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A sermon on the much lamented death of that reverend and worthy Servant of…
A sermon on the much lamented death of that reverend and worthy Servant of Christ Mr. Richard Adams, M.A. sometime fellow of Brazen-Nose College in Oxford, afterwards, minister of St. Mildred Bread Street, London, more lately, pastor of a congregation in Southwark, who deceased Febr. 7th, 1697/8 preached, February the 20th, 1698 / by John Howe.A sermon on the much lamented death of that reverend and worthy Servant of Christ Mr. Richard Adams, M.A. sometime fellow of Brazen-Nose Colledge in Oxford, afterwards, minister of St. Mildred Breadstreet, London, more lately, pastor of a congregation in SOuthwark, who deceased Febr. 7th, 1697/8 preached, February the 20th, 1698 / by John Howe.
London: printed by S. Bridge for Tho. Parkhurst, 1698
A Funeral Sermon ON THE DEATH OF Mr. Richard Adams. › Section 3: 3. Of Satisfaction.
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3. Of Satisfaction.
But it ought also to have the effect of Satisfaction in the Divine Pleasure; When such a Blow as this comes, do not repine, Peacefully submit, tho' it carry smartness and severity with it. You ought to feel it, but yet notwithstanding to receive it with Submissive Silence, to be dumb, and not open your Mouths, remembering who hath done it, and that it is the disposal ⟨p. 46⟩of Wisdom that cannot Err, as well as of Power that cannot be resisted, and of Kindness and Goodness that has its Gratefulness to this departed Servant of His. For consider, that notwithstanding his Willingness to have staid longer, if his Lord, whose he was, and whom he served, had thought fit. Yet this could not but be his Habitual Sense, To desire to depart, and to be with him, which was far better.
But it ought also to have the effect of Satisfaction in the Divine Pleasure; When such a Blow as this comes, do not repine, Peacefully submit, tho' it carry smartness and severity with it. You ought to feel it, but yet notwithstanding to receive it with Submissive Silence, to be dumb, and not open your Mouths, remembring who hath done it, and that it is the disposal ⟨p. 46⟩of Wisdom that cannot Err, as well as of Power that cannot be resisted, and of Kindness and Goodness that has its Gratefulness to this departed Servant of His. For consider, that notwithstanding his Willingness to have staid longer, if his Lord, whose he was, and whom he served, had thought fit. Yet this could not but be his Habitual Sense, To desire to depart, and to be with him, which was far better.