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             A sermon preached at the funeral of Dr. William Croun on the 23d of October, 1684, at St. Mildred Church in the Poultrey by John Scott ...
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           Croone, William, 1633-1684.
           Judgment Day -- Sermons.
           Funeral sermons.
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           TO
           THE
           Truly
           Pious
           and
           Virtuous
           Mrs
           CROUN
           .
        
         
           
             MADAM
             ,
          
        
         
           WHen
           you
           requested
           me
           to
           Publish
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           I
           found
           you
           in
           that
           Mournfull
           condition
           ,
           that
           't
           would
           have
           been
           a
           degree
           of
           Inhumanity
           not
           to
           have
           gratified
           your
           desire
           :
           And
           therefore
           ,
           though
           I
           was
           sufficiently
           sensible
           how
           much
           short
           I
           had
           fain
           of
           both
           my
           Subjects
           ,
           viz.
           that
           comfortable
           one
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
           and
           that
           sorrowfull
           one
           of
           the
           Occasion
           ;
           yet
           my
           Compassion
           overswayed
           my
           Reason
           ,
           so
           that
           I
           can
           plead
           no
           other
           excuse
           to
           the
           World
           for
           this
           very
           defective
           Publication
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           had
           not
           ill
           nature
           enough
           to
           resist
           the
           Importunate
           Tears
           of
           an
           afflicted
           Friend
           ,
           and
           a
           sorrowful
           Widow
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           Sermon
           ,
           all
           I
           can
           say
           for
           it
           is
           this
           ,
           That
           it
           Treats
           of
           a
           very
           Noble
           Argument
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           carries
           comfort
           enough
           with
           it
           to
           ease
           and
           relieve
           the
           most
           dejected
           mind
           ,
           and
           therefore
           is
           of
           all
           others
           the
           most
           fit
           and
           proper
           for
           your
           Meditations
           ;
           for
           there
           is
           no
           present
           affliction
           ,
           no
           ,
           not
           yours
           ,
           can
           cause
           you
           to
           suppose
           your self
           miserable
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           you
           are
           within
           hope
           and
           expectance
           of
           the
           blessed
           state
           of
           eternal
           life
           .
        
         
           O
           ,
           Good
           Madam
           ,
           while
           you
           are
           making
           your
           Mournfull
           descants
           on
           your
           dear
           Loss
           ,
           consider
           now
           and
           then
           ,
           that
           
           you
           are
           Iourneying
           towards
           that
           blessed
           place
           ,
           where
           you
           will
           find
           infinite
           Myriads
           of
           better
           Friends
           ,
           and
           dearer
           Lovers
           ,
           than
           that
           best
           of
           Husbands
           ,
           whose
           Loss
           you
           bewail
           ,
           and
           who
           love
           each
           other
           far
           more
           and
           better
           even
           than
           you
           and
           he
           did
           ▪
           and
           have
           this
           peculiar
           advantage
           beyond
           the
           happiest
           Lovers
           here
           ,
           That
           they
           shall
           live
           an
           eternal
           life
           together
           ,
           and
           to
           everlasting
           Ages
           enjoy
           one
           another
           ,
           without
           being
           ever
           interrupted
           in
           their
           enjoyment
           ,
           with
           the
           Melancholy
           prospect
           of
           being
           at
           last
           divided
           from
           each
           others
           society
           and
           embraces
           .
           This
           ,
           with
           all
           those
           other
           innumerable
           comforts
           wherewith
           this
           fruitfull
           Theme
           abounds
           ,
           you
           will
           find
           the
           best
           Cordial
           in
           the
           World
           for
           a
           drooping
           mind
           .
        
         
           That
           therefore
           what
           I
           here
           present
           you
           may
           often
           put
           you
           in
           mind
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           quicken
           your
           endeavours
           after
           it
           ,
           and
           refresh
           your
           sorrowfull
           heart
           with
           the
           joyfull
           prospect
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           the
           earnest
           prayer
           of
           ,
        
         
           
             MADAM
             ,
             Your
             most
             affectionate
             Friend
             ,
             and
             faithfull
             Servant
             ,
             
               John
               Scott
            
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           at
           the
           FUNERAL
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             
               Matth.
               25.46
               .
            
             
               —
               But
               the
               Righteous
               into
               life
               eternal
               .
            
          
        
         
           IN
           the
           foregoing
           verses
           of
           this
           Chapter
           our
           Saviour
           describes
           the
           process
           of
           the
           day
           of
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           the
           different
           Fates
           to
           which
           good
           and
           bad
           men
           (
           whom
           he
           describes
           under
           the
           Characters
           of
           Sheep
           and
           Goats
           )
           shall
           then
           be
           sentenced
           and
           consigned
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           summs
           up
           the
           whole
           discourse
           in
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
           These
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Goats
           ,
           or
           the
           Wicked
           ,
           of
           whom
           he
           had
           been
           discoursing
           in
           the
           verses
           immediately
           preceding
           ,
           
             These
             shall
             go
             away
             into
             everlasting
             punishment
             ,
             but
             the
             Righteous
             into
             life
             eternal
          
           ;
           where
           by
           the
           Righteous
           we
           are
           to
           understand
           the
           truly
           Pious
           ,
           and
           Vertuous
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           they
           who
           render
           to
           God
           ,
           to
           
           Men
           ,
           and
           to
           themselves
           all
           that
           duty
           they
           owe
           in
           their
           respective
           Relations
           and
           Circumstances
           :
           for
           all
           our
           Duties
           being
           Dues
           ,
           our
           performance
           of
           them
           is
           nothing
           but
           the
           discharging
           of
           our
           Debts
           ,
           or
           being
           strictly
           Righteous
           in
           rendring
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           Men
           ,
           and
           our selves
           ,
           what
           we
           owe
           to
           each
           by
           an
           immutable
           obligation
           :
           and
           hence
           the
           whole
           Duty
           of
           Man
           is
           in
           Scripture
           very
           often
           called
           by
           the
           name
           of
           Righteousness
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           comply
           with
           their
           whole
           Duty
           ,
           are
           frequently
           styled
           Righteous
           ,
           because
           ,
           to
           be
           Righteous
           ,
           is
           to
           render
           to
           every
           one
           his
           due
           ,
           and
           to
           render
           every
           one
           his
           due
           ,
           is
           the
           whole
           Duty
           of
           Man
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           meaning
           of
           the
           words
           is
           this
           ,
           they
           who
           have
           been
           good
           Men
           in
           all
           their
           respective
           Relations
           ,
           and
           Circumstances
           ,
           who
           have
           made
           it
           the
           business
           of
           their
           lives
           to
           render
           to
           God
           all
           that
           Piety
           and
           Devotion
           ,
           to
           their
           Neighbours
           all
           that
           Justice
           and
           Charity
           ,
           to
           themselves
           all
           that
           Sobriety
           and
           Temperance
           which
           is
           due
           from
           them
           ,
           both
           by
           the
           command
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           judgment
           of
           right
           reason
           ,
           they
           ,
           as
           a
           reward
           of
           this
           their
           universal
           Righteousness
           ,
           shall
           by
           this
           final
           judgment
           be
           transmitted
           unto
           life
           eternal
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           prosecution
           of
           which
           Argument
           ,
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           these
           two
           things
           .
           First
           ,
           To
           shew
           what
           is
           here
           meant
           by
           life
           eternal
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           Wherein
           this
           eternal
           life
           consists
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           first
           ,
           By
           life
           here
           ,
           is
           plainly
           meant
           happiness
           ,
           for
           so
           it
           's
           very
           usual
           with
           Scripture
           to
           express
           the
           blessings
           it
           promises
           to
           Men
           ,
           whether
           they
           be
           temporal
           or
           eternal
           .
           By
           life
           thus
           ,
           the
           temporal
           Blessings
           promised
           in
           the
           Old
           Testament
           ,
           are
           frequently
           exprest
           by
           this
           Phrase
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           see
           at
           your
           leisure
           ,
           Deut.
           30.15.19
           .
           Lev.
           18.5
           .
           Ezek.
           20.21
           and
           hence
           the
           Statutes
           of
           the
           Mosaick
           Law
           are
           called
           the
           Statutes
           
           of
           life
           ,
           Ezek.
           33.15
           .
           and
           as
           the
           Temporal
           Blessings
           in
           the
           Old
           Testament
           are
           commonly
           expressed
           by
           life
           ,
           so
           are
           also
           those
           Eternal
           Blessings
           of
           the
           future
           life
           promised
           in
           the
           New
           ,
           so
           Matth.
           18.8
           .
           Matth.
           19.17
           .
           John
           3.36
           .
           and
           because
           these
           Blessings
           are
           not
           Temporal
           ,
           but
           Eternal
           ,
           therefore
           that
           life
           by
           which
           they
           are
           expressed
           ,
           is
           styled
           eternal
           and
           everlasting
           ,
           so
           1
           Tim.
           1.10
           Rom.
           6.22
           ,
           23.
           and
           that
           it
           is
           not
           called
           eternal
           life
           ,
           merely
           as
           it
           is
           a
           state
           of
           endless
           Being
           and
           Existence
           ,
           is
           evident
           ,
           because
           Being
           ,
           and
           Existence
           ,
           are
           indifferent
           things
           ,
           abstracted
           from
           the
           sense
           of
           Happiness
           and
           Misery
           ,
           but
           eternal
           life
           is
           proposed
           to
           us
           as
           a
           thing
           that
           is
           infinitely
           desirable
           in
           it self
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           Crown
           and
           Reward
           of
           all
           our
           Obedience
           ,
           for
           which
           reason
           it
           is
           called
           the
           
             Crown
             of
             Life
             ,
             Iames
          
           1.12
           .
           and
           therefore
           the
           reason
           why
           they
           are
           expressed
           by
           life
           ,
           is
           ,
           because
           life
           is
           the
           root
           of
           all
           our
           sense
           of
           pleasure
           ,
           without
           which
           we
           are
           nothing
           else
           but
           lumps
           of
           stupid
           and
           insensible
           flesh
           ,
           incapable
           of
           perceiving
           either
           pleasure
           or
           pain
           ;
           so
           that
           all
           sensation
           being
           founded
           in
           life
           ,
           and
           all
           pleasure
           being
           a
           sweet
           and
           gratefull
           sensation
           ,
           by
           a
           very
           easie
           figure
           the
           natural
           effect
           and
           operation
           of
           life
           is
           expressed
           by
           life
           it self
           ,
           and
           indeed
           all
           the
           advantage
           of
           living
           consists
           in
           living
           in
           a
           sense
           of
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           hath
           been
           very
           much
           disputed
           among
           Philosophers
           ,
           whether
           this
           Temporary
           state
           of
           ours
           ,
           in
           which
           there
           is
           so
           great
           an
           intermixture
           of
           pain
           with
           pleasure
           ,
           doth
           not
           better
           deserve
           the
           name
           of
           Death
           ,
           than
           Life
           ;
           and
           those
           of
           them
           who
           thought
           it
           more
           liable
           to
           Misery
           ,
           than
           Happiness
           ,
           affirmed
           it
           to
           be
           a
           state
           of
           death
           ,
           and
           stifly
           maintained
           this
           Paradox
           ,
           that
           at
           our
           birth
           we
           die
           into
           a
           worse
           state
           than
           non-existence
           ,
           and
           at
           our
           death
           are
           born
           into
           a
           true
           and
           proper
           state
           of
           life
           :
           but
           they
           who
           counted
           
           our
           present
           life
           to
           be
           intermixed
           with
           more
           pleasure
           than
           misery
           ,
           esteemed
           it
           a
           privilege
           deserving
           the
           name
           of
           life
           ,
           which
           is
           an
           argument
           that
           both
           placed
           all
           the
           privilege
           of
           living
           in
           those
           pleasant
           perceptions
           that
           are
           founded
           in
           it
           :
           and
           thus
           according
           to
           the
           Scripture
           Philospohy
           ,
           to
           live
           as
           it
           imports
           advantage
           to
           us
           ,
           is
           to
           live
           in
           the
           sense
           of
           joy
           and
           pleasure
           :
           so
           Psal.
           22.26
           .
           
