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             A sermon preached at the funeral of Sir Henry Johnson, Kt. who was interr'd in the chappel at Popler, November the 19th. 1683 / by Samuel Peck ...
             Peck, Samuel.
          
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           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           AT
           THE
           FUNERAL
           OF
           Sir
           
             HENRY
             JOHNSON
          
           ,
           K
           
           t.
           Who
           was
           Interr'd
           in
           the
           Chappel
           at
           
             Popler
             ,
             November
          
           the
           19th
           .
           1683.
           
        
         
           By
           
             Samuel
             Peck
          
           ,
           Minister
           there
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Tho.
             Parkhurst
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Bible
           and
           Three-Crowns
           ,
           at
           the
           lower
           end
           of
           Cheapside
           ,
           near
           Mercers-Chappel
           .
           1684.
           
        
         
           
             Academiae
             Cantabrigiensis
             Liber
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           Worshipful
           
             HENRY
             JOHNSON
          
           ,
           
             Esq
          
        
         
           
             Worthy
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           THAT
           neither
           a
           private
           interest
           ,
           nor
           itch
           of
           vain-glory
           have
           the
           least
           share
           in
           this
           Undertaking
           (
           in
           whole
           or
           in
           part
           )
           God
           and
           my
           own
           Conscience
           bear
           me
           witness
           .
           And
           that
           a
           compliance
           with
           the
           repeated
           and
           reasonable
           commands
           of
           some
           Friends
           of
           the
           Deceased
           (
           to
           whom
           I
           bear
           a
           deserved
           respect
           and
           honour
           )
           have
           made
           it
           publick
           ,
           you
           and
           they
           are
           able
           to
           testify
           .
           'T
           is
           somewhat
           larger
           in
           the
           Press
           than
           't
           was
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           :
           yet
           no
           more
           than
           what
           should
           have
           been
           spoken
           ,
           had
           the
           time
           permitted
           .
           What
           is
           said
           of
           the
           Dead
           ,
           I
           am
           satisfied
           ,
           Envy
           it self
           cannot
           disprove
           or
           contradict
           .
           The
           Discourse
           is
           not
           polite
           ,
           but
           plain
           .
           For
           't
           is
           never
           my
           custom
           (
           upon
           such
           Solemn
           occasions
           )
           to
           interline
           my
           Sermons
           
           with
           much
           Reading
           ,
           nor
           to
           gloss
           them
           with
           much
           Rhetorick
           ;
           knowing
           that
           the
           leaves
           of
           Antiquity
           would
           make
           but
           a
           weak
           Shield
           against
           the
           stroak
           of
           Death
           .
           And
           that
           the
           fine
           Flowers
           of
           Rhetorick
           are
           not
           Armour
           of
           proof
           against
           the
           Conquering
           fears
           of
           the
           King
           of
           terrors
           .
           Such
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           accept
           :
           And
           if
           it
           may
           prove
           persuasive
           to
           any
           into
           whose
           hands
           it
           shall
           fall
           ,
           timely
           to
           prepare
           themselves
           for
           Death
           and
           Judgment
           ,
           I
           have
           my
           desired
           end
           ,
           and
           fervent
           prayer
           ,
           who
           am
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Decemb.
               1.
               1683.
               
            
          
           
             Sir
             ,
          
           
             Your
             respective
             Friend
             ,
             and
             Servant
             ,
             SAMUEL
             PECK
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           at
           the
           Funeral
           of
           Sir
           
             HENRY
             JOHNSON
          
           ,
           Kt.
           
        
         
           
             2
             Cor.
             V.
             1.
             
          
           
             For
             we
             know
             ,
             that
             if
             our
             earthly
             house
             of
             this
             tabernacle
             were
             dissolved
             ,
             we
             have
             a
             building
             of
             God
             ,
             an
             house
             not
             made
             with
             hands
             ,
             eternal
             in
             the
             heavens
             .
          
        
         
           HE
           that
           in
           his
           private
           recesses
           and
           solitude
           ,
           takes
           a
           serious
           and
           impartial
           survey
           of
           most
           mens
           works
           and
           actions
           ;
           how
           they
           spend
           their
           
             strength
             for
             nought
          
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           the
           Prophet
           speaks
           )
           
             labour
             in
             the
             fire
             for
             very
             vanity
          
           ;
           
           How
           greedily
           they
           pursue
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           what
           sinful
           and
           indirect
           courses
           they
           take
           to
           further
           and
           promote
           
           themselves
           therein
           ;
           How
           they
           blind
           their
           Judgment
           ,
           bribe
           their
           Reason
           ,
           and
           baffle
           their
           own
           Consciences
           ;
           dally
           with
           God
           and
           their
           Souls
           ,
           and
           play
           the
           wantons
           with
           Death
           and
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           every
           thing
           that
           is
           good
           and
           serious
           ;
           will
           sadly
           break
           forth
           in
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Royal
           Psalmist
           ,
           Psal.
           36.
           1.
           
           
             The
             transgression
             of
             the
             wicked
             saith
             within
             my
             heart
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             fear
             of
             God
             before
             his
             eyes
             .
          
           So
           the
           lives
           of
           such
           men
           make
           me
           think
           that
           Death
           and
           Judgment
           seldom
           enter
           into
           their
           hearts
           ;
           that
           the
           reward
           of
           the
           Righteous
           ,
           and
           the
           recompence
           of
           the
           evil
           doer
           ,
           are
           seldom
           the
           subject
           of
           their
           Meditations
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           have
           but
           a
           very
           weak
           Faith
           of
           the
           invisible
           realities
           of
           the
           World
           to
           come
           .
           For
           did
           men
           
             firmly
             believe
             ,
             and
             frequently
             consider
             ,
             That
             for
             all
             these
             things
             God
             will
             bring
             them
             to
             judgment
          
           ;
           and
           that
           an
           unalterable
           Weal
           or
           Wo
           will
           follow
           upon
           it
           ,
           
             according
             as
             their
             works
             shall
             be
          
           ;
           it
           must
           needs
           excite
           them
           (
           unless
           they
           are
           hardned
           to
           destruction
           )
           to
           a
           Religious
           life
           ,
           a
           Godly
           conversation
           ;
           yea
           ,
           it
           would
           make
           them
           
             serve
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             work
             out
             their
             salvation
             with
             fear
             and
             trembling
             .
          
        
         
           'T
           is
           Chronicled
           of
           Philip
           King
           of
           Spain
           ,
           That
           tho
           he
           never
           committed
           any
           great
           sin
           all
           his
           life
           ,
           yet
           he
           cried
           out
           dreadfully
           at
           his
           death
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             O
             ,
             that
             I
             had
             never
             been
             King
             :
             Oh
             ,
             that
             I
             had
             never
             reigned
             :
             for
             then
             I
             should
             not
             have
             now
             to
             answer
             for
             the
             neglect
             of
             doing
             the
             good
             I
             might
             ,
             and
             for
             not
             preventing
             the
             evil
             I
             ought
             in
             my
             Government
             .
          
           And
           tho
           God
           hath
           not
           set
           any
           of
           you
           in
           Places
           of
           so
           great
           weight
           and
           trust
           ,
           yet
           there
           is
           none
           of
           you
           to
           whom
           he
           hath
           not
           committed
           many
           Talents
           ,
           and
           opportunities
           of
           doing
           and
           receiving
           good
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           Death
           and
           Judgment
           .
           And
           will
           it
           not
           be
           a
           fearful
           time
           with
           you
           ,
           when
           you
           are
           grapling
           with
           the
           King
           of
           Terrors
           ,
           when
           you
           are
           upon
           the
           brink
           of
           Eternity
           ,
           and
           within
           view
           of
           that
           
           Eternal
           Judgment
           (
           which
           the
           Apostle
           calls
           
             the
             terror
             of
             the
             Lord
          
           ,
           2
           Cor.
           5.
           11.
           
