A funeral sermon preached upon occasion of the decease of the eminently pious Mrs. Elizabeth Williams, late wife of Mr. Daniel Williams, who departed this life, June the 10th, 1698, Ætat 62 with some account of her exemplary character taken for the most part out of her own papers / by Edmund Calamy.
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             A funeral sermon preached upon occasion of the decease of the eminently pious Mrs. Elizabeth Williams, late wife of Mr. Daniel Williams, who departed this life, June the 10th, 1698, Ætat 62 with some account of her exemplary character taken for the most part out of her own papers / by Edmund Calamy.
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           A
           Funeral
           Sermon
           ,
           PREACHED
           Upon
           Occasion
           of
           the
           Decease
           of
           
             The
             Eminently
             Pious
          
           Mrs.
           
             Elizabeth
             Williams
          
           :
           Late
           Wife
           of
           the
           Reverend
           Mr.
           Daniel
           Williams
           .
           Who
           Departed
           this
           Life
           ,
           Iune
           the
           10
           
             th
             .
             1698.
             
             Aetat
          
           .
           62.
           
        
         
           With
           some
           Account
           of
           Her
           Exemplary
           Character
           :
           Taken
           for
           the
           most
           Part
           out
           of
           Her
           own
           Papers
           .
        
         
           By
           EDMVND
           CALAMY
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             I.
             Lawrence
          
           at
           the
           Angel
           in
           the
           Poultry
           over
           against
           the
           Compter
           ,
           1698.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           My
           Much
           Honoured
           FRIEND
           ,
           The
           Reverend
           Mr.
           DANIEL
           WILLIAMS
           .
        
         
           
             Reverend
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           IF
           the
           PRESENT
           which
           I
           here
           make
           You
           ,
           should
           occasion
           any
           Renewal
           of
           Your
           Grief
           ,
           You
           know
           where
           to
           Charge
           it
           .
           Though
           I
           should
           Hope
           ,
           a
           repeated
           Reflection
           on
           Your
           Deceased
           Yoke-fellows
           Correspondence
           ,
           both
           in
           Temper
           and
           Practise
           ,
           with
           the
           Instances
           and
           Patterns
           propos'd
           for
           Imitation
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           which
           I
           (
           with
           Your
           
           Approbation
           )
           fixt
           on
           for
           the
           Subject
           of
           the
           Ensuing
           Discourse
           ,
           might
           administer
           Consolation
           and
           Refreshment
           .
        
         
           FOR
           it
           cannot
           but
           be
           very
           comfortable
           ,
           to
           have
           so
           good
           Grounds
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           same
           Time
           when
           withdrawn
           from
           You
           ,
           She
           was
           remov'd
           out
           of
           a
           troublesome
           World
           ,
           into
           that
           
             Better
             Countrey
          
           ,
           which
           had
           Her
           Heart
           so
           long
           before
           :
           Where
           She
           hath
           unspeakably
           better
           Friends
           ,
           and
           better
           Entertainments
           ,
           than
           this
           World
           was
           ever
           capable
           of
           affording
           Her
           ;
           and
           that
           without
           any
           mixture
           ,
           or
           fear
           of
           Change.
           
        
         
           IT
           hath
           pleas'd
           GOD
           (
           Sir
           )
           that
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           a
           great
           many
           signal
           Mercies
           ,
           You
           have
           met
           with
           a
           Variety
           of
           Difficulties
           and
           Troubles
           ;
           some
           of
           which
           have
           been
           attended
           with
           very
           uncomfortable
           Circumstances
           .
           I
           take
           this
           Opportunity
           to
           join
           with
           You
           in
           heartily
           Rejoicing
           ,
           and
           Blessing
           Him
           ,
           who
           hath
           so
           wonderfully
           supported
           You
           under
           ,
           and
           so
           comfortably
           carry'd
           You
           through
           all
           hitherto
           .
           Methinks
           You
           had
           a
           peculiar
           Mercy
           ,
           
           under
           the
           most
           Furious
           Assaults
           of
           those
           envenom'd
           Spirits
           ,
           who
           combin'd
           together
           (
           sometime
           since
           )
           to
           blast
           Your
           Reputation
           ,
           (
           of
           some
           of
           whom
           't
           is
           sufficiently
           evident
           ,
           that
           they
           aim'd
           at
           giving
           a
           Wound
           to
           the
           Ministry
           in
           General
           through
           Your
           Sides
           ;
           )
           in
           having
           such
           a
           Domestick
           Instance
           of
           Exemplary
           Patience
           in
           Your
           Dear
           Consort
           :
           Who
           though
           deeply
           Affected
           ,
           and
           not
           free
           from
           just
           Resentments
           of
           their
           Inhumanity
           ;
           (
           especially
           in
           Charging
           You
           with
           Vnkindness
           to
           Her
           ,
           who
           ever
           retain'd
           a
           most
           thankful
           Sense
           of
           Your
           endearing
           Love
           and
           Tenderness
           ;
           )
           yet
           carried
           it
           all
           along
           with
           that
           evenness
           of
           Temper
           ,
           that
           Christian
           Composure
           ,
           and
           Vndauntedness
           ;
           (
           being
           fully
           satisfi'd
           from
           first
           to
           last
           ,
           of
           the
           Groundlessness
           of
           their
           malicious
           Insinuations
           )
           as
           seem'd
           wonderful
           to
           all
           who
           knew
           ,
           and
           observ'd
           Her.
           I
           am
           persuaded
           ,
           You
           then
           reap'd
           much
           Comfort
           and
           Benefit
           ,
           as
           from
           the
           serious
           Supplications
           of
           Your
           Loving
           Flock
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           Christian
           Friends
           on
           Your
           behalf
           ,
           so
           also
           from
           Hers
           Particularly
           ,
           which
           were
           sent
           Vpwards
           with
           a
           peculiar
           Tenderness
           and
           Fervour
           .
           And
           
           Your
           Loss
           of
           Her
           Prayers
           ,
           by
           Her
           Removal
           ,
           is
           with
           me
           (
           and
           I
           doubt
           not
           with
           You
           much
           more
           )
           of
           considerable
           Account
           .
        
         
           WOVLD
           the
           most
           Angry
           and
           Censorious
           ,
           but
           take
           the
           Pains
           to
           peruse
           ,
           and
           have
           the
           Patience
           seriously
           to
           consider
           ,
           those
           Genuine
           and
           Vnaffected
           Breathings
           of
           a
           gracious
           Heart
           ,
           a
           Gospel
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           truly
           Christian
           Temper
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           inserted
           in
           the
           Annexed
           Character
           of
           the
           Deceased
           ,
           out
           of
           Her
           own
           Papers
           ;
           I
           could
           not
           but
           Hope
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           any
           remaining
           Tincture
           of
           Sober-mindedness
           ,
           they
           would
           see
           the
           Folly
           of
           Inveighing
           against
           that
           sort
           of
           Ministry
           ,
           either
           as
           Legal
           ,
           or
           Vn-Evangelical
           ,
           which
           GOD
           so
           blesses
           ,
           and
           makes
           use
           of
           ,
           to
           Form
           Christians
           of
           such
           a
           Make
           ,
           and
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           Temper
           :
           If
           not
           ,
           let
           them
           go
           on
           ,
           and
           see
           what
           they
           'l
           get
           by
           it
           in
           the
           Issue
           .
           And
           although
           ,
           while
           they
           persist
           in
           this
           Course
           ,
           I
           am
           well
           assur'd
           they
           are
           doing
           the
           Devils
           Work
           ,
           yet
           all
           the
           Hurt
           I
           wish
           them
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           not
           in
           the
           Event
           fall
           short
           of
           Her
           ,
           whose
           Character
           is
           here
           faithfully
           though
           imperfectly
           given
           ,
           and
           
           others
           of
           the
           like
           Stamp
           ,
           to
           whom
           GOD
           is
           pleas'd
           so
           remarkably
           to
           bless
           that
           sort
           of
           Ministry
           ,
           which
           they
           with
           so
           much
           bitterness
           Censure
           and
           Condemn
           .
        
         
           MAY
           You
           (
           Sir
           ,
           )
           If
           it
           be
           the
           Will
           of
           GOD
           ,
           shine
           the
           Brighter
           the
           more
           others
           study
           to
           Eclipse
           you
           :
           May
           the
           Devil
           (
           who
           is
           too
           subtle
           to
           Rage
           most
           ,
           where
           his
           Interest
           is
           least
           Assaulted
           )
           find
           You
           through
           Divine
           Assistance
           ,
           the
           more
           effectually
           supplanting
           and
           undermining
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           the
           more
           Opposition
           he
           raises
           against
           You
           :
           May
           You
           be
           more
           and
           more
           fixt
           out
           of
           the
           reach
           of
           Envy
           and
           Bitterness
           ,
           Rage
           and
           Malice
           :
           May
           the
           Exemplariness
           of
           Your
           Life
           and
           Carriage
           silence
           all
           the
           Calumnies
           of
           Your
           Adversaries
           :
           And
           the
           Eminent
           Success
           of
           Your
           Ministerial
           Labours
           ,
           more
           and
           more
           Confirm
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           You
           deliver
           :
           May
           You
           still
           have
           fresh
           Supports
           afforded
           ,
           suitable
           to
           Your
           Tryals
           and
           Exigencies
           :
           And
           long
           remain
           an
           Instance
           of
           Publick
           Spiritedness
           and
           Integrity
           in
           a
           wretchedly
           Selfish
           Age
           :
           May
           You
           have
           
           an
           abundant
           Reward
           above
           ;
           and
           have
           Your
           Memory
           (
           when
           You
           are
           gone
           to
           Rest
           ,
           )
           blest
           here
           Below
           :
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           Hearty
           Prayer
           ,
           Of
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
           
             Your
             Unworthy
             Fellow-Labourer
             in
             the
             Work
             of
             the
             Gospel
             .
             
               E.
               CALAMY
            
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           Funeral
           SERMON
           .
        
         
           
             HEB.
             XI
             .
             xvi
             .
          
           
             But
             now
             they
             desire
             a
             better
             Countrey
             ,
             that
             is
             an
             Heavenly
             ;
             wherefore
             God
             is
             not
             ashamed
             to
             be
             called
             their
             God
             ,
             for
             he
             hath
             prepared
             for
             them
             a
             City
             .
          
        
         
           THESE
           Words
           may
           be
           consider'd
           under
           a
           double
           Aspect
           .
           Either
           as
           particularly
           relating
           to
           the
           Old
           Patriarchs
           ,
           of
           whom
           the
           Apostle
           is
           in
           this
           Place
           discoursing
           :
           Or
           ,
           As
           they
           are
           equally
           applicable
           to
           any
           ,
           who
           
           tread
           in
           their
           Steps
           in
           After-Times
           :
           Either
           as
           peculiarly
           meant
           of
           the
           Fore-Fathers
           of
           the
           
             Iewish
             Nation
          
           ;
           Or
           as
           generally
           regarding
           all
           who
           are
           acted
           by
           a
           like
           Faith
           with
           them
           ;
           All
           who
           are
           heartily
           Listed
           in
           the
           Service
           of
           the
           same
           GOD
           ,
           and
           stand
           in
           the
           same
           Relation
           to
           Him
           ;
           whose
           common
           Spirit
           and
           Temper
           ,
           Honour
           and
           Happiness
           ,
           is
           here
           exemplify'd
           and
           illustrated
           .
        
         
           Consider'd
           the
           former
           of
           these
           ways
           ,
           Three
           Things
           in
           them
           deserve
           Observation
           .
        
         
           
             I.
             The
             Character
             given
             of
             those
             Ancient
             Worthies
             ,
             
               Abraham
               ,
               Isaac
            
             and
             Iacob
             ;
             concerning
             whom
             't
             is
             asserted
             ,
             That
             
               they
               desir'd
               a
               better
               Countrey
               ,
               that
               is
               an
               Heavenly
               .
            
          
           
             II.
             
               A
               comfortable
               Inference
               drawn
               from
               that
               Character
            
             ;
             Wherefore
             GOD
             was
             not
             asham'd
             to
             be
             call'd
             their
             GOD.
             
          
           
             III.
             The
             Manifestation
             of
             the
             Truth
             of
             that
             Inference
             :
             GOD
             shew'd
             he
             was
             not
             asham'd
             of
             that
             Name
             ,
             in
             that
             
               he
               had
               prepar'd
               for
               them
               a
               City
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           These
           Three
           things
           duly
           weigh'd
           and
           consider'd
           ,
           will
           give
           a
           sufficient
           insight
           into
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           Words
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           Primitive
           and
           Original
           Intention
           ;
           which
           once
           settled
           ,
           will
           make
           way
           for
           the
           Doctrinal
           Observations
           they
           afford
           ,
           with
           their
           suitable
           Improvement
           .
        
         
           I.
           Begin
           we
           then
           with
           considering
           the
           Character
           here
           given
           of
           the
           Old
           Patriarchs
           ,
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
          
           and
           Iacob
           ;
           of
           whom
           't
           is
           asserted
           ,
           That
           
             They
             desired
             a
             better
             Countrey
             ,
             that
             is
             an
             Heavenly
             .
          
        
         
           Abraham
           upon
           a
           Call
           of
           GOD
           ,
           had
           forsaken
           his
           Native
           Countrey
           ,
           his
           Kindred
           ,
           Friends
           and
           Paternal
           Inheritance
           ,
           which
           are
           naturally
           very
           dear
           and
           valuable
           ,
           and
           taken
           his
           Progress
           towards
           an
           unknown
           Land
           ,
           which
           he
           upon
           the
           Divine
           Promise
           ,
           believ'd
           would
           in
           time
           ,
           become
           the
           Possession
           of
           his
           Posterity
           :
           While
           there
           ,
           he
           had
           a
           Son
           and
           Grand-Son
           born
           to
           him
           ,
           who
           were
           
             Heirs
             of
             the
             Promise
          
           ;
           who
           Travell'd
           with
           him
           from
           Place
           to
           Place
           ,
           having
           no
           fixt
           abode
           ,
           or
           hope
           of
           present
           Settlement
           ,
           but
           following
           GOD
           whithersoever
           he
           would
           
           lead
           them
           ;
           living
           and
           dying
           in
           this
           Faith
           ,
           That
           he
           would
           without
           fail
           ,
           make
           good
           to
           a
           Tittle
           ,
           All
           that
           he
           had
           promised
           them
           ;
           especially
           with
           reference
           to
           their
           Progeny
           ,
           and
           the
           Messiah
           ,
           (
           who
           was
           to
           spring
           up
           amongst
           them
           )
           and
           their
           
             Future
             Bliss
          
           .
           In
           the
           whole
           Course
           of
           their
           Lives
           ,
           they
           all
           profest
           themselves
           
             Pilgrims
             and
             Strangers
          
           ;
           which
           (
           as
           it
           is
           here
           argu'd
           in
           the
           Context
           )
           intimated
           ,
           that
           
             they
             sought
             a
             Countrey
          
           ,
           wherein
           they
           might
           be
           at
           rest
           .
           This
           Countrey
           they
           sought
           for
           ,
           must
           be
           either
           
             Earthly
             or
             Heavenly
          
           :
           Were
           it
           an
           
             Earthly
             One
          
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           either
           that
           which
           they
           had
           abandon'd
           ;
           or
           that
           in
           hope
           of
           which
           they
           had
           forsaken
           the
           Land
           of
           their
           Nativity
           :
           It
           could
           not
           be
           the
           former
           ,
           for
           they
           had
           no
           thoughts
           of
           returning
           to
           it
           ;
           for
           which
           they
           could
           not
           have
           wanted
           Opportunity
           had
           they
           had
           an
           Inclination
           :
           Neither
           could
           it
           be
           the
           latter
           ,
           because
           though
           they
           were
           safely
           arriv'd
           at
           it
           ,
           beheld
           ,
           and
           travell'd
           through
           it
           ,
           they
           yet
           sought
           not
           for
           a
           Settlement
           in
           it
           :
           they
           
             profest
             to
             have
             here
             no
             continuing
             City
             :
          
           they
           desir'd
           therefore
           
             a
             better
             Countrey
             ,
             that
             is
             an
             Heavenly
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             A
             Better
             Countrey
          
           .
           This
           is
           comparative
           .
           A
           Countrey
           
             better
             than
             that
             which
             they
             had
             forsaken
             ;
             and
             better
             than
             that
             in
             which
             they
             sojourn'd
             .
             One
             better
             than
             that
             which
             they
             had
             forsaken
             .
          
           For
           they
           might
           well
           expect
           they
           should
           be
           no
           losers
           ,
           at
           long
           run
           ,
           by
           following
           GOD.
           How
           could
           they
           imagine
           he
           should
           have
           put
           them
           upon
           leaving
           what
           was
           better
           ,
           for
           that
           which
           was
           really
           worse
           ?
           They
           might
           certainly
           upon
           good
           Grounds
           hope
           ,
           that
           when
           they
           had
           trusted
           to
           him
           to
           provide
           for
           them
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           leave
           them
           destitute
           and
           helpless
           ;
           would
           not
           leave
           them
           worse
           than
           he
           found
           them
           ;
           nay
           ,
           not
           till
           he
           had
           made
           their
           listning
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           following
           of
           him
           ,
           in
           the
           final
           issue
           ,
           abundantly
           worth
           their
           while
           ,
           both
           in
           their
           own
           and
           others
           Estimation
           .
           Again
           ,
        
         
           
             ONE
             better
             than
             that
             in
             which
             they
             sojourn'd
             .
          
           For
           even
           in
           the
           Land
           of
           Canaan
           they
           were
           not
           at
           rest
           .
           They
           did
           not
           incorporate
           with
           those
           among
           whom
           they
           sojourn'd
           ,
           but
           kept
           themselves
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           order
           ;
           and
           so
           were
           but
           a
           poor
           solitary
           Family
           living
           upon
           Courtesie
           :
           Had
           
           they
           therefore
           at
           the
           present
           ever
           such
           Ease
           and
           Plenty
           ,
           they
           knew
           not
           how
           soon
           they
           might
           be
           depriv'd
           of
           it
           ;
           being
           by
           some
           un-foreseen
           Accident
           forc'd
           to
           a
           removal
           .
           The
           Land
           was
           in
           it self
           indeed
           delicious
           and
           tempting
           ;
           stiled
           therefore
           in
           Holy
           Writ
           ,
           
             a
             Land
             flowing
             with
             Milk
             and
             Honey
             :
             i.
             e.
          
           abounding
           with
           the
           Necessaries
           and
           comfortable
           Conveniencies
           of
           Humane
           Life
           ;
           but
           yet
           being
           Strangers
           in
           it
           ,
           they
           met
           with
           a
           great
           many
           difficulties
           and
           un-easinesses
           ,
           fatigues
           and
           troubles
           .
           And
           had
           these
           been
           much
           fewer
           and
           smaller
           than
           they
           really
           were
           ,
           they
           must
           be
           suppos'd
           very
           ignorant
           and
           thoughtless
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           not
           sensible
           that
           this
           Earth
           was
           no
           Place
           for
           a
           perpetual
           abode
           ;
           that
           they
           were
           but
           passing
           through
           it
           towards
           the
           Invisible
           Regions
           ;
           And
           in
           a
           little
           time
           to
           be
           transplanted
           hence
           into
           another
           State.
           Like
           Persons
           therefore
           truly
           devoted
           to
           the
           Most
           High
           ,
           they
           look'd
           beyond
           Earth
           for
           an
           Home
           ,
           
             they
             desir'd
             a
             better
             Countrey
          
           ;
           where
           there
           should
           be
           perfection
           of
           Life
           ,
           and
           Fulness
           of
           Bliss
           ;
           freedom
           from
           all
           Evil
           ,
           and
           an
           abundance
           of
           all
           good
           ;
           and
           that
           un-alterably
           and
           
           for
           ever
           :
           And
           that
           the
           rather
           ,
           because
           they
           knew
           this
           was
           no
           more
           than
           he
           to
           whom
           they
           had
           devoted
           themselves
           ,
           and
           under
           whose
           Care
           they
           were
           ,
           could
           easily
           help
           them
           to
           .
           Canaan
           was
           a
           good
           Land
           ;
           but
           yet
           it
           could
           not
           satisfie
           them
           ;
           they
           still
           crav'd
           
             a
             better
             Countrey
          
           :
           A
           Countrey
           of
           a
           better
           Nature
           ;
           where
           they
           might
           have
           better
           Entertainments
           and
           Enjoyments
           ;
           and
           better
           Society
           and
           Converse
           ;
           all
           free
           from
           Mixtures
           and
           Defects
           ;
           more
           suitable
           to
           their
           rational
           Refined
           Powers
           ;
           liable
           to
           no
           Changes
           or
           Alterations
           ,
           Disturbances
           or
           Interruptions
           ;
           a
           Countrey
           therefore
           necessarily
           of
           another
           Kind
           :
           That
           is
           ,
        
         
           
             AN
             Heavenly
             Countrey
          
           .
           And
           indeed
           desiring
           a
           fixed
           Settlement
           ,
           how
           weak
           must
           they
           have
           been
           ,
           had
           their
           Thoughts
           ultimately
           fixt
           in
           any
           other
           !
           Earth
           being
           in
           its
           own
           Nature
           necessarily
           mutable
           ;
           and
           Heaven
           only
           fixed
           and
           stable
           .
           No
           other
           than
           an
           Heavenly
           Countrey
           could
           suit
           Heaven-born
           Souls
           ;
           and
           satisfie
           their
           enlarged
           Cravings
           ;
           no
           other
           could
           answer
           their
           spiritual
           Aims
           ;
           no
           other
           
           could
           be
           perfect
           and
           without
           mixtures
           ;
           safe
           and
           of
           Eternal
           Continuance
           .
           Such
           a
           Countrey
           therefore
           they
           desir'd
           .
           We
           may
           translate
           it
           a
           
             Supercoelestial
             One
             ;
             i.
             e.
          
           seated
           above
           all
           the
           visible
           Heavens
           ;
           meaning
           that
           which
           is
           call'd
           the
           
             Third
             Heaven
          
           .
           
