A sermon preached at the funeral of Mr. Jos. Glanvil late rector of Bath, and chaplain in ordinary to His Majesty, who dyed at his rectory of Bath, the fourth of November, 1680, and was buried there the ninth of the same month / by Jos. Pleydell ...
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             A sermon preached at the funeral of Mr. Jos. Glanvil late rector of Bath, and chaplain in ordinary to His Majesty, who dyed at his rectory of Bath, the fourth of November, 1680, and was buried there the ninth of the same month / by Jos. Pleydell ...
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           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           at
           the
           FUNERAL
           OF
           M
           r.
           Jos.
           Glanvil
           ,
           Late
           Rector
           of
           BATH
           ,
           and
           Chaplain
           in
           Ordinary
           to
           His
           Majesty
           :
           Who
           dyed
           at
           his
           Rectory
           of
           Bath
           ,
           the
           fourth
           of
           November
           ,
           1680.
           and
           was
           Buried
           there
           the
           Ninth
           of
           the
           same
           Month.
           By
           
             Ios.
             Pleydell
          
           ,
           Arch-Deacon
           of
           Chichester
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Henry
             Mortlock
          
           at
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           Phoenix
           in
           St.
           Pauls
           Church-yard
           ,
           and
           the
           
             White
             Hart
          
           in
           Westminster-Hall
           .
           1681.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             REVEL
             .
             XIV
             .
             Ver.
             13.
             
          
           
             And
             I
             heard
             a
             voice
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             saying
             unto
             me
             ,
             Write
             ,
             Blessed
             are
             the
             dead
             which
             dye
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             from
             henceforth
             ,
             yea
             saith
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             rest
             from
             their
             labours
             ,
             and
             their
             works
             do
             follow
             them
             .
          
        
         
           THe
           more
           attentively
           we
           consider
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           in
           any
           of
           its
           parts
           ,
           we
           find
           greater
           grounds
           for
           the
           confirmation
           both
           of
           its
           Author
           and
           excellency
           ;
           so
           infinitely
           does
           it
           surpass
           all
           those
           writings
           of
           that
           nature
           ,
           which
           the
           great
           Sages
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           have
           ,
           with
           so
           much
           superciliousness
           on
           their
           part
           ,
           and
           admiration
           from
           their
           respective
           followers
           ,
           I
           may
           add
           too
           (
           all
           things
           considered
           )
           not
           without
           meriting
           due
           praise
           from
           us
           ,
           delivered
           to
           their
           Scholars
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           will
           appear
           evident
           and
           undeniable
           if
           we
           but
           parallel
           them
           in
           any
           of
           the
           chief
           heads
           ;
           for
           instance
           ,
           in
           the
           principles
           upon
           which
           our
           Religion
           does
           proceed
           ,
           the
           precepts
           it
           contains
           ,
           and
           the
           rewards
           it
           appoints
           ;
           which
           division
           will
           comprize
           the
           summ
           of
           what
           we
           profess
           :
           In
           all
           which
           the
           great
           Masters
           of
           Heathen
           wisdom
           ,
           do
           plainly
           discover
           ,
           either
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Ignorance
           ,
           or
           
           malice
           ,
           in
           prevaricating
           that
           light
           they
           had
           reflected
           upon
           them
           from
           Jewish
           tradition
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           may
           be
           well
           doubted
           whether
           their
           Symbolick
           Divinity
           were
           not
           design'd
           rather
           to
           conceal
           their
           own
           Ignorance
           in
           what
           they
           pretended
           to
           ,
           than
           to
           secure
           the
           rites
           and
           mysteries
           thereof
           from
           the
           vulgar's
           profanation
           .
           For
           example
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           Take
           first
           the
           Principles
           ,
           those
           truths
           that
           are
           the
           Basis
           and
           foundation
           of
           our
           Religion
           ;
           such
           as
           are
           the
           Being
           and
           Nature
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Creation
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           the
           Fall
           of
           man
           ,
           and
           his
           Redemption
           by
           a
           Messias
           ,
           the
           Immortality
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           and
           the
           Resurrection
           ;
           't
           is
           plain
           the
           whole
           Philosophick
           world
           had
           none
           ,
           or
           but
           a
           very
           imperfect
           knowledge
           of
           almost
           all
           of
           them
           ;
           However
           some
           ,
           of
           their
           lavish
           Charity
           ,
           have
           endeavour'd
           to
           squeeze
           as
           much
           from
           their
           writings
           :
           Nay
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           not
           without
           some
           knowledge
           of
           our
           greatest
           Mysteries
           ,
           viz.
           of
           a
           Messias
           under
           their
           Daimono-Latria
           ,
           and
           even
           of
           the
           Trinity
           in
           
           Plato's
           Triad
           ,
           and
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           under
           the
           Indians
           Palin-genesis
           :
           But
           no
           body
           that
           has
           any
           veneration
           either
           for
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           or
           but
           for
           Truth
           in
           general
           ,
           but
           must
           see
           and
           acknowledge
           that
           all
           this
           is
           but
           tortur'd
           from
           them
           .
        
         
           Nor
           may
           we
           deny
           this
           further
           ,
           that
           whatever
           Notions
           of
           this
           kind
           they
           had
           ,
           were
           but
           traditional
           
           in
           respect
           of
           their
           Origine
           ,
           and
           conjectural
           in
           reference
           to
           their
           ambiguity
           and
           uncertainty
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           like
           is
           to
           be
           said
           of
           their
           Rules
           and
           Precepts
           of
           virtuous
           living
           .
           For
           we
           may
           not
           detract
           thus
           much
           from
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           recommended
           many
           excellent
           Institutes
           to
           their
           Sects
           .
           You
           shall
           collect
           among
           them
           many
           very
           admirable
           sayings
           ,
           such
           as
           these
           ;
        
         
           To
           know
           our selves
           ;
           to
           abstain
           from
           vice
           ;
           to
           bear
           afflictions
           :
           to
           do
           justly
           ,
           and
           speak
           truly
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           do
           as
           we
           would
           be
           done
           by
           ;
           
             and
             many
             more
          
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           for
           that
           kind
           of
           Divinity
           which
           was
           deducible
           from
           the
           Rules
           of
           common
           prudence
           and
           observation
           ,
           and
           depended
           not
           chiefly
           or
           solely
           upon
           Divine
           Revelation
           ,
           they
           have
           done
           extraordinary
           well
           :
           And
           if
           they
           had
           not
           furnish'd
           us
           with
           so
           many
           famous
           examples
           of
           Vertue
           too
           ,
           it
           would
           not
           reflect
           so
           much
           upon
           the
           Professors
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           which
           in
           the
           spirituality
           of
           its
           precepts
           has
           as
           far
           exceeded
           all
           that
           they
           have
           writ
           ,
           as
           some
           of
           their
           Lives
           have
           most
           of
           ours
           ;
           though
           that
           be
           not
           to
           be
           imputed
           to
           our
           Religion
           ,
           unless
           it
           were
           justly
           chargeable
           upon
           the
           vitiosity
           or
           defect
           of
           its
           Principles
           or
           Rules
           .
        
