A funeral sermon preached at Newport-Pagnell, April 11, 1697 on the occasion of the sudden death of William Maxwell, a pious and hopeful young scholar belonging to Harvard-Colledge, in Cambridge, New-England.
Gibbs, John, 1627?-1699.
1697
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A funeral sermon preached at Newport-Pagnell, April 11, 1697 on the occasion of the sudden death of William Maxwell, a pious and hopeful young scholar belonging to Harvard-Colledge, in Cambridge, New-England.
Gibbs, John, 1627?-1699.
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A
Funeral
SERMON
Preached
at
Newport-Pagnell
,
April
11.
1697.
On
the
Occasion
of
the
Sudden
Death
of
William
Maxwell
,
A
Pious
and
Hopeful
Young
Scholar
,
belonging
to
Harvard-Colledge
,
in
Cambridge
,
New-England
:
And
Aaron
held
his
peace
,
Lev.
10.
3.
I
was
dumb
,
I
opened
not
my
mouth
,
because
thou
didst
it
,
Psal
.
39.
9.
Mihi
vivere
,
est
Christus
,
&
mori
Lucrum
.
London
:
Printed
for
H.
Nelme
,
at
the
Leg
and
Star
,
over
against
the
Royal
Exchange
,
1697.
To
the
Parents
of
the
Deceased
.
THE
Design
of
this
plain
Discourse
,
was
to
minister
a
word
of
Counsel
(
and
if
the
Lord
would
bless
it
)
of
Comfort
to
you
,
under
that
awful
and
afflicting
Providence
,
that
hath
of
late
befallen
you
,
which
tho'
very
surprizing
,
yet
is
it
common
to
good
and
bad
:
And
as
it
was
principally
delivered
on
your
account
,
so
at
your
request
I
have
Transcribed
the
Copy
,
and
put
it
into
your
hand
to
be
disposed
of
at
your
pleasure
.
The
Publishing
of
it
was
far
from
my
Thoughts
,
when
I
preached
it
,
and
is
altogether
averse
to
my
Inclination
,
tho'
to
gratifie
you
(
whose
desire
I
could
not
well
with-stand
)
I
gave
my self
the
trouble
of
writing
it
over
.
You
have
,
my
Friends
,
no
cause
to
give
too
much
vent
unto
your
Sorrow
,
for
upon
very
good
grounds
you
have
reason
to
hope
,
that
he
whom
you
love
,
is
with
Him
that
loves
him
better
than
you
,
and
is
safely
arriv'd
at
the
Haven
of
Rest
,
that
you
are
desirous
at
last
to
come
unto
.
What
tho'
his
Race
was
short
,
his
Rest
is
the
longer
:
and
if
he
be
gone
a
little
before
you
,
you
follow
after
;
and
if
you
are
prepared
,
as
I
doubt
not
he
was
,
you
will
meet
together
in
an
unspeakable
,
unconceivable
,
far
better
State
and
Place
,
then
was
to
be
injoyed
,
or
can
,
in
this
Vail
of
Tears
.
He
is
wholly
set
free
from
all
those
Evils
that
you
are
still
exposed
unto
,
and
is
warm
in
that
bosom
wherein
you
hope
to
be
lodged
for
ever
.
My
love
to
him
(
for
the
Relation
I
stood
in
)
was
very
great
from
his
Childhood
,
for
I
do
not
remember
that
I
did
ever
see
any
thing
in
him
,
but
what
did
deserve
it
:
his
Nature
was
very
lively
,
and
his
Deportment
very
obliging
,
that
drew
Respect
unto
him
from
Neighbours
as
well
as
Relations
,
that
had
knowledge
of
him
.
And
since
his
departure
out
of
his
Native
Country
,
you
have
had
such
a
full
Account
,
from
good
hands
,
of
his
pious
and
gracious
Behaviour
,
that
should
command
your
silence
under
this
sharp
Providence
.
And
,
methinks
should
not
make
it
difficult
for
you
to
determine
,
whether
you
have
greater
cause
of
mourning
,
in
parting
from
such
a
Child
,
than
of
rejoycing
that
you
had
so
good
and
hopeful
a
one
,
How
many
,
alas
!
poor
Parents
,
that
beget
,
and
bring
forth
Children
for
the
Destroyer
;
when
you
had
one
for
the
Saviour
,
whom
he
sought
,
and
now
doth
,
and
will
for
ever
enjoy
.
