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             A funeral sermon preached upon the death of the reverend and excellent divine Dr. Thomas Manton who deceas'd the 18th of October 1677 / by William Bates.
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           A
           Funeral
           Sermon
           ,
           PREACHED
           Upon
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           Reverend
           and
           Excellent
           Divine
           Dr.
           Thomas
           Manton
           ,
           Who
           deceas'd
           the
           18th
           of
           October
           ,
           1677.
           
        
         
           By
           WILLIAM
           BATES
           ,
           D.
           D.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             J.
             D.
          
           for
           
             Brabazon
             Aylmer
          
           ,
           at
           the
           three
           Pigeons
           in
           Cornhil
           ,
           over
           against
           the
           Royal
           Exchange
           ,
           1678.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             1
             THES
             :
             4.
             17.
             
             The
             last
             Clause
             .
          
           
             —
             And
             so
             shall
             we
             ever
             be
             with
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           THE
           Words
           are
           a
           Consolation
           ,
           brought
           by
           the
           Apostle
           from
           the
           
             tbird
             Heaven
          
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           by
           extraordinary
           Priviledg
           rais'd
           ,
           and
           saw
           and
           understood
           how
           great
           a
           Happiness
           it
           is
           to
           be
           with
           Christ.
           And
           they
           are
           addrest
           to
           Believers
           ,
           to
           moderate
           and
           allay
           their
           Sorrows
           for
           the
           Death
           of
           those
           Saints
           ,
           who
           by
           their
           Conjunction
           in
           Blood
           or
           Friendship
           were
           most
           dear
           to
           them
           .
           Thus
           he
           speaks
           in
           the
           13
           Verse
           ,
           
             I
             would
             not
             have
             you
             be
             ignorant
             ,
             Brethren
             ,
             concerning
             them
             which
             are
             asleep
             ,
             that
             ye
             sorrow
             not
             as
             others
             ,
             which
             have
             no
             hope
             .
          
           The
           Heathens
           ,
           that
           were
           Strangers
           to
           a
           future
           State
           ,
           and
           thought
           that
           after
           a
           short
           Course
           through
           the
           World
           ,
           Mankind
           would
           be
           lost
           for
           ever
           in
           the
           Dead
           Sea
           ,
           might
           with
           some
           pretence
           abandon
           themselves
           to
           the
           Extremity
           of
           their
           Passions
           .
           But
           Christians
           ,
           to
           
             whom
             Life
             and
             Immortality
             are
             reveal'd
             by
             the
             Gospel
             ;
             who
             believe
             ,
             that
             as
          
           JESUS
           
             died
             and
             rose
             again
             ;
             So
             all
             
             that
             sleep
             in
             JESUS
             ,
             that
             persevere
          
           in
           Faith
           and
           Holiness
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           
             GOD
             will
             bring
             with
             Him
          
           ,
           are
           forbid
           ,
           upon
           the
           most
           weighty
           Reasons
           ,
           to
           indulge
           their
           Grief
           in
           excess
           .
           The
           Union
           between
           Christ
           and
           Believers
           is
           inviolable
           ;
           and
           from
           thence
           it
           follows
           ,
           they
           shall
           be
           Partakers
           with
           him
           in
           his
           Glory
           .
           The
           Soul
           immediately
           after
           Death
           
             shall
             be
             with
             Christ
          
           :
           vvhiles
           the
           Body
           reposes
           in
           the
           Grave
           ,
           't
           is
           in
           his
           Presence
           who
           is
           Life
           and
           Light
           ,
           and
           has
           a
           vital
           joyful
           Rest
           in
           Communion
           with
           him
           .
           And
           in
           the
           appointed
           Time
           the
           Bodies
           of
           the
           Saints
           ,
           those
           happy
           Spoils
           ,
           shall
           be
           rescued
           from
           the
           dark
           Prison
           of
           the
           Grave
           ,
           and
           be
           Sharers
           with
           their
           Souls
           in
           immortal
           Glory
           .
        
         
           This
           consummate
           Happiness
           of
           the
           Saints
           ▪
           the
           Apostle
           assures
           from
           the
           highest
           Authority
           ,
           
             the
             Word
             of
             the
             Lord
          
           ;
           and
           describes
           his
           glorious
           Appearance
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           make
           the
           strongest
           Impression
           on
           our
           Minds
           .
           
             For
             the
             Lord
             himself
             shall
             descend
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             with
             a
             Shout
             ,
             with
             the
             Voice
             of
             an
             Arch-Angel
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             Trump
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             the
             Dead
             in
             Christ
             shall
             rise
             first
             .
             Then
             we
             which
             are
             alive
             ,
             and
             remain
             ,
             shall
             be
             caught
             up
             together
             with
             them
             in
             the
             Clouds
             ,
             to
             meet
             the
             Lord
             in
             the
             Air
             ;
             and
             so
             shall
             we
             ever
             be
             with
             the
             Lord.
          
           Then
           Death
           ,
           the
           last
           Enemy
           ,
           so
           fearful
           and
           feared
           by
           Men
           ,
           shall
           be
           destroyed
           .
           And
           the
           Captive
           Prince
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           powers
           of
           
           darkness
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           rebellious
           Sinners
           that
           obstinately
           joyn'd
           vvith
           him
           ,
           shall
           be
           brought
           in
           Chains
           before
           his
           dreadful
           Tribunal
           :
           and
           after
           the
           great
           Act
           of
           the
           Universal
           Judgment
           shall
           be
           compleated
           ,
           then
           shall
           the
           Saints
           make
           their
           triumphant
           Entry
           with
           the
           Captain
           of
           their
           Salvation
           ,
           into
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           
             shall
             ever
             be
             with
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             The
             general
             Proposition
             from
             the
             Words
             is
             this
          
           ;
           The
           Saints
           after
           the
           Resurrection
           shall
           be
           Compleatly
           and
           Eternally
           happy
           in
           the
           Presence
           of
           Christ.
           
        
         
           To
           make
           this
           supernatural
           Blessedness
           more
           easie
           and
           intelligible
           to
           us
           ,
           the
           Scripture
           describes
           it
           by
           sensible
           Representations
           .
           For
           while
           the
           Soul
           is
           cloath'd
           with
           flesh
           ,
           Fancy
           has
           such
           a
           dominion
           ,
           that
           we
           can
           conceive
           of
           nothing
           but
           by
           Comparisons
           and
           Images
           taken
           from
           material
           things
           .
           'T
           is
           therefore
           set
           forth
           by
           a
           Feast
           ,
           and
           a
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           signifie
           the
           Joy
           and
           Glory
           of
           that
           State.
           But
           to
           prevent
           all
           gross
           conceits
           ;
           it
           tells
           us
           that
           the
           Bodies
           of
           the
           Saints
           shall
           be
           spiritual
           ,
           not
           capable
           of
           hunger
           and
           thirst
           ,
           nor
           consequently
           of
           any
           refreshment
           that
           is
           caused
           by
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           those
           appetites
           .
           The
           objects
           of
           the
           most
           noble
           senses
           ,
           Seeing
           and
           Hearing
           ,
           the
           pleasure
           of
           which
           is
           mix'd
           with
           Reason
           ,
           and
           not
           common
           to
           the
           Brutes
           ,
           are
           more
           frequently
           made
           use
           of
           to
           reconcile
           that
           glorious
           State
           to
           
           the
           proportion
           of
           our
           minds
           .
           Thus
           sometimes
           the
           Blessed
           are
           represented
           plac'd
           
             on
             Thrones
             with
             Crowns
             on
             their
             heads
          
           ;
           sometimes
           
             cloathed
             in
             White
             ,
             with
             Palms
             in
             their
             hands
          
           ;
           sometimes
           singing
           Songs
           of
           triumph
           
             to
             Him
             that
             sits
             on
             the
             Throne
             ,
          
           and
           to
           their
           Saviour
           .
           But
           the
           reality
           of
           this
           Blessedness
           infinitely
           exceeds
           all
           those
           faint
           Metaphors
           .
           Heaven
           is
           lessened
           by
           Comparisons
           from
           earthly
           things
           .
           The
           Apostle
           who
           was
           dignifi'd
           with
           the
           revelation
           of
           the
           successes
           that
           shall
           happen
           to
           the
           Church
           till
           Time
           shall
           be
           no
           more
           ,
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             it
             does
             not
             appear
             what
             we
             shall
             be
             in
             Eternity
             .
             The
             things
             that
             God
             has
             prepar'd
             for
             those
             that
             love
             him
             ,
          
           are
           far
           more
           above
           the
           highest
           ascent
           of
           our
           thoughts
           ,
           than
           the
           Marriage-Feast
           of
           a
           great
           Prince
           exceeds
           in
           splendor
           and
           magnificence
           the
           imagination
           of
           one
           that
           has
           alwayes
           liv'd
           in
           an
           obscure
           Village
           ,
           and
           never
           saw
           any
           ornaments
           of
           State
           ,
           nor
           tasted
           Wine
           in
           his
           Life
           .
           We
           can
           think
           of
           those
           things
           but
           according
           to
           the
           poverty
           of
           our
           Understandings
           .
           But
           so
           much
           we
           know
           that
           is
           able
           to
           sweeten
           all
           the
           bitterness
           ,
           and
           render
           insipid
           all
           the
           sweetness
           of
           this
           World.
           
        
         
           This
           will
           appear
           by
           considering
           that
           whatever
           is
           requisite
           to
           constitute
           the
           perfect
           Blessedness
           of
           Man
           ,
           is
           fully
           enjoy'd
           in
           the
           Divine
           Presence
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           An
           exemption
           from
           all
           evils
           ,
           is
           the
           first
           concondition
           
           of
           perfect
           Blessedness
           .
           The
           sentence
           of
           wise
           Solon
           is
           true
           in
           another
           sense
           than
           he
           intended
           ,
           
             
               —
               Dicique
               beatus
            
             
               Ante
               obitum
               nemo
               supremaque
               funera
               debet
               .
            
          
           No
           Man
           can
           be
           named
           happy
           whilst
           in
           this
           valley
           of
           Tears
           .
           But
           upon
           the
           entrance
           into
           Heaven
           ,
           all
           those
           evils
           that
           by
           their
           number
           ,
           variety
           ,
           or
           weight
           disquiet
           and
           oppress
           us
           ,
           are
           at
           an
           end
           .
        
         
           Sin
           ,
           of
           all
           evils
           the
           most
           hateful
           ,
           shall
           be
           abolisht
           .
           And
           all
           Temptations
           that
           surround
           us
           ,
           and
           endanger
           our
           innocence
           ,
           shall
           cease
           .
           Here
           the
           best
           Men
           lament
           the
           weakness
           of
           the
           flesh
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           the
           violent
           assaults
           of
           spiritual
           enemies
           .
           St.
           Paul
           himself
           breaks
           forth
           into
           a
           mournful
           Complaint
           ,
           
             O
             wretched
             Man
             that
             I
             am
             !
             who
             shall
             deliver
             me
             from
             this
             body
             of
             Death
             ?
          
           And
           when
           harrass'd
           with
           the
           buffets
           of
           Satan
           ,
           renews
           his
           most
           earnest
           addresses
           to
           God
           to
           be
           freed
           from
           them
           .
           Here
           our
           Purity
           is
           not
           absolute
           ,
           we
           must
           be
           always
           cleansing
           our selves
           from
           the
           reliques
           of
           that
           deep
           defilement
           that
           cleaves
           to
           our
           nature
           .
        
         
           Here
           our
           peace
           is
           preserv'd
           with
           the
           Sword
           in
           our
           hand
           ,
           by
           a
           continual
           Warfare
           against
           Satan
           and
           the
           World.
           But
           in
           Heaven
           no
           ignorance
           darkens
           the
           Mind
           ,
           no
           passions
           rebel
           against
           the
           sanctified
           
           Will
           ,
           no
           inherent
           pollution
           remains
           .
           The
           Church
           is
           
             without
             spot
             or
             wrinkle
             ,
             or
             any
             such
             thing
             .
          
           And
           all
           Temptations
           
             that
             war
             against
             the
             Soul
          
           ,
           shall
           then
           cease
           .
           The
           Tempter
           was
           cast
           out
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           none
           of
           his
           poison'd
           Arrows
           can
           reach
           that
           Purified
           Company
           .
           
             Glorious
             Liberty
          
           !
           here
           ardently
           desir'd
           ,
           but
           fully
           enjoy'd
           by
           the
           Sons
           of
           God
           above
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           Sin
           ,
           so
           all
           the
           penal
           consequences
           of
           it
           are
           quite
           taken
           away
           .
           The
           present
           Life
           is
           an
           incurable
           disease
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           attended
           with
           that
           sharp
           sense
           that
           Death
           is
           desir'd
           as
           a
           remedy
           ,
           and
           accepted
           as
           a
           benefit
           .
           And
           though
           the
           Saints
           have
           reviving
           Cordials
           ,
           yet
           their
           joys
           are
           mixt
           with
           sorrows
           ,
           nay
           ,
           caused
           by
           sorrows
           .
           The
           tears
           of
           Repentance
           are
           their
           sweetest
           refreshment
           .
           Here
           the
           
             living
             stones
          
           are
           cut
           and
           wounded
           ,
           and
           made
           fit
           by
           Sufferings
           for
           a
           Temple
           unto
           God
           in
           the
           
             New
             Jerusalem
          
           .
           But
           as
           in
           the
           building
           of
           
           Solomon's
           Temple
           the
           noise
           of
           a
           hammer
           was
           not
           heard
           ,
           for
           all
           the
           parts
           were
           fram'd
           before
           with
           that
           exact
           design
           and
           correspondence
           ,
           that
           they
           firmly
           combin'd
           together
           .
           They
           were
           hew'n
           in
           another
           place
           ,
           and
           nothing
           remain'd
           but
           the
           putting
           them
           one
           upon
           another
           in
           the
           Temple
           ;
           and
           then
           ,
           as
           sacred
           ,
           they
           were
           inviolable
           .
           So
           God
           ,
           
             the
             wise
             Architect
          
           ,
           having
           prepar'd
           the
           Saints
           here
           by
           many
           cutting
           Afflictions
           ,
           
           places
           them
           in
           the
           
             Eternal
             Building
          
           ,
           where
           no
           voice
           of
           Sorrow
           is
           heard
           .
           Of
           the
           innumerable
           Company
           above
           ,
           is
           there
           any
           Eye
           that
           weeps
           ,
           any
           Breast
           that
           sighs
           ,
           any
           Tongue
           that
           complains
           ,
           or
           appearance
           of
           Grief
           ?
           The
           Heavenly
           State
           is
           called
           Life
           ,
           as
           only
           worthy
           of
           that
           title
           .
           There
           is
           no
           infirmity
           of
           Body
           ,
           no
           Poverty
           ,
           no
           Disgrace
           ,
           no
           Treachery
           of
           Friends
           ,
           no
           Persecution
           of
           Enemies
           .
           
             There
             is
             no
             more
             Death
             ,
             nor
             Sorrow
             ,
             nor
             Crying
             ,
             nor
             shall
             there
             be
             any
             more
             Pain
             :
          
           
           
             for
             former
             things
             are
             past
             away
             .
          
           God
           
             will
             wipe
             away
             all
             tears
             from
             the
             eyes
             of
             his
             People
             .
          
           Their
           Salvation
           is
           compleat
           in
           all
           degrees
           .
           Pure
           Joy
           is
           the
           Priviledg
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           unmixed
           Sorrows
           the
           punishment
           of
           Hell.
           
        
         
           A
           concurrence
           of
           all
           positive
           Excellencies
           is
           requisite
           to
           Blessedness
           .
           And
           these
           are
           to
           be
           considered
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           entire
           Man.
           
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Body
           shal
           be
           awak'd
           out
           of
           its
           dead
           sleep
           ,
           and
           quickned
           into
           a
           glorious
           immortal
           Life
           .
           The
           Soul
           and
           Body
           are
           the
           essential
           parts
           of
           Man
           ;
           and
           though
           the
           inequality
           be
           great
           in
           their
           operations
           that
           respect
           Holiness
           ,
           yet
           their
           concourse
           is
           necessary
           .
           Good
           Actions
           are
           design'd
           by
           the
           Counsel
           and
           Resolution
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           but
           perform'd
           by
           the
           Ministry
           of
           the
           Flesh.
           Every
           Grace
           expresses
           it self
           in
           visible
           actions
           by
           the
           Body
           .
           In
           the
           sorrows
           of
           Repentance
           it
           supplies
           tears
           ,
           in
           Fastings
           its
           appetites
           
           are
           restrain'd
           ,
           in
           Thanksgivings
           the
           tongue
           breaks
           forth
           into
           the
           joyful
           praises
           of
           God.
           All
           the
           victories
           over
           sensible
           pleasure
           and
           pain
           are
           obtain'd
           by
           the
           Soul
           in
           conjunction
           with
           the
           Body
           .
           Now
           't
           is
           most
           becoming
           the
           Divine
           Goodness
           not
           to
           deal
           so
           differently
           ,
           that
           the
           Soul
           should
           be
           everlastingly
           happy
           ,
           and
           the
           Body
           lost
           in
           forgetfulness
           ;
           the
           one
           glorified
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           the
           other
           remain
           in
           the
           dust
           .
           From
           their
           first
           setting
           out
           in
           the
           World
           to
           the
           Grave
           they
           ran
           the
           same
           Race
           ,
           and
           shall
           enjoy
           the
           same
           Reward
           .
           Here
           the
           Body
           is
           the
           Consort
           of
           the
           Soul
           in
           obedience
           and
           sufferings
           ,
           hereafter
           in
           fruition
           .
           When
           the
           Crown
           of
           Purity
           ,
           or
           Palm
           of
           Martyrdom
           shall
           be
           given
           by
           the
           great
           Judg
           in
           the
           view
           of
           all
           ,
           they
           shall
           both
           partake
           in
           the
           honour
           .
           Of
           this
           we
           have
           an
           earnest
           in
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           Christ
           in
           his
           true
           Body
           ,
           who
           
             is
             the
             first
             fruits
             of
             them
             that
             sleep
             .
          
