The death of ministers improved. Or, an exhortation to the inhabitants of Horsley on Glocester-shire, and others, on the much lamented death of that reverend and faithful minister of the Gospel, Mr. Henry Stubbs By Tho. Vincent, John Turner, Rob. Perrott, M. Pemberton. To which is added a sermon upon that occasion, by Richard Baxter.
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             The death of ministers improved. Or, an exhortation to the inhabitants of Horsley on Glocester-shire, and others, on the much lamented death of that reverend and faithful minister of the Gospel, Mr. Henry Stubbs By Tho. Vincent, John Turner, Rob. Perrott, M. Pemberton. To which is added a sermon upon that occasion, by Richard Baxter.
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               THE
               DEATH
               OF
               MINISTERS
               Improved
               .
            
             
               Or
               ,
               an
               Exhortation
               to
               the
               Inhabitants
               of
               Horsley
               in
               Glocester-shire
               ,
               and
               others
               ,
               on
               the
               much
               Lamented
               Death
               of
               that
               Reverend
               and
               Faithful
               Minister
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 Henry
                 Stubbs
              
               .
            
             
               BY
               Tho.
               Vincent
               ,
               Iohn
               Turner
               ,
               Rob.
               Perrott
               ,
               M.
               Pemberton
               .
            
             
               To
               which
               is
               added
               A
               SERMON
               upon
               that
               Occasion
               ,
               by
               RICHARD
               BAXTER
               .
            
             
               Printed
               in
               the
               Year
               1678.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               To
               the
               Inhabitants
               of
               Horsley
               in
               Glocestershire
               ,
               and
               other
               places
               of
               the
               Country
               ,
               who
               did
               ordinarily
               attend
               upon
               the
               Ministry
               of
               Mr.
               
                 Henry
                 Stubbs
              
               ,
               late
               Deceased
               .
            
             
               
                 Beloved
                 Friends
                 ,
              
            
             
               ALthough
               you
               ,
               whose
               Habitation
               is
               so
               remote
               ,
               are
               unknown
               by
               face
               unto
               us
               ,
               as
               we
               whose
               work
               and
               Ministry
               is
               in
               London
               ,
               are
               unto
               you
               ;
               yet
               because
               of
               the
               great
               Love
               which
               Mr.
               
                 Henry
                 Stubbs
              
               your
               most
               worthy
               and
               laborious
               Pastor
               ,
               and
               our
               most
               dear
               Friend
               and
               Reverend
               Brother
               )
               ●id
               bear
               towards
               you
               ,
               whilst
               he
               had
               the
               oversight
               of
               you
               ;
               we
               are
               willing
               to
               give
               some
               Testimony
               of
               our
               great
               respects
               to
               the
               party
               deceased
               ,
               whose
               memory
               will
               always
               be
               pre●ious
               to
               us
               ,
               by
               shewing
               our
               respects
               to
               you
               in
               sending
               you
               some
               lines
               to
               further
               your
               im●rovement
               of
               this
               sad
               Providence
               which
               hath
               ●aken
               away
               your
               Minister
               ;
               looking
               upon
               our
               ●elves
               as
               under
               a
               particular
               Obligation
               to
               pay
               ●ur
               mite
               ,
               by
               endeavouring
               to
               promote
               the
               
               spiritual
               benefit
               of
               Mr.
               
               Stubbs's
               hearers
               in
               the
               Countrey
               ,
               after
               he
               hath
               taken
               such
               indefatigable
               pains
               for
               the
               advantage
               and
               Soul-welfare
               of
               our
               Hearers
               in
               the
               City
               .
            
             
               We
               want
               words
               to
               express
               this
               so
               great
               and
               publick
               loss
               ,
               of
               this
               so
               great
               and
               excellent
               Minister
               ;
               who
               as
               he
               was
               generally
               known
               by
               the
               best
               of
               people
               in
               the
               City
               ,
               and
               adjacent
               parts
               ;
               and
               as
               his
               Ministry
               was
               highly
               prised
               ,
               although
               but
               sometimes
               tasted
               when
               he
               came
               occasionally
               to
               London
               :
               so
               his
               death
               both
               by
               Ministers
               and
               People
               here
               hath
               been
               greatly
               Lamented
               .
            
             
               But
               what
               Tongue
               can
               utter
               your
               loss
               ,
               who
               were
               more
               especially
               under
               his
               Pastoral
               charge
               and
               inspection
               ,
               his
               care
               and
               instruction
               !
               We
               suppose
               it
               was
               grievous
               to
               you
               to
               part
               with
               him
               for
               a
               while
               when
               he
               came
               last
               to
               the
               City
               although
               it
               were
               with
               hopes
               of
               receiving
               him
               again
               :
               But
               when
               you
               heard
               from
               London
               that
               your
               ●astor
               was
               fallen
               sick
               ,
               taken
               sick
               in
               Preaching
               ,
               so
               sick
               that
               he
               could
               not
               Preach
               (
               and
               then
               he
               was
               sick
               indeed
               )
               ,
               when
               you
               heard
               of
               his
               Feaver
               ,
               the
               violence
               of
               it
               and
               his
               danger
               ;
               O
               what
               thoughts
               of
               heart
               had
               you
               ?
               What
               fears
               di●
               there
               then
               arise
               in
               your
               hearts
               ?
               Wha●
               wr●stlings
               at
               the
               Throne
               of
               grace
               ?
               
                 Lord
                 spare
                 him
                 !
                 Lord
                 restore
                 him
                 to
                 us
                 again
                 !
                 Lord
                 try
                 us
                 again
                 a
                 ●●●tle
                 longer
                 with
                 this
                 mercy
                 !
              
               What
               care
               was
               there
               among
               you
               ,
               and
               solicitude
               abou●
               
               his
               health
               and
               recovery
               !
               Not
               without
               some
               hopes
               ,
               that
               the
               Lord
               might
               be
               entreated
               ,
               and
               ●end
               a
               gracious
               ear
               to
               the
               many
               prayers
               both
               ●n
               City
               and
               Country
               put
               up
               in
               his
               behalf
               ,
               so
               as
               to
               raise
               him
               and
               rescue
               him
               from
               the
               Jaws
               of
               death
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               his
               further
               serviceableness
               in
               the
               land
               of
               the
               living
               .
            
             
               But
               when
               the
               doleful
               tidings
               came
               to
               you
               that
               Mr.
               Stubbs
               was
               departed
               ,
               that
               your
               Pastor
               was
               dead
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               finished
               his
               course
               ,
               and
               resigned
               up
               his
               spirit
               ;
               what
               were
               your
               looks
               ,
               your
               thoughts
               ,
               your
               speeches
               then
               ?
               What
               ●ighs
               ,
               what
               sorrows
               ,
               what
               tears
               ,
               what
               bitter
               mournings
               and
               lamentations
               were
               there
               generally
               then
               to
               be
               found
               amongst
               his
               acquaintance
               and
               hearers
               in
               the
               Country
               ?
               
                 And
                 is
                 he
                 gone
                 ●ndeed
                 ?
                 Shall
                 we
                 no
                 more
                 see
                 his
                 face
                 ?
                 No
                 more
                 hear
                 his
                 voice
                 ?
                 Will
                 he
                 pray
                 amongst
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 pray
                 for
                 us
                 ,
                 no
                 more
                 ?
                 Will
                 he
                 appear
                 in
                 the
                 Pulpit
                 and
                 Preach
                 to
                 us
                 no
                 more
                 ?
                 Did
                 we
                 think
                 that
                 the
                 last
                 Sermon
                 which
                 he
                 Preached
                 before
                 his
                 last
                 ●ourney
                 ,
                 would
                 be
                 the
                 last
                 Sermon
                 which
                 we
                 should
                 have
                 and
                 hear
                 from
                 him
                 ?
                 He
                 lately
                 Preached
                 to
                 us
                 of
                 praying
                 without
                 ceasing
                 ,
                 and
                 did
                 we
                 think
                 he
                 would
                 so
                 soon
                 cease
                 to
                 pray
                 himself
                 ?
                 He
                 called
                 upon
                 us
                 with
                 great
                 importunity
                 that
                 we
                 would
                 pray
                 fervently
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 lived
                 in
                 the
                 practice
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 Sermons
                 ;
                 we
                 have
                 heard
                 of
                 his
                 constant
                 secret
                 Devotions
                 ,
                 his
                 dayly
                 prayers
                 with
                 his
                 Wife
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 his
                 Family
                 ;
                 and
                 he
                 did
                 bear
                 us
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 upon
                 his
                 heart
                 in
                 his
                 private
                 addresses
                 unto
                 God
                 ;
                 But
                 O
                 how
                 did
                 this
                 good
                 man
                 waste
                 and
                 spend
                 his
                 spirits
                 in
                 his
                 fervent
                 prayers
                 with
                 us
                 and
                 upon
                 our
                 account
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 prayed
                 amongst
                 us
                 on
                 ordinary
                 and
                 extraordinary
                 occasions
                 ?
                 We
                 have
                 often
                 known
                 him
                 to
                 continue
                 five
                 or
                 six
                 hours
                 together
                 in
                 Preaching
                 ,
                 chiefly
                 in
                 prayer
                 on
                 fasting-days
                 (
                 being
                 in
                 the
                 Country
                 destitute
                 of
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 any
                 other
                 Minister
                 )
                 and
                 that
                 without
                 impertinencies
                 ,
                 tautologies
                 ,
                 tedious
                 repetitions
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 crude
                 ,
                 raw
                 ,
                 rude
                 ,
                 and
                 nauseating
                 expressions
                 ,
                 but
                 with
                 a
                 great
                 and
                 delightful
                 variety
                 of
                 holy
                 pleas
                 and
                 arguments
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 our
                 base
                 hearts
                 have
                 been
                 tyred
                 sometimes
                 with
                 the
                 length
                 of
                 his
                 administrations
                 ,
                 yet
                 he
                 himself
                 hath
                 seemed
                 to
                 be
                 little
                 tyred
                 ,
                 at
                 least
                 his
                 spirit
                 hath
                 been
                 unwearied
                 with
                 all
                 his
                 pains
                 and
                 labour
                 .
                 We
                 remember
                 how
                 affectionately
                 be
                 used
                 to
                 make
                 acknowledgment
                 of
                 sin
                 ,
                 of
                 our
                 sins
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 more
                 grieved
                 for
                 than
                 our selves
                 ;
                 we
                 remember
                 his
                 sighs
                 and
                 groans
                 which
                 from
                 an
                 oppressed
                 heart
                 brake
                 forth
                 at
                 his
                 mouth
                 ,
                 signifying
                 an
                 inward
                 sense
                 beyond
                 the
                 utterance
                 of
                 words
                 :
                 we
                 remember
                 how
                 the
                 tears
                 did
                 often
                 steal
                 from
                 his
                 eyes
                 ,
                 and
                 run
                 dow●
                 his
                 old
                 cheeks
                 ,
                 how
                 he
                 hath
                 often
                 wept
                 for
                 us
                 when
                 our
                 eyes
                 have
                 been
                 dry
                 ,
                 our
                 hearts
                 stupi●
                 and
                 hard
                 like
                 a
                 stone
                 within
                 us
                 .
                 We
                 remember
                 his
                 humble
                 Petitions
                 ,
                 his
                 fervent
                 supplications
                 a●
                 the
                 throne
                 of
                 grace
                 for
                 us
                 ,
                 how
                 he
                 would
                 wrestl●
                 with
                 God
                 like
              
               Jacob
               ;
               
                 and
                 when
                 we
                 thought
                 he
                 ha●
                 
                 been
                 quite
                 spent
                 ,
                 how
                 he
                 hath
                 recovered
                 his
                 strength
                 ,
                 and
                 renewed
                 his
                 hold
                 ,
                 as
                 one
                 resolved
                 to
                 take
                 no
                 denyal
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 to
                 let
                 the
                 Lord
                 go
                 ,
                 without
                 his
                 blessing
                 for
                 us
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 for
                 himself
                 .
                 And
                 did
                 we
                 think
                 that
                 these
                 extraordinary
                 motions
                 and
                 affections
                 in
                 one
                 so
                 ancient
                 did
                 presage
                 his
                 near
                 approaching
                 death
                 ?
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 come
                 now
                 very
                 nigh
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 his
                 race
                 ?
                 That
                 being
                 so
                 ripe
                 for
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 not
                 be
                 long
                 out
                 of
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Suburbs
                 of
                 which
                 he
                 seem'd
                 to
                 be
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 was
                 in
                 his
                 Devotions
                 ?
                 Did
                 we
                 think
                 that
                 the
                 Lord
                 would
                 so
                 soon
                 gather
                 him
                 and
                 receive
                 him
                 to
                 himself
                 ,
                 and
                 say
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 pray
                 no
                 more
                 for
                 this
                 people
                 ?
                 We
                 remember
                 his
                 introductions
                 to
                 his
                 work
                 when
                 he
                 first
                 entred
                 his
                 Pulpit
                 ,
                 beyond
                 the
                 ordinary
                 custome
                 of
                 other
                 Ministers
                 (
                 and
                 indeed
                 there
                 were
                 many
                 things
                 extraordinary
                 in
                 him
                 )
                 how
                 before
                 his
                 Sermon
                 and
                 Prayer
                 too
                 ,
                 he
                 used
                 to
                 be
                 speak
                 our
                 attention
                 ,
                 and
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 incite
                 and
                 stir
                 up
                 our
                 affection
                 with
                 various
                 arguments
                 ;
                 sometimes
                 minding
                 us
                 of
                 Gods
                 Omnipre●ence
                 and
                 his
                 all-seeing
                 eye
                 ;
                 sometimes
                 of
                 the
                 Divine
                 Authority
                 of
                 the
                 word
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 to
                 Preach
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 indeed
                 the
                 word
                 of
                 God
                 by
                 which
                 we
                 should
                 be
                 judged
                 at
                 the
                 last
                 day
                 ;
                 sometimes
                 minding
                 us
                 of
                 the
                 worth
                 of
                 time
                 ,
                 especially
                 of
                 such
                 seasons
                 of
                 grace
                 ;
                 sometimes
                 of
                 the
                 worth
                 of
                 our
                 Souls
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 gain
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 world
                 could
                 not
                 compensate
                 the
                 loss
                 of
                 ;
                 sometimes
                 of
                 the
                 worth
                 of
                 grace
                 beyond
                 
                 all
                 the
                 treasures
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 were
                 capable
                 of
                 gaining
                 by
                 our
                 diligent
                 hearing
                 ;
                 sometimes
                 minding
                 us
                 of
                 our
                 death
                 and
                 the
                 eternity
                 which
                 we
                 should
                 enter
                 upon
                 immediately
                 after
                 the
                 separation
                 of
                 our
                 Soul
                 from
                 our
                 Body
                 ;
                 but
                 did
                 we
                 think
                 his
                 own
                 death
                 was
                 so
                 near
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 enter
                 into
                 eternity
                 so
                 soon
                 himself
                 ?
                 We
                 remember
                 with
                 what
                 gravity
                 ,
                 seriousness
                 and
                 sincerity
                 he
                 used
                 to
                 Preach
                 unto
                 us
                 ,
                 with
                 what
                 plainness
                 he
                 did
                 accommodate
                 the
                 word
                 to
                 our
                 capacity
                 ,
                 with
                 what
                 zeal
                 and
                 fervency
                 he
                 did
                 make
                 application
                 to
                 us
                 of
                 the
                 great
                 truths
                 of
                 Religion
                 ;
                 how
                 he
                 pressed
                 sins
                 upon
                 our
                 consciences
                 by
                 a
                 clear
                 ,
                 close
                 and
                 powerful
                 conviction
                 ,
                 adding
                 the
                 most
                 moving
                 considerations
                 to
                 awaken
                 us
                 vnto
                 a
                 sense
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 a
                 hearty
                 grief
                 and
                 repentance
                 for
                 them
                 .
                 We
                 remember
                 how
                 feelingly
                 he
                 made
                 known
                 to
                 us
                 the
                 glad
                 tidings
                 of
                 Salvation
                 by
                 faith
                 in
                 Iesus
                 Christ
                 ;
                 how
                 earnestly
                 he
                 urged
                 upon
                 us
                 our
                 duty
                 towards
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 towards
                 another
                 ,
                 backing
                 his
                 exhortations
                 with
                 the
                 most
                 cogent
                 arguments
                 ;
                 and
                 how
                 notably
                 he
                 did
                 insinuate
                 what
                 he
                 spake
                 hereby
                 into
                 our
                 affections
                 :
                 we
                 remember
                 how
                 he
                 taught
                 us
                 not
                 only
                 by
                 his
                 Doctrine
                 ,
                 but
                 also
                 by
                 his
                 example
                 ,
                 going
                 before
                 us
                 in
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 duty
                 and
                 the
                 way
                 to
                 Heaven
                 ;
                 but
                 did
                 we
                 think
                 however
                 in
                 Heaven
                 he
                 would
                 be
                 above
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 be
                 also
                 in
                 Heaven
                 before
                 us
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 He
                 came
                 to
                 my
                 house
                 not
                 long
                 before
                 he
                 went
                 to
              
               London
               (
               it
               may
               be
               one
               may
               say
               ,
               and
               another
               
               may
               say
               ,
               and
               possibly
               many
               of
               you
               may
               say
               )
               
                 ●lthough
                 I
                 were
                 unworthy
                 to
                 receive
                 such
                 a
                 one
                 under
                 my
                 roof
                 ;
                 and
                 methought
                 his
                 face
                 did
                 look
                 ●ike
                 the
                 face
                 of
                 an
                 Angel.
                 I
                 remember
                 his
                 ●umble
                 grave
                 look
                 ,
                 his
                 image
                 is
                 still
                 upon
                 my
                 ●ind
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 his
                 person
                 were
                 still
                 before
                 mine
                 eye
                 ;
                 ●
                 remember
                 his
                 kind
                 pleasing
                 countenance
                 ,
                 his
                 ●weet
                 and
                 obliging
                 speeches
                 ;
                 he
                 came
                 not
                 to
                 eat
                 of
                 my
                 bread
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 feed
                 me
                 with
                 the
                 bread
                 of
                 life
                 ,
                 ●nd
                 how
                 did
                 he
                 entertain
                 me
                 with
                 holy
                 and
                 ●eavenly
                 discourse
                 ;
                 he
                 spake
                 to
                 my self
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 ●pake
                 to
                 my
                 Wife
                 about
                 our
                 Souls
                 ,
                 I
                 hope
                 I
                 shall
                 ●ever
                 forget
                 his
                 last
                 words
                 so
                 long
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 breath
                 and
                 a
                 memory
                 to
                 retain
                 any
                 thing
                 ;
                 he
                 spake
                 to
                 my
                 Children
                 and
                 my
                 Servants
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 needs
                 ●ave
                 them
                 all
                 called
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 give
                 them
                 some
                 words
                 of
                 instruction
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 speak
                 something
                 to
                 awaken
                 and
                 quicken
                 them
                 to
                 mind
                 ●heir
                 Souls
                 and
                 Salvation
                 ;
                 He
                 told
                 us
                 all
                 of
                 ●eath
                 and
                 judgment
                 ,
                 how
                 near
                 we
                 were
                 to
                 Eter●ity
                 ,
                 but
                 did
                 I
                 think
                 his
                 own
                 glass
                 was
                 so
                 near
                 ●un
                 out
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 so
                 quickly
                 be
                 himself
                 ●n
                 that
                 Eternity
                 which
                 he
                 spake
                 of
                 so
                 frequently
                 ●nd
                 affectionately
                 to
                 others
                 ?
                 When
                 he
                 went
                 forth
                 ●f
                 my
                 doors
                 ,
                 did
                 I
                 think
                 he
                 would
                 never
                 set
                 foot
                 ●ithin
                 them
                 again
                 ?
                 And
                 that
                 when
                 he
                 went
                 ●way
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 going
                 and
                 was
                 so
                 near
                 unto
                 his
                 long
                 ●ome
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 last
                 Lords
                 day
                 of
                 his
                 Preaching
                 to
                 us
                 ,
                 ●e
                 gave
                 us
                 notice
                 of
                 his
                 journey
                 that
                 he
                 intended
                 
                 on
                 the
                 Monday
                 ,
                 and
                 desired
                 to
                 see
                 us
                 the
                 nex●
                 morning
                 ,
                 not
                 at
                 his
                 house
                 ,
                 but
                 in
                 the
                 Church
                 that
                 there
                 he
                 might
                 take
                 leave
                 of
                 us
                 ;
                 and
                 ther●
                 several
                 of
                 us
                 came
                 together
                 to
                 see
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 ther●
                 we
                 heard
                 his
                 last
                 Sermon
                 to
                 us
                 :
                 his
                 Text
                 was
                 Prov
              
               3.6
               .
               In
               all
               thy
               ways
               acknowledg
               him
               and
               he
               shall
               direct
               thy
               paths
               ;
               
                 We
                 well
                 remembe●
                 the
                 words
                 that
                 dropped
                 then
                 from
                 his
                 mouth
                 ,
                 bu●
                 did
                 we
                 think
                 they
                 wou●d
                 be
                 his
                 last
                 words
                 to
                 us
                 ▪
                 Did
                 we
                 think
                 when
                 God
                 was
                 directing
                 his
                 path
                 t●
              
               London
               ,
               
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 thereby
                 directing
                 his
                 way
                 so
                 soon
                 to
                 Heaven
                 ?
                 Did
                 we
                 think
                 that
                 when
                 he
                 took
                 his
                 Farewell
                 of
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 his
                 last
                 Farewel
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 we
                 should
                 meet
                 him
                 no
                 more
                 until
                 the
                 Heavens
                 shall
                 be
                 no
                 more
                 ?
                 O
                 that
                 we
                 ha●
                 perswaded
                 him
                 (
                 for
                 he
                 was
                 a
                 man
                 easy
                 to
                 be
                 entreated
                 )
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 have
                 stayed
                 in
                 the
                 Countrey
                 with
                 us
                 some
                 weeks
                 longer
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 forborn
                 such
                 frequent
                 Preaching
                 ,
                 until
                 the
                 hea●
                 of
                 the
                 season
                 were
                 over
                 ,
                 which
                 his
                 old
                 body
                 and
                 wasted
                 spirits
                 could
                 not
                 so
                 well
                 brook
                 ,
                 although
                 he
                 thought
                 himself
                 able
                 to
                 bear
                 it
                 well
                 enough
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 go
                 thorow
                 it
                 as
                 he
                 had
                 done
                 in
                 former
                 times
                 .
                 Had
                 we
                 foreseen
                 the
                 issue
                 and
                 ven●
                 of
                 this
                 journey
                 to
              
               London
               ,
               
                 rather
                 than
                 fail
                 we
                 would
                 have
                 raised
                 the
                 whole
                 Countrey
                 of
                 his
                 acquaintance
                 ,
                 and
                 come
                 about
                 him
                 with
                 earnest
                 desires
                 and
                 requests
                 to
                 stay
                 him
                 here
                 ;
                 we
                 would
                 have
                 hung
                 about
                 his
                 arms
                 and
                 neck
                 ,
                 we
                 would
                 have
                 ta●en
                 hold
                 of
                 his
                 hands
                 and
                 his
                 feet
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 forcibly
                 (
                 if
                 we
                 could
                 not
                 otherwise
                 )
                 have
                 detained
                 him
                 among
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 have
                 escaped
                 that
                 arrow
                 and
                 stroke
                 of
                 death
                 which
                 was
                 prepared
                 for
                 him
                 in
              
               London
               :
               
                 If
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 resolved
                 to
                 go
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 hasten
                 home
                 to
                 his
                 Fathers
                 house
                 ,
                 we
                 would
                 have
                 used
                 our
                 endeavour
                 to
                 alter
                 his
                 resolutions
                 ,
                 we
                 would
                 have
                 wept
                 ,
                 and
                 cry'd
                 ,
                 and
                 prayed
                 with
                 importunity
                 ,
              
               Good
               Sir
               don't
               leave
               us
               yet
               ,
               good
               Sir
               stay
               with
               us
               a
               little
               longer
               ;
               pity
               such
               and
               such
               ignorant
               Families
               ,
               which
               when
               you
               are
               gone
               are
               like
               to
               perish
               for
               want
               of
               instruction
               ;
               pity
               such
               and
               such
               unconverted
               persons
               ,
               who
               are
               hastning
               and
               rushing
               forward
               in
               ways
               of
               sin
               to
               their
               own
               damnation
               ;
               and
               although
               they
               have
               not
               hearkened
               to
               former
               calls
               ,
               it
               may
               be
               some
               further
               calls
               from
               your
               mouth
               may
               (
               through
               Gods
               blessing
               )
               prevail
               with
               them
               ,
               and
               be
               effectual
               to
               convert
               and
               save
               them
               .
               Pity
               your
               Wise
               who
               is
               like
               to
               be
               left
               a
               Widow
               ,
               and
               what
               a
               sorrowful
               Widow
               is
               she
               like
               to
               be
               ?
               Pity
               your
               Children
               which
               will
               be
               Fatherless
               ,
               and
               if
               some
               of
               them
               be
               provided
               for
               ,
               yet
               you
               know
               who
               of
               them
               are
               low
               and
               shiftless
               ,
               and
               quickly
               will
               feel
               your
               loss
               ,
               and
               all
               of
               them
               will
               greatly
               miss
               your
               company
               and
               your
               help
               of
               them
               in
               Heavens
               way
               .
               Pity
               your
               Spiritual
               Children
               ,
               some
               of
               whom
               are
               but
               new
               born
               Babes
               in
               Christ
               ,
               who
               are
               not
               like
               to
               thrive
               should
               they
               be
               so
               soon
               wean'd
               from
               the
               breast
               ,
               who
               have
               need
               that
               
               you
               should
               give
               them
               more
               of
               the
               sincere
               Milk
               of
               the
               word
               (
               which
               they
               have
               tasted
               and
               so
               well
               relish
               )
               in
               order
               to
               their
               Spiritual
               growth
               and
               nourishment
               ;
               pity
               your
               poor
               flock
               which
               you
               are
               leaving
               ,
               think
               what
               grievous
               Wolves
               ,
               when
               you
               are
               gone
               ,
               may
               enter
               amongst
               them
               to
               rend
               and
               tear
               them
               :
               some
               of
               them
               are
               sorrowful
               ,
               and
               they
               have
               need
               of
               you
               to
               comfort
               them
               ,
               and
               how
               will
               their
               sadness
               and
               sorrow
               be
               encreased
               when
               they
               hear
               of
               your
               decease
               ?
               Some
               of
               them
               are
               weak
               ,
               and
               they
               have
               need
               of
               you
               to
               strengthen
               them
               ;
               some
               of
               them
               are
               staggering
               ,
               they
               have
               need
               of
               you
               to
               establish
               them
               ;
               yea
               ,
               some
               have
               lost
               their
               way
               already
               ,
               and
               are
               wandring
               ,
               and
               they
               have
               need
               of
               you
               to
               reduce
               them
               :
               some
               of
               them
               are
               bruised
               ,
               and
               they
               have
               need
               of
               you
               to
               bind
               them
               up
               ;
               and
               the
               most
               of
               them
               are
               exceedingly
               diseased
               ,
               all
               have
               their
               Spiritual
               maladies
               ,
               and
               they
               have
               need
               of
               you
               to
               administer
               Soul-Physick
               to
               them
               in
               order
               to
               their
               cure
               and
               healing
               ;
               and
               will
               you
               leave
               your
               flock
               in
               such
               a
               condition
               ,
               when
               there
               is
               so
               much
               need
               of
               such
               a
               Pastor
               ,
               and
               they
               are
               not
               like
               in
               hast
               to
               get
               another
               to
               succeed
               you
               ,
               who
               will
               watch
               over
               and
               feed
               them
               as
               you
               have
               done
               ?
               Indeed
               after
               so
               much
               toil
               and
               labour
               ,
               you
               may
               well
               long
               to
               be
               at
               rest
               ;
               after
               so
               much
               work
               ,
               you
               may
               well
               look
               and
               long
               for
               your
               reward
               ;
               but
               will
               not
               your
               rest
               be
               the
               sweeter
               if
               you
               
               ●abour
               a
               little
               more
               ?
               Will
               not
               your
               reward
               ●e
               the
               greater
               ,
               if
               you
               add
               further
               work
               to
               what
               you
               have
               done
               already
               ?
               If
               you
               long
               to
               be
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               O
               stay
               a
               little
               for
               us
               till
               we
               be
               more
               fitted
               for
               that
               place
               ;
               good
               Sir
               abide
               a
               little
               longer
               with
               us
               ,
               that
               you
               may
               gain
               more
               Souls
               for
               Christ
               ,
               who
               will
               add
               to
               your
               glory
               and
               joy
               at
               the
               day
               of
               Christs
               glorious
               appearance
               .
            
