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A33279 A sermon preached at the funeral of Mr. Nathaniel Aske, late rector of Somerford-Magna in North-Wilts by John Clark. Clark, John, fl. 1676. 1676 (1676) Wing C4477; ESTC R11583 11,530 36

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same of all true Believers 2 Cor. 5.2 For in this we groan earnestly desiring to be cloathed upon with our house which is from heaven And that they are rather willing to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord according to that of 2 Cor. 5.8 Now there may be several Reasons given for the ground of this Doctrine that you may the better believe it As First Because Believers know and are well assured that the day of death is better then the day of a mans birth Eccles 7.1 When a man is born he comes into misery a world of misery what tongue is able to express the internal and external troubles of this life I could enumerate in divers cases both as to the one and other but I pass them over Now death puts an end to all these miseries to Gods people and therefore no wonder that the Servants of God have in them such a willing desire after death Secondly Because a faithful Soul when it departeth is immediately after death with Christ I desire to depart and to be with Christ And thus saith the Apostle it is Melius it is better yea it is Multo melius it is much better nay yet again it is Multo magis melius we must bear with St. Pauls incongruity of speech it is much more better to be with him And to the same purpose speaks the same Apostle 1 Cor. 15.19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ we are of all men most miserable Believers the Children of God are most miserable that is if in this life in this world only for the present we have hope and confidence in Christ and the height of our confidence reach no further then we we poor Christians we the Faithful in the world we of all men are most miserable yea we are more miserable then any other men Thirdly Again Believers have in them a willing expectation and desire after death because they have hope in their death Prov. 14.32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness but the righteous hath hope in his death It is by death Believers come to be partakers of the object of their hope The time when the righteous hath hope is in his death In the evil day in time of greatest disconsolation when Friends stand weeping and wringing their hands when speech sight senses strength fail when riches will not profit a man when Physicians are of no value when all creatures prove miserable Comforters and when all human helps fail then then is a Christians Soul full of hope and may comfortably use this motto Spero meliora Though I leave loving Friends near and dear Relations many outward comforts and enjoyments yet I hope to enjoy and inhabit an house not made with hands eternal in the heavens whose builder is God So that Believers upon this ground are willing to dye because they have hope in their death Fourthly Again Believers have in them a willing desire of death because here they look upon themselves but as Pilgrims and Strangers They are in this world but not of this world for Heaven is a Believers proper Country and a Believers desire is after this Heavenly Country Heb. 11.16 But now they desire a better country that is an heavenly A wicked mans Country is here below here he lives and here he desires to live An Unbeliever is a Citizen of the world Terrae filius a Son of Earth he is one that minds only Earthly things his delights his contentments his portion his happiness are in this life see Psalm 17.14 and there you will find it so But now a true Believer is a Citizen of Heaven a Free-Denizen of that Country where Jesus Christ is at the right hand of God Believers do disclaim and disown the World as none of theirs The World accounts them as Strangers and so they account themselves And as they disclaim the World so they lay claim to Heaven We desire say the Apostles 2 Cor. 5.2 to be cloathed upon with our house which is from heaven And indeed there is nothing that a Christian hath that is worth the having that he hath as a Christian but it is in Heaven as is well noted by a Reverend Divine Houses Mr. Jer. Dike Lands Possessions Goods Riches Honours these men have not as Christians but as men these are common to Heathens with Christians But there be many excellent things that belong to Christians as Christians and all these things are above in Heaven Our Father is in Heaven Mat. 6.9 Our Father which art in heaven Our Mother is in Heaven Gal. 4.26 But Jerusalem which is above is free which is the Mother of us all Our elder Brother and Head is in Heaven Ephes 1.20 He raised Christ from the dead and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places Our Inheritance is in Heaven 1 Pet. 1.4 To an Inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that fadeth not away reserved in heaven for you Our Mansion house is in Heaven 2 Cor. 5.1 For we know that if our earthly house of this Tabernacle were dissolved we have a building of God an house not made with hands eternal in the heavens Our Substance is in Heaven Heb. 10.34 Ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance Our Hope is in Heaven Col. 1.5 For the hope that is laid up for you in heaven Now if all these be in Heaven where should Believers be but in Heaven also and have a willing desire of death to be with their Father and with his Son Jesus Christ Fifthly Lastly Believers have in them a willing desire of death because it is better to be with God then with men better to be in Heaven then on Earth in a state freed from sorrow sin and temptation than in a state subject to them all for as holy Job speaketh chap 14.1 A man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble but a few days and those days full of trouble But now blessed are the dead which dye in the Lord for they rest from their labours and their works follow them Here the people of God labour for rest I but when they come to dye they rest from their labour Rev. 14.13 Now they rest from their labours in as much as all tears are wiped from their eyes No more death nor sorrow no more aches pains Agues Feavers Consumptions nor pain doth take hold of them and therefore no wonder upon this ground also that Believers have such a willing desire and expectation of death Objection Here some may object That we see in many good Christians a fear of death and a desire of life And I my self may some poor doubting Christian say do find that I am apt to tremble at the thoughts of death How should not death then be rather a day of misery to be trembled at than a day of happiness to be longed for Answer To this I answer That we are to distinguish