           
           
             He
             shall
             change
             our
             vile
             Bodies
             ,
          
           
           
             that
             they
             may
             be
             fashioned
             like
             to
             his
             glorious
             Body
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             working
             of
             his
             Power
             ,
             whereby
             he
             is
             able
             to
             subdue
             all
             things
             to
             himself
             .
          
           A
           substantial
           unfading
           Glory
           will
           shine
           in
           them
           infinitely
           above
           the
           perishing
           Pride
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           that
           is
           but
           in
           appearance
           ,
           like
           the
           false
           colours
           painted
           on
           the
           feathers
           of
           a
           Dove
           by
           the
           reflection
           of
           the
           Light
           ,
           which
           presently
           vanish
           ,
           when
           it
           changeth
           its
           posture
           ,
           or
           the
           Light
           is
           withdrawn
           .
           Indeed
           what
           can
           
           be
           more
           glorious
           than
           to
           be
           conform'd
           to
           the
           Humanity
           of
           Christ
           ,
           the
           seat
           of
           all
           Beauty
           and
           Perfection
           .
           This
           Conformity
           shall
           be
           the
           work
           of
           his
           own
           hands
           .
           And
           when
           Omnipotence
           interposes
           ,
           nothing
           is
           difficult
           .
           The
           raising
           the
           Body
           to
           an
           unchangeable
           state
           of
           Glory
           ,
           is
           as
           easy
           to
           the
           Divine
           Power
           ,
           as
           the
           forming
           it
           at
           the
           first
           in
           the
           womb
           .
           As
           the
           Sun
           labours
           no
           more
           in
           the
           Mines
           in
           the
           forming
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           ,
           the
           most
           precious
           and
           durable
           Metals
           ,
           than
           in
           the
           production
           of
           a
           poor
           short-liv'd
           Flower
           .
        
         
           II.
           The
           Soul
           shall
           be
           made
           perfect
           in
           all
           its
           faculties
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Uuderstanding
           shall
           clearly
           see
           the
           most
           excellent
           Objects
           .
           *
           
             Now
             we
             know
             but
             in
             part
             .
          
           The
           naked
           beauty
           of
           Divine
           Things
           is
           vail'd
           ,
           and
           of
           impossible
           discovery
           .
           And
           the
           weakness
           of
           the
           mind
           is
           not
           proportionable
           to
           their
           dazling
           brightness
           .
           But
           when
           that
           which
           is
           perfect
           is
           come
           ,
           
             then
             that
             which
             is
             in
             part
             shall
             be
             done
             away
             .
          
           In
           that
           enlightned
           state
           ,
           the
           glorious
           manifestation
           of
           the
           objects
           shall
           as
           much
           exceed
           the
           clearest
           revealing
           of
           them
           here
           ,
           as
           the
           Sun
           in
           its
           full
           lustre
           ,
           one
           beam
           of
           Light
           strain'd
           through
           a
           crevice
           in
           the
           Wall.
           And
           the
           Understanding
           shall
           be
           prepar'd
           to
           take
           a
           full
           view
           of
           them
           Therefore
           the
           Apostle
           compares
           the
           several
           Periods
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           
           degrees
           of
           Knowledg
           ,
           to
           the
           several
           Ages
           of
           this
           Life
           .
           
             When
             I
             was
             a
             Child
             ,
             I
             spake
             as
             a
             Child
             ,
             I
             understood
             as
             a
             Child
             ,
             I
             thought
             as
             a
             Child
             :
             but
             when
             I
             became
             a
             Man
             ,
             I
             put
             away
             childish
             things
             .
          
           In
           Children
           the
           organs
           ,
           either
           from
           an
           excess
           of
           moisture
           ,
           or
           their
           smalness
           ,
           are
           indisposed
           for
           the
           vigorous
           exercise
           of
           the
           Mind
           :
           some
           strictures
           of
           Reason
           appear
           ,
           a
           presaging
           sign
           what
           will
           be
           ,
           but
           mixt
           with
           much
           obscurity
           .
           But
           when
           the
           organs
           are
           come
           to
           their
           just
           proportion
           and
           temperament
           ,
           the
           Soul
           displays
           its
           strength
           and
           activity
           .
        
         
           All
           things
           of
           a
           supernatural
           order
           shall
           then
           be
           clearly
           discovered
           .
           The
           contrivance
           of
           our
           Salvation
           ,
           the
           wayes
           of
           conducting
           us
           to
           Blessedness
           ,
           which
           are
           objects
           of
           a
           sublime
           nature
           ,
           will
           afford
           an
           exquisite
           pleasure
           to
           the
           Understanding
           .
           All
           the
           secrets
           of
           our
           Redemption
           shall
           be
           unsealed
           .
           
             The
             great
             Mystery
             of
             Godliness
          
           ,
           the
           Incarnation
           of
           the
           Eternal
           Son
           ,
           and
           his
           according
           Justice
           with
           Mercy
           ,
           shall
           then
           be
           apparent
           .
           The
           Divine
           Counsels
           in
           governing
           the
           World
           ,
           are
           now
           only
           visible
           in
           their
           wonderful
           effects
           either
           of
           Mercy
           or
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           those
           most
           dreadful
           ;
           but
           the
           Reasons
           of
           them
           are
           past
           finding
           out
           .
           But
           what
           our
           Saviour
           said
           to
           
             Peter
             ,
             What
             I
             do
             ,
             thou
             knowest
             not
             now
             ,
             but
             shalt
             know
             hereafter
             ,
          
           is
           applicable
           to
           these
           impenetrable
           dispensations
           .
           All
           the
           original
           
           Fountains
           of
           Wisdom
           ,
           as
           clear
           as
           deep
           ,
           shall
           then
           be
           opened
           .
           We
           shall
           then
           see
           the
           beauty
           of
           Providence
           in
           disposing
           temporal
           things
           in
           order
           to
           our
           eternal
           felicity
           .
           We
           now
           see
           as
           it
           were
           the
           rough
           part
           ,
           and
           Knots
           of
           that
           curious
           Embroidery
           :
           but
           then
           the
           whole
           Work
           shall
           be
           unfolded
           ,
           the
           sweetness
           of
           the
           Colours
           ,
           and
           proportion
           of
           the
           Figures
           appear
           .
           There
           we
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           expound
           the
           perplexing
           Riddle
           ,
           
             How
             out
             of
             the
             Eater
             came
             meat
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             the
             Strong
             came
             sweetness
             .
             For
             we
             shall
             know
             as
             we
             are
             known
             .
          
        
         
           
             We
             shall
             see
             God.
          
           Our
           Saviour
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             This
             is
             Life
             Eternal
             ,
             to
             know
             thee
             the
             only
             true
             God
             ,
             and
             Jesus
             Christ
             whom
             thou
             hast
             sent
             .
          
           The
           beginning
           and
           perfection
           of
           our
           Happiness
           consists
           in
           this
           knowledg
           .
           The
           Deity
           is
           spiritual
           and
           invisible
           to
           the
           Eye
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           infinite
           and
           incomprehensible
           to
           the
           Soul.
           But
           we
           shall
           then
           so
           clearly
           understand
           the
           
             Divine
             Perfections
          
           ,
           that
           our
           present
           knowledg
           compar'd
           to
           that
           ,
           is
           but
           as
           the
           seeing
           a
           dark
           resemblance
           in
           a
           Glass
           ,
           to
           the
           clear
           view
           of
           a
           Person
           in
           the
           native
           beauty
           of
           his
           Face
           .
           God
           is
           most
           gloriously
           present
           in
           Heaven
           .
           For
           according
           to
           the
           degrees
           of
           excellence
           in
           the
           Work
           ,
           such
           are
           the
           impressions
           and
           discoveries
           of
           the
           Vertues
           of
           the
           Cause
           .
           Now
           all
           sensible
           things
           in
           the
           low
           order
           of
           Nature
           ,
           are
           but
           weak
           resultances
           from
           his
           Perfections
           ,
           in
           comparison
           
           of
           their
           illustrious
           Effects
           in
           the
           Divine
           World.
           The
           Glories
           of
           the
           Place
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Inhabitants
           ,
           the
           Angels
           and
           Saints
           ,
           clearly
           express
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           Goodness
           and
           Power
           .
           But
           in
           a
           transcendent
           manner
           he
           exhibits
           himself
           in
           the
           glorified
           Mediator
           .
           He
           is
           stiled
           
             the
             brightness
             of
             the
             Father's
             Glory
             ,
             and
             the
             express
             image
             of
             his
             Person
          
           ;
           not
           only
           for
           his
           equal
           Perfections
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           unity
           of
           their
           Nature
           ,
           but
           to
           signifie
           that
           God
           in
           the
           Person
           of
           the
           incarnate
           Mediator
           is
           so
           fully
           represented
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           sight
           of
           him
           we
           see
           God
           himself
           in
           his
           unchangeable
           Excellencies
           .
           This
           appears
           by
           the
           following
           words
           ,
           that
           
             having
             purged
             us
             from
             our
             sins
             ,
             he
             sate
             down
             on
             the
             right-hand
             of
             the
             Majesty
             on
             high
             ,
          
           for
           they
           respect
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           as
           united
           to
           the
           humane
           Nature
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           perform'd
           the
           Office
           of
           the
           Priesthood
           ,
           and
           took
           possession
           of
           his
           glorious
           Kingdom
           .
           During
           his
           humble
           state
           ,
           the
           Divine
           vertues
           ,
           Wisdom
           ,
           Goodness
           ,
           Holiness
           ,
           Power
           ,
           were
           so
           visible
           in
           his
           Person
           ,
           Life
           ,
           Revelations
           ,
           and
           miraculous
           Works
           ,
           that
           when
           Philip
           so
           long'd
           for
           the
           sight
           of
           the
           Father
           as
           the
           only
           consummate
           Blessedness
           ,
           
             Shew
             us
             the
             Father
             ,
             and
             it
             suffices
          
           ;
           He
           told
           him
           ,
           
             he
             that
             has
             seen
             me
             ,
             has
             seen
             the
             Father
             also
             .
          
           But
           how
           brightly
           do
           they
           appear
           in
           his
           triumphant
           Exaltation
           .
           'T
           was
           his
           Prayer
           on
           Earth
           ;
           
             Father
             ,
             I
             will
             that
             they
             also
             whom
             thou
             hast
             given
             
             me
             ,
             be
             with
             me
             where
             I
             am
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             behold
             my
             Glory
             .
          
           Inestimable
           Felicity
           !
           whether
           we
           consider
           him
           in
           the
           respect
           of
           an
           Object
           ,
           that
           incomparably
           transcends
           all
           the
           created
           Glory
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           relation
           of
           our
           Head
           ,
           on
           a
           double
           account
           ;
           partly
           because
           he
           was
           debased
           into
           the
           form
           of
           a
           Servant
           ,
           and
           suffered
           all
           Indignities
           and
           Cruelties
           of
           Sinners
           for
           us
           ,
           has
           received
           the
           Recompence
           of
           his
           Meritorious
           Sufferings
           ,
           the
           triumph
           of
           his
           Victory
           ,
           
             being
             glorified
             with
             the
             Father
             with
             the
             Glory
             he
             had
             before
             the
             World
             was
          
           ;
           and
           partly
           because
           every
           Member
           shall
           be
           conformed
           to
           him
           in
           his
           Glory
           ;
           
             We
             shall
             be
             like
             him
             ,
             for
             we
             shall
             see
             him
             as
             he
             is
             .
          
           And
           all
           Felicity
           and
           Glory
           is
           compriz'd
           in
           that
           Promise
           .
           The
           sight
           of
           the
           Face
           of
           Moses
           when
           radiant
           ,
           had
           no
           transforming
           efficacy
           ;
           for
           the
           light
           of
           it
           was
           not
           in
           him
           as
           its
           source
           ,
           but
           by
           derivation
           .
           But
           God
           is
           Light
           essentially
           ,
           and
           the
           sight
           of
           his
           Perfections
           will
           be
           productive
           of
           his
           Likeness
           in
           us
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           it
           may
           be
           in
           a
           restrained
           subject
           .
           When
           our
           Saviour
           was
           upon
           the
           
             holy
             Mount
          
           ,
           and
           one
           vanishing
           Beam
           of
           Glory
           appear'd
           in
           his
           
             Transfiguration
             ,
             Peter
          
           was
           so
           transported
           at
           the
           sight
           ,
           that
           he
           forgot
           the
           World
           and
           himself
           .
           How
           ravishing
           then
           will
           the
           sight
           of
           him
           be
           in
           his
           triumphant
           Majesty
           ,
           when
           we
           shall
           be
           transfigured
           our selves
           ?
        
         
           2.
           
           As
           they
           shall
           behold
           God's
           Face
           ,
           know
           his
           most
           amiable
           Excellencies
           ;
           so
           they
           shall
           love
           him
           
           as
           perfectly
           as
           they
           know
           him
           .
           To
           the
           illustrations
           of
           the
           Mind
           ,
           there
           are
           correspondent
           impressions
           on
           the
           Heart
           .
           In
           the
           present
           state
           our
           Love
           is
           imperfect
           ,
           and
           as
           Fire
           out
           of
           its
           sphere
           ,
           dies
           away
           ,
           by
           our
           neglect
           to
           feed
           it
           with
           proper
           materials
           ,
           enamouring
           considerations
           of
           God.
           But
           't
           is
           not
           so
           in
           Heaven
           :
           there
           the
           Divine
           Sun
           attracts
           every
           Eye
           with
           the
           light
           of
           its
           beauty
           ,
           and
           inflames
           every
           Heart
           with
           the
           heat
           of
           his
           Love.
           The
           continual
           Presence
           of
           God
           is
           in
           different
           respects
           the
           Cause
           and
           Effect
           of
           our
           Love
           to
           him
           .
           For
           there
           is
           no
           more
           powerful
           Attractive
           to
           love
           him
           ,
           than
           to
           see
           him
           ;
           And
           Love
           keeps
           the
           thoughts
           undivided
           from
           him
           .
           
             God
             is
             Love
          
           ,
           and
           will
           kindle
           in
           us
           a
           pure
           Affection
           that
           Eternity
           shall
           never
           lessen
           .
        
         
           Our
           Affections
           that
           are
           now
           scattered
           on
           many
           things
           ,
           wherein
           some
           small
           Reflections
           of
           his
           Goodness
           appear
           ,
           shall
           joyn
           in
           one
           full
           Current
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           where
           
             God
             is
             all
             in
             all
          
           .
           We
           shall
           then
           understand
           the
           riches
           of
           his
           Love
           ,
           that
           God
           who
           is
           infinitely
           happy
           in
           himself
           ,
           should
           make
           Man
           for
           such
           a
           Glory
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           Glory
           for
           Man.
           And
           that
           when
           for
           his
           Rebellion
           he
           was
           justly
           expell'd
           from
           Paradise
           ,
           and
           under
           a
           sentence
           of
           Eternal
           Death
           ,
           God
           should
           please
           to
           restore
           him
           to
           his
           Favour
           ,
           and
           give
           him
           a
           better
           state
           than
           was
           forfeited
           .
           We
           shall
           then
           understand
           our
           infinite
           Obligations
           to
           
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           descended
           from
           the
           Heaven
           of
           Heavens
           to
           our
           Earth
           ;
           and
           which
           is
           more
           ,
           from
           the
           Majesty
           wherein
           he
           there
           reign'd
           ,
           from
           the
           Glory
           wherein
           he
           was
           visible
           to
           the
           Angelical
           Minds
           ,
           and
           became
           Man
           for
           Men
           ,
           Redemption
           for
           the
           Lost
           ,
           to
           purchase
           Immortal
           Life
           for
           those
           who
           were
           dead
           to
           that
           blessed
           Life
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           then
           God
           will
           express
           his
           Love
           to
           us
           in
           the
           highest
           degrees
           that
           a
           finite
           Creature
           is
           capable
           to
           receive
           from
           Love
           it self
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           love
           him
           with
           all
           the
           strength
           of
           our
           glorified
           powers
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Compleat
           satisfaction
           flows
           from
           union
           with
           God
           by
           Knowledg
           and
           Love.
           
             In
             his
             Presence
             is
             fulness
             of
             Joy
             ,
             at
             his
             Right-hand
             are
             Pleasures
             for
             ever
             .
          
           The
           Causes
           and
           Excellencies
           of
           the
           Heavenly
           Life
           are
           in
           those
           words
           exprest
           .
           The
           Causes
           are
           the
           influxive
           Presence
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           revelation
           of
           his
           attractive
           Perfections
           ,
           the
           beholding
           his
           Face
           ,
           the
           declaration
           of
           his
           peculiar
           Favour
           .
           This
           our
           blessed
           Lord
           himself
           had
           a
           respect
           to
           ,
           as
           the
           compleat
           Reward
           of
           his
           Sufferings
           :
           
             Thou
             shalt
             make
             me
             full
             of
             Joy
             with
             thy
             Countenance
             .
          
