The righteous mans death lamented. A sermon preached at St. Austins, London, Aug.23. 1662…

Tenthly, The next jewel was, He had great acquaintance and communion with God; for he was of a long standing in the School of Christ, and a good Proficient in that School. Much acquaintance he had with God he was often in the Mount with God, and came down with his face shining, though he in his modesty did not see it; and when he came to dye, he was able to say as Dr. Preston did when he lay a dying, I shall change my place, but not my company.

Eleventhly, Another jewel was, his comfortable passage out of this world, dying with a great deal of calmness and serenity upon his Conscience; The morning before he dyed, I heard him say these words, It is one thing to speak of Christ, and of Heaven, and another thing to feel the consolations of Christ and of Heaven, as I do; clapping his hand on his breast. Another time I heard him say, The comforts of a holy life are real, soul-supporting, and that he felt the reality of those comforts, and that by him we might know it was not in ⟨p. 22⟩vain to serve God. And I cannot forget this speech the morning before he died, I am a little straitened, but I care no more for my life, then I do for this fillip: That which was said of old Simeon, Luk. 2. may be said of this Reverend minister, Mr Simeon Ash, who was a Simeon, a just and devout man, an old Servant of Jesus Christ, one that waited for the consolation of Israel; one that dyed, though not with Christ in his bodily Arms, yet with Christ in the Arms of his Faith; and when he died, could say as it is there, Now Lord, lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, for mine eyes have seen thy salvation. Lastly, Another Jewel was his constancy and perseverance; he was not a Reed shaken with every wind, but as firm as a Rock: an immovable pillar in God's House; he was unchangeable in changeable times; in Religion he was a house built on a Rock, not on the Sand; and as he lived, so he dyed holily, even as the ancient Patriarchs that dyed in the Faith, and endured faithfully unto the death.

Eleventhly, Another jewel was, his comfortable passage out of this world, dying with a great deal of calmness and serenity upon his Conscience; The morning before he dyed, I heard him say these words, It is one thing to speak of Christ, and of Heaven, and another thing to feel the consolations of Christ and of Heaven, as I do; calpping his hand on his breast. Another time I heard him say, The comforts of a holy life are real, soul-supporting, and that he felt the reality of those comforts, and that by him we might know it was not in