A sermon preached at the funeral of the Lady Newland. At Alhallows Barkin, London By John Scott, D.D.
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             A sermon preached at the funeral of the Lady Newland. At Alhallows Barkin, London By John Scott, D.D.
             Scott, John, 1639-1695.
          
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           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           AT
           THE
           FUNERAL
           OF
           THE
           Lady
           Newland
           .
           AT
           Alhallows
           Barkin
           ,
           London
           .
        
         
           By
           
             JOHN
             SCOTT
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           1690.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           at
           the
           FUNERAL
           OF
           THE
           Lady
           Newland
           .
        
         
           
             HEB.
             xiii
             .
             14.
             
          
           
             For
             here
             we
             have
             no
             abiding
             City
             ,
             but
             we
             seek
             one
             to
             come
             .
          
        
         
           
             IN
             these
             words
             the
             Author
             encourages
             Christians
             couragiously
             to
             bear
             up
             under
             reproaches
             ,
             in
             Conformity
             to
             their
             Lord
             and
             Master
             ,
             who
             in
             a
             disgraceful
             manner
             was
             Crucified
             without
             the
             City
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             thought
             his
             Blood
             would
             have
             desecrated
             it
             ;
             or
             feared
             ,
             lest
             his
             last
             Breath
             might
             have
             scattered
             a
             Contagion
             through
             it
             .
             
             Let
             us
             therefore
             ,
             saith
             he
             in
             the
             13
             th
             
               Verse
               ,
               go
               forth
               unto
               him
               without
               the
               Camp
               ,
               bearing
               his
               reproach
               :
            
             i.e.
             Let
             us
             be
             contented
             with
             him
             ,
             to
             be
             thrown
             forth
             ,
             as
             the
             dung
             and
             off-scouring
             of
             the
             streets
             ,
             from
             the
             Society
             of
             Men
             ;
             and
             not
             be
             concerned
             ,
             that
             for
             his
             sake
             we
             are
             made
             the
             abjects
             of
             the
             Earth
             :
             
               For
               here
               we
               have
               no
               abiding
               City
            
             ;
             and
             so
             't
             is
             not
             long
             that
             we
             shall
             endure
             this
             ,
             
               but
               we
               seek
               one
               to
               come
               ,
            
             whither
             ,
             when
             we
             are
             once
             arrived
             ,
             we
             shall
             be
             above
             all
             reproach
             and
             malice
             for
             ever
             .
          
           
             In
             which
             words
             you
             have
             ,
          
           
             I.
             The
             Christian's
             present
             State
             ,
             
               Here
               we
               have
               no
               abiding
               City
               .
            
          
           
             II.
             The
             Christian's
             present
             practice
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             his
             future
             state
             ,
             
               but
               we
               seek
               one
               to
               come
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             I.
             I
             begin
             with
             the
             first
             ,
             
               Here
               we
               have
               no
               abiding
               City
               .
            
          
           
             The
             present
             and
             future
             state
             of
             Christians
             ,
             is
             here
             compared
             to
             a
             City
             ,
             in
             allusion
             ,
             I
             suppose
             ,
             to
             those
             ,
             who
             though
             they
             were
             not
             born
             at
             Rome
             ,
             but
             lived
             it
             may
             be
             ,
             a
             great
             way
             off
             from
             it
             ,
             had
             yet
             
               Jus
               Civitatis
               Romanae
            
             ,
             the
             Priviledges
             of
             Citizens
             of
             Rome
             ;
             even
             as
             we
             Christians
             ,
             though
             we
             are
             born
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             and
             do
             spend
             our
             lives
             in
             it
             ,
             do
             yet
             belong
             to
             another
             Corporation
             ,
             and
             are
             Denizens
             of
             that
             City
             which
             is
             above
             :
             and
             therefore
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             this
             present
             state
             is
             not
             our
             home
             ,
             in
             this
             City
             we
             are
             but
             Foreigners
             ,
             and
             do
             only
             sojourn
             in
             it
             for
             a
             time
             ,
             till
             we
             go
             home
             to
             the
             new
             Jerusalem
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             place
             of
             our
             abode
             ,
             and
             the
             City
             we
             are
             already
             free
             of
             .
             And
             indeed
             ,
             that
             
               Here
               we
               have
               no
               abiding
               City
               ,
            
             is
             a
             truth
             so
             sensible
             ,
             that
             one
             would
             think
             we
             need
             not
             be
             put
             in
             mind
             of
             it
             ;
             for
             which
             way
             soever
             we
             turn
             our
             Eyes
             ,
             we
             see
             a
             dark
             and
             deadly
             shade
             overspreading
             
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             behold
             Men
             vanishing
             every
             day
             like
             the
             smoke
             ,
             quitting
             the
             Stage
             round
             about
             us
             ,
             and
             disappearing
             almost
             as
             soon
             as
             they
             have
             shewed
             themselves
             .
             To
             day
             we
             converse
             with
             our
             Friends
             ,
             and
             among
             our
             other
             Festivities
             ,
             we
             tickle
             our selves
             with
             the
             Joys
             of
             our
             future
             Conversation
             :
             To
             Morrow
             their
             Passing-Bell
             tells
             us
             a
             sad
             story
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             gone
             to
             converse
             with
             Worms
             ,
             where
             these
             Eyes
             of
             ours
             shall
             never
             see
             them
             more
             ;
             and
             indeed
             ,
             if
             we
             consider
             our
             present
             state
             ,
             we
             are
             but
             a
             kind
             of
             fictitious
             Beings
             ,
             that
             rather
             seem
             to
             be
             ,
             than
             are
             ;
             and
             do
             so
             little
             deserve
             to
             be
             taken
             for
             realities
             ,
             that
             we
             only
             serve
             to
             cheat
             one
             another
             into
             an
             opinion
             ,
             that
             we
             truly
             exist
             ;
             when
             presently
             ,
             by
             vanishing
             away
             ,
             we
             baffle
             that
             Opinion
             ,
             and
             shew
             our selves
             to
             be
             but
             hovering
             shadows
             ,
             that
             in
             a
             moment
             are
             ,
             and
             are
             not
             .
             Indeed
             all
             Created
             things
             have
             more
             of
             not
             being
             than
             of
             being
             in
             them
             .
             For
             it
             is
             only
             a
             limited
             portion
             of
             being
             which
             they
             have
             ;
             but
             there
             is
             an
             infinitude
             of
             being
             which
             they
             have
             not
             :
             So
             that
             being
             infinitely
             nearer
             to
             nothingness
             ,
             than
             to
             fullness
             of
             being
             ,
             they
             rather
             deserve
             to
             be
             called
             nothing
             ,
             than
             real
             beings
             .
             And
             if
             the
             best
             of
             our
             being
             be
             so
             near
             to
             nothing
             ,
             what
             is
             our
             outward
             Man
             ,
             which
             is
             but
             the
             umbrage
             and
             shadow
             of
             our
             being
             ?
             Alas
             !
             If
             we
             consider
             the
             Frame
             and
             composition
             of
             it
             ,
             it
             is
             nothing
             but
             a
             continual
             Flux
             and
             defluence
             of
             parts
             ,
             insomuch
             ,
             that
             each
             Climacterick
             of
             our
             Age
             ,
             changes
             our
             whole
             Fabrick
             ,
             and
             we
             are
             at
             no
             one
             time
             all
             our selves
             ,
             but
             seven
             years
             hence
             shall
             be
             another
             thing
             :
             This
             Body
             will
             be
             all
             vanished
             and
             gone
             ;
             and
             of
             the
             parts
             it
             now
             consists
             ,
             there
             will
             be
             none
             remaining
             .
             So
             that
             while
             we
             are
             ,
             we
             are
             hastening
             away
             ,
             and
             within
             a
             
             little
             time
             ,
             shall
             vanish
             into
             Worms-Meat
             .
             And
             hence
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             Scripture
             compares
             our
             present
             life
             to
             such
             fleeting
             and
             evanid
             things
             ,
             to
             an
             Image
             ,
             a
             Dream
             ,
             a
             Post
             ,
             a
             Shadow
             ;
             by
             all
             which
             ,
             it
             's
             design
             is
             ,
             to
             make
             us
             sensible
             of
             this
             truth
             ,
             that
             
               Here
               we
               have
               no
               abiding
               City
               .
            
