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William Thistlewaite - - -Author: James Slade - - - -Release Date: December 28, 2021 [eBook #67032] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - - -***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A SERMON PREACHED AT ST. GEORGE'S -CHURCH, BOLTON, ON SUNDAY, 7TH JANUARY, 1838*** - - -Transcribed from the 1838 John Heaton edition by David Price. - - - - - - A SERMON - PREACHED AT - ST. GEORGE’S CHURCH, BOLTON, - _On Sunday_, 7_th_ _January_, 1838, - - - * * * * * - - OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF - - * * * * * - - THE REV. WILLIAM THISTLETHWAITE, M.A., - LATE INCUMBENT OF THAT CHURCH, AND - PUBLISHED AT THE REQUEST OF - THE CONGREGATION, - - * * * * * - - BY THE REV. J. SLADE, M.A. - - VICAR OF BOLTON. - - ~~~~~~~~~~~~ - - BOLTON: - - PRINTED BY JOHN HEATON, DEANSGATE. - - And Sold by all Booksellers. - - * * * * * - - - - -SERMON. - - - ROM. XIV. 8. - - _For whether we live_, _we live unto the Lord_; _and whether we die_, - _we die unto the Lord_: _whether we live therefore_, _or die_, _we - are the Lord’s_. - -THE text refers to the foregoing verse: “None of us liveth unto himself; -and no man dieth to himself.” We are very apt to feel and act, as if we -were independent creatures. Perhaps if examined, as to our particular -creed, we should readily confess ourselves to be placed under the -sovereignty of the Almighty; and to be accountable, as Christians, at the -bar of Him, who will “judge both quick and dead.” But few are daily -conscious, as they ought to be, either of their dependence or their -responsibility. Their creed is not in their heart; they live chiefly and -practically under a system of self-government; grievously forgetting the -dominion of the Lord who created and redeemed them. A proud spirit is, -as it has been from the beginning, the bane of man: he fell through -impatience of his Maker’s mild yoke, and an intolerance of his Maker’s -superiority: and the poison, thus whispered into his ear by the evil one, -still lurks within him; corrupting his feeling and principle, and -rendering him greatly insensible to the divine superintendence and -blessing. - -This pride and selfishness however the gospel is designed to humble and -correct; and it does produce the mighty change in the heart of every -sincere believer; of all who feel its vital power, “the power of God unto -salvation.” Of all such it must be said, in the utmost latitude, in the -most unqualified sense, “none of us liveth unto himself.” There is no -true disciple of the Lord Jesus, who makes earthly interest, gain or -pleasure, ambition or lust, his ruling and absorbing object. Such is the -character of the degenerate and lost world: there is no fitter -description of a worldly man than this, that he lives to gratify his own -humour, and carry out the schemes of his own wilfulness, and promote his -own prosperity during his little career: earth is his sphere of action, -and all centres in self. But every follower of Christ is called out of -the world, effectually called and chosen and delivered: he has another -mind, another spirit, another view. He cannot live for himself: it is -not merely against his conviction, his sense of propriety, his professed -and deliberate principle, it is against his new nature: he is born of -God, with new affections, new desires, new purposes, new prospects; the -Spirit of the living God dwells within him; cleanses him from all fleshly -corruption; and brings his will, brings all that he is, and all that he -has, into subjection to the Godhead. This is the character, the certain -and essential and distinguishing character of all who belong to Christ: -they live not, in any regard or in any matter, for themselves. - -Nor do they die unto themselves. They die not, either like the beasts -that perish, or for their own disposal and glory; not to make bodily or -earthly provisions; not to give orders for their funeral; not to hand -down their name and style to posterity upon a blazoned escutcheon; not to -bequeath their riches to others: “after all these things do the Gentiles -seek.” But a grand and glorious change has been made by the gospel: the -true nature of death stands now unfolded in all its awful and stupendous -reality: it is a passage to another state of being: the disembodied soul -flies and lives elsewhere: not, as on earth, for a few short years, but -for eternity. And what may be thought or said of me, whether by the -present or by future generations, whether by friends or foes; what may -become of my property, baubles or possessions; what may be done with my -corpse, whether meanly or superbly coffined, whether laid without -winding-sheet or clothed with purple and fine linen,—all these are -matters of minor note, of comparative indifference. I shall have been -living and dying for another, an eternal world; and the great -consideration is, where and what that world shall be. - -We are thus led, as by the Apostle’s own hand, to enter more immediately -on the text. “Whether we live, we live unto the Lord.” It is the Lord, -the Lord Jesus Christ, who hath done these marvellous things for us; He -has removed from us the burden of the wrath of God; He has rescued us -from the bondage of corruption, and changed the curse into a blessing; He -has given unto us the Spirit of holiness, and thus