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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45685	A funeral sermon on Mordecai Abbott Esq. preach'd at Lorimers Hall, April the 7th, 1700 / by Thomas Harrison.	Harrison, Thomas, fl. 1700.	1700 (1700)	Wing H910; ESTC R40131	13,432	55

divorc'd from their Bodies In short when millions of millions of Ages are run out in the fruition of Heavenly Pleasures their Happiness will be no nearer to its Period than at the first moment of their admission into the Regions of Glory 2. 'T is undecaying As they shall not cease to rejoice so their Joy will never be impair'd or diminish'd There shall be no Clouds to obscure the Splendor of that Eternal Day Our Happiness will be always the same and our Perception of it equal throughout an endless Eternity The long Enjoyment of Celestial Pleasures will not make us to grow weary of them There is an infinite variety in God and whatever is truly desirable is eminently injoy'd in him An infinite Good produces always the same pure equal compleat Joy because it arises from its intrinsic Perfection that wants no foil to commend it In a word this Joy is no ravishing Rapture but a constant height of Affection Thus I dismiss the second General Head I must but touch upon the III. To show the certain Connexion between serving Christ faithfully in this Life and the possession of that blissful State in the next There is no Connexion by way of Merit between the one and the other Eternal Life is the free Gift of God and therefore not the proper Reward of our Services Since we owe a perfect Obedience to our Lord could we yield that it would not entitle us to the Glory of Heaven But there being many flaws and defects in our Obedience 't is very absurd to claim so great a Felicity on that account Tho the Word of God assures us that the possession of Heaven shall certainly follow upon the faithful serving of Christ on Earth I might produce several Texts to this purpose but two shall suffice We are assur'd that Christ will render eternal Life to them who by patient continuance in well-doing seek for Glory Honour and Immortality Rom. 2.6 7. He that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap Life everlasting Gal. 6.8 This glorious Judg will at the grand Assize pronounce a Sentence upon every one sutable to the kind and nature tho not to the desert of his Works Then shall Men return and discern between the righteous and the wicked between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not Since all Christ's faithful Servants are justified and sanctified they shall certainly be glorified They who have a right to Heaven and a meetness for it shall infallibly enter into that delectable Habitation There is such Connexion between the Fruits of electing Love that they who have receiv'd any one shall certainly receive all the rest I proceed IV. To make some Application 1. How highly doth it concern us to enquire whether we are the faithful Servants of Christ or not Since this is a matter of everlasting importance how strict should we be in the examination of our selves that we may come to a due result in our own Minds about it Let us seriously consider whether the Character that hath been given of such Persons agrees to us We have a great deal of Work to do are we diligent in it Some Talents are intrusted with us all do we carefully improve them If we loiter and are unfaithful we cannot conceal our Infidelity from our Omniscient Lord tho our fellow Servants may be unacquainted with it Deceitful Pleas and Excuses will not avail us when we stand before that Judg whose Eyes are as a flame of Fire 2. How sad will the Condition of unfaithful Servants be in the awful day of Account If they that are faithful shall enter into the Joy of their Lord then they that are unfaithful shall be doom'd to eternal Sorrow As there is a vast difference between their State and their Actions at present so their Condition will be vastly different hereafter They that spend all their time in the Service of Sin and Satan will receive dreadful Wages even everlasting Death at the end of it The Talents which are now intrusted with them will inflame their Reckoning when they stand at their Lord's Tribunal Since they have sown to the Flesh they shall of the Flesh reap Corruption Think of this O Sinners before it be too late That Time those Estates those Opportunities those natural and acquir'd Parts which you now profusely squander away must e'er long be accounted for In a short time Christ will say to every one of you Give an account of thy Stewardship for thou mayst be no longer Steward And how sad an Account will you give if taken out of the World in your present state Think what Horror will seize you if not extremely stupid when Death shall sit upon your quivering Lips and your Souls shall be just ready to take their flight into an eternal World How dreadful will the thoughts of appearing before the Lord be to you when sensibly approaching his Judgment-Seat Think of that awful Day when Christ shall be reveal'd from Heaven in flaming Fire to take Vengeance upon them that know not God and obey not the Gospel How dreadful a Spectacle will the Supreme Judg be to you who have slighted and contemned him when he shall appear in a pompous manner arm'd with Almighty Power and attended with a numerous Train to pronounce an irreversible Sentence of Condemnation upon you Can you bear to dwell in blackness of Darkness and to lie in unquenchable Flames with Legions of Devils Tho you have highly offended your Lord 't is not yet too late to find Mercy He now sits upon a Throne of Grace and extends his Golden Scepter to the greatest Criminals Come to Christ by Faith that you may be interested in his Righteousness which will free you from the Guilt of your former Infidelity and receive that Grace from him which will capacitate you to serve him faithfully the remainder of your days Know that many who were once in the same case with your selves are now reigning in Life thro Jesus Christ their Lord. 3. What Encouragement have Believers to fidelity in the Service of their Lord That assurance which you have of a future Felicity should encourage you to lay out your selves to the utmost in the Service of Christ at present The Improvement which the Apostle makes of the Doctrine of the Resurrection 1 Cor. 15. ult is a natural Improvement of this Doctrine Therefore my beloved Brethren be ye stedfast unmoveable always abounding in the work of the Lord forasmuch as ye know that your Labour is not in vain in the Lord. Since Christ will bestow such an unspeakable Happiness upon you hereafter how willing should you be to do your utmost to serve him here The Joy that is set before you should carry you chearfully thro all the fatigues and difficulties of your present State 4. This may comfort us under the loss of our Godly Friends and Relations 'T is true the better they were the greater loss we sustain'd by their removal But the Consideration of