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An Elegy upon the death of that most eminent disputant Mr. Jeremy Ives of London who departed this life the 21[st] of October, 1675.
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Both Young and Old Come to my Fold AN ELEGY Upon the Death of that Most Eminent Disputant Mr. JEREMY IVES OF LONDON Who departed this Life the 21 of October 1675. SHall Jeremy thus bid the world good night And we no Lamentations for him Write what though he had no Rattles to his name Our muse serves Merit not Titles or Fame Vertue and Parts do more than those adorn As to live Great is better than Great Born Let whifflers cry Mechanick and upbraid Him with Lay-breeding or use of a Trade Whilst their own sloth they shamelâ—sly betray By sleeping over rusty Books all day His Shop out vy'd their Studies could produce A better stock of sense and of more use As Pearls though hid in shells and darkest night Are soon betray'd and found by their own light So a brave mind with pregnant parts endu'd Breaks through all clouds that on his beams obtrude And by its natural powers makes a start Beyond the faint ascents of limping Art But where there wants a genius the Schools Encrease defects and make us double fools Conceited fopperie that only'affords Scraps of old Authors and Pedantique words Yet neither was Ives of that weak-brain'd fry Who Learning as a dreadful bugbear flye Who think latine most rank Idolatry And Nonsence a sure sign of Piety The Art of Reasoning he compleatly knew T' oppose false notions and defend the true A Complexe Theme he fairly could untwist And manage Mood and figure when he list He did allow each thing its proper place And made Reason as Handmaid wait on grace Learning to serve Religion as the Jews Did in God's Ark th' Egyptian Ear-rings use Thus was his practice Chymistry Divine Logick so us'd is water turn'd to wine R.E. When one in hope 't is fear'd of gain to come Apostatized to the Church of Rome Whose ghostly fathers to defend the same Made an Apology for 't in his Name Jeremy bravely undertook the task And did the sneaking Hypocrites unmask Answer'd their arguments and each pretence Of Kin to probability or sense So Solidly and in so smart a strain That when 't was brought a licence to obtain A late grave Prelate did the same applaud And wisht more of the Authors works abroad So when the Quakers Light so high did blaze As made some Ignorant wandrers in a Maze Forsake the Conduct of bright Jacobs star And after their own Ignis Fatuus Err He boldly durst their Subtleties oppose And rescue Truth from undermining Foes Twice publiquely in a solemn dispute He did their Tenets baffle and refute And prov'd that they deserv'd no Christian name Who in Effect Christ and Scriptures Disclaim Thus were his parts imploy'd thus did he wage Warr with the fond Opinions of the age Yet was not narrow-breasted but allow'd In things indifferent a latitude He to the weak himself could well apply Treading a better path not contrary And in their Errors Maze his own way knew Which was to live to conscience not to shew And shall we not bewail his death that see Of such good minds so great a Scarcitie Yet 't is in vain for cast but round your eye You 'l find all dead here or about to dye The stars Heavens Jewels vanish with the night And day deceases with the Prince of light the Sun Great Kings Mightiest Kingdoms fall Whole Nations nay Mankind the world and all That ever had begining here have end With what injustice then should one pretend To scape the common known necessity Soon as we all were born we 'gan to dye And but for future hopes and that brave strife The Christian hath t' enjoy another life He were the wretched'st of the Race of men But as he soars at that he bruiseth then The serpents head gets above death and sin And sure of Heaven rides triumphant In Then you his Friends dry your Officious eyes Lest you should seem his bliss for to misprize Mourn not his fate since he with joy is past it For good men but see death the wicked taste it Rather Rejoyce since his Mortality Becomes his Birth-day to Eternity And now through Circumfused light he looks On hidden Mysteries reads those blessed books Wherein our great Redeemâ—r does inroul The fair new name of every faithful soul Speaks Heavens language and Discourses free With spirits that not till there could perfect be There all the happy souls that ever were â—hall meet with gladness in one Theatre There different sects embrace none barr'd from thence For weaknesses but for impenitence There little heats and censurings laid by They all sing praises in sweet harmony There each calls 'tother brother as they walk And though they ne'r dispute they always talk But all of GOD they still shall have to say But make him All in All their Theam that day That happy day that never shall see night Where God will be all beauty to the sight All pleasant delicates unto the taste And musick in the ear shall ever last Where shall all glory all perfection be God in the Union and the Trinity Where sits our Judge true God and yet true man Jesus the only gotten Christ who can As being Redeemer and Repairer too Of lapsed nature best know what to do In that great act of judgement which the father Hath given wholly to the Son the rather As being the son of Man to shew his power His wisdom and his justice in that hour The last of hour's and shutter up of all Where first his power will appear by call Of all are dead to life His wisdom show In the discerning of each conscience so And most his justice in the fitting parts And giving dues to all mankinds desâ—rts Oh may we all our faith and lives so place As then with joy to see his glorious face Epitaph Here lies the earthly part of a good Man That was Truth 's Champion against errors ban Who when at last he did with Death Dispute By Faith the frightful Monster could confute Let all his faults The best have many a stain Be buried here and never rise again Printed for B.H. at the Sationers-Arms in Sweethin's-alley neer the Royal Exchange With Allowance Oct. 25. 1675. 85