             The
             Meek
             shall
             eat
             and
             be
             satisfied
             ,
             they
             shall
             praise
             the
             Lord
             that
             seek
             him
             ,
             your
             heart
             shall
             live
             for
             ever
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           rejoice
           for
           eve●
           so
           also
           1
           Thes.
           3.8
           .
           How
           properly
           therefore
           may
           the
           〈◊〉
           state
           of
           bliss
           be
           expressed
           by
           Life
           ,
           since
           't
           is
           the
           proper
           scene
           of
           happiness
           ,
           where
           joy
           and
           pleasure
           do
           for
           ever
           abound
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           an
           inexhau●●●ble
           spring
           of
           pure
           unmingled
           delights
           ,
           issuing
           forth
           in
           Rivers
           of
           Pleasure
           from
           God's
           Right
           Hand
           for
           evermore
           ?
           So
           that
           if
           there
           be
           any
           thing
           worthy
           of
           the
           name
           of
           life
           ,
           't
           is
           doubtless
           the
           blissfull
           state
           of
           those
           happy
           Souls
           ,
           who
           live
           in
           a
           continued
           sense
           of
           all
           those
           joys
           and
           comforts
           that
           an
           everlasting
           Heaven
           imports
           .
        
         
           I
           now
           pass
           on
           to
           the
           next
           thing
           proposed
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           shew
           wherein
           this
           everlasting
           life
           consists
           .
           And
           here
           I
           do
           not
           pretend
           to
           give
           you
           a
           perfect
           Map
           of
           all
           the
           Beatitudes
           of
           that
           Heavenly
           State
           ,
           for
           that
           is
           a
           Task
           fit
           only
           for
           an
           Angel
           ,
           or
           a
           glorified
           Spirit
           ;
           all
           I
           aim
           at
           ,
           is
           to
           give
           you
           such
           an
           imperfect
           account
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           God
           hath
           thought
           fit
           to
           impart
           to
           Mortals
           in
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           which
           though
           it
           fall
           infinitely
           short
           of
           the
           thing
           it self
           ,
           yet
           is
           doubtless
           the
           best
           and
           utmost
           that
           our
           narrow
           Capacities
           can
           bear
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           therefore
           ,
           concerning
           this
           blessed
           State
           ,
           God
           hath
           revealed
           to
           us
           these
           fix
           things
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           it
           includes
           a
           most
           perfect
           freedom
           from
           evil
           and
           misery
           .
           So
           Rev.
           7.16
           ,
           17.
           and
           hence
           also
           it
           is
           called
           a
           state
           of
           Rest
           ,
           Heb.
           4.9
           ,
           11.
           
           Rev.
           14.13
           
           all
           which
           expressions
           plainly
           denote
           this
           state
           to
           be
           a
           perfect
           Sabbath
           and
           Jubilee
           of
           Redemption
           from
           all
           evil
           and
           misery
           :
           for
           as
           soon
           as
           the
           Souls
           of
           good
           Men
           depart
           out
           of
           this
           Corporeal
           State
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           now
           live
           ,
           they
           are
           immediately
           released
           from
           all
           those
           bodily
           passions
           of
           hunger
           and
           thirst
           ,
           and
           pain
           and
           diseases
           ,
           whereunto
           they
           are
           now
           liable
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           union
           with
           the
           body
           ;
           and
           having
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           conquered
           their
           Wills
           whilst
           they
           were
           in
           the
           Body
           ,
           and
           subdued
           them
           to
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           they
           must
           immediately
           commense
           into
           an
           high
           degree
           of
           perfection
           ;
           for
           being
           freed
           from
           the
           incumbrances
           of
           flesh
           and
           bloud
           ,
           from
           the
           importunities
           of
           body
           passion
           and
           appetite
           ,
           and
           the
           temptations
           of
           sensuality
           that
           do
           now
           continually
           solicite
           them
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           no
           longer
           liable
           to
           those
           irregularities
           of
           affection
           that
           do
           here
           disturb
           the
           tranquillity
           of
           their
           minds
           ;
           and
           so
           their
           actions
           and
           affections
           being
           always
           regulated
           by
           their
           reason
           ,
           their
           Consciences
           will
           be
           no
           more
           bestormed
           with
           those
           terrours
           and
           affrightments
           [
           which
           nothing
           but
           the
           sense
           of
           guilt
           can
           suggest
           to
           them
           ]
           but
           enjoy
           a
           perpetual
           calm
           and
           serenity
           :
           so
           that
           they
           being
           translated
           into
           an
           immortal
           condition
           ,
           will
           be
           released
           from
           all
           the
           sad
           accidents
           of
           Mortality
           ,
           from
           pain
           and
           sickness
           ,
           hunger
           and
           thirst
           ,
           from
           all
           corporeal
           passions
           and
           grievances
           and
           so
           no
           sensitive
           sorrow
           can
           interpose
           between
           them
           and
           their
           happiness
           to
           disturb
           their
           fruition
           ,
           or
           interrupt
           the
           current
           of
           their
           Joys
           ;
           and
           being
           translated
           into
           a
           state
           of
           perfect
           purity
           and
           goodness
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           also
           freed
           from
           all
           the
           sorrowfull
           appendages
           of
           a
           sinfull
           condition
           ,
           from
           dread
           and
           anxiety
           ,
           from
           shame
           and
           remorse
           ,
           and
           from
           all
           the
           corroding
           anguish
           of
           a
           wounded
           spirit
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           will
           be
           liable
           neither
           to
           sensitive
           ,
           nor
           rational
           trouble
           ,
           
           and
           having
           nothing
           either
           from
           within
           or
           without
           ,
           to
           intermeddle
           with
           their
           Joys
           ,
           and
           disturb
           the
           scene
           of
           their
           happiness
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           at
           perfect
           rest
           ,
           and
           for
           ever
           enjoy
           a
           most
           undisturbed
           repose
           .
           O
           blessed
           day
           ,
           when
           I
           shall
           take
           my
           leave
           of
           sin
           and
           misery
           for
           ever
           ,
           and
           go
           to
           those
           calm
           and
           blissfull
           Regions
           ,
           whence
           sighs
           and
           tears
           ,
           and
           sorrows
           ,
           and
           pains
           are
           banished
           for
           evermore
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           it
           includes
           a
           most
           intimate
           enjoyment
           of
           God
           ;
           for
           God
           being
           a
           rational
           good
           ,
           is
           no
           otherwise
           capable
           of
           being
           enjoyed
           by
           reasonable
           Beings
           ,
           but
           by
           knowing
           ,
           loving
           ,
           and
           resembling
           him
           ;
           all
           which
           ways
           he
           hath
           promised
           that
           we
           shall
           enjoy
           him
           when
           are
           are
           arrived
           in
           that
           blissfull
           state
           .
           For
           as
           for
           the
           knowledge
           of
           him
           ,
           St.
           Paul
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           whereas
           
             we
             now
             see
             through
             a
             glass
             darkly
             ,
             we
             shall
             then
             see
             him
             face
             to
             face
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           1
           Cor.
           13.12
           .
           and
           St.
           
             John
             ,
             that
             we
             shall
             see
             him
             as
             he
             is
             ,
          
           1
           John
           3.2
           .
           which
           expressions
           must
           needs
           import
           such
           a
           knowledge
           of
           him
           as
           is
           unspeakably
           more
           distinct
           and
           clear
           than
           any
           we
           have
           in
           this
           present
           state
           .
           For
           then
           the
           Eyes
           of
           our
           Minds
           shall
           be
           so
           invigourated
           ,
           that
           we
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           look
           on
           the
           Sun
           without
           dazeling
           ,
           to
           contemplate
           the
           pure
           and
           immaculate
           glories
           of
           the
           Divinity
           ,
           without
           being
           confounded
           with
           its
           brightness
           ,
           and
           our
           understanding
           shall
           be
           so
           exalted
           ,
           that
           we
           shall
           see
           more
           at
           every
           single
           view
           ,
           than
           we
           do
           now
           in
           volumes
           of
           discourse
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           tedious
           trains
           of
           inference
           and
           deduction
           ,
           and
           enjoying
           a
           most
           perfect
           repose
           both
           from
           within
           and
           without
           ,
           we
           shall
           have
           nothing
           to
           disturb
           or
           divert
           our
           greedy
           contemplations
           ;
           which
           having
           such
           an
           immense
           Prospect
           of
           Truth
           and
           Glory
           round
           about
           them
           ,
           shall
           still
           discover
           farther
           and
           farther
           ,
           and
           so
           entertain
           themselves
           with
           everlasting
           wonder
           and
           delight
           ;
           
           for
           what
           an
           infinite
           pleasure
           will
           that
           All-glorious
           object
           afford
           unto
           our
           raised
           minds
           ,
           which
           then
           shall
           no
           longer
           labour
           under
           the
           tedious
           difficulties
           of
           discourse
           ,
           but
           ,
           like
           transparent
           Windows
           ,
           shall
           have
           nothing
           to
           doe
           but
           only
           to
           receive
           the
           light
           which
           freely
           offers
           it self
           unto
           them
           ,
           and
           shines
           for
           ever
           round
           about
           them
           ;
           when
           every
           new
           Discovery
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           bottomless
           secrets
           and
           mysteries
           of
           his
           Nature
           ,
           shall
           inlarge
           our
           Capacities
           to
           discover
           more
           ,
           and
           still
           new
           discoveries
           shall
           freely
           offer
           themselves
           as
           fast
           as
           our
           minds
           are
           inlarged
           to
           receive
           them
           .
           This
           doubtless
           will
           be
           a
           Recreation
           to
           our
           Souls
           ,
           infinitely
           transcending
           all
           that
           we
           can
           conceive
           or
           imagine
           of
           it
           ;
           especially
           considering
           that
           all
           our
           knowledge
           shall
           terminate
           in
           love
           ,
           that
           sweet
           and
           gratefull
           passion
           ,
           that
           sooths
           and
           ravishes
           the
           heart
           ,
           and
           dissolves
           it
           into
           joy
           and
           pleasure
           ;
           for
           God
           being
           infinitely
           good
           and
           amiable
           ,
           the
           more
           we
           know
           ,
           the
           more
           cause
           and
           reason
           we
           shall
           have
           to
           love
           him
           :
           when
           therefore
           we
           are
           arrived
           to
           that
           degree
           of
           knowledge
           which
           the
           beatifical
           Vision
           implies
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           our
           hearts
           inflamed
           with
           such
           a
           degree
           of
           love
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           will
           issue
           into
           unspeakable
           delight
           and
           satisfaction
           ,
           and
           even
           overwhelm
           us
           with
           ecstasies
           of
           joy
           and
           complacency
           .
           For
           if
           those
           Divine
           illapses
           ,
           those
           more
           immediate
           touches
           and
           sensations
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           good
           men
           sometimes
           experience
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           do
           so
           affect
           and
           ravish
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           even
           forced
           into
           Triumphs
           and
           Exaltations
           ;
           how
           will
           they
           be
           rapt
           and
           transported
           in
           that
           state
           of
           vision
           ,
           when
           they
           shall
           see
           him
           so
           immediately
           ,
           and
           love
           him
           so
           vehemently
           ,
           and
           their
           whole
           Soul
           shall
           be
           nothing
           else
           but
           one
           intire
           globe
           of
           light
           and
           love
           ,
           all
           irradiated
           and
           inflamed
           with
           the
           vision
           and
           beauty
           of
           the
           Fountain
           of
           Truth
           and
           Goodness
           .
           But
           alas
           !
           as
           these
           joys
           
