Dr. Thomas Jacomb's Funeral Sermon. 795 --·------- Chrift's RejeCHon in the next VVorld. VVe read of Sbimei, that up~~ Solomon's confo~~nfo ';~; JG,~:r~h~eS;}i:;;rz ;~:dt.~u~~t~~11~!d~~~t}{~~}1%a~~e~~i~~r~2; 1;~;~~~i~~ I King. :. 1 ~. do. What an eafy Confinement was it to remain in the Holy City,where all theTribes came twice a Year, and when they returned left their Hearts behind them; It (eems to be a Priviledge and Favour rather than a Punifhment. .Yet a~ pettr lntere£1: drew him out, and for the Violation of his Promife he lofl: his L1fe. Thi s IS a reprefentation of thole who for Temporal RefpeCI:s de[ert the Service of CbriCI:, viola te their Promifes to him, and leave the New ]en{alem, the City of the Living God. Our Saviour will accept of none into his Service but upon his own TermS; T.Yhocvcr will he 1Jt} Difciple, let him take up bi.r Crofj and follow me. \Vho would not be anibitious to be the Copy of fuch a Divine Original? We fhould rejoyce if ea!I'd forth lo fharp Tryals for his Name, as having an occation to give the clearert Tcfl:i,rnony of our Superlative Love and intire Fidelity to our Bleffed Lord. '· To conclude the Argument , Let us be perfuadcd to dedicate our . felv~s \V holly to the Service ofChrifl:, and to live according to our Dedication. This fhould betl~e early act of the reafonable Creature; for is it equa l to put hiq1 ofhvitl\ .\)'e Rqliq\'g~ of the Wor)d to whom the Firfl:-Fruits, the befl: of all we are and have JS due? B/il: . ~o~~e~~~~o~e~1 ~~~~t~e~f~uf~~~~~;;t,u~~~;~be~ 0~f,~; t~~:';~0bt~~kt;:~o£~~~t our opportunity of ferving Chrifl: is fbort, and the omilf\on of it is irr~p5r~/?l~ ... Wij,lt is there to recommend a Service to us, but is to be found in the Service of CJlrifl: 1 "fls the mofl: honourable Service, whether we conGder the Divine Majefl:ybg;ollr Mafl:er, ~~~ej~ ~tf;~~:~~'ti~;~~;;~;{~~~~;, 'w1~e.<;eu~~~?P~fn~~~ J;f;~'cd~~t,~~~4 ift; ~~~~~;1In~~~~\~{t,;aN~uf~'~t~a~t~l;~~fri~;:~l ~~~t~~~~ ~sn~ti~)~~1~d ~if~~~nt', be~ Tis the mofl: fweet and eafy Service: This will feem incredible to th6(e <vbq judge of the Delights oftbe Spirit by the Principles of the Flefh. in tbis Sel1fe a\!f?l ' t)fr;Cdr~ 11al Matt H11derjlandt not the thi11gt of the Spirit: Who can difcoverlhe Plea!/m.:e.oflJ&; Gck to one that was horn Dea f? ordefcribe theLight of the Sun to one tMt. \Xa"~~v'F Blind? who can fee a Ta!te? The Truth is, the Life of Carnal Men has ih} 'apJ?fk ranee of Joy, but not the reality : And the Life of the Saints has a giQh~bMe~ancholly ap~earance, but has an inward cordial Joy i11comparably 'above' ~I file , vail/ ~~~lri~~;~~~~sk1:~~ ';;.~~1dbe~5::n~;,;:;~~;hP.Jf:O~~:. d~~~:Y it h::;d~ ~Vt~·$M~ ~~~~;{·'~:~; with jts Honey. And as the corrupt Heart is its own Tempter, fo the'gliil lfCollfcTenc.r ~:~~si~o;diis its own Tormenter. Befides the fearful a[prehcnGon of what d~al! fol lo\f.in.'t\Je ne,w= nuw•mmw. :c;;;~te ~Il'~e~i~~~;:f[;f.::re!';~ir:ffi0Je~~t~ ;~~~~:letl~~,~~~)~(\~f;!J:r~~~~f:n~~~ ••,. the Lifeofa Saint is regulated by aLawtbatisalways atUnion.in its Picc.;pts. He~ Divine Affifl:ance to enable him to perform it. His graciousMalterwillpa,rf!-ou l)is In[ firmiti es. The ContentofConfcience, the Joy ofthe HolyGhofl:, that rewar(ls O)Jr Quty ~b~iit:rth~c~~~i~~ t:,::n~:'fok~~Fl~~}t:fttrl:,~~t;:};:~r:lh~0BJ,~,~~~lf}~i~'t~:t~ wf:Js ~i~r;~~~~~:;~e ~~~lr~o~~~b~a:fl:~f~·s~r"loe~be~tn?~i:itfJ~tea~e~h~n~~b~ often do the Slaves of the World complain that they have (pent therr\re!ves i'n vain? As '}acob reproached Ltbau, Thou haft deceived me, and cha!tge,d !l!J·Wa<:e.; ~wtimes ~ fo may the Worldlings fay, whole Hopes have beenoften charu1'd with t'he fpecious Promiles of the World, and deluded in the end. DearhoughtExperienceatla~ co-nvinc<:s them of their woful Folly, in feeking for Happinefs whereit was not t 9,'15,~ound', and neglecting to leek it where it was . But the Servants of Chrifl: have att'b,~ prefellJ: ~heir Fruit rmt~ Ho!i"efi·, m~d itt the elldeverlafti"f{ Lift. Tl1e ~e;vice ofChrifl)1erFt, 15 ~rili~?~},;'~~~;rr, ~;~1re~~\~·~g.';;:te~~~'c:c~~fiu~~;1~~li\ch~;~~~f,~y our Ii.fl: folemn RefpeCI:s ;o the Memory of the Reverend Dr. Thomo; }1comb: who was fo 1\lliverfal~ ly known, eftecm'd, and beloved in this City, that his Name is a noble anp lafl:ing E-togy. I !ball not give an accmmt of the time he fpent io Cambridge, where he was Fellow of!riuity Col/edge, and worthilyefreemedin that flourHhingSociety': Entc6nfine my D1fcourfe to his Minifl:ry in London. Here the Divine Providence d\f~fed him into the Family of a Right Honourable Perfon, to whom he was defervedly very acceptable, and whofe rea l and mofr noble FJvours conferred upon him, were only
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