Great Britains Salomon A sermon preached at the magnificent funerall, of the most high and mighty king, Iames, the late King of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. At the Collegiat Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, the seuenth of May 1625. By the Right Honorable, and Right Reuerend Father in God, Iohn, Lord Bishop of Lincolne, Lord Keeper of the Great Seale of England, &c.

THe first happinesse of Salomons end is this, that his Death is resem∣bled to slumbring and sleeping. And Salomon slept. It is obser••'d by one, a 1.1 Quod Hebraei, Homines in stat••••perditio∣nis mortuos, Sanctos autem do••••ientes vocent, that the Hebrues say of Wicked Men, that they dye; but of the Saints, that they fall a sleepe. I cannot tell, whe∣ther the Rule be generall; but b 1.2 Chrysa∣stome saith directly, that without Christ, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, death is still death, and Hell in the bargaine, and they are onely said to sleepe, that dye in him. Surely it is the godly dying, that most resembles slumbring, and sleeping. For first as wee praepare our selues vnto the one before it comes, by setting aside the traffique of the World: so are the godly disposed to the other. Looke vpon Salomon at his deaths bed (for then saith c 1.3 Hierome this Booke was penn'd) Two things haue I prayed of thee, denie mee not before I dye, Take away from mee Vanitie,

and Lyes, Prouerbs 30. 7. Verse. Second∣ly, as wee willingly yeeld to Nature in the one▪ so doe the a 1.4 Saints to the God of Nature, when he cals vpon them, in the other. Listen to Salomon in his Ecclesiastes written not long before his death; The Righteous, and his workes are in the hand of God, Eccles. 9. 1. vers. Last∣ly, as Men lay by their cloathes with an expectation to vse them againe in the one: so doe the Saints their bodies, with an expectation of Iudgement in the o∣ther. So ends the Sermon of this Royall Preacher. God shall bring euery worke vn∣to iudgement, Eccles. 12. and the last vers. And therefore this praeparing, and com∣posing of our selues ouer-night, with a full Resolution to awake in the mor∣ning, is no bitter dying, but a gentle slee∣ping. Dormiuitque Salomon. And Sa∣lomon slept. And so much of this first happinesse.

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  〈…〉〈…〉 quod 〈…〉〈…〉 P••lanus, 〈…〉〈…〉 〈…〉〈…〉 39.