A34165:919
A Complete collection of farewell sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl…A Compleat collection of farewel sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl…
A Complete collection of farewell sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl ... [et al.] ; together with Mr. Ash his funeral sermon, Mr. Nalton's funeral sermon, Mr. Lye's rehearsal ... with their several prayers.A Compleat collection of farewel sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl ... [et al.] ; together with Mr. Ash his funeral sermon, Mr. Nalton's funeral sermon, Mr. Lye's rehearsal ... with their several prayers.
London : s.n., 1663
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There are 4 observations yet behind, but I must wave them at this time.
I have now another Sermon to preach, and I cannot without injury to you that are alive, and without wrong to the memory of my dearly beloved Brother, but speak something of him, at whose Funeral we are met this Evening, not so much for his commendation, he needs not, but for our imitation; it is pity, great pity something should not be said, that this Reverend Minister, though dead, may yet preach this night; and I have so much to say of him, that I know not where to begin, and when I have begun, I hardly know how to make an end: I must confess, the little time allotted me for the providing this solemn work, and the necessary avocations in this little time, have hindered me from informing my self about his Breeding and manner of Education at Emanuel College, under Mr. Steaker, and his excellent carriage and converse with Mr. Hildersham, Mr. Dod, Mr. Ball, Mr. Langly, and other Ministers famous in their generations; and the many pressures and hardships that he suffered in those parts and times, for the keeping of his conscience pure from that which he counted sin, and therefore I must draw a veil over that part of his life, and confine my discourse only to the time since his coming to live with us in London, which is about the space of twenty two, or twenty three years, all which time I have had the happiness to be intimately acquainted with him, insomuch as that I can freely and clearly profess, and that with a sad heart, that I, and many others, have lost a real, wise, and Godly friend, brother, and fellow-labourer in the Lord; the Church hath lost an eminent Member, and choice pillar; and this City hath lost an ancient faithful, and painful Minister; who by his Prayers and Holy life, did seek to keep off the judgements of God from falling on us; and the less sensible the City is of this loss, the greater is the loss. I fear we may too truly repeat the words in the Text, The righteous perisheth, and no man lays it to ⟨image 109⟩heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous are taken away from the evil to come. I have read of Philo the Jew, and by chance met with the same in the life of St.