It
becomes
you
not
therefore
to
mourn
,
as
those
that
have
no
hope
:
That
the
Lord
,
who
hath
done
it
,
would
sanctifie
this
Stroak
,
and
by
the
manifestations
of
his
love
to
your
Souls
,
sweeten
this
bitter
Cup
,
and
fully
satisfie
you
with
his
Will
,
is
and
shall
be
the
Prayer
of
Your
Sympathizing
Friend
and
Relation
,
J.
G.
POSTSCRIPT
.
Christian
Reader
,
THIS
Sermon
not
being
intended
to
come
into
publick
view
,
I
shall
only
advertise
thee
,
That
the
Objection
about
unlawful
Ways
of
getting
the
good
Things
of
this
World
,
with
the
Answers
thereunto
,
not
being
suited
unto
a
Funeral
Discourse
,
were
a
Digression
designed
to
Cure
,
or
Prevent
a
great
Transgression
,
which
some
worldly
Auditors
fall
into
,
or
may
be
in
danger
so
to
do
,
unto
the
dishonour
of
God
,
and
the
hazarding
of
the
Eternal
Destruction
of
their
Immortal
Souls
.
A
Funeral
Sermon
,
&c.
Job
II.
10.
What
,
shall
we
receive
good
at
the
hand
of
God
,
and
shall
we
not
receive
evil
?
THIS
Book
is
Intituled
the
Book
of
Job
,
for
the
principal
Matter
contained
therein
doth
concern
him
▪
Who
was
the
Pen-Man
of
it
is
●●certain
,
neither
is
it
much
material
for
us
to
●●●w
.
The
first
Verse
gives
us
his
Picture
draw●
〈◊〉
the
Finger
of
God
,
which
he
twice
Attested
unto
the
Teeth
of
Satan
,
Ver.
8.
Chap.
2
,
3.
which
did
draw
the
Malice
and
Envy
of
Satan
against
him
.
We
have
also
an
Inventory
of
his
Wealth
,
Ver.
2
,
3.
The
loving
and
friendly
practice
of
his
Children
,
4.
This
good
Man's
Fear
,
and
godly
Course
,
5.
Satan's
desire
to
try
him
;
a
Commission
given
him
,
with
a
Limitation
,
12.
He
goes
to
the
utmost
length
of
his
Chain
.
Upon
the
sad
Messages
brought
to
him
,
we
find
he
had
a
Sense
of
his
Afflictions
,
and
by
outward
Gestures
did
demonstrate
it
,
20.
yet
did
manifest
a
gracious
Frame
of
Heart
under
all
,
21.
Satan's
Commission
,
with
a
Limitation
,
renewed
,
't
is
executed
to
the
full
,
Chap.
2.
6
,
7.
Job's
Wife
,
in
discontent
,
gives
him
very
ill
Counsel
,
Ver.
9.
Job
Replies
,
Ver.
10.
wherein
he
gently
Reproves
her
,
2.
gives
a
valid
Reason
for
this
Reproof
,
in
the
Words
of
my
Text
,
in
a
double
Interrogation
:
What
?
As
if
he
should
say
,
what
bad
Advice
do
you
give
me
?
What
would
you
have
me
to
sin
against
God
?
Then
shall
we
receive
good
at
the
hand
of
God
,
and
not
evil
?
Interrogations
are
a
kind
of
quick
and
smart
Speaking
;
and
in
this
place
it
imports
the
anger
of
Job
at
this
evil
Counsel
;
Shall
we
receive
,
&c.
The
Good
here
spoken
of
,
I
presume
,
doth
only
intend
the
good
things
of
this
Life
,
such
as
Abraham
speaks
of
,
Luke
16
▪
25.
unto
the
rich
Man
;
though
some
extend
it
to
the
good
things
of
the
othe●
〈◊〉
also
,
at
the
hand
,
or
from
the
hand
,
or
●●●●●●ence
of
God
;
and
shall
we
not
receive
〈◊〉
Not
the
evil
of
Sin
;
for
God
gives
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
nor
doth
Man
,
though
full
of
this
Ev●●●●ceive
it
from
Him
;
but
the
Evil
of
Troubl●
〈◊〉
Affliction
,
those
in
Scripture
are
frequently
called
Evil
,
Isa
.
