5 70 `IheTrue /fermintant. NaaaZ, Carae. ç1 In rtiLitCpmala monism's. death, ana Icing fo well acquainted with death before-hand , we may never be ter- rified with the approichof it, but beingguarded wich faith and a good Confcience, we may boldly look death in the face; and triumph in theconque(f òfthe Conquer - our through Chriff our Saviour, by whomwe obtain victory over deach,and the fruit and benefit of our conqueft, even the Salvationofour fouls in jefus Chriff. I'nave done with the tot:, now I fall upon the more careful part of this duty. We Minifiers at Inch folema times as theft have an hard Province put upon us, in chefe acculions commonly the wind ßrandi in our faces, and we have a crabbed Dilemmaca(f in our way, even that of eflgathon in ditheitasu, cr per 40t,c rsinnNs, x1= ivpeyew, IfwePc} t ie truth,we!hall notplzafe;ifwepleafe,we(hall hardlyfpeak rhetruth. We walk between two.fireF,;he difpleafyreof God,an d che frown of man. We value not the latter, fo we may not run the hazard of the former. Our chief care is in refpedt of God, that while we leek co give tobreachleffe mana líttdc breath of praire, we de not dare todilhonour the living God. And if this we aim at we need not be afraid to give fome fatisfaöticn to the world, and right the honour of the dead, provide that while we feek to keep up the Fame of another, we do not lay to pawnour own reputations ; or which is far worfe,make (hipwrack of a good con- fcience. On the one hand charity binds me to (peak all the good I can of my Neigh- bour; on the other hand confcience injoyns me to utter nothing but the tnich. Therefore while charity guides me, and confcience awes me, I hope I maypromife o my fella favourable con(fru5tion from you of all that I now (peak. I (hall not file out into any empty fchemesof Rhetorick concerning the birth ofthis WorthyKnight, Sir William Armyne, well knownand belov'd in thefe parts,, ye all know his defcent and extraction, .he was cut out of no mean quarry. Here his bonesnow ref+, where he once livdwith honour, and many of his Anceffors before him. Do you think I lay any great weightupon all this a It is no Birch; but Breed- ing ; -not Breeding, but Grace that ennobles a Family. Blood without Manners is bafe Blood ; Manners without Grace, like a glorious Shadow wichóuc theSubftance. Iremember what good man, mean of birth, anfwered one that was Noble in Blood, and baie in Manners, as sò yip$, twit '4,4 . luoy,, yíres d9 mí, As my Birch and Paren- tage is afhame tome,fo are thou a fhame to thy Birth. Grace in the heart, not Gold in thePurfe, is the belt Inheritance of a Chriflian. There are force Rains in the belt Coats, there are fpots in the belt Ermine. It is nothing to .be born a Gentleman, it is all in all to liveand die a goodChriffian. This wasIlse fastet expreflion of this your honourable Neighbour, feeling a want of Grace in his heart, wherewith he de/lied to be fatisfied, Oh, rays he to me, one drop ofgrace in the beart,is more worth than all the wealth and honour in the world. I (hall not commend to you the goodnefs ofhis Nature > the fweetners of hisDif- pofition , becaufe he bewailed itas a Snare, and an occafion of fin to him. A mans good Nature leads him many timesinco fin, and the loving temper of his fpirit tempts him, and putshim forward to fin, Where Gracedoes not command , there a good difpofition is foon snared and drawnafrde. This likewife was matter of grief to him, that his frail Nature was loon wrought upon, and carried afide to that whichhis own heart loon aftertold him was finful and difpleafng to God, . What need I tell you, that he was an affable, friendly, andobliging Gentleman, winning and gaining upon all that .came near him. He that look'd but upon his Face, might have feen goodnefs and courtefie looking out of his Eyes. And whits allthis, when he did acknowledge with tears, that this pleafantnefs ofhis countenance was fuddenly cloudedwith a violentand oves-ruling fform of paffron, which carried him beyondhimfelf.. But it is firange to fee what a command grace hath over the Soul, which fpeaks to there unruly paffions, as Chriff did to the boifferous billows of the Sea, Peace, beflill, Mar.4,39,. as eafily as theÑurfe charms the crying In- fant in the Cradle. As prevalent as their paffions were in the time ofhis health, they were fo allayed by God in his frcknefs, as that all his friends about him did rejoyce ro fee the patience and calmnefs of his Spirit, all the while fhb hand of God was upen him. And that I May_give you a clear proof of the mortifiedSpiritandhappy change, which
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