         
           Thus
           miserably
           however
           do
           we
           compensate
           the
           Divine
           culture
           ;
           and
           as
           if
           Nature
           abhorring
           so
           great
           a
           disparity
           betwixt
           mankind
           ,
           would
           thus
           ballance
           
           the
           Heathen
           with
           the
           Christian
           World
           ;
           by
           opposing
           their
           Imperfect
           Knowledge
           ,
           but
           severer
           Vertue
           ,
           to
           our
           diviner
           Laws
           ,
           but
           greater
           licentiousness
           in
           Practice
           :
           Many
           of
           them
           having
           ,
           by
           as
           great
           proportions
           exceeded
           us
           in
           their
           endeavours
           after
           goodness
           ,
           as
           we
           do
           them
           in
           the
           knowledge
           and
           other
           means
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Last
           of
           all
           (
           which
           brings
           it
           to
           our
           present
           subject
           )
           Christianity
           propounds
           nothing
           but
           upon
           the
           fairest
           and
           surest
           encouragement
           imaginable
           .
           For
           the
           happiness
           of
           our
           Religion
           is
           both
           transcendently
           superiour
           to
           their
           discoveries
           and
           accompts
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           then
           also
           we
           are
           sufficiently
           and
           unquestionably
           assur'd
           hereof
           ,
           
             i
             e.
          
           't
           is
           not
           recommended
           to
           us
           upon
           plausible
           perswasions
           and
           inconclusive
           arguments
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           genuine
           sence
           of
           St.
           
           Paul's
           expressions
           ,
           1
           Corinth
           .
           2.
           4.
           
             in
             demonstration
             of
             the
             Spirit
             and
             Power
             .
          
        
         
           So
           that
           we
           see
           there
           is
           a
           kind
           of
           peculiar
           excellency
           in
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           above
           all
           the
           Systems
           of
           the
           greatest
           Moralists
           ;
           the
           foundation
           of
           our
           Obedience
           being
           laid
           upon
           clearer
           and
           better
           principles
           ,
           the
           practice
           of
           our
           obedience
           being
           carried
           higher
           by
           the
           spirituality
           of
           its
           commands
           ,
           and
           the
           rewards
           of
           our
           obedience
           being
           incomparably
           greater
           ,
           than
           what
           we
           can
           conceive
           ,
           much
           less
           could
           they
           promise
           or
           bestow
           .
        
         
         
           'T
           is
           the
           last
           of
           these
           that
           is
           contain'd
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           and
           for
           which
           I
           am
           to
           be
           further
           accomptable
           to
           ye
           in
           the
           prosecution
           of
           the
           words
           I
           have
           read
           .
           
             And
             I
             heard
             a
             voice
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             saying
             unto
             me
             ,
             Write
             ,
             Blessed
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Wherein
           we
           have
           these
           following
           particulars
           principally
           to
           be
           observed
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           happiness
           of
           good
           men
           describ'd
           by
           its
           
             general
             nature
          
           ,
           they
           are
           blessed
           ,
           and
           by
           its
           integral
           parts
           ,
           they
           
             rest
             from
             their
             labours
             ,
             and
             their
             works
             do
             follow
             them
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Security
           and
           Evidence
           upon
           which
           this
           happiness
           is
           promis'd
           and
           asserted
           ,
           
             yea
             saith
             the
             Spirit
          
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           time
           of
           its
           perfection
           and
           accomplishment
           ,
           partly
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           but
           not
           fully
           nor
           completely
           till
           death
           ,
           
             saying
             ,
             Blessed
             are
             the
             dead
             that
             dye
             in
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           4.
           
           And
           lastly
           ,
           the
           Influence
           which
           the
           consideration
           of
           these
           premisses
           ought
           to
           have
           upon
           us
           ,
           both
           in
           Life
           and
           Death
           ,
           in
           reference
           to
           Obedience
           and
           Patience
           .
           And
        
         
           I.
           To
           begin
           with
           the
           description
           of
           that
           happiness
           ,
           those
           rewards
           ,
           which
           are
           propounded
           to
           us
           for
           the
           encouragement
           of
           our
           Obedience
           and
           Patience
           :
           Which
           are
           so
           great
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           utterly
           ignorant
           by
           what
           measures
           to
           describe
           them
           to
           ye
           .
           
           The
           nature
           of
           that
           Celestial
           bliss
           as
           far
           transcending
           all
           our
           present
           felicities
           ,
           by
           which
           we
           should
           judge
           of
           it
           ;
           as
           it
           does
           the
           very
           capacity
           of
           our
           meriting
           it
           .
        
         
           Sir
           
             Francis
             Bacon
          
           has
           observ'd
           ,
           We
           can
           have
           but
           a
           very
           imperfect
           accompt
           of
           those
           things
           ,
           which
           receed
           any
           whit
           near
           those
           extreams
           of
           Nothing
           and
           Infinity
           :
           because
           either
           by
           their
           parvity
           or
           immensity
           ,
           they
           elude
           or
           confound
           our
           knowledge
           .
        
         
           And
           especially
           the
           latter
           ,
           which
           choak
           the
           understanding
           ;
           and
           is
           like
           the
           beholding
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           whose
           light
           and
           lustre
           ,
           by
           which
           we
           discern
           other
           objects
           ,
           marrs
           ,
           and
           dimms
           our
           sight
           .
        
         
           Such
           is
           the
           transcendent
           excellency
           of
           our
           future
           bliss
           ,
           at
           once
           the
           delight
           and
           amazement
           of
           our
           Intellectuals
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           description
           whereof
           our
           highest
           expressions
           are
           so
           far
           from
           being
           hyperbolical
           ,
           that
           they
           amount
           but
           to
           a
           Litotes
           ;
           so
           that
           after
           our
           utmost
           endeavours
           we
           must
           content
           our selves
           with
           St.
           Pauls
           account
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           his
           First
           and
           Second
           Epistles
           to
           the
           Corinthians
           ,
           
           his
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           and
           his
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           unutterable
           ,
           for
           that
           I
           take
           to
           be
           the
           meaning
           (
           and
           not
           as
           we
           render
           it
           unlawful
           )
           of
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           and
           also
           unconceiveable
           .
        
