The speedy coming of Christ to judgment represented in a funeral sermon on the…

To sum up all: Let us with entire Application of Soul, and zealous Endeavours strive to be approved by our Judg. We labour, saith the Apostle,¹ whether present or absent, to be accepted by him. The certain Rules of pleasing him, are to imitate his Example, and obey his Precepts. He will be a Lamb to all who ⟨p. 85⟩are like him in Innocence, Patience, and Purity. He went about doing Good: let us do good to all, especially to the Household of Faith. To use an Estate only for mean Ends, our Temporal Conveniences, much more to abuse and pervert it, to foment Pride and Luxury, will make our Accounts to be uncomfortable, and grievous: but to be liberal and rich in Good Works, is the infallible way to obtain a rich Reward. He forgave his cruel and unrighteous Enemies; his dying Prayer mixed with his precious Blood was to reconcile God to those who shed it; and our Absolution in his Judgment is suspended ⟨p. 86⟩upon this indispensable Condition, that from the Heart we forgive even the most injurious Offences,² and violent Provocations from others. An unforgiving Temper, like a Mill-stone fastened about the Neck, will sink us into unfathomed Misery. He that is stiff and irreconcilable, either never seriously considers his own numerous Sins, or never received God's pardoning Mercy.

To sum up all: Let us with intire Application of Soul, and zealous Endeavours strive to be approv'd by our Judg. We labour, saith the Apostle,¹ whether present or absent, to be accepted by him. The certain Rules of pleasing him, are to imitate his Example, and obey his Precepts. He will be a Lamb to all who ⟨p. 85⟩are like him in Innocence, Patience, and Purity. He went about doing Good: let us do good to all, especially to the Houshold of Faith. To use an Estate only for mean Ends, our Temporal Conveniencies, much more to abuse and pervert it, to foment Pride and Luxury, will make our Accounts to be uncomfortable, and grievous: but to be liberal and rich in Good Works, is the infallible way to obtain a rich Reward. He forgave his cruel and unrighteous Enemies; his dying Prayer mixt with his precious Blood was to reconcile God to those who shed it; and our Absolution in his Judgment is suspended