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Show . po flo CRO~SJ No CR,.OWN. VoL. I. 1668. ' My Words and A mons, in this long T~r'!l of Years, have been (almoft. ~ ' all) f~<h as I need not Repent of ? whlC)>, peth•Jl:'• you alfo k,now: Ch XXI ' Truly, even flt this time I am cerra1n, . 1 TlfVCr 'own~ue~ any Thmg, rbe ap. ' ' Remembrance of v.'hicb begu s any Trouble itr .me, llf\leis t,h1s one '!lung on~ l~atius Epift. ad Ephef. Mag. Trail. Rom. Euf,I.J.CoJ2o ' ly ; which, Whether .it were done .::Jmi~, _o~ not, 1 a~ uncertam. I f~t ' with two Odiers, as Judge, upon _the L1fe of my Pnen,d ; the _Law was ' fuch as the Perfon muft of neceffity b.e cond.ernned, f¢ that e~th,q '[N ' Frie~d muft ~ofe his Life, or fo~e Decent ~e ufed to~ar~~ the Law. Re~ ' volving many Tbings in my Mipd, f~.r Relief of a Cand.ulOn fo dcfperilte, ' 1 conceiv'd that which I put in Pra~~ce, 10 be of all 10t.h.er the mofi e,fi~ ' to be born: Silently 1 Cond1mned h1m, and p_erfuaded ,thofe Othqs, w~o ' judged, to JJbj.olve him : Thus prefened (tn fo great a Bufi~efs) th_e ' Duty both ot a Jud,ge and Friend. But from. tl1~t .AO I rec~1ve4 th1s ' Trouble; rhar I fear it is not free flOpl Perjjd1011_fnifs ?~d Gut!t, 10 the ' fame Bufinefs, at the fame Time,_ and in a publick Afl:au, to perfuade ' Others, .contr:J.r.y to what was m my O.Wll J.udg~t heft. 0 tender. Confcience! yet a.n Heathen's. Where ~.wells the_ Chriflzan that excellcth? Hard to be found among the .grea~ R_ahb~~ts ()f Oriflendom. , . §. III. ]gnattu~, who lived Witht~ the F1tft HundredYearsafret Cbrijl, left this, al1\()ngl~ orhe> Thjngs, beh!q4 .htm (who was t<ft~ ~~ . .Pie<.<$ of Wild Bea!ts at Rome fot h1s true Fa.uh tn ]efus) Tbr:re u nothmg better, than the li'fBte of a iJoon 4tonfdmce: Intimating, there .might be a Peacr to wick~d .Confciences, that ue pafi feelmg any Tht_ng b;O be. EvdJ hut fivallowed up of the Wi•~ednefs of the Wor/J. And m )itS Ept!t\e to the Churches at ~PP~JPs, Mag.n_tji~, Trallis a.nd 'R,o~e, u_p~n his M~ny~~~ faith, Now I 6tgm to be'! .J?ifc~ple; ! VJ!IJ.h 1111/h_,r Y.1fible f/Or lnytlible Thlngs,Jo that I .may A''" Ghrijl. 0 Heavenly M~ed M~n! A Ble{rd · Martyr Of ]!_{us tcd~ed. ~· JV.]ullfn lll)iltt~~. a Philofop~er, (!"ho rmiv•d G>1ifti~oi,ty fi)ie'""d Twenty Year1 after t)1e Dqt~ o! l&nftius) pla(oly tells us, in his Relation Of .hls ct2:{)nvedion tO~the Cbriflian R1ith, Tbt~t tbe Pour t{ GoJiineft in a piain fimple Chriftian, h11d that lnjiuen<e und Gpe-ratUm.o'ttbis Stt11l, that /Je conld not bJit betake him/elf to a ferio~u and jlri~ Life : And_yer, before, h~ )VaS a Cynick il .J.hi8 Sehl : And dus gav.e htm Joy fl h1s ~rtyrdo•, having fpent his Days as a feriolls Teacher, 3nd il good, Exilmp_le. ADd Eureb. Ecc. Euf.ebtus relates, Tbat tho' he was a/fo a FoUower of Plato.s DoOrme; ytt, Hift.l,4·C.S. wbtn f.