             And
             indeed
             ,
             so
             volatile
             and
             fugitive
             is
             our
             present
             Existence
             ,
             that
             if
             it
             were
             not
             for
             another
             World
             ,
             it
             were
             scarce
             worth
             the
             while
             for
             a
             Man
             to
             be
             .
             And
             could
             we
             but
             have
             understood
             ,
             before
             we
             came
             into
             being
             ,
             what
             an
             uncomfortable
             Stage
             this
             World
             is
             ,
             I
             am
             apt
             to
             think
             ,
             we
             should
             rather
             have
             chosen
             to
             remain
             for
             ever
             in
             the
             Womb
             of
             nothing
             ,
             than
             venture
             into
             the
             Theatre
             of
             beings
             ,
             only
             to
             take
             a
             turn
             ,
             or
             two
             ,
             and
             weep
             ,
             and
             grone
             ,
             and
             die
             .
             For
             what
             an
             impertinent
             thing
             would
             it
             be
             ,
             for
             a
             Man
             to
             come
             out
             of
             nothing
             into
             being
             ,
             only
             to
             open
             his
             Eyes
             ,
             and
             look
             about
             him
             ,
             and
             vanish
             into
             nothing
             again
             .
             And
             yet
             this
             is
             all
             that
             most
             of
             those
             do
             that
             are
             born
             into
             the
             World
             ;
             and
             as
             for
             those
             that
             act
             a
             longer
             part
             ,
             there
             is
             ,
             alas
             !
             so
             much
             of
             Tragedy
             in
             it
             ,
             that
             the
             Pain
             doth
             even
             counter-balance
             the
             Pleasure
             of
             it
             .
             That
             therefore
             which
             makes
             Life
             truly
             desirable
             ,
             is
             this
             ,
             That
             though
             
               we
               have
               here
               no
               continuing
               City
               ,
            
             yet
             
               we
               look
               for
               one
               to
               come
            
             ;
             which
             is
             the
             second
             part
             of
             the
             Text
             ,
             viz.
             
          
        
         
           
             II.
             The
             Christian's
             present
             Practice
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             his
             future
             State
             ,
             
               but
               we
               seek
               one
               to
               come
            
             ;
             which
             implies
             these
             four
             things
             ,
          
           
             1.
             
             Our
             belief
             of
             the
             reality
             of
             this
             abiding
             State.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Our
             hope
             and
             expectation
             of
             enjoying
             it
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Our
             proposing
             it
             to
             our selves
             ,
             as
             the
             great
             end
             and
             aim
             of
             all
             our
             actions
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Our
             diligent
             pursuit
             of
             it
             ,
             by
             such
             a
             course
             of
             actions
             ,
             as
             is
             most
             suitable
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             does
             tend
             most
             directly
             towards
             it
             .
          
           
           
             Of
             each
             of
             these
             briefly
             .
          
           
             
               1.
               
               Our
               seeking
               this
               abiding
               City
               ,
               implies
               our
               sincere
               belief
               of
               the
               reality
               and
               existence
               of
               it
               :
               For
               what
               wise
               Man
               will
               hunt
               after
               a
               Dream
               ,
               and
               a
               shadow
               ,
               which
               he
               believes
               hath
               no
               Being
               or
               Existence
               ?
               Who
               was
               ever
               so
               mad
               ,
               as
               to
               make
               a
               Voyage
               for
               Gold
               or
               Spices
               to
               Vtopia
               ?
               For
               that
               which
               I
               believe
               is
               not
               ,
               is
               to
               me
               ,
               as
               if
               it
               were
               not
               ;
               and
               hath
               no
               more
               influence
               upon
               us
               ,
               than
               the
               most
               palpable
               Dream
               and
               Fiction
               .
               So
               that
               how
               real
               soever
               Heaven
               be
               in
               it self
               ,
               it
               is
               impossible
               it
               should
               move
               us
               to
               seek
               after
               it
               ,
               unless
               we
               believe
               its
               Existence
               .
               'T
               is
               our
               Faith
               must
               influence
               our
               Minds
               ,
               and
               Spirit
               all
               our
               powers
               of
               action
               ;
               otherwise
               ,
               all
               the
               Joys
               of
               another
               World
               ,
               will
               never
               be
               able
               to
               move
               or
               affect
               us
               .
               Unless
               our
               Faith
               ascends
               the
               Pisgah
               of
               God's
               Promises
               ,
               and
               from
               thence
               takes
               a
               view
               of
               the
               
                 Holy
                 Land
              
               ,
               and
               of
               those
               Joys
               and
               Delights
               it
               flows
               and
               abounds
               with
               ,
               we
               shall
               loiter
               for
               ever
               in
               this
               Wilderness
               ,
               and
               never
               think
               our selves
               concerned
               to
               seek
               any
               other
               Country
               or
               Habitation
               .
               But
               ,
               Faith
               saith
               the
               Apostle
               ,
               
                 is
                 the
                 substance
                 of
                 things
                 hop'd
                 for
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 evidence
                 of
                 things
                 not
                 seen
                 ,
              
               Heb.
               11.
               1.
               
                 i.
                 e.
              
               'T
               is
               that
               which
               realizes
               Heaven
               to
               us
               ,
               and
               possesses
               our
               Minds
               with
               its
               Being
               and
               Existence
               ;
               and
               when
               this
               is
               once
               done
               ,
               one
               would
               think
               it
               should
               be
               impossible
               to
               withold
               us
               from
               the
               quest
               and
               pursuit
               of
               it
               ;
               especially
               ,
               if
               to
               our
               Faith
               we
               add
               the
               next
               thing
               which
               this
               seeking
               implies
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               ,
            
          
           
             
               2.
               
