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             Some remarks on the life, death, and burial of Mr. Henry Cornish, B.D., an eminent dissenting teacher who died on Sunday, Dec. 18, and was interr'd on Thursday, Dec. 22, 1698, in the church of Bisiter in the county of Oxford as received in a letter from a friend.
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           SOME
           REMARKS
           ON
           THE
           Life
           ,
           Death
           ,
           and
           Burial
           OF
           M
           
             r.
          
           
             Henry
             Cornish
             ,
          
           B.D.
           An
           Eminent
           
             DISSENTING
             TEACHER
             :
          
           Who
           died
           on
           
             Sunday
             ,
             Dec.
          
           18.
           
           And
           was
           interr'd
           on
           
             Thursday
             ,
             Dec.
          
           22.
           1698.
           
           IN
           THE
           Church
           of
           
             BISITER
          
           in
           the
           County
           of
           
             OXFORD
             .
          
        
         
           
             As
             Received
             in
             a
             LETTER
             from
             a
             Friend
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             John
             Nutt
          
           near
           
             Stationers-Hall
             ,
          
           1699.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           ON
           
             Sunday
          
           last
           in
           the
           Evening
           died
           old
           Mr.
           
             Henry
             Cornish
             ,
          
           a
           chief
           Teacher
           in
           the
           Meeting
           of
           Dissenters
           at
           
             Bisiter
             .
          
           The
           next
           Morning
           one
           of
           those
           Brethren
           came
           to
           the
           Vicar
           ,
           to
           desire
           the
           Use
           of
           his
           Pulpit
           for
           a
           Funeral
           Sermon
           ,
           to
           be
           preacht
           either
           by
           Dr.
           
             W
          
           —
           of
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           or
           Mr.
           
             O
          
           —
           Rector
           of
           
             D
          
           —
           in
           the
           County
           of
           
             Bucks
             .
          
           The
           Vicar
           ,
           as
           I
           hear
           ,
           made
           a
           kind
           and
           prudent
           Answer
           ;
           that
           his
           Pulpit
           should
           be
           at
           the
           Service
           of
           any
           Regular
           Church-Divine
           ,
           and
           especially
           of
           Dr.
           
             W
          
           —
           on
           whose
           Character
           and
           Station
           he
           could
           safely
           depend
           upon
           that
           occasion
           ;
           whether
           they
           declin'd
           to
           ask
           the
           Doctor
           ,
           or
           whether
           he
           decently
           wav'd
           the
           Office
           ,
           I
           cannot
           tell
           .
           The
           Funeral
           was
           on
           
             Thursday
          
           after
           Noon
           ;
           a
           Grave
           was
           op'ned
           in
           the
           South-Isle
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           near
           the
           place
           where
           Mr.
           
             Troughton
             ,
          
           a
           considerable
           Teacher
           of
           that
           Party
           ,
           had
           been
           interr'd
           in
           the
           Year
           1681.
           
           The
           Appearance
           was
           as
           great
           as
           Affection
           and
           Curiosity
           could
           make
           it
           .
           The
           Pall
           was
           held
           up
           by
           six
           Teachers
           of
           the
           Separation
           ,
           with
           all
           other
           Ceremonies
           which
           remain
           indifferent
           .
           The
           Corps
           was
           receiv'd
           at
           the
           Church-Gate
           ,
           by
           the
           Minister
           in
           his
           Surplice
           ,
           with
           the
           Form
           by
           the
           Liturgy
           prescrib'd
           .
           The
           Preacher
           select
           Mr.
           
             O.
          
           took
           his
           Text
           from
           
             Rev.
          
           14.
           13.
           
           
             And
             I
             heard
             a
             Voice
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             saying
             unto
             me
             ,
             write
             ,
             Blessed
             are
             the
             Dead
             which
             die
             in
             the
             Lord
             from
             henceforth
             ;
             yea
             ,
             saith
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             rest
             from
             their
             Labours
             ,
             and
             their
             Works
             do
             follow
             them
             .
          
           For
           near
           two
           hours
           Discourse
           ,
           he
           betrayed
           nothing
           of
           the
           particular
           Occasion
           ,
           unless
           (
           as
           some
           think
           )
           in
           Tone
           and
           familiar
           Expressions
           .
           He
           then
           fell
           upon
           the
           Subject
           of
           
             our
             Deceased
             Brother
             ,
          
           and
           spoke
           to
           this
           effect
        
         
           
             And
             now
             into
             the
             Possession
             of
             that
             Perfection
             of
             Blessedness
             ,
             which
             I
             have
             been
             describing
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             only
             hope
             ,
             as
             I
             
             would
             of
             every
             common
             Christian
             ,
             but
             I
             do
             confidently
             believe
             this
             Reverend
             good
             old
             Man
             is
             entred
             ,
             the
             solemnizing
             whose
             Funeral
             is
             the
             Occasion
             of
             our
             present
             Meeting
             together
             .
             I
             ,
             for
             my
             part
             ,
             cannot
             say
             so
             much
             of
             Him
             ,
             as
             his
             Character
             deserves
             ;
             my
             Acquaintance
             with
             him
             having
             been
             once
             interrupted
             for
             many
             Years
             ;
             but
             yet
             I
             cannot
             omit
             saying
             something
             of
             him
             .
             When
             I
             began
             my
             Acquaintance
             with
             him
             ,
             he
             seem'd
             an
             ancient
             Man
             ;
             but
             ,
             by
             his
             Temperance
             and
             wary
             Life
             ,
             and
             his
             peaceable
             Disposition
             ,
             he
             had
             extended
             his
             Life
             to
             half
             the
             Age
             of
             Man
             farther
             ,
             it
             being
             thirty
             Years
             since
             I
             first
             knew
             him
             .
             What
             I
             always
             observ'd
             in
             him
             ,
             as
             peculiar
             to
             his
             Temper
             ,
             was
             a
             great
             Goodness
             and
             Benignity
             of
             Mind
             ,
             a
             great
             Humility
             to
             the
             lowest
             and
             the
             least
             of
             People
             ,
             a
             cordial
             and
             sincere
             Friendship
             ,
             and
             a
             readiness
             to
             do
             all
             the
             Good
             he
             could
             ,
             to
             all
             Men
             ,
             not
             only
             of
             his
             own
             but
             of
             other
             Perswasions
             .
             For
             he
             did
             not
             think
             that
             a
             difference
             in
             things
             not
             Fundamental
             and
             Circumstantial
             ,
             ought
             to
             alienate
             the
             Affections
             of
             Christians
             from
             one
             another
             ,
             where
             there
             was
             a
             good
             Agreement
             as
             to
             the
             main
             Doctrines
             and
             Substantials
             of
             Religion
             .
             He
             was
             always
             therefore
             of
             a
             healing
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             by
             that
             means
             kept
             himself
             free
             from
             those
             Heats
             and
             Passions
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             Blemishes
             of
             overmuch
             Zeal
             in
             all
             Parties
             .
             He
             loved
             not
             a
             disputative
             and
             wrangling
             Divinity
             ,
             but
             only
             that
             which
             express'd
             the
             Life
             and
             Power
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             which
             tended
             to
             make
             good
             and
             heavenly-minded
             Men.
             He
             was
             of
             that
             extraordinary
             Modesty
             and
             Self-abasement
             ,
             as
             often
             to
             give
             the
             preference
             to
             the
             Performances
             of
             younger
             Men
             ,
             before
             his
             own
             grey-headed
             Knowledge
             and
             Experience
             .
             Yet
             how
             earnest
             he
             was
             in
             the
             great
             Work
             of
             promoting
             Men's
             Eternal
             Welfare
             ,
             his
             unwearied
             diligence
             and
             Perseverance
             in
             the
             Ministry
             was
             a
             sufficient
             Testimony
             .
             Ae
             was
             very
             affectionate
             in
             praying
             ,
             not
             only
             for
             others
             ,
             but
             with
             others
             ,
             as
             I
             my self
             have
             often
             heard
             him
             in
             a
             private
             ,
             but
             a
             very
             honourable
             ,
             Family
             .
             Much
             more
             may
             be
             said
             of
             Him
             ,
             but
             this
             I
             could
             not
             forbear
             saying
             ,
             though
             I
             know
             not
             what
             Reflections
             may
             be
             made
             upon
             it
             .
             Common
             Justice
             ,
             and
             my
             Gratitude
             to
             his
             Memory
             ,
             demanded
             thus
             much
             of
             me
             .
             For
             I
             must
             confess
             he
             has
             been
             a
             Friend
             ,
             and
             a
             Patron
             ,
             and
             a
             kind
             of
             Father
             to
             me
             .
             It
             was
             
