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<HEAD>A FUNERAL ELEGY Humbly Dedicated to the Renowned Memory of the HONORABLE, Thomas Danforth E&s;q. Of <HI>Cambridge,</HI> Sometimes Deputy GOVERNOUR in the Colony of the <HI>Ma&s;&s;achu&s;etts-Bay,</HI> and Pre&s;ident of the Province of <HI>Main;</HI> and One of His Maje&s;ties Honour<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ble COUNCIL, Judge of the Superiour Court in the Province of the <HI>Ma&s;&s;achu&s;etts-Bay in New England;</HI> Who (after He had long Served His Generation by the Will of GOD in &s;everal High Stations) Did to our Inconceivable Lo&s;s, but His Unparallel'd Gain, Re&s;t from all His Labours, on the Sacred Day of Re&s;t, the Memorable 5th. of <HI>November: Anno Domini.</HI> 1699. <HI>Aetatis Suae,</HI> 77. <HI>Ho<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">os, Onus: Mors, Pax.</HI></HEAD>
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<L>JUDGE of the Quick and <HI>Dead</HI> I am not, Yet</L>
<L>HIM and my &s;elf &s;hould very much <HI>forget</HI></L>
<L>If that I &s;hould decline the <HI>Bench</HI> to take</L>
<L>Nor give my &s;ence and &s;entence of this Fate.</L>
<L>Pardon me, <HI>Sir;</HI> 'Twere better fir&s;t to <HI>Die</HI></L>
<L>Than prove Di&s;loyal to your Memorie</L>
<L>'Tis <HI>Con&s;cience</HI> gives Commi&s;&s;ion not t' be Mute</L>
<L>Ju&s;tice and Gratitude &s;hall Execute.</L>
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<LG>
<L>The <HI>I&s;le</HI> which (<HI>Alfred</HI> &s;ings) no Help de&s;ires,</L>
<L>Yet all the <HI>World</HI> &s;upply from Her requires</L>
<L>Able to Glut <HI>King Solomon</HI> with Plea&s;ures</L>
<L>And Surfeit Great <HI>Augu&s;tus</HI> with Her Trea&s;ures:</L>
<L>Whence the Fir&s;t Chri&s;tian <HI>Emperour</HI> did &s;pring</L>
<L>And &s;ince that, Many an <HI>Heroe,</HI> Many a <HI>King</HI></L>
<L>Rich in all Merchandize: More Rich in <HI>Men:</HI></L>
<L>(Scarce &s;uch an I&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">nd in the <HI>World</HI> agen:)</L>
<L>And whence <HI>New England</HI> &s;prang It did produce</L>
<L><HI>Him,</HI> to this Land who was of Glorious U&s;e.</L>
<L><HI>He,</HI> Nature drew from <HI>Him</HI> whom Grace Divine,</L>
<L>Rather than Worldly Grandieur, made to Shine.</L>
<L>Who urg'd to <HI>Knight</HI> Him, Him, He follow'd not</L>
<L>Follow'd a Greater <HI>King,</HI> to <HI>De&s;art</HI> Lot;</L>
<L>Like <HI>Mar&s;acus,</HI> when He &s;aw Saints to Goe</L>
<L>Would fain be <HI>Knight</HI> of their Wing'd <HI>Order</HI> too.</L>
<L>Such was His <HI>Father:</HI> And poor <HI>Framingham</HI></L>
<L>Lo&s;t a Choice <HI>Lecture</HI> when He hither came</L>
<L>By Prophets Preach'd; But He procur'd the &s;ame.</L>
<L>After His Father's Death <HI>This Son</HI> was ble&s;s'd,</L>
<L>Rudene&s;s and Lewdne&s;s much He did Dete&s;t;</L>
<L>Fear'd God from's Youth, like good Prince <HI>Obadiah</HI></L>
<L>An Early Convert, like Renown'd <HI>Jo&s;iah.</HI></L>
<L>Glowing His <HI>Love:</HI> mo&s;t Veh'ment His <HI>De&s;ire</HI></L>
<L>Like Coals of Juniper and Flames of Fire,</L>
<L>To <HI>Jacobs Portion:</HI> Angels, Powers, Life, Death</L>
<L>Heights, Depths, could not put either out of breath</L>
<L>Harna&s;s'd and Rigg'd with th' Chri&s;tian <HI>Panoplie;</HI></L>
<L>Well under girt with &s;ound <HI>Sincerity:</HI></L>
<L>In every State, undelug'd, could Sail Right;</L>
<L>His <HI>Anchor</HI> held, on &s;omething out of Sight.</L>
<L>Left not his Sweets, when He Promotion wan</L>
<L>His Wine &s;till Cheer'd the Heart of <HI>God</HI> and <HI>Man</HI></L>
<L>His Speech well <HI>Sea&s;on'd</HI> both for <HI>Time</HI> and <HI>Grace</HI></L>
<L>For in His Soul, mo&s;t Sav'ry <HI>Salt</HI> had Place.</L>
<L>He had an Art, He practis'd to the la&s;t,</L>
<L>What e'r<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> was Talk'd, in Spiritual mould to Ca&s;t.</L>
