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LAMENTATIO N.

U14] Father, my Father ! :11:
the Horfi:-men t/Jereof !

me], and tbc Horfe-men :12

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’   2. KINhG._z. 12.?

C/mriot of Ifrael, and

Luna hiscom-

 t plaint at the partufirc
' "  § 01; rapture of 21945
from him into Hca- V

uen, confifling of,
Firfl , A Patheti-
cal exclamation, My

Sccondly,A plau-

f_l‘/re C/mriot of If-
ereofi

i The firfi fhcweth Elzflia his ai¥e&ion to .15/1'/:4/:7,
0'14} Fatéer, my Fatber! The Iecond , E1945 1115
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pro~

Fat/yer, my F atber!  

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fible Acclarnation , V , '

  El:/5:1‘ /Jéixi

1 1. Datum pt‘-
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licuu.

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a Prv.4.1.
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1,6054-11.

b 1.I(I:ag.;-!1-
c x.Tm.l-1-
Tit.x.4.

d GeII.4.zo, :1.
l

& ‘ '

at protection of Ifrael,Tbe Cbariot oflfrael, and the i '

Harfc—mcn tbereof. The fir&,What Ely}/2 was to
El;/be in particular , A Father , ea, a double Fa-
thtrs U14] F4150; my I-‘atber ! T e fecond,What
v he was to all Ifrael in gcnerall, Tbe Cbariat of
Ifrael, and the H orfi- mm tbereof. In both, Elzflm
larnenteth in one El;/ab, adouble lofle: firfl ,. his
owne priuatc lofle, he loll in him a Father , t/'1/ly
Father, mjrdtber .' Secondly, the publike lofl'e of
all 13361, thc 1011 in him an Armie Royall, Tire
Cbhriot ‘of 1/Zzel, and Ike Hmjfi-men tbercof

I begin with the former, the Patheticall excla-

I. Appellation, Faber.
The 2.. Appropriation, cJM'y1F'atber..

tber, my Fatlzcr.

, For the firfiofthefe , the Appellation . I need
p not lhew you how diuerfly the word, Fatber , is
  vfed in Scripture , but how it-is properly to bee
vnderfioodin this place.- You know that there
are Fathers by l
' Firfl, Nature, as L/Iérabam was to Ifiac, and
[fin to» 74:06. '
E Secondly,‘ Age, as thofc who haue the aduan-I
g rage of vs in yeares , Rcéukr not 4n£ld:r, but ex-4
, but him at as Father; i .
Thirdly, O$ce,‘as * Magifirates, * Minillcrs,

Superiours.
l, ' J ‘ Fourthly,

.-~.~\

mation, wherein are three branches obferueable. L

3. Iteration,or Ingemination, Myfa. -

5 5 Mailers, ¢ Tutors, ‘ Teachers, and generallyall ' '

I’

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. -v —7.-—é .. _.._ *7

i by Eli/I24, Father; in regard ofAge, for he was ~

Lamentaxtion, e    3
Fourthly,Afi'e&ion and kindnelle,as ou
uourers, Benefactors, and Proteftors. _ . 10919-W
In the three later regards is Elfin/7 here {tiled

his elder; in regard of Olfice , for hee was his

‘ forit teacheth vs, that ‘ .

ii affumeth it , as firfl conferred on him by God

Ma{ter,and (as it were) his Tutor 5 in regard of
Affeftion, for (vnder God) he was his efpeciall
Benef’aé’c_or and Protector; fo that the very Ap-
pe1lation,I-‘at/aer, as it is here vfed,is Dofirinall,

Superiours pug/at to éeare téemfcluesar Fatber: D067. 1.
toward: Meir Inferiours. Q

Men ofeminence and authoritie in Church ‘ g ' r
and Commonwealth , ought’ to bee as Fa- ; i
thersto thofe who are vnder their _charge. V ~ g
They ought to bee Fo, becaufe they are lb cal- ‘  
led. God and Man, Grace and Nature , haue
agreed to conferrelthis honourable title, F4-g -   =
I/icr, vpon thofe that haue well deferued; of
fuch as are vnder them , or doe belong vnto 
them. Iofépb, hauing by his. prudence and pro- i I
uidence preferued P/may/2 and his Kingdome,
is rewarded with this honourable appellation, ,
L/férrc/7, or/tender Father, or (according to Gm.4r~43,_-
fome) t/Jefatéerofz/7e'I\’ing. Yea, hee himfelfe A

himfctlfe, Goa’ Zatb made me 4 fatber tumo P£m-- _G?”-4‘>'-i8- ~
mob. , . ~ g '
»Nature herein Followeth Grace, andgraceth * Roma Parrem _.l

" perfons eminent in place , if allo excellent in .PgW3€‘i_6e_r0»em
‘lzbera dzxtt. l-u- ‘

1' C F3‘ e Grnq-5.8, l i

, parts, vi/rth this excellent appellation‘. " Rome vcml,
I ~ v B 2 c ' freed

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4-

‘ l 4'' Domini afl-

pcllatianem ut
mafedzflum, (9
opprabrium [cm-
per e.vbar/wit,
Suctomin O-
Ctauie, cap.5x.
a Campos veto-
rum meoram fa-
flua, éc. id.
cap. 5 8.

b Tqtcitm Ax‘:-
nal. lib.t.

e Sutton. in Ti-
ber. eap.67_

M4ttb.6.9.

:1

  Eli/In In

freed by the vigilancy of Cicero , from the con-
fpiracy of Catalina , bellowed onhim this title,
F4:/zer oftbe Coumrey. " Lfluguflm Caefizr, who
abhorred the title of Lord, as a reproch rather
then an honour , accepted this of Father of t/ae
Cozlmtrey, as the height of his ambition , “ ha-
uing afterward nothing to will: for (as hee pro-
tefied) Faue that he might maintayne that Title
to the end of his life. Tiéerim at firfl refufed it,
5 either out of his accuflomcd craf't,of' refufing.
that in lhew which he molt affeé’ted, or becaufe
as he was confcious to himfelfe, that he did not
deferue it, ° fo he defpaired thateuer he fhould
be able to fupport it. ' ’ ‘

Now Superiours as they are called , fo they F

ought to be Fathers, efpeciallyin afoure—fold
regard. .-Firfi, in regard of Afeflion; The lone
of a Father to a Sonne , none lane a Father can
well conceiue, no not a Sonne himfelfe,vntill he
bee a Father. God, to expreffe his loue to vs, ’
which cannot by vs be expreffed or conceiued,
fetteth forth himfelfe to vs as a Father. So
lhould good Gouernours loue thofe who are of
theircharge , as a Father doth his Children.
Such was the afieftion of L/‘wafer to the People,
of Pay! to his Countrimen, when in an extafie
ofloue they-wilhed themfelues abandoned ,
that theirsmightbee blefled. Thefe were Fa-
thers indeed. - .

_ Secondly , of I’r0tcc7im .- A Father will ad-
uentnre his life for the iafetie of his Sonne. No»

‘L

maruell l

3

__..A_
uvvuwvtu ’_

e Lamentation.

imaruell , for euen Beafis and Birds will expoFe

' themfelt_1es to danger for the fafetie,to death,for

thelife of thCi1(‘J[)7OLlI1g. So will a good Gouer-
nour rather a eét the fafetie of his , then his
owne fafetie. Therefore Dauid defired to di-

uert the wrathof the Lord fi'om the People, on e

' himfelfe and his owne houfe; What Father
, could doe more? ’ F

Thirdly, ofCorre£7z'im.- To correét is the OF
fice of a Father, but with fatherly correé’cion.' A

Father co—rreé?et17 Me G‘/72'/d wbom be /auetb , and  

loueth the Child whom hee correéteth , and in
greatefl; choler remembreth that he is a Father
who fmiteth, and a Sonne who fmarteth ; and
therefore vfeth correction, no otherwife then
Marriners doe eie.£’cion of their fraight in a tem-

elt, for the lafetie of the Ship , and is payned
himfelfe when he his compelled to punilh. He
defires, if it may be , rather to correét with ter-
rifying then to terrific with correéting , and of-
ten lhaketh the rod that hee may the more fel-
dome firike with it. ,

'.Lafi1y, in regard 0fEx4m;1>-la .- Superiours
lhould be Fathers, not onely in regard of prefi-
dence , but chiefely of precedence in godlinelfe
and all vertues to their Inferiours. Ail example
is powerf'ul«l either to good or euill, but molt of
them who are of molt power. Great mens lines
are no litle lawes to thofe who line vnder them:
their Examples ‘doe as much as their Ediéts,
their prelidents are no lelTe publike and more

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Helm 2.6.9. ‘

llle dolet quoting 3

cogitur age [:7
fax.

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'0: plurimum

/‘ubieflm populm
/e _/blet confer-
mafqrorum ma-
ribws qui paten-

‘tit? preuafent,

Bflfil. in {Elia I 0
ad £111 verém, ‘
Principe: mi non
obediunt, ebc.

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Pzwei reuera
font qui red‘?
patres vytentur;
paw gtappe
fimt mapero
gm; tangat ve-
beme7zterfi2lici-
‘_ rude fa"u!t3 eo-
rum qui ei: cow-
mifli fun. Pet.
Martyr. ad
lgcumo

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in mi_nde ofthel'e,befides many other duties.
~ Butmay I not now aske,as once the Prophet
did : Tour Fat/zer: ! Wbere are tbey .9 Such Fa-

. thers,where ‘are they now to be found 2 Such

there were : but doe fuch line for euer 2 or

. doe they who aiife in theirfleads, endeuour to

bee fuch Fathers 2 May wee not borrow the
Apoftles fpeech ? T bong}: you /Jame man} ‘Ma-
/Zers, yet [mac you not mam} Fat/very. There are
many who profefle the Names , poffeffe the
Places of Fathers; not many that affect their

perfwafiue then their Proclamations. The title, \
Father, giuen to men ofeminence,putteth them’

People as I-‘atbm, proteét the Weake as 112- ~

t/Jars, correét the Delinquent as Fat/2e75, and _,

as Fat/2er:«dircé’c‘ and lead their Children? by
vertuous and religious Examples. What F4-
than are they,who rather affeft themfelues and
their owne riuate ends, whofe wholeftudieis

to prouide or themlelues; carelefle of the com-' ‘

mon Good, not regarding the Ship of Church
or Common-wealth, but in a Storme abando-
ning it rather (as the Mariners would the Ship

wherein Paul fayled) that they may lane them- .'

felues in the Cock-boat of their o'wneFor-
tunes? Such are not Patres, but Pmdoms. The
Apollle faith, C/Jildren 'v_/emt to lafvpfar t/zeir
I-‘at/Jers, 51:: Father: for t/zeir Cbiidren. Whats

pamm are they then,who euen flea their Chil-‘ .

l

§onnesj_ 1

dren, tlmt they may lay vp for themfelues 5 as
Satumiis fayned to haue deuoured his owne

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l ‘ 1; Lamentations. ‘

at fuch Fathers! 1 i ’ ,

= fortie yeares (as in aFree-Schoole) among the
. Egy'.ptlan$,~:1nd'fOI‘tlC yeares more in the De-

’ haue better reuelations then an old Eli; E/2'/m

‘ Sonnes ? God bleffe allgood Children fiom

Mull "men of-eminence and authoritie bee
Fat/yer: .? W hatxmake they -then in the Chaire
of Fat/very, who Both for age and carriage ‘are.
more fit to {land ‘among Children? Minillers

.are called Elders, Magiflratcs were called aSe- l
mtor: ; to lhew that yeares mull maturate
men to Fuch Funftions : yet both in‘ Church
and Common-wealth, are notChildren llept
into the Seats ofmzbers .9 b_ cfl/tofi’: fpent one

fart,vfing that folitude as an Academe,f'or Con-
templation '; yet after all this, ‘being called to
the Funétion of a Fztt/yer, hee excufed'hi's in-f
f‘uHiciencie,£1ying: 6 Who am I , t/74! I /koala’
gee‘ ta Pharaoh 2 ‘What are they then , who
haue not yet tyxthed halle Mafia‘ his ‘time, in
‘ Vniuerfitiegor Innes of Court; that they lhould
To fuddenly [tart vp to be Fathers, in Church
or State ? I know, that Iudgement is not ne-
ceffarily tied to Age. Some young Samuel may

the you ngefhmay be the {layedelt and {ou-ndefi
among Iaé: Friends; Iofep/9 at thirtie yeares
may be a Father to P/mach, and to all Egypt;
Wifedome many times out-runneth yeares, as i
Ialm did Peter, the younger the elder; Vnder-
ftanding maybe ripe in the Brefl, when there
doe fcarce appeare any bloflomes of a Beard.

Let I

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. b ‘Primzls qua- .
dmgintoz amid i

3 Tales spam:
efl'e maturam
amt: proztefios
q’g~ qui tcmparis v
prohituaine
euafirint matte:
mm femm cog;
nitione perm,
(ac. Bafili in
Ilhi. c.3.

