A
Funeral
Sermon
.
Heb
.
ix
.
27.
—
But
after
this
the
Judgment
.
THE
Minds
of
men
are
then
generally
most
serious
and
composed
,
when
they
have
before
them
a
fresh
instance
of
mortality
:
a
Discourse
therefore
of
a
Subject
in
which
all
men
are
so
nearly
concerned
,
as
that
of
a
Future
Judgment
which
is
to
follow
after
Death
,
cannot
be
improper
or
unseasonable
at
such
a
Solemnity
as
this
;
't
is
this
which
maketh
Death
so
terrible
,
and
that
the
King
of
terrors
,
so
truly
applicable
to
it
;
Death
indeed
tho
there
were
nothing
after
it
was
to
be
dreaded
upon
the
account
of
those
Pains
and
Agonies
that
attend
it
,
which
questionless
are
very
grievous
to
be
undergone
,
which
we
cannot
but
shrink
and
tremble
at
the
thoughts
of
;
but
that
which
maketh
it
much
more
to
be
dreaded
,
is
econsideration
of
that
strict
and
impartial
Judgment
which
we
are
just
then
going
to
make
,
then
must
we
immediately
appear
before
Christ's
Tribunal
;
what
can
more
startle
,
amaze
,
or
affright
us
than
this
?
Necessary
it
is
that
we
should
be
reminded
of
that
which
is
the
most
serious
and
weighty
matter
and
of
greatest
concernment
to
us
,
and
which
,
if
so
thought
on
as
it
ought
,
may
curb
and
restrain
us
from
Sin
and
excite
us
to
the
strictest
Holiness
of
life
;
there
cannot
sure
be
a
more
effectual
or
prevailing
Motive
to
a
holy
life
,
than
a
frequent
and
serious
consideration
of
a
Judgment
to
come
;
who
would
venture
to
commit
any
unlawful
or
sinful
action
,
tho
in
the
most
secret
Recesses
or
private
Retirements
,
if
he
remembers
that
no
Locks
or
Bolts
are
able
to
shelter
him
from
the
all-seeing
eye
of
Heaven
,
who
beholds
us
as
plainly
through
the
narrowest
chinks
as
upon
the
house
top
?
For
unto
him
all
things
are
naked
and
open
,
and
what
he
observeth
us
now
to
do
with
so
much
secrecy
,
he
will
assuredly
bring
us
into
Judgment
for
:
what
a
reverential
awe
and
dread
would
such
Meditations
as
these
beget
in
us
?
how
would
they
check
our
most
vicious
Inclinations
,
and
enable
us
to
withstand
and
resist
all
the
Temptations
and
Allurements
,
which
our
most
spitefull
Adversaries
could
invent
to
intice
and
draw
us
to
Sin
?
That
which
made
the
Primitive
Christians
lead
such
holy
,
strict
,
and
pure
Lives
,
for
which
they
are
worthily
renowned
to
this
day
,
was
a
general
and
strong
Opinion
they
held
that
the
day
of
Judgment
was
nigh
at
hand
;
and
with
this
caution
and
restraint
it
is
that
Solomon
gave
such
a
large
Grant
,
which
he
thought
was
sufficient
to
keep
men
within
due
bounds
of
Mderation
,
Eccles
.
11.9
.
rejoice
,
O
young
man
,
in
thy
youth
,
and
let
thy
heart
chear
thee
in
the
days
of
thy
youth
,
and
walk
in
the
ways
of
thine
heart
,
and
the
sight
of
thine
eyes
;
but
know
thou
that
for
all
these
things
God
will
bring
thee
into
Jdgment
;
As
if
he
had
said
,
be
sure
thou
always
keep
the
Fear
of
God
in
thine
heart
,
and
remember
his
everlasting
Judgment
,
not
to
indulge
thyself
in
evil
,
or
to
use
any
excess
in
that
which
is
of
it self
good
and
lawful
;
for
God
will
bring
every
work
into
Judgment
with
every
secret
thing
,
whether
it
be
good
or
bad
.
Since
then
the
beleif
of
an
After-Reckoning
is
so
powerful
a
Perswasive
to
a
holy
life
,
we
may
justly
wonder
,
that
men
who
profess
to
believe
it
should
live
so
wickedly
as
generally
they
do
,
and
take
so
little
care
for
that
account
which
they
certainly
must
,
and
we
know
not
how
soon
may
,
make
,
For
't
is
appointed
,
&c.
This
is
the
irrevisible
and
unalterable
Decree
of
Heaven
,
that
all
men
sooner
or
later
shall
dye
;
tho
some
may
live
long
,
yet
they
must
see
the
Grave
,
they
must
go
down
to
the
Chambers
of
Death
,
the
place
appointed
for
all
living
.
We
need
not
a
Monitor
as
Historians
tell
us
the
Macedonian
Monarch
had
,
to
remind
us
of
our
Mortality
;
the
Death
of
our
Friends
and
Relations
sufficiently
informs
us
,
who
are
of
the
same
make
with
them
,
how
frail
and
uncertain
our
own
Condition
is
;
but
if
this
were
all
,
if
we
were
only
to
die
;
were
our
Bodies
to
lie
rotting
in
our
Graves
for
ever
,
and
our
Souls
to
vanish
into
the
soft
Air
;
were
these
two
never
to
be
united
together
again
,
then
surely
the
Thoughts
of
Death
would
not
be
so
dreadful
and
astonishing
as
they
are
.