           And
           his
           Right-Hand
           ,
           his
           Bounty
           ,
           that
           dispenses
           ,
           and
           Power
           that
           secures
           that
           Felicity
           .
           The
           Excellencies
           of
           this
           state
           are
           fulness
           of
           Joy
           ,
           and
           that
           without
           diminution
           ,
           or
           end
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Soul
           opens
           its
           eyes
           to
           the
           clear
           discoveries
           of
           the
           first
           Truth
           ,
           and
           its
           breast
           to
           the
           dear
           
           and
           intimate
           imbraces
           of
           the
           Supream
           Good
           ,
           beyond
           which
           nothing
           remains
           to
           be
           known
           ,
           nothing
           to
           be
           enjoy'd
           ,
           what
           a
           deluge
           of
           the
           purest
           Pleasures
           will
           overflow
           it
           ?
           We
           cannot
           ascend
           in
           our
           thoughts
           so
           high
           ,
           as
           to
           conceive
           the
           excess
           of
           Joy
           that
           attends
           those
           operations
           of
           the
           glorified
           Soul
           upon
           its
           proper
           object
           .
           But
           something
           we
           may
           conjecture
           .
        
         
           Those
           who
           are
           possest
           with
           a
           noble
           Passion
           for
           Knowledg
           ,
           how
           do
           they
           despise
           all
           lower
           Pleasures
           in
           comparison
           of
           it
           ?
           How
           do
           they
           forget
           themselves
           ,
           neglect
           the
           Body
           ,
           and
           retire
           into
           the
           Mind
           ,
           the
           highest
           part
           of
           Man
           ,
           and
           nearest
           to
           God
           ?
           The
           bare
           apprehension
           of
           such
           things
           that
           by
           their
           internal
           nature
           have
           no
           attractive
           influence
           upon
           the
           Affections
           ,
           is
           pleasant
           to
           the
           Understanding
           .
           As
           the
           appearance
           of
           Light
           ,
           though
           not
           attended
           with
           any
           other
           visible
           beauties
           ,
           refreshes
           the
           Eye
           after
           long
           darkness
           :
           so
           the
           clear
           discovery
           of
           Truths
           ,
           how
           abstract
           so
           ever
           ,
           that
           were
           before
           unknown
           ,
           is
           grateful
           to
           the
           intellective
           faculty
           .
           Thus
           some
           have
           been
           strangely
           transported
           with
           the
           pleasure
           of
           a
           Mathematical
           Demonstration
           ,
           when
           the
           evidence
           ,
           not
           the
           importance
           of
           the
           thing
           was
           so
           ravishing
           ;
           for
           what
           is
           more
           dry
           and
           barren
           of
           delight
           than
           the
           speculation
           of
           Figures
           and
           Numbers
           ?
           Solon
           when
           near
           his
           end
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           
           his
           Friends
           that
           visited
           him
           were
           speaking
           softly
           of
           a
           Point
           of
           Philosophy
           ,
           by
           a
           sound
           of
           Wisdom
           was
           awaken'd
           from
           the
           sleep
           of
           Death
           that
           was
           just
           seizing
           on
           him
           ,
           and
           opening
           his
           eyes
           ,
           and
           raising
           his
           head
           to
           give
           attention
           ;
           being
           ask'd
           the
           reason
           of
           it
           ?
           answered
           ,
           
             That
             when
          
           *
           
             I
             understand
             what
             you
             are
             discoursing
             of
             ,
             I
             may
             die
             .
          
           Such
           was
           his
           delight
           in
           Knowledg
           ,
           that
           a
           little
           of
           it
           made
           his
           Agony
           insensible
           .
           But
           here
           are
           many
           imperfections
           that
           lessen
           this
           intellectual
           Pleasure
           ,
           which
           shall
           cease
           in
           Heaven
           .
           Here
           the
           acquisition
           of
           Knowledge
           is
           often
           with
           the
           expence
           of
           Health
           :
           the
           flower
           of
           the
           Spirits
           ,
           necessary
           for
           Natural
           Operations
           ,
           is
           wasted
           by
           intense
           thoughts
           .
           How
           often
           are
           the
           Learned
           sickly
           ?
           As
           the
           Flint
           when
           't
           is
           struck
           ,
           gives
           not
           a
           spark
           without
           consuming
           it self
           ;
           So
           Knowledge
           is
           obtain'd
           by
           Studies
           that
           waste
           our
           faint
           sensitive
           faculties
           .
           But
           then
           our
           Knowledge
           shall
           be
           a
           free
           emanation
           from
           the
           spring
           of
           Truth
           ,
           without
           our
           labour
           and
           pains
           .
           Here
           we
           learn
           by
           circuit
           ,
           and
           discern
           by
           comparing
           things
           ;
           our
           Ignorance
           is
           dispell'd
           by
           a
           gradual
           succession
           of
           Light
           :
           But
           then
           Universal
           Knowledg
           shall
           be
           infused
           in
           a
           moment
           .
           Here
           after
           all
           our
           labour
           and
           toyl
           ,
           how
           little
           Knowledg
           do
           we
           gain
           ?
           Every
           Question
           is
           a
           Labyrinth
           out
           of
           which
           the
           nimblest
           and
           most
           searching
           Minds
           
           cannot
           extricate
           themselves
           .
           How
           many
           specious
           Errors
           impose
           upon
           our
           understandings
           ?
           We
           look
           on
           things
           by
           false
           Lights
           ,
           through
           deceiving
           Spectacles
           :
           But
           then
           our
           Knowledge
           shall
           be
           certain
           and
           compleat
           .
           There
           is
           no
           forbidden
           Tree
           in
           the
           Celestial
           Paradise
           ,
           as
           no
           inordinate
           Affection
           .
           But
           suppose
           that
           all
           things
           in
           the
           compass
           of
           the
           World
           were
           known
           yet
           still
           there
           would
           be
           emptiness
           and
           anguish
           in
           the
           Mind
           :
           for
           the
           most
           comprehensive
           knowledg
           of
           things
           that
           are
           insufficient
           to
           make
           us
           happy
           ,
           cannot
           afford
           true
           Satisfaction
           .
           But
           then
           we
           shall
           see
           God
           in
           all
           his
           Excellencies
           ,
           the
           supream
           Object
           and
           End
           ,
           the
           only
           Felicity
           of
           the
           Soul.
           How
           will
           the
           sight
           of
           his
           Glory
           personally
           shining
           in
           our
           Redeemer
           ,
           in
           the
           first
           moment
           quench
           our
           extream
           thirst
           ,
           and
           fill
           us
           with
           joy
           and
           admiration
           ?
           'T
           is
           not
           as
           the
           naked
           conception
           of
           Treasures
           ,
           that
           only
           makes
           rich
           in
           ideas
           ,
           but
           that
           Divine
           sight
           gives
           a
           real
           Interest
           in
           him
           .
           The
           Angels
           are
           so
           ravish'd
           with
           the
           Beauties
           and
           Wonders
           of
           his
           Face
           ,
           that
           they
           never
           divert
           a
           moment
           from
           the
           contemplation
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           pure
           Love
           of
           the
           Saints
           to
           God
           is
           then
           fully
           satisfied
           .
           Love
           considered
           as
           an
           affection
           of
           Friendship
           is
           always
           attended
           with
           two
           desires
           ;
           to
           be
           assured
           of
           Reciprocal
           Love
           ,
           and
           to
           enjoy
           the
           Conversation
           of
           the
           Person
           beloved
           ,
           the
           testimony
           
           of
           his
           esteem
           and
           good-will
           .
           This
           kind
           of
           ‖
           affection
           seems
           to
           be
           inconsistent
           with
           that
           infinite
           distance
           that
           is
           between
           God
           and
           the
           Creature
           .
           But
           though
           't
           is
           disproportionable
           to
           the
           Divine
           Majesty
           ,
           't
           is
           proportionable
           to
           his
           Goodness
           .
           Accordingly
           our
           Saviour
           promises
           ,
           
             He
             that
             loves
             me
             ,
             shall
             be
             loved
             of
             my
             Father
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             love
             him
             ,
             and
             will
             manifest
             my self
             unto
             him
             .
          
           And
           to
           confirm
           our
           belief
           of
           this
           astonishing
           Condescention
           ,
           repeats
           it
           ,
           
             If
             a
             Man
             love
             me
             ,
             my
             Father
             will
             love
             him
             ,
             and
             we
             will
             come
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             make
             our
             abode
             with
             him
             .
          
           In
           the
           present
           state
           ,
           the
           signs
           of
           God's
           special
           Favour
           are
           exhibited
           to
           his
           Friends
           .
           Now
           he
           bestows
           on
           them
           the
           Honour
           of
           being
           his
           Sons
           ,
           the
           Graces
           and
           Comforts
           of
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           the
           precious
           Earnests
           of
           his
           Love
           ,
           
             and
             Seal
             of
             their
             Redemption
          
           .
           But
           in
           eminency
           of
           degrees
           ,
           the
           effects
           of
           his
           Love
           are
           incomparably
           more
           glorious
           in
           Heaven
           .
           Here
           the
           Saints
           are
           adopted
           ,
           there
           crown'd
           .
           There
           he
           opens
           all
           the
           bright
           Treasures
           of
           his
           Wisdom
           ,
           the
           Riches
           of
           his
           Goodness
           ,
           the
           Beauties
           of
           his
           Holiness
           ,
           the
           Glories
           of
           his
           Power
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           intimate
           application
           of
           his
           Presence
           makes
           his
           Love
           most
           sensible
           to
           them
           .
           O
           the
           mutual
           delights
           between
           God
           and
           glorified
           Souls
           !
           God
           looks
           on
           them
           with
           an
           engaged
           Eye
           ,
           as
           his
           own
           by
           many
           dear
           titles
           ,
           and
           is
           well
           pleased
           in
           his
           own
           Goodness
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           
           ravish'd
           with
           the
           reflex
           of
           his
           own
           Excellencies
           shining
           in
           them
           .
           
             As
             the
             Bridegroom
             rejoyces
             over
             the
             Bride
             ,
          
           (
           't
           is
           the
           language
           of
           Divine
           Love
           )
           
             so
             their
             God
             rejoyces
             over
             them
             .
          
           And
           what
           a
           blessed
           Rest
           do
           they
           find
           in
           the
           compleat
           fruition
           of
           their
           Beloved
           ?
           All
           their
           desires
           quietly
           expire
           in
           his
           Bosom
           .
           What
           triumphs
           of
           Joy
           follow
           ?
           Can
           we
           frame
           a
           fuller
           Conception
           of
           Happiness
           than
           to
           be
           perfectly
           loved
           by
           infinite
           Goodness
           ,
           and
           perfectly
           to
           love
           him
           ?
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           most
           perfect
           Joy
           of
           the
           Saints
           is
           for
           the
           Felicity
           and
           Glory
           of
           God
           himself
           .
           For
           as
           the
           holy
           Soul
           feels
           no
           more
           powerful
           motive
           to
           love
           God
           ,
           than
           because
           he
           is
           most
           worthy
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           God
           ,
           a
           Being
           of
           infinite
           Excellencies
           ,
           and
           therefore
           to
           be
           loved
           above
           the
           dearest
           Persons
           and
           Things
           ,
           even
           it self
           ;
           so
           the
           highest
           Joy
           it
           partakes
           of
           is
           from
           this
           consideration
           ,
           that
           God
           is
           infinitely
           blessed
           &
           glorious
           .
           For
           in
           this
           the
           supream
           desire
           of
           love
           is
           accomplish'd
           ,
           that
           the
           most
           beloved
           Object
           is
           perfectly
           honour'd
           and
           pleased
           .
           In
           Heaven
           the
           Love
           of
           the
           Saints
           to
           God
           is
           in
           its
           highest
           Perfection
           ,
           and
           they
           see
           his
           Glory
           in
           the
           most
           perfect
           manner
           ,
           which
           causes
           a
           transcendent
           Joy
           to
           them
           .
           And
           this
           is
           one
           reason
           why
           the
           Saints
           though
           shining
           with
           unequal
           degrees
           of
           Glory
           ,
           are
           equally
           content
           .
           For
           their
           most
           ardent
           Love
           being
           set
           on
           
           God
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           pleas'd
           to
           glorify
           himself
           by
           such
           various
           communications
           of
           his
           Goodness
           ,
           is
           full
           satisfaction
           to
           their
           desires
           .
           Besides
           ,
           in
           those
           different
           degrees
           of
           Glory
           ,
           every
           one
           is
           so
           content
           with
           his
           own
           ,
           †
           that
           there
           is
           no
           possible
           desire
           of
           being
           but
           what
           he
           is
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           full
           joy
           of
           Heaven
           shall
           continue
           without
           diminution
           ,
           or
           end
           .
           The
           number
           of
           Possessours
           cannot
           lessen
           it
           .
           The
           Divine
           Presence
           is
           an
           unwasted
           Spring
           of
           Pleasure
           ,
           equally
           full
           and
           open
           to
           all
           ,
           and
           abundantly
           sufficient
           to
           satisfy
           the
           immensity
           of
           their
           desires
           .
           Envy
           reigns
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           because
           earthly
           things
           are
           so
           imperfect
           in
           their
           nature
           ,
           and
           so
           peculiar
           in
           their
           possession
           ,
           that
           they
           cannot
           suffice
           ,
           nor
           be
           enjoyed
           by
           all
           .
           But
           in
           Heaven
           none
           is
           touch'd
           with
           that
           low
           base
           passion
           :
           for
           God
           contains
           all
           that
           is
           precious
           and
           desirable
           in
           the
           highest
           degrees
           of
           Perfection
           ,
           and
           all
           partake
           of
           the
           influence
           of
           his
           universal
           Goodness
           without
           intercepting
           one
           another
           .
           In
           the
           Kingdom
           above
           there
           is
           no
           cause
           for
           the
           elder
           Brother
           to
           repine
           at
           the
           Father's
           Bounty
           to
           the
           younger
           ,
           nor
           for
           the
           younger
           to
           supplant
           the
           elder
           ,
           to
           obtain
           the
           Birth-right
           .
           The
           Heirs
           of
           God
           are
           all
           rais'd
           to
           Sovereign
           Glory
           .
           Every
           one
           enjoys
           him
           as
           entirely
           and
           fully
           ,
           as
           if
           solely
           his
           felicity
           .
           God
           is
           a
           Good
           as
           indivisible
           as
           infinite
           ,
           and
           not
           diminish'd
           by
           the
           
           most
           liberal
           communications
           of
           Himself
           .
           We
           may
           illustriate
           this
           by
           comparing
           the
           Price
           of
           our
           Redemption
           ,
           and
           the
           Reward
           .
           The
           Death
           of
           Christ
           is
           a
           universal
           benefit
           to
           all
           the
           Saints
           ,
           yet
           't
           is
           so
           applied
           to
           every
           Believer
           for
           his
           perfect
           Redemption
           ,
           as
           if
           our
           Saviour
           in
           all
           his
           Agonies
           and
           Sufferings
           had
           no
           other
           in
           his
           Eye
           and
           Heart
           ;
           as
           if
           all
           his
           Prayers
           ,
           his
           Tears
           ,
           his
           Blood
           were
           offer'd
           up
           to
           his
           Father
           only
           for
           that
           Person
           .
           The
           common
           respect
           of
           it
           the
           Apostle
           declares
           in
           those
           admirable
           words
           ,
           that
           signify
           such
           an
           excess
           of
           God's
           Love
           to
           us
           ,
           
             He
             that
             spared
             not
             his
             own
             Son
             ,
             but
             deliver'd
             him
             up
             for
             us
             all
             ,
             how
             shall
             he
             not
             with
             him
             also
             freely
             give
             us
             all
             things
             ?
          
           But
           to
           imagine
           that
           the
           *
           propriety
           of
           every
           Believer
           is
           thereby
           prejudiced
           ,
           is
           not
           only
           false
           ,
           but
           extreamly
           injurious
           to
           the
           Merit
           and
           Dignity
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           infinite
           Love
           of
           Christ.
           Therefore
           the
           same
           Apostle
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             The
             Life
             which
             I
             now
             live
             in
             the
             flesh
             ,
             I
             live
             by
             the
             Faith
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ;
             who
             loved
             me
             ,
             and
             gave
             himself
             for
             me
             :
          
           as
           if
           he
           were
           the
           sole
           Object
           of
           Christ's
           Love
           ,
           the
           End
           and
           Reward
           of
           his
           Sufferings
           .
           And
           this
           appropriating
           of
           it
           to
           himself
           ,
           is
           no
           prejudice
           to
           the
           rights
           of
           all
           others
           .
           St.
           John
           describes
           himself
           by
           that
           truly
           glorious
           Title
           ,
           
             The
             Disciple
             whom
             Jesus
             loved
          
           .
           Could
           he
           speak
           this
           of
           himself
           without
           the
           injury
           and
           indignation
           of
           the
           other
           Disciples
           ?
           Certainly
           he
           might
           .
           For
           if
           we
           
           consider
           that
           incomprehensible
           Love
           of
           Christ
           ,
           exprest
           to
           them
           all
           at
           his
           last
           Supper
           ,
           after
           Judas
           was
           gone
           forth
           ;
           
             As
             the
             Father
             hath
             loved
             me
             ,
             so
             I
             have
             loved
             you
             .
          