        
         
           SOME
           are
           very
           earnest
           in
           maintaining
           ,
           that
           the
           Ancient
           Patriarchs
           neither
           had
           any
           better
           Promise
           ,
           nor
           higher
           Thoughts
           than
           of
           a
           Temporal
           Felicity
           .
           Whereby
           they
           would
           tempt
           one
           almost
           to
           think
           ,
           that
           they
           hardly
           ever
           took
           Notice
           of
           this
           Passage
           of
           Sacred
           Writ
           ,
           where
           the
           direct
           contrary
           is
           clearly
           intimated
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           asserted
           ,
           that
           they
           desir'd
           
             an
             Heavenly
             Countrey
             .
             Crellius
          
           particularly
           in
           his
           Comment
           on
           the
           Text
           ,
           pretends
           ,
           that
           the
           meaning
           is
           ,
           a
           better
           Countrey
           was
           
             design'd
             for
             them
          
           ,
           but
           
             not
             explicitely
             desir'd
          
           by
           them
           .
           He
           owns
           indeed
           that
           a
           State
           of
           Immortality
           and
           Glory
           is
           here
           intended
           ;
           though
           not
           
             as
             look'd
             for
             ,
             and
             desir'd
          
           by
           the
           Patriarchs
           by
           Vertue
           of
           any
           Promise
           :
           But
           as
           what
           would
           ensue
           according
           to
           the
           Divine
           Purpose
           ,
           although
           they
           had
           no
           ground
           to
           believe
           
           it
           .
           Which
           in
           short
           ,
           is
           a
           direct
           levelling
           them
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           notwithstanding
           that
           God
           had
           thought
           fit
           to
           separate
           and
           distinguish
           them
           out
           of
           special
           Favour
           .
           For
           
             Temporal
             Blessings
          
           were
           not
           a
           sufficient
           Mark
           of
           Distinction
           ;
           nor
           a
           suitable
           Foundation
           for
           that
           celebrated
           
             Covenant
             of
             Peculiarity
          
           .
           Can
           it
           be
           imagin'd
           that
           God
           should
           be
           call'd
           
             their
             God
          
           ,
           so
           often
           ,
           and
           in
           so
           pompous
           a
           manner
           ,
           above
           what
           could
           be
           claim'd
           and
           pretended
           to
           by
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           after
           all
           it
           should
           issue
           in
           nothing
           but
           his
           settling
           on
           their
           Posterity
           a
           small
           Spot
           of
           Land
           ,
           wherein
           they
           themselves
           all
           their
           Days
           were
           Strangers
           ,
           having
           no
           certain
           Habitation
           ?
           Are
           these
           Tempoporal
           lower
           Things
           to
           be
           thought
           of
           such
           account
           with
           God
           ?
           Must
           not
           the
           Ancient
           Worthies
           be
           supposed
           grossly
           carnal
           in
           their
           Aims
           and
           Inclinations
           ,
           if
           these
           furnisht
           with
           the
           principal
           Motives
           of
           their
           Obedience
           ?
           What
           sort
           of
           Servants
           must
           God
           have
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           had
           only
           Earthly
           Things
           in
           their
           Eyes
           ?
           Whose
           Hopes
           and
           Hearts
           were
           not
           fixt
           on
           Heaven
           ?
           All
           their
           Devotion
           must
           
           necessarily
           be
           mean
           and
           flat
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           Service
           spiritless
           and
           beggarly
           .
           How
           could
           it
           be
           possible
           ,
           that
           such
           Heroical
           Obedience
           ,
           as
           theirs
           was
           in
           sundry
           Instances
           ,
           should
           arise
           from
           such
           mean
           and
           weak
           Foundations
           ?
           Besides
           ,
           How
           could
           this
           Supposition
           consist
           with
           the
           Apostles
           present
           Argument
           ?
           Who
           if
           he
           doth
           not
           prove
           that
           their
           Faith
           wrought
           in
           the
           Desire
           and
           Expectation
           of
           Heavenly
           Things
           ,
           proves
           nothing
           at
           all
           to
           his
           Purpose
           :
           As
           is
           evident
           ,
           if
           the
           Context
           be
           duely
           Consulted
           .
           But
           't
           is
           to
           little
           Purpose
           to
           Argue
           ,
           where
           Men
           having
           fixt
           their
           Hypothesis
           ,
           which
           they
           will
           not
           alter
           ,
           will
           resolve
           all
           Things
           they
           meet
           with
           into
           a
           consistency
           with
           it
           .
           To
           one
           that
           considers
           things
           fairly
           ,
           a
           Believer
           not
           eying
           Heaven
           ,
           will
           appear
           a
           Contradiction
           ;
           And
           that
           of
           such
           a
           Nature
           ,
           as
           that
           the
           difference
           of
           the
           Oeconomy
           Persons
           are
           under
           ,
           will
           be
           far
           from
           satisfactorily
           Accounting
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           'T
           IS
           further
           observable
           ,
           that
           this
           
             Heavenly
             Countrey
          
           was
           much
           desir'd
           by
           them
           .
           The
           Word
           we
           so
           translate
           ,
           
           intimates
           great
           Earnestness
           and
           vehemence
           in
           reaching
           out
           after
           the
           Thing
           aimed
           at
           .
           They
           did
           not
           only
           therefore
           
             faintly
             wish
          
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           be
           admitted
           into
           the
           Coelestial
           Mansions
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           finisht
           their
           Course
           on
           Earth
           :
           But
           their
           Desire
           was
           vigorously
           active
           in
           a
           way
           of
           endeavour
           ,
           in
           Order
           to
           their
           safe
           Arrival
           at
           them
           .
           The
           Grounds
           of
           their
           Desire
           of
           this
           Heavenly
           Countrey
           were
           mainly
           these
           .
           They
           were
           feelingly
           sensible
           of
           their
           want
           of
           something
           higher
           and
           more
           noble
           ,
           more
           solid
           and
           more
           durable
           ,
           than
           this
           Earth
           was
           able
           to
           afford
           them
           ;
           they
           found
           just
           ground
           for
           dissatisfaction
           ,
           in
           their
           present
           flitting
           ,
           uncertain
           ,
           wandering
           ,
           and
           imperfect
           State
           :
           They
           were
           at
           the
           same
           Time
           fully
           satisfied
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           could
           but
           once
           reach
           Heaven
           ,
           all
           their
           Difficulties
           and
           Exercises
           ,
           all
           their
           Perplexity
           and
           Uneasiness
           would
           be
           at
           an
           End
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           ever
           :
           And
           withal
           ,
           they
           were
           not
           destitute
           of
           Reason
           to
           Hope
           ,
           that
           that
           God
           who
           had
           given
           them
           so
           many
           Assurances
           of
           his
           Favour
           ,
           would
           not
           herein
           refuse
           to
           gratifie
           them
           :
           Which
           Grounds
           
           were
           of
           such
           a
           Nature
           ,
           as
           that
           they
           might
           well
           carry
           their
           desire
           to
           a
           considerable
           heighth
           ,
           and
           make
           it
           very
           vehement
           ,
           and
           earnest
           ,
           and
           consequently
           very
           influential
           on
           their
           whole
           Conduct
           and
           Behaviour
           .
           For
           Desire
           cannot
           in
           any
           Case
           but
           be
           enflam'd
           where
           these
           three
           Things
           concur
           ;
           a
           Sense
           of
           want
           ;
           a
           certain
           Prospect
           of
           a
           comfortable
           Alteration
           upon
           its
           Accomplishment
           ;
           and
           a
           grounded
           Hope
           of
           that
           Accomplishment
           ;
           no
           one
           of
           which
           could
           be
           said
           to
           be
           wanting
           in
           the
           Case
           of
           these
           Patriarchs
           .
        
         
           THUS
           much
           briefly
           of
           their
           Character
           ,
           which
           though
           short
           ,
           carries
           in
           it
           a
           plain
           Description
           both
           
             of
             their
             Faith
             and
             Conversation
          
           .
        
         
           
             OF
             their
             Faith
          
           ;
           In
           that
           they
           nothing
           doubted
           but
           there
           was
           a
           stable
           ,
           firm
           ,
           Heavenly
           City
           and
           Countrey
           ,
           built
           ,
           made
           and
           prepar'd
           by
           GOD
           ,
           for
           all
           his
           sincere
           Servants
           ;
           a
           Place
           and
           State
           infinitely
           beyond
           any
           that
           was
           to
           be
           met
           with
           here
           on
           Earth
           ;
           into
           which
           they
           question'd
           not
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           in
           time
           should
           be
           receiv'd
           ,
           
           if
           they
           persisted
           in
           an
           Holy
           Course
           of
           Obedience
           to
           the
           end
           of
           their
           Lives
           .
        
         
           
             OF
             their
             Conversation
          
           ;
           in
           that
           their
           firm
           Belief
           of
           the
           Excellency
           of
           that
           Heavenly
           Countrey
           which
           they
           had
           in
           their
           Eye
           ,
           made
           them
           earnestly
           desire
           it
           ,
           and
           vigorously
           follow
           after
           it
           ;
           over-look
           all
           discouragements
           and
           difficulties
           they
           met
           with
           in
           their
           way
           to
           it
           ;
           contemn
           all
           Earthly
           Glories
           in
           comparison
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           tend
           towards
           it
           in
           their
           whole
           Course
           ;
           and
           that
           with
           such
           earnestness
           and
           assiduity
           ,
           as
           sufficiently
           intimated
           to
           all
           that
           observ'd
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           look'd
           not
           on
           themselves
           as
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           but
           as
           of
           another
           Countrey
           ;
           and
           reckon'd
           not
           upon
           being
           at
           home
           ,
           till
           they
           got
           safe
           to
           Heaven
           .
        
         
           THIS
           being
           well
           consider'd
           will
           abate
           our
           Wonder
           at
           the
           seemingly
           strange
           Inference
           we
           find
           drawn
           from
           this
           their
           Character
           ;
           to
           the
           Consideration
           whereof
           ,
           I
           now
           in
           the
           Second
           Place
           proceed
           .
        
         
           STRANGE
           but
           comfortable
           is
           the
           Truth
           hence
           inferr'd
           ,
           Wherefore
           
           (
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           )
           
             GOD
             is
             not
             ashamed
             to
             be
             called
             their
             GOD
             :
          
           So
           well
           did
           he
           approve
           of
           their
           foresaid
           Faith
           and
           Desire
           ,
           that
           he
           thought
           fit
           to
           give
           Evidence
           of
           his
           special
           respect
           to
           them
           .
           Their
           Faith
           being
           so
           firm
           ,
           and
           their
           reliance
           on
           the
           Divine
           Promises
           so
           steddy
           ,
           as
           its
           fruits
           and
           effects
           discovered
           it
           ;
           they
           being
           so
           free
           in
           despising
           these
           lower
           things
           ,
           and
           so
           earnest
           in
           pursuing
           higher
           ,
           upon
           the
           inducements
           he
           set
           before
           them
           ;
           he
           did
           not
           disdain
           them
           ,
           or
           think
           it
           any
           dishonour
           to
           him
           ,
           to
           own
           them
           to
           be
           his
           ,
           and
           himself
           to
           be
           Theirs
           .
           He
           thought
           it
           no
           Disgrace
           to
           him
           to
           vouch
           a
           special
           Relation
           to
           them
           .
           This
           is
           spoken
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           Men.
           The
           expression
           is
           Negative
           ,
           the
           meaning
           Positive
           .
           It
           implies
           a
           joyful
           acknowledgment
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           a
           Father
           of
           a
           Generous
           Son
           :
           and
           a
           much
           greater
           readiness
           to
           gratifie
           their
           reasonable
           Desires
           ,
           than
           there
           could
           be
           in
           the
           tenderest
           Earthly
           Parent
           ,
           towards
           the
           most
           dutiful
           and
           respectful
           Child
           conceivable
           .
           And
           here
           let
           's
           Pause
           a
           little
           ,
           and
           make
           our
           Remarks
           .
        
         
         
           GOD
           was
           neither
           asham'd
           to
           be
           their
           GOD
           ;
           nor
           to
           be
           call'd
           so
           .
        
         
           
             He
             was
             not
             ashamed
             to
             be
             their
             GOD.
          
           If
           He
           had
           ,
           He
           would
           never
           either
           have
           represented
           Himself
           as
           such
           ,
           or
           have
           suffer'd
           Himself
           to
           have
           been
           so
           represented
           by
           others
           .
           
             He
             was
             their
             GOD
          
           :
           And
           that
           not
           only
           in
           a
           way
           of
           Propriety
           ,
           Dominion
           ,
           and
           Sovereignty
           ,
           in
           which
           Sense
           He
           is
           the
           GOD
           of
           all
           Men
           ;
           but
           in
           a
           way
           of
           special
           Interest
           ,
           arising
           from
           a
           Covenant
           Engagement
           to
           them
           ;
           whereby
           He
           stood
           bound
           to
           take
           Care
           of
           and
           Provide
           for
           them
           ;
           to
           Protect
           and
           Bless
           them
           ;
           to
           be
           their
           
             Shield
             ,
             and
             exceeding
             great
             Reward
             ,
          
           
           as
           He
           particularly
           Promis'd
           Abraham
           .
           Now
           what
           an
           Honour
           was
           this
           !
           For
           any
           of
           the
           degenerate
           Children
           of
           Adam
           ,
           to
           be
           admitted
           into
           such
           a
           Relation
           to
           ,
           to
           have
           such
           an
           Interest
           in
           ,
           the
           Infinite
           Lord
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           !
           
             Of
             whom
             ,
             and
             to
             whom
             ,
             and
             through
             whom
             are
             all
             Things
             !
          
           And
           who
           really
           is
           
             all
             in
             all
          
           !
           Well
           consider'd
           ,
           it
           will
           appear
           amazing
           .
        
         
         
           AGAIN
           ;
           
             He
             was
             not
             asham'd
             to
             own
             and
             call
             Himself
             their
             GOD
          
           ;
           which
           is
           yet
           more
           .
           For
           He
           might
           really
           be
           their
           GOD
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           be
           ready
           to
           signifie
           ,
           or
           so
           willing
           to
           have
           it
           ▪
           Publisht
           that
           He
           was
           so
           :
           But
           alas
           ,
           having
           taken
           them
           for
           his
           own
           ,
           and
           put
           such
           an
           excellent
           Spirit
           into
           them
           ,
           He
           thought
           it
           no
           dishonour
           to
           Him
           to
           be
           call'd
           by
           their
           Name
           .
           For
           thus
           doth
           He
           express
           Himself
           to
           Moses
           .
           
           
             I
             am
             the
             GOD
             of
             Abraham
             ,
             the
             GOD
             of
             Isaac
             ,
             and
             the
             GOD
             of
             Iacob
             .
          
           And
           again
           ;
           
             The
             Lord
             GOD
             of
             your
             Fathers
             ,
             the
             GOD
             of
             Abraham
             ,
             the
             GOD
             of
             Isaac
             ,
             the
             GOD
             of
             Iacob
             .
             This
             is
             my
             Name
             for
             ever
             ;
             this
             is
             my
             Memorial
             to
             all
             Generations
             .
          
           Now
           what
           an
           Honour
           was
           this
           to
           them
           ,
           for
           the
           great
           GOD
           to
           be
           nam'd
           after
           them
           !
           What
           were
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
             ,
             and
             Iacob
             ,
          
           but
           Men
           who
           were
           Dead
           ,
           and
           laid
           in
           their
           Graves
           ,
           long
           before
           this
           Speech
           was
           addrest
           to
           Moses
           ?
           And
           what
           were
           they
           while
           Living
           ,
           but
           poor
           desolate
           Strangers
           ,
           wandring
           from
           Place
           to
           Place
           ;
           naturally
           infirm
           ;
           vile
           thro'
           Sin
           ;
           and
           every
           way
           imperfect
           ;
           and
           
           therefore
           absolutely
           speaking
           ,
           unworthy
           of
           any
           Favour
           ?
           What
           an
           amazing
           Thing
           then
           is
           it
           ,
           that
           GOD
           should
           as
           it
           were
           be
           beholden
           to
           them
           for
           a
           Name
           ,
           and
           borrow
           a
           Title
           from
           them
           ,
           whereby
           he
           should
           be
           known
           to
           others
           !
           This
           is
           an
           Honour
           the
           Greatness
           whereof
           we
           cannot
           reach
           ;
           and
           which
           no
           Comparisons
           can
           help
           to
           illustrate
           .
        
         
           IT
           deserves
           however
           to
           be
           observ'd
           ,
           that
           although
           these
           Patriarchs
           were
           far
           from
           having
           any
           thing
           to
           〈◊〉
           such
           an
           Honour
           ,
           yet
           were
           they
           so
           qualifi'd
           ,
           as
           that
           it
           was
           not
           unbecoming
           GOD
           to
           confer
           such
           an
           Honour
           upon
           them
           .
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Is●●c
             and
             Iacob
          
           ,
           as
           unworthy
           as
           they
           were
           ,
           were
           yet
           Persons
           of
           a
           
             Sincere
             Faith
             ,
             and
             Heavenly
             Conversation
          
           ;
           as
           hath
           before
           been
           hinted
           :
           And
           had
           they
           not
           been
           thus
           qualifi'd
           ,
           we
           may
           be
           assur'd
           GOD
           would
           never
           have
           own'd
           them
           for
           His.
           Had
           they
           been
           prevailingly
           Terrene
           and
           Carnal
           ,
           like
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           govern'd
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           it
           ;
           ingulpht
           in
           the
           common
           Pollutions
           ,
           Sensualities
           and
           Impieties
           ,
           of
           the
           Prophane
           and
           Atheistical
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           Land
           
           wherein
           they
           Sojourn'd
           ;
           He
           would
           have
           been
           asham'd
           to
           have
           been
           called
           
             their
             GOD.
          
           He
           would
           have
           reckon'd
           it
           ignominious
           and
           a
           reproach
           to
           Him
           ,
           to
           have
           own'd
           a
           peculiar
           Relation
           to
           them
           .
           For
           this
           would
           have
           been
           to
           have
           attempted
           to
           distinguish
           such
           as
           would
           not
           be
           distinguished
           ;
           and
           to
           have
           made
           a
           visible
           difference
           by
           Favours
           and
           Priviledges
           ,
           where
           there
           was
           no
           visible
           difference
           in
           Temper
           and
           Conversation
           ,
           that
           might
           signifie
           a
           more
           excellent
           Spirit
           :
           Which
           ,
           how
           much
           soever
           it
           might
           be
           to
           the
           gust
           of
           a
           Carnal
           Mind
           ,
           could
           not
           but
           appear
           a
           Matter
           of
           Shame
           to
           an
           Holy
           GOD.
           But
           they
           being
           by
           His
           influence
           wrought
           up
           to
           such
           a
           Temper
           and
           Carriage
           ,
           as
           hath
           before
           been
           briefly
           signifi'd
           ,
           't
           was
           consistent
           with
           His
           Honour
           ,
           He
           was
           
             not
             asham'd
          
           to
           own
           them
           for
           His.
           
        
         
           HE
           is
           never
           asham'd
           of
           Persons
           ,
           because
           Poor
           and
           Mean
           ,
           and
           of
           no
           Account
           in
           the
           World
           :
           But
           He
           would
           and
           might
           justly
           be
           so
           ,
           of
           those
           who
           wallow'd
           in
           Filth
           ,
           and
           delighted
           in
           Impurity
           .
           'T
           was
           otherwise
           with
           these
           
           Patriarchs
           .
           Although
           they
           made
           no
           great
           Figure
           ,
           yet
           such
           was
           their
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           such
           their
           Carriage
           ,
           that
           He
           thought
           it
           not
           a
           Diminution
           to
           Him
           ,
           to
           be
           stiled
           theirs
           .
           It
           was
           thought
           mean
           by
           the
           Heathen
           World
           ,
           and
           a
           Matter
           of
           Reproach
           ,
           that
           He
           should
           stile
           Himself
           the
           GOD
           of
           Three
           Poor
           wandring
           Pilgrims
           :
           But
           let
           them
           Laugh
           on
           ;
           He
           was
           not
           asham'd
           of
           His
           Title
           ,
           nor
           did
           He
           disuse
           it
           till
           He
           had
           famisht
           their
           Idols
           ,
           which
           they
           set
           up
           in
           Opposition
           to
           Him
           ,
           and
           effectually
           vindicated
           Himself
           from
           the
           Reproach
           of
           their
           Admirers
           .
        
         
           NAY
           ,
           He
           was
           not
           only
           
             not
             asham'd
          
           of
           His
           Title
           ,
           but
           He
           glory'd
           in
           it
           .
           For
           He
           gave
           Himself
           this
           Name
           in
           Confirmation
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           by
           which
           He
           stood
           engag'd
           to
           these
           Worthies
           ,
           whereby
           he
           had
           ample
           occasion
           of
           glorifying
           the
           Holy
           Properties
           of
           his
           Nature
           ,
           in
           the
           displays
           of
           His
           
             Grace
             ,
             Goodness
             ,
             Truth
             ,
             and
             Power
          
           ;
           and
           various
           other
           of
           His
           most
           glorious
           Perfections
           ,
           on
           their
           behalf
           .
           And
           the
           Meaner
           the
           Objects
           ,
           the
           greater
           the
           Glory
           .
           Thus
           
           
             GOD
             was
             not
             ashamed
             to
             be
             called
             Their
             GOD.
             
          
        
         
           BUT
           I
           know
           not
           how
           to
           dismiss
           this
           Clause
           ,
           without
           observing
           how
           it
           confirms
           our
           Saviour's
           Argument
           against
           the
           Sadducees
           ,
           in
           Proof
           both
           of
           
             The
             Souls
             Immortality
             ,
             and
             the
             Bodys
             Resurrection
          
           ;
           to
           clear
           which
           ,
           this
           very
           Passage
           is
           Cited
           out
           of
           Exodus
           ,
           which
           is
           here
           referred
           to
           .
        
         
           THE
           Sadducees
           deny'd
           both
           these
           Grand
           Articles
           of
           FAITH
           ;
           (
           as
           appears
           from
           
             Acts
             23.
             8.
          
           )
           When
           therefore
           they
           came
           to
           our
           Blessed
           Lord
           with
           a
           Foolish
           Question
           ,
           he
           to
           confront
           them
           (
           as
           will
           appear
           by
           consulting
           the
           Places
           Cited
           in
           the
           Margin
           )
           urges
           this
           Declaration
           of
           GOD
           by
           Moses
           ,
           
           of
           His
           being
           the
           
             God
             of
             Abraham
          
           ,
           
           
             Isaac
             and
             Iacob
          
           .
           Some
           have
           been
           so
           petulant
           ,
           as
           to
           call
           the
           strength
           of
           his
           Argument
           ,
           taken
           from
           this
           Declaration
           ,
           into
           Question
           ;
           but
           consider'd
           with
           the
           light
           my
           Text
           gives
           it
           ,
           't
           will
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           appear
           sufficiently
           cogent
           .
           For
           GOD
           would
           really
           have
           bin
           asham'd
           of
           making
           any
           such
           Declaration
           ,
           
             had
             not
             their
             
             Souls
             bin
             immortal
             ,
             and
             were
             not
             their
             Bodies
             to
             rise
             again
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           GOD
           would
           have
           bin
           asham'd
           to
           have
           bin
           called
           the
           
             God
             of
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
             and
             Iacob
             ,
          
           if
           their
           Souls
           had
           not
           bin
           immortal
           .
           For
           they
           were
           all
           Dead
           a
           considerable
           time
           before
           he
           made
           that
           Declaration
           to
           Moses
           ,
           as
           before
           was
           hinted
           .
           Now
           GOD
           ,
           (
           as
           Our
           Saviour
           urged
           )
           
             is
             not
             the
             GOD
             of
             the
             dead
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             living
             .
          
