grinders our Teeth to cease and them that looke out of the windowes our Eyes to waxe darke Thou shuttest the Doores of our lippes and stoppest our windpipes the Daughters of our singing Thou cuttest short the siluer cord of Marrow and breakest the golden Ewer of our Brainpanne Thou breakest the Pitcher of our veines at the Well of our Liuer at the Cesterne of our Heart there breakest thou the wheele of our Head O Death Heb. 9.27 thou art doomed to vs all It is appointed for all men once to dye We all walke this one way all tread this one path we must all sleepe our last sleepe and that darke night of Death will once ouertake vs all Patres nostri praeterierunt nos abimus posteri sequuntur Eucher Paraen Our Fathers are dead our Friends are dead and our selues also must dye Some are gone before vs some accompany vs and some come after vs like waue after waue are we dasht against the hard and cold stone Death Serius aut citius metam proper ammad vnaus And thus soone or late we dye all at last We are borne with condition to dye We therefore put on the Garment of our Body to put it off and at first take vp the load of Nature to lay it dowen at last Death is Natures Law and to dye is but to pay Natures Tribute It is as naturall for vs to liue and dye as for to wake and sleepe O Death Thou art certainely comming yet vncertaine is it when thou wilt come Nil certius morte at hora mortis incertius nihil Nothing more certaine then Death but then the houre of Death nothing more vncertaine Matth. 24.36 Of that day and houre knoweth no man That is of the day of Iudgement the houre of Death Death comes as a Thiefe in the night both suddenly and violently it takes vs one vpon the house top another in the Field one working in the Vine-yard another grinding at the Mill one vpon the house top of honours another in the field of Pleasures one abouring in the Vineyard of a Christian Calling another grinding at the Mill of worldly affaires Eccles 9.12 A man knoweth not his time that is the time of his death God will not tell vs the time when Death shal come vpon vs because hee would haue vs thinke it neuer but neere vs He will not let vs know our last day because he would haue vs suspect and expect euery day to be our last Latet vltimus dies vt obseruentur omnes dies Aug de discipl Christiana This one houre the houre of Death is hidden from vs that all the houres of our life might the rather be obserued by vs. O Death thou art impartiall and indifferent to all Pauperam tabernas regumque turres thou knockest equally at the Pallace as the Cottage doore thou likenest a Kings scull to a Beggers and makest no difference betweene their dust Neither hast thou pitty vpon the Poore nor respect vnto the Rich neither scornest thou the foolish nor dost thou reuerence the wise Eccles 2.16 How dyeth the wiseman as doth the Foole. The oldman thou long threatnest the yong man thou soone betrayest Neither sparest thou for Age Sexe Degrees nor Gifts No Power of ours can forbid thee no Diligence auoyd thee no teares moue thee Price hire thee no art or Eloquence perswade thee O Death thou art manifold thou commest to vs in sundry hues and shapes Thou approachest pale and leane to the old man bloody boysterous to the yong man blacke as hell to the bad man and but vgly vnto euery man Thou comest to vs sometimes in Mens hands sometimes in Beastes mouthes sometimes in a flame of fire sometimes in a waue of water sometimes in a blast of wind sometimes in the slipping of a foote somtimes in the faling of a stone Thou comest to vs sometimes in our cloaths and sometimes in our Meate and Drinke We dye diuersly Some by warre some in Peace some by Sea some by land some in the Field some on our Beds some by our own violence or Intemperance some by a sudden wound and some by a languishing disease Mille modis lethi miseres mors vnafatigat And thus by a thousand wayes of dying one Death destroyes vs all O Death how bitter is the remembrance of thee Ecclus 41.1.2 to a man that liue that rest in his possessions c. O Death how acceptable is thy iudgement vnto the needfull c. O Death thou art a shadow indeed thou fleest those that follow thee and followest those that flee thee Mors optata recedit at cum tristis erit praecipi tata venit Thou hastnest then when we wish to eschue thee then delayest thou when we seeke to imbrace thee Death is the rich mans Feare and the poore mans Desire Often called vpon in Aduersity neuer thought vpon in prosperity In prosperity we complaine and cry with Hezekiah Isa 38. to haue it further added into our dayes But in aduersity we can be content euery one to wish with Elijah It is enough now O Lord 1 King 19.4 take away my Soule for I am no better then my Fathers O Death How fearefull a thing art thou to flesh and blood How abhor we to haue the graue forour house to make our bed in darkenesse to say to Corruption thou art my Father and to the Worme thou art my Sister and my Mother How doe we hate to inherit serpents and wormes to be separated from our selues to be returned to our dust how does Death terrifie vs not onely in our owne experience but others example In others Example so oft as we see or heare another is dead it troubles vs to thinke that wee also must dye For our owne experience how are we then agast not knowing either what we must be or whither we must goe Wee are afraid to dye euen we who haue good hope after Death Euen we that looke for an house not made with hands are notwithstanding loath to leaue this house of clay we that haue the promise of a Kingdome are but vnwilling to forgoe our Prison There is a Feare in vs to be dissolued notwithstanding our Desire to be with Christ and we many irke to vndergoe the Passage that euen reioyce to approach to the Home 2 An interrogation or death dared where I am to aske this one thing of death for your incouragement where is thy sting Not onely this I am now to aske of death but that I haue already said to death truely considered serues to incourage vs against death Death is a shadow 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chrys ad pop hom 5. but a very Bug-beare and are we like children afraid of Hobgoblings onely death is a nothing and are wee afraid of we know not what Death separates betwixt soule and body why feare wee so it should dissolue vs when wee ought to reioyce rather that it cannot destroy vs Feare wee
ingenious wit If goodly houses with good store of land If an vnspotted and an open hand If strength of minde and vigor of the sence A candid brest and a cleare conscience A noble issue and a noble race Endow'd with inward and with outward grace If loue of friends and friendship without strife Observant children and a faithfull wife If a religious and a loyall heart May perfect bliffe to any man impart Then to Lord Campden who in all this rowle Had euery gift in body or in soule His soule in heauen is a welcome guesti Then let his bones in quiet silence rest Memoriae sacrae Cùm tot faecundos Camdene pâ—regeris annos Atâ— tuis largas cùm namerâris opes Cùm tibisuccreseant illustristirpe Nepotes Cùm mirâ celsas struâ—teris arte dâ—mes Cùm tibi partus honor victâ—sâ— paratus egenis Quid superest vitra non super esse Vale. Hiesius hic situs est Campi qui gloria Deni Ternus aeternus daâ— meliora Deus R. A. Ad Avum defunctum If good mens death be but a timely sleepe If man two childhoods hath the first to keepe The first watch of his life then that of age Which with the former stands in equipage Vshering the second better life when you May in a moment all your yeares renew And by the fruitfull priuiledge of death Claime life againe more permanent then breath Sith mans last breath to man doth life apply Sith death 's the childhood of eternity Why weepe we rather when you leaue this light We 'le aske you blessing and bid you good night T is vale long enough now for anon You 'le be awake ' â—th resurrection Children must sleepe then so must age and both Are rows'd from slumbring at their perfect growth Sleepe then in earth thy cradle secure lie May Angels requiems be thy Iullaby Till the last trumpe awake thee and the faire Councel of Elders place thee in their chaire When ioyntly with the quire of Angels blest Thou mayst sing Halleâ—â—iahs with the rest Baptist Noel Prosopopoea Latinis Iambis QVicquid sub Arcto quicquid in gremio latet Thetidis vel amplo conditur Ponti sinu Aut aestuantis febre perpetuâ canis Radians ocellus vidit inter fluctuum Ebullientes riuulos vel anxius Quaerunt sub vndis alacer Jndus Aethiops Maurusue pelle nigricante Barbarus Haec omnia domi nôsse te charum caput Testantur Argonautae abietum frequens Catena malorumque siluae mobiles Pontique nemora densa decumano mari Tot insulas nutante fixas vertice Toties salutantia iteratis nuncijs Dum tu Liburnarum reuisens nauium Orbem stupentem miscuisti Barbaris Gentem togatam interfuisti serijs Mediante seruo Gangis in negotijs At ista menti praevolenti viltor Conditiosordet globisciâ—ntia Exacta licet ampla terreni iacet Contempta aequatur quod explanat solo Coelestis ardor surgit ad coelestia Nec sufficit contractus orbis nauitae Terrae marisque conscio sat semitae Rimaeque cuiusque extimae sed altiùs Orbem supernum quaeris illic for sitan Coelestis Eridani fluentis nauigans Stellata in Argo coelum aquosum transnatas Vel forsan vndas atri adhuc tranans Stygis 〈…〉 Vale 〈◊〉 inter viue 〈…〉 Tantum hoc â—â—itam liceâ—â— vrnam carminâ— Nâ—taret â—â—tri dicat extremum vale Pietâ—â— Nâ—pâ—tum hâ—c estâ— sarcâ—phagâ— nota Ciâ—eremâ—â—lâ—culâ— figet hoc Epitaphium Epitaphium Transi viatâ—r Nâ—biliâ— Et civit hic sepultâ—â— est At siste gradum nâ—m breâ—â— Videbis istum nobiâ—â—â— Redibit hand mâ—rabitâ—r Resurget extremâ— diâ— Qui transmarinam naviganâ— Tâ—t â—rbis ampli littâ—ra Expertus â—mnem noveraâ— Terra marisque semitam Tandem suam fâ—â—licitâ—r Mundi Chariâ—dâ—iâ— abâ—â—enâ— Adegit ad pâ—rtum ratem Sed vela jam si creditis Iterum â—etenâ—isse sua Ventis â—edisse â—arâ—asa Nec sâ—lsasâ—rsan erit fides Ergo valete â—â—â—it 〈◊〉 Redibit Expâ—ctaâ—itiâ— Gazâ—phylâ—ciâ—â—â—â—st Geâ—â—a 〈…〉 〈…〉 Ad 〈…〉 〈…〉 Adnundiâ—as Hierusalem Hic nobilis non civis est At civis illic nobilis Corâ—lla datur hic aurea Illiâ— câ—râ—â—â— gloria Henricus Noel â—ymbolum Honoratissimi D. Vicecoâ—â— mitis Campden optumi senis bonorum patroni NONDVM METAM â—Vltu Canitie senio venerandus annis Et sanus mente corpore sanus eras â—eltx progenie felix vxore fuisti Externisque potens afftuis Euge honis â—isatis haec non sint meritis honoribus auctus Diceris ipse genus nobilitasse tuum Quid Nondum Metam ais valde ampla est haec tibi messis Aeger inops non es sed nec auarus eras Quod sivirtutem cupias humilemque piumque Nobilem humanum te placidumque virum â—rudâ—ntem sobrium celebramus omnibus aequum Et Regi gratum dicimus atque Deo Quid superest ergo quod supra est inquis in orbe Terrarum non est spes neque meta mea Non est haec infrà coelis mihi meta reposta Christus vbi viuit regnat ipse Deus â—ic mea meta est hic mea vita hîc veta fuerunt Non nisi per mortem huc tenditur en morior 〈◊〉 Nondum Metan vivus dixisse solebas Sic Tandem Metam te tetigisse reor De mortuis nil nisi bonum HEe who was rich in bounty as in wealth In honour humble mindefull of his end Comely of person full of dayes and health To rich and poore an amiable friend Enuy thou knowest not him if thou speake ill Who neither liu'd nor dyed against his will Aske not what workes of piety be did Now when he dyed his life was liberall From Church and Vniuersity not hid He made least noyse when hee did most of all Giue me the prudent man who while he liues Doth his good workes and so sees what he giues He among men was iust most free from wrong Sweet-natured cheerefull louing euery way To God deuout his prayses were his song His prayers sighes and teares what shall I say This Lord is dead and I am left as one Mong many to be sorry that hee 's gone W. B. Errata 〈…〉 Age 2. line 10. for an hundred reade 〈…〉 hundred and l. 25. for things reade 〈…〉 p. 21. l. 10. reade 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈…〉 Catologue for poore Prisoners 〈…〉 Pensioners in the verses for 〈…〉 reade atrae for cineremque reade 〈…〉
the longer wee haue liued the lesse we haue to liue Quotidie morimur Senec. lib. 3. epist 24. quotidie enim demitur aliqua pars vitae tunc quoque cum crescimus vita decrescit We dye daily euery day passes away a part of our life and while wee are yet waxing does our life decrease Ibid. Hunc ipsum quem agimus diem cum morte diuidimus This very day that we now liue doe we diuide with death Hieron ad Heliodor in Epitaph Nesoliani Hoc ipsum quod dicto quod scribitur quod relego qnod emendo de vita mea tollitur As by the times of eating sleeping working playing so by the instants of speaking reading writing our liues are lessened Yea brethren this houre these moments of my preaching and your hearing are taken away from both our liues We dye daily our times dye daily our actions dye daily our persons dye daily Our times dye daily the time past is dead to the time present the time present is dying to the time to come yesterday is dead to To-day and To-day is dying to To-morrow Our actions dye daily what is done and past is dead to what is now doing and what is now doing is dying to what hereafter must bee done We neither remember what we haue done nor conceiue what wee haue done nor delight in what wee haue done so daily dye our actions to our memories to our vnderstandings to our affections Our persons dye daily our infancy dyes into childhood our childhood into youth our youth into manhood our manhood into old age and our old age dyes into death A man is in a continuall consumption of himselfe His dayes spend him also as hee spends his dayes Euery day one part or piece oâ— him languisheth or perisheth corrupteth and is cast away Seneca vt supra Non repente in mortem incidimus sed minutatim procedimus We dye by piece-meale and not all at once There is no day in which our spirits vanish not our bloud cooles not our moysture dryes not our stomack fayles not our liuer corrupts not our lungs consume not our bowels yearn not our heart faints not our head akes not euery day either some veine stops some sinew shrinkes or some bone breakes either is some skinne withered some flesh bruised or some member decayed Euery day more then other either the eyes grow dimme of seeing the eares dull of hearing or else the palate vnsauory of tasting Thus dye the parts by little and little and thus is the whole dead at last The Candle still consumes from the time it first beginnes to burne so wade the oyle and marrow of a mans life from the time that he begins to liue Man is a Candle that either consumes himselfe vpon the candlesticke of the world or else sweales away vnder the bushell of his Mothers wombe The houre-glasse runnes continually from the time it is turned Man is an houre-glasse but a running sand or mouing dust And as the sand in the houre-glasse fals corne by corne or mite by mite till the heape bee runne out so a man drops away by little and little till the whole lumpe be done A Traueller goes many dayes onward to his iourneyes end Man is this Traueller this life the way and death the iourneyes end And is it a strange thing to dye when our whole life is but the way to death Sen. ep 78. Tu non putabas te aliquando peruenturum ad id ad quod semper ibas Can we thinke not once to come to what wee alwayes goe to There is no way on earth without an end the intricatest labyrinth hath a way out at last Wee goe towards death continually how should we but meet withall at last Wee dye daily how should wee but once be dead Bern. ser Miser homo quare te omni hora non disponis cogita te iam mortuum quem scis necessitate moriturum Wretched man then who euer thou art seeing thou dyest daily why dost thou not daily dispose thy selfe for death thinke thy selfe now dead whom thou knowest needes must dye Woe to vs wretches all that so many of vs are so neare death and yet put it so farre from vs so neere it in the euent and yet put it so farre from vs in the consideration Death is ready to take vs by the hand in the naturall execution ere wee are willing to take death to heart by a christian meditation Wee goe toward the graue with our faces backward our feet are at poynt to fall into it ere our eyes once looke vpon it We many feele Death before we know Death are brought wofully to hazard or experience it ere we are drawne wisely to consider and conceiue it though we see it dayly in others yet can we not be led to consider it in our selues hereof haue we daily warning Eucher epist Paraen yet will we make it vnawares Nihil ita quotidie homines vt mortem vident nihil ita obliuiscuntur vt mortem Men daily behould nothing more then Death and yet then Death they forget they neglect nothing more But to bring you beloued to the knowledge the consideration remembrance of Death I haue taken this text O Death where is thy sting both to instruct you concerning it as also to incourage you against it Where note first an Appellation secondly an Interrogation an Appellation or Death summoned O Death an Interogation or Death dared Where is thy sting Where I haue 1. Something to say to Death for your instruction O Death 2. One thing to aske of Death for your incouragement Where is thy sting I. The Appellation or Death summoned where I am to say something to Death for your instruction O Death O Death what art thou a Chimaera a Fable a Buggebeare a Dreame a Shadow a nothing O Death thou art a strange thing consider Thou art none of Gods Creature Wisedom 1.13 God made not Death neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the liuing God is the God of our being he delights not in our destruction Death was intended not for vs but for our Sinne therefore are we mortall that sinne might not bee immortall Wee must therefore dye once that it might not alwayes liue O Death what dost thou thou dissoluest the rarest compact of Heauen and Earth thou distinguishest betwixt our Spirit and our Clay Body and Soule thou separatest sharper art thou then any two edged sword and entrest to the diuiding a sunder of the Soule and Spirit thou euen diuidest betwixt the marrow and the bone Thou makest our Dust returne to the Earth whence it was taken and our Spirit to God that gaue it Oh Death thou makest our Spirit vanish our Breath stop our blood coole our colour change our Beauty fade our Strength fall Eccles 12. Thou makest the keepers of the house our hands to tremble and the strong men our feet to bow themselues Thou makest the