               A
               lively
               hope
               and
               expectation
               of
               enjoying
               it
               .
               For
               no
               Man
               will
               seek
               after
               that
               which
               he
               never
               hopes
               to
               find
               ,
               or
               enjoy
               .
               A
               Man
               may
               possibly
               be
               so
               extravagant
               ,
               as
               to
               desire
               to
               fly
               up
               to
               the
               Stars
               ,
               that
               so
               he
               may
               the
               better
               survey
               their
               refulgent
               Bodies
               ,
               and
               
               search
               into
               their
               Form
               and
               Substance
               ;
               but
               no
               Man
               was
               ever
               so
               mad
               to
               attempt
               it
               ,
               because
               he
               knows
               it
               is
               impossible
               :
               And
               so
               ,
               if
               a
               Man
               did
               only
               believe
               there
               were
               a
               Heaven
               of
               joys
               above
               ,
               but
               had
               no
               hope
               of
               coming
               thither
               ;
               he
               might
               possibly
               desire
               against
               hope
               ,
               and
               wish
               that
               he
               could
               fly
               up
               thither
               ,
               but
               he
               could
               never
               be
               so
               vain
               as
               to
               indeavour
               ;
               his
               despair
               would
               cramp
               the
               sinews
               of
               his
               action
               ,
               and
               freeze
               up
               all
               the
               motions
               of
               his
               Soul
               ;
               and
               all
               the
               Joys
               of
               Eternity
               ,
               would
               no
               more
               be
               able
               to
               affect
               or
               move
               him
               ,
               than
               the
               promise
               of
               a
               mighty
               Empire
               in
               the
               World
               in
               the
               Moon
               .
               Wherefore
               to
               put
               us
               upon
               seeking
               after
               Heaven
               ,
               it
               is
               necessary
               ,
               that
               our
               Minds
               should
               be
               animated
               and
               enlivened
               with
               a
               vigorous
               hope
               and
               expectation
               of
               it
               :
               That
               our
               Hearts
               should
               be
               inspired
               with
               a
               strong
               perswasion
               ;
               not
               only
               that
               there
               is
               a
               Heaven
               of
               Endless
               Joys
               on
               t'other
               side
               the
               Grave
               ,
               but
               that
               it
               is
               possible
               for
               us
               to
               arrive
               to
               it
               ;
               and
               that
               ,
               if
               by
               a
               patient
               continuance
               in
               well-doing
               ,
               we
               faithfully
               contend
               and
               aspire
               after
               it
               ,
               we
               shall
               be
               sure
               not
               to
               fall
               short
               of
               it
               :
               which
               perswasion
               is
               sufficient
               to
               animate
               the
               most
               dull
               and
               restful
               Soul
               ,
               and
               make
               it
               all
               Life
               ,
               and
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               Wing
               ,
               in
               the
               pursuit
               of
               Heaven
               and
               Immortality
               .
            
          
           
             
               3.
               
               
                 Our
                 seeking
                 this
                 abiding
                 City
              
               ,
               doth
               also
               imply
               our
               proposing
               it
               to
               our selves
               ,
               as
               the
               great
               end
               and
               aim
               of
               all
               our
               actions
               .
               For
               that
               which
               a
               Man
               seeks
               after
               ,
               he
               makes
               the
               great
               end
               of
               his
               search
               and
               prosecution
               ;
               and
               no
               Man
               can
               be
               said
               to
               seek
               in
               earnest
               after
               Heaven
               ,
               who
               doth
               not
               set
               it
               up
               ,
               as
               the
               great
               mark
               of
               his
               Actions
               ,
               and
               the
               ultimate
               point
               and
               centre
               of
               all
               his
               motions
               .
               For
               thus
               in
               Rom.
               6.
               22.
               
               Everlasting
               Life
               is
               expresly
               said
               to
               be
               the
               end
               of
               having
               our
               Fruit
               unto
               Holiness
               ,
               and
               as
               such
               we
               are
               bid
               to
               
               direct
               our
               Actions
               to
               it
               ,
               to
               believe
               in
               Christ
               unto
               Everlasting
               Life
               ,
               1
               Tim.
               1.
               16.
               and
               to
               do
               good
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               lay
               hold
               on
               Eternal
               Life
               ,
               1
               Tim.
               6.
               18
               ,
               19.
               and
               consequently
               Heaven
               is
               described
               to
               be
               the
               Christian
               's
               Canaan
               ,
               to
               which
               we
               are
               to
               direct
               all
               our
               steps
               ,
               while
               we
               are
               travelling
               through
               this
               World
               ,
               Heb.
               11.
               14
               ,
               15.
               and
               the
               whole
               Life
               of
               a
               Christian
               is
               exprest
               by
               seeking
               it
               ,
               Mat.
               6.
               33.
               
               So
               that
               
                 our
                 seeking
                 this
                 abiding
                 City
                 that
                 is
                 to
                 come
                 ,
              
               implies
               our
               walking
               on
               through
               the
               whole
               course
               of
               this
               Life
               ,
               with
               Heaven
               in
               our
               Eyes
               ,
               and
               constantly
               directing
               all
               our
               steps
               and
               actions
               thither
               :
               not
               that
               it
               is
               necessary
               we
               should
               actually
               aim
               at
               Heaven
               in
               every
               action
               we
               perform
               ;
               for
               that
               is
               impossible
               ,
               our
               thoughts
               being
               very
               often
               otherwise
               imployed
               ,
               by
               the
               necessary
               occasions
               of
               this
               Life
               ,
               and
               always
               unable
               to
               attend
               many
               things
               at
               once
               .
               It
               is
               sufficient
               therefore
               ,
               that
               we
               habitually
               intend
               and
               aim
               at
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               propose
               it
               as
               the
               ordinary
               and
               fixed
               end
               of
               our
               Actions
               ;
               that
               we
               make
               it
               the
               standing
               Goal
               of
               our
               Race
               ,
               and
               in
               our
               ordinary
               course
               ,
               level
               our
               thoughts
               ,
               and
               words
               ,
               and
               actions
               thither
               .
               But
               I
               see
               I
               must
               hasten
               .
               Again
               ,
            
          
           
             
               4.
               
               And
               lastly
               ,
               
                 Our
                 seeking
                 this
                 abiding
                 City
              
               ,
               doth
               also
               imply
               our
               diligent
               pursuit
               of
               it
               ,
               by
               such
               a
               course
               of
               actions
               as
               are
               most
               suitable
               to
               it
               ,
               and
               do
               tend
               most
               directly
               towards
               it
               :
               For
               seeking
               is
               a
               regular
               action
               ,
               and
               implies
               the
               prosecuting
               an
               end
               by
               due
               and
               proper
               means
               ;
               so
               that
               our
               seeking
               Heaven
               denotes
               our
               vigorous
               prosecution
               of
               it
               ,
               by
               a
               course
               of
               Heavenly
               actions
               .
               Wherefore
               ,
               since
               Heaven
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               often
               shew'd
               you
               ,
               is
               nothing
               else
               but
               the
               Perfection
               of
               all
               Vertue
               and
               Piety
               ,
               seeking
               Heaven
               ,
               must
               necessarily
               imply
               our
               pursuing
               and
               endeavouring
               after
               it
               ,
               in
               a
               constant
               series
               of
               Pious
               and
               Vertuous
               Courses
               ;
               
               in
               which
               Courses
               ,
               we
               are
               gradually
               growing
               up
               to
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               rising
               to
               that
               Blessed
               State
               ,
               in
               which
               Piety
               and
               Vertue
               will
               be
               our
               Everlasting
               Pleasure
               and
               Entertainment
               .
               And
               hence
               we
               are
               said
               ,
               by
               patient
               Continuance
               in
               well-doing
               ,
               to
               seek
               for
               Honour
               and
               Glory
               ,
               Immortality
               and
               Eternal
               Life
               :
               Every
               degree
               of
               Vertue
               and
               Piety
               we
               arrive
               to
               ,
               being
               a
               step
               to
               Glory
               ,
               and
               a
               Stair
               to
               the
               Chambers
               of
               Blessedness
               .
               Wherefore
               our
               quest
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               is
               very
               truly
               described
               by
               the
               Apostle
               ,
               to
               consist
               in
               
                 all
                 diligence
                 ,
                 to
                 add
                 to
                 our
                 faith
                 vertue
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 our
                 vertue
                 knowledge
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 our
                 knowledge
                 temperance
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 our
                 temperance
                 patience
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 our
                 patience
                 godliness
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 our
                 godliness
                 brotherly
                 kindness
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 our
                 brotherly-kindness
                 charity
                 ;
                 for
                 so
                 ,
              
               saith
               he
               ,
               
                 an
                 entrance
                 shall
                 be
                 ministred
                 unto
                 you
                 abundantly
                 into
                 the
                 everlasting
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 our
                 Lord
                 and
                 Saviour
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 ,
              
               2
               Pet.
               1.
               5
               ,
               6
               ,
               7
               ,
               11.
               
