A funeral sermon occasioned by the death of Mr. William Rathband an aged and learned servant of Christ, and preached Octob. 13. 1695. at Highgate. By Samuel Slater, M.A. minister of the gospel.
         Slater, Samuel, d. 1704.
      
       
         
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             A funeral sermon occasioned by the death of Mr. William Rathband an aged and learned servant of Christ, and preached Octob. 13. 1695. at Highgate. By Samuel Slater, M.A. minister of the gospel.
             Slater, Samuel, d. 1704.
          
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           A
           
             Funeral
             Sermon
          
           Occasioned
           by
           the
           DEATH
           OF
           Mr.
           WILLIAM
           RATHBAND
           ,
           An
           Aged
           and
           Learned
           Servant
           of
           Christ
           ,
           AND
           Preached
           Octob.
           13.
           1695.
           at
           Highgate
           .
        
         
           By
           
             Samuel
             Slater
          
           ,
           M.
           A.
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Thomas
             Cockerill
          
           ,
           Sen
           r
           and
           Jun
           r
           ,
           at
           the
           
             Three
             Legs
          
           in
           the
           Poultrey
           ,
           over-against
           the
           Stocks-Market
           .
           MDCXCV
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           much
           Esteemed
           Mrs.
           SARAH
           RATHBAND
           In
           HIGHGATE
           .
        
         
           
             Dear
             Sister
             ,
          
        
         
           THat
           stroke
           which
           the
           wise
           God
           lately
           gave
           to
           〈…〉
           Family
           ,
           did
           ,
           and
           yet
           doth
           ,
           as
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           sma
           〈…〉
           on
           your
           back
           ,
           and
           pain
           you
           at
           the
           very
           heart
           .
           The
           wresting
           of
           a
           loving
           Husband
           out
           of
           the
           bosom
           of
           an
           affectionate
           Wife
           ,
           is
           not
           much
           unlike
           tearing
           the
           flesh
           from
           the
           bones
           .
           Where
           indeed
           there
           is
           unsuitableness
           and
           discontent
           ,
           a
           galling
           yoke
           between
           persons
           so
           nearly
           related
           ,
           Cohabitation
           is
           more
           uneasy
           than
           Dissolution
           .
           They
           are
           not
           like
           to
           grieve
           much
           for
           parting
           ,
           who
           were
           a
           mutual
           vexation
           and
           torment
           .
           But
           I
           am
           persuaded
           there
           was
           between
           you
           Conjugal
           Love
           ,
           Kindness
           and
           Delight
           ,
           and
           walking
           together
           as
           Heirs
           of
           the
           grace
           of
           lise
           ;
           whereupon
           separation
           by
           Death
           ,
           cannot
           but
           be
           a
           sore
           Affliction
           to
           you
           who
           are
           left
           behind
           .
           Yet
           ,
           a
           reflection
           upon
           such
           a
           life
           ,
           and
           the
           blessed
           consequences
           of
           that
           Death
           which
           was
           the
           period
           of
           it
           ,
           may
           very
           well
           prove
           a
           sovereign
           Cordial
           to
           you
           ,
           carrying
           along
           with
           it
           strength
           and
           sweetness
           ,
           support
           and
           comfort
           .
           God
           hath
           been
           graciously
           pleas'd
           to
           carry
           him
           through
           those
           difficulties
           which
           he
           did
           encounter
           in
           his
           way
           ,
           and
           to
           employ
           him
           in
           that
           honourable
           work
           of
           the
           Ministry
           which
           he
           lov'd
           and
           faithfully
           did
           ,
           notwithstanding
           there
           were
           many
           Adversaries
           ,
           and
           but
           very
           small
           encouragement
           he
           received
           from
           the
           hands
           of
           men
           who
           will
           give
           more
           to
           their
           Houshold
           servant
           ,
           than
           to
           an
           Embassador
           of
           Christ
           ;
           and
           he
           continued
           him
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           
           in
           his
           work
           ,
           to
           a
           good
           old
           age
           .
           When
           at
           last
           he
           had
           finished
           his
           day
           and
           his
           work
           together
           ,
           he
           entered
           into
           peace
           and
           rest
           .
           And
           now
           while
           he
           rejoiceth
           in
           Fruition
           ,
           do
           you
           rejoice
           in
           Hope
           .
           Long
           it
           will
           not
           be
           ,
           ere
           he
           that
           shall
           come
           ,
           will
           come
           ,
           and
           carry
           us
           away
           too
           to
           our
           eternal
           home
           ;
           therefore
           instead
           of
           an
           impotent
           mourning
           over
           our
           dead
           Relations
           and
           Friends
           ,
           it
           is
           our
           main
           wisdom
           and
           interest
           to
           prepare
           our selves
           for
           Death
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           be
           found
           in
           a
           fitness
           for
           a
           better
           life
           ,
           in
           a
           meetness
           for
           the
           
             inheritance
             of
             the
             Saints
             in
             light
             .
          
           Hearing
           it
           was
           my
           dear
           Brother's
           desire
           upon
           his
           Death-bed
           ,
           that
           I
           would
           preach
           the
           
             Funeral
             Sermon
          
           ,
           I
           did
           most
           readily
           apply
           to
           the
           work
           ;
           and
           your self
           afterward
           desiring
           that
           what
           had
           been
           preached
           might
           be
           printed
           ,
           I
           complied
           therein
           also
           ,
           notwithstanding
           multitude
           of
           business
           lying
           upon
           my
           hands
           ;
           here
           you
           have
           it
           in
           the
           following
           sheets
           .
           The
           good
           Lord
           accompany
           it
           with
           his
           Spirit
           and
           blessing
           upon
           you
           and
           others
           that
           heard
           ,
           or
           shall
           read
           it
           ,
           and
           thereby
           my
           desire
           and
           design
           will
           be
           accomplished
           .
           Your self
           I
           commend
           to
           the
           good
           will
           of
           him
           that
           
             dwelt
             in
             the
             Bush.
          
           May
           the
           Ever-living
           and
           Ever-blessed
           God
           be
           your
           Husband
           ,
           Comforter
           and
           Portion
           .
        
         
           
             DEAR
             SISTER
             ,
          
           
             
               Novemb.
               8
               :
               1695.
               
            
          
           
             I
             am
             yours
             in
             the
             best
             Bonds
             ,
             
               SA
               .
               SLATER
            
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             
             JOHN
             XVII
             .
             13.
             
          
           
             And
             now
             come
             I
             to
             thee
             .
          
        
         
           IN
           the
           thirteenth
           Chapter
           of
           this
           Holy
           Gospel
           we
           find
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           (
           in
           whose
           heart
           it
           was
           to
           fulfil
           all
           righteousness
           )
           had
           celebrated
           the
           Passover
           with
           his
           Disciples
           ;
           at
           which
           Iudas
           having
           received
           the
           Sop
           ,
           went
           out
           immediately
           ,
           leaving
           Christ
           and
           them
           behind
           him
           ,
           but
           carrying
           the
           Devil
           in
           him
           .
           It
           was
           Night
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ,
           as
           he
           thought
           ,
           a
           fit
           season
           for
           that
           Work
           of
           Darkness
           ,
           the
           betraying
           of
           his
           Lord
           and
           Master
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           who
           thirsted
           for
           his
           Blood.
           The
           Traitor
           being
           thus
           of
           his
           own
           accord
           withdrawn
           and
           gone
           ,
           and
           our
           Saviour
           having
           none
           about
           him
           ,
           but
           those
           whom
           he
           knew
           to
           be
           his
           faithful
           and
           fast
           Friends
           ,
           preached
           unto
           them
           this
           his
           last
           ,
           most
           sweet
           and
           excellent
           Sermon
           ,
           wherein
           his
           Lips
           dropt
           as
           an
           Honey-comb
           ;
           beginning
           it
           at
           the
           Fourteenth
           Chapter
           ,
           and
           continuing
           it
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           Sixteenth
           .
        
         
           Therein
           he
           unbosoms
           himself
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           speaks
           his
           very
           heart
           in
           the
           Language
           of
           Love
           ,
           affording
           to
           them
           precious
           and
           strong
           Cordials
           for
           the
           bearing
           up
           of
           their
           hearts
           under
           his
           own
           departure
           from
           them
           (
           which
           he
           well-knew
           would
           be
           sorely
           afflictive
           to
           their
           Spirits
           )
           and
           also
           under
           those
           many
           and
           great
           Tribulations
           they
           would
           ,
           during
           his
           absence
           ,
           meet
           with
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           being
           sent
           as
           a
           little
           Flock
           of
           Sheep
           among
           a
           company
           of
           ravenous
           Wolves
           ,
           that
           would
           be
           set
           for
           fleecing
           and
           devouring
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Sermon
           being
           ended
           ,
           which
           he
           delivered
           ,
           that
           in
           him
           they
           might
           have
           Peace
           ,
           knowing
           they
           had
           to
           do
           with
           a
           conquer'd
           Enemy
           ,
           the
           World
           being
           overcome
           by
           him
           ;
           we
           have
           him
           in
           this
           Chapter
           putting
           up
           a
           Prayer
           to
           his
           Father
           ,
           wherein
           he
           first
           asked
           something
           for
           himself
           ,
           ver
           .
           9.
           
           That
           
             his
             Father
             would
             glorify
             him
             with
             his
             own
             self
             ,
             with
             that
             glory
             which
             he
             had
             with
             him
             before
             the
             world
             was
             .
          
           He
           desires
           the
           manifestation
           of
           that
           Glory
           which
           he
           had
           before
           the
           
           World
           was
           ,
           and
           his
           having
           it
           before
           the
           World
           was
           ,
           speaks
           his
           Subsistence
           or
           Being
           before
           the
           World
           was
           ,
           and
           by
           consequence
           his
           being
           from
           Eternity
           ,
           and
           therefore
           God.
           He
           also
           prayed
           for
           his
           People
           ,
           both
           those
           that
           did
           at
           that
           time
           believe
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           likewise
           those
           that
           should
           afterwards
           believe
           in
           him
           through
           their
           Word
           .
           The
           things
           he
           asked
           for
           them
           ,
           were
           1.
           
           That
           they
           might
           be
           sanctined
           through
           the
           Truth
           ;
           and
           while
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           kept
           from
           the
           Evil.
           2.
           
           That
           they
           might
           be
           united
           and
           made
           One
           ,
           yea
           ,
           perfect
           in
           One.
           And
           3.
           
           That
           at
           last
           they
           might
           all
           be
           with
           him
           where
           he
           is
           ,
           and
           behold
           his
           Glory
           ,
           taken
           up
           to
           the
           beatifical
           Vision
           ,
           
             to
          
           a
           constant
           and
           close
           Communion
           ,
           to
           a
           full
           and
           perfect
           Fruition
           of
           him
           .
           And
           the
           reason
           of
           these
           his
           Desires
           ,
           is
           ,
           because
           he
           himself
           was
           to
           be
           no
           longer
           with
           them
           in
           the
           World
           by
           his
           bodily
           Presence
           ,
           verse
           11.
           
           
             Now
             I
             am
             no
             more
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             but
             these
             are
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             I
             come
             to
             thee
             .
          
           The
           Work
           that
           he
           came
           into
           the
           World
           for
           ,
           was
           at
           that
           time
           almost
           finished
           ;
           and
           the
           Work
           which
           he
           had
           to
           do
           elsewhere
           ,
           viz.
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           called
           him
           away
           .
           
             I
             am
          
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             no
             more
             in
             the
             world
          
           .
           The
           World
           and
           I
           cannot
           agree
           .
           It
           is
           a
           vain
           ,
           empty
           ,
           sinful
           ,
           wicked
           ,
           and
           a
           malicious
           World
           ,
           it
           refuseth
           to
           be
           mended
           ,
           and
           it
           cares
           not
           to
           be
           saved
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           been
           long
           enough
           in
           it
           ;
           since
           we
           cannot
           agree
           ,
           we
           will
           part
           .
           It
           is
           weary
           of
           me
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           as
           weary
           of
           it
           ,
           yea
           and
           more
           weary
           too
           :
           I
           never
           tasted
           of
           its
           Pleasures
           ,
           and
           I
           care
           not
           for
           its
           Profits
           ;
           that
           Work
           which
           my
           Father
           gave
           me
           to
           do
           ,
           being
           done
           ,
           I
           will
           be
           gone
           .
        
         
           
             I
             come
             to
             thee
          
           ;
           with
           whom
           it
           is
           best
           being
           ,
           for
           in
           thy
           Presence
           there
           is
           fulness
           of
           Joy
           ,
           and
           at
           thy
           Right-hand
           Pleasures
           for
           evermore
           .
           
             To
             thee
          
           ,
           with
           whom
           I
           was
           from
           everlasting
           ,
           rejoycing
           always
           before
           thee
           ,
           and
           being
           daily
           thy
           delight
           ,
           having
           a
           mutual
           Delight
           and
           compleat
           Satisfaction
           each
           in
           other
           .
           
             To
             thee
          
           ,
           with
           whom
           I
           desire
           and
           long
           to
           be
           .
           Father
           ,
           
             I
             come
          
           ;
           as
           soon
           as
           ever
           I
           have
           drunk
           off
           that
           Cup
           which
           thou
           hast
           given
           me
           to
           drink
           of
           ,
           
             I
             come
          
           ;
           and
           how
           am
           I
           straitned
           till
           that
           be
           accomplished
           ,
           and
           glad
           I
           am
           at
           my
           very
           heart
           ,
           that
           thereupon
           I
           come
           to
           thee
           .
           Now
           I
           come
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           but
           a
           little
           while
           first
           ,
           and
           the
           sooner
           the
           better
           .
           I
           am
           willing
           to
           leave
           all
           for
           thee
           ,
           to
           leave
           the
           World
           for
           thee
           ,
           yea
           ,
           to
           leave
           my
           dear
           Disciples
           for
           thee
           ,
           tho
           they
           be
           my
           Friends
           ,
           the
           Men
           of
           my
           Choice
           ,
           the
           Purchase
           of
           ray
           Blood
           ,
           the
           Members
           of
           my
           Mystical
           Body
           ,
           yet
           do
           I
           freely
           leave
           them
           for
           thee
           ;
           Only
           ,
           Father
           ,
           I
           consider
           where
           I
           leave
           them
           ,
           in
           a
           World
           that
           hates
           me
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           hate
           them
           for
           my
           sake
           ;
           and
           
           therefore
           while
           I
           leave
           them
           for
           thee
           ,
           I
           would
           leave
           them
           with
           thee
           .
           I
           put
           them
           into
           thy
           hand
           ,
           let
           that
           uphold
           and
           defend
           them
           ;
           I
           shelter
           them
           under
           thy
           Wing
           ,
           let
           that
           secure
           and
           comfort
           them
           .
           I
           have
           kept
           them
           while
           I
           was
           with
           them
           ;
           when
           I
           shall
           be
           gone
           ,
           do
           thou
           undertake
           and
           be
           Surety
           for
           them
           for
           good
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           safe
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           stedfast
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           Temptations
           and
           Assaults
           ;
           yea
           ,
           and
           chearful
           too
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           Sufferings
           and
           Troubles
           ,
           having
           my
           Joy
           fulfilled
           in
           themselves
           .
           
             And
             now
             come
             I
             to
             thee
             .
          
           The
           Doctrine
           which
           from
           hence
           I
           shall
           observe
           and
           speak
           to
           in
           the
           following
           Discourse
           ,
           is
           this
           ,
        
         
           Doct.
           
             An
             Holy
             Soul
             is
             ,
             and
             very
             well
             may
             be
             willing
             ,
             yea
             ,
             heartily
             glad
             to
             leave
             the
             world
             ;
             because
             when
             it
             doth
             so
             ,
             it
             will
             go
             to
             God.
          
           I
           look
           upon
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
           as
           the
           Words
           of
           one
           rejoycing
           ;
           the
           Language
           of
           one
           whose
           heart
           did
           even
           leap
           within
           him
           ;
           of
           one
           whose
           Soul
           was
           upon
           the
           wing
           of
           holy
           Desires
           ,
           longing
           to
           be
           at
           its
           home
           .
           
             Now
             come
             I
             to
             thee
          
           ,
           and
           when
           I
           once
           am
           with
           thee
           ,
           I
           shall
           be
           where
           I
           would
           be
           ,
           and
           with
           whom
           ,
           I
           would
           be
           ;
           in
           the
           best
           place
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           best
           Company
           ;
           what
           suits
           me
           most
           ,
           and
           therefore
           must
           needs
           please
           me
           best
           .
           
             Now
             I
             come
             to
             thee
          
           ,
           whom
           I
           like
           abve
           all
           ,
           being
           infinite
           in
           all
           Perfections
           ,
           and
           whom
           therefore
           I
           love
           and
           prefer
           before
           all
           .
           
             Now
             I
             come
             to
             thee
          
           ,
           who
           art
           mine
           Eternal
           Father
           ,
           and
           wilt
           be
           my
           Eternal
           Satisfaction
           .
           Our
           Saviour
           had
           before
           told
           his
           Disciples
           in
           John
           14.
           28.
           