~e Jaw tbe Chriftians Pi~ty and Courage; be fMchtJ.td, 110 Pepple Ai Temperare, /efs Volupt'!Jous, pnd mort jet on Divine ThiRJ.I: Whi.ch firf iJJduced bjm to be a Cbrijiit~n. §, V. «:b!Pfq(jom,anot~er Father, f? <a\lcd, lays this doYVn for pecelfary Dp(.hine, ' To Samfi<e the whole Soul a~!l !lolly to the Lord, IS the • }J.Igheft Serv~~e we can pay unto hun .. God prom1feth Mercy unto pe.· ~ njtent Sinners; but Ae d,oth not pron11fe Jhem they lhall have fo _much ' Time as to Morrow for their Repentance. §.VI. <ltba~Je~ y, Empero~ of Germany, 1$:ing of Spain, and Lord of the N~tPerlands, after Tjuee and Twenty Pitch'd Fields, Sj~ TriJ.Ullphs, Four K.\ngdoms .Con.quer'd, and Eigta Principalities added tQ his Dominion$ (~ greater Jnfi:ance than who_m can (qrq:: be given) Reiigned up all ~is Pom_p w other Hands, aQd Qerook hJmfelf ~o his Retirement; leavi.ng thiS 'feih· J)10flY behind him, concerning the Life he fpent in the fl,'ono1,US and Ple~· fures of the World, aQd in that little Time of his Re.tre~t from the$ ~n 1 Tbat tl•e fincere Study, Profcffion o_nd Pra[iicc of the C.brijlirm RefiBion, }Jdd in it {ucb Joy, and Swecrnef, •. as <it.ol)tt~ lllete ft!ltaugf1'1! to. · §.VII. !l}ftbael be !ll)ountajg_ne (a Lord of FraNce, Fat~~ous with M•n of Letters for his Book 0~ /'.Jltljt) aiveth the(e lpfln~Oionl to others, aijd th1S Ch,;rafler of bimfelf, vi:!, ' Amtdl\: qur Banquus, Feajl,; and Pleaf11~C.S1 let ' uS e\'er have this Rdhaint or Obje£t of )Dept~ hefo1e us .s th!l! 1~, the ' Remembrance of 04-r Condition : And let not P{eafurt fo rquc.l1. mtf.lea4 ' or tra,nfport us, that we altogetheh· negleEl: 91 fgrger, how ptany way~ ~ our ]PJ', or ou, Feafli•g• be ~u jetl uqto D<a!l>, aprj ~y how 'J'tjl VoL. I . No C R 0 S S, l(o C 1?. 0 W'N. ' Ho!df4h ilie threat~eth qs a.nd you. So did the 8gyptipns who in the I66£ • midft of their Bwq,.elillgs, and in the Full of tQeir.g-(eareft Ch,eer, cau- ~ ' fed the linMolfiJ of a Dt4d frl"'f to be brol\ght before them, as a Memo· Chap.:KXJ. ' ranJum and !Varnzng to t~ea Guefts .I am now, by Means of the Mer- ' cy of God, tn fuch a tak1ng1 that Without Regret, or GJieying at any ' worldly ma[[er, I am prep;ued to dif.lod,ge, whenfoevcr he !hall pleak ' to .call me. I am every where fr~e: My Fa1:ewtll is foon taken of all my ' Fne~ds; except of my felf.: No Man did ever p,te-pare h:i.mfelf to c::~uit ' t)1eWorld more fimply a~d f~lly, or more generally lay afide all thoughts '.of "'· than I am fun~ a,lfuted I iliall do. All the Glory I ptetend in my ' L1fe, IS, -that.J: ha~e _Ltv d J,tuzetly: f<._uretlJ, not accoidiog_-to .MctroJorn, ' .drafilaus, or Arifltppus i bnt accordmg· to o;~y &If. 