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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47332	The life of the Reverend Anthony Horneck, D.D., late preacher at the Savoy by Richard Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells.	Kidder, Richard, 1633-1703.	1698 (1698)	Wing K407; ESTC R31552	23,210	63

day he would sup with an Apple or two with a little Bread and small Ale or Milk-Water This he would receive with great thankfulness to God and great chearfulness among his Domesticks He was very thankfull to God for a Morsel of Bread and received the meanest Provision with the greatest expressions of Gratitude And yet when he entertained his Friends he did it liberally He was always least concerned for himself in these things He very much deny'd himself but to others he was liberal and open-handed and rather than the Poor should want Bread he would fast himself He led an Ascetick Life kept under his Body and with great industry advanced in Holiness and a Life that was spiritual and heavenly For his Contempt of this lower World he hath given sufficient proof He despised both the sides or appearances of it I mean the Smiles and Frowns of it It is well known that when he lived with the Duke of Albemarle he might very easily have made his Fortunes as we usually express it Had he made his Court he could not have sailed But instead of that he minded his charge and the duty of his place He minded the heavenly Kingdom and the doing good to Souls He would often speak very contemptibly of Riches and declare that the whole design of the Christian Doctrine tended to bring contempt upon Wealth and great Plenty He was of opinion that Riches were as a great man hath it impedimenta virtutis i. e. the impediments of virtue and that a man could never arrive to any great pitch of virtue but he must be aut pauper aut pauperi smilis i. e. either poor or like him that is poor as Seneca hath it He likewise despised the Frowns of the World He met with sore afflictions The loss of a considerable part of his worldly estate at once I reckon the least of them I do not remember that ever I heard him once complain but have often heard him give solemn thanks to God for his goodness Some of his Friends would sometimes speak their Resentment before him because he was not better preferred But he would never side with them he diverted the discourse or stopt it by saying I shall never want He was a most humble and heavenly Christian of great patience and resignation to the will of God a most mortified man to the World and to all the Glory and Pageantry of it He led an innocent and inoffensive and a most usefull Life He spent his hours well and lived many years in a preparation for Death and Judgment One thing must not be forgotten and that was his great Meekness under Obloquies and Reproaches his great exemplariness in forgiving Enemies It may perhaps be supposed that he had no Enemies and it will easily be granted that he could deserve none But they do not know this world that think innocence and usefulness will protect any man against Malice Envy and Ill-will Nulla unquam magna gloria sine magna fuit invidia Worthy actions will always be followed with Envy 'T is by Julius Celsus Jul. Celsus de vit J. Caesaris reported that when Alcibiades asked counsel of Socrates what course he should take to avoid Envy Socrates replied vive ut Thersites i. e. live like Thersites Had he lived a soft and trifling life he might have avoided it easily But he did his duty with great exactness and that was the occasion of Envy The old Monk that was asked by a young one how he might pass easily and quietly through the world told him as one rule that he should fungi officio taliter qualiter i. e. That he should not be exact in doing his duty but do it as we say so so The Doctor could not live like Thersites he could not do his Masters work negligently and as this drew many followers and admirers after him so it did Envy also The truth of the case is this His exemplary Life was a standing reproach upon those who were negligent and always trudging after Preferment and Wealth That some of the worst should endeavour to blacken him hath nothing strange in it at all This I am very certain of that the Clergy of the greatest name and the most conspicuous for Vertue and good Learning had a very great opinion of him He forgave his Enemies and I could never find him in the least disturbed on that account He wrote several Books which he published a Catalogue of them will follow the close of these Papers He left also many excellent Sermons in MSS. upon the most weighty Subjects particularly upon our Blessed Saviour's Sermon on the Mount one Volume of which is herewith Printed the rest will be set forth with all convenient speed and likewise several others as these find encouragement viz. upon the Parable of the Ten Virgins the Parable of Dives and Lazarus several Sacramental Discourses c. For those which are already published they are well known There is a great vein of Piety and