________________________ /~3 I -I A FAREWELL SERMON. R E V E L· 21, 3· C A11a I hearda great voicefrom hellV,.,, {4Ji11g, BeholdthtTa6er•aclet!fGod i< with me,., aid he wiUdroellwith fh<m, ~""the.Jjha/1 k hk people,'aflii,God/}fmfilfifha/1he their Grd with them. ""' Goafh•llwipe 4'1'Pay•ll tearufromtheire;cs;Andtherejhallhenomore tkath,ueiJher forr071', nar cr}IIJg, neither jhAIII/Jere ht 4nJ mmepaine, fur the fi•P thsQf!,' arepa[fed. And he thatJateupon thethro:tt, foid; Behold, l ma/;t •llthingr nerr. T is no won<ler,ifthis place; a~ it is (fur the pr~'tlt) theWellhead of furrow to all{;hrifrendome, have feot torrh abundance ofwarers of.ll!ares. And perhaps, you may expect, that as the trumpets of our lace hea~·y funeraJI-iOlemnitie foundedhafeftaod dolefulleft,at the !aft; fo my fpeech, being the l.aft pub!ike breath of this fad dilfolving Family, lhould bemof:pallioll3tely forrowfuU. And furely I could !l · eafilyobraine ofmy felfe, oucoflht birternelfe of my IOule, to fpend my felfe in lamentations, and eo break:euptbis alfembly,in the violent expre/Iionsofthat gtiefe,wberewitb our hearts are alre2dy broken : bm I well confider, thatwefhallcarryforrowenoughbomewithus,inmy!ilence; and rhat iris bothmore hard, and more neceff'ary for us, to be led forrh to the waters of coriiforr. And becauleour occafions ofgriefe are fuch,as no earthly ron!!nc can releeve us, nor noean.hlyobjeGl:, Avoice from heaven Uull doe it,and a voice leading us from emh eo heaven, A..JI beardavoicefrom heave11, &<c. Thisday is aday of note forthree famons p!riods. Firf\, icisthe day of rhediilipa!ion ofthisRoyall Family. Then,rhe laf\ day ofourpub!ike and joyn: m~urning. E Lallly, the day ofthe alteration and renewi(lgofollr ftite, and cvurfe oflife, wirh rbeNew-ycere. All thefe meet in thisTextwichcbei_rcordil!ls,anddl\·incremedies: Our diffipationand diff'olution in tb~fe words, Behold theTabern,u!e ofGod ir ~t~~ith melt. Ourmourning, Godflullwipe<:rPaJ all tearu, &c. Our cbaogeofefrJte, Bfhold, I willma4f•llthi•!.' ner.. I mufrcrave leave to glide rhorow all ofthefewirh I mu:h fpeed; and (for the b!'rter conveniencieof our difcourfe) rhoww t he firll,lafl. My fpeech thertfore lhaU as it wereclimbe up chefe fixJb it<;; ~f do.'lrin '· Oo 2 t. Tb1c --------------------------------~ -------------- ------ ·------- I I· I
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