           He
           'd
           have
           bin
           ashamed
           to
           have
           stil'd
           himself
           their
           GOD
           after
           their
           Decease
           ,
           had
           they
           thereupon
           quite
           lost
           their
           Being
           .
           For
           what
           could
           his
           pretending
           to
           that
           Relation
           to
           them
           have
           signified
           ,
           if
           it
           could
           not
           have
           kept
           them
           from
           returning
           to
           Nothing
           ?
           In
           stiling
           Himself
           Theirs
           ,
           He
           certainly
           intended
           some
           peculiar
           Blessing
           and
           Advantage
           to
           them
           above
           others
           .
           This
           they
           could
           not
           be
           said
           to
           have
           had
           at
           any
           time
           in
           this
           World
           ;
           for
           they
           were
           continually
           fatigu'd
           and
           harrass'd
           ,
           and
           never
           at
           Rest
           :
           'T
           is
           therefore
           necessary
           they
           should
           have
           it
           in
           another
           ;
           or
           otherwise
           this
           Promise
           of
           His
           being
           Theirs
           ,
           would
           shamefully
           have
           fallen
           short
           of
           what
           
           it
           seemed
           to
           import
           .
           If
           (
           as
           one
           well
           says
           )
           nothing
           beyond
           this
           Life
           had
           bin
           reserved
           for
           them
           ,
           that
           saying
           of
           Old
           Iacob
           towards
           the
           end
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           
             Few
             and
             ●uil
             have
             the
             days
             of
             the
             years
             of
             my
             life
             been
             ,
          
           would
           have
           bin
           an
           Eternal
           Reflection
           on
           the
           Truth
           and
           Faithfulness
           of
           Him
           ,
           who
           had
           so
           often
           called
           Himself
           
             The
             GOD
             of
             Iacob
          
           :
           But
           supposing
           Him
           to
           make
           up
           in
           the
           Happiness
           of
           another
           Life
           ,
           what
           was
           wanting
           in
           this
           ;
           Supposing
           Him
           to
           have
           fixt
           their
           Departed
           Spirits
           in
           Un-Alterable
           Bliss
           ;
           His
           Promise
           and
           Declaration
           appears
           to
           have
           been
           made
           Good
           to
           the
           Full
           ;
           And
           He
           needed
           not
           to
           be
           ashamed
           to
           be
           
             called
             their
             GOD.
          
           Again
           ,
        
         
           2.
           
           HE
           would
           have
           bin
           asham'd
           to
           have
           bin
           called
           ,
           
             The
             GOD
             of
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
             and
             Iacob
             ,
          
           if
           their
           Bodies
           were
           not
           to
           
             rise
             again
          
           .
           Which
           though
           it
           be
           not
           so
           clear
           and
           directly
           evident
           as
           the
           foregoing
           Proposition
           ;
           yet
           is
           it
           not
           destitute
           of
           sufficient
           Proof
           .
           For
           let
           it
           be
           observ'd
           ;
           Our
           Souls
           and
           Bodies
           are
           so
           adapted
           to
           each
           other
           ,
           That
           a
           separate
           Soul
           ,
           though
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           Bliss
           ,
           is
           in
           a
           sort
           imperfect
           ,
           
           while
           without
           its
           proper
           Body
           ;
           after
           which
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           greatest
           surrounding
           Glory
           that
           could
           be
           imagin'd
           ,
           there
           yet
           remains
           an
           hankering
           inclination
           .
           Now
           would
           it
           not
           reflect
           on
           the
           Blessed
           GOD
           to
           make
           His
           Servants
           happy
           by
           halves
           ?
           To
           strip
           them
           of
           their
           Bodies
           ,
           before
           they
           should
           at
           all
           taste
           of
           the
           Provision
           he
           had
           made
           for
           them
           in
           the
           Upper
           World
           ;
           and
           leave
           them
           without
           all
           hope
           of
           receiving
           them
           anew
           ,
           notwithstanding
           a
           Re-union
           to
           them
           would
           be
           a
           great
           Addition
           to
           their
           Happiness
           ?
           Withal
           ,
           it
           seems
           highly
           equitable
           ,
           That
           the
           same
           Body
           which
           at
           the
           Soul's
           Command
           ,
           was
           often
           harrass'd
           ,
           and
           bore
           a
           great
           many
           Fatigues
           in
           the
           Service
           of
           GOD
           ,
           should
           also
           share
           in
           the
           Reward
           following
           upon
           it
           .
           Further
           ;
           Humane
           Nature
           ,
           consider'd
           as
           fram'd
           entire
           by
           GOD
           ,
           must
           necessarily
           have
           some
           End
           propounded
           to
           it
           ;
           which
           can
           be
           no
           other
           than
           the
           Blessedness
           of
           the
           
             Whole
             Man
          
           :
           For
           the
           End
           of
           
             one
             Part
          
           ,
           cannot
           be
           the
           End
           of
           the
           Whole
           :
           But
           GOD
           made
           the
           Whole
           ;
           and
           takes
           the
           Whole
           under
           His
           Special
           Care
           and
           Patronage
           when
           sincerely
           
           devoted
           to
           Him
           ;
           and
           therefore
           must
           make
           the
           
             Whole
             Happy
          
           ,
           unless
           he
           be
           suppos'd
           to
           mock
           those
           whose
           GOD
           He
           professes
           Himself
           ;
           Which
           to
           imagine
           ,
           would
           be
           a
           most
           shameful
           Reflection
           upon
           Him.
           New
           this
           cannot
           be
           without
           a
           
             Resurrection
             of
             the
             Body
          
           ;
           which
           therefore
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           
             Soul's
             Immortality
          
           ,
           results
           by
           Consequence
           ,
           from
           His
           profess't
           Relation
           to
           these
           Patriarchs
           as
           
             their
             GOD.
          
           
        
         
           III.
           IT
           now
           remains
           ,
           That
           in
           the
           Third
           and
           last
           place
           ,
           I
           a
           little
           consider
           the
           manifestation
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           foregoing
           comfortable
           Inferrence
           ,
           which
           stands
           thus
           ;
           GOD
           show'd
           He
           was
           not
           asham'd
           to
           be
           call'd
           their
           GOD
           ,
           in
           that
           
             He
             had
             prepar'd
             for
             them
             a
             City
             .
          
        
         
           
             A
             CITY
          
           .
           This
           is
           the
           same
           with
           that
           
             better
             Heavenly
             Countrey
          
           ,
           of
           which
           in
           the
           fore-going
           part
           of
           the
           Verse
           they
           are
           said
           to
           be
           so
           
             desirous
             .
             Heaven
          
           is
           exprest
           to
           us
           in
           the
           Sacred
           Scriptures
           ,
           by
           sundry
           Metaphorical
           Resemblances
           .
           Sometimes
           it
           s
           call'd
           a
           Paradise
           ,
           
           or
           Garden
           ,
           because
           of
           its
           
           santness
           and
           delightfulness
           .
           But
           there
           being
           in
           a
           Garden
           no
           fixt
           abode
           ,
           't
           is
           called
           
             an
             House
          
           ;
           
           which
           hath
           conveniency
           for
           fixing
           .
           But
           an
           House
           may
           be
           too
           strait
           for
           the
           number
           of
           Inhabitants
           ,
           and
           therefore
           't
           is
           here
           called
           a
           City
           ,
           and
           elsewhere
           in
           this
           Chapter
           ,
           
           and
           in
           many
           other
           Places
           .
           But
           least
           any
           should
           think
           of
           being
           incommoded
           for
           want
           of
           Room
           and
           Air
           ,
           't
           is
           here
           also
           call'd
           
             a
             Countrey
          
           .
           And
           because
           a
           City
           or
           Countrey
           may
           be
           destitute
           of
           the
           Glory
           that
           attends
           a
           Court
           ,
           
           't
           is
           call'd
           
             a
             Kingdom
          
           .
           And
           the
           Design
           of
           these
           and
           all
           other
           the
           different
           ways
           of
           Representation
           us'd
           in
           this
           Case
           ,
           
           is
           to
           satisfie
           us
           that
           the
           Place
           and
           State
           prepar'd
           by
           GOD
           for
           the
           Everlasting
           Entertainment
           of
           His
           Faithful
           Servants
           ,
           hath
           all
           things
           in
           it
           that
           can
           be
           really
           needful
           or
           useful
           ,
           delightful
           or
           entertaining
           ,
           comfortable
           or
           desirable
           ,
           to
           Persons
           advanc'd
           to
           that
           Degree
           of
           Perfection
           which
           they
           shall
           be
           rais'd
           unto
           .
        
         
           THIS
           
             City
             is
             prepar'd
          
           .
           Herein
           there
           is
           an
           Allusion
           to
           the
           manner
           of
           disposing
           Colonys
           into
           Cities
           and
           Towns
           :
           Before
           the
           actual
           settling
           
           of
           which
           ,
           all
           things
           are
           usually
           ready
           prepar'd
           for
           their
           Habitation
           and
           Entertainment
           .
           Consonantly
           whereto
           ,
           't
           is
           intimated
           that
           in
           this
           Case
           ,
           GOD
           was
           fully
           provided
           with
           whatsoever
           was
           requisite
           to
           the
           Eternal
           Rest
           and
           Blessedness
           of
           these
           His
           Servants
           ;
           That
           He
           had
           made
           such
           Provision
           for
           them
           ,
           as
           was
           abundantly
           sufficient
           to
           answer
           all
           the
           Ends
           of
           His
           being
           their
           GOD
           ,
           or
           being
           so
           called
           .
        
         
           BUT
           wihhal
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           observ'd
           ,
           That
           this
           Preparation
           necessarily
           also
           includes
           and
           supposes
           ,
           the
           Interposition
           of
           Christ
           the
           Mediator
           ,
           by
           whom
           this
           City
           was
           to
           be
           procured
           and
           purchas'd
           :
           And
           also
           the
           Influence
           of
           the
           
             Divine
             Spirit
          
           ,
           to
           prepare
           these
           Candidates
           for
           that
           perfectly
           Holy
           State
           ,
           in
           which
           much
           more
           of
           the
           Happiness
           of
           Heaven
           lies
           ,
           than
           in
           the
           Glorys
           of
           the
           Place
           :
           Which
           Spirit
           is
           supposed
           to
           work
           Faith
           in
           them
           ;
           and
           by
           sanctifying
           them
           ,
           to
           prepare
           for
           Possession
           and
           Enjoyment
           .
        
         
           FOR
           these
           Blessed
           Patriarchs
           was
           this
           City
           prepar'd
           ;
           
             For
             them
          
           ,
           and
           not
           for
           others
           :
           Not
           because
           they
           merited
           
           it
           ,
           and
           others
           not
           ;
           but
           because
           through
           the
           Influence
           of
           Divine
           Grace
           ,
           they
           earnestly
           minded
           ,
           desir'd
           ,
           and
           sought
           it
           ;
           despis'd
           all
           Earthly
           Felicity
           in
           Comparison
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           thought
           nothing
           too
           much
           to
           undergo
           in
           the
           way
           to
           it
           .
           For
           them
           was
           a
           Blessed
           Home
           prepar'd
           above
           ,
           who
           never
           thought
           themselves
           at
           Home
           while
           here
           on
           Earth
           .
           For
           them
           who
           were
           all
           their
           Days
           Pilgrims
           and
           Strangers
           here
           ,
           was
           
             Everlasting
             Rest
          
           provided
           in
           the
           Heavenly
           State.
           For
           how
           unequal
           soever
           the
           present
           Dispensations
           of
           Providence
           may
           appear
           ,
           GOD
           will
           at
           long
           run
           make
           a
           mighty
           difference
           ,
           between
           those
           who
           sincerely
           Love
           ,
           and
           serve
           Him
           ,
           and
           Value
           His
           Favour
           ;
           and
           such
           as
           neglect
           and
           slight
           Him
           ,
           and
           bid
           Him
           defiance
           .
        
         
           NOW
           how
           full
           an
           Evidence
           was
           GODs
           thus
           preparing
           this
           City
           for
           these
           Patriarchs
           ,
           of
           his
           not
           being
           asham'd
           either
           to
           be
           their
           God
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           call'd
           so
           ?
           Hereby
           He
           sufficiently
           discharg'd
           the
           demands
           of
           that
           Declaration
           ,
           and
           carry'd
           it
           as
           became
           that
           Relation
           .
           For
           had
           He
           been
           either
           
           weary
           or
           asham'd
           of
           them
           ,
           He
           'd
           have
           cast
           their
           Souls
           into
           a
           deep
           Sleep
           ,
           whence
           they
           should
           never
           have
           recover'd
           ;
           He
           'd
           have
           let
           their
           Bodies
           have
           for
           ever
           lain
           rotting
           in
           the
           Grave
           without
           any
           Hope
           of
           Resurrection
           ;
           He
           'd
           never
           have
           thought
           of
           them
           more
           :
           He
           'd
           have
           let
           them
           sink
           into
           their
           Primitive
           Nothing
           ;
           bury'd
           them
           in
           an
           Everlasting
           Oblivion
           ;
           and
           have
           taken
           effectual
           Care
           ,
           that
           neither
           they
           themselves
           should
           survive
           to
           upbraid
           him
           with
           his
           acting
           so
           unsuitably
           to
           his
           profest
           Relation
           to
           them
           ,
           in
           his
           not
           having
           made
           answerable
           Provision
           for
           them
           ;
           nor
           any
           others
           on
           their
           Account
           .
           But
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           having
           provided
           such
           an
           Happy
           Reward
           ,
           for
           all
           their
           Pains
           and
           Labour
           in
           his
           Service
           ,
           as
           the
           Blessedness
           of
           the
           other
           World
           ,
           He
           fully
           shews
           that
           He
           is
           altogether
           Consistent
           with
           Himself
           ,
           and
           punctual
           to
           the
           utmost
           Tittle
           to
           all
           His
           Promises
           ;
           and
           no
           way
           wanting
           in
           any
           thing
           which
           they
           could
           reasonably
           expect
           that
           
             a
             GOD
          
           ,
           nay
           ,
           even
           
             their
             GOD
          
           ,
           should
           be
           unto
           them
           ,
           or
           do
           for
           them
           .
        
         
         
           THUS
           have
           I
           as
           briefly
           ,
           as
           well
           I
           could
           ,
           open'd
           and
           clear'd
           the
           Primitive
           Sense
           of
           the
           Words
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           
             Reference
             to
             the
             Ancient
             Patriarchs
          
           :
           As
           to
           whom
           they
           intimate
           to
           us
           in
           short
           ,
           That
           
             a
             most
             excellent
             Spirit
             was
             found
             in
             them
             ,
          
           and
           
             a
             suitable
             Reward
             was
             provided
             for
             them
             .
          
           But
           they
           have
           an
           Eye
           upon
           Vs
           also
           as
           well
           as
           upon
           Them
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           of
           use
           to
           all
           who
           come
           after
           them
           .
           For
           with
           good
           Reason
           may
           we
           upon
           Reflection
           conclude
           ,
           that
           where-ever
           there
           is
           the
           same
           Spirit
           working
           ,
           and
           showing
           it self
           ,
           the
           same
           Reward
           in
           Process
           or
           Time
           will
           follow
           .
           GOD
           will
           no
           more
           be
           asham'd
           to
           be
           call'd
           the
           GOD
           of
           any
           of
           us
           ,
           as
           meanly
           as
           we
           may
           possibly
           be
           thought
           off
           either
           by
           our selves
           or
           others
           ,
           than
           He
           was
           to
           be
           called
           the
           GOD
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
             ,
             and
             Iacob
          
           ;
           if
           we
           are
           Heavenly
           in
           our
           Temper
           ,
           Bent
           ,
           and
           Stated
           Course
           ,
           as
           they
           appear
           to
           have
           been
           ;
           and
           we
           shall
           find
           in
           the
           Event
           ,
           He
           hath
           made
           as
           ample
           Provision
           for
           our
           Everlasting
           Entertainment
           as
           ever
           He
           did
           for
           theirs
           .
        
         
         
           SUNDRY
           
             Doctrinal
             Observations
          
           that
           would
           be
           both
           Instructive
           and
           Affecting
           ,
           would
           so
           full
           and
           copious
           a
           Text
           as
           this
           thus
           open'd
           ,
           afford
           Foundation
           for
           :
           But
           waving
           others
           ,
           I
           'le
           Select
           these
           two
           ,
           which
           I
           'le
           endeavour
           succinctly
           to
           open
           and
           illustrate
           .
        
         
           
             DOCT.
             1.
             
          
           
             THAT
             all
             Holy
             Souls
             look
             upon
             themselves
             but
             as
             Pilgrims
             ,
             and
             Strangers
             here
             on
             Earth
             ;
             and
             are
             therefore
             earnestly
             desirous
             of
             a
             better
             Countrey
             ,
             that
             is
             an
             Heavenly
             .
          
        
         
           
             DOCT.
             II.
             
          
           
             THAT
             GOD
             would
             be
             asham'd
             to
             be
             call'd
             the
             GOD
             of
             such
             as
             Renouncing
             this
             World
             ;
             devote
             themselves
             entirely
             to
             his
             Service
             ,
             and
             ardently
             aspire
             Heaven-wards
             in
             the
             Course
             of
             their
             present
             Pilgrimage
             ,
             
             if
             He
             had
             not
             made
             abundant
             Provision
             for
             their
             Happiness
             in
             a
             better
             State
             and
             Life
             after
             this
             .
          
        
         
           
             DOCT.
             I.
             
          
           
             THAT
             all
             Holy
             Souls
             look
             on
             themselves
             but
             as
             Pilgrims
             and
             Str●●gers
             here
             on
             Earth
             ;
             and
             are
             therefore
             earnestly
             desirous
             of
             a
             better
             Countrey
             ,
             that
             is
             an
             Heavenly
             .
          
           
             THAT
             it
             hath
             actually
             been
             thus
             with
             many
             of
             the
             most
             Eminent
             Saints
             ,
             mention'd
             in
             the
             Sacred
             Scriptures
             ,
             is
             undeniable
             .
             Says
             Abraham
             to
             the
             Sons
             of
             Heth
             ,
             
             
               I
               am
               a
               Stranger
               and
               Sojourner
               with
               you
               .
            
             And
             Iacob
             speaking
             to
             King
             Pharaoh
             ,
             calls
             the
             Days
             of
             his
             Life
             ,
             
             
               The
               Days
               of
               the
               Years
               of
               his
               Pilgrimage
               .
            
             They
             (
             as
             hath
             before
             been
             observ'd
             )
             were
             but
             Sojourners
             in
             that
             Land
             whereof
             they
             had
             the
             Promise
             ;
             and
             herein
             they
             did
             but
             shadow
             out
             and
             represent
             the
             common
             Condition
             of
             good
             Men
             in
             this
             Life
             ;
             who
             notwithstanding
             ,
             the
             firmness
             of
             their
             adherence
             
             to
             GOD
             ,
             are
             travelling
             up
             and
             down
             in
             the
             World
             for
             a
             Time
             ,
             in
             great
             uncertainty
             ;
             often
             changing
             their
             Place
             ,
             and
             State
             ,
             and
             Posture
             ,
             and
             Circumstances
             ;
             as
             they
             of
             Old
             did
             in
             Canaan
             .
             Of
             which
             also
             they
             have
             not
             been
             insensible
             :
             Thus
             David
             confesseth
             to
             GOD
             ;
             
             
               We
               are
               Strangers
               before
               Thee
               ,
               and
               Sojourrers
               as
               were
               all
               our
               Fathers
               :
            
             And
             he
             gives
             this
             Reason
             ;
             
               Our
               Days
               on
               Earth
               are
               as
               a
               Shadow
               ,
               and
               there
               is
               none
               abiding
               .
            
             And
             elsewhere
             ;
             
             
               I
               am
               a
               Stranger
               with
               thee
               ,
               and
               a
               Sojourner
               ,
               as
               all
               my
               Fathers
               were
               .
            
             And
             it
             hath
             been
             the
             like
             with
             others
             also
             .
             But
             that
             which
             bore
             them
             up
             in
             this
             their
             unsettled
             State
             ,
             and
             under
             all
             the
             Evils
             and
             Troubles
             which
             attended
             it
             ,
             was
             the
             Hope
             and
             Prospect
             of
             a
             quiet
             Habitation
             ,
             and
             perpetual
             Rest
             in
             a
             Future
             State.
             Thus
             we
             are
             told
             concerning
             Abraham
             in
             this
             very
             Chapter
             ;
             
             That
             
               he
               sought
               a
               City
               which
               had
               Foundations
               ,
               whose
               Builder
               and
               Maker
               was
               GOD.
            
             And
             't
             is
             intimated
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             the
             believing
             Foresight
             of
             that
             ,
             which
             made
             him
             easie
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             all
             his
             Difficulties
             .
             And
             Iacob
             in
             an
             Holy
             Rapture
             cries
             out
             ;
             
               I
               have
               
               waited
               for
               thy
               Salvation
               ,
               O
               Lord.
            
             
             And
             Iob
             declares
             ,
             
             that
             though
             
               after
               his
               Skin
               ,
               Worms
               should
               destroy
               his
               Body
               ,
               yet
               in
               his
               Flesh
               should
               be
               see
               GOD
               :
               Whom
               he
               should
               see
               for
               himself
               ,
               and
               not
               another
               :
               Though
               his
               Reins
               were
               consum'd
               within
               him
               .
            
             The
             thought
             whereof
             enabled
             him
             to
             hold
             out
             ,
             under
             the
             forest
             Tryals
             .
             David
             also
             herein
             Triumphs
             ;
             that
             whatever
             he
             was
             forc't
             first
             to
             undergo
             ,
             GOD
             would
             at
             length
             shew
             him
             
               the
               Path
               of
               Life
            
             ;
             
             
               and
               bring
               him
               to
               his
               own
               Presence
               ,
               where
               there
               is
               fulness
               of
               Ioy
               ;
               and
               to
               his
               Right
               Hand
               ,
               where
               are
               Pleasures
               for
               evermore
               .
            
             And
             at
             another
             Time
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             much
             discompos'd
             at
             the
             Reflection
             on
             his
             own
             Afflicted
             State
             ,
             compar'd
             with
             the
             Prosperity
             of
             the
             Wicked
             ,
             he
             soon
             recovers
             ,
             at
             the
             Thought
             of
             the
             Happy
             Issue
             that
             awaited
             all
             his
             present
             Exercises
             and
             Conflicts
             .
             
             
               As
               for
               me
            
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               I
               will
               behold
               thy
               Face
               in
               Righteousness
               :
               I
               shall
               be
               satisfi'd
               ,
               when
               I
               awake
               with
               thy
               likeness
               .
            
             St.
             Paul
             also
             not
             only
             in
             his
             own
             Name
             ,
             but
             as
             personating
             the
             Body
             of
             Believers
             ,
             declares
             ;
             
             
               We
               know
               ,
               that
               if
               our
               Earthly
               House
               of
               this
               Tabernacle
               were
               dissolv'd
               ,
               
               we
               have
               a
               Building
               of
               GOD
               ,
               an
               House
               not
               made
               with
               Hands
               ,
               Eternal
               in
               the
               Heavens
               .
            
             And
             that
             
               our
               Light
               Affliction
            
             ,
             
             
               which
               is
               but
               for
               a
               Moment
               ,
               worketh
               for
               us
               a
               far
               more
               exceeding
               and
               Eternal
               weight
               of
               Glory
               .
            
          
           
             WHICH
             Things
             taken
             together
             ,
             give
             us
             sufficiently
             to
             understand
             that
             this
             Doctrine
             is
             true
             
               in
               Fact
            
             ,
             as
             to
             many
             of
             the
             most
             remarkable
             Servants
             of
             GOD
             ,
             whom
             we
             find
             mention'd
             in
             our
             Sacred
             Records
             :
             To
             whose
             Experiences
             in
             a
             Point
             of
             this
             Nature
             ,
             we
             may
             well
             conclude
             ,
             those
             of
             others
             ,
             who
             are
             acted
             by
             the
             same
             Spirit
             ,
             how
             different
             soever
             their
             particular
             Circumstances
             may
             be
             ,
             should
             be
             Consonant
             and
             Correspondent
             .
             But
             I
             advance
             further
             ,
             and
             dare
             be
             bold
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             whosoever
             truly
             belong
             to
             GOD
             ,
             they
             cannot
             but
             look
             upon
             themselves
             as
             Pilgrims
             in
             this
             Life
             ;
             and
             therefore
             can
             do
             no
             other
             than
             earnestly
             seek
             an
             Home
             above
             ,
             where
             they
             may
             be
             at
             Rest
             ,
             and
             that
             for
             ever
             .
             And
             if
             you
             'l
             but
             a
             little
             consider
             ,
             the
             
               Divine
               Principle
            
             that
             is
             in
             them
             ;
             the
             
               Worlds
               unsuitableness
            
             to
             them
             ;
             and
             
             the
             
               Prospect
               Faith
            
             gives
             them
             of
             Futurities
             ,
             you
             'l
             easily
             conclude
             ,
             that
             thus
             it
             must
             necessarily
             be
             with
             them
             .
          