           )
           to
           have
           Conscience
           fly
           in
           your
           faces
           ,
           and
           accuse
           you
           for
           your
           falsness
           and
           unfaithfulness
           in
           your
           places
           and
           relations
           ?
           For
           neglecting
           your
           time
           ,
           and
           abusing
           your
           Talents
           ;
           wishing
           a
           thousand
           times
           you
           had
           never
           been
           ,
           or
           that
           you
           had
           never
           known
           what
           the
           Gospel
           meant
           ;
           for
           then
           your
           account
           ,
           before
           the
           great
           Tribunal
           of
           the
           Righteous
           God
           ,
           would
           have
           been
           less
           strict
           ,
           and
           more
           easie
           by
           far
           ,
           than
           it
           is
           now
           like
           to
           be
           ;
           for
           those
           evils
           which
           you
           might
           have
           avoided
           ,
           but
           would
           not
           ,
           and
           for
           all
           that
           good
           ,
           which
           (
           by
           your
           pious
           Patterns
           and
           holy
           Examples
           )
           you
           might
           have
           done
           ,
           but
           did
           not
           ?
           Alas
           ,
           Who
           can
           conceive
           the
           sad
           Apprehensions
           ,
           and
           killing
           Terrors
           that
           wrack
           the
           soul
           of
           such
           men
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           day
           !
           Let
           the
           belief
           hereof
           provoke
           you
           to
           make
           a
           better
           improvement
           of
           your
           Time
           ,
           and
           Talents
           ,
           Opportunities
           and
           Enjoyments
           than
           hitherto
           you
           have
           done
           .
           Lay
           them
           not
           out
           upon
           Toys
           and
           Trifles
           ,
           Worldly
           ,
           Lying
           Vanities
           ,
           which
           like
           your
           own
           Flesh
           or
           Bodies
           ,
           are
           frail
           ,
           uncertain
           ,
           and
           will
           quickly
           fail
           you
           ;
           for
           St.
           Peter
           tells
           you
           ,
           
             All
             these
          
           
           
             things
             (
             as
             well
             as
             these
             earthly
             tabernacles
             )
             shall
             be
             dissolved
             .
          
           But
           let
           us
           spend
           them
           upon
           better
           Objects
           ,
           upon
           a
           better
           Inheritance
           ,
           a
           more
           durable
           and
           lasting
           Estate
           than
           this
           World
           can
           afford
           us
           ;
           seeking
           to
           make
           him
           our
           Portion
           ,
           who
           will
           be
           a
           living
           Comfort
           in
           a
           dying
           Hour
           ,
           the
           ever
           Blessed
           and
           Glorious
           God
           ;
           spend
           more
           Strength
           and
           Time
           in
           his
           Service
           :
           
             Let
             us
             have
          
           
           
             our
             conversation
             in
             heaven
          
           ,
           here
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           exhorts
           ;
           that
           we
           may
           obtain
           an
           Assurance
           our
           Habitation
           shall
           be
           there
           ,
           when
           we
           go
           hence
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           tells
           us
           he
           had
           ,
           saying
           —
           
             We
             know
             that
             if
             this
             earthly
             house
             of
          
           
           our
           tabernacle
           were
           dissolved
           ,
           we
           have
           a
           building
           of
           God
           ,
           an
           house
           not
           made
           with
           hands
           ,
           eternal
           in
           the
           heavens
           .
        
         
           Which
           Words
           are
           both
           an
           Illustration
           and
           Confirmation
           of
           the
           reason
           which
           our
           Apostle
           gives
           his
           Corinthians
           ,
           why
           he
           did
           so
           couragiously
           and
           valiantly
           labour
           in
           the
           Work
           of
           the
           Ministry
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           many
           Difficulties
           and
           dangers
           ,
           the
           continual
           Trouble
           and
           Opposition
           he
           met
           withal
           on
           every
           side
           ,
           for
           commending
           himself
           to
           every
           mans
           conscience
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God.
           For
           he
           had
           spoken
           in
           the
           preceding
           Chapter
           ,
           of
           the
           perishing
           of
           the
           outward
           Man
           ,
           and
           of
           renewing
           the
           Inward
           Man
           day
           by
           day
           ,
           of
           the
           
             great
             Weight
             of
             Glory
          
           which
           should
           succeed
           his
           
             light
             Affliction
          
           for
           a
           Moment
           in
           this
           life
           ;
           and
           that
           
             those
             things
             that
             are
             not
             seen
             ,
             which
             are
             eternal
             ,
          
           are
           to
           be
           looked
           to
           ,
           and
           minded
           ,
           rather
           than
           these
           
             things
             which
             are
             seen
          
           ,
           and
           are
           only
           
             temporal
             ,
             chap.
          
           4.
           16.
           to
           the
           end
           .
           Now
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           this
           chapter
           he
           doth
           farther
           expound
           himself
           concerning
           the
           dissolution
           or
           change
           of
           the
           Outward
           Man
           ,
           and
           the
           building
           up
           or
           perfecting
           the
           New
           Man
           ,
           as
           also
           concerning
           the
           short
           continuance
           of
           
             these
             things
             that
             are
             seen
          
           ,
           and
           the
           stability
           or
           continuance
           of
           
             those
             things
             that
             are
             not
             seen
          
           ;
           affirming
           ,
           that
           he
           himself
           and
           others
           of
           the
           faithful
           ,
           did
           certainly
           know
           ,
           that
           after
           this
           short
           and
           transitory
           life
           was
           ended
           ,
           they
           should
           enjoy
           an
           estate
           ,
           Heavenly
           ,
           Glorious
           and
           Eternal
           .
           And
           this
           Assertion
           and
           Article
           of
           Christian
           Faith
           he
           cloaths
           with
           variety
           of
           sweet
           and
           significant
           Metaphors
           ;
           helping
           the
           soul
           by
           the
           body
           ,
           the
           understanding
           by
           the
           sense
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             We
             know
             that
             if
             our
             earthly
             house
             of
             this
             tabernacle
             were
             dissolved
             ,
             we
             have
             a
             building
          
           
           
             of
             God
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           Where
           he
           compares
           this
           miserable
           body
           ,
           as
           it
           now
           is
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           to
           an
           
             earthly
             house
          
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           a
           Sumptuous
           Palace
           ,
           Impregnable
           Castle
           ,
           or
           other
           strong
           and
           well
           -
           framed
           Building
           ;
           but
           to
           a
           Tabernacle
           ,
           a
           weak
           ,
           frail
           ,
           brittle
           Cottage
           of
           Earth
           or
           Clay
           :
           
             We
             know
             if
             this
             earthly
             house
          
           (
           wherein
           the
           soul
           d
           wells
           for
           a
           Time
           )
           if
           this
           
             Tabernacle
             were
             dissolved
          
           —
           Then
           ,
        
         
           He
           opposeth
           to
           this
           ,
           the
           state
           or
           condition
           of
           the
           body
           glorified
           in
           the
           life
           to
           come
           ,
           which
           he
           resembles
           to
           a
           building
           firm
           ,
           durable
           ,
           and
           lasting
           ;
           yea
           of
           Eternal
           continuance
           and
           duration
           ;
           the
           beginning
           of
           which
           is
           the
           blessed
           Estate
           of
           the
           Soul
           at
           Death
           ;
           and
           the
           perfection
           of
           it
           is
           the
           glorious
           Estate
           of
           Soul
           and
           Body
           reunited
           at
           the
           Resurrection
           :
           
             We
             know
             we
             have
             a
             building
             of
             God
             ,
             an
             house
             not
             made
             with
             hands
             ,
             eternal
             in
             the
             heavens
             .
          
           Where
           you
           have
           these
           Two
           Considerables
           recommended
           by
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           to
           our
           Meditation
           ,
           seasonable
           to
           the
           sad
           occasion
           of
           this
           great
           Assembly
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             What
             our
             Body
             is
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             frailty
             of
             it
             in
             this
             Life
             ,
             an
             
               earthly
               house
            
             ,
             a
             brittle
             Tabernacle
             that
             must
             down
             ,
             must
             be
             dissolved
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             What
             house
             or
             building
             the
             souls
             of
             the
             faithful
             have
             after
             the
             dissolution
             of
             this
             earthly
             Tabernacle
             ;
             
               A
               building
               of
               God
               ,
               an
               house
               not
               made
               with
               hands
               ,
               eternal
               in
               the
               heavens
               .
            
          
        
         
           Both
           these
           together
           are
           a
           brief
           and
           full
           Metaphorical
           description
           of
           our
           Mortality
           ,
           and
           Immortality
           ,
           
           of
           our
           weak
           and
           frail
           Condition
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           and
           of
           our
           Eternally
           Blessed
           and
           Glorious
           Estate
           after
           Death
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           First
           ,
           What
           our
           body
           is
           in
           respect
           of
           its
           frailty
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           an
           
             earthly
             house
          
           ,
           a
           brittle
           Tabernacle
           ,
           that
           must
           be
           dissolved
           and
           go
           down
           to
           the
           dust
           .
           These
           bodies
           wherein
           our
           souls
           take
           up
           their
           residency
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           are
           but
           earthly
           Tabernacles
           ,
           of
           short
           and
           uncertain
           Continuance
           .
           The
           body
           is
           so
           called
           elsewhere
           ,
           2
           Pet.
           2.
           1
           ,
           14.
           