'Since Philo[ophy ' coold never find any way for Trmtquility, that rni~hr be generally Good; ' l!.et ~~~t~P ~n tn IJfll own PllttfCIIIat feek fot ft. Let us not propofe : fo fleeting and fo wavering an End unto our felvcs, as the World's Glory: Let us conitantly follow Reafon : And let the Vulgar JJpproborion follow 'us that way, i.f it pleafe. I care not fo ffi\\Ch, wba.t I am with others as ' I refpe£1, what I am fn RIP fe(f: I will be Rich in my felf and not' b.y ' horrowin~. Strangers fee but external Appearances and E\'~nts : EveLy 'Man can fet a good Face JJPPO the Matter, when within he j$ full of Care ' Grief aJJd Infirmiti~s: They fee not my Heart, when they look upon mY : outward Countenance. -We are nought bwt Ceremony ;• CerentoRy doth TranfpOrt ·US, and we leave the SMbfctmce of Things: We hold faft by the ; ~5~ughs, and leave the Trunk or ody, the Subfiance of Things b~hind §. VJU .. 4tai:IJfnallW!OolfeJ.', the ~oft .Ahfolute and Wealthy Minifter of State th1s Ktngdom ever h"d, that tn h1s nme feem'd to Govern EMropC as well as Englrmd, when come to the Period of his Life left the World with this clofe E.eflea-ion upoQ himfelf. H11J I been as' di!ige11t to fer~ my God, ~s I was -~o pleqfe tnJ lp11g, he woJIId not have left me now in tllj Gray H"": A d1fmal \Rej\eEbon for all Worldly Minded Men ; but thole more efpec,1ally wh.o ,have the Power and Means of doing more Good thari ordinary in the World, and do it not , whid feems to have been rhe Cafe and Refl.eEl:ion of this Great Man. §.IX. S.it l.9bflfp l&tllnel' (a Subjetl indeed of Eng!anrJ, but they fay, Chofen Kmg of PoltJnd; whom ·Q.iiec::JJ Elizaberb called Her Philip· the Prince of Orange, {lis M11fler; whofe Friendrhip the Lord Brool:s V:as fo P!oud ,o(, tpat he woul_d have it R~rt of his Epitaph, Here lies Sir Philip S1~ney s ;Fr,end: W,tlote De:Jth wa!.lamented in Verfe, by the then Kinga of Prnnu aJJd Scotland, and the Two Unive.rfi~ies of England) Repenttd fo much ac his Death, of that winy Vanity of his Life, his Arcadia that to prevent the unlawful kindling of Heats in others, he would hav; t:ommitted it to the Flames himiClf 3 and left t<his Farewel amongft hit Friends, Lcve my Meptory, CIJerjjh my Fritnds, their Faith to me may lljfurt youtb~t they are Honeft, bur above all, govern your Will a'l._d AjJe[lions by rbe Will and Word ,o.f your Creat()r .. lR me behold rhe End of tbis World, fRd _IIIJ i1's Vanities. And in~eed. he wa. s not much out, ~n fay{ng fo, fince In ht~ ~as to be ~een th_e En~ .of aU Natural Pa,rts, Acquired Learning, and Clvtl Accompllrhmems. H1s Farewell feems fpoken without Terror, wirh a Clear S~fe, and an Equal Judgmenr. ~· X. Secretary lWialungbam, and an Extr~ordinary Man, in QJ,een Ebz,bet~·~ umc, toward_s the Conclufion of his Days, in a Le1ur to his ;Fel!ow·Sec_re~a.ry, &rle,gh, then Lord·Treafurer of Engl6 n-J, wrices thus.t ~~e have Ltved. enough Jo OMr Country, our Fortunes our Soverai,g11: It z.r Jugh time. we begin to li-vt to 0~ Selves, and t? Ou~ God. Which ~iving occafion for fame Court-Droll to v.ifit~ and try to divert him t .Ab T (faid ~e) While v;e Laugh, ~ll Tbings (lY( Serious round abo111 11s t God is Sc: .. nous, wben be prefervtrk 111, and QtUb Patience towuJs us; Chrilt is Seri. o~s, whtn be Jyerb for Uf; <~.he Holy Ghoft it Serious, fiJben be Striveth wub 111 ; tl~e wbole ~reation is S~riou~ iR'fervilJl God and u.• : They. art Seno\19 |