A
SERMON
Preach'd
before
the
Lord
Mayor
,
&c.
St.
MATT
.
25.46
.
—
But
the
Righteous
into
Life
Eternal
.
OUR
Blessed
Saviour
having
in
the
foregoing
verses
given
us
an
account
of
the
Proceedings
of
the
last
and
dreadful
Day
of
Judgment
,
and
the
different
Fates
,
to
which
both
good
and
bad
(
whom
he
there
describes
under
the
Characters
of
Sheep
and
Goats
)
shall
be
adjudged
and
sentenc'd
;
sums
up
the
whole
Discourse
in
the
words
I
have
read
unto
you
.
These
,
that
is
,
the
Goats
on
his
left
hand
,
the
unrighteous
and
uncharitable
,
shall
go
away
into
everlasting
Punishment
;
But
the
Righteous
,
that
is
,
the
Sheep
on
his
right
hand
,
the
Good
and
Charitable
,
into
Life
Eternal
.
I
am
at
present
to
discourse
on
the
latter
of
these
,
the
happy
State
and
Condition
of
Righteous
and
Charitable
Persons
in
the
other
World
:
And
for
the
better
understanding
of
it
,
it
is
necessary
to
shew
you
these
Three
things
.
I.
Who
is
meant
by
the
Righteous
.
II
.
Wherein
this
Eternal
Life
consists
;
that
is
,
the
promis'd
Reward
of
Righteous
Persons
.
III
.
The
Truth
and
Certainty
of
this
Proposition
;
That
Righteous
and
Charitable
Persons
shall
be
for
ever
Happy
in
the
other
World
;
But
the
Righteous
into
Life
Eternal
.
I.
Who
is
meant
by
the
Righteous
.
Now
,
altho
Righteousness
strictly
taken
,
signifies
only
the
virtue
of
Justice
and
Honesty
,
yet
is
it
in
Scripture
frequently
us'd
in
a
more
large
Sense
,
and
has
respect
to
these
Three
things
;
1.
To
the
Works
and
Actions
of
Men
;
Not
but
that
we
are
bound
to
believe
aright
,
and
be
very
careful
what
Opinions
and
Tenets
we
take
up
;
especially
that
they
be
neither
immoral
,
nor
unpeaceable
;
that
the
Articles
of
our
Faith
be
well
grounded
,
and
contain
nothing
in
them
,
but
what
is
founded
on
,
and
agreeable
with
the
Word
of
God
.
But
that
which
the
Scripture
makes
the
truest
sign
and
mark
of
a
Righteous
Man
,
are
righteous
Works
,
as
being
not
so
cheap
nor
so
easy
as
Profession
and
Belief
.
He
that
doth
good
,
says
St.
John
,
is
of
God
:
Epist.
John
3.
v.
11.
and
again
,
My
little
Children
let
no
man
deceive
you
,
in
this
point
especially
,
1
Epistl
.
John
ch.
3.
v.
7
:
He
that
doth
Righteousness
is
righteous
,
even
as
he
is
righteous
.
2.
To
the
Universality
of
a
man's
Duty
.
He
that
fails
in
any
one
part
of
his
duty
,
is
unrighteous
to
God
,
because
all
are
God's
due
;
Here
can
be
no
commuting
a
duty
,
no
making
amends
for
the
breach
of
one
Law
by
the
strict
observance
of
another
,
because
we
are
under
equal
Obligations
to
all
.
For
this
reason
Zachary
and
Elizabeth
are
said
in
St.
Luke's
Gospel
,
to
be
both
righteous
before
God
,
Chap.
1.
v.
6.
because
they
walked
in
all
the
Commandments
and
Ordinances
of
the
Lord
blameless
.
3.
To
the
chiefest
and
most
principal
part
of
a
man's
Duty
,
Charity
and
good
Works
;
All
the
good
things
we
possess
in
this
world
,
being
not
so
properly
given
as
lent
us
by
God
,
(
he
being
the
true
Owner
and
Proprietor
of
them
,
and
we
only
his
Stewards
)
we
are
oblig'd
to
put
them
out
to
those
uses
which
the
great
Lord
of
the
Universe
gave
us
them
for
;
that
is
to
say
,
after
we
have
in
some
competent
measure
provided
for
our
own
Needs
and
Conveniences
,
and
the
comfortable
Support
of
our
Families
,
to
dispense
the
overplus
to
the
Relief
and
Succour
of
those
that
want
it
;
I
will
not
take
upon
me
to
adjust
the
exact
measure
and
proportion
that
is
to
be
observ'd
in
the
Exercise
of
this
Duty
;
St.
