THE
LAST
HOURS
OF
Dr.
ANDREW
RIVET
.
§
.
1.
THE
multitude
and
variety
of
things
memorable
which
do
occurre
in
this
Narrative
,
doth
so
much
amaze
us
,
that
through
fear
of
our
own
insufficiency
either
to
remember
,
or
express
them
in
a
due
man●er
,
and
according
to
their
●ignity
and
worth
,
we
cannot
●ut
wish
,
this
task
had
been
●ndertaken
by
abler
hands
.
But
●eeing
it
is
matter
of
fact
,
and
●ords
heard
,
which
we
are
to
give
an
account
of
,
we
had
rather
(
so
we
may
but
serve
the
profit
of
our
Friends
)
expose
our
prudence
unto
censure
,
than
be
defective
in
our
care
and
good
endeavours
in
this
matter
;
wherein
,
that
we
might
be
sure
to
write
nothing
but
most
certain
Truth
,
we
have
chosen
to
bury
many
things
in
oblivion
,
by
a
silen●
passing
over
what
we
hav●
but
an
imperfect
remembranc●
of
;
and
shall
content
our
selve●
to
make
a
rehearsal
with
simplicity
and
truth
,
of
those
grav●
and
almost
divine
Speeches
which
as
they
were
poure●
forth
by
this
Holy
man
,
wer●
faithfully
preserved
,
partly
i●
the
Memory
,
and
partly
in
th●
written
Notes
of
those
wh●
constantly
attended
on
him
And
yet
though
we
employ
ou●
utmost
diligence
herein
,
w●
shall
never
be
able
to
give
them
their
just
weight
and
Emphasis
;
for
who
can
imitate
that
flowing
stream
of
words
which
with
equal
wisdom
and
piety
proceeded
from
him
,
in
an
(
almost
)
continued
discourse
,
for
the
space
of
twelve
dayes
and
as
many
nights
?
Or
who
can
represent
to
the
Life
the
motions
of
a
mind
,
boyling
with
Meditations
,
when
the
Spirit
of
God
administred
such
an
extemporary
effort
of
sayings
proceeding
from
his
fruitful
breast
,
and
gravely
uttered
when
his
sences
were
no
waies
impaired
,
as
he
was
diversly
acted
either
by
Grief
and
Fear
,
or
Hope
and
Joy
?
§
.
2.
It
will
be
but
necessary
,
before
we
enter
upon
the
Relation
of
other
things
,
briefly
to
mention
something
concerning
the
Temper
and
Disposition
of
this
holy
person
,
and
his
Circumstances
before
his
last
sickness
,
that
the
Grace
of
God
towards
his
Servant
may
appear
the
more
illustrious
;
when
we
see
with
what
care
and
Providence
he
disposed
his
Affairs
in
the
whole
course
of
his
life
,
but
especially
in
this
last
act
thereof
.
Besides
those
excellent
gifts
wherewith
he
was
adorned
(
which
cannot
here
be
reckoned
up
particularly
)
through
the
Goodness
of
God
he
had
been
favoured
with
the
enjoyment
of
a
sound
Mind
in
a
sound
and
healthy
Body
;
he
was
of
a
chearful
and
sedate
Spirit
,
holding
on
in
an
even
course
of
Life
,
neither
lifted
up
with
prosperity
,
nor
cast
down
by
adversity
.
So
that
by
the
habit
of
a
comely
and
moderate
deliberation
,
he
was
ever
blessed
with
an
inward
Joy
,
and
possessed
all
things
with
delight
and
Gratitude
;
being
no
less
ready
to
part
with
them
without
regret
and
trouble
,
pursuing
his
own
profit
and
advantage
in
a
serious
contemplation
of
the
vanity
of
all
worldly
things
;
often
repeating
that
of
the
Apostle
:
The
things
which
are
seen
are
temporal
,
but
the
things
which
are
not
seen
are
eternal
,
2
Cor.
4.
18.
He
was
never
moved
with
sorrowful
events
that
fell
out
suddenly
,
whether
in
publick
,
or
in
his
private
concerns
,
as
a
man
surprized
by
an
unexpected
evil
;
neither
was
the
tranquility
of
his
mind
shaken
by
them
:
He
was
wont
to
say
;
Nothing
is
impossible
;
I
wonder
at
nothing
.
Neither
on
the
contrary
,
did
he
at
any
time
break
forth
into
a
loose
and
immoderate
Joy
;
as
being
one
set
in
an
higher
place
,
and
looking
down
upon
all
things
here
below
as
uncertain
and
perishing
.
He
never
found
himself
,
on
any
other
account
under
such
perturbation
,
nor
shewed
the
like
,
as
upon
the
decease
of
the
young
Prince
of
Orange
,
who
from
a
Child
had
been
committed
to
his
instruction
and
tuition
;
and
whose
Death
(
as
he
often
affirmed
)
he
bewailed
out
of
pure
Charity
,
and
not
for
any
private
loss
that
himself
might
sustain
thereby
:
Because
the
confidence
he
had
of
his
excellent
disposition
,
and
expectation
of
his
longer
Life
,
had
raised
him
to
the
hope
that
he
would
prove
a
useful
Instrument
for
the
good
both
of
the
State
and
the
Church
.
From
that
time
he
seemed
to
be
more
than
ever
drawn
off
from
worldly
things
,
and
used
to
speak
of
them
with
a
certain
loathing
and
disdain
.
The
frame
of
his
mind
was
also
discovered
,
by
a
frequent
interrupting
of
his
accustomed
course
of
reading
the
Scriptures
in
order
in
his
Family
,
and
turning
to
some
select
Chapters
,
such
as
Job
14.
Eccles.
3.
and
4.
Psal.
49.
and
144.
From
whence
he
took
the
occasion
of
such
discourses
,
as
shewed
what
Meditations
he
was
customarily
taken
up
with
.
§
.
3.
In
the
last
week
wherein
he
lived
in
health
,
being
in
his
Garden
accompanied
by
a
Friend
,
and
walking
up
and
down
therein
,
as
he
was
wont
,
with
great
pleasure
,
he
gave
order
what
he
would
have
done
in
the
dressing
of
some
Trees
,
and
then
added
:
If
I
live
till
the
Spring
time
,
they
will
afford
me
a
pleasant
sight
;
but
if
not
,
I
shall
be
in
a
Garden
far
more
pleasant
.
When
his
Friend
interposed
and
said
,
There
was
no
cause
why
he
should
presage
such
a
thing
to
himself
,
seeing
he
was
sound
and
lively
;
he
received
a
Rebuke
from
Dr.
Rivet
to
this
purpose
:
The
time
is
now
come
that
I
am
to
be
treated
after
another
manner
;
my
age
is
so
far
declined
and
hasting
to
an
end
,
as
plainly
to
declare
that
death
(
which
none
can
be
exempted
from
)
stands
at
my
door
:
And
truly
death
is
the
principal
matter
that
I
meditate
on
;
God
is
my
witness
,
that
I
desire
not
it's
delay
,
but
am
ready
with
a
chearful
mind
to
embrace
it
,
yea
even
this
day
,
if
the
will
of
God
were
so
.
On
the
same
day
he
was
entreated
by
Mr.
Hulsius
the
Pastor
of
the
French
Church
in
that
place
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Breda
.
,
that
on
the
next
day
,
being
Decemb.
25.
he
would
preach
a
thanksgiving
Sermon
after
the
celebration
of
the
Lords
Supper
;
which
he
consenting
to
do
,
chose
for
his
Text
Psal.
144.
3
,
4.
Lord
,
what
is
man
that
thou
takest
knowledge
of
him
,
or
the
Son
of
man
that
thou
makest
account
of
him
?
Man
is
like
to
Vanity
;
his
dayes
are
as
a
shadow
that
passeth
away
.
In
his
Sermon
he
had
an
eminent
assistance
from
God
,
and
delivered
his
matter
with
a
strong
and
clear
voice
,
and
great
liberty
of
speech
;
and
chiefly
applyed
his
discourse
,
to
shew
what
favour
and
honour
God
had
vouchsafed
unto
man
,
as
well
in
causing
that
the
Son
of
God
should
be
a
Man
,
as
in
giving
him
for
our
nourishment
unto
Eternal
Life
;
from
thence
teaching
the
Notice
God
took
of
mortal
men
,
and
how
it
had
pleased
him
to
embrace
them
in
his
favour
,
and
to
magnifie
them
.
And
in
speaking
to
the
answer
of
the
Psalmist
,
Man
is
like
to
Vanity
,
he
touched
upon
the
loss
of
the
Prince
,
whose
Instructor
he
had
been
,
which
was
then
fresh
in
memory
;
but
with
words
no
way
inclined
to
flattery
,
but
becoming
the
Matter
and
Person
that
he
spoke
of
,
and
which
breathed
forth
nothing
but
pure
affection
:
withal
taking
notice
of
the
Goodness
of
God
,
who
in
the
midst
of
his
Judgments
had
shewed
mercy
to
the
house
of
Orange
,
to
which
he
had
granted
a
new
Offspring
(
a
Son
being
then
born
)
that
the
dying
hope
of
that
Noble
Family
might
be
revived
before
him
:
At
length
he
closed
with
a
Meditation
of
Death
,
an
example
of
which
(
said
he
)
seeing
Young
men
that
are
strong
,
have
before
them
in
a
young
man
snatch't
from
the
earth
in
the
flower
of
his
age
and
strength
,
it
ought
to
be
often
revolved
in
their
minds
,
and
deep
thoughts
of
approaching
death
to
be
entertained
,
which
admits
of
no
return
to
life
:
What
is
man
?
(
said
he
)
Nothing
but
flesh
,
obnoxious
to
putrefaction
?
a
flower
that
springs
up
to
day
,
and
to
morrow
is
cut
down
:
even
a
vapor
that
appeareth
for
a
little
time
,
and
then
vanisheth
away
,
like
the
breath
that
proceedeth
out
of
my
mouth
.
For
the
cold
being
great
that
day
,
did
so
condense
his
breath
,
that
it
might
be
seen
of
all
to
whom
he
was
preaching
.
§
.
4.
When
the
Sermon
was
finished
,
he
returned
home
as
lively
and
well
as
he
had
been
seen
for
some
years
past
;
nor
did
he
the
next
day
feel
any
decay
of
his
former
strength
.
But
on
Thursday
,
which
was
the
27th
of
December
,
he
began
to
complain
§
.
5.
On
the
second
day
after
his
disease
had
seised
him
,
he
well
understanding
the
nature
of
it
,
declared
what
the
event
would
be
;
Not
(
saith
he
)
that
I
would
neglect
Remedies
;
that
I
may
please
my
Friends
,
I
will
do
whatsoever
is
thought
meet
to
be
done
,
being
secure
as
to
the
issue
,
which
I
commit
to
the
Providence
of
God
:
Then
he
asked
his
Neece
,
Mrs
Mary
Moline
,
what
she
conceived
of
his
disease
,
which
he
thought
would
prove
mortal
:
And
when
she
answered
,
That
her
opinion
was
the
same
;
yet
that
he
had
no
reason
to
fear
any
thing
,
having
been
long
prepared
to
follow
God
when
he
should
call
;
that
the
time
of
his
Life
hitherto
had
been
long
,
if
it
were
crowned
with
an
happy
and
Glorious
End
.
Thou
speakest
right
(
saith
he
)
and
I
pray
thee
alwaies
address
thy self
to
me
with
like
speeches
;
and
while
my
sickness
continues
,
depart
not
from
me
day
nor
night
:
Promise
me
now
that
thou
wilt
keep
a
chearful
countenance
,
and
that
thou
wilt
speak
nothing
to
me
but
what
may
administer
joy
and
support
to
me
;
although
I
fear
not
death
,
yet
I
fear
the
tryal
of
those
pains
which
I
have
alwaies
had
a
very
sharp
feeling
of
.
Then
suddainly
turning
his
speech
unto
God
,
he
said
:
Great
God!
thou
art
my
Father
,
thou
hast
given
me
both
Life
,
and
a
new
Life
,
thou
hast
taught
me
from
my
youth
,
and
I
have
declared
thy
wonderful
works
,
forsake
me
not
now
in
my
old
age
:
Hitherto
through
thy
peculiar
favour
thou
hast
preserved
me
sound
in
my
body
;
and
my
faculties
and
the
functions
of
my
mind
have
not
been
impaired
;
so
that
a
little
before
I
was
opprest
by
this
disease
,
I
found
my self
as
apt
and
ready
for
the
exercise
of
my
Vocation
,
as
in
my
Flourishing
Youth
:
O
Lord
God!
if
it
be
thy
will
that
I
should
longer
attend
upon
thy
service
,
thou
canst
asswage
my
disease
in
one
moment
:
but
if
thou
hast
decreed
otherwise
,
lo
here
is
thy
Servant
;
thy
will
be
done
:
This
one
thing
I
begg
with
most
inward
affections
,
that
thou
wilt
make
me
conformable
to
thy
good
will
:
Let
not
thy
good
Spirit
depart
from
me
,
that
in
this
conflict
thy
strength
may
make
me
a
Conquerour
:
Accomplish
this
,
O
Lord
,
for
thine
own
sake
:
And
seeing
thou
hast
imployed
me
in
thy
work
,
grant
that
I
may
die
an
honourable
death
,
and
such
as
may
be
an
example
unto
others
:
That
I
may
stand
fast
in
that
sound
Doctrine
which
I
have
taught
,
and
may
make
a
good
confession
thereof
before
witnesses
,
that
thereby
thy
Church
may
be
both
instructed
and
edified
.
Let
me
apply
to
my self
by
a
lively
Faith
all
the
Promises
of
the
Gospel
,
and
let
them
put
forth
their
efficacy
in
me
,
unto
my
joy
and
eternal
consolation
,
that
nothing
in
the
world
,
neither
affliction
,
nor
distress
may
seperate
me
from
thee
,
or
cause
me
to
doubt
of
thy
love
and
favour
.
Thou
knowest
my
weaknesses
and
infirmities
;
permit
not
the
grievousness
of
my
pain
to
cast
me
into
impatience
or
murmuring
:
either
make
my
pains
tolerable
,
or
furnish
me
with
fortitude
and
constancy
sufficient
to
bear
them
:
That
I
may
not
offend
with
my
Tongue
,
keep
thou
the
door
of
my
lips
.
§
.
6.
The
remainder
of
the
day
was
taken
up
with
pains
,
the
use
of
Remedies
,
and
the
Visits
of
Friends
:
when
the
night
came
on
,
he
earnestly
intreated
Mrs.
Rivet
his
wife
,
that
she
would
retire
her self
into
the
next
Chamber
;
not
only
because
she
was
afflicted
with
a
vehement
Cough
,
but
also
that
he
might
remove
her
from
the
grievous
sight
of
himself
when
tormented
with
his
pains
;
and
because
he
found
his
tender
affections
more
moved
at
the
sight
of
her
,
than
any
other
person
.
So
none
remained
with
him
but
his
Neece
Mrs.
Mary
Moline
,
and
two
of
the
household
servants
.
But
who
can
particularly
relate
the
speeches
which
he
uttered
,
and
in
a
manner
poured
forth
that
night
and
the
day
following
?
(
which
was
Thursday
Decemb.
29.
)
with
an
Affection
and
Order
inexpressible
,
breathing
from
his
Heart
nothing
but
Repentance
,
Faith
,
Charity
,
and
holy
Zeal
!
In
a
word
,
he
implored
the
mercy
of
God
with
the
Greatest
self-denial
,
and
abasement
of
Soul
,
confessing
himself
to
be
a
miserable
sinner
,
and
casting
away
all
confidence
in
any
good
thing
which
he
had
done
in
his
life
;
yea
speaking
of
that
with
great
very
contempt
,
he
accused
his
own
defects
,
and
ascribed
unto
God
the
Glory
of
his
good
works
;
often
repeating
such
expressions
as
these
.
It
is
God
that
hath
wrought
the
work
for
me
:
Shall
I
alledge
or
plead
my
own
Righteousnesses
before
him
?
Far
be
that
from
me
:
If
I
should
justifie
my self
,
my
own
mouth
would
condemn
me
;
I
will
rather
open
my
sin
before
him
,
in
a
most
humble
confession
of
it
,
and
pray
that
he
will
increase
in
me
the
Grace
of
true
Repentance
;
yea
let
him
wear
out
this
body
with
sorrow
,
it
matters
not
;
so
he
give
to
me
a
broken
and
a
contrite
Heart
,
which
is
a
sacrifice
acceptable
to
himself
;
As
for
my
part
,
I
do
most
willingly
offer
up
my self
:
Accept
O
Lord
this
imperfect
Sacrifice
,
and
supply
the
defects
thereof
by
the
perfect
Righteousness
of
that
great
high
Priest
who
through
the
eternal
Spirit
offered
himself
unto
God
without
Spot
,
Let
me
be
accepted
as
a
living
Sacrifice
,
holy
,
and
well-pleasing
unto
God
,
which
is
our
reasonable
service
.
Crucifie
,
O
Lord
,
this
old
man
,
that
the
body
of
sin
may
be
utterly
destroyed
,
and
I
may
rise
again
unto
a
new
life
:
The
wages
of
Sin
is
death
,
bu●
the
Gift
of
God
is
Eterna●
life
by
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord
Then
repeating
the
word
Gift
he
added
:
It
is
meer
Grace
not
of
Works
,
but
of
him
that
calleth
;
Who
shall
la●
any
thing
to
the
charge
of
God
elect
?
It
is
God
that
justifieth
Who
is
he
that
condemneth
?
I●
is
Christ
that
dyed
,
yea
rathe●
that
is
risen
again
,
who
is
eve●
at
the
right
hand
of
God
,
wh●
also
maketh
intercession
for
us
.
Then
after
a
little
interruption
of
his
discourse
,
by
a
shor●
sleep
;
he
thus
proceeded
.
I
am
God's
and
he
wil●
save
me
;
he
hath
honoure●
me
with
an
holy
Calling
;
and
hath
not
suffered
his
gif●
to
be
altogether
useless
in
me
as
to
the
Edification
of
hi●
Church
:
As
to
my self
,
I
can
most
truly
affirm
,
that
I
have
not
served
him
for
filthy
Lucre
,
but
with
a
sincere
heart
;
and
that
I
was
my self
first
perswaded
of
the
truth
of
the
Gospel
,
and
experienced
the
efficacy
thereof
,
before
I
preached
it
to
others
,
I
tasted
the
good
Word
of
God
,
which
by
it's
power
pierceth
even
to
the
dividing
asunder
of
Soul
and
Spirit
,
and
is
a
discerner
of
the
thoughts
and
intents
of
the
heart
.
Thou
hast
known
my
heart
,
O
Eternal
God!
thou
knowest
that
I
am
not
ashamed
of
the
Gospel
of
Christ
,
but
have
esteemed
it
my
only
honour
to
serve
thee
;
and
that
I
have
delighted
my self
in
the
pleasure
of
obeying
thy
will
!
Such
was
thy
goodness
unto
me
!
I
truly
and
humbly
acknowledge
,
that
whatsoever
good
was
in
me
,
flowed
from
thy
Grace
;
bu●
my
defects
ought
to
be
ascribed
to
my
inbred
Corruption
:
Alas
!
I
acknowledg●
this
with
humble
and
serious
repentance
;
how
oft
hav●
I
sinned
in
so
holy
a
Charge
not
only
by
omitting
man●
things
which
I
ought
to
hav●
done
,
but
also
by
doing
many
things
amiss
!
How
of
have
I
offended
through
negligence
,
and
slackness
!
Long
since
had
I
been
cast
off
,
wer●
it
not
that
I
had
to
do
wit●
so
good
a
Lord
,
who
hat●
born
with
me
,
and
hath
bee●
so
gracious
to
me
as
no●
to
exact
a
severe
account
o●
my
Words
and
Works
!
Alas
▪
O
Lord
my
God!
Enter
no●
into
Judgment
with
thy
servant
,
for
in
thy
sight
shall
no
man
living
be
justified
.
Let
me
be
found
not
having
mine
own
Righteousness
,
but
the
Righteousness
of
thy
Son
,
for
the
sake
of
which
,
I
beg
thy
favour
.
Pardon
,
O
my
God
,
Pardon
the
Iniquity
of
thy
Servant
,
who
is
devoted
to
thy
Fear
:
I
refuse
not
thy
discipline
,
I
know
it
is
necessary
;
only
this
I
earnestly
beg
,
that
it
may
turn
to
my
Salvation
:
Chasten
me
,
O
Lord
,
but
in
measure
,
lest
thou
bring
me
to
nothing
:
Let
not
my
tryal
exceed
my
strength
,
lest
I
Sin
through
Impatience
,
and
become
a
Scandal
to
those
I
should
edifie
.
O
let
me
never
break
out
into
a
murmuring
complaint
:
O
how
light
is
this
chastisement
,
if
compared
with
my
fault
!
What
are
these
temporal
pains
,
in
comparison
with
those
Eternal
torments
from
which
I
am
redeemed
by
him
that
poured
out
hi●
Soul
upon
the
Cross
for
me
!
For
Me
!
This
is
the
languag●
of
Faith
,
which
makes
a
particular
application
of
General
Promises
.
This
is
a
faithful
saying
,
and
worthy
of
a●
acceptation
;
That
Jesus
Chris●
came
into
the
World
to
sav●
sinners
,
of
whom
I
am
Chief
Lord
,
I
believe
,
help
tho●
mine
unbelief
:
Turn
tho●
me
,
and
I
shall
be
turned
indeed
:
Seal
all
thy
Promise
in
my
Soul
:
Cause
in
the
inmost
of
my
heart
a
lively
perception
of
those
sweet
word●
My
Son
,
be
of
good
comfor●
thy
sins
are
forgiven
the●
With
such
holy
Meditatio●
and
speeches
as
these
,
was
th●
Thursday
night
passed
over
.
§
.
7.
On
Friday
morning
,
By
all
means
(
said
he
)
that
ought
to
have
been
done
sooner
;
and
then
gave
order
himself
concerning
it
.
About
Nine
of
the
Clock
he
was
visited
by
Renessius
a
Doctor
of
Divinity
,
and
Pastor
of
a
Dutch
Church
;
who
in
the
Latine
Tongue
saluted
him
after
this
manner
:
Most
excellent
man
,
how
do
you
?
To
whom
he
answered
in
the
same
Language
:
I
am
yet
strong
,
neither
doth
my
Speech
fail
me
;
but
that
passage
in
my
bowels
is
not
yet
opened
,
and
unless
that
be
opened
,
I
see
I
must
make
my
passage
another
way
,
even
that
which
the
Eternal
God
hath
set
before
me
from
my
Infancy
:
I
should
be
the
most
ungratefull
of
men
,
if
I
should
not
acknowledge
the
mercy
of
God
towards
me
,
who
hath
so
wonderfully
preserved
me
even
from
my
Cradle
:
Then
rehearsing
his
deliverance
from
a
very
dangerous
[
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*
Viz.
A
fall
whereby
his
life
was
in
graet
hazard
.
accident
that
befell
him
in
his
Infancy
,
through
the
negligence
of
the
Maid
;
he
added
,
From
that
time
my
Mothe●
consecrated
me
unto
God
and
he
abundantly
blessed
me
all
my
life-time
,
and
the
whole
Family
:
And
therefore
I
place
all
my
hope
in
the
goodness
of
God
,
being
ready
either
to
live
or
to
dye
.
I
have
alwayes
thought
,
tha●
either
this
disease
would
be
my
death
,
or
else
the
Stone
,
for
I
have
scarce
ever
been
afflicted
with
any
other
distemper
:
I
pray
you
to
testifie
unto
all
men
,
that
I
dye
in
that
Faith
and
Doctrine
,
which
I
have
alwayes
delivered
both
in
Preaching
and
Writing
:
And
if
perhaps
in
some
things
I
have
erred
,
I
pray
God
that
he
will
make
perfect
all
my
Imperfections
.
The
rest
of
the
day
was
filled
up
with
the
Visits
of
Friends
;
for
he
would
have
none
hindred
from
coming
to
him
.
Let
all
that
will
(
saith
he
)
have
access
to
visit
me
;
I
ought
to
give
an
Example
of
dying
to
other
men
.
With
such
sayings
as
these
,
he
filled
the
by
standers
both
with
Consolation
and
with
Wonder
;
while
he
thus
proceeded
:
Come
see
a
man
who
is
an
Example
of
the
Great
Mercy
of
God
:
What
shall
I
render
unto
him
?
