being to sin what putrifaction is to diseases the more of this in a disease the more dangerous it makes it the more of that in a sin the more abominable it makes it nay further though the aim be not false yet if that which God allows to be our inferiour end be made our ultimate it depraves the action if I aim at the comfort and relief of a poor mans necessity in my alms which I may and ought yet if this be the highest I look and my eye passeth not through this to the glorifying of God it becomes unacceptable a man may lose the prize by shooting short as well as wide of the mark now how hard to keep our eye fixed on this ultimate end truly even as hard as to keep our eye fixt on a single object through an Optick Glass held by a trembling hand Fourthly Every Duty must be timed aright the Christians life is full of duties and those very various now he is called to exercise himself in one then in another now to pray anon to meditate now to be in his Closet then to be in his Shop about his worldly calling now to private then to publick now to reprove then to encourage or comfort his Brother As one that hath a Shop full of divers Tools all necessary for his Calling but this for that purpose and that for this in it now if he should cut with his Axe when he should smooth with his Plain he would soon spoil his work that which is at one time a Duty would if done at another be a Sin Diligence in our worldly Calling on the week day is the work of the Lord but the same on the Lords day would be Satans no doubt as many a fair Child hath been lost by an untimely Birth so many a good Work spoiled by an unseasonable performance and to discern time and judgment for our actions requireth both wisdom and care and these labour and pains Thirdly The difficulty the Christian finds to order his Conversation so that his care for one part of his work may not hinder him in another Now the reason of this difficulty is the seeming contrariety of some duties to others Seeming I say not real indeed it is in Satans service only not in Gods that there is a real contrariety of work Errors have their opposites he that maintains one cannot if he understands himself hold some others so in Practical Lusts some are at such a feud that when one is in the Throne the other is kept under but all Truths agree lovingly together being all but one Faith and so do the Graces of a Christian being all the effect of one and the same Holy Spirit they do no more hinder one another in acting than the several wheels in a well made Clock do one anothers motions or the various members of the body one the others Operations and Functions yet I say there is a seeming contrariety And as it requires Art and care to touch the several strings of an Instrument that have different Sounds so as from all may result one harmonious sound so much more holy skill and care in a Christian to exercise these many various Graces and perform so many divers Duties in such a sweet concurrence and fellowship that from all there may result an uniform Holiness in the course of his life The Christian must be Zealous but leave room for Discretion or else like a Ship that hath all Sail and no Ballast he 'll grow top heavy he must fear to sin and yet hope in the Mercy of God when he hath sinned and repents of it 't is his duty to draw near to the Throne of Grace with an Holy boldness but it is his duty even then to preserve an Holy awe and reverence he must be sensible of the hand of God when afflicted or else he is not a Man but then he must bear it patiently or else he is not a Christian he must be meek and lowly in his carriage to all even the meanest yet must keep an high courage and noble resolution not to be turned out of the path of Duty for the frowns of the greatest he must love his Brother but hate the sin he commits how many such riddles are there in Religion Now is it an easie work for the Christian to drive his Charriot in so narrow a path without justling one duty against another to hold a fair and friendly correspondence with all these duties and not set one at variance with the other Fourthly The great opposition the Christian meets with in doing the Lords work makes his labour still greater Other men can work in their Shops quietly and few or none will molest them much less throw stones at them but the Christian he 's hindred from all hands First The flesh within controuls him lusting against every good motion and holy action which the Spirit of God stirs him up unto so that he is forced to dispute his way before he can come at his work much ado to answer what the flesh objects against every duty he is to perform Would he pray then the flesh begs time and will be putting it off for a more convenient season some other business it starts first to be done would he give an Alms the flesh asks him whether he meaneth to be a beggar and give that to others which himself may want before he dyes would he reprove a sinning Brother then why will he be a busie body in other mens matters and lose a Friend in doing a thankless office would he bear witness to the Name and Gospel of Christ then pity thy self is its counsel no duty but it either keeps from it or disturbs in it so that he needs a Sword as well as a Trowel to lay every stone in his Spiritual building Secondly A body of flesh hangs heavy upon him the body was at the first and shall again be at last in Heaven a wing but