A FareweUSermon, &c. tn theeyeofa Prince, whofe coumemnce was able to put life inwany btholder: I A How oft hath that facdhmed up& •s, &we have found our heartwarm\\ith thofe comfortable beames ? Behold, we !hall livewith that God, in whofe prefence is the tu!ndie ofjoy: we have lived in the focie~y ofworthy men; yer,hur men; fubjell ro all pafficns,infirmirks,felfe- refp< eh : whrch ofus all can have ekaped without fame unkindndfes,detractions,emularions?EarthlyCourts can be no more withour thefe, than rhefe can bewithout corruprion : there,we fhalllive in the company ofinnumerablr A n~els, and the fpirits ofju{land perfectmen ; neither con there be any jar in rhe(cH•UellljahJ, whic~ we fballallfingtoGod. We have lived to fee the magnificence ofearrhly Princes, and to partake of it ; in their buildings, furnimres, feofis, triun phs; in their wealth,porrpc,pleafures: Btn open your eyes and fee rhe new Je- ' ufakm,theCitieofthe grearKing ofSaints, and all thefe fublunary vanities lhall be coPremncd. Hereyou!hall feea foure-fquare Citie; theWJils ofJafper, t~e founda- B , ions garnifbed with all precious ftones, J:welve gates oftwelve prarie., Thehoufes •nd {lreers ofpure!(Oid,like!biningglaffe: A Chryftall riverruns in the midfr of ir. ond on the banksofirgrowesrhe tree ofhle; ever greene, ever fruitfull: This isfo~ 1he rye. The eare !hall be fillcn with the melody ofAngels,ever finging,Holy,holy, hnly LordGod A lmi~htie. The rafte fhall befathfied with Manna,the food ofAn· ~els: with thefruit ofthe tree cfhfe, with that new wine whlch ourSavicurhath promifed to drinke \Vith us in hi< Kingdcme; Tbefe are the dimmelhadowes of our rururebleffednefl'e. Ar thy ri~br band 0 God are pleafures for evermore; and fuch plcafures, as ifthey could be exprtlfedor concei9ed, were nor wonhy ofcur longngs, nor able to fati!lie us : Oh that we could fo mt eh the more long ro wjoy them, by how much leffewe areable to comprehend th<m I When S. P4kfmade his fare-well fermon tothe Ephtlians, he fetcht reareo from the<yesofhisauditors (fo C full ofholy paffion was hisfpeech) efpecially wirh that one daufe, And new behold 1know,th:>t henceforth you all,rhrough v.hom I have gone prraching theKingdome ofGod,O,all feemy faceno more. A fad claufe indeed,You fhall fee my face nomore. Themindofmancannotmdure to take afinal leaveofany thing rhatoffends ir not· butthe face ofa frknd, ofacompanion, ~ath fomoch pleafure in it, rhat we canno; withourmuch farrow rbinke ofle<ing it our !aft: Bur what ifwdballmeet here no more? what ifwefhall nomore fee one anorhets face 1 Brethren, we fhall once meer rogrther above;wefhall once fee rhe glorious face ofGod,And never lookolfagaine. Lerir nor over-grieve us to leavethefeT ~acles offtone,fincewe muft fhorrly hy down rhefeTabernaclesofclay,& enter tOto Tabernacles not madewirh hand•- eternall in rheheavens. Till then, furewell my deare brethren, farewell in the Lord; Goe in peace, and live as thofe that have loft fuch aMa{ler, and as rbofe thar terve a D \latter, whom they cannot lofe : A~ theGod ofpeace ~oe with you, andprofper you in all yourwayes1 and fn fix thiS T3bern•clem you uponearrh, that you may be received into rhofe Tabernaclesof the new Jerufalem, and dwell with him tor ever, in that f!lory which bee barb provided for all that love him. Amen. FINIS. E
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