           We
           may
           easily
           understand
           ,
           that
           every
           one
           of
           them
           might
           justly
           believe
           that
           he
           was
           singularly
           beloved
           of
           Christ.
           They
           were
           all
           received
           in
           the
           Heart
           ,
           though
           (
           with
           John
           )
           they
           did
           not
           all
           lean
           on
           the
           Breast
           of
           their
           Divine
           Master
           .
           Thus
           in
           Heaven
           God
           is
           the
           universal
           Treasure
           of
           all
           the
           Saints
           ,
           
           and
           the
           peculiar
           Portion
           of
           every
           one
           .
           As
           by
           his
           Essence
           he
           equally
           fills
           the
           whole
           World
           ,
           and
           every
           part
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           by
           his
           Providence
           equally
           regards
           all
           and
           every
           particular
           Creature
           ;
           so
           in
           Heaven
           he
           dispenses
           the
           Riches
           of
           his
           Love
           to
           all
           ,
           that
           they
           cannot
           desire
           more
           ,
           if
           every
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           were
           (
           if
           I
           may
           so
           express
           it
           )
           the
           only
           begotten
           of
           
             the
             only
             begotten
             himself
          
           ,
           the
           sole
           Heir
           of
           all
           the
           Merits
           of
           his
           Son.
           Every
           Saint
           may
           with
           the
           inflamed
           Spouse
           break
           forth
           in
           that
           Triumph
           of
           Love
           ;
           
             My
             Beloved
             is
             mine
             ,
             and
             I
             am
             his
             .
          
           Nay
           ,
           the
           great
           number
           of
           the
           glorifi'd
           Saints
           is
           so
           far
           from
           lessening
           their
           Joy
           ,
           that
           it
           unspeakably
           encreases
           it
           .
           
             The
             innumerable
             Company
             of
             Angels
             ,
             and
             the
             General
             Assembly
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             the
             First-born
             ,
          
           next
           to
           the
           happiness
           of
           enjoying
           God
           ,
           are
           a
           chief
           part
           of
           Heaven
           .
           An
           unfeigned
           ardent
           Affection
           unites
           that
           pure
           society
           .
           Our
           Love
           is
           now
           kindled
           either
           
           from
           a
           relation
           in
           Nature
           ,
           or
           some
           visible
           Excellencies
           that
           render
           a
           Person
           worthy
           of
           our
           choice
           and
           friendship
           :
           but
           in
           Heaven
           the
           Reasons
           are
           greater
           ,
           and
           the
           degrees
           of
           Love
           incomparably
           more
           fervent
           .
           All
           Carnal
           Alliances
           and
           Respects
           cease
           in
           that
           supernatural
           state
           .
           The
           Apostle
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             If
             I
             have
             known
             Christ
             after
             the
             flesh
             ,
             I
             know
             him
             so
             no
             more
             .
          
           By
           the
           Resurrection
           and
           Ascension
           of
           Christ
           he
           was
           transported
           into
           another
           World
           ,
           and
           had
           communion
           with
           him
           as
           an
           Heavenly
           King
           ,
           without
           low
           regards
           to
           the
           temporal
           Priviledge
           of
           conversing
           with
           him
           on
           Earth
           .
           The
           Spiritual
           relation
           is
           more
           near
           and
           permanent
           than
           the
           strictest
           band
           of
           Nature
           .
           The
           Saints
           have
           all
           relation
           to
           the
           same
           Heavenly
           Father
           ,
           and
           to
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           the
           Prince
           of
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Head
           of
           that
           happy
           Fraternity
           .
           The
           principal
           motive
           of
           Love
           here
           is
           for
           the
           inherent
           Excellencies
           of
           a
           Person
           .
           Wisdom
           ,
           Holiness
           ,
           Goodness
           ,
           Fidelity
           are
           mighty
           Attractives
           ,
           and
           produce
           a
           more
           worthy
           Affection
           ,
           a
           more
           intimate
           Confederacy
           of
           Souls
           than
           propinquity
           in
           Nature
           .
           David
           declares
           that
           
             all
             his
             delight
             was
             in
             the
             Excellent
             .
          
           But
           there
           are
           allays
           of
           this
           Noble
           Love
           here
           .
           For
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           There
           are
           reliques
           of
           Frailty
           in
           the
           best
           Men
           on
           Earth
           ,
           some
           Blemishes
           that
           render
           them
           less
           amiable
           when
           discovered
           .
           Here
           their
           Graces
           are
           
           mixt
           Infirmities
           ,
           and
           but
           ascending
           to
           Glory
           .
           Accordingly
           our
           Love
           to
           them
           must
           be
           regular
           ,
           and
           serene
           ;
           not
           clouded
           with
           Error
           ,
           mistaking
           defects
           for
           amiable
           qualities
           .
           But
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           the
           Image
           of
           God
           is
           compleat
           ,
           by
           the
           union
           of
           all
           the
           glorious
           Vertues
           requisite
           to
           its
           perfection
           .
           Every
           Saint
           there
           exactly
           agrees
           with
           the
           first
           Exemplar
           ,
           is
           transformed
           according
           to
           the
           primitive
           beauty
           of
           Holiness
           .
           No
           
             spot
             or
             wrinkle
             remains
          
           ,
           nor
           any
           such
           thing
           ,
           that
           may
           cast
           the
           least
           aspect
           of
           deformity
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           In
           the
           present
           state
           the
           least
           part
           of
           the
           Saints
           worth
           is
           visible
           .
           As
           the
           Earth
           is
           fruitful
           in
           Plants
           and
           Flowers
           ,
           but
           its
           riches
           are
           in
           the
           Mines
           of
           precious
           Metals
           ,
           the
           veins
           of
           Marble
           hidden
           in
           its
           bosom
           .
           True
           Grace
           appears
           in
           sensible
           Actions
           ,
           
             but
             its
             Glory
             is
             within
          
           .
           The
           sincerity
           of
           Aims
           ,
           the
           purity
           of
           Affections
           ,
           the
           impresses
           of
           the
           Spirit
           on
           the
           Heart
           ,
           the
           interiour
           beauties
           of
           Holiness
           ,
           are
           only
           seen
           by
           God.
           Besides
           ,
           such
           is
           the
           humility
           of
           eminent
           Saints
           ,
           that
           the
           more
           they
           abound
           in
           spiritual
           treasures
           ,
           the
           less
           they
           show
           .
           As
           the
           Heavenly
           Bodies
           when
           in
           nearest
           conjunction
           with
           the
           Sun
           ,
           and
           fullest
           of
           light
           ,
           make
           the
           least
           appearance
           to
           our
           sight
           .
           But
           all
           their
           Excellencies
           shall
           then
           be
           in
           view
           .
           
             The
             Glory
             of
             God
             shall
             be
             revealed
             in
             them
             .
          
           And
           how
           attractive
           is
           the
           Divine
           Likeness
           to
           an
           
           holy
           Eye
           ?
           How
           will
           it
           ravish
           the
           Saints
           to
           behold
           an
           immortal
           Loveliness
           shining
           in
           one
           another
           ?
           Their
           Love
           is
           mutual
           and
           reflexive
           ,
           proportionable
           to
           the
           cause
           of
           it
           .
           An
           equal
           constant
           Flame
           is
           preserv'd
           by
           pure
           Materials
           .
           Every
           one
           is
           perfectly
           amiable
           ,
           and
           perfectly
           enamour'd
           with
           all
           .
           Now
           can
           we
           frame
           a
           fuller
           conception
           of
           Happiness
           ,
           than
           such
           a
           State
           of
           Love
           ,
           wherein
           whatever
           is
           pleasant
           in
           Friendship
           is
           in
           perfection
           ,
           and
           whatever
           is
           distastful
           by
           Mens
           folly
           and
           weakness
           is
           abolish'd
           ?
           The
           Psalmist
           breaks
           out
           in
           a
           Rapture
           ,
           
             Behold
             ●…ow
             good
             and
             pleasant
             it
             is
             for
             Brethren
             to
             dwell
             together
             in
             Unity
             !
          
           Love
           is
           the
           Beauty
           ▪
           and
           Strength
           of
           Societies
           ,
           the
           Pleasure
           of
           Life
           .
           How
           excellent
           is
           the
           Joy
           of
           the
           Blessed
           ,
           when
           the
           Prayer
           of
           Christ
           shall
           be
           accomplish'd
           ,
           that
           they
           all
           may
           be
           
             one
             ;
             as
             thou
             Father
             art
             in
             me
             ,
             and
             I
             in
             thee
             ,
             that
             they
             also
             may
             be
             one
             in
             us
             .
          
           God
           is
           absolutely
           One
           in
           his
           glorious
           Nature
           and
           Will
           ,
           and
           therefore
           unalterably
           happy
           ;
           And
           their
           inviolable
           Union
           in
           Love
           ,
           is
           a
           Ray
           of
           the
           Essential
           Unity
           between
           the
           sacred
           Persons
           .
           There
           are
           no
           Divisions
           of
           Heart
           and
           Tongues
           ,
           as
           in
           this
           Babel
           ;
           but
           the
           most
           perfect
           and
           sweetest
           Concord
           ,
           an
           Eternal
           Agreement
           in
           Tempers
           and
           Inclinations
           .
           There
           are
           no
           envious
           Comparisons
           ,
           for
           Love
           that
           affectively
           transforms
           one
           into
           another
           ,
           causes
           the
           Glory
           of
           every
           
           Saint
           to
           redound
           to
           the
           Joy
           of
           all
           .
           Every
           one
           takes
           his
           share
           in
           the
           Felicity
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           adds
           to
           it
           .
           Such
           is
           the
           power
           of
           that
           Celestial
           Fire
           wherein
           they
           all
           burn
           ,
           that
           it
           melts
           and
           mixes
           Souls
           in
           such
           an
           entire
           Union
           ,
           that
           by
           Complacence
           and
           an
           intimate
           Joy
           ,
           the
           Blessedness
           of
           all
           is
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           proper
           to
           every
           one
           ;
           as
           if
           every
           one
           were
           plac'd
           in
           the
           Hearts
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           all
           in
           the
           Heart
           of
           every
           one
           .
           If
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           the
           first
           born
           Christians
           in
           the
           earthly
           Jerusalem
           ,
           the
           Band
           of
           Charity
           was
           so
           strict
           that
           't
           is
           said
           ,
           the
           
             Multitude
             of
             Believers
             were
             of
             one
             Heart
             ,
             and
             one
             Soul
          
           ;
           How
           much
           more
           intimate
           and
           inseparable
           is
           the
           Union
           of
           the
           Saints
           in
           Jerusalem
           above
           ,
           where
           every
           one
           loves
           another
           as
           himself
           ?
           'T
           is
           recorded
           of
           Alexander
           ,
           that
           entring
           with
           Haephestion
           his
           Favourite
           ,
           into
           the
           Pavilion
           of
           Darius
           his
           Mother
           ,
           then
           his
           Prisoner
           ,
           she
           bowed
           to
           the
           Favourite
           ,
           as
           having
           a
           greater
           appearance
           of
           Majesty
           ,
           thinking
           him
           to
           be
           Alexander
           :
           but
           advised
           of
           her
           Errour
           ,
           she
           humbly
           begg'd
           his
           Pardon
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           generous
           King
           replied
           ,
           
           
             You
             did
             not
             err
             Mother
             ,
             this
             is
             also
             Alexander
             :
          
           Such
           was
           their
           Affection
           ,
           that
           whoever
           was
           taken
           of
           them
           ,
           the
           other
           was
           taken
           in
           him
           ;
           the
           less
           ascending
           in
           the
           greater
           ,
           without
           degrading
           the
           greater
           in
           the
           less
           .
           This
           is
           a
           Copy
           of
           the
           holy
           Love
           of
           the
           Blessed
           ;
           but
           with
           the
           same
           difference
           ,
           as
           between
           the
           Description
           
           of
           a
           Star
           with
           a
           Coal
           ,
           and
           its
           Beauty
           in
           its
           proper
           Aspect
           .
           And
           where
           all
           is
           Love
           ,
           all
           is
           Delight
           .
           O
           how
           do
           they
           enjoy
           and
           triumph
           in
           the
           Happiness
           of
           one
           another
           ?
           With
           what
           an
           unimaginable
           tenderness
           do
           they
           embrace
           ?
           What
           Reciprocations
           of
           Endearments
           are
           between
           them
           ?
           O
           their
           ravishing
           Conversation
           ,
           and
           sweet
           Entercourse
           !
           for
           their
           Presence
           together
           in
           Heaven
           is
           not
           a
           silent
           Show
           .
           In
           the
           Transfiguration
           ,
           Moses
           and
           Elias
           talk't
           with
           Christ.
           With
           what
           excellent
           discourses
           do
           they
           entertain
           one
           another
           ?
           If
           David
           felt
           such
           inward
           pleasure
           from
           the
           sence
           of
           God's
           favours
           ,
           that
           he
           could
           not
           restrain
           the
           expression
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           invites
           the
           Saints
           ,
           
             Come
             and
             hear
             ,
             all
             ye
             that
             fear
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             tell
             you
             what
             he
             has
             done
             for
             my
             Soul.
          
           Certainly
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           the
           blessed
           with
           overflowing
           affections
           recount
           the
           Divine
           Benefits
           ,
           the
           admirable
           Methods
           ,
           whereby
           the
           Life
           of
           Grace
           was
           begun
           ,
           preserv'd
           and
           carried
           on
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           Temptations
           ;
           the
           continual
           Succession
           of
           Mercies
           in
           the
           time
           of
           their
           Hopes
           ,
           and
           the
           Consummation
           of
           all
           in
           the
           time
           of
           their
           Enjoyment
           .
           How
           joyfully
           do
           they
           concur
           in
           their
           thanksgivings
           to
           God
           for
           the
           goodness
           of
           Creation
           ,
           in
           making
           them
           reasonable
           Creatures
           ,
           capable
           to
           know
           ,
           love
           and
           enjoy
           Him
           ,
           when
           they
           might
           have
           been
           of
           the
           lowest
           Order
           in
           the
           whole
           sphere
           of
           Beings
           ;
           for
           
           his
           compassionate
           care
           and
           providence
           over
           them
           in
           this
           World.
           But
           especially
           for
           his
           sovereign
           Mercy
           in
           electing
           them
           to
           be
           vessels
           of
           honour
           ;
           for
           his
           powerful
           Grace
           ,
           in
           rescuing
           them
           from
           the
           cruel
           and
           ignominious
           bondage
           of
           Sin
           ;
           for
           his
           most
           free
           Love
           ,
           that
           justified
           them
           from
           all
           their
           guilt
           by
           the
           Death
           of
           his
           only
           Son
           ,
           and
           glorified
           them
           with
           himself
           .
           They
           are
           never
           weary
           in
           this
           delightful
           exercise
           ,
           but
           continually
           bless
           him
           for
           his
           Mercy
           that
           endures
           for
           ever
           .
           We
           may
           judge
           by
           the
           Saints
           here
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           in
           a
           fit
           disposition
           to
           praise
           God
           ,
           what
           fervours
           they
           feel
           in
           their
           united
           Praises
           of
           him
           in
           Heaven
           .
           The
           Psalmist
           in
           an
           Extasie
           calls
           to
           all
           the
           parts
           of
           the
           World
           to
           joyn
           with
           him
           ;
           
             The
             Lord
             reigns
             ,
             let
             the
             Heavens
             rejoyce
             ,
             and
             the
             Earth
             be
             glad
             ;
             let
             the
             Sea
             roar
             ,
             let
             the
             Fields
             be
             joyful
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             dwell
             therein
             .
          
           He
           desires
           that
           Nature
           should
           be
           elevated
           above
           it self
           ,
           that
           the
           dead
           parts
           be
           inspir'd
           with
           Life
           ,
           the
           insensible
           feel
           Motions
           of
           Joy
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           want
           a
           Voice
           break
           forth
           in
           praises
           ,
           to
           adorn
           the
           Divine
           Triumph
           .
           With
           what
           Life
           and
           Alacrity
           will
           the
           Saints
           in
           their
           blessed
           Communion
           celebrate
           the
           Object
           of
           their
           Love
           and
           Praises
           ?
           The
           Seraphims
           about
           the
           Throne
           
             cryed
             to
             one
             another
          
           ,
           to
           express
           their
           Zeal
           and
           Joy
           ,
           in
           celebrating
           his
           Eternal
           Purity
           and
           Power
           ,
           and
           the
           Glory
           of
           his
           Goodness
           .
           
           O
           the
           unspeakable
           Pleasure
           of
           this
           Concert
           !
           when
           every
           Soul
           is
           harmonious
           ,
           and
           contributes
           his
           part
           to
           the
           full
           Musick
           of
           Heaven
           .
           O
           could
           we
           hear
           but
           some
           Eccho
           of
           those
           Songs
           wherewith
           the
           Heaven
           of
           Heavens
           resounds
           ,
           some
           remaines
           of
           those
           Voices
           wherewith
           the
           Saints
           above
           
             triumph
             in
             the
             Praises
          
           ,
           in
           the
           solemn
           Adoration
           of
           the
           King
           of
           Spirits
           ,
           how
           would
           it
           inflame
           our
           desires
           to
           be
           joyn'd
           with
           them
           ?
           
