AN
EPITAPH
,
IT
hath
pleased
GOD
,
in
His
most
wyse
and
admirable
providence
,
to
make
troubles
and
afflictions
in
this
lyfe
common
to
the
godlie
and
the
wicked
;
to
let
the
world
see
,
that
the
godlie
doe
wyselie
seeke
and
expect
happinesse
in
another
place
;
and
,
that
wicked
men
are
fooles
,
to
seeke
for
it
here
,
where
it
is
not
to
bee
found
.
But
these
temporall
calamities
,
as
they
haue
diverse
effects
in
the
evill
,
and
in
the
good
;
so
they
come
not
to
them
with
one
and
the
selfe-same
commission
or
direction
from
divine
providence
.
For
GOD
,
when
Hee
sendeth
out
great
afflictions
and
calamities
agaynst
the
wicked
,
such
as
povertie
,
disgrace
,
sicknesse
,
and
death
,
Hee
giveth
them
a
full
commission
,
to
hurt
and
destroy
;
lyke
that
commission
which
Hee
gaue
to
king
Saul
agaynst
the
Amalekites
;
Goe
,
and
vtterlie
destroy
the
sinners
,
the
Amalekites
,
and
fight
agaynst
them
,
vntill
they
bee
consumed
.
But
when
Hee
sendeth
afflictions
to
His
owne
Children
,
Hee
giveth
them
a
limited
commission
;
or
rather
a
loving
charge
,
lyke
that
which
David
gaue
to
Ioab
,
and
the
rest
of
his
Captayns
,
concerning
Absalom
,
agaynst
whom
they
were
to
fight
;
Deale
gentlie
(
sayd
hee
)
for
my
sake
,
with
the
young
man
,
even
with
Absalom
.
grieved
for
their
affliction
,
to
mourne
with
them
,
speake
wordes
in
season
vnto
them
,
comfort
them
,
by
that
comfort
,
wherewith
themselues
haue
beene
comforted
of
GOD.
gentlie
dealt
with
,
and
comforted
in
all
their
tribulations
,
I
thought
my selfe
bound
,
to
wryte
something
vnto
you
at
this
tyme
,
for
your
comfort
;
especiallie
,
seeing
I
know
more
of
that
young
Man
his
secret
walking
with
GOD
,
than
anie
other
:
and
consequentlie
,
am
able
to
giue
you
most
particular
and
credible
assurance
,
of
the
holinesse
of
his
lyfe
,
where
from
you
may
easily
collect
the
happines
of
his
death
.
Of
this
he
himselfe
gaue
some
signification
vpon
his
death-bed
,
to
those
who
were
then
present
with
him
.
For
when
that
last
houre
(
to
him
a
moste
happie
houre
)
approached
,
hee
,
after
the
example
of
Hezekiah
,
comforting
himselfe
with
this
,
walked
before
GOD
in
trueth
,
and
with
a
perfect
heart
,
did
,
for
confirmation
of
that
,
which
he
sayd
,
take
himselfe
to
two
witnesses
:
to
GOD
,
the
onlie
Eye-witnesse
of
the
secret
counsels
of
his
heart
;
and
to
mee
,
then
absent
from
him
,
as
to
the
onelie
Eare-witnesse
on
earth
,
vnto
whom
hee
had
revealed
his
most
private
carriage
.
Wherefore
I
thought
my selfe
oblieged
,
to
declare
to
the
world
,
but
in
speciall
vnto
you
,
in
tyme
of
this
your
heavinesse
,
how
earnest
and
effectuall
a
desire
that
young
man
had
to
encrease
in
grace
,
to
overcome
temptations
,
and
to
liue
an
Angelicall
lyfe
vpon
earth
:
that
you
being
informed
thereof
,
may
rejoyce
for
the
grace
hee
had
then
,
and
for
the
glorie
hee
hath
now
.
