A funeral sermon for that very reverend, and most laborious servant of Christ, in…

In the mean time, it is a mark of God's heavy displeasure, when persons of so healing Spirits are taken away. And if it awaken any of us, that will ⟨p. 57⟩tend to prepare us for the effects of it, which Preparation, seems a thing more to be hoped, than prevention.

But this worthy Servant of Christ sees not the woeful day, whatever of it he might foresee. His removal makes, to many, indeed, a woeful day, and that, all about him, did long foresee. He was long languishing, and even dying daily. But amidst surrounding death, as a Relation told me, there was no appearance of any the least Cloud upon his Spirit, that obscured the evidences of his Title to a Blessed Eternity. Being asked how he did, he said, Going home, as every honest man ought, when his work is done. He was much in admiring God's Mercies under his afflicting hand, saying, every thing on this side Hell is Mercy. That the Mercies he received were greater than his Burdens, tho' in themselves grievous. That he rested upon that promise, that his Father would lay no more upon him than he would enable him to bear. That he expected to be saved only by the Righteousness of Christ imputed ⟨p. 58⟩to him. Tho' he well understood, as I had sufficient reason to know, that Christ's Righteousness is never imputed to any, but where, if the Subject be capable, there is an inherent Righteousness also, that is no cause of our Salvation, but the Character of the saved. And having before precautioned some as were about him, not to be surprised, if he went away suddenly, he repeated the Ejaculation, Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly; and renewing the former caution, by saying, Remember what I said before; as he sat in his Chair, with all possible composure, he bowed his head, and without sigh, or motion, expired in a moment.

But this worthy Servant of Christ sees not the woful day, whatever of it he might foresee. His removal makes, to many, indeed, a woful day, and that, all about him, did long foresee. He was long languishing, and even dying daily. But amidst surrounding death, as a Relation told me, there was no appearance of any the least Cloud upon his Spirit, that obscured the evidences of his Title to a Blessed Eternity. Being asked how he did, he said, Going home, as every honest man ought, when his work is done. He was much in admiring God's Mercies under his afflicting hand, saying, every thing on this side Hell is Mercy. That the Mercies he received were greater than his Burthens, tho' in themselves grievous. That he rested upon that promise, that his Father would lay no more upon him than he would enable him to bear. That he expected to be saved only by the Righteousness of Christ imputed