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Show r668. ·v-v--...; Chap. XX. • No cRosS, No rt R 6 W N. ·\r o-i. t. it'sWotk in Man, our ble!fed Lof<llikentd~ the Kin.gdom of God, '(hich he came to fer up in the Soul: That ~o. having the J.ols and G!orJ. o ano~ ther World, in your View, you may _gtve your be~ D11Jge.nce to ni~ke your Calling Uld EJeflion, to the PofreOton of them, S11re. a_nd Certmn: Left Selling that Noble Inheritan_ce for a poor ,.M.efs of ~erijhmg Pot!ai.e~ yo.u never enter into hiserern:al l{eU. And tho this Te(hmony may !eem tedt· ld ·r by no Means be omided.- To a)Jthonze our /aft ~n:J1J:t 0[0~on~erting Superjluiriu into the Reiief.ff diflr~f!ed Perfonr, (altho''one would think it"isfo equal and Sober, that It ~eeds no other Au ·rhority than it's own, yet) 1 {hall ptl)duce Two Ttjf1monus, fo Remarkable. that 35 they ever were efieemed uuty G.:>od, fo they ca~not be approved b any. that refufe to do the fame,, withou.t condemntng them1el~es of icatlni uity 0 you are called w1th an High and l:loly Ca.ll; as Htgh as fieaven, ir.d ~s Holy as God; fM it. ish~ t~at calls u$ to Hol.mefs, through . Chrift, who fenr bU Son to bleft tn, m turmng t~sfrom tbt Evtlof ()Jif' Wtt)l; ttnd un~es ret art Jo turned fft can have no Cla1m to the Bleffing that comes, byCbri toMen. \ · 'fll' · 1 T! Ei<. Hilf. P• §. XIV. It is reported of fauUnuG, Btfhqp o . oln m Irn 1• 'Ill S• 3S11· inflead of convert{ng the Demains of hu _l)toctfs to p11f'!t~11lar Ennchmtn.rr, be eriJplo)'ed it all in rbe Redemption of pobr Sbvesll'l!d ~nfoners: Bel,evmg ~~ unn•orthy of the Chriflian 1·Fait/J, to fee God's Crta/lfJII !tJbour uqder tbt ~ant of fllbar be h•d ro fpare. All agree t~is was well done, but Jew a· gree to do the fame. . 'J • S.Crat. Scho· §. XXV. Bnt more particularly tha.t of .IIC8dUIS, Bt!hop of Anu a, ~· li~ L 7 f: 2j: ven us by Socrater S~bolaftzctl/1 tn t~ls , Manner\ ~ben the Roman Sold1· ers p11rpofed in no Wife to reflor~ a.Qalll unto the 1<1~g of Perfia, JfiCb Cdp· rives as they had taken at the wmmng Jtzar.enn, bemg aboutjevtn Tbo~r fa•d in Number- (ro the great Grief •f rbe Kin!( of Per~a) and all of the~ ready to ftat\'e for Food ; ' Acacius lamented therr Cofdr1to11~ and caDtnJ b, Clergy rogerber, faid rbus umo them, ·our God hath fio Need o~ l!ltiJII or of 4tUpsS1 for he neither eateth nor drinketh; th~i,"e are not hts Necel.o faries · W hetefore feeing the Cburch hath many 2rec1ous ]nm:lf, both of ,:.; . cJ!olb ~nd r&I!Dit, beftowed of thefree Will and Liberali~y oft he Faithful, it is requifite thJtthe G1ptive So!Jters fhould be ther:)\'~th, rt~eemed,~d tielivered ou't ofPrifon and Bondage; and they,. penfhmg wah ~am1ne~ fhobld therewith be refrefhed and relie~ed: Tb~ he prevai!'d ttJ have tbefl 1111 converted into Monty; jome for tbttr .J111tlledMte. Refrejhmenr, Jomefor ':t their Redemption, an,d the reflfor Coflage or Provijion, tp defray the CharGes of th'eir Voyage, Which N?ble A~ .had fuch an umverfal Influence, , that it more f:lmed the Cbrifltan Rehg1o!l :tmon~fi the lnfide!r, than all their DifpJJtts and Battles: lnfomuch th~t the. King of Perfia, and an lieatben faid The Rcmans enJcavoJtr to wm rbe~r .ildverfar,er botb by Wars tmd 'Favo~rs: And greatly dtjired to behold that Man, wbofe Rt:!igion taught [o much Charity ro Enemies ; which, "tis reported, Tbcodojir1J the Emperur commanded A.c.·ci11s to gratifie Him in. And if the Apofilc Pnufl Expreffion t Tlsn. S• t. hath any Force, That be U wor{e tb"n nn Infidel, v,.'bo providtJ not for bH Family ; how greatly doth this 'Example aggravate your Shame, that ~an . behold fuch Pity and Compaffion expreffed to Srrangerr; nay Enenuu, nnd rhofe lnfidefs too, and he fO negligent of your ~wn Family, (for Entland, -ay, CbriflenJom, in a ~enie, if not the World, lS no m?re) as not onlY to fee their great Ntcej]itlts unanfwered, but that where-w1th they Chould be fatisfied. conver~ed to gtatifie the Lufl of the Eye, tbe Lujl of the !lejh, and the Pride of Life. But however lucb can pleafe themfclves, tn the de· ceitful daubing of their Mercenary Priefls, and dream they are Members of ]'']r1s Chrijl, it is certlin that ~hings were otherwife in the Be~innipg; Aftt4-l'2, for then all war fold and put mto a common Purft,, to Jupply