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An elegiack essay humbly offered to the pious memory of Mr. Matthew Mead minister of the gospel of Stepney, who departed this life Octob. 16. 1699 by M.B.
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M. B. (M. Browne)
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1699
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into the Hearer's Heart And Wonders of Stupendious Grace and Love As if some Charming Angel from above Had touch'd his Tongue with Coals of Sacred Fire Or as descended from th' Aetherial Quire How Souls have melted whilst he did proclaim The matchless Wonders of Jehovah's Name And whilst with Charmer's Voice he did dispence The Sacred Drops of Heav'nly Eloquence He fed the Soul whilst others please the Mind And scarce has left an equal Bard behind The Masculine and Nervous Strain from whence Sprang such bright Oracles of greatest Sence Those Flights of Wit refin'd from Folly free No fancy-pleasing-Arts were found in thee So Grave yet Pleasant was thy Copious Stile As sweetly did thy Hearer's Hours beguile So Great the Sence and so Divinely sung That all attended to thy Charming Tongue As if Suadela's Graces on it hung So Seven Nations Homer's Birth contend Such Force his Eloquence so Great his End Thus Passions strives in every Pious Breast Which shall Bewail him most and Love him best Crowds call him FATHER and in Raptures tell How by his Bow they willing Victims fell And how thro' Grace he sav'd their Souls from Hell And every Gracious Soul doth Emulate Who shall most Love who best shall Imitate O BVKEN thou may'st boast since from thee came A Prophet thus enroll'd by lasting Fame Since from thy Soil such Goodness did Descend Such Worth such Grace by better Powers design'd To Rival all the rest of Humane Kind Such Worth ne'er Poet sung or Scribe e'er penn'd His Harvest has been large his Season long And long he charm'd us with his Heav'nly Song Began in Youth and carry'd on by Grace Thro' Manhood till old Age succeeds the Place Grace planted in his Soul hath sweetly throve Being daily water'd by the Spirit of Love 'Till now made perfect with just Men above And overthrown that damn'd old Proverb He That 's a young Saint may an old Devil be No Grace will Triumph over Sin and Hell For all 's laid up in Christ it there doth dwell And from this Head of Influence is given Life Love and Grace on Earth and Joy in Heav'n If Christ can fail then may we go astray But while Christ stands we CANNOT fall away But if we slip as we too often find Eternal Arms still stays us up behind And the Eternal Covenant secures The Souls of the Elect while Time endures And when they 've run their Race doth safely Land Their longing Souls upon their wish'd-for Strand Where bath'd in Bliss eternally they sing To Christ their Head their Prophet Priest and King Thus MEAD dear MEAD The Mention of whose Name Creates within my Heart a Sacred Flame Arriv'd at Glory thro' this Living Way Ent'red the Holiest where Eternal Day With Love and Praise his Ravish'd Soul imploy Nor shall Sin Death or Sorrow more annoy Or fix a Period to Eternal Joy Faith 's turn'd to Vision Hope Fruition tasts And Pray'r is turn'd to Praise that always lasts Love's now Refin'd Vnmix'd from Sexes free And knows no Object but th' ETERNAL THREE O bless'd Estate of Souls What 's Heav'n above Nothing but the EPITOME OF LOVE He had these Blessed Mansions in his View His Faith was constant firm final and true This made Him long till welcome Death should send His longing Soul to her beloved Friend So bow'd his Head as blessed Jacob did Or his dear Lord when on the Cross he bled And gently sigh'd saying Dear Jesus come So goes from hence to His Eternal Home It pass'd the Shades of Death and made its Way Into the Mansions of Eternal Day Saluted as she pass'd by blessed Throngs Of Seraphims with their Coelestial Songs Who clapp'd their Wings and welcom'd him aloud Into th' Aetherial Courts the Sacred Crowd For ever to Contemplate his God An Acrostick Epitaph Mow'd down by God's most strict Command here lies A Fragrant Flow'r who fell Death's Sacrifice The other Day in beautious Order stood This Flow'r for Scent and Shew exceeding good High in its Stature Excellent in Form Enrich'd with Sweets God's Garden did adorn Was by the Crowd ador'd as Rising Morn Mov'd now the Jewel 's gone here only lies Entomb'd the Cabinet which shall arise And Clad with Light the Jewel shall incase Dwell both in endless Bliss and see God Face to Face FINIS BOOKS Newly Printed and Sold by John Marshall at the Bible in Grace Church Street THE Government of the Thoughts A Prefatory Discourse to the Government of the Tongue by the Author of The Whole Duty of Man The Second Edition A History of the Union between the Presbyterians and Congregational Ministers in and about London with the Causes of the Breach Price 6 d. A Sermon on Occasion of the Death of the Reverend and Learned Mr. Stephen Lobb who died June the 3d. 1699. The Second Edition With an Epistle to Mr. Theophilus Lobb the young Student Price 6 d. By Thomas Goodwin Truth Unvailed by Scripture Light In three Parts VVritten for the sake of those that desire to behold it in his native Beauty To which is added an Appendix which the Author desires to leave as a Legacy to his Children A Short Survey of the Kingdom of Christ on Earth with his Saints VVherein 1. The New Heaven and the New Earth 2. The Appearing and Second Coming of Christ 3. The Restoration of all Things 4. The Day of Judgment 5. The Place of Punishment of the wicked Angels and Men. 6. Christ giving up the Kingdom to the Father are briefly handled for the Benefit of all that have not time to read larger Volumes To which is annexed a short Scheme of Exposition on the 12th Chapter of the Revelations Temple Songs or Hymns Composed to be sung at the Celebration of the Lord's Supper every Hymn fitted to two Tunes for one time the whole in every Line is to be said and sung for the other you must leave out two Syllables in every second Line that are printed in Black with most sorts of Hymns and Spiritual Songs and Psalms Price 6 d.