             
               
                 Thus
                 we
                 might
                 have
                 argued
                 and
                 pleaded
                 with
                 him
                 to
                 stay
                 ,
                 had
                 we
                 known
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 going
                 from
                 us
                 ,
                 not
                 to
              
               London
               
                 only
                 ,
                 but
                 also
                 unto
                 Heaven
                 .
                 But
                 it
                 was
                 the
                 will
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 he
                 should
                 take
                 this
                 journey
                 to
              
               London
               
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 finish
                 his
                 course
                 there
                 ;
                 his
                 glass
                 was
                 run
                 ,
                 his
                 work
                 was
                 done
                 ,
                 the
                 bounds
                 of
                 his
                 years
                 and
                 days
                 were
                 determined
                 ,
                 over
                 which
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 pass
                 ,
                 had
                 both
                 he
                 and
                 we
                 never
                 so
                 much
                 desired
                 it
                 .
                 He
                 is
                 gone
                 ,
                 he
                 is
                 gone
                 ;
                 never
                 to
                 return
                 to
                 us
                 again
                 in
                 this
                 World.
                 We
                 have
                 lost
                 a
                 most
                 dear
                 ,
                 tender
                 hearted
                 ,
                 faithful
                 ,
                 laborious
                 and
                 painful
                 Minister
                 ;
                 but
                 our
                 loss
                 is
                 his
                 gain
                 ;
                 he
                 is
                 happy
                 ,
                 we
                 do
                 not
                 envy
                 his
                 happiness
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 hath
                 left
                 us
                 behind
                 forlorn
                 and
                 sorrowful
                 in
                 a
                 World
                 of
                 sin
                 and
                 misery
                 .
              
            
             
               Such
               language
               as
               this
               we
               may
               suppose
               to
               have
               been
               amongst
               you
               in
               the
               Country
               ;
               and
               as
               you
               are
               most
               deeply
               concerned
               in
               the
               loss
               of
               Mr.
               Stubbs
               ,
               so
               that
               you
               have
               been
               greatly
               affected
               therewith
               beyond
               what
               we
               can
               set
               forth
               .
            
             
             
               Two
               Funeral
               Sermons
               on
               Mr.
               Stubbs
               death
               have
               been
               Preached
               in
               the
               City
               ,
               one
               on
               the
               Lords
               day
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Thomas
                 Watson
              
               ,
               the
               other
               on
               the
               week
               day
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Richard
                 Baxter
              
               ,
               both
               which
               we
               suppose
               will
               come
               to
               your
               hands
               .
               The
               Character
               which
               Mr.
               Baxter
               in
               his
               hath
               given
               (
               the
               only
               Sermon
               of
               the
               two
               ,
               which
               we
               have
               seen
               )
               of
               Mr.
               Stubbs
               his
               Spirit
               ,
               Doctrine
               ,
               manner
               of
               Life
               ,
               conversation
               ;
               his
               great
               diligence
               and
               unwearied
               pains
               in
               publick
               Preaching
               and
               private
               instruction
               ,
               when
               the
               Sermon
               doth
               come
               forth
               ,
               will
               sufficiently
               evidence
               to
               others
               as
               well
               as
               your selves
               ,
               what
               a
               loss
               above
               others
               you
               have
               sustained
               .
               Should
               we
               employ
               our
               Pens
               in
               drawing
               further
               lineaments
               of
               this
               excellent
               person
               ,
               they
               might
               prove
               but
               shadows
               ,
               not
               to
               set
               off
               ,
               but
               obscure
               the
               picture
               of
               his
               spirit
               already
               drawn
               so
               lively
               by
               a
               far
               more
               skilful
               hand
               ;
               and
               therefore
               we
               forbear
               any
               further
               commendations
               of
               him
               ,
               who
               is
               above
               our
               commendation
               .
               Our
               design
               and
               business
               is
               to
               mind
               you
               of
               your
               duty
               in
               reference
               to
               this
               sad
               providence
               which
               hath
               bereaved
               you
               of
               such
               a
               Pastor
               as
               Mr.
               Stubbs
               was
               unto
               you
               .
            
             
               One
               great
               duty
               is
               to
               lament
               and
               lay
               to
               heart
               your
               Pastors
               death
               ;
               to
               affect
               you
               herewith
               ,
               what
               we
               have
               already
               written
               hath
               a
               tendency
               ;
               we
               know
               all
               of
               you
               have
               reason
               to
               grieve
               ,
               but
               are
               there
               not
               too
               many
               of
               you
               unsensible
               of
               
               this
               great
               loss
               ?
               And
               is
               not
               this
               loss
               the
               greatest
               to
               such
               ?
               When
               good
               old
               Iacob
               dyed
               ,
               his
               death
               was
               lamented
               sorely
               ,
               not
               only
               by
               his
               own
               Children
               ,
               but
               also
               by
               the
               Egyptians
               ,
               Gen.
               50.
               10
               ,
               11.
               
               When
               Moses
               and
               Aaron
               dyed
               ,
               the
               Israelites
               mourned
               for
               each
               of
               them
               thirty
               days
               ,
               Numb
               .
               20.29
               .
               Deut.
               34.8
               .
               When
               the
               good
               King
               Iosiah
               was
               slain
               ,
               there
               was
               a
               great
               mourning
               for
               him
               amongst
               the
               Iews
               ,
               called
               the
               mourning
               of
               Hadadrimmon
               in
               the
               valley
               of
               Megiddon
               .
               When
               Elisha
               the
               Prophet
               lay
               on
               his
               death-bed
               Ioash
               although
               a
               wicked
               King
               did
               weep
               over
               him
               .
               2
               Kings
               13.14
               .
               Now
               Elisha
               
                 was
                 fallen
                 sick
                 of
                 his
                 sickness
                 whereof
                 he
                 dyed
                 :
                 and
              
               Joash
               
                 the
                 King
                 came
                 down
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 wept
                 over
                 his
                 face
                 and
                 said
                 ,
                 O
                 my
                 Father
                 ,
                 my
                 Father
                 ,
                 the
                 Chariot
                 of
              
               Israel
               
                 and
                 Horsemen
                 thereof
              
               .
               And
               we
               read
               ,
               Act.
               8.2
               .
               when
               Stephen
               the
               Protomartyr
               was
               stoned
               by
               the
               
                 Iews
                 ,
                 Devout
                 men
                 carryed
              
               Stephen
               
                 to
                 his
                 burial
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 great
                 Lamentation
                 over
                 him
                 .
              
               Eccles.
               12.5
               .
               
                 Man
                 goeth
                 to
                 his
                 long
                 home
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Mourners
                 go
                 about
                 the
                 streets
                 .
              
               But
               when
               such
               men
               go
               ,
               men
               of
               God
               ,
               Embassadours
               ,
               Ministers
               ,
               such
               eminent
               Ministers
               as
               yours
               was
               ,
               O
               what
               mourning
               should
               there
               be
               for
               him
               :
               you
               have
               lost
               a
               Soul
               friend
               ,
               yea
               a
               Soul-Father
               ,
               an
               old
               Disciple
               ,
               a
               Soul-counsellor
               ,
               a
               true
               shepherd
               ,
               a
               Soul
               feeder
               ,
               a
               sincere
               Nathanael
               ,
               a
               Barnabas
               ,
               a
               Soul
               comforter
               ;
               you
               have
               lost
               an
               Angel
               ,
               a
               steward
               ,
               a
               labourer
               ,
               
               a
               watchman
               ,
               a
               builder
               ,
               one
               that
               studied
               for
               your
               Souls
               ,
               Preached
               ,
               prayed
               for
               your
               Souls
               watched
               for
               your
               Souls
               :
               wept
               for
               your
               Souls
               spent
               himself
               for
               your
               Souls
               good
               ,
               and
               shall
               not
               such
               a
               loss
               be
               bewailed
               ?
               As
               Paul
               said
               to
               the
               Ephesians
               concerning
               himself
               ,
               we
               may
               say
               to
               you
               concerning
               Mr.
               Stubbs
               ,
               Act.
               20.25
               .
               
                 Behold
                 all
                 ye
                 amongst
                 whom
                 he
                 hath
                 gone
                 for
                 some
                 year●
                 Preaching
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 ye
                 shall
                 see
                 hi●
                 face
                 no
                 more
              
               :
               and
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               Verse
               37.38
               .
               
                 And
                 they
                 all
                 wept
                 sore
                 ,
                 and
                 fell
                 on
              
               Pauls
               
                 neck
                 ,
                 and
                 kissed
                 him
                 ;
                 Sorrowing
                 most
                 of
                 all
                 for
                 the
                 words
                 which
                 he
                 spake
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 see
                 his
                 face
                 no
                 more
                 .
              
               Mr.
               Stubbs
               hath
               several
               times
               come
               to
               the
               City
               and
               returned
               to
               you
               again
               ,
               but
               now
               he
               will
               return
               to
               you
               no
               more
               ;
               he
               hath
               done
               Preaching
               to
               you
               ,
               he
               hath
               done
               praying
               for
               you
               ,
               he
               will
               weep
               and
               wrestle
               for
               you
               no
               more
               ,
               he
               will
               never
               more
               instruct
               and
               counsel
               you
               ,
               never
               more
               warn
               and
               admonish
               you
               ,
               never
               more
               exhort
               and
               perswade
               you
               ,
               never
               more
               comfort
               and
               encourage
               you
               ;
               the
               doors
               are
               now
               shut
               ,
               the
               doors
               of
               your
               ears
               have
               been
               too
               often
               shut
               against
               his
               message
               ,
               and
               now
               the
               doors
               of
               his
               lips
               are
               shut
               up
               ,
               and
               never
               will
               they
               be
               open
               to
               you
               any
               more
               .
               It
               would
               have
               been
               a
               just
               cause
               of
               great
               trouble
               if
               your
               Minister
               had
               been
               removed
               into
               a
               corner
               ,
               or
               had
               been
               thrust
               into
               a
               Prison
               ,
               although
               there
               you
               might
               have
               visited
               him
               sometimes
               and
               received
               
               a
               Spiritual
               benefit
               by
               his
               private
               converse
               ,
               and
               not
               have
               been
               without
               hopes
               of
               his
               deliverance
               and
               enjoying
               the
               fruit
               of
               his
               labours
               again
               ;
               but
               now
               he
               is
               gone
               from
               whence
               he
               will
               not
               return
               ;
               his
               Soul
               is
               fled
               beyond
               your
               reach
               ,
               and
               his
               body
               is
               gone
               down
               to
               the
               place
               of
               silence
               ,
               the
               Lord
               hath
               put
               him
               to
               silence
               ;
               men
               could
               not
               do
               it
               ,
               he
               would
               preach
               so
               long
               as
               he
               had
               a
               Tongue
               to
               speak
               :
               but
               God
               hath
               silenced
               him
               in
               the
               grave
               ,
               so
               that
               now
               you
               must
               not
               look
               that
               he
               should
               pray
               more
               ,
               and
               put
               up
               further
               supplications
               for
               you
               ,
               or
               preach
               more
               ,
               and
               give
               further
               instructions
               unto
               you
               :
               this
               is
               a
               Lamentation
               and
               should
               be
               for
               a
               Lamentation
               .
               Especially
               you
               should
               lament
               your
               sins
               which
               have
               procured
               this
               loss
               ,
               this
               sad
               stroke
               :
               have
               you
               not
               sinned
               away
               your
               Minister
               by
               your
               unteachableness
               under
               the
               word
               which
               hath
               been
               taught
               by
               his
               mouth
               ;
               your
               unfruitfulness
               under
               Gods
               showing
               upon
               you
               ,
               Gods
               dressing
               and
               manuring
               of
               you
               by
               his
               hands
               ?
               We
               have
               had
               our
               loss
               too
               here
               in
               the
               City
               not
               only
               of
               him
               ,
               but
               also
               of
               many
               other
               eminent
               and
               faithful
               Ministers
               ;
               our
               glory
               is
               in
               a
               great
               measure
               departed
               ,
               our
               strength
               is
               decayed
               ,
               our
               
               Moses's
               ,
               our
               Iacobs
               ,
               our
               praying
               our
               wrestling
               Ministers
               are
               many
               of
               them
               gone
               lately
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               have
               we
               not
               reason
               to
               fear
               that
               God
               is
               about
               to
               remove
               his
               Gospel
               ,
               when
               he
               calls
               home
               his
               
               Embassadours
               so
               fast
               ?
               that
               a
               great
               storm
               is
               near
               when
               he
               houseth
               so
               many
               of
               his
               servants
               ?
               Is
               not
               our
               hedg
               in
               danger
               of
               falling
               ,
               when
               so
               many
               stakes
               are
               pluckt
               up
               ?
               and
               our
               houses
               of
               tumbling
               ,
               when
               so
               many
               pillars
               are
               thrown
               down
               ?
               When
               the
               righteous
               perish
               ,
               not
               only
               righteous
               men
               but
               Preachers
               of
               righteousness
               ,
               doth
               it
               not
               presage
               some
               great
               evil
               at
               hand
               ,
               which
               they
               are
               taken
               from
               to
               a
               place
               of
               rest
               and
               safety
               ?
               The
               times
               did
               look
               with
               a
               bad
               face
               before
               ,
               but
               do
               not
               they
               look
               worse
               and
               worse
               ,
               when
               so
               many
               Ministers
               are
               removed
               ,
               who
               by
               their
               prayers
               and
               ministerial
               labours
               ,
               might
               have
               been
               helpful
               to
               prevent
               those
               judgments
               which
               we
               are
               in
               such
               danger
               of
               ?
               The
               clouds
               do
               now
               gather
               blackness
               faster
               and
               faster
               ,
               and
               dreadful
               thunder
               storms
               do
               seem
               to
               be
               in
               their
               bowels
               ,
               and
               the
               Lord
               knows
               how
               soon
               all
               faces
               may
               gather
               paleness
               :
               the
               most
               serious
               Christians
               and
               the
               most
               understanding
               and
               considering
               persons
               ,
               do
               look
               with
               trembling
               expectations
               ,
               when
               this
               Island
               will
               crack
               and
               break
               with
               a
               ter●ible
               voice
               over
               us
               ,
               and
               beat
               down
               with
               a
               fierce
               Tempest
               ,
               it
               may
               be
               in
               showers
               of
               blood
               upon
               us
               .
               The
               loss
               of
               our
               dear
               brethren
               in
               the
               Ministry
               doth
               weaken
               our
               hands
               that
               are
               Ministers
               ,
               who
               have
               lost
               the
               advantage
               of
               their
               company
               and
               help
               ;
               but
               the
               loss
               is
               most
               near
               ,
               most
               sore
               to
               them
               who
               were
               
               under
               their
               charge
               ;
               and
               the
               loss
               of
               this
               our
               lately
               deceased
               Brother
               and
               Fellow-labourer
               should
               be
               bewailed
               especially
               ,
               and
               laid
               to
               heart
               by
               you
               who
               were
               under
               his
               care
               and
               Ministry
               .
            
             
               There
               are
               two
               sorts
               of
               persons
               amongst
               you
               ,
               whom
               Mr.
               Stubbs
               hath
               left
               behind
               ,
               Unconverted
               ,
               and
               Converted
               persons
               ;
               we
               will
               speak
               to
               both
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               Are
               there
               not
               many
               unconverted
               persons
               ,
               whom
               your
               Minister
               after
               all
               his
               Soul-travel
               and
               pains
               in
               Preaching
               hath
               left
               unconverted
               ?
               Are
               there
               not
               many
               grosly
               ignorant
               persons
               with
               you
               ,
               notwithstanding
               all
               his
               Catechizing
               and
               instructions
               ?
               Are
               there
               not
               many
               openly
               vicious
               persons
               ,
               notwithstanding
               all
               his
               reproofs
               and
               admonitions
               ?
               Are
               there
               no
               profane
               persons
               among
               you
               ,
               no
               swearers
               ?
               Are
               there
               no
               unclean
               persons
               ,
               no
               adulterers
               ?
               Are
               there
               no
               intemperate
               persons
               ,
               no
               drunkards
               ?
               Are
               there
               no
               unrighteous
               persons
               ,
               none
               that
               are
               fraudulent
               in
               their
               dealings
               ?
               And
               amongst
               those
               who
               are
               civilized
               and
               outwardly
               reformed
               ,
               are
               there
               none
               among
               you
               ,
               who
               are
               secretly
               wicked
               ?
               none
               who
               are
               covetous
               ,
               under
               the
               reigning
               power
               of
               that
               sin
               which
               is
               inconsistent
               with
               the
               power
               of
               godliness
               ?
               Are
               
               
               
               
               
               there
               no
               hypocrites
               among
               you
               ,
               painted
               Sepulchres
               ,
               rotten
               at
               heart
               ,
               whatever
               your
               outward
               show
               and
               profession
               of
               Religion
               is
               ?
               Are
               there
               not
               too
               many
               among
               you
               who
               mind
               your
               Bodies
               ,
               but
               neglect
               your
               Souls
               ?
               who
               make
               provision
               for
               your
               flesh
               ,
               but
               neglect
               your
               Salvation
               ?
               Alas
               !
               Alas
               !
               What
               is
               like
               to
               become
               of
               you
               who
               are
               still
               unconverted
               ,
               and
               have
               not
               been
               wrought
               upon
               effectually
               by
               such
               Preaching
               ,
               such
               a
               Ministry
               ,
               now
               this
               Minister
               is
               removed
               ?
               If
               you
               were
               not
               converted
               whilst
               you
               had
               such
               powerful
               means
               ,
               are
               you
               now
               like
               to
               be
               converted
               ,
               when
               the
               means
               are
               gone
               ,
               and
               you
               are
               never
               like
               to
               have
               such
               powerful
               means
               of
               grace
               again
               ?
               Did
               not
               your
               Minister
               whilst
               alive
               call
               upon
               you
               frequently
               ,
               and
               that
               with
               earnestness
               and
               importunity
               that
               you
               would
               repent
               ,
               and
               turn
               from
               your
               evil
               ways
               presently
               ,
               and
               that
               you
               would
               not
               delay
               ,
               lest
               God
               should
               leave
               off
               calling
               you
               ,
               and
               take
               away
               the
               means
               of
               your
               conversion
               from
               you
               ?
               And
               hath
               not
               God
               left
               off
               calling
               you
               now
               by
               his
               mouth
               ?
               And
               if
               you
               should
               not
               be
               effectually
               called
               at
               all
               ,
               if
               you
               should
               not
               be
               converted
               whilst
               you
               live
               (
               which
               now
               seems
               very
               unlikely
               to
               be
               )
               better
               had
               it
               been
               for
               you
               that
               you
               had
               never
               been
               born
               ;
               better
               you
               had
               been
               Dogs
               ,
               or
               Swine
               ,
               or
               Worms
               ,
               or
               Toads
               ,
               rather
               than
               Men
               and
               Women
               with
               immortal
               
               Souls
               ,
               because
               of
               the
               dreadful
               miseries
               coming
               upon
               you
               ,
               which
               inferiour
               Creatures
               will
               escape
               .
               Without
               Conversion
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               Salvation
               ;
               without
               Repentance
               and
               Faith
               in
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               and
               love
               to
               God
               and
               a
               holy
               life
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               escaping
               the
               Damnation
               of
               Hell.
               Our
               design
               is
               not
               to
               drive
               you
               to
               despair
               ,
               only
               to
               awaken
               you
               ,
               who
               have
               been
               so
               long
               and
               so
               fast
               asleep
               under
               such
               an
               awakening
               Ministry
               ;
               if
               you
               sleep
               still
               and
               are
               not
               startled
               by
               the
               loss
               of
               your
               Minister
               ,
               we
               much
               fear
               the
               next
               thing
               will
               be
               the
               loss
               of
               your
               Souls
               .
               Awake
               !
               Awake
               !
               Ye
               drowsy
               ,
               secure
               ,
               sleepy
               sinners
               ,
               God
               calls
               upon
               you
               once
               more
               ,
               by
               us
               he
               calls
               you
               to
               awake
               ,
               to
               repent
               and
               turn
               from
               sin
               before
               it
               be
               too
               late
               ,
               and
               the
               door
               of
               mercy
               be
               shut
               ,
               and
               death
               hath
               unexpectedly
               surprised
               you
               in
               your
               sins
               .
            
             
               God
               by
               us
               doth
               command
               the
               vilest
               of
               you
               to
               repent
               ,
               Act.
               17.30
               .
               And
               he
               threatneth
               death
               if
               you
               disobey
               him
               :
               should
               an
               earthly
               King
               command
               you
               to
               come
               out
               of
               a
               dirty
               way
               into
               a
               clean
               path
               ,
               and
               that
               upon
               pain
               of
               temporal
               death
               ,
               would
               not
               you
               obey
               ?
               And
               when
               God
               who
               is
               the
               King
               of
               Kings
               ,
               doth
               command
               you
               to
               repent
               ,
               to
               come
               out
               of
               the
               dirty
               ways
               of
               sin
               into
               the
               clean
               ways
               of
               holiness
               ,
               and
               that
               upon
               pain
               of
               eternal
               death
               ,
               
               of
               everlasting
               torment
               and
               punishment
               in
               Hell
               will
               you
               not
               obey
               ,
               will
               you
               not
               repent
               ?
               Will
               you
               chuse
               to
               dishonour
               God
               ,
               and
               damn
               your
               own
               Souls
               rather
               than
               to
               repent
               of
               your
               sins
               ?
               Shall
               the
               threatnings
               of
               a
               weak
               man
               have
               more
               force
               with
               you
               ,
               than
               the
               threatnings
               of
               the
               great
               and
               glorious
               Iehovah
               who
               made
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
               ?
               Shall
               the
               threatnings
               of
               lesser
               evils
               which
               are
               but
               for
               a
               moment
               ,
               have
               more
               place
               with
               you
               ,
               than
               the
               threatnings
               of
               the
               most
               dreadful
               evils
               and
               eternal
               plagues
               shall
               have
               ?
            
             
               Moreover
               God
               doth
               invite
               you
               to
               repent
               and
               useth
               arguments
               to
               prevail
               with
               you
               Ezek.
               33.11
               .
               
                 Say
                 unto
                 them
                 ,
                 Thus
                 saith
                 the
                 Lord
                 God
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 no
                 pleasure
                 in
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 the
                 wicked
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 the
                 wicked
                 turn
                 from
                 his
                 way
                 and
                 live
                 :
                 Turn
                 ye
                 ,
                 turn
                 ye
                 from
                 your
                 evil
                 ways
                 ,
                 for
                 why
                 will
                 ye
                 die
                 ,
                 O
                 house
                 of
                 Israel
              
               ?
               God
               doth
               encourage
               you
               to
               repent
               by
               his
               promises
               ;
               all
               the
               promises
               which
               you
               will
               find
               in
               the
               Scripture
               of
               Remission
               ,
               of
               Adoption
               ,
               of
               Salvation
               ,
               of
               Spiritual
               priviledges
               here
               ,
               and
               eternal
               happiness
               hereafter
               ,
               are
               made
               to
               those
               that
               repent
               and
               believe
               ;
               both
               which
               are
               always
               in
               conjunction
               ,
               See
               Prov.
               28.13
               .
               Isa.
               55.17
               .
               Chap.
               1.16
               ,
               17
               ,
               18.
               
               And
               will
               not
               Gods
               invitations
               ,
               Gods
               promises
               ,
               and
               none
               of
               the
               rich
               Gospel
               
               priveledges
               move
               you
               to
               repent
               ?
               Will
               you
               slight
               pardoning
               mercy
               ,
               and
               chuse
               rather
               to
               abide
               under
               guilt
               ?
               Is
               it
               good
               to
               keep
               wounds
               in
               your
               consciences
               when
               you
               may
               have
               them
               healed
               ?
               Is
               it
               good
               to
               have
               God
               your
               enemy
               ,
               when
               you
               may
               be
               reconciled
               ?
               Is
               it
               desirable
               to
               continue
               Children
               of
               the
               Devil
               ,
               when
               you
               may
               be
               made
               the
               Children
               of
               God
               ?
               Will
               you
               prefer
               raggs
               before
               robes
               to
               cover
               you
               ?
               And
               chuse
               poverty
               when
               you
               may
               have
               Jewels
               to
               enrich
               you
               ?
               And
               eternal
               misery
               ,
               when
               by
               repentance
               you
               may
               attain
               everlasting
               happiness
               ?
               There
               are
               three
               sorts
               of
               unconverted
               and
               impenitent
               persons
               among
               you
               ;
               some
               of
               you
               are
               young
               ,
               some
               in
               your
               middle
               age
               ,
               and
               some
               of
               you
               are
               arived
               unto
               old
               age
               ,
               we
               would
               apply
               this
               Call
               to
               every
               one
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               You
               that
               are
               young
               men
               and
               young
               women
               ,
               repent
               of
               your
               sins
               ,
               and
               turn
               from
               your
               evil
               ways
               whilst
               you
               are
               young
               ;
               as
               you
               ought
               to
               remember
               your
               Creator
               so
               as
               to
               turn
               to
               him
               in
               the
               days
               of
               your
               youth
               ,
               so
               you
               ought
               to
               remember
               your
               sins
               so
               as
               to
               turn
               from
               them
               ,
               in
               the
               days
               of
               your
               youth
               .
               Had
               any
               of
               you
               been
               born
               without
               sin
               ,
               and
               lived
               without
               sin
               ,
               there
               would
               have
               been
               no
               occasion
               for
               your
               repentance
               ;
               But
               who
               among
               you
               can
               say
               he
               is
               innocent
               ?
               Have
               you
               not
               original
               sin
               and
               
               actual
               sin
               to
               repent
               of
               ?
               Will
               not
               your
               consciences
               witness
               the
               corruption
               of
               your
               natures
               ,
               how
               averse
               naturally
               you
               are
               to
               good
               ,
               how
               prone
               to
               evil
               .
               Is
               there
               not
               a
               Register
               in
               your
               bosomes
               of
               sins
               committed
               in
               your
               childhood
               ,
               together
               with
               your
               more
               late
               and
               more
               aggiavated
               youthful
               transgressions
               ?
               And
               do
               you
               not
               then
               need
               to
               repent
               ?
               Are
               you
               too
               young
               to
               repent
               ,
               when
               you
               are
               not
               too
               young
               to
               sin
               ?
               You
               have
               heard
               of
               Iosiah
               ,
               who
               had
               a
               tender
               heart
               in
               his
               tender
               years
               ;
               and
               of
               Timothy
               who
               when
               a
               Child
               did
               know
               the
               holy
               Scriptures
               ,
               which
               taught
               him
               the
               lesson
               of
               Repentance
               ;
               and
               if
               others
               have
               attained
               repentance
               in
               their
               Childhood
               and
               youth
               ,
               why
               may
               not
               you
               attain
               it
               ?
               The
               Devil
               will
               perswade
               you
               it
               is
               too
               soon
               ,
               and
               the
               flesh
               will
               perswade
               you
               it
               is
               too
               soon
               to
               repent
               ;
               and
               your
               companions
               in
               sin
               will
               perswade
               you
               to
               hold
               on
               with
               them
               still
               in
               your
               sinfull
               practices
               :
               many
               carnal
               arguments
               you
               may
               find
               out
               to
               move
               and
               plead
               for
               indulgence
               of
               your selves
               still
               in
               your
               sensual
               and
               sinful
               delights
               ;
               and
               you
               may
               be
               prone
               to
               think
               graver
               years
               will
               be
               most
               sutable
               for
               the
               serious
               and
               severe
               work
               of
               Repentance
               ;
               and
               you
               may
               presumingly
               hope
               ,
               when
               you
               are
               grown
               up
               to
               years
               of
               more
               maturity
               ,
               then
               you
               will
               mourn
               for
               your
               iniquity
               ,
               then
               you
               will
               turn
               over
               a
               new
               leaf
               ,
               return
               unto
               God
               and
               
               lead
               a
               new
               life
               .
               But
               doth
               God
               allow
               you
               to
               procrastinate
               your
               Repentance
               ?
               Doth
               God
               give
               you
               a
               dispensation
               to
               sin
               ,
               so
               long
               as
               you
               are
               so
               young
               ?
               If
               it
               be
               a
               duty
               to
               repent
               hereafter
               ,
               is
               it
               not
               now
               as
               much
               your
               duty
               ?
               If
               it
               be
               good
               to
               repent
               at
               all
               ,
               is
               it
               not
               good
               to
               repent
               whilst
               you
               are
               young
               ?
               Are
               you
               sure
               to
               live
               till
               you
               are
               grown
               men
               ,
               and
               grown
               women
               ?
               Did
               you
               never
               see
               or
               hear
               that
               others
               have
               died
               as
               young
               as
               your selves
               ,
               and
               as
               likely
               to
               live
               ,
               and
               that
               notwithstanding
               their
               hopes
               and
               presumptions
               of
               long
               life
               ?
               Indeed
               you
               may
               live
               to
               be
               old
               ,
               but
               think
               also
               that
               you
               may
               die
               whilst
               you
               are
               young
               ;
               you
               may
               die
               suddenly
               before
               you
               have
               time
               to
               call
               upon
               God
               for
               mercy
               ,
               and
               if
               you
               die
               in
               your
               impenitency
               you
               will
               most
               certainly
               be
               thrown
               for
               your
               sins
               into
               Hell
               ,
               that
               place
               of
               most
               horrible
               and
               unspeakable
               misery
               ;
               and
               will
               you
               venture
               your
               everlasting
               damnation
               on
               presumption
               of
               long
               life
               ,
               and
               future
               Repentance
               ?
               Besides
               ,
               are
               you
               sure
               to
               repent
               ,
               should
               your
               life
               be
               continued
               ?
               Is
               Repentance
               in
               your
               own
               power
               ?
               If
               you
               have
               not
               hearkned
               unto
               former
               calls
               of
               your
               deceased
               Minister
               ,
               and
               if
               you
               will
               not
               hearken
               to
               the
               call
               of
               divers
               Ministers
               now
               together
               ,
               are
               you
               sure
               God
               will
               call
               you
               any
               more
               ,
               that
               he
               will
               send
               any
               other
               Minister
               to
               you
               ?
               Or
               if
               he
               should
               ,
               may
               not
               he
               