         
         
           So
           inevitably
           should
           we
           diminish
           the
           Glory
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           by
           any
           expression
           ,
           illustration
           ,
           or
           parallel
           whatever
           .
        
         
           Which
           happiness
           of
           ours
           consists
           of
           ,
           and
           is
           integrated
           by
           these
           two
           parts
           .
        
         
           The
           total
           privation
           of
           all
           evil
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           aggregate
           enjoyment
           of
           all
           good
           .
        
         
           Both
           which
           as
           they
           are
           necessarily
           requisite
           to
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           thing
           ,
           so
           are
           they
           contain'd
           in
           the
           very
           notion
           of
           the
           word
           .
        
         
           For
           as
           the
           plurality
           of
           the
           Hebrew
           word
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           [
           Ashrei
           ]
           
             ostendit
             omnigenam
             beatitudinem
          
           ;
           so
           more
           expresly
           does
           the
           Etymology
           of
           the
           Greek
           word
           answer
           hereunto
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           either
           from
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           immunity
           from
           evil
           ,
           or
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           extremity
           of
           joy
           ;
           and
           accordingly
           't
           is
           describ'd
           in
           my
           Text
           ,
           first
           Privatively
           ,
           and
           then
           Positively
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           For
           the
           privative
           part
           ,
           
             Rest
             from
             their
             labours
          
           ,
           or
           which
           is
           all
           one
           ,
           Immunity
           from
           Evil
           ,
           by
           which
           this
           happiness
           is
           oft-times
           describ'd
           :
           for
           though
           the
           privation
           hereof
           simply
           and
           absolutely
           signifie
           no
           part
           hereof
           ,
           the
           absence
           especially
           ;
           for
           by
           that
           reason
           you
           might
           call
           a
           stock
           or
           stone
           or
           any
           other
           insensible
           creature
           happy
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           other
           a
           Horse
           or
           Dog
           might
           be
           said
           to
           be
           so
           when
           dead
           :
           yet
           inasmuch
           as
           it
           is
           more
           than
           a
           negation
           ,
           namely
           the
           being
           deliver'd
           from
           a
           world
           of
           misery
           wherewith
           we
           are
           now
           infested
           ,
           and
           more
           
           which
           we
           had
           deserved
           ,
           and
           were
           once
           obnoxious
           to
           ,
           which
           we
           also
           then
           behold
           in
           others
           of
           the
           same
           make
           and
           nature
           with
           us
           ;
           the
           contemplation
           hereof
           ,
           by
           which
           it
           so
           widely
           differs
           from
           both
           the
           Instances
           ,
           must
           needs
           fill
           our
           mind
           with
           an
           ineffable
           delight
           and
           satisfaction
           .
        
         
           Or
           at
           least
           if
           this
           indolency
           be
           no
           part
           of
           our
           happiness
           ,
           yet
           is
           it
           so
           absolutely
           needful
           to
           it
           ,
           that
           we
           cannot
           tell
           well
           how
           to
           conceive
           of
           it
           without
           this
           ;
           and
           much
           less
           can
           such
           a
           thing
           be
           as
           perfect
           happiness
           and
           degrees
           of
           misery
           conjoyn'd
           together
           .
        
         
           Nor
           did
           ever
           any
           Sect
           of
           Philosophers
           think
           otherwise
           ,
           but
           those
           fullen
           and
           self-will'd
           Stoicks
           .
           That
           ever
           any
           body
           should
           be
           so
           mad
           to
           cry
           out
           in
           the
           extremity
           of
           pain
           and
           misery
           ,
           
             Quàm
             suave
             ,
             quàm
             dulce
             hoc
             est
             ,
             quàm
             hoc
             non
             curo
             !
          
           And
           I
           cannot
           but
           laugh
           at
           Possidonius
           his
           Rant
           ,
           
             Nil
             agis
             ,
             O
             Dolor
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           There
           are
           divers
           instances
           of
           such
           who
           have
           born
           most
           exquisite
           miseries
           even
           to
           admiration
           ,
           as
           well
           out
           of
           a
           kind
           of
           hardiness
           of
           nature
           ,
           as
           greatness
           of
           mind
           ;
           and
           in
           that
           they
           were
           less
           miserable
           than
           the
           delicate
           and
           impatient
           :
           but
           whence
           was
           it
           ?
           either
           from
           necessity
           ,
           or
           hope
           ,
           or
           both
           ;
           this
           is
           Christian-like
           ,
           but
           that
           is
           bruitish
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           sufficient
           without
           t'other
           ,
           but
           't
           is
           not
           ,
           for
           perpetuity
           would
           certainly
           render
           any
           evil
           intolerable
           .
        
         
         
           So
           that
           we
           are
           so
           far
           from
           being
           completely
           happy
           as
           long
           as
           any
           disease
           or
           inquietude
           of
           mind
           or
           body
           does
           attend
           us
           ;
           that
           the
           hope
           of
           being
           delivered
           is
           the
           only
           argument
           that
           can
           afford
           us
           any
           solid
           and
           rational
           comfort
           in
           our
           afflictions
           :
           For
           as
           to
           fatality
           ,
           
             hoc
             ipsum
             est
          
           ,
           said
           Augustus
           when
           one
           urg'd
           it
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           disease
           of
           Impatiency
           ,
           't
           is
           (
           as
           one
           has
           excellently
           observ'd
           )
           no
           proper
           consideration
           of
           comfort
           ,
           but
           only
           an
           art
           of
           managing
           our
           trouble
           ;
           so
           as
           not
           to
           make
           it
           greater
           than
           really
           it
           is
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           other
           part
           of
           our
           happiness
           ,
           and
           indeed
           the
           main
           ,
           we
           call
           positive
           ,
           and
           consists
           in
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           all
           good
           ;
           and
           is
           what
           St.
           Iohn
           intends
           by
           
             their
             works
             following
             them
          
           ;
           i.
           e.
           they
           shall
           then
           receive
           all
           those
           glorious
           rewards
           that
           God
           has
           promis'd
           to
           good
           and
           righteous
           men
           for
           all
           their
           service
           and
           obedience
           .
           We
           should
           in
           vain
           go
           about
           to
           recount
           them
           ,
           they
           are
           so
           many
           and
           so
           great
           .
        
