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             A funeral sermon upon the sad occasion of the death of Mordecai Abbott, Esq. preach'd the 17th of March 1699-1700 by John Piggott.
             Piggott, John, d. 1713.
             Abbott, Mordecai, d. 1700?
          
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               Mordecai
               Abbot
               Esq.
               
            
             
               Receiver
               Gen
               
               t.
               of
               his
               Ma
               ties
               .
               Custom
               
               s.
               Obijt
               29
               Feb.
               1699
               ▪
               Aetat
               .
               43.
               
            
             portrait of Mordecai Abbot
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           Funeral
           Sermon
           Upon
           the
           sad
           Occasion
           of
           the
           DEATH
           OF
           
             Mordecai
             Abbott
          
           
             Esq
          
           Preach'd
           the
           17th
           of
           March
           ,
           1699
           /
           1700.
           
        
         
           By
           
             JOHN
             PIGGOTT
          
           .
        
         
           
             Psal
             .
             89.
             48.
             
          
           What
           Man
           is
           he
           that
           liveth
           ,
           and
           shall
           not
           see
           Death
           ?
           Shall
           he
           deliver
           his
           Soul
           from
           the
           hand
           of
           the
           Grave
           ?
           Selah
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Dan.
             Brown
          
           without
           
             Temple-bar
             ,
             A.
             Bell
          
           in
           
             Cornhil
             ,
             E.
             Tracy
          
           on
           
           London-Bridg
           ,
           and
           
             M.
             Fabian
          
           at
           Mercers-Chappel
           in
           Cheapside
           .
           1700.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           
           To
           the
           Mournful
           Relict
           of
           
             Mordecai
             Abbott
          
           
             Esq
          
        
         
           
             MADAM
             ;
          
        
         
           THE
           following
           Sermon
           ,
           which
           was
           compos'd
           in
           a
           little
           time
           ,
           and
           when
           a
           great
           many
           other
           things
           of
           importance
           lay
           on
           my
           hands
           ,
           had
           never
           been
           expos'd
           to
           publick
           view
           ,
           had
           not
           You
           more
           than
           once
           press'd
           it
           upon
           me
           ,
           from
           the
           Affection
           I
           bore
           to
           your
           deceased
           Husband
           ,
           my
           very
           worthy
           and
           most
           agreeable
           Friend
           ;
           whose
           Name
           will
           
           be
           ever
           dear
           to
           me
           .
           But
           tho
           I
           am
           conscious
           it
           has
           many
           defects
           ,
           yet
           being
           design'd
           to
           celebrate
           his
           Memory
           ,
           I
           thought
           my self
           bound
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           Friendship
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Obligations
           of
           Duty
           ,
           to
           inscribe
           it
           to
           Your
           Name
           ,
           from
           whom
           I
           have
           receiv'd
           the
           most
           liberal
           and
           undeserv'd
           Favours
           .
           And
           tho
           it
           may
           in
           some
           sort
           renew
           your
           Sorrows
           ,
           yet
           I
           hope
           ,
           with
           the
           Blessing
           of
           God
           ,
           it
           will
           tend
           to
           restrain
           'em
           from
           excess
           .
        
         
           Madam
           ,
           You
           have
           all
           the
           assurance
           that
           you
           can
           have
           in
           this
           World
           of
           your
           late
           Consort
           's
           Happiness
           in
           the
           
           next
           ;
           he
           having
           only
           chang'd
           your
           pleasing
           ,
           but
           temporary
           Society
           ,
           for
           the
           endless
           Felicities
           of
           
           Abraham's
           Bosom
           .
        
         
           He
           has
           run
           his
           Christian
           Race
           ,
           and
           receiv'd
           his
           unfading
           Crown
           :
           he
           has
           pass'd
           through
           an
           ill-natur'd
           World
           with
           an
           unspotted
           Name
           ;
           for
           Envy
           it self
           could
           not
           stain
           his
           Character
           .
        
         
           May
           his
           Virtues
           live
           in
           his
           Childrens
           Memory
           ,
           and
           his
           Example
           in
           their
           Lives
           :
           May
           all
           the
           tender
           Branches
           of
           your
           hopeful
           Family
           become
           Plants
           of
           Renown
           ;
           may
           they
           tread
           in
           their
           Father's
           steps
           ,
           and
           serve
           their
           Father's
           God
           :
           
           And
           that
           You
           ,
           dear
           Madam
           ,
           may
           long
           continue
           with
           'em
           ,
           to
           awe
           and
           guide
           their
           Youth
           ,
           and
           to
           shed
           the
           Influences
           of
           your
           Virtues
           among
           'em
           ,
           is
           the
           unfeign'd
           desire
           of
           ,
        
         
           
             Madam
             ,
          
           
             Your
             very
             humble
             and
             oblig'd
             Servant
             ,
             JOHN
             PIGGOTT
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             1
             Thess
             .
             iv
             .
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             
               But
               I
               would
               not
               have
               you
               to
               be
               ignorant
               ,
               Brethren
               ,
               concerning
               them
               which
               are
               asleep
               ,
               that
               ye
               sorrow
               not
               ,
               even
               as
               others
               which
               have
               no
               hope
               .
            
             
               For
               if
               we
               believe
               that
               Jesus
               died
               and
               rose
               again
               ,
               even
               so
               them
               also
               which
               sleep
               in
               Jesus
               ,
               will
               God
               bring
               with
               him
               .
            
          
        
         
           THE
           melancholy
           Air
           that
           sits
           on
           every
           Countenance
           ,
           and
           the
           sad
           Solemnities
           that
           attend
           our
           meeting
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           give
           sufficient
           intimation
           of
           what
           I
           am
           come
           about
           :
           I
           need
           not
           tell
           you
           that
           't
           is
           to
           preach
           a
           Funeral
           Sermon
           ,
           and
           whose
           Death
           has
           given
           me
           the
           sorrowful
           occasion
           ;
           for
           the
           deceased
           
           Gentleman's
           Worth
           was
           so
           well
           known
           ,
           and
           the
           want
           of
           him
           is
           so
           much
           felt
           ,
           that
           the
           Court
           ,
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           are
           not
           a
           little
           sensible
           who
           't
           is
           that
           is
           ravish'd
           from
           '
           em
           .
        
         
           This
           sudden
           and
           surprizing
           Providence
           represents
           the
           frailty
           of
           Human
           Nature
           ,
           and
           the
           necessity
           of
           an
           early
           and
           constant
           Preparation
           
           for
           the
           other
           World
           :
           
             For
             this
             World
             and
             the
             fashion
             of
             it
             passes
             away
             .
          
           It
           s
           Glory
           and
           Inhabitants
           vanish
           in
           the
           twinkling
           of
           an
           eye
           .
           Lord
           ,
           how
           vain
           a
           thing
           is
           Man
           !
           how
           little
           is
           he
           to
           be
           accounted
           of
           ,
           seeing
           his
           Breath
           is
           in
           his
           Nostrils
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           stopt
           by
           a
           thousand
           Accidents
           ,
           and
           his
           Soul
           let
           out
           at
           the
           least
           pore
           of
           his
           Body
           .
        
         
           Yet
           so
           great
           is
           the
           Stupidity
           that
           has
           seiz'd
           on
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           most
           People
           are
           for
           putting
           the
           evil
           day
           far
           from
           'em
           ,
           as
           only
           fit
           to
           
           be
           thought
           on
           by
           the
           sick
           and
           the
           aged
           ;
           tho
           they
           know
           not
           what
           a
           day
           may
           bring
           forth
           ,
           and
           tho
           they
           cannot
           but
           be
           inform'd
           by
           the
           Records
           of
           the
           Grave
           that
           there
           are
           more
           drop
           into
           it
           in
           their
           full
           strength
           ,
           while
           their
           
             Bones
             are
          
           
           
             moistned
             with
             Marrow
          
           ,
           than
           there
           are
           that
           arrive
           to
           a
           good
           old
           Age
           before
           they
           make
           their
           Bed
           in
           darkness
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           there
           are
           none
           so
           wretchedly
           sceptical
           as
           to
           deny
           ,
           or
           disbelieve
           that
           they
           are
           mortal
           ,
           or
           that
           seriously
           think
           they
           shall
           never
           go
           to
           the
           House
           appointed
           for
           all
           living
           :
           yet
           the
           generality
           of
           the
           World
           live
           as
           if
           they
           were
           never
           to
           die
           ;
           and
           I
           confess
           of
           the
           two
           ,
           it
           seems
           to
           me
           a
           greater
           instance
           of
           Madness
           and
           Folly
           to
           think
           we
           shall
           die
           and
           not
           prepare
           for
           it
           ,
           than
           to
           imagine
           we
           are
           immortal
           ,
           and
           so
           uncapable
           
           of
           dying
           .
           So
           that
           upon
           the
           whole
           a
           Man
           cannot
           give
           a
           better
           Evidence
           of
           true
           Wisdom
           than
           by
           making
           his
           Preparation
           for
           Death
           the
           great
           business
           of
           his
           Life
           ;
           for
           Death
           we
           are
           sure
           will
           come
           ,
           but
           at
           what
           time
           we
           know
           not
           ,
           therefore
           't
           is
           the
           most
           reasonable
           thing
           in
           the
           World
           that
           we
           should
           be
           always
           ready
           .
        
         
           I
           little
           thought
           that
           he
           who
           was
           worshipping
           of
           God
           in
           this
           place
           this
           day
           month
           ,
           would
           so
           soon
           have
           sunk
           down
           to
           the
           Dust
           of
           Death
           ;
           and
           indeed
           God
           only
           knows
           which
           of
           us
           shall
           take
           the
           next
           turn
           to
           the
           Sepulchre
           .
           I
           know
           't
           is
           impossible
           to
           mention
           this
           ,
           but
           there
           will
           be
           a
           very
           strong
           Emotion
           in
           most
           Minds
           ;
           to
           calm
           which
           a
           recourse
           to
           my
           Text
           is
           the
           most
           proper
           Remedy
           that
           I
           know
           of
           .
        
         
           For
           I
           would
           not
           have
           you
           to
           be
           ignorant
           ,
           Brethren
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
         
           'T
           is
           not
           improbable
           but
           that
           the
           Death
           of
           some
           Persons
           in
           the
           Thessalonian
           Church
           might
           occasion
           St.
           Paul
           to
           address
           himself
           to
           the
           Survivors
           (
           as
           in
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Text
           )
           that
           he
           might
           arm
           'em
           against
           the
           fears
           of
           Death
           ,
           and
           moderate
           their
           excessive
           mourning
           for
           the
           Dead
           .
           In
           the
           words
           I
           observe
           these
           three
           Parts
           .
        
         
           I.
           The
           Apostle's
           extraordinary
           care
           to
           inform
           the
           Thessalonian
           Christians
           concerning
           the
           state
           of
           their
           dead
           Friends
           :
           
             But
             I
             would
             not
             have
             you
             to
             be
             ignorant
             ,
             Brethren
             ,
             concerning
             them
             that
             are
             asleep
             .
          
        
         
           II.
           A
           Disswasive
           from
           immoderate
           Sorrow
           upon
           the
           Death
           of
           those
           that
           are
           pious
           ;
           
             That
             ye
             sorrow
             not
             even
             as
             others
             that
             have
             no
             hope
             .
          
        
         
         
           III.
           The
           Arguments
           the
           Apostle
           uses
           to
           prevent
           excessive
           mourning
           for
           the
           dead
           in
           Christ
           .
           The
           first
           is
           taken
           from
           the
           nature
           of
           their
           Death
           ,
           't
           is
           described
           under
           the
           soft
           Character
           of
           a
           Sleep
           .
           The
           second
           is
           fetch'd
           from
           what
           shall
           follow
           this
           Sleep
           ,
           they
           shall
           be
           awaken'd
           in
           the
           morning
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           ,
           
             those
             that
             sleep
             in
             Jesus
             will
             God
             bring
             with
             him
          
           ;
           which
           the
           Apostle
           not
           only
           asserts
           ,
           but
           proves
           :
           For
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           
             if
             we
             believe
             that
             Jesus
             died
             and
             rose
             again
             ,
             q.
             d.
          
           If
           there
           be
           any
           solid
           reason
           for
           our
           believing
           the
           Death
           and
           Resurrection
           of
           Christ
           ,
           then
           we
           have
           an
           infallible
           assurance
           of
           the
           revival
           of
           all
           that
           die
           united
           to
           him
           :
           
             Those
             that
             sleep
             in
             Jesus
             ,
             will
             God
             bring
             with
             him
             .
          
        
         
         
           I
           shall
           briefly
           treat
           of
           these
           three
           General
           Heads
           ,
           and
           then
           make
           some
           Application
           sutable
           to
           my
           Text
           ,
           and
           the
           solemn
           and
           sad
           occasion
           of
           discoursing
           from
           it
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Apostle's
           extraordinary
           care
           to
           inform
           the
           Thessalonian
           Christians
           concerning
           the
           state
           of
           their
           deceased
           Friends
           .
           
             But
             I
             would
             not
             have
             you
             to
             be
             ignorant
             ,
             Brethren
             ,
             concerning
             them
             which
             are
             asleep
             .
          
           These
           words
           seem
           to
           import
           ,
           that
           the
           Apostle
           apprehended
           divers
           of
           these
           Christians
           to
           be
           under
           some
           mistakes
           with
           respect
           to
           their
           dead
           Friends
           :
           And
           't
           is
           thought
           that
           their
           Persecutors
           had
           shock'd
           'em
           in
           their
           Faith
           about
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Body
           .
           For
           we
           know
           that
           the
           Greek
           Philosophers
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Sadduces
           among
           the
           Jews
           ,
           did
           explode
           and
           ridicule
           this
           great
           Doctrine
           ,
           
           which
           they
           perform'd
           with
           so
           much
           art
           and
           subtilty
           ,
           that
           some
           Members
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           doubted
           ,
           whilst
           others
           affirm'd
           there
           was
           no
           Resurrection
           .
           And
           this
           seems
           to
           be
           the
           occasion
           of
           their
           excessive
           Sorrow
           ,
           they
           looking
           upon
           their
           dead
           Friends
           not
           only
           as
           remov'd
           out
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           but
           as
           lost
           for
           ever
           (
           as
           to
           their
           Bodies
           at
           least
           .
           )
           And
           their
           Persecutors
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           increase
           their
           Infidelity
           and
           their
           Sorrow
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           when
           they
           put
           the
           Christians
           to
           death
           for
           the
           Cause
           of
           Christ
           ,
           did
           it
           in
           such
           ways
           as
           might
           have
           the
           appearance
           at
           least
           of
           destroying
           and
           annihilating
           the
           Matter
           that
           compos'd
           their
           Bodies
           :
           Sometimes
           committing
           'em
           to
           the
           Flames
           ,
           and
           scattering
           their
           Ashes
           in
           the
           Air
           and
           in
           Rivers
           ,
           that
           their
           surviving
           Friends
           might
           
           conclude
           it
           was
           impossible
           they
           should
           ever
           rise
           again
           :
           At
           other
           times
           they
           were
           devour'd
           by
           wild
           Beasts
           ,
           or
           else
           thrown
           as
           a
           Prey
           to
           the
           Fish
           of
           the
           Sea
           ;
           and
           all
           this
           to
           suppress
           the
           belief
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           .
        