           are
           too
           big
           for
           mortal
           language
           to
           express
           ,
           so
           are
           they
           too
           strong
           for
           mortality
           to
           bear
           ;
           and
           should
           we
           but
           for
           one
           day
           or
           hour
           see
           God
           ,
           and
           love
           him
           ,
           as
           those
           glorified
           Spirits
           do
           ,
           we
           should
           questionless
           die
           of
           an
           ecstasie
           of
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           our
           glad
           hearts
           being
           tickled
           with
           such
           insupportable
           joys
           ,
           by
           endeavouring
           to
           enlarge
           themselves
           to
           make
           room
           for
           them
           all
           ,
           would
           quickly
           stretch
           into
           a
           Rupture
           .
           But
           as
           our
           knowledge
           of
           God
           shall
           terminate
           in
           the
           love
           of
           him
           ,
           so
           both
           together
           shall
           terminate
           in
           our
           resemblance
           of
           his
           perfections
           ,
           for
           we
           having
           so
           immediate
           a
           prospect
           of
           his
           beauties
           ,
           and
           being
           so
           infinitely
           inamoured
           with
           them
           ,
           with
           what
           inexpressible
           vigour
           shall
           we
           set
           our selves
           to
           imitate
           ,
           and
           transcribe
           them
           ,
           and
           our
           imitation
           being
           invigourated
           with
           a
           knowledge
           so
           clear
           ,
           and
           a
           love
           so
           vehement
           ,
           can
           never
           fail
           of
           producing
           the
           desired
           resemblance
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           more
           we
           know
           God
           ,
           the
           more
           we
           shall
           love
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           we
           know
           and
           love
           ,
           the
           more
           we
           shall
           imitate
           and
           resemble
           him
           ;
           and
           then
           both
           our
           inward
           motions
           and
           outward
           actions
           being
           all
           of
           them
           pure
           and
           perfect
           imitations
           of
           God
           ,
           cannot
           fail
           of
           producing
           a
           most
           glorious
           agreement
           between
           his
           Original
           ,
           and
           our
           Copy
           ;
           so
           that
           whilst
           we
           interchangeably
           turn
           our
           Eyes
           to
           God
           and
           our selves
           ,
           and
           compare
           Grace
           with
           Grace
           ,
           Beauty
           with
           Beauty
           ,
           't
           will
           fill
           our
           minds
           with
           unspeakable
           Content
           ,
           to
           see
           how
           the
           Image
           answers
           to
           the
           Prototype
           .
           For
           if
           from
           our
           love
           of
           God
           there
           must
           necessarily
           result
           to
           us
           such
           ineffable
           joy
           and
           complacency
           ,
           what
           a
           ravishing
           delight
           will
           it
           afford
           us
           ,
           to
           see
           the
           signatures
           of
           those
           Adorable
           Beauties
           ,
           for
           which
           we
           love
           him
           ,
           stamped
           and
           impressed
           upon
           our
           own
           Natures
           ,
           when
           the
           glory
           that
           shines
           about
           ,
           and
           inflames
           us
           ,
           shall
           shine
           into
           us
           ,
           and
           become
           our
           own
           ;
           and
           those
           amiable
           Idea's
           of
           him
           
           which
           are
           impressed
           upon
           our
           understanding
           ,
           shall
           stamp
           our
           Wills
           and
           Affections
           with
           their
           own
           resemblance
           .
           For
           so
           the
           Apostle
           tells
           us
           it
           shall
           be
           1
           John
           3.2
           .
           Lord
           ,
           how
           must
           our
           Souls
           be
           inlarged
           and
           widened
           ,
           to
           be
           able
           to
           contain
           all
           those
           mighty
           joys
           that
           must
           necessarily
           spring
           from
           our
           fruition
           of
           thee
           ;
           and
           to
           what
           a
           degree
           of
           happiness
           shall
           we
           be
           advanced
           ,
           when
           we
           shall
           be
           entertained
           with
           all
           the
           delights
           that
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           such
           an
           infinite
           good
           can
           afford
           us
           ;
           and
           have
           hearts
           great
           enough
           to
           contain
           them
           all
           ,
           without
           being
           overcharged
           with
           their
           weight
           and
           number
           !
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           it
           includes
           a
           most
           indearing
           fruition
           of
           our
           glorified
           Saviour
           .
           And
           this
           certainly
           is
           none
           of
           the
           smallest
           ingredients
           of
           that
           blissfull
           state
           ,
           that
           
             we
             shall
             be
             ever
             with
             our
             blessed
             Lord
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Apostle
           expresses
           it
           ,
           1
           Thes.
           4.17
           .
           for
           herein
           it
           's
           evident
           ,
           the
           same
           Apostle
           places
           one
           great
           advantage
           of
           the
           future
           state
           ,
           Phil.
           1.23
           .
           and
           indeed
           it
           is
           impossible
           ,
           but
           it
           must
           be
           a
           vast
           addition
           to
           the
           happiness
           of
           all
           virtuous
           and
           greatfull
           Souls
           ,
           to
           see
           this
           their
           blessed
           Friend
           and
           Benefactor
           ,
           who
           came
           down
           from
           the
           Bosome
           of
           his
           Father
           ,
           and
           for
           their
           sakes
           exposed
           himself
           to
           a
           miserable
           life
           and
           death
           ;
           to
           see
           him
           sitting
           at
           his
           Father's
           Right
           Hand
           ,
           Crowned
           with
           Majesty
           and
           Honour
           ,
           surrounded
           with
           the
           whole
           Quire
           of
           Angels
           and
           Saints
           ,
           like
           a
           Sun
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           a
           circle
           of
           Stars
           ,
           for
           lovers
           mutually
           partake
           of
           each
           others
           joys
           and
           sorrows
           ;
           and
           therefore
           as
           the
           lovers
           of
           Jesus
           ,
           when
           they
           saw
           him
           hanging
           on
           the
           Cross
           ,
           covered
           with
           wounds
           and
           blood
           ,
           with
           scorn
           and
           undeserved
           Infamy
           ,
           sympathized
           with
           him
           in
           all
           his
           sorrows
           ,
           participated
           the
           shame
           of
           all
           his
           Reproaches
           ,
           felt
           every
           Pain
           and
           Agony
           he
           indured
           ,
           echoed
           to
           every
           sigh
           and
           groan
           he
           breathed
           ;
           
           so
           when
           they
           behold
           him
           on
           the
           Throne
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           shining
           with
           Glory
           and
           Honour
           ,
           and
           surrounded
           with
           infinite
           pleasures
           and
           delights
           ,
           they
           sympathize
           with
           him
           also
           in
           all
           his
           happiness
           ,
           they
           rejoyce
           in
           his
           joys
           ,
           exult
           in
           his
           glories
           ,
           and
           triumph
           in
           his
           exaltation
           ;
           so
           that
           his
           happiness
           is
           a
           common
           bank
           ,
           in
           which
           all
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           Heaven
           have
           a
           share
           ,
           and
           every
           joy
           he
           feels
           strikes
           every
           heart
           throughout
           all
           the
           Assembly
           of
           his
           happy
           lovers
           :
           for
           how
           can
           any
           gratefull
           Soul
           forbear
           being
           ravisht
           at
           the
           sight
           of
           his
           happiness
           ,
           when
           she
           considers
           how
           she
           was
           
             healed
             by
             his
             stripes
          
           ,
           and
           glorified
           by
           his
           Humiliation
           ?
           But
           when
           this
           best
           Friend
           of
           Souls
           shall
           not
           only
           permit
           me
           to
           see
           his
           Happiness
           ,
           but
           also
           introduce
           me
           into
           it
           ,
           when
           his
           blessed
           mouth
           shall
           bid
           me
           welcome
           ,
           and
           pronounce
           my
           
             Euge
             bone
             serve
             ,
             Well
             done
             good
             and
             profitable
             Servant
             ,
             enter
             into
             thy
             Masters
             joys
             ,
          
           what
           tongue
           can
           express
           the
           Heaven
           of
           joy
           it
           must
           needs
           create
           in
           me
           !
           O
           blessed
           Jesu
           ,
           how
           inconceivably
           happy
           will
           that
           day
           be
           ,
           when
           I
           ,
           who
           am
           loaded
           with
           so
           many
           vast
           obligations
           to
           love
           thee
           ,
           shall
           be
           introduced
           into
           thy
           presence
           ,
           to
           see
           thy
           glory
           ,
           and
           sympathize
           in
           thy
           joy
           ,
           as
           thou
           didst
           in
           my
           misery
           ;
           to
           thank
           and
           praise
           thee
           face
           to
           face
           for
           all
           those
           wonders
           of
           love
           with
           which
           thou
           hast
           obliged
           me
           ,
           and
           to
           bear
           a
           part
           in
           that
           Heavenly
           Song
           ,
           
             Worthy
             is
             the
             Lamb
             that
             was
             slain
             to
             receive
             power
             and
             riches
             ,
             and
             wisedom
             ,
             and
             strength
             ,
             and
             honour
             ,
             and
             glory
             ,
             and
             blessing
             ,
             who
             hast
             redeemed
             us
             unto
             God
             by
             thy
             bloud
             ,
             out
             of
             every
             Kindred
             ,
             and
             Tongue
             ,
             and
             People
             ,
             and
             Nations
             ,
          
           Rev.
           9.12
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Eternal
           life
           also
           includes
           a
           most
           delightfull
           converse
           and
           society
           with
           Angels
           ,
           and
           glorified
           Spirits
           ;
           for
           when
           we
           come
           to
           
             the
             City
             of
             the
             living
             God
             ,
          
           the
           Heavenly
           Jerusalem
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           tells
           us
           what
           our
           Society
           will
           
           be
           there
           ,
           
             viz.
             The
             innumerable
             company
             of
             Angels
             ,
             the
             general
             Assembly
             and
             Church
             of
             the
             first
             born
             ,
             God
             the
             judge
             of
             all
             the
             spirits
             of
             just
             men
             made
             perfect
             ,
             and
             Iesus
             the
             Mediator
             of
             the
             New
             Covenant
             ,
          
           Heb.
           12.22
           ,
           23
           ,
           24.
           
           As
           for
           our
           Society
           with
           God
           and
           Jesus
           ,
           you
           have
           already
           heard
           ,
           and
           as
           for
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           it
           consists
           of
           Angels
           ,
           and
           the
           departed
           Spirits
           of
           good
           men
           ,
           which
           being
           stript
           of
           all
           those
           imperfections
           which
           they
           carried
           about
           them
           during
           their
           abode
           in
           these
           Earthly
           Tabernacles
           ,
           have
           nothing
           remaining
           in
           them
           but
           what
           is
           Pure
           ,
           and
           Heavenly
           ,
           and
           Divine
           ,
           nothing
           of
           Folly
           or
           Errour
           ,
           reserve
           our
           disguize
           ,
           peevishness
           or
           dissimulation
           nothing
           but
           wisedom
           ,
           and
           love
           ,
           candour
           and
           integrity
           ,
           openness
           and
           freedom
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           word
           nothing
           but
           what
           indears
           their
           Conversation
           ,
           and
           renders
           it
           unspeakably
           pleasant
           ,
           profitable
           and
           obliging
           ;
           for
           their
           understandings
           are
           all
           light
           ,
           and
           their
           wills
           and
           affections
           all
           vertue
           and
           goodness
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           one
           furnishes
           them
           with
           the
           best
           matter
           of
           Conversation
           ,
           so
           the
           other
           disposes
           them
           to
           the
           most
           obliging
           manner
           :
           for
           though
           we
           know
           not
           the
           way
           in
           which
           they
           converse
           and
           communicate
           their
           thoughts
           and
           minds
           to
           each
           other
           ,
           yet
           there
           's
           no
           doubt
           but
           Souls
           can
           talk
           with
           Souls
           ,
           and
           mutually
           impress
           their
           thoughts
           upon
           each
           other
           ,
           without
           these
           Corporeal
           Organs
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           with
           them
           ;
           when
           therefore
           Souls
           ,
           which
           have
           such
           vast
           treasures
           of
           knowledge
           in
           their
           minds
           ,
           and
           such
           ample
           perfections
           of
           goodness
           in
           their
           wills
           ,
           are
           linked
           together
           in
           Society
           ,
           what
           an
           amiable
           conversation
           must
           they
           enjoy
           with
           each
           other
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           all
           the
           Philosophy
           of
           God's
           Nature
           ,
           Creation
           and
           Providence
           ,
           all
           the
           Miracles
           of
           his
           love
           ;
           and
           Mysterious
           contrivances
           of
           his
           Wisedom
           lying
           open
           before
           them
           ?
           What
           
