KNEWSTUBS. 311 of the church. I will none of that ; and, therefore, let them either conform themselves, and that shortly,or they shall hear of it.". Some further account of this mock conference, as it is very commonly and very justly denominated, is given in another place.+ Mr. Knewstubswas a learned and celebrated divine, and though the productions of his pen do not appear to have been very numerous, Fuller denominates him one of the learned writers of St. John's college, Cambridge4 He continued his zealous and faithful ministry at Cockfield to the dayof his death, having laboured at that place forty-five years. He died May 29, 1624, aged eighty years, when his remainswere interred at Cockfield, and over his grave a monumental inscription was erected to his memory, of which the following is a translation :4 InMEMORY of that most humble ° and affectionate Servant of God, JOHN KNEWSTUBS, forty-five years the very watchful and faithful pastor of the church of Cockfield; a teacher of the church, and an excellent scholar; a firm asserter and defender of Christian Truth, the wholesomedoctrines of the Gospel, and uncorrupted Religion, against the Roman Antichrist and his emissaries. He bravely withstood the storms of life, and patiently endured the greatest sufferings for the glory of God. At length, worn out withinfirmities, in the 80th year of his age, with divine serenity, he withdrew from this mortal life, and entered the celestial Country, on the 29th of May, 1624. As thereare never-fadingmonuments of his Genius, lest posterity should wish far some memorial ofhis body also ; this Monument, too small for sogreat a man contains the mortal part of JOHN KNEWSTUBS. Friends maye awile by Arte our Viewe commende, But tys not longe eare all Thinges beere shall ende. The Arte of Artes is so to lyve and dye, As we may lyve in Heav'n eternally. . Barlow's Account, p. 176, 177. See Art. Dr. John Rainolds. t Fuller's Hist. of Cambridge, p. 95. Peck's Desiderata Curiosa, vol. i. b. vi. p. 22.
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