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head_n	ephraim_n	hand_n	left_a	2,932	5	12.0419	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08252	Londons doue: or A memoriall of the life and death of Maister Robert Doue, citizen and marchant-taylor of London and of his seuerall almesdeeds and large bountie to the poore, in his life time. He departed this life, on Saterday the 2. day of this instant moneth of May, 1612.	Nixon, Anthony.	1612 (1612)	STC 18588; ESTC S121754	15,077	34

thousand solde then is deserued And yet abiding belowe to be renowned That thy workes staying here amongst men God may thereby be glorified who is in heauen amidst his Angels Good workes here outwardly performed declare and shew forth Gods great graces wherewith his Saints on earth are from heauen inwardly beautified Euery good worke of theirs swéetly spiced with faith abiding with the distressed members of afflicted Iesus beeing as a comfortable ball of Balme vnto them but ascending vp vnto God comes to be in his Nostrills the very odour that smelleth swéet It were to be wished that his good minde might be a motiue to men of greater Reuenues and abilitie to imitate the like déedes of charitie and that the saying of Ierom verified in his daies touching the pietie of people may not be alluded to our Time Parsinebecillior vincit robustiorem The weaker part doth ouertop the stronger Meaning in relieuing the poore and yéelding succour to the distressed Of 13. aged men to whom he giues yearely 20. nobles a peece and at the end of euery three yeare to each man a gowne WHat the Monuments are of his bountie and liberalitie the tongues and prayers of poore and aged men doe iest●fie whereby there are some of them almost become infants againe doe declare and the meate in their mouthes and cloathes to their backes doe actually testifie vnto the eye that which their words doe openly giue testimonie of vnto the eare They that before had taken vp this Lamentation We are aged succourles fallen into distresse and miserie may now cease their dolorous complaynings and for the comfort they receiue by their bountifull Benefactor they may turne it into this swéeter songe of ioy Loe It is not with vs as it hath béene We that were afflicted are now comforted our heauenly father hath cast a louing looke vpon vs and hath sent vs a second father better then our first father vnto vs. Oh what greatnes is this vera magnitudo Euen very greatnes indéed Tueri infirmos Thus to defend the weakest Thus to maintaine the poorest This is the very ablen●s and the most true power a man can haue giuen of God Eos defendere qui nihil possunt To defend them from the rigour of distresse extreamitie who are least able to resist necessitie Oh goodnes truely good surely great in him Benefacere sine merito remunerationis ab●que spe omni 〈◊〉 ributionis To doe good yea and so much good without all desert of theirs that might call for reward at his hands or without hope of his to receiue recompence at theirs But his hearts loue to God which being true loue is the very desire delight in doing his commandements constrained and vrged him oh blessed constraint happie violence to doe all the good he hath done This vertuous man knowing these poore aged and impotent men to be least able to helpe themselues dealt with them as Iacob did with Ephraim of whom we read thus That when Ioseph had set his two sonnes Manassah and Ep●raim the elder on his right hand and the younger on his left for his father to lay his right-hand on the head of the elder and giue him the principall blessing Iacob beyond the expectation of Ioseph crossed his Armes laying his right hand on the younger and his left hand on the elder being led thereunto by a foresight of things to come that was cléerer and better then was his insight into any thing present So this most godly father being presented by the world both with rich and poore The rich at the right hand euen his able friends and kindred and the poore at the left euen aged persons and impotent widowes he beyond the expectation because beside the custome of the world crossed his armes as it were of abilitie laying his right hand of bounteous liberalitie on the poore and giuing them his principall blessing But his left hand of gratuitie on his well able kindred and friends the foresight of his Soule illuminated by diuine inspiration being cléerer to behold future things then were the eyes of his humane reason to behold things present Beholding euen for the very present this honorable title Pater pauperum miserorum adiutor The father of the poore and the helper of men miserable Engrauen on Gods fatherly helping hands as well as Dominus Dominantium Rex R●gum The Lord of Lords and King of Kings engrauen on his powerfull thigh And beholding also for the which is to come The day of the Lord called Magnus ille dies That great day And the Lord himselfe at that day pronouncing the sentence of his Iudgemēt on all according to their works of mercie or obduracie towards his poore distressed mēbers giuing or denying them the ioyes of heauen as they haue giuen or denyed the comforts of this earth vnto the indigent and néedie Taking all good or euill as done vnto himselfe Thus he hauing shewed his bountie and charitable Liberalitie vnto his impotent and aged creatures Wormes and no men euen the children of men that are but Wormes They to cléere themselues of vnthankfulnes towardes their good God for him doe acknowledge his wonderfull rich gift and worthy Talent which he gaue in his life time into the hands of his Companie to endure for euer Namely to each of them being 13. in number the yéerly pension of sixe pounds thirtéene shillings and foure pence and to euery one of them a seuerall Gowne at euery thrée yeeres ende Bringing not onely meanes to maintaine their bodies by the staffe of his Bread but their Loynes also as Iob speaketh to be warmed with the Fleeces of his Sheepe Of his Charitie to threescore poore Widowes in the Parish of Saint Buttolphes without Algate and to sixe men who haue euerie three yeeres seuerall Cloakes and foure Nobles a ●eere for euer AMongst many others whome hee hath relieued let it not be forgotten what he hath done to p●●re distressed wi●owes who hauing receiued an Annuall portion frō this their godly Benefactor doe continue their thankfulnes in that remembrance Their néede suc●oured cryeth euery houre in their hearts to put them in minde of their dutie and their reliefe vrgeth them not to be vnthankfull for so great a ben●fite They from whome God had taken the helpe of their Husbandes being left in care and sorrowe for their losse and in distresse for want of maintenance were often enforced with teares to lament their miserable estate forsaken of Friends and through pouertie despised of kinred They had no abilitie to helpe themselues olde age denied thē strength of body to labour for their liuing In this extremitie they were comfortles sauing in the hope they had of Heauen and Celestiall ioyes oftē wishing it would please God by ending their liues to giue end to their miseries But as the Lorde neuer forsaketh such as trust in him So in his good time he prouided meanes for their succour styrring vppe