414 A . SermfJn at the Funeral · fulnefs offpirit throughout the whole courfe.· of it. He ufed not the leaft hadh expref- ~ fion, eitHer , to any of thofe. that w~ited on . hin1, or concerning the prefen t providence. . He expreifed a pe~fea indifferency as to .., life and death, and an entire refignation to the will of God, to difpofe of him as he · thought . n1eet.. He found himfelf never .· 1nore fenfible of the vanity of this world!J . nor ever .felt more ardent -aCts of love to ·. God, than at that time. He was rapt in.' admiration of God's goodnefs to him, and : the little returns he faid he had made to it ; . and acknowledged his .own great un\\'Ortbi.. nefs, and his humble confidence in the tnercy and goodncfs .of God, through the · merits of his . bleifed Saviour. And thus< meekly did he pafs his ficknefs and refign ~ his fpirit, without .any tr-ouble fron1 the . world, or great pain of body or any angui.fh.,,. of mind: for.mark. the perfiB man, and be~ . hold the uprig·ht.; for the. end oj. that man i.f peace ..•. P. .. nd now, after aU, l'cannot htre omi t :. what fervicc he hath done the world, by per-– mitting_it to enj.oy thofe excellent thoughts:: of his, ahou,t the lift of' God in th-e Soul ~~ Mano , Men n1ay.write, big volumes, and?' a?. one,fays, .talki much and .fay~ . n.othing; . . httfe'J.
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