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The righteous mans death lamented. A sermon preached at St. Austins, London, Aug.23. 1662…
The righteous mans death lamented. A sermon preached at St. Austins, London, Aug.23. 1662 at the funeral of that eminent servant of Jesus Christ, Mr. Simeon Ash late minister of the gospel there. By Edmund Calamy, B.D.
London : s.n., printed in the year 1662
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ISAIAH LVII. Ver. 1. The righteous perisheth and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous are taken away from the evil to come.
WE are here met this Evening, to perform the last Office of Love for an eminent and ancient Servant of Jesus Christ, and excellent Minister of the Gospel, Mr. Simeon Ash, one who hath formerly performed this Office for many other Ministers; and now we are met to perform this Office for him; and it is not long before others will meet to perform the same office for us; so frail, so brittle, and so uncertain is the life of man.
Now the Text that I have chosen, is suitable for this occasion: For this Reverend Minister was first a righteous man; he was righteous in an Evangelical sense, he was one that was justified, and sanctified. Secondly, He was a merciful man, both in an active and passive sense; he was one that showed mercy to the distressed Members of Jesus ⟨p. 2⟩Christ, and he was one to whom God showed mercy; this righteous and merciful man is now perished, as to his outward condition, not as to his everlasting condition; but as to his outward bodily condition he is perished, and he is taken away; the word in the Hebrew is very emphatical; merciful men, Colligu•tur, are gathered; it is the same word that is used concerning Josiah,