All
his
Benefits
overwhelm
me
:
He
hath
so
disposed
my
Life
,
that
in
my
whole
Course
,
I
have
had
an
healthful
Body
;
he
hath
heaped
upon
me
both
temporal
and
spiritual
Blessings
:
And
now
before
I
am
rendred
feeble
or
morose
thro'
Old
age
,
he
comes
unto
me
,
and
prevents
me
;
he
both
calleth
me
;
and
causeth
me
willingly
to
follow
him
at
his
Call
:
And
now
the
end
of
my
Life
is
within
my
view
,
he
still
affords
me
the
perfect
use
of
my
Reason
,
that
I
may
praise
the
Holy
Name
of
God
in
the
Land
of
the
Living
,
and
instruct
my
Neighbour
by
my
Example
:
Pray
for
me
,
my
Friends
,
that
this
Grace
may
be
continued
unto
me
till
I
draw
my
last
breath
;
that
he
will
strengthen
my
Faith
,
confirm
my
Patience
,
and
raise
my
Hope
;
He
hath
already
captivated
all
my
affections
to
his
will
;
I
have
cast
the
care
of
me
,
of
mine
,
of
life
,
and
all
my
affairs
upon
him
;
Let
him
do
with
my
body
as
pleaseth
him
,
so
it
may
but
be
well
with
my
Soul
:
There
is
no
going
hence
without
pains
;
this
Flesh
must
suffer
,
and
fall
;
It
matters
not
;
provided
the
Soul
obtains
new
strength
;
and
I
arrive
at
a
better
Mansion
than
that
made
with
hands
;
It
is
that
I
aspire
to
,
I
lament
not
the
World
:
I
have
lived
long
enough
,
and
have
had
leisure
to
make
tryal
of
all
things
,
and
to
know
that
they
are
vanity
and
vexation
of
Spirit
:
One
thing
is
necessary
;
To
fear
God
and
keep
his
Commandments
,
for
that
is
the
whole
duty
of
man
.
And
now
there
is
nothing
that
I
am
concern'd
about
,
neither
is
my
life
dear
unto
me
,
so
that
I
may
finish
my
course
with
joy
,
and
fulfill
the
Ministry
which
I
have
received
of
the
Lord
;
which
is
best
done
at
the
last
:
This
is
the
end
,
and
this
the
mark
which
a
Christian
ought
to
aim
at
:
The
end
of
this
frail
life
is
the
beginning
of
Eternal
life
:
O
happy
change
!
Truly
I
fear
nothing
;
Christ
is
gain
both
in
life
and
death
;
he
forsakes
me
not
:
If
he
make
heavy
my
bodily
pains
,
yet
he
increaseth
the
joy
of
my
Soul
:
Come
,
and
I
will
tell
you
what
he
hath
done
for
my
Soul
;
I
called
upon
him
,
and
he
inclined
his
ear
and
heard
me
;
he
hath
blotted
out
my
sins
as
a
cloud
;
And
as
a
Father
pitieth
his
Children
so
the
Lord
pitieth
them
that
fear
him
.
His
manner
was
to
let
no
Minister
part
from
him
,
before
he
had
prayed
with
him
;
Pray
unto
God
(
would
he
say
)
now
is
the
acceptable
time
.
§
.
8.
Towards
Evening
,
when
the
Gentlewoman
his
wife
could
not
be
prevailed
upon
to
withdraw
,
and
betake
her self
to
some
rest
;
It
troubles
me
(
said
he
)
to
see
so
dear
a
person
,
and
one
that
I
honour
so
much
,
so
far
in
years
,
and
of
so
weak
a
body
,
to
wear
out
her self
at
this
rate
:
But
then
giving
way
to
her
desire
,
Seeing
thou
wilt
have
it
so
(
said
he
)
Tarry
;
It
is
a
pleasure
to
me
to
see
thee
:
The
Lord
strengthen
thee
.
The
night
before
Saturday
was
spent
in
grievous
pains
,
and
in
most
ardent
Prayers
for
the
Church
of
God
,
for
the
Princes
that
were
Defenders
of
it
,
for
the
People
that
lived
under
their
jurisdiction
,
and
for
the
Pastors
to
whom
the
care
of
Souls
was
committed
:
Speaking
particularly
of
the
States
,
(
viz
:
of
the
Vnited
Provinces
)
he
said
,
O
God
withdraw
not
thy
protection
from
these
Provinces
,
neither
remove
thy
Candlestick
away
;
Let
not
thine
anger
burn
against
them
because
of
that
impiety
and
profaneness
which
hath
made
too
great
a
progress
;
Rather
bow
their
hearts
unto
Repentance
,
and
convert
men
,
that
they
may
prevent
thy
Judgements
:
Let
them
coalesce
in
one
body
:
especially
let
them
be
joyned
unto
thee
,
without
whom
all
union
is
but
conspiracy
?
do
thou
praeside
in
that
Assembly
:
bend
their
hearts
so
,
that
all
their
decrees
may
turn
to
the
good
of
the
Common-wealth
,
and
especially
of
the
Church
:
Grant
unto
them
,
that
with
due
equity
,
nobleness
and
gratitude
,
they
may
remember
that
Prince
who
only
remains
of
the
stock
of
his
noble
progenitors
,
whom
thou
hast
made
use
of
to
accomplish
thy
work
in
the
midst
of
them
:
Indue
this
child
with
the
Spirit
of
thy
Fear
,
of
Prudence
,
Fortitude
and
Magnanimity
;
and
deliver
him
from
profane
men
,
base
flatterers
,
and
such
servants
as
are
enticers
unto
,
and
the
Instruments
of
Vices
and
infamous
pleasures
;
and
grant
to
him
such
as
are
faithful
,
incorrupt
,
lovers
of
Truth
and
Equity
,
that
by
their
means
he
may
learn
to
distinguish
Vertue
from
Vice
;
to
shun
the
one
and
embrace
the
other
:
It
is
time
,
O
Lord
,
for
thee
to
help
.
When
the
night
was
spent
he
was
exceedingly
wearied
and
tyred
out
,
both
with
overmuch
speaking
,
and
especially
by
means
of
abstinence
from
drink
,
with
which
he
was
wont
to
be
refreshed
:
for
when
through
the
extremity
of
his
thirst
he
was
forced
to
take
down
a
little
,
immediately
his
stomach
cast
it
back
again
,
being
like
a
Vessel
filled
to
the
top
,
that
could
receive
no
more
.
The
Physitians
afflicted
his
body
with
the
use
of
various
Remedies
,
but
he
bore
all
with
an
even
temper
of
mind
;
often
saying
,
I
have
told
you
before
,
that
the
use
of
these
things
will
be
to
no
purpose
:
but
't
is
no
matter
,
I
must
comply
with
you
,
do
what
you
please
,
for
your
own
Satisfaction
.
§
.
9.
That
Saturday
he
was
burning
Fever
,
Delirium
,
and
vomiting
of
his
excrements
:
And
thereupon
he
began
to
be
afflicted
with
much
solicitude
,
while
his
mind
was
intent
upon
the
thoughts
of
the
grievousness
of
these
Symptoms
:
and
in
frequent
Ejaculations
he
sent
up
short
and
ardent
Prayers
to
God
about
it
.
My
God
(
said
he
)
have
mercy
upon
me
;
deliver
me
from
the
opprobry
which
I
fear
:
for
thou
art
gracious
.
And
smiting
his
belly
,
he
said
,
This
is
a
bag
of
filth
,
a
sink
,
and
collection
of
griefs
:
But
thanks
be
to
my
God
,
that
he
hath
afflicted
me
in
this
more
ignoble
part
;
my
heart
in
the
mean
time
remaining
strong
,
and
my
brain
free
and
clear
,
so
that
I
might
have
liberty
to
meditate
upon
thy
power
and
goodness
.
This
favour
,
O
Lord
God
(
which
is
invaluable
)
reserve
for
me
,
That
my
mouth
may
utter
nothing
but
what
breaths
forth
Charity
,
Praises
,
and
Thanksgivings
:
O
that
it
may
not
be
defiled
with
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Viz.
The
casting
up
of
excrements
.
this
filthiness
.
Let
this
building
be
brought
down
where
its
ruine
began
,
which
let
me
behold
as
one
set
on
high
with
a
constant
and
peaceful
mind
,
even
a
mind
elevated
to
spiritual
things
,
which
with
all
earnestness
I
follow
after
;
knowing
that
flesh
and
blood
cannot
inherit
the
Kingdom
of
God
,
neither
can
Corruption
inherit
Incorruption
.
And
in
the
insuing
night
he
did
often
inculcate
,
Who
is
mortal
man
that
thou
shouldst
so
magnifie
him
,
and
think
upon
him
!
He
is
like
to
vanity
:
Flesh
,
and
a
wind
that
passeth
away
.
With
how
small
a
thing
are
the
strongest
among
men
cast
down
?
By
a
vile
excrement
,
by
a
little
obstruction
,
which
no
Remedies
can
open
!
Thou
hast
done
this
,
O
thou
Eternal
one
;
Thus
it
pleaseth
thee
;
and
I
would
have
it
so
too
:
Let
it
be
done
to
me
according
to
thy
Word
:
I
am
in
thy
fatherly
and
Gracious
hands
,
I
fear
nothing
;
Thou
art
my
safeguard
;
and
my
exceeding
great
reward
.
Then
he
repeated
in
the
Hebrew
tongue
that
sentence
out
of
Lamentat
.
3.
24.
Thou
art
my
portion
,
saith
my
Soul
.
And
seethose
that
stood
by
him
,
were
alwayes
speaking
to
him
of
Good
things
▪
Well
done
,
(
said
he
)
cease
not
to
strengthen
me
,
unto
that
end
God
will
supply
you
with
matter
for
discourse
,
for
he
is
not
only
present
with
the
sick
himself
for
his
aid
,
but
also
with
them
that
are
called
to
succour
him
;
for
he
is
nigh
unto
all
that
call
upon
him
in
truth
.
Then
he
again
poured
forth
his
prayers
for
the
Church
of
God
;
saying
,
O
Lord
,
it
is
thy
possession
,
which
thou
hast
purchased
with
thine
own
blood
:
forsake
not
thine
own
work
;
let
an
holy
jealousie
be
kindled
in
thee
,
lift
up
on
high
the
arm
of
thy
power
,
and
bring
down
the
audacious
ones
,
which
tyrannize
over
thy
flock
;
Rebuke
thou
the
negligent
,
that
heal
her
wounds
slightly
:
Reduce
into
the
way
those
that
wander
;
and
strengthen
that
which
is
ready
to
fall
,
through
division
:
Gather
both
the
one
and
the
other
to
thy self
into
one
body
,
building
them
upon
the
foundation
of
the
Prophets
and
Apostles
,
Jesus
Christ
himself
being
the
And
then
making
a
little
pause
,
he
added
,
I
have
been
one
of
those
builders
;
I
have
brought
what
I
received
from
the
Lord
,
that
I
might
put
to
my
helping
hand
with
others
towards
the
building
of
this
Temple
;
and
I
my self
shall
be
a
Living
Stone
in
this
Spiritual
House
.
He
suffered
no
day
nor
night
to
pass
over
without
his
Prayers
for
the
House
of
Orange
:
Tbou
hast
afflicted
it
,
O
Lord
,
(
said
he
)
but
we
beseech
thee
let
it
not
be
destroyed
:
Let
this
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The
young
Prince
born
but
a
little
before
.
Branch
grow
up
,
which
if
it
be
thy
good
pleasure
,
may
come
to
be
a
fruitful
tree
in
it's
time
:
Let
all
acknowledge
that
good
to
come
from
thee
;
and
that
thou
alone
canst
give
both
being
and
well-being
:
How
great
folly
is
it
to
put
confidence
in
man
,
and
in
the
Son
of
man
,
who
is
nothing
:
His
breath
goeth
forth
,
and
then
his
best
contrived
thoughts
perish
.
§
.
10.
On
the
next
day
,
which
O
Lord
thou
hast
granted
unto
me
to
see
the
beginning
of
the
year
:
thou
hast
measured
out
my
time
unto
the
midle
of
this
Age
:
Then
he
asked
what
hour
of
the
day
it
was
,
and
what
weather
?
when
it
was
answered
,
that
the
weather
was
very
sharp
and
severe
,
he
was
afraid
it
might
hinder
his
Son●
journey
to
him
:
Whereupon
he
addrest
himself
to
God
after
this
manner
.
O
my
God
,
bring
my
Son
unto
me
,
that
I
may
see
him
,
embrace
him
,
and
bless
him
before
I
dye
.
Then
turning
himsel●
to
his
Wife
,
he
said
;
Dost
think
this
earnest
desire
to
see
him
proceeds
from
some
carnal
affection
?
Nothing
less
!
Truly
I
love
no
man
any
more
according
to
the
flesh
:
I
earnestly
desire
his
eternal
Salvation
;
and
I
hope
to
have
those
discourses
with
him
which
may
increase
his
zeal
in
adorning
his
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*
His
Son
was
a
Minister
.
spiritual
Vocation
:
I
have
yet
spirit
,
and
utterance
sufficient
for
that
work
.
Let
none
be
hindred
from
coming
to
me
:
It
is
usual
for
a
man
in
my
station
,
by
admonishing
others
,
publickly
to
make
confession
of
his
own
Faith
:
not
for
the
sake
of
a
little
vain
Glory
,
O
Lord
thou
knowest
:
for
it
little
concerns
me
to
be
approved
unto
men
,
provided
I
may
approve
my self
unto
God
:
but
I
desire
the
Salvation
of
many
,
and
to
give
testimony
to
the
truth
of
those
things
which
I
have
publickly
taught
.
This
day
also
was
taken
up
with
the
Visits
of
Friends
;
and
amongst
others
that
came
,
there
was
Collonel
Verneuil
,
and
some
more
Officers
in
the
Garrison
,
of
which
two
or
three
were
of
Poictou
;
unto
whom
he
said
,
I
rejoyce
that
I
have
opportunity
to
make
a
Confession
of
my
Faith
before
you
that
are
my
Countrey-men
;
And
I
pray
you
to
keep
it
i●
memory
,
and
give
testimony
of
it
where
it
shall
be
necessary
:
For
you
see
before
you●
eyes
a
man
(
weak
indeed
but
)
without
guile
,
who
solemnly
protesteth
,
That
h●
hath
never
published
in
hi●
Writings
,
nor
taught
wit●
his
Lips
,
any
thing
that
di●
not
agree
with
the
sence
o●
his
heart
,
and
the
Doctrin●
which
hath
been
delivered
t●
us
by
the
Prophets
and
Apostles
;
which
is
the
same
wit●
that
which
is
found
in
th●
Confession
of
Faith
of
ou●
Churches
,
in
which
I
hav●
lived
,
and
in
which
I
purpose
to
dye
.
The
Lord
God
Almighty
confirm
you
in
that
Faith
,
so
that
nothing
may
move
you
from
it
:
For
what
will
it
profit
a
man
,
if
he
gain
the
whole
world
,
and
lose
his
own
Soul
?
Seek
ye
first
the
Kingdom
of
God
,
and
the
righteousness
thereof
,
and
then
all
other
things
shall
be
added
to
you
.
Learn
to
number
your
dayes
:
And
get
a
wise
heart
:
Look
upon
me
,
and
let
me
be
an
example
unto
you
:
It
is
but
eight
dayes
since
I
preached
to
you
of
Mans
frailty
,
being
my self
in
health
,
and
lively
at
that
time
,
and
now
you
see
the
truth
of
what
I
said
,
in
my self
:
Certainly
what
is
visible
to
us
,
and
set
before
our
eyes
,
hath
a
more
perswasive
power
,
than
words
which
only
beat
the
ears
.
And
then
taking
his
leave
of
them
,
he
added
,
The
Lord
deliver
you
from
the
allurements
of
the
world
,
and
give
you
an
increase
of
his
fear
,
and
of
all
spiritual
and
temporal
gifts
.
A
while
after
there
came
to
hi●
the
worthy
Snellen
Burgomaster
of
Breda
,
unto
whom
h●
chearfully
gave
an
account
●
the
nature
of
his
disease
,
wit●
the
causes
and
consequents
there
of
;
and
then
said
,
Praise
be
to
God
who
hat●
given
me
to
know
the
en●
of
my
life
:
I
should
be
th●
most
ungrateful
of
all
men
,
●
I
were
not
contented
wit●
that
measure
and
term
●
Life
,
which
he
hath
afforde●
me
;
and
if
I
should
not
acknowledge
his
great
Goodness
,
and
provident
care
●
me
in
the
whole
course
●
my
life
:
Especially
I
giv●
him
thanks
for
laying
ou●
this
place
for
me
to
pass
m●
old
age
in
,
amongst
good
me●
with
whose
kindness
I
hav●
been
refreshed
,
and
to
who●
for
their
multiplied
favou●
towards
me
,
I
can
never
make
a
sufficient
return
of
thanks
:
Of
your
sincere
Affection
(
most
worthy
Sir
)
in
a
special
manner
I
have
had
experience
,
for
which
I
give
you
my
hearty
thanks
,
and
in
your
Person
to
your
whole
Corporation
,
which
I
beseech
you
to
signifie
to
them
:
and
to
intreat
for
me
,
that
they
will
give
me
a
place
of
Burial
large
enough
for
me
,
and
my
wife
who
will
quickly
follow
me
.
When
he
had
thus
exprest
himself
,
he
dismissed
him
with
prayers
for
the
welfare
of
him
and
his
family
.
§
.
11.
About
evening
he
desired
to
be
helped
out
of
his
bed
,
and
to
sit
in
a
Chair
;
where
he
perceived
the
swelling
of
his
Belly
to
reach
to
the
pit
of
his
Stomach
;
which
gave
him
apprehension
that
hi●
end
drew
neer
;
wherefore
sending
for
Mr.
Dauber
an
emine●
Civilian
,
he
imparted
to
hi●
his
purpose
of
adding
a
Codicil
to
his
Will
:
And
in
orde●
thereto
he
sent
for
the
Town
Clerk
and
the
two
Consuls
,
an●
having
fully
declared
his
min●
to
them
,
the
business
being
don●
and
sealed
;
he
began
to
discourse
of
another
settlemen●
by
the
resignation
of
himse●
and
his
into
the
hands
,
an●
unto
the
care
of
God
;
expressing
his
assurance
of
the
blessing
of
God
upon
his
:
and
the
added
,
That
he
did
exceedingly
rejoyce
,
that
he
should
leave
behi●
him
a
Wife
excelling
in
virt●
and
motherly
affection
to
the
chi●dren
of
her
husband
;
and
also
●
Son
that
was
a
good
man
,
a●
studious
of
peace
,
who
would
be
a
Father
to
the
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*
The
Children
of
one
of
his
Sons
that
was
deceased
.
three
little
ones
,
whose
Guardian
he
was
appointed
by
that
Codicil
.
And
for
this
last
office
he
rendred
unto
them
his
thanks
,
and
to
the
Council
of
the
City
in
general
;
and
in
particular
blessed
each
of
them
and
their
Families
.
And
when
they
were
departed
,
he
went
to
his
bed
again
;
and
seeing
no
body
stand
about
him
but
his
little
Family
,
he
said
to
his
Niece
,
My
Daughter
,
do
not
depart
from
me
,
but
persist
with
me
in
the
duty
of
Prayer
:
do
not
fear
to
rehearse
all
those
words
to
me
which
God
shall
suggest
unto
thy
heart
or
mouth
;
this
sweet
and
pleasing
communication
shall
help
to
pass
over
this
night
with
the
more
ease
:
And
God
will
be
with
us
,
and
assist
our
good
intentions
:
He
will
help
our
weaknesses
,
and
afford
us
matter
of
supplications
,
and
thanksgivings
:
such
discourses
are
pleasing
unto
him
;
he
attends
unto
them
that
fear
him
,
when
they
talk
together
of
those
things
that
belong
to
the
Salvation
of
their
Souls
.
And
then
as
one
in
a
Rapture
,
he
said
,
My
God!
thou
hast
drawn
me
,
and
I
was
drawn
!
thou
hast
known
me
from
my
Mothers
womb
,
with
a
Merciful
and
Efficacious
knowledge
:
thou
has●
called
me
by
Name
:
thou
hast
bored
mine
Ears
,
and
I
was
attentive
:
I
have
declared
thy
message
in
the
Congregation
,
and
thy
word
was
sweeter
than
Honey
in
my
mouth
.
Who
am
I
!
O
God
,
but
dust
and
ashes
,
an
earthen
and
a
frail
Vessel
,
into
which
notwithstanding
thou
hast
been
pleased
to
pour
an
holy
liquor
,
and
seed
of
immortality
:
Thou
livest
,
and
thou
makest
me
to
live
;
I
shall
not
dye
,
but
live
for
ever
,
with
that
life
which
is
hid
with
Christ
in
God
:
Blessed
and
holy
is
he
which
hath
a
part
in
the
first
Resurrection
:
over
him
the
second
death
shall
have
no
power
.
Behold
I
am
dead
;
and
also
raised
from
the
dead
:
I
live
not
in
my self
,
but
in
the
life
of
the
Son
of
God
,
who
loved
me
,
and
gave
himself
for
me
.
What
should
I
mention
more
?
I
can
make
no
return
of
thy
faithfulness
to
me
,
or
of
the
benefits
thou
hast
bestowed
on
me
:
Thou
hadst
chosen
me
,
before
thou
gavest
me
a
being
;
and
it
pleased
thee
that
I
should
be
born
of
believing
Parents
,
and
especially
of
a
Mother
eminent
in
Holiness
,
who
dedicated
me
to
thy
service
from
my
tender
years
:
With
how
many
prayers
did
she
stir
me
up
to
that
holy
purpose
!
With
what
care
and
affection
did
she
instill
the
seeds
of
Piety
into
me
!
And
the
Almighty
God
who
worketh
all
in
all
,
gave
his
blessing
to
this
diligent
nurture
,
and
heard
her
ardent
prayers
;
and
my
Ministry
hath
been
accepted
of
him
;
I
am
thy
servant
,
O
my
God
,
thou
hast
taught
me
from
my
youth
;
and
I
have
taught
thy
wonderful
works
,
and
thy
grace
unto
this
day
;
for
thy
gifts
have
not
been
without
fruit
in
me
:
Thou
usest
weak
instruments
for
the
accomplishing
of
thy
work
:
Thou
hast
pardoned
,
thou
hast
helped
me
;
thou
hast
accepted
the
truth
and
sincerity
of
my
heart
:
And
now
,
O
my
God
,
seeing
it
is
evident
thou
wilt
have
me
retire
from
this
valley
of
Miseries
,
do
not
thou
forsake
me
in
this
last
and
important
act
:
If
it
be
thy
will
that
I
dye
;
that
also
is
my
will
:
I
am
ready
,
my
heart
is
prepared
:
I
give
thee
my
heart
,
for
that
is
it
which
thou
requirest
;
Let
this
gift
be
approved
by
thee
;
Receive
this
gift
which
is
thine
own
,
from
him
to
whom
thou
hast
given
all
things
,
who
gives
himself
to
thee
.
O
Lord
,
I
give
thee
thanks
;
thou
instructest
me
,
thou
inlightenest
me
,
thou
talkest
with
my
Soul
:
O
Lord
thou
imbracest
me
in
the
arms
of
thy
mercy
!
Grant
also
that
I
may
embrace
thee
by
a
lively
Faith
,
and
that
I
may
apply
unto
my self
the
Promises
of
the
Gospel
,
which
I
have
proposed
unto
others
:
let
them
be
Effectual
in
me
,
that
by
them
I
may
be
supported
against
all
pains
,
yea
death
it self
.
§
.
12.
Then
turning
his
speech
to
his
Niece
,
he
said
:
That
I
may
not
tire
thee
with
long
discourses
,
Admire
thou
the
Grace
of
God
towards
me
,
and
bless
him
who
fortifies
me
with
patience
:
Observe
my
words
unto
my
last
breath
,
and
commit
them
to
writing
as
fully
as
thou
canst
,
that
thereby
my
dearest
Brother
,
with
others
of
my
near
kindred
and
affinity
,
as
also
my
friends
,
may
be
Comforted
and
Refreshed
:
To
which
when
she
returned
answer
;
That
she
was
unable
to
retain
,
and
commit
to
wriing
such
an
abundance
of
holy
speeches
as
flowed
from
him
,
he
Replyed
;
Fear
not
;
only
do
thine
endeavour
,
and
God
will
help
thee
:
If
God
give
me
strength
,
I
will
write
a
short
Epistle
,
which
shall
be
for
a
testimony
that
Credit
is
to
be
given
to
thy
Relation
.
(
And
he
was
alwaies
wont
upon
the
mention
of
any
thing
of
this
nature
,
to
adde
,
)
Not
that
I
would
hereby
procure
praise
to
my self
;
But
I
would
have
it
known
unto
all
,
That
the
Religion
which
I
have
professed
,
and
taught
in
the
name
of
God
,
is
the
true
Religion
,
and
that
alone
which
leads
men
unto
Salvation
:
And
particularly
,
I
would
have
my
brother
informed
of
that
inestimable
Grace
which
I
have
received
of
God
,
that
he
may
be
abundantly
comforted
and
strengthened
in
his
expectation
of
a
better
life
,
which
I
already
enjoy
:
O
with
how
great
love
have
I
loved
him
,
and
esteemed
him
!
yea
I
have
loved
the
gifts
of
God
in
him
,
and
shal●
love
them
to
the
last
:
I
pray
God
who
is
the
giver
of
every
good
gift
,
that
he
will
fullfill
,
strengthen
and
make
perfect
his
own
work
in
him
;
that
he
will
guide
him
with
his
Counsel
,
and
at
length
save
and
receive
him
to
his
Rest
:
The
same
prayers
I
make
for
my
Nephew
his
Son
Stephen
,
that
he
may
be
an
useful
Instrument
for
the
promoting
of
Gods
Glory
,
a
diligent
workman
that
needs
not
to
be
ashamed
,
rightly
dividing
the
word
of
Truth
.