Devotion which runs through them They savour of the primitive Simplicity and Zeal and are well fitted to make men better They are weak men that are much taken with Flourishes and tall Metaphors with quaint and picquant strokes of wit His Discourses are all medicinal and healing and fitted to make the Reader serious and devout That Food is best which is nourishing and that Physick which cures and restores This good man had no greater aim than to do good I will say of him as Pliny did of Virginius Rufus Tanti viri mortalitas magis finita est quam vita i. e. His Mortality is ended rather than his Life He lives and will live for ever and now that he is withdrawn out of our sight he will more than ever continue in the Remembrance and Discourses of Men. His Friends have erected a Monument to his Memory in the Abbey-Church of Westminster The Reverend Mr. Philip Falle a Friend of the Doctor hath added the Inscriptions following He might have enlarged this excellent Man's Character further had he not been confined by the Figure and Dimensions of the Table The Inscription on the Tomb-Stone is as follows Sub hoc Marmore venerandi Sepulchri indice novissimum Domini Adventum praestolantur Mortales Exuviae ANTONII HORNECK S. Th. P. Caetera Viator disce ex vicinâ Tabellâ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Inscription on the Monument is this Aeternae Memoriae ANTONII HORNECK S. Theologiae Professoris * He commenc'd Doctor at Cambridge in the Year 1681. This is mention'd here it having thro' Inadvertency been omitted in its proper place Regiae Majestati à Sacris Hujus Ecclesiae Canonici Viri inter primos docti eruditi Sed qui potissimùm Flagrantissimo in Deum zelo religione Vitae Sanctimoniâ Morum gravitate Humanitatis officiis in singulos egenos praesertim aegrotantes sedulò impensis Sacris Concionibus apud S. MARIAM LE SAVOY per XXVI plus minùs annorum curriculum indesineuter indefessè ad populum habitis Scriptis priscorum saeclorum pietatem Asceticam severitatem mirè redolentibus atque per ora hominum passìm volitantibus Longè latèque inclaruit ac ingentem sibi apud bonos omnes famam comparavit Maximis quis in exequendo munere exantlaverat fractus laboribus in Nephritidem incidit lethalique calculo visceribus pertinaciter adhaerescente candidissimam animam coelo reddidit Prid. Calend. Feb. Anno Salutis MDCXCVI Aetatis suae LVI Viro optimo majora merito hoc qualecunque amoris observantiae Monimentum Amici M M. P P. α ☧ ω A Catalogue of Books writ by the Reverend Dr. Anthony Horn●●… I. THE Great Law of Consideration in 8o. II. The Best Exercise in 8o. III. The Exercises of Prayer in 12o. IV. Delight and Judgment or a Prospect of the great Day of Judgment in 12o. V. The Fire of the Altar Upon the Sacrament in 12o. VI. The Crucified Jesus in 8o. VII The first Fruits of Reason VIII A Letter to a Lady Revolted to the Church of Rome in 12o. IX Questions and Answers con●●●…ing the two Religions viz. That of the Church of England and that of the Church of Rome X. A Postscript to Dr. Glanvil be●●… an Account of Witches in Germany XI An Answer to the Soldiers Question What shall we do XII Some single Sermons upon several Occasions XIII Fifteen Sermons upon the fifth Chapter of St. Matthew Vol. 1. in 8o. ERRATA Pag. 16. lin ult for conten●ed to leave r. contented so to leave l. 19. l. 18. for 〈◊〉 r. never P. 14. l. penult for imitare r. imitari

many were his constant Auditors some of the highest Rank and Quality and a very great number of very devout and pious Persons A vast Crowd there was that followed him and such a collection of most devout and conformable Persons as were hardly to be found elsewhere it was no easie matter to get through the Crowd to the Pulpit He administred the Holy Communion on the first Sunday of every Month and preached a Preparation Sermon on the Friday preceding He did it also on the great Festivals He administred it twice on a day in the Morning at eight a Clock and at the usual time after the Morning Sermon The number of the Communicants held a great proportion to that of his Auditors and their Devotion was very exemplary The number was so great at both times that it will hardly be believed by those Clergymen who have been confined to the Country and have seen the small number of those who attend upon this holy Service So great was the number that there was need of great help of Clergymen to assist in the delivering of the Bread and Wine and with such assistance it was very late before the Congregation could be dismissed I will add that I do not remember that I did ever behold so great numbers and so great signs of Devotion and a due sense and profound reverence becoming this great act of divine Worship in my whole life The Doctor took indefatigable pains on those occasions but he was encouraged to do so from the great success his Labours met withal He was not only very diligent in Preaching and Administring the Holy Sacrament but in all other parts of his Duty He took great pains in Catechising and instructing the Youth in visiting the sick and directing and satisfying the doubtfull and scrupulous and encouraging all good beginnings and promoting worthy designs and provoking those he conversed with to love and good works He took great pains also in his own Family He spent very much time with his Family in constant Prayers Morning and Night in Reading the Holy Scriptures Singing of Psalms in holy Conferences and all the Duties incumbent upon him as the Master of a Family No Weariness no weighty Business abroad excused him from the discharge of these Duties Nor did he perform them slightly and perfunctorily but spent very much time in them he was very assiduous very earnest and vehement and shewed a very great concern and ardor therein He would rise early in a Morning to these Exercises and not spare his pains even after the very great and wearisom labours of the day Nor did he forbear his Studies and Closet-Devotions He spent much time there It appears by a Diary found since his Death and which he kept for a long time that he called himself to an account every Night for the Words and Actions and Conversation of the Day past and perhaps few men living were more strict and severe than he was in this matter It he had done any good that day he gave God the praise of it before he slept And few men that lived passed sewer days if he passed any such without doing good But when any Words or Thoughts escaped which he judged to have wanted due care he animadverted upon himself in a severe manner before he went to rest He was one of the kindest men to others that ever lived and one of the severest to himself He needed no Confessor to call him to account or to enjoyn him any Penance He did not spare revenge upon himself who could most easily forgive his Enemies and wanted no compassion for the greatest Criminals He kept a continual watch over his own Soul and strictly watched over its actings and tendencies and was therefore very sit to watch over those who were committed to his Charge Besides the constant care that was upon him from his Parish his Family his Closet and Studies he imployed himself in doing good to those who were more remote He encouraged Piety where-ever he came and particularly in the younger sort He had the care of several Societies of Young Men whom he directed and encouraged And because this matter hath been mis-understood and that to my certain knowledge there was an attempt since this Revolution to blacken the Doctor on this account I shall represent the matter just as it was Certain it is that there were some Societies of religious and devour Young Men under the Doctor 's Government and Inspection But whether the Doctor did move these Young Men at first to enter into such Societies or whether they first applied to him and he only gave them Rules to govern themselves by I am not able to determine Thus much is certain that he gave them Rules and they were these that follow 1. That all that entered into such a Society should resolve upon an holy and serious Life II. That no person shall be admitted into this Society till he arrive at the age of Sixteen and hath been first confirmed by the Bishop and solemnly taken on himself his Baptismal Vow III. That they chuse a Minister of the Church of England to direct them IV. That they shall not be allowed in their meetings to discourse of any controverted point of Divinity V. Neither shall they discourse of the Government of Church or State VI. That in their meetings they use no Prayers but those of the Church such as the Litany and Collects and other prescribed Prayers but still they shall not use any that peculiarly belongs to the Minister as the Absolution VII That the Minister whom they chuse shall direct what practical Divinity shall be read at these meetings VIII That they may have liberty after Prayer and Reading to sing a Psalm IX That after all is done if there be time left they may discourse each other about their spiritual concerns but this shall not be a standing Exercise which any shall be obliged to attend unto X. That one day in the Week be appointed for this meeting for such as cannot come on the Lords Day and that he that absents himself without cause shall pay three Pence to the Box. XI Every time they meet every one shall give six Pence to the Box. XII That on a certain day in the year viz. Whitsun-Tuesday two Stewards shall be chosen and a moderate Dinner provided and a Sermon preached and the Money distributed necessary Charges deducted to the Poor XIII A Book shall be bought in which these Orders shall be written XIV None shall be admitted into this Society without the consent of the Minister who presides over it and no Apprentice shall be capable of being chosen XV. That if any Case of Conscience arise it shall be brought before the Minister XVI If any Member think fit to leave the Society he shall pay five Skillings to the Stock XVII The major part of the Society to conclude the rest XVIII The following Rules are more especially to be commended to the Members of this Society