A sermon preach'd at the funeral of the Reverend Thomas Jekyll, D.D. late preacher at the New Chappel, Westminster, October 7, 1698 / by John Lord Bishop of Chichester.
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             A sermon preach'd at the funeral of the Reverend Thomas Jekyll, D.D. late preacher at the New Chappel, Westminster, October 7, 1698 / by John Lord Bishop of Chichester.
             Williams, John, 1636?-1709.
          
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             1698.
          
           
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           A
           SERMON
           Preach'd
           at
           the
           FUNERAL
           Of
           the
           Reverend
           Thomas
           Jekyll
           ,
           D.D.
           LATE
           
             Preacher
             at
             the
          
           New-Chappel
           ,
           Westminster
           ,
           OCTOBER
           7.
           1698.
           
           By
           JOHN
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           Chichester
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             H.
             Walwyn
          
           ,
           at
           the
           
             Three
             Legs
          
           in
           the
           Poultrey
           ,
           against
           Stocks-Market
           .
           1698.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           MY
           Good
           Friend
           Mrs.
           Jekyll
           ,
           Relict
           of
           Dr.
           
             Thomas
             Jekyll
          
           .
        
         
           
             MADAM
             ,
          
        
         
           IT
           was
           the
           Desire
           of
           our
           Deceased
           Friend
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           Preach
           his
           Funeral
           Sermon
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           at
           Your's
           that
           I
           now
           publish
           it
           .
           I
           am
           truly
           sensible
           that
           the
           design
           of
           both
           was
           to
           do
           some
           service
           to
           Religion
           ,
           and
           to
           those
           that
           do
           survive
           .
           It
           being
           (
           as
           he
           well
           knew
           )
           one
           of
           the
           best
           Opportunities
           that
           we
           have
           for
           it
           ,
           when
           we
           have
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           the
           Dead
           speaking
           to
           the
           Living
           ,
           and
           the
           Occasion
           giving
           Life
           and
           Force
           to
           the
           Doctrine
           .
           And
           great
           pity
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           this
           
           should
           any
           where
           grow
           into
           disuse
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Good
           that
           might
           by
           such
           seasonable
           Discourses
           redound
           to
           the
           Souls
           of
           Men
           ,
           too
           often
           gives
           way
           to
           the
           Pomp
           of
           the
           Funeral
           .
           We
           all
           have
           a
           Loss
           by
           the
           Death
           of
           our
           Deceased
           Friend
           ;
           the
           Church
           ,
           his
           Auditory
           ,
           and
           his
           Acquaintance
           ;
           but
           more
           especially
           You
           ,
           and
           the
           Branches
           derived
           from
           both
           .
           It
           is
           a
           Loss
           that
           only
           the
           Father
           of
           all
           Mercies
           ,
           and
           God
           of
           all
           Comfort
           ,
           can
           support
           You
           under
           ;
           and
           to
           Him
           I
           commit
           You
           ,
           who
           has
           promised
           that
           
             all
             things
             shall
             work
             together
             for
             good
             to
             them
             that
             love
             God.
          
           I
           am
           ,
        
         
           
             MADAM
             ,
          
           
             Your
             Faithful
             Friend
             and
             Servant
             ,
             JOHN
             CHICHESTER
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           at
           the
           Funeral
           of
           Dr.
           Jekyll
           .
        
         
           
             Hebrews
             IV.
             1
             .
          
           
             Let
             us
             therefore
             fear
             ,
             lest
             a
             Promise
             being
             left
             us
             of
             entring
             into
             his
             rest
             ,
             any
             of
             you
             should
             seem
             to
             come
             short
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           THIS
           Epistle
           was
           written
           to
           the
           Hebrews
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           such
           Jews
           as
           had
           been
           bred
           up
           under
           the
           Law
           of
           Moses
           ,
           but
           were
           converted
           to
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           :
           And
           the
           chief
           design
           of
           it
           was
           to
           confirm
           them
           in
           it
           ;
           that
           neither
           by
           the
           Force
           of
           their
           former
           Education
           ,
           the
           Fear
           of
           Persecution
           ,
           nor
           the
           sly
           Insinuations
           of
           false
           Teachers
           ,
           they
           should
           be
           prevailed
           with
           (
           as
           too
           many
           had
           been
           )
           to
           desert
           it
           .
           To
           this
           purpose
           ,
           amongst
           other
           Arguments
           used
           to
           dissuade
           them
           from
           so
           doing
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           shews
           the
           Jewish
           Constitution
           to
           have
           been
           temporary
           
           and
           imperfect
           ,
           
           
             a
             Figure
             for
             the
             time
             then
             present
             ;
             and
             a
             Shadow
             of
             good
             things
             to
             come
             :
          
           and
           that
           the
           Persons
           and
           Places
           ,
           the
           Ceremonies
           and
           Ordinances
           ,
           the
           Actions
           and
           Events
           of
           it
           had
           a
           respect
           chiefly
           to
           what
           was
           to
           be
           ,
           and
           should
           be
           compleated
           under
           the
           Gospel
           .
           Of
           this
           kind
           was
           Canaan
           ,
           a
           Land
           of
           Rest
           ,
           which
           God
           promised
           to
           their
           Forefathers
           :
           And
           yet
           notwithstanding
           ,
           for
           their
           Unbelief
           and
           Disobedience
           ,
           he
           swore
           that
           none
           of
           that
           Generation
           (
           except
           Caleb
           and
           Joshua
           )
           should
           enter
           into
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           
             their
             carcases
             fell
             in
             the
             Wilderness
             .
          
           
        
         
           This
           was
           the
           state
           then
           ,
           and
           parallel
           to
           this
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           is
           the
           state
           of
           Christians
           now
           ,
           who
           have
           a
           Rest
           ,
           as
           they
           had
           ,
           and
           which
           God
           has
           promis'd
           .
           But
           withal
           ,
           the
           same
           Conditions
           are
           annex'd
           to
           This
           ,
           as
           were
           before
           to
           That
           ;
           and
           so
           no
           more
           can
           we
           enter
           into
           the
           Christian
           Rest
           ,
           because
           of
           Unbelief
           ,
           than
           they
           could
           for
           the
           same
           reason
           enter
           into
           their
           Rest
           ,
           the
           Land
           of
           Canaan
           ,
           
           as
           the
           Apostle
           argues
           :
           And
           accordingly
           he
           infers
           in
           the
           Text
           ;
           
             Let
             us
             therefore
             fear
             ,
             lest
             a
             promise
             being
             left
             us
             of
             entring
             into
             his
             rest
             ,
             any
             of
             you
             should
             seem
             to
             come
             short
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           In
           discoursing
           upon
           which
           Words
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           I
           shall
           consider
           the
           State
           here
           described
           and
           contained
           in
           the
           Words
           ,
           
             His
             rest
          
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Security
           and
           Certainty
           of
           that
           Rest
           ,
           if
           we
           our selves
           come
           not
           short
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           Possibility
           and
           Danger
           of
           falling
           short
           of
           this
           Rest
           ,
           notwithstanding
           it
           is
           promis'd
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           I
           shall
           shew
           ,
           that
           from
           these
           Considerations
           ,
           there
           is
           sufficient
           Reason
           for
           the
           Caution
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           
             Let
             us
             therefore
             fear
             ,
             lest
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
         
           1.
           
           I
           shall
           consider
           the
           State
           ,
           called
           here
           ,
           
             His
             rest
          
           .
           The
           Rest
           promised
           to
           the
           Jews
           was
           Temporal
           ,
           a
           Rest
           which
           after
           forty
           years
           travel
           in
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           they
           entered
           upon
           under
           the
           Conduct
           of
           Joshua
           ,
           according
           to
           God's
           promise
           .
           But
           ,
           saith
           our
           Apostle
           ,
           This
           was
           
             the
             Gospel
             preached
             unto
             them
          
           ,
           v.
           2.
           
           That
           is
           ,
           their
           Rest
           in
           Canaan
           was
           a
           Type
           and
           Figure
           of
           a
           more
           excellent
           State
           ,
           more
           clearly
           revealed
           in
           the
           Gospel
           .
           This
           he
           proves
           from
           Psalm
           95.
           where
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           that
           upon
           the
           Unbelief
           and
           Disobedience
           of
           that
           Generation
           ,
           God
           swore
           that
           they
           should
           not
           enter
           into
           his
           Rest.
           That
           was
           thus
           far
           literally
           true
           of
           the
           Israelites
           ,
           
           whose
           
             carcases
             fell
             in
             the
             Wilderness
          
           :
           But
           withal
           he
           shews
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           there
           to
           be
           understood
           in
           a
           higher
           sense
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           a
           Rest
           that
           is
           past
           ,
           such
           as
           God's
           was
           ,
           when
           he
           ceased
           from
           the
           Works
           of
           Creation
           :
           
           Nor
           can
           it
           be
           understood
           of
           Canaan
           ,
           for
           that
           was
           a
           Rest
           they
           enter'd
           upon
           four
           hundred
           years
           before
           the
           time
           of
           David
           .
           But
           it
           must
           be
           understood
           of
           another
           sort
           of
           Rest
           yet
           to
           come
           ,
           which
           the
           Sabbath
           and
           Canaan
           were
           a
           Type
           of
           .
           This
           he
           farther
           confirms
           by
           the
           Observation
           he
           makes
           on
           the
           phrase
           in
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           
           
             To
             day
             ,
             after
             so
             long
             a
             time
             ,
          
           from
           the
           entrance
           into
           Canaan
           ,
           to
           the
           time
           of
           David
           .
           
