A34165:935
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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Now this excellent Minister of Christ thus beautified with these Jewels, is now perished as to his outward man, gathered to God, to Christ, and the blessed company of Saints and Angels. The Application that I shall make of this discourse, is this:
1. To us Ministers. 2. To you of this Parish and Congregation.
First, to us Ministers. God hath of late years taken to himself many famous men: seven of the Lecturers of Cornhill are dead, Mr. Burroughs, Dr. Bolton, Mr. Sedgwick. Mr, Whitakers, Mr. Cranford, Mr. Vines, and now Mr. Ash. I might name many other excellent Ministers that are ⟨image 111⟩dead, as Dr. Gouge, Mr. Walker, Mr. Gataker, Mr. Marshal, Mr. Robinson, and lately Mr. Cook, with many more: Now all these are warning-pieces from Heaven of Judgements approaching; For the righteous perish, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous are taken away from the evil to come. Thus Methuselah dyed a year before the Flood: Now Methuselah in Hebrew signifies a messenger of death. Thus Austin dyed a little before Hippo was taken; and Pareus a little before Hiddleburg was taken, and further a little before the wars in Germany began. The death of the Godly is like the separating the Israelites from the Tents of Corah and his company, like the taking of Lot out of Sodom. When the Israelites departed from Corah and his company, the earth swallowed them up; and when Lot departed out of Sodom, God rained down fire and brimstone upon them. Let the thoughts of these things cause us to provide our Arks, to get our Zoars. Let it teach young Samuels to rise up in the room of old Elis; young Elisha's in the room of old Elijahs; and young Timothies in the room of Paul the aged; that there may be a succession of Gospel-ministers to hold forth the Word of life to the Nation. And let us labour to be Inheritors of the Twelve Excellencies, that beautified this our Reverend Brother.