A Farewell Sermon, ('J'c. A ned an 1 oo yeJres for Ahtl: bur,who knowes not the wailiogs of Ahd-111ituaim for Joftpb; ofthe valley of Megidtlon for 'Jojiab? And i~evcr any corpsdeierved to fwim ;, 1 ceares, ifever any loffe could command lamem~uoq; then thiSofours,yea ofthiS who:c Iland, yea ofthewhole Church ofGod, yea ofthe whole world, juflly call> foric, and truly hath it. . 0 HenrJOUr fweet Prince, our fweet Prince Henry, the fecond gloryofourNation, ornamenrofman-kinde, hopeofpo[lerity, and lifeofour hfc, howdoeall heamblecd, and eyes worthilygu!hour, for thy Joffe ! A lofie, that wehad neither grace to feate, nor have capacity eo conceive. Shall I praiie him to you, who are therefore nowmiferable, becaure youdid know him (o well ? r forbeare it' though w my paine; If I did not [pareyou, I could not fofwifdy paffe ovcrthe name,and the vertues ofthat gloriousSainr, our deareMafler; orthe aggravation ofrhatlofTe, B t<htrcof you are too fenfible : my true commiierarion fhall command me filenre : yet I could not bur touchour fore(with this li~ht hand)though yet raw & bleeding: Death ( efpecially fucha death) mufl have forrowand teares; All Nations, all iuccefiion of timesfhall beare apart with us in this lamentation : And if we couldbur as heartily have prayed for himbefore, as weh•ve heartily wept fur him fince, perhapswe had not h•d this caufe ofmourning- From forrow,let us defcend.to paines, (which is no fmallcaufeofcrying and teares) as l feare fomeofus mufl: The word, howfoever it is here tranaued, is(""®-) labour; I mu[l conferfto,J.bour and painare neereone anorher; whencewe fay, thathe which hboors,rakes paines; and contrarily, that a woman is inlabour,orrravell, whenfheisin thepaineofchild-birth: teares cannot be wip't away whiles toyle remaines; That tl1e lfraelites may leave crying, they mufl be deliveredJrom the brick-kilnesof.!Egypt. Indeed,Godhad in C ourcreationalorredushbour,withoutpainc; but when once tinne come into the foule, p•ine fdzed upon the bones,and the mind was potfeffed with awearineffe and irkfome loathing ofwhat it mofl doe : and ever fince,forrow and labour have beene mfep1rable attendants upon the life ofman : Infomuch as God, when hewould defcribe to usrhe happy eflateof,the dead, does itin rhofe terines, They !h11l refl from their labours :Look into the field, fherc you fhall fee royling &! theplough and fiche. Looke inro thewaters, there you fee ruggmg at the o2re; and cabels. Looke into theCity, there you fee plodding in the flreers, f~¥eating in the !hop•. Looke into the [ludies, there you fee fixing ofeyes, mflingof bookes, fcrarching the head, paleneffe,infirmiry. Looke into theCourt, there you fee tedious attendance, emulatory officioufnelfe. All things are full oflabour, and labour is full of forrow. Ifwee doe nothing, idlene!Te iswea. ifome; ifany thing, work iswearifome; inone or bo1h of D rhefe,the befl oflife isconfumed. Who nowcanbe in love with a life, rhathath nothing in it but crying,and reares in the entrance; death in the conclufion; labour and painein the continuance; and farrow in all thefc? What Gaily· (]ave but wewould bein love with our chaine? what prifoner woulddelightin his dungeon?How bath our infidelitybefotted us, ifwe doe not long afcerrhat happy eflareofour immorta· liry, wherein all our tearesfhall be wip'taway; and wear once free from Jabour,forrow; and dear~\ ? Now, as it is vaine to hope forrhistill then; fo then not.to hope for ir,is pagani!handbrurilh. He that bath taxed uswith rhefe pen~nces,hoth under- · taken to releafe us. GodjhaO wip<4n>4J aUteatu. . Whilew~ flay here,he kecpesall our teares in abortle,foprecious is the water tbar P{•l sti. isdi!lilled from penitent eyes; and bccaufehewill be furenot to faile, he notes how !tl1nydrops there be,in h.is regifler.lt was apreciousoimmenr,wherewith thewoman E in the Pharifes houfe(it is thought MarJ Magdal<n) anointed the feet ofChrifl : l)u·t 1~k;7•37. her.reares wherewith fhe walht them, w~re moreworrb than her fpiknard. But that which is here prccious,is rliere unfealonabl•;then he !haIwipe away rhoG: which here he would fave.As de~th,fo pafiions are the companions ofinfirmiry;whereupon Come that havebeen too mce, have called thofe which were incident intoChrifl,Prop•fiions;not conlidering rhat hewhich was c2pableofdearh, might b•as well ofp1flions. Thefe rroublefome affe/l:ions ofgriefe,feare,and fuch like, doe not f•ll into glorified foules. It is true,that they have Jove,delirejioyin their greatefl pcrfellion: ye• they ------------------------~--~O~o~~----------------~c~o~ul~d~~--------
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