             from
             him
             I
             received
             my
             Instructions
             when
             I
             first
             entred
             upon
             my
             Ministerial
             Office
             —
             You
             ,
             young
             Men
             ,
             must
             not
             hope
             to
             reach
             to
             the
             Age
             of
             this
             Holy
             Man
             of
             God
             —
          
        
         
           I
           do
           not
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           remember
           all
           the
           Character
           ,
           nor
           can
           I
           so
           far
           pretend
           to
           have
           repeated
           the
           very
           Words
           ;
           but
           I
           am
           confident
           it
           was
           to
           this
           Sense
           ,
           and
           in
           most
           of
           these
           Expressions
           :
           I
           may
           have
           omitted
           somewhat
           ,
           but
           ,
           to
           my
           knowledge
           ,
           have
           invented
           nothing
           .
        
         
           It
           rais'd
           my
           Indignation
           ,
           I
           must
           own
           ,
           to
           hear
           this
           Harangue
           upon
           a
           profess'd
           Maintainer
           of
           Division
           and
           Schism
           :
           To
           hear
           it
           delivered
           in
           that
           very
           Church
           from
           which
           He
           had
           detain'd
           so
           many
           ignorant
           People
           :
           To
           have
           it
           spoke
           in
           Triumph
           over
           the
           Head
           of
           the
           Parochial
           Minister
           ,
           a
           diligent
           and
           sober
           Man
           :
           To
           proclaim
           it
           with
           as
           much
           Noise
           and
           Assurance
           as
           Lungs
           and
           Liberty
           could
           take
           ;
           and
           all
           this
           by
           a
           benefic'd
           Church-Divine
           ,
           without
           distinguishing
           between
           his
           Charity
           and
           his
           Judgment
           ;
           without
           a
           Word
           of
           Exhortation
           to
           Unity
           and
           Peace
           ;
           without
           so
           much
           as
           wishing
           those
           People
           to
           come
           more
           frequently
           to
           that
           Holy
           Place
           ,
           where
           they
           were
           now
           assembled
           ,
           and
           where
           their
           late
           beloved
           Teacher
           chose
           to
           lie
           at
           Rest.
           Nothing
           but
           Applause
           of
           the
           Person
           ,
           and
           then
           a
           silent
           Consent
           to
           the
           Merits
           of
           the
           Cause
           .
           This
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           was
           a
           more
           than
           common
           Joy
           and
           Insult
           to
           that
           Party
           ;
           and
           might
           be
           apt
           to
           strike
           some
           damp
           upon
           the
           regular
           and
           well-affected
           Members
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           since
           one
           of
           their
           own
           reputed
           Ministers
           could
           make
           Conformity
           and
           Separation
           such
           indifferent
           Things
           ;
           and
           pronounce
           the
           Man
           
             Blessed
             ,
          
           who
           had
           been
           the
           Voice
           and
           the
           Soul
           of
           the
           Schism
           in
           that
           Town
           .
        
         
           To
           give
           you
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           my
           own
           Thoughts
           ,
           I
           am
           really
           as
           much
           against
           a
           persecuting
           Spirit
           ,
           as
           any
           of
           those
           Men
           ,
           whose
           Interest
           or
           Coldness
           it
           is
           to
           be
           ,
           for
           what
           they
           call
           
             Moderation
             .
          
           I
           can
           freely
           converse
           ,
           and
           exchange
           any
           Offices
           of
           Humanity
           with
           a
           well-meaning
           Dissenter
           ,
           of
           what
           Name
           soever
           .
           I
           am
           as
           much
           by
           Temper
           ,
           and
           by
           Conscience
           against
           Rudeness
           and
           Railing
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           as
           against
           fawning
           and
           Flattery
           on
           the
           other
           .
           Especially
           ,
           I
           would
           have
           all
           Justice
           and
           all
           Charity
           shewn
           unto
           the
           
             Dead
          
           of
           all
           Perswasions
           .
           For
           I
           believe
           there
           be
           some
           laudable
           Qualities
           in
           Men
           of
           the
           most
           desperate
           Sects
           and
           Factions
           .
           Goodness
           of
           Nature
           can
           sometimes
           break
           through
           ill
           Principles
           ;
           
           and
           the
           signal
           Virtues
           of
           Morality
           ,
           seem
           in
           some
           well
           disposed
           People
           to
           atone
           for
           their
           Mistakes
           in
           Religion
           .
           Even
           the
           
             Pharisees
          
           had
           a
           Right
           to
           be
           commended
           for
           some
           punctual
           Observances
           of
           Charity
           and
           Justice
           :
           Nay
           ,
           the
           most
           deplorable
           
