A sermon preached at the funerall of that worthy knight Sr. George Dalston of Dalston in Cumberland, September 28. 1657. By J.T. D.D.
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             A sermon preached at the funerall of that worthy knight Sr. George Dalston of Dalston in Cumberland, September 28. 1657. By J.T. D.D.
             Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667.
          
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           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           at
           the
           Funerall
           of
           that
           worthy
           Knight
           Sr.
           GEORGE
           DALSTON
           of
           
             DALSTON
          
           in
           
             Cumberland
             ,
             September
          
           28.
           1657.
           
        
         
           By
           
             I.
             T.
          
           D.
           D.
           
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Iohn
             Martin
             ,
             Iames
             Allestrye
             ,
          
           and
           
             Thomas
             Dicas
             .
          
           1658.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           
             1
             Cor.
             15.
             19.
             
          
           
             If
             in
             this
             life
             only
             we
             have
             hope
             in
             Christ
             ,
             we
             are
             of
             all
             men
             most
             miserable
             .
          
        
         
           WHen
           God
           in
           his
           infinite
           and
           eternal
           wisdome
           had
           decreed
           to
           give
           to
           man
           a
           life
           of
           labour
           and
           a
           body
           of
           mortality
           ,
           a
           state
           of
           contingency
           and
           a
           composition
           of
           fighting
           elements
           ;
           and
           having
           design'd
           to
           be
           glorified
           by
           a
           free
           obedience
           ,
           would
           also
           permit
           sin
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           suffer
           evil
           men
           to
           goe
           on
           in
           their
           wickedness
           ,
           to
           prevail
           in
           their
           impious
           machinations
           ,
           to
           vex
           the
           souls
           ,
           and
           grieve
           the
           bodies
           of
           the
           righteous
           ,
           he
           knew
           that
           this
           would
           not
           only
           be
           very
           hard
           to
           be
           suffered
           by
           his
           servants
           ,
           but
           also
           be
           very
           difficult
           to
           be
           understood
           by
           them
           who
           know
           God
           to
           be
           a
           
             Law-giver
          
           as
           well
           as
           a
           
             Lord
             ,
          
           a
           
             Iudge
          
           as
           well
           as
           a
           
             King
             ,
          
           a
           
             Father
          
           as
           well
           as
           a
           
             Ruler
             ;
          
           and
           that
           in
           order
           to
           his
           own
           glory
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           manifestation
           of
           his
           goodness
           he
           had
           promised
           to
           reward
           his
           servants
           ,
           to
           give
           good
           to
           them
           that
           did
           good
           :
           therefore
           to
           take
           off
           all
           prejudices
           and
           evil
           resentments
           and
           temptations
           which
           might
           trouble
           those
           good
           men
           who
           suffered
           evil
           things
           ,
           he
           was
           pleased
           
           to
           do
           two
           great
           things
           which
           might
           confirme
           the
           faith
           ,
           and
           endear
           the
           services
           ,
           and
           entertain
           the
           hopes
           of
           them
           who
           are
           indeed
           his
           servants
           ,
           but
           yet
           were
           very
           ill
           used
           in
           the
           accidents
           of
           this
           world
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           one
           was
           that
           he
           sent
           his
           son
           into
           the
           world
           to
           take
           upon
           him
           our
           nature
           ,
           and
           him
           being
           the
           
             Captain
             of
             our
             salvation
             he
             would
             perfect
             through
             sufferings
             ;
          
           that
           no
           man
           might
           think
           it
           much
           to
           suffer
           ,
           when
           God
           spared
           not
           his
           own
           son
           ;
           and
           every
           man
           might
           submit
           to
           the
           necessity
           when
           the
           Christ
           of
           God
           was
           not
           exempt
           ;
           and
           yet
           that
           no
           man
           should
           fear
           the
           event
           which
           was
           to
           follow
           such
           sad
           beginnings
           ,
           when
           
             it
             behoved
          
           even
           
             Christ
             to
             suffer
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             enter
             into
             glory
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           other
           great
           thing
           was
           ,
           that
           God
           did
           not
           only
           by
           revelation
           and
           the
           Sermons
           of
           the
           Prophets
           
             to
             his
             Church
             ,
          
           but
           even
           
             to
             all
             mankinde
          
           competently
           teach
           ,
           and
           effectively
           perswade
           that
           the
           soul
           of
           man
           does
           not
           die
           ;
           but
           that
           although
           things
           were
           ill
           here
           ,
           yet
           they
           should
           be
           well
           hereafter
           ;
           that
           the
           evils
           of
           this
           life
           were
           short
           and
           tolerable
           ,
           and
           that
           to
           the
           good
           who
           usually
           feel
           most
           of
           them
           ,
           they
           should
           end
           in
           honour
           and
           advantages
           .
           And
           therefore
           
             Cicero
          
           had
           reason
           on
           his
           side
           to
           conclude
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           to
           be
           a
           time
           and
           place
           after
           this
           life
           wherein
           the
           wicked
           shall
           be
           punished
           and
           the
           vertuous
           well
           rewarded
           ,
           when
           he
           considered
           that
           
             Orpheus
          
           and
           
             Socrates
             ,
             Palamedes
          
           and
           
             Thraseas
             ,
             Lucretia
          
           and
           
             Papinian
          
           were
           either
           slain
           or
           oppressed
           to
           death
           by
           evil
           men
           .
           But
           to
           us
           Christians
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           (
           as
           
             Platoes
          
           expression
           is
           )
           we
           have
           a
           necessity
           to
           declare
           and
           a
           demonstration
           to
           prove
           it
           ,
           when
           we
           read
           that
           
             Abel
          
           died
           by
           the
           hands
           of
           
             Cain
             ,
          
           who
           was
           so
           ignorant
           ,
           that
           though
           he
           had
           
             malice
          
           and
           
             strength
             ,
          
           yet
           he
           had
           scarce
           
             art
          
           enough
           to
           kill
           him
           ;
           when
           we
           read
           that
           
             Iohn
          
           the
           
             Baptist
             ,
          
           Christ
           himselfe
           and
           his
           Apostles
           and
           his
           whole
           army
           of
           martyrs
           died
           under
           the
           violence
           of
           evil
           men
           ;
           when
           vertue
           made
           good
           men
           poor
           ,
           and
           free
           speaking
           of
           brave
           truths
           made
           the
           wise
           to
           lose
           their
           liberty
           ;
           when
           an
           excellent
           life
           hastened
           an
           opprobrious
           death
           ,
           and
           the
           obeying
           God
           destroyed
           our selves
           ;
           it
           was
           but
           time
           to
           look
           about
           for
           another
           state
           of
           things
           where
           justice
           
           should
           rule
           and
           vertue
           finde
           her
           own
           portion
           :
           where
           the
           men
           that
           were
           like
           to
           God
           in
           mercy
           and
           justice
           should
           also
           partake
           of
           his
           felicity
           :
           and
           therefore
           men
           cast
           out
           every
           line
           ,
           and
           turned
           every
           stone
           ,
           and
           tried
           every
           argument
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           proved
           it
           well
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           did
           not
           ,
           yet
           they
           believed
           strongly
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           sure
           of
           the
           thing
           even
           when
           they
           were
           not
           sure
           of
           the
           argument
           .
        
         
           Thus
           therefore
           would
           the
           old
           Priests
           of
           the
           Capitol
           ,
           and
           the
           Ministers
           of
           
             Apollo
             ,
          
           and
           the
           mystic
           persons
           at
           their
           Oracles
           believe
           ,
           when
           they
           made
           
             Apotheoses
          
           of
           vertuous
           and
           braver
           persons
           ,
           ascribing
           every
           braver
           man
           into
           the
           number
           of
           their
           gods
           :
           
             Hercules
          
           and
           
             Romulus
             ,
             Castor
             ,
          
           and
           
             Pollux
             ,
             Liber
             Pater
             ,
          
           him
           that
           taught
           the
           use
           of
           Vines
           ,
           and
           her
           that
           taught
           them
           the
           use
           of
           Corne
           .
           For
           they
           knew
           that
           it
           must
           needs
           be
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           like
           to
           God
           doe
           excellent
           things
           ,
           must
           like
           to
           God
           have
           an
           excellent
           portion
           .
        
         
           This
           learning
           they
           also
           had
           from
           
             Pherecydes
          
           the
           Syrian
           ,
           from
           
             Pythagoras
          
           of
           Samos
           ,
           and
           from
           
             Zamolxis
          
           the
           Gete
           ,
           from
           the
           Neighbours
           of
           
             Euphrates
             ,
          
           and
           the
           inhabitants
           by
           
             Ister
          
           who
           were
           called
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             Immortalists
             ,
          
           because
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           all
           their
           dark
           notices
           of
           things
           they
           saw
           this
           clearly
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ;
           that
           vertuous
           and
           good
           men
           do
           not
           die
           ,
           but
           their
           souls
           do
           go
           into
           blessed
           regions
           where
           they
           shall
           enjoy
           all
           good
           things
           :
           and
           it
           was
           never
           known
           that
           ever
           any
           good
           man
           was
           of
           another
           opinion
           .
           
             Hercules
          
           and
           
             Themistocles
             ,
             Epaminondas
          
           and
           
             Cicero
             ,
             Socrates
          
           and
           
             Cimon
             ,
             Ennius
          
           and
           
             Phidias
             ,
          
           all
           the
           flower
           of
           mankind
           have
           preached
           this
           truth
           .
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           The
           discoursings
           and
           prophesyings
           of
           Divine
           men
           are
           much
           more
           proper
           and
           excellent
           then
           of
           others
           ,
           because
           they
           do
           equal
           and
           good
           things
           until
           the
           time
           comes
           that
           they
           shall
           hear
           well
           for
           them
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           And
           this
           is
           the
           sign
           that
           when
           we
           die
           we
           
           have
           life
           and
           discerning
           ,
           because
           though
           the
           wicked
           care
           not
           for
           believing
           it
           ,
           yet
           all
           the
           Prophets
           and
           the
           Poets
           ,
           the
           wise
           and
           the
           brave
           Heroes
           say
           so
           ;
           they
           are
           the
           words
           of
           
             Plato
             .
          
           For
           though
           that
           which
           is
           compounded
           of
           elements
           returns
           to
           its
           material
           and
           corruptible
           principles
           ,
           yet
           the
           soul
           which
           is
           a
           particle
           of
           the
           Divine
           breath
           returns
           to
           its
           own
           Divine
           original
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           no
           death
           or
           dissolution
           :
           and
           because
           the
           understanding
           is
           neither
           hot
           nor
           cold
           ,
           it
           hath
           no
           moisture
           in
           it
           and
           no
           driness
           ,
           it
           follows
           that
           it
           hath
           nothing
           of
           those
           substances
           concerning
           which
           alone
           we
           know
           that
           they
           are
           corruptible
           .
           There
           is
           nothing
           corruptible
           that
           we
           know
           of
           ,
           but
           the
           four
           elements
           and
           their
           Sons
           and
           Daughters
           :
           nothing
           dies
           that
           can
           discourse
           ,
           that
           can
           reflect
           in
           perfect
           circles
           upon
           their
           own
           imperfect
           actions
           ;
           nothing
           can
           die
           that
           can
           see
           God
           and
           converse
           with
           spirits
           ,
           that
           can
           govern
           by
           laws
           and
           wise
           propositions
           .
           For
           fire
           and
           water
           can
           be
           tyrannical
           but
           not
           govern
           ;
           they
           can
           bear
           every
           thing
           down
           that
           stands
           before
           them
           and
           rush
           like
           the
           people
           ,
           but
           not
           rule
           like
           Judges
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           perish
           as
           tumults
           are
           dissolved
           .
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           :
           sayes
           
             Aristotle
             .
          
           But
           the
           soul
           only
           comes
           from
           abroad
           ,
           from
           a
           Divine
           principle
           (
           for
           so
           saith
           the
           Scripture
           )
           
             God
             breathed
             into
             Adam
             the
             spirit
             of
             life
             ,
          
           and
           that
           which
           in
           operation
           does
           not
           communicate
           with
           the
           body
           shall
           have
           no
           part
           in
           its
           corruption
           .
        
         
           Thus
           far
           they
           were
           right
           ;
           but
           when
           they
           descended
           to
           particulars
           they
           fell
           into
           error
           .
           That
           the
           rewards
           of
           vertue
           were
           to
           be
           hereafter
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           sure
           of
           :
           that
           the
           soul
           was
           to
           survive
           the
           calamities
           of
           this
           world
           and
           the
           death
           of
           the
           body
           ;
           that
           they
           were
           sure
           of
           ;
           and
           upon
           this
           account
           they
           did
           bravely
           and
           vertuously
           :
           and
           yet
           ,
           they
           that
           thought
           best
           amongst
           them
           believed
           that
           the
           souls
           departed
           should
           be
           reinvested
           with
           other
           bodies
           according
           to
           the
           dispositions
           and
           capacities
           of
           this
           life
           .
        
         
           Thus
           
             Orpheus
          
           who
           sang
           well
           should
           transmigrate
           into
           a
           Swan
           ,
           and
           the
           soul
           of
           
             Thamyris
          
           who
           had
           as
           good
           a
           voice
           as
           he
           ,
           should
           wander
           till
           it
           were
           confined
           to
           the
           body
           of
           a
           Nightingal
           ;
           
             Ajax
          
           to
           a
           Lion
           ,
           
             Agamemnon
          
           to
           an
           Eagle
           ,
           Tyrant
           princes
           into
           wolvs
           
           and
           Hawks
           ,
           the
           lascivious
           into
           Asses
           and
           Goats
           ,
           the
           Drunkards
           into
           Swine
           ,
           the
           Crafty
           Statesmen
           into
           bees
           and
           pismires
           ,
           and
           
             Thersites
          
           to
           an
           Ape
           .
           This
           fancy
           of
           theirs
           prevailed
           much
           amongst
           the
           common
           people
           ,
           and
           the
           uninstructed
           amongst
           the
           Jews
           :
           for
           when
           Christ
           appeared
           so
           glorious
           in
           miracle
           ,
           
             Herod
          
           presently
           fancied
           him
           to
           be
           the
           soul
           of
           
             Iohn
          
           the
           Baptist
           in
           another
           body
           ,
           and
           the
           common
           people
           said
           he
           was
           
             Elias
             ,
          
           or
           
             Ieremias
             ,
          
           or
           one
           of
           the
           old
           Prophets
           .
           And
           true
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           although
           God
           was
           pleased
           in
           all
           times
           to
           communicate
           to
           mankind
           notices
           of
           the
           other
           world
           sufficient
           to
           encourage
           vertues
           ,
           and
           to
           contest
           against
           the
           rencontres
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           yet
           he
           was
           ever
           sparing
           in
           telling
           the
           secrets
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           when
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           had
           his
           rapture
           into
           Heaven
           ,
           he
           saw
           fine
           things
           and
           heard
           strange
           words
           ,
           but
           they
           were
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           words
           that
           he
           could
           not
           speak
           ,
           and
           secrets
           that
           he
           could
           not
           understand
           ,
           and
           secrets
           that
           he
           could
           not
           communicate
           .
           For
           as
           a
           man
           staring
           upon
           the
           broad
           eye
           of
           the
           Sun
           at
           his
           noon
           of
           Solstice
           ,
           feels
           his
           heat
           and
           dwells
           in
           light
           ,
           and
           loses
           the
           sight
           of
           his
           eyes
           and
           perceives
           nothing
           distinctly
           ,
           but
           the
           Organ
           is
           confounded
           and
           the
           faculty
           amazed
           with
           too
           big
           a
           beauty
           :
           So
           was
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           in
           his
           extasy
           ;
           he
           saw
           that
           he
           could
           see
           nothing
           to
           be
           told
           below
           ,
           and
           he
           perceived
           the
           glories
           were
           too
           big
           for
           flesh
           and
           blood
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           beauties
           of
           separate
           souls
           were
           not
           to
           be
           understood
           by
           the
           soul
           in
           Conjunction
           ;
           and
           therefore
           after
           all
           the
           fine
           things
           that
           he
           saw
           ,
           we
           only
           know
           what
           we
           knew
           before
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           that
           the
           soul
           can
           live
           when
           the
           body
           is
           dead
           ;
           that
           it
           can
           subsist
           without
           the
           body
           ;
           that
           there
           are
           very
           great
           glories
           reserved
           for
           them
           that
           serve
           God
           ;
           that
           they
           who
           die
           in
           Christ
           shall
           live
           with
           him
           ;
           that
           the
           body
           is
           a
           prison
           and
           the
           soul
           is
           in
           fetters
           while
           we
           are
           alive
           ;
           and
           that
           when
           the
           body
           dies
           the
           soul
           springs
           and
           leaps
           from
           her
           prison
           and
           enters
           into
           the
           first
           liberty
           of
           the
           sons
           of
           God
           .
           Now
           much
           of
           this
           did
           rely
           upon
           the
           same
           argument
           upon
           which
           the
           wise
           Gentiles
           of
           old
           concluded
           the
           immortality
           of
           the
           soul
           ;
           even
           because
           we
           are
           here
           very
           miserable
           and
           very
           poor
           :
           we
           are
           sick
           and
           we
           are
           afflicted
           ;
           we
           do
           well
           and
           are
           disgraced
           ;
           we
           speak
           well
           and
           we
           are
           derided
           ;
           we
           tell
           truths
           and
           few
           believe
           us
           ;
           
           but
           the
           proud
           are
           exalted
           and
           the
           wicked
           are
           delivered
           ,
           and
           evil
           men
           reign
           over
           us
           ,
           and
           the
           covetous
           snatch
           our
           little
           bundles
           of
           money
           from
           us
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Fiscus
          
           gathers
           our
           rents
           ,
           and
           every where
           the
           wisest
           and
           the
           best
           men
           are
           oppressed
           ;
           but
           therefore
           because
           it
           is
           thus
           ,
           and
           thus
           it
           is
           not
           well
           ,
           we
           hope
           for
           some
           great
           good
           thing
           hereafter
           .
           For
           if
           in
           this
           life
           only
           we
           had
           hope
           ,
           then
           we
           Christians
           ,
           all
           we
           to
           whom
           persecution
           is
           allotted
           for
           our
           portion
           ,
           we
           who
           must
           be
           patient
           under
           the
           Crosse
           ,
           and
           receive
           injuries
           and
           say
           nothing
           but
           prayers
           ,
           we
           certainly
           were
           of
           all
           men
           the
           most
           miserable
           .
        