           
             For
             if
             Jesus
          
           (
           that
           is
           Joshua
           )
           
             had
             given
             them
             rest
             ,
             then
             would
             not
             be
             afterward
             have
             spoken
             of
             another
             day
             .
          
           From
           all
           which
           the
           Apostle
           concludes
           ,
           
             There
             remaineth
             therefore
             a
             rest
             to
             the
             people
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           But
           as
           the
           Rest
           here
           spoken
           of
           is
           yet
           to
           come
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           a
           Rest
           far
           more
           excellent
           than
           that
           of
           a
           Temporal
           Canaan
           .
           But
           this
           would
           not
           be
           so
           ,
           if
           that
           Psalm
           were
           only
           a
           Prophecy
           of
           
             some
             peaceable
             and
             Halcyonian
             days
          
           that
           the
           Christian
           Church
           should
           enjoy
           about
           a
           thousand
           years
           after
           that
           time
           ;
           during
           only
           the
           short
           
           Reigns
           of
           the
           two
           Roman
           Emperors
           ,
           
           Vespasian
           ,
           and
           his
           Son
           Titus
           (
           ●s
           some
           have
           conceiv'd
           .
           )
           Can
           we
           think
           that
           so
           short
           a
           time
           of
           Rest
           ,
           as
           the
           Christians
           had
           between
           Nero
           and
           Domitian
           ,
           could
           be
           the
           subject
           of
           that
           Prophecy
           ?
           And
           that
           this
           was
           all
           the
           comfort
           the
           Apostle
           gave
           to
           his
           desponding
           Hebrews
           ,
           That
           the
           storm
           coming
           on
           ,
           or
           that
           then
           overtook
           them
           ,
           should
           soon
           vanish
           ;
           and
           then
           they
           should
           have
           as
           many
           years
           of
           Rest
           for
           it
           ?
           Is
           this
           all
           the
           Rest
           ,
           which
           many
           of
           those
           he
           wrote
           this
           Epistle
           to
           ,
           should
           never
           live
           to
           see
           ,
           and
           which
           a
           natural
           ,
           or
           else
           a
           violent
           Death
           by
           Persecution
           ,
           might
           deprive
           them
           of
           their
           part
           in
           ?
           Is
           this
           all
           which
           the
           Apostle
           means
           ,
           when
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             There
             remaineth
             a
             Rest
          
           ,
           or
           Sabbatism
           ,
           
             to
             the
             people
             of
             God
          
           ;
           and
           
             that
             he
             that
             is
             entered
             into
             it
             ,
             hath
             ceased
             from
             his
             own
             works
             ,
          
           from
           all
           the
           toil
           and
           distress
           ,
           the
           troubles
           and
           sorrows
           of
           an
           afflicted
           life
           ?
           No
           ,
           certainly
           it
           is
           a
           more
           excellent
           and
           divine
           Rest
           than
           that
           of
           an
           Earthly
           Canaan
           ,
           which
           is
           thus
           emphatically
           called
           
             God's
             rest
          
           ;
           a
           perfect
           and
           an
           eternal
           Rest
           ,
           resembling
           that
           of
           God
           ;
           when
           they
           
             rest
             from
             all
             their
             labours
          
           ,
           
           
             and
             their
             works
             follow
             them
          
           .
           A
           Rest
           ,
           which
           above
           all
           they
           are
           to
           be
           solicitous
           about
           ;
           
             Let
             us
             labour
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           )
           
             therefore
             to
             enter
             into
             that
             rest
             ,
          
           v.
           11.
           
           And
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           
             Let
             us
             fear
             —
             lest
             we
             come
             short
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           Heaven
           is
           indeed
           a
           Rest
           with
           respect
           to
           this
           present
           life
           ;
           as
           that
           of
           the
           Israelites
           was
           ,
           when
           they
           rested
           after
           their
           Pilgrimage
           in
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           
           and
           
             from
             all
             their
             enemies
             round
             about
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             dwelt
             in
             safety
             .
          
           But
           withal
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           state
           of
           Enjoyment
           ,
           Happiness
           ,
           and
           Perfection
           ,
           such
           a
           Rest
           as
           God
           himself
           doth
           enjoy
           ,
           and
           they
           shall
           enjoy
           with
           him
           .
           For
           it
           is
           called
           
             his
             rest
          
           ,
           not
           only
           as
           to
           what
           God
           himself
           doth
           enjoy
           ,
           but
           with
           respect
           to
           his
           Promise
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           
           hath
           made
           it
           ours
           ,
           and
           assured
           it
           to
           us
           .
           Which
           brings
           to
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Security
           we
           have
           of
           this
           Rest
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           from
           the
           Promise
           of
           God.
           Thus
           it
           was
           in
           the
           Typical
           state
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           to
           whom
           Canaan
           was
           promis'd
           ,
           called
           therefore
           
             the
             Land
             of
             promise
          
           ,
           Hebr.
           11.9
           .
           And
           after
           the
           same
           manner
           is
           this
           Christian
           Rest
           confirmed
           ,
           call'd
           therefore
           
             the
             promise
             of
             an
             eternal
             inheritance
             ,
          
           Hebr.
           9.15
           .
           and
           by
           way
           of
           Eminency
           ,
           
             The
             promise
          
           ,
           Hebr.
           10.36
           .
        
         
           At
           the
           first
           it
           was
           a
           meer
           act
           of
           Grace
           and
           Favour
           ;
           there
           was
           neither
           Merit
           before-hand
           on
           our
           part
           ,
           nor
           could
           there
           be
           Recompence
           after
           :
           But
           now
           it
           is
           unalienable
           ,
           and
           what
           we
           can
           no
           more
           fail
           of
           obtaining
           upon
           the
           terms
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           than
           God
           can
           be
           unfaithful
           ,
           and
           cease
           to
           be
           what
           he
           is
           :
           And
           therefore
           for
           our
           comfort
           and
           satisfaction
           ,
           
           as
           
             life
             and
             immortality
             is
             brought
             to
             light
             through
             the
             Gospel
          
           ;
           so
           he
           has
           been
           pleas'd
           to
           pass
           over
           a
           Right
           unto
           us
           by
           his
           Promise
           ,
           and
           hath
           given
           us
           the
           liberty
           of
           pleading
           it
           .
           Upon
           the
           undoubted
           Title
           thereby
           given
           unto
           us
           ,
           we
           are
           said
           to
           
             have
             everlasting
             life
          
           ,
           Joh.
           3.36
           :
           because
           ,
           by
           virtue
           of
           the
           Promise
           ,
           we
           are
           as
           sure
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           were
           actually
           possess'd
           of
           it
           .
           So
           that
           we
           need
           not
           look
           any
           farther
           for
           a
           ground
           of
           our
           hope
           and
           confidence
           than
           this
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           perform
           the
           conditions
           required
           of
           us
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           be
           not
           in
           us
           
             an
             evil
             heart
             of
             unbelief
          
           ,
           
           
             in
             departing
             from
             the
             living
             God
             —
             if
             we
             hold
             the
             beginning
             of
             our
             confidence
             stedfast
             unto
             the
             end
             ,
             we
             are
          
           (
           saith
           our
           Apostle
           )
           
             made
             partakers
             of
             Christ
          
           ,
           i.e.
           of
           all
           the
           benefits
           here
           and
           hereafter
           which
           he
           hath
           purchased
           ,
           and
           God
           through
           him
           hath
           promised
           .
           But
           if
           we
           fail
           on
           our
           part
           by
           not
           performing
           the
           Conditions
           ,
           if
           we
           are
           wanting
           in
           Caution
           
           and
           Diligence
           ,
           we
           disparage
           the
           State
           ,
           the
           Rest
           ,
           which
           God
           hath
           promis'd
           :
           And
           if
           we
           are
           wanting
           in
           our
           trust
           and
           confidence
           in
           God
           ,
           upon
           his
           promise
           ;
           we
           disparage
           him
           ,
           and
           divest
           him
           of
           those
           perfections
           of
           Goodness
           and
           Faithfulness
           ,
           which
           make
           him
           to
           be
           what
           he
           is
           ,
           and
           without
           which
           he
           could
           not
           be
           God.
           But
           as
           certain
           as
           this
           Record
           is
           ,
           
           that
           
             God
             hath
          
           thus
           
             given
             us
             eternal
             life
          
           :
           
           and
           that
           
             this
             life
             is
             in
             his
             Son
             ,
             in
             whom
             all
             the
             promises
             of
             God
             are
             Yea
             and
             Amen
          
           ;
        
         
           Yet
           ,
        
         
           3.
           
