An elegie on the death of that learned and pious divine Mr. John Gibbon, late minister of St. Anne Black-Friers, London This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B08986 of text R174921 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing E388A). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B08986 Wing E388A ESTC R174921 64551202 ocm 64551202 184541 2240869928

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B08986) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 184541) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2866:39) An elegie on the death of that learned and pious divine Mr. John Gibbon, late minister of St. Anne Black-Friers, London 1 sheet ([2] p.). s.n., [London : 1663?] Caption title. Place and date of publication suggested by Wing (2nd ed.). Reproduction of original in: Harvard University. Library. eng Gibbon, John, -- Mr -- Death and burial. Elegiac poetry -- England -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo An elegie on the death of that learned and pious divine Mr John Gibbon, late minister of St Anne Black-Friers, London. [no entry] 1663 2 468 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2012-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2012-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2012-08 Sampled and proofread 2012-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2013-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
AN ELEGIE On the DEATH of that Learned and Pious Divine Mr JOHN GIBBON , Late Minister of St Anne Black-Friers , London . NOt that I think my rude unpolisht Verse A meet Encomium for this Noble Herse , This trifle my oblig'd affection paies , The proof , more of my Pen'ry , than his Praise . Whilst others , who are Learned , sacrifice From their abundant Ingenuities : I With my Mite , ( according to my Sphere ) Bring an Oblation of poor Camels hair . So Pepper cornes are Tribute to express A Homage due , not their own Worthiness . You who are Artists , and have wit at will , ( Matter adequate , and proportion'd skill , To the fair Subject ) build a Monument High ( if you can ) as the miraculous Saint . To let succeeding Generations see His wonders , and admire as well as we . In vain you toyl , if this you think to do , Unless you can be Gibbon-hearted too . Thus to commence his Poet in degree , Requireth more than single Sophistry . Were there a Constellation of Wit Met in Conjunction , there were need of it , To draw the Pourtrait of his frailer Glory , But there needs more to reach his upper Story . To say how good he was , how truly great , How meek , how generous , how kindly sweet , How much of Heaven compriz'd in single man , How real and how rare a Christian , And to do Justice to his Piety , Would even pose an University . To say how he did act , how he did teach , How he did in Seraphick manner preach , How he did Blessedness anticipate , By living here at a triumphant Rate , How he did seem a torrid Zone of Zeal , Which he employ'd not to enflame but heal , How he had Faith , which conquered by the Word More of the world than Caesar by his Sword , How he did love without dissimulation , How he did all things to Edification . This is an undertaking only fit For the Divine and Evangelick Wit Of a blest Herbert ; common , slighter stile Will not exalt , but his great Name defile : Some such inspir'd one take the task , and be The Herald of his so vast Exc'llency , In such sad and pathetick Accents shew The doleful portent of this publick Blow , As may make stupid Rocks relent , and move A sorrow as extensive , as his Love ; Which was not limited , but did extend To the whole world an universal Friend . FINIS .