           
             FIRST
             then
             ,
             Let
             us
             a
             little
             consider
             the
             
               Divine
               Principle
            
             which
             is
             in
             all
             Holy
             Souls
             ;
             and
             which
             not
             only
             is
             
               in
               them
            
             ,
             but
             acts
             and
             governs
             them
             .
             They
             are
             made
             
               partakers
               of
               a
               Divine
               Nature
            
             ;
             
             which
             therefore
             necessarily
             prompts
             to
             ,
             and
             issues
             in
             a
             
               Divine
               Life
            
             ;
             which
             lies
             in
             two
             things
             ,
             among
             others
             ,
             
               a
               Love
               of
               GOD
               ,
               and
               Vniversal
               Purity
            
             ;
             Both
             which
             have
             a
             direct
             tendency
             to
             alienate
             them
             from
             this
             World
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             Foreigners
             in
             it
             ;
             and
             to
             raise
             their
             Hearts
             towards
             a
             better
             World
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             earnest
             Seekers
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             THE
             
               Divine
               Principle
            
             ,
             which
             is
             implanted
             in
             all
             Holy
             Souls
             ,
             naturally
             tends
             to
             draw
             forth
             their
             utmost
             ardour
             in
             the
             
               Love
               of
               GOD
            
             ,
             to
             whom
             it
             brings
             them
             wholly
             to
             resign
             and
             sacrifice
             themselves
             ;
             desiring
             above
             all
             things
             to
             please
             Him
             ,
             and
             delighting
             in
             nothing
             so
             much
             as
             in
             Fellowship
             and
             Communion
             with
             Him.
             It
             causes
             
             them
             to
             disdain
             and
             undervalue
             all
             things
             below
             Him
             ,
             as
             mean
             and
             unworthy
             :
             So
             that
             that
             Strain
             of
             the
             Psalmist
             ,
             
             
               Whom
               have
               we
               in
               Heaven
               but
               Thee
               ,
               and
               there
               's
               none
               upon
               Earth
               we
               desire
               besides
               Thee
               !
            
             becomes
             their
             natural
             breathing
             .
             For
             He
             is
             really
             their
             Souls
             last
             End
             and
             Rest.
             Now
             how
             can
             Persons
             of
             this
             Make
             be
             fond
             of
             
               this
               present
               World
            
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             meer
             Stage
             of
             Vanity
             and
             Sin
             ;
             where
             ,
             under
             the
             utmost
             Advantages
             ,
             they
             are
             comparatively
             distant
             from
             Him
             whom
             their
             Souls
             love
             :
             Comparatively
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             with
             what
             they
             desire
             ,
             and
             hope
             to
             be
             hereafter
             .
          
           
             THEY
             well
             know
             that
             
               While
               they
               are
               at
               Home
               in
               the
               Body
               ,
               they
               are
               absent
               from
               the
               Lord
               :
            
             
             How
             then
             can
             they
             do
             any
             other
             ,
             than
             (
             as
             the
             Apostle
             intimates
             )
             
               be
               rather
               willing
               to
               be
               absent
               from
               the
               Body
               ,
               and
               present
               with
               the
               Lord.
            
             'T
             is
             the
             nature
             of
             Love
             to
             excite
             vehement
             desire
             after
             the
             nearest
             Union
             that
             is
             possible
             with
             its
             Prime
             Object
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             uneasie
             under
             Absence
             and
             Separation
             from
             it
             .
             Now
             ,
             what
             is
             in
             this
             Life
             to
             be
             found
             ,
             and
             felt
             ,
             and
             enjoy'd
             of
             GOD
             ,
             is
             as
             nothing
             ,
             to
             what
             
             our
             Natures
             are
             capable
             of
             ,
             and
             what
             Grace
             leads
             Holy
             Souls
             most
             earnestly
             to
             desire
             ,
             and
             what
             they
             hereafter
             hope
             for
             :
             (
             on
             the
             Account
             whereof
             it
             is
             that
             they
             are
             at
             present
             said
             to
             be
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             
               absent
               from
               him
               :
            
             )
             The
             intenseness
             therefore
             of
             their
             Love
             to
             Him
             ,
             necessarily
             leads
             them
             to
             look
             upon
             themselves
             ,
             as
             being
             in
             this
             Life
             abroad
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             strange
             Countrey
             ;
             and
             with
             vehemence
             to
             long
             for
             that
             near
             Vision
             ,
             and
             close
             and
             un-interrupted
             Enjoyment
             of
             Him
             ,
             which
             they
             expect
             when
             they
             shall
             come
             to
             be
             at
             Home
             :
             And
             ,
             when
             they
             act
             like
             themselves
             ,
             nothing
             but
             a
             sense
             of
             Duty
             ,
             and
             desire
             of
             serving
             the
             Purposes
             of
             His
             Glory
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             capacity
             here
             on
             Earth
             ,
             can
             enable
             them
             to
             brook
             their
             Absence
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             where
             their
             Hearts
             and
             Hopes
             are
             fixt
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             THAT
             
               Divine
               Principle
            
             which
             resides
             ,
             rules
             and
             governs
             in
             all
             Holy
             Souls
             ,
             most
             naturally
             and
             directly
             influences
             them
             to
             
               an
               Vniversal
               Purity
            
             .
             They
             are
             fram'd
             for
             Divine
             and
             Intellectual
             Pleasures
             ;
             which
             are
             unspeakably
             Superiour
             to
             what
             Sense
             can
             possibly
             afford
             .
             The
             Body
             ,
             whereto
             they
             
             are
             at
             present
             linkt
             in
             its
             State
             of
             Mortality
             and
             Corruption
             ,
             hath
             such
             a
             propenseness
             to
             be
             inveigled
             by
             those
             light
             and
             Airy
             Gratifications
             which
             Sensual
             Objects
             offer
             for
             their
             Entertainment
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             forc't
             to
             keep
             up
             a
             constant
             Contest
             with
             it
             ;
             and
             to
             be
             perpetually
             striving
             for
             the
             Mastery
             of
             it
             :
             And
             when
             they
             have
             done
             all
             they
             can
             ,
             they
             find
             their
             success
             so
             small
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             good
             reason
             with
             the
             Apostle
             Paul
             to
             cry
             out
             
               of
               their
               wretchedness
            
             .
             
             This
             makes
             them
             necessarily
             very
             uneasie
             ;
             and
             the
             more
             so
             ,
             because
             they
             can
             see
             no
             reason
             to
             hope
             it
             will
             be
             otherwise
             while
             this
             Life
             lasts
             .
             Well
             then
             ,
             and
             naturally
             may
             they
             conclude
             ,
             that
             this
             is
             not
             a
             Place
             for
             them
             to
             be
             fond
             of
             ;
             or
             wherein
             they
             should
             desire
             to
             settle
             ;
             that
             this
             World
             is
             a
             place
             where
             they
             must
             carry
             it
             
               as
               Strangers
            
             ,
             least
             before
             they
             are
             aware
             ,
             they
             are
             defil'd
             and
             debas'd
             :
             They
             must
             needs
             be
             induc'd
             often
             to
             long
             for
             their
             Arrival
             at
             that
             Place
             and
             State
             ,
             where
             being
             free
             from
             that
             toil
             and
             trouble
             ,
             which
             is
             now
             their
             daily
             Exercise
             ,
             they
             shall
             meet
             with
             Entertainments
             every
             way
             suitable
             to
             their
             sublime
             and
             refin'd
             Tempers
             ,
             and
             be
             satiating
             
             themselves
             therewith
             to
             all
             Eternity
             .
             But
             further
             ,
          
           
             2.
             
             IF
             we
             add
             hereto
             the
             Consideration
             of
             
               the
               Worlds
               unsuitableness
            
             to
             Holy
             Souls
             ,
             we
             shall
             meet
             with
             further
             Evidence
             of
             the
             same
             thing
             ▪
             Whatever
             others
             think
             ,
             who
             judge
             by
             the
             Great
             ,
             and
             put
             all
             the
             Additionals
             of
             a
             
               Freakish
               Fancy
            
             into
             the
             Scale
             ,
             together
             with
             that
             small
             Scantling
             of
             Reality
             that
             is
             here
             to
             be
             met
             with
             ;
             for
             their
             parts
             they
             find
             this
             World
             to
             be
             a
             very
             unsuitable
             place
             for
             them
             to
             make
             any
             long
             stay
             in
             ;
             and
             the
             longer
             they
             live
             in
             it
             ,
             the
             more
             do
             they
             find
             it
             so
             :
             And
             that
             because
             't
             is
             so
             very
             troublesome
             ,
             so
             uncertain
             ,
             and
             changeable
             ,
             and
             so
             ensnaring
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             THEY
             find
             this
             World
             to
             be
             very
             troublesome
             .
             This
             Life
             hath
             a
             great
             many
             
               natural
               inconveniencies
            
             ,
             which
             make
             it
             uneasie
             to
             Thinking-Persons
             .
             There
             is
             no
             Age
             of
             it
             ,
             from
             first
             to
             last
             ;
             whether
             Infancy
             or
             Childhood
             ,
             Youth
             or
             Manhood
             ,
             or
             Old
             Age
             ,
             but
             hath
             its
             peculiar
             Troubles
             :
             No
             State
             in
             it
             ,
             but
             what
             hath
             its
             special
             Difficulties
             .
             Do
             Persons
             live
             solitarily
             ?
             they
             are
             in
             danger
             of
             being
             Mopish
             .
             Are
             they
             
             much
             in
             Conversation
             ?
             they
             'll
             see
             so
             much
             Vanity
             and
             Folly
             ,
             Ill
             Humour
             and
             Insincerity
             ,
             as
             ,
             if
             they
             will
             give
             way
             to
             Thought
             ,
             cannot
             but
             disturb
             them
             .
             They
             'll
             find
             it
             hard
             ,
             with
             the
             utmost
             Caution
             ,
             to
             walk
             inoffensively
             ;
             and
             meet
             with
             so
             many
             unkindnesses
             ,
             (
             and
             that
             even
             it
             may
             be
             ,
             where
             they
             have
             study'd
             to
             oblige
             )
             as
             will
             make
             them
             weary
             of
             their
             Lives
             .
             Are
             they
             in
             a
             poor
             and
             low
             condition
             ?
             they
             'll
             find
             it
             very
             hard
             to
             rub
             through
             the
             World
             with
             any
             thing
             of
             evenness
             of
             Temper
             ,
             and
             content
             of
             Mind
             .
             Are
             they
             rich
             and
             wealthy
             ?
             the
             Vexation
             ,
             Care
             and
             Fear
             ,
             and
             the
             
               envy
               of
               others
            
             ,
             that
             attends
             their
             Estates
             ,
             and
             the
             disquieting
             Losses
             and
             Disappointments
             they
             meet
             with
             ,
             do
             often
             more
             than
             over-ballance
             the
             Comfort
             they
             afford
             them
             .
             Are
             they
             in
             Health
             and
             Strength
             ?
             yet
             it
             's
             an
             Hundred
             to
             One
             if
             they
             are
             not
             afflicted
             with
             Losses
             ,
             or
             depriv'd
             of
             their
             Friends
             ,
             or
             crost
             in
             their
             Interests
             and
             Designs
             ,
             or
             have
             something
             or
             other
             ,
             ever
             and
             anon
             ,
             happening
             to
             them
             ,
             to
             interrupt
             their
             Repose
             .
             Are
             they
             sick
             and
             crazy
             ,
             or
             often
             in
             Pain
             ?
             How
             little
             Relish
             have
             they
             of
             all
             all
             their
             Comforts
             !
             How
             burthensome
             
             are
             their
             Lives
             !
             Nay
             ,
             How
             often
             do
             we
             find
             that
             even
             those
             who
             have
             all
             that
             heart
             could
             wish
             for
             ,
             that
             have
             all
             the
             Materials
             and
             Ingredients
             of
             a
             Worldly
             Felicity
             at
             command
             ,
             yet
             
               even
               in
               their
               suffciency
               are
               in
               streights
            
             ;
             and
             make
             a
             shift
             to
             create
             as
             much
             trouble
             to
             themselves
             ,
             by
             their
             own
             listless
             ,
             querulous
             ,
             uneasie
             Tempers
             ,
             as
             those
             who
             have
             the
             most
             real
             and
             substantial
             Causes
             of
             Discontent
             ?
          
           
             BUT
             besides
             all
             these
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             many
             other
             Considerations
             of
             the
             like
             Nature
             ,
             that
             might
             be
             suggested
             ,
             which
             are
             common
             to
             all
             ,
             the
             World
             is
             
               peculiarly
               troublesome
            
             to
             Holy
             Souls
             .
             They
             for
             the
             most
             part
             ,
             meet
             with
             a
             great
             many
             Hardships
             ,
             Contempts
             and
             Injuries
             in
             it
             ;
             they
             are
             often
             baited
             at
             ,
             molested
             and
             teaz'd
             by
             the
             Men
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             who
             care
             not
             for
             their
             Company
             .
             For
             ,
             as
             our
             Blessed
             Lord
             hath
             long
             since
             observ'd
             ,
             
               because
               they
               are
               not
               of
               the
               World
               ,
            
             
             
               therefore
               the
               World
               hateth
               them
            
             ;
             and
             is
             often
             speaking
             evil
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             doing
             evil
             to
             them
             .
             They
             see
             GOD
             so
             much
             dishonour'd
             in
             it
             ,
             as
             grieves
             them
             to
             the
             heart
             ;
             and
             causes
             them
             often
             with
             bitterness
             of
             
             Soul
             to
             mourn
             in
             secret
             .
             And
             all
             these
             troubles
             ,
             and
             a
             Thousand
             more
             ,
             that
             were
             as
             easily
             nam'd
             as
             these
             ,
             are
             great
             hindrances
             to
             them
             ,
             in
             that
             whereon
             their
             hearts
             are
             principally
             intent
             ;
             and
             often
             create
             them
             much
             perplexity
             and
             uneasiness
             .
             How
             can
             they
             then
             but
             be
             tir'd
             with
             this
             World
             ,
             when
             they
             have
             dispatcht
             the
             great
             Business
             they
             have
             to
             do
             in
             it
             ;
             and
             comfortably
             settled
             their
             Concerns
             as
             to
             a
             Future
             State
             ?
             How
             can
             they
             take
             this
             for
             a
             suitable
             Place
             for
             them
             to
             stay
             in
             ,
             where
             they
             are
             like
             to
             have
             little
             else
             but
             a
             constant
             succession
             of
             Disturbances
             ?
             How
             can
             they
             do
             any
             other
             than
             earnestly
             long
             to
             be
             in
             their
             
               Father's
               House
            
             ,
             where
             they
             shall
             meet
             with
             no
             sorrow
             or
             trouble
             more
             for
             ever
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             HOLY
             Souls
             find
             also
             this
             World
             very
             unsuitable
             to
             them
             ,
             because
             so
             
               uncertain
               and
               changeable
            
             .
             The
             more
             they
             give
             way
             to
             Thought
             ,
             the
             more
             necessary
             do
             they
             find
             it
             to
             fly
             higher
             than
             the
             Stage
             of
             Sense
             for
             a
             Portion
             .
             As
             for
             themselves
             ,
             they
             perceive
             by
             their
             Make
             ,
             they
             are
             fram'd
             for
             Eternity
             ,
             unless
             he
             that
             made
             them
             should
             
             annihilate
             them
             ;
             of
             which
             they
             can
             discern
             no
             just
             Reason
             to
             be
             apprehensive
             .
             As
             for
             this
             World
             they
             find
             the
             
               Fashion
               of
               it
            
             is
             
               still
               passing
               away
            
             ;
             and
             that
             in
             all
             its
             Parts
             ,
             and
             at
             all
             Times
             't
             is
             full
             of
             Uncertainty
             and
             Unsettlement
             .
             How
             then
             can
             they
             six
             upon
             it
             ?
             If
             not
             better
             provided
             ,
             how
             certainly
             may
             they
             expect
             in
             a
             little
             Time
             to
             be
             left
             quite
             destitute
             ?
             And
             how
             can
             they
             take
             up
             with
             that
             ,
             which
             they
             are
             every
             Moment
             in
             danger
             of
             being
             depriv'd
             of
             ?
             They
             well
             know
             that
             there
             is
             nothing
             here
             to
             be
             met
             withal
             ,
             let
             it
             seem
             ever
             so
             sure
             ,
             but
             it
             may
             be
             taken
             away
             by
             a
             thousand
             unforeseen
             Casualties
             ;
             and
             let
             ever
             so
             great
             a
             Degree
             of
             Earthly
             Felicity
             be
             attain'd
             ,
             they
             within
             a
             while
             must
             die
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             very
             Day
             all
             their
             Enjoyments
             and
             Hopes
             as
             to
             this
             World
             perish
             .
             Others
             indeed
             know
             these
             Things
             as
             well
             as
             they
             ,
             but
             they
             mind
             them
             not
             ;
             and
             you
             may
             plainly
             discover
             by
             their
             Carriage
             they
             hardly
             ever
             think
             of
             them
             .
             But
             being
             important
             Matters
             ,
             they
             are
             often
             seriously
             weigh'd
             ,
             and
             intently
             ruminated
             on
             ,
             by
             Holy
             Souls
             :
             Who
             deliberately
             
             thence
             conclude
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             in
             vain
             to
             seek
             for
             an
             Happiness
             here
             ;
             that
             we
             are
             only
             Travelling
             and
             Passing
             through
             the
             State
             we
             are
             in
             ;
             and
             are
             thereby
             led
             to
             fix
             their
             Hearts
             on
             the
             upper
             World
             ,
             where
             alone
             it
             is
             that
             any
             Thing
             Solid
             ,
             Stable
             ,
             and
             Durable
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             met
             withal
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             THIS
             World
             is
             therefore
             also
             unsuitable
             to
             Holy
             Souls
             ,
             because
             ensnaring
             .
             Often
             have
             the
             best
             been
             here
             led
             aside
             from
             God
             and
             their
             Duty
             ;
             and
             drawn
             into
             Sin
             to
             their
             unspeakable
             Damage
             .
             Either
             unforeseen
             Temptations
             have
             presented
             themselves
             ;
             or
             they
             have
             been
             careless
             ,
             and
             nibbled
             at
             the
             Bait
             ,
             till
             they
             were
             caught
             with
             the
             Hook.
             Through
             Heedlessness
             and
             Privacy
             ,
             was
             even
             a
             Noah
             tempted
             to
             Drunkenness
             and
             Incest
             ;
             and
             unguarded
             Lust
             ,
             drew
             a
             David
             into
             Murder
             and
             Adultery
             .
             And
             who
             then
             can
             be
             Secure
             ?
             Snares
             abound
             every
             where
             ,
             and
             some
             that
             are
             taking
             ,
             will
             not
             be
             wanting
             ;
             and
             even
             those
             who
             have
             given
             themselves
             up
             to
             GOD
             most
             seriously
             ,
             and
             listed
             themselves
             in
             his
             Service
             most
             heartily
             ,
             are
             not
             out
             of
             Danger
             :
             
             For
             they
             have
             Corruption
             within
             ,
             and
             a
             busie
             Enemy
             without
             ,
             who
             watches
             all
             Opportunities
             to
             entrap
             them
             ;
             and
             he
             's
             so
             subtle
             and
             diligent
             ,
             that
             unless
             they
             are
             always
             watchful
             ,
             he
             'll
             be
             more
             or
             less
             too
             hard
             for
             them
             .
             And
             if
             he
             in
             any
             remarkable
             degree
             prevails
             upon
             and
             foils
             them
             ,
             how
             will
             he
             triumph
             !
             And
             how
             will
             the
             wicked
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             who
             are
             ever
             at
             his
             beck
             rejoice
             !
             How
             busily
             do
             they
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             serve
             their
             Master
             ,
             employ
             themselves
             in
             endeavouring
             to
             draw
             such
             aside
             into
             some
             reigning
             Vices
             !
             How
             many
             Artifices
             will
             they
             use
             for
             that
             purpose
             !
             And
             if
             they
             prevail
             ,
             how
             will
             they
             scoffingly
             cry
             out
             ,
             and
             say
             ,
             
               Even
               the
               Godly
               are
               as
               bad
               as
               others
               !
            
             And
             when
             they
             come
             to
             recollect
             their
             own
             Slips
             and
             Miscarriages
             (
             especially
             if
             they
             are
             any
             thing
             notorious
             )
             great
             is
             their
             Concern
             and
             Regret
             ;
             nay
             sometimes
             their
             bitterness
             and
             perplexity
             is
             inexpressible
             .
             For
             time
             to
             come
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             ,
             they
             then
             think
             to
             be
             more
             careful
             .
             But
             Alas
             !
             after
             all
             ,
             How
             difficult
             is
             it
             to
             live
             where
             an
             infectious
             Contagion
             is
             diffus'd
             universally
             ,
             and
             not
             be
             tainted
             ?
             How
             hard
             to
             be
             daily
             conversant
             in
             a
             wicked
             
             World
             ,
             and
             not
             be
             dampt
             and
             deadned
             in
             the
             Exercises
             of
             the
             Divine
             Life
             ?
             The
             Generality
             are
             not
             aware
             of
             this
             ;
             but
             the
             more
             holy
             any
             Persons
             are
             ,
             the
             more
             lively
             is
             their
             sense
             of
             it
             .
             This
             causes
             them
             to
             live
             as
             't
             were
             in
             daily
             fear
             :
             And
             they
             'd
             be
             quite
             dishearten'd
             ,
             had
             they
             not
             ground
             to
             hope
             ,
             that
             such
             sort
             of
             Exercises
             would
             not
             last
             long
             ;
             but
             that
             when
             they
             had
             bin
             try'd
             for
             a
             time
             ,
             if
             they
             retain'd
             their
             integrity
             ,
             GOD
             would
             take
             them
             to
             Himself
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             Happy
             in
             His
             Favour
             and
             Love
             for
             ever
             .
             Thus
             its
             plain
             ,
             This
             Worlds
             unsuitableness
             tends
             to
             wean
             Holy
             Souls
             from
             it
             ,
             and
             raise
             them
             above
             it
             .
             Again
             ,
          
           
             3.
             