           There
           is
           a
           possibility
           of
           falling
           short
           of
           this
           Rest.
           There
           could
           be
           nothing
           more
           firm
           than
           the
           Promise
           of
           Canaan
           made
           to
           Abraham
           and
           his
           Carnal
           Seed
           :
           But
           we
           see
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           having
           Trust
           and
           Faith
           in
           God
           ,
           which
           were
           necessarily
           and
           indispensably
           requir'd
           ,
           all
           that
           came
           out
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           except
           two
           ,
           fell
           in
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           
           and
           
             they
             could
             not
             enter
             in
             ,
             because
             of
             their
             unbelief
             :
          
           And
           God
           that
           had
           thus
           obliged
           himself
           by
           Promise
           to
           give
           them
           that
           Land
           for
           an
           Inheritance
           ,
           did
           also
           swear
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           not
           enter
           into
           his
           Rest.
           Now
           if
           those
           Murmurers
           and
           Unbelievers
           were
           excluded
           that
           pleasant
           Land
           ,
           which
           was
           thus
           promised
           and
           secured
           ;
           then
           there
           is
           the
           same
           reason
           ,
           that
           the
           Christian
           and
           Eternal
           Rest
           ,
           which
           is
           infinitely
           beyond
           that
           Terrestrial
           Rest
           ,
           should
           not
           be
           obtained
           without
           the
           like
           qualifications
           then
           required
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           Infidelity
           and
           Disobedience
           should
           now
           as
           well
           deprive
           us
           of
           the
           greater
           ,
           as
           it
           did
           them
           of
           the
           less
           valuable
           Inheritance
           .
           For
           the
           Promise
           of
           God
           doth
           not
           any
           more
           oblige
           him
           now
           ,
           than
           it
           did
           then
           ,
           to
           exceed
           the
           Measures
           set
           to
           his
           Kindness
           and
           Beneficence
           .
           And
           therefore
           as
           the
           Apostle
           hath
           compared
           State
           with
           State
           ,
           in
           the
           nature
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           it
           's
           a
           Rest
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           Assurance
           we
           have
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           promised
           :
           So
           he
           
           doth
           also
           carry
           on
           the
           Parallel
           in
           the
           Conditions
           upon
           which
           the
           Promise
           is
           suspended
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           Faith
           and
           Obedience
           ;
           the
           hearkning
           to
           the
           Voice
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           not
           hardning
           their
           hearts
           .
           
           And
           accordingly
           he
           takes
           occasion
           from
           what
           befel
           the
           Jews
           ,
           to
           exhort
           his
           Christian
           Hebrews
           to
           take
           warning
           by
           them
           ,
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           
             Let
             us
             therefore
             fear
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           So
           that
           whatever
           Proof
           we
           have
           of
           the
           Goodness
           of
           God
           in
           revealing
           such
           a
           State
           of
           Rest
           and
           Happiness
           to
           us
           ;
           yet
           as
           the
           meer
           Revelation
           of
           such
           a
           State
           will
           not
           entitle
           us
           to
           it
           without
           a
           Promise
           ,
           so
           neither
           will
           the
           Promise
           alone
           alter
           the
           case
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           it
           is
           confined
           and
           limited
           by
           certain
           Conditions
           to
           those
           that
           are
           duly
           qualified
           for
           it
           .
           
             Let
             us
             fear
          
           ,
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             lest
             a
             promise
             being
             left
             us
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Which
           Caution
           needed
           not
           to
           have
           been
           added
           ,
           if
           there
           had
           been
           no
           danger
           of
           falling
           short
           ;
           and
           fall
           short
           we
           could
           not
           ,
           if
           the
           Promise
           had
           given
           us
           an
           absolute
           and
           unlimited
           Title
           to
           it
           .
           So
           that
           the
           Caution
           it self
           doth
           suppose
           a
           Qualification
           on
           our
           part
           to
           be
           necessary
           :
           and
           yet
           not
           content
           with
           that
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           as
           sensible
           that
           we
           cannot
           get
           far
           enough
           from
           such
           an
           impendent
           Danger
           ;
           he
           adds
           ,
           
             Let
             us
             fear
             ,
             lest
             any
             of
             you
          
           seem
           
             to
             come
             short
             of
             it
          
           .
           Where
           if
           the
           Greek
           word
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           which
           we
           translate
           seem
           ,
           be
           not
           an
           expletive
           ,
           
           without
           any
           determinate
           signification
           ,
           (
           as
           sometimes
           it
           is
           )
           it
           shews
           that
           there
           is
           so
           much
           hazard
           of
           Miscarrying
           and
           Apostacy
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           temptations
           of
           this
           present
           life
           ,
           proceeding
           from
           the
           World
           ,
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           and
           the
           Devil
           ;
           and
           so
           great
           a
           prejudice
           will
           redound
           to
           us
           ,
           if
           we
           do
           ,
           that
           we
           cannot
           be
           too
           cautious
           .
           Beware
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             lest
             any
             of
             you
          
           seem
           
             to
             come
             short
             of
             it
          
           .
           Which
           brings
           us
           to
           the
           next
           General
           .
        
         
         
           4.
           
           There
           is
           sufficient
           reason
           for
           this
           Caution
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             Let
             us
             fear
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Here
           I
           shall
           look
           back
           upon
           the
           Text
           ,
           and
           shall
           apply
           it
           to
           the
           several
           Considerations
           here
           referred
           to
           ,
           as
           so
           many
           Arguments
           to
           a
           vigilant
           Circumspection
           and
           diligent
           Care.
           As
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           An
           Argument
           may
           be
           taken
           from
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           called
           
             a
             Rest
          
           ,
           and
           
             His
             Rest.
          
           
        
         
           Rest
           is
           a
           word
           that
           signifies
           more
           than
           what
           this
           World
           affords
           ;
           there
           is
           no
           Person
           ,
           no
           Condition
           of
           life
           can
           challenge
           it
           ,
           or
           entitle
           it self
           to
           it
           ;
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           found
           within
           us
           ,
           nor
           without
           us
           .
           Not
           within
           us
           ;
           for
           we
           have
           Infirmities
           grow
           up
           in
           us
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Troubles
           that
           surround
           us
           .
           Our
           Bodies
           are
           in
           their
           composition
           frail
           and
           crazy
           ,
           subject
           to
           numberless
           Diseases
           ;
           the
           Air
           we
           breathe
           in
           ,
           the
           Diet
           we
           feed
           on
           ,
           the
           Passions
           of
           the
           Mind
           ,
           nay
           even
           the
           Medicines
           we
           use
           by
           way
           of
           prevention
           or
           remedy
           ,
           do
           often
           beget
           or
           stir
           up
           in
           us
           those
           humours
           ,
           that
           carry
           us
           out
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           or
           unfit
           us
           for
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           it
           .
           And
           our
           Minds
           have
           Infirmities
           as
           well
           as
           our
           Bodies
           ;
           our
           Tempers
           fickle
           and
           uncertain
           ;
           we
           suffer
           by
           Precipitancy
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           and
           Obstinacy
           on
           the
           other
           ;
           by
           Imprudence
           ,
           Neglects
           and
           Follies
           .
           And
           our
           Bodies
           and
           Souls
           as
           conjoyned
           ,
           do
           contribute
           to
           each
           others
           infirmities
           ;
           and
           the
           dispute
           between
           them
           is
           ,
           whether
           Temper
           or
           Reason
           shall
           govern
           .
           So
           that
           we
           our selves
           prevent
           ,
           and
           often
           supplant
           our
           own
           satisfaction
           .
        
         
           But
           then
           were
           it
           otherwise
           with
           us
           ,
           that
           as
           we
           naturally
           love
           our selves
           ,
           so
           we
           may
           attain
           to
           Self-satisfaction
           ;
           yet
           however
           willing
           and
           dispos'd
           we
           are
           to
           
           be
           quiet
           and
           at
           rest
           ,
           we
           must
           ask
           leave
           of
           a
           thousand
           things
           to
           obtain
           and
           secure
           it
           ;
           of
           every
           one
           we
           have
           to
           deal
           with
           ,
           and
           live
           amongst
           ;
           for
           our
           Conversation
           ,
           our
           Business
           ,
           our
           Professions
           ,
           that
           are
           in
           themselves
           useful
           and
           necessary
           ,
           yet
           do
           minister
           to
           our
           trouble
           ;
           for
           thence
           do
           arise
           suspicions
           and
           jealousies
           ,
           quarrels
           and
           misunderstandings
           .
           Or
           suppose
           we
           lived
           so
           as
           to
           assist
           and
           be
           assisted
           by
           others
           Friendships
           with
           chearfulness
           ,
           and
           lived
           in
           perfect
           Peace
           and
           Amity
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           private
           Persons
           ;
           yet
           we
           are
           but
           part
           of
           a
           City
           or
           Nation
           ,
           and
           so
           must
           fare
           as
           the
           Nation
           or
           City
           doth
           ,
           and
           lose
           by
           its
           loss
           as
           we
           may
           gain
           by
           its
           gain
           ,
           and
           must
           rejoyce
           and
           mourn
           ,
           and
           be
           as
           the
           general
           State
           of
           the
           Country
           is
           .
           Suppose
           farther
           ,
           that
           a
           Nation
           would
           be
           quiet
           ;
           that
           the
           Government
           is
           framed
           for
           Peace
           ,
           and
           the
           Rights
           of
           Governours
           and
           Governed
           so
           well
           laid
           out
           ,
           and
           all
           publick
           Orders
           so
           well
           observ'd
           and
           inviolably
           maintain'd
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           no
           jarrings
           nor
           discord
           ,
           no
           grudgings
           nor
           animosities
           :
           Yet
           this
           is
           but
           one
           Nation
           ,
           and
           this
           to
           the
           World
           is
           as
           one
           Man
           to
           another
           ,
           and
           so
           can
           no
           longer
           be
           quiet
           than
           other
           Nations
           will
           permit
           it
           .
           The
           Ambition
           or
           Covetousness
           of
           a
           Foreign
           Prince
           may
           bring
           him
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           own
           defence
           they
           must
           take
           up
           Arms
           ,
           and
           engage
           in
           a
           doubtful
           War.
           So
           that
           we
           may
           as
           reasonably
           expect
           ,
           that
           the
           Body
           which
           hath
           so
           many
           several
           Vessels
           ,
           Humours
           and
           Juices
           ,
           should
           enjoy
           a
           constant
           and
           uninterrupted
           State
           of
           Health
           ,
           and
           all
           those
           Humours
           be
           so
           exactly
           ballanced
           and
           allayed
           ,
           that
           there
           should
           be
           no
           commotion
           or
           disturbance
           in
           it
           ,
           as
           that
           this
           World
           should
           be
           a
           place
           of
           Rest.
           Men
           must
           be
           without
           Bodies
           ,
           and
           there
           must
           be
           no
           such
           thing
           as
           Sickness
           and
           Mortality
           :
           Or
           without
           Passions
           and
           Appetites
           ;
           and
           so
           no
           such
           thing
           
