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A46653	Death unstung a sermon preached at the funeral of Thomas Mowsley, an apothecary, who died July, 1669 : with a brief narrative of his life and death : also the manner of Gods dealings with him before and after his conversion : drawn up by his own hand and published / by James Janeway ...	Janeway, James, 1636?-1674.	1669 (1669)	Wing J459; ESTC R11356	73,896	158

you may do the Devils work as long as you can and that then God should reward you with Salvation no such matter You may more rationally expect that God should for your sake pull the Sun out of the Firmament than that he should remove holiness out of Heaven and bring Hell in its place If wicked Men will please themselves with their own Delusions and look for Glory still they must thank themselves when they see how infinitely they are disappointed but I leave these as despairing to convince them of their folly till Judgment and Flames make them to understand it 2. All that live upon the goodness of God here are not like to be blessed after Death There is a vast difference between common and special mercies many partake richly of God's common bounty that have not the least interes● in his love God gives this World often times to his greatest Enemies he gives Glory in an other World to none but his Friends and Children Nay let me speak it freely I am sure I have Christ and Scripture to warrant what I say That they which gain this World with their neglect of Heaven shall at their Death lose both Many receive temporal mercies that shall never enjoy Eternal Job 21.9 Luk. 16.25 O how greatly are they mistaken who think that Earl Lord Knight c. are words of any significancy after Death that hope that their honours here will procure them any real respect hereafter that reckon Gold and Silver will go currant in that Country Many that would be counted Persons of some depth and wisdome make a World of stir about trifles that drive a great Trade for that which is next to nothing and that lay in no better Provisions than Gravel Clay or Dung when they are bound for Eternity and yet how do they bless themselves and say I am rich and increased in Goods and have need of nothing Soul take thine ease eat drink and be merry They think they make a very wise bargain when they sell their Conscience God and Heaven for a little of that which some call Riches not considering that a few Hours experience may make them know though it may be not cure this mistake O that I could but bring my hearers out of this Delusion O that their apprehensions were but rectified and that they might know the real worth of things and Persons O that I could but bring down the price of sublunary things and raise the things of that other World to their true worth Consider that that holiness as meanly as you think of it is the most excellent thing that that is the greatest Riches and Man's highest dignity God knows no difference between a Lord and a Beggar a Prince and a Subject He is no respecter of Persons If there be any difference it lies here that God hath more wrath in store for them that had greater ingagements and better advantages to serve him than other had I pitty the poor Lords of the World and I am confident he that knows the worth of Christ and the nature of his own Soul can't much envy them they swell like Bladders upon Water for a Moment and God blowes and where are they Now indeed they reckon themselves very secure and their houses are free from fear neither is the Rod of God upon them they take the Timbrel and Harp and rejoyce at the sound of the Organ Job 21. They think them Fools that can spare their Riches and want their greatness so they may but have an estate in invisibles and secure an Inheritance that will last for ever These are the Men that hate seriousness and holiness which is the beauty of Earth and Heaven too is undervalued by them And how can they expect sanctity should be delightful to them hereafter when it is abhorred now how can they look for Heaven when they dye when they thought it not worth their minding while they lived No no verily they have their reward they have now their good things and much good may they do them O let me rather gain Christ at Death though I loose all besides than possess Ten Worlds here and after all lose my Soul Could the mighty ones of the World have but one Hours discourse with one of their Brethren in Hell I believe their Judgments would be hugely altered and they would soon tell them that Riches and Honours and whatsoever else most Men do pursue let it be what it will below Christ will yield them but little happiness and comfort in another world Riches profit not in the Day of wrath Do but read Luk. 16.19 25. I am the larger that if possible I might prevent mistakes in matters of Eternal consequence Thirdly There are Thousands that seem to have a far better title to this blessedness that will fall short of it and they are Professors that call themselves by the Name of the Lord. Not all that are called yea and esteemed Christians are like to have any great benefit by Death To be Christned and to be Christians are two things not every one that weareth Christ's Livery shall have his Wages O how many Millions are there that have no better shelter than a meer Name to themselves from the wrath of God! Is it not more than possible to hear read pray and to be esteemed a Saint and yet to miscarry everlastingly How many seeming Saints shall gain nothing at Death but a thorow knowledge of their own folly And if to know what God's anger is be an advantage when there is no escaping of it and if to have their hearts wounded when there is no Cure to be had be any profit and if to be quite freed of Conscience searching Ministers be a happiness when they are out of the reach of their help or pitty then such may be esteemed blessed but if all this will but make the Flame hotter then I leave any serious Person to judg whether it doth not concern Men and Women to look after better security than this amounts to Did you ever well study Mat. 7.21 I hope you will believe Christ though you will not me read that Scripture and what saith Christ O consider seriously that to be an Heir of Glory is no such light matter as most judge it to be To be born to a Crown and a Kingdome and to have a good title to it is a dignity indeed but a Mad-man in Chains and Rags may say he is a King or a Lord. O please not your selves with fansies Sickness and Death is coming and then you will know better whether I had not some reason to be earnest with you in this matter I am most afraid of the confident Pharisee that trusts in his poor sorry Prayers and his own righteousness O that I could but shake him and his hopes before Death and Judgment doth it O that I could but perswade him to maintain a jealousie over himself and to search and try his Heart and to bring himself to the

