Pieties pillar: or, A sermon preached at the funerall of mistresse Elizabeth Gouge, late wife of Mr. William Gouge, of Black-friers, London With a true narration of her life and death. By Nicholas Guy, pastor of the church at Edge-ware in Middlesex.
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             Pieties pillar: or, A sermon preached at the funerall of mistresse Elizabeth Gouge, late wife of Mr. William Gouge, of Black-friers, London With a true narration of her life and death. By Nicholas Guy, pastor of the church at Edge-ware in Middlesex.
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           Pieties
           Pillar
           :
           OR
           ,
           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           AT
           the
           Funerall
           of
           Mistresse
           ELIZABETH
           GOVGE
           ,
           late
           Wife
           of
           Mr.
           WILLIAM
           GOVGE
           ,
           of
           Black-friers
           ,
           London
           .
           
             With
             a
             true
             Narration
             of
             her
             Life
             and
             Death
             .
          
        
         
           By
           
             Nicolas
             Guy
          
           ,
           Pastor
           of
           the
           Church
           at
           Edge-ware
           in
           Middlesex
           .
        
         
           
             PROV
             .
             31
             30.
             
          
           
             A
             Woman
             that
             feareth
             the
             Lord
             ,
             she
             shall
             be
             praised
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             George
             Millar
          
           ,
           dwelling
           in
           Black-Friers
           .
           1626.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           RIGHT
           HONOVRABLE
           ,
           SIR
           THOMAS
           LAKE
           ,
           Knight
           ,
           of
           CANONS
           ,
           in
           Middlesex
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           THe
           Parable
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           in
           the
           Gospel
           must
           bee
           my
           Apologie
           for
           the
           publication
           of
           this
           Sermon
           to
           the
           eye
           and
           censure
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           
           the
           which
           at
           the
           first
           when
           I
           preach't
           it
           ,
           I
           thought
           not
           worthy
           your
           iudicious
           eares
           in
           my
           priuate
           Church
           :
           but
           being
           ouercome
           by
           the
           importunity
           of
           the
           reuerend
           Diuine
           ,
           Master
           Gouge
           ,
           I
           condescended
           (
           though
           sore
           against
           my
           will
           )
           to
           giue
           way
           to
           his
           desire
           :
           thus
           haue
           I
           made
           
           a
           Vertue
           of
           Necessity
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Prouerbe
           ,
           
             Vnica
             fidelia
             duos
             dealbaut
             parietes
          
           :
           I
           haue
           both
           satisfied
           his
           pious
           desire
           for
           the
           preseruation
           of
           the
           memory
           of
           his
           vertuous
           and
           religious
           Wife
           :
           and
           also
           (
           hauing
           no
           better
           to
           present
           your
           Honor
           withal
           )
           I
           am
           bold
           to
           offer
           this
           ,
           as
           the
           poore
           man
           brought
           water
           in
           his
           hands
           to
           Artaxerxes
           :
           only
           as
           a
           testimony
           of
           my
           willingnesse
           to
           returne
           something
           to
           your
           Honors
           hands
           ,
           from
           whom
           I
           haue
           receiued
           so
           much
           (
           euen
           all
           the
           maintenance
           that
           now
           I
           haue
           )
           either
           immediately
           from
           your
           Honour
           ,
           or
           mediately
           by
           your
           Honours
           procurement
           .
           It
           was
           my
           happinesse
           to
           be
           trained
           vp
           by
           that
           Illuminate
           Doctor
           ,
           Prelate
           &
           Pillar
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           your
           Brother
           ,
           and
           the
           now
           most
           reuerend
           and
           religious
           ,
           
             Lord
             Bishop
             of
             Bath
             and
             Wells
          
           ;
           and
           since
           to
           be
           sustained
           by
           your
           Honour
           .
           So
           that
           I
           may
           iustly
           say
           with
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           
           When
           my
           Father
           and
           my
           Mother
           forsooke
           mee
           ,
           the
           Lord
           
           tooke
           me
           vp
           ,
           and
           committed
           mee
           to
           the
           charge
           of
           one
           Brother
           ,
           of
           prime
           place
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           for
           my
           spirituall
           estate
           ;
           and
           to
           your
           Honour
           ,
           the
           other
           Brother
           ,
           of
           principall
           place
           in
           the
           common
           wealth
           for
           my
           temporall
           .
           Now
           besides
           your
           Honours
           fauours
           to
           me
           in
           particular
           ;
           your
           many
           reall
           fauours
           and
           great
           affection
           to
           the
           Church
           and
           Churchmen
           ,
           both
           when
           you
           were
           in
           publike
           place
           of
           Honourable
           imployment
           to
           our
           lately
           gracious
           Soueraigne
           ,
           King
           Iames
           ,
           of
           euer
           famous
           and
           happy
           memory
           ;
           and
           also
           since
           your
           priuate
           retirednesse
           ,
           may
           iustly
           challenge
           the
           best
           of
           our
           Labours
           to
           be
           consecrated
           to
           so
           learned
           and
           noble
           a
           Patron
           of
           Learning
           .
           Besides
           these
           former
           respects
           ,
           your
           Honour
           hath
           yet
           another
           interest
           in
           these
           my
           weake
           endeuours
           :
           because
           you
           went
           chiefe
           amongst
           many
           worthy
           and
           worshipfull
           Auditors
           ,
           which
           honoured
           the
           Funerall
           with
           your
           presence
           .
           In
           all
           these
           respects
           ,
           I
           
           hope
           your
           Honour
           will
           fauourably
           be
           pleased
           to
           accept
           that
           of
           mee
           ,
           which
           Almighty
           God
           doth
           of
           vs
           all
           ,
           a
           willing
           heart
           and
           desire
           .
           Saint
           Paul
           tells
           vs
           ,
           
           in
           his
           second
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Corinthians
           ,
           that
           God
           accepts
           vs
           according
           to
           that
           which
           wee
           haue
           ,
           not
           according
           to
           that
           which
           wee
           haue
           not
           .
           If
           in
           this
           your
           Honour
           pardon
           my
           ouer-great
           presumption
           ,
           you
           shall
           more
           and
           more
           make
           me
        
         
           
             Obliged
             in
             all
             the
             bonds
             of
             respect
             and
             seruice
             to
             your
             Honour
             ,
             
               Nicolas
               Guy
            
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           
             Good
             Reader
             :
          
        
         
           IT
           fell
           out
           with
           the
           Gentlewoman
           ,
           at
           whose
           Funerall
           this
           Sermon
           was
           preached
           ,
           as
           it
           did
           with
           Iaakobs
           beloued
           Rachel
           .
           In
           a
           *
           strange
           place
           they
           both
           fell
           in
           trauell
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           time
           of
           their
           child-bed
           they
           both
           departed
           this
           life
           .
           Answerably
           as
           Iaakob
           would
           not
           haue
           his
           Rachels
           memory
           perish
           with
           her
           corps
           ,
           but
           for
           better
           preseruation
           thereof
           ,
           erected
           a
           Pillar
           vpon
           her
           graue
           ,
           so
           to
           the
           same
           end
           it
           is
           desired
           ,
           that
           this
           
             Funerall
             Sermon
          
           may
           be
           published
           .
           Rachel
           could
           not
           be
           more
           deare
           to
           her
           Iaakob
           ,
           then
           this
           Elizabeth
           was
           to
           her
           William
           .
           In
           her
           life
           time
           she
           carried
           her selfe
           worthy
           of
           all
           honour
           :
           and
           at
           her
           Funerall
           she
           was
           honoured
           with
           all
           the
           honour
           that
           on
           such
           a
           sudden
           the
           Country
           where
           she
           departed
           
           could
           afford
           .
           Her
           sweet
           soule
           left
           her
           body
           about
           one
           of
           the
           clocke
           in
           the
           afternoone
           of
           the
           26.
           of
           October
           ,
           1625.
           being
           Wednesday
           ,
           whereupon
           her
           Corps
           being
           infected
           with
           the
           Dropsie
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Pores
           of
           it
           open
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           her
           late
           trauell
           and
           weakenesse
           in
           Child-bed
           ,
           could
           not
           bee
           long
           kept
           ,
           but
           on
           the
           Fryday
           following
           ,
           which
           was
           Simon
           and
           Iudes
           day
           ,
           was
           buried
           vnder
           the
           Communion
           Table
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           at
           Edgeware
           ,
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Middlesex
           ,
           being
           accompanied
           with
           a
           great
           multitude
           of
           sundry
           sorts
           of
           persons
           ,
           Honourable
           ,
           Worshipfull
           ,
           and
           others
           .
           For
           besides
           that
           ,
           two
           whole
           Parishes
           there
           met
           together
           ,
           Knights
           ,
           Ladies
           ,
           Iustices
           of
           Peace
           ,
           Ministers
           and
           other
           good
           Christians
           round
           about
           that
           place
           ,
           came
           farre
           and
           neere
           to
           the
           solemnization
           of
           that
           Funerall
           .
           That
           the
           due
           honour
           done
           to
           her
           may
           be
           more
           then
           the
           honour
           of
           one
           day
           ,
           this
           Pillar
           of
           Pietie
           is
           now
           erected
           for
           encouragement
           to
           others
           in
           their
           life
           time
           to
           walke
           worthy
           of
           honour
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           at
           the
           Funeral
           of
           Mistresse
           
             Elizabeth
             Gouge
          
           ,
           late
           Wife
           of
           Master
           
             William
             Gouge
          
           of
           Black-Fryers
           ,
           London
           .
        
         
           
             
               IOHN
               11.26
               .
            
             
               Whosoeuer
               liueth
               ,
               and
               beleeueth
               in
               me
               ,
               shall
               neuer
               dye
               .
            
          
        
         
           THE
           Embleme
           of
           the
           Euangelist
           Saint
           Iohn
           was
           the
           Eagle
           ,
           which
           being
           King
           of
           all
           the
           Fowles
           of
           the
           Heauen
           ,
           soares
           the
           highest
           of
           all
           other
           Birds
           ;
           so
           may
           Saint
           Iohn
           in
           his
           Gospell
           claime
           precedency
           before
           the
           other
           Euangelists
           :
           hee
           was
           the
           Disciple
           of
           our
           Sauiours
           loue
           ,
           his
           Fauorite
           ,
           on
           
           Christs
           bosome
           he
           leaned
           at
           Supper
           ,
           
           and
           to
           him
           Christ
           at
           his
           death
           commended
           his
           Mother
           ,
           so
           that
           wee
           may
           thinke
           that
           Christ
           did
           impart
           more
           to
           him
           then
           to
           the
           rest
           :
           therefore
           shall
           wee
           finde
           in
           his
           Gospell
           higher
           mysteries
           of
           the
           nature
           and
           workes
           of
           Christ
           then
           in
           the
           other
           :
           and
           in
           him
           alone
           we
           finde
           this
           myracle
           of
           raising
           Lazarus
           :
           which
           (
           if
           it
           bee
           lawfull
           to
           compare
           )
           may
           seeme
           to
           be
           the
           greatest
           of
           all
           that
           Christ
           did
           whilst
           hee
           was
           in
           this
           world
           .
           It
           is
           a
           story
           not
           altogether
           vnbefitting
           this
           present
           occasion
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           not
           for
           the
           disparity
           of
           the
           sexe
           .
           Both
           of
           them
           treat
           of
           Funeralls
           .
           I
           will
           first
           tell
           you
           what
           this
           was
           in
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           and
           after
           I
           haue
           done
           with
           that
           ,
           this
           present
           occasion
           shall
           bee
           presented
           vnto
           you
           .
           I
           must
           not
           (
           in
           the
           relation
           of
           this
           Story
           )
           spend
           time
           vpon
           the
           seuerall
           circumstances
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Euangelist
           is
           so
           exact
           ;
           that
           's
           done
           at
           large
           in
           the
           Chapter
           :
           onely
           for
           introduction
           
           of
           this
           particular
           which
           wee
           haue
           in
           hand
           ,
           some
           passages
           I
           will
           point
           out
           vnto
           you
           .
           First
           ,
           of
           the
           Person
           that
           was
           sicke
           and
           dyed
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           of
           the
           meanes
           his
           friends
           vsed
           for
           his
           recouery
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           of
           Christs
           comfortable
           speech
           which
           he
           gaue
           vnto
           them
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           for
           the
           Person
           ,
           it
           was
           Lazarus
           ,
           brother
           to
           Martha
           and
           
             Mary
             Magdalene
          
           ,
           which
           washed
           Christs
           feet
           with
           her
           teares
           ,
           and
           wiped
           them
           with
           her
           Haires
           ,
           and
           anointed
           them
           with
           Ointment
           ;
           this
           was
           his
           Kindred
           by
           nature
           ;
           and
           by
           grace
           hee
           was
           honoured
           with
           the
           title
           ,
           to
           be
           
             a
             friend
             of
             Christs
          
           ,
           whom
           Christ
           more
           especially
           loued
           .
           Thus
           euen
           
             they
             who
             are
             the
             most
             dearely
             beloued
             of
             Christ
             must
             looke
             for
             afflictions
             ,
          
           and
           infirmities
           ,
           and
           sicknesse
           ,
           and
           death
           in
           this
           world
           .
           Lazarus
           whom
           Christ
           loued
           was
           sicke
           .
           2.
           