To
him
indeed
that
liveth
at
rest
in
his
Possessions
,
unto
the
Man
that
hath
nothing
to
vex
or
trouble
him
,
who
enjoys
the
World
at
will
,
and
hath
all
things
that
his
heart
can
either
wish
or
desire
,
the
remembrance
of
Death
may
be
bitter
to
him
,
because
it
depriveth
him
of
all
those
Enjoyments
which
he
has
here
possession
of
;
but
to
him
that
is
poor
and
in
want
,
to
him
that
is
in
misery
and
distress
,
to
him
that
is
perplexed
with
sore
and
bitter
pains
,
or
tormented
with
lingring
diseases
,
what
could
be
more
acceptable
than
Death
?
What
more
grateful
to
a
weary
Traveller
,
than
Rest
?
What
would
one
weary
of
this
life
,
because
of
the
pains
and
aches
he
endureth
in
it
,
more
earnestly
wish
for
,
or
greedily
long
after
,
than
to
find
the
Grave
,
where
he
might
repose
himself
,
and
be
free
from
those
Calamities
and
Afflictions
which
he
suffered
in
this
Life
.
But
,
alas
,
this
is
not
all
,
Death
is
but
a
passage
into
another
Life
;
that
divorce
and
separation
which
it
maketh
between
the
Body
and
the
Soul
,
must
not
be
for
ever
;
our
Souls
are
Immortal
,
and
must
endure
for
ever
,
and
our
Bodies
also
;
tho
they
be
turned
into
Dust
,
from
whence
they
were
at
first
taken
,
yet
shall
by
the
same
Almighty
Power
,
which
at
first
made
them
,
be
raised
and
joined
to
the
same
Soul
,
and
be
made
Partakers
with
it
,
according
to
our
demeanour
here
,
either
of
Bliss
or
Misery
:
And
this
is
it
which
maketh
the
Thoughts
of
Death
so
dreadful
and
amazing
;
this
is
it
which
maketh
Men
,
tho
weary
of
life
,
yet
afraid
to
die
,
viz.
an
Apprehension
of
a
future
Judgment
:
the
Thoughts
of
that
strict
Account
which
we
must
then
make
,
before
a
most
just
and
upright
Judge
,
maketh
us
like
Felix
,
conscious
to
our selves
how
we
have
lived
here
,
to
quake
and
tremble
;
this
sure
is
enough
to
quash
and
damp
the
courage
of
the
most
resolute
and
undaunted
Sinner
,
because
after
Death
,
they
do
not
utterly
cease
to
be
;
but
after
this
,
that
is
,
after
the
Dissolution
of
our
Bodies
,
follows
Judgment
,
it
being
appointed
for
all
men
,
&c.
In
Treating
of
which
Words
,
I
shall
speak
to
these
following
Particulars
.
I.
The
certainty
of
what
is
here
asserted
,
a
Future
Judgment
.
II
.
The
Persons
who
must
come
to
Judgment
.
III
.
The
Practical
Inferences
deducible
from
hence
.
First
,
The
certainty
of
what
is
asserted
,
&c.
which
I
shall
endeavour
to
evince
from
these
Three
Heads
.
1.
From
the
universal
Consent
of
all
Mankind
.
2.
From
our
own
Consciences
.
3.
From
the
Justice
of
God
.
First
,
From
the
universal
Consent
of
all
Mankind
.
The
very
Heathens
themselves
,
tho
guided
by
no
other
than
the
obscure
and
glimering
light
of
Nature
,
did
own
and
profess
this
Truth
,
that
there
should
be
another
Life
after
this
;
in
which
Men
,
according
as
they
have
demeaned
themselves
here
,
should
be
rewarded
or
punished
.
From
this
Belief
arose
those
Fictions
of
the
Elysian
Fields
,
where
they
supposed
all
good
and
virtuous
Men
to
enjoy
all
manner
of
Happiness
;
whereas
wicked
Men
,
they
believed
,
were
thrust
into
infernal
Regions
,
into
Prisons
and
dark
Caverns
,
where
they
underwent
Punishments
answerable
to
their
Crimes
,
and
while
they
continued
in
a
stedfast
and
firm
Belief
of
a
Future
Judgment
,
they
lived
well
and
vertuously
;
but
when
thro
the
Corruption
of
the
times
,
this
Truth
began
to
be
doubted
of
,
then
did
all
manner
of
Sin
and
Iniquity
abound
amongst
them
:
so
powerful
a
Motive
is
the
Belief
of
a
Judgment
to
come
,
to
restrain
Men
from
Sin
,
and
to
engage
them
to
Virtue
and
Holiness
;
so
generally
was
this
Opinion
received
in
the
World
,
that
when
S.
Paul
Preached
of
it
at
Athens
,
there
were
none
that
denied
it
.
Acts
17.31
.
God
hath
appointed
a
day
in
which
he
will
judge
the
world
in
righteousness
,
by
that
man
whom
he
hath
ordained
;
whereof
he
hath
given
assurance
unto
all
men
,
in
that
he
hath
raised
him
from
the
dead
.