O
Lord
my
God
,
I
pray
not
onely
for
my
Brother
,
but
for
all
those
in
France
,
to
whom
thou
hast
committed
the
conduct
and
Rule
of
the
Churches
:
Bless
their
Persons
;
pardon
their
defects
;
Sanctifie
their
Gifts
:
Grant
unto
them
that
they
may
seriously
return
unto
the
simplicitly
which
is
in
Christ
;
and
that
they
detract
not
from
the
Glory
of
God
,
to
ascribe
unto
man
what
belongs
to
his
Salvation
;
He
is
strong
and
Jealous
.
If
in
my
writings
I
have
seemed
to
deal
a
little
warmly
with
some
of
my
brethren
about
their
new
notions
,
I
protest
before
God
,
I
was
never
moved
by
envy
or
wrath
against
any
one
in
particular
,
but
on
the
contrary
alwayes
accounted
the
men
that
favoured
those
novelties
,
among
my
friends
;
And
the
more
I
loved
both
their
Persons
and
Gifts
,
the
more
it
grieved
me
that
I
could
not
reconcile
their
Maxims
with
the
Word
of
God
:
I
do
most
earnestly
beseech
God
,
that
he
will
give
them
the
Spirit
of
Peace
,
that
they
may
be
of
the
same
Judgment
,
and
speak
the
same
things
:
And
that
the
love
of
God
may
constrain
them
,
and
gather
them
into
one
in
Christ
;
I
would
have
thee
without
delay
write
unto
thy
Father
;
he
is
my
Brother
in
a
double
bond
,
I
have
alwaies
esteemed
,
and
loved
him
;
he
hath
been
an
useful
Instrument
for
the
Glory
of
God
,
and
I
doubt
not
but
he
will
throughly
accomplish
his
work
in
him
,
to
the
Glory
of
his
own
Name
,
and
his
eternal
Salvation
:
I
go
before
him
,
in
a
little
time
he
will
follow
after
me
:
he
is
almost
come
to
the
end
of
his
course
,
and
there
remains
but
a
little
time
before
God
will
Crown
his
labours
with
an
Eternal
Reward
.
And
here
again
in
an
extraordinary
transport
he
brake
out
into
these
expressions
:
O
great
and
Immense
Mercy
!
who
can
but
be
rapt
into
admiration
!
He
gives
both
being
,
and
well-being
;
He
bestowes
his
gifts
,
he
supporteth
,
he
pardoneth
,
he
worketh
in
us
both
to
will
and
to
do
according
to
his
good
pleasure
:
and
when
himself
hath
given
and
wrought
all
this
,
yet
he
gives
to
us
an
Eternal
Reward
!
Amen
,
Amen
.
Be
it
unto
me
according
to
thy
word
,
even
according
to
the
faithfulness
and
stability
of
thy
Promises
.
Then
turning
his
discourse
to
his
Niece
again
;
Write
also
(
said
he
)
to
thy
Brethren
,
That
I
love
them
,
and
that
I
pray
for
their
Salvation
.
And
thou
my
dear
Niece
!
I
love
thee
,
not
because
of
that
near
affinity
which
thou
hast
to
me
,
but
rather
because
we
both
have
one
God
,
and
one
Hope
.
Thou
knowest
the
love
and
affection
which
I
have
had
for
thee
,
which
hath
been
a
Paternal
love
indeed
,
for
a
token
of
which
,
take
thou
the
Bible
which
thou
shalt
find
in
my
Study
:
In
specicial
I
recommend
to
thee
my
Wife
,
thy
very
good
Aunt
:
To
thy
power
Comfort
and
assist
her
:
Be
unto
her
instead
of
a
Daughter
,
and
help
her
to
digest
the
Sorrow
she
will
have
for
my
absence
.
§
.
13.
On
Monday
Morning
Champuer
non
in
France
;
unto
whom
(
being
returned
into
his
Chamber
)
he
wrote
this
letter
.
My
Dear
Brother
!
I
Now
write
my
last
to
you
,
with
a
trembling
and
dying
hand
:
After
the
preaching
of
a
Sermon
on
Christmas
day
in
perfect
health
:
it
is
now
eight
daies
since
I
have
been
afflicted
with
a
Stubborn
Constipation
;
and
the
expulsive
faculty
is
wholly
exstinct
in
me
:
Wherefore
I
am
determined
by
the
Grace
of
God
to
dye
with
courage
and
constancy
:
By
the
obstinate
continuance
,
and
pains
of
my
distemper
,
I
am
quite
worn
out
;
and
the
day
of
my
dissolution
draws
near
.
My
Niece
Mary
Mouline
shall
write
unto
you
an
account
of
my
last
Hours
,
and
of
that
tranquility
of
mind
which
God
affords
to
me
:
I
expect
the
coming
of
my
Son
,
to
whom
I
may
commit
my
Nephews
and
affairs
;
He
shall
give
you
an
account
of
all
.
Farewel
my
dearest
Brother
!
But
keep
me
in
remembrance
the
residue
of
thy
life
,
who
have
loved
thee
and
thine
with
a
great
Charity
;
Love
mine
again
,
as
thou
doest
:
I
pray
God
to
blesse
thee
,
and
all
thine
:
Once
again
Farewel
!
Dated
at
Breda
,
Jan.
2.
1651.
He
wrote
also
to
Mr.
Mouline
,
his
brother
by
Affinity
,
in
these
words
.
My
Dearest
Brother
,
IT
so
pleaseth
God
,
that
yo●
should
remain
alive
after
me
▪
I
now
write
being
upon
the
borders
between
life
and
death
,
after
a
Sermon
preached
on
Christmas
day
,
which
was
followed
with
●
pertinacious
retention
,
faecium
in
alvo
induratarum
,
and
of
the
retaining
of
that
load
,
the
Dissolution
of
the
body
with
grievous
pains
is
the
necessary
consequent
.
Your
Daughter
which
ministreth
to
me
in
this
agony
,
hath
undertaken
to
write
to
you
of
my
constancy
,
and
the
Grace
which
God
affordeth
to
me
.
Live
unto
the
Glory
of
his
Name
,
remembring
me
and
mine
,
who
dye
Your
most
Affectionate
,
&c.
§
.
14.
When
he
had
written
these
Letters
,
he
found
himself
exceedingly
wearied
,
and
desired
to
be
had
to
bed
again
.
All
this
day
was
spent
in
receiving
his
Friends
,
especially
the
Pastors
who
were
of
divers
Nations
:
unto
whom
he
discoursed
largely
of
surrendring
up
himself
into
the
hands
of
God
,
and
recited
to
them
a
Confession
of
his
Faith
,
and
exhorted
them
to
proceed
chearfully
in
that
work
which
the
Lord
had
committed
to
them
:
He
gladly
received
those
consolations
whereby
they
endeavoured
to
asswage
his
pains
,
and
heard
their
Prayers
for
him
with
like
joy
,
alwaies
adding
,
That
he
was
much
refreshed
by
them
.
All
this
day
the
time
seemed
very
long
to
him
,
while
he
expected
the
coming
of
his
Son
.
How
fraid
am
I
(
said
he
)
that
I
shall
not
see
my
Son
!
It
is
the
only
thing
I
desire
in
this
life
.
When
he
was
wholly
given
up
by
the
Physitians
,
and
now
for
many
daies
had
neither
received
nor
voided
any
thing
,
a
little
after
Noon
,
a
good
man
that
was
touched
with
our
Affliction
said
unto
us
,
That
it
seemed
a
very
wonderful
and
strange
thing
to
him
,
that
we
would
suffer
a
man
of
so
great
merit
,
who
was
yet
strong
and
hearty
,
to
go
out
of
the
world
without
trying
of
any
Remedies
:
adding
,
That
he
knew
a
person
that
was
held
with
the
same
disease
,
that
was
helped
by
Baths
prescribed
by
a
Chyrurgeon
in
the
City
,
who
was
indeed
very
skilful
in
his
Art
.
This
person
therefore
was
immediately
sent
for
,
who
when
he
came
,
finding
the
sick
man
strong
enough
to
abide
the
use
of
that
Remedy
,
without
delay
prepares
a
Bath
,
by
which
he
found
himself
much
eased
,
and
his
pains
asswaged
;
and
that
Monday
Night
,
he
had
a
better
Night
of
it
than
ordinary
.
§
15.
The
next
day
in
the
Who
is
there
,
is
any
Stranger
present
?
And
when
his
Niece
had
told
him
,
No
:
she
asked
him
,
Whence
doth
this
unusual
disquietude
proceed
?
you
seem
to
me
to
suffer
something
extraordinary
;
what
is
become
of
that
chearfulness
through
which
you
were
wont
to
pass
through
your
pains
with
the
greatest
Joy
?
Alas
!
(
said
he
)
He
is
departed
from
me
that
made
glad
my
Heart
:
I
have
grieved
that
Holy
Spirit
the
Comforter
,
who
had
filled
my
Soul
with
Peace
and
Joy
;
I
have
been
so
wretched
and
unhappy
as
to
give
ear
to
those
who
spake
unto
me
of
my
returning
into
this
World
:
I
have
been
tickled
with
the
desire
of
living
:
And
how
could
such
a
thing
possibly
be
,
after
the
fruits
of
the
Heavenly
Canaan
had
been
tasted
by
me
,
and
I
had
by
faith
taken
hold
of
Supernatural
good
things
?
What
is
now
necessary
to
be
done
?
Whither
shall
I
go●
If
I
speak
,
he
answers
not
;
ye●
he
hath
taken
from
me
the
power
of
speaking
:
Ah
,
sad
change
!
An
holy
fire
had
kindled
my
meditation
,
but
now
vain
thought●
hurry
me
:
I
cannot
get
out
of
my
mind
an
old
Satyr
,
and
suc●
like
trifles
.
Thus
while
I
am
●
deaths
door
,
I
go
backwards
.
And
here
casting
his
arm●
about
her
neck
,
he
thus
proceeded
:
My
Dear
Niece
,
help
●e
continue
to
discourse
of
Go●●
things
with
me
:
Call
upon
th●
Comforter
to
return
,
and
rene●
that
excellent
work
which
h●
had
advanced
in
me
.
O
Return
!
Return
!
Confirm
me
wit●
thy
strength
,
before
I
go
hence
,
and
be
seen
no
more
.
§
.
16.
Then
she
suggested
to
him
those
places
of
Scripture
which
by
the
Divine
aid
were
brought
to
her
mind
;
in
answer
to
which
,
every
moment
he
interposed
those
words
,
as
made
it
evident
that
his
Soul
which
before
was
sinking
under
its
burthen
,
began
to
gather
strength
&
Comfort
again
.
He
had
scarce
been
a
quarter
of
an
hour
in
that
Conflict
,
before
he
fell
into
a
Swoon
;
which
occasioned
the
hasty
calling
in
of
his
Son
,
who
was
come
to
him
but
that
Morning
;
and
when
this
sinking
fit
was
over
,
there
appeared
in
him
again
the
same
Tranquility
and
Chearfulness
of
Countenance
as
formerly
:
And
seeing
those
of
his
own
Houshold
,
with
some
Friends
that
used
to
assist
him
,
and
watch
with
him
by
turns
,
in
the
next
Room
,
he
attentively
fixed
his
eyes
upon
each
of
them
;
and
first
Addressing
himself
to
his
Wife
:
Farewell
(
said
he
)
my
dearest
Yoke-fellow
!
We
have
lived
together
in
Peace
for
thirty
Years
;
and
I
thank
thee
for
thy
help
,
which
hath
been
a
great
Comfort
unto
me
;
for
I
did
cast
all
Domestick
cares
upon
thee
:
Continue
I
beseech
thee
to
[
†
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†
They
were
his
Children
by
a
former
Wife
,
for
he
had
none
by
her
.
love
my
Children
with
that
Pious
Affection
which
hitherto
thou
hast
had
for
them
.
Then
turning
his
Speech
to
his
Son
,
he
said
,
And
thou
my
Son
!
Love
and
Honour
this
dearest
Companion
of
my
Life
,
the
Partner
of
all
my
Joys
and
Sorrows
,
which
hath
done
the
Duty
of
a
Mother
toward
thee
;
this
I
desire
of
thee
,
and
this
I
command
thee
,
as
thou
expectest
a
blessing
from
God
upon
what
I
have
gotten
by
my
labour
,
divide
it
between
you
without
quarrelling
or
contention
,
according
to
what
is
just
and
right
;
Manage
all
thy
Affairs
with
all
Lenity
and
Christian
Prudence
;
especially
pursue
Peace
,
O
Frederick
!
(
for
that
was
his
Sons
Name
,
to
which
he
alluded
)
Be
rich
in
Peace
.
Then
taking
hold
of
both
their
Hands
,
and
joyning
them
together
:
Promise
me
,
(
saith
he
)
that
you
will
maintain
an
holy
and
mutual
friendship
with
each
other
.
Which
when
they
had
both
most
solemnly
Promised
to
do
.
I
believe
you
(
said
he
)
for
I
have
no
cause
to
doubt
of
your
Sincerity
;
I
know
that
you
fear
God
,
and
that
my
last
Commands
will
be
of
great
weight
to
you
;
even
as
I
pray
God
that
he
will
make
my
Blessing
effectual
upon
you
:
Then
turning
to
his
Wife
,
he
said
:
The
Lord
Bless
thee
my
dear
Love
,
and
strengthen
thee
;
he
i●
an
Husband
to
the
Widdow
,
an●
a
Father
of
the
Fatherless
.
And
to
his
Son
,
The
Almighty
Father
bless
thee
,
my
Son
,
guide
thee
in
al●
thy
wayes
,
enrich
thee
with
all
Christian
Virtues
,
and
plentifully
make
thee
to
abound
in
all
Spiritual
and
Temporal
Blessings
;
regard
not
th●
world
nor
its
deceitful
hopes
for
the
world
passeth
away
,
and
the
Lust
thereof
;
place
all
thy
Felicity
in
the
Blessing
of
God
:
be
strong
in
Faith
,
and
prepared
unto
every
good
work
.
Let
the
Peace
of
God
dwell
in
thee
,
and
make
thee
Peaceable
and
kind
:
Those
Infants
which
I
commend
unto
thee
,
and
commit
to
thy
trust
,
will
be
proper
Subjects
for
thee
to
exercise
thy
Charity
upon
.
I
appoint
and
set
thee
over
not
only
that
little
Portion
which
I
leave
them
,
but
especially
their
Persons
,
that
thou
mayest
take
care
of
their
Instruction
and
Education
in
Piety
and
Virtue
;
that
they
may
be
fitted
for
that
Service
of
God
,
which
their
Nature
and
Ingenie
renders
them
capable
of
,
and
especially
may
apply
themselves
to
the
Worship
of
God
.
And
then
taking
hold
of
the
hand
of
the
eldest
of
the
Children
,
he
said
,
Farewell
dear
Child
,
the
Lord
make
thee
a
good
and
a
Pious
man
,
that
thou
mayest
fill
up
the
place
of
thy
Father
and
Grandfather
:
He
bess
thee
abundantly
,
and
make
thy
Studies
prosperous
unto
his
Glory
;
which
he
will
do
if
thou
diligently
call
upon
him
,
and
if
thou
Study
to
be
Diligent
,
Sober
,
Modest
,
and
humbly
Obedient
unto
God
and
thy
Superiours
,
thy
Unkle
in
particular
,
which
will
be
instead
of
a
Father
to
thee
.
Give
due
Obedience
and
Honour
unto
thy
Mother
;
Love
thy
Brother
and
Sister
,
and
withdraw
thy self
from
the
Company
of
young
Persons
who
will
entice
thee
unto
Vice
.
And
unto
his
Niece
he
thus
spake
:
Farewell
my
dear
Niece
,
the
Lord
bless
thee
!
We
have
a
Kindred
in
the
Heavens
which
will
endure
for
ever
.
§
.
17.
Now
when
we
thought
this
night
would
be
his
last
,
the
principal
of
his
Friends
were
called
to
him
,
and
amongst
them
Mr.
Hulsius
,
and
as
they
stood
about
his
Bed
,
he
attentively
beheld
them
,
and
discoursed
of
his
Departure
at
hand
,
and
his
disposition
to
give
up
himself
to
the
Will
of
God
,
with
a
joyful
and
free
Soul
.
He
exhorted
each
of
them
according
to
their
respective
Condition
in
regard
of
Age
,
Sex
,
or
Quality
,
and
blessed
each
of
them
and
their
Families
.
Then
again
speaking
to
his
Son
,
he
said
,
My
Friend
!
Thou
losest
at
the
same
time
both
a
Master
and
a
Father
;
but
if
the
Fear
of
God
bear
rule
in
thee
,
God
will
supply
the
place
of
both
:
Far
be
it
from
me
to
distrust
his
Grace
for
the
future
:
I
cast
all
my
Cares
upon
him
,
and
give
up
my self
and
mine
,
my
Life
and
affairs
into
his
hands
.
Then
he
uttered
in
French
Metre
the
words
of
the
Psalmist
to
this
sence
.
Vnto
whom
shall
I
go
for
help
,
O
Lord
,
and
in
whom
is
my
hope
?
truly
in
thee
.
I
am
full
of
dayes
:
I
desire
to
be
Dissolved
and
to
be
with
Christ
.
It
is
enough
,
O
Lord
!
Receive
now
my
Soul
:
I
commit
this
Body
to
the
Earth
,
but
I
commit
my
Spirit
into
the
hands
of
God
who
gave
it
.
And
in
a
Paroxysme
of
Pain
he
said
,
My
God
,
I
know
this
Tabernacle
cannot
be
dissolved
without
pain
,
yet
my
heart
is
lively
,
and
I
have
still
strength
to
bear
my
pains
.
O
Lord
,
help
mine
Infirmities
;
depart
not
far
from
me
in
the
day
of
my
Sorrow
:
Say
unto
my
Soul
,
I
am
become
thy
Salvation
.
This
last
he
rehearsed
in
the
French
Metre
,
and
then
repeated
in
Hebrew
,
from
Psal.
16.
5.
The
Lord
is
the
Portion
of
my
Inheritance
.
§
.
18.
From
that
Night
forward
it
was
observed
,
when
any
one
discoursed
to
him
of
Repentance
,
and
of
the
Grace
of
God
in
forgiving
sins
,
he
was
wont
to
answer
:
As
to
this
point
,
I
am
assured
that
I
am
reconciled
,
and
cleansed
from
my
sin
,
by
the
precious
blood
of
my
Redeemer
;
God
hath
spoken
,
and
made
known
to
me
already
that
my
Sins
are
blotted
out
;
I
now
taste
this
blessedness
,
Blessed
is
the
man
to
whom
the
Lord
imputeth
not
Sin
:
There
is
no
Condemnation
to
them
that
are
in
Christ
Jesus
:
He
is
come
unto
me
according
to
his
great
Mercies
,
and
draweth
me
,
and
I
willingly
follow
him
;
He
lessens
my
bodily
Pains
,
by
increasing
the
joy
of
my
Soul
;
he
satisfies
my
thirst
for
him
with
the
dew
of
his
Grace
:
Behold
I
am
satiated
,
I
am
inriched
;
Man
lives
not
by
bread
alone
,
but
by
every
word
that
proceedeth
out
of
the
Mouth
of
God
:
The
Kingdom
of
God
is
not
Meat
and
Drink
,
but
Righteousness
and
Peace
and
Joy
through
the
Holy
Ghost
:
I
am
fed
by
my
Saviour
,
whose
Flesh
is
Meat
indeed
,
and
his
Blood
is
drink
indeed
;
and
as
he
is
the
true
quickening
Bread
which
came
down
from
Heaven
,
so
he
that
eateth
him
,
shall
live
by
him
:
And
therefore
I
live
:
It
is
now
two
dayes
since
I
have
lived
not
an
Animal
Life
,
but
I
live
that
Life
which
I
shall
eternally
Live
in
the
Heavens
.
That
night
he
made
a
long
and
ardent
Prayer
,
the
greatest
part
of
which
is
slipt
out
of
our
Memory
:
In
general
he
Prayed
for
all
men
,
and
bewailed
the
Corruption
of
Mankind
.
Alas
!
O
Lord
(
said
he
)
this
is
the
last
time
;
there
is
scarce
any
Faith
in
the
Earth
;
Men
of
Veracity
are
hardly
to
be
found
:
One
speaks
to
another
,
yea
to
his
Friend
,
fraudulently
and
with
a
double
heart
.
Alas
!
Wo
is
me
,
that
I
dwell
in
the
Tents
of
Kedar
,
with
those
that
hate
Peace
.
Thou
hast
made
Peace
in
thy
high
places
;
Thou
givest
Peace
,
but
not
such
as
the
World
giveth
;
Wherefore
my
Heart
is
not
afraid
:
The
Spirit
which
thou
hast
given
me
,
is
the
Spirit
of
Power
,
of
Love
,
and
a
sedate
mind
.
§
.
19.
On
the
Wednesday
Again
I
bid
you
Farewell
,
my
Friends
;
Observe
me
,
and
continue
to
strengthen
me
with
your
Prayers
and
Exhortations
;
when
my
speech
shall
fail
,
I
will
endeavour
by
signs
to
let
you
know
my
Faith
and
Perseverance
;
My
mind
cannot
be
shaken
,
he
that
preserves
me
is
in
the
Heavens
.
When
he
had
again
blessed
his
Family
and
all
that
stood
by
him
,
his
Speech
wholly
failed
him
for
a
time
,
so
that
we
expected
nothing
less
than
to
see
him
draw
his
last
Breath
;
but
being
recovered
out
of
this
sinking
fit
,
he
began
to
speak
again
,
and
when
he
saw
the
Chamber
full
of
People
,
he
said
:
How
am
I
Tyred
out
!
will
they
allow
me
no
time
of
repose
?
wherefore
is
there
such
a
Company
about
me
?
have
not
I
spoken
enough
?
why
am
I
not
allowed
a
little
Relaxation
,
and
one
moment
o●
Solitude
,
that
I
may
Converse
with
my
God
?
Therefore
every
one
withdrew
according
to
his
desire
,
and
we
were
afraid
to
com●
near
to
him
,
lest
we
should
molest
him
;
but
when
we
heard
his
Groans
,
his
Niece
went
in
softly
to
him
,
and
said
,
Reverend
Sir
,
Would
you
be
without
my
Company
,
doth
it
not
please
you
that
I
should
any
longer
attend
upon
you
.
Alas
(
said
he
)
I
desire
nothing
more
;
do
not
go
from
me
,
but
be
thou
a
Witness
of
my
last
hours
:
continue
with
me
even
to
the
end
.
It
is
a
great
comfort
to
me
to
enjoy
quietness
;
I
cannot
bear
the
sight
of
so
great
a
Company
,
especially
of
those
that
come
out
of
meer
Curiosity
:
I
have
omitted
nothing
of
what
was
incumbent
on
me
to
say
or
do
:
I
leave
nothing
behind
me
that
is
matter
of
regret
to
me
;
I
have
Prayed
for
the
Peace
of
mine
after
my
departure
,
and
I
believe
Peace
shall
dwell
among
them
,
and
that
thou
wilt
do
thy
endeavour
that
it
may
,
for
I
know
thou
art
of
a
peaceable
Spirit
:
I
am
satisfied
and
at
rest
:
I
have
no
more
to
do
here
below
,
I
have
waited
for
thy
Salvation
,
O
Lord
.
She
asked
if
it
would
please
him
to
have
his
Son
come
to
him
?
Yea
,
(
said
he
)
I
bless
God
,
and
rejoice
that
I
have
seen
him
and
blessed
him
before
I
dye
.
When
he
came
near
to
him
,
he
stretched
out
his
hand
and
received
him
kindly
,
and
then
repeated
to
him
what
he
had
before
said
concerning
his
Brother
,
affirming
,
That
he
was
a
very
good
man
,
and
one
furnished
with
Gifts
that
are
rather
solid
and
useful
,
than
conspicuous
and
ornamental
;
now
shall
he
be
the
Crown
of
my
Fathers
Family
:
I
bless
God
that
there
remains
a
man
therein
to
Praise
him
both
in
word
and
work
.
The
Blessing
of
the
God
of
our
Father
hath
been
eminently
on
that
Branch
of
our
Family
from
whence
we
are
sprung
;
there
have
been
found
therein
many
good
Men
who
feared
God
:
As
for
these
little
Nazarens
,
I
recommend
them
to
God
.
And
after
a
little
stop
,
he
continued
his
Speech
unto
his
Son
:
My
Son
,
I
now
know
thee
no
longer
according
to
the
Flesh
;
my
Carnal
affections
are
mortified
and
swallowed
up
in
the
Love
of
God
:
My
love
towards
my
Wife
and
Children
is
now
wholly
Spiritual
;
I
have
Prayed
unto
God
that
he
will
Sanctifie
,
make
thee
perfect
and
glorifie
thee
:
My
Son
!
Is
not
my
happy
departure
joyful
unto
thee
?
what
could'st
thou
with
more
earnestness
have
desired
for
me
than
a
glorious
and
happy
end
after
a
long
and
prosperous
Life
?
Bless
God
,
through
whose
bounty
I
am
now
filled
with
Joy
and
Peace
.
Fear
God
my
Son
,
for
this
is
the
whole
Duty
of
man
.
