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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77664	A rare paterne of iustice and mercy; exemplified in the many notable, and charitable legacies of Sr. Iames Cambel, Knight, and alderman of London, deceased : worthy imitation. Whereunto is annexed A meteor, and A starre : or, Briefe and pleasant meditations of Gods providence to his chosen, of the education of children and of the vertue of love; with other poems. / By Edw: Browne.	Browne, Edward.	1642 (1642)	Wing B5105; Thomason E1109_1; ESTC R208421	51,495	182

is his fatherly correction and a signe of his love because â—e chasteneth whom he loveth yea they receive their sicknesse as the Lords messenger speaking to their soules as the Prophet Isaiah did to Hezekiah Put thine house in order for thou shalt die and not live and therefore they prepare themselves for another world Yeâ— further in their sicknesse they can pray most fervently as King Hezekiah did Isaiah 38. and then they will give most fruitfull and comfortable instructions to those which they leave behinde As the Swan sings most sweetly a little before his death so the righteous speake most divinely a little before their end Whosoever searcheth the Scriptures may read the divine prophecy of Iacob unto the twelve Patriarches Genes 49. the holy blessing of Moses upon the twelve tribes Deut 33. the godly exhortation of Iosua to the people of Israel placâ—d by hâ—m in Canaan Ios 23. the wise counsell of David unto Salomon who was to succeed him in the kingdome 1 King 2. Whosoever readeth the Ecclesiasticall histories may not onely see the vertuous lives but also the Christian like ends of the Saints and Martyrs in the Church And whosoever will be present at the death of those which truly feare God may thereby learne how they themselves ought to die for when the outward man doth decay the inward man is renewed more and more They shew that the neerer they doe approach unto their end the neerer they draw toward heaven But in these our dayes many may be found who either do not at all consider the death of the righteous or else doe consider it amisse Though it bee a matter worth consideration yet some doe not consider it at all because they see so many dye they make the lesse reckoning of it till death knocke at their owne doores they never regard it they must needs dye themselves before they can bee brought to consider of death they care not who sinke so they swimme nor how many die so they may live yea this is greatly to be lamented that some doe regard the death of a Christian no more then they regard the death of a dog But seeing wee may learne so many profitable instructions by their death let us now begin to consider it better then ever we did before Others doe consider it but yet amisse either fondly or frowardly Fondly through naturall affection arising from kindred affinitie or familiaritie If a stranger die it nothing moves them but if one of their owne friends dye they sigh and sob they howle and lament If the father lose his son he cries most pittifully as David did for Absalom O my son Absalom my sonne my sonne Absalom would God I had died for thee O Absalom my sonne my sonne If the mother lose her children shee behaveth her selfe like Rachel weeping for her children and would not be comforted because they were not If children lose their parents they cry after them as Elisha did after Elias when he was taken up my father my father If a sister lose her brother she weepeth for him as Mary did for Lazarus If the husband lose his wife he weepeth for her as Abraham wept for Sarah yea he mourneth like a Turtle Dove which hath lost his marrow If the wife lose her husband shee dealeth like Naomi who would not be called Naomi that is beautifull but Mara that is bitter because the Lord had given her much bitternesse If one familiar friend lose another hee lamenteth his death as David did the death of Ionathan Woe is me for thee my brother Ionathan very kinde hast thou beene unto me thy love to mee was wonderfull passing the love of women Indeed I cannot deny but that we ought in a speciall manner to consider the death of those which are neere and deare unto us for it may be they are taken from us because wee were unworthy of them or because we gloried and trusted over much in them and were not so thankfull for them as we ought If we had any help by them we must consider whether God have not deptived us of them for the punishment of our sinnes as the widow of Sarepta did at the death of her sonne saying unto Eliah Art thou come unto me to call my sinne to remembrance and to slay my sonne Yet this consideration must bee ordered by wisedome it must not be joyned with excessive sorrow Neither must wee consider their death alone but also the death of others which dye in the Lord and to learne to make an holy use thereof For as Sampson found sweet honey in the carcasse of a dead Lion so wee may finde some sweet instructions in the dead corps of every righteous man yea the more righteous