Paul's
rule
is
,
according
to
our
Ability
,
as
God
hath
prosper'd
us
;
the
Jews
,
1
Cor
.
16.2
.
besides
the
Tythes
payable
every
year
to
the
Priest
,
Deut
.
14.22
.
were
oblig'd
every
Third
year
to
set
apart
another
Tythe
for
the
poor
;
Verse
29.
which
being
resolv'd
into
a
yearly
Rate
,
amounts
to
a
Thirtieth
part
of
our
yearly
Income
;
and
certainly
the
Gospel
,
that
hath
enlarg'd
the
Duty
of
Charity
as
to
the
Object
,
all
Mankind
,
has
not
lessen'd
it
as
to
the
quantity
;
I
know
it
's
possible
for
Men
to
exceed
in
this
Duty
,
though
(
that
very
rarely
happens
:
)
To
be
sure
there
is
far
greater
danger
that
they
fall
short
in
it
;
and
they
that
do
so
,
are
indeed
unjust
Stewards
of
their
Master's
Goods
,
and
deprive
the
poor
and
miserable
of
that
God
hath
given
them
a
right
to
;
and
therefore
Solomon
in
the
3d
.
of
the
Proverbs
and
the
27th
.
verse
,
speaking
of
the
poor
and
necessitous
,
(
as
both
the
{αβγδ}
.
Septuagint
Version
,
and
the
following
words
,
oblige
us
to
explain
it
)
thus
advises
,
Withhold
not
good
from
them
to
whom
it
is
due
;
or
as
it
is
in
the
Hebrew
,
who
are
the
Lords
and
Owners
of
it
.
Accordingly
,
Deut
.
24.13
.
Psal
.
112.9
.
Alms-giving
is
frequently
stil'd
Righteousness
both
in
the
Old
and
New
Testament
:
And
this
is
the
particular
meaning
of
the
word
Righteous
in
the
Text
,
it
having
relation
to
the
Sheep
mention'd
in
the
former
part
of
the
Chapter
,
that
shall
stand
on
Christ's
right
hand
at
the
day
of
Judgment
,
whom
our
Saviour
there
describes
by
their
works
of
Charity
.
And
though
he
instances
only
in
those
that
respect
the
Body
,
feeding
the
hungry
,
giving
drink
to
the
thirsty
,
clothing
the
naked
,
visiting
the
sick
,
entertaining
strangers
;
yet
are
there
others
that
respect
the
Soul
,
and
are
no
less
to
be
observed
by
us
,
such
as
instructing
the
ignorant
,
confirming
the
weak
,
convincing
the
erroneous
,
reclaiming
the
vicious
,
raising
the
sorrowful
and
dejected
spirit
;
in
our
station
undertaking
the
patronage
of
oppress'd
Virtue
and
Religion
;
and
when
the
Case
requires
it
,
parting
with
our
Estates
,
and
laying
down
our
Lives
for
the
Brethren
,
that
is
,
in
defence
of
the
Gospel
of
Christ
,
which
is
the
greatest
good
we
can
do
for
other
Mens
Souls
.
All
necessary
and
excellent
Acts
of
Charity
;
and
yet
still
there
are
greater
,
which
being
of
a
more
Publick
Nature
and
Design
,
lasting
longer
,
and
doing
more
good
,
do
outshine
these
:
I
mean
the
Founding
and
Endowing
Publick
Houses
of
Charity
,
whereby
not
only
some
few
Single
Persons
,
but
Multitudes
,
not
only
the
present
but
future
Generations
are
benefited
and
obliged
;
whether
they
be
Hospitals
for
the
Maintenance
of
those
that
cannot
help
themselves
,
or
Workhouses
for
the
Employment
of
those
that
can
;
or
Places
of
Correction
for
the
Punishment
of
those
that
will
not
when
they
are
able
;
or
Free-Schools
for
the
Education
of
poor
Childen
,
whereby
many
are
made
to
become
useful
Members
of
the
Community
,
that
otherwise
might
have
been
a
burden
,
if
not
a
pest
unto
it
.
