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A49502 Death the sweetest sleep, or, a sermon preach't on the funeral of Mr. William Hiett, late citizen of London by Tho. Lye ... Lye, Thomas, 1621-1684. 1681 (1681) Wing L3531; ESTC R5710 14,347 36

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the 5 foolish Virgins Let your Lamps be both Lighted and Trim'd and burning Your Lord coms in an hour that you look not for Mat. 24.44 and 25.16 Paul was ready i. e. prepared to be offer'd up 2 Tim. 4.6 Job is ready and prepared All the daies of his appointed time waiting till his change com Job 14.14 Set your houses and hearts in order Isa 38.1 Never rest till you have gotten a Well-grounded assurance of your real interest in Christ and of your undoubted title to Heaven through him Fight the good fight Keep the Faith Be indeed dead mortified crucified To the World and all in it Then may you with Paul in an Holy Triumph set your Foot on the Head of This stingless Serpent 1 Cor. 15.55 2 Tim. 4.7 8. and breath forth your Soul into your Gods Bosom in the Swan-like Song of good old Simeon Domine nunc dimittas Lord now Lettest thou thy Servant depart in peace and sleep and rest in peace Luk. 2.19 20. 2. Particularly To the DISCONSOLATE RELICT and near Relations of our Worthy Friend Deceased 'T is Tru It is and can not but be A day of darkness of clouds and thick darkness To you and us It hath pleased the Allwise God To take from you The guide of your youth the desire of your eies the delight of your Soul and from us and our Society A very considerabl Pillar For this we do and cannot but truly mourn But yet both you and we must remember that we mourn as becomes Believers not as those that hav no hope but according To the Apostles Advice 1 Thess 4.13 14. Something I suppose you expect concerning our dear Friend departed I confess I hav not the art of embalming the dead And whilest I utter any thing of them would not willingly giv the least occasion To Any To cry out assomtimes they did of that great Lawyer Now Now He pleads not for the Caus but his Fee However had I not been so happily prevented by that fair full proportionat character which that Reverend and Faithful Minister of Christ gave of him to that solemn Assembly that waited on his Herse To his Grave 'T is more than probabl that I should hav ventur'd at som dashes at least with my Ruder Pencil which now to do after such an Apelles would bee not so much To add a gloss and lustre as a Blot and soil To so well drawn a Picture And yet for All this I should not be able To stem the Tide of my Affections did I not greatly fear that should I giv them the least rein they would soon transport me into som Excesses concerning my dear faithful and Friendly Gaius For such He was to me and mine from the first hour we saw his face which is now near 23 years which A Malevolent Capricio would not stick To censure for Paint and Flattery However before I Take my leav of his Ashes Giv me leav To Tell the World that he liv'd and died with a perfect Antipathy against Popish Principls and Practises dreaded the Return of Popery as much if not more than Death bewailed and abhorred the Debaucheries of the Times and place wherin he lived A cordial well-wisher to the best of Men and Interests What A sober Citizen he was and How Tru An Englishman let the Common Council speak amongst whom he sate for many years and his Vote was alwaies for Truth and peace and soberness both in City and Kingdom As for his charity The backs and Bellies of the poor Orphans of Christs Hospital may be instead of Tongues to declare it As for his justice in Commerce and Trade that sparkling Diamond in the Ring of Christian Profession The whol Circl of his Acquaintance To my utmost Observation giv him this Attest That his Word to Him was as Obligatory as His Bond and what he spake with his Mouth he would faithfully fulfil with his Hand A false Tongue and Ballance were both an abomination to Him He had learnt that from the God of Truth and Righteousness He durst not go beyond or defraud his Brother in any matter as well Knowing That his just All-seeing God would avenge that A Word to his Mournful surviving-half and I shall dismiss both the Text and this Assembly Your nearest dearest Bosom Friend is now gon to sleep to sleep in Jesus It cannot be long you know not how soon you may from Heaven be called to mingl Ashes with him Whatever you clearly saw and dearly lov'd as Truly good in him take it for your Copy Never forget that good God that gav you so large an Interest in his Heart and Hand Your God by Him has fill'd your Hand with power O may the same God fill your Heart with grace most faithfully to improve your All for him who hav so graciously received your All from Him Fix and keep your ey steady on Luk. 12.48 FINIS