Zfigrptis difZ'z'-
plzmis inflitulm
efi, Bafil. pro-

aem. in Ifai.

c Exod.3.I I. ‘

 3.10;!

1019:; 2.0.4.
--Tyempare cerfe
Virmtem mm
prima negant,
non vltima do-
nazzt. Iofeph.

Ifcanus,debell. L. 1

Ttoian. l.r.

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El:/794 /air

3. Vfi.

1 Leuit.t9.3.
Malacb-'!.’6»
£PbOfl6oZo

b Jzpbeflm.
Col.3.to.
Luke 2» 53.

C I.Tim-S’ -4-
Mattb.I5.6.
G:*n.47.1z. ‘

d Ephe/.'s.x.

Imitatur adop.
tic prolem. Au-
fon. in Neru.

‘ " Htrcditalem

fl9irim1lem,('yc.
- P. Martyr ad
locum.

Le; fuch haue their place, their prayfe. But

what make they in the place of Famers, who ~

are Children in Vnderftanding as well as in

Yeares 2 Father: lhould haue gfome-thing, r_

euen in their Faces , to fhew that they are
Fathers. L

Are Superiors Faber: vnto vs? Then ought
wee to behaue our {clues as dutifiill Children
vnto them 5 * honouring and louing them as
our Fatbm, 5 obeying them as our Fatbers,
‘ ayding and fupporting them as our Fatberr,
and d following their good Examples,as deare
Children. How can wee grudge them thefe
pf mall returnes, receiuing fo much good, fo ma-
ny Bleflings by them? Such F4!/yer: are to be

loued while they line, and to bee lamentedat

their death , as if they were our natura1lFa-
thers; as here Elzflm doth Elggahérying out,
i ' My Father!
VVhich is the fecond Brancb,wherein he doth

appropriate him to himfelfegas if he had beene a

his naturall Father. . Whereas El;/4/7 was not

Father to Elijlm by Natui-e,but by a greater and

furer bond, namely, by Grace. Adoption is an
imitation and fupply of Iflue. Ely}:/7 hauing

no Sonne, adopted godly Elzflm for his Sonne,

made him his Heire, and bequeathed vnto him.
a fpirituall Legacie, euen the Inheritance of his

Spirit doubled vpon him. Doubtlefle, Ely}:/:

the Thisbite had fome of his bloud and kind-

red liuing,who by Nature were neerer to him.

i then

r

“ Lament4tt'on. '

. then Eli 4; yet for the-‘Graces of Godiwhich

were in him, he preferred ihimjbefore them,and
tooke him for his Sonne 5 for which caufe, Eli-

_ flm taketh him alfo for his Father;

My Fzztlver ll

 Whercbyiwee are taught, that

T /7: fpirituafl Kindred ,5 the éefl and fiI— _

Kindred by Generation, is nothing fo neere
and deare,as that by Regeneration. Grace is a

latte firmer bond then Nature“; Faith doth
e tmoreifirmelyzvnite me'n,then the ‘Flefh :- Reli-
  .gio’n?is the furelt, Gimenit of Afi°eé‘tIion_. Be-

eweene man and-.man,as‘men, there coaninot-be

-namely,:that- of Gra¢ei."-They wiho-Iare" thus al-

lyed ,--are linked ’toget.'-her With a .fe'u,cn.-ifold
.Cord : "firit,.,:me Body; Iecondly, one Spirit ;
 thirdly, anebape-of Calling 5 fourthly, one Lard;
. e.fif'tly,‘iope* Faith;-jifixtlty, we Baptifine; k‘uenth-
’ 1y,0flE»G9d,'.dfld~FZIb€f  all .-- fo many Ones,

rmuft netzdes make fuch to be one. iI-fa’ three-
fold twifled -’Cor'd be hardly, then furely this
feuen-fold",twifietl ‘~Cordjcannot polliljlyjbee

Naturall Parents

King of
Edoms

~ ;

Vfi

of his owne cldeft Sonne ("not the

.4 ~ _..g

.fi,~

J

4

  W haue’ often proucd vnna-

\ . ‘ turall to their-mifne Children: fame of them
“ i’ha_ue butchjer-e_d_ Ithei-ripoore Infants ,--to their
- Idols. . 1‘-The King A of’ Moab burnt «the bones

 aegreater bond,’ then that of Bloud ; but :be- i
" tweene them,as~Chri<ftians, there is :1» greater,

_._.

Daft’. 2 .

~Epl9.4. 7,6.

De:tt.n.3x. 5
Wifd.rz..5,6. >
"' D. Bexefield * i
on A230: 2.4 ,
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LAMENTATION?

Fgr his Ownc , and all I S R A EL s
% IOHE, in ELI] AH,

T/ae fieéiefz’ o 4 Sermon , preached at the
Funeral s of the Right Worfllipfull
Sir Auraomr Rovs,
late of Halton z'n.Cor:mm/Z,

’13’j Charles “I\;7itz-Gcffi'y;

Augufi.ConfcIf. lib. to. cap. 37.
Si bome vitae bonortmtj, apmm came: , e?‘ folet , 0 debet cg? lduda

\H'IS 

KNIGHT.

mitftxm aim quiz!» ipjizm banam vita»: deferi non opartet“

/

tie, :2»: co-

E L IS H A 

Printed by William Slansé)? F0? Ia/m Par/cer , and are to 
be fold at his Sh op in Paul: Church-yard, ’

 

atgthc figne of the three Pidgcons.

AL.

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A V/Vorfhipfilll, Ijnyworthy Patron AV

.W11.L1AM’ Rqvs, of Haltan,
Efquirg ‘Grad: , Mcrc , and %» .
Peace be multiplic . V ‘
as ae

Ratulation, tbeucg/2

'\‘~ J Lit comcfomew/mt

1ate,fi'ndet/9 accep-
tance, at leaf? efca-

,pct/2 cbeckglmt La.
5 /

mentation, not /6 .'
“Untimely comfinu
ting, ma/(es t/)€..-

Wotmdof Sorrow

_ to bleed at/5*ej7>5 ‘wbic/2 Time, ( Griefis bqfl

Cbivrurcgeori) bad almo/Z clofed. When I798-2

Ilian Emlmj]2za'ours

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came fdmew/mt late to

% J 3 c&2mfort_

  

Scra gratulacio
rcprchcndi
non fblct.

Cic. ep.7, Lg,

V Nam cL‘1r_n Ion.
ga dies fcdaguit

'vuIncra mantis

Intcmpefiiué

qui mother, illc .

nouat.

A#\

‘-1.4

Sacton. in Tiber.
‘.5 2 0

M. carew of
Anton}.

The Epiftlc

eomfort Tiberius for the dent/2 of/Jitfonne
Drufus,t/Je old Fox deriding their [low of-3 1
ficianfne/fe, nnfeered, T/mt /9e likewife can-

dolea.’ t/zeir cnfl, in loo/incg tbeir ‘worthy Citi-   A
gen Heétor, ‘W/to died atone 4 t/tozfnnd

yeares befbre. Better entertninement dot/2
E L I s H A bit Lamentation ’/tape for at
_yanr,/mud, t/tong/2.it bane lqyen buried new 2:
yeare in my ®eske,jince the Fzmerafls ofyonr
Religion: Grnndfizt/yer. VI lvopett’ to bnnefiznt
fort/3 ’fi’-it/3 /Jim t/mt otber Starre ofottr Weft,
‘W/tom God remonedfrom ‘es ént foure daies
before /Jim. {But fiiling of t/Jnt /tape for the

prefent, I new premtfi: the}, to make Way fer . ‘

the at/yer, andfitrfivme more to _/ucceed /Itartlj,
if God grant ii]? and leifure. I dc/irefo to
prtfirne t/2e memorie of tbe fDend, at tbttt I
my nlfo edifie the Lining : t/Ji! it mine ejfeciafi
nyme,in pnbli/king t/212 poore Sermon.  

./1ccept,I éeflec/2 you, tlyie 014/]; ofyonr
‘Wort/23» Grnnaflt/yer 3 and 61/!}'0ll/;'t[9fil)? /713:
‘want to my poor:/elfi», in continuing his kind-
nefle ; fit it it expefted, that you make his lofle
mere tolemlale to V s all, in exprefling bi: V er-
ttm, e/]>eeially bi: ?ietie: ‘Wit/?0Ill‘ ‘whit/2,otber

\ ' 'Uer-

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Dedicatorie.

‘Uertues either nre not, or /hine not; or are hut

 r Gloe-Worme: or inin tnnes. More 1': ex-
’ 3 . .
' 3 . pefled ofyou, then of other Hetres. In other:

We fee/ae but for the Father ; in you, ‘We looke
for hath 4 Father and 4 Grandfizt/oer; at Paul
expeflea’ in Timothie the Faith, which won
finmd in hit Grandmother and Mother. .1

the prefident oftheir ’Uertues. Better examples
you can hardly finde, then they lmne leftyan:
Your Match into 4 worth} Hon]? (the ‘weal-

hthiefl of the Weft) cannot fit much nduance
on at an emulation to match i not exceed

.9’ a

the Worth fifjdm‘ owne Houfe',nnd an endeuor

doe line. And thdtjou may long liue,.and they
in you, to Godsgloogthe henefit o/P/2£t.Chnreh,
and comfort cfjour Countrey 3 prqyeth,and
‘will pray ‘while he lineth, He ‘who rernayneth

Your Worfhips in all Chfifliafl
low: and dutic,

C1-IARLES FIT'Z-GEPFRY.

fizirer Patrimanie they could not ledueyon,then  

that their Endowments my not die, While you  

SpIcndidaj5cc-

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and Baronet. .

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Edoms Sonne, as fome fuppofe) into Lime.
Some cruell Mothers haue ernbrued their
hands in the blond of their owne bowels. Ge-
nerally, all bonds of Bloud haue beene broken.
The knot of Chriftian Kindred, by Death it
felfe cannot be diflblued. Therefore, among
godly men,the Graces of God in men haue euer
had the greateff {way in placing their Affe€i:i-

ons, and nofAfl‘initie nor Confanguinitie‘ hath

fo endeared them, as Pietie‘; as apptareth. by
the Example of David and-Ionatban.

Learne wee~hereby.to ereetifie our A&'e€tion 

oFLoue: It is indeed -a ligne of adeplorate
and defperate nature, to be without ‘naturall ‘
A-fi'e&ion. But toomany, who would feeme.
to» be regenerate, are more fwayed by naturall 1
thenby Chriflian Affcfiiont sDo: goadevntv
afl (fa ththe Apofllea), but efpecia//J. wire the
Houfizald of Fair/2. But among too many,«the
Family of the Flelhis fo afi'e&ed,.that the Fa-

mily of the Faithfull isnegle,&ed.. The Byas of T .

Bloud, carrieth.aw__ay our .Afi"e8:ion -from the
right Marlte, the Graces of God in his Saints. ii
Euen when men leaue the W orld, this worldly

corruption leaueth not them» they will rather

leaue all toa Re robate, a Roarer, a Sonne of
Bglial, then on t eir Wills infert the leafl Le-

gacieto a -Saint, or bequeath fo much as their

Mantle toforne Elzflm-, who,if' they were Saints-
themfelues, is more neerely allyed vnto-them,
by.Grace.;

Ihane-

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% ‘I haue yet feene a greater euill vnder the Sun.
This is notthe worft that men doe preferre re-

, p robate filuer, vngodly Sonnes or Coulins be.

fore Saints , that are not of their blood; butif
there be one of their neare kindred, thatis more
fanftified then others,‘ heeis therefore the far-
ther from them in alieétion, becaufe he is nearer
vnto Chrilt; and they will rather hunt for an

Lamenmtion.

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out of‘theirKindred, then accept or one whom
‘God bringeth to their hands nearer home, So
* thatitfeemes they doe not fo much loue their
1' owne Kindred as hate Chrifls ; for one of-their
owne Kindred {hall bee the farther from them,
the nearer that hee is vnto Chrift ; and that
which lhould make one Kin to them,though he.
' were a Pcranger , renders him a {tranger though
he be a Kinfinan or a Brother. , V
‘Hath a Father -fundrie Sonnes,among whom
one is confecrated vnto God , bytbeing a Mini-
ller of his Word 3 That Sonne commonly is
leaft remembred , if notleft-out of his Fathers
‘TeI1ament,becaufe he is the dif pen!‘ er ofChrifls
Tefiamenetg and , "‘ as Saluim once complay-
ned, Leflézis /one 5} I5: Fat/verfor mm: , tbm far
him to W/10772 waft’ is due ,’/2:3‘ afi%7i~on re.’/]>c’67c’t/7
mm: lcflé lbw /Jim nrbam Religion muff ofa/Z com-
‘: mmdetb, 46‘  Ibo/E Céildrcn were mo_/I vileto
tbeir Parent: , who are my? precious «vnto God.
But God doth wells meet with them for contem-
‘ning his Children , euen when they are their
1 ‘ C 2 DC. -

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heire in the fiirthefl fields of their Kindred, yea, i

ll

" N :42}: omni-
no a‘ /7:135 mimu
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qmim quibm 05 s
Dci rc!4trtntir.m ‘

plm debetur,
nu!/or pitta: ~
mimu rcfiiicil.

quiim qua: fit-

cipué rcligio
commezzdctt: ac
per hot we tan-
tzim re [arcad-
Ivm vile: flan!
quid mpcrmt

‘D39 gffi» pretiofi. _

Saluiamad Ec-
clefiam Ca-

tholic. lib.3.