         
           Well
           then
           !
           in
           this
           life
           we
           see
           plainly
           that
           our
           portion
           is
           not
           :
           here
           we
           have
           hopes
           ,
           but
           not
           here
           only
           ,
           we
           shall
           goe
           into
           another
           place
           ,
           where
           we
           shall
           have
           more
           hopes
           :
           our
           faith
           shall
           have
           more
           evidence
           ,
           it
           shall
           be
           of
           things
           seen
           afar
           off
           ;
           and
           our
           hopes
           shall
           be
           of
           more
           certainty
           and
           perspicuity
           ,
           and
           next
           to
           possession
           ;
           we
           shall
           have
           very
           much
           good
           ,
           and
           be
           very
           sure
           of
           much
           more
           .
           Here
           then
           are
           three
           propositions
           to
           be
           considered
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             The
             Servants
             of
             God
             in
             this
             world
             are
             very
             miserable
             ,
             were
             it
             not
             for
             their
             hopes
             of
             what
             is
             to
             come
             hereafter
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Though
             this
             be
             a
             place
             of
             hopes
             ,
             yet
             we
             have
             not
             our
             hopes
             only
             here
             .
             
               If
               in
               this
               life
               only
               we
               had
               hopes
            
             (
             saith
             the
             Apostle
             )
             meaning
             ,
             that
             in
             another
             life
             also
             we
             have
             hopes
             ;
             not
             only
             
               metonymically
               ,
            
             taking
             hopes
             for
             the
             things
             we
             hope
             for
             ,
             but
             
               properly
            
             and
             for
             the
             acts
             ,
             objects
             and
             causes
             of
             hope
             .
             In
             the
             state
             of
             separation
             the
             godly
             shall
             have
             the
             vast
             joyes
             of
             a
             certain
             intuitive
             hope
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             several
             proportions
             and
             capacities
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             consummation
             and
             perfection
             of
             their
             felicity
             ,
             when
             all
             their
             miseries
             shall
             be
             changed
             into
             glories
             ,
             is
             in
             the
             world
             to
             come
             ,
             after
             the
             resurrection
             of
             the
             dead
             ;
             which
             is
             the
             main
             thing
             which
             S.
             
               Paul
            
             here
             intends
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           servants
           of
           God
           in
           this
           life
           are
           calamitous
           and
           afflicted
           ;
           they
           must
           live
           under
           the
           Crosse
           .
           
             He
             that
             will
             be
             my
             Disciple
             ,
             let
             him
             deny
             himself
             and
             take
             up
             his
             Cross
             and
             follow
             me
          
           (
           said
           our
           
           Glorious
           Lord
           and
           Master
           .
           )
           And
           we
           see
           this
           Prophetic
           precept
           ,
           (
           for
           it
           is
           both
           a
           Prophecy
           and
           a
           Commandment
           ,
           and
           therefore
           shall
           be
           obeyed
           whether
           we
           will
           or
           no
           )
           but
           I
           say
           ,
           we
           see
           it
           verified
           by
           the
           experience
           of
           every
           day
           .
           For
           here
           the
           violent
           oppress
           the
           meek
           and
           they
           that
           are
           charitable
           shall
           receive
           injuries
           .
           The
           Apostles
           who
           preach'd
           Christ
           crucified
           were
           themselves
           persecuted
           and
           put
           to
           violent
           deaths
           ;
           and
           Christianity
           it selfe
           for
           three
           hundred
           years
           was
           the
           publick
           hatred
           ;
           and
           yet
           then
           it
           was
           that
           men
           loved
           God
           best
           ,
           and
           suffered
           more
           for
           him
           ;
           
             then
             ,
          
           they
           did
           most
           good
           ,
           and
           least
           of
           evill
           .
           In
           this
           world
           men
           thrive
           by
           villany
           ,
           and
           lying
           and
           deceiving
           is
           accounted
           just
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           rich
           is
           to
           be
           wise
           ,
           and
           tyranny
           is
           honourable
           ,
           and
           though
           little
           thefts
           and
           petty
           mischiefs
           are
           interrupted
           by
           the
           laws
           ,
           yet
           if
           a
           mischief
           become
           publick
           and
           great
           ,
           acted
           by
           Princes
           and
           effected
           by
           armies
           ,
           and
           robberies
           be
           done
           by
           whole
           fleets
           ,
           it
           is
           vertue
           and
           it
           is
           glory
           :
           it
           fills
           the
           mouths
           of
           fools
           that
           wonder
           ,
           and
           imployes
           the
           pens
           of
           witty
           men
           that
           eat
           the
           bread
           of
           flattery
           .
           How
           many
           thousand
           bottles
           of
           tears
           ,
           and
           how
           many
           millions
           of
           sighs
           does
           God
           every
           day
           record
           ,
           while
           the
           oppressed
           and
           the
           poor
           pray
           unto
           him
           ,
           worship
           him
           ,
           speak
           great
           things
           of
           his
           holy
           Name
           ,
           study
           to
           please
           him
           ,
           beg
           for
           helps
           that
           they
           may
           become
           gracious
           in
           his
           eyes
           ,
           and
           are
           so
           ,
           and
           yet
           never
           sing
           in
           all
           their
           life
           ,
           but
           when
           they
           sing
           Gods
           praises
           out
           of
           duty
           with
           a
           sad
           heart
           and
           a
           hopefull
           spirit
           ,
           living
           only
           upon
           the
           future
           ,
           weary
           of
           to
           day
           ,
           and
           sustain'd
           only
           by
           the
           hope
           of
           to morrows
           event
           ?
           and
           after
           all
           ,
           their
           eyes
           are
           dim
           with
           weeping
           and
           looking
           upon
           distances
           as
           knowing
           they
           shall
           never
           be
           happy
           till
           the
           
             new
             Heavens
             and
             the
             new
             Eearth
          
           appear
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           need
           not
           instance
           in
           the
           
             miserabili
          
           in
           them
           that
           dwell
           in
           dungeons
           and
           lay
           their
           head
           in
           places
           of
           trouble
           and
           disease
           :
           take
           those
           servants
           of
           God
           who
           have
           greatest
           plenty
           ,
           who
           are
           incircled
           with
           blessings
           ,
           whom
           this
           world
           calls
           prosperous
           ,
           and
           see
           if
           they
           have
           not
           fightings
           within
           and
           crosses
           without
           ,
           contradiction
           of
           accidents
           and
           perpetuity
           of
           temptations
           ,
           the
           Devil
           assaulting
           them
           and
           their
           own
           weakness
           betraying
           them
           ;
           fears
           
           incompassing
           them
           round
           about
           lest
           they
           lose
           the
           favour
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           shame
           sitting
           heavily
           upon
           them
           when
           they
           remember
           how
           often
           they
           talk
           foolishly
           ,
           and
           lose
           their
           duty
           ,
           and
           dishonour
           their
           greatest
           relations
           and
           walk
           unworthy
           of
           those
           glories
           which
           they
           would
           fain
           obtain
           ;
           and
           all
           this
           is
           besides
           the
           unavoidable
           acc●dents
           of
           mortality
           ,
           sickly
           bodies
           ,
           troublesome
           times
           ,
           changes
           of
           Government
           ,
           loss
           of
           interests
           ,
           unquiet
           and
           peevish
           accidents
           round
           about
           them
           :
           so
           that
           when
           they
           consider
           to
           what
           they
           are
           primarily
           obliged
           ;
           that
           they
           must
           in
           some
           instances
           deny
           their
           appetite
           ,
           in
           others
           they
           must
           quit
           their
           relations
           ,
           in
           all
           they
           must
           deny
           themselves
           when
           their
           Natural
           or
           Secular
           danger
           tempts
           to
           sin
           or
           danger
           ;
           and
           that
           for
           the
           support
           of
           their
           wills
           and
           the
           strengthening
           their
           resolutions
           against
           the
           arguments
           and
           sollicitation
           of
           passions
           they
           have
           nothing
           but
           the
           promises
           of
           another
           world
           ;
           they
           will
           easily
           see
           that
           all
           the
           splendour
           of
           their
           condition
           which
           fools
           admire
           and
           wise
           men
           use
           temperately
           and
           handle
           with
           caution
           as
           they
           trie
           the
           edge
           of
           a
           rasor
           ,
           is
           so
           far
           from
           making
           them
           recompence
           for
           the
           sufferings
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           that
           the
           reserves
           and
           expectations
           of
           the
           next
           is
           that
           conjugation
           of
           aids
           by
           which
           only
           they
           can
           well
           and
           wisely
           bear
           the
           calamities
           of
           their
           present
           plenty
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           we
           look
           round
           about
           us
           and
           see
           how
           many
           righteous
           causes
           are
           oppressed
           ,
           how
           many
           good
           men
           are
           reproached
           ,
           how
           religion
           is
           persecuted
           ,
           upon
           what
           strange
           principles
           the
           greatest
           princes
           of
           the
           world
           transact
           their
           greatest
           affairs
           ,
           how
           easily
           they
           make
           wars
           and
           how
           suddainly
           they
           break
           leagues
           ,
           and
           at
           what
           expence
           and
           vast
           pensions
           they
           corrupt
           each
           others
           officers
           ,
           and
           how
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           mankind
           watches
           to
           devour
           one
           another
           ,
           and
           they
           that
           are
           devoured
           are
           commonly
           the
           best
           ,
           the
           poor
           and
           the
           harmless
           ,
           the
           gentle
           and
           uncrasty
           ,
           the
           simple
           and
           religious
           ;
           and
           then
           how
           many
           wayes
           all
           good
           men
           are
           exposed
           to
           danger
           ,
           and
           that
           our
           scene
           of
           duty
           lies
           as
           much
           in
           passive
           graces
           as
           in
           active
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           confessed
           that
           this
           is
           a
           place
           of
           wasps
           and
           insects
           ,
           of
           Vipers
           and
           Dragons
           ,
           of
           Tigres
           and
           Bears
           ;
           but
           the
           sheep
           are
           eaten
           by
           men
           or
           devoured
           by
           Wolves
           and
           Foxes
           ,
           or
           die
           of
           the
           rot
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           do
           not
           ,
           
           yet
           every
           year
           they
           redeem
           their
           lives
           by
           giving
           their
           fleece
           and
           their
           milk
           ,
           and
           must
           die
           when
           their
           death
           will
           pay
           the
           charges
           of
           the
           knife
           .
        
         
           Now
           from
           this
           I
           say
           ,
           it
           was
           that
           the
           very
           Heathen
           ,
           
             Plutarch
          
           and
           
             Cicero
             ,
             Pythagoras
          
           and
           
             Hierocles
             ,
             Plato
          
           and
           many
           others
           did
           argue
           and
           conclude
           that
           there
           must
           be
           a
           day
           of
           recompences
           to
           come
           hereafter
           which
           would
           set
           all
           right
           again
           :
           And
           from
           hence
           also
           our
           B.
           Saviour
           himself
           did
           convince
           the
           
             Sadduces
          
           in
           their
           fond
           and
           pertinacious
           denying
           of
           the
           resurrection
           :
           For
           that
           is
           the
           meaning
           of
           that
           argument
           which
           our
           B.
           Lord
           did
           choose
           as
           being
           clearly
           and
           infallibly
           the
           aptest
           of
           any
           in
           the
           old
           Testament
           to
           prove
           the
           resurrection
           ,
           and
           though
           the
           deduction
           is
           not
           at
           first
           so
           plain
           and
           evident
           ,
           yet
           upon
           neerer
           intuition
           ,
           the
           interpretation
           is
           easie
           and
           the
           argument
           excellent
           and
           proper
           .
        
         
           For
           it
           is
           observed
           by
           the
           learned
           among
           the
           Jews
           that
           when
           God
           is
           by
           way
           of
           particular
           relation
           and
           especial
           benediction
           appropriated
           to
           any
           one
           ,
           it
           is
           intended
           that
           God
           is
           to
           him
           a
           
             Rewarder
          
           and
           
             Benefactor
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ;
           for
           that
           is
           the
           first
           thing
           and
           the
           last
           that
           every
           man
           believes
           and
           feels
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           therefore
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           summes
           up
           the
           Gentiles
           Creed
           in
           this
           compendium
           ;
           
             He
             that
             commeth
             to
             God
             must
             believe
             that
             God
             is
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             is
             a
             rewarder
             of
             them
             that
             diligently
             seek
             him
             .
             [
             Heb.
          
           11.
           6.
           ]
           And
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           
             indefinite
          
           expression
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           in
           the
           
             limited
             ;
          
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           
             absolute
          
           so
           also
           in
           the
           
             Relative
             .
          
           God
           is
           
             the
          
           rewarder
           ;
           and
           to
           be
           
             their
             God
          
           is
           to
           be
           
             their
             rewarder
             ,
          
           to
           be
           
             their
          
           Benefactor
           and
           
             their
          
           Gracious
           Lord
           .
           
             Ego
             ero
             Deus
             vester
             ,
          
           I
           will
           be
           your
           God
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           I
           will
           do
           you
           good
           sayes
           
             Aben
             Esra
             :
          
           and
           
             Philo
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           The
           Everlasting
           God
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           said
           ,
           one
           that
           will
           do
           you
           good
           ;
           not
           sometimes
           some
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           none
           at
           all
           ,
           but
           frequently
           and
           for
           ever
           :
           And
           this
           we
           finde
           also
           observed
           by
           St.
           
             Paul
             :
             Wherefore
             God
             is
             not
             ashamed
             to
             be
             called
             their
             God
             ;
             [
             Heb.
          
           11.
           16.
           
           ]
           and
           that
           by
           which
           the
           Relative
           appellative
           is
           verified
           is
           the
           consequent
           benefit
           ;
           He
           is
           
             called
             their
             God
             [
             for
             he
             hath
             provided
             for
             them
             a
             city
             .
          
        
         
         
           Upon
           this
           account
           the
           argument
           of
           our
           B.
           Saviour
           is
           this
           ,
           
             God
             is
             the
             God
             of
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
             and
             Iacob
             ;
          
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           
             gracious
          
           God
           ,
           the
           
             Benesactor
             ,
          
           the
           
             Rewarder
             ;
          
           and
           therefore
           
             Abraham
          
           is
           not
           dead
           ,
           but
           is
           fallen
           asleep
           ,
           and
           he
           shall
           be
           restored
           in
           the
           resurrection
           to
           receive
           those
           blessings
           and
           rewards
           ,
           by
           the
           title
           of
           which
           God
           was
           called
           the
           
             God
             of
             Abraham
             .
          
