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           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           at
           the
           FUNERAL
           Of
           the
           Reverend
           M
           r
           
             THOMAS
             GOVGE
          
           ,
           the
           4th
           .
           of
           Novemb.
           1681.
           
           At
           S.
           
           Anne's
           Blackfriars
           ;
           With
           a
           brief
           account
           of
           his
           Life
           .
        
         
           By
           JOHN
           TILLOTSON
           ,
           D.
           D.
           Dean
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           and
           Chaplain
           in
           Ordinary
           to
           His
           MAJESTY
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             M.
             F.
          
           for
           
             Brabazon
             Aylmer
          
           ,
           at
           the
           
             Three
             Pigeons
          
           against
           the
           Royal
           Exchange
           in
           Cornhill
           ,
           and
           
             William
             Rogers
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Sun
           against
           S.
           
           Dunstan's
           Church
           in
           Fleetstreet
           ,
           1682.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           The
           Right
           Worshipfull
           THE
           PRESIDENT
           ,
           THE
           TREASURER
           ,
           And
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           worthy
           Governours
           of
           the
           Hospital
           of
           Christ
           Church
           in
           LONDON
           .
        
         
           WHen
           upon
           the
           request
           of
           some
           of
           the
           Relations
           and
           Friends
           of
           the
           Reverend
           Mr.
           Gouge
           deceased
           ,
           and
           ,
           to
           speak
           the
           truth
           ,
           in
           compliance
           with
           mine
           own
           inclination
           
           to
           doe
           right
           to
           the
           memory
           of
           so
           good
           a
           man
           ,
           and
           to
           set
           so
           great
           an
           Example
           in
           the
           view
           of
           all
           men
           ,
           I
           had
           determined
           to
           make
           this
           Discourse
           publick
           ;
           I
           knew
           not
           where
           more
           fitly
           to
           address
           it
           than
           to
           your selves
           who
           are
           the
           living
           pattern
           of
           the
           same
           Vertue
           ,
           and
           the
           faithfull
           dispensers
           and
           managers
           of
           one
           of
           the
           best
           and
           greatest
           Charities
           in
           the
           world
           :
           Especially
           since
           he
           had
           a
           particular
           relation
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           was
           pleased
           for
           some
           years
           last
           past
           ,
           without
           any
           other
           consideration
           but
           that
           of
           Charity
           ,
           to
           employ
           his
           constant
           pains
           in
           Catechising
           the
           poor
           children
           of
           your
           Hospital
           ;
           wisely
           considering
           of
           
           how
           great
           consequence
           it
           was
           to
           this
           City
           ,
           to
           have
           the
           foundations
           of
           Religion
           well
           laid
           in
           the
           tender
           years
           of
           so
           many
           persons
           as
           were
           afterwards
           to
           be
           planted
           there
           in
           several
           Professions
           ;
           and
           from
           a
           true
           humility
           of
           mind
           ,
           being
           ready
           to
           stoop
           to
           the
           meanest
           office
           and
           service
           ,
           to
           doe
           good
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           heard
           from
           an
           intimate
           Friend
           of
           his
           that
           he
           would
           sometimes
           with
           great
           pleasure
           say
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           two
           Livings
           which
           he
           would
           not
           exchange
           for
           two
           of
           the
           greatest
           in
           England
           ,
           meaning
           Wales
           and
           
           Christ's
           Hospital
           :
           Contrary
           to
           common
           account
           ,
           he
           esteemed
           every
           advantage
           
           of
           being
           usefull
           and
           serviceable
           to
           God
           and
           men
           a
           
             rich
             Benefice
          
           ,
           and
           those
           his
           best
           Patrons
           and
           Benefactors
           ,
           not
           who
           did
           him
           good
           ,
           but
           who
           gave
           him
           the
           opportunity
           and
           means
           of
           doing
           it
           .
           To
           you
           therefore
           as
           his
           Patrons
           this
           Sermon
           doth
           of
           right
           belong
           ,
           and
           to
           you
           I
           humbly
           dedicate
           it
           ;
           heartily
           beseeching
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           to
           raise
           up
           many
           by
           his
           example
           that
           may
           
             serve
             their
             generation
             according
             to
             the
             will
             of
             God
             ,
          
           as
           he
           did
           .
           I
           am
        
         
           
             Your
             faithfull
             and
             humble
             Servant
             
               Jo.
               Tillotson
            
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           at
           the
           Funeral
           of
           M
           r
           THOMAS
           GOVGE
           ,
           With
           a
           short
           account
           of
           his
           Life
           .
        
         
           
             LUKE
             XX.
             37
             ,
             38.
             
          
           
             Now
             that
             the
             dead
             are
             raised
             ,
             ever
             Moses
             shewed
             at
             the
             bush
             ,
             when
             he
             calleth
             the
             Lord
             the
             God
             of
             Abraham
             ,
             the
             God
             of
             Isaac
             ,
             and
             the
             God
             of
             Jacob.
             For
             he
             is
             not
             a
             God
             of
             the
             dead
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             living
             :
             For
             all
             live
             to
             him
             .
          
        
         
           THE
           occasion
           of
           these
           words
           of
           our
           blessed
           Saviour
           was
           an
           Objection
           which
           the
           Sadduces
           made
           against
           the
           Resurrection
           ,
           
           grounded
           upon
           a
           case
           which
           had
           sometimes
           happened
           among
           them
           ,
           of
           a
           woman
           that
           had
           had
           seven
           brethren
           successively
           to
           her
           husbands
           .
           Upon
           which
           case
           they
           put
           this
           Question
           to
           our
           Saviour
           ;
           
             whose
             wife
             of
             the
             seven
             shall
             this
             woman
             be
             at
             the
             Resurrection
             ?
          
           That
           is
           ,
           if
           men
           live
           in
           another
           world
           ,
           how
           shall
           the
           controversie
           between
           these
           seven
           brethren
           be
           decided
           ?
           for
           they
           all
           seem
           to
           have
           an
           equal
           claim
           to
           this
           woman
           ,
           each
           of
           them
           having
           had
           her
           to
           his
           wife
           .
        
         
           This
           captious
           Question
           was
           not
           easie
           to
           be
           answered
           by
           the
           Pharisees
           ,
           who
           fancied
           the
           enjoyments
           of
           the
           next
           life
           to
           be
           of
           the
           same
           kind
           with
           the
           sensual
           pleasures
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           onely
           greater
           and
           more
           durable
           .
           From
           which
           Tradition
           of
           the
           Jews
           concerning
           a
           sensual
           Paradise
           ,
           Mahomet
           seems
           to
           have
           taken
           the
           pattern
           of
           his
           ;
           as
           he
           did
           
           likewise
           many
           other
           things
           from
           the
           Jewish
           Traditions
           .
           Now
           upon
           this
           supposition
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           next
           life
           there
           will
           be
           marrying
           and
           giving
           in
           marriage
           ,
           it
           was
           a
           Question
           not
           easily
           satisfied
           ,
           Whose
           wife
           of
           the
           seven
           this
           woman
           should
           then
           be
           ?
        
         
           But
           our
           Saviour
           clearly
           avoids
           the
           whole
           force
           of
           it
           ,
           by
           shewing
           the
           different
           state
           of
           men
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           other
           .
           
             The
             children
             of
             this
             world
          
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             marry
             ,
             and
             are
             given
             in
             marriage
             ;
             but
             they
             who
             shall
             be
             accounted
             worthy
             to
             obtain
             that
             world
             ,
             and
             the
             resurrection
             from
             the
             dead
             ,
             neither
             marry
             ,
             nor
             are
             given
             in
             marriage
             .
          
           And
           he
           does
           not
           barely
           and
           magisterially
           assert
           this
           Doctrine
           ,
           but
           gives
           a
           plain
           and
           substantial
           Reason
           for
           it
           ;
           because
           
             they
             cannot
             die
             any
             more
          
           .
           After
           men
           have
           lived
           a
           while
           in
           this
           world
           they
           are
           taken
           away
           by
           death
           ,
           and
           therefore
           marriage
           is
           
           necessary
           to
           maintain
           a
           succession
           of
           mankind
           ;
           but
           in
           the
           other
           world
           men
           shall
           become
           immortal
           and
           live
           for
           ever
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           reason
           of
           marriage
           will
           wholly
           cease
           :
           For
           when
           men
           can
           die
           no
           more
           there
           will
           then
           be
           no
           need
           of
           any
           new
           supplies
           of
           mankind
           .
        
         
           Our
           Saviour
           having
           thus
           cleared
           himself
           of
           this
           Objection
           by
           taking
           away
           the
           ground
           and
           foundation
           of
           it
           ,
           he
           produceth
           an
           Argument
           for
           the
           proof
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           ,
           in
           the
           Words
           of
           my
           Text
           ;
           
             Now
             that
             the
             dead
             are
             raised
             ,
             Moses
             even
             shewed
             at
             the
             bush
             ,
             when
             he
             calleth
             the
             Lord
             the
             God
             of
             Abraham
             ,
             the
             God
             of
             Isaac
             ,
             and
             the
             God
             of
             Jacob
             ,
          
           That
           is
           ,
           when
           in
           one
           of
           his
           Books
           God
           is
           brought
           in
           speaking
           to
           him
           out
           of
           the
           bush
           ,
           and
           calling
           himself
           by
           the
           Title
           of
           the
           God
           of
           Abraham
           ,
           the
           God
           of
           Isaac
           ,
           and
           the
           God
           of
           Jacob.
           From
           whence
           our
           Saviour
           infers
           the
           Resurrection
           ,
           
           because
           
             God
             is
             not
             the
             God
             of
             the
             dead
             but
             of
             the
             living
             :
             For
             all
             live
             to
             him
             .
          
        
         
           My
           design
           from
           these
           Words
           is
           ,
           to
           shew
           the
           force
           and
           strength
           of
           this
           Argument
           which
           our
           Saviour
           urgeth
           for
           the
           proof
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           .
           In
           order
           whereunto
           I
           shall
           ,
        
         
           First
           .
           Consider
           it
           as
           an
           Argument
           
             ad
             hominem
          
           ,
           and
           shew
           the
           fitness
           and
           force
           of
           it
           to
           convince
           those
           with
           whom
           our
           Saviour
           disputed
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           I
           shall
           enquire
           ,
           Whether
           it
           be
           more
           than
           an
           Argument
           
             ad
             hominem
          
           ?
           And
           if
           it
           be
           ,
           wherein
           the
           real
           and
           absolute
           force
           of
           it
           doth
           consist
           ?
        
         
           And
           then
           ,
           I
           shall
           apply
           this
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           to
           the
           present
           Occasion
           .
        
         
           I.
           First
           .
           We
           will
           consider
           it
           as
           an
           Argument
           
             ad
             hominem
          
           ,
           and
           shew
           
           the
           fitness
           and
           force
           of
           it
           to
           convince
           those
           with
           whom
           our
           Saviour
           disputed
           .
           And
           this
           will
           appear
           if
           we
           carefully
           consider
           these
           four
           things
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           What
           our
           Saviour
           intended
           directly
           and
           immediately
           to
           prove
           by
           this
           Argument
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           extraordinary
           veneration
           which
           the
           Jews
           in
           general
           had
           for
           the
           Writings
           of
           Moses
           ,
           above
           any
           other
           Books
           of
           the
           Old
           Testament
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           peculiar
           notion
           which
           the
           Jews
           had
           concerning
           the
           use
           of
           this
           Phrase
           or
           expression
           of
           
             God's
             being
             any
             one
             's
             God.
          
           
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           great
           respect
           which
           the
           Jews
           had
           for
           these
           three
           Fathers
           of
           their
           Nation
           ,
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
          
           and
           Jacob.
           For
           each
           of
           these
           make
           our
           Saviour's
           Argument
           more
           forcible
           against
           those
           with
           whom
           he
           disputed
           .
        
         
         
           First
           .
           We
           will
           consider
           what
           our
           Saviour
           intended
           directly
           and
           immediately
           to
           prove
           by
           this
           Argument
           .
           And
           that
           was
           this
           ,
           That
           there
           is
           another
           state
           after
           this
           life
           ,
           wherein
           men
           shall
           be
           happy
           or
           miserable
           according
           as
           they
           have
           lived
           in
           this
           world
           .
           And
           this
           doth
           not
           onely
           suppose
           the
           immortality
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           but
           forasmuch
           as
           the
           Body
           is
           an
           essential
           part
           of
           man
           doth
           by
           consequence
           infer
           the
           resurrection
           of
           the
           Body
           ;
           because
           otherwise
           the
           man
           would
           not
           be
           happy
           or
           miserable
           in
           the
           other
           world
           .
           But
           I
           cannot
           see
           any
           sufficient
           ground
           to
           believe
           that
           our
           Saviour
           intended
           by
           this
           Argument
           directly
           and
           immediately
           to
           prove
           the
           resurrection
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           but
           onely
           by
           consequence
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           follows
           from
           the
           admission
           of
           a
           future
           state
           wherein
           men
           shall
           be
           rewarded
           or
           punished
           .
           For
           that
           
           Reason
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           that
           
             God
             is
             not
             a
             God
             of
             the
             dead
             but
             of
             the
             living
             ,
          
           if
           it
           did
           directly
           prove
           the
           resurrection
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           it
           would
           prove
           that
           the
           Bodies
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
          
           and
           Jacob
           were
           raised
           to
           life
           again
           ,
           at
           or
           before
           that
           time
           when
           God
           spake
           to
           Moses
           and
           called
           himself
           the
           God
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
          
           and
           Jacob
           :
           But
           we
           do
           not
           believe
           this
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ought
           not
           to
           suppose
           that
           it
           was
           the
           intention
           of
           our
           Saviour
           directly
           and
           immediately
           to
           prove
           the
           resurrection
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           but
           onely
           (
           as
           I
           said
           before
           )
           a
           future
           state
           .
           And
           that
           this
           was
           all
           our
           Saviour
           intended
           will
           more
           plainly
           appear
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           what
           that
           Errour
           of
           the
           Sadduces
           was
           which
           our
           Saviour
           here
           confutes
           .
           And
           Josephus
           ,
           who
           very
           well
           understood
           the
           difference
           of
           the
           Sects
           among
           the
           Jews
           ,
           and
           gives
           a
           particular
           account
           of
           them
           ,
           makes
           not
           the
           least
           mention
           of
           any
           Controversie
           
           between
           the
           Pharisees
           and
           the
           Sadduces
           about
           the
           resurrection
           of
           the
           Body
           .
           All
           that
           he
           says
           ,
           is
           this
           .
           That
           the
           Pharisees
           hold
           the
           immortality
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           are
           Rewards
           and
           Punishments
           in
           another
           world
           :
           But
           the
           Sadduces
           denied
           all
           this
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           was
           any
           other
           state
           after
           this
           life
           .
           And
           this
           is
           the
           very
           same
           account
           with
           that
           which
           is
           given
           of
           them
           in
           the
           
             New
             Testament
             ,
             ver
          
           .
           27.
           of
           this
           
             Chap.
             The
             Sadduces
             who
             deny
             that
             there
             is
             any
             resurrection
             .
          
           The
           meaning
           of
           which
           is
           more
           fully
           declared
           ,
           
             Acts
             23.
             8.
             
             The
             Sadduces
             say
             that
             there
             is
             no
             resurrection
             ,
             neither
             angel
             nor
             spirit
             ;
             but
             the
             Pharisees
             confess
             both
             .
          