I
know
this
sort
of
Charity
is
very
much
abused
in
the
World
,
(
as
well
as
Faith
corrupted
)
but
whilst
I
plead
not
for
those
Popish
Places
of
Retirement
,
where
under
the
pretence
of
Devotion
,
Idleness
is
indulg'd
,
and
Luxury
pamper'd
,
and
all
sorts
of
Lewdness
too
commonly
practis'd
;
yet
this
hinders
not
,
but
that
I
may
be
an
Advocate
for
those
of
Protestants
,
who
answer
the
great
and
good
Ends
for
which
they
were
design'd
,
and
daily
administer
support
and
comfort
to
the
poor
and
miserable
.
Presently
upon
the
beginning
of
the
Reformation
,
there
was
an
huge
outcry
rais'd
by
the
Church
of
Rome
,
against
the
Blessed
Instruments
of
it
,
as
if
they
had
been
declar'd
Enemies
to
all
good
Works
,
because
they
could
not
but
condemn
their
Doctrine
of
the
Merit
of
them
;
they
granted
we
could
not
want
Faith
,
whilest
every
one
,
they
said
,
might
have
a
Creed
of
his
own
devising
;
but
as
for
Charity
,
that
had
taken
wing
,
and
left
the
Heretical
World
.
To
confute
both
these
groundless
and
malicious
Slanders
,
our
very
Prudent
as
well
as
Pious
Reformers
took
this
effectual
Course
;
To
declare
their
Faith
,
and
to
put
a
stop
to
the
Designs
and
Whims
of
Factious
and
Melancholy
Men
,
they
put
out
the
Articles
of
our
Religion
:
And
to
justify
their
Charity
,
and
encourage
the
Practice
of
it
,
they
put
that
incomparable
Prince
,
King
Edward
the
Sixth
upon
founding
,
or
at
least
improving
the
Famous
Hospitals
of
this
City
;
And
blessed
be
God
,
so
many
have
been
the
Noble
and
Great
Souls
in
every
Generation
since
,
so
large
and
magnificent
their
Benefactors
,
that
we
are
able
to
vye
with
Rome
in
this
particular
;
Synop
.
Pap
.
1219
,
1224.
and
if
Dr.
Willet
informs
us
aright
,
to
shew
more
and
greater
Schools
and
Hospitals
built
and
endowed
in
England
in
these
last
Hundred
and
Thirty
Years
since
the
Reformation
,
than
can
be
shown
in
any
the
like
Number
of
Years
before
,
when
England
was
in
Subjection
to
Popery
.
II
.
Wherein
this
Eternal
Life
consists
,
that
is
,
the
promised
reward
of
Righteous
Persons
.
That
by
Eternal
Life
,
is
meant
Eternal
Happiness
,
appears
in
that
it
's
oppos'd
to
Everlasting
Punishment
in
the
former
part
of
the
Verse
,
promised
as
a
thing
infinitely
desirable
,
and
as
the
Reward
of
Righteousness
,
upon
which
account
it
is
elsewhere
call'd
a
Crown
of
Life
.
James
1.12
.
Blessed
is
the
man
that
endureth
temptation
,
for
when
he
is
tried
,
he
shall
receive
a
crown
of
Life
,
which
the
Lord
hath
promised
to
them
that
love
him
.
But
wherein
this
Eternal
Happiness
consists
,
is
not
so
easy
to
discover
or
express
.
It
's
above
our
Thoughts
,
and
above
our
Apprehensions
;
it
is
the
participation
of
the
Joys
of
God
,
and
of
the
Inheritance
of
our
Blessed
Redeemer
.
Oh
Happy
State
!
Where
I
shall
be
freed
from
all
Sin
,
and
from
all
Sorrow
;
where
there
shall
be
no
Evils
from
without
,
no
Impurities
from
within
to
disturb
my
peace
;
nothing
but
Eternal
Day
without
Night
,
perpetual
Calm
without
Storm
.
