A FarewellSermon,&c. A crying,anddeath,are for our fins; rake away corruption,and mifery goes awaywith it aod till then,it will neverbe removed: No m•~ p•t''""'"'i"' i11t• oldvrffil!; much JeOe will God put thenewwineofglory,inro the old veffels ofcorruption: They are cur fins,which as in particular they have rob'd us ofour Prince,chaneed our feafons, fwepc away thoufands with varieties ofdeath; fo in generall,they have deformed the f3ce of heaven and eorrh,and made all the Creation figh and groan, and !!ill make us incapableof the perftaion ofouLbleffedneffe; for while the fir£! things continue, there mu£! needs be teares,and forrow,and deotb.let us therefore look upon heaven and emh as goodly creatures; bur,as blemifhed,as tranfitory,asrhofe which we fhall once fee more glorious. Let us looke upon our felves with indignation, which have thus di!!ained them; and as thofe which after fame termeoftheir cottage expired, are afTured they fhall hove amarble palace built for them, doe long after che time prefixed rhem, and thinke che duyes and monechs pafTe Oowlyaway, till then; fo lee t11 B earne!!ly d<fire the dayofthe diffolution ofthis great houfeof theworld, that wee may haveourconfummarion in the new heaven. For fo foone as ever theold is pa£1, Bel-old (faithGod) IwillmoA!•Uthicgsr"'"· Yea, chepaffageof che one, is the renewing ofthe other: As che fnake is renewed, nor by putting on any new coat, but by leaving his Oough behind him : thegold is purified, by leavinghis droffe in the fire; Therefore he addes, not,lrJill, bur,l do mok,tall 11ew: and becaufe this is agreat worke, behold agreat Agent; He th4t fate~pM thethro11efold, Behold I mo~e•ll new. A Throne lignifiosMajelly, and Sicring pcrmanenceorperperuity: God fayes, He.vw ;, OJ) T browe, in the Pfalme:buc as Solomon' throne ofivory and gold,was the be£! peece ofhis houfe; SoGodschrone is che mo£1 glorious heaven, the heaven of heaven•; for you fee that though heaven and eanh palfe away, yet Gods throne reIIJained !!ill, and he fitting on it; neither finne r.or diffolution,may reach ro theEmC pyreallHeaven,the Ccat ofGod. Here isa fiace worthy ofthe King ofKings; All the rhronesQ£mthlyMonarch!, are bur peeces ofhis fooc-!!oole. And as his throne is majefiicall and permanent, fo ishis refidencein !r;Hefate in the ThrOMe.S.stepl>enfaw him ftanding,as it were ready for his de!tnce and prorcllion: S.]oh~ fees him fitting (as our Creed alfo runs) in regard ofhis inalterable glcry. How brittle the throne•of earthly Prince• are, and how they doe rather!land than fit in rhem, and howOippery they fiand roo,we fecle thisday,and lament. 0 lon,l,e!!ablifh the throneofrhy fervanr our King,and !er his feed endure for ever. Let his thronebe as theSunne before chee for evermore; and asthe Moone a faitbfull witneffe in heaven. Bur howfoever it be with our earthly God•, ofhis Kingdome there is no end. Here is a ioafier for Kings, whofe glory it is co rife up from rheirthrones, and rhrow down their Crowns at his feet, and toworD lhip before his fooc-!!oole. Be r~~ifo thert{ore,O!'King'; f1eleaflt<dJe l!ulen •fthe eatth: fervt thk C.ord inftar, •~d rtjOJct i~ hi,. fllith tremhlmg. Yeabeholdhere(fince we have the honour eo ferve him,whomKings ferve)a rayall Ma!!er for us; It wa• oneofour finnes, Ifeare,rhar we made ourMa!!er,our God; I meane, char we made llefh onrarme; and placed rhor confidencein him, for our earthly !lay,which we fhould have fixed in heaven : Our roo much hope harh left us comforrlefTe: Oh rhac we could nowmakeGodonr Ma!!er,ond rrufi himfomuch themore,as we have leffe in earch co cru£1 to. There ;, no fervice eo rheKingofhea· ven; for both his throne is everla!!ingand unchangeable,and hispromorionscerrain ondhonourable: He that firsonrhe Throne harh faid ir,To him that overcomur~~i/1 1 E givt to.fit JP#h 11Jt·in 111) throne; tfJWIH I overcome,andJttrrltb "'J Father i11hit throne. Behold, yee ambitiousfpirirs, how ye 111ay truly rife to more than ever rhefoonrs of iekdee defired co afpire co : ferving is theway to reigning; fervehim that fits upon the.Throne, and yeefhalllir your felves upon rheThronewith him. . Th)s isrhoAgenr; che ·~is fie for him, 1 maA! 1/lthingt ~'"'·Even the very Turks tn thetrAIeoran,can fubfcnbe CO that ofTerlul#o11,f!(!fipvtuitfocere,potcjl &rejicere: lfearetowrongtheHolyMaje!!y with my rude comparifon; Iris norfomnchro . God,to make a world,as for us,to fpeak: Hefjlake rheword and it was done:There is
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