were like to make a seperation between Christ and thee I should then be far from blaming these thy fears but I should rather wonder that they are not a thousand times greater But me-thinks a Soul that hath had many a sweet kiss from Christ that understands what he is worth and that hath some good reason to say my beloved is mine and I am his me-thinks I say such a one should not desire that the Day of Marriage should be protracted Sure were this but cleared it were nothing to dye but life it self would be as considerable an exercise of patience as any thing in the World let me therefore again expostulate the case with thee and do what I can to shake off those unwarrantable fears What is it that you are so much afraid of Is it of pains why when you are dead you will feel none they be the living which feel pains and I believe there are few living but at one time or other feel as much pain as some do in their death and if their pains be acute they are like to be short and if they be not acute they may be the more easily born Are you loath to leave your friends I hope God's Saints and Angels are other guess friends than any you have here You have a fine House and sweet conveniences alas 't is but a Hog-sty or a Dunghil if compared with Heaven But how shall I do for my Children what will become of them when I am dead and gone Why do you make nothing of God's promise Is not he a Father to the Fatherless And is it not his command that we should leave our Fatherless Children with him Can't God take as good care of them as you O but the Grave is a doleful place and who can think with any comfort of being nail'd up in a Coffin and covered over with Earth and of rotting under ground Why Man is the Resurrection no comfort to thee if there were no such thing this arguing were the more excusable who are you I pray that you should be priviledged above all the Kings and Monarcks since the beginning of the World which of them have secured themselves from the power of Death which of them could retain their breath a moment when Death had received his Commission to stop it Are you better than Abraham Isaac and Jacob did not David see corruption and the Fathers where are they nay did not Christ dye and dye so bitter a death as I believe never any from the foundation of the World ever did Must God make thee the third that must be singled out from Man-kind to be translated to Glory do you walk as Enock and Elias did and if you do I know you would then be so humble not to expect this prerogative and so full of love to God as to be contented to die if it were a hundred deaths so you might but enjoy him for ever And what say you now is there not a root of unbelief at the bottom is there not something of Atheism in this hath not the world a prevailing interest in your affections do you think you have not had time enough yet to sin would you sain displease God a little more do you imagine that you have not sufficiently abused his goodness if not what is the matter O I want Assurance did I but know that I am indeed reconciled to God then O then I could die as willingly as sleep The truth of it is there can be no other reason that can bear any great weight except this and a desire to glorifie God more in bringing in souls to him As for this latter I wave it few of my hearers being so much concerned in that as Ministers are but as for the former I would upon this account put you upon the most speedy and serious diligence in this work I believe the Apostle had some reason on his side when he did so earnestly perswade the people of God to use all diligence to make their Calling and Election sure and to work out their own salvation with fear and trembling Why then should not every Christian without delay set upon this And then the next news we should hear would be Come Lord Jesus why are thy Chariot wheels so long a coming O that I might but come to eternal life though thorough the valley of the shadow of death 'T is our trifling with God that makes the thoughts of our appearing before him to be so dreadful Our formality deadness and coldness our worldly mindedness and laziness doth us a world of injury This this disturbeth our peace this strengthens Satan and blurs our evidences and makes us go desponding into another world and this brings me to the next Use USE 5 Is it so that they are blessed that die in the Lord c. be hence exhorted to live so as that you may die in the Lord. Will you take so much pains for a little gains in this life and will you take none at all for eternal blessings How many hazardous voyages have some of you made to Ginnee and the East Indies to get Gold and Spices how many terrible storms have you been in and what inconceivable hazards have you run that you might enjoy your selves in age and have something to carry you comfortably and decently to your graves O why should you not be as solicitous in your soul concerns Remember my dear friends that you are bound for another world and you must ere long sail into the Ocean of eternity Consider what your laiding is and whether it will return to any account when you come home to your great Owner Methinks you of all men should think Grace the best commodity and Christianity the best trade and the securing of everlasting happiness the greatest wisdom How can you live within a few inches of death and look the King of terrours in the face every day without some well-grounded evidences of your interest in Gods love O who would not labour to get out of danger who would not think it a blessed estate to be beyond fears who can take it to be an unnecessary work to secure a soul is not this the one thing needful what should a man get if he should gain the whole world and lose his own soul and what shall a man give in exchange for his soul But you Professors above all it concerns you to make as sure as can be possible of something better than you can have here below What a lamentable thing would it be for you to undergo so many reproaches for Christs sake to venture your liberties and to hazard your estates and after all to be left in woful uncertainties It would be a dreadful thing to lose the comforts of both worlds O make sure work your pains and cost here will pay its own charges be not daunted 't is a thing hath been done what do you say will you take some pains in the examining of your heart will you