         
           Now
           whether
           these
           Enemies
           to
           the
           Christian
           Doctrine
           did
           imagin
           by
           these
           methods
           to
           annihilate
           the
           Matter
           of
           the
           Human
           Body
           ,
           or
           so
           to
           scatter
           or
           confound
           these
           Particles
           of
           Dust
           ,
           as
           to
           render
           it
           impossible
           for
           God
           to
           recollect
           and
           range
           'em
           in
           their
           due
           place
           and
           order
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           compose
           the
           same
           Human
           Body
           ,
           't
           is
           equally
           absurd
           .
           The
           former
           is
           very
           unphilosophical
           ,
           for
           't
           is
           impossible
           by
           any
           method
           in
           the
           World
           to
           annihilate
           Matter
           :
           indeed
           its
           form
           may
           be
           destroy'd
           ,
           and
           it
           may
           receive
           a
           variety
           of
           new
           Figures
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           differently
           modified
           ten
           
           thousand
           times
           ,
           but
           cannot
           be
           annihilated
           by
           the
           Arts
           of
           any
           Creature
           under
           Heaven
           .
           With
           respect
           to
           the
           latter
           ,
           't
           is
           impious
           and
           atheistical
           ,
           for
           it
           supposes
           a
           defect
           either
           in
           the
           Knowledg
           or
           Power
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           both
           ;
           which
           is
           as
           vain
           as
           to
           say
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           God
           :
           for
           we
           cannot
           frame
           a
           becoming
           Idea
           of
           a
           Deity
           ,
           without
           conceiving
           him
           clothed
           with
           every
           Perfection
           ,
           and
           as
           possessing
           of
           'em
           infinitely
           .
           So
           that
           allowing
           there
           is
           such
           a
           Being
           as
           God
           ,
           that
           is
           Omniscient
           and
           Almighty
           ,
           't
           is
           as
           rational
           to
           believe
           he
           can
           recollect
           these
           dispersed
           Atoms
           again
           ,
           as
           unite
           'em
           in
           their
           first
           Production
           :
           for
           all
           things
           are
           possible
           to
           God
           ,
           who
           can
           ,
           if
           he
           please
           ,
           impress
           a
           kind
           of
           natural
           force
           upon
           the
           disunited
           Parts
           ,
           and
           cause
           'em
           to
           move
           to
           one
           another
           ,
           as
           readily
           as
           the
           
           filings
           of
           Iron
           to
           a
           Loadstone
           ,
           tho
           mingled
           with
           millions
           of
           Particles
           of
           Sand.
           
        
         
           The
           infinite
           Knowledg
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           irresistible
           Power
           of
           God
           ,
           answers
           all
           Objections
           against
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Body
           ;
           the
           same
           Being
           having
           plighted
           his
           Faithfulness
           for
           this
           Event
           ,
           promising
           that
           the
           Dead
           shall
           be
           raised
           .
           And
           this
           is
           one
           great
           Doctrine
           which
           St.
           Paul
           in
           the
           Text
           aims
           to
           set
           in
           a
           clear
           and
           certain
           light
           ,
           that
           the
           Thessalonians
           who
           seem'd
           to
           be
           shaken
           ,
           might
           be
           confirm'd
           in
           their
           belief
           of
           this
           important
           Article
           of
           the
           Christian
           Creed
           :
           
             Brethren
             ,
             I
             would
             not
             have
             you
             to
             be
             ignorant
             concerning
             them
             that
             are
             asleep
             —
             for
             them
             that
             sleep
             in
             Jesus
             will
             God
             bring
             with
             him
             :
             q.
             d.
          
           't
           is
           true
           ,
           your
           Friends
           are
           fallen
           asleep
           ,
           but
           't
           is
           not
           an
           eternal
           one
           ,
           for
           they
           shall
           be
           awaken'd
           
           from
           it
           ;
           they
           are
           dead
           ,
           but
           they
           shall
           revive
           and
           rise
           again
           ;
           for
           God
           our
           Saviour
           shall
           bring
           them
           with
           him
           ,
           when
           he
           comes
           in
           the
           Clouds
           of
           Heaven
           .
           Here
           I
           might
           make
           several
           very
           profitable
           Remarks
           upon
           the
           Apostle's
           care
           to
           correct
           and
           remove
           the
           Mistakes
           those
           Christians
           had
           imbibed
           to
           whom
           he
           wrote
           ,
           but
           my
           time
           will
           not
           suffer
           me
           to
           stay
           upon
           this
           Head.
           I
           proceed
           therefore
           to
           the
        
         
           II.
           General
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           disswasive
           from
           immoderate
           Sorrow
           upon
           the
           death
           of
           those
           that
           are
           pious
           .
           
             I
             would
             not
             have
             you
             to
             be
             ignorant
             ,
             Brethren
             ,
             concerning
             them
             which
             are
             asleep
             ,
             that
             ye
             sorrow
             not
             even
             as
             others
             that
             have
             no
             hope
             .
          
           The
           design
           of
           these
           words
           is
           very
           obvious
           ,
           viz.
           to
           temper
           our
           Grief
           ,
           to
           regulate
           and
           bound
           our
           Sorrows
           
           for
           those
           religious
           Friends
           that
           are
           snatch'd
           from
           us
           by
           Death
           .
           St.
           Paul
           does
           not
           disswade
           from
           all
           kind
           of
           mourning
           ,
           but
           from
           that
           which
           is
           excessive
           ;
           a
           moderate
           Sorrow
           is
           due
           to
           the
           Memory
           of
           our
           deceased
           Friends
           .
        
         
           And
           we
           find
           some
           ,
           whose
           Characters
           shine
           brightest
           in
           the
           Scripture-History
           ,
           under
           a
           Cloud
           of
           Sorrow
           ,
           when
           their
           Relations
           have
           been
           remov'd
           by
           Death
           ;
           yet
           't
           is
           no
           where
           that
           I
           know
           of
           charg'd
           upon
           'em
           as
           a
           Crime
           that
           they
           wept
           for
           the
           Dead
           .
           Abraham
           ,
           who
           has
           an
           honourable
           mention
           among
           the
           Old
           Testament-Worthies
           for
           his
           great
           Self-denial
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           strength
           of
           his
           Faith
           ,
           in
           being
           ready
           to
           offer
           up
           his
           only
           Son
           at
           the
           Divine
           Command
           ,
           yet
           gave
           a
           vent
           to
           his
           Grief
           ,
           and
           pour'd
           out
           a
           flood
           of
           Tears
           when
           Sarah
           the
           delight
           of
           
           his
           Eyes
           was
           taken
           away
           with
           a
           
           stroke
           :
           and
           Abraham
           
             came
             to
             mourn
             for
          
           Sarah
           ,
           
             and
             wept
             for
             her
          
           .
        
         
           
           And
           Job
           ,
           that
           mirror
           of
           Patience
           and
           Probity
           ,
           that
           had
           none
           like
           him
           in
           the
           Earth
           ,
           as
           God
           himself
           testifies
           to
           Satan
           ,
           yet
           ,
           as
           
           we
           read
           ,
           
             rent
             his
             Mantle
             ,
             shav'd
             his
             Head
             ,
             fell
             upon
             his
             face
             to
             the
             ground
             ,
          
           when
           he
           heard
           of
           the
           death
           of
           his
           Children
           ;
           these
           were
           the
           Ceremonies
           then
           in
           use
           as
           the
           signs
           of
           a
           deep
           mourning
           :
           yet
           we
           are
           
           told
           ,
           
             that
             in
             all
             this
             he
             sinned
             not
             ,
             nor
             charged
             God
             foolishly
             .
          
        
         
           But
           that
           Instance
           which
           is
           best
           suted
           to
           my
           purpose
           ,
           and
           free
           even
           from
           the
           suspicion
           of
           a
           Crime
           ,
           is
           that
           of
           our
           blessed
           Saviour
           ,
           who
           tho
           never
           guilty
           of
           the
           least
           Excess
           ,
           yet
           joins
           with
           the
           Jews
           in
           their
           Sorrow
           for
           Lazarus
           ;
           for
           when
           he
           saw
           Mary
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           attended
           
           her
           ,
           weeping
           for
           her
           dead
           Brother
           ,
           the
           Text
           says
           ,
           
             he
             groaned
             in
             the
          
           
           
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             was
             troubled
          
           ;
           but
           when
           he
           came
           nearer
           to
           the
           Grave
           ,
           his
           Grief
           flow'd
           out
           at
           his
           Eyes
           ,
           for
           the
           blessed
           Jesus
           is
           said
           to
           have
           
           wept
           .
           Now
           whatever
           might
           be
           the
           occasion
           of
           his
           Grief
           ,
           whether
           his
           love
           to
           Lazarus
           ,
           or
           the
           Jews
           Infidelity
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           reason
           ,
           't
           is
           plain
           that
           those
           that
           stood
           about
           the
           Grave
           took
           it
           in
           the
           first
           sense
           ,
           therefore
           they
           presently
           cry
           out
           ,
           
             Behold
             how
             he
             loved
             him
          
           
           .
        
         
           Thus
           you
           see
           from
           the
           brightest
           Examples
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           a
           moderate
           Sorrow
           for
           the
           dead
           is
           allowable
           .
           Moreover
           ,
           let
           me
           remark
           ,
           that
           the
           contrary
           Carriage
           under
           the
           loss
           of
           our
           Friends
           would
           look
           like
           a
           Contempt
           of
           the
           Divine
           Hand
           ;
           for
           as
           we
           are
           not
           to
           faint
           under
           the
           Rebukes
           ,
           so
           we
           are
           not
           to
           despise
           the
           
           Chastening
           of
           the
           Lord.
           The
           
           wise
           Man
           tells
           us
           that
           there
           is
           a
           time
           to
           mourn
           and
           a
           time
           to
           weep
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           for
           other
           things
           ;
           certainly
           it
           cannot
           be
           an
           unfit
           season
           to
           weep
           ,
           when
           God
           takes
           away
           our
           pious
           Friends
           ,
           that
           have
           been
           eminently
           useful
           ,
           and
           publick
           Blessings
           to
           a
           Nation
           .
           And
           't
           is
           observable
           how
           the
           Prophet
           complains
           of
           the
           gross
           Stupidity
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           who
           were
           insensible
           under
           the
           signs
           of
           the
           Divine
           Displeasure
           ;
           
           
             The
             righteous
             perisheth
             ,
             and
             no
             man
             layeth
             it
             to
             heart
             .
          
           And
           we
           find
           also
           that
           't
           is
           threatened
           as
           a
           
           Judgment
           when
           any
           die
           without
           being
           lamented
           ;
           yea
           ,
           't
           is
           said
           to
           
           be
           the
           
             Portion
             of
             the
             wicked
             from
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Heritage
             of
             the
             Oppressor
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             cut
             off
             ,
             and
             their
             Widows
             shall
             not
             weep
             .
          
           So
           that
           upon
           the
           whole
           't
           is
           very
           evident
           that
           St.
           Paul
           in
           my
           Text
           has
           no
           design
           ,
           
           in
           his
           Disswasive
           from
           immoderate
           Sorrow
           ,
           to
           recommend
           the
           Stoical
           Apathy
           ;
           for
           the
           Rules
           of
           the
           Christian
           Institution
           have
           no
           tendency
           to
           eradicate
           our
           Passions
           ,
           but
           to
           correct
           and
           govern
           '
           em
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           I
           cannot
           but
           remark
           ,
           that
           what
           has
           been
           said
           casts
           no
           favourable
           Aspect
           on
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Stoick
           Philosophers
           ,
           which
           teaches
           that
           Men
           are
           to
           stifle
           all
           natural
           Affections
           both
           of
           Joy
           and
           Sorrow
           ;
           that
           no
           outward
           Emoluments
           should
           move
           the
           Affection
           of
           Joy
           ;
           and
           that
           a
           Person
           should
           be
           as
           easy
           and
           as
           free
           from
           the
           passion
           of
           Grief
           in
           a
           violent
           Paroxism
           of
           the
           Gout
           or
           Stone
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           were
           in
           perfect
           health
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           most
           ravishing
           Delights
           .
           'T
           is
           reported
           of
           Possidonius
           a
           Stoick
           Philosopher
           ,
           who
           passed
           a
           great
           part
           of
           his
           Life
           under
           very
           acute
           Diseases
           ,
           that
           
           being
           visited
           by
           Pompey
           at
           Rhodes
           ,
           he
           entertain'd
           him
           with
           a
           Philosophical
           Discourse
           ;
           and
           when
           his
           Pains
           were
           the
           most
           sharp
           and
           violent
           ,
           he
           chid
           'em
           in
           such
           Language
           as
           this
           :
           *
           
             In
             vain
             dost
             thou
             assault
             me
             ,
             Pain
             ;
             tho
             thou
             art
             troublesom
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             never
             force
             me
             to
             confess
             thou
             art
             evil
             .
          
           Indeed
           could
           the
           pomp
           of
           words
           abate
           our
           painful
           Sensations
           ,
           there
           would
           be
           some
           shew
           of
           reason
           in
           this
           Philosopher's
           method
           ;
           but
           since
           the
           contrary
           is
           evident
           by
           universal
           Experience
           ,
           't
           was
           an
           instance
           of
           great
           Pride
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           ridiculous
           Folly.
           And
           't
           is
           worth
           remarking
           ,
           that
           the
           greatest
           Masters
           in
           this
           Philosophy
           ,
           when
           they
           fell
           into
           sharp
           Adversity
           ,
           suddenly
           sunk
           into
           such
           deep
           Despair
           and
           
           Impatience
           ,
           that
           they
           laid
           violent
           hands
           upon
           themselves
           .
           I
           need
           only
           name
           Cato
           and
           Brutus
           ,
           the
           most
           eminent
           among
           'em
           ,
           who
           (
           as
           one
           observes
           )
           
             professing
             themselves
             to
             be
             wise
             in
             their
             Speculations
             ,
             became
             Fools
             in
             Practice
             ,
             and
             were
             confounded
             with
             all
             their
             Philosophy
             ,
             when
             they
             should
             have
             made
             use
             of
             it
             .
          
           Which
           brings
           to
           my
           mind
           a
           Passage
           I
           have
           read
           of
           Seneca
           ,
           who
           was
           not
           a
           little
           inclin'd
           to
           the
           Stoick
           Philosophy
           ;
           who
           tells
           us
           that
           at
           the
           death
           of
           his
           dear
           Friend
           
             Annaeus
             Serenus
          
           ,
           he
           *
           was
           found
           of
           the
           number
           of
           those
           whom
           Grief
           overcame
           .
           Upon
           which
           one
           remarks
           ;
           
             That
             Nature
             was
             too
             strong
             for
             his
             Philosophy
             ,
             tho
             at
             other
             
             times
             none
             outbraves
             the
             Misfortunes
             of
             Life
             ,
             or
             the
             Terrors
             of
             Death
             at
             a
             higher
             rate
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             not
             the
             least
             power
             to
             move
             his
             wise
             Man.
             
          
           So
           that
           upon
           the
           whole
           we
           see
           the
           insufficiency
           of
           Philosophick
           Axioms
           to
           support
           a
           Mind
           overwhelm'd
           with
           Sorrow
           ;
           but
           that
           which
           Philosophy
           has
           vainly
           attempted
           ,
           Divine
           Revelation
           has
           fully
           compleated
           and
           finish'd
           ,
           as
           will
           be
           evident
           when
           I
           consider
           the
           Arguments
           St.
           Paul
           uses
           in
           the
           Text
           to
           disswade
           from
           mourning
           as
           those
           that
           have
           no
           hope
           .
        