               withhold
               his
               blessing
               ,
               and
               swear
               in
               his
               wrath
               that
               his
               Spirit
               which
               hath
               been
               striving
               with
               you
               so
               long
               ,
               shall
               strive
               with
               you
               no
               more
               ?
               Moreover
               ,
               can
               there
               be
               a
               more
               fit
               ,
               a
               more
               reasonable
               time
               for
               your
               Repentance
               ,
               than
               whilst
               you
               are
               young
               ?
               Will
               not
               your
               Repentance
               now
               be
               with
               the
               less
               difficulty
               ?
               If
               it
               be
               difficult
               to
               repent
               when
               your
               sins
               are
               fewer
               ,
               will
               not
               the
               difficulty
               encrease
               when
               your
               sins
               are
               encreased
               and
               grown
               more
               numerous
               ?
               If
               it
               be
               difficult
               to
               repent
               when
               your
               sins
               are
               lesser
               ,
               will
               not
               the
               difficulty
               greaten
               when
               your
               sins
               are
               greatned
               and
               grown
               more
               heinous
               ?
               Is
               not
               a
               twig
               more
               easily
               bended
               ,
               than
               a
               grown
               Tree
               ?
               Will
               not
               long
               custom
               in
               sin
               added
               to
               your
               natural
               propensity
               ,
               add
               to
               the
               difficulty
               of
               your
               repentance
               ?
               Is
               it
               not
               easier
               to
               repent
               when
               you
               have
               less
               sin
               and
               more
               time
               ,
               than
               when
               you
               shall
               have
               less
               time
               and
               more
               sin
               ?
               Will
               not
               sin
               be
               more
               easily
               mortified
               whilst
               it
               is
               more
               weak
               ,
               than
               when
               by
               long
               continuance
               it
               hath
               gathered
               more
               strength
               ?
               Will
               it
               not
               be
               very
               hard
               to
               remove
               long
               contracted
               hardness
               ?
               Do
               you
               think
               the
               Devil
               will
               be
               easily
               cast
               out
               ,
               when
               he
               hath
               had
               long
               possession
               .
               Or
               can
               your
               last
               Repentance
               ,
               if
               it
               were
               easily
               attainable
               ,
               be
               so
               pleasing
               and
               acceptable
               unto
               God
               ,
               as
               Repentance
               in
               your
               youth
               ?
               Doth
               not
               God
               call
               for
               your
               first
               fruits
               ?
               Shall
               the
               Devil
               ,
               and
               
               the
               flesh
               ,
               and
               the
               World
               ravish
               your
               Virgin-affections
               ,
               and
               then
               will
               you
               repent
               ?
               Hath
               not
               God
               work
               enough
               for
               you
               to
               do
               although
               you
               begin
               never
               so
               young
               ?
               And
               will
               you
               chuse
               rather
               to
               serve
               the
               Devil
               and
               your
               own
               lusts
               in
               the
               spring
               ,
               the
               prime
               ,
               and
               vigour
               of
               your
               years
               ,
               than
               to
               serve
               the
               glorious
               Iehovah
               ,
               when
               the
               service
               of
               the
               former
               is
               such
               slavery
               ,
               such
               drudgery
               ,
               and
               the
               ways
               will
               be
               eternal
               death
               ,
               and
               the
               service
               of
               the
               latter
               is
               so
               honourable
               ,
               so
               beneficial
               ,
               and
               its
               reward
               eternal
               life
               .
               May
               this
               Call
               ,
               these
               arguments
               prevail
               with
               all
               of
               you
               that
               are
               young
               ,
               without
               any
               further
               delay
               to
               repent
               of
               your
               sins
               ,
               and
               to
               day
               ,
               whilst
               it
               is
               called
               to
               day
               to
               hearken
               unto
               Gods
               voice
               ,
               and
               no
               longer
               to
               harden
               your
               hearts
               through
               the
               deceitfullness
               of
               sin
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               You
               that
               have
               continued
               in
               your
               sinful
               ways
               and
               practices
               to
               your
               middle
               age
               ;
               it
               is
               high
               time
               that
               you
               should
               repent
               .
               If
               your
               Spring
               be
               over
               ,
               and
               your
               Summer
               be
               come
               ,
               and
               hitherto
               you
               have
               neglected
               your
               Souls
               ,
               and
               allowed
               your selves
               in
               your
               sins
               ;
               O
               delay
               no
               longer
               time
               ,
               repent
               of
               your
               sins
               ,
               and
               repent
               that
               you
               have
               repented
               no
               sooner
               .
               God
               stretcheth
               sorth
               his
               hand
               all
               the
               day
               long
               to
               a
               stubborn
               and
               gainsaying
               people
               ;
               if
               you
               have
               been
               stubborn
               hitherto
               ;
               If
               you
               have
               deafned
               your
               ear
               
               to
               former
               calls
               ,
               don't
               deafen
               your
               ear
               to
               this
               call
               ,
               which
               may
               be
               your
               last
               call
               .
               God
               hath
               been
               very
               patient
               with
               you
               ,
               he
               might
               have
               cut
               you
               off
               in
               your
               sins
               long
               ago
               ,
               and
               think
               where
               your
               Souls
               would
               have
               been
               now
               .
               Have
               not
               some
               of
               you
               been
               visited
               with
               sickness
               ,
               and
               brought
               down
               to
               the
               sides
               of
               the
               pit
               ,
               and
               been
               raised
               again
               beyond
               your
               own
               and
               others
               expectations
               ?
               Have
               not
               others
               of
               you
               escaped
               great
               perils
               and
               dangers
               ,
               and
               been
               wonderfully
               preserved
               when
               your
               lives
               were
               in
               great
               jeopardy
               ?
               And
               shall
               your
               restoration
               or
               your
               preservation
               ,
               be
               but
               a
               reservation
               unto
               more
               dreadful
               destruction
               ?
               Or
               rather
               shall
               not
               Gods
               patience
               and
               goodness
               lead
               you
               to
               Repentance
               ?
               Will
               you
               return
               evil
               for
               good
               ?
               Because
               God
               doth
               not
               speedily
               execute
               his
               vengeance
               upon
               you
               ,
               shall
               your
               hearts
               be
               fully
               set
               in
               you
               to
               do
               evil
               ?
               If
               your
               youth
               hath
               been
               given
               away
               from
               God
               don't
               give
               the
               strength
               of
               your
               years
               too
               .
               Let
               the
               time
               past
               be
               sufficient
               wherein
               you
               have
               served
               divers
               lusts
               ,
               and
               let
               the
               remaining
               part
               of
               your
               days
               be
               devoted
               unto
               God
               It
               is
               likely
               that
               many
               of
               you
               are
               now
               got
               into
               intanglements
               ,
               and
               will
               be
               hindred
               by
               incumbring
               business
               in
               the
               work
               ,
               which
               is
               like
               to
               be
               more
               difficult
               than
               if
               you
               had
               begun
               betimes
               :
               but
               think
               ,
               although
               the
               difficulty
               of
               Repentance
               be
               never
               so
               great
               ,
               yet
               the
               necessity
               of
               Repentance
               
               is
               far
               greater
               ;
               Repentance
               is
               both
               universally
               and
               absolutely
               ,
               altogether
               indispensably
               necessary
               ;
               you
               must
               repent
               ,
               all
               of
               you
               must
               repent
               ,
               otherwise
               you
               are
               lost
               irrecoverably
               ,
               and
               will
               perish
               everlastingly
               ;
               It
               may
               be
               hard
               to
               you
               now
               ,
               and
               grievous
               to
               unravel
               all
               your
               sinful
               works
               ,
               to
               undo
               what
               hither
               to
               you
               have
               been
               doing
               ,
               to
               begin
               another
               life
               now
               after
               you
               have
               spent
               ,
               or
               rather
               mispent
               so
               much
               of
               your
               time
               ;
               It
               may
               be
               very
               grievous
               to
               you
               to
               cut
               off
               your
               right
               hands
               ,
               to
               pluck
               out
               your
               right
               eyes
               ,
               but
               better
               do
               so
               than
               that
               the
               whole
               body
               be
               cast
               into
               the
               fire
               ;
               we
               mean
               ,
               it
               is
               better
               to
               part
               with
               your
               most
               beloved
               lusts
               ,
               called
               in
               the
               Scripture
               ,
               and
               by
               our
               Saviour
               ,
               the
               right
               hands
               ,
               and
               the
               right
               eyes
               ,
               than
               that
               the
               Soul
               should
               perish
               in
               sin
               ,
               and
               be
               tormented
               in
               Hell
               ;
               surely
               Hells
               torments
               is
               far
               more
               grievous
               than
               repenting
               work
               and
               converting
               work
               can
               be
               .
               O
               be
               not
               befooled
               by
               the
               deluding
               Devil
               ,
               and
               your
               own
               deceitful
               hearts
               ,
               to
               defer
               so
               great
               and
               necessary
               work
               any
               longer
               ;
               you
               have
               thought
               to
               repent
               at
               this
               time
               ,
               and
               thought
               to
               repent
               at
               that
               time
               ,
               and
               yet
               this
               time
               hath
               come
               ,
               and
               that
               time
               hath
               come
               ,
               and
               both
               have
               slipt
               and
               are
               gone
               ,
               and
               still
               you
               are
               where
               you
               were
               ;
               as
               far
               from
               Repentance
               ,
               yea
               further
               from
               it
               ,
               more
               indisposed
               ,
               more
               averse
               to
               it
               than
               at
               the
               beginning
               .
               
               Sinners
               ,
               what
               do
               you
               resolve
               upon
               ?
               will
               you
               hold
               fast
               sin
               still
               ?
               Will
               you
               pursue
               your
               lusts
               to
               the
               burning
               lake
               ?
               Or
               will
               you
               defer
               again
               this
               work
               of
               Repentance
               until
               a
               fitter
               season
               ?
               What
               season
               can
               be
               more
               fit
               than
               the
               present
               season
               ,
               when
               God
               calleth
               you
               ,
               commandeth
               you
               ,
               and
               stretcheth
               forth
               his
               hand
               to
               encourage
               you
               unto
               this
               duty
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               And
               lastly
               .
               We
               shall
               add
               one
               word
               to
               call
               old
               sinners
               to
               Repentance
               :
               your
               Spring
               is
               past
               ,
               your
               Summer
               is
               ended
               ,
               your
               Winter
               is
               come
               ,
               and
               yet
               you
               have
               not
               repented
               ,
               yet
               have
               not
               amended
               .
               And
               what
               do
               you
               think
               now
               to
               do
               ?
               Are
               you
               resolved
               to
               finish
               your
               course
               as
               you
               have
               begun
               it
               ?
               Are
               you
               resolved
               to
               fill
               up
               the
               measure
               of
               your
               sin
               ,
               with
               your
               days
               ;
               and
               will
               you
               deafen
               your
               ears
               against
               all
               Gods
               calls
               unto
               the
               last
               ?
               You
               have
               one
               foot
               in
               the
               grave
               ,
               and
               don
               't
               you
               sometimes
               think
               of
               Death
               ?
               Can
               you
               think
               to
               live
               here
               always
               ?
               Don't
               you
               feel
               your
               strength
               to
               decay
               ?
               Have
               you
               no
               Harbingers
               and
               forerunners
               of
               death
               with
               you
               ?
               Do
               not
               your
               Silver
               hairs
               mind
               you
               of
               the
               loosing
               of
               the
               silver
               cord
               ?
               and
               your
               daily
               breakings
               through
               the
               infirmities
               of
               old
               age
               ,
               of
               the
               breaking
               of
               the
               golden
               bowl
               and
               pitcher
               at
               the
               fountain
               ,
               and
               wheel
               at
               the
               cistern
               ,
               whom
               dust
               shall
               return
               to
               the
               earth
               as
               it
               was
               ,
               
               and
               the
               Spirit
               to
               God
               that
               gave
               it
               ,
               that
               by
               him
               you
               may
               be
               judged
               ?
               Eccl.
               12.6
               ,
               7.
               
               Young
               ones
               may
               die
               in
               youth
               ,
               but
               you
               must
               die
               in
               old
               age
               :
               you
               cannot
               last
               much
               longer
               ;
               in
               a
               moment
               you
               may
               go
               down
               into
               your
               dust
               ,
               and
               what
               do
               you
               think
               will
               become
               of
               your
               Souls
               when
               they
               are
               separated
               from
               your
               bodies
               ?
               Will
               not
               God
               call
               you
               to
               an
               account
               for
               all
               your
               sins
               ?
               Shall
               you
               not
               receive
               according
               to
               what
               you
               have
               done
               in
               the
               body
               ?
               Can
               you
               be
               content
               that
               God
               should
               banish
               you
               from
               his
               presence
               for
               ever
               ,
               and
               punish
               you
               amongst
               Devils
               in
               Hell
               ?
               Can
               you
               dwell
               with
               devouring
               fire
               ?
               Can
               you
               inhabit
               everlasting
               burnings
               ?
               Can
               you
               endure
               to
               be
               tormented
               and
               that
               to
               eternity
               ,
               and
               that
               with
               extremity
               of
               torments
               ?
               But
               you
               will
               say
               ,
               is
               there
               no
               hope
               ?
               I
               answer
               ,
               the
               Devil
               may
               tell
               you
               there
               is
               no
               hope
               ;
               when
               you
               were
               young
               the
               Devel
               perswaded
               you
               it
               was
               too
               soon
               to
               repent
               ;
               and
               in
               the
               strength
               of
               your
               years
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               too
               soon
               ,
               time
               enough
               hereafter
               ;
               and
               now
               it
               may
               be
               he
               would
               perswade
               you
               it
               is
               too
               late
               ;
               yet
               however
               grey-headed
               Converts
               are
               very
               rare
               ,
               some
               such
               there
               are
               and
               have
               been
               found
               :
               We
               read
               ,
               Math.
               20.6
               .
               
                 of
                 some
                 called
                 to
                 work
                 in
                 the
                 vineyard
                 at
                 the
                 eleventh
                 hour
                 .
              
               Indeed
               your
               Repentance
               now
               will
               be
               with
               the
               greatest
               difficulty
               ;
               but
               consider
               what
               hath
               been
               said
               of
               
               its
               necessity
               ,
               and
               you
               may
               take
               same
               encouragement
               from
               its
               possibility
               .
               It
               is
               possible
               for
               you
               to
               obtain
               Repentance
               ,
               and
               Remission
               ,
               and
               Salvation
               ,
               if
               without
               further
               delay
               you
               seek
               it
               ,
               if
               you
               diligently
               seek
               it
               .
               You
               have
               need
               to
               ransack
               your
               hearts
               ,
               to
               read
               over
               the
               Register
               of
               your
               Consciences
               ,
               to
               draw
               up
               bills
               of
               inditement
               against
               your selves
               :
               you
               have
               need
               to
               retire
               within
               ,
               to
               go
               down
               into
               your
               Spirits
               with
               the
               candle
               of
               the
               Lord
               in
               one
               hand
               ,
               and
               the
               word
               of
               the
               Lord
               in
               the
               other
               hand
               ,
               that
               you
               may
               find
               out
               ,
               and
               bring
               out
               ,
               and
               slay
               those
               lusts
               there
               ,
               which
               war
               against
               you
               ,
               and
               which
               if
               they
               be
               not
               slain
               ,
               will
               be
               your
               ruin
               :
               you
               have
               need
               to
               humble
               your selves
               greatly
               before
               the
               Lord
               ,
               to
               lie
               very
               low
               ,
               to
               cry
               very
               loud
               ,
               to
               mourn
               and
               weep
               ,
               to
               grieve
               and
               lament
               over
               so
               many
               sins
               ,
               and
               those
               so
               highly
               aggravated
               as
               yours
               have
               been
               ;
               And
               then
               know
               there
               is
               mercy
               enough
               in
               store
               for
               such
               as
               you
               ,
               free-grace
               can
               save
               the
               oldest
               and
               greatest
               sinner
               ;
               the
               merits
               of
               Christ
               are
               sufficient
               for
               your
               pardon
               ;
               the
               promises
               of
               the
               Covenant
               are
               large
               and
               may
               reach
               the
               worst
               of
               you
               .
               O
               then
               break
               off
               your
               sins
               by
               Repentance
               ,
               and
               lay
               hold
               on
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               by
               faith
               ,
               and
               devote
               what
               remaineth
               of
               your
               life
               unto
               God
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               possible
               that
               such
               as
               you
               may
               get
               into
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               eternally
               admire
               the
               
               infinite
               Riches
               of
               Gods
               free
               grace
               in
               your
               Salvation
               .
            
             
               Our
               Letter
               would
               swell
               too
               much
               should
               we
               add
               particular
               directions
               in
               order
               to
               this
               work
               ;
               we
               therefore
               exhort
               you
               to
               call
               to
               Remembrance
               what
               your
               own
               Pastor
               hath
               Preached
               to
               you
               for
               your
               guidance
               and
               help
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               possible
               that
               the
               seed
               which
               he
               sowed
               whilst
               alive
               ,
               may
               spring
               up
               after
               his
               death
               ;
               and
               the
               Sermons
               which
               he
               hath
               Preached
               amongst
               you
               and
               the
               Counsels
               which
               he
               hath
               given
               to
               you
               ,
               may
               (
               through
               Gods
               blessing
               and
               your
               Remembrance
               ,
               and
               Application
               )
               have
               their
               effect
               even
               now
               he
               is
               gone
               ,
               in
               your
               Conversion
               and
               Salvation
               .
            
             
               Besides
               unconverted
               persons
               ,
               we
               hope
               there
               are
               many
               true
               Converts
               ,
               truly
               gracious
               persons
               among
               you
               ,
               and
               not
               a
               few
               who
               have
               been
               the
               Seal
               of
               Mr.
               
               Stubbs's
               Ministry
               .
               Some
               of
               you
               are
               new
               born
               ,
               others
               well
               grown
               Christians
               ;
               some
               of
               you
               are
               in
               a
               declining
               state
               ,
               others
               are
               thriving
               Christians
               ;
               we
               might
               be
               as
               large
               in
               our
               writing
               to
               you
               ,
               as
               we
               have
               been
               in
               our
               call
               of
               the
               Unconverted
               ;
               we
               might
               give
               particular
               counsel
               and
               advice
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               the
               healing
               of
               wounded
               Consciences
               ,
               the
               reviving
               decay'd
               graces
               and
               affections
               ,
               the
               resolving
               
               and
               removing
               groundless
               doubts
               ,
               and
               perplexing
               fears
               concerning
               your
               spiritual
               condition
               ;
               the
               arming
               you
               against
               Satans
               temptations
               ;
               the
               guiding
               of
               you
               in
               the
               dark
               night
               of
               desertion
               ,
               and
               when
               under
               the
               Eclipse
               of
               th●
               light
               of
               Gods
               countenance
               ;
               and
               for
               your
               quickning
               and
               encouragement
               under
               affliction●
               and
               all
               oppositions
               and
               difficulties
               which
               you
               do
               or
               may
               meet
               withall
               in
               Heavens
               way
               .
               But
               should
               we
               write
               particularly
               and
               fully
               to
               you
               of
               these
               things
               ,
               our
               Letter
               would
               grow
               into
               a
               treatise
               ,
               which
               is
               beyond
               our
               design
               ;
               therefore
               we
               must
               refer
               you
               for
               Counsel
               ,
               in
               these
               things
               ,
               unto
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               those
               Books
               in
               our
               English
               tongue
               ,
               which
               are
               written
               on
               these
               Subjects
               ;
               and
               particularly
               to
               call
               to
               remembrance
               what
               your
               dear
               Pastor
               hath
               taught
               you
               and
               advised
               you
               ,
               who
               was
               the
               best
               acquainted
               with
               the
               state
               of
               your
               Souls
               .
            
             
               All
               that
               we
               shall
               further
               add
               ,
               is
               to
               mind
               you
               of
               some
               duties
               ,
               and
               to
               suggest
               some
               considerations
               for
               your
               comfort
               and
               encouragement
               under
               this
               so
               great
               a
               loss
               .
            
             
               The
               duties
               which
               God
               calleth
               you
               more
               especially
               unto
               ,
               after
               his
               taking
               away
               your
               Pastor
               from
               you
               ,
               are
               ,
               1
               Watchfulness
               .
               2
               Fruitfulness
               .
               3
               Prayer
               .
               4
               Family-instruction
               .
            
             
             
               First
               ,
               Watchfulness
               :
               All
               Ministers
               are
               ,
               or
               ●ught
               to
               be
               the
               Lords
               Watchmen
               ;
               the
               Watch●●n
               ;
               whom
               the
               Lord
               set
               over
               you
               ,
               was
               emi●ently
               faithful
               ,
               but
               he
               is
               now
               gone
               and
               will
               ●●itch
               over
               you
               no
               longer
               ,
               and
               therefore
               you
               ●●ve
               the
               more
               need
               ,
               and
               are
               now
               called
               to
               ●atch
               over
               your selves
               the
               more
               diligently
               ,
               ●nd
               to
               watch
               over
               one
               another
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               Watch
               over
               your selves
               ;
               guard
               your
               ●●nses
               which
               are
               the
               inlets
               of
               sin
               ,
               and
               keep
               ●our
               hearts
               with
               all
               diligence
               ,
               from
               whence
               ●re
               the
               issues
               of
               sin
               ;
               it
               is
               not
               long
               since
               you
               ●ad
               the
               eye
               of
               your
               Minister
               over
               you
               ,
               ●ho
               was
               a
               faithful
               reprover
               ;
               now
               he
               is
               removed
               ,
               take
               heed
               you
               give
               not
               your selves
               the
               more
               liberty
               either
               to
               neglect
               duties
               ,
               or
               to
               comply
               with
               temptations
               ,
               whereby
               you
               may
               be
               enticed
               unto
               any
               sin
               ;
               were
               Mr.
               Stubbs
               alive
               ,
               and
               by
               you
               ,
               it
               may
               be
               you
               would
               not
               yield
               to
               such
               and
               such
               Temptations
               ,
               lest
               you
               should
               offend
               him
               ,
               and
               be
               reproved
               by
               him
               ;
               but
               think
               with
               your selves
               ,
               that
               God
               is
               by
               you
               always
               ;
               and
               being
               infinitely
               holy
               ,
               is
               more
               highly
               offended
               with
               sin
               ,
               than
               the
               most
               holy
               man
               on
               earth
               can
               be
               ;
               and
               you
               have
               also
               an
               observer
               within
               you
               ,
               a
               reprover
               ,
               we
               mean
               your
               own
               Consciences
               ,
               and
               take
               heed
               of
               offending
               them
               in
               offending
               of
               God
               ,
               for
               if
               God
               and
               Conscience
               
               should
               be
               against
               you
               ,
               it
               is
               a
               thousand
               times
               worse
               than
               to
               have
               all
               the
               men
               on
               Earth
               and
               all
               the
               Devils
               in
               Hell
               against
               you
               .
               Watch
               not
               only
               against
               grosser
               ,
               and
               more
               scandalou●
               sins
               ,
               but
               also
               against
               lesser
               sins
               ,
               and
               such
               as
               a●●
               of
               more
               ordinary
               practice
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               an●
               that
               not
               only
               amongst
               the
               profane
               ,
               but
               all
               amongst
               professors
               of
               Religion
               themselve●
               amongst
               whom
               too
               many
               hypocrites
               will
               b●
               found
               at
               the
               last
               day
               .
               Watch
               also
               again●
               errours
               ,
               especially
               such
               as
               are
               damnable
               ,
               su●
               as
               are
               in
               the
               foundations
               of
               Religion
               ,
               whi●●
               should
               you
               entertain
               ,
               would
               be
               mor●
               effectual
               to
               ruin
               your
               Souls
               ,
               than
               if
               you
               we●●
               guilty
               of
               the
               grossest
               immoralities
               .
               Havin●
               received
               the
               truth
               ,
               hold
               it
               fast
               ,
               prize
               it
               abo●●
               Silver
               and
               Gold
               ,
               as
               being
               far
               more
               preciou●
               yea
               above
               life
               it self
               ,
               and
               let
               all
               go
               rather
               tha●
               let
               any
               truth
               go
               ;
               let
               truths
               be
               rooted
               in
               you●
               hearts
               ,
               imbrace
               them
               with
               love
               and
               delight
               otherwise
               you
               may
               be
               imposed
               upon
               with
               e●rours
               by
               some
               cunning
               impostors
               ,
               and
               be
               tosse●
               to
               and
               fro
               with
               divers
               winds
               of
               Doctrine●
               by
               the
               flight
               of
               men
               and
               cunning
               craftiness
               〈◊〉
               such
               as
               lie
               in
               wait
               to
               deceive
               ;
               always
               suspec●
               them
               as
               dangerously
               erroneous
               ,
               who
               endeavou●
               to
               bring
               the
               Ministry
               of
               Christ's
               appointme●●
               into
               contempt
               ,
               and
               perswade
               you
               to
               a
               neglec●
               thereof
               ,
               which
               you
               have
               reason
               above
               othe●
               
               ●ighly
               to
               esteem
               and
               keep
               close
               unto
               ,
               having
               ●●d
               so
               eminent
               and
               faithful
               a
               Minister
               amongst
               ●ou
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               As
               you
               ought
               to
               watch
               over
               ●our
               selves
               ,
               so
               also
               to
               watch
               over
               one
               another
               ,
               ●hat
               so
               instead
               of
               one
               ,
               there
               may
               be
               many
               ●atchmen
               amongst
               you
               .
               Watch
               over
               one
               ●nother
               in
               reference
               to
               sin
               ,
               and
               in
               reference
               to
               ●uty
               .
               In
               reference
               to
               sin
               ,
               both
               to
               prevent
               sin
               〈◊〉
               one
               another
               ,
               and
               to
               restore
               such
               as
               are
               fallen
               〈◊〉
               it
               .
               Watch
               to
               prevent
               sin
               ,
               so
               far
               as
               you
               have
               ●ower
               ;
               say
               not
               with
               Cain
               ,
               Am
               I
               my
               brothers
               ●eeper
               ?
               As
               you
               ought
               not
               to
               murder
               the
               ●odies
               of
               any
               ,
               nor
               to
               suffer
               any
               (
               if
               you
               can
               ●inder
               it
               )
               to
               murder
               themselves
               ;
               so
               you
               ought
               ●ot
               to
               murder
               the
               Souls
               of
               any
               ,
               nor
               to
               permit
               ●hem
               (
               if
               you
               can
               hinder
               it
               )
               to
               murder
               their
               ●wn
               Souls
               :
               should
               you
               see
               any
               of
               your
               neigh●ours
               ,
               or
               acquaintance
               ,
               take
               Swords
               ,
               or
               Dag●ers
               ,
               and
               therewith
               to
               gash
               and
               wound
               them●lves
               ,
               lift
               up
               their
               hands
               to
               thrust
               them
               into
               ●heir
               hearts
               ,
               would
               not
               you
               run
               to
               them
               ,
               and
               ●atch
               away
               those
               weapons
               and
               instruments
               of
               ●eath
               from
               them
               ?
               Would
               not
               you
               argue
               and
               ●ead
               with
               them
               ,
               to
               forbear
               the
               laying
               such
               ●●olent
               hands
               upon
               themselves
               ?
               By
               sin
               your
               ●●ighbours
               wound
               themselves
               ;
               if
               they
               wound
               〈◊〉
               their
               flesh
               ,
               they
               wound
               their
               Spirit
               ;
               if
               
               they
               wound
               not
               their
               bodies
               ,
               they
               wound
               their
               Souls
               ;
               and
               as
               those
               wounds
               are
               most
               inward
               ,
               so
               they
               are
               the
               most
               deep
               and
               dangerous
               ;
               the
               wounds
               of
               sin
               are
               mortal
               wounds
               ,
               and
               not
               only
               temporal
               death
               but
               eternal
               will
               be
               the
               effect
               of
               them
               ,
               without
               a
               seasonable
               application
               of
               the
               blood
               of
               Christ.
               O
               do
               what
               you
               can
               to
               prevent
               sin
               in
               your
               friends
               ,
               do
               what
               you
               can
               to
               arm
               them
               against
               Temptations
               ,
               and
               to
               encourage
               them
               to
               resist
               the
               Devil
               ;
               to
               expose
               themselves
               to
               any
               kind
               of
               sufferings
               and
               pains
               and
               to
               deny
               themselves
               any
               kind
               of
               delights
               and
               gains
               ,
               rather
               than
               to
               offend
               God
               ,
               and
               wound
               their
               Consciences
               by
               their
               sins
               .
            
             
               But
               if
               any
               of
               your
               Brethren
               have
               been
               tempted
               and
               have
               yielded
               ,
               if
               they
               are
               falle●
               and
               wounded
               ,
               watch
               to
               restore
               such
               ;
               and
               there
               in
               follow
               the
               direction
               of
               the
               Apostle
               ,
               Gal.
               6
               .
               1●
               
                 Brethren
                 ,
                 if
                 a
                 man
                 be
                 overtaken
                 in
                 a
                 fault
                 ,
                 〈◊〉
                 which
                 are
                 Spiritual
                 restore
                 such
                 a
                 one
                 in
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 meekness
                 ,
                 considering
                 thy self
                 lest
                 tho●
                 also
                 be
                 tempted
                 .
              
               If
               you
               hear
               of
               a
               fault
               in
               any
               of
               your
               neighbours
               ,
               be
               not
               forward
               to
               believe
               it
               ,
               unless
               the
               thing
               be
               evident
               by
               clear
               proof
               ,
               or
               the
               parties
               own
               confession
               ,
               and
               then
               think
               what
               the
               Law
               of
               love
               doth
               require
               ,
               Lev.
               19.17
               .
               
                 Thou
                 shalt
                 not
                 hate
                 thy
                 Brother
                 in
                 thine
                 heart
                 ,
                 thou
                 shalt
                 in
                 any
                 wise
                 rebuke
                 thy
                 
                 neighbour
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 suffer
                 sin
                 upon
                 him
                 .
              
