The mourners cordial against excessive sorrow discovering what grounds of hope Gods people have…

Finally there is Certainty; and this is the top of all; when the thing is so secure, that there is no possibility of its failing, the futurition of it is built upon such grounds as cannot miscarry, or in the least be prevented; this furnisheth Hope with such a rich Table, that it is able to feast it every day, and make merry in spite of all that can interpose to disturb it; compare, 2 Cor. 4.16. where the Apostle tells us how they bare up cheerfully under afflictions, in hope of better things; with chap. 5.1. where he gives an account of the strength of this, for we know, &c.

Finally there is Certainty; and this is the top of all; when the thing is so secure, that there is no possibility of its failing, the futurition of it is built upon such grounds as cannot miscarry, or in the least be prevented; this furnisheth Hope with such a rich Table, that it is able to feast it every day, and make merry in spite of all that can interpose to disturb it; compare, 2 Cor. 4.16. where the Apostle tells us how they bare up chearfully under afflictions, in hope of better things; with chap. 5.1. where he gives an account of the strength of this, for we know, &c.

And now we may easily discover what influence this must have upon sorrow to attemper it, and make it moderate, viz. by giving us a prospect of good with relation to that very evil which hath put us to trouble: and there are these effects which are ⟨p. 54⟩the natural result of it, all of which are very serviceable unto this purpose.