           For
           in
           this
           world
           
             Abraham
          
           had
           not
           that
           harvest
           of
           blessings
           which
           is
           consigned
           by
           that
           glorious
           appellative
           ;
           he
           was
           an
           exile
           from
           his
           Country
           ,
           he
           stood
           far
           off
           from
           the
           possession
           of
           his
           hopes
           ,
           he
           lived
           an
           ambulatory
           life
           ,
           he
           spent
           most
           of
           his
           dayes
           without
           an
           heir
           ,
           he
           had
           a
           constant
           piety
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           his
           life
           one
           great
           blessing
           was
           given
           him
           ;
           and
           because
           that
           was
           allayed
           by
           the
           anger
           of
           his
           wife
           ,
           and
           the
           expulsion
           of
           his
           handmaid
           ,
           and
           the
           ejection
           of
           
             Ishmael
             ,
          
           and
           the
           danger
           of
           the
           lad
           ;
           and
           his
           great
           calamity
           about
           the
           matter
           of
           
             Isaac's
          
           sacrifice
           ;
           and
           all
           his
           faith
           and
           patience
           and
           piety
           was
           rewarded
           with
           nothing
           but
           promises
           of
           things
           a
           great
           way
           off
           ;
           and
           before
           the
           possession
           of
           them
           he
           went
           out
           of
           this
           world
           ;
           it
           is
           undeniably
           certain
           that
           God
           who
           after
           the
           departure
           of
           the
           Patriarchs
           did
           still
           love
           to
           be
           called
           [
           
             Their
             God
          
           ]
           did
           intend
           to
           signifie
           that
           they
           should
           be
           restored
           to
           a
           state
           of
           life
           and
           a
           capacity
           of
           those
           greatest
           blessings
           which
           were
           the
           foundation
           of
           that
           title
           and
           that
           relation
           .
           God
           is
           not
           the
           God
           of
           the
           dead
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           living
           ,
           but
           God
           is
           the
           God
           of
           
             Abraham
          
           and
           the
           other
           Patriarchs
           ;
           therefore
           they
           are
           not
           dead
           ;
           dead
           to
           this
           world
           ,
           but
           alive
           to
           God
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           though
           this
           life
           be
           lost
           ,
           yet
           they
           shall
           have
           another
           and
           a
           better
           ;
           a
           life
           in
           which
           God
           shall
           manifest
           himself
           to
           be
           their
           God
           to
           all
           the
           purposes
           of
           benefit
           and
           eternal
           blessings
           .
        
         
           This
           argument
           was
           summed
           up
           by
           St.
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           and
           the
           sense
           of
           it
           is
           thus
           rendred
           by
           St.
           
             Clement
          
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Rome
           ,
           as
           himself
           testifies
           :
           
             si
             Deus
             est
             juslus
             ,
             animus
             est
             immortalis
             ,
          
           which
           is
           perfectly
           rendred
           by
           the
           words
           of
           my
           text
           ;
           
             if
             in
             this
             life
             only
             we
             have
             hope
             ,
             then
             are
             we
             of
             all
             men
             the
             most
             miserable
             ;
          
           but
           because
           this
           cannot
           be
           that
           God
           who
           is
           just
           and
           good
           should
           suffer
           them
           that
           heartily
           serve
           him
           to
           be
           really
           and
           finally
           miserable
           ,
           and
           yet
           in
           this
           world
           they
           are
           so
           ,
           very
           frequently
           ;
           therefore
           in
           another
           
           world
           they
           shall
           live
           to
           receive
           a
           full
           recompence
           of
           reward
           .
        
         
           Neither
           is
           this
           so
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           servants
           of
           God
           were
           so
           wholly
           forsaken
           of
           him
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           and
           so
           permitted
           to
           the
           malice
           of
           evil
           men
           ,
           or
           the
           asperities
           of
           fortune
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           not
           many
           refreshments
           and
           great
           comforts
           and
           the
           perpetual
           festivities
           of
           a
           holy
           Conscience
           :
           for
           
             God
             my
             Maker
             is
             he
             that
             giveth
             songs
             in
             the
             night
             ,
          
           said
           
             Elihu
             ;
             [
             Iob
          
           35.
           10.
           
           ]
           that
           is
           ,
           God
           as
           a
           reward
           giveth
           a
           chearful
           spirit
           ,
           and
           makes
           a
           man
           to
           sing
           with
           joy
           ,
           when
           other
           men
           are
           sad
           with
           the
           solemn
           darkness
           and
           with
           the
           affrights
           of
           conscience
           ,
           and
           the
           illusions
           of
           the
           night
           .
           But
           God
           who
           intends
           vast
           portions
           of
           felicity
           to
           his
           children
           does
           not
           reckon
           these
           little
           joys
           into
           the
           account
           of
           the
           portion
           of
           his
           elect
           .
           The
           good
           things
           which
           they
           have
           in
           this
           world
           are
           not
           little
           ,
           if
           we
           account
           the
           joys
           of
           religion
           and
           the
           peace
           of
           conscience
           amongst
           things
           valuable
           ;
           yet
           whatsoever
           it
           is
           ;
           all
           of
           it
           ,
           all
           the
           blessings
           of
           themselves
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           posterity
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           Relatives
           for
           their
           sakes
           are
           cast
           in
           for
           intermedial
           entertainments
           ;
           but
           
             their
             good
             ,
          
           and
           their
           prepared
           portion
           shall
           be
           hereafter
           .
           But
           for
           the
           evil
           it self
           which
           they
           must
           suffer
           and
           overcome
           ,
           it
           is
           such
           a
           portion
           of
           this
           life
           as
           our
           B.
           Saviour
           had
           ;
           injuries
           and
           temptations
           ,
           care
           and
           persecutions
           ,
           poverty
           and
           labour
           ,
           humility
           and
           patience
           :
           it
           is
           well
           ;
           it
           is
           very
           well
           ;
           and
           who
           can
           long
           for
           ,
           or
           expect
           better
           here
           ;
           when
           his
           Lord
           and
           Saviour
           had
           a
           state
           of
           things
           so
           very
           much
           worse
           then
           the
           worst
           of
           our
           calamities
           :
           but
           bad
           as
           it
           is
           ;
           it
           is
           to
           be
           chosen
           rather
           then
           a
           better
           ;
           because
           it
           is
           the
           high
           way
           of
           the
           cross
           ;
           it
           is
           
             Iacobs
          
           ladder
           upon
           which
           the
           Saints
           and
           the
           King
           of
           the
           Saints
           did
           descend
           and
           at
           last
           ascend
           to
           heaven
           it self
           ;
           and
           bad
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           method
           and
           the
           inlet
           to
           the
           best
           ;
           it
           is
           a
           sharp
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           a
           short
           step
           to
           bliss
           :
           for
           it
           is
           remarkable
           in
           the
           parable
           of
           
             Dives
          
           and
           
             Lazarus
             ,
          
           that
           the
           poor
           man
           ,
           the
           afflicted
           Saint
           died
           first
           ,
           
             Dives
          
           being
           permitted
           to
           his
           purple
           and
           fine
           linnen
           ,
           to
           his
           delicious
           fare
           ,
           and
           (
           which
           he
           most
           of
           all
           needed
           )
           to
           a
           space
           of
           repentance
           ;
           but
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           the
           poor
           man
           was
           rescued
           from
           his
           sad
           portion
           of
           this
           life
           and
           carried
           into
           
             Abrahams
          
           bosome
           ;
           where
           he
           
           who
           was
           denied
           in
           this
           world
           to
           be
           feasted
           even
           with
           the
           portion
           of
           dogs
           was
           placed
           in
           the
           bosome
           of
           the
           Patriarch
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           the
           highest
           room
           ,
           for
           so
           it
           was
           in
           their
           
             discubitus
          
           or
           lying
           down
           to
           meat
           ,
           the
           chief
           guest
           ,
           the
           most
           beloved
           person
           did
           lean
           upon
           the
           bosome
           of
           the
           Master
           of
           the
           feast
           ,
           so
           S.
           
             Iohn
          
           did
           lean
           upon
           the
           breast
           of
           Jesus
           ;
           and
           so
           did
           
             Lazarus
          
           upon
           the
           brest
           of
           
             Abraham
             ;
          
           or
           else
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             sinus
             Abrahae
          
           may
           be
           rendred
           ,
           [
           
             the
             bay
             of
             Abraham
             ,
          
           ]
           alluding
           to
           the
           place
           of
           rest
           where
           ships
           put
           in
           after
           a
           tempestuous
           and
           dangerous
           Navigation
           ;
           the
           storme
           was
           quickly
           over
           with
           the
           poor
           man
           ;
           and
           the
           Angel
           of
           God
           brought
           the
           good
           mans
           soul
           to
           a
           safe
           port
           ,
           where
           he
           should
           be
           disturbed
           no
           more
           :
           and
           so
           saith
           the
           spirit
           ;
           
             Blessed
             are
             the
             dead
             which
             die
             in
             the
             Lord
             ;
             for
             they
             rest
             from
             their
             labours
             .
          
        
         
           But
           this
           brings
           me
           to
           the
           second
           great
           inquiry
           .
           If
           here
           we
           live
           upon
           hopes
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           is
           a
           place
           of
           hopes
           ,
           but
           not
           this
           only
           ;
           what
           other
           place
           is
           there
           where
           we
           shall
           be
           blessed
           in
           our
           hope
           ,
           where
           we
           shall
           rest
           from
           our
           labour
           and
           our
           fear
           and
           have
           our
           hopes
           in
           perfection
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           all
           the
           pleasures
           which
           can
           come
           from
           the
           greatest
           and
           the
           most
           excellent
           hope
           ?
        
         
           
             Not
             in
             this
             life
             only
          
           ]
           so
           my
           Text
           .
           Therefore
           hereafter
           :
           as
           soon
           as
           we
           die
           :
           as
           soon
           as
           ever
           the
           soule
           goes
           from
           the
           body
           ,
           it
           is
           blessed
           .
           
             Blessed
          
           I
           say
           ,
           but
           
             not
             perfect
             ;
          
           it
           rejoyces
           in
           peace
           and
           a
           holy
           hope
           :
           here
           we
           have
           hopes
           mingled
           with
           fear
           ;
           there
           our
           hope
           is
           heightned
           with
           joy
           and
           confidence
           ;
           it
           is
           all
           the
           comfort
           that
           can
           be
           in
           the
           expectation
           of
           unmeasurable
           joyes
           :
           it
           is
           only
           ,
           Not
           fruition
           ,
           not
           the
           joyes
           of
           a
           perfect
           possession
           ;
           but
           less
           then
           that
           ,
           it
           is
           every
           good
           thing
           else
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           I
           may
           make
           my
           way
           plain
           ;
           I
           must
           first
           remove
           an
           objection
           which
           seems
           to
           overthrow
           this
           whole
           affaire
           .
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           intends
           these
           words
           of
           my
           text
           as
           an
           argument
           to
           prove
           the
           resurrection
           ;
           we
           shall
           rise
           again
           with
           our
           bodies
           ;
           for
           
             if
             in
             this
             life
             only
             we
             had
             hopes
             ,
             then
             were
             we
             of
             all
             men
             most
             miserable
             ;
          
           meaning
           ,
           that
           unless
           there
           be
           a
           resurrection
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           good
           for
           us
           anywhere
           else
           ;
           but
           if
           
             they
             that
             dye
             in
             the
             Lord
          
           were
           happy
           before
           the
           resurrection
           ;
           then
           we
           were
           not
           of
           all
           men
           most
           miserable
           though
           there
           were
           to
           be
           no
           resurrection
           ;
           for
           the
           godly
           are
           presently
           
           happy
           .
           So
           that
           one
           must
           fail
           ;
           either
           the
           resurrection
           or
           the
           intermedial
           happinesse
           :
           the
           proof
           of
           one
           relies
           upon
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           other
           :
           and
           because
           we
           can
           no
           other
           wayes
           be
           happy
           ,
           therefore
           there
           shall
           be
           a
           resurrection
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           godly
           instantly
           upon
           their
           dissolution
           had
           the
           
             vision
             beatifical
             ,
          
           it
           is
           very
           true
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           not
           most
           miserable
           though
           there
           be
           no
           resurrection
           of
           the
           dead
           ,
           though
           the
           body
           were
           turned
           into
           its
           original
           nothing
           :
           for
           the
           joyes
           of
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           would
           in
           the
           soule
           alone
           make
           them
           infinite
           recompence
           for
           all
           the
           sufferings
           of
           this
           world
           .
           But
           that
           which
           the
           Saints
           have
           after
           their
           dissolution
           ,
           being
           only
           the
           comforts
           of
           a
           holy
           hope
           ,
           the
           argument
           remains
           good
           :
           for
           these
           intermedial
           hopes
           being
           nothing
           at
           all
           but
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           resurrection
           ,
           these
           hopes
           do
           not
           destroy
           ,
           but
           confirme
           it
           rather
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           resurrection
           were
           not
           to
           be
           ,
           we
           should
           neither
           have
           any
           hopes
           here
           ,
           nor
           hopes
           hereafter
           .
           And
           therefore
           the
           Apostles
           word
           is
           [
           
             if
             here
             only
             we
             had
             hopes
          
           ]
           that
           is
           ,
           if
           our
           hopes
           only
           related
           to
           this
           life
           ;
           but
           because
           our
           hopes
           only
           relate
           to
           the
           life
           to
           come
           ,
           and
           even
           after
           this
           life
           we
           are
           still
           but
           in
           the
           regions
           of
           an
           inlarged
           hope
           ,
           this
           life
           and
           that
           interval
           are
           both
           but
           the
           same
           argument
           to
           inferre
           a
           resurrection
           ;
           for
           they
           are
           the
           hopes
           of
           that
           state
           ,
           and
           the
           joyes
           of
           those
           ,
           hopes
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           the
           comfort
           of
           that
           joy
           which
           makes
           them
           blessed
           who
           die
           in
           the
           love
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           faith
           and
           obedience
           of
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           .
           
             And
             now
             to
             the
             proposition
             it selfe
             .
          
           In
           the
           state
           of
           separation
           the
           souls
           departed
           perceive
           the
           blessing
           and
           comfort
           of
           their
           labours
           ;
           they
           are
           alive
           after
           death
           ,
           and
           after
           death
           immediately
           they
           finde
           great
           refreshments
           .
           
             Iustorum
             animae
             in
             manu
             Dei
             sunt
             ,
             &
             non
             tanget
             illos
             tormentum
             mortis
             .
             [
             Wisd.
          
           3.
           ]
           The
           torments
           of
           death
           shall
           not
           touch
           the
           souls
           of
           the
           righteous
           because
           they
           are
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           God
           .
           And
           fifteen
           hundred
           years
           after
           the
           death
           of
           
             Moses
          
           we
           finde
           him
           talking
           with
           our
           Blessed
           Lord
           in
           his
           transfiguration
           upon
           the
           Mount
           Tabor
           :
           and
           as
           
             Moses
          
           was
           then
           ,
           so
           are
           all
           the
           Saints
           immediately
           after
           death
           ,
           
             praesentes
             apud
             Dominum
             ,
          
           they
           are
           present
           with
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           so
           ,
           is
           not
           a
           state
           of
           death
           ,
           and
           yet
           of
           this
           it
           is
           ,
           
           that
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           affirms
           it
           to
           be
           much
           better
           then
           to
           be
           alive
           .
           And
           this
           was
           the
           undoubted
           sentence
           of
           the
           Jews
           before
           Christ
           and
           since
           ,
           and
           therefore
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           told
           the
           converted
           thief
           that
           he
           should
           
             that
             day
             be
             with
             him
             in
             Paradise
             .
          
           Now
           without
           peradventure
           he
           spake
           so
           as
           he
           was
           to
           be
           understood
           ;
           meaning
           by
           
             Paradise
          
           that
           which
           the
           Schools
           and
           Pulpits
           of
           the
           Rabbins
           did
           usually
           speak
           of
           it
           .
           By
           
             Paradise
          
           till
           the
           time
           of
           
             Esdras
          
           it
           is
           certain
           ,
           the
           Jews
           only
           meant
           that
           Blessed
           Garden
           in
           which
           God
           once
           placed
           
             Adam
          
           and
           
             Eve
             :
          
           but
           in
           the
           time
           of
           
             Esdras
          
           and
           so
           downward
           when
           they
           spake
           distinctly
           of
           things
           to
           happen
           after
           this
           life
           ,
           and
           began
           to
           signifie
           their
           new
           discoveries
           and
           modern
           Philosophy
           by
           Names
           ,
           they
           called
           the
           state
           of
           souls
           expecting
           the
           resurrection
           of
           their
           bodies
           by
           the
           name
           of
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           the
           garden
           of
           Eden
           .
           Hence
           came
           that
           forme
           of
           comprecation
           and
           blessing
           to
           the
           soul
           of
           an
           Israelite
           
             Sit
             anima
             ejus
             in
             horto
             Eden
             Let
             his
             soul
             be
             in
             the
             garden
             of
             Eden
             ;
          
           ]
           and
           in
           their
           solemn
           prayers
           at
           the
           time
           of
           their
           death
           they
           were
           wont
           to
           say
           [
           
             let
             his
             soule
             rest
             ,
             and
             let
             his
             sleep
             be
             in
             peace
             untill
             the
             Comforter
             shall
             come
             ;
             open
             the
             gates
             of
             Paradise
             unto
             him
          
           ]
           expresly
           distinguishing
           
             Paradise
          
           from
           the
           state
           of
           the
           
             Resurrection
             .
          
           And
           so
           it
           is
           evident
           in
           the
           entercourse
           on
           the
           Crosse
           between
           Christ
           and
           the
           converted
           thief
           .
           That
           day
           both
           were
           to
           be
           in
           Paradise
           :
           but
           Christ
           himself
           was
           not
           then
           ascended
           into
           heaven
           ,
           and
           therefore
           Paradise
           was
           no
           part
           of
           that
           region
           where
           Christ
           now
           and
           hereafter
           the
           Saints
           shall
           reign
           in
           glory
           .
           For
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           did
           by
           use
           and
           custome
           signifie
           any
           place
           of
           beauty
           and
           pleasure
           .
           So
           the
           LXX
           .
           read
           
             Eccles.
             2.
             5.
             