               When
               your
               neighbours
               lie
               under
               guilt
               ,
               let
               love
               to
               their
               Souls
               prompt
               you
               to
               use
               your
               endeavour
               for
               the
               removal
               thereof
               ;
               don
               't
               speak
               of
               their
               faults
               behind
               their
               backs
               to
               their
               defamation
               ,
               and
               the
               wounding
               of
               their
               names
               ;
               but
               speak
               of
               their
               faults
               to
               themselves
               in
               your
               plain
               and
               faithful
               reproofs
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               their
               amendment
               and
               the
               healing
               of
               the
               wounds
               in
               their
               Consciences
               :
               and
               that
               your
               reproofs
               may
               be
               successful
               ,
               they
               must
               be
               managed
               with
               much
               prudence
               ,
               with
               a
               due
               consideration
               of
               the
               fault
               ,
               the
               person
               ,
               the
               place
               ,
               the
               time
               ,
               and
               the
               manner
               ;
               as
               to
               the
               manner
               the
               ,
               Apostle
               directs
               you
               to
               do
               it
               in
               the
               spirit
               of
               meekness
               ,
               don't
               use
               opprobrious
               terms
               ,
               railing
               angry
               accusations
               ,
               remembring
               that
               the
               wrath
               of
               man
               worketh
               not
               the
               righteousness
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               anger
               in
               your
               reproof
               is
               apt
               to
               beget
               anger
               in
               the
               parties
               reproved
               ,
               the
               effect
               of
               which
               is
               like
               to
               be
               excuse
               and
               extenuation
               of
               their
               faults
               ,
               a
               hardning
               of
               them
               in
               their
               sins
               ,
               recriminations
               and
               retorts
               on
               your selves
               :
               whereas
               if
               you
               reprove
               them
               mildly
               in
               a
               spirit
               of
               meekness
               ,
               and
               they
               perceive
               your
               love
               therein
               ,
               and
               design
               of
               their
               good
               ,
               you
               may
               the
               more
               probably
               reach
               their
               Consciences
               ,
               and
               through
               Gods
               blessing
               imprint
               a
               conviction
               upon
               them
               ,
               and
               be
               instrumental
               for
               their
               restoring
               ;
               a
               soft
               Tongue
               breaketh
               
               a
               bone
               ,
               and
               a
               mild
               reproof
               may
               mollify
               a
               heart
               that
               is
               like
               a
               bone
               ,
               or
               like
               a
               stone
               in
               hardness
               .
            
             
               And
               as
               you
               ought
               to
               watch
               over
               one
               another
               in
               reference
               to
               sin
               ,
               so
               also
               in
               reference
               to
               duty
               ;
               as
               you
               occasionally
               or
               purposely
               meet
               together
               ,
               watch
               to
               advise
               and
               counsel
               one
               another
               ,
               to
               quicken
               and
               encourage
               one
               another
               in
               your
               duties
               both
               to
               God
               and
               man
               ,
               read
               Mal.
               3.16
               .
               
                 Then
                 they
                 that
                 feared
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 spake
                 often
                 one
                 to
                 another
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Lord
                 hearkned
                 and
                 heard
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Book
                 of
                 remembrance
                 was
                 written
                 before
                 him
                 ,
                 for
                 them
                 that
                 feared
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 thought
                 upon
                 his
                 name
                 .
              
               Here
               you
               have
               ,
               1.
               
               Your
               duty
               ,
               to
               speak
               often
               one
               to
               another
               ;
               and
               what
               it
               is
               you
               should
               speak
               :
               The
               wicked
               speak
               often
               one
               to
               another
               ,
               but
               they
               speak
               vanity
               and
               sin
               ,
               as
               if
               their
               Tongues
               were
               their
               own
               ,
               and
               they
               had
               no
               Lord
               over
               them
               ;
               their
               discourse
               is
               froth
               and
               filth
               ,
               they
               have
               a
               Treasure
               of
               evil
               things
               in
               their
               hearts
               ,
               and
               thence
               they
               bring
               forth
               that
               which
               is
               evil
               ;
               but
               you
               who
               fear
               the
               Lord
               ,
               have
               a
               Treasure
               of
               good
               things
               in
               your
               hearts
               ,
               and
               thence
               you
               should
               bring
               forth
               that
               which
               is
               good
               :
               your
               words
               should
               be
               like
               choice
               Silver
               to
               enrich
               one
               another
               ;
               your
               lips
               like
               a
               Tree
               of
               righteousness
               to
               feed
               one
               another
               ,
               your
               discourse
               should
               be
               alway
               
               with
               grace
               unto
               your
               mutual
               edification
               ,
               that
               you
               may
               excite
               one
               another
               in
               the
               ways
               and
               service
               of
               the
               Lord.
               
            
             
               2.
               
               Here
               's
               a
               motive
               to
               quicken
               unto
               the
               duty
               ,
               the
               Lord
               hearkneth
               ,
               taketh
               especial
               notice
               hereof
               ,
               records
               this
               on
               his
               Book
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               the
               reward
               he
               intends
               and
               hath
               prepared
               for
               such
               in
               the
               other
               World.
               Look
               into
               another
               Scripture
               .
               Heb.
               10.24
               ,
               25.
               
               
                 Let
                 us
                 consider
                 one
                 another
                 to
                 provoke
              
               (
               not
               to
               anger
               ,
               but
               )
               
                 unto
                 love
                 and
                 good
                 works
                 ;
                 not
                 forsaking
                 the
                 assembling
                 of
                 our selves
                 together
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 some
                 is
                 ,
                 but
                 exhorting
                 one
                 another
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 much
                 the
                 more
                 as
                 you
                 see
                 the
                 day
                 approaching
                 .
              
               We
               have
               not
               room
               in
               this
               Letter
               to
               enlarge
               in
               exposition
               of
               this
               Scripture
               ,
               but
               must
               leave
               it
               with
               your selves
               to
               do
               it
               in
               your
               Meditations
               ,
               must
               also
               contract
               in
               the
               other
               particulars
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               The
               second
               duty
               which
               God
               calleth
               you
               unto
               ,
               on
               the
               loss
               of
               your
               Minister
               ,
               is
               fruitfulness
               .
               Your
               Minister
               was
               a
               spiritual
               sower
               ,
               and
               we
               hardly
               know
               any
               who
               hath
               sown
               so
               much
               seed
               of
               the
               word
               ,
               as
               he
               used
               to
               do
               in
               all
               places
               where
               he
               came
               ;
               none
               more
               frequent
               in
               Preaching
               on
               the
               Sabbath
               days
               ,
               on
               the
               week
               days
               ,
               on
               ordinary
               ,
               on
               extraordinary
               occasions
               ,
               publickly
               ,
               and
               from
               house
               to
               house
               ,
               
               he
               ceased
               not
               ,
               whilst
               he
               had
               a
               Tongue
               and
               Breath
               ,
               to
               Preach
               the
               word
               .
               We
               need
               not
               tell
               you
               how
               much
               seed
               he
               hath
               sown
               amongst
               you
               ;
               and
               what
               it
               is
               that
               God
               doth
               look
               for
               ,
               after
               such
               a
               seed-time
               as
               you
               have
               had
               .
               But
               that
               the
               harvest
               of
               your
               fruitfulness
               should
               be
               in
               some
               measure
               answerable
               hereunto
               ;
               that
               as
               you
               have
               had
               more
               seed
               scattered
               among
               you
               than
               others
               ,
               so
               you
               should
               bring
               sorth
               more
               fruit
               than
               others
               :
               Take
               heed
               now
               your
               Minister
               is
               dead
               ,
               that
               his
               Sermons
               don't
               die
               with
               him
               ,
               and
               be
               forgotten
               by
               you
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               had
               never
               been
               Preached
               ,
               never
               been
               heard
               .
               Take
               heed
               you
               be
               not
               found
               barren
               after
               such
               sowings
               ;
               that
               you
               be
               not
               found
               dry
               after
               such
               droppings
               ;
               that
               you
               be
               not
               like
               Pharaohs
               kine
               ,
               lean
               after
               such
               plenty
               of
               spiritual
               food
               ,
               and
               such
               abundant
               means
               of
               Spiritual
               nourishment
               as
               you
               have
               enjoyed
               .
               The
               fruits
               which
               God
               doth
               look
               for
               ,
               are
               the
               fruits
               of
               Repentance
               ,
               humility
               ,
               meekness
               ,
               self-denyal
               ,
               patience
               ,
               contentment
               ,
               diligence
               ,
               righteousness
               ,
               filial
               fear
               of
               God
               ,
               faith
               in
               Christ
               ,
               love
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               one
               to
               another
               ,
               zeal
               for
               Gods
               honour
               ,
               lively
               hope
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               thankfulness
               for
               mercies
               .
               God
               looks
               that
               you
               should
               be
               fruitful
               in
               good
               words
               ,
               and
               in
               good
               works
               ;
               let
               the
               seed
               your
               Minister
               hath
               sown
               ,
               spring
               up
               after
               his
               death
               in
               such
               fruits
               as
               these
               ;
               such
               things
               he
               hath
               often
               taught
               you
               ,
               
               and
               exhorted
               you
               unto
               ,
               in
               his
               Sermons
               ,
               and
               he
               hath
               gone
               before
               you
               in
               the
               practice
               of
               them
               in
               his
               life
               ;
               ye
               are
               witnesses
               and
               God
               also
               ,
               how
               holily
               ,
               and
               justly
               ,
               and
               unblamably
               he
               behaved
               himself
               among
               you
               ,
               and
               how
               he
               exhorted
               ,
               and
               charged
               you
               as
               a
               Father
               doth
               his
               Children
               :
               and
               be
               ye
               followers
               of
               him
               who
               through
               faith
               and
               patience
               doth
               now
               inherit
               the
               promises
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               The
               third
               duty
               which
               God
               doth
               now
               call
               you
               especially
               unto
               ,
               is
               Prayer
               .
               Your
               Minister
               whilst
               alive
               did
               pray
               much
               with
               you
               ,
               and
               he
               pray'd
               more
               for
               you
               ;
               he
               was
               one
               of
               the
               most
               Prayerful
               Ministers
               in
               England
               ;
               he
               gave
               himself
               as
               to
               the
               Ministry
               of
               the
               word
               ,
               so
               also
               unto
               Prayer
               :
               but
               now
               his
               praying
               work
               on
               Earth
               ,
               is
               changed
               into
               praising
               work
               in
               Heaven
               ;
               you
               have
               lost
               a
               praying
               friend
               ,
               you
               have
               therefore
               now
               so
               much
               the
               more
               need
               to
               pray
               for
               your selves
               ,
               pray
               secretly
               ,
               pray
               frequently
               ,
               pray
               fervently
               .
               Pray
               against
               sin
               ,
               and
               pray
               for
               larger
               effusions
               of
               the
               Spirit
               upon
               you
               .
               Pray
               against
               sin
               ;
               do
               as
               ,
               Hos.
               14.2
               .
               
                 Take
                 with
                 you
                 words
                 and
                 turn
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 ;
                 say
                 unto
                 him
                 ,
                 take
                 away
                 all
                 iniquity
                 ,
                 and
                 receive
                 us
                 graciously
                 .
              
               God
               hath
               taken
               away
               your
               Minister
               ,
               O
               beg
               of
               him
               that
               he
               would
               take
               away
               your
               iniquity
               ,
               the
               cause
               of
               this
               so
               great
               a
               loss
               .
               
               Say
               ,
               Lord
               thou
               hast
               taken
               away
               him
               who
               was
               our
               glory
               ,
               O
               take
               away
               our
               sins
               which
               are
               our
               ignominy
               and
               shame
               ;
               thou
               hast
               taken
               away
               him
               who
               endeavoured
               to
               save
               us
               ,
               O
               take
               away
               our
               sins
               ,
               which
               if
               not
               taken
               away
               will
               destroy
               us
               .
               Shall
               our
               Ministers
               go
               ,
               and
               our
               sins
               stay
               ?
               Shall
               our
               glory
               depart
               ,
               and
               our
               shame
               abide
               ?
               Our
               blessings
               go
               ,
               and
               our
               curse
               continue
               ?
               Our
               builders
               go
               ,
               and
               our
               destroyers
               remain
               ?
               God
               forbid
               .
               Pray
               earnestly
               that
               God
               would
               take
               away
               the
               guilt
               of
               sin
               ,
               and
               deliver
               you
               from
               the
               power
               of
               sin
               ;
               not
               only
               the
               reign
               ,
               but
               also
               from
               the
               rage
               of
               it
               ;
               not
               only
               from
               its
               dominion
               ,
               but
               also
               from
               its
               Tyranny
               .
               And
               pray
               also
               for
               larger
               effusions
               of
               the
               Spirit
               upon
               you
               ,
               for
               the
               teachings
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               the
               witness
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               more
               of
               the
               graces
               ,
               more
               of
               the
               comforts
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               forget
               not
               Zion
               in
               your
               Prayers
               ,
               and
               the
               land
               of
               your
               nativity
               ;
               bear
               also
               your
               particular
               friends
               on
               your
               hearts
               when
               you
               are
               before
               God
               on
               your
               knees
               .
            
             
               Fourthly
               ,
               The
               fourth
               duty
               we
               would
               mind
               you
               of
               ,
               is
               Family
               Instruction
               ,
               the
               Catechizing
               of
               Children
               ,
               and
               Servants
               ,
               and
               bringing
               them
               up
               in
               the
               nurture
               and
               admonition
               of
               the
               Lord
               :
               And
               here
               we
               must
               not
               enlarge
               in
               motives
               and
               directions
               ,
               only
               we
               desire
               you
               to
               
               remember
               what
               the
               Counsels
               ,
               perswasions
               and
               practice
               of
               your
               deceased
               Pastor
               was
               in
               this
               particular
               ,
               and
               accordingly
               let
               your
               practice
               be
               .
            
             
               And
               now
               it
               is
               high
               time
               to
               draw
               to
               a
               close
               ;
               we
               shall
               add
               only
               one
               word
               or
               two
               ,
               for
               your
               support
               and
               comfort
               under
               this
               sad
               providence
               ;
               your
               loss
               is
               great
               ,
               and
               we
               doubt
               not
               but
               this
               loss
               is
               very
               grievous
               to
               many
               of
               you
               ,
               that
               you
               do
               and
               will
               feel
               it
               more
               and
               more
               ,
               that
               you
               feel
               it
               on
               the
               Lords
               days
               ,
               and
               feel
               it
               on
               the
               week
               days
               ,
               when
               you
               miss
               him
               in
               the
               pulpit
               ,
               and
               miss
               him
               in
               your
               Families
               .
               But
               none
               of
               you
               ought
               to
               be
               over-whelmed
               with
               sorrow
               upon
               this
               account
               ,
               considering
               ,
               first
               ,
               that
               your
               loss
               is
               his
               gain
               :
               if
               he
               had
               continued
               still
               in
               the
               flesh
               ,
               and
               further
               exercised
               his
               Ministry
               amongst
               you
               ,
               it
               might
               have
               been
               more
               profitable
               for
               you
               ;
               but
               his
               dissolution
               and
               departure
               was
               best
               for
               himself
               .
               His
               body
               is
               decently
               interred
               here
               ,
               and
               is
               fallen
               asleep
               ,
               asleep
               in
               the
               bed
               of
               his
               grave
               ,
               his
               wearied
               body
               doth
               sleep
               now
               quietly
               without
               any
               disease
               or
               pain
               ,
               and
               will
               abide
               in
               rest
               until
               it
               be
               raised
               up
               in
               glory
               in
               the
               morning
               of
               the
               Resurrection
               .
               His
               Soul
               immediately
               after
               its
               separation
               had
               the
               attendance
               of
               Angels
               upon
               it
               to
               be
               its
               convoy
               into
               the
               heavenly
               Paradice
               ,
               and
               think
               what
               
               joy
               there
               was
               in
               heaven
               at
               his
               arrival
               there
               ;
               if
               there
               were
               joy
               in
               heaven
               at
               his
               conversion
               ,
               surely
               there
               was
               great
               joy
               at
               his
               Coronation
               ,
               after
               he
               had
               done
               his
               work
               and
               been
               instrumental
               in
               the
               conversion
               of
               so
               many
               ,
               some
               there
               before
               him
               ,
               and
               others
               whom
               he
               hath
               left
               behind
               ;
               but
               O
               how
               full
               of
               joy
               was
               he
               himself
               !
               How
               ravished
               and
               transported
               with
               joy
               ,
               when
               he
               appeared
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               the
               glorious
               Iehovah
               ,
               and
               was
               welcomed
               into
               Heaven
               by
               his
               dear
               Redeemer
               ;
               when
               he
               first
               viewed
               the
               glorious
               place
               he
               was
               brought
               into
               ,
               and
               saw
               the
               glorious
               face
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               perceived
               such
               glory
               to
               be
               put
               upon
               himself
               ,
               which
               we
               want
               thoughts
               to
               conceive
               and
               think
               how
               full
               his
               enlarged
               Soul
               is
               now
               of
               joy
               ;
               you
               are
               weeping
               ,
               but
               he
               is
               rejoycing
               ,
               and
               he
               might
               say
               (
               could
               he
               make
               known
               his
               mind
               )
               as
               our
               Saviour
               to
               the
               Daughters
               of
               Ierusalem
               ,
               Weep
               not
               for
               me
               but
               for
               your selves
               .
               What
               ,
               do
               you
               grieve
               that
               your
               Minister
               is
               so
               highly
               promoted
               ?
               Will
               you
               mourn
               for
               him
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               were
               lost
               or
               annihilated
               ?
               Could
               you
               wish
               that
               he
               were
               alive
               again
               ?
               Surely
               he
               would
               not
               for
               a
               world
               change
               his
               place
               ;
               nothing
               could
               perswade
               him
               to
               come
               out
               of
               the
               bosom
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               assume
               again
               a
               body
               of
               sin
               and
               death
               ;
               and
               could
               you
               wish
               that
               he
               would
               lay
               aside
               his
               glorious
               robes
               ,
               and
               clothe
               himself
               again
               with
               
               black
               garments
               ?
               you
               should
               rather
               joy
               in
               the
               ●houghts
               of
               his
               joy
               ,
               than
               grieve
               inordinately
               for
               the
               loss
               ;
               especially
               when
               you
               think
               he
               is
               ●ut
               gone
               before
               ,
               and
               you
               may
               and
               will
               arrive
               at
               the
               same
               place
               of
               felicity
               ,
               if
               you
               follow
               his
               example
               ,
               and
               walk
               in
               the
               same
               way
               as
               he
               walked
               .
               Consider
               also
               ,
               that
               although
               your
               Minister
               be
               gone
               from
               you
               ,
               yet
               the
               word
               of
               God
               doth
               remain
               with
               you
               ,
               to
               guide
               and
               counsel
               you
               ;
               to
               quicken
               and
               comfort
               you
               ,
               and
               you
               have
               or
               may
               have
               ordinances
               with
               you
               ,
               if
               you
               look
               after
               them
               ;
               indeed
               they
               will
               be
               no
               more
               dispensed
               by
               him
               ,
               but
               you
               ought
               to
               bless
               God
               and
               rejoyce
               that
               they
               have
               been
               dispensed
               by
               him
               so
               long
               ,
               that
               ever
               you
               had
               such
               a
               Minister
               amongst
               you
               ;
               you
               ought
               to
               rejoyce
               in
               the
               good
               you
               have
               received
               by
               his
               Ministry
               ,
               and
               you
               may
               receive
               further
               good
               by
               the
               Ministry
               of
               others
               ,
               if
               you
               seek
               after
               it
               ,
               and
               give
               your
               diligent
               attendance
               .
               Chiefly
               ,
               Consider
               although
               your
               Minister
               is
               gone
               ,
               yet
               God
               is
               not
               gone
               ;
               if
               you
               are
               truly
               gracious
               ,
               God
               will
               never
               remove
               his
               gracious
               presence
               from
               you
               .
               If
               you
               walk
               in
               Gods
               ways
               according
               to
               the
               teachings
               and
               example
               of
               your
               deceased
               Minister
               ,
               you
               will
               have
               both
               the
               gracious
               and
               com●orting
               presence
               of
               God
               with
               you
               in
               those
               ways
               .
               Therefore
               what
               things
               you
               have
               
               learned
               ,
               and
               received
               ,
               and
               heard
               ,
               and
               seen
               him
               do
               ;
               and
               then
               though
               so
               eminent
               an
               Em●bassadour
               of
               peace
               be
               gone
               from
               you
               ,
               th●
               God
               of
               peace
               shall
               yet
               be
               with
               you
               ,
               which
               the
               hearty
               Prayer
               of
            
             
               
                 Your
                 unfeigned
                 and
                 assured
                 Soul
                 friends
                 ,
                 Tho.
                 Vincent
                 ,
                 Iohn
                 Turner
                 ,
                 Rob.
                 Perrott
                 ,
                 M.
                 Pemberton
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
               A
               SERMON
               PREACHED
               AT
               THE
               FUNERAL
               OF
               That
               Holy
               ,
               Painful
               ,
               and
               Fruitful
               Minister
               of
               Christ
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 Henry
                 Stubbs
              
               ;
               About
               fifty
               Years
               a
               Succesful
               Preacher
               at
               
                 Bristol
                 ,
                 Wells
                 ,
                 Chew
                 ,
                 Dursley
                 ,
                 London
                 ,
              
               and
               divers
               others
               places
               .
            
             
               By
               his
               unworthy
               Fellow-servant
               ,
               hasting
               after
               him
               ,
               
                 RICHARD
                 BAXTER
              
               .
            
             
               Printed
               in
               the
               Year
               ,
               1678.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               
                 Act.
                 20.24
                 .
              
               
                 
                   
                     But
                     none
                     of
                     these
                     things
                     move
                     me
                     ,
                     neither
                     count
                     I
                     my
                     life
                     dear
                     unto
                     my self
                     ,
                     so
                     that
                     I
                     might
                     finish
                     my
                     course
                     with
                     joy
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     Ministry
                     which
                     I
                     have
                     received
                     of
                     the
                     Lord
                     Iesus
                     ,
                     to
                     testifie
                     the
                     Gospel
                     of
                     the
                     grace
                     of
                     God.
                     
                  
                
              
            
             
               THis
               hour
               being
               designed
               to
               such
               a
               commemoration
               of
               our
               deceased
               friend
               ,
               Mr.
               Stubbs
               ,
               as
               is
               laudably
               used
               at
               such
               mens
               Funerals
               ,
               I
               have
               chosen
               words
               of
               this
               Text
               ,
               which
               the
               heart
               and
               life
               of
               this
               holy
               man
               did
               so
               constantly
               express
               ,
               that
               doubtless
               the
               same
               Spirit
               suggested
               them
               to
               blessed
               Paul
               and
               him
               .
               They
               are
               the
               profession
               of
               a
               full
               devotedness
               to
               God
               ,
               in
               his
               Christian
               and
               Ministerial
               work
               ,
               notwithstanding
               all
               expected
               difficulties
               and
               oppositions
               ,
               which
               he
               resolved
               with
               unmoved
               patience
               to
               undergo
               to
               the
               joyful
               finishing
               of
               his
               course
               .
            
             
               The
               witness
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               with
               his
               own
               experience
               did
               teach
               him
               to
               expect
               bonds
               ,
               
               and
               afflictions
               at
               Ierusalem
               ,
               it
               being
               the
               ordinary
               entertainment
               which
               every
               where
               did
               abide
               him
               :
               but
               how
               much
               worse
               might
               come
               he
               knew
               not
               ,
               but
               was
               resolvedly
               prepared
               for
               all
               ;
               The
               joyful
               finishing
               of
               his
               course
               was
               so
               desirable
               to
               him
               ,
               that
               no
               suffering
               ,
               though
               it
               were
               the
               loss
               of
               life
               it self
               ,
               did
               seem
               too
               dear
               or
               hard
               a
               means
               for
               its
               accomplishment
               .
            
             
               Here
               is
               then
               ,
               first
               ,
               The
               great
               and
               desirable
               prize
               for
               which
               nothing
               could
               be
               too
               dear
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               The
               chearful
               resolution
               of
               the
               Apostle
               to
               go
               on
               ,
               and
               part
               with
               life
               it self
               to
               attain
               it
               .
            
             
               The
               first
               ,
               though
               the
               words
               have
               no
               great
               dfficulty
               ,
               yet
               as
               to
               the
               matter
               may
               need
               to
               some
               ,
               a
               brief
               explication
               .
               viz.
               1.
               
               What
               is
               meant
               by
               his
               Course
               .
               2.
               
               What
               by
               his
               
                 Ministry
                 and
                 testifying
                 the
                 Gospel
                 of
                 the
                 grace
                 of
                 God
                 ,
              
               3.
               
               How
               this
               was
               
                 received
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 Iesus
              
               .
               4.
               
               What
               is
               meant
               by
               the
               
                 finishing
                 of
                 his
                 course
              
               .
               5.
               
               How
               it
               was
               to
               be
               done
               with
               Joy.
               6.
               
               Why
               he
               was
               not
               moved
               by
               foreseen
               sufferings
               ,
               no●
               accounted
               his
               life
               dear
               ,
               to
               attain
               this
               end
               .
            
             
               And
               for
               brevity
               ,
               I
               shall
               now
               observe
               thi●
               method
               ,
               to
               add
               the
               instructions
               and
               other
               applications
               ,
               to
               each
               part
               of
               the
               Text
               as
               I
               explain
               it
               .
            
             
             
               First
               ,
               The
               word
               translated
               Course
               ,
               signifieth
               a
               race
               to
               be
               swiftly
               run
               .
               And
               a
               threefold
               race
               is
               here
               included
               .
               1.
               
               The
               race
               of
               
                 human
                 life
              
               ;
               which
               is
               short
               and
               uncertain
               :
               we
               are
               not
               born
               for
               nothing
               ;
               nor
               doth
               God
               give
               us
               life
               ,
               and
               time
               ,
               and
               maintenance
               ,
               to
               live
               in
               idleness
               ,
               or
               to
               serve
               the
               flesh
               .
               The
               Sun
               stands
               not
               still
               whether
               we
               sleep
               or
               wake
               :
               Our
               breath
               ,
               our
               pulse
               are
               still
               in
               motion
               ,
               our
               glass
               is
               running
               ;
               And
               O
               how
               quickly
               shall
               we
               see
               and
               hear
               ,
               that
               
                 time
                 on
                 Earth
                 shall
                 be
                 to
                 us
                 no
                 more
                 .
              
               This
               Course
               will
               be
               certainly
               and
               quickly
               finished
               ;
               but
               whether
               
                 with
                 Ioy
              
               ,
               it
               concerneth
               us
               timely
               to
               foresee
               .
               For
               the
               review
               of
               Time
               ,
               of
               precious
               Time
               ,
               and
               the
               work
               of
               Time
               ,
               will
               be
               no
               contemptible
               part
               of
               our
               everlasting
               work
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               The
               Course
               (
               or
               Race
               )
               o●
               Christianity
               ,
               is
               the
               necessary
               improvement
               of
               our
               Time.
               This
               is
               not
               a
               play
               ,
               nor
               an
               idle
               ,
               brutish
               or
               a
               jesting
               life
               .
               It
               is
               a
               great
               work
               for
               a
               self-destroying
               undone
               sinner
               ,
               to
               believe
               in
               a
               Saviour
               ,
               and
               such
               a
               Saviour
               ,
               and
               wholly
               to
               trust
               his
               merits
               ,
               Sacrifice
               ,
               Counsel
               and
               Conduct
               ,
               his
               powerful
               operations
               ,
               and
               effectual
               intercessions
               for
               all
               our
               present
               and
               our
               future
               hopes
               .
               It
               was
               not
               a
               dream
               of
               War
               that
               we
               were
               listed
               for
               in
               our
               baptism
               under
               the
               Captain
               of
               our
               Salvation
               .
               The
               resisting
               of
               temptations
               ,
               
               the
               quenching
               of
               the
               Devils
               fiery
               darts
               ,
               the
               denyal
               of
               our selves
               ,
               and
               forsaking
               friends
               ,
               reputation
               ,
               estate
               ,
               and
               liberty
               ,
               and
               life
               ,
               for
               the
               sake
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               renouncing
               the
               flesh
               the
               world
               and
               the
               Devil
               ,
               for
               the
               hopes
               of
               a
               promised
               unseen
               glory
               ,
               is
               a
               real
               work
               .
               To
               believe
               in
               Christ
               and
               his
               promise
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               to
               the
               forsaking
               of
               all
               wordly
               hopes
               ,
               is
               a
               serious
               business
               .
               To
               love
               God
               above
               all
               ,
               and
               our
               Neighbour
               as
               our selves
               ,
               and
               to
               do
               as
               we
               would
               be
               done
               by
               ,
               how
               easily
               soever
               mentioned
               and
               professed
               ,
               are
               works
               not
               unworthy
               to
               be
               ascribed
               to
               the
               Spirit
               of
               the
               living
               God
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               grace
               of
               the
               Almighty
               .
               He
               that
               well
               finisheth
               the
               Christian
               course
               ,
               shall
               certainly
               receive
               the
               Crown
               of
               Righteousness
               :
               And
               though
               none
               of
               these
               works
               do
               in
               the
               least
               participate
               in
               the
               Office
               of
               the
               justifying
               Sacrifice
               ,
               Merits
               or
               Grace
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               yet
               shall
               we
               be
               judged
               according
               to
               them
               ;
               and
               we
               must
               live
               to
               Christ
               ,
               if
               we
               will
               live
               with
               Christ.
               