Where
I
shall
live
for
ever
in
the
presence
of
God
,
and
have
my
enlarged
understanding
entertain'd
with
a
clear
Knowledge
of
his
Nature
,
Works
,
and
all
the
wise
Designs
of
his
Grace
and
Providence
;
and
where
this
Knowledg
shall
have
that
influence
on
my
Soul
,
as
to
transform
me
into
his
Nature
,
so
that
I
shall
not
only
see
God
,
but
become
my self
a
God-like
Creature
;
not
only
partake
of
the
Glory
of
Heaven
,
but
be
made
my self
a
part
of
its
Glory
.
Where
I
shall
ever
be
with
our
Lord
,
and
be
an
Eye
witness
of
the
happy
Change
of
his
past
doleful
Circumstances
,
and
be
transported
with
unspeakable
Ravishments
to
see
him
who
was
so
ignominiously
and
barbarously
treated
on
Earth
for
our
sakes
,
exalted
at
the
Right
Hand
of
God
to
the
highest
pitch
of
Glory
and
Majesty
.
Where
I
shall
be
associated
with
Blessed
Angels
,
and
Spirits
of
Just
Men
made
perfect
;
and
passing
through
all
the
Regions
of
the
Blessed
,
shall
meet
with
none
but
Holy
and
Charitable
Souls
,
of
the
same
Mind
and
Temper
with
my self
,
freely
conversing
together
,
adoring
the
Infinite
Perfections
of
God
,
and
congratulating
each
others
Happiness
in
the
enjoyment
of
him
.
Where
with
all
the
Blessed
Inhabitants
of
that
place
,
being
united
together
in
holy
Love
,
I
shall
be
engaged
in
a
constant
Exercise
of
Love
,
Joy
,
Gratitude
,
and
Admiration
,
in
chanting
forth
Songs
of
Praise
and
Thanksgiving
to
him
that
sits
on
the
throne
,
and
to
the
Lamb
that
was
slain
;
to
God
even
our
Father
,
and
to
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
,
who
hath
loved
us
,
and
washed
away
our
sins
in
his
own
blood
.
Where
,
lastly
,
all
this
Happiness
shall
be
Eternal
;
where
I
shall
every
day
be
more
and
more
advancing
in
the
Knowledge
and
Love
of
the
Infinite
God
;
and
as
they
grow
and
increase
,
so
will
my
Joys
multiply
and
spring
in
upon
me
;
every
farther
degree
of
the
Knowledge
and
Love
of
God
will
create
in
me
new
and
fresh
Additions
of
Delight
and
Pleasure
;
and
because
I
can
never
come
to
an
end
in
knowing
and
loving
of
God
,
I
can
never
come
to
an
end
of
my
Happiness
.
All
this
,
and
infinitely
more
,
is
comprehended
in
that
Eternal
Life
,
that
's
here
made
the
Reward
of
Righteous
Persons
:
For
neither
eye
hath
seen
,
1
Cor
.
2.9
.
nor
ear
heard
,
nor
hath
it
ever
entered
into
the
heart
of
man
to
conceive
,
the
great
things
God
hath
prepared
for
them
that
love
him
;
and
therefore
is
it
fitter
for
us
to
hope
for
these
things
than
to
discourse
of
them
,
1
Cor
.
13.12
.
whilst
we
are
in
this
tabernacle
,
and
see
but
as
in
a
glass
darkly
.
But
then
it
is
to
be
consider'd
,
that
tho
the
Gospel
promises
us
an
Happiness
that
we
cannot
comprehend
,
yet
it
gives
us
all
the
reason
in
the
World
to
believe
the
Certainty
of
it
.
And
this
leads
me
to
the
III
.
Third
Particular
,
To
shew
the
Truth
and
Certainty
of
this
Proposition
,
That
Righteous
and
Charitable
Persons
shall
be
for
ever
happy
in
the
other
World
;
but
the
Righteous
into
Life
Eternal
.
We
have
some
short
tasts
of
it
here
in
the
peace
and
satisfaction
of
our
Minds
,
there
being
much
of
God
and
Heaven
in
every
act
of
Charity
,
and
in
the
perfection
of
Charity
consists
the
Heavenly
State
.
We
are
assur'd
of
it
from
the
Justice
of
Divine
Providence
,
which
making
little
or
no
difference
betwixt
Good
and
Bad
Men
in
this
World
,
is
obliged
to
make
a
greater
and
more
remarkable
one
in
the
next
.
