Death unstung a sermon preached at the funeral of Thomas Mowsley, an apothecary, who…

the Eyes shall be better employed than in beholding of vanity, the Ears shall not be locked against truth, the Hands far from violence, the Tongue from deceit, and the Feet from walking in ways of wickedness. And seems this a light matter to you who have gone bowed all your days under the pressure of sin; is it nothing to you to have all your iniquities done away as a Cloud, and your transgressions as a thick Cloud? Thus see what a kindness that formidable enemy doth to all the subjects of Christ's Kingdom; what prayers, tears, and groans did gradually, it doth at one blow. Thus the oppressed is delivered, the mourner made to rejoice, and the great make-bate between God and the Soul, for ever discarded, and turned out of Doors. Eph. 5.27. Es. 44.22.

the Eyes shall be better employed than in beholding of vanity, the Eares shall not be locked against truth, the Hands far from violence, the Tongue from deceit, and the Feet from walking in ways of wickedness. And seems this a light matter to you who have gone bowed all your dayes under the pressure of sin; is it nothing to you to have all your iniquities done away as a Cloud, and your transgressions as a thick Cloud? Thus see what a kindness that formidable enemy doth to all the subjects of Christ's Kingdom; what prayers, teares, and groans did gradually, it doth at one blow. Thus the oppressed is delivered, the mourner made to rejoyce, and the great make-bate between God and the Soul, for ever discarded, and turned out of Doors. Eph. 5.27. Es. 44.22.

2. When a Christian ayeth, he shall be freed from all the temptations of Satan. Death sets the Soul out of the Devils reach; this Angel hath nothing to do in Heaven, this Serpent shall not come into the higher Paradise, nor Satan creep into this Eden: Now indeed he goes up ⟨p. 35⟩and down like a roaring Lyon, seeking whom he may devour, now he sets his Gins every where to catch the unwary Christian: he useth his stratagems to surprise them, but then this adversary shall be trod under Foot, his Fiery Darts shall be quenched, and his designs broken. O happy Day, when will it come! when the Devil shall be as unlikely to tempt, as our hearts to close: when we are got once safe to rest, the Devil shall as easily shake God's Throne, as our happiness. Death turns the Key, Bolts and Bars this Enemy out; then, O then thou shalt see this Pharaoh cast dead on the shore, and for ever disabled from making any resistance against thee, or in the least disturbing thy peace.