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               
                 The
                 Apostolical
                 Ministerial
                 course
              
               was
               also
               to
               be
               finished
               with
               joy
               .
               His
               call
               was
               wonderful
               ,
               his
               Office
               honourable
               ,
               his
               gifts
               powerful
               ,
               his
               sufferings
               great
               ,
               his
               labours
               greater
               ;
               his
               successes
               ,
               by
               miracles
               in
               themselves
               miraculous
               :
               yet
               all
               this
               would
               not
               have
               
               saved
               himself
               ,
               if
               he
               had
               not
               faithfully
               finished
               his
               course
               .
               To
               begin
               hopefully
               is
               more
               common
               than
               to
               end
               happily
               .
               The
               Sun
               of
               persecution
               withereth
               much
               fruit
               that
               seemed
               flourishing
               :
               Iudas
               his
               end
               did
               more
               difference
               him
               from
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               than
               his
               beginning
               .
            
             
               His
               Ministry
               was
               considerable
               as
               common
               to
               all
               the
               Clergy
               ,
               or
               as
               Apostolical
               .
               To
               Preach
               the
               word
               as
               he
               commanded
               Timothy
               ,
               to
               be
               instant
               in
               season
               and
               out
               of
               season
               ,
               to
               reprove
               ,
               rebuke
               ,
               exhort
               with
               all
               long
               suffering
               and
               Doctrine
               ,
               to
               rule
               well
               ,
               and
               labour
               in
               the
               word
               and
               Doctrine
               ,
               to
               take
               heed
               to
               our selves
               and
               unto
               Doctrine
               ,
               and
               continue
               therein
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               save
               our selves
               and
               them
               that
               hear
               us
               ;
               to
               take
               heed
               to
               our selves
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               flock
               ,
               to
               hold
               back
               nothing
               profitable
               to
               them
               ,
               but
               to
               teach
               them
               publickly
               ,
               and
               from
               house
               to
               house
               ,
               day
               and
               night
               with
               tears
               ,
               (
               Act.
               20.
               )
               in
               meekness
               instructing
               those
               that
               oppose
               themselves
               ,
               if
               God
               at
               any
               time
               will
               give
               them
               repentance
               ,
               all
               this
               is
               not
               a
               dream
               or
               play
               .
            
             
               And
               to
               go
               over
               much
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               from
               Nation
               to
               Nation
               ,
               by
               sea
               and
               land
               ,
               to
               Preach
               this
               Gospel
               to
               strangers
               of
               various
               languages
               ,
               through
               all
               difficulties
               and
               sufferings
               ,
               to
               confirm
               
               all
               by
               miracles
               ,
               to
               leave
               this
               sacred
               Doctrine
               infallibly
               in
               records
               to
               the
               Church
               ,
               as
               a
               rule
               to
               the
               end
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               to
               teach
               men
               to
               observe
               all
               things
               .
               Christ
               had
               commanded
               them
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               to
               disciple
               nations
               ,
               and
               baptize
               them
               ,
               and
               to
               settle
               the
               orders
               and
               goverment
               of
               the
               Churches
               according
               to
               the
               will
               of
               Christ
               ,
               this
               was
               the
               extraordinary
               part
               of
               his
               Ministry
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               This
               Ministry
               was
               
                 received
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 Iesus
              
               ,
               by
               an
               extraordinary
               call
               ,
               a
               voice
               from
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               an
               inspiration
               of
               others
               that
               were
               Ministerially
               to
               send
               him
               ,
               and
               the
               special
               inspiration
               of
               his
               own
               soul
               ,
               for
               apostolical
               qualifications
               .
               
                 But
                 do
                 not
                 ordinary
                 Ministers
                 also
                 receive
                 their
                 Office
                 from
                 the
                 Lord
                 Iesus
                 !
              
               Yes
               ;
               And
               though
               the
               way
               of
               their
               reception
               differ
               ,
               their
               Obligation
               to
               finish
               their
               course
               is
               divine
               as
               well
               as
               Pauls
               .
               Christ
               called
               Paul
               by
               himself
               and
               by
               inspired
               Prophets
               .
               And
               he
               calleth
               us
               by
               his
               
                 qualifying
                 grace
              
               ,
               and
               by
               his
               
                 stated
                 Law
              
               (
               as
               the
               King
               maketh
               Maior●
               and
               Bayliffs
               of
               Corporations
               by
               his
               Charters
               )
               wherein
               the
               ordainers
               and
               electors
               ,
               orderly
               determine
               of
               the
               recipient
               persons
               ,
               and
               th●
               ordainers
               ministerially
               invest
               them
               ;
               but
               th●
               office
               ,
               power
               and
               obligation
               is
               directly
               from
               the
               Law
               of
               Christ.
               And
               if
               any
               breach
               o●
               
               interuption
               should
               be
               made
               in
               human
               ordination
               and
               tradition
               ,
               the
               Law
               still
               standeth
               to
               direct
               men
               in
               the
               choice
               and
               investiture
               ,
               and
               to
               confer
               Authority
               ,
               and
               to
               oblige
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               to
               give
               men
               the
               necessaries
               thereto
               .
            
             
               Therefore
               as
               we
               receive
               our
               Office
               from
               Christ
               ,
               we
               must
               use
               it
               for
               Christ
               ,
               and
               not
               for
               carnal
               self
               ,
               nor
               as
               the
               servants
               of
               men
               ;
               And
               we
               must
               use
               it
               according
               to
               the
               Laws
               of
               Christ
               ,
               whose
               Laws
               soever
               shall
               gainsay
               them
               .
            
             
               Fourthly
               ,
               The
               
                 finishing
                 of
                 Pauls
                 Course
              
               ,
               is
               the
               bringing
               his
               work
               of
               Christianity
               and
               Ministry
               to
               the
               desired
               joyful
               end
               .
               1.
               
               To
               the
               end
               of
               duration
               :
               not
               to
               be
               weary
               of
               well
               doing
               ,
               nor
               having
               put
               his
               hand
               to
               Christs
               plow
               ,
               to
               look
               back
               and
               repent
               ,
               nor
               forsake
               the
               warfare
               in
               which
               he
               was
               engaged
               .
               
                 He
                 that
                 endureth
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 shall
                 be
                 saved
                 :
                 and
                 in
                 due
                 time
                 we
                 shall
                 reap
                 if
                 we
                 faint
                 not
                 .
              
               2.
               
               To
               the
               end
               of
               Intention
               .
               1.
               
               To
               do
               his
               own
               appointed
               work
               ,
               that
               his
               grace
               being
               exercised
               and
               increased
               ,
               he
               may
               be
               acceptable
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               fit
               with
               joy
               to
               meet
               the
               Lord.
               2.
               
               To
               call
               and
               save
               sinners
               ;
               and
               to
               build
               up
               Saints
               ,
               and
               to
               gather
               Churches
               unto
               Christ
               ,
               and
               edifie
               them
               ,
               and
               leave
               to
               all
               ages
               his
               Doctrin
               and
               example
               ,
               a
               certain
               word
               and
               powerful
               motive
               .
               3.
               
               To
               
               glorifie
               Christ
               and
               God
               the
               Father
               in
               all
               this
               not
               to
               sit
               warm
               in
               a
               reverend
               habit
               ,
               for
               me●
               to
               honour
               for
               the
               sake
               of
               the
               Office
               ,
               and
               bar●
               name
               of
               an
               Apostle
               .
            
             
               But
               to
               
                 testifie
                 the
                 Gospel
                 of
                 the
                 grace
                 of
                 God
              
               to
               declare
               the
               truth
               of
               it
               ,
               the
               necessity
               of
               it
               the
               priviledges
               ,
               and
               the
               honour
               ,
               the
               grea●
               love
               of
               God
               ,
               revealed
               by
               the
               Son
               of
               his
               lo●
               to
               sinners
               ,
               and
               the
               great
               and
               manifold
               benefi●
               given
               them
               in
               Christ
               ,
               the
               hope
               of
               glory
               s●
               before
               them
               ,
               and
               the
               just
               and
               reasonable
               mea●
               and
               conditions
               of
               obtaining
               it
               .
               Thus
               did
               ●●
               as
               immediately
               sent
               ,
               and
               thus
               must
               we
               as
               se●
               by
               Christs
               appointed
               Order
               in
               his
               Law
               ,
               testifie
               the
               Gospel
               of
               the
               grace
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               Fifthly
               ,
               Concerning
               
                 Pauls
                 finishing
                 ●●
                 Course
                 with
                 joy
                 ,
              
               we
               must
               consider
               .
               1.
               
               Wh●
               joy
               it
               is
               that
               is
               here
               meant
               ?
               2.
               
               How
               mu●●
               of
               this
               joy
               each
               faithful
               Minister
               may
               expec●
               3.
               
               And
               whence
               and
               on
               what
               account
               he
               m●
               expect
               it
               ?
            
             
               
                 First
                 ,
                 The
                 Ioy
                 here
                 meant
                 which
                 Paul
                 e●pected
                 is
                 ,
                 1.
                 
                 The
                 joy
                 which
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 〈◊〉
                 work
                 affordeth
                 :
                 Divine
                 certain
                 ,
                 great
                 a●
                 holy
                 truth
                 is
                 pleasant
                 to
                 him
                 that
                 understan●
                 eth
                 it
                 ,
                 believeth
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 exercised
                 in
                 〈◊〉
                 
                 ●erious
                 meditation
                 of
                 it
                 .
                 It
                 is
                 sweet
                 to
                 read
                 ,
                 and
                 think
                 and
                 speak
                 of
                 the
                 essential
                 love
                 of
                 God
                 ;
                 and
                 of
                 his
                 unspeakable
                 grace
                 in
                 Christ
                 ,
                 of
                 his
                 free
                 reconciliation
                 ,
                 justification
                 ,
                 adoption
                 ,
                 and
                 Salvation
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 were
                 his
                 enemies
                 :
                 of
                 the
                 wonderful
                 mysteries
                 ,
                 and
                 methods
                 of
                 Gods
                 love
                 in
                 our
                 Redemption
                 and
                 Salvation
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Heavenly
                 glory
                 which
                 we
                 and
                 all
                 the
                 elect
                 of
                 God
                 shall
                 enjoy
                 for
                 ever
                 .
                 What
                 sweeter
                 food
                 or
                 business
                 for
                 our
                 minds
                 ,
                 than
                 such
                 things
                 as
                 these
                 ?
              
               
                 Secondly
                 ,
                 The
                 success
                 of
                 our
                 work
                 is
                 an
                 addition
                 to
                 our
                 joy
                 .
                 The
                 success
                 of
                 it
                 on
                 our
                 own
                 Souls
                 ,
                 while
                 they
                 increase
                 in
                 holiness
                 ,
                 and
                 are
                 raised
                 to
                 the
                 greater
                 knowledg
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 greater
                 love
                 to
                 him
                 and
                 Communion
                 with
                 him
                 .
                 And
                 our
                 success
                 on
                 others
                 while
                 they
                 are
                 brought
                 home
                 to
                 God
                 and
                 saved
                 :
                 ●f
                 it
                 be
                 pleasant
                 to
                 a
                 succesful
                 Physician
                 to
                 save
                 mens
                 lives
                 ,
                 it
                 must
                 be
                 more
                 so
                 to
                 a
                 succesful
                 Minister
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 to
                 further
                 mens
                 regeneration
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 save
                 mens
                 Souls
                 .
                 To
                 add
                 more
                 to
                 the
                 number
                 of
                 them
                 that
                 love
                 the
                 Lord
                 Jesus
                 ,
                 that
                 are
                 his
                 members
                 ,
                 that
                 are
                 enemies
                 to
                 sin
                 ,
                 examples
                 of
                 holiness
                 ,
                 that
                 pray
                 for
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 shall
                 live
                 in
                 glory
                 ;
                 ●●
                 not
                 this
                 a
                 joyful
                 work
                 ?
                 There
                 is
                 joy
                 among
                 the
                 Angels
                 in
                 Heaven
                 for
                 every
                 sinner
                 that
                 
                 repenteth
                 ,
                 Luk.
                 15.10
                 .
                 Christ
                 rejoiceth
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 good
                 men
                 that
                 know
                 it
                 rejoyce
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 shall
                 not
                 the
                 Minister
                 of
                 it
                 then
                 rejoyce
                 ?
                 3
                 Iob.
                 2
                 3.
                 
                 
                   I
                   rejoyced
                   greatly
                
                 ,
                 saith
                 St.
                 John
                 ,
                 
                   and
                   I
                   have
                   no
                   greater
                   joy
                   .
                
                 1
                 Thes.
                 2.19
                 .
                 
                   Ye
                   are
                   our
                   joy
                   and
                   Crown
                   of
                   rejoycing
                   .
                
              
               
                 Thirdly
                 ,
                 The
                 honour
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 pleasing
                 of
                 God
                 in
                 our
                 labours
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 success
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 all
                 our
                 joy
                 .
                 2
                 Cor.
                 5.9
                 .
                 Heb.
                 12.28
                 .
                 Eph.
                 5.10
                 .
                 Heb.
                 13.21
                 .
                 &
                 11.5
                 .
                 For
                 to
                 please
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 perfectly
                 pleased
                 in
                 him
                 ,
                 is
                 our
                 Heavenly
                 felicity
                 it self
                 .
              
               
                 Fourthly
                 ,
                 It
                 is
                 our
                 joy
                 to
                 foresee
                 the
                 blessed
                 end
                 ,
                 the
                 everlasting
                 glorious
                 reward
                 .
                 To
                 live
                 in
                 the
                 belief
                 and
                 hope
                 of
                 this
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 taste
                 the
                 love
                 of
                 God
                 in
                 Christ
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 first
                 fruits
                 .
                 All
                 this
                 is
                 the
                 joy
                 in
                 which
                 we
                 may
                 hope
                 to
                 finish
                 our
                 course
                 .
              
            
             
               II.
               
                 How
                 much
                 of
                 this
                 joy
                 may
                 we
                 here
                 expect
                 .
              
            
             
               Answ.
               1.
               
               So
               much
               as
               shall
               satisfie
               us
               that
               in
               our
               dedication
               of
               our selves
               to
               God
               ,
               we
               made
               a
               wise
               and
               happy
               choice
               ,
               which
               we
               need
               not
               to
               repent
               of
               ;
               Though
               we
               might
               easily
               have
               chosen
               a
               way
               more
               likely
               for
               wealth
               and
               
               pleasure
               to
               the
               flesh
               ,
               and
               in
               which
               we
               should
               not
               have
               kindled
               the
               indignation
               of
               so
               many
               against
               us
               ;
               nor
               have
               brought
               on
               our selves
               so
               much
               envy
               and
               malice
               ,
               so
               much
               slanders
               and
               reproaches
               ,
               to
               name
               no
               worse
               ,
               yet
               experience
               tells
               us
               ,
               that
               God
               taught
               us
               to
               chuse
               the
               most
               pleasant
               life
               ,
               as
               our
               deceased
               Brother
               and
               I
               have
               truly
               oft
               told
               one
               another
               ,
               that
               we
               have
               found
               it
               .
               Even
               when
               we
               are
               sorrowful
               ,
               we
               are
               always
               rejoycing
               ,
               2
               Cor.
               6.10
               .
               When
               we
               are
               falsly
               reported
               of
               ,
               
                 our
                 rejoycing
                 is
                 this
                 the
                 Testimony
                 of
                 our
                 Consciences
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 simplicity
                 and
                 godly
                 sincerity
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 in
                 fleshly
                 wisdom
                 ,
                 we
                 have
                 had
                 our
                 Conversation
                 in
                 the
                 World.
              
               2
               Cor.
               1.12
               .
               Paul
               and
               Silas
               could
               sing
               with
               their
               backsfore
               with
               scourging
               ,
               and
               their
               feet
               fast
               in
               the
               stocks
               ,
               Act.
               16.
               
               And
               the
               Apostles
               rejoyced
               that
               they
               were
               accounted
               worthy
               to
               suffer
               reproach
               and
               abuse
               for
               Christ
               ,
               Act.
               5.41
               .
               Never
               yet
               did
               difficulty
               ,
               or
               suffering
               much
               tempt
               me
               ,
               to
               repent
               that
               I
               had
               not
               chosen
               another
               calling
               ;
               much
               less
               to
               repent
               of
               the
               Christian
               choice
               ;
               For
               saith
               Peter
               ,
               Joh.
               6.
               
               
                 Whither
                 shall
                 we
                 go
                 ,
                 Lord
                 thou
                 hast
                 the
                 words
                 of
                 eternal
                 life
                 .
              
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               We
               may
               expect
               so
               much
               joy
               ,
               as
               shall
               make
               the
               duties
               of
               Christianity
               and
               Ministry
               easie
               and
               delightful
               to
               us
               ,
               Psal.
               1.
               2.
               
               and
               make
               us
               say
               ,
               that
               ,
               
                 A
                 day
                 in
                 his
                 courts
                 is
                 better
                 than
                 a
                 thousand
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 door-keeper
                 in
                 his
                 house
                 ,
                 than
                 to
                 dwell
                 in
                 the
                 tents
                 or
                 palaces
                 of
                 wickedness
                 .
              
               And
               that
               it
               is
               good
               for
               us
               to
               draw
               near
               to
               God
               :
               And
               if
               any
               time
               our
               diseased
               appetites
               shall
               lose
               their
               pleasure
               ,
               we
               are
               yet
               sure
               that
               we
               have
               chosen
               the
               only
               wholesome
               and
               delicious
               food
               ;
               and
               God
               hath
               Physick
               that
               can
               recover
               our
               appetites
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               We
               may
               expect
               so
               much
               joy
               as
               shall
               keep
               us
               from
               thirsting
               again
               for
               the
               world
               ,
               or
               longing
               for
               the
               forbidden
               pleasures
               of
               sin
               ,
               and
               as
               shall
               make
               even
               the
               house
               of
               mourning
               and
               godly
               sorrow
               ,
               pleasanter
               to
               us
               than
               mirth
               and
               feasting
               is
               to
               the
               ungodly
               ,
               and
               never
               desire
               to
               partake
               of
               their
               delights
               .
            
             
               Fourthly
               ,
               We
               may
               expect
               so
               much
               joy
               as
               shall
               make
               all
               our
               sufferings
               very
               tollerable
               ,
               especially
               those
               that
               are
               for
               truth
               and
               righteousness
               ,
               Mat.
               5.10
               ,
               11
               ,
               12.
               
               Believers
               took
               joyfully
               the
               spoiling
               of
               their
               goods
               ,
               and
               accepted
               not
               offered
               deliverence
               ,
               Heb.
               11.
               
               As
               seeing
               him
               that
               is
               invisible
               ,
               and
               expecting
               a
               better
               and
               more
               enduring
               substance
               .
               And
               that
               which
               is
               not
               joyous
               ,
               but
               grievous
               at
               the
               present
               ,
               will
               bring
               forth
               the
               quiet
               fruit
               of
               Righteousness
               ,
               Heb.
               12.
               
            
             
             
               Fifthly
               ,
               We
               may
               expect
               so
               much
               joy
               ,
               as
               ●all
               encourage
               us
               to
               hold
               out
               to
               the
               end
               ,
               and
               ever
               to
               forsake
               Christ
               and
               a
               holy
               life
               ,
               as
               weary
               ●as
               hoping
               for
               a
               better
               .
            
             
               Sixthly
               ,
               We
               may
               expect
               so
               much
               joy
               ,
               as
               ●all
               be
               some
               foretast
               of
               the
               heavenly
               joy
               ,
               and
               ●ome
               reward
               here
               of
               all
               our
               labours
               .
               
                 Yea
                 some
                 ●ay
                 be
                 filled
                 with
                 joy
                 ,
                 and
                 peace
                 in
                 believing
                 ,
                 ●nd
                 have
                 unspeakable
                 glorious
                 joy
                 .
              
               Rom.
               15.13
               .
               Pet.
               1.7
               ,
               8.
               
            
             
               Seventhly
               ,
               We
               may
               expect
               so
               much
               as
               shall
               convince
               the
               ungodly
               ,
               that
               we
               live
               a
               more
               com●ortable
               life
               than
               they
               :
               Paul
               and
               Silas
               singing
               ●
               the
               stocks
               ,
               its
               like
               ,
               had
               some
               part
               in
               the
               con●iction
               of
               the
               J●ylor
               .
            
             
               III.
               
                 Whence
                 and
                 on
                 what
                 accounts
                 may
                 we
                 expect
                 this
                 Ioy
                 ?
              
            
             
               Answ.
               This
               may
               be
               gathered
               from
               what
               is
               ●id
               before
               .
               1.
               
               From
               the
               love
               and
               acceptance
               ●f
               the
               Father
               .
               2.
               
               From
               the
               grace
               of
               the
               Son.
               
            
             
               From
               the
               Communion
               of
               the
               holy
               Spirit
               .
               ●nd
               therefore
               ,
               1.
               
               From
               the
               goodness
               of
               ●ur
               work
               before
               mentioned
               .
               2.
               
               From
               the
               ●uth
               of
               the
               promises
               of
               God.
               3.
               
               From
               the
               Communion
               of
               Saints
               .
               4.
               
               From
               the
               continued
               
               protection
               ;
               and
               other
               mercies
               of
               God.
               5.
               
               And
               from
               the
               certain
               hopes
               of
               glory
               .
               All
               which
               I
               must
               now
               but
               thus
               only
               name
               .
            
             
               There
               is
               another
               kind
               of
               joy
               ,
               which
               too
               many
               seek
               in
               this
               sacred
               Office
               ,
               thereby
               corrupting
               and
               prophaning
               it
               :
               And
               the
               bes●
               things
               corrupted
               become
               the
               worst
               ,
               and
               such
               men
               most
               pernicious
               to
               mankind
               ,
               and
               thes●
               rotten
               pillars
               the
               greatest
               betrayers
               and
               enemies
               to
               the
               Church
               ;
               I
               mean
               such
               as
               
                 Gregor●
                 Nazianzene
              
               sadly
               describeth
               in
               his
               time
               ,
               eve●
               at
               the
               first
               general
               Council
               at
               Constantinople
               And
               such
               as
               
                 Isidore
                 Pelusiota
              
               in
               his
               Epistles
               t●
               Zosimus
               ,
               and
               some
               such
               others
               freely
               reprehendeth
               ;
               And
               such
               as
               Gildas
               describeth
               i●
               this
               land
               ;
               And
               such
               as
               Salvian
               rebuketh
               ;
               An●
               such
               as
               the
               Canons
               of
               abundance
               of
               Council
               tell
               us
               swarmed
               heretofore
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               Had
               there
               not
               been
               Prelates
               an●
               Priests
               ,
               that
               had
               placed
               their
               joy
               in
               dominio●
               over
               their
               brethren
               ,
               and
               getting
               into
               exalte●
               thrones
               ,
               in
               being
               rich
               and
               idle
               ,
               and
               bowed
               t●
               even
               by
               Princes
               ,
               and
               mastering
               Kings
               an●
               Kingdoms
               by
               cursing
               them
               from
               Christ
               making
               themselves
               as
               the
               Soul
               ,
               and
               Prince
               as
               the
               body
               ,
               themselves
               as
               the
               Sun
               ,
               and
               Prince
               as
               the
               Moon
               and
               Stars
               ,
               abusing
               (
               
                 Tibi
                 da●●
                 
                 claves
              
               )
               and
               (
               
                 the
                 disciple
                 is
                 not
                 above
                 his
                 master
              
               )
               to
               the
               mastering
               of
               Kings
               and
               States
               as
               their
               sheep
               and
               disciples
               ;
               a
               great
               part
               of
               the
               Church
               History
               had
               been
               unwritten
               ,
               or
               otherwise
               written
               than
               it
               is
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               Yea
               far
               be
               it
               from
               any
               Minister
               of
               Christ
               ,
               to
               expect
               their
               joy
               from
               humane
               applause
               ,
               and
               the
               multitude
               of
               followers
               or
               disciples
               ;
               to
               be
               accounted
               a
               Learned
               ,
               or
               a
               holy
               man
               ,
               an
               excellent
               Preacher
               ,
               and
               so
               to
               have
               the
               respect
               and
               love
               of
               many
               .
            
             
               A
               good
               name
               and
               love
               are
               not
               to
               be
               despised
               ,
               when
               they
               follow
               fidelity
               as
               its
               shadow
               ;
               and
               as
               they
               signifie
               the
               good
               of
               those
               that
               profit
               by
               the
               word
               .
               The
               Galatians
               would
               once
               have
               even
               pulled
               out
               their
               eyes
               for
               Paul
               :
               But
               alas
               ,
               what
               is
               the
               thought
               and
               breath
               of
               man
               ,
               that
               is
               hasting
               to
               the
               dust
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               impartial
               Judge
               !
               How
               small
               a
               matter
               should
               it
               be
               to
               us
               to
               be
               judged
               of
               many
               ,
               that
               are
               so
               near
               the
               final
               Judgment
               !
               And
               what
               a
               terrible
               sentence
               is
               it
               to
               the
               hypocrites
               ,
               Mat.
               11.6
               .
               
                 Verily
                 they
                 have
                 their
                 reward
              
               :
               O
               poor
               and
               miserable
               reward
               !
               And
               yet
               what
               age
               hath
               not
               seen
               that
               verified
               ,
               Act.
               20.30
               .
               
                 Of
                 your
                 own
                 selves
                 shall
                 men
                 arise
                 ,
                 that
                 shall
                 speak
                 perverse
                 things
                 to
                 draw
                 away
                 disciples
                 after
                 them
                 .
              
               And
               Rom.
               
               16.17
               .
               Such
               still
               have
               been
               as
               have
               caused
               divisions
               and
               offences
               ,
               contrary
               to
               Apostolical
               Doctrine
               ,
               not
               serving
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               ,
               but
               their
               own
               bellies
               (
               being
               ever
               fleshly
               ,
               worldly
               men
               )
               and
               by
               good
               words
               and
               fair
               speeches
               deceive
               the
               hearts
               of
               the
               simple
               .
               And
               men
               that
               have
               had
               the
               form
               of
               Godliness
               (
               or
               the
               lifeless
               Image
               )
               but
               deny
               the
               power
               of
               it
               by
               wicked
               lives
               ,
               are
               those
               from
               whom
               we
               must
               turn
               away
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               Yea
               and
               far
               be
               it
               from
               any
               faithful
               Minister
               ,
               or
               Christian
               ,
               to
               take
               up
               his
               Ioy
               from
               a
               conceit
               ,
               that
               he
               hath
               commutatively
               merited
               of
               God
               ,
               by
               the
               excellency
               of
               his
               faith
               or
               labours
               .
               Alas
               !
               who
               is
               sufficient
               for
               these
               things
               ?
               And
               what
               have
               we
               that
               we
               have
               not
               received
               ?
               Or
               who
               hath
               given
               to
               God
               that
               it
               may
               be
               repaid
               him
               ?
               or
               what
               faithful
               Minister
               of
               Christ
               ,
               did
               ever
               come
               out
               of
               the
               Pulpit
               ,
               or
               from
               his
               private
               duty
               ,
               without
               grief
               and
               shame
               that
               his
               faith
               and
               love
               ,
               his
               skill
               and
               zeal
               ,
               have
               been
               so
               vastly
               unsuitable
               to
               such
               great
               and
               excellent
               things
               that
               he
               was
               about
               ?
               And
               yet
               the
               Conscience
               of
               simplicity
               and
               godly
               sincerity
               ,
               and
               Gods
               forgiveness
               ,
               assistance
               and
               acceptance
               ,
               may
               set
               our
               Ioy
               above
               that
               shame
               and
               grief
               .
            
             
             
               Fourthly
               ,
               And
               now
               it
               is
               easie
               to
               see
               the
               reason
               why
               Paul
               accounted
               not
               his
               life
               dear
               ,
               nor
               was
               moved
               by
               the
               foresight
               of
               any
               sufferings
               ,
               so
               he
               might
               but
               finish
               his
               course
               with
               Ioy.
               
            
             
               For
               first
               ,
               he
               well
               knew
               that
               the
               end
               would
               pay
               for
               all
               ,
               and
               no
               man
               shall
               ever
               lose
               by
               God
               ;
               nor
               shall
               the
               most
               abundant
               labour
               be
               in
               vain
               ,
               1
               Cor.
               15.48
               .
               Is
               there
               any
               Repentance
               in
               Heaven
               for
               their
               labours
               or
               sufferings
               for
               Christ
               on
               Earth
               ?
               Do
               they
               think
               that
               God
               is
               in
               their
               debt
               ?
               
                 Faith
                 ever
                 reckoneth
                 that
                 the
                 sufferings
                 of
                 this
                 present
                 time
                 are
                 not
                 worthy
                 to
                 be
                 compared
                 with
                 the
                 glory
                 which
                 shall
                 be
                 revealed
                 in
                 us
                 ,
              
               Rom.
               8.18
               .
               