           That
           is
           ,
           the
           Sadduces
           denied
           that
           there
           was
           any
           other
           state
           of
           men
           after
           this
           life
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           was
           any
           such
           thing
           as
           an
           immortal
           Spirit
           ,
           either
           Angels
           ,
           or
           the
           Souls
           of
           men
           surviving
           their
           Bodies
           .
           And
           ,
           as
           Dr.
           Hammond
           
           hath
           judiciously
           observed
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           true
           importance
           of
           the
           word
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           viz.
           a
           future
           or
           
             another
             state
          
           ;
           unless
           in
           such
           Texts
           where
           the
           Context
           does
           restrain
           it
           to
           the
           raising
           again
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           or
           where
           some
           word
           that
           denotes
           the
           body
           ,
           as
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           or
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           is
           added
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           .
           The
           force
           of
           this
           Argument
           against
           those
           with
           whom
           our
           Saviour
           disputed
           will
           further
           appear
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           the
           great
           veneration
           which
           the
           Jews
           in
           general
           had
           for
           the
           Writings
           of
           Moses
           above
           any
           other
           Books
           of
           the
           Old
           Testament
           ;
           which
           they
           (
           especially
           the
           Sadduces
           )
           looked
           upon
           onely
           as
           Explications
           and
           Comments
           upon
           the
           Law
           of
           Moses
           :
           But
           they
           esteemed
           nothing
           as
           a
           necessary
           Article
           of
           Faith
           which
           had
           not
           some
           foundation
           in
           the
           Writings
           of
           Moses
           .
           And
           this
           seems
           to
           me
           to
           be
           the
           true
           Reason
           
           why
           our
           Saviour
           chose
           to
           confute
           them
           out
           of
           Moses
           ,
           rather
           than
           any
           other
           part
           of
           the
           Old
           Testament
           :
           And
           not
           as
           many
           learned
           men
           have
           imagined
           ,
           because
           the
           Sadduces
           did
           not
           receive
           any
           part
           of
           the
           Old
           Testament
           but
           onely
           the
           five
           Books
           of
           Moses
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           was
           in
           vain
           to
           argue
           against
           them
           out
           of
           any
           other
           .
           This
           I
           know
           hath
           been
           a
           general
           opinion
           ,
           grounded
           I
           think
           upon
           the
           mistake
           of
           a
           passage
           in
           Josephus
           ,
           who
           says
           the
           
             Sadduces
             onely
             received
             the
             written
             Law.
          
           But
           if
           we
           carefully
           consider
           that
           passage
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           that
           Josephus
           doth
           not
           there
           oppose
           the
           Law
           to
           the
           
             other
             Books
          
           of
           the
           Old
           Testament
           ,
           which
           were
           also
           written
           ;
           but
           to
           
             Oral
             Tradition
          
           .
           For
           he
           says
           expresly
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Sadduces
             onely
             received
             the
             written
             Law
             ,
             but
             the
             Pharisees
             ,
             over
             and
             besides
             what
             was
             written
             ,
             received
             the
             Oral
             which
             they
             call
             Tradition
             .
          
        
         
         
           I
           deny
           not
           but
           that
           in
           the
           later
           Prophets
           there
           are
           more
           express
           Texts
           for
           the
           proof
           of
           a
           future
           state
           ,
           than
           any
           are
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           Books
           of
           Moses
           .
           As
           
             Daniel
             12.
             2.
             
             And
             many
             of
             them
             that
             sleep
             in
             the
             dust
             of
             the
             earth
             shall
             awake
             ,
             some
             to
             everlasting
             life
             ,
             and
             some
             to
             shame
             and
             everlasting
             contempt
             .
          
           And
           indeed
           it
           seems
           very
           plain
           that
           holy
           men
           among
           the
           Jews
           ,
           towards
           the
           expiration
           of
           the
           Legal
           dispensation
           ,
           had
           still
           clearer
           and
           more
           express
           apprehensions
           concerning
           a
           future
           state
           than
           are
           to
           be
           met
           with
           in
           the
           Writings
           of
           Moses
           ,
           or
           of
           any
           of
           the
           Prophets
           .
        
         
           The
           Law
           given
           by
           Moses
           did
           suppose
           the
           
             Immortality
             of
             the
             Souls
             of
             men
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             expectation
             of
             another
             life
             after
             this
             ,
          
           as
           Principles
           of
           Religion
           in
           some
           degree
           naturally
           known
           ;
           but
           made
           no
           new
           and
           express
           Revelation
           of
           these
           things
           :
           Nor
           was
           there
           any
           occasion
           for
           it
           ,
           
           the
           Law
           of
           Moses
           being
           a
           Political
           Law
           ,
           not
           intended
           for
           the
           Government
           of
           mankind
           ,
           but
           of
           one
           particular
           Nation
           ;
           and
           therefore
           was
           establish'd
           ,
           as
           Political
           Laws
           are
           ,
           upon
           temporal
           promises
           and
           threatnings
           ;
           promising
           temporal
           prosperity
           to
           the
           observation
           of
           its
           precepts
           ,
           and
           threatning
           the
           breach
           of
           them
           with
           temporal
           judgments
           and
           calamities
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           I
           take
           to
           be
           the
           true
           reason
           why
           arguments
           fetch'd
           from
           another
           world
           are
           so
           obscurely
           insisted
           upon
           under
           that
           Dispensation
           ;
           not
           but
           that
           another
           life
           after
           this
           was
           always
           suppos'd
           ,
           and
           was
           undoubtedly
           the
           hope
           and
           expectation
           of
           good
           men
           under
           the
           Law
           ,
           but
           the
           clear
           discovery
           of
           it
           was
           reserv'd
           for
           the
           Times
           of
           the
           Messias
           .
           And
           therefore
           as
           those
           Times
           drew
           on
           ,
           and
           
             the
             Sun
             of
             righteousness
          
           was
           nearer
           his
           rising
           ,
           the
           shadows
           of
           the
           night
           began
           to
           be
           chased
           
           away
           ,
           and
           mens
           apprehensions
           of
           a
           future
           state
           to
           clear
           up
           ;
           so
           that
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Maccabees
           good
           men
           spake
           with
           more
           confidence
           and
           assurance
           of
           these
           things
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           likewise
           to
           be
           consider'd
           ,
           that
           the
           temporal
           calamities
           and
           sufferings
           with
           which
           the
           Jews
           were
           almost
           continually
           harass'd
           from
           the
           time
           of
           their
           Captivity
           had
           very
           much
           wean'd
           good
           men
           from
           the
           consideration
           of
           temporal
           promises
           ,
           and
           awaken'd
           their
           minds
           to
           the
           more
           serious
           thoughts
           of
           another
           world
           .
           It
           being
           natural
           to
           men
           when
           they
           are
           destitute
           of
           present
           comfort
           ,
           to
           support
           themselves
           with
           the
           expectation
           of
           better
           things
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           Apostle
           to
           the
           Hebrews
           expresseth
           it
           ,
           
             c.
             6.
             v.
             18.
             to
             fly
             for
             refuge
             to
             lay
             hold
             upon
             the
             hope
             that
             is
             before
             them
             ,
          
           and
           to
           imploy
           their
           reason
           to
           fortifie
           themselves
           as
           well
           as
           they
           can
           in
           that
           persuasion
           .
        
         
         
           And
           this
           I
           doubt
           not
           was
           the
           true
           occasion
           of
           those
           clearer
           and
           riper
           apprehensions
           of
           good
           men
           concerning
           a
           future
           state
           ,
           in
           those
           times
           of
           distress
           and
           persecution
           ;
           it
           being
           very
           agreeable
           to
           the
           wisedom
           and
           goodness
           of
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           not
           to
           leave
           his
           People
           destitute
           of
           sufficient
           support
           ▪
           under
           great
           trials
           and
           sufferings
           :
           And
           nothing
           but
           the
           hopes
           of
           a
           better
           life
           could
           have
           born
           up
           the
           spirits
           of
           men
           under
           such
           cruel
           tortures
           .
           And
           of
           this
           we
           have
           a
           most
           remarkable
           Instance
           in
           the
           History
           of
           the
           
             seven
             Brethren
          
           in
           the
           Maccabees
           ,
           who
           being
           cruelly
           tortured
           and
           put
           to
           death
           by
           Antiochus
           ,
           do
           most
           expresly
           declare
           their
           confident
           expectation
           of
           a
           resurrection
           to
           a
           better
           life
           .
           To
           which
           History
           the
           Apostle
           certainly
           refers
           .
           Heb.
           11.
           35.
           when
           he
           says
           ,
           
             others
             were
             tortured
             ,
             not
             accepting
             deliverance
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             obtain
             a
             
             better
             resurrection
             :
          
           where
           the
           word
           ,
           which
           we
           render
           
             were
             tortur'd
          
           ,
           is
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           very
           word
           used
           in
           the
           Maccabees
           to
           express
           the
           particular
           kind
           of
           torture
           us'd
           upon
           them
           ;
           besides
           that
           being
           
             offer'd
             deliverance
          
           they
           most
           resolutely
           refus'd
           to
           accept
           of
           it
           ,
           with
           this
           express
           declaration
           that
           they
           hop'd
           for
           a
           resurrection
           to
           a
           better
           life
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           return
           to
           my
           purpose
           ,
           notwithstanding
           there
           might
           be
           more
           clear
           and
           express
           Texts
           to
           this
           purpose
           in
           the
           ancient
           Prophets
           ,
           yet
           our
           Saviour
           knowing
           how
           great
           a
           regard
           not
           onely
           the
           Sadduces
           ,
           but
           all
           the
           Jews
           had
           to
           the
           Authority
           of
           Moses
           ,
           he
           thought
           fit
           to
           bring
           his
           proof
           of
           the
           resurrection
           out
           of
           his
           Writings
           ,
           as
           that
           which
           was
           the
           most
           likely
           to
           convince
           them
           .
        
         
         
           Thirdly
           .
           If
           we
           consider
           further
           the
           peculiar
           Notion
           which
           the
           Jews
           had
           concerning
           the
           use
           of
           this
           phrase
           or
           expression
           of
           
             God's
             being
             any
             one
             's
             God.
          
           And
           that
           was
           this
           .
           That
           God
           is
           no
           where
           in
           Scripture
           said
           to
           be
           any
           ones
           God
           while
           he
           was
           alive
           .
           And
           therefore
           they
           tell
           us
           that
           while
           Isaac
           lived
           ,
           God
           is
           not
           called
           the
           God
           of
           Isaac
           ,
           but
           the
           
             fear
             of
             Isaac
          
           .
           As
           
             Gen.
             31.
             42.
             
             Except
             the
             God
             of
             Abraham
             and
             the
             fear
             of
             Isaac
             had
             been
             with
             me
          
           ;
           and
           ver
           .
           53.
           when
           Laban
           made
           a
           Covenant
           with
           Jacob
           ,
           't
           is
           said
           that
           
             Laban
             did
             swear
             by
             the
             God
             of
             Abraham
             ,
             and
             the
             God
             of
             Nahor
             ,
             and
             the
             God
             of
             their
             Fathers
             ,
          
           but
           Jacob
           swore
           
             by
             the
             fear
             of
             his
             father
             Isaac
             .
          
           I
           will
           not
           warrant
           this
           Observation
           to
           be
           good
           ,
           because
           I
           certainly
           know
           it
           is
           not
           true
           .
           For
           God
           doth
           expresly
           call
           himself
           the
           God
           of
           Isaac
           ,
           while
           Isaac
           was
           yet
           alive
           ,
           
           
             Gen.
             28.
             13.
             
             I
             am
             the
             Lord
             God
             of
             Abraham
             thy
             father
             ,
             and
             the
             God
             of
             Isaac
             .
          
           It
           is
           sufficient
           to
           my
           purpose
           ,
           that
           this
           was
           a
           Notion
           anciently
           currant
           among
           the
           Jews
           .
           And
           therefore
           our
           Saviour's
           Argument
           from
           this
           Expression
           must
           be
           so
           much
           the
           stronger
           against
           them
           :
           For
           if
           the
           Souls
           of
           men
           be
           extinguished
           by
           death
           (
           as
           the
           Sadduces
           believed
           )
           what
           did
           it
           signifie
           to
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
          
           and
           Jacob
           to
           have
           God
           called
           
             their
             God
          
           after
           they
           were
           dead
           ?
           But
           surely
           for
           God
           to
           be
           any
           ones
           God
           doth
           signifie
           some
           great
           benefit
           and
           advantage
           ;
           which
           yet
           (
           according
           to
           the
           notion
           which
           the
           Jews
           had
           of
           this
           Phrase
           )
           could
           not
           respect
           this
           life
           ,
           because
           ,
           according
           to
           them
           ,
           God
           is
           not
           said
           to
           be
           any
           ones
           God
           till
           after
           he
           is
           dead
           :
           But
           it
           is
           thus
           said
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
          
           and
           Jacob
           after
           their
           death
           ,
           and
           therefore
           our
           Saviour
           infers
           very
           strongly
           against
           them
           ,
           that
           
             Abraham
             ,
             
             Isaac
          
           and
           Jacob
           were
           not
           extinguished
           by
           death
           ,
           but
           do
           still
           live
           somewhere
           :
           for
           
             God
             is
             not
             the
             God
             of
             the
             dead
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             living
             .
          
           And
           then
           he
           adds
           by
           way
           of
           further
           explication
           ,
           
             for
             all
             live
             to
             him
          
           .
           That
           is
           ,
           though
           those
           good
           men
           who
           are
           departed
           this
           life
           ,
           do
           not
           still
           live
           
             to
             us
          
           ,
           here
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           yet
           
             they
             live
             to
             God
          
           ;
           and
           are
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           .
           If
           we
           consider
           the
           great
           respect
           which
           the
           Jews
           had
           for
           those
           three
           Fathers
           of
           their
           Nation
           ,
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
          
           and
           Jacob.
           They
           had
           an
           extraordinary
           opinion
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           esteemed
           nothing
           too
           great
           to
           be
           thought
           or
           said
           of
           them
           .
           And
           therefore
           we
           find
           that
           they
           looked
           upon
           it
           as
           a
           great
           arrogance
           for
           any
           man
           to
           assume
           any
           thing
           to
           himself
           that
           might
           seem
           to
           set
           him
           above
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
          
           or
           Jacob
           .
           With
           what
           indignation
           did
           
           they
           fly
           upon
           our
           Saviour
           on
           this
           account
           ?
           
             John
             4.
             12.
             
             Art
             thou
             greater
             than
             our
             father
             Jacob
             ?
          
           and
           
             chap.
             8.
             ver
             .
             53.
             
             Art
             thou
             greater
             than
             our
             father
             Abraham
             :
             whom
             makest
             thou
             thy self
             ?
          
           Now
           they
           who
           had
           so
           superstitious
           a
           veneration
           for
           them
           ,
           would
           easily
           believe
           any
           thing
           of
           privilege
           to
           belong
           to
           them
           :
           so
           that
           our
           Saviour
           doth
           with
           great
           advantage
           instance
           in
           them
           ,
           in
           favour
           of
           whom
           they
           would
           be
           enclined
           to
           extend
           the
           meaning
           of
           any
           promise
           to
           the
           utmost
           ,
           and
           allow
           it
           to
           signifie
           as
           much
           as
           the
           words
           could
           possibly
           bear
           .
           So
           that
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           that
           the
           Text
           tells
           us
           that
           this
           Argument
           put
           the
           Sadduces
           to
           silence
           .
           They
           durst
           not
           attempt
           a
           thing
           so
           odious
           ,
           as
           to
           go
           about
           to
           take
           away
           any
           thing
           of
           privilege
           from
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
          
           and
           Jacob.
           
