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A40428	The Israelite indeed a sermon preached at the funeral of Mark Cottle, Esq., late register of the Prerogative-Office, on Thursday, Jan. 5, 1681 / by Sam. Freeman ...	Freeman, Samuel, 1643-1700.	1682 (1682)	Wing F2141; ESTC R65	12,038	36

Moral qualifications and these the rather as being in the Judgment of Christ himself most deserving our notice and observation Here then also you may behold an Israelite indeed in whom there was no guile I need not tell you that His Profession was that of the Reform'd Religion as the Doctrine and Discipline of it is establisht by Law in the Church of England and indeed if a constant and devout attendance on the Worship and Service of God a passionate Zeal for his Church an uncessant Care for it's Prosperity an universal love and concern for all that own'd it be any convincing Arguments of a man's Sincerity in his Religion never was there any Person who gave a clearer testimony of it than he did Such was his love to all publick Solemnities of Worship that he seldome fai'd unless prevented by Sickness or most indispensable Occasions to be present at them and so humble and devout was his Carriage and Demeanour in them that 't was hard for any person to observe it and not to be warm'd and excited by his Flames So steady and devoted a Member was he to this Church that he could not speak of its Dangers without some disturbance to himself nor mention its Divisions without tears How unwearied was he in his Endeavours to promote its Interest to win upon its Enemies and to encourage its Friends Amongst others the Clergy and Ministers of it had not the least share in his esteem and affection he never seem'd more chearful than when he was in their Company never better pleas'd than when they were at his Table To all men he was very Courteous and Obliging but 't was here that he shew'd his respects with delight and complacency Answerable to this his Behaviour towards God was his Conversation with Men. It would be too tedious to name all Particulars therefore not to mention the Vertues that are more common those that shone brightest in him were such as in this loose and distracted Age are not to be found in many I mean his Loyalty to his Prince and his Charity to all that stood in need of it His was true primitive Loyalty without any Roman Shifts or Jesuitical Evasions or Fanatical Distinctions holding himself oblig'd in all Cases that are not sinful actively and chearfully to obey but in no case and for no reason whatsoever to resist Authority He was the man that instead of finding fault with Governours sought God for them instead of scanning and censuring Acts of State earnestly implored Gods direction of them instead of venting complaints about the state of things daily petition'd God for the Setlement of of them in good order And of the same genuin stamp was his Benevolence and Charity to his Fellow-Subjects which he on all occasions manifested by composing their Differences and relieving their Necessities These were more than any thing his daily business his Meat and Drink his Pleasure and Recreation In his younger years when he practis'd what pains would he take to loose a Client and to prevent a Law Suit How ready was he at all times to take up Quarrels and how unwearied till he had put an end to them never medling with other mens business but only when 't was to oblige them or to make them Friends To this blessed work of making Peace did he add that other of shewing Mercy His Charity was very large and diffusive not confin'd to his Kindred and Relations but flowing in several Channels to all that needed it to more than ask't it most of all to the Widows and Orphans of such especially Churchmen whose narrow Fortunes or untimely deaths whose Fidelity to the Crown or Sufferings for the Church had disabled them to make any better provision for them a considerable number whereof as I am credibly inform'd had the greatest part of their Livelyhood if not their total Subsistence from him And as he liv'd daily doing good so was he not unmindful to leave sufficient Evidences of his kind and charitable Disposition at his Death having bequeath'd almost to all the places where he had spent any considerable part of his Life several large Legacies either for the Poor's Relief or other pious and publick Uses In sum such was his uniforme and comely Demeanour such his complyant and inoffensive Conversation such his fair and punctual Dealing such his universally-loving and benign temper of Mind that they deservedly begat in all that observ'd him a very great esteem and veneration for him insomuch that it s not easie to name the Person that had more Friends or fewer Enemies I have but one thing more to add which yet gives a farther lustre to this excellent Person and that is the admirable Patience and great constancy of Mind wherewith he endured his Disease encountred Death and triumpht over it For any man to bear misery well has been ever accounted so great an honour that some of the Ancient Heathens have too extravagantly thought it equal'd men to God himself who is not capable of Misery That says one of them is truly Divine to have the frailties of a man the security of a God Now in all the time of his long and painful Sickness who ever saw him discomposed who ever heard an impatient or discontented word from him It was my happiness to be frequently with him I call it so there being very much to be learn'd from his example at all times I saw great cause to admire his Faith towards God his Zeal for his Church his constancy of Mind his contempt of the World his willingness to dye and his chearful hopes of Eternity And in this serene and undisturb'd temper of Soul full of Faith and Hope he fell asleep and exchang'd this Life for a better Now farewel pious and vertuous Soul the Poor's Relief the Widow's Patron the Church's Friend the King 's Loyal Subject and Gods most faithful Servant May thy Name and Memory ever live in our breasts And may thy Vertues and Example be ever fruitful in our Lives That so at the great and last day we may meet together again in unspeakable Joy where Sin and Sorrow and Death shall be no more Which God of his infinite Mercy grant c. 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