the main business with us Alas the best Lot that any man has in this world is Cabul a dirty place it will cost more to keep it than its worth considering what striving and contending there is about it but if thou get a Lot there God is the maintainer of it it was purchased for thee and given to thee by Christ and also reserved and kept for thee that God who hath given it thee is obliged to make good to warrant his Deed of Gift against all Claimers whatsoever No Writ of Ejection shall ever dispossess thee And it is a Lot lying in a pleasant place and a goodly Heritage It is the Lot of the Righteous upon which the Rod of the Wicked shall not always rest A lot which God hath cast for thee which Christ is gone before as thy Forerunner Agent Advocate to take possession of for thee and in thy name stead if thou be a believer on him kept for thee thou kept for it to it by the mighty power of God thro' Faith unto Salvation 1 Pet. 1. 3 4 5. Thy Lot there is the Inheritance among the Saints in Light Abrahams Bosome the Masters Joy an Incorruptible Crown a Kingdom prepared c. Then let not worldly Possessions Enjoyments Profits Pleasures Buisiness take up that time and those thoughts that should be imployed about things of an higher Import Concernment We may conclude our Discourse with this one practical Question Q. What shall I do that when called away or commanded to go away I may be sure to rest till the end of Dayes and then stand up in an Happy Lott Or how shall I so live that I may go to rest when I go away from hence A. It is a great Question and that which nearly concerns us all In general I would say it is for the Lords faithful ones his Daniels or beloved ones this Rest remains for the People of God and that for those that are really not only nominally so It is the Righteous man who when he dyes enters into his Bed Rests in his Grave Isa 57. 1 2. The Securing to thy self that thou art one of these will secure the other More particularly take these three Directions 1. If thou wouldest go to Rest when thou dyest See that a State of Sin which is a State of Nature be made a Restless state to thee See that thou be not able to rest in Sin or in any thing in this World see that nothing under the Sun quiet or give thee rest Those whom God brings to rest when they dye are such as were distested while alive driven out of all false Rests that Sinners take up-withal in the World Some rest in one thing some in another Some cannot rest unless they Sin or have done some mischief Some rejoyce in Iniquity some rest in the Abundance of the World fill their Barns Bags and then go to rest some get a Profession of Godliness a Name to live they hear read pray c and therein they rest their Priviledges their own Righteousness is the Rest of many But the Lords way to give Rest is first by disquieting and disresting them in till he brings them out of all other things that so he may bring them to the true Rest Sin shall give thee no Rest no nor the World nor any thing therein If the Lord intend to bring thee to rest an Unregenerate Estate shall be an unquiet State to thee thou shalt find no rest to the Sole of thy foot while in it no rest till got into the Ark the only place of Rest If ever God give thee Rest Sin shall be a meer Slavery Bondage to thee worse than Egyptian Bondage under which he will make thee to groan and sigh and cry till he bring thee out He will make indwelling Sin out-breaking Sin Original Sin actual Sin a burden to thee too heavy for thee to bear if ever he give thee Rest This know that one of the next Mercies to Christ and a Preparatory Mercy in order to the giving of Christ Rest in him is to disrest in Sin and for want of Christ nor will he ever bring any to Rest but in this way And thou must be so disquieted about Sin that all the World cannot quiet thee neither pleasures profits honours company business no nor thy Duties Prayers Tears own Righteousness c. shall be able to give thee Rest 2. Being thus weary labouring and restless Come to Christ at his Call and his Promise is that he will give thee Rest Mat. 11. 28. Oh! make that thy business as our Daniel whose Death we are bewailing said he had done to secure an Interest in Christ and there is Rest Faith in Christ will give thee true Rest Faith stablishes and fixeth the Heart Psal 112. Faith in his Power Promise Will. And be sure thou make Christ not only the Refuge but the Rest of thy Soul which no Hypocrite does or can do say of him and to him I have none but thee he whose heart can say None but Christ none but Christ shall have him and in him Rest here and with him everlasting Rest hereafter Make use of all Bereavements disquietments troubles here to make thee hie away to Christ for Rest The poor Dove found nothing but Water all over the face of the Earth and could not be quiet till gotten to the Ark where Noah was ready to put forth his hand and pull her in This World hath alwayes been though at some times more than other it is a troubled Sea there is nothing but instable Water uncertain comforts certain disquietments let this Serve to make Christ Precious with whom is certain Rest And the reason why those that get into Christ shall rest is because he takes away Sin the only cause of disrest Sin the sting of Death and then Death cannot separate from the Love of Christ and where that is must needs be Rest He that hath seen Christ and in him obtained Salvation from Sin he may depart in peace and shall goe to Rest 3. Then follow Jesus Christ Vniversally Laboriously in all the wayes of New-Obedience and that will carry thee to Rest Those only that followed the Lord fully entered into Rest and had a Lott in Canaan and they were only two of the Congregation Numb 14 24 with 32. 