Paul's last farewell, or A sermon, preached at the funeral of that godly and…Paul's last farewel, or A sermon, preached at the funerall of that godly and…

2. What good Foundation is laid in Faith, what Godly Order may be begun? there is danger, that all these will die, when a Faithful Minister dieth: I wonder that you are so soon removed, saith Paul, Gal. 1. Alas! that which the Ministers of God have with many years diligence, many Prayers, and much opposition brought about, when the Minister is dead, may quickly be destroyed, so that we may wonder, how such a Town, such a place should be over-run with Briars and Thorns immediately.

2. What good Foundation is laid in Faith, what Godly Order may be begun? there is danger, that all these will die, when a Faithfull Minister dieth: I wonder that you are so soon removed, saith Paul, Gal. 1. Alas! that which the Ministers of God have with many years diligence, many Prayers, and much opposition brought about, when the Minister is dead, may quickly be destroyed, so that we may wonder, how such a Town, such a place should be over-run with Bryars and Thornes immediately.

3. Another sad consequent is sometimes, divisions and breaches among the People, while a ⟨p. 18⟩Godly Minister is alive, he is like a Corner Stone, that uniteth both sides of the Wall together, but when that falls, then the wall falls with it. Then one is for this Minister, and another for that, then one liketh this, and another the contrary, and thus seeds of contention and division are sown, which may come up too fast, hence the presence of a Godly, Grave, Wise Pastor is very necessary, it is the Spiritual defence of a People, which made him cry out, when the Prophet was taken, My father, my Father, the Chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. 2 Kings 13. 14. And now we come from the Doctrinal part to the practical; And although my custom in such Sermons, is not to discourse about the Dead, they being like Anatomy Lectures, for the good of the living, yet because we are celebrating the Funerals of a Learned and Godly Brother, who by his Office, was in public station in the Church of God; I shall briefly speak to some few of those Ministerial qualifications, that were in him mentioned in the Doctrine, not imitating Nazianzen, who in his Funeral Orations of his Father, as also Athanasius, Basilius and others industriously gathereth up every thing that may make to their praise, if not hyperbolically exceeding sometimes; but I shall rather come short of what might be spoken. And first, his Doctrinal abilities, and parts in controversial points, are sufficiently known by the Books he hath written; those Children will resemble the Father, though he left no bodily ones. It is true, there were some particular opinions and contests