           That
           
             if
             they
             loved
             him
             ,
             they
             would
             rejoice
             because
             he
             said
             ,
             I
             go
             to
             my
             Father
          
           ;
           because
           that
           his
           departure
           would
           be
           glorious
           to
           himself
           ,
           and
           advantagious
           to
           them
           ;
           but
           whether
           they
           through
           want
           of
           a
           judicious
           Love
           would
           rejoyce
           in
           it
           or
           no
           ,
           he
           himself
           would
           perfectly
           ,
           understanding
           how
           things
           were
           and
           would
           be
           .
           
             Now
             come
             I
             to
             thee
          
           .
           Once
           I
           came
           from
           thee
           to
           do
           thy
           will
           ,
           and
           that
           was
           pleasing
           to
           me
           ;
           I
           delight
           to
           do
           thy
           Will
           ,
           O
           my
           God
           ,
           thy
           Law
           is
           within
           my
           heart
           .
           
             Now
             I
             come
             to
             thee
          
           to
           enjoy
           thy
           Presence
           ,
           and
           that
           will
           be
           to
           me
           incomparably
           ,
           inexpressibly
           sweet
           .
           Thus
           it
           was
           with
           our
           dearest
           Lord
           and
           Saviour
           ,
           this
           was
           the
           frame
           ,
           these
           the
           actings
           of
           his
           Spirit
           ;
           and
           thus
           likewise
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           with
           all
           his
           People
           ,
           who
           were
           predestinated
           to
           be
           conformed
           to
           his
           Image
           ,
           and
           who
           ought
           to
           have
           the
           same
           mind
           in
           them
           that
           was
           in
           him
           ,
           for
           he
           acted
           and
           suffer'd
           ,
           he
           liv'd
           and
           died
           ,
           leaving
           us
           an
           Example
           that
           we
           should
           tread
           in
           his
           
           Steps
           .
           In
           the
           Doctrine
           which
           I
           have
           laid
           down
           ,
           there
           are
           three
           things
           ,
           which
           we
           ought
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           
             That
             Gracious
             and
             Holy
             Souls
             must
             leave
             this
             World.
          
           The
           World
           to
           come
           will
           be
           their
           Eternal
           Habitation
           ,
           but
           in
           this
           present
           evil
           World
           they
           will
           have
           but
           a
           short
           stay
           .
           Those
           that
           have
           the
           largest
           share
           of
           its
           good
           things
           ,
           those
           that
           are
           most
           useful
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           live
           to
           the
           best
           purpose
           ,
           serving
           their
           Generations
           according
           to
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           must
           leave
           it
           .
           Their
           loving
           Father
           never
           intended
           this
           for
           the
           place
           for
           their
           constant
           Residence
           ,
           nor
           the
           Comforts
           and
           Enjoyments
           here
           for
           their
           Portion
           .
           The
           highest
           Heaven
           in
           his
           Throne
           ,
           the
           Habitation
           of
           his
           Holiness
           and
           Glory
           ;
           and
           he
           was
           always
           resolved
           to
           have
           his
           Children
           about
           him
           there
           .
           This
           World
           is
           but
           your
           School
           to
           learn
           in
           during
           your
           Minority
           ;
           your
           House
           to
           work
           in
           till
           you
           have
           finished
           what
           was
           given
           you
           to
           do
           ;
           your
           Tyring-room
           to
           dress
           in
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           be
           ready
           for
           the
           Marriage
           of
           the
           Lamb
           ;
           a
           Stage
           to
           act
           your
           Part
           upon
           ,
           see
           that
           you
           so
           quit
           your selves
           as
           to
           be
           at
           last
           found
           to
           Praise
           and
           Honour
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           
             your
             rest
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             polluted
             .
          
           God
           hath
           too
           much
           of
           the
           heart
           of
           a
           Father
           ,
           and
           loves
           his
           Children
           too
           well
           to
           keep
           them
           always
           in
           a
           Vale
           of
           Tears
           ,
           where
           they
           shall
           be
           frequently
           Suffering
           and
           Sighing
           ,
           Complaining
           and
           Groaning
           ;
           always
           in
           a
           Wilderness
           that
           is
           over-run
           with
           Briars
           and
           Thorns
           ,
           and
           an
           innumerable
           company
           of
           Beasts
           of
           Prey
           ;
           the
           wicked
           of
           the
           World
           are
           their
           irreconcilable
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           implacably
           hate
           them
           ,
           therefore
           they
           shall
           not
           always
           have
           them
           to
           wreak
           their
           Malice
           and
           Rage
           upon
           .
           They
           will
           for
           ever
           envy
           and
           gnash
           their
           Teeth
           at
           them
           ,
           because
           of
           their
           happiness
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           but
           they
           shall
           not
           for
           ever
           exercise
           their
           Patience
           ,
           and
           disturb
           their
           Peace
           upon
           Earth
           .
           Often
           O
           Saints
           !
           repeat
           in
           your
           thoughts
           ,
           that
           this
           World
           is
           but
           the
           House
           of
           your
           Pilgrimage
           ,
           therefore
           let
           not
           any
           of
           you
           love
           it
           too
           well
           ;
           but
           while
           you
           live
           in
           it
           ,
           be
           you
           weaned
           from
           it
           ;
           remembring
           there
           is
           a
           better
           place
           prepared
           and
           taken
           up
           for
           you
           ,
           whither
           the
           forerunner
           ,
           even
           Jesus
           ,
           is
           entred
           ,
           
             an
             house
             not
             made
             with
             hands
             ,
             eternal
             in
             the
             heavens
             ,
             whose
             builder
             and
             maker
             is
             God.
             
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           
             Whensoever
             Gracious
             and
             Holy
             Persons
             leave
             this
             World
             ,
             they
             go
             to
             God.
          
           The
           decayed
           and
           crazy
           Body
           doth
           no
           sooner
           cease
           to
           be
           any
           longer
           capable
           of
           housing
           so
           noble
           and
           excellent
           a
           
           Guest
           as
           the
           Soul
           ,
           and
           the
           Soul
           doth
           no
           sooner
           dislodge
           and
           leave
           that
           once-beloved
           Structure
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           doth
           immediately
           take
           its
           flight
           ,
           and
           mount
           up
           with
           a
           swift
           and
           speedy
           Motion
           ,
           and
           a
           direct
           tendency
           (
           without
           the
           least
           and
           shortest
           Digression
           )
           to
           its
           great
           Creator
           ,
           even
           to
           him
           who
           alone
           is
           the
           Father
           of
           Spirits
           .
           It
           cares
           not
           for
           any
           further
           Converse
           with
           things
           below
           ,
           being
           intirely
           set
           for
           Communion
           with
           him
           ,
           by
           and
           for
           whom
           it
           was
           made
           ,
           and
           on
           this
           side
           of
           whom
           ,
           it
           is
           ,
           and
           cannot
           but
           be
           ,
           resiless
           and
           unquiet
           .
           Gen.
           5.
           24.
           
           
             Enoch
             walked
             with
             God
             ,
             and
             he
             was
             not
             ,
             for
             God
             took
             him
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           he
           took
           him
           home
           ;
           he
           took
           him
           to
           himself
           ,
           into
           the
           presence
           of
           his
           Glory
           ,
           into
           the
           bosom
           of
           his
           Love.
           And
           thus
           it
           hath
           been
           ,
           is
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           with
           all
           those
           who
           walk
           as
           Enoch
           did
           ,
           who
           tread
           in
           the
           same
           Steps
           ,
           and
           keep
           up
           the
           same
           Communion
           ;
           tho
           indeed
           they
           do
           not
           all
           go
           the
           same
           Way
           ,
           yet
           they
           go
           to
           the
           same
           Place
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           same
           God.
           
             Enoch
             was
             translated
             that
             he
             might
             not
             see
             death
             ,
          
           Hebr.
           11.
           5.
           
           He
           was
           presently
           carried
           up
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           having
           his
           Soul
           purified
           ,
           and
           his
           Body
           freed
           from
           Corruption
           .
           He
           was
           soon
           cloathed
           with
           a
           glorified
           Body
           ;
           as
           for
           other
           holy
           Ones
           ,
           tho
           they
           see
           Death
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           translated
           too
           ,
           carried
           from
           Earth
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           from
           Creatures
           to
           God.
           The
           Body
           must
           descend
           into
           the
           Grave
           ,
           and
           there
           lye
           putrifying
           ,
           corrupting
           ,
           crumbling
           ,
           until
           it
           return
           to
           Dust
           as
           it
           once
           was
           ,
           but
           the
           Spirit
           returns
           to
           God
           that
           gave
           it
           .
           I
           desire
           you
           all
           frequently
           to
           call
           this
           to
           mind
           ,
           and
           consider
           it
           with
           the
           greatest
           seriousness
           ,
           and
           see
           that
           you
           have
           sanctified
           Souls
           ,
           Souls
           rightly
           prepared
           ,
           brought
           into
           such
           a
           frame
           as
           may
           be
           fit
           to
           appear
           in
           so
           glorious
           a
           Presence
           ,
           and
           converse
           with
           so
           pure
           and
           holy
           a
           Majesty
           ;
           that
           when
           they
           return
           to
           God
           they
           may
           be
           welcome
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           being
           come
           into
           his
           Presence
           ,
           for
           ever
           dwell
           and
           abide
           there
           ,
           and
           not
           afterwards
           cast
           out
           and
           banisht
           as
           the
           Object
           of
           his
           loathing
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             Holy
             Souls
             may
             very
             well
             be
             willing
             ,
             yea
             glad
             to
             go
             to
             God.
          
           As
           a
           Bride
           is
           to
           go
           to
           her
           endeared
           Husband
           ;
           and
           as
           a
           Child
           at
           School
           under
           severe
           Discipline
           is
           to
           go
           to
           his
           most
           affectionate
           and
           tender
           Parents
           ,
           from
           whom
           instead
           of
           hard
           Blows
           ,
           he
           shall
           meet
           with
           soft
           Embraces
           .
           Some
           Saints
           upon
           record
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           we
           find
           ,
           were
           in
           such
           a
           frame
           .
           Good
           old
           Simeon
           was
           in
           haste
           and
           prayed
           for
           his
           Dismission
           ,
           Luke
           2.
           29
           ,
           30.
           
           
             Lord
             ,
             now
             lettest
             thou
             thy
             servant
             depart
             in
             peace
             according
             to
             thy
             word
             ,
             for
             mine
             eyes
             have
             seen
             thy
             salvation
             .
          
           Having
           seen
           Christ
           ,
           he
           would
           sain
           see
           the
           Father
           too
           .
           
           Having
           got
           Christ
           in
           his
           Arms
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           the
           World
           on
           his
           back
           .
           He
           reckon'd
           that
           he
           had
           liv'd
           long
           enough
           here
           ,
           and
           would
           needs
           be
           gone
           .
           He
           had
           now
           got
           his
           full
           freight
           ,
           and
           therefore
           desired
           to
           set
           up
           his
           Sail
           for
           the
           other
           World.
           Having
           beheld
           so
           great
           a
           sight
           as
           the
           Lord
           of
           Glory
           ,
           tho
           but
           in
           his
           Infancy
           and
           Swathing-bands
           ,
           he
           was
           loath
           that
           his
           Eyes
           should
           be
           embased
           with
           the
           beholding
           of
           earthly
           Vanities
           any
           more
           .
           Paul
           likewise
           had
           the
           same
           thing
           in
           his
           desire
           ;
           so
           he
           told
           us
           in
           Phil.
           1.
           23.
           
           
             I
             have
             a
             desire
             to
             depart
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             with
             Christ.
          
           He
           would
           go
           from
           all
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           go
           to
           him
           ;
           and
           leave
           all
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           be
           with
           him
           ;
           and
           he
           understood
           himself
           ,
           and
           acted
           rationally
           in
           this
           desire
           ;
           for
           
             it
             is
          
           ,
           saith
           he
           in
           the
           next
           words
           ,
           
             far
             better
          
           .
           Heaven
           is
           inconceivably
           better
           than
           Earth
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           in
           the
           greatest
           Peace
           ,
           when
           it
           expresseth
           the
           greatest
           Kindness
           .
           He
           very
           well
           knew
           what
           he
           said
           ,
           he
           was
           a
           competent
           Judge
           ,
           having
           been
           an
           Eye-witness
           of
           the
           Felicity
           and
           Glory
           above
           ,
           taken
           up
           into
           Paradice
           into
           the
           
             Third
             Heaven
          
           .
           And
           tho
           others
           have
           not
           been
           partakers
           of
           that
           Priviledge
           ,
           not
           so
           rapt
           as
           Paul
           was
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           of
           the
           same
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           have
           the
           same
           Desires
           working
           in
           them
           ;
           therefore
           he
           speaks
           of
           it
           as
           a
           Spirit
           and
           Disposition
           common
           to
           all
           the
           Saints
           while
           they
           are
           in
           this
           Tabernacle
           .
           Their
           hearts
           stand
           Heavenward
           ,
           as
           the
           Needle
           doth
           to
           the
           North-Pole
           ,
           when
           it
           hath
           been
           once
           touch'd
           with
           the
           Loadstone
           ;
           as
           you
           may
           see
           in
           2
           Cor.
           5.
           2.
           
           
             In
             this
             we
             groan
             earnestly
             ,
             desiring
             to
             be
             cloathed
             upon
             with
             our
             house
             which
             is
             from
             heaven
             .
          
           They
           had
           not
           only
           some
           small
           Inclinations
           that
           way
           ,
           and
           languid
           faint
           Desires
           ,
           but
           earnest
           Groans
           .
           And
           again
           ,
           verse
           8.
           
           
             We
             are
             confident
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             and
             willing
             rather
             to
             be
             absent
             from
             the
             body
             ,
             and
             present
             with
             the
             Lord.
          
           We
           are
           willing
           ,
           not
           only
           
             out
             of
             necessity
          
           ,
           because
           this
           is
           a
           thing
           must
           be
           ,
           but
           
             out
             of
             choice
          
           ,
           we
           had
           rather
           leave
           the
           Body
           that
           we
           might
           go
           to
           God.
           But
           now
           we
           are
           to
           enquire
           ,
           why
           it
           is
           thus
           .
           And
           you
           will
           find
           there
           is
           sufficient
           ,
           yea
           abundant
           reason
           for
           it
           ,
           if
           you
           do
           consider
           these
           four
           following
           Particulars
           :
        
         
           First
           ,
           
             In
             going
             to
             God
             ,
             they
             go
             to
             their
             Father
             .
          
           This
           was
           the
           comfort
           and
           joy
           of
           our
           Saviour's
           heart
           ;
           with
           this
           he
           comforted
           himself
           ,
           and
           with
           this
           he
           comforted
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           looking
           upon
           it
           as
           a
           Cordial
           strong
           enough
           for
           them
           all
           ,
           John
           20.
           17.
           
           
             Go
             to
             my
             brethren
             ,
             and
             say
             unto
             them
             ,
             I
             ascend
             unto
             my
             Father
             and
             your
             Father
             ,
             and
             to
             my
             God
             and
             your
             God.
          
           Mine
           by
           Nature
           ,
           yours
           by
           Adoption
           .
           I
           am
           now
           going
           
           to
           one
           that
           I
           am
           most
           nearly
           related
           to
           ,
           and
           most
           fully
           interested
           in
           .
           And
           in
           Iohn
           17.
           we
           find
           him
           insisting
           and
           dwelling
           upon
           this
           ,
           as
           that
           which
           he
           took
           singular
           delight
           in
           ,
           and
           suckt
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           sweetness
           from
           ,
           verse
           1.
           
           Father
           ,
           the
           hour
           is
           come
           .
           Verse
           5.
           
           O
           Father
           ,
           glorify
           thou
           me
           with
           thine
           own
           .
           Verse
           11.
           
           I
           come
           to
           thee
           ,
           
             Holy
             Father
             .
             Verse
          
           21.
           
           Thou
           Father
           art
           in
           me
           ,
           and
           I
           in
           thee
           .
           Verse
           24.
           
           Father
           ,
           I
           will
           that
           they
           whom
           thou
           hast
           given
           me
           ,
           be
           with
           me
           where
           I
           am
           .
           Verse
           25.
           
           
             O
             righteous
             Father
          
           ,
           the
           World
           hath
           not
           known
           thee
           ,
           but
           I
           have
           known
           thee
           ,
           &c.
           
           It
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           when
           wicked
           Men
           ,
           the
           worst
           and
           vilest
           of
           them
           ,
           dye
           ,
           they
           go
           to
           God.
           Did
           I
           say
           ,
           Go
           ?
           Rather
           ,
           they
           are
           forc'd
           and
           drag'd
           against
           their
           will
           ;
           they
           cannot
           help
           it
           .
           It
           is
           to
           a
           God
           that
           many
           of
           them
           did
           not
           believe
           ,
           but
           laboured
           with
           all
           their
           might
           to
           obliterate
           the
           Notion
           of
           his
           Being
           ,
           because
           troublesome
           and
           tormenting
           to
           them
           ,
           Psalm
           14.
           1.
           