             Blessed
             are
             those
             that
             are
             in
             thy
             House
             ,
             they
             always
             praise
             thee
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           fulness
           of
           Joy
           in
           Heaven
           is
           undecaying
           ;
           for
           the
           causes
           of
           it
           are
           always
           equal
           .
           And
           those
           are
           the
           Beatifick
           Object
           reveal'd
           ,
           and
           the
           uninterrupted
           Contemplation
           of
           it
           .
           Whilest
           we
           are
           here
           below
           ,
           the
           Sun
           of
           Righteousness
           ,
           as
           to
           our
           perception
           and
           sence
           ,
           has
           ascensions
           and
           declinations
           ,
           accesses
           and
           recesses
           .
           And
           our
           Earth
           is
           not
           so
           purified
           ,
           but
           some
           Vapours
           arise
           that
           intercept
           his
           chearful
           refreshing
           Light.
           From
           hence
           there
           are
           alternate
           successions
           of
           Spiritual
           Comforts
           and
           Sorrows
           ,
           of
           Doubts
           and
           filial
           Confidence
           in
           the
           Saints
           .
           'T
           is
           a
           rare
           favour
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           when
           an
           humble
           Believer
           in
           his
           whole
           course
           is
           so
           circumspect
           as
           not
           to
           provoke
           God
           to
           appear
           displeased
           against
           him
           :
           When
           a
           Christian
           (
           as
           those
           tutelar
           Angels
           spoken
           of
           in
           the
           Gospel
           )
           always
           beholds
           the
           face
           of
           his
           Heavenly
           Father
           ,
           and
           converses
           with
           
           him
           with
           an
           holy
           Liberty
           .
           And
           what
           a
           torment
           the
           
             hiding
             of
             God's
             Face
          
           is
           to
           a
           deserted
           Soul
           ,
           only
           they
           know
           who
           feel
           it
           .
           External
           troubles
           are
           many
           times
           attended
           with
           more
           Consolations
           to
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           than
           Afflictions
           to
           Sense
           ;
           but
           to
           love
           God
           with
           a
           transcendent
           Affection
           ,
           and
           to
           fear
           he
           is
           our
           Enemy
           ,
           no
           Punishment
           exceeds
           ,
           or
           is
           equal
           to
           it
           .
           As
           his
           Loving-kindness
           in
           their
           esteem
           is
           better
           than
           Life
           ,
           so
           his
           Displeasure
           is
           worse
           than
           Death
           .
           How
           do
           they
           wrestle
           with
           God
           by
           Prayers
           and
           Tears
           ,
           and
           offer
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           a
           holy
           Violence
           to
           the
           King
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           to
           recover
           their
           first
           serenity
           of
           Mind
           ,
           the
           lost
           Peace
           of
           Heart
           ?
           How
           passionately
           do
           they
           cry
           out
           ,
           with
           Job
           ,
           in
           the
           Book
           of
           his
           Patience
           ,
           
           
             O
             that
             I
             were
             as
             in
             months
             past
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             days
             when
             God
             preserved
             me
             :
             when
             his
             Candle
             shin'd
             upon
             my
             head
             ,
             and
             when
             by
             his
             Light
             I
             walk'd
             through
             darkness
             :
             As
             I
             was
             in
             the
             days
             of
             my
             youth
             ,
             when
             the
             Secret
             of
             God
             was
             upon
             my
             Tabernacle
             .
          
           And
           sometimes
           God
           delays
           the
           revealing
           himself
           even
           to
           his
           dearest
           Children
           ;
           not
           that
           he
           does
           not
           see
           their
           Necessities
           ,
           and
           hears
           their
           Prayers
           ,
           or
           is
           so
           hard
           that
           till
           their
           Extremities
           he
           is
           not
           moved
           with
           Compassion
           ,
           but
           for
           wise
           and
           holy
           Reasons
           ;
           Either
           
             that
             they
             may
             not
             return
             to
             folly
             ,
          
           if
           by
           any
           presumptuous
           Sin
           they
           forfeited
           their
           Peace
           ;
           or
           if
           they
           have
           been
           careful
           to
           please
           him
           ,
           yet
           he
           may
           deprive
           them
           of
           
           Spiritual
           Comforts
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           to
           keep
           them
           humble
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           an
           obedient
           resignation
           to
           his
           Sovereign
           Pleasure
           they
           may
           wait
           for
           his
           reviving
           Presence
           .
           And
           then
           Joy
           returns
           greater
           than
           before
           .
           For
           thus
           God
           usually
           renders
           with
           interest
           what
           he
           suspended
           only
           for
           tryal
           .
           But
           the
           Saints
           above
           are
           for
           ever
           enlightned
           with
           the
           vital
           splendor
           ,
           and
           dear
           regards
           of
           his
           Countenance
           ,
           always
           enjoy
           his
           beamy
           smiles
           .
           A
           continual
           effusion
           of
           Glory
           illustrates
           Heaven
           and
           all
           its
           blessed
           Inhabitants
           .
        
         
           And
           their
           Contemplation
           of
           God
           is
           fixed
           .
           If
           the
           Object
           ,
           though
           extraordinary
           glorious
           ,
           were
           transient
           ,
           or
           the
           Eye
           so
           weak
           that
           it
           could
           only
           see
           it
           but
           by
           glances
           ,
           the
           heighth
           of
           Joy
           would
           not
           be
           perpetual
           .
           But
           the
           mind
           is
           prepar'd
           with
           supernatural
           vigour
           ,
           to
           see
           the
           brightness
           of
           God's
           face
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           most
           attentive
           application
           always
           converses
           with
           that
           blessed
           Object
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Joy
           of
           Heaven
           is
           never
           intermitted
           for
           a
           moment
           .
           They
           always
           see
           ,
           and
           love
           ,
           and
           rejoyce
           ,
           and
           praise
           him
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           possible
           a
           carnal
           suspition
           may
           arise
           in
           some
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           uniform
           perpetual
           vision
           of
           the
           same
           Glory
           might
           lose
           its
           perfect
           delightfulness
           .
           For
           those
           who
           seek
           for
           happiness
           in
           the
           vanity
           of
           the
           Creatures
           ,
           are
           always
           desirous
           of
           change
           ,
           and
           have
           their
           Judgments
           so
           corrupted
           ,
           
           that
           while
           they
           languish
           with
           a
           secret
           desire
           after
           an
           unchangeable
           Good
           ,
           yet
           they
           conceive
           no
           good
           as
           desirable
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           changed
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           correct
           this
           gross
           errour
           of
           Fancy
           ,
           let
           us
           a
           little
           enquire
           into
           the
           causes
           of
           Dissatisfaction
           ,
           that
           make
           the
           constant
           fruition
           of
           the
           same
           thing
           here
           to
           be
           tedious
           .
        
         
           Sensible
           things
           are
           of
           such
           a
           limited
           Goodness
           ,
           that
           not
           any
           of
           them
           can
           supply
           all
           our
           present
           wants
           ,
           so
           that
           't
           is
           necessary
           to
           leave
           one
           for
           another
           .
           And
           the
           most
           of
           them
           are
           Remedies
           of
           our
           diseased
           Appetites
           ,
           and
           if
           not
           temperately
           used
           are
           destructive
           Evils
           .
           Eating
           and
           Drinking
           are
           to
           extinguish
           Hunger
           and
           Thirst
           ,
           but
           continued
           beyond
           just
           measure
           become
           nauseous
           .
           Besides
           ,
           the
           Insufficiency
           of
           their
           Objects
           ,
           the
           Senses
           themselves
           cannot
           be
           satisfied
           all
           at
           once
           .
           The
           Ear
           cannot
           attend
           to
           delightful
           Sounds
           ,
           and
           the
           Eye
           be
           intent
           on
           beautiful
           Colours
           at
           the
           same
           time
           :
           the
           Satisfaction
           of
           one
           Sense
           defeats
           another
           of
           enjoying
           its
           proper
           good
           ;
           therefore
           the
           same
           Object
           is
           not
           constantly
           pleasant
           ,
           but
           the
           Heart
           is
           distemper'd
           from
           as
           many
           Causes
           ,
           as
           there
           are
           desires
           unaccomplish'd
           .
           Add
           further
           ,
           all
           things
           under
           the
           Sun
           afford
           onely
           a
           superficial
           delight
           ,
           and
           miserably
           deceive
           the
           Expectations
           raised
           of
           them
           :
           and
           many
           times
           there
           is
           a
           mixture
           of
           some
           evil
           in
           them
           ,
           that
           
           is
           more
           offensive
           ,
           than
           the
           good
           is
           delightful
           .
           The
           Honey
           is
           attended
           with
           a
           Sting
           ,
           so
           that
           often
           those
           very
           things
           we
           sigh
           after
           through
           vehement
           desire
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           obtain'd
           ,
           we
           sigh
           for
           grief
           .
           Now
           all
           these
           Causes
           of
           dissatisfaction
           cease
           in
           Heaven
           ;
           for
           *
           God
           is
           an
           infinite
           Good
           ,
           and
           whatever
           is
           truly
           desirable
           and
           precious
           ,
           is
           in
           Him
           in
           all
           degrees
           of
           Perfection
           .
           And
           in
           his
           Presence
           all
           the
           Powers
           of
           the
           Soul
           are
           drawn
           out
           in
           their
           most
           pleasant
           exercise
           ,
           and
           alwayes
           enjoy
           their
           entire
           happiness
           .
           The
           fruition
           of
           him
           exceeds
           our
           most
           raised
           hopes
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           he
           is
           more
           glorious
           in
           Himself
           than
           in
           any
           borrowed
           Representations
           .
           God
           will
           be
           to
           us
           incomparably
           
             above
             what
             we
             can
             ask
             or
             think
             .
          
           The
           compass
           of
           our
           thoughts
           ,
           the
           depth
           of
           our
           desires
           are
           imperfect
           measures
           of
           his
           Perfections
           .
           And
           as
           he
           is
           a
           
             Pure
             Good
          
           in
           Himself
           ,
           so
           he
           is
           prevalent
           over
           all
           Evil.
           'T
           is
           evident
           therefore
           that
           nothing
           can
           allay
           the
           Joys
           of
           Saints
           when
           they
           are
           in
           God's
           presence
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Novelty
           is
           not
           requisite
           to
           ingratiate
           every
           Good
           ,
           and
           make
           it
           perfectly
           delightful
           .
           ‖
           God
           is
           infinitely
           happy
           ,
           to
           whom
           no
           Good
           was
           ever
           new
           .
           'T
           is
           indeed
           the
           sauce
           that
           gives
           a
           delicious
           taste
           to
           inferiour
           things
           .
           For
           Men
           relish
           only
           what
           is
           eminent
           ;
           and
           the
           good
           things
           of
           this
           World
           are
           
           so
           truly
           mean
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           feign
           to
           borrow
           a
           shew
           of
           Greatness
           by
           comparison
           with
           a
           worse
           estate
           preceding
           .
           But
           an
           infinite
           Good
           produces
           always
           the
           same
           pure
           equal
           compleat
           Joy
           ,
           because
           it
           arises
           from
           its
           intrinsick
           perfection
           ,
           that
           wants
           no
           Foil
           to
           commend
           it
           .
           The
           Psalmist
           breaks
           forth
           ,
           
             Whom
             have
             I
             in
             Heaven
             but
             Thee
             ?
          
           This
           is
           no
           vanishing
           Rapture
           ,
           but
           a
           constant
           joyful
           height
           of
           Affection
           .
           God
           ,
           the
           essential
           happiness
           of
           the
           Saints
           ,
           is
           always
           perfectly
           lovely
           and
           delightful
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           glorified
           Saints
           in
           every
           period
           of
           their
           happy
           state
           ,
           have
           as
           lively
           a
           perception
           of
           it
           as
           in
           the
           beginning
           .
           To
           make
           this
           evident
           ,
           we
           must
           consider
           that
           the
           pleasure
           of
           Novelty
           springs
           from
           a
           quick
           sense
           of
           the
           opposite
           terms
           ,
           between
           our
           condition
           in
           the
           want
           of
           some
           desired
           Good
           ,
           and
           after
           our
           obtaining
           it
           .
           Now
           the
           Mind
           is
           more
           intense
           on
           the
           advantage
           ,
           and
           more
           strongly
           affected
           at
           first
           .
           One
           newly
           freed
           from
           the
           torments
           of
           a
           sharp
           disease
           ,
           feels
           a
           greater
           pleasure
           than
           from
           a
           constant
           tenour
           of
           health
           .
           Those
           who
           are
           rais'd
           from
           a
           low
           state
           to
           eminent
           Dignity
           ,
           are
           transported
           with
           their
           first
           change
           ,
           but
           in
           tract
           of
           time
           the
           remembrance
           of
           their
           mean
           condition
           is
           so
           weakned
           and
           spent
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           like
           the
           shadow
           of
           a
           Dream
           ,
           and
           proportionably
           their
           Joy
           is
           lessened
           .
           Honours
           like
           Perfumes
           ,
           by
           custom
           are
           less
           sensible
           
           to
           those
           that
           carry
           them
           .
           But
           the
           Saints
           above
           always
           consider
           and
           feel
           the
           excellent
           difference
           between
           their
           suffering
           and
           triumphant
           state
           .
           They
           never
           lose
           that
           ravishing
           part
           of
           felicity
           ,
           the
           vivid
           sence
           of
           past
           evils
           .
           Their
           reflections
           are
           always
           as
           strong
           on
           the
           Misery
           from
           whence
           they
           were
           rais'd
           to
           the
           pitch
           of
           Happiness
           ,
           as
           in
           their
           first
           glorious
           Translation
           .
           In
           what
           an
           Extasy
           of
           wonder
           and
           pleasure
           will
           they
           be
           ,
           from
           the
           fresh
           memory
           of
           what
           they
           were
           ,
           and
           the
           joyful
           sence
           of
           what
           they
           are
           ?
           
             I
             was
          
           (
           says
           the
           admiring
           Soul
           ▪
           )
           
             poor
             ,
             blind
             ,
             and
             naked
          
           ;
           but
           O
           miraculous
           and
           happy
           Alteration
           !
           I
           am
           full
           of
           Light
           ,
           enrich'd
           with
           the
           Treasures
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           adorn'd
           with
           Divine
           Glory
           .
           I
           was
           under
           the
           tyrannous
           power
           of
           Satan
           ,
           
             but
             he
             is
             bruised
             under
             my
             feet
             .
          
           I
           was
           sentenc'd
           to
           an
           everlasting
           separation
           from
           the
           Presence
           of
           God
           ,
           my
           only
           Life
           and
           Joy
           ;
           but
           now
           am
           possest
           of
           my
           supream
           Good.
           '
           O
           how
           transporting
           is
           the
           comparison
           of
           these
           wide
           and
           contrary
           extreams
           ?
           How
           beautiful
           and
           pleasant
           is
           the
           Day
           of
           Eternity
           ,
           after
           such
           a
           dark
           tempestuous
           Night
           ?
           How
           does
           the
           remembrance
           of
           such
           Evils
           produce
           a
           more
           lively
           and
           feeling
           fruition
           of
           such
           happiness
           ?
           How
           strangely
           and
           mightily
           does
           
             Salvation
             with
             Eternal
             Glory
             affect
             the
             Soul
             ?
          
           This
           gives
           a
           spritely
           accent
           to
           their
           everlasting
           Hallelujahs
           .
           This
           preserves
           an
           affectionate
           
           heat
           in
           their
           Thanksgivings
           to
           their
           Victorious
           Deliverer
           .
           And
           thus
           their
           happiness
           is
           always
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           always
           new
           .
           Their
           pleasure
           is
           continued
           in
           its
           perfection
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ;
           The
           Blessedness
           of
           the
           Saints
           is
           without
           end
           .
           This
           makes
           Heaven
           to
           be
           it self
           .
           There
           is
           no
           satiety
           of
           the
           present
           ,
           no
           sollicitude
           for
           the
           future
           .
           Were
           there
           a
           possibility
           ,
           or
           the
           least
           suspicion
           of
           losing
           that
           happy
           state
           ,
           it
           would
           cast
           an
           aspersion
           of
           bitterness
           upon
           all
           their
           delights
           :
           they
           could
           not
           enjoy
           one
           moments
           repose
           ;
           but
           the
           more
           excellent
           their
           Happiness
           is
           ,
           the
           more
           stinging
           would
           their
           fear
           be
           of
           parting
           with
           it
           .
           
             But
             the
             Inheritance
             reserved
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             is
             immortal
             ,
             undefiled
             ,
             and
             fades
             not
             away
             .
          
           And
           the
           tenure
           of
           their
           Possession
           is
           infinitely
           firm
           by
           the
           Divine
           Power
           ,
           the
           true
           Support
           of
           their
           everlasting
           Duration
           .
           
             With
             God
             is
             the
             Fountain
             of
             Life
             .
          