In
all
thy
Actions
love
Righteousness
,
Sincerity
,
Peace
,
and
Truth
,
that
my
Blessing
may
remain
effectually
upon
thee
and
thy
Nephews
.
§
.
20.
This
whole
day
was
past
over
much
to
his
ease
and
quiet
,
none
being
admitted
to
disturb
him
with
their
Visits
:
He
lay
still
,
and
was
inclined
to
Sleep
;
and
when
he
observed
us
to
look
upon
him
as
if
he
had
been
asleep
;
I
sleep
(
said
he
)
but
my
heart
waketh
.
And
when
we
asked
him
sometimes
how
he
did
,
Very
well
(
said
he
)
I
feel
no
pain
;
I
am
filled
with
the
Grace
of
God
;
I
am
not
sensible
of
cold
or
heat
;
I
fear
no
more
the
inconveniencies
of
temporal
Life
;
the
Spirit
of
God
strengthens
me
,
and
affords
me
abundant
Consolations
;
I
have
no
doubt
of
my
Salvation
;
He
hath
set
me
on
high
:
He
hath
hid
me
in
his
hiding
place
:
He
hath
fenced
me
round
about
,
and
hath
perfected
whatsoever
concerns
me
:
I
cannot
be
troubled
any
more
;
I
am
like
a
Vessel
filled
with
pure
Water
,
which
no
agitation
troubles
.
It
is
God
that
Justifies
;
who
shall
Condemn
?
it
is
Christ
that
dyed
,
yea
rather
who
is
risen
again
:
The
moments
of
my
time
are
in
his
Power
.
I
am
wholly
taken
up
in
the
expectation
of
the
decreed
hour
,
when
he
will
say
,
Come
thou
good
and
faithful
Servant
,
enter
into
the
Joy
of
thy
Lord
!
O
my
God
,
I
thank
thee
that
thou
hast
given
me
the
Spirit
of
Humility
,
Sincerity
and
Truth
!
I
have
not
been
as
a
tinckling
Cymbal
:
O
Lord
thou
hast
known
the
secrets
of
my
Soul
,
and
my
in
most
Thoughts
!
Thou
hast
taught
me
in
the
School
of
true
Doctrine
,
and
I
have
above
all
sought
the
Glory
of
thy
Name
:
I
have
not
thought
any
Virtue
or
Knowledge
to
be
of
my self
,
knowing
that
all
my
Sufficiency
is
from
thee
alone
:
I
have
slighted
that
Mystical
Theology
which
is
nothing
but
Canting
,
and
have
adhered
to
that
clear
,
pure
and
saving
Truth
which
is
contained
in
the
Holy
Scriptures
.
One
word
of
the
Son
of
God
who
requires
the
Heart
,
is
of
more
worth
than
all
those
humane
Vanities
,
which
are
good
for
nothing
else
but
to
trouble
the
Purity
of
the
Divine
Fountains
.
Suffer
not
,
O
Lord
,
the
improbity
of
men
to
obscure
the
Clearness
of
thy
Word
,
which
hath
been
a
Lamp
unto
my
Feet
and
a
Light
unto
my
Path
;
yea
,
it
still
affords
a
Light
unto
me
,
and
guideth
me
in
the
dark
Paths
of
the
Shadow
of
Death
.
O
Lord
,
I
have
been
jealous
for
thee
,
and
have
mourned
in
secret
for
the
Wickedness
of
some
,
and
the
audacious
Hypocrisie
of
others
,
who
have
Assembled
themselves
to
pull
down
what
thou
hadst
built
up
by
thy
Mercies
.
There
yet
remain
Pious
Souls
who
love
the
Peace
of
Zion
,
and
mourn
under
these
Confusions
;
hear
their
Prayers
:
In
particular
have
Mercy
on
those
most
flourishing
Islands
where
so
much
of
the
Blood
of
thy
Martyrs
hath
been
shed
;
turn
the
People
in
them
to
thy self
,
and
to
their
King
;
give
thy
Judgments
unto
that
poor
Prince
,
and
make
him
worthy
to
have
his
just
Prayers
heard
;
Give
the
Spirit
of
Moderation
and
Wisdom
to
his
own
Nation
,
who
have
sent
for
him
,
that
they
may
require
nothing
of
him
,
but
what
is
weighed
in
the
Balance
of
Justice
.
These
Discourses
being
began
towards
Evening
,
were
continued
till
it
was
Night
;
which
he
perceiving
and
wondring
at
himself
,
said
,
And
am
I
yet
alive
,
and
thus
able
to
speak
?
God
hath
done
it
,
he
endues
me
with
new
Strength
that
I
may
glorifie
him
,
and
extoll
his
holy
Name
.
O
Lord
,
I
wait
for
the
moment
which
thou
hast
determined
,
I
believe
,
I
persevere
;
I
am
not
troubled
:
The
Spirit
of
God
witnesseth
with
my
Spirit
that
I
am
a
Child
of
God
:
O
Lord
thou
hast
known
me
throughly
;
I
am
thy
Servant
;
help
all
mine
Infirmities
;
perfect
thy
work
in
me
:
Patience
and
Hope
make
not
ashamed
;
the
Love
of
God
is
in
me
,
even
that
Love
whereby
I
earnestly
desire
the
Salvation
of
all
,
yea
of
those
which
have
offended
me
without
Cause
;
I
forgive
them
,
and
Pray
for
them
;
There
is
no
bitter
Gall
in
me
,
for
God
hath
caused
all
bitterness
to
pass
from
me
,
and
hath
given
true
Peace
in
me
;
for
I
roll
my self
upon
him
.
§
.
21.
On
Thursday
morning
It
is
day
light
:
Shortly
I
shall
no
more
know
the
difference
of
Day
and
Night
;
I
am
come
to
the
Eve
of
that
great
and
eternal
day
,
and
am
going
unto
that
Place
where
the
Sun
shall
no
more
give
light
:
God
will
be
an
everlasting
Light
unto
me
and
already
O
Lord
thou
sendest
the
Rayes
of
that
Light
into
my
Soul
,
and
openest
mine
eyes
that
I
may
perceive
them
.
O
how
powerfully
dost
thou
work
in
me
!
while
this
Old
man
dyes
and
decayes
,
thou
puttest
on
me
the
New
man
,
which
is
renewed
in
Knowledge
after
the
Image
of
him
who
Createth
it
;
that
is
lively
,
seeth
,
heareth
and
walketh
with
enlarged
steps
;
it
desires
nothing
more
than
an
outlet
into
perfect
Liberty
:
Deliver
me
from
this
Prison
,
that
I
may
celebrate
thy
Name
;
Yet
neither
do
I
so
contemn
this
Body
,
as
not
to
think
of
its
Restauration
;
for
I
know
thy
dead
shall
live
,
yea
,
my
dead
Body
:
It
is
sown
in
Corruption
,
it
shall
be
raised
in
Incorruption
;
It
is
sown
a
vile
body
,
but
it
shall
rise
again
in
glory
;
It
is
sown
in
weakness
,
but
it
shall
be
raised
again
in
power
:
In
a
word
,
It
shall
be
conformed
to
the
glorious
boof
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
,
who
is
become
the
First-fruits
of
them
that
sleep
:
I
shall
see
him
in
my
flesh
:
My
own
eyes
shall
see
him
;
I
shall
behold
his
face
in
righteousness
,
and
shall
be
satisfied
with
his
likeness
when
I
awake
.
He
loveth
me
with
an
intire
affection
;
he
kisseth
me
with
the
Kisses
of
his
Mouth
:
He
hath
removed
all
fear
far
from
me
,
and
hath
filled
me
with
Peace
and
Joy
in
Believing
.
He
often
repeated
that
sentence
,
Amor
meus
Crucifixus
est
;
that
is
,
My
Love
is
Crucified
;
adding
,
O
Love
incomprehensible
!
what
I
conceive
of
him
is
beyond
all
expression
.
Blessed
be
the
Lord
,
who
hath
directed
my
heart
into
the
Love
of
God
,
and
the
patient
waiting
for
Christ
.
§
.
22.
This
whole
day
was
spent
in
like
holy
discourses
,
and
the
Prayers
of
Ministers
that
came
to
him
,
with
the
Visits
of
other
Friends
.
Towards
Evening
he
found
himself
very
weak
,
and
had
two
or
three
fainting
fits
,
but
his
speech
did
not
wholly
fail
in
them
;
sometimes
he
would
say
,
My
strength
is
quite
spent
:
I
am
going
hence
,
Lord
meet
me
;
do
not
tarry
;
take
thy
Creature
.
Towards
the
middle
of
the
Night
,
his
strength
being
a
little
recovered
,
he
reached
forth
his
hand
to
Mrs.
Rivet
his
Wife
,
and
said
,
Embrace
me
once
more
,
my
dear
Love
!
I
love
thee
no
more
after
the
flesh
,
but
after
the
Spirit
;
as
I
have
alwayes
loved
thy
Better
part
:
I
have
lived
with
thee
in
holy
Concord
these
thirty
years
:
Thou
hast
born
mine
Infirmities
,
and
hast
been
an
help
to
me
;
and
God
hath
blessed
us
together
:
I
have
taken
notice
of
thy
good
Infirmities
,
conjoyned
with
great
Piety
;
and
thy
Faith
,
which
is
not
perfect
,
but
sincere
and
true
.
Thou
knowest
(
my
Love
)
that
God
is
not
a
severe
Judge
,
but
merciful
and
Gracious
;
he
chiefly
requires
from
us
,
a
recumbence
on
his
Mercy
:
He
is
kind
and
full
of
Love
.
Behold
in
me
an
Example
of
Mercy
and
Kindness
,
and
from
thence
gather
Confidence
that
he
will
follow
thee
with
the
same
Grace
;
We
have
an
Allyance
in
Heaven
;
Thither
the
Lord
takes
me
,
and
he
will
take
thee
thither
also
,
and
so
we
shall
be
together
with
the
Lord
for
ever
.
While
thou
art
waiting
for
that
blessed
hour
,
he
will
be
thy
Husband
,
Father
,
Comforter
and
Defender
;
and
finally
will
make
thee
to
experience
the
soveraign
Effects
of
his
Love
.
Rejoyce
therefore
(
my
dearest
Love
)
I
have
prayed
for
thee
.
Thy
Faith
shall
not
fail
;
God
will
succour
thy
infirmities
,
which
savour
of
nothing
but
goodness
.
It
is
that
I
love
in
the
Children
of
God
,
that
they
acknowledge
themselves
to
be
imperfect
before
him
:
God
will
compleatly
perfect
thee
,
doubt
not
.
Then
turning
to
his
Son
,
My
Son
(
said
he
)
keep
for
thy self
what
is
thine
;
Call
upon
God
as
thy
Father
,
for
he
is
the
Father
of
Eternity
:
Let
his
fear
wholly
possess
thee
,
for
that
is
the
principal
thing
:
Seek
first
the
Kingdom
of
God
and
his
Righteousness
;
and
all
other
things
shall
be
given
in
over
and
above
unto
thee
.
Take
care
of
my
little
Children
;
see
to
their
pious
Education
and
Instruction
in
their
tender
years
;
Let
them
not
frequent
evil
Company
:
My
Son
,
I
put
confidence
in
thee
,
and
assure
my self
thou
wilt
observe
my
commands
with
all
thy
power
.
Let
Truth
be
in
thy
Heart
,
Equity
and
Sincerity
in
all
thy
Actions
;
and
cherish
Peace
and
Friendship
among
Friends
.
§
.
23.
Then
taking
many
Friends
by
the
hand
that
stood
by
him
,
he
said
,
I
pray
you
love
my
Son
:
And
then
turning
to
his
Niece
,
Farewell
(
said
he
)
my
dearest
Niece
!
God
will
bless
thee
;
yea
he
hath
blessed
thee
already
;
thou
hast
ministred
to
thy
afflicted
and
sick
Parent
,
and
in
so
doing
thou
hast
served
the
Publick
:
Let
my
blessing
remain
upon
thee
:
I
know
and
am
sure
that
thou
shalt
be
with
me
in
the
Heavenly
Paradise
,
where
God
hath
prepared
places
for
us
,
before
the
Foundation
of
the
World
was
layd
:
Thou
hast
helped
me
,
and
God
will
help
thee
:
Fear
not
,
Persevere
with
me
in
the
close
of
my
last
hours
.
Then
seeing
Mr.
Fayan
le
Coq
:
Are
you
there
(
saith
he
)
my
dear
Cousin
?
The
Lord
bless
you
abundantly
,
and
grant
that
in
the
whole
course
of
your
life
,
you
may
walk
in
his
fear
;
you
belong
to
an
honourable
Family
,
which
have
layd
many
Obligations
upon
me
;
I
pray
you
write
to
your
honoured
Mother
an
Account
of
my
happy
Departure
;
and
also
to
your
Brethren
,
whom
I
pray
God
abundantly
to
bless
,
and
give
them
Peace
,
and
that
they
may
not
trust
in
the
perishing
good
things
of
this
World
.
As
for
my self
;
it
is
long
since
I
have
turned
from
corruptible
things
,
and
adhered
to
those
that
are
prepared
and
laid
up
in
Heaven
.
Every
good
and
perfect
Gift
comes
down
from
the
Father
of
Lights
,
with
whom
there
is
no
variableness
nor
shadow
of
turning
.
My
God
,
my
desire
is
to
thee
;
My
Soul
thirsteth
for
thee
as
the
parched
ground
:
When
shall
I
enter
in
,
and
present
my self
before
the
face
of
God!
Come
Lord
Jesus
;
Come
!
I
am
in
thy
Bosom
;
I
am
ready
when
it
pleaseth
thee
;
My
Heart
is
prepared
,
my
Soul
is
ready
:
All
delay
seems
long
to
me
till
Christ
come
;
for
whom
notwithstanding
I
wait
without
impatience
.
You
see
thro'
the
Grace
of
God
I
am
not
tired
;
I
wait
,
I
believe
,
I
persevere
:
Patience
is
much
better
than
Knowledge
;
tho'
it
delay
my
Joy
,
yet
it
sets
me
in
the
way
to
it
.
The
sense
of
divine
Favour
increaseth
in
me
every
moment
:
My
pains
are
tolerable
,
but
my
Joy
is
inestimable
;
I
am
no
more
vexed
with
earthly
cares
:
I
have
now
no
desires
but
after
heavenly
things
:
I
remember
when
any
new
Book
came
out
,
how
earnestly
I
have
longed
after
it
,
till
it
came
to
my
hands
,
being
alwayes
desirous
of
learning
something
New
:
But
now
all
that
is
but
as
dust
:
Thou
art
my
All
,
O
Lord
!
My
good
is
to
approach
unto
thee
.
O
what
a
Library
have
I
in
God!
in
whom
is
hid
all
the
Treasures
of
Wisdom
and
Knowledge
:
I
shall
no
more
behold
things
afar
off
and
darkly
;
I
shall
no
more
know
in
part
;
but
I
shall
be
filled
with
the
Knowledge
of
God
as
the
Sea
is
covered
with
waters
.
Thou
art
the
Teacher
of
Spirits
;
I
have
learned
more
Divinity
in
these
ten
dayes
that
thou
art
come
to
visit
me
,
than
I
did
in
fifty
years
before
:
Thou
hast
brought
me
to
my self
,
before
I
went
astray
,
and
was
in
the
world
;
but
now
I
am
conversant
in
the
School
of
my
God
,
and
he
teacheth
me
after
another
manner
than
all
those
Doctors
,
in
Reading
whom
I
spent
so
much
time
:
What
Obscurity
is
there
,
and
what
Conjectures
?
yea
what
Vanity
in
all
those
things
that
proceed
from
an
humane
Spirit
?
What
vast
spaces
must
a
man
pass
over
before
he
find
any
fruit
in
them
?
But
thy
Doctrine
,
O
my
God
,
is
perfect
,
and
full
of
good
fruits
:
My
Soul
is
filled
as
with
marrow
and
fatness
.
With
my
whole
heart
I
renounce
all
other
Knowledge
;
and
cleave
to
this
alone
;
Jesus
Christ
and
him
crucified
:
I
give
thee
thanks
,
O
Lord
,
that
thou
hast
hid
these
things
from
the
haughty-wise
,
and
hast
revealed
them
to
the
humble
.
This
Body
is
feeble
,
but
the
Spirit
is
strong
and
enriched
.
§
.
24.
Then
turning
again
to
his
Son
,
he
said
,
My
Son
!
God
blesse
thee
more
and
more
;
How
greatly
do
I
rejoyce
when
I
behold
in
thee
the
Grace
of
God!
It
was
my
great
desire
to
see
thee
from
the
first
day
of
my
sickness
.
Thou
art
the
youngest
of
my
Sons
,
and
thou
only
art
left
alive
to
me
upon
the
Earth
:
Thou
shalt
be
my
Benjamin
;
and
God
will
bless
the
Charge
I
have
committed
to
thee
;
and
will
be
present
with
thee
for
thy
help
therein
.
The
Almighty
God
give
unto
thee
and
thy
Nephews
blessings
in
Israel
,
and
especially
spiritual
Blessings
,
for
temporal
Blessings
follow
upon
Spiritual
.
Praised
be
God
that
hath
made
thee
a
Spectator
of
my
last
Conflict
:
It
is
a
Conflict
,
but
yet
sweet
,
because
of
the
Consolations
of
the
Spirit
of
God
,
which
abound
in
me
.
Thou
hast
strove
enough
,
O
my
Soul
,
rest
in
God
who
is
thy
Saviour
.
Then
hearing
the
Clock
strike
,
he
asked
what
hour
it
was
?
which
when
he
knew
,
he
said
:
The
Time
passeth
away
,
and
we
pass
away
with
the
time
;
howbeit
we
are
confirmed
and
strengthened
by
the
Grace
of
God
every
hour
.
Then
smiting
upon
his
Breast
,
he
said
:
There
is
Joy
within
by
the
habitation
of
the
Spirit
of
God
in
me
.
O
Good
God!
who
am
I
,
that
thou
shouldst
vouchsafe
to
come
and
dwell
under
my
poor
roof
!
So
it
hath
pleased
thee
,
O
Lord
,
that
thy
Spirit
should
dwell
in
me
to
the
end
;
and
therefore
I
have
cause
of
rejoycing
in
earnest
.
§
.
25.
Thus
was
the
Thursday
A
good
day
to
you
,
Son
!
I
am
glad
you
have
taken
some
rest
:
Help
me
a
little
.
Which
being
done
,
he
added
,
My
Son
,
this
duty
will
be
pleasing
to
God
;
I
should
have
reckoned
my self
happy
if
in
any
thing
I
could
have
helped
my
Father
;
he
was
a
good
and
a
pious
man
:
I
had
also
an
holy
Mother
,
which
deserved
very
well
of
the
whole
Family
;
there
was
in
her
an
holy
Ambition
and
ardent
Charity
.
My
Son
,
how
do
I
rejoyce
to
see
thee
!
I
have
yet
many
things
to
say
to
thee
;
Remember
that
thou
speak
to
the
Illustrious
Princesses
Dowagers
,
and
tell
them
that
I
dye
devoted
to
them
in
all
dutiful
affection
,
and
that
I
recommend
unto
them
the
utmost
I
can
the
Institution
of
the
illustrious
Colledge
in
this
Town
;
which
is
indeed
the
honour
of
the
house
of
Orange
,
and
of
his
memory
who
founded
it
,
unto
whom
in
my
own
particular
I
am
laid
under
very
great
Obligations
.
That
great
Prince
who
first
called
me
to
his
service
in
his
house
,
heaped
his
benefits
upon
me
,
and
(
without
vanity
I
speak
it
)
honoured
me
with
his
friendship
;
of
which
he
could
give
no
greater
Testimony
than
by
committing
to
me
the
first
education
of
his
only
Son
;
who
indeed
was
snatcht
away
from
us
in
the
flower
of
his
age
,
when
both
his
Fathers
house
,
and
the
Common-wealth
had
most
need
of
him
:
Truly
he
was
a
Prince
adorned
with
many
gifts
,
and
disposed
to
receive
good
things
,
and
to
Piety
;
I
believe
that
God
was
merciful
to
him
;
and
that
his
goodness
is
not
wholly
withdrawn
from
this
noble
house
,
to
which
he
hath
raised
up
a
Son
that
may
supply
his
Fathers
place
;
The
Almighty
God
bless
and
Preserve
that
Branch
,
and
Bless
his
Education
;
and
make
him
to
grow
in
Age
,
and
in
Gifts
and
Graces
,
that
he
may
be
an
Instrument
of
promoting
his
Glory
,
and
an
instance
of
his
Grace
and
Favour
.
I
beseech
him
also
to
bless
the
Princesses
,
his
Mother
and
Grandmother
,
that
their
Concord
may
turn
to
the
Good
of
the
Child
and
of
the
State
:
The
Lord
guide
them
in
all
things
with
the
Spirit
of
his
Fear
,
strengthen
them
in
the
Faith
,
and
incourage
them
unto
every
good
work
:
I
hope
they
will
keep
in
mind
my
service
and
Zealous
Affection
for
the
good
of
their
noble
Family
;
But
if
not
,
my
trust
is
in
God
.
§
.
26.
After
half
an
hours
silence
or
thereabouts
,
he
thus
continued
his
discourse
:
Hear
the
prayers
which
thy
Servant
offers
unto
thee
(
O
God
)
for
that
Child
,
let
him
be
blessed
and
sanctified
from
his
tender
years
,
that
the
corruption
of
the
Age.
may
not
pervert
him
;
Let
him
live
before
thee
:
Let
Integrity
and
Righteousness
preserve
him
.
He
also
prayed
for
the
Lady
Electress
of
Brandenburg
and
her
Sisters
,
That
God
would
adorn
them
with
all
Christian
and
moral
Virtues
;
and
b●
with
them
to
the
end
of
thei●
Lives
.
But
now
his
oppression
was
so
much
increased
,
that
we
could
not
take
the
texture
of
his
Meditations
;
only
by
his
countenance
and
gesture
we
might
see
that
he
prayed
continually
;
and
sometimes
he
uttered
some
words
,
whereby
we
understood
that
others
had
preceded
in
his
Meditation
;
a●
for
instance
,
Yea
Lord
:
I
believe
:
thi●
is
my
joy
:
God
will
perfect
his
work
above
all
:
●
have
no
more
part
in
thos●
things
that
are
done
unde●
the
Sun
,
but
I
desire
th●
Peace
of
the
Church
every
where
.
Then
he
repeated
in
French
Metre
the
18.
verse
of
Psal
51.
which
is
in
English
Metre
,
"
Lord
unto
Zion
turn
thy
Face
;
"
Pour
out
thy
mercies
on
thy
Hill
:
"
And
on
Jerusalem
thy
Grace
:
"
Build
up
the
Walls
and
love
it
still
.
I
am
of
that
Zion
:
have
pity
on
me
,
and
deal
graciously
with
me
.
I
am
suffocated
,
I
can
hardly
breath
:
The
Lord
brings
me
down
:
but
he
calls
my
Spirit
to
himself
:
The
greatest
thing
by
farr
is
,
I
have
no
doubt
of
my
Salvation
;
the
Lord
upholds
me
miraculously
,
to
the
end
that
I
may
edifie
others
by
my
example
in
this
last
close
of
my
life
:
I
am
well
pleased
,
O
my
God
.
Far
be
it
from
me
that
I
should
murmure
.
How
small
are
these
pains
in
comparison
of
that
Grace
through
which
I
bear
with
a
quiet
mind
whatsoever
it
pleaseth
God
to
lay
upon
me
;
Thou
allayest
these
short
bitternesses
,
with
inexpressible
consolations
;
Thou
speakest
unto
my
Soul
with
that
sweet
voice
which
●
understand
,
because
I
am
of
thy
Sheep
;
My
sheep
,
saith
the
chief
Shepherd
,
hear
my
voice
,
I
know
them
and
they
follow
me
:
To
this
purpose
he
began
to
recite
the
23
▪
Psalm
in
Hebrew
;
The
Lor●
is
my
Shepherd
,
I
shall
not
want
;
and
desired
one
that
stood
by
to
rehearse
the
rest
of
the
Psalm
▪
And
the
last
clause
he
pronounced
himself
from
the
Original
;
viz:
I
shall
dwell
in
the
house
of
the
Lord
for
ever
.
And
when
he
saw
many
attending
him
;
he
said
,
You
have
no
cause
to
wonder
;
I
am
able
to
do
nothing
of
my self
:
The
Lord
worketh
all
in
all
,
that
we
may
be
humbled
:
This
is
the
School
of
humility
;
Look
upon
me
,
and
remember
the
Grace
of
God
in
me
;
Consider
how
he
brings
me
down
by
his
mighty
hand
,
that
he
may
exalt
and
Glorifie
me
in
due
time
:
The
sufferings
of
this
present
time
are
not
worthy
to
be
compared
with
the
Glory
that
shall
be
revealed
in
us
:
This
is
my
joy
to
glorifie
God
in
my
death
;
sweet
Death
!
that
is
a
passage
unto
life
eternal
.
O
God
strengthen
the
Soul
of
thy
Servant
,
that
he
may
abide
constant
and
invincible
unto
death
:
I
hope
the
Combat
will
not
continue
long
;
Bring
to
pass
,
O
Lord
,
that
the
End
may
Crown
the
Work
.
