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<HEAD>A MEMORIAL on the Death of that faithful Servant of Je&s;us Chri&s;t, NATHANAEL STRANGE,</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Pro.</HI> 10.7. <HI>Mat.</HI> 26.13</NOTE> <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>E&s;.</HI> 57.2 <HI>Rev.</HI> 17.14</NOTE>Who for his <HI>Loyalty</HI> to his Lord the King, ran through many Jeopar|dies and Dangers;<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>I&s;a.</HI> 26.13. <HI>E&s;t.</HI> 3.8. <HI>1 Chron.</HI> 11, 19 <HI>Neb.</HI> 6.2, 11. <HI>Num</HI> 23.21, 23 <HI>Numb.</HI> 24.7. <HI>Luke</HI> 1.32. <HI>Heb.</HI> 10.37.</NOTE> Chearfully and con&s;tantly <HI>Witne&s;sing</HI> to his <HI>Princely Authority</HI> over <HI>All Nations;</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Rom.</HI> 6.16. <HI>P&s;a.</HI> 119.32 <HI>P&s;a.</HI> 134.1. <HI>2 Cor.</HI> 6.5. <HI>Act.</HI> 5.31, 32. &amp; 26. 16, 22. <HI>Pro.</HI> 14.32. <HI>Gen.</HI> 50.24. <HI>P&s;al.</HI> 72. <HI>Zech.</HI> 9.10. <HI>P&s;a</HI> 110 5,6.</NOTE> and in full confidence of <HI>Chri&s;ts Coming,</HI> and his <HI>Glorious Reign on Earth,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Jer.</HI> 23.5. <HI>I&s;a.</HI> 32.1. &amp; 24.23. <HI>Rev.</HI> 11.7.</NOTE> re&s;ted from all his Labours, <HI>Rev.</HI> 14.13. the fourth day of the eighth Month, 1665.</P>
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<HEAD>An Acro&s;tick.</HEAD>
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<L><HI>N</HI>Ew Griefs, new Sorrows now are come, now <HI>Strange</HI> from hence is flown</L>
<L><HI>A</HI>way from us, who here do dwell within this Frigid Zone.</L>
<L><HI>T</HI>his World too low, for thee &s;o High, &s;o Heavenly divine;</L>
<L><HI>H</HI>eav'n is thy home, where thou do&s;t dwell, &amp; in great Glory &s;hine.</L>
<L><HI>A</HI>las! <HI>Strange,</HI> thou art gone, to whom the World was very &s;trange;</L>
<L><HI>N</HI>ow unto us great Lo&s;s, to thee great Gain: mo&s;t happy Change!</L>
<L><HI>A</HI>ll Earthly Joys contemn did&s;t thou, becau&s;e thou wert Sublime;</L>
<L><HI>E</HI>ternity was in thine Eye, beyond the bounds of Time.</L>
<L><HI>L</HI>abour'ous was thy Work and Care, i'th' Vineyard night and day;</L>
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<L><HI><HI>S</HI>ions</HI> great Friend, and Watchman true, who never ceas'd to pray</L>
<L><HI>T</HI>hat <HI>Babylon'an</HI>-Powers might be unto nothing brought;</L>
<L><HI>R</HI>egent o're Nations and Affections CHRIST alone was &s;ought.</L>
<L><HI>A</HI>dmirable Graces and Gifts did richly thee adorn;</L>
<L><HI>N</HI>ow &s;carce thine Equal left, for which we all lament and mourn.</L>
<L><HI>G</HI>od's Glory was thine only Aim, endeav'ring Souls to &s;ave;</L>
<L><HI>E</HI>vangeli&s;t wa&s;t thou, who&s;e Me&s;&s;age Joy to many gave.</L>
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<HEAD>Anagram. <HI>NATHANAEL STRANGE.</HI> Satan then all Anger.</HEAD>
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<L>ENrag'd was Satan; (<HI>Satan then all</HI> in his <HI>Anger</HI>) Why?</L>
<L>God by &s;uch Evangelick means, will make his Power dye.</L>
<L>No glad-tidings &s;ent unto man of Liberty, of Peace</L>
<L>A bide can he: for when man's free, Then doth his Kingdom cea&s;e.</L>