When
he
spake
of
a
Resurrection
,
this
was
such
a
new
and
unheard
of
Doctrine
,
that
some
of
them
,
the
Epicureans
especially
,
who
had
addicted
themselves
to
sensual
Delights
and
corporeal
Pleasures
,
whose
Interest
it
was
that
there
should
be
none
,
mock'd
and
derided
him
;
but
that
of
a
Judgment
to
come
,
all
readily
owned
and
acknowledged
.
Thus
have
Men
in
all
Ages
,
of
all
Sects
,
how
different
soever
their
Opinions
were
in
other
matters
,
consented
and
agreed
in
this
,
tho
what
it
was
that
did
induce
them
to
be
so
unanimous
in
this
particular
,
is
not
so
easie
to
determine
:
there
are
Two
Reasons
commonly
given
of
it
,
either
some
certain
Principles
of
Reason
,
which
are
common
to
all
Men
,
or
else
Divine
Revelation
;
which
soever
of
these
two
it
was
is
not
material
to
our
present
Purpose
;
for
the
Inference
will
be
good
,
that
Men
must
be
judged
after
Death
,
because
all
Men
do
believe
and
expect
it
.
2.
From
our
own
Consciences
.
If
we
will
but
descend
into
our selves
,
and
consider
our
own
Frame
and
Constitution
,
we
cannot
be
ignorant
hereof
,
our
Consciences
plainly
bear
witness
hereto
;
while
we
continue
in
the
Practice
of
things
honest
and
comely
,
while
we
lead
our
lifes
according
to
God's
Commands
,
they
do
not
only
approve
,
but
also
highly
commend
this
,
our
good
Conversation
,
and
beget
within
us
a
complacency
and
delight
,
an
inward
joy
and
contentment
of
Mind
;
but
when
we
do
things
contrary
to
God's
Laws
,
when
we
commit
any
gross
or
foul
Sin
,
does
not
only
dislow
,
but
also
accuses
and
condemns
us
for
them
,
troubleth
and
affrighteth
us
with
thoughts
of
some
Judgment
which
will
fall
upon
us
,
if
not
in
this
,
yet
in
another
life
.
From
whence
else
proceeds
that
exultancy
and
chearfulness
of
Spirit
,
that
inward
complacency
of
Mind
,
we
find
upon
any
good
and
vertuous
Actions
,
which
perhaps
is
not
like
to
be
known
or
believed
in
the
World
,
and
by
which
we
can
foresee
no
temporal
Advantage
,
nay
for
which
't
is
likely
we
may
lose
all
things
in
this
World
,
Friends
,
Estate
and
Life
itself
?
And
whence
,
on
the
other
side
,
should
our
Hearts
smite
and
accuse
us
,
condemn
and
disquiet
us
,
upon
any
base
or
vicious
Action
,
tho
contrived
and
executed
with
never
so
much
Darkness
and
Secrecy
which
none
can
betray
,
because
none
know
it
but
our selves
,
or
if
they
should
,
perhaps
such
are
the
circumstances
of
our
outward
Condition
,
that
we
are
out
of
the
reach
,
or
above
the
cognizance
of
Humane
Laws
,
for
which
perhaps
we
may
be
assured
of
applause
and
encouragement
in
the
World
?
Now
from
whence
could
these
things
proceed
,
but
from
the
hopes
and
fears
of
the
Rewards
and
Punishments
of
another
Life
,
so
firmly
rooted
in
our
Natures
,
upon
the
Sense
of
our
guilt
or
innocence
,
so
that
as
we
would
not
lose
the
one
,
so
we
cannot
,
by
all
our
Art
and
Industry
,
by
all
our
outward
Gaiety
and
Jolity
,
prevent
the
other
.
Thus
do
our
Consciences
teach
us
,
that
after
Death
we
must
be
judged
.
3.
From
the
Justice
of
God
.
This
is
an
Attribute
so
essential
to
the
Divinity
,
that
we
may
as
well
deny
him
to
be
God
,
as
to
be
Just
.
Now
this
requireth
,
that
every
man
should
have
according
to
his
Works
,
that
the
godly
should
be
Rewarded
,
and
the
wicked
Punished
;
but
here
we
see
,
it
often
cometh
to
pass
,
that
the
worst
men
are
in
the
best
Circumstances
and
Conditions
,
they
that
do
wickedly
thrive
and
prosper
.
Rewards
and
Punishments
,
are
not
exactly
proportioned
to
Mens
good
and
evil
Actions
in
this
life
;
but
all
things
come
alike
to
all
,
there
is
one
event
to
the
righteous
and
is
the
wicked
,
to
the
clean
and
the
unclean
,
to
him
that
sacrificeth
,
and
to
him
that
sacrificeth
not
;
as
is
the
good
,
so
the
sinner
,
and
he
that
sweareth
,
as
he
that
sweareth
not
.
However
things
are
carried
now
,
the
Judge
of
all
the
Earth
will
do
right
,
he
will
reward
the
righteous
,
and
punish
the
wicked
;
when
we
therefore
see
,
that
the
distribution
of
humane
Affairs
in
this
life
,
hath
very
little
appearance
of
that
impartial
Justice
which
God
will
exercise
towards
the
children
of
men
,
what
can
we
conclude
,
but
that
he
hath
appointed
another
time
and
Place
,
wherein
he
will
judge
the
World
in
Righteousness
.