         
           But
           before
           I
           touch
           upon
           them
           ,
           I
           must
           be
           a
           little
           more
           particular
           in
           this
           other
           matter
           .
           I
           have
           already
           told
           you
           what
           kind
           of
           Sorrow
           for
           the
           dead
           the
           Scripture
           indulges
           ;
           but
           that
           which
           is
           without
           hope
           ,
           you
           see
           our
           Text
           
           condemns
           .
           Now
           our
           mourning
           may
           fall
           under
           this
           Character
           ;
        
         
           First
           ,
           When
           't
           is
           excessive
           in
           the
           measure
           and
           degree
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           In
           the
           length
           and
           continuance
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           When
           't
           is
           excessive
           in
           the
           measure
           and
           degree
           ,
           as
           it
           may
           be
           deem'd
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           When
           our
           Sorrows
           are
           vented
           in
           impatient
           Murmurs
           and
           indecent
           Reflections
           upon
           the
           Conduct
           of
           Divine
           Providence
           ;
           as
           if
           when
           our
           Friends
           are
           taken
           from
           our
           Society
           ,
           God
           had
           done
           an
           unjust
           ,
           an
           unmerciful
           ,
           or
           an
           unwise
           Act.
           This
           is
           very
           criminal
           ,
           for
           hereby
           we
           affront
           him
           in
           his
           moral
           Perfections
           ,
           and
           seem
           to
           dispute
           with
           him
           about
           the
           Rights
           of
           his
           Godhead
           ,
           forgetting
           that
           he
           is
           our
           absolute
           Soveraign
           ,
           
           and
           has
           an
           original
           and
           unalienable
           Right
           in
           us
           and
           ours
           .
           For
           as
           it
           was
           merely
           an
           Act
           of
           his
           choice
           to
           give
           us
           a
           Being
           ,
           all
           his
           subsequent
           Bounties
           can
           have
           no
           other
           Original
           than
           his
           own
           good
           pleasure
           .
           And
           since
           he
           bestows
           his
           Favours
           upon
           us
           without
           our
           merit
           ,
           he
           may
           justly
           when
           he
           pleases
           recal
           'em
           without
           our
           leave
           ;
           for
           his
           fundamental
           right
           in
           us
           and
           our
           Friends
           ,
           skreens
           him
           from
           the
           least
           shadow
           of
           Injustice
           ,
           when
           by
           Death
           he
           removes
           them
           from
           us
           .
           So
           that
           if
           while
           we
           are
           mourning
           for
           our
           deceas'd
           Friends
           ,
           we
           permit
           our
           Passions
           to
           mutiny
           so
           as
           to
           utter
           any
           unbecoming
           Reflections
           on
           the
           Skilfulness
           of
           the
           Divine
           Hand
           ,
           't
           is
           a
           strong
           evidence
           that
           our
           Sorrows
           are
           too
           excessive
           .
        
         
         
           
             And
             this
             kind
             of
             Excess
             and
             Impatience
             seems
             to
             have
             overcome
          
           David
           ,
           
             when
             in
             the
             most
             mournful
             Accents
             ,
             and
             in
             an
             uncommon
             strain
             ,
             he
             laments
             the
             tragical
             end
             of
             his
             rebellious
             Son
          
           Absalom
           ,
           
             as
             the
             Text
             informs
             us
          
           :
           The
           King
           was
           much
           mov'd
           ,
           and
           went
           
           up
           to
           the
           Chamber
           over
           the
           Gate
           ,
           and
           wept
           :
           and
           as
           he
           went
           ,
           thus
           he
           said
           ,
           O
           my
           Son
           Absalom
           ,
           my
           Son
           ,
           my
           Son
           Absalom
           !
           would
           God
           I
           had
           died
           for
           thee
           ,
           O
           Absalom
           ,
           my
           Son
           ,
           my
           Son
           !
           But
           ,
        
         
           2.
           
           We
           sorrow
           like
           those
           without
           hope
           ,
           when
           our
           Grief
           does
           so
           ruffle
           our
           Minds
           and
           enfeeble
           our
           Bodies
           ,
           as
           to
           render
           us
           uncapable
           to
           discharge
           the
           special
           Duties
           of
           our
           Relation
           and
           Place
           ,
           and
           to
           exercise
           those
           Graces
           which
           are
           eminently
           useful
           ,
           and
           very
           necessary
           to
           be
           called
           forth
           into
           act
           in
           a
           time
           of
           solemn
           mourning
           
           
           
           
           
           and
           deep
           sadness
           .
           If
           the
           Mind
           be
           greatly
           pensive
           ,
           and
           thrown
           into
           a
           convulsive
           Agony
           ,
           and
           do
           long
           continue
           so
           ,
           sadness
           and
           disorder
           will
           appear
           in
           the
           Countenance
           ;
           for
           the
           Laws
           of
           Union
           betwixt
           Body
           and
           Soul
           are
           so
           strict
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           impossible
           for
           the
           Faculties
           of
           the
           Mind
           to
           be
           indispos'd
           ,
           but
           the
           Organs
           of
           the
           Body
           will
           be
           sensible
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           suffer
           by
           it
           .
           For
           as
           any
           injury
           done
           to
           the
           Body
           occasions
           painful
           Sensations
           in
           the
           Mind
           ,
           so
           a
           violent
           hurry
           of
           the
           Powers
           and
           Passions
           of
           the
           Soul
           will
           soon
           abate
           the
           strength
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           which
           while
           it
           declines
           and
           languishes
           ,
           increases
           the
           disorder
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           so
           that
           by
           an
           unaccountable
           Sympathy
           they
           become
           partners
           in
           each
           others
           Sorrows
           ,
           and
           mutually
           hinder
           the
           performance
           of
           holy
           Duties
           ,
           and
           
           the
           exercise
           of
           Faith
           ,
           Hope
           ,
           and
           Patience
           :
           for
           the
           mutiny
           of
           our
           Passions
           sends
           up
           such
           Vapours
           as
           thicken
           into
           a
           Cloud
           ,
           which
           sitting
           on
           the
           Understanding
           ,
           do
           so
           confound
           the
           Apprehension
           ,
           both
           with
           regard
           to
           the
           actings
           of
           these
           Graces
           ,
           and
           the
           Objects
           upon
           which
           they
           are
           to
           terminate
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           like
           a
           musical
           Instrument
           that
           is
           unstrung
           ,
           and
           so
           unfit
           for
           use
           .
           Indeed
           there
           is
           no
           time
           more
           proper
           for
           the
           acting
           our
           suffering
           Graces
           than
           a
           day
           of
           gloom
           and
           thick
           darkness
           .
           But
           alas
           !
           this
           cannot
           be
           perform'd
           while
           the
           Mind
           is
           under
           Confusion
           and
           Horror
           ,
           and
           the
           animal
           Spirits
           exhausted
           by
           continual
           sighing
           :
           Therefore
           when
           we
           give
           so
           large
           a
           vent
           to
           our
           Sorrows
           ,
           as
           to
           impair
           the
           health
           of
           our
           Bodies
           ,
           and
           impede
           the
           exercise
           of
           our
           Graces
           ,
           
           we
           sorrow
           like
           those
           that
           have
           no
           hope
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           When
           our
           Grief
           for
           our
           deceased
           Friends
           is
           greater
           than
           for
           those
           Sins
           which
           might
           be
           the
           occasion
           of
           God's
           removing
           'em
           so
           suddenly
           from
           us
           .
           There
           is
           hardly
           any
           afflictive
           Providence
           but
           is
           properly
           a
           Reproof
           and
           Correction
           for
           Sin.
           Now
           if
           the
           smart
           of
           our
           Afflictions
           gives
           a
           deeper
           accent
           to
           our
           Sorrow
           than
           the
           guilt
           of
           our
           Sins
           ;
           if
           we
           are
           more
           griev'd
           for
           the
           loss
           of
           our
           Friend
           than
           for
           the
           visible
           tokens
           of
           the
           Divine
           Anger
           ,
           then
           our
           mourning
           is
           criminal
           .
           Indeed
           that
           Person
           must
           be
           very
           Stoical
           that
           can
           bear
           the
           loss
           of
           an
           agreeable
           Friend
           ,
           without
           dropping
           a
           few
           Tears
           ,
           and
           sending
           some
           Sighs
           after
           him
           ;
           but
           he
           is
           no
           less
           to
           blame
           ,
           that
           can
           conceive
           a
           greater
           Sorrow
           in
           his
           Soul
           for
           the
           loss
           of
           
           an
           outward
           Comfort
           ,
           than
           for
           Sin
           the
           sad
           cause
           of
           God's
           snatching
           it
           from
           him
           .
           Moreover
           ,
           't
           is
           a
           certain
           sign
           that
           God
           was
           not
           valu'd
           by
           such
           a
           one
           as
           the
           supreme
           ,
           all-comprehending
           Good
           ,
           if
           any
           temporal
           loss
           does
           more
           afflict
           his
           Soul
           than
           the
           Sins
           that
           occasion'd
           it
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           We
           sorrow
           as
           those
           without
           hope
           for
           our
           departed
           Friends
           ,
           when
           our
           Grief
           is
           more
           pungent
           and
           afflictive
           for
           the
           loss
           of
           them
           ,
           than
           for
           God's
           withdrawing
           his
           gracious
           and
           quickning
           Presence
           ,
           and
           hiding
           his
           Face
           from
           us
           in
           an
           angry
           Cloud
           .
           The
           Smiles
           of
           God
           are
           better
           ,
           and
           more
           to
           be
           valued
           than
           the
           best
           Life
           of
           any
           Creature
           ;
           therefore
           to
           be
           less
           concern'd
           when
           he
           frowns
           upon
           our
           Souls
           ,
           than
           when
           he
           removes
           from
           us
           the
           Comforts
           of
           Life
           ,
           does
           not
           only
           discover
           the
           disorderly
           
           excess
           of
           our
           Grief
           ,
           but
           the
           defect
           of
           our
           Judgment
           ,
           in
           setting
           a
           higher
           value
           on
           a
           dying
           Creature
           than
           an
           everliving
           God.
           But
           I
           hasten
           to
           the
           second
           Head.
           
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           They
           may
           be
           said
           to
           sorrow
           as
           those
           without
           hope
           ,
           that
           exceed
           in
           the
           continuance
           of
           their
           Sorrows
           ,
           rejecting
           all
           solid
           grounds
           of
           Comfort
           ,
           as
           did
           several
           whose
           Names
           are
           inrol'd
           in
           sacred
           Story
           ;
           I
           'll
           instance
           in
           a
           few
           .
           Good
           old
           
           Jacob
           ,
           upon
           the
           apprehension
           of
           
           Joseph's
           death
           ,
           
             rends
             his
             Clothes
             ,
             puts
             Sackcloth
             upon
             his
             Loins
             ,
             and
             mourn'd
             for
             his
             Son
             many
             days
             :
          
           his
           Passion
           so
           got
           the
           start
           of
           his
           Reason
           ,
           that
           he
           refus'd
           to
           be
           comforted
           ,
           and
           resolv'd
           to
           mourn
           till
           he
           died
           ,
           abandoning
           himself
           to
           
           the
           most
           desperate
           Sorrow
           .
           And
           thus
           Rachel
           is
           describ'd
           by
           the
           
           Prophet
           ,
           as
           
             weeping
             for
             her
             Children
             ,
             and
             refusing
             to
             be
             comforted
             ,
             because
             they
             were
             not
             .
          
           And
           Rizpah
           continued
           
           by
           the
           dead
           Bodies
           of
           her
           Sons
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           willingly
           be
           remov'd
           from
           '
           em
           .
           And
           there
           are
           not
           a
           few
           Christians
           who
           are
           too
           apt
           to
           slide
           into
           these
           Excesses
           upon
           the
           death
           of
           their
           near
           Relations
           ,
           as
           if
           all
           their
           Happiness
           was
           vanish'd
           and
           gone
           ,
           when
           the
           delight
           of
           their
           Eyes
           is
           sunk
           into
           a
           Grave
           out
           of
           their
           sight
           :
           which
           immoderate
           Sorrow
           is
           a
           continu'd
           Reflection
           on
           the
           Divine
           Attributes
           ,
           as
           if
           a
           God
           of
           infinite
           Wisdom
           and
           immense
           Goodness
           were
           uncapable
           of
           making
           up
           the
           loss
           of
           a
           mutable
           mortal
           Creature
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           ,
           let
           me
           remark
           that
           the
           invincible
           Patience
           ,
           and
           profound
           Submission
           of
           some
           Heathens
           under
           the
           most
           afflicting
           Providences
           ,
           condemn
           the
           Practice
           
           of
           those
           Christians
           who
           incessantly
           mourn
           for
           their
           departed
           Friends
           ,
           and
           refuse
           to
           be
           comforted
           .
           I
           'll
           mention
           but
           one
           in
           the
           room
           of
           several
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           that
           of
           Stilpon
           the
           Philosopher
           ,
           who
           when
           the
           City
           where
           he
           liv'd
           was
           reduc'd
           to
           Ashes
           ,
           and
           his
           Wife
           and
           Children
           buried
           in
           the
           common
           Ruins
           ,
           himself
           escaping
           alone
           from
           the
           Fire
           ,
           being
           ask'd
           whether
           he
           had
           lost
           any
           thing
           ?
           replied
           ,
           *
           
             All
             my
             Treasure
             's
             with
             me
             ,
             Justice
             ,
             Virtue
             ,
             Temperance
             ,
             Prudence
             ,
             and
             this
             inviolable
             Principle
             ,
             not
             to
             esteem
             any
             thing
             as
             my
             proper
             Good
             that
             can
             be
             ravish'd
             from
             me
             .
          
           An
           Instance
           that
           very
           much
           upbraids
           those
           Christians
           that
           are
           
           intemperate
           either
           in
           the
           degree
           or
           duration
           of
           their
           Grief
           .
           Some
           time
           is
           necessary
           and
           decent
           for
           our
           funeral
           Sorrows
           ;
           but
           to
           walk
           softly
           all
           our
           days
           in
           deep
           mourning
           and
           anguish
           of
           Spirit
           ,
           because
           our
           Friends
           are
           taken
           from
           us
           ,
           and
           made
           more
           happy
           than
           ever
           they
           were
           with
           us
           ,
           is
           to
           grieve
           like
           stupid
           Jews
           ,
           or
           hopeless
           Heathens
           ,
           both
           which
           disbelieve
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           Christ
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Foundation
           ,
           Model
           ,
           and
           Pledg
           of
           ours
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           that
           this
           Disswasive
           of
           the
           Apostle
           may
           make
           a
           sutable
           Impression
           upon
           our
           Minds
           ,
           let
           us
           now
           consider
           the
           Arguments
           he
           uses
           to
           inforce
           it
           ,
           which
           is
           the
        
         
           III.
           General
           Head
           ;
           and
           here
           are
           two
           things
           to
           be
           insisted
           upon
           .
        
         
         
           First
           ,
           The
           nature
           of
           their
           Death
           who
           die
           united
           to
           Christ
           ,
           't
           is
           represented
           under
           the
           soft
           Character
           of
           
             a
             Sleep
          
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           The
           great
           advantage
           that
           follows
           their
           Death
           ;
           such
           as
           
             sleep
             in
             Jesus
             will
             God
             bring
             with
             him
             .
          
