Enoch's translation, in a sermon preached at the funerals of the Right Honourable Thomas Earl of Elgin, Baron of Whorlton, &c. In the parish-church of Malden in Bedford-shire, Decemb. 31. 1663. By Rich. Pearson D.D.
And particularly this verse presents us with an excellent Panegyrick of the renowned Patriarch Enoch, the seventh from Adam, the great Prophet of the First world, whose Prophetical eye was so illuminated, that it could reach from one end of the world to the other;
And particularly this verse presents us with an excellent Panegyric of the renowned Patriarch Enoch, the seventh from Adam, the great Prophet of the First world, whose Prophetical eye was so illuminated, that it could reach from one end of the world to the other;
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And in the latter end of the verse, God translated him, for he pleased God. A blessed translation is an infallible consequent of a holy and heavenly life.
And in the latter end of the verse, God translated him, for he pleased God. A blessed Translation is an infallible consequent of a holy and heavenly life.
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I begin with the First, The holy Conversation of the Patriarch Enoch whilst he was in the world, described both by the Principle of a holy life, that is Faith, By faith Enoch, in the beginning of the verse;
I begin with the First, The holy Conversation of the Patriarch Enoch while he was in the world, described both by the Principle of a holy life, that is Faith, By faith Enoch, in the beginning of the verse;
Christiani ante Christum, as Tertullian speaks, Christians even before Christ was come into the world: and as we believing receive Redemption by the Bloud of Christ actually shed;
Christians ante Christ, as Tertullian speaks, Christians even before christ was come into the world: and as we believing receive Redemption by the Blood of christ actually shed;
So they and we make up one Church, one Spiritual Building, built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone, Eph. 2. 20. Again, it is farther observable, that of all the Excellencies for which the Saints are extolled in Scripture, above all they are magnified for their Faith.
So they and we make up one Church, one Spiritual Building, built upon the Foundation of the Apostles and prophets, jesus christ himself being the chief cornerstone, Ephesians 2. 20. Again, it is farther observable, that of all the Excellencies for which the Saints Are extolled in Scripture, above all they Are magnified for their Faith.
There were other Eminencies which were remarkable in them, Abel 's Innocency, Abraham 's Obedience, Moses 's Zeal, Noah 's Righteousness, Enoch 's Devotion:
There were other Eminences which were remarkable in them, Abel is Innocency, Abraham is obedience, Moses is Zeal, Noah is Righteousness, Enoch is Devotion:
as that Grace which made them live Religiously here, By faith Enoch pleased God; and as that Grace which carried them to Heaven afterwards, By faith Enoch was translated.
as that Grace which made them live Religiously Here, By faith Enoch pleased God; and as that Grace which carried them to Heaven afterwards, By faith Enoch was translated.
this fond charity of theirs is much like that legendary devotion of Pope Gregory, who is said by his prayers to have fetch'd the Soul of the Emperour Trajan out of Hell, being moved with compassion for the justice which he had once done to a poor widow.
this found charity of theirs is much like that legendary devotion of Pope Gregory, who is said by his Prayers to have fetched the Soul of the Emperor Trajan out of Hell, being moved with compassion for the Justice which he had once done to a poor widow.
It is an equal presumption in these men to think by their opinion to redeem from Hell the Souls of those Heathens who lived and died without Faith, without Christ,
It is an equal presumption in these men to think by their opinion to Redeem from Hell the Souls of those heathens who lived and died without Faith, without christ,
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We find it given unto him by the Spirit of God, Gen. 5. 24. there it is said, Enoch walked with God, and here, Enoch pleased God. To walk with God and to please God are phrases equivalent.
We find it given unto him by the Spirit of God, Gen. 5. 24. there it is said, Enoch walked with God, and Here, Enoch pleased God. To walk with God and to please God Are phrases equivalent.
Amos 3. 3. Therefore the Apostle S. Paul joyns these two words together in 1 Thess. 4. 1. Ye have received of us how ye ought to walk, and to please God.
Amos 3. 3. Therefore the Apostle S. Paul joins these two words together in 1 Thess 4. 1. You have received of us how you ought to walk, and to please God.
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More particularly, To please God is, to love him, to fear him, to serve him, to praise him, to doe all those things which are pleasing and acceptable unto him.
More particularly, To please God is, to love him, to Fear him, to serve him, to praise him, to do all those things which Are pleasing and acceptable unto him.
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The summe is this, The pleasing of God must be both our Final cause, we must make it our End whilst we are in the world, to direct all our actions to the Glory of God, to doe that which may please him;
The sum is this, The pleasing of God must be both our Final cause, we must make it our End while we Are in the world, to Direct all our actions to the Glory of God, to do that which may please him;
Christ himself walked by this Rule, It is my meat and drink to doe my Father's will, Joh. 4. 34. David desired to walk by this Rule, Psal. 143. 10. O teach me to doe the thing that pleaseth thee.
christ himself walked by this Rule, It is my meat and drink to do my Father's will, John 4. 34. David desired to walk by this Rule, Psalm 143. 10. Oh teach me to do the thing that Pleases thee.
Enoch went by this Rule, he walked by Faith, and he pleased God. And this is the Rule which is set to every Christian, that Golden and unerring Rule, which can never deceive us, 1 Joh. 3. 22. to doe those things which are pleasing in his sight.
Enoch went by this Rule, he walked by Faith, and he pleased God. And this is the Rule which is Set to every Christian, that Golden and unerring Rule, which can never deceive us, 1 John 3. 22. to do those things which Are pleasing in his sighed.
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we must not be self-pleasers, Rom. 15. 1. not to lean to our own Understandings, not to be swaied by our own Wills, not to be ruled by our own unruly Affections.
we must not be self-pleasers, Rom. 15. 1. not to lean to our own Understandings, not to be swayed by our own Wills, not to be ruled by our own unruly Affections.
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I came not, saith Christ, to doe my own will, but the will of him that sent me, Joh. 6. 38. That man is the best Servant of God who is least his own Master, who knows no other velle and nolle, but onely to doe the will and pleasure of God.
I Come not, Says christ, to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me, John 6. 38. That man is the best Servant of God who is least his own Master, who knows no other velle and nolle, but only to do the will and pleasure of God.
The temporizing Hypocrite does all to be seen of men, so speaks as hunting after the Favour and Applause and Approbation of men, with those sawning Prophets mentioned in Isa. 30. 10. which speak smooth things, and prophesie deceits. The Prophets prophesie falsly, and what's the reason? the people love to have it so, Jer. 5. 31. He that would approve himself a faithful Servant of God, must not look asquint upon the Applause of men.
The temporizing Hypocrite does all to be seen of men, so speaks as hunting After the Favour and Applause and Approbation of men, with those sawning prophets mentioned in Isaiah 30. 10. which speak smooth things, and prophesy Deceits. The prophets prophesy falsely, and what's the reason? the people love to have it so, Jer. 5. 31. He that would approve himself a faithful Servant of God, must not look asquint upon the Applause of men.
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S. Paul concludes for himself, and it may be a Rule for us, Gal. 1. 10. If I should yet please men, I were not the servant of Christ. The third is NONLATINALPHABET.
S. Paul concludes for himself, and it may be a Rule for us, Gal. 1. 10. If I should yet please men, I were not the servant of christ. The third is.
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Here then was the high commendation of Enoch 's Piety, he so lived, and so behaved himself in the time of his pilgrimage, that by the testimony of God himself, he pleased God. It was a high Character, especially from the mouth of God,
Here then was the high commendation of Enoch is Piety, he so lived, and so behaved himself in the time of his pilgrimage, that by the testimony of God himself, he pleased God. It was a high Character, especially from the Mouth of God,
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and that recorded by the finger of the Spirit of God in the Book of God, in perpetuam rei memoriam. What an honour was it to Apelles to be enrolled among the Nobles of the New Testament, with this singular Elogium or Title of honour, Apelles approved in Christ? What an honour to Moses in the Old Testament to be called the Servant of God? to Abraham, to be styled the Friend of God? to David, to be called A man after God's own heart? All these concur in this honourable Elogium given to the Patriarch Enoch in this Scripture, He had this testimony, that he pleased God.
and that recorded by the finger of the Spirit of God in the Book of God, in perpetuam rei memoriam. What an honour was it to Apelles to be enrolled among the Nobles of the New Testament, with this singular Elogium or Title of honour, Apelles approved in christ? What an honour to Moses in the Old Testament to be called the Servant of God? to Abraham, to be styled the Friend of God? to David, to be called A man After God's own heart? All these concur in this honourable Elogium given to the Patriarch Enoch in this Scripture, He had this testimony, that he pleased God.
This we have more particularly described unto us in the Second part of the Text, which tells us of his honourable Removal out of the world, in these words, He was translated, that he should not see death,
This we have more particularly described unto us in the Second part of the Text, which tells us of his honourable Removal out of the world, in these words, He was translated, that he should not see death,
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First, in that it is said God took him. Now this phrase of taking away is used in Scripture to set forth the blessed Departure of the Saints out of this world by the ordinary way of Dissolution.
First, in that it is said God took him. Now this phrase of taking away is used in Scripture to Set forth the blessed Departure of the Saints out of this world by the ordinary Way of Dissolution.
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Enoch was so far exempted from the law of Death, that he did not so much as Taste it, nĆØ primoribus quidem labiis; so far privileged, that he did not so much as See it, nĆØ primoribus quidem oculis.
Enoch was so Far exempted from the law of Death, that he did not so much as Taste it, nĆØ primoribus quidem labiis; so Far privileged, that he did not so much as See it, nĆØ primoribus quidem oculis.
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Therefore we may observe, that in Gen. 5. where the Lives of the Patriarchs are recorded, of all the rest who are mentioned both before and after Enoch, it runs thus, Seth lived so many years, and he died;
Therefore we may observe, that in Gen. 5. where the Lives of the Patriarchs Are recorded, of all the rest who Are mentioned both before and After Enoch, it runs thus, Seth lived so many Years, and he died;
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but of Enoch otherwise, he lived so many years, and not said, He died; but, to shew that he was a privileged person, Moses gives him a singular and privilegiate expression, God took him.
but of Enoch otherwise, he lived so many Years, and not said, He died; but, to show that he was a privileged person, Moses gives him a singular and privilegiate expression, God took him.
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It is true, that as the Latines were wont to express Death by the word Fuit, so the Hebrews by a Non fuit; but in this place it does not signifie so much,
It is true, that as the Latins were wont to express Death by the word Fuit, so the Hebrews by a Non fuit; but in this place it does not signify so much,
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Psal. 89. 48. What man is he that lives, and shall not see death? But the Apostle in this place resolves also this Question, that Enoch 's privilege did not consist in a bare reprieve,
Psalm 89. 48. What man is he that lives, and shall not see death? But the Apostle in this place resolves also this Question, that Enoch is privilege did not consist in a bore reprieve,
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S. Paul tells us of those Saints who shall be found alive at Christ's coming to Judgment, 1 Cor. 15. 52. We shall not all sleep, that is, we shall not all die, but we shall be changed, in a moment, &c. That Change is not properly Death,
S. Paul tells us of those Saints who shall be found alive At Christ's coming to Judgement, 1 Cor. 15. 52. We shall not all sleep, that is, we shall not all die, but we shall be changed, in a moment, etc. That Change is not properly Death,
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Some will have it to be into a Terrestrial Paradise, the very same out of which Adam was ejected, a place free from all those corporal molestations and inconveniences which attend upon us in our earthly pilgrimage;
some will have it to be into a Terrestrial Paradise, the very same out of which Adam was ejected, a place free from all those corporal molestations and inconveniences which attend upon us in our earthly pilgrimage;
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This Opinion is grounded upon the fore-named place of the Son of Sirach, Ecclesiast. 44. 16. where Enoch is said to be translated into Paradise. But this will appear to be a very weak and a sandy foundation:
This Opinion is grounded upon the forenamed place of the Son of Sirach, Ecclesiatest. 44. 16. where Enoch is said to be translated into Paradise. But this will appear to be a very weak and a sandy Foundation:
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that whereas the Souls of the other Saints after the ending of a short Pilgrimage upon Earth are immediately carried up to those Celestial mansions, where they do enjoy the vision of God, the society of Saints and Angels,
that whereas the Souls of the other Saints After the ending of a short Pilgrimage upon Earth Are immediately carried up to those Celestial mansions, where they do enjoy the vision of God, the society of Saints and Angels,
yet Enoch, an eminent Saint, who had this singular testimony from God's own mouth, that he pleased God, should be the onely person condemn'd to an Earthly Paradise for ages and generations,
yet Enoch, an eminent Saint, who had this singular testimony from God's own Mouth, that he pleased God, should be the only person condemned to an Earthly Paradise for ages and generations,
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The truth is, this Opinion of Enoch 's Translation into an Earthly Paradise is a wild conceit, without either ground of Reason or authority of Scripture:
The truth is, this Opinion of Enoch is translation into an Earthly Paradise is a wild conceit, without either ground of Reason or Authority of Scripture:
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and the ancient Fathers, speaking of Enoch and Elias, (whatsoever they say of the degrees of Glory) determine of both, that they were taken up into the place of Glory.
and the ancient Father's, speaking of Enoch and Elias, (whatsoever they say of the Degrees of Glory) determine of both, that they were taken up into the place of Glory.
He was carried, saith the same Father, NONLATINALPHABET, above all the bounds of visible nature: whither can that be but into Heaven? Whence Isid. Pelus. calls Elias NONLATINALPHABET, coelipetam Eliam, one that reach'd Heaven corporally.
He was carried, Says the same Father,, above all the bounds of visible nature: whither can that be but into Heaven? Whence Isidore Pelus. calls Elias, coelipetam Eliam, one that reached Heaven corporally.
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All the other Saints at the time of their dissolution are taken up in their Souls, their Bodies are not translated thither untill the general Resurrection.
All the other Saints At the time of their dissolution Are taken up in their Souls, their Bodies Are not translated thither until the general Resurrection.
that in all Ages the Saints might have some preambles of everlasting Life. For this reason Epiphanius calls Enoch the First-begotten of the Resurrection;
that in all Ages the Saints might have Some preambles of everlasting Life. For this reason Epiphanius calls Enoch the Firstbegotten of the Resurrection;
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His holy Conversation that was a comfortable preparative of his happy Translation, By faith Enoch was translated, in the beginning of the verse : and his happy Translation that was a necessary consequent of his holy and pious Conversation, in the latter end of the verse, God translated him, because before his translation he pleased God.
His holy Conversation that was a comfortable preparative of his happy translation, By faith Enoch was translated, in the beginning of the verse: and his happy translation that was a necessary consequent of his holy and pious Conversation, in the latter end of the verse, God translated him, Because before his Translation he pleased God.
From hence will arise these two Propositions, whereof the one will serve to guide and direct, the other to comfort and establish us in our way to Heaven.
From hence will arise these two Propositions, whereof the one will serve to guide and Direct, the other to Comfort and establish us in our Way to Heaven.
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To such a man the door of Heaven is as the eye of a Needle, and such a man is to it as a Camel; if he would thred this Needle, he must take away this Bunch from off his back, cast away the love of worldly Riches.
To such a man the door of Heaven is as the eye of a Needle, and such a man is to it as a Camel; if he would thread this Needle, he must take away this Bunch from off his back, cast away the love of worldly Riches.
