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Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Maxwell, William, d. 1696. Funeral sermons. Sermons, English -- 17th century. 2007-01 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-01 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-04 Celeste Ng Sampled and proofread 2007-04 Celeste Ng Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A Funeral SERMON Preached at Newport-Pagnell , April 11. 1697. On the Occasion of the Sudden Death of William Maxwell , A Pious and Hopeful Young Scholar , belonging to Harvard-Colledge , in Cambridge , New-England : And Aaron held his peace , Lev. 10. 3. I was dumb , I opened not my mouth , because thou didst it , Psal . 39. 9. Mihi vivere , est Christus , & mori Lucrum . London : Printed for H. Nelme , at the Leg and Star , over against the Royal Exchange , 1697. To the Parents of the Deceased . THE Design of this plain Discourse , was to minister a word of Counsel ( and if the Lord would bless it ) of Comfort to you , under that awful and afflicting Providence , that hath of late befallen you , which tho' very surprizing , yet is it common to good and bad : And as it was principally delivered on your account , so at your request I have Transcribed the Copy , and put it into your hand to be disposed of at your pleasure . The Publishing of it was far from my Thoughts , when I preached it , and is altogether averse to my Inclination , tho' to gratifie you ( whose desire I could not well with-stand ) I gave my self the trouble of writing it over . You have , my Friends , no cause to give too much vent unto your Sorrow , for upon very good grounds you have reason to hope , that he whom you love , is with Him that loves him better than you , and is safely arriv'd at the Haven of Rest , that you are desirous at last to come unto . What tho' his Race was short , his Rest is the longer : and if he be gone a little before you , you follow after ; and if you are prepared , as I doubt not he was , you will meet together in an unspeakable , unconceivable , far better State and Place , then was to be injoyed , or can , in this Vail of Tears . He is wholly set free from all those Evils that you are still exposed unto , and is warm in that bosom wherein you hope to be lodged for ever . My love to him ( for the Relation I stood in ) was very great from his Childhood , for I do not remember that I did ever see any thing in him , but what did deserve it : his Nature was very lively , and his Deportment very obliging , that drew Respect unto him from Neighbours as well as Relations , that had knowledge of him . And since his departure out of his Native Country , you have had such a full Account , from good hands , of his pious and gracious Behaviour , that should command your silence under this sharp Providence . And , methinks should not make it difficult for you to determine , whether you have greater cause of mourning , in parting from such a Child , than of rejoycing that you had so good and hopeful a one , How many , alas ! poor Parents , that beget , and bring forth Children for the Destroyer ; when you had one for the Saviour , whom he sought , and now doth , and will for ever enjoy . It becomes you not therefore to mourn , as those that have no hope : That the Lord , who hath done it , would sanctifie this Stroak , and by the manifestations of his love to your Souls , sweeten this bitter Cup , and fully satisfie you with his Will , is and shall be the Prayer of Your Sympathizing Friend and Relation , J. G. POSTSCRIPT . Christian Reader , THIS Sermon not being intended to come into publick view , I shall only advertise thee , That the Objection about unlawful Ways of getting the good Things of this World , with the Answers thereunto , not being suited unto a Funeral Discourse , were a Digression designed to Cure , or Prevent a great Transgression , which some worldly Auditors fall into , or may be in danger so to do , unto the dishonour of God , and the hazarding of the Eternal Destruction of their Immortal Souls . A Funeral Sermon , &c. Job II. 10. What , shall we receive good at the hand of God , and shall we not receive evil ? THIS Book is Intituled the Book of Job , for the principal Matter contained therein doth concern him ▪ Who was the Pen-Man of it is ●●certain , neither is it much material for us to ●●●w . The first Verse gives us his Picture draw● 〈◊〉 the Finger of God , which he twice Attested unto the Teeth of Satan , Ver. 8. Chap. 2 , 3. which did draw the Malice and Envy of Satan against him . We have also an Inventory of his Wealth , Ver. 2 , 3. The loving and friendly practice of his Children , 4. This good Man's Fear , and godly Course , 5. Satan's desire to try him ; a Commission given him , with a Limitation , 12. He goes to the utmost length of his Chain . Upon the sad Messages brought to him , we find he had a Sense of his Afflictions , and by outward Gestures did demonstrate it , 20. yet did manifest a gracious Frame of Heart under all , 21. Satan's Commission , with a Limitation , renewed , 't is executed to the full , Chap. 2. 