        
         
           First
           ,
           The
           nature
           of
           their
           Death
           who
           are
           united
           to
           Christ
           ,
           't
           is
           call'd
           a
           Sleep
           ;
           
             Those
             that
             sleep
             in
             Jesus
             will
             God
             bring
             with
             him
             .
          
           An
           excellent
           *
           Author
           on
           this
           Text
           observes
           how
           the
           Apostle
           varies
           the
           Expression
           :
           
             Jesus
             died
             ,
             but
             the
             Saints
             sleep
             in
             him
             ;
             for
             he
             sustained
             Death
             in
             all
             its
             Terrors
             ,
             that
             it
             might
             be
             a
             calm
             Sleep
             to
             his
             People
             .
          
        
         
           Under
           the
           Old
           Testament
           we
           find
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           Saints
           frequently
           set
           forth
           by
           this
           soft
           and
           
           gentle
           Character
           .
           David
           and
           
             Solomon
             ,
             Jehoshaphat
          
           and
           Hezekiah
           are
           represented
           at
           their
           Death
           to
           be
           fallen
           asleep
           .
        
         
           And
           under
           the
           New
           Testament
           our
           Lord
           uses
           this
           Phrase
           upon
           the
           death
           of
           one
           whom
           he
           lov'd
           ,
           
             Our
             Friend
          
           Lazarus
           sleepeth
           .
           
           And
           't
           was
           St.
           
           Paul's
           usual
           Idiom
           to
           call
           Death
           a
           Sleep
           ,
           as
           appears
           from
           the
           Scriptures
           in
           the
           Margin
           *
           .
           Some
           indeed
           have
           been
           so
           weak
           as
           to
           imagine
           that
           this
           Sleep
           did
           equally
           seize
           Soul
           and
           Body
           ,
           and
           have
           asserted
           ,
           that
           at
           death
           the
           Soul
           passes
           into
           a
           state
           of
           Inactivity
           ,
           and
           sleepeth
           with
           the
           Body
           till
           the
           Resurrection
           ;
           an
           Opinion
           so
           repugnant
           to
           the
           true
           Principles
           of
           Philosophy
           and
           Divine
           Revelation
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           seldom
           espous'd
           by
           any
           but
           Atheists
           ,
           Socinians
           ,
           and
           very
           ignorant
           Pretenders
           to
           Religion
           .
        
         
         
           Our
           Souls
           are
           of
           an
           immortal
           nature
           ,
           they
           neither
           die
           nor
           sleep
           ,
           but
           immediately
           upon
           the
           death
           
           of
           our
           Bodies
           
             return
             to
             God
             that
             gave
             'em
             ,
          
           and
           are
           fix'd
           in
           a
           state
           of
           Happiness
           or
           Misery
           .
           Had
           not
           the
           Apostle
           believ'd
           this
           ,
           we
           cannot
           imagine
           that
           he
           would
           have
           esteem'd
           Death
           to
           be
           gain
           to
           him
           ;
           or
           that
           he
           would
           have
           been
           in
           any
           strait
           to
           determine
           and
           fix
           his
           choice
           ,
           for
           present
           Death
           or
           longer
           Life
           :
           for
           the
           latter
           would
           have
           been
           much
           more
           eligible
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           believ'd
           that
           his
           Soul
           at
           death
           would
           have
           been
           as
           insensible
           and
           unactive
           as
           his
           Body
           ;
           and
           no
           doubt
           but
           he
           would
           rather
           have
           desir'd
           to
           continue
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           where
           he
           had
           enjoy'd
           Communion
           with
           Christ
           ,
           and
           often
           seen
           him
           by
           a
           steddy
           eye
           of
           Faith
           ,
           than
           to
           be
           hurried
           out
           of
           it
           by
           Death
           ,
           and
           render'd
           utterly
           
           incapable
           of
           any
           enjoyment
           of
           his
           Redeemer
           till
           the
           Resurrection
           .
           But
           't
           is
           yet
           more
           evident
           from
           another
           Expression
           of
           our
           Apostle
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           very
           far
           from
           the
           Opinion
           ,
           or
           rather
           Dream
           of
           the
           Soul
           's
           sleeping
           with
           the
           Body
           till
           the
           Resurrection
           :
           His
           words
           are
           these
           .
           We
           
           
             are
             confident
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             and
             willing
             rather
             to
             be
             absent
             from
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             present
             with
             the
             Lord.
             q.
             d.
          
           We
           have
           good
           courage
           ,
           and
           are
           well
           arm'd
           against
           the
           fears
           of
           Death
           ,
           being
           well
           assur'd
           that
           we
           shall
           have
           upon
           our
           Dissolution
           an
           immediate
           admittance
           into
           the
           Presence
           of
           our
           glorified
           Lord
           ;
           for
           the
           Apostle
           supposes
           not
           only
           that
           the
           Soul
           is
           capable
           of
           existing
           while
           separated
           from
           the
           Body
           ,
           and
           of
           exercising
           her
           Faculties
           and
           Powers
           in
           such
           a
           state
           ,
           but
           that
           so
           soon
           as
           she
           leaves
           the
           Body
           
           she
           shall
           enter
           into
           the
           presence
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           behold
           his
           Glory
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           pass
           on
           ,
           and
           shall
           briefly
           represent
           the
           force
           of
           the
           Apostle's
           Arguments
           against
           immoderate
           Sorrow
           for
           the
           dead
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           of
           which
           is
           taken
           from
           the
           nature
           of
           their
           Death
           who
           die
           in
           the
           Lord
           ,
           't
           is
           describ'd
           by
           the
           soft
           Character
           of
           
             a
             Sleep
          
           ;
           which
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           heard
           ,
           refers
           only
           to
           the
           Body
           .
           Now
           the
           death
           of
           the
           Righteous
           may
           be
           thus
           set
           forth
           on
           the
           following
           accounts
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Because
           the
           Body
           is
           then
           eased
           of
           all
           its
           Pains
           ,
           and
           freed
           from
           all
           Fatigue
           and
           Toil
           to
           which
           it
           was
           expos'd
           while
           animated
           with
           the
           Soul
           :
           And
           therefore
           as
           Death
           is
           compar'd
           to
           Sleep
           ,
           so
           the
           Grave
           is
           compar'd
           
           to
           a
           Bed
           ,
           where
           the
           righteous
           are
           said
           to
           rest
           .
           In
           this
           Life
           the
           
           best
           of
           Men
           are
           frequently
           made
           uneasy
           by
           acute
           Distempers
           and
           corroding
           Pains
           ;
           and
           Death
           is
           frequently
           sought
           for
           ,
           because
           Life
           is
           a
           burden
           .
           You
           that
           have
           frequently
           visited
           the
           Chambers
           of
           the
           sick
           ,
           cannot
           surely
           have
           forgotten
           the
           sighs
           of
           those
           Prisoners
           who
           have
           groan'd
           upon
           Beds
           of
           Down
           ,
           as
           if
           every
           part
           of
           their
           Bodies
           had
           been
           violently
           extended
           on
           a
           Rack
           .
           It
           would
           be
           endless
           to
           reckon
           up
           the
           vast
           number
           of
           Diseases
           that
           affect
           the
           Children
           of
           God
           in
           this
           World
           :
           for
           being
           tainted
           with
           original
           Sin
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           vilest
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           they
           may
           expect
           the
           same
           Distempers
           ;
           and
           tho
           they
           tarry
           here
           but
           a
           few
           days
           ,
           they
           are
           ordinarily
           full
           of
           trouble
           ,
           and
           if
           their
           Bodies
           are
           not
           often
           indispos'd
           ,
           yet
           thro
           the
           Malice
           of
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           the
           Miseries
           and
           
           Unkindnesses
           of
           their
           Friends
           ,
           they
           are
           frequently
           made
           to
           bow
           towards
           the
           Grave
           before
           they
           drop
           into
           it
           .
           For
           indeed
           the
           best
           of
           our
           earthly
           Comforts
           have
           their
           hidden
           stings
           ,
           but
           they
           shall
           give
           us
           no
           more
           pain
           and
           uneasiness
           after
           we
           are
           fallen
           asleep
           in
           
           Jesus
           .
           
             For
             in
             the
             Grave
             the
             wicked
             cease
             from
             troubling
             ;
             there
             the
             weary
             be
             at
             rest
             :
             there
             the
             Prisoners
             rest
             together
             ,
             they
             hear
             not
             the
             voice
             of
             the
             Oppressor
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           In
           Sleep
           no
           labour
           is
           expected
           from
           the
           Body
           ;
           so
           when
           Believers
           are
           overtaken
           with
           a
           mortal
           slumber
           ,
           Christ
           expects
           no
           Service
           from
           their
           Bodies
           .
           While
           the
           Soul
           continues
           united
           to
           the
           Body
           ,
           we
           are
           oblig'd
           to
           yield
           the
           Members
           of
           the
           one
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Faculties
           of
           the
           other
           
           as
           
             Instruments
             of
             Righteousness
             unto
             God
             ▪
          
           but
           in
           a
           state
           of
           separation
           
           there
           is
           expected
           neither
           Service
           nor
           Suffering
           from
           the
           Body
           .
           So
           that
           while
           we
           continue
           on
           the
           Stage
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           the
           Advice
           of
           the
           wise
           Man
           is
           very
           proper
           :
           
             Whatsoever
             thy
             hand
             findeth
             to
             do
             ,
             do
          
           
           
             it
             with
             thy
             might
             ;
             for
             there
             is
             no
             Work
             ,
             nor
             Device
             ,
             nor
             Knowledg
             ,
             nor
             Wisdom
             in
             the
             Grave
             whither
             thou
             goest
             .
          
           All
           our
           vital
           and
           animal
           Operations
           shall
           cease
           when
           our
           Spirits
           return
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           our
           Bodies
           are
           reduc'd
           to
           Dust
           .
           The
           one
           is
           fix'd
           in
           an
           unalterable
           state
           of
           Happiness
           or
           Misery
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           put
           into
           an
           incapacity
           for
           Action
           .
        
         
           A
           middle
           place
           betwixt
           Heaven
           and
           Hell
           for
           departed
           Spirits
           is
           a
           groundless
           Imagination
           ;
           for
           it
           could
           not
           be
           said
           with
           truth
           ,
           that
           such
           as
           die
           in
           the
           Lord
           
             rest
             from
          
           
           
             their
             Labours
          
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           to
           pass
           into
           a
           refining
           Fire
           ,
           equally
           tormenting
           
           in
           degree
           ,
           but
           not
           in
           duration
           with
           that
           of
           Hell
           ,
           as
           those
           of
           the
           Roman
           Faction
           assert
           .
           Therefore
           let
           us
           rather
           attend
           to
           the
           words
           of
           our
           Lord
           ,
           and
           follow
           
           his
           Example
           ;
           
             I
             must
             work
             the
             Works
             of
             him
             that
             sent
             me
             ,
             while
             it
             is
             day
             ;
             the
             night
             cometh
             when
             no
             Man
             can
             work
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           Death
           to
           the
           Righteous
           is
           disarm'd
           of
           its
           sting
           ,
           and
           being
           alter'd
           in
           its
           nature
           it
           may
           sutably
           be
           set
           forth
           by
           the
           notion
           of
           Sleep
           .
           St.
           Paul
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           
           
             the
             sting
             of
             Death
             is
             Sin
             ,
             and
             the
             strength
             of
             Sin
             is
             the
             Law.
          
           Death
           receives
           its
           destroying
           Power
           from
           Sin
           ,
           and
           Sin
           from
           the
           Law
           ;
           Sin
           being
           a
           Transgression
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           which
           discovers
           its
           odious
           nature
           ,
           and
           denounces
           Damnation
           for
           it
           .
           But
           Death
           approaches
           Believers
           without
           its
           sting
           ,
           Christ
           having
           yielded
           an
           indefective
           Obedience
           
           to
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           suffer'd
           the
           penalty
           of
           it
           in
           the
           room
           and
           stead
           of
           Believers
           .
           Hence
           says
           the
           Apostle
           ;
           
             There
             is
             therefore
             now
             no
             condemnation
          
           
           
             to
             them
             which
             are
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             .
             Christ
             hath
             redeem'd
             'em
             from
             the
             Curse
          
           
           
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             being
             made
             a
             Curse
             for
             '
             em
             .
          
           And
           the
           Apostle
           represents
           Believers
           as
           triumphing
           over
           Death
           in
           such
           terms
           as
           these
           ;
           
             O
             Death
             ,
             where
             is
             thy
             Sting
             ?
             O
             Grave
             ,
          
           
           
             where
             is
             thy
             Victory
             ?
             —
             Thanks
             be
             to
             God
             which
             giveth
             us
             the
             victory
             through
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
          
           Christ
           has
           remov'd
           the
           scandal
           of
           Death
           by
           dying
           ,
           and
           perfum'd
           the
           Grave
           by
           lying
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           passing
           through
           it
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           Death
           of
           the
           Righteous
           is
           compar'd
           to
           a
           Sleep
           ,
           on
           the
           account
           of
           what
           shall
           follow
           thereupon
           :
           for
           as
           men
           do
           awake
           after
           Sleep
           ,
           so
           they
           shall
           revive
           after
           Death
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           assur'd
           
           by
           a
           very
           remarkable
           Prophecy
           
           and
           Promise
           ;
           
             I
             will
             ransom
             them
             from
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             Grave
             ,
             I
             will
             redeem
             them
             from
             Death
             :
             O
             Death
             ,
             I
             will
             be
             thy
             Plagues
             ;
             O
             Grave
             ,
             I
             will
             be
             thy
             Destruction
             :
             repentance
             shall
             be
             hid
             from
             mine
             eyes
             .
          
           In
           which
           words
           we
           must
           consider
           the
           Prophet
           as
           personating
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           uttering
           the
           Triumphs
           of
           a
           mighty
           Conqueror
           :
           which
           contain
           a
           glorious
           Promise
           to
           all
           the
           Elect
           of
           a
           Victory
           over
           Death
           ,
           which
           shall
           be
           partially
           accomplish'd
           at
           the
           time
           of
           their
           Dissolution
           ,
           but
           finally
           consummated
           in
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           :
           
             for
             Death
             hath
             not
             such
             a
             power
             over
             the
             living
             ,
             nor
             the
             Grave
             over
             the
             dead
             ,
             as
             Christ
             hath
             over
             both
             ,
             to
             destroy
             the
             one
             ,
             and
             swallow
             up
             the
             other
             in
             victory
             .
          
        
         
           These
           several
           things
           laid
           together
           ,
           compose
           a
           very
           solid
           Argument
           to
           disswade
           from
           immoderate
           
           sorrow
           for
           those
           that
           sleep
           in
           Jesus
           .
           But
           this
           leads
           to
           the
        
         
           Second
           Argument
           which
           the
           Apostle
           urges
           upon
           the
           same
           account
           ,
           which
           is
           drawn
           from
           the
           great
           advantage
           that
           shall
           follow
           the
           death
           of
           the
           Righteous
           :
           
             such
             as
             sleep
             in
             Jesus
             ,
             will
             God
             bring
             with
             him
             .
          
        
         
           Which
           either
           supposes
           or
           implys
           these
           several
           things
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           That
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           who
           is
           God-man
           ,
           will
           make
           his
           second
           appearance
           or
           coming
           at
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           .
           I
           understand
           God
           in
           my
           Text
           personally
           for
           the
           Son.
           
             To
             them
             that
             look
             for
             him
          
           (
           says
           the
           
           Author
           to
           the
           
             Hebrews
             )
             shall
             he
             appear
             the
             second
             time
             without
             Sin
             unto
             Salvation
             .
          
