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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2dly, Must the righteous be taken away? Then let the righteous make conscience of doing what good they can before they are taken away. Beloved, if it were possible for the godly to grieve in Heaven, this would be their ⟨p. 15⟩greatest sorrow, that they have done God no more service here upon Earth. Be wise for God, O ye righteous; do as old men do that have rich places and offices; they labour to buy the reversion of their places for their children: so must you to whom God hath given great gifts and graces, labour to propagate your gifts and graces, that there may be no loss by your death. Observe the care of St. Paul the aged in his exhortations to Timothy, 2 Tim. 4.5, 6. Watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an Evangelist, make full proof of thy Ministry: why so? for I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand: and therefore work thou, see that thou endure affliction, preach the Gospel as becomes a Minister of the Gospel, that there may be no loss by my departure: so in 2 Tim. 2.2. The things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men that shall be able to teach others also. Hath God committed any thing to you? a treasure of Learning or grace? commit it to young Ministers, that they may commit it to others, that so there may be a succession of gifts and graces: Do as Physicians do, that labour to communicate their skill to their Children, and to others: so should we, that so there may be a succession of godly ones, that godliness may be entailed upon us and our Relations.
2dly, Must the righteous be taken away? Then let the righteous make conscience of doing what good they can before they are taken away. Beloved, if it were possible for the godly to grieve in Heaven, this would be their ⟨p. 15⟩greatest sorrow, that they have done God no more service here upon Earth. Be wise for God, O ye righteous; do as old men do that have rich places and offices; they labour to buy the reversion of their places for their children: so must you to whom God hath given great gifts and graces, labour to propagate your gifts and graces, that there may be no loss by your death. Observe the care of St. Paul the aged in his exhortations to Timothy,