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I2.

Vrizmm tam fix.
(in? tn fzluxa ef-

f /25‘, qujm tun

otmzia depth’-
bunt, Saluian.
vbi iupra.

Amos 1.9.

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lilh them; they intend to make-all fare and fafe,
but hereby they ouerthrow all. I could wifh
(with the lame Saluian) that they thernfelues
were as fare to be faued,as their fubfiance {'0 be-
llowed, is fare to be walled. They leaue all to
one,whola th all in thedufl atlafl; and infl-
ly,becaufe t ey preferred Daft before Gold,the

World before  ‘Let noman miflake me, I
condemne not naturall regards of‘!-{eires , Bre-

Tyma be vpon them , who (with Tyrm) forget
:12: brat/rrrly rampant. Onely this I lay, letnot

mac! caufe Ifimc to be abandoned. Letnot car-

nall Kindred Ileale away all refpeéts from Spi-
rituall: F147: and Bloodjball not in/zrrit tbe It’z'ng-

nookes of Kindred and Alliance,’ which (by

:64: are on Earth. As vnto Chrifl, fo vnto Chri-

t indeed to loue our natural]
Kindred, but on thefe termes, " if they be nee-’

‘<9 00 f'~‘-"', i rer Kin to vs then Nature can render them, that

  is, if they be gracious, if they be godly : other. I:

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ownei l'l"l'heir purpofe is to fer vp their Houfes, :
but by fuch prepollerous affeftion-they demo-  

thren, Kinfmen: for my part , the burthen of  

Efu get away the blelfing from Jacob , nor  i

dun: aflieum. VVh thenlhouldityineherit all "
- ourkindneffeon Eart ?Letnot Chriftians‘im-  
mure alltheir ltindneff: within the narrow I

‘ David: example) is to be extended-to 21:: Saint: ’

flians thefe lhould be our Motbcr, our S1/fer,-our A
Brotber,(I may adde oilr fonnes) who heare the a
Word and doe the Will of’ our heauenly F a- .
1' ther. Wee ough

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Lammtzmon. e 13
yWifcChrifl himfelfe did not care much For his F :,:-,1:’(’:’ ‘:,"’;’:’“
 .. "  r- ex“-
kindrcel , }.7Ca,OthC1‘WlfC, hee dld not accompt  mofq,,,:m,;,,-5

‘ them hrs kindred 5 otherwife (b fayth Bernard)  ‘‘’'’’“’;’°'" W“

. ' 7/ , '. _
we ought tolweflnmgers , tyed to ‘US by 2!): éo/ad i 

lam’ mt; Godtéecau e the coni-tmé7iono ion! is '  W’ ‘W-‘4“”’-"'e
’ K ff C, H i C --- Quid /an.

more flared Men 156' ézmd of Harm’. Wee flaould ‘flier:-/I cm-,3.
wifh well to our kinsfolke , and better wee c:m- 5 ‘°e"Wqu&2iz
not wiIhthem,then that they {hould be fonncs; j f§:‘3fr{ff"3,“"
of.God,’ and brethren of Chrifl; dye_a,we mu!-‘c f d E’t'q‘z¢e.*t:2.cog-l
defire and endeuour , thatt’h.oIe who are neerevf "‘7"”°7"’”
to vsebyi nature, may yet bee neerer to vs by i 
'~grace. To Saints ii1deed,~a5agm1;hough 3'.’ owzmo rellzl.
flrangeris a Coufin’, a brother; when a.bro- %”""j.’“°“”’ :1‘”‘
ther tehatis not a.Saint,is farther. off then a i ;l(;1L:lllii:1u.sa
firanger.   _ i _ V/é 2,.
L You who Iieauc‘no'-children‘, with E29125, ? F~921trm Iczife
chu«feyoub'{'otneLElz_'/In to be your foinney fuch E 
=_a onc,as being-eadopted‘,tnay doe you mom ‘ fon.inNcru;1.
comfort, more credite, ‘then one home of‘ your ’ B““.""° "”“Z-"?
r e. . fun: tpfie dmrzi
lomes might haue done 5 fuch a one, as you ,,”,,,r,, 5],,-,,:,,,
would wiih to haue begotten rather then to a_mtwi{w,cba-
hzme adopted, Follow the counfell of a man i jg“:/§””/”."‘."  
01°C od, ‘Let the lam ofcbrift ée tbeload-jlarre { 91a'ui': ’J’;'ZZ$
qfyour /Me, and in cbtgfizzg 4 fom2e,remcm5cr DW" 603%‘
fiodyozor bgauerzly I~‘4z/yer: fii ée/low your Lega- f::,:r“$:',,[’“.'
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0” ‘ V - ’ crz'fi'c.'a comer.
y gm: toyanr bare _, you may alfia [and mm 1/26 “M Mm

Lord, and [eating to otber: a temporal! infieri- pjgizoribm fmis
Mm_e,you may lay tap for yoarfilues 4;go0dfo1m- I”~€fla¢Deo/340

/amrat, (N.

a’atz'm,for:m eterm/lélcfsing. And if you loue Saizum. ad
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thofe , who are linked to you by the flaxen
cords of flelh , how much more lhould you
loue thofe,who are tyed to you by the adaman-
-tine chaines of grace 2 If we be true members
of Chrift , all the Saints on Earth are ourtfel-
low-membets,and fo neerer to vs then our nee- ‘
reft kindred. It was grace, notpature, which
made £194}: a father to £11]/:4: the fame grace
mouedElz‘"/7:4 to loue while he l‘iued,8t at his de-
parture to lament El;/ab as a father,as his owne
fitther ;’ yea , as more then a father , asa double
father. Hence is the ingemination or iteration,
(the lali branch of our firfi part)

Mjfit/1:r,'rnyf4t/yer.

Father is a fweet word : it will not foone out 1
of the mouth , becaufi: it is feldome out of the
mind of a true hearted fonne.VV hen the tongue
once llriltes vpon that fweet firing, it deligh-
teth to quauerand to defcant gfo pleafing is the
muficke. Out of the abundance of the heart
the mouth fpeaketh: Where the fountaine is
exuberant, needs mutt the flreames be fluent.
This double compellation argue the double
aifeflion, and that produceth doubled lamen-
ration; r

Mjfiztber, my fittber!

VVherein you may obferue , how the Pro-
phet premifeth his moane for ‘his owne pecu-
liar lofle , as a prefitce to his mourning for the
publicize calamitic, which enfueth ; firfl, la-
menting his priuate dillrefle 5 and afterward,

Ifraels_ r

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Lamenmion..

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Ifraels defolation. VVhence it will follow that
1 In pub/it/to loft: weeemay lawfully lament our
riuate :'meref]E:. ' i

Domeiticall Fathers , fpeciall benefaétors,
when they are taken from vs , their departure
cannot chufe but grieuoufly afleft vs , as well
for our owne as for the gen erall dammage. This
indulgence our Sauiour gaue to the mournfulrl
women at his paflion. \/V hen he laid , Weep:
not for me ,.but wcepefbryorarfilues, gndfbryour

« . c/vildren. Thus did Icremie inthegenerall de-

folation oflfrael, for the death ofloficza ,- cry-out

for h.imfclfe. 1 am tbs mamlyat bat/2 fcme af/ii-
»c‘Zz'on ; and againe, 0 Lord éebold mine affliffion!

Good reafon :, for wee are part of the pa blicke,
and the griefe for the whole, <;annot.wl1oIly

.fvvallow.vp thezforrowzfor our Ielues. I n Chri-

fiianswee .are‘Men.,and in the bodie wee are
members. Safely therefore,and with a ood
confeience in lamenting the publicke 10 e of
Church and Commonwealth , at the death of

a-fat-rher, weemay interweaue our owne griefe .

and interefi out fpeciall forrow. ‘
F am: be it then from vs to condemtre’ thofee,

who doe mourue for. the deceafe of their efpe- 4

ciall benefaetors and friends , to long as they
keepe -themfelues within the preciné-’cs of the
Apofi.1esprecept,and fimw not 45 tlzofi t/24:
are witlzout bope. Let vs take-heed how wee
ralhlyrdoetaxe fuch mourning, orfuch mour-

A ners 5 yea,» though it extend to fome ingemina—

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tion ofgriefe, as here, My father, my father! left
we condemne the generation of the int}. A: i:
the man,fl2 :2: hzixflrmgthz as is the caufe , F0 is
the complaint. The better that any mans life
hath beene to vs , the more bitter needs muft
his death bee to vs. If liuinghee doubled his
l.oue towards vs , how can we chufe but double
our lamentation for him athis depriuing 2 As
here Elefloa doth , My father, my fizther.' And

‘ elfewhere Dauid, in more excefle, vpon a farre

leffe iufiifiable caufe , My fame, my fomze ,&c.
It is not alway true, that the greateffgriqfleflrea-
hath leaf}; fometimes (like fome Eccho’s) it

i doubleth‘, yea trebleth, the word , according to

the woe thatdoth procure it. But thenindeed

is forrow worth the doubling .when with the
priuate dammage , it importeth a publike -dc-.

triment, and not onlya Father is departed, but
fuch a Father as was whileihe furuiued,

The Chariot of Ifrael , -and the Horfemen
tlmevfl ’  ‘ ii‘  -

Which is the fizcondpztrt of my Text, fecon- ~

ding the former fad Exclamation ,’-with a due
Acclarnation. As one gulfe, fo one griefie cal-
leth on another: and now the patheticall Pro-
phet‘,f’rom depleting his priuate lofl'e pafl'eth
on to 'lament»the~publike; as he ‘loft in Elyah
a Father, fo all Ifrael in him a Father and a De-

fender. _ _  
The Chariot of!/'r4el,4»d the Hoifemen thereof:
that is, the defence and munition , theflrength
' and

v—

I Lamentzttion.

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and protection oflfrael :for inthefe two Cha-5
V riots and Horfemen, confifted the cheifell force

of an army in thofe times. So that it is as much
as if he had laid, that algal; was while he lined,

l the chiefe pillar and fupporter of Ifraels, both

Cl-1urchandCotnmon-wealth. \/Vfhence wee

[may well inferre, that i )

Godly mm are the be]? Mzmitim. ,
The molt zealous for God, are the molt ad-

- vantagiousfor the State. The blefle Saints on

Earth, are the belt benefaflors to the Earth.
Godlinefl} 5;; profitaéle to 4/It/ring: (faith the A-

- poltlc,) therefore to the fafittie and fecuritie of ,

a State, whi_ch of all earthly things is moi} ro-
fitable. E/zjlm doth here proclaime, thatt etc
was more power in godly Ely}:/2 , for the fafetie

ofthc Kingdom: of Ifrael , then in the King

himfelfe, his Cohorts, and his 'Army-royal1.'
I-Ieathen men can fay, that a Camp: is not ing
abroad, if there bee not Counfell at home ; but

Chriftians doe know, that an Army-royall is

nothing, if there be not Piety as well as Policy
at home. " It is the Pi-ety of the Citizens, that

, is the furefi fafetie of the Citie. 3. VI/ifl'dome ii

éetter t/Jen [lrcngt/7, faith Salomon .- Therefore’

God bhimlelfe reprooueth thofe, who truft to

worldly epolicie and ower without pietie. ‘C But

where true piety is ,t ere is f'afetie,though there

be no fouldiers, orthough the fouldiersdrawe

not al'wo’1*d. It mult needs be fo, feeing that 
Firlt, the ‘Godly haue the greateltcouragfi
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fidixifléteuw
fuiy e dam vixit
'rez',mb. nee mm
Ecclcfie colu-
mm. P. Mart.
ad locum.

Dofir. 4.

x. Tim.4.8.

' Mibi ciuitas
mm babe»: /riot
ciues omni villi
villior efl.
Chtylol}. ad

§ pop. Antioch.

hom. I7.

:1 Eccles.9.t6.
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A E11/ht  T

L and Confidence :. .‘I’.6e rigbteam are é_ol;l.¢: at Lye ;
T on .- They (eeke fafetie where it is certainely to

be found. They know that fitluation isof the
Lord: 4 They know that Mame:/I men 4174777207-
[4/I_ meme: , ammo: drjae away mortqlizic aid
Dedt/2._ Others trufl in Chariots’ and I-lorfes,
but thefe in the Lord. They are refoleucd, ‘’ that
tbe greatejlfézfetie is to éeefiuedéy t/.13 Greatefl, (fit
t/242 to feelze fizluation any wbere elfitéen 1'22 :6:
Lara’, is tb6’_?‘c’4di€fl way fafina’ de/Zr:u.'z‘z}m. A
Secondly, they haue the furell promifes: For
they arepromifed proteftié from the Highefl;
T em flnzll tbafe your anemic: , and they /ba/1 ft/I be-
fore you by t/zefwrd: Fiat ofyozt /724/I 5774/: an
bumlrcd, andanlvandredtfyou,/1:4/[pat ten Mou-

flmd tofligbt.

