considered obedience to the powers that be, as an essential part of his duty to God : he looked upon earthly governors as ministers ordained of God ; and inculcated obedience to them as a duty, " not merely for wrath, but also for conscience sake." As then ye have been followers of his faith and practice while living, so be ye imitators of him now that he is with- drawn from you : " be ye followers of him, as he was of Christ." And be careful, " not to be carried about with divers and strange doctrines," either in religion or politics : but " hold fast that ye have received, that no man take your crown." If there be any here, who have never yet been " partakers of the like pre- cious faith with him," O that I might this day prevail with them to " become obedient to the faith ! " My dear brethren, you will assuredly find, that the only means of holiness in life, or of peace in death, or of glory in eternity, is, the knowledge of Christ : " there is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we can be saved" from sin and misery in this world, or from everlasting destruction in the world to come ; no other name, I say, but the name of Jesus Christ. I must therefore entreat you now to reflect on those things, which hitherto ye have heard without effect ; and I pray God, that the seed, which has lain buried in the earth, may spring up speedily, and bring forth fruit an hundred-fold.
I add now in the last place, " Consider the end of your departed minister's conversation." You have heard how peaceful and resigned he was in the prospect of death, and what an assured and glorious hope of immortality he enjoyed. ''^Mark the perfect man," says David, " and behold the upright ; for the end of that man is peace :" this you have seen veri- fied in him. But carry your thoughts a little further: follow him within the vail : behold him united to that blessed assembly of saints and angels : see him freed from the bondage of corruption, arrayed in the unspotted robe of his Redeemer's righteousness, crowned with a royal diadem, seated on a throne of glory, tuning his golden harp, and with a voice as