             Hereticks
          
           in
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           were
           none
           of
           them
           so
           lost
           to
           God
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           said
           and
           did
           some
           things
           Praise-worthy
           ,
           and
           of
           good
           Report
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           I
           am
           by
           no
           means
           angry
           ,
           that
           this
           grave
           ancient
           Man
           was
           publickly
           treated
           with
           so
           much
           Respect
           and
           Honour
           .
           The
           Funeral
           Orations
           were
           always
           heard
           with
           some
           allowance
           to
           Grief
           and
           Affection
           :
           And
           Sermons
           ,
           on
           the
           like
           occasion
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           interpreted
           with
           Candour
           and
           Concession
           ;
           especially
           ,
           when
           He
           who
           performs
           that
           last
           Office
           ,
           lies
           under
           particular
           Obligations
           to
           the
           Party
           deceased
           .
           As
           it
           was
           in
           this
           Case
           ;
           where
           the
           Speaker
           is
           said
           to
           be
           possess'd
           of
           a
           very
           plentiful
           Benefice
           ,
           chiefly
           by
           the
           Interest
           and
           Recommendation
           of
           Mr.
           
             Cornish
             ,
          
           in
           whose
           Opinion
           He
           was
           a
           moderate
           and
           peaceable
           Man
           :
           And
           therefore
           He
           did
           well
           to
           intimate
           his
           great
           Engagements
           to
           Him
           ;
           and
           to
           call
           Him
           expresly
           his
           
             Father
             ,
          
           his
           
             Friend
             ,
          
           and
           his
           
             Patron
             .
          
           This
           was
           ingenuous
           and
           proper
           ;
           but
           then
           He
           should
           have
           temper'd
           his
           Gratitude
           with
           Discretion
           and
           Truth
           .
        
         
           He
           should
           first
           have
           
             considered
          
           his
           own
           Character
           ,
           which
           was
           ,
           by
           no
           means
           ,
           to
           be
           an
           Advocate
           for
           Indifference
           in
           Communion
           ,
           nor
           cowardly
           to
           betray
           that
           Altar
           ,
           to
           the
           Service
           whereof
           He
           had
           been
           legally
           ordain'd
           .
           He
           should
           have
           
             consider'd
          
           the
           Place
           ,
           wherein
           he
           stood
           upon
           Courtesie
           and
           Sufferance
           ,
           and
           should
           in
           good
           manners
           have
           said
           nothing
           offensive
           to
           the
           Person
           ,
           by
           whose
           leave
           He
           came
           there
           .
           He
           should
           have
           
             considered
             ,
          
           that
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Audience
           were
           already
           prejudiced
           against
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           ordinary
           means
           of
           Salvation
           in
           it
           ;
           and
           to
           be
           now
           taught
           to
           have
           Men's
           Persons
           in
           greater
           Admiration
           ,
           would
           but
           seal
           up
           the
           Obstinate
           ,
           and
           confirm
           them
           in
           the
           Error
           of
           their
           ways
           .
           He
           should
           too
           have
           considered
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           mixt
           Multitude
           ,
           there
           were
           some
           regular
           and
           conscientious
           Members
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           who
           must
           needs
           be
           offended
           to
           hear
           their
           Church
           ,
           in
           effect
           ,
           delivered
           up
           by
           a
           professing
           Disciple
           of
           it
           :
           And
           to
           find
           a
           Leader
           of
           misguided
           Separatists
           to
           be
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           Sainted
           in
           that
           Place
           ,
           
           where
           Unity
           and
           Conformity
           are
           yet
           established
           by
           Law.
           And
           ,
           above
           all
           ,
           He
           should
           have
           
             considered
             ,
          
           how
           he
           can
           answer
           it
           to
           God
           or
           Man
           ,
           to
           countenance
           Disorders
           and
           Divisions
           ,
           
             to
             Daub
             with
             untemper''d
             Mortar
             ,
             to
             speak
             smooth
             things
             ,
          
           and
           
             to
             prophesie
             Deceits
             ;
          
           however
           the
           
             People
             may
             love
             to
             have
             it
             so
             .
          
        
         
           Most
           certainly
           ,
           the
           Preacher
           ,
           on
           this
           solemn
           Occasion
           ,
           had
           been
           more
           true
           to
           the
           Rights
           of
           his
           own
           Function
           ,
           if
           He
           had
           took
           this
           fair
           Opportunity
           ,
           
             first
          
           to
           commemorate
           the
           great
           Charity
           of
           the
           
             Church
          
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           which
           ,
           like
           a
           natural
           and
           indulgent
           Mother
           ,
           has
           always
           open
           Arms
           to
           receive
           even
           her
           Froward
           and
           Rebellious
           Sons
           .
           And
           tho'
           ,
           like
           the
           other
           true
           Parent
           ,
           she
           had
           rather
           have
           the
           Living
           Child
           than
           the
           Dead
           ;
           yet
           in
           pity
           she
           allows
           her
           Offices
           of
           Christian
           Burial
           ,
           to
           those
           who
           despise
           her
           other
           Ordinances
           :
           Why
           should
           not
           this
           Tenderness
           and
           Compassion
           of
           Hers
           ,
           work
           upon
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           Disobedient
           ?
           Why
           should
           it
           not
           make
           them
           sensible
           ,
           there
           be
           some
           returns
           due
           of
           silial
           Respect
           and
           Love
           ,
           for
           her
           Bowels
           of
           Affection
           to
           them
           ?
           Did
           she
           imitate
           the
           dire
           Severities
           of
           the
           
             Church
          
           of
           
             Rome
             :
          
           Did
           she
           curse
           and
           exclude
           from
           Salvation
           all
           that
           forsook
           the
           Pale
           of
           her
           Communion
           :
           Did
           she
           cast
           out
           their
           Bodies
           to
           the
           Fowls
           of
           the
           Air
           ,
           or
           rake
           into
           their
           Graves
           ,
           and
           condemn
           their
           very
           Bones
           to
           be
           burnt
           ;
           as
           is
           known
           to
           be
           the
           frequent
           Practice
           abroad
           .
           Why
           then
           ,
           these
           unmerciful
           Doings
           might
           well
           create
           Aversion
           and
           Abhorrence
           in
           All
           that
           differ'd
           from
           Hor
           !
           But
           when
           she
           patiently
           waits
           their
           Submission
           ,
           while
           they
           live
           ;
           and
           affords
           them
           the
           last
           Offices
           of
           Piety
           ,
           when
           they
           come
           to
           die
           ,
           this
           sure
           might
           win
           upon
           all
           ingenuous
           Spirits
           ,
           to
           oblige
           Her
           with
           Conformity
           and
           Obedience
           in
           all
           reasonable
           Service
           .
        