that they are which doe die the more should their death be considered because it may yeeld greater store of instruction unto us And it may bee that God doth take away those which are neare unto us because wee doe carelesly regard the death of those which be farre off Againe some consider the death of the righteous very frowardly and peevishly yea I may say malitiously and preposterously For if any of them bee taken away by a sudden and extraordinary death they presently censure them as plagued of God and condemne their former profession thinking that God would not have so dealt with them if hee approved either of them or their profession But they must bee instructed in this point by wise Salomon who saith that no man knoweth love or hatred of all that is before him All things come alike to all and the same condition is to the just and the wicked to the good and the pure and to the polluted to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not Eli was a Priest and a good man yet brake his necke by falling backward from his seat Ionathan was a sworne brother unto David a godly and faithfull friend yet was he slaine in battell by the hands of the Philistims That Prophet of God which came out of Iudah to Bethel to speak with Ieroboam and the altars which he had built for idolatry was no doubt an holy man yet was hee killed in the way by a Lion Iosiah was a good King like unto him there was no King before him neither after him rose any like him yet was he slaine in the valley of Megiddo by Necho King of Egypt Iobs children were well brought up by their godly father and it is said that before Iob offered sacrifice for them they were sanctified yet within a while after as they were eating and drinking in their eldest brothers house a violent winde overthrew the house and killed them all Wee must not therefore judge of men by their death but rather by their life Though sometime a good death may follow an evill life yet an evill death can never follow a good life Correct thine evill life and feare not an evill death he cannot die ill that lives well saith Augustine And afterward answers

doth he make inquiry and is sorry That he did so his erring selfe misearry Likewise sometimes God doth his grace restrain From rarest Saints to shew they are but vaine Wiithout his aid also to see and try What bidden Graces in their hearts do lie So fell King David Peter and Saint Paul To humble them us to Repentance call In which respests by Christ some men may say I come in blamles and so goe away Now consider I pray if what David spake in another sense Psal 85. 10 11. verses may not bee truly said of Sir Iames Cambel Mercy and Truth are met together Righteousnesse and Peace have kissed each other Truth shall flourish out of the earth and Righteousnesse hath looked downe from heaven Onely in stead of Truth reade Justice in the 10. verse and Mercy in the 11. verse and then 't is plaine enough that mercy shall spring or bud out of the earth that is as I apply it Sir Iames Cambels name was given him by earthly parents so it sprung out of the earth and that signifies mercy as is before specified in the Anagram Se I came balm and Righteousnes hath looked downe from heaven that is the Sun of Righteousnesse hath infused the Graces of his holy Spirit into his heart to doe righteousnesse as in his life so at his death and that likewise may be applyed to the Anagram on his name I came blamles so that it is evident by these Anagrams and Acrosticke verses that in Sir Iames Cambel Justice and Mercy met together according to this saying of the Prophet David for now I shall not need to change the words in either verse for Truth which is Fides as Tremelius translates it is the root from whence justice and Mercy spring and without justice and mercy faith is dead and truth is falshood But if these two branches of Mercy and Justice spring from the root of a true lively and justifying faith the fruit that they beare will bee peace of conscience and joy in the holy Ghost Thus will I sing with holy David as in a spirituall sense so in remembrance of my late honoured Master Mercy and Truth have met together Righteousnesse and Peace have kiâ—â—ed each other Truth shal flourish out of the earth and Righteousnesse hath looked downe from heaven Therefore I will conclude with these verses following JVstice and Mercy were at great debate Who should in Sir James most predominate True Faith came in and said it was most meet That Mercy she should have the upper seate For she 's the Queene of Grace and for that cause She is to moderate Gods Righteous Lawes So 't was concluded to appease the brall Sweet lovely Mercy should be principall For from true saving Faith Sir James did bring Mercy and Justice like a living spring Of heavenly water to refresh and glad All â—ood mens hearts his losse maks me full sad For Justice ceased with his vitall breath But Mercy will endure long after death And sure his Justice and his Pious waies Shall ever live to his eternall praise For an example though in act it cease But Mercy now in act doth still increase And shewes her beauty in most brave array To poore distressed people whose decay She greatly pittying doth give supply To their necessities and misery Oh had I art I would set forth the praise Of Sir James Cambels pious righteous waies But being my learning 's small conclude will I In mournfull Epitaph and Elegie An Acrostick Elegie IF losse of friends be cause of griefe then I And all good people have some cause to cry Many good men there are I hope but yet Ev'n as Sir James was are full hard to get Such was his Prudence and his Pious care Could order all things well which to declare And show his vertues all in eâ—ch degree Might mase the Muses nine and much more me But this I doe by my unskilfull Art Eternally to shew my thankfull heart Losses I have how can I chuse but cry Losse hath this City can our eyes be dry Yet though he 's lost to us he 's found in heav'n Because his Mamon to the poore is giv'n Whose Friends are there for to receive and keep His blessed soule although his body sleep Our Friend Lazarus sleepeth John 11. 11. Pretious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his Saints Psal 116. 15. Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord even so saith the Spirit for they rest from their Labours and their works follow them Apoc. 14. 13. An Acrostick Epitaph IN this same Casket lies a Jewell rare And will you know the great worth of the sameâ— Mark well these words his vertuâ—s passe compare Eternall honour shall raise to his name Soe Just and equall were his vertuous waies Constant in Prastice thereof all his daies A man that alwaies stood for common good Made him belev'd of all men farâ—e and neere By Prudent Justice he all vice withstood Equall to him where shall we find his peere Lo now hee 's laid up in this earthen mould Like as a Jewell in a case of gold This is the monument upon his name Which I erected by my rustick quill But there 's a thing of cost and curious frame Rarely contrived by industrious skill In Olaves Jewry Church it is to stand A more compleater thing 's not in this land Sir Iames is there to lie in stately port Clad all in armour like a Martiall man Like a grave Senator in gallant sort Hee 's wrapt in robes even as an Alderman Courage and Wisedome in him did remaine And now hee 's dead this Figure shews the same Most Just and equall were his Pâ—ous waies And therefore at his feet doth Justice stand And at his head to his eternall praise Mercy is fixed with her Babe in hand In him sterne Justice did sweet mercy meet And now hee 's dead they stand at 's head and feâ—t Close by him kneeles his Lady much lamenting The losse of her deare Pheer this pious man A true Character lively representing The sad Condition of this good woman For shee is truely like the Turtle dove Dayly bewayling the losse of her Love But let her cease to grieve for from above Behold an Angell bright descending downe And for the â—ood deeds done by her true Love With Laurell Garland will his Temples crowneâ—s To learne by their examples all men may Justice and Mercy drawes the Vaile away Therfore is Fame and Time his Arms supporters To shew to all that in the world doe live That vertuous Actions cannot want reporters For Fame will Time to such man surely give That in good works doe spend the pain and time And now I did intend to cease my Rime But that Fame calls to shew the cost and skill Of this rare structures Fabricke stately brave Contrived and composed but my quill Is blunt and dull for I no learning have Therefore I 'le cease and say 't is rich and faire Marble

â— preservation as in years man growes â—om many perills and great dangers strange â—ich in the universe by course do range â— be preserv'd from the disastrous stormes â— weathers tempest which do bring great harmes â—on mankind and from the wrackfull water â—m fiery flames and from the banefull slaughter â—umane Creatures make freed from Warre â—m hungry famine and Plagues deadly skarre â—e tokens sure of Gods meere Grace and Love â— which sometimes he doth his Children prove â—t Gods great preservation is not all â—s Love to Man in blessings temporall â— he hath on them providentiall care â—t onely to keepe safe but to prepare â—uch earthly comforts in this present life â—d the chiefe of them is a Godly wife Because that she the minde doth helpe and ease But health and wealth the body onely please Yet health and wealth honour and liberty Are the rare gifts of Gods benignity So are good friends a comfortable stay Vnto a poore man in an honest way And all these favours God hath given me For which I never can too thankefull be For first when I was naked weake and poore And by my Parents turned out of doore There did the Lord of me take care and charge And out of misery did me inlarge And brought me in a comfortable place Where I did first begin to long for Grace Yet there three yeares I followed vaine play But at the last I did breake off that way And went about a new worke to upreare But in the same I was scant halfe a yeare And I no sooner came to know the parts Of Latin Language the true grounds of Arts For me the Lord a Master did provide With whom this sixteen yeare I did abide Yet many times I did occasion sind To search and trie what was hid in his mind But when by all the meanes I could devise I could not bring to passe mine enterprise Yet still imploide to rub to scrape and sweepe And so for six yeares space he did me keepe I gave him just offence and fled away But there it was not Gods will I should stay Then after nine yeares with him was spent out I did begin again to looke about For some provision of which I had hope For to obtaine whereto I bent my scope And so by prayer intreaty and perswasion God did even bend and bow Wills inclination By Aexholmes accident and french affaires By bodies grievance and some other cares Yo doe some good for me and my kind mate Whom God hath taken from this mortall state Here did appeare the wondrous worke of God In turning of the Serpent to a Rod Now had I braines or wit I could well shew How God made water from the Rock to flow For humbly I confesse by his kind favour And Gods blessing on my poore endeavour I got provision for my loving mate My selfe and children in contented state And still enjoy the blessings of this life As health and wealth I only want a wife Of whom I hope I should much comfort find To ease and give reliefe my troubled mind But I am like a Mole hid in hard earth If once goâ— in I hardly can get forth Therefore to God with winged prayer I'lesly That he would raise my minde to things on high Oh Lord do thou infuse into my mind Such sacred wit that I thy Love may find That 's spirituall but this is Infinite Ther 's no man able to descry that light Then how shall I that am an unlearn'd wight Yet what learn'd men from Gods word hath reveâ— I may as well declare as keepe conceild Especially if 't be to make a story Of Gods eternall Mercy Love and Glory Therefore seeing that my unlearned quill Hath thus begun it shall continue still This Love to shew by the assisting might Of God who out of darknesse can bring light And first of all there 's great manifestation Of Gods great Love in mans predestination That he should Esau hate and Jacob Love It only came of mercy from above But ' gainst Charybdis and Caphorian Rock My shallow vessell I meane not to knock But longst the shore with sailes of faith I 'le coast My Starre the Bible Steer-man the holy Ghost For I too bold will not aske how or why God hath ordained thus mans destiny For me It 's enough to know that my estate Is firme in Christ else I am reprobate But secondly in our sacred vocation Of Gods great love ther 's clearer demonstration For was it not great Love in God to chuse From other Nations the unthankefull Jewes To give them Laws Statutes and Sacraments Of future Blessings and to shew the events Of the Messias by Prophets inspiration But 't is a greater happinesse unto our Nation That we are free from the whores wofull wrack That unto errour we have turn'd our back That God hath brought us into wondrous light That of his Gospell we have the cleare sight That we suck nourishment from sacred Writ That we enjoy such speciall benefit As are the Sacraments and word of God In peace and joy free from th' afflicting Roâ— Of Gods just wrath but whither do I goe â—have much more of Gods great Love to s ã€ˆâ€¦ã€‰ In the Redemption of sinfull mankind But how or which way shall I bend my mind The wondrous Love of God therein to show How to beginne or end I doe not know Wast not great Love that God became a man That that Infinite should be within a span That Deity should become flesh and bone This cannot by a mortall man be showne â—et it is true God did descend from high And tooke on him sinfull mans misery His Birth was rare his life was mean and poore And in his body all mans sins he bore But oh what greater Love can there be showne Then for a friends life to lay downe his owne ã€ˆâ€¦ã€‰ this did Christ sinfull mans debt to pay His Fathers wrath and â—â—â—ry â—o allay And by his death he did full well expell The power of sinne and the dread pains of hell If I could write of all the wondrous Asts Of Christ our Saviour and his noble facts I then should want both Paper Pen and Inke To utter that which my poore heart doth thinke I am not able fully to relate The rare example of his earthly state Oh! how shall I then into heaven fly There to behold this lorious mysterie How that he rose from death I cannot shew But how he did ascend I faine would know For I was borne upon Ascention day Therefore to follow him I dayly pray But ther 's such Plumets ty'd unto my hâ—ele That drawes me backward that I cannot feele His Godly motions yet his love I finde Deepely ingraved in my sinfull mind I did intend to write of faith in Christ How thereby justifi'd how that did consist In free forgivenesse of our former crimes To live more Godly in the after times Then did I purpose for to make relation How for to know

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