           His
           Sisters
           therefore
           vse
           the
           best
           meanes
           they
           can
           whilst
           hee
           was
           sicke
           .
           For
           his
           recouery
           they
           send
           to
           Christ
           ,
           to
           teach
           vs
           that
           
             we
             can
             sue
             and
             seeke
             to
             
             none
             in
             comparison
             of
             Christ
             in
             all
             our
             troubles
             .
          
           For
           as
           hee
           was
           reputed
           in
           those
           dayes
           a
           great
           Phycitian
           for
           the
           body
           ,
           who
           cured
           all
           diseases
           :
           so
           is
           he
           for
           the
           soule
           too
           ,
           to
           heale
           all
           our
           miseries
           .
           3.
           
           For
           Christs
           part
           ,
           though
           he
           loued
           Lazarus
           ,
           yet
           hee
           doth
           not
           presently
           come
           to
           cure
           him
           ,
           but
           suffers
           him
           to
           dye
           .
           Hee
           abode
           two
           dayes
           in
           the
           place
           where
           hee
           was
           ,
           till
           Lazarus
           was
           dead
           :
           from
           whence
           wee
           may
           note
           ,
           that
           
             Christ
             suffers
             the
             euill
             of
             affliction
             to
             come
             vpon
             his
             seruants
             whom
             hee
             loues
             ,
             rather
             then
             preuents
             it
             with
             grace
          
           ;
           and
           then
           also
           he
           doth
           not
           presently
           relieue
           them
           ,
           but
           suffers
           them
           to
           send
           and
           pray
           ,
           as
           these
           Sisters
           did
           here
           :
           and
           as
           Iacob
           wrestled
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           Saint
           Paul
           prayed
           thrice
           .
           And
           this
           he
           doth
           for
           diuers
           causes
           ,
           both
           to
           manifest
           our
           grace
           and
           his
           glory
           .
           Our
           faith
           and
           loue
           to
           him
           by
           this
           meanes
           will
           expresse
           themselues
           the
           more
           :
           and
           this
           also
           will
           more
           manifest
           his
           glory
           in
           bringing
           downe
           to
           Hell
           and
           
           the
           graue
           ,
           and
           then
           bringing
           againe
           to
           life
           .
           If
           Christ
           had
           come
           at
           the
           first
           and
           healed
           his
           sicknesse
           ,
           an
           ordinary
           Physitian
           haply
           could
           haue
           done
           as
           much
           :
           but
           though
           he
           tarry
           long
           ,
           yet
           at
           last
           hee
           comes
           and
           shewes
           the
           gracious
           light
           of
           his
           countenance
           vpon
           vs
           ▪
           so
           that
           now
           you
           shall
           heare
           him
           with
           comfortable
           words
           ,
           speaking
           both
           to
           his
           Apostles
           in
           priuate
           ,
           and
           afterward
           to
           the
           Sisters
           when
           they
           come
           to
           meet
           him
           :
           to
           his
           Apostles
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             Our
             friend
             Lazarus
             sleepeth
          
           :
           so
           that
           
             if
             wee
             can
             get
             friendship
             with
             Christ
             ,
             our
             death
             shall
             bee
             but
             a
             sleepe
             ,
          
           and
           Christ
           will
           certainely
           awake
           vs
           from
           it
           at
           the
           resurrection
           of
           the
           iust
           .
           So
           Christ
           goes
           forward
           to
           the
           house
           of
           mourning
           ,
           where
           the
           Iewes
           were
           comforting
           the
           Sisters
           for
           the
           death
           of
           their
           brother
           Lazarus
           .
           But
           they
           were
           like
           Rachel
           mourning
           for
           her
           children
           ,
           
             they
             refused
             to
             bee
             comforted
          
           because
           their
           brother
           Lazarus
           was
           not
           .
           When
           Martha
           heard
           that
           Christ
           
           was
           comming
           on
           the
           way
           ,
           she
           went
           forth
           to
           meete
           him
           :
           few
           such
           Marthaes
           who
           meet
           Christ
           comming
           toward
           them
           ,
           we
           rather
           flye
           from
           him
           .
           When
           shee
           was
           come
           to
           Christ
           ,
           shee
           tells
           him
           with
           a
           heauy
           heart
           of
           the
           death
           of
           her
           brother
           Lazarus
           ,
           which
           his
           presence
           might
           haue
           preuented
           .
           Christ
           therefore
           ,
           in
           the
           words
           I
           haue
           read
           vnto
           you
           preacheth
           a
           comfortable
           Sermon
           ,
           to
           pacifie
           the
           friends
           of
           the
           deceased
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           not
           sorrow
           as
           those
           without
           hope
           ;
           and
           tells
           Martha
           that
           her
           brother
           Lazarus
           (
           though
           he
           be
           dead
           )
           shall
           rise
           againe
           .
           And
           that
           she
           may
           not
           doubt
           of
           it
           ,
           hee
           addes
           ,
           That
           he
           will
           bring
           it
           to
           passe
           ,
           not
           onely
           for
           Lazarus
           ,
           but
           for
           all
           other
           deceased
           in
           the
           faith
           :
           and
           therefore
           he
           sayes
           ,
           
             I
             am
             the
             resurrection
             and
             the
             life
             ,
             he
             that
             beleeueth
             in
             me
             ,
             though
             he
             were
             dead
             ,
             yet
             shall
             he
             liue
             ;
             and
             whosoeuer
             liueth
             and
             beleeueth
             in
             mee
             shall
             neuer
             dye
             .
          
           So
           that
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Text
           which
           I
           haue
           read
           vnto
           you
           are
           
           a
           gracious
           and
           a
           large
           Charter
           or
           promise
           of
           Christs
           ,
           wherwith
           he
           comforts
           Martha
           for
           her
           particular
           ,
           and
           grants
           the
           same
           in
           generall
           to
           euery
           one
           of
           vs
           :
           In
           which
           is
           comprehended
           no
           lesse
           then
           the
           summe
           or
           Epitome
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           To
           beleeue
           in
           Christ
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           be
           saued
           .
           So
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
           
             God
             so
             loued
             the
             world
             that
             hee
             gaue
             his
             onely
             begotten
             Sonne
             ,
             that
             whosoeuer
             beleeueth
             in
             him
             should
             not
             perish
             but
             haue
             euerlasting
             life
             .
          
           All
           the
           Gospell
           can
           say
           no
           more
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           is
           said
           in
           these
           words
           that
           I
           haue
           read
           vnto
           you
           ,
           
             whosoeuer
             liueth
             ,
             &c.
          
           
        
         
           The
           Law
           and
           the
           Gospell
           are
           as
           two
           lines
           tending
           to
           the
           same
           Center
           ,
           or
           as
           diuers
           Riuers
           leading
           to
           the
           same
           Ocean
           ,
           or
           as
           the
           Cherubins
           on
           each
           side
           of
           the
           Throne
           :
           though
           they
           seemed
           opposite
           one
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           yet
           both
           of
           them
           looked
           with
           their
           faces
           towards
           the
           mercies
           Seat
           :
           so
           the
           Law
           and
           the
           Gospell
           intend
           and
           aime
           at
           one
           and
           the
           same
           end
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           
           bring
           men
           to
           life
           ;
           but
           the
           difference
           is
           in
           the
           Author
           and
           in
           the
           tenure
           of
           the
           one
           and
           the
           other
           :
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           Law
           was
           
             Moses
             ;
             Christ
          
           of
           the
           Gospell
           .
           
           
             The
             Law
             was
             giuen
             by
             Moses
             ,
             but
             grace
             and
             truth
             came
             by
             Iesus
             Christ
             .
          
           The
           tenure
           of
           the
           Law
           runnes
           thus
           :
           
             Hoc
             fac
             &
             viues
             :
             Doe
             this
             and
             thou
             shalt
             liue
             .
          
           But
           the
           Gospell
           goes
           another
           way
           :
           
             Crede
             &
             viues
             :
             Beleeue
             and
             thou
             shalt
             liue
             .
          
           And
           thus
           in
           this
           Text
           ,
           
             whosoeuer
             liueth
             and
             beleeueth
             in
             mee
             shall
             neuer
             dye
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           words
           we
           will
           consider
           these
           foure
           particulars
           :
        
         
           First
           ,
           the
           Author
           or
           Donour
           of
           this
           Charter
           ,
           Christ.
           
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           large
           extent
           of
           it
           ,
           next
           onely
           to
           some
           particular
           Nation
           or
           people
           ,
           but
           
             whosoeuer
             liueth
          
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           the
           Condition
           requisite
           on
           their
           parts
           ,
           which
           is
           faith
           ;
           
             Beleeueth
             in
             me
          
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           the
           Priuiledge
           it selfe
           ,
           exemption
           from
           death
           ;
           
             shall
             neuer
             dye
          
           .
        
         
         
           First
           ,
           of
           the
           Author
           or
           Donour
           .
           Hee
           that
           promiseth
           and
           intendeth
           to
           performe
           ,
           must
           haue
           both
           will
           and
           power
           to
           performe
           what
           hee
           promiseth
           :
           or
           else
           wee
           cannot
           exspect
           that
           it
           will
           euercome
           to
           passe
           .
           The
           willingnesse
           of
           the
           minde
           must
           bee
           first
           procured
           ,
           as
           the
           originall
           from
           whence
           hee
           must
           be
           moued
           to
           good
           :
           but
           this
           ready
           minde
           or
           desire
           is
           not
           sufficient
           without
           power
           and
           ability
           to
           performe
           what
           the
           will
           desires
           .
           From
           men
           sometime
           God
           accepts
           the
           will
           for
           the
           deed
           :
           as
           hee
           did
           Abrahams
           intention
           to
           sacrifice
           his
           sonne
           as
           well
           as
           the
           action
           ;
           as
           if
           he
           had
           really
           sacrificed
           his
           sonne
           .
           The
           reason
           is
           ,
           because
           God
           stands
           in
           need
           of
           nothing
           that
           is
           ours
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           hee
           exacts
           of
           vs
           is
           no
           more
           but
           the
           heart
           :
           if
           there
           be
           not
           further
           strength
           to
           expresse
           a
           good
           desire
           by
           a
           good
           deede
           ;
           
           
             a
             man
             shall
             bee
             accepted
             according
             to
             that
             which
             hee
             hath
             ,
             not
             according
             to
             that
             which
             he
             hath
             not
             :
          
           but
           
           when
           there
           is
           want
           and
           necessity
           (
           and
           euen
           such
           is
           our
           want
           and
           necessity
           in
           respect
           of
           God
           )
           there
           onely
           a
           willing
           minde
           or
           compassionate
           heart
           or
           good
           words
           
             (
             Vox
             &
             preterea
             nihil
          
           )
           are
           sufficient
           for
           vs.
           Many
           promise
           more
           then
           they
           can
           performe
           .
           Thus
           the
           Deuil
           in
           his
           temptation
           of
           Christ
           saith
           ,
           
           
             All
             these
             will
             I
             giue
             thee
             if
             thou
             wilt
             fall
             downe
             and
             worship
             me
             ,
          
           as
           if
           all
           the
           Kingdomes
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           the
           glory
           of
           them
           ,
           had
           beene
           his
           to
           giue
           .
           In
           like
           manner
           the
           Pope
           freely
           disposeth
           Kings
           and
           their
           Kingdomes
           ,
           as
           hee
           dealt
           with
           Henry
           the
           fourth
           ,
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           and
           Childerick
           of
           France
           .
           But
           this
           is
           (
           as
           we
           say
           )
           to
           be
           
             free
             of
             another
             mans
             purse
          
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           in
           his
           power
           to
           giue
           .
           Thus
           it
           were
           easie
           to
           giue
           large
           gifts
           ,
           to
           promise
           much
           and
           performe
           nothing
           :
           so
           that
           both
           will
           and
           power
           in
           matter
           of
           grant
           or
           promise
           are
           as
           the
           two
           legs
           to
           support
           the
           body
           :
           either
           without
           the
           other
           ,
           will
           goe
           lame
           or
           limping
           home
           :
           but
           
           this
           is
           our
           comfort
           ,
           that
           in
           Christ
           there
           are
           both
           these
           ,
           Will
           and
           Power
           .
           First
           ,
           for
           his
           Will
           :
           the
           Apostle
           tells
           vs
           ,
           
           that
           
             he
             would
             haue
             all
             men
             come
             to
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             truth
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             saued
             .
          
