A sermon preach'd at the funeral of Sir John Buckworth, at the parish-church of St. Peter's le Poor in Broadstreet, December 29, 1687 by John Scott.
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             A sermon preach'd at the funeral of Sir John Buckworth, at the parish-church of St. Peter's le Poor in Broadstreet, December 29, 1687 by John Scott.
             Scott, John, 1639-1695.
          
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           A
           SERMON
           Preach'd
           at
           the
           FUNERAL
           OF
           Sir
           
             JOHN
             BVCKWORTH
          
           ,
           At
           the
           Parish-Church
           of
           St.
           
             PETER's
             le
             POOR
          
           IN
           BROADSTREET
           ,
           December
           29.
           1687.
           
        
         
           By
           
             JOHN
             SCOTT
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Walter
             Kettilby
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Bishop's-Head
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           ;
           and
           
             Thomas
             Horne
          
           ,
           at
           the
           South-Entrance
           of
           the
           Royal
           Exchange
           in
           Cornhill
           ,
           1688.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           IMPRIMATUR
           .
        
         
           
             Guil.
             Needham
             .
             
               Jan.
               10.
               1687.
               
            
          
        
         
         
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           MY
           Lady
           Buckworth
           .
        
         
           
             MADAM
             ,
          
        
         
           IN
           Obedience
           to
           Your
           Desires
           ,
           I
           here
           present
           You
           with
           the
           Discourse
           I
           delivered
           at
           the
           Funeral
           of
           Your
           Excellent
           Husband
           ,
           and
           my
           never
           to
           be
           forgotten
           Friend
           .
           And
           indeed
           considering
           how
           little
           there
           is
           in
           it
           ,
           I
           have
           no
           other
           Apologie
           to
           make
           for
           the
           Publication
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           could
           not
           without
           some
           degree
           of
           
           Incivility
           refuse
           it
           ,
           being
           urged
           with
           the
           concurrent
           Requests
           of
           Your
           Ladiship
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           those
           my
           worthy
           Friends
           his
           dearest
           Relatives
           .
           Not
           that
           I
           altogether
           despair
           of
           its
           having
           some
           good
           Influence
           upon
           Sober
           and
           Attentive
           Readers
           .
           There
           are
           some
           Thoughts
           in
           it
           which
           are
           apt
           enough
           to
           Inspire
           considering
           Minds
           with
           good
           Affections
           and
           Resolutions
           .
           The
           Text
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           contains
           excellent
           Sense
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           Argument
           is
           mighty
           Serious
           and
           Momentous
           :
           and
           how
           meanly
           soever
           I
           have
           managed
           it
           ,
           some
           honest
           Reader
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           may
           from
           hence
           take
           occasion
           to
           supply
           my
           defects
           out
           of
           his
           own
           Meditations
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           improve
           it
           to
           his
           everlasting
           Advantage
           .
           And
           as
           for
           Your
           Ladiship
           ,
           I
           hope
           the
           perusal
           of
           it
           ,
           instead
           of
           reviving
           
           Your
           Sorrows
           for
           Your
           Dear
           Loss
           ,
           may
           be
           some
           way
           Instrumental
           to
           Animate
           You
           with
           a
           firm
           and
           vigorous
           Resolution
           ,
           to
           pursue
           that
           Blessed
           State
           ,
           wherein
           This
           ,
           and
           all
           Your
           other
           Losses
           here
           ,
           will
           ere
           long
           be
           abundantly
           repaired
           in
           a
           most
           joyous
           and
           everlasting
           Fruition
           .
           And
           This
           ,
           MADAM
           ,
           is
           my
           hearty
           Prayers
           as
           well
           as
           my
           hope
           ;
           who
           am
           ,
        
         
           
             Your
             Ladiships
          
           Obliged
           and
           Faithful
           Servant
           ,
           
             JOHN
             SCOTT
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             ECCLESIAST
             .
             xi
             .
             8.
             
          
           
             But
             if
             a
             man
             live
             many
             years
             ,
             and
             rejoyce
             in
             them
             all
             ;
             yet
             let
             him
             remember
             the
             days
             of
             darkness
             ,
             for
             they
             shall
             be
             many
             .
          
        
         
           I
           Shall
           not
           trouble
           you
           with
           the
           various
           rendrings
           of
           these
           words
           ;
           which
           (
           with
           a
           very
           little
           difference
           )
           do
           all
           amount
           to
           the
           same
           sence
           ;
           viz.
           That
           supposing
           it
           should
           be
           a
           man's
           good
           fortune
           to
           live
           very
           long
           ,
           and
           exceeding
           happy
           in
           this
           world
           ;
           yet
           he
           ought
           to
           have
           great
           care
           that
           the
           Joys
           of
           this
           Life
           ,
           do
           not
           so
           wholly
           take
           up
           and
           ingross
           his
           thoughts
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           him
           forget
           those
           
             days
             of
             darkness
          
           ,
           which
           must
           ere
           long
           succeed
           this
           delightsome
           Sun-shine
           ;
           which
           days
           will
           be
           many
           more
           ,
           and
           of
           much
           longer
           continuance
           than
           the
           longest
           Life
           of
           happiness
           we
           can
           promise
           our selves
           in
           this
           World.
           So
           that
           all
           the
           difficulty
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           is
           ,
           what
           we
           are
           to
           understand
           by
           
             the
             days
             of
             Darkness
          
           ,
           which
           are
           here
           opposed
           to
           a
           long
           Life
           of
           Joy
           and
           Rejoycing
           in
           this
           World
           ?
           And
           this
           difficulty
           will
           be
           easily
           resolved
           ,
           by
           
           considering
           the
           foregoing
           Verse
           ;
           
             Truly
             the
             light
             is
             sweet
             ,
             and
             a
             pleasant
             thing
             to
             the
             Eye
             to
             behold
             the
             Sun
          
           ;
           upon
           which
           it
           follows
           ,
           
             But
             if
             a
             man
             live
             many
             Years
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           supposing
           he
           should
           for
           many
           Years
           injoy
           this
           pleasant
           spectacle
           of
           the
           light
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           yet
           let
           him
           remember
           those
           days
           of
           Darkness
           ,
           wherein
           his
           Eyes
           shall
           behold
           the
           Sun
           and
           Light
           no
           more
           ,
           wherein
           he
           shall
           be
           laid
           up
           in
           a
           dark
           and
           silent
           Grave
           ,
           whence
           the
           light
           of
           the
           Sun
           is
           excluded
           ,
           and
           where
           the
           sight
           of
           the
           Eyes
           is
           extinguished
           ;
           or
           as
           he
           expresses
           it
           in
           the
           Third
           Verse
           of
           the
           next
           Chapter
           ,
           wherein
           
             those
             that
             look
             out
             at
             the
             windows
             are
             darkened
             :
          
           So
           that
           we
           shall
           have
           neither
           visible
           Objects
           ,
           nor
           visive
           Organs
           ;
           but
           be
           buried
           out
           of
           sight
           in
           deep
           darkness
           and
           insensibility
           .
           By
           
             the
             days
             of
             Darkness
          
           therefore
           is
           evidently
           meant
           all
           that
           space
           of
           time
           between
           our
           Death
           and
           our
           Resurrection
           ,
           wherein
           our
           Bodies
           shall
           lye
           mouldering
           in
           a
           dark
           Grave
           ,
           utterly
           insensible
           of
           Good
           or
           Evil
           ,
           till
           by
           the
           powerful
           call
           of
           God
           they
           shall
           at
           length
           be
           roused
           up
           out
           of
           this
           fatal
           slumber
           ,
           into
           a
           state
           of
           Everlasting
           Life
           and
           Activity
           :
           And
           these
           days
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             shall
             be
             many
          
           ,
           though
           they
           shall
           not
           run
           out
           to
           an
           infinite
           duration
           ,
           but
           at
           length
           conclude
           in
           a
           general
           Resurrection
           ,
           yet
           they
           shall
           
             be
             many
          
           ,
           many
           more
           in
           all
           probability
           ,
           than
           any
           man
           
           now
           alive
           can
           hope
           to
           live
           in
           this
           World.
           