         
           He
           might
           then
           have
           took
           an
           Opportunity
           to
           infer
           ,
           that
           our
           dissenting
           Brethren
           do
           not
           die
           so
           much
           out
           of
           Charity
           with
           the
           Church
           ,
           as
           is
           commonly
           imputed
           to
           them
           .
           When
           there
           has
           been
           any
           variance
           between
           Friends
           or
           Relations
           ,
           if
           the
           deceasing
           Party
           bequeath
           a
           Legacy
           to
           Him
           or
           Her
           that
           survives
           :
           This
           is
           justly
           thought
           a
           Sign
           and
           Seal
           of
           Reconciliation
           and
           and
           perfect
           Love.
           Why
           do
           we
           not
           in
           this
           Case
           make
           the
           same
           reasonable
           Inference
           ?
           We
           see
           those
           Brethren
           live
           many
           Years
           as
           Strangers
           and
           Aliens
           to
           the
           Church
           ;
           yet
           when
           they
           come
           to
           depart
           out
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           they
           leave
           their
           Bodies
           as
           a
           Legacy
           
           to
           be
           
             there
          
           deposited
           in
           Peace
           .
           Tho'
           ,
           by
           strength
           of
           Prejudice
           ,
           and
           force
           of
           ill
           Example
           ,
           they
           chose
           to
           serve
           God
           in
           a
           common
           and
           unhallowed
           
             Barn
             ,
          
           rather
           than
           in
           the
           Place
           solemnly
           devoted
           to
           be
           his
           
             House
             of
             Prayer
             :
          
           Yet
           on
           Death-bed
           Thoughts
           ,
           they
           cannot
           will
           their
           Bodies
           to
           be
           committed
           to
           the
           Threshing-Floor
           ;
           but
           make
           it
           their
           last
           Option
           to
           be
           buried
           with
           their
           forefathers
           ,
           and
           let
           their
           Sepulchres
           at
           least
           be
           on
           the
           good
           old
           Consecrated
           Ground
           .
           We
           ought
           to
           put
           the
           kindest
           Sense
           on
           this
           their
           dying
           Disposition
           .
           We
           know
           it
           was
           a
           prevailing
           Error
           in
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           ,
           for
           the
           Novices
           and
           Catechumens
           in
           the
           Faith
           ,
           to
           defer
           their
           being
           baptiz'd
           to
           the
           very
           Point
           of
           Death
           ;
           upon
           a
           false
           Conceit
           that
           every
           Sin
           committed
           after
           Baptism
           would
           be
           mortal
           ;
           and
           ,
           upon
           a
           charitable
           Surmise
           ,
           that
           just
           dying
           in
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Church
           would
           absolve
           them
           from
           all
           the
           Errors
           of
           their
           past
           course
           of
           Life
           .
           Who
           knows
           ,
           but
           the
           better
           sort
           of
           Dissenters
           have
           these
           Scruples
           on
           them
           ?
           That
           if
           they
           should
           be
           too
           soon
           admitted
           into
           the
           Bosom
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           they
           could
           by
           no
           means
           live
           up
           to
           the
           Rules
           and
           Orders
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           so
           ,
           by
           being
           unworthy
           Members
           ,
           should
           be
           the
           greater
           Sinners
           :
           Whereas
           delaying
           their
           admission
           to
           the
           last
           ,
           they
           may
           possibly
           suppose
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           final
           Action
           determines
           their
           Salvation
           ;
           and
           to
           be
           buried
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           is
           a
           sufficient
           Atonement
           for
           long
           Absence
           from
           it
           .
           
             Charity
             thinketh
             no
             Evil.
             
          
        
         
           Then
           He
           might
           have
           took
           occasion
           to
           perswade
           the
           Brethren
           there
           preseut
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           be
           as
           well
           affected
           in
           their
           Life
           and
           Health
           ,
           as
           they
           generally
           come
           to
           be
           in
           their
           last
           Sickness
           ,
           and
           Point
           of
           Death
           ;
           
             i.
             e.
          
           to
           bring
           their
           Bodies
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           while
           their
           Souls
           are
           yet
           in
           them
           .
           For
           Souls
           and
           Bodies
           united
           ,
           might
           be
           offer'd
           as
           a
           more
           acceptable
           and
           well-pleasing
           Sacrifice
           to
           Christ
           ,
           and
           his
           Spouse
           ,
           the
           Church
           ;
           
             more
             acceptable
             ,
          
           than
           the
           bare
           Carcass
           ,
           and
           the
           Refuse
           of
           Mortality
           .
           Why
           should
           they
           desire
           to
           be
           interr'd
           within
           the
           Precincts
           of
           the
           Church
           ?
           Unless
           they
           naturally
           think
           it
           their
           own
           last
           Home
           ,
           and
           their
           proper
           Place
           .
           Would
           any
           of
           Us
           request
           ,
           that
           our
           dead
           Bodies
           should
           be
           carried
           into
           an
           Enemy's
           Country
           ,
           rather
           than
           be
           laid
           up
           in
           our
           Native
           Land
           ?
           It
           must
           argue
           some
           Affection
           to
           that
           Spot
           of
           Earth
           ,
           where
           we
           resolve
           to
           lay
           down
           our
           mortal
           Man
           ,
           and
           mix
           our
           common
           Dust.
           Many
           of
           the
           
           good
           Old
           Christians
           ,
           in
           the
           Times
           of
           Persecution
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           fix'd
           upon
           their
           Place
           of
           Sepulture
           ,
           in
           Rocks
           ,
           suppose
           ,
           or
           Dens
           ,
           or
           Caves
           of
           the
           Earth
           ;
           when
           they
           had
           fix'd
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           upon
           the
           
             Pla●●
             ;
          