           There
           is
           a
           double
           coming
           of
           Christ
           mentioned
           in
           Scripture
           ;
           the
           first
           in
           the
           Form
           of
           a
           Servant
           ,
           the
           second
           with
           all
           the
           
           Glory
           of
           an
           Incarnate
           God
           ;
           at
           his
           first
           coming
           he
           was
           despised
           and
           rejected
           of
           Men
           ,
           but
           at
           his
           
           second
           
             every
             knee
             shall
             bow
             to
             him
             ,
             of
             things
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             of
             things
             on
             Earth
             ,
             and
             things
             under
             the
             Earth
             ;
             and
             every
             Tongue
             confess
             that
             he
             is
             Lord
             ,
             to
             the
             glory
             of
             God
             the
             Father
             .
          
           At
           his
           first
           coming
           he
           conceal'd
           his
           Glory
           by
           the
           Veil
           of
           his
           Flesh
           ;
           but
           at
           his
           second
           he
           designs
           to
           manifest
           and
           display
           it
           in
           the
           most
           bright
           and
           majestick
           manner
           .
           At
           his
           first
           coming
           into
           this
           World
           he
           was
           entertain'd
           in
           a
           Stable
           ,
           and
           when
           he
           went
           out
           of
           it
           he
           expir'd
           upon
           an
           infamous
           Tree
           ;
           but
           when
           he
           comes
           again
           ,
           he
           will
           appear
           in
           the
           Clouds
           seated
           on
           
             a
             great
             white
             Throne
          
           ,
           the
           Emblem
           of
           his
           unspotted
           Holiness
           and
           regal
           Authority
           .
           At
           his
           first
           coming
           he
           was
           reproach'd
           and
           despis'd
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           but
           
           when
           he
           comes
           a
           second
           time
           ,
           his
           Enemies
           shall
           be
           struck
           with
           a
           defenceless
           silence
           .
           And
           tho
           some
           may
           be
           ready
           to
           say
           ,
           our
           Lord
           delays
           his
           coming
           ,
           because
           he
           has
           been
           conceal'd
           from
           their
           sight
           for
           several
           Ages
           by
           the
           Curtains
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           yet
           know
           it
           will
           not
           be
           long
           e're
           he
           that
           shall
           come
           will
           come
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           tarry
           ;
           the
           Curtains
           shall
           shortly
           be
           drawn
           ,
           and
           the
           Scenes
           of
           Glory
           shall
           open
           ;
           't
           is
           as
           certain
           that
           he
           will
           come
           as
           if
           the
           Event
           was
           past
           ,
           or
           as
           if
           we
           now
           saw
           the
           Heavens
           open
           ,
           and
           he
           moving
           towards
           us
           in
           the
           Chariot
           of
           a
           bright
           Cloud
           .
           But
           ,
           Lord
           ,
           what
           will
           his
           Enemies
           do
           in
           the
           great
           Day
           of
           his
           Wrath
           !
           how
           will
           they
           bear
           the
           lightning
           of
           his
           Eyes
           ,
           the
           smoke
           of
           his
           Breath
           ,
           the
           thunder
           of
           his
           Voice
           ,
           the
           weight
           of
           his
           Arm
           ,
           and
           the
           terrors
           of
           
           his
           Wrath
           ,
           who
           have
           despised
           his
           Grace
           ,
           blasphem'd
           his
           Person
           ,
           and
           spurn'd
           at
           the
           sounding
           Bowels
           of
           his
           Love
           ?
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           It
           implies
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           their
           Bodies
           who
           sleep
           in
           Jesus
           .
           Christ
           cannot
           bring
           them
           with
           him
           in
           the
           Clouds
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           unless
           he
           first
           fetch
           'em
           from
           the
           bowels
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           the
           bottom
           of
           the
           Sea
           ;
           for
           at
           the
           sound
           of
           the
           last
           Trump
           ,
           all
           the
           Elements
           shall
           give
           up
           their
           Dead
           .
           Believers
           shall
           not
           always
           continue
           under
           the
           power
           of
           Death
           ,
           but
           shall
           be
           reviv'd
           incorruptible
           and
           immortal
           .
           Indeed
           to
           Reason
           ,
           not
           improv'd
           by
           the
           supernatural
           Light
           of
           Divine
           Revelation
           ,
           it
           seems
           an
           
           incredible
           thing
           that
           God
           should
           raise
           the
           Dead
           .
           Pliny
           reciting
           those
           things
           which
           he
           thought
           not
           to
           be
           in
           the
           Power
           of
           God
           ,
           
           mentions
           these
           two
           ,
           
             Mortales
             aeternitate
             donare
             ,
             aut
             revocare
             defunctos
             ,
             Lib.
          
           2.
           cap.
           7.
           
           And
           tho
           there
           are
           various
           things
           in
           Nature
           which
           are
           shadows
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           ,
           yet
           I
           am
           inclined
           to
           think
           they
           would
           never
           have
           convinc'd
           us
           of
           it
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           Scripture
           reveal'd
           it
           to
           us
           .
           The
           Earth
           has
           been
           represented
           as
           a
           kind
           of
           Grave
           or
           Sepulchre
           to
           the
           vegetable
           World
           ;
           where
           (
           as
           one
           
           observes
           )
           the
           vital
           Powers
           are
           sealed
           up
           and
           stifled
           all
           the
           Winter
           ,
           and
           yet
           at
           Spring
           are
           actuated
           ,
           expand
           and
           send
           forth
           a
           lively
           Verdure
           .
           So
           a
           grain
           of
           Corn
           is
           not
           quicken'd
           except
           it
           rot
           and
           die
           :
           Our
           sleep
           every
           night
           is
           the
           Image
           of
           Death
           ,
           and
           our
           awaking
           in
           the
           morning
           a
           shadow
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           .
           Now
           altho
           from
           these
           circular
           Revolutions
           of
           Nature
           ,
           a
           probable
           Argument
           
           for
           the
           Resurrection
           may
           be
           drawn
           ;
           yet
           those
           that
           are
           certain
           and
           concluding
           ,
           are
           only
           to
           be
           fetch'd
           from
           the
           Fountain
           of
           Truth
           ,
           
             The
             sure
             Word
             of
             Prophecy
          
           .
           And
           if
           it
           should
           be
           said
           ,
           that
           several
           Heathens
           believ'd
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Body
           ;
           that
           may
           be
           accounted
           for
           two
           ways
           ,
           either
           Tradition
           might
           hand
           it
           down
           from
           Noah
           ,
           or
           they
           might
           gain
           light
           in
           this
           Doctrine
           by
           conversing
           with
           the
           Writings
           of
           the
           
             Old
             Testament
          
           :
           for
           I
           think
           nothing
           is
           more
           evident
           ,
           than
           that
           a
           great
           many
           Heathen
           Authors
           have
           borrowed
           the
           brighter
           Notions
           that
           adorn
           their
           Books
           ,
           from
           the
           inspir'd
           Writings
           of
           Moses
           and
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           as
           several
           Learned
           Men
           have
           abundantly
           prov'd
           .
           So
           that
           I
           say
           ,
           the
           only
           infallible
           assurance
           we
           have
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           is
           founded
           on
           Divine
           Revelation
           .
        
         
         
           It
           will
           therefore
           be
           necessary
           that
           I
           recite
           a
           few
           passages
           of
           Scripture
           before
           I
           proceed
           .
           The
           first
           I
           shall
           mention
           is
           the
           words
           of
           
             Job
             :
             I
             know
             that
             my
             Redeemer
          
           
           
             liveth
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             shall
             stand
             at
             the
             latter
             day
             upon
             the
             Earth
             .
             And
             tho
             after
             my
             skin
             worms
             destroy
             this
             Body
             ,
             yet
             in
             my
             flesh
             shall
             I
             see
             God
             ;
             whom
             I
             shall
             see
             for
             my self
             ,
             and
             my
             eyes
             shall
             behold
             ,
             and
             not
             another
             ,
             tho
             my
             reins
             be
             consumed
             within
             me
             .
          
           Which
           Text
           ,
           tho
           by
           some
           understood
           of
           a
           providential
           Resurrection
           ,
           yet
           I
           think
           not
           without
           some
           force
           upon
           it
           :
           for
           I
           cannot
           see
           any
           necessity
           of
           taking
           it
           in
           a
           figurative
           and
           improper
           sense
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           that
           St.
           Clement
           ,
           who
           was
           not
           only
           contemporary
           with
           St.
           Paul
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           but
           his
           Companion
           and
           Fellow-labourer
           ,
           in
           his
           first
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Corinthians
           ,
           cites
           this
           Text
           to
           prove
           the
           Resurrection
           
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           and
           understands
           it
           in
           a
           literal
           proper
           sense
           .
           But
           that
           passage
           which
           is
           yet
           more
           plain
           and
           full
           ,
           is
           the
           words
           of
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           :
           
           
             Marvel
             not
             at
             this
             ;
             for
             the
             hour
             is
             coming
             ,
             in
             the
             which
             all
             that
             are
             in
             the
             Graves
             shall
             hear
             his
             Voice
             ,
             and
             shall
             come
             forth
             ;
             they
             that
             have
             done
             good
             ,
             unto
             the
             Resurrection
             of
             Life
             ;
             and
             they
             that
             have
             done
             evil
             ,
             to
             the
             Resurrection
             of
             Damnation
             .
          
           Which
           Text
           is
           so
           expressive
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           that
           it
           needs
           no
           Comment
           .
           It
           also
           proves
           that
           the
           very
           same
           Body
           that
           fell
           by
           Death
           ,
           shall
           arise
           again
           ;
           for
           if
           it
           be
           not
           the
           very
           same
           Body
           which
           was
           laid
           in
           the
           Grave
           that
           is
           call'd
           forth
           by
           Christ's
           powerful
           Voice
           ,
           't
           is
           not
           properly
           a
           Resurrection
           ,
           but
           a
           new
           Production
           of
           the
           same
           specifick
           Being
           .
           But
           when
           I
           speak
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           
           Body
           ,
           I
           assert
           that
           there
           shall
           not
           only
           be
           rais'd
           the
           same
           specifical
           ,
           but
           the
           same
           numerical
           Body
           ;
           not
           only
           the
           same
           Body
           for
           kind
           ,
           but
           for
           substance
           :
           not
           that
           I
           affirm
           that
           every
           individual
           Particle
           that
           compos'd
           the
           Body
           when
           it
           died
           ,
           shall
           be
           rais'd
           up
           again
           ,
           but
           so
           much
           of
           the
           Matter
           that
           made
           up
           the
           necessary
           constituent
           parts
           of
           it
           .
           Now
           of
           what
           is
           necessary
           ,
           I
           think
           an
           ingenious
           Modern
           gives
           a
           very
           probable
           account
           ;
           his
           words
           are
           these
           :
           
             By
             necessary
             
             Parts
             ,
             
               says
               he
            
             ,
             I
             mean
             those
             which
             remain
             after
             the
             utmost
             degree
             of
             Maceration
             ,
             without
             which
             the
             Body
             would
             not
             be
             integral
             ,
             but
             imperfect
             .
             And
             these
             are
             chiefly
             the
             Bones
             ,
             the
             Skin
             ,
             the
             Nerves
             ,
             the
             Tendons
             ,
             the
             Ligaments
             ,
             and
             the
             substance
             of
             the
             several
             Vessels
             .
             As
             long
             as
             these
             and
             all
             
             that
             are
             necessary
             to
             Life
             remain
             ,
             the
             Body
             is
             truly
             whole
             ,
             tho
             never
             so
             much
             macerated
             .
          
        
         
           But
           before
           I
           go
           off
           from
           this
           Head
           ,
           I
           would
           make
           a
           remark
           upon
           one
           Phrase
           ,
           which
           is
           within
           the
           compass
           of
           my
           Text
           ,
           and
           I
           think
           proves
           the
           Identity
           of
           the
           dying
           and
           rising
           Body
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           Death's
           being
           set
           forth
           by
           Sleep
           ,
           which
           would
           be
           very
           improper
           ,
           if
           the
           very
           Bodies
           that
           sleep
           in
           Jesus
           and
           are
           dead
           ,
           should
           not
           be
           awaken'd
           and
           reviv'd
           in
           the
           morning
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           but
           one
           thing
           more
           I
           shall
           stay
           to
           mention
           ,
           farther
           to
           support
           this
           important
           Article
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           the
           instance
           given
           by
           the
           Apostle
           of
           those
           that
           shall
           be
           alive
           at
           Christ's
           second
           coming
           :
           
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             they
             shall
             not
             all
             sleep
             ,
             but
             they
             shall
             all
             be
             chang'd
             .
          
           Now
           this
           Change
           must
           refer
           to
           the
           qualities
           
           of
           their
           Bodies
           ,
           not
           to
           the
           substance
           of
           'em
           :
           we
           cannot
           imagine
           that
           by
           being
           chang'd
           ,
           he
           means
           that
           the
           whole
           substance
           of
           their
           Bodies
           should
           be
           annihilated
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           shall
           have
           quite
           new
           Bodies
           form'd
           out
           of
           other
           matter
           .
           Moreover
           let
           me
           observe
           ,
           that
           should
           those
           very
           Bodies
           be
           destroy'd
           ,
           and
           new
           ones
           united
           to
           those
           Souls
           ,
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           Body
           and
           the
           breach
           of
           the
           union
           would
           be
           Death
           ;
           whereas
           the
           Apostle
           asserts
           
             all
             shall
             not
             die
          
           .
           So
           that
           upon
           the
           whole
           I
           argue
           thus
           :
           That
           if
           those
           Persons
           that
           are
           found
           alive
           at
           Christ's
           second
           coming
           shall
           retain
           their
           old
           Bodies
           only
           with
           new
           Qualities
           ,
           then
           those
           that
           are
           rais'd
           from
           the
           Dead
           shall
           have
           the
           same
           Bodies
           which
           were
           formerly
           join'd
           to
           their
           Souls
           ,
           only
           with
           the
           addition
           of
           new
           Qualities
           .
           For
           
           what
           reason
           can
           any
           man
           assign
           ,
           that
           the
           Saints
           that
           shall
           be
           alive
           when
           Christ
           shall
           come
           to
           judg
           the
           World
           ,
           should
           be
           caught
           up
           into
           the
           Air
           with
           their
           old
           Bodies
           only
           ennobled
           and
           refin'd
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           died
           should
           have
           Bodies
           intirely
           new
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           were
           never
           united
           to
           their
           Souls
           before
           ,
           such
           as
           never
           were
           the
           Instruments
           either
           of
           sinning
           ,
           or
           serving
           of
           God
           ?
        
         
           Now
           the
           Apostle
           do's
           not
           barely
           tell
           us
           of
           the
           Saints
           being
           brought
           with
           God
           our
           Saviour
           at
           his
           appearing
           and
           Kingdom
           ,
           which
           implys
           their
           Resurrection
           ,
           but
           he
           shews
           that
           their
           Resurrection
           depends
           upon
           the
           Death
           and
           Resurrection
           of
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           :
           for
           says
           he
           ,
           
             If
             we
             believe
             that
             Jesus
             dy'd
             and
             rose
             again
             ,
             even
             so
             them
             also
             that
             sleep
             in
             Jesus
             will
             God
             bring
             with
             him
             .
          