        
         
           The
           words
           thus
           explained
           resolve
           into
           this
           sence
           ,
           That
           how
           long
           and
           happily
           soever
           men
           live
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           they
           ought
           to
           entertain
           their
           thoughts
           with
           frequent
           remembrances
           and
           considerations
           of
           their
           approaching
           Mortality
           .
           Which
           is
           a
           duty
           so
           obvious
           to
           the
           Consciences
           of
           all
           men
           ,
           as
           being
           founded
           on
           the
           plainest
           and
           most
           conspicuous
           Reasons
           ,
           that
           the
           men
           of
           all
           Ages
           ,
           and
           Nations
           ,
           and
           Religions
           ,
           have
           owned
           ,
           and
           acknowledged
           it
           .
           Thus
           the
           Heathen
           Philosophers
           teach
           ,
           That
           our
           lives
           ought
           to
           be
           a
           Constant
           Meditation
           of
           Death
           ;
           and
           that
           even
           in
           our
           most
           pleasant
           ,
           and
           healthful
           moments
           ,
           we
           ought
           to
           look
           upon
           our selves
           as
           Borderers
           upon
           Eternity
           ;
           That
           we
           should
           still
           take
           care
           to
           mingle
           our
           delights
           with
           the
           sad
           remembrances
           of
           our
           Mortality
           ,
           and
           not
           suffer
           the
           Joys
           of
           this
           Life
           to
           divert
           our
           Thoughts
           from
           that
           impending
           Fate
           ,
           which
           ere
           long
           will
           set
           an
           Everlasting
           period
           both
           to
           Them
           and
           That
           .
           But
           the
           necessity
           of
           entertaining
           our
           minds
           with
           frequent
           Remembrances
           of
           our
           Latter
           end
           ,
           is
           founded
           upon
           far
           more
           powerful
           motives
           than
           a
           company
           of
           fine
           Sentences
           ,
           and
           pretty
           Sayings
           of
           Philosophers
           .
           For
        
         
           First
           ,
           It
           is
           necessary
           to
           moderate
           our
           Affections
           to
           the
           World.
           
        
         
         
           Secondly
           ,
           It
           is
           necessary
           to
           allay
           the
           Gaiety
           and
           Vanity
           of
           our
           minds
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           It
           is
           necessary
           to
           put
           us
           upon
           improving
           our
           present
           injoyments
           to
           the
           best
           purposes
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           It
           is
           necessary
           to
           fore-arm
           our
           minds
           against
           the
           Terrors
           of
           Death
           .
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           It
           is
           necessary
           to
           excite
           and
           quicken
           us
           in
           our
           preparations
           for
           Eternity
           .
        
         
           I.
           It
           's
           necessary
           to
           moderate
           our
           Affections
           to
           the
           world
           ;
           while
           we
           are
           encompassed
           round
           with
           the
           pleasures
           and
           delights
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           they
           commonly
           so
           ingross
           our
           minds
           ,
           that
           we
           shut
           our
           eyes
           against
           all
           futurities
           ,
           and
           are
           impatient
           to
           think
           of
           any
           thing
           to
           come
           ,
           unless
           it
           be
           the
           continuance
           of
           this
           happy
           scene
           of
           things
           which
           is
           at
           present
           before
           us
           ;
           with
           which
           continuance
           we
           are
           exceeding
           apt
           to
           flatter
           our selves
           ,
           that
           so
           thereby
           we
           may
           heighten
           the
           gust
           of
           our
           present
           enjoyments
           ;
           to
           which
           the
           consideration
           of
           their
           leaving
           us
           ,
           or
           our
           leaving
           them
           ,
           would
           be
           apt
           to
           give
           a
           very
           ungrateful
           farewel
           :
           and
           when
           our
           thoughts
           are
           wholly
           intent
           upon
           these
           present
           goods
           ;
           and
           upon
           the
           prospect
           of
           their
           continuance
           ,
           our
           affections
           must
           necessarily
           run
           out
           towards
           them
           with
           an
           immoderate
           ardour
           and
           greediness
           .
           For
           now
           
           our
           flattering
           Imaginations
           represent
           them
           to
           us
           as
           standing
           and
           permanent
           things
           ,
           as
           a
           kind
           of
           immortal
           heaven
           upon
           earth
           ;
           and
           accordingly
           our
           affections
           pursue
           and
           imbrace
           them
           as
           the
           best
           of
           goods
           ;
           and
           are
           for
           dwelling
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           building
           Tabernacles
           in
           them
           ,
           there
           to
           make
           their
           final
           abode
           ,
           as
           in
           their
           highest
           and
           ultimate
           happiness
           .
           Now
           there
           is
           no
           more
           effectual
           way
           to
           rouse
           mens
           minds
           out
           of
           this
           flattering
           Dream
           of
           happiness
           ,
           (
           from
           which
           if
           they
           persist
           in
           it
           ,
           the
           dire
           experience
           of
           a
           woful
           Eternity
           will
           ere
           long
           awake
           them
           )
           than
           frequently
           to
           entertain
           their
           minds
           with
           the
           thoughts
           of
           their
           departure
           hence
           .
           For
           when
           I
           set
           my self
           seriously
           to
           think
           of
           my
           dying
           hour
           ,
           that
           fairly
           represents
           to
           my
           deluded
           mind
           ,
           the
           true
           state
           and
           condition
           of
           all
           worldly
           happiness
           .
           Here
           I
           plainly
           see
           that
           I
           am
           Tenant
           at
           will
           to
           a
           thousand
           contingencies
           ,
           in
           every
           one
           of
           whose
           power
           it
           is
           to
           turn
           me
           out
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           my
           Happiness
           together
           ,
           every
           moment
           of
           my
           life
           ;
           and
           that
           when
           I
           have
           erected
           this
           childish
           Castle
           of
           Cards
           ,
           and
           housed
           my self
           in
           it
           ,
           as
           in
           an
           imaginary
           Fortress
           of
           impregnable
           security
           ;
           it
           is
           in
           the
           power
           of
           every
           puff
           of
           wind
           to
           blow
           it
           down
           about
           my
           ears
           ,
           and
           bury
           me
           in
           its
           ruins
           .
           In
           every
           serious
           prospect
           of
           my
           Mortality
           ,
           I
           behold
           all
           my
           
           worldly
           enjoyments
           ,
           which
           promised
           me
           such
           mountains
           of
           happiness
           ,
           standing
           round
           my
           death-bed
           ,
           mocking
           at
           all
           my
           foolish
           hopes
           ,
           and
           exposing
           my
           baffled
           expectations
           to
           scorn
           and
           derision
           ;
           and
           whilst
           in
           the
           anguish
           of
           my
           Soul
           I
           cry
           out
           to
           them
           ,
           O
           ye
           helpless
           impotent
           things
           ,
           what
           are
           now
           become
           of
           all
           your
           boasted
           comforts
           ?
           you
           that
           promised
           to
           be
           a
           heaven
           upon
           earth
           to
           me
           ,
           why
           do
           not
           ye
           now
           help
           me
           in
           this
           my
           last
           Extremity
           ?
           why
           do
           not
           ye
           quench
           my
           raging
           Thirst
           ?
           why
           do
           not
           ye
           cool
           my
           feaverish
           Blood
           ?
           why
           do
           not
           ye
           ease
           my
           labouring
           Heart
           ,
           and
           quiet
           my
           convulsed
           and
           tormented
           Bowels
           ?
           All
           the
           Answer
           they
           return
           is
           this
           ,
           Alas
           poor
           deluded
           fool
           !
           't
           is
           not
           in
           us
           to
           relieve
           or
           succour
           thee
           .
           But
           what
           will
           ye
           then
           forsake
           and
           abandon
           me
           ,
           and
           shall
           I
           have
           nothing
           left
           of
           all
           the
           mighty
           goods
           you
           promised
           ,
           but
           only
           a
           Grave
           ,
           a
           Coffin
           and
           a
           Winding-sheet
           ?
           Alas
           ,
           poor
           deceived
           wretch
           ,
           we
           leave
           not
           thee
           ,
           but
           thou
           must
           leave
           us
           ;
           being
           summoned
           away
           by
           a
           fatal
           power
           ,
           which
           we
           can
           neither
           bribe
           nor
           resist
           :
           thy
           body
           must
           go
           down
           into
           a
           cold
           dark
           Grave
           ,
           and
           there
           lye
           utterly
           insensible
           till
           the
           Resurrection
           ;
           thy
           Soul
           must
           pass
           into
           the
           Region
           of
           Spirits
           ,
           whither
           we
           are
           not
           permitted
           to
           follow
           thee
           ,
           and
           where
           thou
           wilt
           have
           nothing
           to
           live
           upon
           to
           all
           Eternity
           ,
           but
           only
           
           the
           Graces
           and
           Vertues
           of
           thy
           own
           mind
           .
           Farewel
           then
           ye
           Treacherous
           Cheats
           and
           Impostors
           ;
           that
           promised
           so
           much
           ,
           and
           now
           perform
           so
           little
           ;
           miserable
           Comforters
           are
           ye
           all
           ,
           and
           Physicians
           of
           no
           value
           .
           Such
           thoughts
           as
           these
           the
           remembrance
           of
           our
           Mortality
           will
           be
           frequently
           suggesting
           to
           us
           ;
           and
           if
           such
           thoughts
           do
           not
           cool
           and
           allay
           the
           heat
           of
           our
           Affections
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           we
           are
           incurably
           fond
           of
           being
           deceived
           and
           abused
           by
           it
           .
        
