'DE CA 'D.•/. T 0 M·. vv I L L I A M B E D E L L, at Venice.,.,• • E p, V Il.Lamtnting tbt dwh ofour /alt Di'lllnts, and exciting 11 thtir imiwim. A \)VE have hoard,how full oftrouble, and danger,the Alps were to you;and did at once both pity your difficulties, and rejoyce in y0ur fafety. Since your departure from us. Rtynolds is departed from theworld.Alas,how B many worthy Lights have our eyes fe~ne lhining and extinguilht ~ How many_Iolfes havewe lived to [re the Church fuftame, and lament; of her chtldren,of her ptllm; our owne, and Iorraine; I [peak notofthofc, which(beingexccllcnt)would nrcds be obll:ure: whom nothing but their owne fecrecy deprived of the honour ofour tears. There are,befides,too many whom the world noted and admired;even fince the time that our common mother acknowledged us for her fonnes. Our Fulke led theway; that profound, ready,and refolute Do~or, the hammer ofberetickes, the champion oftruth; whom your younger ti111es have heard ofrdifputingacutely and powerfully. Next him, followed that honour ofour Schooles,and Angell ofour Church,learned Whltaktrs; then whom our age faw aothing more memorable: what clearneffe of judgement, what fweetne!fe offtyle, what gravitie of pcrfon, what grace ofcariage was in that man!Who ever f.1w him without reverence! or heard bim without won- C der!Soone after,leltthe world that famous and illuminate Do~or,Franciii•nilu,the glory of Ltide•, the other hope of the Church,the Oracle ofTexruall and SchooleDivinirie, rich in languages, fubtilein aiftinguilhing,and in argument invincible: and his companion in labours,Lu. Trelc.tiw, would nrcds be his companion in joyes;who had doubled oulforrow and loffe, butrhat he recompenced it with afonne like himfdfe.Soone after, fell old reverend B<\!11 a long fixed ftarre in ti)is firmament ofthe Church: who, after many excellent monuments of l<arning and fidelity, lived to prove upon his adv<rfaries, that he was notdead at their day. Neither may I without injury, omit that worthy payre ofour late Divines, Gretnham and Ptrkins : whereof the one excelled :in experimeotall divinitie, aod knew well how to ftay a weake con. lcience,how to raife a fallen,bow to ftrike a remorfle!fe:The other,in a diftin6!judge· D ment, and rare dexterity in clearingthe obfcure fubtilties oftheSchool, and eafieexplication of the moft perplex difcourfe~. Do~or Re;w•lds is the !aftnot in worrh,but in the time ofhis lolfe. He alone was awellfurnilht librarie, full ofall faculties,ofall ftudies, ofall learning: the memory, the reading ofthat man were neere to a miracle. Thefeare gone, amongftmany more,whom the Church mourns for in fecret: would God h<r lolfe could be as eafily fupplied, as lamented. Her farrow is for thofe that are paft; her remainder ofjoy is in thofe thatremaine; her hope in the next age.I pray God the caufes of her hope, and joy,may be equivalent to thofe ofher griefe. What lhould this work in us, but an imitation, yea (that word is not too big for you) onemulation oftheir worrhine!fe ~ It is no pride,for a man to wifh himfdfe fpi· ritually betterrhen he dare hope to reach: nay, I am deceived, ifit be not true humi· lity. For what doth this argue him,but low in his conceit,high in his defires only!Or E iffo;happy" is the ambition ofgrace, and power offiocere ferviceablenes to God.Let us wilh andaffect this,while the world !ayes plots for grearnelfe: Letme not profper, ifl beftow envy on them. He is great, that is good: and no man, me thinks, is happy onearth, to him that bath grace for fubftance, and learning for ornament . If you know it not, the Church (our mother) loo<esformuch at your hands: lheknowes how rich our common father bath left you:lhe notes your graces,your opportunities, yourimploymems : lhe thinks you are gone fo f.me, like a good Merchant, for no fmall gaine; and lookes you lhallcome home wdlladed. And for ventofyourprefenr commoditi<!(tho our chide hope offucce!fe be cutoffwith that unhoped peace) yet what can hinderyour privatetraffickdor God! I hope(and who doth notq thar this
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