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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85813	Anthologia : the life & death of Mr Samuel Crook late pastor of Wrington in Sommerset-shire, who being dead, yet speaketh. By W.G. An eye and ear-witness of both.	Garrett, William, d. 1674 or 5.	1651 (1651)	Wing G272; Thomason E1352_3; ESTC R209419	18,671	77

them although for the most part silently by reason of the expence of his spirits and much rejoyce that he had once more imployed his Masters talent and enjoyed the pretious society of Saints in whom was all his delight To his friends at such times rejoycing with him and blessing God for him he would often say I am nothing but a voyce as troubled at the growing decays of nature more and more disabling him from serving his still active soul unlesse with an enfeebled tongue no longer able to speak out and so often as he would have it What he shunned in his Ministery In his Ministery he never flew at vain glory nor of men sought he praise disdaining to stoop at the lure of popular applause Therefore he ever shunned those more gay and lighter flourishes of a luxuriant wit which like glorious weeds good for shew at a distance stink neerer hand wherewith the emptyest Cells affect to be most fraught as they who for want of wares in their shops set up painted blocks to fill up vacant shelves He fed not his flock with airy dews of effeminate Rhetorick which a masculine Orator would shake off from his lips and pen as Paul the Viper from his hand nor yet with the jerkes and quibbles of a light spirit which he ever abhorred as the excrementitious superfluities of frothy braines and unhallowed hearts but he ever led them out into the green pastures of solid and favoury Truths as their necessities and capacities did require He had administred 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 rational unadulterated milk for babes in Christ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 strong meat for men What foundation he laid and what points he handled He was a wise Master builder who intending to raise a beautifull and stately Fabrick laid a solid foundation sufficient to bear and strengthen all his superstructures Therefore he began his Ministery with a nervous and perspicuous handling of such Texts as might discover to his people the divine authority sufficiency purity and energy of the holy Scriptures the Decalogue Articles of Faith Lords Prayer Sacraments God in Trinity His Decrees Creation Providence the Fall Sinne Christ the New Covenant the Mediator the Gospel Faith Calling Regeneration Justification Adoption Sanctification Glorification the Church the last judgement the Christian Warfare and such like all which in tract of time he opened and applyed sometimes more largely sometimes more succinctly but always profitably and sweetly as a workman that needeth not to be ashamed but rightly dividing the word of truth in a practicall way His Guide and lesser Catechism extracted out of them Out of all which in his more mature years greatest strength of parts and depth of judgement he after many serious reviews compiled that excellently compacted Systeme of Divinity in a Catecheticall way which he deservedly intituled The Guide to true Blessednesse mentioned before And out of it he again extracted that Lesser Catechism which he often used with very profitable and delightfull explanations both in his Church and Family a most profitable course of teaching and learning the true knowledge of Christ Entire Scriptures handled by him He went also through many intire Scriptures which is both a good trying and great improving of a Divine and the more obscure any place was the greater his diligence with happy successe to bring light unto it Difficulties which are Lions in the way of the sluggard became spurres to his industry He handled all the 1.2.4.6.10.14.19.22.45.50.122.127 Psalmes the twelve first chapters of Isaiah Lam. 3. Hab. 3. the Prophesie of Malachi Mat. 5.6.7 All the examples both of good and bad men in the Scriptures for imitation of those detestation of these all the Miracles and Parables of Christ all Johns Gospel an admirable Commentary Rom. 12. Ephes 2. Col. 2. and 3. 2 Thess 2. Heb. 11. Rev. 2 3. chapters with many more befides very many Texts De tempore on every occasion being exceeding happy in the choyce and prosecution of them His humility Whensoever his preaching day happened upon Jan. 17. which was his birth-day he still noted his years complete with this penitential Epiphonema 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 God be mercifull to me a sinner a memorable evidence of his pious sense of his own unworthinesse in the sight of God how much soever cryed up and esteemed by men No excellency of naturall abilities no eminency of spirituall endowments no acceptation of his labours ever puffed him up but he still walked in all lowlinesse and humility towards all in his greatest exaltations in the hearts of men His Catechising Much might be said of his long continued course of Catechising that most profitable and speedy way of implanting knowledge by which he hath set up so great and clear a light in his Congregation as will not onely discover the excellency of the workman and guide their feet in the ways of truth and holinesse who have been illightned thereby but much facilitate the further dolation and polishing of those living stones by succeeding builders His prayers His divine spirit of prayer see med to excell all other his excellencies I appeal to the hearts of all that heard him in publick or private and ever knew what a prayer of faith elevated to the highest by the holy Ghost meaneth whether they ever found any to excell him or many to come neer him O! those penitent unbowelling confessions earnest deprecations petitions panting longings and sighings after God and his grace those mighty Arguments whereby he set all home feeling thanksgivings and divine raptures carrying up his soul to heaven in the sacred flames of his own sacrifices sweetly perfumed with the incense of Him who presenteth all the prayers of his Saints on the Altar of Grace Conceived prayer He first brought conceived Prayer into use in those parts wherein he was so happy so free from impertinent expressions vain repetitions so rich in piercing supplications patheticall thanksgivings and gratious wrestlings with the Almighty so dextrous to apply himself to preferre all suits and to fit every occasion like an exquisite Archer able to shoot at an hayr 's breadth and so prompt and full in expressing the very hearts of those that indeed joyned with him in whatsoever they desired for themselves or others as if by a kind of transmigration their soules had entred into his and spake the very bottome of their hearts by his tongue which their own could not utter And this was such an opening and warming of his hearers hearts before his Sermons and such a sweet closing up of all after his preaching as added much to the power and profit of all his labours and was to him a transcendent advantage in his whole Ministery And verily his pattern took so well with all godly Ministers that heard him that they accounted it their great happines and honour to imitate him with whom very few could keep pace in that most important part of a Ministers office whereby they might be more