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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30945	Memorials of Alderman Whitmore, Bishop Wilkins, Bishop Reynolds, Alderman Adams ...	Barksdale, Clement, 1609-1687.	1681 (1681)	Wing B798; ESTC R35314	15,360	50

Laws of it He encouraged him in it he desired his Friendship and protected both him and many others by an interest that he had gained and made use of chiefly for such purposes 13. How he demeaned Himself then is known in both Vniversities where he governed with praise and left a very gratefull Remembrance behind him How in the next Times since is well known in London And having named this City and the two Universities I think he could not be placed in a better light in this Nation There were enough that could judge and he did not use to disguise himself I appeal to you that conversed with him in those dayes what zeal he hath exprest for the Faith and for the Unity of the Church How he stood up in defence of the Order and Government How he hath asserted the Liturgy and the Rites of it He conformed himself to every thing that was commanded beyond which for any Man to be vehement in little and unnecessary things whether for or against them he could not but dislike and as his free manner was he hath oft been heard to call it Fanaticalness How this might be misrepresented I know not or how his Design of Comprehension might be understood 14. Sure I am that since he came into the Government of the Church to which he was called in his Absence he so well became the Order that it out did the expectation of all that did not very well know him He filled his Place with a Goodness answerable to the rest of his Life and with a Prudence above it considering the two extreams which were no where so much as in his Diocese Though he was as before very tender to those that differ'd from him yet he was as before exactly conformable himself and brought others to Conformity some eminent Men in his Diocese He endeavoured to bring in all that came within his reach and might have had great success if God had pleased to continue him But having given full proof of his Intentions and Desires it pleased God to reserve the Fruit for other Hands from which we have cause to expect much Good to the Church 15. He was in perfect Health in all other respects when a known Infirmity from an unknown Cause that had been easier to cure then it was to discover stole upon him and soon became incurable He was for many dayes in a prospect of Death which he saw as it approached and felt it come on by degrees Some dayes before he dyed he found within himself as he often said A sentence of Death In all this time who ever saw him dismaid who ever found him surpriz'd or heard a word from him unbecoming a wise man and a true Christian At the times I was with him I saw great Cause to admire his Faith towatds God his Zeal for his Church his Constancy of Mind his Contempt of the World and his chearfull Hopes of Eternity That the Memory of this Worthy Prelate may not be abused I declare and that upon most certain Grounds That he dyed in the Faith of our Lord Jesus Christ and in the Communion of the Church of England as it is by Law established 16. He dyed only too soon for the Church and for his Friends but for Himself he had lived long enough He has lived long enough that dies well As for us we must submit to the Will of God Our Comfort is that we shall follow and come together again in due Time Doctor Edward Reynolds Lord Bishop of Norwich Obiit 1676. From Mr. B. Riveley VIr nec tacendus nec dicendus A Man of whom I can't be silent without detriment to the Church and dishonor to God and yet a Man of whom I can't speak without loss to his Merit and diminution to his Worth 1. He was a Good Man He was of a most sweet and obliging temper of great Candor and Integrity He had a comely Countenance a gentle Disposition a pleasantness of Conversation Reason sat as Queen in his Soul Passion and Appetite were as Handmaids 2. He was a Good Christian Revelation was a great Mistress with him and he was a great Adorer as well as Practicer of the will of God Religion sanctifyed his Reason and Grace his Nature and of all Accomplishments he accounted it his Glory to be a Disciple of Christ The Fear of the Lord was to him the top of his Wisdom He endeavoured that his ways might be found perfect before God He was carefull to maintain good Works I speak it knowingly as the necessary Fruits of Christian Faith and such Works as are due to Men as well as those that have a more immediate respect to Cod. To honour his King to speak well of his Superiors to be obedient to Laws in Church and State to govern his Tongue to love his Neighbors and to take the worst Enemies he had in the world into the number This was his Religion 'T was a piece of his Conscience to do these things as well as to preach and to pray and to frequent the worship of God 3. He was a good Minister of the Gospel For this he had a great name all his undignified time and when he came to the high place he did not make an end of prophecying He was built and framed on purpose to be an Instructor and Curate of Souls For he was sober and wise able to salve difficulties to determine cases to quiet consciences He was an Interpreter one of a thousand another Apollos mighty in the Scriptures He was of a sedate mind of a tender Compassionate Spirit heartily desirous of Mens eternal Good and not only his Industry but his delights run out that way how to bring it about 4. He was a good Bishop There are two sorts of People and they differ among themselves toto coelo that can hardly allow him to have been a good Bishop The one sort think him not good because a Bishop at all making those terms Good and Bishop inconsistent but these are absurd and unreasonable Men and their tongue is no slander and I trouble my self no further with them the other can't afford him to be good in his capacity because he was not so much a Bishop as they would have had him that is to say because he would not drive their pace he would not govern by their Rules not execute censures at their heights nor interpret Canons in their sense What truer Indication would you have of wise and good Government then from its natural and proper effects And for that matter I dare appeal to your own observation whether in any Diocese in the Kingdom caeteris paribus there be to be found a more sober regular and loyal Clergy a more conformable People more decent and well repaired Churches and a greater alteration both of Judgment and Manners of Men since the late Times of Anarchy and Confusion which is especially visible in matter of the Sacrament then in this Diocese Resolve this into the