             THE
             Prospect
             which
             Faith
             gives
             them
             of
             Futurities
             ,
             tends
             also
             to
             produce
             the
             same
             Effects
             ,
             viz.
             To
             make
             them
             weary
             of
             this
             Earth
             ,
             and
             to
             long
             for
             Heaven
             .
             Their
             Faith
             grounded
             upon
             the
             Promise
             of
             GOD
             ,
             assures
             them
             that
             
               He
               will
               be
               a
               Rewarder
               of
               them
               that
               diligently
               seek
               him
            
             ;
             
             that
             
               there
               remaineth
               a
               Rest
               for
               His
               People
            
             ;
             
             That
             
               He
               will
               give
               Eternal
               Life
               to
               all
               those
               who
               by
               Patient
               continuance
               in
               well
               doing
               ,
            
             
             
               seek
               for
               Glory
               ,
               
               and
               Honour
               ,
               and
               Immortality
            
             ;
             and
             that
             
               there
               is
               an
               Inheritance
               incorruptible
            
             ,
             
             
               and
               undefiled
               ,
               and
               that
               fadeth
               not
               away
               ,
               reserv'd
               in
               Heaven
               for
               them
            
             ;
             and
             the
             like
             .
             These
             Things
             are
             not
             the
             Fruit
             of
             their
             Fancy
             ;
             they
             are
             not
             Perswasions
             they
             have
             unwarily
             imbib'd
             ,
             or
             taken
             upon
             Trust
             from
             others
             ,
             without
             just
             Grounds
             :
             But
             their
             Faith
             herein
             is
             bottom'd
             on
             the
             Word
             of
             the
             Eternal
             GOD.
             Now
             't
             is
             in
             the
             Nature
             of
             Faith
             ,
             as
             is
             even
             in
             this
             Chapter
             declar'd
             ,
             
             to
             be
             
               the
               Substance
               of
               Things
               hoped
               for
               ,
               and
               the
               Evidence
               of
               Things
               not
               seen
               :
            
             Holy
             Persons
             having
             such
             a
             Foundation
             to
             build
             upon
             ,
             do
             as
             verily
             believe
             that
             if
             they
             persevere
             in
             the
             Course
             they
             are
             in
             ,
             they
             shall
             certainly
             find
             these
             Things
             made
             good
             to
             them
             ;
             as
             tho'
             they
             did
             actually
             enjoy
             them
             already
             .
             They
             are
             as
             really
             perswaded
             of
             the
             Truth
             of
             these
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             Declarations
             ,
             and
             give
             as
             true
             an
             Assent
             to
             them
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             could
             see
             the
             Things
             they
             make
             mention
             off
             ,
             or
             as
             if
             they
             were
             intuitively
             ,
             and
             demonstratively
             known
             to
             them
             .
             Now
             their
             full
             Satisfaction
             in
             the
             Grounds
             they
             go
             upon
             ,
             must
             necessarily
             
             depretiate
             this
             World
             ,
             and
             advance
             that
             to
             come
             in
             their
             esteem
             .
             Were
             they
             left
             at
             uncertainties
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             be
             so
             Positive
             ;
             But
             having
             such
             Security
             given
             them
             ,
             they
             cannot
             but
             look
             upon
             this
             Earth
             as
             a
             Foreign
             Countrey
             to
             them
             ;
             and
             fix
             upon
             Heaven
             as
             their
             Home
             .
          
           
             THUS
             much
             of
             the
             first
             Observation
             :
             The
             second
             follows
             ;
             viz.
             
          
        
         
           
             DOCT.
             II.
             
          
           
             THAT
             GOD
             would
             be
             asham'd
             to
             be
             call'd
             the
             GOD
             of
             such
             ,
             as
             renouncing
             this
             World
             ,
             devote
             themselves
             entirely
             to
             his
             Service
             ,
             and
             ardently
             aspire
             Heaven-wards
             in
             the
             Course
             of
             their
             present
             Pilgrimage
             ;
             if
             He
             had
             not
             made
             abundant
             Provision
             for
             their
             Happiness
             ,
             in
             a
             better
             State
             ,
             and
             Life
             after
             this
             .
          
           
             AND
             here
             I
             'le
             endeavour
             briefly
             to
             show
             these
             Three
             Things
             .
          
           
             I.
             WHAT
             it
             implies
             for
             GOD
             to
             be
             call'd
             
               any
               Persons
               GOD
               ▪
            
          
           
           
             II.
             THAT
             He
             really
             is
             the
             GOD
             of
             those
             ,
             who
             renouncing
             this
             World
             ,
             devote
             themselves
             heartily
             to
             his
             Service
             ,
             and
             fix
             on
             Heaven
             as
             their
             Home
             and
             Portion
             .
             And
             ,
          
           
             III.
             THAT
             it
             would
             be
             Matter
             of
             Shame
             to
             Him
             ,
             had
             He
             not
             made
             suitable
             Provision
             for
             all
             such
             Persons
             in
             a
             better
             State
             and
             Life
             than
             this
             .
          
           
             FIRST
             then
             ,
             Let
             's
             take
             Notice
             what
             it
             implies
             ,
             for
             GOD
             to
             be
             call'd
             
               the
               GOD
               of
               any
               Persons
            
             .
             He
             is
             the
             
               GOD
               of
               all
            
             in
             a
             General
             Sense
             (
             as
             hath
             before
             been
             intimated
             .
             )
             For
             He
             made
             and
             sustains
             them
             ,
             and
             He
             alone
             can
             make
             them
             Happy
             .
             But
             when
             such
             a
             Phrase
             is
             in
             the
             Scriptures
             apply'd
             to
             any
             peculiarly
             ,
             It
             denotes
             a
             special
             Interest
             in
             Him
             in
             a
             Covenant
             way
             ;
             a
             peculiar
             Propriety
             in
             Him
             ,
             founded
             on
             that
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             ,
             the
             Substance
             whereof
             we
             have
             thus
             deliver'd
             to
             us
             in
             short
             ;
             
               I
               will
               be
               their
               GOD
               ,
               and
               they
               shall
               be
               My
               People
               ▪
            
             It
             necessarily
             therefore
             denotes
             a
             
             transcendent
             Love
             and
             Affection
             in
             GOD
             to
             any
             Persons
             ,
             for
             Him
             to
             be
             stil'd
             Theirs
             .
             'T
             is
             certainly
             a
             great
             Demonstration
             of
             Love
             ,
             for
             Him
             as
             it
             were
             to
             give
             Himself
             to
             them
             :
             And
             therefore
             also
             this
             Appropriation
             must
             needs
             imply
             some
             very
             great
             and
             extraordinary
             Happiness
             .
             'T
             is
             declar'd
             by
             GOD
             ,
             
               That
               he
               that
               overcometh
               shall
               inherit
               all
               Things
            
             ;
             
             but
             as
             if
             this
             were
             nothing
             ,
             notwithstanding
             
               all
               Things
            
             are
             taken
             in
             ,
             't
             is
             added
             ;
             
               And
               I
               will
               be
               his
               GOD
               ,
               and
               he
               shall
               be
               my
               Son.
            
             One
             would
             have
             thought
             nothing
             could
             have
             been
             more
             than
             all
             :
             But
             however
             this
             is
             added
             ,
             because
             all
             all
             things
             else
             are
             as
             nothing
             without
             it
             .
             But
             alas
             !
             who
             can
             tell
             what
             it
             is
             ,
             and
             what
             it
             implies
             for
             
               GOD
               to
               be
               the
               GOD
               of
               any
               one
               !
            
             Thus
             much
             in
             General
             is
             plain
             ;
             that
             it
             intimates
             He
             will
             Act
             for
             such
             a
             Persons
             good
             as
             becomes
             a
             Being
             ,
             infinite
             in
             all
             Manner
             of
             Perfections
             :
             But
             come
             to
             Particulars
             ,
             and
             we
             are
             soon
             at
             a
             loss
             .
             That
             Man
             that
             should
             pretend
             to
             unfold
             it
             ,
             must
             be
             able
             to
             Fathom
             the
             boundless
             Excellencies
             of
             the
             Divine
             Essence
             ,
             which
             are
             all
             engag'd
             ,
             
             so
             far
             as
             the
             good
             of
             the
             Party
             to
             whom
             GOD
             hath
             made
             Himself
             over
             ,
             is
             concern'd
             .
             Whosoever
             hath
             GOD
             for
             his
             GOD
             ,
             His
             Mercy
             is
             his
             to
             Pardon
             him
             ;
             His
             Wisdom
             his
             to
             guide
             him
             ;
             His
             Power
             his
             to
             Secure
             him
             ;
             His
             Faithfulness
             his
             to
             fulfil
             all
             his
             Promises
             to
             him
             ;
             His
             Love
             to
             confer
             Grace
             and
             Glory
             on
             him
             ;
             And
             in
             short
             ,
             
               all
               that
               is
               in
               God
            
             is
             his
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             his
             Necessities
             can
             require
             ,
             and
             his
             Capacity
             can
             reach
             .
             So
             that
             this
             is
             most
             evidently
             the
             very
             
               Top
               of
               our
               Happiness
            
             .
          
           
             BUT
             let
             it
             be
             observ'd
             withal
             ,
             that
             in
             such
             a
             Phrase
             as
             this
             ,
             there
             is
             ever
             imply'd
             a
             respect
             to
             the
             
               Attoning
               Blood
               of
               the
               Mediatour
            
             ;
             without
             the
             Intervention
             whereof
             such
             degenerate
             and
             guilty
             Creatures
             as
             we
             ,
             could
             have
             had
             no
             Hope
             ,
             should
             have
             remain'd
             incapable
             ,
             of
             any
             such
             Interest
             :
             But
             that
             ,
             hath
             laid
             a
             Foundation
             for
             our
             Advancement
             to
             this
             Amazing
             Honour
             and
             Priviledge
             ;
             which
             bespeaks
             all
             those
             who
             reach
             to
             it
             inconceiveably
             Happy
             ;
             by
             Reason
             that
             it
             intimates
             that
             GOD
             will
             do
             all
             things
             for
             them
             in
             a
             becoming
             
             Manner
             ,
             and
             like
             Himself
             ;
             all
             Things
             which
             may
             further
             their
             Everlasting
             Welfare
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             GOD
             certainly
             is
             thus
             the
             GOD
             of
             all
             those
             ,
             who
             renouncing
             this
             World
             ,
             do
             heartily
             devote
             themselves
             to
             His
             Service
             ,
             and
             fix
             on
             Heaven
             as
             their
             Home
             and
             Portion
             .
             He
             is
             the
             GOD
             of
             none
             ,
             if
             not
             of
             such
             .
             What
             is
             the
             Language
             of
             the
             Covenant
             but
             this
             ,
             
             
               I
               will
               be
               to
               them
               a
               GOD
               ,
               and
               they
               shall
               be
               to
               me
               a
               People
               ?
            
             Of
             which
             I
             think
             we
             can
             make
             nothing
             ,
             were
             any
             willing
             to
             be
             His
             People
             ,
             and
             desirous
             to
             be
             under
             His
             Care
             ,
             and
             free
             to
             be
             govern'd
             by
             His
             Laws
             ,
             to
             whom
             he
             were
             backward
             to
             be
             a
             GOD
             ,
             and
             to
             Act
             the
             Part
             of
             a
             GOD
             Which
             is
             the
             more
             evident
             from
             hence
             ;
             in
             that
             there
             cannot
             be
             such
             a
             Consent
             as
             this
             ▪
             a
             real
             willingness
             hereto
             ,
             in
             any
             Heart
             that
             is
             not
             of
             His
             Producing
             .
             For
             (
             whatever
             any
             in
             the
             Heat
             of
             Dispute
             may
             have
             advanc'd
             )
             't
             is
             notoriously
             evident
             that
             none
             of
             the
             fallen
             Race
             of
             Adam
             would
             in
             this
             Case
             move
             till
             they
             were
             drawn
             ;
             none
             could
             be
             free
             and
             willing
             to
             take
             
             GOD
             for
             theirs
             ,
             as
             He
             hath
             offer'd
             Himself
             to
             them
             in
             Covenant
             ,
             whom
             He
             had
             not
             made
             so
             .
             They
             might
             indeed
             after
             a
             sort
             ,
             be
             desirous
             of
             the
             
               Blessings
               of
               the
               Covenant
            
             :
             That
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             they
             might
             desire
             to
             be
             pardon'd
             that
             they
             might
             not
             be
             damn'd
             ;
             and
             to
             be
             so
             far
             under
             the
             Divine
             Protection
             and
             Care
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             might
             be
             sav'd
             from
             Ruine
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             :
             But
             this
             is
             all
             Selfishness
             ;
             and
             hath
             nothing
             of
             
               Love
               to
               GOD
            
             at
             the
             Bottom
             of
             it
             .
             This
             there
             may
             be
             ,
             and
             GOD
             still
             remain
             estrang'd
             ;
             and
             they
             after
             all
             go
             without
             an
             Interest
             in
             him
             as
             theirs
             .
             But
             where-ever
             there
             is
             a
             free
             Consent
             in
             any
             Heart
             ,
             to
             take
             Him
             for
             
               Owner
               ,
               Ruler
            
             ,
             and
             End
             ,
             according
             as
             He
             hath
             propos'd
             Himself
             ;
             and
             a
             willingness
             to
             be
             entirely
             at
             His
             Disposal
             ,
             and
             under
             His
             Government
             and
             Management
             ;
             we
             may
             safely
             say
             ,
             there
             the
             Divine
             Spirit
             hath
             been
             effectually
             at
             Work
             :
             For
             otherwise
             ,
             this
             is
             a
             step
             ,
             had
             never
             been
             taken
             .
             Now
             to
             suppose
             Persons
             wrought
             up
             to
             this
             ,
             and
             GOD
             to
             stand
             back
             ;
             to
             suppose
             them
             willing
             ,
             and
             
               Him
               shy
            
             ;
             were
             to
             imagine
             He
             mockt
             us
             in
             
             the
             Proposal
             of
             His
             Covenant
             ,
             and
             sported
             himself
             with
             our
             Misery
             ,
             when
             He
             made
             us
             Overtures
             about
             our
             Recovery
             .
          
           
             NOW
             I
             'le
             leave
             it
             to
             any
             to
             Judge
             ,
             how
             impossible
             it
             is
             for
             Persons
             to
             
               renounce
               this
               World
            
             ,
             and
             
               fix
               on
               Heaven
               as
               their
               Home
               and
               Portion
               ,
            
             and
             Act
             correspondently
             ,
             and
             this
             Consent
             on
             their
             Part
             be
             wanting
             .
             For
             what
             is
             it
             
               to
               renounce
               the
               World
            
             ,
             but
             to
             disclaim
             all
             Interest
             in
             it
             opposite
             to
             the
             Divine
             Honour
             ;
             to
             be
             Content
             with
             that
             Portion
             of
             it
             that
             is
             of
             Divine
             Allotment
             ;
             to
             use
             it
             as
             not
             abusing
             it
             ;
             to
             be
             ready
             to
             improve
             what
             is
             afforded
             of
             it
             ,
             for
             the
             best
             Purposes
             ;
             and
             to
             sit
             loose
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             be
             ready
             to
             part
             with
             what
             is
             most
             dear
             and
             valuable
             in
             it
             ,
             upon
             a
             Divine
             Call
             ?
             And
             what
             is
             it
             
               to
               fix
               on
               Heaven
               as
               an
               Home
               and
               Portion
               ?
            
             But
             to
             live
             in
             the
             believing
             Hope
             and
             Expectation
             of
             a
             bettrr
             State
             and
             Life
             after
             this
             ;
             to
             long
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             pant
             after
             it
             ;
             despise
             all
             Things
             that
             could
             be
             offer'd
             in
             Competition
             with
             it
             ;
             to
             be
             earnest
             and
             diligent
             in
             preparing
             
             for
             it
             ;
             fetch
             Supports
             from
             it
             under
             all
             present
             uneasinesses
             ;
             and
             be
             often
             delightfully
             ruminating
             on
             those
             Reports
             which
             GOD
             in
             His
             Word
             hath
             made
             concerning
             it
             ?
             And
             both
             these
             jointly
             ,
             do
             plainly
             bespeak
             an
             
               Heavenly
               Mind
               and
               Heart
            
             .
             How
             can
             the
             blessed
             GOD
             ,
             then
             ,
             if
             He
             Act
             consistently
             with
             Himself
             ,
             do
             any
             other
             ,
             than
             embrace
             all
             such
             with
             a
             tender
             Affection
             ;
             become
             theirs
             ,
             and
             Act
             like
             a
             GOD
             on
             their
             behalf
             ?
             Now
             this
             He
             could
             in
             no
             respect
             be
             said
             to
             do
             ,
             had
             He
             not
             prepar'd
             an
             an
             Heaven
             ,
             that
             is
             a
             State
             of
             exquisite
             and
             perfect
             Bliss
             ,
             for
             their
             Everlasting
             Entertainment
             .
             Which
             leads
             me
             to
             the
             Third
             and
             Last
             Particular
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             TO
             show
             that
             it
             would
             really
             be
             a
             
               Matter
               of
               Shame
            
             to
             the
             Blessed
             GOD
             ,
             had
             He
             not
             made
             suitable
             Provision
             ,
             for
             all
             such
             Persons
             as
             those
             foremention'd
             ,
             in
             a
             better
             State
             and
             Life
             than
             this
             .
             None
             need
             wonder
             at
             the
             Phrase
             I
             use
             ,
             when
             I
             speak
             of
             its
             being
             
               a
               Matter
               of
               Shame
            
             to
             GOD
             ;
             for
             it
             's
             borrow'd
             from
             my
             Text.
             And
             indeed
             strictly
             speaking
             ,
             
             it
             would
             be
             really
             shameful
             and
             a
             dismal
             Reflection
             on
             the
             great
             GOD
             ,
             if
             He
             had
             not
             such
             a
             reserve
             as
             Heaven
             for
             their
             Entertainment
             ,
             when
             this
             frail
             Life
             comes
             to
             an
             end
             .
             A
             few
             Things
             will
             sufficiently
             clear
             this
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             UPON
             this
             Supposition
             He
             'd
             have
             
               provided
               no
               Satisfaction
               for
               earnest
               desires
               of
               His
               own
               exciting
               .
               He
            
             (
             saith
             the
             Apostle
             )
             
               that
               hath
               wrought
               us
               for
               the
               self
               same
               thing
               ,
            
             
             
               is
               GOD.
            
             His
             meaning
             is
             ,
             't
             is
             He
             who
             by
             his
             Spirit
             hath
             wrought
             up
             Believers
             to
             any
             Measure
             of
             Preparedness
             for
             the
             Blessed
             and
             Glorious
             State
             above
             ;
             't
             is
             He
             that
             hath
             kindled
             earnest
             Desires
             after
             it
             ,
             and
             excited
             firm
             Expectations
             of
             it
             .
             Had
             He
             not
             then
             such
             a
             State
             in
             Store
             ,
             had
             He
             not
             an
             Heaven
             in
             reserve
             ,
             for
             the
             Entertainment
             of
             His
             faithful
             Ones
             ,
             at
             the
             end
             of
             all
             their
             present
             Conflicts
             ,
             it
             would
             evidently
             appear
             He
             did
             but
             Tantalize
             them
             in
             making
             any
             such
             Motions
             to
             them
             ;
             in
             stirring
             up
             any
             such
             Inclinations
             in
             them
             .
             And
             would
             not
             this
             be
             shameful
             ?
             Might
             He
             not
             be
             
             asham'd
             to
             be
             call'd
             
               their
               GOD
            
             ,
             whom
             He
             lur'd
             to
             Himself
             ,
             and
             then
             impos'd
             upon
             ,
             by
             deceitful
             Appearances
             ,
             and
             Shadows
             ,
             instead
             of
             Substances
             ?
             But
             this
             we
             may
             be
             assur'd
             can
             never
             be
             ;
             
               for
               He
               hath
               prepared
               for
               them
               a
               City
               .
            
          
           
             2
             HE
             would
             upon
             this
             Supposition
             have
             made
             it
             their
             Duty
             ,
             
               to
               intend
               an
               ●nd
               which
               could
               not
               be
               reacht
               .
            
             For
             we
             knowing
             our Selves
             capable
             of
             subsisting
             hereafter
             ,
             nay
             of
             enjoying
             a
             much
             greater
             Happiness
             than
             this
             present
             State
             can
             admit
             off
             ,
             are
             hereby
             laid
             under
             an
             indispensable
             Obligation
             of
             intending
             that
             Happiness
             as
             our
             End.
             For
             supposing
             there
             should
             be
             no
             
               Future
               State
            
             of
             Bliss
             ,
             there
             is
             however
             no
             possibility
             of
             being
             absolutely
             certain
             there
             is
             none
             :
             Nay
             the
             Matter
             being
             impartially
             consider'd
             ,
             it
             will
             appear
             abundantly
             more
             likely
             that
             there
             is
             .
             Now
             the
             very
             
               Law
               of
               Nature
            
             obliges
             us
             to
             pursue
             the
             highest
             Good
             whereof
             we
             are
             capable
             ,
             supposing
             the
             Attainment
             of
             it
             be
             but
             probable
             :
             Revelation
             next
             steps
             in
             ,
             and
             tells
             us
             it
             is
             certain
             .
             If
             the
             after
             all
             ,
             there
             should
             be
             no
             Heaven
             
             hereafter
             ,
             we
             must
             not
             only
             acknowledge
             that
             Capacity
             needless
             ;
             but
             also
             must
             be
             suppos'd
             to
             be
             oblig'd
             to
             employ
             the
             Principal
             Endeavours
             of
             our
             Life
             ,
             and
             all
             our
             Powers
             to
             no
             Purpose
             .
             And
             what
             a
             shameful
             Reflection
             would
             this
             be
             on
             GOD
             ,
             for
             Him
             to
             have
             laid
             us
             under
             an
             absolute
             Necessity
             ,
             if
             acting
             Rationally
             ,
             of
             aiming
             at
             that
             which
             is
             unattainable
             !
             Of
             Labouring
             for
             that
             which
             is
             not
             !
             And
             constantly
             tending
             towards
             that
             which
             hath
             no
             other
             Being
             than
             in
             the
             
               Fancy
               and
               Imagination
            
             !
             And
             so
             we
             must
             either
             live
             like
             Brutes
             ,
             and
             be
             continually
             expos'd
             to
             the
             smart
             Upbraidings
             and
             Reproaches
             of
             our
             own
             Minds
             ,
             without
             Relief
             :
             Or
             else
             following
             our
             Reason
             ,
             must
             voluntarily
             befool
             our selves
             by
             Building
             Castles
             in
             the
             Air
             ,
             where
             there
             is
             no
             possibility
             of
             having
             any
             Footing
             .
             Might
             He
             not
             well
             be
             asham'd
             to
             be
             call'd
             the
             GOD
             of
             those
             whom
             He
             held
             thus
             fasten'd
             in
             a
             
               fatal
               Circle
            
             ,
             whence
             they
             could
             never
             get
             loose
             !
             We
             may
             therefore
             conclude
             ,
             if
             He
             Acts
             like
             Himself
             ,
             there
             must
             be
             an
             Heaven
             in
             Store
             and
             Reserve
             .
             Again
             ,
          
           
           
             3.
             
             UPON
             the
             Supposition
             foremention'd
             ,
             
               None
               would
               fare
               so
               ill
               as
               the
               Servants
               of
               GOD.
            
             Those
             who
             were
             really
             the
             best
             ,
             would
             fare
             the
             worst
             :
             For
             ,
          
           
             1.
             
             
               PIOVS
               Persons
               would
               have
               no
               reward
               for
               all
               their
               Pains
               .
            