           And
           if
           we
           will
           not
           take
           him
           on
           his
           bare
           word
           wee
           haue
           his
           oath
           for
           it
           .
           
           
             As
             I
             liue
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Lord
           )
           
             I
             haue
             no
             pleasure
             in
             the
             death
             of
             the
             wicked
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             wicked
             tuane
             from
             his
             way
             and
             liue
             .
          
           So
           that
           we
           may
           bee
           sure
           for
           his
           willingnesse
           to
           doe
           :
           hee
           would
           not
           that
           any
           man
           should
           dye
           :
           then
           if
           we
           may
           see
           his
           power
           to
           doe
           it
           ,
           there
           remaines
           nothing
           more
           to
           adde
           to
           our
           comfort
           :
           and
           for
           this
           wee
           shall
           easily
           be
           assured
           :
           for
           hee
           is
           said
           to
           haue
           
             the
             keyes
             of
             hell
             and
             of
             death
          
           ;
           
           so
           that
           though
           a
           man
           should
           be
           lockt
           vp
           prisoner
           there
           ,
           hee
           hath
           the
           Keyes
           to
           open
           the
           doore
           and
           set
           vs
           free
           againe
           .
           
           
             To
             him
             all
             power
             is
             giuen
             both
             in
             Heauen
             and
             in
             earth
             .
          
           Power
           then
           hee
           hath
           sufficient
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           we
           can
           desire
           :
           the
           power
           of
           the
           greatest
           Monarches
           
           and
           Emperours
           ,
           and
           wisest
           Artists
           in
           the
           world
           doth
           not
           extend
           thus
           farre
           ,
           to
           giue
           life
           to
           the
           silliest
           creature
           ,
           to
           the
           least
           Gnat
           or
           Emmot
           .
           They
           that
           are
           stiled
           Gods
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           sit
           in
           the
           seat
           of
           Iudgement
           ,
           as
           Pilate
           did
           ,
           haue
           power
           ouer
           life
           ,
           but
           onely
           priuitiuely
           ,
           not
           possitiuely
           ;
           onely
           to
           take
           away
           life
           ,
           but
           not
           to
           giue
           life
           ,
           vnlesse
           it
           be
           onely
           by
           way
           of
           sauing
           aliue
           ;
           they
           cannot
           make
           aliue
           or
           restore
           to
           life
           :
           and
           therefore
           it
           was
           that
           the
           King
           of
           Israel
           answered
           Naaman
           with
           indignation
           ,
           
           
             Am
             I
             God
             ,
             to
             kill
             and
             make
             aliue
             ?
          
           This
           is
           a
           worke
           of
           God
           alone
           .
           But
           this
           power
           is
           giuen
           to
           Christ
           ;
           who
           is
           therefore
           called
           ,
           
           
             Verbum
             Vitae
          
           ,
           Fountaine
           of
           Life
           .
           
           From
           whence
           the
           diuers
           streames
           of
           all
           kinds
           of
           life
           doe
           flow
           ,
           both
           naturall
           ,
           spirituall
           ,
           and
           eternall
           :
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           naturall
           life
           ,
           he
           is
           called
           ,
           
           The
           life
           who
           
             breathed
             the
             breath
             of
             life
             into
             vs
          
           :
           and
           man
           became
           a
           liuing
           soule
           .
           
           
             In
             whom
             wee
             still
             liue
             ,
             
             moue
             ,
             and
             haue
             our
             being
             .
          
           In
           regard
           of
           our
           spirituall
           life
           ,
           he
           is
           our
           life
           :
           
           
             So
             Christ
             liues
             in
             vs
             ,
             and
             hee
             which
             hath
             Christ
             hath
             life
             ,
             but
             hee
             which
             is
             without
             Christ
             hath
             not
             life
             .
          
           In
           regard
           of
           our
           eternall
           life
           he
           is
           the
           life
           ,
           as
           appeares
           by
           the
           Verse
           immediately
           going
           before
           my
           Text
           ,
           
             I
             am
             the
             resurrection
             and
             the
             life
             .
          
           Thus
           to
           his
           will
           he
           hath
           also
           power
           ;
           to
           both
           these
           what
           more
           can
           be
           added
           ?
           It
           may
           bee
           you
           will
           desire
           that
           he
           should
           bee
           as
           constant
           in
           his
           promise
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           ready
           and
           willing
           ,
           and
           hath
           power
           and
           ability
           .
           Of
           this
           also
           wee
           may
           bee
           ascertained
           ,
           
           for
           
             euery
             good
             and
             perfect
             gift
             commeth
             from
             aboue
             from
             the
             Father
             of
             lights
             ,
             with
             whom
             is
             no
             variablenesse
             ,
             nor
             shadow
             of
             change
             .
          
           
           
             The
             strength
             of
             Israel
             will
             not
             lye
             ,
             nor
             repent
             :
             for
             he
             is
             not
             man
             that
             hee
             should
             repent
             .
          
           So
           that
           if
           hee
           hath
           once
           promised
           ,
           wee
           need
           not
           feare
           he
           will
           goe
           back
           from
           his
           word
           .
           
             Hath
             he
             said
             it
             ,
             and
             shall
             it
             not
             come
             to
             passe
             ?
             Let
             him
             be
             true
             ,
             and
             euery
             man
             
             a
             Lyar.
          
           So
           then
           ,
           you
           see
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           Author
           or
           Donour
           ,
           the
           Charter
           is
           as
           full
           and
           sure
           as
           we
           can
           desire
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           come
           to
           the
           second
           particular
           ,
           the
           large
           extent
           of
           it
           :
           
             whosoeuer
             liueth
          
           .
           It
           is
           without
           limitation
           of
           time
           or
           place
           or
           condition
           of
           men
           .
           It
           is
           not
           bounded
           within
           the
           compasse
           of
           some
           particular
           men
           liuing
           in
           such
           an
           age
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           nor
           vnto
           a
           certaine
           people
           inhabiting
           such
           a
           City
           or
           Land
           ;
           nor
           to
           particular
           estates
           or
           professions
           and
           conditions
           liuing
           in
           this
           world
           .
           If
           we
           partake
           not
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           fault
           is
           ours
           ,
           because
           we
           doe
           not
           apply
           it
           nor
           lay
           hold
           on
           it
           :
           it
           is
           promised
           and
           proffered
           to
           all
           men
           liuing
           :
           
             whosoeuer
             liueth
          
           .
           In
           what
           age
           of
           the
           world
           soeuer
           hee
           liueth
           ,
           in
           what
           place
           soeuer
           he
           liueth
           ,
           from
           what
           stocke
           soeuer
           hee
           is
           deriued
           ,
           and
           in
           what
           condition
           of
           life
           soeuer
           he
           liueth
           ,
           
           
             the
             rich
             and
             the
             poore
          
           (
           saith
           Salomon
           )
           
             meete
             together
             ,
             and
             God
             is
             the
             maker
             of
             them
             both
          
           :
           so
           is
           Christ
           the
           Sauiour
           of
           both
           .
           
             Of
             a
             truth
          
           
           (
           saith
           Saint
           
             Peter
             )
             I
             perceiue
             that
             God
             is
             no
             respecter
             of
             persons
             .
          
           
           Not
           of
           the
           rich
           before
           the
           poore
           ,
           nor
           of
           the
           wise
           ,
           and
           Scribe
           ,
           and
           learned
           ,
           before
           the
           weake
           and
           vnlearned
           .
           But
           in
           
             euery
             Nation
             ,
             hee
             that
             feareth
             him
             and
             worketh
             righteousnesse
             ,
             is
             accepted
             with
             him
             .
          
           Scythian
           and
           Barbarian
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Iew
           or
           Grecian
           :
           bee
           hee
           of
           noble
           or
           base
           descent
           .
           This
           is
           the
           large
           extent
           ;
           Whosoeuer
           .
           I
           willingly
           passe
           by
           the
           secret
           purpose
           and
           prescience
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           sees
           all
           things
           at
           once
           ,
           
             omnia
             simul
          
           ,
           and
           so
           knowes
           who
           will
           embrace
           it
           and
           who
           refuse
           it
           .
           I
           will
           not
           here
           dispute
           whether
           in
           those
           generall
           promises
           made
           vnto
           man
           in
           the
           Scripture
           by
           this
           forme
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Whosoeuer
             liueth
             and
             beleeueth
          
           ,
           whether
           (
           I
           say
           )
           God
           intendeth
           them
           alike
           to
           euery
           one
           :
           this
           is
           a
           secret
           lockt
           vp
           in
           the
           bosome
           of
           God
           ,
           of
           which
           wee
           may
           say
           as
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           :
           
           this
           is
           a
           secret
           reserued
           to
           God
           alone
           ,
           which
           some
           interpret
           ,
           
           
             Secretum
             meum
             mihi
             ,
             Secretum
             meum
             mihi
             .
          
           This
           is
           a
           profundity
           ,
           at
           which
           we
           must
           stand
           amazed
           with
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
           and
           cry
           ,
           
             Oaltitudo
             ;
             O
             the
             depth
             ,
             his
             wayes
             are
             past
             finding
             out
             .
          
           But
           laying
           that
           aside
           for
           the
           Schooles
           ,
           this
           is
           that
           which
           is
           more
           fit
           to
           exhort
           and
           perswade
           withall
           in
           our
           Pulpits
           ,
           
           and
           which
           our
           Church
           hath
           taught
           vs
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           content
           ourselues
           with
           this
           ,
           we
           must
           receiue
           Gods
           promises
           in
           such
           wise
           as
           they
           he
           generally
           set
           forth
           vnto
           vs
           in
           holy
           Scripture
           ;
           not
           restraining
           them
           or
           determining
           them
           in
           particular
           to
           this
           or
           that
           man.
           It
           is
           fit
           that
           we
           should
           so
           conceiue
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           delighting
           in
           no
           mans
           destruction
           ,
           nor
           desiring
           the
           death
           of
           any
           ,
           but
           that
           all
           should
           come
           to
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           truth
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           bee
           saued
           ;
           and
           if
           wee
           are
           not
           saued
           ,
           wee
           must
           not
           charge
           God
           with
           any
           ineuitable
           decree
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           as
           if
           wee
           perish
           vpon
           necessity
           :
           but
           seeing
           hee
           hath
           set
           forth
           his
           gracious
           promise
           in
           
           Christ
           to
           all
           men
           whosoeuer
           liueth
           and
           beleeueth
           :
           wee
           must
           ascribe
           the
           cause
           of
           our
           perishing
           to
           our selues
           .
           
             Perditio
             tua
             ex
             te
             ,
             O
             Israel
             ,
             O
             Israel
             ,
          
           
           
             thou
             hast
             destroyed
             thy selfe
          
           ,
           because
           they
           wanted
           faith
           to
           beleeue
           as
           others
           that
           were
           saued
           ;
           or
           else
           they
           might
           haue
           beene
           saued
           as
           well
           as
           others
           .
           It
           was
           a
           fauourable
           opinion
           of
           some
           ,
           which
           said
           ,
           That
           all
           mankind
           should
           bee
           saued
           effectually
           ,
           to
           which
           ,
           although
           we
           must
           not
           giue
           assent
           ,
           seeing
           such
           pregnant
           proofe
           to
           the
           contrary
           :
           yet
           we
           doubt
           not
           but
           the
           reuealed
           Will
           of
           God
           would
           haue
           his
           Grace
           offered
           to
           all
           ,
           and
           therefore
           his
           charge
           to
           his
           Apostles
           was
           ,
           
           
             Goe
             and
             teach
             all
             Nations
          
           ,
           and
           
             preach
             the
             Gospell
             to
             euery
             creature
          
           :
           the
           which
           ,
           as
           it
           seemes
           ,
           to
           vindicate
           God
           from
           all
           iniustice
           ,
           in
           the
           behalfe
           of
           those
           that
           dye
           ,
           and
           are
           damned
           eternally
           :
           so
           it
           is
           a
           point
           of
           exceeding
           comfort
           to
           whomsoeuer
           this
           priuiledge
           shall
           bee
           offered
           .
           At
           the
           hearing
           of
           it
           ,
           none
           
           should
           doubt
           or
           suppose
           that
           hee
           is
           exempted
           :
           but
           should
           beleeue
           himself
           to
           be
           one
           of
           that
           number
           comprehended
           in
           
             whosoeuer
             liueth
          
           .
           The
           Iew
           cannot
           challenge
           this
           priuiledge
           more
           then
           the
           Gentile
           ,
           for
           he
           is
           the
           Sauior
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           as
           wel
           as
           of
           the
           Iewes
           .
           