           as
           Ambition
           and
           Pride
           ,
           Anger
           and
           Revenge
           ,
           Covetousness
           or
           Lust
           ,
           Prejudices
           ,
           nor
           Interest
           :
           they
           must
           have
           nothing
           within
           to
           dispose
           ,
           and
           nothing
           without
           to
           excite
           ,
           if
           they
           will
           talk
           of
           Rest
           ,
           and
           expect
           it
           .
           That
           is
           an
           Vtopian
           State
           ,
           and
           has
           here
           no
           other
           Existence
           than
           in
           Imagination
           .
        
         
           But
           then
           if
           we
           add
           to
           the
           Account
           the
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Accidents
           of
           Life
           ,
           the
           Argument
           grows
           upon
           us
           ;
           we
           are
           never
           secure
           ;
           and
           we
           know
           not
           ,
           but
           though
           the
           Sun
           rises
           upon
           us
           in
           its
           glory
           and
           brightness
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           with
           us
           as
           it
           was
           with
           Sodom
           ,
           and
           close
           in
           a
           dismal
           destruction
           ;
           and
           we
           that
           rise
           in
           a
           State
           of
           Ease
           and
           Security
           ,
           may
           lie
           down
           ,
           if
           we
           can
           do
           that
           ,
           in
           Sorrow
           and
           Anguish
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           doleful
           dejection
           of
           Mind
           .
           Thus
           it
           was
           with
           the
           Fool
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           that
           when
           he
           sung
           a
           Requiem
           to
           himself
           ,
           Soul
           ,
           
           
             take
             thine
             ease
          
           ,
           &c.
           met
           with
           a
           terrible
           conclusion
           and
           disappointment
           when
           God
           said
           unto
           him
           ,
           
             Thou
             fool
             ,
             this
             night
             shall
             thy
             Soul
             be
             requir'd
             of
             thee
             :
             then
             whose
             shall
             those
             things
             be
             which
             thou
             hast
             provided
             ?
          
           The
           prospect
           of
           which
           is
           sufficient
           to
           make
           the
           best
           and
           most
           prosperous
           condition
           in
           the
           World
           uneasy
           ,
           since
           we
           must
           either
           want
           ,
           or
           enjoy
           with
           fear
           ;
           and
           next
           to
           the
           total
           deprivation
           of
           the
           comforts
           of
           this
           life
           ,
           nothing
           is
           more
           intolerable
           than
           the
           fear
           of
           losing
           them
           .
        
         
           Now
           what
           sad
           Reflections
           are
           these
           ?
           How
           miserable
           must
           be
           the
           state
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           if
           this
           be
           all
           that
           a
           Man
           has
           to
           enjoy
           ,
           all
           that
           he
           has
           to
           comfort
           him
           in
           the
           enjoyment
           ?
           When
           he
           has
           thus
           the
           disturbance
           of
           the
           Ocean
           ,
           but
           not
           the
           confinement
           of
           it
           ;
           nor
           can
           it
           be
           said
           of
           any
           Miseries
           he
           is
           incident
           unto
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           of
           that
           ,
           
           
             Hitherto
             shall
             they
             come
             ,
             and
             no
             further
             .
          
        
         
         
           But
           is
           there
           no
           relief
           in
           this
           case
           ?
           nothing
           better
           to
           be
           expected
           ?
           Yes
           ,
           saith
           our
           Apostle
           ,
           
             there
             remaineth
             a
             rest
             to
             the
             people
             of
             God.
          
           There
           is
           such
           a
           State
           ,
           but
           it
           remaineth
           ,
           it
           is
           in
           reserve
           for
           such
           as
           do
           believe
           ,
           desire
           ,
           and
           endeavour
           after
           it
           .
           This
           was
           the
           Temper
           and
           Condition
           of
           the
           Patriarchs
           of
           old
           ,
           they
           lived
           and
           died
           in
           the
           Faith
           of
           this
           ,
           
           they
           
             saw
             the
             promises
             afar
             off
             ,
             and
             were
             persuaded
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             embraced
             them
             ;
             and
             confessed
             that
             they
             were
             strangers
             and
             pilgrims
             on
             the
             Earth
          
           —
           but
           
             desired
             a
             better
             Country
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             an
             heavenly
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Apostle
           shews
           .
           Here
           alone
           is
           that
           Rest
           ,
           which
           is
           God's
           ;
           
           in
           whose
           
             presence
             is
             fulness
             of
             joy
             ,
             and
             at
             whose
             right
             hand
             there
             are
             pleasures
             for
             evermore
             .
          
           
           Where
           the
           happy
           Souls
           
             shall
             hunger
             no
             more
             ,
             neither
             thirst
             any
             more
             ,
          
           and
           that
           
             all
             tears
             shall
             be
             wiped
             from
             their
             eyes
             .
             Neither
             can
             they
             die
             any
             more
             ,
             for
             they
             are
             equal
             ,
          
           and
           like
           
             unto
             the
             Angels
          
           .
           
           This
           is
           the
           City
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Heavenly
           Jerusalem
           ,
           where
           are
           Myriads
           and
           Ten
           thousands
           ,
           and
           an
           innumerable
           Company
           of
           Angels
           ,
           
           ,
           and
           the
           Spirits
           of
           just
           Men
           made
           perfect
           .
           Here
           alone
           is
           Satisfaction
           ,
           Stability
           and
           Certainty
           ;
           this
           is
           the
           time
           when
           all
           the
           Troubles
           of
           this
           life
           shall
           close
           in
           the
           Happiness
           of
           another
           ;
           where
           there
           will
           be
           no
           infirmities
           ,
           no
           necessities
           ,
           no
           appetites
           or
           irregular
           passions
           ,
           no
           divisions
           or
           enmities
           ,
           no
           seducers
           or
           temptations
           ,
           no
           fraud
           or
           circumvention
           ,
           no
           prejudice
           or
           suspicions
           ,
           nothing
           that
           is
           evil
           ,
           but
           all
           harmonious
           ,
           equal
           and
           delightful
           .
           And
           of
           which
           we
           may
           say
           all
           this
           and
           more
           ;
           more
           indeed
           it
           is
           than
           we
           can
           say
           or
           describe
           :
           So
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
           
             It
             doth
             not
             yet
             appear
             what
             we
             shall
             be
             :
             but
             we
             know
             that
             when
             he
             shall
             appear
             ,
             we
             shall
             be
             like
             him
             ;
             for
             we
             shall
             see
             him
             as
             he
             is
             .
          
        
         
         
           Is
           there
           now
           such
           a
           State
           ,
           such
           a
           Rest
           to
           be
           had
           ?
           Is
           there
           a
           possibility
           ,
           a
           certainty
           of
           obtaining
           it
           ?
           May
           we
           who
           are
           here
           as
           it
           were
           upon
           a
           wide
           Ocean
           ,
           continually
           tossed
           by
           the
           furious
           Winds
           and
           boisterous
           Waves
           ,
           and
           in
           danger
           every
           moment
           to
           be
           swallowed
           up
           by
           them
           ,
           may
           we
           arrive
           to
           a
           Harbour
           of
           Rest
           and
           Safety
           ,
           and
           have
           a
           Star
           and
           Pilot
           ,
           and
           an
           unerring
           Compass
           to
           guide
           and
           direct
           us
           ?
           And
           shall
           we
           be
           as
           the
           Israelites
           ,
           unbelieving
           and
           obstinate
           ,
           that
           despised
           the
           pleasant
           Land
           ,
           
           and
           would
           rather
           be
           returning
           to
           Egypt
           ,
           
           and
           there
           feed
           upon
           Garlick
           and
           Onions
           ,
           than
           venture
           forward
           to
           take
           possession
           of
           that
           ,
           
           where
           they
           should
           
             not
             lack
             any
             thing
          
           .
           O
           how
           much
           doth
           Unbelief
           blind
           the
           Minds
           of
           Men
           !
           How
           much
           doth
           the
           love
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           and
           the
           poor
           Enjoyments
           of
           it
           ,
           infatuate
           them
           !
           That
           when
           they
           are
           hurried
           from
           one
           Misery
           to
           another
           ,
           and
           can
           hardly
           look
           out
           but
           they
           see
           Objects
           sufficient
           to
           terrify
           them
           ,
           and
           have
           the
           reliques
           of
           many
           a
           miserable
           Shipwreck
           floating
           in
           their
           view
           ,
           and
           are
           equally
           expos'd
           to
           the
           same
           Dangers
           ;
           yet
           chuse
           rather
           to
           run
           the
           hazard
           of
           being
           miserable
           ,
           and
           eternally
           miserable
           ,
           than
           to
           hearken
           to
           the
           Voice
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           observe
           those
           Measures
           that
           will
           infallibly
           direct
           ,
           and
           bring
           them
           in
           the
           conclusion
           to
           a
           place
           of
           safety
           and
           undisturbed
           repose
           .
        