           
             Knowing
             that
             shortly
             I
             must
             put
             off
             this
             my
             tabernacle
             :
          
           and
           Job
           4.
           19.
           
           't
           is
           termed
           an
           
             house
             of
             clay
             ,
             whose
             foundation
             is
             in
             the
             dust
             .
             Eliphaz
          
           in
           the
           foregoing
           Verse
           speaks
           of
           Angels
           ,
           here
           of
           men
           ;
           and
           these
           Words
           are
           a
           description
           of
           Man
           opposed
           to
           Angels
           ,
           those
           Inhabitants
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           those
           Courtiers
           of
           the
           New
           Jerusalem
           ;
           called
           therefore
           the
           Angels
           of
           Heaven
           ;
           the
           place
           of
           their
           special
           residency
           being
           the
           Heavens
           ,
           in
           and
           with
           which
           they
           may
           seem
           to
           have
           been
           created
           ;
           Whereas
           men
           are
           said
           to
           be
           on
           the
           Earth
           ,
           on
           the
           surface
           only
           ,
           as
           a
           tabernacle
           ready
           to
           be
           shaken
           off
           ,
           as
           having
           no
           foundation
           .
           Having
           here
           
             no
             abiding
             place
             ,
             no
             continuing
             city
             ,
          
           no
           setled
           abode
           ,
           till
           we
           come
           to
           Heaven
           where
           the
           Angels
           are
           .
           Some
           Huts
           we
           have
           ,
           rather
           than
           houses
           .
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           a
           clayie
           cottage
           ,
           an
           earthly
           tabernacle
           ,
           as
           St.
           Paul
           and
           Plato
           call
           the
           body
           of
           man
           ,
           which
           is
           made
           up
           of
           a
           little
           dust
           or
           clay
           ,
           somewhat
           sublimated
           and
           refined
           by
           art
           or
           nature
           .
           What
           is
           man
           ,
           saith
           
             Gregory
             Nazianzen
          
           ,
           but
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           Soul
           and
           Soil
           ,
           Breath
           and
           Body
           ,
           the
           one
           a
           puff
           of
           wind
           ,
           the
           other
           a
           pile
           of
           dust
           ;
           no
           certainty
           ,
           no
           solidity
           in
           either
           .
           
             Pulvis
             &
             umbra
             sumus
          
           ,
           We
           are
           dust
           and
           a
           Shaddow
           ,
           no
           more
           ;
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           saith
           the
           Greek
           Proverb
           ;
           
           Man
           is
           but
           an
           earthen
           pot
           ,
           no
           better
           .
           
             The
             first
             man
             Adam
             was
             of
             the
             earth
             earthly
          
           ;
           and
           no
           more
           are
           the
           best
           of
           men
           ;
           
             Quas
             ex
             meliore
             forsan
             lato
             finxit
             Titan
          
           ;
           who
           are
           made
           of
           the
           first
           common
           Mold
           somewhat
           refined
           .
           And
           the
           finer
           the
           Glass
           ,
           the
           slighter
           the
           Tabernacle
           ,
           the
           more
           subject
           to
           break
           and
           fall
           ;
           and
           so
           are
           we
           to
           dye
           .
           Mans
           flesh
           will
           fail
           him
           ,
           saith
           David
           ,
           Psal.
           73.
           26.
           
           Those
           whose
           spirits
           are
           noble
           ,
           will
           find
           their
           bodies
           brittle
           .
           The
           highest
           ,
           the
           holiest
           mans
           heart
           will
           not
           ever
           hold
           .
           Princes
           and
           Peasants
           are
           of
           the
           same
           flesh
           ,
           which
           ,
           saith
           the
           Prophet
           Isaiah
           ,
           is
           but
           grass
           ,
           it
           soon
           withers
           and
           fades
           away
           ;
           they
           are
           alike
           dust
           ,
           and
           to
           dust
           they
           must
           return
           .
           
             What
             man
             is
          
           
           
             he
             that
             liveth
             ,
             and
             shall
             not
             see
             death
             ?
          
           The
           Psalmist
           here
           challengeth
           all
           the
           World
           to
           find
           out
           one
           man
           that
           could
           procure
           a
           protection
           from
           dissolution
           .
           Holy
           Hezekiah
           could
           beg
           his
           life
           ,
           and
           compound
           for
           his
           death
           for
           fifteen
           years
           ,
           but
           could
           not
           obtain
           an
           exemption
           for
           ever
           .
           No
           ,
           this
           earthly
           house
           is
           subject
           to
           many
           storms
           that
           shake
           it
           ,
           to
           variety
           of
           Diseases
           ,
           the
           least
           of
           which
           is
           sufficient
           to
           overthrow
           it
           :
           So
           that
           what
           St.
           Paul
           said
           of
           himself
           in
           a
           proper
           sense
           ,
           we
           may
           say
           every
           of
           us
           in
           a
           common
           ,
           
             I
             dye
             daily
          
           :
           My
           earthly
           Tabernacle
           declines
           and
           wastes
           daily
           :
           Such
           is
           the
           frailty
           and
           corruptibility
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           that
           tho
           some
           are
           more
           curiously
           painted
           than
           others
           ,
           and
           tho
           all
           are
           fearfully
           and
           wonderfully
           made
           ,
           full
           of
           accuracy
           and
           curiosity
           ,
           like
           a
           Spiders
           Web
           ;
           yet
           like
           that
           we
           have
           no
           stability
           :
           And
           thanks
           be
           to
           mans
           Apostacy
           for
           this
           frailty
           ;
           his
           falling
           from
           God
           ,
           by
           neglecting
           his
           duty
           ,
           hath
           brought
           him
           to
           the
           dust
           ;
           
           so
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           Rom.
           5.
           12.
           
           
             By
             one
             man
             sin
             entred
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             death
             by
             sin
             .
          
           Sickness
           and
           Death
           had
           never
           touched
           our
           bodies
           ,
           had
           not
           sin
           first
           tainted
           our
           souls
           .
           Man
           in
           his
           Innocency
           was
           immortal
           ,
           but
           now
           in
           his
           state
           of
           Apostacy
           he
           is
           determined
           to
           death
           .
           Had
           he
           stood
           ,
           he
           should
           ,
           like
           Enoch
           ,
           have
           been
           translated
           ,
           and
           not
           seen
           death
           ;
           he
           should
           have
           entered
           into
           his
           Fathers
           house
           ,
           but
           not
           through
           the
           dark
           entry
           of
           the
           Grave
           ;
           but
           now
           I
           
             know
             thou
             wilt
             bring
             me
             through
             the
             grave
             ,
             the
             house
             of
             all
             the
             living
             .
          
           Now
           the
           body
           must
           die
           ,
           before
           the
           soul
           can
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           begin
           to
           live
           .
           Man
           must
           now
           put
           off
           his
           house
           of
           Earth
           ,
           before
           he
           can
           possess
           his
           house
           in
           Heaven
           .
           When
           this
           earthly
           house
           of
           our
           Tabernacle
           is
           dissolved
           ,
           then
           (
           not
           before
           )
           we
           have
           a
           building
           of
           God
           ,
           an
           house
           not
           made
           with
           hands
           ,
           eternal
           in
           the
           Heavens
           .
           Thus
           you
           see
           by
           this
           Metaphorical
           Expression
           ,
           what
           a
           lively
           resemblance
           the
           Apostle
           gives
           of
           our
           frail
           Condition
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           or
           in
           respect
           to
           our
           bodies
           .
           We
           dwell
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           in
           Tents
           or
           Tabernacles
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           And
           a
           Tabernacle
           or
           Pavilion
           is
           not
           made
           of
           any
           strong
           matter
           ,
           having
           only
           a
           few
           slight
           Poles
           for
           Timber
           ,
           and
           painted
           Cloths
           for
           Walls
           ;
           a
           weak
           Lodging
           ,
           quickly
           taken
           down
           ,
           easily
           removed
           or
           overthrown
           .
           Such
           is
           the
           body
           of
           man
           ,
           a
           fair
           Fabrick
           ,
           but
           frail
           ;
           the
           bones
           are
           its
           Timber-work
           ,
           the
           flesh
           its
           walls
           ;
           all
           of
           Clay
           and
           Dust
           ;
           one
           blast
           mars
           it
           ;
           a
           little
           pain
           or
           grief
           shakes
           it
           ;
           an
           Ague
           ,
           Fever
           ,
           Dropsie
           ,
           or
           as
           the
           Prophet
           speaks
           ,
           Isa.
           38.
           12.
           
           a
           little
           pining
           sickness
           quickly
           dissolves
           and
           makes
           an
           end
           of
           it
           .
           For
           
             our
             strength
          
           ,
           saith
           
             Job
             ,
             is
             not
             the
             strength
             of
             stones
             ,
             nor
          
