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A69886	The house of weeping, or, Mans last progress to his long home fully represented in several funeral discourses, with many pertinent ejaculations under each head, to remind us of our mortality and fading state / by John Dunton ...	Dunton, John, 1627 or 8-1676.	1682 (1682)	Wing D2627; ESTC R40149	361,593	708

it to be something shall we think that he cannot raise up again that which now is after that it hath fallen Far be it from us Beloved to think so but rather let us stedfastly believe that he that made us of nothing is as able to restore us from nothing For what though this may seem strange unto us as indeed it is a matter very wonderfull the Budding of Arons Rod Numb 17. 8. was very admirable but the raising of our Bodies is more wonderfull yet let us remember that it is God that doth this Consider the Author saith Augustine and take away the doubt Fifthly the Justice of God requireth that it should be so For it is a special part of Gods glory to shew forth his mercy on the godly and his Justice upon ●he wicked in rewarding them according to their works as the Apostle saith God will reward every man according to his works to them that by continuance in welldoing seek glory and honour and immortality Life eternal but unto them that disobey the truth that be contentiouss and obey unrighteousness shall be indignation and wrath Rom. 2. 6. But in this Life God rewardeth not men according to their doings and therefore Solomon speaking of the estate of all men in this world ●aith All things come alike unto all and here is the same condition to the Just and Unjust c Ecclesiast 9. 2. Nay which is more here the Wicked flourish and the Godly are afflicted The Ungodly have hearts ease and all things at will whereas the Godly are oppressed with all kind of miseries and are as sheep appointed for the slaughter It remaineth therefore that here must needs be a Resurrection after this Life that the righteous man obtain a reward of Gods free mercy and the wicked Man be justly condemned ●● everlasting pain and misery Lastly it is apparent from the Resurrection of Christ For he arose not f● himself as a private man but in our roo● and steed and for us and if he the hea● be risen then the members also mu●● needs rise again For we are united kint unto him by the bond of his spirit and his Resurrectio● is a sure pledg of our Resurrection ● being risen as the first fruits of them th● sleep see 1 Cor. 15. 20. ●o come then ●● some use and application The first Use of Confutation This may serve in the first place ●● confute the Adversary and gainsayer ● this Truth and Doctrine The Atheist scoff at the Resurrectio● to come esteeming death to be the l●● end of all things The Philosophers cou●●ed it a strange thing and hard to ●● believed Let Paul preach of the Resu●rection to come and he shall be count●● but a babler for his pains see Acts. 1● 18. he shall be esteemed and reputed ●● Festus no better than a madman see Ac● 26. 24. The Saduses they denyed the R●surrection to come Hymenaeus and ●hilaetus not discerning the spiritual Re●●rrection from the body said The Resur●ection was past already see 2 Tim. 2. 18. The Thiliasts abusing that place Rev. ●0 5. Dream of a Resurrection but for a ●●ousand years During which time they ●magin that Christ shall raign with the ●aints here on earth in great pleasure and ●elights All which are justly confuted ●●om this very place The second Use of Instruction Secondly this should teach us not to ●ourn immoderately for the dead as men ●ithout hope since when Christ comes again ●e will bring them with him see 1 Thess 4. ●4 This should teach us also to strengthen ●ur faith in this Article of Christianity ●ere being nothing that seems more im●robable to the eye of humane reason ●en that the body should be raised again ● life after it hath lain along time rotten ●nd putrified in the grave 3. And that we may be fully assured ●ereof we must do three things 1st We ●ust pray to God for his spirit as the pledg ●it 2dly We must labour for a true and lively faith in Christ who is the Resurrection and the Life and in whom whosoever believeth he shall not dye John 11 26. 3dly We must be sure of the firs● Resurrection that the Body be dead i● respect of sin and the Soul be raised up t● a lively care of newness of life Shall we believe that they will raise our bodies an● shall we doubt whether he will give us foo● and rayment and bring us out of danger and distresses far be it from us Bu● rather let us believe his promiss though there be never so gre●t unlikelyhood o● the accomplishment in respect of outward means and apearance Thus di● Abraham the Father of the faithful Rom 4. 18. and so must we also if we would b● reputed the true children of Abraham The third Use of Consolation Thirdly this may serve to comfort u● against the natural fear of Death for ●● there be a Resurrection of our bodies a●ter this life then Death is but a passage or middle way from this life to eterna● life If a begger should be commanded t● put off his old rags that he might be cloathed with rich and costly garments would ●e be sorry because he should stand naked ● while till he were wholy to be stript ●f his rags No suerly Well thus doth ●od when he calls a man to death he ●ds him put his old rags off him and ●orruption and be cloathed with the rich ●obe of Christs righteousness and im●ortal glory 2. Cor. 5. 1. Your mortal Bodies Doct. 2. In that the Apostle sayth ●at the Lord shall quicken our mor●al bodies that is the same that now ●●e mortal by reason of sin I note in the ●ext place to our comfort That the same ●odies that now we carry about with us shall ●● raised up and none other for them the ●●me I say in substance and the same in ●umber Sim. For as the wheels of a Clock being ●ken in sunder and the joynts thereof ●ade clean when it is joyned and set ●ogether again is the same in number so ●●all the Essence and substance of mans ●ody be all one which though disolved ●●all again be joyned together of God ●nd shall rise again the infermities thereof ●eing done away The Lord keepeth all the bones of the Saint saith David there shall not one of them b● broken Psal 34. 20. And the holy man Job is bold to say my self shall see him and mine eyes sha● behold him aud none other for me Job 1● 27. see also concerning this Matter i● 1 Cor. 15. 25. Reas 1. Because God hath consecrate● bodies of the faithful to be temples unt● himself 1 Cor. 3. 17. 2 Because Christ whose members w● are and to whose body our bodies shal● be conformed recieved again that body which he carried about with him Joh● 2. 19. 3 Because every one shall bear in hi● body that which he hath done be it goo● or evil 2 Cor. 5. 10. 4 The justice of God requireth it shoul● be