           They
           enjoy
           a
           better
           Immortality
           ,
           than
           the
           Tree
           of
           Life
           could
           have
           preserved
           in
           Adam
           .
           The
           Revolutions
           of
           the
           Heavens
           ,
           and
           Ages
           ,
           are
           under
           their
           Feet
           ,
           and
           cannot
           in
           the
           least
           alter
           or
           determine
           their
           Happiness
           .
           After
           the
           passing
           of
           millions
           of
           Years
           ,
           still
           an
           entire
           Eternity
           remains
           of
           their
           enjoying
           God.
           O
           most
           desirable
           State
           !
           where
           Blessedness
           and
           Eternity
           are
           inseparably
           united
           .
           O
           joyful
           Harmony
           !
           when
           the
           full
           Chorus
           of
           Heaven
           shall
           sing
           ,
           
             This
             God
             is
             our
             God
             
             for
             ever
             and
             ever
          
           This
           adds
           an
           infinite
           weight
           to
           their
           Glory
           .
           This
           redoubles
           their
           unspeakable
           Joys
           with
           infinite
           sweetness
           and
           security
           .
           They
           repose
           themselves
           in
           the
           compleat
           Fruition
           of
           their
           Happiness
           .
           God
           reigns
           in
           the
           Saints
           ,
           and
           they
           live
           in
           him
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           From
           what
           has
           been
           discoursed
           we
           should
           ,
        
         
           I.
           Consider
           the
           woful
           Folly
           of
           Men
           in
           refusing
           such
           a
           Happiness
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           admirable
           favour
           of
           God
           is
           offer'd
           to
           their
           choice
           .
           Can
           there
           be
           an
           Expectation
           ,
           or
           Desire
           ,
           or
           Capacity
           in
           Man
           ,
           of
           enjoying
           a
           Happiness
           beyond
           what
           is
           Infinite
           and
           Eternal
           ?
           O
           blind
           and
           wretched
           World
           !
           so
           careless
           of
           everlasting
           felicity
           .
           Who
           can
           behold
           ,
           without
           compassion
           and
           indignation
           ,
           Men
           vainly
           seek
           for
           happiness
           where
           't
           is
           not
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           and
           after
           innumerable
           disappointments
           fly
           at
           an
           Impossibility
           ,
           and
           neglect
           their
           sovereign
           and
           final
           Blessedness
           ?
           Astonishing
           Madness
           !
           that
           God
           and
           Heaven
           should
           be
           despised
           in
           comparison
           of
           painted
           Trifles
           .
           This
           adds
           the
           greatest
           Contumely
           to
           their
           Impiety
           .
           What
           powerful
           Charm
           obstructs
           their
           true
           judging
           of
           things
           ?
           What
           Spirit
           of
           Errour
           possesses
           them
           ?
           Alas
           ,
           
             Eternal
             Things
             are
             unseen
          
           ,
           not
           of
           conspicuous
           moment
           ,
           and
           therefore
           in
           the
           carnal
           Ballance
           are
           esteemed
           light
           ,
           against
           temporal
           things
           present
           to
           the
           Sense
           .
           
             It
             does
             not
             appear
             
             what
             we
             shall
             be
             :
          
           The
           Vail
           of
           the
           visible
           Heavens
           covers
           the
           Sanctuary
           ,
           where
           JESUS
           our
           High-Priest
           is
           entred
           ,
           and
           stops
           the
           enquiring
           Eye
           .
        
         
           But
           have
           we
           not
           assurance
           by
           the
           most
           infallible
           Principles
           of
           Faith
           ,
           that
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           came
           down
           from
           Heaven
           to
           live
           with
           us
           ,
           and
           dye
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           rose
           again
           to
           confirm
           our
           Belief
           
             in
             his
             exceeding
             great
             and
             precious
             Promises
          
           concerning
           this
           happiness
           in
           the
           future
           state
           ?
           And
           do
           not
           the
           most
           evident
           Principles
           of
           Reason
           and
           Universal
           Experience
           prove
           ,
           that
           this
           World
           cannot
           afford
           true
           Happiness
           to
           us
           ?
           How
           wretchedly
           do
           we
           forfeit
           the
           Prerogative
           of
           the
           Reasonable
           Nature
           by
           neglecting
           our
           last
           and
           blessed
           End
           ?
           If
           the
           Mind
           be
           darkned
           ,
           that
           it
           does
           not
           see
           the
           amiable
           Excellencies
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Will
           so
           depraved
           that
           it
           does
           not
           feel
           their
           ravishing
           power
           ;
           the
           Man
           ceases
           to
           be
           a
           Man
           ,
           and
           becomes
           like
           the
           Beasts
           that
           perish
           .
           As
           a
           blind
           Eye
           is
           no
           longer
           an
           Eye
           ,
           being
           absolutely
           useless
           to
           that
           end
           for
           which
           it
           was
           made
           .
           And
           though
           in
           this
           present
           state
           Men
           are
           stupid
           and
           unconcern'd
           ,
           yet
           hereafter
           their
           Misery
           will
           awaken
           them
           ,
           to
           discover
           what
           is
           that
           Supream
           Good
           wherein
           their
           Perfection
           and
           Felicity
           consists
           .
           When
           their
           folly
           shall
           be
           exposed
           before
           God
           ,
           Angels
           ,
           and
           Saints
           ,
           in
           what
           extream
           confusion
           will
           they
           appear
           before
           that
           glorious
           and
           immense
           
           Theatre
           ?
           Our
           Saviour
           told
           the
           unbelieving
           
             Jews
             ,
             There
             shall
             be
             weeping
             ,
             and
             gnashing
             of
             teeth
             ,
             when
             ye
             shall
             see
          
           Abraham
           ,
           and
           Isaac
           ,
           and
           Jacob
           ,
           
             and
             all
             the
             Prophets
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             you
             your selves
             turn'd
             out
             .
          
           They
           shall
           be
           tortur'd
           with
           the
           desire
           of
           Happiness
           without
           possible
           satisfaction
           .
           'T
           is
           most
           just
           that
           those
           who
           err
           without
           excuse
           ,
           should
           repent
           without
           remedy
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Let
           us
           be
           excited
           seriously
           to
           apply
           our selves
           in
           the
           use
           of
           effectual
           means
           for
           the
           obtaining
           this
           Happiness
           .
           Indeed
           the
           original
           cause
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           the
           pure
           rich
           Mercy
           of
           God
           ;
           the
           meritorious
           ,
           is
           the
           most
           precious
           obedience
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           by
           whom
           we
           obtain
           
             plenteous
             Redemption
          
           .
           His
           Abasement
           is
           the
           cause
           of
           our
           Exaltation
           .
           The
           Wounds
           he
           received
           in
           his
           Body
           ,
           the
           characters
           of
           Ignominy
           ,
           and
           footsteps
           of
           Death
           ,
           are
           the
           Fountains
           of
           our
           Glory
           .
           
             Eternal
             Life
             is
             the
             gift
             of
             God
             through
             Jesus
             Christ
             our
             Lord.
          
           But
           the
           Gospel
           declares
           ,
           
             that
             without
             Holiness
             no
             Man
             shall
             see
             God.
          
           An
           holy
           change
           of
           our
           Natures
           ,
           and
           perseverance
           in
           the
           course
           of
           universal
           obedience
           ,
           are
           indispensibly
           requisite
           in
           order
           to
           our
           obtaining
           Heaven
           .
           
             Those
             who
             by
             patient
             continuance
             in
             well-doing
             ,
             seek
             for
             Glory
             ,
             Honour
             ,
             and
             Immortality
             ,
             shall
             partake
             of
             Eternal
             Life
             .
          
           Now
           were
           there
           no
           other
           reason
           of
           this
           Constitution
           ,
           but
           the
           sovereign
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           it
           were
           sufficient
           .
           But
           
           the
           Foundation
           of
           it
           is
           laid
           in
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           Things
           themselves
           .
           Therefore
           our
           Saviour
           does
           not
           simply
           declare
           ,
           that
           an
           unregenerate
           Person
           shal
           not
           
             see
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God
          
           ,
           but
           with
           the
           greatest
           emphasis
           cannot
           ,
           to
           signify
           an
           absolute
           impossibility
           of
           it
           .
           Besides
           the
           Legal
           Bar
           that
           excludes
           unsanctified
           Persons
           from
           the
           beatifick
           vision
           of
           God
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           moral
           incapacity
           .
           Suppose
           that
           Justice
           should
           allow
           Omnipotence
           to
           translate
           such
           a
           sinner
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           would
           the
           Place
           make
           him
           happy
           ?
           Can
           two
           incongruous
           Natures
           delight
           in
           one
           another
           ?
           The
           happiness
           of
           Sense
           is
           by
           an
           impression
           of
           Pleasure
           from
           a
           suitable
           Object
           :
           The
           happiness
           of
           intellectual
           Beings
           arises
           from
           an
           entire
           conformity
           of
           dispositions
           .
           So
           that
           unless
           God
           recede
           from
           his
           Holiness
           ,
           which
           is
           absolutely
           impossible
           ,
           or
           Man
           be
           purified
           ,
           and
           changed
           into
           his
           likeness
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           no
           sweet
           Communion
           between
           them
           .
           Our
           Saviour
           assigns
           this
           Reason
           of
           the
           necessity
           of
           Regeneration
           in
           order
           to
           our
           admission
           into
           Heaven
           :
           
             That
             which
             is
             born
             of
             the
             flesh
             ,
             is
             flesh
             ;
             and
             that
             which
             is
             born
             of
             the
             spirit
             ,
             is
             spirit
             .
          
           According
           to
           the
           quality
           of
           the
           Principle
           ,
           such
           is
           what
           proceeds
           from
           it
           .
           The
           Flesh
           is
           a
           corrupt
           Principle
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           the
           Natural
           Man
           is
           wholly
           carnal
           in
           his
           propensions
           ,
           operations
           ,
           and
           end
           .
           The
           Disease
           is
           turn'd
           into
           his
           Constitution
           .
           
           He
           is
           dead
           to
           the
           Spiritual
           Life
           ,
           to
           the
           actions
           and
           enjoyments
           that
           are
           proper
           to
           it
           :
           Nay
           ,
           there
           is
           in
           him
           a
           surviving
           Principle
           of
           Enmity
           to
           that
           Life
           :
           not
           only
           a
           mortal
           coldness
           to
           God
           ,
           but
           a
           stiff
           aversation
           from
           him
           ,
           a
           perpetual
           resistance
           and
           impatience
           of
           the
           Divine
           Presence
           ,
           that
           would
           disturb
           his
           voluptuous
           enjoyments
           .
           The
           Exercises
           of
           Heaven
           would
           be
           as
           the
           Torments
           of
           Hell
           to
           him
           ,
           while
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           those
           pure
           Joys
           his
           inward
           inclinations
           vehemently
           run
           into
           the
           lowest
           Lees
           of
           Sensuality
           .
           And
           therefore
           till
           this
           contrariety
           ,
           so
           deep
           and
           predominant
           in
           an
           unholy
           Person
           ,
           be
           removed
           ,
           't
           is
           utterly
           impossible
           he
           should
           enjoy
           God
           with
           satisfaction
           .
           Holiness
           alone
           prepares
           Men
           for
           the
           possession
           of
           Celestial
           Happiness
           ,
           that
           is
           against
           the
           corruption
           ,
           and
           above
           the
           perfection
           of
           meer
           Nature
           .
           
             Let
             us
             then
             having
             such
             a
             Joy
             set
             before
             us
             ,
             lay
             aside
             every
             weight
             ,
             and
             the
             Sin
             which
             doth
             so
             easily
             beset
             us
             ,
             and
             run
             with
             patience
             the
             race
             that
             is
             set
             before
             us
             ,
             looking
             to
             Jesus
             the
             Author
             and
             finisher
             of
             our
             Faith.
          
           Methinks
           the
           sight
           of
           worldly
           Men
           ,
           so
           active
           and
           vigilant
           to
           prosecute
           their
           low
           designs
           ,
           should
           quicken
           us
           to
           seek
           with
           the
           greater
           diligence
           and
           alacrity
           the
           
             Kingdom
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             the
             Righteousness
             thereof
             .
          
           A
           carnal
           Wretch
           urged
           by
           the
           sting
           of
           a
           brutish
           desire
           ,
           with
           what
           impatience
           does
           he
           pursue
           
             the
             pleasure
             of
             Sin
             ,
             which
             
             is
             but
             for
             a
             season
             ?
          
           An
           Ambitious
           Person
           ,
           with
           what
           an
           intemperate
           heighth
           of
           Passion
           does
           he
           chase
           a
           Feather
           ?
           A
           Covetous
           Man
           ,
           how
           greedily
           does
           he
           prosecute
           the
           Advantages
           of
           the
           
             present
             World
             that
             passes
             away
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Lusts
           thereof
           ?
           Ah!
           how
           do
           they
           upbraid
           our
           indifferent
           desires
           ,
           our
           dull
           delays
           ,
           and
           cold
           endeavours
           ,
           when
           
             such
             an
             high
             Prize
          
           is
           set
           before
           us
           ?
           Who
           is
           able
           to
           conceive
           the
           excesse
           of
           Pleasure
           the
           Soul
           feels
           when
           it
           first
           enters
           through
           the
           beautiful
           Gate
           of
           Paradise
           ,
           and
           sees
           before
           it
           that
           incomprehensible
           Glory
           ,
           and
           hears
           a
           Voice
           from
           Him
           that
           sits
           upon
           the
           Throne
           ,
           
             Enter
             into
             thy
             Masters
             Joy
          
           ,
           for
           ever
           be
           happy
           with
           him
           ?
           The
           serious
           belief
           of
           this
           will
           draw
           forth
           all
           our
           active
           powers
           in
           the
           service
           of
           God.
           The
           feeding
           by
           lively
           thoughts
           on
           this
           supernatural
           food
           ,
           will
           add
           new
           vigor
           and
           lustre
           to
           our
           Graces
           ,
           and
           make
           our
           Victory
           easy
           over
           the
           World.
           If
           we
           believe
           indeed
           that
           our
           Bodies
           shall
           be
           spiritual
           ,
           and
           our
           Souls
           divine
           in
           their
           perfections
           ,
           it
           will
           make
           us
           resolute
           to
           subdue
           the
           Rebel
           Flesh
           ,
           and
           rescue
           the
           captiv'd
           Spirit
           from
           all
           Intanglements
           of
           Iniquity
           .
           
             Having
             the
             promise
             of
             such
             an
             excellent
             Reward
             ,
             let
             us
             always
             abound
             in
             the
             work
             of
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           lively
           hope
           of
           this
           Blessedness
           is
           powerful
           to
           support
           us
           under
           the
           greatest
           Troubles
           can
           befal
           us
           in
           this
           our
           mortal
           condition
           .
           Here
           we
           
           are
           tost
           upon
           the
           alternate
           waves
           of
           Time
           ,
           but
           hereafter
           we
           shall
           arrive
           at
           the
           Port
           ,
           the
           blessed
           Bosom
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           and
           enjoy
           a
           peaceful
           calm
           :
           
             and
             so
             we
             shall
             ever
             be
             with
             the
             Lord.
          
           Words
           of
           infinite
           sweetness
           !
           This
           is
           the
           Song
           of
           our
           Prosperity
           ,
           and
           Charm
           of
           our
           Adversity
           :
           
             We
             shall
             ever
             be
             with
             the
             Lord.
          
           Well
           might
           the
           Apostle
           add
           immediately
           after
           ,
           
             therefore
             comfort
             one
             another
             with
             these
             words
             .
          
        
         
           More
           particularly
           ,
           They
           are
           a
           Lenitive
           to
           moderate
           our
           Sorrows
           upon
           the
           Departure
           of
           our
           dearest
           Friends
           ,
           who
           dye
           in
           the
           Lord
           :
           for
           they
           ascend
           from
           this
           valley
           of
           Tears
           ,
           to
           the
           happy
           Land
           of
           the
           Living
           .
           What
           Father
           is
           so
           deserted
           of
           Reason
           ,
           as
           to
           bear
           impatiently
           the
           parting
           with
           his
           Son
           ,
           that
           goes
           over
           a
           narrow
           part
           of
           the
           Sea
           ,
           to
           a
           rich
           and
           pleasant
           Country
           ,
           and
           receive
           the
           investiture
           and
           peaceable
           possession
           of
           a
           Kingdom
           ?
           Nay
           ,
           by
           how
           much
           the
           Stronger
           his
           Love
           is
           ,
           so
           much
           the
           more
           transporting
           is
           his
           Joy
           :
           especially
           if
           he
           expects
           shortly
           to
           be
           with
           him
           ,
           to
           see
           him
           on
           the
           Throne
           ,
           in
           the
           state
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           and
           to
           partake
           of
           his
           happiness
           .
           If
           then
           it
           be
           impossible
           to
           Nature
           to
           be
           grieved
           ,
           at
           the
           felicity
           of
           one
           that
           is
           loved
           ;
           according
           to
           what
           principle
           of
           Nature
           or
           Faith
           do
           Believers
           so
           uncomfortably
           lament
           the
           Death
           of
           Friends
           ,
           of
           whom
           they
           have
           assurance
           
           that
           after
           their
           leaving
           our
           Earth
           ,
           they
           enter
           into
           an
           everlasting
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           receive
           a
           Crown
           of
           Glory
           from
           Christ
           himself
           ?
           Our
           Saviour
           tells
           the
           Disciples
           ,
           
             If
             ye
             loved
             me
             ,
             ye
             would
             rejoyce
             ,
             because
             I
             said
             I
             go
             to
             my
             Father
          
           ;
           to
           sit
           down
           at
           his
           right-hand
           in
           Majesty
           .
           A
           pure
           Affection
           directly
           terminates
           in
           the
           happiness
           and
           exaltation
           of
           the
           Person
           that
           is
           loved
           .
           I
           am
           not
           speaking
           against
           the
           exercise
           of
           tender
           Affections
           on
           the
           loss
           of
           our
           dear
           Friends
           ;
           and
           a
           pensive
           feeling
           of
           God's
           hand
           in
           it
           ;
           which
           is
           an
           natural
           and
           necessary
           duty
           .
           There
           is
           a
           great
           difference
           between
           Stupidity
           and
           Patience
           :
           but
           violent
           Passion
           ,
           or
           unremitting
           Sorrow
           is
           most
           unbecoming
           the
           
             blessed
             Hope
          
           assur'd
           to
           us
           in
           the
           Gospel
           .
        