           
           
             our
             flesh
             as
             brass
          
           :
           No
           ,
           our
           Earthly
           House
           is
           not
           framed
           of
           such
           strong
           and
           lasting
           materials
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           And
           like
           a
           Tent
           or
           Tabernacle
           it
           stands
           in
           continual
           need
           of
           repairation
           ,
           being
           shaken
           with
           every
           wind
           ,
           and
           shattered
           with
           every
           storm
           .
           Nor
           is
           our
           Food
           ,
           or
           Physick
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           means
           ,
           which
           we
           use
           as
           daily
           props
           and
           preservatives
           to
           this
           Earthly
           House
           ,
           sufficient
           to
           support
           it
           without
           the
           Divine
           Protection
           .
           There
           are
           so
           many
           Thousand
           casualties
           we
           are
           daily
           subject
           to
           ,
           that
           nothing
           less
           than
           a
           Divine
           Providence
           could
           preserve
           these
           Tabernacles
           one
           day
           .
           And
           when
           by
           Sickness
           or
           Age
           they
           are
           tottering
           and
           falling
           ,
           nothing
           less
           than
           the
           same
           Power
           can
           repair
           or
           restore
           them
           .
           'T
           is
           God
           only
           that
           
             brings
             down
             to
             the
             grave
             ,
             and
             then
             saith
             ,
             return
             again
             ye
             children
             of
             men
             .
          
           No
           wonder
           therefore
           that
           the
           wicked
           ,
           who
           by
           their
           obstinacy
           in
           sin
           ,
           withdraw
           themselves
           from
           under
           the
           Divine
           Protection
           and
           Providence
           ,
           do
           not
           live
           out
           half
           their
           days
           ,
           as
           David
           observes
           ,
           Psal.
           55.
           23.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           Once
           more
           :
           As
           a
           Tabernacle
           hath
           no
           foundation
           ,
           so
           no
           certain
           continuance
           in
           any
           place
           ;
           't
           is
           here
           to
           day
           ,
           and
           carried
           to
           another
           place
           to
           morrow
           ,
           shewing
           us
           that
           the
           inhabitants
           are
           but
           strangers
           .
           No
           more
           can
           we
           assure
           our selves
           any
           fixed
           habitation
           or
           abode
           in
           the
           body
           ;
           We
           are
           here
           to
           day
           ,
           and
           gone
           to
           morrow
           ;
           standing
           this
           hour
           ,
           and
           pulled
           down
           the
           next
           ;
           
             growing
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             and
             (
             like
             the
             grass
             )
             in
             the
             evening
             cut
             down
             and
             withered
             .
          
           Our
           Souls
           are
           but
           strangers
           in
           these
           Tents
           :
           
             I
             am
             a
             stranger
             in
             this
             Earth
          
           (
           saith
           
             David
             )
             :
             And
             I
             beseech
             you
          
           (
           saith
           Saint
           
             Peter
             )
             as
             pilgrims
             and
             strangers
             ,
          
           
           
             abstain
             from
             fleshly
             lusts
             ,
             which
             war
             against
             the
             soul.
          
           Nay
           ,
           our
           bodies
           in
           respect
           of
           continuance
           ,
           are
           more
           uncertain
           than
           any
           Tabernacle
           :
           Other
           Tabernacles
           may
           be
           removed
           ;
           this
           must
           ,
           God
           will
           certainly
           take
           it
           down
           ,
           it
           shall
           not
           continue
           ;
           when
           this
           earthly
           house
           
             shall
             be
             dissolved
          
           ;
           it
           must
           be
           so
           ,
           no
           help
           for
           it
           ,
           no
           avoiding
           of
           it
           .
           That
           Decree
           can
           never
           be
           reversed
           ,
           
             It
             is
             appointed
             to
             man
             once
             to
             dye
             ,
             and
             after
             this
             the
             Judgment
             ,
          
           Heb.
           9.
           27.
           
        
         
           1.
           
           O
           how
           preposterous
           then
           is
           the
           Care
           of
           most
           men
           ,
           whose
           contrivance
           is
           chiesly
           for
           the
           body
           ,
           to
           gratifie
           and
           please
           the
           flesh
           ,
           and
           to
           provide
           for
           it
           ?
           For
           it's
           Covetousness
           ,
           Ambition
           ,
           Voluptuousness
           ,
           which
           the
           Apostle
           calls
           
             the
             lusts
             of
             the
             flesh
          
           ?
           As
           if
           God
           sent
           them
           into
           ,
           and
           continued
           them
           in
           the
           World
           for
           no
           other
           end
           but
           as
           Cooks
           to
           dress
           up
           their
           bodies
           as
           well
           as
           possibly
           they
           could
           for
           the
           Worms
           :
           As
           if
           they
           believed
           these
           earthly
           houses
           should
           stand
           for
           ever
           ,
           contrary
           to
           daily
           experience
           ;
           or
           that
           there
           were
           no
           habitation
           for
           the
           soul
           after
           the
           dissolution
           of
           this
           Tabernacle
           ,
           contrary
           to
           Divine
           Revelation
           .
           The
           universal
           cry
           of
           the
           World
           (
           saith
           David
           ,
           Psal.
           4.
           )
           is
           ,
           
             Who
             will
             shew
             us
             any
             good
             ?
          
           What
           shall
           we
           eat
           and
           drink
           ?
           Or
           wherewith
           shall
           we
           be
           cloathed
           ?
           And
           how
           shall
           we
           do
           to
           live
           in
           this
           hard
           World
           ?
           Never
           once
           asking
           their
           Souls
           in
           good
           earnest
           ;
           Soul
           ,
           what
           wilt
           thou
           do
           for
           that
           Bread
           which
           came
           down
           from
           Heaven
           ?
           How
           wilt
           thou
           do
           to
           be
           saved
           ?
           What
           shall
           thy
           state
           be
           eternally
           ?
           And
           what
           hope
           or
           assurance
           hast
           thou
           of
           an
           
             house
             not
             made
             with
             hands
             ,
             eternal
             in
             the
             heavens
             ?
          
           And
           how
           wilt
           thou
           be
           
           
             made
             meet
             to
             be
             partaker
             of
             that
             inheritance
             of
             the
             Saints
             in
             light
             ?
          
           Col.
           1.
           12.
           
           These
           things
           are
           not
           in
           all
           their
           thoughts
           .
           Awaken
           thy
           Reason
           ,
           O
           man
           !
           Is
           not
           thy
           Spirit
           an
           Heavenly
           Plant
           ,
           the
           immediate
           product
           of
           the
           Divine
           breath
           ,
           of
           the
           Eternal
           Wisdom
           and
           Power
           of
           God
           ?
           Is
           it
           not
           the
           impress
           and
           image
           of
           the
           glorious
           Trinity
           ,
           in
           its
           immortality
           ,
           in
           its
           noble
           faculties
           ,
           and
           capacitiy
           of
           honouring
           and
           enjoying
           the
           chiefest
           Good
           ?
           And
           shall
           not
           the
           life
           of
           this
           Soul
           run
           parallel
           with
           the
           life
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           line
           of
           Eternity
           ?
           Or
           ,
           do
           you
           think
           our
           Blessed
           Lord
           overvalued
           it
           ,
           in
           saying
           ,
           
             it
             should
             profit
             a
             man
             nothing
             to
             gain
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             and
             lose
             his
             soul
             ?
          
           Mat.
           16.
           26.
           
           And
           is
           not
           thy
           body
           earthly
           ,
           frail
           and
           fading
           ?
           Do
           you
           not
           find
           it
           now
           and
           then
           tottering
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           ready
           to
           drop
           down
           ?
           And
           is
           not
           the
           welfare
           of
           thy
           body
           involved
           in
           the
           welfare
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           ever
           ?
           What
           madness
           is
           it
           then
           to
           take
           so
           much
           care
           for
           the
           former
           ,
           and
           so
           little
           for
           the
           latter
           ?
           To
           make
           so
           much
           provision
           for
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           and
           none
           for
           the
           Spirit
           ?
           To
           prefer
           Dirt
           before
           that
           which
           is
           Divine
           ?
           that
           which
           is
           bruitish
           ,
           before
           that
           which
           is
           the
           Picture
           of
           Gods
           own
           Perfections
           ?
           To
           love
           and
           admire
           the
           Box
           above
           the
           Jewel
           ,
           the
           Clay
           walls
           above
           the
           Treasure
           ;
           and
           to
           let
           the
           Vessel
           sink
           ,
           and
           yet
           presume
           to
           preserve
           the
           Passenger
           that
           saileth
           in
           it
           ?
           Certainly
           were
           not
           men
           poysoned
           with
           Atheism
           ,
           drowned
           in
           sensuality
           ,
           or
           scared
           and
           become
           sensless
           ,
           it
           were
           impossible
           they
           should
           act
           so
           much
           beneath
           the
           principles
           of
           a
           right
           Reason
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           all
           Religion
           .
        
