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A07471	Epitaphs vpon the vntymelie death of that hopefull, learned, and religious youth, Mr VVilliam Michel sonne to a reverend pastor, Mr Thomas Michel, parson of Turreff, and minister of the Gospel there) [sic] who departed this lyfe the 6 of Ianuarie, 1634. in the 24 yeare of his age. Together with a consolatorie epistle, to the mother of the sayd young man; wherein his vertues and good carriage are mentioned.	Baron, Robert, 1593?-1639.	1634 (1634)	STC 17857; ESTC S113173	17,133	47

Wyfe to goe before the Husband whyles the Parentes to goe before the Children and whyles the Children to prevent the Parentes What cause of great sorrow is there here if men and women would rightlie consider this and firmlie belieue it Thirdlie seeing the happinesse of Parents consisteth much in the happinesse of their Children if death was to your sonne Advantage or Gayne as vndoubtedlie it is to all those who die in the LORD howe can yee thinke it so great a losse to you If hee hath gayned so much by the change howe can yee thinke your selfe so much hurt by it If an earthlie king had sent for your sonne promising to adopt him and make him his Heyre the sorrow which you would haue had for wanting his company would easily haue bene swallowed vp of the joye which yee would haue had for his advancement although yee had never looked to haue seene him agayne The application is easie and the comfort vnspeakeable if yee consider that GOD who hath sent His Messenger Death for your sonne hath given him that incorruptible Crowne in comparison 〈…〉 the glorie of earthlie Crownes and 〈…〉 Thrones is but basenesse Nowe to come to GOD'S dealing towardes him I hope it shall afford you great matter of joy if yee consider it as yee ought I will not speake of GOD'S dealing towardes him in bestowing naturall and morall giftes vpon him as desire of knowledge paynfull diligence in stryving to attayne thervnto sharpnesse of wit soliditie of judgement and an happie progresse farre aboue all his Condisciples in humane literature Philosophie and Theologie These were indeede great benefites of GOD But it was not the rememberance of these thinges which vphelde him at the tyme of his death Nor yet can the consideration of these thinges now afford you that joyfull assurance of the happinesse of his death and of his estate nowe after death which yee desire to haue Wherefore let vs consider GOD'S dealing towardes him in the worke of his Salvation And let all those who are exercysed with such Tryalls and Conflicts of Conscience as hee was learne at him to wayte patientlie vpon GOD vntill they get the victorie It is well knowne vnto you who are his Parentes howe carefullie hee remembered his Creator in the dayes of his youth and howe whyle hee was yet a Chylde GOD by His Spirit possessed his heart making him to finde heavenlie delight in all spirituall exercyses whereof hee was then capable vvhich appeared by his ordinarie and almost perpetuall frequenting of them to the great admiration of all who knewe him and to the great benefite of his Brethren and Sisters whom at all tymes hee was carefull partlie by his example and partlie by his pious conference to aedifie to draw with himselfe into the way of Godlinesse Hee found nothing then but sweetnesse and delight and heavenlie ravishmentes in serving of GOD for it pleaseth GOD often tymes so to allure young ones to His service but afterwardes GOD having furnished him with greater strength of Grace called him to harder and more vnpleasant but yet more glorious service that is to wrastle with manie temptations doubtinges and feares and for overcomming of these to seeke the LORD'S Face with extraordinarie humiliations prayers and fastinges which by frequent exercyse became so ordinarie vnto him that it was harder to him to desist from them than to abstayne from his bodilie and naturall food By these exercyses of devotion hee made singular progresse in that strayt way that leadeth to Lyfe yea I may boldlie say that hee did out-runne manie who had begun to runne therein long before him Yet so vnsatiable was his hunger after Righteousnesse that whereas others thought hee did too much especiallie in keeping his bodie vnder that his Soule might the more and more bee lifted vp vnto GOD hee himselfe thought hee did nothing ever most humblie esteeming himselfe an vnprofitable servant and with PAVL fortgeting the thinges that were behinde And because hee intended and moste vehementlie desired to serue GOD in the holie Ministerie GOD having fitted and furnished him with manie singular graces for that Calling to his frequent exercyses of devotion Hee added extraordinarie and invincible