           a
           noble
           ,
           fragrant
           ,
           and
           boundless
           Field
           of
           Discourse
           have
           they
           to
           entertain
           each
           other
           ,
           and
           when
           their
           hearts
           are
           all
           united
           in
           the
           most
           perfect
           Charity
           ,
           and
           their
           affections
           mutually
           interlinked
           with
           the
           most
           obliging
           Graces
           ,
           with
           what
           freedom
           and
           confidence
           ,
           with
           what
           unspeakable
           satisfaction
           and
           complacency
           must
           they
           impart
           their
           noble
           thoughts
           to
           each
           other
           ,
           and
           empty
           the
           rich
           treasures
           of
           their
           knowledge
           into
           one
           anothers
           minds
           ?
           for
           the
           Members
           of
           this
           blessed
           Society
           being
           all
           of
           them
           both
           great
           Philosophers
           ,
           and
           perfect
           Friends
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           nothing
           that
           is
           foolish
           or
           impertinent
           ,
           false
           or
           erroneous
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           nothing
           that
           is
           peevish
           ,
           or
           contentious
           ,
           morose
           or
           offensive
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           intermingled
           with
           their
           Conversation
           ,
           but
           Wisedom
           must
           be
           the
           sole
           entertainment
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           love
           and
           mutual
           endearments
           the
           welcome
           .
           O
           what
           a
           blessed
           alteration
           therefore
           will
           there
           be
           in
           our
           Conversation
           when
           we
           leave
           this
           wrangling
           and
           impertinent
           world
           ,
           and
           associate
           our selves
           with
           that
           glorious
           Assembly
           of
           wise
           and
           perfect
           Lovers
           !
           where
           we
           shall
           freely
           converse
           with
           Angels
           and
           Arch-Angels
           ,
           with
           the
           Patriarchs
           ,
           Prophets
           and
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           with
           all
           those
           great
           and
           gallant
           Souls
           that
           were
           here
           Renowned
           for
           their
           Piety
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           and
           be
           familiarly
           entertained
           by
           them
           with
           all
           the
           deep
           Philosophy
           of
           Heaven
           ;
           where
           all
           those
           ineffable
           things
           which
           St.
           Paul
           saw
           and
           heard
           in
           his
           rapture
           ,
           shall
           be
           freely
           unfolded
           to
           us
           in
           the
           Colloquies
           of
           Saints
           and
           Angels
           ,
           and
           our
           minds
           shall
           be
           throughly
           initiated
           into
           all
           those
           wondrous
           Mysteries
           which
           Eye
           never
           saw
           ,
           nor
           Ear
           heard
           ,
           and
           which
           never
           entred
           into
           the
           heart
           of
           Man
           to
           conceive
           ;
           and
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           where
           we
           shall
           live
           in
           perfect
           friendship
           ,
           and
           love
           and
           be
           beloved
           with
           infinite
           ardour
           and
           sincerity
           ,
           and
           all
           our
           conversation
           with
           
           those
           blessed
           People
           shall
           be
           an
           everlasting
           interchange
           of
           wise
           and
           holy
           indearments
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Eternal
           life
           also
           includes
           the
           glory
           and
           delightfulness
           of
           the
           place
           where
           all
           these
           blessed
           things
           are
           enjoyed
           ,
           for
           though
           the
           state
           of
           the
           blessed
           be
           sufficiently
           glorious
           to
           transform
           the
           most
           dismal
           place
           into
           a
           Paradise
           ,
           and
           to
           create
           a
           Heaven
           of
           light
           and
           joy
           in
           the
           darkest
           Dungeon
           of
           Hell
           ,
           yet
           such
           is
           the
           goodness
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           to
           prepare
           a
           place
           for
           us
           proportionably
           glorious
           to
           this
           happy
           state
           ,
           which
           according
           to
           the
           Scripture
           account
           is
           the
           highest
           Heaven
           ,
           or
           the
           upper
           and
           purer
           tracts
           of
           the
           Aether
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           everlasting
           day
           ,
           and
           a
           perpetual
           calm
           and
           serenity
           ;
           for
           so
           our
           Saviour
           tells
           the
           Penitent
           Thief
           ,
           This
           day
           shalt
           thou
           be
           with
           me
           in
           Paradise
           ,
           Luke
           23.43
           .
           and
           where
           this
           Paradise
           is
           ,
           St.
           Paul
           informs
           us
           ,
           2.
           
           Cor.
           12.
           for
           v.
           2.
           he
           tells
           us
           of
           his
           being
           rapt
           into
           the
           third
           Heaven
           ,
           which
           in
           the
           4
           
             th
             v.
          
           he
           calls
           Paradise
           ,
           where
           he
           heard
           those
           ineffable
           words
           ;
           now
           that
           by
           the
           third
           Heaven
           ,
           he
           means
           the
           uppermost
           ,
           viz.
           the
           Heaven
           of
           Heavens
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Seat
           of
           God's
           glorious
           Schechina
           ,
           or
           special
           presence
           is
           evident
           by
           this
           ,
           because
           according
           to
           the
           Jewish
           Philosophy
           ,
           to
           which
           he
           here
           alludes
           ,
           Heaven
           was
           divided
           into
           three
           Regions
           ,
           viz.
           the
           Cloud-bearing
           ,
           the
           Star-bearing
           ,
           and
           the
           Angel
           bearing
           Region
           ,
           the
           last
           of
           which
           they
           called
           the
           third
           Heaven
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           placed
           the
           Throne
           of
           the
           Divine
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           Paradise
           he
           means
           the
           same
           place
           ,
           is
           evident
           ,
           because
           by
           this
           name
           the
           Jews
           ,
           in
           whose
           language
           he
           speaks
           ,
           were
           wont
           to
           call
           the
           third
           Heaven
           ;
           for
           so
           
             Rab.
             Menachem
          
           on
           Leviticus
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             It
             is
             apparent
             that
             the
             great
             reward
             of
             our
             Obedience
             is
             not
             to
             be
             enjoyed
             in
             this
             life
             ;
             Verum
             post
             dissolutionem
             justus
             adipiscitur
             regnum
             quod
             dicitur
             Paradisus
             ,
             fruitúrque
             conspectu
             
             divino
             ,
          
           i.
           e.
           But
           after
           death
           the
           just
           shall
           arrive
           at
           the
           Kingdom
           which
           is
           called
           Paradise
           ,
           and
           there
           enjoy
           the
           beatifical
           Vision
           ,
           and
           therefore
           is
           this
           Heavenly
           Region
           of
           Angels
           called
           by
           the
           name
           of
           Paradise
           ,
           in
           allusion
           to
           the
           Earthly
           Paradise
           of
           Eden
           ,
           denoting
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           as
           that
           was
           the
           Garden
           of
           this
           lower
           world
           ,
           as
           being
           a
           spot
           of
           ground
           abounding
           with
           pleasures
           and
           delights
           beyond
           all
           other
           places
           ;
           so
           this
           is
           the
           Garden
           of
           the
           whole
           Creation
           ,
           the
           most
           beautifull
           and
           delightfull
           Region
           ,
           within
           all
           the
           vast
           spaces
           of
           the
           world
           ;
           nor
           can
           we
           imagine
           it
           otherwise
           ,
           considering
           that
           't
           is
           the
           place
           which
           the
           great
           Monarch
           of
           the
           World
           hath
           chosen
           above
           all
           others
           for
           his
           Imperial
           Court
           and
           special
           Residence
           ,
           and
           prepared
           to
           receive
           the
           glorified
           Humane
           Nature
           of
           his
           only
           begotten
           Son
           ,
           and
           to
           entertain
           his
           Friends
           and
           Favourites
           for
           ever
           ;
           for
           if
           these
           Out
           Rooms
           of
           the
           World
           are
           so
           Royal
           and
           Magnificent
           ,
           how
           infinitely
           splendid
           must
           we
           needs
           imagine
           the
           Presence-Chamber
           of
           the
           great
           King
           ,
           whose
           presence
           like
           a
           glorious
           Sun
           ,
           irradiates
           and
           gilds
           it
           all
           over
           with
           a
           bright
           and
           everlasting
           day
           ?
        
         
           Although
           therefore
           the
           Scripture
           hath
           no
           where
           given
           us
           a
           full
           description
           of
           this
           blissfull
           place
           ,
           because
           perhaps
           the
           glory
           of
           it
           is
           such
           as
           transcends
           all
           humane
           expression
           ;
           yet
           since
           God
           erected
           it
           on
           purpose
           to
           be
           the
           everlasting
           Seat
           and
           Mansion
           of
           his
           Adopted
           Heirs
           of
           Glory
           ,
           we
           have
           all
           the
           reason
           in
           the
           world
           to
           conclude
           that
           he
           hath
           exquisitely
           furnished
           it
           with
           all
           accommodations
           requisite
           for
           a
           most
           happy
           and
           blissfull
           life
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           House
           is
           every
           way
           suitable
           to
           the
           entertainment
           :
           whensoever
           therefore
           any
           pure
           and
           vertuous
           Soul
           is
           released
           from
           this
           Cage
           of
           Mortality
           ,
           away
           it
           flies
           under
           the
           Conduct
           and
           Protection
           of
           good
           Angels
           through
           the
           Air
           and
           Aether
           
           beyond
           the
           firmament
           of
           Stars
           ,
           and
           never
           stops
           ,
           till
           it
           is
           arrived
           at
           those
           blessed
           Abodes
           ,
           on
           the
           top
           of
           all
           the
           Heavens
           ,
           where
           God
           and
           Jesus
           ,
           and
           Saints
           ,
           and
           Angels
           dwell
           .
           And
           O
           with
           what
           unspeakable
           delight
           will
           it
           contemplate
           that
           new
           seene
           of
           things
           ,
           when
           assoon
           as
           it
           is
           entred
           into
           that
           bright
           Empire
           of
           eternal
           day
           ,
           it
           sees
           it self
           surrounded
           with
           infinite
           Splendor
           and
           Glory
           ;
           so
           that
           which
           way
           soever
           it
           casts
           its
           Eyes
           ,
           it
           's
           entertained
           with
           new
           objects
           of
           wonder
           and
           delight
           ,
           which
           being
           such
           as
           will
           infinitely
           surpass
           its
           biggest
           expectations
           ,
           will
           force
           it
           to
           cry
           out
           as
           the
           Queen
           of
           Sheba
           did
           when
           she
           saw
           the
           Magnificence
           of
           Solomon's
           Court
           ,
           
             it
             was
             a
             true
             report
             indeed
             which
             I
             heard
             of
          
           this
           blessed
           place
           in
           the
           world
           I
           came
           from
           ,
           
             howbeit
             ,
             now
             I
             am
             come
             ,
             and
             mine
             Eyes
             have
             seen
             it
             ,
             I
             am
             sensible
             that
             not
             the
             half
             was
             told
             me
             ,
          
           its
           glory
           and
           magnificence
           infinitely
           exceeding
           
             the
             fame
             which
             I
             heard
             of
             it
             !
          