45.
7.
I
create
evil
.
Amos
3.
6.
Is
there
evil
in
a
city
(
i.
e.
)
any
trouble
or
affliction
,
that
the
Lord
hath
not
done
.
Called
Evil
,
not
that
there
is
any
Evil
,
either
Natural
or
Moral
in
it
;
but
because
it
is
so
in
our
Sense
and
Esteem
,
or
because
the
common
effect
of
the
Evil
of
Sin.
From
these
Words
do
arise
Three
Observations
.
1.
That
the
Life
of
Man
,
in
this
World
,
is
made
up
of
Good
and
Evil
;
not
all
Good
,
nor
all
Evil
:
Not
all
good
,
lest
we
be
full
,
and
deny
God
,
as
Agur
said
,
Prov.
30.
8
,
9.
Not
all
Evil
,
lest
we
faint
under
it
,
and
our
Lives
be
too
bitter
:
Our
Life
is
as
Checquer-work
,
that
hath
white
and
black
Lines
;
or
as
the
Cloud
in
the
Wilderness
,
that
had
a
bright
side
,
as
well
as
a
dark
one
.
Herein
it
differs
from
the
future
Life
,
or
Life
in
the
other
World
,
that
is
either
all
Good
,
and
that
in
the
superlative
Degree
,
without
any
allay
of
Evil
,
as
with
the
Spirits
of
just
Men
made
perfect
:
Or
,
all
Evil
,
without
the
least
mixture
of
Good
;
that
is
,
of
Comfort
and
Refreshment
,
no
not
so
much
as
a
drop
of
water
;
which
is
the
miserable
case
of
the
damned
in
Hell.
2.
Obs
.
That
the
good
and
evil
Things
we
receive
,
are
from
the
Hand
of
God
,
either
immediately
,
or
mediately
.
3dly
.
Which
I
shall
principally
insist
upon
in
the
Doctrinal
Part
,
That
as
we
receive
Good
,
so
must
we
receive
Evil
,
though
from
his
Hand
;
and
make
use
of
the
Second
Doctrine
in
the
Application
.
Reasons
why
,
and
the
manner
how
,
we
are
to
receive
these
evil
things
from
the
Hand
of
God.
1.
Because
they
come
from
the
same
Hand
that
all
our
good
Things
come
:
This
is
the
force
of
the
Reason
given
by
Job
.
2.
Is
from
the
Sovereignty
of
God
,
Psal
.
46.
10.
Job
9.
12.
who
hath
an
Absolute
,
Unlimited
,
and
Indubitable
Right
,
to
dispose
of
Us
,
and
Ours
,
according
to
his
Pleasure
,
and
none
may
dare
to
question
it
.
3.
From
the
Wisdom
of
God
,
who
best
knows
what
to
do
with
us
.
In
Wisdom
he
doth
all
things
,
whose
Understanding
is
Infinite
,
Ps
.
147.
5.
and
therefore
is
beyond
our
search
,
Isa
.
40.
28.
4.
His
Justice
,
that
doth
not
,
nor
can
do
us
any
wrong
.
5.
His
Goodness
is
such
,
that
He
will
do
us
no
harm
,
nor
intends
it
.
1.
All
the
Good
we
receive
from
Him
is
more
than
we
deserve
,
for
we
are
not
worthy
of
the
least
of
his
Mercies
,
Gen.
32.
10.
nay
,
contrary
to
our
deserts
;
for
whenever
He
doth
us
Good
,
or
whatsoever
Good
He
bestows
on
us
,
He
comes
over
the
heads
of
innumerable
sins
and
offences
.
2.
The
Good
we
receive
from
Him
,
if
weighed
in
the
Ballance
,
will
out-weigh
all
the
Evils
we
receive
,
had
we
only
a
naked
Life
.
This
Truth
came
out
of
the
Mouth
of
the
Father
of
Lies
,
That
skin
for
skin
,
and
all
that
a
man
hath
,
will
he
give
for
his
life
,
Job
2.
4.
Importing
,
that
Life
is
of
so
great
a
value
,
that
it
will
weigh
down
all
the
Good
we
enjoy
,
and
therefore
will
out-weigh
all
the
Evils
that
we
suffer
.
Hence
,
Lam.
