A discourse relating to the much-lamented death and solemn funeral of our incomparable and…

'Tis also fit to be noted, that the very Fruition of the blessed God it self, which the holy Scripture includes in our Vision of him, is not only our very Blessedness it self, but it is our Duty too. It is a thing enjoined us, and comprehended in that first and great Commandment; Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart, and Soul, and Might, and Mind; which, who can perfectly do, without a complacential Acquiescence, and final Rest of their Will in him, as the best, the most perfect, and all-comprehending Good? And hereupon, tho we are wont to distinguish our glorifying God, and enjoying him, they are most manifestly coincident, and but notionally distinct. For in this our fruitive Acquiescence of Will in him, stands our highest Veneration, our most practical, most significant Acknowledgement and Testimony concerning him, as the highest, the most complete, and most absolutely perfect Good; in that we seek no further, but ⟨p. 22⟩take up our final Rest in him. This is to give him the proper Glory of his Godhead, to glorify him as God. And therefore this being the fullest Sense of that great and summary Command, it is only a commanding us to be happy. As, on the other hand, the Misery of the intelligent Creature is his greatest, and most injurious Iniquity, an Aversion of Will from the blessed God, a Testimony against him, as none of the best Good, and the greatest Indignity which created Nature can put upon him, who is Goodness it self. Thus then is the Knowledge or Vision of God, even as it is fruitive, a moral Perfection. But the divine Knowledge, more at large of these Holy Spirits, though it be principally conversant about God, as its noblest Object, excludes not their applying their Minds to other Objects too, according to their Concernment with them. And yet,

'Tis also fit to be noted, that the very Fruition of the blessed God it self, which the holy Scripture includes in our Vision of him, is not only our very Blessedness it self, but it is our Duty too. It is a thing enjoin'd us, and comprehended in that first and great Commandment; Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart, and Soul, and Might, and Mind; which, who can perfectly do, without a complacential Acquiescence, and final Rest of their Will in him, as the best, the most perfect, and all-comprehending Good? And hereupon, tho we are wont to distinguish our glorifying God, and enjoying him, they are most manifestly coincident, and but notionally distinct. For in this our fruitive Acquiescence of Will in him, stands our highest Veneration, our most practical, most significant Acknowledgment and Testimony concerning him, as the highest, the most compleat, and most absolutely perfect Good; in that we seek no further, but