        
         
           And
           thus
           I
           have
           ,
           as
           briefly
           as
           the
           matter
           would
           bear
           ,
           endeavoured
           
           to
           shew
           the
           fitness
           and
           force
           of
           this
           Argument
           to
           convince
           those
           with
           whom
           our
           Saviour
           disputed
           .
           I
           come
           now
           ,
           in
           the
        
         
           II.
           Second
           place
           ,
           to
           enquire
           Whether
           this
           be
           any
           more
           than
           an
           Argument
           
             ad
             hominem
          
           ?
           And
           if
           it
           be
           ,
           wherein
           the
           real
           and
           absolute
           force
           of
           it
           doth
           consist
           ?
        
         
           I
           do
           not
           think
           it
           necessary
           to
           believe
           that
           every
           Argument
           used
           by
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           or
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           is
           absolutely
           and
           in
           it self
           conclusive
           .
           For
           an
           Argument
           which
           doth
           not
           really
           prove
           the
           thing
           in
           Question
           ,
           may
           yet
           be
           a
           very
           good
           Argument
           
             ad
             hominem
          
           ;
           and
           in
           some
           cases
           more
           convincing
           to
           him
           with
           whom
           we
           dispute
           than
           that
           which
           is
           a
           better
           Argument
           in
           it self
           .
           Now
           it
           is
           possible
           ,
           that
           our
           Saviour's
           intention
           might
           not
           be
           to
           bring
           a
           conclusive
           proof
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           ,
           but
           onely
           to
           confute
           
           those
           who
           would
           needs
           be
           disputing
           with
           him
           .
           And
           to
           that
           purpose
           an
           Argument
           
             ad
             hominem
          
           ,
           which
           proceeded
           upon
           grounds
           which
           they
           themselves
           could
           not
           deny
           ,
           might
           be
           very
           proper
           and
           effectual
           .
           But
           although
           it
           be
           not
           necessary
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           this
           was
           more
           than
           an
           Argument
           
             ad
             hominem
          
           ;
           yet
           it
           is
           the
           better
           to
           us
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           absolutely
           and
           in
           it self
           conclusive
           of
           the
           thing
           in
           Question
           .
           And
           this
           I
           hope
           will
           sufficiently
           appear
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           these
           four
           things
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           for
           God
           to
           be
           
             any
             ones
             God
          
           doth
           signifie
           some
           very
           extraordinary
           blessing
           and
           happiness
           ,
           to
           those
           persons
           of
           whom
           this
           is
           said
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           If
           we
           consider
           the
           eminent
           faith
           and
           obedience
           of
           the
           persons
           to
           whom
           this
           promise
           is
           made
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Their
           condition
           in
           this
           world
           .
        
         
         
           4.
           
           The
           general
           importance
           of
           this
           promise
           ,
           abstracting
           from
           the
           persons
           particularly
           specified
           and
           named
           in
           it
           ,
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
          
           and
           Jacob.
           
        
         
           First
           .
           If
           we
           consider
           ,
           that
           for
           God
           to
           be
           
             any
             ones
             God
          
           doth
           signifie
           some
           very
           extraordinary
           blessing
           and
           happiness
           to
           those
           persons
           of
           whom
           this
           is
           said
           .
           It
           is
           a
           big
           word
           for
           God
           to
           declare
           himself
           to
           be
           
             any
             ones
             God
          
           :
           and
           the
           least
           we
           can
           imagine
           to
           be
           meant
           by
           it
           ,
           is
           that
           God
           will
           in
           an
           extraordinary
           manner
           imploy
           his
           power
           and
           wisedom
           to
           doe
           him
           good
           :
           that
           he
           will
           concern
           himself
           more
           for
           the
           happiness
           of
           those
           whose
           God
           he
           declares
           himself
           to
           be
           ,
           than
           for
           others
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           .
           If
           we
           consider
           the
           eminent
           faith
           and
           obedience
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
          
           and
           
             Jacob.
             Abraham
          
           
           left
           his
           Country
           in
           obedience
           to
           God
           ,
           not
           knowing
           whither
           he
           was
           to
           go
           .
           And
           ,
           which
           was
           one
           of
           the
           most
           unparallel'd
           and
           strange
           instances
           of
           faith
           and
           obedience
           that
           can
           almost
           be
           imagined
           ,
           he
           was
           willing
           to
           have
           sacrificed
           his
           onely
           Son
           at
           the
           command
           of
           God.
           Isaac
           and
           Jacob
           were
           also
           very
           good
           men
           ,
           and
           devout
           worshippers
           of
           the
           true
           God
           ,
           when
           almost
           the
           whole
           world
           was
           sunk
           into
           Idolatry
           and
           all
           manner
           of
           impiety
           .
           Now
           what
           can
           we
           imagin
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           good
           God
           did
           design
           some
           extraordinary
           reward
           to
           such
           faithfull
           servants
           of
           his
           ?
           especially
           if
           we
           consider
           ,
           that
           he
           intended
           this
           gracious
           declaration
           of
           his
           concerning
           them
           ,
           for
           a
           standing
           encouragement
           to
           all
           those
           who
           in
           after
           Ages
           should
           follow
           the
           faith
           and
           tread
           in
           the
           steps
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
          
           and
           Jacob.
           
        
         
         
           Thirdly
           .
           If
           we
           consider
           the
           condition
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
          
           and
           Jacob
           in
           this
           world
           .
           The
           Scripture
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           
             they
             were
             pilgrims
             and
             strangers
             upon
             the
             earth
          
           ;
           had
           no
           fixed
           and
           settled
           habitation
           ,
           but
           were
           forced
           to
           wander
           from
           one
           Kingdom
           and
           Country
           to
           another
           :
           that
           they
           were
           exposed
           to
           many
           hazards
           and
           difficulties
           ,
           to
           great
           troubles
           and
           afflictions
           in
           this
           world
           ;
           so
           that
           there
           was
           no
           such
           peculiar
           happiness
           befell
           them
           in
           this
           life
           above
           the
           common
           rate
           of
           men
           ,
           as
           may
           seem
           to
           fill
           up
           the
           big
           words
           of
           this
           promise
           ,
           that
           
             God
             would
             be
             their
             God.
          
           For
           so
           far
           as
           the
           Scripture
           History
           informs
           us
           ,
           and
           further
           we
           cannot
           know
           of
           this
           matter
           ,
           Esau
           was
           as
           prosperous
           as
           Jacob
           ;
           and
           Jacob
           had
           a
           great
           many
           more
           troubles
           and
           afflictions
           in
           this
           life
           than
           Esau
           had
           .
           But
           surely
           when
           God
           calls
           himself
           
           
             the
             God
             of
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
             and
             Jacob
             ,
          
           this
           signifies
           that
           God
           intended
           some
           very
           peculiar
           blessing
           and
           advantage
           to
           them
           above
           others
           :
           which
           seeing
           they
           did
           not
           enjoy
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           it
           is
           very
           reasonable
           to
           believe
           that
           one
           time
           or
           other
           this
           gracious
           declaration
           and
           promise
           of
           God
           was
           made
           good
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           the
           Apostle
           to
           the
           
             Hebrews
             ,
             chap.
          
           11.
           from
           this
           very
           expression
           ,
           of
           
           God's
           being
           said
           
             to
             be
             the
             God
          
           of
           Abraham
           and
           others
           ,
           argues
           that
           some
           extraordinary
           happiness
           was
           reserved
           for
           them
           in
           another
           world
           :
           and
           that
           upon
           this
           very
           ground
           I
           am
           now
           speaking
           of
           ,
           namely
           ,
           because
           the
           condition
           of
           Abraham
           ,
           and
           some
           others
           ,
           was
           not
           such
           in
           this
           world
           as
           might
           seem
           to
           answer
           the
           fulness
           of
           this
           promise
           .
           
             All
             these
          
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           
             died
             in
             the
             faith
             ,
             not
             having
             received
             the
             promises
             ,
             but
             having
             seen
             them
             
             afar
             off
             ,
             and
             were
             perswaded
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             embraced
             them
             ,
             and
             confessed
             that
             they
             were
             strangers
             and
             pilgrims
             upon
             the
             earth
             .
          
           From
           whence
           he
           reasons
           very
           strongly
           that
           these
           good
           men
           might
           reasonably
           expect
           something
           better
           than
           any
           thing
           that
           had
           befallen
           them
           in
           this
           world
           .
           
             For
             they
          
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           
             that
             say
             such
             things
             declare
             plainly
             that
             they
             seek
             a
             Country
          
           ;
           which
           at
           the
           16.
           verse
           he
           calls
           
             a
             better
             Country
             ,
             that
             is
             a
             heavenly
             .
             They
             that
             say
             such
             things
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           they
           who
           acknowledge
           themselves
           to
           be
           strangers
           and
           pilgrims
           in
           the
           earth
           ,
           and
           yet
           pretend
           that
           God
           hath
           promised
           
             to
             be
             their
             God
          
           ,
           declare
           plainly
           that
           they
           expect
           some
           reward
           beyond
           this
           life
           .
           From
           all
           which
           he
           concludes
           ,
           
             Wherefore
             God
             is
             not
             ashamed
             to
             be
             called
             their
             God
             ,
             because
             he
             hath
             prepared
             for
             them
             a
             City
             :
          
           Intimating
           that
           if
           no
           happiness
           had
           remained
           for
           these
           good
           men
           in
           another
           
           world
           ,
           this
           promise
           of
           God's
           
             being
             their
             God
          
           ,
           would
           shamefully
           have
           fallen
           short
           of
           what
           it
           seemed
           to
           import
           ,
           viz.
           some
           extraordinary
           reward
           and
           blessing
           worthy
           of
           God
           to
           bestow
           ;
           something
           more
           certain
           and
           lasting
           than
           any
           of
           the
           enjoyments
           of
           this
           world
           :
           which
           since
           God
           had
           abundantly
           performed
           to
           them
           in
           the
           happiness
           of
           another
           life
           ,
           his
           promise
           to
           them
           was
           made
           good
           to
           the
           full
           ,
           and
           he
           needed
           not
           
             be
             ashamed
             to
             be
             called
             their
             God.
          
           But
           if
           nothing
           beyond
           this
           life
           had
           been
           reserved
           for
           them
           ,
           that
           Saying
           of
           old
           Jacob
           towards
           the
           conclusion
           of
           his
           life
           ,
           
             few
             and
             evil
             have
             the
             days
             of
             the
             years
             of
             my
             life
             been
             ,
          
           would
           have
           been
           an
           eternal
           reflexion
           upon
           the
           truth
           and
           faithfulness
           of
           Him
           who
           had
           so
           often
           called
           himself
           the
           God
           of
           Jacob.
           
        
         
           But
           now
           ,
           because
           to
           all
           this
           it
           may
           be
           said
           ,
           that
           this
           Promise
           seems
           
           to
           have
           been
           made
           good
           to
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
          
           and
           Jacob
           ,
           in
           this
           world
           :
           For
           was
           not
           God
           the
           God
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
          
           and
           Jacob
           when
           he
           took
           such
           a
           particular
           and
           extraordinary
           care
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           protected
           them
           from
           the
           manifold
           dangers
           they
           were
           exposed
           to
           by
           such
           a
           special
           and
           immediate
           providence
           ,
           
             suffering
             no
             one
             to
             doe
             them
             harm
             ,
             but
             rebuking
             even
             Kings
             for
             their
             sakes
             ?
          
           Was
           not
           he
           
           Abraham's
           God
           ,
           when
           he
           blest
           him
           so
           miraculously
           with
           a
           Son
           in
           his
           old
           age
           ,
           and
           with
           so
           considerable
           an
           estate
           to
           leave
           to
           him
           ?
           Was
           not
           that
           Saying
           of
           Jacob
           a
           great
           acknowledgment
           of
           the
           gracious
           providence
           of
           God
           towards
           him
           ,
           
             with
             my
             staff
             passed
             I
             over
             this
             Jordan
             ,
             and
             now
             I
             am
             become
             two
             bands
             ?
          
           And
           though
           it
           must
           needs
           be
           a
           very
           cutting
           affliction
           to
           him
           to
           lose
           his
           Son
           Joseph
           ,
           as
           he
           thought
           he
           had
           done
           ,
           yet
           that
           was
           more
           than
           recompensed
           
           to
           him
           in
           
           Joseph's
           strange
           advancement
           in
           Aegypt
           ,
           whereby
           God
           put
           into
           his
           hands
           the
           opportunity
           of
           saving
           his
           Father
           and
           his
           whole
           Family
           alive
           .
           And
           was
           not
           God
           
             the
             God
          
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
          
           and
           Jacob
           ,
           in
           making
           them
           Fathers
           of
           so
           numerous
           an
           off-spring
           ,
           as
           afterwards
           became
           
             a
             great
             Nation
          
           :
           and
           in
           giving
           them
           a
           fruitfull
           Land
           ,
           and
           bringing
           them
           to
           the
           quiet
           possession
           of
           it
           by
           such
           a
           series
           of
           wonderfull
           Miracles
           ?
           what
           need
           then
           is
           there
           of
           extending
           this
           promise
           to
           another
           world
           ?
           doth
           it
           not
           seem
           abundantly
           made
           good
           in
           those
           great
           blessings
           which
           God
           bestowed
           upon
           them
           whilst
           they
           liv'd
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           upon
           their
           posterity
           ,
           in
           this
           world
           ?
           And
           does
           not
           this
           agree
           well
           enough
           with
           the
           first
           and
           most
           obvious
           sense
           of
           these
           words
           ,
           
             I
             am
             the
             God
             of
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
             and
             Jacob
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           I
           am
           he
           that
           was
           their
           God
           while
           
           they
           were
           alive
           ,
           and
           am
           still
           the
           God
           of
           their
           posterity
           for
           their
           sakes
           ?
           I
           say
           ,
           because
           the
           three
           former
           Considerations
           are
           liable
           to
           this
           Objection
           ,
           which
           seems
           wholly
           to
           take
           off
           the
           force
           of
           this
           Argument
           ;
           therefore
           for
           the
           full
           clearing
           of
           this
           matter
           ,
           I
           will
           add
           one
           consideration
           more
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           then
           ,
           we
           will
           consider
           the
           general
           importance
           of
           this
           Promise
           ,
           abstracting
           from
           the
           particular
           persons
           specified
           and
           named
           in
           it
           ,
           
             viz.
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
          
           and
           Jacob
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           God
           will
           make
           a
           wide
           and
           plain
           difference
           between
           good
           and
           bad
           men
           ;
           he
           will
           be
           so
           the
           God
           of
           good
           men
           as
           he
           is
           not
           of
           the
           wicked
           ;
           and
           some
           time
           or
           other
           put
           every
           good
           man
           into
           a
           better
           and
           happier
           condition
           than
           any
           wicked
           man
           :
           so
           that
           the
           general
           importance
           of
           this
           promise
           is
           finally
           resolved
           into
           the
           equity
           
           and
           justice
           of
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           .
        
         
           And
           unless
           we
           suppose
           another
           life
           after
           this
           ,
           it
           will
           certainly
           be
           very
           hard
           ,
           and
           I
           think
           impossible
           ,
           to
           reconcile
           the
           History
           of
           the
           Old
           Testament
           ,
           and
           the
           common
           appearances
           of
           things
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           with
           the
           justice
           and
           goodness
           of
           God's
           Providence
           .
        