        
         
           Sixthly
           and
           lastly
           ,
           The
           complement
           of
           this
           Eternal
           life
           is
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           eternal
           ;
           for
           so
           ,
           John
           6.27
           .
           Christ
           calls
           his
           Doctrine
           
             the
             meat
             which
             indures
             unto
             eternal
             life
             ,
          
           and
           in
           the
           40
           
             th
             v.
          
           he
           tells
           them
           ,
           that
           't
           was
           his
           Father's
           will
           ,
           
             that
             they
             who
             believed
             on
             him
             should
             have
             everlasting
             life
             ,
          
           but
           because
           everlasting
           ,
           and
           for
           ever
           doth
           in
           Scripture
           sometimes
           denote
           a
           long
           but
           not
           an
           endless
           duration
           ,
           therefore
           he
           hath
           taken
           care
           to
           express
           this
           Article
           in
           such
           words
           as
           must
           necessarily
           denote
           an
           endless
           duration
           of
           bliss
           ,
           for
           he
           hath
           not
           only
           told
           us
           in
           John
           6.50
           .
           that
           they
           who
           believe
           his
           Doctrine
           
             shall
             not
             die
          
           ,
           but
           that
           
             whosoever
             liveth
             and
             believeth
             in
             him
             shall
             never
             die
             ,
             Iohn
          
           11.26
           .
           yea
           ,
           and
           not
           only
           so
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           shall
           
             never
             see
             death
             ,
             Iohn
          
           8.51
           .
           
             i.
             e.
          
           shall
           never
           come
           within
           the
           prospect
           or
           danger
           of
           dying
           ;
           in
           Luke
           20.36
           .
           he
           tells
           them
           not
           only
           that
           they
           shall
           not
           ,
           but
           that
           
             they
             cannot
             die
             any
             
             more
             ,
             for
             they
             are
             equal
             unto
             the
             Angels
          
           ;
           now
           what
           a
           mighty
           addition
           must
           this
           make
           to
           the
           joys
           of
           the
           blessed
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           such
           as
           shall
           never
           expire
           ,
           but
           indure
           as
           long
           as
           God
           ,
           and
           run
           parallel
           with
           Eternity
           ,
           that
           ●hey
           are
           not
           measured
           by
           moments
           or
           hours
           ,
           by
           years
           or
           centuries
           ,
           or
           myriads
           ,
           or
           Indictions
           ,
           but
           shall
           run
           on
           in
           an
           everlasting
           flux
           of
           duration
           ,
           every
           part
           whereof
           is
           equally
           ,
           because
           infinitely
           distant
           from
           a
           period
           ?
           for
           when
           time
           like
           fire
           hath
           devoured
           all
           it
           can
           prey
           on
           ,
           it
           shall
           at
           last
           die
           it self
           ,
           and
           go
           out
           into
           Eternity
           ,
           the
           nature
           of
           which
           is
           such
           ,
           as
           that
           after
           we
           have
           lived
           most
           blessedly
           Millions
           of
           Millions
           of
           Ages
           ,
           our
           Happiness
           shall
           be
           as
           far
           from
           an
           end
           as
           when
           it
           first
           began
           ,
           for
           our
           lives
           and
           our
           happiness
           shall
           be
           Coeternal
           ,
           our
           God
           shall
           live
           for
           ever
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           live
           for
           ever
           to
           enjoy
           him
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           such
           an
           infinite
           good
           we
           need
           not
           doubt
           to
           find
           variety
           enough
           still
           to
           renew
           our
           pleasures
           ,
           and
           keep
           them
           fresh
           and
           flourishing
           for
           ever
           ;
           for
           as
           we
           shall
           always
           know
           God
           ,
           so
           we
           shall
           always
           know
           him
           more
           and
           more
           ,
           and
           every
           new
           beauty
           that
           Infinite
           Object
           discovers
           to
           us
           ,
           like
           the
           diversified
           Refractions
           of
           the
           same
           sparkling
           Diamond
           ,
           shall
           yield
           our
           minds
           fresh
           pleasures
           for
           ever
           ,
           and
           kindle
           a
           new
           flame
           of
           love
           in
           us
           ,
           and
           that
           a
           new
           rapture
           of
           joy
           ,
           and
           that
           a
           new
           desire
           of
           knowing
           and
           discovering
           more
           ;
           and
           so
           continually
           round
           again
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           knowing
           ,
           loving
           ,
           and
           rejoicing
           more
           and
           more
           for
           ever
           ,
           so
           that
           our
           happiness
           will
           be
           so
           immense
           ,
           as
           that
           we
           shall
           need
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           have
           an
           Eternity
           to
           enjoy
           it
           fully
           .
           Now
           what
           an
           unspeakable
           pleasure
           must
           it
           be
           for
           the
           happy
           Soul
           thus
           to
           reflect
           upon
           her
           own
           condition
           !
           O
           blessed
           for
           ever
           be
           the
           good
           God
           ,
           I
           am
           as
           happy
           now
           as
           ever
           my
           heart
           can
           hold
           ,
           every
           part
           of
           me
           is
           so
           thronged
           with
           joys
           ,
           
           that
           I
           have
           no
           room
           for
           any
           more
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           completes
           and
           crowns
           'em
           all
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           shall
           never
           ,
           never
           end
           ,
           but
           still
           flow
           on
           to
           everlasting
           ages
           ;
           and
           the
           farther
           they
           flow
           ,
           the
           more
           they
           shall
           swell
           and
           increase
           .
           And
           now
           having
           finished
           this
           short
           and
           imperfect
           description
           of
           this
           happy
           state
           of
           eternal
           life
           ,
           I
           shall
           conclude
           with
           some
           Inferences
           from
           the
           whole
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Hence
           I
           infer
           how
           much
           reason
           we
           have
           to
           be
           contented
           and
           satisfied
           under
           all
           the
           present
           afflictions
           of
           this
           life
           .
           For
           shall
           we
           receive
           so
           much
           good
           at
           the
           hands
           of
           God
           as
           everlasting
           life
           implies
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           contented
           to
           receive
           some
           evil
           ?
           When
           our
           good
           Father
           hath
           provided
           for
           us
           a
           Crown
           of
           endless
           bliss
           and
           glory
           hereafter
           ,
           with
           that
           conscience
           or
           modesty
           can
           we
           complain
           of
           these
           little
           paternal
           castigations
           he
           inflicts
           on
           us
           here
           ,
           especially
           considering
           ,
           that
           the
           great
           design
           of
           all
           his
           present
           severities
           is
           to
           prepare
           and
           discipline
           us
           for
           that
           heavenly
           state
           ,
           that
           by
           all
           these
           dismal
           Providences
           ,
           he
           is
           onely
           training
           us
           up
           for
           a
           Crown
           ,
           fitting
           ,
           instructing
           and
           disposing
           us
           to
           reign
           with
           himself
           in
           glory
           for
           ever
           ?
           Can
           any
           thing
           be
           unwelcome
           to
           us
           that
           is
           in
           order
           to
           so
           blessed
           an
           end
           ?
           Can
           any
           Physick
           be
           nauseous
           or
           distastfull
           ,
           that
           is
           prescribed
           to
           recover
           us
           into
           such
           an
           happy
           immortality
           ?
           No
           ,
           doubtless
           every
           thing
           that
           leads
           heavenwards
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           grievous
           ,
           is
           a
           blessing
           ;
           and
           all
           these
           kind
           severities
           ,
           that
           tend
           to
           our
           eternal
           welfare
           ,
           are
           favours
           for
           which
           we
           are
           bound
           to
           praise
           and
           adore
           the
           goodness
           of
           Heaven
           for
           ever
           .
           When
           therefore
           we
           find
           our selves
           inclined
           to
           complain
           under
           our
           present
           afflictions
           ,
           let
           us
           lift
           up
           our
           eyes
           to
           yonder
           blessed
           regions
           ,
           and
           consider
           the
           joys
           and
           triumphs
           ,
           the
           crowns
           and
           pleasures
           that
           do
           there
           await
           us
           ;
           and
           how
           necessary
           
           these
           bitter
           trials
           are
           to
           prepare
           us
           for
           ,
           and
           waft
           us
           to
           them
           ;
           and
           if
           this
           doth
           not
           stop
           our
           mouths
           ,
           and
           silence
           our
           complaints
           for
           ever
           ,
           nay
           if
           it
           doth
           not
           cause
           us
           to
           rejoice
           in
           our
           tribulations
           ,
           and
           thank
           God
           for
           them
           on
           our
           bended
           knees
           ,
           if
           it
           doth
           not
           make
           us
           cheerfully
           submit
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           
             Vre
             ,
             seca
             ,
             vulnera
          
           ,
           Lord
           ,
           cut
           ,
           or
           wound
           ,
           or
           burn
           me
           if
           thou
           seest
           fit
           ,
           strip
           me
           of
           all
           my
           dearest
           comforts
           ,
           handle
           me
           as
           severely
           as
           thou
           pleasest
           ,
           so
           I
           may
           have
           but
           my
           fruit
           unto
           holiness
           ,
           and
           my
           end
           everlasting
           life
           :
           If
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           we
           do
           not
           thus
           acquiesce
           in
           our
           present
           sufferings
           ,
           upon
           the
           consideration
           of
           that
           bliss
           they
           tend
           to
           ,
           we
           are
           infinitely
           foolish
           and
           ungratefull
           ;
           for
           't
           is
           but
           a
           little
           while
           e'er
           all
           these
           storms
           will
           be
           composed
           into
           an
           everlasting
           calm
           ,
           e'er
           all
           these
           dismal
           clouds
           will
           vanish
           ,
           and
           an
           eternal
           day
           break
           forth
           upon
           us
           ,
           whose
           brightness
           shall
           never
           be
           obscured
           with
           the
           least
           spot
           or
           relique
           of
           darkness
           ;
           and
           when
           that
           blessed
           time
           comes
           ,
           Lord
           ,
           how
           trifling
           and
           inconsiderable
           will
           all
           our
           present
           griefs
           appear
           !
           With
           that
           contempt
           shall
           we
           reflect
           upon
           our
           present
           cowardise
           and
           meanness
           of
           spirit
           ,
           that
           could
           not
           bear
           ,
           without
           murmuring
           ,
           a
           few
           incoveniencies
           on
           the
           road
           to
           such
           an
           immortal
           heaven
           of
           pleasures
           !
           Wherefore
           if
           our
           voyage
           be
           not
           so
           pleasant
           as
           we
           would
           have
           it
           ,
           let
           us
           remember
           't
           is
           not
           long
           ,
           we
           have
           but
           a
           short
           days
           sail
           to
           an
           eternity
           of
           happiness
           ,
           and
           when
           once
           we
           are
           landed
           on
           that
           blessed
           shore
           ,
           with
           what
           ravishing
           content
           and
           satisfaction
           shall
           we
           look
           back
           on
           the
           rough
           and
           boisterous
           Seas
           we
           have
           past
           ,
           and
           for
           ever
           bless
           the
           storms
           and
           winds
           that
           drave
           us
           to
           that
           happy
           port
           :
           then
           will
           the
           remembrance
           of
           these
           light
           afflictions
           serve
           onely
           as
           a
           Foil
           and
           Anti-mask
           to
           our
           happiness
           ,
           to
           set
           off
           its
           joys
           ,
           and
           render
           them
           more
           sweet
           and
           ravishing
           .
           Let
           us
           therefore
           comfort
           our selves
           with
           