§
.
27.
Amongst
the
many
Physitians
that
had
attended
on
him
,
there
was
one
Dr.
Crucius
a
Roman
Catholick
,
who
came
this
Morning
to
visit
him
,
and
asked
him
,
if
he
still
continued
to
be
of
good
courage
.
Yea
verily
(
said
he
)
for
I
am
in
God
,
and
God
is
in
me
:
The
Cross
which
God
hath
sent
is
small
;
Every
one
must
bear
his
Cross
,
that
he
may
follow
Christ
,
who
hath
suffered
so
great
things
for
me
,
though
he
deserved
no
such
suffering
:
This
Cross
increaseth
my
hope
:
The
Lord
is
Gracious
,
who
entreth
not
into
Judgment
with
his
poor
Servant
:
Christ
hath
dyed
for
my
Sins
,
and
is
risen
again
for
my
Justification
.
A
while
after
Mr.
Wickelmans
a
Dutch
Minister
came
,
and
spake
to
him
in
the
Latine
tongue
,
to
whom
he
answered
in
the
same
Language
,
God
Strengthens
me
,
and
he
will
preserve
me
from
all
evil
:
I
give
thanks
unto
my
God
for
that
unspeakable
goodness
which
he
hath
poured
upon
me
:
he
succours
me
in
this
work
;
he
hath
been
alwaies
present
with
me
,
even
to
this
Extremity
.
Then
the
Minister
repeated
to
him
the
words
of
the
Apostle
,
2
Tim.
4.
7
,
8.
I
have
fought
a
good
fight
,
I
have
finished
my
course
,
I
have
kept
the
Faith
,
henceforth
there
is
laid
up
for
me
a
Crown
of
Righteousness
;
At
which
words
he
cryed
out
,
O
welcome
Crown
!
there
is
nothing
else
that
I
wait
for
:
God
dwells
in
me
by
his
holy
Spirit
,
which
shall
never
be
taken
away
from
me
:
Grant
,
O
Lord
,
that
I
may
keep
thy
Commands
!
Again
,
when
beholding
hi●
pains
,
he
exhorted
him
to
patience
;
he
answered
,
We
cannot
,
we
ought
no●
to
resist
the
will
of
God
:
O
Eternal
Father
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
,
I
give
the●
thanks
for
thy
exceeding
grea●
benefits
,
That
it
hath
please●
thee
,
that
I
should
declare
thy
Praise
even
unto
very
Old
Age
;
and
that
thou
makest
me
able
to
persist
therein
unto
the
last
breath
of
my
life
.
§
.
28.
At
another
hour
when
the
same
Minister
visited
him
again
,
and
said
,
You
are
still
fighting
the
Good
fight
;
he
answered
,
In
hope
and
patience
,
I
am
wholly
Gods
,
and
Jesus
Christ's
my
Saviour
:
I
believe
that
he
will
keep
what
I
have
committed
to
him
against
that
day
:
Even
so
come
,
Lord
Jesus
!
And
when
this
Minister
had
prayed
with
him
,
he
returned
him
thanks
in
these
words
:
I
give
you
thanks
for
your
holy
Prayers
;
I
doubt
not
but
God
will
hear
them
:
God
bless
you
;
I
beseech
him
to
make
you
a
very
powerful
Instrument
of
his
Glory
.
He
also
added
,
God
hath
fulfilled
all
his
Promises
in
me
;
I
have
seen
them
afar
off
,
I
have
believed
them
,
I
have
embraced
them
;
I
wait
for
nothing
more
but
to
breathe
forth
my
last
breath
;
God
possesseth
me
already
,
I
feel
that
:
there
is
nothing
wanting
,
but
that
he
will
give
me
the
wings
of
an
Eagle
that
I
may
fly
to
the
Carkass
.
Immediately
he
subjoyned
a
verse
or
two
out
of
one
of
Beza's
French
Poems
,
to
this
sence
:
"
O
Holy
Word
!
"
With
all
my
Heart
"
To
thee
I
flye
.
§
.
29.
Towards
Evening
the
Pangs
of
death
increased
upon
him
;
The
extreme
Pains
of
his
bowels
,
his
suddain
fainting
,
a●●
and
other
grievous
Symptoms
,
were
the
indications
of
approaching
death
:
But
in
this
state
,
and
utter
decay
of
th●
strength
of
nature
,
his
exercis●
of
Faith
was
strengthened
s●
much
the
more
,
and
his
patience
confirmed
:
Mourn
no●
for
me
,
(
said
he
;
)
These
last
hours
have
nothing
terrible
in
them
;
The
body
indeed
suffers
;
but
the
Soul
is
Comforted
and
filled
abundantly
:
The
Lord
is
my
Shepherd
,
I
shall
want
nothing
:
His
Rod
and
his
Staff
shall
lead
me
safely
through
this
short
valley
of
the
Shadow
of
death
:
This
little
cloud
hinders
me
not
from
beholding
that
Heavenly
Light
,
which
already
enlightens
my
Soul
.
O
Lord
thou
givest
me
light
,
thou
warmest
me
,
thou
liftest
me
on
high
,
and
I
gladly
follow
thee
,
being
carried
aloft
upon
the
wings
of
Faith
:
The
sharper
my
pains
are
,
the
nearer
I
am
to
deliverance
.
My
wound
is
grievous
,
but
I
was
silent
because
thou
didst
it
.
Have
mercy
on
me
,
O
Lord
!
O
my
God
,
deliver
me
!
I
am
impatient
of
delay
:
I
know
that
God
is
faithful
,
and
with
the
temptation
he
will
give
a
way
of
escape
,
that
I
may
be
able
to
bear
it
.
When
he
looked
towards
his
Wife
,
she
thus
addressed
her self
to
him
:
My
dear
!
I
bless
God
,
and
rejoyce
for
thee
,
that
I
have
seen
so
much
of
the
Grace
of
God
in
thee
.
To
which
he
replyed
,
Thou
doest
well
(
my
dear
Love
;
)
The
Lord
confirm
and
strengthen
thy
joy
;
Mine
is
solid
:
I
rejoyce
that
thou
seest
the
end
of
my
Conversation
:
Thou
hast
known
me
,
and
thou
knowest
that
I
hate
Ostentation
;
and
that
more
hath
been
attributed
to
me
by
others
,
than
I
have
believed
of
my self
:
for
I
have
been
conscious
of
mine
own
infirmities
,
and
that
whatsoever
good
might
be
in
me
,
was
not
of
my self
:
The
Glory
is
to
be
ascribed
to
God
alone
;
he
hath
done
the
work
:
Perfect
,
O
Lord
,
and
Crown
thine
own
work
!
I
complain
not
of
my
pains
;
I
have
not
flattered
my self
in
my
disease
;
for
when
I
was
first
seized
by
it
,
I
was
aware
that
God
called
for
me
:
Is
it
not
time
,
my
dearest
love
?
Afflict
not
thy self
:
I
go
before
;
thou
shalt
follow
e're
long
:
Thou
hast
afforded
me
help
,
and
hast
kindly
succour'd
me
;
God
will
bless
thee
,
and
save
thee
,
doubt
it
not
:
It
hath
been
grateful
to
me
,
and
I
most
kindly
accept
it
,
that
thou
hast
had
so
great
a
Love
for
this
little
Boy
(
pointing
to
his
Grand-son
,
)
make
proof
of
thy
love
to
me
by
loving
him
;
it
is
a
Child
void
of
malice
,
and
I
have
good
hope
of
him
,
if
he
be
well
guided
.
Then
calling
the
Child
,
he
said
,
Give
me
thy
hand
,
my
Son
!
See
thy
Grandfather
upon
his
death-bed
:
Thou
hast
already
lost
thy
Grandfather
by
Mothers
side
,
who
was
a
pious
and
upright
man
;
Now
thou
losest
thy
Grandfather
by
Fathers
side
;
but
thou
hast
a
Grandfather
in
Heaven
on
both
sides
,
that
will
never
be
wanting
to
thee
;
I
hope
my
blessing
will
redound
upon
thee
.
Then
taking
him
between
his
hands
;
My
little
Child
(
said
he
)
Pray
to
God!
If
thou
do
this
diligently
,
thou
shalt
be
like
a
tall
and
beautiful
Tree
planted
by
the
Rivers
of
waters
:
Have
thou
fair
branches
,
and
be
fruitful
;
that
is
,
Fear
God
:
Then
shalt
thou
bring
forth
Wisdom
,
Prudence
,
and
Understanding
.
Be
thou
Good
and
Beneficent
,
shunning
evil
company
,
and
God
will
bless
thee
,
thou
shalt
not
be
forsaken
:
Behold
thy
Unkle
,
which
shall
be
to
thee
instead
of
a
Father
;
Be
obedient
to
him
,
and
also
to
thy
Grandmother
,
and
Mother
,
whom
I
pray
God
abundantly
to
bless
with
her
other
Children
;
that
her
little
Posthumous
Son
that
bears
my
Name
may
in
time
Represent
me
,
yea
exceed
me
.
§
.
30.
These
holy
speeches
were
sometimes
interrupted
by
a
short
sleep
,
and
sometimes
on
occasion
of
the
Prayers
or
Exhortations
of
the
Ministers
that
came
to
him
;
He
received
them
all
most
Cordially
;
and
most
willingly
heard
the
Consolations
that
were
suggested
by
them
;
And
he
would
also
return
Consolations
to
them
:
He
heard
their
prayers
with
attention
,
and
when
they
had
done
,
was
wont
alwayes
to
say
,
That
he
found
himself
much
relieved
.
And
then
dismissed
them
with
thanks
,
giving
his
blessing
to
each
of
them
as
was
proper
to
their
Condition
.
Towards
Supper
time
,
he
remembred
the
noble
Virgin
Anna
Maria
a
Schurman
,
and
said
,
She
is
a
person
to
whom
I
have
alwaies
devoted
my
Affection
and
sincere
Love
:
she
hath
honoured
me
with
her
holy
friendship
,
and
hath
called
me
Father
;
In
testimony
of
my
paternal
Love
,
I
give
her
my
little
Bible
without
Points
,
of
Plantines
Edition
,
which
you
shall
find
in
such
a
Place
in
my
Study
(
directing
to
the
place
;
)
If
I
had
any
strength
left
,
I
would
have
written
a
Letter
to
her
with
my
own
hand
,
whereby
I
would
have
testified
to
her
how
much
I
Honour
her
,
and
esteem
those
admirable
gifts
of
God
wherewith
he
hath
adorned
her
.
But
you
(
my
Son
)
shall
supply
this
defect
,
and
inform
her
of
my
happy
Departure
;
and
that
I
have
prayed
to
God
that
he
will
Strengthen
her
in
her
supernatural
Calling
,
and
bestow
upon
her
the
blessings
of
a
long
and
prosperous
Life
.
What
remains
?
Have
I
not
said
all
?
I
have
no
more
to
do
,
but
to
give
up
my
Soul
into
the
hands
of
God
:
Is
it
not
time
?
O
my
God
,
let
it
suffice
!
Receive
my
Soul
unto
thy self
,
O
Lord
!
I
yield
it
into
thy
hands
;
thou
hast
Redeemed
it
,
O
God
of
Truth
:
Thou
art
my
hope
,
and
my
Confidence
from
my
youth
:
No
care
afflicts
me
;
God
hath
removed
from
me
the
Opprobry
which
I
feared
;
(
meaning
the
Vomiting
of
his
excrements
,
a
symptome
usual
in
his
Distemper
;
)
He
will
perfect
(
and
that
quickly
)
whatsoever
belongs
to
his
Glory
,
and
my
Eternal
Salvation
:
If
he
make
any
stay
,
if
he
deferre
my
deliverance
,
he
doth
it
for
your
Edification
and
Salvation
;
Let
not
my
Sorrows
be
grievous
to
you
,
but
rather
bless
God
who
gives
me
a
desirable
plume
,
and
makes
my
heart
joyful
in
the
midst
of
my
pains
:
Rejoyce
therefore
;
and
Pray
with
me
.
§
.
31.
When
he
had
asked
what
a
Clock
it
was
,
he
said
to
his
Wife
and
his
Son
,
I
pray
you
take
some
food
;
I
am
not
yet
fully
come
to
the
end
of
my
Work
,
I
want
nothing
,
and
my
Niece
shall
tarry
with
me
,
and
take
something
here
to
refresh
her
.
They
withdrew
therefore
into
the
next
Room
,
and
one
brought
an
Egg
to
his
Niece
,
which
he
desired
her
to
take
.
As
for
me
(
said
he
)
my
Meat
is
to
do
the
will
of
God
,
and
happily
to
run
out
the
course
of
my
life
:
I
am
refreshed
with
holy
and
heavenly
food
:
My
Father
feeds
me
with
that
Food
which
he
lately
offered
to
me
at
his
holy
Table
;
I
did
eat
,
and
was
filled
:
The
true
feeding
is
the
feeding
of
the
Soul
,
that
which
sustains
the
true
Life
:
As
for
Corporal
meats
they
are
for
the
belly
,
but
God
will
destroy
both
it
and
them
.
Then
reaching
out
his
hand
to
his
Niece
,
I
Love
thee
(
said
he
)
with
a
Love
wholly
Spiritual
,
a
love
of
true
Charity
and
Affection
:
We
will
pass
this
Night
together
in
holy
Meditations
,
and
speaking
to
one
another
in
Psalms
and
Hymns
,
and
Spiritual
Songs
,
Singing
and
making
melody
in
our
Hearts
unto
the
Lord
:
I
feel
my
Swelling
to
ascend
:
I
fear
that
in
a
little
time
I
shall
be
able
to
speak
no
more
:
do
not
depart
from
me
;
but
continue
speaking
to
me
whatsoever
God
shall
bring
to
thy
Heart
and
Lips
,
lest
in
my
utmost
weakness
my
Memory
should
fail
me
;
and
I
assure
thee
,
God
will
suggest
those
things
to
thee
which
which
shall
be
for
my
help
and
Comfort
in
the
time
of
need
:
for
out
of
the
abundance
of
the
Heart
,
the
mouth
speaketh
,
His
Wife
and
Son
being
returned
into
the
Chamber
;
Pray
ye
(
said
he
)
for
me
;
what
a
joy
is
i●
to
see
these
holy
Souls
with
me
!
§
.
32.
Oft
times
through
the
bitterness
of
his
pains
he
brake
forth
into
Cryes
,
or
rather
ardent
Prayers
unto
God
;
and
that
frequently
,
in
the
words
of
the
Psalms
in
the
French
Metre
:
as
Psal.
141.
1.
"
Jehovah
,
upon
thee
I
call
,
"
O
hasten
unto
me
!
"
Lend
to
my
Voice
thy
Gracious
Ear
,
"
When
I
cry
unto
thee
,
Then
adding
from
Psal.
25.
18.
Look
upon
mine
Affliction
,
and
pardon
all
my
sins
.
And
upon
the
mention
of
any
Text
that
speaks
of
the
Remission
of
sins
,
he
would
immediately
subjoyn
,
It
is
done
;
He
hath
caused
mine
iniquity
to
pass
away
from
me
:
O
Lord
,
abate
and
shorten
my
Miseries
;
Now
is
thy
time
.
And
then
repeated
from
Psal.
118.
24.
"
This
is
a
joyful
day
indeed
,
"
Which
God
himself
hath
wrought
:
"
We
will
be
glad
and
joy
therein
,
"
With
all
our
Heart
and
Thought
.
How
great
is
my
anguish
!
but
how
much
greater
is
my
refreshment
!
"
An
high
place
and
a
Refuge
sure
"
I
find
the
Lord
to
me
;
"
In
day
of
my
distress
he
me
"
Relieves
,
with
rich
bounty
.
They
continually
suggested
to
him
places
of
Scripture
;
unto
which
he
would
return
such
answers
as
did
abundantly
manifest
his
Godly
Ardor
,
Faith
,
and
Patience
;
as
for
instance
,
when
it
was
said
to
him
,
God
is
nigh
to
all
that
call
upon
him
in
Truth
;
Smiting
upon
his
breast
,
he
replyed
,
Here
he
is
;
here
he
dwells
in
me
,
and
worketh
powerfully
according
to
his
good
pleasure
.
Then
that
place
was
alledged
,
1
Cor.
15.
Death
is
swallowed
up
in
victory
:
and
he
added
the
following
words
,
Thanks
be
to
God
,
who
hath
given
us
the
Victory
through
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
.
Again
from
Rom.
8.
30.
Moreover
,
whom
he
did
predistinate
,
them
he
also
called
;
and
whom
he
called
,
them
he
also
justified
;
and
whom
he
justified
,
them
he
also
Glorified
:
Even
so
it
is
!
(
said
he
)
Grace
upon
Grace
!
O
lovely
Chain
!
This
is
a
Golden
Chain
indeed
!
there
wants
but
the
last
link
to
compleat
the
whole
in
me
.
O
Lord
make
perfect
,
and
Crown
thy
work
;
That
I
may
dye
the
death
of
the
righteous
,
and
see
those
good
things
,
which
eye
hath
not
seen
,
neither
have
they
entred
into
the
mind
of
man
;
Thou
givest
me
a
foretast
of
these
sweetnesses
and
refreshings
,
which
no
words
can
express
.
§
.
33.
Then
Mr.
Hulsius
being
present
,
asked
if
it
would
be
acceptable
to
him
that
he
should
go
to
Prayer
?
Yea
(
said
he
)
Pray
;
The
time
requires
it
.
When
he
had
ended
his
Prayer
,
he
gave
him
thanks
;
saying
,
You
have
helped
me
;
while
you
called
upon
God
,
I
found
some
ease
of
my
infirmity
:
Encourage
me
!
the
Race
is
short
:
I
even
touch
the
bound
of
my
Race
;
I
go
on
:
I
gather
new
Strength
:
I
touch
the
Prize
,
I
take
hold
of
Eternal
Life
.
This
body
fainteth
:
this
Tabernacle
is
destroyed
;
But
there
is
reserved
for
me
an
house
in
the
Heavens
,
not
made
with
hands
:
There
is
reserved
for
me
in
the
Heavens
an
incorruptible
Inheritance
,
that
can
neither
be
defiled
,
nor
fade
away
.
About
Midnight
his
pains
increased
exceedingly
,
which
caused
him
to
break
forth
into
bitter
cries
,
calling
upon
God
for
his
help
.
Come
,
Lord
Jesus
!
Come
!
I
can
bear
no
more
;
yet
is
not
my
patience
lost
,
but
the
desire
of
my
Soul
towards
thee
,
is
like
that
of
the
dry
and
thirsty
Ground
.
As
the
Hart
panteth
for
the
brooks
of
water
,
so
pantetli
my
Soul
for
thee
,
O
God!
O
when
shall
I
come
and
appear
before
God!
My
Strength
fails
me
more
and
more
,
but
my
Soul
is
strong
and
joyful
.
Presently
upon
this
he
fell
into
a
great
fainting
(
which
Physitians
call
Lipothymia
)
on
which
occasion
Mr.
Martin
Lydius
a
Dutch
Minister
was
instantly
called
in
.
He
was
one
that
Dr.
Rivet
had
a
great
affection
for
,
and
he
was
daily
with
him
during
his
sickness
;
And
therefore
what
passed
between
them
two
,
we
will
set
down
in
Lydius
his
own
words
,
which
are
as
follow
.
§
.
34.
This
Reverend
Father
in
Christ
required
that
I
should
be
often
called
to
him
in
the
time
of
his
sickness
,
having
formerly
been
his
Scholar
at
Leyden
.
When
I
came
first
to
him
,
he
exhorted
me
with
sweet
words
to
proceed
as
I
had
begun
:
saying
,
that
it
greatly
rejoyced
him
to
understand
the
Affection
which
the
Church
at
Breda
had
for
me
;
Wherefore
,
I
pray
thee
(
said
he
)
Give
me
thy
hand
;
Go
on
to
adorn
the
service
thou
hast
undertaken
.
Then
he
uttered
an
excellent
Confession
of
his
Faith
with
a
strong
Voice
:
in
which
he
shewed
on
what
stayes
the
Protestant
Religion
,
which
he
had
hitherto
propagated
both
by
Preaching
and
Writing
;
leaned
,
for
the
obtaining
of
that
Consolation
both
in
life
and
death
,
which
the
miserable
Papists
cannot
have
.
And
when
I
recited
some
select
places
of
Scripture
to
him
out
of
the
Old
or
New
Testament
,
he
would
rehearse
them
again
either
in
Hebrew
or
Greek
.
I
said
,
that
I
doubted
not
but
with
Stephen
the
Protomartyr
he
did
already
see
Heaven
opened
,
&c.
To
which
he
replyed
with
a
chearful
Countenance
and
Voice
,
O
I
have
seen
that
a
good
while
.
I
excused
my self
,
that
I
could
not
pray
to
God
with
him
,
because
I
was
a
stranger
to
the
French
Tongue
,
and
the
by-standers
understood
not
the
Latine
Tongue
;
but
he
said
,
Pray
in
that
Tongue
which
both
thee
and
I
understand
;
which
when
I
had
done
,
and
prayers
were
ended
,
he
gave
me
thanks
:
saying
,
The
Spirit
of
God
hath
spoken
by
thy
mouth
,
and
thou
hast
exceedingly
strengthened
me
:
I
desire
thou
wilt
alwayes
remember
me
in
publick
prayers
in
the
Church
.
The
next
day
being
exceedingly
ill
,
he
commanded
that
none
should
be
admitted
to
him
;
But
when
Mrs.
Moline
heard
my
Voice
,
she
brought
me
to
the
bed-side
,
and
he
received
me
with
a
chearful
Countenance
;
I
am
glad
(
said
he
)
that
thou
art
come
.
I
told
him
,
the
present
time
required
that
he
should
cast
all
his
cares
upon
God
,
and
be
no
more
solicitous
about
any
thing
:
He
answered
,
Yea
truly
:
There
is
nothing
that
I
am
any
more
Solicitous
about
;
I
only
desire
the
coming
of
my
Saviour
,
yea
his
speedy
coming
,
that
I
may
be
loosed
from
this
body
of
Sin
,
and
be
with
Christ
who
is
gain
unto
me
both
in
life
and
death
;
I
embrace
Christ
by
Faith
;
I
am
eve●
pressed
down
,
but
I
am
i●
the
hand
of
my
Shepherd
:
I
embrace
my
Saviour
Jesus
Christ
;
and
do
now
wholly
pant
after
my
God
.
When
he
had
spoken
these
,
and
other
things
of
like
nature
,
I
bid
him
Farewel
:
but
he
again
desired
me
to
pray
with
him
:
which
being
done
,
with
a
sigh
he
said
,
O
how
sweet
is
this
!
When
the
fatal
day
was
come
,
about
two
a
Clock
in
the
Morning
,
he
would
have
me
called
,
and
when
I
drew
near
to
his
bed
,
he
took
hold
of
my
hand
,
to
whom
I
said
,
Yet
a
little
while
,
and
he
that
shall
come
will
come
.
He
answered
;
And
why
doth
he
not
come
?
And
immediately
added
,
Yea
,
he
is
come
already
.
This
I
Testifie
,
Martinus
Lydius
Preacher
at
Breda
.
§
.
35.
About
three
of
the
Farewel
my
dear
▪
Go
rejoycing
into
eternal
life
.
Thou
sayest
true
(
said
he
)
I
go
unto
my
God
and
your
God
▪
We
are
all
Gainers
:
Amen!
Amen
!
Farewel
my
Son
!
Farewel
my
dear
Niece
!
Fear
not
,
I
have
prayed
for
you
;
Ye
shal●
be
happy
.
Persevere
to
th●
end
,
that
none
get
away
your
Crown
:
I
go
before
you
,
and
ye
shall
follow
me
;
you
have
no
cause
to
doubt
of
it
:
We
shall
be
caught
up
together
to
meet
the
Lord
i●
the
Air
,
and
so
we
shall
fo●
ever
be
with
the
Lord
:
I
have
no
more
to
say
or
do
,
I
am
ready
,
I
am
prepared
;
Come
Lord
Jesus
,
Come
!
receive
thy
Creature
;
I
aspire
I
hope
,
I
knock
at
the
Gate
;
Open
O
Lord
!
Open
unto
thy
poor
Servant
.
His
Oppression
was
manifestly
discerned
to
increase
upon
him
,
and
also
a
mortal
Sopor
or
drowsiness
,
and
Rotling
came
upon
him
:
The
Chamber
was
filled
with
company
;
but
most
were
of
the
mind
it
was
not
meet
to
weary
him
any
longer
with
discourse
;
seeing
nothing
could
be
added
to
that
abundant
Testimony
of
his
Faith
which
they
had
already
:
Therefore
about
five
in
the
Morning
they
all
departed
,
except
Mr.
Lydius
,
who
silently
waited
the
last
season
of
praying
to
God
for
him
when
he
should
be
drawing
his
last
breath
.
But
when
it
was
past
eight
of
the
Clock
,
and
he
discerned
but
little
change
,
and
found
his
Pulse
much
the
same
,
he
thought
he
might
abide
in
that
Agony
untill
Evening
;
therefore
he
departed
,
promising
to
return
as
soon
as
they
should
send
for
him
.