         
           It
           cannot
           be
           denyed
           ,
           but
           that
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
          
           and
           Jacob
           ,
           and
           several
           good
           men
           in
           the
           Old
           Testament
           ,
           had
           many
           signal
           Testimonies
           of
           the
           Divine
           favour
           vouchsafed
           to
           them
           in
           this
           world
           :
           But
           we
           reade
           likewise
           of
           several
           wicked
           men
           ,
           that
           had
           as
           large
           a
           share
           of
           temporal
           blessings
           .
           It
           is
           very
           true
           that
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
          
           and
           Jacob
           had
           great
           estates
           ,
           and
           were
           petty
           Princes
           :
           But
           Pharaoh
           was
           a
           mighty
           Prince
           in
           comparison
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Aegypt
           ,
           which
           probably
           was
           the
           first
           and
           
           chief
           seat
           of
           Idolatry
           ,
           was
           at
           the
           same
           time
           one
           of
           the
           most
           potent
           and
           flourishing
           Kingdoms
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           and
           was
           blest
           with
           a
           prodigious
           plenty
           ,
           whereby
           they
           were
           furnished
           with
           store
           of
           corn
           ,
           when
           good
           Jacob
           and
           his
           Family
           had
           like
           to
           have
           perished
           by
           famine
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           Joseph
           was
           advanc'd
           to
           great
           power
           in
           Egypt
           ,
           and
           thereby
           had
           the
           opportunity
           of
           saving
           his
           Fathers
           house
           ,
           by
           settling
           them
           ,
           and
           feeding
           them
           in
           Egypt
           :
           But
           then
           it
           is
           to
           be
           considered
           again
           ,
           that
           this
           cost
           them
           very
           dear
           ,
           and
           their
           coming
           thither
           was
           the
           occasion
           of
           a
           long
           and
           cruel
           bondage
           to
           
           Jacob's
           posterity
           ;
           so
           that
           we
           see
           that
           these
           good
           men
           had
           no
           such
           blessings
           ,
           but
           what
           were
           common
           with
           them
           to
           many
           others
           that
           were
           wicked
           :
           and
           the
           blessings
           which
           God
           bestowed
           upon
           them
           had
           great
           abatements
           by
           the
           intermixture
           of
           many
           and
           sore
           afflictions
           .
        
         
         
           It
           seems
           then
           ,
           upon
           the
           whole
           matter
           ,
           to
           be
           very
           plain
           ,
           that
           the
           Providences
           of
           God
           in
           this
           world
           towards
           good
           men
           are
           so
           contrived
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           sufficiently
           appear
           ,
           to
           those
           who
           wisely
           consider
           the
           works
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           not
           neglected
           by
           him
           ;
           and
           yet
           that
           these
           outward
           blessings
           are
           so
           promiscuously
           dispensed
           ,
           that
           no
           man
           can
           certainly
           be
           concluded
           to
           be
           a
           good
           man
           from
           any
           happiness
           he
           enjoys
           in
           this
           life
           :
           And
           the
           prosperity
           of
           good
           men
           is
           usually
           on
           purpose
           so
           shadowed
           and
           mixed
           with
           afflictions
           ,
           as
           may
           justly
           raise
           their
           hopes
           to
           the
           expectation
           of
           a
           more
           perfect
           happiness
           and
           better
           reward
           than
           any
           they
           meet
           with
           in
           this
           world
           .
        
         
           And
           is
           so
           ,
           then
           the
           general
           importance
           of
           this
           Promise
           ,
           that
           
             God
             will
             be
             the
             God
          
           of
           good
           men
           ,
           must
           necessarily
           signifie
           something
           beyond
           this
           world
           :
           Because
           in
           this
           
           world
           there
           is
           not
           that
           clear
           difference
           universally
           made
           between
           good
           and
           bad
           men
           which
           the
           justice
           of
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           doth
           require
           ,
           and
           which
           seems
           to
           be
           intended
           in
           the
           general
           sense
           of
           this
           Promise
           .
           For
           if
           this
           Promise
           (
           though
           personally
           made
           to
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
          
           and
           Jacob
           )
           be
           intended
           ,
           as
           the
           Scripture
           tells
           us
           it
           was
           ,
           for
           a
           standing
           encouragement
           to
           good
           men
           in
           all
           Ages
           ,
           then
           it
           still
           contains
           in
           it
           this
           general
           Truth
           ,
           
             that
             God
             will
             some
             time
             or
             other
             plentifully
             reward
             every
             good
             man
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           he
           will
           doe
           something
           far
           better
           for
           him
           than
           for
           any
           wicked
           man
           :
           But
           it
           is
           impossible
           to
           reconcile
           this
           sense
           of
           it
           with
           the
           course
           of
           God's
           Providence
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           History
           of
           the
           Bible
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           make
           this
           out
           fully
           and
           at
           once
           ,
           I
           will
           onely
           produce
           that
           single
           Instance
           of
           Abel
           and
           
             Cain
             .
             Abel
          
           offered
           to
           God
           
             a
             more
             excellent
             
             sacrifice
             than
             Cain
             ,
          
           and
           he
           
             had
             this
             testimony
             ,
             that
             he
             pleased
             God
          
           ;
           which
           was
           in
           effect
           to
           declare
           ,
           that
           
             God
             was
             the
             God
          
           of
           Abel
           and
           not
           of
           Cain
           ;
           so
           that
           by
           virtue
           of
           the
           general
           importance
           of
           this
           Promise
           ,
           it
           might
           justly
           be
           expected
           that
           
           Abel's
           condition
           should
           have
           been
           much
           better
           than
           
           Cain's
           :
           But
           if
           there
           be
           no
           happiness
           after
           this
           life
           ,
           
           Abel's
           was
           evidently
           much
           worse
           .
           For
           upon
           this
           very
           account
           ,
           
             that
             he
             pleased
             God
          
           better
           he
           was
           killed
           by
           Cain
           ,
           who
           had
           offered
           to
           God
           a
           slight
           and
           contemptuous
           offering
           .
           And
           Cain
           lived
           a
           long
           time
           after
           ,
           and
           grew
           great
           ,
           and
           
             built
             Cities
          
           .
           Now
           supposing
           there
           were
           no
           other
           life
           after
           this
           ,
           this
           must
           have
           been
           a
           most
           horrible
           Example
           to
           all
           Ages
           ,
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           world
           to
           the
           end
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           have
           made
           men
           for
           ever
           afraid
           to
           please
           God
           upon
           such
           hard
           terms
           ;
           when
           they
           were
           sure
           of
           no
           other
           reward
           
           for
           so
           doing
           ,
           but
           to
           be
           oppress'd
           and
           slain
           by
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           wicked
           .
           So
           that
           if
           this
           were
           really
           the
           Case
           ,
           it
           would
           puzzle
           all
           the
           Wit
           and
           Reason
           of
           mankind
           to
           vindicate
           the
           equity
           and
           justice
           of
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           and
           to
           rescue
           it
           out
           of
           the
           hands
           of
           this
           terrible
           Objection
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           I
           have
           as
           briefly
           as
           I
           could
           ,
           endeavoured
           to
           clear
           to
           you
           the
           force
           of
           this
           Argument
           used
           by
           our
           Saviour
           for
           the
           Proof
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           .
           And
           have
           the
           longer
           insisted
           upon
           it
           ,
           because
           at
           first
           appearance
           it
           seems
           to
           be
           but
           a
           very
           obscure
           and
           remote
           Argument
           :
           And
           yet
           so
           much
           the
           more
           necessary
           to
           be
           clear'd
           ,
           because
           this
           in
           all
           probability
           was
           that
           very
           Text
           upon
           which
           the
           Jews
           in
           our
           Saviour's
           time
           grounded
           their
           belief
           of
           a
           future
           state
           ,
           in
           opposition
           to
           the
           errour
           of
           the
           Sadduces
           ;
           and
           which
           
           they
           call'd
           by
           way
           of
           eminency
           
             the
             promise
             made
             of
             God
             unto
             the
             Fathers
             .
          
           As
           will
           plainly
           appear
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           what
           S.
           Paul
           says
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           when
           he
           appeals
           so
           often
           to
           the
           Pharisees
           for
           his
           agreement
           with
           them
           in
           this
           Article
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           ,
           and
           likewise
           in
           the
           ground
           of
           it
           from
           
             the
             promise
             made
             of
             God
             unto
             the
             fathers
             .
          
           Acts
           24.
           14
           ,
           15.
           
           
             But
             this
             I
             confess
             unto
             thee
             ,
             that
             after
             the
             way
             which
             they
             call
             heresie
             ,
             so
             worship
             I
             the
             God
             of
             my
             Fathers
             ,
             believing
             all
             things
             which
             are
             written
             in
             the
             Law
             and
             the
             Prophets
             ;
             and
             have
             hope
             towards
             God
             ,
             which
             they
             themselves
             also
             allow
             ,
             that
             there
             shall
             be
             a
             resurrection
             of
             the
             dead
             .
          
           From
           whence
           it
           is
           clear
           ,
           that
           they
           both
           grounded
           their
           hope
           of
           the
           resurrection
           upon
           something
           
             written
             in
             the
             Law
             and
             the
             Prophets
          
           ;
           and
           what
           that
           was
           he
           expresseth
           more
           particularly
           
             c.
             26.
             v.
             6
             ,
             7.
             
             And
             now
             
             stand
             ,
             and
             am
             judged
             for
             the
             hope
             of
             the
             promise
             made
             of
             God
             unto
             our
             Fathers
             ;
             unto
             which
             promise
             our
             twelve
             Tribes
             ,
             instantly
             serving
             God
             day
             and
             night
             ,
             hope
             to
             come
             .
             By
             the
             promise
             made
             of
             God
             unto
             the
             Fathers
          
           he
           means
           some
           promise
           made
           by
           God
           to
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
          
           and
           Jacob
           ;
           for
           so
           S.
           Luke
           more
           than
           once
           ,
           in
           this
           History
           of
           the
           Acts
           ,
           explains
           this
           phrase
           of
           
             the
             God
             of
             their
             Fathers
          
           ,
           Acts
           3.
           13.
           
           
             The
             God
             of
             Abraham
             ,
             and
             of
             Isaac
             ,
             and
             of
             Jacob
             ,
             the
             God
             of
             our
             Fathers
          
           ;
           and
           
             c.
             7.
             v.
             32.
             
             I
             am
             the
             God
             of
             thy
             Fathers
             ,
             the
             God
             of
             Abraham
             ,
             and
             the
             God
             of
             Isaac
             ,
             and
             the
             God
             of
             Jacob.
          
           Now
           what
           was
           the
           great
           and
           famous
           Promise
           which
           God
           made
           to
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
          
           and
           Jacob
           ?
           was
           it
           not
           this
           of
           
             being
             their
             God
          
           ?
           So
           that
           it
           was
           this
           very
           Promise
           upon
           which
           S.
           Paul
           tells
           us
           the
           Jews
           grounded
           their
           hope
           of
           a
           future
           state
           ,
           because
           they
           understood
           
           it
           necessarily
           to
           signifie
           some
           blessing
           and
           happiness
           beyond
           this
           life
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           having
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           sufficiently
           clear'd
           this
           matter
           ,
           I
           shall
           make
           some
           improvement
           of
           this
           Doctrine
           of
           a
           future
           state
           ,
           and
           that
           ,
           to
           these
           three
           purposes
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           To
           raise
           our
           minds
           above
           this
           world
           and
           the
           enjoyments
           of
           this
           present
           life
           .
           Were
           but
           men
           thoroughly
           convinced
           of
           this
           plain
           and
           certain
           Truth
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           vast
           difference
           between
           Time
           and
           Eternity
           ,
           between
           a
           few
           years
           and
           everlasting
           Ages
           :
           would
           we
           but
           represent
           to
           our selves
           what
           thoughts
           and
           apprehensions
           dying
           persons
           have
           of
           this
           world
           ;
           how
           vain
           and
           empty
           a
           thing
           it
           appears
           to
           them
           ,
           how
           like
           a
           pageant
           and
           a
           shadow
           it
           looks
           as
           it
           passeth
           away
           from
           them
           :
           methinks
           none
           of
           these
           things
           could
           be
           a
           sufficient
           temptation
           
           to
           any
           man
           to
           forget
           God
           and
           his
           Soul
           ;
           but
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           delights
           and
           pleasures
           of
           sense
           ,
           we
           should
           be
           strangely
           intent
           upon
           the
           concernments
           of
           another
           world
           ,
           and
           almost
           wholly
           taken
           up
           with
           the
           thoughts
           of
           that
           vast
           Eternity
           which
           we
           are
           ready
           to
           launch
           into
           .
           For
           what
           is
           there
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           this
           
             waste
             and
             howling
             wilderness
          
           ,
           this
           rude
           and
           barbarous
           Country
           which
           we
           are
           but
           to
           pass
           through
           ,
           which
           should
           detain
           our
           affections
           here
           ,
           and
           take
           up
           our
           thoughts
           from
           our
           everlasting
           habitation
           ;
           from
           that
           better
           and
           that
           
             heavenly
             Country
          
           ,
           where
           we
           hope
           to
           live
           and
           be
           happy
           for
           ever
           ?
        
         
           If
           we
           settle
           our
           affections
           upon
           the
           enjoyments
           of
           this
           present
           Life
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           be
           extremely
           pleas'd
           and
           transported
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           say
           in
           our
           hearts
           ,
           
             It
             is
             good
             for
             us
             to
             be
             here
          
           ;
           if
           we
           be
           excessively
           griev'd
           or
           discontented
           for
           the
           want
           or
           loss
           
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           if
           we
           look
           upon
           our
           present
           state
           in
           this
           world
           any
           otherwise
           than
           as
           a
           preparation
           and
           passage
           to
           a
           better
           life
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           sign
           that
           our
           faith
           and
           hope
           of
           the
           happiness
           of
           another
           life
           is
           but
           very
           weak
           and
           faint
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           do
           not
           heartily
           and
           in
           good
           earnest
           believe
           what
           we
           pretend
           to
           do
           concerning
           these
           things
           .
           For
           did
           we
           stedfastly
           believe
           and
           were
           thoroughly
           persuaded
           of
           what
           our
           Religion
           so
           plainly
           declares
           to
           us
           concerning
           the
           unspeakable
           and
           endless
           happiness
           of
           good
           men
           in
           another
           world
           ,
           our
           affections
           would
           sit
           more
           loose
           to
           this
           world
           ,
           and
           our
           hopes
           would
           raise
           our
           hearts
           as
           much
           above
           these
           present
           and
           sensible
           things
           
             as
             the
             heavens
             are
             high
             above
             the
             earth
          
           ;
           we
           should
           value
           nothing
           here
           below
           ,
           but
           as
           it
           serves
           for
           our
           present
           support
           and
           passage
           ,
           or
           may
           be
           made
           a
           means
           to
           secure
           and
           increase
           our
           future
           felicity
           .
        
         
         
           2.
           
