A funeral sermon preached upon the death of the reverend and excellent divine Dr.…

He was no fomenter of Faction, but studious of the Public 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, ⟨p. 56⟩the strongest are near to ruin. The heavenly Consent in the primitive Church, was a principal cause of its miraculous increase and flourishing; but after Dissentions prevailed 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 promised the Reformation of all Europe, were more obstructed by the dissentions of some employed in that blessed work, than by all the power and subtlety, 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 indispensable necessity of Holiness, may receive one another in love. I am affectionately engaged in a matter that so nearly touches all those that value the Protestant Interest.

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, ⟨p. 56⟩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.