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           ΕΜΨΥΧΟΝ
           ΝΕΚΡΟΝ
           OR
           The
           Lifelesness
           of
           Life
           on
           the
           hether
           side
           of
           IMMORTALITY
           .
           WITH
           (
           A
           
             Timely
             Caveat
          
           against
           
             Procrastination
             .
          
           )
           Briefly
           expressed
           and
           applyed
           in
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           at
           the
           Funerall
           of
           
             Edward
             Peyto
          
           of
           
             Chesterton
          
           in
           
             Warwick-shire
          
           Esquire
           .
        
         
           
             By
             Thomas
             Pierce
          
           Rector
           of
           
             Brington
             .
          
        
         
           
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             —
             
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             .
          
           
             Eurip.
             in
             Alcest
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             R.
             Royston
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           the
           
             Angel
          
           in
           
             Ivie-lane
             .
          
           M.
           DC
           .
           LIX
           .
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           my
           ever
           Honoured
           Friend
           Mris.
           
             Elizabeth
             Peyto
          
           of
           
             Chesterton
             .
          
        
         
           
             Madam
             ,
          
        
         
           TO
           speak
           my
           sense
           of
           your
           many
           
             Favours
             ,
          
           with
           my
           reverent
           esteem
           of
           your
           
             Approbation
             ,
          
           and
           how
           inclinable
           I
           have
           been
           to
           yield
           obedience
           to
           your
           
             Commands
             ,
          
           the
           
             greatest
          
           expression
           that
           I
           can
           
             make
             ,
          
           hath
           been
           hetherto
           the
           
             least
          
           that
           I
           think
           is
           
             due
             .
          
           And
           now
           I
           am
           sorry
           I
           can
           prove
           by
           no
           better
           Argument
           ,
           (
           at
           the
           present
           ,
           )
           how
           great
           a
           deference
           and
           submission
           I
           think
           is
           due
           to
           
             your
             Judgement
             ,
          
           than
           by
           my
           having
           
             preferr'd
          
           it
           before
           mine
           
             own
             ,
          
           in
           permitting
           that
           Sermon
           to
           lye
           in
           
             common
             ,
          
           which
           I
           had
           only
           intended
           for
           your
           
             inclosure
             .
          
           For
           though
           the
           thing
           hath
           been
           desired
           by
           
             several
          
           persons
           of
           Quality
           ,
           besides
           
             your self
             ;
          
           yet
           the
           principal
           end
           of
           my
           Publication
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           gratifie
           
             their
             desires
             ,
          
           whom
           I
           could
           civilly
           
             deny
             ,
          
           but
           to
           comply
           with
           
             your
             reasons
             ,
          
           which
           I
           cannot
           pardonably
           
             resist
             .
          
           The
           very
           
             piety
          
           of
           your
           Reasons
           having
           added
           to
           them
           so
           great
           a
           power
           ,
           that
           what
           was
           
             skill
          
           in
           
             Aspendius
             ,
          
           in
           
             me
          
           would
           certainly
           be
           
             guilt
             ,
          
           should
           I
           (
           through
           Avarice
           or
           Envy
           )
           reserve
           any
           thing
           to
           my
           
             self
             ,
          
           by
           which
           your
           
             charity
             doth
          
           
             †
          
           
             believe
          
           I
           may
           profit
           
             others
             .
          
        
         
           Indeed
           considering
           we
           are
           fallen
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           onely
           say
           ,
           into
           an
           
             iron
             age
             ,
          
           but
           into
           an
           
             age
          
           whose
           very
           
             iron
          
           hath
           gather'd
           
             rust
          
           too
           ,
           wherein
           the
           
             most
          
           do
           
             so
          
           live
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           verily
           
             thought
          
           they
           should
           
             never
             dye
             ,
          
           (
           at
           least
           had
           
             forgotten
          
           that
           they
           are
           
             dying
             ,
          
           and
           being
           
             dead
          
           must
           be
           
             accountable
          
           
           for
           what
           is
           done
           whilst
           they
           are
           
             living
             ,
          
           )
           it
           may
           be
           labour
           well
           spent
           ,
           to
           
             trig
          
           the
           wheels
           of
           their
           sensuality
           ;
           and
           that
           by
           thrusting
           into
           their
           eyes
           such
           sad
           and
           seasonable
           objects
           ,
           as
           may
           make
           them
           
             consider
             their
             latter
             end
             .
          
           It
           was
           a
           custome
           
           
           with
           some
           of
           
             old
             ,
          
           (
           or
           else
           my
           memory
           is
           a
           deceiver
           ,
           )
           whensoever
           they
           intended
           a
           
             sumptuous
          
           Feast
           ,
           to
           put
           a
           
             death's-head
          
           into
           a
           
             dish
             ,
          
           and
           serve
           it
           up
           unto
           the
           
             table
             :
          
           which
           being
           meant
           for
           a
           significant
           ,
           though
           silent
           
             Orator
             ,
          
           to
           plead
           for
           
             temperance
          
           and
           
             sobriety
             ,
          
           by
           minding
           the
           men
           of
           their
           mortality
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           end
           of
           their
           
             eating
          
           should
           be
           to
           
             live
             ,
          
           that
           the
           end
           of
           their
           
             living
          
           should
           be
           to
           
             dye
             ,
          
           and
           the
           end
           of
           their
           
             dying
          
           to
           
             live
             for
             ever
             ,
          
           (
           for
           even
           the
           Heathens
           who
           
             denyed
          
           the
           
             resurrection
          
           of
           the
           
             body
             ,
          
           did
           yet
           
             believe
          
           the
           
             immortality
          
           of
           the
           
             soul
             ,
          
           )
           was
           look'd
           upon
           by
           all
           sober
           and
           considering
           
             guests
             ,
          
           as
           the
           
             wholesomest
          
           part
           of
           their
           
             entertainment
             .
          
           And
           since
           it
           is
           true
           (
           what
           is
           said
           by
           
             Solomon
          
           )
           that
           
             sorrow
             is
             better
             then
             laughter
             ,
             for
             by
             the
             sadness
             of
             the
             countenance
          
           
           
             the
             heart
             is
             made
             better
             ;
          
           whereupon
           the
           
             Royall
             Preacher
          
           concludes
           it
           
             better
          
           of
           the
           two
           ,
           
             for
             a
             man
             to
             go
             into
             the
             house
             of
             mourning
             ;
          
           I
           cannot
           but
           reason
           within
           my
           
           self
           ,
           that
           when
           
             *
          
           
             the
             heart
             of
             fools
             is
             in
             the
             house
             of
             mirth
             ,
          
           whose
           customary
           language
           is
           such
           as
           this
           ,
           [
           
             Come
          
           
           
             on
             ,
             let
             us
             injoy
             the
             good
             things
             that
             are
             present
             ,
             let
             us
             crown
             our selves
             with
             Rose-buds
             before
             they
             be
             wither'd
             ,
             let
             none
             of
             us
             go
             without
             his
             part
             of
             voluptuousness
             ,
             let
             us
             leave
             tokens
             of
             our
             joyfulness
             in
             every
             street
             ,
             let
             us
             oppress
             the
             poor
             man
             that
             is
             righteous
             ,
             and
             let
             our
             strength
             be
             the
             law
             of
             justice
             ,
          
           ]
           there
           can
           be
           nothing
           more
           friendly
           ,
           or
           more
           agreeable
           to
           their
           wants
           ,
           than
           to
           
             invite
          
           such
           men
           to
           the
           
             house
             of
             mourning
             ,
          
           and
           there
           to
           
             treat
          
           them
           with
           
             the
             character
             of
             the
             life
             of
             man
          
           (
           which
           being
           impartially
           provided
           will
           serve
           as
           well
           as
           a
           deaths-head
           )
           
             during
             the
             time
             of
             his
             floating
             in
             a
             valley
             of
             Tears
             .
          
        
         
           For
           this
           is
           usefull
           to
           teach
           us
           all
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           
             amorous
          
           of
           a
           
             life
             ,
          
           which
           is
           not
           onely
           so
           
             short
             ,
          
           as
           that
           it
           
             cannot
          
           be
           kept
           long
           ,
           but
           withall
           so
           
             full
             of
             trouble
             ,
          
           as
           that
           't
           is
           hardly
           
           
           
             worth
          
           keeping
           .
           Nor
           by
           consequence
           to
           
             doat
          
           on
           a
           flattering
           
             world
             ,
          
           which
           is
           so
           
             little
          
           to
           be
           
             injoy'd
             ,
          
           and
           its
           injoyment
           so
           very
           
             full
          
           of
           
             vexatious
             mixtures
             .
          
           Again
           it
           is
           usefull
           to
           incourage
           
           us
           ,
           
             not
             to
             be
             afraid
             of
             a
             man
             that
             must
             die
             ,
          
           and
           
           whilst
           he
           lives
           ,
           can
           but
           
             kil
             the
             body
             .
          
           Nor
           to
           scruple
           at
           the
           
             paying
          
           that
           common
           
             debt
             ,
          
           which
           we
           owe
           to
           
             religion
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           
             nature
             ;
          
           that
           
             God
          
           may
           give
           us
           an
           
             *
          
           
             acquittance
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           
             nature
             :
          
           we
           having
           received
           an
           
             ensurance
          
           from
           the
           infallible
           
             undertaker
             ,
          
           that
           the
           way
           to
           
             save
          
           and
           
             prolong
          
           a
           life
           ,
           
           is
           religiously
           to
           
             lose
          
           it
           ,
           or
           
             lay
             it
             down
             .
          
           Again
           't
           is
           usefull
           to
           admonish
           us
           ,
           (
           after
           the
           measure
           that
           we
           are
           
             negligent
             )
          
           to
           
             *
          
           
             trade
          
           with
           the
           
             talent
          
           of
           our
           
             time
             ,
          
           for
           the
           unspeakable
           advantages
           of
           
             life
             eternall
             ;
          
           and
           to
           be
           doing
           
             all
             the
             work
          
           we
           can
           ,
           because
           
             the
             night
             cometh
             ,
          
           when
           we
           shall
           not
           be
           able
           
           to
           
             work
             more
             .
          
           Lastly
           it
           mindeth
           us
           ,
           as
           
             to
             be
             doing
             ,
          
           because
           
           our
           
             Lord
             cometh
             ,
             and
             is
             at
             hand
             ,
          
           so
           to
           be
           vigilant
           and
           
             watchfull
             ,
          
           because
           
             we
             know
             not
          
           
             †
          
           
             what
             hour
             .
          
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           the
           more
           transitorie
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           troublesome
           ,
           the
           life
           of
           men
           shall
           appear
           to
           be
           ,
           by
           so
           much
           the
           
             better
          
           will
           be
           the
           
             uses
             ,
          
           which
           we
           are
           prompted
           to
           make
           of
           its
           
             imperfection
             .
          
        
         
           And
           here
           it
           comes
           into
           my
           mind
           ,
           to
           give
           you
           my
           
             thanks
          
           by
           my
           
             observance
          
           of
           the
           seasonable
           counsell
           you
           lately
           gave
           me
           ,
           not
           to
           
             lavish
             out
          
           my
           time
           in
           
             shaming
          
           the
           adversaries
           of
           truth
           ,
           (
           by
           way
           of
           
             answer
          
           or
           
             reply
          
           to
           their
           meer
           
             impertinencies
          
           and
           
             slanders
             ,
          
           )
           but
           rather
           to
           
             spend
          
           it
           in
           such
           
             practicall
          
           and
           
             peaceable
          
           meditations
           ,
           as
           are
           likelyer
           to
           forward
           their
           
             reformation
             .
          
           And
           though
           it
           was
           not
           your
           opinion
           that
           I
           could
           use
           my
           time
           
             ill
             ,
          
           in
           writing
           continuall
           vindications
           of
           the
           
             lately
             persecuted
          
           doctrines
           of
           Iesus
           Christ
           ,
           but
           onely
           that
           you
           thought
           I
           might
           use
           it
           
             better
             ;
          
           yet
           my
           opinion
           doth
           so
           fully
           concurr
           with
           yours
           ,
           that
           even
           as
           soon
           as
           my
           leasure
           serv's
           me
           to
           pay
           my
           Readers
           what
           I
           have
           promised
           ,
           (
           that
           men
           may
           learn
           to
           
             love
          
           God
           ,
           by
           thinking
           him
           
             free
          
           
           from
           their
           
             impieties
             ,
          
           and
           may
           not
           reverence
           their
           
             impieties
             ,
          
           so
           far
           forth
           as
           they
           think
           them
           the
           
             works
             of
             God
             ,
          
           )
           I
           shall
           direct
           my
           
             whole
             studies
             ,
          
           as
           you
           have
           charitably
           advised
           .
           And
           indeed
           I
           am
           the
           fitter
           to
           take
           your
           Counsell
           ,
           because
           I
           want
           a
           fit
           enemy
           with
           whom
           to
           combate
           ,
           since
           
             three
          
           or
           
             four
          
           of
           the
           
             ablest
          
           have
           quit
           the
           Field
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           
             bowed
          
           to
           the
           
             truth
          
           of
           the
           things
           in
           question
           .
           For
           though
           they
           have
           lately
           sent
           out
           a
           
             Teazer
             ,
          
           who
           (
           they
           hoped
           )
           might
           tempt
           me
           to
           
             loss
             of
             time
             ,
          
           not
           by
           disputing
           in
           
             any
             measure
          
           against
           a
           
             line
          
           of
           what
           I
           have
           
             publish'd
             ,
          
           but
           onely
           by
           
             opening
             a
             noysome
             mouth
          
           in
           a
           very
           
             wide
             manner
          
           against
           my
           
             person
             ,
          
           and
           (
           which
           is
           infinitely
           sadder
           )
           against
           my
           
             *
          
           
             God
          
           too
           ;
           yet
           this
           doth
           signifie
           no
           more
           ,
           then
           that
           they
           are
           
             stomackfull
          
           in
           their
           
             afflictions
             ,
          
           and
           like
           the
           metalsome
           
             Cynaegyrus
          
           in
           no
           particular
           but
           this
           ,
           that
           when
           his
           
             hands
          
           were
           
             out
             off
             ,
          
           he
           pursued
           the
           enemy
           with
           his
           
             teeth
             .
          
           A
           printed
           Pamphlet
           comes
           to
           me
           ,
           subscrib'd
           and
           sent
           by
           
             Edward
             Bagshaw
             ,
          
           (
           with
           your
           pardon
           be
           it
           spoken
           ,
           for
           't
           is
           not
           handsome
           in
           
             your
             presence
          
           to
           mention
           the
           name
           of
           so
           
             foul
             a
             thing
             )
          
           which
           neither
           the
           
             gravity
          
           of
           my
           
             Calling
             ,
          
           nor
           the
           
             price
          
           I
           put
           upon
           my
           
             time
             ,
          
           nor
           the
           
             reverence
          
           I
           bear
           to
           your
           
             advice
             ,
          
           will
           permit
           me
           to
           answer
           in
           more
           then
           
             two
             words
             .
          
           For
           whereas
           it
           amounted
           to
           these
           
             two
             things
             ,
          
           to
           wit
           ,
           
             his
             railing
             against
             God
             as
             the
             *
             Author
             of
             sin
             ,
          
           and
           
             his
             railing
             against
             me
             as
             a
             grievous
             sinner
             ,
          
           (
           without
           the
           
           
             offer
          
           of
           any
           
             proof
             ,
          
           〈◊〉
           the
           one
           ,
           or
           the
           other
           ,
           )
           To
           the
           first
           I
           say
           ,
           
             No
             ,
          
           to
           the
           second
           ,
           
             Nothing
             .
          
           As
           for
           his
           
             blasphemies
             at
             large
             ,
          
           his
           
             inconsistencies
          
           with
           
             himself
             ,
          
           his
           frequent
           
             confessions
          
           that
           he
           is
           
             ignorant
          
           of
           what
           he
           presumeth
           to
           
             affirm
             ,
          
           his
           impotent
           
             slanders
             ,
          
           his
           most
           
           unsavoury
           
             scurrilities
             ,
          
           his
           pique
           at
           my
           
             cassock
             and
             my
             cap
             ,
          
           his
           evil
           eye
           upon
           my
           
             Rectory
             ,
          
           and
           
             female
             Readers
             ,
          
           (
           to
           the
           honour
           of
           your
           sex
           ,
           and
           shame
           of
           ours
           ,
           )
           last
           of
           all
           for
           his
           
             impenitency
          
           and
           
             resolutions
          
           to
           
             persevere
          
           in
           his
           
             crying
             sins
          
           (
           against
           that
           person
           of
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           whom
           ,
           next
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           parents
           ,
           he
           ought
           to
           have
           had
           in
           the
           greatest
           reverence
           ,
           )
           I
           shall
           leave
           him
           to
           the
           mercy
           of
           one
           or
           other
           of
           my
           Disciples
           ;
           who
           being
           as
           much
           
             his
          
           Iuniors
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           
             mine
             ,
          
           may
           have
           youth
           enough
           to
           
             excuse
             ,
          
           if
           not
           
             commend
          
           them
           ,
           for
           cooling
           the
           courage
           of
           so
           
             prurient
          
           and
           
             bold
          
           a
           writer
           .
           But
           for
           my self
           ,
           I
           have
           determined
           ,
           so
           to
           
             profit
          
           by
           what
           I
           preach
           in
           the
           following
           Sermon
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           leave
           it
           in
           the
           power
           of
           every
           petulant
           undertaker
           ,
           to
           dispose
           of
           my
           hours
           in
           
             altercation
             .
          
           They
           that
           look
           to
           
             live
             long
             before
             they
          
           
             *
          
           
             look
             upon
             the
             grave
             ,
          
           may
           
             trifle
             out
          
           their
           
             time
          
           with
           better
           pretensions
           to
           an
           
             excuse
             ;
          
           but
           I
           who
           have
           lost
           so
           much
           already
           ,
           and
           have
           also
           had
           (
           as
           I
           may
           say
           )
           so
           many
           
             trials
          
           for
           my
           
             life
             ,
          
           (
           at
           that
           
             bar
          
           of
           
             mortality
             ,
          
           the
           
             bed
             of
             sickness
             ,
          
           )
           which
           makes
           me
           consider
           it
           as
           a
           perishing
           and
           dying
           life
           ,
           cannot
           think
           it
           so
           much
           as
           
             lawful
             ,
          
           to
           
             dispute
             it
             away
          
           with
           an
           
             itching
          
           adversary
           ;
           who
           ,
           however
           
             insufficient
          
           to
           
             hold
             up
          
           his
           quarrell
           ,
           is
           yet
           too
           
             restless
          
           to
           
             lay
             it
             down
             .
          
        
         
           But
           I
           proceed
           to
           that
           subject
           (
           from
           which
           my
           thoughts
           have
           been
           kept
           by
           a
           
             long
             parenthesis
          
           )
           of
           which
           I
           
             love
          
           to
           be
           speaking
           on
           all
           occasions
           that
           can
           be
           offer'd
           ,
           because
           I
           find
           so
           much
           in
           it
           ,
           of
           which
           I
           cannot
           but
           speak
           
             well
             ;
          
           and
           no
           less
           to
           the
           
             honour
          
           of
           his
           
             memory
             ,
          
           then
           to
           the
           
             profit
          
           and
           
             pleasure
          
           of
           his
           
             survivers
             .
          
           He
           was
           certainly
           a
           person
           ,
           who
           liv'd
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           life
           in
           a
           little
           time
           ;
           especially
           
             dating
          
           it
           (
           as
           he
           did
           )
           from
           the
           memorable
           point
           of
           his
           
             renovation
             .
          