         
           Surely
           we
           cannot
           but
           perceive
           ,
           and
           our
           own
           experience
           will
           convince
           us
           ,
           that
           this
           World
           is
           not
           a
           Rest
           ;
           
           that
           
             Man
             is
             born
             unto
             trouble
             as
             the
             sparks
             fly
             upward
             .
          
           We
           cannot
           but
           observe
           (
           how
           hood-wink'd
           soever
           we
           are
           in
           other
           matters
           )
           that
           in
           a
           few
           days
           ,
           after
           many
           other
           Changes
           ,
           and
           a
           Course
           and
           Succession
           of
           other
           Miseries
           ;
           that
           the
           last
           Enemy
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           Death
           ,
           will
           seize
           upon
           us
           ,
           and
           carry
           us
           out
           of
           it
           .
           
           We
           cannot
           but
           think
           ,
           that
           though
           the
           spark
           of
           an
           Animal
           life
           be
           extinguished
           ,
           and
           we
           are
           then
           dead
           to
           all
           the
           Enjoyments
           of
           this
           present
           state
           ;
           yet
           that
           our
           Souls
           which
           thus
           think
           ,
           are
           immortal
           ,
           and
           never
           die
           .
           We
           cannot
           but
           think
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           spirit
           within
           us
           is
           immortal
           ,
           so
           there
           is
           a
           state
           suitable
           to
           such
           a
           spirit
           ;
           another
           World
           that
           it
           must
           live
           in
           ,
           and
           doth
           upon
           its
           separation
           pass
           into
           .
           We
           cannot
           but
           think
           that
           the
           future
           state
           is
           a
           state
           of
           Recompence
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           are
           therein
           accountable
           ,
           and
           shall
           be
           determined
           to
           Happiness
           or
           Misery
           according
           to
           what
           we
           have
           done
           in
           the
           Body
           .
           We
           cannot
           but
           think
           ,
           that
           however
           it
           fares
           with
           good
           Men
           here
           ,
           how
           deplorable
           soever
           their
           present
           condition
           may
           be
           ,
           yet
           that
           
             it
             shall
             at
             last
             be
             well
             with
             them
             that
             fear
             God
          
           ;
           
           and
           that
           their
           light
           afflictions
           ,
           their
           temptations
           ,
           and
           mortifications
           ,
           which
           are
           but
           for
           a
           moment
           ,
           shall
           work
           out
           for
           them
           a
           
             far
             more
             exceeding
             and
             eternal
             weight
             of
             glory
             .
          
           
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           We
           cannot
           but
           think
           ,
           that
           as
           this
           is
           a
           desirable
           state
           in
           it self
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Thought
           and
           Wish
           of
           Balaam
           will
           be
           (
           if
           it
           is
           not
           now
           )
           the
           Thought
           and
           Wish
           of
           the
           worst
           of
           Men
           ;
           
           
             Let
             me
             die
             the
             death
             of
             the
             righteous
             ,
             and
             let
             my
             last
             end
             be
             like
             his
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           beginning
           of
           a
           glorious
           and
           happy
           Eternity
           .
        
         
           Where
           is
           now
           the
           misery
           ,
           the
           hunger
           and
           nakedness
           ,
           the
           pain
           and
           anguish
           ,
           the
           poverty
           and
           contempt
           of
           the
           once
           wretched
           Lazarus
           ?
           
           Where
           are
           the
           tryals
           of
           the
           cruel
           mockings
           and
           scourgings
           ,
           of
           bonds
           and
           imprisonment
           of
           those
           ,
           of
           whom
           the
           World
           was
           not
           worthy
           ?
           
           Where
           are
           the
           pilgrims
           and
           strangers
           that
           once
           wandred
           about
           ,
           being
           destitute
           ,
           afflicted
           and
           tormented
           ?
           
           Where
           is
           the
           right
           hand
           which
           was
           cut
           off
           ,
           the
           right
           eye
           that
           was
           plucked
           out
           ,
           the
           body
           
           that
           was
           buffered
           and
           kept
           under
           ,
           
           and
           brought
           into
           subjection
           ?
           Where
           is
           the
           strait
           gate
           and
           narrow
           way
           ,
           the
           conflicts
           and
           strivings
           of
           the
           Self-denying
           Christian
           ?
           Where
           are
           the
           laboricus
           Studies
           ,
           
           the
           Cares
           and
           Prayers
           of
           the
           pious
           and
           industrious
           Teacher
           ?
           Where
           the
           Ministry
           he
           has
           fulfill'd
           and
           made
           proof
           of
           in
           his
           Preaching
           ,
           Reproving
           and
           Exhorting
           with
           all
           Long-suffering
           and
           Doctrine
           ?
           Behold
           them
           in
           their
           Crowns
           and
           Rewards
           ,
           in
           their
           Glories
           and
           Triumphs
           ,
           in
           the
           Peace
           and
           Comfort
           ,
           the
           Perfection
           and
           Happiness
           of
           Heaven
           .
           Behold
           there
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
          
           ,
           and
           Jacob
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Prophets
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           God.
           Behold
           there
           the
           pious
           Lazarus
           in
           the
           Bosom
           of
           Abraham
           .
           
           Behold
           there
           the
           wise
           and
           faithful
           Teachers
           ,
           shining
           as
           the
           brightness
           of
           the
           Firmament
           ;
           
           and
           those
           that
           turn
           many
           unto
           Righteousness
           ,
           as
           the
           Stars
           for
           ever
           and
           ever
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           God's
           Rest
           ,
           who
           is
           his
           own
           Happiness
           ,
           and
           can
           alone
           be
           the
           Happiness
           of
           all
           out
           of
           himself
           :
           And
           there
           it
           is
           that
           we
           shall
           be
           replenished
           with
           the
           like
           Goodness
           and
           Love
           ,
           in
           our
           proportion
           ,
           as
           fills
           the
           breast
           of
           God
           himself
           .
           There
           we
           shall
           converse
           with
           nothing
           but
           Perfection
           ;
           And
           have
           our
           Souls
           so
           employed
           in
           Acts
           suitable
           to
           the
           exalted
           and
           divine
           Powers
           they
           shall
           be
           endued
           with
           ,
           that
           they
           shall
           not
           only
           be
           unwearied
           ,
           but
           infinitely
           satisfied
           in
           it
           .
           Where
           our
           Rest
           shall
           be
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           our
           Will
           and
           Desire
           one
           with
           his
           ,
           
           who
           filleth
           all
           in
           all
           .
        
         
           A
           Consideration
           from
           the
           beginning
           to
           the
           end
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           should
           excite
           all
           the
           Powers
           of
           our
           Souls
           to
           obtain
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           should
           make
           us
           extreamly
           cautious
           ,
           lest
           we
           fail
           in
           our
           advances
           and
           travels
           towards
           it
           .
           
             Let
             us
             fear
          
           ,
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             lest
             a
             promise
             being
             left
             us
             of
             entring
             into
             his
             rest
             ,
             any
             of
             you
             should
             come
             short
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
         
           2.
           
           It
           is
           a
           Rest
           which
           is
           promised
           ,
           and
           so
           is
           a
           farther
           Argument
           to
           Caution
           ,
           
             Lest
             we
             come
             short
             of
             it
             .
          
           We
           have
           the
           advantage
           of
           the
           Heathen
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           mere
           state
           of
           Nature
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           the
           Revelation
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           by
           which
           
             life
             and
             immortality
             were
             brought
             to
             light
             .
          
           And
           this
           Revelation
           comes
           with
           the
           greater
           advantage
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           the
           Promise
           of
           God
           to
           ensure
           it
           to
           us
           :
           A
           favour
           as
           well
           beyond
           our
           comprehension
           ,
           as
           our
           discovery
           and
           desert
           .
           For
           how
           could
           we
           who
           have
           defaced
           the
           divine
           Image
           ,
           and
           been
           Rebels
           against
           God
           ,
           and
           have
           forfeited
           his
           favour
           ,
           think
           of
           being
           restored
           to
           it
           ?
           How
           could
           we
           whose
           Souls
           are
           d●praved
           and
           corrupted
           ,
           think
           of
           being
           admitted
           to
           that
           state
           ,
           whereinto
           no
           unclean
           thing
           can
           enter
           ?
           
