AfjliDed(onfcienccs. 3'27 Part.t.Cap.17_. ~he ditch, if di_r...:..iv_e_n_to--p-lay- t-::-he_m_· -ifl-:-er-a-:b-le_c_o_m_ifi_·or-t-er-; a-n-.d~------ ttJ tak.; fome. other indiref1 courfe (M many ufe to doe in foch cafe) to cut the fheepN throate'in time, to m.~kf him cYvlans meate ; leafl it fhould be faid, Hee died in a ditch : Many and m:1ny a time doe fl1cb feUowes, as thefe, \ empty and difcl~arge their common-Place 'Boob_ts ofall the placc:s of mercy and comfort, colleCl:ed curiouny, and indullrioufly for that purpo{e, upon thvfe Men; - who were never acquainted with the wayes ofGod in their life-time, nor with the truth ofhumiliatibn7 . or truly with the great worke of Repentance upon their Beds ofdeath. . Tho(e f9f'Inall-Churclv-men, who fl:ood about Mlzr- . foal! Biron, that great Peere and PiUar of·France, .at his death, ~id in this refpect very ill 0ffices ofGhofl:• ly Fath~rs unto Him in his-greatdr ne:d, and Iafl: e_x- r v iti {aiiunt H'm tremity, For when He behaved himfeHe more like a t:la;h~nh~d - too 0 m;ch r fi1rious Divel\, already amongfl: the damned fpirits, ,care of hi~ body, whid1 in bhi phemies, impatiencies; and moO: raging paffi• was ne more his own.c. ons the£i a. meek and humble Saint ofGod ready to He tllrnc_d to Urm "' ? ' · fl · ~ f ' I ch"l!er wztiJ a11 oath pa~e m to .eucrla1t! ng }.i~annor:.s o _p~a~e; t -:ey n?t-(oying, 1 will not h:av~ w~thfrand11:g o.ut of.their yopt.h dt.nmty, gave h1m him (meaning the Ethu abfolutton, . ~tjfu' ~nt Hm1 that Hu foHie was ready to xecuLioner) touch me, fee qod,andto be Parta~r ofhu giOI') in Heaven. When r~ lon~ai I tbal!be Ji. it had been far re fitter to have drh·en him to the fight ~mg: I£ t\,ey put m~e 1. h' , ~ f h d df ll h · ftnto chcJller, I will 01 ts !mnes! feme o t at .rea u oure, terrour o firangleJ1a:fc 11Je camthat find: Tnbupall, to wh1ch hee was ready to paffe, pll!}' that is here, and and fcarefulneffe of that infernall fiety Lake~ from wnlforcctbercfitokill which no greatneffe can priviledge graceleffe Men. ~e, I willlcape do.wn, 1 feare me, there are maay Trencher-Chaplaines of1 d· yfo~ thruH!t ·pmcemt~ b 1 . . . lr. h d d e p:ure. 1 o1y Q1 t. e true re 1g~on, a 10, w o arc rea y to oe propor- France p tt,. ,049 • t10nabl~ ferv1ce, to tmgodly great Ones, .upon whom Sicut ar1ttm pe'r omntm they depend, hy promiftnt. them life. But many and calamitatm~ pro_ter'lle dreadfull are the mifi:akhigs aHd miferies · which fall fc atque rmpa!1enter ' · h S 1 f M' b h p · ' ge/Jcrat,(ir. vel tlJ max_ upon t e ou es o .'eo, ot at.tents. and By-fl:an- imi ;ajpdlutmci,ac Je. tiers, by thefe Rattenng, fon:nall VIfitatlons, and Fu- ne (urente, voce .verbis nerail Panegyricks, which ordinarily follow .after. <leniqsc totobcJ7u ani~r i . . . J~p~ .
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