           
             The
             fool
             hath
             said
             in
             his
             heart
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             God.
          
           It
           is
           to
           a
           God
           ,
           that
           none
           of
           them
           cared
           to
           know
           ,
           and
           be
           acquainted
           with
           ;
           Job
           21.
           14.
           
           
             They
             say
             unto
             God
             ,
             Depart
             from
             us
             ,
             for
             we
             desire
             not
             the
             knowledge
             of
             thy
             ways
             .
          
           Neither
           of
           his
           ways
           ,
           nor
           of
           himself
           .
           They
           go
           to
           God
           as
           their
           Righteous
           Judge
           ,
           but
           not
           their
           reconciled
           and
           gracious
           Father
           .
           They
           are
           brought
           before
           his
           Tribunal
           as
           Malefactors
           to
           receive
           their
           Doom
           ,
           but
           they
           do
           not
           enter
           into
           his
           Kingdom
           as
           Children
           to
           take
           Possession
           .
        
         
           Whereas
           those
           that
           are
           truly
           gracious
           ,
           go
           to
           him
           as
           a
           Father
           ;
           as
           a
           Father
           of
           Mercies
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           as
           their
           Father
           in
           Christ
           ;
           to
           him
           as
           a
           God
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           to
           their
           God
           in
           Covenant
           ;
           to
           a
           God
           and
           Father
           ,
           by
           whom
           they
           were
           begotten
           ,
           of
           whom
           they
           were
           born
           ,
           whose
           Spirit
           they
           have
           received
           ,
           and
           whose
           Image
           they
           bear
           .
           Wicked
           Men
           go
           to
           God
           to
           give
           an
           account
           of
           what
           they
           have
           done
           in
           the
           Body
           ;
           and
           when
           once
           Sentence
           is
           past
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           adjudged
           to
           their
           Place
           and
           eternal
           State
           ,
           they
           go
           to
           Devils
           ,
           Matth.
           24.
           41.
           
           
             Depart
             from
             me
             ye
             cursed
             into
             everlasting
             fire
             ,
             prepared
             for
             the
             devil
             and
             his
             angels
             .
          
           You
           followed
           his
           Conduct
           ,
           you
           did
           his
           Drudgery
           ,
           now
           take
           your
           Wages
           with
           him
           .
           Where
           he
           is
           ,
           there
           shall
           his
           Servants
           also
           be
           .
           When
           the
           Saints
           go
           to
           God
           ,
           they
           go
           to
           stay
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           up
           their
           everlasting
           abode
           with
           him
           ,
           Rev.
           3.
           12.
           
           
             Him
             that
             overcometh
             ,
             will
             I
             make
             a
             pillar
             in
             the
             temple
             of
             my
             God
             ,
             and
             he
             shall
             〈◊〉
             no
             more
             out
             .
          
           As
           they
           shall
           be
           exalted
           ,
           so
           fixed
           ;
           their
           Happiness
           shall
           never
           be
           abated
           ,
           their
           Glory
           never
           eclipsed
           .
           Once
           in
           Christ
           ,
           and
           ever
           in
           Christ
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           total
           and
           final
           falling
           from
           Grace
           ;
           they
           that
           are
           indeed
           
           planted
           in
           the
           house
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           shall
           never
           be
           pluckt
           up
           ;
           and
           so
           in
           the
           present
           case
           ,
           once
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           in
           Heaven
           to
           eternity
           :
           1
           Thess.
           4.
           16
           ,
           17.
           
           
             The
             dead
             in
             Christ
             shall
             rise
             first
             ;
             then
             we
             which
             are
             alive
             and
             remain
             ,
             shall
             be
             caught
             up
             together
             with
             them
             in
             the
             clouds
             ,
             to
             meet
             the
             Lord
             in
             the
             air
             ,
             so
             shall
             we
             ever
             be
             with
             the
             Lord.
          
           After
           that
           meeting
           ,
           there
           shall
           not
           be
           a
           parting
           any
           more
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           
             When
             holy
             Souls
             go
             to
             God
             ,
             they
             shall
             he
             heartily
             welcome
             ,
             and
             find
             as
             loving
             and
             gracious
             a
             Reception
             as
             they
             can
             desire
             .
          
           When
           a
           Sinner
           doth
           here
           in
           this
           life
           by
           a
           sincere
           Repentance
           break
           off
           from
           his
           Sins
           ,
           and
           returns
           to
           God
           ,
           there
           is
           rejoycing
           above
           ,
           Luke
           15.
           ●
           ,
           and
           10.
           
           
             There
             is
             joy
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             the
             angels
             of
             God
             over
             one
             sinner
             that
             repenteth
             .
          
           Where
           upon
           Bernard
           said
           ,
           
             The
             Tears
             of
             a
             Sinner
             are
             the
             Wine
             of
             Angels
             .
          
           At
           such
           a
           time
           indeed
           ,
           and
           upon
           such
           an
           account
           ,
           Hell
           is
           in
           an
           uproar
           ,
           and
           the
           Devils
           fret
           and
           rage
           ;
           they
           cannot
           endure
           to
           think
           that
           they
           should
           lose
           any
           of
           their
           Prey
           ,
           and
           that
           one
           of
           their
           Vassals
           should
           be
           brought
           into
           the
           liberty
           of
           the
           Sons
           of
           God
           :
           But
           in
           Heaven
           there
           are
           Triumphs
           ,
           and
           singing
           of
           Allelujahs
           .
           This
           our
           Lord
           sets
           out
           in
           the
           Parable
           of
           the
           Prodigal
           Son
           ,
           upon
           whose
           return
           to
           his
           Father
           and
           his
           Duty
           ,
           there
           were
           Kisses
           and
           Embraces
           ,
           Feasting
           and
           making
           Merry
           :
           The
           good
           old
           Man
           forgot
           his
           Age
           ,
           and
           found
           his
           Legs
           ,
           ran
           to
           meet
           him
           ;
           and
           the
           Family
           following
           so
           good
           an
           example
           ,
           was
           in
           a
           transport
           .
        
         
           Just
           so
           there
           is
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           upon
           a
           gracious
           Soul's
           arrival
           there
           after
           its
           dissolution
           :
           The
           great
           God
           doth
           welcome
           it
           ;
           even
           the
           whole
           Trinity
           ;
           the
           Father
           who
           elected
           it
           ,
           the
           Son
           who
           redeemed
           it
           ,
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           who
           sanctified
           it
           .
           It
           s
           old
           Relations
           and
           godly
           Friends
           do
           welcome
           it
           ,
           for
           they
           will
           not
           then
           be
           Strangers
           to
           one
           another
           ,
           but
           both
           know
           and
           be
           known
           .
           It
           shall
           be
           welcom'd
           by
           an
           innumerable
           company
           of
           Angels
           ,
           who
           are
           now
           ministring
           Spirits
           unto
           the
           Heirs
           of
           Salvation
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           general
           Assembly
           and
           Church
           of
           the
           First-born
           ,
           by
           all
           the
           Spirits
           of
           just
           Men
           made
           perfect
           in
           Heaven
           .
           Whatever
           weeping
           and
           mourning
           ,
           bitter
           sighs
           and
           lamentations
           there
           are
           here
           ,
           for
           being
           deprived
           of
           a
           faithful
           Friend
           ;
           a
           comfortable
           Yokefellow
           ;
           a
           pleasant
           and
           hopeful
           Child
           ;
           a
           learned
           ,
           orthodox
           and
           painful
           Minister
           ;
           an
           useful
           ,
           warm
           and
           exemplary
           Church-member
           ,
           that
           did
           adorn
           Religion
           ,
           and
           credit
           his
           holy
           Profession
           ,
           there
           are
           Triumphs
           above
           for
           the
           addition
           of
           another
           Star
           that
           will
           for
           ever
           gloriously
           shine
           in
           that
           celestial
           Orb.
           Then
           indeed
           is
           that
           fulfilled
           which
           is
           written
           in
           Psal.
           45.
           14
           ,
           15.
           
           Those
           thrice-happy
           Souls
           
           
             are
             brought
             unto
             the
             King
             in
             rayment
             of
             needle-work
             ,
          
           a
           curiously
           embroidered
           garment
           ,
           a
           spotless
           beautiful
           robe
           of
           righteousness
           wrought
           for
           them
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           Christ
           himself
           ;
           
             with
             gladness
             and
             rejoicing
             are
             they
             brought
             ,
          
           they
           do
           enter
           into
           the
           King's
           Palace
           .
           So
           shall
           they
           be
           received
           with
           the
           highest
           demonstrations
           of
           affection
           .
           Christ
           hath
           most
           graciously
           and
           faithfully
           promised
           ,
           that
           when
           Sinners
           do
           now
           come
           unto
           him
           ,
           
             he
             will
             in
             no
             wise
             cast
             them
             out
             .
          
           And
           when
           Saints
           do
           at
           death
           come
           to
           him
           ,
           he
           will
           in
           no
           wise
           shut
           them
           out
           ,
           but
           an
           abundant
           entrance
           shall
           be
           ministred
           to
           them
           into
           the
           glorious
           Kingdom
           of
           their
           God
           and
           Saviour
           :
           Yea
           ,
           and
           when
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           shall
           have
           delivered
           up
           his
           Mediatorial
           Kingdom
           to
           the
           Father
           ,
           they
           shall
           still
           keep
           the
           Mansions
           prepared
           for
           them
           in
           their
           Father's
           house
           ,
           and
           God
           himself
           shall
           be
           all
           in
           all
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           These
           holy
           Souls
           shall
           not
           only
           meet
           with
           an
           hearty
           welcome
           from
           God
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           blessed
           Inhabitants
           of
           that
           Region
           of
           Light
           and
           Love
           ;
           but
           also
           
             they
             shall
             find
             a
             most
             splendid
             and
             glorious
             entertainment
             ,
          
           such
           as
           will
           evidently
           shew
           forth
           the
           Love
           ,
           and
           Greatness
           ,
           and
           Glory
           of
           God
           himself
           ;
           and
           not
           only
           issue
           in
           their
           full
           satisfaction
           ,
           but
           likewise
           excite
           and
           keep
           up
           in
           them
           eternal
           Admirings
           .
           There
           are
           many
           Mansions
           ,
           and
           a
           place
           provided
           for
           every
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           shall
           have
           room
           enough
           ,
           and
           whatsoever
           will
           be
           pleasant
           to
           them
           for
           Delights
           .
           A
           Throne
           ,
           a
           Robe
           of
           Glory
           ,
           a
           Crown
           of
           Righteousness
           ,
           hidden
           Manna
           ,
           the
           Tree
           of
           Life
           ,
           which
           is
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           Paradise
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           to
           render
           their
           happiness
           complete
           ,
           those
           bodies
           of
           theirs
           ,
           which
           are
           now
           bodies
           of
           vileness
           ,
           when
           they
           come
           to
           be
           raised
           out
           of
           their
           Bed
           of
           dust
           by
           the
           Divine
           Power
           ,
           and
           reunited
           to
           their
           Souls
           ,
           
             shall
             be
             made
             like
             unto
             Christ's
             own
             most
             glorious
             body
             ,
          
           Philip.
           3.
           21.
           
           What
           shall
           I
           say
           ?
           Had
           I
           the
           Tongues
           of
           men
           and
           Angels
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           speak
           more
           than
           is
           ,
           the
           largest
           descriptions
           will
           fall
           unspeakably
           short
           ;
           when
           you
           come
           there
           ,
           you
           will
           say
           not
           one
           half
           was
           told
           you
           .
           I
           may
           say
           this
           in
           general
           ,
           in
           Heaven
           you
           will
           meet
           with
           that
           ,
           which
           will
           far
           more
           than
           defray
           all
           the
           Charges
           you
           were
           put
           to
           here
           ;
           that
           which
           will
           abundantly
           compensate
           and
           make
           amends
           for
           all
           the
           hardships
           you
           endured
           here
           .
           Those
           that
           have
           been
           the
           greatest
           Sufferers
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           when
           they
           come
           into
           the
           next
           ,
           will
           thankfully
           and
           chearfully
           acknowledge
           they
           are
           no
           Losers
           .
           They
           shall
           receive
           that
           which
           shall
           richly
           reward
           all
           their
           pains
           ;
           so
           that
           instead
           of
           complaining
           their
           labour
           is
           lost
           ,
           they
           shall
           wonder
           such
           sorry
           services
           
           should
           be
           so
           recompenced
           ,
           and
           cry
           ,
           Grace
           ,
           Grace
           to
           it
           .
           They
           shall
           have
           the
           accomplishment
           of
           all
           their
           hopes
           ,
           their
           former
           askings
           and
           thoughts
           being
           outdone
           .
           That
           which
           is
           laid
           up
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           shall
           be
           given
           out
           to
           them
           ,
           will
           transcend
           their
           highest
           expectations
           ,
           be
           a
           full
           and
           complete
           answer
           to
           all
           their
           Prayers
           ,
           satisfy
           ,
           silence
           ,
           and
           put
           an
           everlasting
           period
           to
           all
           their
           desires
           ;
           for
           their
           enjoyments
           will
           be
           so
           great
           ,
           and
           their
           capacities
           so
           fill'd
           ,
           that
           there
           will
           be
           no
           room
           left
           for
           more
           .
           God
           will
           then
           make
           good
           all
           his
           Promises
           ,
           which
           are
           exceeding
           great
           and
           precious
           ,
           so
           that
           not
           one
           tittle
           of
           them
           shall
           fail
           ;
           and
           by
           this
           means
           all
           tears
           shall
           be
           wiped
           from
           their
           eyes
           ,
           sorrow
           and
           sighing
           shall
           flee
           away
           ,
           never
           more
           to
           return
           ,
           and
           they
           shall
           enjoy
           an
           endless
           Sabbath
           ,
           an
           everlasting
           Triumph
           ,
           being
           fill'd
           with
           joy
           unspeakable
           ,
           and
           full
           of
           glory
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           there
           is
           that
           which
           mortal
           eye
           hath
           not
           seen
           ,
           nor
           ear
           heard
           ,
           nor
           hath
           it
           entred
           into
           the
           heart
           of
           man
           ;
           and
           though
           the
           holy
           and
           blessed
           Angels
           ,
           which
           kept
           their
           standing
           ,
           and
           continue
           to
           be
           Heaven's
           Courtiers
           ,
           do
           both
           see
           and
           enjoy
           it
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           not
           able
           to
           express
           it
           ;
           there
           is
           all
           that
           which
           our
           dearest
           Lord
           Jesus
           did
           purchase
           at
           the
           inestimable
           price
           of
           his
           own
           heart-blood
           .
           Now
           from
           all
           this
           which
           hath
           been
           spoken
           ,
           there
           is
           abundant
           reason
           to
           conclude
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           
             That
             those
             holy
             and
             truly
             happy
             Souls
             are
             better
             with
             God
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             than
             they
             were
             while
             here
             ,
             or
             could
             ever
             possibly
             have
             been
             .
          
           True
           love
           is
           free
           and
           liberal
           to
           its
           endeared
           object
           ,
           it
           studieth
           to
           be
           so
           ,
           and
           takes
           singular
           pleasure
           in
           it
           .
           Those
           that
           are
           kind
           and
           affectionate
           Husbands
           ,
           and
           live
           up
           to
           the
           Law
           of
           their
           Relation
           ,
           do
           and
           will
           make
           it
           their
           business
           and
           endeavour
           to
           make
           the
           Lives
           of
           their
           Yokefellows
           not
           only
           easy
           to
           them
           ,
           but
           as
           comfortable
           as
           they
           can
           .
           But
           alas
           !
           how
           short
           is
           their
           Arm
           ,
           how
           many
           outward
           and
           inward
           Troubles
           are
           there
           which
           their
           skill
           and
           power
           cannot
           reach
           ?
           But
           it
           must
           be
           granted
           ,
           all
           that
           which
           they
           can
           do
           ,
           is
           not
           comparable
           to
           that
           which
           God
           doth
           for
           his
           People
           ,
           nor
           to
           be
           named
           in
           the
           same
           day
           with
           it
           .
           All
           that
           own
           a
           God
           ,
           must
           acknowledge
           he
           is
           infinitely
           beyond
           the
           greatest
           of
           men
           in
           power
           ,
           infinitely
           above
           the
           highest
           and
           best
           of
           Creatures
           in
           love
           .
           What
           is
           a
           broken
           Cistern
           that
           will
           hold
           no
           water
           ,
           to
           the
           Well
           of
           Salvation
           ,
           the
           Fountain
           of
           living
           waters
           ?
           What
           is
           a
           pitiful
           little
           Drop
           ,
           but
           one
           remove
           from
           nothing
           ,
           to
           the
           boundless
           ,
           bottomless
           Ocean
           of
           Being
           and
           Goodness
           ?
           Suppose
           there
           were
           ten
           thousand
           thousand
           worlds
           ,
           and
           put
           them
           all
           together
           ,
           what
           would
           they
           all
           be
           to
           one
           God
           ?
           And
           then
           though
           the
           
           enjoyment
           which
           the
           Saints
           have
           of
           God
           now
           ,
           doth
           far
           exceed
           all
           the
           sinful
           and
           sensual
           enjoyments
           of
           carnal
           and
           profane
           Worldlings
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           reason
           why
           Moses
           did
           esteem
           the
           reproach
           of
           Christ
           greater
           riches
           than
           the
           treasures
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           and
           rather
           chose
           to
           suffer
           affliction
           with
           the
           People
           of
           God
           ,
           than
           to
           enjoy
           
             the
             pleasures
             of
             sin
             for
             a
             season
          
           ;
           and
           made
           that
           Noble
           Italian
           Marquis
           Galeaceus
           say
           ,
           
             Cursed
             be
             that
             man
             who
             counts
             all
             the
             world
             worth
             one
             hours
             enjoyment
             of
             Iesus
             Christ.
          