now alas 't is a weight to mans Soul and that an heavy one it should indeed be the Souls servant but now the Soul is fain to tend and wait upon that to provide Food to keep and Physick to restore its Health yet when all is done it proves no over meet help to the Soul if it be strong and healthy then like a pamper'd Beast it grows crank and wanton ready to throw its rider which made Saint Paul keep down his body yet if the Soul discipline it but a little too severely then 't is feeble and tyred Thirdly The World this makes no small opposition First The things of the world the Christians worldly calling is ready to filtch the time which should be spent in the Christians general Martha is in the Kitching when she should be in the Chappel the enjoyments of the world how ensnaring are they sensual delights so sweet Wine that when the cup is at our lips we cannot drink little and so heady and intoxicating that we cannot bear much when troubles come
work without this help 't is heavy indeed yea too heavy for him to stand under but Gods helping hand put to it makes this heavy work light The Ship which when lying on ground all the Teams in the Country could not draw off how easily is it set a float when the Tide comes in Thus the Heart which the Christian by no pains and industry of his own can raise out of its dullness and indisposition to Duty Oh how soon is it elevated and inspirited when God flows in with his secret Aspirations and Exuscitations of his Blessed Spirit and Grace he who confessed that he could do nothing of himself not so much as think a good thought tells us also he is able to do all things through Christ who strengthneth him now this help from the Lord is promised but it comes not till the Christians hand is put to the work let him be up and doing and then God will not fail to be with him 'T is cheap travelling we say for a Child in his Fathers company to be sure God will pay the charge the Christian is at in his whole journey to Heaven it is easie working while God holds our hand yea puts strength into it Art thou to pray his Spirit will lift with thee for so that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifies art thou tempted whilst thou art fighting in the Valley below Christs hands are lift up in Heaven above for thy Victory I have prayed that thy Faith fail not yea he doth not only pray above for thee but will be in the Field with thee and in thee by the secret succours of his Spirit My Grace is sufficient for thee which is not meant of Grace Inherent in us that indeed is unsufficient of it self but the auxiliary Grace which he sends in to assist and excite that in a time of need Thirdly Though Christianity be a labour and many troubles and perils attend it yet 't is not alike to all every Christian hath not Hemans Faith Jobs Patience or Pauls Courage neither shall all have Hemans Disertions Jobs Losses nor Pauls Persecutions the stoutest Souldiers are put upon the hottest service the heaviest burden upon the strongest back he knows every Saints ability and so he rates them he will not suffer any to be tempted above that they are able When the Israelites came first out of Egypt he knew they were raw Souldiers and therefore led them about that they might not be put to fight before he had hardned and heartned them more to bear such a work While Christ was upon Earth he interposed his own body between his weak Disciples and the fury of the wicked world but when he went to Heaven then he ventured them into the storm but careful first to re-inforce them with power from above before he let them take the Field Acts 1.4 Being assembled together with them commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem but wait for the promise of the Father Fourthly The merciful indulgence which the Lord gives them as to their failings hard work indeed God calls them to but the harder the work is the more his pity is expressed towards them in pardoning those invincible infirmities which notwithstanding their faithful endeavour will be found in their doing it It was hard for the Apostles to keep their eyes wakeful in the dead of the night Christ considereth this and Apologizeth for them even while he chides them the Spirit is willing but the Flesh is weak It is hard when Afflictions are strong and long not to fall into some indecencies of speech and behaviour we have heard of Jobs Impatience as well as Patience yet the Lord was graciously pleased to to take his part against his accusing Friends ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right as my servant Job hath Job 42.7 It is hard to act Faith when sense and reason are non-plust the Lord therefore is pleased to overlook the weaknesses of his Childrens faith which in such deep plunges they bewray so they strive against them and be humbled for them in magnis tentasse aliquid non parvum in great and difficult enterprizes an essay and endeavour is not little Peter shewed great Faith in venturing to go upon the Sea but discovered infirmity when he began to sink therefore Christ pitieth and succoureth his weakness Davids strait was in a manner as great at Land as Peters was at Sea When at Gath amongst his Enemies whose Champion he had slain much fear and unbelief he borrowed in this his strait yet some secret actings of Faith were mingled with these his fears as appeared by the Prayer he then lift up to God and even this Prayer