             Far
             be
             it
             indeed
             from
             such
             as
             we
             are
             ,
             to
             think
             of
             meriting
             any
             thing
             at
             the
             hands
             of
             GOD
             ;
             I
             abhor
             the
             thought
             :
             and
             yet
             I
             am
             sure
             't
             would
             be
             no
             credit
             to
             him
             who
             hath
             promis'd
             to
             be
             
               a
               rewarder
               of
               them
               that
               diligently
               seek
               him
               ,
            
             to
             let
             People
             serve
             him
             for
             nought
             .
             There
             's
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             Pain
             and
             Misery
             and
             Sorrow
             ,
             which
             many
             Holy
             Souls
             voluntarily
             undergo
             :
             Their
             tender
             Consciences
             reproach
             and
             smite
             them
             for
             the
             smallest
             Neglect
             and
             Transgression
             ;
             and
             on
             that
             Account
             ,
             draw
             forth
             many
             a
             mournful
             sigh
             and
             groan
             .
             The
             sense
             of
             their
             great
             weakness
             makes
             them
             walk
             in
             constant
             Fear
             .
             
               Watchings
               and
               Fightings
            
             against
             the
             Assaults
             of
             Satan
             are
             their
             Daily
             Exercise
             .
             Their
             Self-Denial
             is
             Galling
             ;
             and
             their
             severity
             to
             the
             Flesh
             painful
             .
             Often
             are
             they
             groaning
             under
             their
             own
             
             Body
             of
             Sin
             and
             Death
             ;
             and
             
               Rivers
               of
               Tears
               also
               run
               down
               their
               eyes
               ,
               at
               the
               sight
               of
               the
               Transgressions
               of
               others
               ,
            
             whereby
             their
             GOD
             is
             dishonour'd
             :
             And
             can
             all
             this
             come
             to
             nothing
             at
             last
             ?
             And
             there
             be
             no
             difference
             at
             long
             run
             between
             those
             who
             underwent
             so
             much
             for
             the
             Sake
             of
             GOD
             ;
             and
             those
             who
             liv'd
             in
             an
             open
             Estrangement
             from
             Him
             ,
             and
             Opposition
             to
             Him
             !
             Would
             not
             this
             be
             shameful
             ?
          
           
             SHOULD
             any
             Plead
             ,
             That
             
               Holiness
               and
               Vertue
               is
               its
               own
               reward
            
             ;
             I
             'le
             freely
             grant
             it
             in
             the
             General
             :
             Insomuch
             that
             were
             we
             certain
             there
             were
             no
             Life
             after
             this
             ,
             it
             were
             more
             for
             our
             present
             Interest
             
               in
               the
               main
            
             ,
             to
             be
             vertuous
             than
             vicious
             ;
             unless
             where
             there
             should
             be
             apparent
             hazard
             of
             the
             Loss
             of
             Life
             or
             Estate
             ,
             or
             of
             any
             other
             insupportable
             Detriment
             ,
             which
             a
             vertuous
             course
             might
             have
             attending
             it
             :
             But
             yet
             withal
             ,
             it
             is
             obvious
             ,
             that
             there
             are
             sundry
             Exercises
             of
             Vertue
             that
             are
             very
             difficult
             and
             painful
             ;
             in
             which
             the
             Holiest
             Souls
             are
             most
             strict
             and
             frequent
             ;
             which
             upon
             that
             Supposition
             ,
             would
             be
             
             needless
             and
             fruitless
             ,
             and
             therefore
             better
             forborn
             :
             For
             such
             as
             these
             there
             would
             be
             no
             Reward
             .
             Which
             would
             cast
             such
             a
             Reflection
             on
             the
             Blessed
             GOD
             ,
             as
             were
             never
             to
             be
             wip'd
             off
             But
             we
             may
             be
             assur'd
             't
             is
             otherwise
             ,
             
               For
               He
               hath
               prepar'd
               for
               them
               a
               City
               .
            
             Nay
             ,
          
           
             2.
             
             UPON
             the
             Supposition
             foregoing
             ,
             
               The
               most
               Pious
            
             would
             be
             so
             far
             from
             gaining
             by
             the
             Service
             of
             GOD
             ,
             that
             
               they
               'd
               plainly
               loose
               by
               it
            
             .
             For
             't
             is
             easie
             to
             be
             observ'd
             ,
             that
             a
             great
             part
             of
             their
             Lives
             is
             employ'd
             in
             painful
             endeavours
             after
             a
             meetness
             for
             Heaven
             .
             Their
             great
             Aim
             and
             Scope
             is
             ,
             
               to
               purifie
               themselves
               as
               he
               is
               pure
               ,
            
             to
             whom
             they
             are
             devoted
             ,
             and
             in
             whom
             they
             hope
             to
             be
             for
             ever
             happy
             .
             With
             great
             earnestness
             do
             they
             strive
             to
             improve
             both
             Ordinances
             and
             Providences
             to
             this
             purpose
             .
             Early
             and
             Late
             are
             they
             tugging
             at
             their
             listless
             ,
             sluggish
             ,
             backward
             Hearts
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             get
             them
             into
             a
             more
             lively
             ,
             spiritual
             Heavenly
             Frame
             .
             And
             many
             an
             Hour
             do
             they
             spend
             in
             endeavouring
             to
             mortifie
             a
             particular
             Sin
             ,
             which
             they
             find
             themselves
             most
             prone
             to
             ,
             
             which
             yet
             others
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             ,
             can
             hardly
             observe
             in
             them
             .
             And
             can
             all
             this
             at
             last
             ,
             prove
             labour-in-vain
             ?
             shall
             they
             be
             never
             the
             better
             for
             all
             in
             the
             issue
             ?
             If
             so
             ,
             they
             had
             done
             much
             better
             to
             have
             spent
             their
             time
             ,
             and
             their
             pains
             ,
             in
             more
             agreeable
             ,
             pleasant
             ,
             and
             delightful
             Exercises
             ,
             like
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             World.
             'T
             was
             better
             they
             had
             deny'd
             themselves
             nothing
             that
             their
             hearts
             could
             crave
             ,
             which
             yet
             had
             not
             present
             visible
             damage
             and
             detriment
             attending
             it
             ;
             't
             were
             better
             they
             had
             freely
             enjoy'd
             themselves
             ,
             and
             what
             came
             within
             their
             reach
             ,
             and
             not
             have
             so
             tired
             their
             Spirits
             ,
             or
             perplext
             their
             Minds
             ,
             or
             sower'd
             their
             Joys
             ,
             by
             any
             such
             needless
             Labour
             and
             Severity
             .
             They
             lost
             all
             that
             Pleasure
             and
             Ease
             ,
             and
             Freedom
             and
             Satisfaction
             which
             others
             met
             with
             ,
             all
             that
             while
             that
             they
             were
             Grinding
             at
             the
             Mill
             ,
             as
             't
             were
             ,
             and
             all
             to
             no
             purpose
             .
             Let
             none
             say
             this
             is
             as
             nothing
             ;
             For
             though
             it
             be
             freely
             granted
             it
             would
             appear
             so
             ,
             upon
             a
             certain
             Prospect
             of
             a
             Future
             State
             ,
             which
             unspeakably
             over-ballances
             ;
             Yet
             ,
             had
             we
             no
             more
             to
             expect
             than
             what
             this
             Life
             could
             afford
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             very
             considerable
             ,
             
             and
             a
             Stress
             might
             be
             deservedly
             laid
             upon
             it
             .
             For
             Common
             Sense
             would
             teach
             us
             to
             make
             the
             most
             of
             our
             all
             .
             It
             was
             not
             without
             good
             Reason
             therefore
             ,
             that
             the
             Apostle
             declares
             ,
             
               That
               if
               in
               this
               Life
               only
               we
               have
               hope
               in
               Christ
               ,
            
             
             
               we
               are
               of
               all
               Men
               most
               miserable
               .
            
             But
             this
             cannot
             be
             ,
             
               for
               he
               hath
               prepar'd
               for
               Them
               a
               City
               :
            
             And
             which
             is
             more
             ,
             their
             future
             Advancement
             therein
             shall
             be
             the
             higher
             ;
             the
             more
             pains
             they
             took
             in
             His
             Service
             in
             this
             Life
             ,
             and
             the
             more
             they
             lost
             and
             endur'd
             for
             his
             Sake
             .
             Again
             ,
          
           
             4.
             
             UPON
             the
             foregoing
             Supposition
             ,
             
               GOD
               would
               either
               leave
               His
               most
               faithful
               Ones
               without
               any
               Thing
               to
               support
               them
               under
               their
               greatest
               present
               Troubles
               ,
               or
               He
               'd
               support
               them
               with
               a
               Fallacy
               .
            
             Holy
             Souls
             fetch
             their
             great
             Consolations
             from
             Heaven
             in
             every
             State.
             The
             Thoughts
             of
             that
             refresh
             and
             chear
             them
             when
             their
             Sins
             and
             Sorrows
             make
             them
             weary
             ;
             support
             them
             under
             the
             greatest
             Disappointments
             ;
             and
             make
             them
             Boast
             and
             Triumph
             in
             their
             GOD
             ,
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             all
             their
             Afflictions
             .
             This
             Thought
             often
             recurs
             ;
             
               we
               are
               
               not
               far
               from
               Home
               ,
               and
               then
               't
               will
               be
               better
               .
            
             Were
             it
             not
             for
             this
             ,
             their
             Spirits
             would
             often
             sink
             ,
             and
             their
             Hearts
             faint
             .
             Nothing
             else
             in
             reality
             ,
             besides
             a
             Prospect
             of
             a
             Future
             State
             of
             Bliss
             ,
             can
             any
             thing
             tolerably
             support
             them
             .
             The
             Thoughts
             of
             the
             utter
             unavoidableness
             of
             the
             Troubles
             they
             met
             with
             ,
             through
             the
             Imposition
             of
             a
             rigid
             Fate
             ;
             or
             of
             the
             common
             liableness
             of
             all
             Mankind
             thereto
             ;
             or
             of
             the
             likelihood
             of
             their
             ceasing
             in
             a
             little
             time
             ,
             upon
             their
             passing
             into
             a
             state
             of
             Silence
             and
             Darkness
             ,
             and
             Everlasting
             Oblivion
             ,
             would
             give
             little
             Relief
             .
          
           
             IF
             this
             then
             prove
             a
             Fallacy
             ,
             he
             who
             pretends
             to
             be
             
               their
               GOD
            
             ,
             hath
             most
             miserably
             deceiv'd
             them
             :
             And
             is
             not
             that
             a
             Matter
             of
             Shame
             ?
             But
             this
             need
             not
             be
             feared
             ,
             
               for
               he
               hath
               prepar'd
               for
               them
               a
               City
               .
            
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             WERE
             there
             not
             an
             Heaven
             prepared
             for
             Holy
             Souls
             hereafter
             ,
             
               A
               Special
               Relation
               to
               GOD
               would
               signifie
               just
               nothing
               .
            
             Those
             big
             Phrases
             ,
             
               Their
               GOD
               ,
               and
               our
               GOD
               ,
            
             would
             in
             reality
             ,
             dwindle
             to
             meer
             Noise
             and
             
             Sound
             .
             For
             what
             could
             they
             be
             suppos'd
             to
             import
             that
             could
             amount
             to
             any
             thing
             ,
             if
             yet
             the
             Persons
             concern'd
             might
             be
             left
             destitute
             ;
             if
             there
             were
             no
             Provision
             made
             for
             their
             Eternal
             Abode
             .
             They
             had
             e'en
             as
             good
             have
             bin
             without
             Him
             ,
             and
             had
             no
             Concern
             with
             Him
             ,
             any
             further
             than
             was
             common
             to
             all
             .
             For
             they
             'll
             be
             left
             to
             the
             Full
             as
             helpless
             and
             miserable
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             slighted
             and
             disregarded
             Him
             all
             their
             days
             ,
             and
             liv'd
             as
             much
             at
             Random
             as
             any
             in
             the
             World.
             So
             that
             even
             GOD
             Himself
             must
             necessarily
             be
             ashamed
             of
             any
             such
             
               Empty
               Title
            
             ,
             that
             hath
             no
             significancy
             in
             it
             ,
             or
             benefit
             attending
             it
             .
             But
             there
             being
             an
             Heaven
             ,
             that
             is
             unspeakably
             more
             glorious
             than
             we
             can
             conceive
             ,
             
               He
               is
               not
               asham'd
            
             :
             And
             we
             ,
             if
             we
             are
             his
             Faithful
             Servants
             ,
             may
             have
             the
             Comfort
             at
             present
             ,
             and
             shall
             have
             the
             Benefit
             hereafter
             .
          
           
             I
             should
             now
             expatiate
             beyond
             all
             Bounds
             ,
             should
             I
             pretend
             to
             be
             particular
             in
             my
             Application
             of
             the
             Discourse
             foregoing
             ;
             However
             ,
             I
             can't
             be
             satisfi'd
             ,
             without
             making
             some
             Improvement
             .
          
           
           
             1.
             
             THEN
             Give
             me
             leave
             to
             ask
             you
             (
             My
             Friends
             )
             how
             you
             stand
             affected
             ,
             making
             this
             Text
             the
             Touchstone
             ,
             as
             it
             hath
             bin
             open'd
             to
             you
             ?
             Are
             you
             of
             the
             same
             Spirit
             and
             Temper
             with
             the
             Antient
             Patriarchs
             ?
             Deceive
             not
             your selves
             ;
             the
             Faithful
             Servants
             of
             GOD
             in
             all
             Ages
             ,
             are
             of
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Make
             ,
             and
             acted
             by
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Spirit
             .
             The
             Period
             of
             time
             ,
             wherein
             they
             liv'd
             ,
             makes
             no
             essential
             difference
             between
             them
             .
             Have
             you
             then
             any
             of
             that
             Faith
             for
             which
             they
             were
             so
             famous
             ?
             and
             doth
             it
             work
             the
             same
             way
             ,
             according
             to
             our
             Circumstances
             and
             Divine
             Calls
             ?
             Our
             Advantages
             with
             respect
             to
             clearness
             of
             Light
             ,
             and
             opportunity
             of
             distinctly
             understanding
             the
             way
             of
             Salvation
             ,
             are
             greater
             than
             theirs
             :
             But
             how
             is
             it
             with
             our
             Hearts
             ?
             Do
             they
             work
             towards
             GOD
             and
             Heaven
             as
             theirs
             did
             ?
             Do
             you
             ,
             Sirs
             ,
             carry
             it
             like
             Pilgrims
             and
             Strangers
             here
             on
             Earth
             ?
             Do
             you
             desire
             ,
             and
             seek
             ,
             and
             pant
             after
             a
             better
             Countrey
             ,
             that
             is
             an
             Heavenly
             ?
             Give
             me
             leave
             to
             put
             it
             to
             you
             (
             and
             I
             pray
             put
             it
             home
             to
             your selves
             )
             ;
             could
             you
             not
             be
             contented
             ,
             
             would
             it
             not
             be
             pleasing
             and
             delightful
             to
             you
             ,
             to
             have
             the
             hope
             and
             prospect
             of
             living
             here
             always
             ?
             I
             doubt
             that
             's
             the
             Case
             of
             many
             :
             But
             must
             assure
             you
             where-ever
             't
             is
             so
             ,
             't
             is
             a
             Sign
             there
             's
             not
             the
             least
             Tincture
             of
             Saving
             Grace
             .
             Have
             you
             fixt
             on
             the
             Most
             High
             GOD
             for
             Yours
             ?
             Have
             you
             chosen
             Him
             ,
             and
             given
             your selves
             up
             to
             Him
             ,
             and
             that
             heartily
             and
             sincerely
             ?
             Can
             you
             evidence
             it
             by
             your
             Heavenly-Mindedness
             ?
             If
             so
             ,
             't
             is
             happy
             for
             you
             .
             But
             let
             me
             tell
             you
             ,
             these
             things
             deserve
             to
             be
             enquir'd
             into
             ,
             and
             that
             with
             great
             Seriousness
             and
             Application
             ;
             for
             much
             depends
             upon
             them
             .
             Again
             ,
          
           
             2.
             
             LET
             me
             desire
             you
             to
             consider
             what
             is
             like
             to
             become
             of
             those
             of
             you
             who
             never
             yet
             minded
             
               this
               better
               ,
               this
               Heavenly
               Countrey
               ,
            
             in
             the
             whole
             Course
             of
             your
             Lives
             ;
             but
             have
             bin
             bury'd
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             minded
             Earthly
             Things
             ,
             and
             nothing
             else
             .
             I
             doubt
             this
             would
             take
             in
             many
             in
             this
             Numerous
             Assembly
             .
             Pray
             ,
             Sirs
             ,
             what
             is
             likely
             to
             become
             of
             such
             as
             you
             in
             a
             little
             time
             ?
             Where
             do
             you
             think
             to
             go
             when
             your
             Souls
             shall
             take
             their
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
          
           
           
             1.
             
             THEN
             Give
             me
             leave
             to
             ask
             you
             (
             My
             Friends
             )
             how
             you
             stand
             affected
             ,
             making
             this
             Text
             the
             Touchstone
             ,
             as
             it
             hath
             bin
             open'd
             to
             you
             ?
             Are
             you
             of
             the
             same
             Spirit
             and
             Temper
             with
             the
             Antient
             Patriarchs
             ?
             Deceive
             not
             your selves
             ;
             the
             Faithful
             Servants
             of
             GOD
             in
             all
             Ages
             ,
             are
             of
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Make
             ,
             and
             acted
             by
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Spirit
             .
             The
             Period
             of
             time
             ,
             wherein
             they
             liv'd
             ,
             makes
             no
             essential
             difference
             between
             them
             .
             Have
             you
             then
             any
             of
             that
             Faith
             for
             which
             they
             were
             so
             famous
             ?
             and
             doth
             it
             work
             the
             same
             way
             ,
             according
             to
             our
             Circumstances
             and
             Divine
             Calls
             ?
             Our
             Advantages
             with
             respect
             to
             clearness
             of
             Light
             ,
             and
             opportunity
             of
             distinctly
             understanding
             the
             way
             of
             Salvation
             ,
             are
             greater
             than
             theirs
             :
             But
             how
             is
             it
             with
             our
             Hearts
             ?
             Do
             they
             work
             towards
             GOD
             and
             Heaven
             as
             theirs
             did
             ?
             Do
             you
             ,
             Sirs
             ,
             carry
             it
             like
             Pilgrims
             and
             Strangers
             here
             on
             Earth
             ?
             Do
             you
             desire
             ,
             and
             seek
             ,
             and
             pant
             after
             a
             better
             Countrey
             ,
             that
             is
             an
             Heavenly
             ?
             Give
             me
             leave
             to
             put
             it
             to
             you
             (
             and
             I
             pray
             put
             it
             home
             to
             your selves
             )
             ;
             could
             you
             not
             be
             contented
             ,
             
             would
             it
             not
             be
             pleasing
             and
             delightful
             to
             you
             ,
             to
             have
             the
             hope
             and
             prospect
             of
             living
             here
             always
             ?
             I
             doubt
             that
             's
             the
             Case
             of
             many
             :
             But
             must
             assure
             you
             where-ever
             't
             is
             so
             ,
             't
             is
             a
             Sign
             there
             's
             not
             the
             least
             Tincture
             of
             Saving
             Grace
             .
             Have
             you
             fixt
             on
             the
             Most
             High
             GOD
             for
             Yours
             ?
             Have
             you
             chosen
             Him
             ,
             and
             given
             you
             selves
             up
             to
             Him
             ,
             and
             that
             heartily
             and
             sincerely
             ?
             Can
             you
             evidence
             it
             by
             your
             Heavenly-Mindedness
             ?
             If
             so
             ,
             't
             is
             happy
             for
             you
             .
             But
             let
             me
             tell
             you
             ,
             these
             things
             deserve
             to
             be
             enquir'd
             into
             ,
             and
             that
             with
             great
             Seriousness
             and
             Application
             ;
             for
             much
             depends
             upon
             them
             .
             Again
             ,
          
           
             2.
             
             LET
             me
             desire
             you
             to
             consider
             what
             is
             like
             to
             become
             of
             those
             of
             you
             who
             never
             yet
             minded
             
               this
               better
               ,
               this
               Heavenly
               Countrey
               ,
            
             in
             the
             whole
             Course
             of
             your
             Lives
             ;
             but
             have
             bin
             bury'd
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             minded
             Earthly
             Things
             ,
             and
             nothing
             else
             .
             I
             doubt
             this
             would
             take
             in
             many
             in
             this
             Numerous
             Assembly
             .
             Pray
             ,
             Sirs
             ,
             what
             is
             likely
             to
             become
             of
             such
             as
             you
             in
             a
             little
             time
             ?
             Where
             do
             you
             think
             to
             go
             when
             your
             Souls
             shall
             take
             their
             
             flight
             ,
             and
             leave
             your
             Bodies
             behind
             ?
             It
             may
             be
             you
             may
             hope
             you
             should
             be
             transplanted
             into
             this
             
               better
               Countrey
            
             :
             What!
             and
             never
             Mind
             it
             before
             !
             Think
             of
             it
             a
             little
             and
             you
             'l
             easily
             discern
             that
             that
             is
             an
             unreasonable
             ,
             and
             will
             in
             the
             Event
             prove
             a
             groundless
             Expectation
             .
             No
             ,
             you
             must
             desire
             it
             ;
             and
             that
             not
             Lazily
             ,
             but
             Earnestly
             ;
             you
             must
             be
             diligent
             in
             using
             all
             the
             Means
             GOD
             hath
             directed
             you
             to
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             the
             reaching
             of
             it
             ;
             you
             must
             get
             above
             the
             World
             while
             you
             are
             in
             it
             ;
             you
             must
             get
             an
             
               Heavenly
               Mind
               and
               Heart
            
             ;
             otherwise
             this
             will
             be
             impossible
             .
             And
             truly
             you
             had
             need
             Mind
             this
             Matter
             speedily
             :
             For
             an
             Heavenly
             Temper
             is
             not
             likely
             to
             be
             gotten
             in
             an
             instant
             .
             And
             should
             you
             Die
             without
             it
             ,
             what
             would
             become
             of
             you
             ?
             GOD
             hath
             indeed
             prepar'd
             a
             
               City
               ,
               a
               glorious
               City
            
             ,
             where
             his
             faithful
             Ones
             ,
             shall
             have
             Everlasting
             Rest
             ,
             and
             Peace
             ,
             and
             Joy
             :
             But
             flatter
             not
             your Selves
             ,
             this
             is
             nothing
             to
             you
             ;
             you
             have
             neither
             Part
             nor
             Portion
             in
             this
             Matter
             .
             I
             beseech
             you
             then
             ;
             look
             about
             you
             ,
             before
             it
             be
             too
             late
             .
             You
             might
             come
             there
             as
             well
             
             as
             others
             ;
             (
             for
             whatever
             you
             may
             weakly
             imagine
             ,
             there
             's
             no
             Bar
             in
             your
             Way
             ,
             but
             what
             is
             of
             your
             own
             laying
             :
             )
             't
             is
             offer'd
             to
             you
             as
             well
             as
             others
             ;
             and
             GOD
             is
             Sincere
             and
             Earnest
             in
             that
             offer
             :
             Why
             then
             should
             you
             befool
             your Selves
             ?
             Neglect
             your
             own
             endless
             Happiness
             ,
             and
             throw
             your Selves
             into
             Perdition
             ?
          
