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A funeral sermon thundred forth by John Feak in his private congregation, for the loss of their dearly beloved champion, Maj. Gen. Harison
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Feak, John.
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1660
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Wing F566; Thomason E1046_13; ESTC R208070
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slaying his enemies as Richard Cromwel took in hawking and hunting Tamerlane in his Treatise of Repentance saith That he never repented of any thing but that he did not kill Bajazett presently after he had taken him For saith he suppose the Forces of Bajazett had beaten me and he had got loose then might he have carried me in a Cage as I have carried him in a Cage Orlando Furioso in his book called The Vanity of Forgiveness sayes absolutely there is no such thing and for my part I believe it and if you wont yee are not of my minde and who is not of my minde is damn'd if you wont believe that neither kiss my back-side Hold What have I forgot Now I think on 't I have a Letter from our deceased Champion which was given me by his wife to read to ye for your satisfaction But as for your satisfaction I value not that of a straw I onely read it for my own minds sake and because 't is a novelty and therefore ye varlets you give attention My most affectionate and dearly beloved consort VVIshing thee health and happiness and the enjoyment of all worldly comforts for I finde those which we have in this place are no way like unto them know that I have wrote these lines unto thee to certifie to thee the truth of a thing which among all these spiritual experiences which I bragg'd to have while I was accustomed to thy sheets was never reveal'd unto me till now Thou knowest that when we last took our leaves upon earth I sware unto thee by the last holy parting-kiss that I gave thee that I would not so forsake thee but would be with thee again before three days should be at an end after the hand of the wretched Executioner had destroy'd my carnal body But so it is that upon better knowledge I now finde an eternal stop put unto my journey so that 't is impossible for me to be as good as my word as indeed every honest man ought to be now because I cannot come I have sent knowing that to be a poynt of breeding which excuses breach of promise yea even among the most exact Therefore I desire thee not to stay for me to supper and unless it be for the comfortable solace of thy own appetite I entreat thee not to lay down the fat Capons nor to perpare Oysters for sawce 'T is true we had many Chimaeras in our heads and talked of sitting upon thrones but I was so much deceived that when I came hither I could hardly finde so much as a cricket to rest my self upon though much tired with the length of my journey Thou wilt say that Spirits may walk and why may not I walk as well as any other spirits Alas my dear wife the case is not the same For the bodies of those that walk are layd whole in their graves so that the Devil has nothing to do but to open the Coffin and let him out but my body is so slasht and so mangled that the devil will never take the paines to put them together again for you must not think my dear wife that it is a small trouble to go from gate to gate and there to clamber up and fetch down the quarters and then to clamber up and put um again in their places besides the continual charges as pensions for Bone-setters Smiths to make screws for my joynts and Loath-bury Clock-makers to make my eyes roll in my head Alas what good can I do the if I should come for I know thou will expect that I should do as I did formerly but cursed be the Hang-man and the Hang-mans man who cut off these members the first thing they did and burnt them to ashes Therefore oh Daughter of woman better is it that I should stay from thee then come to cause in thee a longing desire after that comfort which I am not able to afford thee Therefore make use of some body else who is among the living for there are among the brethren many that have as good instruments as I ever had and will be willing to do thee a curtesie for my sake By this time I believe thou mayest be almost blind with weeping therefore I shall say no more but this prethee commend me to all the brethren of our profession and tell them that if they will come where I am they must keep on in their old course which I the rather advise them to do because I would have others damned as well as my self A Barathro infernali Octob. 16. 1660. Look ye ye Rogues you did you ever hear such a Letter as this Ye may thank me for 't a Letter from hell ye Rogues you There 's news for ye Now you that are so much for heaven what think ye of Hell now You had thought there had bin no honest men there I warrant but ye see there are Well then and why goodman Cox-combs will not you go to Hell then a Rope take ye all 't is too good for yee unless ye were better Do but marke here the honesty of this man he had promised his wife to come to her in three days good woman she could say no otherwise then she was told and she tells you that he said so Well then what of all this As if a man might not promise sometimes a thing which he knows he cannot perform and sometimes a thing which he never intends But this man doubtless did intend to come though when he saw he could not he sent word by the first return of the post But you 'l say is not his wife very sorry Why goodman Puppies what have you to do whether she be or no good now meddle with your own business What need you be asking so many questions to trouble your braines If I don't tell you as much and more then you are able to carry away without your help let me suffer for it For when I came in his wife was a saying Lord I wonder my husband does stay so long and knows that the meat will be spoyled I wonder too said I truly I don't think he will come to night Yes yes I am certain on 't quoth she Would he would come away then thought I for I was very hungry and was very melancholy to see such good meat like to be over Roasted Well While I was in these meditations my gutts chiding my stomack and my stomack making defences and excuses to my gutts in comes this Letter I read it over and when I saw he would not come I cen bid the maid set the meat upon the Table for we teachers ye know are always very familiar where we come She wept I swallowed my victuals Come Sister quoth I the more you weep the less you 'l Piss and so I comforted her as well as I could but she would not be comforted but wept exceedingly From hence I gather that necessity has no law for I finde by the story that our brother would have bin glad with all his heart to have come again but it seemes he cannot And for my part I don't care whether he ever do or no onely I had a minde to read the Letter because she desired me it may be she may do me as good a turn But that 's nothing to you and so le ts jogg on to the Uses Is it so then that a man ought not to save the life of his foe though he would give him never so much Then let this serve for a use of admonition to admonish us to make our selves great in this world that we may be able to destroy all our enemies Namely Emperors Kings Dukes Marquesses Earles Lords Viscounts Knights and Gentlemen For these mark what I say ye Varlets are the posts by which Satan upholds his weak Government upon the Earth Ay but ye Rogues you I can tell you one thing they are but â—otten posts stay but a little while and they shall be all pulled down for our King shall come among them with a firy indignation who is King of the world though he is not in the world yet but he shall come and shall bring along with him ten thousand Angels with blew Wings and Turkish Semitars by their sides and shall destroy all and womâ—n that are not of our profession then shall we swim at the top of the waters like Cork but the wicked shall sink down to the bottom and shall be covered with the waters of destruction Then shall Satan roar like all the Bulls of Bashan the Rulers of the Earth shall sit bare-breeched upon Hawthorn-Bushes with Knitting-needles in their hands But Raviliâ—ck shall sit in glory for killing the King for we that are the Saints shall rule the Earth but how came we to be saints you I say Why you Rogues you who made you examiners is it not enough that I tell you so Therefore when you get your foes into your Cluttches use them like dogs cut um slice um boyle um roast um bake um stew um hang um hew um torture um and why Because they are the accursed generation or the generation of the accursed For Antichrist and the Pope are all one Ah Pope have I caught thee I le have a fling at thy breech ifaith Oh thou accursed whore thou monstrous devil thou confounded punk how often have I railed against thee both in private and publick but thou art still the same shame on thee and all thy warbling noates and thy Queristers and thy bagpipes and this lawn sleeves for you have Gold and Silver in abundance and we can get nothing but a little butter-mony from the silly women which they glean from their husbands by over rating the price of provisions But the time shall come when ye shall all be sent out of the world will a horse-pox And then hey for the men that hate Cuffs and tye the latchets of their shoes with blew Tape for they are the blades that shall sack Rome Then shall Scarlet be at three half pence an Ell and men shall pave the Hearths of their Chimneys with Diamonds But hold I must not let you surfeit with too much joy at one time and therefore I le keep the rest till I see you again and so farewel FINIS