           How
           could
           we
           that
           are
           corruptible
           ,
           think
           that
           we
           should
           put
           on
           incorruption
           ?
           And
           so
           must
           conclude
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           no
           more
           fit
           for
           that
           state
           of
           holiness
           and
           perfection
           ,
           of
           fellowship
           with
           God
           and
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           him
           ,
           than
           we
           are
           like
           unto
           him
           .
           But
           when
           we
           are
           prevented
           in
           our
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           these
           arguings
           are
           fore-clos'd
           by
           the
           divine
           Goodness
           and
           Faithfulness
           ,
           by
           a
           Revelation
           and
           a
           Promise
           :
           If
           we
           in
           the
           conclusion
           prove
           like
           those
           in
           the
           Parable
           ,
           that
           when
           invited
           to
           a
           Royal
           Entertainment
           ,
           make
           light
           of
           it
           ,
           
           and
           go
           away
           ,
           and
           reject
           the
           Counsel
           of
           God
           against
           our selves
           ;
           shall
           we
           fare
           better
           than
           they
           ,
           
           against
           whom
           the
           King
           sent
           forth
           his
           Armies
           and
           destroyed
           them
           ,
           and
           burnt
           up
           their
           City
           ?
        
         
           It
           was
           the
           aggravation
           of
           the
           Sin
           of
           the
           Israelites
           when
           they
           enter'd
           the
           Land
           of
           Promise
           ,
           
           and
           had
           a
           Land
           prepared
           for
           them
           ,
           
           where
           they
           had
           goodly
           Cities
           which
           they
           builded
           not
           ,
           and
           Houses
           full
           of
           all
           good
           things
           which
           they
           filled
           not
           ,
           Vineyards
           and
           Olive-trees
           which
           they
           planted
           not
           ;
           that
           they
           tempted
           
           and
           provoked
           the
           most
           High
           God
           ,
           
           and
           kept
           not
           his
           testimonies
           .
        
         
           And
           will
           it
           not
           aggravate
           our
           guilt
           ,
           when
           we
           have
           a
           Revelation
           as
           clear
           as
           the
           day
           ,
           and
           the
           promise
           of
           God
           for
           our
           security
           ,
           which
           is
           as
           sure
           as
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           Heaven
           ;
           nay
           ,
           that
           is
           established
           upon
           a
           better
           and
           more
           lasting
           Foundation
           ?
           
           for
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           may
           pass
           away
           ,
           but
           this
           Word
           shall
           not
           pass
           away
           .
        
         
           Behold
           then
           here
           the
           greatest
           testimony
           of
           the
           divine
           Benignity
           and
           Honour
           ,
           the
           Treasure
           of
           Heaven
           laid
           open
           to
           our
           view
           .
           Behold
           God
           himself
           proffering
           Salvation
           to
           Sinners
           ,
           and
           engaging
           himself
           by
           Promise
           to
           bestow
           it
           upon
           us
           on
           our
           acceptance
           .
           And
           what
           can
           we
           plead
           in
           our
           own
           defence
           ,
           if
           at
           last
           we
           shall
           fall
           short
           of
           it
           ?
           For
           can
           we
           have
           any
           thing
           more
           clearly
           revealed
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           in
           our
           view
           ;
           and
           which
           we
           are
           not
           capable
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           imperfection
           of
           our
           Natures
           ,
           perfectly
           to
           understand
           ?
           Can
           we
           have
           any
           thing
           more
           secured
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           not
           in
           present
           possession
           ?
           Can
           we
           have
           any
           thing
           more
           confirmed
           ,
           than
           God
           bearing
           witness
           to
           the
           truth
           of
           it
           ,
           
           with
           signs
           and
           wonders
           ,
           and
           divers
           miracles
           ?
           And
           can
           any
           thing
           be
           of
           greater
           consequence
           than
           the
           things
           that
           are
           thus
           revealed
           ,
           promised
           and
           secured
           ?
           And
           when
           a
           Promise
           is
           thus
           left
           us
           of
           entring
           into
           his
           Rest
           ,
           
             shall
             not
             we
             fear
             ,
             lest
             we
             come
             short
             of
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           Especially
        
         
           4.
           
           When
           there
           is
           a
           possibility
           on
           our
           part
           of
           coming
           short
           of
           it
           .
           I
           say
           a
           possibility
           on
           our
           part
           :
           For
           there
           is
           nothing
           wanting
           on
           God's
           ,
           
           who
           is
           not
           as
           Man
           that
           he
           should
           lie
           ,
           nor
           the
           Son
           of
           Man
           that
           he
           should
           repent
           .
           
           Hath
           he
           said
           ,
           and
           shall
           he
           not
           do
           it
           ?
           Hath
           he
           spoken
           ,
           and
           shall
           he
           not
           make
           it
           good
           ?
           But
           yet
           notwithstanding
           the
           amplitude
           ,
           the
           fulness
           and
           firmness
           of
           the
           Promise
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           suspension
           of
           it
           ,
           nor
           will
           it
           operate
           without
           the
           conditions
           belonging
           to
           us
           to
           perform
           ,
           without
           which
           we
           are
           in
           the
           same
           state
           of
           darkness
           and
           misery
           ,
           as
           if
           there
           had
           been
           no
           Revelation
           nor
           Promise
           .
           And
           when
           it
           thus
           rests
           on
           our
           part
           ,
           and
           nothing
           is
           wanting
           to
           compleat
           our
           happiness
           ,
           but
           our
           own
           consent
           ,
           could
           we
           in
           reason
           wish
           or
           desire
           any
           thing
           more
           ,
           when
           it
           will
           be
           at
           our
           own
           choice
           and
           refusal
           ,
           whether
           we
           will
           be
           happy
           or
           miserable
           ;
           whether
           we
           will
           be
           saved
           or
           damned
           ?
           And
           yet
           alas
           !
           here
           is
           the
           difficulty
           ;
           the
           difficulty
           is
           to
           win
           us
           over
           to
           our
           own
           interest
           ;
           and
           all
           the
           arguments
           and
           considerations
           of
           the
           Gospel
           are
           to
           dispose
           us
           hereunto
           ,
           to
           be
           willing
           and
           desirous
           of
           being
           saved
           .
           And
           all
           in
           the
           conclusion
           prove
           generally
           too
           little
           ;
           for
           we
           remain
           stupid
           and
           sensless
           as
           if
           we
           were
           not
           at
           all
           concerned
           whether
           we
           obtain
           or
           fall
           short
           of
           this
           Rest.
           
        
         
           We
           are
           as
           the
           Israelites
           upon
           the
           borders
           of
           Canaan
           ,
           a
           few
           days
           would
           have
           let
           them
           into
           the
           possession
           of
           the
           promised
           Land
           ;
           it
           was
           to
           be
           seen
           from
           the
           top
           of
           the
           Mountain
           ;
           
           but
           they
           believed
           not
           the
           report
           of
           Caleb
           and
           Joshua
           ,
           and
           murmur'd
           ;
           so
           of
           Six
           hundred
           thousand
           Men
           that
           came
           out
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           only
           those
           two
           entred
           into
           that
           Land.
           And
           we
           are
           upon
           the
           borders
           of
           the
           promis'd
           rest
           ,
           we
           have
           a
           prospect
           of
           it
           ;
           we
           have
           the
           Gospel
           preach'd
           unto
           us
           ,
           we
           have
           our
           Education
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           are
           members
           of
           his
           Body
           ,
           are
           call'd
           by
           his
           Name
           ;
           have
           eaten
           and
           drank
           in
           his
           presence
           ;
           but
           how
           sad
           and
           miserable
           will
           our
           state
           be
           ,
           if
           at
           the
           last
           we
           shall
           
           meet
           with
           ,
           
           
             I
             know
             you
             not
             ,
             depart
             from
             me
             ?
          
           And
           yet
           as
           near
           as
           we
           are
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           in
           profession
           and
           faith
           ,
           in
           appearance
           and
           expectation
           ,
           it
           is
           possible
           and
           without
           an
           extraordinary
           caution
           ,
           it
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           notwithstanding
           the
           promise
           of
           God
           ,
           we
           may
           come
           short
           of
           this
           Rest.
           Thus
           our
           Saviour
           represents
           it
           ,
           Luk.
           13.24
           .
           
             Strive
             to
             enter
             in
             at
             the
             strait
             gate
             ,
             for
             many
             I
             say
             unto
             you
             will
             seek
             to
             enter
             in
             ,
             and
             shall
             not
             be
             able
             .
          
