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Show I - - The Life of the Hon~urable Author •' ' I -- - - - · Modis -~ Which, was the way, that was 1nofi according ro his own Heart. Neither waJ He,ilz biJ time,leffi GraciouJ wit~ t/;e Subject, the1z wiJb hiJ 3overaign : He waJ ever Acceptable, to the Houfe ofComn1ons, when He waJ a Member thereof. Bei1Zf. the'Kjr.gs Atturney,& chofen t.o a place, i~ Parliatnent; HewaJ allowed, a11d dijjunfod wzth, tojit zn the Houfc; which waJ not permitted, to other AtturnCJS~ And aJ he -aaJ, a good Servant, t~ IJii Mafier; Being never 'Yin 19. year 1 Ser-vice, ( aJ himfolf. aver~ed,) rebuk~d by the King, for a11y Thing, relati11g to htJ MaJefty; So he waJ>· a goodtvlafter, to hiJ Servants; And rewarded,their l~ng A~· rc::ndance., with good Places, freely, wben they ftllznto hu r on-·er. f?llhich waJ the 6a1'.[e, th.~~t fo ma~ty you11g Gentletneo, o(Bloud, and Qgality ; Sought to lift the11.tjelveJ, in his Retine\\'. And if he were abufed, by any oft IDem, in th.eir Places ; It -a·aJ onely the Errour, of the Goodneife, ofhis r\ature ; But the BadgeJ of their I~difcretions, and Intem-perances. · · . , ThiJ Lord WttJ Religious: For thougb tiJc World be apt> to Jufpect, and prejudge, Great Wits, and Politicks, t8have fomewht~t, ~f the Atheifi ; Yet h'e wa.t.C01l:-'crflmt with God: AJ appearetb,by Jeverall P ajfages, througho!'t the whole Current, of his Writings .. . Otherwife, he·jbould have cruJfed, hiJ own Principles; which were; That a litde Philofo, phy, maketh l\llcn apt, to forget God; ·As attributing too much.)to SP:cond Caufes; But Depth ef Philofo·phy, briHgeth a Man back, to God again. Now, 1 ttm fure,there 1iJ no Ma11, that will Jeny hin1, or account· otber..,~[e ofhinJ, ! bset to have been, a deep Philofopher. .And not onely fo ; I But he was able, to render a Reafon,of the Hope, which was in hitn; Whieb that Writing of his, of the Confcffion, I of the Faith, doth abundantly trfl~fte. He repaired frequently, when biJ Health -would permit hint, to the Service, of the Church ; To hear Sermons ; To the Adminifhation, oft he Sacratnent, oft he Blelfed Body, ttnd Bloud, ofGhrifi; And I died, in the true Faith, efiablifoed in tbe Church, ofEng- J~nd. . • · TbiJ ~ The Life ot the Honourable Author. - - ----- --.---------- .. -- --- - - ThiJ iJ mofi true ; He n:ai free from Malice ; w/;icb, ( aJ he faid J:lintfelf,) He never ?red, nor fed .I-Je n·as no Revenger oflnJuries; which if he had minded, be iJRd butb Orportunity, 4nd Place High enough, to have clone it. lle ·n:as no Heaver of lHen, out oft heir f laceJ ; AJ delighting, iu th~ir Rnine, and Undoing. Fie was no Drfam er, (1·any Man, to his Prince. One Day, n'hen a great C: tates-tv1an, W tlJ newly Dead; 1/Jat had not been hiJ Friend; The l(ing aJ~d him; What he thought, of that Lord, which was gone? He anfwered; That he would 11ever have n12dc, his Majcfl: ies Efiate better; But he was fi1re, he would have kept i~, from being worfe. fl'hich wa1 tbe -worft, he would Jay of him. Jfrhich I rec~n, not aptoJJgft hi; M )ralJ, but his Chrifl: ian, Vertues. Mis Fatne is greater, a'!d JoundJ /m~,der, i11 Forraign Parts, abroGd, then dt home, in biJ mvn Nation. 1/.~ereby verify ing that Divine Sentence; A Prophet is not without frfonour, fave in his own Countrey, and in his O\Vn Houfe. Concernii1g which, I -ail/ give you a Taft (Jizely, out of a Letter, written fr~nt Italy, (The Store-Houfe ofl\efined vVitrs,) to tbe late Earle ofDevonlhire ; Then, tbe Lord CandHh. I will expect the . New EJ!ayeJ, of my Lord Chancellcr Bacon; As alfo his Hiflor)', with a great deal of Defire; And whatfoever elfe, he {hall cotnpofe. But in Particular, ~fhis Hijlory, I prornife n~y Sdf, a Thing perfecr., and Stngular; efpecially in'Henry'the Seventh; Where he tHAJ exercife, t!Je Talent., of hi~ L) ivine Underfian · ding. This Lord is, tnore and mo re, known; And his Books here, more and tnore, delighted in; And thofe l\!Ien, that have more thar.1 ordinary Knowledge, in Humane AfE1ires, efieem hin1, one of the mofi capable Spirits, of this Age ; And he is truly fuch. Now hiJ F amedoth not decreafe with Dayesfznce, but rather enct·eafe. Diver.! ofhiJ Works, have been, anciently, tt1zd yet late- 1 y tranjl.Ated, into other Tongues, both Learned, aud Mo. dern, by Forraign Pens. Several! Perfons ef~ality, dzlring hiJ Lordfhips Life, croffed the Seas on ·purpofe, to gain an ·------------------~~~~----------------------- |
