A MITE from Three MOURNERS: In MEMORIAL of THOMAS GLASS, a Pattern of Faith and Patience in the Churches, naturally caring for their state, who died in the Lord, the 30th day of the Seventh Month, 1666. being the same day twelvemonth that the beloved John Wiggan (his Fellow-Labourer, and Witness to the Cause of Christ) was taken from the evil to come.  

AN ACROSTIC.  

The Glass that ran so well, is now run out:  
Hark slumbering Virgins, hark to know the reason!  
O haste to trim your Lamps; look well about:  
Many are foolish, and will slip their season.  
Amazing Midnights Cry, is sure at hand;  
Such as have Oil in Vessels with their Lamps, Mat. 25.   

Go meet him as your Bridegrooms chosen Band;  
Lift up your Heads: though foolish, filled with damps,  
Alas cry out, Pray give us of your store;  
Sent are to buy, but find Shops ope' no more:  
Sinners have also reason to weep sore.   

I pray the Church this instant may improve  
Unto the end revealed from above. Jer. 18.7, 8.    

AN ANAGRAM.  
Thomas Glass: Glass as Moth.  

GLass as a Moths now crushed, returned to dust;  
A brittle thing, not to be leaned upon:  
The will of God herein is done, and just,  
Though for a time he brightly through him shone,  
To great refreshment of his Heritage,  
Amidst this hot, weak, weary, tiring day;  
Making them wish, and ready to presage,  
That he amongst them might much longer stay.  
So fitted, furnished for God's work was he,  
In which he laboured, during heat and cold,  
And therein did obtain a good degree,  
In bearing up for God a Witness bold.  
But ah! how different are our thoughts and ways  
From God our Lords, that are so far above?  
That Paths pursuant most unto his Praise,  
At first we seldom see, choose, like or love.   
W. A.   

An ELEGY.  

MY Heart with grief and pain is pressed,  
As overcharged in my Breast:  
Its struggle of a divers kind,  
Perplex and intricate my Mind:  
Confused Entanglement appears,  
Of Sense, with Faith; of Hopes, with Fears:  
Vicissitudes of Up's and Down's;  
Of Smiles, that interfere with Frowns;  
As Twins that mutually contend.  
To bring which Contests to an end,  
I thought it ill to keep them penned;  
But in this order gave them vent.   

SENSE.  
O That my Head were as a springing Well; 
Jer. 9.1, 2.   
Mine Eyes as Rivers, streaming down with Tears! 
Isa. 22.4, 5.   
O that I in some Wllderness did dwell, 
Psal. 55.5, 6, 7.   
Where none might mark my sighs, my groans, my fears!  
Where Heart might break for what is come to pass 
Jer. 31, 15.   
By God's fresh breach on my dear Looking- Glass. 
2 Sam. 18, 33.    

FAITH.  
Hold! hold thy peace for shame! The Lords at hand; 
Zeph. 1.7. Phil. 4.5.   
Let Moderation now to all appear; 
1 Thes. 4.13.   
Let Faith for Soul-submission give command; 
Psal. 39.9.   
Let Perfect Love check such tormenting Fear. 
1 John 4, 18.   
Thy standing's founded as on Mounts of Brass: 
Psal. 125.1, 2.   
What mean such out-cries for a broken Glass? 
Zech. 6.1.    

SENSE  
If this my loss were personal alone, 
Micha 7.9.   
My Sin deserves it; I should bear such strokes: 
Nehem, 9.33.   
But O (methinks) I hear poor Zion groan, 
Lam. 3. per totum.   
'Gainst me all day his Jealousy thus smokes: 
Psal. 79.5.   
My Walls are fallen, my Gates are burnt (alas!) 
Nehem. 1.3.   
My Golden Pillars are as broken Glass. 
Lam. 4.1    

FAITH.  
Such swift severe dispatches, clad with wonder, 
Psal. 94.12, 13.   
Bring teaching Lessons to th' obedient Ear; 
Micha 6.9.   
Who waiting in the secret place of Thunder, 
Psalm 81.7.   
Attends with Silence, reverence, Godly Fear: 
Heb. 12.28, 29.   
At least how Sojourners their time should pass, 
1 Pet. 1.17.   
That's measured by a running shaken Glass. 
1 Cor. 7.29, 30, 31.    