        
         
         
           
           First
           ,
           Upon
           his
           death
           :
           
             for
             thrô
             death
             Christ
             hath
             destroy'd
             him
             that
             had
             the
             power
             of
             Death
             ,
             that
             is
             the
             Devil
             .
          
           When
           men
           were
           doom'd
           to
           death
           for
           the
           breach
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           Christ
           changed
           conditions
           with
           'em
           ,
           and
           offer'd
           up
           his
           precious
           
           Blood
           as
           a
           Ransom
           to
           God
           for
           'em
           ;
           so
           that
           our
           Saviour
           was
           victorious
           in
           dying
           ,
           and
           conquer'd
           as
           he
           expir'd
           on
           the
           infamous
           Tree
           .
           He
           bruis'd
           the
           head
           of
           the
           old
           Serpent
           ,
           and
           silenc'd
           the
           Anathema's
           of
           a
           broken
           Law
           ,
           when
           in
           the
           sharpest
           Agony
           ,
           and
           amidst
           a
           thousand
           torments
           ,
           he
           bowed
           his
           head
           and
           gave
           up
           the
           Ghost
           .
           I
           confess
           that
           his
           own
           Exaltation
           and
           Triumphs
           began
           with
           his
           Resurrection
           ;
           but
           if
           there
           had
           not
           been
           an
           infinite
           satisfying
           Merit
           in
           his
           Death
           ,
           he
           had
           been
           so
           fast
           fetter'd
           with
           the
           bonds
           of
           Death
           ,
           that
           he
           could
           never
           have
           burst
           
           'em
           :
           but
           having
           offer'd
           a
           Sacrifice
           of
           a
           sweet
           smelling
           savour
           to
           God
           ,
           which
           was
           of
           infinite
           worth
           and
           consideration
           ,
           the
           pains
           of
           death
           
           were
           loos'd
           ,
           for
           't
           was
           impossible
           he
           should
           be
           held
           by
           'em
           :
           naturally
           impossible
           ▪
           because
           of
           his
           irresistible
           Power
           as
           God
           ;
           legally
           impossible
           ,
           because
           he
           had
           paid
           the
           full
           Demands
           of
           the
           Law
           and
           Justice
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Our
           Resurrection
           from
           the
           Grave
           depends
           on
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           Christ
           .
           Christ's
           Resurrection
           from
           the
           dead
           proves
           that
           ours
           is
           not
           only
           possible
           ,
           but
           infallibly
           certain
           .
           And
           this
           St.
           Paul
           reasons
           upon
           in
           a
           very
           convincing
           manner
           :
           
             Now
             if
          
           
           
             Christ
             be
             preach'd
             that
             he
             rose
             from
             the
             dead
             ,
             how
             say
             some
             among
             you
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             Resurrection
             of
             the
             dead
             ?
             q.
             d.
          
           How
           can
           any
           deny
           either
           the
           possibility
           or
           certainty
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           since
           
           Christ
           has
           evidenced
           both
           by
           his
           own
           Resurrection
           from
           the
           Dead
           ?
           Christ
           has
           remov'd
           both
           the
           moral
           and
           natural
           impossibility
           of
           our
           revival
           after
           death
           ,
           the
           one
           by
           his
           abundant
           Merit
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           by
           his
           own
           triumphant
           Resurrection
           :
           for
           having
           taken
           away
           the
           guilt
           of
           our
           Sins
           which
           is
           the
           cause
           of
           Death
           ,
           Death
           which
           is
           the
           consequent
           of
           Sin
           shall
           be
           destroy'd
           and
           swallow'd
           up
           in
           victory
           .
           And
           our
           Lord
           declares
           ,
           
             That
             he
             is
             the
             Resurrection
             and
             the
          
           
           
             Life
             ;
             he
             that
             believeth
             in
             me
          
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             tho
             he
             were
             dead
             ,
             yet
             shall
             he
             live
             :
             q.
             d.
          
           I
           am
           ,
           and
           shall
           be
           the
           principal
           cause
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           ,
           my
           voice
           shall
           break
           the
           silence
           of
           the
           Grave
           ,
           and
           cause
           those
           that
           sleep
           in
           the
           dust
           to
           awake
           and
           live
           again
           .
           He
           is
           also
           said
           to
           be
           
             the
             first
             fruits
             of
             them
             that
             sleep
             .
          
           
           And
           says
           the
           same
           Apostle
           ,
           For
           
           
             since
             by
             man
             came
             death
             ,
             by
             man
             came
             also
             the
             Resurrection
             of
             the
             dead
             .
             For
             as
             in
          
           Adam
           
             all
             die
             ,
             even
             so
             in
             Christ
             shall
             all
             be
             made
             alive
             .
          
        
         
           From
           all
           which
           we
           may
           collect
           ,
           that
           our
           Saviour's
           Resurrection
           is
           the
           Pledg
           and
           Assurance
           of
           ours
           .
           
           
             For
             if
             the
             Spirit
             of
             him
             that
             raised
             up
             Jesus
             from
             the
             dead
             dwell
             in
             you
             ,
             he
             that
             rais'd
             up
             Christ
             from
             the
             dead
             ,
             shall
             also
             quicken
             your
             mortal
             bodies
             by
             his
             Spirit
             that
             dwelleth
             in
             you
             .
          
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           Christ
           rose
           from
           the
           dead
           as
           a
           publick
           Person
           ,
           as
           the
           Surety
           and
           Head
           of
           his
           Church
           ;
           and
           because
           he
           lives
           ,
           we
           shall
           live
           also
           .
           And
           being
           called
           
             the
             first-born
             among
             the
             dead
          
           ,
           he
           owns
           all
           that
           have
           dy'd
           in
           the
           Faith
           as
           his
           Brethren
           ,
           who
           shall
           be
           restor'd
           to
           Life
           according
           to
           his
           excellent
           Pattern
           ;
           for
           his
           Resurrection
           is
           not
           only
           the
           Pledg
           ,
           but
           the
           Model
           of
           ours
           .
           Therefore
           we
           are
           
           expresly
           told
           ,
           
             That
             he
             shall
             change
          
           
           
             our
             vile
             body
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             be
             fashioned
             like
             unto
             his
             glorious
             Body
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             working
             whereby
             he
             is
             able
             even
             to
             subdue
             all
             things
             unto
             himself
             .
          
           How
           glorious
           our
           Lord
           is
           in
           his
           exalted
           humane
           Nature
           ,
           cannot
           fully
           be
           represented
           by
           the
           most
           graceful
           turns
           of
           Language
           ,
           and
           lofty
           figures
           of
           Speech
           :
           therefore
           we
           must
           be
           content
           with
           very
           imperfect
           Idea's
           of
           his
           Glory
           ,
           till
           we
           have
           the
           happiness
           to
           see
           him
           as
           he
           is
           .
           Yet
           we
           have
           enough
           reveal'd
           concerning
           it
           ,
           to
           invigorate
           our
           desires
           ,
           and
           raise
           our
           wonder
           :
           
             His
             eyes
          
           are
           represented
           
           
             like
             a
             flame
             of
             fire
             ;
             his
             voice
             as
             the
             sound
             of
             many
             waters
             ;
             his
             feet
             like
             to
             fine
             brass
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             burn'd
             in
             a
             furnace
             ;
             his
             countenance
             as
             the
             Sun
             shining
             in
             its
             full
             strength
             .
          
           Now
           after
           this
           bright
           Pattern
           shall
           the
           Bodies
           of
           the
           Saints
           be
           form'd
           
           in
           the
           Resurrection
           .
           O
           what
           proportion
           of
           Parts
           !
           what
           agreeableness
           of
           Colour
           !
           how
           radiant
           an
           Air
           shall
           sit
           upon
           their
           Countenance
           !
           
           for
           they
           shall
           shine
           with
           a
           lustre
           exceeding
           the
           brightness
           of
           all
           the
           Lamps
           of
           Heaven
           .
           The
           Apostle
           also
           assures
           us
           ,
           that
           
             tho
             they
             are
             sown
             natural
             ,
             they
             shall
             be
             rais'd
             spiritual
             Bodies
             ;
             i.
             e.
          
           the
           Matter
           of
           'em
           shall
           be
           exalted
           and
           improv'd
           to
           an
           extraordinary
           degree
           of
           fineness
           :
           for
           Matter
           is
           properly
           enough
           said
           to
           be
           spiritual
           when
           't
           is
           much
           refin'd
           .
           And
           how
           great
           a
           difference
           may
           we
           observe
           in
           material
           things
           ;
           for
           instance
           ,
           betwixt
           the
           animal
           Spirits
           in
           the
           Brain
           ,
           and
           the
           grosser
           parts
           of
           the
           Body
           ;
           betwixt
           a
           lump
           of
           Clay
           ,
           and
           the
           refin'd
           matter
           of
           the
           Air
           ;
           betwixt
           the
           Earth
           and
           the
           Sun
           that
           shines
           upon
           it
           ,
           yet
           all
           material
           Substances
           :
           
           from
           which
           we
           may
           collect
           what
           Christ
           can
           do
           to
           exalt
           and
           refine
           our
           bodies
           in
           the
           Resurrection
           .
           But
           farther
           ,
           they
           may
           be
           called
           Spiritual
           ,
           in
           that
           they
           will
           be
           much
           better
           fitted
           to
           serve
           our
           Spirits
           than
           they
           are
           now
           .
           Here
           our
           Bodies
           are
           oftentimes
           a
           clog
           and
           a
           hindrance
           to
           us
           ;
           but
           in
           the
           Resurrection
           they
           shall
           be
           like
           Wings
           to
           our
           Souls
           ,
           or
           to
           use
           the
           Phrase
           of
           the
           Antients
           ,
           
             They
             shall
             be
             as
             a
             Celestial
             Chariot
             to
             the
             Soul
          
           ;
           they
           shall
           neither
           be
           the
           cause
           of
           our
           ignorance
           ,
           nor
           of
           our
           sinning
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           now
           ;
           they
           shall
           not
           hinder
           ,
           but
           rather
           help
           forward
           our
           Devotions
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           they
           shall
           never
           suffer
           nor
           die
           more
           ,
           for
           they
           shall
           be
           rais'd
           immortal
           and
           incorruptible
           ;
           the
           one
           respects
           a
           deliverance
           from
           Death
           ,
           the
           other
           a
           freedom
           from
           Diseases
           :
           so
           that
           Incorruptibility
           
           is
           an
           addition
           to
           the
           happiness
           of
           immortal
           Creatures
           ;
           for
           if
           Persons
           should
           never
           die
           ,
           yet
           if
           they
           were
           often
           diseased
           ,
           their
           happiness
           would
           be
           incompleat
           :
           but
           the
           rais'd
           Bodies
           of
           the
           Saints
           shall
           never
           know
           any
           more
           sorrow
           ,
           sickness
           ,
           or
           death
           ;
           it
           shall
           not
           be
           in
           the
           power
           of
           any
           Creature
           to
           disorder
           the
           curious
           Contexture
           of
           the
           rais'd
           Bodys
           .
           Mortality
           then
           will
           be
           swallowed
           up
           of
           Life
           ;
           
             This
             corruptible
             shall
          
           
           
             put
             on
             incorruption
             ,
             and
             this
             mortal
             immortality
             .
          
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           The
           Saints
           being
           brought
           with
           Christ
           at
           his
           second
           coming
           ,
           does
           not
           only
           suppose
           their
           Resurrection
           ,
           but
           that
           with
           their
           rais'd
           Bodys
           they
           shall
           ascend
           up
           into
           the
           Air.
           And
           so
           much
           the
           Apostle
           asserts
           a
           little
           
           after
           my
           Text
           ;
           
             For
             this
             we
             say
             unto
             you
             by
             the
             Word
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             that
          
           
           
             we
             which
             are
             alive
             ,
             and
             remain
             unto
             the
             coming
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             shall
             not
             prevent
             them
             which
             are
             asleep
             .
             —
             For
             we
             shall
             be
             caught
             up
             together
             with
             them
             in
             the
             Clouds
             ,
             to
             meet
             the
             Lord
             in
             the
             Air
             :
             and
             so
             shall
             we
             ever
             be
             with
             the
             Lord.
          
           Whether
           those
           that
           are
           rais'd
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           shall
           be
           chang'd
           who
           never
           died
           ,
           shall
           be
           caught
           up
           into
           the
           Air
           by
           the
           immediate
           attractive
           Power
           of
           Christ
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           ministry
           of
           Angels
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           determine
           ;
           but
           that
           they
           shall
           ascend
           in
           order
           to
           their
           coming
           with
           him
           ,
           is
           beyond
           all
           dispute
           :
           and
           probably
           their
           Bodies
           may
           be
           so
           refin'd
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           capable
           of
           treading
           Air
           ,
           and
           mounting
           upwards
           as
           easily
           as
           they
           now
           move
           upon
           the
           Earth
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           Being
           brought
           with
           Christ
           at
           his
           second
           coming
           ,
           shall
           be
           to
           illustrate
           the
           Glory
           of
           our
           
           incarnate
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           advance
           the
           happiness
           of
           his
           redeemed
           ones
           .
           They
           shall
           attend
           their
           Lord's
           Triumph
           ,
           and
           make
           up
           a
           part
           of
           his
           magnificent
           Retinue
           :
           for
           as
           he
           shall
           come
           
             to
             be
             admir'd
          
           
           
             in
             all
             those
             that
             believe
          
           ,
           so
           they
           shall
           all
           share
           in
           his
           Glory
           ;
           they
           will
           then
           know
           by
           experience
           ,
           what
           riches
           of
           Glory
           is
           comprehended
           in
           that
           Promise
           and
           Privilege
           ,
           of
           being
           
             Heirs
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             joint
             Heirs
             with
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
          
           O
           what
           a
           glorious
           Procession
           will
           this
           be
           through
           the
           Air
           !
           when
           he
           that
           suffered
           upon
           the
           infamous
           Tree
           ,
           shall
           appear
           at
           the
           head
           of
           so
           long
           and
           bright
           a
           Train
           !
           when
           all
           that
           the
           Father
           gave
           to
           him
           shall
           appear
           with
           glittering
           Crowns
           and
           spreading
           Palms
           ,
           the
           Rewards
           of
           Grace
           ,
           and
           the
           Tokens
           of
           Victory
           !
        
         
         
           I
           proceed
           now
           to
           make
           some
           improvement
           of
           what
           I
           have
           said
           .
           And
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           This
           Doctrine
           that
           I
           have
           deliver'd
           ,
           discovers
           to
           us
           the
           excellency
           of
           the
           Christian
           Institution
           :
           
             Life
             and
             Immortality
             is
             brought
             to
             light
             by
             the
             Gospel
             .
          