                 For
                 which
                 cause
                 we
                 faeint
                 not
                 ;
                 but
                 though
                 our
                 outward
                 man
                 perish
                 ,
                 yet
                 the
                 inward
                 man
                 is
                 renewed
                 day
                 by
                 day
                 :
                 For
                 our
                 light
                 affliction
                 which
                 is
                 but
                 for
                 a
                 moment
                 ,
                 worketh
                 for
                 us
                 a
                 far
                 more
                 exceeding
                 and
                 eternal
                 weight
                 of
                 glory
                 :
                 while
                 we
                 look
                 not
                 at
                 the
                 things
                 which
                 are
                 seen
                 which
                 are
                 temporal
                 ,
                 but
                 at
                 the
                 unseen
                 things
                 which
                 are
                 eternal
                 ,
              
               2
               Cor.
               4.16
               ,
               17
               ,
               18.
               
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               And
               Paul
               well
               knew
               that
               he
               and
               all
               the
               World
               were
               in
               the
               hands
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               served
               such
               a
               Master
               as
               could
               easily
               perserve
               him
               as
               far
               as
               he
               saw
               meet
               ,
               from
               all
               his
               enemies
               and
               sufferings
               .
               And
               that
               sufferings
               
               chosen
               for
               us
               by
               God
               ,
               are
               better
               than
               if
               w●
               had
               the
               Kingdoms
               of
               the
               World
               by
               the
               gif●
               of
               Satan
               ,
               Mat.
               4.
               
               Balaaks
               words
               to
               Balaa●●
               methinks
               were
               words
               of
               Honour
               and
               Joy
               (
               
                 t●e
                 Lord
                 hath
                 kept
                 thee
                 from
                 Honour
                 .
              
               )
               O●
               who
               would
               not
               be
               ambitious
               of
               being
               so
               kep●
               from
               Honour
               ?
               The
               poverty
               and
               shame
               tha●
               is
               by
               ,
               and
               for
               God
               ,
               is
               better
               than
               the
               Prefer●ment
               and
               Honour
               of
               men
               :
               And
               the
               reproac●
               of
               Christ
               is
               greater
               Riches
               ,
               than
               the
               treasure●
               of
               Egypt
               .
               And
               if
               God
               see
               it
               best
               ,
               he
               knowet●
               how
               to
               save
               the
               Righteous
               from
               trouble
               ;
               and
               if
               not
               ,
               to
               give
               them
               suffering
               strength
               and
               Joy.
               
            
             
               And
               it
               is
               a
               wonder
               of
               providence
               how
               God
               preserveth
               their
               names
               and
               honour
               ,
               that
               despise
               Honour
               and
               life
               for
               him
               :
               so
               that
               ever
               they
               that
               killed
               the
               present
               Prophets
               and
               jus●
               men
               ,
               yet
               build
               the
               Sepulchres
               of
               those
               that
               were
               killed
               by
               their
               Fathers
               ,
               and
               say
               ,
               if
               w●
               had
               lived
               in
               the
               days
               of
               our
               Fathers
               we
               would
               not
               have
               been
               partakers
               with
               them
               in
               the
               blood
               of
               the
               Prophets
               ,
               Mat.
               23.27
               ,
               28.
               
               The
               wonder
               of
               that
               Foreigner
               in
               H.
               8's
               .
               days
               ,
               
                 Deus
                 bon●
                 quomodo
                 hic
                 vivunt
                 gentes
                 ,
              
               that
               saw
               men
               kill'd
               for
               being
               Protestants
               ,
               and
               for
               being
               Papists
               ;
               was
               not
               so
               contradictory
               a
               subject
               as
               the
               Papists
               usage
               of
               the
               Saints
               ,
               a
               stupendious
               instance
               
               of
               mans
               madness
               and
               Satans
               methods
               ,
               that
               at
               the
               same
               time
               can
               rack
               ,
               and
               burn
               ,
               and
               murder
               Saints
               ,
               and
               yet
               Honour
               the
               relicks
               ,
               names
               and
               memories
               of
               the
               dead
               that
               were
               before
               them
               .
               That
               while
               they
               zealously
               cast
               away
               mens
               lives
               and
               treasure
               ,
               to
               recover
               the
               Holy
               Land
               where
               Saints
               had
               lived
               ,
               at
               the
               same
               time
               murdered
               those
               by
               thousands
               that
               did
               most
               nearly
               imitate
               them
               :
               and
               to
               this
               day
               kill
               the
               living
               Saints
               under
               the
               name
               of
               Schismaticks
               or
               Heriticks
               (
               for
               not
               obeying
               the
               King
               of
               Rome
               before
               God
               )
               and
               keep
               holy
               days
               for
               the
               dead
               ,
               and
               reverence
               their
               shrines
               and
               relicks
               :
               What
               contempt
               did
               poor
               St.
               Martin
               undergo
               from
               his
               neighbour
               Bishops
               ,
               as
               suspected
               of
               Priscilleanisme
               ,
               and
               as
               an
               unlearned
               Hypocrite
               ,
               that
               was
               for
               liberty
               for
               Hereticks
               :
               so
               that
               he
               separated
               from
               their
               Synods
               and
               Communion
               ?
               And
               yet
               what
               a
               name
               hath
               he
               left
               behind
               him
               even
               in
               that
               Church
               ,
               whose
               Prelates
               thus
               dispised
               him
               ?
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               Moreover
               Paul
               had
               now
               tryed
               both
               the
               ways
               ,
               of
               being
               against
               Christ
               ,
               and
               being
               for
               him
               ;
               and
               was
               so
               fully
               convinced
               by
               experience
               and
               revelation
               of
               the
               evil
               of
               the
               one
               ,
               and
               the
               goodness
               of
               the
               other
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               great
               reason
               to
               be
               resolved
               and
               unmoved
               ,
               as
               knowing
               that
               no
               suffering
               can
               make
               the
               servants
               
               of
               Christ
               as
               miserable
               as
               his
               Enemies
               ;
               nor
               any
               preferment
               or
               prosperity
               make
               any
               one
               of
               the
               worldlings
               as
               happy
               as
               the
               poorest
               Saint
               .
               Because
               he
               had
               rather
               be
               Lazarus
               than
               Dives
               hereafter
               ,
               and
               had
               rather
               stand
               on
               the
               right
               hand
               of
               Christ
               than
               on
               the
               left
               ,
               therefore
               he
               accordingly
               made
               his
               choice
               .
               For
               he
               well
               knew
               how
               bad
               a
               bargain
               it
               would
               prove
               ,
               to
               win
               all
               the
               World
               and
               lose
               his
               Soul
               ;
               and
               to
               lay
               up
               a
               treasure
               on
               Earth
               so
               ,
               as
               also
               to
               treasure
               up
               wrath
               against
               the
               day
               of
               wrath
               ;
               and
               to
               prepare
               for
               such
               an
               even-song
               ,
               as
               Luk.
               12.
               
               
                 Thou
                 fool
                 ,
                 this
                 night
                 shall
                 they
                 require
                 thy
                 Soul
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 whose
                 are
                 the
                 things
                 that
                 thou
                 hast
                 provided
                 ?
              
            
             
               Alas
               !
               what
               gain
               is
               it
               to
               save
               an
               estate
               a
               little
               while
               ,
               that
               at
               death
               must
               certainly
               be
               forsaken
               ?
               To
               save
               a
               life
               this
               year
               ,
               this
               month
               ,
               this
               day
               ,
               that
               may
               be
               gone
               on
               sadder
               terms
               the
               next
               ,
               and
               certainly
               will
               ere
               long
               be
               gone
               ?
               Is
               not
               the
               Bishop
               of
               Winchester
               and
               
                 London
                 ,
                 Gardiner
              
               and
               Boner
               now
               dead
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               the
               Martyrs
               whom
               they
               burnt
               ?
               Is
               not
               Alexander
               the
               third
               ,
               and
               Innocent
               the
               third
               and
               fourth
               ,
               and
               such
               other
               persecuting
               Popes
               now
               dead
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               all
               the
               godly
               Christians
               whom
               they
               murdered
               ?
               Alas
               !
               what
               a
               nothing
               is
               time
               !
               and
               how
               little
               difference
               between
               to
               day
               and
               to
               
               morrow
               ,
               this
               year
               and
               next
               !
               That
               which
               hath
               been
               ,
               that
               which
               is
               ,
               and
               that
               which
               will
               be
               !
               Shall
               a
               man
               part
               with
               his
               God
               ,
               and
               his
               everlasting
               hopes
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               be
               able
               to
               say
               in
               Hell
               ,
               I
               was
               once
               a
               Lord
               ,
               a
               man
               of
               Honour
               ;
               I
               had
               once
               full
               provision
               for
               the
               flesh
               ,
               I
               had
               pleasure
               in
               the
               way
               to
               the
               torment
               which
               I
               undergo
               ?
            
             
               
                 IN
                 the
                 expounding
                 of
                 these
                 words
                 of
                 St.
                 Paul
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 but
                 given
                 you
                 the
                 Image
                 ,
                 or
                 rather
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Stubbs
                 .
                 Funeral
                 praises
                 by
                 flatterers
                 brought
                 into
                 disgrace
                 ,
                 will
                 be
                 here
                 blamed
                 by
                 no
                 wise
                 man
                 that
                 knew
                 the
                 person
                 ,
                 no
                 more
                 than
                 in
                 Nazianzene
                 for
                 his
                 Orations
                 for
                 
                   Cyprian
                   ,
                   Basil
                
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 ;
                 Unless
                 it
                 be
                 for
                 the
                 defect
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 unavoidable
                 .
              
               
                 First
                 ,
                 This
                 faithful
                 servant
                 of
                 Christ
                 hath
                 run
                 his
                 race
                 ;
                 what
                 that
                 was
                 and
                 how
                 he
                 performed
                 it
                 ,
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Glocester
                 knoweth
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 Wells
                 in
                 
                   Somerset
                   shire
                
                 knoweth
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 City
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 Congregation
                 partly
                 know
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 will
                 speak
                 but
                 little
                 of
                 him
                 ,
                 but
                 what
                 I
                 know
                 my self
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 by
                 unquestionable
                 testimony
                 .
                 His
                 birth
                 ,
                 parentage
                 ,
                 and
                 youthful
                 life
                 I
                 am
                 not
                 acquainted
                 with
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 a
                 
                 Minister
                 of
                 Christ
                 about
                 fifty
                 years
                 ,
                 dying
                 at
                 the
                 age
                 of
                 seventy
                 three
                 .
                 His
                 studies
                 ,
                 and
                 parts
                 ,
                 and
                 labours
                 lay
                 not
                 in
                 the
                 Critical
                 or
                 Controversal
                 way
                 :
                 And
                 as
                 he
                 was
                 so
                 happy
                 as
                 not
                 to
                 waste
                 his
                 time
                 in
                 contentious
                 studies
                 ;
                 so
                 he
                 was
                 so
                 humble
                 and
                 honest
                 ,
                 as
                 not
                 to
                 trouble
                 his
                 Auditory
                 with
                 such
                 matters
                 ,
                 nor
                 to
                 pretend
                 to
                 have
                 studied
                 what
                 he
                 had
                 not
                 ;
                 nor
                 ,
                 like
                 many
                 proud
                 ignorants
                 ,
                 to
                 boast
                 or
                 contend
                 most
                 where
                 they
                 know
                 least
                 .
                 His
                 Soul
                 was
                 taken
                 up
                 with
                 the
                 great
                 things
                 of
                 Religion
                 .
                 His
                 Preaching
                 was
                 most
                 on
                 the
                 Baptismal
                 Covenant
                 ,
                 on
                 the
                 Articles
                 of
                 the
                 Creed
                 ,
                 the
                 Lords
                 Prayer
                 and
                 Decalogue
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 necessary
                 things
                 which
                 essentially
                 constitute
                 a
                 Christian.
                 I
                 never
                 heard
                 him
                 meddle
                 with
                 controversies
                 in
                 publick
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 his
                 private
                 talks
                 ;
                 but
                 all
                 ,
                 how
                 to
                 know
                 God
                 in
                 Christ
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 to
                 seek
                 and
                 serve
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 to
                 resist
                 temptations
                 and
                 sin
                 ,
                 and
                 what
                 a
                 life
                 we
                 shall
                 live
                 with
                 Christ
                 for
                 ever
                 :
                 And
                 how
                 to
                 live
                 in
                 love
                 ,
                 righteousness
                 ,
                 peace
                 and
                 profitableness
                 to
                 one
                 another
                 ;
                 especially
                 how
                 to
                 serve
                 God
                 intirely
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 what
                 state
                 ,
                 we
                 shall
                 live
                 with
                 him
                 for
                 ever
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 the
                 freest
                 of
                 most
                 that
                 ever
                 I
                 knew
                 ,
                 from
                 that
                 deceit
                 of
                 the
                 Serpent
                 mentioned
                 2
                 Cor.
                 11.3
                 .
                 who
                 corrupteth
                 men
                 by
                 drawing
                 them
                 from
                 the
                 simplicity
                 which
                 is
                 in
                 Christ.
                 His
                 breath
                 ,
                 his
                 life
                 ,
                 his
                 Preaching
                 ,
                 his
                 Prayers
                 ,
                 
                 his
                 conference
                 ,
                 his
                 conversation
                 ,
                 was
                 Christian
                 implicity
                 and
                 sincerity
                 .
                 Not
                 as
                 the
                 world
                 ●alleth
                 
                   simplicity
                   ,
                   folly
                
                 ;
                 But
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 contrary
                 ●o
                 hypocrisie
                 ,
                 to
                 a
                 counterfeit
                 zeal
                 ,
                 to
                 meer
                 ●ffectation
                 ,
                 to
                 a
                 divided
                 heart
                 .
                 He
                 knew
                 not
                 how
                 to
                 dissemble
                 ,
                 nor
                 wear
                 a
                 Mask
                 ;
                 his
                 face
                 ,
                 his
                 mouth
                 ,
                 his
                 whole
                 conversation
                 ,
                 laid
                 bare
                 his
                 heart
                 .
                 While
                 he
                 passed
                 by
                 all
                 quarrels
                 ,
                 and
                 controversies
                 ,
                 few
                 quarrelled
                 with
                 him
                 ;
                 and
                 he
                 had
                 the
                 happiness
                 to
                 take
                 up
                 head
                 ,
                 heart
                 and
                 time
                 ,
                 with
                 only
                 great
                 ,
                 sure
                 ,
                 and
                 necessary
                 things
                 .
              
               
                 II.
                 Of
                 all
                 men
                 that
                 ever
                 I
                 knew
                 ,
                 he
                 seemed
                 to
                 me
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 humble
                 .
                 His
                 Preaching
                 ,
                 his
                 discourse
                 ,
                 his
                 garb
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 his
                 behaviour
                 ,
                 spake
                 pure
                 humility
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 far
                 from
                 pride
                 ;
                 never
                 did
                 I
                 hear
                 from
                 him
                 a
                 word
                 of
                 oftentation
                 ,
                 much
                 less
                 of
                 envy
                 at
                 the
                 precedence
                 of
                 others
                 ;
                 he
                 came
                 to
                 Christ
                 as
                 a
                 teachable
                 Child
                 ,
                 and
                 Preached
                 as
                 a
                 Learner
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 never
                 heard
                 that
                 he
                 strove
                 with
                 any
                 .
                 He
                 had
                 learnt
                 of
                 Christ
                 to
                 be
                 meek
                 and
                 lowly
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 make
                 himself
                 of
                 no
                 reputation
                 ,
                 nor
                 seek
                 the
                 Honour
                 that
                 is
                 of
                 man.
                 O
                 how
                 far
                 was
                 he
                 from
                 striving
                 to
                 be
                 above
                 his
                 brethren
                 ,
                 or
                 troubling
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 proud
                 ,
                 imperious
                 ,
                 or
                 turbulent
                 Spirit
                 !
              
               
               
                 III.
                 He
                 was
                 exceeding
                 peaceable
                 in
                 his
                 principles
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 his
                 practice
                 :
                 never
                 contending
                 with
                 opiniators
                 ,
                 or
                 those
                 that
                 cry
                 down
                 this
                 and
                 that
                 error
                 of
                 their
                 brethren
                 ,
                 to
                 get
                 the
                 reputation
                 of
                 being
                 free
                 from
                 errors
                 .
                 He
                 put
                 not
                 his
                 finger
                 into
                 the
                 fire
                 of
                 contention
                 nor
                 ever
                 that
                 I
                 heard
                 of
                 made
                 himself
                 of
                 a
                 sect
                 or
                 faction
                 ,
                 nor
                 Preacht
                 for
                 this
                 party
                 against
                 that
                 ,
                 except
                 for
                 Christs
                 party
                 against
                 the
                 Devils
                 .
                 Nor
                 did
                 I
                 ever
                 hear
                 him
                 in
                 his
                 private
                 talk
                 ,
                 back
                 bite
                 any
                 ;
                 nor
                 exercise
                 the
                 too
                 common
                 liberty
                 against
                 others
                 ,
                 in
                 carping
                 at
                 their
                 infirmities
                 ,
                 or
                 making
                 himself
                 their
                 judg
                 :
                 Had
                 the
                 Church
                 had
                 no
                 more
                 unpeaceable
                 Pastors
                 ,
                 we
                 had
                 not
                 been
                 in
                 the
                 sad
                 condition
                 that
                 we
                 are
                 in
                 ,
                 denying
                 peace
                 and
                 concord
                 obstinately
                 to
                 the
                 Servants
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 and
                 militating
                 by
                 forbidden
                 arms
                 against
                 one
                 another
                 .
                 Long
                 would
                 it
                 have
                 been
                 before
                 he
                 would
                 have
                 reviled
                 ,
                 vexed
                 ,
                 or
                 hindered
                 any
                 true
                 Minister
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 from
                 Preaching
                 his
                 Gospel
                 ,
                 or
                 living
                 in
                 peace
                 .
              
               
                 IV.
                 He
                 was
                 an
                 Honourer
                 of
                 his
                 superiours
                 ,
                 and
                 obedient
                 to
                 Authority
                 ,
                 as
                 far
                 as
                 would
                 stand
                 with
                 his
                 obedience
                 to
                 God.
                 I
                 never
                 heard
                 that
                 publikely
                 or
                 privately
                 he
                 spake
                 a
                 disloyal
                 or
                 irreverent
                 word
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 or
                 others
                 in
                 Authority
                 .
                 After
                 he
                 had
                 here
                 Preached
                 awhile
                 
                 in
                 London
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 a
                 preferment
                 to
                 a
                 Parish-Church
                 in
                 Glocestershire
                 ,
                 of
                 eight
                 pound
                 
                   per
                   annum
                
                 maintenance
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 had
                 many
                 and
                 many
                 years
                 had
                 no
                 Minister
                 ;
                 and
                 by
                 the
                 honest
                 connivence
                 or
                 forbearance
                 of
                 the
                 Reverend
                 Bishop
                 of
                 Glocester
                 ,
                 he
                 there
                 Preached
                 for
                 some
                 years
                 past
                 in
                 peace
                 ;
                 of
                 which
                 I
                 am
                 past
                 doubt
                 that
                 Bishop
                 hath
                 no
                 cause
                 to
                 repent
                 .
                 He
                 used
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Liturgy
                 ,
                 not
                 sticking
                 at
                 the
                 censure
                 of
                 them
                 that
                 called
                 this
                 as
                 their
                 judgments
                 led
                 them
                 .
                 His
                 judgment
                 ,
                 his
                 work
                 ,
                 his
                 age
                 and
                 experience
                 ,
                 set
                 him
                 above
                 all
                 factions
                 inducements
                 ,
                 and
                 taught
                 him
                 to
                 please
                 God
                 ,
                 whoever
                 were
                 displeased
                 :
                 And
                 when
                 at
                 last
                 he
                 was
                 driven
                 away
                 ,
                 I
                 never
                 heard
                 him
                 speak
                 of
                 it
                 with
                 any
                 bitterness
                 .
                 He
                 is
                 now
                 where
                 Gods
                 praises
                 are
                 celebrated
                 ,
                 and
                 whence
                 no
                 holy
                 Soul
                 shall
                 ever
                 be
                 cast
                 out
                 .
              
               
                 V.
                 His
                 labour
                 was
                 such
                 as
                 be
                 seemed
                 one
                 absolutely
                 devoted
                 to
                 God
                 :
                 His
                 Preaching
                 was
                 very
                 plain
                 and
                 familiar
                 ,
                 fitted
                 rather
                 to
                 Country-auditors
                 ,
                 than
                 to
                 curious
                 ears
                 ;
                 and
                 he
                 chose
                 accordingly
                 ;
                 but
                 it
                 was
                 wholly
                 for
                 faith
                 ,
                 love
                 and
                 holiness
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 much
                 in
                 Catechising
                 ,
                 and
                 very
                 moving
                 in
                 his
                 familiar
                 exhortations
                 ,
                 setting
                 his
                 whole
                 heart
                 upon
                 the
                 winning
                 and
                 edifying
                 of
                 Souls
                 ,
                 and
                 longing
                 for
                 the
                 success
                 ,
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 covetous
                 Merchants
                 
                 do
                 for
                 rich
                 returns
                 .
                 He
                 kept
                 a
                 private
                 weekly
                 meeting
                 for
                 the
                 young
                 people
                 ,
                 to
                 deal
                 with
                 them
                 as
                 a
                 Catechizer
                 ,
                 by
                 way
                 of
                 familiar
                 questions
                 ;
                 which
                 was
                 much
                 of
                 his
                 labour
                 where
                 ever
                 he
                 came
                 :
                 And
                 he
                 much
                 rejoyced
                 in
                 the
                 young
                 peoples
                 willingness
                 and
                 his
                 success
                 .
                 The
                 greatest
                 Benefice
                 cannot
                 please
                 one
                 that
                 worketh
                 for
                 the
                 fleece
                 ,
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 he
                 was
                 pleased
                 that
                 his
                 unwearied
                 labour
                 profited
                 his
                 flock
                 .
                 How
                 thankful
                 was
                 he
                 to
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Bishops
                 connivence
                 for
                 that
                 short
                 liberty
                 to
                 work
                 .
                 And
                 to
                 their
                 honour
                 I
                 must
                 say
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 praised
                 not
                 only
                 the
                 friendly
                 peaceableness
                 of
                 the
                 Magistrates
                 and
                 Gentry
                 of
                 the
                 County
                 ,
                 but
                 also
                 of
                 his
                 neighbour
                 conformable
                 Ministers
                 that
                 lived
                 by
                 him
                 in
                 love
                 ,
                 and
                 envyed
                 not
                 his
                 liberty
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 holy
                 man
                 so
                 little
                 cared
                 for
                 the
                 hypocrites
                 reward
                 ,
                 that
                 no
                 reproach
                 of
                 men
                 did
                 move
                 him
                 ;
                 nor
                 did
                 he
                 count
                 his
                 great
                 labour
                 or
                 life
                 dear
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 subserve
                 him
                 that
                 came
                 to
                 seek
                 and
                 save
                 the
                 lost
                 .
                 He
                 took
                 that
                 for
                 the
                 joyful
                 finishing
                 of
                 his
                 course
                 ,
                 from
                 which
                 Satan
                 and
                 many
                 mistaken
                 men
                 would
                 have
                 discouraged
                 him
                 :
                 As
                 it
                 was
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 greatest
                 aggravations
                 of
                 Christs
                 sufferings
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 crucified
                 as
                 a
                 reputed
                 sinner
                 ,
                 even
                 as
                 a
                 blasphemer
                 and
                 an
                 enemy
                 to
                 (
                 Caesar
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 
                 contemner
                 of
                 the
                 Law
                 ;
                 so
                 he
                 knew
                 that
                 all
                 things
                 must
                 be
                 accounted
                 dung
                 that
                 we
                 may
                 be
                 found
                 in
                 Christ
                 ,
                 and
                 conformed
                 to
                 him
                 even
                 in
                 his
                 sufferings
                 .
                 And
                 if
                 a
                 Seneca
                 could
                 say
                 ,
                 that
                 no
                 man
                 more
                 sheweth
                 himself
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 good
                 man
                 ,
                 than
                 he
                 that
                 will
                 lose
                 the
                 reputation
                 of
                 being
                 a
                 good
                 man
                 ,
                 left
                 he
                 should
                 lose
                 his
                 goodness
                 it self
                 ,
                 and
                 defile
                 his
                 conscience
                 ;
                 no
                 wonder
                 if
                 this
                 holy
                 man
                 accounted
                 not
                 his
                 fame
                 too
                 dear
                 to
                 preserve
                 his
                 Conscience
                 .
                 And
                 indeed
                 his
                 Friends
                 and
                 Physicians
                 suppose
                 that
                 his
                 labours
                 hastened
                 his
                 death
                 .
              
               
                 He
                 came
                 from
                 the
                 Country
                 to
                 London
                 ,
                 again
                 to
                 work
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 his
                 journey
                 ,
                 Preaching
                 almost
                 every
                 day
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 days
                 twice
                 ,
                 even
                 after
                 he
                 began
                 to
                 be
                 ill
                 ,
                 no
                 wonder
                 if
                 the
                 feaver
                 and
                 Dysentery
                 that
                 followed
                 ,
                 dispatcht
                 him
                 .
                 At
                 first
                 he
                 fell
                 down
                 in
                 the
                 Pulpit
                 ;
                 but
                 recovering
                 ,
                 went
                 on
                 ;
                 and
                 so
                 again
                 after
                 ,
                 till
                 he
                 was
                 disabled
                 .
                 Some
                 will
                 censure
                 him
                 for
                 imprudence
                 in
                 such
                 labours
                 ;
                 But
                 they
                 must
                 consider
                 what
                 it
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 above
                 the
                 inordinate
                 love
                 of
                 life
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 long
                 for
                 the
                 good
                 of
                 Souls
                 .
                 And
                 withal
                 ,
                 that
                 which
                 much
                 emboldened
                 him
                 was
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 wont
                 to
                 go
                 somewhat
                 ill
                 into
                 the
                 Pulpit
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 come
                 better
                 out
                 :
                 But
                 the
                 heat
                 of
                 the
                 season
                 ,
                 seventy
                 and
                 three
                 years
                 of
                 age
                 ,
                 gave
                 advantage
                 to
                 the
                 messenger
                 which
                 God
                 did
                 
                 send
                 to
                 end
                 his
                 Labours
                 and
                 all
                 his
                 Sufferings
                 .
              
               
                 Two
                 things
                 especially
                 I
                 commend
                 to
                 imitation
                 .
                 1.
                 
                 That
                 he
                 was
                 more
                 in
                 instructing
                 and
                 Catechizing
                 Children
                 by
                 familiar
                 Questions
                 ,
                 than
                 almost
                 any
                 man
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 known
                 ;
                 which
                 shewed
                 that
                 he
                 laboured
                 not
                 for
                 applause
                 .
                 2.
                 
                 He
                 prayed
                 as
                 constantly
                 as
                 he
                 Preached
                 ,
                 and
                 no
                 wonder
                 then
                 that
                 his
                 labours
                 had
                 much
                 success
                 .
                 He
                 omitted
                 not
                 his
                 duty
                 to
                 God
                 in
                 his
                 family
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 greatness
                 of
                 his
                 publick
                 labours
                 .
                 And
                 a
                 man
                 of
                 prayer
                 is
                 a
                 man
                 of
                 power
                 with
                 God.
                 
              
               
                 For
                 my
                 part
                 I
                 never
                 saw
                 him
                 till
                 his
                 coming
                 to
                 live
                 in
                 London
                 ,
                 I
                 think
                 not
                 seven
                 years
                 ago
                 ,
                 though
                 I
                 long
                 heard
                 of
                 his
                 succesful
                 Preaching
                 .
                 But
                 to
                 shew
                 you
                 how
                 great
                 his
                 Charity
                 was
                 ,
                 and
                 what
                 a
                 loss
                 I
                 have
                 my self
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 faulty
                 I
                 and
                 others
                 are
                 in
                 too
                 much
                 forgetting
                 of
                 our
                 friends
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 hath
                 oft
                 told
                 me
                 that
                 (
                 as
                 I
                 remember
                 ,
                 above
                 twenty
                 years
                 )
                 he
                 never
                 went
                 to
                 God
                 in
                 prayer
                 but
                 he
                 particularly
                 remembred
                 me
                 .
                 But
                 his
                 love
                 hath
                 not
                 tempted
                 me
                 to
                 say
                 a
                 word
                 of
                 him
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 verily
                 believe
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 true
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 conclude
                 it
                 with
                 this
                 profession
                 ,
                 That
                 I
                 scarce
                 remember
                 the
                 man
                 that
                 ever
                 I
                 knew
                 ,
                 that
                 served
                 God
                 
                 with
                 more
                 absolute
                 resignation
                 and
                 devotedness
                 ,
                 in
                 simplicity
                 and
                 godly
                 sincerity
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 with
                 fleshly
                 wisdom
                 ,
                 and
                 lived
                 like
                 the
                 primitive
                 Christians
                 ,
                 without
                 any
                 pride
                 or
                 worldly
                 motives
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 whose
                 case
                 I
                 had
                 rather
                 die
                 .
                 And
                 therfore
                 no
                 wonder
                 that
                 he
                 lived
                 in
                 peace
                 of
                 Conscience
                 ,
                 and
                 dyed
                 with
                 Pauls
                 words
                 ,
                 
                   I
                   have
                   fought
                   a
                   good
                   fight
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   finished
                   my
                   course
                   :
                   henceforth
                   is
                   laid
                   up
                   for
                   me
                   a
                   Crown
                   of
                   Righteousness
                   ,
                   which
                   God
                   the
                   Righteous
                   Iudg
                   shall
                   give
                   :
                
                 which
                 both
                 Paul
                 and
                 he
                 might
                 say
                 without
                 any
                 injury
                 to
                 Christ
                 ,
                 or
                 grace
                 ,
                 or
                 free
                 ●ustification
                 .
                 Thus
                 did
                 he
                 finish
                 his
                 course
                 in
                 eminent
                 fidelity
                 ,
                 and
                 constant
                 peace
                 of
                 Conscience
                 ;
                 and
                 what
                 was
                 wanting
                 in
                 fuller
                 Joy
                 ,
                 ●s
                 now
                 made
                 up
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 VSE
                 1.
                 