             The
             Gospell
             is
             the
             power
             of
             God
             vnto
             saluation
             to
             euery
             one
             that
             beleeueth
             :
          
           
           
             to
             the
             Iew
             first
             ,
             and
             also
             to
             the
             Grecian
             :
          
           neither
           is
           there
           any
           respect
           or
           difference
           in
           Sex
           or
           degree
           ,
           male
           or
           female
           ,
           bond
           or
           free
           ,
           noble
           or
           ignoble
           ,
           wise
           or
           vnwise
           .
           
           
             There
             is
             no
             difference
             ,
             but
             he
             that
             is
             Lord
             of
             all
             is
             rich
             vnto
             all
             that
             call
             vpon
             him
          
           :
           so
           that
           here
           also
           we
           see
           a
           difference
           betweene
           the
           Law
           and
           the
           Gospell
           .
           The
           Law
           was
           giuen
           to
           a
           certaine
           people
           confined
           to
           Ierusalem
           ,
           Iury
           ,
           and
           Israel
           .
           Few
           other
           people
           of
           the
           world
           had
           any
           knowledge
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           meanes
           to
           know
           it
           .
        
         
           
             In
             Iuda
             is
             God
             knowne
             ,
             
             his
             Name
             is
             great
             in
             Israel
             .
             Hee
             dealt
             not
             so
             with
             any
             Nation
             ,
             neither
             had
             the
             Heathen
             
             knowledge
             of
             his
             Lawes
             .
          
           But
           the
           Gospell
           was
           preached
           to
           all
           ;
           
           the
           sound
           of
           the
           Apostles
           went
           forth
           to
           all
           people
           :
           euen
           to
           the
           vttermost
           end
           of
           the
           earth
           .
           Hence
           in
           the
           Church
           Cathotique
           ,
           the
           company
           of
           beleeuers
           are
           of
           all
           people
           ,
           and
           kinds
           ,
           and
           kindreds
           that
           liued
           in
           the
           world
           :
           so
           that
           the
           Law
           was
           like
           a
           Torch
           or
           Candle
           ,
           but
           the
           Gospell
           as
           the
           Sunne
           .
           The
           Law
           (
           said
           Dauid
           )
           was
           
             a
             Lantherne
             to
             his
             feet
          
           ,
           
           but
           the
           Gospell
           is
           as
           the
           beames
           of
           the
           Sunne
           ,
           which
           
             commeth
             out
             of
             his
             chamber
             and
             goeth
             to
             the
             ends
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
          
           giuing
           light
           vnto
           all
           people
           .
           Thus
           is
           the
           light
           of
           Christ
           the
           Sunne
           of
           righteousnesse
           ,
           as
           the
           beames
           of
           the
           Sunne
           which
           shineth
           to
           all
           ;
           and
           if
           any
           one
           doe
           not
           partake
           of
           that
           light
           ,
           it
           is
           because
           they
           shut
           their
           eyes
           against
           it
           :
           so
           seeing
           they
           doe
           not
           perceiue
           nor
           vnderstand
           ,
           least
           they
           should
           see
           ,
           beleeue
           and
           bee
           saued
           .
           Thus
           much
           for
           the
           vniuersality
           of
           this
           Charter
           or
           priuiledge
           ,
           excluding
           
           none
           ,
           comprehending
           all
           ,
           
             whosoeuer
             liueth
          
           ;
           vpon
           condition
           that
           he
           beleeueth
           .
           By
           faith
           he
           partakes
           of
           the
           priuiledge
           .
           This
           is
           the
           onely
           limitation
           of
           Gods
           mercy
           and
           promise
           in
           Christ
           .
           Faith
           is
           the
           Chanell
           by
           which
           it
           is
           drawne
           and
           dispersed
           ouer
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           makes
           the
           earth
           to
           bee
           fruitfull
           as
           Eden
           ,
           the
           Garden
           of
           God.
           The
           eternall
           fauour
           and
           goodnesse
           of
           God
           is
           as
           the
           Fountaine
           ,
           Christ
           is
           the
           Wel
           or
           Cesterne
           ,
           and
           Faith
           is
           the
           Bucket
           whereby
           we
           draw
           from
           Christ
           liuing
           waters
           .
           
             He
             that
             beleeues
             in
             him
             shall
             neuer
             dye
          
           :
           So
           that
           when
           wee
           say
           ,
           Faith
           is
           the
           condition
           of
           life
           and
           saluation
           ,
           you
           must
           note
           that
           it
           is
           not
           such
           a
           condition
           ,
           as
           we
           vsually
           make
           in
           Bonds
           and
           Obligations
           ,
           and
           bargaine
           and
           sale
           ,
           which
           runnes
           in
           this
           tenure
           ,
           Vpon
           consideration
           of
           something
           of
           equall
           value
           ,
           wee
           become
           bound
           for
           the
           performance
           of
           such
           Couenants
           :
           as
           if
           the
           condition
           of
           faith
           should
           bee
           worth
           Heauen
           .
        
         
         
           It
           is
           not
           for
           the
           worth
           of
           our
           faith
           ,
           put
           for
           the
           merit
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           the
           faithfull
           shall
           never
           dye
           eternally
           .
           And
           therefore
           the
           Scripture
           phrase
           runnes
           thus
           ;
           
             By
             faith
          
           ,
           and
           
             through
             faith
             wee
             are
             iustified
          
           .
           Not
           for
           faith
           ,
           but
           for
           Christ
           apprehended
           by
           faith
           .
           So
           that
           it
           is
           not
           faith
           as
           an
           habite
           ,
           or
           worke
           in
           the
           soule
           ,
           as
           other
           graces
           ,
           loue
           and
           patience
           ,
           &c.
           which
           is
           of
           equall
           worth
           and
           vertue
           to
           preserue
           vs
           that
           we
           perish
           not
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           Christ
           alone
           ,
           who
           yet
           hath
           no
           vertue
           or
           operation
           in
           our
           salvation
           ,
           and
           redemption
           without
           beleeving
           on
           our
           parts
           ,
           to
           apply
           him
           to
           vs
           :
           no
           more
           then
           physicke
           can
           cure
           a
           deadly
           disease
           ,
           or
           cloth
           affoord
           any
           warmth
           to
           our
           bodies
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           not
           both
           applyed
           vnto
           vs
           :
           so
           that
           the
           Charter
           runneth
           betweene
           God
           and
           man
           ,
           like
           as
           if
           a
           King
           should
           grant
           a
           great
           priuiledge
           to
           his
           subiects
           ,
           which
           they
           should
           not
           purchase
           at
           a
           hard
           price
           ,
           or
           with
           a
           great
           summe
           ,
           but
           onely
           vpon
           condition
           to
           acknowledge
           
           him
           their
           soueraign
           Lord
           from
           whom
           they
           had
           receiued
           such
           great
           immunities
           :
           which
           is
           a
           point
           of
           great
           comfort
           to
           the
           Christian
           weake
           in
           faith
           :
           because
           it
           is
           not
           for
           the
           worth
           or
           excellencie
           of
           our
           faith
           that
           we
           must
           thinke
           to
           stand
           .
           Though
           a
           strong
           faith
           is
           an
           excellent
           grace
           ,
           which
           will
           make
           vs
           as
           a
           Rocke
           ,
           or
           as
           houses
           built
           vpon
           the
           sure
           Rocke
           Christ
           :
           the
           stormes
           and
           sea
           and
           windes
           of
           temptation
           and
           affliction
           may
           beat
           ,
           but
           they
           shall
           not
           be
           able
           to
           ouerthrow
           vs
           ,
           because
           wee
           are
           built
           vpon
           a
           Rocke
           :
           yet
           a
           little
           and
           feeble
           faith
           ,
           which
           with
           feare
           &
           trembling
           layes
           hold
           vpon
           Christ
           shall
           neuer
           perish
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           not
           the
           dignitie
           of
           faith
           ,
           which
           conueyes
           the
           benefit
           vnto
           vs
           :
           but
           the
           worth
           ,
           excellency
           &
           sufficiencie
           of
           Christ
           ,
           which
           is
           apprehended
           by
           faith
           .
           It
           was
           not
           for
           the
           vertue
           of
           the
           eye
           which
           looked
           vp
           to
           the
           brazen
           serpent
           that
           men
           were
           healed
           ,
           that
           had
           been
           stung
           with
           fierie
           Serpents
           ;
           the
           weakest
           eyes
           
           as
           well
           as
           the
           most
           sharpe
           sighted
           ,
           if
           they
           could
           but
           look
           vp
           to
           it
           ,
           were
           healed
           :
           and
           the
           begger
           which
           receiues
           a
           gift
           may
           be
           fully
           possessed
           of
           it
           ,
           euen
           with
           a
           trembling
           and
           shaking
           hand
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           he
           that
           hath
           the
           most
           stedfast
           hand
           .
           But
           though
           a
           weake
           faith
           ,
           beleeving
           in
           him
           ,
           may
           serue
           the
           turne
           ,
           yet
           faith
           there
           must
           bee
           ,
           or
           else
           no
           hope
           for
           this
           priviledge
           .
           
           For
           
             without
             faith
             it
             is
             impossible
             to
             please
             God.
          
           So
           that
           this
           is
           that
           which
           puts
           a
           difference
           betweene
           the
           sheepe
           and
           the
           goats
           ,
           the
           wise
           &
           the
           foolish
           virgins
           ,
           the
           faithfull
           ,
           and
           vnbeleevers
           .
           Some
           say
           ,
           that
           beleeving
           onely
           without
           other
           good
           works
           ,
           wil
           neuer
           bring
           vs
           to
           life
           :
           the
           which
           though
           in
           some
           sence
           we
           deny
           not
           :
           yet
           this
           is
           most
           certaine
           that
           all
           other
           vertues
           ,
           without
           faith
           to
           beleeue
           in
           Christ
           ,
           are
           nothing
           worth
           .
           This
           is
           that
           
             vnum
             necessarium
          
           ,
           which
           the
           Gospell
           requires
           of
           vs
           ,
           to
           beleeue
           in
           Christ
           ;
           and
           for
           want
           of
           this
           ,
           how
           many
           Infidels
           ,
           Iewes
           and
           Turks
           perish
           
           euerlastingly
           ?
           euen
           all
           those
           morall
           vertues
           of
           the
           Heathen
           ,
           their
           chastity
           ,
           iustice
           ,
           temperance
           ,
           &c.
           wherewith
           diuers
           of
           them
           did
           abound
           and
           exceed
           many
           Christians
           in
           them
           ,
           were
           all
           but
           
             splendida
             peccata
          
           ;
           
           because
           
             to
             the
             Infidell
             and
             vnbeleeuing
             ,
             all
             things
             are
             impure
             :
          
           so
           that
           notwithstanding
           all
           these
           ,
           if
           they
           remaine
           without
           faith
           in
           Christ
           ,
           they
           shall
           dye
           .
           For
           as
           there
           is
           
             but
             one
             name
             giuen
             vnder
             Heauen
             ,
             by
             which
             we
             must
             be
             saued
          
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           blessed
           and
           sweet
           name
           of
           Iesus
           :
           so
           is
           there
           no
           way
           to
           attaine
           vnto
           saluation
           by
           that
           name
           ,
           but
           by
           beleeuing
           in
           him
           .
           But
           as
           I
           haue
           shewed
           you
           that
           this
           faith
           to
           beleeue
           is
           necessary
           ,
           and
           a
           weake
           faith
           may
           be
           accepted
           with
           God
           :
           before
           I
           leaue
           the
           point
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           be
           amisse
           something
           more
           fully
           to
           shew
           you
           the
           nature
           of
           true
           and
           sauing
           faith
           :
           which
           consisteth
           not
           onely
           in
           beleeuing
           in
           Christ
           in
           the
           History
           ,
           for
           there
           is
           
             Credere
             de
             Christo
             ,
             credere
             Christo
             ,
             credere
             in
             
             Christum
             .
          