It
is
told
us
by
God
himself
,
preach'd
by
his
Holy
Son
;
confirm'd
by
Miracles
;
Christ
himself
died
to
purchase
it
;
and
thousands
of
Martyrs
have
died
to
witness
it
.
But
the
Argument
I
shall
insist
on
as
more
proper
at
present
,
is
taken
from
our
Saviour's
Resurrection
;
This
is
the
main
support
of
our
future
hopes
,
the
great
Pledge
and
Assurance
of
our
own
Resurrection
and
Immortality
.
That
our
Saviour
did
arise
from
the
Dead
,
I
shall
not
need
,
as
I
justly
might
,
to
lay
the
stress
of
the
Evidence
upon
the
Divine
Authority
of
the
Holy
Scriptures
;
but
giving
them
only
that
Credit
that
is
due
to
every
Common
History
of
Matter
of
Fact
,
here
is
enough
to
satisfy
the
most
Sceptical
and
Cavilling
Person
.
For
,
says
the
Apostle
,
1
Cor
.
15.
He
was
seen
of
Cephas
,
then
of
the
twelve
,
then
of
five
hundred
brethren
at
once
.
All
Persons
of
clear
Understandings
,
unspotted
Virtue
,
unquestionable
Prudence
,
who
could
promise
themselves
no
advantage
by
forging
it
,
who
cannot
be
supposed
to
invent
a
Lye
to
propagate
that
Gospel
that
damns
the
Lyar
;
who
were
enabled
by
a
Divine
Power
to
work
Miracles
for
the
Confirmation
of
what
they
said
;
and
who
at
last
when
they
were
not
suffered
any
longer
to
live
to
publish
it
,
laid
down
their
Lives
,
and
sealed
it
with
their
Blood
.
Besides
these
,
there
are
two
other
great
Evidences
of
their
Integrity
in
relating
this
matter
,
which
being
not
so
common
,
I
shall
propose
them
a
little
more
at
large
;
and
(
the
First
)
is
,
That
they
have
not
in
their
Writings
conceal'd
their
own
faults
,
nor
their
Master's
Sufferings
;
both
which
,
no
doubt
,
they
would
have
done
,
had
their
design
been
no
other
than
by
all
manner
of
ways
,
right
or
wrong
,
true
or
false
,
to
advance
their
own
and
their
Master's
Glory
.
It
was
not
much
for
St.
Matthew's
Credit
,
that
before
his
Conversion
he
was
a
Publican
,
a
most
hated
and
dishonourable
Office
;
and
yet
this
does
St.
Matthew
only
,
of
all
the
Evangelists
,
transmit
to
Posterity
.
Would
it
not
have
been
more
for
St.
Peter's
Reputation
,
to
have
spoke
but
little
of
his
shameful
Fall
and
Denial
of
his
Master
,
and
more
largely
of
his
deep
Sorrow
and
Repentance
?
When
on
the
the
contrary
,
St.
Mark
,
who
wrote
his
Gospel
from
St.
Peter's
mouth
,
has
at
large
in
all
its
Circumstances
describ'd
and
related
his
Fall
,
but
very
sparingly
mention'd
his
Repentance
,
saying
only
,
Peter
wept
,
when
as
the
other
Evangelists
add
,
he
wept
bitterly
:
So
also
in
respect
of
their
Master
,
had
it
been
only
to
advance
his
Honour
,
that
they
contriv'd
the
story
of
his
Resurrection
,
when
there
was
no
such
thing
;
How
came
they
to
give
us
so
particular
an
Account
of
his
Disgraces
and
Sufferings
?
especially
the
Purple
Robe
,
the
Scepter
of
Reed
,
the
Mockings
and
Scourges
,
and
the
other
shameful
Circumstances
they
have
recorded
of
his
Condemnation
and
Execution
?
If
their
business
had
been
only
to
invent
and
Romance
,
certainly
it
had
been
more
for
their
Master's
Renown
,
to
have
left
it
upon
Record
to
succeeding
Ages
,
That
he
suffer'd
not
at
all
;
but
that
after
he
had
by
a
Divine
Power
,
working
Miracles
,
and
doing
Execution
on
his
Enemies
,
establish'd
his
Kingdom
in
the
world
,
he
return'd
back
again
to
Heaven
,
with
all
the
Ornaments
of
Triumph
and
Glory
;
But
impartially
relating
the
whole
story
of
our
Saviour's
Life
,
and
Death
,
and
Resurrection
,
the
disgraceful
as
well
as
the
glorious
part
,
it
's
no
little
proof
,
that
they
spake
truth
in
both
,
and
are
to
be
believ'd
in
the
whole
.