              
               
                 AND
                 what
                 use
                 should
                 we
                 make
                 of
                 all
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 imitate
                 such
                 examples
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 moved
                 by
                 any
                 tryals
                 ,
                 nor
                 count
                 our
                 lives
                 dear
                 that
                 we
                 may
                 finish
                 our
                 course
                 with
                 joy
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Ministry
                 which
                 we
                 have
                 received
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 ,
                 to
                 testifie
                 the
                 Gospel
                 of
                 the
                 grace
                 of
                 God
                 ?
                 Run
                 the
                 same
                 race
                 ,
                 and
                 you
                 may
                 have
                 the
                 same
                 joy
                 and
                 blessed
                 end
                 .
                 Would
                 you
                 have
                 more
                 particular
                 counsel
                 how
                 to
                 finish
                 
                 your
                 course
                 with
                 joy
                 ?
                 I
                 shall
                 briefly
                 give
                 you
                 some
                 :
                 The
                 Lord
                 cause
                 you
                 and
                 me
                 to
                 follow
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 I.
                 He
                 that
                 never
                 began
                 well
                 ,
                 cannot
                 finish
                 well
                 :
                 search
                 the
                 Scriptures
                 ,
                 and
                 advise
                 with
                 the
                 wise
                 ;
                 prove
                 all
                 things
                 ,
                 and
                 hold
                 fast
                 tha●
                 which
                 is
                 good
                 .
                 Take
                 heed
                 that
                 you
                 take
                 no●
                 evil
                 for
                 good
                 ,
                 and
                 good
                 for
                 evil
                 :
                 set
                 out
                 in
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 truth
                 .
                 If
                 you
                 are
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 way
                 the
                 faster
                 and
                 the
                 further
                 you
                 go
                 ,
                 the
                 more
                 you
                 have
                 to
                 repent
                 of
                 ,
                 and
                 lament
                 .
                 Be
                 honest
                 and
                 faithful
                 in
                 seeking
                 truth
                 ,
                 and
                 God
                 wil●
                 not
                 forsake
                 you
                 .
                 But
                 go
                 not
                 with
                 Balaam●
                 coveteous
                 heart
                 ,
                 and
                 pre-engaged
                 purpose
                 .
                 O●
                 fear
                 a
                 false
                 heart
                 ,
                 and
                 false
                 Teachers
                 ,
                 especially
                 men
                 that
                 plainly
                 prosecute
                 a
                 worldly
                 interest
                 and
                 design
                 .
              
               
                 II.
                 If
                 God
                 ,
                 Christ
                 ,
                 grace
                 and
                 glory
                 be
                 no●
                 enough
                 for
                 you
                 ,
                 and
                 seem
                 not
                 a
                 sufficient
                 portion
                 unless
                 you
                 have
                 also
                 prosperity
                 to
                 the
                 flesh
                 undertake
                 not
                 the
                 Ministry
                 ,
                 nor
                 profess
                 Christianity
                 :
                 For
                 without
                 self-denyal
                 ,
                 contempt
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 taking
                 up
                 the
                 Cross
                 ,
                 and
                 forsaking
                 all
                 ,
                 you
                 have
                 but
                 the
                 delusory
                 name
                 and
                 image
                 of
                 Christianity
                 .
                 Absolutely
                 devote
                 your selves
                 to
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 hope
                 not
                 for
                 great
                 matters
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 :
                 except
                 nothing
                 from
                 
                 him
                 ,
                 suspect
                 and
                 fear
                 the
                 hypocrites
                 reserves
                 ,
                 serve
                 Christ
                 and
                 trust
                 him
                 :
                 trust
                 him
                 with
                 estate
                 ,
                 and
                 liberty
                 ,
                 and
                 life
                 ,
                 and
                 Soul
                 and
                 all
                 :
                 study
                 your
                 duty
                 for
                 your
                 part
                 ,
                 and
                 cast
                 your
                 care
                 on
                 him
                 for
                 his
                 part
                 .
                 Take
                 no
                 thought
                 what
                 ye
                 shall
                 eat
                 or
                 drink
                 ,
                 but
                 seek
                 first
                 Gods
                 Kingdom
                 and
                 the
                 righteousness
                 thereof
                 .
                 You
                 will
                 never
                 finish
                 your
                 course
                 with
                 joy
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 be
                 not
                 absolutely
                 devoted
                 to
                 God.
                 
              
               
                 III.
                 Preach
                 to
                 your selves
                 first
                 ,
                 before
                 you
                 Preach
                 to
                 the
                 people
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 greater
                 zeal
                 .
                 O
                 Lord
                 save
                 thy
                 Church
                 from
                 worldly
                 Pastors
                 ,
                 that
                 study
                 and
                 learn
                 the
                 art
                 of
                 Christianity
                 ,
                 and
                 Ministry
                 ;
                 but
                 never
                 had
                 the
                 Christian
                 Divine
                 nature
                 ,
                 nor
                 the
                 vital
                 principle
                 which
                 must
                 difference
                 them
                 and
                 their
                 services
                 from
                 the
                 dead
                 .
                 Do
                 you
                 love
                 other
                 mens
                 Souls
                 more
                 than
                 your
                 own
                 ?
                 will
                 a
                 dead
                 nurse
                 give
                 warm
                 and
                 vital
                 milk
                 ?
                 Nothing
                 doth
                 more
                 to
                 make
                 you
                 good
                 Preachers
                 ,
                 than
                 that
                 which
                 doth
                 most
                 to
                 make
                 you
                 good
                 Christians
                 :
                 I
                 thank
                 the
                 Lord
                 for
                 the
                 Method
                 of
                 his
                 grace
                 and
                 providence
                 ,
                 that
                 cast
                 me
                 divers
                 years
                 into
                 the
                 care
                 of
                 my
                 own
                 Soul
                 ,
                 before
                 I
                 purposed
                 to
                 Preach
                 to
                 others
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 me
                 read
                 over
                 the
                 most
                 of
                 all
                 our
                 honest
                 English
                 practical
                 Divines
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 me
                 a
                 Christian
                 indeed
                 ,
                 before
                 set
                 my self
                 to
                 the
                 artificial
                 part
                 .
                 I
                 repent
                 ●ot
                 of
                 this
                 unusual
                 method
                 .
              
               
               
                 IV.
                 Let
                 your
                 joyful
                 part
                 of
                 Religion
                 bemost
                 of
                 your
                 Meditations
                 :
                 The
                 infinite
                 goodness
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 who
                 is
                 Love
                 ;
                 the
                 wonder
                 of
                 mans
                 Redemption
                 ;
                 the
                 freeness
                 and
                 fulness
                 of
                 th●
                 promise
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 certainty
                 and
                 glory
                 of
                 ou●
                 future
                 state
                 ;
                 these
                 are
                 the
                 chief
                 part
                 of
                 ou●
                 Religion
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 chiefest
                 use
                 :
                 which
                 must
                 resolve
                 us
                 ,
                 fix
                 us
                 ,
                 quicken
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 help
                 us
                 to
                 live
                 in
                 thankfulness
                 and
                 joy
                 .
              
               
                 V.
                 Above
                 all
                 ,
                 labour
                 to
                 strengthen
                 faith
                 in
                 Christ
                 ,
                 his
                 word
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 life
                 to
                 come
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 live
                 in
                 the
                 constant
                 exercise
                 thereof
                 .
                 Faith
                 is
                 it
                 that
                 sheweth
                 us
                 the
                 matter
                 and
                 reason
                 of
                 our
                 duty
                 and
                 our
                 joy
                 :
                 And
                 if
                 believing
                 Meditation
                 have
                 too
                 long
                 intermissions
                 ,
                 our
                 jo●
                 will
                 also
                 intermit
                 .
                 And
                 if
                 affliction
                 or
                 weakness
                 make
                 our
                 present
                 state
                 to
                 be
                 grievous
                 to
                 u●
                 and
                 keep
                 us
                 from
                 much
                 present
                 joy
                 ,
                 yet
                 faith
                 and
                 hope
                 can
                 see
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 to
                 come
                 .
                 Man●
                 of
                 Gods
                 faithful
                 servants
                 labour
                 in
                 peace
                 ●●
                 Conscience
                 and
                 in
                 hope
                 ,
                 who
                 through
                 infimities
                 of
                 the
                 flesh
                 have
                 no
                 great
                 joys
                 :
                 and
                 y●●
                 may
                 be
                 well
                 said
                 to
                 finish
                 their
                 course
                 with
                 joy
                 because
                 everlasting
                 joy
                 is
                 the
                 end
                 ,
                 which
                 at
                 t●●
                 finishing
                 of
                 it
                 they
                 obtain
                 .
              
               
               
                 VI.
                 Stick
                 not
                 at
                 labour
                 or
                 suffering
                 :
                 Hearten
                 not
                 to
                 the
                 repining
                 and
                 seducing
                 flesh
                 .
                 Think
                 nothing
                 too
                 much
                 or
                 too
                 dear
                 ;
                 your
                 work
                 is
                 good
                 ,
                 and
                 much
                 better
                 wages
                 in
                 it self
                 ,
                 than
                 fleshly
                 pleasure
                 .
                 Labour
                 for
                 God
                 and
                 ●ouls
                 ,
                 and
                 keep
                 out
                 selfishness
                 and
                 carnal
                 ends
                 ,
                 ●nd
                 God
                 will
                 secure
                 your
                 reward
                 .
                 Labour
                 ●aithfully
                 ,
                 and
                 trust
                 God
                 confidently
                 ;
                 fulfil
                 his
                 
                   ●●mmanding
                   will
                
                 ,
                 whoever
                 countermand
                 you
                 :
                 ●nd
                 then
                 
                   rest
                   in
                   his
                   accepting
                   ,
                   disposing
                   and
                   re●arding
                   will
                   ,
                
                 whatever
                 befal
                 you
                 in
                 the
                 World.
                 His
                 will
                 is
                 the
                 only
                 infallible
                 rule
                 ;
                 ●nd
                 his
                 will
                 is
                 the
                 only
                 secure
                 and
                 felicitating
                 ●●st
                 .
                 They
                 that
                 conscionably
                 do
                 his
                 will
                 ,
                 may
                 ●●mfortably
                 say
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   will
                   of
                   the
                   Lord
                   be
                   done
                
                 ;
                 ●our
                 brother
                 in
                 his
                 sickness
                 often
                 did
                 .
              
               
                 His
                 will
                 made
                 us
                 ,
                 his
                 will
                 hath
                 maintained
                 ●●d
                 preserved
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 multiplied
                 mercies
                 to
                 us
                 .
                 〈◊〉
                 his
                 will
                 we
                 live
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 his
                 will
                 we
                 die
                 ,
                 ●●d
                 in
                 his
                 will
                 we
                 hope
                 to
                 rest
                 for
                 ever
                 .
                 Mr.
                 ●●ubbs
                 is
                 gone
                 before
                 ;
                 This
                 Will
                 hath
                 guided
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 Will
                 hath
                 received
                 him
                 .
                 In
                 〈◊〉
                 same
                 good
                 hand
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 closely
                 follow
                 〈◊〉
                 him
                 .
                 Our
                 separation
                 is
                 like
                 to
                 be
                 very
                 ●●rt
                 .
                 And
                 none
                 of
                 you
                 will
                 stay
                 long
                 behind
                 :
                 ●●rewel
                 vain
                 vexatious
                 World
                 :
                 Farewel
                 ●●lignant
                 ,
                 lying
                 ,
                 cruel
                 ,
                 World
                 !
                 Welcome
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
                 Light
                 and
                 Love
                 ,
                 delightful
                 perfect
                 and
                 
                 Eternal
                 .
                 Let
                 it
                 be
                 our
                 care
                 so
                 to
                 finish
                 our
                 course
                 with
                 joy
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 may
                 hear
                 ,
                 
                   Well
                   don●
                   good
                   and
                   faithful
                   servant
                   ,
                   enter
                   thou
                   into
                   t●●
                   joy
                   of
                   thy
                   Lord.
                
                 Blessed
                 is
                 that
                 servant
                 whom
                 his
                 Lord
                 when
                 he
                 cometh
                 shall
                 find
                 so
                 doing
                 Come
                 Lord
                 Jesus
                 ,
                 come
                 quickly
                 ,
                 Amen
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 VSE
                 2.
                 
              
               
                 BUt
                 methinks
                 I
                 should
                 not
                 let
                 you
                 ,
                 th●●
                 have
                 been
                 the
                 hearers
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Stub●●
                 and
                 such
                 as
                 he
                 ,
                 go
                 without
                 some
                 ▪
                 notice
                 ,
                 wh●
                 it
                 is
                 that
                 this
                 Text
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 providence
                 of
                 G●●
                 do
                 call
                 you
                 specially
                 to
                 consider
                 .
                 Which
                 〈◊〉
                 1.
                 
                 Whether
                 you
                 have
                 furthered
                 the
                 Joy
                 〈◊〉
                 your
                 Teachers
                 course
                 .
                 2.
                 
                 Whether
                 you
                 ta●●
                 care
                 that
                 your
                 own
                 course
                 may
                 be
                 finish
                 with
                 joy
                 ,
                 and
                 why
                 it
                 must
                 be
                 done
                 ,
                 〈◊〉
                 how
                 .
              
               
                 I.
                 Do
                 not
                 think
                 that
                 you
                 are
                 not
                 m●
                 concerned
                 in
                 the
                 matter
                 ,
                 whether
                 your
                 T●●chers
                 live
                 and
                 die
                 in
                 joy
                 ;
                 Neither
                 say
                 w●●●
                 they
                 are
                 dead
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 too
                 late
                 to
                 mind
                 that
                 wh●●
                 is
                 past
                 and
                 gone
                 .
                 As
                 much
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 past
                 ,
                 yo●
                 account
                 is
                 not
                 past
                 .
                 You
                 may
                 hear
                 of
                 〈◊〉
                 again
                 in
                 another
                 manner
                 than
                 now
                 you
                 do●●
                 .
              
               
               
                 You
                 are
                 concerned
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 1.
                 
                 For
                 your
                 own
                 interest
                 .
                 2.
                 
                 For
                 their
                 Relation
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 and
                 labours
                 for
                 you
                 ,
                 in
                 gratitude
                 and
                 humanity
                 .
                 3.
                 
                 As
                 you
                 are
                 obliged
                 to
                 the
                 Church
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 and
                 regard
                 its
                 interest
                 .
                 And
                 4.
                 as
                 you
                 are
                 men
                 ,
                 and
                 lovers
                 of
                 mankind
                 .
              
               
                 I.
                 What
                 is
                 their
                 Ministry
                 but
                 the
                 seeking
                 of
                 your
                 Salvation
                 ?
                 And
                 what
                 is
                 their
                 Joy
                 ,
                 but
                 their
                 success
                 ,
                 (
                 next
                 Gods
                 acceptance
                 of
                 their
                 labours
                 )
                 And
                 if
                 they
                 miss
                 of
                 this
                 ,
                 is
                 it
                 not
                 you
                 that
                 will
                 be
                 the
                 greatest
                 sufferers
                 ?
                 If
                 you
                 fall
                 out
                 with
                 your
                 Physician
                 ,
                 or
                 cast
                 ●way
                 ,
                 or
                 cast
                 up
                 the
                 only
                 Physick
                 that
                 can
                 cure
                 ●ou
                 ,
                 is
                 not
                 death
                 more
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 than
                 the
                 loss
                 of
                 his
                 labour
                 and
                 Physick
                 to
                 him
                 ?
                 Shall
                 the
                 Physician
                 mourn
                 over
                 his
                 dying
                 patient
                 ,
                 and
                 ●hall
                 the
                 patient
                 think
                 it
                 nothing
                 to
                 him
                 ?
                 If
                 ●he
                 Child
                 prosper
                 not
                 ,
                 or
                 die
                 ,
                 the
                 Nurses
                 sor●ow
                 is
                 a
                 smaller
                 matter
                 than
                 the
                 Childs
                 death
                 .
                 ●s
                 your
                 unconverted
                 ,
                 unpardoned
                 ,
                 miserable
                 ●ate
                 ,
                 and
                 your
                 danger
                 of
                 Damnation
                 ,
                 more
                 ●o
                 us
                 than
                 to
                 you
                 ?
                 Will
                 your
                 Hell
                 be
                 no
                 more
                 ●ainful
                 than
                 our
                 compassion
                 ?
                 And
                 when
                 your
                 ●orm
                 never
                 dyeth
                 ,
                 and
                 your
                 fire
                 will
                 be
                 un●uenchable
                 ,
                 our
                 compassion
                 will
                 cease
                 ,
                 and
                 we
                 ●hall
                 grieve
                 for
                 you
                 no
                 more
                 .
              
               
               
                 The
                 God
                 that
                 forbad
                 Samuel
                 to
                 mourn
                 any
                 more
                 for
                 Saul
                 ,
                 will
                 cause
                 us
                 to
                 approve
                 of
                 hi●
                 Righteous
                 judgment
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 rejoice
                 in
                 th●
                 glorifying
                 of
                 his
                 Justice
                 on
                 you
                 .
                 Abraham
                 did
                 but
                 upbraid
                 Dives
                 with
                 his
                 former
                 sinfu●
                 pleasures
                 .
                 Your
                 Teachers
                 ,
                 yea
                 your
                 own
                 Parents
                 will
                 not
                 mourn
                 in
                 Heaven
                 for
                 all
                 th●
                 torments
                 that
                 you
                 undergo
                 in
                 Hell
                 ,
                 not
                 consent
                 to
                 ease
                 you
                 by
                 a
                 drop
                 of
                 water
                 .
                 Luk.
                 ●
                 16.
                 
              
               
                 O
                 what
                 a
                 pitiful
                 sight
                 it
                 is
                 now
                 to
                 see
                 a
                 Teacher
                 or
                 Parent
                 mourning
                 over
                 the
                 misery
                 of
                 ignorant
                 ,
                 careless
                 ,
                 wilful
                 sinners
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 themselves
                 rejoycing
                 and
                 despising
                 compassion
                 and
                 laughing
                 at
                 the
                 brink
                 of
                 Hell
                 ?
                 I
                 hea●●
                 of
                 a
                 passionate
                 Wife
                 that
                 cut
                 her
                 own
                 throa●
                 to
                 anger
                 her
                 Husband
                 .
                 And
                 they
                 tell
                 us
                 that
                 the
                 
                   Circumcellian
                   Donatists
                
                 (
                 that
                 separated
                 from
                 other
                 Christians
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 Prelatical
                 ze●●
                 for
                 their
                 own
                 Bishop
                 )
                 did
                 murder
                 themselve●
                 to
                 bring
                 the
                 odium
                 upon
                 their
                 adversaries
                 a●
                 persecutors
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 that
                 poor
                 sinners
                 should
                 merrily
                 run
                 towards
                 Hell
                 ,
                 to
                 anger
                 their
                 Teachers
                 ,
                 yea
                 tha●
                 multitudes
                 should
                 do
                 thus
                 ,
                 what
                 an
                 instance
                 is
                 it
                 of
                 the
                 madness
                 of
                 corrupted
                 minds
                 ?
                 On●
                 
                 saith
                 ,
                 
                   I
                   will
                   never
                   hear
                   him
                   more
                   :
                
                 and
                 another
                 saith
                 ,
                 
                   shall
                   I
                   be
                   Catechized
                   like
                   a
                   Boy
                   ?
                
                 and
                 another
                 saith
                 ,
                 
                   These
                   Preachers
                   would
                   make
                   us
                   mad
                   ,
                   if
                   we
                   should
                   believe
                   and
                   lay
                   to
                   heart
                   what
                   they
                   say
                   :
                
                 and
                 another
                 saith
                 ,
                 
                   Cannot
                   one
                   drink
                   ,
                   and
                   be
                   merry
                   ,
                   and
                   please
                   his
                   flesh
                   ,
                   but
                   he
                   must
                   be
                   damned
                   for
                   it
                   ?
                
                 Are
                 
                   none
                   saved
                   but
                   Puritans
                   and
                   Precisians
                   ?
                
                 And
                 who
                 is
                 it
                 that
                 will
                 have
                 the
                 worst
                 of
                 this
                 at
                 last
                 ?
                 God
                 will
                 not
                 condemn
                 us
                 for
                 your
                 sins
                 ?
                 If
                 you
                 will
                 needs
                 be
                 miserable
                 for
                 ever
                 ,
                 our
                 desires
                 and
                 endeavours
                 to
                 have
                 saved
                 you
                 ,
                 shall
                 not
                 be
                 lost
                 at
                 all
                 to
                 us
                 .
                 O
                 how
                 dear
                 will
                 impenitent
                 sinners
                 pay
                 for
                 all
                 the
                 tears
                 and
                 groans
                 which
                 now
                 they
                 do
                 constrain
                 from
                 their
                 compassionate
                 Teachers
                 ?
              
               
                 That
                 God
                 who
                 is
                 Love
                 it self
                 ,
                 and
                 putteth
                 love
                 into
                 Parents
                 for
                 the
                 education
                 of
                 their
                 Children
                 ,
                 hath
                 also
                 put
                 a
                 tender
                 love
                 to
                 Souls
                 ,
                 and
                 especially
                 to
                 their
                 own
                 flocks
                 ,
                 into
                 every
                 faithful
                 Minister
                 of
                 Christ.
                 Which
                 maketh
                 all
                 their
                 study
                 ,
                 and
                 labour
                 ,
                 and
                 sufferings
                 ,
                 easie
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 or
                 tolerable
                 at
                 least
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 comfortable
                 hope
                 which
                 they
                 have
                 of
                 mens
                 Salvation
                 .
                 O
                 may
                 we
                 but
                 serve
                 the
                 Saviour
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 gathering
                 of
                 his
                 chosen
                 flock
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 bringing
                 sinners
                 from
                 darkness
                 to
                 light
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 the
                 power
                 of
                 Satan
                 unto
                 God
                 ,
                 in
                 making
                 
                 reconciled
                 and
                 adopted
                 sons
                 ,
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 were
                 the
                 enemies
                 of
                 God
                 and
                 holiness
                 ,
                 what
                 a
                 joy
                 would
                 it
                 be
                 to
                 every
                 true
                 Minister
                 of
                 Christ
                 ?
                 Did
                 a
                 damned
                 wretch
                 cry
                 ,
                 Send
                 Lazarus
                 to
                 warn
                 my
                 brethren
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 come
                 not
                 to
                 this
                 place
                 of
                 torments
                 ?
              
               
                 And
                 shall
                 not
                 we
                 rejoyce
                 if
                 we
                 cannot
                 only
                 keep
                 sinners
                 from
                 those
                 flames
                 ,
                 but
                 also
                 help
                 them
                 to
                 live
                 in
                 joy
                 with
                 Christ
                 and
                 holy
                 Spirits
                 for
                 ever
                 .
                 May
                 we
                 see
                 Souls
                 in
                 Heaven
                 for
                 ever
                 praising
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 know
                 that
                 this
                 is
                 the
                 fruit
                 of
                 our
                 labours
                 and
                 Gods
                 grace
                 .
                 Yea
                 may
                 we
                 here
                 see
                 holy
                 persons
                 living
                 to
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 calling
                 upon
                 his
                 name
                 ,
                 and
                 rejoycing
                 in
                 hope
                 ,
                 and
                 serving
                 ,
                 and
                 honouring
                 him
                 in
                 a
                 wicked
                 World
                 ,
                 and
                 say
                 ,
                 these
                 are
                 they
                 that
                 God
                 hath
                 given
                 to
                 Christ
                 by
                 our
                 Embassage
                 ;
                 How
                 much
                 sweeter
                 will
                 this
                 be
                 to
                 us
                 ,
                 than
                 fleshly
                 pleasures
                 ?
                 And
                 will
                 you
                 not
                 allow
                 us
                 the
                 joy
                 of
                 your
                 Salvation
                 ?
                 If
                 so
                 ,
                 judg
                 your selves
                 whether
                 the
                 loss
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 and
                 Grace
                 ,
                 and
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 and
                 Happiness
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 hope
                 ,
                 will
                 be
                 a
                 smaller
                 loss
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 than
                 the
                 loss
                 of
                 such
                 comfort
                 ,
                 in
                 your
                 hoped
                 well-fare
                 will
                 be
                 to
                 us
                 .
              
               
                 O
                 all
                 you
                 that
                 are
                 yet
                 unconverted
                 ,
                 fleshly
                 ,
                 worldly
                 persons
                 ,
                 strangers
                 to
                 a
                 holy
                 Heavenly
                 
                 life
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 Ministry
                 of
                 such
                 holy
                 men
                 as
                 I
                 am
                 speaking
                 of
                 ,
                 think
                 in
                 time
                 I
                 beseech
                 you
                 of
                 these
                 two
                 particulars
                 .
              
               
                 
                   First
                   ,
                   What
                   a
                   loss
                   is
                   it
                   to
                   lose
                   the
                   blessing
                   and
                   fruit
                   of
                   a
                   holy
                   Ministry
                   ?
                   God
                   giveth
                   not
                   such
                   to
                   all
                   the
                   World.
                   Many
                   Kingdoms
                   of
                   Heathens
                   and
                   Infidels
                   have
                   no
                   such
                   helps
                   .
                   Nay
                   most
                   of
                   the
                   Christian
                   World
                   have
                   too
                   little
                   such
                   :
                   All
                   ears
                   are
                   not
                   so
                   happy
                   as
                   to
                   hear
                   the
                   joyful
                   tidings
                   ,
                   the
                   sound
                   instructions
                   ,
                   the
                   close
                   convictions
                   ,
                   the
                   earnest
                   exhortations
                   which
                   you
                   have
                   heard
                   ;
                   and
                   these
                   not
                   mixt
                   with
                   the
                   poyson
                   of
                   Heresies
                   .
                   And
                   will
                   you
                   lose
                   ,
                   will
                   you
                   wilfully
                   lose
                   all
                   this
                   ?
                   What!
                   have
                   the
                   best
                   of
                   Physicians
                   ,
                   and
                   be
                   yet
                   unhealed
                   ?
                   Have
                   the
                   best
                   of
                   Teachers
                   ,
                   that
                   long
                   ,
                   and
                   labour
                   ,
                   and
                   pray
                   for
                   your
                   Salvation
                   ,
                   and
                   yet
                   by
                   ignorant
                   unbelievers
                   ,
                   or
                   base
                   neglectters
                   of
                   this
                   great
                   Salvation
                   ?
                   Will
                   you
                   as
                   Capernaum
                   ,
                   be
                   lift
                   up
                   to
                   Heaven
                   in
                   mercies
                   ,
                   and
                   cast
                   down
                   to
                   Hell
                   by
                   your
                   contempt
                   .
                   O
                   that
                   you
                   knew
                   in
                   time
                   how
                   great
                   a
                   loss
                   it
                   is
                   to
                   lose
                   one
                   Counsel
                   ,
                   one
                   Sermon
                   ,
                   much
                   more
                   all
                   the
                   life
                   and
                   labours
                   of
                   one
                   such
                   a
                   Minister
                   of
                   Christ
                   ,
                   that
                   prayed
                   ,
                   and
                   studied
                   ,
                   and
                   laboured
                   for
                   your
                   Souls
                   .
                   Do
                   you
                   ever
                   hope
                   to
                   be
                   saved
                   ,
                   or
                   not
                   ?
                   If
                   not
                   ,
                   despair
                   is
                   a
                   beginning
                   of
                   Hell.
                   If
                   yea
                   ,
                   do
                   you
                   hope
                   to
                   be
                   
                   saved
                   without
                   Preaching
                   ,
                   or
                   by
                   it
                   ?
                   If
                   without
                   it
                   ,
                   what
                   reason
                   have
                   you
                   for
                   such
                   hopes
                   ,
                   when
                   God
                   hath
                   made
                   this
                   his
                   ordinary
                   means
                   ?
                   What
                   ever
                   hope
                   they
                   may
                   have
                   that
                   can
                   have
                   no
                   Preaching
                   ,
                   you
                   can
                   have
                   none
                   that
                   might
                   have
                   had
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   would
                   not
                   ;
                   or
                   that
                   had
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   despised
                   and
                   disobeyed
                   it
                   .
                   But
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   by
                   Preaching
                   that
                   you
                   hope
                   to
                   be
                   instructed
                   ,
                   converted
                   and
                   saved
                   ,
                   what
                   Preaching
                   is
                   it
                   ?
                   Do
                   you
                   look
                   for
                   better
                   than
                   such
                   as
                   you
                   have
                   lost
                   ?
                   Or
                   is
                   smaller
                   and
                   weaker
                   remedies
                   like
                   to
                   cure
                   you
                   ,
                   that
                   to
                   the
                   last
                   despised
                   greater
                   ?
                
