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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.
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The seventh Jewel was his high valuation of Jesus Christ; a written copy for us to follow, and for you his people also. Being with him in his last sickness, he exhorted me and other Ministers with him to preach much of Jesus Christ, and to speak to him of Jesus Christ; and he said, when I consider my best duties, I sink, I dye, I despair; but when I think of Christ, I have enough, he is all; and in all. I think these were his very words. I desire (said he) to know nothing but Jesus Christ and him crucified: I account all things dung and dross, that I may be found in Christ: To this effect he spake in the morning before the evening in which he died, speaking much of Jesus Christ.
The seventh Jewel was his high valuation of Iesus Christ; a written copy for us to follow, and for you his people also. Being with him in his last sickness, he exhorted me and other Ministers with him to preach much of Iesus Christ, and to speak to him of Iesus Christ; and he said, when I consider my best duties, I sink, I dye, I despair; but when I think of Christ, I have enough, he is all; and in all. I think these were his very words. I desire (said he) to know nothing but Jesus Christ and him crucified: I account all things dung and dross, that I may be found in Christ: To this effect he spake in the morning before the evening in which he died, speaking much of Jesus Christ.
Eighthly, Another jewel was his diligence in preaching the Gospel in season and out of season; in the time of his health he was a painful, laborious Preacher; one that did not Preach to tickle the ear, but to wound the heart; not to please, but to profit; not seeking the applause of the people, but the salvation of their souls: This all know to be true.
Ninthly, Another Jewel that did beautify and adorn this Reverend Minister, was his excellent gift in Prayer; and herein he was very eminent, and did exceed many, nay I may say most of his Brethren: As Apollos was mighty in the scriptures, so was he (as you all know) mighty in Prayer; he was a Jacob, very skilful in wrestling with God, like Moses he often stood in the gap, and at most Fasts in the time of his health, he was the Minister that was chosen to conclude with Prayer; and this heightens the loss