           The
           first
           is
           to
           beleeue
           all
           is
           true
           which
           the
           Scriptures
           report
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Nature
           ,
           Offices
           ,
           and
           Merits
           of
           Christ
           :
           this
           a
           man
           may
           do
           ,
           and
           finde
           no
           vertue
           or
           fruit
           of
           it
           in
           his
           owne
           soule
           .
           The
           second
           is
           to
           beleeue
           Christ
           as
           wee
           would
           a
           man
           of
           his
           word
           ,
           giue
           credit
           to
           whatsoeuer
           hee
           hath
           said
           :
           this
           wee
           may
           doe
           to
           the
           Prophets
           and
           Apostles
           :
           but
           we
           must
           come
           neerer
           him
           then
           so
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           third
           ,
           to
           beleeue
           in
           him
           :
           which
           implies
           a
           dependency
           and
           resolution
           to
           cleaue
           vnto
           him
           .
           As
           wee
           apprehend
           Christ
           ,
           
           so
           must
           wee
           likewise
           be
           
             apprehended
             of
             Christ
          
           :
           for
           Faith
           hath
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           two
           hands
           ,
           one
           receiuing
           Christ
           from
           God
           ,
           the
           other
           giuing
           the
           Beleeuer
           to
           God
           ;
           and
           both
           these
           hands
           ●…t
           vseth
           at
           one
           and
           the
           selfe
           same
           time
           .
           At
           the
           same
           time
           that
           the
           Beleeuer
           applies
           Christ
           to
           his
           owne
           heart
           ,
           he
           applies
           his
           heart
           to
           Christ
           ,
           and
           cleaues
           to
           him
           with
           full
           purpose
           of
           ●oule
           .
           This
           was
           notably
           shadowed
           
           out
           vnder
           the
           Ceremoniall
           Law
           ,
           in
           the
           coniunction
           of
           the
           sin-offering
           which
           pointed
           out
           Christ
           ,
           and
           the
           burnt-offering
           ,
           which
           (
           as
           Saint
           Paul
           hath
           interpreted
           it
           )
           more
           especially
           signifieth
           the
           sacrificing
           of
           the
           flesh
           ,
           the
           crucifying
           of
           the
           old
           
             Adam
             .
             I
             beseech
             you
             therefore
             brethren
             ,
          
           
           
             by
             the
             mercies
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             yee
             present
             your
             bodies
             a
             liuing
             Sacrifice
             ,
             holy
             ,
             acceptable
             vnto
             God
             ,
             which
             is
             your
             reasonable
             seruice
             .
          
           True
           faith
           offers
           both
           these
           at
           once
           .
           But
           too
           many
           mens
           faith
           is
           lame
           on
           that
           hand
           which
           should
           offer
           the
           burnt
           Offering
           ;
           they
           onely
           take
           Christ
           ,
           but
           they
           giue
           not
           themselues
           to
           Christ
           :
           they
           offer
           the
           Sinne-offering
           without
           the
           burnt
           Offering
           ,
           and
           therefore
           applying
           Christ
           to
           themselues
           ,
           and
           not
           themselues
           to
           Christ
           ,
           they
           misapply
           .
           It
           is
           therefore
           ,
           as
           St.
           Bernard
           calls
           it
           ,
           
             Infidelis
             fiducia
          
           ,
           a
           faithlesse
           confidence
           for
           any
           man
           to
           perswade
           himselfe
           ,
           or
           presume
           that
           Christ
           Iesus
           is
           his
           Sauiour
           ,
           or
           that
           he
           
           hath
           any
           part
           ,
           either
           in
           the
           life
           or
           death
           of
           Christ
           ,
           albeit
           hee
           continue
           vnder
           the
           power
           of
           sinne
           and
           Satan
           .
           Such
           a
           faith
           ,
           to
           speake
           in
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Poet
           ,
           is
           
             fallax
             fiducia
          
           ,
           a
           confidence
           whereby
           men
           cousen
           and
           deceiue
           themselues
           ,
           in
           hoping
           to
           attaine
           vnto
           Heauen
           ,
           though
           they
           hold
           on
           in
           the
           high
           way
           that
           leadeth
           vnto
           Hell.
           Nay
           ,
           it
           is
           indeed
           in
           effect
           ,
           to
           blaspheme
           and
           dishonour
           Christ
           ,
           by
           denying
           (
           though
           not
           in
           word
           ,
           yet
           indeed
           )
           that
           there
           is
           any
           power
           in
           his
           death
           ,
           any
           vertue
           in
           his
           resurrection
           ,
           any
           renewing
           grace
           receiued
           from
           him
           ,
           to
           sanctifie
           those
           who
           truly
           beleeue
           in
           him
           .
           Turkes
           and
           Pagans
           who
           plainely
           deny
           him
           ,
           doe
           not
           derogate
           so
           much
           from
           the
           glory
           of
           Christ
           ,
           as
           doe
           prophane
           professors
           of
           his
           name
           :
           
             tolerabilius
             enim
             lingua
             quam
             vita
             mentitur
             .
          
           The
           lye
           (
           saith
           Saint
           Augustine
           )
           which
           is
           made
           by
           the
           lippe
           ,
           is
           more
           tolerable
           then
           that
           which
           is
           made
           by
           the
           life
           .
           Can
           Christ
           
             dwell
             
             
             
             
             
             in
             their
             hearts
             by
             faith
          
           (
           as
           Saint
           Paul
           speaketh
           )
           and
           not
           
             liue
             in
             them
          
           .
           
           In
           whose
           heart
           soeuer
           Christ
           is
           resident
           by
           faith
           ,
           there
           hee
           reignes
           ,
           and
           disposeth
           him
           as
           it
           seemeth
           best
           to
           his
           godly
           wisdome
           .
           
           
             By
             Baptisme
             we
             are
             buried
             with
             him
             into
             death
             ,
             that
             like
             as
             Christ
             was
             raised
             vp
             from
             the
             dead
             ,
             by
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             Father
             ,
             euen
             so
             wee
             also
             should
             walke
             in
             newnesse
             of
             life
             .
          
           
           
             If
             we
             be
             risen
             through
             faith
             with
             Christ
             ,
             we
             must
             seek
             those
             things
             which
             are
             aboue
             ,
             where
             Christ
             sitteth
             at
             the
             right
             hand
             of
             God.
          
           Whosoeuer
           truly
           beleeueth
           in
           Christ
           conquereth
           this
           world
           .
           
             who
             is
             he
          
           (
           saith
           Saint
           Iohn
           )
           
             that
             ouercommeth
             the
             world
          
           ,
           
           
             but
             hee
             that
             beleeueth
             that
             Iesus
             is
             the
             Sonne
             of
             God.
             They
             that
             by
             faith
             are
             Christs
             ,
          
           
           
             haue
             crucified
             the
             flesh
             ,
             with
             the
             affections
             and
             lusts
             .
          
           Wheresoeuer
           there
           is
           a
           Christian
           beliefe
           ,
           there
           will
           also
           be
           a
           Christian
           life
           .
           
             Credere
             in
             Cristum
          
           (
           saith
           Saint
           Augustine
           )
           
             est
             credendo
             amare
             ,
             &c.
          
           
           To
           belieue
           in
           Christ
           is
           through
           faith
           heartily
           to
           affect
           
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           really
           incorporated
           into
           him
           :
           so
           that
           beleeuing
           in
           Christ
           is
           more
           then
           to
           comprehend
           him
           in
           the
           vnderstanding
           ;
           it
           is
           also
           to
           imbrace
           him
           in
           our
           hearts
           and
           affections
           .
           As
           Christ
           naked
           without
           respect
           of
           his
           merits
           is
           not
           the
           obiect
           of
           our
           faith
           ;
           so
           our
           faith
           ,
           naked
           without
           our
           affectionate
           desire
           to
           bee
           ioyned
           to
           him
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           true
           meanes
           to
           apprehend
           Christ
           ,
           and
           conueigh
           his
           merits
           vnto
           vs.
           This
           is
           that
           which
           is
           required
           on
           their
           parts
           ,
           who
           partake
           of
           the
           priuiledge
           here
           promised
           .
           The
           taske
           is
           not
           hard
           :
           it
           is
           not
           to
           giue
           a
           great
           ransome
           for
           our
           soules
           ;
           so
           the
           poore
           could
           not
           enioy
           it
           :
           or
           to
           discourse
           accuratly
           ,
           so
           the
           simple
           and
           vnlearned
           could
           not
           attaine
           vnto
           it
           ;
           or
           to
           goe
           a
           great
           iourney
           to
           finde
           Christ
           ,
           so
           the
           lame
           and
           impotent
           might
           misse
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           only
           to
           beleeue
           in
           him
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           matter
           possible
           with
           euery
           man.
           
             whosoeuer
             beleeueth
             in
             him
             shall
             neuer
             dye
             ,
          
           and
           so
           I
           come
           to
           the
           last
           part
           of
           my
           Text
           ,
           
           the
           priuiledge
           here
           granted
           .
           
             Exemption
             from
             Death
          
           .
           Death
           hath
           a
           threefold
           :
           acception
           .
           It
           is
           either
           naturall
           ,
           spirituall
           ,
           or
           eternall
           .
           Whosoeuer
           beleeueth
           in
           Christ
           is
           exempted
           from
           all
           these
           .
           The
           two
           later
           onely
           haue
           properly
           the
           name
           of
           Death
           .
           For
           Death
           ,
           to
           speake
           properly
           ,
           is
           either
           a
           separation
           from
           God
           here
           in
           his
           Kingdome
           of
           grace
           ,
           or
           a
           separation
           from
           him
           hereafter
           in
           his
           Kingdome
           of
           glory
           .
           Not
           to
           partake
           of
           his
           sauing
           grace
           here
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           is
           to
           bee
           spiritually
           dead
           ;
           and
           not
           to
           be
           crowned
           with
           his
           glory
           in
           the
           world
           to
           come
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           eternally
           dead
           .
           They
           who
           haue
           onely
           
             vitam
             naturae
          
           ,
           the
           life
           of
           nature
           here
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           and
           haue
           not
           
             vitam
             gratiae
          
           ,
           the
           life
           of
           grace
           ,
           are
           spiritually
           dead
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
           
             She
             that
             liueth
             in
             pleasure
             is
             dead
             while
             she
             liueth
             ,
          
           and
           according
           to
           that
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           ,
           
           
             Let
             the
             dead
             bury
             the
             dead
             .
          
           It
           may
           bee
           said
           of
           such
           as
           it
           was
           of
           the
           Angell
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
           Sardis
           ,
           
             They
             haue
             a
             name
             that
             they
             liue
             ,
          
           
           
             but
             are
             dead
          
           .
           So
           they
           who
           in
           the
           next
           world
           haue
           onely
           
             vitam
             naturae
          
           ,
           the
           life
           of
           nature
           ,
           and
           haue
           not
           
             vitam
             gloriae
          
           ,
           the
           life
           of
           glory
           ,
           are
           eternally
           dead
           .
           From
           both
           these
           deaths
           ,
           all
           true
           Beleeuers
           in
           Christ
           Iesus
           are
           exempted
           ,
           for
           they
           liue
           spiritually
           ,
           and
           eternally
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           true
           beleeuers
           in
           Christ
           Iesus
           enioy
           a
           spirituall
           life
           is
           euident
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           of
           S.
           Iohn
           1.12
           ,
           13.
           
           
             They
             that
             beleeue
             on
             his
             Name
             ,
             are
             borne
             not
             of
             blood
             ,
             nor
             of
             the
             will
             of
             the
             flesh
             ,
             nor
             of
             the
             will
             of
             man
             ,
             but
             of
             God.
          
           Besides
           their
           naturall
           birth
           they
           haue
           a
           spirituall
           .
           
             As
             many
             as
             by
             faith
             are
             in
             Christ
             Iesus
             ,
             they
             are
             new
             creatures
             ,
          
           they
           receiue
           a
           new
           life
           :
           so
           likewise
           doe
           they
           enioy
           eternall
           life
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           :
           
             This
             is
             life
             eternall
          
           ,
           by
           faith
           ,
           
           
             to
             know
             the
             Father
             to
             be
             the
             onely
             True
             God
             ,
             and
             whom
             he
             hath
             sent
             Iesus
             Christ
             .
          
           All
           the
           question
           seemes
           to
           be
           concerning
           their
           exemption
           from
           the
           naturall
           
           death
           :
           but
           if
           we
           diligently
           obserue
           their
           condition
           ,
           it
           will
           easily
           appeare
           that
           they
           are
           exempted
           frō
           that
           death
           also
           .
           For
           as
           they
           who
           enioy
           natural
           life
           are
           said
           to
           bee
           dead
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           depriued
           of
           the
           spirituall
           life
           :
           so
           they
           who
           are
           naturally
           dead
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           aliue
           ,
           because
           they
           enioy
           the
           life
           of
           glory
           .
           The
           naturall
           death
           to
           them
           especially
           is
           changed
           into
           a
           sleepe
           .
           Death
           to
           them
           is
           not
           exitus
           ,
           but
           transitus
           :
           not
           obitus
           ,
           but
           abitus
           :
           not
           a
           dying
           ,
           but
           a
           departing
           .
           A
           transmigration
           and
           exodus
           out
           of
           our
           earthly
           pilgrimage
           ,
           vnto
           our
           heauenly
           home
           .
           