         
           Chrysostom
           
             treating
             of
             this
             Argument
             ,
             and
             reflecting
             upon
             the
             custom
             of
             those
             Times
             ,
             wherein
             at
             Funeral
             Solemnities
             a
             train
             of
             Mourning
             Women
             attended
             the
             Corps
             ,
             tearing
             their
             Hair
             and
             Face
             ,
             and
             crying
             out
             with
             all
             the
             expressions
             of
             desperate
             Sorrow
             ,
             breaks
             forth
             ,
          
           Ah
           Christian
           Faith
           and
           Religion
           !
           that
           was
           triumphant
           over
           thine
           Enemies
           in
           so
           many
           Battels
           and
           Victories
           by
           the
           Blood
           and
           Death
           of
           the
           Martyrs
           ,
           how
           art
           thou
           contradicted
           by
           the
           practice
           of
           these
           who
           profess
           thee
           in
           words
           ?
           Is
           this
           not
           to
           be
           sorrowful
           as
           those
           that
           have
           no
           hope
           ?
           Are
           these
           the
           affections
           ,
           the
           expressions
           ,
           of
           one
           that
           believes
           the
           blessedness
           of
           Immortal
           Life
           ?
           What
           will
           the
           Heathens
           say
           ,
           how
           will
           they
           be
           induc'd
           
           to
           believe
           the
           Promises
           of
           Christ
           to
           his
           Servants
           of
           a
           glorious
           Kingdom
           ,
           when
           those
           who
           are
           so
           in
           title
           ,
           behave
           themselves
           as
           if
           they
           had
           no
           stedfast
           faith
           in
           them
           ?
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           hopes
           of
           this
           blessed
           state
           ,
           is
           able
           to
           free
           us
           from
           the
           fear
           of
           Death
           .
           This
           last
           Enemy
           gives
           an
           hot
           Alarm
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           both
           as
           it
           deprives
           them
           of
           all
           that
           is
           pleasant
           here
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           terrible
           consequences
           that
           attend
           it
           .
           To
           the
           eye
           of
           Sense
           ,
           a
           dead
           Body
           is
           a
           spectacle
           of
           fearful
           appearance
           .
           He
           that
           a
           little
           before
           heard
           and
           discours'd
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           chearful
           Air
           convers'd
           and
           enjoy'd
           the
           World
           ,
           now
           is
           dead
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           senses
           in
           him
           :
           the
           Eyes
           are
           dead
           to
           light
           ,
           and
           the
           Ears
           to
           sounds
           ,
           the
           Tongue
           to
           words
           ,
           and
           the
           Heart
           to
           feel
           any
           Affections
           ,
           and
           the
           Countenance
           to
           discover
           them
           :
           nothing
           remains
           but
           silence
           ,
           horrour
           ,
           and
           corruption
           .
           Besides
           ,
           
             after
             Death
             comes
             Judgment
          
           ,
           and
           a
           state
           of
           unrelenting
           Torments
           to
           the
           Wicked
           .
           But
           a
           true
           Believer
           that
           has
           been
           obedient
           to
           his
           Saviour
           ,
           sees
           things
           by
           another
           light
           than
           that
           of
           sense
           ,
           and
           has
           living
           hopes
           in
           his
           dying
           Agonies
           .
           He
           knows
           that
           Death
           to
           the
           Saints
           is
           but
           a
           sleep
           :
           and
           while
           the
           Body
           rests
           in
           the
           Grave
           ,
           the
           Soul
           is
           as
           it
           were
           all
           Act
           ,
           continually
           exercising
           its
           most
           noble
           faculties
           on
           the
           best
           Objects
           .
           Does
           the
           Soul
           sleep
           in
           that
           all-enlightned
           World
           ,
           that
           sees
           with
           open
           face
           ,
           the
           infinite
           Beauty
           of
           God
           ?
           that
           hears
           
           and
           bears
           a
           part
           in
           the
           hymns
           of
           the
           Angels
           &
           Saints
           encircling
           his
           Throne
           ?
           that
           drinks
           of
           the
           Rivers
           of
           Pleasure
           that
           flow
           from
           his
           Presence
           ?
           that
           freely
           and
           joyfully
           converses
           with
           all
           the
           Celestial
           Courtiers
           ,
           the
           Princes
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           the
           Favourites
           of
           God
           ?
           Then
           it
           truly
           lives
           .
           This
           reconciles
           Death
           to
           a
           Christian
           ,
           who
           has
           nothing
           more
           in
           his
           wishes
           than
           to
           be
           with
           Christ
           ;
           and
           knows
           that
           diseases
           and
           pains
           ,
           the
           forerunners
           of
           it
           ,
           are
           but
           as
           the
           breaking
           down
           the
           Walls
           of
           this
           earthly
           dark
           Prison
           ,
           that
           the
           Soul
           may
           take
           its
           flight
           to
           the
           happy
           Region
           ,
           and
           for
           ever
           enjoy
           the
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Sons
           of
           God.
           And
           for
           his
           Body
           ,
           that
           shall
           be
           reunited
           to
           the
           Soul
           in
           Glory
           .
           Methinks
           God
           speaks
           to
           a
           dying
           Believer
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           to
           Jacob
           when
           he
           was
           to
           descend
           to
           
             Egypt
             ,
             Fear
             not
             to
             go
             down
             into
             the
             Grave
             ,
             I
             will
             go
             down
             with
             thee
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             bring
             thee
             up
             again
             .
          
           The
           same
           Almighty
           Voice
           that
           gave
           being
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           shall
           
             awake
             those
             who
             sleep
             in
             the
             dust
             ,
          
           and
           reform
           them
           according
           to
           the
           Example
           of
           Christ's
           glorified
           Body
           .
           O
           how
           should
           we
           long
           for
           that
           triumphant
           day
           !
           and
           with
           most
           ardent
           Aspirings
           pray
           ,
           
             Thy
             Kingdom
             come
             in
             its
             full
             power
             and
             glory
             ?
          
        
         
           I
           Shall
           now
           come
           to
           speak
           of
           the
           Mournful
           Subject
           ,
           the
           Cause
           of
           my
           Appearing
           here
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           the
           Deceased
           ,
           Reverend
           and
           Excellent
           Divine
           ,
           
           Dr.
           
             Thomas
             Manton
          
           :
           A
           Name
           worthy
           of
           precious
           and
           eternal
           Memory
           .
           And
           I
           shall
           consider
           him
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           quality
           of
           his
           Office
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           an
           
             Embassadour
             of
             Christ
          
           ,
           declaring
           his
           Mind
           ,
           and
           representing
           his
           Authority
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           holiness
           of
           his
           Person
           ,
           shewing
           forth
           the
           Graces
           and
           Vertues
           of
           his
           Divine
           Master
           .
        
         
           God
           had
           furnish'd
           him
           with
           a
           rare
           union
           of
           those
           parts
           that
           are
           requisite
           to
           form
           a
           Minister
           of
           his
           Word
           .
           A
           clear
           Judgment
           ,
           rich
           Fancy
           ,
           strong
           Memory
           ,
           and
           happy
           Elocution
           met
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           were
           excellently
           improved
           by
           his
           diligent
           study
           .
        
         
           The
           Preaching
           of
           the
           Word
           is
           the
           principal
           part
           of
           the
           Minister's
           duty
           ,
           most
           essential
           to
           his
           Calling
           ,
           and
           most
           necessary
           to
           the
           Church
           .
           For
           this
           end
           chiefly
           ,
           the
           several
           ‖
           Orders
           in
           the
           Ministerial
           Office
           were
           instituted
           ,
           and
           upon
           our
           Saviour's
           triumphant
           ascent
           and
           reception
           into
           Heaven
           ,
           an
           abundant
           effusion
           of
           the
           Spirit
           in
           Graces
           and
           Abilities
           descended
           upon
           Men.
           Now
           in
           the
           performing
           this
           Work
           ,
           he
           was
           of
           that
           conspicuous
           Eminence
           ,
           that
           none
           could
           detract
           from
           him
           ,
           but
           from
           ignorance
           or
           envy
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           endowed
           with
           extraordinary
           knowledg
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           those
           holy
           Oracles
           from
           whence
           all
           Spiritual
           Light
           is
           derived
           :
           And
           in
           his
           preaching
           ,
           gave
           such
           a
           perspicuous
           account
           of
           the
           order
           
           and
           dependance
           of
           Divine
           Truths
           ;
           and
           with
           that
           felicity
           applied
           the
           Scriptures
           to
           confirm
           them
           ,
           that
           every
           Subject
           by
           his
           management
           was
           cultivated
           and
           improved
           .
           His
           Discourses
           were
           so
           clear
           and
           convincing
           ,
           that
           none
           without
           offering
           voluntary
           violence
           to
           Conscience
           could
           resist
           their
           Evidence
           .
           And
           from
           hence
           they
           were
           effectual
           not
           only
           to
           inspire
           a
           sudden
           Flame
           ,
           and
           raise
           a
           short
           Commotion
           in
           the
           Affections
           ,
           but
           to
           make
           a
           lasting
           Change
           in
           the
           Life
           .
           For
           in
           the
           humane
           Soul
           such
           is
           the
           composition
           of
           its
           faculties
           ,
           that
           till
           the
           Understanding
           be
           rectified
           in
           its
           Apprehensions
           and
           Estimations
           ,
           the
           Will
           is
           never
           induc'd
           to
           make
           an
           entire
           firm
           choice
           of
           what
           is
           necessary
           for
           the
           obtaining
           perfect
           Happiness
           .
           A
           sincere
           persevering
           Conversion
           is
           effected
           by
           weighty
           Reasons
           that
           sink
           and
           settle
           in
           the
           Heart
           .
        
         
           His
           Doctrine
           was
           uncorrupt
           and
           pure
           ,
           
             the
             Truth
             according
             to
             Godliness
          
           .
           He
           was
           far
           from
           a
           guilty
           vile
           intention
           ,
           to
           prostitute
           that
           sacred
           Ordinance
           for
           the
           acquiring
           any
           private
           secular
           advantage
           .
           Neither
           did
           he
           entertain
           his
           Hearers
           with
           impertinent
           Subtilties
           ,
           empty
           Notions
           ,
           intricate
           Disputes
           ,
           dry
           and
           barren
           without
           productive
           Vertue
           :
           But
           as
           one
           that
           always
           had
           before
           his
           Eyes
           the
           great
           End
           of
           the
           Ministry
           ,
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Salvation
           of
           Men
           ,
           his
           Sermons
           were
           directed
           to
           open
           
           their
           eyes
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           see
           their
           wretched
           condition
           as
           Sinners
           ,
           to
           hasten
           their
           
             flight
             from
             the
             Wrath
             to
             come
             ,
          
           to
           make
           them
           humbly
           ,
           thankfully
           and
           entirely
           
             receive
             Christ
          
           ,
           as
           their
           Prince
           ,
           and
           
             all-sufficient
             Saviour
          
           .
           And
           to
           build
           up
           the
           converted
           
             in
             their
             most
             holy
             Faith
          
           ,
           and
           more
           excellent
           Love
           ,
           that
           is
           the
           
             fulfilling
             of
             the
             Law.
          
           In
           short
           ,
           to
           make
           true
           Christians
           eminent
           in
           Knowledg
           and
           universal
           Obedience
           .
        
         
           As
           the
           matter
           of
           his
           Sermons
           was
           designed
           for
           the
           good
           of
           Souls
           ;
           so
           his
           way
           of
           expression
           was
           proper
           to
           that
           end
           .
           Words
           are
           the
           vehicle
           of
           the
           heavenly
           Light.
           As
           the
           Divine
           Wisdom
           was
           incarnate
           to
           reveal
           the
           Eternal
           Counsels
           of
           God
           to
           the
           World
           ;
           so
           Spiritual
           Wisdom
           in
           the
           mind
           ,
           must
           be
           clothed
           with
           words
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           sensible
           to
           others
           .
           And
           in
           this
           he
           had
           a
           singular
           Talent
           .
           His
           Stile
           was
           not
           exquisitely
           studied
           ,
           not
           consisting
           of
           harmonious
           Periods
           ,
           but
           far
           distant
           from
           vulgar
           meanness
           .
           His
           Expression
           was
           natural
           and
           free
           ,
           clear
           and
           strong
           ,
           quick
           and
           powerful
           ,
           without
           any
           spice
           of
           folly
           ,
           and
           always
           suitable
           to
           the
           Simplicity
           and
           Majesty
           of
           Divine
           Truths
           .
           His
           Sermons
           afforded
           substantial
           food
           with
           delight
           ,
           so
           that
           a
           fastidious
           mind
           could
           not
           disrelish
           them
           .
           He
           abhorr'd
           a
           vain
           ostentation
           of
           Wit
           ,
           in
           handling
           Sacred
           things
           ;
           so
           venerable
           and
           grave
           ,
           and
           of
           eternal
           consequence
           .
           Indeed
           ,
           what
           is
           more
           unbecoming
           
           a
           Minister
           of
           Christ
           ,
           than
           to
           waste
           the
           spirits
           of
           his
           Brain
           ,
           as
           a
           Spider
           does
           his
           bowels
           ,
           to
           spin
           a
           web
           only
           to
           catch
           Flyes
           ?
           to
           get
           vain
           applause
           by
           foolish
           pleasing
           the
           ignorant
           .
           And
           what
           cruelty
           is
           it
           to
           the
           Souls
           of
           Men
           ?
           
           'T
           is
           recorded
           as
           an
           instance
           of
           
           Nero's
           savage
           temper
           ,
           that
           in
           a
           general
           Famine
           ,
           when
           many
           perish'd
           by
           hunger
           ,
           he
           ordered
           a
           Ship
           should
           come
           from
           Egypt
           (
           the
           Granary
           of
           Italy
           )
           laden
           with
           Sand
           for
           the
           use
           of
           Wrestlers
           .
           In
           such
           extremity
           to
           provide
           only
           for
           delight
           ,
           that
           there
           might
           be
           spectacles
           on
           the
           Theatre
           ,
           when
           the
           City
           of
           Rome
           was
           a
           spectacle
           of
           such
           misery
           ,
           as
           to
           melt
           the
           heart
           of
           any
           but
           of
           Nero
           ,
           was
           most
           barbarous
           Cruelty
           .
           But
           't
           is
           Cruelty
           of
           an
           heavier
           imputation
           for
           a
           Minister
           to
           prepare
           his
           Sermons
           to
           please
           the
           foolish
           curiosity
           of
           Fancy
           with
           flashy
           Conceits
           ;
           nay
           ,
           such
           light
           Vanities
           ,
           that
           would
           scarce
           be
           endured
           in
           a
           Scene
           ,
           whiles
           hungry
           Souls
           languish
           for
           want
           of
           solid
           nourishment
           .
        
         
           His
           fervour
           and
           earnestness
           in
           Preaching
           was
           such
           ,
           as
           might
           soften
           and
           make
           pliant
           the
           most
           stubborn
           obdurate
           spirits
           .
           I
           am
           not
           speaking
           of
           one
           whose
           talent
           was
           only
           in
           voice
           ,
           that
           labours
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           as
           if
           the
           end
           of
           Preaching
           were
           for
           the
           exercise
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           
           and
           not
           for
           the
           profit
           of
           Souls
           :
           But
           this
           
             Man
             of
             God
          
           was
           inflam'd
           vvith
           an
           holy
           Zeal
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           such
           ardent
           expressions
           
           broke
           forth
           ,
           as
           were
           capable
           to
           procure
           attention
           and
           consent
           in
           his
           Hearers
           .
           He
           spake
           as
           one
           that
           had
           a
           living
           Faith
           within
           him
           of
           Divine
           Truths
           .
           From
           this
           union
           of
           Zeal
           with
           his
           Knowledg
           ,
           he
           was
           excellently
           qualified
           to
           convince
           and
           convert
           Souls
           .
           The
           sound
           of
           words
           only
           strikes
           the
           Ear
           ,
           but
           the
           Mind
           reasons
           with
           the
           Mind
           ,
           and
           the
           Heart
           speaks
           to
           the
           Heart
           .
        
         
           His
           unparallel'd
           Assiduity
           in
           Preaching
           ,
           declar'd
           him
           very
           sensible
           of
           those
           dear
           and
           strong
           Obligations
           that
           lie
           upon
           Ministers
           ,
           to
           be
           very
           diligent
           in
           that
           blessed
           Work.
           What
           a
           powerful
           Motive
           our
           Saviour
           urged
           upon
           
             St.
             Peter
          
           ?
           
           
             As
             thou
             lovest
             me
             ,
             feed
             my
             Sheep
             ,
             feed
             my
             Lambs
             .
          