             I
             made
             me
             gardens
             and
             orchards
             ,
          
           I
           made
           me
           a
           Paradise
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Greek
           ;
           and
           
             Cicero
          
           having
           found
           this
           strange
           word
           in
           
             Zenophon
          
           renders
           it
           by
           [
           
             agrum
             conseptum
             ac
             diligentèr
             consitum
             :
          
           ]
           a
           field
           well
           hedg'd
           and
           set
           with
           flowers
           and
           fruits
           .
           
             Vivarium
             ,
             Gellius
          
           renders
           it
           ,
           a
           place
           to
           keep
           birds
           and
           beasts
           alive
           for
           pleasure
           .
           
             Pollux
          
           sayes
           this
           word
           was
           Persian
           by
           its
           original
           ;
           yet
           because
           by
           traduction
           it
           became
           Hebrew
           ,
           we
           may
           best
           learn
           the
           meaning
           of
           it
           from
           the
           Jews
           who
           used
           it
           most
           often
           ,
           and
           whose
           sense
           we
           better
           understand
           .
           Their
           meaning
           therefore
           was
           this
           ;
           that
           as
           
             Paradise
          
           or
           the
           
             Garden
             of
             Eden
          
           was
           a
           place
           of
           
           great
           beauty
           ,
           pleasure
           and
           tranquillity
           ;
           so
           the
           state
           of
           separate
           souls
           was
           a
           state
           of
           peace
           and
           excellent
           delights
           .
           So
           
             Philo
             ,
          
           allegorically
           does
           expound
           Paradise
           .
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           For
           the
           trees
           that
           grow
           in
           Paradise
           are
           not
           like
           ours
           ,
           but
           they
           bring
           forth
           knowledge
           and
           life
           ,
           and
           immortality
           .
           It
           is
           therefore
           more
           then
           probable
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           converted
           thief
           heard
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           speak
           of
           
             Paradise
          
           or
           
             Gan
             Eden
             ,
          
           he
           who
           was
           a
           Jew
           and
           heard
           that
           on
           that
           day
           he
           should
           be
           there
           ,
           understood
           the
           meaning
           to
           be
           that
           he
           should
           be
           there
           where
           all
           the
           good
           Jews
           did
           believe
           the
           souls
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
          
           and
           
             Iacob
          
           to
           be
           placed
           .
           As
           if
           Christ
           had
           said
           ;
           Though
           you
           only
           ask
           to
           be
           remembred
           when
           I
           come
           into
           my
           Kingdome
           ,
           not
           only
           that
           shall
           be
           performed
           in
           time
           ,
           but
           even
           to
           day
           thou
           shalt
           have
           great
           refreshment
           ;
           and
           this
           the
           Hellenist
           Jews
           called
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           the
           rest
           of
           Paradise
           ,
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           the
           comfort
           of
           Paradise
           ,
           the
           word
           being
           also
           warranted
           from
           that
           concerning
           
             Lazarus
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             He
             is
             comforted
             .
          
        
         
           But
           this
           we
           learn
           more
           perfectly
           from
           the
           raptures
           of
           S.
           
             Paul
             .
             He
             knew
             a
             man
          
           (
           meaning
           himself
           )
           
             rapt
             up
             into
             the
             third
             heaven
             .
             And
             I
             knew
             such
             a
             man
             how
             that
             he
             was
             caught
             up
             into
             Paradise
             .
             [
             2
             Cor.
          
           2.
           3.
           ]
           The
           raptures
           &
           visions
           were
           distinct
           ;
           for
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           being
           a
           Jew
           and
           speaking
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           his
           Nation
           makes
           
             Paradise
          
           a
           distinct
           thing
           from
           
             the
             third
             Heaven
             .
          
           For
           the
           Jews
           deny
           any
           
             orbes
          
           to
           be
           in
           Heaven
           ;
           but
           they
           make
           
             three
             regions
          
           only
           ;
           the
           one
           of
           
             clouds
             ,
          
           the
           second
           of
           
             starrs
             ,
          
           and
           the
           third
           of
           
             Angels
             .
          
           To
           this
           third
           or
           supreme
           Heaven
           was
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           wrapt
           ;
           but
           he
           was
           also
           born
           to
           Paradise
           ;
           to
           another
           place
           ,
           distinct
           and
           separate
           by
           time
           and
           station
           .
           For
           by
           
             Paradise
             ,
          
           his
           Countreymen
           never
           understood
           the
           
             Third
             Heaven
             ;
          
           but
           there
           also
           it
           was
           that
           he
           heard
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           unspeakable
           words
           ,
           great
           glorifications
           of
           God
           ,
           huge
           excellencies
           ,
           such
           which
           he
           might
           not
           ,
           or
           could
           not
           utter
           here
           below
           .
           The
           effect
           of
           these
           considerations
           is
           this
           ,
           that
           although
           the
           Saints
           are
           not
           yet
           admitted
           to
           the
           blessings
           consequent
           to
           a
           happy
           resurrection
           ,
           yet
           they
           have
           the
           intermedial
           entertainments
           of
           a
           present
           and
           a
           great
           joy
           .
        
         
         
           To
           this
           purpose
           are
           those
           words
           to
           be
           understood
           .
           [
           
             To
             him
             that
             overcomes
             will
             I
             give
             to
             eate
             of
             the
             tree
             of
             life
             which
             is
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             the
          
           Paradise
           
             of
             God
             :
             [
             Revel.
          
           2.
           7.
           
           ]
           that
           is
           ,
           if
           I
           may
           have
           leave
           to
           expound
           these
           words
           to
           mean
           what
           the
           Jews
           did
           about
           that
           time
           understand
           by
           such
           words
           ;
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           the
           
             Tree
             of
             life
          
           does
           signifie
           the
           principle
           of
           peace
           and
           holiness
           ,
           of
           wisdome
           and
           comforts
           for
           ever
           .
           
             Philo
          
           expounding
           it
           calls
           it
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           The
           worship
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           greatest
           of
           all
           vertues
           by
           which
           the
           soul
           is
           made
           to
           live
           for
           ever
           ;
           as
           if
           by
           eating
           of
           this
           tree
           of
           life
           in
           the
           Paradise
           of
           God
           they
           did
           mean
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           die
           well
           ,
           shall
           immediately
           be
           feasted
           with
           the
           deliciousness
           of
           a
           holy
           Conscience
           :
           which
           the
           spirit
           of
           God
           expresses
           by
           saying
           
             They
             shall
             walke
             up
             and
             down
             in
             white
             garments
             and
             their
             works
             shall
             follow
             them
             ;
          
           their
           tree
           of
           life
           shall
           germinate
           ;
           they
           shall
           then
           feel
           the
           comforts
           of
           having
           done
           good
           works
           ;
           a
           sweet
           remembrance
           and
           a
           holy
           peace
           shall
           caresse
           and
           feast
           them
           ;
           and
           there
           they
           shall
           
             walk
             up
             and
             down
             in
             white
             ,
             [
             Revel.
          
           3.
           4
           ,
           5.
           
           &
           14.
           13.
           
           ]
           that
           is
           ,
           as
           candidates
           of
           the
           resurrection
           to
           immortality
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           allegory
           of
           the
           Garden
           of
           
             Eden
          
           and
           
             Paradise
          
           was
           so
           heartily
           pursued
           by
           the
           Jews
           to
           represent
           the
           state
           of
           separation
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Essens
          
           describe
           that
           state
           by
           the
           circumstances
           and
           ornaments
           of
           a
           blessed
           garden
           .
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           a
           region
           that
           is
           not
           troubled
           with
           clouds
           or
           shours
           ,
           or
           storms
           ,
           or
           blasts
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           but
           a
           place
           which
           is
           perpetually
           refreshed
           with
           delicious
           breaths
           .
           This
           was
           it
           which
           the
           Heathens
           did
           dream
           concerning
           the
           Elysian
           fields
           :
           for
           all
           the
           notices
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           concerning
           the
           regions
           of
           separate
           souls
           came
           into
           Greece
           from
           the
           Barbarians
           (
           sayes
           
             Diodorus
             Siculus
          
           )
           and
           
             Tertullian
          
           observes
           ;
           although
           we
           call
           that
           Paradise
           which
           is
           a
           place
           appointed
           to
           receive
           the
           souls
           of
           the
           Saints
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           is
           separated
           from
           the
           notices
           of
           the
           world
           by
           a
           wall
           of
           fire
           ,
           a
           portion
           of
           the
           torrid
           zone
           (
           which
           he
           supposes
           to
           be
           meant
           by
           the
           flaming
           sword
           of
           the
           Angel
           placed
           at
           the
           gates
           of
           Paradise
           )
           yet
           (
           sayes
           he
           )
           the
           Elysian
           fields
           have
           already
           possessed
           the
           faith
           and
           
           opinions
           of
           men
           .
           All
           comes
           from
           the
           same
           fountain
           ;
           the
           doctrine
           of
           the
           old
           Synagogue
           confirmed
           by
           the
           words
           of
           Christ
           and
           the
           commentaries
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ;
           viz.
           that
           after
           death
           before
           the
           day
           of
           judgment
           there
           is
           a
           Paradise
           for
           Gods
           servants
           ,
           a
           region
           of
           rest
           ,
           of
           comfort
           and
           holy
           expectations
           .
           And
           therefore
           it
           is
           remarkable
           that
           these
           words
           of
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           
             Nerapias
             me
             in
             medio
             dierum
             meorum
             .
             [
             Psal.
          
           102.
           v.
           25.
           ]
           Snatch
           me
           not
           away
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           my
           dayes
           ,
           in
           the
           Hebrew
           it
           is
           ,
           
             Ne
             facias
             me
             ascendere
             ,
          
           Make
           me
           not
           to
           ascend
           or
           to
           goe
           upwards
           ,
           meaning
           ,
           to
           the
           supernatural
           regions
           of
           separate
           souls
           ,
           who
           after
           death
           are
           in
           their
           beginnings
           of
           exaltation
           .
           For
           to
           them
           that
           die
           in
           the
           Lord
           ,
           death
           is
           a
           preferment
           ;
           it
           is
           a
           part
           of
           their
           great
           good
           fortune
           ;
           for
           death
           hath
           not
           only
           lost
           the
           sting
           ;
           but
           it
           brings
           a
           coronet
           in
           his
           hand
           which
           shall
           invest
           and
           adorne
           the
           heads
           of
           Saints
           till
           that
           day
           comes
           in
           which
           the
           Crown
           of
           righteousness
           shall
           be
           brought
           forth
           to
           give
           them
           the
           investiture
           of
           an
           everlasting
           Kingdome
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           I
           may
           make
           up
           this
           proposition
           usefull
           and
           clear
           ,
        
         
           I
           am
           to
           adde
           some
           things
           by
           way
           of
           supplement
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           This
           place
           of
           separation
           was
           called
           
             Paradise
          
           by
           the
           Jews
           ,
           and
           by
           Christ
           ,
           and
           after
           Christs
           ascension
           ,
           by
           S.
           
             Iohn
             :
          
           because
           it
           signifies
           a
           place
           of
           pleasure
           and
           rest
           ;
           and
           therefore
           by
           the
           same
           analogy
           the
           word
           may
           be
           still
           used
           in
           all
           the
           periods
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           though
           the
           circumstances
           ,
           or
           though
           the
           state
           of
           things
           be
           changed
           .
           It
           is
           generally
           supposed
           that
           this
           had
           a
           proper
           Name
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Old
           Testament
           was
           called
           
             Abrahams
             bosome
             ;
          
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           region
           where
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
          
           and
           
             Iacob
          
           did
           dwell
           till
           the
           comming
           of
           Christ
           .
           But
           I
           suppose
           my selfe
           to
           have
           great
           reason
           to
           dissent
           from
           this
           common
           opinion
           ;
           for
           this
           word
           of
           
             Abrahams
             bosome
             ,
          
           being
           but
           once
           used
           in
           both
           the
           Testaments
           ,
           and
           then
           particularly
           applied
           to
           the
           person
           of
           
             Lazarus
             ,
          
           must
           needs
           signifie
           the
           eminence
           and
           priviledge
           of
           joy
           that
           
             Lazarus
          
           had
           ;
           for
           all
           that
           were
           in
           the
           blessed
           state
           of
           separation
           were
           not
           in
           
             Abrahams
          
           bosome
           ,
           but
           only
           the
           best
           and
           the
           most
           excellent
           persons
           ;
           but
           they
           were
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           with
           
             Abraham
             ;
          
           and
           the
           analogy
           
           of
           the
           phrase
           to
           the
           manner
           of
           the
           Jewish
           feastings
           ,
           where
           the
           best
           guest
           did
           lye
           in
           the
           bosome
           of
           the
           Master
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           had
           the
           best
           place
           ,
           makes
           it
           most
           reasonable
           to
           believe
           that
           
             Abrahams
          
           bosome
           does
           not
           signifie
           the
           general
           state
           of
           separation
           ,
           even
           of
           the
           blessed
           ;
           but
           the
           choicest
           place
           in
           that
           state
           ,
           a
           greater
           degree
           of
           blessedness
           .
           But
           because
           he
           is
           the
           father
           of
           the
           faithful
           ,
           therefore
           
             to
             be
             with
             Abraham
             ,
          
           or
           to
           
             sit
             down
             with
             Abraham
          
           (
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           old
           Testament
           )
           did
           signifie
           the
           same
           thing
           as
           to
           be
           in
           Paradise
           ;
           but
           to
           be
           
             in
             Abrahams
             bosome
          
           signifies
           a
           great
           eminence
           of
           place
           and
           comfort
           ,
           which
           is
           indulged
           to
           the
           most
           excellent
           and
           the
           most
           afflicted
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Although
           the
           state
           of
           separation
           may
           now
           also
           and
           is
           by
           S.
           
             Iohn
          
           called
           
             Paradise
             ;
          
           because
           the
           Allegory
           still
           holds
           perfectly
           ,
           as
           signifying
           comfort
           and
           holy
           pleasures
           ;
           yet
           the
           spirits
           of
           good
           men
           are
           not
           said
           
             to
             be
             with
             Abrahams
          
           but
           
             to
             be
             with
             Christ
             ;
          
           and
           as
           being
           with
           
             Abraham
          
           was
           the
           specification
           of
           the
           more
           general
           word
           of
           
             Paradise
          
           in
           the
           old
           Testament
           ;
           so
           
             being
             with
             Christ
          
           is
           the
           specification
           of
           it
           in
           the
           New
           .
           So
           S.
           
             Stephen
          
           prayed
           ,
           
             Lord
             Iesus
             receive
             my
             spirit
             ;
          
           and
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           said
           ,
           
             I
             desire
             to
             be
             dissolved
             and
             to
             be
             with
             Christ
             :
          
           which
           expression
           S.
           
             Polycarp
          
           also
           used
           in
           his
           Epistle
           to
           the
           
             Philippians
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           they
           are
           in
           the
           place
           that
           is
           due
           to
           them
           ,
           they
           are
           with
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           the
           hands
           ,
           in
           the
           custody
           of
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           ;
           as
           appears
           in
           the
           words
           of
           S.
           
             Steven
          
           and
           S.
           
             Paul
             .
          
           So
           S.
           
             Ierome
             .
             Scimus
             Nepotianum
             nostrum
             esse
             cum
             Christo
             &
             sanctorum
             mixtum
             choris
             ,
          
           we
           know
           that
           our
           
             Nepotian
          
           is
           with
           Christ
           ,
           mingled
           in
           the
           quires
           of
           Saints
           .
           Upon
           this
           account
           (
           and
           it
           is
           not
           at
           all
           unreasonable
           )
           the
           Church
           hath
           conjectur'd
           ,
           that
           the
           state
           of
           separate
           souls
           since
           the
           glorification
           of
           our
           Lord
           is
           much
           better'd
           and
           advanc'd
           and
           their
           comforts
           greater
           :
           because
           as
           before
           Christs
           coming
           the
           expectation
           of
           the
           Saints
           that
           slept
           ,
           was
           fixed
           upon
           the
           revelation
           of
           the
           Messias
           in
           his
           first
           coming
           ;
           so
           now
           it
           is
           upon
           his
           second
           coming
           unto
           judgment
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           glory
           .
           This
           improvement
           of
           their
           condition
           is
           well
           intimated
           by
           their
           being
           said
           to
           be
           
             under
             the
             Altar
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           under
           the
           protection
           of
           Christ
           ,
           under
           the
           powers
           and
           benefits
           of
           his
           Priesthood
           ,
           by
           
           which
           he
           makes
           continuall
           intercession
           both
           for
           them
           and
           us
           .
           This
           place
           some
           of
           the
           old
           Doctors
           understood
           too
           literally
           ,
           and
           from
           hence
           they
           believed
           that
           the
           souls
           of
           departed
           saints
           were
           under
           their
           material
           Altars
           ;
           which
           fancy
           produced
           that
           fond
           decree
           of
           the
           Councel
           of
           
             Eliberis
             (
             Can.
          
           3.
           4.
           