Again
,
we
find
their
Testimony
of
this
matter
confirm'd
by
an
eminent
Jew
,
Josephus
by
name
,
who
liv'd
in
or
about
that
time
;
his
words
are
these
,
{αβγδ}
,
Antiq
.
l.
18.
c
.
4.
There
was
at
that
time
,
saith
he
,
a
wise
man
,
if
it
be
lawful
to
call
him
a
man
,
who
did
many
Miracles
,
was
an
Instructer
of
those
that
willingly
entertain'd
the
Truth
;
this
was
Christ
,
who
being
put
to
death
,
rose
again
the
Third
day
.
There
are
indeed
those
that
will
have
this
Testimony
of
Josephus
to
be
forg'd
,
and
to
be
falsely
thrust
into
his
Writings
by
some
Christians
for
the
advantage
of
their
Cause
.
But
is
there
any
shew
of
reason
to
suspect
this
?
Is
it
to
be
imagin'd
,
that
our
Saviour
should
make
so
great
a
noise
in
the
world
,
draw
after
him
so
great
a
number
of
Disciples
,
be
the
Institutor
of
a
new
Sect
of
Religion
,
do
many
miraculous
Works
,
and
yet
so
diligent
an
Historian
as
Josephus
,
who
liv'd
at
that
time
,
and
carefully
collected
every
remarkable
Occurrence
,
should
not
make
the
least
mention
of
him
?
And
now
if
he
has
not
done
it
here
,
he
has
done
it
no
where
;
this
being
the
only
place
in
his
whole
History
where
any
thing
is
said
of
him
.
But
is
it
likely
Josephus
should
write
thus
,
This
was
the
Christ
?
Is
not
this
to
write
more
like
a
Confessor
than
an
Historian
?
more
like
a
Christian
than
a
Jew
?
I
answer
,
Is
it
necessary
that
Josephus
should
write
his
own
Sense
?
May
he
not
be
suppos'd
to
write
according
to
the
Opinion
of
others
,
and
what
the
generality
of
the
people
said
and
reported
of
him
?
As
well
may
Pilate
be
suppos'd
to
believe
Jesus
to
be
King
of
the
Jews
,
because
he
caus'd
that
Title
,
Jesus
of
Nazareth
King
of
the
Jews
,
to
be
set
over
his
Cross
;
as
Josephus
,
to
believe
him
to
be
the
Christ
,
because
he
in
his
History
says
,
This
was
the
Christ
;
when
both
spake
,
not
what
they
themselves
believ'd
,
but
what
others
generally
spake
;
This
was
the
Christ
,
that
is
,
this
was
call'd
the
Christ
.
So
undeniable
you
see
is
the
Truth
of
our
Saviour's
Resurrection
;
and
if
Christ
be
risen
,
we
may
also
be
certain
,
that
we
shall
at
last
be
rais'd
by
him
;
for
he
arose
not
for
himself
only
,
1
Cor
.
15.
but
as
the
First-fruits
of
them
that
slept
;
and
therefore
the
Apostle
argues
with
great
Reason
,
when
he
says
,
If
Christ
be
risen
from
the
dead
,
1
Thes
.
4
14.
how
say
some
among
you
,
that
there
is
no
Resurrection
?
And
on
the
contrary
,
If
we
believe
that
Jesus
died
and
rose
again
,
even
them
also
that
sleep
in
Jesus
will
God
bring
with
him
.
What
greater
Assurance
can
good
Men
have
,
that
their
Bodies
shall
not
for
ever
sleep
in
the
Grave
,
but
shall
at
last
be
reunited
to
their
Souls
,
and
both
Soul
and
Body
live
for
ever
in
unspeakable
Bliss
and
Glory
?
Christ
raising
himself
from
the
dead
,
and
ascending
up
into
Glory
at
the
right
hand
of
God
,
gives
us
an
uncontroulable
Demonstration
that
he
is
able
to
raise
us
also
;
and
then
passing
his
Word
and
Promise
for
it
,
that
he
would
raise
us
and
exalt
us
to
the
same
Glory
with
himself
,
we
can
have
as
little
reason
to
doubt
his
willingness
to
do
it
,
as
his
Power
;
Thus
he
says
,
I
am
the
Resurrection
and
the
Life
;
and
again
,
He
that
believeth
on
me
,
shall
not
perish
,
John
6.40
.
but
have
everlasting
Life
,
and
I
will
raise
him
at
the
last
day
.
Blessed
therefore
,
for
ever
blessed
be
our
Lord
Jesus
,
who
hath
brought
Life
and
Immortality
to
light
by
his
Gospel
.
Everlasting
Praises
to
his
Name
,
who
hath
begotten
us
again
to
this
lively
hope
by
his
Resurrection
from
the
dead
.
1
Pet
.
1.2
.
Now
I
know
that
my
Redeemer
lives
,
and
this
I
know
also
,
that
if
he
lives
,
I
shall
live
also
;
and
though
it
does
not
yet
appear
what
I
shall
be
,
yet
this
I
know
,
that
when
he
appears
,
I
shall
be
like
him
.
Oh
blessed
state
of
Christianity
!
we
are
not
now
left
in
the
dark
,
as
was
the
condition
of
the
Heathen
world
,
with
some
uncertain
guesses
and
conjectures
of
a
future
state
,
grounded
upon
nice
and
subtle
,
and
as
to
the
people
,
unintelligible
Arguments
,
but
have
it
demonstrated
even
to
outward
sense
by
our
Saviour's
Resurrection
;
This
is
that
which
exalts
the
Religion
of
Christ
above
the
Jewish
or
any
other
that
ever
was
in
the
world
,
that
will
effectually
recommend
it
to
all
Mankind
in
all
Ages
,
that
it
hath
given
us
a
plain
and
easy
,
a
short
and
compendious
,
but
withal
,
a
full
and
clear
and
conclusive
Demonstration
of
a
Blessed
Immortality
.
It
remains
now
only
,
That
from
what
I
have
said
,
I
perswade
you
,
if
I
can
,
to
the
sincere
practice
of
universal
Righteousness
,
especially
this
Noble
and
Principal
part
of
it
,
Alms
and
Charity
.
I
have
already
shew'd
you
the
Blessed
Reward
of
so
doing
,
both
as
to
the
greatness
and
the
certainty
of
it
;
give
me
leave
for
a
Conclusion
to
put
you
in
mind
of
the
great
Examples
that
are
gone
before
you
to
enjoy
it
,
by
whose
abundant
Charity
so
many
admirable
Hospitals
have
been
founded
and
plentifully
endow'd
;
the
blessed
Fruits
and
Effects
whereof
,
are
these
before
you
,
and
many
others
;
So
many
daily
fed
and
cloath'd
,
cured
of
their
Maladies
,
restor'd
to
their
Wits
,
put
out
to
beneficial
Trades
,
instructed
with
great
Abilities
and
Application
in
several
kinds
of
useful
Knowledge
and
Learning
;
But
I
cannot
give
you
a
better
account
of
them
,
than
by
reading
the
Report
unto
you
.
A
True
Report
,
&c.
By
this
Report
you
see
how
much
we
are
indebted
to
the
Noble
Benefactions
of
our
great
and
generous
Ancestors
:
How
much
to
your
Lordship's
and
Brethren's
Care
,
together
with
many
other
worthy
Citizens
,
for
their
faithful
and
prudent
Management
of
them
:
This
above
all
things
is
the
Glory
of
your
City
,
and
I
hope
it
will
ever
be
so
.
May
God
encrease
the
Number
of
your
Benefactors
,
may
you
your selves
be
of
that
number
.
This
is
the
best
way
to
perpetuate
your
Memories
,
to
eternize
your
Names
,
to
bring
Honour
to
your
Religion
,
to
demonstrate
the
sincerity
of
your
Profession
,
to
make
our
Church
become
the
Envy
of
Rome
and
the
Glory
of
all
Churches
.