         
         
           2.
           
           And
           as
           inconsistent
           is
           it
           with
           Religion
           and
           Reason
           ,
           to
           be
           proud
           of
           our
           bodies
           ,
           of
           our
           earthly
           tabernacles
           ,
           tho
           never
           so
           fairly
           built
           .
           For
           their
           excellency
           (
           saith
           Job
           )
           passeth
           away
           ,
           their
           beauty
           fades
           daily
           ;
           the
           poor
           Cottage
           decays
           of
           it self
           ,
           and
           must
           shortly
           to
           the
           dust
           ,
           to
           the
           house
           of
           corruption
           and
           rottenness
           ,
           and
           become
           a
           prey
           to
           the
           most
           contemptible
           worms
           .
           O
           who
           can
           be
           proud
           of
           so
           mean
           a
           thing
           ,
           
             as
             a
             moth
             can
             crush
          
           ,
           Job
           4.
           19.
           
           a
           Fly
           choak
           ,
           or
           a
           single
           hair
           destroy
           and
           dash
           in
           pieces
           !
           Yet
           such
           are
           our
           bodies
           ,
           which
           we
           take
           so
           much
           eare
           ,
           and
           are
           apt
           to
           have
           so
           high
           a
           conceit
           of
           .
           But
           which
           is
           more
           ,
           the
           
             Lord
             beholds
             every
             one
             that
             is
             proud
             ,
             to
             abase
             him
             .
          
           To
           be
           proud
           of
           it
           ,
           will
           provoke
           God
           to
           abolish
           it
           .
           If
           we
           dote
           too
           much
           upon
           our
           dwelling-place
           ,
           he
           can
           quickly
           turn
           us
           out
           ;
           for
           
             at
             the
             breath
             of
             his
             mouth
             we
             perish
             ,
             at
             the
             blast
             of
             his
             nostrils
             we
             are
             consumed
             .
          
           Let
           not
           our
           hearts
           therefore
           be
           puffed
           up
           with
           pride
           of
           ,
           nor
           perplexed
           with
           over-much
           care
           for
           these
           tabernacles
           that
           cannot
           long
           continue
           ;
           that
           are
           no
           better
           
             than
             a
             vapour
             ,
             which
             appears
             a
             little
             while
             ,
             and
             then
             vanisheth
             away
             ,
          
           Jam.
           4.
           14.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           But
           let
           us
           from
           henceforward
           reckon
           it
           a
           matter
           of
           no
           small
           import
           and
           concern
           to
           us
           all
           ,
           seriously
           to
           reflect
           and
           consider
           how
           we
           are
           provided
           for
           the
           fall
           and
           dissolution
           of
           these
           tabernacles
           of
           our
           bodies
           .
           'T
           is
           our
           Saviours
           advice
           ,
           Matth.
           24.
           44.
           
             to
             be
             always
             re
             ady
          
           .
           Down
           they
           shall
           ;
           
             dust
             thou
             art
             ,
             and
             to
             dust
             thou
             shalt
             return
          
           ;
           and
           how
           suddenly
           we
           know
           not
           ;
           for
           
             at
             our
             best
             estate
             we
             are
             altogether
             vanity
             ,
          
           Psal.
           39.
           5.
           
           't
           is
           prudence
           to
           consider
           it
           ;
           not
           enough
           to
           talk
           of
           it
           ;
           to
           say
           ,
           we
           know
           it
           ,
           we
           believe
           it
           ;
           but
           
           as
           the
           Wise
           man
           adviseth
           ,
           Eccles.
           7.
           2.
           
             to
             lay
             it
             to
             heart
          
           :
           to
           cast
           and
           consult
           with
           our selves
           in
           this
           ,
           as
           in
           other
           matters
           ,
           saying
           ,
           Hence
           I
           must
           :
           and
           whither
           then
           ?
           whither
           must
           my
           next
           remove
           be
           ?
           There
           is
           an
           everlasting
           fire
           prepared
           for
           the
           Devil
           and
           his
           Angels
           :
           '
           This
           is
           my
           desert
           :
           how
           shall
           I
           escape
           it
           ?
           And
           there
           is
           a
           
             rest
             to
             come
          
           ,
           Heb.
           4.
           9.
           
             an
             inheritance
             incorruptible
             ,
             that
             fades
             not
             away
             :
             a
             building
             of
             God
             ,
             eternal
             in
             the
             heavens
             ,
          
           1
           Pet.
           1.
           4.
           
           This
           I
           desire
           ;
           how
           shall
           I
           obtain
           it
           ?
           Such
           thoughts
           as
           these
           would
           make
           us
           as
           prudent
           for
           Heaven
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           for
           the
           Earth
           ;
           as
           provident
           for
           our
           Souls
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           for
           our
           Bodies
           ;
           quicken
           us
           to
           lay
           up
           a
           Treasure
           in
           Heaven
           :
           Or
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           exhorts
           ,
           1
           Tim.
           6.
           19.
           
           
             To
             lay
             up
             to
             our selves
             in
             store
             ,
             a
             good
             foundation
             against
             the
             evil
             day
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             lay
             hold
             on
             eternal
             life
             .
          
           Especially
           if
           you
           consider
           ,
           as
           the
           certainty
           of
           the
           dissolution
           of
           these
           Tabernacles
           ,
           so
           ,
           that
           death
           is
           daily
           stealing
           upon
           them
           ,
           as
           ruin
           upon
           an
           old
           building
           ;
           Here
           falls
           a
           Wall
           ,
           there
           a
           Door
           ;
           here
           a
           Tyle
           ,
           there
           a
           Rafter
           ,
           till
           at
           last
           the
           whole
           tumbles
           :
           Thus
           the
           dimness
           of
           thine
           Eye
           ,
           the
           deafness
           of
           thine
           Ears
           ,
           the
           trembling
           of
           thine
           Hand
           ,
           the
           stifness
           and
           coldness
           of
           thy
           Limbs
           ;
           all
           these
           tell
           thee
           ,
           Death
           and
           Dissolution
           steal
           upon
           thy
           Earthly
           house
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           and
           loudly
           call
           upon
           thee
           by
           Faith
           ,
           Repentance
           ,
           good
           Works
           ,
           and
           an
           holy
           Life
           ,
           to
           prepare
           for
           it
           :
           Remembring
           what
           horror
           and
           fear
           will
           seize
           upon
           our
           Souls
           ,
           when
           we
           behold
           Death
           coming
           or
           marching
           upon
           us
           ,
           
           Jehu-like
           ,
           furiously
           .
           Men
           may
           talk
           wantonly
           of
           Death
           ,
           and
           make
           a
           light
           matter
           of
           it
           ,
           while
           they
           think
           it
           at
           a
           great
           distance
           ;
           but
           when
           the
           Sun
           of
           Life
           grows
           low
           ,
           when
           sickness
           shakes
           their
           tabernacle
           ,
           when
           the
           shades
           of
           the
           
           Grave
           appear
           ,
           when
           (
           as
           the
           Wise
           man
           elegantly
           speaks
           ,
           Eccles.
           12.
           )
           
             Those
             that
             look
             out
             at
             the
             windows
             are
             darkned
             ,
             the
             strong
             men
             bow
             themselves
             ,
             the
             keepers
             of
             the
             house
             shall
             tremble
             ,
             the
             silver
             cord
             is
             loosed
             ,
             and
             the
             golden
             bowl
             broken
             ;
             when
             the
             mourners
          
           stand
           about
           our
           Beds
           .
           When
           the
           grim
           Serjeant
           Death
           lays
           one
           hand
           on
           their
           heads
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           other
           hand
           holds
           a
           Writ
           of
           remove
           ,
           that
           cannot
           be
           Reversed
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           are
           uncertain
           whither
           they
           must
           go
           ,
           and
           what
           place
           or
           state
           they
           shall
           have
           in
           the
           other
           World.
           Now
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           which
           seemed
           before
           but
           a
           trifle
           ,
           will
           appear
           the
           King
           of
           terrors
           to
           their
           doubting
           ,
           to
           their
           despairing
           and
           departing
           Souls
           .
           'T
           is
           a
           question
           that
           many
           ask
           when
           they
           are
           dying
           ,
           Whether
           they
           shall
           be
           saved
           or
           damned
           ?
           Whether
           they
           shall
           be
           happy
           or
           miserable
           ,
           when
           they
           go
           hence
           ?
           The
           resolution
           of
           which
           they
           never
           seriously
           minded
           while
           they
           lived
           ,
           and
           so
           continue
           uncertain
           in
           this
           great
           concern
           ,
           till
           Death
           resolve
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           entered
           upon
           that
           state
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           must
           abide
           to
           all
           Eternity
           ,
           be
           it
           a
           Paradice
           of
           Felicity
           ,
           or
           Dungeon
           of
           Misery
           .
           And
           this
           great
           uncertainty
           is
           that
           ,
           that
           makes
           the
           apprehensions
           of
           an
           approaching
           disfolution
           so
           exceeding
           formidable
           to
           them
           .
           How
           happy
           therefore
           are
           those
           persons
           ,
           who
           have
           made
           their
           future
           state
           so
           much
           their
           concern
           in
           life
           ,
           that
           with
           our
           Apostle
           they
           are
           able
           to
           say
           when
           Death
           comes
           ,
           
             We
             know
             when
             this
             earthly
             tabernacle
             is
             dissolved
             ,
             we
             have
             a
             building
             of
             God
             ,
             not
             made
             with
             hands
             ,
             eternal
             in
             the
             heavens
             .
          