        
         
           Shall
           I
           now
           need
           any
           farther
           arguments
           than
           what
           the
           Text
           affords
           ,
           to
           make
           us
           cautious
           left
           we
           come
           short
           of
           this
           Rest
           ?
           shall
           I
           need
           to
           press
           the
           Apostle's
           Exhortation
           any
           further
           ?
           Need
           we
           to
           be
           advised
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           in
           a
           matter
           of
           so
           great
           importance
           and
           absolute
           necessity
           ?
           Let
           us
           ,
           beloved
           ,
           look
           within
           our selves
           ,
           and
           try
           whether
           our
           condition
           be
           so
           safe
           as
           to
           be
           above
           all
           hazard
           ;
           that
           we
           are
           arriv'd
           to
           a
           full
           satisfaction
           of
           mind
           concerning
           our
           title
           to
           this
           Rest.
           I
           would
           that
           every
           one
           that
           hears
           me
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           all
           were
           in
           the
           state
           of
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           and
           were
           arriv'd
           to
           that
           setled
           and
           happy
           temper
           of
           soul
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           able
           to
           say
           ,
           
           
             That
             to
             me
             to
             live
             is
             Christ
             ,
             and
             to
             die
             is
             gain
             .
          
           And
           ,
           
             I
             have
             fought
             a
             good
             sight
             ,
             I
             have
             kept
             the
             faith
             ,
             henceforth
             there
             is
             laid
             up
             for
             me
             a
             Crown
             of
             Righteousness
             ,
             which
             the
             Lord
             shall
             give
             me
             at
             that
             day
             .
          
        
         
           I
           could
           wish
           that
           we
           were
           out
           of
           the
           reach
           of
           all
           temptations
           ,
           troubles
           and
           dangers
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           was
           no
           need
           for
           us
           to
           fear
           ,
           nor
           occasion
           to
           exhort
           us
           to
           it
           .
           But
           what
           should
           I
           wish
           for
           that
           which
           belongs
           not
           to
           the
           state
           in
           which
           we
           are
           ?
           That
           is
           a
           Rest
           which
           remaineth
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           Rest
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           that
           is
           God's
           Rest.
           It
           rather
           becomes
           me
           to
           return
           to
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           to
           exhort
           and
           repeat
           ,
           and
           exhort
           again
           :
           
           
             Take
             heed
             brethren
          
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             lest
             there
             be
             in
             any
             of
             you
             an
             evil
             heart
             of
             unbelief
             ,
             in
             departing
             from
             the
             living
             God.
             Let
             us
             labour
             to
             enter
             into
             that
             rest
             .
          
           And
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           
             Let
             us
             therefore
             fear
             ,
             lest
             a
             promise
             being
             left
             us
             of
             entring
             into
             his
             rest
             ,
             any
             of
             you
             should
             come
             short
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           far
           have
           I
           consider'd
           the
           Text
           ;
           and
           am
           certain
           that
           if
           our
           deceased
           Friend
           were
           to
           speak
           to
           you
           of
           this
           Auditory
           ,
           who
           were
           so
           lately
           His
           :
           He
           that
           is
           now
           gone
           to
           his
           Rest
           ,
           would
           exhort
           you
           after
           the
           Apostle's
           manner
           ,
           to
           caution
           and
           fear
           ,
           left
           having
           such
           a
           promise
           ,
           any
           of
           you
           should
           come
           short
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           phrase
           ,
           
           his
           heart's
           desire
           and
           prayer
           to
           God
           ,
           that
           ye
           might
           be
           saved
           .
           This
           was
           the
           Theme
           and
           Subject
           he
           continually
           insisted
           upon
           ,
           and
           made
           it
           his
           restless
           endeavour
           to
           promote
           .
           This
           he
           taught
           in
           this
           Pulpit
           ;
           and
           this
           he
           again
           taught
           out
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           confirmed
           by
           the
           regularity
           of
           his
           Life
           .
           Of
           whom
           I
           have
           many
           things
           to
           say
           ,
           and
           might
           speak
           of
           him
           in
           his
           Secular
           capacity
           ,
           As
           to
           his
           Friendship
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           was
           sincere
           ,
           intire
           and
           stedfast
           ;
           As
           to
           his
           Conversation
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           was
           free
           ,
           without
           levity
           ;
           Grave
           without
           moroseness
           ,
           Instructive
           without
           imposition
           ;
           and
           not
           without
           such
           a
           competency
           of
           skill
           ,
           even
           in
           matters
           relating
           to
           this
           present
           life
           ,
           as
           did
           render
           him
           useful
           to
           others
           ,
           and
           capable
           of
           advising
           them
           that
           wanted
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           might
           speak
           of
           him
           as
           to
           the
           Government
           of
           himself
           in
           his
           exact
           Temperance
           and
           Sobriety
           ;
           as
           to
           his
           Family
           ,
           in
           his
           affectionate
           tenderness
           as
           a
           Husband
           and
           a
           Father
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           care
           he
           took
           of
           the
           meanest
           of
           those
           that
           were
           about
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           Exercises
           of
           Family-devotion
           .
        
         
         
           But
           that
           which
           I
           at
           this
           time
           shall
           principally
           respect
           ,
           is
           the
           discharge
           of
           his
           Ministerial
           Office
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           took
           a
           special
           delight
           ,
           and
           made
           it
           the
           principal
           business
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           laying
           hold
           of
           all
           opportunities
           of
           doing
           good
           in
           private
           and
           in
           publick
           .
        
         
           In
           publick
           ,
           how
           constant
           and
           diligent
           ,
           useful
           and
           practical
           was
           he
           in
           Preaching
           !
           Preaching
           with
           that
           plainness
           as
           might
           be
           suitable
           to
           the
           meanest
           capacity
           ,
           and
           designed
           to
           the
           most
           useful
           purposes
           of
           sound
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           unblameable
           life
           ;
           Preaching
           as
           one
           that
           was
           in
           earnest
           himself
           ,
           and
           endeavouring
           to
           persuade
           others
           so
           to
           be
           .
        
         
           What
           care
           did
           he
           ,
           again
           ,
           take
           to
           instruct
           the
           Youth
           !
           what
           pains
           in
           the
           little
           School
           that
           by
           his
           industry
           ,
           and
           the
           pious
           Contribution
           of
           well-disposed
           Persons
           was
           Erected
           in
           the
           Neighbourhood
           !
           which
           I
           hope
           will
           not
           die
           with
           him
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           same
           or
           like
           good
           and
           charitable
           hands
           be
           supported
           and
           continued
           .
        
         
           In
           private
           ,
           how
           many
           did
           he
           lend
           his
           helping
           hand
           to
           ,
           encouraging
           them
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Religion
           ,
           resolving
           their
           Doubts
           ,
           comforting
           them
           in
           their
           Sorrows
           ,
           directing
           their
           Endeavours
           !
           And
           this
           he
           did
           with
           sweetness
           and
           tenderness
           ,
           giving
           an
           easie
           access
           and
           admittance
           even
           to
           the
           meanest
           ,
           and
           hearing
           them
           with
           patience
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           whil'st
           like
           a
           good
           Samaritan
           he
           was
           pouring
           oyl
           into
           the
           wounds
           of
           others
           ,
           and
           administring
           such
           seasonable
           reliefs
           as
           their
           case
           did
           require
           ,
           He
           himself
           shewed
           by
           the
           cheerfulness
           and
           liveliness
           of
           his
           spirit
           ,
           that
           Religion
           was
           no
           sadning
           or
           uncomfortable
           state
           ;
           but
           that
           however
           it
           might
           appear
           to
           drooping
           and
           melancholly
           minds
           ,
           whatever
           it
           might
           appear
           to
           such
           as
           looked
           but
           little
           into
           it
           ,
           
           or
           had
           little
           or
           no
           experience
           of
           it
           ;
           it
           was
           indeed
           the
           most
           comfortable
           state
           in
           the
           world
           to
           those
           that
           were
           intimately
           acquainted
           with
           it
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           let
           me
           add
           the
           care
           he
           took
           of
           the
           Sick
           ,
           visiting
           them
           with
           great
           application
           ,
           sparing
           no
           pains
           to
           prepare
           such
           for
           another
           state
           ;
           of
           which
           his
           last
           Sickness
           and
           the
           occasion
           of
           his
           death
           was
           too
           deplorable
           an
           Instance
           ,
           that
           whil'st
           thus
           exceeding
           solicitous
           about
           others
           ;
           he
           was
           careless
           of
           himself
           ;
           and
           whil'st
           the
           dying
           Patient
           receiv'd
           Spiritual
           Consolation
           from
           him
           ,
           he
           in
           all
           probability
           drew
           what
           proved
           a
           mortal
           Infection
           to
           himself
           .
        
         
           Which
           brings
           me
           to
           his
           last
           Hours
           :
           It
           pleased
           God
           to
           give
           him
           some
           Premonitions
           and
           Warnings
           of
           his
           approaching
           End
           ;
           I
           mean
           not
           only
           by
           the
           dangerous
           disease
           he
           laboured
           under
           the
           former
           part
           of
           the
           year
           ;
           but
           also
           by
           such
           impressions
           upon
           his
           mind
           as
           seem'd
           to
           carry
           in
           them
           the
           finger
           of
           God.
           So
           that
           for
           some
           Months
           past
           he
           would
           be
           often
           speaking
           ,
           and
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           preaching
           to
           his
           Wise
           submission
           to
           the
           will
           of
           God
           ,
           if
           he
           should
           think
           fit
           to
           take
           him
           out
           of
           this
           life
           to
           a
           better
           .
        
