398 .ASermon at the Funeral ,·God, by conGdering -the vafl:nefs .of his ·works, and the mirable wifdon1 and ,_goodnefs that appeared in the order of the ·world, and the wonderful contrivance evea .of the mofl: minute creature.; that it difpo– 'fed then1 to confider the nature and worth _,of their immortal .fouls, and of what fi1ull 1non1ent all the .fenfual -plcafures of ~his dower ·\Jvor.!d were; and that it inclined ''them 'tO a more univcrfallove and good– ·'\.vill towards all, and to n1eaner thoughts of ,themfelves and their knowledge. He was ·very .careful to train the1n up in the befl: .and n1oft ufcful principles ·of morality, and to guard .then1 againfl: the_debauched fen– •timents ·of Le·viathan. And as he thu s ma'de hun1an learning ferviceable to the ,ends ofpiety and religion, Jo he n1ade it his :great endeaveur to have their 1ninds infpir– .ed with -this. On the ·Lord's dav in the eo/ ·.vening, he ufually had fon1e pious difcourfes to them, laying o.pen the folly and hei– .:noufnefs of vice and impiety, and-the excel.. dency and advantage of-religion and good– enefs; and ·fi1ch · other confiderations -as miaht both infl:ruB: their minds, and gain rup~n their tempers. And he failed not ,to deal with each ofthen1 apart in private. Thofe who were of bad ,inclinations, he . fludied
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