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Gain'- in IlANOvcR-Sli,-'' of their didrcKe.l Drechren, iu anotiior W^^-, aad )inu2t:nr; thi? r^^ns i^x.iinde.— 'f he Condua of lieatnens was :\ drihirj; CJ--.:; ::;.:[ to that cf Chrif- t:an3 on the ab.:vc Ckcaf .-n,—" The Heathens " Hevv fr-oni th-ir near-:! llehition^ and deardi " i'ncndj who v;cre infVac:! : and ].t\ them, not '' onlv in H'«ufl-s, hiit in t^^o pi:b:ic Rc;;d., half " df,:d, to penf:i withour Sut>port or S-;:{cnancc • " :i:id\vc;:!J nut even !nirv the bead". I::i;s^3. il>id! [ 5 1 Fi iend.-., fnarchcd from them by tlic Hand ot Death, but now balking in tlie Smiles of God. a (( " We lliouid confidcT, fays he,— -we '* fliould aoain and again rcflcd-, that \vc " have renounced the prefent Woi Id, and • that v/e arc bu: Strangers and Piloilms here. Let us wclcoine the Day whicli *' ccnfic^ns each, of u^ to his proper Abode-, *• v/h.ich, auer rending afunder the Fetters ^' cf Sin, fnatcheth us hence, and reflores " us to Parr.dile and the Kinirdom ot " Herven. Who that is travelling in :i " foreign Land, but anxioufly hallens to *' vifit liis native Country, and embrace " his beloved Friends and Relatives ? " Farad iic is cur Country, and th.c Fa- *' triarchs our Fathers: Why fliould v/e " not tly to behold our Country and " lalute our Parents ? There a vaCc Mul- " titude of our dearefu Friends expcdls us-, Parents, Brethren, Children, fecurc of their ov/n Immortality, are anxi- " ouily defirous of our Accefs to them. " O what mutual Joy to them and us, to " be admitted to their Prefence and P'm- " brace ! How ineilable are the Delights " cf thofe heavenly Regions ! Widiouc *' any Fear of Death, and where tliere h " eternal Life! How great, how endiefs '* t!ie Felicity ! Tliere the glorious Coni- " nanv t 1 1 J I -9 r r 1 (fc (C tc C( a [ 6 ] *' pany of Apoftlcs, and exulting Pro- *• phets, fhincs -, there a numerous Army of Mcirtyrs are crowned with Vi(5lory afrer their fcvcre Conflicts and Suffer- ings:— To thefe let us hafl:en with the moll earncft Defire ! Let us with the utmcft Ardour, wifli to be fpeedily with '* them, that fo we may fpeedily be with ♦' Jefus Chrift alfo". J These confolatory Truths are founded on the divine Word •, and hov/ animating are they under the various Calam.ities of human Life ! What healing Balm mull they pour into the Heart that bleeds under Afflidion -, elpecially under the Lofs of pious Friends! And how mud the Prof- ped which is opened to us by thefe enliven- ing Truths, chear our Paffage through this gloomy Scene, where Dillrcfs, and An- guilh, and Sorrow, are, in a greater or lefs Degree, the fure Portion of all ! Similar to thefe Truths, are thofe men- tioned by the Apoftle in my Text ; but with the Addition of others no lefs interelling, no kfs animating to the Chriftian, who llru22:les under the PrelTure of Afilidion. St. Paul informs us here, that the real Chriilian's Ccnverjalicn, or as the Origi- nal ■^ (^ *^- TJ O » * V • » T *« n, ?i/f.. Oxon. 16S2. [ 7 ] nal* properly fignifies, bis Citizcnflilp, is in Heaven. He is in veiled with the Pri- vileges of that happy Place, is rubjecl to its Laws, is an Inheritor of its Glory, and a Child of God. Heaven is frequently reprefenred in holy Scripture, under the Idea of a City, or Community -, the Members of which, mutually happy in each other, are conti- nually employed in the Service of the Supreme, who immediately prefides over them, and irradiates them with his Pre- fcnce. Thus Abraham, thro* Faith, " looked «« for a City which hath Foundations, " whofe Maker and Builder is God."t Thus Chriftians, aliho' they *• have here no " continuing City, yet look for one to « come.ll" This'is " The City of the li- « ving God, the heavenly Jerulalem,'* whofe'^inhabitants conftilof '* an innume- rable ♦ na>.^Tiv^u. No Crhic has given a more f u 1 or lati'faaory' Account of this Word, that I recolleit, than Raphelius in his Jnotat. Fhllok^. ex Folybio. he Ihnvs that it is frequently applied to fignity a Community, or even a Variety of Communuic, affociated toc^ether, the Members of which, tho difperfed in ^different Places, are conncaed by a comrpon Bond of Union, are fubjef. to the lame Law^, and paj take of the hmz Fnviie-cs. X Htb. xi, 10. ilHcb. :ai'., 14. [ 8 ] " r.'hlc Ccr.vipany ofAr-^^ti •, oCiI.l- <>"r.c!Ml " Alil-mbU' iiiul Church of liic lirll-boni, *' nrui of the Spirks t.>f ji:;! M^n nj.u'.c pcr- *• KfL.-" In i!ic iniclil of \v!io:ii, ''God *' tl-.e Juci.-;c (f r.ll, an J Jc U^s tb.f M;"J.i.ir()i- " of the new Covenant,"" ici^n in Cilc^ry. Of tliis bL-ni'i.i So^iL^ry, every fmccre Clirilli.Ki i , ;i r^cT,izc:i, inco it he is incor- poTc'iCvi, anJ i:. ar. ILir oi: its Felicity. ri()v;::vr.ii tiir[:crfcd i!:e r'aithful may be, in whatever Circuniilances or Situa- tions tlu-y may bj placeil, or by v.liatever tcm;;i..aiv Laws tiicv ir,.iy be f2:ovcrneci here •, vet thev are connected with it by ii comnvMi Bond of t^nion— arc intitled to, and Sharers of, its Blcilings. Tills Earth is net rheir He:r/e ; they are Strangers and Soiourners in it •, and altho', hke eaLlern Companies;, travellinc; tliro' defolate and pathiefs Waftes, they arc fubjecc to tem- porary Re,^ri;l r.ionr., fuited to their relpee- tive Sltua'-l'^iis at pref nt : ^'eC their Eyes are con 11 ant'/ direcced to their proper Country, ---it;. Law:, are the general Rule of their y\e'.;or;:\ its Privileo-e.s their Boatl raid Coiil''l;/don---iis Marpinefs the Object of their arcien't Deiire. Tnz Ch.i iulan gives Evidence of all this by Ifis Elf- 'ind Conduct, and wallas us a Member • I7,K VII - -* -^ ^ [ 9 ] Member of that Society. His Convcr- fiition liierai/y—hh Heart and AfTedions are there. A Lile of Purity, of Deatinels to this World, evinces that h.e belongs to another •, that he confiders his pre.'en: State as only a Pafiage to one that is in- finitely more durable and better. Winged with that Energy and Zeal which fuch a Profpedi:, fuch Principles naturally infpire, his Soul rifes fuperior to the Trials and Difafters which are incident to the prefcnt Scene. They are fent by the beneficent Parent of the. Univerfe to difcipline his Children, difengage them from this World, and prepare them for another. In this View, the virtuous Chriftian confiders then), and improves them ac- cordingly. He makes them inftrumental in promoting his heavenly Father's Glory, and fecuring his Title to the heavenly Je- rufalem. Inllead of deprefllng, they invi- gorate his Soul ; for however painful or grievous for the prefenr, they yield the Fruits of Righteoufncls and Peace-f — Like Clouds, which tor a Time obfcure the Face of Heaven, and obI»:ru6t the Sun's Rays; yet are falutary and benefi- cial in the highed Degree— they foftcn and fertilife the 'Earth. B Those i I '] fHeb. xii. ii. [ lO 1 J Those who have their Converfation thus in Heaven are here contraftcd by St. Paul with others, "of whom he tells the *' Philippians, weeping, that they were « Enemies of the Crofs cf Chrilt whofc " End was Dellruaion— who only minded " earddy ThingsJ." As the former were chiefly converiant in the Things ot Uod and Salvation— devoted th^T Hearts and oreatefc Attention to them : So, the latter were chiedy converfant in worldly Purluits —they gave themfelves up to the Gratm- cation of fenfual Appetites, of Ambition, plcaiure and falfe Glory. God was not in their Thoughts, nor were his Ways re- jrarded : And mark the IfTue of fuch a Condudt— their End was Deftrudion. Thefe oppofite Charaders, and oppo- fitc Ends to which they lead, are here laid together by the infpired Apostle, that the Contraft might appear the more tlriking— that the Children of Men might the^ more effectually be rouled to a Senle ot their Duty, feek their trueft Happinefs, and avoid t!ie Rocks on which others have made Shipwreck. Mv Text proceeds to inform us, that «' thole who have their Converfation, or Ci- " tizenllVip inHeaven,look for the Saviour I Philip, iii. i^> 'D- in] « from thence, the Lord Jefus Chrlll." They look forward w'uh Joy to that great Period, when the Son of God will come to be a Saviour to them from every Evil-, and by his Almighty Power, " fl^all change their "vile Bodies*, that they may be like unto ^' his glorious Body." Our Bodies at i " " fent are an inc they humble an form.ed umbrance to the Soul— ...d deprefs it. They are Duft, are polluted with Sin, and a^Death will return to Duft and Cor- ruption. But at the Refurreaion, our Saviour will change them-they will be transformed into the moft perfed Sta e, and moft beauteous Form. 1 hey will be pure, fpintual, active, and vigorous and trio^hter than the Luftre ot the Stars. Kav they will ref^^mble our Saviours aloritied Body, which he wears on his tri- umphant Throne in Mciven. Such is the Goodnefs of God, that he fends no Grief without a Mcdicmc-r, nor does he inlVia any Trouble or )iilreis without afibi-ding a fuitable Remedy. hi my Text, and m.iny cthrr Prj-ts_nf holy Scripture, iheDocciine ot a lUlui- redion to eternal Lire, is let lorui u^^ ^-u Anti-..oie, * Literally, /^' nc.', cr c'^r ^'«'-^^-:;-^^;;;: Bodv, by the V.W and Sinfulnei. cf wnich, >,. hav^iuiVC;lulJo^" Humiliauon birlorc Uou. t Di iOli: t 12 I Antidote, an ndcquate Cure for the vari- ous Evils and Prcllures of human Life. i Job, themoft afflifted of Men, had this ArViclc in Mercy revealed to him, to fup- port him under his complicated Miferies. Accordingly, amidil his Sufferings, he breaks out with this exulting Declaration, froni v/hich he drew Conlblation — " 1 know *' that my Redeemer liveth,and that he fhall ** ftand a': the lat:er Day upon the Earth. " And though after my Skis Woims dc- " ilrov this Body, yet in my Plefii fliall I fee " God : Whom 1 fhall fee for mylelf, and " mine Eyes (liidl behold, and not another v though my Reins be conlumcd vvithia <( <,i me SSvC Whejj our Saviour would foviify his Apofties againft the fcvere Trials which he declaredVould everywhere av/ait them, he gave them occularDemonilration of the glorious Change wh.ich they were to un- dergo at the Rcfurredion. " He was '• tran::figured before them ; and his Face *' ilione as the Sun, and his Raiment" (pierced by the Rays which darted from his Body ard Limbs, like the Sun thro' a lucid Cloud) '' becam.e white as the Lightf." 1 he Apoilles were unable lo bear the SpLndcr of our Saviour's Appearance-- th.;t Glory which they themiVl/cs were in Time 1 '■'! ■■■»■ "'/ [ u ] Time to put on : Accordingly, they funl under it into an Extuly. St. Paul in my Text, beHdes various other PLkcs, inci Refurredion, as a Icatcs the Doctrine ot a n-ordi'^pf fufficicnt Con- folation under the Stroke of Adverfity : And indeed it is impcfllble to conceive any Thing better adapted to aciminidcr Relief to the ArT/ided. The ReCefticn to a Stale wilt re all that we are haft. ■nmo: our Griefs will be removed— where ill our Eyt?, and Pain or Sorrow- Tears will be wiped from there will be no more Pai that however afTnded cr dtftitute^ l:crc yet we fliall Ibcn be in a State infinitely preferable to that c f th mc 11 en vie d, happieft and gre ft Man on Earth— tliat our Sufferings will not only have a jpcedy Period, but contribute to prepare us ior How how ani- everlafting Happinels, and iniureu pleafing, 1 fay, how conlblatory mating is the Kcilcclion I GRANT wc mav greOion ihut up by Vice and i ranf- this Eo'jr.rain of Cor.ioia- r;on,-' But in 'V* I""".1 v;e I iv iiVtrard and ncdcc :t it t:ic i. a t.ii z lies i;"i our- ves, nr-t in the Re ,hich i has provided for oi il i\.\. i ''^ i-' Wc tr.ay a:lo icavea r.j. ^■o cresre Evils to ourk-.vp ^!, r ■• w Cure, v.niels troni ', [ H ] from oMrfclves. Thus Men may complain of Wants and Difficulties, which arc owing to their Sloth, or Lxtravaj-ance.— Many complain of Difgrace, which was^brought en them by their own Mifconduct— lome complain of Pi-iins and Difeafes which were occafioned by their own Intemperance and vicious Practices — feveral complain ot dif- obedienr, unduiiful Children, tor which they may thank their own Weakncfs, Im- prudence or bad Example. The World is filled with Complaints of this Kind-, but fuch People iLould chiefly complain of t'hemfelvcs, fince they are the Authors of thofe Calamities. Co thefe I may add the imaginary Evils with v^hich poor Mortals fwell the Catalogue of their Grievances •, which have their Origin in Pride, Envy, Folly, Seliinmefs and Af- fedation •, and as they are contrary to every Uiclate of Religion and Reafon, fo Religion and Reafon h;ivc provided no other Reme- dy for them than the Reformation of thofc malignant Pallions which gave Rife to them. /" The r.'.'il Evils of L.ife arc numerous and great. Tlie benevolent Fatlier^ and Fritnd of Men however has not left us comfortlds under ihcm •, nor to druggie • i_ .< _ r. „^„.l 1J,» l»..r mi/^lt* Willi Li:i."ill tiili'v.ii.'P Ji In. vi. i iV. ii^J i:.:i:--<--' the [ '5 ] the amplcft Provifion againft thofc Afflic- tions which cor.ic by his Appomtmcnt and are fent witi. the gracious Dcficrn ot bringing Home to his own Bofom his faithful People. Thofe who have their Converfation in Heaven, whofe Heart and Treafure are there, will abundantly expe- rience the Goodnefs of God. If Tempta- tions affauk them, his Grace will be found fufficientinthe Hour ot T.ial. If guilt- lefs Poverty, or Sicknefs, or D.ftrels of any Kir.d be their Portion, liis Providence is ready to provide for them •. whilft his graci- ous Proniifes minifterConfolation, and point to the Heaven he has prepared tor t.iem. Should the tender Conneaions of Life be diffolved, and thofe Friends fnatched away from the Faithful, who were no lefs dear to them than their own Souls, and of whofe Salvation they have a we 1 grounded Hooe • they have this unlpeakable Con- S£, thit their ^leparted Friends are gone to that blefied Society of vh.ch *ey ^ere Members, whilft on L.arth F oi the.e thev mourn not, as thofe without Hope AltW their Bodies are committed to the Dull, it is with the pleafing and certain Expeftation of a Refurreftion to Glory. However Death may triumph over them for a Time, yet it cannot detain them always in its gloomy Manfions. ^^ [ i6 ] Ar, the rude Blafts of Winter defolate the Face of Nature, and blot out ail her blooming Scenes ; yet the ^enial Warmth of Sprinn; repairs her defolated Forms, and crowns her with brighter Lultrc : Thus, altho' Sickncfs and Death deftroy the iiuman Frame, and lay it low in Duft r.nd Corruption ; yet by his powerful Voice who called Light out of Darknefs, it will lile— rife from the ghaftly Ruins of the Tomb— aiuim.e a hea/enly Nature 'to live for ever with the Lord--tc faine with un- abating Splendor thro' all the Periods of Erernity--and tlir.t in Comniunion with the Bleft— in Union with thole Friends, whole Hearts once felt the keeneft Aa- guilh by a Separation from them ! These Refieftions, my Hearers, which are fo proper to minifter Confalation, fhould be frequently in our Thoughts, in theie Times of public Calami :y. Dark and j/loomy are the Scenes which iurround i]s ; and every benevolent Fleart muft be penetrated on conlidering tlie wide fpread Ruin tiiat overwhelms this Continent ! Who but muft lament the Infatuation of thole, vv-ho have plunged this once happy Country into its prelent calamitous State ! \Mio but muft grirve ftill more at the complicated Diftrefles that are hereby Ok wli^iit [17 ] bro'Tght on thoufands of innocent Perfons —whole Support, whofc earthly Happi- nefs and Comfort, are all Iwcpt ayay by the ruthkfs Hand of Rebellion ! We of this City have fuftained many heavy LoiTes fincc the Commencement of thofe Diforders. One we have lately mcc with by the Death of our worthy and ex- cellent Redor---in whom the Public has loft a ufeful Member, You a faithful Paftor, and I a finccre, affeaionate Friend. My Intimacy and Connc6lion with him for near twelve Years, enabled me to know him well ; and I can truly fay, 1 fcarccly ever knew a Man pofleffcd of a more hu- mane, companionate or benevolent Heart. Often have I feen him melt into Tears at the Sight of Diftrels in others ; and the Diftrefled never fought his Aid in vain. Liberal and generous in his Diipofition, he feemed happy when alleviating Affliiftion in others i or was employed in Ibme OfBce of Benevolence or Friendfhip. For near thirty Years you have enjoyed his Miniftry— indeed ever fince he entered that facred Office till the Day of his Death : And the Refpcft fhewed to him, and Diftinaion conferred on him, by You, as well as the aourilhing State of thcfe C Congresations [ i8 ] Con^vrc- ations when our prefent Troubles broke our, ar: incontellible Proofs of the Fidelity and AlViduity with which he dif- charatd the Duties of his Station. Num- bers who, I truft, are now in Glory, and many of you who arc ftill living, will, I hope, be Seals of his Miniifry, his Crown of rejoicing in the Day of the Lord Jefus. Firmly and confcientioufly attached to the Do^rines and Difcipline of the Church of Fnsl^nd, he was indefatigable in pro- moting her Interefts : Yet without any of that narrow Spirit of Bij^otry which is a Difcrrace to Religion. His Sentiments were generous and enlarged, which led him to prize Merit wherever he found it-, and this Difpofition will ever gain the Approbation of the fenfible, rational and virtuous Part of Mankind, and fucceed where Bigotry will furely fail. Christianity never appears more ami- able or winning, than when accompanied by that eafy, tempered Chearfulnels which RecVitude and Benevolence of Heart natu- rally infoire. In this he greatly excelled, which gave him many Advantages to ferve the Caufe of Religion. Such a Temper and Difpofition muO: ncceflarily endear him to his intimate Ac- quai IJiaiiV-ca , [ '9 1 quaintances •, and enable him to (hine in the more tender Connections ot Ibcial Life. He was indeed a fincere, warm Friend, a nv.Al afFcdionate. tender Hulband and Father. During the Rile and Progrefs of thofe Troubles which have involved this Country in fo much Dillrefs, he took that Pare which Duty, 1 ruth and Reafon pointed out. Unlhaken in his Loyalty to our gra^ cious Sovereign, and in his Atcachmcnt to our happy Conftitution, he fpurned the "Voice of popular Applaule, where Con- fcience forbid him to approve ot it. How any Man vvho is well grounded in the Principles of the Church of Lngland, can acl otherwife, in the prefent Conteft, is utterly inconceivable •, unlefs his Mind is influenced bv fome finifter Motive, fome Byafs, or Prejudice which warps him from his Duty. The Principles ot our Church, founded on the Word ot God, inculcate Loyalty in the flrongcft Manner, and teach us to confider our Sovereign as juprcme Ilc.id in Earth of the Church of England : Our Church alfo, which is modelled on^ the Plan of the pure, primitive Church of Chrift, and ac- cording to his Ovvu lnRru6lions, is inter- wovcn%ith the State •, lb that overturning the one, would be endangering, if not overiurning [ 20 ] overturning the oiher. How any onf there- fore who is we'll grounded in the Principles of this Church, tun rebel againO: his right- ful Sovereign, and the beft of Princes \ or nttempt to tlellroy that happy Conftiturion, whofe Ruin wcniki involve that ot liis Church--is utterly unaccountable, unlels on th'.' Suppofuion ot fome undue InHu- ence from another Qiiartcr, as I faid be- fore. Bui to return — If thofe who were difaffc^led to our Sovereign, our Church, or Conflitution, were unfriendly to this worthy Clergyman for his Attachment to them, it is not to be wondered at. He fuffered much Perfecu- tion for adhering to his Duty; and this, joined to the Diftrefs he felt at the Prof- pe6t of the Miferies that were haftening to this Country, greatly impaired his Confti- tution. Men of exquifice Senfibility, like him, are capable of Peelings to which others, lefs lufceptible of tender Impref- fions, are utter Strangers. And thefe, however vigorous the Mind, or fuperior to Adverfity, will infallibly prey upon our Health and bodily Conftitution. His ill State of Health oblis^ed him to refiJe a confiderable Part of lall Summer in the Country. When this City was refcued from the Hands that unjuftly itluiped [ 21 ] uilirpcd it, he repeatedly applied for Le.'vc to return ; but was as often refulcd by thole who then had hnu in tlwir Powtr. 'J his obliged him to con;e away privately, and expolrd him to fuch Hardlhips, while making his I* fcape, that I.is Conitituti(»a was reduced ftill lower. Wirn DifBculty he got here •, but how was he fliocked on viewing the Ruins which the City pre- fentedf His (nvn Heinle, his principal Church, the Ornament of our \Vciai;p and City, were no more ! Tears gufiud from his Eyes •, and rho' a very greac Suf- ferer in his private IVopcrty, he Icemcd to for^^et his own Lolles in thofe of his Con- jrresation, and other Felkw Citizens. After ftruggling through f^ many Difficulties, ana efcaping from io mucii Perlecution and Danger, he pr;niiiled iiim- felf fome Repuie and batisfadion widi his Family and Friends. But alas ! ihcfe Hopes were loon, too foon t.irappojaced. Only a few iVIonths after, in this Churchij, which was built under his Inlpcdion, wliicii he confccrated to the .^ervice of Almighry God, and (o lately received his Remains, --in this Church, i fay, he preached his UM Sermon t^juo Days before the iJiluider which earned him off, feized hun. C ' X I St. Paulas Chapel. I [ 22 ] On his Death Bed, he behived with all the FortiLudc, Patience and Relii^nation of a pious Chrillian,— fuch as the certain Hope of immortal Life, and true Faith in the Redeemer naturally infpire. His Underdanding was clear, and his Senfes perfcil to the lad •, and he joined fervently in Prayer not many Minutes before he expired, --he died without a Struggle or a Groan.* Sucfi Scenes call forth whatever Tcn- dernrls or Sympathy 4re in the human Breaft. The Frailty of our Nature, the Uncertainty of our State, and of every earthly Enjoyment, rufli upon the Mind, and ilrike it with irrefiftible Evidence and Conviction. Whilst then we contemplate this Dif- pcniation of Providence, whole Ways, in many Indances, are to us unfearchable, let us not fail to improve it. You will cherifli, I doubt not, t'le Memory of our worthy, departed F'licnd mith alTedionatc TcnderntL : But ncglc6l not, at the fame i ime, to recolicdl aiui pradife the many pious liiL'trudlions and Exhortations which you received from him. This is the moft tMl'clual Method to do Honour to his Meniory, arid for this you will aifo be * He died March 4, 177;. [ 23 ] be accountable at the tremendous Day of Judgment. The Church of England in this City, has been bleffed with a SuccefTion of emi- nent Clergymen from the Beginning.* To this, next to the fcxcellency of its Liturgy and Conftitution, may be attributed in a great Meafure the rapid Incrcafe of its Members : To this may be afcribed the Regularity and Order in divine Worfhip, which, notwithftanding all our Defc6ls, are more confpicuous in this Flace, than any other that 1 know on the Continent ; And to •The Reverend Mr. William Vesey, tbe firft Reaor, wai indufted in the Year 1697, foon after Trinity Church was built. Hcdied in 1746 ; and was fucceeded the fame Year by the Reverend Dr. Henry Barclay, who died in 1764, when Dr. AucHMUTY was chofen Reftor. Mr- Vesey was a very prudent, pious Man, ofe-iemplary Morals, and an excellent Preacher. He had been greatly inftru- mental in promoting the Bailding of Trinity Church, and ihro' the Blefling of God on his faithful Services, had thePleafure to fee the Congregation very much jncreafcd, and the Church enlarged and ornamented. The Biihop of London appointed him his Commif- fary in this Province, and he died in the 7 2d Year of his Age. Dr. Barclay had been M'fiionary at Albany, and to the Mohanvk Indium ; in which arduous Station, he diftinguilhed himfelf by his Zeal and indefatigable Labours. The Indian Mif- fion flourifhed under his Car«— many Hundreds of the Savages having been convert>;d by him to Chrlftianity, and to a fobcr, regular Life. When rhnlen [ 24 ] to thi? perhaps may be attributed, in Part, tint l.oyaliy which hath fo much dillin- guiihtd' our Citizens in tliefe Times of Defection, Danger and Trial. The late worthy Redor was fnatched av.\iy at a Time when his faithful and zea- lous "services were much wanttd \ and he is the f-cond Clergy man rf diftinguifhed Character that has been tak--n from you in the Courfe of a very few Years. J Tell choCtn Re^or of Trnltv Church, and called to the Paftoral Charge of this City, the fame ailiduous Attention to the Duties of his Office, the fame Ardour in promoting Rcli-ion, marked every Step of his Conduft as formerly. His Charader was truly refpedable, his Difpofitlon moll amiable and engaging. Meek, affable, fweet tempered and de- vout, his Life was exemplary ; vvliilft he cherifhcd the warmeft Spiiit of Benevolence and Charity to all ot'^crs. D'Jrir.g bis Incumbency, the Congrega- tion greatly increafei ; St. George's Chapel was built, and the Defign was formed of building St. Paul's Chapel. This lall he did not live to fee execiit. d ; it was accomplifhed however under his Succeflbr Dr. Aucmmuty, (who had been his Ji/ifanr from the Beg-nnirg cf the Year 17+8)— a Ch.irit) School and Parion: ge Hoi-lV were alfo buih i,«i).cclia ciy after St. Paul's .vas finilhed. I he Ch;i.ity School, Parfonage, end Trinity Church, were all confumed in the great Fire, September 21, 1776. X JoHM OniLvir, D. D. AITiftant MinlftcT of Tniiity Church, died Nuv. 26, 1774. [ 25 ] Tell me, my Brethren, does not the Removal of thofe two excellent Men, and in lb Iliort II '•pace— does not the Dcllruc- tion of your ancient and venerable Church —Do not thele remarkable Invents, I lay, lead y"^i to fcrious Rtileaions on your palt Condui!:, and on the Ways and Dilpcnfa- tions of Providence towards you ? Should you not examine— whether you have duly i'tr^^roved the Blcflmgs you en- joyed, and were thankful for them ? Whether you profited, as you ought, by the Labou' s, the Exhortations and Infiruc- tions of thole two Servants of God ? W!ie- ther vou regularly attended divine Wor- lhip,'and honoured the Almighty by de- voutly vvaitinnj on him in his Ordinances, in that Church ? Or, wheihcr God was not provoked by your Neg'eft in thefe FarticuUrs, to take thofe two Lights irom you to hlmfelf, and partly to remove your Candkilic ? Particular Exigencies and Times de- mand a fuitablc Conduct in Chriitians. We fliouid now by every Method tcilify an unlliaken Loyalty to our -racious .So- vereign, when lb many are ;' combmed to deprit'c us of the Bltfilngs of his mild, aufpicious Government. [ 26 ] We fijOuld U zcalouny unite as one M:in to rctri-^ve the cc!ohtf(i State of cur Cluircli. Our unanimous aiu' tiiiift vis.orous Kndtra'''oui i i]v,)i;]ci be exerted to repair the j'uins of cur Zion •, and we fliould chear- fullv crp.v'ur in wh.4tever may be cxten- fiveiy condu. ivc to her \\tltaie. El^t cliiefi}-, we fliould ilrive to exprefo i^ our Lives arid Converfarion ti;e nativj; Hxc'vlier.cv, i'u;ity and Mceknels ot ou. hoiv Faaii. Attentive to the Voice or }-icaven, v.-rucii liOw fj-ed^s to us in various Way:;, v.e flvould conkitntioully comply \v":ii V:.s Dldaies, ap.v< glority God in eacfi If ever we are canable of beincr the- roughly awakened to a Srnie of our Duty —-if to trcnibic before God, ':.nd turn to him with unf.iencd Mep'-ntance---ir to raile the "^hield of Faidi and lively Devotion to ward otT the Arrows of his Difjileafure-- if to put on the Lord Jclus in Holinels and Idumility, and have our Converlation in Meaven : it ever \>\t ^rc (•.:{)able, I fay, ot fetting about thefe erfeCtually, v/e have maiiy loud, aNv:ikening Calls to do The Almighty has evidently a Con- trovcrfy with our Land. His Judgments arc [ 27 ] are 2;one forth to by it ckfolate. The Swora ot God is p;\ffing thro' it, bat! ed in Blood. The pcililt-nce is broke tcrth, and v/alketh not only in i^arkrds, but dcilrovfth at Noon Day : Ard Fiun:ne, wirh all its ghaftly Horrors, thrt'iuais us. 'I hsie are the awful Mefl rgers oi Hea- V n, fent in i^^rt to punifli ^;uilty Sinners-, partly to challen the PcopU- ot Gi d, and amend whatever is amils in them. Unc^er thefe alarming Dilpenh'tions, nvany knm to be iecure and hardened. Lu'-.ewarm- nefs, Vice and Irreligion are growing, and daily gathering Strength ! Small the Almighty thus call to^ us repeatedly, and yet call in v:Mn ^ How fhall we anlwer it at his Tribunal, it we equally abule his Mercy and Judgments : It we pervert every Mcthcd to reclaim and fave us, into a new Occ^iioa ot in- lultinghim! What Mountiiins can hide, what Hills can cover iuch trom his fierce Indignation ! I HOPE far better Things of you-, and therefore intreat and beieech you to lay hefe iolemn Truths to Heart. " Defpife not the Chaftening of the ■« Lord," on the one lland---l]ee from fuch Impiety : " Neither iaint, on the '' other, I t 28 ] " other'/ ^vhen thou art rebuked of him." He minM'-s L/)ve with all his Difpenia- tions, and aims at our trued Benefit la them. Set before you the gh)rious Promifes he has made, th^ animuing Truths he has revealed, to fupport you m your Chriai;m Warfare. Look forward to that happy Period, when the Lord himlelt fhilldcfcend from Heaven to nge our v.le Bodies, that they may Lc lalhionecl like unto '.lis g'oriom Body : When he will crown his taithtul Servants with unfading Solendor, with everlailing Felicity. Let your Converfation be now in Hea- vfn--let the Temper, Spirit and Difpofi- tion— the Purity, Meeknefs and Benevo- lence which Ihould characterize a Citizen of that Place, a Child of God, dilhn- cT'Sih you : And fear not but thoic Bif-iTivrs will be yours. You have his Promile f .r it, who is Truth itfeU; and Heaven and Earth will fooner pals away, than either his Promiies or Words ihall tail . M\Y God, by his Grace, enable each of youlo to ord r your Converfation h^re, that vou m IV partake of thofe blelTed Pro- miles h reaiter •, for his dear Son s bake, Chrill Jelus, to whom, Sec. £rratu;n. f. 16, /. 17* ^^''^ ^'^"^ '^^^"^'