Teftament, and condemned, unheard, to a prifon, where he remained fome years; but he was fo far from being moved at the unrighteous profecution, that he joyfully faid to a conftant friend, "What could I defire more of God, than having ferved him to my power, I fhould be called to fuffer for him!"

His pacific fpirit was a clear character of his being a child of God. How ardently he endeavoured to cement the breaches amongst us is publicly known. He faid to a friend, "I can as willingly be a martyr for love as for any article of the creed."It is ftrange, to aftonishment, that those who agree in the fubftantial and great points of the reformed religion, and are of different fentiments only in things not fo clear, nor of that moment as those wherein they confent, fhould be of oppofite parties.

Death reveals the fecrets of the heart then words are spoken with moft feeling and leaft affectation. This excellent faint was the fame in his life and death: his laft hours were spent in preparing others and himfelf to appear before God. He faid to his friends that vifited him, "You come hither to learn to die, I am not the only perfon that must go this way: I can af fure you, that your whole life, be it ever fo long, is little enough to prepare for death. Have a care of this vain deceitful world and the lufts of the flefh: Be fure

you choose God for your portion, heaven for your home, God's glory for your end, his word for your rule, and then you need never fear but we fhall meet with comfort.

Never was penitent finner more humble and debafing, never was a fincere believer more calm and comfortable. He acknow ledged himself to be the vileft dunghillworm (it was his ufual expreffion) that ever went to heaven: he admired the divine condefcenfion to man, after faying,

Lord, what is man? what am I, a vile worm to the great God?" Many times he prayed, "God be merciful to me a finner!" and bleffed God, that that was left upon record in the Gofpel as an effectual prayer: He faid, "God may justly condemn me for the beft duty I ever did; and all my hopes are from the free mercy of God in Chrift," which he often prayed for.

After a flumber he awaked and faid, “ I fhall reft from my labour." A minister then prefent faid, "and your works follow you. To whom he replied, "No works! I will leave out works, if God will grant me the other."-When a friend was comforting him with the remembrance of the good many had received by his preaching and writings, he faid, "I was but a pen in God's hand, and what praife is due to a pen?"

His refigned fubmiffion to the will of God, in his fharp ficknefs, was eminent. When extremity of pain conftrained him earneftly to pray to God for his release by death, he would check himself: "It is not fit for me to prescribe;" and faid, "when thou wilt, what thou wilt, how thou wilt."

At another time he faid, "That he found great comfort and fweetnefs in repeating the words of the Lord's prayer; and was forry that fome good people were prejudiced against the ufe of it; for, there were all neceffary petitions for foul and body contained in it.'

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At other times he gave excellent counfel to young minifters that vifited him, and earneftly prayed to God to blefs their labours, and make them very fuccefsful in converting many fouls to Chrift; and expreffed great joy that they were of moderate peaceful fpirits.

During his ficknefs, when the question was afked, how he did, his reply was, “almoft well." His joy was most remarkable when in his own apprehenfion death was neareft: and his fpiritual joy was at length confummate in eternal joy.

Thus lived and died that bleffed faint.I have, without any artificial fiction in words, given a fincere fhort account of him. All our tears are below the juft grief for fuch an invaluable lofs. It is the com

fort of his friends that he enjoys a blessed reward in heaven, and has left a precious remembrance on earth.

Now, bleffed be the gracious God, that he was pleased to prolong the life of his fervant, fo ufeful and beneficial to the world, to a full age: that he has brought him flowly and fafely to heaven.

I fhall conclude this account with my own deliberate wifh: "May I live the remainder of my life as entirely to the glory of God as he lived; and when I fhall come to the period of my life, may I die in the fame bleffed peace wherein he died: may I be with him in the kingdom of light and love for ever."

I fhall alfo add Dr. Calamy's account of this treatise; his words are thus: In 1657, Mr. Baxter publifhed a Call to the Unconverted; a book bleffed by God with marvellous fuccefs, in reclaiming perfons from their impieties. Twenty thousand of themwere printed and difperfed in little more than a year. It was tranflated into French, and Dutch, and other European languages; and Mr. Elliot tranflated it into the Indian language; and Mr. Cotton Mather, in his life, gives an account of an Indian prince, who was fo well affected with this. book, that he fat reading it, with tears in his eyes, till he died."