r` e VIanks llß Proóreff. 47 9 andwhere isle? or stomas mundifin, (as Caietsnwill have it) the houfiof Lis world; meaning the world of the dead ; or domusfeculi fui, thehoufe ofhis generation (as Pagnine, O'Contanutand Tremelius will cxprefs it) the place where all meet whó lived together, the rendevouze ofall ohr deceafed.friends, allies and kindred even as far asAdam :+this homemay be called a long home, in comparifon of our Ilion homes from which we removedaily, there houles we change at plcafure; that we cannot ; there our flcfh, orour bones, or at tuft oura(hes or duff (hall be kept in fome place of the earth or fea, till the Heaven:/hall beno more, Job 14.1z.. I an- Ewer, To the fourth, that by mourners are heremeant all that attend the corpfes to the funeral, whether they mourn in truth, or for fafhion ; and they arePaid here to go about the ftreets, either for the reafonalledged by Bonaventure, quia pra dolore qui- efcerenequiune,becaufe they cannot ref+ forhearts grief and forrow,orthey go about the frreetsto call company to the.funcral ; orbecanfethey fetch their compafs, that they rnightmake amore folcmrt procrifion to theChurch, or Sepulchre. Among the Romane,the friends of the dcceafedhired certainwomen whom they called preí cas, to lainent over their dead : for the moft part among the pews this fad task was put upon widdows, or they took it upon themfelves,as the wordsof the Prophetimply, and there were no widdows tomake lamentation ; and of the Evangelift alfo, eAtels 9. 39. and the widdowsflood by weeping for Dorcae ; and indeed widdows are very pro. per for this imployment : When a pot ofwater is full to the brim, a little motion makes it run over. Widdows, that are widdows indeed, and haveloft in their Huf- bands all thejoyandcomfort oftheir life,have theireyes brim full of tears,and there- fore molt eafily they overflow, viduaoptima defIene victual, Widdowsare the fitteft tobemoan widdows; andwhat is the bodyvoid ofthe foul,but a widdow deprived abet-lovingmate ? there widdowswent about the frreetsweepingand howling,to awake the livingout of theirdead fleep offecurityand to ringin their ears that lef- fon ofthe Prophet ; allIlefh isgrafi, and theglory of it as theflower of thefield. As Y, p,spl,N, if(e in a great Clock, when the Index pointeth to the hour,the wheelsmove,the Clock perdmagn,NF ftrikes, and thereis a great noife, till the plummets or weights touch the earth, fo 4N' ponder it faith Filitu Fabri in the fame, when the Index pointeth to the fait hour of a rich copal adfinn man ; the Bell rings,and there isa hideous and fearful noire of fingers and mourners, TRM perveneri, and this continueth till the weight, to wit,the weighty corpfes of the dead toucheth fed corpore to the ground, and is putinto theearth; after which the tumult ceafeth, and the loud 1anam prjeaa mufick is turnedinto loft and folemn,theLidian ,intoDorrìck,and the (hallow chan- atio:Oatto mNttNr Def1rN- nels of tears, which made loch a noire, /hall run into the depth offilent forrow,or theviayar.a. Mare merman,. Andfo I come to the fourth Stage. c.1. The natural divifion of theText. Thedivifion. There arc butthree things appertaing tomanhere. t Life. z Death. 3 Burial. And fee they are all three in theText, t. Mangoeth, there is his life. z. Tobis long home, there is his Death. 3. t And the Mourners go :boat the Greets, there is his burial, defcribed by pari- phrafis, And fo I am upon the fifth frage. The Doettine. Mans life is a voyage, his death the termor period of this voyage, hisGrave his home,and Mourners his attendance; youmayobfervea kindof lequence in thefe ob- fervations in the Concatination of them; thefir& link draws thefecond, the fecond the third, the third the fourth ; if our lite be a pilgrimage, our death muff needs be the termandour arrival at our Country, ifDeath beour arrival, the Grave muff needs be the houfefor our bodies, if the Grave be our houle, what fit attendance Q;q q there The Dos`lr.
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