           When
           I
           consider
           him
           in
           his
           child●ood
           at
           the
           university
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           (
           I
           am
           sure
           some
           years
           before
           you
           knew
           him
           )
           exciting
           others
           by
           his
           
             example
             ,
          
           to
           mind
           the
           
             end
          
           of
           their
           being
           
             there
             ;
          
           how
           
             strict
          
           and
           
             studious
          
           he
           appeared
           throughout
           his
           course
           ;
           how
           much
           farther
           he
           went
           
             before
             ,
          
           (
           in
           point
           of
           
             standing
          
           and
           
             proficiency
             ,
             )
          
           then
           he
           came
           
           
             behind
          
           others
           ,
           in
           point
           of
           
             years
             ;
          
           how
           much
           applauded
           he
           was
           by
           
             all
             ,
          
           for
           his
           
             publick
             exercises
          
           in
           Lent
           ,
           both
           as
           an
           
             Oratour
          
           at
           the
           
             desk
             ,
          
           and
           as
           a
           
             Philosopher
          
           in
           the
           
             Schools
             ;
          
           how
           (
           like
           the
           brave
           
             Epaminondas
          
           )
           he
           
             added
          
           honour
           to
           his
           
             degree
             ,
          
           which
           yet
           to
           
             us
          
           (
           of
           his
           form
           )
           was
           all
           we
           were
           able
           to
           
             attain
             ;
          
           when
           I
           reflect
           upon
           his
           
             progress
          
           through
           much
           variety
           of
           Learning
           ,
           through
           every
           part
           of
           the
           
             Mathematicks
             ,
          
           especially
           through
           
             Algebra
             ,
          
           the
           most
           
             untrodden
          
           part
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           when
           I
           compare
           with
           all
           this
           ,
           the
           great
           sobriety
           of
           his
           temper
           ,
           his
           unaffected
           humility
           ,
           and
           (
           after
           a
           publick
           
             aberration
          
           )
           his
           perfect
           
             return
          
           into
           the
           
             way
             ,
          
           out
           of
           which
           (
           for
           some
           years
           )
           he
           had
           unhappily
           been
           seduced
           ;
           last
           of
           all
           when
           I
           remember
           ,
           how
           whilst
           nothing
           but
           
             prosperity
          
           made
           some
           in
           the
           world
           to
           
             hug
          
           their
           
             errour
             ,
          
           he
           hated
           
             his
          
           so
           much
           the
           
             more
             ,
          
           the
           more
           he
           had
           
             prosper'd
          
           by
           its
           
             delusion
             ,
          
           (
           which
           was
           an
           argument
           of
           the
           most
           generous
           and
           christian
           temper
           ,
           )
           I
           think
           I
           may
           fitly
           affirm
           of
           
             him
             ,
          
           what
           was
           said
           by
           
             Siracides
          
           concerning
           
             Enoch
             ,
          
           that
           
             being
             made
             perfect
             in
             a
             short
             time
             ,
             he
             fulfilled
             a
          
           
           
             long
             time
             .
          
        
         
           I
           do
           the
           rather
           think
           it
           a
           
             duty
             ,
          
           to
           praise
           him
           after
           his
           
             decease
             ,
          
           the
           less
           he
           was
           able
           to
           
             endure
          
           it
           ,
           whilst
           yet
           
             alive
             .
          
           And
           I
           conceite
           my self
           the
           fitter
           ,
           to
           speak
           a
           little
           in
           his
           
             absence
          
           of
           his
           
             perfections
             ,
          
           because
           so
           long
           as
           he
           was
           
             present
             ,
          
           I
           onely
           told
           him
           of
           his
           
             faults
             .
          
           (
           Never
           leaving
           him
           as
           a
           Monitor
           ,
           untill
           I
           thought
           he
           left
           
             them
             .
          
           )
           For
           having
           found
           him
           my
           
             noble
             Friend
             ,
          
           and
           (
           which
           in
           honour
           to
           his
           memory
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           my
           duty
           to
           acknowledge
           )
           my
           very
           
             munificent
             Benefactor
             ,
          
           I
           could
           not
           be
           so
           
             unkind
          
           a
           thing
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           afford
           him
           my
           
             reprehensions
             ,
          
           (
           yet
           still
           attended
           with
           
             respect
          
           )
           in
           whatsoever
           regard
           I
           could
           think
           them
           
             useful
             .
          
           And
           't
           was
           the
           mark
           of
           an
           excellent
           judicious
           spirit
           ,
           that
           he
           valued
           me
           
             most
          
           for
           my
           
             greatest
             freedom
          
           in
           that
           particular
           .
           Even
           
             then
          
           when
           our
           
             heads
          
           were
           most
           at
           
             enmity
             ,
          
           (
           by
           the
           over
           great
           influence
           of
           his
           Fathers
           persuasion
           upon
           his
           own
           )
           there
           still
           remained
           in
           both
           our
           
           
             hearts
          
           a
           most
           inviolable
           
             friendship
             .
          
           And
           yet
           the
           chiefest
           instance
           of
           
             mine
             ,
          
           was
           onely
           my
           often
           having
           been
           
             angry
          
           with
           what
           I
           conceived
           to
           be
           a
           
             sin
             ;
          
           against
           which
           (
           by
           Gods
           goodness
           being
           sufficiently
           convinced
           )
           he
           grew
           at
           last
           to
           be
           as
           angry
           ,
           as
           
             friends
          
           or
           
             enemies
          
           could
           have
           been
           .
           He
           had
           impartially
           considered
           that
           sacred
           Aphorism
           ,
           that
           
             to
             refuse
             instruction
             ,
             is
             to
             despise
             one's
             own
             soul
             .
          
           And
           he
           who
           could
           not
           be
           
             thankfull
          
           for
           being
           
             chid
             ,
          
           was
           judg'd
           by
           
             him
          
           to
           be
           
             unworthy
          
           of
           any
           honest
           man's
           
             anger
             .
          
           Nor
           can
           I
           imagine
           a
           solid
           reason
           ,
           why
           he
           was
           careful
           in
           time
           of
           
             health
             ,
          
           to
           be
           speak
           my
           presence
           in
           time
           of
           
             sickness
             ,
          
           (
           of
           which
           you
           are
           able
           to
           be
           his
           
             witness
          
           )
           unless
           because
           he
           did
           esteem
           me
           the
           most
           
             affectionate
          
           person
           of
           his
           acquaintance
           ,
           by
           his
           having
           still
           found
           me
           the
           most
           
             severe
             .
          
           To
           conceal
           his
           
             great
             failing
             ,
          
           (
           which
           was
           
             so
          
           far
           
             scandalous
             ,
          
           as
           it
           was
           
             publick
             ,
          
           and
           apt
           to
           be
           hurtful
           by
           the
           
             reverence
          
           which
           many
           men
           had
           to
           his
           
             example
             ,
          
           )
           and
           
             only
          
           to
           speak
           of
           the
           
             best
          
           things
           in
           him
           ,
           were
           rather
           to
           
             flatter
             ,
          
           then
           to
           
             commend
          
           him
           .
           But
           yet
           as
           the
           Scripture
           hath
           said
           of
           
             David
             ,
             that
             he
             did
             what
             was
             right
             in
             the
             eyes
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             save
             onely
             in
             the
          
           
           
             matter
             of
             Uriah
             the
             Hittite
             ,
          
           so
           I
           think
           I
           may
           say
           of
           your
           
             self-departed
             ,
          
           that
           unless
           it
           were
           in
           that
           
             one
          
           unhappiness
           ,
           of
           ingageing
           himself
           in
           an
           ugly
           Cause
           ,
           (
           which
           yet
           be
           seriously
           repented
           ,
           and
           so
           was
           fitted
           for
           that
           
             early
             ,
          
           but
           most
           
             exemplary
             death
             ,
          
           which
           happily
           opened
           a
           
             door
          
           to
           his
           
             immortality
             ,
          
           )
           his
           greatest
           
             vice
          
           was
           but
           
             this
             ,
          
           that
           he
           modestly
           
             concealed
          
           too
           many
           
             virtues
             .
          
        
         
           The
           remarkable
           
             manner
          
           of
           his
           
             departure
          
           did
           most
           remarkably
           resemble
           
             Sir
             Spencer
             Compton's
             ,
          
           (
           a
           person
           so
           singularly
           qualified
           by
           
             grace
          
           and
           
             nature
          
           and
           
             education
             ,
          
           that
           however
           his
           extraction
           was
           
             highly
             noble
             ,
          
           I
           may
           confidently
           say
           it
           was
           the
           lowest
           thing
           in
           him
           ,
           )
           who
           dyed
           at
           
             Bruges
          
           about
           the
           time
           ,
           wherein
           
             the
             man
             of
             our
             desires
          
           expir'd
           at
           
             Compton
             .
          
           Never
           did
           I
           hear
           of
           a
           more
           heavenly
           
             valediction
          
           to
           all
           the
           contentments
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           then
           was
           given
           by
           
             these
             two
          
           at
           
           
             their
          
           dissolutions
           .
           Never
           yet
           did
           
             I
          
           heare
           ,
           of
           any
           
             two
             farewells
          
           so
           much
           
             alike
             .
          
           Never
           were
           any
           more
           
             admired
             ,
          
           by
           those
           that
           
             saw
          
           them
           whilst
           they
           were
           
             going
             ,
          
           or
           more
           
             desired
             ,
          
           when
           they
           were
           
             gon
             .
          
           How
           your
           excellent
           
             husband
          
           behav'd
           himself
           ,
           I
           have
           but
           
             partly
          
           related
           in
           the
           conclusion
           of
           my
           Sermon
           .
           For
           though
           I
           may
           not
           dissemble
           so
           great
           a
           truth
           ,
           as
           my
           strong
           inclinations
           both
           to
           think
           and
           speak
           of
           him
           to
           
             his
             advantage
             ;
          
           yet
           in
           my
           
             last
          
           office
           of
           friendship
           ,
           I
           did
           religiously
           set
           so
           strict
           a
           
             watch
          
           over
           my
           
             tongue
             ,
          
           as
           that
           I
           rather
           came
           
             short
          
           in
           
             many
          
           points
           of
           his
           commendation
           ,
           then
           went
           
             beyond
          
           him
           in
           any
           
             one
             .
          
           And
           could
           I
           have
           had
           the
           possibility
           to
           have
           kept
           him
           company
           in
           his
           sickness
           ,
           which
           I
           as
           earnestly
           
             endeavour'd
          
           as
           he
           
             desir'd
          
           it
           ,
           (
           but
           his
           sickness
           was
           too
           short
           ,
           and
           my
           journey
           too
           long
           ,
           for
           either
           of
           us
           either
           to
           
             give
             ,
          
           or
           to
           
             receive
          
           that
           satisfaction
           ,
           )
           I
           might
           have
           
             perfected
          
           that
           account
           ,
           which
           many
           
             witnesses
          
           enabl'd
           me
           to
           give
           in
           
             part
             .
          
        
         
           Having
           thus
           far
           spoken
           of
           
             him
          
           to
           
             you
             ,
          
           I
           must
           only
           speak
           of
           
             you
          
           to
           
             others
             .
          
           For
           such
           as
           
             reject
          
           what
           they
           
             deserve
             ,
          
           I
           think
           it
           a
           Panegyrick
           
             sufficient
             ,
          
           to
           make
           it
           
             known
          
           they
           will
           have
           
             none
             .
          
           Having
           dedicated
           my
           
             papers
          
           to
           a
           person
           of
           your
           endowments
           ,
           for
           whom
           to
           
             approve
             ,
          
           is
           to
           
             patronize
          
           them
           ,
           I
           also
           dedicate
           your
           
             person
          
           (
           with
           the
           hopefull
           
             particles
          
           of
           
             your self
          
           )
           to
           the
           peculiar
           
             protection
          
           and
           
             grace
          
           of
           
             God
             .
          
           And
           as
           the
           heirs
           of
           
             that
          
           Family
           ,
           which
           you
           were
           pleased
           by
           
             adoption
          
           to
           make
           your
           
             own
             ,
          
           have
           already
           been
           Lords
           of
           that
           seat
           for
           more
           then
           eighteen
           Generations
           ,
           (
           which
           I
           can
           reckon
           ,
           )
           so
           that
           the
           person
           whom
           
             I
          
           commemorate
           may
           inherit
           also
           that
           
             other
             blessing
          
           (
           as
           an
           addition
           to
           that
           blessing
           which
           God
           hath
           given
           him
           in
           
             your self
          
           )
           conserred
           in
           favour
           upon
           
             Jonadab
             the
             son
             of
             Rechab
             ,
             [
             Not
             to
             want
             a
             man
             to
             stand
             before
             him
             for
             ever
             ,
             ]
          
           is
           no
           less
           the
           
             hope
             ,
          
           then
           the
           
             prayer
          
           of
           him
           
           who
           think's
           himself
           obliged
           ,
           as
           well
           to
           be
           ,
           as
           to
           write
           himself
        
         
           
             Your
             most
             importunate
             servant
             at
             the
             throne
             of
             Grace
             THOMAS
             PIERCE
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           THE
           LIFELESNES
           of
           LIFE
           on
           the
           hether
           side
           of
           IMMORTALITY
           .
        
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           at
           the
           Funerall
           of
           M.
           
             EDWARD
             PEYTO
             .
          
        
         
           
             JOB
             XIV
             .
             I.
             
          
           
             Man
             that
             is
             born
             of
             a
             woman
             hath
             but
             a
             short
             time
             to
             live
             ,
             and
             is
             full
             of
             Trouble
             .
          
        
         
           NOw
           you
           have
           listen'd
           unto
           the
           
             Text
             ,
          
           Cast
           your
           Eyes
           upon
           the
           
             shrine
          
           too
           .
           For
           
             That
          
           doth
           verifie
           
             This
             ,
          
           by
           no
           less
           then
           an
           Ocular
           Demonstration
           .
           You
           see
           the
           Reliques
           of
           a
           Person
           full
           of
           honour
           indeed
           ,
           but
           not
           of
           years
           ;
           he
           having
           had
           his
           December
           (
           I
           may
           say
           )
           in
           June
           ;
           and
           reaching
           the
           end
           of
           his
           Journey
           ,
           (
           as
           't
           were
           )
           in
           the
           middle
           of
           his
           Course
           .
           So
           that
           if
           I
           should
           be
           silent
           upon
           the
           mention
           onely
           of
           this
           Text
           [
           Man
           that
           is
           born
           of
           a
           woman
           hath
           but
           a
           short
           time
           to
           live
           ,
           ]
           That
           very
           Hearse
           would
           present
           you
           with
           a
           kind
           of
           
             visible
             Sermon
             .
          
        
         
           Yet
           something
           I
           must
           say
           ,
           in
           honour
           and
           Duty
           unto
           the
           
             Dead
             ;
          
           and
           something
           too
           ,
           for
           the
           use
           and
           benefit
           of
           the
           
             Living
             ;
          
           that
           as
           Death
           
             already
          
           hath
           been
           to
           
             Him
             ,
          
           so
           it
           
             may
          
           be
           also
           to
           
             us
          
           Advantage
           ;
           That
           
             some
          
           
           at
           least
           who
           are
           here
           present
           ,
           may
           go
           from
           Hence
           (
           when
           I
           have
           done
           ,
           )
           if
           not
           the
           
             wiser
          
           or
           
             more
             intelligent
             ,
          
           yet
           at
           least
           the
           
             more
             considerate
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             better
             Resolved
          
           for
           coming
           hither
           .
           I
           need
           not
           be
           teaching
           my
           
             weakest
          
           Brethren
           ,
           (
           what
           common
           
             Experience
          
           hath
           taught
           us
           
             All
          
           )
           either
           the
           
             Misery
             ,
          
           or
           the
           
             shortness
             ,
          
           or
           the
           
             uncertainty
          
           of
           our
           Dayes
           .
           But
           yet
           recounting
           how
           many
           Souls
           do
           perish
           for
           ever
           in
           their
           Impieties
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           by
           wanting
           
             Knowledge
             ,
          
           as
           by
           abounding
           in
           the
           
             Thoughtlessness
          
           of
           what
           they
           know
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           sure
           be
           unexcusable
           (
           having
           
             *
          
           
             S.
             Peter
          
           for
           my
           example
           )
           if
           I
           
             tell
          
           you
           those
           things
           which
           you
           
             know
             already
             .
          
           An
           Honest
           
             Remembrancer
          
           is
           as
           needfull
           ,
           as
           the
           most
           Eloquent
           
             Instructer
          
           to
           be
           imagin'd
           ,
           because
           we
           do
           less
           want
           the
           
             Knowledge
             ,
          
           than
           the
           
             consideration
          
           of
           our
           Duties
           .
           Saint
           
             Peter
          
           hath
           magnified
           the
           office
           no
           less
           than
           
             three
             times
             together
             ,
          
           in
           that
           
             Epistle
          
           which
           he
           composed
           a
           
             *
          
           little
           before
           his
           
             Dissolution
             .
             I
             will
             not
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             be
             negligent
             to
             put
             you
             alwayes
             in
             Remembrance
             ,
             though
             ye
             know
             these
             things
             ,
             and
             be
             established
             in
             the
             Truth
             .
             Yea
             I
             think
             it
             meet
             ,
             as
             long
             as
             I
             am
             in
             this
             Tabernacle
             ,
             to
             stir
             you
             up
             ,
             by
             putting
             you
             in
             Remembrance
             .
          
           Again
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             I
             will
             endeavour
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             be
             able
             ,
             after
             my
             Decease
             ,
             to
             have
             these
             things
             alwayes
             in
             Remembrance
             .
          
           When
           I
           consider
           that
           these
           words
           were
           by
           
             †
          
           
             divine
             inspiration
             ,
          
           and
           that
           they
           were
           written
           for
           
             our
             Instruction
             ,
          
           yea
           and
           
             inculcated
          
           upon
           us
           no
           less
           than
           
             thrice
          
           in
           
             one
             Breath
             ;
          
           methinks
           they
           tacitely
           
             reprove
          
           us
           ,
           for
           having
           such
           wanton
           and
           
             Itching
             Ears
             ,
          
           as
           will
           be
           satisfied
           with
           
             nothing
             ,
          
           but
           what
           is
           
             New
             .
          
           Whereas
           the
           Thing
           that
           is
           to
           us
           of
           greatest
           moment
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           study
           of
           
             more
          
           Knowledge
           ,
           but
           the
           making
           good
           
             use
          
           of
           the
           things
           we
           know
           .
           Not
           the
           furnishing
           of
           our
           
             Heads
          
           with
           a
           Richer
           Treasure
           of
           
             Speculations
             ,
          
           
           but
           the
           laying
           them
           up
           within
           our
           
             Hearts
             ,
          
           and
           the
           drawing
           them
           out
           into
           our
           
             Lives
             .
          
           Men
           would
           not
           live
           as
           they
           are
           wont
           ,
           were
           they
           sufficiently
           
             a
          
           
             mindfull
          
           that
           they
           are
           
             men
             .
          
           Did
           they
           but
           often
           enough
           consider
           ,
           how
           
             short
             a
             time
             they
             have
             to
             live
             ;
          
           how
           very
           
             b
          
           
             often
             they
             are
             in
             Deaths
             ,
          
           before
           they
           dye
           ;
           how
           much
           their
           short
           time
           of
           life
           is
           more
           
             c
          
           
             uncertain
          
           than
           it
           is
           short
           ;
           how
           very
           shortly
           they
           are
           to
           render
           a
           strict
           Account
           unto
           The
           
             Iudge
             ,
          
           (
           I
           say
           not
           of
           every
           
             evill
             work
             ,
          
           but
           )
           even
           of
           every
           
             d
          
           
             idle
             word
             ,
          
           and
           of
           each
           unprofitable
           howre
           ;
           they
           would
           not
           make
           so
           many
           Demurrs
           in
           the
           important
           work
           of
           their
           Reformation
           .
           