           Yet
           compare
           the
           best
           ,
           and
           fullest
           ,
           and
           sweetest
           of
           the
           Saints
           enjoyments
           here
           ,
           with
           those
           in
           the
           mansions
           above
           ,
           and
           they
           fall
           exceeding
           short
           of
           them
           ;
           for
           ,
           what
           is
           sitting
           under
           the
           shadow
           of
           Christ
           ,
           to
           the
           beholding
           of
           his
           glory
           ?
           what
           is
           the
           joy
           of
           Faith
           ,
           to
           that
           of
           sight
           ?
           what
           is
           a
           love
           letter
           ,
           or
           message
           of
           peace
           ,
           or
           kind
           token
           from
           God
           now
           and
           then
           ,
           to
           a
           lying
           in
           his
           bosom
           ,
           to
           a
           being
           and
           continuance
           in
           his
           joy
           ?
           what
           is
           seeing
           of
           his
           power
           and
           glory
           in
           the
           Sanctuary
           ,
           to
           the
           beatifical
           Vision
           ?
           what
           is
           seeing
           in
           a
           glass
           darkly
           ,
           to
           a
           seeing
           face
           to
           face
           ;
           seeing
           as
           we
           are
           seen
           ,
           and
           knowing
           as
           we
           are
           known
           ?
           what
           are
           the
           first-fruits
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           to
           the
           whole
           harvest
           ?
           what
           some
           Praelibamina
           ,
           foretastes
           ,
           to
           a
           sitting
           down
           with
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
          
           ,
           and
           Iacob
           ,
           in
           that
           Kingdom
           of
           God
           at
           the
           feast
           of
           glory
           ,
           and
           there
           taking
           the
           fill
           of
           love
           to
           all
           eternity
           ?
           while
           the
           Saints
           are
           present
           in
           the
           body
           ,
           they
           are
           absent
           from
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           a
           state
           of
           absence
           neither
           doth
           nor
           can
           afford
           satisfaction
           ;
           the
           holy
           Soul
           during
           that
           ,
           will
           with
           the
           enamoured
           Spouse
           be
           longing
           and
           crying
           ,
           
             Make
             haste
             my
             Beloved
             ,
             and
             be
             thou
             like
             a
             Roe
             or
             young
             Hart
             upon
             the
             mountains
             of
             spices
             .
          
           It
           is
           only
           in
           the
           glorious
           presence
           of
           God
           that
           such
           an
           one
           will
           find
           a
           
             fulness
             of
             joy
          
           ,
           and
           
             at
             his
             right
             hand
             those
             pleasures
             which
             are
             for
             evermore
             .
          
           Let
           us
           now
           come
           to
           the
           improvement
           of
           this
           Point
           in
           a
           way
           of
           Application
           ,
           and
           the
           first
           Use
           shall
           be
           for
           Information
           ,
           in
           three
           things
           :
           If
           it
           be
           just
           matter
           of
           rejoicing
           to
           holy
           Souls
           ,
           that
           at
           death
           they
           go
           to
           God
           ;
           then
           from
           hence
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           We
           may
           learn
           
             the
             folly
             and
             misery
             of
             those
             who
             do
             now
             depart
             from
             God
          
           ;
           whose
           lives
           are
           nothing
           else
           but
           a
           continual
           departure
           from
           him
           .
           Yea
           ,
           in
           the
           very
           Acts
           of
           Worship
           ,
           when
           they
           draw
           nigh
           to
           him
           with
           their
           lips
           ,
           their
           hearts
           are
           estranged
           and
           far
           from
           him
           ,
           running
           after
           their
           covetousness
           .
           The
           folly
           that
           is
           in
           this
           course
           of
           life
           is
           very
           apparent
           ,
           and
           the
           misery
           that
           certainly
           attends
           it
           ,
           will
           be
           one
           day
           no
           less
           sensible
           ;
           but
           there
           are
           too
           too
           many
           among
           us
           guilty
           
           hereof
           ;
           some
           through
           the
           principle
           and
           power
           of
           Unbelief
           ;
           their
           not
           giving
           credit
           to
           the
           reports
           of
           the
           Word
           ,
           neither
           to
           its
           dreadful
           Threatnings
           ,
           nor
           to
           its
           sweet
           and
           gracious
           Promises
           .
           Do
           you
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           look
           carefully
           to
           it
           ,
           that
           there
           be
           not
           in
           any
           of
           you
           an
           
             evil
             heart
             of
             unbelief
             ,
             in
             departing
             from
             the
             living
             God.
          
           Others
           ,
           yea
           and
           the
           same
           persons
           too
           ,
           make
           this
           departure
           from
           God
           
             out
             of
             love
             to
             the
             world
             ;
             for
             if
             any
             man
             love
             the
             world
             ,
             the
             love
             of
             the
             Father
             is
             not
             in
             him
             .
          
           And
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           to
           see
           men
           going
           from
           that
           place
           and
           company
           where
           and
           with
           whom
           they
           do
           not
           love
           to
           be
           ;
           have
           a
           care
           of
           the
           world
           therefore
           ,
           let
           it
           not
           bewitch
           you
           .
           While
           ye
           live
           in
           it
           ,
           be
           ye
           not
           devoted
           to
           it
           ,
           but
           weaned
           from
           it
           .
           If
           you
           do
           set
           your
           hearts
           upon
           the
           world
           ,
           you
           will
           turn
           your
           back
           upon
           God.
           Demas
           ,
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             hath
             forsaken
             me
          
           ;
           and
           in
           forsaking
           him
           ,
           he
           forsook
           Christ
           :
           what
           was
           the
           reason
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           his
           embracing
           
             this
             present
             world
          
           ,
           2
           Tim.
           4.
           10.
           
           How
           powerful
           and
           prevalent
           are
           these
           two
           things
           ,
           
             unbelief
             ,
             and
             love
             of
             the
             world
             ,
          
           with
           the
           generality
           of
           men
           !
           what
           a
           vast
           multitude
           of
           persons
           do
           they
           carry
           away
           from
           God!
           What
           is
           there
           that
           in
           a
           moral
           way
           he
           could
           have
           done
           more
           ,
           than
           that
           which
           he
           hath
           done
           ?
           He
           hath
           frequently
           and
           loudly
           called
           them
           by
           messenger
           after
           messenger
           ;
           he
           hath
           most
           graciously
           invited
           them
           ,
           most
           lovingly
           and
           sweetly
           allur'd
           them
           ,
           and
           used
           variety
           of
           means
           and
           arguments
           to
           conquer
           their
           aversness
           ,
           to
           convince
           their
           judgments
           ,
           to
           gain
           their
           hearts
           ,
           and
           bring
           them
           to
           him
           ;
           yet
           ,
           after
           all
           ,
           he
           hath
           cause
           to
           complain
           ,
           
             Ye
             will
             not
             come
             to
             me
             that
             ye
             may
             have
             life
             .
          
           Nay
           ,
           in
           stead
           of
           coming
           to
           him
           ,
           they
           are
           running
           further
           and
           further
           from
           him
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           thought
           they
           could
           never
           be
           at
           too
           great
           a
           distance
           ;
           whereas
           they
           have
           no
           cause
           to
           run
           from
           God
           ,
           for
           in
           so
           doing
           
             they
             run
             from
             life
          
           ,
           and
           rest
           ,
           and
           happiness
           ,
           and
           into
           the
           mouth
           of
           ruin
           and
           destruction
           ,
           and
           are
           
             too
             far
             removed
             from
             him
             already
             .
          
           They
           are
           already
           
             without
             God
             in
             the
             world
          
           ,
           Ephes.
           2.
           12.
           
           They
           were
           born
           with
           their
           backs
           upon
           God
           ,
           were
           Transgressors
           from
           the
           womb
           ,
           going
           astray
           ,
           speaking
           and
           seeking
           Lyes
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           continue
           to
           do
           ,
           for
           every
           wilful
           Sin
           is
           a
           step
           from
           God.
           Now
           I
           would
           desire
           such
           to
           consider
           ,
           and
           that
           seriously
           ,
           whether
           this
           their
           way
           be
           not
           their
           folly
           .
           The
           Scripture
           doth
           expresly
           tell
           us
           ,
           
             They
             that
             are
             far
             from
             him
             shall
             perish
             ,
          
           Psal.
           73.
           27.
           and
           that
           
             he
             hath
             destroyed
             all
             them
             that
             go
             a
             whoring
             from
             him
             .
          
           And
           as
           he
           hath
           done
           ,
           so
           he
           will
           go
           on
           to
           do
           ;
           for
           he
           is
           in
           one
           mind
           ,
           and
           in
           this
           case
           Repentance
           shall
           be
           hid
           from
           his
           eyes
           .
           And
           to
           this
           add
           one
           Consideration
           more
           ,
           You
           
           must
           appear
           before
           him
           at
           the
           last
           whether
           you
           will
           or
           no
           ;
           though
           you
           should
           call
           to
           the
           rocks
           to
           cover
           you
           ,
           and
           the
           mountains
           to
           fall
           upon
           you
           ,
           and
           hide
           you
           from
           the
           wrath
           of
           the
           Lamb
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           face
           of
           him
           that
           sitteth
           upon
           the
           Throne
           ,
           yet
           you
           must
           appear
           .
           Now
           you
           will
           not
           be
           invited
           to
           him
           as
           a
           Saviour
           ;
           then
           you
           shall
           be
           dragged
           before
           him
           as
           a
           Judge
           .
           Suppose
           you
           should
           then
           beg
           and
           plead
           ,
           
             Lord
             ,
             Lord
             ,
             open
             to
             us
          
           ;
           what
           answer
           can
           you
           look
           for
           at
           his
           hands
           but
           this
           ,
           
             Depart
             from
             me
             ,
             for
             I
             know
             you
             not
             .
          
           And
           how
           do
           you
           think
           he
           should
           know
           you
           ,
           since
           as
           long
           as
           you
           liv'd
           ,
           you
           would
           never
           acquaint
           your selves
           with
           him
           .
           Oh
           poor
           Sinners
           !
           be
           wise
           while
           you
           may
           ,
           and
           know
           assuredly
           ,
           it
           is
           best
           going
           to
           him
           now
           for
           a
           pardon
           ,
           and
           grace
           ,
           and
           acceptance
           ,
           before
           you
           go
           to
           him
           to
           receive
           your
           final
           Sentence
           .
           If
           you
           will
           not
           now
           go
           to
           him
           as
           humble
           Penitents
           ,
           with
           Confessions
           and
           Supplications
           ,
           that
           your
           Sins
           may
           be
           blotted
           out
           ,
           you
           shall
           come
           to
           him
           as
           Criminals
           in
           order
           to
           execution
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           desire
           to
           know
           aforehand
           what
           your
           punishment
           will
           be
           ,
           you
           may
           read
           it
           in
           2
           Thess.
           1.
           8.
           
           
             Everlasting
             destruction
             from
             the
             presence
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             glory
             of
             his
             power
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           We
           may
           from
           hence
           learn
           ,
           
             what
             our
             life
             in
             the
             world
             should
             be
             :
          
           It
           is
           a
           matter
           of
           very
           high
           and
           near
           concernment
           for
           men
           and
           women
           to
           understand
           themselves
           well
           in
           this
           particular
           ,
           to
           know
           what
           they
           should
           be
           and
           do
           ,
           and
           how
           they
           should
           live
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           approved
           ;
           and
           truly
           our
           life
           should
           be
           a
           coming
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           a
           walking
           with
           him
           .
           In
           the
           first
           Conversion
           there
           is
           a
           facing
           about
           ,
           a
           turning
           of
           the
           mind
           and
           heart
           to
           God.
           Christ
           sent
           Paul
           to
           the
           
             Gentiles
             ,
             to
             turn
             them
             from
             darkness
             to
             light
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             power
             of
             Satan
             to
             God.
          
           And
           after
           the
           first
           turn
           is
           made
           ,
           there
           should
           be
           a
           further
           returning
           ;
           all
           the
           actions
           of
           the
           life
           should
           be
           so
           many
           steps
           back
           to
           God.
           This
           was
           the
           great
           design
           and
           end
           of
           our
           
             Lord
             Iesus
          
           in
           his
           dying
           ,
           not
           only
           that
           he
           might
           bring
           pardon
           and
           peace
           to
           men
           ,
           but
           also
           that
           he
           might
           bring
           men
           to
           God
           ,
           bring
           them
           into
           favour
           with
           God
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           into
           obedience
           and
           conformity
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           into
           a
           communion
           and
           conversation
           with
           him
           ,
           1
           Pet.
           3.
           18.
           
           
             He
             suffered
             ,
             the
             just
             for
             the
             unjust
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             bring
             us
             to
             God.
          
           Now
           since
           that
           was
           the
           gracious
           design
           of
           Christ
           ,
           the
           blessed
           and
           noble
           end
           he
           had
           in
           his
           eye
           ,
           and
           was
           willing
           to
           be
           at
           so
           much
           cost
           for
           the
           accomplishment
           of
           ,
           shall
           not
           we
           comply
           with
           him
           therein
           ?
           shall
           it
           not
           be
           in
           our
           heart
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           in
           his
           ?
           And
           since
           we
           have
           so
           great
           an
           excellent
           Person
           to
           take
           us
           by
           the
           hand
           and
           introduce
           us
           ,
           and
           
           bring
           us
           in
           and
           present
           us
           to
           the
           Father
           ,
           let
           us
           go
           ,
           let
           us
           not
           draw
           back
           ,
           let
           us
           not
           stand
           questioning
           and
           disputing
           ,
           and
           saying
           ,
           
             Shall
             I
             ,
             shall
             I
          
           ?
           this
           is
           a
           meer
           loss
           of
           time
           ,
           let
           us
           go
           presently
           ,
           the
           sooner
           the
           better
           .
           You
           have
           heard
           that
           you
           must
           go
           at
           last
           ,
           yes
           ,
           you
           must
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           possibility
           of
           avoiding
           it
           ,
           and
           therefore
           let
           us
           all
           be
           persuaded
           ,
           and
           heartily
           willing
           to
           go
           now
           .
           
             To
             day
             if
             you
             will
             hear
             his
             voice
             ,
             harden
             not
             your
             hearts
             .
          
           Go
           now
           to
           God
           in
           your
           Mind
           and
           Thoughts
           ,
           in
           your
           Hearts
           and
           Affections
           ,
           before
           you
           go
           in
           your
           Persons
           .
           Get
           as
           much
           of
           Heaven
           as
           you
           can
           before-hand
           .
           The
           Psalmist
           said
           ,
           Psalm
           73.
           ult
           .
           
             It
             was
             good
             for
             him
             to
             draw
             night
             to
             God.
          
           And
           without
           peradventure
           ,
           it
           is
           full
           out
           as
           good
           now
           as
           it
           was
           then
           ,
           as
           good
           for
           us
           as
           it
           was
           for
           him
           .
           It
           is
           both
           a
           pleasant
           good
           ,
           and
           a
           profitable
           one
           .
           Let
           us
           therefore
           do
           it
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           be
           drawing
           nearer
           and
           nearer
           to
           him
           every
           day
           ,
           never
           thinking
           our selves
           near
           enough
           so
           long
           as
           we
           are
           in
           a
           far
           Country
           ,
           and
           till
           we
           come
           to
           be
           with
           him
           in
           Heaven
           .
           And
           yet
           again
           ,
           let
           us
           not
           think
           it
           enough
           to
           to
           be
           making
           frequent
           approaches
           to
           him
           in
           Holy
           Duties
           ,
           and
           in
           Gospel
           Ordinances
           ,
           which
           are
           as
           a
           
           Iacob's
           Ladder
           ,
           upon
           which
           the
           holy
           Soul
           ascends
           and
           makes
           its
           spiritual
           advances
           ,
           but
           keep
           up
           a
           daily
           Walk
           with
           God
           ,
           as
           Enoch
           and
           Noah
           did
           in
           their
           Generations
           ;
           maintain
           an
           intimate
           and
           constant
           Communion
           with
           him
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           be
           able
           to
           say
           with
           
             Paul
             ,
             Our
             Conversation
             is
             in
             Heaven
             .
          
           And
           with
           
             Iohn
             ,
             Truly
             our
             fellowship
             is
             with
             the
             Father
             ,
             and
             with
             his
             Son
             the
             Lord
             Iesus
             Christ.
          