attended with so many distrustful fears found acceptance with God which made the good man bring this forth as an encouragement for others This poor man cryed and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his Troubles Psalm 34.6 A poor man indeed he was at this time not only in his outward state but his inward poor and low in the actings of his Faith O what encouragement is here to come into the service of God hard work thou mayst meet with but not an hard Master do but thou thy best and God will forgive thy worst Beware of wickedness in not doing what thou canst and God will not reject thee for thy weakness Like as a Father pitieth his Children so the Lord pitieth them that fear him Psalm 103.13 I come now to the Second Part of the Text which presents us with the reward that attends the Christians labour it is not in vain in the Lord they shall not be put off with their labour for their pains no there is a reward laid up in Heaven which will abundantly compensate all the pain and pains they were put to on Earth but we must not understand this as if the Christian received no gain or advantage in this life from the service of God while he is labouring in it Godliness hath the promise of this life as well as the other There are promises of which payment is made here and though these be inferiour to what the Christian shall receive hereafter yet be they so pretious as prove Religion even in this life no hospes asymbolus No guest that lodgeth on free cost but such as pays well and that in present Coin for its entertainment It affords Bread to the eater as well as Seed to the sower there is fruit unto Holiness which the Christian may now feed on to his comfort as well as an hope of Eternal life to be received at the end of this The very vales which the Christian hath given him while at his work afford him enough for his present expence to maintain him in a port becoming his high hopes for afterwards First His conscionable labour in the Lords work will gain him more ability and holy skill to do his work still better by exercising of himself daily unto Godliness he becomes more
ready and prepared for every good work by daily combating with his corruptions and resisting temptations he learns more easily to overcome his Enemy And if in worldly trades this be accounted a sufficient reward to an Apprentice for serving out his time to learn the mystery of his Calling Oh what a reward is it by the daily practice of Godliness to learn more fully the Mystery of it This I am sure holy David set down for great gains I have remembred thy name O Lord in the night and have kept thy Law this I had because I kept thy Precepts Psal 119.55 And again I understand more than the Ancients because I kept thy Precepts ver 100. He did not grudge his own pains nor envy others ease so long as he might get more Heavenly Wisdom by it Secondly The Christians conscionable labour interesseth him in the special Providence of God for him while he is at work for God God will take care of him and what can he want that hath God for his Provider what or whom need he fear that hath God for his Protector For though all the Saints have a right in Promises yet none have a pleasant aptitude to apply the comfort of any one Promise while they are idle and negligent no this is the portion of the laborious Christian that walks in the actual exercise of his Grace No good thing shall he want that walks uprightly When God engageth to Abraham his Almightiness it is to him as walking before him not as sitting in the chair of sloth Thirdly The Christians labour is rewarded here with inward peace of Conscience and serenity of Mind Great peace have they that keep thy Law and nothing shall offend them Psalm 119.166 Peace be on them that walk by this rule as on the Israel of God Gal. 6. These are they in whose bosoms this Bird of Paradise sings her sweet Notes and her sweetest in foulest weather when sickness comes and death approacheth Now he that hath the testimony of his Conscience for having been a faithful Labourer in the Lords work will be able to make a comfortable reflection upon his past life For mens expectations of what is coming to them at death depends upon what their past lives have been Life is the time of sowing and death of reaping as they have sown so only can they expect to reap Life is a time for working and death for receiving the reward sutable to the work Hence it is when death is approaching Conscience if not seared and past all feeling is then carried back to review what the man hath been doing for whom he hath been labouring and therefore must needs bring in heavy tidings to the sinner of his approaching misery then it rips up all the stitches of that false peace which the ungodly wretch had been bolstred up with and tells him that now the Righteous Judge is at hand to pay him the dismal wages due to him for all the wicked works he hath done which makes the thoughts of death a terror to him But the Sincere Christian who hath laboured faithfully in the Lords work he then hath a pleasant Prospect to behold when he looks back upon his conscionable walking and can thence make his humble appeal to God and desire him to remember how he hath walked before him in Truth and with a Perfect Heart Oh what joy is this to his poor heart that his Conscience bears him witness he hath endeavoured to walk before God with godly simplicity and not in guile and can cast himself upon the Mercy of God in Christ and breathe out his Soul with a joyful expectation of being received into the Kingdom of Glory This premised I address my self to speak of the Christians reward in the other world this being principally if not solely in the Text where it is set forth two ways First By its certainty For as much as ye know Secondly By its transcendency Your labour is not in vain in the Lord. In which words you may remember I told you there is more intended than exprest First of the first The certainty of the Saints reward intimated by this Phrase ye know that is ye know it for a certain indubitable truth ye make no doubt of this thus is the Saints future Happiness spoke of with the greatest assurance and certainty We know that if our earthly house of his Tabernacle were dissolved we have a building of God an house not made with hands Eternal in the Heavens 1 Cor. 5.1 We know that when he shall appear we shall be like him The Saints know this so well that they dare venture the loss of all they are worth here for the reward they expect there Ye took joyfully the spoiling of your goods knowing in your selves that ye have in Heaven a more enduring substance Heb. 10.34 yea they have refused their temporal life when offered to the prejudice of their eternal Heb. 11.35 Not accepting Deliverance that they might obtain a better Resurrection If any should ask how do they know so assuredly there is this reward I would ask such how they know the Sun to be when they see it shine if they say by seeing of it they may know that the Saint sees an Heaven as certainly by an eye of Faith as they can do the Sun by an eye of Sense Faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen The very light of nature whereby the Heathens knew a God did let with it into their minds some knowledge of another world and of a double state therein of happiness to the good and misery to the wicked being not able otherwise to reconcile the unevenness of Providence in this world with the righteous nature of God but alas what was this lesser light which God left in man to rule him in the night of Heathenish darkness to the certainty of the Saints knowledge which comes in by the light of Faith first the Christians Faith is grounded on the testimony of God himself in his word Humane Faith is indeed the weakest and most uncertain kind of knowledge because mans testimony on which it relys is so fallible but Divine Faith the most certain because the testimony of God on which its weight bears is infallible One who cannot deceive because he is truth it self nor be deceived because he is wisdom it self So that though Faith be not Reason yet to believe what God saith is true there is the highest reason 2 ly As the testimony on which the Saints Faith relies is the infallible Word of God so his very Faith which relies on this Word of God is no other than the work of God the same Spirit who is the Author of that is the efficient of this for the Christian believes not from the power of his own will but the power of God mightily working his heart up to this supernatural act Hence we are said to be saved through Faith and that not of our selves it
is the gift of God Ephes 2.8 And this Faith is called a Faith of the operation of God Colos 2.12 't is wrought in us not by us Not only the light of truth which the Christian sees is Divine but the eye of Faith by which he sees this light is Divine also how certain must that knowledge be which in the light of Gods Spirit beholds the light of Gods Truth now from this Word of God the Christian is assured of this reward many ways First He is assured of it by Jesus Christ who himself came from Heaven and makes report thereof In my Fathers house are many Mansions if it were not so I would have told you John 14.2 As if he had said you may belief me for I speak it that cannot lye and who loves you too well to put a cheat upon you That there are such Countries as France and Holland you do not doubt though you never saw them because some that have assure you it is true and shall the Saint be blamed for relying on Christs own faithful Word who cometh from Heaven is above all and what he hath seen and heard that he testifyeth John 3.32 Secondly The Christian knows it by the purchase Christ hath made of Heaven for Believers Mans sin had shut Heaven door against him and opened Death and Hells door upon him now before God would or indeed could set open again this door of life to poor sinners it was necessary that his Glory should first be secured which to do this admirable expedient the Divine Wisdom contrived that Christ should dye for sinners by which both Death the punishment of mans sin might be abolished and life and immortality which man had lost might be restored and brought to light again 2 Tim. 1.10 Hence it is said It became him for whom are all things and by whom are all things in bringing many Sons unto Glory to make the Captain of their Salvation perfect through sufferings Heb. 2.10 Mark that it became him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 there was a condecency for God thus to do God never doth any thing that doth not become him in all his works he acts like himself every work declaring his Glory but not all alike Now God in the Redemption of the world intending to make the greatest manifestation of his Glory that ever he did It became him to pitch on such a means as was sutable to such an end and this of bringing his People to Glory by the abasement of his own Son to an ignominious and cursed death was the expedient he resolved upon as every way condecent to this design and indeed never did all the Divine Attributes appear in all their Glory so as they do here According therefore to this Eternal Council of Gods Will and Love in the fullness of time the Son of God was cloathed with our Flesh laid down his life took it up again and further to shew he had got a full triumph over death and had opened Heaven gates for Believers He opened the Graves of many of the dead Saints and raised them to life as a pledge that he would do the same in due time for the rest So that now to doubt whether there be an Eternal life for the Saints after death is to make the whole Gospel a fiction Thirdly They know it by the actual possession which Christ hath already taken of Heaven for them A Child thinks himself sure of an Estate when his Father not only purchaseth it but also taketh it up for him Thus did Christ ascend to Heaven not only to sit down on his own Throne but to take and keep possession of Heaven for the behoof and benefit of Believers Hence they are said to sit together in Heavenly places in Christ Jesus that is in him as their head which is a certain pledge to them they shall one day sit with him there in their own persons Because I live saith Christ ye shall live also Indeed he lives there to make Intercession for them and will never leave praying till he hath prayed them up unto himself I may say to Believers as once Naomi to Ruth sit still for the man will not cease till he hath finished the thing Christ will not cease his Mediatory work till he hath finished his peoples happiness and got his betrothed Spouse home to him in his Fathers house 4 ly He knows the certainty of this happy estate by the many express Promises made to Believers of it I cannot number them they are so many neither need I name them there being no Child of God so little I hope acquainted with his Saviours Will and Testament as not to be able to turn on a sudden to many places where this Inheritance is setled on them The greatest Heir that lives is the Saint He is heir to both Worlds having Promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come But the grand promise of all is that which gives him title to his Heavenly Inheritance In one place they are called Heirs of Promise in another Heirs of Salvation because this is the Crowning Promise Heaven it is called their Hope till this comes he hath not his Portion all he hath here is the least of what is promised But when Heaven comes then all is paid the Bond then is delivered in Faith and Hopes work is done The Christian who on Earth believes and expects Promises shall in Heaven inherit Promises there Faith shall be turned into Vision and Hope swallowed up in Fruition Now though nothing can make Heaven more sure to the Believer than Gods Promise no not the Oath of God it self because it is as impossible for God to lye without an Oath as with it for being he can swear by no greater he sweareth only by himself and so the strength even of his Oath lyeth in his Veracity which is engaged in his Promise as well as Oath yet he is graciously pleased ex abundanti consulting therein with our frailty to superadd all those things to his Promise by which men in contracts amongst themselves do conceive a further confirmation and security to to be given for performance of their Promises one to another as witnesses Seal Oath and Earnest that having these Securities which are wont to satisfie us in Humane Promises the sin of distrusting Gods performance of his might appear the more unreasonable in us and injurious to him as indeed it is beyond all expression when those Securities will not assure our hearts concerning the performance of Gods Promises than which we cannot exact more from those men that are most unresponsable or deceitful Secondly The Saints reward is described by its Transcendency your labour is not in vain in the Lord. In the explication of which Phrase I shewed that there is more implyed than is exprest That the Christians labour shall be highly unspeakably rewarded the place where the reward is laid up proves the transcendency of it and that is
took wing To sing her Carol among those that are Without temptation fault offence or jar But when arriv'd no Mortal can declare What joys in Heaven what welcomes are For this devoted Saint whilst here on Earth We mix Sin with our Songs Tears with our Mirth She 's gone but never perish shall her Name Her works abide to Eternize her Fame Anagr. Verè mira Mirrour of Blessings for what tongue can tell For Grace and Greatness where 's her parallel Edward Thomas In obitum Nobilissimae lectissimaeque Heroinae Mariae Illustrissimi fortissimÃque Ducis Horatii Vere Baronis de Tilbury Viduae Carmen Epitaphium NObilitas tibi Vera fuit Prudentia Vera Vera tibi Pietas tibi Vera Fides Vera Dei cultrix fueras Vera Mariti Quaeque nitent aderant omnia Vera tibi Acciderit tandem quòd Mors tibi Vera dolendum Excepto hoc dete singula Vera juvant Simon Ford. S. T. D. On the Death of the Right Honourable and truly Religious the Lady Vere Marie Vere Ever I arme A Tribute who can here pretend To pay but he who hath to spend Whole Indies of refined Ore Ready to bring out of his store Which after all will prove