                 
                   Secondly
                   ,
                   And
                   remember
                   that
                   all
                   this
                   will
                   aggravate
                   your
                   sin
                   ,
                   and
                   rise
                   up
                   in
                   judgment
                   against
                   you
                   to
                   your
                   condemnation
                   :
                   Do
                   you
                   think
                   all
                   these
                   Sermons
                   ,
                   and
                   Prayers
                   ,
                   and
                   tears
                   ,
                   shall
                   never
                   more
                   be
                   thought
                   on
                   ?
                   Yes
                   !
                   God
                   that
                   sent
                   his
                   Ministers
                   ,
                   sets
                   not
                   so
                   light
                   by
                   their
                   labours
                   as
                   you
                   do
                   .
                   He
                   knoweth
                   ,
                   and
                   thy
                   Conscience
                   shall
                   one
                   day
                   consider
                   what
                   importunate
                   exhortations
                   thou
                   didst
                   neglect
                   :
                   How
                   on
                   such
                   a
                   day
                   ,
                   on
                   such
                   a
                   Text
                   ,
                   his
                   Minister
                   earnestly
                   pleaded
                   with
                   thy
                   Soul
                   ,
                   and
                   thou
                   hadst
                   nothing
                   to
                   say
                   against
                   the
                   word
                   ,
                   and
                   yet
                   thou
                   wentest
                   on
                   and
                   didst
                   not
                   repent
                   .
                   O
                   for
                   your
                   Souls
                   sake
                   ,
                   put
                   us
                   not
                   to
                   come
                   in
                   against
                   you
                   as
                   witnesses
                   to
                   your
                   condemnation
                   ,
                   instead
                   
                   of
                   rejoicing
                   in
                   your
                   Sanctification
                   and
                   Salvation
                   .
                
              
               
                 O
                 put
                 us
                 not
                 to
                 shake
                 off
                 the
                 dust
                 of
                 our
                 feet
                 against
                 you
                 !
                 Turn
                 not
                 all
                 our
                 love
                 and
                 labours
                 ,
                 to
                 kindle
                 a
                 greater
                 fire
                 for
                 your
                 misery
                 .
                 Remember
                 ,
                 that
                 even
                 the
                 merciful
                 Saviour
                 of
                 Souls
                 hath
                 said
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 shall
                 be
                 easier
                 yet
                 for
                 Sodom
                 and
                 Gomorra
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 day
                 of
                 judgment
                 than
                 for
                 such
                 .
                 Fire
                 from
                 Heaven
                 declared
                 the
                 wrath
                 of
                 God
                 against
                 Sodom
                 and
                 Gomorrah
                 :
                 and
                 will
                 you
                 yet
                 have
                 a
                 more
                 dreadful
                 fire
                 ?
                 And
                 what
                 moveth
                 you
                 to
                 all
                 this
                 ?
                 Do
                 they
                 perswade
                 you
                 to
                 any
                 thing
                 dishonest
                 or
                 to
                 your
                 hurt
                 ?
                 Will
                 you
                 despise
                 all
                 our
                 Counsel
                 ,
                 and
                 go
                 to
                 Hell
                 rather
                 than
                 love
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 learn
                 and
                 do
                 his
                 holy
                 will
                 ,
                 and
                 live
                 in
                 the
                 delightful
                 hopes
                 of
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 love
                 ,
                 peace
                 and
                 good
                 works
                 towards
                 one
                 another
                 ?
                 This
                 is
                 all
                 that
                 we
                 perswade
                 you
                 to
                 .
                 And
                 will
                 it
                 not
                 torment
                 your
                 Consciences
                 for
                 ever
                 to
                 remember
                 ,
                 that
                 this
                 was
                 all
                 that
                 you
                 fled
                 from
                 God
                 for
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 you
                 avoided
                 more
                 than
                 sin
                 and
                 Hell
                 ?
              
               
                 Secondly
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 told
                 you
                 that
                 
                   your
                   own
                   interest
                
                 is
                 more
                 concerned
                 in
                 the
                 success
                 of
                 our
                 Ministry
                 ,
                 than
                 our
                 joy
                 ;
                 I
                 next
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 inhumane
                 ingratitude
                 to
                 deny
                 us
                 such
                 
                 a
                 joy
                 as
                 this
                 .
                 Our
                 relation
                 and
                 labours
                 for
                 you
                 make
                 it
                 our
                 due
                 ;
                 shall
                 Children
                 deny
                 their
                 Parents
                 the
                 comfort
                 of
                 their
                 Love
                 ,
                 when
                 it
                 is
                 only
                 their
                 well
                 doing
                 and
                 happiness
                 that
                 they
                 desire
                 ?
                 As
                 Christ
                 and
                 Angels
                 rejoice
                 at
                 a
                 sinners
                 conversion
                 ,
                 so
                 do
                 true
                 Ministers
                 in
                 their
                 degree
                 .
                 And
                 is
                 it
                 not
                 base
                 ingratitude
                 to
                 deny
                 Christ
                 ,
                 Angels
                 and
                 Ministers
                 this
                 joy
                 ,
                 by
                 refusing
                 obstinately
                 to
                 be
                 saved
                 ?
              
               
                 Thirdly
                 ,
                 And
                 why
                 do
                 you
                 take
                 on
                 you
                 to
                 be
                 Christians
                 ,
                 and
                 no
                 more
                 regard
                 the
                 interest
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 of
                 Christ
                 ?
                 Those
                 are
                 the
                 Churches
                 enemies
                 that
                 will
                 not
                 give
                 up
                 themselves
                 to
                 Christ
                 ,
                 that
                 would
                 not
                 have
                 him
                 to
                 Reign
                 over
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 subdue
                 their
                 fleshly
                 minds
                 and
                 lusts
                 ,
                 Luk.
                 19.27
                 .
                 Rom.
                 8.6
                 ,
                 7
                 ,
                 13.
                 
                 That
                 hinder
                 the
                 success
                 of
                 the
                 Ministers
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 that
                 would
                 build
                 up
                 his
                 Church
                 .
                 And
                 what
                 is
                 our
                 building
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 bring
                 home
                 Souls
                 ?
                 Our
                 Office
                 is
                 not
                 of
                 man
                 but
                 of
                 Christ
                 :
                 He
                 giveth
                 us
                 our
                 Commission
                 ,
                 though
                 man
                 deliver
                 it
                 us
                 .
                 He
                 commandeth
                 you
                 to
                 receive
                 and
                 obey
                 his
                 word
                 which
                 we
                 deliver
                 you
                 ,
                 and
                 terribly
                 threatneth
                 those
                 that
                 will
                 not
                 ,
                 Heb.
                 13.17
                 .
                 Iob.
                 13.20
                 .
                 Mat.
                 9.36
                 ,
                 37.
                 
                 Luk.
                 9.18
                 .
                 &c.
                 Is
                 it
                 not
                 rebellion
                 against
                 him
                 then
                 to
                 be
                 refusers
                 ?
                 Nay
                 what
                 do
                 you
                 but
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 in
                 you
                 lyeth
                 to
                 destroy
                 the
                 Ministerial
                 Office
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 so
                 destroy
                 the
                 Church
                 of
                 God.
                 For
                 if
                 we
                 are
                 but
                 to
                 stand
                 here
                 and
                 talk
                 to
                 you
                 a
                 while
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 to
                 win
                 your
                 Souls
                 to
                 God
                 ,
                 this
                 is
                 but
                 an
                 Image
                 or
                 Carkass
                 of
                 the
                 Ministry
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 success
                 and
                 end
                 .
                 As
                 you
                 mortifie
                 all
                 Gods
                 Ordinances
                 ,
                 and
                 turn
                 them
                 into
                 a
                 lifeless
                 image
                 ,
                 so
                 you
                 do
                 the
                 Ministry
                 to
                 you
                 ;
                 and
                 make
                 it
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 but
                 as
                 sounding
                 brass
                 or
                 a
                 tinkling
                 cymbal
                 :
                 Is
                 it
                 worth
                 your
                 tythes
                 ,
                 or
                 are
                 we
                 worthy
                 of
                 your
                 reverence
                 ,
                 meerly
                 to
                 talk
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 and
                 never
                 to
                 convert
                 and
                 save
                 you
                 ?
              
               
                 O
                 the
                 blindness
                 of
                 the
                 minds
                 of
                 the
                 ungodly
                 .
                 If
                 the
                 Seekers
                 or
                 other
                 Hereticks
                 do
                 but
                 cry
                 down
                 Ministers
                 ,
                 and
                 Universities
                 ,
                 you
                 justly
                 rise
                 up
                 against
                 them
                 as
                 enemies
                 to
                 Christianity
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Church
                 ;
                 And
                 yet
                 you
                 your selves
                 destroy
                 their
                 Ministry
                 as
                 to
                 your selves
                 ,
                 and
                 would
                 have
                 but
                 the
                 name
                 ,
                 and
                 garb
                 ,
                 and
                 image
                 ;
                 He
                 that
                 would
                 have
                 the
                 tenth
                 part
                 of
                 all
                 mens
                 revenues
                 to
                 be
                 setled
                 to
                 maintain
                 Physicians
                 in
                 the
                 land
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 would
                 not
                 have
                 men
                 be
                 healed
                 by
                 them
                 ,
                 is
                 a
                 foolisher
                 and
                 worse
                 enemy
                 to
                 the
                 Country
                 ,
                 than
                 he
                 that
                 would
                 have
                 none
                 at
                 all
                 .
              
               
                 Fourthly
                 ,
                 And
                 as
                 you
                 are
                 lovers
                 of
                 mankind
                 ,
                 you
                 should
                 not
                 deny
                 us
                 so
                 reasonable
                 a
                 
                 joy
                 ,
                 as
                 your
                 own
                 Salvation
                 ;
                 especially
                 to
                 such
                 as
                 for
                 the
                 hope
                 of
                 this
                 ,
                 renounce
                 the
                 pleasures
                 and
                 honours
                 of
                 the
                 world
                 .
                 If
                 you
                 could
                 do
                 well
                 enough
                 without
                 instructors
                 ,
                 Christ
                 would
                 not
                 have
                 appointed
                 them
                 ,
                 nor
                 if
                 there
                 had
                 been
                 any
                 better
                 way
                 for
                 your
                 Salvation
                 .
                 And
                 for
                 our
                 parts
                 ,
                 we
                 could
                 have
                 found
                 out
                 work
                 and
                 callings
                 that
                 would
                 better
                 have
                 served
                 us
                 for
                 worldly
                 ends
                 ;
                 and
                 we
                 could
                 live
                 idle
                 ,
                 and
                 seek
                 preferment
                 ,
                 and
                 flatter
                 ,
                 and
                 please
                 you
                 ,
                 and
                 neglect
                 your
                 Souls
                 in
                 this
                 calling
                 that
                 we
                 are
                 in
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 then
                 wo
                 to
                 us
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 you
                 .
                 O
                 remember
                 who
                 hath
                 said
                 ,
                 
                   Obey
                   them
                   that
                   have
                   the
                   rule
                   over
                   you
                   ,
                   for
                   they
                   watch
                   for
                   your
                   Souls
                   ,
                   as
                   they
                   that
                   must
                   give
                   account
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   may
                   do
                   it
                   with
                   joy
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   with
                   grief
                   ,
                   for
                   that
                   is
                   unprofitable
                   for
                   you
                   ,
                
                 Heb.
                 13.17
                 .
                 He
                 is
                 not
                 worthy
                 to
                 be
                 called
                 a
                 man
                 ,
                 that
                 will
                 deny
                 any
                 joy
                 or
                 good
                 to
                 his
                 neighbour
                 ,
                 which
                 doth
                 no
                 hurt
                 to
                 himself
                 or
                 others
                 ?
                 But
                 consider
                 whether
                 he
                 be
                 not
                 herein
                 worse
                 than
                 a
                 Devil
                 ,
                 that
                 will
                 deny
                 another
                 the
                 comfort
                 of
                 seeing
                 him
                 happy
                 ,
                 and
                 freely
                 doing
                 him
                 the
                 greatest
                 good
                 ?
              
               
                 Do
                 you
                 not
                 see
                 now
                 ,
                 how
                 much
                 you
                 are
                 concerned
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 further
                 our
                 joyful
                 finishing
                 of
                 our
                 course
                 ?
                 I
                 beseech
                 you
                 let
                 Conscience
                 
                 judg
                 you
                 ,
                 before
                 God
                 judg
                 you
                 :
                 speak
                 as
                 before
                 God
                 ;
                 Have
                 you
                 been
                 turned
                 by
                 them
                 from
                 darkness
                 to
                 light
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 unbelief
                 to
                 a
                 lively
                 faith
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 a
                 fleshly
                 ,
                 to
                 a
                 spiritual
                 life
                 ;
                 and
                 from
                 worldly
                 love
                 and
                 hopes
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 love
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 hope
                 of
                 endless
                 joys
                 in
                 Heaven
                 ?
                 Are
                 you
                 at
                 a
                 point
                 with
                 the
                 flattering
                 world
                 ,
                 and
                 fleshly
                 lusts
                 ?
                 and
                 have
                 you
                 heartily
                 taken
                 God
                 and
                 Heaven
                 for
                 your
                 portion
                 ,
                 and
                 Christ
                 for
                 your
                 Saviour
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 holy
                 Spirit
                 for
                 your
                 Sanctifier
                 and
                 comforter
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 word
                 of
                 God
                 for
                 your
                 Law
                 and
                 Charter
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 servants
                 of
                 God
                 for
                 your
                 pleasantest
                 company
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 service
                 and
                 praises
                 of
                 God
                 for
                 your
                 best
                 and
                 pleasantest
                 work
                 ,
                 and
                 sin
                 for
                 your
                 worst
                 and
                 greatest
                 enemy
                 ?
                 If
                 this
                 be
                 so
                 ,
                 bless
                 God
                 that
                 made
                 the
                 word
                 so
                 effectual
                 to
                 you
                 .
                 But
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 not
                 ,
                 you
                 have
                 wronged
                 your
                 Teachers
                 in
                 robbing
                 them
                 of
                 the
                 joy
                 which
                 was
                 their
                 due
                 .
                 This
                 is
                 it
                 that
                 we
                 studyed
                 ,
                 prayed
                 and
                 Preached
                 for
                 :
                 This
                 is
                 it
                 that
                 we
                 live
                 and
                 labour
                 for
                 .
                 This
                 was
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 the
                 chief
                 part
                 of
                 our
                 reward
                 from
                 you
                 .
                 It
                 is
                 not
                 your
                 Tythes
                 and
                 Mony
                 without
                 this
                 ,
                 that
                 will
                 satisfie
                 any
                 but
                 an
                 hireling
                 .
              
               
                 Many
                 old
                 Canons
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 forbad
                 Ministers
                 to
                 receive
                 any
                 offerings
                 or
                 gifts
                 from
                 unbelievers
                 and
                 wicked
                 men
                 ;
                 As
                 if
                 they
                 
                 had
                 said
                 ,
                 keep
                 your
                 mony
                 to
                 your selves
                 ,
                 and
                 think
                 not
                 to
                 stop
                 our
                 mouths
                 with
                 gifts
                 .
                 Give
                 up
                 your selves
                 to
                 Christ
                 ,
                 or
                 you
                 give
                 u●
                 nothing
                 .
                 I
                 tell
                 you
                 it
                 is
                 you
                 that
                 are
                 our
                 great
                 afflicters
                 :
                 and
                 you
                 shall
                 answer
                 for
                 it
                 .
                 It
                 i●
                 much
                 more
                 to
                 us
                 to
                 lose
                 the
                 Joy
                 of
                 your
                 Salvations
                 ,
                 than
                 to
                 lose
                 our
                 estates
                 or
                 liberties
                 ,
                 o●
                 worldly
                 Honour
                 and
                 Reputation
                 .
                 And
                 you
                 can
                 never
                 be
                 saved
                 if
                 you
                 will
                 not
                 be
                 Sanctified
                 ,
                 nor
                 happy
                 if
                 you
                 will
                 not
                 be
                 holy
                 .
                 Oyet
                 look
                 back
                 and
                 remember
                 what
                 Counsel●
                 God
                 sent
                 you
                 by
                 his
                 Ministers
                 ;
                 and
                 what
                 importunities
                 they
                 used
                 with
                 you
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 you
                 have
                 denyed
                 them
                 yet
                 their
                 joy
                 ,
                 O
                 pity
                 your selves
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 regard
                 not
                 them
                 :
                 and
                 deny
                 not
                 your selves
                 still
                 the
                 present
                 joy
                 of
                 a
                 holy
                 life
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 everlasting
                 joy
                 of
                 heavenly
                 glory
                 ,
                 which
                 yet
                 you
                 may
                 attain
                 .
              
               
                 II.
                 And
                 have
                 not
                 you
                 also
                 a
                 course
                 that
                 should
                 be
                 finished
                 with
                 joy
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 we
                 ?
                 O
                 Sirs
                 ,
                 time
                 is
                 precious
                 ,
                 short
                 and
                 hasty
                 .
                 This
                 race
                 is
                 for
                 all
                 eternity
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 run
                 but
                 once
                 .
                 Heaven
                 will
                 be
                 quickly
                 won
                 or
                 lost
                 for
                 ever
                 .
                 Can
                 any
                 one
                 hear
                 and
                 believe
                 this
                 ,
                 that
                 hath
                 the
                 heart
                 of
                 a
                 man
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 be
                 awakened
                 presently
                 to
                 make
                 hast
                 ?
                 Dare
                 you
                 die
                 in
                 an
                 unholy
                 unpardoned
                 state
                 ?
                 Dare
                 you
                 go
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 more
                 foolishly
                 than
                 
                 the
                 unjust
                 steward
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 stewardship
                 ,
                 before
                 you
                 have
                 provided
                 another
                 habitation
                 ?
                 Dare
                 you
                 appear
                 before
                 God
                 without
                 his
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 and
                 image
                 ,
                 and
                 without
                 the
                 wedding
                 garment
                 of
                 sincere
                 holiness
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 without
                 a
                 part
                 in
                 Christ
                 ?
                 O
                 Sirs
                 ,
                 no
                 heart
                 can
                 now
                 conceive
                 what
                 a
                 dreadful
                 appearing
                 that
                 will
                 be
                 .
                 Alas
                 Sirs
                 ,
                 we
                 are
                 dying
                 ,
                 we
                 are
                 all
                 dying
                 ,
                 one
                 to
                 day
                 ,
                 and
                 another
                 to
                 morrow
                 ,
                 and
                 we
                 are
                 all
                 quickly
                 gone
                 :
                 And
                 do
                 you
                 take
                 no
                 care
                 whither
                 you
                 shall
                 go
                 next
                 ,
                 when
                 God
                 bids
                 you
                 care
                 in
                 a
                 manner
                 for
                 nothing
                 else
                 ?
                 Your
                 course
                 will
                 soon
                 be
                 finished
                 :
                 shall
                 it
                 be
                 with
                 joy
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 everlasting
                 misery
                 ?
                 O
                 resolve
                 now
                 ,
                 resolve
                 this
                 day
                 ,
                 as
                 you
                 would
                 speed
                 for
                 ever
                 .
                 Gods
                 grace
                 must
                 save
                 you
                 ,
                 but
                 it
                 lieth
                 more
                 on
                 your
                 present
                 choice
                 and
                 resolution
                 ,
                 than
                 careless
                 sinners
                 will
                 well
                 consider
                 of
                 .
              
               
                 Quest.
                 
                   But
                   how
                   should
                   I
                   finish
                   my
                   course
                   with
                   Ioy.
                   
                
              
               
                 Answ.
                 You
                 may
                 gather
                 it
                 from
                 what
                 is
                 said
                 already
                 .
                 Are
                 you
                 willing
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 to
                 do
                 your
                 part
                 ?
                 Asking
                 Questions
                 will
                 not
                 serve
                 instead
                 of
                 work
                 .
              
               
               
                 I.
                 Will
                 you
                 see
                 that
                 you
                 perish
                 not
                 through
                 your
                 own
                 meer
                 carelesness
                 ,
                 and
                 wilful
                 neglect
                 of
                 what
                 you
                 can
                 do
                 for
                 your
                 Soul
                 :
                 If
                 you
                 will
                 not
                 do
                 what
                 you
                 can
                 ,
                 what
                 good
                 will
                 directions
                 do
                 you
                 ?
                 If
                 men
                 will
                 live
                 as
                 if
                 they
                 had
                 not
                 reason
                 and
                 self-love
                 ,
                 and
                 knew
                 not
                 that
                 they
                 must
                 die
                 ,
                 or
                 care
                 not
                 what
                 becomes
                 of
                 them
                 for
                 ever
                 ,
                 what
                 can
                 one
                 do
                 for
                 the
                 safety
                 of
                 such
                 men
                 ?
                 As
                 men
                 cannot
                 dispute
                 ,
                 that
                 agree
                 not
                 in
                 some
                 granted
                 principles
                 ,
                 so
                 we
                 cannot
                 lead
                 you
                 to
                 Christ
                 by
                 the
                 Gospel
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 agree
                 not
                 in
                 some
                 principles
                 of
                 humanity
                 and
                 self
                 preservation
                 .
                 A
                 sottis●
                 carelesness
                 is
                 the
                 undoing
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 .
              
               
                 II.
                 Set
                 your selves
                 to
                 study
                 the
                 Gospel
                 o●
                 Christ
                 ,
                 till
                 you
                 understand
                 what
                 Salvation
                 is
                 ,
                 and
                 what
                 is
                 the
                 way
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 know
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 true
                 Religion
                 .
                 And
                 then
                 you
                 will
                 see
                 in
                 it
                 so
                 much
                 truth
                 ,
                 so
                 much
                 necessity
                 ,
                 so
                 much
                 amiable
                 beauty
                 and
                 fitness
                 to
                 make
                 you
                 wise
                 ,
                 good
                 and
                 happy
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 will
                 win
                 your
                 hearts
                 to
                 love
                 and
                 pleasure
                 in
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 III.
                 Study
                 throughly
                 the
                 true
                 meaning
                 o●
                 your
                 Baptismal
                 Covenant
                 ,
                 and
                 solemnly
                 before
                 God
                 consent
                 to
                 it
                 with
                 tongue
                 and
                 heart
                 and
                 live
                 as
                 under
                 the
                 Obligation
                 of
                 it
                 all
                 your
                 
                 days
                 .
                 And
                 also
                 live
                 in
                 the
                 belief
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 promises
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 expectation
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 benefits
                 promised
                 .
                 The
                 sum
                 of
                 all
                 your
                 Religion
                 for
                 duty
                 and
                 comfort
                 is
                 comprized
                 in
                 your
                 Baptismal
                 Covenant
                 .
                 Though
                 it
                 be
                 an
                 errour
                 to
                 be
                 oft
                 Baptized
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 hundred
                 times
                 worse
                 errour
                 ,
                 never
                 truly
                 to
                 understand
                 ,
                 consent
                 and
                 practice
                 ,
                 after
                 so
                 solemn
                 a
                 Vow
                 and
                 Covenant
                 .
              
               
                 IV.
                 When
                 you
                 have
                 given
                 up
                 your selves
                 to
                 God
                 ,
                 as
                 your
                 God
                 and
                 Father
                 ,
                 your
                 Saviour
                 and
                 your
                 Sanctifier
                 ,
                 remember
                 that
                 your
                 great
                 relations
                 have
                 engaged
                 you
                 in
                 the
                 greatest
                 business
                 and
                 the
                 highest
                 hopes
                 in
                 all
                 the
                 World.
                 And
                 therefore
                 now
                 live
                 as
                 fellow
                 Citizens
                 of
                 the
                 Saints
                 and
                 the
                 Houshold
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 that
                 have
                 nobler
                 converse
                 ,
                 work
                 and
                 hope
                 ,
                 than
                 worldly
                 unbelievers
                 .
                 Remember
                 now
                 with
                 whom
                 and
                 what
                 you
                 have
                 to
                 do
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 a
                 by
                 and
                 trifling
                 business
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 best
                 and
                 greatest
                 that
                 you
                 have
                 undertaken
                 .
              
               
                 V.
                 Joyn
                 with
                 those
                 ,
                 that
                 are
                 for
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 whose
                 Counsel
                 and
                 Company
                 may
                 be
                 your
                 help
                 ;
                 separate
                 from
                 no
                 Christians
                 by
                 way
                 of
                 division
                 ,
                 further
                 than
                 God
                 commandeth
                 you
                 ;
                 and
                 do
                 not
                 easily
                 forsake
                 the
                 judgment
                 of
                 the
                 generality
                 of
                 godly
                 men
                 .
                 But
                 make
                 few
                 your
                 
                 familiar
                 friends
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 such
                 as
                 are
                 most
                 wise
                 ,
                 and
                 humble
                 ,
                 and
                 sincere
                 ,
                 and
                 cheerful
                 in
                 the
                 belief
                 ,
                 and
                 hopes
                 of
                 glory
                 ,
                 and
                 suitable
                 to
                 your
                 use
                 and
                 converse
                 .
              
               
                 VI.
                 In
                 all
                 doubts
                 ,
                 and
                 difficulties
                 of
                 Religion
                 ,
                 judg
                 not
                 hastily
                 before
                 you
                 have
                 throughly
                 heard
                 and
                 tryed
                 .
                 Prefer
                 a
                 suspended
                 judgment
                 ,
                 that
                 stayeth
                 till
                 it
                 have
                 tryed
                 ,
                 before
                 a
                 rash
                 and
                 hasty
                 judgment
                 of
                 what
                 you
                 know
                 not
                 ,
                 and
                 may
                 repent
                 of
                 .
              
               
                 VII
                 .
                 Carefully
                 govern
                 your
                 fleshly
                 appetites
                 and
                 sense
                 ,
                 and
                 avoid
                 needless
                 temptations
                 ,
                 especially
                 to
                 sinful
                 ●leasure
                 .
                 For
                 lust
                 will
                 conceive
                 else
                 ,
                 and
                 bring
                 forth
                 sin
                 ;
                 and
                 sin
                 being
                 finished
                 will
                 bring
                 forth
                 death
                 .
                 You
                 will
                 find
                 sin
                 and
                 comfort
                 contrary
                 .
              
               
                 VIII
                 .
                 Especially
                 fear
                 the
                 flatteries
                 of
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 and
                 hopes
                 of
                 a
                 pleasant
                 life
                 to
                 the
                 flesh
                 on
                 earth
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 itch
                 after
                 riches
                 ,
                 plenty
                 or
                 preferment
                 ,
                 and
                 designs
                 for
                 the
                 attaining
                 them
                 ;
                 love
                 not
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 nor
                 the
                 things
                 that
                 are
                 in
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 the
                 lust
                 of
                 the
                 flesh
                 ,
                 the
                 lust
                 of
                 the
                 eyes
                 ,
                 and
                 pride
                 of
                 life
                 ,
                 the
                 portion
                 of
                 the
                 wicked
                 ,
                 for
                 if
                 any
                 man
                 love
                 the
                 World
                 (
                 for
                 the
                 flesh
                 and
                 it self
                 ,
                 )
                 so
                 far
                 
                 the
                 love
                 of
                 the
                 Father
                 is
                 not
                 in
                 him
                 ,
                 1
                 Ioh.
                 2.15
                 ,
                 16.
                 
              
               
                 IX
                 .
                 Value
                 precious
                 Time
                 ,
                 and
                 live
                 not
                 in
                 idleness
                 :
                 spend
                 time
                 as
                 you
                 would
                 hear
                 of
                 it
                 at
                 last
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 those
                 that
                 know
                 what
                 it
                 is
                 to
                 have
                 but
                 one
                 short
                 life
                 to
                 determine
                 where
                 they
                 shall
                 live
                 for
                 ever
                 .
                 Hear
                 and
                 abhor
                 all
                 pastimes
                 and
                 triflings
                 ,
                 that
                 would
                 rob
                 you
                 of
                 your
                 time
                 .
              
               
                 X.
                 Converse
                 daily
                 in
                 Heaven
                 while
                 you
                 are
                 on
                 earth
                 :
                 let
                 Faith
                 still
                 see
                 it
                 ;
                 Let
                 Hope
                 still
                 make
                 after
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 let
                 Love
                 desire
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 delightfully
                 remember
                 it
                 .
                 There
                 is
                 our
                 Father
                 ,
                 our
                 Saviour
                 ,
                 our
                 Comforter
                 ,
                 our
                 friends
                 ,
                 with
                 whom
                 we
                 must
                 live
                 for
                 ever
                 .
                 There
                 let
                 our
                 hearts
                 be
                 as
                 the
                 place
                 of
                 all
                 our
                 hopes
                 .
                 And
                 let
                 the
                 strain
                 of
                 your
                 Religion
                 be
                 as
                 Heavenly
                 as
                 you
                 can
                 ;
                 Let
                 it
                 consist
                 in
                 love
                 ,
                 in
                 unity
                 and
                 concord
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 joyful
                 praises
                 of
                 Iehovah
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 a
                 pure
                 holy
                 life
                 .
                 This
                 will
                 raise
                 you
                 above
                 the
                 sinful
                 love
                 of
                 this
                 transitory
                 life
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 fear
                 of
                 death
                 ,
                 and
                 give
                 you
                 the
                 soretasts
                 of
                 Heaven
                 on
                 Earth
                 ,
                 while
                 you
                 do
                 Gods
                 will
                 on
                 earth
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 done
                 in
                 Heaven
                 .
                 But
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 Spirit
                 and
                 grace
                 of
                 Christ
                 which
                 you
                 must
                 beg
                 and
                 seek
                 ,
                 and
                 on
                 which
                 you
                 
                 must
                 obediently
                 depend
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 performance
                 of
                 all
                 this
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 upon
                 your
                 unconstant
                 wills
                 :
                 Without
                 Christ
                 we
                 can
                 do
                 nothing
                 ;
                 but
                 by
                 his
                 strengthening
                 us
                 ,
                 we
                 can
                 do
                 all
                 things
                 necessary
                 to
                 our
                 Salvation
                 ;
                 and
                 we
                 are
                 more
                 than
                 Conquerors
                 even
                 in
                 our
                 patient
                 sufferings
                 ,
                 through
                 the
                 Captain
                 of
                 our
                 Salvation
                 who
                 hath
                 Conquered
                 for
                 us
                 .
              
               
                 Thus
                 we
                 may
                 finish
                 our
                 Course
                 with
                 Joy.
                 
              
               
                 FINIS
                 .