re-created in our -new-born soul the image of the righteous God. He moreover has dispelled -the clouds that rested on the tomb, and has “brought life and immortality -to light by the gospel.” And O remember the mighty cost, the precious -sacrifice, by which He purchased us unto Himself. The eternal Son of God -stooped down from heaven to earth; the Word, which was in the beginning -with God and was God, was made flesh; “humbled Himself and became -obedient unto death;” “bore our sins in His own body on the tree:” died -and rose again, rose as the first fruits of a sleeping world. Thus have -we “passed from death to life,” from nature to grace, from ruin to a -state of salvation. And no believer can deny, that he is bound, -“whatsoever he does in word or deed, to do all in the name of the Lord -Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him.” - -Yet, brethren, it is not merely what we are bound to do or to be, as -baptized into Christ and believing in His name; it is what we _are_, -actually _are_, as partakers of His gospel, and cleansed by His blood. -St. Paul says, “we live unto the Lord;” we _do_ so live as a matter of -course and necessity: our life is altogether devoted to Him: such is the -very meaning and essence of our Christian fellowship. Being His real -property, “not our own, but bought with a price,” we place ourselves at -His disposal: “our meat is to do the will of Him that sent us.” This is -our decided character, by which we desire to be known; known of God and -known of all men. “The life which we now live in the flesh we live by -the faith of the Son of God, who loved us, and gave Himself for us.” It -must unquestionably and inevitably be so, for “our life is hid with -Christ in God;” this, if we are Christians, is the well-spring of our -thoughts and desires and feelings and principles and habits; and though -they contract a taste and taint of evil in their passage through the -corrupt channel of nature, still do they always retain the proof and -prevalence and ascendancy of their heaven-born character; and do clearly -mark us, in the eyes of every spiritual and right-judging person, as -members of Christ and children of God. - -Such are all the sincere followers of the Lamb, the faithful and elect of -God: all in their various spheres of life, high and low, rich and poor; -living in the same Spirit and by the same gospel, unto the same redeeming -Lord; and travelling together in one way to the same everlasting kingdom. -They are all brethren; all of equal privileges in the sight of their God -and Saviour; all, however wide their worldly differences, however -diversified their appearances or acquirements, distinguished by the same -holy signs—by the sign of the cross in their forehead; by the image of -the cross in their heart; by the bearing of the cross in their lives, and -treading in the footsteps of their divine Master. “To me to live is -Christ:” this is the common language, this the good confession, this the -joyful, thankful assurance of each and every one: this their watchword, -this their safeguard and defence, this their abounding consolation, one -with another, amid all the dangers of an ensnaring and harassing world. -The rich man has no other protection, and no other does the poor man -need; Christ is “all in all,” and “none can pluck them out of His hand;” -dwelling together, as in a strong tower; “kept by the power of God -through faith unto salvation.” Each of them still, while in the body, -attentive to the duties of his own calling: no earthly business or -occupation, belonging to their respective conditions, despised or -neglected; but all “done heartily as unto the Lord, and not as unto men:” -all earthly desires so regulated, all earthly plans so formed, all -earthly objects so pursued, as not to interrupt, much less to stifle, the -life of God in the soul. - -Having lived unto the Lord, we shall die unto the Lord: having continued -His property through life, He will claim us as His own in death. The -tyrant of the grave shall have no power, no dominion over us; his spear -is broken; the battle fought, the victory won: Christ has conquered, and -we are “more than conquerors through Him that loved us.” Christ is Lord -of the immortal spirit: “He is able to keep that which is committed to -Him against that day;” and when the soul escapes from its prison-house, -He sends a guardian angel to take the charge, and conduct it safely to -Abraham’s bosom, to the rest that remaineth for His people. Brethren, we -have the Lord’s own word and authority, for the establishment of our -faith and the comforting of our souls. He said to the penitent thief, -“To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise.” He admonished those who -believed not, that Jehovah was declared to be “the God of Abraham and the -God of Isaac and the God of Jacob” long after their bodies were laid in -the grave: and “God is not the God of the dead but of the living, for all -live unto Him.” In this entire confidence and security, His pious -disciples in every age have welcomed their latter end, and fallen asleep -sweetly. The first martyr Stephen, full of the Holy Ghost, worshipped -and prayed to Jesus in his dying moments, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my -spirit;” at once a plain indisputable testimony, that Christ is an object -of divine worship, and that He does