3.
39.
Wherefore
doth
a
living
man
complain
?
Have
Life
,
and
yet
complain
:
which
plainly
speaks
,
That
where
there
is
Life
,
it
is
so
great
a
Good
,
that
no
troubles
should
so
distress
us
,
as
to
procure
sinful
Complaints
:
but
there
are
none
that
live
,
but
have
some
other
Good
with
it
;
if
nothing
else
,
yet
they
have
Time
,
which
is
a
great
Good.
3.
Whatever
Evil
we
receive
from
the
Hand
of
God
,
if
we
are
his
People
,
it
is
because
there
is
need
of
it
,
1
Pet.
1.
6
,
7.
The
All-Wise
GOD
,
that
understands
our
Conditions
,
sees
that
we
have
need
of
such
evil
Things
.
It
is
no
pleasurous
thing
with
Him
to
Afflict
his
People
,
Lam.
3.
33.
If
a
wise
and
faithful
Physician
,
that
knows
our
Distemper
,
sees
that
it
is
needful
to
breath
a
Vein
,
and
take
away
some
of
our
Blood
,
or
finds
it
necessary
to
Prescribe
an
unpleasing
Potion
to
us
,
we
abiding
by
his
Judgment
,
and
relying
on
his
Fidelity
,
are
willing
to
receive
it
;
therefore
,
5.
We
should
receive
those
evil
Things
,
because
they
are
designed
for
our
good
,
Heb.
12.
10.
and
if
we
receive
them
as
we
ought
,
they
will
,
no
doubt
,
produce
that
effect
,
Isa
.
27.
9.
Rom.
8.
28.
6.
To
suffer
,
or
receive
those
evil
things
,
doth
become
those
that
profess
themselves
to
be
Christians
,
and
to
be
a
Christian
indeed
,
and
not
in
Name
only
,
is
one
that
takes
Christ
for
his
All
,
and
Resigns
up
himself
,
and
his
All
,
unto
His
Dispose
;
with
a
consciencious
endeavour
to
be
Conformable
to
Him
who
hath
left
us
an
Example
,
How
to
bear
the
evils
that
we
suffer
,
1
Pet.
2.
The
manner
how
we
should
receive
evil
things
from
the
hand
of
God.
1.
With
a
holy
submission
unto
his
Will
and
Providence
;
it
is
a
Cup
put
into
our
hand
by
a
Merciful
and
Compassionate
Father
,
which
,
tho'
it
hath
some
Gall
in
it
,
as
no
affliction
for
the
present
is
joyous
,
Heb.
12.
yet
there
is
no
Poison
.
John
18.
11.
The
Cup
which
my
Father
hath
given
me
,
shall
I
not
drink
it
?
Christ
had
a
bitter
Cup
in
the
Garden
,
yet
if
his
Father
saw
it
not
good
it
should
pass
from
Him
,
He
was
willing
to
take
it
,
Mat.
26
,
39.
2.
Receive
evil
things
from
God's
hand
humbly
,
either
to
make
us
humble
,
or
to
keep
us
humble
,
to
prevent
Pride
,
and
hide
it
from
our
eyes
,
Job
33.
16.
or
to
pull
down
Pride
,
is
one
principal
end
of
God
in
the
evil
thing
He
brings
upon
us
;
as
it
was
to
Israel
,
in
all
the
hardships
they
met
with
in
their
Passage
through
the
howling
Wilderness
,
that
Land
of
Pits
,
Drought
,
and
the
shadow
of
Death
,
Deut.
8.
2.
Pride
is
so
contrary
to
God
,
that
he
cannot
bear
it
in
his
Children
,
and
therefore
his
Day
of
Affliction
comes
upon
them
to
prevent
it
,
or
rebuke
for
it
,
as
with
Paul
,
2
Cor.
12.
7.
Hence
that
Counsel
,
1
Pet.
5.
6.
Humble
your selves
under
the
mighty
hand
of
God.
He
loves
to
see
his
Children
cloathed
,
or
rather
adorned
with
the
Garment
of
Humility
,
1
Pet.
5.
5.
3.
Receive
them
silently
,
or
patiently
,
Rom.
5.
2.