         
           II.
           Frequently
           to
           remember
           our
           departure
           hence
           ,
           is
           very
           necessary
           to
           allay
           the
           Vanity
           and
           Gaiety
           of
           our
           own
           minds
           ;
           whilest
           we
           are
           encompassed
           with
           the
           delights
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           our
           minds
           are
           generally
           too
           frolick
           and
           jovial
           to
           admit
           of
           any
           serious
           impressions
           :
           and
           if
           at
           any
           time
           any
           good
           thoughts
           come
           in
           to
           visit
           us
           ,
           (
           as
           those
           two
           Angels
           did
           Lot
           in
           Sodom
           )
           to
           warn
           us
           of
           the
           dire
           Fate
           that
           hangs
           over
           us
           ,
           our
           Affections
           ,
           like
           the
           drunken
           Sodomites
           ,
           are
           presently
           all
           in
           an
           uproar
           ,
           and
           will
           never
           be
           quiet
           ,
           till
           those
           unwelcome
           guests
           be
           thrown
           out
           that
           disturb
           our
           Riots
           ,
           and
           mingle
           harsh
           Discords
           with
           our
           jovial
           Airs
           :
           and
           so
           long
           as
           we
           continue
           in
           this
           light
           vain
           temper
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           will
           be
           grateful
           to
           us
           but
           frothy
           mirth
           ,
           or
           loose
           company
           ,
           or
           gay
           Ideas
           of
           our selves
           ,
           and
           of
           our
           
           own
           Wit
           ,
           or
           Wealth
           ,
           or
           Beauty
           ,
           or
           Finery
           .
           And
           thus
           we
           shall
           fool
           away
           our
           Lives
           in
           perpetual
           Vanity
           and
           Impertinence
           ;
           in
           rolling
           about
           from
           Vanity
           to
           Vanity
           ,
           and
           never
           be
           Serious
           ,
           till
           we
           are
           forced
           to
           it
           by
           some
           woful
           experience
           .
           But
           now
           to
           fix
           such
           a
           Roving
           and
           Volatile
           temper
           ,
           and
           thereby
           to
           render
           it
           accessible
           and
           hospitable
           to
           wise
           and
           good
           Thoughts
           ,
           I
           know
           nothing
           more
           necessary
           than
           the
           frequent
           Remembrance
           of
           our
           Mortality
           :
           for
           as
           for
           the
           future
           Worlds
           of
           endless
           Joy
           and
           Torment
           ,
           though
           they
           are
           in
           themselves
           the
           most
           serious
           things
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           yet
           being
           both
           Future
           and
           Invisible
           ,
           Vain
           and
           Sensual
           Minds
           are
           not
           so
           capable
           of
           apprehending
           them
           with
           that
           degree
           of
           certainty
           that
           is
           necessary
           to
           render
           them
           affecting
           and
           prevalent
           :
           But
           that
           we
           must
           die
           ,
           we
           are
           all
           as
           certain
           of
           as
           of
           our
           present
           Existence
           ;
           and
           therefore
           this
           ,
           if
           any
           thing
           ,
           must
           move
           and
           affect
           us
           .
           If
           therefore
           together
           with
           those
           gay
           Idea's
           that
           possess
           our
           Minds
           ,
           we
           would
           ever
           and
           anon
           mingle
           that
           of
           our
           Mortality
           ,
           that
           would
           soon
           reduce
           our
           squandered
           Thoughts
           ,
           and
           make
           us
           Serious
           in
           despight
           of
           our
           teeth
           .
           As
           for
           instance
           ,
           when
           in
           thy
           night
           Thoughts
           thou
           art
           priding
           thy self
           in
           the
           Pomp
           and
           Splendor
           of
           thy
           outward
           condition
           ,
           think
           thus
           with
           thy self
           ,
           Alas
           ,
           within
           a
           little
           while
           
           this
           Bed
           which
           now
           is
           as
           gay
           ,
           and
           as
           soft
           as
           the
           Sleep
           ,
           and
           the
           Sins
           it
           entertains
           ,
           must
           be
           my
           Death-bed
           ;
           here
           I
           must
           lye
           a
           languishing
           sad
           Corps
           ,
           which
           nothing
           in
           all
           this
           World
           can
           help
           or
           ease
           :
           so
           that
           though
           now
           I
           should
           go
           on
           to
           add
           House
           to
           House
           ,
           and
           Lands
           to
           Lands
           ,
           even
           till
           I
           am
           become
           the
           Lord
           of
           all
           my
           Horizon
           ;
           yet
           in
           that
           sad
           Hour
           all
           these
           will
           no
           more
           be
           able
           to
           relieve
           me
           ,
           than
           the
           Landskip
           of
           them
           upon
           my
           Walls
           ,
           or
           my
           Hangings
           :
           then
           I
           may
           as
           successfully
           go
           to
           my
           Pictures
           ,
           and
           try
           to
           entertain
           my
           Mirth
           and
           Luxuries
           with
           them
           ,
           or
           to
           recreate
           my
           Ear
           with
           hearkening
           after
           painted
           sounds
           ,
           or
           to
           gratifie
           my
           Palate
           with
           the
           Image
           of
           a
           Feast
           ;
           as
           to
           give
           my self
           any
           ease
           or
           content
           with
           these
           gay
           things
           I
           am
           now
           so
           proud
           of
           .
           And
           when
           at
           length
           I
           have
           groaned
           away
           my
           fleeting
           Breath
           ,
           I
           must
           be
           removed
           from
           all
           my
           company
           &
           attendance
           into
           a
           dark
           ,
           lonely
           and
           desolate
           hole
           of
           Earth
           ,
           where
           all
           my
           present
           Pomp
           must
           expire
           ,
           and
           be
           overcast
           with
           Everlasting
           Darkness
           .
           Again
           ,
           when
           in
           the
           Morning
           thou
           art
           entertaining
           thy
           Vanity
           with
           thy
           Beauty
           ,
           thy
           Wit
           ,
           or
           thy
           fine
           Cloaths
           ,
           think
           thus
           with
           thy self
           ,
           Alas
           ,
           fond
           Soul
           ,
           all
           these
           gay
           objects
           of
           thy
           Pride
           ,
           must
           ere
           long
           convert
           to
           Rottenness
           and
           Corruption
           ;
           that
           curled
           Forehead
           must
           be
           bedewed
           with
           
           clammy
           Sweats
           ;
           those
           sprightly
           Eyes
           must
           wax
           as
           dim
           as
           a
           sullied
           Mirror
           ;
           that
           charming
           Voice
           must
           grow
           as
           weak
           as
           the
           faint
           Echoes
           of
           a
           distant
           Valley
           ;
           and
           all
           those
           Lilies
           and
           Roses
           on
           thy
           Cheeks
           must
           wither
           into
           the
           paleness
           of
           Death
           ,
           and
           shroud
           themselves
           in
           the
           horrors
           of
           the
           Grave
           .
           Again
           ,
           when
           in
           the
           Afternoon
           thou
           hast
           been
           entertaining
           thy self
           with
           Mirth
           ,
           or
           Sport
           ,
           or
           Luxury
           ,
           go
           down
           into
           the
           Charnel-house
           ,
           and
           there
           survey
           a
           while
           the
           numerous
           Trophies
           of
           victorious
           Death
           :
           In
           these
           gastly
           Mirrors
           thou
           beholdest
           the
           true
           Resemblance
           of
           thy
           future
           State
           :
           forty
           years
           ago
           that
           naked
           Skull
           was
           covered
           like
           thine
           ,
           with
           a
           thick
           fleece
           of
           curled
           and
           comely
           Locks
           ;
           those
           empty
           holes
           were
           filled
           with
           Eyes
           that
           looked
           as
           charmingly
           as
           thine
           ;
           those
           hollow
           Pits
           were
           blanched
           with
           Cheeks
           that
           were
           as
           smooth
           and
           amiable
           as
           thine
           ;
           that
           grinning
           Mouth
           did
           smile
           as
           gracefully
           ,
           and
           speak
           as
           fluently
           as
           thine
           ;
           and
           a
           few
           days
           hence
           thou
           must
           be
           Rotting
           into
           just
           such
           another
           spectacle
           :
           And
           forty
           years
           hence
           perhaps
           here
           may
           thy
           naked
           Ribs
           be
           found
           mingled
           with
           these
           scattered
           Bones
           ;
           and
           then
           should
           another
           take
           up
           thy
           bald
           Skull
           ,
           as
           thou
           dost
           this
           ,
           he
           will
           find
           it
           dressed
           in
           all
           the
           self-same
           horrors
           of
           this
           Deaths-Head
           ;
           with
           its
           Nose
           sunk
           ,
           its
           
           Jaws
           gaping
           ,
           its
           Mouth
           grinning
           ,
           and
           Worms
           crawling
           in
           those
           empty
           holes
           wherein
           now
           thy
           Eyes
           roul
           to
           and
           fro
           in
           Amorous
           glances
           ;
           and
           a
           Toad
           perhaps
           ingendring
           in
           that
           Brain
           that
           is
           now
           so
           full
           of
           sprightly
           Thoughts
           ,
           and
           gay
           Idea's
           .
           If
           with
           these
           ,
           or
           such
           like
           Considerations
           of
           our
           Mortality
           ,
           we
           would
           now
           and
           then
           entertain
           our selves
           ,
           they
           would
           by
           degrees
           wear
           off
           the
           Levity
           and
           Vanity
           of
           our
           Minds
           ,
           and
           compose
           us
           into
           such
           a
           degree
           of
           Seriousness
           ,
           as
           is
           necessary
           to
           qualifie
           us
           for
           those
           Divine
           and
           Religious
           Considerations
           ,
           without
           which
           we
           can
           never
           expect
           either
           to
           be
           made
           good
           men
           here
           ,
           or
           happy
           men
           hereafter
           .
        
