously Complain from v. 14. unto the words of my Text wherein three things are observable 1. The Person speaking in this Pronoun I this was Job 2. The Person spoken unto in the Pronoun Thou which is God 3. The Thing spoken or the Matter of his Speech bring me to Death For the opening of the Words I shall propound and answer three Questions 1. Who and what a one he is that did know 2. What he knew or the Object of his Knowledge 3. How he attained this Knowledge Of the first it was Job that most excellent Person that for four things had not his fellow then on the Earth 1. For Piety and Godliness Chap. 1. v. 1. His Picture was drawn by the Pencil of the Spirit of God in four Lines all which did speak him to be a most excellent Man 1. He was Vpright 2. Perfect not with a Legal or sinless Perfection but Evangelical 3. One that feared God and eschewed Evil which contains both the positive part of Holiness and the privative He was a worshipper of God and an avoider of Evil this was attested by God in the Face of his greatest Enemy v. 8. with an Addition None like him 2. For Patience who when the Messengers of most sad Tydings came thick and threefold one treading as it were upon the heels of another he blessed God as well for taking away as for giving he was so far from Blaspheming God or venting an impatient word under his sore Afflictions that he blessed God and it is said of him In all this Job sinned not nor charged God foolishly Chap. 1. v. 21 22. Presented to us as a pattern of Patience James 5.11 3. For great Affliction and Calamity he never had any equal no meer Man did ever suffer as we read of such hard things as he met with his large Estate swept away his Children destroyed Chap. 1. from v. 14. to 20. and his Body smitten with most noisom Botches from Head to Foot 4. A Non-such for recovery out of his deep Calamity his Losses doubly repaired in his Substance having 14000 Sheep for 7000 6000 Camels for 3000 1000 Yoak of Oxen for 500 and 1000 She-Asses for 500 besides seven Sons and three Daughters which were the Beauties of the Land Chap. 42. v. 12. to 16. This is the Man that had this Knowledge 2. What he knew viz. That God would bring him to Death c. 1. 'T is he would bring to Death that gave him Life he took away what he gave it is he that breathed into him and into us that breath of Life that will stop it and send him and us away 2. It is he will bring unto Death that supports Life and preserves it during his pleasure Psal 66.9 He holdeth our Soul in life in him we live move and