6 , 7. Job's Wife , in discontent , gives him very ill Counsel , Ver. 9. Job Replies , Ver. 10. wherein he gently Reproves her , 2. gives a valid Reason for this Reproof , in the Words of my Text , in a double Interrogation : What ? As if he should say , what bad Advice do you give me ? What would you have me to sin against God ? Then shall we receive good at the hand of God , and not evil ? Interrogations are a kind of quick and smart Speaking ; and in this place it imports the anger of Job at this evil Counsel ; Shall we receive , &c. The Good here spoken of , I presume , doth only intend the good things of this Life , such as Abraham speaks of , Luke 16 ▪ 25. unto the rich Man ; though some extend it to the good things of the othe● 〈◊〉 also , at the hand , or from the hand , or ●●●●●●ence of God ; and shall we not receive 〈◊〉 Not the evil of Sin ; for God gives 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 nor doth Man , though full of this Ev●●●●ceive it from Him ; but the Evil of Troubl● 〈◊〉 Affliction , those in Scripture are frequently called Evil , Isa . 45. 7. I create evil . Amos 3. 6. Is there evil in a city ( i. e. ) any trouble or affliction , that the Lord hath not done . Called Evil , not that there is any Evil , either Natural or Moral in it ; but because it is so in our Sense and Esteem , or because the common effect of the Evil of Sin. From these Words do arise Three Observations . 1. That the Life of Man , in this World , is made up of Good and Evil ; not all Good , nor all Evil : Not all good , lest we be full , and deny God , as Agur said , Prov. 30. 8 , 9. Not all Evil , lest we faint under it , and our Lives be too bitter : Our Life is as Checquer-work , that hath white and black Lines ; or as the Cloud in the Wilderness , that had a bright side , as well as a dark one . Herein it differs from the future Life , or Life in the other World , that is either all Good , and that in the superlative Degree , without any allay of Evil , as with the Spirits of just Men made perfect : Or , all Evil , without the least mixture of Good ; that is , of Comfort and Refreshment , no not so much as a drop of water ; which is the miserable case of the damned in Hell. 2. Obs . That the good and evil Things we receive , are from the Hand of God , either immediately , or mediately . 3dly . Which I shall principally insist upon in the Doctrinal Part , That as we receive Good , so must we receive Evil , though from his Hand ; and make use of the Second Doctrine in the Application . Reasons why , and the manner how , we are to receive these evil things from the Hand of God. 1. Because they come from the same Hand that all our good Things come : This is the force of the Reason given by Job . 2. Is from the Sovereignty of God , Psal . 46. 10. Job 9. 12. who hath an Absolute , Unlimited , and Indubitable Right , to dispose of Us , and Ours , according to his Pleasure , and none may dare to question it . 3. From the Wisdom of God , who best knows what to do with us . In Wisdom he doth all things , whose Understanding is Infinite , Ps . 147. 5. and therefore is beyond our search , Isa . 40. 28. 4. His Justice , that doth not , nor can do us any wrong . 5. His Goodness is such , that He will do us no harm , nor intends it . 1. All the Good we receive from Him is more than we deserve , for we are not worthy of the least of his Mercies , Gen. 32. 10. nay , contrary to our deserts ; for whenever He doth us Good , or whatsoever Good He bestows on us , He comes over the heads of innumerable sins and offences . 2. The Good we receive from Him , if weighed in the Ballance , will out-weigh all the Evils we receive , had we only a naked Life . This Truth came out of the Mouth of the Father of Lies , That skin for skin , and all that a man hath , will he give for his life , Job 2. 4. Importing , that Life is of so great a value , that it will weigh down all the Good we enjoy , and therefore will out-weigh all the Evils that we suffer . Hence , Lam. 3. 39. Wherefore doth a living man complain ? Have Life , and yet complain : which plainly speaks , That where there is Life , it is so great a Good , that no troubles should so distress us , as to procure sinful Complaints : but there are none that live , but have some other Good with it ; if nothing else , yet they have Time , which is a great Good. 3. Whatever Evil we receive from the Hand of God , if we are his People , it is because there is need of it , 1 Pet. 1. 6 , 7. The All-Wise GOD , that understands our Conditions , sees that we have need of such evil Things . It is no pleasurous thing with Him to Afflict his People , Lam. 3. 