12. If you would Rest when you dye work hard for Christ while you live The Rest of a Labouring man is sweet then labour with all your might and that will both secure your Rest and make it Sweet And indeed it is a buisy World in which we are here is a great deal of work much business to be done for Christ none need stand still for want of work and none shall rest but those that did work Lazy idle slothful Sinners shall never goe to rest Idleness tends to disrest but all regular labour and motion leads to rest And the nearer we come to our end the more
here is in the Beginning of it a Revelation of a Time of great Trouble coming upon his people such as had not been since they were a Nation v. 1. with other things that Daniel greatly desired a plainer discovery of and further satisfaction about as not fully understanding what was said therefore enquired v. 8. but received that Answer v. 9. that the words were Sealed till the Time of the End and therefore willed him to go his way and adds that many should be tried and that the wise should understand c. and annexes something tho' darkly too concerning the Time of the end v. 10 11 12. about which he had enquired v. 8. The words read are an Encouragement and Cordial referring to his own particular Case there should be such and such dismal Changes and Troubles in the World and upon the Jews but as for his part it should be well with him he should go to Rest and at the End of Dayes should rise and stand up to take his Lott The People of God that have a prospect of Evil to come are very much concerned there about so was he but God gave him this word of Consolation which is of use to all other in like Condition But thou i. e. Thou Daniel as v. 9. unto whom this speech was directed Go thy way Satisfy thy self with what I have told thee cease to be over inquisitive about the premises set thy heart at rest speak no more to me concerning this matter Until the End i. e. until thy End which is quickly coming or which thou hast but a little way to go about thy Business till thou come to the end of thy Business be not over solicitous about those future events nor distractingly thoughtful about what shall fall out Think of thine end to which thou art going and there shall be an end of all Trouble with thee Thou shalt rest Sometimes God gives his Eminent Servants a particular Exemption from future Trouble tho' they live in the Time of it they shall not share in it he finds Chambers of Providence to hide them in Isa 26. 20. we hear concerning Noah Daniel and Job what shall be their personal Lott in troublesome Times tho' they shall Save neither Son nor Daughter yet themselves shall escape Ezek. 14. 14 16. But this seems not to be the meaning here rather it refers to the end of his life that he should rest in the Grave which is given in Scripture as the common place of certain Rest to all the Saints See Rev. 14. 13. with Isa 57. 2. so Job calls the Grave a resting place Job 3. 17 18. and probably Daniel was now near the end of his life drawing on toward the Evening of his Day ready to be put into the Bed of his Grave there to take his Rest Shall stand up shalt rise again or come up out of thy Grave Death is a falling and therefore the Resurrection is a standing up again or a recovering after that fall In thy Lott i. e. in that place and condition which God has appointed for thee Thou shalt have thine Inheritance or Portion in another World called a Lott because the Land of Canaan an eminent Type of Heaven was laid out by Lott to the people hence a possession there was called a Lott in allusion to which the Lord minds Daniel of a Lot laid out to reserved for him there which he should stand up in or come to the possession of At the End of Dayes That is at the end of the World when Time shall be no more then an Eternity of Happiness shall be thy Lott or Portion As if he had said Oh! Daniel thou hast heard from me a Prediction of Impending Calamity I have somewhat darkly discovered it and thou art very thoughtful thereabout but go thy way content thy self with what has been told thee thy Time is hastening to a period and then for thy part thou shalt go to rest and in the season of it stand up to take thy Lott among the Righteous and let that be enough to thee DOCTRINE It should quiet and satisfy the People of God when Evil Dayes are coming that he can take them away to rest and cause them to stand up again at the End of Time in their Lott The taking away of pious ones is the bringing them to rest till the End of Time when they shall stand up in their Lott There be four Propositions in the Doctrine 1. God can and sometimes doth take away his precious Ones by Death when Evil is coming 2. When the Saints are taken hence they go to Rest. 3. All so removed and laid to Rest shall Stand up again at the End of Dayes 4. Each shall stand up in that Lott which is appointed for them Proposition 1. God takes away some of his People when Evil Dayes are coming This was the case in the Text unparallel'd Evil was coming v. 1. and now go thy way Daniel Isa 57. 