Tribulation
is
said
to
work
Patience
,
or
work
it
out
,
that
Patience
might
be
kept
in
exercise
;
he
that
is
without
it
,
had
need
to
pack
up
,
and
be
gone
out
of
the
World
,
there
being
so
much
need
of
this
Grace
;
Patience
is
exercised
either
in
bearing
evils
,
Rom.
12.
12.
or
in
waiting
for
good
things
.
Hence
the
Apostle
concludes
,
we
have
need
of
it
,
Heb.
10.
36.
as
the
Husbandman
,
Ja.
5.
7
,
8.
As
we
are
to
do
all
things
without
murmuring
at
the
difficulties
,
or
disputing
the
Equity
of
the
Command
;
so
are
we
to
bear
and
suffer
all
things
from
the
hand
of
God
,
without
fretting
or
discontent
,
but
more
of
this
in
the
Application
.
4.
Receive
evil
things
from
God's
hand
,
with
reflection
upon
our
own
evils
,
or
the
evil
of
our
ways
,
Lam.
3.
40.
Consideration
of
our
ways
is
necessary
,
when
under
the
Rod
,
Hag.
1.
3.
5.
Ecl.
7.
14
5.
Diligently
attending
,
or
hearkening
to
the
Voice
of
the
Rod
,
Mic.
6.
9.
that
we
may
know
something
of
the
holy
ends
of
God
therein
:
for
,
there
is
a
Reason
for
every
Stroak
that
comes
upon
us
,
which
we
are
concerned
to
inquire
into
.
6.
With
Prayer
and
Supplication
.
Times
of
Affliction
,
are
proper
Seasons
for
Prayer
,
Jam.
5.
13.
This
hath
been
the
constant
course
of
the
People
of
God
under
the
Rod
,
and
herein
they
have
often
found
relief
;
Pray
for
Strength
to
bear
it
;
Pray
for
a
Blessing
upon
the
Rod
,
that
you
may
be
taught
as
well
as
chastened
,
Psal
.
94.
12.
And
that
the
Rod
may
produce
the
peaceable
Fruits
of
Righteousness
.
7.
Thankfully
,
with
our
Holy
Man
,
bless
God
for
your
Afflictions
,
Chap.
1.
21.
Grace
,
in
a
lively
exercise
,
doth
not
only
bring
Quietness
unto
the
Mind
in
Affliction
,
but
raiseth
up
the
Heart
to
admire
at
God's
condescention
,
Chap.
7.
17
,
18.
that
He
will
bestow
a
Rod
upon
us
:
and
thank
Him
for
his
Paternal
Care
of
us
,
and
his
gentle
and
favourable
Dealing
with
us
,
who
might
have
Scourged
us
with
Scorpions
.
8.
Believingly
:
that
according
to
God's
word
,
our
Afflictions
shall
work
for
our
Good
,
as
they
are
designed
and
appointed
.
For
Application
,
I
shall
look
back
to
the
Second
Doctrine
,
viz.
That
our
Good
and
Evil
Things
,
in
this
Life
,
come
from
the
hand
of
God.
1.
Then
,
our
good
Things
come
not
to
us
,
by
that
which
ignorant
People
commonly
call
Luck
,
or
Fortune
,
which
ought
to
be
cut
off
from
the
Mouths
of
Christians
:
That
which
they
call
Fortune
,
is
the
Providence
of
God
,
without
which
not
a
Penny
comes
into
your
Purses
,
nor
a
Customer
into
your
Shops
.
2.
Then
our
worldly
good
Things
comes
not
to
us
simply
,
by
our
own
diligence
,
care
,
and
industry
,
I
say
not
only
,
or
simply
,
but
't
is
God
that
gives
power
to
get
Wealth
,
Deut.
8.
18.
None
have
reason
to
Sacrifice
to
their
own
Net
,
or
Ascribe
the
good
Things
they
have
got
unto
the
labour
of
their
hand
:
For
Men
may
,
and
many
do
,
rise
up
early
,
and
set
up
late
,
and
eat
the
bread
of
sorrow
,
Psal
.
127.
2.
and
yet
add
not
one
cubit
to
their
stature
,
Mat.
6
27.
'T
is
true
,
the
diligent
hand
,
it
's
said
,
maketh
rich
,
Prov.
10.
4.
yet
not
without
the
blessing
of
the
Lord
,
ver
.
22.