           The
           
             uncertainty
          
           of
           their
           Time
           would
           make
           them
           
             watchfull
          
           over
           their
           wayes
           ;
           that
           how
           suddenly
           soever
           they
           may
           be
           
             caught
          
           (
           by
           the
           common
           Pursevant
           of
           Nature
           )
           yet
           it
           may
           not
           be
           by
           a
           
             surprise
             .
          
           That
           they
           may
           not
           die
           with
           the
           
             Fool's
             motto
          
           [
           Non
           
             e
          
           putâram
           ]
           in
           their
           mouthes
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           consider
           my
           present
           Text
           in
           the
           most
           usefull
           manner
           that
           I
           am
           able
           ,
           I
           must
           bespeak
           your
           best
           Attention
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           to
           the
           
             dogmaticall
             ,
          
           as
           to
           the
           
             Applicatory
          
           part
           of
           my
           Meditations
           .
           It
           being
           chiefly
           in
           my
           design
           ,
           to
           shew
           what
           
             Profit
          
           we
           are
           to
           
             reap
          
           from
           all
           such
           melancholy
           Solemnities
           ,
           as
           by
           many
           deep
           
             Mourners
          
           are
           
             sown
          
           in
           Tears
           .
           What
           kind
           of
           Influences
           and
           Virtues
           ,
           from
           the
           great
           
             brittleness
          
           of
           our
           Lives
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           shed
           upon
           the
           
             Practice
          
           and
           
             Conduct
          
           of
           them
           .
           What
           kind
           of
           
             Consectaries
          
           and
           
             Uses
          
           should
           flow
           from
           the
           
             one
             ,
          
           upon
           the
           
             other
             .
          
        
         
           I
           shall
           not
           therefore
           wear
           out
           my
           little
           Time
           ,
           in
           any
           such
           accurate
           and
           logicall
           
             Analysing
          
           of
           the
           words
           ,
           as
           would
           but
           serve
           to
           divert
           you
           from
           the
           
             scope
          
           and
           
             drift
             ,
          
           for
           which
           the
           holy
           man
           
             Iob
          
           did
           make
           them
           a
           
           part
           of
           
             his
          
           Preaching
           ,
           and
           for
           which
           I
           have
           chosen
           them
           to
           be
           the
           subject
           of
           
             mine
             own
             ;
          
           but
           shall
           immediately
           consider
           them
           as
           an
           entire
           Doctrinall
           Proposition
           ,
           exhibiting
           to
           us
           both
           the
           
             frailty
             ,
          
           and
           
             frame
          
           of
           man
           ,
           and
           the
           
             reason
          
           of
           the
           one
           implicitly
           rising
           out
           of
           the
           other
           .
           
             Man
             is
             born
             of
             a
             woman
             ;
          
           there
           's
           his
           
             Frame
             .
             He
             hath
             but
             a
             short
             time
             to
             live
             ,
          
           there
           's
           his
           
             Frailty
             .
          
           He
           hath
           but
           a
           short
           time
           to
           live
           ,
           
             because
          
           he
           is
           born
           of
           a
           Woman
           ;
           there
           is
           the
           
             reason
          
           of
           his
           Frailty
           from
           the
           
             condition
          
           of
           his
           Frame
           .
           Nor
           is
           He
           attended
           onely
           with
           
             vanity
             ,
          
           but
           
             vexation
          
           of
           
             spirit
             .
          
           As
           
             Iacob
          
           said
           unto
           
             Pharaoh
             ,
          
           His
           Dayes
           are
           
             evil
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           
             Few
             .
          
           However
           
             empty
          
           of
           better
           Things
           ,
           yet
           from
           the
           
             Bottom
          
           to
           the
           
             Top
             ,
          
           (
           I
           mean
           from
           his
           Birth
           unto
           his
           Buriall
           )
           he
           is
           
             Repletus
             miseriis
             ,
             fill'd
             full
             of
             Trouble
             .
          
        
         
           And
           yet
           by
           way
           of
           
             Application
             ,
          
           we
           may
           reflect
           upon
           the
           Text
           in
           a
           threefold
           
             Antithesis
             .
          
           For
        
         
           To
           Man
           as
           
             born
             of
             a
             woman
             ,
          
           we
           may
           oppose
           the
           same
           Man
           ,
           as
           being
           
             Regenerate
             ,
          
           and
           
             born
             of
             God
             .
          
        
         
           To
           the
           very
           
             short
             life
          
           he
           hath
           by
           
             Nature
             ,
          
           we
           may
           oppose
           the
           
             life
             eternall
          
           he
           hath
           by
           
             Grace
             .
          
        
         
           And
           to
           his
           
             fullness
             of
             misery
          
           whilst
           he
           is
           here
           in
           the
           body
           ,
           we
           may
           oppose
           his
           
             Fullness
             of
             Bliss
             and
             Glory
             .
          
        
         
           But
           first
           let
           Man
           be
           consider'd
           in
           his
           
             Hypogaeo
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           his
           state
           of
           
             Declination
             ,
          
           as
           he
           is
           
             born
             of
             a
             woman
             ,
          
           and
           having
           a
           
             short
             time
          
           to
           live
           ;
           and
           that
           for
           this
           reason
           ,
           
             because
          
           he
           is
           born
           of
           a
           woman
           .
           For
           t
           is
           a
           Maxime
           in
           Philosophy
           which
           never
           fails
           ,
           That
           Generable
           and
           Corruptible
           are
           Terms
           convertible
           .
           It
           is
           demonstrably
           proved
           that
           we
           must
           one
           day
           
             Dye
             ,
          
           because
           we
           did
           one
           day
           
             begin
          
           to
           live
           .
           All
           that
           is
           born
           of
           a
           woman
           is
           both
           
             mixt
          
           and
           
             compounded
          
           after
           the
           Image
           of
           the
           woman
           ,
           of
           whom
           't
           is
           born
           ;
           not
           onely
           
             mixt
          
           of
           the
           
           four
           Elements
           ,
           but
           also
           
             compounded
          
           of
           Matter
           and
           Form
           .
           And
           all
           things
           Compounded
           
             a
          
           must
           be
           dissolved
           into
           the
           very
           same
           principles
           of
           which
           at
           first
           they
           were
           compos'd
           .
           Hence
           are
           those
           pangs
           and
           yernings
           of
           the
           flesh
           and
           the
           spirit
           ,
           of
           the
           Appetite
           and
           the
           Will
           ,
           of
           the
           law
           in
           the
           members
           ,
           and
           the
           law
           in
           the
           mind
           ;
           
             b
          
           the
           one
           Inclining
           towards
           
             Earth
             ,
          
           from
           whence
           't
           was
           
             taken
             ,
          
           and
           the
           other
           towards
           
             Heaven
             ,
          
           from
           whence
           't
           was
           
             sent
             .
          
           The
           truth
           of
           this
           had
           been
           apparent
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           onely
           been
           taken
           out
           of
           Aristotle's
           
             Lycéum
             ;
          
           but
           we
           have
           it
           confirmed
           out
           of
           Solomon's
           
             Portch
          
           too
           :
           for
           in
           the
           Day
           when
           man
           goeth
           to
           his
           
             c
          
           
             long
             home
             ,
          
           when
           the
           
             grinders
             cease
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             windows
             be
             darkened
             ,
          
           and
           all
           the
           
             Daughters
             of
             Musick
             are
             brought
             low
             ,
          
           when
           the
           
             silver
             cord
             is
             once
             loosed
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             golden
             Bowl
             broken
             ,
          
           so
           as
           the
           
             mourners
             are
             going
             about
             the
             streets
             ;
          
           
             d
          
           
             Then
             the
             Dust
             shall
             return
             to
             the
             earth
             as
             it
             was
             ,
             and
             the
             spirit
             shall
             return
             to
             God
             who
             gave
             it
             .
          
           When
           God
           himself
           was
           pleased
           to
           be
           
             born
             of
             a
             woman
             ,
          
           he
           submitted
           to
           the
           conditions
           of
           our
           
             Mortality
             ,
          
           and
           had
           (
           we
           know
           )
           but
           a
           
             short
             time
             to
             live
             ;
          
           for
           He
           expir'd
           by
           Crucifixion
           before
           he
           was
           full
           
             thirty
             four
             ,
          
           as
           his
           
             younger
          
           
             e
          
           
             Brother
             ,
          
           whom
           we
           commemorate
           ,
           before
           he
           was
           full
           
             thirty
             three
             .
          
        
         
           Man
           hath
           a
           
             short
             time
          
           indeed
           ,
           
             as
          
           he
           is
           
             born
             of
             a
             woman
             ,
             because
          
           he
           is
           born
           of
           a
           
             woman
             ;
          
           for
           (
           as
           it
           presently
           follows
           in
           the
           verses
           immediately
           after
           my
           Text
           )
           
             He
             cometh
             forth
             as
             a
          
           
             f
          
           
             Flower
             ,
          
           and
           (
           as
           a
           flower
           )
           
             he
             is
             cut
             down
             .
             He
             flyeth
             also
             as
             a
             shadow
             ,
             and
             continueth
             not
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           
             Epictetus
          
           did
           fitly
           argue
           the
           very
           great
           fickleness
           and
           frailty
           of
           worldly
           things
           ,
           first
           because
           they
           were
           
             g
          
           
             made
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           had
           their
           
             beginning
             ;
          
           
           
           Mark
           is
           
             Threescore
             and
             Ten
             ,
          
           if
           Moses
           himself
           hath
           set
           it
           
             right
             .
          
           Or
           place
           it
           further
           ,
           at
           
             fourscore
             ;
          
           farther
           yet
           ,
           at
           
             an
             hundred
             ;
          
           the
           life
           of
           man
           (
           we
           see
           )
           is
           short
           ,
           though
           it
           should
           reach
           the
           very
           
             utmost
          
           that
           Nature
           aymes
           at
           .
        
         
           But
           how
           many
           wayes
           are
           there
           ,
           whereby
           to
           frustrate
           the
           Intentions
           and
           Ends
           of
           Nature
           ?
           How
           many
           are
           there
           buried
           before
           their
           Birth
           ?
           How
           many
           men's
           Cradles
           become
           their
           Graves
           ?
           How
           many
           rising
           Suns
           are
           set
           ,
           almost
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           are
           risen
           ?
           and
           overtaken
           with
           Darkness
           in
           the
           very
           Dawning
           of
           their
           Dayes
           ?
           How
           many
           are
           there
           (
           like
           the
           good
           King
           
             Iosias
             ,
          
           like
           righteous
           
             Abel
             ,
          
           and
           
             Enoch
             ,
          
           and
           that
           laudable
           Person
           whom
           now
           we
           celebrate
           ,
           )
           who
           are
           
             taken
             away
          
           
             †
          
           
             speedily
          
           from
           amongst
           the
           wicked
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           in
           the
           
             Zenith
          
           or
           
             Verticall
             point
          
           of
           their
           strength
           ,
           and
           lustre
           ?
           It
           is
           in
           every
           man's
           power
           to
           be
           Master
           of
           
             our
          
           Lives
           ,
           who
           is
           but
           able
           to
           despise
           his
           
             own
             .
          
           Nay
           't
           is
           in
           every
           one's
           power
           who
           can
           but
           
             wink
             ,
          
           to
           turn
           our
           beauty
           into
           
             Darkness
             ;
          
           and
           in
           times
           of
           Pestilence
           ,
           how
           many
           are
           there
           can
           
             look
             us
             Dead
             ,
          
           by
           an
           arrow
           shot
           out
           of
           the
           Eye
           into
           the
           
             Heart
             ?
          
           For
           one
           
             single
          
           way
           of
           coming
           
             into
          
           the
           world
           ,
           how
           
             many
          
           are
           there
           to
           go
           
             out
          
           of
           it
           before
           our
           Time
           ?
           (
           I
           mean
           ,
           before
           Nature
           is
           spent
           within
           us
           .
           )
           Many
           are
           sent
           out
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           by
           the
           Difficulties
           and
           hardships
           of
           
             coming
             in
             .
          
           We
           are
           easily
           
             cut
             off
             ,
          
           even
           by
           
             eating
          
           and
           
             drinking
             ,
          
           the
           very
           Instruments
           ,
           and
           Means
           of
           Life
           .
           Not
           to
           speak
           of
           those
           
             greater
          
           slaughters
           ,
           which
           are
           commonly
           committed
           by
           
             Sword
             ,
          
           and
           
             Famine
             ,
          
           (
           which
           yet
           must
           
             both
          
           give
           place
           to
           
             surfet
             ,
          
           )
           Death
           may
           possibly
           
             fly
          
           to
           us
           ,
           as
           once
           to
           
             Aeschylus
             ,
          
           in
           an
           Eagle's
           
             wing
             .
          
           Or
           we
           may
           easily
           
             swallow
          
           Death
           ,
           as
           
             Anacreon
          
           did
           ,
           in
           a
           
             Grape
             .
          
           We
           may
           be
           
           murder'd
           ,
           like
           
             Homer
          
           with
           a
           fit
           of
           
             Grief
             :
          
           Or
           fall
           ,
           like
           
             Pindarus
             ,
          
           by
           our
           
             Repose
             :
          
           we
           may
           become
           a
           Sacrifice
           ,
           as
           
             Philemon
          
           of
           old
           ,
           to
           a
           little
           
             Iest
             .
          
           Or
           else
           ,
           as
           
             Sophocles
             ,
          
           to
           a
           witty
           
             Sentence
             .
          
           We
           may
           be
           eaten
           up
           of
           
             worms
             ,
          
           like
           mighty
           
             Herod
             .
          
           Or
           prove
           a
           Feast
           for
           the
           
             Rats
             ,
          
           like
           him
           of
           
             Mentz
             .
          
           A
           man
           may
           
             vomit
          
           out
           his
           Soul
           ,
           as
           
             Sulla
          
           did
           in
           a
           fit
           of
           
             Rage
             .
          
           Or
           else
           like
           
             Coma
             ,
          
           may
           force
           it
           
             backwards
             .
          
           He
           may
           perish
           by
           his
           
             strength
             ,
          
           as
           did
           
             Polydamas
          
           and
           
             Milo
             .
          
           Or
           he
           may
           dye
           ,
           like
           
             Thalna
             ,
          
           by
           the
           very
           excess
           of
           his
           
             Injoyment
             .
          
           He
           may
           be
           Provender
           for
           his
           
             Horses
             ,
          
           like
           
             Diomedes
             .
          
           Or
           provision
           for
           his
           
             Hounds
             ,
          
           like
           
             Actaeon
          
           and
           
             Lucian
             .
          
           Or
           else
           like
           
             Tullu●
             Hostilius
             ,
          
           he
           may
           be
           burnt
           up
           quick
           with
           a
           flash
           of
           
             Lightning
             .
          
           Or
           if
           there
           were
           nothing
           from
           
             without
             ,
          
           which
           could
           violently
           break
           off
           our
           
             Thread
          
           of
           
             Life
             ,
          
           (
           and
           which
           by
           being
           a
           
             slender
          
           thread
           is
           very
           
             easily
          
           cut
           asunder
           )
           we
           have
           a
           thousand
           
             Intesline
          
           Enemies
           to
           dispatch
           us
           speedily
           from
           
             within
             .
          
           There
           is
           hardly
           any
           thing
           in
           the
           
             Body
             ,
          
           but
           furnisheth
           matter
           for
           a
           
             Disease
             .
          
           there
           is
           not
           an
           
             Arterie
             ,
          
           or
           a
           
             Vein
             ,
          
           but
           is
           a
           room
           in
           Natures
           
             work-house
             ,
          
           wherein
           our
           
             Humors
          
           (
           as
           so
           many
           
             Cyclops's
          
           )
           are
           forging
           those
           
             Instruments
          
           of
           
             Mortality
             ,
          
           which
           every
           moment
           of
           our
           Lives
           are
           able
           to
           sweep
           us
           into
           our
           Graves
           .
           An
           ordinary
           
             Apoplexie
             ,
          
           or
           a
           little
           
             Impostume
          
           in
           the
           
             Brain
             ,
          
           or
           a
           sudding
           
             rising
          
           of
           the
           
             Lights
             ,
          
           is
           enough
           to
           make
           a
           man
           
             Dye
          
           in
           
             Health
             ;
          
           and
           may
           lodge
           him
           in
           
             Heaven
          
           or
           in
           
             Hell
             ,
          
           before
           he
           hath
           the
           leasure
           to
           
             cry
             for
             Mercy
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           our
           
             †
          
           
             Houses
             of
             Clay
          
           (
           as
           
             Eliphaz
          
           the
           
             Temanite
          
           did
           fitly
           call
           them
           )
           do
           seem
           as
           false
           ,
           and
           as
           frail
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Apples
          
           of
           
             Sodom
             ;
          
           which
           being
           specious
           to
           the
           
             Eye
             ,
          
           did
           fall
           to
           crumbles
           by
           every
           
             Touch
             .
          
           The
           frame
           of
           our
           building
           is
           not
           onely
           so
           
             frail
             ,
          
           but
           (
           as
           some
           have
           
           thought
           )
           so
           
             ridiculous
             ,
          
           that
           if
           we
           contemplate
           the
           
             body
          
           of
           man
           in
           his
           condition
           of
           
             Mortality
             ,
          
           and
           by
           reflecting
           upon
           the
           
             soul
          
           do
           thereby
           prove
           it
           to
           be
           
             Immortall
             ,
          
           we
           shall
           be
           tempted
           to
           stand
           amazed
           at
           the
           
             inequality
          
           of
           the
           
             Match
             ,
          
           but
           that
           to
           wonder
           at
           our
           
             Frailty
             ,
          
           were
           but
           to
           wonder
           that
           we
           are
           
             Men
             .
          
           Yet
           sure
           if
           
             We
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           our
           
             souls
          
           (
           for
           our
           bodies
           are
           so
           far
           from
           being
           
             Us
             ,
          
           that
           we
           can
           hardly
           call
           them
           
             Ours
             ,
          
           )
           are
           not
           capable
           of
           
             corruption
             ,
          
           our
           Bodies
           were
           not
           intended
           for
           our
           
             Husbands
             ,
          
           but
           for
           our
           
             Houses
             ;
          
           whose
           Dores
           will
           either
           be
           
             open
          
           that
           we
           
             may
          
           go
           forth
           ,
           or
           whose
           Building
           will
           be
           
             ruinous
             ,
          
           that
           needs
           we
           
             must
             ;
          
           we
           cannot
           ,
           by
           any
           means
           possible
           ,
           make
           it
           the
           place
           of
           our
           
             Continuance
             ;
          
           for
           though
           our
           bodies
           (
           as
           saith
           our
           Saviour
           )
           are
           not
           so
           
             glorious
             as
             the
             Lillies
             ,
          
           yet
           (
           saith
           Job
           )
           they
           are
           as
           
             frail
             .
          
           And
           by
           that
           time
           (
           with
           David
           )
           they
           
             wax
             old
             as
             doth
             a
             garment
             ,
          
           how
           
             earnestly
          
           (
           with
           S.
           Paul
           )
           shall
           
             we
             groan
             to
             be
             cloath'd
             upon
             ?
          
           to
           be
           
           cloathed
           with
           
             New
          
           apparell
           ,
           whilst
           that
           the
           
             old
          
           is
           
             turning
             ?
          
           for
           when
           Christ
           shall
           come
           in
           the
           clouds
           with
           his
           holy
           Angels
           ,
           at
           once
           to
           
             restore
             ,
          
           and
           to
           
             reform
          
           our
           Nature
           ,
           
             he
             shall
             change
             our
             vile
             bodies
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             fashioned
             like
             unto
             his
             glorious
             body
             .
          