receive the souls of the faithful, -when delivered from their earthly tabernacle. And the Apostle, who said, -“To me to live is Christ,” said also, in the same breath, “to die is -gain:” death could not be gain to him with any thing less than Christ: it -is evident, that St. Paul was rapt in the contemplation of the immediate -presence of his Lord: whilst living, he was with Christ; when dead, he -would be with Him more blessedly still. - -In truth, the proper representation of the matter is this; “the Lord’s -kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,” that which He has won by His victory -over sin and death and the grave, that which He has opened to all -believers, that of which every abiding believer is an actual and -irremovable member. It is a kingdom never ceasing or suspended; reaching -onward without a broken link, from time to eternity. The present state -of being should be regarded as the threshold of this boundless kingdom; -as but the foreground of trial, in which the Lord’s servants are -exercised and matured and made meet for their full and final inheritance. -Death is called the gate of life, that life for which the present is but -a prelude and preparation. Earthly graces will be perfected in heaven. -The Lord’s dominion over us is whole and uninterrupted: He calls us from -one division of His kingdom to another, from one state to another, at His -own time and in His own way: “He has the keys of death and hell,” of -death and the unseen world. “He openeth and no man shutteth, and -shutteth and no man openeth.” “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the -death of His saints.” He keeps them by His almighty power, keeps them in -His wisdom and mercy, till they are ripe for glory. None can delay and -none can hasten his work. And what faithful soul would desire it? Nay, -Lord, come and call when Thou wilt; but make Thy servant ready. - -O how refreshing, delightful, encouraging to us, on our way to Zion, to -perceive around us those who are “living unto the Lord,” with their eyes -and hearts fixed upon the heavenly inheritance. And O still happier -sight, and yet an awful rejoicing, to behold a brother “dying unto the -Lord;” to witness the triumph of our holy faith, in nature’s last hour -and Satan’s last buffeting; to observe the trophies of divine love -adorning and cheering the melancholy bed—the tranquil smile, the -unwearied trust, the patient contented thankful resignation; the uplifted -hand and eye, the illuminated countenance, the peaceful spirit all the -while ready to wing its flight. Go boastful science, go vain philosophy, -and visit the death-beds of your votaries; mark well the doubts and fears -betraying themselves under the mask of a bold profession; mark the -impatience and vexation; the present burden and the miserable foreboding; -go and discover your infidel champions, the proud Goliaths of your -kingdom, trembling and quailing under the lifted stroke of death; and -despairing under the load of unforgiven sin, under the terrors of an -insulted and avenging God. Go to your despisers of the crucified Jesus, -to those who have been too wise to seek or too busy to find Him; see -them, as I have seen, stretching out their hands in agony, and saying, -“Is there none to save a fellow-creature from destruction?” Then, when -ye are sickened with such scenes, repair to the bedside of a departing -saint, and see how a Christian can die. Go and study a lesson, more -instructive and more precious than all your pages of human lore and -learning; go and learn from a lovely example, how to live and how to die. - -If I seem to be describing these blessed truths and facts with a -minuteness and a particularity and a real resemblance, it is because I am -drawing from the life; because they have been so recently embodied before -my eyes in the person of a Christian friend and minister—your deceased -pastor. You know that he lived unto the Lord: and I have enjoyed the -privilege of attesting the fruit of that living in his latter days—days -of severe pain, but days of comfort and serenity. He spoke thereof in a -manner, which convinced me, that he wished his views and experience to be -made public; possibly looking forward to the day, when I might be -fulfilling this very office. He said “I wish you distinctly to -understand how I am: I have no ecstasies, no rapturous flights, but a -calm composure, a quiet resting, a peaceful waiting for the Lord: and I -desire the Lord to deal with me as seemeth to Him good: to give me -patience, to give me his grace that I may endure unto the end; and to -continue or remove me at His pleasure.” It was an affecting -communication, an overcoming moment. - -By these and similar words, it was manifest that he set his great value, -not upon any peculiar notions or points of doctrine, but upon a living -and fruitful faith, upon the practical influence of the spirit of God; -upon the state of mind and heart and character and life, as resulting -from christian principles and views. - -Such undoubtedly then has been the scope, such the transcendent object of -his ministerial endeavours and exertions—to produce like faith and fruit -in you: and you, brethren, will bear a willing testimony to his holy zeal -and faithfulness; through a period of well nigh thirty years have you -made trial of him, yea full proof of his labour of love. The memory of -him is bound round your hearts by a multitude of the tenderest holiest -ties. Many of you he baptized into the church of Christ; he has been all -along your spiritual guide, training you up from childhood in the way you -should go. To many has he delivered the blessed elements, the signs of -the body and blood of Christ, as ye were assembled around him at the -table of your Lord, and feasted together upon redeeming love. Many has -he visited on beds of sickness, relieving your wants and comforting your -sorrows, and teaching you to improve them all. And not a few of your -relatives and friends, gone to rest, he attended in their last moments; -and instructed and confirmed and soothed their lingering spirit. You -remember the scene: you saw and loved him there: and you owe him now a -debt of gratitude. And in many a walk of kindness and usefulness, and -many a place of righteous resort, you have watched and honoured and -applauded him: but his race is run; he is gone; and the place that knew -him, shall know him no more. - -Nor were his services confined within the precincts of his own -congregation, but always ready to be extended far and near. Various -societies and charities have rejoiced in his help and activity, and will -heavily feel their loss. But I must forbear and leave the fond strain of -regret, for a word of serious and spiritual improvement. Was he -faithful? Then the larger account have you to render. Did he preach the -truth in love? Then the more will his preaching condemn those hearers, -who have failed to be convinced and converted. He has expounded and -illustrated for you the whole of the sacred volume, from Genesis to -Revelation; he dug deeply into that precious mine in the field of the -word of God, and presented for your acceptance the treasures and the -jewels in all their intrinsic worth and brightness. The Bible, the -inexhaustible stores of the whole Bible, he laid open before you in all -their vast and magnificent abundance; and led you, by precept and by -example, to “the way and the truth and the life.” If you have not -received the word and the spirit of grace, if you have not laid the -doctrine to your soul, if you have not in earnest begun the goodly work, -if you are not far advanced, the fault is not with the departed: you will -not seek to charge him with neglect. Whom then? and where does the -burden lie? “Son of man, speak to the children of thy people and say -unto them, when I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land -take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman: If when he -seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the -people: Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not -warning; if the sword come and take him away, his blood shall be upon his -own head.” The trumpet has sounded in your ears, long and loud; the -clear, thrilling, evangelical trumpet. The herald of God has done his -duty; would to God that every conscience could whisper, “And I have done -mine.” - -And all you, who have listened to him with teachableness and sincerity, -who have caught from his lips the word of life into your willing ear, and -laid it up in your heart, take comfort and be thankful. You have not -profited as you might, as you would now fain have done: you lament your -infirmities and corruptions; your minister lamented his: but the Lord -loveth sincerity, and pardoneth the transgressions of His people. You -value your past privileges; and you adore that divine goodness, which -made them profitable to your salvation. You dwell, not with the tear of -sharp regret for a ministry slighted, for opportunities unregarded and -lost; but with tears of grateful love, in the remembrance of one, who was -ordained by God to lighten your darkness, and to be the messenger of -peace to your soul. And while you are gathering here the plentiful -fruits of righteousness, you are looking forward to the far more glorious -harvest in the end of the world; looking to the day, when the shepherd -and his flock shall stand together for presentation before the eternal -throne; and he shall say, “Lord here am I, and those whom thou hast given -me.” - -O my brethren, no sheep of his, no true member of the Lord’s flock, shall -be forgotten on that day. The world knows them not; the earthly shepherd -himself may not have known them all: but “the Lord knoweth them that are -His.” Rich or poor, honoured or despised, loved or hated among men, if -they have lived unto the Lord and died unto the Lord, the Lord will -confess them at last, will infallibly select them every one out of an -assembled world, and set them on His right hand. “Them which sleep in -Jesus will God bring with Him.” Be this my sleep, come soon, come late: -Be thine the time, good Lord, and mine the blessing. Lord, hear my -prayer; I make but one: “Let me but die the death of the righteous, and -let my last end be like his.” - - - - -***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A SERMON PREACHED AT ST. GEORGE'S -CHURCH, BOLTON, ON SUNDAY, 7TH JANUARY, 1838*** - - -******* This file should be named 67032-0.txt or 67032-0.zip ******* - - -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: -http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/6/7/0/3/67032 - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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