           )
           [
           that
           wax
           lights
           should
           not
           by
           day
           be
           burnt
           in
           coemeteries
           
             inquietandi
             enim
             spiritus
             sanctorum
             non
             sunt
          
           ]
           left
           the
           spirits
           of
           Saints
           should
           by
           the
           light
           of
           the
           diurnal
           tapers
           be
           disquieted
           :
           This
           reason
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           trifling
           and
           impertinent
           ,
           yet
           it
           declares
           their
           opinion
           ,
           that
           they
           supposed
           the
           souls
           to
           be
           neer
           their
           reliques
           which
           were
           placed
           under
           the
           altars
           *
           But
           better
           then
           this
           ,
           their
           state
           is
           described
           by
           S.
           
             Iohn
          
           in
           these
           words
           [
           
             therefore
             they
             are
             before
             the
             throne
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             serve
             him
             night
             and
             day
             in
             his
             Temple
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             sits
             upon
             the
             throne
             shall
             dwell
             among
             them
          
           ]
           with
           which
           general
           words
           ,
           as
           being
           modest
           bounds
           to
           our
           inquiries
           ,
           enough
           to
           tell
           us
           it
           is
           rarely
           well
           ,
           but
           enough
           also
           to
           chastise
           all
           curious
           questions
           ,
           let
           us
           remain
           content
           ,
           and
           labour
           with
           faith
           and
           patience
           ,
           with
           hope
           and
           charity
           to
           be
           made
           worthy
           to
           partake
           of
           those
           comforts
           ,
           after
           which
           when
           we
           have
           long
           inquired
           ,
           when
           at
           last
           we
           come
           to
           try
           what
           they
           are
           ,
           we
           shall
           finde
           them
           much
           better
           and
           much
           otherwise
           then
           we
           imagine
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           I
           am
           to
           admonish
           this
           also
           ,
           that
           although
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           is
           in
           the
           Creed
           said
           
             to
             descend
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           into
           hell
           (
           so
           we
           render
           it
           )
           yet
           this
           does
           not
           at
           all
           prejudice
           his
           other
           words
           [
           
             this
             day
             shalt
             thou
             be
             with
             me
             in
             Paradise
          
           ]
           for
           the
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           signifies
           indefinitely
           the
           state
           of
           separation
           whether
           blessed
           or
           accursed
           ;
           it
           means
           only
           
             the
             invisible
             place
             ,
          
           or
           the
           region
           of
           darkness
           whither
           who
           so
           descends
           shall
           be
           no
           no
           more
           seen
           .
           For
           as
           among
           the
           Heathens
           the
           
             Elysian
             fields
          
           and
           
             Tartara
          
           are
           both
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           :
           so
           amongst
           the
           Jews
           and
           Christians
           
             Paradisus
          
           and
           
             Gehenna
          
           are
           the
           distinct
           states
           of
           
             Hades
             .
             Of
             the
             first
          
           we
           have
           a
           plain
           testimony
           in
           
             Diphilus
             .
          
           
             
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
            
             
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               .
            
          
           In
           
             Hades
          
           there
           are
           two
           wayes
           ,
           one
           for
           just
           men
           ,
           and
           another
           for
           
           the
           impious
           .
           
             Of
             the
             second
          
           we
           have
           the
           testimony
           of
           
             Iosephus
             ,
          
           who
           speaking
           of
           the
           Sadduces
           ,
           says
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             they
             take
             away
             or
             deny
             the
             rewards
             and
             punishments
             respectively
             which
             are
             in
             Hades
             ,
          
           or
           in
           the
           state
           of
           separation
           :
           so
           that
           if
           Christs
           soul
           was
           in
           Paradise
           ,
           he
           was
           in
           
             Hades
             .
          
           In
           vain
           therefore
           does
           S.
           
             Augustine
          
           torment
           himself
           to
           tell
           ,
           how
           Christ
           could
           be
           in
           both
           places
           at
           once
           ;
           when
           it
           is
           no
           harder
           then
           to
           tell
           how
           a
           man
           may
           be
           in
           
             England
          
           and
           at
           
             London
          
           at
           the
           same
           time
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           It
           is
           observable
           that
           in
           the
           mentions
           of
           Paradise
           by
           S.
           
             Iohn
             ,
          
           he
           twice
           speaks
           of
           
             the
             tree
             of
             life
             ,
          
           but
           never
           of
           
             the
             tree
             of
             knowledge
          
           of
           good
           and
           evil
           :
           because
           this
           was
           the
           Symbol
           of
           secular
           knowledge
           ,
           of
           prudence
           and
           skill
           of
           doing
           things
           of
           this
           world
           which
           we
           can
           naturally
           use
           ;
           we
           may
           smel
           and
           taste
           them
           ,
           but
           not
           feed
           upon
           them
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           these
           are
           no
           part
           of
           our
           enjoyment
           ,
           and
           if
           we
           be
           given
           up
           to
           the
           study
           of
           such
           notices
           and
           be
           immerged
           in
           the
           things
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           we
           cannot
           attend
           to
           the
           studies
           of
           religion
           and
           of
           the
           Divine
           service
           .
           But
           these
           cares
           and
           secular
           divertisements
           shall
           cease
           when
           our
           souls
           are
           placed
           in
           Paradise
           :
           there
           shall
           be
           no
           care
           taken
           for
           raising
           portions
           for
           our
           children
           ,
           nor
           to
           provide
           bread
           for
           our
           tables
           ,
           no
           cunning
           contrivances
           to
           be
           safe
           from
           the
           crafty
           snares
           of
           an
           enemy
           ,
           no
           amazement
           at
           losses
           ,
           no
           fear
           of
           slanderings
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           gripes
           of
           Publicans
           ,
           but
           we
           shall
           feed
           on
           the
           tree
           of
           life
           ,
           love
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           longings
           for
           the
           comming
           of
           Christ
           .
           We
           are
           then
           all
           spirit
           and
           our
           imployment
           shall
           be
           symbolical
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           spiritual
           ,
           and
           holy
           ,
           and
           pleasant
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           now
           made
           it
           as
           evident
           as
           questions
           of
           this
           Nature
           will
           bear
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           state
           of
           separation
           the
           spirits
           of
           good
           men
           shall
           be
           blessed
           and
           happy
           souls
           :
           they
           have
           an
           antepast
           or
           taste
           of
           their
           reward
           :
           but
           their
           great
           reward
           it self
           ,
           their
           crown
           of
           righteousness
           shall
           not
           be
           yet
           ;
           that
           shall
           not
           be
           ,
           until
           the
           day
           of
           judgement
           :
           and
           this
           was
           the
           third
           proposition
           I
           undertook
           to
           prove
           ;
           the
           consummation
           and
           perfection
           of
           the
           Saints
           felicity
           shall
           be
           at
           the
           resurrection
           of
           the
           dead
           .
        
         
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ;
           
             at
             his
             coming
             ;
          
           so
           S.
           
             Iohn
          
           expresses
           the
           time
           ,
           
             that
             we
             may
             not
             then
             be
             ashamed
             .
             For
             now
             we
             are
             the
             sons
             of
             Gods
             ,
             but
             
             it
             does
             not
             yet
             appear
             what
             we
             shall
             be
             .
             But
             we
             know
             that
             when
             he
             shall
             appear
             we
             shall
             be
             like
             unto
             him
             and
             see
             him
             as
             he
             is
             .
             [
             1
             Iohn
             2.
             28.
             1
             
             Iohn
          
           3.
           4.
           ]
           At
           his
           glorious
           appearing
           ,
           we
           also
           shall
           appear
           glorious
           ;
           we
           shall
           see
           him
           as
           he
           is
           ;
           but
           till
           then
           ,
           this
           beatific
           vision
           shall
           not
           be
           at
           all
           ;
           but
           for
           the
           interval
           ,
           the
           case
           is
           otherwise
           .
           
             Tertullian
          
           affirms
           
             puniri
             et
             foveri
             animam
             interim
             in
             inferis
             sub
             expectatione
             utriusque
             judicii
             ,
             in
             quadam
             usurpatione
             et
             candida
             ejus
             ;
             [
             lib.
             de
             anima
             ,
             e.
             lib.
             adv.
             Marcion
             .
          
           ]
           the
           souls
           are
           punished
           or
           refreshed
           in
           their
           regions
           expecting
           the
           day
           of
           their
           judgement
           and
           several
           sentences
           :
           
             habitacula
             illa
             ,
             animarum
             promptuaria
             nominavit
             scriptura
          
           (
           saith
           S.
           
             Ambrose
             ,
             )
             [
             de
             bono
             mortis
             cap.
          
           10.
           ]
           The
           Scripture
           calls
           these
           habitations
           ,
           the
           promptuaries
           ,
           or
           repositories
           of
           souls
           .
           There
           is
           comfort
           ,
           but
           not
           the
           full
           reward
           ;
           a
           certain
           expectation
           supported
           with
           excellent
           intervals
           of
           joy
           :
           
             Refrigerium
             ,
          
           so
           the
           Latins
           call
           it
           ,
           a
           refreshment
           .
           
             Donec
             consummatio
             rerum
             resurrectionem
             omnium
             plenitudine
             mercedis
             expungat
             tune
             apparitura
             coelesti
             promissione
             ,
          
           saith
           
             Tertullian
             ,
          
           until
           the
           consummation
           of
           all
           things
           points
           out
           the
           resurrection
           ,
           by
           the
           fulness
           of
           reward
           and
           the
           appearing
           of
           the
           heavenly
           promise
           .
           So
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           questions
           
             ad
             Orthodoxos
             [
             quaest.
          
           75.
           ]
           
             Immediately
             after
             death
             ,
             presently
             there
             is
             a
             separation
             of
             the
             just
             from
             the
             unjust
             ;
          
           for
           they
           are
           born
           by
           Angels
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           into
           the
           places
           they
           have
           deserved
           ;
           and
           they
           are
           in
           those
           places
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           kept
           unto
           the
           day
           of
           resurrection
           and
           retribution
           .
           But
           what
           do
           they
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ?
           How
           is
           it
           with
           them
           ?
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           sayes
           
             Nazianzen
             .
             [
             orat
             .
             funebr
             .
             Caesar
             .
             fratris
             .
          
           ]
           They
           rejoyce
           and
           are
           delighted
           in
           a
           wonderful
           joy
           .
           
             They
             see
             Angels
             and
             Archangels
             ,
             they
             converse
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             see
             our
             B.
             Saviour
             Iesus
             in
             his
             glorified
             humanity
             ;
             so
             Iustin
             Martyr
             .
             [
             ubi
             suprà
          
           ]
           But
           in
           these
           great
           joys
           they
           look
           forgreater
           .
           They
           are
           now
           
             In
             Paradiso
             ;
          
           but
           they
           long
           that
           the
           body
           and
           soul
           may
           be
           in
           heaven
           together
           ;
           but
           this
           is
           the
           glory
           of
           the
           day
           of
           judgement
           ,
           the
           fruit
           of
           the
           resurrection
           .
           And
           this
           whole
           affair
           is
           agreeable
           to
           reason
           ,
           &
           the
           analogy
           of
           the
           whole
           dispensation
           as
           it
           is
           generally
           and
           particularly
           described
           in
           Scripture
           .
        
         
         
           For
           when
           the
           greatest
           effect
           of
           the
           Divine
           power
           ,
           the
           mightiest
           promise
           ,
           the
           hardest
           thing
           to
           Christan
           faith
           ,
           that
           impossible
           thing
           to
           Gentile
           Philosophy
           ,
           the
           expectation
           of
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           the
           New
           Creation
           ,
           when
           that
           shall
           come
           to
           pass
           ,
           viz.
           that
           the
           souls
           shall
           be
           reinvested
           with
           their
           bodies
           ,
           when
           the
           ashes
           of
           dissolved
           bones
           shall
           stand
           up
           a
           new
           and
           living
           frame
           ,
           to
           suppose
           that
           then
           there
           shall
           be
           nothing
           done
           in
           order
           to
           Eternity
           ,
           but
           to
           publish
           the
           salvation
           of
           Saints
           of
           which
           they
           were
           possessed
           before
           ,
           is
           to
           make
           a
           great
           solemnity
           for
           nothing
           ,
           to
           do
           great
           things
           for
           no
           great
           end
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           not
           reasonable
           to
           suppose
           it
           .
        
         
           For
           if
           it
           were
           a
           good
           argument
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           that
           the
           Patriarks
           and
           Saints
           of
           the
           old
           Testament
           received
           not
           the
           promises
           signified
           by
           Canaan
           and
           the
           land
           of
           promise
           ,
           because
           
             God
             had
             provided
             some
             better
             thing
             for
             us
             ,
             that
             without
             us
             they
             should
             not
             be
             made
             perfect
             ;
          
           it
           must
           also
           conclude
           of
           all
           alike
           ;
           that
           they
           who
           died
           since
           Christ
           must
           stay
           till
           the
           last
           day
           ,
           that
           they
           and
           we
           and
           all
           may
           be
           made
           perfect
           together
           .
           And
           this
           very
           thing
           was
           told
           to
           the
           spirits
           of
           the
           Martyrs
           who
           under
           the
           Altar
           cried
           
             How
             long
             O
             Lord
          
           &c.
           
           [
           
             Rev.
          
           6.
           10.
           
           ]
           that
           they
           should
           
             rest
             yet
             for
             a
             little
             season
             ,
          
           untill
           their
           fellow
           servants
           also
           shall
           be
           fulfilled
           .
        
         
           Upon
           this
           account
           it
           is
           that
           the
           day
           of
           judgment
           is
           a
           day
           of
           recompence
           :
           So
           said
           our
           Blessed
           Lord
           himself
           [
           
             Thou
             shalt
             be
             recompensed
             at
             the
             resurrection
             of
             the
             just
             ]
             (
             Luke
          
           14.
           14.
           
           )
           and
           this
           is
           the
           day
           in
           which
           all
           things
           shall
           be
           restored
           :
           for
           [
           the
           Heavens
           must
           receive
           Jesus
           till
           the
           time
           of
           restitution
           of
           all
           things
           ]
           [
           
             Acts
          
           3.
           7.
           
           ]
           and
           till
           then
           the
           reward
           
             is
             said
             to
             be
             laid
             up
             .
          
           So
           S.
           
             Paul
             .
             Henceforth
             is
             laid
             up
             for
             me
             a
             crown
             of
             righteousness
             ,
             which
             the
             righteous
             Iudge
             shall
             give
             me
             in
             that
             day
             :
          
           and
           that
           you
           may
           know
           he
           means
           the
           resurrection
           and
           the
           day
           of
           judgment
           ;
           he
           addes
           [
           
             and
             not
             to
             me
             only
             ,
             but
             to
             all
             them
             that
             love
             his
             coming
             :
             2
             Tim.
          
           4.
           8.
           
           ]
           of
           whom
           it
           is
           certain
           many
           shall
           be
           alive
           at
           that
           day
           ;
           and
           therefore
           cannot
           before
           that
           day
           receive
           the
           crown
           of
           righteousness
           :
           and
           then
           also
           ,
           and
           not
           till
           then
           ,
           shall
           be
           his
           appearing
           ;
           but
           till
           then
           it
           is
           a
           
             depositum
             .
          
           The
           summe
           is
           this
           .
           In
           the
           world
           we
           walk
           and
           live
           by
           faith
           :
           In
           the
           state
           of
           separation
           we
           live
           by
           
           hope
           :
           and
           in
           the
           resurrection
           we
           shall
           live
           by
           an
           eternal
           charity
           .
           Here
           we
           see
           God
           as
           in
           a
           glass
           darkly
           :
           In
           the
           separation
           we
           shall
           behold
           him
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           afar
           off
           :
           and
           after
           the
           resurrection
           we
           shall
           see
           him
           face
           to
           face
           ,
           in
           the
           everlasting
           comprehensions
           of
           an
           intuitive
           beatitude
           .
           In
           this
           life
           we
           are
           warriors
           :
           In
           the
           separation
           we
           are
           conquerors
           :
           but
           we
           shall
           not
           triumph
           till
           after
           the
           resurrection
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           proportion
           to
           this
           is
           also
           the
           state
           of
           Devils
           and
           damned
           spirits
           .
           
             Art
             thou
             come
             to
             torment
             us
             before
             the
             time
             ,
          
           said
           the
           Devils
           to
           our
           B.
           Saviour
           ;
           there
           is
           for
           them
           also
           an
           appointed
           time
           ;
           and
           when
           that
           is
           ,
           we
           learn
           from
           S.
           
             Iud.
          
           6.
           
           They
           are
           reserved
           in
           chains
           under
           darkness
           unto
           the
           judgment
           of
           the
           great
           day
           .
           Well
           therefore
           did
           S.
           