         
           III.
           That
           we
           should
           frequently
           remember
           our
           Mortality
           ,
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           our
           most
           happy
           Circumstances
           here
           ,
           is
           highly
           necessary
           to
           put
           us
           upon
           improving
           our
           present
           injoyments
           to
           the
           best
           purposes
           ,
           considering
           what
           use
           the
           generality
           of
           Men
           make
           of
           the
           Injoyments
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           It
           is
           really
           a
           great
           question
           ,
           Whether
           it
           would
           not
           be
           much
           better
           for
           them
           ,
           even
           in
           respect
           of
           this
           Life
           ,
           to
           be
           without
           them
           ,
           than
           with
           them
           .
           For
           either
           they
           shrivel
           them
           into
           miserableness
           ,
           or
           melt
           them
           into
           Luxury
           .
           The
           former
           of
           which
           impoverishes
           ,
           and
           the
           latter
           diseases
           them
           .
           
           For
           if
           the
           former
           be
           the
           effect
           of
           a
           man's
           prosperous
           condition
           ,
           it
           increases
           his
           needs
           ;
           because
           before
           ,
           he
           needed
           only
           what
           he
           had
           not
           ;
           but
           now
           he
           needs
           both
           what
           he
           hath
           not
           ,
           and
           what
           he
           hath
           .
           His
           covetous
           desires
           treating
           him
           as
           the
           Faulkner
           doth
           his
           Hawk
           ,
           still
           luring
           him
           off
           from
           what
           he
           hath
           seised
           ,
           to
           fly
           at
           new
           Game
           ,
           and
           never
           permitting
           him
           to
           prey
           upon
           his
           own
           Quarry
           .
           And
           if
           the
           latter
           be
           the
           effect
           of
           his
           prosperity
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           if
           it
           melts
           him
           into
           Luxury
           ,
           it
           thereby
           wastes
           his
           Health
           ,
           to
           be
           sure
           ,
           and
           commonly
           his
           Estate
           too
           ;
           and
           so
           whereas
           it
           found
           him
           Poor
           and
           Well
           ,
           it
           leaves
           him
           Poor
           and
           Diseased
           .
           And
           whereas
           it
           at
           first
           took
           him
           up
           from
           the
           Plough
           ,
           it
           at
           last
           sets
           him
           down
           at
           the
           Hospital
           .
           And
           in
           general
           ,
           while
           he
           is
           possessed
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           only
           bloats
           and
           swells
           him
           ;
           makes
           him
           proud
           and
           insolent
           ,
           griping
           and
           oppressive
           ;
           pampers
           and
           inrages
           his
           Lust
           ,
           and
           stretches
           out
           his
           Desires
           into
           an
           insatiable
           Boulimy
           ;
           sticks
           his
           Mind
           full
           of
           cares
           ,
           and
           his
           Conscience
           of
           guilts
           :
           And
           by
           all
           these
           woful
           effects
           ,
           inflames
           his
           Reckoning
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           treasures
           up
           wrath
           for
           him
           against
           the
           day
           of
           wrath
           .
           All
           which
           arises
           from
           the
           want
           of
           a
           frequent
           Remembrance
           of
           our
           Mortality
           .
           For
           did
           we
           but
           often
           ruminate
           upon
           this
           ,
           that
           
           it
           is
           but
           a
           very
           little
           while
           that
           we
           have
           to
           enjoy
           the
           Comforts
           of
           this
           Life
           ,
           and
           that
           within
           a
           very
           few
           years
           ,
           yea
           ,
           perhaps
           a
           few
           days
           ,
           we
           shall
           be
           stript
           of
           them
           all
           ,
           and
           be
           sent
           as
           Nakedly
           out
           of
           this
           World
           as
           ever
           we
           came
           in
           ;
           and
           when
           we
           are
           gone
           hence
           ,
           of
           all
           the
           Goods
           that
           we
           have
           left
           behind
           us
           ,
           we
           shall
           have
           nothing
           to
           live
           upon
           to
           Eternity
           ,
           but
           only
           the
           Good
           that
           we
           did
           with
           them
           ,
           the
           Necessities
           that
           we
           Relieved
           ,
           the
           Oppressions
           that
           we
           Eased
           ,
           the
           Nakedness
           that
           we
           Clothed
           ,
           and
           the
           Hunger
           that
           we
           Satisfied
           :
           these
           indeed
           will
           
             follow
             after
             us
          
           ,
           and
           feed
           us
           with
           content
           and
           happiness
           to
           eternal
           Ages
           .
           But
           if
           we
           are
           destitute
           of
           these
           ,
           we
           shall
           ere
           long
           be
           Shipt
           off
           from
           all
           our
           present
           enjoyments
           ,
           and
           be
           Landed
           in
           another
           World
           ,
           upon
           a
           strange
           Inhospitable
           Shore
           ,
           and
           there
           be
           left
           miserable
           poor
           Wretches
           ,
           without
           so
           much
           as
           one
           drop
           of
           the
           Comforts
           we
           now
           enjoy
           to
           satisfie
           our
           Tormenting
           desires
           ,
           or
           to
           quench
           our
           still
           raging
           Thirst
           after
           happiness
           :
           Then
           we
           shall
           Wish
           a
           thousand
           and
           a
           thousand
           times
           over
           ,
           that
           instead
           of
           gratifying
           our
           Luxuries
           with
           the
           mispence
           of
           our
           Wealth
           ,
           or
           feeding
           our
           insatiate
           Avarice
           with
           the
           continual
           increase
           of
           it
           ,
           we
           had
           by
           doing
           works
           of
           Piety
           and
           Charity
           with
           it
           ,
           
             made
             our selves
             friends
             of
             the
             Mammon
             of
             unrighteousness
             ,
             that
             so
             when
             we
             
             failed
             ,
             they
             might
             receive
             us
             into
             everlasting
             habitations
             ,
          
           and
           there
           entertain
           us
           with
           pleasure
           and
           delight
           for
           ever
           .
           Well
           then
           ,
           seeing
           that
           ere
           it
           be
           long
           we
           must
           leave
           all
           these
           our
           present
           possessions
           behind
           us
           ;
           it
           highly
           concerns
           us
           ,
           while
           we
           enjoy
           them
           ,
           to
           do
           all
           the
           Good
           that
           we
           are
           able
           with
           them
           :
           and
           seeing
           we
           are
           allowed
           to
           carry
           nothing
           of
           them
           but
           the
           Good
           we
           do
           with
           them
           along
           with
           us
           ,
           to
           enrich
           and
           maintain
           us
           in
           our
           Eternal
           condition
           ;
           by
           doing
           Good
           with
           our
           Wealth
           ,
           we
           shall
           Convert
           and
           Proselyte
           it
           ,
           and
           make
           that
           an
           Offering
           which
           others
           make
           an
           Idol
           ;
           we
           shall
           make
           this
           Earth
           Tributary
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           much
           nobler
           Sense
           than
           the
           new
           Systeme
           of
           Astronomy
           teaches
           ,
           advance
           it
           into
           a
           Star
           ,
           and
           a
           Celestial
           Body
           :
           by
           this
           we
           shall
           transmit
           it
           into
           the
           Eternal
           World
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           by
           Bill
           of
           Exchange
           ,
           there
           to
           be
           repaid
           us
           ,
           Ten
           Thousand
           fold
           in
           Glory
           and
           Honour
           and
           Immortality
           ,
           and
           Ten
           Thousand
           Ages
           hence
           we
           shall
           be
           enricht
           with
           the
           product
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           receive
           a
           vast
           revenue
           of
           Happiness
           from
           it
           for
           ever
           .
           Suppose
           now
           that
           you
           were
           a
           Merchant
           in
           a
           far
           Country
           ,
           where
           you
           were
           allowed
           for
           an
           uncertain
           time
           the
           benefit
           of
           free
           Trade
           and
           Commerce
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           your
           gaining
           a
           good
           Estate
           to
           maintain
           you
           whenever
           you
           should
           be
           forced
           to
           return
           
