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<HEAD>An ELEGY On the DEATH of that Eminent Mini&s;ter of the Go&s;pel, Mr. GEORGE COKAYN, Who exchanged this Mortal for an Immortal Life, <DATE>the 21&s;t of <HI>November,</HI> 1691.</DATE></HEAD>
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<L>WHAT &s;till more breaches! is <HI>Cokayn</HI> dead?</L>
<L>Who was &s;o de&s;irous the Go&s;pel &s;hould be &s;pread.</L>
<L>Who made it his con&s;tant &s;tudy to promote,</L>
<L>That he might gain Souls that were remote.</L>
<L>And to build up tho&s;e that were already call'd,</L>
<L>That he might fini&s;h his Mini&s;terial Work to all,</L>
<LG>
<L>Who&s;e heart was &s;till ingaged in Pa&s;toral Care.</L>
<L>That he &s;till the Flock of Chri&s;t might feed here,</L>
<L>In which the Lord had made him Over&s;eer:</L>
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<L>Studying with great pain upon his Bed with care,</L>
<L>That he might &s;till be brought on Sabbath in his Chair.</L>
<L>Praying to God that he might &s;till hold out,</L>
<L>Till he had by his Providence found out</L>
<L>One that <HI>Jehovah</HI> hath promi&s;ed to &s;end in need,</L>
<L>His People with knowledge and under&s;tanding feed,</L>
<L>The Lord was pleas'd to grant him his de&s;ire,</L>
<L>That all his Church in one mind was intire</L>
<LG>
<L>In fixing their eye whom Providence found out in all,</L>
<L>They fixed on <HI>Nesbit,</HI> and give him a Go&s;pel-call,</L>
<L>Which hath proved him&s;elf a Go&s;pel-preacher to all.</L>
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<L>A Workman that needs not be a&s;hamed to none,</L>
<L>Preaching forth Free Grace in Chri&s;t to all that come.</L>
<L>Following him who was his Patron, but now is high</L>
<L>Above the reach of all his Enemy.</L>
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<L>Whereby his Soul doth reap the fruit of all,</L>
<L>While we are &s;till labouring in Sins Thrall</L>
<L>In bondage where <HI>Satan</HI> would de&s;troy us all.</L>
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<L>The very Elect if po&s;&s;ibly he might</L>
<L>But Chri&s;t have praid that he might give them &s;ight.</L>
<L>Whereby he hath re&s;cued them out of <HI>Satan</HI>'s Gin,</L>
<L>Wherein they were caught by <HI>Adam</HI>'s Sin.</L>
<L>But by Free Grace they were repriev'd,</L>
<L>And by the Imputed Righteou&s;ne&s;s of Chri&s;t reliev'd,</L>
<L>And by that like pretious Faith was found,</L>
<L>Which was by our dear Pa&s;tor &s;ound,</L>
<L>That through the knowledge of God, and of Je&s;us Chri&s;t,</L>
<L>Grace and Peace &s;hould be multiply'd to the highe&s;t.</L>
<L>To all tho&s;e that were looking high</L>
<L>For the light of his Countenance to keep them by.</L>
<L>And that it is a contrary &s;train in tho&s;e</L>
<L>Who are crying for any worldly good to oppo&s;e.</L>
<L><HI>Cokayn</HI> he would divide the Word aright,</L>
<L>Preaching the Go&s;pel with all his might.</L>
<L>And that Chri&s;t would come as a Thief in Night</L>
<L>To tho&s;e that are found his Enemies in de&s;pight,</L>
<L>They would be found naked, and their &s;hame appear,</L>
<L>When Con&s;cience will be awaken'd with greater fear.</L>
<L>Still he was harping on that &s;train,</L>
<L>That Sinners might be brought to God by Chri&s;t again.</L>
<L>He was always mindful of the Churches poor,</L>
<L>And not unmindful to others in Di&s;tre&s;&s;es more.</L>
<L>Con&s;tantly he was mindful of Church-Order, there</L>
<L>According to what the Scriptures made appear,</L>
<L>And not to keep that in his own Power alone,</L>
<L>Which does belong to more than one.</L>
<L>Which does rely in the whole Church, that tho&s;e</L>
<L>Which are Enemies to Go&s;pel-Order might be oppos'd.</L>
<L>And that all might agree, as Members not dead,</L>
<L>Of that My&s;tical Body, whom Chri&s;t is the only Head.</L>
<L>It is to be lamented in Elegy this day;</L>
<L>That there be &s;o many of tho&s;e that ha&s;t away.</L>
<L>The Lord grant tho&s;e that &s;tay behind,</L>
<L>Do mind their Duty, as in the Word they find.</L>
<L>Power in Heaven and Earth was given to Chri&s;t alone,</L>
<L>That all the Father had given to him, might be brought home.</L>
<L>We are but Strangers and Pilgrims here.</L>
<L>Where no continuing City does appear;</L>
<L>But we mu&s;t &s;eek for one that is to come;&mdash;</L>
<L>And that it might be our con&s;tant care</L>
<L>To walk among&s;t the Tombs while we are here;</L>
<L>That Death might not be a &s;urpri&s;e to none,</L>
<L>That we might be ha&s;tning to our home.</L>
<L>Endeavouring to mortify the deeds of the Body while here,</L>
<L>That Sin which is the &s;ting of Death might not appear;</L>
<LG>
<L>That by free Grace in Chri&s;t alone, I tell:</L>
<L>By faith you may walk through the Valy</L>
<L><HI>Of the &s;hadow of Death,</HI> and fear no ill.</L>
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<L>When this <HI>Mortal &s;hall put on Immortality,</HI></L>
<L>We &s;hall be ble&s;t to all Eternity;</L>
<L>And enjoy that Region which is above,</L>
<L>Where ble&s;&s;ed Souls are &s;till in love;</L>
<L>Where there is no Strife, nor Envy found at all,</L>
<L>But all with one accord ever agree &s;hall,</L>
<L>Singing the prai&s;es of God with <HI>Halelujah.</HI>&mdash;</L>
<L>But you that &s;tay behind in this lower Region &s;till;</L>
<L>Be not dejected, it is our heavenly Fathers will:</L>
<L>Who knows be&s;t what his Churches need,</L>
<L>Who hath, and will &s;end Pa&s;tors them to feed.</L>
<L>According to his promi&s;e abideth faithful &s;till,</L>
<L>Tho our poor &s;taggering Faith is apt to reel.</L>
<LG>
<L>He is the &s;ame ye&s;terday, to day, for ever;</L>
<L>To fru&s;trate all tho&s;e that do endeavour</L>
<L>To oppo&s;e his Church which &s;hall abide with him for ever.</L>
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<P><HI>This Eminent Mini&s;ter will be Interr'd on</HI> Friday <HI>the 27th of this In&s;tant</HI> November, 1691. <HI>from</HI> Stocking-Wea|vers-Hall <HI>in</HI> Red-Cro&s;s-Street.</P>
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<P><HI>LONDON:</HI> Printed, and are to be Sold by <HI>Richard Baldwin</HI> near the <HI>Oxford-Arms-Inn, Warwick-Lane.</HI> 1691.</P>
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