to be Too mean yea bankrupt beggary See Name Relation Sate of Grace Do march in correspondent pace Daring all Enemies to withstand Her Generous Soul or Countermand Its resolution ne're to yield But still to fight and win the Field Ever I arm and so do wait My Captains Word on Foes deceit Or when he musters up his strength Hoping to vanquish me at length Yet then I faint not but being arm'd Through Grace I stood and was not harm'd Here here 's a She maintain'd the Fight Remained Conqueress in despight Of all his Forces till at last Praises and Thanks were her repast Thus Faith and Hope and Patience Triumphant rode i' th' Chariot Hence But how sounds this ever I arm Suiting a Lady once i' th' Arm Of such General whose story Embalms our Nations dying Glory Embroiders Records with his Name Out-bids the narrow mouth of Fame Gurnall display thy Magazine Here thy whole Armour may be seen Bright and well us'd well buckled on A Cuiraseer who having won Many a Battel now receives The Crown which her great Captain gives Maria Vere Jam re vera Jam re vera feror super astra beata triumpho Expectansque diu spesque Fidesque satur Anthony Withers On the much Lamented Death of the Worthy of all Memory the Right Honourable the Lady Vere THrough Floods of Tears my Muse did wade To seek these Mourners and this shade That she poor heart might sit and tell A grief defrauding Parable If in the dark she chuse to walk Or with Ambages mar her talk Or too slow paces seems to go Admit Close Mourner so to do If Speech or Memory do fail Or if perchance she wear her Veil A day a size or two too long Wink at small faults in Mourners Song Unto a Noble Favourite From Holy Land by his own Sp'rite The King of Glory and Renown Sent a choice Jewel of his Crown A Casket first he did prepare Wherein to put this Jewel rare Then this large token of his Love He dropt into it from above It was a cur'ous Artifice Of all brave works the Master-piece Most worthy of that skilful hand Which form'd all things on Sea and Land It s Substance was more pure than Gold More worth than thousands though twice told For kind the best of fittest size Which much in little did comprize It in form a Heart resembl'd A single Heart that ne're dissembl'd A broken Heart that often trembl'd A bleeding Heart most deeply humbl'd Upon the Table of this Heart Not in proportion but in part The graver by Divine impress Set th' Image of his Holiness In it Twelve Pretious Stones were set None such in Princes Coronet In lovely order and in place By three and three with goodly Grace I' th' first row Faith Hope Charity Next Temperance Vertue Purity Then Meekness Kindness Verity I' th' last Love Zeal and Constancy I' th' midst there stood a massy thing Fit for a Royal Spouses Ring Humility men did it call This was the Gracing Grace of all Repentant Tears to Pearls converted In the borders stood well sorted Where they in greatness and in show In goodness too did daily grow In early times it took a fall And thereby lost its Graces all It fell into a lothsom Lake Which did it foul and filthy make Yet a great Prince did not disdain To take it up and ope ' a vein In his own side and with pure blood Wash off the soyl and make it good This fall its Glory did impair This Friend its Breaches did repair ' Cause mending would not serve he knew He melted moulded made it new Then like a Glorious Sun it shin'd With Rays most bright enough to blind Presumptuous eyes which turn'd that way To see what 't was out shin'd the day This Jem the owner of his Grace Most freely lent us for the space Of somewhat more than Ninety Years So long this Pendant deck't our Ears But now alas for non-payment Of Tribute Praise an easie Rent It 's fetch'd away in great displeasure Oh what 's the loss of such a treasure Put off thy Vizard Mask my Muse And don't our Patience still abuse Nor expectation higher raise But name the person thou dost praise Content for sure I am too blame So long to smother that great Name Which in all Countries where it came Was crown'd with Honour and with Fame The Noble Soul described here Was one to God and man most dear Who in Devotion had no peer The Great Good Lady Mary Vere EPITAPH THE Casket of this Jewel rare With deep laments we here Interre In hallow'd ground which yet grows proud Of purer Earth to be the shroud And thou fair shrine in whose close womb This Holy Relick we intomb Preserv't with care and on it try What may be done by Chimistry That when the Trump saith dead arise Thou mayst send forth thy wealthy prize Ev'ry Particle well calcin'd And every dust double refin'd Richard Howlett FINIS Non Maeremus quòd talem amisimus sed gratias agimus quòd habuimus imò habemus Deo enim vivunt omnia quicquid revertitur ad Dominum in familiae numero computatur Epist 27. Epitaph Paulae Matris Minimè quidem Deus est acceptor personarum Nescio tamenquo pacto virtus in Nobili plus placet An fortè quia plus claret Epist CXIII ad Sophiam virginem Quid in illâ virtutum quid ingenii quid sanctitatis quid puritatis invenerim vereor dicere ne fidem credulitatis excedam Hieron Ep. 16. ad Princip Virg. This Letter was writ An. Dom. 1628. Heb. 6.2 Acts. Rom. 6.8 Numb 13.30 Numb 14.31 Mic. 3. 1 John 5.3 Hebr. 11.1 Eph. 2. Heb. 6.17 Heb. 1.14 1 Sam. 16.11 Rev. 21.7 Psal 17.15 Psal 55.19 Psal 19.11 Psal 34.8 Rom. 6.21 Gal. 6. Isa 3.10 Psal 57.37 Prov. 25.5 Jam. 5.3 Mar. 11.32 2 Sam. 2.19 Nehem. 7.2