't
is
true
indeed
,
God
doth
sometimes
inflict
remarkable
Judgments
upon
some
notorious
Offenders
here
in
this
life
,
sometimes
for
their
own
amendment
,
that
they
may
escape
the
wrath
to
come
,
sometimes
for
examples
to
others
,
that
they
may
see
it
and
fear
,
and
remember
that
the
Most
High
ruleth
among
the
children
of
men
:
but
still
the
full
execution
of
his
Justice
,
is
reserved
to
another
life
;
and
there
we
must
expect
he
will
bring
every
work
into
Judgment
;
the
more
unequally
things
are
carried
on
in
this
World
,
the
greater
certainty
there
is
of
Judgment
in
another
;
for
it
cannot
be
,
but
that
a
just
God
will
reward
Virtue
,
and
punish
Vice
;
which
,
because
he
doth
not
always
do
here
,
he
will
most
certainly
do
hereafter
.
Thus
,
for
the
full
and
clear
Manifestation
of
God's
Justice
,
there
must
necessarily
be
another
Judgment
,
that
good
Men
may
be
rewarded
,
and
wicked
Men
receive
condign
punishment
;
that
they
who
have
their
good
things
in
this
life
,
may
be
tormented
;
and
they
who
have
received
their
evil
things
comforted
,
and
be
recompensed
for
all
the
evils
they
have
suffered
in
this
life
.
II
.
The
Persons
that
must
come
to
Judgment
.
And
they
are
all
Mankind
;
the
Text
tells
us
that
all
shall
die
,
and
all
shall
come
to
Judgment
;
for
to
those
to
whom
Death
is
appointed
,
Judgment
is
appointed
also
,
as
it
is
appointed
to
all
men
,
&c.
we
every
one
of
us
,
who
are
now
alive
,
and
must
ere
long
descend
into
our
Graves
;
we
the
very
same
Persons
,
shall
be
raised
again
and
brought
to
Judgment
;
the
same
Almighty
Power
that
first
gave
us
a
Being
,
when
before
we
were
not
,
is
also
able
to
raise
us
out
of
our
Graves
;
we
all
every
one
of
us
,
must
undergo
this
Judgment
,
none
shall
be
exempted
,
no
order
or
degree
of
Men
excepted
;
high
and
low
,
rich
and
poor
,
noble
and
ignoble
,
Kings
and
Emperours
,
as
well
as
Subjects
,
they
whose
Greatness
exempts
them
from
being
liable
to
any
humane
Judicature
,
being
God's
Vicegerents
here
on
Earth
,
must
yet
render
account
of
their
Actions
to
him
who
is
the
great
King
of
all
the
Earth
,
all
of
what
degree
or
quality
soever
,
must
come
to
Judgment
,
as
S.
John
foresaw
in
a
Night
Vision
;
I
saw
the
dead
,
small
and
great
,
stand
before
God
:
no
man's
Honours
,
Riches
,
Greatness
,
or
any
thing
else
,
can
excuse
him
;
Scepters
and
Thrones
cannot
exempt
Kings
,
nor
Honours
and
Riches
the
noble
and
wealthy
,
nor
Cunning
and
Strength
the
Politician
and
the
Souldier
,
nor
Wisdom
and
Learning
the
wise
and
learned
,
nor
Poverty
the
meanest
and
lowest
,
but
all
Orders
of
Men
without
any
Privilege
,
any
respect
of
Persons
,
all
and
every
one
must
be
Judged
;
and
accordingly
as
they
have
lived
well
or
ill
in
this
world
,
must
receive
their
last
final
Doom
and
Sentence
,
either
to
unspeakable
Bliss
,
or
Misery
.
III
.
I
come
now
to
shew
the
Practical
Inferences
deducible
from
hence
.
I
shall
name
but
Two
.
First
,
The
certainty
of
that
Judgment
,
which
is
to
follow
after
Death
,
should
deter
and
affright
us
from
Sin
.
We
cannot
but
know
if
we
persist
in
our
evil
Courses
,
it
will
go
very
ill
with
us
at
the
last
Day
,
if
we
be
notoriously
negligent
of
our
Duty
,
and
transgress
the
Laws
of
God
,
how
can
we
think
on
this
Judgment
without
being
seized
with
an
hideous
dread
of
coming
to
so
strict
a
Tryal
,
of
falling
under
so
heavy
a
Sentence
?
how
should
the
thoughts
of
it
frighten
us
from
continuing
any
longer
in
our
Disobedience
?
Hard
as
Rocks
surely
we
must
be
,
if
such
thoughts
do
not
pierce
us
,
do
not
affect
us
.
This
consideration
alone
,
that
there
is
a
day
coming
when
the
Wrath
of
God
shall
be
revealed
from
Heaven
,
against
all
ungodliness
and
unrighteousness
of
Men
,
should
methinks
strike
such
a
dread
and
horour
into
us
,
as
to
make
us
fear
to
go
on
in
our
wicked
Courses
:
surely
his
Heart
must
be
wonderfully
hardened
,
who
treasureth
up
unto
himself
wrath
against
the
day
of
wrath
,
and
revelation
of
the
righteous
judgment
of
God
.
