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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12529	Noahs doue, or Tydings of peace to the godly A comfortable sermon preached at a funerall. By Samuel Smith minister of Gods word at Prittlewel in Essex.	Smith, Samuel, 1588-1665.	1619 (1619)	STC 22851; ESTC S110828	14,797	60

sacred Scripture these two words marke and behold are euer vsed vpon extraordinarie occasions Now this serues to put vs in minde of our owne dulnesse and backwardnesse to good duties Vse that wee thus stand in neede of such prouocations to put vs in minde of the same precept vpon precept and line vpon line and all too little to prouoke vs to good duties If our hearts be duly possest with diuine contemplation a man can neuer cast his eyes amisse whether wee looke to the heauens aboue or to the earth belowe or vpon what creature soeuer still wee haue Gods Phylosophy Lecture read vnto vs in the Creature to teach man his dutie towards his Creator 2. The person But amongst all other creatures whatsoeuer the Lord sends vs to beholde man to this ende that wee should marke and consider what is Gods manner of dealing towardes the sonnes of men both in his punishing of the wicked and rewarding the godly Marke the vpright man Doct. 1 The Doctrine is that euery Christiā mā is boūd in a special maner to obserue what is Gods dealing with men Gods dealing with men must be obserued both with the godly and with the wicked as well those that are recorded in Gods Booke as those that we haue knowne in our owne experience and that to this ende that wee might bee incouraged in the wayes of godlinesse by the examples of the godly the Lord highly honouring them with a blessed memory vpon earth and crowne of glory in heauen As also discouraged in committing of sinne when we shall consider Gods feareful Iudgements inflicted vpon sinners how the name of the wicked doth rot and how the Lord doth pay and repay Iudgement wrath and indignation vpon sinners We must not be sencelesse of Gods dealings in the world but duely to record his workes and dealings with men not onely to see and behold the seuerity of God towards others but for spectacles and examples to vs that we should take heede of such sins which procure such iudgements And to this ende wee see in the Scriptures the Lord hath hung vp in chaines as it were diuers wicked men not for others to gase vpon them but to be warned by them For murtherers Caine is hung vp Gen. 4. For all prophane persons Esau is made an example For traytors Iudas For all Apostates Lots wife And so the Apostle Iude telleth vs that Sodom and Gomorrah and the Cities about them which the Lord destroyed for following strange flesh were and are set foorth for a warning and example to all filthie and beastly minded men The like may be sayd of Ismael Gehezi Absalom Saul Achan and the like And as we are to obserue the wicked so especially to marke and beholde the godly their godly life their sober conuersation and their care and conscience to walke with God in obedience to his commandements their admirable faith wonderfull patience meekenesse temperance c. These things must be obseru'd by vs that so we may by their examples be incoraged in the waies of well doing in them may see that our labour shal not be in vaine in the Lord and to this end the holy Scriptures sets out vnto vs a Catalogue of very memorable examples of deedes of Gods worthy seruants you haue heard of the patience of Iob saith Iames Iam. 5. Heb. 11 and in the Epistle to the Hebrewes there are diuerse remembred vnto vs that were famouzed in their times for their faith still remaine in a blessed memory in Gods Church and so shall remaine for euer And so likewise to take notice of the graces of God in his seruants that remain with vs beholde their liues and behold their ends as an incouragement vnto vs in walking in their pathes Howsoeuer the godly are afflicted heere for a time the latter end of that man shall be peace I come to the reasons of the Doctrine Reas 1 First concerning the obseruation of the wicked especially of the godly This may be one principall reason why wee must marke them well for the manner of their life and for the manner of their deathes because God is not mutable and changeable but euer the same without any shadow of change As the Lord heretofore and daily doth bring shame and confusion vpon the heades of wicked men and so makes them examples vnto others so will the Lord deale with vs if wee treade in their pathes the same iudgements of God that ouer-tooke other sinners shall in the ende ouertake thee if thou walk in th●er waies Seest thou a man that hath been a gracelesse wretch a horrible swearer an vncleane person a prophane person or the like hath the Lord followed such with his Iudgements as their life hath beene without grace so their deathes haue been without comfort behold in them thy owne condition remember that God is iust the same iudgements waite vpon the same sinners So especially as my Text saith concerning the godly Marke well the righteous and behold the iust Beholde their life and beholde their death if their liues haue beene religious though accompanied with many outward afflictions their deathes haue neuer wanted comfort The end of that man shall be peace And let the same incourage thee in well doing because God is not mutable Acts 10. hee changeth not In euery nation hee that feareth God and worketh righteousnes is accepted of him follow such in their life thou shalt not misse of their comfort in thy death grace in life and peace in death Reas 2 Secondly by these are the men that God delights in these feare him these honour his Name these haue learned first to seeke the kingdome of God and the righteousnesse thereof these do not disgrace the Gospell and holy profession of Christ and therefore marke well these men Thirdly it may be sayd of the Reas 3 godly as it was sayd of Dauid that they are men after Gods own heart these are they that haue learned to deny vngodlinesse and worldly lust and liue soberly and iustly in this present world In a worde these are the best statesmen these vpholde a kingdome bring a blessing to the towne countrey wherein they liue These God doth tender as the apple of his eye these are as neere to him as the signet of his right hand whom hee daily follows with his blessings and will neuer leaue them till they haue the ful fruition of him in glory and therefore marke these men I come to the vses of the Doctrine First it serues for matter of Vse 1 reproofe vnto those that in reading the stories of Gods iudgements vpon others in the Booke of God and obseruing the like daily in their owne experience make not this vse of them to make them beware many wonder at them that they had no better grace but alas they doe not heereby take occasion to feare Gods iudgements to apply them to themselues to say in their hearts this example is set out