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           Imprimatur
           .
        
         
           
             C.
             Alston
             R.
             P.
             D.
             Hen.
             Episc.
             Lond.
             à
             sacris
             Domesticis
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           
             First
             Fruits
          
           OF
           REASON
           :
           OR
           ,
           A
           DISCOURSE
           Shewing
           The
           Necessity
           of
           applying
           our selves
           betimes
           to
           the
           serious
           Practice
           of
           Religion
           .
        
         
           By
           
             Anthony
             Horneck
          
           D.
           D.
           Preacher
           at
           the
           Savoy
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           by
           F.
           Collins
           ,
           for
           D.
           Brown
           at
           the
           Black
           Swan
           and
           Bible
           without
           Temple-bar
           ;
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             John
             Weld
          
           at
           the
           Crown
           between
           the
           Temple-gates
           in
           Fleet-street
           .
           1686.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           THE
           following
           Discourse
           was
           occasioned
           by
           a
           young
           Man's
           being
           unfortunately
           kill'd
           in
           Bartholomew
           Fair
           ,
           whose
           Friends
           ,
           led
           partly
           by
           natural
           Affection
           ,
           partly
           by
           
           love
           to
           the
           young
           Mans
           Vertues
           ,
           were
           pleas'd
           to
           desire
           me
           to
           preach
           a
           Sermon
           at
           his
           Funeral
           ,
           and
           because
           they
           would
           thereby
           be
           serviceable
           to
           the
           living
           ,
           and
           more
           especially
           to
           men
           of
           the
           same
           age
           with
           the
           Deceased
           ,
           entreated
           me
           to
           pitch
           upon
           the
           Text
           which
           appears
           in
           the
           front
           of
           the
           ensuing
           
           Treatise
           .
           Having
           gratified
           their
           desire
           in
           that
           particular
           ,
           they
           gave
           me
           some
           Motives
           and
           Arguments
           to
           publish
           it
           ,
           which
           I
           could
           not
           well
           resist
           .
           But
           the
           Discourse
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           deliver'd
           at
           St.
           Sepulchres
           Church
           on
           the
           20
           of
           September
           being
           too
           short
           to
           make
           any
           thing
           like
           a
           Book
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           resolved
           upon
           
           second
           thoughts
           to
           enlarge
           it
           ,
           and
           with
           these
           enlargements
           &
           additions
           it
           comes
           now
           abroad
           ;
           though
           in
           an
           age
           so
           fertile
           of
           excellent
           Sermons
           ,
           I
           might
           be
           discouraged
           from
           adding
           any
           of
           mine
           own
           ,
           yet
           since
           every
           man
           in
           his
           station
           is
           bound
           to
           contribute
           to
           the
           common
           Interest
           of
           Religion
           ;
           having
           
           this
           opportunity
           ,
           I
           was
           willing
           to
           embrace
           it
           ,
           because
           it
           's
           possible
           ,
           that
           some
           or
           other
           who
           lights
           upon
           these
           Papers
           ,
           may
           think
           of
           the
           Contents
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           assistance
           of
           the
           divine
           Spirit
           ,
           be
           perswaded
           early
           to
           consecrate
           himself
           to
           unfeigned
           and
           impartial
           Devotion
           .
           The
           great
           debauchery
           and
           looseness
           
           of
           the
           Youth
           of
           this
           Age
           ,
           is
           enough
           to
           oblige
           us
           ,
           and
           a
           sufficient
           call
           to
           do
           all
           we
           can
           to
           stem
           the
           floud
           of
           Impiety
           ,
           which
           rages
           so
           much
           in
           the
           younger
           sort
           ,
           and
           proves
           too
           often
           the
           occasion
           both
           of
           their
           temporal
           and
           eternal
           ruine
           .
           All
           I
           shall
           add
           is
           this
           ,
           to
           entreat
           the
           Reader
           to
           become
           a
           
           Supplicant
           with
           me
           at
           the
           Throne
           of
           Grace
           ,
           that
           both
           this
           and
           other
           mens
           endeavors
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           may
           prove
           effectual
           to
           recal
           both
           young
           and
           old
           from
           the
           errours
           of
           their
           ways
           ,
           and
           that
           God
           (
           as
           it
           is
           our
           Liturgy
           )
           
             would
             shortly
             accomplish
             the
             number
             of
             his
             Elect
             ,
             that
             we
             with
             all
             those
             who
             are
             departed
             
             in
             the
             true
             Faith
             may
             have
             our
             perfect
             consummation
             and
             bliss
             in
             his
             Eternal
             and
             Everlasting
             Glory
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           First
           Fruits
           of
           Reason
           .
        
         
           
             ECCLES
             .
             12.1
             .
          
           
             
               Remember
               now
               thy
               Creator
               in
               the
               days
               of
               thy
               youth
               .
            
          
        
         
           THis
           Book
           of
           Ecclesiastes
           is
           generally
           looked
           upon
           as
           
           Solomon's
           recantation
           Sermon
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           renounces
           his
           former
           Follies
           ,
           and
           having
           seen
           the
           vanity
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           the
           pleasures
           of
           it
           ,
           like
           a
           man
           come
           to
           himself
           again
           ,
           aspires
           to
           nobler
           delights
           ,
           and
           after
           a
           woful
           fall
           ,
           lifts
           up
           his
           sinking
           head
           ,
           and
           beholds
           ,
           and
           re-embraceth
           the
           true
           and
           glorious
           liberty
           of
           Gods
           Children
           .
           Curiosity
           had
           led
           him
           not
           onely
           into
           a
           search
           of
           Nature
           ,
           but
           into
           
           that
           of
           Sin
           and
           Impiety
           too
           ;
           and
           while
           Greatness
           ,
           and
           Riches
           ,
           and
           a
           sawning
           Court
           flattered
           him
           with
           power
           to
           do
           what
           he
           pleased
           ,
           he
           at
           once
           forgot
           the
           baseness
           of
           his
           slavery
           ,
           and
           over-looked
           the
           heinousness
           of
           his
           Iniquity
           :
           As
           if
           it
           had
           been
           too
           mean
           for
           a
           Soveraign
           Prince
           to
           commit
           puny
           sins
           ,
           he
           transgressed
           above
           the
           ordinary
           rate
           of
           Mortals
           ,
           and
           if
           it
           be
           true
           what
           the
           
             Jewish
             Rabbins
          
           say
           ,
           that
           his
           inquisitive
           humour
           made
           him
           even
           venture
           upon
           the
           mystery
           of
           the
           
             black
             art
          
           ,
           it
           's
           like
           ,
           that
           ,
           together
           with
           his
           fondness
           of
           Heathenish
           Women
           ,
           enticed
           him
           to
           Idolatry
           .
           If
           this
           Book
           be
           his
           penitential
           Monument
           ,
           we
           may
           believe
           his
           Repentance
           was
           great
           ,
           and
           signal
           ,
           and
           that
           after
           this
           ,
           his
           
             Cloathing
             was
             Sackloth
          
           ,
           and
           he
           
             mingled
             his
             drink
             with
             weeping
          
           .
           Sins
           of
           a
           
             deep
             dye
          
           require
           
             profound
             Contrition
          
           ;
           
           and
           it
           is
           impossible
           to
           be
           truly
           sensible
           of
           monstrous
           ,
           and
           unparalell'd
           Ingratitude
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           express
           that
           sence
           by
           very
           visible
           and
           eminent
           Humiliations
           .
           One
           great
           Character
           of
           true
           Repentance
           ,
           is
           a
           hearty
           endeavour
           after
           the
           Conversion
           of
           others
           ,
           and
           this
           excellent
           sign
           we
           find
           in
           this
           Convert
           or
           returning
           Prodigal
           .
           For
           not
           to
           mention
           the
           Counsel
           he
           gives
           to
           all
           degrees
           of
           men
           in
           the
           foregoing
           Chapters
           ;
           in
           that
           before
           us
           ,
           his
           kindly
           Calls
           and
           Admonitions
           to
           young
           men
           ,
           speak
           a
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           Koheleth
           ,
           or
           a
           Soul
           earnestly
           desirous
           to
           gather
           all
           men
           into
           the
           Sheepfold
           of
           Grace
           and
           Mercy
           .
           And
           of
           these
           Calls
           that
           in
           my
           Text
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           least
           :
           
             Remember
             now
             thy
             Creator
             in
             thy
             days
             of
             thy
             youth
             .
          
        
         
           By
           way
           of
           Explication
           ,
           I
           shall
           
           only
           tell
           you
           First
           ,
           That
           what
           we
           render
           here
           
             in
             the
             days
             of
             thy
             youth
             ,
          
           
           is
           in
           the
           Original
           
             in
             the
             days
             of
             thy
             Choice
             .
          
           So
           youth
           is
           called
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Because
           in
           that
           Age
           man
           chuseth
           his
           Employment
           ,
           and
           when
           he
           first
           enters
           upon
           the
           Stage
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           after
           he
           comes
           from
           under
           Tutors
           and
           Governours
           ,
           he
           determines
           ,
           what
           Calling
           ,
           or
           Profession
           he
           shall
           take
           to
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Because
           in
           that
           Age
           particularly
           ,
           when
           Reason
           exerts
           its
           full
           strength
           ,
           God
           sets
           the
           Tree
           of
           Life
           ,
           and
           the
           Tree
           of
           Knowledge
           of
           Good
           and
           Evil
           before
           us
           ,
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           Paradise
           and
           the
           World
           ,
           Righteousness
           and
           Sin
           ,
           Life
           and
           Death
           ,
           and
           leaves
           us
           to
           our
           choice
           ,
           according
           to
           which
           our
           portion
           and
           reward
           will
           be
           ,
           when
           
           the
           Soul
           appears
           before
           Gods
           dread
           Tribunal
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           As
           our
           youth
           is
           the
           Age
           wherein
           a
           Choice
           must
           needs
           be
           made
           ,
           so
           the
           Wiseman
           here
           bids
           us
           chuse
           ,
           
             remembring
             our
             Creator
          
           .
           Which
           the
           
             Chaldee
             Paraphrast
          
           expounds
           ,
           
             Remember
             thy
             Creator
             so
             as
             to
             glorifie
             him
             in
             the
             days
             of
             thy
             youth
             ,
          
           which
           Paraphrase
           is
           so
           sound
           ,
           that
           we
           need
           not
           search
           out
           for
           another
           interpretation
           ;
           for
           as
           the
           serious
           practice
           of
           Religion
           is
           meant
           by
           that
           Remembrance
           ,
           so
           that
           practice
           ,
           is
           in
           a
           manner
           nothing
           else
           but
           
             glorifying
             God
             in
             our
             Souls
             and
             Bodies
             ,
          
           called
           so
           by
           the
           Apostle
           1
           Cor.
           6.20
           .
           And
           
             Herein
             is
             my
             father
             glorified
             ,
             that
             ye
             bear
             much
             fruit
             ,
          
           saith
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           Joh.
           15.8
           .
           Nor
           need
           we
           wonder
           how
           God
           can
           be
           glorified
           by
           Fruits
           of
           righteousness
           
           that
           we
           bring
           forth
           ▪
           For
           as
           these
           point
           at
           the
           Sun
           which
           warms
           them
           into
           being
           ,
           or
           at
           God
           ,
           by
           whose
           Word
           ,
           and
           Power
           ,
           and
           Influence
           they
           grow
           ,
           and
           ripen
           ,
           and
           come
           to
           perfection
           ,
           so
           they
           proclaim
           the
           glory
           of
           his
           Grace
           ,
           and
           discover
           how
           kind
           ,
           how
           merciful
           ,
           how
           bountiful
           ,
           and
           how
           liberal
           that
           Supreme
           Being
           is
           in
           bestowing
           such
           gifts
           on
           men
           ,
           gifts
           which
           Nature
           cannot
           confer
           ,
           nor
           Angels
           distribute
           ,
           nor
           the
           greatest
           Monarchs
           impart
           to
           their
           Favorites
           .
           And
           hereby
           the
           happy
           person
           ,
           whose
           life
           bears
           such
           Fruits
           is
           encouraged
           to
           glorifie
           the
           spring
           and
           Fountain
           of
           them
           .
           Others
           also
           ,
           that
           see
           them
           ,
           and
           receive
           comfort
           or
           benefit
           by
           them
           ,
           cannot
           but
           adore
           and
           admire
           the
           Divine
           Goodness
           ,
           which
           is
           pleased
           to
           display
           its
           glory
           in
           such
           communications
           of
           his
           Holiness
           ;
           and
           as
           
           Angels
           rejoyce
           at
           a
           sinners
           Conversion
           here
           on
           earth
           ,
           so
           they
           cannot
           but
           magnifie
           and
           glorifie
           God
           for
           the
           fruits
           ,
           and
           good
           works
           which
           after
           their
           Conversion
           such
           men
           bring
           forth
           .
           Those
           ministring
           Spirits
           are
           entirely
           intent
           upon
           Gods
           Glory
           ,
           and
           the
           greater
           the
           number
           is
           of
           those
           that
           contribute
           to
           Gods
           Glory
           ,
           the
           greater
           is
           their
           joy
           ,
           and
           with
           their
           Joy
           ,
           their
           Praises
           ,
           and
           celebrations
           of
           the
           Divine
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           Power
           ,
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           are
           advanced
           .
        
         
           This
           being
           premised
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           easie
           to
           guess
           at
           the
           subjects
           of
           the
           ensuing
           Discourse
           ,
           which
           if
           we
           follow
           the
           Text
           close
           ,
           can
           be
           no
           other
           than
           these
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           What
           it
           is
           to
           remember
           God
           ;
           
             for
             that
             's
             implied
             here
          
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           What
           force
           there
           is
           in
           remembring
           
           God
           under
           the
           notion
           of
           our
           Creator
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Why
           the
           strict
           observance
           of
           these
           two
           Lessons
           is
           particularly
           necessary
           in
           the
           days
           of
           our
           youth
           ?
        
         
           First
           ,
           
             What
             it
             is
             to
             remember
             God.
             
          
        
         
           1.
           
           So
           to
           remember
           his
           Omniscience
           and
           Omnipresence
           ,
           as
           to
           stand
           in
           awe
           of
           him
           :
           For
           this
           is
           no
           speculative
           ,
           but
           a
           practical
           Remembrance
           .
           The
           Name
           of
           God
           speaks
           his
           being
           present
           in
           all
           places
           ,
           and
           knowing
           whatever
           passes
           in
           Heaven
           and
           in
           Earth
           .
           A
           truth
           which
           even
           the
           wiser
           Heathens
           were
           sensible
           of
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           said
           ,
           that
           
             Jovis
             omnia
             plena
          
           ,
           that
           all
           places
           were
           full
           of
           the
           Supreme
           Deity
           ,
           no
           doubt
           they
           meant
           ,
           that
           
           God
           was
           present
           in
           Heaven
           by
           his
           Glory
           ,
           on
           Earth
           by
           his
           Providence
           ,
           and
           in
           Hell
           by
           his
           Justice
           ;
           that
           above
           us
           he
           stands
           as
           Judge
           ,
           under
           us
           as
           our
           Supporter
           ,
           and
           on
           both
           sides
           of
           us
           as
           an
           Assessor
           and
           Speculator
           of
           our
           actions
           whether
           they
           be
           good
           or
           evil
           .
           So
           that
           he
           who
           remembers
           God
           ,
           must
           necessarily
           remember
           his
           Omniscience
           ,
           and
           Omnipresence
           ;
           and
           in
           vain
           are
           these
           remembred
           ,
           except
           we
           stand
           in
           awe
           of
           him
           .
           And
           this
           was
           it
           ,
           which
           God
           thought
           fit
           to
           put
           among
           the
           first
           Lessons
           he
           gave
           to
           Abraham
           his
           friend
           ,
           Gen.
           17.1
           .
           
             I
             am
             the
             Almighty
             God
             ,
             walk
             before
             me
             and
             be
             perfect
             .
          
           i.
           e.
           Behave
           thy self
           in
           all
           places
           ,
           like
           a
           person
           sensible
           of
           an
           all-seeing
           Eye
           above
           him
           ,
           like
           one
           who
           believes
           God
           sees
           him
           ,
           and
           hears
           him
           ,
           and
           is
           not
           far
           from
           him
           ;
           that
           knows
           his
           down-sitting
           and
           
           his
           uprising
           ,
           and
           understands
           his
           thoughts
           afar
           off
           !
           This
           Remembrance
           is
           a
           necessary
           and
           essential
           part
           of
           the
           fear
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           lays
           this
           Remembrance
           by
           ,
           will
           stick
           at
           no
           sin
           he
           can
           commit
           with
           safety
           ,
           without
           exposing
           his
           Credit
           ,
           or
           Honour
           ,
           or
           Interest
           .
           This
           Remembrance
           is
           a
           bridle
           for
           our
           Lusts
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           sees
           God
           ,
           where
           ever
           he
           walks
           or
           sits
           ,
           or
           stands
           or
           lies
           ,
           will
           not
           be
           easily
           taken
           with
           the
           beauty
           of
           sin
           and
           vanity
           .
           It
           was
           therefore
           an
           ingenious
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           a
           religious
           reply
           ,
           which
           St.
           Ephrem
           made
           to
           the
           Harlot
           ,
           who
           enticed
           him
           to
           be
           naught
           with
           her
           ,
           and
           was
           very
           urgent
           with
           him
           to
           assign
           her
           a
           place
           where
           she
           should
           meet
           him
           .
           In
           the
           Market-place
           ,
           
             saith
             he
          
           ,
           tomorrow
           at
           Noon-day
           .
           Fye
           ,
           answered
           the
           Harlot
           ,
           are
           not
           you
           ashamed
           to
           be
           taken
           notice
           of
           of
           
           men
           ,
           that
           will
           pass
           by
           ,
           and
           see
           us
           .
           To
           this
           ,
           St.
           Ephrem
           :
           Art
           thou
           asham'd
           to
           be
           seen
           by
           men
           ,
           and
           dost
           thou
           not
           blush
           to
           venture
           upon
           this
           villany
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           ?
           Can
           the
           eyes
           of
           men
           make
           thee
           afraid
           ,
           and
           is
           the
           revenging
           Eye
           of
           God
           no
           disswasive
           from
           thy
           wickedness
           ?
        
         
           2.
           
           To
           Remember
           God
           ,
           is
           so
           to
           remember
           his
           Goodness
           ,
           his
           Mercies
           ,
           and
           gracious
           Providences
           ,
           as
           to
           live
           a
           life
           of
           love
           and
           gratitude
           .
           We
           cannot
           name
           God
           ,
           but
           we
           must
           understand
           by
           that
           expression
           ,
           one
           
             from
             whom
             every
             good
             and
             perfect
             gift
             descends
             ,
          
           by
           whom
           all
           creatures
           are
           fed
           ,
           maintain'd
           ,
           and
           cherished
           ,
           and
           preserved
           ;
           who
           opens
           his
           hand
           ,
           and
           filleth
           ,
           the
           desire
           of
           every
           living
           thing
           ,
           and
           to
           whom
           we
           in
           particular
           are
           beholding
           for
           all
           the
           necessaries
           ,
           conveniencies
           ,
           
           accommodations
           ,
           and
           superfluities
           we
           enjoy
           .
           But
           this
           remembrance
           is
           insignificant
           ,
           and
           like
           sounding
           Brass
           and
           a
           tinkling
           Cymbal
           ,
           except
           it
           touches
           the
           Heart
           ,
           with
           a
           strong
           desire
           and
           endeavour
           of
           gratitude
           .
           Kindnesses
           like
           fire
           must
           give
           heat
           ,
           and
           as
           among
           men
           he
           is
           supposed
           not
           to
           remember
           what
           such
           a
           great
           man
           hath
           done
           for
           him
           ,
           that
           shews
           him
           no
           respect
           ,
           or
           doth
           what
           is
           prejudicial
           to
           his
           Honour
           and
           Interest
           ,
           so
           God
           looks
           upon
           him
           as
           a
           person
           that
           remembers
           neither
           him
           ,
           nor
           his
           Mercies
           ,
           in
           whom
           this
           remembrance
           works
           no
           earnest
           care
           to
           please
           him
           .
           And
           whatever
           the
           pretences
           of
           remembring
           may
           be
           ,
           where
           it
           doth
           not
           influence
           the
           life
           ,
           nor
           produces
           love
           in
           the
           inward
           and
           outward
           man
           ,
           it
           's
           Contempt
           ,
           not
           Remembrance
           ,
           Hypocrisie
           ,
           not
           Gratitude
           .
           He
           properly
           
           remembers
           God
           ,
           that
           takes
           notice
           of
           his
           Works
           ,
           and
           the
           operations
           of
           his
           Hands
           ,
           sees
           his
           Finger
           in
           the
           blessings
           he
           enjoys
           ,
           and
           clings
           to
           his
           great
           Benefactor
           with
           ardent
           affections
           ,
           that
           never
           thinks
           of
           his
           goodness
           without
           admiration
           ,
           and
           whenever
           he
           considers
           how
           kind
           God
           hath
           been
           to
           him
           ,
           ruminates
           in
           his
           mind
           with
           
             David
             ,
             What
             reward
             shall
             I
             render
             unto
             the
             Lord
             for
             all
             his
             benefits
          
           ?
           Psal.
           116.12
           .
           It
           was
           therefore
           with
           respect
           no
           doubt
           to
           this
           practical
           acknowledgement
           that
           the
           same
           Psalmist
           gives
           this
           exhortation
           ,
           Psal.
           105.5
           .
           
             Remember
             ye
             his
             marvellous
             works
             ,
             the
             wonders
             and
             the
             judgements
             of
             his
             wrath
             .
          
           They
           that
           heretofore
           painted
           the
           Graces
           with
           hand
           in
           hand
           ,
           intimated
           ,
           that
           one
           good
           turn
           requires
           another
           ,
           and
           to
           neglect
           such
           returns
           among
           men
           ,
           hath
           ever
           been
           counted
           odious
           
           Monster
           hath
           been
           the
           best
           name
           that
           hath
           been
           given
           to
           such
           persons
           in
           all
           Ages
           ,
           and
           therefore
           none
           can
           suppose
           ,
           that
           the
           neglect
           of
           them
           with
           respect
           to
           God
           ,
           our
           kindest
           friend
           ,
           will
           pass
           for
           a
           tolerable
           infirmity
           .
           He
           that
           doth
           not
           return
           acts
           of
           love
           upon
           the
           remembrance
           of
           Gods
           preservations
           ,
           deliverances
           ,
           and
           munificence
           ,
           will
           have
           the
           whole
           World
           and
           his
           own
           Conscience
           to
           boot
           for
           his
           accusers
           ,
           and
           the
           crime
           is
           inexcusable
           ,
           because
           the
           wretch
           eludes
           the
           force
           of
           the
           greatest
           charms
           ,
           and
           the
           strongest
           motives
           to
           Love
           and
           reciprocal
           Affection
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           To
           remember
           God
           ,
           is
           so
           to
           remember
           his
           Laws
           ,
           and
           injunctions
           ,
           as
           to
           yield
           actual
           obedience
           .
           He
           that
           acknowledges
           a
           God
           ,
           must
           acknowledge
           him
           to
           be
           the
           governour
           
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           consequently
           that
           he
           governs
           by
           Laws
           agreeable
           to
           his
           greatness
           ,
           and
           Holiness
           ;
           and
           therefore
           when
           God
           tells
           the
           Israelites
           ,
           how
           they
           should
           remember
           him
           ,
           he
           chuses
           to
           word
           it
           thus
           :
           
             Remember
             ye
             the
             Law
             of
             my
             servant
          
           Moses
           ,
           
             which
             I
             commanded
             him
             in
          
           Horeb
           ,
           
             with
             all
             the
             statutes
             and
             judgements
             .
          