           All
           that
           has
           been
           said
           by
           Heathen
           Poets
           and
           Philosophers
           concerning
           a
           Future
           State
           ,
           was
           but
           obscure
           Conjecture
           to
           the
           shining
           Revelation
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           They
           understood
           not
           that
           the
           sting
           of
           Death
           was
           remov'd
           by
           the
           sufferings
           of
           the
           Redeemer
           ,
           or
           that
           the
           Body
           should
           be
           rais'd
           with
           a
           transcendent
           Lustre
           and
           Dignity
           ,
           to
           receive
           a
           Reward
           with
           the
           Soul.
           Yea
           ,
           under
           the
           Mosaick
           Oeconomy
           ,
           a
           future
           State
           was
           but
           obscurely
           reveal'd
           ;
           but
           under
           the
           Dispensation
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           we
           have
           a
           most
           charming
           Landskip
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           
           and
           the
           way
           to
           obtain
           it
           is
           set
           in
           the
           most
           clear
           and
           certain
           light
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           This
           Doctrine
           may
           be
           improv'd
           to
           guard
           good
           men
           against
           the
           slavish
           fears
           of
           Death
           .
           Why
           should
           the
           Righteous
           be
           afraid
           to
           repose
           upon
           a
           bed
           of
           dust
           ?
           Death
           is
           but
           a
           sleep
           ,
           from
           which
           we
           shall
           be
           awaken'd
           in
           the
           morning
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           ;
           and
           Christ
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           heard
           ,
           hath
           disarm'd
           Death
           of
           its
           Sting
           ,
           and
           alter'd
           it
           in
           its
           very
           nature
           to
           the
           Righteous
           .
           I
           confess
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           wonder
           that
           the
           wicked
           and
           profane
           are
           afraid
           of
           Death
           ,
           for
           they
           know
           it
           puts
           a
           period
           to
           their
           Pleasures
           ,
           and
           begins
           their
           Torments
           ;
           it
           snatches
           them
           from
           the
           joys
           of
           Life
           ,
           and
           fixes
           'em
           under
           the
           agonies
           of
           the
           second
           Death
           .
           So
           that
           some
           not
           only
           fear
           Death
           it self
           ,
           but
           the
           very
           name
           of
           it
           is
           terrible
           :
           which
           occasion'd
           a
           
           Prince
           that
           I
           have
           read
           of
           ,
           to
           forbid
           the
           mention
           of
           it
           in
           all
           his
           Court.
           Yea
           so
           enslav'd
           are
           some
           by
           the
           fear
           of
           Death
           ,
           that
           they
           conceive
           an
           abhorrence
           at
           the
           sight
           of
           a
           Coffin
           ,
           the
           dress
           of
           Mourners
           ,
           and
           the
           solemnities
           of
           a
           Funeral
           ;
           which
           (
           as
           one
           says
           )
           are
           only
           the
           Outguards
           that
           make
           up
           the
           Retinue
           of
           the
           King
           of
           Terrors
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           reported
           of
           Alexander
           ,
           who
           had
           often
           encounter'd
           the
           numerous
           Armies
           of
           the
           Asian
           Monarchs
           ,
           and
           despis'd
           the
           terror
           of
           Battels
           ,
           yet
           when
           he
           was
           seiz'd
           with
           a
           mortal
           Disease
           in
           Babylon
           ,
           he
           was
           so
           afraid
           of
           Death
           ,
           that
           his
           Court
           was
           fill'd
           with
           Diviners
           and
           Victims
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           little
           arts
           of
           Superstition
           were
           us
           ▪
           d
           to
           preserve
           his
           Life
           .
           And
           indeed
           all
           men
           have
           just
           reason
           to
           fear
           Death
           ,
           who
           have
           nothing
           
           but
           a
           gloomy
           prospect
           beyond
           it
           ,
           the
           terrible
           apprehensions
           of
           an
           angry
           God
           ,
           and
           a
           tormenting
           Tophet
           .
           But
           such
           whose
           guilt
           is
           remov'd
           by
           the
           Blood
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           their
           Souls
           renew'd
           and
           cleans'd
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           ,
           have
           no
           reason
           to
           fear
           Death
           ,
           for
           it
           approaches
           'em
           without
           a
           sting
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           From
           the
           Doctrine
           I
           have
           establish'd
           ,
           we
           learn
           of
           what
           necessity
           it
           is
           to
           be
           united
           to
           Christ
           ;
           for
           't
           is
           only
           such
           that
           shall
           have
           part
           in
           the
           first
           Resurrection
           ,
           over
           whom
           the
           second
           Death
           shall
           have
           no
           power
           ;
           't
           is
           only
           such
           as
           die
           in
           the
           Lord
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           united
           to
           Christ
           by
           the
           Spirit
           and
           Faith
           ,
           that
           are
           said
           to
           sleep
           in
           Jesus
           ,
           and
           that
           God
           our
           Saviour
           will
           bring
           with
           him
           .
           I
           know
           that
           some
           men
           think
           themselves
           
             very
             witty
          
           ,
           when
           they
           ridicule
           the
           
           Doctrine
           of
           Union
           with
           Christ
           ;
           but
           I
           am
           sure
           they
           are
           
             very
             miserable
          
           ,
           if
           we
           may
           take
           the
           word
           of
           an
           Apostle
           for
           it
           ,
           who
           says
           ,
           
             that
             if
             any
          
           
           
             Man
             have
             not
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             ,
             he
             is
             none
             of
             his
             .
          
           Now
           none
           but
           such
           as
           belong
           to
           Christ
           shall
           attend
           his
           Triumph
           at
           the
           last
           day
           ,
           and
           reign
           with
           him
           in
           his
           immoveable
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           How
           great
           are
           our
           Obligations
           to
           our
           Redeemer
           ,
           who
           hath
           alter'd
           the
           very
           nature
           of
           Death
           by
           dying
           in
           our
           stead
           ,
           and
           given
           us
           assurance
           of
           our
           Resurrection
           by
           his
           own
           rising
           from
           the
           dead
           .
           O
           the
           heights
           ,
           the
           depths
           ,
           the
           lengths
           ,
           the
           breadths
           of
           the
           Love
           of
           God
           in
           Christ
           Jesus
           !
           O
           ,
           shall
           not
           our
           Hearts
           burn
           with
           a
           grateful
           flame
           !
           and
           shall
           not
           his
           unexampled
           Love
           render
           him
           exceeding
           precious
           to
           our
           Souls
           ,
           and
           cause
           us
           to
           strike
           up
           
           with
           the
           Church
           Triumphant
           ,
           
           
             Worthy
             is
             the
             Lamb
             that
             was
             slain
             to
             receive
             Power
             ,
             and
             Riches
             ,
             and
             Wisdom
             ,
             and
             Strength
             ,
             and
             Honour
             ,
             and
             Glory
             ,
             and
             Blessing
             ,
             for
             ever
             and
             ever
             !
          
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           How
           little
           reason
           have
           those
           that
           are
           united
           to
           Christ
           ,
           to
           desire
           any
           long
           tarry
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           sink
           of
           Sin
           and
           Sorrow
           ,
           a
           place
           of
           gloominess
           and
           darkness
           ;
           where
           we
           constantly
           suffer
           ,
           and
           are
           always
           in
           danger
           of
           sinning
           .
           Moreover
           ,
           while
           here
           ,
           we
           are
           kept
           from
           our
           Inheritance
           and
           our
           Father's
           House
           :
           Therefore
           it
           better
           becomes
           a
           true
           Member
           of
           Christ's
           Mystical
           Body
           ,
           to
           desire
           rather
           
             to
             depart
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             with
             Christ
             ,
             which
             is
             best
             of
             all
             .
          
        
         
           Sixthly
           ,
           How
           great
           is
           the
           difference
           betwixt
           the
           death
           of
           a
           Believer
           and
           that
           of
           an
           Infidel
           .
           
           
             They
             may
             both
             fall
             by
             the
             same
             diseases
             ,
             and
             their
             Dust
             
             be
             mingled
             in
             the
             same
             Pit
             ;
             but
             their
             immortal
             part
             will
             be
             everlastingly
             divided
             :
             There
             is
             a
             great
             Gulf
             fixed
             between
             the
             Spirits
             in
             Prison
             ,
             and
             the
             Souls
             in
             Paradise
             .
          
           We
           read
           that
           when
           the
           rich
           Man
           died
           ,
           
             in
             Hell
             be
             lift
             up
             his
             Eyes
             ,
             being
             in
             Torments
          
           ;
           
           but
           when
           the
           religious
           Beggar
           left
           this
           World
           ,
           he
           
             was
             carried
             by
             Angels
             into
          
           Abraham
           
             's
             Bosom
          
           .
           An
           impenitent
           Sinner
           at
           death
           loses
           the
           very
           Shadows
           that
           he
           courted
           for
           Happiness
           ;
           but
           the
           Saint
           heightens
           his
           Felicity
           into
           Perfection
           .
           
             Mark
             the
             perfect
             Man
             ,
             and
             behold
          
           
           
             the
             upright
             ;
             for
             the
             end
             of
             that
             Man
             is
             peace
             .
          
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           If
           such
           as
           sleep
           in
           Jesus
           God
           will
           bring
           with
           him
           ,
           then
           let
           us
           not
           sorrow
           like
           those
           without
           hope
           when
           God
           removes
           our
           Relations
           and
           Friends
           by
           death
           ,
           especially
           such
           whom
           we
           have
           good
           
           ground
           to
           believe
           are
           fallen
           asleep
           in
           Jesus
           ,
           as
           blessed
           be
           God
           we
           have
           of
           that
           excellent
           and
           worthy
           Gentleman
           Mr.
           ABBOTT
           ,
           whose
           Death
           has
           given
           the
           sad
           occasion
           to
           this
           Discourse
           :
           And
           is
           he
           dead
           ?
           Well
           ,
           but
           his
           Name
           lives
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           fresh
           and
           fragrant
           to
           Posterity
           .
           And
           I
           cannot
           do
           Justice
           to
           his
           Memory
           ,
           without
           taking
           notice
           of
           those
           Graces
           and
           Virtues
           that
           eminently
           shin'd
           in
           his
           Conversation
           and
           Conduct
           ;
           for
           
             the
             Memory
             of
             the
             just
             shall
             be
             blessed
             ,
             and
             the
             righteous
             shall
             be
             had
             in
             everlasting
             remembrance
             .
          
        
         
           I
           am
           not
           now
           to
           give
           the
           Character
           of
           one
           that
           dwelt
           in
           a
           shade
           ,
           but
           of
           one
           whose
           publick
           Imploys
           expos'd
           him
           to
           a
           continual
           view
           ,
           so
           that
           I
           doubt
           not
           of
           a
           crowd
           of
           Witnesses
           to
           attest
           the
           truth
           of
           what
           I
           shall
           say
           .
           I
           confess
           ,
           to
           collect
           all
           that
           was
           excellent
           and
           
           imitable
           in
           the
           deceas'd
           Gentleman
           ,
           is
           too
           big
           a
           task
           for
           so
           unskilful
           a
           Person
           as
           I
           am
           ,
           who
           can
           but
           lay
           the
           dead
           Colours
           of
           his
           Character
           ,
           and
           must
           leave
           the
           finishing
           strokes
           to
           more
           artful
           Hands
           ,
           to
           Men
           of
           better
           Judgment
           ,
           of
           greater
           compass
           of
           Thought
           ,
           and
           exactness
           of
           Stile
           .
           I
           must
           own
           I
           am
           at
           a
           loss
           where
           to
           begin
           ,
           and
           what
           part
           of
           his
           excellent
           Character
           I
           shall
           insist
           upon
           ;
           but
           I
           think
           his
           Piety
           towards
           God
           may
           properly
           enough
           be
           spoken
           of
           in
           the
           first
           place
           .
        
         
           He
           began
           very
           early
           to
           be
           religious
           ,
           devoted
           to
           Heaven
           the
           flourishing
           bloom
           of
           his
           Youth
           ,
           the
           first
           and
           best
           of
           his
           time
           ;
           he
           had
           well
           studied
           and
           digested
           the
           great
           Articles
           of
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           ,
           and
           had
           right
           Notions
           of
           the
           Person
           and
           Mediatory
           Work
           of
           Christ
           ,
           which
           had
           a
           mighty
           
           influence
           into
           his
           whole
           Conversation
           ;
           for
           tho
           he
           liv'd
           in
           a
           crowd
           and
           hurry
           of
           business
           ,
           yet
           he
           lost
           not
           his
           Religion
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           kept
           close
           to
           the
           private
           and
           publick
           Duties
           of
           Divine
           Worship
           .
        
         
           With
           what
           seriousness
           and
           diligence
           did
           he
           attend
           on
           Sermons
           ,
           and
           what
           Pains
           did
           he
           take
           in
           the
           writing
           and
           repeating
           of
           '
           em
           ?
           which
           was
           the
           more
           extraordinary
           ,
           because
           his
           publick
           Imploys
           engag'd
           him
           in
           writing
           even
           to
           toil
           and
           fatigue
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           not
           a
           Gentleman
           that
           affected
           Singularity
           ,
           or
           pretended
           to
           more
           Purity
           than
           other
           Christians
           ;
           but
           there
           was
           a
           native
           gracefulness
           that
           attended
           his
           acts
           of
           Piety
           and
           Devotion
           ,
           which
           he
           manag'd
           without
           Pomp
           or
           Noise
           :
           this
           was
           an
           evidence
           of
           his
           great
           Humility
           ,
           a
           Grace
           
           very
           conspicuous
           in
           him
           ,
           as
           some
           of
           the
           poorest
           in
           this
           place
           cannot
           but
           have
           observ'd
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           carried
           it
           as
           if
           they
           had
           been
           his
           Equals
           ,
           which
           added
           a
           mighty
           lustre
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           Virtues
           .
        
         
           His
           Zeal
           for
           spreading
           the
           great
           Truths
           of
           the
           Gospel
           was
           strong
           and
           regular
           ,
           bright
           and
           flaming
           ;
           for
           notwithstanding
           his
           many
           necessary
           Avocations
           ,
           he
           would
           redeem
           time
           to
           advise
           and
           assist
           in
           the
           promotion
           of
           substantial
           Godliness
           .
        
         
           His
           Sincerity
           was
           very
           extraordinary
           and
           visible
           ,
           for
           he
           appear'd
           always
           with
           great
           freedom
           ,
           simplicity
           and
           plainness
           in
           Conversation
           ;
           he
           detested
           all
           Reserves
           and
           Disguises
           ,
           't
           was
           too
           mean
           for
           him
           to
           appear
           in
           Masquerade
           ,
           tho
           Alamode
           :
           Integrity
           preserv'd
           him
           from
           the
           meanness
           of
           Flattery
           ,
           and
           he
           preserv'd
           his
           
           Integrity
           amidst
           a
           thousand
           Temptations
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           a
           true
           Nathanael
           ,
           who
           by
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           (
           abating
           the
           common
           frailtys
           of
           human
           Life
           )
           might
           be
           said
           to
           
             keep
             himself
             unspotted
             from
             the
             World
          
           ;
           for
           he
           acted
           like
           Joseph
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           Pharaoh
           ,
           only
           with
           this
           difference
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           not
           learn'd
           to
           swear
           by
           his
           Life
           .
        
         
           In
           his
           Family
           he
           was
           very
           exemplary
           ,
           gave
           great
           encouragement
           to
           the
           beginnings
           of
           Piety
           ,
           but
           deeply
           resented
           the
           negligence
           of
           Servants
           or
           Children
           that
           should
           absent
           themselves
           from
           Family-worship
           .
        