           to
           your
           own
           Native
           Soil
           ,
           would
           you
           be
           so
           indiscreet
           as
           to
           lay
           out
           all
           the
           product
           of
           your
           Merchandise
           in
           Building
           fine
           Houses
           ,
           or
           purchasing
           great
           Farms
           ,
           when
           you
           know
           not
           how
           soon
           you
           may
           be
           commanded
           to
           depart
           ,
           and
           to
           leave
           all
           these
           immoveable
           Goods
           behind
           you
           ,
           or
           rather
           would
           you
           not
           think
           your selves
           obliged
           by
           all
           the
           Laws
           of
           Interest
           and
           Discretion
           to
           convert
           all
           your
           Gain
           into
           portable
           Wealth
           ,
           into
           Money
           or
           Jewels
           ,
           or
           such
           moveable
           Commodities
           ,
           as
           when
           you
           depart
           hence
           you
           might
           carry
           home
           along
           with
           you
           ,
           and
           there
           be
           able
           to
           maintain
           your selves
           in
           many
           years
           ease
           and
           plenty
           .
           Do
           but
           think
           then
           ,
           and
           think
           it
           often
           ,
           that
           here
           you
           are
           strangers
           ,
           and
           foreign
           Merchants
           ;
           that
           you
           came
           hither
           from
           another
           World
           ,
           to
           which
           you
           know
           not
           how
           soon
           you
           must
           return
           again
           ;
           that
           all
           the
           Wealth
           ,
           the
           Houses
           and
           Lands
           ,
           you
           gain
           by
           your
           present
           Commerce
           ,
           are
           immoveable
           Goods
           ,
           which
           you
           must
           leave
           behind
           ye
           when
           ye
           go
           from
           hence
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           is
           nothing
           of
           them
           Portable
           ,
           but
           what
           you
           lay
           out
           in
           Piety
           and
           Charity
           ;
           and
           that
           therefore
           it
           concerns
           you
           ,
           while
           you
           have
           opportunity
           ,
           to
           store
           and
           treasure
           up
           a
           plentiful
           proportion
           of
           these
           ,
           that
           so
           when
           you
           are
           Shipt
           off
           into
           the
           Eternal
           World
           ,
           you
           may
           carry
           such
           an
           Estate
           of
           them
           
           thither
           with
           you
           ,
           as
           may
           suffice
           to
           maintain
           you
           there
           in
           Glory
           and
           Happiness
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           IV.
           That
           we
           should
           frequently
           remember
           our
           Mortality
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           our
           most
           happy
           Circumstances
           here
           ,
           is
           highly
           necessary
           to
           fore-arm
           our
           minds
           against
           the
           Terrors
           of
           Death
           .
           Whilst
           we
           abound
           with
           the
           enjoyments
           of
           this
           Life
           ,
           we
           are
           apt
           to
           put
           far
           from
           us
           the
           evil
           day
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           rich
           Churl
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           to
           promise
           our selves
           many
           years
           Ease
           and
           Voluptuousness
           in
           this
           World
           :
           So
           that
           Death
           generally
           steals
           upon
           us
           before
           we
           are
           aware
           ,
           and
           like
           a
           Thief
           in
           a
           frightful
           Vizor
           surprises
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           a
           deep
           Security
           ,
           and
           after
           we
           have
           strugled
           with
           him
           a
           few
           moments
           to
           no
           purpose
           ,
           robs
           us
           of
           our
           Lives
           and
           our
           Happiness
           together
           .
           And
           O
           how
           terrible
           must
           Death
           be
           when
           it
           approaches
           a
           man
           under
           such
           Circumstances
           ;
           when
           the
           poor
           deluded
           wretch
           hath
           been
           just
           Singing
           a
           soft
           Requiem
           to
           himself
           ,
           
             Soul
             take
             thy
             rest
             and
             ease
             ,
             thou
             hast
             goods
             laid
             up
             for
             many
             years
             ,
          
           and
           many
           years
           to
           possess
           and
           enjoy
           them
           ;
           For
           Death
           now
           to
           pronounce
           that
           fatal
           sentence
           ,
           
             Thou
             fool
             this
             night
             shall
             thy
             soul
             be
             taken
             from
             thee
             .
          
           Now
           when
           he
           thought
           all
           was
           safe
           ,
           and
           concluded
           himself
           secure
           of
           a
           long
           Lease
           of
           Life
           and
           Happiness
           :
           Now
           before
           
           he
           hath
           given
           himself
           the
           leisure
           to
           think
           of
           his
           Dying
           hour
           ,
           or
           to
           fortifie
           his
           Heart
           with
           any
           wise
           or
           good
           Thoughts
           against
           the
           Terrors
           of
           this
           terrible
           one
           ,
           that
           is
           just
           now
           brandishing
           its
           fatal
           shaft
           at
           his
           breast
           !
           How
           must
           it
           needs
           blank
           and
           amaze
           and
           confound
           him
           ?
           and
           what
           a
           trembling
           horror
           must
           it
           strike
           through
           his
           Heart
           ,
           to
           see
           himself
           thus
           unexpectedly
           hurried
           away
           ,
           one
           part
           of
           him
           to
           the
           Grave
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           to
           Eternity
           ,
           now
           when
           he
           thought
           himself
           so
           securely
           possessed
           of
           a
           long
           enjoyment
           of
           the
           good
           things
           of
           this
           Life
           .
           Wherefore
           as
           we
           would
           be
           fore-armed
           against
           the
           Terrors
           of
           Death
           ,
           and
           enabled
           to
           abide
           his
           dreadful
           approaches
           with
           a
           firm
           and
           constant
           Mind
           ,
           it
           concerns
           us
           now
           while
           we
           are
           surrounded
           with
           the
           Joys
           and
           Pleasures
           of
           this
           Life
           ,
           to
           entertain
           our
           Minds
           with
           frequent
           thoughts
           and
           remembrances
           of
           him
           ;
           to
           retire
           now
           and
           then
           into
           the
           Charnel-house
           ,
           and
           there
           to
           read
           Lectures
           to
           our selves
           upon
           the
           Skelitons
           and
           Deaths
           Heads
           ,
           those
           emblems
           and
           representations
           of
           our
           approaching
           Mortality
           :
           and
           from
           them
           to
           take
           such
           lively
           Pictures
           and
           Ideas
           of
           this
           King
           of
           Terrors
           ,
           as
           may
           render
           his
           grim
           visage
           and
           fearful
           addresses
           more
           familiar
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           give
           our
           thoughts
           a
           more
           intimate
           acquaintance
           with
           
           him
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           manner
           and
           method
           of
           his
           approaches
           ;
           with
           what
           an
           Army
           of
           Diseases
           he
           is
           wont
           to
           lay
           Siege
           to
           the
           Fort
           of
           our
           Life
           ;
           and
           how
           in
           despite
           of
           all
           the
           resistances
           of
           Nature
           ,
           he
           plants
           and
           quarters
           them
           in
           our
           Veins
           and
           Arteries
           ,
           and
           Stomachs
           and
           Bowels
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           infests
           us
           all
           over
           with
           continual
           Anguish
           and
           Pain
           :
           how
           when
           he
           hath
           tired
           and
           exhausted
           us
           with
           his
           continued
           Batteries
           ,
           and
           worn
           out
           our
           strength
           with
           an
           uninterrupted
           succession
           of
           wearisom
           Nights
           to
           sorrowful
           Days
           ,
           he
           at
           last
           storms
           the
           Soul
           out
           of
           all
           the
           out-works
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           forces
           it
           to
           retire
           into
           the
           Heart
           ;
           and
           how
           when
           upon
           this
           last
           retreat
           of
           Life
           he
           hath
           marked
           us
           for
           dead
           ,
           in
           a
           cold
           Baptism
           of
           clammy
           and
           fatal
           Sweats
           ,
           he
           summons
           our
           weeping
           Friends
           together
           ,
           to
           assist
           him
           in
           grieving
           us
           with
           their
           parting
           kisses
           ,
           and
           sorrowful
           adieus
           ;
           and
           how
           at
           length
           when
           he
           is
           weary
           of
           tormenting
           us
           any
           more
           ,
           he
           rushes
           into
           our
           Hearts
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           few
           mortal
           Pangs
           and
           Convulsions
           tears
           the
           Soul
           from
           thence
           ,
           and
           turns
           it
           out
           to
           seek
           its
           fortune
           in
           the
           wide
           world
           of
           Spirits
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           either
           seized
           on
           by
           Devils
           ,
           and
           carried
           away
           to
           their
           dark
           Prisons
           of
           Sorrow
           and
           Despair
           ,
           there
           to
           languish
           out
           its
           Life
           in
           a
           dismal
           expectation
           of
           
           that
           dreadful
           day
           wherein
           it
           must
           change
           its
           bad
           condition
           for
           a
           worse
           ;
           or
           be
           conducted
           by
           Angels
           to
           some
           Blessed
           Abode
           ,
           there
           to
           remain
           in
           unspeakable
           Pleasure
           and
           Tranquillity
           ,
           till
           the
           great
           day
           of
           its
           Coronation
           with
           a
           Glorious
           Resurrection
           .
           If
           we
           would
           thus
           frequently
           survey
           our
           approaching
           Mortality
           in
           all
           the
           Circumstances
           and
           Appendages
           of
           it
           ,
           we
           should
           hereby
           familiarize
           its
           Terrors
           to
           our
           Minds
           ,
           so
           that
           when
           ever
           it
           happens
           to
           us
           ,
           our
           thoughts
           which
           have
           been
           so
           long
           accustomed
           to
           converse
           with
           it
           ,
           will
           be
           much
           less
           startled
           and
           amazed
           at
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           often
           remembrances
           we
           have
           past
           upon
           it
           ,
           will
           put
           us
           upon
           laying
           in
           such
           wise
           and
           good
           Thoughts
           and
           Considerations
           as
           are
           best
           able
           to
           fortifie
           our
           minds
           against
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           inspire
           us
           with
           Courage
           and
           Alacrity
           under
           it
           .
        