               And
               now
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               conclude
               this
               Argument
               with
               three
               or
               four
               Inferences
               .
            
          
           
             
               1.
               
               From
               hence
               I
               infer
               ,
               how
               much
               we
               are
               obliged
               to
               be
               contented
               and
               satisfied
               under
               all
               the
               present
               Afflictions
               of
               this
               Life
               .
               For
               since
               our
               abiding
               City
               is
               to
               come
               ,
               it
               can
               be
               but
               a
               little
               while
               ere
               all
               these
               storms
               will
               be
               blown
               over
               ,
               and
               conclude
               in
               an
               Everlasting
               Calm
               :
               and
               when
               that
               Blessed
               time
               comes
               ,
               Lord
               !
               How
               trifling
               and
               inconsiderable
               will
               all
               our
               present
               griefs
               appear
               !
               And
               with
               what
               Contempt
               shall
               we
               reflect
               upon
               our
               present
               meanness
               of
               Spirit
               ,
               that
               could
               not
               bear
               with
               a
               few
               inconveniencies
               on
               the
               Road
               to
               the
               Blessed
               City
               of
               our
               abode
               .
               Wherefore
               if
               our
               Voyage
               be
               not
               so
               pleasant
               as
               we
               would
               have
               it
               ,
               let
               us
               remember
               't
               is
               not
               long
               ,
               we
               have
               but
               a
               short
               days
               Sail
               to
               Eternity
               ;
               and
               when
               once
               we
               are
               landed
               on
               that
               Blessed
               Shore
               ,
               with
               what
               ravishing
               Content
               and
               
               Satisfaction
               shall
               we
               look
               back
               on
               the
               rough
               and
               boisterous
               Seas
               we
               have
               past
               ,
               and
               for
               ever
               bless
               the
               Storms
               and
               Winds
               that
               drove
               us
               to
               that
               happy
               Port.
               Let
               us
               therefore
               comfort
               our selves
               with
               these
               things
               ,
               and
               when
               at
               any
               time
               our
               Spirits
               are
               sinking
               under
               any
               Worldly
               trouble
               ,
               conclude
               with
               our selves
               ,
               that
               while
               we
               have
               a
               Heaven
               to
               hope
               for
               ,
               we
               can
               never
               be
               miserable
               .
               When
               therefore
               we
               are
               bemoaning
               our selves
               under
               present
               griefs
               and
               afflictions
               ,
               let
               us
               lift
               up
               our
               dejected
               Eyes
               to
               yonder
               blessed
               Regions
               of
               Reward
               ,
               and
               think
               of
               those
               Joys
               and
               Pleasures
               ,
               those
               Crowns
               and
               Everlasting
               Triumphs
               which
               do
               there
               await
               us
               ;
               and
               consider
               how
               necessary
               these
               bitter
               trials
               are
               to
               prepare
               us
               for
               ,
               and
               waft
               us
               to
               them
               :
               And
               if
               this
               doth
               not
               stop
               our
               Mouths
               ,
               and
               silence
               our
               complaints
               for
               ever
               ;
               nay
               ,
               if
               it
               doth
               not
               cause
               us
               to
               rejoice
               in
               our
               Tribulations
               ,
               and
               to
               thank
               God
               for
               them
               on
               our
               bended
               Knees
               :
               If
               it
               doth
               not
               make
               us
               chearfully
               submit
               ,
               and
               cry
               out
               with
               that
               resigned
               Soul
               ,
               
                 Vre
                 ,
                 Seca
                 ,
                 Vulnera
              
               .
               Lord
               ,
               burn
               or
               cut
               ,
               or
               wound
               me
               as
               thou
               pleasest
               ;
               strip
               me
               of
               all
               my
               dearest
               Comforts
               ,
               handle
               me
               as
               severely
               as
               thou
               wilt
               ,
               so
               I
               may
               have
               but
               my
               Fruit
               unto
               Holiness
               ,
               and
               my
               End
               Everlasting
               Life
               .
               If
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               we
               can
               complain
               of
               our
               present
               afflictions
               ,
               while
               we
               thus
               compare
               them
               with
               our
               future
               reward
               ;
               we
               are
               infinitely
               foolish
               and
               ungrateful
               .
               But
               then
               ,
            
          
           
             
               2.
               
               Hence
               also
               I
               infer
               what
               a
               vast
               deal
               of
               reason
               we
               have
               to
               slight
               and
               contemn
               this
               World
               ;
               for
               we
               are
               born
               to
               infinitely
               greater
               hopes
               than
               any
               this
               World
               can
               propose
               to
               us
               ;
               even
               to
               the
               hopes
               of
               an
               abiding
               City
               ,
               where
               our
               Happiness
               shall
               be
               no
               longer
               the
               sport
               and
               dalliance
               of
               every
               puff
               of
               Wind
               ,
               the
               Ball
               of
               every
               accident
               and
               contingency
               ;
               but
               remain
               for
               ever
               