             Iames
          
           affirme
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Devils
             believe
             and
             tremble
             ;
          
           and
           so
           do
           the
           damned
           souls
           ,
           with
           an
           insupportable
           amazement
           fearing
           the
           revelation
           of
           that
           day
           .
           They
           know
           that
           day
           will
           come
           ,
           and
           they
           know
           they
           shall
           finde
           an
           intolerable
           sentence
           on
           that
           day
           ;
           and
           they
           fear
           infinitely
           ,
           and
           are
           in
           amazement
           and
           confusion
           ,
           feeling
           the
           worme
           of
           conscience
           ,
           and
           are
           in
           the
           state
           of
           Devils
           who
           fear
           God
           and
           hate
           him
           ;
           they
           tremble
           but
           they
           love
           him
           not
           ;
           and
           yet
           they
           die
           because
           they
           would
           not
           love
           him
           ;
           because
           they
           would
           not
           with
           all
           their
           powers
           and
           strengths
           keep
           his
           Commandments
           .
        
         
           This
           doctrine
           though
           of
           late
           it
           hath
           been
           laid
           aside
           upon
           the
           interest
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           and
           for
           compliance
           with
           some
           other
           Schools
           ,
           yet
           was
           it
           universally
           the
           doctrine
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           ;
           as
           appears
           out
           of
           
             Iustin
             Martyr
          
           who
           in
           his
           dialogues
           with
           
             Tryphon
          
           reckons
           this
           amongst
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           errors
           of
           some
           men
           who
           say
           there
           shall
           be
           no
           resurrection
           of
           the
           dead
           ;
           but
           that
           as
           soon
           as
           good
           men
           are
           dead
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           their
           souls
           are
           taken
           up
           immediately
           into
           heaven
           ;
           and
           the
           writer
           of
           the
           questions
           
             ad
             Orthodoxos
          
           asks
           ,
           [
           
             qu.
             76.
             q
             ,
             60.
             q.
          
           75.
           ]
           whether
           before
           the
           resurrection
           there
           shall
           be
           a
           reward
           of
           works
           ?
           because
           to
           the
           thief
           Paradise
           was
           promised
           
             that
             day
             .
          
           
             He
             answers
             ,
             it
             was
             fit
             the
             thief
             should
             goe
             to
             Paradise
             and
             there
             perceive
             what
             things
             should
             be
             given
             to
             the
             works
             of
             faith
             ;
             but
             there
             he
             is
             kept
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             untill
             the
             day
             of
             resurrection
             and
             reward
             .
          
           But
           in
           Paradise
           the
           soul
           hath
           an
           intellectual
           perception
           both
           of
           her self
           and
           of
           those
           things
           which
           were
           under
           her
           .
        
         
           Concerning
           which
           I
           shall
           not
           need
           to
           heap
           up
           testimonies
           ;
           this
           only
           :
           It
           is
           the
           doctrine
           of
           the
           Greek
           Church
           unto
           this
           day
           ,
           and
           was
           the
           opinion
           of
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Antient
           Church
           both
           Latine
           and
           Greek
           ;
           and
           by
           degrees
           was
           in
           the
           West
           eaten
           out
           by
           the
           doctrine
           of
           Purgatory
           and
           invocation
           of
           Saints
           ;
           and
           rejected
           a
           little
           above
           two
           hundred
           years
           agoe
           in
           the
           Councel
           of
           
             Florence
             ;
          
           and
           since
           that
           time
           it
           hath
           been
           more
           generally
           taught
           that
           the
           souls
           of
           good
           men
           enjoy
           the
           beatific
           vision
           before
           the
           resurrection
           ;
           even
           presently
           upon
           the
           dissolution
           .
           According
           to
           which
           new
           opinion
           it
           will
           be
           impossible
           to
           understand
           the
           meaning
           of
           my
           text
           ,
           and
           of
           diverse
           other
           places
           of
           Scripture
           which
           I
           have
           now
           alledged
           and
           explicated
           ;
           or
           at
           all
           to
           perceive
           the
           Oeconomy
           and
           dispensation
           of
           the
           day
           of
           judgment
           ;
           or
           how
           it
           can
           be
           a
           day
           of
           discerning
           ;
           or
           how
           the
           reapers
           ,
           the
           Angels
           shall
           bind
           up
           the
           wicked
           in
           bundles
           and
           throw
           them
           into
           the
           unquenchable
           fire
           ;
           or
           yet
           how
           it
           can
           be
           useful
           or
           necessary
           or
           prudent
           for
           Christ
           to
           give
           a
           solemn
           sentence
           upon
           all
           the
           world
           ;
           or
           how
           it
           can
           be
           that
           that
           day
           should
           be
           so
           formidable
           and
           full
           of
           terrors
           ,
           when
           nothing
           can
           affright
           those
           that
           have
           long
           enjoyed
           the
           beatific
           presence
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           no
           thunders
           or
           earthquakes
           can
           affright
           them
           who
           have
           upon
           them
           the
           biggest
           evil
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           I
           mean
           ,
           the
           damned
           who
           according
           to
           this
           opinion
           have
           been
           in
           hell
           for
           many
           ages
           :
           and
           it
           can
           mean
           nothing
           but
           to
           them
           that
           are
           alive
           ;
           and
           then
           it
           is
           but
           a
           particular
           ,
           not
           an
           universal
           judgment
           ;
           and
           after
           all
           ,
           it
           can
           pretend
           to
           no
           piety
           ,
           to
           no
           Scripture
           ,
           to
           no
           reason
           ;
           and
           only
           can
           serve
           the
           ends
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ;
           who
           can
           no
           way
           better
           be
           confuted
           in
           their
           invocation
           of
           Saints
           then
           by
           this
           truth
           ,
           that
           the
           Saints
           do
           not
           yet
           enjoy
           the
           beatific
           vision
           ;
           and
           though
           they
           are
           in
           a
           state
           of
           ease
           and
           comfort
           ,
           yet
           are
           they
           not
           in
           a
           state
           of
           power
           and
           glory
           ,
           and
           kingdome
           till
           the
           day
           of
           judgment
           .
        
         
           This
           also
           perfectly
           does
           overthrow
           the
           doctrine
           of
           Purgatory
           .
           For
           as
           the
           saints
           departed
           are
           not
           perfect
           ,
           and
           therefore
           certainly
           
           not
           to
           be
           invocated
           not
           to
           be
           made
           our
           Patrons
           and
           advocates
           :
           so
           neither
           are
           they
           in
           such
           a
           condition
           as
           to
           be
           in
           torment
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           impossible
           that
           any
           wise
           man
           should
           believe
           ,
           that
           the
           souls
           of
           good
           men
           after
           death
           should
           endure
           the
           sharp
           pains
           of
           hell
           ,
           and
           yet
           at
           the
           same
           time
           believe
           those
           words
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           
             Blessed
             are
             the
             dead
             that
             die
             in
             the
             Lord
             ;
             from
             henceforth
             ;
             yea
             saith
             the
             spirit
             that
             they
             may
             rest
             from
             their
             labours
             ,
             and
             their
             works
             doe
             follow
             them
             .
             (
             Rev.
          
           24.
           13.
           )
           If
           they
           can
           rest
           in
           beds
           of
           fire
           ,
           and
           sing
           hymns
           of
           glory
           in
           the
           torments
           of
           the
           damned
           ;
           if
           their
           labours
           are
           done
           when
           their
           pains
           are
           almost
           infinite
           ,
           then
           these
           words
           of
           the
           spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           doctrine
           of
           Purgatory
           can
           be
           reconciled
           ;
           else
           ,
           never
           to
           eternal
           ages
           .
           But
           it
           is
           certain
           ,
           they
           are
           words
           that
           cannot
           deceive
           us
           ,
           
             Non
             tanget
             eos
             tormentum
             mortis
             :
          
           Torment
           in
           death
           shall
           never
           touch
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           having
           established
           the
           proposition
           and
           the
           intended
           sense
           of
           the
           text
           ,
           let
           us
           a
           while
           consider
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           God
           is
           our
           God
           when
           we
           die
           ,
           if
           we
           be
           his
           servants
           while
           we
           live
           ;
           and
           
             to
             be
             our
             God
          
           signifies
           very
           much
           good
           to
           us
           .
           He
           will
           rescue
           us
           from
           the
           powers
           of
           hell
           ;
           the
           Devil
           shall
           have
           no
           part
           nor
           portion
           in
           us
           ;
           we
           shall
           be
           kept
           in
           safe
           custody
           ,
           we
           shall
           be
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           Christ
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           all
           the
           powers
           of
           hell
           shall
           never
           snatch
           us
           ,
           and
           therefore
           we
           may
           die
           with
           confidence
           ,
           if
           we
           die
           with
           a
           good
           conscience
           :
           we
           have
           no
           cause
           of
           fear
           ,
           if
           we
           have
           just
           grounds
           to
           hope
           for
           pardon
           .
           The
           Turks
           have
           a
           saying
           ,
           that
           the
           Christians
           doe
           not
           believe
           themselves
           when
           they
           talk
           such
           glorious
           things
           of
           Heaven
           and
           the
           state
           of
           separation
           :
           for
           if
           they
           did
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           be
           so
           afraid
           to
           die
           ;
           but
           they
           do
           not
           so
           well
           consider
           that
           Christians
           believe
           all
           this
           well
           enough
           ,
           but
           they
           believe
           better
           then
           they
           live
           ;
           and
           therefore
           they
           believe
           and
           tremble
           ,
           because
           they
           do
           not
           live
           after
           the
           rate
           of
           going
           to
           heaven
           :
           they
           knew
           that
           for
           good
           men
           glorious
           things
           are
           prepared
           ;
           but
           
             Tophet
             is
             prepared
             for
             evil
             Kings
             ,
          
           and
           unjust
           Rulers
           ;
           for
           vitious
           men
           ,
           and
           degenerate
           Christians
           :
           there
           is
           a
           hell
           for
           accursed
           souls
           ;
           and
           men
           live
           without
           fear
           
           of
           it
           so
           long
           ,
           till
           their
           fear
           as
           soon
           as
           it
           begins
           ,
           in
           an
           instant
           passes
           into
           despair
           and
           the
           fearful
           groans
           of
           the
           damned
           .
           It
           is
           no
           wonder
           to
           see
           men
           so
           unwilling
           to
           die
           ;
           to
           be
           impatient
           of
           the
           thought
           of
           death
           ;
           to
           be
           afraid
           to
           make
           their
           will
           ,
           to
           converse
           with
           the
           solemn
           scarcrow
           :
           He
           that
           is
           fit
           to
           die
           must
           have
           long
           dwelt
           with
           it
           ,
           must
           handle
           it
           on
           all
           sides
           ,
           must
           feel
           whether
           the
           sting
           be
           taken
           out
           ;
           he
           must
           examine
           
             whether
             he
             be
             in
             Christ
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           whether
           
             he
             be
             a
             new
             creature
             .
          
           And
           indeed
           I
           do
           not
           so
           much
           wonder
           that
           any
           man
           fears
           to
           die
           ,
           as
           when
           I
           see
           a
           careless
           and
           a
           wicked
           person
           descend
           to
           his
           grave
           with
           as
           much
           indifferency
           as
           he
           goes
           to
           sleep
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           with
           no
           other
           trouble
           then
           that
           he
           leaves
           the
           world
           ;
           but
           he
           does
           not
           fear
           to
           die
           ;
           and
           yet
           upon
           the
           instant
           of
           his
           dissolution
           he
           goes
           into
           the
           common
           receptacle
           of
           souls
           where
           nothing
           can
           be
           addressed
           to
           him
           but
           the
           consequence
           of
           what
           he
           brings
           along
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           shall
           presently
           know
           whether
           he
           shall
           be
           saved
           or
           damned
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           read
           of
           some
           men
           who
           by
           reading
           or
           hearing
           strange
           opinions
           have
           entred
           into
           desperate
           melancholy
           ,
           and
           divers
           who
           have
           perfectly
           despaired
           of
           the
           Divine
           mercy
           ;
           who
           feeling
           such
           horrid
           convulsions
           in
           their
           souls
           ,
           such
           fearful
           expectations
           of
           an
           Eternal
           curse
           that
           not
           finding
           themselves
           able
           to
           bear
           so
           intolerable
           a
           fear
           have
           hang'd
           or
           drown'd
           themselves
           ;
           and
           yet
           they
           only
           thought
           so
           or
           feared
           it
           ;
           and
           might
           have
           altered
           it
           if
           they
           would
           have
           hoped
           and
           prayed
           :
           but
           then
           let
           it
           be
           considered
           ;
           when
           the
           soul
           is
           stripp'd
           of
           the
           cloud
           her
           body
           ,
           when
           she
           is
           entred
           into
           strange
           regions
           and
           converses
           only
           with
           spirits
           ,
           and
           sees
           plainly
           all
           that
           is
           within
           her
           ,
           when
           all
           her
           sins
           appeare
           in
           their
           own
           natural
           ugliness
           and
           set
           out
           by
           their
           aggravating
           circumstances
           ;
           then
           she
           remembers
           her
           filthy
           pleasures
           and
           hates
           them
           infinitely
           as
           being
           such
           things
           to
           which
           she
           then
           can
           have
           no
           appetite
           :
           when
           she
           perceives
           she
           shall
           perish
           for
           that
           which
           is
           not
           ,
           for
           that
           whose
           remembrance
           is
           intolerable
           ;
           when
           she
           sees
           many
           new
           secrets
           which
           she
           understood
           not
           before
           ,
           and
           hath
           stranger
           apprehensrons
           of
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           then
           ever
           could
           be
           represented
           in
           this
           life
           ;
           when
           she
           hath
           the
           notices
           of
           a
           spirit
           ,
           and
           an
           understanding
           pure
           enough
           to
           see
           essences
           
           and
           rightly
           to
           weigh
           all
           the
           degrees
           of
           things
           ;
           when
           (
           possibly
           )
           she
           is
           often
           affrighted
           with
           the
           alarums
           and
           conjectures
           of
           the
           day
           of
           judgement
           ;
           or
           if
           she
           be
           not
           ,
           yet
           certainly
           knows
           ,
           not
           only
           by
           faith
           and
           fear
           ,
           but
           by
           a
           clear
           light
           and
           proper
           knowledge
           ,
           that
           it
           shall
           certainly
           come
           ,
           and
           its
           effects
           shall
           remain
           for
           ever
           ,
           then
           she
           hath
           time
           enough
           to
           bewail
           her
           own
           folly
           and
           remediless
           infelicity
           ;
           if
           we
           could
           now
           think
           seriously
           that
           things
           must
           come
           to
           that
           pass
           ,
           and
           place
           our selves
           by
           holy
           meditation
           in
           the
           circumstances
           of
           that
           condition
           ,
           and
           consider
           what
           we
           should
           then
           think
           ,
           how
           miserably
           deplore
           our
           folly
           ,
           how
           comfortless
           remember
           our
           ill
           gotten
           wealth
           ;
           with
           how
           much
           asperity
           and
           deep
           sighing
           we
           should
           call
           to
           mind
           our
           foolish
           pride
           ,
           our
           trifling
           swearing
           ,
           our
           beastly
           drinkings
           ,
           our
           unreasonable
           and
           brutish
           lusts
           ,
           it
           could
           not
           be
           but
           we
           must
           grow
           wiser
           on
           a
           sudden
           ,
           despise
           the
           world
           ,
           betake
           our selves
           to
           a
           strict
           religion
           ,
           reject
           all
           vanity
           of
           spirit
           ,
           and
           
             be
             sober
             and
             watch
             unto
             prayer
             .
          
           *
           If
           any
           of
           us
           had
           but
           a
           strange
           dream
           ,
           and
           should
           in
           the
           fears
           of
           the
           night
           but
           suppose
           our selves
           in
           Hell
           ,
           and
           be
           affrighted
           with
           those
           circumstances
           of
           damnation
           which
           we
           can
           tell
           of
           ,
           and
           use
           in
           our
           imperfect
           notices
           of
           things
           ,
           it
           would
           effect
           strange
           changes
           upon
           a
           ductile
           and
           malleable
           spirit
           .
           A
           frequent
           ,
           severe
           meditation
           can
           do
           more
           then
           a
           seldome
           and
           a
           phantastic
           dream
           ;
           but
           an
           active
           faith
           can
           do
           more
           then
           all
           the
           arts
           and
           contingencies
           of
           fancy
           or
           discourse
           .
        
         
           Now
           it
           is
           well
           with
           us
           ,
           and
           we
           may
           yet
           secure
           it
           shall
           be
           well
           with
           us
           for
           ever
           :
           but
           with
           in
           an
           hour
           it
           may
           be
           otherwise
           with
           any
           of
           us
           all
           ,
           who
           do
           not
           instantly
           take
           courses
           of
           security
           .
           But
           he
           that
           does
           not
           ,
           would
           in
           such
           a
           change
           soon
           come
           to
           wish
           that
           he
           might
           exchange
           his
           state
           with
           the
           meanest
           ,
           with
           the
           miserablest
           of
           all
           mankind
           ;
           with
           gallislaves
           and
           miners
           ,
           with
           men
           condemned
           to
           tortures
           for
           a
           good
           conscience
           .
           
             
               Sed
               cum
               pulchra
               minax
               succidet
               membra
               securis
               .
            
             
               Quam
               velles
               spinas
               tunc
               habuisse
               meas
               .
               Avianus
               .
            