           The
           consideration
           of
           another
           Life
           should
           quicken
           our
           preparation
           for
           that
           blessed
           state
           which
           remains
           for
           us
           in
           the
           other
           world
           .
           This
           Life
           is
           a
           state
           of
           probation
           and
           tryal
           .
           This
           world
           is
           God's
           school
           ,
           where
           immortal
           spirits
           clothed
           with
           flesh
           are
           trained
           and
           bred
           up
           for
           eternity
           .
           And
           then
           certainly
           it
           is
           not
           an
           indifferent
           thing
           and
           a
           matter
           of
           slight
           concernment
           to
           us
           ,
           how
           we
           live
           and
           demean
           our selves
           in
           this
           world
           :
           whether
           we
           indulge
           our selves
           
             in
             ungodliness
             and
             worldly
             lusts
          
           ,
           or
           
             live
             soberly
             ,
             and
             righteously
             ,
             and
             godly
          
           in
           this
           present
           world
           :
           No
           ;
           it
           is
           a
           matter
           of
           infinite
           moment
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           our
           souls
           and
           all
           eternity
           are
           worth
           .
           Let
           us
           not
           deceive
           our selves
           ;
           
             for
             as
             we
             sowe
             so
             shall
             we
             reap
             :
             If
             we
             sowe
             to
             the
             flesh
             ,
             we
             shall
             of
             the
             flesh
             reap
             corruption
             ;
             but
             if
             we
             sowe
             to
             the
             spirit
             ,
             we
             shall
             of
             the
             spirit
             
             reap
             everlasting
             life
             .
             Light
             is
             sown
             for
             the
             righteous
             ,
             and
             gladness
             for
             the
             upright
             in
             heart
             .
             The
             righteous
             hath
             hopes
             in
             his
             death
             .
             Mark
             the
             perfect
             man
             ,
             and
             behold
             the
             upright
             ,
             for
             the
             end
             of
             that
             man
             is
             peace
             .
          
           But
           the
           ungodly
           are
           not
           so
           :
           whoever
           hath
           lived
           a
           wicked
           and
           vicious
           life
           feels
           strange
           throws
           and
           pangs
           in
           his
           conscience
           when
           he
           comes
           to
           be
           cast
           upon
           a
           sick
           bed
           .
           
             The
             wicked
             is
             like
             the
             troubled
             sea
          
           (
           saith
           the
           
             Prophet
             )
             when
             it
             cannot
             rest
          
           ;
           full
           of
           trouble
           and
           confusion
           ,
           especially
           in
           a
           dying
           hour
           .
           It
           is
           death
           to
           such
           a
           man
           to
           look
           back
           upon
           his
           life
           ,
           and
           a
           hell
           to
           him
           to
           think
           of
           eternity
           .
           When
           his
           guilty
           and
           trembling
           Soul
           is
           ready
           to
           leave
           his
           Body
           ,
           and
           just
           stepping
           into
           the
           other
           world
           ,
           what
           horrour
           and
           amazement
           do
           then
           seise
           upon
           him
           ?
           what
           a
           rage
           doth
           such
           a
           man
           feel
           in
           his
           breast
           ,
           when
           he
           seriously
           considers
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           been
           so
           
           great
           a
           fool
           as
           for
           the
           false
           and
           imperfect
           pleasure
           of
           a
           few
           days
           to
           make
           himself
           miserable
           for
           ever
           ?
        
         
           3.
           
           Let
           the
           consideration
           of
           that
           unspeakable
           Reward
           which
           God
           hath
           promised
           to
           good
           men
           at
           the
           Resurrection
           ,
           encourage
           us
           to
           obedience
           and
           a
           holy
           life
           .
           We
           serve
           a
           great
           Prince
           who
           is
           able
           to
           promote
           us
           to
           honour
           ;
           a
           most
           gracious
           master
           who
           will
           not
           let
           the
           least
           service
           we
           doe
           for
           him
           pass
           unrewarded
           .
           This
           is
           the
           Inference
           which
           the
           Apostle
           makes
           from
           his
           large
           discourse
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
             15.
             58.
             
             Wherefore
             ,
             my
             beloved
             brethren
             ,
             be
             ye
             stedfast
             and
             unmovable
             ,
             always
             abounding
             in
             the
             work
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             forasmuch
             as
             ye
             know
             that
             your
             labour
             shall
             not
             be
             in
             vain
             in
             the
             Lord.
          
           Nothing
           will
           make
           death
           more
           welcome
           to
           us
           than
           a
           constant
           course
           of
           service
           and
           obedience
           
           to
           God.
           Sleep
           ,
           saith
           
             Solomon
             ,
             is
             sweet
             to
             the
             labouring
             man
             :
          
           so
           after
           a
           great
           diligence
           and
           industry
           in
           
             working
             out
             our
             own
             salvation
          
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           it
           is
           said
           of
           
             David
             )
             serving
             our
             generation
             according
             to
             the
             will
             of
             God
             ,
          
           how
           pleasant
           will
           it
           be
           to
           fall
           asleep
           ?
           And
           as
           an
           usefull
           and
           well-spent
           life
           will
           make
           our
           death
           to
           be
           sweet
           ,
           so
           our
           resurrection
           to
           be
           glorious
           .
           Whatever
           acts
           of
           piety
           we
           doe
           to
           God
           ,
           or
           of
           charity
           to
           men
           ;
           whatever
           we
           lay
           out
           upon
           the
           poor
           and
           afflicted
           and
           necessitous
           ,
           will
           all
           be
           considered
           by
           God
           in
           the
           day
           of
           recompences
           ,
           and
           most
           plentifully
           rewarded
           to
           us
           .
        
         
           And
           surely
           no
           consideration
           ought
           to
           be
           more
           prevalent
           to
           perswade
           us
           to
           alms
           deeds
           and
           charity
           to
           the
           poor
           ,
           than
           that
           of
           a
           resurrection
           to
           another
           life
           .
           Besides
           the
           promises
           of
           this
           life
           which
           are
           made
           to
           works
           of
           charity
           ,
           and
           
           there
           is
           not
           any
           grace
           or
           vertue
           whatsoever
           ,
           which
           hath
           so
           many
           and
           so
           great
           promises
           of
           temporal
           blessings
           made
           to
           it
           in
           Scripture
           as
           this
           grace
           of
           charity
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           besides
           the
           promises
           of
           this
           Life
           ,
           the
           great
           promise
           of
           eternal
           Life
           is
           in
           Scripture
           in
           a
           more
           especial
           manner
           entail'd
           upon
           it
           .
           
             Luke
             12.
             33.
             
             Give
             alms
             ,
          
           saith
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           
             provide
             your selves
             baggs
             which
             wax
             not
             old
             ,
             a
             treasure
             in
             the
             heavens
             that
             faileth
             not
             ,
          
           and
           
             c.
             16.
             v.
             9.
             make
             to
             your selves
             friends
             of
             the
             mammon
             of
             unrighteousness
             ,
             that
             when
             ye
             shall
             fail
             they
             may
             receive
             you
             into
             everlasting
             habitations
             .
          
           And
           1
           
             Tim.
             6.
             17
             ,
             18
             ,
             19.
             
             Charge
             them
             that
             are
             rich
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             that
             they
             be
             not
             high
             minded
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             that
             they
             doe
             good
             ,
             that
             they
             be
             rich
             in
             good
             works
             ,
             ready
             to
             distribute
             ,
             willing
             to
             communicate
             ,
             laying
             up
             in
             store
             for
             themselves
             a
             good
             foundation
             against
             the
             time
             to
             come
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             lay
             hold
             
             on
             eternal
             life
          
           ;
           the
           word
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           which
           our
           Translation
           renders
           foundation
           according
           to
           the
           common
           use
           of
           it
           ,
           seems
           in
           this
           place
           to
           have
           a
           more
           peculiar
           notion
           ,
           and
           to
           signifie
           the
           security
           that
           is
           given
           by
           a
           pledge
           ,
           or
           by
           an
           instrument
           or
           obligation
           of
           contract
           for
           the
           performance
           of
           Covenants
           .
           For
           besides
           that
           the
           phrase
           of
           
             laying
             up
             in
             store
             ,
             or
             treasuring
             up
             a
             foundation
             ,
          
           seems
           to
           be
           a
           very
           odd
           jumbling
           of
           metaphors
           ;
           this
           very
           word
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           almost
           necessarily
           requires
           this
           notion
           as
           it
           is
           used
           by
           the
           same
           Apostle
           ,
           in
           his
           second
           Epistle
           to
           Timothy
           ,
           chap.
           2.
           ver
           .
           19.
           where
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             the
             foundation
             of
             God
             stands
             sure
             ,
             having
             this
             seal
             ,
          
           &c.
           a
           seal
           being
           very
           improper
           
             to
             strengthen
             a
             foundation
          
           ,
           but
           very
           fit
           
             to
             confirm
             a
             Covenant
          
           .
           And
           then
           surely
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           render'd
           ,
           
             the
             Covenant
             of
             God
             remains
             firm
             ,
             having
             this
             seal
             .
          
           And
           so
           likewise
           
           in
           the
           foremention'd
           Text
           ,
           the
           sense
           will
           be
           much
           more
           easie
           and
           currant
           if
           we
           render
           it
           thus
           ,
           
             treasuring
             up
          
           ,
           or
           
             providing
             for
             themselves
             a
             good
             security
          
           or
           
             pledge
             against
             the
             time
             to
             come
          
           ;
           I
           add
           pledge
           ,
           because
           that
           anciently
           was
           the
           common
           way
           of
           security
           for
           things
           lent
           :
           besides
           that
           the
           Apostle
           seems
           plainly
           to
           allude
           to
           that
           passage
           ,
           
             Tobit
             ,
             4.
             8
             ,
             9.
             
             If
             thou
             hast
             abundance
             ,
             give
             alms
             accordingly
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             for
             thou
             layest
             up
             a
             good
             treasure
             for
             thy self
             against
             the
             day
             of
             necessity
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             for
             thou
             treasurest
             up
             for
             thy self
             a
             good
             pledge
          
           ;
           to
           which
           this
           of
           the
           Apostle
           exactly
           answers
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             treasuring
             up
          
           ,
           or
           
             providing
             for
             themselves
             a
             good
             pledge
             or
             security
             ,
          
           &c.
           the
           sense
           however
           is
           plain
           ,
           that
           the
           charity
           of
           Alms
           is
           one
           of
           the
           best
           ways
           of
           securing
           our
           future
           happiness
           .
        
         
         
           And
           yet
           further
           to
           encourage
           us
           to
           abound
           in
           works
           of
           charity
           ,
           the
           Scripture
           tells
           us
           that
           proportionably
           to
           the
           degrees
           of
           our
           charity
           shall
           be
           the
           degrees
           of
           our
           reward
           ;
           upon
           this
           consideration
           the
           Apostle
           exhorts
           the
           Corinthians
           to
           be
           liberal
           in
           their
           charity
           ,
           2
           
             Cor.
             9.
             6.
             he
             that
             soweth
             sparingly
             shall
             reap
             sparingly
             ,
             but
             he
             that
             soweth
             bountifully
             shall
             reap
             bountifully
             .
          
           So
           that
           whatever
           we
           lay
           out
           in
           this
           kind
           is
           to
           the
           
             greatest
             advantage
          
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           
             best
             security
          
           ;
           two
           considerations
           which
           use
           to
           be
           very
           prevalent
           with
           rich
           men
           to
           lay
           out
           their
           money
           .
        
         
           We
           certainly
           doe
           it
           to
           the
           
             greatest
             advantage
          
           ;
           because
           God
           will
           consider
           the
           very
           smallest
           thing
           that
           any
           of
           us
           doe
           in
           this
           kind
           .
           He
           that
           shall
           give
           so
           much
           as
           
             a
             cup
             of
             cold
             water
             to
             a
             disciple
             ,
             in
             the
             name
             of
             a
             disciple
             ,
             shall
             not
             lose
             his
             reward
          
           ;
           these
           last
           words
           ,
           
             shall
             
             not
             lose
             his
             reward
             ,
          
           are
           a
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           and
           signifie
           much
           more
           than
           they
           seem
           to
           speak
           ,
           viz.
           that
           he
           shall
           have
           a
           very
           great
           reward
           ,
           infinitely
           beyond
           the
           value
           of
           what
           he
           hath
           done
           .
        
         
           And
           we
           doe
           it
           likewise
           upon
           the
           
             best
             security
          
           ;
           so
           Solomon
           assures
           us
           ,
           
             Prov.
             19.
             17.
             
             He
             that
             hath
             pity
             upon
             the
             poor
             lendeth
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             he
             hath
             given
             will
             he
             pay
             him
             again
             :
          
           and
           we
           may
           be
           confident
           of
           our
           security
           where
           God
           is
           surety
           ;
           nay
           ,
           he
           tells
           us
           that
           in
           this
           case
           he
           looks
           upon
           himself
           as
           principal
           ,
           and
           that
           whatever
           we
           doe
           in
           ways
           of
           mercy
           and
           charity
           to
           the
           poor
           he
           takes
           as
           done
           to
           himself
           .
           So
           our
           Lord
           hath
           told
           us
           ,
           Matt.
           2.
           5.
           40.
           and
           we
           shall
           hear
           the
           same
           from
           him
           again
           out
           of
           his
           own
           mouth
           when
           he
           shall
           appear
           in
           his
           Majesty
           to
           judge
           the
           World
           ,
           
             Then
             the
             King
             shall
             answer
             ,
             and
             say
             unto
             them
             ,
             Verily
             I
             say
             unto
             you
             ,
             inasmuch
             
             as
             ye
             have
             done
             it
             unto
             one
             of
             the
             least
             of
             these
             my
             brethren
             ,
             ye
             have
             done
             it
             unto
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
             And
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             the
             Scripture
             no
             where
             passeth
             a
             more
             severe
             doom
             upon
             any
             sort
             of
             persons
             ,
             than
             upon
             those
             who
             have
             no
             bowels
             of
             compassion
             towards
             their
             brethren
             in
             distress
             .
             That
             is
             a
             fearfull
             sentence
             indeed
             ,
             which
             the
             Apostle
             pronounceth
             upon
             such
             persons
             ,
          
           Jam.
           2.
           13.
           
           He
           shall
           have
           judgment
           without
           mercy
           that
           hath
           shewed
           no
           mercy
           .
           
             And
             this
             our
             Saviour
             represents
             to
             us
             in
             a
             most
             solemn
             manner
             ,
             in
             that
             lively
             description
             which
             he
             makes
             of
             the
             Judgment
             of
             the
             great
             Day
             ,
          
           Matt.
           25.
           31.
           
           &c.
           When
           the
           Son
           of
           man
           shall
           come
           in
           his
           glory
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           holy
           Angels
           with
           him
           ,
           then
           shall
           he
           sit
           upon
           the
           throne
           of
           his
           glory
           :
           And
           before
           him
           shall
           be
           gathered
           all
           nations
           ,
           and
           he
           shall
           separate
           them
           one
           from
           another
           ,
           as
           a
           shepherd
           
           divideth
           the
           sheep
           from
           the
           goats
           .
           And
           he
           shall
           set
           the
           sheep
           on
           his
           right
           hand
           ,
           but
           the
           goats
           on
           the
           left
           .
           Then
           shall
           the
           King
           say
           unto
           them
           on
           the
           right
           hand
           ,
           Come
           ye
           blessed
           of
           my
           Father
           ,
           inherit
           the
           Kingdom
           prepared
           for
           you
           ,
           before
           the
           foundation
           of
           the
           world
           :
           For
           I
           was
           an
           hungred
           ,
           and
           ye
           gave
           me
           meat
           ;
           I
           was
           thirsty
           ,
           and
           ye
           gave
           me
           drink
           ;
           I
           was
           a
           stranger
           ,
           and
           ye
           took
           me
           in
           ;
           naked
           ,
           and
           ye
           clothed
           me
           ;
           I
           was
           sick
           ,
           and
           ye
           visited
           me
           ;
           I
           was
           in
           prison
           ,
           and
           ye
           came
           unto
           me
           .
           Then
           shall
           He
           say
           also
           unto
           them
           on
           the
           left
           hand
           ,
           Depart
           from
           me
           ye
           cursed
           into
           everlasting
           fire
           ,
           prepared
           for
           the
           Devil
           and
           his
           Angels
           :
           For
           I
           was
           an
           hungred
           ,
           and
           ye
           gave
           me
           no
           meat
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           these
           shall
           go
           away
           into
           everlasting
           punishment
           ;
           but
           the
           righteous
           into
           life
           eternal
           .
           