33. If a wise and faithful Physician , that knows our Distemper , sees that it is needful to breath a Vein , and take away some of our Blood , or finds it necessary to Prescribe an unpleasing Potion to us , we abiding by his Judgment , and relying on his Fidelity , are willing to receive it ; therefore , 5. We should receive those evil Things , because they are designed for our good , Heb. 12. 10. and if we receive them as we ought , they will , no doubt , produce that effect , Isa . 27. 9. Rom. 8. 28. 6. To suffer , or receive those evil things , doth become those that profess themselves to be Christians , and to be a Christian indeed , and not in Name only , is one that takes Christ for his All , and Resigns up himself , and his All , unto His Dispose ; with a consciencious endeavour to be Conformable to Him who hath left us an Example , How to bear the evils that we suffer , 1 Pet. 2. The manner how we should receive evil things from the hand of God. 1. With a holy submission unto his Will and Providence ; it is a Cup put into our hand by a Merciful and Compassionate Father , which , tho' it hath some Gall in it , as no affliction for the present is joyous , Heb. 12. yet there is no Poison . John 18. 11. The Cup which my Father hath given me , shall I not drink it ? Christ had a bitter Cup in the Garden , yet if his Father saw it not good it should pass from Him , He was willing to take it , Mat. 26 , 39. 2. Receive evil things from God's hand humbly , either to make us humble , or to keep us humble , to prevent Pride , and hide it from our eyes , Job 33. 16. or to pull down Pride , is one principal end of God in the evil thing He brings upon us ; as it was to Israel , in all the hardships they met with in their Passage through the howling Wilderness , that Land of Pits , Drought , and the shadow of Death , Deut. 8. 2. Pride is so contrary to God , that he cannot bear it in his Children , and therefore his Day of Affliction comes upon them to prevent it , or rebuke for it , as with Paul , 2 Cor. 12. 7. Hence that Counsel , 1 Pet. 5. 6. Humble your selves under the mighty hand of God. He loves to see his Children cloathed , or rather adorned with the Garment of Humility , 1 Pet. 5. 5. 3. Receive them silently , or patiently , Rom. 5. 2. Tribulation is said to work Patience , or work it out , that Patience might be kept in exercise ; he that is without it , had need to pack up , and be gone out of the World , there being so much need of this Grace ; Patience is exercised either in bearing evils , Rom. 12. 12. or in waiting for good things . Hence the Apostle concludes , we have need of it , Heb. 10. 36. as the Husbandman , Ja. 5. 7 , 8. As we are to do all things without murmuring at the difficulties , or disputing the Equity of the Command ; so are we to bear and suffer all things from the hand of God , without fretting or discontent , but more of this in the Application . 4. Receive evil things from God's hand , with reflection upon our own evils , or the evil of our ways , Lam. 3. 40. Consideration of our ways is necessary , when under the Rod , Hag. 1. 3. 5. Ecl. 7. 14 5. Diligently attending , or hearkening to the Voice of the Rod , Mic. 6. 9. that we may know something of the holy ends of God therein : for , there is a Reason for every Stroak that comes upon us , which we are concerned to inquire into . 6. With Prayer and Supplication . Times of Affliction , are proper Seasons for Prayer , Jam. 5. 13. This hath been the constant course of the People of God under the Rod , and herein they have often found relief ; Pray for Strength to bear it ; Pray for a Blessing upon the Rod , that you may be taught as well as chastened , Psal . 94. 12. And that the Rod may produce the peaceable Fruits of Righteousness . 7. Thankfully , with our Holy Man , bless God for your Afflictions , Chap. 1. 21. Grace , in a lively exercise , doth not only bring Quietness unto the Mind in Affliction , but raiseth up the Heart to admire at God's condescention , Chap. 7. 17 , 18. that He will bestow a Rod upon us : and thank Him for his Paternal Care of us , and his gentle and favourable Dealing with us , who might have Scourged us with Scorpions . 8. Believingly : that according to God's word , our Afflictions shall work for our Good , as they are designed and appointed . For Application , I shall look back to the Second Doctrine , viz. That our Good and Evil Things , in this Life , come from the hand of God. 1. Then , our good Things come not to us , by that which ignorant People commonly call Luck , or Fortune , which ought to be cut off from the Mouths of Christians : That which they call Fortune , is the Providence of God , without which not a Penny comes into your Purses , nor a Customer into your Shops . 2. Then our worldly good Things comes not to us simply , by our own diligence , care , and industry , I say not only , or simply , but 't is God that gives power to get Wealth , Deut. 8. 