Only
those
of
his
own
house
remained
with
him
,
who
feared
to
molest
him
by
speaking
,
and
were
also
uncertain
whether
he
could
speak
,
or
not
,
because
of
his
extream
oppression
,
and
his
lying
with
his
Mouth
open
.
Friends
at
length
prevailed
with
his
Wife
to
withdraw
from
the
sight
of
his
last
Agony
;
and
only
his
Son
and
Niece
stood
by
the
Bed
,
expecting
his
last
breath
;
yet
neither
did
they
think
that
had
been
so
near
,
as
it
was
.
About
half
an
hour
after
Eight
the
Colour
of
his
Face
was
wholly
changed
,
and
Convulsive
motions
came
on
:
Then
his
Niece
asked
him
,
if
he
yet
had
his
understanding
.
Alas
(
said
he
)
speak
:
(
as
complaining
of
their
silence
:
)
Then
said
she
,
I
pray
you
do
you
still
feel
the
sence
of
inward
Joy
?
To
which
he
replyed
intelligibly
enough
,
Yea
:
My
Confidence
is
firm
in
me
.
Then
making
a
sign
,
That
he
would
be
raised
a
little
;
His
Son
and
his
Niece
on
each
side
enfolding
their
arms
about
him
,
lifted
him
higher
:
Then
fixing
his
eyes
a
while
upon
them
,
he
said
,
Help
me
;
I
am
going
.
Accordingly
,
the
Lord
bringing
to
their
mind
many
choice
Scriptures
apt
for
the
occasion
,
they
by
turns
proposed
them
to
him
;
And
he
received
them
with
great
joy
;
adding
So
it
is
:
and
Amen
.
Often
also
he
would
pronounce
himself
the
last
words
of
that
Portion
of
Scripture
which
they
were
rehearsing
to
him
;
as
in
Psal.
36.
How
excellent
is
thy
loving
kindness
O
God!
Therefore
do
the
Sons
of
men
put
their
trust
under
the
shadow
of
thy
wings
:
Thou
wilt
abundantly
satisfie
them
with
the
fatness
of
thy
House
,
and
make
them
to
drink
of
the
Rivers
of
thy
Pleasures
;
which
last
sentence
he
rehearsed
himself
in
the
French
Metre
.
And
the
same
he
did
from
Psal.
65.
4.
Blessed
is
the
man
whom
thou
choosest
,
and
causest
to
approach
unto
thee
,
that
he
may
dwell
in
thy
Courts
:
We
shall
be
abundantly
Satisfied
with
the
goodness
of
thy
House
,
even
of
thy
holy
Temple
.
§
.
36.
Then
his
Son
said
,
I
am
sorry
that
we
are
alone
.
I
am
not
alone
(
said
he
)
God
is
with
me
.
Be
you
then
an
Evangelist
to
your self
,
(
said
his
Son
)
forasmuch
as
you
have
received
the
Ministry
of
Reconciliation
,
deliver
the
tidings
of
peace
to
your
own
Soul
.
That
I
do
(
saith
he
)
my
Soul
believes
.
Then
fear
nothing
;
He
that
believes
in
Jesus
Christ
shall
never
perish
:
He
added
,
But
shall
have
Eternal
Life
.
While
prayers
were
making
for
him
in
this
last
Combat
with
the
pains
of
Death
,
at
the
end
of
almost
every
sentence
he
would
interpose
some
word
or
words
,
expressing
the
sence
of
his
mind
with
respect
to
those
petitions
.
As
thus
,
O
great
God
,
send
thy
Spirit
of
Consolation
;
[
he
is
already
come
:
]
and
give
unto
thy
Servant
the
sense
of
thy
love
,
[
that
he
hath
done
;
]
Give
unto
him
the
Garment
of
Salvation
,
[
he
hath
given
it
;
]
All
is
well
,
enter
therefore
thou
good
Servant
into
the
Joy
of
thy
Lord
,
he
calleth
thee
.
[
At
which
words
he
raised
up
himself
and
stretched
forth
his
Arms
:
]
Also
O
Lord
strengthen
more
and
more
the
Faith
of
thy
Servant
in
this
last
agony
,
let
him
see
,
let
him
hear
thy
voice
,
let
him
raise
up
himself
,
and
take
hold
on
Eternal
Life
,
[
Yea
!
I
am
of
good
Comfort
.
]
Let
us
go
to
the
Throne
of
Grace
,
that
we
may
obtain
Mercy
,
[
It
is
done
:
]
Leave
therefore
with
a
joyful
mind
this
body
to
the
Earth
,
and
yield
up
thy
Spirit
into
the
hands
of
God
,
[
who
hath
given
it
:
]
Take
hold
of
the
Shield
of
Faith
;
yea
put
on
the
whole
Armor
of
God
:
[
I
have
it
.
]
Then
he
began
himself
to
recite
those
words
,
I
have
fought
a
good
fight
,
&c.
And
when
one
had
repeated
what
follows
,
and
came
to
those
words
,
which
God
the
righteous
Judge
will
give
;
he
added
,
He
will
do
it
.
And
when
one
said
;
Behold
the
last
moment
of
deliverance
!
O
God
give
Wings
unto
thy
Servant
;
open
thy
Paradise
unto
him
;
Let
him
be
received
unto
the
beholding
of
thy
Face
!
He
added
,
With
the
Spirits
of
just
men
made
perfect
.
Let
him
receive
the
white
Stone
,
and
the
hidden
Manna
;
and
let
him
bear
his
part
in
that
New
Song
which
none
understands
but
he
that
sings
it
.
To
which
he
said
,
Amen!
In
these
last
Moments
there
came
in
some
of
his
Friends
who
were
witnesses
of
his
happy
Departure
:
But
the
Ministers
above
named
,
viz:
Lydius
and
Hulsius
,
came
too
late
to
hear
him
speak
any
thing
.
Howbeit
a
short
Prayer
was
made
for
him
;
after
which
when
he
had
abode
a
while
with
his
Eyes
fixed
,
and
his
hands
lift
up
towards
Heaven
;
One
of
the
standers
by
said
;
I
am
perswaded
this
man
doth
already
enjoy
the
Vision
of
God
;
whereupon
he
earnestly
endeavoured
to
utter
the
Word
Yea
!
And
almost
in
the
same
moment
sweetly
breathed
forth
his
Soul
,
about
half
an
hour
after
Nine
of
the
Clock
on
Saturday
morning
,
being
Jan.
7.
After
he
had
lived
seventy
eight
years
,
six
Months
,
and
five
dayes
.
AN
APPENDIX
:
WHEREIN
A
CHRISTIAN
's
Triumph
over
Death
is
Illustrated
by
some
more
memorable
Examples
.
§
1.
THE
Jewish
Masters
have
a
saying
recorded
in
their
Talm.
Hierosol
.
which
[
*
](B20782-e17020-b)
*
Buxt.
Adag
.
Hebraic
.
Buxtorf
thus
translates
:
Non
facienda
sunt
Monumenta
justis
(
sc.
defunctis
)
:
Verba
ipsorum
sunt
monumenta
ipsorum
.
That
is
,
Monuments
are
not
to
be
erected
to
the
Righteous
,
when
deceased
;
Their
Words
are
their
Monuments
:
They
need
not
the
help
of
Art
to
perpetuate
,
or
to
embalm
their
Names
,
who
have
lived
and
dyed
eminent
Examples
of
Piety
and
Holiness
;
For
they
shall
be
had
in
everlasting
remembrance
:
The
Memory
of
the
just
is
blessed
:
but
the
Name
of
the
wicked
shall
rot
,
Prov.
10.
7.
As
for
that
worthy
and
holy
person
whose
triumphant
passage
▪
thro'
Death
into
the
Joy
of
his
Lord
,
we
have
already
had
a
Relation
of
;
It
may
be
questioned
,
whether
his
most
fruitful
and
learned
works
while
he
lived
,
or
his
gracious
speeches
and
demeanour
when
he
dyed
,
have
contributed
most
to
the
Eternizing
of
his
Name
;
But
it
is
beyond
all
Question
,
that
both
the
one
and
the
other
have
raised
unto
him
a
Monument
Aere
perennius
;
and
as
in
both
he
hath
been
an
eminent
Instrument
of
Glorifying
God
in
the
World
,
and
strengthening
the
Faith
of
his
Brethren
;
so
his
Name
will
be
remembred
with
Honour
,
and
Thanksgiving
to
God
on
the
account
of
both
,
from
Generation
to
Generation
.
We
have
beheld
in
him
what
Bernard
tells
us
he
saw
in
dying
Gerardus
;
viz.
Hominem
in
morte
exultantem
,
&
insultantem
morti
.
i.
e.
A
man
greatly
rejoycing
in
death
,
and
insulting
over
death
;
which
teacheth
us
that
the
Apostles
holy
Triumph
,
O
death
where
is
thy
Sting
!
O
Grave
where
is
thy
Victory
!
is
no
vain
flourish
of
words
,
or
empty
Speculation
;
but
a
Truth
sealed
to
,
in
the
Experience
of
a
Christian
,
who
with
a
Joy
unspeakable
and
full
of
Glory
,
can
joyn
with
him
in
the
Agonyes
of
Death
,
in
his
following
Song
of
Praise
;
Thanks
be
to
God
,
which
giveth
us
the
Victory
,
thro'
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
.
In
such
instances
as
these
,
we
have
a
very
valuable
Evidence
of
the
Truth
and
Excellency
of
the
Christian
Religion
,
and
the
Certainty
of
a
future
State
,
and
blessed
Immortality
:
Those
things
must
needs
be
real
in
themselves
,
whose
Efficacy
is
so
great
upon
the
Soul
of
a
man
in
such
an
hour
;
Death
is
no
Fancy
;
neither
can
Fables
,
with
what
Art
or
Cunning
soever
they
are
devised
,
relieve
a
man
against
the
bitter
pangs
of
it
:
The
proud
boasts
of
the
Atheist
and
Debauchee
are
soon
quelled
by
this
King
of
Terrors
;
the
very
thought
of
whose
approach
surprizes
them
with
Consternation
and
guilty
fears
;
But
the
lively
hope
of
Pardon
in
the
Blood
of
Christ
,
the
Smiles
of
a
reconciled
God
,
and
foretastes
of
heavenly
Joy
,
make
the
true
and
sincere
Christian
more
than
a
Conqueror
in
this
Conflict
:
He
can
fear
no
evil
because
God
is
with
him
,
whose
presence
makes
his
Sick-bed
easie
,
and
gives
him
Prospect
of
the
greatest
Gain
in
the
loss
of
this
Temporal
Life
.
He
can
say
as
the
holy
'
Apostle
,
To
me
to
live
is
Christ
,
to
dye
is
Gain
,
Phil.
1.
21.
The
holy
Life
of
the
Righteous
is
abundantly
recommended
to
our
imitation
by
their
blessed
Death
;
The
advantage
of
whose
End
made
Balaam
say
,
Let
me
dye
the
Death
of
the
Righteous
and
let
my
last
End
be
like
his
!
And
certainly
it
is
no
small
.
Honour
that
God
hath
put
upon
the
Profession
of
the
Protestant
Religion
,
by
affording
to
many
of
the
most
Zealous
Assertors
thereof
,
such
an
abundant
entrance
into
the
everlasting
Kingdom
of
their
Lord
and
Saviour
Jesus
Christ
;
according
to
whose
pure
Word
they
have
reformed
themselves
,
and
in
whose
Merits
alone
they
have
Trusted
.
Not
only
the
constant
and
triumphant
death
of
thousands
,
who
by
the
cursed
Tyranny
and
Cruelty
of
Papists
have
been
brought
to
Seal
their
Profession
with
their
Blood
;
but
also
the
placid
and
most
Christian
End
of
others
that
have
dyed
in
their
Beds
,
hath
left
great
Convictions
upon
the
Minds
of
Beholders
(
tho'
before
Enemies
to
their
Religion
)
that
there
hath
indeed
been
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
an
heavenly
Excellency
in
it
which
they
knew
not
of
.
This
caused
a
Physitian
of
the
Popish
Religion
,
that
attended
upon
Dr.
Ames
in
his
last
sickness
at
Rotterdam
,
when
he
observed
what
an
extraordinary
spirit
of
Faith
and
Holiness
breathed
in
him
to
the
last
,
to
express
himself
after
this
manner
:
Siccine
moriuntur
Reformati
!
i.
e.
Do
Protestants
dye
at
this
Rate
!
And
well
indeed
may
they
be
surprized
with
wonder
at
such
Examples
,
because
the
Principles
of
that
Religion
which
they
profess
afford
no
such
Consolations
,
or
any
firm
ground
for
them
,
to
those
that
live
and
dye
therein
.
When
they
come
to
dye
,
they
find
their
Debaucheries
to
be
more
than
Venial
Sins
,
and
the
Guilt
of
them
such
as
will
not
be
expiated
by
any
of
those
Means
which
they
have
trusted
to
while
living
under
the
strength
of
Papal
delusions
;
and
the
most
refined
and
Superstitious
Devoto's
in
that
Religion
are
in
no
better
case
,
when
by
Death
summoned
before
the
dreadful
Tribunal
of
Divine
Justice
,
at
whose
Barre
their
own
Righteousness
(
tho'
patcht
up
with
a
thousand
humane
Inventions
)
will
stand
them
in
no
stead
:
To
say
nothing
of
those
Idolatries
which
they
are
taught
to
practise
as
the
most
effectual
means
of
meriting
Heaven
,
and
which
accordingly
they
principally
place
their
Confidence
in
:
But
O
how
sadly
disappointed
will
they
be
,
when
Death
arrests
them
,
who
have
no
better
Antidote
against
its
fatal
Sting
,
than
Popery
can
furnish
them
with
!
They
must
,
if
their
Consciences
be
awakened
,
leave
the
World
with
trembling
Horror
,
and
breathe
out
their
last
with
a
sad
complaint
of
the
wretched
Cheat
of
that
pretended
Religion
,
which
fails
them
in
their
greatest
Extremity
.
Well
may
they
then
take
up
the
dying
words
of
*
Joannes
Semeca
,
who
about
In
our
Life-time
we
had
those
who
would
frequent
the
Quire
for
us
,
who
would
till
our
Lands
;
§
.
2.
But
it
is
time
to
return
from
this
digression
,
and
to
prosecute
our
purpose
,
which
is
to
present
the
Reader
with
some
more
eminent
Instances
of
the
Grace
and
Mercy
of
God
towards
,
and
the
Efficacy
of
a
lively
Faith
in
,
others
of
his
Servants
in
their
last
Hours
;
who
have
been
zealous
Professors
and
Propagators
of
the
True
Religion
and
Faith
of
Christ
while
they
lived
,
and
have
left
this
World
with
an
holy
Triumph
in
the
full
Assurance
of
Eternal
Blessings
,
when
they
dyed
.
My
design
is
,
only
to
single
out
a
few
Instances
,
from
many
that
might
be
with
equal
advantage
pitcht
upon
,
were
it
not
for
swelling
this
little
Tract
beyond
its
due
bounds
.
And
the
first
I
shall
mention
Edinburgh
,
Feb.
8.
Anno
1598.
being
the
Forty
third
year
of
his
Age.
§
.
3.
He
was
while
living
an
eminent
and
very
useful
Instrument
in
the
Reformation
of
the
Church
of
Scotland
,
which
he
sought
to
promote
by
Evangelical
Means
,
in
the
exercise
of
all
Diligence
in
the
Ministry
of
the
Word
,
by
his
Learned
and
pious
Writings
,
and
most
of
all
by
a
singular
Example
of
Holiness
and
practical
Religion
in
his
Life
and
Conversation
;
which
rendred
him
a
burning
and
a
shining
Light
in
his
day
.
Besides
his
extraordinary
Labours
on
special
Occasions
,
he
had
for
some
years
before
his
death
the
principal
Charge
and
Presidency
over
the
then
newly
erected
Academy
of
Edinburgh
committed
to
him
,
which
he
administred
to
the
great
advantage
of
those
under
his
care
,
and
indeed
of
the
whole
Church
;
and
in
the
faithful
discharge
of
his
duty
in
that
great
Trust
,
his
Lord
found
him
when
he
came
to
call
him
from
this
evil
world
into
his
Heavenly
Kingdom
and
Glory
;
and
how
great
his
Affection
was
towards
the
service
of
his
Lord
,
and
what
his
care
for
the
peace
of
Jerusalem
,
and
the
flourshing
of
true
Religion
,
when
himself
was
leaving
this
World
,
will
be
abundantly
manifest
in
many
passages
during
his
last
Sickness
,
which
shall
be
recited
in
their
proper
place
and
order
.
When
he
found
his
distemper
prevail
,
according
to
his
wonted
Prudence
he
set
in
order
what
might
concern
his
Family
when
he
was
gone
,
and
prepared
himself
for
a
ready
and
chearful
submission
to
the
Will
of
God
.
And
when
two
of
his
special
Friends
came
to
visit
him
(
that
were
Persons
of
some
note
and
Eminency
)
he
besought
them
that
they
would
go
to
the
King
(
who
was
then
Young
)
and
exhort
him
,
as
from
him
,
to
abide
constant
and
unmoveable
in
the
Profession
of
the
True
Religion
to
the
end
,
and
by
no
means
suffer
himself
either
by
the
hopes
of
enlarging
his
Kingdom
,
or
the
secret
arts
of
Wicked
men
to
be
moved
therefrom
.
The
esteem
and
reverence
he
had
for
the
Ministers
of
Christ
,
he
exprest
after
this
manner
,
This
Ministry
of
Christ
,
though
mean
and
abject
in
the
account
of
men
,
shall
at
length
shine
with
illustrious
Glory
.
§
.
4.
Afterwards
the
Ministers
of
Edenburgh
came
to
him
and
when
they
were
set
down
he
addrest
himself
to
them
in
a
copious
and
very
solemn
speech
,
wherein
he
tells
them
;
That
being
worn
out
with
his
sickness
,
he
breathed
after
and
hoped
for
the
close
and
Period
of
this
life
:
And
(
saith
he
)
I
have
not
so
learned
or
taught
Christ
,
but
that
in
him
I
should
feel
comfort
under
these
Sorrows
.
The
thred
of
my
life
will
shortly
be
broken
off
,
and
I
must
pass
unto
that
countrey
which
I
have
long
and
earnestly
desired
after
.
Then
he
proceeds
to
a
Pathetical
recommendation
of
the
University
to
their
care
;
and
makes
a
most
solemn
Protestation
(
as
in
the
presence
of
God
,
before
whose
Tribunal
he
must
immediately
appear
)
of
his
integrity
and
faithfulness
in
his
Trust
,
both
as
a
Pastor
,
and
Rector
of
the
University
;
That
he
had
never
suffered
himself
to
be
byassed
by
any
corrupt
or
sinister
end
,
nor
had
any
burthen
upon
his
Conscience
with
respect
thereto
:
He
professed
the
great
care
he
had
alwayes
taken
of
the
publick
peace
;
but
added
,
Yet
neither
did
the
love
of
Peace
so
bewitch
me
,
as
that
I
should
not
distinguish
betwixt
genuine
and
adulterate
Peace
;
nor
did
my
Affection
towards
my
Prince
seduce
me
,
so
as
that
to
pleasure
him
I
should
bring
the
least
spot
upon
my
Conscience
:
But
the
Candor
of
my
actions
will
shine
when
I
am
dead
.
He
exhorted
them
to
mutual
peace
and
love
;
telling
them
▪
There
was
nothing
more
unseemly
than
that
the
Preachers
of
Peace
should
be
rent
with
strife
and
discord
amon●
themselves
;
especially
at
suc●
a
time
when
the
commo●
Enemy
(
the
Papist
)
lay
i●
wait
for
their
ruine
.
And
after
Exhortations
to
render
all
dutiful
respect
and
Obedience
to
their
Prince
;
he
dismist
them
with
this
Benediction
.
The
God
and
Father
of
Jesus
Christ
enrich
you
with
all
blessing
,
and
strengthen
you
with
all
might
unto
the
vigorous
discharge
of
your
Ministry
.
§
.
5.
When
the
Night
came
on
,
death
seemed
to
be
hastening
,
which
he
perceiving
,
entred
into
such
discourses
of
Heavenly
things
as
seemed
to
the
by-standers
so
much
above
the
rate
of
humane
capacity
to
conceive
and
utter
,
that
they
were
all
filled
with
a
joyful
astonish●ent
in
hearing
of
them
.
The
Physitians
came
and
endeavoured
(
but
in
vain
)
by
proper
Medicines
to
asswage
the
force
of
his
distemper
;
whereupon
turning
his
speech
to
God
,
he
said
,
Thou
O
God
shalt
heal
me
:
And
then
poured
out
his
prayers
with
a
most
ardent
Zeal
for
the
Remission
of
his
sins
through
the
Merit
of
the
one
and
only
Sacrifice
of
Christ
;
professing
that
he
esteemed
all
things
(
though
in
appearance
never
so
great
)
to
be
but
dung
,
for
the
excellency
of
Christ
Jesus
;
earnestly
calling
upon
God
that
he
would
bring
him
to
an
happy
and
triumphant
period
of
thi●
Life
,
and
grant
that
being
covered
with
the
Wings
of
Mercy
,
he
might
sweetly
sleep
i●
the
bosom
of
Jesus
,
and
enjoy
that
sight
of
Gods
face
which
with
frequent
pantings
he
thirsted
for
.
I
have
seen
thee
darkly
(
said
he
)
in
the
glass
of
thy
Word
;
O
grant
me
the
long
and
much
desired
fruition
of
thy
Countenance
!
He
discoursed
at
that
rate
concerning
the
Resurrection
,
and
Eternal
Life
,
as
if
he
had
already
forsaken
the
earth
,
and
been
translated
into
Heaven
;
with
so
great
sence
,
and
Life
of
Affection
did
he
speak
of
these
things
:
And
then
taking
each
one
by
the
hand
that
was
present
with
him
,
like
the
Patriarchs
of
old
,
he
blessed
them
with
words
full
of
Gravity
and
Holiness
;
closing
his
Benediction
with
suitable
Exhortations
to
every
one
.
That
Night
beyond
Expectation
he
got
a
little
rest
.
And
the
day
following
the
Magistrates
of
the
City
,
with
many
other
persons
of
quality
came
to
visit
him
:
To
whom
he
made
a
very
grave
discourse
,
in
which
he
earnestly
recommended
the
University
to
their
favour
and
care
,
and
nominated
a
fit
person
to
them
for
his
Successor
therein
:
And
as
to
his
private
concerns
,
he
affectionately
recommended
to
them
also
his
dear
Wife
(
who
was
then
big
with
Child
)
greatly
praising
her
love
and
tenderness
towards
him
in
all
his
weakness
,
and
Afflictions
;
adding
,
I
ingenuously
profess
to
you
,
I
have
not
laid
up
two
Pence
out
of
all
my
Stipends
;
for
thes●
worldly
things
were
not
my
care
,
nor
did
I
ever
set
my
heart
upon
them
.
Those
present
solemnly
promised
to
answer
his
desire
,
i●
all
that
he
had
mentioned
t●
them
;
whereupon
he
exhorte●
the
Professors
of
Philosophy
t●
persevere
in
their
work
,
an●
yield
due
obedience
to
his
Successor
.
And
then
he
said
,
●
thank
my
God
,
that
my
memory
,
sight
,
hearing
,
and
th●
rest
of
my
senses
are
as
strong
and
lively
as
ever
;
But
m●
heart
is
estranged
from
thi●
world
;
and
why
,
O
Lord
Jesu●
shouldst
not
thou
enjoy
m●
Heart
,
who
only
hast
a
righ●
thereto
?
This
hath
been
my
endeavour
all
my
Life
long
,
to
dedicate
and
consecrate
my
heart
to
thee
;
take
it
to
th●
self
,
I
beseech
thee
,
that
i●
may
remain
with
thee
.
§
.
6.
After
he
had
spoken
●hese
things
,
a
gentle
sleep
came
upon
him
,
out
of
which
when
he
awaked
,
he
exprest
a
most
ardent
breathing
to
be
dissolved
,
and
to
be
with
Christ
.
Come
Lord
Jesus
(
said
he
)
break
off
the
thred
of
this
miserable
Life
!
Make
hast
,
O
Lord
,
Tarry
not
!
Jesus
hath
Redeemed
me
,
that
he
might
grant
to
me
(
not
this
frail
,
but
)
eternal
Life
.
Come
Jesus
!
Grant
me
that
life
for
which
thou
hast
redeemed
me
!
And
when
those
that
stood
about
him
lamented
the
great
loss
they
should
have
of
him
,
he
said
;
I
have
pass'd
through
all
the
Steps
of
this
life
;
and
am
now
come
to
the
last
,
why
should
I
go
back
again
?
By
the
aid
of
thy
presence
,
O
Lord
Jesus
,
I
shall
happily
measure
this
Step
also
:
Lead
thou
me
into
that
Glory
which
I
have
only
seen
through
a
Glass
:
O
that
I
were
conversant
with
thee
!
Upon
occasion
of
some
one
signifying
to
him
,
that
the
next
day
was
the
Sabbath
day
,
he
thus
exprest
himself
.