           these
           things
           ,
           and
           when
           at
           any
           time
           our
           spirits
           are
           sinking
           under
           any
           worldly
           trouble
           ,
           consider
           that
           while
           we
           have
           a
           Heaven
           to
           hope
           for
           ,
           we
           can
           never
           be
           miserable
           ;
           for
           so
           long
           as
           we
           are
           fortified
           with
           this
           mighty
           hope
           ,
           our
           minds
           will
           be
           impregnable
           against
           all
           foreign
           events
           ,
           and
           its
           peace
           and
           comfort
           ,
           maugre
           all
           afflictions
           from
           without
           ,
           will
           shine
           as
           undisturbedly
           as
           the
           lights
           of
           Pharos
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           storms
           and
           tempests
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Hence
           I
           infer
           what
           a
           vast
           deal
           of
           reason
           we
           have
           to
           slight
           and
           contemn
           this
           world
           .
           For
           it
           's
           plain
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           born
           to
           infinitely
           greater
           hopes
           than
           any
           this
           world
           can
           afford
           us
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           hopes
           of
           everlasting
           life
           ;
           and
           being
           so
           ,
           methinks
           ,
           our
           ambition
           should
           soar
           as
           high
           as
           our
           hopes
           ,
           and
           disdain
           such
           low
           and
           ignoble
           quarries
           as
           the
           pleasures
           ,
           and
           profits
           ,
           and
           honours
           of
           this
           life
           .
           Certainly
           ,
           Sirs
           ,
           we
           mistake
           the
           scene
           of
           our
           eternity
           ,
           or
           imagine
           it
           to
           be
           removed
           from
           Heaven
           to
           Earth
           ,
           or
           else
           we
           are
           most
           strangely
           besotted
           ,
           who
           when
           we
           are
           born
           to
           live
           for
           ever
           above
           ,
           in
           the
           most
           ravishing
           glory
           and
           happiness
           ,
           can
           suffer
           our selves
           to
           doat
           upon
           this
           world
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           so
           strangely
           bewitched
           by
           its
           deluding
           vanities
           .
           O
           could
           we
           but
           stand
           awhile
           in
           the
           mid-way
           between
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           and
           at
           one
           prospect
           see
           the
           glories
           of
           both
           ;
           how
           faint
           and
           dim
           would
           all
           the
           splendours
           of
           this
           world
           appear
           to
           us
           in
           comparison
           with
           those
           above
           !
           how
           would
           they
           sneak
           and
           disappear
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           that
           eternal
           brightness
           ,
           and
           be
           forced
           to
           shroud
           their
           vanquish'd
           glories
           as
           Stars
           do
           when
           the
           Sun
           appears
           !
           And
           whilst
           we
           interchangeably
           turned
           our
           eyes
           from
           one
           to
           t'other
           ,
           with
           what
           shame
           and
           confusion
           should
           we
           reflect
           upon
           the
           wretched
           groveling
           temper
           of
           our
           own
           minds
           ,
           what
           poor
           mean-spirited
           creatures
           we
           are
           
           to
           satisfie
           our selves
           with
           the
           impertinent
           trifles
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           while
           we
           have
           all
           the
           joys
           of
           an
           everlasting
           Heaven
           before
           us
           ;
           and
           may
           ,
           if
           we
           please
           ,
           after
           a
           few
           moments
           obedience
           ,
           be
           admitted
           into
           them
           ,
           and
           enjoy
           them
           for
           evermore
           !
           O
           foolish
           creatures
           that
           we
           are
           ,
           thus
           to
           prefer
           a
           far
           Countrey
           ,
           where
           we
           live
           on
           nothing
           but
           husks
           ,
           before
           the
           everlasting
           festivities
           of
           our
           Father's
           house
           ,
           where
           the
           meanest
           guest
           hath
           bread
           enough
           and
           to
           spare
           !
           to
           chuse
           Nebuchadnezzar's
           fate
           ,
           and
           leave
           Crowns
           and
           Sceptres
           ,
           to
           live
           among
           the
           salvage
           herds
           of
           the
           Wilderness
           ;
           could
           but
           the
           blessed
           Saints
           above
           divert
           so
           much
           from
           their
           more
           happy
           employments
           ,
           as
           to
           look
           down
           a
           little
           from
           their
           Thrones
           of
           Glory
           ,
           and
           see
           how
           busie
           poor
           mortals
           are
           a
           scrambling
           for
           this
           wretched
           pelf
           ,
           which
           within
           a
           few
           moments
           they
           must
           leave
           for
           ever
           ;
           how
           they
           justle
           and
           rancounter
           ,
           defeat
           ,
           defraud
           and
           undermine
           one
           another
           ;
           what
           a
           most
           ridiculous
           spectacle
           would
           it
           appear
           to
           them
           !
           with
           what
           scorn
           would
           they
           look
           on
           it
           ,
           or
           rather
           with
           what
           pity
           ,
           to
           see
           a
           company
           of
           heaven-born
           Souls
           ,
           capable
           of
           ,
           and
           designed
           for
           the
           same
           degree
           of
           glory
           and
           happiness
           with
           themselves
           ,
           groveling
           like
           Swine
           in
           dirt
           and
           mire
           !
           one
           priding
           it self
           in
           a
           gay
           suit
           ,
           another
           hugging
           a
           bag
           of
           glistering
           earth
           ,
           a
           third
           stewing
           and
           dissolving
           it self
           in
           luxury
           and
           voluptuousness
           ,
           and
           all
           employed
           at
           that
           poor
           ,
           and
           mean
           ,
           and
           miserable
           rate
           ,
           as
           might
           justly
           make
           those
           blessed
           Spirits
           ashamed
           to
           own
           their
           kindred
           and
           alliance
           with
           us
           .
           To
           tell
           you
           truly
           and
           seriously
           my
           thoughts
           ,
           I
           cannot
           imagine
           ,
           but
           if
           when
           we
           are
           thus
           extravagantly
           concerned
           about
           the
           pitifull
           trifles
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           those
           blessed
           Spirits
           do
           indeed
           see
           and
           converse
           with
           us
           ;
           it
           is
           a
           much
           more
           ludicrous
           and
           ridiculous
           spectacle
           in
           their
           eyes
           ,
           to
           see
           us
           thus
           foolishly
           concerned
           and
           employed
           ,
           than
           
           't
           would
           be
           in
           ours
           ,
           to
           see
           a
           company
           of
           boys
           with
           mighty
           zeal
           and
           concern
           wrangling
           and
           scrambling
           for
           a
           bag
           of
           Cherry-stones
           :
           Wherefore
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           God
           ,
           Sirs
           ,
           let
           us
           not
           expose
           our selves
           any
           longer
           to
           the
           just
           derision
           of
           all
           the
           world
           by
           our
           excessive
           dotage
           upon
           the
           vanities
           of
           this
           life
           ;
           but
           let
           us
           seriously
           consider
           that
           we
           are
           all
           concerned
           in
           matters
           of
           much
           higher
           importance
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           unspeakable
           felicity
           of
           an
           everlasting
           life
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Hence
           I
           infer
           how
           unreasonable
           a
           thing
           it
           is
           for
           good
           men
           to
           be
           afraid
           of
           dying
           ,
           since
           just
           on
           t'other
           side
           the
           Grave
           ,
           ye
           see
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           state
           of
           endless
           bliss
           prepared
           to
           receive
           and
           entertain
           them
           ;
           so
           that
           to
           them
           Death
           is
           but
           a
           dark
           entry
           out
           of
           a
           Wilderness
           of
           sorrow
           ,
           into
           a
           Paradise
           of
           eternal
           pleasure
           ;
           And
           therefore
           if
           it
           be
           an
           unreasonable
           thing
           for
           sick
           men
           to
           dread
           their
           recovery
           ,
           for
           Slaves
           to
           tremble
           at
           their
           Jubilee
           ,
           or
           for
           Prisoners
           to
           quake
           at
           the
           news
           of
           their
           Gaol-delivery
           ;
           how
           much
           more
           unreasonable
           is
           it
           for
           good
           men
           to
           be
           afraid
           of
           Death
           ,
           which
           is
           but
           a
           momentary
           passage
           from
           sickness
           to
           eternal
           health
           ,
           from
           labour
           to
           eternal
           rest
           ,
           and
           from
           close
           confinement
           to
           eternal
           liberty
           !
           For
           God's
           sake
           consider
           ,
           Sirs
           ;
           What
           is
           there
           in
           this
           world
           that
           ye
           are
           so
           fond
           of
           it
           ?
           what
           in
           the
           other
           ,
           that
           ye
           are
           so
           afraid
           of
           it
           ?
           Suppose
           that
           now
           your
           Souls
           were
           on
           the
           wing
           ,
           mounting
           towards
           the
           celestial
           Abodes
           ,
           and
           that
           at
           some
           convenient
           stand
           between
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           from
           whence
           ye
           might
           take
           a
           prospect
           of
           both
           ,
           ye
           were
           now
           making
           a
           pause
           to
           survey
           and
           compare
           them
           with
           one
           another
           ;
           that
           having
           viewed
           over
           all
           the
           glories
           above
           you
           ,
           tasted
           the
           beatifical
           joys
           ,
           and
           heard
           the
           ravishing
           melodies
           of
           Angels
           ;
           ye
           were
           now
           looking
           down
           again
           ,
           with
           your
           minds
           filled
           with
           those
           glorious
           Idea's
           
           upon
           this
           miserable
           world
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           in
           a
           view
           ye
           beheld
           the
           vast
           numbers
           of
           men
           and
           women
           ,
           that
           at
           this
           time
           are
           fainting
           for
           want
           of
           bread
           ,
           of
           young
           men
           that
           are
           hewen
           down
           by
           the
           sword
           ,
           of
           Orphans
           that
           are
           weeping
           over
           the
           Graves
           of
           their
           Fathers
           ,
           of
           Mariners
           that
           are
           shrieking
           out
           in
           a
           storm
           ,
           because
           their
           Keel
           dashes
           against
           a
           Rock
           ,
           or
           Bulges
           under
           them
           ;
           of
           people
           that
           are
           groaning
           upon
           sick
           beds
           ,
           or
           wracked
           with
           agonies
           of
           conscience
           ,
           that
           are
           weeping
           with
           want
           ,
           mad
           with
           oppression
           ,
           or
           desperate
           with
           too
           quick
           a
           sense
           of
           a
           constant
           infelicity
           ;
           would
           ye
           not
           ,
           do
           ye
           think
           ,
           upon
           such
           a
           review
           of
           both
           states
           ,
           be
           infinitely
           glad
           that
           ye
           were
           gone
           from
           hence
           ,
           that
           ye
           are
           out
           of
           the
           noise
           and
           participation
           of
           so
           many
           evils
           and
           calamities
           ?
           would
           not
           the
           sight
           of
           the
           glories
           above
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           miseries
           beneath
           ,
           make
           you
           a
           thousand
           times
           more
           fearfull
           of
           returning
           hither
           ,
           than
           ever
           ye
           were
           of
           going
           hence
           ?
           Yes
           ,
           doubtless
           it
           would
           ,
           why
           then
           should
           not
           our
           sense
           of
           the
           miseries
           here
           ,
           and
           our
           belief
           of
           the
           happiness
           there
           ,
           produce
           the
           same
           effect
           in
           us
           ;
           make
           us
           willing
           to
           remove
           our
           quarters
           ,
           and
           exchange
           this
           Wilderness
           for
           that
           Canaan
           ?
           'T
           is
           true
           indeed
           ,
           the
           passage
           from
           one
           to
           t'other
           is
           commonly
           very
           painfull
           and
           grievous
           ;
           but
           what
           of
           that
           ?
           in
           other
           cases
           we
           are
           willing
           enough
           to
           endure
           a
           present
           pain
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           a
           future
           ease
           ;
           and
           if
           a
           few
           mortal
           pangs
           will
           work
           a
           perfect
           cure
           on
           me
           ,
           and
           recover
           me
           to
           everlasting
           health
           and
           life
           ,
           methinks
           the
           hope
           of
           this
           blessed
           effect
           should
           be
           sufficient
           to
           indear
           that
           agony
           ,
           and
           render
           it
           easie
           and
           desirable
           :
           But
           alas
           !
           to
           die
           ,
           is
           to
           leave
           all
           our
           acquaintance
           ,
           to
           bid
           adieu
           to
           our
           dearest
           friends
           and
           relatives
           ,
           to
           pass
           into
           an
           unknown
           state
           ,
           to
           converse
           with
           strangers
           ,
           whose
           laws
           and
           customs
           we
           are
           not
           acquainted
           with
           :
           Why
           now
           all
           that
           looks
           sad
           
