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A72904	A sermon preached at the funerall of the worshipfull, Gilbert Davies Esquire at Christow in Deuon. By W. Miller, minister, and preacher of Gods word at Runington. April 15. Anno Dom. 1620.	Miller, William, b. 1592 or 3.	1621 (1621)	STC 17923.5; ESTC S103509	16,465	31

then three full yeers he was not onely excellently inriched with the singular pregnancy of all the faculties and wel stored with the variety of the choysest and profoundest learning such as Logick Rethorick Natural Philosophy Ethicks Oeconomicks Politicks Mathematicks Metaphisicks and Diuinity in all which to my knowledge he was singularly and admirably well grounded and that in a high degree of excellency and perfection But in his life also which he led in accompanying there yong Gentlemen now men of note and fame in England he expressed in his actions not onely an absolute pourtraiture of Aristotles morall vertues but also in his life did shine as a patterne to others of his society in the Diuine graces of faith loue zeale sincerity spirituall wisedome and all kind of duties making towards God and godlines the continuance whereof all the dayes of his life after first in his conuersation at the Court where he liued in loue and fauour with many of great dignity and honour in this Realme and afterwards here in the Countrey amongst vs haue fitted him for a blessed association with God with the holy Angels and the blessed Saints and haue now put him into the possession of euerlasting Happinesse And this of his education Now of his life of which I may truely say after these seuen yeeres inward familiarity with him which he vouchsafed vnto me aboue ordinary measure he was so louing so sweet so comfortable so peaceable a natured man so sound so zealous and so religious a Professor of Christianity and withall so sure and faithfull a friend vnto his louers and followers to speake but of my selfe for all That among many thousands I am assured I shall neuer finde the like But in speaking of his life more particularly I will first begin with his loue to God and so descend to his loue of men Touching his loue to God he was a faithfull and sincere louer of God and his Christ as appeareth by these markes symptomes following first he esteemed the world and all the lusts and pleasures thereof as vanities and base for as the Apostle saith 1. Iohn 2.15 He that loueth the World the loue of the Father is not in him Secondly he was so inwardly inflamed with a high affection and estimation of God aboue all things that he accounted Gods louing kindnesse vnto him better then his life and when any token or signe of Gods loue and fauour was shewne towards him hee alwaies esteemed it as his greatest ioy and was alwaies ready to magnifie the merits of God in remembrance of his benefits towards him Thirdly there was in his heart such a detestation of sinne and wickednesse that he hated sinne because God hated it and he hated sinners because they hated God and was alwaies carefull to do the will of God and to please him in a willingnesse of heart to doe or suffer any thing for his sake Fourthly hee in all his crosses troubles and discontentments which were many and often sweetly comforting himselfe in God onely ranne vnto him making him his defence his rocke his refuge in all his troubles often repeating which I haue heard that comfortable place of the Prophet in distresse Many are the troubles of the righteous but the Lord deliuereth them out of all And are not these with many such that I could recite most euident tokens of his loue to God in the course of his life while he liued among vs Touching the second part which is his loue to men I must first begin with his owne and that also first in his single life A blessed Sonne was he vnto his parents happy in this that they had in him a Sonne that most dutifully did honour them in all obedience reuerence and loue Secondly in the state of Wedlock being after many yeers of affection loue and liking betweene both parties matched at last to their ioyes and comforts vnto a right worthy vertuous and religious Gentlewoman a branch descended from a right Worshipfull and ancient Family Such was the simpathy of their affections that their hearts were so truely and fixedly set in loue one toward the other that still and all this while they both liued the sight of the one was the chiefest pleasure of the others eye both their thoughts feasting themselues with dearest apprehension each on other such was his loue to her and hers to him in the state of Wedlock in which estate soone after twelue moneths comfortable comfort God blessed them with the blessing of a fruitfull wombe for to them was borne a sweet and louely daughter to whom as to a branch proceeding from his loynes and as a member of himselfe his loue was most tender and his affection deare and her admired inclination of loue towards her parents being but an Infant such that they still esteemed her as a speciall blessing and a precious Iewell sent of God this my selfe besides many others that were eye-witnesses of what I speake to your eares can iustly testifie As for his tender and louely loue and his naturall and Christian-like affection to his brethren sisters and kinsfolkes I need say nothing the world of this is a sufficient temony and themselues if they will confesse the truth will be sufficient witnesses Thus much for his owne his loue to them As touching his loue to others I will first begin with the House of God though he haue not for these latter times by reason of his lingering infirmities and dangerous deseases whereof I haue beene too often too true a testimony so diligently frequented the publike exercises of Religion as he desired and that with extraordinary zeale yet that his loue was to Religion and religious men appeareth by his extraordinary fauour and affection to the Ministers of the Gospell not to speake of all that haue had a full experience of this in themselues let my peculiar testimony be as a witnesse of the rest who being but the meanest of Gods messengers haue receiued from him many great and speciall encouragments in the course of my studies First by his countenance as many witnesses can testifie if I should be silent and secondly by his liberality in that to his great cost of his own accord moued questionlesse thereunto by the Spirit of God for the aduancement of his glory hee vouchsafed to procure vnto me the proper vse and benefit of that well-furnished and costly Library of the Reuerend and famous Doctor late deceased who by a happy match was ioyned in wedlock vnto the worthiest of his worthy sisters who is as I may say A Mary by name and a Mary by condition for that the Lord hath dealt so bitterly with her in depriuing her within the space of two yeeres of a louely father a faithfull husband and a friendly brother Secondly as for his loue to other persons of other callings his Tenants and others among whom he liued and to whom he was well knowne how he liued among them in loue in peace in meeknesse I