diligence in the studie of DIVINITIE especiallie in meditating vpon the holie SCRIPTVRES and reading the best Commentaries that he could get therevpon So that as Ierome sayd of his friend Nepotian who also died young hee made his breast CHRIST'S Bibliothece In a word then hee desired to know nothing but CHRIST and Him crucified neyther laboured hee for anie thing earnestlie but onelie to bee crucified with CHRIST and vnto the worlde This his earnest and industrious care to seeke GOD'S Face as it was to mee whom hee oft acquaynted with the secret estate of his conscience a matter of great joye so at last it procured to himselfe vnspeakeable contentment and tranquillitie of mynde together with a confident relying vpon the mercie of GOD and the powerfull intercession of IESUS CHRIST Happie yea thryse happie was his wrastling with GOD for thereby hee obtayned and inherited the Blessing Happie was his hungering and thirsting for Righteousnesse for in due tyme hee was satisfied and filled Happie was his seeking of GOD for the LORD heard him and delivered him from all his feares And therefore let all those who seeke the LORD with the lyke earnestnesse and diligence looke vnto him and to their owne comfort and encowragement saye as DAVID willed others to saye of himselfe This poore man cryed and the LORD heard him and saved him out of all his troubles To conclude then GOD'S dealing towardes him was as it vseth ordinarilie to bee towardes His owne Elect. For as GREGORIE the great and ISIDORE following him telleth vs GOD after Hee hath converted a man vnto Himselfe first maketh him to finde heavenlie delight and joye or as GREGORIE himselfe speaketh the allurementes of sweetnesse in His service to the effect hee may be the more enamoured with it and that hee may the more easilie with-drawe his heart from those carnall pleasures with which before his conversion hee was bewitched Thereafter when through continuance and encrease of grace hee is enabled and fitted to endure hardnesse as the good Souldier of IESVS CHRIST the LORD partly to keepe him from presumptuous confidence in his owne strength and partlie to exercyse his fayth patience and Christian fortitude withdraweth from him often tymes the sense or feeling of His gracious presence and so exposeth him to manie sorrowes feares and doubtinges yea often tymes Hee suffereth him to bee vexed with dangerous motions and strong inclinations to great and grievous sinnes all which GREGORIE comprehendeth in one generall calling them Conflictes or Fightinges with Temptations But in the ende that gracious and kynde LORD who will not suffer vs to hee tempted aboue that wee are able but with the temptation also maketh a way to escape He I say

AN EPITAPH OR CONSOLATORIE EPISTLE Vpon the death of the sayd Young Man Written to his Mother By M. R. B. Preacher of the Evangel MISTRESSE IT hath pleased GOD in His most wyse and admirable providence to make troubles and afflictions in this lyfe common to the godlie and the wicked to let the world see that the godlie doe wyselie seeke and expect happinesse in another place and that wicked men are fooles to seeke for it here where it is not to bee found But these temporall calamities as they haue diverse effects in the evill and in the good so they come not to them with one and the selfe-same commission or direction from divine providence For GOD when Hee sendeth out great afflictions and calamities agaynst the wicked such as povertie disgrace sicknesse and death Hee giveth them a full commission to hurt and destroy lyke that commission which Hee gaue to king Saul agaynst the Amalekites Goe and vtterlie destroy the sinners the Amalekites and fight agaynst them vntill they bee consumed But when Hee sendeth afflictions to His owne Children Hee giveth them a limited commission or rather a loving charge lyke that which David gaue to Ioab and the rest of his Captayns concerning Absalom agaynst whom they were to fight Deale gentlie sayd hee for my sake with the young man even with Absalom For Hee hath ordayned the afflictions of the godlie how sharpe and grievous soever they bee to hurt little and for a moment but to profit much and to all aeternitie And for this effect as Hee giveth to His owne in their troubles that great Comforter whose secret operation vpon their heartes is most powerfull and wonderfull so also Hee hath appoynted others who for the tyme are not alyke visited or afflicted to bee grieved for their affliction to mourne with them to speake wordes in season vnto them and to comfort them by that comfort wherewith themselues haue beene comforted of GOD. The performance of this duetie as it is incumbent to all so especiallie to those whom Hee hath