376. .A' Sermon at the Funeral tion of his will to his heavenly Fathet"'; the unfpotted purity of his ddires and af– fections, wholly mortified as to tl1is luwer., , ,~,orld; the ardency of his love to God;.. aJnd his z_eal and ddjght to do his will .; his wonderful' patience under the greatefi fufferings; his uninterefted; fiq._cere, ~fnd ' boundlefs charity towards men, doing good– ~ven· to. thole who hated and perfecutecf him, and dying for thofe who crucifie& 11im:. ln thefe, ' and·all other graces, he11ath g-one before us, and called upon us to learn of hitn, and follow him~ For this. end he did- live and die, to endue us with~ nis Spirit, and change our nature into his. He hwnbled hin1felf to our nature, d1at h<r ~~~gh,t rna~~- us 2art~ke of his: he hath r..t:.-:– vealed unto us the nature of'God, and his · undeferved grace and goodnefs unto us, and' our unfpeakable n1ifery a.nd corruption, __ and efhangement- from our- heavenly Fa– tl1er; and hath 'put us again into a capacity· of being his children, he himfelf becomihg . our elder brother~ H·e hath raifcd;us un.... to the hopes of the enjoyn1ent of God for e.vern1orc in boundlefsfelicity, thatwen1ight thus purify ourfelves as God is pure. He: l1athbreathed his Iioly Spirit into the world, to infpire us with life:~ and change us into his
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