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It is God's holy Hill, and David tells us by what steps we must ascend unto it, Psal. 15. and Psal. 24. by walking uprightly, and working righteousness, and speaking the truth, by cleanness of hands and purity of heart. Such an one shall receive blessing from the Lord,
It is God's holy Hill, and David tells us by what steps we must ascend unto it, Psalm 15. and Psalm 24. by walking uprightly, and working righteousness, and speaking the truth, by cleanness of hands and purity of heart. Such an one shall receive blessing from the Lord,
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He that has often used to walk with God, as Enoch did, that has made it his care and conscience to please God, has this Praeludium of a happy Dissolution, he begins in Grace,
He that has often used to walk with God, as Enoch did, that has made it his care and conscience to please God, has this Praeludium of a happy Dissolution, he begins in Grace,
That is a thing we may reach unto, and Nature it self will help us with some directions to it, having given Man an erect Stature and a sublime Countenance, that he may behold his Heavenly Original,
That is a thing we may reach unto, and Nature it self will help us with Some directions to it, having given Man an erect Stature and a sublime Countenance, that he may behold his Heavenly Original,
and laboured to please God, as Enoch did; By Faith Enoch, &c. I Have done with the Text, a noble Precedent of Piety drawn from the first and Golden Age of the world.
and laboured to please God, as Enoch did; By Faith Enoch, etc. I Have done with the Text, a noble Precedent of Piety drawn from the First and Golden Age of the world.
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And now I perceive your attention revives, and your expectation begins to rouze up, to hear something of the present occasion by way of parallel. And I cannot blame you;
And now I perceive your attention revives, and your expectation begins to rouse up, to hear something of the present occasion by Way of parallel. And I cannot blame you;
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such eminent Examples of Vertue and Piety, as this Honourable Person hath left behind him, are not the lot of every day, especially in this last and Iron Age of the world.
such eminent Examples of Virtue and Piety, as this Honourable Person hath left behind him, Are not the lot of every day, especially in this last and Iron Age of the world.
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And I shall doe it the more chearfully, because I find my self discharg'd of one main discouragement which usually attends upon these performances, the suspicion of Flattery, that Pander of Vain-glory, that stinking Flie which poisons the perfume of many a Funeral Commendation.
And I shall do it the more cheerfully, Because I find my self discharged of one main discouragement which usually attends upon these performances, the suspicion of Flattery, that Pander of Vainglory, that stinking Fly which poisons the perfume of many a Funeral Commendation.
Here is no fear of that, I am to speak of a Person so truly and highly Deserving, that my arrows will be sure rather to fall short then beyond the mark.
Here is no Fear of that, I am to speak of a Person so truly and highly Deserving, that my arrows will be sure rather to fallen short then beyond the mark.
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I will not take upon me to trace the Descent of of this Noble Person to its first rise, it were a work that would require the Antiquities of two Kingdoms.
I will not take upon me to trace the Descent of of this Noble Person to its First rise, it were a work that would require the Antiquities of two Kingdoms.
His Ancestors, with their Name, came in with the Norman Conquerour, their Seat was Skelton in Yorkshire; and a Monument of theirs still remaining in Gisborough Abbey bears witness to great Antiquity.
His Ancestors, with their Name, Come in with the Norman Conqueror, their Seat was Skelton in Yorkshire; and a Monument of theirs still remaining in Gisborough Abbatiae bears witness to great Antiquity.
And the same Providence, together with the auspicious Reign of K. James, brought them back into England. The L. Bruce of Kinlosse, Father to this Honourable Earl, did not onely attend upon his Majesty to this Crown,
And the same Providence, together with the auspicious Reign of K. James, brought them back into England. The L. Bruce of Kinlosse, Father to this Honourable Earl, did not only attend upon his Majesty to this Crown,
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but was a happy instrument, as Ambassadour to Q. Elizabeth, (of whose favour he had a great share) for the transacting of that great Affair, in order to the Succession:
but was a happy Instrument, as Ambassador to Q. Elizabeth, (of whose favour he had a great share) for the transacting of that great Affair, in order to the Succession:
and in the Succession, as an honour to his Justice and Integrity, as well as Wisedom and Prudence, was intrusted, both as Master of the Rolls in this, and Counsellor of both Kingdoms.
and in the Succession, as an honour to his justice and Integrity, as well as Wisdom and Prudence, was Entrusted, both as Master of the Rolls in this, and Counsellor of both Kingdoms.
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Here his own Modesty (which in those days was accounted a Vertue) was the onely Moderator which set bounds to the Favour and Bounty of his Prince, in refusing those further offers that were made by K. James, and returning divers blanks that had been given unto him.
Here his own Modesty (which in those days was accounted a Virtue) was the only Moderator which Set bounds to the Favour and Bounty of his Prince, in refusing those further offers that were made by K. James, and returning diverse blanks that had been given unto him.
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Happy in his First Wife, the Daughter of Sir Robert Chichester, and Heir by her Mother to the great and rich House of Harrington. By her he had his onely Child, the Earl now living.
Happy in his First Wife, the Daughter of Sir Robert Chichester, and Heir by her Mother to the great and rich House of Harrington. By her he had his only Child, the Earl now living.
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Happy in his Second, Diana, Countess of Oxford, one of the Co-heirs of William Earl of Excester; a Lady of matchless Vertue and Honour, to whose dear and pious Memory his Lordship erected this sumptuous Monument;
Happy in his Second, Diana, Countess of Oxford, one of the Coheirs of William Earl of Exeter; a Lady of matchless Virtue and Honour, to whose dear and pious Memory his Lordship erected this sumptuous Monument;
and then her Heir, by a noble Endowment with her whole Estate of Inheritance. Happy in his onely incomparable Sister, Christian, Countess Dowager of Devonshire, now surviving.
and then her Heir, by a noble Endowment with her Whole Estate of Inheritance. Happy in his only incomparable Sister, Christian, Countess Dowager of Devonshire, now surviving.
as well as Integrity, a deep Judgment fit for the managery of the highest Affairs, had not the depressions and infirmities of a Consumptive Body indisposed him for the Publick, especially in such Times of Broils and Confusion as were altogether unsutable to the Calmness and Peaceableness of his temper.
as well as Integrity, a deep Judgement fit for the managery of the highest Affairs, had not the depressions and infirmities of a Consumptive Body indisposed him for the Public, especially in such Times of Broils and Confusion as were altogether unsuitable to the Calmness and Peaceableness of his temper.
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Yet even then he bore his part, and whilst others were wallowing in bloud, he was wrestling in Prayer and melting in Tears, mourning for the Divisions of Reuben, and praying for the peace of Jerusalem.
Yet even then he boar his part, and while Others were wallowing in blood, he was wrestling in Prayer and melting in Tears, mourning for the Divisions of Reuben, and praying for the peace of Jerusalem.
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And we must all confess that the Prayers of such Good men were effectual to retrive those publick Blessings of Religion, Peace and Liberty, which the dint of the Sword could never doe.
And we must all confess that the Prayers of such Good men were effectual to retrieve those public Blessings of Religion, Peace and Liberty, which the dint of the Sword could never do.
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For his own Concernment, his greatest care was to preserve bonam Conscientiam in mala valetudine, a sound Soul in a crazie Body, and a good Conscience in bad Times.
For his own Concernment, his greatest care was to preserve Good Conscientiam in mala valetudine, a found Soul in a crazy Body, and a good Conscience in bad Times.
For his Oeconomicals, in the government of his Domestick affairs, his Family was, as the Psalmist describes Jerusalem, like a City compact together. In the midst of the distracted and confused Times,
For his Oeconomicals, in the government of his Domestic affairs, his Family was, as the Psalmist describes Jerusalem, like a city compact together. In the midst of the distracted and confused Times,
and though at that time very numerous, yet I could not observe that there were two amongst them all of a different Perswasion, either in point of Religion or Loyalty.
and though At that time very numerous, yet I could not observe that there were two among them all of a different Persuasion, either in point of Religion or Loyalty.
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This I ascribe (next to the Blessing of God, who makes men to be of one mind in a house) to the Piety and Prudence of their Lord and Master, wisely considering that he could never be ill served by those, who were both Religious Servants of God,
This I ascribe (next to the Blessing of God, who makes men to be of one mind in a house) to the Piety and Prudence of their Lord and Master, wisely considering that he could never be ill served by those, who were both Religious Servants of God,
I observ'd it with comfort, and can speak it with confidence, that for five years time, in which I had the honour of a constant attendance in the service of that Noble Family, I was not once encountred with the deformed spectacle of a Drunken distemper;
I observed it with Comfort, and can speak it with confidence, that for five Years time, in which I had the honour of a constant attendance in the service of that Noble Family, I was not once encountered with the deformed spectacle of a Drunken distemper;
I shall not instance in any Negative Vertues, that he was not obnoxious to any of those Vices which are incident to Greatness, not to Pride and haughtiness, not to Violence and oppression, not to Luxury and intemperance, not to Pleasure and wantonness:
I shall not instance in any Negative Virtues, that he was not obnoxious to any of those Vices which Are incident to Greatness, not to Pride and haughtiness, not to Violence and oppression, not to Luxury and intemperance, not to Pleasure and wantonness:
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And whereas Solomon tells us, Before honour goes humility; here was Humility conspicuous in the midst of Honour, which made it appear much more honourable.
And whereas Solomon tells us, Before honour Goes humility; Here was Humility conspicuous in the midst of Honour, which made it appear much more honourable.
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yet like Paul in the New Testament, in his own esteem less then the least. His grandeur discover'd it self rather by the virtue and influence in doing good, then by the pomp and splendour in seeming great.
yet like Paul in the New Testament, in his own esteem less then the least. His grandeur discovered it self rather by the virtue and influence in doing good, then by the pomp and splendour in seeming great.
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Adde to his Humility his exceeding virginal Modesty, mix'd with such a sober and serious Gravity in his countenance and deportment, that his very Presence was sufficient to charm the extravagancie of wanton tongues, as wel as his Example.
Add to his Humility his exceeding virginal Modesty, mixed with such a Sobrium and serious Gravity in his countenance and deportment, that his very Presence was sufficient to charm the extravagancy of wanton tongues, as well as his Exampl.
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He had such a perfect command of that little slippery member, that whereas others, to whom their own Honour is tender as the apple of their eye, are yet unreasonably prodigal of other mens Reputations;
He had such a perfect command of that little slippery member, that whereas Others, to whom their own Honour is tender as the apple of their eye, Are yet unreasonably prodigal of other men's Reputations;
But besides the ordinary and obvious ways, he had the art to spie out the more choice and noble objects of Bounty, (of which the late unhappy Times afforded plenty) and there he sowed plentifully, by many hundreds in the year.
But beside the ordinary and obvious ways, he had the art to spy out the more choice and noble objects of Bounty, (of which the late unhappy Times afforded plenty) and there he sowed plentifully, by many hundreds in the year.
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In the time of his Sickness, which was long, and accompanied often with sharp pains, he wanted not a large stock of Patience and Christian Fortitude, to comply with that gracious Providence which had put the Cup into his hand.
In the time of his Sickness, which was long, and accompanied often with sharp pains, he wanted not a large stock of Patience and Christian Fortitude, to comply with that gracious Providence which had put the Cup into his hand.
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and Prayer, and other exercises of Piety, he carefully prepared for his last and great Change, which befell him in the great Climacterical year of his life, meekly resigning his Soul into the hands of his Gracious Redeemer.
and Prayer, and other exercises of Piety, he carefully prepared for his last and great Change, which befell him in the great Climacterical year of his life, meekly resigning his Soul into the hands of his Gracious Redeemer.
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It remains on our part, to commit his remaining Part, as a sacred Depositum, to that Dormitory which himself prepared, beseeching God to give us Grace to tread in the steps of such Pious Examples, that when our own Change shall come, our Souls may be received into the same blessed Mansions,
It remains on our part, to commit his remaining Part, as a sacred Depositum, to that Dormitory which himself prepared, beseeching God to give us Grace to tread in the steps of such Pious Examples, that when our own Change shall come, our Souls may be received into the same blessed Mansions,
and at the general Resurrection we together with them may have the same consummation of Bliss both in Soul and Body; through Jesus Christ our Lord. THE END.
and At the general Resurrection we together with them may have the same consummation of Bliss both in Soul and Body; through jesus christ our Lord. THE END.
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