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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31459	The life and death of that holy and reverend man of God, Mr. Thomas Cawton ... with severall of his speeches and letters, while in exile, for his loyalty to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty : to which is annexed a sermon preach'd by him at Mercers Chappel, Febr. 25. 1648 ... : published with the approbation of several of his brethren, ministers of the Word in London.	Cawton, Thomas, 1637-1677.	1662 (1662)	Wing C1653; ESTC R36292	43,772	96

A●nt 54 Au●●ust 7 th 1639 〈…〉 quando 〈…〉 mus Tan●en 〈…〉 by W ●● Richardson York H●●●●●● Strand THE LIFE and DEATH OF THAT HOLY and REVEREND MAN of GOD Mr THOMAS CAWTON Sometime Minister of the Gospel at St. Bartholomew's behind the Royal Exchange and lately Preacher to the English Congregation of Rotterdam in Holland With severall of his Speeches and Letters while in Exile for his Loyalty to the Kings most Excellent Majesty To which is annexed A SERMON Preach'd by him at Mercers Chappel Febr. 25. 1648. not long after the inhumane beheading of His Majesty for which he was committed Prisoner to the Gate-house in Westminster Published with the Approbation of several of his Brethren Ministers of the Word in London London Printed for Tho. Basset under S. Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet And R. Hall at the Ball in Westminster Hall 1662. To the Worshipfull Sir ANTHONY IRBY Of Boston in Lincolnshire Knight And to his Virtuous and Religious Lady KATHERINE IRBY My much honoured and obliging FRIENDS In token of my Thankfulness for their Love to my Father while imprisoned and my self at present I with due observance and Humility offer this poor Paper-gift wishing them what ever they can want or wish THOMAS CAWTON Fil. To the Reader Good Reader THE Exemplary Lives of God's faithfull Servants should be unto us like the Pillar of Cloud to the Israelites in their journey to the promised Land for by them we have guidance encouragement and support in our way to Heaven Every individual person is advised by Solomon to walk in the way of good men and to keep the paths of the righteous And persons of all sorts are called upon by St. Paul to be followers of them who by faith and patience inherit the Promises As it was a precious priviledge unto God's Israel of old that he took not away the Pillar of the Cloud by day nor the Pillar of Fire by night from before the people so is it to be accounted a very rich mercy unto us that we have in all times both of prosperity and adversity men eminently gratious who have gone before us through the wilderness of this world to glory For as young Scollars are edified in learning by seeing Rules verified in Examples so are Christians built up in their faith and obedience by perceiving the conscienciousness and confidence of others in their conversation The blessed Apostle greatly COmcommended the believing Thessalonians that they became followers of such who received the Word in much affliction with joy of the Holy Ghost And his charge unto the Philippians is considerable These things which you have heard and seen in me do and the God of peace shall be with you Hereunto may be added the Argument whereby he perswadeth Timothy to persevere in God's Truth and fear Continue thou in the Truth which thou hast learned for thou hast known my Doctrine manner of life purpose faith long suffering Charity Patience Persecutions In tendency to this improvement we have encouraged the printing of this ensuing Narrative of the Life of Mr. Thomas Cawton our Reverend and much endeared Brother His necessary transplantation for health's sake from an Aguish air in Essex unto London made way for our acquaintance with him where upon frequent and familiar converse with him he became more and more precious in our account We experienced him a man both learned and pious He was Orthodox and laborious in his Ministry In his whole conversation both personal and relative he held forth much sweetness with meekness of wisdom and the power of godliness Notwithstanding the variety of changes with which he was exercised in regard of the Times and manifold Transactions he was still steady in his course walking with God and by faith seeing him who is visible As his company was comfortable to us while we enjoyed it so was his removall grievous when he was banished from us It would be esteemed a useless tautologie if we should attest that which this History of his holy and fruitfull life representeth to view and imitation Therefore we shall detain thee no longer from perusing this Narrative which is drawn up by an able and faithfull hand but commending thee with this and all other means of thy spirituall advantage to the blessing of the Almighty through Christ in him we remain May 24. 1662. Thy soul-friends and Servants Arthur Jackson Edm. Calamy Simeon Ashe James Nalton Tho. Watson THE LIFE and DEATH Of that Reverend and Holy Man of God Mr. THOMAS CAWTON Late Minister of the Gospel at Rotterdam in Holland THomas Cawton was born at Rainham in Norfolk in the year 1605. of honest Parents under whose tuition and education he remained til the immature part of his life was something ripened and made capable of being improved for higher designs than those of his Infancy The grain of his nature from a child lay towards the Ministry to which he had so strong an inclination that nothing could unbyas or divert the current of his affections from an eager desire of following that imployment His Parents seeing him indued with so good a principle were very solicitous how to bring him up in learning but being much discouraged by the smalness of their estate want of friends and counsel how to manage their affairs most for his good they were in suspence having their eyes towards God whose good hand of divine providence favouring their intended enterprise stirred up friends above expectation and particularly procured the Patronage of Sir Robert Townsend a Knight of Norfolk eminent for parts and piety whose rare endowments both for Religion and Learning as they did accomplish his Person so they sounded forth his praise in that County This munificent Moecenas having encouraged his Parents by his bounty he was sent to the Trivial School to be instructed in such kind of literature as might fit him for the University during which time I cannot but note the sweet carriage and condescention of his worthy Moecenas who would call him up into his own chamber and pray with him and often give him Verses to make and correct them himself When he came a little to understand himself and the use of Learning he was so unwearied in the further pursuit of it that to out-strip others he did constantly rise very early summer and winter insomuch that though he had a great way to go to School yet he would be there before his Master was stirring and had admittance into his Masters chamber where he did every morning construe a Chapter in the Greek Testament at his bed-side by this means ●e got an exact skill in the Greek Text in ●o much that he could at the first sight explain any chapter or verse in the whole Testament before any of his fellow Schollars and this he would often say he got by ●he by while others got nothing thus industrious he was even then to improve the very shavings of time which though it