lndlgencus .: :~:~~: lh Not matteri~n earthly InheritJnces, farther than as they might, in fame Senfe beS:~b ervienr to the great End for vyhich they were gi\'en, namely, T(:e Good o the Creation; Thus had the,pureft Chrjftians their Mln.ds and ThoughtS taken up wit~ the ~mer Things, and raifed with the:,~~; VoL. I. No CROSS,~ CROWN. tance of a more excellent Life and Inheritance in the Heavens, thac will ne· ver.pafs away. And ~or a~y to fiacte.r . themfelves with being Chrifrians, whtlft fo muc~ exerctfed 10 the Vanmes, Recreatiolfs 311d Cuftoms of the World, as at this very Day we fee they are, is to Mock the Great God and ahufe their immortal Souls : ~he Cbriflian Life is quite another Thing. ' A~d left t.~at any th~uld obje8:, Many Jo great andfeemingly good .il.Oionr, toraift tbe~r R:putatton only; attd others only decry 'kafure, btcaufe they bav_enot wb~rewzthal, or know not .how to take it ; I !hall prefent them with Senous Say1ngs of .il.gt:d ~nd Dyzng Men; and thofe of the greateft Note and Rank: whofe E~penence coul~ not be wanting to give the rrueft Ac· count, ho~ mu:h th~u Honours, ~zchu, Pftafures and Recreations condu· ced to theu SausfaEt:toJt, upol! a J.uft Reckoning, as 'well before' their ex· tream Momenn, as upon rhea dytng Beds, wbenDeatb that liard Pafi'age into Eternity, looked them in the Face. , CHAP. XXI. Serious Dying, as well as Living TEsTIMONIES. §. J. Solomon. §. 2. Chi/on. §. ~· lgnariur . . §, 4· Jujlin .ilfarryr. §. 5• ~loft.~ . §. 6. Cb.1rles V. §• 7• M"had de Monwgne. §. il. C6rdina1 WHifeJ• §. 9• Ztr Phd1p S1dntJ• §. 10. Secretary W,dfingh.sm. §. 11. !ir g,m, f!14rm. §. 12. Sir WaJ. 'er R~•ldgh. §. 13· a. Wotton. S· 14, Zir Cbriftotber H~ouon. §. 1~. Lord Cli.nue//4r ~"'!· §. ~6. The .Great D11ke <lf MorMr.tnc.J• §. 17. Henry Prinre of Wales. §. 11. P~tlltp Ill ~mg of Sp.,n. §. 19. Count Gond~~mor. §. 20. C.udino~.l Jtjt6liew. §. 21. C1.rO:. dznUM4tarmt •. §. 22. Ch1111reOor Oxriffern. §. 23. Dr• Dun. §. 24, go. Selden. § ¥he Cic f::,''~f" ~~::;~~b. z1~fo~· s~; h;:;;a;;.ne~un§':"3 ,~· ~:;~~~~ ~~!!!'/;,, 'S. ~~: LateEar~of~oebe/fer. §. ~1· One ot:the FamilyofHow~.rd. S· 34• Princc:fslili~Jheth ofthe Jlhme. §. 3~· Comlnij]irmer Whuloti. §. 36. A Sifter of the Family of Penn. §~ 17• My own Fatkr. §. 38. AmknJ Loutber of Masi. §. 19• Stilncurdu~ttmi. III. Tbt Seriom Apprthtn./iom and Expreflionr of feveral Aged ••d Dying Men of Fame and Lrarning. 4l9 !668. ~ Chap. XX. Chap.X%1. ~ §. I. so L 0 M 0 N, than whom, naneis believed, to have more delight.;. FcdeU 2; 1li ed him felfinthe Enjoyments of.rhe World, at leafi:, better to have t<l 1 1• Under1tood them, hear YJhat he fays, ~f~er all his Experience: Ifaid in my Hc11rt, go to ~ow, l w_zll prove thee Wt~b Minh, therefore enjoy P!e.Jfure: A~d behold, thH a!(o " illanftl', I ja1d of Laughter, It;, Mad; -.d of ~rth, what Joth u? I made mtgrent Works, bui!ded Houfes, p!ttnud Vm~yards, made Gardens and Orchards, planted Trees in them of all !lind of Fru1~ .· I got me Sen•ants and M.aidens, nlfo great Po.ffeffions ; I gathered me S1lver and Gold, and the pecJJ!Jar Trenfurer of King1and Provinces . a!~ Jo Men and Women Singers, and the Delights of the Sons of Men ; as M.u .. ficallnfiruments, and that of~U Sorts; fol wm great, and increaftd mort than all that were before me m Jerufalem: .And whaifoever mine f:)'ts deft·· red, I kept nor from them: I.witb·be!d nor mine Heart from any Joy. Then I loo~ed on all the !Vor,h w_h~cb my Hands bad wr~JJght, and behold, All waSI Vanuy .and VexattoD: of Spun.. !he Reafon he gtvtJ in tb~ 18th atid 19tb. Vt:rfesu, .zhat the Tzme of en;oyrng them wa1 very foort anJ it tutU 1mu,... tniRwhofho!IJd be benefillerl by them mhen bt WIU gone., Wherefore h~ con .. eludes aU w11h this; Fear God and keep his Commandments, for tiM is rb~ who!~ Duty of MaJJ: For God !hall bring every Work into Judgment, w-bethenr be Good,or whether it be Evil. 0 that Men would Jay this to Heart! §. ll. t:bi!On, (one of the Seven Wife Men of Grme, already mention· Severa~ A; ed upon ~nother Occafion, affords us a D}'ing TeRimony of great Exam- fOP•lh •11 ple: It lS rel~tc:d thus by A.gelliJJr; When his U(e drew towards an End, ready to be fetzed by Deatil, he fpoke ~hus co .bis Friends about him: H h h 2 ~My |