If
indeed
we
regard
only
the
present
Pleasure
which
sin
promiseth
us
,
it
may
by
its
flattering
Allurements
entice
us
to
the
Commission
of
it
;
but
when
we
look
farther
and
remember
,
that
we
must
hereafter
be
accountable
for
all
the
Actions
of
our
life
,
when
we
consider
what
will
be
the
sad
Consequences
of
it
;
that
we
must
for
the
short
and
momentary
enjoyments
of
our
sinful
Pleasures
,
for
those
things
which
are
now
passed
away
as
a
Shadow
,
and
as
a
Post
that
hasteth
by
,
which
yielded
us
in
the
Fruition
of
them
far
less
satisfaction
than
we
expected
;
when
we
remember
this
,
it
will
make
us
slight
,
and
despise
,
and
carefully
avoid
all
sin
,
which
we
know
in
the
end
will
infallibly
lead
us
to
eternal
Destruction
:
Whenever
therefore
we
are
tempted
to
any
sin
,
let
us
meditate
upon
the
last
Judgment
;
let
us
consider
how
or
what
we
shall
be
able
to
answer
God
,
when
he
shall
judg
us
for
them
;
what
shall
we
do
when
he
riseth
up
,
and
when
he
visiteth
?
what
shall
we
answer
him
,
how
shall
we
then
be
struck
dumb
and
speechless
,
having
nothing
to
plead
in
our
own
behalf
?
Let
us
not
deceive
or
flatter
our selves
,
or
fondly
imagine
,
that
if
we
be
in
a
retired
place
,
God
cannot
see
our
Actions
;
for
tho
it
is
possible
we
may
so
closely
retire
,
as
that
no
mortal
Eye
shall
see
us
,
yet
we
can
never
escape
the
Eye
of
the
immortal
God
,
who
filling
all
places
with
his
Presence
,
observeth
what
we
are
doing
wherever
we
be
.
That
God
who
will
be
our
Judg
is
ever
present
with
us
,
beholding
us
in
our
greatest
Secrecies
;
and
therefore
our
most
secret
sins
are
as
well
known
to
him
,
as
our
publick
ones
;
there
is
nothing
now
covered
which
shall
not
then
be
revealed
,
neither
hid
that
shall
not
be
known
;
whatever
we
have
spoken
or
done
in
Darkness
shall
be
heard
in
the
light
,
and
that
which
we
have
spoken
in
the
Ear
in
Closets
,
shall
be
proclaimed
upon
the
House
tops
.
Since
then
there
is
no
place
where
we
may
sin
safely
or
securely
but
God
will
see
us
,
and
bring
us
into
Judgment
for
,
how
powerful
should
this
be
to
curb
and
restrain
us
from
sin
.
Secondly
,
Let
the
certainty
of
that
Judgment
which
is
to
follow
after
Death
prevail
with
us
daily
,
to
take
care
to
make
up
our
Accounts
with
God
,
not
putting
off
from
one
day
to
another
,
least
that
day
of
which
we
are
altogether
ignorant
overtake
us
before
we
be
aware
;
and
if
we
seriously
consider
the
uncertainty
of
it
,
that
will
surely
most
effectually
move
us
to
the
greatest
Care
and
Vigilance
imaginable
:
what
more
desperate
Madness
or
greater
Folly
can
there
be
,
than
to
neglect
or
omit
a
present
Opportunity
,
when
we
know
not
whether
we
shall
ever
enjoy
another
;
delays
are
in
all
cases
dangerous
,
but
in
none
more
than
this
,
because
that
which
we
hereby
hazard
is
of
far
greater
concern
to
us
than
any
thing
else
besides
can
be
;
't
is
no
less
than
our
eternal
Welfare
which
we
by
this
means
venture
,
that
which
above
all
things
else
we
ought
to
regard
and
secure
:
Let
us
then
instantly
set
about
this
great
and
important
Business
;
let
us
beforehand
erect
a
Tribunal
in
our
own
Breasts
;
let
us
examine
and
try
our selves
,
take
an
impartial
Survey
of
all
our
Actions
;
consider
them
with
all
those
aggravating
Circumstances
wherewith
they
were
committed
;
accuse
,
arraign
and
condemn
our selves
for
them
,
and
with
a
truly
penitent
Heart
confess
them
to
Almighty
God
;
unfeignedly
bewailing
our
Miscarriages
,
highly
displeased
with
our selves
for
having
so
grievously
offended
so
good
and
gracious
a
God
,
humbly
imploring
his
Mercy
,
beseeching
him
not
to
lay
these
our
sins
to
our
charge
,
not
to
enter
at
the
last
day
into
Judgment
with
us
for
them
,
but
to
put
them
upon
the
account
of
the
Cross
;
to
accept
of
that
complete
Satisfaction
which
our
blessed
Redeemer
made
for
the
sins
of
the
World
,
so
that
our
sins
may
not
rise
up
against
us
,
and
condemn
us
at
that
day
.
And
if
we
live
thus
in
a
constant
preparation
for
Judgment
we
need
not
fear
its
sudden
coming
,
but
having
our
Accounts
ready
,
we
may
joyfully
expect
the
blessed
Hope
and
glorious
Appearance
of
the
great
God
,
and
our
Saviour
Jesus
Christ
,
earnestly
wishing
,
and
heartily
praying
for
the
coming
of
that
Day
,
in
some
such
earnest
and
ardent
Petition
as
that
of
S.
John
,
Come
Lord
Jesus
,
come
quickly
.