         
           In
           two
           things
           the
           Scriptures
           chiefly
           place
           it
           ;
           in
           the
           vision
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           fruition
           of
           God.
           
             This
             is
             life
             Eternal
          
           ,
           saith
           this
           very
           St.
           Iohn
           in
           his
           Gospel
           ,
           
             to
             know
             thee
             the
             only
             true
             God
             ,
             and
             Iesus
             Christ
          
           ;
           
           and
           again
           in
           his
           1
           Ep.
           Ch.
           3.
           v.
           2.
           
           
             It
             doth
             not
             yet
             appear
             what
             we
             shall
             be
             ;
             but
             we
             know
             that
             when
             he
             doth
             appear
             we
             shall
             be
             like
             him
             ,
             for
             we
             shall
             see
             him
             as
             he
             is
             .
          
           The
           other
           is
           call'd
           
             the
             being
             with
             Christ
          
           ,
           
           and
           the
           being
           
           united
           to
           him
           .
           St.
           
             Iohn
             17.
             21.
             
             That
             they
             all
             may
             be
             one
             ,
             as
             thou
             Father
             art
             in
             me
             ,
             and
             I
             in
             thee
             ,
             that
             they
             also
             may
             be
             one
             in
             us
             .
          
           But
           this
           is
           not
           to
           exclude
           the
           other
           instances
           of
           our
           happiness
           ,
           indeed
           it
           comprehends
           all
           the
           rest
           .
        
         
           For
           what
           are
           all
           the
           pleasures
           and
           contentments
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           but
           as
           so
           many
           rays
           of
           that
           Sun
           and
           emanations
           of
           that
           fountain
           ?
        
         
           They
           are
           all
           contain'd
           with
           much
           more
           perfection
           in
           God
           ,
           than
           they
           were
           created
           in
           their
           own
           natures
           :
           Whereupon
           it
           follows
           that
           they
           which
           are
           admitted
           into
           his
           presence
           ,
           have
           all
           the
           goodness
           and
           perfections
           of
           all
           the
           creatures
           in
           the
           world
           united
           in
           God.
           
        
         
           So
           that
           whatever
           can
           delight
           either
           body
           or
           mind
           ,
           there
           it
           is
           ;
           nor
           will
           there
           be
           any
           room
           to
           wish
           for
           or
           imagine
           more
           than
           what
           we
           have
           ;
           there
           being
           in
           him
           (
           as
           an
           ingenious
           man
           expresseth
           it
           )
           such
           a
           various
           Identity
           ,
           that
           the
           fruition
           of
           him
           at
           once
           satisfies
           and
           creates
           desires
           ,
           that
           without
           fatiety
           ,
           this
           without
           disquiet
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           To
           which
           if
           we
           add
           the
           
             eternal
             duration
          
           of
           this
           state
           ,
           we
           attribute
           unto
           it
           a
           kind
           of
           complication
           of
           Infinities
           ,
           a
           potential
           Infinity
           in
           the
           subject
           ,
           actual
           in
           the
           object
           ,
           and
           eternal
           in
           the
           continuance
           of
           it
           :
        
         
           Which
           single
           consideration
           is
           sufficient
           to
           advance
           it
           to
           an
           infinite
           preference
           above
           all
           earthly
           
           things
           imaginable
           ;
           because
           these
           things
           being
           founded
           in
           matter
           ,
           and
           that
           being
           in
           continual
           flux
           and
           motion
           ,
           here
           can
           be
           nothing
           permanent
           and
           lasting
           .
           Nor
           indeed
           would
           that
           be
           any
           addition
           to
           our
           present
           felicity
           .
           'T
           is
           variety
           that
           makes
           these
           things
           appear
           excellent
           ;
           their
           mutability
           ,
           is
           both
           the
           life
           and
           death
           of
           all
           present
           delights
           .
        
         
           A
           few
           repetitions
           make
           us
           abhor
           our
           food
           ;
           in
           less
           than
           a
           night
           and
           a
           day
           we
           grow
           weary
           of
           our
           Beds
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           so
           in
           all
           the
           other
           instances
           of
           our
           Nature
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           more
           so
           in
           those
           of
           our
           corruption
           .
        
         
           But
           't
           is
           otherwise
           in
           the
           attainment
           of
           the
           ultimate
           end
           ,
           where
           all
           our
           appetites
           are
           arrested
           and
           detain'd
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           we
           no
           sooner
           experience
           these
           things
           in
           the
           fruition
           ,
           but
           we
           straightway
           nauseate
           them
           ;
           finding
           them
           so
           pitifully
           allay'd
           with
           mixtures
           of
           evil
           ,
           and
           prove
           so
           miserably
           short
           of
           what
           we
           desire
           and
           expect
           from
           them
           .
           But
           't
           is
           otherwise
           there
           ,
           the
           excellency
           of
           those
           Celestial
           Objects
           will
           disappoint
           our
           expectation
           by
           their
           transcendency
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           in
           all
           other
           fruitions
           their
           emptiness
           is
           wont
           to
           do
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           Eternity
           ,
           though
           but
           a
           circumstance
           which
           does
           only
           superinduce
           a
           kind
           of
           extremity
           or
           perfection
           to
           what
           it
           is
           conjoyn'd
           with
           ;
           and
           
           may
           as
           well
           be
           drawn
           in
           to
           enhanse
           our
           misery
           ,
           (
           for
           what
           more
           than
           this
           makes
           the
           condition
           of
           the
           damn'd
           so
           horribly
           dreadful
           ,
           whereby
           they
           are
           excluded
           from
           all
           hope
           ,
           the
           very
           seed
           and
           lowest
           degree
           of
           felicity
           ?
           )
           Yet
           is
           it
           so
           necessary
           to
           what
           we
           are
           speaking
           of
           ,
           as
           that
           without
           it
           those
           joys
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           though
           otherwise
           absolute
           and
           infinite
           ,
           would
           suffer
           a
           contradiction
           ,
           and
           become
           imperfect
           :
           And
           that
           not
           only
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           but
           the
           present
           ,
           by
           introducing
           such
           passions
           as
           must
           needs
           debase
           and
           allay
           the
           highest
           delights
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           by
           being
           thus
           secur'd
           in
           the
           possession
           of
           our
           happiness
           ,
           we
           receive
           thereby
           an
           unspeakable
           addition
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           II.
           Proceed
           we
           next
           to
           shew
           you
           the
           Security
           and
           Evidence
           ,
           upon
           which
           this
           happiness
           is
           promis'd
           and
           asserted
           ,
           and
           whether
           it
           bear
           any
           proportion
           to
           our
           duty
           and
           the
           Rewards
           of
           it
           ,
           for
           so
           we
           are
           allow'd
           to
           call
           them
           ;
           though
           not
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           merit
           ,
           yet
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           necessary
           connexion
           with
           ,
           dependance
           upon
           ,
           and
           that
           kind
           (
           such
           a
           one
           as
           't
           is
           )
           of
           proportion
           they
           bear
           to
           each
           other
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           two-fold
           evidence
           God
           Almighty
           has
           given
           us
           ,
           for
           the
           strengthning
           of
           our
           hope
           ,
           and
           confirming
           of
           our
           faith
           ,
           in
           the
           belief
           and
           