Then
,
for
your
comfort
,
consider
,
I
pray
you
,
with
mee
,
onelie
these
two
particulars
:
First
,
what
hath
beene
GODS
dealing
towards
you
in
this
matter
:
Secondlie
,
what
hath
beene
GODS
dealing
towards
him
.
For
is
His
dealing
bee
towards
you
both
in
mercie
,
I
can
not
see
what
reason
you
haue
to
entertayne
such
excessiue
sorrow
.
As
for
His
dealing
towards
you
,
and
others
in
the
lyke
case
,
The
LORD
gaue
,
and
the
Lord
hath
taken
away
;
or
,
as
others
interpret
the
wordes
,
hath
taken
backe
to
Himselfe
:
which
,
at
the
first
hearing
,
I
confesse
,
seeme
to
afford
small
argument
of
comfort
.
For
the
first
seemeth
not
to
importe
anie
matter
of
joye
,
because
it
looketh
to
the
tyme
by-past
,
and
onelie
signifieth
,
that
once
we
were
happie
.
The
other
seemeth
to
importe
reall
miserie
,
because
it
is
meerlie
privatiue
,
and
signifieth
,
that
the
happinesse
wee
once
had
,
is
nowe
removed
.
But
if
we
shall
duelie
weygh
these
words
,
and
convenientlie
apply
them
to
the
present
purpose
,
wee
shall
finde
,
that
much
matter
of
joye
and
comfort
lyeth
hidden
in
them
.
Wherefore
marke
,
howe
Iob
beginneth
at
giving
;
The
LORD
(
sayeth
hee
)
gaue
.
If
hee
had
not
begun
so
,
perhaps
hee
would
not
haue
ended
so
as
hee
did
;
that
is
,
with
blessing
GOD.
MISTRESSE
,
here
begin
with
Iob
,
and
say
,
The
LORD
gaue
.
Remember
the
LORDS
favour
towards
you
,
in
giving
you
such
a
sonne
,
and
continuing
him
with
you
manie
years
;
to
the
effect
,
that
yee
may
joyfullie
prayse
and
blesse
His
Name
.
David
putteth
these
two
well
together
;
Blesse
the
LORD
,
O
my
soule
,
and
forget
not
all
His
benefites
.
For
if
wee
would
blesseth
LORD
,
wee
must
carefullie
remember
His
benefites
.
Lest
therefore
your
melancholie
make
you
deficient
in
paying
this
tribute
to
GOD
,
remember
,
with
a
thankfull
heart
,
howe
GOD
made
you
to
rejoyce
at
his
birth
,
a
man-chylde
was
borne
into
the
worlde
:
and
,
that
GOD
had
given
you
a
sonne
,
(
according
to
our
Scottish
phrase
)
world-lyke
.
But
,
shortlie
thereafter
,
Hee
gaue
you
a
farre
greater
argument
of
joye
,
when
Hee
made
him
to
bee
borne
agayne
,
of
water
,
and
the
Spirit
,
into
another
World
,
which
shall
never
haue
an
end
.
And
wheras
before
he
was
onlie
world-lyke
,
or
lyke
to
men
,
He
made
him
God-lyke
,
or
lyke
to
Himselfe
;
drawing
,
by
His
own
finger
,
that
portrature
of
Himselfe
,
according
to
the
which
,
Man
was
first
created
.
Yet
this
tyme
of
his
infancie
,
was
to
him
and
you
both
,
but
as
it
were
the
seed-tyme
;
and
that
both
in
respect
of
Nature
,
and
also
of
GRACE
.
For
hee
had
then
a
reasonable
Soule
,
which
is
the
seede
,
and
the
originall
of
a
humane
or
reasonable
and
morall
conversation
:
But
,
during
that
tyme
,
hee
could
not
come
to
the
vse
of
it
;
neyther
could
anie
then
perceaue
,
whether
hee
would
proue
a
wyse
man
,
or
a
foole
.