Let
thy
Sabbath
,
O
Lord
,
begin
mine
eternal
Sabbath
:
Let
my
Eternal
Sabbath
receive
the
pledge
of
an
happy
beginning
from
thy
Sabbath
.
Towards
the
middle
of
the
Night
he
got
a
little
rest
,
which
the
strength
of
his
disease
soon
interrupted
;
and
he
supposing
his
last
hour
to
draw
near
,
sent
for
Mr.
Walter
Balcanquel
,
unto
whom
,
when
he
was
come
in
,
he
thus
addressed
himself
:
Forasmuch
as
you
have
for
a
long
time
had
a
Pastoral
charge
at
Edinburgh
,
and
our
friendship
is
of
no
late
date
,
I
took
care
to
have
you
sent
for
,
that
I
might
make
manifest
unto
all
the
Reverence
which
from
my
Cradle
I
have
had
for
the
Ministry
of
Christ
:
I
have
indeed
,
according
to
the
measure
of
my
gift
,
already
poured
out
my
Prayers
into
the
bosom
of
God
;
and
now
I
intreat
you
to
pray
for
me
,
I
will
joyn
with
my
Heart
and
Affection
;
only
desire
not
the
protracting
of
this
Life
.
Whereupon
all
that
were
present
,
falling
on
their
Knees
,
Mr.
Balcanquel
prayed
;
but
among
other
things
he
earnestly
desired
that
it
might
please
God
to
spare
so
worthy
a
man
with
them
for
some
longer
time
,
seeing
both
the
Church
and
Common-wealth
had
so
great
need
of
his
service
;
whereupon
Mr.
Rollock
interrupted
him
,
saying
,
I
have
enough
of
this
Life
;
the
only
thing
I
desire
is
that
heavenly
Life
,
which
is
hid
with
God
in
Christ
.
When
prayer
was
ended
,
he
brake
forth
into
an
earnest
commendation
of
the
Efficacy
of
the
Word
Preached
.
The
Word
(
said
he
)
is
both
Life
,
and
Death
:
nor
can
any
Then
turning
his
discourse
into
Prayer
,
he
said
;
Come
Lord
Jesus
!
break
asunder
the
Nerves
of
these
Eyes
,
and
give
me
other
Eyes
!
I
desire
to
be
dissolved
,
and
to
be
with
thee
;
Hasten
thy
coming
,
O
Lord
Jesus
,
and
deferre
no
longer
!
Let
this
faint
life
go
forth
,
that
the
better
Life
of
God
may
enter
in
:
Lord
Jesus
put
forth
thy
hand
into
this
body
,
and
take
out
this
Soul
unto
thy self
.
§
.
7.
From
that
time
till
the
Sabbath
day
morning
he
kept
silence
,
when
again
the
longings
he
had
after
his
Fathers
House
,
were
breathed
forth
in
these
words
.
Come
Lord
,
and
tarry
not
,
I
am
wearyed
with
the
loathing
of
day
and
night
;
Come
Lord
Jesus
,
that
I
may
come
to
thee
!
O
sweet
and
happy
divorce
from
this
Life
:
Come
Lord
,
who
art
my
sweetness
,
and
set
this
Soul
at
liberty
that
it
may
enjoy
thee
it's
Husband
;
break
this
Heart
of
mine
in
two
,
that
it
may
fly
to
thee
it's
Head
.
To
this
one
replyed
,
Hitherto
Christ
hath
possessed
your
whole
heart
,
and
he
will
take
it
whole
unto
himself
.
To
which
he
returned
answer
,
I
desire
the
breaking
in
two
of
this
Heart
,
that
this
natural
Life
may
be
let
out
,
and
it
may
be
wholly
replenisht
with
the
Life
of
Christ
.
Then
one
of
the
by-standers
said
;
Let
no
anxiety
trouble
you
;
your
Lord
is
now
hastening
.
Those
(
said
he
)
are
welcome
tidings
unto
me
;
I
would
my
Funeral
was
to
be
to
morrow
.
Another
said
,
Happy
is
that
Soul
which
is
so
near
to
the
Lord
as
yours
is
.
To
which
he
replyed
,
There
is
nothing
in
me
which
I
account
not
as
dung
,
that
I
may
win
Christ
:
Christ
is
the
only
matter
of
my
Comfort
;
my
own
Righteousness
is
a
menstruous
cloth
.
Being
asked
,
if
he
desired
to
speak
with
any
of
the
Ministers
;
he
said
,
he
would
not
give
them
trouble
now
they
were
just
preparing
themselves
to
preach
.
Let
me
(
said
he
)
chatter
with
my
Lord
like
a
Crane
.
Being
informed
that
Sermon
was
begun
.
Lord
(
said
he
)
grant
that
I
may
see
what
others
now
hear
!
About
noon
,
when
one
comforted
him
with
the
remembrance
of
his
unwearied
pains
and
diligent
endeavour
to
promote
the
Glory
of
God
all
his
life
time
;
he
replyed
,
I
have
nothing
to
Glory
in
but
the
Mercy
of
God
in
Christ
Jesus
:
All
other
things
I
count
but
loss
!
After
a
little
rest
,
a
person
of
considerable
rank
visiting
him
,
he
again
took
the
occasion
of
an
earnest
recommendation
of
what
might
tend
to
the
promoting
of
Religion
to
his
care
in
his
Station
:
And
in
the
following
Night
he
was
observed
to
say
;
I
have
a
peaceful
mind
in
a
sick
body
;
I
am
not
perplex't
with
the
fear
of
Death
,
Sin
,
or
Satan
,
they
have
no
Dominion
over
me
:
yet
so
great
is
the
weight
of
my
distemper
,
that
it
is
much
beyond
expectation
that
I
subsist
to
this
hour
.
He
bruises
me
as
with
a
Pestle
in
the
Mortar
of
Affliction
,
that
he
may
form
me
for
his
own
Kingdom
.
§
.
8.
On
the
next
day
being
Monday
,
he
said
to
those
about
him
,
It
may
seem
strange
,
seeing
I
am
so
sorely
handled
with
my
disease
,
that
my
life
should
be
protracted
thus
long
:
But
with
patience
I
wait
for
the
good
pleasure
of
the
Lord
:
Let
him
do
with
me
what
pleaseth
him
,
I
will
not
dispute
it
with
him
:
What
is
man
that
he
should
dare
to
contend
with
God!
yea
though
he
should
thrust
him
down
to
Hell
,
he
must
obey
,
and
not
reply
upon
God
:
Be
gracious
unto
me
,
O
Lord
,
for
Christ
Jesus
sake
:
I
am
not
ashamed
to
profess
that
I
never
before
attained
to
so
high
a
pitch
of
the
Knowledge
of
God
,
as
I
have
done
in
this
sickness
.
O
what
a
fearful
thing
is
it
to
fall
into
the
hands
of
the
Lord
!
But
Mercy
is
laid
up
for
me
in
Christ
.
Why
art
thou
Sorrowful
,
O
my
Soul
?
why
art
thou
cast
down
within
me
?
thou
shalt
by
and
by
obtain
a
most
pleasant
sight
,
and
congress
.
Towards
evening
,
he
told
his
Friends
that
he
experienced
in
himself
the
truth
of
the
sixth
Psalm
,
and
repeated
some
Passages
therein
;
as
verse
2.
Have
mercy
upon
me
,
O
Lord
,
for
I
am
weak
:
O
Lord
heal
me
,
for
my
bones
are
vexed
:
To
which
he
added
,
Christ
will
bear
my
burthen
,
and
I
will
follow
,
him
being
unheld
by
his
Grace
.
When
those
that
were
about
him
,
observing
the
bitterness
and
extremity
of
his
disease
,
brake
out
into
Tears
and
Lamentation
for
him
.
Lament
not
my
case
(
said
he
)
but
weep
for
your
own
sins
;
seeing
none
are
free
from
sin
,
none
want
occasion
of
weeping
;
but
as
for
me
,
I
shall
quickly
see
the
end
and
consummation
of
all
.
The
care
of
his
Funeral
he
recommended
to
two
of
his
intire
Friends
present
,
and
when
he
had
finished
his
Directions
about
what
he
would
have
done
therein
;
he
said
,
Why
should
I
not
take
care
of
this
body
,
seeing
that
also
shall
be
glorified
,
and
made
conformable
to
the
glorious
body
of
Christ
:
(
and
looking
upon
his
hands
)
These
very
hands
shall
shine
with
excellent
Glory
.
After
this
he
was
not
able
to
speak
much
;
but
to
the
very
last
what
he
did
utter
was
with
a
wonderful
savour
,
still
expressing
the
inward
joy
and
peace
of
his
Soul
,
and
a
most
assured
Confidence
of
a
compleat
and
glorious
Victory
in
this
last
conflict
;
and
in
a
few
hours
he
finished
his
course
;
and
sweetly
slept
in
Jesus
.
Before
I
pass
to
another
Story
,
I
cannot
but
mention
one
thing
more
that
happened
a
little
before
this
holy
man
drew
his
last
breath
;
And
it
is
this
.
One
of
his
kindred
coming
in
to
see
him
,
and
perceiving
that
he
was
nigh
to
death
,
being
himself
a
Stranger
to
Religion
and
Piety
,
yet
convinced
that
it
could
not
but
be
well
with
so
holy
a
man
as
Mr.
Rollock
,
entreated
of
him
,
That
when
he
came
to
Heaven
,
he
would
Mediate
for
him
and
the
rest
of
his
Friends
here
below
.
But
how
grievous
this
ignorant
and
impious
request
was
to
the
Soul
of
this
blessed
Saint
,
will
be
easily
guessed
by
those
,
that
as
he
did
,
love
the
honour
of
Christ
more
than
their
own
lives
;
Though
before
he
lay
as
one
ready
to
give
up
the
Ghost
,
at
the
hearing
of
this
,
his
Zeal
was
so
stirred
in
him
,
that
he
raises
himself
upright
,
and
with
a
great
fervency
replyes
,
I
refuse
that
Office
:
Christ
is
the
only
Mediator
.
And
so
deep
was
the
impression
of
trouble
this
made
upon
his
Spirit
,
that
a
while
after
,
when
his
elder
Brother
came
to
visit
him
,
he
left
this
charge
upon
him
.
Do
you
(
said
he
)
rebuke
that
Kinsman
of
ours
,
and
admonish
him
that
he
take
another
course
,
otherwise
there
is
no
Salvation
for
him
,
but
most
certain
ruine
.
§
.
9.
The
next
instance
I
shall
touch
upon
,
is
that
of
Mr.
John
Svisse
Cantons
:
He
was
a
person
very
considerable
both
for
his
Learning
and
Piety
;
but
for
nothing
more
to
be
commended
,
than
for
his
Peaceable
temper
,
and
Christian
Moderation
,
in
those
controversies
with
which
the
reformed
Churches
were
then
exercised
among
themselves
in
the
business
of
the
Lords
Supper
:
For
though
he
was
both
free
in
declaring
,
and
constant
in
asserting
that
truth
which
the
Lord
had
made
known
to
him
,
yet
his
great
care
was
,
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
to
speak
the
truth
in
love
;
and
to
manage
the
defence
thereof
without
bitterness
towards
,
or
Provocation
of
,
those
that
did
in
that
point
dissent
from
him
.
And
as
he
was
a
man
studious
of
Peace
in
his
life
,
so
it
pleased
the
Lord
to
guard
his
Soul
with
a
Peace
that
passeth
all
understanding
,
and
to
fill
his
Heart
with
Spiritual
and
Heavenly
joy
when
he
came
to
dye
.
After
he
had
for
some
considerable
time
laboured
in
the
Ministry
of
the
Word
at
Basil
,
it
pleased
God
there
to
visit
him
with
his
last
sickness
,
in
the
Forty
ninth
year
of
his
Age
,
which
he
presently
apprehended
would
prove
mortal
to
him
,
and
accordingly
gave
warning
to
his
Friends
that
they
should
expect
no
other
:
But
so
far
was
he
from
being
terrifyed
by
the
approach
of
death
,
that
on
the
contrary
he
exprest
the
greatest
longings
after
that
Heavenly
light
,
and
Crown
of
Glory
which
he
saw
ready
prepared
for
him
,
so
soon
as
the
earthly
house
of
this
Tabernacle
should
be
taken
down
:
He
waited
not
for
the
Consolations
of
others
in
this
last
conflict
,
but
was
ready
to
Minister
Consolation
to
all
that
were
about
him
;
insomuch
that
his
most
Christian
and
comfortable
End
,
was
no
less
for
the
Confirmation
and
encouragement
of
the
Godly
in
their
Holy
profession
,
than
his
Doctrine
and
blameless
Life
had
been
.
He
was
an
example
of
dying
well
,
as
he
had
been
before
of
living
well
:
of
which
abundant
testimony
is
given
by
those
worthy
men
that
familiarly
and
almost
constantly
conversed
.
with
him
in
these
his
last
hours
.
Among
whom
Simon
Grynaeus
,
a
man
whose
praise
is
in
the
Reformed
Churches
,
was
one
;
who
hath
left
us
the
account
of
the
following
discourse
that
this
pious
Servant
of
Christ
made
to
him
and
the
rest
of
the
Ministers
of
the
Church
,
a
little
before
his
departure
;
which
alone
is
sufficient
to
justifie
all
that
hath
been
before
said
of
the
frame
of
his
Spirit
upon
his
dying
bed
.
It
is
as
follows
.
§
.
10.
You
see
Brethren
what
the
business
is
:
The
Lord
is
at
hand
,
he
cometh
,
and
is
now
about
to
take
me
hence
:
and
therefore
I
was
desirous
to
call
you
first
,
and
with
my
dearest
Friends
to
satiate
this
Soul
of
mine
with
a
sincere
Joy
in
the
Lord
,
and
true
consolation
.
What
shall
we
say
then
in
this
last
Embrace
,
O
ye
Servants
of
Christ
,
whom
the
same
Love
to
their
Lord
,
the
same
Study
,
and
the
same
Doctrine
hath
most
closely
knit
together
!
Salvation
is
obtained
;
It
is
obtained
(
I
say
)
by
Christ
;
and
we
have
all
Confidence
of
the
Kingdom
of
God
:
Our
Doctrine
is
certain
,
and
light
is
prepared
for
our
feet
:
It
is
meet
that
all
Sorrow
,
all
fears
of
Life
or
Death
,
all
doubting
and
error
should
be
banisht
far
away
:
Only
this
(
my
Brethren
!
)
this
only
remains
,
that
we
constantly
and
faithfully
persevere
in
those
footsteps
of
Christ
which
we
have
already
entred
upon
,
by
maintaining
Purity
of
Doctrine
in
the
first
place
,
and
then
by
a
Life
in
all
things
conformed
to
the
true
Word
of
God
:
Other
things
he
will
take
care
of
who
is
Mighty
,
and
of
his
own
accord
watcheth
his
own
,
even
Christ
our
Lord
:
He
will
defend
his
own
Church
:
Let
us
see
to
it
therefore
(
Brethren
!
)
that
our
light
so
shine
that
God
the
Father
may
be
glorified
in
us
,
and
the
Name
of
Christ
rendred
illustrious
through
the
light
of
your
Sincerity
and
holy
Life
.
See
that
you
love
one
another
in
Truth
;
and
lead
your
whole
Life
as
under
the
Eye
,
and
in
the
sight
of
God
:
'T
is
to
no
purpose
to
press
Piety
with
words
only
;
The
light
of
Truth
and
Holiness
in
Life
,
with
the
true
and
Heavenly
Spirit
of
the
Mind
,
are
necessary
,
if
we
would
vanquish
Satan
,
and
convert
the
World
to
our
Lord
Christ
.
For
(
O
my
Brethren
!
)
What
clouds
are
there
arising
,
and
what
a
tempest
draws
near
!
what
alienation
of
men
,
and
what
impiety
is
at
the
door
!
But
Brethren
!
It
behoves
you
to
stand
fast
,
and
to
abide
it
:
The
Lord
himself
will
be
present
with
you
in
his
Concerns
:
O
that
my
Lot
were
to
undergo
these
dangers
with
you
!
and
that
I
could
often
spill
this
Life
for
the
Truth
!
But
however
Love
is
undivided
,
and
the
bond
in
Christ
indissoluble
;
all
things
are
common
to
the
Godly
among
themselves
.
These
things
he
uttered
with
respect
to
the
common
Cause
of
Religion
;
And
as
to
what
concern'd
himself
he
told
them
,
I
matter
not
the
scandal
which
some
have
imputed
to
me
,
as
if
I
had
corrupted
the
Truth
:
Through
the
Grace
of
God
,
I
am
now
going
to
the
Tribunal
of
Christ
with
a
good
Conscience
:
There
it
will
be
manifest
that
the
Church
hath
not
been
seduced
by
us
.
And
of
this
Solemn
Protestation
I
leave
you
my
Witnesses
,
which
I
also
confirm
with
my
last
breath
.
The
next
day
(
which
was
the
fifteenth
from
his
first
sickness
)
he
caused
his
Children
to
be
brought
before
him
,
and
first
took
them
by
the
hand
,
then
stroaked
each
of
them
,
and
calling
them
by
their
Names
said
,
Thou
Eusebius
,
thou
Irene
,
and
thou
Alethea
,
my
dear
Children
!
see
that
you
love
God
.
And
because
by
reason
of
their
age
,
they
were
not
yet
capable
of
attending
to
the
Charge
of
their
dying
Father
(
the
Eldest
being
but
about
three
years
Old
)
he
turned
him
to
his
Wife
and
the
rest
of
his
Relations
present
,
and
said
,
It
is
you
that
I
have
bound
by
this
charge
to
do
your
Endeavour
,
that
according
to
my
desire
and
what
they
now
hear
,
my
Children
may
be
Pious
,
Peaceable
,
and
Faithful
.
This
he
spake
with
allusion
to
the
signification
of
their
Names
:
And
their
Mother
with
the
rest
,
signifing
their
acceptance
of
this
charge
;
he
desired
them
to
take
a
way
the
Children
again
.
The
Last
night
he
lived
here
being
come
,
his
inward
Joy
did
no
way
abate
,
but
rather
increase
as
death
drew
nearer
to
him
.
One
of
his
intimate
friends
coming
,
in
he
asked
him
,
what
News
he
had
brought
;
his
Friend
told
him
,
None
:
Why
then
(
said
he
)
I
will
tell
you
news
;
I
shall
in
a
little
time
be
with
the
Lord
Christ
.
A
while
after
,
when
they
asked
,
If
the
light
did
not
offend
him
;
touching
his
breast
,
he
said
,
Abundé
lucis
est
!
Here
is
abundance
of
Light
!
The
next
morning
his
fatal
hour
came
on
,
before
which
,
he
prayed
with
an
ardent
Affection
for
the
Remission
of
Sin
,
repeating
the
51
Psalm
,
from
the
beginning
to
the
end
;
And
then
after
a
little
pause
and
breathing
,
he
renewed
his
prayer
in
these
words
:
Christ
Jesus
save
me
!
which
were
the
last
he
uttered
,
and
then
sweetly
breathed
forth
his
pious
Soul
into
the
bosom
of
his
Redeemer
.
He
changed
this
Life
for
an
Heavenly
,
on
the
first
day
of
December
in
the
year
1531.
And
as
Mr.
Rollock
professed
upon
his
death-bed
,
that
he
had
laid
up
nothing
of
this
World
in
his
Life
;
so
it
is
observed
of
this
good
man
,
That
he
made
no
Will
,
because
he
had
nothing
to
dispose
of
:
So
far
were
these
first
Reformers
from
seeking
great
things
for
themselves
!
Riches
profit
not
in
the
day
of
wrath
,
but
Righteousness
delivereth
from
death
:
To
be
rich
towards
God
,
to
have
the
testimony
of
a
good
Conscience
,
that
with
simplicity
and
godly
sincerity
we
have
had
our
conversation
in
the
World
;
will
prove
the
best
portion
when
we
come
to
dye
;
and
afford
such
ease
to
us
upon
a
sick
bed
,
as
all
the
Treasure
under
Heaven
cannot
procure
the
like
.
§
.
11.
The
Jewish
Writers
,
from
that
Passage
of
the
Psalmist
:
The
Lord
will
strengthen
him
upon
the
bed
of
languishing
;
thou
wilt
make
all
his
bed
in
his
sickness
;
have
a
Proverbial
saying
in
Tract
.
Nedar
:
to
this
sence
;
Majestas
divina
sedet
ad
caput
lecti
aegrotantis
:
i.
e.
The
divine
Majesty
sitteth
(
or
abideth
)
at
the
sick
mans
beds-head
.
His
sick
bed
is
turned
into
a
Sanctuary
,
by
the
Gracious
presence
of
God
with
him
.
This
we
have
seen
verified
in
the
former
Examples
,
and
shall
yet
meet
with
a
further
Confirmation
of
,
in
the
experience
of
Joachimus
Curaeus
,
When
he
found
his
sickness
had
prevailed
over
Nature
so
far
,
as
that
his
dissolution
must
needs
be
hastning
on
,
he
wholly
applyed
himself
to
ardent
Prayers
and
Supplications
unto
God
,
making
use
of
that
exercise
for
the
ease
and
support
of
his
Soul
in
sickness
,
which
had
been
his
delight
and
Comfort
in
his
health
;
And
several
times
in
one
day
,
causing
his
his
Wife
and
Children
to
come
to
him
,
he
did
with
an
inexpressible
Zeal
and
Affection
exhort
them
to
Piety
and
Virtue
;
and
then
in
a
solemn
manner
recommended
both
them
and
his
last
charge
to
them
,
to
the
blessing
of
God
;
who
in
this
also
heard
the
Prayers
of
his
Servant
;
and
raised
up
two
of
his
Sons
after
him
,
to
be
eminent
examples
both
of
Piety
Virtue
and
Learning
in
their
Generation
;
thereby
making
good
his
word
,
That
the
Generation
of
the
upright
shall
be
blessed
.
§
.
12.
Being
taken
away
in
the
midst
of
his
years
,
at
that
age
which
was
the
ripest
for
Service
,
he
would
often
repeat
the
mournful
complaint
of
Hezekiah
;
I
have
cut
off
like
a
Weaver
my
life
,
&c
:
But
then
his
perfect
acquiescence
in
the
will
of
God
,
and
rejoycing
in
his
Salvation
,
was
as
frequently
exprest
,
in
the
following
words
,
which
are
some
of
those
holy
sayings
which
plentifully
issued
from
his
pure
Heart
in
this
last
sickness
:
viz.
I
am
broken
,
O
Lord
!
but
it
satisfies
me
that
thy
hand
hath
done
this
,
not
the
Devil
.
The
Body
indeed
suffers
because
of
Sin
,
but
thou
Comfortest
my
Soul
with
a
most
sure
Hope
,
and
expectation
of
eternal
Life
.
I
believe
,
O
Lord
!
I
believe
;
but
do
thou
help
mine
unbelief
:
I
have
received
a
Message
of
death
,
but
I
will
wrestle
with
thee
O
Lord
Jesus
,
after
the
Example
of
thy
holy
Pilgrim
Jacob
,
untill
the
Morning
beams
of
thy
light
break
up
,
arise
,
and
shine
upon
me
;
neither
will
I
let
thee
go
unless
thou
bless
me
,
and
my
Soul
be
saved
;
Therefore
O
Jesus
Christ
,
thou
wilt
bless
me
,
and
save
my
Soul
,
giving
unto
me
a
Believer
,
Remission
of
Sins
,
Righteousness
and
Life
!
Come
Lord
Jesus
,
and
let
all
that
love
thee
say
,
Come
!
And
he
that
loves
thee
not
,
let
him
be
Anathema
Maranatha
:
Thou
knowest
,
O
Lord
,
who
art
the
searcher
of
Hearts
,
That
I
love
thee
;
And
thou
lovest
me
,
yea
thou
lovest
me
in
Truth
,
and
art
my
Redeemer
by
thy
Merit
and
Efficacy
.
Into
thy
hands
,
O
Lord
,
I
commend
my
Spirit
,
for
thou
hast
Redeemed
me
,
O
Lord
God
of
Truth
.
And
then
reflecting
upon
the
time
of
his
sickness
,
(
for
he
dyed
January
21.
)
he
proceeded
in
further
expressions
of
his
assured
Confidence
in
God
,
and
inward
Joy
,
through
the
lively
hope
and
foretast
of
the
blessings
of
that
Kingdom
he
was
going
to
,
after
this
manner
:
I
shall
be
with
thee
in
the
beginning
of
this
new
Year
;
I
shall
be
satiated
with
the
sight
of
thee
,
O
Lord
!
I
shall
drink
with
thee
at
thy
Table
the
New
Juice
of
Eternal
Joy
,
even
in
thy
Fathers
house
,
where
there
are
many
Mansions
;
there
is
a
place
for
me
also
;
and
there
shall
I
sit
at
thy
Table
.
Refresh
me
,
O
Son
of
God
,
with
thy
Spirit
,
and
with
thy
quickening
presence
.
I
come
unto
thee
,
Jesus
Christ
;
Receive
thou
me
according
to
thy
Promise
,
which
is
the
only
repast
,
and
Recreation
of
my
Soul
.
Iam
meum
pectus
ardet
conspectu
vitae
eternae
,
cujus
verè
sentio
in
me
initia
.
i.
e.
Now
doth
my
Heart
burn
,
through
the
sight
of
Eternal
Life
,
the
Beginnings
of
which
I
truly
feel
in
my self
:
And
this
is
Life
Eternal
,
to
know
thee
the
true
God
,
and
Jesus
Christ
whom
thou
hast
sent
.
Through
thy
goodness
I
have
learned
,
and
I
have
taught
others
,
rightly
to
acknowledge
thee
:
Do
thou
again
acknowledge
me
,
O
Son
of
God
,
and
embrace
me
with
thy
Saving
Grace
,
even
with
thy
Holy
Spirit
;
do
thou
present
this
Soul
to
thy
Eternal
Father
,
who
will
readily
receive
it
from
thy
hand
;
My
desire
and
rejoycing
is
to
come
unto
him
;
and
because
I
am
not
yet
come
,
all
delay
seems
long
unto
me
;
O
thou
Sun
of
Righteousness
,
light
me
into
Eternal
light
and
Righteousness
:
I
desire
,
with
thine
Apostle
,
to
be
dissolved
,
and
to
be
with
thee
;
Loose
me
,
that
I
may
be
with
thee
:
I
am
greatly
wearyed
,
and
I
wait
for
the
entertainment
which
thou
hast
shewn
me
.
As
the
Traveller
in
his
Journey
,
at
Night
time
desires
the
Sun-rising
;
so
do
I
desire
after
the
clear
light
,
even
the
sight
of
the
Father
,
Son
,
and
Holy
Ghost
.
When
my
voice
and
speech
shall
fail
me
,
Grant
,
O
Merciful
Saviour
,
that
thy
Holy
Spirit
may
speak
unto
thee
in
my
Heart
,
and
make
intercession
for
me
with
groanings
that
cannot
be
uttered
:
Let
his
motions
spring
up
in
my
breast
,
and
move
thy
Heart
unto
Mercy
towards
me
.
Lord
Jesus
Christ
,
who
sittest
at
the
right
hand
of
thy
Eternal
Father
,
receive
my
Spirit
.
§
.
13.
These
were
the
Meditations
,
and
this
the
exercise
of
this
Holy
man
upon
his
dying
bed
:
He
felt
this
Tabernacle
to
be
falling
,
but
knew
he
had
an
house
not
made
with
hands
,
Eternal
in
the
Heavens
;
and
his
pious
Soul
was
filled
with
Heavenly
triumph
,
in
the
certain
expectation
of
a
Glorious
Resurrection
of
that
same
body
of
his
,
which
was
now
ready
to
be
sown
in
corruption
,
which
with
an
admirable
sweetness
and
comfort
,
he
thus
express'd
:
I
shall
see
thee
my
Saviour
,
in
my
flesh
,
which
thou
hast
exalted
to
the
right
hand
of
the
Eternal
Father
;
and
I
will
give
thee
thanks
in
the
presence
of
thy
Father
,
for
all
the
Good
things
which
thou
hast
communicated
unto
me
.
Yea
thou
wilt
place
thy
Holy
Angels
to
be
the
Guardians
of
my
Body
,
that
they
may
keep
my
dust
,
which
hath
been
,
and
to
all
Eternity
shall
be
,
the
dwelling
place
of
thy
Holy
Spirit
.
It
is
impossible
that
this
flesh
of
mine
,
which
is
the
Temple
of
the
Holy
Ghost
,
this
Mass
of
my
body
,
which
is
quickened
by
the
effusion
,
and
communication
of
the
Spirit
of
Christ
,
and
so
inserted
into
the
flesh
of
Christ
,
should
be
reduced
unto
nothing
,
or
abide
in
death
,
and
ever
remain
dust
and
ashes
:
But
thou
who
art
the
Author
of
Life
,
will
remand
from
the
Earth
this
thine
own
Image
,
even
out
of
the
smallest
Crums
of
dust
and
ashes
that
are
there
;
By
sending
forth
thy
breath
thou
wilt
again
build
up
my
body
alive
and
Glorious
,
which
shall
be
the
habitation
of
the
whole
Divinity
,
dwelling
therein
to
all
Eternity
.
There
shall
we
follow
the
Lamb
whithersoever
he
shall
go
;
O
Guide
truly
fair
and
Divine
!
There
shall
we
sing
a
New
Song
:
Let
us
rejoyce
!
Hallelujah
!
O
Come
,
let
us
go
forth
to
meet
our
Saviour
:
Our
Eye
hath
not
seen
,
nor
Ear
heard
,
neither
have
entred
into
the
Heart
of
man
,
the
things
which
God
hath
prepared
for
them
that
love
him
.
This
Earthly
Life
is
Death
,
but
that
Life
which
Christ
begins
in
me
,
is
Life
indeed
;
Now
it
is
no
more
I
that
live
,
but
Christ
that
liveth
in
me
;
therefore
let
him
be
praised
.
O
happy
Soul
,
in
which
thou
Jesus
Christ
sittest
as
the
Guide
and
Rector
of
all
its
actions
and
Motions
.
I
see
Heaven
open
unto
me
!
Now
lettest
thou
thy
Servant
depart
in
Peace
,
O
Lord
,
for
mine
Eyes
indeed
have
seen
thy
Salvation
!
Thou
,
O
Christ
,
art
the
Resurrection
and
Life
;
How
amiable
are
thy
Tabernacles
,
O
Lord
!
O
Christ
my
Redeemer
,
carefully
watch
my
Soul
,
that
it
suffer
no
detriment
by
the
horrible
and
infernal
Dragon
,
the
Devil
.
Let
my
Soul
be
bound
up
in
the
bundle
of
Life
;
and
let
this
my
passage
hence
be
happy
;
let
it
be
to
me
the
way
to
those
that
live
an
immortal
and
Heavenly
Life
.
§
.
14.
After
,
this
he
again
most
affectionately
prayed
for
his
Wife
and
Children
,
but
in
terms
arguing
such
a
nearness
to
God
and
Holy
Familiarity
with
him
,
as
if
a
man
had
been
speaking
to
his
Friend
,
and
devolving
a
care
upon
him
that
he
knew
most
assuredly
he
would
willingly
take
upon
himself
and
see
to
;
He
mightily
Comforted
himself
with
the
thoughts
of
Christs
sympathy
and
compassion
,
who
(
saith
he
)
will
certainly
hear
me
in
all
these
things
.
And
when
one
exhorted
him
to
be
of
good
hope
,
for
God
would
help
him
;
he
answered
,
'T
is
right
:
The
Lord
will
certainly
help
me
,
by
a
final
deliverance
;
according
to
that
;
Blessed
are
the
dead
which
dye
in
the
Lord
:
In
the
Lord
then
do
I
dye
,
who
is
my
Life
;
I
dye
in
the
acknowledgment
,
Faith
,
and
Confidence
of
Christ
the
Mediator
,
who
is
my
Shade
of
defence
,
and
my
Brother
,
who
cloatheth
me
with
the
garment
of
his
Righteousness
;
I
shall
therefore
be
happy
,
I
shall
be
Righteous
;
O
sweet
Blessedness
!
sweet
Righteousness
!
O
sweet
change
and
Translation
from
Sin
to
Innocency
,
from
Darkness
into
Light
,
from
Death
to
Life
.
Many
Prayers
also
he
put
up
for
the
Church
of
God
,
especially
that
the
pure
Doctrine
of
the
Gospel
might
be
transmitted
without
corruption
to
Posterity
;
and
with
Tears
bewailed
the
wickedness
of
those
who
by
their
corrupt
Notions
were
an
hindrance
to
its
course
.
And
once
more
(
a
little
before
his
Soul
departed
)
his
Friends
being
about
him
,
he
solemnly
recommends
himself
to
Christ
,
and
repeats
the
Confession
of
his
Faith
;
expressing
great
thankfulness
to
God
for
the
Reformation
,
and
for
those
that
he
had
used
as
Instruments
therein
.
I
am
now
dying
(
said
he
)
and
dismist
as
that
Servant
of
God
holy
Simeon
;
I
also
being
the
Servant
of
God
,
and
Holy
;
I
dye
in
the
Confession
of
the
writings
of
the
Prophets
and
Holy
Apostles
;
and
of
the
Ancient
Creeds
;
and
also
adhering
to
the
Augustane
Confession
;
I
give
thanks
to
God
,
That
of
his
Infinite
goodness
he
hath
dispell'd
the
darkness
,
and
restored
to
us
the
Light
and
Purity
of
his
Gospel
.
At
length
,
in
the
midst
of
his
Prayers
and
earnest
breathings
after
God
,
he
yielded
up
his
Soul
into
the
hands
and
bosom
of
his
Redeemer
,
where
he
rests
from
his
Labours
,
and
his
works
follow
him
.
§
.
15.
Another
Instance
worthy
of
our
Remembrance
and
imitation
,
I
shall
give
you
,
in
Mr.
Matthew
Wesenbeck
,
an
eminent
Civilian
;
who
after
he
had
run
the
course
of
an
Holy
Life
,
from
his
first
Conversion
to
the
fifty
fifth
year
of
his
Age
,
departed
this
Life
at
Wittenburg
,
in
the
year
1586.
The
means
by
which
God
first
awakened
him
to
seek
after
and
embrace
the
knowledge
of
the
Truth
,
was
this
.
While
he
was
studying
the
Law
at
Lovane
,
it
fell
out
that
there
was
a
poor
man
in
the
City
,
who
being
blind
made
it
his
business
to
visit
the
Sick
,
and
to
instruct
and
comfort
them
as
he
could
with
Texts
of
Scripture
,
(
in
which
he
was
well
versed
;
)
in
recompence
of
which
pious
office
,
those
that
were
well
disposed
,
would
relieve
his
Necessity
with
a
piece
of
Bread
and
Cheese
:
After
some
time
,
this
poor
man
was
accused
of
Heresie
,
and
committed
to
Prison
;
near
this
prison
,
Wesenbeck
with
his
fellow
Students
were
wont
to
recreate
themselves
with
the
Ball
;
on
which
occasion
they
often
heard
this
blind
man
with
a
clear
voice
singing
the
Psalms
of
David
according
to
Luthers
Metaphrase
;
and
this
Holy
exercise
the
good
man
performed
with
so
much
Devotion
and
Affection
,
as
wrought
in
them
a
more
than
ordinary
attention
to
him
,
although
it
was
not
without
some
danger
to
themselves
;
And
it
pleased
God
so
to
work
upon
Wesenbeck
,
by
this
example
of
Christian
constancy
and
Zeal
,
together
with
the
matter
which
he
heard
,
that
thenceforward
he
began
diligently
to
search
the
Scriptures
,
and
also
to
read
the
Writings
of
those
of
the
Reformed
Religion
;
by
which
means
he
became
not
only
fully
convinced
of
the
Truth
,
but
also
received
it
in
the
Love
thereof
,
and
abode
most
constant
in
the
Faith
and
Practice
of
it
to
his
dying
day
;
being
an
eminent
example
of
Zeal
and
strict
Piety
in
his
whole
life
:
He
had
an
extraordinary
Affection
to
the
Holy
Scriptures
,
but
especially
the
book
of
Psalms
and
the
New
Testament
were
most
dear
and
delightful
to
him
:
And
notwithstanding
the
necessary
course
of
his
Studyes
,
and
(
for
some
time
also
)
great
Practice
in
the
Law
,
he
usually
spent
at
fit
seasons
no
less
than
five
hours
in
a
day
in
Prayers
and
retired
communion
with
God
;
He
was
not
like
many
that
can
●●d
no
leisure
for
Religion
,
●hat
is
,
cannot
attend
to
work
●ut
their
own
Salvation
:
but
made
Conscience
to
steer
his
whole
course
as
a
man
resol●ed
for
Heaven
:
And
his
Righ●eousness
and
Charity
towards
men
was
not
inferior
to
his
Piety
towards
God
;
He
ever
●bhorr'd
those
Artifices
which
●re
too
common
with
practitioners
in
the
Law
;
his
Candor
,
●aithfulness
,
and
Justice
in
his
practice
,
made
his
Name
precious
to
all
that
knew
him
;
And
as
it
pleased
God
to
bless
him
with
a
plentiful
Supply
of
the
good
things
of
this
world
,
so
Religion
taught
him
not
to
●rust
in
uncertain
Riches
,
but
●o
be
rich
in
good
works
;
His
way
was
to
give
a
charge
●o
all
his
Servants
,
that
they
should
never
turn
away
the
Poor
from
his
door
without
relief
;
And
when
they
ha●
not
presently
regarded
the
poor
nor
listened
so
soon
as
they
ought
to
their
cry
,
himself
would
open
his
Window
and
throw
down
Money
to
them
.
Thus
did
this
good
man
spend
his
Life
and
his
Substance
in
the
Fear
of
God
,
and
working
Righteousness
;
and
accordingly
his
latter
end
was
Peace
;
for
when
he
lay
upon
his
death
Bed
he
was
filled
with
the
Consolations
of
God
:
He
woul●
often
repeat
that
of
the
Apostle
Paul
,
Rom.
7.
O
wretche●
man
that
I
am
,
who
shall
deliver
me
from
the
Body
of
this
death
!
I
thank
God
through
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord
.
And
that
;
2
Cor.
1.
He
hath
sealed
us
,
and
given
the
earnest
of
his
Spirit
in
our
Hearts
,
by
which
we
cry
,
Abba
,
Father
.
Another
time
with
great
re●oycing
he
told
those
that
were
with
him
,
That
now
God
had
shewn
to
him
a
place
of
Eternal
Joy
,
unto
which
he
should
immediately
come
;
and
the
only
thing
he
desired
,
was
that
his
coming
thither
might
be
hastened
.
He
would
often
rehearse
divers
passages
out
of
the
Psalms
;
as
,
The
Lord
is
nigh
to
all
that
call
upon
him
in
Truth
:
He
will
fulfill
the
desire
of
them
that
fear
him
,
he
will
hear
their
prayer
and
save
them
.
And
immediately
before
he
gave
up
the
Ghost
,
he
professed
;
That
he
was
in
Covenant
with
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
:
which
words
were
his
last
.
§
.
16.
In
these
experiences
we
see
that
they
which
believe
in
Christ
,
never
dye
;
i.
e.
th●●
never
feel
the
S●ng
of
death
nor
fall
under
its
power
,
but
are
enabled
by
the
Faith
of
the
Son
of
God
perfectly
to
vanquish
〈◊〉
King
of
Terrors
;
yea
though
death
assail
them
in
his
most
affrighting
shape
,
yet
is
he
not
able
to
remove
them
from
their
stedfastness
,
or
to
abate
their
Joyes
;
we
have
innumerable
proofs
of
this
in
the
End
of
those
Holy
Martyrs
,
who
though
they
have
been
called
to
seal
their
Witness
for
God
by
violent
,
yea
by
most
cruel
kinds
of
death
,
have
notwithstanding
finished
their
course
with
a
most
Glorious
Peace
,
and
rejoycing
in
the
hope
of
their
calling
:
Howbeit
I
shall
not
here
insist
on
any
of
those
instances
;
But
to
let
you
see
that
death
in
it's
darkest
dress
is
welcome
to
a
man
assured
of
his
Interest
in
Christ
,
and
Peace
with
God
,
take
the
story
of
one
Sebaldus
Munster
a
Civilian
,
that
flourished
about
the
year
,
1540.
Whom
it
pleased
the
Lord
to
visit
with
the
Plague
,
of
which
he
dyed
at
Wittenberg
,
in
a
time
when
a
general
sickness
raged
there
.
This
person
,
when
some
of
his
Friends
came
to
visit
and
Comfort
him
a
few
hours
before
his
death
;
he
shewed
to
them
the
Swellings
and
pestiferous
Ulcers
which
were
broken
out
in
his
Hand
and
Arm
;
saying
,
And
how
do
these
Bracelets
and
precious
Gemms
wherewith
my
Christ
hath
adorned
me
,
please
you
?
At
which
words
when
they
brake
forth
into
Tears
,
he
farther
said
,
Let
not
these
by
any
means
seem
loathsome
unto
you
;
for
with
this
Wedding-apparel
am
I
going
to
enjoy
that
Heavenly
Feast
which
I
shall
have
with
my
Christ
for
ever
.
Thus
shall
I
pass
to
that
everlasting
Council
of
most
Excellent
and
holy
Souls
;
and
thus
shall
I
be
acceptable
to
God
my
Redeemer
.
Thus
triumphing
and
full
of
Joy
did
he
leave
the
World
,
having
got
a
clear
sight
of
a
better
,
that
is
an
Heavenly
Countrey
.
And
though
to
dye
of
the
Plague
may
seem
to
Sence
very
dismal
,
yet
as
Austin
hath
well
observed
;
lib.
1.
de
Civitate
Dei
:
cap.
11.
Mala
mors
putanda
non
est
,
quam
bona
vita
praecesserit
,
&c
:
i.
e.
No
kind
of
Death
is
to
be
esteemed
evil
,
which
hath
been
preceded
by
a
good
Life
:
for
nothing
makes
Death
evil
,
but
that
which
follows
Death
:
Therefore
they
that
of
necessity
must
dye
once
,
need
not
be
Thoughtful
by
what
accident
they
may
come
to
dye
,
but
rather
whither
they
must
go
when
they
dye
.
'T
is
an
excellent
saying
of
the
Author
of
the
Book
of
Wisdom
:
chap.
4.
7.
The
Righteous
man
though
prevented
by
Death
,
shall
be
in
rest
.
The
most
terrible
or
suddain
stroke
can
make
no
breach
upon
his
happiness
to
whom
to
live
is
Christ
,
and
to
dye
is
gain
.
They
are
alwaies
safe
that
have
made
their
Calling
and
Election
sure
;
and
on
the
contrary
,
such
are
alwayes
in
danger
that
live
without
God
in
the
World
.
I
Remember
upon
occasion
of
that
passage
before
cited
from
the
Book
of
Wisdom
,
Mr.
Forbs
in
his
Instr
.
Histor.
Theolog.
makes
mention
of
a
very
memorable
Story
of
a
pious
and
learned
man
that
dyed
suddainly
in
his
Study
;
and
when
some
were
scandalized
at
it
,
rashly
interpreting
this
Providence
as
a
Testimony
of
Gods
displeasure
against
him
;
it
so
fell
out
by
the
wise
and
Gracious
ordering
of
God
(
for
their
Conviction
and
a
testimony
to
his
servant
)
that
he
was
found
sitting
with
a
Book
open
before
him
,
and
his
finger
pointed
to
these
words
,
Justus
quâcunque
morte
preoccupatus
fuerit
,
in
refrigerio
erit
.
i.
e.
By
what
Death
soever
the
Righteous
man
is
prevented
,
he
shall
be
in
rest
.
§
.
17.
These
things
may
suffice
as
to
my
present
design
;
And
therefore
I
will
close
all
,
with
the
Addition
of
but
one
Story
more
,
which
for
the
remarkable
circumstances
of
it
,
may
be
neither
unprofitable
nor
ungrateful
to
those
Readers
which
have
not
access
to
it
in
the
Latin
tongue
,
for
whose
accommodation
and
service
the
whole
of
this
little
Tract
is
intended
.
The
Story
I
intend
,
is
related
by
the
excellent
Dr.
Rivet
,
in
an
Epistle
written
not
long
before
his
Death
to
his
Brother
,
De
bonâ
Senectute
:
Of
a
good
Old
Age
:
And
it
is
this
:
Jacobus
Faber
a
great
restorer
both
of
Polite
Learning
and
Religion
in
France
,
being
a
most
Faithful
and
eminent
Minister
of
the
Gospel
there
,
did
in
a
time
of
very
hot
Persecution
Flye
with
others
;
and
for
his
security
retired
to
Albret
in
Gascoign
to
the
Queen
of
Navarre
,
a
zealous
Professor
and
Protectress
of
the
Reformed
Religion
,
with
whom
he
was
in
Great
esteem
:
On
a
certain
day
the
Queen
did
advertise
him
,
That
she
purposed
to
come
and
dine
at
his
House
;
and
in
order
thereto
invited
some
Learned
men
with
whose
Conference
she
was
much
pleased
,
to
accompany
her
there
.
While
they
were
at
Dinner
,
Faber
began
to
be
exceeding
sad
,
and
now
and
then
to
break
out
into
tears
.
At
which
the
Queen
complained
,
and
desired
him
to
tell
the
cause
of
such
heaviness
,
when
she
was
come
to
dine
and
be
merry
with
him
:
At
last
he
answered
,
And
how
can
I
(
most
Serene
Queen
)
be
chearful
my self
,
or
make
others
chearful
,
who
am
the
most
wicked
man
that
the
Earth
bears
.
And
what
wickedness
so
great
(
saith
she
)
can
you
be
guilty
of
,
who
from
your
Youth
have
been
esteemed
to
lead
so
holy
a
Life
.
I
am
(
said
he
)
now
of
the
age
of
an
hundred
and
one
years
,
and
am
free
from
the
touch
of
any
Woman
in
all
this
time
;
neither
do
I
remember
ought
that
burthens
my
Conscience
,
or
should
make
me
afraid
to
leave
the
World
,
except
one
sin
,
which
I
believe
too
is
pardonable
.
And
when
she
pressed
him
to
declare
what
it
was
,
he
could
not
speak
a
while
for
the
abundance
of
tears
;
but
at
length
said
:
How
can
I
stand
before
the
Tribunal
of
God
,
who
have
purely
and
sincerely
taught
many
the
Holy
Gospel
of
the
Son
of
God
,
who
following
my
Doctrine
have
constantly
endured
a
thousand
torments
,
and
death
it
self
;
when
I
my self
an
unconstant
Teacher
,
did
flee
?
and
tho'
I
had
lived
long
enough
,
and
should
not
have
feared
Death
,
but
rather
coveted
it
,
yet
I
withdrew
my self
,
and
cowardly
transgressed
the
Command
of
my
God
.
Whereupon
the
Queen
(
as
she
was
very
eloquent
,
and
full
of
Divine
Sayings
)
discoursed
largely
to
him
,
and
did
by
many
Examples
shew
,
that
the
same
thing
had
happened
to
many
Good
and
Holy
men
who
were
now
in
the
Kingdom
of
God
;
and
therefore
he
ought
not
in
any
wise
to
despair
of
the
Goodness
and
Mercy
of
God
towards
him
.
And
many
things
to
the
same
purpose
were
added
by
others
present
.
Upon
which
he
was
comforted
,
and
became
chearful
again
;
but
said
,
Now
therefore
nothing
remains
,
but
that
I
go
from
hence
to
God
,
as
soon
as
I
have
made
my
Will
;
I
have
that
Impression
,
that
I
must
deferre
no
longer
,
for
I
perceive
God
calls
me
.
Then
fixing
his
eyes
on
the
Queen
;
Madam
(
said
he
)
I
appoint
you
my
Heir
;
and
to
your
Preacher
Mr.
Gerard
I
bequeath
all
my
Books
;
my
Cloaths
,
and
whatsoever
else
I
have
,
I
give
to
the
Poor
.
Other
things
I
commend
to
God
.
At
this
the
Queen
smiling
,
asked
,
What
then
shall
I
have
James
out
of
the
Inheritance
?
The
care
(
said
he
)
of
distributing
this
to
the
Poor
.
It
is
well
,
(
said
she
)
I
solemnly
profess
,
this
Legacy
is
more
acceptable
to
me
,
than
if
the
King
of
France
my
Brother
had
named
me
his
Heir
.
After
this
his
Countenance
was
chearfull
;
and
he
said
;
O
Queen
,
I
have
need
of
some
Rest
;
Be
ye
chearful
,
and
in
the
mean
time
Farewel
.
So
he
left
them
at
Table
,
and
laid
him
down
upon
a
Bed
that
was
near
,
where
as
they
thought
,
he
lay
sleeping
,
but
was
indeed
fallen
asleep
in
the
Lord
,
without
the
least
sign
of
any
previous
distemper
;
for
when
they
went
to
awake
him
they
found
him
dead
,
to
their
great
admiration
.
Such
was
the
end
of
this
Holy
man
;
which
as
Rivet
observes
,
leaves
to
us
an
Example
of
the
Mercy
of
God
●o
this
his
Servant
,
in
awaken●ng
such
a
Gracious
sence
of
●is
former
weakness
in
him
,
and
applying
his
Pardoning
Grace
in
Christ
to
him
before
he
was
called
hence
;
and
also
a
serious
Warning
unto
all
,
to
get
their
Accounts
for
another
World
cleared
before
they
come
to
dye
;
That
being
well
assured
of
the
Favour
of
God
in
Christ
,
and
of
the
Soundness
of
their
Faith
and
Repentance
,
they
may
expect
their
Change
in
Peace
:
Conscience
is
a
tender
thing
,
and
what
we
count
but
small
while
we
live
,
may
make
a
Dying-bed
very
uneasie
to
us
;
And
therefore
as
we
tender
our
own
Peace
and
Comfort
when
we
come
to
Dye
,
it
most
nearly
concerns
us
to
be
Serious
while
we
Live
,
and
as
the
Apostle
saith
,
To
walk
circumspectly
,
not
as
Fools
,
but
as
Wise
;
Redeeming
the
Time
,
because
the
Dayes
are
evil
.
FINIS
.