<L>God's <HI>S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">uel</HI> He; 'Mong&s;t tho&s;e that on Him call</L>
<L>'Mong&s;t <HI>Thundring Ho&s;ts,</HI> an Expert General:</L>
<L>Nobly Seraphick, and mo&s;t Rapturous,</L>
<L>In Prayer; A Secon'd <HI>Theodo&s;ius.</HI></L>
<L>What's Parent came Three Thou&s;and Miles, to Win</L>
<L>That, to neglect, He dare'd not Count no Sin.</L>
<L>God's <HI>Temple</HI> had Him, a Profe&s;&s;or Pre&s;s'd</L>
<L>Gods <HI>Table</HI> found Him Young, a <HI>Worthy Gue&s;t.</HI></L>
<L>'Twas Time, a <HI>Vine</HI> Grew up on His Hou&s;e &s;ide:</L>
<L><HI>Withington's</HI> Halls afford this <HI>Saint</HI> a <HI>Bride</HI></L>
<L>Precious as Gold Their <HI>Faith,</HI> yet as Behov'd</L>
<L>'Twas by both Fining Pot and Furnace Prov'd;</L>
<L>Them Ten Rare Pledges, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">arly fledg'd, for&s;ook</L>
<L>And the Directe&s;t way to Heaven Took:</L>
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<L>'Mong&s;t whom count Chief the Famous <HI>Samuel</HI></L>
<L>Who&s;e Excellencies <HI>Englands</HI> both can Tell.</L>
<L>During that Wondrous Term of Seven times Seven,</L>
<L>Co heirs They Lived, of the Grace of Heaven.</L>
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<L>Ju&s;t in the Fiftieth year of <HI>Jubilee</HI></L>
<L>His Aged Virtuous <HI>Con&s;ort</HI> vent out free,</L>
<L>Yet not &s;o Free, as He <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">o Follow was,</L>
<L>And to o're take Her, me<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ds His Heavenly Pace.</L>
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<LG>
<L>'Twas His High Care when fir&s;t He &s;aw that Comet</L>
<L>Of Earthly Wealth ari&s;e <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">o <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 word"> off from it.</L>
<L>I'ts Dreadful Fiety Tail; th' Intailment even</L>
<L>Of Difficulty in the way to Heaven;</L>
<L>That Sin bred Fate, can't cour&s;e of Law out-root</L>
<L>A Go&s;pel Cour&s;e, He found might greatly doe 't.</L>
<L>Saw on His Hand that Viper Venimous:</L>
<L>To Alms it temper'd, Made a <HI>Treacle</HI> thus</L>
<L><HI>Honours</HI> to &s;eek or &s;hun H' was never bui&s;y.</L>
<L>His Head could bear <HI>Great Height</HI> &amp; not be Dizzy.</L>
<L>Ble&s;s'd by <HI>Ble&s;s'd Wil&s;on</HI> fir&s;t on <HI>Bench</HI> when &s;at</L>
<L>Regal'd with th' Anagram, <HI>Hand&s;om for that.</HI></L>
<L>Edicts, Examples, and Sharp Puni&s;hment</L>
<L>States, warping from their Standard ought prevent.</L>
<L>Sagacious He betimes to Meet and Mate</L>
<L>Ill Humours, threatning to &s;ubvert the <HI>State.</HI></L>
<L>Flat fell They who would '&s;aid <HI>New-England</HI> flat;</L>
<L>Thank GOD &amp; th' MAN with Little Band, for That.</L>
<L>Him, and His Country, who would Wa&s;t, in Ha&s;t</L>
<L>He made Repent, Their Rents came in &s;o fa&s;t.</L>
<L>Iv'e &s;ome<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">imes heard Him &s;ay that He had ever</L>
<L>As lieve dy by the Ax as by the Feaver;</L>
<L>In a Good cau&s;e, and with a Con&s;cience Good;</L>
<L>For <HI>Church</HI> &amp; <HI>State,</HI> &s;o Truth's Great <HI>Champion</HI> &s;tood.</L>
<L>Like <HI>Samuel</HI> Rode the <HI>Circuit</HI> Judg'd each Tribe,</L>
<L>And like Brave <HI>S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">muel,</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ook a Bribe.</L>
<L>So Good, Great, Wi&s;e, Ju&s;t, Steady Tru&s;ty, Free;</L>
<L>We'l ne're want Men, while we have Such as Thee.</L>
<L>His Thoughts Pure <HI>Spirits</HI> were, He therefore us'd</L>
<L><HI>Phy&s;ician</HI> like, to give them, well infus'd</L>
<L>In &s;ome &s;weet proper <HI>Vehicle</HI> of Wit,</L>
<L>Some Proverb, Story, Simile, mo&s;t fit.</L>
<L>When Men of Sen&s;e addres'd Him, 'twas His fa&s;hion</L>