Lykewyse
,
hee
had
then
receaved
Baptismall
grace
,
which
is
the
seede
,
and
the
originall
,
of
a
Christian
,
spirituall
,
and
heavenlie
conversation
.
But
no
vse
,
or
exercyse
,
could
hee
then
haue
of
it
:
neyther
could
anie
man
perceaue
,
whether
hee
would
thereafter
walke
in
the
way
of
Pietie
,
and
Christianitie
,
or
not
.
But
GOD
,
who
is
the
sower
of
both
these
seedes
,
and
maketh
them
to
spring
vp
,
where
Hee
pleaseth
,
and
when
Hee
pleaseth
,
did
make
them
verie
soone
to
spring
vp
both
together
in
him
;
yea
,
also
to
bring
foorth
aboundant
fruit
:
so
that
even
from
his
bairnlie
age
,
hee
had
the
wit
of
a
Man
,
the
knowledge
of
a
Scholler
,
&
the
carriage
of
a
Christian
:
and
,
consequentlie
,
was
to
you
,
during
▪
all
these
yeares
,
which
interveaned
betwixt
his
chyldhood
,
and
his
deatth
,
an
argument
,
or
ground
,
of
great
expectation
,
and
a
matter
of
continuall
joye
.
Now
,
when
GOD
hath
removed
him
,
and
taken
him
to
Himselfe
,
shall
all
these
Favours
of
GOD
towardes
you
bee
buried
in
oblivion
,
as
his
bones
are
buried
in
the
earth
?
Or
,
if
they
remayne
in
the
Register
of
your
memorie
,
shall
they
bee
remembred
without
thankfulnesse
?
Or
,
magnifie
the
LORD
for
them
,
ought
not
also
your
spirit
to
rejoyce
in
GOD
your
Saviour
;
seeing
Hee
that
is
Mightie
hath
done
great
things
to
you
,
&
Holie
is
His
Name
.
It
is
a
grosse
and
fond
errour
,
that
onelie
such
good
thinges
,
as
wee
doe
actuallie
enjoye
,
or
looke
to
enjoye
,
are
the
matter
or
cause
of
rejoycing
.
The
verie
Paganes
sawe
the
absurditie
of
this
errour
:
and
therefore
Seneca
,
comforting
Polybius
,
agaynst
the
death
of
his
brother
,
telleth
him
,
that
hee
ought
not
to
thinke
himselfe
injured
,
by
losing
such
a
brother
;
but
rather
much
benefited
,
by
vsing
and
enjoying
his
pietie
so
long
.
And
hee
addeth
,
that
a
man
is
vnjust
,
and
vnreasonable
,
who
is
not
content
,
that
hee
who
is
the
bestower
of
a
benefite
,
dispose
of
it
according
to
his
pleasure
:
That
hee
is
too
greedie
,
who
thinketh
it
not
gayne
,
that
hee
once
receaved
such
a
benefite
;
but
rather
losse
,
that
hee
hath
restored
it
,
or
that
hee
now
wanteth
it
:
That
hee
is
vngrate
,
who
thinketh
the
ende
of
former
delight
,
an
injurie
:
And
,
that
hee
is
a
foole
,
who
thinketh
that
hee
hath
no
fruit
of
good
thinges
,
except
when
they
are
present
.
And
if
an
Ethnicke
sayde
so
,
wee
,
who
are
Christians
,
ought
,
much
more
,
to
say
,
and
thinke
so
;
seeing
wee
know
,
that
all
good
thinges
,
which
doe
befall
vs
,
as
well
by-past
,
as
present
,
and
to
come
,
doe
flowe
from
one
Fountayne
,
even
that
Fountayne
wich
is
the
sourse
of
all
our
happinesse
;
that
is
,
from
the
loue
of
GOD.
Those
who
haue
fared
well
at
a
Feast
,
are
not
grieved
when
the
dishes
are
removed
;
because
they
know
that
they
were
appoynted
for
the
vse
of
the
guests
onelie
for
a
tyme
.
