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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A71133	Some remarkable passages in the holy life and death of the late Reverend Mr. Edmund Trench most of them drawn out of his own diary.	Trench, Edmund, 1643-1689.; Boyse, J. (Joseph), 1660-1728.	1693 (1693)	Wing T2109; ESTC R7785	40,931	132

those circumstantial Differences that have occasion'd such unhappy Breaches among us He abhor'd all consorious Heats and I never knew him more heartily angry against any than against the Broachers of narrow love-killing Principles of what Party or Perswasion soever He was zeasous for Peace and Love as well as good Works of a truly healing and catholick Spirit He was himself dissatisfied with some Terms of Ministerial Conformity But yet he encourag'd faithful Parochial Ministers with his ordinary Presence and Communion and never censured those that were satisfied in what he scrupled but kept up an entire Friendship with many of very eminent note to the very last Nunquam de dogmatibus Christus disseruit sed saepe ubique imo semper de vivendi sinceritate was a Sentence often in his Mouth and upon his Heart written in the first Leaf of his Breviate and as I remember of his common Preaching Bible If Men fear'd God and wrought Righteousness he lov'd them heartily however different in Judgment about Matters less necessary and important His Humility was also very remarkable He was cloath'd with it as with a Livery and honourable Badge to discover his Relation to his humble condescending Saviour as I remember he us'd to interpret that place 1 Pet. 5.5 Though he was justly esteem'd by those that knew him as an Oracle of Learning that had not many Superiours yet had he low undervaluing not to say injurious Thoughts of himself 'T was this indeed that has prov'd an unhappiness to the Church of God his Humility having stified many excellent Discourses that might have been of publick use and made him too willing to consine his Life and Labours to an obscure Corner His Charity was very singular and exemplary He devoted the 10th and for many Years the 7th part of his Estate to Charitable Uses Neither did he stint himself to but often exceeded even these large proportions He was peculiarly prudent in manageing his Alms to the best advantage endeavour'd at the same time to save the Bodies and Souls of Men too by the same act to supply their temporal Wants and promote their spiritual Welfare How often have I known him visit the Poor examine their Provisions and deal out his Bounty with a free and liberal Hand And still he mingsed good Counsel with all his Alms and affectionately perswaded to serious Piety which had often a very commanding abiding Influence He spent much pains and cost in instructing poor Children in the Principles of Religion in giving Bibles and other good Books exacting a diligent perusal and frequently calling them to an account of their Proficiency He had many other secret ways of Charity as largely appears by his private Accounts for which he courted not the Applause of Men but is now rewarded by his heavenly Father I shall only farther mention his Patience and entire Resignation to the Will of God For some Years before his Death God visited him with very sore Afflictions of different natures But he bore them all with a great sense of his Fathers hand and did not charge his Providence foolishly His last Sickness was occasion'd by a fall which caus'd a small Wound or rather Scratch in his Leg neglected by himself at first but meeting with an insirm distemper'd Body at last prov'd dangerous and destructive But yet under all the excessive Tortures of his Pain and frequent lancings of the Chirurgeons he still exprest great Patience adn when at any time the extremity of his pain forc'd him to cry out he check'd himself expressing his fears of dishonouring God by impatience and blest his heavenly Father that worse was not inflicted Nor did he by peevishness disquiet those about him but was thankful to every one that did any necessary Offices for him was pleas'd with every thing that was done readily condescended to every Proposal and Advice of the Physicians He Preach'd in his Chair and in his Bed affectionately exhorted all that attended on him to the serious practice of Religion and suited his Counselfs to the particular Circumstances as for as he knew them of all that visited him He died with connortable hopes of Happiness and often told me from the very beginning of his Sickness that he had no tormenting fears of Death That though he could have wish'd he had been more watchful and useful yet he hop'd he had been sincere and trusted that for Christ's sake all his Sins were forgiven That though he had not Raptures and Transports yet he had a constant peaceful Calm which continued to the last moment of his Life And for some Wecks before he died he longed to be dissolved and earnestly desir'd if God saw good that he might be with Christ Thus liv'd thus dy'd this eminent Saint And now what remains but that we take the Apostle's Counsel as apply'd to this Occasion Phil. 4.9 Those things which ye have both learn'd and receiv'd and heard and seen in him do ye likewise And as the God of Peace was with him so he will be with you in Life in Death and to Eternity FINIS Books Printed for Thomas Parkhurst and Jonathan Robinson THere is lately publish'd A compleat History of the Acts Decisions Decrees and Canons of those Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France Wherein are contained 1. A most faithful and impartial account of the Rise Growth Perfection and Decay of the Reformation in that Kingdom with its fatal Catastrophe upon the Revocation of the Edict of Nants in the Year 1685.2 The Confession of Faith and Discipline of those Churches 3. A Collection of Speeches Letters Sacred Politicks Cases of Conscience and Controversies in Divinity determined and resolved by those grave Assemblies 4. Many excellent Expedients for preventing and healing Schisms in the Churches and for re-uniting the dismembred Body of divided Protestants 5. The Laws Government and Maintenance of their Colledges Universities and Ministers together with their Exercise of Discipline upon delinquent Ministers and Church-members 6. A Record of very many Illustrious Events of Divine Providence relating to those Churches The whole Collected and Composed out of Original Manuscript Acts of those Renowned Synods A Work never before Extant in any Language In two Volumes A Defence of the Catholick Faith concerning the Satisfaction of Christ Written Originally by the Learned Hugo Grotius And now Translated by W. H. A Work very necessary in these Times for the preventing of the Growth of Socinianisin Mr. Richard Baxter's Paraphrase on the Psalms of David in Metre with other Hymns Left sitted for the Press under his own Hand A Discourse of Earthquakes By R. Flemming Author of the Fulsilling of Scriptures