             Fratres
             mortui
          
           (
           saith
           Saint
           Augustine
           )
           
             non
             sunt
             amissi
             ,
             sed
             praemissi
             .
             Profectio
             est
          
           (
           saith
           Tertullian
           )
           
             quam
             putas
             mortem
          
           .
           A
           passage
           from
           the
           valley
           of
           death
           to
           the
           land
           of
           the
           liuing
           .
           That
           all
           true
           Beleeuers
           departing
           hence
           are
           still
           aliue
           ,
           
           is
           euident
           by
           the
           words
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           ,
           that
           
             God
             who
             is
             the
             God
             of
          
           Abraham
           ,
           Isaac
           and
           Iacob
           ,
           
             is
             not
             the
             God
             of
             the
             dead
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             liuing
             .
          
           If
           the
           
           father
           of
           the
           faithfull
           be
           still
           aliue
           ,
           no
           doubt
           but
           so
           are
           all
           his
           children
           ,
           who
           departed
           hence
           ,
           in
           the
           faith
           of
           their
           father
           .
           Death
           to
           them
           is
           but
           a
           sleepe
           .
           So
           is
           it
           said
           of
           Dauid
           ,
           of
           Salomon
           ,
           
           and
           of
           other
           Kings
           of
           Israel
           ,
           and
           of
           Iuda
           ,
           that
           
             they
             slept
             with
             their
             fathers
          
           .
           So
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           such
           as
           are
           
             dead
             in
             the
             Lord
          
           ,
           are
           said
           to
           
             sleepe
             in
             Christ
          
           .
           
           So
           great
           a
           resemblance
           is
           there
           between
           sleepe
           and
           death
           ,
           that
           sleepe
           is
           called
           by
           
             Ouid
             ,
             mortis
             imago
          
           ,
           by
           
             Virgil
             ,
             consanguineus
             Lethi
             ▪
             Seneca
          
           cals
           it
           the
           brother
           ,
           &
           Hesiode
           ,
           the
           
             Sister
             of
             death
          
           .
           Sleepe
           is
           a
           kinde
           of
           death
           ,
           and
           death
           a
           kinde
           of
           sleepe
           .
           
           
             I
             would
             not
             haue
             you
             to
             bee
             ignorant
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           )
           
             brethren
             ,
             concerning
             them
             which
             are
             asleepe
             ,
             that
             yee
             sorrow
             not
             ,
             euen
             as
             others
             which
             haue
             no
             hope
             .
             For
             if
             wee
             beleeue
             that
             Iesus
             died
             ,
             and
             rose
             againe
             ,
             euen
             so
             them
             also
             which
             sleepe
             in
             Iesus
             will
             God
             bring
             with
             him
             .
          
           The
           Apostle
           saith
           that
           the
           Christ
           ,
           the
           Lord
           (
           who
           giues
           life
           to
           all
           things
           )
           
             is
             dead
          
           :
           and
           mortall
           man
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           sleepeth
           ▪
           
           which
           manner
           of
           speech
           at
           the
           first
           sight
           may
           seeme
           strange
           ,
           but
           there
           is
           good
           reason
           for
           it
           .
           For
           wee
           therefore
           sleepe
           ,
           because
           Christ
           died
           .
           His
           death
           made
           our
           death
           but
           a
           sleepe
           .
           Christ
           by
           his
           bitter
           death
           ,
           made
           death
           sweet
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           made
           it
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           but
           the
           very
           shadow
           of
           death
           :
           so
           that
           death
           cannot
           hurt
           vs
           ,
           because
           Christ
           hath
           taken
           away
           sinne
           the
           sting
           thereof
           .
           
             O
             death
             where
             is
             thy
             sting
          
           ?
           
           Lastly
           ,
           though
           their
           bodies
           sleepe
           in
           the
           graue
           ,
           yet
           their
           soules
           liue
           a
           glorified
           life
           in
           heauen
           .
           So
           that
           the
           Saints
           departed
           are
           dead
           in
           their
           worst
           part
           onely
           ,
           but
           liuing
           in
           their
           best
           ,
           euen
           in
           that
           wherein
           they
           desire
           to
           liue
           most
           ,
           as
           Martial
           an
           Heathen
           Poet
           diuinely
           ,
           
             
               Sed
               lugere
               nefas
               :
               nam
               quite
               (
               Prisce
               )
               reliquit
            
             
               Viuit
               qua
               voluit
               viuere
               parte
               magis
               .
            
          
        
         
           Sith
           death
           then
           to
           the
           true
           Beleeuers
           in
           Christ
           is
           but
           a
           sleepe
           ,
           a
           passage
           from
           misery
           to
           eternall
           happinesse
           ,
           Let
           vs
           sing
           with
           old
           Simeon
           a
           
             nunc
             Dimittis
          
           ,
           and
           reioyce
           that
           our
           warfare
           ,
           all
           our
           
           combates
           and
           conflicts
           with
           the
           world
           the
           flesh
           and
           the
           diuell
           are
           ended
           .
           So
           long
           as
           we
           are
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           wee
           must
           continually
           fight
           against
           those
           lusts
           which
           fight
           against
           our
           soules
           .
           When
           we
           haue
           conquered
           couetousnesse
           ,
           lust
           riseth
           vp
           against
           vs
           ;
           when
           carnall
           concupiscence
           is
           suppressed
           ,
           ambition
           takes
           place
           ;
           when
           ambition
           and
           pride
           are
           foyled
           ,
           drunkennesse
           endeuours
           to
           draw
           vs
           on
           to
           eternall
           destruction
           .
           I
           know
           that
           the
           men
           of
           this
           world
           count
           it
           their
           blisse
           ,
           to
           be
           caried
           away
           by
           the
           world
           ,
           the
           flesh
           and
           the
           Diuell
           ,
           and
           to
           doe
           seruice
           vnto
           them
           .
           But
           the
           children
           of
           God
           account
           it
           their
           bane
           ,
           to
           bee
           in
           any
           the
           least
           subiection
           vnto
           them
           ,
           and
           therefore
           doe
           they
           continually
           band
           themselues
           against
           them
           .
           Blame
           them
           not
           therefore
           ,
           though
           they
           reioyce
           when
           the
           combate
           is
           ended
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           enemies
           conquered
           ,
           and
           crowned
           .
           What
           Souldier
           is
           not
           glad
           when
           the
           combate
           is
           ended
           ,
           and
           his
           enemie
           conquered
           ?
           who
           in
           a
           great
           
           tempest
           at
           Sea
           ,
           would
           not
           gladly
           be
           in
           a
           quiet
           and
           calme
           harbour
           ?
           and
           who
           in
           the
           sea
           of
           this
           tempestuous
           world
           ,
           would
           not
           giue
           this
           world
           to
           arriue
           at
           the
           hauen
           of
           eternall
           happinesse
           :
           here
           is
           nothing
           but
           
             wailing
             and
             weeping
          
           :
           
           Who
           would
           not
           bee
           there
           where
           all
           teares
           are
           wiped
           away
           ?
           Our
           Sauiour
           told
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           being
           sorrowfull
           for
           his
           departure
           .
           
             If
             yee
             loued
             me
             ,
             yee
             would
             reioyce
             ,
          
           
           
             because
             I
             goe
             to
             my
             Father
             .
             To
             me
          
           (
           saith
           S.
           Paul
           )
           
             to
             liue
             is
             Christ
             ,
             &
             to
             dye
             is
             gaine
             .
          
           
           Let
           him
           therefore
           dread
           death
           ,
           who
           is
           not
           borne
           againe
           of
           water
           and
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           but
           remaines
           enthralled
           to
           the
           flames
           of
           hell
           fire
           .
           Let
           him
           feare
           to
           die
           ,
           who
           shall
           passe
           from
           the
           naturall
           death
           ,
           to
           eternall
           .
           Let
           him
           I
           say
           ,
           be
           daunted
           ,
           when
           death
           drawes
           nigh
           ,
           who
           ,
           when
           hee
           shall
           passe
           out
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           shall
           eternally
           be
           tormented
           in
           the
           flames
           of
           hell
           fire
           :
           but
           let
           all
           true
           Beleeuers
           in
           Christ
           Iesus
           (
           whose
           home
           is
           heauen
           )
           with
           the
           Traueller
           thinke
           the
           time
           long
           till
           they
           returne
           
           home
           to
           their
           owne
           countrey
           ,
           where
           after
           the
           wearisome
           trauell
           of
           this
           life
           ,
           they
           shall
           liue
           eternally
           in
           all
           rest
           and
           happinesse
           .
        
         
           
             Thus
             much
             of
             my
             Text.
          
           
        
         
           
             GIue
             mee
             leaue
             to
             adde
             a
             few
             words
             about
             the
             particular
             occasion
             of
             this
             our
             meeting
             ,
             which
             is
             euident
             by
             the
             obiect
             here
             before
             our
             eyes
             ,
             and
             maketh
             vnto
             vs
             a
             visible
             Sermon
             of
             our
             mortalitie
             .
             For
             it
             is
             a
             dead
             corps
             ,
             which
             was
             within
             these
             few
             dayes
             the
             receptacle
             of
             the
             euer-liuing
             soule
             of
             Mistris
             
               Elizabeth
               Gouge
            
             .
             A
             soule
             which
             while
             it
             remained
             in
             that
             receptacle
             ,
             enabled
             the
             same
             ,
             thorow
             the
             good
             grace
             of
             God
             infused
             into
             it
             ,
             to
             doe
             much
             honour
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             good
             to
             man.
             Which
             that
             I
             may
             the
             better
             demonstrate
             vnto
             you
             ,
             I
             will
             make
             bold
             to
             set
             before
             you
             a
             briefe
             ,
             iust
             ,
             and
             true
             view
             of
             the
             whole
             course
             of
             her
             life
             :
             that
             ,
             though
             the
             
             substance
             of
             her
             soule
             bee
             now
             taken
             from
             among
             vs
             to
             be
             among
             those
             
               i●…
               spirits
               which
               are
               made
               perfect
               in
               heauen
            
             and
             her
             bodie
             to
             be
             couered
             from
             ou●
             sight
             in
             the
             earth
             ,
             in
             assured
             hope
             o●
             the
             Resurrection
             thereof
             to
             eternal
             life
             yet
             her
             graces
             may
             remaine
             fresh
             among
             vs
             for
             the
             greater
             consolation
             of
             her
             friends
             ,
             and
             imitation
             of
             vs
             all
             .
          
           
             Shee
             was
             the
             daughter
             of
             such
             Parents
             as
             while
             they
             liued
             were
             of
             very
             good
             note
             and
             name
             .
             Her
             father
             Mr
             
               Henry
               Calton
            
             ,
             was
             a
             Mercer
             and
             Citizen
             in
             London
             of
             good
             worth
             .
             Her
             mother
             was
             of
             a
             good
             Gentlemans
             house
             ,
             Mr
             Cois
             of
             Stubbers
             in
             Essex
             .
          
           
             Both
             her
             Parents
             died
             while
             she
             was
             yong
             ,
             and
             had
             not
             her
             Mothers
             owne
             brother
             Master
             
               William
               Coys
            
             ,
             taken
             vpon
             him
             the
             tuition
             of
             his
             Sisters
             children
             ,
             they
             had
             beene
             made
             a
             prey
             .
             But
             he
             like
             a
             good
             Mordecai
             brought
             vp
             his
             said
             Sisters
             children
             ,
             which
             were
             three
             in
             number
             ,
             a
             sonne
             ,
             who
             was
             drowned
             in
             swimming
             while
             he
             was
             a
             
             youth
             ,
             and
             two
             daughters
             ;
             the
             eldest
             whereof
             was
             this
             Gentlewoman
             ,
             whose
             Funerall
             wee
             now
             solemnize
             .
             The
             yonger
             still
             liueth
             being
             maried
             to
             the
             yonger
             brother
             of
             this
             Gentlewomans
             husband
             .
             Such
             was
             the
             said
             Guardians
             care
             ouer
             these
             Orphanes
             ,
             as
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             trained
             them
             vp
             some
             while
             in
             his
             owne
             house
             ,
             for
             their
             better
             education
             ,
             hee
             put
             them
             forth
             to
             board
             in
             a
             pious
             ,
             painfull
             ,
             faithfull
             Ministers
             house
             ,
             Master
             Huckles
             by
             name
             ,
             of
             Hatfield-Broad-oake
             in
             Essex
             ,
             whose
             wife
             had
             a
             great
             name
             ,
             and
             that
             not
             without
             iust
             desert
             ,
             for
             skill
             ,
             and
             faithfull
             care
             in
             training
             vp
             yong
             Gentlewomen
             .
             There
             were
             the
             two
             suruiuing
             foresaid
             Orphanes
             ,
             Elizabeth
             and
             
               Mary
               Calton
            
             educated
             sixe
             yeares
             together
             ,
             and
             there
             were
             they
             well
             instructed
             in
             pietie
             ,
             in
             modestie
             ,
             in
             good
             house-wifery
             ,
             and
             much
             skill
             in
             all
             such
             workes
             ,
             as
             appertained
             to
             such
             persons
             .
          