           Mal.
           4.4
           Gods
           Laws
           would
           signifie
           nothing
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           not
           intended
           ,
           as
           a
           rule
           for
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           the
           impertinency
           of
           remembring
           God
           ,
           as
           our
           Law-giver
           ,
           without
           suitable
           obedience
           ,
           is
           sufliciently
           shewn
           in
           that
           expostulation
           of
           Christ
           ,
           Luke
           6.46
           .
           
             Why
             call
             ye
             me
             Lord
             ,
             and
             do
             not
             do
             the
             things
             which
             I
             say
             .
          
           Wonderful
           was
           the
           care
           God
           took
           ,
           that
           the
           Jews
           should
           remember
           his
           injunctions
           .
           They
           were
           not
           only
           to
           be
           in
           their
           Frontlets
           and
           Wrist-bands
           ,
           but
           the
           Fathers
           of
           
           their
           respective
           Families
           ,
           were
           commanded
           to
           teach
           them
           diligently
           unto
           their
           Children
           ,
           to
           talk
           of
           them
           when
           they
           were
           sitting
           in
           their
           houses
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           walked
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           lay
           down
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           rose
           again
           .
           They
           were
           to
           write
           them
           also
           upon
           the
           Posts
           of
           their
           Houses
           ,
           and
           upon
           their
           ,
           Gates
           ,
           Deut.
           6.7
           ,
           8
           ,
           9.
           
           And
           what
           could
           be
           the
           design
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           to
           shew
           ,
           that
           in
           vain
           we
           remember
           him
           ,
           except
           we
           remember
           his
           Laws
           so
           as
           to
           be
           ruled
           and
           governed
           by
           them
           .
           And
           therefore
           we
           may
           justly
           conclude
           ,
           that
           he
           who
           being
           tempted
           either
           to
           uncleanness
           ,
           or
           drunkenness
           ,
           or
           lying
           ,
           or
           injustice
           ,
           or
           dissembling
           ,
           or
           Pride
           ,
           or
           ill-language
           ,
           or
           neglect
           of
           Alms
           ,
           and
           Prayer
           ,
           and
           consideration
           of
           his
           ways
           ,
           remembers
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           what
           God
           hath
           said
           
           in
           his
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           trembles
           at
           it
           ,
           and
           bids
           the
           Devil
           depart
           from
           him
           ,
           will
           be
           applauded
           in
           Heaven
           for
           an
           admirable
           Memory
           more
           ,
           than
           if
           with
           Themistocles
           he
           could
           tell
           all
           the
           names
           of
           the
           Citizens
           of
           Athens
           ;
           or
           with
           Mithridates
           remember
           two
           and
           twenty
           Languages
           .
           To
           arrive
           to
           such
           a
           remembrance
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           need
           of
           studying
           the
           art
           of
           Memory
           .
           The
           Laws
           are
           generally
           known
           :
           The
           application
           is
           all
           in
           all
           ;
           and
           he
           that
           knowing
           his
           Masters
           will
           applies
           the
           rules
           of
           it
           to
           the
           particular
           actions
           of
           his
           life
           ,
           and
           by
           them
           regulates
           his
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           desires
           ,
           and
           words
           ,
           and
           actions
           ,
           is
           the
           happy
           man
           that
           remembers
           God
           to
           the
           comfort
           and
           edification
           of
           his
           Soul.
           And
           to
           all
           this
           ,
           he
           will
           be
           engaged
           more
           readily
           if
           he
           remembers
           that
           God
           is
           his
           Creator
           ,
           which
           brings
           in
           the
           second
           point
           .
        
         
         
           Secondly
           ,
           
             What
             force
             there
             is
             in
             remembring
             God
             under
             the
             notion
             of
             our
             Creator
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           To
           remember
           God
           as
           our
           Creator
           ,
           is
           to
           think
           of
           him
           as
           the
           Author
           of
           our
           being
           and
           well
           being
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           nothing
           we
           can
           claim
           as
           our
           own
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           we
           are
           and
           have
           is
           his
           charity
           ;
           that
           originally
           he
           did
           frame
           us
           of
           nothing
           ,
           and
           by
           and
           in
           him
           we
           live
           and
           breath
           ,
           and
           move
           in
           the
           sphere
           appointed
           for
           us
           .
           That
           we
           as
           well
           as
           the
           vast
           Fabrick
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           are
           the
           product
           of
           his
           exuberant
           goodness
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           things
           in
           Heaven
           and
           in
           Earth
           were
           formed
           by
           the
           word
           of
           his
           power
           .
           He
           that
           seriously
           thinks
           of
           this
           ,
           will
           think
           no
           service
           too
           costly
           ,
           no
           Incense
           too
           sweet
           ,
           no
           Present
           too
           great
           ,
           no
           Sacrifice
           too
           
           pretious
           to
           lay
           upon
           his
           Altar
           .
           He
           that
           raises
           a
           Slave
           out
           of
           dust
           ,
           and
           advances
           him
           to
           an
           honourable
           employment
           ,
           expects
           he
           should
           think
           nothing
           too
           good
           for
           the
           promoting
           of
           his
           interest
           ,
           who
           hath
           so
           generously
           lifted
           him
           up
           from
           the
           Dunghil
           ,
           much
           more
           may
           he
           ,
           that
           speaks
           a
           creature
           from
           nothing
           into
           being
           ,
           and
           gives
           him
           a
           view
           of
           all
           the
           glorious
           things
           ,
           his
           powerful
           hand
           hath
           wrought
           ,
           which
           he
           must
           have
           been
           forever
           ignorant
           of
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           continued
           in
           the
           shades
           of
           nothing
           .
           He
           that
           creates
           gives
           all
           that
           the
           Creature
           hath
           ;
           and
           it
           's
           hard
           ,
           if
           he
           that
           makes
           the
           Tenant
           and
           gives
           him
           Lands
           and
           Houses
           ,
           may
           not
           reserve
           to
           himself
           a
           quit-rent
           ,
           or
           a
           Pepper-corn
           rather
           ,
           as
           an
           acknowledgement
           ,
           that
           the
           Creature
           is
           the
           Usufructuary
           of
           his
           possessions
           .
           All
           the
           service
           man
           can
           
           do
           ,
           or
           that
           God
           requires
           of
           us
           ,
           is
           nothing
           but
           a
           small
           and
           inconsiderable
           Rent
           ,
           our
           great
           Landlord
           reserves
           ,
           whereby
           we
           may
           own
           him
           the
           Maker
           and
           Author
           of
           our
           welfare
           .
           Creation
           imports
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           made
           for
           his
           glory
           ,
           and
           a
           wonderful
           dignity
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           God
           will
           make
           use
           of
           such
           poor
           worms
           to
           promote
           and
           advance
           his
           glory
           .
           To
           be
           made
           for
           his
           glory
           ,
           and
           to
           dishonour
           him
           ;
           to
           receive
           our
           breath
           on
           purpose
           that
           we
           may
           shew
           forth
           his
           praise
           ,
           and
           to
           act
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           had
           no
           relation
           to
           him
           ,
           are
           things
           inconsistent
           ,
           and
           imply
           a
           contradiction
           .
           He
           denies
           that
           he
           hath
           his
           being
           from
           God
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           consecrate
           himself
           to
           do
           him
           service
           ,
           and
           is
           an
           Infidel
           under
           the
           divine
           influence
           ,
           while
           he
           refuses
           to
           hearken
           to
           his
           Counsels
           .
           It
           was
           therefore
           a
           very
           rational
           inference
           
           which
           David
           made
           ,
           Psal.
           100.2
           ,
           3.
           
           
             Serve
             the
             Lord
             with
             gladness
             ,
             come
             before
             his
             presence
             with
             singing
             .
             Know
             ye
             that
             the
             Lord
             he
             is
             God
             ,
             it
             is
             he
             that
             hath
             made
             us
             ,
             and
             not
             we
             our selves
             ,
             we
             are
             his
             people
             and
             the
             sheep
             of
             his
             pasture
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           To
           remember
           God
           as
           our
           Creator
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           importunate
           with
           him
           to
           create
           in
           us
           clean
           hearts
           ,
           and
           to
           renew
           right
           spirits
           within
           us
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           be
           capable
           of
           conversing
           with
           him
           forever
           .
           The
           innocence
           which
           the
           first
           creation
           gave
           us
           ,
           was
           lost
           and
           tarnished
           by
           the
           Fall.
           The
           glory
           of
           righteousness
           and
           holiness
           in
           Paradise
           ,
           the
           joy
           of
           Angels
           ,
           and
           the
           envy
           of
           Devils
           ,
           went
           off
           ,
           and
           vanished
           with
           our
           Apostacy
           ,
           and
           only
           some
           ruines
           of
           it
           do
           remain
           ,
           to
           shew
           how
           bright
           and
           splendid
           our
           Souls
           
           were
           in
           that
           state
           .
           Hence
           comes
           a
           natural
           proneness
           to
           evil
           ,
           and
           that
           sinful
           inclination
           prompts
           us
           to
           greater
           contempt
           of
           God.
           Hence
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           an
           aversion
           from
           goodness
           sits
           heavy
           on
           our
           Souls
           ,
           and
           when
           we
           would
           do
           good
           ,
           evil
           is
           present
           wi●h
           us
           ,
           and
           in
           this
           state
           we
           cannot
           please
           God
           ;
           this
           is
           the
           bar
           which
           forbids
           access
           to
           his
           Throne
           ;
           and
           the
           Soul
           that
           continues
           in
           this
           condition
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           is
           out
           of
           all
           hopes
           of
           ever
           enjoying
           his
           beatifick
           presence
           in
           Heaven
           .
           This
           misery
           discovers
           the
           necessity
           of
           a
           new
           Creation
           ,
           the
           rather
           ,
           because
           with
           God
           neither
           
             Circumcision
             availeth
             any
             thing
             ,
             nor
             Vncircumcision
             ,
             but
             a
             new
             creature
             ,
          
           Gal.
           6.15
           .
           When
           I
           say
           ,
           
             a
             new
             Creation
          
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           mean
           it
           of
           new
           Faculties
           ,
           but
           of
           new
           Qualities
           and
           Endowments
           of
           a
           new
           byass
           ,
           and
           bent
           ,
           and
           inclination
           of
           our
           better
           
           part
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           the
           work
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           effect
           it
           ,
           the
           same
           power
           must
           be
           employed
           that
           spoke
           the
           World
           into
           being
           ;
           for
           as
           there
           ,
           so
           here
           the
           Chaos
           and
           the
           shapeless
           matter
           must
           be
           separated
           and
           divided
           ,
           the
           power
           of
           darkness
           dissipated
           ,
           and
           a
           new
           Light
           must
           〈◊〉
           our
           Understandings
           ,
           a
           Light
           whereby
           spiritual
           things
           and
           th●●●
           excellency
           ,
           necessity
           ,
           and
           t●●●●●endency
           above
           sublunary
           comforts
           may
           be
           discerned
           ,
           and
           the
           Soul
           look
           into
           things
           that
           are
           not
           seen
           .
           The
           Spirit
           of
           God
           must
           move
           here
           too
           ,
           and
           upon
           waters
           too
           ,
           even
           on
           the
           waters
           of
           repentance
           ,
           and
           penitential
           Tears
           .
           This
           Spirit
           must
           supple
           ,
           and
           warm
           ,
           and
           cherish
           the
           feeble
           parts
           ,
           make
           the
           Soul
           brisk
           and
           agile
           ,
           and
           ready
           unto
           every
           good
           word
           and
           work
           ,
           and
           a
           new
           face
           of
           all
           things
           must
           appear
           ,
           new
           Thoughts
           ,
           new
           Desires
           ,
           
           new
           Breathings
           ,
           new
           Notions
           ,
           a
           new
           Language
           ,
           new
           Delights
           ,
           and
           new
           Affections
           too
           .
           The
           sins
           that
           were
           loved
           before
           ,
           must
           be
           hated
           now
           ;
           and
           the
           Follies
           which
           caused
           laughter
           ,
           must
           now
           cause
           grief
           and
           sorrow
           .
           And
           this
           new
           Creation
           God
           is
           ready
           to
           bestow
           ,
           if
           our
           earnest
           Addresses
           knock
           at
           Heaven
           Gate
           .
           The
           Soul
           that
           watches
           at
           his
           door
           ,
           shall
           not
           be
           sent
           away
           empty
           ;
           he
           that
           is
           able
           to
           create
           this
           new
           Heart
           ,
           hath
           promised
           it
           too
           ,
           if
           our
           laziness
           and
           love
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           contempt
           of
           the
           mercy
           ,
           doth
           not
           discourage
           him
           .
           So
           that
           to
           remember
           our
           Creator
           ,
           is
           not
           onely
           to
           reflect
           upon
           his
           power
           ,
           but
           our
           duty
           too
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           To
           remember
           our
           Creator
           ,
           is
           to
           think
           ,
           that
           he
           who
           hath
           created
           a
           Heaven
           for
           the
           tractable
           and
           
           docile
           ,
           and
           sincere
           ,
           hath
           created
           a
           Hell
           too
           ,
           where
           he
           means
           to
           lash
           the
           stubborn
           and
           impenitent
           man.
           This
           Solomon
           alludes
           to
           in
           the
           last
           Verse
           of
           this
           Chapter
           ,
           where
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           
             God
             shall
             bring
             every
             work
             into
             judgement
             with
             every
             secret
             thing
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             good
             ,
             or
             whether
             it
             be
             evil
             .
             Tophet
             is
             ordain'd
             of
             old
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           Isai.
           30.33
           .
           And
           when
           God
           provided
           Mansions
           sweet
           and
           pleasant
           for
           his
           Favourites
           ,
           it
           was
           but
           necessary
           to
           create
           and
           make
           a
           Goal
           too
           ,
           where
           the
           despisers
           of
           his
           grace
           might
           to
           eternal
           Ages
           bewail
           the
           loss
           of
           infinite
           and
           eternal
           mercy
           ;
           Mercy
           which
           now
           entreats
           ,
           and
           courts
           them
           ,
           and
           comes
           to
           them
           in
           all
           the
           soft
           dresses
           of
           comfort
           ,
           and
           sues
           to
           them
           in
           the
           still
           voice
           of
           a
           tender
           Father
           ,
           offers
           them
           Crowns
           ,
           and
           Empires
           ,
           and
           an
           endless
           Felicity
           ,
           lies
           
           weeping
           at
           their
           feet
           ,
           runs
           after
           them
           ,
           pulls
           them
           by
           the
           sleeve
           ,
           and
           beseeches
           them
           not
           to
           neglect
           so
           great
           Salvation
           .
           He
           that
           seriously
           thinks
           of
           this
           ,
           surely
           cannot
           run
           into
           the
           Devils
           arms
           ,
           nor
           be
           in
           love
           with
           the
           broad
           way
           ,
           where
           so
           many
           thousands
           post
           into
           Perdition
           .
           These
           thoughts
           must
           needs
           be
           great
           motives
           to
           prevent
           the
           accomplishment
           of
           Gods
           threatnings
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           let
           that
           Prison
           he
           hath
           created
           stand
           empty
           ,
           when
           so
           many
           do
           deserve
           it
           ,
           and
           in
           despight
           of
           all
           his
           endeavours
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           run
           into
           it
           ,
           and
           make
           haste
           to
           be
           miserable
           .
           The
           Creator
           of
           all
           things
           beholding
           every
           thing
           
             that
             he
             had
             made
          
           ,
           saw
           
             that
             all
             was
             very
             good
          
           ,
           and
           therefore
           you
           'll
           say
           ,
           surely
           he
           did
           not
           create
           a
           Hell
           ,
           for
           that
           cannot
           be
           reconciled
           to
           the
           Standard
           of
           goodness
           .
           But
           it
           's
           one
           thing
           what
           Sufferers
           
           or
           Malefactors
           ,
           and
           another
           what
           Magistrates
           and
           Wise
           men
           do
           say
           .
           There
           is
           scarce
           a
           Prisoner
           but
           finds
           fault
           with
           his
           confinement
           .
           But
           doth
           any
           wise
           man
           therefore
           judge
           that
           Prisons
           are
           not
           for
           the
           common
           good
           ,
           or
           that
           they
           are
           needless
           in
           a
           Common-wealth
           ?
           If
           God
           were
           to
           take
           advice
           of
           men
           ,
           that
           make
           themselves
           Vessels
           of
           his
           wrath
           ,
           not
           one
           but
           would
           condemn
           him
           for
           making
           or
           ordaining
           a
           place
           of
           torment
           ;
           but
           his
           Justice
           requires
           other
           things
           ,
           and
           that
           's
           a
           good
           Attribute
           as
           well
           as
           his
           Mercy
           ,
           and
           punishment
           makes
           for
           his
           Honour
           and
           Glory
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           his
           gentleness
           and
           compassion
           .
           He
           that
           remembers
           God
           as
           his
           Creator
           ,
           must
           view
           the
           everlasting
           Fire
           prepared
           for
           the
           Devil
           and
           his
           Angels
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           house
           made
           without
           hands
           eternal
           in
           the
           Heavens
           ;
           and
           
           if
           he
           do
           both
           ,
           he
           is
           in
           the
           greatest
           probability
           of
           entring
           into
           invincible
           resolutions
           ,
           to
           shake
           off
           the
           yoak
           of
           Ungodliness
           and
           worldly
           Lusts
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           be
           capable
           ,
           of
           entring
           into
           his
           Masters
           joy
           .
           But
           then
           these
           resolutions
           ,
           if
           they
           shall
           be
           to
           any
           purpose
           ,
           must
           be
           made
           in
           the
           days
           of
           his
           youthful
           vigour
           ,
           which
           leads
           me
           to
           the
           last
           particular
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             Why
             the
             strict
             observance
             of
             these
             two
             Lessons
             is
             particularly
             necessary
             in
             the
             days
             of
             our
             youth
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           Because
           sin
           is
           more
           easily
           mortified
           ,
           when
           these
           motives
           are
           applied
           early
           in
           the
           days
           of
           our
           youth
           .
           The
           load
           that
           hinders
           us
           from
           entring
           in
           at
           the
           strait
           Gate
           ,
           may
           then
           be
           thrown
           off
           with
           greater
           facility
           than
           afterward
           .
           The
           
           tenderer
           the
           Branch
           is
           ,
           the
           sooner
           it
           is
           bowed
           ;
           and
           the
           softer
           the
           Rust
           is
           ,
           the
           more
           easily
           it
           is
           scoured
           away
           .
           Sin
           in
           the
           youthful
           age
           ,
           is
           but
           in
           its
           bud
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           and
           therefore
           more
           easily
           nipt
           ;
           and
           Corruption
           not
           being
           come
           to
           any
           great
           hardness
           yet
           ,
           is
           the
           sooner
           dispersed
           ,
           and
           discountenanced
           .
           The
           Devil
           doth
           but
           then
           begin
           to
           act
           his
           part
           in
           the
           Soul
           ,
           and
           therefore
           is
           more
           easily
           dislodged
           ;
           and
           though
           one
           or
           two
           evil
           Spirits
           may
           have
           already
           taken
           up
           their
           habitation
           there
           ,
           yet
           the
           number
           not
           being
           advanced
           to
           a
           Legion
           yet
           ,
           they
           may
           be
           crushed
           with
           greater
           ease
           .
           But
           sin
           being
           by
           age
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           caked
           and
           baked
           together
           ,
           mocks
           the
           Fullers-earth
           ,
           and
           the
           help
           of
           Soap
           and
           Snow-water
           .
           The
           blackness
           becomes
           purely
           Ethiopian
           ,
           and
           the
           spots
           turn
           into
           tokens
           of
           the
           Leopard
           ,
           
           which
           makes
           the
           change
           more
           difficult
           ,
           if
           not
           impossible
           .
           It
           's
           true
           ,
           some
           that
           have
           streamed
           out
           their
           golden
           days
           in
           voluptuousness
           and
           luxury
           ,
           have
           yet
           at
           last
           proved
           eminent
           Saints
           ;
           but
           as
           this
           is
           an
           argument
           of
           the
           extraordinary
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           so
           no
           consequence
           can
           be
           drawn
           from
           it
           ,
           that
           what
           God
           doth
           for
           special
           reasons
           for
           some
           ,
           he
           will
           do
           for
           all
           .
           Some
           few
           grow
           rich
           after
           fifty
           ,
           but
           that
           gives
           but
           small
           encouragement
           to
           men
           that
           do
           not
           thrive
           in
           the
           world
           before
           ;
           and
           whatever
           lucky
           hits
           some
           may
           have
           ,
           that
           makes
           but
           few
           expect
           the
           like
           :
           The
           sooner
           the
           Antidote
           is
           applied
           ,
           the
           greater
           hopes
           there
           is
           that
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Poison
           will
           be
           weakned
           ;
           and
           the
           longer
           it
           lies
           in
           the
           bowels
           ,
           the
           more
           difficult
           grows
           the
           cure
           .
           This
           stands
           to
           reason
           ,
           when
           sins
           are
           young
           ,
           the
           children
           
           of
           Edom
           may
           soon
           be
           dash'd
           against
           the
           stones
           ;
           but
           being
           become
           men
           of
           War
           ,
           they
           defie
           all
           opposition
           .
           Habits
           become
           a
           second
           nature
           ,
           and
           when
           follies
           are
           become
           natural
           ,
           and
           mingle
           with
           the
           complexion
           and
           Spirits
           ,
           they
           are
           over
           look'd
           as
           harmless
           ,
           or
           men
           despair
           of
           rooting
           of
           them
           up
           .
           The
           horrour
           of
           any
           sin
           goes
           off
           by
           custome
           ,
           and
           when
           men
           are
           used
           to
           it
           ,
           they
           are
           so
           far
           from
           repenting
           that
           they
           are
           apt
           to
           look
           upon
           themselves
           as
           innocent
           ;
           when
           Lions
           are
           not
           yet
           used
           to
           range
           abroad
           for
           prey
           ,
           they
           may
           be
           tamed
           ;
           but
           being
           become
           lusty
           and
           strong
           ,
           all
           endeavours
           of
           cicuration
           are
           vain
           ;
           and
           though
           we
           are
           told
           of
           Androdus
           his
           Lion
           ,
           that
           grew
           tame
           when
           he
           was
           of
           full
           age
           ,
           yet
           as
           one
           Swallow
           doth
           not
           make
           a
           Summer
           ,
           so
           neither
           is
           it
           advisable
           to
           venture
           into
           the
           