           And
           can
           any
           feed
           too
           much
           ,
           when
           none
           can
           love
           enough
           ?
           Can
           any
           Pains
           be
           sufficient
           for
           the
           salvation
           of
           Souls
           ,
           for
           which
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           did
           not
           esteem
           his
           Blood
           too
           costly
           a
           price
           ?
           Is
           not
           incessant
           unwearied
           industry
           requisite
           to
           advance
           the
           work
           of
           Grace
           in
           them
           to
           perfection
           ?
           In
           this
           the
           work
           of
           a
           Minister
           has
           its
           peculiar
           disadvantage
           ,
           that
           whereas
           an
           Artificer
           how
           curious
           and
           difficult
           soever
           his
           work
           be
           ,
           yet
           has
           this
           encouragement
           ,
           that
           what
           is
           begun
           with
           Art
           and
           Care
           ,
           he
           finds
           in
           the
           same
           state
           wherein
           't
           was
           left
           :
           A
           Painter
           that
           designs
           an
           exact
           Piece
           ,
           draws
           many
           Lines
           ,
           often
           touches
           it
           with
           his
           Pencil
           to
           give
           it
           life
           and
           beauty
           ;
           and
           though
           unfinish'd
           ,
           
           't
           is
           not
           spoild
           by
           his
           intermission
           .
           A
           Sculptor
           that
           carves
           a
           Statue
           ,
           though
           his
           labour
           be
           hard
           from
           the
           resistance
           of
           the
           matter
           ,
           yet
           his
           work
           remains
           firm
           and
           durable
           .
           But
           the
           Heart
           of
           Man
           is
           of
           a
           strange
           temper
           ,
           hard
           as
           Marble
           ,
           not
           easily
           receptive
           of
           heavenly
           impressions
           ,
           yet
           fluid
           as
           Water
           ,
           those
           impressions
           are
           easily
           defac'd
           in
           it
           ;
           't
           is
           expos'd
           to
           so
           many
           temptations
           that
           induce
           an
           oblivion
           of
           eternal
           things
           ,
           that
           without
           frequent
           excitations
           to
           quicken
           and
           confirm
           its
           holy
           purposes
           ,
           it
           grows
           careless
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           labour
           is
           lost
           that
           was
           spent
           on
           it
           .
           This
           faithful
           Minister
           
             abounded
             in
             the
             Work
             of
             the
             Lord
          
           ;
           and
           which
           is
           truly
           admirable
           ,
           though
           so
           frequent
           in
           Preaching
           ,
           yet
           was
           alwas
           superiour
           to
           others
           ,
           and
           equal
           to
           himself
           .
           In
           his
           last
           time
           when
           declining
           to
           Death
           ,
           yet
           he
           would
           not
           leave
           his
           beloved
           Work
           ;
           the
           vigour
           of
           his
           Mind
           supporting
           the
           weakness
           of
           his
           Body
           .
           I
           remember
           when
           opprest
           with
           an
           obstinate
           hoarsness
           ,
           a
           Friend
           desiring
           him
           to
           spare
           himself
           ;
           he
           rejected
           the
           advice
           with
           indignation
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           no
           fomenter
           of
           Faction
           ,
           but
           studious
           of
           the
           Publick
           Tranquillity
           .
           He
           knew
           what
           a
           blessing
           Peace
           is
           ,
           and
           wisely
           foresaw
           the
           pernicious
           consequences
           that
           attend
           Divisions
           .
           By
           Peace
           ,
           the
           bond
           of
           mutual
           harmony
           ,
           the
           weakest
           things
           are
           preserved
           and
           prosper
           ;
           but
           where
           Discord
           reigns
           ,
           
           the
           strongest
           are
           near
           to
           ruine
           .
           The
           heavenly
           Concent
           in
           the
           primitive
           Church
           ,
           was
           a
           principal
           cause
           of
           its
           miraculous
           encrease
           and
           flourishing
           ;
           but
           after
           Dissentions
           prevail'd
           amongst
           Christians
           ,
           that
           was
           destroyed
           in
           a
           short
           time
           ,
           which
           was
           built
           by
           the
           Divine
           Union
           and
           Heroic
           Patience
           of
           the
           primitive
           Christians
           .
           And
           the
           glorious
           Beginnings
           that
           promis'd
           the
           Reformation
           of
           all
           Europe
           ,
           were
           more
           obstructed
           by
           the
           dissentions
           of
           some
           employed
           in
           that
           blessed
           work
           ,
           than
           by
           all
           the
           power
           and
           subtilty
           ,
           the
           Arms
           and
           Artifices
           of
           Rome
           it self
           .
           How
           afflictive
           is
           the
           consideration
           of
           our
           divided
           Church
           ?
           Sweet
           Peace
           ,
           whither
           art
           thou
           fled
           ?
           Blessed
           Saviour
           ,
           who
           didst
           by
           thy
           precious
           Blood
           reconcile
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           send
           down
           thy
           Spirit
           to
           inspire
           us
           with
           that
           Wisdom
           that
           is
           pure
           and
           peaceable
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           agree
           in
           the
           same
           Principles
           of
           Faith
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           substantial
           parts
           of
           Worship
           ,
           in
           asserting
           the
           same
           indispensible
           necessity
           of
           Holiness
           ,
           may
           receive
           one
           another
           in
           love
           .
           I
           am
           affectionatly
           engaged
           in
           a
           matter
           that
           so
           nearly
           touches
           all
           those
           that
           value
           the
           Protestant
           Interest
           .
        
         
           Briefly
           ;
           Consider
           him
           as
           a
           Christian
           ,
           his
           Life
           was
           answerable
           to
           his
           Doctrine
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           applicable
           to
           some
           Ministers
           ,
           what
           is
           observed
           of
           the
           Carbuncle
           ;
           by
           its
           colour
           ,
           lustre
           ,
           and
           fiery
           sparklings
           it
           seems
           to
           be
           actually
           a
           Fire
           ,
           but
           
           it
           has
           only
           the
           name
           and
           appearance
           of
           it
           .
           Thus
           some
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           seem
           to
           be
           all
           on
           fire
           with
           zeal
           ,
           yet
           their
           hearts
           are
           as
           cold
           as
           a
           stone
           ,
           without
           holy
           affections
           ,
           and
           their
           lives
           are
           unworthy
           their
           Divine
           Ministration
           .
           But
           this
           Servant
           of
           God
           was
           like
           a
           fruitful
           Tree
           ,
           that
           produces
           in
           its
           branches
           what
           it
           contains
           in
           the
           root
           ;
           his
           inward
           Grace
           was
           made
           visible
           in
           a
           Conversation
           becoming
           the
           Gospel
           of
           Christ.
           
        
         
           His
           resolute
           Contempt
           of
           the
           World
           secur'd
           him
           from
           being
           wrought
           on
           by
           those
           motives
           ,
           that
           tempt
           low
           spirits
           from
           their
           duty
           .
           He
           would
           not
           rashly
           throw
           himself
           into
           troubles
           ,
           nor
           
             spretâ
             Conscientiâ
          
           avoid
           them
           .
           His
           generous
           Constancy
           of
           Mind
           in
           resisting
           the
           current
           of
           Popular
           humour
           ,
           declar'd
           his
           Loyalty
           to
           his
           Divine
           Master
           .
           His
           Charity
           was
           eminent
           in
           procuring
           Supplies
           for
           others
           ,
           when
           in
           mean
           Circumstances
           himself
           .
           But
           he
           had
           great
           experience
           of
           God's
           fatherly
           Provision
           ,
           to
           which
           his
           filial
           Confidence
           was
           correspondent
           .
        
         
           His
           Conversation
           in
           his
           Family
           was
           holy
           and
           exemplary
           ,
           every
           day
           instructing
           them
           from
           the
           Scriptures
           in
           their
           duty
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           finish
           my
           Character
           of
           him
           ,
           with
           observing
           his
           Humility
           .
           He
           was
           deeply
           affected
           〈◊〉
           the
           sence
           of
           his
           Frailties
           and
           Unworthiness
           .
           He
           considered
           the
           infinite
           Purity
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Perfection
           
           of
           his
           Law
           the
           Rule
           of
           our
           Duty
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           humbling
           Light
           discover'd
           his
           manifold
           defects
           .
           He
           exprest
           his
           thoughts
           to
           me
           a
           little
           before
           his
           Death
           ;
           
             If
             the
             holy
             Prophets
             were
             under
             strong
             impressions
             of
             fear
             ,
             upon
             the
             extraordinary
             discovery
             of
             the
             Divine
             Presence
             ,
             how
             shall
             we
             poor
             creatures
             appear
             before
             that
             Holy
             and
             Dread
             Majesty
             ?
             Isaiah
             ,
          
           after
           his
           glorious
           vision
           of
           God
           ,
           reflecting
           upon
           himself
           ;
           as
           not
           retir'd
           from
           the
           commerce
           and
           corruption
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           breaks
           forth
           ,
           
             Wo
             is
             me
             ,
             for
             I
             am
             undone
             ,
             because
             I
             am
             a
             Man
             of
             unclean
             lips
             ,
             and
             I
             dwell
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             a
             People
             of
             unclean
             lips
             ;
             for
             mine
             eyes
             have
             seen
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             .
          
           'T
           is
           infinitely
           terrible
           to
           appear
           
             before
             God
             the
             Judge
             of
             all
             ,
          
           without
           the
           protection
           of
           
             the
             Blood
             of
             sprinkling
             ,
             that
             speaks
             better
             things
             than
             the
             blood
             of
             Abel
             .
          
           This
           alone
           reliev'd
           him
           ,
           and
           supported
           his
           hopes
           .
           Though
           his
           Labours
           were
           abundant
           ,
           yet
           he
           knew
           that
           the
           Work
           of
           God
           ,
           passing
           through
           our
           hands
           ,
           is
           so
           blemish'd
           ,
           that
           without
           an
           appeal
           to
           pardoning
           Mercy
           and
           Grace
           ,
           we
           cannot
           stand
           in
           Judgment
           .
           This
           was
           the
           subject
           of
           his
           last
           publick
           Sermon
           .
        
         
           He
           languish'd
           many
           months
           ,
           but
           presuming
           he
           should
           be
           too
           strong
           for
           his
           Infirmity
           ,
           neglected
           it
           ,
           till
           at
           last
           it
           became
           insuperable
           and
           mortal
           .
           Many
           pathetical
           aggravations
           heighten
           our
           great
           and
           dear
           
           Loss
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           faithful
           Minister
           of
           Christ
           should
           be
           taken
           away
           ,
           whose
           Preaching
           was
           so
           powerful
           to
           repair
           the
           woful
           Ruines
           of
           Godliness
           and
           Vertue
           in
           a
           degenerate
           Age
           :
           Whose
           prudent
           pacifick
           Spirit
           rendred
           him
           so
           useful
           in
           these
           
             Divided
             Times
          
           ,
           when
           Professors
           of
           the
           same
           Religion
           are
           alienated
           from
           one
           another
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           been
           baptized
           with
           the
           Waters
           of
           Strife
           :
           That
           before
           our
           Tears
           were
           dried
           up
           for
           the
           loss
           of
           other
           worthy
           Ministers
           ,
           the
           Fountain
           of
           Sorrow
           should
           be
           opened
           again
           by
           this
           afflicting
           stroke
           .
           But
           it
           becomes
           us
           to
           receive
           the
           dispensations
           of
           Heaven
           with
           humble
           and
           quiet
           submission
           ;
           to
           reflect
           upon
           our
           sins
           with
           an
           holy
           grief
           ,
           that
           provoke
           God
           to
           remove
           such
           an
           excellent
           Instrument
           of
           his
           Glory
           from
           us
           .
           
             Let
             us
             pray
             to
             the
             Lord
             of
             the
             Harvest
             ,
             that
             he
             will
             send
             forth
             faithful
             Labourers
             into
             it
             .
          
           O
           that
           surviving
           Ministers
           might
           be
           animated
           with
           a
           Zeal
           more
           pure
           and
           fervent
           in
           their
           Divine
           Work
           :
           And
           that
           People
           would
           be
           wise
           ,
           while
           a
           price
           is
           put
           into
           their
           hands
           ,
           to
           improve
           it
           for
           their
           eternal
           advantage
           .
           The
           neglected
           Gospel
           will
           at
           the
           last
           be
           a
           terrible
           Witness
           against
           the
           Disobedient
           ,
           to
           justify
           and
           aggravate
           their
           Condemnation
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Some
           Books
           printed
           for
           ,
           and
           sold
           by
           Brabazon
           Aylmer
           ,
           at
           the
           three
           Pigeons
           ,
           over
           against
           the
           Royal-Exchange
           in
           Cornhill
           .
        
         
           THe
           Harmony
           of
           the
           Divine
           Attributes
           ,
           in
           the
           Accomplishment
           of
           Man's
           Redemption
           by
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           :
           Or
           Discourses
           ,
           wherein
           is
           shewed
           ,
           how
           the
           Wisdom
           ,
           Mercy
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           Holiness
           ,
           Power
           and
           Truth
           of
           God
           ,
           are
           glorified
           in
           that
           great
           and
           blessed
           Work
           :
           By
           
             William
             Bates
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           In
           4to
           .
        
         
           Considerations
           of
           the
           Existence
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Immortality
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           with
           the
           Recompences
           of
           the
           future
           State.
           To
           which
           is
           now
           added
           ,
           the
           Divinity
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           proved
           by
           the
           Evidence
           of
           Reason
           ,
           and
           Divine
           Revelation
           :
           For
           the
           Cure
           of
           Infidelity
           ,
           the
           Hectick
           Evil
           of
           the
           Times
           .
           By
           
             William
             Bates
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           In
           Octavo
           .
        
         
           Sermons
           preached
           upon
           several
           Occasions
           ,
           by
           
             Isaac
             Barrow
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           late
           Master
           of
           Trinity-Colledg
           in
           Cambridg
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Chaplains
           in
           ordinary
           .
           In
           Octavo
           .
        
         
           The
           Reconcileableness
           of
           God's
           Prescience
           of
           the
           Sins
           of
           Men
           ,
           with
           the
           Wisdom
           and
           Sincerity
           of
           his
           Counsels
           ,
           Exhortations
           ,
           and
           whatsoever
           means
           he
           uses
           to
           prevent
           them
           :
           In
           a
           Letter
           to
           the
           Honourable
           ,
           
             Robert
             Boyle
          
           ,
           Esq.
           To
           which
           is
           added
           a
           Postscript
           in
           defence
           of
           the
           said
           Letter
           ;
           By
           
             John
             How
          
           ,
           M.
           A.
           sometime
           Fellow
           of
           Magdalen
           Colledge
           ,
           Oxon.
           In
           Octavo
           .
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A26790-e110
           
             Rev.
             21.
             4.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             15.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             3.
             1.
             
          
           
             *
             1
             Cor.
             13.
             
          
           
             *
             Vt
             cu●
             istud
             quicquid
             est
             ●
             quo
             disput●tis
             perceper●
             moriar
             .
             
               Va●
               Max.
            
             
          
           
             ‖
             Aristot.
             
          
           
             †
             Sic
             it●…
             habebit
             d●…num
             aliud
             lio
             minus
             ,
             hic
             quoque●…num
             habe●…at
             ne
             velit
             amplius
             .
             Aug.
             
          
           
             *
             Et
             totum
             dedit
             uni●…ersis
             ,
             et
             to●…um
             singulis
             .
             ●…
             per
             hoc
             ●…uicquid
             pas●…one
             sua
             Sal●…ator
             praesti●…t
             ,
             sicut
             to●…um
             ei
             debent
             ●…niversi
             ,
             sic
             ●…nguli
             ;
             nisi
             ●…uod
             prope
             hoc
             ●…lus
             singuli
             ●…uam
             univer●…
             ,
             quod
             totum
             ●…cceperunt
             ●…nguli
             ,
             quan●…um
             universi
             .
             ●…alvian
          
           
             Si
             audia
             multitudo●…
             lens
             ,
             non
             in●…
             se
             particul
             tim
             comm●…nuunt
             son●…
             tanquam
             ●…bos
             :
             sed
             o●…
             ne
             quod
             so●…
             &
             omnibus
             totum
             est
             ,
             singulis
             totum
             .
             
               Augu●…
               in
               Epist.
               a
               volusan
            
             .
          
           
             
               Non
               〈◊〉
               ,
               M●ter
               ,
               num
               hic
            
             Alexander
             est
             .
             Curt.
             lib.
             3.
             
          
           
             Job
             29.
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             *
             Vitae
             nos
             ●…dium
             tenet
             ,
             ●…mor
             mortis
             ●…itat
             omne
             ●…nsilium
             ,
             nec
             ●…plere
             nos
             ●…lla
             faelicitas
             ●…test
             .
             Causa
             ●…utem
             est
             ,
             ●…od
             non
             per●…mimus
             ad
             ●…ud
             bonum
             ●…nmensum
             &
             superabile
             ,
             ●…bi
             necesse
             est
             ●…sistat
             nobis●…
             luntas
             nos●…a
             ,
             quia
             ul●…a
             summum
             ●…n
             est
             locus
             .
             
               ●…ence
               .
               epist.
            
             ●…4
             .
          
           
             ‖
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Arist.
             ●…th
             1.
             7.
             
             ●…
             ult
             .
          
           
             ‖
             Ephes.
             4.
             
          
           
             Suet.
             
          
           
             Si
             sudare●…
             aliter
             non
             po●…tes
             ,
             est
             aliud●…
             
          
           
             John
             21.