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A15000	A godlie treatise, intituled the view and down-fall of pride Wherein is declared the cause of Babylons destruction, and Nabuchadnezzars subuersion. Set forth by William Wheatley Maister of Art, and preacher of Gods word.	Whately, William, 1583-1639.	1602 (1602)	STC 25304; ESTC S113244	73,130	192

their life time subiect vnto bondage Heb. 2.14 Well therefore say the learned Marl. ex Pet. Mart in 1. Cor. 15.17 Ipse bellum nostrum pugnauit nos victoriae illius per fidem redditi sumus perticipes Hee hath fought our battaile and through faith wee are made partakers of his conquest So that we may say and not vse the Apostles words much amisse Wee know that hee which hath raised vp the Lord Iesus shall raise vs vp also 2. Cor. 4.14 Euen when Christ which is our head shall appeare then shall we appeare with him in glory Collos 3.4 Then Sciant fideles se ex mundo migrare Calu. in 1. Thess 4. vt tandem colligantur in regnum dei The faithfull doo know that they depart out of the world that at the last they may bee receiued into the kingdome of God And then God shall wipe away all teares from our eyes and there shall be no more death neither sorrow neither crying neither shall there be any more paine for the first things are passed Reue. 21.4 So that euen in this world Insultare morti licet Seb. Mai. in 1. Co. 15. tanquam subactae quia Christi victoria nostra est Wee may triumph ouer death as conquered because the victorie of Christ is ours Then to end this thankes bee vnto God which hath giuen vs victorie through our Lord lesus Christ Therefore my deare brethren be ye stadfast and vnmooueable and alwaies rich in the workes of the Lord. Why shuld you tremble at the remembrance of death Further there may be added a sift consideration which may make death comfortable vnto vs and though it be here last in order yet see thou too it as to one of the first chiefe which must goe before the rest And this is in thy whole life time carefully to expresse the truth and soundnesse of thy faith by thy good workes Iam. 2.20 Which GOD hath ordained that wee should walke in them Ephe. 2.10 because the bloud of Christ hath purged our conscience from dead workes to serue the liuing God Heb. 9.14 Which seruice of good workes must be done not as causes but as fruites that follow iustification Quia opera bona ex ipsius iustificatione operamur Aug. de Gram. Nobi Test ad Honorat ca. 30. Aug. ad Simpl. li. 1. Quest. 2. because our good workes doo spring from our iustification as light from the sunne And whatsoeuer is not of faith is sinne And without faith it is impossible to please God But if thou haue this oyle in thy Lamps of faith and keepe not thy conuersation in the lusts of thy flesh fulfilling the will of the flesh and of the mind thou shalt be redaie for the Bridegroome with the fiue wise Virgins and death can doo thee no harme Nisi peccatum habueris non est quod mortem timeas Stella in Luk. 12. Tom. 2. fol. 73. c. except thou haue sinne thou needest not feare death but when thou doost transgresse the commaundement of the Lord then doest thou arme death and make it able and strong to fight against thy selfe Stella in Luk. 12. Tom. 2. fol. 37. But Mors sinullum adsit peccatū imbecillis inarmis venit Death where sinne is absent comes weake and vnarmed as I hope the Spaniard will if we haue no Traytors at home Well Amb. de bono mort cap. 5. Qui vicerit non laedetur a morte secunda He that ouercommeth to wit by the blood of the Lambe shall not be hurt of the second death Therefore Quod eam timeamus quae animae nocere non scleat Why should we be afraid of her that vseth not to hurt such a soule Feare ye not them saith Christ that kill the bodie but are not able to kill the soule Can the Bee hurt thee haue lost her sting And can death wound thy soule without thine owne sin The sting of death is sinne Resist the diuel and he will flie from thee and keepe death from thine owne sword of sinne and she shall not hurt thee The fire flameth and fumeth like a tyrant whilest it hath matter and the Diuell hath great wrath knowing that he hath but a short time But as God hath set the sea boundes which it cannot passe though it rage and swell horribly and as the strong winde may shake off the leaues from the greatest Oake but the stocke standeth firme euen so death the diuel and the world may a little trouble nature experience heerein hath taught me something but they cannot beate downe faith As examples of many doo teach Of holie Iob Sydrach Misach and Abednego Daniel the Prophet the Apostles and holie Martyrs Therefore saith the Apostle Paul I am perswaded Rom. 8.38.39 that neither death nor life nor Angels nor principalities nor powers nor thinges present nor thinges to come nor height nor depth nor any other creature shall be able to seperate vs from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesus our Lorde But flie thou from sinne as from a Serpent the matter of this sire the baite of the Diuel and the sting of death by which thy soule is so wonnded that without the mighty worke of God thou canst not be saued Then cease to doo euill learne to doo well Proue your owne workes take the brest-plate of righteousnesse the shield of faith and helmet of saluation c. and fight a good fight None is crowned except hee striue lawfully Non datur Nobilitati palma sed cursui There is no respect of persons with God he seeth not as man seeth Therefore so runne that ye may obtaine do well and haue well For God rewardeth euerie man according to his workes not of due debt but of his louing and free mercie This is briefe One droppe of the Sea dooth taste the saultnesse of the whole and by this thou maiest sauour the truth Which beeing not to be withstood what maner of men ought we to be in holie conuersation and righteousnesse Why do we not shewe forth our faith by our good works Ambr. li. de Nab. Iezr cap. 14. Qui dines est in misericordia diues est in deo He that is rich in the workes of mercy is rich in God and this sacrifice pleaseth him But he that hath this worlds goods and seeth his brother haue neede and shutteth vp his compassion from him as the mysers of the world doo that will not abate one penny in a bushell of corne to helpe the poore how dwelleth the loue of God in them Euen as Christ abode among the Gargesens he departed out of their coastes Therefore let not your Religion be in words as of most it is but in deeds as of all it should For pure Religion and vndefiled before God euen the Father is this to visite the fatherlesse and the widow in their aduersitie and to keep himselfe vnspotted of the world This beloued is Comes defunctorum Ambrose A

companion for the dead Their workes follow them Euen to testifie before the eternal Iudge how with Henoch they haue walked and pleased God If ye know these things blessed are you if ye do them Mat. 25.35 and 7.23.24 But the contempt of thus doing in deare yeares do send vp many greeuous groanes of the poore members of Christs body into the eares of God And thinke you that the crying of the poore shall goe for nought No no He that made him will heare him But I will lament and pray for that which I cannot helpe And though the waters would now flow yet I will stop their course and ende with an excellent sentence of S. Ambrose all one in effect with these of the holie Ghost Let vs cast away the workes of darknesse Ambr. li. de bea Mort. c. 5. that is Sinne that hangeth on so fast Abducamus nos a corporis nexu relinquamus omnia quae terrena sunt vt cum venerit aduersarius nihil in nobis inueniat suum The meaning is Let vs withdraw our selues from the bondage of the flesh let vs forsake all things that are earthly and full of sinne that when the aduersary commeth he may finde in vs nothing of his owne This if we doo then let death doo what shee may shee cannot hurt our soules Aug. de Ciuit. Dei lib. 1. ca. 11 So that Mala mors putanda non est quam bona vita praecessit Death it neuer to be accounted euill to him that hath liued well And therfore no cause at all why the seruants of God should once be afraid of it though it be most wofull to the rest And thus much to teach you for what causes death shuld be welcome vnto you CHAP. XIIII Whether Christians should mourne for their friends that are dead BVt now to correct a fault that may be seene among some if death be so ioyfully to be accepted of why should we mourne for them that are at rest nay is it lawfull to weepe for them that be dead I answere Gen. 23.2 when Sarai was dead Abraham mourned wept for her Whē the Patriarch Iacob thought Ioseph had bene dead Gen. 37.34.35 he sorrowed wept greatly And when this aged Father had blessed his children Learne this you parents and made an end of giuing charge vnto them to serue God he plucked his feete vp into the bed and gaue vp the ghoast Then his louing child Ioseph fell vpon his fathers face Gen. 50.1 and wept vpon him and kissed him Num. 20.29 When Aaron was dead all Israel wept for him thirtie dayes And so they did when Moses died Deu. 34.8 1. Sam. 16.1 I might shewe you how Samuel mourned for Saul and all Israel for Samuel Dauid and those that were with him for the death of Saul and Ionathan 1. Sam. 25.1 So did Dauid for Absolon So did the old Prophet for the man of God 2. Sam. 1.11.12 that was slaine of the Lyō What need I tell you of Martha and Mary 2. Sam. 18 33. 19.1 1. Reg. 13.30 and our Sauiour Christ that wept for Lazarus being dead And many other that made lamentation for the blessed Martyr S. Stephen As other widowes Ioh. 11.33 that mourned for that godly woman Dorcas with many other which for briefnes Acts. 8.2 as a thing needlesse here I omit All which may seeme to teach vs to mourne for the dead Now on the other side when Samuel wept for Saul Cyril being cut off from the fauour of God 1. Sam. 16 1. the Lorde as being angry with him reproued him for his sorrowing When King Dauid perceiued that his childe was dead for which hee fasted and sorrowed greatly whilest it laic sicke hee arose vp and mourned no longer Thē his seruants maruelled why hee so sorrowed when it liued and left off whē it was dead and they asked him the cause Dauid answered While the child was yet aliue I fasted wept for I said who can tel whether God wil haue mercie on me that the childe may liue But now it being dead wherfore shuld I fast Can I bring him againe any more I shall goe to him but he shall not returne againe to me And so hee did not mourne for his dead Christ comforting the widdow of Naim ouer her sonnes corpes which shee with her neighbours were going for to burie he said Weepe not Luk. 7.13 And Christ himselfe the Lambe of God going to be offered a sweete smelling sacrifice for the sinnes of the people euen to be crucified there followed him a great multitude of people women which women bewailed and lamented him euen because hee was going to death But Iesus turned backe vnto them and said Daughters of Ierusalem weepe not for me but weepe for your selues and for your children Luk 23.27 S. Aug. saith of Christs mourning for Lazarus Aug. de Cosol mort lib. 1 cap. 4. Fleuit plane dominus Lazarum iam sepultum non vtiquè vt flendi mortuos formam daret c. I know what Cyril saith The Lord wept indeed ouer Lazarus that was buried but not to teach vs how to mourne for the dead But either to shewe by his teares that he had a true humane body or else hee did lament of sincere loue to the Iewes Qui nec dei signo monstrato Aug. ibid. erant in cum credituri which would not beleeue in him though hee shewed them the mightie power of God And thus it seemeth that wee should not mourne for the dead Here now you see is a great controuersie what will you determine Who thinke you will haue the foyle or what dayes men shall wee finde to end the contention Let vs not goe to lawe for there the greedinesse of money will deferre our cause And the Goose will scarce be left whilest there is a feather on her backe And in the end the countrie must trie conscience To reconcile all and keepe peace without any great losse or harme to either partie our good neighbours at home which are the holy scriptures well marking the matter determine that in mourning for the dead there be two things to be noted That in mourning for the dead there be two things to be noted 1. What is to be obserued 2. What is to be auoyded That which must be obserued is 1. Faith 2. Charitie Faith to moderate vs Ne nimium doleamus sine spe resurrectionis That we mourne not too much as men without hope of the resurruction Therfore the Apostle Paul instructeth the Thessalonians saying 1. Thes 4.13 I would not brethren haue you ignorant concerning them which are a sleepe that ye sorrowe not euen as others which haue no hope That is of the immortalitie of the soule and resurrection of the body like Infidels For we looke for the Sauiour the Lord Iesus Christ who shall change our vilde body that it may be fashioned like vnto his glorious