1 2. is a plain Confirmation thereof Scripture Instances abound for the proof of it Methuselah dyed just before the Flood Josiah was to go to his Grave in peace before the threatned Calamities came 2 Chron 34. 28. Hezekiah was to have Peace and Truth in his Dayes and the Judgments spoken of not to come till he was gone Isa 39. 6 7 8. Daily Examples also confirm it The Reasons are 1. From the great love of God to his Children to call them home before Trouble comes A tender Father Mother will do so by their Children call them in when the night is drawing on or when a Storm is rising 2. From the Saints themselves whom the Lord may find ripe and so house them before a Storm their work may be finished and so he calls them off to give them their Reward 3. For warning to the wicked and as a means to awaken them if ought may prevail or else to leave them without excuse 4. On the account of the Godly that do Survive who are concerned in the removal of them that go 1. For their further Exercise and Trial of their Faith and Patience and a great Trial it must needs be to be deprived of such Helps 2. To necessitate them to Live by Faith when he takes away such Props that they leaned on When Chariots and Horsemen Studs and Pillars are removed it 's time then to look to lean upon the Lord. 5. From God himself who hereby discovers his Soveraignty in taking and leaving when he pleases His Wisdom in having other ways to carry on his work than we can think of His Power in raising up other Instruments when he pleases Or that he may appear so much the more clearly gloriously with his own Arm and Power when Instruments that often eclipse his Glory are taken away Prop. 2. When Godly Ones go they go to Rest For proof see Isa 57. 1 2. Rev. 14. 13. Hence Death is called a falling asleep so did Stophen just
before the heat or at the beginning of that great Persecution Acts 7. ult Quest What Rest do they go to Answ 1. A Rest from Labour This Life is a laborious Life especially to the Godly many others sin and play and sleep away their time but they labour and strive run fight wrestle all which are very laborious Imployments Rev. 14. 13. 2. A Rest from Sin there is no man lives sins not but when the Saints dye they cease from Sin 3. A Rest from the Temptations of Satan There is no Serpent in that Paradise whither the Spirits of Just men go at Death 4. A Rest from Oppression by or any vexation from evil men Job 3. 17 18 19. 5. A Rest from all Suffering and Sorrow from within without themselves or others they shall have no more Pain Grief c. All Tears shall be wiped away 6. To make up all that can be thought on that good is it is a Rest in Christ and with Christ and that is best of all yea all that is best or good Quest Why do the Saints then Rest Answ Because they Laboured and Toyled while here were faithful at their labour while they lived and therefore go to rest when they dye And it is a righteous thing with God to give the labouring and troubled ones Rest at that Day 2 Thes 1. 6 7. Our life-time is the Day wherein we are to work there is no work device or labour in the Grave Eccl. 9. 10. which tho' it be a Judgment to the wicked who slept away their labouring Time that they shall then have no more Opportunity to work yet it is a comfort to the Godly Labourers that they shall have no more need or occasion to work but shall go to their Rest cease from all work Prop. 3. After their going away to Rest they shall stand up again at the Last Day There needs no more to be said toward the Confirmation of this Assertion save the Doctrine of the Resurrection which is one of the main Articles of our Faith and that without which all our Faith and Hope would be vain as not reaching any further than this life and so leaving us most miserable 1 Cor. 15. 17 18 19. Christ told Martha her Brother should rise a-again and she owned it This was Pauls hope Act. 24. 15. and Jobs Comfort Job 19. 25. The Scripture is full of this Truth The ground of it is partly from their Union to Christ their Head who dyed and rose again and so shall they by vertue of his Resurrection Partly that they may receive their Reward according to their works Prop. 4. When they stand up each shall stand in his Lott 1. There shall be a Lott Laid out to each of them a peculiar place and station provided for every one All the Saints both great and small not only a general State of Glory for all but each shall have his own Lott Mansion Crown 2. He shall stand abide or continue therein The Lot is that State of Glory peculiar to every Believer Indeed there shall be degrees some greater some lesser tho' every Vessel shall be filled Some shall have Five Cities others two every one answerable to the Measure of free Grace bestowed on him and the Degrees of its acting in him each shall be rewarded both for kind and measure according to his works And the Reason is from the Righteousness of God who will therefore as Justice obliges render to every one what is his own or due Indeed not unto Believers on Christ for the sake of their works upon the account of their own merit properly but for the sake of the Works and Merits of Christ only yet still according to their works Not for your sakes but for mine own Name sake Uses of the First Proposition If God doth use to take away some of his Eminent Ones or bid them go away before Evil Days Use 1. Then it is an ill Omen and should be accounted matter of great awakening and solemn Consideration to see good men removed If prudent and useful especially if pious men be taken away when meek and merciful ones are removed it looks as if there were Evil at hand which God is willing to Save them from Noahs housing in the Ark and Lot's entering into Zoar carried an ill face to the Old World and Sodom Especially if the removal of such be not Laid to heart their removal is signal and not laying to heart Causal also of approaching Evil. Use 2. Learn hence also that however the Death of any may prove to the Survivers it 's always in mercy to the Godly As all other Troubles so Death is theirs let it come when and how it will It is an effect of his Kindness to them and in pursuance of his Care for them Gods way often is to take away the best first and lay them up safe out of harms way and leave the rest either to mend or grow worse and if they grow worse so to ripen them unto ruin for not growing better under such awakening Providences as the removal of the good Use 3. Then we should not be inordinately careful or solicitous for fear of Trouble before hand do not distract thy self about what may be hereafter yea tho' it seems to be near even at the very door For besides that fixedness without fear of evil Tidings is attainable and ought to be laboured after as a fruit of Faith Psa 112. 7 8. and besides that many times evils feared do not come at all I say besides both these this may comfort us against approaching Trouble that it may be we may be gone into the Grave before it comes Who can tell how soon God may say to him Go thy way Daniel go to thy Rest out of the reach of that Trouble thou fearest before it comes to such an height as to work thee any considerable Damage A prudent foresight of evil and guarding or preparing against it is good and a Duty but distracting thoughtfulness is always sinful and oft needless because possibly thou mayst not live to see it If thou art a good faithful and diligent Servant the Lord may accept of thy good will and call thee off before the pinch comes A good Master will do so by a good Servant that is diligent and willing to do what he is able he will call him by name and take him off when he sees the heat of the day a coming or some pinch at hand that will be too hard for him he will favour him and lay the burden upon others So did the Lord here say to Daniel Go thy way give over thou hast done well go lye down and take thy Rest Uses of the Second Proposition Do the Saints go to Rest when they Dye Use 1. Then see what cause we have to bless God for Jesus Christ who hath made one of the worst things in the Curse viz. Death to be matter of comfort unto all his as it
brings them to ease quiet and rest That dreadful thing Death the King of Terrours shall be to them their Sleep and Rest Use 2. Then Death is not so dreadful to the People of God as it is represented and supposed usually to be If it be their Rest or that which gives them a Passage or Entrance into Rest it is a very pleasant sweet desirable and comfortable thing It 's true Death is indispensibly the Lot of all and made so by Divine Appointment Heb. 9. 27. and it is to Nature very irksome and unto sinning Nature terrible and affrighting but to them that are in Christ and so have their sins pardoned c the Sting of Death removed it should not be so And to prevent its being so the Lord is pleased to find out the most sweet pleasant and alluring Metaphors to set forth the Nature of it by not only to take away the Terror of it but to render it delightsome and desirable to them and among many other these two of Rest and Sleep which are not only harmless things but very desirable and attractive too how does the labouring and travelling man long for the setting of the Sun and end of his Journey that he may rest the sick and pained man to whom wearisome days and nights are appointed what would he give for a nights sleep Oh that I could sleep Oh that I could take my Rest that I could get a little sleep Then why should a true Believer be scared at Death there is no matter of Affrightment in going to rest And that is one thing the Lord is aiming at in making the World a weary World to his people that they may be willing to leave it long to be out of it desirous of the Grave that they may go to Rest therein Use 3. Then be not over much troubled at the removal of any of our pious Friends whom God has taken away by Death they are but gone to Rest and why should that grieve us When persons are sick or diseased and weak one of the principal things we are solicitors about in their behalf is that they may take their Rest when their eyes have been long held waking O how do we wish for them that they might take their Rest we make all quiet still suffer no noise nor any disturbance