           
             From
             the
             said
             Ministers
             house
             the
             
             said
             two
             Orphanes
             were
             brought
             to
             
               Stratford
               Bow
            
             in
             Middlesex
             ,
             the
             elder
             being
             about
             seuenteene
             yeere
             old
             ,
             and
             the
             yonger
             scarce
             fifteene
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             said
             
               Stratford
               Bow
            
             there
             dwelt
             an
             ancient
             Gentleman
             Master
             
               Thomas
               Gouge
            
             by
             name
             ,
             who
             well
             liking
             the
             person
             ,
             grace
             ,
             and
             cariage
             of
             the
             said
             elder
             Orphane
             ,
             sent
             for
             his
             eldest
             sonne
             Master
             
               William
               Gouge
            
             ,
             then
             fellow
             of
             
               Kings
               Colledge
            
             in
             Cambridge
             ,
             now
             Minister
             and
             Preacher
             of
             Gods
             Word
             in
             
               Blacke-Friers
               London
            
             ,
             who
             being
             brought
             to
             the
             said
             Gentlewoman
             ,
             after
             some
             mutual
             conferences
             one
             with
             another
             ,
             they
             tooke
             such
             liking
             one
             of
             another
             ,
             as
             on
             the
             11
             of
             February
             in
             the
             first
             yeare
             of
             King
             Iames
             they
             were
             with
             full
             consent
             of
             all
             friends
             on
             both
             parts
             maried
             together
             ,
             and
             continued
             like
             Isaak
             and
             Rebekah
             faithfull
             ,
             and
             louing
             yoake-fellowes
             till
             the
             26
             of
             this
             present
             October
             ,
             in
             the
             1
             yeare
             of
             our
             now
             Royall
             Soueraigne
             King
             Charles
             ,
             on
             which
             dismall
             day
             irresistable
             
             death
             ,
             made
             an
             irrecouerable
             diremption
             betwixt
             them
             .
             Such
             respect
             did
             this
             Gentlewoman
             beare
             to
             the
             Ministerie
             of
             Gods
             Word
             ,
             that
             when
             it
             was
             told
             her
             that
             her
             suter
             had
             diuerted
             his
             studies
             to
             Diuinitie
             ,
             and
             intended
             to
             bee
             a
             Preacher
             ,
             shee
             answered
             ,
             
               I
               am
               so
               farre
               from
               disliking
               a
               man
               of
               that
               profession
               ,
               as
               of
               all
               other
               callings
               ,
               I
               most
               desire
               an
               Husband
               ,
               being
               otherwise
               well
               qualified
               ,
               of
               that
               function
               .
            
             A
             pious
             minde
             in
             a
             maiden
             so
             yong
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             Gentlewoman
             of
             so
             good
             meanes
             as
             shee
             was
             !
             To
             her
             eternall
             comfort
             shee
             had
             her
             desire
             accomplished
             .
             And
             answerably
             did
             shee
             carie
             herselfe
             ,
             
               A
               pious
               ,
               prudent
               ,
               prouident
               ,
               painfull
               ,
               carefull
               ,
               faithfull
               ,
               helpfull
               ,
               graue
               ,
               modest
               ,
               sober
               ,
               tender
               ,
               louing
               Wife
               ,
               Mother
               ,
               Mistris
               ,
               Neighbour
               .
            
             Many
             were
             the
             graces
             which
             made
             her
             acceptable
             in
             Gods
             sight
             ,
             amiable
             in
             her
             Husbands
             eyes
             ,
             &
             commendable
             among
             all
             that
             well
             knew
             
             her
             .
             But
             that
             I
             may
             keepe
             my selfe
             within
             some
             bounds
             ,
             I
             will
             especially
             insist
             on
             foure
             ,
             wherein
             shee
             made
             her selfe
             a
             patterne
             worthy
             of
             admiration
             and
             imitation
             ;
             These
             were
             
               Sobrietie
               ,
               Sedulitie
               ,
               Charitie
               ,
               Piety
               .
            
          
           
             1.
             
             Her
             countenance
             ,
             her
             conference
             ,
             her
             carriage
             ,
             her
             apparell
             did
             all
             giue
             euidence
             of
             her
             Graue
             ,
             Gracious
             ,
             Sober
             ,
             Matron-like
             minde
             ,
             whereby
             she
             did
             much
             grace
             her
             Husbands
             Vocation
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Shee
             hath
             left
             behinde
             her
             many
             euidences
             of
             her
             indefatigable
             sedulity
             ,
             
             euen
             such
             as
             the
             Wiseman
             commendeth
             in
             a
             vertuous
             Woman
             ,
             
               Vallances
               ,
               Cup
               bord-cloathes
               ,
               Quissions
               ,
            
             and
             many
             such
             like
             vsefull
             thing
             ,
             artificially
             wrought
             with
             her
             owne
             fingers
             ,
             besides
             all
             her
             owne
             ,
             husbands
             ,
             and
             childrens
             wearing
             linnen
             wrought
             by
             her selfe
             and
             maidens
             ,
             whom
             by
             her
             owne
             example
             she
             made
             diligent
             .
             The
             shortnesse
             of
             day-light
             ,
             she
             much
             helped
             by
             candle
             light
             .
             She
             carefully
             kept
             
             Saint
             Pauls
             precept
             
               to
               keepe
               at
               home
            
             .
             
             She
             was
             not
             like
             those
             whom
             he
             sharply
             reproueth
             for
             
               wandring
               about
               from
               house
               to
               house
               ,
               and
               for
               being
               not
               only
               idle
               ,
            
             
             
               but
               tatlers
               also
               and
               busie-bodies
            
             .
             Shee
             vtterly
             disliked
             such
             :
             she
             cared
             not
             for
             their
             company
             .
             These
             commendable
             vertues
             of
             
               keeping
               at
               home
            
             ,
             &
             
               keeping
               silence
            
             ;
             retirednesse
             ,
             &
             taciturnitie
             ,
             made
             many
             mis-censure
             her
             of
             too
             much
             statelinesse
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Her
             charitie
             exercised
             it selfe
             at
             home
             and
             abroad
             .
             At
             home
             ,
             towards
             the
             head
             and
             members
             of
             her
             Family
             .
             Abroad
             ,
             towards
             her
             neighbours
             and
             strangers
             .
             Shee
             was
             truely
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             and
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             an
             entire
             louer
             of
             her
             husband
             ,
             and
             children
             .
             Her
             loue
             to
             her
             Husband
             made
             her
             to
             yeeld
             all
             dutifull
             respect
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             bee
             very
             carefull
             ouer
             him
             ,
             and
             that
             both
             well
             to
             nourish
             and
             cherish
             him
             ,
             and
             also
             to
             free
             him
             from
             the
             trouble
             of
             all
             those
             things
             which
             shee
             in
             her
             place
             could
             manage
             :
             For
             shee
             most
             prudently
             and
             
             prouidently
             ordered
             the
             affaires
             of
             her
             house
             ,
             whereby
             hee
             had
             the
             more
             leasure
             to
             attend
             his
             publike
             function
             .
             Her
             loue
             to
             her
             Husband
             was
             further
             manifest
             by
             that
             delight
             shee
             tooke
             in
             his
             company
             :
             It
             was
             grieuous
             to
             her
             to
             be
             where
             he
             was
             not
             ,
             except
             vrgent
             &
             necessary
             imployments
             required
             as
             much
             :
             neither
             did
             she
             care
             her selfe
             to
             goe
             abroad
             vnlesse
             her
             Husband
             went
             with
             her
             .
             And
             when
             they
             were
             absent
             one
             from
             another
             ,
             they
             made
             a
             supply
             of
             that
             bodily
             absenee
             by
             continuall
             entercourse
             of
             Letters
             one
             to
             another
             ,
             in
             which
             Letters
             shee
             testified
             much
             pietie
             ,
             wisdome
             and
             loue
             .
             If
             at
             any
             time
             he
             had
             beene
             sicke
             ,
             shee
             was
             very
             tender
             ouer
             him
             ,
             and
             very
             carefull
             to
             prouide
             all
             things
             needfull
             for
             him
             in
             that
             case
             .
             Her
             entire
             loue
             to
             him
             was
             many
             wayes
             testified
             to
             the
             very
             last
             act
             of
             her
             life
             .
             The
             longer
             they
             liued
             together
             ,
             the
             more
             did
             this
             loue
             shew
             it selfe
             .
          
           
             Her
             care
             ouer
             her
             children
             did
             
             also
             declare
             her
             true
             loue
             of
             them
             .
             She
             did
             not
             onely
             beare
             them
             ,
             and
             bring
             them
             forth
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             which
             necessitie
             forceth
             all
             mothers
             to
             doe
             ,
             but
             with
             her
             owne
             milke
             she
             nursed
             seuen
             ,
             as
             many
             as
             possibly
             shee
             could
             ,
             which
             too
             many
             mothers
             doe
             too
             much
             neglect
             .
             It
             was
             not
             sore
             nipples
             or
             brests
             ,
             nor
             an
             Infants
             wrangling
             ,
             nor
             breaking
             her
             sleepe
             in
             the
             night
             ,
             nor
             any
             other
             disturbance
             that
             could
             make
             her
             neglect
             this
             bounden
             dutie
             .
             Her
             tendernesse
             ouer
             her
             children
             was
             not
             diminished
             by
             their
             growth
             in
             yeares
             :
             yet
             as
             they
             encreased
             in
             vnderstanding
             ,
             so
             wisely
             shee
             ordered
             her
             authoritie
             ouer
             them
             ,
             as
             with
             a
             child-like
             feare
             they
             much
             reuerenced
             her
             .
             For
             well
             she
             knew
             how
             to
             keepe
             both
             children
             and
             seruants
             in
             dutifull
             awe
             .
             As
             shee
             was
             carefull
             well
             to
             nourish
             ,
             so
             also
             well
             to
             nurture
             her
             children
             .
             In
             nurturing
             them
             ,
             though
             she
             were
             not
             negligent
             of
             their
             ciuill
             behauiour
             ,
             &
             good
             manners
             ,
             yet
             her
             greatest
             care
             and
             
             paines
             was
             like
             Eunice
             ,
             
             to
             
               bring
               them
               vp
               in
               the
               nurture
               and
               admonition
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
            
             teaching
             them
             ,
             so
             soone
             as
             they
             were
             capable
             ,
             the
             Principles
             of
             Religion
             ,
             wherein
             some
             of
             them
             so
             profited
             ,
             as
             before
             they
             were
             three
             yeares
             old
             ,
             they
             were
             able
             distinctly
             to
             answer
             all
             the
             questions
             of
             a
             Catechisme
             which
             her
             Husband
             published
             .
             Many
             good
             instructiōs
             also
             from
             time
             to
             time
             they
             receiued
             from
             her
             after
             they
             were
             put
             forth
             ,
             
             wherein
             shee
             shewed
             her selfe
             like
             the
             good
             mother
             of
             Lemuel
             .
          
           
             Her
             poore
             Neigbours
             also
             ,
             as
             shee
             had
             notice
             of
             their
             need
             ,
             tasted
             of
             her
             charity
             :
             for
             very
             ready
             shee
             was
             and
             forward
             to
             visite
             the
             sicke
             ,
             and
             to
             send
             them
             succour
             .
             It
             was
             her
             vsuall
             practise
             ,
             on
             the
             Lords
             dayes
             specially
             ,
             to
             send
             some
             hot
             ,
             wholsome
             refreshing
             to
             such
             as
             needed
             it
             .
          