         
           V.
           And
           Lastly
           ,
           Frequently
           to
           remember
           our
           Mortality
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           our
           most
           happy
           Circumstances
           here
           ,
           is
           highly
           necessary
           to
           excite
           and
           quicken
           us
           in
           our
           Preparations
           for
           Eternity
           :
           and
           hence
           it
           is
           that
           we
           are
           so
           often
           called
           upon
           in
           this
           Militant
           Estate
           to
           
             consider
             our
             latter
             end
             ,
             Deut.
          
           32.
           29.
           and
           by
           the
           examples
           of
           the
           best
           men
           ,
           are
           invited
           
             So
             to
             number
             our
             
             days
             that
             we
             may
             apply
             our
             hearts
             unto
             wisdom
             ,
          
           Psal.
           90.
           12.
           
             and
             to
             wait
             till
             our
             change
             comes
             ,
          
           Job
           14.
           14.
           
           To
           which
           end
           also
           we
           are
           put
           in
           mind
           ,
           that
           
             Here
             we
             have
             no
             abiding
             City
             ,
          
           Heb.
           13.
           14.
           and
           that
           
             it
             is
             appointed
             for
             all
             men
             once
             to
             dy
             ,
          
           Heb.
           9.
           27.
           and
           that
           
             our
             life
             is
             even
             as
             a
             vapour
             that
             appears
             for
             a
             little
             time
             ,
             and
             then
             vanishes
             away
             ,
          
           Jam.
           4.
           14.
           
           And
           to
           this
           purpose
           the
           Apostle
           applies
           this
           consideration
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
             7.
             29
             ,
             30
             ,
             31.
             
             Now
             this
             I
             say
             ,
             brethren
             ,
             (
             i.e.
          
           of
           our
           uncertain
           abode
           and
           continuance
           here
           )
           (
           upon
           which
           he
           exhorts
           us
           to
           compose
           our selves
           to
           a
           great
           indifferency
           as
           to
           the
           things
           of
           this
           World
           )
           
             it
             remains
             ,
             that
             they
             that
             have
             wives
             ,
             be
             as
             if
             they
             had
             none
             :
             and
             they
             that
             weep
             ,
             as
             though
             they
             wept
             not
             :
             and
             they
             that
             rejoyce
             ,
             as
             though
             they
             rejoyced
             not
             :
             and
             they
             that
             buy
             ,
             as
             though
             they
             possessed
             not
             :
             and
             they
             that
             use
             this
             world
             ,
             as
             not
             abusing
             it
             :
             for
             the
             fashion
             of
             this
             world
             passeth
             away
             ,
             i.e.
          
           Since
           your
           time
           here
           is
           so
           very
           short
           and
           uncertain
           ,
           see
           you
           endeavour
           beforehand
           to
           loosen
           your selves
           from
           this
           World
           ,
           and
           to
           put
           your selves
           into
           a
           fit
           posture
           to
           leave
           it
           ;
           for
           't
           is
           but
           a
           short
           Scene
           of
           things
           ,
           that
           will
           quickly
           be
           shifted
           ,
           and
           then
           there
           will
           an
           Eternal
           state
           of
           things
           succeed
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           since
           to
           Dy
           well
           is
           the
           last
           Act
           and
           final
           Consummation
           of
           our
           Life
           ;
           it
           must
           needs
           
           highly
           concern
           us
           ,
           to
           arm
           and
           prepare
           our selves
           for
           it
           beforehand
           ,
           lest
           we
           lose
           the
           prize
           ,
           by
           stumbling
           just
           at
           the
           Goal
           ;
           and
           after
           a
           long
           Voyage
           ,
           miscarry
           within
           sight
           of
           Harbour
           .
           For
           in
           the
           hour
           of
           Death
           we
           throw
           our
           last
           Cast
           for
           an
           Eternity
           of
           Happiness
           or
           Misery
           :
           And
           how
           much
           are
           we
           concerned
           to
           throw
           that
           well
           ,
           upon
           which
           so
           vast
           a
           Stake
           depends
           ?
           O
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           most
           serious
           thing
           to
           Die
           ,
           to
           pass
           this
           dark
           Entry
           of
           Eternity
           ,
           through
           which
           ,
           as
           we
           go
           right
           or
           wrong
           ,
           we
           are
           made
           or
           undone
           for
           ever
           :
           For
           to
           carry
           us
           right
           through
           ,
           't
           is
           not
           a
           few
           Death-bed
           sorrows
           ,
           or
           good
           wishes
           ;
           't
           is
           not
           a
           few
           extorted
           Promises
           ,
           or
           forced
           Resolutions
           ,
           or
           rack'd
           Confessions
           ,
           and
           Lord
           have
           mercy
           upon
           us
           .
           O
           no
           ,
           to
           Die
           well
           is
           an
           expensive
           Passage
           ,
           which
           we
           shall
           never
           be
           able
           to
           defray
           ,
           unless
           we
           carry
           along
           with
           us
           a
           very
           great
           stock
           of
           Spiritual
           Preparations
           .
           We
           shall
           have
           need
           of
           a
           strong
           and
           active
           Faith
           ;
           of
           a
           Mind
           well
           furnished
           with
           wise
           and
           good
           Considerations
           ,
           of
           a
           deep
           and
           large
           ,
           and
           a
           tried
           Repentance
           ,
           of
           an
           unrestrained
           Charity
           ,
           of
           a
           confirmed
           Patience
           ,
           of
           a
           profound
           Submission
           to
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           a
           well
           grounded
           Hope
           of
           a
           blessed
           Eternity
           .
           For
           without
           all
           these
           together
           ,
           we
           shall
           be
           very
           
           ill
           accoutred
           to
           Die
           ,
           and
           run
           a
           fearful
           hazard
           of
           miscarrying
           for
           ever
           .
           And
           these
           are
           such
           things
           as
           do
           not
           usually
           spring
           up
           like
           Mushromes
           ,
           in
           a
           night
           ,
           and
           much
           less
           in
           the
           disturbed
           moments
           of
           a
           Dying
           hour
           ;
           but
           do
           ask
           a
           much
           larger
           and
           serener
           Season
           to
           grow
           and
           ripen
           in
           .
           But
           if
           whilst
           we
           are
           entertaining
           our selves
           among
           the
           Joys
           and
           Pleasures
           of
           this
           Life
           ,
           we
           banish
           from
           our
           Minds
           the
           remembrance
           of
           our
           Mortality
           ,
           and
           look
           upon
           Eternity
           as
           a
           thing
           at
           a
           vast
           distance
           ,
           this
           will
           put
           us
           upon
           delaying
           and
           deferring
           our
           preparation
           for
           it
           .
           For
           in
           this
           temper
           we
           shall
           be
           apt
           to
           conclude
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           time
           enough
           to
           come
           to
           begin
           and
           compleat
           our
           Repentance
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           may
           safely
           indulge
           our selves
           yet
           a
           good
           while
           longer
           ,
           in
           the
           free
           injoyment
           of
           our
           own
           hearts
           desires
           ,
           and
           sin
           on
           at
           present
           upon
           this
           Security
           ,
           that
           we
           will
           certainly
           Repent
           hereafter
           ;
           and
           by
           this
           easie
           Train
           do
           men
           toule
           themselves
           on
           through
           the
           several
           stages
           of
           their
           Sin
           and
           Life
           ,
           till
           they
           arrive
           at
           their
           Death-bed
           ,
           and
           then
           they
           begin
           to
           think
           of
           Repenting
           in
           good
           earnest
           .
           But
           then
           alas
           ,
           what
           will
           they
           be
           able
           to
           do
           ,
           when
           their
           Thoughts
           are
           continually
           disturbed
           with
           the
           care
           of
           disposing
           their
           Affairs
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           
           and
           the
           frightful
           prospect
           they
           have
           of
           the
           other
           .
           When
           their
           Minds
           are
           distracted
           with
           incessant
           Pain
           and
           uneasiness
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           is
           not
           in
           their
           power
           to
           consider
           so
           much
           as
           a
           quarter
           of
           an
           hour
           together
           ;
           when
           through
           the
           stupor
           and
           indisposition
           of
           the
           Organs
           of
           their
           Reason
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           able
           to
           range
           their
           scattered
           and
           unwieldy
           Thoughts
           into
           any
           of
           those
           sober
           Reflexions
           and
           serious
           Meditations
           ,
           that
           are
           necessary
           to
           the
           forming
           of
           a
           sincere
           Repentance
           ?
           In
           effect
           therefore
           for
           men
           to
           refer
           their
           Repentance
           to
           a
           Death-bed
           ,
           is
           the
           same
           thing
           as
           to
           retire
           into
           a
           Battel
           to
           Meditate
           ,
           or
           to
           set
           up
           a
           Closset
           to
           study
           Philosophy
           in
           ,
           in
           the
           head
           Quarters
           of
           an
           Army
           ,
           where
           most
           men
           are
           as
           capable
           of
           free
           and
           undisturbed
           Contemplations
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           of
           Repenting
           amidst
           the
           Tumults
           and
           Hurries
           of
           a
           Death-bed
           .
           And
           yet
           upon
           this
           dismal
           extremity
           do
           men
           commonly
           cast
           themselves
           ,
           through
           their
           neglect
           of
           remembring
           their
           approaching
           Mortality
           .
           Whereas
           did
           they
           but
           often
           remember
           and
           seriously
           reflect
           on
           it
           ,
           they
           would
           as
           soon
           dare
           eat
           Fire
           ,
           as
           defer
           their
           Repentance
           upon
           the
           uncertain
           hopes
           of
           futurity
           .
           For
           alas
           ,
           what
           is
           vain
           Man
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           talk
           of
           Repenting
           hereafter
           ,
           when
           perhaps
           while
           the
           
