A sermon preached at the funeral of that faithful minister of Christ, Mr. John…

It was Pauls Heavenly Visions which he gloried in as his advancement, when he had mentioned his many persecutions and sufferings in the way.

It was Pauls Heavenly Visions which he gloryed in as his advancement, when he had mentioned his many persecutions and sufferings in the way.

These tend to that perfection and felicity of souls: In these men have to do with the glorious Jehovah, the Angelical Chore, the heavenly Society, our glorified Head, our highest Hopes, and matter of the greatest everlasting joys. O if God would but give you and me this Heavenly sight, and let us but once see what Paul saw, what little things would Crowns and Lordships seem to us when we look down from such an height? What trifling should we think most of the bustles of this world? what toys and dreams, their wealthy honour and sinful Delights. I should then say, Now I see what it is that we seek and hope and suffer for, what it is to enjoy God and our Redeemer: And therefore now I know, what it is to be a Believer, a Saint, a man indeed. O what a help to mortification would such a sight of Paradise be? How easily should we after resist temptations, deny the Flesh, contemn the world, and hate our sins. O how it would overcome all these distrustful trembling fears of death, and make us long, and grown and cry, to be with Christ? What life would it put into all holy duty? How easily should we bear our short afflictions? How would it mellow our sour contentious minds toward one another, and teach us better whom to love and live in Peace with, than pride and Worldliness or Faction will teach us.

These tend to that perfection and felicity of souls: In these men have to do with the glorious Jehovah, the Angelical Chore, the heavenly Society, our glorified Head, our highest Hopes, and matter of the greatest everlasting joys. O if God would but give you and me this Heavenly sight, and let us but once see what Paul saw, what little things would Crowns and Lordships seem to us when we look down from such an height? What trifling should we think most of the busles of this world? what toyes and dreams, their wealthy honour and sinful Delights. I should then say, Now I see what it is that we seek and hope and suffer for, what it is to enjoy God and our Redeemer: And therefore now I know, what it is to be a Beleiver, a Saint, a man indeed. O what a help to mortification would such a sight of Paradise be? How easily should we after resist temptations, deny the Flesh, contemn the world, and hate our sins. O how it would overcome all these distrustful trembling fears of death, and make us long, and grown and cry, to be with Christ? VVhat life would it put into all holy duty? How easily should we bear our short afflictions? How would it mellow our sowre contentious minds toward one another, and teach us better whom to love and live in Peace with, than pride and VVorldliness or Faction will teach us.