           Oh
           how
           Noble
           is
           it
           to
           converse
           with
           God!
           it
           meliorates
           and
           raiseth
           ,
           and
           spiritualizeth
           the
           Soul
           ;
           it
           never
           is
           with
           him
           ,
           but
           it
           comes
           away
           better
           from
           him
           ;
           and
           how
           sweet
           is
           it
           ,
           God
           being
           pleasant
           for
           delights
           ;
           for
           certain
           you
           will
           find
           and
           judge
           it
           so
           ,
           when
           you
           do
           once
           come
           by
           experience
           to
           know
           what
           it
           is
           ,
           you
           will
           then
           say
           as
           Peter
           did
           upon
           the
           Mount
           of
           Transfiguration
           ,
           
             It
             is
             good
             ,
             Lord
             ,
             to
             be
             here
             .
          
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           We
           may
           from
           hence
           learn
           that
           ,
           
             It
             is
             very
             much
             our
             Interest
             ,
             and
             therefore
             our
             wisdom
             to
             bid
             God
             heartily
             welcome
             ,
             whensoever
             he
             is
             geaciously
             pleased
             so
             far
             to
             condescend
             as
             to
             come
             to
             us
             .
          
           You
           have
           heard
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           you
           believe
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           appointed
           for
           all
           Men
           once
           to
           dye
           ,
           and
           when
           we
           do
           dye
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           in
           what
           way
           it
           will
           ,
           and
           by
           what
           stroke
           it
           will
           and
           let
           us
           be
           in
           what
           State
           and
           Frame
           we
           will
           ,
           we
           must
           all
           of
           us
           go
           to
           God
           ,
           all
           appear
           before
           the
           Judgment-Seat
           of
           Christ.
           And
           let
           us
           think
           with
           our selves
           what
           Entertainment
           we
           would
           have
           then
           ;
           how
           we
           would
           have
           Christ
           carry
           toward
           us
           .
           
           Do
           not
           we
           desire
           that
           he
           should
           
             receive
             us
             graciously
          
           ,
           and
           bid
           us
           welcome
           as
           some
           of
           his
           old
           Friends
           and
           Acquaintance
           ?
           Would
           we
           not
           be
           glad
           to
           hear
           him
           owning
           us
           before
           his
           Father
           and
           the
           Holy
           Angels
           ,
           and
           saying
           to
           us
           ,
           
             Come
             ye
             blessed
             of
             my
             Father
             ,
             inherit
             the
             kingdom
             prepared
             for
             you
             ?
          
           I
           do
           not
           in
           the
           least
           question
           but
           you
           would
           .
           Then
           I
           counsel
           you
           ,
           that
           in
           order
           thereunto
           ,
           you
           would
           now
           carry
           kindly
           toward
           God
           ,
           and
           receive
           him
           as
           it
           becomes
           an
           infinite
           Great
           ,
           Holy
           ,
           and
           Glorious
           Majesty
           to
           be
           received
           .
           Know
           this
           ,
           such
           is
           his
           Goodness
           that
           he
           often
           comes
           to
           you
           .
           Frequently
           
             in
             his
             word
          
           ,
           therein
           he
           discovers
           and
           reveals
           his
           Mind
           and
           Will
           concerning
           you
           ,
           opens
           to
           you
           the
           Mysteries
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           that
           were
           kept
           hid
           from
           Ages
           and
           Generations
           ,
           from
           the
           Wise
           and
           Prudent
           of
           the
           World.
           Bid
           him
           welcome
           ,
           and
           his
           Word
           welcome
           ,
           say
           with
           
             Hez●kiah
             ,
             Good
             is
             the
             word
             of
             the
             Lord
          
           ;
           yea
           ,
           those
           Precepts
           of
           it
           that
           are
           most
           contrary
           to
           corrupt
           Nature
           ,
           and
           those
           threatnings
           of
           it
           that
           are
           most
           tremendous
           and
           startling
           .
           Receive
           it
           into
           your
           Hearts
           as
           well
           as
           into
           your
           Heads
           ,
           and
           let
           it
           dwell
           richly
           in
           you
           .
           Do
           not
           imprison
           any
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           Asa
           did
           one
           of
           the
           Messengers
           that
           brought
           it
           ;
           do
           not
           rebel
           against
           the
           Light
           ;
           do
           not
           hold
           any
           truth
           in
           unrighteousness
           .
           Sometimes
           he
           comes
           to
           you
           
             by
             his
             Spirit
          
           ,
           in
           such
           and
           such
           an
           holy
           Motion
           ,
           awakening
           you
           out
           of
           your
           Sleep
           and
           Sloth
           ,
           reducing
           you
           from
           such
           a
           wandering
           ,
           calling
           you
           to
           such
           a
           Word
           and
           Duty
           .
           Now
           ,
           do
           not
           you
           resist
           him
           ,
           but
           submit
           and
           comply
           ;
           do
           not
           you
           quench
           him
           ,
           but
           bring
           fewel
           rather
           ;
           do
           not
           grieve
           him
           ,
           but
           labour
           to
           be
           his
           Delight
           and
           Joy.
           Carefully
           listen
           to
           his
           Voice
           ,
           and
           make
           speed
           to
           follow
           his
           Ducture
           ,
           as
           Paul
           did
           immediately
           ,
           not
           consulting
           with
           Flesh
           and
           Blood
           when
           God
           had
           once
           revealed
           his
           Son
           in
           him
           .
           The
           Spouse
           was
           guilty
           of
           vile
           Ingratitude
           ,
           and
           sinn'd
           grievously
           in
           lying
           lazily
           ,
           and
           asking
           her self
           a
           company
           of
           simple
           questions
           ,
           
             I
             have
             put
             off
             my
             coat
             ,
             how
             shall
             I
             put
             it
             on
             ?
             I
             have
             washed
             my
             feet
             ,
             how
             shall
             I
             defile
             them
             ?
          
           Which
           spake
           her
           loath
           to
           stir
           ,
           when
           her
           beloved
           who
           had
           done
           a
           great
           deal
           more
           ,
           and
           deserved
           much
           better
           at
           her
           hands
           ,
           stood
           all
           the
           while
           without
           knocking
           at
           the
           Door
           ,
           calling
           and
           begging
           for
           Admission
           ,
           Cant.
           5.
           2.
           
           
             Open
             to
             me
             my
             sister
             ,
             my
             love
             ,
             my
             dove
             ,
             my
             undefiled
             .
          
           One
           would
           have
           thought
           such
           language
           of
           Love
           should
           have
           melted
           ,
           should
           have
           raised
           her
           .
           Do
           not
           you
           contract
           upon
           your selves
           guilt
           of
           the
           same
           kind
           ;
           therefore
           my
           advice
           to
           you
           shall
           be
           the
           same
           with
           what
           you
           find
           in
           Psalm
           24.
           7.
           
           
             Lift
             up
             your
             heads
             ,
             O
             ye
             gates
             ,
             and
             be
             ye
             lift
             up
             ye
             everlasting
             doors
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             the
             king
             of
             glory
             shall
             come
             in
             .
          
           Follow
           this
           advice
           ,
           will
           you
           ?
           Oh
           that
           you
           would
           ,
           remembring
           that
           you
           your selves
           must
           one
           day
           go
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           let
           that
           influence
           you
           to
           such
           a
           demeanour
           of
           your selves
           toward
           him
           now
           ,
           as
           that
           you
           may
           not
           at
           last
           find
           the
           Door
           shut
           against
           you
           ,
           and
           be
           forced
           to
           stand
           without
           calling
           and
           crying
           in
           the
           bitterness
           of
           your
           Souls
           ,
           
             Lord
             ,
             Lord
             ,
             open
             to
             us
             ,
          
           but
           
             may
             have
             an
             entrance
             ministred
             to
             you
             abundantly
             into
             the
             glorious
             kingdom
             of
             your
             God
             and
             Saviour
          
           ;
           Know
           for
           certain
           ,
           the
           very
           same
           measure
           you
           mete
           out
           ,
           shall
           be
           meted
           into
           you
           again
           ;
           with
           the
           pure
           he
           will
           shew
           himself
           pure
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           froward
           he
           will
           shew
           himself
           froward
           .
           If
           you
           will
           be
           deaf
           to
           his
           call
           now
           ,
           he
           will
           not
           hear
           yours
           at
           last
           ,
           Prov.
           1.
           24
           &c.
           
           
             Because
             I
             have
             called
             ,
             and
             ye
             refused
             ;
             I
             have
             stretched
             out
             my
             hand
             ,
             and
             no
             man
             regarded
             .
             When
             your
             fear
             cometh
             as
             desolation
             ,
             and
             your
             destruction
             cometh
             as
             a
             whirlwind
             ;
             when
             distress
             and
             anguish
             cometh
             upon
             you
             ,
             then
             shall
             they
             call
             upon
             me
             ,
             but
             I
             will
             not
             answer
             ;
             they
             shall
             seek
             me
             early
             ,
             but
             they
             shall
             not
             find
             me
             .
          
        
         
           The
           second
           Use
           that
           I
           shall
           make
           of
           this
           Point
           ,
           shall
           be
           for
           Examination
           :
           Let
           you
           and
           me
           fall
           to
           work
           ,
           and
           put
           our selves
           upon
           the
           Scrutiny
           ,
           for
           I
           can
           assure
           you
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           no
           lost
           labour
           to
           search
           and
           try
           our selves
           ,
           whether
           we
           are
           such
           ,
           and
           our
           State
           such
           ,
           as
           may
           at
           a
           dying
           hour
           be
           willing
           to
           go
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           may
           at
           the
           present
           rejoyce
           in
           the
           thoughts
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           so
           ,
           tho
           we
           must
           expect
           to
           fall
           by
           the
           stroke
           of
           Death
           ,
           yet
           we
           are
           deliver'd
           from
           the
           fear
           of
           Death
           .
           And
           in
           order
           to
           the
           resolving
           of
           this
           great
           case
           ,
           let
           us
           propound
           to
           our selves
           these
           three
           Questions
           ,
           and
           deal
           faithfully
           with
           our
           own
           Souls
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           dangerous
           ,
           yea
           ruinous
           to
           be
           deceived
           in
           a
           matter
           of
           so
           great
           importance
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           
             Hath
             there
             been
             reconciliation
             made
             between
             God
             and
             you
             .
          
           Is
           it
           Peace
           ,
           O
           my
           Soul
           ,
           is
           it
           peace
           ?
           There
           was
           a
           b●each
           ,
           that
           breach
           sprung
           up
           to
           an
           Enmity
           ,
           that
           Enmity
           produc'd
           a
           War
           ;
           you
           have
           been
           fighters
           against
           God
           ,
           there
           have
           been
           Acts
           of
           Hostility
           ,
           how
           is
           it
           now
           ?
           Is
           that
           Breach
           made
           up
           ,
           is
           that
           Enmity
           taken
           away
           ,
           and
           the
           War
           at
           an
           end
           ?
           There
           hath
           been
           Peace
           offered
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           most
           condescending
           gracious
           Terms
           propounded
           ,
           have
           you
           accepted
           and
           closed
           with
           them
           ?
           It
           cannot
           but
           be
           a
           most
           dreadful
           thing
           for
           a
           poor
           Creature
           to
           find
           it self
           at
           last
           no
           other
           than
           a
           vessel
           of
           wrath
           fitted
           for
           destruction
           ,
           one
           in
           whom
           God
           can
           have
           no
           pleasure
           .
           It
           
           is
           a
           dreadful
           thing
           for
           one
           that
           lived
           a
           pitiful
           life
           ,
           and
           had
           little
           else
           but
           trouble
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           to
           find
           it
           unspeakably
           worse
           in
           the
           next
           ,
           trouble
           here
           ,
           and
           torment
           there
           .
           A
           dreadful
           thing
           for
           one
           that
           was
           cloathed
           with
           Silk
           and
           Velvet
           ,
           far'd
           deliciously
           every
           day
           ,
           swam
           in
           pleasures
           ,
           and
           had
           the
           world
           at
           will
           ,
           to
           lie
           down
           in
           sorrow
           upon
           a
           Bed
           of
           Flames
           ,
           where
           throughout
           Eternity
           he
           cannot
           procure
           a
           moment's
           ease
           ,
           nor
           a
           drop
           of
           water
           to
           cool
           his
           tongue
           .
           How
           sad
           will
           it
           be
           ,
           when
           a
           poor
           Soul
           is
           deprived
           of
           those
           comforts
           and
           delights
           which
           it
           eagerly
           hunted
           after
           ,
           and
           plac'd
           its
           happiness
           in
           ,
           and
           is
           turned
           out
           of
           house
           and
           home
           ;
           its
           old
           tabernacle
           of
           the
           body
           being
           so
           weak
           and
           crazy
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           possibility
           of
           continuing
           there
           any
           longer
           ,
           and
           goeth
           naked
           to
           God
           ,
           who
           alone
           is
           able
           to
           afford
           it
           succor
           and
           relief
           ,
           and
           then
           it
           findeth
           that
           he
           is
           an
           enemy
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           give
           it
           one
           good
           word
           or
           look
           ,
           nor
           receive
           it
           into
           everlasting
           habitations
           .
           Well
           ,
           do
           you
           now
           think
           seriously
           of
           it
           ,
           God
           is
           in
           Christ
           reconciling
           the
           world
           to
           himself
           ,
           and
           he
           hath
           committed
           to
           us
           the
           Word
           of
           reconciliation
           ,
           and
           we
           as
           the
           Embassadors
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           Messengers
           of
           Peace
           ,
           have
           sounded
           this
           Word
           in
           your
           ears
           ;
           and
           as
           tho
           
             God
             did
             beseech
             you
             by
             us
             ,
             we
             have
             often
             and
             often
             prayed
             you
             in
             Christ's
             stead
             that
             ye
             would
             be
             reconciled
             to
             God.
          
           Now
           enquire
           how
           hath
           this
           Word
           wrought
           upon
           you
           ?
           Hath
           it
           come
           to
           you
           not
           in
           Word
           only
           ,
           but
           also
           in
           Power
           ?
           What
           effect
           hath
           it
           had
           ?
           Is
           the
           enmity
           that
           was
           in
           your
           hearts
           and
           natures
           to
           God
           slain
           ?
           Have
           you
           thrown
           down
           your
           Weapons
           of
           Rebellion
           ?
           Are
           you
           reconciled
           unto
           God
           ?
           Have
           you
           laid
           hold
           by
           an
           hand
           of
           Faith
           upon
           Christ
           ,
           who
           is
           his
           strength
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           making
           of
           peace
           with
           him
           ?
           He
           hath
           promised
           that
           in
           that
           way
           you
           shall
           make
           peace
           with
           him
           ,
           otherwise
           never
           expect
           it
           ,
           for
           it
           will
           be
           but
           in
           vain
           ;
           to
           persons
           out
           of
           
             Christ
             ,
             he
             is
             a
             consuming
             fire
             ,
             and
             everlasting
             burnings
             .
          
           Have
           you
           submitted
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           stoop'd
           and
           bow'd
           to
           his
           Government
           ?
           Do
           you
           like
           and
           love
           his
           Law
           ?
           Are
           you
           desirous
           that
           he
           should
           reign
           over
           you
           ,
           and
           erect
           his
           Throne
           in
           you
           ?
           Set
           this
           down
           with
           your selves
           as
           a
           most
           certain
           truth
           ,
           that
           unless
           you
           receive
           him
           for
           your
           Lord
           and
           King
           ,
           you
           will
           never
           find
           him
           your
           Friend
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           
             Can
             you
             say
             as
          
           Christ
           
             did
             in
             this
             Chapter
             ,
             that
             you
             have
             glorified
             God
             upon
             earth
             ?
          
           All
           the
           glory
           that
           great
           Personages
           ,
           Lords
           and
           Ladies
           ,
           Kings
           and
           Queens
           have
           now
           ,
           will
           not
           stead
           them
           ,
           nor
           comfort
           them
           at
           the
           last
           ,
           but
           their
           having
           brought
           glory
           to
           God
           in
           their
           generation
           ,
           and
           several
           places
           .
           Christ
           did
           this
           ,
           and
           he
           found
           
           the
           thought
           of
           it
           sweet
           to
           him
           ,
           he
           reflected
           upon
           it
           with
           joy
           ;
           and
           this
           all
           of
           us
           should
           do
           too
           in
           cur
           measure
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           utmost
           of
           our
           power
           :
           for
           this
           was
           the
           end
           of
           our
           Creation
           ,
           for
           this
           we
           were
           sent
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           without
           this
           we
           live
           to
           no
           purpose
           ;
           and
           without
           this
           we
           cannot
           rationally
           expect
           to
           be
           accepted
           of
           him
           ,
           or
           glorified
           by
           him
           .
           But
           here
           some
           poor
           humble
           Christian
           may
           object
           against
           its
           self
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           When
           you
           speak
           of
           my
           glorifying
           God
           ,
           it
           strikes
           all
           my
           hopes
           dead
           ,
           for
           I
           have
           not
           done
           it
           ,
           nay
           ,
           I
           have
           not
           been
           in
           a
           capacity
           of
           doing
           it
           .
           What
           glory
           can
           the
           infinitely
           great
           and
           ever-blessed
           God
           (
           who
           is
           exalted
           above
           all
           blessing
           and
           praise
           )
           possibly
           receive
           from
           such
           a
           sorry
           contemptible
           Worm
           ,
           such
           an
           earthen
           Vessel
           ,
           such
           a
           broken
           Potsherd
           as
           I
           am
           ?
           I
           do
           with
           grief
           and
           self-abhorrence
           own
           and
           acknowledge
           that
           I
           have
           highly
           dishonour'd
           him
           ,
           being
           a
           discredit
           to
           his
           holy
           and
           reverend
           Name
           while
           I
           was
           called
           by
           it
           ,
           and
           a
           disparagement
           to
           Religion
           while
           I
           made
           a
           profession
           of
           it
           .
           But
           let
           me
           ask
           thee
           ,
           Was
           not
           the
           glory
           of
           God
           dear
           to
           thee
           ,
           and
           his
           Name
           precious
           ?
           Was
           he
           not
           highest
           in
           thy
           esteem
           ,
           valued
           above
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           set
           up
           in
           the
           Throne
           ,
           all
           other
           things
           being
           made
           his
           Footstool
           ?
           Canst
           thou
           not
           with
           all
           thy
           heart
           say
           after
           the
           Prophet
           in
           Psal.
           73.
           