           Which
           leads
           me
           ,
        
         
         
           2.
           
           To
           the
           Second
           General
           in
           the
           Text
           ;
           namely
           ,
           the
           Blessed
           Estate
           of
           the
           Faithful
           after
           this
           Life
           ,
           after
           the
           dissolution
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           expressed
           in
           these
           words
           —
           
             We
             have
             a
             building
             of
             God
             ,
             an
             house
             not
             made
             with
             hands
             ,
             eternal
             in
             the
             heavens
             .
          
           Of
           which
           briefly
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           you
           have
           the
           habitation
           or
           dwelling
           place
           of
           Faithful
           Souls
           ,
           of
           Saints
           departed
           ,
           set
           forth
           ,
           or
           commended
           to
           us
           by
           these
           specialities
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Efficient
           Cause
           ,
           or
           Founder
           of
           it
           ,
           God
           ,
           
             [
             a
             building
             of
             God
          
           ]
           the
           Great
           Jehovah
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           whose
           Glory
           and
           Greatness
           we
           cannot
           comprehend
           ,
           but
           only
           in
           his
           Works
           ,
           is
           the
           Builder
           of
           it
           .
           And
           as
           great
           men
           love
           to
           do
           things
           like
           themselves
           ,
           so
           doth
           God.
           If
           Ahasuerus
           make
           a
           Feast
           for
           his
           Nobles
           and
           Servants
           ,
           it
           shall
           be
           such
           as
           becomes
           a
           King.
           If
           the
           King
           of
           kings
           make
           an
           House
           ,
           an
           Habitation
           for
           his
           Servants
           ,
           and
           prepare
           Mansions
           of
           rest
           for
           his
           Children
           ,
           he
           acts
           like
           himself
           ,
           answerable
           to
           his
           Infinite
           Goodness
           ,
           Mercy
           ,
           and
           other
           Attributes
           .
           And
           what
           a
           goodly
           ,
           what
           a
           glorious
           Habitation
           must
           this
           House
           in
           the
           Heavens
           be
           ,
           which
           hath
           Infinite
           Wisdom
           to
           contrive
           it
           ,
           Infinite
           Power
           to
           erect
           it
           ,
           Infinite
           Treasure
           to
           inrich
           it
           ,
           Infinite
           Glory
           to
           beautify
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           Omnipotent
           God
           the
           Founder
           of
           it
           !
        
         
           2.
           
           'T
           is
           set
           out
           by
           the
           manner
           of
           its
           Framing
           ,
           Created
           
             [
             not
             made
             with
             hands
             ]
             :
          
           Termed
           an
           House
           ,
           1.
           
           For
           the
           Spaciousness
           of
           it
           ;
           not
           a
           Cottage
           ,
           but
           an
           House
           ;
           Room
           enough
           for
           the
           Inhabitants
           both
           for
           necessity
           and
           delight
           ;
           an
           House
           wherein
           there
           are
           
           many
           Mansions
           ,
           John
           14.
           2.
           
           Called
           an
           House
           ,
           2.
           
           For
           its
           conveniency
           ,
           for
           its
           security
           ;
           as
           a
           mans
           House
           is
           termed
           his
           Castle
           ,
           where
           he
           is
           safe
           from
           all
           assaults
           and
           dangers
           :
           such
           is
           this
           House
           of
           the
           Saints
           ,
           a
           place
           of
           security
           from
           all
           evils
           penal
           and
           sinful
           ,
           and
           from
           all
           Enemies
           bodily
           and
           ghostly
           .
           3.
           
           An
           House
           [
           
             not
             made
             with
             hands
          
           ]
           for
           its
           Glory
           and
           Excellency
           .
           Solomon's
           Temple
           was
           a
           glorious
           Building
           ,
           and
           so
           many
           other
           Buildings
           in
           the
           World
           are
           ;
           but
           not
           comparable
           to
           this
           ,
           because
           made
           with
           hands
           ,
           and
           so
           subject
           to
           ruin
           and
           decay
           .
           This
           being
           made
           without
           hands
           ,
           is
           perpetual
           :
           as
           far
           transcending
           all
           Earthly
           glory
           and
           happiness
           ,
           as
           the
           curious
           Frame
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           excels
           these
           Clayie
           Cottages
           made
           by
           men
           ,
           or
           made
           with
           hands
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Commended
           to
           us
           by
           the
           pleasant
           situation
           of
           it
           .
           It
           is
           situate
           or
           placed
           [
           
             in
             the
             heavens
          
           ]
           where
           God
           is
           ,
           where
           Christ
           is
           ,
           where
           the
           Holy
           Angels
           ,
           the
           Church
           of
           the
           first-born
           ,
           and
           spirits
           of
           just
           men
           made
           perfect
           ,
           are
           .
           Where
           there
           is
           Heavenly
           Manna
           ,
           the
           Tree
           of
           Life
           ,
           Rivers
           of
           Pleasures
           ,
           and
           variety
           of
           fresh
           and
           overflowing
           Delights
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           Inhabitants
           continually
           and
           compleatly
           happy
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           By
           the
           durableness
           of
           it
           ,
           [
           
             't
             is
             eternal
          
           ]
           not
           subject
           to
           decay
           or
           dissolution
           ,
           but
           everlasting
           .
           Our
           Saviour
           calls
           it
           ,
           
             a
             kingdom
             that
             cannot
             be
             shaken
          
           ;
           St.
           Peter
           ,
           
             an
             inheritance
             incorruptible
          
           ;
           and
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           here
           ,
           
             a
             building
             of
             God
             ,
             eternal
             .
          
           Other
           buildings
           ,
           be
           they
           never
           so
           strong
           and
           stately
           ,
           are
           subject
           to
           decay
           by
           storms
           ,
           by
           fire
           ,
           by
           age
           ;
           but
           This
           ,
           and
           all
           relating
           to
           it
           ,
           is
           Eternal
           ;
           the
           Builder
           of
           it
           Eternal
           ,
           the
           Inhabitants
           
           in
           it
           ,
           the
           Joys
           and
           Glories
           of
           it
           ,
           all
           Eternal
           .
           And
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           when
           we
           have
           searched
           and
           said
           all
           we
           can
           of
           this
           Glorious
           estate
           of
           the
           Saints
           hereafter
           ,
           the
           Joy
           ,
           the
           Life
           ,
           the
           Glory
           of
           all
           is
           this
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           Eternal
           .
           Heaven
           were
           no
           Heaven
           ,
           the
           happiness
           of
           it
           no
           happiness
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           not
           endless
           .
           Eternity
           is
           that
           ,
           that
           heightens
           all
           Miseries
           and
           all
           Mercies
           .
           'T
           is
           this
           makes
           Hell
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           torments
           of
           it
           so
           intolerable
           ,
           That
           they
           shall
           never
           end
           ,
           Mark
           9.
           44
           ,
           46
           ,
           48.
           
           And
           't
           is
           this
           sweetens
           all
           the
           Joys
           and
           Felicities
           of
           the
           Saints
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           everlasting
           :
           This
           't
           is
           makes
           this
           Building
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Habitation
           and
           Dwelling-place
           of
           Faithful
           Souls
           ,
           so
           pleasant
           and
           delightful
           ,
           That
           't
           is
           Eternal
           —
        
         
           5.
           