               safe
               and
               inviolable
               ,
               as
               the
               happiness
               of
               God
               himself
               .
               And
               it
               being
               thus
               ,
               methinks
               our
               Ambition
               should
               sore
               as
               high
               as
               our
               hope
               ,
               and
               disdain
               such
               low
               and
               ignoble
               Quarries
               ,
               as
               the
               Pleasures
               ,
               and
               Profits
               ,
               and
               Honours
               of
               this
               Life
               .
               Sure
               ,
               Sirs
               ,
               We
               mistake
               the
               Scene
               of
               our
               Immortality
               :
               We
               fancy
               that
               our
               abiding
               City
               hath
               shifted
               its
               situation
               ,
               and
               is
               come
               down
               from
               Heaven
               to
               fix
               its
               Foundations
               here
               below
               ;
               otherwise
               we
               are
               most
               strangely
               besotted
               ,
               who
               being
               born
               to
               live
               for
               ever
               above
               ,
               in
               Everlasting
               Glory
               and
               Delight
               ,
               can
               suffer
               our selves
               to
               doat
               ,
               as
               we
               do
               ,
               upon
               the
               transitory
               Vanities
               of
               this
               Life
               .
               O
               could
               we
               stand
               a
               while
               in
               the
               mid-way
               between
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
               ,
               and
               at
               one
               Prospect
               see
               the
               Glories
               of
               both
               ,
               how
               faint
               and
               dim
               would
               all
               the
               Glories
               of
               this
               World
               appear
               to
               us
               in
               comparison
               with
               those
               above
               !
               how
               would
               they
               sneak
               and
               disappear
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               that
               Eternal
               Brightness
               !
               how
               would
               they
               be
               forc'd
               to
               shroud
               their
               vanquish'd
               Glories
               ,
               as
               Stars
               do
               when
               the
               Sun
               appears
               ,
               whilst
               we
               interchangeably
               turn'd
               our
               Eyes
               from
               one
               to
               the
               other
               !
               With
               what
               shame
               and
               confusion
               should
               we
               reflect
               upon
               the
               wretched
               groveling
               temper
               of
               our
               minds
               !
               What
               poor
               mean-spirited
               Creatures
               we
               are
               ,
               to
               satisfie
               our selves
               with
               the
               impertinent
               trifles
               of
               this
               World
               ,
               when
               we
               have
               all
               the
               Joys
               of
               an
               Everlasting
               Heaven
               before
               us
               !
               and
               may
               ,
               if
               we
               please
               ,
               after
               a
               few
               moments
               of
               Obedience
               ,
               be
               possest
               of
               them
               for
               ever
               .
               Ah!
               foolish
               Creatures
               that
               we
               are
               ,
               thus
               to
               prefer
               a
               far
               Country
               ,
               where
               we
               live
               on
               nothing
               but
               Husks
               ,
               before
               the
               Everlasting
               Festivities
               of
               our
               Father's
               House
               and
               Bosom
               ;
               thus
               foolishly
               to
               ,
               chuse
               
               Nebuchadnezzar's
               Fate
               ,
               and
               leave
               Crowns
               and
               Sceptres
               ,
               to
               live
               among
               the
               Salvage
               Herds
               of
               the
               Wilderness
               ;
               Could
               but
               the
               blessed
               Saints
               above
               ,
               divert
               
               so
               much
               from
               their
               more
               happy
               employments
               ,
               as
               to
               look
               down
               a
               little
               from
               their
               Thrones
               of
               Glory
               ,
               and
               see
               how
               busie
               poor
               Mortals
               are
               a
               scrambling
               for
               this
               wretched
               Pelf
               ,
               which
               within
               a
               few
               Months
               they
               must
               leave
               for
               ever
               .
               How
               they
               justle
               and
               run
               counter
               ,
               defeat
               ,
               defraud
               ,
               and
               undermine
               one
               another
               :
               What
               a
               most
               ridiculous
               Spectacle
               would
               it
               appear
               to
               them
               ;
               with
               what
               scorn
               would
               they
               look
               on
               it
               ,
               or
               rather
               ,
               with
               what
               pity
               ,
               to
               see
               a
               Company
               of
               Heaven-born
               Souls
               ,
               that
               are
               capable
               of
               ,
               and
               designed
               for
               the
               same
               Glory
               and
               Happiness
               with
               themselves
               ,
               thus
               miserably
               busied
               and
               employed
               !
               One
               priding
               it self
               in
               a
               gay
               Suit
               ,
               another
               hugging
               a
               Bag
               of
               glistering
               Earth
               ,
               and
               a
               third
               stewing
               in
               Luxury
               and
               Voluptuousness
               ;
               and
               all
               employ'd
               at
               that
               sordid
               rate
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               had
               nothing
               to
               do
               with
               Heaven
               .
               To
               tell
               you
               truly
               and
               seriously
               my
               thoughts
               ,
               I
               cannot
               imagine
               ,
               but
               if
               when
               we
               are
               thus
               extravagantly
               concern'd
               about
               the
               pitiful
               trifles
               of
               this
               World
               ,
               those
               blessed
               Spirits
               do
               see
               and
               converse
               with
               us
               ;
               it
               is
               a
               much
               more
               ludicrous
               sight
               in
               their
               Eyes
               ,
               than
               't
               would
               be
               in
               ours
               to
               see
               a
               Company
               of
               Boys
               ,
               with
               mighty
               zeal
               and
               concern
               ,
               wrangling
               for
               a
               Bag
               of
               Cherry-Stones
               .
               Wherefore
               ,
               in
               the
               Name
               of
               God
               ,
               Sirs
               ,
               Let
               us
               not
               expose
               our selves
               any
               longer
               to
               the
               just
               derision
               of
               all
               the
               World
               ,
               by
               our
               excessive
               dotage
               upon
               the
               vanities
               of
               this
               Life
               ,
               but
               let
               us
               seriously
               consider
               ,
               that
               we
               are
               all
               concern'd
               in
               matters
               of
               much
               higher
               importance
               ,
               even
               in
               the
               Joys
               and
               Fruitions
               of
               that
               abiding
               City
               which
               is
               to
               come
               .
            
          
           
             
               3.
               
               Hence
               also
               I
               infer
               ,
               how
               unreasonable
               a
               thing
               it
               is
               for
               good
               Men
               to
               be
               afraid
               of
               dying
               ,
               since
               on
               the
               other
               side
               of
               their
               Grave
               ,
               there
               is
               an
               abiding
               City
               ready
               to
               receive
               and
               entertain
               them
               .
               So
               that
               to
               
               them
               Death
               is
               but
               a
               dark
               Entry
               out
               of
               a
               Wilderness
               of
               Sorrows
               into
               a
               Paradise
               of
               Eternal
               Pleasure
               .
               And
               therefore
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               an
               unreasonable
               thing
               for
               sick
               Men
               to
               dread
               their
               recovery
               ,
               for
               Slaves
               to
               tremble
               at
               their
               Jubilee
               ,
               for
               Prisoners
               to
               quake
               at
               the
               news
               of
               a
               Gaol-Delivery
               ;
               how
               much
               more
               unreasonable
               is
               it
               ,
               for
               good
               Men
               to
               be
               afraid
               of
               Death
               ,
               which
               is
               but
               a
               momentany
               passage
               from
               Sickness
               ,
               Labour
               ,
               and
               Confinement
               ,
               to
               Eternal
               Health
               ,
               and
               Rest
               ,
               and
               Liberty
               .
               'T
               is
               true
               ,
               the
               passage
               from
               one
               to
               the
               other
               ,
               is
               commonly
               very
               painful
               and
               grievous
               ,
               but
               what
               of
               that
               :
               in
               other
               Cases
               we
               are
               willing
               enough
               to
               endure
               a
               present
               Pain
               in
               order
               to
               a
               future
               Ease
               ;
               and
               if
               a
               few
               Mortal
               Pangs
               will
               work
               a
               perfect
               Cure
               on
               me
               ,
               and
               recover
               me
               to
               Everlasting
               Health
               ,
               methinks
               the
               hope
               of
               this
               Blessed
               Effect
               ,
               should
               sweeten
               and
               indear
               that
               Agony
               .
               But
               alas
               !
               to
               die
               ,
               is
               to
               leave
               all
               our
               Acquaintance
               ,
               to
               bid
               adieu
               to
               our
               dearest
               Friends
               and
               Relatives
               ,
               and
               to
               pass
               into
               an
               unknown
               State
               ,
               where
               we
               are
               to
               converse
               with
               Strangers
               ,
               whose
               Laws
               and
               Customs
               we
               are
               unacquainted
               with
               .
               Why
               now
               ,
               all
               that
               looks
               sad
               in
               this
               ,
               is
               a
               very
               great
               mistake
               :
               For
               I
               verily
               hope
               ,
               I
               have
               more
               Friends
               ,
               Acquaintance
               ,
               and
               Relations
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               than
               I
               shall
               leave
               behind
               me
               here
               on
               Earth
               :
               and
               if
               so
               ,
               I
               do
               but
               go
               from
               worse
               Friends
               to
               better
               ;
               for
               one
               Friend
               there
               ,
               is
               worth
               a
               thousand
               here
               ,
               in
               respect
               of
               all
               those
               indearing
               accomplishments
               which
               render
               a
               Friend
               a
               Jewel
               :
               but
               if
               I
               die
               a
               good
               Man
               ,
               I
               shall
               carry
               into
               Eternity
               with
               me
               ,
               the
               genius
               and
               temper
               of
               a
               glorified
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               that
               will
               recommend
               me
               to
               all
               the
               Society
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               render
               the
               Spirits
               of
               those
               just
               Men
               ,
               whose
               Names
               I
               never
               heard
               of
               ,
               as
               dear
               and
               familiar
               Friends
               to
               me
               in
               an
               instant
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               had
               been
               my
               ancient
               
               Cronies
               and
               Acquaintance
               .
               But
               why
               should
               I
               grieve
               at
               parting
               with
               my
               Friends
               below
               ,
               when
               I
               shall
               go
               to
               the
               best
               Friends
               I
               have
               in
               all
               the
               World
               ;
               to
               God
               my
               Father
               ,
               to
               Jesus
               my
               Redeemer
               ,
               to
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               my
               constant
               Comforter
               and
               Assistant
               :
               and
               what
               though
               that
               state
               ,
               and
               the
               Laws
               and
               Customs
               of
               it
               ,
               be
               in
               a
               great
               measure
               unknown
               to
               me
               ;
               yet
               what
               I
               know
               is
               infinitely
               desirable
               :
               from
               whence
               I
               may
               reasonably
               infer
               ,
               that
               what
               I
               know
               not
               ,
               is
               so
               too
               ;
               and
               if
               I
               have
               but
               the
               Temper
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               I
               am
               sure
               I
               shall
               easily
               comply
               with
               the
               Heavenly
               Laws
               and
               Customs
               .
               So
               that
               considering
               all
               ,
               I
               cannot
               well
               imagine
               ,
               what
               should
               move
               a
               good
               and
               well-resolv'd
               Man
               ,
               to
               be
               afraid
               of
               dying
               ;
               for
               when
               I
               am
               verily
               perswaded
               ,
               that
               Death
               is
               only
               a
               narrow
               Stream
               ,
               running
               between
               Time
               and
               Eternity
               ;
               and
               I
               see
               my
               God
               and
               my
               Saviour
               ,
               with
               Crowns
               of
               Glory
               in
               their
               Hands
               ,
               beckoning
               to
               me
               ,
               from
               the
               further
               shore
               ,
               to
               come
               over
               and
               receive
               those
               blessed
               recompences
               :
               Why
               should
               I
               thus
               stand
               shivering
               on
               the
               Bank
               ,
               like
               a
               naked
               timorous
               Boy
               ,
               as
               if
               I
               were
               afraid
               to
               dip
               my
               Foot
               in
               the
               cold
               stream
               of
               Fate
               ,
               which
               as
               soon
               as
               I
               am
               in
               ,
               I
               am
               over
               ,
               and
               landed
               safely
               on
               Eternal
               Bliss
               .
               But
               to
               conclude
               ,
            
          
           
             
               4.
               
               And
               lastly
               ,
               Hence
               also
               I
               infer
               ,
               how
               diligent
               and
               industrious
               we
               ought
               to
               be
               in
               Religion
               ,
               since
               we
               are
               therein
               seeking
               this
               abiding
               City
               ;
               and
               how
               can
               we
               account
               any
               work
               hard
               ,
               of
               which
               Heaven
               is
               to
               be
               the
               Wages
               .
               Methinks
               this
               should
               be
               enough
               to
               infuse
               new
               Life
               and
               Spirit
               into
               the
               most
               Crest-fal'n
               Souls
               ;
               for
               how
               much
               pains
               do
               we
               ordinarily
               take
               upon
               far
               less
               hopes
               ,
               in
               hopes
               of
               a
               little
               transitory
               Wealth
               ,
               which
               we
               know
               we
               shall
               enjoy
               but
               a
               few
               years
               ,
               and
               then
               part
               with
               it
               for
               ever
               .
               We
               thrust
               our selves
               into
               a
               
               perpetual
               Crowd
               and
               tumult
               of
               Business
               ,
               where
               with
               vast
               concern
               and
               thoughtfulness
               ,
               with
               eager
               and
               passionate
               Prosecutions
               ,
               we
               toil
               and
               weary
               out
               our selves
               ,
               and
               make
               our
               lives
               a
               constant
               Drudgery
               ;
               and
               shall
               we
               flag
               when
               Heaven
               is
               the
               object
               of
               our
               Prosecutions
               .
               When
               therefore
               we
               find
               our
               endeavours
               in
               Religion
               begin
               to
               droop
               and
               flag
               ,
               let
               us
               lift
               up
               our
               Eyes
               to
               that
               Crown
               of
               Glory
               ;
               and
               if
               we
               are
               capable
               of
               being
               moved
               by
               objects
               of
               the
               greatest
               value
               ,
               that
               must
               infuse
               new
               vigour
               into
               us
               ,
               and
               make
               us
               all
               Life
               ,
               and
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               Wing
               ,
               whilst
               we
               are
               running
               the
               ways
               of
               God's
               Commandments
               .
               For
               what
               though
               my
               way
               lies
               up
               the
               Hill
               ,
               through
               Thorns
               ,
               and
               over
               Precipices
               ,
               so
               that
               I
               sweat
               and
               smart
               at
               every
               step
               ,
               and
               each
               assent
               is
               a
               torment
               to
               me
               ;
               yet
               when
               I
               am
               up
               ,
               I
               am
               sure
               to
               be
               entertain'd
               with
               such
               pleasant
               Gales
               ,
               and
               glorious
               Prospects
               ,
               as
               will
               infinitely
               out-balance
               all
               my
               Pains
               in
               climbing
               thither
               ;
               so
               that
               there
               ,
               with
               an
               over-joyed
               heart
               ,
               I
               shall
               sit
               down
               ,
               and
               bless
               my
               labours
               .
               Blessed
               be
               you
               my
               bitter
               Agonies
               and
               sharp
               conflicts
               ;
               Blessed
               be
               you
               my
               importunate
               Prayers
               and
               well-spent
               Tears
               ,
               for
               now
               I
               am
               fully
               repaid
               for
               you
               all
               ;
               and
               do
               reap
               ten
               thousand
               times
               more
               Joys
               from
               you
               ,
               than
               ever
               I
               endur'd
               Pains
               .
               For
               what
               are
               the
               Pains
               of
               a
               moment
               to
               the
               Pleasures
               of
               an
               Eternity
               ?
               Wherefore
               hold
               out
               my
               Faith
               and
               Patience
               yet
               a
               little
               longer
               ,
               and
               your
               Work
               will
               soon
               be
               at
               an
               end
               ;
               and
               after
               a
               few
               laborious
               Week
               Days
               ,
               you
               shall
               keep
               an
               Everlasting
               Sabbath
               :
               For
               what
               though
               your
               Voyage
               be
               through
               a
               stormy
               Sea
               ,
               yet
               't
               is
               to
               the
               Indies
               of
               Happiness
               ,
               and
               a
               few
               Leagues
               further
               lies
               that
               Blessed
               Port
               ,
               where
               you
               shall
               be
               Crowned
               as
               soon
               as
               you
               are
               landed
               .
               Go
               on
               therefore
               ,
               O
               my
               Soul
               ,
               with
               thy
               utmost
               Courage
               and
               