         
           For
           this
           reason
           ,
           it
           may
           well
           be
           supposed
           that
           he
           was
           very
           desirous
           to
           see
           some
           of
           his
           Relations
           that
           lived
           remote
           from
           hence
           ;
           and
           though
           newly
           come
           from
           one
           Journey
           ,
           immediately
           made
           another
           to
           pay
           them
           a
           Visit
           (
           where
           he
           had
           not
           been
           for
           some
           years
           )
           or
           rather
           ,
           as
           he
           told
           them
           ,
           to
           take
           his
           last
           Farewell
           .
        
         
           And
           accordingly
           he
           set
           his
           House
           and
           Affairs
           in
           order
           ,
           made
           his
           Will
           ;
           and
           if
           I
           may
           take
           notice
           of
           so
           small
           a
           matter
           ,
           among
           the
           greater
           ,
           he
           composed
           his
           own
           Epitaph
           ;
           which
           though
           plain
           (
           as
           he
           intended
           )
           is
           very
           expressive
           of
           his
           Piety
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           care
           he
           took
           of
           the
           People
           committed
           to
           his
           Charge
           .
        
         
         
           And
           then
           it
           was
           no
           wonder
           when
           all
           this
           was
           done
           ,
           to
           find
           him
           composed
           at
           his
           approaching
           End
           ,
           and
           to
           behave
           himself
           as
           he
           had
           lived
           ;
           shewing
           an
           excellent
           temper
           of
           mind
           ,
           heartily
           resigning
           himself
           up
           through
           Jesus
           Christ
           to
           God
           ,
           the
           Father
           of
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           the
           Father
           of
           Mercies
           ;
           whom
           in
           that
           condition
           he
           entirely
           depended
           upon
           ,
           and
           found
           the
           greatest
           ,
           I
           may
           say
           the
           only
           supports
           from
           .
        
         
           With
           what
           submission
           did
           he
           receive
           the
           sentence
           of
           his
           Dissolution
           !
           With
           what
           transport
           and
           joy
           did
           he
           speak
           of
           our
           blessed
           Saviour
           ,
           and
           the
           happiness
           he
           hoped
           for
           ,
           or
           rather
           doubted
           not
           to
           be
           made
           partaker
           of
           ,
           by
           him
           !
        
         
           With
           what
           tenderness
           did
           he
           bewail
           our
           differences
           ,
           and
           that
           spirit
           of
           censuring
           ,
           reviling
           and
           dividing
           ,
           that
           so
           much
           prevails
           ;
           and
           especially
           when
           after
           all
           ,
           such
           must
           come
           (
           if
           ever
           they
           be
           happy
           )
           to
           joyn
           in
           the
           Church-triumphant
           with
           those
           whom
           ,
           too
           often
           ,
           they
           refuse
           to
           converse
           and
           communicate
           with
           here
           ,
           in
           the
           Church-militant
           !
        
         
           With
           what
           comfort
           did
           he
           take
           leave
           of
           his
           Friends
           ,
           of
           his
           Wife
           and
           Children
           ,
           calling
           them
           one
           by
           one
           in
           his
           last
           interval
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           giving
           each
           of
           them
           such
           advice
           as
           a
           dying
           Friend
           ,
           Husband
           and
           Father
           ,
           and
           a
           dying
           Christian
           ,
           would
           give
           to
           those
           whom
           he
           affectionately
           loved
           !
        
         
           And
           now
           what
           is
           the
           issue
           of
           all
           this
           ,
           but
           that
           we
           should
           reflect
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           reflect
           upon
           our selves
           ?
        
         
           Who
           of
           you
           that
           heard
           the
           last
           Sermon
           of
           our
           deceased
           Friend
           six
           days
           ago
           ,
           but
           if
           you
           had
           known
           it
           should
           have
           been
           the
           last
           ,
           would
           have
           hearkned
           to
           it
           with
           another
           sort
           of
           attention
           !
           you
           would
           then
           have
           entertained
           it
           as
           the
           last
           Words
           of
           a
           dying
           Man.
           It
           was
           observed
           ,
           that
           though
           he
           always
           
           spoke
           with
           an
           affectionate
           warmth
           ,
           that
           he
           then
           spoke
           beyond
           himself
           ,
           with
           a
           concernment
           more
           than
           ordinary
           ;
           as
           if
           he
           were
           sensible
           it
           should
           be
           his
           Valedictory
           ,
           and
           the
           last
           Sermon
           ,
           and
           That
           the
           last
           opportunity
           he
           should
           have
           of
           Preaching
           to
           this
           people
           .
           It
           was
           the
           last
           indeed
           ;
           but
           we
           read
           of
           Abel
           ,
           that
           by
           his
           Faith
           ,
           
             he
             being
             dead
             ,
             yet
             speaketh
             .
          
           
        
         
           Our
           Friend
           is
           dead
           ,
           his
           Body
           lies
           there
           before
           us
           ;
           he
           has
           no
           Tongue
           to
           speak
           ,
           nor
           Eye
           to
           observe
           how
           you
           receive
           his
           Doctrine
           ;
           but
           he
           yet
           speaketh
           to
           you
           in
           his
           Doctrine
           and
           Example
           ;
           and
           I
           hope
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           said
           of
           Abel
           ,
           he
           shall
           for
           that
           reason
           be
           
             yet
             spoken
             of
          
           ,
           
           amongst
           you
           .
        
         
           And
           Oh
           that
           his
           Words
           were
           written
           ,
           
             not
             with
             ink
          
           ,
           
           but
           (
           as
           St.
           Paul
           saith
           )
           
             with
             the
             spirit
             of
             the
             living
             God
             ,
          
           in
           your
           hearts
           and
           lives
           ,
           
             to
             be
             known
             and
             read
             of
             all
             men
             :
          
           Or
           howsoever
           that
           last
           Sermon
           or
           other
           Discourses
           of
           his
           may
           have
           been
           neglected
           or
           forgot
           ;
           let
           us
           remember
           the
           Caution
           which
           the
           Apostle
           here
           advises
           all
           to
           take
           ;
           and
           
             Fear
             ,
             lest
             a
             promise
             being
             left
             us
             of
             entring
             into
             this
             rest
             ,
             any
             of
             us
             should
             come
             short
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ERRAT
           .
           Page
           4.
           line
           6.
           after
           storm
           read
           
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             Persecution
          
           .
        
      
       
         
         
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           the
           late
           Learned
           Divine
           
             Stephen
             Charnock
          
           ,
           in
           two
           Volumes
           ,
           Folio
           .
        
         
           Geography
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           Sermons
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           ,
           by
           
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             Conant
          
           ,
           D.D.
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           Lord
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           Horneck
           
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           ,
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           Great
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           Gibson's
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           Bishop
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           ,
           in
           usum
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           Helvicus's
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           English
           Exercises
           for
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           to
           Translate
           into
           Latin
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           comprizing
           all
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           of
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             ab
             uno
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             .
          
        
         
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           brief
           Exposition
           of
           the
           Church-Catechism
           ,
           with
           Proofs
           from
           Scripture
           :
           by
           John
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           Chichester
           ,
           late
           Rector
           of
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           and
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             Cole
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         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A66424-e240
           
             Hebr.
             9.9
             .
             10.1
             .
          
           
             Ch.
             3.11
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Ch.
             3.19
             .
          
           
             ch
             .
             3.7
             .
             4.3.5
             .
          
           
             v.
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             v.
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             v.
             9.
             
          
           
             D.
             Ham.
             in
             cap.
             3
             ,
             &
             4.
             
          
           
             Revel
             .
             14.13
             .
          
           
             Deut.
             12.10
             .
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             1.10
             .
          
           
             Chap.
             3.12
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             1
             Joh
             5.11
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             1.20
             .
          
           
             Chap.
             3.19
             .
          
           
             Ver.
             7.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             8.18
             .
             
               compared
               with
            
             Mat
             13.12
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             12.19
             .
          
           
             Job
             38.11
             .
          
           
             Hebr.
             11.13
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             16.11
             .
          
           
             Rev.
             7.16
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Luk.
             20.36
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             12.22.23
             
          
           
             1
             Joh.
             ●
             .
             ●
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             106.24
             .
          
           
             Numb
             .
             14.4
             .
          
           
             Deut.
             8.9
             .
          
           
             Job
             5.7
             .
          
           
             Eccles.
             8.12
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             4.17
             .
          
           
             Numb
             .
             23
             10.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             16.20
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             11.36
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             5.29
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             9.27
             .
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             4.25
             .
          
           
             Luk.
             13.28
             .
          
           
             Dan.
             12.3
             .
          
           
             Ephes.
             1
             ▪
             23.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             21.27
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             22
             .
             3.5●●
             .
          
           
             Luk.
             ●
             .
             20
             .
          
           
             Exod.
             23.20
             .
          
           
             Deut.
             6
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             78
             55
             ,
             56.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             8.18
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             2.4
             .
          
           
             Num.
             23.19
             .
          
           
             Numb
             .
             13.14
             ,
             25
             ,
             40
             ,
             43.
             
             Num.
             14.29
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             13.26
             .
             Mat.
             7.23
             .
          
           
             Phil.
             1.23
             .
             2
             Tim.
             4
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             10.
             
             ●
             .
          
           
             Hebr.
             11.4
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             So
             the
             Margin
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             3.23
             .