           they
           used
           often
           to
           visit
           it
           ,
           to
           retire
           to
           it
           ,
           to
           spend
           hours
           of
           Devotion
           at
           it
           ,
           to
           put
           them
           in
           mind
           of
           Mortality
           ,
           and
           prepare
           themselves
           to
           depart
           in
           Peace
           .
           It
           could
           be
           no
           Superstition
           in
           our
           Dissenting
           Friends
           ,
           to
           use
           the
           like
           preparatory
           Methods
           of
           Holy
           Dying
           ;
           I
           mean
           frequently
           to
           visit
           the
           Sacred
           Place
           allotted
           for
           their
           Burial
           ,
           and
           there
           exercise
           themselves
           to
           that
           Godliness
           which
           will
           be
           profitable
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           He
           might
           further
           have
           thought
           fit
           to
           encourage
           those
           Brethren
           ,
           not
           to
           forsake
           the
           assembling
           themselves
           together
           in
           that
           Holy
           Place
           ,
           where
           the
           Mournful
           Occasion
           had
           now
           brought
           them
           .
           For
           they
           might
           perceive
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           such
           harm
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           or
           the
           Service
           of
           it
           .
           The
           Ground
           was
           not
           polluted
           with
           Idolatrous
           Worship
           ;
           if
           it
           had
           ,
           their
           Reverend
           Teacher
           would
           not
           have
           desir'd
           to
           find
           there
           an
           Ark
           of
           Rest
           for
           his
           Earthly
           Tabernacle
           .
           The
           Surplice
           ,
           and
           the
           Liturgy
           ,
           were
           no
           such
           abominable
           Things
           ;
           for
           they
           had
           now
           seen
           them
           innocently
           us'd
           in
           the
           Conduct
           of
           their
           good
           Old
           Pastor
           to
           the
           Grave
           :
           Nay
           ,
           and
           they
           had
           seen
           six
           of
           their
           Living
           Teachers
           walking
           after
           them
           bare-headed
           ,
           with
           as
           much
           Decency
           and
           Respect
           ,
           as
           good
           Manners
           ,
           and
           good
           Conscience
           could
           advise
           .
           What
           false
           Spies
           are
           they
           ,
           who
           have
           brought
           this
           Evil
           Report
           upon
           the
           Church
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           hideous
           and
           intolerable
           ,
           and
           would
           eat
           up
           the
           Inhabitants
           ?
           We
           see
           no
           such
           thing
           :
           The
           Ceremonies
           are
           few
           and
           inoffensive
           :
           The
           Prayers
           are
           devout
           ,
           and
           pathetically
           good
           :
           The
           Sermons
           are
           practical
           and
           plain
           .
           The
           People
           seem
           generally
           sincere
           and
           without
           Hypocrisie
           .
           
             Let
             us
             dwell
             with
             them
             together
             in
             Unity
             .
             I
             was
             glad
             when
             they
             said
             unto
             me
             ,
             we
             will
             go
             into
             the
             House
             of
             the
             Lord.
             Our
             Feet
             shall
             stand
             in
             thy
             Gates
             ,
             O
             Jerusalem
             .
          
        
         
           And
           when
           He
           had
           come
           to
           speak
           more
           expresly
           of
           the
           Person
           and
           Character
           of
           the
           Dead
           ,
           He
           should
           have
           made
           a
           fair
           and
           ingenuous
           Apology
           for
           those
           Strokes
           of
           Life
           and
           Conversation
           ,
           which
           some
           People
           had
           objected
           ,
           as
           Blots
           and
           Blemishes
           to
           Him.
           
        
         
         
           He
           might
           have
           plausibly
           said
           ;
           that
           his
           being
           cast
           into
           those
           Ways
           of
           Separation
           ,
           seem'd
           not
           so
           much
           his
           Choice
           ,
           and
           his
           Judgment
           ,
           as
           his
           Birth
           ,
           and
           his
           Breeding
           ,
           and
           his
           Engagements
           in
           the
           World
           :
           For
           that
           He
           was
           born
           of
           Puritanical
           Paients
           ,
           and
           taught
           from
           a
           Child
           to
           censure
           ,
           and
           condemn
           ,
           what
           He
           could
           not
           understand
           :
           That
           with
           these
           Prejudices
           ,
           He
           was
           admitted
           in
           
             Oxford
          
           under
           the
           Government
           of
           a
           noted
           Admirer
           of
           that
           way
           ;
           and
           being
           there
           imploy'd
           in
           a
           servile
           Office
           ,
           He
           was
           the
           more
           oblig'd
           to
           let
           his
           Conscience
           be
           at
           the
           Command
           of
           his
           Superiors
           :
           That
           he
           took
           Orders
           at
           a
           fatal
           Juncture
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           Popularity
           and
           Gain
           to
           preach
           down
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Church
           :
           That
           his
           Zeal
           in
           this
           Cause
           had
           recommended
           Him
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           so
           call'd
           ,
           who
           sent
           him
           back
           with
           other
           chosen
           Brethren
           to
           preach
           up
           Reformation
           in
           
             Oxford
             :
          
           And
           ,
           for
           his
           Pains
           there
           taken
           ,
           did
           soon
           reward
           Him
           with
           a
           Canonry
           in
           
             Christ-Church
             ,
          
           one
           of
           the
           best
           Preferments
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           which
           the
           Iniquity
           of
           those
           Times
           had
           left
           capable
           to
           be
           enjoy'd
           .
           That
           these
           Obligations
           were
           enough
           to
           contract
           Him
           to
           that
           Cause
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           got
           his
           Wealth
           and
           Honour
           ;
           whereas
           the
           Church
           had
           offered
           little
           or
           nothing
           to
           retain
           him
           at
           first
           ,
           or
           to
           bring
           him
           back
           again
           .
           For
           when
           He
           was
           forc'd
           to
           leave
           his
           own
           (
           
             i.
             e.
          
           Another's
           )
           Place
           in
           the
           College
           ,
           He
           saw
           afterward
           no
           I
           emptation
           to
           conform
           .
           He
           fell
           under
           the
           near
           Influence
           of
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           who
           encourag'd
           and
           supported
           his
           Nonconformity
           ;
           and
           made
           him
           perhaps
           dream
           of
           the
           Glorious
           Times
           of
           Restitution
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           He
           was
           drove
           on
           the
           Necessities
           of
           teaching
           in
           Separate
           Congregations
           ;
           which
           Course
           of
           Life
           put
           him
           upon
           some
           Troubles
           and
           Afflictions
           ,
           that
           might
           incense
           Humane
           Nature
           ,
           and
           provoke
           Him
           to
           be
           more
           dis-affected
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           by
           which
           He
           seem'd
           to
           have
           suffer'd
           much
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           lost
           All.
           
        
         
           But
           herein
           He
           purchas'd
           ,
           what
           really
           deserves
           to
           be
           call'd
           a
           
             good
             Report
             :
          
           For
           notwithstanding
           these
           many
           Disadvantages
           of
           Education
           and
           Interest
           ,
           and
           Resentment
           ;
           yet
           ,
           after
           All
           ,
           He
           was
           no
           Bigot
           ,
           no
           violent
           Angry
           Man
           :
           He
           had
           really
           a
           Meekness
           of
           Disposition
           ,
           that
           kept
           him
           much
           from
           Wrangles
           and
           Disputes
           :
           He
           had
           a
           Goodness
           of
           Nature
           ,
           that
           inclin'd
           Him
           to
           a
           fair
           Correspondence
           with
           some
           Church-Divines
           ;
           and
           it
           
           seem'd
           his
           peculiar
           Frame
           of
           Spirit
           to
           be
           reserv'd
           and
           inoffensive
           .
           In
           the
           short
           Discourses
           ,
           which
           I
           know
           to
           have
           been
           held
           with
           Him
           ,
           like
           a
           Wise
           and
           Good
           Man
           ,
           He
           took
           only
           the
           defensive
           part
           .
           He
           never
           ,
           in
           my
           hearing
           ,
           rail'd
           at
           ,
           or
           run
           down
           the
           Constitution
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           but
           pleaded
           calmly
           for
           Moderation
           ,
           and
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           bearing
           with
           One
           Another
           .
           He
           would
           often
           chuse
           to
           make
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           some
           Apology
           for
           keeping
           up
           a
           separate
           Meeting
           in
           Opposition
           to
           the
           Church
           .
           He
           would
           say
           ,
           He
           was
           brought
           thither
           by
           the
           Invitation
           and
           Importunity
           of
           such
           ,
           as
           He
           thought
           good
           People
           .
           That
           it
           was
           not
           his
           Intention
           to
           keep
           them
           altogether
           from
           the
           Church
           ;
           but
           should
           sometimes
           set
           them
           the
           Example
           of
           going
           thither
           himself
           .
           And
           He
           did
           at
           first
           resolve
           to
           begin
           ,
           and
           end
           ,
           his
           Publick
           Exercises
           at
           such
           hours
           ,
           as
           should
           not
           interfere
           with
           the
           Solemn
           Service
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           but
           dismiss
           them
           from
           one
           place
           ,
           to
           attend
           at
           the
           other
           .
           He
           seem'd
           to
           desire
           no
           better
           Character
           ,
           than
           what
           had
           been
           truly
           given
           of
           his
           Predecessor
           in
           that
           Town
           ,
           Mr.
           
             John
             Troughton
             .
          
           
           
             
               He
               was
               not
            
             of
             so
             busie
             ,
             turbulent
             ,
             and
             furious
             a
             Spirit
             ,
             as
             Those
             of
             his
             Perswasion
             commonly
             are
             ;
             but
             very
             moderate
             .
             And
             although
             he
             often
             preached
             ,
             as
             Occasions
             offered
             themselves
             ,
             in
             prohibited
             Assemblies
             ;
             yet
             He
             did
             not
             make
             it
             his
             business
             ,
             by
             employing
             all
             the
             little
             Tricks
             and
             Artifices
             ,
             too
             frequently
             practised
             by
             other
             hot-headed
             Zealots
             of
             his
             Fraternity
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             by
             vilifying
             and
             railing
             at
             the
             Established
             Ordinances
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             libelling
             the
             conformable
             Ministry
             ,
             by
             keeping
             their
             Meetings
             at
             that
             very
             time
             when
             the
             Services
             and
             Administrations
             of
             the
             Church
             are
             regularly
             performing
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
             He
             did
             not
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             by
             these
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             most
             unwarrantable
             Contrivances
             ,
             endeavour
             to
             withdraw
             weaker
             Persons
             from
             the
             sacred
             Bosom
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             fix
             and
             herd
             them
             in
             associated
             defying
             Conventicles
             .
             He
             was
             respected
             by
             ,
             and
             maintain'd
             an
             amicable
             Correspondence
             with
             some
             of
             the
             Conformable
             Clergy
             ,
             because
             of
             his
             great
             Knowledge
             and
             Moderation
             .
          
        
         
           Mr.
           
             John
             Troughton
          
           had
           this
           good
           Character
           given
           Him
           by
           a
           Writer
           ,
           that
           had
           not
           the
           Custom
           of
           flattering
           that
           Party
           ;
           nor
           used
           He
           to
           speak
           better
           of
           Persons
           ,
           than
           they
           commonly
           deserv'd
           .
           And
           truly
           such
           ,
           in
           most
           respects
           ,
           
             Mr.
             Henry
             Cornish
          
           
           seem'd
           to
           be
           ,
           peaceable
           and
           quietly
           dispos'd
           .
           He
           was
           known
           to
           have
           valued
           himself
           on
           this
           Happiness
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           receiv'd
           Holy
           Orders
           from
           a
           Bishop
           of
           the
           
             Church
          
           of
           
             England
             ;
          
           and
           therefore
           could
           not
           be
           thought
           an
           Intruder
           into
           the
           Ministerial
           Office.
           I
           remember
           He
           has
           ,
           upon
           several
           Occasions
           ,
           call'd
           himself
           ,
           and
           wrote
           himself
           ,
           
             Episcopally
             Ordain'd
             ;
          
           and
           ,
           under
           that
           Character
           ,
           would
           distinguish
           himself
           from
           other
           ordinary
           Dissenting
           Teachers
           .
           He
           married
           one
           of
           his
           Daughters
           to
           a
           Conforming
           Divine
           ,
           and
           used
           his
           Interest
           to
           possess
           Him
           of
           a
           better
           Benefice
           ,
           under
           the
           Conditions
           of
           Subscription
           and
           Declaration
           which
           the
           Laws
           requir'd
           .
           He
           has
           ,
           in
           private
           Conversation
           ,
           told
           the
           Minister
           of
           the
           Place
           ,
           that
           though
           he
           hop'd
           to
           continue
           preaching
           to
           his
           Congregation
           for
           his
           own
           Life
           ;
           yet
           he
           thought
           to
           perswade
           them
           All
           after
           his
           Death
           ,
           to
           let
           fall
           the
           separate
           Meeting
           ,
           and
           come
           unanimously
           to
           the
           Church
           :
           Which
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           the
           honest
           Man
           sincerely
           meant
           .
           For
           when
           the
           Minister
           afterward
           charg'd
           him
           with
           this
           Promise
           ,
           and
           seem'd
           to
           fear
           the
           breach
           of
           it
           ;
           because
           He
           had
           taken
           in
           a
           young
           Assistant
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           same
           Work
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           up
           the
           same
           Assemblies
           of
           Opposition
           .
           The
           old
           Gentleman
           excus'd
           the
           Matter
           ,
           and
           declar'd
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           young
           Person
           was
           sent
           for
           without
           his
           Orders
           and
           Advice
           ,
           and
           fetcht
           up
           from
           another
           part
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           before
           He
           consented
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           these
           Instances
           of
           his
           Charity
           and
           Condescension
           had
           been
           faithfully
           related
           by
           the
           Funeral
           Preacher
           ,
           He
           had
           done
           more
           Justice
           and
           more
           Honour
           to
           the
           Memory
           of
           his
           
             Friend
          
           and
           
             Patron
             .
          
           God
           forbid
           that
           He
           should
           have
           rudely
           rak'd
           into
           his
           Ashes
           ,
           for
           Faults
           and
           Reflexions
           on
           them
           :
           He
           should
           rather
           again
           vindicate
           Him
           from
           any
           Matters
           of
           
             Fact
             ,
          
           or
           
             Fame
             ,
          
           that
           had
           been
           objected
           against
           Him.
           
        
         
           That
           ,
           from
           his
           Youth
           ,
           He
           was
           blown
           up
           with
           that
           unhappy
           Ferment
           of
           Innovation
           ,
           that
           quickly
           ruin'd
           a
           once
           Glorious
           Church
           and
           State
           :
           This
           might
           be
           imputed
           to
           that
           want
           of
           Age
           and
           Experience
           ,
           that
           drew
           him
           away
           ,
           before
           He
           could
           distinguish
           between
           Good
           and
           Evil.
           That
           He
           left
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           when
           it
           was
           garrison'd
           for
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           join'd
           himself
           with
           those
           that
           were
           in
           Rebellion
           :
           This
           might
           be
           ascrib'd
           to
           the
           impetuous
           Tide
           and
           Tumult
           of
           those
           Unhappy
           Times
           .
           That
           
           He
           was
           remanded
           to
           the
           same
           University
           to
           preach
           the
           Scholars
           into
           Obedience
           to
           the
           Usurping
           Powers
           :
           This
           might
           be
           resolv'd
           into
           the
           same
           Cause
           ,
           the
           Running
           Stream
           ,
           and
           the
           Madness
           of
           that
           Age.
           That
           He
           took
           the
           Dignity
           ,
           from
           whence
           the
           great
           Dr.
           
             Sanderson
          
           was
           ,
           for
           Orthodoxy
           and
           Loyalty
           ,
           ejected
           ;
           and
           so
           was
           said
           to
           eat
           the
           Bread
           of
           one
           of
           the
           profoundest
           Scholars
           ,
           and
           most
           Pious
           Divines
           in
           this
           Nation
           :
           This
           too
           might
           be
           a
           little
           excus'd
           from
           the
           innate
           Principles
           of
           Self-Love
           and
           Preservation
           .
           That
           he
           was
           even
           in
           those
           Times
           ridicul'd
           and
           made
           contemptible
           for
           a
           
             Puling
             Saint
             ,
          
           and
           
             Sneaking
             Hypocrite
             ,
          
           in
           Drollery
           and
           Rhimes
           ,
           entitled
           ,
           
             Zeal
             over-heated
             :
          
           
           
             Or
             ,
             A
             Relation
             of
             a
             Lamentable
             Fire
             in
             a
             Religious
             Brother's
             Shop
             ,
             where
             Holy
          
           Cornish
           
             teached
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           This
           might
           be
           the
           Common
           Genius
           of
           Poetry
           and
           Profaneness
           .
           That
           He
           afterward
           put
           himself
           into
           a
           very
           swimming
           Humour
           ,
           and
           scarce
           knew
           whether
           to
           dissent
           ,
           or
           to
           conform
           :
           This
           might
           be
           his
           comprehensive
           Charity
           ,
           and
           Latitude
           of
           Love.
           That
           his
           own
           old
           Friends
           have
           been
           heard
           to
           complain
           ,
           that
           He
           was
           too
           cold
           and
           silent
           ,
           that
           He
           had
           wrote
           nothing
           for
           the
           Cause
           :
           This
           might
           arise
           from
           his
           Modesty
           and
           Distrust
           of
           his
           own
           Talents
           ;
           or
           perhaps
           from
           a
           better
           Sense
           ,
           that
           such
           controversial
           Writings
           had
           only
           inflam'd
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           turn'd
           away
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Religion
           .
           That
           He
           was
           reported
           to
           have
           little
           or
           no
           Learning
           ,
           and
           that
           some
           of
           his
           Letters
           are
           said
           to
           remain
           a
           Testimony
           of
           his
           writing
           what
           was
           scarcely
           Sense
           and
           not
           English
           :
           This
           sure
           must
           have
           been
           the
           Imperfection
           of
           his
           declining
           Years
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           outliv'd
           the
           sight
           of
           his
           Eyes
           ,
           when
           in
           his
           Sermons
           and
           Epistles
           he
           was
           forced
           to
           use
           the
           Pen
           of
           his
           Maid-Servant
           ;
           and
           when
           perhaps
           (
           as
           a
           notable
           old
           Professor
           said
           )
           He
           had
           forgot
           more
           than
           others
           ever
           learn'd
           .
        
         
           Stories
           and
           scurrilous
           Reflexions
           are
           not
           so
           much
           the
           Talent
           of
           Men
           of
           our
           Communion
           .
           Integrity
           and
           Truth
           need
           nothing
           but
           themselves
           ,
           to
           support
           themselves
           .
           Far
           be
           it
           from
           Us
           ,
           to
           invent
           Libels
           and
           Slanders
           even
           against
           our
           greatest
           Adversaries
           ,
           much
           less
           against
           Him
           ,
           who
           at
           some
           Times
           ,
           and
           in
           some
           Things
           ,
           profest
           to
           be
           our
           Friend
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           indeed
           a
           late
           Historian
           ,
           who
           wrote
           for
           no
           Interest
           ,
           and
           has
           therefore
           among
           some
           Persons
           gain'd
           the
           Reputation
           of
           a
           
             plain
             and
             undissembling
             Teller
             of
             Truth
             ,
          
           One
           that
           really
           knew
           
           as
           much
           of
           Modern
           Things
           and
           Men
           ,
           as
           any
           one
           Writer
           of
           this
           Age
           and
           Nation
           .
           This
           Historian
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           made
           bold
           to
           draw
           up
           and
           publish
           the
           Character
           of
           Mr.
           
             Cornish
             ,
          
           while
           He
           liv'd
           ;
           which
           was
           the
           more
           ingenuously
           done
           ,
           that
           He
           might
           have
           pleaded
           his
           own
           Cause
           ,
           and
           vindicated
           himself
           from
           any
           false
           Aspersions
           .
           Perhaps
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           in
           your
           Retirement
           ,
           you
           have
           not
           the
           Book
           by
           you
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I'llcite
           you
           the
           Words
           at
           large
           .
           But
           I
           beg
           your
           Pardon
           ;
           I
           would
           be
           only
           the
           Transcriber
           ,
           and
           leave
           the
           Truth
           and
           Propriety
           of
           it
           to
           your
           better
           Enquiries
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Credit
           of
           the
           Author
           .
        
         
           
             
               An.
               Dom.
            
             1649.
             
             About
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             when
             the
             two
             last
             
             Persons
             were
             created
             (
             
               i.
               e.
               John
               Wilkins
            
             and
             
               Henry
               Langley
            
             )
             it
             was
             granted
             to
             
               Henry
               Cornish
               ,
            
             Batchelor
             of
             Divinity
             ,
             and
             Canon
             of
             
               Christ-Church
               ,
            
             that
             He
             ,
             if
             he
             please
             ,
             might
             be
             actually
             created
             Doctor
             of
             Divinity
             ;
             but
             he
             refused
             it
             ,
             and
             was
             not
             .
             This
             Person
             ,
             who
             was
             Son
             of
             
               Will.
               Cornish
            
             of
             
               Ditchet
            
             in
             
               Somersetshire
               ,
            
             was
             originally
             a
             poor
             Scholar
             of
             
               New-Inn
               ,
            
             and
             an
             Assistant
             to
             the
             Butler
             there
             to
             put
             on
             (
             or
             enter
             Battles
             )
             in
             the
             Buttery-Book
             :
             And
             as
             he
             had
             been
             Puritanically
             educated
             at
             home
             ,
             so
             more
             under
             Dr.
             
               Rogers
            
             Principal
             of
             the
             same
             
               Inn.
            
             Afterwards
             He
             took
             the
             Degrees
             in
             Arts
             ,
             and
             became
             a
             puling
             Preacher
             ,
             left
             
               Oxon
            
             when
             it
             was
             garrison'd
             for
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             preached
             among
             the
             
               Godly
               Party
               ,
            
             and
             was
             appointed
             by
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             with
             
               Langley
            
             before-mention'd
             ,
             
               Corbet
               ,
               Cheynell
               ,
            
             &c.
             to
             preach
             the
             Scholars
             into
             Obedience
             to
             the
             then
             Powers
             :
             For
             which
             his
             Service
             ,
             He
             was
             made
             Canon
             of
             
               Christ-Church
               ,
            
             in
             the
             Place
             of
             Dr.
             
               Robert
               Sanderson
            
             ejected
             .
             After
             His
             Majesty's
             Restauration
             ,
             He
             was
             remov'd
             ,
             and
             preached
             in
             those
             Parts
             as
             a
             Nonconformist
             ,
             till
             the
             Five
             Mile
             Act
             was
             made
             ;
             and
             then
             retiring
             to
             
               Stenton
               Harcourt
            
             in
             
               Oxfordshire
               ,
            
             where
             He
             was
             patroniz'd
             by
             Sir
             
               Philip
               Harcourt
               ,
            
             a
             Favourer
             of
             such
             like
             Persons
             (
             as
             having
             been
             educated
             in
             their
             Principles
             by
             one
             of
             the
             Parliament-Generals
             ,
             named
             Sir
             
               William
               Waller
               ,
            
             who
             had
             married
             his
             Mother
             .
             )
             He
             lived
             ,
             and
             carried
             on
             the
             Trade
             there
             for
             many
             Years
             ,
             and
             took
             all
             Occasions
             elsewhere
             to
             preach
             ,
             when
             the
             Indulgences
             for
             tender
             Consciences
             were
             granted
             ;
             and
             did
             sometimes
             (
             after
             K.
             
               William
               III.
            
             came
             to
             the
             Crown
             )
             preach
             in
             an
             antiquated
             Dancing-School
             just
             without
             the
             North-Gate
             
             of
             
               Oxon
               :
            
             To
             which
             Place
             many
             People
             did
             usually
             resort
             .
             Afterwards
             this
             Meeting
             was
             translated
             to
             a
             House
             in
             St.
             
             Ebbe's
             Parish
             ,
             where
             it
             now
             (
             1691.
             )
             continueth
             ,
             and
             is
             chiefly
             carried
             on
             by
             a
             certain
             Person
             ,
             who
             had
             received
             some
             Education
             in
             
               Cambridge
               ,
            
             &c.
             In
             the
             Year
             1690.
             
             Mr.
             
               Cornish
            
             left
             
               Stanton-Harcourt
               ,
            
             and
             translated
             himself
             to
             a
             Market-Town
             in
             
               Oxfordshire
               ,
            
             called
             
               Bisiter
               ,
            
             where
             He
             now
             holds
             forth
             .
             So
             that
             He
             who
             had
             been
             a
             Licensed
             Preacher
             by
             the
             
               Blessed
               Parliament
               ,
            
             as
             it
             was
             by
             the
             Brethren
             ,
             so
             call'd
             ▪
             and
             had
             been
             Canon
             of
             
               Christ-Church
               ,
            
             and
             much
             respected
             by
             those
             of
             his
             Perswasion
             ,
             while
             He
             lived
             in
             
               Oxon
               ,
            
             for
             a
             
               Godly
               Man
               ,
            
             doth
             now
             in
             his
             Old
             Age
             ,
             being
             now
             about
             80
             Years
             old
             ,
             preach
             in
             a
             Barn
             in
             the
             said
             Town
             of
             
               Bisiter
               ,
            
             for
             Profit-sake
             ,
             to
             silly
             Women
             ,
             and
             other
             obstinate
             People
             ;
             such
             is
             the
             poor
             Spirit
             of
             the
             Person
             .
          
        
         
           I
           have
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           already
           intimated
           ,
           that
           it
           shall
           be
           none
           of
           my
           business
           to
           justifie
           ,
           or
           refute
           this
           Character
           ,
           which
           stood
           upon
           Publick
           Record
           ,
           for
           several
           Years
           ,
           before
           the
           Reverend
           Man
           here
           describ'd
           did
           depart
           this
           World.
           I
           have
           no
           more
           to
           add
           ,
           but
           my
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           a
           desire
           of
           Yours
           ,
           that
           while
           there
           seems
           so
           fair
           a
           Prospect
           of
           Universal
           Peace
           Abroad
           ,
           God
           would
           bless
           Us
           with
           Unity
           and
           Concord
           here
           at
           Home
           ,
           and
           grant
           Us
           All
           to
           be
           first
           
             Honest
             ,
          
           and
           
             Prudent
             ,
          
           and
           then
           
             Religious
             :
          
           And
           I
           verily
           believe
           ,
           that
           Men
           ,
           so
           qualified
           ,
           could
           never
           
             desert
          
           or
           
             betray
          
           the
           Excellent
           Communion
           of
           the
           
             Church
          
           of
           
             England
             .
          
        
         
           
             Your
             most
             Humble
             Servant
             .
          
           
             
               Decemb.
               23.
               1698.
               
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A47258-e170
           
             Athen.
             Oxon.
             Vol.
             2.
             
             P.
             512.
             
          
           
             By
             
               Tho.
               Weaver
               .
            
             Printed
             1654.
             
          
           
             Athen.
             Oxon.
             Vol
             ●
             .
             P.
             771.