that might hinder them of their Rest and if we can see them take their Rest we hope they shall do well So when night comes we get our Children to bed and if they be once asleep we are pleased and think all is well with them And why are we not as well satisfied and contented about our Friends that Dy in the Lord they do Sleep in Jesus and so shall do well they have been toyling in the world and are tired with the labour of it and are now gone to Sleep why should we begrudge them their Rest Indeed for our own loss of them we should grieve and for Gods displeasure that may appear in the stroke we should mourn and for our sins that have made God angry we should cry bitterly but for them that are gone to Rest see that we weep as though we wept not The Grave is called an House and Bed it is so sanctified by the Death of Christ that it is a good house a good bed both soft and warm a comfortable bed a place of quiet and repose a place of Security and Secrecy hence Job speaks of Gods hiding him in the Grave Job 14. 13. a man in the Grave is hidden from the strife of Tongues hidden from the rage and malice of evil men out of the reach of all that devise mischief against him he is there freed from all Trouble and Molestation whatsoever There the Servant is free from his Master and they hear not the cry of the Oppressor Job 3. 13 17 18 19. They that are lodged in the Grave are lodged in an house where they are safe from fear are not disturbed by all the noise and lumber in the World tho' the Earth quake the Sea roar they are not moved though the Mountains be cast into the midst of the Sea they are not affected with it the sound of the Trumpet and Alarms of Wars do not affright them There is no aking head sick stomach pained Bowels spending weakning Cough to break their Rest no Evil Tidings can make their ears Tingle or hearts Tremble Diseases Pains Business Cares Fears would not let them rest here but none of these things shall molest them there nothing shall awaken them till the Last Trumpet sounds when they shall arise to receive that Incorruptible Crown that fades not away reserved in the Heavens for them Then let not us disturb our selves about them be at rest concerning them there let them rest quiet till the Morning of the Resurrection in which they shall rise to the full Enjoyment of that Christ in whose Bosome they are now sleeping If they be quiet in their Beds let us be quiet also about them if they be at Rest labour we to compose our selves unto free submission to Soveraign Disposal yea and comfort our selves in this that however it may fare with us or others yet such and such of ours are well and at rest gotten quite out of harms way that no evil shall come near their dwelling however they are safe enjoying quiet rest till the Pit be digged for the wicked Psal 94. 13. Such of our Friends are out of the Gunshot of the malice and rage of men and Devils Rather let us so believe and live so work and labour while here that when we dye we may rest with them than spend our time in inordinately grieving for them who are at rest Use 4. Let this serve also to comfort and quiet us against all the labour toyl and travel that God hath appointed to us in this World Work willingly labour chearfully bear our Cross which God lays on us without repining or reluctance it is but for a little while Rest is a coming It comforts the Hireling while he is bearing the heat and burden of the day that it is but for a Day and when he hath accomplished his Day there is a Recompence and Rest ready for him when he hath ended his work he shall have his Reward and go to his Rest And as the Rest of a labouring man is sweet when it comes so the fore thoughts of it should be sweet while he is at work be sure it should be so with all the Godly It should make every good mans work go off hand with the more content and comfort I shall rest anon and the harder my work the sweeter my Rest The Parents of Noah when he was born by a Spirit of Prophecy no doubt Gen. 5. 29. called him Noah promising themselves Rest by him under all their Toyl c. Jesus Christ is the true Noah from whom all true Rest comes he hath by his lying in the Grave made it a place of
Rest and this should be thought on together with that Everlasting Rest that Death leads to and with this should we comfort our selves and one another And as this Consideration should comfort us while we live so it is suitable to make us willing to dye yea to long for Death as much as ever a tired Traveller or weary Labourer did for his bed Alas for all that lothness to dye which is to be found in us either we are not weary of the world but have too much content and rest in it Or we do not look upon the Grave as a place of Rest Or we do not consider the sweetness of that Rest or we are not well assured that it is a Rest for us or else Go thy way and go to Rest would be a sweet word to us This should make us Love Death be fond of it embrace it as a very welcome Messenger sent to poor weary Creatures to put them to Bed We read of some who out of their extream misery have been seeking Death courting the Grave hunting for a passage into the Grave but how much more earnest and intense should we be if beside the Troubles here to drive us we had the hope of Rest to allure us Uses of the Third Proposition After they have rested shall they stand up Use 1. Then Death is not an Annihilation it is a Dissolution but does not annihilate it returns men to Dust but not to nothing Use 2. This serves to magnify the power of God that can make a dead person stand up again not only one that hath been four days but more than so many thousand years dead to appear again And the Consideration of the power of God in the work of Resurrection should strengthen our Faith with reference to all other difficult cases whether bodily or spiritual personal or relative that our selves in particular or the Church in general may meet with however discouraging and afflictive if the Lord can make the Body after its Dissolution and resolution into its principles to arise stand up again then he can do so by the Soul also which is sunk and low and discouraged is ready to say that he is shut up and shall come out no more is become like the dry bones in the valley the Lord can make him stand up In like manner can he do by his own work Religion the Cause and Interest of Christ and his people it may sem to run low and Israel may be brought very low but the Lord can revive his work and people He can raise up the Tabernacle of David that is fallen He can build up the walls of Jerusalem Jesus Christ is the Resurrection and the Life both to Zion in general and to all the true Sons and Daughters thereof and will certainly give a Resurrection to his fallen Cause and Work and cause it to stand up Use 3. Hence also Pious Friends though gone away are not lost as they are not annihilated so as not to be so neither are they lost so as not to be found As to this world so they are lost never to be seen here any more in that Capacity as formerly the place that has known them shall know them no more they shall no more have a Portion in ought that is done under the Sun but really they are not lost they shall all be found and stand up Not one Grain shall be lost all the Dead both small and great shall make their personal appearance and especially none of Christs Beloved Ones shall be lost We think it no great matter to take leave of our Friends at Bed-Time yea to look on them and see them unclothe themselves and go to bed lye down to rest we can chearfully bid them good night expecting to see them upon their legs again standing up next morning It 's want of Faith that we do not treat our dying friends accordingly take leave of them chearfully wishing them a good nights rest expecting to see them in the Morning of the Resurrection as Psal 49. 14. when the Righteous shall stand up and be uppermost too have dominion over all their Enemies that despised and trampled upon them in this World Use 4. See a vast difference between a pious Saint a precious Daniel in his Condition then and that of a wicked man an ungodly one The Godly shall stand the wicked are not so they shall not stand in Judgment Psal 1. they shall rise only to fall to fall utterly and eternally The Believer only shall be accounted worthy to stand when the Son of Man shall come but others shall be thought worthy to fall yea shall be cast down into utter Destruction Uses of the Fourth Proposition Shall each stand in his Lot Use 1. Hence there is a peculiar Lott appointed to each after the Resurrection Every one shall have his own lot reward and portion every one that is written up among the Living shall stand up unto a Lot and to that which is his own lot not another mans Many now that profess Religion do but trim themselves with borrowed Feathers adorn themselves with a Form of Godliness without the power of it so get the name repute which belongs to Godly men indeed being by charity so accounted but then it shall be otherwise every man shall have his own lot shall be rewarded according to his works Not only great Daniel but every one of Christ's little ones shall each have his Lot and share of Glory Use 2. See hence what ought to be our great care while here viz. after a good Lot then our standing therein E're long we must go into the Grave where there is no work or device nothing more to be done save only to receive take possession of our lot answerable to the life we have led while here To work out our Salvation with fear trembling is therefore our business now and then our Lot will be answerable Be sound in the way that may lead us to the getting a good lot then we would not then be gathered with Sinners bloody or worldly men Psal 26 then do not cast in our Lot with them now which we may be tempted to as Prov. 1. 14. it is no great matter what we get or lose here so we may have a good lot there Here is a great deal of ado among us at this day about our Lots Lands what a scuffle is there about a little Earth here is arresting pleading impleading fending and proving one pleading his right another his one claiming another endeavouring to invalidate his claim and about this how buisy are men But be not over solicitous here know that there is a far greater Question in hand viz. What shall be my Lot and where shall it lye in the other World how shall I get a good Title to a good Lot there and how shall I maintain it and secure my right against all that would dispossess me Oh! let this be