238 LIVES OF THE PURITANS. declaring against the king's death:. And in 1651 he was concerned in Love's plot; but, upon his petitioning for pardon, and promising submission to the existing government in future, he was released.t Mr. Robinsondied in the meridian of life. When he was seized with his last sickness, having no great degree of pain, he was unapprehensive of his approaching change. When he was requested to make his will, he said, " I will do it with all readiness, though I perceive not myself in any danger of death :" adding, " I pray you flatter me not. If my physician apprehend danger, let me know it ; for, I bless God, the thoughts of death are not dreadful to me." To an intimate friend he said, " I bless God, I have 14red fasting and prayer with all my heart." And being asked what was the present state of his mind, he replied, " Though I have not ravishing joys, I enjoy uninterrupted and satisfying peace ; not in the least questioning my everlasting happiness, through the grace of God in Christ Jesus." Being reminded of the restto be found in the bosom of Christ, he said, true rest can be found no where else ;" with which words he breathed his last, June 15, 1655, aged forty-one years. He was a person of exemplary piety ; and, in his judgment and practice, a thorough presbyterian, and ever true and steady to his principles. He was an indefatigable, orthodox, and useful preacher; a loving husband, a tender father, a vigilant pastor, a cheerful companion, and a faithful friend.# Many poems and elegies were published on his death. He was author of the following works : Self 'Conduct; or, the Saint's Guidance to Glory, opened in a Sermon at the Funeral of the virtuous and religious Gentlewoman, Mrs. Thomasin Barnardiston," 1654.-" The Christian, completely Armed," 1656.-" Christ All and in All," 1656. NATHAN-I'M. ooEns.-This excellent minister was born at Haverhil in Suffolk, about the year 1598 ; and at the age of fourteenwas Sent to Emanuel college, Cambridge, whert he became a hard student, made great proficiency in all kind§ of useful learning, and was a great ornament to the college. He was son of Mr. John Rogers, Famous for his ministry and nonconformity at Dedham in Essex. Under the pious Calamy's Contin. vol. ii. p. 744. + Wood's Athena; Oxon. vol. ii. p. 77. t Ashes Fun. Ser. for Mr. Robinson entitled, "'The Good Mah's Death Lamented."-Clark's Lives, last ebbpart 1. p.
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