           
             CONSIDER
             a
             little
             where
             you
             must
             go
             ,
             if
             excluded
             thence
             .
             Pray
             ,
             whither
             can
             you
             go
             but
             to
             the
             Land
             of
             Gloominess
             ,
             and
             thick
             Darkness
             ;
             where
             Weeping
             and
             Wailing
             ,
             and
             Gnashing
             of
             Teeth
             ,
             is
             the
             perpetual
             Employment
             :
             And
             there
             must
             you
             spend
             an
             Eternity
             ,
             in
             Lamenting
             your
             present
             Folly.
             As
             you
             would
             not
             have
             this
             to
             be
             your
             woful
             Case
             ,
             I
             beg
             of
             you
             this
             Day
             ;
             rid
             your selves
             of
             Encumbrances
             ,
             Mind
             Heaven
             in
             earnest
             .
             Break
             off
             your
             Sins
             by
             Repentance
             .
             Make
             your
             Peace
             with
             GOD.
             Look
             out
             for
             an
             Interest
             in
             Christ.
             And
             think
             not
             to
             make
             a
             neglected
             GOD
             and
             SAVIOUR
             your
             
               last
               Refuge
            
             ,
             which
             I
             'm
             sure
             would
             be
             little
             to
             your
             Comfort
             ,
             
             nay
             would
             be
             likely
             to
             Issue
             in
             your
             Everlasting
             Confusion
             .
             Again
             ,
          
           
             3.
             
             IF
             GOD
             is
             not
             asham'd
             to
             be
             call'd
             
               our
               GOD
            
             ,
             then
             let
             us
             take
             Care
             ,
             that
             we
             be
             neither
             
               asham'd
               of
               Him
            
             ,
             nor
             
               a
               shame
               to
               Him.
            
             
          
           
             LET
             us
             not
             be
             
               asham'd
               of
               Him
            
             ;
             that
             is
             asham'd
             to
             own
             Him.
             Shall
             the
             Men
             of
             this
             World
             
               Glory
               in
               their
               Shame
            
             (
             as
             they
             often
             do
             )
             and
             we
             be
             asham'd
             of
             our
             Glory
             !
             How
             unaccountably
             strange
             doth
             that
             appear
             !
             Let
             them
             Laugh
             ,
             Ridicule
             or
             Banter
             ;
             pray
             what
             will
             they
             get
             by
             it
             ,
             or
             we
             loose
             ?
             But
             I
             am
             verily
             perswaded
             ,
             would
             but
             Pious
             Persons
             put
             on
             Courage
             ,
             and
             Manage
             it
             with
             Prudence
             ,
             your
             Hectoring
             Swaggerers
             ,
             who
             Pride
             themselves
             in
             defying
             GOD
             ,
             and
             pouring
             Contempt
             on
             whatever
             belongs
             to
             him
             ,
             would
             in
             most
             Cases
             ,
             without
             much
             Difficulty
             ,
             be
             put
             out
             of
             Countenance
             .
             But
             be
             that
             as
             it
             will
             ,
             why
             should
             we
             in
             any
             Company
             ,
             be
             asham'd
             to
             own
             to
             whom
             we
             belong
             ?
             Our
             Service
             is
             honourable
             ;
             and
             our
             Reward
             will
             be
             great
             ;
             we
             
             have
             no
             need
             therefore
             to
             sneak
             :
             Let
             us
             leave
             that
             to
             those
             ,
             who
             can
             give
             no
             Account
             of
             themselves
             or
             their
             Actions
             ;
             their
             Work
             or
             their
             Wages
             .
             Again
             ,
          
           
             LET
             us
             also
             take
             Care
             ,
             that
             we
             be
             not
             
               a
               shame
               to
               GOD.
            
             Le
             ts
             beware
             of
             a
             carnal
             ,
             drossy
             ,
             earthly
             Spirit
             .
          
           
             LET
             's
             beware
             of
             narrowness
             of
             Mind
             and
             Selfishness
             :
             And
             indeed
             of
             any
             Thing
             that
             might
             bring
             a
             Reproach
             on
             Him
             whom
             we
             serve
             ,
             or
             the
             way
             we
             walk
             in
             .
             Let
             's
             remember
             that
             the
             Eyes
             of
             GOD
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             World
             too
             are
             upon
             us
             ;
             and
             that
             there
             is
             ,
             and
             may
             be
             a
             General
             Expectation
             ,
             to
             find
             a
             difference
             between
             us
             and
             others
             .
             Let
             's
             
               have
               our
               Conversation
               in
               Simplicity
               ,
               and
               Godly
               Sincerity
            
             ;
             keep
             our
             Eyes
             six't
             upon
             our
             Home
             ;
             and
             carry
             our selves
             so
             ,
             as
             that
             others
             may
             be
             able
             to
             observe
             ,
             what
             we
             aim
             at
             ,
             and
             whither
             we
             are
             tending
             .
          
           
             LASTLY
             ;
             Since
             GOD
             hath
             provided
             a
             better
             Life
             for
             His
             People
             
             after
             this
             ;
             
               hath
               prepared
               for
               them
               a
               City
            
             ;
             we
             may
             groundedly
             Cry
             out
             ,
             
               Blessed
               are
               the
               Dead
            
             ,
             
             
               which
               Die
               in
               the
               Lord.
            
             For
             they
             are
             Transplanted
             into
             that
             Countrey
             which
             they
             so
             much
             desir'd
             ,
             and
             so
             earnestly
             sought
             ,
             and
             on
             which
             their
             Hearts
             were
             so
             much
             set
             :
             And
             feel
             the
             Meaning
             of
             GOD's
             being
             their
             GOD
             ,
             in
             a
             Degree
             beyond
             what
             we
             at
             our
             distance
             are
             capable
             of
             Understanding
             .
          
           
             AND
             this
             I
             doubt
             not
             is
             the
             Case
             of
             our
             lately
             Deceased
             Friend
             ,
             the
             truly
             ▪
             Pious
             Mrs.
             
               Elizabeth
               Williams
            
             .
             Whom
             I
             dare
             to
             set
             before
             you
             as
             one
             of
             the
             Primitive
             Stamp
             ;
             one
             of
             a
             like
             Spirit
             and
             Temper
             with
             those
             Worthies
             whom
             my
             Text
             speaks
             off
             .
          
           
             TAKE
             Her
             before
             Her
             late
             Illness
             ,
             and
             She
             had
             as
             many
             Things
             to
             make
             this
             World
             agreeable
             to
             Her
             ,
             as
             most
             can
             pretend
             to
             .
             She
             came
             of
             an
             
               Honourable
               Family
            
             ;
             had
             a
             great
             many
             
               Noble
               Relations
            
             ;
             an
             Husband
             to
             Her
             
               Hearts
               desire
            
             ;
             a
             
               Considerable
               Estate
            
             ;
             and
             a
             
               General
               Respect
            
             
             from
             all
             that
             knew
             her
             :
             And
             yet
             all
             this
             was
             as
             nothing
             to
             Her
             ;
             She
             could
             not
             bear
             a
             thought
             of
             fixing
             ,
             and
             taking
             up
             her
             Rest
             here
             below
             ;
             but
             lookt
             upwards
             ;
             and
             profess'd
             Her Self
             a
             Poor
             Pilgrim
             and
             Stranger
             in
             the
             World
             :
             She
             sought
             a
             
               better
               Countrey
            
             ;
             that
             is
             
               an
               Heavenly
            
             ;
             and
             that
             with
             greater
             Vigour
             and
             Assiduity
             ;
             with
             greater
             Diligence
             and
             Fervour
             ;
             and
             with
             greater
             Earnestness
             and
             Constancy
             ,
             than
             ,
             is
             I
             am
             sure
             ,
             (
             to
             say
             the
             least
             )
             usual
             and
             common
             .
          
           
             SHE
             began
             to
             dislodge
             from
             this
             Earth
             ,
             and
             look
             Heaven-wards
             betimes
             .
             She
             was
             brought
             Home
             to
             GOD
             in
             Her
             Younger
             Years
             ,
             by
             Means
             of
             a
             Sermon
             of
             one
             Mr.
             Baynes
             ,
             who
             was
             an
             Eminent
             Minister
             in
             Dublin
             ;
             and
             gain'd
             many
             Souls
             to
             Christ
             in
             his
             Day
             .
             And
             setting
             out
             for
             Heaven
             so
             soon
             ,
             She
             made
             a
             much
             greater
             Advance
             in
             the
             Way
             thither
             ,
             than
             could
             otherwise
             have
             been
             expected
             .
             She
             often
             reflected
             on
             Her
             Early
             Dedication
             of
             Her Self
             to
             GOD
             with
             Comfort
             and
             Joy
             ;
             and
             hath
             many
             Times
             been
             heard
             to
             say
             
             with
             an
             Holy
             Triumph
             ,
             by
             those
             who
             were
             intimate
             with
             Her
             ;
             
               GOD
               hath
               been
               my
               GOD
               ,
               even
               from
               my
               Youth
               .
            
             And
             She
             ever
             after
             kept
             as
             close
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             gain'd
             as
             much
             by
             close
             walking
             with
             Him
             ,
             as
             most
             can
             pretend
             to
             .
          
           
             I
             cannot
             forbear
             particularly
             mentioning
             some
             Things
             con●erning
             Her
             ,
             which
             I
             take
             to
             be
             generally
             
               Exemplary
               and
               Instructive
            
             .
          
           
             SHE
             was
             one
             of
             
               great
               Faith
            
             ,
             and
             signal
             was
             Her
             Trust
             in
             GOD
             :
             To
             Him
             She
             had
             heartily
             given
             Her Self
             ,
             and
             in
             Him
             ,
             who
             She
             knew
             was
             faithful
             ,
             She
             could
             Conside
             .
             There
             was
             a
             remarkable
             Instance
             and
             Evidence
             hereof
             ,
             in
             Her
             last
             Passage
             from
             Ireland
             to
             England
             in
             the
             Month
             of
             September
             ,
             1687.
             
             She
             was
             then
             in
             a
             Violent
             Storm
             ;
             eminent
             was
             the
             Danger
             ;
             not
             only
             in
             the
             Apprehension
             of
             the
             Passengers
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             Master
             ,
             and
             Seamen
             ;
             all
             reckon'd
             themselves
             as
             Lost.
             Here
             was
             a
             Time
             of
             Tryal
             .
             But
             She
             was
             fearless
             ;
             and
             great
             was
             Her
             Composure
             and
             Undauntedness
             .
             She
             cast
             Her Self
             on
             
             GOD
             ,
             and
             was
             freely
             ready
             for
             His
             Pleasure
             .
             I
             have
             seen
             this
             Passage
             of
             Providence
             Recorded
             by
             Her
             own
             Hand
             ;
             with
             this
             Remark
             :
             That
             
               there
               was
               at
               that
               Time
               an
               observable
               Answer
               of
               Prayer
               ,
               in
               a
               sudden
               and
               unexpected
               Calm
               immediately
               following
               upon
               their
               joint
               Recommendation
               of
               thems●lves
               to
               GOD.
            
             And
             with
             this
             short
             Petition
             annext
             ;
             
               Lord
               make
               me
               to
               live
               more
               to
               thy
               Glory
               ,
               that
               I
               may
               not
               be
               afraid
               to
               Die
               at
               any
               Time.
               
            
          
           
             HER
             
               Love
               to
               GOD
            
             was
             eminent
             .
             She
             manifestly
             seem'd
             to
             all
             who
             had
             any
             Thing
             of
             Freedom
             with
             Her
             ,
             to
             value
             His
             Favour
             more
             than
             all
             the
             World
             ;
             and
             to
             Fear
             His
             Displeasure
             ,
             more
             than
             any
             Trouble
             whatever
             .
             It
             seems
             to
             be
             the
             most
             inward
             Sense
             of
             Her
             Soul
             She
             vented
             ,
             when
             She
             put
             this
             short
             Passage
             under
             Her
             Hand
             ;
             
               The
               Manifestation
               of
               GOD
               to
               my
               Soul
               ,
               is
               my
               highest
               Priviledge
               and
               Comfort
               :
               And
               the
               hidings
               of
               His
               Face
               ,
               my
               greatest
               Loss
               and
               Sorrow
               .
            
             She
             appear'd
             to
             take
             Delight
             in
             whatever
             belong'd
             to
             GOD.
             His
             Word
             She
             counted
             Her
             chiefest
             Treasure
             ,
             and
             therewith
             She
             converst
             
             daily
             ,
             with
             great
             Earnestness
             and
             Pleasure
             .
             His
             Sabbaths
             She
             esteem'd
             the
             sweetest
             Portion
             of
             Her
             Time.
             His
             Ordinances
             ,
             were
             the
             greatest
             Comfort
             of
             Her
             Life
             :
             And
             it
             hath
             been
             observ'd
             by
             those
             who
             knew
             Her
             well
             ,
             that
             She
             would
             be
             more
             Chearful
             and
             Pleasant
             in
             Her
             walks
             to
             the
             House
             of
             GOD
             ,
             than
             at
             any
             other
             Time.
             She
             had
             a
             mighty
             Honour
             ,
             Value
             ,
             and
             Love
             to
             the
             Ministry
             .
             She
             did
             not
             (
             as
             is
             common
             with
             many
             )
             Love
             this
             or
             that
             Particular
             Minister
             extravagantly
             ,
             and
             disesteem
             others
             :
             But
             She
             honour'd
             the
             Office
             ,
             and
             all
             without
             Distinction
             who
             were
             faithful
             in
             it
             :
             She
             lov'd
             all
             ,
             and
             despis'd
             none
             .
             She
             lookt
             upon
             all
             equally
             as
             GOD's
             Agents
             and
             Representatives
             ;
             and
             as
             such
             they
             were
             the
             Objects
             of
             Her
             singular
             Esteem
             and
             Respect
             .
             And
             in
             short
             ,
             whatever
             any
             Way
             belong'd
             to
             GOD
             ,
             or
             had
             any
             Thing
             of
             Him
             in
             or
             on
             it
             ,
             She
             discover'd
             an
             high
             Value
             for
             .
          
           
             SHE
             was
             much
             taken-up
             in
             admiring
             Thoughts
             of
             our
             
               Lord
               Iesus
               Christ
            
             ,
             and
             His
             
               Work
               of
               Redemption
            
             :
             And
             
             often
             venting
             the
             Sense
             of
             her
             Soul
             ,
             in
             ardent
             Breathings
             after
             Him.
             I
             'le
             give
             you
             a
             few
             Passages
             of
             this
             kind
             out
             of
             Her
             Papers
             ;
             in
             Her
             own
             Words
             .
          
           
             
               IN
               one
               Place
               thus
            
             :
             I
             'm
             amaz'd
             at
             the
             Mysteries
             of
             Redemption
             ;
             the
             Incarnation
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             GOD
             ;
             the
             Killing
             the
             Prince
             of
             Life
             ;
             the
             Humiliation
             of
             the
             High
             and
             Lofty
             One
             ;
             the
             Disgrace
             of
             the
             Lord
             of
             Glory
             ;
             the
             Curse
             upon
             Him
             who
             is
             Blessed
             for
             ever
             :
             O
             the
             Mysteries
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             of
             Love
             ,
             of
             Grace
             ,
             of
             Providence
             !
          
           
             
               IN
               another
               Place
            
             ;
             Oh
             that
             I
             may
             know
             Christ
             as
             a
             Prophet
             instructing
             me
             ;
             a
             Priest
             satisfying
             for
             me
             ;
             and
             a
             King
             ruling
             spiritually
             in
             me
             .
          
           
             
               IN
               another
               thus
            
             :
             This
             Wretched
             Soul
             of
             Mine
             doth
             Pine
             away
             for
             Strength
             ,
             and
             even
             Pant
             for
             Breath
             ;
             longing
             to
             receive
             Encrease
             of
             Life
             from
             the
             Living
             Stock
             Christ
             Iesus
             ;
             which
             must
             be
             thy
             Work
             ,
             and
             thine
             only
             .
             Oh
             work
             it
             I
             humbly
             pray
             Thee
             ,
             which
             way
             thou
             wilt
             ;
             Oh
             Empty
             my Self
             ,
             of
             my Self
             ,
             and
             let
             all
             Glory
             
             be
             given
             to
             Thee
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             any
             other
             .
          
           
             
               SHE
               was
               entirely
            
             Dependent
             
               for
               all
            
             on
             the
             Blessed
             Spirit
             of
             Grace
             .
             
               In
               one
               of
               Her
               Papers
               ,
               She
               hath
               this
               remarkable
               Passage
               looking
               that
               way
               :
            
             There
             is
             no
             Corruption
             though
             more
             deeply
             rooted
             than
             others
             ,
             but
             that
             in
             Time
             ,
             by
             walking
             in
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             bringing
             it
             to
             the
             Law
             of
             Christ
             ,
             to
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Love
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             joining
             Ones
             own
             Endeavours
             to
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             ,
             one
             may
             get
             an
             Eminent
             Victory
             over
             it
             ,
             and
             see
             it
             by
             Degrees
             fall
             down
             before
             us
             .
             Lord
             lend
             me
             the
             powerful
             Aid
             of
             thy
             Spirit
             ,
             I
             humbly
             beg
             it
             .
          
           
             
               IN
               another
               Place
               thus
            
             :
             I
             am
             troubled
             with
             Temptations
             ,
             but
             I
             Trust
             in
             Thee
             :
             I
             Rest
             on
             Thee
             for
             Life
             and
             for
             Salvation
             :
             Oh
             take
             me
             into
             the
             Bosom
             of
             thy
             Love
             for
             Christs
             sake
             :
             I
             cast
             my Self
             into
             the
             Arms
             of
             Thine
             Everlasting
             Strength
             ;
             I
             have
             no
             Confidence
             in
             my Self
             nor
             any
             other
             .
          
           
             BUT
             in
             no
             Grace
             was
             She
             more
             eminent
             than
             in
             that
             of
             Humility
             .
             
             She
             silently
             converst
             with
             Her
             GOD
             ,
             and
             that
             better
             World
             ,
             which
             Her
             Heart
             was
             set
             upon
             ,
             without
             Noise
             and
             Ostentation
             .
             She
             was
             more
             fearful
             of
             nothing
             than
             Spiritual
             Pride
             .
             Methinks
             that
             is
             an
             affecting
             Passage
             which
             dropt
             from
             Her
             Pen
             a
             Year
             or
             two
             ago
             :
             
               I
               must
            
             humbly
             
               leave
               it
               on
               Record
               ,
               I
               never
               found
               so
               much
               of
               GOD
               ,
               I
               never
               drew
               so
               near
               Him
               ,
               I
               never
               experienc'd
               the
               Power
               of
               His
               Word
               as
               of
               Late
               .
            
          
           
             AND
             yet
             as
             Humble
             as
             She
             was
             ,
             and
             as
             diffident
             of
             Her Self
             ,
             She
             did
             not
             think
             Her Self
             excus'd
             from
             becoming
             Christian
             Resolutions
             in
             Dependence
             on
             Divine
             Strength
             .
             Take
             some
             of
             them
             ,
             in
             Her
             own
             Words
             .
          
           
             
               I
               'LE
               be
               ruled
               by
               thy
               Revealed
               Will.
               
            
          
           
             
               I
               'LE
               be
               dispos'd
               of
               ,
               by
               thy
               Pleasure
               .
            
          
           
             
               I
               'LE
               gladly
               be
               improved
               by
               Thee
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               I
               'LE
               Rest
               on
               Thy
               Fulness
               to
               discharge
               all
               my
               Bonds
               .
            
          
           
             
               I
               'LE
               wait
               on
               Thee
               in
               all
               Thine
               Appointments
               .
            
          
           
             
               I
               'LE
               intend
               thy
               Honour
               in
               all
               I
               do
               as
               my
               chief
               End.
               
            
          
           
             
               I
               'LE
               be
               serviceable
               in
               my
               Place
               ,
            
             as
             I
             can
             to
             others
             .
          
           
             
               I
               'LE
               be
               satisfi'd
               with
               Thee
               ,
               and
               thy
               Rich
               Treasures
               as
               my
               Portion
               .
            
             And
          
           
             
               I
               'LE
               take
               thy
               Word
               and
               Sacraments
               as
               my
               Security
               .
            
          
           
             
               HEREIN
               will
               I
               Hope
               ,
               and
               go
               on
               till
               Death
               .
            
          
           
             
               I
               am
               weak
               ;
               but
               Christ
               is
               strong
               .
            
          
           
             
               AND
               I
               Hope
               for
               Supplies
               from
               Him.
               
            
          
           
             To
             which
             She
             subscrib'd
             Her
             Name
             .
          
           
           
             GREAT
             was
             Her
             
               Contentedness
               ,
               Resignation
               ,
               Submission
            
             to
             the
             Will
             of
             GOD
             ,
             and
             
               Heavenly
               Mindedness
            
             .
             Her
             Papers
             abound
             with
             pregnant
             Expressions
             ,
             and
             Indications
             hereof
             .
             In
             one
             Place
             She
             delivereth
             Her Self
             thus
             .
          
           
             LORD
             give
             Me
             what
             thou
             wilt
             have
             Me
             to
             do
             ;
             and
             then
             do
             what
             thou
             wilt
             to
             ,
             and
             with
             ,
             Me
             thy
             unworthy
             Servant
             .
          
           
             IN
             another
             ,
             She
             hath
             these
             Two
             Remarkable
             Passages
             .
          
           
             IF
             Thou
             wilt
             have
             Me
             poor
             and
             disgrac'd
             ,
             I
             am
             Content
             to
             be
             so
             .
          
           
             IF
             Thou
             wilt
             have
             Me
             serve
             Thee
             in
             the
             Condition
             I
             am
             in
             ;
             I
             will
             gladly
             do
             so
             .
          
           
             IT
             is
             enough
             to
             Me
             ,
             that
             Thou
             wilt
             have
             it
             so
             .
          
           
             I
             desire
             to
             yield
             readily
             ,
             humbly
             and
             chearfully
             to
             thy
             Disposing
             Providence
             .
          
           
             AMEN
             ,
             Amen
             ,
             Lord.
             
          
           
           
             HATH
             GOD
             made
             Me
             Rich
             ,
             that
             I
             might
             maintain
             my
             Pride
             ,
             my
             Pomp
             ,
             and
             Erutish
             Pleasures
             ?
          
           
             NO
             ;
             He
             hath
             rather
             Lent
             than
             fully
             given
             Me
             what
             I
             have
             ;
             and
             I
             must
             give
             an
             Account
             to
             Him
             for
             all
             .
          
           
             ALL
             we
             are
             and
             have
             ,
             we
             have
             it
             on
             this
             Condition
             ;
             TO
             use
             it
             ,
             to
             leave
             it
             ;
             TO
             lay
             it
             out
             ,
             to
             lay
             it
             down
             ;
          
           
             VNTO
             the
             Honour
             of
             our
             Master
             ,
             from
             whose
             Bounty
             we
             receiv'd
             it
             .
          
           
             SHE
             was
             very
             Regular
             in
             Her
             Devotions
             :
             Much
             in
             Prayer
             ;
             and
             frequent
             in
             Meditation
             ;
             and
             spent
             more
             Time
             in
             Converse
             with
             GOD
             in
             Her
             Closet
             than
             most
             .
             I
             'l
             Cite
             a
             few
             Passages
             out
             of
             Her
             Papers
             ,
             which
             seem
             to
             deliver
             the
             very
             Sense
             of
             Her
             Soul
             as
             to
             Religious
             Dutys
             .
             In
             one
             Place
             She
             expresseth
             Her Self
             thus
             .
          
