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A16537 Foure letters of comforts, for the deaths of the Earle of Hadingtoun, and of the Lord Boyd, with two epitaphs Boyd, Zacharie, 1585?-1653. 1640 (1640) STC 3446A; ESTC S114471 4,867 17

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FOUR LETTERS of Comforts for the Deaths of the Earle of HADINGTOUN and of the Lord BOYD with two Epitaphs 1 Corinth 15. 55. O Death where is thy Sting O Grave where is thy Victorie GLASGOW Printed by George Anderson 1640. An Epitaph upon the death of Robert Lord Boyd who sleeped in CHRIST the 17. of November 1640. the twentie one yeare of his age MY mourning Muse no verses can expresse Her Well is dry by reason of excesse Of pricking grief which do constraine her heart With tears of blood of sigh and weep apart HEere ly's sweet love among the wormes and slime Who godly wise meek stout was in his time He spar'd no cost no danger he did shun At home abroad to end this work begun Though Moses law perm●ts a man a yeare To sport like ●lack with his Lady deare Yet for the cause of Iesus Christ his Lord To leave such things he gladly did accord From Bed to Banners he religious Went though he was the Phoenix of his house O Passer by who these things sees and hears Stand still and pay due tribute with thy tears I have no words such sorrows to be waile Timantes come with Agamemnons vaile M. Zacharie Boyd To the right Noble and religious Lady D. Ieane Hamiltoun Couutesse of CASSILLIS c. MADAME IN the commoun calamitie of this Nation the Publick suffered a great wound in the death of your Ladiships noble Brorher the Earle of Hadintoun with a number of worthie Gentlemen who had both Hearts and Hands for the Good Cause Your La. particular losse hath beene very great both in his Lordship and in your other worthie Brethren who were fearfully overwhelmed by the house of Dunglasse by treacherie blown up with powlder for to spoile the Church of God of such helpfull ●nstruments in such a time of need Such a stroake made the victorious Lawrels of Newburne to chan●● th●i● greenest Colours into black If they had beene safe Scotland had beene overjoyed our cup had overflowed If our mirth had not beene marred hardly could we have beene kept within measure So it pleased the Lord to temper that Scottish victorie with that fearfull tragedie for to teach us all to rejoice in trembling and to look for perfect joy onely in the heavens As for you Madame whom the Lord hath endowed with many Christian vertues yea with an heroick courage to this Cause I think that your Brethrens death may be a comfort in that they died for the good Cause their death in a manner was a Martyredome for they suffered for the cause of Christ they were readie in their life at all occasions both to do and to die for the maintenance of Religion and of the liberties of their native Countrey of them might be said as David said of Saul and Ionathan They were swifter then Eagles they were stronger then Lions Though their bodies be dead their Names shall live in all the memories of good Men of this age and in the Chronicles of time for all ages to come It was a great honour among the Men of War in Davids dayes to be called Davids Worthies but it is a greater honour to Be renowned The Worthies of Christ to have a heart or a hand for his honou● is a praise which no time shall be able to deface Let all these considerations and many mo than I am able to expresse teach your La. in your deepest doole both now and in all times to come to behave and quiet your self like a childe that is wained of his mother who stilled is made silent being simple and submissive humble meek and modest what God hath done or permitted to be done must not bee said against What ever the instruments have beene we must ever blesse the Lord Iob did so after that Sathan in a mighty winde by the fall of an house had smothered all his children As for Iobs children they were at a banquet in dangers of blasphemie but your La. brethren at the very blast vvere praising the LORD for a victorie graunted unto Christs armie and from that spirituall joy and singing of hearts on the Lords day they being Christs Martyrs went up to heaven where they shall sing Hallelujah for ever This should be no small comfort to your La. that God hath preserved your vvorthy LORD and Husband vvhose zeale vvisdome courage and uprightnesse not declining but still increasing have most oriently shined in our army unto his everlasting praise The LORD season your La. sorrowes vvith the joy of his Spirit that his peace may be your portion and his Christ your advantage both in life and death Your La. humble Servant M. Zacharie Boyd To the right Noble and religious Lady D. Margaret Livinstoun Countesse of WIGIOVN MADAME DIverse and many distractions take up so our time that we cannot as we vvould or should discharge these dueties which we ow to those whom we honour The Lord knoweth Madame but I am sorie both for your La. sorrow for that which hath been the cause even the removing of that worthie noble Youth who was a dear One to your La. We see heer Madame that onely heavenly joyes are eternall This mortalitie that Adams sin hath brought into the World woundeth many hearts A separation made by death is very painfull to those that remaine behind The balme for this sore is only to be found in Christs boxe his word is a healing word he himselfe was sent to heale the broken hearted he only can rightly bind up ou● wounds his Salve is only fit for our Sores Your La. is one who hath experience in the wayes of God I doubt not but you will travell humbly to submit yourself to Gods will and to reverence his Majestie as well in his taking as in his giving Death is a Way that he hath prepared for all flesh To great men he hath said I have called you gods but yee shall die like men What man is hee that liveth sayeth the Psalmist and shall not see death The greatest Monarch is not ex●emed for as Iob sayeth His dayes are determined the number of his moneths are with God hee hath appointed his bounds that hee can not passe As for his Lo. who is removed he hath been removed by God and not by the hand of man In time of war he hath died in peace he walked with God in his life God was with him in his death and now he is with God with whom he shall remaine for evermore in the companie of Saints and Angels We are like a ship on the sea he is in the harb●rie We are heere Pilgrims in a strange land hee is at home we are in the way he is at his journeyes end where he rests with his LORD for a thousand worlds he would not return but for the space of a day to enjoy all the pleasures of the earth See heere Madame with the eye of faith what GOD hath done
to your Ladiships Son my dear LORD and most loving Chiefe We may lament him it is permitted by GODS word but our griefe must not bee like these who have no hope of the resurrection We will never bee happy untill we be where he is never content untill we see what he seeth never filled with joy untill we hear what he heareth the songs of heaven and most sweet sounding harpes of God in the presence of Christ Jesus the chiefest among ten thousand To his speciall comforts I recommend your La. wounded heart and so I rest Your La. humble Servant M. Zacharie Boyd To the right Noble and religious Lady D. Christian Hamiltoun Lady BOYD MADAME MAny reasons oblige mee to wish your La. comforts yea and to pray earnestly for them your Lord whom you have faithfully served hitherto will bee to you a Husband a Son and a Brother He himself will fill the roome of all those that he hath taken from you By his doings hee hath been taking away your earthly roots and tenons which might have fastened your heart to the ground When these whom ye loved best on earth are above with him whom ye love above all things your heart will the more freely mount up towards your true home Who should not desire to be with Christ the chiefest among ten thousand This will help your d●sire when yee remember that these whom ye loved best are ever in his companie a few dayes will joine all the godly together to their head Christ in heaven what have wee here but toile and trouble Wherfore came we hither but to make a voyage to the Heavens What is our life but the heat of the day in a vineyard of pains ' At death we receive the ponnie Our life is a warfare at death we receive the pay It is great weaknesse of faith to be too grieved for the death of Gods Servants which is the time they receive their rewards If good education of children a good child living and dying in the feare of God beloved of all good men honoured by the best if all these things can bring comforts to an heart assaulted with sorrows your La. hath such a measure that I may say they overflow We will goe to him but he will not come to us The day of the resurrection will bring all friends together This is the chiefest Cordiall the Apostle could finde to comfort these that mourned for the dead that at the resurrection we all together should meete the Lord in the aire and after that should be with the Lord for ever What shall I say more Can a mother forget her child All earthly sorrows were they never so sharpe will at last grow blunt and will be meekned and skinned over by time Now what time can do to a Pagan let grace doe it to your La. a Christian both by grace profession and name Your La. humble Servant M. Zacharie Boyd To the right Noble and religious Lady D. Anna Fleemin Lady BOYD MADAME WHen God sends troubles to his Servants it is to stir up their heart to prayer and also to try their patience It is written of Aaron that when God had slain his two sons Hee held his peace David likevvise in his great grief said I will not open my mouth because thou hast done it God said likevvise to Ezekiel in his sorrovv Bee silent forbear to cry * The Hebrews call a vvidovv Almanah from a vvord that signifieth dumb to teach her to seal her mouth vvith a reverent silence and to stoup humbly under Gods hand I confesse that your La. grief must be great for great vvas your love your flovvr hath been cropped in the bud yee gote but a short sight one of another vvhen God came and made the separation We must adore God in all his doings We must blesse him as vvell vvhen hee taketh as vvhen he giveth except vve vvould say We love the gift better than the giver The LORD hath taken your Lord and of a Lord hath made him a crovvned King He vvas but a Lord and Colonnel at New castel it vvas your comfort to hear that he vvas vvell there let your faith tell you vvhere he is now and what he is in that Ierusalem that is above his honours there are without hazard his life there is eternall his companie are Saints and Angels his great Generall and King is Jesus Christ he is vvithout the reach of all sorrows and sores his joyes can not be told for Picks and Musquets and Canons he seeth nothing but peace and heareth nothing but harpes sounding the praise of his Lord and he with the rest is singing Hallelujah he enjoyeth that which vve all should desire Should we not all rejoice to goe to our rest within a fevv yeares your Lord and your La. vvill meet vvith greater joy in Heaven than ye could be able to have on Earth Gods Spirit be your La. Comforter Your La. humble Servant M. Zacharie Boyd In obitum D. Roberti Bodii Bodianae Familiae principis qui diem suum obiit 17 Novemb. Anno Dom. 1640 hora nona vespertina postquam foeliciter in Anglia magnâ cum laude Tribunatum gessisset TRistia Nasonis rident dum tristia nostra Nituntur tristes vultus gemitusque ref●rre Multorum fletus risus dum tristia nostra Deplorant lachrymi● privata publica damna Candida sint aliis nostri stant stamina nigrae Fati Proh cecidit praelustri in pulvere famae Spes Bodiae gentis per acerba mor●e peremptus Seu pacem s●u bella geras Hic promptus ad omne Sub Labato Christi minus Sponsamque reliquit Ante diem fixum per sacra volumina Mosis Dum patria pietas illum ad graviora vocarent Sumptibus immensis non parcens mitis in omnes Et supra aetatem prudens castusque piusque S●bri●● Hic paucas post se ad meliora reliquit Spirantes animas Magnus nune hospes Olympi Parte sui meliore viget dum corpus in urna Dum membra in placida recubant resoluta quiete Haec Zacharias Bodius posuit moerens I live to die That I may die to live 1 Chron. 29 15. We are strangers before thee and sojourners as were all our fathers our dayes on the earth are as a shadow and there is none abiding FINIS Not● 2 Sam. 1. 23. Note Psal. 13● 2. Note Note lob 1 19. Philip 1 21. Psal. 107 20. Luk. 4. 11. 1 King 2. 2. Psal. 82. 6. Psal. 89. 48. Iob. 14. 5. Note Note Note Revel. 14. 2. Cant. 5. 10. Note Cant. 5. 10. Note Matth. 20. 12. 2 Sam 22. 23. 1 Thes. 4. 17. Isa. 49. 15. Note Lev. 10. 3. Psal. 39. 9. Exek 24. 17. * Note Note Deut. 24. 5.