Tho
I
have
done
with
the
Text
,
yet
I
have
another
Work
still
to
do
,
which
the
time
requireth
me
to
do
more
briefly
than
otherwise
I
ought
;
the
great
Worth
and
Merit
,
the
exemplary
virtuous
and
pious
Life
of
this
most
worthy
Lady
,
justly
challenge
an
honourable
Mention
.
't
is
not
therefore
to
comply
with
custom
which
hath
made
it
almost
necessary
on
such
occasions
,
as
this
,
to
say
something
of
the
Party
Deceased
,
but
to
pay
a
just
and
due
debt
to
her
Memory
,
to
whom
otherwise
I
should
be
highly
injurious
.
Solomon
tells
us
,
that
the
memory
of
the
just
is
blessed
;
and
David
,
that
the
righteous
shall
be
in
everlasting
remembrance
;
their
worthy
Actions
shall
be
celebrated
with
never
ceasing
Praises
;
their
Names
,
after
their
departure
out
of
this
life
,
ought
to
be
mentioned
with
due
Respect
and
Honour
,
and
so
I
doubt
not
will
the
Name
of
this
good
Lady
be
;
her
good
Works
,
her
useful
and
exemplary
Life
,
will
immortalize
her
Memory
;
none
will
grudge
or
scruple
to
speak
well
of
her
who
so
justly
deserved
.
Her
courteous
and
most
obliging
Behaviour
to
all
,
and
Condescension
to
the
poorest
and
meanest
,
whom
she
would
not
disdain
to
speak
with
,
and
afford
them
what
Help
and
Relief
she
could
,
when
they
came
to
her
either
for
themselves
,
or
in
the
behalf
of
any
sick
or
indigent
Persons
;
these
won
her
the
Affections
of
all
,
made
her
highly
esteemed
and
respected
,
honoured
and
beloved
by
all
while
she
was
living
,
and
generally
bewailed
now
dead
whose
;
Death
is
not
only
a
great
Loss
to
all
her
surviving
Relations
,
but
to
the
whole
Neighbourhood
,
especially
to
the
Poor
,
:
But
what
is
Loss
to
us
,
is
Cain
to
her
,
having
reason
to
hope
,
that
now
she
is
absent
from
the
Body
she
is
present
with
the
Lord
;
and
being
freed
from
the
many
Miseries
and
Troubles
of
this
short
frail
Life
,
she
is
inexpressibly
Blessed
and
Happy
,
for
so
are
all
God's
faithful
Servants
said
to
be
;
Blessed
are
the
dead
which
die
in
the
Lord
,
even
so
saith
the
spirit
,
for
they
rest
from
their
labours
.
I
shall
not
insist
upon
her
Birth
and
Parentage
,
which
was
from
an
antient
and
worthy
Family
;
nor
need
I
speak
of
her
Education
,
all
those
Accomplishments
which
became
her
Sex
and
Quality
(
which
all
I
believe
will
acknowledg
she
had
in
the
greatest
Perfection
)
shew
how
gentile
that
was
,
and
what
improvement
she
made
of
it
;
none
knew
better
,
or
more
exactly
performed
,
whatever
belonged
to
the
Mistress
of
a
Family
than
she
;
how
neat
and
curious
,
and
what
a
particular
knack
she
had
in
the
nobler
Parts
of
Housewifry
,
I
appeal
to
those
who
are
most
competent
Judges
of
it
:
the
endowments
of
her
Mind
were
not
mean
and
vulgar
,
but
great
and
noble
:
she
applied
herself
much
to
Reading
,
which
she
always
professed
she
found
great
Pleasure
and
Satisfaction
,
(
it
being
most
suitable
to
her
ingenious
Mind
)
for
which
she
was
well
qualified
,
being
of
a
quick
and
ready
Apprehension
and
solid
Judgment
;
the
ingenuity
of
her
Mind
discovered
itself
in
her
Discourse
,
and
also
in
her
Writing
,
wherein
she
did
excel
;
very
readily
and
freely
upon
all
Occasions
expressing
herself
in
a
Style
smooth
and
elegant
,
and
in
very
fit
and
proper
Language
:
consider
her
in
every
relation
in
which
she
stood
,
and
you
shall
find
her
very
faithfully
and
punctually
,
discreetly
and
affectionately
Discharging
herself
in
every
respect
;
being
a
faithful
and
loyal
Wife
,
a
most
affectionate
and
indulgent
Mother
,
a
kind
and
gentle
Mistress
,
and
a
sure
and
trusty
Friend
.
I
can
but
barely
Hint
at
these
Things
,
and
am
forced
to
omit
many
others
which
might
be
mentioned
,
there
being
Two
Things
especially
,
which
I
must
not
pass
by
,
which
she
was
eminent
for
,
and
these
are
,
First
,
Her
Charity
.
Secondly
,
Her
exemplary
and
religious
Conversation
.
First
,
Her
Charity
.
She
ever
had
a
very
tender
and
compassionate
Concern
for
all
that
were
in
any
necessitous
or
distressed
Condition
,
not
barely
commiserating
their
hard
Fate
,
and
those
Miseries
and
Straits
which
they
strugled
with
,
but
giving
them
such
Relief
and
Succour
as
their
Necessities
required
,
which
she
did
in
a
very
liberal
and
bountiful
Manner
,
freely
and
chearfully
,
and
so
in
a
manner
most
acceptable
to
God
,
who
is
said
to
love
a
chearful
giver
.