           expectation
           of
           the
           other
           World.
           The
           first
           moral
           ,
           grounded
           upon
           the
           testimony
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ;
           the
           other
           I
           call
           natural
           ,
           and
           is
           grounded
           in
           the
           things
           themselves
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           first
           evidence
           of
           our
           future
           bliss
           ,
           is
           the
           testimony
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           express
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           
             Yea
             ,
             saith
             the
             Spirit
          
           .
           But
           then
           we
           must
           have
           a
           care
           of
           what
           kind
           of
           Testimony
           of
           the
           Spirit
           we
           understand
           it
           :
           for
           ,
           understand
           it
           as
           't
           is
           vulgarly
           taken
           ,
           for
           some
           act
           or
           operation
           wrought
           in
           and
           upon
           us
           ,
           besides
           the
           Enthusiasm
           of
           it
           ,
           fain
           would
           I
           be
           satisfy'd
           ,
           what
           validity
           can
           there
           be
           in
           such
           a
           testimony
           ,
           as
           it self
           needs
           something
           else
           to
           confirm
           it
           ?
           for
           so
           this
           testimony
           of
           the
           Spirit
           is
           to
           be
           tryed
           by
           its
           concordance
           and
           agreement
           to
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           nor
           do
           I
           know
           any
           other
           way
           to
           distinguish
           it
           from
           a
           motion
           or
           suggestion
           of
           the
           Devil
           's
           besides
           .
           And
           though
           to
           err
           thus
           in
           this
           single
           instance
           may
           not
           be
           very
           pernicious
           ,
           for
           I
           am
           not
           mighty
           solicitous
           ,
           how
           it
           was
           wrought
           ,
           so
           there
           be
           a
           firm
           perswasion
           in
           us
           of
           this
           truth
           ;
           yet
           in
           other
           cases
           I
           know
           how
           dangerous
           it
           is
           ,
           nor
           is
           it
           safe
           in
           this
           ,
           for
           it
           leaves
           a
           passage
           open
           and
           unguarded
           to
           down-right
           Atheism
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           testimony
           of
           the
           Spirit
           therefore
           I
           understand
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ;
           or
           the
           Scriptures
           as
           made
           known
           and
           prov'd
           to
           us
           to
           deriv'd
           from
           this
           Divine
           Spirit
           ,
           which
           we
           may
           call
           the
           outward
           
           testimony
           thereof
           :
           for
           though
           St.
           Iohn
           knew
           this
           by
           the
           other
           way
           ,
           as
           most
           certainly
           all
           others
           did
           who
           received
           any
           Revelation
           ;
           yet
           never
           was
           any
           other
           than
           the
           person
           himself
           assur'd
           that
           way
           .
        
         
           Nor
           do
           I
           make
           degrees
           of
           more
           or
           less
           certainty
           in
           the
           way
           or
           manner
           of
           the
           Spirit
           's
           revealing
           a
           thing
           ;
           for
           the
           Apostles
           were
           as
           well
           assur'd
           of
           the
           infallibility
           of
           their
           doctrine
           before
           they
           wrought
           any
           miracles
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           by
           them
           :
           but
           we
           were
           not
           nor
           could
           be
           so
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           notwithstanding
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           us
           we
           must
           admit
           of
           such
           degrees
           ;
           for
           no
           body
           I
           hope
           will
           be
           so
           blasphemous
           to
           equal
           such
           private
           dictates
           they
           have
           in
           their
           own
           breast
           to
           the
           divine
           authority
           of
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           .
        
         
           So
           then
           I
           make
           this
           to
           be
           the
           moral
           evidence
           of
           future
           happiness
           :
           God
           hath
           said
           it
           in
           his
           word
           .
           And
           this
           I
           call
           a
           moral
           certainty
           ,
           not
           in
           opposition
           to
           divine
           and
           infallible
           ;
           as
           they
           are
           sometimes
           contradistinguish'd
           ;
           but
           only
           to
           natural
           :
           for
           we
           can
           desire
           no
           greater
           evidence
           ,
           we
           cannot
           have
           a
           higher
           confirmation
           of
           any
           truth
           ,
           than
           the
           veracity
           of
           Heaven
           to
           attest
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           do
           not
           know
           any
           proposition
           that
           carries
           greater
           self-evidence
           than
           this
           ,
           That
           God
           ought
           to
           be
           believ'd
           in
           what
           he
           says
           ;
           and
           therefore
           though
           we
           may
           question
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           Revelation
           ,
           
           't
           is
           impossible
           to
           do
           so
           of
           any
           thing
           we
           acknowledge
           to
           be
           so
           revealed
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           the
           stress
           of
           this
           point
           lyes
           upon
           that
           great
           and
           necessary
           praecognitum
           in
           our
           Religion
           ;
           namely
           ,
           the
           Divine
           authority
           of
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           .
           Upon
           which
           postulate
           if
           we
           proceed
           ,
           there
           is
           as
           great
           certainty
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           proposition
           ,
           That
           good
           men
           shall
           enjoy
           eternal
           happiness
           after
           this
           life
           ;
           as
           if
           we
           should
           again
           hear
           that
           Daughter
           of
           voice
           ,
           and
           God
           himself
           should
           sensibly
           attest
           it
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           But
           there
           is
           another
           ground
           or
           evidence
           of
           our
           future
           happiness
           which
           I
           call
           natural
           ,
           because
           it
           depends
           upon
           that
           Intrinsick
           Relation
           and
           consent
           there
           is
           between
           goodness
           and
           it
           ;
           the
           difference
           between
           them
           being
           only
           in
           degree
           ,
           like
           the
           dawning
           of
           the
           Morning
           to
           the
           lustre
           of
           the
           Noon
           .
           For
           what
           is
           it
           to
           be
           happy
           but
           to
           be
           united
           to
           God
           ?
           and
           what
           does
           unite
           us
           to
           God
           but
           Love
           ?
           and
           what
           is
           the
           love
           of
           God
           but
           Religion
           ?
           And
           if
           you
           remove
           but
           all
           inward
           imperfections
           ,
           and
           all
           outward
           impediments
           ,
           there
           remains
           no
           difference
           at
           all
           .
           So
           that
           Virtue
           and
           Piety
           do
           not
           only
           dispose
           and
           prepare
           us
           for
           Heaven
           and
           Salvation
           ,
           but
           we
           thereby
           receive
           and
           experience
           the
           very
           beginnings
           and
           anticipations
           of
           it
           .
        