<L><HI>Rea&s;ons</HI> to &s;hew, and leave the <HI>Application:</HI></L>
<L>And when &s;ome nimble Ca&s;e out ran His <HI>Vicit,</HI></L>
<L>Still Gave forth Sentence, in a <HI>Nihil Dicit.</HI></L>
<L>Dangers, as &s;oon as meant, He oft Su&s;pected</L>
<L>Forgers, He oft Sagaciou&s;ly Detected:</L>
<L>At Helm in Tempe&s;ts, yet His Courage Stout</L>
<L>'Though Dangers were Extream, would ne'v<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">r give out.</L>
<L>Of Them, like <HI>Nicodemus</HI> He was One,</L>
<L>And &s;tood like Him, &s;tout <HI>Prote&s;tant</HI> alone</L>
<L>'Gain&s;t a <HI>Committee,</HI> who&s;e blind Indignation</L>
<L>Condemn'd the <HI>Be&s;t Men</HI> of that Generation.</L>
<L>I know not where to &s;top; His <HI>Cour&s;e</HI> was thus</L>
<L>To make <HI>New Englands</HI> Journal Glorious:</L>
<L>Hath &s;tood our Churches <HI>Pillar</HI> ever &s;ince,</L>
<L>Not wi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">hout <HI>Envy,</HI> for His Recompence.</L>
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<L><HI>Harvard!</HI> For <HI>Honourable,</HI> Thou mu&s;t goe;</L>
<L>Who was thy Steward, Trea&s;urer, was &s;oe:</L>
<L>Charg'd and Di&s;charged were thy <HI>Quarter Bills,</HI></L>
<L>Drain'd not thy Stock, but with large Hundreds fills</L>
<L>A Bounteous <HI>Patron</HI> unto many a Plant</L>
<L>In thy fair Nur&s;ery, who&s;e Means were &s;cant.</L>
<L>Re&s;olves &s;o to continue, 'Spite of Death,</L>
<L>By <HI>Lands</HI> and <HI>Rents,</HI> His la&s;t <HI>Will</HI> witne&s;&s;eth.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Bring <HI>Tribute</HI> to thy <HI>Benefactors</HI> Du&s;t</L>
<L>To be <HI>Ungrateful</HI> is to be <HI>Unju&s;t.</HI></L>
<L><HI>Church Me&s;&s;engers <HI>Chri&s;ts</HI></HI> Glory are, &s;o He</L>
<L>(In that Relation,) oft was &s;een to be;</L>
<L>Nor was 't a Shame for a Profe&s;s'd Divine,</L>
<L>To be beholden to His Golden Mine.</L>
<L>So well-read in all Points, Men of be&s;t fa&s;hion,</L>
<L>Unto His Judgment pay'd a Veneration.</L>
<L>When <HI>Church Di&s;turbances</HI> requir'd His Be&s;t</L>
<L>He &s;ignally with great <HI>Succe&s;s</HI> was Ble&s;s'd.</L>
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<LG>
<L>In's <HI>Family</HI> as exact Order's &s;een,</L>
<L>As if that it a Soveraign State had been:</L>
<L>Reading, In&s;truction, Prayer, and Repetition</L>
<L>So con&s;tant were, You'd envy <HI>their</HI> Condition.</L>
<L>From <HI>Families</HI> would Spring <HI>New Englands</HI> Bli&s;s</L>
<L>Might all be taught and Govern'd as was His.</L>
<L>Great is the <HI>Lo&s;s</HI> of &s;uch a <HI>Man</HI> as This!</L>
<L>Full of <HI>Good Works,</HI> not therefore void of Fears;</L>
<L>No Works &s;o Good but call for Fa&s;ts and Tears;</L>
<L>Ju&s;tification through His Saviours Blood,</L>
<L>And Righteou&s;ne&s;s, (His <HI>Aged Souls</HI> la&s;t Food,</L>
<L>His Readings, Meditations, there, were &s;pent</L>
<L>So Views His <HI>Title,</HI> and Receives <HI>Content.</HI></L>
<L>Like <HI>Solomon,</HI> All Gainful <HI>Arts</HI> He trys</L>
<L>To Dye in Chri&s;t, Be&s;t <HI>Gain</HI> He finds; &s;o Dies.</L>
<L>His <HI>Arms:</HI> On Gold, the &s;ingle opened Eye,</L>
<L>(Man's Noble Part) imports <HI>Sincerity,</HI></L>
<L>And <HI>Wi&s;dom</HI> too: That Gemm the Di'mond dwells</L>
<L><HI>Invulnerate,</HI> 'though it cutts all things el&s;e.</L>
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<LG>
<L>He left with's Children Dear a Num'rous Race,</L>
<L>Lord! Give 'em Portions of their Grand&s;ire's Grace</L>
<L><HI>Thou&s;ands</HI> up &s;pringing &s;o, in His rich Heap</L>
<L>Shall Love Thy Name, &amp; Thy Commandments keep.</L>
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<CLOSER>Amen.</CLOSER>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Iohn Danforth.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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