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A02735 Deaths aduantage little regarded, and The soules solace against sorrow Preached in two funerall sermons at Childwal in Lancashire at the buriall of Mistris Katherin Brettergh the third of Iune. 1601. The one by William Harrison, one of the preachers appointed by her. Maiestie for the countie palatine of Lancaster, the other by William Leygh, Bachelor of Diuinitie, and pastor of Standish. Whereunto is annexed, the Christian life and godly death of the said gentlevvoman. Harrison, William, d. 1625.; Leigh, William, 1550-1639. 1602 (1602) STC 12866; ESTC S117329 105,988 243

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godlines Much like vnto many wantons in these our dayes who deeme that diuinitie may goe by the drum whilest they vrge pyping to bring on preaching and minstrilsie to grace our ministerie with multitudes in the afternoones of many our wofull and solitarie Saboaths But to the matter in hand and point of pardons I say with Augustine O vanitie selling vanities to them that will heare vanitie and vaine are they that will beleeue it Nay rather beleeue your owne Poets who durst freely say If wee haue any thing from Rome they be trisles it receiueth our gold and deceiueth our soules Say with Veselus one of your owne Doctors Among vs in Rome Churches Priests Altars Masses Crownes Fire Incence Prayers and Heauen are set to sale yea and God himselfe among vs may be had for money Say with Budaeus The Popes Canons seeme not now to guide mens liues but if I may so say they rather serue to make a banke and to get money Say with Becket one of your owne Bishops Rome our mother is become an harlot for money reward laieth her selfe to sale If then for cōclusion my deere brethrē beloued in the best loue that euer was which is of Iesus Christ if Saints helpe not for that they heare not if Purgatorie case not for that it is not and lastly if pardons preuaile not for that they reach neither quicke nor dead why doe wee listen to these vngodly Sirens who blacken the ayre with the fogge of their dearne diuinitie and driue away al comfort from distressed soules with these wofull outcryes and doubtfull voyces Helpe Saints Purge fire Pardon Pope Away away get you hence for who euer required these things at your hands saith my God Let onely the price of the bloud of my Lord auaile me vnto the perfection of my deliuery He is my peace he is my rest in life and in death Christ is to me an aduantage O death where is thy sting Hell where is thy victorie Pope where is thy pride Purgatorie where is thy gaine Thankes be vnto God who hath giuen vs victorie peace and rest thorough our Lord Iesus Christ. And now who shall lay any thing to the charge of Gods chosen it is God that iustifieth who shall cōdemne it is Christ which is dead yea rather which is risen againe who is also at the right hand of God maketh request also for vs. And what shal diuide vs frō his loue Shall tribulation or anguish or persecutiō or famine or nakednes or perill or sword shall life or death In all these we are more then conquerours in him y● loued vs. And I am perswaded that neither death nor life nor Angels nor principalities nor powers nor things present nor things to come neither height nor depth Pope nor Purgatorie shall be able to separate vs from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesus our Lord. Ven●endo veniet Peace shall come they shall rest from their labours euery one that walketh before him Thus you haue heard I hope to your comfort of peace after war rest after toile life after death and a blessed being after a miserable bondage to all Gods children vpon the last farewell with this wofull world It now remaines we come to the second part and declare out of the text to your further comfort who are partakers of the blessing euen all such as are parties to the cause and none but such as haue walked before him All haue not faith so saith Paul All haue not peace so saith the Prophet Not euery plant is for this Orchard Not euery tree is for this building each peeble stone may noy lie with the Carbuncle Topaze or Chrysolite in the habitation of his holinesse For without shall be dogges and inchaunters and whoremongers and murtherers and Idolators and whosoeuer loueth or maketh lyes But blessed are they that doe his commandements that their right may be found in the tree of life and may enter in through the gates into the citie Blessednesse with the Apostle is to such as doe his commandements Peace and rest with the Prophet is to such as walke before him Both absolute in the promise of God both defeaseable on the condition of man It is an ouerruled case in schoole diuinitie Comminationes promissiones diuinae sunt hypotheticae comminations promises from God are conditionall euer limited within the bounds of our obedience or disobedience Yet fortie dayes and Niniue shall be destroyed if Niniue repent not and I am perswaded that yet not many yeares the whole world shall bee destroyed if the world amend not Excellent things were spoken of thee thou Citie of God but now execrable things are done to thee for that thou art fallen from God Bethel is become Bethauen the house of God the house of iniquitie Heudomus antiqua quam dispari domino dominare Thy ruines are relickes of thy sinne and iudgements of thy God God promised a Priesthood of continuance with an eternall couenant and said he would neuer faile Salomon of a sonne to succeed in that throne of gouernmēt if his children would doe right and walke in his waies but when they failed in the condition the Lord failed in his promise that they might know his promises are conditionall and his mercies euer with limitation Aske and ye shall haue seeke and ye shall finde knocke and it shall be opened vnto you so saith Christ a mercifull Messias but with this implication if yee aske not yee haue not if yee seeke not yee finde not if yee knocke not it shall not be opened vnto you And I pray you what is implied in all the titles and dignities of Christ where either he saith of himselfe or others of him that he is the way the truth and the life but that we should walk in him shine through him and liue by him or what of this that he is the doore the shepheard and the vine but that wee should enter be guided and grow together in him A Priest hee is to please our God A Prophet to instruct our soules and a king to conquer our enemies All defeaseable on our behalfe if we yeeld him no sacrifice no care no obedience I say for conclusion whatsoeuer Christ is to me I am nothing to him if Eccho-like and by reflexion I doe not answere to his holie and heauenlie call with my true faith and due obedience Qui fecit te sine te non saluabit te sine te Hee that made thee without thee will neuer saue thee without thee We are his workemanship created to good workes that we should walke in them In which walking I doe further obserue out of the text that God is no respecter of persons but euerie one that walketh shall haue peace and finde rest whether Iew or Gentile circumcised or vncircumcised man or woman rich or poore bond or free master