           words
           are
           in
           his
           mouth
           ,
           the
           earnest
           of
           Death
           is
           in
           his
           Head
           ,
           or
           Heart
           ,
           or
           Bowels
           ;
           when
           for
           all
           he
           knows
           ,
           he
           may
           be
           inflamed
           with
           a
           Fevor
           with
           what
           he
           hath
           drank
           to
           day
           ,
           or
           stifled
           with
           a
           Surfeit
           with
           what
           he
           shall
           eat
           to
           morrow
           ;
           when
           he
           may
           expire
           his
           Soul
           with
           his
           next
           Breath
           ,
           or
           suck
           in
           his
           bane
           with
           the
           next
           Air
           ;
           and
           so
           many
           unlooked
           for
           accidents
           may
           presently
           put
           an
           end
           to
           all
           his
           talk
           of
           Repenting
           hereafter
           ,
           and
           render
           it
           impossible
           for
           ever
           ?
           Now
           of
           what
           dismal
           consequence
           would
           it
           be
           ,
           should
           I
           be
           thus
           surprized
           ?
           If
           while
           I
           presume
           upon
           my
           future
           Repentance
           ,
           I
           am
           merrily
           Sinning
           on
           ,
           I
           should
           all
           of
           a
           sudden
           be
           hurried
           away
           out
           of
           the
           company
           of
           my
           Jovial
           Associates
           ,
           into
           that
           of
           houling
           and
           tormented
           Spirits
           :
           And
           from
           my
           Songs
           and
           Laughter
           ,
           into
           weeping
           ,
           and
           wailing
           ,
           and
           gnashing
           of
           Teeth
           .
           How
           would
           it
           blank
           and
           amaze
           me
           to
           think
           ,
           that
           ever
           I
           should
           be
           so
           mad
           ,
           as
           to
           run
           such
           a
           desperate
           hazard
           ?
           How
           dare
           we
           then
           talk
           of
           Repenting
           hereafter
           ,
           when
           we
           consider
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           in
           our
           power
           to
           command
           so
           much
           as
           one
           moment
           of
           future
           time
           ?
           When
           for
           all
           that
           we
           know
           ,
           the
           hope
           of
           Eternity
           ,
           which
           is
           now
           in
           our
           hands
           ,
           may
           be
           lost
           for
           ever
           ,
           and
           drop
           through
           our
           Fingers
           
           before
           to
           morrow
           morning
           ?
           And
           that
           when
           we
           lye
           down
           at
           night
           ,
           and
           fall
           asleep
           securely
           in
           our
           Sins
           ,
           we
           do
           not
           know
           ,
           but
           before
           the
           next
           Twilight
           we
           may
           awake
           with
           horror
           and
           amazement
           in
           Hell
           ?
           Let
           us
           seriously
           consider
           therefore
           ,
           that
           the
           present
           time
           only
           is
           in
           our
           power
           ;
           and
           that
           as
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           it
           is
           wholly
           in
           God's
           :
           and
           that
           therefore
           when
           we
           defer
           our
           Repentance
           to
           the
           future
           ,
           we
           do
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           cast
           Lots
           for
           our
           Soul
           ,
           and
           venture
           our
           Everlasting
           hopes
           upon
           a
           contingency
           which
           is
           not
           in
           our
           power
           to
           dispose
           of
           .
           For
           all
           we
           know
           ,
           this
           may
           be
           the
           Evening
           of
           our
           day
           of
           Trial
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           be
           ,
           our
           Life
           and
           Eternity
           depends
           upon
           what
           we
           are
           now
           doing
           .
           Wherefore
           it
           highly
           concerns
           us
           ,
           by
           all
           the
           regard
           we
           owe
           to
           our
           own
           Everlasting
           safety
           ,
           wisely
           to
           manage
           this
           last
           Stake
           ,
           the
           winning
           or
           losing
           whereof
           may
           be
           our
           making
           or
           undoing
           .
           Thus
           will
           the
           frequent
           remembrance
           of
           our
           Mortality
           put
           us
           upon
           laying
           in
           good
           store
           of
           Spiritual
           provisions
           against
           that
           great
           day
           of
           Expence
           .
           For
           he
           who
           often
           considers
           the
           great
           uncertainty
           of
           Life
           ,
           the
           dreadful
           approaches
           ,
           the
           concomitant
           Terrors
           ,
           and
           the
           momentous
           issues
           and
           consequents
           of
           Death
           ;
           must
           be
           strangely
           stupified
           ,
           if
           thereby
           he
           be
           not
           vigorously
           
           excited
           ,
           to
           fore-arm
           and
           fortifie
           himself
           with
           all
           those
           Graces
           ,
           and
           Defences
           ,
           that
           are
           necessary
           to
           render
           his
           Departure
           hence
           easie
           ,
           and
           safe
           ,
           and
           prosperous
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           having
           done
           with
           the
           Text
           ,
           I
           shall
           only
           crave
           your
           leave
           to
           say
           a
           few
           words
           upon
           this
           sorrowful
           occasion
           ;
           viz.
           The
           Funeral
           of
           our
           common
           Friend
           ,
           Sir
           
             John
             Buckworth
          
           ,
           who
           perhaps
           while
           he
           lived
           ,
           was
           a
           person
           as
           eminently
           known
           ,
           as
           ever
           any
           Merchant
           that
           trod
           the
           Exchange
           of
           London
           .
           And
           indeed
           considering
           the
           great
           share
           he
           had
           of
           Intellectual
           Endowments
           ,
           He
           was
           a
           Gentleman
           that
           seemed
           to
           have
           been
           mark'd
           out
           by
           Providence
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           considerable
           Figure
           among
           Men.
           For
           First
           ,
           Nature
           had
           inrich'd
           him
           with
           a
           clear
           bright
           Mind
           ,
           with
           a
           quick
           Apprehension
           ,
           a
           prompt
           Memory
           ,
           a
           steady
           and
           a
           piercing
           Judgment
           ,
           together
           with
           a
           natural
           presence
           of
           Mind
           ,
           and
           fluency
           and
           readiness
           of
           Speech
           ,
           which
           inabled
           him
           upon
           all
           occasions
           easily
           to
           express
           his
           own
           conceptions
           of
           things
           in
           very
           clear
           and
           apt
           Language
           .
           All
           which
           Natural
           Indowments
           he
           had
           vastly
           improved
           and
           cultivated
           ,
           by
           a
           long
           and
           curious
           Observation
           and
           Experience
           .
           For
           as
           Nature
           had
           fitted
           him
           for
           an
           active
           