What
S.
Paul
said
of
those
of
Philippi
and
Thessalonica
,
I
think
may
properly
be
applied
to
,
and
said
of
her
,
To
her
power
I
bare
record
;
yea
and
beyond
her
power
she
was
willing
of
herself
.
It
was
her
constant
Practise
every
year
,
to
provide
Medicines
for
the
Sick
and
Poor
;
which
,
as
occasion
offered
,
she
gave
to
those
that
asked
them
of
her
,
as
not
a
few
did
.
I
have
often
heard
her
say
,
how
pleasant
a
thing
it
was
to
do
Good
,
and
that
she
should
never
desire
a
great
Estate
but
only
to
enable
her
to
do
more
good
in
the
World
;
so
very
desirous
was
she
to
imitate
our
Saviour
in
this
blessed
Work
,
who
as
we
read
of
him
,
went
about
doing
good
,
both
to
the
souls
and
bodies
of
men
.
And
how
pleasing
such
Works
as
these
are
to
God
.
The
Apostle
teaches
us
,
when
exhorting
hereto
,
he
saith
,
that
with
such
sacrifices
God
is
well
pleased
:
he
tells
us
also
,
that
our
reward
hereafter
shall
be
proportioned
to
our
degrees
of
charity
,
he
that
soweth
sparingly
shall
reap
sparingly
,
but
he
that
soweth
bountifully
shall
reap
bountifuily
.
Our
Saviour
tells
us
,
that
at
the
last
Day
it
shall
be
enquired
what
works
of
Charity
and
Mercy
men
have
done
,
and
answerably
thereunto
shall
they
hear
one
of
those
Sentences
pronounced
to
them
,
come
ye
blessed
,
&c.
or
go
ye
cursed
,
&c.
Since
then
Works
of
Charity
are
so
pleasing
to
God
,
and
shall
be
so
richly
Rewarded
by
him
,
what
comfortable
Hopes
may
we
have
of
the
happy
State
of
this
most
excellent
Lady
,
who
was
always
forward
in
Acts
of
this
Nature
,
as
many
can
Testifie
,
who
have
often
and
largely
tasted
of
her
Bounty
and
Liberality
.
Secondly
,
Her
exemplary
and
religious
Conversation
.
She
was
happily
betimes
acquainted
with
the
knowledg
of
God
and
Religion
,
fully
instructed
in
the
Principles
of
the
Christian
Faith
,
from
a
Child
knowing
the
Scriptures
,
which
are
able
to
make
us
wise
unto
Salvation
;
and
in
the
following
part
of
her
Life
,
by
her
constant
use
of
the
ordinary
Means
,
she
much
improved
this
useful
and
beneficial
Knowledg
,
being
able
judiciously
to
discourse
of
most
Heads
of
Divinity
,
and
Points
of
Faith
;
which
by
her
frequent
perusal
of
such
Books
as
learnedly
and
solidly
treat
of
them
,
she
became
well
acquainted
with
.
Thus
growing
in
grace
,
and
in
the
knowledg
of
our
Lord
and
Saviour
Jesus
Christ
,
being
sound
in
the
Faith
,
and
ready
always
to
give
an
answer
to
every
one
that
asked
her
a
reason
of
the
Hope
that
was
in
her
with
Meekness
and
Fear
.
And
well
knowing
the
advantages
of
an
early
Piety
,
like
a
pious
and
most
affectionate
Mother
,
she
took
great
care
to
have
her
Son
in
his
younger
Years
instructed
in
Religion
,
whom
she
herself
taught
the
most
necessary
and
fundamental
Points
thereof
;
and
the
like
Care
and
Pains
she
did
likewise
take
of
her
Grandchildren
,
having
instructed
them
also
in
the
Matters
of
Religion
,
as
much
as
their
tender
Years
would
admit
of
;
and
answerable
to
this
,
her
knowledg
in
Religion
,
was
her
Practise
of
Religious
Duties
;
constant
she
was
in
the
most
necessary
Duty
of
Prayer
,
being
sensible
what
need
we
have
of
the
Divine
Assistance
and
Favour
,
which
we
cannot
hope
to
have
unless
we
frequently
and
fervently
ask
it
of
him
:
her
Private
Devotions
in
her
Closet
,
especially
Morning
and
Evening
,
she
very
seldom
,
I
believe
I
might
say
never
,
omitted
:
conversant
she
was
in
reading
the
Bible
,
that
holy
Book
,
from
whence
all
saving
Knowledg
is
to
be
learnt
:
a
great
Reverence
she
had
for
the
holy
Scriptures
,
believing
them
to
be
of
Divine
Inspiration
,
profitable
for
Doctrine
,
for
Reproof
,
for
Correction
,
for
instruction
in
Righteousness
,
which
she
therefore
read
with
Care
and
Diligence
,
with
Heed
and
Attention
;
she
read
some
part
of
them
every
day
,
as
also
other
good
Books
,
of
which
she
had
great
choice
,
and
used
much
:
besides
these
her
Private
Religious
Exercises
,
she
did
constantly
attend
the
Prayers
of
the
Family
,
and
did
often
call
upon
her
Servants
to
do
so
too
,
thinking
it
not
enough
to
be
present
herself
,
unless
she
endeavoured
at
least
to
have
them
there
too
,
that
so
not
she
only
but
her
House
might
serve
the
Lord
:
and
as
she
was
thus
careful
to
serve
God
at
home
,
so
was
she
too
in
the
publick
Places
of
God's
Worship
;
she
staid
not
from
Church
except
Sickness
or
some
unavoidable
Accident
prevented
,
whither
she
went
not
out
of
Custom
,
but
Sence
of
Duty
,
with
a
desire
to
be
reminded
,
and
stirred
up
,
and
excited
to
the
Practise
of
her
Duty
:
she
did
frequently
partake
of
the
Sacrament
of
Christs
Body
and
Blood
,
thinking
she
could
not
too
often
comply
with
the
last
dying
Command
of
our
Lord
,
do
this
in
remembrance
of
me
:
a
great
Care
she
always
had
before
her
approaching
to
this
Duty
,
to
prepare
herself
for
it
,
knowing
the
great
Benefit
of
Receiving
worthily
,
and
the
great
Danger
of
Receiving
unworthily
;
such
was
her
exemplary
and
religious
Conversation
,
serving
God
even
from
her
Youth
in
Sincerity
and
Truth
,
with
a
perfect
Heart
and
willing
Mind
,
always
endeavouring
to
keep
a
conscience
void
of
offence
both
towards
God
and
Man
,
performing
tho
not
an
unsinning
,
yet
a
sincere
Obedience
;
such
God
now
requireth
and
will
accept
of
.
