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…

Lastly, you are not ignorant of the way he took about the Sacrament, that he was not for the promiscuous Admission of all thereunto; and therefore when a late Writer, Mr. Humphreys, would have gathered such conclusions from his principles, he was willing publicly to vindicate himself, and to show his dissent herein; All this, though comparatively little, I have spoken, not to exalt man, for what have we, that we have not received, but to bless God, and magnify him, who giveth such gifts to men; he that praiseth the gifts and graces of any, thereby extolleth God; as he that commendeth a Picture, magnifieth the Artificer that made it; and thus we take our dear and last farewell of him, and come to you, sheep left without a shepherd, to you on the Sea without a Pilate; To you Orphans, without a Spiritual Father; and first you see what cause there is for our constant expectation and preparation for death; Gods own Ministers and servants must dye, God needeth no mans labours or parts, Moses, Joshua, Paul, Peter must die, sola mors non habet fortasse, said Austin, only Death hath no may be; It may be thou mayest be rich, it may be thou mayest thrive in thy trading, it may be thou mayest have comfort ⟨p. 23⟩in thy Children and friends, but thy death hath no may be; Oh! let not the world, let not your Shops, let not trading take off your hearts from this Meditation, but think you hear God speaking to you, set not your house, but your souls in order, for thou must die.

Lastly, you are not ignorant of the way he took about the Sacrament, that he was not for the promiscuous Admission of all thereunto; and therefore when a late Writer, Mr. Humphreys, would have gathered such conclusions from his principles, he was willing publickly to vindicate himself, and to shew his dissent herein; All this, though comparatively little, I have spoken, not to exalt man, for what have we, that we have not received, but to bless God, and magnifie him, who giveth such gifts to men; he that praiseth the gifts and graces of any, thereby extolleth God; as he that commendeth a Picture, magnifieth the Artificer that made it; and thus we take our dear and last farewell of him, and come to you, sheep left without a shepheard, to you on the Sea without a Pilate; To you Orphans, without a Spirituall Father; and first you see what cause there is for our constant expectation and preparation for death; Gods own Ministers and servants must dye, God needeth no mans labours or parts, Moses, Joshua, Paul, Peter must die, sola mors non habet fortasse, said Austin, only Death hath no may be; It may be thou mayest be rich, it may be thou mayest thrive in thy trading, it may be thou mayest have comfort