             And
             if
             this
             be
             ,
             as
             most
             certainly
             it
             is
             ,
             a
             true
             and
             proper
             representation
             of
             the
             process
             of
             that
             Day
             ,
             
             then
             the
             great
             matter
             of
             enquiry
             will
             be
             ,
             What
             works
             of
             charity
             and
             mercy
             have
             been
             done
             or
             neglected
             by
             us
             ,
             and
             accordingly
             a
             Sentence
             of
             eternal
             happiness
             ,
             or
             misery
             ,
             will
             be
             pass'd
             upon
             us
             :
             I
             was
             hungry
             ,
             did
             ye
             feed
             me
             or
             did
             ye
             not
             ?
             I
             was
             naked
             ,
             did
             ye
             clothe
             me
             or
             did
             ye
             not
             ?
             I
             was
             sick
             and
             in
             prison
             ,
             did
             ye
             visit
             me
             or
             did
             ye
             not
             ?
             Not
             but
             that
             all
             the
             good
             or
             evil
             of
             our
             lives
             ,
             in
             what
             kind
             soever
             ,
             shall
             then
             be
             brought
             to
             account
             ;
             But
             that
             our
             Saviour
             did
             chuse
             to
             instance
             particularly
             ,
             and
             onely
             in
             things
             of
             this
             nature
             ,
             should
             methinks
             make
             a
             mighty
             impression
             upon
             us
             ,
             and
             be
             a
             powerfull
             consideration
             to
             oblige
             us
             to
             have
             a
             very
             peculiar
             regard
             to
             works
             of
             mercy
             and
             charity
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             sure
          
           to
           abound
           in
           this
           Grace
           ;
           
             that
             when
             we
             shall
             appear
             before
             the
             great
             Judge
             of
             the
             World
             we
             may
             find
             that
             mercy
             from
             Him
             which
             
             we
             have
             shew'd
             to
             others
             ,
             and
             which
             we
             shall
             all
             undoubtedly
             stand
             in
             need
             of
          
           in
           that
           Day
           .
        
         
           And
           among
           all
           our
           acts
           of
           charity
           ,
           those
           which
           are
           done
           upon
           least
           probability
           and
           foresight
           of
           their
           meeting
           with
           any
           recompense
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           either
           by
           way
           of
           real
           requital
           or
           of
           fame
           and
           reputation
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           of
           all
           other
           most
           acceptable
           to
           God
           ,
           so
           they
           will
           certainly
           have
           the
           most
           ample
           reward
           in
           another
           world
           .
           So
           our
           Lord
           hath
           assur'd
           us
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           adviseth
           us
           ,
           
             Luke
             14.
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             14.
             
             When
             thou
             makest
             a
             feast
             invite
             not
             the
             rich
             ,
             because
             they
             will
             recompense
             thee
             again
             :
             but
             call
             the
             poor
             ,
             the
             maimed
             ,
             the
             lame
             and
             the
             blind
             ,
             for
             they
             cannot
             recompense
             thee
             ,
             but
             thou
             shalt
             be
             recompensed
             at
             the
             resurrection
             of
             the
             just
             .
          
           If
           we
           be
           Religious
           for
           worldly
           ends
           ,
           and
           serve
           God
           ,
           and
           doe
           good
           to
           men
           ,
           onely
           in
           contemplation
           of
           
           some
           temporal
           advantage
           ,
           we
           take
           up
           with
           present
           payment
           ,
           and
           cut
           our selves
           short
           of
           our
           future
           reward
           :
           of
           such
           ,
           saith
           our
           Lord
           ,
           
             verily
             I
             say
             unto
             you
             ,
             they
             have
             their
             reward
          
           ;
           they
           are
           their
           own
           security
           ,
           and
           have
           taken
           care
           to
           satisfie
           themselves
           ,
           and
           therefore
           are
           to
           expect
           nothing
           from
           God.
           But
           let
           us
           who
           call
           our selves
           Christians
           doe
           something
           for
           God
           ,
           for
           which
           we
           have
           no
           hopes
           to
           be
           recompensed
           in
           this
           world
           ;
           that
           we
           may
           shew
           that
           we
           trust
           God
           and
           take
           his
           word
           ,
           and
           dare
           venture
           upon
           the
           security
           of
           the
           next
           world
           and
           that
           recompense
           which
           shall
           be
           made
           
             at
             the
             resurrection
             of
             the
             just
             .
          
        
         
           
             And
             how
             great
             and
             glorious
             that
             shall
             be
             ,
             our
             Saviour
             tells
             us
             immediately
             before
             my
          
           Text.
           They
           that
           shall
           be
           accounted
           worthy
           to
           obtain
           that
           world
           ,
           and
           the
           resurrection
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           they
           can
           die
           no
           
           more
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           equal
           to
           the
           Angels
           ,
           and
           are
           the
           children
           of
           God
           ,
           being
           the
           children
           of
           the
           resurrection
           .
        
         
           If
           then
           we
           be
           heirs
           of
           such
           glorious
           hopes
           ,
           and
           believe
           that
           he
           who
           is
           
             the
             God
             of
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
             ,
             and
             Jacob
             ,
          
           will
           also
           be
           our
           God
           ;
           let
           us
           live
           as
           it
           becomes
           the
           Candidates
           of
           heaven
           ,
           and
           
             the
             children
             of
             the
             resurrection
          
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           verily
           believe
           another
           life
           after
           this
           ,
           and
           hope
           one
           day
           to
           
             sit
             down
             with
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
             and
             Jacob
             ,
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           And
           now
           that
           I
           have
           represented
           to
           you
           what
           encouragement
           there
           is
           to
           well-doing
           ,
           and
           particularly
           to
           works
           of
           Charity
           ,
           from
           the
           consideration
           of
           the
           blessed
           reward
           we
           shall
           certainly
           meet
           with
           at
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           just
           :
           I
           shall
           crave
           your
           patience
           a
           little
           longer
           ,
           whilst
           I
           propose
           to
           you
           
           one
           of
           the
           fairest
           Examples
           of
           this
           kind
           which
           either
           this
           or
           perhaps
           any
           other
           Age
           could
           easily
           present
           us
           withall
           :
           I
           mean
           our
           deceased
           Brother
           to
           whom
           we
           are
           now
           paying
           our
           last
           solemn
           respects
           ,
           the
           Reverend
           Mr.
           
             THOMAS
             GOVGE
          
           ;
           the
           worthy
           Son
           of
           a
           reverend
           and
           learned
           Divine
           of
           this
           City
           ,
           Dr.
           
             William
             Gouge
          
           ,
           who
           was
           Minister
           of
           this
           Parish
           of
           
             Black
             Friars
          
           six
           and
           forty
           years
           ;
           he
           died
           in
           1653.
           and
           still
           lives
           in
           the
           memory
           of
           many
           here
           present
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           confess
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           no
           friend
           to
           Funeral
           Panegyricks
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           nothing
           of
           extraordinary
           worth
           and
           merit
           in
           the
           party
           commended
           to
           give
           occasion
           and
           foundation
           for
           them
           :
           In
           such
           cases
           ,
           as
           praises
           are
           not
           due
           to
           the
           dead
           ,
           so
           they
           may
           be
           of
           ill
           consequence
           to
           the
           living
           ;
           not
           onely
           by
           bringing
           those
           of
           our
           Profession
           that
           make
           a
           practice
           of
           
           it
           under
           the
           suspicion
           of
           officious
           and
           mercenary
           flattery
           ,
           but
           likewise
           by
           encouraging
           men
           to
           hope
           that
           they
           also
           may
           be
           well
           spoken
           of
           ,
           and
           even
           Sainted
           when
           they
           are
           dead
           ,
           though
           they
           should
           have
           done
           little
           or
           no
           good
           in
           their
           life
           :
           But
           yet
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           to
           commend
           those
           excellent
           Persons
           the
           vertues
           of
           whose
           lives
           have
           been
           bright
           and
           exemplary
           ,
           is
           not
           onely
           a
           piece
           of
           justice
           due
           to
           the
           dead
           ,
           but
           an
           act
           of
           great
           charity
           to
           the
           living
           ,
           setting
           a
           pattern
           of
           well-doing
           before
           our
           eyes
           ,
           very
           apt
           and
           powerfull
           to
           incite
           and
           encourage
           us
           
             to
             go
             and
             doe
             likewise
          
           .
        
         
           Upon
           both
           these
           considerations
           ,
           first
           to
           doe
           right
           to
           the
           memory
           of
           so
           good
           a
           man
           ,
           and
           then
           in
           hopes
           that
           the
           example
           may
           prove
           fruitfull
           and
           have
           a
           considerable
           effect
           upon
           others
           to
           beget
           the
           like
           goodness
           and
           charity
           in
           them
           ,
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           ,
           in
           as
           narrow
           a
           compass
           
           as
           may
           be
           ,
           to
           give
           you
           the
           just
           character
           of
           this
           truly
           pious
           and
           charitable
           Man
           ,
           and
           by
           setting
           his
           life
           in
           a
           true
           light
           to
           recommend
           with
           all
           the
           advantage
           I
           can
           so
           excellent
           a
           pattern
           to
           your
           imitation
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           born
           at
           Bow
           near
           Stratford
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Midlesex
           the
           19th
           .
           day
           of
           September
           1605.
           
           He
           was
           bred
           at
           Eton
           School
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           chosen
           to
           Kings
           College
           in
           Cambridge
           being
           about
           20
           years
           of
           Age
           ,
           in
           the
           year
           1626.
           
           After
           he
           had
           finish'd
           the
           course
           of
           his
           studies
           ,
           and
           taken
           his
           Degrees
           ,
           he
           left
           the
           Vniversity
           and
           his
           Fellowship
           ,
           being
           presented
           to
           the
           Living
           of
           Colsden
           near
           Croyden
           in
           Surrey
           ,
           where
           he
           continued
           about
           2
           or
           3
           years
           ;
           and
           from
           thence
           was
           remov'd
           to
           S.
           Sepulchres
           in
           London
           ,
           in
           the
           year
           1638.
           and
           the
           year
           after
           thinking
           fit
           to
           change
           his
           condition
           match'd
           into
           a
           very
           worthy
           
           and
           ancient
           Family
           ,
           marrying
           one
           of
           the
           Daughters
           of
           Sir
           
             Robert
             Darcy
          
           .
        
         
           Being
           thus
           settled
           in
           this
           large
           and
           populous
           Parish
           ,
           he
           did
           with
           great
           solicitude
           and
           pains
           discharge
           all
           the
           parts
           of
           a
           vigilant
           and
           faithfull
           Minister
           ,
           for
           about
           the
           space
           of
           24
           years
           .
           For
           besides
           his
           constant
           and
           weekly
           labour
           of
           preaching
           ,
           he
           was
           very
           diligent
           and
           charitable
           in
           visiting
           the
           sick
           ,
           and
           ministring
           not
           onely
           spiritual
           counsel
           and
           comfort
           to
           them
           ,
           but
           likewise
           liberal
           relief
           to
           the
           wants
           and
           necessities
           of
           those
           that
           were
           poor
           and
           destitute
           of
           means
           to
           help
           themselves
           in
           that
           condition
           .
           He
           did
           also
           every
           morning
           throughout
           the
           year
           Catechize
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           especially
           the
           poorer
           sort
           who
           were
           generally
           most
           ignorant
           ;
           and
           to
           encourage
           them
           to
           come
           thither
           to
           be
           instructed
           by
           him
           he
           did
           once
           a
           week
           distribute
           money
           among
           
           them
           ,
           not
           upon
           a
           certain
           day
           ,
           but
           changing
           it
           on
           purpose
           as
           he
           thought
           good
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           thereby
           oblige
           them
           to
           be
           constantly
           present
           :
           These
           were
           chiefly
           the
           more
           aged
           poor
           who
           being
           past
           labour
           had
           leisure
           enough
           to
           attend
           upon
           this
           exercise
           .
           As
           for
           the
           other
           sort
           of
           poor
           who
           were
           able
           to
           work
           for
           their
           living
           ,
           he
           set
           them
           at
           work
           upon
           his
           own
           charge
           ,
           buying
           Flax
           and
           Hemp
           for
           them
           to
           spin
           ,
           and
           what
           they
           spun
           he
           took
           off
           their
           hands
           paying
           them
           for
           their
           work
           ,
           and
           then
           got
           it
           wrought
           into
           Cloth
           ,
           and
           sold
           it
           as
           he
           could
           ,
           chiefly
           among
           his
           friends
           ,
           himself
           bearing
           the
           whole
           loss
           .
           And
           this
           was
           a
           very
           wise
           and
           well
           chosen
           way
           of
           charity
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           good
           effect
           of
           it
           a
           much
           greater
           charity
           than
           if
           he
           had
           given
           these
           very
           persons
           freely
           and
           for
           nothing
           so
           much
           as
           they
           earned
           by
           their
           work
           ;
           because
           by
           this
           means
           he
           took
           many
           
           off
           from
           begging
           ,
           and
           thereby
           rescued
           them
           at
           once
           from
           two
           of
           the
           most
           dangerous
           temptations
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           Idleness
           and
           Poverty
           ;
           and
           by
           degrees
           reclaim'd
           them
           to
           a
           vertuous
           and
           industrious
           course
           of
           life
           ,
           which
           enabled
           them
           afterwards
           to
           live
           without
           being
           beholden
           to
           the
           charity
           of
           others
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           course
           so
           happily
           devis'd
           and
           begun
           by
           Mr.
           Gouge
           in
           his
           own
           Parish
           ,
           was
           I
           think
           that
           which
           gave
           the
           first
           hint
           to
           that
           worthy
           and
           usefull
           Citizen
           Mr.
           
             Thomas
             Firmin
          
           of
           a
           much
           larger
           design
           ,
           which
           hath
           been
           prosecuted
           by
           him
           for
           some
           years
           with
           that
           vigour
           and
           good
           success
           in
           this
           City
           ,
           that
           many
           hundreds
           of
           poor
           Children
           ,
           and
           others
           who
           liv'd
           idle
           before
           ,
           unprofitable
           both
           to
           themselves
           and
           the
           publick
           ,
           are
           continually
           maintain'd
           at
           work
           and
           taught
           to
           earn
           their
           own
           livelihood
           much
           in
           the
           same
           way
           :
           He
           being
           ,
           by
           the
           generous
           
           assistance
           and
           charity
           of
           many
           worthy
           and
           well-dispos'd
           Persons
           of
           all
           ranks
           ,
           enabled
           to
           bear
           the
           unavoidable
           loss
           and
           charge
           of
           so
           vast
           an
           undertaking
           ;
           and
           by
           his
           own
           forward
           inclination
           to
           charity
           ,
           and
           his
           unwearied
           diligence
           and
           activity
           ,
           extraordinarily
           fitted
           to
           sustain
           and
           go
           through
           the
           incredible
           pains
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           return
           to
           our
           deceased
           Friend
           ;
           concerning
           whom
           I
           must
           content
           my self
           to
           pass
           over
           many
           things
           worthy
           to
           be
           remembred
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           speak
           onely
           of
           those
           Vertues
           of
           his
           which
           were
           more
           eminent
           and
           remarkable
           .
        