T_hirdly,_ they ate litre of the furelt fuccours

and fupplies;-The goc_lly4:_tr_e fare to hauc God ~
ontheirl fide: and God becing with them, who _

fhall be againfl them 2 Orif all the world be a,-
gainfi them, what is all the world to the Crea-
torof the world} The  of I-lofts is with .
them, and where the Lord“ofHol1slis‘, there
are alfo all the holts of the Lord T/ye .-nazmmin: ,
are roxmdaémat Iemflclem (faith the Pfalmiflbyet

that-is not the fiifétic oflerufalem, (as holy B_er- '

mm’ infejtcth) but that which followeth in the

fame verf: , 7’/2: Lam’ 1': found 46aut‘bi5petIple.'.

man ‘waketh, lo the Statefinan couulellcth,

and.th¢ ;;,.,1dj¢: fighteth, butein iv_a_ineL Notbmg 1}

' mare)

A

IJament4ti0n.

;ore»" firme then he whe isfemea’ with diuirze
aomgthaugh he he naked ofall humane/iseeeur.~ane1

againe, mm: more mt/eedrthen he who is deflitme of  

God, though hee hee clad in eompleate-armour.
Therefore, Dmidhauing God on his fide, was
fafer withhis handfull in the Catte, then Saul
without God , was With his guard and army
in the Campe. Yea further, ( which is Ptrange.)

  their _very enemies (againft their wills ) are ay-

ders vnto the Godly : for who are their enemies
but thetvngodly, who are alfo enemies vnto
God, and God vnto them? God will therefore’
ioyne the fooner with the god1y,"becaufi:the
wickesdhis enemies doe combine againfi them.
This was Dauids comfort and confidence : hee
affured himfelfet that God would fuccour him,
becaufe they were finners who allaulted. him : .1»
the Lord put I my tmft‘,---'-~ For lac. the wicked
hendtheir h0Wt’,‘é:’6‘. As who {hould fay ,'How

« can 1 death: of deliverance, fiveirrg God is my fiiiend,
s and/iamers are mine enemies .9" ' t " -t ‘ '

1

Lafily,the. godly haue the bait weapons,both
defenfiue and offenfiue. The weapons of their
wk1r'f4'Iear'e 30': carnal], hut iritsaall, mighty to
ca]? dmawe holds. They fig with their faith,
more then ‘others with ~al1.7their forces: E5
uen their filent prayers are more piercing,

. more preuailing then the moi}. roaring Ord-

nance. ‘Their zeale like-fire. from fheauen , is
able to deuiou re Captains and theirfifties; Their
righteoufiiefle is able to rebate the edge of the

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diflimtojicet in-
mtmeris exerci-
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lemr. Cbryfiad
pop. hom.4g,
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Scotneful tnen
bringa Citie

into a fnate,

, &c. .

3" Prou. 2.9.8.

Ie'.“c‘O

Ea indium in-
flarzm prccibws
rgmedium (9171-
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vir.

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fharpefi {word or fpeare oi‘ their enemies.‘
\/Vhom can they not offend with thel“ewea-
pons? from whom are they not defendedb

thefe weapons? The Lanclof Iudz1h.foun<l‘-the a
truth hereof in the dayes of their godly Kings‘,
and Prophets, 1650/4112542‘, €ze;%i4b,. Ioflm, 1/21],

Ieremit, who by their pietie and prayers obtai-
ned won<1erfi1ll= deliuerances for the people.
And doubtleflie the cafe of‘ a Kingdome is defpe-
rate, when God will not [pare it, neither for

W the prayers, nor for the prefence of the iullthat
are in it: When God {hall be fo prouoked,as to  '

protefl , Tbaag/7 Mofcs 4r1d.Samuel floodéefore
met, yet my minde could 5:: toward.» this people:
And againe , Tbougb t/atfi téree mm, Noah,

Daniel,4nd-Iob,w:re in tée Landgtbeyfbould dc/13 A

war. neit/ierfbzmes nor démgbter: 3 they mely_/Imuld
be deliuered tbemfe/14:5; then furely there is no
hope of fuccour or fafety for. fuch a Land:
howbeit the very protellation infinuateth thus

much, that the prefence and prayers of the. '
righteous, if there beanyplace formereie, will i

procure deliuerhnce and fafety. s

But me thinkes I find a kind of Solecifme in I '

the Prophets fpeech, My fatber --- T/.re Horfi-
men-of Ifrael ! Why 2- how can one man bee
horfe-men. Wee vle to lay, that 0»: mm :2: no
man; how then can one man bee many men 2
But as God feeth not as man feeth, ro he layeth
notas man fayeth. God fpeaketh of one god-

ly man as of many men , yea,as of a million. ~
Whence

71 jT.—_
_,___+ .7 _.——:¢ T V

‘ three. armies could doe, for hee faued three

a Citit,‘in bickrings of Sheba the fonne of.'Bicbri.

Lamenwion. zt

Whence wee may fafely inferre and adde this
pofition to the former; that .
one godly 772472 is aflrcmggarrzfin.

One truely zealous and religious Saint, ‘Dofir. 5.»
is an army-royall. One E/ya/2, one Elif/Im is
I-rlorfemen and Chariot to all Ifrael- This -

. one Eli]/24, afterward did more flzruice then Wing 3;
Kings, when all their £l’1fl1‘lOtS and horfemen
could notlhelpe them. The King of Sodome,
and fowre Kings his Confederates, could not
faue themfelues from .Caa'orlo4mer,and his. three

confederate Kings. But one. faithfull e/1éra-
/mm with his priuate family, could refcue fine
captiue Kings from fowre Kings that were con-
querors. One Lat ina Ci,tie,.one Paul in alhip,
one IofiM,0ne-.,Ieremy in a whole Land or Coun-
trey,are- more worth for the fafetie thereof,then
ten thoufand others. Onepoore wzfi man ( faith E“,,,_9M,,,,
Salomon) deliueret/74 Citie by In’; wifcdome-: No
m-aru.e1l,feein;g one wife woman fauedawholc s.sam.ao..is..

All Laéam family fared the better for onelawb .-
all P/mraolz: Court and Kingdom: for ’one» Io-
fip/.2. The rcafon is pregnant, God is impor-
tuned by the prayers of one emofix, acce -" 1
teth the facrifices of one Samuel/, heareth the
requeft of.one- e/Ibralzam, and for his fake
healeth t/Iéimeleclr and all his houlhold.
And it will‘ followe by the ‘rule of contraries,
God often punifheth many, for the finnc of
D 3   one L

A}
. vvrvu. _ 7 ~w

\

virv

22, i ‘ Elzfljalizk

,—v_..

,1’ "P“““" ”""“ one euill man .: One «.4;/,4» committeth Sa-

cerumzmql ad

,,,,,,‘,_.,fl,,,, P,_ criledge, and the whole Army is put toe flight.
Mm fi'1>?Per—   Now Gods Mercy is at leaf’: equiualent vnto

ueniwzt évuius ' ' . ' - A ' .
‘mm; mm his Iulhce , he 15 as prone to fpare as to {mite .

  qmdog gem and if he fmite many for one finner,he will alfo

‘'“’"W- 3951- fpare many linners for one Saint. He telsvs fo
fer.3. in diuit. _

_ wan much by his " Prophet , 7/24? for (me good

‘* 1/ai.6;.s. Grape, t/ye whole Cluflenyea tbe zv/sole Vineyard‘

,.,,,,,m,,,,,,, deny or doubt , but that the godly are the

' iW"mziH°t4 Horfemen and Chariots, the chiefefl fafetie of

cum diuimzm ’
ide t‘ m . .
ecfinzzzuzatl lga- IS the fategard and bulwarke of the whole

fil.inPf'al.8a. Kingdolnc 2 4 ‘
yfi. Vvlzy then fhould not the godly be molt e-
( t fleeme by vs,who procurefuch bleliings vnto
vs 2 Why lhould we not hold them moi} fweet,
by whom we are molt eafed ? VVhy fhould
they not be moi} honored in a Land,by whom
a Land is molt happy? Why lhould we not
beaxe them the bell Ai¥e&ion, who aflbord vs
the belt Prvote&ion Z‘ Euen our Beafls which
‘ are helpefull to vs, we are earefull to keepe,and
l loth to loofe; how bealtly lhall we be,if we be-
‘ come bmtilh towards men , holy, heauenly
; men, who are our belt Benefaftors 2 ‘Trees,
5 whole Fruit is plealant and profitable to V5,

’ ought we r en to efieeme thofe Trees planted
 by the Waters fide, vnder whofe Branches we
3 fit as in Bowers; who not only profper thcm‘J

‘ felues,

.__:—.

’1i”"' P"’P“' flmfi be fluted and prcfirued. Who can now ‘

‘ wmm acinum

.a Countrey; feeing that one Saint many times .

 are carefully kept and preferued by vs : How -

Lamenmtion.

felues, but are profperous and propitious vnto

vs?7But oh, the miferie of this Age,and the mad-
neffe of the men of this Age. None worfe en-
tertayned on Earth , then the Saints, who are
the bell maintayners of the Earth 5 none more
hated among vs then thofe who are mofi helpe-
full vnto vs. How doe we entertayne our Horfe-

Booresvin the Low-Countries doe the Soul-
diers 2 They cannot abide them ,-and yet they
cannot be fafe without them. Or as N464! vfed

and yet could not get {'0 much as a good word
ofhim. Againfl whom doe men {hoot the ve-
nemous arrowes of malice more fiercely, then

. againfl thofe,who turne the fierceneffe of Gods _
wrath from them? Againft whom doe th eymore

maliciouily enkindle the coales of flan der, then

  againfi thofe, who with-their tearcs doe quench

the coales of Gods anger 2 Of whom doe they
fpeake more fpitefinll words , then ofthofe, who
plead continually for them in their prayers?

old 2 Once none but godly men were honored,
now almofl none but they are defpifed : I Once
they were honored by Kings, now they are vi-

Fathers , the Chariots of a Kingdome, now
t" eyr are accounted peflilent fellowes, troublers
of Ifrael,’Peruerters and Subuerters of the

State. I
i What

.4 ---

Dauid, who had beene a wall to him and his,.

men and Chariots, for the moi} part, but as the y

How are our dayes degenerated from thofe of’

lipended by -Pefants. Once theywere fliled the r

23

 

. z.1(in_e,.3.I4- that be mouldnot /5 mac}: 46 5414: looked on Ieho-

” i   A E1’/7’.f l5’;’;t

VV hat doe men meane ? are they wearie of
their fafetiei doe they ake to bee lhaued of their
firength’, as Samfim was, or {hipped of their le-
wels as the Ifraelites were ;' and to lye open to '
the ‘fhame and Swords of their Enemies?K now
they not that thefe are the brazen walls of the
World,w horn the World fo muchdifdaynethl
By their Prayers, they open and {but the win-
dowes of Heauen : By their Faith, they remoue
the Mountaynes of Gods Iudgements, and call
them into the bottomleffe Sea of his Mercie. By
their innocencie,they caufe fruitful Seafons,and

4:1

 

vpon vs. Thefe are they that driue away pla ue,
death, and defolation out of our Coafis : T efe‘

on vs, his Eare open to vs , his Face propitious
towards vs. For as our Prophet once protelied,‘

ram :12: wicked fimnc afa worfi fiztécr , bad it
not been for good Iehofaphat t/74! mat with bim;
fo the Lord would difdayne to let fal one graci-
ous looke on this vngracious world,were it not
for the Saints that do fojourne in it : for afloone
as their number is compleate,pre{'ently the An-
gell {hall found the lali and great Trum et, and -
the fatall Fire {hall enter to make an en of this
wicked World. 0 then,let vs not be {'0 vn kind
as to requiteeuill for good , nor fo foolilh as to
hinder our good by fuch ill requitall , nor {'0

--I-u:._.- ‘y-:1-c:‘Tc W ,

frantike as to ouer-turne our former good , and

for their fakes, theClouds drop downe fatneffe "

are they that keepe the Eye of‘ the Almightie ‘

l to

.4;

a ‘ mziel, who vfed to pray for San! , [hall be enforé

, who vfedto plead for the People , {hall now be

i   phfita ,h0W-.p3th€,ticaliy; he crieth out at the p‘ar'~'

ii‘

Lamenmjtian,

‘____.;

 itinto euillt. Ta-ks: heed, left by exalipe-i

Saint) we turne the edge of their prayers againlt
our felues, and fo make our owne I-lorfe-men to
runne againfi vs ; ourowne Chariot wheeles to
tfunneouer vs. It is a; fcarefiill thing , when S4-,s

Ccd to praylagainfl Saul ; and when Ieremigg,

Vrgc-;d tO._2I_CCu_fe the people, They 1741!?‘ digged a
Pit fir my fault .- Rmzemlzer Mat Iflood before
the tpjfeake and for tbem. When noble Ne-
bemiauefhall ee compelled to cxhibite fuch a
t(:oi'npl;1int_-v11_,t,o God. Hart, Olur God, for tree
a(e_.2’e t]cd.,’amz' Mme tbeir repraré vz/you Meir *
our): ad ! Sure,the fame care of jeloufie, who -
fo often receiued their prayersfor vs , will alfo
bee open to their Complain'ts;agai»n{l..vs; r Sure if <
yi/c_9 nee turn;-theln; ;1g‘ai'n& vs -; "theywill foone
turne.God againflvs, and,-IfGodIbeagainfl”vs,  
who {hall bevyith V5.2 or, if all the World be on
our fide , whatwill that hclpe vs when the Ma:
k¢f,10fthe World is: againfi vs 2 If then were: “
gard not the p-leafure which they doe vs , let vs
yet fear: the difplcafure. that they may doe vs ;
for (as one_ofthe;;1.h3;th Paid) A man were éetmv
4Z‘ger1a/1.t&e Witt?/96.91 I.”-lb‘; world t/ma am’ gf
I am. ‘ e s 4 -  

Obferue moreover-the paliion of the Pro-

. ture of his Mailer ’I his Father, as if’ all Ifrael,

25

ratingithem (f0sr;too many iniuries will anger a ‘

ler.t8.zo.

Ntbm.4o4S -

S.  $C:o_ of  9

Zeale. ‘

E Church,

7-5.

l Doaor mils
Céntemplat.

. 2.K.”‘a3.l ‘Q

E They mull needs be bad men,who are not fid-

E/1/54 /2:3  

Church, and Common-wealth, in the lolle of
one E/_i/'4/2 had beene vtterly ouerthrowne and

this Polition, that W
T12: /ofl} of ‘ godly men :3 mo}? lammtaélu.

ly afleeied at the death of good men. Hceis no
true Patriot thatean hear: of the lofle of the
Nauie Royall by Sea,or of the Armie by Land,

uer themfelues proue the I-lorfe-men of Ifrael,'
as Elzflm did . who are not forrowfull for the
loffe of the Horfe-men and ( hariots thereof; as
Elzflu was. The who are (0 profitable to V5
while we enioy t em, how can it choofe but be
grieuous to vs when we are depriued of them 2
Godly men as while they liue , they are to bee
honoured , fo at their death they are to bee dc-‘
plored. How can it bee that their death {hould
not bee lamentable to vs , whole life is {o profi-
table tovs 2 A good m4n(fl11th a good man :34
common treafivre, wéerein eueryfiulg éatb ajgarc

The! man 54:11 1 dri: bear: 2/24: can bear: offitcb
4 puélike detriment witbaut tarts. I run 1 2
lamenteth the defolation of Ixdab, by the lofle
of ood Iofiab. Ioajb a King , lamen_teth the
loflg of all Ifiael in Elzflm, a Subieét , buta Pro-

_ phet. God himfelfe, by his Prophet Ifizy, takes

notice of this , as a mayne {inne of the Land,
when fuch men are taken away , and yet the

“Land (for whole finnes they are taken away) 4

15

T...

and is not wounded at the report. They will ne-T -

vndone. This his paflion affordeth vnto vs

I
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_4.4_~>

Lamentation.

-—  77,,

isii"nfen‘fibIe of the {troke dz’ And great reafon,

wh fuch mens death {hould bee verylamcn~

  tab e. For firfha great benefit ceafeth, and next
a great euill commonly enfueth. There is firfi A
in their lofle a great good or blefling remoued:
ias Eli his daughter in law, Pbinaa his wife,
hearing that the Arke of God was taken , and .
'her_Father in law , and Husband were dead,

cryed out, T be glorieia departed from Ifracl. Se-
condly, fome great euill oriudgement is likely

_ to enlite-;Therefore the Prophet faith, that the

mE7czf_u/I mmdre :4/em away--—fi-om :12: will 10

ic?éiv:e$?The're'Fore looked for fome fearefulleuill to

Cb_tI1'c, lhortly afteiri the remouall of Each -men.
Their departure is but the forerunner of fome

_ difmall difaller. ‘

- Yet for all thist,‘t_here is in‘ the World a gene-
ration ‘of Vi pers , who thinke they cannot liue
without the death of their Parents. Such are
they who reioyce at the death of godly men,
more then ‘fotne Fathers doe at the birth of a
Sonne. Thele menfuppofe (belike) that a Land
may haue too much of Gods blelling , that the
Kingdome may bee too llrong , and haue too
many Chariots and Horfemen . But I leaue
thefeicankars at this time, and haften to my lafl
obferuation, which is this,that El:/ha commen-
deth afwell as complayneth , and giueth El "41;
his due praife at parting; for what could ee
more laid in his commendationthen this , that

while he: liued, he was the Chariot and I-Iorfe- a

E:

men

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...,Qtu'4 quicq

{#4

&o

uid

in his In. mmvr ,

ab illo eff.
Paulintas.

prayfid, we/Jeri tée] zi_rc_ departedr

4-’

It is notionely lasvfull, but needfilll, io

the Dead that due prayfe which they defitrued i

while they lined; Commendation at and . after.

2 Daub.» is, =t.Tri.bu.rc i3¢:19ng.ixig F9 a.V¢r_tu0.us
; and godly life. Thepra&ice,oFthe Holy Ghpfi ‘

herein, is :1 fufiicient warrant. L/’IMfl’.s'   hath his

due ptayfeafterhis Death; fo hati:l.1f1ez»£_ki;§§~. _
Pdeie’ not 9.n¢1ylamcntcth.. buc1a~rayE¢th-Md *
= r=:ln5%1:1€'?r¥!é4”-.' Wha¢,C§1§?i.bsc;m¢;¢: faid»o.fla
 man, then the Spirit doth ofle/344 .?...4,:'1éc.rq(ma

bim tbgre aw no’Kz}2g. Generally ohferue it;

feldome doth the Scripture burypanyfperfbn 
‘eygcefleneelinpfilence, nor layegh the godly in '
.his Grauc, without. an Epitaph of _h.o‘nour and

approibatiiopn. iGod.is hereby g,_i,o'rifl,ed.-... God,

who is prayfed bvhis Saints ,. is alfo prayfed _

-in his,Sai.nt.s;' 3,113 lmwhopmyifidu £13¢‘~Sainrs’i
of God , prayi‘ethGod. in hi.s,Saints ,: What-

foeuer we admire in them, we afcribe it vnto '
him, who infhlled it into them. All their ver- _
tne and goodnefle is hut a drop of his Ocean,  
* a fparke of his Flame, aBeame;of t,ha.t,_Sunne.,

He who prayfeth the Beames, doth much more
prayfe the Sunne : H6.‘ who, prayflith the
Streatnes, doth much more prayfe. the Foun-  
mine: He who tayflcth the S3int;s,dD_th much
more prayfe cit Sanétifier, their Saulijouci-.
i i T ir -

.7.

. meg. ofa .who1e.Nation 2  1
  faf'eVlyinferre,that,p_ A 7- .  , .; .  R
17/76} 227120 /muenve/I /med, may and (ugh 1'05;

' "‘ 131$.

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7——..

h Lamentzztion.

fited. True it is, that the Saintsdeparted doe
; not n‘eed;the prayfes of the Iiuing; but it is as

what doe they need glory on Earth, n7hom,4ccor-
ding to the promzfe of the Sorme, the Father hath
glorified the-Heazoen .9) butyet their prayfe is
profitablee vntovs :, ‘for we are thereby‘ bette-A

  the lining are hereby edified  pro- i"
} true ,. that the lining doe need ‘their ’prayfes~:e u

t In prayfing them,we doe not profit them (For

red and benefited.  Leg/2: and Splendour‘

-/Ilififlb to man] fiom one Fire, and man} are;

39.

Q45 0:3 terrmi
hormre: qua:

ixxta 1/eracem :

fil promzfig.

rzem hoop,»-1' fim. 

mt pater cade-
fllk? 325;!) oz);
precozzéa no/om ?
pxmi, /um,
--Plank quot!’

zperfumed hy thefweet Oclourof one Ointment";
fiom the Commendation zone *Soim‘,i-‘om!
Ttme commemoration of his graces, m.my,_yea all

comm memori- ,
401 vmeramur

' 71ofIr.i_ imerefi;
7204 ipfiirum.

fwho heave it, doe (or may) attrafl fveet profit A 3,.“ in ML
.4221 comfort. ._ ‘ . r   ' ?mn.San£t..
' . _ ' t e ' - . - .1-.5. 

A three Fold defire, or emulation, 15 either _%mdmdm

i}begb1.f't‘en ornourifhed in vs,’ when we heare
their tprayies. - '

ex igne natura’i.
tor [lb’end;;r, fax

it I ‘ I-'-;;. 1 To oz: like *im». * J

' I.. rTo_liue 12'/ee them.

 ‘  o he%n;z'th\th'm"z, that wemay‘fl’e ttwhehzg

- For the firlt : He who heareth others pray-
fcd for. their vertues, fiudieth to bee verruous‘
lik~e‘wiifee, that hee may bee likewife prayfed.
Euenfilcnt Piftutres are no final-1 incentiues
tothe beholders ; how, much more are fpea—
cking prayfes :great* motiues » to the hearers 
‘T he Trophies‘ oftmiltiode: did breake the

fleepc of"Themg'/Zocle: ; t/ileximder the Great
W F E 3 was i

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'un_guen' 0 item

pm]? mti difi}m—

‘ ditur odor,.ficé
Fvzflorum (‘Om-'

mcmorazioee
gtflomm ad om-

ne: /2mu_em't vii-

litze, . _ ,

B 1fi}..Ser. in
Gord. Martyr.
Tom.2..

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gat _waere,flcq,
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" Pft!.4$.8.

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fnrrflie quadan.
mdo co: wdere
$0 BCT, 
fupra.
Smgulormn
qurppe recorde-

tillc jizzgulz, ms

in fact: dcuom
acmxdunl ll‘-
mogéc. id (R
ibid.

mm quafi/tim ,

"""fi ‘'W'”;' l to be with tlmn. Then doe wee molt defire

....¢..

1 them.

E/£1724 /9133

was incited by the prayfes of e/1:/21/15:; Ia-  
Zia»: Carfizr , by the example of’ L/llcxander. _

The holy Virgin her fitife reioyced to thinke
on it , that all Generations lhould call her
Blelled. A
Befides, the prayfiggof Saints at their
Death , ingenerateth a dc;-lire to been like them
in’ Death. 1 Euen Balaamyg, .who cared not to
line the Life of the Righteous, yet defired to
die the Death of the Righteous. And what
is hee (vnlelle hee hee defperately debaucht)
who hearing of the laudible Life , and com-

fortable departure of a Saint, is not readie

to ligh out that Will);

0 :54! it migbt bctide to me,
E 14:» [0 to law, amlfo to die?

And as to liue like them , and to die like’
them, fo to be with them, and to fee them af-
ter Death. 1 V

VVere there none other Ioyes in .I-{eauen
then this; The fight and focietie of lo ma-
ny Saints , of whom wee haue heard lb ma-
ny excellent things: This were fuflicient to
make vs loathe the Earth, and long to be in
I-Ieauen; that {o wee may ling, "‘ /1: me /mm
/mm}, jo /Jane me jéme .- ‘I’ bum ta t£inIze_2
of 11;: Saint: ( fayth a Saint) it in a manner

to Ice them , when wee heare the bell of

5 Laflly,

—v

Lamentation.

' ée 'praifcd wit

our felues acquitted from fufpicion of Enuie,
when we giue praile, whereit is due. Yea , it is
a figne that men are praifeworthie themfelues,
when they are readie to yeeld the worthie their
due‘ praifes. And God doth grace fuch ofl5ci-
oufnelle commonly with thelike recompence.
The commendation which here El://24 giucth

uantage. ‘I-lee thus praifed Elm when hee
was departed,but he had,and heard the fame
praife while he liued : Elia receiued this praife
from him, a priuate perfon; but he receiued the
fame from 104/7; a King. Thus {hall they bee
honoured themfelues that honour the honou-
rable: God lhall caufe their praifes to be payd
them againe with interefi. So lawfull, fo profi-

table , fo commendable is it to giue the godly T

their due commendation.

And this is belt done after their deceafe:
<1 The belt praifing is at parting ,as here El:/I24
doth by Elia .- for then is praife freefl from
fufpeicion of flattery, none fuppofed to bee fo
bafe as to fawne vpon the Dead : ¢Al{o then
wee are fure that wee praifl: a man fafcly, when
wee are fure that he is in fafetie: for 60227 can
prgtzfi befizfe bare , wberc life it filfe :3 not fife .9
W/11']: 4 man :1: faéieé? to mutabilitie becgramaot

fecuritie , fayth Saluian :, But
then :3 prti/efirme and‘/Zezzfaft , 326:» 2/2: defért of
the praifidcannot peri./7:, nor 6: lofl. Then may

WC

""5 Lallly, our dutie is hereby difcharged, and .

I

b H0/tor :71 ba-
nus & tovzfcruia
collatu/. unwo-
lmtie figatiflca.
tioncm apud
cammumm Da-
minum habet ,
arc. Bafil.m
4c. Martyr.

c 2.,l(_ing.1 3.14.
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I flex alteri quad

to £‘lg';'4/1, is afterward returned to him with ad- 3 f;.“,,-,,

3 d --Sedfiilicet

vltima fémper
ex; eflanda dies
ho mm’ efl -- 0:.
Ouid.Metam,
c N e lwdauesk
baminem it vité
Ecclusa 1.28.
N05 in ‘vital /Zai
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nemparbibemur.
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we fay, that a Ship hath made a good voyage,
when we fee her fafely arriued at the harbour 5
8 It is the Euening that crownes the Day , and
the Vié’corie~ that carrieth away the Crowne.
5 Saint Bafil obferueth ,.how that Chrifl him-
felt}: would not be publilhed, vntill fuch time as

hee had fuifered and was rifen againe. Before 1

his Pafliomwhen hee had done a Miracle , hee
gaue this charge, Secyou tell it no man; After
his Refurreétion , hee gaue the Commiflion ,
Gaeyeefort/2 into allt/ye warld, évc. To fhew vs,
that as he who continueth to the end {hall be

faued , fo hee who is ('0 faued ,may fafely bee

praifcd. I
I am loath to difpraife the Liuing,while I
fpeake of praifing the Dead ; yet to I mufi ‘doc
by fome , e1fi:I cannot make right vfe of this
Dofirine , which warranteth vs to praife the
Dead. F or, by this warrant, three forts ofpeo-
ple are iuftly touched, and taxed. e
_ Thofe who condemne all Funerall-Sermons,
or in them whatfoeuer is fpoken in commen-
dation ‘of the deceafed: vpon what ground,
faue their owne fancie , I could neuer yet find.
Sure I am , thatin the one , they doe crofle at
leaf}, if not condemne,the praétice of the Chri-

{tian Church ancient and moderne ; in the 0- I

ther ,they would feeme to bee wifer then the
holy Gholt himfelfe. Theywould thinke it
harlh to be compared to the Ape in the Fable,

who would perfwade all Bealts to make them-
" felue§_

_ ‘‘,L__

._ .1 .

Lamentatzon, ’
felues bare, becaufe hewas fo : and they would
thinke it ralh to lay , that becaufe they doe no-
thing praife-worthie themfelues , therefore
they would haue others depriued of their due
praife.   ‘

hyperbolicall praifes. They fiudie more to ex-

toll the Dead , then to cdifie the Lining, com- _

mendi men, not for that which was in them,
but for t at which {hould haue beene in them.
4 Such obfequioufnefl"e,heowl"oeuer pious it may
feeme in fhew, it is indeed but peeuilh gfor fuch

men (laid a learned Man in his generation) i

if they could , would make Chrilt himfelfe a

. better man then he is.

The lali and worli fort are they , who not
onely giue not the Dead their due praife, but

4 detract from them their due , and infi-eed of af-

fixing on them more then their owne , they nei-
ther will themfelues,nor fufier others to afcribe
vnto them their owne. I haue heard of Tome,
who haue {narled at the Preacher For giuing the
Defunct his due praife ; when yet for modeflies

L fake, he hath giuen him leffe then his due.Thus

enuie and bal2:nefl‘e«cannot abide to heare that

% afcribed vnto o‘thers,‘which is Wanting in them-
- fclues.'I'hus doe Hares infult ouer dead Lyons:
But ' God will make their ‘memories to rotte, '
_ who Wrong theirmemories whom he will haue

to remainein euerlafiing remembrance.
’ F_   _ \_ y I am

L 4___ _. - |

  Others again: doe hit vpon the contrarie ex-
treme, and are too exuberant , lading men with

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D. Hieronym. ‘1

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named Am rt.
Eptfiop. Eptlt.
23. '

611.2.

V019 te talitm

pa/‘econ 9: dele-
flari, qui tam 2:’-
mean: palp1 re
vitia quim de-
tmilare virtu-

- tibm. 7/en’ fimt
 L'd1‘d£t07'C‘ ,
qai ita bona lau-
darc {0.'eaut ,1’!
laflare in malia
nan nouerint.

5 Bet-n.ad Sug-

ger. Abbat. E-

’ ' I am wearieof flriking this harfh firing
of’ reproofe, though no reprootebee harlh e-

L noughforfuch : I doe more willingly defcend

to exhortation. Let men learn: to deferue well
while they liue,if they defire to be praifed when
they are dead. I mi/1/amour t/rem that /‘amour me,
fizitb t/7eLord .- The belt praifeis of God, not
of man 5 all true praife is from Piety : let him

therefore Rudy to be gracious, who will be gra-  

ced; let him be pious, who will be praifed: fuch
{hall haue raife not of man, but ofGod; yea,
firft of God: and then of man. Safely mayfiwb
éeeprayfed at Meir deatb, w/an in t/aeir life time
can/dfizy witb Paul, 1 line, yet not I but Cbrifi‘ li-
tmb in me. I tronldéaue youpleafid witbltbe pray-
fe: affirc/2 mm ( faith Bernard to a friend of his)
zvéofeare 43 mark ta flatter -7/ice, 44 to detrafifiom
vertue. T/My are truepr4iferr,w17o -vfifo to prai/E
mmfor t/Jeir good, 44 2/94: t/ney lvnozvye not /2022: to

/éotb mm in em’/1. Begged praife from flatterics,

is no better then bought or borrowed teares

from hired mourners. Such are verball pray-

lers, but reallreproachers- 5
Gentlemen , I am fure , that you doe know,

and I hope that you doe confider,that you {hall

once die. I prefume a1f'o,that you defire to haue
your Funerall graced with a Sermon , -by fome
graue Preacher. Iam fure, that your Executor
will expe€t,that the Preacher fpeake fomethi ng
in your praifein his Sermon. Elfe , it may bee,

hee {hall bee rewarded as Simanideswas by the
- ’ Cham-

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—vw§‘.

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‘ ‘ f Lomentotion.

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Champion,when hired to make Verfes in praile
of him, he praifed Cofior and Po//tox, and when
he lhould haue rcceiued his pay of him who hi-

' redhim,-he was turned ouer to be payed by Co-

ll/lor and Pollux , whom he had praifizd. So {hall

i the Preacher, though he praife God and profit

the people neuer fomuch , by the F unerall Ser-
mon, be turned oil‘ without pay, or payed with
reproch, if hee praife not the Dead. But thatis

Word ofGod; We ozmoloc nothing agoirtfl tho
Truth, hutfortho '1‘ rttth, faith the Apofilc,Will
you haue vs praife. you at your death 3 Doe that
’ which is praili:-‘worthy while you liue. Get you
tfirft the praife of God -, VI great proyfir (faith
Bernard) and 4 prayfl: greatly to he olcfirod, to ho:
prayfed hy the grmtcft. Let God prayfe you,and
wewill not be (paring in your prayfes.Doe that
while you liue , that wee may boldly and fafely
report of you atyour Funcral.Otherwif: know
that yourHoufcs full of gold and filuer lhall not
hire vs (except you can find out among vs , one
as‘ bad or worfe then Baloom) either to curfe
where God blefTeth,or to bleffe where God cur-
fltth; and {'0 to lay our felues opento that feare-
full imprecatiofi, Woe he wore them that call good

i ‘l will or will good. But thou, 0 Lord, wilt hlt/fa;

the rightootot, thott wilt compo./ft him with fattottr

F 44 with afbield ;- Vpon which words of the Pro-
; phet,blefl‘et;l B4/El aptly inferreth thus; When he
i who i:'Lord of all men, hlcfloth and honottreth any
, s 2 no on,

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*# 7_m:n,]‘uoh 4 man is admitted ahoue 4/! mm, yea,
though he: hee hlamed ind reproohed hy 4/! mm .-
Whenw on the oontmrie,  the Lord pmyfi not 4

44.

greatly to be defired :if you defire it , you mull
endeuour to deferue it,deferue it you may(ri.ght
fuch as Eliot and 511/124 were. ‘- - h ,

The Chariot: of Jrael , aim’ the Horfe-mm
thereof.

iclc games; For race onely and for fport,which‘
raife ta duff and keepe a ratling , but are neither
For defence of the Countrey , nor offence of the
Enemie. Nor yethooked Chariots (fuch a An-
tioohtofand c/'2/lithridatcs vfed) running qn the
) wheeles of your priuatc ends, labouring to
hooke all commodities into your own: hands;
Wgmudm orbeing (as Vegetiw faith, thofe hooked Cha-
,,,,-g,:,g_1,;.¢,;,. l‘l0tS were) at your firfl entrmg a terrour by exe-
" cuting iuflice , butafterward a derifion, by too

1f43.z1.79 we reade of, 1/4} . c/I Chariot qfAfl2:,ana' 4 Cha-
riot ofC4mel:. And as you mull be good Cha-
riots, {'0 you mull be good Horfe-men too : not
fuc_h feeble Horfe-men as young Phaeton , who
could not guide his I-Iorfes, but was haled by
'4uri§¢.—Vn'gjl. them 5 not fuffering your Horfes, your feruan ts

u

man , it will nothing profit him though all mom 7
months: hefi//ed with his oo:2m2end4tiom.Thus to ‘
be Ioued while you liue, and to be lamented and 7:
prayfed at your death, is :1 great blilfing , and _

‘ Worfhtpfull) if liuing , you bee carefull to bee 1

. N otfuch Chariots as were ‘vfled in the c)lym- '

much remiflenelfe. Leafl ofall fuch Chariots as ;

I0‘

i l

y ' to the find occafion o this dayes forrovvfull fo-

Lamematiozz.

toguide,.or ratherride you at their pleafurts.
Nor yet fuchlight i-1orfl:—rnen as are fit for no-
thing , but For Spies or Scouts , and to driue a-
way the prey -, fuch as can gallop , yea , Hie: on
winged Pegafw for preferrrtent‘;-.«{low-paced as

Snailesto doe Church or Cornmoh-wealtlt any
feruice (as Bernard complayned of form: in his E
time) flie Boates for their own: profit , ,vcry r
l Sluggs for the Regublique. But you mufi be~£-

‘ quite: Cate}:/yrzgfli,

‘ orfe-men armed at al-points,
for the feruiee of God and your Countrie. Hap-
pie thofe Countries who haue fuch Charrots_

  and Horfe-men, as E/gal: and E/IL/}M"WCl‘C to I-13

raeL'The('e driue away more dangers then our
Fleet: did in eightie eight-, and import more
comtnodities,then euer thc.Ca.rricks or the Eat’:
Indian Aducntuters, brought into the I::n,1d.=-
Wotthies, you mull’ be carefull to béfuch Cha~

" riots as 5.3» was, if euer you meant to mount

vpinto I-Ieauen , in the fieric Chariot of Faith
anda good Con{'cienee, as E/9'45 did. i "
. Time, and your cxfpe&ation,fummoneth me

lernnitie. But: at which part: of my Text lhall. I
begin? Whether at the Exclamation or at the
Acclamation 2 Whether with eomplayning or
commending? Shall Idfiril lament my priuate
lofle, or deplore the publike calamitie , in the

ypilrturc (I may fa rapture) of Elias-from vs. -
Methinksil coul here Rand With Elzba, not a

whole houre,but a whole day, afionii ed,ama-
r F 3 zed,

37

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caflra, (ac.

Ad /Fm flrermi
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I ptgri, Bern.

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I forgone a Father, and fuch a Father, as I (I may

, haue a due and equall commemoration in a few

It is 4 fiperztacuoaa fimice to commerid the con-

Eliflaa /2:3:

zed, crying, complayning, c/My Father, my in
2/zcr .- Euer fince hee made choice of mee freely.
vnto this place , to bee vnto him by funétion a
Father, he hath beene vnto me in loue and affe-

4‘ ' g... --

étion, not fo much a Patron as a Father.Pardon‘ ‘

me therefore, if I feeme fomewhatexuberant in

complayning or commending: it is notmy cu-
Itome; but I neuer fpake at the;Funerall of a
Father (fuch a Father) before 5 if any man {hall
tax mine oficioufneffe, I intreat him to f uf pend
his cenfure, vntill fuch time as he himfelfe hauc

fay as we) haue done. '_ , . .