And
,
if
dishes
bee
removed
before
the
Feast
bee
ended
,
farre
lesse
are
men
grieved
,
because
they
expect
a
newe
service
,
and
other
moe
dayntie
dishes
to
bee
presented
in
their
rowme
.
So
ought
wee
not
to
bee
grieved
,
when
temporall
benefites
are
removed
:
First
,
because
wee
knowe
,
those
thinges
were
onelie
lent
vs
,
for
a
tyme
.
Secondlie
,
because
wee
knowe
,
those
are
not
the
best
thinges
,
which
GOD
hath
appoynted
for
vs
:
but
wee
looke
for
better
,
even
for
such
as
eye
hath
not
seene
,
and
eare
hath
not
heard
,
neyther
haue
entered
into
the
heart
of
man
.
The
other
sentence
,
to
wit
,
The
LORD
hath
taken
away
,
seemeth
,
as
I
sayde
before
,
to
importe
reall
miserie
:
for
,
the
sweeter
a
benefite
is
,
the
more
bitter
&
grievous
is
the
removing
therof
:
and
it
is
accounted
worse
,
to
lose
former
happinesse
,
than
never
to
haue
beene
happie
at
all
.
But
first
,
I
know
,
yee
never
placed
your
happinesse
in
anie
worldlie
thing
;
but
in
the
light
of
GODS
Countenance
,
who
is
onelie
able
to
put
singular
joye
in
mens
hearts
,
even
then
when
al
worldly
things
do
fayle
.
GOD
would
never
haue
bidden
vs
rejoyce
evermore
,
if
Hee
had
not
given
vs
a
permanent
and
vnchangeable
cause
of
joye
.
And
therefore
Chrysostome
marketh
well
,
that
whereas
all
men
in
their
particular
Trades
,
haue
gayned
the
true
roote
of
pleasure
,
and
the
source
,
or
Fountayne
of
joye
.
This
Fountayne
,
hee
telleth
vs
,
is
lyke
the
Ocean
,
from
whence
all
waters
haue
their
originall
;
and
that
because
of
the
greatnesse
thereof
.
For
,
sayeth
hee
,
as
a
sparke
of
fyre
,
falling
into
the
Sea
,
is
easilie
extinguished
;
so
,
whatsoever
evill
commeth
vpon
vs
,
it
falling
into
a
great
Ocean
of
gladnesse
,
is
soone
extinguished
,
and
evanisheth
.
Secondlie
,
that
degree
of
temporall
happinesse
,
which
yee
had
by
your
sonne
,
stoode
not
so
much
in
having
a
sonne
,
as
in
having
a
good
,
pious
,
and
vertuous
sonne
.
And
this
degree
of
happinesse
is
not
removed
,
but
much
augmented
:
and
so
setled
,
and
established
,
that
nowe
vnto
all
aeternitie
yee
shall
haue
such
a
sonne
.
For
his
knowledge
is
now
perfected
;
Fayth
beeing
changed
into
Sight
;
and
Hope
,
into
Fruition
:
and
it
is
fred
from
all
doubting
,
inquyring
,
searching
,
&
from
all
that
trouble
and
sorrow
,
which
here
is
encreased
,
whyle
knowledge
is
encreased
.
But
perhaps
ye
will
say
,
I
know
my
son
to
be
so
as
yee
say
;
but
how
shall
I
thinke
that
I
haue
nowe
such
a
sonne
,
Hee
hath
not
left
vs
,
but
gone
before
vs
.
And
wryting
to
Marcia
in
the
lyke
argument
,
Wee
haue
sent
them
away
;
yea
,
beeing
shortlie
to
follow
,
wee
haue
sent
them
before
vs
.
Indeede
,
it
is
true
,
they
who
are
dead
,
shall
never
returne
to
vs
.
If
wee
knewe
no
more
but
this
,
wee
might
justlie
giue
way
,
even
to
the
verie
excesse
of
griefe
:
But
blessed
bee
GOD
,
who
hath
given
vs
this
comfort
,
wee
shall
goe
to
them
.
Wherefore
,
as
when
men
are
a-flitting
from
one
place
of
habitation
,
to
another
,
some
persons
of
the
familie
goe
before
the
rest
,
to
that
newe
dwelling
place
,
and
others
stay
behinde
,
intending
shortlie
to
come
thither
also
:
and
therefore
,
are
not
grieved
for
the
separation
from
them
,
whom
they
sent
before
them
.
So
wee
,
and
our
families
,
are
vpon
our
flitting
,
having
foundations
,
whose
builder
and
maker
,
is
GOD.
It
is
not
GODS
will
,
that
all
should
flit
at
once
;
but
Hee
will
haue
whyles
the
Husband
to
goe
before
the
Wyfe
,
and
whyles
the
Wyfe
to
goe
before
the
Husband
;
whyles
the
Parentes
to
goe
before
the
Children
,
and
whyles
the
Children
to
prevent
the
Parentes
.
What
cause
of
great
sorrow
is
there
here
,
if
men
and
women
would
rightlie
consider
this
,
and
firmlie
belieue
it
?
Thirdlie
;
seeing
the
happinesse
of
Parents
consisteth
much
in
the
happinesse
of
their
Children
,
if
death
was
to
your
sonne
Advantage
,
incorruptible
Crowne
;
in
comparison
〈…〉
the
glorie
of
earthlie
Crownes
,
and
〈…〉
Thrones
,
is
but
basenesse
.
Nowe
,
to
come
to
GOD'S
dealing
towardes
him
;
I
hope
it
shall
afford
you
great
matter
of
joy
,
if
yee
consider
it
,
as
yee
ought
.
I
will
not
speake
of
GOD'S
dealing
towardes
him
,
in
bestowing
naturall
and
morall
giftes
vpon
him
;
as
desire
of
knowledge
,
paynfull
diligence
,
in
stryving
to
attayne
thervnto
,
sharpnesse
of
wit
,
soliditie
of
judgement
,
and
an
happie
progresse
,
farre
aboue
all
his
Condisciples
,
in
humane
literature
,
Philosophie
,
and
Theologie
.
These
were
,
indeede
,
great
benefites
of
GOD
:
But
it
was
not
the
rememberance
of
these
thinges
,
which
vphelde
him
at
the
tyme
of
his
death
:
Nor
yet
can
the
consideration
of
these
thinges
now
afford
you
that
joyfull
assurance
of
the
happinesse
of
his
death
,
and
of
his
estate
nowe
after
death
,
which
yee
desire
to
haue
.
Wherefore
,
let
vs
consider
GOD'S
dealing
towardes
him
,
in
the
worke
of
his
Salvation
:
And
let
all
those
who
are
exercysed
with
such
Tryalls
,
and
Conflicts
of
Conscience
,
as
hee
was
,
learne
at
him
,
to
wayte
patientlie
vpon
GOD
,
vntill
they
get
the
victorie
.
It
is
well
knowne
vnto
you
who
are
his
Parentes
,
howe
carefullie
hee
remembered
his
Creator
,
in
the
dayes
of
his
youth
:
and
howe
,
whyle
hee
was
yet
a
Chylde
,
GOD
,
by
His
Spirit
,
possessed
his
heart
,
making
him
to
finde
heavenlie
delight
,
in
all
spirituall
exercyses
,
whereof
hee
was
then
capable
:
which
appeared
by
his
ordinarie
,
and
almost
perpetuall
frequenting
of
them
,
to
the
great
admiration
of
all
who
knewe
him
,
and
to
the
great
benefite
of
his
Brethren
and
Sisters
,
whom
,
at
all
tymes
,
hee
was
carefull
,
partlie
by
his
example
,
and
partlie
by
his
pious
conference
,
to
aedifie
,
&
to
draw
with
himselfe
into
the
way
of
Godlinesse
.
Hee
found
nothing
,
then
,
but
sweetnesse
,
and
delight
,
and
heavenlie
ravishmentes
in
serving
of
GOD
;
(
for
it
pleaseth
GOD
,
often
tymes
,
so
to
allure
young
ones
to
His
service
)
but
,
afterwardes
,
GOD
having
furnished
him
with
greater
strength
of
Grace
,
called
him
to
harder
,
and
more
vnpleasant
,
but
yet
more
glorious
service
;
that
is
,
to
wrastle
with
manie
temptations
,
doubtinges
,
and
feares
;
and
for
overcomming
of
these
,
to
seeke
the
LORD'S
Face
,
with
extraordinarie
humiliations
,
prayers
,
and
fastinges
;
which
by
frequent
exercyse
became
so
ordinarie
vnto
him
,
that
it
was
harder
to
him
to
desist
from
them
,
than
to
abstayne
from
his
bodilie
and
naturall
food
.
By
these
exercyses
of
devotion
,
hee
made
singular
progresse
in
that
strayt
way
,
that
leadeth
to
Lyfe
:
yea
,
I
may
boldlie
say
,
that
hee
did
out-runne
manie
who
had
begun
to
runne
therein
long
before
him
.
Yet
,
so
vnsatiable
was
his
hunger
after
Righteousnesse
,
that
whereas
others
thought
hee
did
too
much
,
keeping
his
bodie
vnder
,
that
his
Soule
might
the
more
and
more
bee
lifted
vp
vnto
GOD
,
hee
himselfe
thought
hee
did
nothing
:
ever
most
humblie
esteeming
himselfe
an
vnprofitable
servant
;
and
,
with
PAVL
,
fortgeting
the
thinges
that
were
behinde
.
And
because
hee
intended
,
and
moste
vehementlie
desired
,
to
serue
GOD
,
in
the
holie
Ministerie
,
GOD
having
fitted
and
furnished
him
with
manie
singular
graces
for
that
Calling
;
to
his
frequent
exercyses
of
devotion
,
Hee
added
extraordinarie
and
invincible
diligence
in
the
studie
of
DIVINITIE
;
especiallie
in
meditating
vpon
the
holie
SCRIPTVRES
,
and
reading
the
best
Commentaries
that
he
could
get
therevpon
.
CHRIST'S
Bibliothece
.
In
a
word
,
then
,
hee
desired
to
know
nothing
,
but
CHRIST
,
and
Him
crucified
:
crucified
with
CHRIST
,
vnto
the
worlde
.
This
his
earnest
and
industrious
care
,
to
seeke
GOD'S
Face
,
as
it
was
to
mee
,
whom
hee
oft
acquaynted
with
the
secret
estate
of
his
conscience
,
a
matter
of
great
joye
;
so
,
at
last
,
it
procured
to
himselfe
vnspeakeable
contentment
,
and
tranquillitie
of
mynde
,
together
with
a
confident
relying
vpon
the
mercie
of
GOD
,
and
the
powerfull
intercession
of
IESUS
CHRIST
.
Happie
,
yea
,
thryse
happie
was
his
wrastling
with
GOD
;
for
thereby
hee
obtayned
and
inherited
the
Blessing
.
Happie
was
his
hungering
and
thirsting
for
Righteousnesse
;
for
in
due
tyme
hee
was
satisfied
,
and
filled
.
Happie
was
his
seeking
of
GOD
;
heard
him
,
and
delivered
him
from
all
his
feares
.
And
,
therefore
,
let
all
those
,
who
seeke
the
LORD
with
the
lyke
earnestnesse
,
and
diligence
,
looke
vnto
him
,
and
to
their
owne
comfort
and
encowragement
,
saye
,
as
DAVID
willed
others
to
saye
of
himselfe
;
This
poore
man
cryed
,
and
the
LORD
heard
him
,
and
saved
him
out
of
all
his
troubles
.
To
conclude
,
then
,
GOD'S
dealing
towardes
him
,
was
as
it
vseth
ordinarilie
to
bee
towardes
His
owne
Elect.
For
,
as
GREGORIE
the
great
,
the
allurementes
of
sweetnesse
,
in
His
service
,
to
the
effect
hee
may
be
the
more
enamoured
with
it
,
and
that
hee
may
the
more
easilie
with-drawe
his
heart
from
those
carnall
pleasures
,
with
which
before
his
conversion
,
hee
was
bewitched
.
Thereafter
,
when
through
continuance
,
and
encrease
of
grace
,
hee
is
enabled
,
and
fitted
,
to
endure
hardnesse
,
as
the
good
Souldier
of
IESVS
CHRIST
,
Fightinges
with
Temptations
.
But
,
in
the
ende
,
that
gracious
and
kynde
LORD
,
who
will
not
suffer
vs
to
hee
tempted
aboue
that
wee
are
able
;
but
with
the
temptation
,
also
maketh
a
way
to
escape
:
He
,
I
say
,
giveth
to
the
man
whom
Hee
hath
so
exercysed
,
inward
rest
,
and
refreshment
;
mitigating
his
temptations
,
pacifying
his
troubled
thoughts
,
and
chearing
his
heart
with
heavenlie
&
vnspeakeable
consolations
:
Upon
the
which
(
sayeth
GREGORIE
)
his
Soule
perceaveth
joye
,
passing
all
measure
,
through
the
hope
it
hath
of
heavenlie
Glorie
.
So
then
,
to
expresse
this
purpose
to
you
in
fewe
wordes
,
(
and
I
shall
doe
it
in
GREGORIE
his
owne
wordes
)
those
who
are
converted
to
GOD
,
doe
meete
,
first
,
with
pleasant
or
delightsome
thinges
,
that
they
may
bee
comforted
:
thereafter
,
with
bitter
things
,
that
they
may
bee
exercysed
:
and
,
last
of
all
,
with
sweet
and
sublime
thinges
;
even
with
joyes
vnspeakeable
and
glorious
,
that
they
may
bee
confirmed
,
or
corroborated
,
agaynst
all
difficulties
,
crosses
,
and
temptations
.
Yee
may
see
now
,
Mistresse
,
how
gracious
and
mercifull
GOD
hath
beene
in
His
dealing
both
towardes
you
,
and
towardes
your
sonne
:
as
also
,
how
great
cause
yee
haue
to
leaue
off
your
mourning
for
his
departure
,
and
to
rejoyce
for
his
advancement
to
that
Kingdome
,
which
GOD
hath
promised
to
all
those
that
loue
Him
.
For
if
ye
rejoyced
at
his
birth
,
because
a
Man
was
borne
into
this
world
,
innumerable
companie
of
Angels
,
spirits
of
just
men
,
made
perfect
?
For
seeing
there
is
such
joye
in
Heaven
,
at
the
conversion
of
a
sinner
;
coronation
of
a
sinner
?
And
,
to
conclude
,
if
yee
rejoyced
so
much
with
your
friendes
,
at
his
Baptisme
,
because
he
then
became
a
CHRISTIAN
,
and
was
admitted
into
the
Church
militant
,
should
yee
not
now
farre
more
rejoyce
,
seeing
hee
is
,
by
death
,
translated
into
the
Church
triumphant
?
where
,
as
a
crowned
Christian
,
and
as
a
glorious
Saynct
,
hee
beholdeth
that
moste
amiable
,
and
louelie
,
yea
,
moste
Glorious
Countenance
of
GOD
;
in
whose
presence
there
is
fulness
of
joye
,
and
at
whose
Right
Hand
there
are
Pleasures
for
evermore
.
FINIS
.