          
           In
           the
           day
           of
           felling
           timber
           the
           shrub
           and
           the
           bramble
           are
           better
           
           then
           the
           tallest
           firre
           or
           the
           goodliest
           Cedar
           :
           and
           a
           poor
           Saint
           whose
           soul
           is
           in
           the
           hand
           of
           Jesus
           ,
           plac'd
           under
           the
           altar
           ,
           over
           which
           our
           high
           Priest
           like
           the
           
             Cherubim
          
           over
           the
           propitiatory
           intercedes
           perpetually
           for
           the
           hastening
           of
           his
           glory
           ,
           is
           better
           then
           the
           greatest
           Tyrant
           ,
           who
           if
           he
           dies
           ,
           is
           undone
           for
           ever
           .
           For
           in
           the
           interval
           there
           shall
           be
           rest
           and
           comfort
           to
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           torment
           and
           amazement
           and
           hellish
           confusion
           to
           the
           other
           :
           and
           the
           day
           of
           judgement
           will
           come
           ,
           and
           it
           shall
           appear
           to
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           they
           whose
           joys
           were
           not
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           were
           not
           of
           all
           men
           most
           miserable
           ,
           because
           their
           joys
           and
           their
           life
           were
           hid
           with
           Christ
           in
           God
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           resurrection
           of
           the
           just
           shall
           be
           brought
           forth
           and
           be
           illustrious
           beyond
           all
           the
           beauties
           of
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           now
           done
           with
           my
           text
           ,
           and
           been
           the
           expounder
           of
           this
           part
           of
           the
           Divine
           oracle
           :
           but
           here
           is
           another
           text
           and
           another
           Sermon
           yet
           .
           Ye
           have
           heard
           
             Moses
          
           and
           the
           
             Prophets
             :
          
           now
           hear
           one
           from
           the
           dead
           ;
           whose
           life
           and
           death
           would
           each
           of
           them
           make
           an
           excellent
           Sermon
           ,
           if
           this
           dead
           man
           had
           a
           good
           interpreter
           :
           for
           he
           being
           dead
           yet
           speaketh
           ,
           and
           calleth
           upon
           us
           to
           live
           well
           ,
           and
           to
           live
           quickly
           ,
           to
           watch
           perpetually
           ,
           and
           to
           work
           assiduously
           ;
           for
           we
           shall
           descend
           into
           the
           same
           shadows
           of
           death
           
             
               Linquenda
               tellus
               ,
               et
               domus
               ,
               et
               placens
               Vxor
               atque
               harum
               quas
               colis
               arborum
            
             
               Te
               praeter
               in
               visas
               Cupressos
               Nulla
               brevem
               Dominum
               sequetur
               .
            
          
           Thou
           must
           leave
           thy
           rich
           land
           ,
           and
           thy
           well
           built
           house
           ,
           and
           thy
           pleasing
           wife
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           the
           trees
           of
           thy
           Orchard
           or
           thy
           wood
           ,
           nothing
           shall
           attend
           thee
           to
           thy
           grave
           ,
           but
           oak
           for
           thy
           Coffin
           ,
           and
           Cypress
           for
           thy
           funeral
           :
           It
           shall
           not
           then
           be
           inquired
           how
           long
           thou
           hast
           liv'd
           but
           how
           well
           !
           None
           below
           will
           be
           concerned
           whither
           thou
           wert
           rich
           or
           poor
           ;
           but
           all
           the
           spirits
           of
           light
           and
           darkness
           shall
           be
           busie
           in
           the
           scrutiny
           of
           thy
           life
           ;
           for
           the
           good
           Angels
           would
           fain
           carry
           thy
           soul
           to
           Christ
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           do
           the
           Devils
           will
           follow
           and
           accuse
           thee
           there
           ;
           and
           when
           thou
           appearest
           before
           the
           righteous
           judge
           ,
           what
           will
           become
           
           of
           thee
           unless
           Christ
           be
           thy
           advocate
           and
           God
           be
           merciful
           and
           appeased
           ,
           and
           the
           Angels
           be
           thy
           guards
           and
           a
           holy
           conscience
           be
           thy
           comfort
           .
           There
           will
           to
           every
           one
           of
           us
           come
           a
           time
           when
           we
           shall
           with
           great
           passion
           and
           great
           interest
           inquire
           ,
           how
           have
           I
           spent
           my
           days
           ,
           how
           have
           I
           laid
           out
           my
           money
           ,
           how
           have
           I
           imployed
           my
           time
           ,
           how
           have
           I
           served
           God
           ,
           and
           how
           repented
           me
           of
           my
           sins
           :
           and
           upon
           our
           answers
           to
           these
           questions
           depends
           a
           happy
           or
           an
           unhappy
           Eternitie
           :
           and
           blessed
           is
           he
           who
           concerning
           these
           things
           takes
           care
           in
           time
           ;
           and
           of
           this
           care
           I
           may
           with
           much
           confidence
           and
           comfort
           propound
           to
           you
           the
           example
           of
           this
           good
           man
           whose
           reliques
           lie
           before
           you
           :
           Sir
           
             George
             Dalston
             ,
          
           of
           
             Dalston
          
           in
           
             Cumberland
             ;
          
           a
           worthy
           man
           ,
           belov'd
           of
           his
           Country
           ,
           useful
           to
           his
           friends
           ,
           friendly
           to
           all
           men
           ,
           careful
           of
           his
           religion
           ,
           and
           a
           true
           servant
           of
           God
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           descended
           of
           an
           Antient
           and
           a
           worthy
           house
           in
           
             Cumberland
             ;
          
           and
           he
           adorned
           his
           family
           and
           extraction
           with
           a
           more
           worthy
           comportment
           ;
           for
           to
           be
           of
           a
           worthy
           family
           and
           to
           bring
           to
           it
           no
           stock
           of
           our
           proper
           vertue
           is
           to
           be
           upbraided
           by
           our
           family
           ;
           and
           a
           worthy
           Father
           can
           be
           no
           honour
           to
           his
           Son
           ,
           when
           it
           shall
           be
           said
           ;
           behold
           the
           difference
           ;
           this
           crab
           descended
           from
           a
           goodly
           apple-tree
           ;
           but
           he
           who
           beautifies
           the
           eschutcheon
           of
           his
           Ancestors
           by
           worthy
           atchievements
           ,
           by
           learning
           or
           by
           wisdome
           ,
           by
           valour
           and
           by
           great
           imployments
           ,
           by
           a
           holy
           life
           and
           an
           useful
           converlation
           ;
           that
           man
           is
           the
           parent
           of
           his
           own
           fame
           ,
           and
           a
           new
           beginner
           of
           an
           Antient
           family
           :
           for
           as
           conversation
           is
           a
           perpetual
           creation
           ;
           so
           is
           the
           progression
           of
           a
           family
           in
           a
           line
           of
           worthy
           descendants
           ,
           a
           dayly
           beginning
           of
           its
           honour
           and
           a
           new
           stabiliment
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           bred
           in
           learning
           ;
           in
           which
           
             Cambridge
          
           was
           his
           tiring
           room
           ,
           and
           the
           Court
           of
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
          
           was
           his
           stage
           in
           which
           he
           first
           represented
           the
           part
           of
           a
           hopeful
           young
           man
           :
           but
           there
           he
           stayed
           not
           ;
           his
           friends
           not
           being
           desirous
           that
           the
           levities
           of
           youth
           should
           be
           fermented
           by
           the
           liberties
           of
           a
           rich
           and
           splendid
           Court
           ,
           caused
           him
           to
           lie
           in
           the
           restraints
           and
           to
           grow
           ripe
           in
           the
           sobrieties
           of
           a
           Country
           life
           and
           a
           married
           state
           :
           In
           which
           as
           I
           am
           informed
           he
           behaved
           himself
           with
           so
           great
           worthiness
           ,
           
           thiness
           ,
           and
           gave
           such
           probation
           of
           his
           love
           of
           justice
           ,
           popular
           regards
           of
           his
           Countries
           good
           ,
           and
           abilities
           to
           serve
           them
           ;
           that
           for
           almost
           40.
           years
           together
           his
           Country
           chose
           him
           for
           their
           Knight
           to
           serve
           in
           all
           the
           intervening
           parliaments
           :
           
             Magistratus
             indicatorium
             ;
          
           imployment
           shews
           the
           man
           ;
           he
           was
           a
           leading
           man
           in
           Parliaments
           ;
           prevailing
           there
           by
           the
           great
           reputation
           of
           his
           justice
           and
           integrity
           ;
           and
           yet
           he
           was
           not
           unpleasant
           and
           hated
           at
           Court
           :
           for
           he
           had
           well
           understood
           that
           the
           true
           interest
           of
           Courts
           and
           Parliaments
           were
           one
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           are
           like
           the
           humours
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           if
           you
           increase
           one
           beyond
           its
           limit
           ,
           that
           destroys
           all
           the
           rest
           and
           it self
           at
           last
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           look
           upon
           themselves
           as
           enemies
           and
           that
           hot
           and
           cold
           must
           fight
           ;
           the
           prevailing
           part
           is
           abated
           in
           the
           conflict
           ,
           and
           the
           vanquish'd
           part
           is
           destroyed
           :
           but
           when
           they
           look
           upon
           themselves
           as
           varieties
           serving
           the
           differing
           aspects
           and
           necessities
           of
           the
           same
           body
           ,
           they
           are
           for
           the
           allay
           of
           each
           others
           exorbitances
           and
           excesses
           ,
           and
           by
           keeping
           their
           own
           measures
           they
           preserve
           the
           man
           :
           this
           the
           good
           man
           well
           understood
           ;
           for
           so
           he
           comported
           himself
           that
           he
           was
           loud
           in
           Parliaments
           and
           valued
           at
           Court
           :
           he
           was
           respected
           in
           very
           many
           Parliaments
           ;
           and
           was
           worthily
           regarded
           by
           the
           worthy
           Kings
           :
           which
           without
           an
           Orator
           commends
           a
           man
           :
           
             Gravissimi
             principis
             judicium
             in
             minoribus
             etiam
             rebus
             consequi
             pulchrum
             est
             ;
          
           said
           
             Rliny
             .
          
           To
           be
           approved
           though
           but
           in
           lesser
           matters
           by
           the
           judgement
           of
           a
           wise
           Prince
           is
           a
           great
           ornament
           to
           the
           man
           .
           For
           as
           King
           
             Theodoric
          
           in
           
             Cassiodore
          
           said
           ,
           
             Nequen
             .
             dignus
             est
             à
             quopiam
             redargui
             ,
             qui
             nostro
             judicio
             meretur
             absolvi
             :
          
           No
           man
           ought
           to
           reprove
           him
           whom
           the
           King
           commends
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           need
           no
           artifices
           to
           represent
           him
           worthy
           ;
           his
           arguments
           of
           probation
           were
           within
           in
           the
           magazines
           of
           a
           good
           heart
           and
           represented
           themselves
           by
           worthy
           actions
           .
           For
           ,
           God
           was
           pleased
           to
           invest
           him
           with
           a
           marvailous
           sweet
           Nature
           ;
           which
           is
           certainly
           to
           be
           reckoned
           as
           one
           half
           of
           the
           grace
           of
           God
           :
           because
           a
           good
           nature
           being
           the
           reliques
           and
           remains
           of
           that
           ship
           wrack
           which
           
             Adam
          
           made
           ,
           is
           the
           proper
           and
           immediate
           disposition
           to
           holiness
           ,
           as
           the
           corruption
           of
           
             Adam
          
           was
           to
           disobedience
           and
           peevish
           Councels
           .
           A
           good
           nature
           will
           not
           upbraid
           
           the
           more
           imperfect
           persons
           ,
           will
           not
           deride
           the
           ignorant
           ,
           will
           not
           reproach
           the
           erring
           man
           :
           will
           not
           smite
           sinners
           on
           the
           face
           ,
           will
           not
           despise
           the
           penitent
           .
           A
           good
           Nature
           is
           apt
           to
           forgive
           injuries
           ,
           to
           pitty
           the
           miserable
           ,
           to
           rescue
           the
           oppressed
           ,
           to
           make
           every
           ones
           condition
           as
           tolerable
           as
           he
           can
           :
           and
           so
           would
           he
           .
           For
           as
           when
           good
           Nature
           is
           heightned
           by
           the
           grace
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           which
           was
           natural
           becomes
           now
           spiritual
           ;
           so
           these
           actions
           which
           proceeded
           from
           an
           excellent
           nature
           and
           were
           pleasing
           and
           useful
           to
           men
           ,
           when
           they
           derive
           from
           a
           new
           principle
           of
           grace
           they
           become
           pleasant
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           God
           :
           then
           obedience
           to
           laws
           is
           duty
           to
           God
           ;
           justice
           is
           righteousness
           ,
           bounty
           becomes
           graciousness
           ,
           and
           alms
           is
           charity
           .
        
         
           And
           indeed
           this
           is
           a
           grace
           in
           which
           this
           good
           man
           was
           very
           remarkable
           ,
           being
           very
           frequent
           and
           much
           in
           alms
           ;
           tender
           hearted
           to
           the
           poor
           ;
           open
           handed
           to
           relieve
           their
           needs
           ;
           the
           bellies
           of
           the
           poor
           did
           bless
           him
           ,
           he
           filled
           them
           with
           food
           and
           gladness
           ;
           and
           I
           have
           heard
           that
           he
           was
           so
           regular
           ,
           so
           constant
           ,
           so
           free
           in
           this
           duty
           ,
           that
           in
           these
           late
           unhappy
           wars
           being
           in
           a
           garison
           and
           neer
           the
           suffering
           some
           rude
           accidents
           ,
           the
           beggars
           made
           themselves
           his
           guard
           and
           rescued
           him
           from
           that
           trouble
           ,
           who
           had
           so
           often
           rescued
           them
           from
           hunger
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           of
           a
           meek
           and
           gentle
           spirit
           ;
           but
           not
           too
           soft
           ;
           he
           knew
           how
           to
           do
           good
           ,
           and
           how
           to
           put
           by
           an
           injury
           ;
           but
           I
           have
           heard
           it
           told
           by
           them
           that
           knew
           his
           life
           ,
           that
           being
           by
           the
           unavoidable
           trouble
           of
           a
           great
           estate
           ingag'd
           in
           great
           suits
           at
           law
           ,
           he
           was
           never
           Plaintiffe
           ,
           but
           always
           upon
           the
           defensive
           part
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           had
           reason
           on
           his
           side
           and
           justice
           for
           him
           ,
           I
           need
           alledge
           no
           other
           testimony
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           sentence
           of
           his
           Judges
           so
           declared
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           in
           which
           I
           propound
           this
           good
           man
           most
           imitable
           was
           in
           his
           religion
           ,
           for
           he
           was
           a
           great
           lover
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           a
           constant
           attender
           to
           the
           Sermons
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           a
           diligent
           hearer
           of
           the
           prayers
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           and
           an
           obedient
           son
           to
           perform
           the
           commands
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           He
           was
           diligent
           in
           his
           times
           and
           circumstances
           of
           devotion
           ;
           he
           would
           often
           be
           at
           Church
           so
           early
           that
           he
           was
           seen
           to
           walk
           long
           in
           the
           Churhyard
           
           before
           prayers
           ;
           being
           as
           ready
           to
           confess
           his
           sins
           at
           the
           beginning
           ,
           as
           to
           receive
           the
           blessing
           at
           the
           end
           of
           prayers
           .
           Indeed
           he
           was
           so
           great
           a
           lover
           of
           Sermons
           ,
           that
           though
           he
           knew
           how
           to
           value
           that
           which
           was
           the
           best
           ,
           yet
           he
           was
           patient
           of
           that
           which
           was
           not
           so
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           could
           not
           learn
           any
           thing
           to
           improve
           his
           faith
           ,
           yet
           he
           would
           finde
           something
           to
           exercise
           his
           patience
           ;
           and
           something
           for
           charity
           ;
           yet
           this
           his
           great
           love
           of
           Sermons
           could
           not
           tempt
           him
           to
           a
           willingness
           of
           neglecting
           the
           prayers
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           of
           which
           he
           was
           a
           great
           lover
           to
           his
           dying
           day
           .
           