She
did
truly
and
sincerely
fear
God
,
and
such
an
one
Solomon
tells
us
deserveth
to
be
praised
;
A
woman
that
feareth
the
Lord
,
she
shall
be
praised
.
She
did
often
express
what
a
great
Care
and
Concern
she
had
for
the
Salvation
of
her
Soul
,
and
what
a
miserable
Wretch
she
should
be
if
she
missed
of
Heaven
,
and
would
often
say
,
that
it
was
an
hard
thing
to
go
to
Heaven
,
that
the
gate
is
strait
,
and
the
way
narrow
that
leadeth
thither
:
she
thought
she
could
never
do
enough
to
secure
her
everlasting
Happiness
.
This
was
it
which
she
was
most
concerned
for
;
her
Thoughts
and
Care
were
chiefly
for
her
eternal
State
;
she
knew
very
well
that
she
was
but
a
Stranger
and
Sojourner
here
,
and
that
she
must
ere
long
leave
this
World
and
die
:
it
was
therefore
the
great
Business
of
her
Life
to
prepare
for
an
happy
Death
,
and
she
took
the
best
course
for
it
,
for
undoubtedly
the
best
way
to
dye
well
is
to
live
well
,
she
had
a
lingring
Ilness
for
some
time
,
which
might
,
and
I
doubt
not
,
did
remind
her
of
her
approaching
Dissolution
,
and
put
her
upon
a
serious
Preparation
for
it
,
completing
that
that
in
her
last
Sickness
which
she
had
begun
in
her
Health
:
tho
others
were
not
,
yet
she
seemed
to
be
very
apprehensive
what
near
approaches
she
was
making
to
the
Grave
:
when
she
found
herself
at
any
time
fainting
,
she
did
with
the
greatest
fervency
and
earnestness
call
upon
God
to
help
and
relieve
her
,
to
be
merciful
to
her
and
receive
her
Soul
;
such
holy
and
pathetical
Ejaculations
she
used
as
became
a
dying
Person
,
in
a
most
solemn
Manner
recommending
her
Soul
into
the
Hands
of
God
,
and
begging
of
him
to
receive
it
;
which
Request
we
have
reason
to
hope
was
granted
her
,
and
that
she
is
now
with
God
,
in
those
happy
Regions
above
,
where
is
Light
,
Joy
and
Peace
;
where
is
every
thing
that
can
be
desired
;
where
she
shall
feel
no
more
Pain
nor
Sickness
,
nor
be
disturbed
in
any
kind
,
but
enjoy
an
uninterrupted
Rest
,
and
be
unspeakably
and
everlastingly
Happy
;
this
is
our
hope
of
her
.
Let
us
comfort
one
another
herewith
,
and
prepare
to
follow
her
.
For
it
is
appointed
for
us
all
to
dye
,
and
to
be
judged
;
none
of
us
can
escape
either
Death
or
Judgment
,
both
are
certain
and
unavoidable
;
strict
and
severe
will
that
Scrutiny
be
which
God
will
then
make
;
God
will
then
bring
to
Light
the
hidden
things
of
Darkness
,
and
will
make
manifest
the
Counsels
of
the
Heart
:
How
careful
then
ought
we
to
be
to
provide
for
this
dreadful
Day
which
will
come
,
and
perhaps
sooner
than
we
think
for
?
't
is
time
for
us
to
cast
off
our
Drowsiness
and
Security
,
and
to
look
for
the
coming
of
our
Lord
.
He
hath
sufficiently
forewarned
us
that
it
shall
be
sudden
and
unexpected
,
so
that
we
shall
be
inexcusable
if
we
watch
not
for
it
.
I
shall
conclude
with
the
Advice
of
S.
Matthew
,
Be
ye
also
ready
,
for
in
such
an
hour
as
you
think
not
,
the
Son
of
man
cometh
.
FINIS
.