           Sea
           without
           skill
           in
           swimming
           ,
           because
           one
           or
           two
           ,
           ignorant
           of
           the
           art
           ,
           have
           been
           saved
           from
           drowning
           by
           a
           Miracle
           .
           Men
           give
           God
           but
           little
           encouragement
           to
           employ
           his
           miraculous
           power
           to
           convert
           them
           ,
           when
           during
           the
           vigour
           of
           their
           age
           ,
           they
           have
           mocked
           all
           his
           Stratagems
           ,
           and
           defeated
           his
           Methods
           of
           Compassion
           ,
           and
           whatever
           God
           hath
           done
           upon
           extraordinary
           occasions
           ,
           and
           under
           extraordinary
           circumstances
           ,
           we
           are
           assur'd
           by
           the
           Psalmist
           that
           he
           
             sware
             in
             his
             wrath
          
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           had
           grieved
           him
           Forty
           years
           in
           the
           Wilderness
           should
           
             never
             enter
             into
             his
             rest
          
           ,
           Psal.
           95.10
           ,
           11.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           Except
           a
           man
           remember
           his
           Creator
           in
           the
           days
           of
           his
           youth
           ,
           he
           is
           not
           in
           a
           likely
           way
           to
           compass
           all
           those
           graces
           which
           are
           fit
           
           and
           proper
           for
           a
           Candidate
           of
           Eternity
           .
           The
           vertues
           which
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           faith
           ,
           are
           necessary
           for
           a
           Christian
           ,
           are
           not
           to
           be
           acquired
           or
           purchased
           but
           by
           long
           striving
           ,
           frequent
           encountring
           of
           Temptations
           ,
           assiduous
           labour
           ,
           and
           constant
           endustry
           ,
           and
           indefatigable
           circumspection
           .
           Shadows
           of
           Graces
           are
           compassed
           in
           a
           shorter
           space
           ,
           but
           habits
           of
           Goodness
           are
           the
           work
           of
           time
           .
           One
           Virtue
           may
           possibly
           be
           got
           this
           year
           ,
           another
           the
           next
           ,
           another
           the
           third
           .
           Of
           Ammonas
           we
           read
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           fourteen
           years
           conquering
           his
           anger
           and
           passion
           ,
           and
           others
           have
           laboured
           many
           more
           before
           they
           arrived
           to
           a
           habit
           of
           meekness
           and
           patience
           .
           Before
           a
           man
           can
           say
           that
           he
           is
           master
           of
           such
           a
           Virtue
           ,
           he
           must
           have
           several
           tryals
           ,
           and
           those
           tryals
           ,
           occur
           not
           all
           in
           one
           week
           ,
           or
           in
           one
           month
           .
           He
           that
           
           is
           free
           from
           a
           temptation
           this
           year
           ,
           may
           have
           enough
           of
           it
           three
           years
           hence
           .
           By
           little
           conquests
           way
           must
           be
           made
           for
           greater
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           overcomes
           his
           little
           peevishnesses
           for
           some
           time
           ,
           prepares
           for
           overcoming
           bigger
           affronts
           and
           injuries
           .
           We
           read
           of
           no
           
             Ex
             tempore
          
           Saints
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           have
           arrived
           to
           qualifications
           which
           have
           made
           them
           fit
           for
           the
           bliss
           of
           another
           world
           ,
           have
           spent
           many
           years
           to
           bring
           themselves
           to
           a
           spiritual
           relish
           of
           the
           power
           of
           godliness
           .
           Heaven
           is
           not
           to
           be
           gained
           by
           a
           single
           vertue
           ,
           but
           there
           must
           be
           
             adding
             unto
             our
             faith
             vertue
             ,
             unto
             vertue
             knowledge
             ,
             unto
             knowledge
             temperance
             ,
             unto
             temperance
             godliness
             ,
             unto
             godliness
             patience
             ,
             unto
             patience
             brotherly
             kindness
             ,
             and
             unto
             brotherly
             kindness
             charity
             ,
          
           2
           Pet.
           1.4
           ,
           5.
           
           He
           is
           no
           Christian
           that
           knows
           not
           what
           it
           is
           to
           grow
           
           in
           grace
           ;
           and
           when
           we
           are
           to
           labour
           after
           perfection
           ,
           it
           's
           evident
           that
           we
           must
           begin
           betimes
           .
           So
           that
           if
           a
           man
           doth
           not
           begin
           this
           practical
           remembrance
           of
           his
           Creator
           in
           the
           days
           of
           his
           youth
           ,
           he
           hath
           not
           time
           enough
           to
           become
           master
           of
           this
           art
           ,
           or
           to
           commence
           Graduate
           in
           this
           piece
           of
           Philosophy
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           This
           early
           remembrance
           of
           the
           Great
           Creator
           invites
           the
           early
           manifestations
           of
           Gods
           love
           ,
           and
           is
           the
           Key
           to
           the
           choisest
           comforts
           and
           consolations
           .
           Of
           all
           the
           Apostles
           St.
           John
           alone
           is
           called
           the
           Disciple
           
             whom
             Jesus
             loved
          
           .
           He
           loved
           them
           all
           ,
           but
           this
           with
           greater
           tenderness
           than
           ordinary
           ,
           because
           ,
           as
           most
           Divines
           observe
           ,
           he
           was
           the
           youngest
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           days
           of
           his
           youth
           remembred
           his
           Masters
           will
           and
           his
           own
           duty
           .
           
             When
             Israel
             
             was
             a
             child
             ,
          
           i.
           e.
           when
           in
           his
           tender
           age
           he
           followed
           me
           with
           all
           his
           heart
           ,
           studied
           my
           Laws
           ,
           and
           walked
           with
           God
           ,
           
             I
             loved
             him
          
           ,
           that
           is
           with
           a
           higher
           love
           of
           complacency
           than
           others
           ,
           faith
           God
           ,
           
             Hos
             ,
             11.1
          
           .
           The
           youthful
           David
           ,
           when
           in
           the
           wilderness
           he
           liv'd
           retired
           from
           the
           world
           ,
           contemplated
           things
           celestial
           and
           sublime
           ,
           made
           the
           Creator
           of
           all
           things
           the
           darling
           of
           his
           Soul
           ,
           and
           found
           no
           such
           delight
           any
           where
           ,
           as
           in
           meditating
           of
           Gods
           testimonies
           ,
           felt
           what
           the
           kinder
           influences
           of
           Gods
           Spirit
           were
           ,
           and
           what
           was
           the
           exceeding
           greatness
           of
           his
           power
           ,
           whereof
           that
           extraordinary
           assistance
           he
           speaks
           of
           to
           King
           Saul
           ,
           was
           a
           signal
           testimony
           :
           
             Thy
             servant
             kept
             his
             fathers
             sheep
             ,
             and
             there
             came
             a
             Lion
             and
             a
             Bear
             and
             took
             a
             Lamb
             out
             of
             the
             flock
             ,
             and
             I
             went
             out
             after
             him
             ,
             and
             delivered
             it
             out
             of
             his
             mouth
             ;
             
             and
             when
             he
             arose
             against
             me
             I
             caught
             him
             by
             his
             beard
             ,
             and
             smote
             him
             and
             slew
             him
             ,
          
           1
           Sam.
           17.34
           ,
           35.
           
           When
           Joseph's
           innocence
           and
           tender
           years
           led
           him
           to
           the
           fear
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           made
           him
           have
           that
           aversion
           from
           sin
           in
           himself
           and
           others
           ,
           that
           he
           told
           his
           Father
           of
           his
           brethrens
           faults
           ;
           God
           favour'd
           him
           with
           more
           than
           ordinary
           tokens
           of
           his
           love
           ,
           which
           appear'd
           afterward
           more
           visibly
           ,
           by
           his
           making
           him
           Vice-Roy
           of
           Egypt
           .
           Early
           Fruit
           is
           ever
           most
           acceptable
           ,
           and
           an
           early
           remembrance
           of
           our
           Creator
           comes
           before
           him
           as
           Incense
           ,
           smells
           sweets
           as
           the
           morning
           Sacrifice
           ,
           and
           vies
           with
           the
           morning
           Rose
           for
           fragrancy
           .
        
         
           
             Practical
             Inferences
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             Though
             we
             allow
             not
             of
             the
             Platonick
             notion
             ,
             that
             all
             our
             
             knowledge
             is
             nothing
             but
             reminiscence
             ,
             yet
             Religion
             may
             justly
             be
             called
             a
             Remembrance
             of
             things
             we
             knew
             and
             heard
             of
             before
             .
             The
             lines
             of
             good
             and
             evil
             are
             engraven
             upon
             our
             hearts
             .
             The
             Finger
             of
             God
             hath
             written
             them
             upon
             our
             Souls
             ,
             and
             education
             together
             with
             the
             various
             Sermons
             we
             hear
             ,
             make
             these
             Characters
             much
             brighter
             .
             So
             that
             if
             at
             any
             time
             we
             are
             to
             abhor
             that
             which
             is
             evil
             ,
             or
             to
             cleave
             to
             that
             which
             is
             good
             ,
             if
             we
             are
             tempted
             to
             actions
             doubtful
             and
             uncertain
             ,
             whether
             they
             be
             agreeable
             or
             disagreeable
             to
             the
             will
             of
             God
             ,
             it
             's
             but
             remembering
             what
             an
             Almighty
             hand
             hath
             imprinted
             on
             our
             hearts
             ,
             or
             what
             formerly
             we
             have
             treasured
             up
             there
             ,
             and
             thus
             we
             may
             by
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             resist
             and
             overcome
             the
             temptation
             .
             Nay
             ,
             if
             we
             remember
             how
             at
             
             such
             time
             our
             Consciences
             checkt
             us
             for
             such
             actions
             ,
             and
             what
             reluctancies
             we
             felt
             ,
             when
             prompted
             to
             the
             commission
             .
             If
             we
             remember
             how
             at
             another
             time
             our
             pious
             Neighbour
             reproved
             us
             for
             such
             a
             fault
             ,
             told
             us
             ,
             it
             was
             as
             affront
             offered
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             a
             snare
             to
             ruine
             our
             immortal
             Souls
             .
             If
             we
             remember
             how
             vehemently
             the
             Minister
             of
             the
             Ordinances
             of
             God
             declaimed
             against
             such
             a
             sin
             ,
             what
             Arguments
             he
             alleadg'd
             against
             it
             ,
             what
             disswasives
             he
             produced
             ,
             what
             obtestations
             and
             entreaties
             he
             used
             to
             discourage
             us
             from
             the
             Offence
             ,
             all
             this
             will
             signally
             help
             to
             restraine
             us
             from
             yielding
             to
             the
             evil
             motion
             .
             For
             this
             we
             need
             no
             extraordinary
             memories
             we
             make
             use
             of
             in
             our
             civil
             affairs
             ,
             when
             we
             remember
             what
             we
             did
             or
             what
             hapned
             such
             a
             year
             ,
             will
             serve
             to
             put
             us
             in
             
             mind
             of
             our
             duty
             .
             It
             's
             love
             to
             a
             thing
             that
             makes
             us
             remember
             what
             may
             contribute
             to
             the
             promoting
             of
             it
             .
             And
             if
             our
             love
             to
             Religion
             were
             but
             as
             strong
             as
             it
             is
             to
             our
             Riches
             ,
             we
             should
             very
             easily
             remember
             the
             arguments
             that
             God
             and
             his
             Ministers
             have
             given
             us
             to
             disswade
             us
             from
             the
             sins
             we
             are
             inclined
             to
             .
             Were
             we
             truly
             concerned
             for
             our
             Souls
             we
             should
             soon
             remember
             what
             we
             have
             heard
             out
             of
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             which
             makes
             for
             the
             practice
             of
             the
             vertues
             ,
             necessary
             to
             salvation
             .
             When
             we
             are
             tempted
             to
             Pride
             or
             Anger
             ,
             if
             we
             did
             but
             remember
             how
             we
             have
             hated
             these
             sins
             in
             others
             ,
             and
             how
             odious
             they
             have
             appeared
             to
             us
             ,
             when
             we
             have
             seen
             our
             Neighbours
             fall
             into
             them
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             a
             sufficient
             discouragement
             from
             the
             commission
             .
             That
             we
             have
             no
             memories
             
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             is
             not
             so
             much
             a
             defect
             of
             nature
             ,
             as
             our
             will.
             We
             are
             wilfully
             forgetful
             of
             our
             duty
             ,
             and
             that
             makes
             us
             excuse
             the
             neglect
             of
             it
             ;
             we
             will
             not
             remember
             our
             sins
             ,
             and
             that
             tempts
             us
             to
             impenitence
             .
             Thus
             we
             cheat
             our
             Souls
             ,
             and
             that
             's
             but
             an
             ill
             preparative
             for
             the
             tremendous
             audit
             at
             the
             Bar
             of
             Gods
             Justice
             .
             The
             day
             will
             come
             when
             we
             shall
             remember
             our
             offences
             and
             neglects
             whether
             we
             will
             or
             no.
             There
             is
             not
             a
             sinner
             now
             ,
             who
             willingly
             forgets
             what
             he
             hath
             been
             going
             against
             God
             and
             his
             own
             Soul
             ,
             but
             will
             be
             forced
             to
             remember
             it
             to
             his
             cost
             and
             sorrow
             ,
             when
             an
             angry
             God
             shall
             look
             him
             in
             the
             face
             .
             And
             is
             it
             not
             our
             greatest
             interest
             then
             to
             remember
             now
             in
             this
             our
             day
             the
             things
             which
             belong
             unto
             our
             peace
             ;
             to
             remember
             our
             Errours
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             turn
             from
             them
             ;
             
             to
             remember
             our
             duties
             to
             God
             and
             man
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             conscienciously
             discharge
             them
             ;
             to
             remember
             what
             our
             Creator
             ,
             our
             Father
             ,
             our
             greatest
             Benefactors
             requires
             of
             us
             ;
             to
             remember
             the
             Exhortations
             ,
             the
             Entreaties
             ,
             the
             Expostulations
             ,
             the
             Adjurations
             of
             a
             merciful
             God
             ,
             that
             the
             Great
             Jehovah
             may
             remember
             us
             in
             that
             day
             when
             he
             makes
             up
             his
             Jewels
             ,
             and
             spare
             us
             as
             a
             man
             would
             spare
             his
             Son
             that
             serves
             him
             ?
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             There
             is
             hardly
             any
             place
             of
             Scripture
             that
             is
             more
             vulgarly
             known
             than
             this
             I
             have
             discoursed
             of
             ;
             our
             very
             Children
             learn
             it
             almost
             as
             soon
             as
             they
             can
             speak
             ,
             and
             imbibe
             it
             with
             the
             ordinary
             questions
             ,
             
               Who
               made
               you
               ?
               Who
               redeem'd
               you
               ?
               Who
               sanctifies
               you
               ?
            
             But
             when
             men
             are
             grown
             up
             to
             just
             strength
             ,
             and
             vigour
             
             of
             Age
             ,
             it
             fares
             with
             this
             Motto
             as
             it
             doth
             with
             Scripture
             Sentences
             written
             upon
             Walls
             in
             Country
             Churches
             ;
             not
             one
             in
             forty
             minds
             it
             .
             Youth
             (
             
               thus
               pleads
               the
               Age
            
             )
             must
             have
             its
             swing
             ;
             and
             what
             should
             the
             sprightly
             Lad
             do
             ,
             but
             follow
             his
             Amours
             and
             Vanities
             ?
             The
             bloud
             that
             dances
             in
             his
             Veins
             prompts
             him
             to
             gayety
             ;
             and
             to
             restrain
             him
             in
             his
             frollicks
             ,
             would
             be
             to
             torment
             him
             before
             his
             time
             ,
             and
             looks
             like
             an
             intolerable
             affront
             offered
             to
             his
             blooming
             years
             .
             Young
             men
             must
             be
             merry
             ;
             and
             though
             that
             mirth
             for
             the
             most
             part
             is
             nothing
             but
             licentiousness
             ,
             yet
             as
             extravagant
             as
             it
             is
             ,
             it
             is
             but
             a
             trick
             of
             youth
             .
             Religion
             is
             generally
             accounted
             only
             as
             a
             proper
             attendant
             of
             the
             aged
             and
             feeble
             ;
             and
             when
             men
             are
             unfit
             for
             any
             business
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             they
             then
             think
             themselves
             fit
             to
             
             think
             seriously
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Heaven
             .
             But
             surely
             this
             is
             no
             Gospel-Divinity
             ,
             but
             a
             Doctrine
             taught
             by
             the
             Father
             of
             lies
             the
             Prince
             of
             Devils
             .
             Those
             that
             can
             think
             so
             ,
             never
             considered
             the
             import
             of
             Christ's
             Law
             ,
             nor
             the
             pains
             the
             Primitive
             Believers
             took
             to
             arrive
             to
             happiness
             .
             The
             whole
             Bible
             is
             against
             these
             dangerous
             positions
             ,
             and
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             knows
             of
             no
             other
             Repentance
             ,
             but
             what
             is
             begun
             betimes
             ,
             and
             prosecuted
             by
             a
             strict
             obedience
             .
             There
             is
             not
             a
             word
             of
             comfort
             in
             all
             the
             Scriptures
             for
             men
             who
             have
             been
             baptiz'd
             into
             Christ
             and
             never
             begin
             to
             remember
             their
             Creator
             seriously
             ,
             till
             either
             old
             Age
             or
             a
             Death-bed
             refreshes
             their
             memories
             .
             We
             read
             indeed
             of
             fruits
             brought
             forth
             in
             old
             Age
             ,
             and
             those
             highly
             commended
             too
             ;
             but
             then
             it
             is
             in
             such
             men
             as
             have
             
             been
             early
             planted
             in
             the
             House
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             flourish
             in
             the
             Courts
             of
             our
             God
             ,
             like
             Cedars
             and
             Palm-trees
             ,
             that
             discovers
             their
             early
             verdure
             and
             fragrancy
             ,
             and
             continue
             it
             to
             the
             last
             ,
             Psal.
             92.12
             ,
             13
             ,
             14.
             
             And
             let
             no
             man
             tell
             me
             here
             ,
             that
             this
             is
             to
             drive
             old
             Penitents
             into
             despair
             .
             No
             ,
             it
             's
             rather
             a
             motive
             to
             double
             their
             pains
             ,
             to
             redeem
             their
             time
             ,
             and
             to
             give
             all
             diligence
             to
             make
             their
             Calling
             and
             Election
             sure
             .
             What
             should
             men
             do
             who
             have
             lost
             much
             time
             ,
             but
             husband
             the
             remainder
             to
             the
             best
             advantage
             ?
             And
             indeed
             if
             they
             seriously
             consider
             what
             opportunities
             they
             have
             lost
             ,
             how
             many
             years
             they
             have
             thrown
             away
             upon
             things
             that
             do
             not
             profit
             ;
             what
             Calls
             they
             have
             rejected
             ,
             what
             checks
             of
             Conscience
             they
             have
             baffled
             ,
             what
             Mercy
             ,
             and
             Love
             ,
             and
             Pity
             they
             have
             despised
             ,
             and
             
             how
             refractory
             they
             have
             been
             under
             the
             most
             powerful
             arguments
             that
             have
             been
             suggested
             to
             them
             ,
             they
             have
             no
             reason
             to
             loiter
             much
             ,
             nor
             to
             cry
             a
             little
             more
             sleep
             a
             little
             more
             slumber
             in
             the
             ways
             of
             sin
             .
             They
             had
             need
             pray
             harder
             than
             other
             men
             ,
             and
             labour
             more
             than
             others
             ,
             and
             give
             greater
             demonstrations
             of
             love
             and
             charity
             than
             their
             Neighbours
             ,
             who
             have
             been
             wise
             much
             earlier
             ,
             that
             if
             they
             cannot
             arrive
             to
             any
             high
             degrees
             of
             Glory
             ,
             they
             may
             however
             save
             themselves
             from
             the
             wrath
             to
             come
             ,
             and
             from
             everlasting
             burnings
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             Hear
             this
             all
             ye
             ,
             in
             whose
             Veins
             healthful
             and
             vigorous
             bloud
             doth
             slow
             .
             Fancy
             you
             hear
             the
             deceased
             Party
             here
             call
             to
             you
             from
             his
             Grave
             ,
             or
             rather
             from
             the
             Regions
             of
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             from
             the
             
             other
             world
             .
             Fancy
             you
             hear
             him
             say
             ,
             O
             ye
             sons
             of
             men
             ,
             how
             long
             will
             ye
             turn
             your
             glory
             into
             shame
             ,
             how
             long
             will
             ye
             love
             Vanity
             and
             seek
             after
             leasing
             ?
             In
             this
             other
             world
             ,
             where
             my
             Soul
             is
             now
             ,
             the
             Scene
             is
             changed
             ,
             and
             all
             things
             look
             with
             another
             face
             .
             Here
             all
             things
             appear
             big
             and
             dreadful
             ,
             and
             in
             amazing
             shapes
             .
             Here
             is
             a
             glorious
             God
             ,
             that
             will
             not
             be
             put
             off
             with
             Forms
             and
             Schemes
             ,
             and
             little
             complemental
             Devotions
             ,
             but
             expects
             conformity
             to
             the
             Image
             of
             his
             Son
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             same
             mind
             ,
             and
             temper
             ,
             and
             contempt
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             which
             was
             also
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             .
             O
             flatter
             not
             your selves
             with
             hopes
             of
             easie
             accounts
             ,
             or
             fancies
             that
             God
             will
             not
             be
             so
             cruel
             as
             to
             condemn
             a
             company
             of
             poor
             Sinners
             to
             the
             bottomless
             Gulph
             .
             Rest
             assur'd
             he
             is
             no
             respecter
             of
             persons
             .
             He
             is
             not
             
             frighted
             by
             crowds
             ,
             and
             numbers
             ,
             and
             multitudes
             from
             making
             them
             feel
             the
             weight
             of
             his
             anger
             .
             Be
             advised
             ,
             be
             entreated
             ,
             be
             perswaded
             to
             remember
             your
             Creator
             in
             the
             days
             of
             your
             youth
             .
             O
             do
             not
             put
             the
             evil
             day
             far
             from
             you
             !
             Let
             the
             great
             Creator
             be
             ever
             in
             your
             minds
             .
             Where-ever
             you
             are
             carry
             his
             Image
             in
             your
             Bosom
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             do
             nothing
             unworthy
             of
             his
             goodness
             and
             holiness
             .
             Make
             him
             your
             dearest
             and
             your
             greatest
             treasure
             .
             Cling
             to
             him
             as
             your
             onely
             refuge
             in
             the
             evil
             day
             .
             Make
             it
             your
             business
             to
             be
             guided
             by
             his
             Eye
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             instructed
             and
             governed
             by
             his
             Counsel
             .
             Be
             ye
             not
             as
             the
             Horse
             and
             Mule
             that
             have
             no
             understanding
             .
             Be
             not
             afraid
             of
             any
             troubles
             that
             may
             befal
             you
             upon
             the
             account
             of
             your
             obedience
             .
             Be
             confident
             ,
             he
             hath
             rewards
             infinite
             ,
             unspeakable
             ,
             
             incomprehensible
             rewards
             ,
             to
             recompense
             all
             your
             losses
             ,
             though
             you
             should
             lose
             life
             it self
             for
             his
             Names
             sake
             .
             Remember
             your
             Reason
             was
             given
             you
             on
             purpose
             to
             remember
             him
             .
             Remember
             that
             therefore
             he
             distinguished
             you
             from
             Bruits
             and
             Beasts
             ,
             that
             you
             should
             think
             of
             his
             will
             and
             do
             it
             .
             Remember
             you
             are
             his
             Creatures
             ,
             and
             he
             your
             Lord
             ,
             your
             Master
             ,
             your
             King
             ,
             and
             your
             Supreme
             Governour
             .
             Remember
             you
             have
             not
             a
             better
             friend
             in
             all
             the
             world
             than
             him
             .
             Remember
             with
             what
             tenderness
             and
             gentleness
             he
             uses
             you
             ,
             what
             offers
             he
             makes
             you
             ,
             and
             how
             dreadful
             it
             will
             be
             to
             undervalue
             such
             expressions
             of
             love
             .
             Remember
             the
             thousand
             Deliverances
             ,
             Preservations
             ,
             and
             gratious
             Providences
             he
             hath
             sent
             you
             .
             Remember
             the
             danger
             you
             are
             in
             .
             The
             Devil
             
             like
             a
             roaring
             Lyon
             walks
             about
             seeking
             whom
             he
             may
             devour
             .
             You
             have
             Enemies
             on
             every
             side
             of
             you
             :
             All
             lie
             in
             wait
             to
             devour
             you
             .
             Remember
             the
             veracity
             of
             God
             ;
             he
             will
             not
             vary
             one
             tittle
             from
             his
             word
             .
             O
             do
             not
             trespass
             upon
             his
             patience
             any
             more
             .
             Abuse
             his
             Mercy
             and
             Long-suffering
             no
             longer
             .
             But
             let
             his
             goodness
             lead
             you
             to
             a
             serious
             ,
             speedy
             ,
             and
             universal
             Reformation
             .
             The
             Judge
             is
             at
             the
             door
             ,
             and
             seeing
             that
             all
             these
             things
             shall
             be
             dissolved
             ,
             What
             manner
             of
             persons
             ought
             ye
             to
             be
             in
             all
             holy
             conversation
             ,
             and
             godliness
             !
             Should
             the
             person
             deceased
             appear
             to
             you
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             and
             preach
             these
             Lessons
             to
             you
             ,
             would
             not
             you
             tremble
             and
             fear
             ,
             and
             stand
             astonished
             ,
             and
             go
             home
             ,
             and
             take
             care
             that
             you
             might
             not
             be
             barren
             nor
             unfruitful
             in
             the
             knowledge
             of
             our
             Lord
             
             Jesus
             Christ
             ?
             Why
             Sirs
             ?
             these
             things
             are
             as
             true
             ,
             as
             if
             a
             Ghost
             from
             the
             other
             world
             did
             repeat
             them
             to
             you
             .
             And
             if
             they
             be
             eternal
             Truths
             ,
             O
             
               foolish
               Galathians
               ,
               who
               hath
               bewitched
               you
               ,
               that
               you
               should
               not
               obey
               the
               truth
               ,
               before
               whose
               eyes
               Jesus
               Christ
               hath
               been
               evidently
               set
               forth
               ,
               crucified
               among
               you
               ?
            
             And
             therefore
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             If
             the
             Remembrance
             of
             your
             Creator
             cannot
             melt
             your
             hearts
             ,
             O
             let
             the
             remembrance
             of
             your
             Redeemer
             make
             you
             wiser
             .
             Remember
             what
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             hath
             suffered
             for
             you
             .
             Remember
             what
             Agonies
             ,
             what
             Torments
             ,
             what
             bitter
             Scoffs
             and
             Reproaches
             he
             endured
             to
             rescue
             and
             free
             you
             from
             the
             bondage
             of
             sin
             and
             of
             the
             Devil
             .
             Remember
             you
             are
             brought
             with
             a
             price
             ,
             with
             the
             precious
             bloud
             of
             the
             immaculate
             
             Lamb.
             Remember
             you
             were
             bought
             to
             be
             his
             peculiar
             people
             ,
             and
             bought
             that
             you
             should
             be
             your
             own
             no
             more
             ;
             that
             you
             should
             not
             live
             to
             your selves
             ,
             but
             to
             him
             that
             bought
             you
             at
             the
             expence
             of
             his
             Bloud
             and
             Labour
             .
             Remember
             he
             bled
             for
             you
             .
             Remember
             he
             laid
             down
             his
             life
             for
             you
             .
             Remember
             ,
             greater
             love
             can
             no
             man
             shew
             than
             that
             he
             lay
             down
             his
             life
             for
             his
             friends
             .
             Remember
             he
             died
             for
             you
             when
             you
             were
             enemies
             .
             Remember
             he
             thought
             nothing
             too
             good
             for
             you
             .
             Remember
             who
             it
             was
             that
             did
             all
             this
             for
             you
             ,
             even
             the
             King
             of
             Kings
             ,
             the
             Lord
             of
             Lords
             ,
             the
             eternal
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             could
             have
             glorified
             himself
             in
             your
             endless
             misery
             ,
             but
             would
             no
             ;
             and
             to
             let
             you
             see
             the
             exceeding
             riches
             of
             his
             Grace
             ,
             humbled
             himself
             to
             the
             
             death
             of
             the
             Cross
             ,
             that
             the
             astonishing
             Mercy
             might
             work
             in
             you
             a
             loathing
             of
             every
             weight
             ,
             and
             every
             sin
             ,
             which
             doth
             so
             easily
             beset
             you
             .
             Can
             you
             remember
             all
             this
             ,
             and
             feel
             no
             resolutions
             within
             ,
             to
             shew
             forth
             the
             Praises
             of
             him
             who
             hath
             called
             you
             out
             of
             darkness
             into
             his
             marvellous
             light
             .
             Can
             you
             remember
             all
             this
             and
             forbear
             crying
             out
             with
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             I
             count
             all
             things
             dross
             and
             dung
             for
             the
             excellency
             of
             the
             knowledge
             of
             
               Christ
               Jesus
            
             my
             Lord
             ?
          
           
             Fifthly
             ,
             Would
             we
             know
             ,
             how
             we
             may
             lay
             a
             foundation
             for
             a
             long
             and
             healthy
             life
             .
             The
             principle
             here
             laid
             down
             is
             it
             .
             
               Remember
               thy
               Creator
               in
               the
               days
               of
               thy
               youth
               .
            
             In
             youth
             we
             commonly
             lay
             the
             Foundation
             of
             future
             Diseases
             ,
             which
             shorten
             our
             days
             ,
             and
             fill
             our
             lives
             with
             various
             Distempers
             ;
             
             and
             while
             people
             trespass
             upon
             the
             vigour
             of
             their
             Age
             ,
             and
             offer
             violence
             to
             Nature
             when
             young
             ,
             they
             consider
             not
             how
             by
             this
             means
             they
             give
             death
             an
             opportunity
             to
             enter
             ,
             and
             the
             bloud
             in
             that
             age
             is
             commonly
             so
             corrupted
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             Medicines
             afterward
             cannot
             abolish
             the
             corruption
             ,
             or
             eradicate
             it
             out
             of
             the
             Bowels
             .
             This
             early
             remembrance
             of
             God
             will
             help
             to
             restrain
             that
             extravagance
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             contributes
             to
             the
             soundness
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             so
             it
             cannot
             but
             be
             an
             excellent
             preparative
             for
             the
             long
             continuance
             of
             it
             .
             Set
             aside
             some
             distracted
             persons
             ,
             the
             desire
             and
             endeavour
             of
             mankind
             is
             to
             live
             long
             .
             To
             this
             end
             they
             use
             Preventives
             ,
             Preservatives
             ,
             Catharticks
             ,
             Diureticks
             ,
             Emeticks
             ,
             Restoratives
             ,
             shun
             all
             things
             that
             they
             apprehend
             noxious
             ,
             and
             hearken
             to
             every
             little
             story
             that
             directs
             
             them
             how
             to
             free
             themselves
             from
             too
             early
             approaches
             of
             fullen
             death
             ,
             that
             
               King
               of
               Terrours
            
             .
             Indeed
             under
             violent
             Pain
             ,
             or
             extream
             Poverty
             ,
             or
             intolerable
             Disgrace
             ,
             some
             do
             wish
             for
             death
             ,
             but
             that
             's
             only
             a
             sudden
             passion
             caus'd
             by
             the
             present
             pressing
             misfortune
             ,
             but
             if
             that
             were
             once
             over
             ,
             they
             would
             be
             content
             with
             the
             Collier
             in
             the
             Fable
             ,
             to
             carry
             their
             burthen
             ,
             even
             the
             burthen
             of
             their
             flesh
             about
             them
             a
             little
             longer
             .
             We
             are
             told
             of
             strange
             endeavours
             used
             in
             India
             by
             the
             
               Pagan
               Kings
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Grandees
             in
             
               their
               Courts
            
             to
             prolong
             life
             .
             Some
             do
             even
             spend
             their
             Patrimonies
             to
             find
             out
             the
             
               Vniversal
               Medicine
            
             ,
             and
             an
             Antidote
             against
             death
             ;
             some
             with
             Pearls
             dissolved
             in
             the
             purest
             Dew
             of
             Heaven
             seek
             to
             lengthen
             out
             our
             days
             ;
             but
             this
             
               remembering
               our
               Creator
               in
               the
               days
               
               of
               our
               youth
               ,
            
             will
             do
             more
             than
             all
             Drugs
             and
             Medicines
             ,
             more
             than
             all
             the
             Cordials
             and
             Julips
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             whatever
             either
             the
             Wisdom
             or
             Folly
             of
             man
             hath
             invented
             to
             procure
             longevity
             .
             It
             's
             evident
             ,
             that
             by
             this
             remembring
             our
             Creator
             is
             meant
             nothing
             but
             the
             
               Fear
               of
               God
            
             ,
             for
             thus
             Solomon
             explains
             himself
             ,
             v.
             13.
             of
             this
             Chapter
             ;
             where
             to
             reinforce
             the
             admonition
             v.
             1.
             he
             onely
             changes
             the
             Phrase
             ,
             but
             means
             the
             same
             thing
             ,
             
               Fear
               God
               ,
               and
               keep
               his
               commandments
               ,
            
             for
             
               that
               's
               the
               whole
               duty
               of
               man
            
             ;
             and
             to
             assure
             us
             ,
             that
             this
             early
             remembrance
             of
             God
             in
             the
             way
             to
             long
             life
             ,
             he
             adds
             ,
             Prov.
             10.27
             .
             
               The
               fear
               of
               the
               Lord
               prolongs
               days
               .
            
             But
             because
             this
             truth
             is
             believed
             but
             by
             very
             few
             ,
             it
             will
             not
             be
             amiss
             to
             give
             such
             demonstrations
             of
             it
             as
             may
             convince
             any
             rational
             man
             of
             the
             weight
             .
             
             and
             moment
             of
             it
             .
             And
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             Duties
             Religion
             enjoyns
             ,
             if
             seriously
             and
             conscientiously
             practised
             ,
             tend
             to
             health
             and
             prolongation
             of
             life
             ,
             as
             will
             appear
             from
             an
             induction
             of
             particulars
             .
             Religion
             enjoyns
             Temperance
             in
             eating
             and
             drinking
             ;
             and
             all
             the
             world
             agrees
             in
             this
             ,
             that
             Temperance
             is
             not
             onely
             the
             best
             Physick
             ,
             but
             the
             best
             Physician
             too
             .
             Gluttony
             ,
             and
             Drunkenness
             ,
             and
             Excesses
             in
             meat
             and
             drink
             ,
             are
             fruitful
             Parents
             of
             Diseases
             ,
             and
             how
             men
             do
             thereby
             precipitate
             themselves
             into
             Gouts
             ,
             Dropsies
             ,
             Surfeits
             ,
             Fevers
             ,
             &c
             ,
             which
             are
             great
             promoters
             of
             an
             early
             death
             ,
             none
             can
             be
             supposed
             ignorant
             .
             Religion
             forbids
             all
             extravagant
             Passions
             ,
             which
             being
             let
             loose
             hugely
             debilitate
             Nature
             .
             It
             enjoyns
             Meekness
             ,
             Patience
             ,
             Contentedness
             ,
             and
             
             a
             reasonable
             service
             ;
             and
             where
             the
             Passions
             are
             kept
             in
             good
             order
             ,
             in
             all
             likelihood
             the
             temper
             and
             frame
             of
             the
             body
             will
             be
             preserved
             in
             health
             ,
             and
             a
             sweet
             and
             admirable
             harmony
             .
             From
             letting
             the
             Passions
             run
             beyond
             their
             just
             bounds
             and
             limits
             ,
             innumerable
             mischiefs
             flow
             ;
             some
             by
             immoderate
             &
             inordinate
             love
             have
             kill'd
             themselves
             ,
             others
             by
             inordinate
             Anger
             have
             fallen
             into
             Epilepsies
             :
             Some
             by
             immoderate
             grief
             consume
             the
             marrow
             in
             their
             bones
             ;
             and
             History
             tells
             us
             of
             several
             ,
             such
             as
             Leo
             X
             ,
             Pope
             of
             Rome
             ,
             and
             some
             
               Roman
               Ladies
            
             ,
             that
             have
             in
             fits
             of
             immoderate
             laughter
             expired
             ,
             and
             given
             up
             the
             ghost
             .
          
           
             Religion
             forbids
             all
             anxious
             and
             tormenting
             cares
             ,
             and
             carkings
             ,
             great
             enemies
             certainly
             to
             health
             and
             life
             ;
             for
             they
             not
             only
             make
             the
             Bloud
             stagnate
             ,
             clog
             the
             Spirits
             ,
             
             hinder
             a
             free
             circulation
             ,
             but
             too
             often
             have
             been
             ,
             and
             are
             ,
             the
             causes
             of
             mens
             laying
             violent
             hands
             upon
             themselves
             .
             This
             administers
             Ingredients
             which
             make
             up
             a
             good
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             that
             's
             a
             perpetual
             Feast
             .
             It
             bids
             us
             rejoyce
             in
             the
             Lord
             always
             ,
             and
             a
             constant
             cheerfulness
             cannot
             but
             be
             a
             very
             great
             preservative
             of
             health
             ,
             and
             the
             vital
             flame
             within
             .
             It
             forbids
             all
             Fornication
             ,
             Adultery
             ,
             Lasciousness
             ,
             and
             exorbitant
             Lusts
             ;
             prescribes
             the
             modest
             and
             moderate
             use
             of
             Marriage
             ,
             or
             commends
             perpetual
             Virginity
             ;
             all
             which
             is
             very
             conducive
             to
             health
             and
             longevity
             ;
             and
             this
             we
             need
             not
             doubt
             of
             ,
             when
             we
             see
             men
             ,
             who
             give
             themselves
             liberty
             in
             hankering
             after
             strange
             Flesh
             ,
             what
             work
             they
             make
             for
             Surgeons
             and
             Physicians
             ,
             how
             they
             poison
             their
             Bloud
             ,
             and
             are
             so
             many
             
             walking
             Graves
             .
             Religion
             prescribes
             frequent
             Fasting
             ,
             and
             Abstinence
             ,
             and
             how
             beneficial
             this
             is
             to
             health
             and
             a
             long
             vigorous
             life
             ,
             The
             examples
             of
             the
             ancient
             Hermits
             ,
             and
             since
             their
             time
             ,
             of
             other
             religious
             men
             ,
             are
             ample
             testimonies
             .
             
               Simeon
               Stylites
            
             by
             this
             means
             arrived
             to
             the
             age
             of
             109.
             
             
               Anthony
               the
               Great
            
             to
             105.
             
             Paul
             the
             
               first
               Ascetick
            
             to
             103.
             
             Arsenius
             to
             120.
             
             
               Venerable
               Bede
            
             to
             92.
             
             Remigius
             the
             famous
             Archbishop
             of
             Rhemes
             (
             who
             enjoy'd
             his
             Bishoprick
             70
             years
             ,
             which
             is
             more
             I
             think
             than
             can
             be
             said
             of
             any
             man
             in
             publick
             Office
             for
             a
             thousand
             years
             )
             to
             96.
             
             Epiphanius
             (
             not
             the
             Cyprian
             Bishop
             ,
             but
             another
             )
             to
             115.
             
             Not
             to
             mention
             any
             more
             ,
             and
             most
             Historians
             agree
             in
             it
             ,
             that
             one
             great
             means
             to
             prolong
             their
             years
             was
             their
             spare
             diet
             and
             frequent
             abstinence
             ,
             and
             
             Fasts
             in
             obedience
             to
             Religion
             .
             Besides
             ,
             Religion
             commands
             Obedience
             ,
             Respect
             ,
             and
             Tenderness
             to
             Parents
             ,
             and
             to
             that
             a
             special
             blessing
             of
             long
             life
             is
             affixed
             by
             promise
             in
             the
             fifth
             Commandment
             .
             
               Honour
               thy
               Father
               and
               thy
               Mother
               ,
               that
               thy
               days
               may
               be
               long
               ,
               in
               the
               Land
               which
               the
               Lord
               thy
               God
               gives
               thee
               .
            
             It
             bids
             us
             also
             shun
             all
             apparent
             occasions
             of
             mischief
             ,
             particularly
             of
             evil
             company
             ,
             where
             great
             rudenesses
             ,
             insolencies
             ,
             debaucheries
             ,
             and
             many
             times
             Murthers
             are
             committed
             ,
             to
             the
             endangering
             both
             of
             health
             and
             life
             .
             Add
             to
             all
             this
             ,
             that
             Religion
             doth
             peremptorily
             prohibit
             all
             ill
             language
             ,
             which
             is
             too
             often
             the
             unhappy
             cause
             of
             quarrels
             ,
             strife
             ,
             fighting
             ,
             blows
             ,
             duelling
             ,
             and
             assassinations
             ,
             which
             signally
             shorten
             the
             life
             of
             man
             ;
             in
             allusion
             to
             which
             David
             tells
             us
             ,
             Psal.
             34.12
             ,
             
             13.
             
             
               What
               man
               is
               he
               that
               desires
               life
               ,
               and
               loves
               many
               days
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               see
               good
               ?
               keep
               thy
               tongue
               from
               evil
               ,
               and
               thy
               lips
               that
               they
               speak
               no
               guile
               .
            
             So
             that
             if
             a
             man
             remembers
             his
             Creator
             betimes
             ,
             makes
             Conscience
             of
             the
             duties
             Religion
             prescribes
             ,
             and
             continues
             in
             doing
             so
             ,
             he
             lays
             a
             foundation
             for
             a
             long
             and
             healthy
             life
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             This
             early
             remembrance
             of
             God
             ,
             gives
             a
             man
             a
             title
             to
             Gods
             special
             Providence
             ,
             and
             what
             the
             effect
             of
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             Psalmist
             will
             inform
             us
             ,
             Psal.
             91.14
             ,
             16.
             
             
               Because
               he
               hath
               set
               his
               love
               upon
               me
               ,
               therefore
               will
               I
               deliver
               him
               ,
               with
               long
               life
               will
               I
               satisfie
               him
               ,
               and
               shew
               him
               my
               salvation
               .
            
             That
             there
             is
             a
             special
             Providence
             attending
             those
             who
             fear
             God
             ,
             is
             the
             unanimous
             voice
             of
             all
             the
             inspired
             Writers
             ;
             and
             they
             all
             agree
             in
             this
             ,
             that
             
               the
               
               eyes
               of
               the
               Lord
               run
               to
               and
               fro
               through
               the
               world
               ,
               to
               shew
               himself
               strong
               in
               the
               behalf
               of
               those
               whose
               heart
               is
               upright
               toward
               him
               ,
            
             as
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             2
             Chron.
             16.9
             .
             And
             with
             respect
             to
             this
             special
             Providence
             it
             is
             that
             Solomon
             gives
             this
             advice
             to
             the
             Disciple
             of
             wisdom
             ,
             Prov.
             3.1
             ,
             2.
             
             
               My
               son
               forget
               not
               my
               Law
               ,
               and
               let
               thy
               heart
               attend
               unto
               my
               commandment
               ,
               for
               length
               of
               days
               ,
               and
               long
               life
               ,
               and
               peace
               shall
               they
               add
               unto
               thee
               .
            
             By
             this
             special
             Providence
             a
             man
             is
             preserved
             from
             numberless
             dangers
             ,
             which
             otherwise
             would
             crush
             both
             health
             and
             life
             .
             It
             s
             this
             blesses
             his
             meat
             and
             drink
             to
             him
             ,
             be
             it
             more
             or
             less
             ,
             wholesom
             or
             unwholesom
             ,
             removes
             from
             it
             what
             is
             noxious
             and
             pestilential
             ,
             gives
             it
             a
             nutritive
             power
             ,
             and
             many
             times
             preserves
             him
             without
             meat
             and
             drink
             ;
             for
             
               man
               doth
               not
               live
               by
               bread
               alone
               ,
               
               but
               by
               every
               word
               that
               proceeds
               out
               of
               the
               mouth
               of
               God
               ,
            
             as
             we
             are
             told
             Matth.
             4.4
             .
          
           
             However
             ,
             this
             serious
             remembrance
             of
             our
             Creator
             ,
             or
             which
             is
             all
             one
             ,
             the
             fear
             of
             God
             makes
             a
             man
             immortal
             ,
             more
             effectually
             than
             Books
             and
             Monuments
             ,
             or
             Pillars
             ,
             or
             Tombstones
             ,
             or
             Fabricks
             ,
             or
             Pyramids
             .
             For
             these
             onely
             keep
             up
             an
             empty
             name
             ;
             but
             this
             conscientious
             fear
             makes
             the
             man
             himself
             immortal
             .
             Such
             a
             person
             leads
             a
             happy
             life
             here
             ,
             and
             his
             natural
             death
             makes
             no
             other
             alteration
             in
             that
             happy
             life
             ,
             than
             that
             it
             gives
             it
             greater
             brightness
             ,
             greater
             splendour
             ,
             greater
             lustre
             ,
             and
             adds
             to
             it
             higher
             degrees
             of
             happiness
             .
             And
             of
             this
             Fear
             ,
             or
             serious
             Remembrance
             of
             God
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             said
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             of
             the
             Bread
             which
             came
             down
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             
               Meat
               indeed
            
             ,
             and
             
               Drink
               
               indeed
            
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             feeds
             upon
             it
             shall
             never
             die
             .
             For
             such
             a
             mans
             Soul
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             principal
             part
             of
             him
             ,
             at
             the
             end
             or
             period
             of
             his
             days
             here
             ,
             is
             onely
             transplanted
             into
             a
             richer
             ground
             ,
             and
             conveyed
             to
             a
             nobler
             Soil
             ,
             to
             better
             Land
             ,
             to
             a
             larger
             House
             ,
             to
             more
             pleasant
             Mansions
             ,
             and
             to
             a
             more
             ample
             Theater
             :
             And
             being
             removed
             from
             hence
             ,
             it
             doth
             not
             change
             its
             nature
             ,
             but
             onely
             her
             abode
             ;
             from
             a
             Prison
             ,
             from
             a
             Cave
             ,
             from
             a
             Cottage
             ,
             from
             a
             Dungeon
             ,
             to
             a
             more
             spacious
             Pallace
             ,
             where
             she
             hath
             more
             Elbow-room
             ,
             and
             like
             a
             Bird
             freed
             from
             her
             Cage
             ,
             acts
             with
             greater
             liberty
             ,
             and
             sings
             with
             greater
             cheerfulness
             .
             And
             her
             Body
             too
             ,
             sleeps
             onely
             for
             a
             few
             years
             ,
             lies
             down
             upon
             a
             bed
             of
             Turf
             ,
             till
             the
             Soul
             is
             throughly
             setled
             in
             her
             new
             Habitation
             ,
             and
             then
             even
             that
             at
             the
             sound
             of
             the
             
             Arch-Angels
             Trumpet
             shall
             awake
             to
             a
             happy
             immortality
             ,
             as
             Christ
             assures
             us
             ,
             Job
             .
             11.26
             .
          
           
             And
             though
             it
             's
             true
             that
             many
             who
             sincerely
             remember
             their
             Creator
             ,
             and
             fear
             him
             ,
             are
             cut
             off
             in
             the
             prime
             and
             flower
             of
             their
             age
             ,
             and
             live
             but
             a
             short
             time
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             yet
             that
             early
             removal
             contradicts
             not
             the
             natural
             tendency
             of
             the
             Fear
             of
             God.
             Still
             this
             is
             the
             natural
             course
             of
             that
             stream
             ,
             and
             if
             it
             met
             with
             no
             extraordinary
             stop
             ,
             it
             would
             certainly
             prolong
             life
             even
             here
             upon
             earth
             .
             But
             God
             for
             special
             reasons
             puts
             a
             stop
             sometimes
             to
             its
             natural
             course
             ,
             as
             he
             hindred
             the
             Sun
             from
             going
             down
             in
             
             Joshua's
             time
             ,
             and
             from
             shining
             out
             at
             noon-day
             in
             our
             
             Saviour's
             time
             ,
             and
             the
             Iron
             from
             sinking
             in
             
             Elishah's
             time
             ,
             and
             the
             Fire
             from
             scorching
             in
             
             Nebucadnezzar's
             time
             ,
             and
             the
             greedy
             
             Whale
             from
             consuming
             or
             devouring
             Jonas
             .
             These
             creatures
             ,
             had
             they
             been
             left
             to
             their
             ,
             natural
             course
             ,
             would
             have
             acted
             otherwise
             ;
             but
             an
             Almighty
             hand
             interposing
             its
             power
             and
             influence
             ,
             they
             were
             restrained
             in
             their
             natural
             bent
             and
             inclination
             .
             So
             the
             Fear
             of
             God
             ,
             though
             its
             natural
             tendency
             be
             to
             prolong
             health
             and
             life
             ,
             yet
             God
             doth
             not
             so
             tie
             himself
             to
             the
             natural
             course
             of
             things
             ,
             but
             that
             sometimes
             ,
             for
             reasons
             best
             known
             to
             himself
             ,
             he
             may
             and
             doth
             make
             an
             alteration
             in
             that
             natural
             tendency
             :
             nor
             is
             that
             alteration
             any
             just
             discouragement
             from
             the
             Fear
             of
             God
             ,
             no
             more
             than
             a
             mans
             being
             sometimes
             disappointed
             in
             his
             designs
             is
             a
             discouragement
             from
             prosecuting
             his
             Trade
             ,
             or
             Calling
             ,
             or
             Profession
             .
             So
             that
             when
             God
             makes
             an
             alteration
             in
             the
             natural
             course
             or
             tendency
             
             of
             this
             holy
             Fear
             ,
             and
             cuts
             off
             men
             that
             conscientiously
             remember
             him
             ,
             in
             the
             prime
             and
             slower
             of
             their
             age
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             either
             to
             advance
             his
             own
             Glory
             ,
             or
             to
             accelerate
             their
             happiness
             ,
             or
             to
             keep
             them
             from
             the
             evil
             to
             come
             ,
             or
             to
             chastise
             their
             Relatives
             ,
             who
             were
             too
             fond
             of
             these
             outward
             Comforts
             ,
             or
             to
             wicked
             men
             ,
             who
             as
             they
             are
             by
             the
             death
             of
             such
             persons
             deprived
             of
             examples
             and
             monitors
             ,
             and
             means
             of
             grace
             ,
             so
             through
             just
             Judgement
             of
             God
             ,
             thereby
             hardned
             in
             their
             sins
             ,
             which
             brings
             on
             their
             everlasting
             misery
             .
             Though
             if
             we
             consider
             the
             happiness
             of
             the
             next
             world
             ,
             in
             conjunction
             with
             this
             present
             ,
             as
             it
             makes
             one
             entire
             thred
             or
             web
             in
             a
             person
             that
             truly
             fears
             God
             ,
             still
             there
             can
             be
             no
             greater
             truth
             than
             that
             the
             Fear
             of
             God
             
             prolongs
             life
             ,
             for
             it
             prolongs
             it
             to
             all
             Eternity
             .
             Not
             to
             mention
             that
             abundance
             of
             persons
             who
             seem
             to
             fear
             God
             ,
             do
             fear
             him
             very
             imperfectly
             ,
             or
             not
             exactly
             according
             to
             the
             Rules
             before
             laid
             down
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             the
             reason
             ,
             why
             they
             do
             not
             see
             this
             promise
             fulfilled
             to
             them
             in
             all
             the
             measures
             of
             its
             latitude
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             confest
             ,
             that
             even
             men
             that
             do
             not
             trouble
             their
             heads
             about
             Religion
             ,
             Swearers
             ,
             Drunkards
             ,
             Atheists
             ,
             Blasphemers
             ,
             Beasts
             and
             Brutes
             ,
             live
             to
             a
             prodigious
             age
             sometimes
             without
             the
             Fear
             of
             God
             ,
             yet
             is
             not
             therefore
             the
             conscientious
             man
             that
             lives
             long
             in
             the
             world
             a
             loser
             by
             his
             fear
             ;
             for
             though
             he
             that
             fears
             God
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             lives
             in
             contempt
             of
             his
             Laws
             ,
             do
             both
             enjoy
             the
             same
             blessing
             ,
             even
             long
             Life
             ,
             yet
             there
             is
             a
             vast
             difference
             in
             the
             causes
             of
             this
             
             Blessing
             ;
             for
             in
             the
             former
             Blessing
             comes
             from
             a
             Father's
             hand
             ,
             in
             the
             other
             from
             a
             Judges
             In
             the
             former
             it
             is
             a
             gift
             of
             love
             in
             the
             other
             of
             meer
             generosity
             In
             the
             former
             it
             comes
             by
             promise
             ,
             in
             the
             other
             by
             a
             large
             and
             diffusive
             bounty
             .
             To
             the
             former
             it
             is
             given
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             be
             a
             blessing
             to
             his
             Neighbours
             ,
             to
             the
             other
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             be
             a
             Scourge
             and
             Rod
             to
             those
             who
             live
             neer
             him
             .
             In
             the
             former
             it
             is
             an
             effect
             of
             vertue
             in
             the
             other
             of
             natural
             constitution
             .
             The
             former
             receives
             it
             because
             of
             his
             universal
             Obedience
             the
             other
             hath
             may
             be
             done
             some
             little
             inconsiderable
             service
             to
             Gods
             Church
             or
             Servants
             ,
             which
             God
             scorns
             to
             leave
             unrewarded
             ,
             and
             as
             the
             service
             will
             bear
             no
             bigger
             reward
             ,
             so
             God
             puts
             him
             of
             with
             a
             blessing
             of
             his
             left
             hand
             .
          
           
             And
             from
             hence
             it
             follows
             ,
             that
             
             there
             must
             be
             a
             great
             difference
             in
             the
             comforts
             of
             this
             blessing
             .
             In
             the
             former
             this
             long
             Life
             is
             in
             order
             to
             greater
             Mercy
             ;
             in
             the
             other
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             his
             greater
             condemnation
             .
             In
             the
             former
             ,
             like
             a
             gentle
             River
             ,
             which
             hath
             run
             many
             miles
             and
             enriched
             the
             neighbouring
             Grounds
             ,
             it
             mingles
             at
             last
             with
             the
             vast
             Ocean
             of
             Glory
             ;
             in
             the
             other
             ,
             though
             like
             the
             River
             Jordan
             it
             hath
             extended
             its
             course
             a
             great
             way
             ,
             yet
             falls
             at
             last
             into
             the
             dead
             Sea
             ,
             into
             endless
             howlings
             .
             In
             the
             former
             it
             is
             a
             spiritual
             Blessing
             as
             well
             as
             a
             temporal
             ;
             in
             the
             other
             only
             a
             temporal
             .
             In
             the
             former
             it
             is
             a
             sign
             that
             a
             great
             deal
             more
             is
             to
             be
             added
             to
             it
             ;
             in
             the
             other
             ,
             that
             after
             that
             ,
             all
             his
             Blessings
             are
             at
             an
             end
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             shall
             have
             no
             more
             .
          
           
             By
             all
             which
             it
             appears
             ,
             that
             this
             Remembrance
             of
             God
             is
             no
             
             useless
             thing
             .
             It
             is
             profitable
             to
             the
             Body
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Soul
             ;
             and
             by
             what
             I
             have
             said
             ,
             it
             should
             seem
             it
             is
             the
             best
             Physick
             in
             the
             world
             .
             So
             wisely
             hath
             God
             ordered
             his
             Laws
             and
             Precepts
             ,
             that
             they
             signally
             advance
             the
             welfare
             not
             onely
             of
             the
             inward
             ,
             but
             outward
             man
             too
             .
             O
             the
             blindness
             of
             poor
             Mortals
             that
             will
             not
             see
             this
             truth
             !
             How
             calmly
             ,
             how
             sweetly
             ,
             how
             contentedly
             may
             a
             man
             live
             with
             the
             Fear
             of
             God
             ,
             while
             sin
             ,
             and
             pleasing
             his
             extravagant
             Lusts
             hurries
             the
             sinner
             on
             to
             a
             thousand
             troubles
             and
             inconveniencies
             !
             Nay
             ,
             the
             unwary
             man
             sees
             how
             his
             sinful
             courses
             ,
             his
             drinking
             ,
             and
             keeping
             ill
             Company
             breaks
             his
             Estate
             ,
             his
             Body
             ,
             and
             his
             Health
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             the
             Heart
             of
             his
             Wife
             and
             Children
             .
             The
             Fear
             of
             God
             would
             preserve
             all
             these
             ,
             yet
             the
             heedless
             wretch
             will
             take
             no
             warning
             .
             
             Do
             these
             men
             believe
             another
             life
             do
             you
             think
             ?
             No
             ,
             if
             they
             did
             ,
             they
             durst
             as
             well
             eat
             fire
             ,
             as
             we
             say
             ,
             as
             venture
             upon
             sins
             ,
             to
             which
             the
             Almighty
             Judge
             hath
             affixed
             damnation
             by
             an
             irreversible
             Decree
             .
             But
             what
             do
             we
             talk
             of
             another
             life
             ?
             If
             their
             temporal
             interest
             ,
             and
             the
             interest
             of
             their
             Bodies
             ,
             and
             Estate
             ,
             and
             health
             cannot
             make
             them
             wiser
             ,
             I
             know
             nothing
             but
             feeling
             the
             flaming
             anger
             of
             a
             just
             God
             ,
             that
             will
             do
             it
             .
             To
             see
             men
             run
             into
             death
             and
             misery
             ,
             and
             diseases
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             angry
             with
             their
             lives
             ,
             and
             took
             it
             ill
             that
             God
             hath
             given
             them
             a
             being
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             what
             can
             a
             man
             think
             but
             that
             they
             are
             distracted
             and
             out
             of
             their
             wits
             ?
             But
             it
             were
             well
             if
             their
             madness
             were
             invincible
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             could
             not
             help
             it
             ;
             but
             now
             have
             they
             both
             seen
             and
             known
             ,
             and
             
             might
             prevent
             their
             danger
             and
             will
             not
             ;
             therefore
             their
             sin
             remains
             .
          
           
             But
             I
             will
             not
             stand
             upon
             the
             long
             and
             healthy
             life
             ,
             which
             the
             Remembrance
             of
             God
             or
             a
             holy
             Fear
             of
             his
             name
             procures
             in
             this
             life
             .
             I
             will
             carry
             this
             motive
             farther
             ,
             as
             this
             long
             Life
             relates
             to
             everlasting
             and
             endless
             life
             .
             Behold
             Christians
             ,
             this
             prize
             ,
             this
             mighty
             Commodity
             we
             set
             before
             you
             in
             his
             Name
             who
             hath
             sent
             us
             to
             be
             Embassadours
             for
             
               Christ
               Jesus
            
             .
             Men
             ,
             Fathers
             ,
             and
             Brethren
             ,
             and
             ye
             that
             fear
             God
             ,
             give
             audience
             :
             The
             God
             of
             our
             Fathers
             ,
             the
             God
             of
             Abraham
             ,
             and
             the
             God
             of
             Isaac
             ,
             and
             the
             God
             of
             Jacob
             ,
             hath
             raised
             his
             Son
             Jesus
             from
             the
             dead
             ,
             who
             hath
             brought
             life
             and
             immortality
             to
             light
             .
             This
             immortal
             Life
             he
             offers
             you
             ,
             and
             by
             us
             entreats
             you
             to
             accept
             of
             it
             .
             
             He
             doth
             promise
             you
             ,
             that
             you
             shall
             live
             eternally
             in
             his
             Bosom
             ,
             in
             the
             Sunshine
             of
             his
             Favour
             ,
             in
             the
             Beams
             of
             his
             inaccessible
             Light.
             He
             doth
             promise
             you
             ,
             that
             you
             shall
             live
             eternally
             without
             Fear
             ,
             without
             Want
             ,
             without
             Poverty
             ,
             without
             Trouble
             ,
             without
             Sickness
             ,
             without
             Care
             ,
             and
             without
             Anxiety
             .
             He
             doth
             promise
             you
             ,
             that
             vou
             shall
             live
             eternally
             in
             all
             the
             Ease
             ,
             and
             Plenty
             ,
             and
             Prosperity
             that
             reason
             can
             desire
             .
             He
             doth
             promise
             you
             all
             ,
             this
             ,
             not
             that
             he
             stands
             in
             need
             of
             you
             ,
             or
             is
             in
             distress
             for
             your
             company
             ,
             or
             that
             this
             eternal
             Life
             lies
             like
             a
             Drug
             upon
             his
             hands
             ,
             or
             that
             he
             knows
             not
             what
             to
             do
             with
             it
             .
             No
             ,
             but
             his
             Almighty
             ,
             Immense
             ,
             and
             infinite
             love
             moves
             him
             to
             offer
             all
             this
             ;
             and
             by
             way
             of
             exchange
             ,
             he
             requires
             not
             an
             Oblation
             of
             the
             Beasts
             of
             the
             field
             ,
             or
             of
             a
             thousand
             
             Rivers
             of
             Oyl
             ;
             but
             all
             he
             expects
             at
             your
             hands
             ,
             is
             this
             early
             Remembrance
             of
             your
             Creator
             ;
             a
             Remembrance
             without
             which
             you
             cannot
             live
             happy
             here
             ,
             without
             which
             you
             can
             never
             relish
             that
             eternal
             Life
             he
             doth
             promise
             you
             ,
             without
             which
             you
             are
             incapable
             of
             conversing
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             without
             which
             it
             is
             impossible
             you
             should
             ever
             be
             his
             Friends
             and
             Favourites
             .
             And
             have
             you
             no
             ambition
             to
             live
             as
             long
             as
             Angels
             live
             ?
             Are
             you
             so
             low-spirited
             that
             you
             have
             no
             desire
             to
             live
             eternally
             ?
             Ye
             young
             people
             ,
             ye
             are
             loth
             to
             die
             ,
             behold
             ,
             this
             conscientious
             Remembrance
             of
             your
             God
             will
             make
             your
             days
             like
             the
             days
             of
             God
             ,
             whose
             Years
             do
             not
             fail
             ,
             and
             who
             endures
             from
             one
             Generation
             to
             another
             .
             Ye
             that
             are
             stricken
             in
             age
             ,
             as
             old
             as
             ye
             are
             ,
             ye
             are
             unwilling
             to
             die
             .
             If
             you
             
             are
             loth
             to
             die
             ,
             behold
             here
             is
             a
             Tree
             of
             Life
             ,
             if
             you
             stretch
             forth
             your
             hand
             and
             eat
             of
             this
             Tree
             ,
             you
             shall
             live
             for
             ever
             .
             This
             Remembrance
             of
             God
             ,
             this
             Fear
             of
             his
             Name
             ,
             is
             the
             true
             Antidote
             again
             Death
             ,
             aye
             ,
             and
             the
             Gates
             of
             Hell
             shall
             not
             prevail
             against
             you
             .
             And
             will
             ye
             refuse
             so
             great
             a
             Mercy
             ,
             and
             a
             Pearl
             of
             that
             inestimable
             value
             ?
             Did
             any
             of
             the
             damned
             see
             you
             loth
             and
             unwilling
             to
             embrace
             this
             offer
             ,
             what
             strange
             Creatures
             would
             they
             take
             you
             to
             be
             ?
             
               O
               then
               ,
               see
               that
               ye
               refuse
               not
               him
               that
               speaketh
               ;
               for
               if
               they
               escaped
               not
               that
               refused
               him
               who
               spake
               on
               Earth
               ,
               much
               more
               shall
               not
               we
               escape
               ,
               if
               we
               turn
               away
               from
               him
               that
               speaks
               from
               Heaven
               ,
            
             Heb.
             12.21
             .
          
           
             Sixthly
             .
             It
             is
             rational
             to
             believe
             ,
             that
             if
             God
             were
             always
             in
             our
             
             thoughts
             ,
             we
             should
             not
             dare
             to
             sin
             .
             We
             put
             him
             out
             of
             our
             minds
             ,
             are
             loth
             to
             reflect
             on
             him
             ,
             loth
             to
             think
             of
             him
             ;
             or
             if
             he
             thrust
             himself
             into
             our
             Understandings
             ,
             we
             force
             him
             out
             again
             ,
             and
             that
             's
             the
             reason
             why
             we
             venture
             to
             offend
             him
             .
             God
             hath
             done
             all
             that
             was
             fit
             for
             a
             wise
             Creator
             to
             do
             ,
             to
             make
             us
             always
             remember
             ,
             and
             always
             think
             of
             him
             :
             His
             Impress
             and
             Stamp
             is
             upon
             every
             visible
             and
             created
             Object
             .
             We
             see
             him
             in
             Heaven
             and
             in
             Earth
             .
             How
             can
             we
             look
             upon
             the
             Sun
             ,
             and
             not
             behold
             him
             by
             whose
             order
             he
             shines
             ,
             and
             warms
             this
             Nether-world
             ?
             How
             can
             we
             view
             the
             Moon
             and
             Stars
             ,
             and
             not
             see
             him
             that
             calls
             them
             all
             by
             their
             names
             ?
             He
             is
             to
             be
             seen
             in
             every
             Flower
             ,
             in
             every
             Tree
             ,
             in
             every
             sprig
             of
             Herb
             ,
             in
             every
             Shrub
             ,
             in
             our
             Souls
             and
             Bodies
             ;
             and
             whatever
             we
             
             touch
             or
             handle
             ,
             we
             may
             see
             him
             in
             whom
             ,
             and
             for
             whom
             ,
             and
             through
             whom
             are
             all
             things
             ;
             and
             then
             surely
             here
             are
             great
             opportunities
             to
             think
             of
             him
             ,
             to
             have
             him
             in
             our
             minds
             ,
             and
             to
             keep
             him
             in
             our
             thoughts
             ,
             and
             with
             that
             remembrance
             to
             banish
             all
             things
             that
             are
             contrary
             or
             offensive
             to
             his
             Nature
             !
             But
             so
             stupid
             are
             the
             generality
             ,
             that
             though
             God
             as
             it
             were
             thrusts
             himself
             upon
             them
             ,
             and
             hath
             made
             the
             way
             to
             forget
             him
             in
             a
             manner
             unpassable
             ,
             yet
             they
             look
             not
             upon
             him
             ,
             see
             him
             not
             ,
             pierce
             and
             dive
             no
             farther
             than
             the
             Shell
             or
             outward
             Rind
             ,
             think
             only
             on
             the
             Effect
             ,
             and
             dis-regard
             the
             Cause
             ,
             fix
             their
             eyes
             on
             what
             is
             before
             them
             ,
             but
             mind
             not
             him
             that
             is
             invisible
             .
             They
             can
             do
             it
             ,
             but
             they
             will
             not
             ,
             they
             have
             reason
             given
             them
             to
             take
             notice
             of
             him
             ,
             but
             they
             use
             
             it
             not
             .
             And
             while
             God
             is
             not
             in
             all
             their
             thoughts
             ,
             how
             should
             they
             fear
             ,
             how
             should
             they
             stand
             in
             awe
             ,
             how
             should
             they
             be
             restrained
             from
             doing
             ill
             ?
             Not
             thinking
             of
             him
             ,
             they
             dread
             him
             not
             .
             Taking
             no
             notice
             of
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             Greatness
             ,
             and
             Power
             ,
             and
             Goodness
             ,
             they
             pay
             him
             not
             that
             respect
             which
             is
             due
             to
             that
             everlasting
             Being
             .
             Banishing
             him
             out
             of
             their
             minds
             ,
             they
             reflect
             not
             on
             his
             Laws
             ,
             do
             not
             mind
             his
             threatnings
             ,
             and
             remember
             not
             what
             the
             consequences
             of
             this
             neglect
             will
             be
             ,
             which
             makes
             them
             rush
             into
             sin
             ,
             as
             a
             Horse
             rushes
             into
             the
             Battle
             .
             This
             is
             to
             have
             eyes
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             see
             ;
             which
             as
             it
             is
             at
             first
             a
             mans
             sin
             ,
             so
             it
             becomes
             afterwards
             his
             punishment
             ,
             as
             
             Pharaoh's
             induration
             was
             first
             his
             crime
             ,
             but
             came
             to
             be
             seal'd
             upon
             him
             afterward
             by
             a
             Decree
             from
             Heaven
             
             What
             a
             Philosophical
             ,
             or
             rather
             Angelical
             life
             might
             we
             lead
             if
             we
             would
             taste
             and
             see
             in
             every
             thing
             ,
             how
             sweet
             and
             how
             gracious
             the
             Lord
             is
             !
             This
             would
             not
             onely
             fright
             us
             from
             breaking
             his
             holy
             and
             wholesome
             Laws
             ,
             but
             become
             a
             Treasury
             ,
             a
             Repository
             of
             admirable
             Comforts
             .
             This
             would
             qualifie
             every
             affliction
             ,
             give
             an
             allay
             to
             our
             sorrows
             ,
             mitigate
             every
             trouble
             ,
             support
             us
             in
             distress
             ,
             relieve
             us
             in
             our
             wants
             ,
             and
             direct
             us
             in
             perplexities
             .
             This
             would
             make
             us
             submit
             to
             the
             divine
             Will
             in
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             say
             with
             him
             ,
             
               I
               was
               dumb
               and
               opened
               not
               my
               mouth
               ,
               because
               thou
               did'st
               it
               ,
            
             Psal.
             39.9
             .
             This
             is
             to
             converse
             with
             God
             ,
             and
             never
             to
             want
             company
             .
             This
             way
             solitude
             may
             be
             improved
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             where-ever
             he
             is
             ,
             beholds
             the
             divine
             Wisdom
             ,
             Goodness
             ,
             and
             Power
             ,
             which
             
             he
             may
             see
             in
             every
             Animal
             ,
             in
             his
             Meat
             ,
             and
             Drink
             ,
             and
             Clothing
             ,
             but
             chiefly
             in
             his
             Reason
             ,
             can
             never
             be
             in
             distress
             for
             want
             of
             Company
             .
             For
             God
             is
             always
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             by
             seeing
             him
             in
             the
             various
             Objects
             before
             him
             ,
             and
             admiring
             his
             powerful
             Arm
             ,
             and
             the
             excellent
             designs
             he
             hath
             in
             these
             Dispensations
             ,
             he
             doth
             as
             it
             were
             speak
             to
             him
             ,
             address
             himself
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             gets
             assurance
             that
             God
             is
             pleased
             with
             him
             :
             
               For
               whoso
               is
               wise
               and
               will
               observe
               these
               things
               ,
               even
               they
               shall
               understand
               the
               loving
               kindnesses
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
            
             Psal.
             107.
             ult
             .
          
           
             Seventhly
             ,
             Remember
             Now
             thy
             Creator
             .
             Sinner
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             now
             or
             never
             .
             Thou
             hast
             no
             time
             but
             the
             present
             time
             .
             What
             is
             past
             and
             what
             is
             to
             come
             is
             out
             of
             thy
             power
             .
             This
             is
             all
             the
             stock
             thou
             
             hast
             :
             If
             thou
             neglect
             this
             ,
             thou
             art
             not
             sure
             thou
             shalt
             have
             any
             more
             .
             Now
             when
             thou
             readest
             these
             things
             ;
             Now
             ,
             when
             thou
             hearest
             these
             truths
             ;
             Now
             ,
             when
             these
             admonitions
             are
             suggested
             to
             thy
             mind
             ;
             Now
             ,
             when
             the
             voice
             of
             God
             sounds
             in
             thine
             ears
             ;
             Now
             is
             the
             time
             to
             give
             earnest
             heed
             unto
             the
             message
             of
             Grace
             and
             Mercy
             .
             Now
             thy
             Memory
             serves
             ,
             now
             thy
             Reason
             is
             strong
             ,
             now
             every
             thing
             invites
             thee
             to
             close
             with
             thy
             God
             ,
             dare
             to
             do
             it
             .
             Now
             is
             God
             ready
             to
             seal
             thy
             Pardon
             .
             Now
             he
             is
             willing
             to
             give
             thee
             an
             Interest
             in
             his
             love
             .
             Now
             he
             calls
             ,
             now
             he
             entreats
             ,
             now
             thy
             Conscience
             checks
             thee
             ;
             Now
             thou
             hast
             good
             inclinations
             ,
             now
             thou
             may'st
             make
             thy self
             now
             thou
             may'st
             be
             advanced
             to
             heavenly
             places
             .
             Now
             work
             ,
             now
             labour
             ,
             now
             resist
             ,
             now
             fight
             ,
             now
             strive
             ,
             now
             contend
             ,
             now
             bestir
             
             thy self
             ,
             now
             rise
             ;
             now
             take
             pains
             .
             now
             secure
             Gods
             loving
             kindness
             ,
             and
             thy
             happiness
             .
          
           
             After
             this
             life
             there
             is
             no
             Purgatory
             ,
             no
             middle
             state
             ,
             where
             the
             Prayers
             of
             the
             living
             ,
             or
             Masses
             said
             by
             Priests
             can
             attone
             for
             your
             past
             or
             former
             Errours
             .
             They
             that
             can
             feed
             themselves
             with
             such
             Popish
             Dreams
             ,
             or
             have
             any
             opinion
             of
             these
             fancies
             of
             Nuns
             and
             Friars
             ,
             must
             be
             wofully
             forsaken
             of
             God
             and
             of
             their
             Reason
             .
             Neither
             St.
             
             Francis's
             Girdle
             ,
             nor
             St.
             Simon
             Stocks
             ,
             his
             Scapulary
             ,
             nor
             the
             Rosary
             of
             St.
             Dominick
             ,
             nor
             all
             the
             Trinkets
             and
             Rellicks
             the
             Roman
             Church
             doth
             boast
             of
             ,
             will
             do
             ye
             any
             service
             here
             .
             To
             hope
             for
             such
             helps
             ,
             contrary
             to
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             ridiculous
             in
             the
             eyes
             of
             rational
             men
             ,
             is
             an
             argument
             of
             a
             distempered
             Brain
             ,
             and
             unaccountable
             stupidity
             .
             Thou
             confessest
             
             the
             Scripture
             to
             be
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             contain
             the
             perfect
             Will
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             if
             so
             ,
             God
             having
             revealed
             not
             one
             syllable
             of
             his
             intent
             of
             being
             entreated
             by
             the
             Prayers
             of
             the
             living
             ,
             or
             thine
             own
             after
             thy
             departure
             ,
             why
             should'st
             thou
             feed
             thy self
             with
             Wind
             and
             Air
             ,
             or
             believe
             that
             when
             thy
             Now
             hath
             been
             neglected
             ,
             thy
             Hereafter
             will
             save
             all
             .
             This
             is
             to
             play
             with
             Religion
             ,
             not
             to
             believe
             it
             ,
             if
             now
             thou
             remembrest
             not
             the
             great
             work
             thou
             hast
             to
             do
             ,
             thou
             onely
             art
             ,
             but
             livest
             not
             .
             Thou
             hast
             onely
             a
             Being
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             but
             art
             a
             useless
             thing
             .
             Thou
             livest
             not
             ,
             except
             thou
             livest
             in
             a
             sense
             of
             the
             future
             account
             ,
             and
             securest
             Gods
             favour
             ,
             and
             the
             safety
             of
             thy
             Soul
             ,
             by
             departing
             from
             the
             way
             that
             leads
             to
             destruction
             .
             And
             if
             the
             Roman
             in
             Dio
             thought
             no
             years
             part
             of
             his
             life
             ,
             
             but
             those
             he
             had
             spent
             in
             retirement
             ,
             and
             conversing
             with
             God
             and
             himself
             ,
             and
             therefore
             caused
             it
             to
             be
             engraven
             on
             his
             Tomb-stone
             ;
             
               Here
               lies
            
             Similius
             ,
             
               who
               hath
               been
               Seventy
               six
               years
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               but
               lived
               but
               Seven
               ,
            
             what
             must
             be
             written
             on
             thy
             Monument
             who
             regardest
             not
             the
             example
             Jesus
             ,
             nor
             the
             lives
             of
             Saints
             ,
             nor
             the
             Precepts
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             now
             in
             this
             
               thy
               day
            
             ?
             What
             must
             be
             written
             I
             say
             ,
             on
             thy
             Monument
             ,
             but
             that
             thou
             hast
             lived
             
               pondus
               utile
               terra
            
             ;
             That
             thou
             hast
             been
             a
             dead
             weight
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             hast
             not
             lived
             one
             day
             to
             the
             comfort
             and
             welfare
             of
             thy
             immortal
             Soul
             ?
             This
             present
             time
             is
             the
             ,
             time
             that
             God
             prescribes
             thee
             to
             watch
             against
             sin
             ,
             to
             resist
             temptation
             ,
             to
             get
             the
             ornament
             of
             Grace
             and
             Vertue
             .
             If
             thou
             fanciest
             any
             other
             time
             may
             do
             better
             ,
             thou
             
             reckonest
             without
             thy
             Host
             ,
             buildest
             Castles
             in
             the
             Air
             ,
             and
             only
             deceivest
             thy self
             with
             pleasant
             Illusions
             .
             Who
             should
             know
             it
             so
             well
             what
             time
             is
             fittest
             for
             this
             work
             as
             the
             all-wise
             God
             ?
             Shall
             thy
             shallow
             brain
             pretend
             to
             know
             better
             than
             he
             who
             made
             thy
             frame
             ,
             or
             considers
             and
             ponders
             things
             in
             the
             Ballance
             of
             his
             eternal
             Wisdom
             ?
             Canst
             thou
             imagine
             that
             a
             God
             bent
             so
             much
             upon
             thy
             good
             ,
             would
             prescribe
             any
             thing
             prejudicial
             to
             thy
             interest
             ?
             Doth
             he
             affirm
             ,
             and
             protest
             ,
             that
             the
             present
             time
             is
             the
             best
             and
             only
             time
             ,
             and
             darest
             thou
             contradict
             him
             ,
             or
             act
             as
             if
             he
             were
             mistaken
             ,
             and
             thy
             choice
             were
             best
             ?
             What
             insolence
             ,
             what
             rudeness
             is
             this
             ?
             and
             if
             it
             were
             no
             sin
             ,
             can
             any
             thing
             be
             more
             contrary
             to
             good
             manners
             ?
             What
             time
             would'st
             thou
             set
             apart
             for
             this
             necessary
             work
             ?
             
             What!
             the
             age
             of
             infirmity
             ,
             of
             sickness
             ,
             or
             of
             dotage
             ?
             Go
             and
             offer
             it
             to
             thy
             Governour
             ,
             and
             see
             whether
             he
             will
             accept
             of
             such
             weak
             endeavours
             ?
             Nay
             ,
             art
             thou
             so
             fond
             of
             weak
             services
             ,
             that
             thou
             wouldest
             expect
             none
             from
             thy
             Servant
             but
             when
             his
             strength
             fails
             him
             ?
             Wilt
             thou
             give
             that
             to
             God
             ,
             which
             Man
             would
             scorn
             ,
             and
             thy self
             do'st
             not
             care
             for
             ?
             Hath
             thy
             God
             deserved
             so
             little
             at
             thy
             hand
             ,
             that
             thou
             canst
             serve
             him
             so
             ?
             Is
             this
             the
             return
             thou
             makest
             him
             for
             the
             thousand
             Mercies
             he
             bestows
             upon
             thee
             ?
             Doth
             he
             take
             care
             of
             thy
             Soul
             and
             Body
             with
             all
             his
             strength
             ,
             and
             shall
             such
             a
             crawling
             Worm
             refuse
             to
             offer
             him
             that
             which
             is
             found
             and
             whole
             ?
             Hath
             he
             given
             his
             Son
             for
             thy
             ransome
             ,
             broke
             down
             the
             Gates
             of
             Hell
             to
             free
             such
             a
             slave
             as
             thou
             art
             from
             the
             Prison
             ,
             and
             
             shalt
             thou
             think
             much
             of
             remembring
             him
             with
             all
             thy
             heart
             ?
             Wilt
             thou
             make
             Bargains
             with
             him
             ,
             as
             Pharaoh
             did
             with
             the
             Children
             of
             Israel
             ,
             and
             limit
             him
             how
             much
             he
             shall
             take
             at
             thy
             hands
             ?
             Canst
             thou
             think
             so
             and
             be
             fearless
             of
             his
             anger
             !
             is
             Vengeance
             asleep
             ,
             or
             is
             his
             Justice
             ,
             do'st
             thou
             think
             ,
             sunk
             into
             a
             fatal
             slumber
             ?
             Can
             God
             see
             thee
             thus
             refractory
             ,
             and
             forbear
             preparing
             his
             Arrows
             upon
             the
             Bow
             against
             thee
             ?
             Need
             he
             court
             his
             Servant
             to
             do
             his
             work
             ,
             who
             hath
             Flames
             enough
             to
             force
             him
             to
             it
             ?
             Wilt
             thou
             deal
             so
             basely
             with
             him
             who
             hath
             acted
             so
             generously
             for
             thy
             good
             ?
             What
             mighty
             purchase
             doth
             he
             get
             by
             thy
             remembring
             of
             him
             ?
             Is
             it
             any
             advantage
             to
             him
             when
             thou
             workest
             in
             his
             Vineyard
             ?
             Is
             it
             not
             thy
             profit
             he
             seeks
             ?
             and
             shall
             he
             after
             all
             be
             scorned
             and
             under-valued
             
             for
             his
             pains
             ?
             Hast
             thou
             any
             spark
             of
             Reason
             left
             ,
             and
             dost
             not
             thou
             blush
             at
             these
             doings
             ?
          
           
             What
             vanity
             ,
             or
             what
             frenzy
             rather
             hath
             possessed
             thy
             mind
             ,
             that
             thou
             talkest
             of
             being
             serious
             hereafter
             ?
             Mightest
             not
             thou
             as
             well
             say
             ,
             that
             thou
             wilt
             forbear
             wholesom
             Food
             some
             years
             ,
             and
             eat
             and
             drink
             hereafter
             ?
             If
             thou
             wouldest
             not
             cheat
             thy
             Body
             in
             this
             manner
             ,
             what
             hurt
             hath
             thy
             Soul
             done
             thee
             that
             thou
             wilt
             wrong
             it
             thus
             ?
             Must
             thy
             Body
             feed
             ,
             and
             thy
             Soul
             be
             starved
             ?
             Hath
             not
             that
             need
             of
             nourishment
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             thy
             corruptible
             Flesh
             ?
             Or
             do'st
             thou
             think
             that
             thy
             Soul
             will
             be
             contented
             with
             the
             trash
             thou
             feedest
             thy
             Body
             with
             ?
             Thy
             Soul
             stands
             in
             need
             of
             the
             love
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             thy
             Body
             doth
             of
             meat
             and
             drink
             ;
             
             That
             's
             her
             food
             as
             much
             as
             Bread
             is
             of
             the
             ignobler
             part
             ?
             If
             she
             wants
             this
             she
             dies
             ,
             and
             falls
             a
             Prey
             to
             Wolves
             ,
             to
             ravenous
             Birds
             ,
             even
             to
             hellish
             Furies
             .
             And
             shall
             so
             noble
             a
             Creature
             be
             undone
             for
             want
             of
             a
             little
             care
             ?
          
           
             Sinner
             !
             Do'st
             thou
             know
             what
             Salvation
             means
             ?
             Is
             being
             happy
             for
             ever
             nothing
             ?
             Is
             it
             so
             light
             a
             thing
             that
             thou
             needest
             deliberate
             ,
             whether
             thou
             shalt
             prepare
             for
             it
             ?
             When
             the
             Saints
             of
             old
             have
             left
             Father
             and
             Mother
             ,
             and
             Lands
             and
             Houses
             ,
             and
             lost
             Life
             it self
             for
             it
             ,
             dost
             thou
             stand
             musing
             whether
             thou
             shalt
             accept
             of
             it
             upon
             the
             conditions
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ?
             Art
             thou
             afraid
             of
             remembring
             thy
             Creator
             ,
             when
             everlasting
             Treasures
             depend
             upon
             the
             choice
             ?
             Do'st
             thou
             believe
             Salvation
             is
             the
             confluence
             of
             all
             Felicity
             ,
             and
             dost
             thou
             dread
             an
             
             early
             consideration
             how
             thou
             shalt
             arrive
             to
             it
             ?
             Is
             it
             the
             Mercy
             that
             ever
             was
             Mankind
             ,
             and
             dost
             not
             thou
             think
             it
             worth
             accepting
             upon
             any
             terms
             ?
             Was
             it
             purchased
             by
             the
             Bloud
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             shalt
             thou
             think
             any
             thing
             too
             dear
             for
             it
             ?
             It
             is
             that
             which
             Angels
             wonder
             at
             ,
             that
             God
             should
             condescend
             to
             take
             a
             handful
             of
             dust
             and
             ashes
             into
             his
             bosom
             ,
             and
             dost
             not
             thou
             think
             it
             worth
             while
             to
             enquire
             what
             thou
             shalt
             do
             to
             be
             saved
             ?
             Salvation
             !
             which
             to
             get
             ,
             and
             to
             attain
             to
             ,
             St.
             Paul
             runs
             through
             Fire
             and
             Water
             ,
             through
             Honour
             and
             Dishonour
             ,
             through
             a
             good
             Report
             and
             an
             evil
             Report
             ,
             and
             counteth
             all
             things
             dross
             and
             dung
             in
             comparison
             of
             it
             ,
             dost
             thou
             prefer
             dross
             and
             dung
             and
             a
             sinful
             careless
             life
             before
             it
             ?
          
           
             What
             a
             contempt
             dost
             thou
             put
             
             upon
             God
             in
             valuing
             that
             so
             little
             which
             he
             prizes
             at
             the
             highest
             rate
             ?
             Do'st
             thou
             contemn
             God
             ,
             and
             hope
             to
             escape
             ?
             Do'st
             thou
             make
             nothing
             of
             his
             Promises
             ,
             and
             Threatnings
             ,
             and
             think
             to
             go
             unpunished
             ?
             If
             thou
             allowest
             God
             to
             be
             a
             greater
             Prince
             than
             thy
             King
             ,
             will
             he
             sit
             silent
             dost
             thou
             think
             while
             thou
             tramplest
             his
             Authority
             under
             thy
             feet
             ?
             A
             temporal
             Prince
             will
             not
             suffer
             himself
             to
             to
             be
             baffled
             thus
             ,
             and
             canst
             thou
             imagine
             that
             a
             jealous
             God
             will
             connive
             at
             it
             ?
             It
             's
             true
             ,
             God
             is
             merciful
             ,
             but
             art
             thou
             a
             fit
             Object
             of
             Mercy
             ,
             that
             despisest
             the
             riches
             of
             his
             goodness
             ?
             Will
             he
             have
             mercy
             on
             a
             sinner
             ,
             that
             had
             rather
             wallow
             in
             mire
             and
             dirt
             ,
             than
             be
             washed
             ,
             and
             justified
             ,
             and
             sanctified
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             our
             God
             ?
             Why
             should
             he
             
             shew
             mercy
             to
             a
             person
             that
             thinks
             his
             mercy
             a
             buthen
             ,
             and
             his
             kindness
             troublesome
             ?
             It
             is
             Mercy
             that
             calls
             thee
             to
             remember
             thy
             Creator
             now
             .
             It
             's
             Mercy
             that
             would
             save
             thee
             from
             perishing
             in
             the
             Deluge
             with
             ungodly
             men
             .
             It
             's
             Mercy
             that
             would
             draw
             thee
             away
             from
             thy
             Vanities
             ,
             from
             thy
             admiration
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             from
             sinful
             compliances
             .
             It
             's
             Mercy
             that
             invites
             thee
             now
             to
             chuse
             the
             better
             Part
             ,
             and
             to
             lay
             up
             thy
             Treasure
             in
             Heaven
             .
             If
             this
             Mercy
             be
             counted
             a
             drug
             ,
             and
             instead
             of
             being
             priz'd
             ,
             look'd
             upon
             as
             a
             thing
             needless
             ,
             and
             impertinent
             ,
             how
             shall
             Mercy
             plead
             for
             thee
             in
             the
             last
             day
             ?
             Or
             what
             apologies
             can
             Mercy
             make
             for
             a
             person
             that
             had
             rather
             have
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             than
             that
             Mercy
             for
             his
             portion
             ?
             How
             must
             this
             please
             the
             enemy
             of
             mankind
             ,
             to
             see
             a
             
             Creature
             whom
             God
             would
             love
             ,
             run
             away
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             instead
             of
             remembring
             his
             Creator
             ,
             forget
             him
             and
             his
             Laws
             ,
             which
             are
             his
             Cordials
             and
             Restoratives
             ?
             God
             surely
             cannot
             be
             pleased
             with
             it
             .
             He
             protests
             against
             thy
             refusal
             .
             He
             complains
             of
             it
             ,
             he
             sees
             the
             wrong
             thou
             dost
             to
             thy
             Soul
             ,
             and
             seems
             even
             at
             a
             loss
             for
             a
             reason
             why
             thou
             wilt
             do
             so
             .
             He
             that
             puts
             thee
             upon
             the
             neglect
             of
             this
             early
             and
             serious
             remembrance
             of
             thy
             God
             and
             Creator
             ,
             he
             it
             is
             that
             rejoyces
             at
             it
             :
             His
             Agents
             thy
             evil
             Companions
             ,
             may
             rejoyce
             at
             it
             ;
             men
             as
             senseless
             as
             thy self
             may
             rejoyce
             at
             it
             ,
             but
             Angels
             mourn
             ,
             and
             all
             good
             men
             grieve
             to
             see
             thee
             so
             obstinate
             .
             The
             Devil
             onely
             takes
             delight
             in
             it
             :
             It
             doth
             him
             good
             to
             think
             that
             the
             number
             of
             his
             Infernal
             Companions
             will
             be
             encreased
             by
             thy
             company
             .
             
             He
             lays
             Snares
             for
             thy
             Soul
             ,
             and
             is
             glad
             when
             thou
             art
             taken
             .
             His
             envy
             is
             gratified
             to
             see
             thee
             averse
             from
             this
             early
             Fear
             of
             God.
             He
             was
             afraid
             thou
             wouldest
             chuse
             the
             Wisdom
             which
             is
             from
             above
             ;
             and
             to
             see
             thee
             chuse
             that
             which
             is
             earthly
             and
             sensual
             ,
             that
             's
             it
             ,
             which
             is
             some
             ease
             to
             him
             in
             his
             torments
             .
          
           
             Why
             ?
             wilt
             thou
             be
             worse
             than
             other
             Creatures
             ?
             All
             other
             Creatures
             betimes
             prosecute
             the
             end
             for
             which
             they
             are
             created
             ,
             and
             wilt
             thou
             alone
             forget
             the
             end
             for
             which
             thou
             camest
             into
             the
             world
             ?
             The
             end
             for
             which
             thou
             wert
             created
             was
             to
             seek
             the
             things
             which
             are
             above
             ,
             and
             wilt
             thou
             directly
             contrary
             to
             that
             design
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             age
             too
             ,
             which
             is
             most
             proper
             to
             do
             it
             in
             ,
             like
             a
             Beast
             seek
             the
             things
             which
             are
             below
             ?
             Sure
             thou
             must
             take
             God
             to
             be
             some
             
             strangely
             tame
             and
             easie
             Deity
             ,
             that
             can
             see
             thee
             cross
             his
             Designs
             ,
             reverse
             his
             Intentions
             ,
             and
             walk
             opposite
             to
             the
             scope
             of
             all
             his
             wonderful
             Works
             ,
             and
             set
             thy self
             against
             his
             Purposes
             in
             thy
             Creation
             ,
             and
             sit
             down
             quietly
             under
             these
             abuses
             .
          
           
             Thou
             believest
             some
             persons
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             why
             shouldest
             not
             thou
             believe
             good
             men
             ,
             who
             have
             tried
             this
             early
             remembrance
             of
             God
             ,
             found
             the
             greatest
             comfort
             ,
             and
             the
             strongest
             support
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             can
             testifie
             by
             experience
             ,
             that
             nothing
             is
             so
             beneficial
             ,
             so
             pleasant
             ,
             or
             so
             useful
             ,
             as
             an
             early
             self-denial
             ;
             such
             men
             are
             too
             honest
             to
             deceive
             thee
             ,
             they
             dread
             lying
             ,
             as
             thou
             dost
             the
             severities
             of
             Religion
             ;
             and
             they
             would
             not
             for
             a
             world
             assert
             and
             affirm
             these
             things
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             know
             these
             ways
             to
             be
             ways
             of
             pleasantness
             ,
             and
             these
             Paths
             end
             
             in
             peace
             .
             Indeed
             that
             's
             the
             happy
             Exit
             of
             these
             ways
             ,
             and
             when
             so
             many
             thousand
             wise
             men
             have
             said
             ,
             and
             do
             say
             so
             ;
             
               O
               Remember
               them
               which
               have
               spoken
               to
               you
               in
               the
               Name
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               whose
               faith
               follow
               ,
               knowing
               the
               end
               of
               their
               conversation
               .
            
          
           
             Eighthly
             ,
             
               Our
               Remembring
               our
               Creator
               here
               is
               the
               way
               to
               have
               God
               remember
               us
               hereafter
               .
            
             It
             is
             not
             with
             him
             as
             with
             
             Pharaoh's
             Butler
             ,
             who
             being
             lifted
             up
             to
             his
             former
             place
             ,
             forgot
             what
             Joseph
             had
             done
             for
             him
             .
             His
             turn
             was
             serv'd
             ,
             and
             the
             others
             kindness
             signified
             nothing
             to
             him
             now
             .
             God
             remembers
             what
             hath
             been
             done
             here
             for
             his
             Honour
             and
             Glory
             ,
             and
             this
             Remembrance
             he
             will
             at
             last
             express
             in
             rewards
             suitable
             to
             his
             Greatness
             and
             Majesty
             .
             Darius
             ,
             before
             he
             sat
             on
             the
             Throne
             of
             his
             Ancestors
             ,
             
             had
             received
             a
             Garment
             ,
             as
             a
             Present
             from
             Syloson
             .
             He
             remembred
             it
             when
             he
             was
             King
             ,
             and
             made
             him
             Governour
             of
             Samus
             .
             Thus
             God
             will
             remember
             our
             remembrance
             of
             him
             here
             .
             Not
             that
             we
             ascribe
             gratitude
             to
             God
             ,
             which
             would
             suppose
             him
             indebted
             to
             man
             ,
             a
             thing
             impossible
             ;
             For
             
               Who
               hath
               first
               given
               to
               him
               ,
            
             and
             
               it
               shall
               be
               recompensed
               to
               him
               again
               ?
            
             Rom.
             11.35
             .
             but
             his
             remembrance
             of
             our
             Services
             is
             gratuitous
             :
             He
             remembers
             them
             ,
             not
             because
             they
             deserve
             it
             ,
             but
             because
             he
             will
             ,
             not
             that
             they
             merit
             it
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             is
             pleased
             to
             do
             so
             .
             It
             is
             not
             their
             worth
             ,
             but
             his
             goodness
             ;
             not
             their
             intrinsick
             value
             ,
             but
             his
             abundant
             Mercy
             that
             moves
             him
             to
             this
             remembrance
             .
             The
             last
             day
             ,
             the
             great
             day
             of
             Judgement
             ,
             is
             that
             day
             of
             remembrance
             ,
             and
             even
             
               a
               cup
               of
               cold
               water
               given
               to
               a
               Disciple
               
               in
               the
               name
               of
               a
               Disciple
               ,
               shall
               be
            
             remembred
             then
             ,
             Matth.
             10.42
             .
             Rejoyce
             Christians
             ,
             
               for
               God
               is
               not
               unrighteous
               to
               forget
               your
               work
               and
               labour
               of
               love
               ,
               which
               ye
               have
               shew'd
               toward
               his
               Name
               ,
               in
               that
               ye
               have
               ministred
               to
               the
               Saints
               ,
               and
               do
               minister
               ,
            
             Heb.
             6.10
             .
             Your
             Tears
             ,
             your
             Prayers
             ,
             your
             Alms
             ,
             your
             Feeding
             the
             Hungry
             ,
             your
             Clothing
             the
             Naked
             ,
             your
             Visiting
             the
             Sick
             ,
             your
             going
             to
             Prisoners
             ,
             will
             all
             be
             remembred
             one
             day
             ,
             not
             one
             of
             these
             works
             shall
             be
             forgotten
             .
             God
             sets
             them
             down
             in
             his
             Book
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             be
             proclaimed
             in
             the
             last
             day
             .
             The
             Chronicles
             shall
             be
             open'd
             ,
             and
             the
             faithful
             Mordecai
             shall
             be
             remembred
             ;
             though
             for
             many
             years
             his
             good
             works
             have
             lain
             dormant
             ,
             yet
             at
             last
             they
             shall
             be
             brought
             forth
             as
             the
             light
             ,
             and
             his
             Righteousness
             as
             the
             noon
             day
             .
             There
             is
             nothing
             
             that
             Christ
             seems
             to
             remember
             in
             the
             last
             day
             more
             effectually
             than
             our
             bounty
             to
             the
             poor
             and
             needy
             ,
             and
             the
             way
             and
             manner
             of
             his
             remembring
             it
             ,
             is
             lofty
             and
             great
             .
             
               Come
               ye
               blessed
               of
               my
               Father
               ,
               receive
               the
               kingdom
               prepared
               for
               you
               from
               the
               foundation
               of
               the
               world
               ,
            
             Matth.
             25.34
             .
             He
             remembers
             our
             Charity
             here
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             great
             and
             signal
             ,
             and
             from
             a
             cheerful
             heart
             ,
             
               For
               the
               liberal
               Soul
               shall
               be
               made
               fat
               ,
            
             and
             he
             
               that
               scatters
               in
               a
               charitable
               way
               ,
               increases
            
             ;
             and
             of
             this
             ,
             experience
             is
             a
             sufficient
             witness
             ;
             so
             that
             it
             may
             well
             be
             said
             ,
             that
             Alms-giving
             is
             the
             gainfullest
             art
             ,
             and
             the
             right
             course
             to
             thrive
             .
             But
             after
             death
             God
             remembers
             it
             more
             solemnly
             .
             I
             shall
             not
             lay
             any
             great
             stress
             here
             upon
             the
             Examples
             of
             Stephen
             King
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             and
             Oswald
             sometime
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             of
             whom
             it
             is
             reported
             ,
             that
             their
             Right
             
             hands
             after
             after
             their
             death
             never
             putrified
             ;
             but
             while
             the
             rest
             of
             their
             Bodies
             mouldred
             into
             dust
             ,
             this
             part
             was
             preserved
             sound
             and
             entire
             ,
             because
             in
             their
             life-time
             they
             had
             made
             much
             use
             of
             their
             Right
             hand
             in
             bestowing
             their
             Goods
             on
             the
             indigent
             .
             These
             may
             be
             reckoned
             among
             Gods
             miraculous
             Providences
             ,
             which
             though
             they
             appear
             but
             seldom
             ,
             yet
             may
             serve
             to
             confirm
             our
             Faith
             ,
             of
             Gods
             remembring
             hereafter
             what
             we
             do
             here
             for
             the
             houshold
             of
             Faith.
             Of
             this
             nature
             is
             the
             famous
             story
             of
             Euagrius
             ,
             
             recorded
             by
             credible
             Witnesses
             .
             This
             Heathen
             Philosopher
             ,
             being
             a
             great
             acquaintance
             of
             Synesius
             Bishop
             of
             Cyrene
             ,
             the
             Bishop
             frequently
             argued
             with
             him
             about
             the
             truth
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             and
             was
             often
             at
             him
             to
             receive
             Baptism
             ,
             but
             all
             in
             vain
             .
             
             One
             day
             the
             Bishop
             being
             very
             earnest
             with
             him
             to
             use
             no
             further
             delays
             or
             excuses
             ,
             the
             Philosopher
             told
             him
             ,
             there
             were
             several
             things
             in
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             which
             his
             reason
             could
             never
             digest
             ,
             and
             among
             the
             rest
             these
             two
             ,
             That
             men
             shall
             rise
             at
             last
             with
             the
             same
             Bodies
             that
             they
             carried
             about
             them
             here
             on
             earth
             ;
             And
             that
             what
             a
             man
             gives
             to
             the
             poor
             here
             ,
             God
             will
             repay
             it
             him
             in
             the
             other
             world
             .
             The
             Bishop
             told
             him
             that
             all
             this
             was
             very
             true
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             had
             all
             the
             reason
             in
             the
             world
             to
             believe
             it
             ;
             insomuch
             ,
             that
             what
             with
             the
             Bishops
             confidence
             ,
             and
             what
             with
             the
             Arguments
             he
             used
             ,
             the
             Philosopher
             at
             last
             was
             perswaded
             to
             be
             baptized
             ;
             and
             though
             he
             wavered
             much
             in
             his
             belief
             ,
             yet
             the
             Bishop
             thought
             it
             convenient
             to
             wash
             him
             with
             Water
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             ,
             
             not
             doubting
             but
             in
             a
             little
             time
             he
             would
             come
             to
             a
             full
             assurance
             of
             Faith.
             Some
             weeks
             being
             past
             ,
             the
             Philosopher
             comes
             to
             Synesius
             and
             deposites
             three
             hundred
             pounds
             in
             his
             hand
             ,
             ordering
             him
             to
             distribute
             it
             to
             the
             poor
             ;
             yet
             with
             this
             Proviso
             ,
             that
             Synesius
             should
             give
             him
             a
             Bill
             under
             his
             hand
             ,
             that
             Christ
             should
             repay
             it
             him
             in
             the
             other
             world
             .
             The
             Bishop
             cheerfully
             writ
             him
             a
             Bill
             ,
             and
             subscribed
             it
             ,
             and
             Euagrius
             goes
             home
             .
             Not
             long
             after
             the
             Philosopher
             falls
             sick
             ,
             and
             finding
             death
             approaching
             ,
             calls
             his
             two
             Sons
             to
             him
             ,
             charging
             them
             to
             put
             the
             Bill
             Synesius
             had
             given
             him
             betwixt
             his
             fingers
             ,
             and
             so
             bury
             him
             ,
             which
             was
             done
             accordingly
             .
             Three
             days
             after
             his
             death
             a
             Ghost
             in
             
             Euagrius's
             shape
             appears
             to
             Synesius
             by
             night
             ,
             bids
             him
             not
             be
             afraid
             ,
             but
             gives
             him
             thanks
             ,
             assuring
             
             him
             ,
             that
             the
             Bill
             was
             abundantly
             paid
             ,
             orders
             him
             to
             go
             to
             his
             Grave
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Coffin
             he
             should
             find
             his
             Receipt
             subscribed
             with
             his
             own
             hand
             .
             Synesius
             astonished
             at
             the
             sight
             ,
             and
             more
             at
             the
             Spirits
             words
             ,
             immediately
             repairs
             to
             the
             Philosophers
             Sons
             ,
             asks
             them
             what
             they
             had
             done
             to
             their
             Father
             ?
             They
             replied
             ,
             that
             they
             had
             performed
             his
             will
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             his
             order
             put
             a
             Bill
             he
             named
             to
             them
             betwixt
             his
             fingers
             .
             The
             Bishop
             desirous
             to
             know
             the
             utmost
             of
             it
             ,
             causes
             the
             Grave
             and
             Coffin
             to
             be
             opened
             ,
             and
             there
             finds
             the
             Philosophers
             acknowledgment
             of
             having
             received
             what
             Synesius
             had
             promised
             him
             ,
             and
             his
             name
             Euagrius
             written
             under
             it
             .
             The
             Spectators
             wondring
             at
             the
             mighty
             Providence
             ,
             run
             presently
             to
             Church
             ,
             and
             sing
             a
             Kirieleison
             or
             
               Lord
               have
               mercy
               upon
               us
            
             .
          
           
           
             Though
             this
             passage
             may
             be
             of
             some
             use
             ;
             yet
             we
             have
             a
             surer
             word
             of
             Prophecy
             to
             establish
             our
             belief
             of
             Gods
             remembring
             our
             acts
             of
             Charity
             in
             the
             life
             to
             come
             .
             He
             that
             is
             the
             Truth
             ,
             and
             the
             Life
             ,
             hath
             given
             us
             so
             many
             promises
             of
             it
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             room
             left
             to
             doubt
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             Nor
             is
             it
             onely
             our
             Alms
             that
             God
             will
             remember
             in
             the
             next
             life
             ,
             but
             all
             the
             good
             we
             have
             done
             :
             Our
             Repentance
             ,
             our
             turning
             from
             our
             evil
             ways
             ,
             our
             contempt
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             our
             contemplations
             of
             the
             future
             Inheritance
             ,
             our
             love
             to
             God
             ,
             our
             Prayers
             and
             Praises
             ,
             our
             Obedience
             ,
             our
             watchfulness
             over
             our
             Hearts
             ,
             our
             endeavours
             to
             convert
             and
             comfort
             our
             Neighbour
             ,
             the
             Admonitions
             and
             Exhortations
             we
             gave
             them
             ,
             the
             Mortifications
             we
             used
             ,
             the
             pains
             we
             took
             to
             subdue
             our
             Lusts
             ,
             our
             attempts
             
             to
             follow
             the
             best
             Examples
             ,
             our
             self-denials
             ,
             our
             Temperance
             ,
             our
             Meekness
             ,
             our
             Humility
             ,
             our
             Sighs
             and
             Groans
             under
             the
             burthen
             of
             our
             sins
             ,
             our
             hunger
             and
             thirst
             after
             Righteousness
             ,
             our
             peaceableness
             ,
             our
             sufferings
             for
             Righteousness
             sake
             ,
             our
             doing
             his
             Will
             ,
             our
             self-resignation
             ,
             our
             affection
             to
             his
             Ordinances
             ,
             our
             delight
             in
             the
             House
             of
             God
             ,
             our
             rellish
             of
             his
             Word
             ,
             our
             frequent
             use
             of
             the
             holy
             Communion
             ,
             and
             our
             readiness
             to
             every
             good
             word
             and
             work
             .
             There
             is
             a
             Register
             kept
             in
             Heaven
             of
             all
             these
             performances
             :
             Men
             may
             forget
             them
             ,
             and
             our
             Neighbours
             may
             take
             no
             notice
             of
             them
             when
             we
             are
             dead
             and
             gone
             ,
             but
             God
             doth
             not
             forget
             them
             .
             He
             takes
             notice
             of
             them
             here
             ,
             and
             he
             'll
             take
             notice
             of
             them
             hereafter
             .
             He
             'll
             remember
             them
             ,
             to
             crown
             them
             ,
             to
             reward
             them
             ,
             to
             glorifie
             them
             .
          
           
           
             In
             the
             Parable
             of
             Barlaam
             and
             Josaphat
             there
             is
             mention
             made
             of
             a
             Country
             ,
             
             where
             every
             year
             the
             people
             chuse
             a
             new
             King
             ,
             and
             whoever
             is
             chosen
             reigns
             for
             a
             year
             ,
             and
             after
             that
             is
             banished
             into
             some
             howling
             Desart
             ,
             or
             barren
             Island
             where
             he
             perishes
             with
             hunger
             .
             A
             silly
             fellow
             being
             chosen
             one
             year
             ,
             surprized
             with
             the
             sudden
             alteration
             of
             his
             fortune
             ,
             gave
             himself
             over
             to
             all
             manner
             of
             debaucheries
             ,
             and
             spared
             no
             cost
             ,
             no
             pains
             to
             satiate
             his
             lustful
             desires
             and
             brutish
             appetite
             ;
             the
             present
             plenty
             made
             him
             forget
             the
             years
             of
             sorrow
             ,
             that
             were
             to
             ensue
             ,
             and
             when
             his
             year
             expired
             ,
             he
             was
             sent
             according
             to
             custom
             to
             the
             unfortunate
             Island
             ,
             where
             he
             spent
             and
             ended
             his
             days
             most
             miserably
             .
             Another
             year
             a
             wiser
             man
             than
             ordinary
             being
             elected
             by
             the
             multitude
             ,
             
             he
             began
             to
             use
             his
             Royalty
             with
             great
             moderation
             ,
             and
             the
             thoughts
             of
             the
             dismal
             years
             that
             were
             to
             come
             ,
             made
             him
             reflect
             how
             he
             should
             live
             when
             all
             the
             present
             pomp
             and
             grandeur
             should
             vanish
             .
             Having
             therefore
             a
             Counsellor
             of
             great
             prudence
             about
             him
             ,
             and
             demanding
             of
             him
             what
             he
             should
             do
             to
             make
             his
             future
             solitatary
             life
             easie
             to
             him
             ,
             he
             received
             this
             advice
             ,
             To
             engross
             what
             treasures
             he
             could
             during
             his
             splendid
             Fortune
             ,
             and
             send
             it
             away
             by
             trusty
             Officers
             to
             the
             place
             he
             was
             to
             be
             in
             till
             he
             died
             .
             He
             did
             so
             ,
             and
             when
             he
             was
             forced
             to
             quit
             all
             his
             magnificence
             ,
             and
             commanded
             away
             into
             a
             desolate
             Country
             ,
             his
             Exile
             proved
             his
             happiness
             ,
             and
             he
             lived
             in
             great
             content
             to
             his
             dying
             day
             .
          
           
             He
             that
             remembers
             his
             kind
             Creator
             here
             ,
             sends
             his
             goods
             away
             
             before
             him
             into
             another
             world
             ,
             makes
             provision
             for
             his
             Soul
             ,
             when
             it
             enters
             into
             Lands
             unknown
             and
             invisible
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Carriages
             that
             arrive
             there
             ,
             the
             man
             is
             known
             and
             remembred
             by
             God
             &
             his
             holy
             Angels
             .
             His
             good
             works
             mount
             up
             to
             Heaven
             before
             him
             .
             These
             keep
             him
             from
             starving
             when
             he
             quits
             his
             accommodations
             here
             .
             These
             are
             the
             food
             he
             lives
             on
             when
             he
             leaves
             this
             world
             ;
             not
             that
             their
             natural
             strength
             and
             vertue
             is
             so
             great
             ,
             as
             to
             give
             him
             eternal
             Life
             ,
             but
             being
             perfumed
             with
             the
             merits
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             they
             are
             remembred
             by
             God
             with
             Praises
             and
             Commendations
             ,
             and
             made
             everlasting
             food
             .
          
           
             Ninthly
             ,
             Notwithstanding
             all
             these
             encouragements
             ,
             we
             cannot
             but
             with
             grief
             behold
             how
             little
             God
             is
             remembred
             by
             young
             and
             
             old
             ;
             and
             though
             he
             be
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             us
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             Providence
             upholds
             and
             supports
             us
             every
             moment
             ,
             how
             wretchedly
             he
             is
             forgotten
             by
             most
             men
             .
             It
             's
             true
             ,
             he
             is
             not
             so
             forgotten
             that
             his
             Name
             is
             never
             so
             much
             as
             mentioned
             ;
             some
             will
             do
             that
             if
             it
             were
             onely
             in
             their
             Oaths
             and
             Imprecations
             .
             But
             how
             few
             will
             or
             have
             courage
             to
             remember
             him
             in
             their
             actions
             ,
             and
             think
             ;
             
               This
               God
               hath
               forbid
               ,
               and
               I
               must
               not
               do
               it
               ;
               this
               is
               against
               his
               Law
               ,
               and
               I
               must
               not
               venture
               upon
               it
               ;
               this
               clashes
               with
               his
               Word
               ,
               and
               I
               must
               avoid
               it
               ;
               this
               will
               displease
               his
               purer
               eyes
               ,
               and
               I
               must
               abhor
               it
            
             ;
             or
             
               this
               is
               acceptable
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               I
               will
               embrace
               it
               ;
               this
               is
               to
               act
               like
               the
               Children
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               I
               will
               follow
               them
               ;
               this
               is
               my
               great
               Master
               hath
               expressly
               commanded
               ,
               and
               I
               will
               obey
               .
            
             All
             other
             remembrances
             without
             this
             
             are
             Complements
             ,
             not
             Devotions
             .
             This
             Remembrance
             God
             values
             more
             than
             a
             thousand
             formal
             Devotions
             ,
             repeated
             as
             Papists
             do
             their
             Ave's
             .
             This
             is
             to
             remember
             him
             rationally
             ,
             like
             persons
             who
             understand
             the
             right
             use
             and
             end
             of
             their
             reason
             .
             He
             that
             doth
             not
             so
             ,
             forgets
             him
             ;
             and
             whatever
             his
             pretences
             may
             be
             of
             remembring
             him
             ,
             God
             looks
             upon
             it
             as
             oblivion
             while
             in
             his
             conversation
             abroad
             ,
             and
             at
             home
             his
             greatness
             and
             holiness
             is
             not
             thought
             of
             ;
             and
             those
             that
             forget
             him
             thus
             ,
             cannot
             expect
             God
             should
             remember
             them
             in
             the
             day
             of
             Recompense
             as
             a
             Father
             doth
             his
             Children
             .
             Great
             will
             be
             the
             terrour
             ,
             when
             the
             thoughtless
             Soul
             comes
             to
             appear
             before
             an
             all-seeing
             God
             ,
             and
             greater
             yet
             ,
             when
             to
             such
             forgetful
             sinners
             he
             shall
             say
             ,
             
               I
               know
               you
               not
            
             ;
             for
             so
             we
             are
             told
             Matth.
             7.23
             .
             
               Then
               will
               I
               profess
               
               unto
               them
               ,
               I
               never
               knew
               you
               ;
               Depart
               from
               me
               ye
               that
               work
               iniquity
               .
            
             How
             !
             
               I
               never
               knew
               you
            
             ?
             How
             can
             any
             thing
             be
             hid
             from
             him
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             expresly
             said
             ,
             
               Known
               unto
               God
               are
               all
               his
               works
               from
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               world
               ,
            
             Acts
             15.18
             .
             True
             ,
             he
             knows
             them
             as
             his
             works
             ,
             but
             not
             as
             his
             Friends
             .
             He
             knows
             them
             as
             Traitors
             ,
             but
             not
             as
             faithful
             Subjects
             .
             He
             knows
             them
             as
             Creatures
             ,
             but
             not
             as
             his
             Children
             .
             He
             knows
             them
             as
             Prodigals
             ,
             but
             not
             as
             Heirs
             of
             Heaven
             .
             He
             knows
             them
             as
             Strangers
             ,
             but
             not
             as
             Domesticks
             .
             How
             should
             he
             know
             them
             when
             they
             have
             lost
             the
             Character
             of
             his
             Sheep
             ,
             the
             mark
             whereby
             the
             Flock
             must
             be
             distinguished
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             hear
             his
             Voice
             ?
             And
             what
             a
             dismal
             condition
             must
             that
             man
             be
             in
             ,
             whom
             God
             will
             take
             no
             notice
             of
             ,
             and
             whom
             he
             doth
             not
             remember
             ,
             that
             ever
             he
             
             was
             of
             his
             Family
             !
             If
             God
             knows
             him
             not
             ,
             no
             Angel
             in
             Heaven
             will
             know
             him
             ,
             no
             Saint
             ,
             no
             Spirit
             made
             perfect
             will
             know
             him
             .
             He
             is
             shut
             out
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             excluded
             from
             the
             best
             and
             noblest
             Company
             ;
             no
             Society
             will
             receive
             him
             ,
             but
             that
             of
             hellish
             Spirits
             .
             You
             may
             laugh
             at
             these
             Terrours
             now
             ,
             but
             when
             they
             come
             to
             pass
             ,
             what
             wise
             man
             would
             be
             under
             your
             circumstances
             ?
             As
             a
             Father
             plagued
             with
             a
             disobedient
             Son
             ,
             forgets
             that
             ever
             he
             had
             such
             a
             Child
             ,
             so
             God
             will
             forget
             that
             ever
             you
             had
             any
             relation
             to
             him
             .
             He
             will
             remember
             your
             sins
             indeed
             ,
             he
             'll
             remember
             how
             you
             have
             fought
             against
             him
             ,
             how
             you
             have
             doted
             upon
             the
             world
             ,
             how
             you
             have
             pleased
             your
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             counted
             his
             Laws
             as
             strange
             things
             ,
             how
             you
             have
             slighted
             his
             thunders
             ,
             and
             looked
             upon
             his
             offers
             of
             Mercy
             
             as
             words
             in
             course
             ;
             How
             you
             have
             enslaved
             your
             Souls
             to
             your
             Lusts
             ,
             and
             made
             the
             Mistress
             wait
             upon
             a
             pitiful
             Hagar
             ;
             how
             you
             have
             gone
             on
             in
             sin
             when
             your
             hearts
             have
             smitten
             you
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             thought
             your
             jolly
             life
             would
             never
             be
             at
             an
             end
             ;
             how
             you
             have
             loved
             unrighteousness
             more
             than
             goodness
             ,
             and
             turned
             the
             truth
             of
             God
             into
             a
             lie
             ;
             how
             you
             have
             thought
             the
             duties
             of
             Religion
             below
             you
             ,
             and
             put
             off
             God
             with
             the
             lame
             and
             with
             the
             blind
             for
             sacrifice
             ;
             how
             soon
             you
             have
             been
             weary
             of
             serving
             him
             ,
             and
             how
             you
             have
             looked
             upon
             your
             duties
             ,
             as
             things
             needless
             and
             unprofitable
             ,
             how
             you
             have
             had
             mens
             persons
             in
             admiration
             because
             of
             advantage
             ,
             and
             hearkned
             more
             to
             the
             perswasions
             of
             a
             Sot
             ,
             than
             to
             his
             wholesome
             Counsels
             ;
             how
             dear
             your
             credit
             and
             honour
             hath
             been
             
             to
             you
             ,
             and
             how
             you
             have
             valued
             it
             above
             his
             honour
             and
             glory
             ;
             how
             you
             have
             derided
             him
             that
             hath
             reproved
             you
             in
             the
             Gate
             ,
             and
             been
             wise
             to
             do
             evil
             ;
             how
             you
             have
             made
             the
             riches
             of
             the
             world
             the
             great
             end
             of
             all
             your
             endeavours
             ,
             and
             set
             your
             affections
             upon
             things
             perishable
             and
             inconstant
             .
          
           
             This
             he
             'll
             remember
             with
             a
             witness
             ,
             and
             none
             of
             all
             the
             hard
             Speeches
             you
             have
             vented
             against
             him
             ,
             or
             the
             power
             of
             godliness
             shall
             be
             forgotten
             :
             But
             this
             Remembrance
             will
             be
             your
             misery
             ,
             and
             his
             thinking
             on
             your
             faults
             and
             wilful
             errours
             ,
             your
             condemnation
             .
             Flatter
             not
             your selves
             ,
             that
             once
             you
             did
             remember
             his
             Will
             ,
             and
             Laws
             ,
             and
             Mercies
             with
             great
             sincerity
             ,
             though
             afterward
             tempted
             by
             the
             Devil
             ,
             and
             enticed
             by
             the
             frailty
             of
             your
             Flesh
             ,
             you
             
             departed
             from
             the
             holy
             Commandment
             delivered
             to
             you
             ;
             for
             he
             hath
             made
             already
             a
             Proviso
             against
             that
             Plea
             ,
             and
             protested
             ,
             that
             if
             
               the
               righteous
               man
               turn
               away
               from
               his
               righteousness
               and
               commit
               iniquity
               ,
               and
               doth
               according
               to
               all
               the
               abominations
               that
               the
               wicked
               man
               doth
               ,
               shall
               he
               live
               ?
               all
               his
               righteousness
               that
               he
               hath
               done
               shall
               not
               be
               mentioned
               ,
               in
               his
               trespass
               that
               he
               hath
               trespassed
               ,
               and
               in
               his
               sin
               that
               he
               hath
               sinned
               ,
               in
               them
               shall
               he
               die
               ,
            
             Ezek.
             18.24
             .
             ,
             He
             'll
             forget
             all
             your
             little
             Services
             ,
             and
             your
             petty
             hypocritical
             Devotions
             ;
             indeed
             they
             are
             not
             worth
             remembring
             ,
             fitter
             to
             be
             scorned
             than
             to
             be
             remembred
             .
             To
             remember
             them
             so
             ,
             as
             to
             crown
             them
             with
             bliss
             ,
             is
             a
             thing
             they
             are
             not
             capable
             of
             ,
             for
             Love
             ,
             the
             great
             principle
             and
             sap
             that
             must
             feed
             them
             ,
             is
             wanting
             .
          
           
           
             Suppose
             you
             were
             in
             danger
             of
             losing
             all
             you
             have
             ,
             even
             life
             it self
             ,
             and
             stood
             in
             need
             of
             some
             great
             Princes
             assistance
             who
             had
             formerly
             expressed
             more
             than
             ordinary
             kindness
             to
             you
             ,
             and
             should
             he
             upon
             your
             address
             turn
             away
             his
             face
             from
             you
             ,
             not
             onely
             make
             himself
             strange
             to
             you
             ,
             as
             Joseph
             did
             to
             his
             Brethren
             by
             way
             of
             tryal
             ,
             but
             be
             really
             so
             ,
             what
             a
             fright
             and
             confusion
             would
             you
             be
             in
             ?
             Behold
             God
             is
             that
             puissant
             Prince
             ,
             who
             hath
             formerly
             courted
             you
             by
             Kindnesses
             ,
             and
             Mercies
             ,
             and
             Entreaties
             .
             If
             you
             forget
             him
             in
             your
             Conversation
             here
             ,
             you
             will
             certainly
             be
             in
             danger
             of
             losing
             ,
             not
             onely
             all
             your
             Goods
             ,
             but
             eternal
             Life
             to
             boot
             .
             Before
             this
             powerful
             Prince
             ,
             who
             alone
             can
             save
             you
             from
             perishing
             ,
             you
             must
             stand
             e'er
             long
             ,
             his
             help
             and
             assistance
             will
             be
             more
             needful
             and
             
             advantageous
             to
             you
             than
             all
             the
             Advocates
             that
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             can
             afford
             .
             And
             if
             this
             immortal
             King
             ,
             instead
             of
             remembring
             you
             ,
             shall
             frown
             upon
             you
             ,
             be
             strange
             to
             you
             ,
             acknowledge
             no
             such
             forgetful
             Creatures
             for
             Members
             of
             his
             Family
             ,
             or
             Objects
             of
             his
             paternal
             care
             and
             tenderness
             :
             Can
             any
             Language
             express
             the
             astonishment
             your
             Souls
             will
             be
             in
             ?
             when
             he
             shall
             put
             you
             in
             mind
             of
             all
             the
             sins
             you
             have
             forgotten
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             the
             secret
             Follies
             you
             kept
             concealed
             from
             the
             world
             and
             the
             eyes
             of
             men
             ,
             when
             he
             shall
             remember
             ,
             and
             lay
             open
             all
             that
             you
             have
             buried
             in
             oblivion
             ,
             and
             make
             the
             wounds
             you
             gave
             to
             your
             Souls
             ,
             and
             skin'd
             them
             over
             ,
             bleed
             afresh
             ,
             how
             dumb
             ,
             how
             pale
             ,
             how
             surpriz'd
             will
             ye
             be
             at
             the
             tremendous
             Charge
             !
             O
             
               consider
               this
               ye
               that
               forget
               God
               ,
               lest
               I
               
               tear
               you
               in
               pieces
               ,
               and
               there
               be
               none
               to
               deliver
               ,
            
             Psal.
             50.22
             .
          
           
             But
             after
             all
             ,
             methinks
             this
             Discourse
             is
             incompleat
             ,
             except
             I
             add
             something
             concerning
             our
             Deceased
             Brother
             ,
             whose
             death
             hath
             brought
             us
             hither
             .
             Though
             I
             had
             no
             personal
             acquaintance
             with
             him
             ,
             yet
             I
             have
             some
             reason
             to
             believe
             that
             the
             account
             given
             me
             of
             him
             is
             impartial
             ,
             and
             agreeable
             to
             truth
             .
             He
             was
             ,
             it
             seems
             ,
             a
             person
             faithful
             in
             his
             Generation
             ,
             a
             man
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             a
             pious
             Christian
             ,
             a
             good
             Church-man
             ,
             a
             loving
             Brother
             ,
             and
             an
             excellent
             Servant
             .
             Onely
             of
             his
             Death
             it
             may
             be
             said
             as
             David
             said
             of
             a
             far
             greater
             man
             :
             
               Did
               the
               Lad
               die
               as
               a
               fool
               dieth
               ?
               Thy
               hands
               were
               not
               bound
               ,
               nor
               thy
               feet
               put
               into
               fetters
               ,
               but
               as
               a
               man
               falleth
               before
               wicked
               men
               ,
               so
               fellest
               thou
               .
            
             In
             a
             word
             ,
             
             Murthered
             he
             was
             ,
             by
             men
             bruitish
             and
             barbarous
             ;
             and
             who
             ,
             like
             the
             Judge
             in
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             neither
             feared
             God
             ,
             nor
             regarded
             man.
             I
             will
             not
             be
             too
             inquisitive
             into
             the
             reasons
             of
             this
             Providence
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             natural
             enough
             when
             such
             accidents
             befall
             good
             men
             ,
             to
             wonder
             at
             the
             strangeness
             of
             the
             Dispensation
             .
             But
             when
             we
             see
             a
             
               good
               Prophet
            
             killed
             by
             a
             Lion
             for
             a
             meer
             mistake
             ,
             as
             it
             appears
             to
             us
             ;
             and
             Josiah
             an
             excellent
             Prince
             ,
             slain
             in
             battle
             for
             a
             rash
             act
             ;
             and
             an
             Vzzah
             struck
             dead
             upon
             the
             spot
             for
             stretching
             forth
             his
             hand
             to
             uphold
             the
             tottering
             Ark
             ,
             all
             admirable
             men
             ,
             and
             whose
             Salvation
             we
             do
             not
             question
             ,
             we
             need
             not
             wonder
             that
             Providence
             hath
             permitted
             a
             Murther
             to
             be
             committed
             upon
             this
             innocent
             person
             ;
             for
             as
             in
             the
             aforesaid
             examples
             ,
             their
             violent
             death
             was
             onely
             a
             
             temporal
             affliction
             ,
             such
             as
             sicknesses
             and
             other
             Diseases
             are
             ,
             so
             the
             accident
             in
             our
             deceased
             Friend
             was
             of
             the
             same
             nature
             ,
             and
             such
             calamities
             in
             good
             men
             do
             but
             help
             and
             advance
             them
             the
             sooner
             to
             their
             everlasting
             harbour
             .
             And
             yet
             I
             cannot
             altogether
             excuse
             our
             Brother
             here
             departed
             .
             For
             as
             the
             Murther
             was
             acted
             in
             a
             publick
             Fair
             ,
             where
             great
             disorders
             ,
             rudenesses
             ,
             and
             insolencies
             are
             committed
             ,
             and
             excesses
             ,
             and
             vain
             Shews
             are
             all
             the
             entertainment
             ,
             so
             it
             's
             probable
             ,
             and
             I
             fear
             ,
             that
             when
             he
             went
             to
             this
             place
             ,
             he
             ventured
             into
             one
             which
             he
             had
             no
             lawful
             call
             to
             be
             at
             .
             The
             Primitive
             Bishops
             and
             Christians
             were
             very
             much
             against
             such
             vain
             and
             foolish
             Shews
             ,
             and
             forbid
             their
             Disciples
             to
             frequent
             them
             ;
             and
             as
             Peter
             fell
             by
             going
             into
             the
             High
             Priests
             Hall
             ,
             so
             it
             might
             be
             very
             just
             with
             God
             
             to
             let
             so
             sad
             a
             Providence
             befal
             our
             deceased
             Friend
             ,
             to
             give
             warning
             to
             other
             good
             men
             to
             keep
             ever
             in
             Gods
             ways
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             confident
             of
             the
             Angels
             bearing
             them
             up
             in
             their
             hands
             ,
             lest
             they
             dash
             their
             foot
             against
             a
             stone
             .
             But
             though
             there
             might
             be
             inadvertency
             ,
             and
             infirmity
             ,
             in
             our
             deceased
             Brothers
             going
             to
             a
             place
             he
             had
             nothing
             to
             do
             at
             ;
             to
             be
             sure
             it
             was
             onely
             a
             single
             act
             ,
             not
             a
             habit
             of
             juvenile
             vanity
             ;
             and
             though
             he
             was
             thereby
             deprived
             of
             the
             farther
             comforts
             of
             this
             Life
             ,
             yet
             that
             can
             be
             no
             impediment
             to
             his
             enjoyment
             of
             a
             better
             ;
             for
             God
             judges
             of
             us
             not
             by
             an
             accidental
             incogitancy
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             stream
             and
             current
             of
             our
             lives
             .
             His
             mortal
             wounds
             ,
             though
             procured
             and
             caused
             by
             very
             bad
             instruments
             ,
             yet
             did
             not
             put
             him
             into
             a
             rage
             and
             passion
             ,
             but
             he
             freely
             forgave
             his
             
             Murtherers
             ,
             and
             like
             St.
             Steven
             pray'd
             that
             God
             would
             not
             lay
             this
             sin
             to
             their
             charge
             ,
             and
             when
             he
             had
             said
             so
             he
             fell
             asleep
             .
             His
             death
             is
             a
             Sermon
             to
             us
             all
             ;
             and
             though
             he
             be
             dead
             ,
             yet
             he
             calls
             to
             us
             in
             
             Christ's
             language
             ,
             
               Watch
               therefore
               ,
               for
               ye
               know
               not
               when
               your
               Lord
               comes
               ,
               whether
               in
               the
               evening
               ,
               or
               at
               midnight
               ,
               or
               at
               cock
               crowing
               .
               and
               what
               I
               say
               unto
               you
               I
               say
               unto
               all
               ,
               watch
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             THE
             PRAYER
             .
          
           
             GReat
             ,
             Glorious
             ,
             and
             Incomprehensible
             God!
             with
             thee
             is
             terrible
             Majesty
             ;
             touching
             thy
             Essence
             ▪
             we
             cannot
             find
             it
             out
             ;
             thou
             art
             excellent
             in
             Power
             ,
             in
             Judgement
             ,
             and
             in
             plenty
             of
             Justice
             .
             Thy
             ways
             are
             always
             equal
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             piercing
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             envious
             eye
             can
             spy
             no
             fault
             in
             thy
             proceedings
             .
             Thou
             art
             infinitely
             pure
             and
             holy
             ,
             and
             the
             Light
             ,
             thou
             art
             deckt
             withal
             ,
             admits
             no
             spots
             ,
             no
             variableness
             ,
             no
             shadow
             of
             turning
             :
             Thou
             art
             the
             most
             worthy
             Object
             for
             my
             thoughts
             and
             memory
             to
             fix
             upon
             .
             Thou
             deservest
             
             to
             be
             remembred
             in
             all
             the
             actions
             of
             my
             life
             .
             And
             to
             forget
             thee
             ,
             without
             whom
             I
             cannot
             breathe
             is
             an
             Indignity
             ,
             I
             cannot
             answer
             ,
             I
             have
             too
             long
             pass'd
             by
             thee
             as
             if
             I
             had
             no
             relation
             to
             thee
             .
             I
             have
             been
             able
             to
             remember
             a
             frivolous
             story
             of
             my
             Neighbour
             ,
             and
             my
             memory
             hath
             serv'd
             me
             well
             enough
             ,
             to
             preserve
             a
             wrong
             or
             injury
             done
             to
             my
             Name
             and
             Person
             ;
             but
             thy
             loving
             kindnesses
             and
             gracious
             Providences
             ,
             and
             what
             ever
             concerns
             my
             everlasting
             welfare
             ,
             I
             have
             suffered
             to
             slip
             out
             of
             my
             mind
             .
             How
             many
             years
             have
             I
             spent
             in
             the
             world
             without
             any
             serious
             thoughts
             of
             the
             great
             mystery
             of
             Godliness
             ?
             Thou
             hast
             given
             me
             Line
             upon
             Line
             ,
             and
             Precept
             upon
             Precept
             ,
             and
             how
             like
             water
             have
             I
             suffer'd
             them
             to
             be
             spilt
             on
             the
             ground
             !
             I
             have
             looked
             upon
             my
             remembring
             thee
             as
             a
             thing
             indifferent
             ,
             which
             I
             might
             observe
             or
             
             neglect
             at
             my
             pleasure
             ?
             I
             have
             lived
             thou
             knowest
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             world
             had
             been
             the
             onely
             object
             of
             my
             hopes
             and
             desires
             !
             my
             best
             and
             golden
             days
             ,
             how
             have
             I
             squandred
             them
             away
             as
             if
             they
             were
             things
             too
             precious
             to
             be
             consecrated
             to
             thy
             service
             !
             How
             vain
             hath
             my
             mind
             been
             !
             How
             hath
             it
             ranged
             and
             roved
             ,
             and
             fluttered
             up
             and
             down
             among
             the
             contents
             and
             comforts
             of
             this
             present
             life
             !
             How
             greedily
             hath
             it
             applied
             it self
             to
             these
             fading
             Flowers
             ,
             and
             thought
             ,
             that
             here
             lay
             all
             the
             sweetness
             I
             could
             hope
             for
             !
             How
             late
             do
             I
             begin
             to
             love
             thee
             !
             How
             late
             do
             I
             begin
             to
             be
             wise
             !
             Had
             I
             improved
             the
             Talents
             thou
             hast
             given
             me
             betimes
             ,
             assoon
             as
             I
             was
             capable
             to
             understand
             what
             Religion
             and
             an
             everlasting
             interest
             meant
             ,
             what
             good
             might
             I
             have
             done
             !
             How
             many
             might
             I
             have
             drawn
             by
             my
             example
             to
             thy
             pleasant
             ways
             !
             
             How
             great
             a
             portion
             of
             thy
             love
             and
             favour
             have
             I
             lost
             !
             and
             how
             much
             earlier
             might
             I
             have
             enjoyed
             the
             influences
             of
             thy
             Charity
             !
             How
             justly
             mightest
             thou
             have
             doomed
             me
             to
             a
             reprobate
             mind
             ,
             or
             struck
             me
             dead
             in
             my
             vanities
             !
             I
             remember
             Lord
             ,
             how
             thou
             hast
             called
             ,
             and
             I
             have
             refused
             ;
             how
             thou
             hast
             stretched
             forth
             thy
             hands
             unto
             me
             ,
             and
             I
             have
             not
             regarded
             !
             How
             justly
             mightest
             thou
             laugh
             now
             at
             my
             calamity
             ,
             and
             mock
             when
             my
             fear
             comes
             ;
             when
             my
             fear
             comes
             as
             desolation
             ,
             and
             my
             destruction
             like
             a
             Whirlwind
             !
             But
             O
             my
             God
             ,
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             thine
             anger
             remember
             Mercy
             !
             Remember
             O
             Lord
             ,
             thy
             tender
             Mercies
             ,
             and
             thy
             loving
             Kindnesses
             ,
             for
             they
             have
             been
             ever
             of
             old
             !
             Remember
             not
             the
             sins
             of
             my
             youth
             ,
             nor
             my
             Transgressions
             ;
             according
             to
             thy
             mercy
             remember
             thou
             me
             for
             thy
             goodness
             sake
             ,
             O
             Lord
             !
             Good
             and
             upright
             
             is
             the
             Lord
             ,
             therefore
             will
             he
             teach
             sinners
             in
             the
             way
             .
             O
             my
             God!
             I
             am
             dull
             ,
             I
             am
             ignorant
             ,
             I
             have
             stood
             in
             the
             way
             of
             sinners
             .
             O
             teach
             thou
             me
             ,
             teach
             me
             to
             remember
             thee
             at
             my
             lying
             down
             ,
             and
             mine
             uprising
             .
             Teach
             me
             to
             remember
             thee
             in
             my
             going
             out
             ,
             and
             in
             my
             coming
             in
             !
             Let
             thy
             remembrance
             for
             the
             future
             be
             very
             sweet
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             let
             me
             never
             think
             of
             thee
             but
             with
             pleasure
             and
             delight
             .
             Let
             me
             forget
             what
             is
             behind
             me
             ,
             and
             put
             me
             always
             in
             mind
             of
             the
             recompense
             that
             is
             before
             me
             .
             Call
             not
             my
             sins
             to
             remembrance
             ;
             and
             as
             for
             my
             transgressions
             ,
             forget
             them
             ,
             and
             cast
             them
             behind
             thy
             back
             .
             Teach
             me
             to
             remember
             what
             thou
             hast
             done
             for
             me
             ,
             and
             make
             that
             remembrance
             powerful
             to
             engage
             me
             to
             gratitude
             and
             obedience
             .
             In
             death
             there
             is
             no
             remembrance
             of
             thee
             ,
             and
             who
             will
             give
             thee
             thanks
             in
             the
             Grave
             ?
             The
             living
             ,
             
             the
             living
             ,
             they
             shall
             praise
             thee
             .
             O
             let
             my
             life
             be
             a
             continual
             remembrance
             of
             thee
             .
             Morning
             ,
             Evening
             ,
             and
             at
             Noon
             ,
             let
             me
             remember
             thee
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             Night
             let
             my
             song
             be
             of
             thee
             ,
             who
             art
             the
             God
             of
             my
             Salvation
             .
             Let
             me
             remember
             thy
             love
             ,
             and
             how
             thou
             hast
             humbled
             thy self
             for
             my
             sake
             .
             I
             am
             apt
             to
             forget
             thee
             ,
             O
             refresh
             thou
             my
             memory
             with
             a
             sense
             of
             thy
             goodness
             ;
             and
             when
             the
             world
             would
             drive
             any
             serious
             thoughts
             out
             of
             my
             mind
             ,
             keep
             them
             in
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             by
             thy
             mighty
             power
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             agreeable
             to
             my
             Memory
             and
             Vnderstanding
             .
             Remember
             how
             frail
             I
             am
             ,
             and
             uphold
             me
             with
             thy
             free
             Spirit
             .
             Forget
             me
             not
             ,
             O
             my
             God
             ,
             though
             I
             have
             forgotten
             thee
             .
             Deal
             not
             with
             me
             according
             to
             mine
             iniquities
             ,
             neither
             reward
             me
             according
             to
             my
             transgressions
             .
             Remember
             thy
             promise
             unto
             
             the
             penitent
             ,
             and
             how
             graciously
             thou
             hast
             offered
             Pardon
             and
             Salvation
             to
             those
             that
             turn
             from
             their
             evil
             ways
             .
             O
             God
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             desire
             of
             my
             Soul
             ,
             and
             the
             real
             purpose
             of
             my
             Heart
             ,
             to
             turn
             to
             thee
             ,
             to
             seek
             thy
             face
             ,
             to
             walk
             in
             thy
             ways
             ,
             and
             to
             bid
             farewel
             to
             all
             the
             sinful
             Pleasures
             of
             this
             life
             .
             Put
             me
             in
             mind
             of
             all
             the
             Motives
             ,
             and
             Arguments
             thou
             hast
             given
             me
             to
             make
             my
             Calling
             and
             Election
             sure
             .
             When
             they
             wear
             out
             in
             my
             Mind
             ,
             write
             them
             there
             afresh
             ,
             and
             renew
             them
             still
             ,
             that
             being
             ever
             before
             me
             ▪
             they
             may
             lead
             me
             to
             thy
             holy
             Hill
             :
             O
             bring
             to
             my
             remembrance
             every
             Precept
             and
             every
             Duty
             I
             am
             to
             perform
             ,
             and
             when
             ever
             I
             am
             to
             perform
             any
             ,
             say
             unto
             me
             ,
             call
             to
             me
             ,
             This
             is
             the
             way
             ,
             walk
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             turn
             neither
             to
             the
             right
             nor
             to
             the
             left
             ,
             then
             shall
             I
             praise
             thee
             
             with
             joyful
             Lips
             ,
             and
             give
             thanks
             at
             the
             remembrance
             of
             thy
             Holiness
             ,
             through
             Jesus
             Christ
             our
             Lord
             ,
             to
             whom
             ,
             with
             thee
             and
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             be
             all
             honour
             and
             glory
             ,
             for
             ever
             and
             ever
             .
             Amen
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
           
        
      
    
     
       
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               .
               Spir.
               c.
            
             195.
             
          
           
             
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               Hist.
            
             Barl.
             &
             Jos.