             Oves
             meae
             exaudiunt
             vocem
             meam
          
           (
           says
           Christ
           )
           my
           sheep
           hear
           my
           voice
           ;
           and
           so
           the
           Church
           says
           :
           my
           sheep
           hear
           my
           voice
           ,
           they
           love
           my
           words
           ,
           they
           pray
           in
           my
           forms
           ,
           they
           observe
           my
           orders
           ,
           they
           delight
           in
           my
           offices
           ,
           they
           revere
           my
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           obey
           my
           constitutions
           :
           and
           so
           did
           he
           ;
           loving
           to
           have
           his
           soul
           recommended
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           needs
           represented
           ,
           and
           his
           sins
           confessed
           ,
           and
           his
           pardon
           implored
           in
           the
           words
           of
           his
           Mother
           in
           the
           voice
           and
           accent
           of
           her
           that
           nurs'd
           him
           up
           to
           a
           spiritual
           life
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           man
           in
           Christ
           Jesus
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           indeed
           a
           great
           lover
           and
           had
           a
           great
           regard
           for
           Gods
           Ministers
           ,
           ever
           remembring
           the
           words
           of
           God
           ,
           keep
           my
           rest
           ,
           and
           reverence
           my
           Priests
           ,
           he
           honoured
           the
           calling
           in
           all
           ;
           but
           he
           loved
           and
           revered
           the
           persons
           of
           such
           who
           were
           conscientious
           keepers
           of
           their
           
             depositum
             ,
          
           that
           trust
           which
           was
           committed
           to
           them
           ;
           such
           which
           did
           not
           for
           interest
           quit
           their
           conscience
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           to
           preserve
           some
           parts
           of
           their
           revenue
           ,
           quit
           some
           portions
           of
           their
           religion
           ,
           He
           knew
           that
           what
           was
           true
           in
           1639.
           was
           also
           true
           in
           1644.
           and
           so
           to
           57.
           and
           shall
           continue
           true
           to
           eternal
           ages
           :
           and
           they
           that
           change
           their
           perswasions
           by
           force
           or
           interest
           did
           neither
           believe
           well
           nor
           ill
           upon
           competent
           and
           just
           grounds
           ;
           they
           are
           not
           just
           ,
           though
           they
           happen
           on
           the
           right
           side
           .
           Hope
           of
           gain
           did
           by
           chance
           teach
           them
           well
           ;
           and
           fear
           of
           loss
           abuses
           them
           directly
           .
           He
           pitied
           the
           persecuted
           ,
           and
           never
           would
           take
           part
           with
           persecutors
           ,
           he
           prayed
           for
           his
           Prince
           and
           serv'd
           him
           in
           what
           he
           could
           :
           he
           loved
           God
           ,
           and
           lov'd
           the
           Church
           ;
           he
           was
           a
           lover
           of
           his
           Countries
           liberties
           ,
           and
           yet
           an
           observer
           of
           the
           laws
           of
           his
           King
           .
        
         
         
           Thus
           he
           behaved
           himself
           to
           all
           his
           superior
           relatives
           ;
           to
           his
           equals
           and
           descendants
           he
           was
           also
           just
           ,
           and
           kinde
           and
           loving
           .
           He
           was
           an
           excellent
           friend
           ,
           laying
           out
           his
           own
           interest
           to
           serve
           theirs
           ;
           sparing
           not
           himself
           that
           he
           might
           serve
           them
           ;
           as
           knowing
           society
           to
           be
           the
           advantage
           of
           mans
           nature
           ;
           and
           friendship
           the
           ornament
           of
           society
           ,
           and
           usefulness
           the
           ornament
           of
           friendship
           :
           and
           in
           this
           he
           was
           known
           to
           be
           very
           worthy
           .
           He
           was
           tender
           and
           carefull
           of
           his
           children
           ,
           and
           so
           provident
           and
           wife
           ,
           so
           loving
           and
           obliging
           to
           his
           whole
           family
           ,
           that
           he
           justly
           had
           that
           love
           and
           regard
           ,
           that
           duty
           and
           observance
           from
           them
           ,
           which
           his
           kindness
           and
           his
           care
           had
           merited
           .
           He
           was
           a
           provident
           and
           carefull
           conductor
           of
           his
           estate
           ;
           but
           farre
           from
           covetousness
           ;
           as
           appeared
           toward
           the
           evening
           of
           his
           life
           ;
           in
           which
           that
           vice
           does
           usually
           prevail
           amongst
           old
           men
           ,
           who
           are
           more
           greedy
           when
           they
           have
           least
           need
           and
           ,
           and
           load
           their
           sumpters
           so
           much
           the
           more
           ,
           by
           how
           much
           neerer
           they
           are
           to
           their
           journeys
           end
           :
           but
           he
           made
           a
           demonstration
           of
           the
           contrary
           ;
           for
           he
           washed
           his
           hands
           and
           heart
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           gave
           up
           his
           estate
           long
           before
           his
           death
           or
           sickness
           to
           be
           managed
           by
           his
           only
           son
           whom
           he
           left
           since
           ,
           but
           then
           first
           made
           and
           saw
           him
           his
           heir
           ;
           he
           emptied
           his
           hands
           of
           secular
           imployment
           ;
           medled
           not
           with
           money
           but
           for
           the
           uses
           of
           the
           poor
           ,
           for
           piety
           ,
           for
           justice
           and
           religion
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           having
           devested
           himself
           of
           all
           objections
           and
           in
           his
           conversation
           with
           the
           world
           ,
           quitting
           his
           affections
           to
           it
           ,
           he
           wholly
           gave
           himself
           to
           religion
           and
           devotion
           :
           He
           waken'd
           early
           and
           would
           presently
           be
           entertained
           with
           reading
           ;
           when
           he
           rose
           ,
           still
           he
           would
           be
           read
           to
           and
           hear
           some
           of
           the
           Psalms
           of
           
             David
             :
          
           and
           excepting
           only
           what
           time
           he
           took
           for
           the
           necessities
           of
           his
           life
           and
           health
           ,
           all
           the
           rest
           he
           gave
           to
           prayer
           ,
           reading
           ,
           and
           meditation
           ;
           save
           only
           that
           he
           did
           not
           neglect
           ,
           or
           rudely
           entertain
           the
           visits
           and
           kinde
           offices
           of
           his
           neighbours
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           this
           great
           vacation
           from
           the
           world
           ;
           he
           espied
           his
           advantages
           ;
           he
           knew
           well
           according
           to
           that
           saying
           of
           the
           Emperor
           
             Charles
             5.
             oportet
             inter
             vitae
             negotia
             &
             diem
             mortis
             spatium
             aliquod
             intercedere
             ;
             there
             ought
             to
             be
             a
             valley
             between
             two
             such
             mountains
             ,
          
           the
           
           businesses
           of
           our
           life
           and
           the
           troubles
           of
           our
           death
           ;
           and
           he
           stayed
           not
           till
           the
           noise
           of
           the
           bridegrooms
           coming
           did
           awaken
           and
           affright
           him
           ;
           but
           by
           daily
           prayers
           twice
           a
           day
           constantly
           with
           his
           family
           ,
           besides
           the
           piety
           and
           devotion
           of
           his
           own
           retirements
           ,
           by
           a
           monethly
           communion
           ,
           by
           weekly
           Sermons
           and
           by
           the
           religion
           of
           every
           day
           he
           stood
           in
           precincts
           ,
           ready
           with
           oyle
           in
           his
           lamp
           watching
           till
           his
           Lord
           should
           call
           .
        
         
           And
           indeed
           when
           he
           was
           hearing
           what
           God
           did
           speak
           to
           him
           of
           duty
           ,
           he
           also
           received
           his
           summons
           to
           give
           his
           account
           .
           For
           he
           was
           so
           pertinacious
           an
           attendant
           to
           Gods
           holy
           word
           and
           the
           services
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           that
           though
           he
           found
           himself
           sick
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           off
           ,
           but
           stay
           till
           the
           solemnity
           was
           done
           ;
           but
           it
           pleased
           God
           at
           Church
           to
           give
           him
           his
           first
           arrest
           ,
           and
           since
           that
           time
           I
           have
           often
           visited
           him
           ;
           and
           found
           him
           alwayes
           doing
           his
           work
           with
           the
           greatest
           evennes
           and
           indifferency
           of
           spirit
           as
           to
           the
           event
           of
           life
           and
           death
           that
           I
           have
           observed
           in
           any
           .
           He
           was
           not
           unwilling
           to
           live
           ;
           but
           if
           he
           should
           ,
           he
           resolved
           to
           spend
           his
           life
           wholly
           in
           the
           service
           of
           God
           ;
           but
           yet
           neither
           was
           he
           unwilling
           to
           die
           ;
           because
           he
           then
           knew
           he
           should
           weep
           no
           more
           ,
           and
           he
           should
           sin
           no
           more
           .
           He
           was
           very
           confident
           ,
           but
           yet
           with
           great
           humility
           and
           great
           modesty
           ,
           of
           the
           pardon
           of
           his
           sins
           ;
           he
           had
           indeed
           lived
           without
           scandal
           ,
           but
           he
           knew
           he
           had
           not
           lived
           without
           error
           ;
           but
           as
           God
           had
           assisted
           him
           to
           avoid
           the
           reproach
           of
           great
           crimes
           ,
           so
           he
           doubted
           not
           but
           he
           should
           finde
           pardon
           for
           the
           less
           :
           and
           indeed
           I
           could
           not
           but
           observe
           that
           he
           had
           in
           all
           the
           time
           of
           his
           sickness
           a
           very
           quiet
           conscience
           ;
           which
           is
           to
           me
           an
           excellent
           demonstration
           of
           the
           state
           of
           his
           life
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           state
           of
           grace
           and
           pardon
           .
           For
           though
           he
           seemed
           to
           have
           a
           conscience
           tender
           and
           nice
           if
           any
           evil
           thing
           had
           touched
           it
           ,
           yet
           I
           could
           not
           but
           apprehend
           that
           his
           peace
           was
           a
           just
           peace
           ,
           the
           mercy
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           price
           and
           effect
           of
           the
           bloud
           of
           Jesus
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           so
           joyfull
           ,
           so
           thankfull
           ,
           so
           pleased
           in
           the
           Ministeries
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           that
           it
           gave
           in
           evidence
           where
           his
           soul
           was
           most
           delighted
           ,
           what
           it
           did
           apprehend
           the
           quickest
           ,
           where
           it
           did
           use
           to
           dwell
           ,
           and
           what
           it
           did
           most
           passionately
           love
           .
           He
           discoursed
           
           much
           of
           the
           mercies
           of
           God
           to
           him
           ,
           repeated
           the
           blessings
           of
           his
           life
           ,
           the
           accidents
           and
           instruments
           of
           his
           trouble
           ,
           he
           loved
           the
           cause
           of
           his
           trouble
           and
           pardoned
           them
           that
           neither
           loved
           it
           nor
           him
           .
        
         
           When
           he
           had
           spent
           great
           portions
           of
           his
           time
           of
           sickness
           in
           the
           service
           of
           God
           and
           in
           expectation
           of
           the
           sentence
           of
           his
           life
           or
           death
           ,
           at
           last
           he
           understood
           the
           still
           voice
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           to
           goe
           where
           his
           soul
           loved
           to
           be
           ;
           he
           still
           increased
           his
           devotion
           ;
           and
           being
           admonished
           as
           his
           strength
           failed
           him
           ,
           to
           supply
           his
           usual
           forms
           ,
           and
           his
           want
           of
           strength
           and
           words
           ,
           by
           short
           exercise
           of
           vertues
           ,
           of
           faith
           and
           patience
           and
           the
           love
           of
           God
           ;
           he
           did
           it
           so
           willingly
           ,
           so
           well
           ,
           so
           readily
           ,
           making
           his
           eyes
           ,
           his
           hands
           ,
           and
           his
           tongue
           as
           long
           as
           he
           could
           the
           interpreters
           of
           his
           minde
           ,
           that
           as
           long
           as
           he
           was
           alive
           we
           would
           see
           what
           his
           soul
           was
           doing
           .
           He
           doubted
           not
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           promises
           ,
           nor
           of
           the
           goodness
           of
           God
           ,
           nor
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           the
           merits
           of
           his
           death
           ,
           nor
           the
           fruit
           of
           his
           resurrection
           ,
           nor
           the
           prevalency
           of
           his
           intercession
           ,
           nor
           yet
           doubted
           of
           his
           own
           part
           in
           them
           ,
           but
           expected
           his
           portion
           in
           the
           regions
           of
           blessedness
           with
           those
           who
           loved
           God
           and
           served
           him
           heartily
           and
           faithfully
           in
           their
           generations
           .
        
         
           He
           had
           so
           great
           a
           patience
           in
           his
           sickness
           and
           was
           so
           afraid
           lest
           he
           should
           sin
           at
           last
           ;
           that
           his
           piety
           out-did
           his
           nature
           ,
           and
           though
           the
           body
           cannot
           feel
           but
           by
           the
           soul
           ,
           yet
           his
           soul
           seemed
           so
           little
           concerned
           in
           the
           passions
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           that
           I
           neither
           observed
           ,
           nor
           heard
           of
           him
           that
           he
           in
           all
           his
           sickness
           so
           much
           as
           complained
           with
           any
           semblance
           of
           impatience
           .
        
         
           He
           so
           continued
           to
           pray
           ,
           so
           delighted
           in
           hearing
           Psalms
           sung
           ,
           which
           I
           wish
           were
           made
           as
           fit
           to
           sing
           by
           their
           numbers
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           by
           their
           weight
           ,
           that
           so
           very
           much
           of
           his
           time
           was
           spent
           in
           them
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           very
           likely
           when
           his
           Lord
           came
           ,
           he
           would
           finde
           him
           so
           doing
           ,
           and
           he
           did
           so
           ;
           for
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           prayers
           he
           went
           away
           ,
           and
           got
           to
           Heaven
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           ;
           and
           saw
           them
           (
           as
           we
           hope
           )
           presented
           to
           the
           throne
           of
           grace
           ;
           he
           went
           along
           with
           them
           himself
           ,
           and
           was
           his
           own
           messenger
           to
           heaven
           ;
           where
           although
           he
           possibly
           
           might
           prevent
           his
           last
           prayers
           ,
           yet
           he
           would
           not
           prevent
           Gods
           early
           mercy
           ;
           which
           as
           we
           humbly
           hope
           ,
           gave
           him
           pardon
           for
           his
           sins
           ,
           ease
           of
           his
           pain
           ,
           joy
           after
           his
           sorrow
           ,
           certainty
           for
           his
           fears
           ,
           heaven
           for
           earth
           ,
           innocence
           and
           impeccability
           instead
           of
           his
           infirmity
           .
           
             
               Ergo
               Quintilium
               perpetuus
               sopor
               Urget
               cui
               pudor
               &
               justitiae
               soror
               ,
            
             
               Incorrupta
               fides
               ,
               Nudaque
               veritas
               ,
               Quando
               ullum
               inveniet
               parem
               ?
            
          
           Faith
           and
           justice
           ,
           modesty
           and
           pure
           righteousness
           ,
           made
           him
           equal
           to
           the
           worthiest
           examples
           he
           was
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           a
           good
           man
           ,
           loving
           and
           humble
           ,
           meek
           and
           patient
           ,
           he
           would
           be
           sure
           to
           be
           the
           last
           in
           contention
           ,
           and
           the
           first
           at
           a
           peace
           ;
           he
           would
           injure
           no
           man
           ,
           but
           yet
           if
           any
           man
           was
           displeased
           with
           him
           ,
           he
           would
           speak
           first
           and
           offer
           words
           of
           kindness
           ;
           If
           any
           did
           dispute
           concerning
           priority
           ,
           he
           knew
           how
           to
           get
           it
           even
           by
           yeelding
           and
           compliance
           ;
           walking
           profitably
           with
           his
           neighbours
           and
           humbly
           with
           his
           God
           ,
           and
           having
           lived
           a
           life
           of
           piety
           ,
           he
           died
           in
           a
           full
           age
           ,
           an
           honourable
           old
           age
           ,
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           his
           friends
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           prayer
           .
           And
           although
           the
           events
           of
           the
           other
           world
           are
           hidden
           to
           us
           below
           that
           we
           might
           live
           in
           faith
           ,
           and
           walke
           in
           hope
           and
           die
           in
           charity
           ,
           yet
           we
           have
           great
           reason
           to
           bless
           God
           for
           his
           mercies
           to
           this
           our
           Brother
           ,
           and
           endeavour
           to
           comport
           our selves
           with
           a
           strict
           religion
           ,
           and
           a
           severe
           repentance
           ,
           with
           an
           exemplar
           patience
           &
           an
           exemplar
           piety
           ,
           with
           the
           structures
           of
           a
           holy
           life
           ,
           and
           the
           solemnities
           of
           a
           religious
           death
           ,
           that
           we
           also
           may
           ,
           as
           our
           consident
           and
           humble
           hope
           is
           this
           our
           Brother
           doth
           by
           the
           conduct
           of
           Angels
           pass
           into
           the
           hands
           and
           bosome
           of
           Jesus
           ,
           there
           to
           expect
           the
           most
           mercifull
           sentence
           of
           the
           right
           hand
           ,
           
             Come
             ye
             blessed
             Children
             of
             my
             Father
             ,
             receive
             the
             Kingdome
             prepared
             for
             you
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             world
             .
          
           Amen
           Lord
           Jesus
           ,
           Amen
           .
        
         
           Grant
           this
           Eternal
           God
           for
           Iesus
           Christ
           his
           sake
           ;
           to
           whom
           with
           thee
           O
           Father
           ,
           and
           the
           Holy
           Spirit
           ,
           be
           all
           glory
           and
           honour
           ,
           service
           and
           dominion
           ,
           love
           and
           obedience
           ,
           be
           confessed
           due
           ,
           and
           ever
           paid
           by
           all
           Angels
           ,
           and
           all
           men
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           creatures
           this
           day
           ,
           henceforth
           and
           for
           evermore
           .
        
         
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .