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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

reliefe of poor helplesse children in Christ hospitall he hath given 500. pound To enlarge the hospitall of Saint Thomas in Southwark with more lodging for poore sicke diseased persons he hath given 1500. li. And for a further reliefe of the poore blinde lame diseased and lunatique persons in Bridewell St. Bartholomewes and Bethlehem Hospitalls he hath given 300. li. viz. 100. li. to each Fiftly for redemption of poor Captives under Turkish slavery where they are inforced by cruell torments to forsake their Religion he hath given one thousand pounds And for the release and reliefe of poore distressed prisoners that lye in miserable bondage by meanes of mercilesse creditors in nine prisons in and about London he hath given one thousand pounds What shall I say more I am amazed at so many charitable bequests of one man for he hath not onely remembred the Laity but the Clergie also not onely the valiant Souldiers the Gentlemen of the Artillery Garden with one hundred pounds towards their stock and one hundred markes for a dinner or supper because he was once chosen a Colonell of this City but poore honest preaching Ministers also with 500. li. towards the supply of their necessities not to exceed 5. li. nor lesse then 40. shillings a man because he would nourish learning and religion for he knew learning to bee a maine prop to uphold religion in its purity and therefore not to bee despised as now it is for the infirmities of some few men And not onely mankinde in generall but such things as conduce to his honour and livelihood this judicious charitable Gentleman hath thought on in the composure of his Testament first to comfort and refresh the poore destitute in cold weather he hath followed his fathers steps and left 500. pounds for a further supply of a stocke of Coales which his said father Sir Thomas Cambel Knight and sometime Lord Maior of London began with three hundred pounds secondly to make wayes passable to abridge long journeyes and to ease labour he hath left 250. pounds for the erection of a new bridge over the Foord neere Wansted in Essex and last of al that we as he should delight to bee in the Church of God which is the congregation of the faithfull the house of prayer where with one heart wee should heare God speake unto us by his word and wee unto him by humble confession earnest supplication and hearty thanksgiving hee hath given one thousand pounds towards the repaire of the mother Church the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul which evidently showes he was a man that did approve all things in the worship of God should bee decent and in good order And lest he himselfe should forget any that were capable of charity hee hath left the overplus of his estate which by his computation will be ten thousand pounds if not impaired by bad debts or otherwise in his Executors discretion to dispose of in some such piou and charitable worke or workes thing or things as they shall think fit which I hope will bee to the glory of God the reliefe of the poor the honour of the deceased and to the comfort and joy of the Executors themselves Yet I have not mentioned all his charitable Legacies for I have not made relation of 120. l. to 120. poor men in money or gownes and 12. d. a piece for their dinner upon the day of his Funerall 200. l. to poore beggars to avoid trouble on the same day 200. l. to the poore of the Parishes of Saint Peters Poore and Saint Olaves Jewry London and of Barking in Essex Besides 100. l. to the parishioners of the Parish of Saint Olaves Jewry for their good will to erect his monument by his fathers and his brothers Master Robert Cambel late Alderman of London And being he was so carefull for his honour while hee lived I thought it part of my duty to take some labour for the augmentation therof now he is dead which I could no better way performe then by publishing those his unparalleled Legacies for though that may bee more solid and durable yet this my labour may be as profitable and usefull for the stirring up of some charitable mens heart to doe workes of this nature For if they be truly just while they live they will shew the fruits thereof at their death because such men doe seldome any great worke of charity till their death if they doe any then as I have beene told by some for every rich man is not as Sir Iames because hee brought Justice and Mercy with him from his cradle charactered on his name Therefore I cease to wonder that he hath left such a paterne at his death when his name which was given him presently after his birth demonstrated the same as appeares in the Acrosticke verses and Anagrams following made by mee neare three yeares since and presented To his ever honoured Master Sir IUst is the Lord in all his waies And mercifull unto the poore Man likewise should in all Assaies Ever be Just but loving more Such are rare birds in these our daies Can ballance these in all their waies And yet I doubt not but some are Mercifull and righteous both But I feare they 're very rare Ev'n such to find in ripefull growth Let 's then with Justice mercy joyne Lest we be paid in the same coyne Iames Cambel Anagrammatized Se I came Balm AS Balm is of a fragrant sent So are those Graces God hath lent Vnto mankind sit to set forth Gods glory and his servants worth As Balm apply'd well to a sore Doth heale and cure so are the poure Reliev'd recur'd by Mercies oyle Which now I find springs in my soile Se I came Balm for this same cause Ev'n to fullfill my Makers Lawes That both my life and death set forth Justice and Mercies royall worth Another ANNAGRAM James Cambell I came Blamles NO man but Christ in this world e're could I came in blamles and so goe away My thoughts are pure words holy and workes say From sin originall and actuall stailesse For sins forbidden fruit Adam did eate blamles Hath caus'd his children crave sin as their meat So that young babes no sooner borne but cry As feeling sins thrall and lifes misery But yet I read in Gods most sacred word Many were tearmed Righteous by the Lord Such were good Noah Daniel Job the Just Not that they were so for they had a lust To do ill some of their workes did shew it But God in Mercy let not's Justice know it So now as then some righteous men there be Not innocent from sin to God yet free From foule notorious nefarious crimes Such as are now the Custome of the times To do their Neighbour wrong the poore oppresse And make a Trade of all ungodlynesse But the true Innocent is like a child Who in all Actions is both meeke and mild And though sometimes by hap they goe astray And wander little in an unknowne Way Then

some rich mens hearts that they may be induced thereby to doe such like actions to Gods praise and glory poore peoples comfort and their owne honour here and happines hereafter And to prove Sir Iames both a just and merciful minded Gentleman I shall write little of things done by him in his life time for ●hen I should run into an endlesse Labyrinth and overwhelm my ●elfe in an ocean of matter for all ●hat knew him cannot otherwise ●udge but that he was a rare example of Justice m●derated by Mercy And in Justice and Mercy I comprehend all other Graces as Piety and Devotion Wisedome and Policy Temperance and Moderation Fortitude and Courage Frugality and good Husbandry Long suffering and Patience all ●hese were most eminent in Sir Iames while he lived First for his piety and devotion his constant early rising on the Lords day to heare Gods word sincerely preached and to joyne himselfe in the publiqu● worship of God with the rest o● the Congregation in the house of prayer As also his often reading the word of God and earnest zealous prayer with his family all the dayes in the weeke can testifie the same of which I have beene an eye witnesse these 18. yeares and upwards 2 For his Wisedome and Policie in publique affaires as well as private I will prove first by the testimonie of all the whole Senate of this famous Citie London over which he was sometime supreme and 4. yeares or thereabouts senior Alderman Secondly I will produce the French Merchants of this Citie over whom hee hath beene Governour above 20. yeares And in that Trade he was brought up from his minority under his father Thirdly I will prove his wisedome and skill in the choice of cloth and wooll the chiefe commodity of this kingdome famous above other nations for that golden fleece from the testimony of all the Merchants of the Staple by whom hee was chosen Maior or chiefe Governour which in former times was a place of great honour though now not so much esteemed Fourthly I will prove his wisdome and sage advice from the testimony of all the Governours of the Hospitall of Saint Thomas in Southwarke over whom hee was President neere 18. yeares And last of all I will prove his wisedome in all his Judiciary affaires from the testimony of many thousands in this City as well as from his owne kindred my selfe and others of his family Thirdly for his temperance and moderation first in apparell it is well knowne that as he was no follower himselfe so he did not approve that others should be attired in vaine foolish and fantasticke apparell Secondly in his diet he was very temperate so that as he did abhor drunkennes and gluttony in others so he was a strict observer himselfe What and in what measure hee did eate or drinke for I never saw him overtaken with excesse since I came unto him Thirdly in his words he was a Moses a man of slow speech and did not delight in vaine babling But when hee did speake hee would bee sure it should be to good purpose Fourthly for his fortitude and courage I shall onely take notice that what businesse soever he undertooke either publique or private upon good and warrantable foundation he would be sure to prosecute maintaine and hold as in all these places of Judicature where hee was seated it is well knowne Fifthly for his frugality and good husbandry though in some it may be esteemed covetousnesse and avarice when they shall oppresse their neighbour and grind the face of the poore debter for the maintenance of pride and prodigality in their children and kindred Yet in Sir Iames it was a rare vertue for he was so farre from oppressing any with tedious suits in law that to my knowledge during the time that I lived with him he was very unwilling that any should bee cast into prison at his suit and would rather agree upon a small composition then take the rigour of the Law against any though he lost thereby For I doe not remember that he caused above one or two to be arrested though he hath had many bad debters as his Executors shall find But admit he had been a neere austere and hard man as is reputed yet that should not be any disparagement to his other rare virtues but rather a commendation For we reade that God himselfe whose example he followed in Justice will looke for a severe account of all his servants though he be reputed by the unthankfull wretch a severe and hard man for the same reaping where hee sowed not and gathering where hee strowed not And it is but reason that hee should have the glory of his owne graces for he gives the talents of spirituall graces and temporall blessings unto the children of men to use and profit thereby and not to bee bound up in a napkin or thrown under a bushell And hee commands that our light should so shine before men that they may see our good workes and glorifie our Father which is in heaven Therefore shall any be reputed covetous or an oppressour for looking to have his owne goods restored according to law that he m●y husband them himselfe for the glory of God and good of others as Sir Iames did of whom I may truly say without flattery that if any were he was a steward for heaven in making friends of his unrighteous Mammon in thus casting his bread upon those waters and in being thus mercifull unto the poore surely he is received into everlasting habitations He hath found the reward of his labours and God hath shewed mercy unto his soule through Christ as he hath had mercy on the poore And last of all for his patience and long suffering I shall onely write this for any judicious reader to judge that notwithstanding all my Satyricall writing yet he was never moved therewith but as I thought did affect me the better for expending my spare time in such divine meditations and did say that God had put into his heart to doe me good which he hath done accordingly for if he had given mee a large portion of wealth I should have beene proud and idle but leaving me so small a portion for my long service it hath made me humble and industrious to publish his charitable Legacies for the good of others to his eternall memory though I debase my selfe thereby And although he was grievously pained with the stone in the bladder of which he dyed yet for my good he was willing to doe any thing which I thought would procure me profit and never seemed to bee impatient as many would have beene had they felt such paine as he did What shall I say more for in him all graces seemed to be concatinated and linked together so that in him they became a chaine of graces even grace upon grace which continually increased from his birth to his death for ought I know because the end crownes all actions for as a tree growes

so it falls and as man lives so for the most part he dyes except God worke a miracle as he did at the houre of death upon the Thiefe upon the Crosse And the most safest way to judge of a mans actions while he lived is to consider his behaviour at his death yet let us take heed how we rashly judge any as is before specified and rather judge charitably of all then uncharitably of any But Christs words are most certainly true that a bad tree cannot bring forth good fruit neither can a good tree bring forth evill fruit for men doe not gather grapes of thornes nor figges of thistles therefore by their fruits you shall know them Now it was not my happines to bee with him at the houre of his death neither did I continue long in his presence during the time of his sicknesse because I had given him just cause of offence by some misdemeanours And likewise because I was sensible of my great losse of him in whom I thought my livelihood did consist for I did ever doubt that he would not bestow upon me any great benevolence at his death because he was so willing ●o doe mee good in his life Yet this I can testifie that he as Hezekiah having set his house in order by composing of his Will did prepare himselfe for death shall I say a month or two nay I may affirme a yeare or two before he died during which time hee seldome went abroad but kept in his house and spent his spare time in reading the Bible and other good bookes and in singing of Psalmes and especially the 39. Psal which he did often sing with very much chearfulnes And upon Newyeares day last perceiving his houre draw neere sealed his Will and went quietly to bed as to his grave from which place he would not be removed till the houre of his death which was upon the Wednesday following betweene six and seven of the clocke in the morning And one thing I cannot but observe that when any came to visit him during those foure daies viz. from Saturday to Wednesday and demanded how he did he would answer Sick as a prisoner in hope which me thinks was a heavenly speech for hee knew his soule was imprisoned in a brittle house of clay out of which he hoped she should shortly bee delivered and carried by the Angels of God into a heavenly habitation to enjoy everlasting freedome which I hope hee hath found But all this while I have ceased to treat of Justice and Mercy which was the chiefe of my intention for though they may be comprehended in the other forenamed vertues yet they are more conspicuous and apparent in his many judiciary and charitable Legacies bequeathed in his last Will Testament which might I have leave to publish in his owne words and make a commentary thereon according to my fancy me thinkes I could describe Justice and Mercy in most lively colours For first unto his Lady Justice and Mercy met together Justice in performance of his agreement mercy in remembrance of his love But in this could have wished that mercy had exceeded justice for as she● hath beene a loving wife to him neere 24. yeares so it is wel● knowne that she is a charitabl● woman and for that cause Si● Iames made her the executrix o● his Will which otherwise he● would not have done For I am confident saith he in one clause o● his Testament that she will see thi● my Will really performed Secondly Justice appeares in his other bequests to his kindred and alliance In that hee hath given most to them he did least for in his life so that there might be an equivolence amongst all and none to take exception against the other Thirdly Justice appeares in his other bequests especially to his poore servants and retainers that he hath forgot none but remembred all in a lumpe of 300. pound to bee disposed at such times in such parcels and to such persons as his Lady pleaseth some of them being such as deserved nothing are his owne words in one clause of his will where they are thus mentioned And herein was a point of policy to keepe them under subjection in depending upon her favour After them hee remembers me with 20. pound on purpose to make me as I ever thought my selfe to be in some sort like Iacob to depend upon Gods providence on my owne endeavours that I should strive against such opposition that should be made against me in being an actor in the execution of these famous Legacies and if I shall deserve nothing for my paines therein according to Sir Iames his will I will have nothing But letting justice and mercy remaine with him in the actions of his life behold mercy shall flourish after his death And as she is over all Gods workes so she hath preheminence over all Sir Iames his bequests in a more eminent manner For hee hath not onely given ●eliefe to the poore and needy for the present but for the future So that these 7. workes of Mercy appertaining to the body according to this verse Visito poto cibo redimo tego colligo condo are accomplished by Sir Iames in his charitable Legacies for therein if you doe observe he hath visited the sicke given drinke to the thirsty fed the hungry redeemed captives and prisoners clothed the naked lodged the harbourlesse and buried the dead nay more hee hath not onely provided reliefe for the body but hee hath had regard to the soule according to this ve●se Co●sul● castiga solare remitte fer ora He hath instructed the ignorant corrected the sinner comforted the heavie hearted forgiven offences borne with the weake and prayed for all Therefore there is no question to be made but that he hath received his reward in part with an Euge bone serve well done good and faithfull servant come and receive the kingdome prepared for you from the beginning of the world for I was hungry c. First that poor children should be wel educated and brought up in good learning hee hath given one thousand Markes for the erection and maintenance of a Free-Schoole in the towne of Barking in Essex Secondly to keep youth from beggery and theevery which is begot by sloath and idlenesse the root of all evill hee hath bequeathed two thousand pounds for a stocke to keep such at labour and worke in Bridewell that they as others should labour with their owne hands and in the sweat of their browes eate their bread according as God commanded Adams posterity and this stocke is to be ordered and disposed by the advice and counsell of the sagest and gravest Senators of this City Thirdly to enable young beginners to goe on chearfully in their callings in workes of good husbandry he hath left thirteene hundred pounds to bee lent to poore freemen of the company of Ironmongers 100. pound a man upon good security at 4. li. per centum for a yeare Fourthly for the