           
             This
             her
             charity
             extended
             it selfe
             also
             to
             strangers
             .
             For
             where
             she
             had
             a
             quarterly
             allowance
             of
             her
             Husband
             for
             her
             owne
             proper
             vse
             ,
             she
             set
             a
             part
             
             a
             good
             part
             therof
             for
             charitable
             vses
             ,
             and
             so
             dedicated
             it
             to
             that
             purpose
             ,
             as
             she
             accounted
             it
             sacriledge
             to
             imploy
             any
             part
             thereof
             to
             any
             other
             vse
             .
             Out
             of
             this
             sacred
             stocke
             she
             was
             ready
             to
             contribute
             to
             all
             charitable
             motions
             made
             in
             the
             Church
             :
             to
             all
             priuate
             Collections
             made
             knowne
             vnto
             her
             ;
             and
             to
             many
             ,
             that
             time
             after
             time
             came
             to
             her
             Husband
             for
             reliefe
             ,
             besides
             those
             ,
             whom
             she
             her selfe
             ,
             with
             her
             owne
             hands
             ,
             of
             her
             owne
             motion
             relieued
             .
             So
             as
             herein
             also
             shee
             was
             like
             to
             that
             good
             woman
             whom
             the
             wiseman
             thus
             commendeth
             ,
             
             
               She
               stretcheth
               out
               her
               hands
               to
               the
               poore
               .
            
          
           
             4.
             
             Her
             Piety
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             the
             best
             of
             her
             graces
             ,
             whereby
             all
             the
             rest
             were
             seasoned
             ,
             so
             was
             it
             not
             lesse
             eminent
             then
             the
             rest
             .
             For
             she
             was
             a
             conscionable
             obseruer
             of
             the
             Lords
             Day
             ,
             and
             a
             constant
             frequenter
             of
             the
             weeke
             day
             Lectures
             where
             she
             inhabited
             .
             Shee
             did
             both
             her selfe
             diligently
             and
             reuerendly
             attend
             to
             the
             dayly
             exercises
             
             of
             piety
             in
             her
             house
             ,
             and
             also
             caused
             her
             children
             and
             seruants
             to
             do
             the
             like
             .
             She
             had
             also
             her
             set
             houres
             euery
             day
             ,
             which
             secretly
             betwixt
             God
             and
             her selfe
             shee
             spent
             in
             holy
             Deuotions
             .
             With
             her
             owne
             hand
             shee
             penned
             sundry
             deuout
             Prayers
             ,
             whereof
             some
             being
             for
             helps
             to
             humble
             her
             soule
             the
             more
             before
             God
             ,
             were
             very
             large
             .
             She
             hath
             also
             left
             written
             by
             her selfe
             many
             diuine
             directions
             for
             Deuotions
             .
             She
             further
             tyed
             her selfe
             by
             a
             set
             dayly
             taske
             to
             reade
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             whereby
             she
             was
             able
             readily
             to
             answer
             any
             question
             propounded
             about
             the
             History
             and
             Doctrin
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             .
             Shee
             did
             also
             spend
             much
             time
             in
             reading
             English
             books
             of
             diuinity
             ,
             whereof
             shee
             had
             a
             pretty
             Library
             .
             She
             carefully
             put
             in
             practise
             this
             precept
             of
             the
             Apostle
             to
             wiues
             ,
             
               Let
               them
               aske
               their
               Husbands
               at
               home
               .
            
             
             Her
             piety
             left
             her
             not
             till
             her
             breath
             left
             her
             .
             For
             (
             to
             come
             to
             the
             time
             of
             her
             sicknesse
             and
             departure
             )
             being
             long
             
             weake
             before
             her
             departure
             ,
             and
             great
             with
             Childe
             ,
             shee
             was
             disabled
             from
             doing
             so
             much
             worke
             as
             in
             her
             health
             she
             vsed
             to
             do
             ,
             yet
             was
             shee
             not
             idle
             ,
             but
             spent
             the
             more
             time
             in
             reading
             &
             conferring
             with
             her
             Husband
             ,
             and
             that
             especially
             ,
             about
             euidences
             of
             true
             grace
             ,
             and
             assurances
             of
             saluation
             .
             It
             pleased
             the
             Diuine
             prouidence
             about
             a
             yeere
             and
             a
             quarter
             before
             ,
             when
             shee
             was
             great
             with
             Childe
             ,
             to
             visit
             her
             with
             a
             Dropsie
             ,
             though
             shee
             was
             very
             temperate
             in
             her
             diet
             ,
             no
             Wine
             bibber
             .
             Of
             her
             Liuer
             she
             complained
             from
             her
             youth
             ,
             so
             as
             questionlesse
             her
             ill-disposed
             Liuer
             was
             the
             cause
             of
             her
             disease
             .
             After
             her
             deliuery
             of
             that
             Childe
             ,
             thorow
             Gods
             blessing
             on
             the
             meanes
             ,
             which
             her
             good
             Neighbour
             ,
             Master
             Doctor
             Argent
             ,
             an
             ancient
             ,
             experienced
             ,
             and
             skilfull
             Physician
             prescribed
             ,
             she
             was
             recouered
             :
             and
             continued
             very
             well
             from
             September
             ,
             1624
             till
             Febr
             following
             ,
             when
             conceiuing
             againe
             with
             Child
             ,
             
             the
             Dropsie
             returned
             againe
             .
             Notwithstanding
             the
             returne
             of
             that
             Disease
             ,
             she
             was
             on
             the
             sixt
             of
             October
             1625
             deliuered
             of
             her
             thirteenth
             and
             last
             Childe
             ,
             which
             was
             a
             sonne
             ,
             and
             retained
             such
             strength
             as
             ordinarily
             shee
             was
             wont
             to
             doe
             in
             the
             time
             of
             her
             Childbed
             ,
             so
             as
             on
             the
             baptizing
             day
             she
             sate
             vp
             ,
             as
             women
             in
             that
             time
             vse
             to
             doe
             .
             But
             before
             shee
             gathered
             such
             strength
             as
             might
             enable
             her
             to
             take
             Physicke
             for
             her
             Disease
             ,
             death
             began
             to
             seaze
             vpon
             her
             .
             For
             on
             the
             very
             day
             wherein
             the
             foresaid
             Doctor
             Argent
             had
             prescribed
             such
             Physicke
             as
             was
             fit
             for
             one
             in
             her
             case
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             fourteenth
             day
             after
             her
             deliuery
             ,
             the
             violence
             of
             her
             Disease
             was
             such
             ,
             as
             accustomed
             rest
             ,
             and
             vse
             of
             vnderstanding
             was
             taken
             from
             her
             .
             This
             made
             her
             talke
             much
             :
             but
             in
             all
             her
             talke
             not
             an
             impious
             word
             came
             from
             her
             .
             (
             Her
             tongue
             was
             neuer
             accustomed
             thereto
             )
             But
             that
             it
             might
             appeare
             how
             fast
             fixed
             ,
             and
             
             deeply
             rooted
             piety
             was
             in
             her
             ,
             in
             her
             greatest
             weaknesse
             and
             extremity
             ,
             if
             any
             Broth
             ,
             Drinke
             ,
             or
             other
             sustenance
             were
             offered
             her
             ,
             she
             would
             lift
             vp
             her
             eyes
             to
             Heauen
             ,
             and
             craue
             a
             blessing
             of
             him
             whom
             she
             knew
             to
             be
             aboue
             .
             In
             that
             her
             restlesse
             time
             ,
             she
             was
             much
             perswaded
             by
             her
             Husband
             to
             doe
             what
             he
             aduised
             .
             To
             short
             questions
             ,
             especially
             about
             her
             Christian
             faith
             &
             hope
             ,
             she
             would
             giue
             short
             ,
             but
             very
             pithy
             and
             comfortable
             answers
             .
             After
             she
             had
             thus
             remained
             two
             whole
             dayes
             ,
             it
             pleased
             the
             Lord
             to
             giue
             some
             rest
             ,
             whereby
             for
             two
             dayes
             she
             recouered
             good
             vse
             of
             her
             vnderstanding
             ,
             and
             made
             good
             vse
             thereof
             ,
             by
             giuing
             many
             good
             euidences
             of
             her
             sted
             faith
             in
             Iesus
             Christ
             .
             Which
             after
             she
             had
             done
             ,
             the
             former
             violence
             of
             her
             Disease
             returned
             vpon
             her
             ,
             and
             soone
             depriued
             her
             of
             her
             sweet
             breath
             .
             Thus
             would
             God
             take
             her
             away
             euen
             in
             her
             calling
             ,
             in
             the
             time
             of
             her
             Child-bed
             ,
             wherein
             for
             a
             woman
             to
             dye
             ,
             is
             as
             for
             
             a
             Souldier
             to
             dye
             in
             battell
             ;
             yea
             ,
             as
             for
             a
             Preacher
             to
             dye
             in
             the
             Pulpet
             ▪
             They
             that
             in
             Scripture
             are
             recorded
             to
             dye
             in
             that
             time
             ,
             are
             recorded
             to
             dye
             as
             Saints
             ,
             as
             the
             Wiues
             of
             Iaakob
             and
             Phinehas
             :
             and
             so
             vndoubtedly
             did
             this
             pious
             Matron
             ;
             whose
             soule
             ,
             euer
             in
             that
             moment
             wherein
             by
             Prayer
             it
             was
             commended
             to
             God
             ,
             ascended
             to
             God
             ,
             with
             whom
             she
             now
             ,
             as
             we
             haue
             great
             and
             iust
             cause
             to
             hope
             ,
             raigneth
             in
             euerlasting
             glory
             :
             whether
             God
             bring
             vs
             also
             in
             our
             time
             ,
             thorow
             Iesus
             Christ
             our
             Lord
             ,
             to
             whom
             with
             the
             Father
             and
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             bee
             all
             honour
             and
             glory
             ,
             now
             and
             for
             euer
             .
             Amen
             .
          
           
             The
             memory
             of
             the
             iust
             is
             blessed
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A02414-e170
           
             Luke
             11.
             
          
           
             Psal
             27.10
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             8.12
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A02414-e360
           
             *
             Mistresse
             GOVGE
             brought
             forth
             her
             last
             Childe
             into
             this
             world
             ,
             and
             went
             her selfe
             out
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             in
             the
             Country
             house
             of
             Master
             Simon
             and
             Mistresse
             
               Anne
               Geering
            
             :
             who
             inhabiting
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             yeere
             in
             
               Black
               friers
               Londo
            
             ,
             were
             desirous
             to
             shew
             to
             their
             Pastor
             there
             ,
             such
             respect
             as
             the
             Sunemite
             and
             her
             husband
             did
             to
             Elisha
             ,
             &
             Onesiphorus
             to
             Paul.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A02414-e650
           
             Ioh
             13.23
             .
          
           
             Ioh.
             3.16
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             .
             1
             17.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor
             8.12
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             4.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             2.4
             .
          
           
             Ezek.
             33.11
             .
          
           
             Reu.
             1.18
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             28.18
             .
          
           
             2
             King.
             5.7
             .
          
           
             Joh.
             1.1
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             36.9
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             2.7
             .
          
           
             Act.
             17.28
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             2.20
             .
             1
             Ioh.
             5.12
             .
          
           
             Iam.
             1.17
             .
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             15
             29
             
          
           
             Prov.
             
               ●2
               .
               ●
            
             .
          
           
             Acts
             10.34
             .
          
           
             Isa
             .
             24.16
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             11.29
             .
          
           
             Article
             7.
             
          
           
             Hos
             .
             13.9
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             28.19
             .
             Mar.
             16.15
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             1.16
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             10.11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             76.1
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             147.20
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             119.105
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             11.6
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             115.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             3.12
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             12.1
             .
          
           
             Eph
             3
             17.
             
             Gal.
             2.20
             .
          
           
             Rom
             ,
             6.4
             .
          
           
             Col.
             3.1
             .
          
           
             1
             Joh.
             5
             5.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             5.24
             .
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             5.6
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             8.22
             .
          
           
             Reu.
             3.1
             .
          
           
             Iohn
             17.3
             .
          
           
             Math.
             22
             32.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Kin
             2.10
             .
             —
             11.43
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             11.30
             —
             15.18
             .
             Iob.
             11.11
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Thes
             .
             4.13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             15.55
             .
          
           
             Ioh.
             16.20
             .
          
           
             Ioh.
             14.24
             .
          
           
             Phil.
             1.21
             .
          
           
             Pro.
             31.
             
             ●0
             .
             ●
             
          
           
             Tit.
             2.5
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Tim.
             5.13
             .
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             1.5
             .
             &
             3.15
             .
             Eph.
             6.4
             .
          
           
             Prou
             31.1
             .
          
           
             Prou.
             31.
             20.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             14
             35.