These
make
rich
both
in
Spirituals
and
Temporals
,
not
the
one
without
the
other
;
not
the
diligent
hand
without
the
blessing
of
the
Lord
,
nor
will
the
blessing
of
the
Lord
make
rich
without
a
diligent
hand
;
for
God
is
no
Patron
for
Slothfulness
,
in
the
Affairs
of
Soul
or
Body
.
3.
Then
should
we
trust
in
the
Lord
,
Ps
.
37.
3.
and
rely
upon
his
Care
and
Providence
,
touching
the
good
things
of
this
World
,
who
will
give
Grace
,
and
Glory
,
and
with-hold
no
good
thing
from
them
that
trust
in
Him
,
and
walk
uprightly
before
Him
,
Psal
.
84.
11.
He
that
feeds
the
Ravens
,
will
not
suffer
the
young
Cranes
to
starve
,
as
that
good
Man
said
on
his
Death-bed
.
He
that
cloaths
the
grass
of
the
field
,
will
provide
garments
to
cover
the
nakedness
of
them
that
rely
upon
Him.
He
doth
not
indeed
ingage
to
provide
for
them
,
as
He
did
for
the
rich
Man
,
Luk
16.
But
mean
Fair
may
preserve
Life
,
as
well
as
costly
Dishes
;
and
course
Cloth
will
keep
warm
,
as
well
as
fine
.
4.
If
all
the
good
things
thou
hast
come
from
the
hand
of
God
,
then
be
thankful
to
God
for
all
.
Render
all
back
to
Him
in
Praises
,
that
thou
receivest
from
his
bountiful
Hand
;
that
as
of
Him
,
and
from
Him
are
all
things
;
so
all
may
with
thankfulness
be
returned
to
Him.
Phil.
4.
6.
5.
Use
and
lay
out
all
for
Him
;
the
Mercies
we
receive
should
be
improved
for
his
Glory
:
Whether
we
eat
,
or
whether
we
drink
,
do
all
to
the
glory
of
God
,
1
Cor.
10.
31.
To
honour
Him
with
our
substance
,
Prov.
3.
9.
By
doing
good
,
and
communicating
,
especially
unto
God's
poor
,
Gal.
6.
10.
And
for
Holy
and
Pious
Uses
,
in
promoting
the
Gospel
and
Interest
of
Christ
.
6.
Tho'
all
good
things
of
this
Life
are
received
from
his
Hand
,
yet
let
us
not
be
contented
to
have
our
Portion
in
them
,
that
it
may
not
be
with
us
,
as
with
the
rich
Man
,
Luk.
16.
who
had
all
his
good
things
in
this
Life
;
the
Lord
hath
better
things
than
those
to
give
,
Ps
.
84.
11.
and
we
want
them
:
for
as
our
Bodies
need
the
one
,
so
do
our
Souls
need
the
other
;
and
he
that
chiefly
seeks
the
best
,
shall
not
want
the
worst
,
so
far
as
God
sees
them
good
for
us
.
Obj.
Suppose
these
good
things
are
wickedly
and
unjustly
gotten
,
by
lying
,
stealing
,
defrauding
,
over-reaching
,
oppression
,
and
grinding
the
face
of
the
poor
;
do
such
good
things
so
gotten
come
from
the
hand
of
God
?
Res
.
It
is
too
evident
,
that
many
by
such
wicked
and
ungodly
ways
do
gain
these
things
;
and
that
there
are
too
few
that
in
their
Commerce
and
Dealings
with
Men
,
do
with
Conscience
observe
that
excellent
Rule
given
by
Christ
,
Mat.
7.
12.
Whatsoever
ye
would
that
Men
should
do
unto
you
,
do
ye
even
so
unto
them
.
2.
Yet
the
things
themselves
being
good
,
as
they
are
good
,
do
proceed
from
God
;
but
the
unjust
and
unlawful
means
by
which
they
are
gained
,
are
from
the
wickedness
of
the
heart
of
Man
,
as
Judas
his
thirty
Pieces
.
3.
These
things
thus
gained
come
from
God
,
but
not
in
a
way
of
Mercy
,
but
in
his
Wrath
and
Displeasure
,
to
fatten
them
against
the
day
of
slaughter
.
The
Lord
smiteth
his
hand
at
their
dishonest
gain
,
Ezek.
22.
13.