18. None have reason to Sacrifice to their own Net , or Ascribe the good Things they have got unto the labour of their hand : For Men may , and many do , rise up early , and set up late , and eat the bread of sorrow , Psal . 127. 2. and yet add not one cubit to their stature , Mat. 6 27. 'T is true , the diligent hand , it 's said , maketh rich , Prov. 10. 4. yet not without the blessing of the Lord , ver . 22. These make rich both in Spirituals and Temporals , not the one without the other ; not the diligent hand without the blessing of the Lord , nor will the blessing of the Lord make rich without a diligent hand ; for God is no Patron for Slothfulness , in the Affairs of Soul or Body . 3. Then should we trust in the Lord , Ps . 37. 3. and rely upon his Care and Providence , touching the good things of this World , who will give Grace , and Glory , and with-hold no good thing from them that trust in Him , and walk uprightly before Him , Psal . 84. 11. He that feeds the Ravens , will not suffer the young Cranes to starve , as that good Man said on his Death-bed . He that cloaths the grass of the field , will provide garments to cover the nakedness of them that rely upon Him. He doth not indeed ingage to provide for them , as He did for the rich Man , Luk 16. But mean Fair may preserve Life , as well as costly Dishes ; and course Cloth will keep warm , as well as fine . 4. If all the good things thou hast come from the hand of God , then be thankful to God for all . Render all back to Him in Praises , that thou receivest from his bountiful Hand ; that as of Him , and from Him are all things ; so all may with thankfulness be returned to Him. Phil. 4. 6. 5. Use and lay out all for Him ; the Mercies we receive should be improved for his Glory : Whether we eat , or whether we drink , do all to the glory of God , 1 Cor. 10. 31. To honour Him with our substance , Prov. 3. 9. By doing good , and communicating , especially unto God's poor , Gal. 6. 10. And for Holy and Pious Uses , in promoting the Gospel and Interest of Christ . 6. Tho' all good things of this Life are received from his Hand , yet let us not be contented to have our Portion in them , that it may not be with us , as with the rich Man , Luk. 16. who had all his good things in this Life ; the Lord hath better things than those to give , Ps . 84. 11. and we want them : for as our Bodies need the one , so do our Souls need the other ; and he that chiefly seeks the best , shall not want the worst , so far as God sees them good for us . Obj. Suppose these good things are wickedly and unjustly gotten , by lying , stealing , defrauding , over-reaching , oppression , and grinding the face of the poor ; do such good things so gotten come from the hand of God ? Res . It is too evident , that many by such wicked and ungodly ways do gain these things ; and that there are too few that in their Commerce and Dealings with Men , do with Conscience observe that excellent Rule given by Christ , Mat. 7. 12. Whatsoever ye would that Men should do unto you , do ye even so unto them . 2. Yet the things themselves being good , as they are good , do proceed from God ; but the unjust and unlawful means by which they are gained , are from the wickedness of the heart of Man , as Judas his thirty Pieces . 3. These things thus gained come from God , but not in a way of Mercy , but in his Wrath and Displeasure , to fatten them against the day of slaughter . The Lord smiteth his hand at their dishonest gain , Ezek. 22. 13. Alluding to a Man , when angry , that smiteth his hands at the Party that offends him , and the Lord will avenge such , 1 Thes . 4. 6. I have read of a great Lady , that being in a City that was Besieged , Contracted with the Besiegers to deliver up the City , on condition they would give her all the Gold , Jewels , and precious Stones , that were found therein . Agreement was made , the City delivered up , and the Gold , &c. were cast upon her , and crushed her to death . Thus Riches gotten , and not by right , will perish ; and those that so get them shall die like fools , Jer. 17. 11. 4. Those that by unjust and unlawful ways do gain the good things of this World , together with them do gain a Curse , Prov. 3. 33. So that those things , tho' in themselves are Blessings , are accursed unto them , Mal. 2. 2. There is a worm at the root , and a third Heir seldom enjoys it . 5. Account at last must be given of what Men gain , and how they use it , and in what way they gain it . 1. Does the evil of Affliction and Trouble that we suffer , come from the hand of God , then ought we to look beyond , and through Second Causes , unto the Providence of God , that disposeth of us , and ours : For trouble springeth not out of the ground ; nor doth affliction arise out of the dust , Job 5. 