           in
           this
           is
           a
           very
           great
           mistake
           ;
           for
           I
           verily
           hope
           that
           I
           have
           more
           friends
           and
           relatives
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           than
           I
           shall
           leave
           behind
           me
           here
           on
           Earth
           ;
           and
           if
           so
           ,
           I
           do
           but
           go
           from
           worse
           friends
           to
           better
           ;
           for
           one
           friend
           there
           is
           worth
           a
           thousand
           here
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           all
           those
           indearing
           accomplishments
           ,
           that
           render
           a
           friend
           a
           Jewel
           :
           But
           if
           I
           die
           a
           good
           man
           ,
           I
           shall
           carry
           into
           eternity
           with
           me
           the
           genius
           and
           temper
           of
           a
           glorified
           spirit
           ,
           and
           that
           will
           recommend
           me
           to
           all
           the
           society
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           render
           the
           spirits
           of
           those
           just
           men
           ,
           whose
           name
           I
           never
           heard
           of
           ,
           as
           dear
           friends
           to
           me
           in
           an
           instant
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           been
           may
           ancient
           Cronies
           and
           acquaintance
           :
           But
           why
           should
           I
           grieve
           at
           parting
           with
           my
           friends
           below
           ,
           when
           I
           shall
           go
           to
           the
           best
           friends
           I
           have
           in
           all
           the
           world
           ;
           to
           God
           my
           Father
           ,
           to
           Jesus
           my
           Redeemer
           ,
           to
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           my
           constant
           Comforter
           and
           Assistant
           ?
           And
           what
           though
           that
           state
           ,
           and
           the
           laws
           and
           customs
           of
           it
           be
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           unknown
           to
           me
           ?
           yet
           what
           I
           know
           is
           infinitely
           desirable
           .
           From
           whence
           I
           may
           reasonably
           infer
           ,
           that
           what
           I
           know
           not
           is
           so
           too
           ,
           and
           if
           I
           have
           but
           the
           temper
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           I
           shall
           easily
           comply
           with
           the
           heavenly
           laws
           and
           customs
           of
           it
           ;
           so
           that
           in
           the
           whole
           ,
           I
           cannot
           imagine
           why
           any
           good
           man
           that
           seriously
           believes
           the
           doctrine
           of
           a
           blessed
           immortality
           ,
           and
           hath
           a
           just
           well-grounded
           hope
           of
           being
           made
           partaker
           of
           it
           when
           he
           dies
           ,
           should
           be
           so
           loth
           to
           leave
           this
           wretched
           world
           .
           I
           do
           not
           deny
           but
           the
           circumstances
           of
           our
           affairs
           in
           this
           life
           are
           many
           times
           such
           as
           may
           justly
           excuse
           even
           a
           good
           man's
           unwillingness
           to
           die
           ,
           some
           great
           opportunities
           of
           doing
           good
           may
           present
           themselves
           ,
           and
           invite
           him
           to
           stay
           a
           little
           longer
           ,
           or
           his
           having
           begun
           his
           repentance
           late
           ,
           or
           not
           having
           made
           a
           competent
           provision
           for
           his
           family
           ,
           may
           for
           awhile
           
           justifie
           his
           unwillingness
           to
           depart
           ;
           but
           unless
           it
           be
           in
           these
           excepted
           cafes
           ,
           I
           can
           hardly
           reconcile
           our
           hopes
           of
           happiness
           ,
           with
           our
           fear
           of
           death
           .
           For
           when
           I
           am
           verily
           perswaded
           ,
           that
           death
           is
           onely
           a
           narrow
           stream
           running
           between
           time
           and
           eternity
           ,
           and
           I
           see
           my
           God
           and
           my
           Saviour
           with
           Crowns
           of
           Glory
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           beckoning
           to
           me
           from
           the
           farther
           shore
           ,
           calling
           to
           me
           to
           come
           over
           ,
           and
           receive
           those
           happy
           recompences
           of
           my
           industry
           and
           labour
           ,
           that
           I
           like
           a
           naked
           ,
           timorous
           boy
           ,
           should
           stand
           shivering
           on
           this
           bank
           of
           time
           ,
           as
           if
           I
           were
           afraid
           to
           dip
           my
           foot
           in
           the
           cold
           stream
           of
           Fate
           ,
           which
           as
           soon
           as
           I
           am
           in
           ,
           I
           am
           past
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           twinkling
           of
           an
           eye
           will
           land
           me
           on
           eternal
           bliss
           ;
           is
           such
           an
           extravagant
           inconsistency
           ,
           as
           [
           if
           I
           did
           not
           feel
           it
           in
           me
           ]
           I
           should
           never
           believe
           I
           could
           be
           guilty
           of
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Fourthly
           and
           lastly
           ,
           Hence
           I
           infer
           ,
           what
           unspeakable
           incouragement
           we
           have
           to
           endeavour
           after
           that
           Universal
           Righteousness
           ,
           which
           intitles
           us
           to
           this
           blessed
           state
           of
           eternal
           life
           ;
           since
           God
           hath
           proposed
           such
           a
           vast
           reward
           to
           encourage
           and
           animate
           our
           industry
           ,
           how
           can
           we
           account
           any
           work
           hard
           ,
           of
           which
           Heaven
           is
           the
           wages
           ?
           how
           can
           we
           faint
           in
           our
           Christian
           race
           when
           we
           see
           the
           Crown
           of
           Glory
           hang
           over
           the
           Goal
           ?
           Methinks
           this
           should
           be
           enough
           to
           infuse
           life
           and
           spirit
           into
           the
           most
           crest-fal'n
           Soul
           ,
           to
           make
           Cripples
           run
           ,
           and
           convert
           the
           most
           sneaking
           Coward
           into
           a
           bold
           and
           magnanimous
           Heroe
           .
           For
           how
           much
           pains
           do
           we
           ordinarily
           take
           upon
           far
           less
           hopes
           ?
           in
           hope
           of
           a
           little
           transitory
           wealth
           ,
           which
           we
           know
           we
           shall
           enjoy
           but
           a
           few
           years
           ,
           and
           then
           part
           with
           for
           ever
           ;
           we
           thrust
           our selves
           into
           a
           perpetual
           croud
           ,
           and
           tumult
           of
           businesses
           ,
           where
           with
           vast
           concern
           and
           thoughtfulness
           ,
           with
           eager
           and
           passionate
           prosecutions
           ,
           with
           
           endless
           brawls
           and
           contentions
           ,
           with
           restless
           justlings
           ,
           and
           rancountring
           one
           another
           ,
           we
           toil
           and
           weary
           out
           our selves
           ,
           and
           make
           our
           lives
           a
           constant
           drudgery
           ;
           and
           shall
           we
           flag
           when
           Heaven
           is
           the
           object
           of
           our
           prosecutions
           ,
           who
           are
           so
           active
           in
           the
           pursuit
           of
           trifles
           ?
           Whensoever
           therefore
           we
           find
           our
           endeavours
           in
           Religion
           begin
           to
           tire
           ,
           and
           droop
           ,
           let
           's
           lift
           up
           our
           eyes
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           Glory
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           are
           capable
           of
           being
           moved
           by
           objects
           of
           the
           greatest
           value
           ,
           that
           must
           infuse
           new
           vigour
           into
           us
           ,
           and
           make
           us
           all
           life
           ,
           and
           spirit
           ,
           and
           wing
           ;
           for
           what
           though
           my
           way
           lyes
           up
           the
           hill
           ,
           and
           leads
           me
           along
           through
           thorns
           and
           precipices
           ,
           so
           that
           I
           am
           fain
           to
           sweat
           at
           every
           step
           ,
           and
           every
           ascent
           is
           a
           new
           toil
           to
           me
           ?
           yet
           when
           I
           am
           up
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           to
           be
           entertained
           with
           such
           pleasant
           gales
           ,
           and
           glorious
           prospects
           ,
           as
           will
           fully
           recompence
           all
           my
           labour
           in
           climbing
           thither
           ,
           there
           with
           an
           over-joyed
           heart
           I
           shall
           sit
           down
           and
           bless
           my
           toils
           ;
           O
           blessed
           be
           ye
           my
           bitter
           agonies
           ,
           and
           sharp
           conflicts
           ;
           for
           ever
           blessed
           be
           ye
           my
           importunate
           prayers
           ,
           and
           well-spent
           tears
           ;
           for
           now
           I
           am
           fully
           repaid
           for
           you
           all
           ,
           and
           doe
           reap
           ten
           thousand
           times
           more
           joys
           from
           you
           ,
           than
           ever
           I
           endured
           pains
           :
           For
           what
           are
           the
           pains
           of
           a
           moment
           ,
           to
           the
           pleasures
           of
           an
           eternity
           ?
           Wherefore
           hold
           out
           my
           faith
           and
           patience
           yet
           a
           little
           longer
           ,
           and
           your
           work
           will
           soon
           be
           at
           an
           end
           ;
           and
           after
           a
           few
           laborious
           week-days
           ,
           you
           shall
           keep
           an
           everlasting
           Sabbath
           .
           What
           though
           my
           voyage
           lye
           through
           a
           stormy
           Sea
           ,
           yet
           't
           is
           to
           the
           Indies
           of
           happiness
           ,
           and
           a
           few
           Leagues
           farther
           lies
           the
           blissfull
           Port
           ,
           where
           I
           shall
           be
           Crown'd
           as
           soon
           as
           I
           am
           landed
           .
           Go
           on
           therefore
           ,
           O
           my
           Soul
           ,
           with
           thy
           utmost
           courage
           and
           alacrity
           ,
           for
           let
           the
           winds
           bluster
           ,
           and
           the
           waves
           swell
           never
           so
           much
           ,
           yet
           thou
           canst
           not
           miscarry
           unless
           thou
           wilt
           ,
           thou
           art
           not
           like
           
           other
           passengers
           ,
           left
           to
           the
           mercy
           of
           wind
           and
           weather
           ,
           but
           thy
           fate
           is
           in
           thy
           own
           hands
           ;
           and
           if
           thou
           wilt
           have
           but
           thy
           fruit
           unto
           holiness
           ,
           thy
           end
           shall
           be
           everlasting
           life
           ;
           Which
           God
           of
           his
           infinite
           mercy
           grant
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           And
           so
           much
           shall
           suffice
           for
           the
           Text
           ,
           I
           shall
           now
           only
           crave
           your
           patience
           ,
           while
           I
           speak
           a
           few
           words
           of
           the
           sorrowfull
           occasion
           ,
           viz.
           the
           Funeral
           of
           our
           Deceased
           Brother
           Dr.
           Croun
           ,
           who
           whilst
           he
           lived
           ,
           was
           not
           onely
           a
           Friend
           ,
           but
           an
           Ornament
           to
           the
           whole
           Race
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           whose
           breathless
           Carkass
           ,
           to
           which
           we
           are
           now
           rendring
           the
           last
           Offices
           of
           Friendship
           ,
           was
           e'erwhilst
           the
           seat
           of
           a
           mind
           so
           exalted
           ,
           and
           a
           Nature
           so
           refined
           ,
           as
           that
           had
           it
           but
           a
           few
           equals
           scattered
           through
           the
           world
           ,
           they
           might
           go
           far
           towards
           the
           retrieving
           the
           forfeited
           reputation
           of
           our
           degenerate
           kind
           ;
           for
           as
           for
           his
           Understanding
           ,
           it
           was
           a
           very
           learned
           University
           of
           Knowledge
           ,
           wherein
           Languages
           ,
           and
           Arts
           ,
           and
           Sciences
           flourish'd
           ,
           and
           every
           thing
           almost
           was
           comprehended
           that
           deserves
           the
           name
           of
           Learning
           ,
           he
           was
           a
           general
           Scholar
           ,
           as
           all
           his
           Learned
           Acquaintance
           will
           testify
           ,
           an
           accurate
           Linguist
           ,
           an
           acute
           Mathematician
           ,
           a
           well
           read
           Historian
           ,
           and
           a
           profound
           Philosopher
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           laborious
           course
           he
           had
           run
           through
           the
           whole
           Circle
           of
           Learning
           ;
           he
           contented
           not
           himself
           with
           a
           slight
           and
           cursory
           view
           of
           the
           several
           parts
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           took
           a
           full
           prospect
           of
           them
           all
           ,
           and
           was
           
             aliquis
             in
             singulis
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           
             in
             omnibus
          