called to preach that Word which is the Store-house of Comfort And therefore I who although most vnworthie am by GODS singular Mercie adjoyned to that number hearing of your great heavinesse and sorrow for the departure of your sonne and knowing you to be one of those whom GOD hath ordayned to bee gentlie dealt with and comforted in all their tribulations I thought my selfe bound to wryte something vnto you at this tyme for your comfort especiallie seeing I know more of that young Man his secret walking with GOD than anie other and consequentlie am able to giue you most particular and credible assurance of the holinesse of his lyfe where from you may easily collect the happines of his death Of this he himselfe gaue some signification vpō his death-bed to those who were then present with him For when that last houre to him a moste happie houre approached hee after the example of Hezekiah comforting himselfe with this that hee had walked before GOD in trueth and with a perfect heart did for confirmation of that which he sayd take himselfe to two witnesses to GOD the onlie Eye-witnesse of the secret counsels of his heart and to mee then absent from him as to the onelie Eare-witnesse on earth vnto whom hee had revealed his most private carriage Wherefore I thought my selfe oblieged to declare to the world but in speciall vnto you in tyme of this your heavinesse how earnest and effectuall a desire that young man had to encrease in grace to overcome temptations and to liue an Angelicall lyfe vpon earth that you being informed thereof may rejoyce for the grace hee had then and for the glorie hee hath now Then for your comfort consider I pray you with mee onelie these two particulars First what hath beene GODS dealing towards you in this matter Secondlie what hath beene GODS dealing towards him For is His dealing bee towards you both in mercie I can not see what reason you haue to entertayne such excessiue sorrow As for His dealing towards you and others in the lyke case Iob expresseth it in these two short sentences The LORD gaue and the Lord hath taken away or as others interpret the wordes hath taken backe to Himselfe which at the first hearing I confesse seeme to afford small argument of comfort For the first seemeth not to importe anie matter of joye because it looketh to the tyme by-past and onelie signifieth that once we were happie The other seemeth to importe reall miserie because it is meerlie privatiue and signifieth that the happinesse wee once had is nowe removed But if we shall duelie weygh these words and convenientlie apply them to the present purpose wee shall finde that much matter of joye and comfort lyeth hidden in them Wherefore marke howe Iob beginneth at giving The LORD sayeth hee gaue If hee had not begun so perhaps hee would not haue ended so as hee did that is with blessing GOD. MISTRESSE here begin with Iob and say The LORD gaue Remember the LORDS favour towards you in giving you such a sonne and continuing him with you manie years to the effect that yee may joyfullie prayse and blesse His Name David putteth these two well together Blesse the LORD O my soule and forget not all His benefites For if wee would blesseth LORD wee must carefullie remember His benefites Lest therefore your melancholie make you deficient in paying this tribute to GOD remember with a thankfull heart howe GOD made you to rejoyce at his birth when yee sawe that by you a man-chylde was borne into the worlde and that GOD had given you a sonne according to our Scottish phrase world-lyke But shortlie thereafter Hee gaue you a farre greater argument of joye when Hee made him to bee borne agayne of water and the Spirit into another World which shall never haue an end And wheras before he was onlie world-lyke or lyke to men He made him God-lyke or lyke to Himselfe drawing by His own finger that portrature of Himselfe according to the which Man was first created Yet this tyme of his infancie was to him and you both but as it were the seed-tyme and that both in respect of Nature and also of GRACE For hee had then a reasonable Soule which is the seede and the originall of a humane or reasonable and morall conversation But during that tyme hee could not come to the vse of it neyther could anie then perceaue whether hee would proue a wyse man or a foole Lykewyse hee had then receaved Baptismall grace which is the seede and the originall of a Christian spirituall and heavenlie conversation But no vse or exercyse could hee then haue of it neyther could anie man perceaue whether hee would thereafter walke in the way of Pietie and Christianitie or not But GOD who is the sower of both these seedes and maketh them to spring vp where Hee pleaseth and when