           
             Whom
             have
             I
             in
             heaven
             but
             thee
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             none
             upon
             earth
             that
             I
             desire
             beside
             thee
             ?
          
           Hast
           thou
           made
           him
           thy
           choice
           ,
           and
           desired
           to
           live
           in
           an
           obedience
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           expressiveness
           of
           him
           ?
           Hast
           thou
           commended
           him
           to
           others
           ,
           thy
           Relations
           ,
           Friends
           and
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           endeavoured
           in
           thy
           place
           to
           enlarge
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           submit
           themselves
           to
           his
           Government
           ?
           Hast
           thou
           offered
           thy self
           and
           
             thy
             praise
          
           to
           him
           ?
           He
           himself
           tells
           thee
           ,
           Psal.
           50.
           23.
           
           
             That
             is
             a
             glorifying
             him
          
           .
           Hast
           thou
           had
           thy
           fruit
           unto
           holiness
           ,
           and
           was
           thy
           heart
           set
           for
           the
           bringing
           forth
           much
           fruit
           ?
           Our
           Saviour
           tells
           you
           ,
           Iohn
           15.
           8.
           
           
             Herein
             his
             Father
             is
             glorified
          
           .
           If
           thou
           dost
           find
           these
           things
           in
           thy self
           ,
           tho
           thou
           dost
           also
           find
           too
           much
           of
           that
           which
           should
           not
           be
           ,
           and
           is
           matter
           of
           grief
           to
           thee
           ,
           thou
           may'st
           meditate
           terror
           without
           being
           terrified
           ,
           thou
           may'st
           be
           very
           willing
           ,
           yea
           glad
           to
           die
           ,
           whensoever
           God
           calls
           thee
           to
           it
           ,
           being
           fully
           persuaded
           that
           he
           will
           with
           an
           hand
           of
           grace
           put
           a
           glory
           upon
           thee
           ,
           when
           at
           the
           same
           time
           he
           will
           extort
           glory
           from
           others
           in
           a
           way
           of
           wrath
           and
           vengeance
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             Can
             you
             say
             as
             our
             Saviour
             did
             ,
             I
             have
             finished
             the
             work
             which
             thou
             gavest
             me
             to
             do
             ?
          
           He
           had
           work
           given
           him
           by
           the
           Father
           ,
           good
           and
           great
           work
           ,
           in
           which
           his
           Father
           ,
           himself
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           people
           
           were
           concerned
           ,
           it
           being
           for
           his
           Fathers
           and
           his
           own
           Glory
           ,
           and
           for
           his
           Peoples
           Salvation
           and
           everlasting
           Happiness
           .
           And
           he
           was
           intent
           upon
           it
           ,
           industrious
           and
           diligent
           in
           it
           .
           
             I
             must
          
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             work
             the
             works
             of
             him
             that
             sent
             me
             while
             it
             is
             day
             .
          
           And
           at
           his
           giving
           up
           of
           the
           Ghost
           ,
           he
           could
           say
           ,
           
             It
             is
             finished
          
           .
           Now
           none
           of
           us
           were
           made
           and
           sent
           hither
           to
           be
           idle
           ,
           nor
           to
           sport
           upon
           the
           Earth
           as
           Leviathan
           doth
           in
           the
           Sea.
           No
           ,
           no
           ,
           we
           all
           have
           Work
           to
           do
           ,
           Work
           that
           our
           heavenly
           Father
           hath
           given
           us
           .
           There
           is
           the
           general
           Work
           of
           Godliness
           and
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           particular
           Work
           of
           our
           several
           Stations
           and
           Relations
           .
           None
           need
           sit
           still
           and
           study
           how
           to
           pass
           away
           the
           time
           ,
           for
           they
           have
           enough
           to
           do
           if
           they
           will
           but
           mind
           it
           .
           Now
           if
           our
           Work
           be
           not
           done
           ,
           how
           shall
           we
           with
           any
           comfort
           or
           boldness
           look
           our
           great
           Lord
           and
           Master
           in
           the
           Face
           .
           It
           was
           a
           terrible
           Sentence
           that
           past
           upon
           the
           lazy
           Servant
           that
           had
           buried
           his
           Talent
           in
           a
           Napkin
           .
           But
           here
           again
           ,
           a
           poor
           humble
           Christian
           will
           presently
           object
           against
           its
           self
           ;
           for
           such
           an
           one
           needs
           none
           Accuser
           ,
           he
           can
           and
           will
           do
           that
           work
           fast
           enough
           .
           And
           in
           this
           case
           he
           will
           take
           shame
           as
           his
           Portion
           ,
           and
           declare
           he
           is
           very
           far
           from
           finishing
           the
           Work
           which
           God
           gave
           him
           to
           do
           .
           You
           have
           minded
           other
           things
           of
           less
           concern
           ,
           yea
           of
           no
           concern
           ,
           and
           neglected
           that
           .
           You
           have
           lived
           in
           the
           World
           to
           very
           little
           purpose
           ,
           led
           unprofitable
           Lives
           ,
           and
           suffered
           your
           Days
           ,
           your
           precious
           Seasons
           ,
           your
           golden
           Hours
           to
           run
           out
           at
           waste
           .
           You
           have
           done
           but
           very
           little
           for
           God
           ,
           and
           for
           your
           Souls
           ,
           and
           in
           order
           to
           your
           everlasting
           Happiness
           ;
           and
           that
           which
           you
           have
           done
           ,
           hath
           been
           so
           pitifully
           done
           ,
           that
           you
           are
           asham'd
           to
           look
           upon
           it
           ;
           you
           have
           botcht
           and
           bungled
           at
           it
           .
           And
           I
           do
           readily
           grant
           ,
           your
           best
           Works
           do
           not
           deserve
           acceptance
           with
           God
           ;
           he
           may
           justly
           reject
           and
           abhor
           them
           ,
           and
           cast
           them
           as
           Dung
           into
           your
           Faces
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           Iniquities
           which
           adhere
           or
           cleave
           to
           them
           .
           But
           let
           me
           ask
           you
           ,
           and
           do
           you
           ask
           your
           own
           Souls
           when
           you
           are
           in
           your
           Retirements
           and
           greatest
           Seriousness
           ,
           Hast
           thou
           loved
           the
           Work
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           preferred
           the
           hardest
           and
           most
           unpleasing
           pieces
           of
           it
           before
           the
           most
           facil
           and
           pleasant
           parts
           of
           the
           Devil's
           ?
           Hast
           thou
           counted
           his
           Service
           perfect
           freedom
           ,
           but
           that
           of
           Sin
           the
           basest
           of
           Drudgeries
           ?
           Have
           you
           been
           pleased
           and
           delighted
           when
           you
           did
           at
           any
           time
           find
           your
           hearts
           raised
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           enlarged
           ,
           and
           more
           than
           ordinarily
           carried
           out
           ?
           Hath
           it
           been
           your
           Grief
           and
           Trouble
           when
           you
           found
           in
           your selves
           straitness
           ,
           deadness
           ,
           and
           dulness
           ?
           Have
           you
           been
           angry
           with
           your selves
           ,
           because
           you
           have
           done
           no
           more
           and
           no
           better
           for
           God
           ?
           
           Have
           you
           often
           and
           often
           with
           earnestness
           begg'd
           of
           God
           that
           he
           would
           give
           you
           more
           Grace
           and
           greater
           Strength
           in
           order
           to
           your
           doing
           him
           better
           Service
           ,
           and
           bringing
           him
           more
           Glory
           ?
           Then
           you
           need
           not
           be
           afraid
           to
           appear
           before
           him
           ,
           for
           
             he
             will
             spare
             you
             ,
             as
             a
             Father
             spareth
             his
             Son
             that
             serveth
             him
          
           ;
           and
           you
           shall
           be
           
             accepted
             in
          
           the
           beloved
           ;
           and
           your
           gracious
           and
           prevailing
           Advocate
           will
           appear
           on
           your
           behalf
           ,
           and
           plead
           your
           Cause
           ,
           saying
           ,
           as
           once
           he
           did
           on
           the
           behalf
           of
           the
           good
           Woman
           ,
           whom
           the
           Disciples
           in
           their
           discontent
           quarrel'd
           ,
           
             They
             have
             done
             what
             they
             could
             .
          
           And
           he
           will
           cover
           all
           your
           Failings
           ,
           and
           fill
           up
           all
           your
           Vacancies
           and
           Defects
           with
           his
           own
           most
           full
           and
           perfect
           Obedience
           ;
           for
           to
           your
           comfort
           know
           ,
           tho
           thy
           Duties
           be
           weak
           ,
           and
           deficient
           ,
           and
           defiled
           ,
           yet
           his
           Obedience
           was
           compleat
           and
           perfect
           ;
           nay
           more
           ,
           it
           was
           Satisfactory
           too
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           meritorious
           Nature
           too
           ,
           and
           the
           merit
           of
           it
           is
           sufficient
           for
           thee
           ,
           and
           for
           all
           his
           People
           .
           And
           therefore
           if
           that
           which
           I
           have
           spoken
           be
           the
           frame
           of
           your
           Spirits
           ,
           you
           may
           at
           a
           dying
           hour
           with
           triumph
           say
           ,
           
             Now
             ,
             Father
             ,
             come
             I
             to
             thee
             .
          
        
         
           We
           will
           now
           proceed
           to
           the
           third
           Use
           of
           this
           Doctrine
           ,
           which
           will
           be
           by
           way
           of
           Exhortation
           ;
           and
           it
           shall
           be
           divided
           only
           into
           Two
           Branches
           .
        
         
           My
           first
           Exhortation
           is
           this
           ,
           
             Do
             not
             mourn
             immoderately
             over
             your
             deceased
             Friends
             and
             Relations
             .
          
           Those
           of
           them
           I
           mean
           ,
           who
           while
           they
           were
           here
           ,
           
             lived
             unto
             the
             Lord
          
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           had
           finished
           their
           course
           ,
           and
           came
           to
           the
           period
           of
           their
           Days
           ,
           those
           Bounds
           which
           they
           could
           not
           pass
           ,
           
             died
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             faith
             .
          
           As
           to
           the
           business
           now
           in
           hand
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           matter
           by
           what
           they
           died
           ,
           whether
           a
           natural
           Death
           or
           a
           violent
           one
           ,
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           an
           Enemy
           or
           an
           Executioner
           ;
           consumed
           by
           the
           merciless
           Flames
           ,
           or
           swallowed
           up
           by
           the
           mighty
           Waters
           ;
           whether
           they
           died
           a
           short
           and
           easy
           Death
           ,
           and
           having
           serv'd
           their
           Generation
           according
           to
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           sell
           asleep
           ,
           or
           a
           tedious
           and
           lingring
           one
           ,
           cast
           upon
           Beds
           of
           Languishment
           ,
           and
           having
           wearisom
           Days
           ,
           Nights
           ,
           and
           Months
           ,
           numbred
           out
           unto
           them
           .
           Nor
           is
           it
           as
           to
           this
           any
           matter
           in
           what
           manner
           they
           died
           ,
           whether
           under
           a
           dark
           and
           thick
           Cloud
           ,
           having
           many
           Questions
           ,
           Doubts
           ,
           and
           Fears
           ;
           or
           under
           the
           Smiles
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Light
           of
           his
           Countenance
           ,
           and
           the
           bright
           sweet
           shining
           of
           his
           Face
           ;
           whether
           they
           came
           to
           their
           Harbour
           in
           a
           pleasant
           Calm
           ,
           or
           in
           a
           blustering
           Storm
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           whether
           they
           had
           the
           perfect
           use
           of
           their
           Understanding
           and
           Reason
           to
           the
           last
           ,
           or
           were
           under
           a
           delirium
           and
           distraction
           .
           These
           things
           
           are
           not
           so
           much
           to
           be
           insisted
           upon
           .
           Were
           they
           Holy
           and
           Gracious
           ?
           Were
           they
           born
           twice
           before
           they
           died
           once
           ?
           Were
           they
           partakers
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           in
           his
           renewing
           Influences
           ?
           Was
           their
           Walk
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           their
           Motions
           toward
           Heaven
           ?
           Did
           they
           carry
           Grace
           along
           with
           them
           into
           the
           other
           World
           ,
           and
           leave
           good
           ground
           of
           Hope
           in
           this
           concerning
           them
           ?
           Then
           keep
           your
           Grief
           within
           its
           due
           bounds
           .
           You
           may
           ,
           yea
           you
           ought
           to
           be
           sensible
           of
           God's
           hand
           ,
           and
           of
           your
           own
           loss
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Nations
           and
           Churches
           loss
           .
           God
           would
           not
           have
           his
           Children
           stupid
           ,
           he
           allows
           not
           in
           them
           a
           
             Stoical
             Apathy
             .
             Paul
          
           doth
           not
           forbid
           all
           Mourning
           upon
           this
           account
           ,
           but
           would
           not
           have
           yours
           like
           that
           of
           theirs
           who
           mourn
           without
           hope
           .
           You
           may
           be
           sensible
           ,
           but
           not
           sink
           ;
           drop
           some
           Tears
           over
           such
           an
           o
           〈…〉
           s
           Herse
           ,
           but
           not
           be
           drown'd
           in
           Sorrow
           .
           While
           by
           your
           Sorrow
           and
           Tears
           you
           express
           the
           dearness
           of
           your
           Affection
           to
           your
           deceased
           Friend
           ,
           be
           sure
           that
           by
           your
           patient
           Submission
           and
           humble
           Silence
           ,
           you
           do
           equally
           manifest
           your
           Faith
           and
           Hope
           .
           And
           to
           that
           purpose
           I
           offer
           these
           Four
           following
           Particulars
           to
           your
           Consideration
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           
             Your
             departed
             Relations
             and
             Friend●
             are
             gone
             to
             him
             that
             loved
             them
             best
             ,
             and
             that
             both
             can
             and
             will
             do
             most
             for
             them
             .
          
           To
           him
           that
           is
           all
           Love
           ,
           and
           hath
           all
           Power
           .
           To
           him
           who
           hath
           Earth
           with
           all
           its
           fulness
           ,
           Heaven
           with
           all
           its
           Glory
           at
           his
           own
           dispose
           ,
           and
           is
           himself
           alone
           better
           than
           both
           .
           They
           are
           gone
           indeed
           ,
           and
           shall
           not
           return
           ;
           their
           Places
           here
           will
           know
           them
           no
           more
           .
           Oh!
           saith
           one
           ,
           my
           Husband
           is
           gone
           ,
           and
           he
           was
           my
           Guide
           and
           my
           Support
           .
           He
           lived
           with
           me
           as
           a
           Man
           of
           Knowledge
           ,
           and
           helped
           me
           on
           in
           the
           way
           everlasting
           .
           And
           saith
           another
           ,
           My
           Wife
           is
           gone
           ,
           and
           she
           was
           a
           suitable
           Yoke-fellow
           ,
           a
           delightful
           Companion
           ,
           the
           desire
           of
           mine
           Eyes
           .
           And
           saith
           another
           ,
           My
           Child
           is
           gone
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           a
           pleasant
           One
           ,
           the
           Child
           of
           my
           Hopes
           ,
           but
           now
           that
           is
           gone
           ,
           that
           
             Bud
          
           is
           nipt
           ,
           and
           those
           Hopes
           are
           blasted
           .
           And
           say
           others
           ,
           Our
           Shepherd
           is
           gone
           ,
           who
           led
           us
           by
           the
           skilfulness
           of
           his
           Hands
           ,
           brake
           to
           us
           the
           Bread
           of
           Life
           ,
           and
           sed
           us
           with
           sound
           Knowledge
           and
           Understanding
           .
           These
           are
           gone
           ,
           and
           gone
           for
           ever
           ,
           and
           they
           will
           not
           return
           any
           more
           ;
           and
           you
           say
           true
           ,
           for
           they
           cannot
           ,
           Job
           14.
           14.
           
