Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n
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A39175
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An Elegie upon Dr. Tho. Fuller that most incomparable writer, who deceased August the 15th M.DC.LXI. / sic mœret James Heath.
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Heath, James, 1629-1664.
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Wing E452; ESTC R41956
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a_o elegy_n upon_o d_o r_z tho._n fuller_n that_o most_o incomparable_a writer_n who_o decease_a august_n the_o 15_o the_o m._n dc_o lxi_o room_n for_o a_o saint_n set_v open_a heaven_n gate_n here_o come_v the_o author_n of_o the_o holy_a state_n see_v with_o what_o train_n and_o troop_n he_o now_o ascend_v of_o bless_a acquaintance_n and_o celestial_a friend_n blessed_v one_o he_o come_v to_o make_v your_o number_n more_o his_o life_n do_v much_o his_o death_n improve_v your_o store_n such_o modest_a merit_n crowd_n not_o for_o a_o seat_n bliss_n covet_v to_o be_v fuller_n and_o complete_a a_o cherub_n wing_n have_v soar_v he_o to_o this_o hight_n and_o heaven_n be_v now_o in_o stead_n of_o pisgah_n sight_n his_o holy_a war_n but_o now_o be_v finish_v when_o the_o reward_n of_o glory_n crown_v his_o head_n each_o tract_n like_o jacob_n ladder_n still_o do_v rise_v direct_v soul_n and_o fix_v they_o in_o the_o sky_n there_o be_v his_o book_n transcribe_v and_o comprise_v within_o the_o book_n of_o life_n epitomise_v and_o if_o the_o herculean_a labour_n find_v a_o place_n assign_v in_o heaven_n by_o the_o god_n than_o grace_n so_o well_o employ_v and_o exercise_v here_o will_v shine_v far_o bright_a in_o its_o glory_n sphere_n the_o kind_a parcae_n yet_o forbear_v the_o thread_n of_o that_o invincible_a till_o vice_n be_v dead_a and_o he_o have_v quell_v the_o monster_n and_o suppress_v all_o grow_a ill_n and_o set_v the_o world_n at_o rest_n but_o this_o our_o hercules_n be_v snatch_v from_o hence_o i_o the_o middle_n of_o his_o press_n work_n while_o in_o defence_n of_o squalid_a virtue_n through_o injurious_a age_n against_o monstrous_a antic_n he_o a_o war_n do_v wage_v break_v off_o its_o adamantine_a bond_n of_o sleep_n the_o dusty_a marble_n can_v their_o guest_n not_o keep_v have_v rouse_v our_o world_n again_o and_o truth_n appear_v like_a steal_v good_n by_o jar_v of_o the_o year_n prodigious_a luxury_n of_o cruel_a death_n to_o stifle_v thousand_o through_o his_o loss_n of_o breath_n who_o shall_v redeem_v our_o book_n worthy_n from_o the_o grave_n when_o he_o be_v go_v who_o they_o alone_o can_v save_v oft_o have_v we_o strain_v caligula_n wish_n to_o make_v death_n odious_a for_o some_o great_a and_o good_a man_n sake_n but_o here_o how_o true_o sad_a it_o fit_v our_o turn_n where_o fate_n be_v multiply_v in_o fvller_n urn._n take_v then_o the_o triumph_n of_o his_o noble_a pen_n to_o tell_v the_o world_n the_o learned_a be_v but_o man_n and_o that_o the_o rescue_n of_o their_o worth_n from_o time_n death_n in_o his_o fate_n have_v make_v acap'tal_a crime_n but_o know_v illustrious_a soul_n that_o we_o do_v see_v those_o high_a reason_n which_o transport_v thou_o from_o the_o black_a art_n of_o dark_a antiquity_n to_o the_o speculation_n of_o eternity_n let_v the_o beatitude_n there_o fill_v thy_o mind_n while_o we_o be_v content_a with_o what_o thou_o leave_v behind_o and_o if_o forgetful_a be_v or_o spare_v fame_n thy_o art_n of_o memory_n shall_v preserve_v thy_o name_n sic_fw-la moeret_fw-la james_n heath_n london_n print_v m.dc.lxi_o m.dc.lxi_o a_o excellent_a piece_n in_o folio_n now_o in_o the_o press_n press_n the_o worthy_n general_a of_o england_n be_v the_o title_n of_o the_o say_a book_n