This
is
the
best
way
to
derive
a
present
Blessing
upon
your
Families
,
and
to
entail
a
Blessing
upon
your
Posterities
,
to
avert
the
Judgments
of
God
that
hang
over
our
heads
,
and
to
engage
the
peculiar
and
extraordinary
Protection
of
Divine
Providence
over
Their
Majesties
,
this
great
City
,
and
the
whole
Nation
.
Eccl.
3.30
,
31.
As
water
quenches
flaming
fire
,
so
Alms
make
Atonement
for
Sin
.
This
will
make
us
like
our selves
,
of
a
truly
humane
Temper
and
Disposition
,
whose
native
property
it
is
,
to
be
courteous
,
helpful
,
and
obliging
:
This
will
make
us
like
the
Son
of
God
,
who
whilst
he
was
here
on
Earth
,
was
full
of
the
Spirit
of
Love
,
Tender-heartedness
,
and
Compassion
,
going
up
and
down
doing
Good
,
and
casting
an
healing
Influence
both
on
the
Souls
and
Bodies
of
Men
.
This
will
make
us
like
to
God
himself
,
by
whose
most
adorable
Goodness
,
the
whole
Frame
of
the
Creation
,
the
whole
Race
of
Mankind
,
the
rich
,
the
poor
,
the
sound
,
the
unsound
Part
,
were
at
first
made
,
and
have
hitherto
been
sustained
.
In
sum
,
Charity
is
the
Flower
of
all
Graces
,
the
Bond
of
Perfectness
,
the
Soul
of
Religion
,
the
Nature
of
God
,
the
Life
of
Heaven
,
and
the
most
certain
undoubted
Way
that
leads
to
it
.
God
many
times
rewards
Charity
in
this
World
,
and
the
Posterity
of
a
Righteous
Man
commonly
fare
the
better
for
their
Father's
sake
.
I
have
been
young
,
but
now
am
old
,
says
the
Prophet
David
,
yet
never
saw
I
the
righteous
forsaken
,
nor
his
seed
begging
their
bread
;
that
is
,
nor
his
Seed
begging
their
Bread
,
forsaken
.
We
read
in
the
Second
Book
of
Kings
,
and
the
Fourth
Chapter
,
of
a
Widow-woman
and
her
Children
preserved
alive
,
and
fed
by
the
Prophet's
miraculous
encreasing
of
her
Pot
of
Oyl
;
which
Woman
,
if
we
will
believe
the
Rabbins
,
had
been
Wife
to
that
good
Man
Obadiah
,
concerning
whom
we
read
in
the
First
Book
of
Kings
,
and
the
18th
Chapter
,
That
when
Jezebel
cut
off
the
Prophets
of
the
Lord
,
he
hid
them
by
fifty
in
a
Cave
,
and
fed
them
with
bread
and
water
:
And
their
Conjecture
is
not
improbable
,
the
Character
the
Woman
gives
of
her
Husband
in
the
one
place
,
so
exactly
agreeing
to
that
the
Holy
Ghost
gives
of
him
in
the
other
.
Thy
servant
my
husband
,
says
the
Woman
to
Elisha
,
fear'd
the
Lord
;
and
Obadiah
feared
the
Lord
greatly
,
says
the
other
.
So
great
a
regard
,
you
see
,
had
God
to
the
Wife
and
Children
of
a
Charitable
Man
,
that
he
chuses
,
rather
than
they
should
want
,
to
feed
them
by
a
Miracle
.
But
what
are
all
the
good
things
of
this
Life
to
the
felicities
of
the
next
?
What
are
Riches
that
have
wings
,
to
Immortality
?
What
's
a
Palace
,
to
Heaven
?
Here
we
visit
the
Sick
,
and
the
Spirit
of
Comfort
visits
us
.
We
serve
our
Brethren
,
and
Angels
minister
to
us
.
We
convert
a
Sinner
,
and
shall
shine
as
Stars
.
We
part
with
a
little
Silver
,
and
the
hand
of
Mercy
works
it
,
and
turns
it
into
a
Crown
.
We
sow
Temporal
Things
,
and
shall
reap
Eternal
.
We
build
Houses
for
Outcasts
and
Orphans
,
and
shall
our selves
have
a
Building
of
God
,
an
House
not
made
with
hands
,
Eternal
in
the
Heavens
;
But
the
Righteous
into
Life
Eternal
.
FINIS
.