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H Q F A R I M A T H E A, j^AND its consequent REWARDS; AN application TO THE CASE OF jg U F F E R I N Gv 1- q Y A L I S T S^^^t " •'-..J'.rV .»4^ .- 1? - A S E R MO N, ^tf'.'-*r^. itended to have been preached at Newport^ Rhode Ifland^ ou thci /v Sundaji preceding the Evacuation of that Garrifon by his ^ . Majesty's Troops. - "^ fid afterwards preached at St, PauPs and St. Georgia Chapels, ■ ■! ^'^iJT Ne^'w York, ;^ On SUNDAY, Odtober %th, i;78o, 4 - -- -^^.Ul. ■ \- ;' ;': It By G E OR G E B I S S E T, M. A. .ate Reers and gloomy Such was the general character and complexion of the Jewifli council. And to thofe who attentively con- lider the contagious nature of vice, and the pernicious influence of bad example, it will appear a no fmall re- commend- F w [ 6 ] commendation of this man's integrity, that it received no taint nor infection from the principles and manners ot thofe with whom he was aflbciated in office, and with whom he was obliged to have frequent intercourfe — He ivas a good man and a jujl, w fc • . , ** Justice is that virtue, which reftrains us from hurting or injuring our neighbor in any refpeft. :.'l ii, I } Goodness is that virtue, which difpofes us to pro- mote his welfare and advantage, as much as we poflibly can. The former tends to prevent diforder and mifery ; the latter to produce the greateft poflible fum of pofitive happinefs ; and both together comprehend under vhem every branch of focial duty : as from his characfler of jul- tice therefore we may infer that he was peculiarly care- ful not to hurt any of his fel|ow creatures, in perfon, property, or reputation, that he violated no juft right, refufed no equitable claim, gave no caufe to others to complain of unkind or injurious treatment on iiis part, or tliat their peace and happinefs was difturbed by his peevifli Iiumor, or felfifli views ; fo from his character of goodnefs we may infer fomething far more excellent; that he was aflive and folicitous to make all around him good and happy; that he was eyes to the blind, feet to the latpe, a father to the poor, a friend to the friendlefs. Si paiyron to the diftrcfTed, and that it was his conftant ftudy 4 [ 7 ] ftiicly and tlclight to wipe away tears from tlie eye of mi- fery, and to make the bones which Providence had broken to rejoice. Such virtues in a high flation are to a communiiy, what the ihn is to this lower world, ..they diffnfe light, health, vigor, gladnefs ; neither is there any thing hid from the heat thereof. * r , • '<* :ady To enhance the value oF thcfc private virtues lb tran- fcendently excellent, we are authorized farther to ob- ferve, that they were not built upon thefandy foundation of a happy natural temper, or a defire of fame ; but upon the firm and folid bads of true religion- — Himfelf alfo- waited for the kingdom of God. Religion is a tried foun- dation whereon to erecH: the beautiful fuperftrudlure of moral excellence ; and other foundation can no man lay. Many excellent things have indeed been fpoken of the innate dignity and beauty of virtue, and of its tendency to produce its own reward. Thefe fpeculations it muft be owned are extremely fine, and may be higlily ufeful in the flill tranquil fcenes of life, but the form arifes and they are fcattered. Virtue does not always bring in her right hand length of days, and in her left riches and ho- nors ; (lie fometimes brings in her right hand the cruel inftruments of death, and in her left a blafted reputation and a ruined fortune — In fuch clrcumltances what can B pol- 8 1 t i I f > 1 i iSi [ 8 3 pollihly keep the mind fteady and immoveable in its re- gard for a form fo devoid of external comlinefs, but the divine and noble motives which religion offers. An al- mighty God, the friend of virtue, and abfolutely engaged to make it finally happy — Immortal life to thofe who pa- tiently continue in well doing. An exceeding great and eternal weight of glory in recompcnce of bearing well the prefcnt light aflliclion, wliich is but for a moment. Ani- mated and incited by tiiele glorious profpedls, what heroic a6is of virtue have not mortal men performed! They l;ave thereby not only been enabled to reject with difdaiix the moft enchanting cup of finful pleafure, but alio to encounter adverfity and danger in their moll dreadful forms. They have been floned, they have been lawn alUnder, they have been expofed to the rage of wild beads and the violence of fire, they have wandered about in mountains, in defarts, and in dens, hungry, defli- tute, aiflic^ted, tormented, men of whom the world was not worthy. From private virtues fo eminent and fo firmly efta- blilhed upon religious principles, it is natural to exped: a correfponding public condud: ; and in this man our expectations are not dilappointed ; as juflice and good- 1 nefs dillinguiflied the man, io integrity and honor on a mod trying public occpfion diftinguiilied the counfeliar. He confentcd not to the counfel and deed of them. What II M 'J C 9 ] c in its rc- s. but the An al- y engaged e who pa- great and g well the cnt. Anl- hat heroic 1 •' They til clii'daiii nt alfb to ch-eadfiil een lawn of wiJd ed about y, derti- orlcl was ily efta- > exped: lan our ' good- 1* on a nfellor. I Wh AT What that counfcl and deed was, we learn from the xith chapter of St. Jolni*s gofpcl at the 47th veile, Then gathered the chief pr lefts and Pharifces a council^ and Jaid, Jf'^hat do we? for this man doth vian) miracles; if vjc lei him thus alone ^ all men will believe on him, and the Romans will come, and take away both our place and na- tion* Through real motives of envy and hatred, but under a fpccious pretence of public good, they deter- mined to deftroy Jefus, whofe humble appearance de- feated their ambitious views of a temporal deliverer, and whofe encreafing reputation eclipfed theirs ; and this nefarious counfel they foon after put in execution, with every circumftance of violence and cruelty. But Jofeph confented not to this counfel and deed ; he could not conceive, that a perfon fo holy and harmlefs, fo meek, compalfionate, and beneficent, who did not drive or cry aloud, who difclaimed all temporal authority, who was attended by no daring or defperate followers, and who had retired into a deiart, when the multitude propofed. to make him a king, could ever give any umbrage to the Roman power; or if unjufl: lufpicions and jealoufies fliould arife, he thought it better to leave the national fafety in the hands of Providence, than to endeavour to fecure it bv a cruel and atrocious crime ; fuch were his lentiments, and he had the manly firmnefs openly to avow thefe fentiments. Had he on this occafion attended to the dictates of worldly wifdom it would have pointed ouc c 10 ] i,l i! 1 ■ (( (( <( €( (C (t <( out a very different coiidu(fl, ^'Wliat," would it have faid, will your feeble voice avail againfl the rage of the chief prieds and the clamors of the people? The only fruits of your iJ [-timed oppofition will be, that reproach, fcorn, atid ahiife will be liberally poured upon you from every t^i irtcr. Will they who are now fliewing fuch a tyrannous hatred againfl the niafter, fpare the fer- vant ? The powerful enemies whom by your impru- ** dent zeal you will raife up againfl you, will openly ** hate and perfecute you, and depend upon it, you can ** expecft but little countenance or fupport from the ** weak and timid policy of your friends." But Jofeph confulted not with flefli and blood, he had regard tojuf- tjce more than to expediency, and had happily laid down to hinifelf one fixed and infallible rule of right con- dufl, to do his duly regardlcfs of confcquences. In what manner his oppofition was conducted we are not told, but this we know i!iat it was prudent^ firm, manly, be- caufe the facred hifloilan leaves us no room to doubt that [e to that sreat ily 'pt; mg judgetli ri; ;hteoufly. Nor was his conflancy and perfeverance in maintain- ing the caufe of truth and innocence lefs remarkable than the fortitude with which he at firfl openly elpoufed it. As on the fullefl conviclion he had formed a aood opinion of Jefus of Nazareth, fo his opinion of him did not i [ II ] ive faid, fie chief y fruits ;iroacIi, 'U from ig fucli le fer- mpru- 3penly 5U cau 11 the [ofcph laid con- what told, be- that ain~ ibJe fed )od did lot not vary with varying circumftances, nor was his adhe- rence to him in the leafl Hiaken by the terrible things that he had feen befal him — When Jefus was brought low even to the duft of death, when iiis vifage was marred more than any other man's, when his enemies raged and were multiplied, when his friends were all difconcertcd and difmayed, when his chofen difciples had forfaken him and fled, when thofe tongues which had been juft loofed by him were filent in his caufe,- and when of all the people there was none with him ; in this moft gloomy hour of the powers of darknefs, in this loweft flage of the deep humiliation of the Son of God, this man was neither afraid nor aflianied to own his attachment to him and his warm zeal for his honour. He went boldly u7ito Filate and begged the body of Jefus, His love to his friend, his gratitude to his benefadlor, his refpecft for in- jured innocence could rwt be quenched by the deep waters of violence ar.d wrong ;. and every narrow, every felfifli confideration was fwallowed up in the generous aim, that he who had been unjuflly numbered with the tranfgreflbis, fliould be diftinguillied from them in his death, and fliould make his grave with the rich becaufe he had done no violence^^ There is a maxim favorably entertained by all the friends of virtue, that honefly is the bcji policy, and we (hall be peculiarly happy in being able to prove that this C good It i i [ 12 ] good man's cafe is not an exception, and this we mufl do by reftricfting ourfelves to fuch rewards, as naturally flowed from his firtgular integrity, and fuch as his un- generous countrymen could not with-hold from him. God by the mouth of his holy prophet had long before promifed to his righteous fervants, who fufFered reproach for his name's fake, that injlead of JJmme the'j fiould have double. Relying upon this promife, and upon a con- fcioufnefs of his own integrity, we may conceive that this good man, maligned, traduced, and vilified by his contemporaries, was obliged to appeal to impartial pof- terity, and poflerity has not failed to do him the molt ample juftice. His diftinguilhed zeal for the honor of his divine mafter has procured him the lading honor of having his virtues recorded in a regifter that fhall not be cancelled ; the name of Jofeph of Arimathea, a name once held in reproach, has now for ages flood foremofl in the lift of thofe who have dared to be honeft in the worft of times. Plis name is as the ointment poured forth, fwect and fragrant in all the churches of Jefns Chrift. Whilil the moft polillied and moft enlightened nations of the world execrate and abhor the counfel and deed of them, they unanimoufly concur in admiring and applauding this man's conducfl. Wherever the everlafl- ing gofpel has been preached, wherever it fhall be preached from the rifing to the fetting fun, there this man's t we 111 u ft laturally his 11 11- him. I before ep roach ild have a coii- ive that by his ial pof- le moil nor of nor of not be name 'emoft in the oil red Jefiis tenecl I and ? and rJaa- I be this nan's [ '3 ] man*s integrity and fortitude fliall be recorded for a me- morial of him. ,\ ! • •! ; ;■' ' But if there are who affect to dcfpife a pofthumous reputation, and who deny that even the fweet voice of fame can in the leafl: charm the dark infenlibirity of the grave, to thcfe it will be eafy to prove, that verily there were to this righteous man more folid and more fub- flantial rewards. And in order to this, we will, if you pleafe, firft fuppofe that a good and gracious God re- moved him from the J}rivi?igs of the people, and from the evil to comCf by an immature and an early death. At that awful period when all the glories of this world faded and difappeared from his clofing eyes, when neither thef reproaches nor applaufes of the people could in the leaft alfe(fi: him ; fure we are, that he did not repent, that he had kept innocenc'j and done the thing that vjas right, by not conlenting to the counfel and deed of them. Whilfl men of doubtful and imperfecH: virtues ftaiid trembling on the brink of eternity, not knowing whither they are go- ing, mark in this perfedl man tlie fair fruits of a con- firmed integrity, peace, hope, and a full ajjurance of an abundant entrance into the habitations of the jiiji. Who can conceive or exprefs the exquifite joy, which mufl have filled his departing foul, when he reflected that the fame Jefiis whom he had fo cordially befriended in the lowefl ebb of fortune, was now exalted at the right hand of [ u ] I I t of God to be a Prince and a Saviour, that all power and all judgment were committed into his hands, and that he had the keys of* hell and of death ? If Jefus had laid down his life for his enemies, and in his bittereil agonies had prayed for his murderers, what expedlations might not be juflly formed of his indulgence and favor for luch a chofen and approved friend. If by the gra- cious declaration of the gofpel, a cup of cold water given to a difciple in the name of Chrift was not to lofe its re- ward, what an exceeding great reward might he not humbly hope ior, who had performed fuch fignal fer- vices to the mafter himfelf. "What a cordial reception might he not promife himfelf into the invifible kingdom of his Saviour, bis Redeemer, his Friend. % Need we labor to prove this important truth, the rirft principle of all religion, that death ta an honefl man mud in all poflible circumftances be great gain* The voice of nature diftinc^ly whifpers it, the voice of revelation loudly proclaims it, fome of the mofl vicious and abandoned have in a cool moment hecw ready to ac- knowledge it. Let me, fays Balaam, die the death of the righteous, and let mj lafl end he like his. But let us fuppofe the worft that could poffibly happen to this good man, let us fuppofe that Provi- dence, infcrutable in its ways, protracted his life to an extreme all power ands, and Jefus had J bittereft; 3ed:ations nd favor the gra- ter given ^Ce its re- * • lie not ?nal fer- •eception kingdom uth, the ' honefl: t gain* 'oice of vicious ^ to ac- of the ►offibly Provi- to an itreme [ 15 ] extreme old age, even in troublous times, and that he lived to fee that fatal period, when the jufl judgment of heaven began dreadfully to counterwork the policy of the Jewifli council, and to make that expedient which they had pronounced to be the political Salvation tura out to the intire. ruin and fubverfion of that (late, by bring- ing upon them the arms of the Romans, to take away both their place and nation ; then, when that devoted city was encompalled with armies, when war in its extremity, of horror began to rage, when blood was (bed like water round about Jernfalem, and there was no man to bury them, and when within was as death ; famine, faction, and the voice of lamentation and' woe ; in that dark and tempefluous evening of the JewiQi (late, when thofe who had pierced the Son of God had great occafion to wail be- caufe of him, what a cordial balfam mull it have been to the tender and fympathizing heart of this good man, to have the teftimony of his own confcience that he was clear, abfohitcl) clear from the great tranfgreflion, which had involved his country in fuch inextricable calamities ; that he had neither through fear nor complaifance deferted her deareft interefts, in the critical moment upon which depended her fate ; but that if his honed advice had been followed, Judea would have flouriQied to latefl: ages, the pride and glory of all lands. D In C 16 ] In our age and country a counfcl and deed has been contrived and executed, in its leading features too nearly i refembling the counfel and deed of the Jcwifli rulers. t A counfcl and deed which has perverted the facrcd name ^ of liberty to the vilefl: purpofes of ambition and rebel- lion, which has turned a land pleafant as the garden of Eden into a field of blood, which has torn the ungrate- ful offspring of Britain, from the embraces of a fond and indulgent parent, the protestor and guide of their youth ; and has thrown them into the hands of ftrange children, ivhofe mouth talketh 'vnuity^ and ivhofe right hand 1^ is a right hand offalfehood^ who have long been the bitter and avowed enemies of the proteflant religion, and of I the liberties of mankind. Ir I This counfel and deed, fo imjuftifiable in its prin- ciples, and fo pregnant with public ruin, you, my bre- thren, have had the virtue to oppofe; many of you with the lofs of all that is dear in this world. Whilfl huma- nity prompts me to condole with you on fuch unmerited misfortunes, the refpecfl I owe to the moral perfecflions of that great Being, in whofe prefence I now ftand, more loudly calls upon me to congratulate you upon your happy choice, as from his faithfulrefs and truth I dare pronounce, that you, like the good man recorded in the text, will at lafl find that you have aded the moft prw Vff dent as well as the mod honorable part. Surely it may be I \ ill ■> \ Hal I ml ral an .1 Of [ X7 ] be hoped thnt this wife but deluded people will foonpr or later open their eyes to the things fo evidently belong- ing to their peace and intereft : when the mifts of preju- [dicc vanifli, and when naflTion fubfides, they will natu- •ally be difpofed, from the fearful pit, from the mire and :lay, to look up to the rock whence they were hewn, 'hey will compare their former profperous days, with the prefent day of gloominefs and thick darknefs ; and, like the prodigal in the gofpel, when wafted with mrfery fund mortified with the inlults of ftrangers, they will arife jland go to their Father; they will turn their juft indigna- ^tion againft thofe ambitious and dangerous leaders, who jhave conducHied them into fuch a maze of guilt and (br- row, and will venerate and refpedl thoie injured cha- .raiflers, who have hitherto unfuccefsfully endeavoured to keep them in the waj^ the good old wa)^ in which their ^fathers walked with fongs of triumph: Should a merciful iGod grant to them fuch a falutary but painful return of cool refled^ion, fo that even the obdurate would weep over the effe^s of their own folly, for what would you ex- ; change the heart-felt fatisfacftion? for what would you yhave your glorying made void? that you have not been acceflary to the ruin of your country ; that your integrity iias preferved you from blood-guiltinefs ; that no be- reaved widow, or famiftied orphan in the frantic rage of [grief can call upon you, to reftore a father or a hufband |who has thrown away his life, and all their happinefs in ' I ■:',... 14 f», i^j»F.W'"i\i"?«!»J'!-i-'iJ'lA :1 ■. I: m S 'k in the mod diftionorable and mofl: unrighteous of all caiifes, in lifting up his hand again ft the authority of the mildeft of conftitutions, and the jujl rights of the befi of (bvcrcigns ? "^' <,,,t" , 'But fliould fuch a fair profpec^ of peace and recon- ciliation retire far from us, (hould 'c foundations of this our earth be fo far gone out of courfe, as not to be re- eftablifhed within the period that Providence has aftigned to human life ; yet ftill I proteft by all the divine honors that are paid to him, who before Pontius Pilate witnefled a good confeflion; by all the bright beams of fame which in circle fo great a cloud of witnefles ; I proteft by all the precious prom if es that are made to the faithful and the perfevering, and by all the horrid woes that are denounced againft the fearful and the unbelieving, you have not erred. The man who hath refifted even unto blood in ftriving againft this unnatural confpiracy, hath not died as a fooi doeth, nor hath he who hath patiently iiiffered the fpoil- ing of his goods, for the teftimony of a good confcience» in the leaft deviated from his true intereft^ * As long as there is a God that judgeth in the earth, as long as there is an everlafting kingdom prepared for the juft, fo long will it be the intereft of every good man to hold faft his integrity and not to let it go, though he iliould be obliged to part with every thing ■f^^^K clfe; •1' ,-T, ^ ^ i0- t *9 ] *^:' clfe ; and fo long will even the unfuccefsful flriiggles of virtue be more excellent than the mountains of robbers. When the ftorms of advcrfity arife, the good man can bid defiance to their rnded blafts, wrapped up and incircled in his own integrity. When outward fprings of comfort are dried up, he can be fatisfied from himlelf, from a confcioufnefs of his own uprightnefs, and from a fenfe of the favor and approbation of the Supreme Being. A GOOD chriftian engaged in a good caufe can upon better principles adopt the language of a gallant Roman, If I fucceedy m'j friends, we Jhall all have occafton to re- joice', if not i "jet Brutus fh all rejoice, ^ When called to fufFer according to the will of God, the true chriftian will reflefl that he is only called to tread in the ftcps of the great captain of his falvation, who was made perfecfl through fuffering; wlio when furrounded by a fea of trouble, yet did not let go the caufe that he had in hand, but fet his face forward like the flint, and did not fail, neither was difcouraged, until he had brought forth judgment unto vidory. Amidst the moft infolent triumphs of fuccefsful wick- ednefs, he will not fret himielf becaufe of evil doers, for he hath fe en that their day is coming, he is aflured by E . God W] mmmtm f : God that canndt lie, that the ivicked Jhall fbm he cut down as the grafs, and ^wither as the green herb* By faith he anticipates the glorious and terrible day, when the. Son of God fliall vifibly defc^nd to bring the wickednefs oFthe wicked to a fearful and a perpetual end, and to cftabliflv the juft in the abundance of peace ; then (hall thit r^^vhich hath long been ^lled with the fcorn of thoifaHpre at eafe, and with the defpitefulneis of the ^proud^i^iiutde ib hcds: i^Uoyfit^Jvundr infinitely fweeter tliari thiT harjw of zngm^eU'^^^ fervant^ enter thou into the jo)s of th) Lord, Now to God, 6cc. ,i ^1 1 4^!; ■i".' - m.'r.; r.*-;' - ■■■■ -< _' j^' ■» » ' » ' •^ ■ V- '^;i.f- :'j; ^^^-l;. ; ^««; ^-^iS^i^'SiejiCpriife&x^Kn:^ "a ;'i flSfi ■ .' i 'fc€l. •r. «, ^ 'r - " t* ,' •>.«**'.' ♦ ... ■ "" ■* ■" „r ■ ^ ■/^■\ V. - — \ .....? i ■' • ■ -,-«; .-iv , ',./v *_. _""' ' ' - :^.. ■ 5? f .''SMJ^lEI'nr =^'y-*rf:- V ■' •'•■'■«*»Hfe',V»«4«^<»' H^i- -- -o; ,. „ he cut By faith icn the. kednefs and tof^ »n (halt* born of I of the fwccter fMtffuh rii /. »