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

First to us Ministers. God hath of late years taken to himself many famous men: Seven of the Lecturers of Cornhill are dead, Mr. Burroughs, Dr. Bolton, Mr. Sedgewick, Mr. Whitaker, Mr. Cranford, Mr. Vines, and now Mr. Ash. I might name many other excellent Ministers that are dead, as Dr. Gouge, Mr. Walker, Mr. Gataker, Mr. Marshal, Mr. Robinson, and lately Mr. Cook, with many more: Now all these are warning-pieces from Heaven of judgements approaching; For the righteous perish, and no man ⟨p. 23⟩lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous are taken away from the evil to come. Thus Methuselah dyed a year before the Flood: Now Methuselah in Hebrew signifies a messenger of death. Thus Austin dyed a little before Hippo was taken; and Pareus a little before Hiddleburg was taken, and Luther a little before the Wars in Germany began. The death of the godly is like the separating of the Israelites from the tents of Corah and his company; like the taking of Lot out of Sodom. When the Israelites departed from Corah and his company, the earth swallowed them up; and when Lot departed out of Sodom, God rained down fire and brimstone upon them. Let the thoughts of these things cause us to provide our Arks, to get our Zoar's. Let it teach young Samuel's to rise up in the room of old Ely's; young Elisha's, in the room of old Elijah's, and young Timothy's; in the room of Paul the aged; that there may be a succession of Gospel Ministers to hold forth the word of life to this Nation. And let us labour to be inheritors of these twelve Excellencies, that beautified this our reverend Brother.

First to us Ministers. God hath of late years taken to himself many famous men: Seven of the Lecturers of Cornhill are dead, Mr. Burroughs, Dr. Bolton, Mr. Sedgewick, Mr. Whitaker, Mr. Cranford, Mr. Vines, and now Mr. Ash. I might name many other excellent Ministers that are dead, as Dr. Gouge, Mr. Walker, Mr. Gataker, Mr. Marshal, Mr. Robinson, and lately Mr. Cook, with many more: Now all these are warning-pieces from Heaven of judgements approaching; For the righteons perish, and no man ⟨p. 23⟩lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous are taken away from the evil to come. Thus Methuselah dyed a year before the Flood: Now Methuselah in Hebrew signifies a missenger of death. Thus Austin dyed a little before Hippo was taken; and Pareus a little before Hiddleburg was taken, and Luther a little before the Wars in Germany began. The death of the godly is like the separating of the Israelites from the tents of Corah and his company; like the taking of Lot out of Sodome. When the Israelites departed from Corah and his company, the earth swallowed them up; and when Lot departed out of Sodome, God rained down fire and brimstone upon them. Let the thoughts of these things cause us to provide our Arks, to get our Zoar's. Let it teach young Samuel's to rise up in the room of old Ely's; young Elisha's, in the room of old Elijah's, and young Timothy's; in the room of Paul the aged; that there may be a succession of Gospel Ministers to hold forth the word of life to this Nation. And let us labour to be inheritours of these twelve Exellencies, that beautified this our reverend Brother.