If I lhould attempt to open the treafurie of
his vertues, and acquaint you with the‘particu-
lars, the taske would be too tedious , and fome

might hold it fuperfluous.A godly life that hath F

beene weaning a piece of fundrie feuerall Ver-
tues, {ome threefcore yeeres and aboue, cannot

minutes : Befides, hee‘ was a Candle. let on a

Candle-&icke,a Citic built on a I-IiIl,he flood in -

place of view and eminence, and therefore his
actions cannot bee hidden; and (as one faith)

flicuow; . d
Yettfor their fakes who knew him not,or not
16 well as my r=.-15:, or knew him, but forget to

follow him 5 I will fingle out fome of his Ver-:' ,
rues, and prefent them to yourmemorie and: ‘

practice. Herein I will vfe fuch choice, that

I you ‘

Lamentation.

youmay fee I aymeat breuitiegand yet fo af-
feftbreuitie, that I defraud not the dead of his
due, not God of his glory; leauing much vn—
fpolgen , and {peaking that which may bee of
molt efpeciallvfeand example.  
The principall Graces which I offer to your

Confideration , I doe referre to thefe three

Heads :

‘ Pietie.
His E quitie.
‘ Cbaritie.

Thefirli , will declare him as a Chriflian;

the ifecond , as a Magifirate; the third , as a a

Man : The former will lhew this deportment
towards God; the Iecond, his carriage in the
place of Iufiice; the third, how hee behaued
himfelfe towards all men.- 
Concerning his Pietie, you may be pleafed
to take a view thereof, according to his publike
and priuate Exercifes therein. For the pub-
like 5 he was a confiant heater of Gods Word,
:1 due attendant in the Courts of Gods I-loufe,
and (according to the Hebrewes adage) hee
accounted thofe Garments molt gay,that were
foyled with the dufi of the Temple . His time-
lyrepayre thither, lhewed his zeale for that
which was to be performed there; being more
early at the Church, then many of his inferi-

ors in agcand place (and thefe neerer unto \

the Church) were out of their Cham.bers.,

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This courfe he: held W euen in his old age: Di-

{tanee of place, diftemper ofVVeather could
not withhold him; but Thee aduentured the
health of his Body for the food of his Soule.
And this appeared in his laft approch to the
Saturday * Lecture , To farre diliant from his
Dwelling,'in a cold froflie Morning, and that
byBoat : The fire of his Zeale making him to
contemnethe coldnefle of the VVater and of
the Weather; where it is very probable, that
his lalt Sicknefle firll faluted him. What
{hould I fpeake of his comely and Chriftian
gefture in the Temple 2 where hee remayned
as in the Chamber of Prefence, and in the eye
of the Heavenly King, and his holy Angels. 4
This, this, is a fare figne of a Saint, to hunger ‘
and thirft after the Word of Life 5 and hauing {
once taftcd that Manna, to lay, Lam’ mermore

1 gin: vs tbéc Bred.

And as he loued the Foode, fa he loued the
Feeders ; as heembraeed the Mefla e, {'0 he
entertained the Mcflengers: louing t e Mini-
Ilers, for their Minifterie, hauing the Labou-
‘-7”‘£7:‘°‘3° ‘ rers in cyjreciafl /zzmoar, for Meir Workesgfizko.
IF they were painefull and confcionable in their
Calling, he highly regarded them, how plaine
or meane foeuer their perfons were to the
Worlds appearance. I-low acceptable to ‘him
were the feet of thofe,who brought the glad

" At Saltafly,

'1'"1dings‘of' Peace 3 From Scotland, Ireland, -
L and the Netherlands , haue they come, that
haue

._-,1,

l   Lamenmrion, D l 4-‘

4....

‘i haue dranke plentifully of his fauour and boun- I
tie. Therefore not I alone, but many of my  
-Brethren may lay with me, lfl/M my Fat/yer!
V efpecially in this cold Age , wherein llercmiex
Lamentation may Well bee taken vp by vs ;
T/zey refiveéi‘ not we Priefl , tbs} fwaur not tbe
Elders. ‘*-
In his priuate Pietie,wee will note efpecially
the continuall Diet which hee kept for his
Soule: for generally hec gaue Meales of Pray-
er, Reading, and Meditation vnto it,as hec did
vnto his Bod . Morning and Euening at leafl,
with Daaid, h’ e prayed vnto the Lord. In his
Chamber quietly hee examined himlelfe, and ,
communed with his owne heart, that he might
{land in awe, and not finne. That part of the
Sabbath day, which hee fpent in his owne
Houfe , hec employed in Reading, and in me-
ditatingon that which was taught in the Tem-
ple; writingdowne in :1 Booke fuch Notes,as
molt neerelyponcerned his owne Soule and
Confcience. This Booke was found in his
Studie after his Death; in which al{'o,Was con-
tained at Diarie of his Life , for fundry yeares
before his Death; obferuing and regifiring
therein, For his owne remembrance and vfe,
what Temptations hec had fuflained, how hee
had relifled them; what Combatcs and Com-
forts hee had found, what Fauours and Blef-
fings,Temporall and Spirituall,hee had recei-

ued of God. He: hardly left any godly Booke
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out of his hands,.in which hee found Spiritu-I
all comfort. Hee read ouer at leafi feuen times

M. Rogers, wherewith hee was greatly_afi'e&ed,
I and onto? it hee extracted fundry Obferuati-
ons, for his priuate vfe. Certaine Houres of .
euery day hee diuided from the World , and-l
apart by himfelfe conferred with God. A mo-Pr 

excellent and Diuine praétice , to fequelicr
fome Houres for Meditation; that looking
into the Glalle of Gods Law, and thereby
wafhing away the {pots of our Life from the
face of our Soule , wee may with more comfort
and courage approach vnto Gods Prefitnce,
and exhibite vnto him our humble Petitions.
Hitherto I referre another exemplarie Ver-

Exercifes of Pietie : A.caref'ul1» and.-reliigious
defired, that his Childrenmight alfo bee the-;

out fuch Teachers for them,as were commen-
ded for Religion ,. no leffe then for Learning;
and to fuch hee fent them, firre from home,
when as fome of them were et very young; l
{paring no coft for their breeding in the moft
eminent places of the Land , in the Vniuer-
lities and Innes of Court, that the mightlike
himfelfit proue profitable to Churcgand Com-
monwealth. And to ballace their knowledge by
J Iu_dgement,and to advance iudgement by expe-
I rience,

 

N that. godly Worke of that worthy man of God, 

tue,and may well infert it among his priuate ;
Care for the education of his Children; hee '

Children of God. For this caufe, hee fotight‘

} 

A i   Lamentdtion.

rience‘, and to purchafe experience by trauel~l,hc
[cut the molt of them into forraine Countries,
alway making choice of fuch places for their

? ‘trauell, whence they might returne home free
i from the tainture of irreligion and fuperfhtion.
. Neitherdid he,as fome Parents doe, demohlh

himfelfe, what he builded by others, and b e-

d uill example at home,obliterate the good w ich
‘ they acquired abroad. But as he procured them
other Tutors for inPtrué’tion, fo he himfelfe was
~ a Tutor to them by example , beeing carefull

that none of his lhould behold . any thing in
him, which might be euill for them to imitate.
He alfo drew vp a booke offuch notes and pal’-
fages in the Bible,as he had found and prooued
to be comfortable and profitable vnto hi-mfclfe,

_ and dedicatedit vn to them. Thus he prouided

well for them all in this world, but his greatelt
care was to acquire for them, An inberz't4me,z'n-
carruptiblc, wzdgfiled, tlmt fade!/7 not away , re-

firuedfor w in beaum.

In his Iuftice and Integritie , I take no-
tice of two things efpecially , firfl, his Incor-
ruption. I doubt not but if hee now asked
of vs all with Samuel, VI/bafi: Oxe bane I ta-
ken .9 you would be all ready to returne the peo.
ples anfwer,‘1'/zou /1.4]? not dqfiuudedmr oppre/]?:d
vz2s,neit/Jeri /my?!/you ta/rm ougbt at any man: lmzd.
Who hath euer fltene or heard,tha-t either he,or

1 any forhim, did let in Iniuflicein abasketat

his doore, as Pam! was fometimes let out at a
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in thispoint efpeciallyi hee could fay with the
Prophet, 1 /mm’ nrajbed mine band: in z'mmemz'e.;
Secondly, in his I uflice, I obferue his care, rea-1
dinefle,and boldnelie to maintain: right,and to
refill wrong. Herein he was refolute with lob,
and contagious with Ietbrag for Here éraéeit/ye
iazwx oft/ye n*ic=£’ed,4ndp/ucked tbtfloyle out 62':
teetlz. A~ndl’ikc that royall and refolute 8 ep-
heard Ddflid, V V /1m 4 Lyon or 4 Beare Make 4

Lamée out oftéeflocke, befmate I/Jam, anddelituu  

redtbe Laméeoutzy‘ Meir iam-:.- fo that there is
no ioy left For his Death, but to L ons and

Beares, the deuourers and grinders o the I nno- 7

cent. 1 know thatin his Office ofVice-warden-
lhippe, he often defired to haue fome Diuinc a
fpeétator and arbitrator of his proceedings, ta-
king my felfe‘ fometime in Read ofothers,to bee
prelent at the {canning and cenfuring of cafes,
defiring to decide all matters b the belt rule of‘
religion and confcience. An herein alfo hee
1' mbolized with Iaé, Tb: caufc that ée £21522? not,
cféltrcéed ant.

I come now to Charity, the laft that I pro- ’

pofed, but not the leaf} part of Chrifiianitie.

Hereof'itis_well knowne, that he worthily per- _

formed both parts; that of Giuing, and the o-
ther ofForgiuing. For the former, that which
is {aid of the righteous man , may truely bee en-
grauen on his Tom be, Hee dzflerfid, éegme to

:6: poore, 61': rzgbteaufne/fc'remair1etbf'or eucr .1-Ie
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was none of thofe rich men, of whom the Fa-
ther fpcaketh,_Wbo poffifling thing: common, doe
inolofo Mom 44’ t/weir olwie: rather, what was pro-
per to himfelfe by osW.ni?‘ng , hee made common
to others by imparting Againe, withloo, He:
wit/o- held not too po9refi'om’t/oeir defiro, be oaufed

‘ not the eye: oftbe widdonz eofzilo. H e: did not can

/712 morfizlls Alone, out t/oefdtborlq/"6' did eat: with

lzim. Hoflzwinot any to periflafor want of oloat/wing,

 bee fufiered not Me poor: :to~ooe witboott cowering.

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 How many loin es haue ’bleiTed him , who were

yearely cloathed with the fleeces ‘of his fheep 2
He remembred Paul: charge to the rich in this
world, and therefore endeauoured to be rich in
good workes: and whereas he might by parli-
mony, or by this ages Alchymifiry (which he
euer abhorred) Vfury, haue heaped _vp as much
wealth as any in the Weft , hauing as great

 meanes, and a longer time to encreafi: then the
. moft,he-rather refolued to /43 «up for bizzzfelfe a

goodfoamdotion again}? the time to come, and by
an heauenly Alchymy, to turne temporall ri-
ches into eternall. This he did by beeing( as S.
Higrome faith Nopotian Was) T/re Stafle of t/ye
blind, to: food oft/ye kxmgrio, tbe /zope of we mi fe-
mole, zmdt/ye comfort cfmomrners : His /roof: mu
anyfliue, aooutw/yzjoalo daily fnmrmedwboipoare and
t tbefeeéle, as the fame Father faith oFNeoridim.
He had read in the Gofpelgthat itma d5~5dr'd
" for 4 rial» main to enter into!/re ;Kingdnme-of bea-

_ uen,4aforo Camel to creep t/orouglz zbeejecofaooee-

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i ails: Ye.thie.ha'dilearned alfoeuhow to make the

Camell palie through the needles/eye , namely,
by calling of the bunch one the back, the fupcr-

., fluous load of riches,and by doingas the Ca-
‘mels and,Dromedaries did in the Prophet,

éring their gald and imczfé vnto tbeLord. I-lee
knewe that riches would .take themfelues vnto
their wings, and flieinto the ayre; to preuent
that, he made or. gaue them better wingsi, the
wings of a Doue, that they might flie higher,
namelyintoheauen. He renued, at leall retai-
ned that fiagitiue Vertue, Hofpitality, which is
almoll fled out of the Countrey:Aconllant and
famous Houfe-keeper, foratleaft forty?-yeares
continuance. He was none of thofe Lay-Non-
refiden ts, who build faire houfes, and immedi-
ately flie from them into fome cabbine in a
towne or citie, as if they feared their houfes
would fall downer vpon their heads, if they
lhould abide and feafl in them as 105: ‘children
did. He was none ofthofc,who make their fia-

*  ble their Table, their backes their buttery,their
f mouth the kitchin , and their noflrills the chim-

. lney. But his houfe for ‘many yeares was the

 center of charity and holpitality, wherein met
 the lines ofpoore and firangers , drawne from
 alarge circumference round about him. How
; manyi an 1i:&ng]ell' hath this righteous Lotenter-
, tame in is
; fled 2/Iéralzmz feaflcd in his Tent the blefled
 Trinity‘? Andfleaflat

oufe ? How often hath this blell

any time he lhould ex-

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, uer fought reue-nge againfi the Higher . not

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«: clude the worthie , how. manytimes ( vn- 

awares ) hath hee admitted the vnworthie.?. O“ 4
bleffed Ne/zemim , of our Age and,C:oafls! ;, ‘IT’,
doubt not but that the Lordhath rernembred f
thee alfo in this. ' '    