           Life
           ,
           so
           Providence
           soon
           introduced
           him
           upon
           the
           stage
           of
           Action
           .
           For
           as
           he
           was
           born
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           so
           he
           was
           educated
           a
           Merchant
           ;
           which
           perhaps
           is
           one
           of
           the
           most
           advantagious
           Academies
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           to
           instruct
           the
           Mind
           in
           the
           knowledge
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           the
           management
           of
           Humane
           Affairs
           .
           His
           Education
           furnished
           him
           with
           a
           fair
           opportunity
           of
           seeing
           the
           World
           ,
           as
           well
           abroad
           ,
           as
           at
           home
           ;
           and
           of
           prying
           into
           the
           Intrigues
           of
           Commerce
           ,
           and
           into
           the
           Manners
           and
           Interests
           of
           Men
           ;
           whence
           he
           drew
           so
           many
           wise
           and
           useful
           Observations
           ,
           as
           rendred
           him
           a
           Prince
           among
           Merchants
           ,
           and
           an
           Oracle
           of
           Trade
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           he
           was
           thought
           worthy
           to
           be
           chosen
           Deputy-Governour
           of
           that
           wise
           and
           great
           Company
           of
           the
           Turky
           Merchants
           ;
           and
           was
           perhaps
           as
           much
           consulted
           by
           his
           Superiors
           ,
           about
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           English
           Trade
           ,
           and
           the
           Mysteries
           of
           Commerce
           ,
           as
           any
           one
           Merchant
           of
           this
           City
           or
           Nation
           .
           Thus
           for
           his
           Intellectuals
           .
           As
           for
           his
           Morals
           ;
           I
           believe
           that
           all
           that
           knew
           him
           ,
           will
           allow
           him
           this
           Character
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           great
           Integrity
           and
           Fidelity
           to
           his
           Trust
           ;
           of
           exact
           Justice
           and
           Righteousness
           in
           his
           Commerce
           and
           Dealings
           :
           That
           he
           was
           a
           studious
           and
           successful
           Peace-maker
           :
           And
           
           great
           part
           of
           his
           Time
           ,
           before
           he
           was
           called
           up
           by
           his
           Prince
           ,
           into
           a
           more
           busie
           and
           active
           Station
           ,
           being
           spent
           in
           Arbitrating
           differences
           between
           Man
           and
           Man
           :
           in
           which
           he
           was
           so
           expert
           ,
           so
           impartial
           and
           prosperous
           ;
           that
           I
           am
           apt
           to
           think
           he
           cemented
           as
           many
           broken
           Friendships
           ,
           reconciled
           as
           many
           Quarrels
           ,
           and
           adjusted
           as
           many
           Differences
           ,
           (
           which
           otherwise
           might
           have
           flamed
           out
           into
           destructive
           breaches
           )
           as
           most
           of
           those
           blessed
           Peace-makers
           that
           are
           gone
           before
           him
           .
        
         
           Consider
           him
           in
           his
           respective
           Relations
           ,
           and
           there
           all
           that
           knew
           him
           I
           am
           sure
           will
           allow
           him
           to
           have
           been
           a
           Faithful
           ,
           a
           Loyal
           and
           useful
           Subject
           to
           his
           Prince
           ,
           a
           kind
           and
           obliging
           Husband
           to
           his
           Lady
           ,
           a
           tender
           and
           a
           wise
           Father
           to
           his
           Children
           ,
           a
           prudent
           ,
           careful
           and
           benevolent
           Master
           to
           his
           Servants
           ;
           and
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           a
           wise
           Counsellor
           ,
           a
           faithful
           Friend
           ,
           and
           a
           just
           and
           diligent
           Correspondent
           .
           As
           for
           his
           Religion
           ,
           he
           was
           a
           hearty
           Protestant
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           which
           upon
           mature
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           upon
           thorow
           Information
           ,
           he
           preferred
           for
           the
           Loyalty
           of
           its
           Principles
           ,
           the
           Simplicity
           of
           its
           Doctrines
           ,
           and
           the
           Primitive
           Purity
           of
           its
           Worship
           and
           Discipline
           ,
           before
           all
           the
           Churches
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           what
           his
           Judgment
           was
           of
           
           our
           Church
           ,
           he
           visibly
           exprest
           by
           his
           constant
           attendance
           upon
           the
           Publick
           Offices
           of
           our
           Religion
           upon
           the
           Lord's
           day
           ,
           from
           which
           he
           never
           absented
           ,
           but
           when
           he
           was
           either
           detained
           by
           Sickness
           ,
           or
           some
           very
           urgent
           and
           unavoidable
           occasion
           ;
           and
           in
           which
           he
           always
           demeaned
           him
           with
           all
           the
           profound
           Reverence
           and
           Devotion
           that
           outwardly
           expresses
           a
           Mind
           inspired
           with
           a
           Pious
           Sense
           of
           its
           Duty
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           awful
           presence
           of
           the
           great
           Majesty
           of
           Heaven
           .
        
         
           Thus
           he
           Lived
           ,
           and
           as
           for
           his
           Death
           ,
           though
           it
           was
           accompanied
           with
           all
           the
           Circumstances
           that
           could
           render
           a
           man
           fond
           of
           Life
           ,
           and
           make
           him
           play
           loth
           to
           depart
           ,
           though
           he
           had
           a
           plentiful
           Estate
           ,
           a
           loving
           and
           beloved
           Wife
           ,
           dutiful
           and
           hopeful
           Children
           ,
           and
           these
           all
           of
           them
           happily
           disposed
           off
           and
           setled
           in
           the
           World
           to
           his
           own
           Hearts
           content
           :
           To
           leave
           all
           which
           at
           once
           ,
           seems
           a
           very
           hard
           Chapter
           to
           a
           mind
           not
           well
           resolved
           ;
           yet
           all
           these
           together
           had
           no
           such
           effect
           upon
           him
           .
           Indeed
           not
           long
           before
           his
           Death
           ,
           though
           then
           in
           perfect
           health
           ,
           he
           seemed
           to
           have
           an
           Aboding
           of
           his
           approaching
           Fate
           ;
           for
           having
           to
           his
           hearts
           desire
           ,
           disposed
           of
           his
           only
           Son
           in
           Marriage
           
           (
           who
           was
           the
           last
           of
           his
           Children
           undisposed
           )
           he
           hath
           been
           often
           heard
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           now
           he
           thanked
           God
           ,
           his
           business
           in
           this
           World
           was
           finished
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           high
           time
           for
           him
           to
           think
           of
           his
           Departure
           into
           the
           other
           :
           and
           when
           soon
           after
           he
           was
           seized
           with
           his
           last
           Sickness
           ,
           he
           bore
           it
           with
           an
           invincible
           Courage
           and
           Constancy
           ;
           and
           though
           the
           last
           part
           of
           it
           was
           extremely
           painful
           to
           him
           ,
           he
           underwent
           it
           without
           Complaint
           or
           Murmuring
           ,
           with
           a
           Mind
           that
           seemed
           intirely
           resigned
           to
           the
           Soveraign
           Disposer
           of
           all
           Events
           .
           And
           when
           he
           perceived
           the
           approaches
           of
           Death
           ,
           and
           found
           that
           he
           was
           going
           off
           this
           Stage
           of
           Mortals
           ,
           he
           never
           shew'd
           the
           least
           sign
           of
           Regret
           or
           Reluctancy
           ,
           but
           took
           a
           solemn
           leave
           of
           his
           Friends
           ;
           and
           which
           was
           much
           harder
           ,
           of
           his
           dearest
           Relatives
           ,
           who
           stood
           lamenting
           and
           weeping
           about
           him
           ;
           and
           this
           with
           a
           Mind
           very
           serious
           indeed
           ,
           but
           in
           all
           appearance
           very
           calm
           and
           composed
           .
           And
           finally
           he
           gave
           up
           the
           Ghost
           like
           a
           brave
           Man
           and
           a
           good
           Christian
           ,
           with
           a
           firm
           and
           undaunted
           Mind
           ,
           and
           as
           one
           that
           had
           placed
           his
           main
           hope
           on
           the
           other
           side
           the
           Grave
           ,
           and
           did
           expect
           to
           exchange
           an
           uneasie
           Mortal
           Life
           ,
           for
           an
           Immortal
           one
           of
           Pleasure
           .
           And
           therefore
           though
           I
           make
           no
           doubt
           after
           
           all
           ,
           but
           that
           as
           a
           Man
           ,
           he
           had
           his
           Faults
           ,
           (
           and
           he
           that
           hath
           none
           let
           him
           cast
           the
           first
           stone
           )
           yet
           I
           am
           sure
           he
           had
           his
           Vertues
           ,
           and
           those
           very
           eminent
           ones
           too
           :
           And
           therefore
           it
           will
           highly
           become
           us
           who
           survive
           ,
           in
           Charity
           to
           cast
           a
           Vail
           over
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           in
           Piety
           imitate
           and
           transcribe
           the
           other
           ;
           That
           so
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           all
           our
           other
           Christian
           Brethren
           departed
           this
           Life
           in
           God's
           true
           Faith
           and
           Fear
           ,
           we
           may
           have
           our
           final
           Consummation
           in
           Bliss
           and
           Glory
           ,
           through
           Jesus
           Christ
           our
           Lord
           :
           To
           whom
           with
           the
           Father
           ,
           and
           Eternal
           Spirit
           ,
           Three
           Persons
           and
           One
           God
           ,
           be
           ascribed
           all
           Honour
           and
           Glory
           and
           Power
           and
           Dominion
           for
           ever
           and
           ever
           .
           AMEN
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .