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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12160	Corona charitatis, = The crovvne of charitie a sermon preacht in Mercers Chappell, May 10. 1625. at the solemne funerals of his euer-renowmed friend, of precious memory, the mirroir of charitie, Mr. Richard Fishburne, merchant, and now consecrated as an anniuersary to his fame; by Nat: Shute, rector of the parish of Saint Mildred in the Poultry, London.	Shute, Nathaniel, d. 1638.	1626 (1626)	STC 22466; ESTC S117282	35,817	55

funeralls our Churches mourne our houses mourne wee our selues mourne yea the very aire by a kind of repercussion of blacknesse seemes it selfe to be black and mournes The death of man in generall is able to make our Sorrowes runne what pittie is it that hee that euen now was Monarch of the aire to breathe where hee listed should by and by haue his lungs stopt with dust and bee lockt vp well-nigh for euer in the breathlesse earth That he that had Gods candle shining vpon his head euen now Iob. 29.3 should presently lay his head vpon the sable pillow of the bed of darknesse That hee that kept the best companie with men Buxtors Sina Iud. c. 11. should by and by haue no other companie but with wormes If the Iewes in the feast of reconciliation thinke the swealing of a candle ominous what may wee thinke of the dying of a man Certainly if wee blow vp this powder into our heads it will awake vs from our Lethargie specially such who take vp this consideration withall that the same death that slue their brother may next tread vpon their heeles But aboue all things my iudgement runnes this way that the death of good men should make our vaines cold when an ordinarie man breaks rank and dyes there falls a vapour but when a good man dyes there falls a Starre when the Israelites shooke off Egypt and departed they robde the Egyptians and when a good man shakes off the world he robs the world Such was the death of this thrice-thrice-worthy and euer-renowmed Gentleman Master Richard Fisburne whom death too soone for vs though too late for himselfe hath with an Habeas corpus remoued into another world So sowre is the remembrance of it that my Prayers are rising still that his death with other good men may not be a lightning before a great thunder and that the losing of such corner stones may not perish the whole building But before I spinne out the particulars of his vertues I must first shape some Apologie for my selfe and my dead friend of neuer-dying memory On my part some mens thoughts may bubble vp within them and imagine that I speake for my fee. Others out of a gloomy suspition may conceiue that there might some desire start from him to haue his Sepulchre whited after his death and this commendation painted vpon it but I will put in myne answere First for that imputation that may bee rolled vpon me I doe professe with an vntainted heart that though I haue as good a cause as a poore man can haue to dote vpon the remembrance of my friend yet shall not any sinister end set my tongue on worke further then the truth commands me For him hauing now no relike of him but only his Remembrance which is no more to a friend himself then a shadow to the bodie I will euer defend it and keepe his name bright from the rust of contradiction yea I should slay mine owne conscience if I should not wipe out the least imputation that is cast vpon him Hee did diuers times both in the beginning of his sicknesse and towards the end grate vpon the abuse of this custome of ouer-spicing the dead in large commendation and intreated me yea with some flashes of importunitie that I would performe this last office of Preaching for him but speake nothing of him And indeed had it not beene that by my silence I should haue maymed the common expectation his honour and your example I had turned these wordes into sighes and haue imposed this dutie vpon mine eyes and not vpon my tongue But who can part with so good a man so sweet a friend in so rude a manner as to say nothing If I must needes therefore erre one way as in these occasions commonly the wind stands in our faces and our actions returne vpon vs againe I will rather be immodest in denying the modesty of my friend then vnthankfull in denying mine owne duty And so I breake away from the Apologie to the matter This brother of ours deceased was by birth a Gentleman of the Towne of Huntington cut out of no meane quarrie borne of a good house what the strength of his education was and how hee was translated out of Nature into Grace shined cleerly in the vertues lent him by God when more yeeres fell vpon him Commonly the heate of good institution which is put into a child yong glowes in him little or much while hee hath a day to runne through in this life And as many times the Husband-man that hath the eye of experience will giue a faire ghesse of the whole day by the morning so many times to a man of a fresh sight youth is an Optick-glasse to discouer afarre off the sequell of many yeeres After that hee was well inlayed by his education God hauing endowed him with excellent parts of Nature hee was transplanted into the seruice of a Noble Countesse in this Kingdome where as the fairest flowres haue oftentimes the faintest smels he did not long like the candied happinesse of the Court. From thence therefore hee tooke his way into the Ciite and became seruant to a Gentleman of full esteeme and credit Sir Baptist Hickes now Knight and Baronet from whose owne mouth I heard it with what diligence and faithfulnesse euen for many yeeres together hee disindented and discharged himselfe of that seruice For his vnderstanding so much as might lye within the compasse of an ordinary braine Fame it selfe could scarce lie of him which knowledge of his he often watred with assiduous reading professing in his sicknesse the large comforts he had culled to himselfe out of those houres laid by for his priuate studies And this was ascertain'd afterwards by a Booke in folio which bare the collections which he had fisht out of diuers Bookes of Diuinitie Historie and the like Pet. Martyr M. Perkins c. Besides by the voice of reason it is commonly true that hee that is prouident in his youth is rich in his age so he that is studious of good things in his former yeeres is all comfort in his death Hee wsa an affable man Hee that looked but vpon his face might haue seene goodnesse and courtesie looke out of his eyes If a poore man whose hopes perchance lay a bleeding had had any request to haue aduanced vnto him he carried such a dew in his lippes and answers that he would haue breathed as it were another life in his face His gestures so without all specks of offence iniurie as that he deserued the name which Nicholas the third had for his modestie to bee called Compositus Volateran Anthropolog l. 22. A man well composed This was that which made him Lord of so many hearts Scarce was there a man within the compasse of our memory that euer wonne himselfe more loue in his health more Prayers in his sicknesse more lamentation after his death Hee was a iust man in his words yea

them and vngendo emungunt by annointing them they vnskrew the more easily their charitie There were foure Ministers of vs with him in his sicknesse and I dare say with a cleare forehead though wee had a yeelding subiect to worke vpon yet not one of vs parted our lips to exhale the least gift from him for our owne particulars As his stomacke euer kicked against Poperie so was hee a true wouen Protestant and a naturall sonne of the Church of England insomuch that though he wanted not the Chariots of Israel the prayers zealous and frequent of many for him yet hee desired the blessing of the Church I meane the common prayers to be read to him before he should tradere lampada resigne his last breath to testifie the spirituall delight hee suckt from them in his life and that comfort which he assuredly hoped to borrow from them at his death Shall I lay out his comfortable speeches to others when he saw their eyes runne ouer with teares for him hee would often say Trust in God for his owne heart taught him that seeing all the pleasures of this life must be rowled together and all should be filed vpon that file of Salomon Eccles 1.2 Vanitie of Vanities all is Vanitie it was the truest wisedome to hang vpon God Shall I encroach so farre vpon your patience as to shew you his Patience towards God All the time that fatall sicknesse fed vpon him euen till death He lowed not vnder the hand of God as the Kine did vnder the Arke 1. Sam. 6.12 as if he were vnwilling to leaue this world as they were to leaue their Calfes but was willing to beare that hand in aduersitie that had borne him in prosperitie Quadratus lapis Christianus quocunque verteris stat Aug. in Ps 86. homil 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 like a foure squared stone which way soeuer you throw it it rests so did he 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 casts his passions asleepe as Saint Basil saith and was content what way soeuer God came vpon him whether from the North or the South in Iudgement or in Mercie Shall I bedew you with his teares Neuer any man at whose death I haue beene drew more teares from his eyes then he Those Limbecks of his neuer ceased distilling These Fountaines aboue were almost alwayes open Surely as Saint Augustine saith Procella ingens magnam vim ferebat lachrymarum Aug. Confess l. 8. c. 12 There was some great storme within him against sinne that brought downe such a floud of teares yet not without some beames of ioy for he would say himselfe See you these teares These shall be all botled And certainly we saw that vpon his weeping a wonderfull assurance of comfort came vpon him euen as the fire from Heauen followed the water powred vpon Elias his Sacrifice Lastly for his faith and hope which did assist him till his last houre mine eyes were neuer witnesses of a greater confidence in any dying man his comfort neuer so much as once shaken If hee had had any broken fancies in his sleepe that might seeme to haue ouer-shadowed his hope hee would chase them away still as hee waked Indeed his confidence was so high-built that I began to looke at the foundation fearing that there might bee some bogge of presumption and that all was not built vpon the firme Rocke To that purpose doubting he might be too forward I set him backward to consider the many snares and temptations of this life which lie as thicke as the rine in Autumne before our feet and the many sinnes which oftentimes men of the best fame are gored with He answered me I confesse I haue beene a great and grieuous sinner but yet I thanke God I did euer labour priuatly to make my peace with God againe Nay this he sealed againe with a fairer stampe for being askt by me often why finding such comfort he wept so much He regested this answer Ipsa obmutescit facundia si aegra sit conscientia Ambros in Psal 118. Octonar 6. many times together Poore Fisborne shall be a Saint Thus as the Sun cannot bee without light no more can goodnesse bee without hope And as after showres of Aprill raine the aire is the sweeter so after these teares of his was his ioy the more sensible as on the contrary If the conscience bee sicke the tongue is dumbe as Saint Ambrose saith Nay that it may appeare that with this very hope hee tooke Heauen the very last word that hee spake in this World testifie aloud when it should seeme reuoluing with himselfe the Passion of Christ a cordiall meditation for all dying men hee crowned his death with these Golden words I am now hasting to Mount Caluary to my Sauiour and so after a little more sand runne out his glasse neuer to be turned againe in peace and in a good old age rendred himselfe into his hands with whom hee now rests in that bosome of glory and shall so rest for euer and euer Onely he hath left the World as Lot left Sodome in smoake and combustion Hee that made God heire of his goods himselfe the heire of God and the earth the heire of his bodie he hath made many friends the sorrowfull heires of his memory As the long looking vpon the Sunne makes our eyes water so the serious remembrance of his Goodnesse must needes fetch out teares If some mens eyes bee dry for the present for many times the deepest wounds bleed not soonest nor the greatest sorrows weepe soonest yet my heart whispers to me their hearts are not dry Nay our sorrows for him will yet rise to a higher tide when we come hereafter more to want him wee now bury him in the earth we shall then bury him in our hearts Time will tell them that loued him without a false bottome that in this I haue now said my tongue strooke not on both sides I confesse I distrust not Gods power nor hath my hope forsaken me of any mans goodnesse but yet mine eyes despaire almost euer to see a man with such a retinue of graces so wise so louing so iust so religious so charitable so hopefull in his death euen all these beames contracted into one Glasse Per eandem lineam serram reciprocare Tertull de Corona militia cap. 3. But I must not draw my Saw the same way againe as Tertullian's phrase is I will only sound myne hoarse Trumpet once againe and so end Farewell a Lustre to this Citie Farewell a glory to his Company Farewell a beautie to the Merchants Farewell a credit to the place where he liued Farewell an honourer of the Church Farewell a Patrone of the Poore Farewell the ioy of all his Acquaintance And if any man haue a part in this sorrow I haue not the shortest Farewell the noblest louingest and faithfullest friend that euer poore man had Farewell once againe thou second Nehemiah Farewell Text Farewell Time Finally brethren fare you well Bee yee good Nehemiah's like him vnderprop Gods seruice And God Almightie remember you and neuer wipe out the good deeds which yee shall doe to the house of God and the offices thereof From this time forth and for euermore Amen Amen FINIS