               Alacrity
               ,
               and
               then
               let
               the
               Winds
               bluster
               ,
               and
               the
               Waves
               swell
               never
               so
               much
               ,
               yet
               thou
               canst
               not
               miscarry
               ,
               unless
               thou
               wilt
               .
               For
               thou
               art
               not
               like
               other
               Passengers
               ,
               left
               to
               the
               mercy
               of
               Wind
               and
               Weather
               ;
               but
               thy
               Fate
               is
               in
               thine
               own
               hands
               ,
               and
               if
               thou
               wilt
               have
               but
               thy
               Fruit
               unto
               Holiness
               ,
               thy
               End
               shall
               be
               Everlasting
               Life
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             AND
             now
             I
             will
             crave
             your
             leave
             to
             conclude
             with
             a
             few
             Words
             upon
             this
             sorrowful
             Occasision
             ,
             the
             Funeral
             of
             my
             Lady
             Newland
             ;
             with
             whom
             I
             never
             had
             the
             Happiness
             to
             be
             otherwise
             acquainted
             ,
             than
             by
             the
             frequent
             Reports
             I
             have
             heard
             of
             her
             Exemplary
             Piety
             and
             Vertue
             ;
             which
             was
             such
             ,
             as
             I
             think
             my self
             bound
             in
             Justice
             ,
             both
             to
             her
             and
             you
             ,
             not
             to
             bury
             them
             with
             her
             ,
             but
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             in
             me
             lies
             ,
             to
             Embalm
             her
             Memory
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             represent
             them
             ,
             as
             an
             Excellent
             Pattern
             to
             you
             ,
             her
             Survivers
             .
             And
             what
             I
             shall
             say
             of
             her
             ,
             I
             have
             under
             the
             hand
             of
             her
             Reverend
             Pastor
             ,
             who
             intimately
             knew
             her
             ,
             while
             she
             was
             living
             ,
             and
             who
             attended
             her
             ,
             through
             her
             Sickness
             ,
             to
             the
             Gates
             of
             Eternity
             .
             She
             had
             a
             Mind
             fairly
             prepared
             for
             the
             Eternal
             Exercise
             ,
             and
             Joy
             of
             Saints
             and
             Angels
             ;
             which
             is
             ,
             to
             adore
             and
             praise
             the
             Fountain
             of
             their
             Being
             and
             Happiness
             ;
             as
             appeared
             by
             the
             Constancy
             of
             her
             Devotions
             ,
             both
             in
             private
             and
             publick
             ;
             in
             private
             ,
             her
             Devotion
             was
             always
             the
             first
             business
             in
             the
             Morning
             ,
             near
             two
             hours
             of
             which
             she
             continually
             spent
             in
             Prayer
             ,
             and
             Reading
             ,
             and
             Meditation
             ;
             and
             how
             late
             soever
             she
             happened
             to
             be
             detained
             at
             Night
             ,
             whether
             by
             business
             or
             innocent
             Diversion
             ,
             she
             always
             separated
             ,
             at
             least
             ,
             one
             hour
             from
             her
             rest
             ,
             for
             the
             same
             Divine
             and
             Heavenly
             Exercises
             ;
             after
             which
             ,
             she
             constantly
             attended
             
             the
             Family
             Devotions
             ,
             not
             suffering
             one
             Duty
             to
             interfere
             with
             another
             .
             And
             then
             as
             for
             her
             attendance
             upon
             the
             publick
             Prayers
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             it
             was
             so
             remarkably
             constant
             ,
             that
             whenever
             she
             absented
             from
             them
             ,
             one
             might
             certainly
             conclude
             ,
             either
             that
             she
             was
             detained
             by
             Sickness
             ,
             or
             some
             very
             extraordinary
             Occasion
             :
             Yea
             ,
             so
             very
             exact
             and
             punctual
             was
             she
             in
             this
             matter
             ,
             that
             she
             always
             took
             care
             ,
             so
             to
             contrive
             her
             Business
             ,
             and
             Diversion
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             might
             comport
             with
             her
             Attendance
             on
             the
             publick
             Service
             ;
             so
             as
             that
             when
             ever
             it
             did
             so
             happen
             ,
             as
             that
             she
             could
             not
             be
             present
             ,
             either
             Morning
             or
             Evening
             ,
             in
             her
             own
             Parish
             Church
             ,
             she
             might
             be
             sure
             not
             to
             miss
             of
             it
             in
             some
             other
             .
             And
             as
             for
             the
             Holy
             Sacrament
             ,
             that
             best
             Repast
             and
             Banquet
             of
             Devout
             Souls
             ,
             she
             was
             a
             constant
             Guest
             at
             it
             ,
             once
             a
             Month
             at
             least
             ,
             and
             as
             for
             the
             most
             part
             oftener
             ,
             as
             she
             found
             opportunity
             ,
             her
             hunger
             and
             thirst
             after
             that
             Righteousness
             therein
             sealed
             and
             conveyed
             ,
             being
             too
             eager
             to
             be
             satisfied
             with
             the
             common
             stint
             of
             twice
             or
             thrice
             a
             Years
             participation
             of
             it
             .
             Thus
             did
             this
             Divine
             and
             Heavenly
             Soul
             spend
             the
             much
             greater
             part
             of
             her
             Life
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             this
             in
             so
             great
             a
             plenty
             of
             Worldly
             Enjoyments
             ,
             as
             was
             sufficient
             to
             have
             corrupted
             an
             ordinary
             Piety
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             vitiated
             its
             relish
             of
             the
             Enjoyments
             of
             the
             World
             to
             come
             .
             And
             which
             is
             very
             remarkable
             ,
             this
             severe
             and
             abstracted
             kind
             of
             Life
             ,
             which
             she
             led
             ,
             and
             which
             in
             others
             ,
             is
             too
             commonly
             attended
             with
             some
             very
             bad
             consequents
             ,
             with
             Moroseness
             and
             Peevishness
             ,
             Pride
             and
             Censoriousness
             ;
             was
             so
             far
             from
             producing
             these
             bad
             effects
             in
             her
             ,
             that
             they
             produc'd
             the
             quite
             contrary
             :
             For
             as
             for
             her
             Conversation
             ,
             it
             was
             always
             free
             and
             open
             ,
             charming
             and
             