         
           Of
           his
           Piety
           towards
           God
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           necessary
           foundation
           of
           all
           other
           Graces
           and
           Vertues
           ,
           I
           shall
           onely
           say
           this
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           great
           and
           exemplary
           ,
           but
           yet
           very
           still
           and
           quiet
           ,
           without
           stir
           and
           noise
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           in
           substance
           and
           reality
           than
           in
           shew
           and
           ostentation
           ;
           
           and
           did
           not
           consist
           in
           censuring
           and
           finding
           fault
           with
           others
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           due
           care
           and
           government
           of
           his
           own
           life
           and
           actions
           ,
           and
           in
           exercising
           himself
           
             continually
             to
             have
             a
             conscience
             void
             of
             offence
             toward
             God
             and
             toward
             men
          
           ;
           in
           which
           he
           was
           such
           a
           proficient
           ,
           that
           even
           after
           long
           acquaintance
           and
           familiar
           conversation
           with
           him
           it
           was
           not
           easie
           to
           observe
           any
           thing
           that
           might
           deserve
           blame
           .
        
         
           He
           particularly
           excell'd
           in
           the
           more
           peculiar
           vertues
           of
           conversation
           ,
           in
           
             modesty
             ,
             humility
             ,
             meekness
             ,
             cheerfulness
             ,
          
           and
           in
           kindness
           and
           
             charity
             towards
             all
             men
          
           .
        
         
           So
           great
           was
           his
           modesty
           ,
           that
           it
           never
           appear'd
           either
           by
           word
           or
           action
           that
           he
           put
           any
           value
           upon
           himself
           .
           This
           I
           have
           often
           observ'd
           in
           him
           ,
           that
           the
           Charities
           which
           were
           procur'd
           chiefly
           by
           his
           application
           and
           industry
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           occasion
           to
           give
           an
           account
           of
           
           them
           ,
           he
           would
           rather
           impute
           to
           any
           one
           who
           had
           but
           the
           least
           hand
           and
           part
           in
           the
           obtaining
           of
           them
           ,
           than
           assume
           any
           thing
           of
           it
           to
           himself
           .
           Another
           instance
           of
           his
           modesty
           was
           ,
           that
           when
           he
           had
           quitted
           his
           Living
           of
           S.
           Sepulchres
           upon
           some
           dissatisfaction
           about
           the
           terms
           of
           conformity
           ,
           he
           willingly
           forbore
           preaching
           ,
           saying
           there
           was
           no
           need
           of
           him
           here
           in
           London
           where
           there
           were
           so
           many
           worthy
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           thought
           he
           might
           doe
           as
           much
           or
           more
           good
           in
           another
           way
           which
           could
           give
           no
           offence
           .
           Onely
           in
           the
           later
           years
           of
           his
           life
           ,
           being
           better
           satisfy'd
           in
           some
           things
           he
           doubted
           of
           before
           ,
           he
           had
           License
           from
           some
           of
           the
           Bishops
           to
           preach
           in
           Wales
           in
           his
           progress
           ;
           which
           he
           was
           the
           more
           willing
           to
           doe
           ,
           because
           in
           some
           places
           he
           saw
           great
           need
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           he
           thought
           he
           might
           doe
           it
           with
           greater
           advantage
           
           among
           the
           poor
           People
           ,
           who
           were
           the
           more
           likely
           to
           regard
           his
           instructions
           ,
           being
           recommended
           by
           his
           great
           charity
           ,
           so
           well
           known
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           of
           which
           they
           had
           so
           long
           had
           the
           experience
           and
           benefit
           .
           But
           where
           there
           was
           no
           such
           need
           ,
           he
           was
           very
           well
           contented
           to
           hear
           others
           perswade
           men
           to
           goodness
           and
           to
           practise
           it
           himself
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           
             clothed
             with
             humility
          
           ,
           and
           had
           in
           a
           most
           eminent
           degree
           that
           
             ornament
             of
             a
             meek
             and
             quiet
             spirit
             which
             ,
          
           S.
           Peter
           says
           ,
           
             is
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             God
             of
          
           so
           
             great
             price
          
           :
           So
           that
           there
           was
           not
           the
           least
           appearance
           either
           of
           Pride
           or
           Passion
           in
           any
           of
           his
           words
           or
           actions
           .
           He
           was
           not
           onely
           free
           from
           anger
           and
           bitterness
           ,
           but
           from
           all
           affected
           gravity
           and
           moroseness
           .
           His
           conversation
           was
           affable
           and
           pleasant
           ;
           he
           had
           a
           wonderfull
           serenity
           of
           mind
           and
           evenness
           of
           temper
           ,
           visible
           
           in
           his
           very
           countenance
           ;
           he
           was
           hardly
           ever
           merry
           ,
           but
           never
           melancholy
           and
           sad
           ;
           and
           for
           any
           thing
           I
           could
           discern
           ,
           after
           a
           long
           and
           intimate
           acquaintance
           with
           him
           ,
           he
           was
           upon
           all
           occasions
           and
           accidents
           perpetually
           the
           same
           ;
           always
           cheerfull
           ,
           and
           always
           kind
           ;
           of
           a
           disposition
           ready
           to
           embrace
           and
           oblige
           all
           men
           ;
           allowing
           others
           to
           differ
           from
           him
           ,
           even
           in
           opinions
           that
           were
           very
           dear
           to
           him
           ;
           and
           provided
           men
           did
           but
           
             fear
             God
             and
             work
             righteousness
          
           ,
           he
           lov'd
           them
           heartily
           ,
           how
           distant
           soever
           from
           him
           in
           judgment
           about
           things
           less
           necessary
           :
           In
           all
           which
           he
           is
           very
           worthy
           to
           be
           a
           pattern
           to
           men
           of
           all
           Perswasions
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           Vertue
           which
           of
           all
           other
           shone
           brightest
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           was
           his
           most
           proper
           and
           peculiar
           character
           ,
           was
           his
           cheerfull
           and
           unwearied
           diligence
           in
           acts
           of
           pious
           Charity
           .
           In
           this
           he
           left
           far
           
           behind
           him
           all
           that
           ever
           I
           knew
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           had
           a
           singular
           sagacity
           and
           prudence
           in
           devising
           the
           most
           effectual
           ways
           of
           doing
           good
           ,
           and
           in
           managing
           and
           disposing
           his
           charity
           to
           the
           best
           purposes
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           greatest
           extent
           ;
           always
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           ,
           making
           it
           to
           serve
           some
           end
           of
           Piety
           and
           Religion
           ;
           as
           the
           instruction
           of
           poor
           children
           in
           the
           principles
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           furnishing
           grown
           persons
           that
           were
           ignorant
           with
           the
           Bible
           and
           other
           good
           Books
           ;
           strictly
           obliging
           those
           to
           whom
           he
           gave
           them
           to
           a
           diligent
           reading
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           when
           he
           had
           opportunity
           exacting
           of
           them
           an
           account
           how
           they
           had
           profited
           by
           them
           .
        
         
           In
           his
           occasional
           alms
           to
           the
           poor
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           was
           very
           free
           and
           bountifull
           ,
           the
           relief
           he
           gave
           them
           was
           always
           mingled
           with
           good
           counsel
           ,
           and
           as
           great
           a
           tenderness
           and
           compassion
           for
           their
           souls
           
           as
           bodies
           ;
           which
           very
           often
           attain'd
           the
           good
           effect
           it
           was
           likely
           to
           have
           ,
           the
           one
           making
           way
           for
           the
           other
           with
           so
           much
           advantage
           ,
           and
           men
           being
           very
           apt
           to
           follow
           the
           good
           advice
           of
           those
           who
           give
           them
           in
           hand
           so
           sensible
           a
           pledge
           and
           testimony
           of
           their
           good
           will
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           This
           kind
           of
           charity
           must
           needs
           be
           very
           expensive
           to
           him
           ,
           but
           he
           had
           a
           plentifull
           estate
           settled
           upon
           him
           and
           left
           him
           by
           his
           Father
           ,
           and
           he
           laid
           it
           out
           as
           liberally
           in
           the
           most
           prudent
           and
           effectual
           ways
           of
           charity
           he
           could
           think
           of
           ,
           and
           upon
           such
           persons
           as
           ,
           all
           circumstances
           considered
           ,
           he
           judg'd
           to
           be
           the
           fittest
           and
           most
           proper
           objects
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           For
           about
           nine
           or
           ten
           years
           last
           past
           he
           did
           ,
           as
           is
           well
           known
           to
           many
           here
           present
           ,
           almost
           wholly
           apply
           his
           charity
           to
           Wales
           ,
           because
           there
           he
           judg'd
           was
           most
           occasion
           
           for
           it
           :
           And
           because
           this
           was
           a
           very
           great
           work
           ,
           he
           did
           not
           onely
           lay
           out
           upon
           it
           whatever
           he
           could
           spare
           out
           of
           his
           own
           estate
           ,
           but
           employ'd
           his
           whole
           time
           and
           pains
           to
           excite
           and
           engage
           the
           charity
           of
           others
           for
           his
           assistance
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           this
           he
           had
           two
           excellent
           designs
           .
           One
           ,
           to
           have
           poor
           children
           brought
           up
           to
           reade
           and
           write
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           carefully
           instructed
           in
           the
           principles
           of
           Religion
           :
           The
           other
           ,
           to
           furnish
           persons
           of
           grown
           age
           ,
           the
           poor
           especially
           ,
           with
           the
           necessary
           helps
           and
           means
           of
           knowledge
           ,
           as
           the
           Bible
           ,
           and
           other
           Books
           of
           piety
           and
           devotion
           ,
           in
           their
           own
           Language
           ;
           to
           which
           end
           he
           procur'd
           the
           Church-Catechisme
           ,
           the
           
             Practice
             of
             Piety
          
           ,
           and
           that
           best
           of
           Books
           the
           
             Whole
             Duty
             of
             Man
          
           ,
           besides
           several
           other
           pious
           and
           usefull
           Treatises
           ,
           to
           be
           translated
           into
           the
           Welch
           Tongue
           ,
           and
           great
           numbers
           of
           them
           to
           be
           
           printed
           ,
           and
           sent
           down
           to
           the
           chief
           Towns
           in
           Wales
           ,
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           easie
           rates
           to
           those
           that
           were
           able
           to
           buy
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           freely
           given
           to
           those
           that
           were
           not
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           both
           these
           designs
           ,
           through
           the
           blessing
           of
           God
           upon
           his
           unwearied
           endeavours
           ,
           he
           found
           very
           great
           success
           .
           For
           by
           the
           large
           and
           bountifull
           contributions
           which
           chiefly
           by
           his
           industry
           and
           prudent
           application
           were
           obtain'd
           from
           charitable
           Persons
           of
           all
           Ranks
           and
           conditions
           ,
           from
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           of
           Wales
           and
           the
           neighbouring
           Counties
           ,
           and
           several
           of
           that
           Quality
           in
           and
           about
           London
           ;
           from
           divers
           of
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ;
           and
           from
           that
           perpetual
           fountain
           of
           charity
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           led
           on
           and
           encourag'd
           by
           the
           most
           bountifull
           example
           of
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           
             Lord
             Mayor
          
           and
           the
           
             Court
             of
             Aldermen
          
           ;
           to
           all
           which
           
           he
           constantly
           added
           two
           Thirds
           of
           his
           own
           estate
           ,
           which
           as
           I
           have
           been
           credibly
           inform'd
           was
           two
           hundred
           pounds
           a
           year
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           by
           all
           these
           together
           there
           were
           every
           year
           
             eight
             hundred
          
           ,
           sometimes
           a
           thousand
           poor
           children
           educated
           as
           I
           said
           before
           ;
           and
           by
           this
           example
           several
           of
           the
           most
           considerable
           Towns
           of
           Wales
           were
           excited
           to
           bring
           up
           at
           their
           own
           charge
           the
           like
           number
           of
           poor
           children
           ,
           in
           the
           like
           manner
           ,
           and
           under
           his
           inspection
           and
           care
           .
        
         
           He
           likewise
           gave
           very
           great
           numbers
           of
           the
           Books
           above
           mention'd
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           Welch
           and
           English
           Tongues
           ,
           to
           the
           poorer
           sort
           ,
           so
           many
           as
           were
           unable
           to
           buy
           them
           and
           willing
           to
           reade
           them
           .
           But
           which
           was
           the
           greatest
           work
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           amounted
           indeed
           to
           a
           mighty
           charge
           ,
           he
           procured
           a
           new
           and
           very
           fair
           Impression
           of
           the
           Bible
           and
           Liturgy
           of
           the
           Church
           
           of
           England
           in
           the
           Welch
           Tongue
           (
           the
           former
           Impression
           being
           spent
           ,
           and
           hardly
           twenty
           of
           them
           to
           be
           had
           in
           all
           London
           )
           to
           the
           number
           of
           eight
           thousand
           ;
           one
           thousand
           whereof
           were
           freely
           given
           to
           the
           poor
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           sent
           to
           the
           principal
           Cities
           and
           Towns
           in
           Wales
           to
           be
           sold
           to
           the
           rich
           at
           very
           reasonable
           and
           low
           rates
           ,
           viz.
           at
           
             four
             shillings
          
           a
           piece
           well
           bound
           and
           clasped
           ;
           which
           was
           much
           cheaper
           than
           any
           English
           Bible
           was
           ever
           sold
           that
           was
           of
           so
           fair
           a
           print
           and
           paper
           :
           A
           work
           of
           that
           charge
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           likely
           to
           have
           been
           done
           any
           other
           way
           ;
           and
           for
           which
           this
           Age
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           the
           next
           ,
           will
           have
           great
           cause
           to
           thank
           God
           on
           his
           behalf
           .
        