SENSE.  
Hark! hark! how Zion sighs, as put to shame; 
Psal. 44.9,- .16.   
My Children scattered, Plague doth thousands slay; 
Isa. 51.18. Jer. 21.6.   
Poor London undone with devouring Flame; 
Isa. 24. l2. & 3.25, 26.   
Distress on Land, and bloody War at Sea. 
Lam. 1.20.   
My Strength is not as Stones, nor Flesh as Brass; 
Job 6.12.   
Why am I broke as Shards, or abject Glass? 
Jer. 15.18.    

FAITH.  
But what's the cause, in this confused noise, 
Jer. 8.6. Ezek. 21.12.   
So few speak right, few smite upon the thigh? 
Nahum 2.7.   
Few get by heart the tabring Turtles Voice; 
Ezek. 7.16.   
What have I done? Ah Master! Is it I? 
Mark 14.19.   
Till such Reflects be made, expect (alas!) 
Hos. 5.15.   
A toiling Millstone, for a tiring- Glass. 
Isa. 47.2. & 3.23, 24.    

SENSE.  
I captive sit by Babel's Rivers brink, 
Psal. 137.1, 6.   
My Heart even broke, my Harps on Willows hang; 
Lam. 2.18. & 5.15.   
When on poor Sion's Ruins I bethink, 
Joel 1.13, 16.   
I cannot tune the Songs which once I sang. 
Levit. 26.19.   
Her heavens are Iron, and her Earth as Brass; 
Isa. 1.22.   
Her Silver Dross, her Diamonds as Glass. 
Lam. 4.1, 2.    

FAITH.  
Such worldly Sorrow tends to Death at length, 
2 Cor. 7.10.   
Not to Repentance; lie not on the ground: 
Josh. 7.10.   
Take Gospel-Armour; gird thy Loins with strength: 
Ephes. 6.13, 14.   
With search the troubling Achan may be found. 
Josh. 7.13. Lam. 3.40.   
If Grace provide thee Shoes of Steel and Brass, 
Ephes. 6.15. Deut. 33.25   
Thou may'st stand Harping on this Sea of Glass. 
Rev. 15.2.    

SENSE.  
The Righteous perish, Good Men snatched away; 
Psal. 12.1. Mich. 7.1.2.   
The rest led Captive: (how am I bereft!) 
Isa 57.1, 2.   
Most leave their Station; Mighty Men decay. 
2 Sam. 1.27.   
If any pleasant Picture yet be left, 
Isa. 42.22.   
Upon its Comeliness a wind doth pass: 
Isa. 40.6, 7.   
Thus all my Hopes dash as a Crystal Glass! 
Psal. 103.15, 16 .   

FAITH.  
Those costly Cover (likely) did provoke 
Act. 14.15, 18.   
To burning Jealousy, when overprized, 
Isa. 2.16, 17, 18.   
And must be dashed by a displeased stroke; 
Exod. 34.14. Isa. 42.8.   
As Moses ' Serpent, when 'twas idolised. 
2 Kings 18.4.   
If that was stamped on as a piece of Brass, 
Jer. 22.24, 28.   
No marvel 'tis so with a beauteous Glass. 
Lam. 4.20.    

SENSE.  
Have pity (saith she) while I thus bemoan; 
Job 19.21.   
My Sin's remembered, and my Son is slain; 
Chap. 6.14.   
More natural to care for me was none: 
1 Kings 17.18.   
How can such Losses be repaired again? 
Philip. 2.20.   
Who'll sow, and send the feet of Ox and Ass, 
Numb. 27.16, 17.   
Besides all Waters, as did painful Glass? 
Isa. 32.20.    

FAITH.  
Take heed, take heed, lest Flesh be too much eyed, 
2 Kings 2.9, 14.   
In what th' Anointing only can repair: 
Numb. 11.17, 25, 29.   
Broke Sycamoors by Oaks may be supplied; 
Isa. 32.9,— 20.   
Fallen Bricks by Stones, to make the Palace fair; 
Isa. 9.8, 9, 10, 11.   
But by such patching 'twill be worse, (alas!)  
New generous Wine will break old Shop-worn- Glass. 
Matth. 9.16, 17.    

