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

4. They are obliged by the example of their Blessed Master. Our Lord Jesus himself, the Primary Saviour by Office; whom they are both to imitate, and to serve in this merciful design. Christians are so far to imitate them as they do Christ, 1 Cor. 11. 1. which implies their obligation to imitate him, as the word there used, signifies. The great Salvation, which none that neglect, ¹can escape vengeance, began to be spoken by the Lord himself, then by them that heard him, and so on; by others that succeed in the same Office. This is following Christ in the way of ⟨p. 32⟩imitation, as in the mentioned place. And we are required to have the same mind in us, which was in Christ, Phil. 2. 5. and are told wherein, v. 6, 7, 8. which read over at leisure, and consider what was that deep humiliation and suffering for? but the salvation of Souls. And consider that this is said, as to the Saints at Philippi, so particularly to the Bishops and Deacons there; which shows their common and their special obligation both together. And now can we behold with what compassions, and in what agonies, even unto blood, our blessed Lord pursued this design, and not feel a constraint in our spirits, in our lower sphere, and capacity, to serve it also to our uttermost!

4. They are obliged by the example of their Blessed Master. Our Lord Jesus himself, the Primary Saviour by Office; whom they are both to imitate, and to serve in this mercifull design. Christians are so far to imitate them as they do Christ, 1 Cor. 11. 1. which implies their obligation to imitate him, as the word there used, signifies. The great Salvation, which none that neglect, ¹can escape vengeance, began to be spoken by the Lord himself, then by them that heard him, and so on; by others that succeed in the same Office. This is following Christ in the way of ⟨p. 32⟩