         
           In
           these
           good
           works
           he
           employed
           all
           his
           time
           and
           care
           and
           pains
           ,
           and
           his
           whole
           heart
           was
           in
           them
           ;
           so
           that
           he
           was
           very
           little
           affected
           with
           any
           thing
           else
           ;
           and
           seldom
           
           either
           minded
           or
           knew
           any
           thing
           of
           the
           strange
           occurrences
           of
           this
           troublesome
           and
           busie
           Age
           ,
           such
           as
           I
           think
           are
           hardly
           to
           be
           parallel'd
           in
           any
           other
           :
           Or
           if
           he
           did
           mind
           them
           ,
           he
           scarce
           ever
           spoke
           any
           thing
           about
           them
           .
           For
           this
           was
           the
           business
           he
           laid
           to
           heart
           ,
           and
           knowing
           it
           to
           be
           so
           much
           and
           so
           certainly
           the
           Will
           of
           his
           heavenly
           Father
           ,
           it
           was
           his
           meat
           and
           drink
           to
           be
           doing
           of
           it
           :
           And
           the
           good
           success
           he
           had
           in
           it
           was
           a
           continual
           feast
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           gave
           him
           a
           perpetual
           serenity
           both
           of
           mind
           and
           countenance
           .
           His
           great
           love
           and
           zeal
           for
           this
           work
           made
           all
           the
           pains
           and
           difficulties
           of
           it
           seem
           nothing
           to
           him
           :
           He
           would
           rise
           early
           and
           sit
           up
           late
           ,
           and
           continued
           the
           same
           diligence
           and
           industry
           to
           the
           last
           ,
           though
           he
           was
           in
           the
           threescore
           and
           seventeenth
           year
           of
           his
           age
           .
           And
           that
           he
           might
           manage
           the
           distribution
           of
           this
           great
           
           charity
           with
           his
           own
           hands
           ,
           and
           see
           the
           good
           effect
           of
           it
           with
           his
           own
           eyes
           ,
           he
           always
           once
           ,
           but
           usually
           twice
           a
           year
           ,
           at
           his
           own
           charge
           travelled
           over
           a
           great
           part
           of
           Wales
           ,
           none
           of
           the
           best
           Countries
           to
           travel
           in
           :
           But
           for
           the
           love
           of
           God
           and
           men
           he
           endured
           all
           that
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           extremity
           of
           heat
           and
           cold
           (
           which
           in
           their
           several
           seasons
           are
           both
           very
           great
           there
           )
           not
           onely
           with
           patience
           but
           with
           pleasure
           .
           So
           that
           all
           things
           considered
           there
           have
           not
           ,
           since
           the
           primitive
           times
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           been
           many
           among
           the
           sons
           of
           men
           to
           whom
           that
           glorious
           character
           of
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           might
           be
           better
           applied
           ,
           that
           
             he
             went
             about
             doing
             good
          
           .
           And
           Wales
           may
           as
           worthily
           boast
           of
           this
           truly
           Apostolical
           man
           as
           of
           their
           famous
           S.
           David
           ;
           who
           was
           also
           very
           probably
           a
           good
           man
           ,
           as
           those
           times
           of
           ignorance
           and
           superstition
           went.
           But
           his
           
           goodness
           is
           so
           disguised
           by
           their
           fabulous
           Legends
           and
           stories
           which
           give
           us
           the
           account
           of
           him
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           easie
           to
           discover
           it
           .
           Indeed
           ridiculous
           miracles
           in
           abundance
           are
           reported
           of
           him
           :
           as
           ,
           that
           upon
           occasion
           of
           a
           great
           number
           of
           people
           resorting
           from
           all
           parts
           to
           hear
           him
           preach
           ,
           for
           the
           greater
           advantage
           of
           his
           being
           heard
           a
           mountain
           all
           on
           a
           sudden
           rose
           up
           miraculously
           under
           his
           feet
           ,
           and
           his
           voice
           was
           extended
           to
           that
           degree
           that
           he
           might
           be
           distinctly
           heard
           for
           two
           or
           three
           miles
           round
           about
           .
           Such
           phantastical
           miracles
           as
           these
           make
           up
           a
           great
           part
           of
           his
           History
           .
           And
           admitting
           all
           these
           to
           be
           true
           (
           which
           a
           wise
           man
           would
           be
           loth
           to
           do
           )
           our
           departed
           Friend
           had
           that
           which
           is
           much
           greater
           and
           more
           excellent
           than
           all
           these
           ,
           a
           fervent
           charity
           to
           God
           and
           men
           ;
           which
           is
           more
           than
           to
           speak
           (
           as
           they
           would
           make
           us
           believe
           S
           David
           
           did
           )
           
             with
             the
             tongue
             of
             men
             and
             Angels
             ,
          
           more
           than
           to
           raise
           or
           remove
           mountains
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           methinks
           it
           is
           pity
           so
           good
           a
           design
           so
           happily
           prosecuted
           should
           fall
           and
           die
           with
           this
           good
           man.
           And
           it
           is
           now
           under
           deliberation
           ,
           if
           possible
           ,
           still
           to
           continue
           and
           carry
           it
           on
           ,
           and
           a
           very
           worthy
           and
           charitable
           person
           pitched
           upon
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           who
           is
           willing
           to
           undertake
           that
           part
           which
           he
           that
           is
           gone
           performed
           so
           well
           :
           But
           this
           will
           depend
           upon
           the
           continuance
           of
           the
           former
           Charities
           and
           the
           concurrence
           of
           those
           worthy
           and
           well
           disposed
           persons
           in
           Wales
           to
           contribute
           their
           part
           as
           formerly
           ;
           which
           I
           perswade
           my self
           they
           will
           cheerfully
           doe
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           add
           but
           one
           thing
           more
           concerning
           our
           deceased
           Brother
           ,
           that
           though
           he
           meddled
           not
           at
           all
           in
           our
           present
           heats
           and
           differences
           as
           a
           Party
           ,
           having
           much
           better
           
           things
           to
           mind
           ;
           yet
           as
           a
           looker
           on
           he
           did
           very
           sadly
           lament
           them
           ,
           and
           for
           several
           of
           the
           last
           years
           of
           his
           life
           he
           continued
           in
           the
           Communion
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           he
           himself
           told
           me
           ,
           thought
           himself
           obliged
           in
           conscience
           so
           to
           do
           .
        
         
           He
           died
           in
           the
           77th
           .
           year
           of
           his
           age
           ,
           Octob.
           29th
           ,
           1681.
           
           It
           so
           pleased
           God
           that
           his
           death
           was
           very
           sudden
           ;
           and
           so
           sudden
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           probability
           he
           himself
           hardly
           perceived
           it
           when
           it
           happened
           ,
           for
           he
           died
           in
           his
           sleep
           ;
           and
           as
           it
           is
           said
           of
           
             David
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             served
             his
             generation
             according
             to
             the
             will
             of
             God
             ,
          
           he
           fell
           asleep
           .
        
         
           I
           confess
           that
           a
           sudden
           death
           is
           generally
           undesirable
           ,
           and
           therefore
           with
           reason
           we
           pray
           against
           it
           ;
           because
           so
           very
           few
           are
           sufficiently
           prepared
           for
           it
           :
           But
           to
           him
           ,
           the
           constant
           employment
           of
           whose
           life
           was
           the
           best
           preparation
           for
           death
           that
           was
           possible
           ,
           no
           death
           
           could
           be
           sudden
           ;
           nay
           ,
           it
           was
           rather
           a
           favour
           and
           blessing
           to
           him
           ,
           because
           by
           how
           much
           the
           more
           sudden
           so
           much
           the
           more
           easie
           :
           As
           if
           God
           had
           designed
           to
           begin
           the
           reward
           of
           the
           great
           pains
           of
           his
           life
           in
           an
           easie
           death
           .
           And
           indeed
           it
           was
           rather
           a
           translation
           than
           a
           death
           ;
           and
           ,
           saving
           that
           his
           body
           was
           left
           behind
           ,
           what
           was
           said
           of
           Enoch
           may
           not
           unfitly
           be
           applied
           to
           this
           pious
           and
           good
           man
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           suddenness
           of
           his
           change
           ;
           
             he
             walked
             with
             God
             ,
             and
             was
             not
             ,
             for
             God
             took
             him
             .
          
        
         
           And
           God
           grant
           that
           we
           who
           survive
           ,
           may
           all
           of
           us
           sincerely
           endeavour
           to
           tread
           in
           the
           steps
           of
           his
           exemplary
           piety
           and
           charity
           ;
           of
           his
           labour
           of
           love
           ,
           his
           unwearied
           diligence
           and
           patient
           continuance
           in
           doing
           good
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           meet
           with
           that
           encouraging
           commendation
           which
           he
           hath
           already
           received
           from
           the
           mouth
           of
           our
           Lord
           ,
           
           
             Well
             done
             good
             and
             faithfull
             servant
             ,
             enter
             thou
             into
             the
             joy
             of
             thy
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           Now
           the
           God
           of
           peace
           that
           brought
           again
           from
           the
           dead
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           that
           great
           shepherd
           of
           the
           sheep
           ,
           through
           the
           blood
           of
           the
           everlasting
           covenant
           ,
           make
           you
           perfect
           in
           every
           good
           work
           to
           doe
           his
           will
           ,
           working
           in
           you
           always
           that
           which
           is
           pleasing
           in
           his
           sight
           ,
           through
           Jesus
           Christ
           ;
           To
           whom
           be
           glory
           for
           ever
           .
           Amen
           .
        
         
           THE
           END
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           Catalogue
           of
           Books
           .
        
         
           Single
           Sermons
           Preach'd
           and
           Publish'd
           (
           since
           the
           two
           Volumes
           in
           Octavo
           ▪
           )
           by
           the
           Reverend
           Dr.
           Tillotson
           ,
           Dean
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           1.
           
           
             A
             Sermon
             ,
             preached
             on
             the
             Fifth
             of
          
           November
           ,
           1678.
           
             at
             S.
          
           Margarets
           Westminster
           ,
           
             before
             the
             Honourable
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             upon
             this
             Text
             :
          
           Luke
           9.
           55
           ,
           56.
           
           But
           he
           turned
           ,
           and
           rebuked
           them
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           Ye
           know
           not
           what
           manner
           of
           spirit
           ye
           are
           of
           ;
           For
           the
           Son
           of
           Man
           is
           not
           come
           to
           destroy
           mens
           lives
           ,
           but
           to
           save
           them
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           
             A
             Sermon
             ,
             preached
             at
             the
             First
             General
             Meeting
             of
             the
             Gentlemen
             ,
             and
             others
             in
             and
             near
          
           London
           ,
           
           
             who
             were
             born
             within
             the
             County
             of
          
           York
           .
           
             In
             the
             Parish
             Church
             of
             S.
          
           Mary-le-Bow
           ,
           Dec.
           3.
           1678.
           upon
           ,
           John
           13.
           34
           ,
           35.
           
           A
           new
           Commandment
           I
           give
           unto
           you
           ,
           that
           ye
           love
           one
           another
           ;
           as
           I
           have
           loved
           you
           ,
           that
           ye
           also
           love
           one
           another
           :
           By
           this
           shall
           all
           men
           know
           that
           ye
           are
           my
           Disciples
           if
           ye
           love
           one
           another
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           
             A
             Sermon
             ,
             preached
             before
             the
             King
             ,
             at
          
           White-hall
           ,
           April
           4.
           1679.
           upon
           1
           John
           4.
           1.
           
           Beloved
           ,
           believe
           not
           every
           spirit
           ,
           but
           try
           the
           spirits
           whether
           they
           are
           of
           God
           :
           because
           many
           false
           Prophets
           are
           gone
           out
           into
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           
             The
             Protestant
             Religion
             vindicated
             ,
             from
             the
             Charge
             of
             Singularity
             and
             Novelty
             :
             In
             a
             Sermon
             ,
             preached
             before
             the
             King
             at
          
           White-hall
           ,
           April
           2.
           1680.
           upon
           ,
           Joshua
           24.
           15.
           
           If
           it
           seem
           evil
           unto
           you
           to
           serve
           the
           Lord
           ,
           chuse
           you
           this
           day
           whom
           you
           will
           serve
           .
        
         
         
           5.
           
           
             The
             Lawfulness
             ,
             and
             Obligation
             of
             Oaths
             .
             A
             Sermon
             ,
             preached
             at
             the
             Assizes
             held
             at
          
           Kingston
           upon
           Thames
           ,
           July
           21.
           1681.
           upon
           ,
           Heb.
           6.
           16.
           
           And
           an
           Oath
           for
           Confirmation
           is
           to
           them
           an
           end
           of
           all
           strife
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           
             A
             Sermon
             ,
             preached
             at
             the
             Funeral
             of
             the
             Reverend
             Mr.
          
           Thomas
           Gouge
           ,
           Novemb.
           4.
           1681.
           
           
             With
             an
             Account
             of
             his
             Life
             :
             upon
             ,
          
           Luke
           20.
           37
           ,
           38.
           
           Now
           that
           the
           dead
           are
           raised
           ,
           even
           Moses
           shewed
           at
           the
           bush
           ,
           when
           he
           calleth
           the
           Lord
           the
           God
           of
           Abraham
           ,
           the
           God
           of
           Isaac
           ,
           and
           the
           God
           Jacob
           ;
           For
           he
           is
           not
           a
           God
           of
           the
           dead
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           living
           :
           For
           all
           live
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           Printed
           for
           
             Brabazon
             Aylmer
          
           ,
           at
           the
           
             Three
             Pigeons
          
           against
           the
           Royal
           Exchange
           in
           Cornhill
           :
           And
           
             William
             Rogers
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Sun
           against
           S.
           
           Dunstan's
           Church
           in
           Fleetstreet
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           Books
           Writ
           by
           the
           Learned
           Dr.
           Isaac
           Barrow
           ,
           late
           Master
           of
           Trinity
           College
           in
           Cambridge
           .
           Viz.
           
        
         
           
             A
             Learned
             Treatise
             of
          
           The
           Pope's
           Supremacy
           .
           
             To
             which
             is
             added
          
           A
           Discourse
           concerning
           the
           Vnity
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           in
           Quarto
           .
           
             The
             said
          
           Discourse
           of
           Vnity
           
             is
             also
             printed
             alone
             ,
             in
          
           Octavo
           .
        
         
           Twelve
           Sermons
           ,
           preached
           upon
           several
           Occasions
           :
           in
           Octavo
           ,
           being
           the
           First
           Volume
           .
        
         
           Ten
           Sermons
           ,
           against
           
             Evil
             Speaking
          
           :
           in
           Octavo
           ,
           being
           the
           Second
           Volume
           .
        
         
           Eight
           Sermons
           of
           
             The
             Love
             of
             God
             and
             our
             Neighbour
             :
          
           in
           Octavo
           ,
           being
           the
           Third
           Volume
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Duty
             and
             Reward
             of
             Bounty
             to
             the
             Poor
             :
          
           in
           a
           Sermon
           ,
           much
           
           enlarged
           ,
           preached
           at
           the
           Spittal
           ,
           upon
           Wednesday
           in
           Easter
           Week
           ,
           
             Anno
             Dom.
          
           1671.
           in
           Octavo
           .
        
         
           A
           Sermon
           upon
           
             The
             Passion
             of
             our
             Blessed
             Saviour
             :
          
           Preached
           at
           Guild-hall
           Chapel
           ,
           on
           Good-Friday
           ,
           the
           thirteenth
           day
           of
           April
           ,
           1677.
           in
           Octavo
           .
        
         
           
             An
             Exposition
             of
          
           The
           Lord's
           Prayer
           ,
           The
           Ten
           Commandments
           ,
           and
           The
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Sacraments
           ,
           in
           Octavo
           .
        
         
           All
           the
           said
           Books
           of
           the
           Learned
           Dr.
           
             Isaac
             Barrow
          
           ,
           (
           except
           the
           Sermon
           of
           
             Bounty
             to
             the
             Poor
          
           )
           are
           since
           the
           Authour's
           Death
           Published
           by
           the
           Reverend
           Dr.
           Tillotson
           ,
           Dean
           of
           Canterbury
           .
        
         
           The
           true
           and
           lively
           Effigies
           of
           Dr.
           
             Isaac
             Barrow
          
           ,
           a
           large
           Print
           ;
           Ingraven
           (
           from
           the
           Life
           )
           by
           the
           Excellent
           Artist
           
             D.
             Loggan
          
           :
           price
           without
           Frame
           six
           pence
           .
        
         
         
           Several
           other
           Pieces
           of
           the
           Learned
           Remains
           of
           Dr.
           Barrow
           may
           be
           suddenly
           expected
           .
        
         
           All
           Printed
           for
           
             Brabazon
             Aylmer
          
           ,
           at
           the
           
             Three
             Pigeons
          
           against
           the
           Royal
           Exchange
           in
           Cornhill
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Necessity
             of
             Regeneration
          
           ,
           in
           two
           Sermons
           to
           the
           University
           of
           Oxon.
           By
           
             John
             Wallis
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           Professor
           of
           Geometry
           in
           that
           University
           ,
           and
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           Royal
           Society
           .
           Quarto
           .
        
         
           Light
           in
           the
           Way
           to
           Paradise
           ,
           
             with
             other
             Occasionals
             .
             By
          
           Dudley
           
             the
             2
             d
             ,
             L
             d
          
           North.
           
        
         
           Printed
           for
           
             W.
             Rogers
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Sun
           against
           S.
           
           Dunstan's
           Church
           in
           Fleetstreet
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .