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A48444 A funeral sernom [sic] delivered upon the sad occasion of the much lamented death of John Gould, late of Clapham, Esq; who put on immortality, Aug. 22, 1679 / by P. Lamb ... Lamb, Philip, d. 1689. 1679 (1679) Wing L207; ESTC R41395 22,449 89

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A FUNERAL SERNOM DELIVERED Upon the SAD OCCASION OF THE Much Lamented Death OF JOHN GOULD Late of CLAPHAM Esq Who put on Immortality Aug. 22. 1679. By P. Lamb Minister of the Gospel Be ye Followers of them who through Faith and Patience inherit the Promises Heb. vi 12. LONDON Printed by M. C. for John Smith at the Sign of the Hand and Bible on London-Bridge 16●9 TO The truly Pious and Religious GENTLEVVOMAN Mrs. JVDETH GOVLD Late Wife of JOHN GOULD Esq AND To all the rest of the Inhabitants of CLAPHAM Grace Mercy Peace c. I Did not know how to pay may Respects to the Memory of so Eminent a Saint and Worthy a Person as our late too early Deceased Friend nor how to give so lively a Testimony of my entire affectionate love to your Souls nor make my serious Sentiments and Sympathy which I bear with you in this our common loss manifest to the Worlc nor answer the Call of so Stupendious awakening a Providence if I had not according to my little skill broken the bonds of Modesty and rear'd this Pillar In perpetuam hujus Rei Memoriam inscrib'd with that golden Sentence from Heaven Mark the Perfect man and behold the Upright for the end of that Man is Peace You have here presented to you that from the Press which once you heard from the Pulpit wherein I follow the counsel and conduct of wiser heads than my own The Lord hath lately alarm'd us with much Sickness and many Deaths Death and Judgment Heaven and Hell are no little things yet I am afraid we are no more affected with them than the People of Israel were with Amasa's Death 2 Sam. xx 12. While he lay dead in their sight they all stood still but when he was removed and a Cloth laid over him they all went on in pursuit of Sheba the Son of Bichri So while we see our Friends dead or dying we are a little serious but when they are laid in their Graves we follow this World and are apt to forget Death and Judgment to come Though we know it is not the Riches of this World but the Righteousness of Christ not greatness but goodness that will stand us in stead when we die May this little Book lie before you to mind you of these things it will serve as King Philips Boy who saluted him every Morning with a Memento Philippe quod sis mortalis It contains nothing but seasonable plain truths concerning a Plain and Vpright man from one that had rather speak five words in plainness to Edification than ten thousand in a forc'd style or vain affectaion That which I greatly desire at this time is Elisha's wish to Elijah 2 King 2.9 that now you have sustained a very great loss in the departure of so useful a Friend A double portion of his spirit may be upon you I shall now leave you to read and transcribe in your hearts and copy out in your lives these few Characters and Rules of a Perfect and Vpright man that you may have Peace at the last which the God of peace grant both to you and to him Who is Your most entirely Affectionate Friend and Faithful Servant P. L. A FUNERAL SERMON ON PSALM xxxvii 37. Mark the Perfect man and behold the Upright for the end of that man is Peace A Little before Israel after their long Wilderness-Pilgrimage were to pass over Jordan Moses that eminent Servant of the Lord to whom he had committed the conduct of his People died in the last Chapter of Deuteronomy and at the 8th ver the Children of Israel wept and mourned for him 30. days and rather than he should want a Funeral Sermon the Great God with reverence be it spoken became the Preacher himself Joshua 1.2 saying Moses my Servant is dead This day you all know there is a Great Man fallen among us and what Terrible waters of Jordan we must pass through who can tell He is taken away in the fullness of his strength and in the day of his usefulness and activity your bitter mourning sad countenances and weeping eyes proclaim your sad and serious Resentment and whiles we are grieving here upon Earth that we have lost the Company of so Excellent a Person and so Dear a Friend we may take an easie prospect and see how the Glorious Angels and Glorified Spirits rejoyce and sing together in Heaven at the approach of his refined Spirit to be of their Society Out of that respect and honour that I bear to his Name and Memory and from that Reverence and Holy awe that is due to such a sad and signal Providence of the Almighty that neither He nor It may be slighted or too soon forgotten I have erected this Monument with this Inscription Mark the Perfect Man behold the Upright for the end of that man is Peace As men are wont to preserve the Memory of their dear Deceased Friends and Relations by drawing their Pictures as much to the life as they can that so they may have some shadows by them of their unexpressible worth So I would present you with this Character of our departed Friend wherein if my Pencil fail the Spirit of God hath done it to the life in this Text which is both a lively description of this deceased Saint and a full breast of living Counsels and Comforts for us his surviving Friends viz. Mark the Perfect man and behold the Upright for the end of that man is Peace This whole Psalm is the Golden Key of David that opens the Cabinet of the hidden mysteries of Providence There are mysteries in the Works as well as in the Word of God The Psalmist undertakes a Vindication of those unintelligible and astonishing Dispensations of Providence when the Supream Lord and Governour of the World shall send Prosperity into the Houses of the Wicked and cause the Sun-shine of outward Mercies to rest upon their Tabernacles and crown their Families with an affluence of all temporal Comforts When his dearest Saints sit solitary their Habitations full of darkness their Nights wearisome nights their Days days of trouble and nothing but sufferings sickness and sorrows attend them to their Grave He imparts to us this Heavenly art or skill how to discern and understand aright these various workings and dealings of God and that he doth these two ways First by shewing us the use of that Spiritual Telescope Faith by which we may perceive and give a right judgment of these things and behold the purpose of God through his Providence and be able to reconcile Providences and Promises when they seem most contrary and in the Saints most cloudy and darkest day of trouble see the bright side of the Cloud and apprehend the Sun-shine of Divine favour upon their Spirits and that when he gives the Wicked their hearts desire at the same time he sends leanness into their souls Secondly By directing us to judge of men not so much by what they have of