Alluding
to
a
Man
,
when
angry
,
that
smiteth
his
hands
at
the
Party
that
offends
him
,
and
the
Lord
will
avenge
such
,
1
Thes
.
4.
6.
I
have
read
of
a
great
Lady
,
that
being
in
a
City
that
was
Besieged
,
Contracted
with
the
Besiegers
to
deliver
up
the
City
,
on
condition
they
would
give
her
all
the
Gold
,
Jewels
,
and
precious
Stones
,
that
were
found
therein
.
Agreement
was
made
,
the
City
delivered
up
,
and
the
Gold
,
&c.
were
cast
upon
her
,
and
crushed
her
to
death
.
Thus
Riches
gotten
,
and
not
by
right
,
will
perish
;
and
those
that
so
get
them
shall
die
like
fools
,
Jer.
17.
11.
4.
Those
that
by
unjust
and
unlawful
ways
do
gain
the
good
things
of
this
World
,
together
with
them
do
gain
a
Curse
,
Prov.
3.
33.
So
that
those
things
,
tho'
in
themselves
are
Blessings
,
are
accursed
unto
them
,
Mal.
2.
2.
There
is
a
worm
at
the
root
,
and
a
third
Heir
seldom
enjoys
it
.
5.
Account
at
last
must
be
given
of
what
Men
gain
,
and
how
they
use
it
,
and
in
what
way
they
gain
it
.
1.
Does
the
evil
of
Affliction
and
Trouble
that
we
suffer
,
come
from
the
hand
of
God
,
then
ought
we
to
look
beyond
,
and
through
Second
Causes
,
unto
the
Providence
of
God
,
that
disposeth
of
us
,
and
ours
:
For
trouble
springeth
not
out
of
the
ground
;
nor
doth
affliction
arise
out
of
the
dust
,
Job
5.
6.
2.
Then
under
the
sharpest
and
severest
stroaks
that
fall
upon
us
,
we
should
be
still
as
David
,
not
to
open
our
mouths
,
because
God
hath
done
it
,
Ps
.
39.
9.
Obj.
But
my
affliction
is
more
than
ordinary
,
and
falls
out
but
now
and
then
;
this
makes
it
the
heavier
,
and
in
this
the
Lord
hath
,
as
it
were
,
pricked
me
in
the
Life-Vein
,
taking
away
the
desire
of
my
eye
,
and
the
delight
of
my
heart
;
had
it
been
in
some
other
way
,
I
hope
I
could
have
borne
it
better
.
Res
.
1.
Shall
any
teach
God
knowledge
?
Job
21.
22.
Or
shall
we
direct
our
Soveraign
Lord
,
nay
,
our
Father
,
what
Rod
He
shall
scourge
us
with
?
He
is
at
liberty
to
Correct
how
He
pleaseth
,
and
if
He
taketh
away
,
as
none
can
hinder
Him
,
neither
may
we
question
Him
,
or
say
,
What
doest
Thou
,
or
why
doest
Thou
so
?
Job
9.
12.
2.
Thy
Child
was
the
delight
of
thine
Heart
,
therefore
thou
wouldest
have
had
him
been
continued
with
thee
;
he
was
also
God's
delight
,
who
had
most
right
to
him
,
therefore
he
is
not
,
because
the
Lord
hath
taken
him
to
Himself
:
you
did
love
him
,
therefore
was
so
unwilling
to
part
from
him
;
but
your
love
had
too
much
Self-love
in
it
,
seeing
you
would
have
kept
him
from
his
Father
,
and
the
Glory
prepared
for
him
:
So
that
your
Child
might
say
,
If
you
lov'd
me
with
a
cordial
sincere
love
,
free
from
a
mixture
of
self-love
,
you
would
rejoyce
,
and
not
over-much
afflict
your self
with
sorrow
,
because
I
am
gone
to
the
Father
,
Joh.
14.
28.
3.
This
you
say
is
a
very
heavy
burden
that
the
Lord
has
laid
upon
you
,
but
not
so
heavy
as
your
Sins
were
,
that
was
laid
upon
Christ
,
the
which
He
bore
,
Isa
.
53.
6.
12.
1
Pet.
2.
24.
He
bore
them
on
his
own
Body
on
the
Tree
,
to
bear
,
or
carry
them
away
from
us
.
Ferebat
&
auferebat
.
Did
Christ
silently
and
patiently
bear
,
and
bear
away
our
sins
?
Was
He
as
a
Lamb
before
the
Shearers
,
and
this
burthen
laid
upon
Him
by
the
Father
,
and
shall
not
we
be
silent
under
the
burthen
of
Affliction
that
the
hand
of
the
Lord
lays
upon
us
?
4.
You
complain
that
the
Tryal
and
Affliction
is
great
,
but
,
alas
!
it
might
have
been
far
greater
.
He
might
have
been
taken
from
you
by
the
hand
of
Justice
,
inflicting
death
for
horrid
wickedness
.
He
might
have
died
,
and
you
had
no
well-grounded
hopes
of
his
Eternal
Salvation
;
but
he
gave
early
Proofs
of
his
preparedness
to
meet
with
the
Enemy
though
he
came
suddenly
upon
him
.
5.
It
may
be
he
had
taken
up
too
much
room
in
your
Heart
,
and
was
lodged
in
the
bed
which
the
Lord
had
chosen
to
lye
in
▪
and
therefore
takes
him
out
of
the
way
,
that
He
might
have
your
Hearts
more
fixed
upon
Him.
It
was
,
as
I
have
read
,
the
Saying
of
a
good
Woman
,
whose
only
Son
was
taken
away
by
Water
,
That
now
the
Lord
had
left
her
none
to
love
but
Himself
.
Your
Son
,
though
not
your
only
Son
,
was
thus
removed
from
you
,
that
your
heart
might
be
more
at
liberty
to
love
the
Lord.
6.
If
the
Affliction
be
great
,
and
the
Burthen
be
heavy
,
do
the
best
you
can
to
lessen
your
Affliction
,
and
make
your
Burthen
lighter
,
this
is
done
by
a
quiet
,
silent
submission
unto
the
Will
of
God
,
in
this
awful
Providence
;
whereas
impatience
,
or
discontent
under
it
,
will
add
more
weight
unto
it
.
7.
Such
a
carriage
and
deportment
,
will
bespeak
our
Reverence
of
God
,
in
resigning
up
our
choicest
Creature
Comforts
to
Him
patiently
:
to
part
with
that
which
we
have
no
great
affection
unto
,
or
kindness
for
,
is
no
proof
of
our
Reverence
and
Obedience
,
but
if
our
Isaac
be
called
for
,
and
we
quietly
give
him
up
.
By
this
we
manifest
our
Fear
of
God
,
Gen.
22.
12.
8.
Patience
under
sharp
Afflictions
,
gives
us
possessions
of
our
Souls
,
as
saith
Luke
,
21.
19.
The
Mind
being
Composed
,
will
render
us
capable
of
making
use
of
those
means
whereby
we
may
gain
Support
and
Relief
under
it
.
Hence
the
Apostle
James
,
1.
4.
Let
Patience
have
her
perfect
work
,
that
ye
may
be
intire
,
and
want
nothing
that
is
needful
for
your
support
,
under
the
present
Circumstances
.
9.
The
exercise
of
Patience
in
our
Tryals
,
will
bring
in
Experience
,
Rom.
5.
4.
of
the
Power
,
Mercy
,
and
Goodness
of
God
:
then
shall
we
be
capable
of
taking
notice
of
his
merciful
dealings
with
us
.
Hence
that
of
Moses
unto
the
Children
of
Israel
,
Exod.
14.
13.
Stand
still
,
and
see
the
salvation
of
the
Lord.
This
included
,
Psal
.
46.
10.
Be
still
,
and
know
that
I
am
God.
10.
The
Lord
takes
it
well
when
we
are
graciously
silent
,
not
sullenly
silent
under
our
troubles
,
and
quarrel
not
with
his
Rod
:
He
glories
in
his
Servant
Job
,
in
the
face
of
the
Devil
,
on
this
account
,
Chap.
2.
3.
11.
By
such
a
carriage
in
afflictions
,
we
imitate
our
Lord
Jesus
,
who
by
his
patient
bearing
all
that
He
underwent
,
from
the
hand
of
God
and
man
,
did
give
us
an
example
▪
and
certainly
it
becomes
a
Christian
,
and
is
no
small
part
of
his
glory
to
be
conformable
to
his
Lord
and
Master
FINIS
.