           But
           here
           I
           speak
           of
           what
           it
           is
           ,
           not
           what
           it
           shall
           be
           ;
           though
           it
           
             shall
          
           be
           
             glorious
             ,
          
           yet
           
             now
          
           't
           is
           
             vile
             ;
          
           though
           it
           
             shall
          
           be
           
             immarcescible
             ,
          
           yet
           
             now
          
           't
           is
           
             fading
             ;
          
           though
           it
           
             shall
          
           be
           a
           
             long
             life
             ,
          
           't
           is
           
             now
          
           a
           
             short
          
           one
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           indeed
           so
           
             short
             ,
          
           and
           withall
           so
           
             uncertain
             ,
          
           that
           
             a
          
           
             we
             bring
             our
             years
             to
             an
             end
             like
             as
             a
             Tale
             that
             is
             told
             .
          
           Death
           come's
           
             so
             hastily
             upon
             us
             ,
          
           that
           we
           never
           can
           
             b
          
           
             see
             it
             ,
          
           till
           we
           are
           
             blind
             .
          
           We
           cannot
           
             but
          
           know
           that
           it
           is
           
             short
             ,
          
           for
           we
           
             c
          
           
             fade
             away
             suddenly
             like
             the
             grass
             ;
          
           And
           
           yet
           we
           know
           not
           
             how
             short
          
           it
           is
           ,
           for
           we
           pray
           that
           God
           will
           
             a
          
           
             teach
             us
             to
             number
             our
             Dayes
             .
          
           This
           we
           know
           without
           teaching
           ;
           
             b
          
           that
           even
           
             then
             when
             we
             were
             born
             ,
             we
             began
             to
             draw
             towards
             our
             End
             .
          
           Whether
           sleeping
           ,
           or
           waking
           ,
           we
           are
           alwayes
           
             flying
          
           upon
           the
           
             wings
          
           of
           
             Time
             ;
          
           And
           even
           this
           very
           
             Instant
             ,
          
           whilst
           I
           am
           
             speaking
             ,
          
           doth
           set
           us
           
             well
             on
          
           towards
           our
           Journey's
           end
           ;
           
           whether
           we
           are
           
             worldly
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           study
           to
           
             keep
          
           Life
           ;
           or
           
             Male-Contents
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           are
           
             weary
          
           of
           its
           possession
           ;
           the
           
             King
          
           of
           
             Terrours
          
           will
           not
           fail
           ,
           either
           to
           
             meet
             ,
          
           or
           
             overtake
          
           us
           .
           And
           whilst
           we
           all
           are
           
             c
          
           
             Travelling
          
           to
           the
           very
           same
           
             Countrey
             ,
          
           (
           I
           mean
           the
           
             Land
             of
             forgetfulness
             ,
          
           without
           considering
           it
           as
           an
           
             Antichamber
          
           to
           
             Heaven
          
           or
           
             Hell
             ,
          
           )
           although
           we
           
             walk
          
           thither
           in
           
             d
          
           
             severall
             Rodes
             ;
          
           't
           is
           plain
           that
           he
           who
           lives
           
             longest
             ,
          
           goes
           but
           the
           
             farthest
          
           way
           
             about
             ,
          
           and
           that
           he
           who
           dyes
           
             soonest
             ,
          
           goes
           the
           
             nearest
          
           way
           
             home
             .
          
        
         
           I
           remember
           it
           was
           the
           humour
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           whether
           of
           a
           more
           
             Cruell
             ,
          
           or
           
             Capricious
          
           
             e
          
           Emperour
           ,
           to
           put
           a
           
             Tax
          
           upon
           
             child-births
             ;
          
           to
           make
           it
           a
           thing
           
             excizeable
             ,
          
           for
           a
           man
           
             to
             be
             born
             of
             a
             woman
             .
          
           As
           if
           he
           had
           
             farm'd
          
           Gods
           
             Custom-house
             ,
          
           he
           made
           every
           man
           
             fine
          
           for
           being
           a
           
             Man
             ;
          
           which
           as
           it
           was
           a
           great
           
             Instance
          
           of
           his
           
             Cruelty
             ,
          
           so
           't
           was
           as
           good
           an
           
             Embleme
          
           of
           our
           
             frailty
             .
             ,
          
           our
           state
           of
           
             Pilgrimage
          
           upon
           Earth
           .
           For
           we
           arrive
           at
           this
           World
           ,
           as
           at
           a
           
             forraign
          
           and
           
             strange
             Country
             ;
          
           where
           I
           am
           sure
           it
           is
           
             proper
             ,
          
           although
           not
           
             just
             ,
          
           that
           we
           pay
           
             Tole
          
           for
           our
           very
           
             landing
             .
          
           And
           then
           being
           landed
           ,
           we
           are
           such
           transitory
           Inhabitants
           ,
           that
           we
           do
           not
           so
           properly
           
             dwell
          
           here
           ,
           as
           
             f
          
           
             sojourn
             .
          
           All
           the
           meat
           we
           take
           in
           ,
           is
           at
           God's
           great
           
             Ordinary
             ;
          
           and
           even
           the
           breath
           which
           we
           drink
           ,
           is
           not
           our
           own
           ,
           but
           
             His
             ;
             (
             which
             when
             he
             taketh
             away
             ,
             we
             dye
             ,
             and
             are
             turn'd
             again
          
           
           
             into
             our
             Dust
             .
          
           )
           Insomuch
           that
           to
           
             expire
             ,
          
           is
           no
           more
           in
           effect
           ,
           then
           to
           be
           
             honest
             :
          
           't
           is
           to
           
             restore
          
           a
           Life
           ,
           which
           we
           did
           but
           
             borrow
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               a
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
        
         
           And
           well
           it
           were
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           no
           worse
           :
           for
           if
           the
           life
           of
           man
           were
           
             pleasant
             ,
          
           it
           would
           the
           less
           disgrace
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           
             short
             .
          
           A
           short
           life
           and
           a
           
             b
          
           Merry
           ,
           is
           that
           which
           many
           men
           applaud
           .
           But
           as
           the
           son
           of
           a
           woman
           hath
           but
           a
           
             few
          
           dayes
           to
           live
           ,
           so
           it
           follows
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           that
           even
           those
           few
           dayes
           are
           
             full
             of
             Trouble
             .
          
           And
           indeed
           so
           they
           are
           ,
           in
           whatsoever
           Condition
           a
           man
           is
           plac'd
           :
           for
           if
           he
           is
           
             poor
             ,
          
           he
           hath
           the
           trouble
           of
           
             pains
             ,
          
           to
           
             get
          
           the
           goods
           of
           this
           World
           .
           If
           he
           is
           
             rich
             ,
          
           he
           hath
           the
           
           trouble
           of
           
             Care
             ,
          
           to
           
             keep
          
           his
           Riches
           ;
           the
           trouble
           of
           
             Avarice
             ,
          
           to
           
             increase
          
           them
           ;
           the
           trouble
           of
           
             fear
             ,
          
           to
           
             lose
          
           them
           ;
           the
           trouble
           of
           
             sorrow
             ,
          
           when
           they
           are
           
             lost
             .
          
           And
           so
           his
           
             Riches
          
           can
           onely
           make
           him
           the
           more
           .
           
             illustriously
             unhappy
             .
          
           If
           he
           lives
           as
           he
           
             ought
             ,
          
           he
           hath
           the
           trouble
           of
           
             self-denyalls
             ;
          
           the
           trouble
           of
           
             c
          
           
             mortifying
             the
             flesh
             ,
          
           with
           the
           
             affections
             and
             lusts
             ;
          
           the
           trouble
           of
           being
           in
           
             d
          
           
             Deaths
             often
             ;
          
           the
           trouble
           of
           
             e
          
           
             crucifying
          
           himself
           ,
           and
           of
           
             f
          
           
             dying
             daily
             .
          
           If
           to
           avoid
           those
           Troubles
           ,
           he
           
             lives
             in
             pleasure
             ,
          
           as
           he
           ought
           
             not
             ,
          
           he
           hath
           the
           trouble
           of
           being
           told
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           
             g
          
           
             dead
             whilst
             he
             lives
             ;
          
           the
           trouble
           to
           
             h
          
           
             think
          
           that
           he
           must
           
             dye
             ;
          
           the
           trouble
           to
           
             fear
          
           (
           whilst
           he
           is
           dying
           )
           that
           he
           must
           
             live
          
           when
           he
           is
           
             dead
             ,
          
           that
           he
           may
           dye
           eternally
           .
           Not
           to
           speak
           of
           those
           troubles
           which
           a
           man
           suffers
           in
           his
           Nonage
           ,
           by
           being
           
             weaned
             from
             the
             breast
             ,
          
           and
           by
           
             breeding
             teeth
             ;
          
           in
           his
           boyage
           and
           youth
           ,
           by
           bearing
           the
           yoke
           of
           subjection
           ,
           and
           the
           
           rigid
           discipline
           of
           the
           Rod
           ;
           in
           his
           manhood
           and
           riper
           years
           ,
           by
           making
           provision
           for
           all
           his
           Family
           ,
           as
           
             servant-Generall
          
           to
           the
           whole
           ;
           Nor
           to
           speak
           of
           those
           Troubles
           which
           flow
           in
           upon
           him
           from
           every
           quarter
           ,
           whether
           by
           
             Losses
             ,
          
           or
           
             Affronts
             ,
             Contempts
             ,
          
           or
           
             Envyings
             ,
          
           by
           the
           
             anguish
          
           of
           
             some
          
           Maladies
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           
             loathsomness
          
           of
           
             others
             ;
          
           rather
           then
           want
           matter
           of
           trouble
           ,
           he
           will
           be
           most
           of
           all
           
             troubled
          
           that
           he
           hath
           
             a
          
           
             nothing
             to
             vex
             him
             .
          
           In
           his
           sober
           Intervalls
           and
           Fits
           ,
           when
           he
           considers
           that
           he
           must
           dye
           ,
           and
           begins
           
             to
          
           
             b
          
           
             cast
             up
             the
             accounts
             of
             his
             sins
             ,
          
           it
           will
           be
           
             some
          
           trouble
           to
           him
           that
           he
           is
           
             without
             chaslisement
             ,
          
           whereby
           he
           knowes
           he
           is
           a
           
             c
          
           
             Bastard
             and
             not
             a
             son
             .
          
           It
           will
           
             disquiet
          
           him
           not
           a
           little
           ,
           that
           he
           
             liveth
             at
             rest
             in
             his
             possessions
             ;
          
           and
           become
           his
           great
           
             Cross
             ,
          
           that
           he
           hath
           
             prosperity
             in
             all
             things
             .
          
           Not
           onely
           the
           sting
           ,
           and
           the
           stroak
           ,
           but
           the
           very
           
             Remembrance
             of
             Death
             will
             be
             bitter
             to
             him
             ;
          
           so
           saith
           Jesus
           the
           son
           of
           Sirach
           
             chap.
          
           41.
           
             vers.
          
           1.
           
        
         
           Thus
           (
           we
           see
           )
           the
           child
           of
           man
           ,
           or
           the
           man
           who
           is
           born
           of
           a
           woman
           is
           so
           
             full
             of
             Trouble
          
           to
           the
           
             brim
             ,
          
           that
           many
           times
           it
           
             overflow's
          
           him
           .
           On
           
             one
          
           side
           ,
           or
           
             other
             ,
          
           we
           
             all
          
           are
           troubled
           ;
           but
           some
           are
           
             troubled
             on
          
           
             d
          
           
             every
             side
             .
          
           Insomuch
           that
           they
           
             themselves
          
           are
           the
           greatest
           Trouble
           unto
           
             themselves
             ;
          
           and
           't
           is
           a
           kind
           of
           
             death
          
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           
             cannot
          
           dye
           .
           We
           find
           King
           David
           so
           
             sick
          
           of
           
             Life
             ,
          
           as
           to
           fall
           a wishing
           for
           the
           
             wings
             of
             a
             Dove
             ,
          
           that
           so
           his
           soul
           might
           
             fly
             away
          
           from
           the
           great
           Impediments
           of
           his
           Body
           .
           He
           confessed
           
           his
           
             Dayes
          
           were
           at
           the
           
             longest
          
           but
           a
           
             e
          
           
             span
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           he
           complained
           they
           were
           no
           
             shorter
             .
          
           It
           seems
           that
           
             Span
          
           was
           as
           the
           span
           of
           a
           
             wither'd
             Hand
             ;
          
           which
           the
           farther
           he
           
             stretched
             out
             ,
          
           the
           more
           it
           
             griev'd
          
           him
           .
           He
           was
           
             f
          
           
             weary
             of
             his
             groaning
             .
          
           His
           soul
           did
           
             g
          
           
             pant
             after
             Heaven
             ,
          
           
           and
           even
           
           
             thirsted
             for
             God
             .
          
           And
           he
           might
           once
           more
           have
           cryed
           (
           though
           in
           another
           sense
           )
           
             Woe
             is
             me
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             constrain'd
             to
             dwell
             with
             Meseck
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             mine
             habitation
             among
             the
             Tents
             of
             Kedar
             !
          
           I
           remember
           that
           
             Charidemus
             ,
          
           in
           
             Dio
             Chrysoslom
             ,
          
           compared
           man's
           
           
             Life
          
           unto
           a
           
             Feast
          
           or
           
             Banquet
             .
          
           And
           I
           the
           rather
           took
           notice
           of
           it
           ,
           because
           the
           Prophet
           
             Elijah
          
           did
           seem
           (
           in
           some
           sense
           )
           to
           have
           made
           it
           good
           .
           Who
           after
           a
           
             first
             or
             second
             Course
          
           (
           as
           I
           may
           say
           )
           of
           
             living
             ,
          
           as
           if
           he
           had
           
             surfetted
          
           of
           Life
           ,
           cryed
           out
           in
           hast
           ,
           
             It
             is
             enough
             ;
          
           and
           with
           the
           very
           same
           breath
           ,
           desired
           God
           to
           take
           
             away
             ;
          
           for
           so
           faith
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           1
           Kings
           19.
           4.
           
           He
           
             went
             into
             the
             Wilderness
          
           (
           a
           solitary
           place
           )
           and
           there
           be
           
             sate
             under
             a
             Iuniper
          
           (
           in
           a
           melancholy
           posture
           )
           and
           
           
             requested
             of
             God
             that
             he
             might
             dye
          
           (
           in
           a
           very
           disconsolate
           and
           dolefull
           manner
           ,
           )
           even
           pouring
           forth
           his
           soul
           in
           these
           melting
           Accents
           ,
           
             It
             is
             enough
             now
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             take
             away
             my
             life
             ,
             for
             I
             am
             no
             better
             then
             my
             Fa●hers
             .
          
           And
           if
           the
           Dayes
           of
           
             Elijah
          
           were
           
             full
             of
             trouble
             ,
          
           how
           was
           
             Iob
          
           overwhelmed
           ,
           and
           
             running
             over
          
           with
           his
           Calamity
           ?
           when
           the
           
             b
          
           
             Terrours
             of
             God
             did
             set
             themselves
             in
             aray
             against
             him
             ,
          
           how
           did
           he
           
             c
          
           
             long
             for
             destruction
             ?
             O
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             that
             I
             might
             have
             my
             request
             ,
             that
             God
             would
             grant
             me
             the
             thing
             that
             I
             long
             for
             !
             Even
             that
             it
             would
             please
             him
             to
             destroy
             me
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             let
             loose
             his
             hand
             ,
             and
             cut
             me
             off
             .
          
           How
           did
           he
           
             d
          
           
             Curse
             the
             Day
             of
             his
             Birth
             ,
          
           and
           
             the
             Night
             wherein
             he
             was
             conceived
             ?
             Let
             that
             Day
             be
             darkness
             ;
             let
             the
             shadow
             of
             Death
             stain
             it
             ;
             let
             a
             cloud
             dwell
             upon
             it
             ;
             let
             blackness
             terrifie
             it
             .
          
           And
           
             for
             the
             Night
             ,
             let
             it
             not
             be
             joyned
             unto
             the
             dayes
             of
             the
             year
             .
             Let
             the
             stars
             of
             the
             twilight
             thereof
             be
             dark
             ;
             neither
             let
             it
             s●e
             the
             dawning
             of
             the
             day
             .
          
           And
           what
           was
           his
           reason
           for
           this
           unkindness
           to
           that
           particular
           Day
           and
           Night
           ,
           save
           that
           
           they
           brought
           upon
           him
           
             trouble
          
           of
           being
           a
           
             Man
             borne
             of
             a
             woman
             :
          
           for
           we
           find
           him
           complaining
           a
           little
           after
           ,
           
           
             why
             dyed
             I
             not
             from
             the
             Womb
             !
             why
             did
             I
             not
             give
             up
             the
             ghost
             when
             I
             came
             out
             of
             the
             Belly
             ?
          
           And
           then
           for
           the
           Life
           of
           our
           blessed
           Saviour
           ,
           who
           is
           call'd
           by
           way
           of
           Eminence
           ,
           
             The
             Son
             of
             Man
             ;
          
           as
           I
           observ'd
           before
           that
           it
           was
           
             short
             ,
          
           so
           must
           I
           here
           put
           you
           in
           mind
           that
           it
           was
           
             full
             of
             Trouble
             .
          
           He
           was
           therefore
           call'd
           by
           way
           of
           Eminence
           ,
           
             Vir
             Dolorum
             ,
          
           
             a
          
           
             A
             Man
             of
             sorrows
             .
          
           The
           Prophet
           adds
           ,
           
             he
             was
          
           
             b
          
           
             acquainted
             with
             Grief
             .
          
           For
           the
           whole
           Tenor
           of
           his
           Life
           was
           a
           continuation
           of
           his
           Calamities
           .
        
         
           The
           Time
           would
           fail
           me
           ,
           should
           I
           but
           mention
           the
           hundredth
           part
           of
           those
           men
           ,
           whose
           
             short
             Time
          
           of
           life
           hath
           seemed
           
             long
          
           to
           them
           ,
           even
           because
           they
           have
           felt
           it
           so
           
             full
             of
             Trouble
             .
          
           But
           enough
           hath
           been
           said
           concerning
           the
           
             Doctrine
          
           of
           the
           Text
           .
           And
           it
           lyes
           upon
           us
           to
           make
           some
           
             use
             .
          
        
         
           First
           then
           let
           us
           consider
           ,
           that
           if
           man
           (
           as
           born
           of
           
           a
           woman
           )
           hath
           but
           a
           
             short
          
           time
           to
           live
           ,
           It
           concerns
           us
           to
           take
           up
           the
           prayer
           of
           David
           ,
           that
           God
           will
           
           
             teach
             us
             to
             know
             our
             End
             ,
             and
             the
             number
             of
             our
             Dayes
             ,
             that
             we
          
           (
           like
           
             c
          
           Hezechiah
           )
           
             may
             be
             fully
             certified
             how
             short
             our
             Time
             is
             .
          
           It
           concerns
           us
           to
           take
           up
           the
           Resolution
           
           of
           Job
           ;
           
             All
             the
             Dayes
             of
             our
             appointed
             time
             ,
             incessantly
             waiting
             till
             our
             change
             cometh
             .
          
           It
           concerns
           us
           ,
           
             not
          
           to
           say
           ,
           with
           the
           rich
           man
           in
           the
           parable
           ,
           
             we
             will
             pull
             down
             our
             Barns
             and
             build
             greater
             ,
             and
             there
             we
             will
          
           
           
             bestow
             all
             our
             fruits
             '
             and
             our
             goods
             :
          
           much
           less
           may
           we
           say
           ,
           with
           that
           other
           Worldling
           ,
           
             Souls
             take
             your
             Ease
             ,
             eat
             drink
             and
             be
             merry
             ,
             for
             you
             have
             much
             goods
             laid
             up
          
           
           
             for
             many
             years
             :
          
           for
           (
           alas
           !
           )
           how
           can
           we
           know
           ,
           (
           silly
           creatures
           as
           we
           are
           ,
           )
           but
           that
           
             this
             very
             Night
             ,
          
           nay
           
           this
           very
           
             minute
             ,
          
           either
           
             they
          
           may
           be
           taken
           from
           
             us
             ,
          
           or
           
             we
          
           from
           
             them
             ?
          
           there
           is
           such
           a
           fadeingness
           on
           
             their
          
           parts
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           fickleness
           on
           
             ours
             .
          
           But
           it
           concerns
           us
           rather
           to
           say
           with
           Job
           ,
           
             Naked
             came
             we
             into
             the
             world
             ,
          
           
           and
           
             naked
             shall
             we
             go
             out
             of
             it
             .
          
           Or
           it
           concerns
           us
           rather
           to
           say
           with
           David
           ,
           that
           
             we
             are
             strangers
             upon
             Earth
             ,
          
           
           and
           but
           so
           many
           
             sojourners
             ,
             as
             all
             our
             Fathers
             were
             :
          
           for
           whilest
           we
           consider
           we
           are
           but
           
             strangers
             ,
          
           we
           shall
           as
           
             *
          
           
             Strangers
             and
             Pilgrims
             abstain
             from
             fleshly
             lusts
             which
             war
             against
             the
             soul
             .
          
           And
           so
           long
           as
           we
           remember
           we
           are
           but
           
             sojourners
          
           upon
           earth
           ,
           we
           
             shall
             pass
             the
             time
             of
             our
             sojourning
             here
             in
             fear
             .
          
           And
           behaving
           our selves
           
             among
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
             as
             a
             chosen
             Generation
             ,
             a
             Royall
             Priesthood
             ,
          
           
           
             an
             holy
             Nation
             ,
             a
             peculiar
             People
             ,
             we
             shall
             shew
             forth
             his
             praise
             ,
             who
             hath
             called
             us
             out
             of
             Darkness
             ,
             into
             his
             marvellous
             Light
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           let
           us
           consider
           ,
           that
           since
           our
           
             Life
          
           is
           
             uncertain
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           
             short
             ,
          
           (
           inasmuch
           as
           we
           know
           not
           
             how
          
           short
           it
           is
           )
           it
           concerns
           us
           
             immediately
             ,
          
           to
           labour
           hard
           in
           the
           
             Improvement
          
           of
           this
           our
           
             span
          
           into
           
             Eternity
             ;
          
           to
           
             employ
          
           our
           very
           
             short
          
           and
           
             uncertain
          
           Time
           ,
           in
           making
           a
           
             seasonable
          
           provision
           against
           them
           
             both
             ;
          
           I
           mean
           ,
           it's
           
             shortness
             ,
          
           and
           its
           
             uncertainty
             .
          
           For
           shall
           we
           be
           
             lavish
          
           even
           of
           
             that
             ,
          
           which
           is
           so
           easily
           
             lost
             ,
          
           and
           of
           which
           we
           have
           so
           very
           
             little
             ,
          
           and
           every
           
             minute
          
           of
           which
           Little
           does
           carry
           so
           great
           a
           
             weight
          
           with
           it
           ,
           as
           will
           be
           either
           a
           kind
           of
           
             Pulley
          
           to
           help
           raise
           us
           up
           to
           
             Heaven
             ,
          
           or
           else
           a
           
             Clogg
          
           to
           pull
           us
           down
           to
           the
           lowest
           
             Hell
             ?
          
           Of
           whatsoever
           we
           may
           be
           wastefull
           ,
           we
           ought
           to
           be
           
             charie
          
           of
           our
           
             Time
             ,
          
           which
           doth
           incontinently
           
             perish
             ,
          
           and
           will
           eternally
           be
           
             reckoned
          
           on
           our
           
             account
             .
             Per●unt
             &
             imputantur
             ,
          
           the
           
             Epigrammatist
          
           could
           say
           of
           his
           pretious
           
             Hours
             .
          
        
         
         
           Now
           the
           way
           to
           provide
           against
           the
           
             shortness
          
           of
           our
           
             Life
             ,
          
           is
           
             so
          
           to
           
             live
             ,
          
           as
           to
           dye
           ,
           to
           the
           greatest
           
             Advantage
          
           to
           be
           imagin'd
           ;
           and
           so
           to
           
             dye
          
           as
           to
           live
           
             for
             ever
             .
          
           What
           
             Tobit
          
           said
           to
           
             Tobias
             ,
          
           in
           respect
           of
           
             wealth
             ,
          
           
           [
           
             Fear
             not
             ,
             my
             son
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             made
             poor
             ,
             for
             thou
             hast
             much
             wealth
             ,
             if
             thou
             fear
             God
             ,
             and
             depart
             from
             all
             sin
             ,
             and
             do
             that
             which
             is
             pleasing
             in
             his
             sight
             .
          
           ]
           He
           might
           have
           said
           as
           well
           in
           respect
           of
           
             wisdome
             ,
          
           and
           by
           consequence
           as
           well
           in
           respect
           of
           
             long
             life
             .
          
           For
           as
           
             the
          
           
           
             fear
             of
             the
             Lord
             is
          
           solid
           
             wisdom
             ,
          
           and
           
             to
             depart
             from
             Evil
             is
             understanding
             ;
          
           so
           
             Honourable
             Age
             is
             not
             that
             which
             standeth
             in
             the
             length
             of
             Time
             ,
             nor
             that
             is
             measured
             by
          
           
           
             number
             of
             years
             ,
             but
             wisdom
             is
             the
             gray
             hair
             unto
             men
             ,
             and
             an
             unspotted
             life
             is
             old
             age
             .
          
           To
           be
           devoted
           (
           like
           
             Anna
          
           )
           to
           the
           House
           of
           God
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           
             serve
             him
             night
          
           
           
             and
             day
             with
             fasting
             and
             prayers
             ,
          
           and
           not
           to
           content
           our selves
           with
           that
           which
           is
           
             meerly
             lawfull
             ,
          
           or
           barely
           enough
           to
           
             serve
             turn
             ,
          
           (
           as
           men
           do
           commonly
           reason
           within
           themselves
           ,
           )
           but
           to
           study
           the
           things
           that
           are
           
             †
          
           
             more
             excellent
             ,
          
           to
           streine
           hard
           towards
           
             *
          
           
             perfection
             ,
          
           to
           
             forget
             those
             things
             that
             are
             behind
             ,
             and
             to
             reach
             forth
             unto
             those
             things
             that
             are
             before
             ,
             pressing
             on
             towards
             the
          
           
           
             mark
             ,
             for
             the
             prize
             of
             the
             high
             calling
             of
             God
             in
             Christ
             Iesus
             ,
          
           this
           is
           to
           
             amplisie
          
           our
           lives
           ,
           and
           to
           
             frustrate
          
           the
           malice
           of
           our
           mortality
           ;
           and
           as
           the
           
             want
          
           of
           
             stature
          
           many
           times
           is
           supply'd
           in
           
             thickness
             ,
          
           so
           this
           is
           to
           
             live
          
           a
           
             great
             deal
          
           in
           the
           
             little
             time
          
           of
           our
           
             duration
             .
          
        
         
           
             Ampliat
             Aetatis
             spa●ium
             sibi
             Vir
             bonus
             ,
             hoc
             est
          
           
             Vivere
             bis
             ,
             Vitâ
             posse
             priore
             srui
             .
          
        
         
           As
           we
           are
           thus
           to
           provide
           against
           the
           
             shortness
             ,
          
           so
           in
           like
           manner
           we
           must
           provide
           against
           the
           
             uncertainty
          
           of
           our
           
             time
             .
          
           And
           the
           way
           to
           do
           that
           ,
           is
           to
           distrust
           the
           
             future
             ,
          
           and
           to
           lay
           hold
           upon
           the
           
             present
             ;
          
           so
           to
           live
           
           
             every
          
           houre
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           were
           not
           to
           live
           the
           
             next
             .
          
           Having
           a
           
             short
          
           time
           to
           
             live
             ,
          
           our
           time
           to
           
             repent
          
           cannot
           be
           
             long
             .
          
           And
           not
           
             assured
          
           of
           the
           
             *
          
           
             morrow
             ,
          
           't
           is
           madness
           not
           to
           repent
           
             to-day
             :
          
           when
           we
           see
           many
           persons
           of
           the
           most
           promising
           countenance
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           prosperous
           constitution
           ,
           not
           onely
           snatched
           by
           an
           
             early
             ,
          
           but
           
             sudden
          
           death
           ,
           why
           should
           we
           not
           seriously
           consider
           ,
           that
           
             we
          
           may
           be
           of
           
             their
          
           number
           ,
           having
           no
           promise
           of
           the
           contrary
           ,
           either
           
             within
             ,
          
           or
           
             without
             us
             ?
          
           
             †
          
           What
           happens
           to
           
             any
          
           man
           ,
           
             may
          
           happen
           to
           
             every
          
           man
           ;
           every
           man
           being
           encompassed
           with
           the
           same
           conditions
           of
           mortality
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           indeed
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           live
           till
           we
           are
           
             old
             ;
          
           but
           't
           is
           as
           true
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           dye
           whilst
           we
           are
           
             young
             ;
          
           and
           therefore
           the
           
             later
          
           possibility
           should
           as
           well
           prevail
           with
           us
           for
           a
           
             dispatch
          
           of
           our
           repentance
           ,
           as
           the
           
             former
          
           too
           too
           often
           prevails
           upon
           us
           for
           a
           
             delay
             .
          
           Nay
           if
           we
           
             procrastinate
          
           our
           repentance
           ,
           in
           
             hope
          
           of
           living
           till
           we
           are
           
             old
             ,
          
           how
           much
           rather
           should
           we
           
             precipitate
          
           it
           ,
           for
           
             fear
          
           of
           dying
           whilst
           we
           are
           
             young
             ?
          
           (
           if
           yet
           it
           were
           possible
           to
           
             precipitate
          
           so
           good
           and
           necessary
           a
           work
           ,
           as
           a
           
             solid
             impartiall
             sincere
             repentance
             .
          
           )
           For
           as
           to
           
             repent
          
           whilst
           we
           are
           
             young
             ,
          
           can
           never
           do
           us
           the
           
             least
          
           harm
           ;
           so
           it
           may
           probably
           do
           us
           the
           
             greatest
             ,
          
           to
           post
           it
           off
           till
           we
           are
           
             old
             .
          
           Nay
           it
           may
           cost
           us
           the
           loss
           of
           heaven
           ,
           and
           a
           sad
           eternity
           in
           hell
           ,
           if
           we
           deferr
           our
           repentance
           (
           I
           do
           not
           say
           till
           we
           are
           
             old
             ,
          
           but
           if
           we
           deferr
           it
           )
           being
           
             young
             ,
          
           till
           we
           are
           one
           day
           
             older
          
           then
           now
           we
           
             are
             .
          
           And
           shall
           we
           deferr
           it
           beyond
           
             to-day
             ,
          
           because
           we
           may
           do
           it
           as
           well
           
             to-morrow
             ?
          
           This
           is
           madness
           unexpressible
           .
           For
           as
           't
           is
           true
           that
           we
           
             may
             ,
          
           so
           't
           is
           as
           true
           that
           we
           may
           
             not
             .
          
           Our
           
             knowledge
          
           of
           the
           
             one
             ,
          
           is
           just
           as
           
             little
          
           as
           of
           the
           
             other
             .
          
           (
           Or
           rather
           our
           
             ignorance
          
           is
           just
           as
           
             much
             .
          
           )
           And
           shall
           we
           dare
           to
           
             tempt
          
           
           
             God
             ,
          
           by
           presuming
           upon
           that
           which
           we
           do
           
             not
             know
             ?
          
           Are
           heaven
           and
           hell
           such
           
             triviall
          
           things
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           put
           to
           a
           bare
           
             adventure
             ?
          
           shall
           we
           
             play
          
           for
           
             salvation
             ,
          
           as
           it
           were
           by
           
             filliping
             cross
             or
             pile
             ?
          
           implicitly
           saying
           within
           our selves
           ,
           
             if
             we
             live
             till
             the
             morrow
             ,
             we
             will
             repent
             and
             be
             saved
             ;
             but
             if
             we
             dye
             before
             night
             ,
          
           we
           will
           dye
           in
           
             our
             sins
             and
             be
             damned
             for
             ever
             ?
          
           shall
           we
           reason
           within
           our selves
           ,
           that
           though
           we
           know
           our
           
             own
          
           death
           may
           be
           as
           sudden
           as
           
             other
          
           men's
           ,
           yet
           we
           will
           
             put
             it
             to
             the
             venture
             ,
          
           and
           make
           no
           doubt
           but
           to
           fare
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           hitherto
           we
           have
           done
           ?
           what
           is
           this
           but
           to
           
             dally
          
           with
           the
           
             day
          
           of
           
             judgement
             ,
          
           or
           to
           bewray
           our
           
             disbelief
          
           
           that
           there
           is
           any
           
             such
             thing
             ?
          
           It
           s
           true
           we
           
             may
          
           live
           untill
           the
           
             morrow
             ,
          
           and
           so
           on
           the
           
             morrow
          
           we
           
             may
          
           repent
           .
           But
           what
           is
           this
           to
           the
           purpose
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           
             certain
          
           we
           
             may
             ,
          
           whilst
           't
           is
           as
           
             doubtfull
          
           whether
           we
           
             shall
             ?
          
           Is
           it
           not
           good
           to
           make
           
             sure
          
           of
           happiness
           ,
           by
           
             repenting
          
           seriously
           at
           
             present
             ,
          
           rather
           then
           let
           it
           lye
           
             doubtfull
             ,
          
           by
           not
           
             repenting
          
           untill
           
             anon
             ?
          
           Methinks
           we
           should
           easily
           be
           persuaded
           to
           espouse
           
             that
             course
             ,
          
           which
           we
           are
           throughly
           convinced
           doth
           tend
           the
           
             most
          
           to
           our
           
             Advantage
             .
          
        
         
           When
           the
           rich
           worldling
           in
           the
           Parable
           was
           speaking
           
             placentia
          
           to
           his
           
             soul
             ,
          
           [
           
             *
          
           
             soul
             take
             thine
             ease
             ,
          
           ]
           alleaging
           no
           other
           reason
           ,
           than
           his
           having
           
             much
             goods
             for
             many
             years
             ;
          
           nothing
           is
           fitter
           to
           be
           observed
           ,
           then
           our
           
             Saviour's
             words
          
           upon
           that
           occasion
           ,
           
             Stulte
             ,
             Thou
             Fool
             ,
             this
             night
             shall
             thy
             soul
             be
             required
             of
             thee
             ;
             then
             whose
             shall
             those
             things
             be
             which
             thou
             hast
             provided
             ?
          
           However
           the
           men
           of
           this
           world
           have
           quite
           
             another
          
           measure
           〈◊〉
           ,
           and
           do
           esteem
           it
           the
           greatest
           
             prudence
          
           to
           take
           〈◊〉
           
             pleasure
          
           whilst
           they
           are
           
             young
             ,
          
           reserving
           the
           work
           〈◊〉
           
             mortification
          
           for
           times
           of
           
             sickness
          
           and
           
             old
             age
             ,
          
           (
           when
           
           't
           will
           be
           easie
           to
           leave
           their
           
             pleasures
             ,
          
           because
           their
           pleasures
           will
           leave
           
             them
             ,
          
           )
           yet
           in
           the
           judgement
           of
           God
           the
           Son
           ,
           (
           the
           
             word
          
           and
           
             wisdom
             of
             the
             Father
          
           )
           't
           is
           the
           part
           of
           a
           
             blockhead
          
           and
           a
           
             fool
             ,
          
           to
           make
           account
           of
           more
           
             years
             ,
          
           then
           he
           is
           sure
           of
           
             dayes
          
           or
           
             hours
             .
          
           He
           is
           a
           
             sot
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           a
           
             sinner
             ,
          
           who
           does
           
             adjourn
          
           and
           
             shift
             off
          
           the
           amendment
           of
           his
           
             life
             ,
          
           perhaps
           till
           twenty
           ,
           or
           thirty
           ,
           or
           fourty
           years
           
             after
             his
             death
             .
          
           'T
           is
           true
           indeed
           that
           
             Hezekiah
             ,
          
           whilst
           he
           was
           yet
           in
           the
           
             confines
          
           and
           
             skirts
          
           of
           death
           ,
           had
           a
           
             *
          
           
             lease
             of
             life
          
           granted
           no
           less
           than
           
             fifteen
             years
             long
             ;
          
           but
           he
           deferred
           not
           his
           
             repentance
          
           one
           day
           the
           
             longer
             .
          
           And
           shall
           we
           adventure
           to
           live
           an
           
             hour
          
           in
           an
           
             impenitent
             estate
             ,
          
           who
           have
           not
           a
           
             lease
             of
             life
          
           promised
           ,
           no
           not
           so
           much
           as
           for
           an
           
             hour
             ?
          
           shall
           we
           dare
           enter
           into
           our
           beds
           ,
           and
           
             sleep
          
           securely
           any
           
             one
             night
             ,
          
           not
           thinking
           
             how
          
           we
           may
           
             awake
             ,
          
           whether
           in
           
             heaven
          
           or
           in
           
             hell
             ?
          
           we
           know
           't
           is
           
             timely
             repentance
          
           which
           must
           secure
           us
           of
           the
           
             one
             ,
          
           and
           't
           is
           
             finall
             impenitence
          
           which
           gives
           us
           
             assurance
          
           of
           the
           
             other
             .
          
           What
           the
           Apostle
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           hath
           said
           of
           
             wrath
             ,
          
           may
           be
           as
           usefully
           spoken
           of
           every
           
             other
          
           provoking
           sin
           ,
           
             †
          
           
             Let
             not
             the
             Sun
             go
             down
             upon
             it
             .
          
           Let
           us
           not
           live
           in
           any
           sin
           untill
           the
           Sun
           is
           
             gone
             down
             ,
          
           because
           we
           are
           
             *
          
           
             far
          
           from
           being
           
             sure
          
           that
           we
           shall
           live
           till
           
             Sun
             rising
             .
          
           How
           many
           Professors
           go
           to
           sleep
           ,
           (
           when
           the
           Sun
           is
           down
           ,
           and
           the
           
             curtains
          
           of
           the
           
             night
          
           are
           drawn
           about
           them
           ,
           )
           in
           a
           state
           of
           
             drunkenness
          
           or
           
             adultery
             ,
          
           in
           a
           state
           of
           
             avarice
          
           or
           
             malice
             ,
          
           in
           a
           state
           of
           
             sacriledge
          
           or
           
             rebellion
             ,
          
           in
           a
           state
           of
           
             deceitfulness
          
           and
           
             hypocrisie
             ,
          
           without
           the
           least
           consideration
           how
           
             short
             a
             time
             they
             have
             to
             live
             ,
          
           and
           how
           very
           much
           
             shorter
          
           then
           they
           
             imagine
             ?
          
           Yet
           unless
           they
           believe
           they
           can
           
             dream
             devoutly
             ,
          
           and
           truly
           
             repent
          
           when
           they
           are
           
             sleeping
             ,
          
           they
           cannot
           but
           know
           they
           are
           
             damn'd
          
           
           
             for
             ever
             ,
          
           if
           
             the
             day
             of
             the
             Lord
             shall
             come
             upon
             them
             as
             a
          
           
           
             thief
             in
             the
             night
             ,
          
           and
           catch
           them
           napping
           in
           their
           impieties
           .
        
         
           
             Consider
             this
             all
             ye
             that
             forget
             God
             ,
             least
             he
             pluck
             you
             away
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             there
             be
             none
             to
             deliver
             you
             .
          
           Consider
           it
           all
           ye
           that
           forget
           
             your selves
             .
          
           That
           forget
           how
           
             few
             your
             dayes
             are
             ,
          
           and
           how
           
             full
             of
             misery
             .
          
           Consider
           your
           
             bodies
             ,
          
           from
           whence
           they
           
             came
             ;
          
           and
           consider
           your
           
             souls
             ,
          
           whether
           it
           is
           that
           they
           are
           
             going
             .
          
           Consider
           your
           
             life
          
           is
           in
           your
           
             breath
             ,
          
           and
           your
           
             breath
          
           is
           in
           your
           
             nostrils
             ;
          
           and
           that
           in
           the
           management
           of
           a
           
             moment
             ,
          
           (
           for
           the
           better
           ,
           or
           for
           the
           worse
           ,
           )
           there
           dependeth
           either
           a
           
             joyfull
          
           or
           a
           
             sad
             eternity
             .
          
           If
           our
           Time
           were
           
             certain
          
           as
           well
           as
           
             short
             ,
          
           (
           or
           rather
           if
           we
           were
           certain
           how
           short
           it
           is
           ,
           there
           might
           be
           some
           
             colour
          
           or
           
             pretence
             ,
          
           for
           the
           
             posting
             off
          
           of
           our
           Reformation
           .
           But
           since
           we
           
             *
          
           
             know
             not
             at
             what
             hour
             our
             Lord
             will
             come
             ,
          
           this
           should
           mightily
           ingage
           us
           to
           be
           
             hourely
             standing
             upon
             our
          
           
             †
          
           
             watch
             .
          
           And
           this
           may
           suffice
           for
           the
           subject
           of
           our
           
             second
             Consideration
             .
          
        
         
           Thirdly
           let
           us
           consider
           ,
           that
           if
           our
           dayes
           ,
           which
           are
           few
           ,
           are
           
             as
             full
             of
             trouble
             ,
          
           it
           should
           serve
           to
           make
           us
           
             less
             fond
          
           of
           living
           ,
           and
           
             less
             devoted
          
           to
           self-preservation
           ,
           and
           less
           
             afraid
          
           of
           the
           cross
           of
           Christ
           ,
           when
           our
           
             Faith
          
           shall
           be
           called
           to
           the
           severest
           
             Trialls
             .
          
           
             *
          
           
             O
             death
          
           (
           saith
           the
           son
           of
           Sirach
           )
           
             acceptable
             is
             thy
             sentence
             unto
             the
             needy
             ,
             and
             to
             him
             that
             is
             vexed
             with
             all
             things
             .
          
           The
           troubles
           incident
           to
           life
           have
           made
           the
           
             †
          
           
             bitter
             in
             soul
             to
             long
             for
             death
             ,
          
           and
           to
           
             *
          
           
             rejoyce
             exceedingly
             when
             they
             have
             found
             the
             grave
             .
          
           If
           the
           Empress
           
             †
          
           
             Barbara
          
           had
           been
           orthodox
           ,
           in
           believing
           mens
           
             souls
          
           to
           be
           just
           as
           
             mortall
          
           as
           their
           
             bodies
             ,
          
           death
           at
           least
           would
           be
           capable
           of
           this
           applause
           and
           commendation
           ,
           that
           it
           puts
           a
           
             conclusion
          
           to
           all
           our
           
             troubles
             .
          
           
           If
           we
           did
           not
           fear
           him
           ,
           
             who
             can
             cast
             both
             body
             and
             soul
          
           
           
             into
             hell
             ,
          
           we
           should
           not
           need
           fear
           them
           ,
           
             who
             can
             destroy
             the
             body
             onely
             ;
          
           because
           
             *
          
           
             there
             is
             no
             inquisition
             in
             the
             grave
             .
          
           
             †
          
           
             There
             the
             wicked
             cease
             from
             troubling
             :
             and
             there
             the
             weary
             are
             at
             rest
             .
             There
             the
             Prisoners
             lie
             down
             with
             Kings
             and
             counsellers
             of
             the
             earth
             .
             The
             servant
             there
             is
             free
             from
             his
             master
             .
             There
             is
          
           sleep
           ,
           and
           still
           silence
           ,
           
             nor
             can
             they
             hear
             the
             voice
             of
             the
             oppressor
             .
          
        
         
           Mors
           Bona
           si
           non
           est
           ,
           Finis
           tamen
           Illa
           Malorum
           .
        
         
           But
           we
           have
           farther
           to
           consider
           the
           
             threefold
             Antithesis
             ,
          
           which
           we
           ought
           to
           oppose
           to
           the
           
             three
             Clauses
             in
             the
             Text
             :
          
           for
           as
           
             man
             ,
             who
             is
             born
             of
             a
             woman
             ,
          
           hath
           but
           
             a
             short
             time
             to
             live
             ,
          
           and
           is
           
             full
             of
             trouble
             ;
          
           so
           man
           ,
           as
           
             regenerate
             and
             born
             of
             God
             ,
          
           hath
           a
           
             long
             time
             to
             live
             ,
          
           and
           is
           
             full
             of
             bliss
             .
          
           A
           life
           
             so
          
           long
           ,
           that
           it
           runs
           
             parallel
             with
             eternity
             ;
          
           and
           therefore
           (
           without
           a
           
             Catachresis
          
           )
           we
           cannot
           use
           such
           an
           expression
           ,
           as
           
             length
             of
             time
             .
          
           It
           is
           not
           a
           
             long
             ,
          
           but
           an
           
             endless
          
           life
           ;
           it
           is
           not
           
             time
             ,
          
           but
           
             eternity
             ,
          
           which
           now
           I
           speak
           of
           .
           Nor
           is
           it
           a
           
             wretched
          
           eternity
           ,
           of
           which
           a
           man
           may
           have
           the
           priviledge
           as
           he
           is
           
             born
             of
             a
             woman
             ;
          
           but
           an
           eternity
           of
           
             bliss
             ,
          
           which
           is
           competent
           to
           him
           as
           
             born
             of
             God
             .
          
           And
           of
           this
           bliss
           there
           is
           such
           a
           
             fullness
             ,
          
           that
           our
           
             Heads
          
           are
           too
           
             thick
             ,
          
           to
           understand
           it
           .
           Or
           if
           we
           were
           able
           to
           understand
           it
           ,
           yet
           our
           
             hearts
          
           are
           too
           
             narrow
             ,
          
           to
           give
           it
           entrance
           .
           Or
           if
           our
           hearts
           could
           hold
           it
           ,
           yet
           our
           
             tongues
          
           are
           too
           
             stammering
             ,
          
           to
           express
           and
           utter
           it
           .
           Or
           if
           we
           were
           able
           to
           do
           
             that
             ,
          
           yet
           our
           lives
           are
           too
           
             short
             ;
          
           to
           communicate
           and
           reveal
           it
           to
           other
           creatures
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           it
           is
           such
           ,
           as
           not
           onely
           
             eye
             hath
             not
             seen
             ,
          
           nor
           
             ear
             heard
             ,
          
           but
           it
           
             never
             hath
             entred
             into
             the
             heart
             of
             man
             to
             conceive
             .
          
           Incomprehensible
           
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           't
           is
           such
           as
           
             God
             hath
             prepared
             for
             them
             that
             love
             him
             ,
          
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           2.
           9.
           
        
         
           If
           we
           compare
           
             this
          
           life
           ,
           with
           the
           life
           described
           in
           the
           
             Text
             ,
          
           it
           will
           severall
           wayes
           be
           
             usefull
          
           to
           us
           ;
           for
           it
           will
           
             moderate
          
           our
           
             joyes
             ,
          
           whilst
           we
           
             possess
          
           our
           dear
           friends
           ;
           and
           it
           will
           
             mitigate
          
           our
           
             sorrows
             ,
          
           when
           we
           have
           
             lost
          
           them
           ;
           for
           it
           will
           mind
           us
           that
           they
           are
           freed
           from
           a
           life
           of
           
             misery
             ,
          
           and
           that
           they
           are
           happily
           translated
           to
           one
           of
           
             bliss
             .
          
           Nay
           if
           we
           are
           
             true
             lovers
          
           indeed
           ,
           and
           look
           not
           onely
           at
           our
           
             *
          
           
             own
          
           interest
           ,
           but
           at
           the
           interest
           of
           the
           
             parties
          
           to
           whom
           we
           vow
           love
           ,
           we
           even
           
             lose
          
           them
           to
           
             our
          
           advantage
           ,
           because
           to
           
             theirs
             .
          
           Lastly
           it
           sweetens
           the
           solemn
           
             farewell
             ,
          
           which
           our
           souls
           must
           take
           of
           our
           mortall
           bodies
           ;
           we
           shall
           
             desire
             to
             be
             dissolved
             ,
          
           when
           we
           can
           
             groundedly
          
           hope
           
             we
             shall
             be
             with
             Christ
             ;
          
           we
           shall
           groan
           ,
           and
           
             groan
             earnestly
             ,
             to
             be
             uncloathed
          
           of
           our
           bodies
           with
           which
           
             we
             are
          
           
             *
          
           
             burdened
             ,
          
           if
           
             we
          
           
             †
          
           
             live
             by
             this
             faith
             ,
          
           that
           
             we
             shall
             be
             cloathed
             upon
             with
             our
             house
             from
             heaven
             ;
          
           we
           shall
           cheerfully
           lay
           down
           our
           bodies
           in
           the
           dust
           ,
           when
           't
           is
           to
           rest
           in
           his
           peace
           ,
           who
           will
           certainly
           raise
           us
           by
           his
           power
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           rest
           and
           reign
           with
           him
           in
           glory
           .
        
         
           THus
           have
           I
           done
           with
           my
           Text
           ,
           though
           but
           in
           the
           middle
           of
           my
           Sermon
           ;
           and
           but
           
             briefly
          
           considered
           it
           in
           its
           
             Antithesis
             ,
          
           because
           it
           is
           not
           pertinent
           any
           otherwise
           ,
           then
           by
           affording
           to
           such
           as
           are
           
             Mourners
             ,
          
           a
           use
           of
           
             comfort
             .
          
           And
           because
           I
           am
           confident
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           many
           such
           
             here
             ,
          
           (
           when
           I
           consider
           how
           
             many
          
           losses
           lye
           wrapt
           in
           
             one
          
           )
           not
           onely
           
             wearers
             of
             black
             ,
          
           but
           
             serious
             Mourners
             ,
          
           whose
           very
           
             souls
             and
             insides
          
           are
           hung
           with
           sable
           ,
           and
           whose
           
             unaffected
          
           
           sorrows
           do
           
             call
          
           for
           comfort
           ;
           I
           shall
           raise
           you
           matter
           of
           reall
           joy
           ,
           from
           the
           ground
           and
           occasion
           of
           all
           your
           sorrows
           .
        
         
           For
           there
           is
           yet
           
             another
             Text
             ,
          
           upon
           which
           I
           must
           give
           you
           
             another
             Sermon
             .
          
           A
           Text
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           whose
           
             matter
          
           and
           
             form
          
           have
           been
           
             divided
          
           by
           God
           and
           Nature
           .
           The
           
           inward
           form
           is
           ascended
           ,
           to
           him
           from
           whom
           it
           came
           down
           ;
           but
           the
           outward
           matter
           still
           lyes
           before
           us
           .
           And
           well
           may
           that
           person
           become
           our
           
             Text
             ,
          
           who
           was
           himself
           a
           
             living
             Sermon
             ;
          
           since
           the
           integrity
           of
           his
           
             life
          
           was
           truly
           
             doctrinal
             ,
          
           and
           the
           resplendent
           piety
           of
           his
           
             death
          
           a
           very
           pertinent
           
             application
             .
          
           I
           am
           sure
           't
           is
           well
           
             known
          
           in
           
             another
          
           place
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           hope
           't
           is
           
             believed
          
           in
           
             this
             ,
          
           that
           I
           am
           none
           of
           
             their
          
           number
           ,
           who
           use
           to
           scatter
           abroad
           their
           Eulogies
           upon
           every
           man's
           Hearse
           ,
           meerly
           as
           customary
           offerings
           ,
           or
           things
           of
           course
           .
           No
           ,
           
             those
          
           alone
           are
           
             my
             seasons
          
           wherein
           to
           make
           
             narratives
          
           of
           the
           
             dead
             ,
          
           when
           it
           may
           righteously
           be
           done
           for
           the
           
             use
          
           and
           
             benefit
          
           of
           the
           
             living
             .
          
           You
           know
           that
           Jesus
           the
           son
           of
           Sirach
           doth
           set
           himself
           solemnly
           to
           the
           work
           :
           and
           that
           with
           an
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             Let
             us
             now
             praise
             famous
             men
             .
             Men
          
           
           
             renowned
             for
             their
             power
             ;
             men
             of
             knowledge
             and
             learning
             ;
             wise
             and
             eloquent
             in
             their
             instructions
             .
             Rich
             men
             furnished
             with
             ability
             ,
             and
             living
             peaceably
             in
             their
             habitations
             .
             There
             be
             of
             them
             that
             have
             left
             a
             name
             behind
             them
             ,
             if
             their
             prayses
             might
             be
             reported
             .
             And
             some
             there
             be
             who
             have
             no
             memoriall
             ,
             who
             have
             perished
             as
             though
             they
             had
             never
             been
             ,
             and
             are
             become
             as
             though
             they
             had
             never
             been
             born
             ,
             and
             their
             children
             after
             them
             .
             But
             these
             were
             mercifull
             men
             ,
             whose
             righteousness
             hath
             not
             been
             forgotten
             ,
          
           
             *
          
           
             their
             bodyes
             are
             buried
             in
             peace
             ,
             but
             their
             name
             liveth
             for
             evermore
             ;
             for
             the
             people
             will
             tell
             of
             their
             wisdom
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             the
             congregation
             will
             shew
             forth
             their
             praise
             .
          
        
         
           Our
           honour'd
           Brother
           now
           departed
           (
           I
           will
           not
           say
           the
           
             unhappy
             ,
          
           but
           )
           the
           
             now-blessed
          
           occasion
           of
           this
           solemnity
           ,
           as
           he
           deserves
           a
           
             noble
          
           Eulogie
           ,
           so
           he
           needs
           
             none
             at
             all
             :
          
           He
           being
           one
           of
           those
           few
           of
           my
           particular
           acquaintance
           ,
           of
           whom
           I
           have
           seldome
           ,
           or
           never
           heard
           an
           ill
           word
           spoken
           .
           But
           in
           this
           one
           thing
           ,
           he
           had
           the
           least
           resemblance
           unto
           his
           Saviour
           ,
           who
           was
           
             hated
          
           by
           
             many
             ,
             despised
          
           by
           
             more
             ,
          
           and
           basely
           
             forsaken
          
           almost
           
             by
             all
             .
          
           This
           is
           therefore
           no
           commendation
           ,
           on
           which
           our
           Saviour
           proclaims
           a
           
             Woe
             .
             Woe
             be
             to
             you
             when
             all
             men
             speak
             well
             of
             you
             .
          
           Nor
           do
           I
           say
           that
           this
           worthy
           Gentleman
           was
           ill
           spoken
           of
           by
           
             none
             ,
          
           (
           he
           was
           sure
           
             too
             worthy
          
           to
           be
           so
           befriended
           by
           the
           
             world
          
           )
           I
           onely
           say
           that
           I
           have
           seldom
           or
           never
           
             heard
             it
             .
          
           And
           
           he
           was
           so
           much
           the
           less
           obnoxious
           to
           the
           dishonesty
           of
           the
           Tongue
           ,
           because
           (
           as
           far
           as
           his
           
             Quality
          
           would
           give
           him
           leave
           )
           he
           ever
           
             delighted
          
           in
           that
           obscurity
           ,
           which
           most
           young
           Gentlemen
           are
           wont
           to
           
             shun
             .
          
           For
           although
           his
           
             extraction
          
           (
           we
           know
           )
           was
           
             noble
             ,
          
           and
           his
           
             fortune
          
           extremely
           
             fair
             ,
          
           though
           his
           
             naturall
             parts
          
           and
           abilities
           were
           truly
           
             great
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           greatly
           improved
           by
           
             art
          
           and
           
             industry
             ,
          
           (
           he
           having
           been
           Master
           of
           many
           Languages
           ,
           and
           (
           I
           am
           sure
           )
           well
           vers'd
           in
           great
           variety
           of
           Learning
           )
           yet
           still
           his
           
             modesty
          
           and
           his
           
             meekness
          
           were
           so
           much
           
             greater
          
           then
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           that
           (
           in
           a
           perfect
           contrariety
           to
           the
           vainglorious
           and
           hypocriticall
           )
           he
           ever
           turn'd
           his
           
             worst
             side
             outward
             .
          
           The
           late
           retir'dness
           of
           his
           life
           made
           him
           so
           blameless
           and
           inoffensive
           ,
           that
           I
           suppose
           it
           hath
           
             ditted
          
           the
           mouth
           of
           envie
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           no
           doubt
           an
           
             effect
          
           of
           those
           two
           virtues
           ,
           (
           I
           mean
           his
           
             modesty
          
           and
           his
           
             meekness
          
           )
           that
           he
           so
           constantly
           observed
           that
           
             Apostolicall
             Precept
             ,
             Iames
          
           1.
           19.
           
           
           For
           
             he
             ,
          
           if
           any
           man
           living
           ,
           was
           
             swift
             to
             hear
             ,
             but
             slow
          
           
           
             to
             speak
             .
          
           And
           when
           he
           thought
           it
           his
           
             turn
          
           to
           speak
           ,
           it
           was
           rather
           
             much
             ,
          
           than
           in
           
             many
             words
             .
          
           As
           the
           speech
           of
           
             Menelaus
          
           describ'd
           by
           
             Homer
             ,
          
           so
           perfectly
           free
           were
           his
           discourses
           ,
           from
           the
           fault
           of
           
             impertinence
             ,
          
           or
           
             superfluity
             .
          
        
         
           So
           far
           was
           
             he
          
           from
           
             sitting
             down
          
           in
           the
           
             chair
             of
             the
             scornfull
             ,
          
           (
           as
           too
           many
           of
           his
           quality
           are
           wont
           to
           do
           )
           nay
           so
           far
           from
           
             walking
          
           in
           the
           
             counsels
             of
             the
             ungodly
          
           (
           from
           the
           time
           that
           he
           
             found
          
           them
           to
           be
           
             such
             ,
          
           )
           that
           he
           made
           it
           his
           care
           and
           chiefest
           caution
           ,
           (
           in
           his
           later
           years
           more
           especially
           ,
           )
           not
           so
           much
           as
           to
           
             stand
             in
             the
             way
             of
             sinners
             .
          
        
         
           For
           as
           much
           as
           I
           could
           judge
           of
           him
           ,
           (
           who
           had
           the
           happiness
           to
           know
           him
           for
           many
           years
           )
           he
           was
           a
           true
           
             Nathanael
             ,
          
           
             *
          
           
             an
             Israelite
             indeed
             ;
          
           who
           ,
           though
           he
           had
           many
           
             Imperfections
             ,
          
           as
           one
           who
           was
           
             born
             of
             a
             woman
             ;
          
           yet
           he
           had
           sure
           
             no
             guile
             ,
          
           as
           being
           also
           regenerate
           ,
           and
           
             born
             of
             God
             .
          
           Methinks
           I
           hear
           him
           now
           speaking
           to
           all
           that
           knew
           him
           ,
           as
           
             Samuel
          
           did
           to
           all
           
             Israel
             ;
             I
             have
          
           
           
             walked
             before
             you
             from
             my
             childhood
             to
             this
             day
             .
             Behold
             here
             I
             am
             ,
             witness
             against
             me
             before
             the
             Lord
             ;
             whose
             Oxe
             have
             I
             taken
             ?
             or
             whose
             Ass
             have
             I
             taken
             ?
             or
             whom
             have
             I
             defrauded
             ?
             whom
             have
             I
             oppressed
             ?
             or
             of
             whose
             hand
             have
             I
             received
             any
             bribe
             ,
             to
             blind
             mine
             eyes
             therewith
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             restore
             it
             ?
          
           To
           which
           methinks
           I
           hear
           the
           Answer
           which
           was
           made
           to
           
             Samuel
          
           in
           the
           next
           verse
           ,
           
             thou
          
           
           
             hast
             not
             defrauded
             nor
             oppressed
             us
             .
          
        
         
           'T
           is
           
             this
          
           that
           speaks
           a
           man
           
             right
             honest
             ;
          
           which
           is
           a
           
             nobler
          
           title
           then
           
             right
             honourable
             ,
          
           though
           I
           may
           say
           very
           truely
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           many
           due
           titles
           of
           
             honour
          
           too
           .
           For
           not
           to
           speak
           of
           his
           
             Ancestors
             ,
          
           who
           came
           in
           hether
           with
           the
           Conquest
           ,
           and
           that
           from
           the
           city
           
             Poitou
          
           in
           
           
             France
             ,
          
           (
           from
           whence
           they
           derived
           the
           name
           of
           
             Peyto
          
           )
           I
           think
           it
           more
           for
           his
           
             honour
             ,
          
           to
           have
           been
           many
           wayes
           
             *
          
           
             good
             ;
          
           to
           wit
           ,
           a
           good
           
             husband
          
           and
           a
           good
           
             father
             ;
          
           a
           good
           
             master
          
           and
           a
           good
           
             friend
             ;
          
           a
           good
           
             neighbour
          
           and
           a
           good
           
             land-lord
             ;
          
           a
           good
           
             christian
          
           and
           a
           good
           
             man
             .
          
           And
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           sign
           of
           
             more
             goodness
          
           then
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           he
           never
           thought
           he
           was
           
             good
             enough
             ;
          
           especially
           in
           the
           
             first
             ,
          
           and
           the
           two
           
             last
          
           particulars
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           an
           excellent
           
             ingredient
          
           in
           that
           religious
           
             composition
             ,
          
           which
           he
           had
           sent
           before
           him
           to
           
             bless
          
           his
           
             soul
             ,
          
           and
           left
           behind
           him
           in
           memory
           to
           
             perfume
          
           his
           
             name
          
           too
           ,
           that
           having
           been
           charged
           with
           a
           debt
           ,
           (
           whether
           by
           his
           Father's
           last
           will
           and
           testament
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           condition
           of
           the
           times
           ,
           or
           by
           both
           together
           ,
           )
           he
           was
           ever
           in
           some
           
             pain
          
           till
           he
           had
           
             paid
          
           that
           debt
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           had
           made
           
             provision
          
           for
           it
           ;
           because
           untill
           he
           had
           
             done
             justice
             ,
          
           he
           knew
           he
           could
           not
           so
           well
           
             shew
          
           works
           of
           
             mercy
             ;
          
           and
           that
           was
           doubtless
           a
           pregnant
           token
           of
           
             walking
             humbly
             with
             his
             God
             .
          
           The
           three
           grand
           Duties
           which
           God
           requires
           ,
           in
           the
           
             sixth
          
           chapter
           of
           
             Micah
             ,
          
           at
           the
           
             ninth
          
           verse
           .
        
         
           The
           
             end
          
           of
           Christ's
           coming
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           was
           
             to
             make
             us
             live
             soberly
             ,
             righteously
             ,
             and
             godly
             in
             this
             present
             world
             .
          
           (
           Tit.
           2.
           13.
           
           )
           the
           first
           implying
           our
           whole
           duty
           towards
           our
           
             selves
             ,
          
           the
           second
           towards
           our
           
             neighbour
             ,
          
           the
           third
           towards
           our
           
             God
             .
          
           That
           extraordinary
           person
           ,
           of
           whom
           I
           speak
           ,
           doth
           seem
           to
           
             me
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           
             others
             ,
          
           to
           have
           reached
           those
           ends
           .
           He
           was
           so
           eminently
           
             sober
             ,
          
           that
           I
           believe
           he
           was
           never
           known
           to
           have
           sinn'd
           against
           his
           own
           body
           in
           any
           kind
           ;
           so
           eminently
           
             righteous
             ,
          
           that
           (
           as
           I
           said
           )
           he
           was
           in
           pain
           ,
           till
           he
           had
           rendred
           to
           
             every
             man
             his
             due
             .
          
           Being
           so
           
             sober
             ,
          
           and
           so
           
             righteous
             ,
          
           he
           is
           inferred
           to
           have
           been
           so
           
             godly
          
           too
           ,
           as
           to
           
           have
           liv'd
           in
           opposition
           to
           those
           bare
           
             professors
             of
             Christianity
             ,
          
           who
           having
           a
           
             form
             of
             godliness
             deny
             the
             power
             of
             it
             ;
          
           for
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           what
           is
           not
           every
           day
           
             considered
             ,
          
           that
           the
           most
           
             materiall
          
           part
           of
           
             godliness
          
           is
           
             morall
             honesty
             .
          
           Nor
           was
           there
           any
           thing
           more
           conspicuous
           in
           the
           holy
           life
           of
           our
           blessed
           Lord
           .
           The
           
             second
          
           Table
           is
           the
           
             touchstone
          
           of
           our
           obedience
           unto
           the
           
             first
             .
          
           And
           to
           apply
           what
           I
           say
           unto
           the
           honourable
           person
           of
           whom
           I
           speak
           ,
           we
           may
           conclude
           him
           to
           have
           lived
           the
           
             life
             of
             faith
             ,
          
           because
           we
           find
           him
           to
           
           have
           dyed
           the
           
             death
             of
             the
             righteous
             .
          
        
         
           To
           pass
           on
           therefore
           towards
           his
           
             death
             ,
          
           as
           the
           fittest
           transition
           unto
           his
           
             buriall
             ;
          
           I
           am
           enabled
           to
           say
           of
           him
           ,
           (
           by
           such
           as
           were
           eye
           and
           ear
           witnesses
           ,
           )
           that
           he
           abundantly
           injoyed
           [
           that
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ]
           that
           happy
           
             calmness
             of
             death
             ,
          
           which
           the
           Emperour
           
             Augustus
          
           was
           wont
           to
           pray
           for
           .
           I
           say
           he
           injoy'd
           it
           in
           
             both
             acceptions
          
           of
           the
           word
           .
           For
           first
           however
           he
           was
           sick
           of
           a
           
             burning
             Feaver
             ,
          
           (
           which
           carried
           him
           up
           like
           
             Elias
          
           in
           a
           
             fiery
             Chariot
          
           )
           yet
           he
           had
           this
           
             rare
          
           happiness
           which
           is
           the
           priviledge
           of
           a
           few
           ,
           that
           he
           even
           
             injoyed
          
           his
           whole
           
             disease
          
           without
           the
           least
           taint
           of
           
             deliration
             .
          
           That
           knot
           of
           union
           betwixt
           his
           body
           and
           his
           soul
           ,
           was
           not
           violently
           
             broken
             ,
          
           but
           very
           leasurely
           
             untyed
             ;
          
           they
           having
           parted
           like
           
             two
             friends
             ,
          
           not
           by
           a
           rude
           
             falling-out
             ,
          
           but
           a
           
             loving
             farewell
             .
          
           Thus
           was
           his
           
             Euthanasia
          
           in
           the
           
             first
          
           acception
           of
           the
           word
           .
           But
           he
           had
           it
           much
           more
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           
             second
             .
          
           For
        
         
           Two
           things
           there
           are
           ,
           which
           are
           wont
           to
           make
           death
           terrible
           .
           The
           first
           is
           
             suddenness
             ,
          
           and
           the
           second
           is
           
             sin
             .
          
           He
           was
           so
           arm'd
           against
           the
           
             first
             ,
          
           that
           he
           did
           not
           onely
           take
           care
           for
           the
           
             setting
             his
             outward
             house
             in
          
           
           
             order
             ,
          
           to
           the
           end
           that
           nothing
           in
           
             this
          
           world
           might
           
           trash
           his
           flight
           towards
           a
           
             better
             ;
          
           but
           he
           also
           sent
           for
           the
           
             Divine
             ,
          
           to
           imp
           the
           
             wings
          
           of
           his
           devotion
           ;
           and
           farther
           told
           his
           
             Physician
             ,
          
           that
           
             God
             had
             sent
             him
             his
             summons
             ;
          
           so
           well
           was
           he
           arm'd
           against
           the
           
             first
          
           of
           those
           
             Phobera
             ,
          
           and
           that
           by
           the
           help
           of
           our
           English
           
             Litanie
             ,
          
           which
           prompt's
           us
           to
           pray
           
             against
             sudden
             Death
             ;
          
           and
           which
           he
           commanded
           one
           of
           his
           servants
           to
           
             assist
          
           him
           with
           upon
           his
           death
           bed
           ,
           bestowing
           upon
           it
           (
           when
           he
           had
           done
           )
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           holy
           
             admiration
             .
          
        
         
           Again
           ,
           so
           well
           was
           he
           prepared
           against
           the
           
             second
             ,
          
           that
           for
           the
           
             tenderness
          
           of
           his
           conscience
           ,
           and
           his
           deep
           
             resentment
          
           of
           all
           his
           sins
           ,
           
             those
             of
             the
             times
          
           more
           especially
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           deplored
           his
           unhappiness
           that
           he
           had
           had
           
             a
             great
             share
             ,
          
           (
           till
           God
           was
           pleased
           in
           much
           mercy
           to
           shew
           him
           that
           
             errour
             of
             his
             judgement
             ,
          
           by
           which
           the
           
             errour
             of
             his
             practice
          
           was
           bred
           and
           cherish'd
           ,
           )
           Next
           for
           his
           
             hatred
             of
             himself
          
           in
           the
           remembrance
           of
           them
           ,
           (
           though
           we
           may
           say
           ,
           that
           in
           
             comparison
          
           with
           many
           others
           alive
           and
           dead
           ,
           he
           had
           kept
           himself
           
             unspotted
             from
             the
             world
             ,
          
           )
           then
           for
           his
           steadfast
           
             resolutions
          
           
           of
           better
           life
           ,
           of
           making
           ample
           
             satisfaction
          
           for
           every
           ill
           that
           he
           had
           done
           ,
           and
           so
           of
           
             bringing
             forth
             fruits
          
           
             †
          
           
             worthy
             of
             repentance
             ,
          
           (
           if
           God
           should
           be
           pleas'd
           to
           inlarge
           his
           time
           ;
           )
           and
           last
           of
           all
           for
           his
           
             sollicitude
             ,
          
           that
           
             all
             his
          
           
             *
          
           
             family
          
           might
           live
           in
           the
           fear
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           
             redeem
          
           those
           opportunities
           which
           he
           seem'd
           (
           at
           least
           unto
           
             himself
          
           )
           to
           have
           sometimes
           
             lost
             ,
          
           or
           
             neglected
             ;
          
           I
           say
           ,
           in
           all
           these
           respects
           ,
           he
           appears
           to
           
             me
             ,
          
           (
           as
           well
           as
           to
           
             others
          
           )
           a
           more
           then
           ordinary
           Example
           .
        
         
           But
           some
           may
           say
           ,
           that
           
             sick
          
           persons
           are
           ever
           sorry
           
           for
           their
           
             sins
             ;
          
           but
           it
           is
           many
           times
           a
           
             sorrow
          
           squeez'd
           out
           by
           
             sickness
             .
          
           And
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           
             recover
             ,
          
           they
           do
           
             relapse
          
           too
           .
        
         
         
           To
           which
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           though
           it
           is
           often
           so
           in
           
             others
             ,
          
           
           yet
           in
           this
           
             exemplary
          
           Christian
           it
           could
           
             not
          
           be
           so
           .
           For
        
         
           
             First
             ,
          
           it
           was
           a
           mark
           of
           his
           
             sincerity
             ,
          
           that
           he
           look'd
           upon
           his
           failings
           ,
           as
           through
           a
           
             Macroscope
             ;
          
           which
           made
           them
           seem
           
             nearer
             ,
          
           and
           very
           much
           
             greater
          
           then
           they
           were
           .
           He
           warn'd
           all
           those
           who
           stood
           about
           his
           sick
           bed
           ,
           to
           beware
           of
           those
           sins
           which
           the
           world
           call's
           
             little
             ;
          
           and
           of
           the
           
             no-little
          
           sins
           which
           the
           world
           calls
           
             none
             ;
          
           yea
           from
           the
           least
           
             *
          
           
             appearances
          
           and
           
             opportunities
          
           of
           sin
           .
           It
           was
           his
           own
           expression
           ,
           that
           
             all
             the
             sins
             of
             his
             former
             life
             did
             even
             kick
             in
             his
             very
             face
             ;
          
           yet
           
           he
           remembred
           the
           
             †
          
           
             labourer
             ,
          
           who
           went
           
             late
          
           into
           the
           Vineyard
           ,
           and
           was
           
             rewarded
             .
          
           He
           also
           made
           some
           reflexions
           upon
           the
           
             *
          
           
             thief
             on
             the
             cross
             ;
          
           that
           his
           faith
           might
           steer
           an
           even
           course
           ,
           betwixt
           the
           
             Scylla
          
           of
           
             despair
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Charybdis
          
           of
           
             presumption
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           it
           was
           another
           good
           token
           of
           his
           
             sincerity
             ,
          
           that
           he
           was
           not
           meerly
           a
           
             death-bed
             penitent
             ,
          
           whose
           repentance
           too
           too
           often
           is
           but
           [
           a
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ]
           
             a
             sorrow
             according
             to
             the
             world
             ;
          
           but
           ,
           (
           as
           diverse
           persons
           can
           well
           witness
           )
           he
           began
           the
           great
           work
           in
           his
           time
           of
           
             health
             ;
          
           so
           as
           his
           sickness
           did
           but
           
             declare
          
           his
           having
           been
           a
           
             *
          
           
             new
             creature
          
           by
           
             †
          
           
             change
             of
             mind
             ,
          
           and
           that
           he
           did
           not
           fall
           back
           ,
           but
           
             *
          
           
             press
             forward
             towards
             the
             mark
             ,
          
           and
           
             persevere
          
           in
           so
           doing
           
             unto
             the
          
           
             *
          
           
             end
             .
          
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           it
           was
           another
           mark
           of
           his
           
             sincerity
             ,
          
           that
           he
           
             insisted
          
           on
           the
           nature
           of
           
             true
             repentance
             ,
          
           which
           still
           importeth
           an
           
             amendment
          
           and
           
             reformation
          
           of
           life
           .
           Nor
           had
           he
           a
           willingness
           to
           
             recover
          
           his
           former
           health
           ,
           unless
           to
           the
           end
           he
           might
           
             demonstrate
          
           his
           
             renovation
             ,
          
           by
           that
           
             carefullness
             ,
          
           that
           
             fear
             ,
          
           that
           
             indignation
             ,
          
           that
           
             vehement
             desire
             ,
          
           that
           
             zeal
             ,
          
           yea
           that
           
             revenge
             ,
          
           which
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           
           
           hath
           recorded
           as
           the
           
             effects
          
           of
           a
           
             godly
             sorrow
          
           in
           his
           
             Corinthians
             .
          
           Abhorring
           and
           deploring
           those
           desperate
           notions
           of
           repentance
           ,
           which
           the
           world
           is
           so
           commonly
           mistaken
           in
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           it
           was
           a
           comfortable
           token
           of
           his
           
             sincerity
             ,
          
           that
           he
           was
           
             obstinate
             in
             his
             Prayers
             ,
          
           against
           the
           
             precept
          
           of
           his
           
             Physician
             ,
          
           and
           resolv'd
           to
           pour
           out
           his
           soul
           ,
           though
           to
           the
           prejudice
           of
           his
           body
           .
           As
           if
           he
           were
           piously
           ambitious
           of
           being
           too
           strong
           for
           his
           own
           infirmities
           ;
           when
           a
           reverend
           Divine
           (
           who
           was
           standing
           by
           )
           would
           fain
           have
           done
           that
           office
           for
           him
           ,
           at
           least
           as
           a
           Deputy
           to
           his
           
             lungs
          
           onely
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           not
           spend
           his
           
             few
             spirits
          
           as
           yet
           left
           in
           him
           ;
           he
           made
           him
           this
           resolute
           and
           hasty
           ,
           but
           pious
           answer
           ,
           that
           
             whilst
             a
             tongue
             was
             in
             his
             head
             whereby
             to
             speak
             ,
             and
             whilst
             he
             had
             breath
             in
             his
             body
             to
             move
             and
             animate
             his
             tongue
             ,
          
           and
           
             whilst
             he
             had
             lungs
             in
             his
             brest
             to
             supply
             his
             breath
             ,
             he
             would
             shew
             forth
             the
             goodness
             and
             the
             glory
             of
             God
             ,
             who
             had
             been
             pleas'd
             to
             do
             so
             great
             things
             for
             him
             .
          
           And
           in
           a
           mercifull
           Answer
           to
           all
           his
           Prayers
           ,
           which
           he
           continued
           to
           the
           
             amazement
          
           of
           all
           that
           heard
           him
           ,
           (
           after
           some
           
             conflicts
          
           which
           he
           had
           had
           with
           the
           
             ghostly
             enemy
             ,
          
           that
           so
           he
           might
           be
           happier
           in
           a
           
             victorious
             ,
          
           then
           he
           could
           possibly
           have
           been
           in
           an
           
             untempted
          
           innocence
           ,
           )
           God
           was
           pleased
           (
           
             very
             signally
          
           )
           to
           reveal
           himself
           to
           him
           ,
           
             to
             speak
             peace
             unto
             his
             conscience
             ,
          
           to
           fill
           him
           inwardly
           
             with
             joy
             in
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             ,
          
           to
           give
           him
           some
           
             glimmerings
          
           and
           
             fore-tasts
          
           of
           
             the
             glory
             to
             be
             revealed
             .
          
           That
           I
           may
           use
           his
           own
           words
           ,
           (
           which
           ,
           as
           he
           came
           out
           of
           a
           
             trance
             ,
          
           he
           was
           observed
           to
           speak
           ,
           )
           
             he
             had
             a
             ravishing
             glimps
             of
             the
             Beatifick
             vision
             ;
          
           meaning
           thereby
           (
           as
           I
           interpret
           )
           that
           God
           had
           refreshed
           his
           drooping
           soul
           with
           his
           unspeakable
           comforts
           ;
           saying
           unto
           his
           soul
           ,
           
           
             I
             am
             thy
             salvation
             ,
          
           or
           
             this
             day
             salvation
             is
             come
             to
             thy
          
           
           
             house
             .
          
           So
           that
           now
           being
           plac●d
           above
           the
           levell
           of
           temptations
           ,
           and
           exempted
           from
           the
           fear
           of
           what
           the
           
             *
          
           
             red
             dragon
          
           could
           do
           unto
           him
           ,
           he
           cheerfully
           
             lifted
             up
             his
             head
             ,
          
           and
           first
           his
           eyes
           upon
           
             Iesus
             the
             author
             and
             finisher
             of
             his
             faith
             ,
          
           and
           
             for
             the
             joy
             that
             was
             set
             before
             him
             ,
          
           
           expected
           the
           Advent
           of
           
             death
             ,
          
           as
           of
           a
           very
           
             dear
             friend
             .
          
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           it
           was
           another
           great
           sign
           that
           
             his
             heart
             was
             right
             towards
             God
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           not
           treacherous
           to
           
             himself
             ,
          
           that
           he
           extended
           his
           care
           to
           the
           souls
           of
           
             others
             ,
          
           with
           as
           true
           a
           charity
           ,
           as
           to
           his
           
             own
             ;
          
           exhorting
           
             one
          
           in
           particular
           against
           the
           
             love
             of
             this
             world
             ;
          
           charging
           
             another
          
           to
           be
           watchfull
           against
           
             intemperance
             and
             debauch
             ;
          
           exciting
           a
           
             third
          
           unto
           
             frequent
             and
             servent
             prayer
             .
          
           I
           do
           but
           
             mention
          
           the
           severall
           subjects
           ,
           on
           which
           he
           
             treated
          
           like
           a
           
             Divine
             .
          
           To
           all
           his
           servants
           in
           the
           generall
           ,
           and
           to
           three
           of
           them
           in
           special
           (
           for
           his
           words
           like
           
             *
          
           
             Manna
          
           in
           the
           wilderness
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           
             *
          
           
             doal
             ,
          
           were
           discreetly
           
             proportioned
          
           to
           every
           one
           
             as
             he
             had
             need
             ;
          
           so
           as
           they
           who
           had
           
             most
          
           of
           his
           instruction
           had
           
             nothing
             over
             ,
          
           and
           they
           who
           had
           
             least
          
           had
           
             no
             lack
             .
          
           )
           I
           say
           ,
           in
           generall
           ,
           and
           in
           speciall
           ,
           he
           was
           by
           his
           precepts
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           practice
           ,
           (
           even
           as
           righteous
           
             *
          
           
             Noah
          
           )
           a
           true
           
             preacher
             of
             repentance
             .
          
           Nor
           did
           his
           care
           end
           here
           .
           But
        
         
           As
           it
           were
           in
           imitation
           of
           good
           old
           
             Iacob
             ,
          
           before
           he
           was
           
             gather'd
             to
             his
             fathers
             ,
          
           he
           gave
           a
           
             blessing
          
           to
           all
           his
           
           
             children
             .
          
           And
           farther
           gave
           it
           in
           charge
           to
           his
           
             ●irtuous
             consort
             ,
          
           whom
           he
           worthily
           esteemed
           his
           
             dearer
             self
             ,
          
           (
           and
           of
           whom
           he
           also
           
             requested
             pardon
             ,
             if
             by
             any
             cross
             word
             he
             had
             ever
             griev'd
             her
             ,
          
           )
           not
           to
           educate
           his
           children
           ,
           so
           much
           to
           
             learning
             and
             other
             accomplishments
             ,
          
           as
           
           
             to
             the
             knowledge
             ,
          
           and
           
             service
             ,
          
           and
           
             fear
             of
             God
             .
          
           Nor
           was
           it
           a
           little
           to
           his
           advantage
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           carefull
           to
           have
           them
           seasoned
           with
           those
           his
           
             last
          
           principles
           ,
           which
           by
           his
           
             later
             experience
          
           he
           found
           the
           
             best
             .
          
        
         
           Not
           to
           be
           endless
           upon
           the
           subject
           ,
           (
           on
           which
           it
           is
           
             difficult
          
           not
           to
           be
           
             long
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           
             impossible
          
           to
           be
           
             tedious
             ,
          
           )
           he
           was
           briefly
           
             all
             that
             ,
          
           which
           I
           pray
           God
           of
           his
           mercy
           to
           make
           us
           all
           .
           That
           whensoever
           he
           shall
           appear
           unto
           us
           ,
           in
           death
           ,
           or
           in
           judgement
           ,
           we
           may
           be
           found
           ,
           like
           
             †
          
           
             wise
             virgins
             ,
             with
             oyl
             in
             our
             lamps
             .
          
           And
           that
           together
           with
           this
           our
           brother
           ,
           (
           whose
           
             remembrance
          
           (
           like
           that
           of
           
             †
          
           
             Iosias
          
           )
           will
           ever
           be
           
             sweet
             unto
             us
             as
             musick
             at
             a
             banquet
             of
             wine
             ,
          
           )
           we
           may
           be
           ioyned
           in
           consort
           with
           the
           
             quire
             of
             Angels
             ,
          
           and
           
             with
             the
             generall
          
           
           
             assembly
             of
             the
             first
             born
             which
             are
             written
             in
             heaven
             ,
          
           and
           
             with
             the
             souls
             of
             just
             men
             made
             perfect
             ,
          
           singing
           Hosanna's
           
           and
           Hallelujah's
           ,
           
             to
             him
             that
             sitteth
             upon
             the
             Throne
             ,
             and
             unto
             the
             Lamb
             for
             evermore
             .
          
        
         
           THE
           END
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           
             VIR
          
           
             Exploratâ
             Integritate
             ,
          
           
             Gravitate
             morum
             Primaevâ
          
           
             Annumerandus
             Patribus
             ;
          
           
             Scientiarum
             lumen
             omnium
             ,
          
           
             Supraque
             scientias
             eminens
          
           
             Humilitate
             summâ
             :
          
           
             Innocenter
             doctus
             ,
             &
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
          
        
         
           EDOARDUS
           PEYTO
           De
           
             Chesterton
          
           in
           Agro
           
             Warwicensi
             Armiger
             ,
          
        
         
           
             Ex
             Antiquo
          
           PICTAVORUM
           
             stemmate
             oriundus
             ,
          
           EDOARDI
           PEYTO
           
             Equitis
             Aurati
          
        
         
           
             Filius
             Unigenitus
             :
          
        
         
           
             Uxorem
             duxit
             ELIZABETHAM
          
           GREVILLI
           VERNEY
           
             De
          
           Compton-Mordake
           
             in
             eodem
             Agro
             Equitis
             Aurati
          
        
         
           
             Filiam
             Unigenitam
             :
             Lectissimam
             pariter
             &
             Dilectissimam
             foeminam
             .
          
        
         
         
           Compar
           Conjugium
           !
        
         
           Cujus
           ex
           foelici
           Copulà
        
         
           Manavit
           sexûs
           utriusque
           Trias
           ,
        
         
           Altera
           Filiorum
           ,
           
             Edoardus
             ,
             Guilielmus
             ,
             Franciscus
             ,
          
        
         
           Altera
           &
           Filiarum
           ,
           
             Elizabetha
             ,
             Catharina
             ,
             Margareta
             ,
          
        
         
           Patris
           simul
           ,
           &
           Matris
           Ectypa
           :
        
         
           Virorum
           &
           Foeminarum
           olim
           
             Exemplaria
             .
          
        
         
           Proh
           Dolor
           !
        
         
           Tantae
           Familiae
           &
           Virtutis
           Instauratorem
           brevem
           ,
        
         
           Primo
           velut
           in
           Molimine
           fatiscentem
           ;
        
         
           In
           ipso
           aetatis
           flore
           decussum
           ,
        
         
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           !
        
         
           Tamen
           Querelarum
           desine
           .
        
         
           Quippe
           saeculi
           pertaesus
           ,
           Maturus
           Coelo
           ,
        
         
           Et
           praeproperâ
           laborans
           Maturitate
           ,
        
         
           Perfectionem
           vitae
           cum
           Immortalitate
           commutavit
           ,
        
         
           Anno
           Aetatis
           supra
           
             XXXm
          
           currente
           Tertio
           ,
        
         
           Salutis
           Reparatae
           
             M
             D
             CL
             V
             III.
             
          
        
         
           
             VIIIo
             
             .
          
           Calendas
           
             VIIbres
             .
          
        
         
           Anima
           ,
           Christi
           appetentissima
           ,
           in
           Christi
           gremium
           evolavit
           ;
        
         
           Coelorum
           ,
           quò
           dudum
           ascenderat
           ,
           tandem
           Incola
           :
        
         
           Corpus
           reclinavit
           in
           Pulveris
           Dormitorium
           ;
        
         
           Sic
           etiam
           Christum
           in
           sepulchro
           quaeritans
           .
        
         
           Telluris
           sarcina
           subter
           tellurem
           deposita
           ;
        
         
           Incolumes
           reliquia
           sub
           Domini
           custodiâ
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A54841e-280
           
             †
             1
             Cor.
             13.
             7.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             10.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             32.
             29.
             
          
           
             Eccles.
             7.
             3.
             
          
           
             Vers.
             2.
             
          
           
             *
             Vers.
             4.
             
          
           
             †
             Wisd.
             2
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             Ioh
             14.
             1.
             
          
           
             Eccles.
             2.
             12.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             51.
             12.
             
             Mat.
             10.
             28.
             
          
           
             *
             Mat.
             25.
             2●
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             16.
             25.
             
             Mar.
             8.
             36.
             
          
           
             *
             Mat.
             25.
             16.
             
             Luk.
             19
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             9.
             4.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             4.
             5.
             
          
           
             †
             Mat.
             24.
             42.
             
          
           
             *
             He
             saith
             expresly
             ,
             1.
             that
             whatever
             God
             foresees
             ,
             and
             doth
             not
             prevent
             ,
             (
             which
             is
             all
             the
             wickedness
             in
             the
             world
             )
             he
             may
             be
             justly
             said
             to
             Cause
             .
             (
             p.
             9
             )
             2.
             
             That
             Gods
             absolute
             will
             is
             the
             prime
             cause
             ,
             and
             necessarily
             productive
             of
             every
             action
             of
             the
             creature
             ,
             p.
             10.
             (
             and
             so
             no
             less
             of
             our
             worst
             ,
             then
             of
             our
             best
             actions
             3.
             
             That
             God
             cannot
             be
             freed
             from
             being
             the
             author
             of
             sin
             ,
             by
             such
             as
             acknowledge
             his
             prescience
             ,
             p.
             9.
             (
             so
             that
             either
             he
             cannot
             believe
             Gods
             prescience
             ,
             or
             cannot
             but
             believe
             him
             the
             Author
             of
             sin
             〈◊〉
             .
             That
             he
             cannot
             deny
             God
             to
             be
             the
             author
             of
             sin
             ,
             or
             to
             will
             the
             event
             of
             sin
             ,
             p
             
          
           
             †
             P
             2.
             l.
             〈…〉
             to
             be
             compared
             with
             l
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             *
             Psal.
             16.
             10.
             
          
           
             Wisd.
             4.
             13.
             
          
           
             1
             King.
             15.
             5.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             35.
             19.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A54841e-4640
           
             *
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             12.
             13.
             15.
             
          
           
             *
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             v.
             14.
             
          
           
             †
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             16.
             
          
           
             a
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Isocrat
               .
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             b
             2
             Cor.
             11.
             23
             
          
           
             c
             Mat.
             24.
             42.
             
          
           
             d
             Mat.
             12.
             36.
             
          
           
             Luk
             21.
             36.
             
          
           
             e
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Polyb.
               l.
            
             10.
             
               p.
            
             603.
             
          
           
             a
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Arist.
               E●h
               .
               l.
            
             10.
             
               c.
            
             3.
             
          
           
             b
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Id.
               l.
            
             9.
             
               c.
            
             4.
             
          
           
             c
             Eccles.
             12.
             5.
             3.
             4.
             6.
             5.
             
          
           
             d
             Vers.
             7.
             
          
           
             e
             Heb.
             2.
             17.
             
          
           
             f
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Homer
               .
            
          
           
             g
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             †
             wisd.
             4.
             11.
             
          
           
             †
             Job
             4.
             19.
             
             Poma
             oculis
             tenus
             ,
             contacta
             cinerescunt
             .
             
               Tertull.
               Apol.
               c.
            
             40.
             
               p.
            
             70.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             2.
             
          
           
             a
             
               Psal.
            
             90.
             9.
             
          
           
             b
             
               Psal.
            
             89.
             48.
             
          
           
             c
             
               Psal.
            
             90.
             5.
             
          
           
             a
             Vers.
             12.
             
          
           
             b
             
               Wisd.
            
             5.
             13.
             
          
           
             
               Iob
            
             18.
             4.
             
          
           
             c
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             d
             Hunc
             
               diverso
               tramite
            
             Mortales
             Omnes
             conantur
             adipisci
             .
             
               Boethde
               Consol
               Philos
               l.
            
             3
             
               p.
            
             98.
             
          
           
             e
             Leo
             Isaurus
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             f
             Psal.
             39.
             ●4
             .
          
           
             a
             Euripides
             in
             Ph●nissis
             .
          
           
             b
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Euripin
               Alcestide
               .
            
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               So.
               rat
               .
               in
               epist.
               ad
               Anonym.
               p.
            
             8.
             
          
           
             c
             Col.
             3.
             5.
             
             Rom.
             8.
             13.
             
          
           
             d
             2
             Cor.
             11.
             23
             
          
           
             e
             Rom.
             6.
             6.
             
             Gal.
             6.
             14.
             
          
           
             f
             1
             Cor.
             15.
             31
             
          
           
             g
             1
             Tim.
             5.
             6.
             
          
           
             h
             Eccles.
             41.
             1.
             
          
           
             a
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Herodot.
               in
               Thalia
               .
               c.
            
             43.
             
               p.
            
             179.
             
          
           
             b
             Wild
             .
             4.
             20.
             
          
           
             c
             Heb.
             12.
             8.
             
          
           
             d
             2
             Cor.
             4.
             8.
             
             Occidere
             est
             ;
             vetare
             cupientem
             mori
             .
             
               Sen
               in
               Thebaide
               .
            
          
           
             
               Psal.
            
             54.
             
          
           
             e
             
               Psal
            
             39.
             5.
             
          
           
             f
             
               Psal.
            
             6.
             6.
             
          
           
             g
             
               Psal.
            
             42.
             1.
             
          
           
             
               Vers.
            
             2.
             
          
           
             
               Dio
               Chrysost.
               orat
               .
            
             30.
             
               pag.
            
             305.
             
             D.
             
          
           
             1
             
               King.
            
             19.
             4.
             
          
           
             b
             
               Iob
            
             6.
             4.
             
          
           
             c
             
               Vers
            
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             d
             
               Iob
            
             3.
             1
             ,
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               Vers.
            
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             a
             
               Isa.
            
             53
             ●
             .
          
           
             b
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             The
             Application
             .
          
           
             
               Psal.
            
             39.
             4.
             
          
           
             c
             2
             
               King.
            
             20.
             6.
             
          
           
             
               Iob
            
             14.
             14.
             
          
           
             
               Luk.
            
             12.
             18.
             
          
           
             
               Vers.
            
             1●
             .
          
           
             
               Iob
            
             1.
             21.
             
          
           
             
               Psal.
            
             38.
             12.
             
          
           
             *
             1
             
               Pet.
            
             2.
             11.
             
             
               Heb.
            
             11.
             13.
             
          
           
             1
             
               Pet.
            
             2.
             9.
             12.
             
          
           
             
               Tobit
            
             4.
             21.
             
          
           
             
               Iob
            
             28.
             28.
             
          
           
             
               Wisd.
            
             4
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             
               Luk.
            
             2.
             37.
             
          
           
             †
             
               Rom.
            
             2.
             8.
             
          
           
             *
             2
             
               Cor.
            
             7.
             1.
             
          
           
             
               Phil.
            
             3.
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             *
             Nemo
             tam
             Divos
             habuit
             faventes
             ,
             crastinum
             ut
             possit
             sibi
             polliceri
             .
          
           
             †
             Cuivis
             potest
             accidere
             quod
             cuiquam
             potest
             .
             
               Publius
               .
            
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             —
             
               S●phoc
               .
               in
               Ira.
               chintis
               .
            
          
           
             *
             
               Luk.
            
             12
             20.
             
          
           
             *
             2
             
               King.
            
             20.
             6.
             
          
           
             †
             
               Ephes
            
             4
             26
             
          
           
             *
             —
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               S●ph
               .
               ubi
               supra
               .
            
          
           
             1
             
               Thes.
            
             5.
             2
             ,
             4.
             2
             
               Pet.
            
             3.
             10.
             
          
           
             
               Psal.
            
             50.
             2●
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Mat.
            
             24.
             42
             
             ▪
             43
             ,
             44.
             
          
           
             †
             
               Hab●k
               .
            
             2
             ▪
             1.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Ecclus.
            
             41
             ▪
             2
             
          
           
             †
             
               Iob
            
             3.
             20
             
             ▪
             21.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Vers.
            
             22.
             
          
           
             †
             
               Cuspinianus
               in
               vitâ
               Sigismundi
               .
               p.
            
             498.
             
          
           
             
               Mat.
            
             10.
             27
             ,
             28.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Ecclus.
            
             41.
             4.
             
          
           
             †
             
               Iob
            
             3
             17.
             18
             ,
             14
             ,
             19
             ,
             18.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Philip
               .
            
             2
             ▪
             4.
             
          
           
             *
             2
             
               Cor.
            
             5.
             23.
             4.
             
          
           
             †
             
               Vers.
            
             7.
             
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Alexis
               in
               Olympiodoro
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ecclus.
            
             44.
             1
             ,
             2
             ●
             .
             
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             *
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Eurip.
               in
               〈◊〉
               .
            
          
           
             
               Iames
            
             4.
             4.
             
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             —
             
               Hom.
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Ioh.
            
             1.
             47
             
             ▪
             48.
             
          
           
             1
             
               Sam.
            
             12.
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             
               Vers
            
             4.
             
          
           
             *
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Chrysost.
            
             Hom.
             (
             in
             Gen.
             )
             23.
             
          
           
             
               Gal.
            
             3.
             11.
             
             
               Num.
            
             23.
             10.
             
          
           
             2
             
               Kin.
            
             20.
             1.
             
          
           
             
               Iam.
            
             1.
             27.
             
          
           
             †
             
               Luk.
            
             3.
             8.
             
             
               Act.
            
             26.
             20.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Iosh.
            
             24.
             15.
             
          
           
             Object
             .
          
           
             Answ.
             
          
           
             *
             1
             
               Thes.
            
             5.
             22.
             
          
           
             
               Prov.
            
             5.
             8.
             
          
           
             †
             
               Mat.
            
             20.
             9.
             
          
           
             *
             Cito
             igno
             scit
             Dominus
             ,
             quia
             citò
             ille
             convertitur
             .
             
               Ambros.
               in
               Luc.
            
             23.
             43.
             
          
           
             *
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             17.
             
          
           
             †
             2
             Cor.
             7.
             9.
             
          
           
             *
             Philip
             .
             3.
             14
             
          
           
             *
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Mat.
             24.
             13.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             7
             ▪
             11.
             
          
           
             
               Psal.
            
             35
             3.
             
               Luk
            
             19
             9.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Rev.
            
             12.
             3.
             
          
           
             
               Heb.
            
             12.
             2.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Exod.
            
             16.
             18.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Act.
            
             2.
             45.
             
          
           
             *
             2
             
               Pet.
            
             2.
             5.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             49.
             
          
           
             †
             
               Mat.
            
             25.
             7
             ,
             8
             
          
           
             †
             
               Ecclus.
            
             49.
             1
             
          
           
             
               Heb.
            
             12.
             22
             ,
             23
             
          
           
             
               Rev.
            
             5.
             13.