<L>Raging <HI>Satan,</HI> in's <HI>Anger then,</HI> his Agents did imploy</L>
<L>To catch that Soul, whom God pre&s;erv'd, and now po&s;&s;e&s;s'd in Joy.</L>
<L><HI>Satan then all</HI> in <HI>Anger.</HI> When? Ev'n then, when <HI>Strange</HI> did preach.</L>
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<L>Learning truly Divine did he, all tho&s;e that heard him teach.</L>
<L>Enrag'd therefore was <HI>Satan,</HI> yet could not at all prevail</L>
<L>Again&s;t him, who his Kingdom did with &s;o great force a&s;&s;ail.</L>
<L>No Power ever can prevail 'gain&s;t JESUS CHRIST our King:</L>
<L>All Nations he will under him into &s;ubjection bring:</L>
<L>His Scepter, and his Laws, mu&s;t bear the Rule and Sway alone.</L>
<L>This Doctrine &s;trange unto the World, <HI>Strange</HI> to the World made known.</L>
<L>A Single-&s;tate he did prefer, It being his intent</L>
<L>Nothing &s;hould let him in his Work, for which the Lord him &s;ent.</L>
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<Q>Scatutum e&s;t hominibus at &s;emel moriantur.</Q>
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<L><HI>STRANGE,</HI> he was an <HI>Example</HI> which did teach</L>
<L>(Being in Conver&s;ation ju&s;t, upright)</L>
<L>The &s;ame which in his <HI>Doctrine</HI> he did preach;</L>
<L>Which evidenc'd he was a <HI>&s;hining Light:</HI></L>
<L><HI>Mirrour of Virtue,</HI> in which we might &s;ee</L>
<L>His <HI>Splendour,</HI> and our own <HI>Deficiencie.</HI></L>
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<L>Some years ago i'th' Army he was made</L>
<L>An Officer; and for the <HI>Good Old Cau&s;e</HI></L>
<L>No time in Idlene&s;s by him delay'd;</L>
<L>His Aim was to advance <HI>God's Righteous Laws.</HI></L>
<L>A <HI>Valiant Souldier,</HI> to maintain <HI>God's Right,</HI></L>
<L>Who with his <HI>Sword</HI> &amp; <HI>Doctrine</HI> both did fight.</L>
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<L>But we have &s;in'd; and therefore for our &s;in</L>
<L>Fru&s;trate was made that <HI>Glorious De&s;ign;</HI></L>
<L>And we are brought where fir&s;t we did begin,</L>
<L>As if Heaven and Earth did both combine,</L>
<L>To make us &s;ee it's <HI>vain</HI> for us to tru&s;t</L>
<L>In <HI>Arm of Fle&s;h,</HI> that mu&s;t return to du&s;t.</L>
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<L>Therfore with our whol heart we &s;hould implore</L>
<L>The <HI>God of Grace,</HI> that we might be more wi&s;e;</L>
<L>And Him alone, in all things to adore;</L>
<L>His Servants love, but not them idolize;</L>
<L>Le&s;t we the Glory from our God &s;hould take,</L>
<L>And of more Sorrow for the &s;ame partake.</L>
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<L><HI>Mo&s;es</HI> a Righteous man, yet he did fail;</L>
<L>And for his Sin mo&s;t ju&s;tly he did die:</L>
<L>Which doth declare, the be&s;t of us are frail,</L>
<L>And &s;ubject unto great Infirmity.</L>
<L>By <HI>Pe&s;tilence,</HI> or <HI>Sword,</HI> the <HI>Ju&s;t</HI> may die,</L>
<L>And the <HI>Ju&s;t God,</HI> no honour lo&s;e thereby.</L>
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<L>Our GOD, (not Man) let's glorifie in all:</L>
<L>So may we &s;tand, or otherwi&s;e we fall.</L>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed in the Year, 1666.</P>
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