sleep well relish my Meat and Drink well Fool that thou art Death minds none of these things We are in the way see where the Gibbet threatens thee But a little while and thou shalt expire and with thee all thy Pomp and Luxury dies All our Life is the way to Death Sect. 41. A most Compendious and the best Permeditation upon Death Happy to be in Death first learn to live That thou mayst happy live to dye first strive THis is the Sum of all this is the Art of Arts. To live well we must learn as long as we live and which some perhaps may more admire all our life long we must learn to dye So many great Men leaving all their lumber behind when they had renounced their Riches their Pleasures and their Offices have employed themselves in this one thing to the last that they might know how to live But many of these confessing they had not learnt their Lesson have departed this Life But how shall they know this that never endeavouted to learn Most Mortals care not for living well but for living long Some then begin to live when they are ready to leave the World Hence it is that we are empty of all those Comforts which we desire at the end of our Lives fearful of death and ignorant of living VVhoever then desires to learn the Art of living let him first learn the Art of dying Perhaps some may think that needless to be learnt which is but once to be made use of Therefore it is that we are with all diligence to apply our selves to this Study For that is always to be learnt of which whither we know it or no we can never make the Experiment The great matter is not to live the great matter is to dye Sect. 42. To day for me to morrow for thee FRancis the First King of France being tak'n by Charles the Fifth when he had read at Madrid Charles's Impress upon the Wall Plus ultra Farther yet added thereto To day for me to morrow for thee The Victor took it not ill but to shew that he understood it wrote underneath I am a Man there is no humane accident but may befal me Elegantly Gregory Nazianzene The Head quoth he grows gray the Summer of Life is at Hand The Sickle is sharpn'd against us and I fear least while we are asleep and lull'd in hopes the terrible Reaper come But thou wilt say old Men fear I am young Be not deceived Death is not perfixed to any Age. The same Bier to day carries an old Man to morrow beautiful Youth to day a strong lusty Man to morrow a Virgin or an old Woman Seneca speaks to the purpose Death saith he ought to be ●et before the Eyes of young as well as old Men For we are not summoned by the Censers Books wherein the Ages of every one are set down Such a Partial Citation might serve for War but not for Death The last Farewel and Admonishment of all dying Men is this To day I to morrow Thou But the Dead alter the Sentence and they crie I yesterday Thou to day Be mindful of Death be mindful of Eternity which I yesterday thou to day or to morrow shalt begin never to end with either Sect. 43. Therefore Live while thou hast NOT for thy Wit not for thy Body not for thy Pleasure not for thy Vertues sake but for Heaven and for Gods sake Live and Act as well suffering for God as acting and labouring For thou knowest not how long thou shalt subsist nor how soon thy maker will take thee away Most wisely admonishes the wisest of Preachers Whatever thou takest in Hand to do that do with all thy power for in the Grave that thou goest unto there i● neither Work Counsel Knowledg nor Wisdom Therefore as the Apostles exhorts us Let us not be weary in well doing for in due season we shall reap if we faint not While we have therefore time let us do good unto all Men. Thou hast begun to Labour prosecute thy labour begun with a continual Industry Never cease nor intermit that Labour which may bring to Heaven For there is no moment of thy Life wherein thou mayst not gain and increase thy Heavenly Treasure In this manner therefore labour without ceasing The time of rest shall come which no labour shall ever interrupt The Life of Man is a Warfare upon Earth and like the days of a Bond-Servant are his Days A Hireling saith St. Gregory asswages the Pains of his Labour with the thoughts of his wages A Hireling is sollicitous least any day should pass him without work for he knows that the Night is for rest and that the Day is appointed for Labour Do thou therefore Labour while it is day while thou hast an opportunity to Work The Night cometh says the voice of Truth when no Man can work Therefore work while the Sun favours thee There is one that will pay thee for thy Labour Thou hast a perpetual and most accurate Overseer of thy work who is God who keeps the number of the Haires of thy Head so doth he keep an account of thy least Failings and of the smallest of thy Actions done in Honour of Him Never question it he numbers all thy steps With one leap yea with one step thou hast finished thy whole Journey to Eternity but take heed that thou fixest thy Feet right For such shalt thou be to Eternity as thou we●t at thy Death Sect. 43. If to Morrow why not to Day THere is but one and that a most ponderous Chain that holds us fast the Love of Life which as it is not always to be contemned so there is an allay to be allowed it so that nothing may hinder us but that we may be always prepared to do that presently which is at some time to be done Life is not imperfect so it be upright VVhere-ever thy end happen if thy Life be good thy end is safe St. Austin Bishop of Hippo went to visit another Bishop of his Familiar Acquaintance lying in Extremity to whom as he was lifting up his Hands to Heaven to signifie his Departure St. Austin replyed That he was a great support of the Church and worthy of a longer Life to whom the sick Person made this answer If never 't were another thing but if at any time why not now Death calls upon all Men alike Thither we must all come sooner or later of that we are certain we doubt not of that thing but of the time VVhat then Does not he seem to be the most fearful and imprudent Creature of all who with so much earnestness desires the delay of Death Would not he be the Laughing-stock of others who being Condemned among many should beg to be the last Executed Yet this is the Folly we are guilty of We think it a great happiness to die last The Capital Punishment is destined to all and by a most just determination Now