6. 2. Then under the sharpest and severest stroaks that fall upon us , we should be still as David , not to open our mouths , because God hath done it , Ps . 39. 9. Obj. But my affliction is more than ordinary , and falls out but now and then ; this makes it the heavier , and in this the Lord hath , as it were , pricked me in the Life-Vein , taking away the desire of my eye , and the delight of my heart ; had it been in some other way , I hope I could have borne it better . Res . 1. Shall any teach God knowledge ? Job 21. 22. Or shall we direct our Soveraign Lord , nay , our Father , what Rod He shall scourge us with ? He is at liberty to Correct how He pleaseth , and if He taketh away , as none can hinder Him , neither may we question Him , or say , What doest Thou , or why doest Thou so ? Job 9. 12. 2. Thy Child was the delight of thine Heart , therefore thou wouldest have had him been continued with thee ; he was also God's delight , who had most right to him , therefore he is not , because the Lord hath taken him to Himself : you did love him , therefore was so unwilling to part from him ; but your love had too much Self-love in it , seeing you would have kept him from his Father , and the Glory prepared for him : So that your Child might say , If you lov'd me with a cordial sincere love , free from a mixture of self-love , you would rejoyce , and not over-much afflict your self with sorrow , because I am gone to the Father , Joh. 14. 28. 3. This you say is a very heavy burden that the Lord has laid upon you , but not so heavy as your Sins were , that was laid upon Christ , the which He bore , Isa . 53. 6. 12. 1 Pet. 2. 24. He bore them on his own Body on the Tree , to bear , or carry them away from us . Ferebat & auferebat . Did Christ silently and patiently bear , and bear away our sins ? Was He as a Lamb before the Shearers , and this burthen laid upon Him by the Father , and shall not we be silent under the burthen of Affliction that the hand of the Lord lays upon us ? 4. You complain that the Tryal and Affliction is great , but , alas ! it might have been far greater . He might have been taken from you by the hand of Justice , inflicting death for horrid wickedness . He might have died , and you had no well-grounded hopes of his Eternal Salvation ; but he gave early Proofs of his preparedness to meet with the Enemy though he came suddenly upon him . 5. It may be he had taken up too much room in your Heart , and was lodged in the bed which the Lord had chosen to lye in ▪ and therefore takes him out of the way , that He might have your Hearts more fixed upon Him. It was , as I have read , the Saying of a good Woman , whose only Son was taken away by Water , That now the Lord had left her none to love but Himself . Your Son , though not your only Son , was thus removed from you , that your heart might be more at liberty to love the Lord. 6. If the Affliction be great , and the Burthen be heavy , do the best you can to lessen your Affliction , and make your Burthen lighter , this is done by a quiet , silent submission unto the Will of God , in this awful Providence ; whereas impatience , or discontent under it , will add more weight unto it . 7. Such a carriage and deportment , will bespeak our Reverence of God , in resigning up our choicest Creature Comforts to Him patiently : to part with that which we have no great affection unto , or kindness for , is no proof of our Reverence and Obedience , but if our Isaac be called for , and we quietly give him up . By this we manifest our Fear of God , Gen. 22. 12. 8. Patience under sharp Afflictions , gives us possessions of our Souls , as saith Luke , 21. 19. The Mind being Composed , will render us capable of making use of those means whereby we may gain Support and Relief under it . Hence the Apostle James , 1. 4. Let Patience have her perfect work , that ye may be intire , and want nothing that is needful for your support , under the present Circumstances . 9. The exercise of Patience in our Tryals , will bring in Experience , Rom. 5. 4. of the Power , Mercy , and Goodness of God : then shall we be capable of taking notice of his merciful dealings with us . Hence that of Moses unto the Children of Israel , Exod. 14. 13. Stand still , and see the salvation of the Lord. This included , Psal . 46. 10. Be still , and know that I am God. 10. The Lord takes it well when we are graciously silent , not sullenly silent under our troubles , and quarrel not with his Rod : He glories in his Servant Job , in the face of the Devil , on this account , Chap. 2. 3. 11. By such a carriage in afflictions , we imitate our Lord Jesus , who by his patient bearing all that He underwent , from the hand of God and man , did give us an example ▪ and certainly it becomes a Christian , and is no small part of his glory to be conformable to his Lord and Master FINIS .