         
         
           And
           though
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           mutability
           of
           our
           will
           and
           affections
           toward
           God
           and
           goodness
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           we
           cannot
           be
           infallibly
           assur'd
           of
           it
           as
           to
           our
           own
           particulars
           ;
           because
           every
           alteration
           in
           the
           one
           produceth
           a
           like
           answerable
           effect
           as
           to
           the
           other
           :
           Yet
           in
           the
           general
           we
           may
           ,
           even
           from
           hence
           ,
           be
           very
           well
           assur'd
           hereof
           ;
           because
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           requir'd
           to
           the
           compleating
           of
           our
           essential
           happiness
           ,
           than
           an
           advance
           and
           progression
           in
           the
           same
           vertuous
           tract
           .
        
         
           And
           however
           it
           looks
           in
           a
           Divine
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           speak
           rationally
           to
           the
           thing
           ,
           we
           must
           allow
           the
           love
           and
           hatred
           of
           God
           to
           be
           the
           true
           natural
           causes
           of
           our
           salvation
           and
           damnation
           ,
           even
           of
           their
           very
           eternity
           ;
           it
           being
           naturally
           impossible
           to
           be
           other
           than
           happy
           while
           we
           love
           God
           ,
           and
           contrariwise
           if
           we
           hate
           him
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           the
           only
           instant
           cause
           of
           its
           continuation
           through
           all
           the
           durations
           of
           Eternity
           .
           And
           to
           remove
           your
           astonishment
           ,
           see
           ,
           how
           in
           this
           lower
           world
           ,
           many
           stupendous
           and
           admirable
           works
           are
           daily
           produc'd
           which
           were
           mean
           and
           unnoted
           while
           they
           lay
           hid
           and
           contain'd
           in
           the
           seminal
           beginnings
           ;
           after
           the
           same
           wonderful
           manner
           by
           divers
           minute
           gradations
           does
           this
           divine
           Creature
           grow
           up
           from
           its
           first
           formation
           in
           our
           trembling
           and
           unstable
           desires
           ,
           to
           
           the
           stature
           and
           perfection
           of
           Everlasting
           Glory
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           there
           remains
           less
           doubt
           if
           we
           take
           in
           the
           Consideration
           of
           the
           Divine
           nature
           .
           How
           else
           will
           you
           vindicate
           the
           Justice
           of
           God
           in
           all
           the
           odd
           and
           confused
           occurrences
           of
           this
           World
           ?
           Where
           's
           your
           infinite
           goodness
           and
           bounty
           ,
           that
           suffers
           its
           servants
           always
           to
           be
           neglected
           ?
           what
           will
           become
           of
           an
           almighty
           and
           omniscient
           Justice
           if
           sinners
           are
           never
           call'd
           to
           an
           accompt
           ?
           Or
           one
           ,
           or
           t'other
           cannot
           be
           .
        
         
           III.
           'T
           is
           true
           indeed
           the
           compleating
           of
           this
           bliss
           (
           which
           brings
           us
           to
           our
           next
           head
           )
           is
           neither
           promis'd
           ,
           nor
           to
           be
           had
           in
           this
           life
           .
           'T
           is
           at
           Death
           these
           rewards
           become
           due
           and
           payable
           .
        
         
           —
           Dicique
           beatus
        
         
           Ante
           obitum
           nemo
           ,
           supremáque
           funera
           possit
           .
        
         
           It
           has
           been
           the
           constant
           method
           of
           Divine
           providence
           ,
           to
           cause
           the
           most
           excellent
           things
           to
           follow
           and
           arise
           from
           the
           most
           uncouth
           and
           unlikely
           .
           Thus
           in
           the
           Creation
           order
           springs
           from
           confusion
           ,
           and
           the
           Light
           is
           made
           to
           attend
           the
           darkness
           .
        
         
           Contrary
           to
           the
           methods
           observ'd
           by
           Nature
           ,
           where
           the
           causes
           are
           ever
           more
           worthy
           
           than
           their
           effects
           from
           their
           first
           beginning
           downward
           .
        
         
           Now
           as
           he
           is
           pleas'd
           to
           transcend
           and
           deviate
           from
           the
           tracts
           and
           capacities
           of
           natural
           Agents
           ,
           thereby
           to
           assert
           his
           Prerogative
           ,
           and
           render
           his
           omnipotency
           more
           conspicuous
           to
           the
           world
           :
           So
           is
           he
           no
           less
           delighted
           to
           use
           the
           same
           recesses
           in
           displaying
           his
           Grace
           ;
           evermore
           ushering
           in
           his
           mercies
           with
           the
           Black
           Rod
           ,
           thereby
           inhansing
           and
           endearing
           our
           subsequent
           refreshments
           .
        
         
           And
           though
           the
           goodness
           of
           those
           celestial
           inhabitants
           ,
           and
           the
           happiness
           of
           their
           condition
           ,
           need
           neither
           foyl
           nor
           artifice
           to
           render
           that
           or
           their
           acknowledgements
           of
           the
           Divine
           favour
           greater
           :
           Yet
           however
           if
           we
           consider
           these
           things
           as
           a
           reward
           and
           incouragement
           of
           our
           obedience
           ,
           the
           proceeding
           thus
           is
           but
           regular
           and
           necessary
           ;
           that
           we
           should
           do
           our
           work
           before
           we
           receive
           our
           wages
           ,
           and
           finish
           our
           undertaking
           ,
           before
           we
           demand
           satisfaction
           .
        
         
           Earnest
           and
           Security
           Heaven
           has
           vouchsaf'd
           us
           ,
           but
           to
           deposite
           the
           whole
           in
           hand
           ,
           this
           were
           ,
           not
           to
           encourage
           but
           bribe
           our
           Obedience
           .
           This
           were
           to
           destroy
           Morality
           ,
           and
           turn
           Vertue
           into
           Nature
           .
        
         
         
           Nor
           yet
           is
           the
           Divine
           goodness
           less
           communicable
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           but
           we
           are
           not
           so
           capable
           of
           receiving
           it
           .
        