           
             If
             a
             man
             dye
             ,
             shall
             he
             live
             again
             ?
          
           Yes
           ,
           in
           another
           World
           ,
           
             (
             Iob
          
           did
           not
           question
           that
           ,
           but
           rejoyced
           in
           the
           Faith
           of
           it
           )
           but
           not
           again
           in
           this
           World.
           The
           most
           holy
           Persons
           that
           lived
           best
           ,
           and
           pleased
           God
           most
           ,
           cannot
           return
           to
           live
           again
           here
           ;
           and
           indeed
           as
           they
           cannot
           ,
           so
           they
           would
           
           not
           ;
           if
           they
           could
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           .
           For
           remember
           this
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           gone
           from
           hence
           ,
           and
           from
           you
           ,
           so
           they
           are
           gone
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           Heaven
           .
           They
           are
           gone
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           from
           their
           Labour
           to
           their
           Rest
           ,
           to
           an
           undisturbed
           and
           everlasting
           Rest
           ,
           after
           a
           wearisome
           and
           tedious
           Life
           .
           They
           are
           gone
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           from
           the
           Work
           of
           their
           Lord
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           were
           faithful
           and
           industrious
           ,
           to
           the
           Joy
           of
           their
           Lord
           ,
           which
           nothing
           shall
           imbitter
           ,
           neither
           can
           any
           take
           it
           from
           them
           .
           God
           will
           not
           ,
           Enemies
           shall
           not
           .
           They
           are
           gone
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           from
           a
           life
           of
           Conflicts
           which
           they
           had
           with
           the
           Corruptions
           of
           their
           own
           Hearts
           ,
           and
           the
           Temptations
           of
           Satan
           ,
           to
           maintain
           an
           everlasting
           Triumph
           with
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           ,
           the
           Captain
           of
           their
           Salvation
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           They
           are
           gone
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           out
           of
           the
           Wilderness
           which
           was
           over-run
           with
           pricking
           Briars
           and
           vexing
           Thorns
           ,
           and
           full
           of
           Beasts
           of
           prey
           ,
           Lyons
           roaring
           ,
           and
           Serpents
           hissing
           ,
           the
           Devil
           and
           his
           Instruments
           creating
           them
           all
           the
           trouble
           they
           can
           ;
           and
           now
           they
           are
           entred
           into
           the
           Coelestial
           Canaan
           ,
           a
           Land
           flowing
           not
           with
           Milk
           and
           Honey
           ,
           but
           unspeakably
           better
           .
           Enjoyments
           ,
           infinitely
           purer
           and
           higher
           Delights
           .
           Do
           but
           you
           tread
           in
           their
           Steps
           ,
           and
           follow
           them
           in
           their
           Faith
           and
           Holiness
           ,
           considering
           the
           end
           of
           their
           Conversation
           ,
           and
           then
           you
           shall
           meet
           them
           again
           ,
           and
           that
           meeting
           shall
           be
           with
           Joy.
           
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           
             Tho
             they
             be
             gone
             ,
             yet
             their
             time
             of
             going
             was
             first
             come
             .
          
           The
           Apostle
           Paul
           speaks
           of
           
             a
             time
          
           of
           departure
           ,
           2
           Tim.
           4.
           6.
           
           
             I
             am
             now
             ready
             to
             be
             offered
             ,
             and
             the
             time
             of
             my
             departure
             is
             at
             hand
             .
          
           The
           time
           which
           God
           in
           his
           infinite
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           had
           ordained
           and
           prefixed
           by
           an
           eternal
           and
           unalterable
           Decree
           .
           They
           liv'd
           till
           the
           last
           Sand
           in
           their
           Glass
           was
           run
           out
           ,
           till
           they
           had
           reached
           those
           Bounds
           which
           they
           could
           not
           pass
           .
           There
           is
           one
           thing
           which
           some
           surviving
           Relations
           do
           most
           unreasonably
           afflict
           and
           torture
           themselves
           with
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           care
           they
           have
           taken
           ,
           it
           is
           this
           ;
           they
           think
           if
           this
           or
           that
           had
           been
           done
           ,
           their
           deceased
           Relation
           might
           have
           been
           still
           alive
           ;
           but
           that
           is
           a
           foolish
           Fancy
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           apt
           to
           think
           it
           a
           Suggestion
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           who
           thereby
           would
           pour
           Vinegar
           into
           that
           Wound
           which
           Providence
           hath
           made
           ;
           for
           if
           this
           and
           that
           ,
           and
           an
           hundred
           ,
           nay
           ,
           a
           thousand
           things
           more
           had
           been
           done
           ,
           they
           all
           would
           not
           have
           kept
           them
           here
           .
           It
           is
           indeed
           unquestionably
           our
           Duty
           to
           be
           in
           the
           diligent
           use
           of
           all
           lawful
           means
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           Health
           ,
           the
           cure
           and
           removal
           of
           Diseases
           ,
           and
           the
           continuance
           of
           our
           own
           and
           our
           Relations
           Lives
           ,
           and
           a
           known
           
           wilful
           neglect
           of
           any
           doth
           bring
           guilt
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           may
           breed
           a
           painful
           sting
           in
           the
           Conscience
           ;
           but
           all
           the
           means
           that
           can
           be
           used
           cannot
           possibly
           hinder
           the
           accomplishment
           of
           any
           of
           the
           divine
           purposes
           ;
           
             Who
             hath
             resisted
             his
             Will
          
           ?
           and
           who
           can
           resist
           it
           ?
           Will
           you
           consider
           this
           ,
           and
           work
           it
           upon
           your
           hearts
           by
           repeated
           thoughts
           ?
           such
           Friends
           and
           Relations
           of
           yours
           are
           gone
           ,
           but
           not
           before
           they
           were
           sent
           for
           .
           God
           bid
           Moses
           go
           up
           to
           Mount
           Nebo
           ,
           and
           die
           there
           ;
           the
           same
           God
           (
           in
           whose
           hand
           our
           times
           are
           )
           did
           also
           bid
           them
           lie
           down
           upon
           such
           a
           Bed
           ,
           and
           die
           there
           .
           Death
           was
           God's
           Messenger
           ,
           he
           commission'd
           it
           ,
           and
           gave
           it
           his
           order
           ,
           its
           work
           was
           to
           cut
           off
           the
           thread
           of
           their
           lives
           ,
           and
           fetch
           them
           home
           ;
           and
           that
           work
           must
           be
           done
           ,
           how
           unacceptable
           and
           afflictive
           soever
           it
           is
           to
           any
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           it
           must
           be
           done
           at
           that
           very
           time
           too
           .
           Tho
           in
           other
           things
           God
           exerciseth
           admirable
           patience
           ,
           waiting
           that
           
             he
             might
             be
             gracious
          
           ;
           and
           being
           exulted
           ,
           that
           
             he
             might
             have
             mercy
             upon
             sinners
          
           ;
           yet
           in
           this
           case
           he
           will
           not
           stay
           ,
           nor
           is
           it
           at
           all
           fit
           that
           he
           should
           ,
           nor
           is
           it
           lawful
           for
           any
           to
           desire
           it
           .
           What
           reason
           can
           be
           given
           why
           Infinite
           Wisdom
           should
           give
           way
           to
           humane
           weakness
           and
           folly
           ,
           or
           why
           God
           should
           in
           the
           most
           minute
           and
           smallest
           Circumstance
           act
           counter
           to
           his
           own
           most
           Holy
           Will
           and
           Purpose
           for
           the
           gratifying
           of
           our
           humour
           and
           imprudent
           desires
           ;
           let
           us
           leave
           God
           to
           chuse
           and
           order
           ,
           as
           being
           best
           able
           ,
           and
           learn
           our selves
           to
           submit
           and
           accept
           ;
           and
           since
           Death
           must
           and
           will
           do
           its
           work
           at
           its
           time
           ,
           let
           us
           be
           before-hand
           ,
           and
           do
           our
           work
           in
           our
           time
           ;
           since
           Death
           will
           not
           stay
           for
           us
           nor
           any
           body
           ,
           let
           us
           so
           prepare
           and
           get
           ready
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           not
           have
           cause
           to
           desire
           its
           stay
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             Though
             they
             be
             gone
             ,
             yet
             it
             was
             not
             before
             they
             were
             fit
             to
             go
             .
          
           Some
           of
           thm
           liv'd
           but
           a
           little
           time
           ,
           but
           they
           liv'd
           much
           in
           a
           little
           time
           ;
           and
           how
           are
           they
           to
           be
           commended
           ,
           and
           the
           grace
           of
           God
           to
           be
           admired
           in
           them
           ,
           who
           do
           happily
           dispatch
           that
           work
           in
           twenty
           years
           or
           less
           ,
           which
           others
           ,
           and
           those
           holy
           Souls
           too
           ,
           are
           threescore
           or
           seventy
           years
           about
           .
           Some
           die
           young
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           sign
           they
           ripened
           apace
           .
           The
           Husband
           man
           careth
           not
           when
           he
           plucks
           up
           his
           Weeds
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           either
           for
           the
           Furnace
           or
           the
           Dunghil
           ;
           but
           his
           Corn
           shall
           be
           white
           to
           the
           Harvest
           before
           he
           puts
           in
           his
           Sickle
           .
           So
           a
           wise
           man
           will
           let
           the
           Fruit
           of
           his
           Orchard
           hang
           till
           it
           be
           ripe
           ,
           and
           when
           it
           is
           so
           he
           gathers
           it
           .
           So
           doth
           the
           wise
           and
           ever-blessed
           God
           ;
           as
           for
           wicked
           men
           he
           is
           not
           so
           curious
           about
           them
           ,
           they
           only
           cumber
           the
           ground
           ,
           they
           bring
           forth
           wild
           Grapes
           ,
           down
           with
           them
           ,
           saith
           
           
           
           
           
           Justice
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           a
           good
           riddance
           ,
           let
           better
           be
           planted
           in
           their
           room
           ;
           but
           he
           doth
           otherwise
           with
           the
           Trees
           of
           Righteousness
           ,
           the
           souls
           of
           holy
           persons
           are
           prepared
           for
           glory
           by
           that
           time
           their
           bodies
           drop
           into
           the
           Grave
           .
           The
           marriage
           of
           the
           Lamb
           will
           not
           come
           ,
           before
           his
           Bride
           hath
           made
           her self
           ready
           .
           Now
           is
           not
           this
           enough
           to
           satisfy
           you
           ?
           give
           one
           good
           reason
           if
           you
           can
           ,
           why
           any
           should
           remain
           upon
           earth
           ,
           after
           they
           are
           once
           truly
           fit
           for
           Heaven
           ?
           why
           they
           should
           have
           their
           days
           prolonged
           ,
           when
           their
           work
           is
           finished
           ?
           they
           shall
           not
           die
           before
           it
           ,
           why
           should
           they
           live
           here
           after
           it
           ?
           why
           should
           they
           not
           
             receive
             the
             Crown
             of
             Righteousness
             ,
             when
             they
             have
             fought
             the
             good
             fight
             ,
             and
             finished
             their
             course
             ,
             and
             kept
             the
             faith
             ?
          
           To
           what
           purpose
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           should
           they
           live
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           no
           more
           grace
           to
           get
           here
           ,
           and
           no
           more
           good
           to
           do
           ?
           To
           such
           an
           one
           as
           loves
           God
           dearly
           ,
           and
           is
           set
           for
           his
           glory
           ,
           an
           useless
           ,
           barren
           ,
           and
           unprofitable
           life
           would
           be
           an
           heavy
           burden
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           deal
           worse
           than
           death
           :
           Such
           an
           one
           in
           such
           a
           case
           would
           not
           know
           how
           to
           enjoy
           himself
           an
           hour
           ,
           but
           would
           long
           and
           pine
           ,
           and
           cry
           out
           for
           the
           coming
           of
           death
           ,
           as
           the
           Mother
           of
           Sisera
           did
           for
           her
           Son
           ,
           
             Why
             is
             his
             Chariot
             so
             long
             in
             coming
             ,
             why
             tarry
             the
             wheels
             of
             his
             Chariot
             ?
          
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           
             As
             they
             are
             gone
             to
             God
             ,
             so
             they
             had
             excellent
             company
             by
             the
             way
             .
          
           It
           is
           not
           a
           little
           distance
           between
           this
           earth
           which
           the
           Saints
           now
           inhabit
           ,
           and
           the
           highest
           Heaven
           unto
           which
           at
           death
           they
           go
           ,
           the
           habitation
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           seat
           of
           the
           blessed
           ;
           and
           tho
           the
           holy
           Soul
           be
           exceeding
           swift
           in
           its
           motion
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           once
           freed
           from
           the
           heavy
           clog
           of
           dull
           flesh
           ,
           and
           got
           upon
           the
           wing
           ,
           yet
           will
           it
           be
           some
           time
           before
           so
           long
           a
           Journey
           can
           be
           dispatch'd
           ,
           and
           it
           arrive
           at
           its
           desired
           home
           .
           At
           the
           beginning
           of
           
           Daniel's
           supplication
           the
           Commandment
           came
           forth
           ,
           and
           the
           Angel
           Gabriel
           was
           caused
           to
           flee
           swiftly
           ,
           yet
           he
           came
           not
           to
           him
           till
           the
           time
           of
           the
           evening
           oblation
           .
           And
           there
           is
           an
           innumerable
           number
           of
           wicked
           spirits
           in
           the
           way
           ,
           Legions
           of
           Devils
           in
           the
           Regions
           of
           the
           Air
           ,
           which
           envy
           the
           happiness
           of
           those
           who
           are
           to
           have
           an
           everlasting
           abode
           in
           those
           places
           out
           of
           which
           they
           themselves
           were
           cast
           ,
           and
           therefore
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           do
           their
           utmost
           for
           the
           disturbing
           them
           in
           their
           ascent
           .
           But
           for
           the
           preventing
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           great
           and
           holy
           God
           hath
           appointed
           them
           a
           strong
           Guard
           ,
           in
           Hebr.
           1.
           14.
           the
           holy
           Angels
           are
           said
           to
           be
           
             initistring
             spirits
             ,
             sent
             forth
             to
             minister
             for
             them
             who
             shall
             be
             the
             heirs
             of
             salvation
             ,
          
           and
           they
           take
           pleasure
           in
           doing
           so
           .
           Little
           do
           we
           know
           the
           obligations
           we
           lie
           under
           to
           them
           ,
           how
           much
           we
           are
           beholden
           to
           
           them
           ,
           how
           they
           watch
           over
           us
           ,
           and
           pitch
           their
           Tents
           about
           us
           ,
           and
           are
           Assistants
           to
           us
           .
           Many
           and
           many
           are
           the
           good
           offices
           which
           the
           good
           Angels
           do
           for
           the
           Saints
           while
           they
           live
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           die
           ,
           they
           are
           a
           strong
           Convoy
           to
           their
           Souls
           ,
           that
           will
           keep
           off
           from
           them
           all
           Enemies
           and
           Dangers
           ,
           and
           bring
           them
           with
           safety
           and
           honour
           into
           the
           King's
           Palace
           ,
           the
           Presence-Chamber
           of
           their
           God
           and
           Father
           .
           Upon
           all
           these
           accounts
           I
           counsel
           you
           not
           to
           lay
           the
           reins
           upon
           the
           neck
           of
           your
           passions
           ,
           nor
           to
           mourn
           over
           them
           
             who
             died
             in
             the
             Lord
          
           ,
           as
           those
           who
           have
           no
           hope
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           blessed
           .
           When
           they
           lived
           ,
           they
           were
           the
           
             habitations
             of
             God
             through
             the
             Spirit
          
           ;
           when
           they
           died
           ,
           they
           
             died
             in
             the
             Lord
          
           ,
           and
           their
           bodies
           
             sleep
             in
             Iesus
          
           ;
           their
           Souls
           upon
           dissolution
           ,
           are
           the
           
             charge
             of
             Angels
          
           .
           It
           was
           they
           that
           carried
           the
           Soul
           of
           poor
           ,
           but
           precious
           Lazarus
           into
           the
           bosom
           of
           Abraham
           ,
           tho
           the
           rich
           Glutton
           suffer'd
           him
           to
           lie
           in
           his
           Rags
           and
           Sores
           ,
           starving
           at
           his
           door
           ,
           neglected
           and
           despis'd
           ;
           and
           both
           their
           souls
           and
           bodies
           ,
           at
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Just
           ,
           shall
           have
           a
           consummate
           happiness
           in
           the
           full
           ,
           uninterrupted
           ,
           and
           eternal
           enjoyment
           of
           God.
           Therefore
           ,
           I
           say
           again
           ,
           mourn
           not
           for
           them
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           cause
           ,
           they
           are
           in
           a
           far
           better
           condition
           than
           you
           ;
           turn
           your
           Grief
           into
           another
           Channel
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           our
           Saviour
           directed
           ,
           
             weep
             for
             your selves
             ,
             and
             for
             your
             children
             ,
          
           on
           the
           score
           of
           what
           you
           have
           lost
           ,
           and
           what
           you
           may
           feel
           in
           this
           world
           of
           sin
           and
           uncertainty
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           Branch
           of
           this
           Use
           of
           Exhortation
           will
           be
           this
           ,
           
             Be
             you
             willing
             to
             go
             to
             God
             also
             ,
             whensoever
             he
             shall
             please
             by
             death
             to
             send
             for
             you
             .
          
