PEC.T,-IY., THE CONQUEST OVER DEATH. 371 friends, and, dearest. acquaintance:;. those that have ar- rived at the new Jerusalem themselves, and have assisted us in our travels thither. And we shall delightfully'en- tertain, and be entertained with the mutual narratives of divine grace,. and the wise and holy methods of provi- dence, whereby we have been conducted safe through. all the fatigues and dangers of the wilderness to that hea- venly: country. And that which shall add-an unknown relish to all the former blessings, is the full assurance that we shall pos- sess them for ever. For every one of our enemies are then destroyed, and the last of them is death. Here on earth it is a perpetual pain to the mind to think, that those whom we love are mortal ; the next moment may divide them frpm us far as the distance of two worlds. They areseized on a sudden from our eyes, and from our embraces ; and this thought allays the delight that we take in their company, and diminishes the joy; but in . that world all our friends are immortal ; " we shall ever be with the Lord," and ever with one another too ;" 1 Thess. iv. 17. May I be permitted here to make a short reflection on that mournful providence that has joined two lovely rela- tives in death*; and givenoccasion for the sad solemnities of this day ! The pious mother led the way to heaven but a few days before the pious daughter followed, each of them the parent of a reputable family, and the descend- ants from a progenitort, whose name is in honour among the churches. As mutual affection joined their habita- tions in life, so the care of surviving fri'..nds has laid them to rest in their beds of earth together. We trust they are also joined in the world of blessed spirits on high, and they shall be joined again in the world of glorified saints in the morning of the resurrection. Death their common enemy has taken them both captives together ; has bound in his . chains the mother andi the daughter: but they are * The Lady Hartopp, daughter ofCharles Fleetwood, Esq. andwife to Sir John Hartopp, of Newington, baronet, died Nov. 9, 1711. Mrs. Gould, their daughter, and wife to Mr. Gould, now Sir Nathaniel Gould, ofNewington, died six days after, viz. Nov. 15, and left their households behind then oppressed with double Sorröw. f Charles Fleetwood, Esq. of Norfolk, ^a2
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