The fecond part of Cha-ritie confifling in} i

Forgiuing,.was not omitted by him-:. an efpe- % cal. 3.12-
ciall fruit ofE1e€tion, as witneife-th the Apotile. 3
\/Vrongs hee receiued , for who is hee in this ’
world that {hall not? and that from Equals ,.
Tnferiours, at home, abroad : at firft, he would
be fomewhattender, but Confcience and Coa-

fiderati-on foone qualified his Choler. I-Iee nee

wroughtreuenge againfi the Lower,.but~par-;
' doning where he had Power, hee fhewed that
he had no:Will,where;he had no power. Laft-
ly,~ He met at -Table a Gentleman of the better
i ranke of this Shire , betvveene whom .and him»
there. depended fome Law-contentions. t i I-lee
dranke to him, and told him, that they were
both old -, and wilhed that Charitiez-might~bee«
continued; as for the Law, he might doe as he.
’ pleafed. Who can doubt of the truth of C hrifls
Promifes? I-lee is furely forgiuenwho was fo
readie to forgiuei t ~ : ., t ‘ . '
Vnto the two former Ica'n~not’but -annexe as
athird aéft -of Charitie, wherein hee excelled-5 s
The {tudieand indufirie of making peace and
reconci1ing.‘di'Pferences : wherein, as God gaue
him the grace to afi'e'€t it,fo he endued himwith
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a rare gift to cffeft it. He was a Neflor, a Mecc-
tw in this behalfe.Ihaue knowne him to bu
ther mens peace with his own purfe,when th
through obltinacie would not putchafe that
iewell to themfelues. Bleffed Man! thou were
a Peace-maker among Men , no doubt thou
now enioyefi that Peace of God, which pal?
feth all vnderllanding. How can it bee falfe
which the great Peace-maker hath laid? Bigf-

féd are the Peace-makers, for tbey /7141! be: called

tbe Some: ofGod.

Vnto thele his Vertues, I adde as a Corol-
1arie,the Crowne of Vertues, that is, his Con-
tinuance and Perfeuerance in thefe and all the
tell of his Vertues. Hee was truely a Tree of

God, planted by the Riuers fide , euen the Ri-r l
uers of the Water of Life,his Leafe did not _

fade , but he brought forth more Fruit in his
old age: then molt good,‘when he drew nee-
refl to his chiefefl Good : and beginning to bee
goodbetimes ,- he continued; _yea, he encrea~
fi:d,i and was belt at lafl. He well deferued with
Mm:/Em the Title of ex!» oldDgo'ip/e: Few I
thinke, of his degree, can prefcri e beyond him
in Chn'llianitie.; With,Samnc/,he came to lerue
the Lord ,almolt in hislong coats,and with
Simeon,’ continued ilflli and deuout vntill his
very laft diffolution. And this is an euident
{igne offauing Grace,when one beginnes be-
times,and continues flill in a religious courfe.

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Penfionets. In whofe Seruicethis Chrifiian

fore fafely p'ronounce‘him faued.

This his GodlinelTe,wanted not recompence
euen in this Life : for Pietie (: you know .) hath
tlhe"ptomiI'e-s of both _Liu'e's. iirlft-;God5bIeI1
fed him in his Pcrfon wichrnany dayes-,'»the
Crowne of yeeres , here is carried to his Graue
like a-Rieke of'Corne,notmowed downe before

7 his time. He einioyed  blefling prom-ifed ‘to
the man that fearetfh Goda ‘and walketh i-n his
wayes, for he faw his Childrens Children , and ‘pm ,3g,,,;_
Peace vpon Ifrael. He was a Graind-father by

all his Children, who liued 'to>marriage,and
a ‘great Grand-father by? his eldelt. Heel was

-bleflied in his Wedlocke ,* hauing three fueh
Wines fuccefliuely, as any one of them mi ht
fuflice to make an H ulband hap ie; which b ef-
.fing,I heard him lately acknow edgeiwithy great
to-~hankf‘ulnefl"e. He -was bleffed in his‘Chil§|ren,
for hauing many,he had none whom he might
be alhatned to owne; yea, he might haue beene

aan; 4happie Father in any one of them , though

‘he ha-d= no more. « . c

‘He was bleflied-in his Honours and dignities,
hauing held with reputation the greatefi in his
in Shire , being twice Sherille in two yeeres, fo """’,5m"'?"_

-7' fremarkgableffor firange -cue-‘nts ,,t’hat-theyhaue 

 -‘not beeneparalelledtvin ‘our ‘A ge : yet in all ‘his flum mam;
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Lam? 3 hc Was happie in thatewhich makes 3.
 f'Q§-..C;t.1¢l: mofihappie, or molt miferable,
na_m‘ely,in his_.dea_th ,. :1 lhort fickneffe making
 t9 ealqueiemud pcmable siifTo1uciou.Whcn
:1.’ fitfbcamfi WiYifiC.hlm: l3,l5‘.l13&¢siV11.3 that ha‘
iuing pfetlcfd biseflate for-the World ; bee might
the more fizeely difpofe his Soule for God. Ex-
h0f1ft.l;‘?8:l.1l;1’£,3 once u to hauei a fironsg F aiich and a

{ithad lseenefilwaies 1:1 part‘ of his-daily prayer,
-that God would giue him :1 faithfull Heart , an
,-lmrnble I—Ic:1.rt,_a charitable Heart, and :1 th an k~_
gfflu Heart. B1;‘iefely,'in his dep:1rturehee'fome-

falling asa Cloake from him, his Soule did fud-
denly!;flic_v, .,on-Angels win 5 i11to,Heaue.n 5

of God, it ztbideth in my eternall. —  
- Thus hall thou left vs , noble Sir L/Intbonie,

in whom we hoped to haueenioycd thee ; -‘and
our.Eli/7:4 was taken from vs before our Elm,
who Ihould haue comforted vs for _the lofle of
our Elia , by continuing hi§iVnrtues'. But hee
was taken away before thee, and therefore hath
left vs the more forrow for thee. Yet {hould we
not fomuch grieue that thou are gone, as re-

his highell preferment to goe to‘ \

»-what fymbolized Fwith E/ma, for the Mantle of 
; his mortalitic. not violently pulled, but quietly ‘

where¥,.~w;i;i r£,bgz:,‘ai1d’allot er blefled Saints‘

too foone for vs , in the belt timefor thy,felfe‘,
and which is worfhthou fentefl him-beforellygee '

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ioyce that we ehioyed thee {O le>ng.- Tl1(.)l1ll:l8flf
fulfilled thy daycs , and numbred thine Olym-I

. piads gmany Worti ties hauc come {horrt ofthee 
by as many'Yeares as Vertu’eé4f"‘T;t1,e '; =bu‘twcé ' 
hauelofi aFat'her,aFa-ther oF‘the%€6fiHérie, of  .

I Religion,-of Pietie ,.' a Father of Iufiice and E— .

quitie , and whocan denie men‘ Ieaue to lzrment

l theylofle of fueh  Father , A §i_t'l%iIt»e, ithcfaiuglil th e y

enioyed l1im'~naierje£b%1ong 2~H:‘_m%_defl§t tljibfi l‘i11ed~
as many Cv:fntu’rliles r-as -théujy diildefl «s¢é1«c'ét_ of
ye’ares,1_’olte‘¢'ritie would i1'c’uer 'l)'€1Lié;tf'u‘!‘f‘€.tt(i"d on

thee , but at the latefl date w'oule'lh¢ueebeen“ef

~1or1i;:coi_haue left ht-hee  a.a=g1%;ééotazr» "ecy.rppI:rir1’é  j
lat} that they‘ were to‘.o?1“oo‘ne 'li“er‘eft ‘of-" three.-'_ ‘~=A‘

Fathers death euer C0i5fiCS"t§>C_)_l~O‘(:)t1C,' liuehe 11-'6-’
uer fo long-. VV_héca_11_ prefei_<il5e'l_li_mitsllkt'o the life
of P:1rents1,' ot{l¥>_i‘ntlteare‘s‘.‘leb1*r<tl'*r\ei;r 'de’dth,l’when
it commerh; eth0ug’=h'¥it- -Were" fielder fa’-Ion'g'y,be-4
fore itctame 3‘ , Q    ” * l i 7; l’ ’ 
But feeing t-hour‘_hafi,l'eft firs‘;-viiee‘-mufihiovv
leaue thee , till wedqe fo'Ilt)‘V<i thee.-f"I therefdre
now turne my {pcech from the Dead to th’ef_Li'-P
uing, who are here taught thatthey‘ alfomufi
turn: from the L-iuing to the‘ Dead; My defire
is that all here prefent , and (em: aboue (111, and
my felfe firlt of all "1nay*dr;tvi{e \f)‘n‘1'e~prdlitaeble
vfi: out of all that which hath beene deliuer'c’d.‘
. Eirefl, my felfe mull hence learner, and (0 may
all you with me, to repel": our ttuft in God ‘,for

evaine its. the helpe ofMa-n. Trufl -n'ot in Princes,

their breath is'in their Nollrils ,~ they returne to
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their Earth, and then all their thoughts doe pc-

i rilh. But ifwe make the Almightic our defence,

when Father and Mother faileth vs, he will fit-
flaine and fupport vs. Hee taketh our Friends-,

our Fathers, Patrons, Benefaélors into Heauen,

that wee may learne to {end our hopes and afie-
Pcions thither, and to lift vp our eyes to thefe
Mo_untaines,from‘whence commeth our helpe;
for.qu,r,_he_1pe isin .theName -of the Lord, who -
hath made both I-Ieauen and Earth.

To the E-Ieire of our aim , to the Elzflm that
mufl fucceed him,-I wijfhthat (if it bee po{Ii;bl,c)’

he mayyalfo exceed .hi_m_ ;- that the Spirit botlll of ,

his Grandfather and Father , mayabecrdoubled
on him, that he: may inherit their Vertues-as

well as their Pofleflions , and-fo farre furpalle  

themasithey did others: T-hatthe Mantle~ofE.
liaa may remain: with -hir.n_,and Ch3Cgtl'lC' Sonnes

ofthe Prophets, when they fee him, may fay of '

him, Thespirit of‘ Elfin/2f doth-rel’: 0115/{/L4;
 may.doe worthily in,Ephrata, and bee
famous in Bethlem.   " - ~s . D

T the reftof‘ the Branches of this noble
Stocke, Iwilh , that as they haue fairely begun,
fothey will proceed , to fhew the-mfelues wor+ e
thy Some; of {itch a worthy Father. ,, that wcc
may {till blefle Godfor him , and his mernorie
for them. Nobetter Patrimonie could he lcaue
them, then the prefident of his pietie.

Gentlemen , and You, who comerhither to

performe thelafl Oflice, and exhibitcsthe lall
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Lamentation.

act 0% lone to the Deceafed, learne of him to

bee.Fathers of your Countrie , Patrons of the

Church, loucrs of the Word, embracers of the
Minilters of the Word , preferuers of Peace,
the Eyes of the Blinde,t—he Staffe of the Lame,
Zealous for Gods gl‘or;ie,.worthie P.€ttrlOtS 5
that when you {hall leaue thisiVale ofMiferie,
you may bedifmifled with this honourable ac-
clamation, T/me.‘/2ariots»of1],rae:l amlezbe Horfi'—
mcn I/Jereofi
Generally all here prefent, humble your
Soules before the Almightie ; know wee,that
for our finnes and vnworthinefTe,the I-Iorfemen

; of Ifirael and the Chariots thereof are taken,
: aeisfrom vs ; and their taking away , importeth
1 'gr‘e"at"euilI‘ to e'n‘fi1e“, if‘wee' preu‘ent' it not‘ by
L fpeedie repentance. Behold, in one Weeke,

two fuch Wounds infliéted on vs,in the Death
of two Worthies, that our Countie neuer felt
the like Blowe fo fuddenly, in the eldelt mans

memorie among vs : and I fuppofe, that the

eyes of the youngelt will fcarce fee it clofed
vp, by the recouerie of the like Two againe.
I‘n‘foure or fine dayes , two VVheeles of our
Chariot were broken, two I-plorfemen of Ilrael
were taken from vs into Heauen. Ifrwee 13¢
not in our felues the caufe of this Calamitie,
wee are tooblinde: If feeing it, wee feeke not
to the Remedie, wee are too brutilh : The Re»
medic is, mature Repentance. This will flay
Gods hand, that hee proceed not further, in
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Elzfla /91': Lamenmtion.

taking more Fathers fromrvs : Yea, this may
turne Gods Anger into Mercie, and caufe him
to rayfe vp more Fathers, more Chariotsand
' Horfemen for V5. ‘ . L i

V7’ -.

Holy Ghofl, three Perfons bleffed for euer,

bee afcribed (as is due)a'1l Prayfe,—u.Powcr,-_~i—-

Might, Maieftie, Dominion,.and    
Glory, now and for euer.  

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