           And
           lastly
           ,
           That
           which
           is
           the
           chief
           of
           all
           ,
           you
           have
           here
           the
           Believers
           Right
           and
           Title
           to
           it
           ,
           [
           
             we
             know
          
           ]
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           the
           very
           top
           of
           Faith
           ;
           we
           are
           sure
           .
           As
           certainly
           assured
           by
           Faith
           ,
           that
           we
           shall
           have
           it
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           did
           now
           possess
           it
           .
           So
           sure
           is
           it
           ,
           so
           certain
           are
           we
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           Apostle
           speaks
           in
           the
           present
           Tense
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           not
           we
           shall
           have
           ,
           but
           we
           have
           an
           House
           not
           made
           with
           hands
           ,
           Eternal
           in
           the
           Heavens
           .
           Thus
           you
           have
           ,
           in
           the
           Terms
           and
           Epethites
           which
           the
           Apostle
           gives
           this
           Building
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           a
           shadow
           or
           glimpse
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           of
           that
           Blessed
           and
           Glorious
           Estate
           ,
           which
           the
           Faithful
           enjoy
           after
           this
           Life
           .
           The
           fulness
           whereof
           no
           Tongue
           can
           utter
           ,
           or
           Words
           express
           ;
           for
           ,
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             Eye
             hath
             not
             seen
             ,
             nor
             ear
             heard
             ,
             nor
             can
             it
             enter
             into
             the
             heart
             of
             man
             to
             conceive
             what
             things
             God
             hath
             prepared
             for
             them
             that
             love
             him
             .
          
        
         
         
           O!
           Who
           then
           would
           be
           an
           Atheist
           ,
           who
           would
           be
           irreligious
           or
           prophane
           ,
           and
           so
           at
           once
           cut
           himself
           off
           from
           all
           hopes
           of
           all
           this
           Glory
           !
           Surely
           Religion
           is
           not
           an
           idle
           ,
           empty
           Thing
           ,
           that
           brings
           such
           rewards
           to
           all
           the
           serious
           Professors
           and
           Practisers
           of
           it
           .
           'T
           is
           not
           in
           vain
           to
           be
           holy
           ,
           and
           to
           serve
           God
           in
           good
           earnest
           .
           
             There
             is
             a
             reward
             for
             the
             righteous
             ,
             and
             our
             labour
             in
             the
          
           
           
             Lord
             shall
             not
             be
             in
             vain
             to
             us
             .
          
           The
           wicked
           indeed
           ,
           may
           be
           said
           to
           have
           an
           house
           ,
           and
           an
           eternal
           house
           too
           ,
           prepared
           for
           them
           in
           another
           world
           ;
           but
           't
           is
           a
           sad
           one
           ,
           
             Tophet
             is
             prepared
             for
             them
             of
             old
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Prophet
           )
           
             the
             pile
             whereof
             is
             fire
             and
             much
             wood
             ,
             and
             the
             breath
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             as
             a
             river
             of
             brimstone
             ,
             continually
             kindling
             it
             .
          
           A
           state
           of
           Sorrow
           ,
           weeping
           and
           mourning
           for
           ever
           ,
           and
           ever
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           House
           or
           Dwelling-place
           of
           the
           Righteous
           hereafter
           ,
           is
           in
           the
           Heavens
           ,
           an
           House
           of
           Light
           ,
           of
           Joy
           and
           Rejoicing
           ,
           wherein
           they
           shall
           sing
           Praises
           and
           Hallelujahs
           to
           the
           Lamb
           ,
           that
           sits
           upon
           the
           Throne
           for
           evermore
           .
           O
           how
           should
           the
           belief
           and
           hope
           of
           this
           ,
           push
           us
           on
           to
           the
           greatest
           perfections
           of
           Holiness
           ,
           and
           severities
           in
           Religion
           ,
           if
           thereby
           we
           may
           attain
           to
           an
           assurance
           of
           our
           right
           to
           this
           heavenly
           Habitation
           !
           How
           should
           this
           make
           us
           contemn
           the
           world
           ,
           with
           all
           its
           inconsiderable
           nothings
           !
           How
           should
           this
           bear
           us
           up
           under
           ,
           and
           chearfully
           carry
           us
           through
           all
           Afflictions
           and
           Troubles
           ,
           all
           reproaches
           and
           scorns
           in
           this
           World
           !
           In
           a
           Word
           ,
           How
           should
           the
           hope
           and
           prospect
           of
           this
           Glory
           ,
           of
           this
           Coelestial
           Palace
           ,
           and
           Eternal
           life
           to
           come
           ,
           steal
           us
           against
           death
           ,
           vanquish
           from
           our
           souls
           all
           slavish
           fears
           of
           the
           dissolution
           of
           these
           bodies
           ,
           and
           
           moderate
           our
           Sorrow
           forour
           departed
           Frien
           ds
           and
           Relations
           ,
           who
           have
           given
           us
           any
           hopes
           that
           they
           have
           but
           changed
           this
           earthly
           house
           ,
           for
           that
           glorious
           Building
           of
           God
           ,
           Eternal
           in
           the
           Heavens
           ;
           where
           we
           hope
           one
           day
           to
           meet
           and
           enjoy
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           us
           ,
           without
           Sin
           ,
           Sorrow
           ,
           or
           Fear
           of
           parting
           more
           for
           ever
           and
           ever
           .
        
      
       
         
           I
           have
           said
           what
           I
           intended
           on
           the
           Text
           ;
           —
           But
           I
           have
           now
           another
           Subject
           to
           enter
           upon
           ,
           of
           which
           it
           is
           but
           fit
           and
           necessary
           somewhat
           be
           spoken
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           Sir
           
             HENRY
             JOHNSON
          
           ,
           whose
           Remains
           lye
           yet
           before
           us
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           I
           could
           be
           large
           ,
           but
           both
           the
           Time
           ,
           and
           the
           particular
           Acquaintance
           which
           most
           of
           you
           had
           with
           him
           ,
           commands
           Brevity
           .
           Nor
           is
           it
           so
           much
           my
           design
           in
           what
           I
           have
           to
           say
           ,
           to
           praise
           the
           Dead
           (
           whom
           our
           Praises
           can
           neither
           reach
           nor
           profit
           )
           as
           to
           provoke
           you
           that
           are
           living
           to
           imitate
           him
           in
           what
           is
           good
           and
           praise-worthy
           .
           And
           to
           let
           you
           see
           ,
           't
           is
           possible
           for
           a
           man
           to
           be
           great
           and
           good
           too
           .
        
         
         
           I
           shall
           omit
           to
           speak
           of
           him
           ,
           as
           he
           once
           stood
           in
           those
           Relations
           of
           an
           Husband
           ,
           Father
           or
           Friend
           ,
           in
           every
           of
           which
           there
           are
           many
           will
           testifie
           he
           deserved
           an
           Euge
           ;
           but
           shall
           consider
           him
           only
           as
           a
           Christian
           ;
           and
           here
           let
           his
           own
           works
           speak
           for
           him
           ,
           both
           living
           and
           dying
           .
           Some
           of
           which
           I
           shall
           set
           before
           you
           from
           my
           own
           Observation
           ;
           and
           others
           from
           credible
           and
           undoubted
           Information
           .
        
         
           All
           the
           Time
           I
           have
           known
           him
           ,
           (
           now
           near
           fourteen
           Years
           )
           I
           have
           observed
           him
           religiously
           inclined
           ;
           not
           only
           free
           from
           the
           gross
           debaucheries
           and
           sinful
           excesses
           of
           this
           Atheistical
           and
           corrupt
           Age
           ,
           wherein
           he
           lived
           ;
           from
           those
           open
           Vices
           and
           Immoralities
           ,
           which
           many
           of
           his
           rank
           are
           tainted
           with
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           at
           all
           ashamed
           of
           ;
           but
           very
           serious
           in
           his
           Discourses
           ,
           grave
           and
           exemplary
           in
           his
           whole
           deport
           .
           No
           encourager
           of
           Faction
           or
           Rebellion
           ;
           no
           friend
           to
           ,
           or
           favourer
           of
           Prophaneness
           or
           Irreligion
           ;
           but
           the
           contrary
           ,
           a
           Countenancer
           of
           Religion
           and
           Loyalty
           ;
           this
           I
           know
           .
           I
           doubt
           not
           to
           say
           (
           without
           fear
           of
           Controul
           )
           that
           Sir
           
             Henry
             Johnson
          
           was
           one
           ,
           who
           both
           
             feared
             God
             and
             honoured
             the
             King
          