           ;
           and
           as
           for
           that
           learned
           profession
           to
           which
           God's
           Providence
           determin'd
           ,
           and
           his
           own
           Genius
           more
           particularly
           addicted
           him
           ;
           though
           I
           verily
           believe
           England
           abounds
           with
           as
           many
           great
           and
           eminent
           Professours
           of
           it
           as
           ever
           any
           Age
           or
           Nation
           produced
           ;
           yet
           in
           this
           bright
           constellation
           
           Dr.
           Croun
           will
           be
           acknowledged
           by
           all
           that
           know
           and
           understood
           him
           ,
           a
           star
           of
           the
           first
           magnitude
           ,
           for
           besides
           the
           deep
           and
           accurate
           insight
           he
           had
           in
           the
           frame
           and
           structure
           of
           Humane
           Bodies
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           gave
           such
           abundant
           proof
           in
           his
           Learned
           Anatomical
           Lectures
           ,
           besides
           his
           large
           and
           comprehensive
           knowledge
           of
           the
           Virtues
           and
           Qualities
           of
           Medicaments
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Natures
           and
           Symptomes
           of
           Diseases
           ,
           the
           Theory
           of
           which
           he
           had
           vastly
           cultivated
           and
           improved
           by
           a
           long
           ,
           a
           curious
           ,
           and
           well-digested
           Experience
           ;
           besides
           these
           things
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           he
           was
           a
           very
           generous
           and
           carefull
           Practitioner
           ,
           for
           though
           his
           Practice
           was
           very
           large
           among
           those
           of
           the
           better
           Rank
           and
           Quality
           ,
           yet
           his
           Ears
           were
           always
           open
           to
           the
           Cries
           and
           Complaints
           of
           the
           Poor
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           alwaies
           Administred
           with
           as
           much
           care
           and
           consideration
           for
           Pity
           and
           for
           Charity
           sake
           ,
           as
           ever
           he
           did
           to
           to
           the
           Rich
           for
           the
           most
           generous
           reward
           sake
           ;
           for
           the
           life
           of
           a
           Man
           was
           so
           dear
           and
           pretious
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           esteemed
           the
           very
           saving
           it
           to
           be
           a
           much
           greater
           reward
           than
           the
           largest
           Fee
           ,
           like
           the
           great
           Physician
           of
           Souls
           ,
           he
           had
           a
           tender
           sympathy
           with
           his
           Patients
           in
           all
           their
           Griefs
           and
           Diseases
           ,
           and
           his
           own
           Natural
           Compassion
           did
           so
           much
           interest
           him
           in
           their
           sorrows
           and
           dangers
           ,
           that'twas
           a
           mighty
           ease
           to
           himself
           to
           ease
           and
           relieve
           them
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Physician
           and
           the
           Patient
           commonly
           languish'd
           and
           recovered
           together
           ,
           and
           as
           his
           Skill
           and
           his
           Care
           were
           equally
           great
           ,
           so
           was
           his
           success
           answerable
           to
           both
           ;
           for
           though
           he
           himself
           be
           gone
           ,
           yet
           he
           hath
           left
           behind
           him
           many
           a
           living
           Monument
           of
           himself
           ,
           who
           cannot
           but
           acknowledge
           with
           Gratitude
           to
           his
           Memory
           ,
           that
           under
           God
           they
           owe
           the
           breath
           which
           they
           now
           draw
           ,
           to
           the
           skill
           and
           experience
           of
           this
           great
           Aesculapius
           .
           
           And
           as
           he
           had
           an
           excellent
           mind
           ,
           so
           he
           had
           a
           lovely
           and
           amiable
           temper
           ,
           a
           temper
           in
           which
           there
           was
           nothing
           but
           what
           was
           highly
           indearing
           ,
           nothing
           that
           was
           stormy
           or
           tempestuous
           ,
           rough
           or
           sower
           ,
           imperious
           or
           insolent
           ,
           false
           or
           malitious
           ,
           humorous
           or
           phantastick
           ,
           but
           was
           altogether
           compounded
           of
           the
           best
           and
           sweetest
           ingredients
           of
           kindness
           and
           benignity
           ,
           of
           modesty
           and
           humility
           ,
           of
           curtesie
           and
           affability
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           and
           every
           good
           thing
           that
           good
           Nature
           implies
           ;
           his
           passions
           were
           always
           sober
           ,
           and
           his
           Appetites
           temperate
           ,
           his
           Conduct
           was
           very
           prudent
           ,
           but
           yet
           very
           punctual
           and
           honest
           ,
           his
           Conversation
           was
           innocent
           and
           chearfull
           ,
           and
           facetious
           ,
           and
           his
           Carriage
           was
           grave
           ,
           but
           yet
           gentile
           and
           obliging
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           he
           had
           all
           the
           Wit
           of
           a
           good
           Poet
           ,
           all
           the
           temper
           of
           a
           Philosopher
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           good
           humour
           of
           a
           Well-bred
           Gentleman
           .
           This
           he
           was
           in
           himself
           ,
           we
           will
           now
           briefly
           consider
           him
           in
           his
           several
           Relations
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           a
           Creature
           ,
           and
           so
           related
           to
           God.
           I
           have
           very
           often
           heard
           him
           express
           a
           very
           serious
           and
           awfull
           sense
           of
           the
           Divine
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           particularly
           upon
           his
           Death-bed
           not
           many
           hours
           before
           his
           departure
           ,
           where
           he
           heartily
           thanked
           God
           that
           he
           had
           well
           weighed
           and
           considered
           the
           course
           of
           his
           life
           ,
           and
           the
           final
           issues
           and
           events
           of
           his
           actions
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           very
           serious
           chearfulness
           resign'd
           up
           himself
           into
           God's
           hands
           and
           disposal
           ,
           professing
           himself
           to
           be
           very
           well
           content
           to
           live
           or
           dye
           ,
           as
           God
           in
           his
           Wisedom
           should
           think
           it
           most
           expedient
           ,
           desiring
           me
           to
           pray
           with
           him
           and
           for
           him
           .
           As
           he
           was
           a
           Husband
           —
           Alas
           ,
           the
           tears
           of
           his
           sorrowfull
           Relict
           do
           but
           too
           loudly
           proclaim
           how
           good
           ,
           and
           how
           kind
           he
           was
           ;
           and
           in
           such
           an
           indearing
           Relation
           ,
           what
           less
           could
           be
           expected
           from
           so
           good
           a
           nature
           :
           For
           here
           all
           his
           natural
           sweetness
           and
           benignity
           ,
           which
           ordinarily
           
           diffused
           it self
           through
           the
           whole
           sphere
           of
           his
           activity
           ,
           was
           contracted
           and
           united
           in
           one
           point
           or
           centre
           ,
           and
           so
           was
           rendred
           more
           intense
           and
           vigorous
           by
           its
           union
           .
           The
           Holy
           Scripture
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Husband
             and
             the
             Wife
             are
             one
             flesh
          
           ;
           but
           here
           one
           would
           have
           thought
           they
           had
           been
           one
           Soul
           too
           ,
           for
           they
           had
           all
           the
           same
           likings
           and
           dis-likings
           ,
           the
           same
           joys
           and
           sorrows
           ,
           the
           same
           pains
           and
           pleasures
           ;
           such
           perfect
           Unizons
           were
           their
           hearts
           ,
           that
           whatever
           Note
           one
           struck
           ,
           t'other
           ecchoed
           and
           resounded
           it
           ;
           so
           that
           what
           the
           good
           Portia
           said
           to
           her
           dear
           Brutus
           ,
           this
           happy
           pair
           might
           have
           truly
           said
           to
           each
           other
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             I
             am
             the
             partner
             of
             thy
             fortunes
             ,
             and
             have
             an
             equal
             share
             with
             thee
             in
             all
             that
             thou
             sufferest
             or
             enjoyest
             .
          
           As
           he
           was
           a
           Master
           ,
           the
           lamentations
           of
           his
           Servants
           ,
           for
           the
           share
           they
           had
           in
           the
           loss
           of
           him
           ,
           sufficiently
           demonstrates
           his
           great
           kindness
           and
           goodness
           to
           them
           ;
           his
           whole
           Family
           ,
           which
           while
           he
           was
           well
           ,
           did
           always
           wear
           sprightly
           and
           chearfull
           looks
           ,
           upon
           the
           sad
           news
           that
           there
           was
           no
           hope
           of
           his
           recovery
           ,
           was
           presently
           converted
           into
           a
           House
           of
           Mourning
           ,
           and
           every
           countenance
           was
           changed
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           all
           been
           sentenced
           to
           die
           with
           their
           Master
           .
           Once
           more
           consider
           him
           as
           a
           Neighbour
           ,
           he
           was
           publick
           good
           to
           the
           place
           where
           he
           lived
           ;
           and
           like
           a
           rich
           field
           of
           Spices
           ,
           he
           scattered
           his
           perfumes
           throughout
           all
           the
           Neighbourhood
           ,
           where
           upon
           every
           call
           and
           invitation
           he
           was
           ready
           to
           doe
           good
           ,
           and
           freely
           contributed
           his
           best
           skill
           and
           care
           ,
           to
           all
           that
           needed
           and
           requested
           it
           .
           Thus
           while
           he
           lived
           .
           Dr.
           Croun
           was
           a
           publick
           good
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           and
           eminent
           Benefactour
           to
           the
           World
           ;
           so
           that
           his
           loss
           is
           like
           the
           breaking
           up
           of
           a
           Common
           treasury
           ,
           in
           which
           we
           had
           all
           of
           us
           a
           share
           :
           and
           accordingly
           ye
           see
           ,
           that
           though
           his
           kindred
           and
           
           alliance
           was
           not
           very
           large
           ,
           yet
           by
           the
           lamentations
           that
           are
           made
           for
           him
           ,
           one
           would
           think
           he
           had
           been
           the
           Father
           of
           some
           very
           populous
           Tribe
           ;
           for
           I
           dare
           say
           ,
           that
           for
           these
           many
           years
           there
           hath
           not
           been
           seen
           a
           more
           sorrowfull
           Funeral
           within
           the
           Walls
           of
           this
           City
           than
           this
           we
           are
           now
           celebrating
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           but
           fit
           and
           decent
           ,
           that
           he
           who
           while
           he
           lived
           ,
           was
           a
           common
           friend
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           should
           be
           attended
           to
           his
           Grave
           with
           a
           common
           sorrow
           ;
           and
           that
           we
           who
           survive
           him
           ,
           and
           were
           so
           much
           beholding
           to
           him
           ,
           should
           now
           pay
           our
           debts
           to
           his
           Memory
           with
           our
           Tears
           ;
           but
           if
           we
           would
           be
           benefited
           by
           his
           Memory
           ,
           as
           we
           were
           by
           his
           Life
           ,
           let
           us
           remember
           his
           excellent
           Virtues
           and
           Accomplishments
           so
           as
           to
           imitate
           and
           transcribe
           them
           to
           follow
           his
           Example
           in
           all
           the
           good
           things
           he
           did
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           knew
           any
           evil
           ,
           to
           shun
           and
           avoid
           it
           :
           by
           thus
           doing
           we
           shall
           convert
           his
           Memory
           into
           Medicine
           ,
           and
           render
           him
           as
           good
           a
           Physician
           to
           our
           Souls
           now
           he
           is
           dead
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           to
           our
           Bodies
           whilst
           he
           was
           living
           ,
           and
           so
           improve
           our
           present
           loss
           into
           our
           everlasting
           advantage
           .
           Which
           God
           of
           his
           infinite
           Mercy
           grant
           ;
           to
           whom
           be
           Honour
           ,
           and
           Glory
           ,
           and
           Power
           ,
           and
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           Dominion
           for
           ever
           ,
           Amen
           .
        
         
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