A good man making a good end. The life and death, of the Reverend…

But when the Christian sees the Demonstration of this Mystery, That his Lord Jesus Christ, is very God, and by an ineffable Generation from all Eternity, The Son of God, he does there on, and there fore, make choice of this Lord, for his own God. The Language of the Christian, is that which Thomas used when he saw our Christ, after His Resurrection from the Dead, in Joh. 20.28. My Lord, and my God! That famous Roman Pagan Governor, Pliny, gave this Description of the Christians, in his Time, That they Sang Hymns unto one CHRIST, as unto a GOD. Sirs, If we are Christians, We offer up our Praises and our Prayers, unto our CHRIST, as our God; and as unto God, we devote our selves unto Him. It was usual with the ancient Idolaters, to Brand ⟨p. 68⟩themselves, in token of their Devotion to the Idols, whose Brands they wore, with such Characters, as are forbidden in Leviticus. With a Golden, or an Iron Stamp, they sometimes Branded themselves, with the Mark of their Idol; as a Thunderbolt was the Mark of Jupiter, an Helmet of Mars, an Ivy of Bacchus. They sometimes Branded themselves, with the Name of their Idol at large; as Jupiter, or, Mercurius, and the like. And they some times Branded themselves, with the Number of his Name; that is, with other Letters privately agreed by the Fraternity, which together would amount unto the same Number, with the Known Letters of his Name. I will not Report what some zealous Christians in the Primitive Times, did in opposition to this Idolatry. But this I will say; Every Christian does brand himself, with a certain Stamp, in token, That CHRIST is the God, whom he devotes himself unto; Now, the Name of, A CHRISTIAN, is that Stamp: As long as he wears the Name of, A CHRISTIAN, he thinks, CHRIST is my God; I am to Trust Him, Fear Him, Love Him, as my God forever.

But when the Christian sees the Demonstration of this Mystery, That his Lord Jesus Christ, is very God, and by an ineffable Generation from all Eternity, The Son of God, he does there on, and there fore, make choice of this Lord, for his own God. The Language of the Christian, is that which Thomas used when he saw our Christ, after His Resurrection from the Dead, in Joh. 20.28. My Lord, and my God! That famous Roman Pagan Governour, Pliny, gave this Description of the Christians, in his Time, That they Sang Hymns unto one CHRIST, as unto a GOD. Sirs, If we are Christians, We offer up our Praises and our Prayers, unto our CHRIST, as our God; and as unto God, we devote our selves unto Him. It was usual with the ancient Idolaters, to Brand