         
           For
           look
           as
           in
           Nature
           neither
           the
           single
           excellency
           of
           the
           Object
           or
           the
           Agent
           alone
           is
           sufficient
           to
           produce
           any
           notable
           effect
           ,
           but
           both
           are
           requir'd
           :
           So
           likewise
           in
           Religion
           ,
           all
           the
           effects
           of
           the
           divine
           grace
           and
           bounty
           (
           though
           that
           be
           free
           and
           infinite
           )
           are
           limited
           and
           determin'd
           by
           our
           capacities
           and
           reception
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           while
           our
           Appetites
           ,
           those
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           call'd
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           are
           to
           be
           the
           receptacles
           of
           all
           this
           Glory
           ,
           are
           ,
           either
           replenish'd
           with
           the
           vain
           and
           sinful
           objects
           of
           this
           Life
           ,
           or
           ,
           are
           straitned
           and
           contracted
           by
           the
           weakness
           and
           imperfection
           of
           this
           dull
           and
           lumpish
           matter
           ,
           they
           must
           be
           rid
           of
           the
           one
           and
           devested
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           then
           ,
           we
           should
           be
           instantly
           happy
           .
        
         
           You
           have
           seen
           the
           happiness
           of
           the
           Christian
           man
           ;
           there
           are
           indeed
           encouragements
           of
           another
           nature
           ,
           namely
           ,
           earthly
           blessings
           and
           temporal
           rewards
           ,
           our
           whole
           present
           interest
           ,
           unless
           it
           happen
           to
           interfere
           at
           any
           time
           with
           the
           other
           .
           Religion
           has
           descended
           to
           the
           securing
           of
           these
           too
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           only
           by
           moral
           designation
           ,
           but
           by
           a
           proper
           and
           natural
           efficiency
           ;
           so
           that
           we
           cannot
           better
           prosecute
           our
           present
           interest
           ,
           
           than
           by
           the
           methods
           of
           Religion
           .
           And
           by
           this
           gracious
           and
           happy
           complication
           of
           the
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           and
           the
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           together
           ,
           they
           are
           made
           to
           become
           helpful
           and
           assisting
           to
           each
           other
           ,
           serving
           reciprocally
           as
           a
           means
           or
           motive
           either
           to
           other
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           encouragement
           is
           neither
           proper
           nor
           adequate
           to
           Christianity
           ;
           since
           it
           may
           be
           as
           well
           pursu'd
           by
           natural
           ,
           as
           by
           divine
           rules
           ,
           better
           perhaps
           by
           diabolical
           arts
           than
           either
           ,
           nothing
           experimentally
           so
           inriching
           men
           ,
           as
           sordidness
           ,
           oppression
           ,
           and
           other
           violences
           and
           frauds
           .
           The
           Devil
           in
           all
           likelihood
           ,
           giving
           the
           fairest
           prospect
           ,
           and
           most
           likely
           possession
           of
           the
           Kingdoms
           and
           glory
           of
           this
           world
           .
        
         
           But
           they
           are
           things
           ,
           I
           have
           shewn
           you
           ,
           of
           a
           nature
           infinitely
           more
           sublime
           ,
           that
           Christianity
           propounds
           to
           its
           observers
           ;
           The
           rewards
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           exceeding
           as
           well
           the
           capacities
           of
           our
           Nature
           ,
           as
           all
           those
           other
           things
           .
           To
           the
           attainment
           whereof
           ,
           as
           all
           vicious
           practices
           are
           extremely
           contrary
           ;
           so
           have
           all
           the
           others
           Philosophick
           transactions
           been
           miserably
           vain
           .
        
         
           Some
           weak
           and
           glimmering
           light
           the
           Heathen
           had
           of
           these
           things
           ;
           which
           it
           is
           not
           certain
           whether
           they
           collected
           from
           some
           fragments
           of
           tradition
           ,
           or
           extracted
           from
           the
           principles
           of
           
           natural
           reason
           ;
           but
           which
           way
           ever
           it
           came
           ,
           it
           was
           so
           weak
           and
           imperfect
           ,
           as
           serv'd
           to
           shadow
           ,
           not
           help
           to
           discover
           ,
           but
           eclipse
           the
           transcendent
           excellency
           of
           that
           State
           ;
           till
           ,
           as
           the
           Great
           Apostle
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           saith
           ,
           
           
             Life
             and
             Immortality
             were
             brought
             to
             light
             by
             the
             Gospel
             .
          
        
         
           And
           indeed
           without
           this
           all
           other
           proposals
           were
           unsuitable
           to
           its
           professors
           ,
           and
           disproportionate
           to
           the
           difficulty
           and
           severities
           of
           Religion
           .
           Cicero
           saith
           ,
           
             None
             ought
             to
             be
             deem'd
             a
             vertuous
             or
             a
             just
             man
             ,
             that
             will
             be
             allur'd
             affrighted
             from
             his
             duty
             ,
             by
             any
             advantage
             or
             disadvantage
             whatever
          
           :
           But
           who
           ,
           trow
           ye
           ,
           would
           abide
           both
           these
           ,
           upon
           no
           other
           consideration
           ,
           than
           barely
           to
           have
           acted
           according
           to
           the
           sentiments
           of
           right
           Reason
           ,
           or
           in
           hope
           to
           acquire
           an
           insignificant
           fame
           of
           Vertue
           ,
           of
           which
           they
           could
           have
           no
           knowledge
           or
           remembrance
           after
           death
           ?
        
         
           And
           for
           this
           cause
           I
           judge
           the
           Stoicks
           more
           absurd
           in
           their
           morals
           ,
           than
           the
           Epicureans
           ,
           considering
           the
           principles
           that
           is
           upon
           which
           they
           built
           .
           For
           't
           is
           the
           premise
           and
           not
           the
           inference
           of
           theirs
           ,
           that
           's
           so
           urg'd
           by
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             Let
             us
             eat
             and
             drink
          
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           15.
           32.
           
           But
           now
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           propunds
           such
           overtures
           to
           our
           Obedience
           and
           Patience
           ,
           
           as
           may
           justly
           and
           reasonably
           encourage
           us
           thereunto
           .
        
         
           IV.
           For
           a
           Conclusion
           ,
           let
           us
           take
           in
           the
           Importance
           of
           that
           Phrase
           of
           [
           
             dying
             in
             the
             Lord
          
           ]
           which
           relates
           primarily
           to
           Martyrdome
           ;
           but
           must
           also
           be
           extended
           to
           as
           many
           as
           live
           and
           dye
           in
           the
           faith
           of
           the
           Holy
           Jesus
           .
        