         
           The
           Company
           he
           most
           delighted
           in
           ,
           was
           such
           where
           he
           might
           either
           do
           good
           ,
           or
           receive
           it
           ;
           and
           indeed
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           that
           (
           like
           the
           Master
           he
           serv'd
           )
           
             he
             went
             about
             doing
             good
          
           ;
           for
           as
           he
           sought
           
           out
           Objects
           to
           exercise
           his
           Charity
           upon
           ,
           so
           he
           would
           thank
           his
           particular
           Friends
           when
           they
           told
           him
           of
           any
           that
           were
           deserving
           of
           his
           Alms
           ,
           and
           would
           as
           chearfully
           relieve
           'em
           in
           the
           most
           generous
           and
           noble
           manner
           .
           He
           was
           never
           deaf
           to
           the
           Complaints
           of
           the
           Poor
           and
           Miserable
           ,
           nor
           blind
           to
           the
           Marks
           of
           their
           Poverty
           ;
           neither
           did
           he
           shut
           his
           Heart
           ,
           his
           Purse
           ,
           or
           his
           Door
           against
           'em
           :
           he
           did
           not
           only
           wish
           'em
           well
           ,
           and
           give
           them
           soft
           language
           ,
           but
           afforded
           'em
           solid
           Supplys
           .
           He
           was
           truly
           that
           liberal
           Man
           whom
           Solomon
           speaks
           of
           ,
           that
           deviseth
           liberal
           things
           :
           For
           as
           
             he
             was
             created
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             to
             good
             Works
             ,
             so
             he
             did
             abound
             in
             all
             the
             Fruits
             of
             Righteousness
             and
             Charity
             ,
             which
             are
             by
             Jesus
             Christ
             to
             the
             Praise
             and
             Glory
             of
             God
             the
             Father
             .
          
           And
           tho
           he
           was
           thus
           rich
           
           in
           good
           Works
           ,
           yet
           his
           charitable
           Distributions
           were
           never
           attended
           with
           the
           sound
           of
           a
           Trumpet
           ,
           but
           dispers'd
           to
           multitudes
           in
           the
           most
           silent
           and
           secret
           way
           .
           
             He
             deliver'd
             the
             Poor
             that
             cry'd
             ,
             and
             the
             Fatherless
             ,
             and
             him
             that
             had
             none
             to
             help
             him
             ;
             the
             blessing
             of
             him
             that
             was
             ready
             to
             perish
             came
             upon
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             caused
             the
             Widow's
             heart
             to
             sing
             for
             joy
             .
          
           Yet
           in
           all
           this
           he
           observed
           the
           Rule
           of
           our
           Saviour
           as
           near
           as
           possible
           ,
           
             not
             letting
             his
             right
             hand
             know
             what
             his
             left
             hand
             did
             .
          
        
         
           He
           gave
           very
           liberally
           ,
           tho
           very
           privately
           ,
           to
           encourage
           the
           bringing
           up
           of
           a
           Pious
           and
           Learned
           Ministry
           in
           Ireland
           ;
           and
           understanding
           that
           such
           a
           Design
           was
           forming
           in
           London
           ,
           he
           offer'd
           most
           generously
           to
           encourage
           it
           ,
           but
           before
           it
           could
           be
           accomplish'd
           ,
           cruel
           Death
           fetter'd
           those
           
           hands
           that
           were
           always
           active
           in
           dispensing
           the
           most
           noble
           Charities
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           think
           it
           no
           contemptible
           Branch
           of
           his
           Character
           ,
           that
           he
           paid
           a
           deference
           and
           respect
           to
           all
           that
           were
           of
           the
           Sacred
           Order
           of
           the
           Ministry
           ,
           under
           what
           denomination
           soever
           they
           passed
           :
           Tho
           his
           Ears
           were
           not
           servilely
           boar'd
           to
           any
           ,
           for
           he
           did
           not
           look
           on
           'em
           as
           Lords
           of
           his
           Faith
           ,
           but
           Helpers
           of
           his
           Joy.
           Yet
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           he
           was
           not
           wanting
           to
           afford
           'em
           the
           Testimonies
           of
           his
           Respect
           .
           He
           gave
           liberally
           to
           support
           several
           Lectures
           ;
           particularly
           he
           encourag'd
           that
           which
           is
           carried
           on
           in
           this
           Place
           :
           for
           he
           was
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           universal
           Charity
           to
           all
           that
           bore
           the
           Image
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           very
           tender
           of
           the
           Reputation
           of
           all
           Men
           ;
           and
           as
           he
           
           could
           not
           endure
           to
           hear
           the
           Follies
           of
           Men
           made
           a
           matter
           of
           Diversion
           ,
           so
           he
           always
           deeply
           resented
           the
           Reproaches
           and
           Calumnies
           that
           are
           too
           commonly
           the
           Sauce
           of
           Conversation
           ,
           and
           look'd
           upon
           a
           Man's
           good
           Name
           as
           too
           valuable
           to
           lie
           at
           the
           mercy
           of
           every
           Jester
           :
           so
           that
           I
           may
           say
           he
           was
           as
           free
           from
           rash
           Censures
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           from
           deserving
           '
           em
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           always
           ready
           to
           compose
           any
           difference
           betwixt
           contending
           Parties
           ,
           which
           he
           did
           with
           that
           dexterity
           and
           impartiality
           ,
           that
           that
           Man
           was
           suspected
           to
           have
           a
           very
           bad
           Cause
           that
           declin'd
           his
           Arbitration
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           his
           acquitting
           himself
           in
           his
           publick
           Imploy
           ,
           it
           was
           with
           that
           Honour
           that
           few
           Men
           in
           an
           Age
           do
           ;
           he
           was
           so
           little
           charm'd
           with
           the
           glitter
           of
           Wealth
           ,
           and
           his
           Mind
           was
           so
           imbu'd
           with
           the
           
           Principles
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           that
           he
           thought
           it
           below
           him
           to
           raise
           his
           Estate
           by
           the
           mean
           practices
           of
           Craft
           or
           Violence
           ,
           Bribery
           or
           Oppression
           .
        
         
           He
           fear'd
           God
           and
           honour'd
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           meddle
           with
           those
           that
           are
           given
           to
           change
           :
           His
           Loyalty
           to
           his
           present
           Majesty
           William
           the
           King
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           and
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           the
           remarkable
           Services
           he
           has
           done
           ▪
           in
           contributing
           towards
           supporting
           the
           Credit
           of
           the
           Nation
           at
           a
           time
           when
           it
           run
           very
           low
           ,
           are
           too
           well
           known
           to
           need
           reciting
           here
           .
        
         
           Should
           I
           speak
           of
           him
           as
           a
           Husband
           ,
           a
           Parent
           ,
           a
           Master
           ,
           or
           a
           Friend
           ,
           I
           may
           say
           without
           an
           Hyperbole
           ,
           he
           had
           few
           Equals
           under
           Heaven
           ;
           for
           never
           did
           I
           see
           a
           more
           affectionate
           Husband
           ,
           tender
           Father
           ,
           pleasant
           and
           faithful
           
           Friend
           .
           Yet
           all
           these
           things
           that
           I
           have
           mention'd
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           many
           more
           I
           have
           not
           time
           to
           name
           ,
           that
           are
           lovely
           and
           of
           good
           report
           ,
           could
           not
           prevent
           his
           being
           seiz'd
           with
           a
           mortal
           Sickness
           ;
           
           
             For
             what
             Man
             is
             he
             that
             liveth
             ,
             and
             shall
             not
             see
             Death
             ?
             Shall
             be
             deliver
             his
             Soul
             from
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             Grave
             ?
             Selah
             .
          
        
         
           His
           Illness
           was
           more
           violent
           and
           dangerous
           than
           was
           generally
           apprehended
           ,
           till
           within
           a
           day
           or
           two
           before
           his
           Death
           :
           he
           then
           being
           ask'd
           concerning
           his
           hopes
           of
           eternal
           Life
           ,
           declar'd
           ,
           
             They
             were
             fix'd
             on
             the
             Satisfaction
             and
             Obedience
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             that
             upon
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             the
             Redeemer
             alone
             he
             rested
             for
             the
             pardon
             of
             his
             Sins
             and
             everlasting
             Happiness
             .
          
           But
           immediately
           after
           this
           he
           grew
           delirious
           ,
           and
           so
           was
           render'd
           uncapable
           of
           discoursing
           
           distinctly
           concerning
           Divine
           things
           ;
           yet
           even
           while
           he
           was
           thus
           indispos'd
           ,
           he
           desir'd
           me
           to
           pray
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           told
           me
           that
           he
           heartily
           joyn'd
           .
           Indeed
           a
           few
           hours
           before
           he
           dy'd
           he
           lay
           a
           little
           compos'd
           ,
           and
           we
           imagin'd
           that
           some
           revival
           would
           have
           ensu'd
           ;
           so
           apt
           are
           we
           to
           flatter
           our selves
           with
           the
           belief
           of
           that
           which
           is
           the
           matter
           of
           our
           earnest
           Wishes
           .
           But
           alas
           !
           one
           hour
           sunk
           all
           expectation
           of
           Life
           ,
           and
           the
           next
           put
           a
           Period
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           Thus
           liv'd
           and
           dy'd
           that
           admirable
           Person
           whose
           Decease
           has
           occasion'd
           this
           Discourse
           ;
           and
           tho
           he
           be
           dead
           ,
           yet
           he
           speaketh
           ,
           and
           his
           Works
           praise
           him
           more
           in
           the
           Gate
           ,
           than
           I
           have
           done
           from
           the
           Pulpit
           .
           Is
           he
           dead
           ?
           he
           is
           not
           gone
           out
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           but
           remov'd
           to
           a
           better
           part
           of
           it
           ;
           
           he
           has
           only
           chang'd
           his
           Place
           ,
           his
           Company
           ,
           and
           Work.
           Therefore
           you
           his
           sorrowful
           surviving
           Half
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           mourning
           Friends
           should
           not
           think
           on
           him
           as
           lost
           ,
           but
           as
           set
           at
           liberty
           ;
           not
           as
           decaying
           among
           the
           Clods
           of
           the
           Valley
           ,
           but
           as
           shining
           on
           an
           illustrious
           Throne
           .
           Stop
           your
           Tears
           ,
           for
           were
           he
           sensible
           of
           your
           Grief
           ,
           and
           capable
           of
           making
           a
           pause
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           his
           Hallelujahs
           ,
           he
           would
           say
           to
           you
           that
           survive
           ,
           
             Weep
             not
             for
             me
             ,
             but
             weep
             for
             your selves
             .
          
           Therefore
           let
           us
           all
           think
           what
           Improvement
           to
           make
           of
           this
           sudden
           and
           surprizing
           Providence
           :
           And
           those
           things
           that
           't
           is
           proper
           to
           instruct
           us
           in
           ,
           I
           shall
           but
           just
           name
           ,
           and
           conclude
           :
           Let
           this
           Providence
           put
           us
           on
           the
           most
           serious
           Consideration
           ;
           
             In
             the
             day
             of
             adversity
             consider
             ,
          
           says
           the
           wise
           Man.
           Let
           
           us
           consider
           and
           reflect
           upon
           the
           vanity
           and
           uncertainty
           of
           human
           Life
           ;
           surely
           when
           so
           bright
           and
           vigorous
           a
           Flame
           is
           so
           suddenly
           extinguish'd
           ,
           that
           Scripture
           is
           eminently
           fulfill'd
           that
           says
           ,
           
             Verily
             Man
             in
             his
             best
             Estate
             is
             altogether
             Vanity
             .
          
           Let
           us
           learn
           a
           holy
           Indifferency
           to
           the
           things
           of
           this
           World
           ;
           let
           us
           be
           convinc'd
           how
           ineffectual
           are
           all
           kind
           of
           means
           to
           preserve
           Life
           when
           the
           Decree
           is
           gone
           forth
           .
           If
           the
           Skill
           of
           Physicians
           ,
           if
           the
           melting
           Affection
           of
           a
           Wife
           ,
           and
           the
           fervent
           Prayers
           of
           Ministers
           could
           have
           prevented
           the
           Death
           of
           our
           Friend
           ,
           we
           had
           not
           been
           mourning
           here
           at
           this
           time
           :
           Therefore
           let
           us
           adore
           the
           Soveraignty
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           acts
           as
           he
           pleases
           ,
           and
           gives
           no
           account
           of
           his
           Matters
           to
           the
           Children
           of
           Men.
           Let
           us
           trust
           in
           the
           Lord
           ,
           who
           changeth
           
           not
           ,
           and
           submit
           to
           his
           disposing
           Will
           ,
           which
           is
           directed
           by
           Wisdom
           and
           Love.
           Finally
           ,
           prepare
           to
           follow
           ;
           
             Be
             ye
             also
             ready
          
           :
           walk
           with
           God
           while
           you
           tarry
           here
           ,
           that
           when
           he
           calls
           you
           out
           of
           this
           lower
           World
           ,
           he
           may
           take
           you
           into
           his
           blissful
           Presence
           ,
           and
           say
           
           unto
           each
           of
           you
           ,
           
             Well
             done
             ,
             thou
             good
             and
             faithful
             Servant
             ;
             thou
             hast
             been
             faithful
             over
             a
             few
             things
             ,
             I
             will
             make
             thee
             Ruler
             over
             many
             things
             :
             enter
             thou
             into
             the
             Joy
             of
             thy
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A54873-e440
           
             ●
             Cor.
             7.
             31.
             
          
           
             Job
             21.
             24.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             23.
             2.
             
          
           
             Job
             1.
             7.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             20.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             21.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             11.
             33.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             34.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             36.
             
          
           
             Eccles
             .
             3.
             4.
             
          
           
             Isa
             .
             57.
             1.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             22.
             18.
             
          
           
             Job
             27.
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             *
             Nil
             agis
             ,
             dolor
             ;
             quanquam
             sis
             molestus
             ,
             nunquam
             te
             esse
             confitebor
             malum
             .
          
           
             *
             Epist
             .
             63.
             
             Inter
             exempla
             eorum
             fui
             quos
             dolor
             vicit
             .
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             18.
             33.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             37.
             34
             ,
             35.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             31.
             15.
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             21.
             10.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Senec.
               Epist
            
             .
             9.
             
             Omnia
             bona
             mea
             mecum
             sunt
             ,
             Justitia
             ,
             Virtus
             ,
             Temperantia
             ,
             Prudentia
             ,
             hoc
             ipsum
             nihil
             boni
             putare
             quod
             eripi
             possit
             .
          
           
             *
             Dr.
             Bates
             .
          
           
             Joh.
             11.
             11.
             
          
           
             *
             1
             Cor.
             15.
             6
             ,
             18
             ,
             20
             ,
             51.
             
          
           
             Eccles
             .
             12.
             7.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             8.
             
          
           
             Isa
             .
             57.
             2.
             
          
           
             Job
             3.
             17
             ,
             18.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             6.
             13.
             
          
           
             Eccles
             .
             9.
             10.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             14.
             13.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             9.
             4.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             15.
             56.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             1.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             3.
             13.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             15.
             55
             ,
             57.
             
          
           
             Hos
             .
             13.
             14.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             9.
             28.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             2.
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             Acts
             26.
             8.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Beconsal
             .
          
           
             Job
             19.
             25
             ,
             26.
             
          
           
             John
             5.
             28
             ,
             29.
             
          
           
             Dr.
             Hody
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             15.
             51.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             2.
             14.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             19.
             
          
           
             Acts
             2.
             24.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             15.
             12.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             11.
             25.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor
             ▪
             15
             ▪
             20
             ▪
             ●●
             22.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             11.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             3.
             21.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             1.
             15.
             
          
           
             Mark
             1●
             .
             43
             ▪
             〈…〉
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             4
             ▪
             15
             ,
             53.
             
          
           
             1
             Thess
             .
             15
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             2
             Thess
             .
             1.
             10.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             9.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             5.
             12
             ,
          
           
             Mr.
             Cruso
             .
          
           
             Luke
             16.
             22
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             37.
             37.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             89.
             48.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             25.
             21.