           
           
             IN
             Duty
             I
             'd
             not
             be
             satisfi'd
             ,
             unless
             Affections
             be
             rais'd
             so
             as
             feelingly
             ,
             awfully
             ,
             believingly
             ,
             fervently
             ,
             and
             sincerely
             ,
             I
             pour
             out
             my
             Heart
             with
             its
             Desires
             to
             GOD.
             
          
           
             
               IN
               another
               thus
            
             ;
             The
             Soul
             on
             the
             Lip
             ,
             and
             the
             Soul
             in
             the
             Ear
             ,
             ridd
             Work
             in
             GOD's
             Service
             .
          
           
             
               IN
               another
               thus
            
             ;
             A
             Soul
             in
             League
             with
             Sin
             ,
             dare
             not
             come
             or
             look
             to
             ,
             or
             think
             of
             GOD
             ;
             and
             what
             must
             that
             Man
             think
             on
             in
             a
             Duty
             ,
             who
             dare
             not
             seriously
             think
             of
             GOD
             ?
          
           
             SHE
             was
             much
             in
             Self-Examination
             :
             And
             such
             as
             these
             ,
             were
             some
             of
             the
             Marks
             and
             Signs
             whereby
             She
             try'd
             Her Self
             .
          
           
             
               1.
               
               DO
               I
               prize
               Christs
               Righteousness
               ?
            
             
               2.
               
               DO
               I
               choose
               Heaven
               above
               all
               ?
            
             
               3.
               
               DO
               I
               hate
               all
               Sin
               ?
            
             
               4.
               
               AM
               I
               spirited
               for
               Duty
               ?
            
             
               
               5.
               
               DO
               I
               relish
               and
               prize
               the
               Things
               of
               GOD
               ?
            
          
           
             SHE
             fram'd
             various
             Maxims
             ,
             and
             Collected
             Rules
             for
             Her Self
             ,
             both
             for
             Her
             Temper
             and
             Practise
             ;
             which
             those
             who
             knew
             Her
             best
             ,
             can
             bear
             Witness
             She
             made
             Conscience
             of
             minding
             and
             following
             .
             I
             'le
             mention
             a
             few
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             I
             find
             She
             hath
             set
             them
             down
             for
             Her
             Use.
             
          
           
             
               WE
               should
               see
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               be
               fit
               and
               ready
               for
               GOD's
               Service
               ;
               and
               that
               Religion
               ,
               and
               Religious
               Duties
               sit
               fitly
               on
               Us.
               
            
          
           
             
               THE
               Commandment
               finds
               work
               ;
               the
               Promise
               finds
               Strength
               .
            
          
           
             
               Religion
               is
               an
               inward
               ,
               difficult
               ,
               and
               serious
               Business
               :
               Oh
               rather
               give
               me
               the
               Saints
               Heart
               ,
               than
               the
               Angels
               Tongue
               .
            
          
           
             
               THE
               End
               of
               Christs
               Doctrine
               ,
               is
               Practise
               and
               Exercise
               ,
               and
               not
               Speculation
               and
               Discourse
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               NOBILITY
               of
               Birth
               ,
               Honour
               ,
               and
               all
               outward
               Delights
               ,
               are
               to
               be
               deny'd
               for
               Christ.
               
            
          
           
             
               A
               sound-hearted
               Christian
               hath
               always
               a
               GOD
               to
               go
               to
               ;
               a
               Promise
               to
               go
               to
               ;
               and
               former
               Experiences
               to
               go
               to
               ;
               besides
               some
               Experience
               of
               GOD's
               goodness
               which
               he
               now
               enjoys
               .
            
          
           
             
               BE
               sure
               there
               is
               somewhat
               displeasing
               to
               GOD
               ,
               when
               the
               Word
               wants
               its
               powerful
               Effect
               .
            
          
           
             
               IT
               S
               our
               Duty
               to
               refer
               all
               the
               Circumstances
               of
               our
               Petitions
               to
               the
               Wisdom
               of
               GOD.
               
            
          
           
             
               WE
               may
               be
               Suitors
               to
               GOD
               ,
               but
               we
               must
               not
               be
               His
               Counsellours
               .
            
          
           
             
               THAT
               Condition
               should
               be
               chosen
               by
               all
               ,
               which
               is
               best
               for
               their
               Souls
               .
            
          
           
             
               IT
               is
               a
               Blessed
               Trouble
               that
               brings
               sound
               and
               long
               Peace
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               THE
               Spirits
               Operations
               will
               extort
               Acknowledgments
               .
               And
               the
               like
               .
            
          
           
             AND
             yet
             notwithstanding
             all
             these
             Instances
             and
             Evidences
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             many
             more
             that
             might
             be
             produc'd
             ,
             of
             the
             Fervour
             of
             Her
             Piety
             ,
             and
             the
             Vigour
             of
             Her
             Grace
             ,
             She
             (
             as
             is
             usual
             with
             the
             best
             of
             Christians
             )
             had
             Her
             Complaints
             .
             She
             thus
             expresseth
             Her Self
             in
             one
             of
             Her
             Papers
             .
          
           
             OH
             my
             dark
             Vnderstanding
             !
             Oh
             my
             hard
             and
             unbelieving
             Heart
             !
             My
             Heart
             is
             the
             worst
             Part
             of
             Me.
             Coldness
             and
             deadness
             of
             Heart
             is
             my
             Fault
             .
             I
             desire
             to
             repent
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             humbled
             for
             it
             .
          
           
             She
             had
             a
             very
             
               tender
               Conscience
            
             ;
             which
             made
             Her
             mourn
             in
             Secret
             ,
             for
             those
             Things
             which
             others
             would
             have
             taken
             little
             notice
             off
             .
             But
             withal
             She
             had
             Her
             
               Comforts
               ,
               Hopes
            
             ,
             and
             Ioys
             .
             Her
             Religion
             did
             not
             lie
             all
             in
             complaining
             ;
             but
             in
             a
             
               Life
               of
               Faith
               ,
               Self-denial
               ,
               delight
               in
               GOD
               ,
               and
               Preparation
               for
               Heaven
               .
            
             Her
             Heart
             was
             so
             set
             on
             the
             Coelestial
             
             Felicity
             ,
             that
             She
             seem'd
             as
             it
             were
             out
             of
             the
             World
             while
             She
             was
             in
             it
             ;
             and
             hardly
             any
             converst
             with
             Her
             ,
             but
             they
             might
             observe
             She
             lookt
             upon
             Her Self
             as
             belonging
             to
             another
             Countrey
             .
          
           
             THE
             Grounds
             of
             my
             longing
             for
             Heaven
             
               (
               saith
               She
               in
               one
               of
               Her
               Papers
               )
            
             are
             ;
             those
             glorious
             Enjoyments
             that
             are
             there
             to
             be
             met
             with
             ;
             GOD's
             Presence
             ;
             Perfection
             of
             Grace
             ;
             Fulness
             of
             Ioy
             ;
             Excellency
             of
             Glory
             ;
             Plenty
             of
             best
             Wealth
             and
             Peace
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             SHE
             made
             no
             great
             Stir
             or
             Figure
             here
             below
             ;
             Her
             aim
             seem'd
             to
             be
             to
             pass
             through
             the
             World
             without
             much
             Observation
             .
             She
             was
             not
             indeed
             fram'd
             for
             a
             Life
             of
             much
             Action
             ;
             but
             was
             a
             great
             Lover
             of
             Retiredness
             ;
             I
             think
             I
             may
             justly
             say
             to
             a
             fault
             :
             By
             Reason
             that
             She
             would
             in
             all
             Probability
             have
             more
             Consulted
             Her
             own
             Benefit
             ;
             and
             have
             been
             more
             useful
             to
             others
             ,
             had
             She
             been
             more
             in
             Conversation
             .
             But
             I
             pretend
             not
             to
             be
             giving
             an
             Account
             of
             one
             that
             was
             without
             Imperfections
             ,
             and
             Defects
             .
             
             Though
             withal
             't
             is
             not
             unworthy
             Observation
             ;
             that
             She
             by
             Her
             private
             and
             retir'd
             sort
             of
             Life
             ,
             avoided
             a
             great
             many
             Snares
             which
             much
             Conversation
             hath
             attending
             it
             ;
             which
             also
             was
             no
             small
             Inducement
             to
             it
             .
          
           
             THERE
             is
             one
             Thing
             which
             in
             Justice
             to
             Her
             Memory
             ,
             I
             cannot
             forbear
             mentioning
             as
             the
             Matter
             of
             my
             own
             Observation
             ;
             which
             hath
             been
             Noted
             also
             by
             many
             others
             .
             
               She
               was
               a
               Pattern
               of
               a
               Loving
               and
               Respectful
               Wife
               .
            
             A
             more
             Reverential
             Respect
             for
             an
             Husband
             ,
             join'd
             with
             a
             more
             tender
             Affection
             ,
             I
             must
             declare
             I
             never
             saw
             ,
             nor
             ever
             expect
             to
             meet
             with
             :
             And
             more
             than
             once
             hath
             She
             intimated
             to
             me
             Her
             entire
             well-pleasedness
             with
             the
             disposal
             of
             Providence
             in
             fixing
             Her
             Condition
             in
             the
             World
             ;
             assuring
             me
             't
             was
             more
             to
             Her
             Satisfaction
             and
             Content
             ,
             than
             if
             Her
             Circumstances
             upon
             Marriage
             ,
             had
             not
             only
             equall'd
             but
             exceeded
             ,
             what
             according
             to
             common
             Course
             ,
             She
             from
             Her
             Birth
             and
             Estate
             might
             have
             had
             Reason
             to
             have
             expected
             .
          
           
           
             SHE
             was
             not
             without
             a
             Variety
             of
             
               Difficulties
               and
               Trials
            
             in
             the
             Course
             of
             Her
             Life
             ;
             and
             no
             wonder
             ,
             since
             
               all
               Things
            
             we
             know
             
               come
               alike
            
             to
             all
             at
             present
             ,
             and
             there
             's
             
               no
               knowing
               either
               Love
               or
               Hatred
               by
               these
               Things
               .
            
             But
             She
             under
             all
             ,
             carried
             it
             with
             a
             Christian
             Patience
             ,
             and
             Composure
             ;
             and
             often
             had
             recourse
             to
             Her
             smal
             ,
             Her
             Everlasting
             Home
             ,
             for
             Support
             .
          
           
             THOUGH
             She
             had
             met
             with
             many
             Troubles
             ,
             yet
             none
             ever
             came
             so
             near
             Her
             ,
             as
             the
             loss
             of
             Her
             dearly
             beloved
             Sister
             ,
             The
             Countess
             of
             Mountrath
             ,
             a
             few
             Weeks
             since
             ;
             which
             did
             indeed
             sink
             Her
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             was
             too
             hard
             for
             Her.
             This
             may
             seem
             somewhat
             strange
             after
             the
             foregoing
             Account
             of
             Her
             :
             But
             the
             best
             have
             their
             Weaknesses
             .
             Though
             there
             is
             this
             to
             be
             said
             in
             Her
             Case
             ;
             She
             had
             before
             been
             much
             indispos'd
             ,
             and
             was
             not
             recover'd
             ,
             when
             the
             Tidings
             of
             that
             Stroke
             first
             reacht
             Her
             :
             She
             receiv'd
             the
             News
             of
             it
             upon
             a
             Surprizal
             ,
             which
             encreas'd
             the
             Impression
             it
             made
             ;
             and
             then
             She
             pent
             up
             
             Her
             Grief
             ,
             and
             would
             not
             give
             it
             vent
             in
             the
             usual
             way
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             occasion
             of
             its
             over-setting
             Her.
             She
             was
             fearful
             of
             dishonouring
             GOD
             by
             immoderate
             Mourning
             ;
             and
             thereupon
             suffer'd
             Her
             Grief
             to
             boil
             within
             :
             Whereas
             had
             She
             let
             it
             run
             over
             ,
             it
             would
             in
             all
             probability
             have
             been
             much
             better
             with
             Her.
             So
             that
             there
             was
             an
             Holy
             Tenderness
             observable
             ,
             even
             in
             that
             which
             occasion'd
             the
             Distemper
             ,
             which
             hath
             now
             laid
             Her
             in
             Her
             Grave
             .
          
           
             A
             little
             before
             Her
             Disorder
             came
             upon
             Her
             ,
             She
             express'd
             Her Self
             thus
             one
             Morning
             to
             Her
             Husband
             .
             
               I
               know
               not
               what
               I
               may
               meet
               with
               ,
               but
               great
               Things
               pass'd
               between
               GOD
               and
               Me
               this
               Night
               .
               He
               hath
               with
               unusual
               Power
               assured
               Me
               ,
               and
               spoken
               to
               my
               Heart
               ;
               I
               will
               never
               leave
               Thee
               nor
               forsake
               Thee
               :
            
             And
             this
             She
             during
             Her
             Illness
             ,
             oft
             repeated
             .
             And
             GOD
             did
             indeed
             remarkably
             Guard
             Her
             ;
             He
             kept
             Her
             from
             doubting
             of
             Her
             State
             ;
             She
             retain'd
             Her
             Assurance
             ;
             in
             Her
             greatest
             disorders
             She
             express'd
             Her
             desires
             to
             Die
             and
             be
             in
             Heaven
             ;
             and
             the
             breathings
             
             of
             Her
             Soul
             after
             GOD
             ,
             even
             then
             ,
             were
             such
             ,
             as
             discover'd
             the
             Pious
             bent
             of
             Her
             Heart
             .
             Indeed
             the
             Power
             of
             Grace
             in
             Her
             Soul
             was
             convincingly
             evidenc'd
             in
             the
             heighth
             of
             Her
             Disease
             .
          
           
             SHE
             had
             not
             Her
             great
             Work
             then
             to
             do
             :
             She
             had
             indeed
             been
             very
             unfit
             for
             it
             .
             But
             through
             Mercy
             ,
             't
             was
             ,
             I
             trust
             ,
             dispatch'd
             long
             before
             .
             O
             take
             Warning
             all
             you
             ,
             who
             leave
             the
             principal
             business
             of
             Life
             to
             an
             uncertain
             hereafter
             .
             Little
             do
             you
             know
             ,
             but
             you
             may
             be
             surpriz'd
             by
             Death
             on
             a
             sudden
             ;
             or
             if
             not
             ,
             may
             be
             seiz'd
             by
             some
             such
             Distemper
             ,
             as
             though
             it
             may
             not
             remove
             you
             immediately
             ,
             may
             yet
             take
             away
             all
             Capacity
             of
             making
             your
             Peace
             with
             GOD
             ,
             or
             getting
             ready
             for
             another
             World.
             Take
             warning
             ,
             I
             say
             ;
             and
             provide
             in
             Time
             ,
             and
             improve
             your
             Health
             ,
             and
             neglect
             not
             GOD
             ,
             least
             you
             are
             deserted
             ,
             and
             abandon'd
             by
             Him.
             
          
           
             THE
             last
             Seene
             of
             our
             Dear
             Deceased
             Friends
             Life
             was
             dark
             and
             gloomy
             :
             But
             the
             Clouds
             are
             now
             
             quite
             blown
             over
             ,
             the
             Issue
             was
             ,
             I
             doubt
             not
             ,
             glorious
             .
             
               GOD
               was
               Her
               GOD
               still
            
             :
             He
             was
             not
             asham'd
             to
             own
             Her
             ,
             nay
             helpt
             Her
             to
             own
             Him
             ,
             even
             the
             Day
             before
             She
             dy'd
             :
             When
             She
             express'd
             Her
             Faith
             and
             Trust
             ,
             of
             Her
             being
             about
             to
             be
             remov'd
             out
             of
             a
             Troublesome
             World
             into
             Her
             Fathers
             House
             .
          
           
             THERE
             She
             now
             is
             in
             that
             
               better
               Countrey
            
             ;
             on
             which
             Her
             Heart
             was
             so
             much
             set
             :
             Let
             us
             therefore
             be
             Followers
             of
             Her
             thither
             ;
             and
             together
             with
             Her
             ,
             
               of
               all
            
             that
             numerous
             Company
             ,
             
               Who
               through
               Faith
               and
               Patience
               inherit
               the
               Promises
               .
            
          
           
             AND
             GOD
             grant
             that
             we
             may
             .
          
           
             Amen
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
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             Bishop
             Williams
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Samuel
             Slater's
             Earnest
             Call
             to
             Family
             Religion
             ;
             being
             the
             Substance
             of
             Eighteen
             Sermons
             .
          
           
           
             Mr.
             Addy's
             Stenographia
             :
             Or
             the
             Art
             of
             Short
             Writing
             compleated
             ,
             in
             a
             far
             more
             Compendious
             way
             then
             any
             yet
             Extant
             .
          
           
             Cambridge
             Phrases
             ,
             by
             A.
             Robinson
             .
          
           
             History
             of
             the
             Conquest
             of
             Florida
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             William
             Scoffin's
             Help
             to
             true
             Spelling
             and
             Reading
             :
             Or
             ,
             A
             very
             easie
             Method
             for
             the
             Teaching
             Children
             ,
             or
             elder
             Persons
             rightly
             to
             Spell
             ,
             and
             exactly
             to
             read
             Engglish
             .
          
           
             Graaf
             de
             succo
             Pancreatico
             :
             Or
             ,
             a
             Physical
             and
             Anatomical
             Treatise
             of
             the
             Nature
             and
             Office
             of
             the
             Pancreatick
             Juice
             .
          
           
             A
             Preservative
             against
             Deism
             :
             Shewing
             the
             great
             Advantage
             of
             Revelation
             above
             Reason
             ,
             in
             the
             Two
             Great
             Points
             ,
             Pardon
             of
             Sin
             ,
             and
             a
             Future
             State
             of
             Happiness
             .
             With
             an
             Appendix
             in
             Answer
             to
             a
             Letter
             of
             A.
             W.
             against
             Revealed
             Religion
             in
             the
             Oracles
             of
             Reason
             ,
             by
             Mr.
             Nath.
             Taylor
             .
          
           
             A
             Practical
             Discourse
             concerning
             Vows
             :
             with
             a
             special
             Reference
             to
             Baptism
             and
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             ,
             by
             Mr.
             Edmund
             Calamy
             .
          
           
             Monro's
             Institutio
             Grammaticae
             .
          
           
             Dr.
             Pack's
             Praxis
             Catholica
             :
             Or
             ,
             the
             Countryman
             's
             Universal
             Remedy
             ;
             wherein
             is
             plainly
             and
             briefly
             laid
             down
             ,
             the
             Nature
             ,
             Matter
             and
             Manner
             ,
             place
             and
             Cure
             of
             most
             Diseases
             incident
             to
             the
             Body
             of
             men
             .
          
           
             English
             Military
             Discipline
             ,
             or
             ,
             The
             way
             and
             method
             of
             exercising
             Horse
             and
             Foot
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             practice
             of
             this
             present
             Time
             ,
             with
             a
             Treatise
             of
             all
             sorts
             of
             Arms
             ,
             and
             Engines
             of
             War.
             
          
           
             Orbis
             Imperantis
             Tabellae
             Geographico
             Historico
             Genealogico
             Chronologicae
             ,
             Curiously
             engraven
             on
             Copper-Plates
             .
          
           
             Clavis
             Grammatica
             :
             Or
             ,
             the
             ready
             way
             to
             the
             Latine
             Tongue
             ;
             containing
             most
             plain
             demonstrations
             for
             the
             regular
             translating
             English
             into
             Latine
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             
             Alsop's
             Faithful
             Rebuke
             to
             a
             False
             Report
             .
          
           
           
             —
             His
             Vindication
             of
             the
             Faithful
             Rebuke
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Woodhouse's
             Sermon
             ,
             Preach'd
             to
             the
             Society
             for
             Reformation
             of
             Manners
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Shower's
             Sermon
             on
             the
             Death
             of
             Mr.
             Nat.
             Oldfield
             ,
             who
             departed
             this
             Life
             ,
             Decemb.
             31.
             1696.
             
          
           
             —
             His
             Sermon
             Preach'd
             to
             the
             Societies
             for
             Reformation
             of
             Manners
             ,
             Nov.
             15.
             1697.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Hamond's
             Sermon
             at
             Mr.
             Steel's
             Funeral
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Aikin's
             English
             Grammar
             :
             Or
             ,
             the
             English
             Tongue
             reduced
             to
             Grammatical
             Rules
             ,
             composed
             for
             the
             use
             of
             the
             English
             Schools
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             John
             Mason's
             little
             Catechism
             ,
             with
             little
             Verse●
             ,
             and
             little
             Sayings
             for
             little
             Children
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Addy's
             Short-Hand
             Bible
             .
          
        
         
           
             Twelves
             .
          
           
             London-Dispensatory
             ,
             reduc'd
             to
             the
             practice
             of
             the
             London
             Physicians
             :
             wherein
             are
             contained
             the
             Medicines
             ,
             both
             Galenical
             and
             Chymical
             ,
             that
             are
             now
             in
             use
             :
             those
             out
             of
             use
             omitted
             ;
             and
             those
             in
             use
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             the
             Latin
             Copy
             ,
             here
             added
             ,
             By
             John
             Peachy
             ,
             of
             the
             Colledge
             of
             Physicians
             in
             London
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             John
             Shower's
             Discourse
             of
             Tempting
             Christ.
             
          
           
             —
             His
             Discourse
             of
             Family
             Religion
             ,
             in
             3
             Letters
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Dan.
             Burgess's
             Discourse
             of
             the
             Death
             ,
             Rest
             ,
             Resurrection
             and
             blessed
             Portion
             of
             the
             Saints
             .
          
           
             —
             His
             ●●an's
             whole
             Duty
             ,
             and
             God's
             wonderful
             Intreaty
             of
             him
             thereunto
             .
          
           
             —
             H●s
             Advice
             to
             Parents
             and
             Children
             .
          
           
             Mr
             G●orge
             Hamond's
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Matthew
             Barker's
             Discourses
             of
             Family
             Worship
             .
             Written
             at
             the
             Request
             of
             the
             Uni●ed
             Ministers
             of
             London
             .
          
           
             Misc●llanea
             Sacra
             :
             Containing
             Scriptural
             Meditations
             ,
             Divi●e
             Breathings
             ,
             Occasional
             Reflections
             ,
             and
             Sacred
             P
             〈…〉
          
           
             S
             〈…〉
             nas
             Moor
             's
             Mathematical
             Compendium
             .
             The
             Third
             Edition
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
           
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A32087-e330
           
             2
             Cor.
             12.
             2.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             15.
             1.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             3.
             6
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             Matt.
             22.
             31
             ,
             32.
             
          
           
             Luke
             20.
             38.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             12.
             4.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             14.
             2.
             
          
           
             Verse
             10.
             
          
           
             Luke
             12.
             32.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             11
             
          
           
             Gen.
             23.
             4.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             47.
             9.
             
          
           
             1
             Chron.
             29.
             15.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             39.
             12.
             
          
           
             Vers.
             10.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             49.
             18.
             
          
           
             Job
             19.
             26
             ,
             27.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             16.
             11
             ▪
             
          
           
             Psal.
             ●7
             .
             15.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             2.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             4.
             17.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             4.
             
          
           
             Ps.
             73.
             25.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             6
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             7.
             24
             
          
           
             Joh.
             15.
             19
             
          
           
             Heb.
             11.
             6.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             4.
             9.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             2.
             7.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             4.
             
          
           
             Vers.
             1.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             21.
             7.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             9.
             10.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             5.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             15.
             19.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             14.
             13.