           You
           ,
           I
           mean
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           indeed
           made
           partakers
           of
           grace
           ;
           who
           love
           God
           ,
           and
           have
           made
           him
           your
           choice
           ,
           and
           have
           good
           hope
           ,
           yea
           ,
           assurance
           of
           your
           interest
           in
           him
           .
           It
           would
           be
           a
           shame
           for
           any
           of
           you
           to
           be
           unwilling
           and
           loth
           to
           die
           ,
           God
           may
           very
           well
           take
           that
           unkindly
           at
           your
           hands
           ,
           and
           you
           for
           it
           have
           reason
           to
           be
           displeas'd
           and
           angry
           with
           your selves
           .
           What
           is
           there
           upon
           earth
           that
           should
           make
           you
           unwilling
           ?
           What
           is
           there
           in
           Death
           that
           should
           affright
           and
           scare
           you
           ?
           Have
           you
           great
           affliction
           and
           trouble
           here
           ,
           would
           it
           not
           be
           better
           for
           you
           to
           be
           out
           of
           it
           ;
           to
           exchange
           a
           tempestuous
           Sea
           for
           an
           Haven
           of
           Peace
           ?
           Do
           you
           now
           swim
           in
           Delights
           ,
           and
           abound
           with
           Creature
           comforts
           ,
           shall
           you
           not
           find
           better
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           than
           those
           you
           leave
           behind
           you
           ?
           Would
           you
           stay
           yet
           longer
           ,
           that
           so
           you
           might
           provide
           for
           your
           Children
           ,
           and
           see
           them
           setled
           well
           and
           comfortably
           in
           the
           World
           ?
           Will
           you
           not
           commit
           them
           to
           the
           care
           of
           your
           heavenly
           Father
           ,
           who
           is
           their
           God
           in
           Covenant
           as
           well
           as
           yours
           ?
           Can
           you
           trust
           God
           with
           your
           Souls
           ,
           and
           will
           you
           
           not
           trust
           him
           with
           your
           Seed
           ?
           Do
           you
           think
           it
           is
           an
           hard
           thing
           to
           die
           ,
           cannot
           God
           strengthen
           you
           for
           it
           ?
           Is
           there
           a
           bitterness
           in
           it
           ,
           cannot
           God
           sweeten
           it
           to
           you
           ?
           Cannot
           he
           make
           it
           easy
           to
           you
           ,
           as
           he
           hath
           made
           it
           to
           many
           of
           his
           People
           ?
           Cannot
           he
           by
           the
           light
           of
           his
           Countenance
           ,
           and
           the
           witness
           of
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           the
           shedding
           abroad
           of
           his
           love
           in
           your
           hearts
           ,
           mitigate
           and
           abate
           the
           sense
           of
           pain
           ?
           Look
           to
           it
           that
           you
           do
           not
           leave
           him
           while
           you
           live
           ,
           and
           then
           rest
           confident
           of
           this
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           not
           forsake
           you
           when
           you
           come
           to
           die
           .
           David
           could
           say
           ,
           Psal
           23.
           4
           
           
             Tho
             he
             did
             walk
             through
             the
             valley
             of
             the
             shadow
             of
             death
             he
             would
             fear
             no
             evil
             ;
             for
             God's
             rod
             and
             staff
             did
             comfort
             him
             .
          
           I
           am
           apt
           to
           think
           the
           pains
           of
           Death
           are
           worst
           at
           a
           distance
           ,
           and
           not
           seldom
           more
           terrible
           to
           the
           Spectators
           than
           to
           the
           Patient
           .
           And
           I
           do
           not
           in
           the
           least
           question
           ,
           but
           the
           throws
           and
           agonies
           of
           many
           poor
           Women
           in
           Child-bearing
           ,
           and
           those
           Pains
           also
           which
           are
           caused
           by
           the
           Cramp
           ,
           the
           Gout
           ,
           the
           Stone
           or
           Strangury
           ,
           are
           far
           greater
           and
           more
           severe
           than
           the
           Pains
           of
           Death
           usually
           are
           .
           But
           however
           ,
           we
           may
           be
           sure
           of
           this
           ,
           those
           Pains
           ,
           be
           they
           what
           they
           will
           ,
           are
           but
           short
           ,
           if
           compared
           with
           that
           blessed
           Eternity
           which
           shall
           succeed
           them
           ;
           and
           so
           light
           ,
           as
           not
           worthy
           to
           be
           mention'd
           the
           same
           day
           with
           that
           far
           more
           exceeding
           weight
           of
           glory
           which
           shall
           be
           graciously
           bestowed
           upon
           them
           that
           overcome
           .
           So
           the
           holy
           Apostle
           Paul
           saith
           ,
           Rom.
           8.
           18.
           
           
             I
             reckon
             that
             the
             sufferings
             of
             this
             present
             life
             ,
          
           take
           them
           altogether
           from
           the
           first
           to
           the
           last
           moment
           ,
           
             are
             not
             worthy
             to
             be
             compared
             with
             the
             glory
             which
             shall
             be
             revealed
             in
             us
             .
          
           Therefore
           by
           Prayer
           earnestly
           beg
           of
           God
           a
           willingness
           to
           go
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           take
           pains
           with
           your
           own
           Souls
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           working
           of
           them
           up
           thereunto
           .
           Humbly
           and
           freely
           leave
           it
           to
           him
           ,
           who
           is
           infinite
           in
           wisdom
           to
           chuse
           ,
           
             the
             time
          
           when
           it
           shall
           be
           ;
           to
           him
           who
           is
           love
           it self
           ,
           and
           whose
           compassions
           do
           not
           fail
           ,
           to
           order
           out
           the
           manner
           how
           it
           shall
           be
           ;
           only
           be
           you
           careful
           to
           prepare
           and
           get
           ready
           ;
           labour
           to
           be
           fit
           to
           die
           ,
           and
           meet
           for
           the
           inheritance
           of
           the
           Saints
           in
           light
           ;
           and
           when
           that
           grim
           Messenger
           comes
           ,
           bid
           him
           welcome
           ,
           and
           let
           your
           hearts
           be
           glad
           ,
           and
           your
           glory
           rejoice
           .
           Do
           your
           Souls
           now
           at
           any
           time
           wander
           from
           God
           ,
           call
           them
           in
           ,
           and
           chide
           them
           home
           ;
           and
           when
           you
           come
           to
           die
           ,
           sing
           them
           home
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           Lord
           enable
           you
           by
           being
           with
           you
           while
           you
           walk
           in
           the
           valley
           of
           the
           shadow
           of
           Death
           ,
           comforting
           you
           with
           his
           Rod
           and
           Staff
           ,
           giving
           you
           to
           look
           within
           the
           veil
           ,
           and
           to
           see
           your
           Advocate
           and
           Mediator
           Jesus
           at
           the
           right
           hand
           of
           God
           ready
           to
           receive
           you
           ,
           that
           so
           you
           may
           ,
           as
           the
           Protomarryr
           Stephen
           did
           ,
           commend
           your
           spirit
           into
           his
           hand
           ;
           and
           besides
           what
           hath
           been
           already
           said
           ,
           before
           the
           time
           of
           your
           
           departure
           come
           ,
           lay
           your selves
           in
           with
           these
           comfortable
           meditations
           .
        
         
           First
           
             God
             ,
             whom
             you
             go
             to
             ,
             is
             the
             best
             and
             dearest
             Friend
             .
          
           In
           him
           there
           is
           infinite
           Fulness
           and
           everlasting
           Love.
           As
           the
           Sun
           when
           up
           and
           shining
           forth
           in
           his
           Glory
           ,
           doth
           so
           obscure
           and
           darken
           all
           the
           Stars
           ,
           that
           in
           his
           Presence
           they
           hide
           their
           Heads
           and
           disappear
           ;
           so
           doth
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           prevail
           and
           triumph
           over
           all
           the
           Beauty
           and
           Glory
           of
           the
           Creature
           .
           He
           hath
           all
           Perfections
           ,
           and
           is
           pleasant
           for
           Delights
           .
           It
           is
           his
           Glory
           to
           be
           Self-sufficient
           and
           All-sufficient
           .
           He
           hath
           enough
           for
           himself
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           holy
           Angels
           ,
           who
           look
           no
           further
           and
           desire
           no
           more
           ;
           therefore
           he
           cannot
           but
           have
           enough
           for
           you
           .
           And
           as
           there
           is
           All
           fulness
           in
           him
           ,
           so
           All-sweetness
           too
           .
           Here
           indeed
           a
           gracious
           Soul
           may
           sometimes
           discover
           that
           in
           God
           which
           strikes
           a
           terror
           in
           it
           .
           The
           
             Psalmist
             remembred
             God
             ,
             and
             was
             troubled
             ,
          
           Psalm
           77.
           3.
           
           The
           Prophet
           cried
           out
           ,
           
             I
             am
             undone
             ,
             for
             mine
             eyes
             have
             seen
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             ,
          
           Isa
           6.
           5.
           
           But
           in
           the
           other
           World
           ,
           where
           the
           sight
           will
           be
           clear
           and
           full
           ,
           you
           shall
           see
           nothing
           in
           him
           ,
           save
           that
           which
           will
           be
           your
           Comfort
           and
           Joy.
           Then
           every
           sight
           of
           him
           will
           be
           ravishing
           ,
           and
           every
           thought
           of
           him
           precious
           .
           He
           will
           then
           be
           in
           your
           Account
           
             altogether
             lovely
          
           .
           You
           will
           then
           see
           he
           hath
           such
           a
           Glory
           as
           knoweth
           no
           blemish
           ,
           such
           a
           Fulness
           as
           knoweth
           no
           defect
           ,
           so
           that
           you
           cannot
           desire
           him
           better
           than
           he
           is
           ,
           nor
           would
           you
           have
           him
           other
           than
           he
           is
           ;
           for
           ,
           as
           all
           his
           Attributes
           are
           his
           own
           Glory
           ,
           so
           they
           will
           all
           contribute
           to
           ,
           and
           issue
           in
           your
           Satisfaction
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           
             Heaven
             is
             the
             sweetest
             place
             that
             you
             can
             be
             in
             :
          
           We
           have
           reason
           to
           conclude
           it
           must
           of
           necessity
           be
           so
           ,
           since
           God
           hath
           chosen
           it
           for
           his
           own
           Seat
           ,
           the
           place
           of
           his
           own
           Residence
           .
           This
           World
           is
           but
           a
           Wilderness
           since
           Sin
           entred
           into
           it
           ,
           that
           is
           a
           Paradice
           far
           beyond
           the
           Terrestial
           one
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           our
           first
           Parents
           were
           driven
           .
           This
           World
           is
           but
           a
           Dunghil
           ,
           that
           is
           a
           Mountain
           of
           Myrrhs
           ,
           there
           be
           the
           Beds
           of
           Spices
           .
           There
           is
           nothing
           to
           pollute
           ,
           nothing
           to
           offend
           ,
           no
           danger
           of
           falling
           ,
           no
           fear
           of
           losing
           ,
           nothing
           to
           disturb
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           to
           break
           the
           Peace
           ,
           or
           damp
           the
           Joy.
           Read
           and
           consider
           that
           excellent
           Description
           which
           is
           given
           of
           the
           
             New
             Ierusalem
          
           in
           that
           Rev.
           21.
           10
           ,
           &c.
           some
           passages
           whereof
           are
           these
           ,
           
             The
             foundations
             of
             the
             wall
             garnished
             with
             all
             manner
             of
             precious
             stones
             ,
             the
             twelve
             gates
             were
             twelve
             pearls
             ;
             the
             City
             ,
             yea
             ,
             the
             very
             street
             of
             it
             is
             pure
             gold
             ;
             the
             Lord
             God
             Almighty
             ,
             and
             the
             Lamb
             ,
             are
             the
             temple
             of
             it
             ;
             the
             Glory
             of
             God
             doth
             lighten
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             Lamb
             is
             the
             light
             thereof
             .
          
           And
           if
           there
           be
           such
           a
           Glory
           in
           that
           great
           City
           ,
           which
           descends
           from
           God
           out
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           what
           do
           you
           think
           ,
           
           and
           how
           great
           is
           the
           Glory
           of
           that
           great
           City
           which
           is
           in
           Heaven
           ?
           What
           words
           are
           big
           enough
           to
           express
           it
           ?
           What
           mind
           large
           enough
           to
           conceive
           it
           ?
           
             Deus
             &
             Coelum
             non
             patiuntur
             hyperbolem
             .
          
           God
           and
           Heaven
           are
           incapable
           of
           an
           Hyperbole
           ;
           our
           most
           raised
           and
           inlarged
           Thoughts
           will
           be
           too
           narrow
           ,
           short
           and
           low
           .
           I
           will
           add
           but
           one
           thing
           more
           ,
           and
           shut
           up
           this
           Discourse
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           
             When
             once
             you
             come
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             you
             will
             never
             be
             weary
             of
             being
             there
             .
          
           Here
           indeed
           we
           are
           quickly
           weary
           and
           tir'd
           out
           at
           the
           best
           of
           our
           comforts
           .
           A
           Man
           may
           lie
           in
           a
           Bed
           of
           Down
           till
           he
           is
           weary
           ,
           and
           his
           Bones
           ake
           .
           He
           may
           sit
           at
           a
           noble
           and
           sumptuous
           Feast
           till
           he
           is
           weary
           ,
           and
           would
           be
           glad
           of
           a
           dimission
           .
           We
           may
           pray
           ,
           and
           preach
           ,
           and
           hear
           ,
           till
           we
           are
           weary
           ,
           tho
           we
           should
           not
           be
           weary
           of
           Gospel-Ordinances
           and
           Religious
           Duties
           ,
           yet
           we
           may
           be
           weary
           in
           them
           .
           But
           there
           is
           no
           such
           thing
           as
           this
           in
           Heaven
           ;
           no
           ,
           nothing
           like
           it
           throughout
           Eternity
           .
           The
           Saints
           there
           will
           neither
           be
           weary
           of
           God
           ,
           nor
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           nor
           of
           themselves
           ,
           nor
           of
           one
           another
           .
           Their
           Eye
           will
           not
           be
           weary
           of
           beholding
           God
           ,
           and
           contemplating
           his
           Glory
           ,
           nor
           the
           Tongue
           weary
           of
           blessing
           and
           praising
           him
           ,
           nor
           Soul
           and
           Body
           weary
           of
           maintaining
           a
           close
           and
           intimate
           converse
           ,
           with
           him
           .
           As
           there
           will
           be
           a
           compleat
           Enjoyment
           ,
           so
           constant
           and
           fresh
           Delight
           .
           A
           Fulness
           and
           All
           fulness
           of
           Joy
           ,
           and
           that
           will
           infallibly
           afford
           Pleasures
           for
           evermore
           .
        
         
           God
           hath
           made
           a
           great
           Breach
           among
           you
           ,
           who
           meet
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           by
           taking
           away
           his
           Servant
           ,
           who
           labour'd
           in
           the
           Word
           and
           Doctrine
           .
           It
           is
           above
           Fifty
           years
           since
           our
           first
           Acquaintance
           ,
           we
           having
           been
           of
           the
           same
           College
           ,
           and
           under
           the
           same
           Tutor
           .
           He
           was
           a
           Learned
           Man
           ,
           and
           as
           I
           am
           persuaded
           ,
           truly
           Godly
           ,
           one
           that
           denied
           himself
           ,
           and
           suffered
           much
           for
           Conscience-sake
           .
           I
           came
           hither
           to
           do
           you
           good
           ,
           not
           to
           commend
           him
           ,
           for
           that
           is
           needless
           ,
           you
           having
           known
           his
           Doctrine
           and
           manner
           of
           Life
           .
           His
           Course
           is
           finished
           ,
           and
           God
           hath
           call'd
           him
           home
           ,
           so
           that
           you
           shall
           see
           his
           Face
           no
           more
           .
           I
           beseech
           you
           to
           live
           the
           Truths
           he
           brought
           you
           ;
           and
           since
           you
           are
           taken
           with
           the
           goodness
           of
           this
           Air
           ,
           and
           the
           pleasantness
           of
           this
           Place
           for
           the
           health
           of
           your
           Bodies
           ;
           see
           that
           you
           neglect
           not
           you
           Souls
           ,
           but
           chearfully
           allow
           to
           the
           procuring
           and
           setling
           one
           among
           you
           ,
           that
           may
           fe●d
           you
           with
           sound
           Knowledge
           and
           Understanding
           ;
           by
           your
           Liberality
           therein
           manifest
           the
           value
           you
           have
           for
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           and
           the
           good
           Lord
           send
           one
           ,
           in
           whose
           Light
           you
           may
           rejoyce
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .