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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60357	Vincentius redivivus, a funeral sermon preached Octob. 27, 1678 upon the occasion of the much bewailed death of that reverend and eminent servant of Christ, Mr. Thomas Vincent ... / by Samuel Slater.	Slater, Samuel, d. 1704.	1679 (1679)	Wing S3979; ESTC R23647	37,199	50

Specially the Names of such professors who by their villanies have made Religion stink in the nostrils of foolish men though it is pity it should Let all men judge of our Religion not by the practices of some that pretend to it but by its own Rules and Laws which are the most exact excellent and noble of any in the World But let the name of the wicked rot and indeed so it doth and shall There is a curse upon it and that rots it There was wickedness in their Lives and that causeth rottenness in their Names No good man will speak well of them and the commendations of the wicked are not worth the having for they are a real disgrace But these followers of the Lamb have obtained a good report and left it behind them That Death which makes them naked and bare of all their temporal enjoyments cannot strip them of this The righteousness of Christ and the graces of the Spirit go along with them their works sollow them and the remembrance of their holiness and usefulness stays behind How do their Relations and Friends want them How do their People and acquaintance bewail their absence nay some of their Enemies will strew flowers upon their Herse And though they will not be so liberal as their Conscience nor speak all that 's put into their mouths but suppress and detain such truths in unrighteousness yet they will bestow the Epithet of an honest man That God whom they served hath said The Righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance He takes care of their names as well as of their dust And he hath also said the memory of the just is blessed It is and shall be so like a precious oyntment which fills the whole place where they lived with a fragrant odour yea and places far remote We cannot expect all should speak well of them Some paint the Angels black the Devil would have had Iob taken for a meer mercenary although he was the Worlds none-such for his uprightness Shimei cursed David and Tertullus the Orator threw dirt upon a Paul Christ himself was called a Deceiver after his death yet He was in all things faithful to him that appointed him When all men speak well of one it is a shrewd sign all was not well Either something was amiss they will be such as their company is or else something was wanting viz. Faithfulness and plain dealing It is honour enough to have a good report among them who fear God they are best able to judge and most to be credited and this honour have all his Saints all those whose character I have given you and those also who tread in their steps and hold out to the end so doing 5. Lastly It is a most blessed and glorious end You Slaves of Hell who are at the Devils beck and drudge for him all your days committing uncleanness with greediness and drawing sin as with Cart-ropes what is the end you must expect The Apostle tells you Rom. 6. 21. The end of those things is death That is the best wages the Devil hath to bestow upon his Servants a never-dying death a death which is unspeakably worse than death and their end is shame Now they are impudent but then they shall be ashamed Dread shall fill them and shame cover them That is the promotion of fools Prov. 3. 35. Oh! change your Master leave your work break off your sins by repentance unless you think eternal death a good reward and everlasting shame desirable preferment But behold these servants of the Lord who have served their generation according to the will of God and glorified him upon earth who have fought a good fight and kept the faith to the finishing of their course who have desired and endeavoured to turn many to righteousness how is it with them when their end comes I want words The lines fall to them in pleasant places they have a goodly heritage Who can summe up their happiness were one of them here were an Angel here he could not tell you half They are approved and highly commended The testimony given is that they pleased God that they have done well very well E●ge bone serve Well done good and faithful servant thou hast been faithful in thy little Now they shine as Stars in the ●irmament now they have their Crown of Righteousness in comparison of which the richest Diadems are not worth taking up in the street And their glory is answerable to their Crown An exceeding and eternal weight of glory such as hath substance and solidity in it And no wonder if together with all this they have their joy If any thing can this will make them forget their sormer sufferings the worlds affronts and inoignities the angers and bitter unkindnesses of their Mothers children who are dandled in her lap and yet are peevish with their weaned Brethren All this will make them merry at heart and cheerful in look and sing Allelujah They have a joy of God's making and maintaining not the crackling joy of the world but the unconceiveable joy of their Lord a joy too big for them to contain though their capacities are greatly enlarged it cannot enter into them they shall enter into it a joy that shall fill them to the brim and compass them round about they shall be in joy as a full vessel in the midst of the immense Ocean The doctrinal part being thus finished I shall speak a little and but a little in a way of Application And Vse 1. My Reverend Fathers and Brethren in the Ministry of whatsoever Judgment you are in these divided times give me leave in all humility yet with all earnestness to beg of you that you would so preach and walk so labour and live as that you may be ex●mples to the flock and your memory may be blessed Oh! let us all look to it that we know and speak the truth as it is in Iesus not departing from the purity and simplicity of the Gospel Let us remember whose Embassadours we are and keep close to our Commission delivering only our Masters word Let our lips preserve knowledge and not cause people to erre May our discourses turn chiefly and mostly upon those two Cardinal points that Pauls did Repentance towards God and Faith in our Lord Iesus Christ. Do what you can to turn your Auditors from all their immoralities to a sober civil and unblamable life Doubtless the Gospel requires this Christ came to redeem us not only from Hell and condemnation but also from a vain and vicious conversation And our perfection in Heaven will consist in a compleat conformity to the Moral Law If any decry Morality it is because they do not understand it Yet my Brethren let us also teach Faith in Jesus Christ do not rob him of any part of his glory to bestow it upon another Sure I am that is far from Morality it is no good manners to deal so with a precious Saviour to whom we are infinitely