         
           The
           result
           of
           all
           is
           this
           :
           That
           we
           would
           so
           consider
           this
           happiness
           ,
           as
           every
           of
           our
           great
           interest
           ,
           that
           we
           forfeit
           not
           our
           propriety
           therein
           ,
           by
           a
           vicious
           and
           sinful
           life
           .
           There
           's
           nothing
           else
           can
           render
           it
           hazardous
           or
           doubtful
           ,
           but
           that
           ,
           which
           indeed
           in
           the
           very
           nature
           of
           the
           thing
           renders
           it
           impossible
           .
           Let
           us
           not
           repeat
           
           Esau's
           folly
           ,
           sell
           our
           birth-right
           for
           a
           trifle
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           some
           pitiful
           lust
           proscribe
           our selves
           out
           of
           our
           celestial
           inheritance
           .
        
         
           Neither
           let
           us
           contemn
           our
           happiness
           for
           being
           feasible
           .
           Were
           wilful
           poverty
           and
           certain
           Martyrdome
           ,
           part
           of
           our
           duty
           ,
           and
           inseparable
           appendages
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           there
           is
           tentation
           enough
           in
           the
           proposals
           ,
           to
           make
           us
           conflict
           with
           the
           greatest
           difficulties
           ,
           and
           overcome
           them
           .
        
         
           When
           Christianity
           was
           thus
           attended
           ,
           and
           had
           nothing
           else
           to
           recommend
           it self
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           besides
           the
           reasonableness
           of
           its
           injunctions
           ,
           
           with
           what
           holy
           violence
           did
           those
           blessed
           Saints
           storm
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           strange
           eagerness
           pursue
           Martyrdome
           !
           But
           now
           as
           if
           the
           fervour
           of
           our
           Devotion
           were
           only
           kindled
           and
           maintain'd
           by
           Antiperistasis
           :
           Now
           I
           say
           the
           Impediments
           are
           remov'd
           ,
           and
           Religion
           is
           become
           a
           part
           of
           our
           Civil
           obedience
           ,
           and
           made
           necessary
           to
           our
           secular
           interests
           ,
           and
           guarded
           with
           a
           great
           many
           other
           temporal
           Phylacteries
           ,
           men
           are
           yet
           more
           hardly
           wrought
           upon
           to
           be
           Religious
           ,
           the
           consideration
           of
           a
           single
           lust
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           weigh
           down
           all
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           any
           would
           seem
           to
           have
           a
           greater
           zeal
           for
           it
           than
           ordinary
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           in
           love
           with
           the
           troubles
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           thing
           ;
           they
           suffer
           their
           heat
           to
           spend
           it self
           in
           little
           piques
           and
           contentions
           ,
           and
           about
           things
           of
           none
           or
           ill
           moment
           ,
           in
           maintaining
           of
           parties
           ,
           and
           opposing
           their
           Superiours
           ,
           and
           not
           in
           Devotion
           ,
           Obedience
           ,
           Charity
           ,
           Humility
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           as
           they
           ought
           .
        
         
           In
           short
           ,
           Christians
           ,
           let
           the
           thoughts
           of
           this
           blessedness
           ,
           excite
           our
           affections
           Heaven-ward
           ,
           and
           quicken
           our
           endeavours
           :
           Let
           it
           animate
           us
           against
           all
           difficulties
           ,
           and
           buoy
           us
           up
           above
           all
           adversities
           ;
           Let
           it
           cheer
           us
           in
           our
           duty
           ,
           quiet
           us
           in
           affliction
           ,
           and
           comfort
           us
           in
           death
           .
           That
           so
           living
           unto
           Christ
           ,
           we
           may
           
           at
           last
           dye
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           end
           be
           for
           ever
           blessed
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           to
           accommodate
           all
           to
           our
           present
           case
           .
           It
           has
           pleas'd
           God
           to
           take
           away
           this
           extraordinary
           man
           ,
           for
           such
           ,
           considering
           all
           things
           ,
           we
           must
           needs
           allow
           him
           ;
           and
           because
           't
           was
           somewewhat
           early
           ,
           I
           think
           of
           Dr.
           
           Hammond's
           notion
           of
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           the
           sooner
           the
           better
           ,
           the
           better
           for
           him
           ,
           no
           doubt
           .
        
         
           I
           had
           once
           thought
           to
           have
           given
           you
           his
           Character
           ,
           but
           I
           am
           not
           asham'd
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           I
           found
           me
           not
           able
           to
           do
           it
           worthy
           of
           him
           .
           And
           calling
           to
           mind
           a
           saying
           of
           one
           of
           the
           Roman
           Historians
           ,
           I
           soon
           desisted
           from
           any
           further
           attempt
           of
           it
           ;
           who
           when
           he
           was
           reckoning
           up
           some
           of
           the
           great
           men
           of
           that
           age
           ,
           Virgil
           and
           
             Ovid
             ,
             Livie
          
           and
           Salust
           ,
           and
           going
           to
           commend
           them
           ,
           stops
           ,
           and
           concludes
           thus
           :
           
             But
             of
             men
             of
             Eminency
             ,
             as
             their
             admiration
             is
             great
             ,
             so
             is
             their
             censure
             full
             of
             difficulty
             .
          
        
         
           As
           to
           those
           Relations
           that
           are
           more
           nearly
           interessed
           in
           this
           solemnity
           ;
           I
           would
           beseech
           them
           to
           remember
           ,
           that
           all
           Indecency
           and
           excess
           of
           Grief
           ,
           for
           our
           deceased
           friends
           ,
           must
           needs
           reflect
           upon
           the
           memory
           of
           the
           dead
           ,
           or
           the
           discretion
           of
           the
           survivers
           .
           God
           enable
           them
           to
           bear
           it
           :
           And
           supply
           this
           loss
           to
           them
           by
           his
           Grace
           and
           Providence
           :
           Let
           me
           say
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           
           by
           increasing
           the
           number
           of
           such
           men
           ,
           of
           no
           worse
           Learning
           ,
           Integrity
           ,
           and
           Courage
           ;
           that
           are
           able
           ,
           and
           dare
           defend
           her
           against
           the
           encroachments
           of
           Popery
           and
           Fanaticisme
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           God
           only
           wise
           be
           Glory
           through
           Iesus
           Christ
           for
           ever
           .
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
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             Ep.
             ch
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             12.
             v.
             4.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             17.
             3.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             1.
             23.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             1.
             10.