           ;
           a
           pair
           of
           Vertues
           as
           inseparable
           as
           Commendable
           ,
           which
           I
           wish
           more
           were
           endued
           with
           ,
           that
           make
           as
           great
           a
           figure
           in
           the
           Word
           now
           ,
           as
           he
           once
           did
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           former
           of
           these
           ,
           his
           Religion
           towards
           God
           ,
           I
           need
           mention
           but
           this
           one
           Demonstration
           of
           it
           ;
           That
           commendable
           and
           Religious
           Order
           that
           he
           constantly
           kept
           up
           in
           his
           Family
           ,
           by
           Prayer
           ,
           reading
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           good
           Instructions
           to
           the
           members
           of
           it
           ,
           
           especially
           upon
           the
           Lords
           Day
           ,
           or
           Sundays
           ,
           which
           he
           was
           a
           strict
           observer
           of
           .
           This
           I
           my self
           have
           sometimes
           seen
           ;
           and
           those
           of
           his
           Houshold
           can
           bear
           Testimony
           to
           the
           truth
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           I
           have
           often
           heard
           him
           say
           ,
           that
           those
           Servants
           that
           would
           not
           submit
           to
           ,
           and
           comport
           with
           this
           Discipline
           ,
           were
           no
           servants
           for
           him
           (
           I
           wish
           more
           Gentlemen
           were
           of
           his
           mind
           )
           ;
           so
           that
           he
           seemed
           to
           have
           taken
           up
           Joshua's
           Resolution
           ;
           
             As
             for
             me
             and
             my
             house
             ,
             we
             will
             serve
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           As
           to
           his
           good
           works
           ,
           his
           pious
           and
           charitable
           deeds
           ,
           both
           in
           his
           Life
           ,
           and
           at
           his
           Death
           ,
           I
           presume
           not
           to
           give
           an
           exact
           Account
           of
           them
           from
           my
           own
           knowledg
           ,
           but
           as
           I
           am
           informed
           ;
           and
           in
           recounting
           these
           ,
           I
           know
           no
           reason
           why
           that
           charritable
           Act
           of
           his
           to
           the
           Poor
           of
           Wapping
           ,
           in
           the
           late
           dreadful
           Fire
           there
           ,
           may
           not
           be
           remembred
           ;
           Since
           many
           of
           you
           know
           he
           was
           the
           first
           and
           chief
           Mover
           to
           obtain
           a
           Contribution
           to
           their
           present
           necessities
           ,
           and
           (
           I
           know
           )
           a
           liberal
           donor
           thereto
           himself
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           great
           ,
           a
           publick
           good
           work
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           time
           of
           his
           life
           (
           for
           divers
           Years
           last
           past
           ,
           besides
           his
           most
           private
           acts
           of
           this
           nature
           )
           he
           every
           Sunday
           or
           Lords
           Day
           relieved
           Forty
           or
           Fifty
           poor
           Persons
           at
           his
           own
           house
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           with
           the
           Fragments
           of
           his
           own
           Table
           ;
           but
           with
           good
           and
           wholsome
           Diet
           provided
           on
           purpose
           for
           them
           ;
           and
           as
           he
           fed
           the
           poor
           in
           his
           life
           ,
           so
           he
           did
           not
           forget
           them
           at
           his
           Death
           ,
           having
           in
           his
           last
           Will
           bequeathed
           several
           Legacies
           to
           chairtable
           uses
           ;
           some
           of
           which
           I
           had
           an
           account
           of
           —
           As
           ,
           
             
             
               To
               Two
               Hospitals
               ,
               Christ-Church
               and
               Bridewell
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               Poor
               of
               
                 Trinity
                 House
              
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               Poor
               of
               the
               
                 East
                 India
              
               Alms-house
               in
               this
               Hamlet
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               Poor
               of
               Shipwrights
               Hall
               in
               Ratcliff
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               Erecting
               and
               maintaining
               of
               an
               Alms-House
               for
               six
               poor
               Persons
               in
               Blackwall
               .
            
             
               He
               hath
               also
               given
               Monies
               for
               the
               placing
               out
               of
               several
               Poor
               Children
               at
               Albrough
               in
               Suffolk
               ;
               and
               for
               the
               maintaining
               of
               a
               Weekly
               Lecture
               at
               Saxmundum
               in
               the
               same
               County
               .
            
          
        
         
           By
           these
           Charitable
           deeds
           he
           hath
           built
           his
           own
           Monument
           more
           lasting
           than
           those
           of
           Brass
           or
           Marble
           .
           And
           I
           wish
           every
           man
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           Divine
           Bounty
           hath
           liberally
           given
           the
           good
           things
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           would
           
             but
             go
             and
             do
             likewise
          
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           I
           shall
           commit
           him
           to
           his
           bed
           of
           rest
           ,
           when
           I
           have
           said
           this
           one
           thing
           more
           :
           That
           during
           his
           last
           long
           and
           tedious
           sickness
           (
           in
           which
           I
           was
           sevral
           times
           with
           him
           )
           he
           had
           many
           excellent
           expressions
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           state
           of
           his
           own
           
           Soul.
           I
           could
           mention
           divers
           ,
           and
           the
           occasions
           of
           them
           ,
           but
           then
           I
           should
           be
           tedious
           .
           I
           will
           only
           recall
           some
           spoken
           to
           my self
           .
        
         
           I
           bless
           God
           
             (
             saith
             he
          
           )
           for
           this
           affliction
           ;
           I
           would
           not
           have
           been
           without
           it
           for
           all
           the
           world
           .
           
             And
             again
             ,
             when
             I
             told
             him
             I
             should
             visit
             him
             oftner
             ,
             if
             his
             ilness
             would
             admit
             me
             :
             He
             replied
             ,
          
           I
           thank
           God
           I
           am
           never
           alone
           ,
           God
           is
           always
           with
           me
           ,
           and
           Christ
           is
           my
           Visitant
           ,
           who
           is
           above
           all
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           who
           (
           I
           trust
           )
           will
           work
           all
           in
           me
           ,
           and
           for
           me
           .
           
             He
             often
             spoke
             of
             the
             Vanity
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             (
             not
             withstanding
             the
             large
             share
             God
             had
             given
             him
             of
             it
             )
             declared
             himself
             willing
             to
             leave
             it
             :
             Adding
             this
             with
             great
             earnestness
             and
             vehemency
             of
             spirit
             (
             being
             sensible
             he
             was
             not
             wholly
             without
             enemies
             ;
             and
             what
             good
             man
             is
             ?
             )
          
           I
           sreely
           sorgive
           all
           the
           world
           .
           
             In
             a
             word
             ,
             When
             he
             received
             the
             Holy
             Sacrament
             ,
             which
             I
             administred
             to
             him
             in
             the
             time
             of
             his
             sickness
             ;
             as
             he
             received
             it
             with
             good
             devotion
             ,
             so
             he
             afterwards
             expressed
             himself
          
           very
           thankful
           to
           God
           for
           that
           opportunity
           ,
           blessing
           him
           for
           the
           refreshment
           he
           found
           in
           his
           soul
           by
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           could
           mention
           more
           expressions
           of
           this
           nature
           that
           fell
           from
           him
           ,
           but
           I
           forbear
           .
           These
           ,
           with
           the
           manner
           of
           his
           delivering
           them
           ,
           begot
           in
           me
           (
           I
           confess
           )
           a
           belief
           that
           he
           had
           upon
           his
           mind
           a
           real
           sense
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           a
           savoury
           relish
           of
           the
           great
           things
           of
           Eternity
           ;
           yea
           ,
           and
           an
           hope
           too
           of
           a
           better
           inheritance
           in
           the
           other
           World
           ,
           than
           he
           hath
           left
           behind
           him
           in
           this
           ,
           even
           of
           a
           building
           of
           God
           ,
           an
           
           house
           not
           made
           with
           hands
           ,
           eternal
           in
           the
           Heavens
           .
           To
           which
           blessed
           and
           glorious
           Estate
           ,
           God
           of
           his
           Infinite
           Mercy
           (
           in
           his
           due
           Time
           )
           bring
           every
           Soul
           of
           us
           ,
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           his
           Beloved
           Son
           ,
           who
           died
           for
           us
           ,
           Christ
           Jesus
           the
           Righteous
           :
           To
           whom
           with
           the
           Father
           and
           Holy
           Spirit
           ,
           be
           Glory
           for
           ever
           ,
           and
           every
           ,
        
         
           Amen
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ERRATA
        
         
           In
           the
           Epist.
           1.
           17.
           for
           gloss
           r.
           glose
           page
           11.
           l.
           7.
           for
           if
           r.
           of
           page
           13.
           l.
           4.
           for
           lato
           r.
           luto
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A53926-e300
           
             Hab.
             2.
             13.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             3.
             11.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             3.20
             .
          
           
             Joh.
             3.
             13.
             14.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             15.
             lat
             .
             end
             .