A F,nrewel/Sermon,&c. c-o-u-ld_n_o_t_h-av_e_p_e,_r~o-r-tl:-,-io_n_·--:.,i;h<>ut them; but like asGod loves,and iwes,md r<joy=JA ce.tru!y, but in amannerofhis mme, abfiralted from all infirmity,and p3ffion: fa I 'doe his glorified Saints in imitationofhim. There therefore,as we cannot die,fawe cannotgrieve, we cannot be oflhl:ted. Here one fayes, My belly, my belly, With the Prophet· another,Mine head,mine head, with the Shunamires fonne; anmher,My fonne,my fonne,as Davld; another,My fnher,my father,with Elifl>a. One cryes our ofhis finnes,with David;anotherofhis hunger.with Efoll;anorher ofan ill wife,with 'job· another oftreacherous friends,with the Pfalmifr 1 One ofa fore in body, with 1Ez.t~hitH; another ofa troubled foule, withour Saviour in the garden; everyone bath fame complainr,or other,tomake his cheekswet,and his heart hcavy.Sray but a while, and there lball be noneof thefe : Thcrdball be no crying, no c0mplaining in the frr)1'ets of the newJerufaJ, m : No axe, no hammer lballbe heard within this hea· venly Temple. Why arewe nat conrem to weep here a while, on condition that we may weep no more? Why are we nm Ambitious of this bletfed rafe? Certainly, B wedoe not fmart enough withour evils,that weare noc defirous ofrefr; Thefe reares are not yet dry, yet theyaro ready to be overtaken byothers,for 01 r particular afBt· Ctions. Miferirs,., the Pfalmiflcomparesrhem, are likewave!, which breakone upon another, and rotfe us with aperpetu.Jl vexation; and we vaine men, fhall we not wilb to be in oor haven? Arewe fick,•nd grieve to rhioke ofremedy? Arewe frill rlring,and arewe loth tothinkeoflife? Oh this miferable nnbeliefe, that thoughwe fee a ~lorious heaven above U!, yer we are unwilling to !!0• mit: we fee awearifome world about us, and yet are loth to thinkofleaving •t: This graciousMiller ofonrs, whofe ditrolution is ours,while hewas here among t os,his Princelycrowncouldnor keep his head from paine, his golden rod could not drive away his fevtrs; now ishe freed from all his aches,a!!De•,frirches,convulfions,cold fweats : now he triumphs in C glory,amonF,ft the Angels and Saints; now hewalks inwhite robe1,aod atttnds on the gloriousbride-groomofthe Church; and do we think hewould becontent now, for all rhe Kingdomesoftheworld,to be as he was?We that profeffeit wasour joy & honour to follow him,whitherfoeverhe had gone; In his difpom, in hiswarres, in hi• rr •vd~; why "'ewenot nowambitions offollowing him to his better crown;yea of reigning together wirh him (fur heaven admi•s ofrhio equality) in that glory wherein hereip1es with his Saviour and ours? Why do• we not now heartily, wirh him that was r.viO.ed into the third heaven,fay,CNpto diffo/vz & tjfi:t~~m Cbrijlo, not barely robe dilfolved; • maleconrenrmay doe fo; bur therefore robe difiolved,rhat wemay be with Chrifi,poffeffed ofhis everlafring glory, where we fhall not only nor weep,but rejoyce and fing Halltl11iahs for ever; noronlynot die,bm enjoy abletfed and heavenly life. Even fa Lord Jefm come quickly. Now if any m on lball afke D the Difciplesquefrion : Mafrer, when fhall theft thingsbe? the celefriall voice tels - him it mufl be upon a change;Forthtfirjl tfti,gt are paffid; It lballbe in parr,fofoon as everour firfr thing•,our life,rhe condition ofourmoru'iry arepaffed over; Itlhall be fully,when the firfi thingsofthe world are paffed; Pafied,notbyaholirion,bur by immutation,asthRt Father&id well; Nor the frame of the world, bur theccrmprion ofchat frame mufr palfe. The Spirit ofGod is not curiam,hecalls rhofe rhingsfirfr, whichwereonely former; not in refpelt ofthe fiare which is, bar that which fhall be; Forrhofe thing• whichwere firfr ofall, were like their maktr; good, not capableof defrruction : Our finnes tainted thewhole creation, and brought fhame upon all rhe frameofheaven, and earth: That which we did,fhall bedifanulled; that which God did,fhall fraud for ever; and this difTolurion fhallbe our glory: other ditfoluri· ons thike teares into our ey<S; asrhis day iswjtnetfe : it is our farrow th•t the fi rt! E things arepatfed,our oftices,our penfiops,our hopes,our fuvours, and (which weefrecmed moll}oor Cervices are gone: Let this laftdiffoluti"ncomfort us againfl the prefent. Who cangrieve to fee afarnllie diffolved, that confiders theworld mufl be diffolved? 1 his littleworld ofours,firfi,whereofthis day gives an image; for as our fervice, foourlife mufraway : and then that grear one, whofe diffolution isreprefenred in rhefe. Thedifference is, that whereas this ditlblurion bring• reares to fome eyes, that wipes themaway from all: for all our teares, and farrow, and toyle, and ' cr~~
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