SENSE.  
Alas! who then shall live when God appears? 
Numb. 24.23.   
Who can the Test of such Refinings bear? 
Mal. 3.2.   
When Fire and Furnace he in Zion rears, 
Isa. 31.9.   
Sinners in Zion must be filled with fear. 
Chap. 33.14.   
His Eyes as Flames, his Feet as burning Brass 
Rev. 1.14, 15. Isa. 64.3.   
Will melt hard Adamants as fluid Glass. 
Nahum 1.6.    

FAITH.  
The Fire indeed is hot, the Breach is large; 
Isa.. 48.10.   
But He sits by, to do us, make us good: 
Mal. 3.3.   
If one Hair fall not but with special charge, 
Matth. 10.30.   
If Lilies, Sparrows, have their Paint and Food; 
Luk. 21.18. & 12.6, 7.   
If God takes care of Oxen, Birds, and Grass, 
1 Cor. 9.9.   
He's more concerned in his dear precious Glass. 
Matth. 6.26. to 30.    

SENSE.  
Ah that both Saints and Sinners could lament, 
Acts 20.37, 38.   
In Town and Country, where this Glass did run, 
Matth. 9.15.   
The golden hours they foolishly misspent, 
Prov. 5.11, 12, 13.   
Ere this his Generation-Work was done! 
Chap. 17.16.   
Had we an Hiram skilled to work in Brass, 
2 Sam. 18.18.   
Jachin and Boaz might be reared for Glass. 
1 Kings 7.13, 21.    

FAITH.  
'Tis true, he's sick, and sleeps, whom Jesus loved: 
John 11.3, 11, 12.   
But they that sleep so, shall do well at length; 
1 Thess. 4.14.   
They rest from Labours, are from Sin removed: 
Rev. 14.13.   
Weep not! He's gone but to renew his Strength! 
Isa. 57.1, 2.   
We face to face shall see him: for (alas!) 
Chap. 52.8.   
We saw but darkly through that fractured Glass. 
1 Cor. 13.12.    

SENSE.  
Must I be stripped then of my choice Attire? 
Exod. 33.5.   
To offer Isaac, is an heavy Trial: 
Gen. 22.1, 2.   
Must I be seasoned thus with Salt and Fire? 
Heb. 11, 17.   
How hard a Lesson is this Self-denial! 
Mark 9.49.   
My Nails removed; its weight is falls, (alas!) 
Matth. 19.22.   
Cups, Flagons, great and small, all broke as Glass. 
Isa. 22.24, 25.    

FAITH.  
Take heed of murmuring: When God comes down 
1 Cor. 10.10.   
To bind up Jewels that on Earth he finds, 
Mal. 3.17.   
To raise and fix them in a glorious Crown, 
Zech. 9.16. Isa. 62.3.   
He calls for cheerful Gifts from willing Minds: 
2 Cor. 9.7.   
When he would have a Laver made of Brass, 
Exod. 38.8.   
Mark how each Daughter offered up her Glass. 
Chap. 35.21,— 29.    

SENSE.  
These are hard Sayings! Deep to Deep doth call! 
John 6.60.   
My Flesh begins to fail, my Heart to sink! 
Psal. 42.7.   
'Tis hard to feed on Vinegar and Gall; 
Lam. 3.54.   
To eat with Ashes, and with Tears to drink. 
Vers. 18, 19, 20.   
From me (if it be possible) let pass 
Psal. 102.9, 10.   
Such deadly Draughts, mixed is a breaking Glass. 
Matth. 26.39.    

FAITH.  
Cease Rachel's Weeping; Hope is in thine End: 
Jor. 31.15, 16, 17.   
Thy Children to their Border God Will bring; 
Chap. 50.34.   
He'll plead thy Cause, thy Right He will defend: 
Isa. 51.22, 23.   
Than Kedar's Dwellers, and the Rock's, shall sing. 
Chap. 42.11. & 24.14, 15.   
Thy Countenance, that black and scorched was, 
Lam. 4.8. Psal. 68.13, 14.   
Shall shine in brightness like transparent Glass. 
Rev. 21.18, 21.    
A. C.