             obliging
             ;
             and
             ,
             as
             my
             Author
             expresses
             it
             ,
             carried
             such
             an
             amiable
             air
             about
             it
             ,
             as
             sufficiently
             demonstrated
             the
             excellency
             of
             the
             temper
             from
             whence
             it
             did
             proceed
             :
             And
             so
             remote
             was
             she
             from
             any
             thing
             that
             lookt
             like
             Pride
             and
             Self-Conceit
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             very
             apt
             to
             think
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             Person
             in
             the
             World
             could
             think
             so
             meanly
             of
             her
             as
             she
             did
             of
             her self
             ;
             none
             that
             she
             found
             so
             much
             fault
             with
             ,
             as
             she
             did
             with
             her self
             .
             She
             was
             a
             very
             severe
             ,
             and
             truly
             I
             believe
             ,
             a
             too
             severe
             Animadverter
             on
             her
             own
             Actions
             :
             for
             though
             she
             was
             so
             punctual
             in
             her
             Attendance
             upon
             the
             Worship
             of
             God
             ,
             both
             in
             private
             and
             publick
             ;
             yet
             when
             in
             the
             opinion
             of
             others
             ,
             the
             condition
             of
             her
             Health
             made
             her
             absence
             from
             the
             publick
             necessary
             ,
             she
             could
             hardly
             allow
             her self
             to
             be
             thereby
             excused
             ;
             fearing
             ,
             as
             she
             often
             express'd
             her self
             (
             out
             of
             the
             tenderness
             of
             her
             Piety
             )
             that
             her
             indisposition
             was
             not
             to
             that
             degree
             ,
             as
             to
             excuse
             or
             justify
             her
             omissions
             before
             God.
             She
             would
             often
             acknowledge
             ,
             in
             the
             most
             sensible
             manner
             ,
             her
             own
             great
             Unworthiness
             ;
             the
             sense
             of
             which
             ,
             would
             still
             raise
             up
             her
             Soul
             to
             the
             highest
             strains
             of
             Praise
             and
             Thanksgivings
             to
             God
             ,
             for
             his
             manifold
             Mercies
             towards
             her
             ;
             and
             particularly
             ,
             for
             preserving
             her
             ,
             by
             his
             Grace
             ,
             from
             falling
             into
             the
             greatest
             Impieties
             .
             And
             as
             for
             the
             many
             temporal
             Blessings
             which
             God
             had
             heapt
             upon
             her
             ,
             with
             so
             liberal
             a
             hand
             ,
             she
             took
             great
             care
             ,
             by
             her
             Works
             of
             Charity
             ,
             to
             make
             her
             a
             sure
             Friend
             of
             the
             Mammon
             of
             Unrighteousness
             ,
             and
             to
             convert
             and
             improve
             them
             into
             Everlasting
             Advantages
             .
             And
             so
             far
             was
             the
             severity
             of
             her
             Piety
             ,
             from
             rendring
             her
             censorious
             of
             others
             ,
             that
             she
             always
             took
             care
             to
             make
             the
             most
             Charitable
             constructions
             of
             Men
             ,
             and
             to
             put
             the
             best
             comment
             ,
             she
             
             could
             ,
             even
             upon
             the
             worst
             actions
             :
             such
             as
             would
             bear
             a
             fair
             sense
             ,
             she
             was
             always
             ready
             to
             vindicate
             from
             foul
             imputations
             ;
             and
             such
             as
             she
             could
             not
             excuse
             ,
             she
             would
             indeavour
             to
             extenuate
             .
             And
             then
             ,
             if
             you
             consider
             her
             as
             to
             her
             Relative
             Vertues
             ,
             she
             was
             a
             great
             Pattern
             in
             them
             all
             :
             As
             a
             Child
             to
             her
             Father
             ,
             who
             died
             not
             long
             ago
             ,
             she
             was
             remarkable
             for
             her
             Piety
             and
             Obedience
             ;
             as
             a
             Wife
             ,
             for
             her
             Love
             ,
             Respect
             and
             Observance
             to
             her
             Husband
             ;
             as
             a
             Mother
             ,
             for
             her
             tender
             care
             of
             ,
             and
             good
             Counsels
             to
             ,
             and
             prudent
             Authority
             over
             her
             Children
             :
             As
             a
             Mistress
             ,
             for
             her
             Condescention
             ,
             Meekness
             and
             Gentleness
             to
             her
             Servants
             :
             And
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             as
             a
             Friend
             ,
             for
             her
             Fidelity
             ,
             Openness
             ,
             and
             Obligingness
             to
             her
             Friend
             .
             Thus
             did
             this
             Blessed
             Lady
             run
             a
             glorious
             Course
             through
             all
             the
             Vertues
             of
             Religion
             ;
             and
             still
             as
             she
             moved
             she
             shone
             ;
             insomuch
             ,
             that
             in
             despight
             of
             that
             modest
             Vail
             she
             cast
             over
             her self
             ,
             her
             light
             did
             so
             display
             it self
             before
             all
             that
             knew
             her
             ,
             that
             they
             saw
             enough
             of
             her
             good
             Works
             to
             oblige
             them
             to
             glorify
             her
             Father
             which
             is
             in
             Heaven
             .
             And
             being
             now
             entered
             upon
             the
             last
             Scene
             of
             her
             Life
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             increase
             of
             her
             Disease
             ,
             finding
             her self
             arrived
             to
             the
             Borders
             of
             Eternity
             ,
             she
             here
             exemplified
             another
             sort
             of
             Vertue
             ,
             to
             a
             very
             high
             degree
             ,
             viz.
             Patience
             ,
             Submission
             ,
             and
             Resignation
             to
             the
             will
             of
             God
             ;
             which
             as
             it
             was
             her
             Guide
             while
             she
             lived
             ,
             so
             it
             was
             her
             Rest
             and
             Repository
             when
             she
             died
             ;
             to
             which
             she
             chearfully
             surrendred
             up
             her
             White
             and
             Heavenly
             Soul
             ,
             as
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             a
             Faithful
             Creator
             and
             Redeemer
             .
             Seeing
             therefore
             while
             she
             lived
             ,
             she
             lived
             in
             the
             Communion
             of
             the
             Saints
             and
             Angels
             above
             ,
             and
             did
             partake
             ,
             with
             them
             ,
             of
             their
             Blessed
             Temper
             and
             Nature
             ,
             and
             join
             
             with
             them
             in
             their
             Blessed
             Exercise
             and
             Imployments
             ;
             and
             seeing
             likeness
             doth
             naturally
             congregate
             Beings
             ,
             and
             cause
             them
             to
             flock
             to
             those
             of
             their
             own
             Feather
             ;
             we
             have
             all
             manner
             of
             reason
             to
             conclude
             ,
             that
             now
             she
             hath
             left
             this
             World
             ,
             she
             is
             associated
             with
             those
             Blessed
             Beings
             above
             ,
             to
             whom
             she
             was
             here
             so
             near
             allied
             by
             Nature
             :
             and
             that
             in
             their
             Blessed
             Quire
             ,
             she
             is
             now
             offering
             up
             far
             more
             sprightly
             and
             chearful
             Songs
             of
             Praise
             ,
             than
             ever
             she
             was
             able
             to
             breath
             while
             incumber'd
             with
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             remains
             of
             a
             sinful
             Nature
             .
             And
             ,
             God
             grant
             ,
             that
             we
             who
             remain
             here
             behind
             her
             ,
             may
             by
             following
             her
             steps
             ,
             at
             last
             arrive
             where
             she
             is
             ,
             and
             be
             Partakers
             with
             her
             ,
             in
             the
             Everlasting
             Kingdom
             of
             our
             Lord
             and
             Saviour
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
             To
             whom
             with
             God
             the
             Father
             ,
             and
             God
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             be
             all
             Honour
             and
             Glory
             .
             Amen
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .