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'jr^w ''^ VUEACIIED IN TRiKrJT CHURCH, j"-k U^'^\', KINGSTON, July l&li, 1809. / • t ■ jlS By the Reverend Samuel Andrews, A, M, ReElor cf Saint Andrews Church, in the Parijli of Saint Andrews, t S SAINT JOHN: PRINTED BY JACOB S. MOTT, PRINTER TO THE KING's MOST EXCEL- LENT MAJESTY, AT THE SIGN OF THE BIBLE AND CROWN, PRINCE WIL- Lli^M STREET, 1809. ;#. -Kt • \wnie Jicnn uJirir ri nmmmmm A SERMON, r««I»ir>i RKVKLATION, IHh Chap. 15th Verse. And I heard a voice from Heaven, sai/irig un/o me^ Xwrite hlefl'ed ure the dead ivhich die in the Lord, from we/ur/orth ; yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rtjljrom \their /a hours; and (heif ^pt^/'^v (InJnUnm Ihi^ni. THKSE \vord§, /ro/// henceforth, fecm in their pri- mary lenfe to refer to the bloody, general and Icruol periecution under the Kpiperor Diocletian: ^he [Aponie, indeed, rup;<;elis that this perfecution jj^ould be To very fevcre, that it would be a favour in Divir^e ^Providence, to thole pious worthies who had kept the J faith, to be removed to ihe bleflcd manfions prepared in Heaven for them, before it commenced; and thus clcape the calamities which Chriftians mud then expe- dience from the mereilefs rage of Heathen powers. — !l'lior»; io hQ^vcver a iiiurt- general, and indeed, a more appropriate fenfe of the words, from henceforth, ihat is, tince Chrif] our PalFover is facriticed for us, /ince the «[toncment is made and accepted too, and the GofpeJ JubliiJied, the dead in the Lord beyond peradven ture ^e bkffed; and fliall be admitted io .fuch unfpcakable ijoymenls as have not even entered into the he^rt of lan to conceive of, when they (luill attain the final flaudit of their Judge. • : e'Ji: This is the general fenfe of the words^ — the bletrecj coiifoJatory truths I purpq|p to jlluilrate in the fol- > lowing K (f5) lowing Dircoiirfo: And iiulctd tlio Apofllo h.is in a fc.\7 words cMpcclVtid ihc icafon and naluic of the blcflcd- ncfi (he pious Chrillian ininu'dintcly receives when ho fall:? a deep in Jeliis. lie rcll:i from his labours, and his work', follow him. 1(1. lie rells from his labours. j'd. His works follow him. The fird is a reafon without which he could not bo happy: and the lalt is in lonie Icnl'e the fo ircc of hii happincfi. hut, in the (irll place, the n;ood Chrillian at death reds from his labours, 'ibis is the lirll reafon the Apofilc ;;ivcs why they arc bleiled who die in the Lord: and if we conbdcr what a vad ran^^c of dutic?', the word hihour^ is here dclljrncd to embrace, wc mult jullify the ApolUe's dei laration. Our blclled mailer has toKI u^, the Chiriliian life is a warfare in which there is no difcharge; and we have to conteiul indeed witli enemies on every fide, both at home and abroad. It often requires mudi labour and Clirillian fortitude to bear with a dutiful relignatioii, thofo evils which either arc the lot of human nature in its prefcnt degraded llatc, or the challifement of a wife and riglitcous governor; fueh as pain and licknefs, po-. vcrty and reproach, miiVeprcfcntation and (lander, the treachery of pretended friends, the violence of open enemies, and in a word every fpecies of pcrfecution. But belidcs thefe natural and provickntlal wlUKicfs there is a vafl train of moral evil:-., which it is the pre 1 )er labour of the Chrillian life to refill; and indeed this IS that Chrillian warfare in which there is no difcharge.i But here, our firll and moH important duty is to labour and learn to conquer ourfelves. Man is coinpofed of two diftinfl and very different principles, * F/^/z and Spirit, and the Apoftle has told us that thefe two prin- ciples are in a Hate of perpetual enmity: " The fleflir lulleth againft the fpirit and the fpirit againft the flelh; the carnal mind is at •imity with Cod," it is ncvey i :^: *y olunta*Uy well Oi ma lie the I, the w and t worl( proh hono love how (J lands ! ) \o\e Ij our a m«nd' "the o^ wearie "rt-'si ( 7 ) Voh^T^^^^"**\ TviVie^ to \\\c law; nay, it i«? r\ rrfllfO; mrw VI r, ami . tndcni too often a furccl'sfiil lolicitor with us to lUffCgard it. . V/c arc thrrclbrc coniinaiKlfcl to inor« tif'v ou.r earthly ru'in))(Ms, pikI Io lar rul)(uic all carnal lArlmis/ ns to "^'ing tin in to obey tlu* ditlatcs of the iwitui, ^\'lucK appiovcs of ihc law of God. Now this ^ioubtU'fb is a laborious talk, and rrcjuircs unccafinf!; ap- -pJiettiion; nor is it cvrn then to be athicved without iHeaid of the whole Divine armour: and this indeed is iaiarmo'AV of fuflicient ei;cr«;y to (ontjucr this law of the nicinbcrs, in a word, this whole bod} of death; and therefore the Apofile thanks (Jod that the faithful peni- tent Chrillian has a refu<;e in Chrill the Redeemer, who, through the aids of J)ivine Grace, gives the vi61ory, over this, and all the power of the enemy. I'ut would wc enjoy this refu<;e at all times, and gain the indwel- ling adillancc of God's Holy Spirit, we mult lirlve to- gether with it againd the folicitations of the icur/d as well as the lleth. Our blelled Saviour has told us, wc cannot ferve two mailers, and his Apoflle, that " If wc love the worlds the love of the Father is not in us. For all that is in the world, the lull of the llefti, and the lutl of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is oi the world." Indeed the world, the infinuating world, is a prolific parent of fin. How does the glare of worldly honor, withdraw the mind from God? How does the love of pleafuve, darken and bewilder confcience? And how does the pride of riches, bewitch and Hay her thou- lands? It behoves us then to llrive earneiUy againd the 1 love of the world, and cry mightily unto God, to wean jjOur affe61ions from the things of ii, for this is the com- iimnd-of God, and he only who does his sx;/// abideth forever. •/ i Laftlv,,,we are told by the voice of truth, that Satan, the grand enemy of God and man, is reftlefs and un- wearied in his attempts to fcduce us from the line of ;*. * '€ .•^' p our .J ' it (ft) ^ ftiirdiity; inflci-d fhnt hr «»oc<> about as .i rof^'''"^' /.io^ ft't'king whom In* in:»y tU-Noiir, and rluMt lore vi<' 'Hr lo \vrc(ilc,(j)t>l only a;|ain/l llrlli and I)Uha1, but^* avain/l Prituipalirics and l*o\vt'rs; aoniull th^ rulers^ ol t\w darkiicrs of this world, aj!;aijill Ipirifmr wiikc'dtieiii in hi^![h jilaci's; ami to put on the \vhoU» armour ^>rGod, that wc may I'o riiccelsridly refill the Devil, that he tnny fly from us; and if we put our full trull and (on^idcncr in the Lord Jehovah, and ri*!;ht t ()ura«?,eou(ly unrlcr his banner, he will bruife Satan (hortly under oi.'f t't'ct.^-*.. That Divine liein*', ^vho thrull that old deceiver out of Mcaven for his rebellion, can make us too, impotent as we naturally are, an over matv h lor this vile cliampion, ai\d all his Legions. But we mull remember, that our final fuccefs de[)ends upon faith in the Redeemer, marchinjT forth in his flren/rfh, co-operatin<5 with his fpirit, and when called, refilling even unto blood, flri- yinj; againll fin. . . . . : , ^i Now, my Brethren, what labour — what a warfare — what a mij;^hty confli^l is this? to be at j)erpetual enmi- ty with ourlelves — to mortify all our animal defircs and paflions — to renounce the love of this world, nnd from day to day, and even till death, to refill and repel all the fiery darts of tb2 wicked one; and in a word, to de- ny ourfelves, and take up the erofs perpetually. Mud not then a releafe, an eternal releafe, from all this pain, labours, felf-denial and mortification — all this conHi6l with our palTions, with the idlurcMiicntK of fin, and the temptations of Satan, be an happy releafe to the good man.'^ an unfpeakable fatisfa^ion to the pious foul? Blefl'ed then furely are the dead, who die in the Lord, for they refl from their labours, and enter into tha blefled country where the weary are at rell, where in- word, there is nothing to offend. • *•' sdly. The Apoflle llyles the dead in the Lord happy, becaufe their works follow them. This is indeed the bleflfed privilege of the Gofpel covenant, and the re-j V (9) w.nil of ihofo who die in it ; for nut of Chiifl Cod i.i A ( onlummt; (ivc; nor coiiM flu* brll of ns ^itul in his llohi, (houlil e a treafure laid up in Heaven for us, to brighten our If any of us ha\'c not before, it behoves -«; riow. to [earch the Scriptures daily, to fee whether v/ha. they re- late conceri.ing the atonement of Chrifl, is not Co; and jeing fatisficd by a cloud of witneflbs, that what the ;)hets foretel of Meffiah in the old Teliament, arc •/illed to a little in the perfon ol Jclus Chrid, as related I the new: and of courfe that he has made a plenary tonement, and is that fountain of living water, God as fet forth to be a propitiation, through faith in his loodj to wafli av>'ay the guilt of every penitent. Let . •- 'us / % ■*^.' I :■ ( '10 ) lis flj^lit ('oura|;i"()un) iiiidn- this all ronqiiciin;»nrmour, ngain/l pU'^<' t'luniit'* oi ov.v I'litiirr prijrr, iiiul flun \vheii \vc are lumuioiud before the 'I'lihiinal of our final judi»c, >vc ni.dl experience the l.w red truth of the \voi(Im in the text, > iz. " lilefled are the dcail who die in the I,or(\, for they red fr^fi nd therefore when he ehofe his employment for life, Ifi-'hitli kI frol .^has'b, utthv ,nm)ipiJ '^Ij^tcoif and was early fcafoned with exprelHons of Divine Grace the facrcd profedion was preferred; and in this chara^ler be has fhonc as an able, and faithful yXmbad'ador of hii nicdcd mader Chrid Jefus: and from a lone: and very intimate acquaintance, I am able to fay, that no Clergy- man within the larj'c circle of mv obfervation, has been more laborious, more condant "ud unwearied, more zealous and cuKa^^ed. nor do 1 Ir: ''Cve more iucccfbfiil in the m T ( II ) . # the mliiiflry, for t lie l(»ti'VP''J*i<> and infinite importance of the facrcd lellonK he callcil , upon them with perrever-nf; importunity, to prailite. ,' Few had a more happy talent in compofition, and wmc. ' a belter jnd;zineni in choofini; (ubjeiMs adapted to the jwants and calculated to thr Ipiritiial iin[)rovement of ^ his hearers than he had; ofcourle he has been hi;^hlv relpecled M)d revered in his Parilhes, in the States, and » in this Country, arul has !iad in both ofthein numerous, ^ well inlormed and relpe^tahle congregations: while at ( the lame time his open and friendly deportnumf, as well as his entertaining; and improving converl'ation, !;avo liftn rank and ellee'n in the circles of his cleric al Hrc- tliren, and this elleem ever incrcafed, with our increai'ed ^ i rquaintance. Omy Hrother James, how plealanf, how ' ^^y plcalani hall thou been inito me! — Hiif alas ! he i^ ng( to return. — Alter he had lerved God OHp tt ^k1 hi*)i^<»nei'nfU)n with unremitted exertion, he was in fi goftfi Old a-^e vi/ited with a long and painful difeafe ; hich preyed upoe. his con/lit ulion from day to day, j Klfrom ye^ar^to \ear, till ihrouuh the mercy of God ? I Vhas'brmrghf him down to the grave, that b'eait^d coun- , were the weary are at rell, and where, we doubt not, t through the Grace of God and the merits of Chr/l, |It^i55 now rejoicing in his viaory over (in and death — |rimnpiiing in tlie reward of thole who turn many to '«lVeourncfir--lhiiHng with the Iplendor of a Starii) the kin doin 1 ii '1 4 .^^i±v. : I I »'- ( 1.2 5 Jiingdoin of his Hivine Father, and findinfr cxperimeiw tallv llietvTTth olthc words at i\\c head orthisdil'coiirfe, '• JileHcd snr^' the dead whodio iu the Lord, lor Hiey reft from iheir labours, and tlicir works ^^ follow them." Here let us leave our worthy Frieiid, and return to confider our own duty. In the iirll place, let me lay to the dirconl'oiate Helifl of the dceealed. You pjy re- ipc^lcd Siller, are called upon to lament the loiV: of the companion of your youth, and choice of-your tender years — a companion who had a difpoHtion to cafe your burdens, and by his religious attainments, was able to lead you towards that blelfed reft, which remains to the pe()|)le of God. The lofs of fuch a Friend is indeed u Jicavy calamity, but let this conlideration cheer your ^o- litary lieps, that he is now haj)pily delivered from that lon^ cfjuflitl which feemed aimoU too heavy for even patience to bear, and entered upon thofe unlpeakable enjoyments, which exceed the utmofl reach of human conception, where may you in God's good time meet him, and rejoice forever in redeeming love, in that blef>w fed country where there is nothing to ofTend. But let the children of the dcceafed, by the lofs of their Father, be led to confider how uncertain their own time is. You have been a large and flourifhing family — God has bleired you with health and profperily ; the arrow which fiicth by day, nor the pellilence that w-'*"^" eth in darkncis, or the dcIlruClion which has wa/le.'* oy . every fide, hath not reached you, however, till now/ Throu":h the dillin"tl pious precepts upon the living l^blcs cjTyoiu* hr«rts — May his worthy Succcllor in particular, iranrcuie the prominent virtues of his Fredeccdbr, and th Son equal, nay if poHible, exceed the Father, inlhe love of God — the knowledge of lug yf\}i -t*n ^'icf'arnefs and fuccefs of his pious indruclions, 9a\ in his exertions for the fpiritual improvement of Iv* hearers: and may you all my refpe^tcd friends an(l JSwthren, i'o pals tluonvorId, that \}o u Jal die in th: Lord. IjiU I cannot clorc t^^l^dWcourro, without obferving to' bis brethren vvlio cv,,^ piciciit, that you Ice our Fra- iefnity isjldcorcanug. (iod^has taken a l^rincipal one frqiTi thc'm^cHl,or ub, and I Icel weak this day, by the low A'';/^i'^ ''o'ini'el and advice. 15ut why fliould wc < om])!ain d i)ur lols, when wc have fo good rcalbn to believe it haji'tcrminatcd in c*r brothers ^in. He had Terv'ed his Cod, his Ciiurch, his family, and his genera- tion, with ability, zeal and care, till age and inlirmity (but up his further fcrvites; and h>s l)lefied Mailer, in great kindnci's, has removed him to a better world, and a higher fphcre of aiJTiion. Let us then, my Reverend Brethren, animated by his exam[)le, double our own diligence in the fcrvicc of our Divine Matler, and then we too fhall in due time reap the blclled prize if wc faint not. We ferve an almighty, and all bountiful Mafler. Our fervice is highly honorable — Our mellage , is infinitelv benevolent. After the examples of Anijels • »it the birth ofJclus, wc are authorifed to proclaim, /" Glory to God in thehighcft, peace on earth, and good will towards men.*' Upon foot of the atonement, we li^e dirct:l.ed to publifh reconciliation to the faithful, ^^ ;:t ^^ the; jienitent, t(nd ail inlinite recompenfe, as pcrf^^\ ^' - is f)ermanciu, to all thofc, who, through that Divine gra^.^ ^j^j.^ j^ ,^^„.^,. ^ithholden from the jj^ontii ieeker; lu^U ftrive to follow the example oHiiii ,|noU holy hie :iii^dicd for our olfences, and is rifen for J)ur jultibcation. ^'^^j^ hai'velt is indeed plenteous, but It , "^^'f^^^ ^'^^ rfV',',4ct us then, not onlv, pray the ■J.ord oi the MpeUr^^^^^ i^j^j 1;^,,^,^ kibourers into his |bavvea; but aiter thQ,^|a,„j^|p ^f ^^j. Brother departed, t t us exert oiirlelvc^ ^Jltfi diligence, and patience, with ! - ' . zca! il f I ■'I. i'Ja we tonvrrieAui the molt ihTw:, «*"fn. iiui \\ we pcrfc- verc in this goud (oiirfc till oiJ* l)l(*fiVd Maflcr tails ns oft* fhc Stage, we fhail iti God's Mood time, hot oiilv meet our late refpe^^ed friend in n better world, hut others alfo, who have lived Godly in>i.'hri<^ icfus, and rendered thcmfelves dear to us, l)y a pio "t, ,' and con- verfation. And will it not be a I'liblimejj^lear'/r^'^n meet our pious friends, in that blcH'cd comitry, where there is nothing to off'end/aud where our dfear Redeem- er unveils all the fplendors of his Divinity? Let us put on refolution then, my Brethren — The time is fhort ; the conflift will foon be over; the reward is near at hand. Fricndfhip will not be buried forever in the grave, and carried into the land where all things are for- gotten; but will wake up with incrcafed charms in the world of Spirits. In that world the notices of things here, will meet our rccollc61ion; and as the remem- brance of crimes here, will add to the torments of the wicked in the world of Spirits, fo the recollection of kind deeds, pious counfels, and all the offices of virtu- ous fricndfliip, will add to the enjoyments of the pious. BlefTed then, thrice bleflcd, are thofe who die in the Lord, for they, uot only, refl from their labours, and their works follow them; but t^o con fum mate ^thci - jc;^ in thofe heavenly manfions they are joMed a"^'*"; '^^^ their pious friends departed, to the whole "^^^X r-u '^^f tyrs and confefTors — to the general aflem^v ^^^ Churc/i of the Firft-Born— to an innumerable-^^^-^^^P^"); ^* '^^'\ gels— to Jefus whofe atoning blood tt^^'^^ "« from the guilt and burden of our fins— and te>^G«^ ^"^ univer- fal parent and friend of all— whl^tlP^ S^^"^ "^^y ?f the happy lot and portion of us rf'tb^^^g" ^^^^^ ^*^"^ our Lord. — Amen. K J^\ .•*JA.tii.?ftif-. MR. JNDRFJFS's SERMON, ox THE REW.IRD OF PIETY, III MeJiwry of the Rcvcrc/id Air. James Scovil, Lite Red or of Trinity Church, Kingston, jMezc-Rrimszoic^; the follozcing Discourse xvas conijwsed, and delivered in said Church, July \ Gth, I 809; and is nozv jmllijfied at the jcqucjl, and resped fully inscribed to the family of Mourn- \crs hy their Friend and Servant • ' ,X THE AUTHOR,