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<P>AN ELEGY ON The Much-to-be-deplored DEATH <HI>OF That Never-to-be-forgotten PERSON,</HI> The Reverend Mr. <HI>NATHANAEL COLLINS;</HI> Who After he had been many years a <HI>faithful</HI> Pa&s;tor to the Church at <HI>Middletown</HI> of <HI>Connecticut</HI> in <HI>New-England,</HI> about the <HI>Forty third</HI> year of his Age Expired; On 28th. 10. <HI>moneth</HI> 1684.</P>
<Q><L>Te&s;tor, Chri&s;tianum hic de chri&s;tiano vera proferre</L>
<BIBL><HI>Hier. Epi&s;t. Paulae.</HI></BIBL>
<L>Sic oculos, &s;ic ille manus, &s;ic ora ferebat.</L>
<L>Dignum laude virum mu&s;a vetat mori. <BIBL><HI>Horat</HI></BIBL></L></Q>
<P><HI>BOSTON in NEW-ENGLAND</HI> Printed by <HI>Richard Pierce</HI> for <HI>Obadiah Cill.</HI> Anno Chri&s;ti 1685.</P>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>Reader;</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>TO Lament the <HI>Dead</HI> in <HI>Ver&s;e,</HI> having been even from the Dayes of <HI>David</HI> until Now, in &s;ome &s;ort almo&s;t <HI>as Common as Death it &s;elf,</HI> an <HI>Apology</HI> for <HI>that</HI> thing at <HI>this</HI> time is altogether &s;uperfluous: Nor have the Noble&s;t <HI>Hands</HI> di&s;dained to &s;can Potetical mea&s;ures on their <HI>Fingers,</HI> tho' an <HI>Annatus</HI> has derided a <HI>Twi&s;s</HI> for not counting that Exerci&s;e beneath him. But there &s;eems more needful an Excu&s;e for the meane&s;s of <HI>this</HI> Compo&s;ure, <HI>which</HI> is <HI>born before its Time</HI> from a Brain <HI>di&s;u&s;'d</HI> to &s;uch Performances; <HI>in which</HI> I have been &s;o farr from the accuracy of <HI>Virgil,</HI> who having laid out <HI>eleven years</HI> upon his <HI>Aeneids,</HI> after all judged them not <HI>poli&s;hed</HI> enough to be <HI>publi&s;hed,</HI> that a few <HI>&s;tolen hours</HI> were all I had to &s;hape them in, and <HI>to which</HI> I could never have been drawn, if the <HI>Subject</HI> of the&s;e <HI>Rhythmes,</HI> had like the Gentleman in <HI>Thuanus</HI> upon his Death-bed, given &s;ufficient caution <HI>That his Her&s;e &s;hould not be burdened with</HI> bad <HI>Funeral ver&s;es.</HI> For <HI>this,</HI> my utmo&s;t Plea is, That the &s;en&s;e of <HI>Duty,</HI> awak|ened. by the invitation of <HI>others</HI> hereunto, has
<PB REF="4"> produced this <HI>Rap&s;ody,</HI> for a <HI>Cen&s;ure</HI> on which, I appeal from <HI>Curio&s;ity</HI> to <HI>Candour,</HI> expecting no <HI>Laurel</HI> on this occa&s;ion but what I merit by my good Affection to the <HI>Memory</HI> of a <HI>True I&s;|raelite</HI> worthy to be <HI>had in Everla&s;ting Re|membrance.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>C. M.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<DIV1 TYPE="elegy">
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<HEAD><HI>F&V;NERAL-TEARS</HI> At the Grave of The much <HI>De&s;ired</HI> And <HI>Lamented Mr.</HI> NATHANEEL COLLINS? Who changed Death for <HI>LIFE, December</HI> 28. 1684.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L>&mdash; <HI>But &s;hall he unob&s;erved &s;teal away?</HI></L>
<L><HI>Or</HI> I&s;rael <HI>not afford an</HI> hand <HI>to lay</HI><NOTE N="(a)" PLACE="foot"><HI>I&s;ai.</HI> 57.1.</NOTE></L>
<L><HI>An Evil-boding</HI> Death <HI>to</HI> heart? <HI>no Son</HI></L>
<L><HI>Of All the Prophets when</HI> Elijah<HI>'s gone</HI></L>
<L><HI>Look after him?</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Forbid this, <HI>Heaven!</HI> Showr</L>
<L>On a bereaved <HI>Clod</HI> of Earth a pow'r</L>
<L>To yield a &s;pire of <HI>gra&s;s</HI><NOTE N="(b)" PLACE="foot">allu&s;ion to the poetical fancy of <HI>Ajax</HI></NOTE> whereon may grow</L>
<L>The Name of COLLINS, help a ver&s;e to &s;how</L>
<L>His Vertues, as that <HI>Flock</HI> acknowledged</L>
<L>Their <HI>Doe</HI><NOTE N="(c)" PLACE="foot"><HI>Dorcas, Act.</HI> 9.39.</NOTE> when to the Spicy <HI>Mountains</HI> fled.</L>
<L>A&s;&s;i&s;t mee, thou who ha&s;t engag'd the <HI>Ju&s;t</HI></L>
<L>A <HI>Memory,</HI><NOTE N="(d)" PLACE="foot"><HI>P&s;a.</HI> 112.6.</NOTE> to whom the precious du&s;t</L>
<L>Of Saints <HI>Di&s;&s;olv'd</HI> remains <HI>united!</HI> &mdash;</L>
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<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<LG>
<L>I SIGH the <HI>Fate</HI> for which our broached eyes</L>
<L>Spend floods of <HI>brine;</HI> at which a dire &s;urpri&s;e</L>
<L>Of a &s;oul-chilling horrour doth invade</L>
<L>The <HI>Soul</HI> not <HI>&s;tone</HI> before; at which are made</L>
<L>In &s;erious minds as many <HI>wounds</HI> as were</L>
<L>To <HI>Cae&s;ar</HI><NOTE N="(e)" PLACE="foot">whom the Roman con&s;pirators &s;lew with <HI>23</HI> wounds</NOTE> given. Reader, &s;hake to hear;</L>
<PB N="2" REF="5" MS="y">
<L><HI>The DEATH of COLLINS tis.</HI> He dead without</L>
<L>A <HI>Paper</HI> winding &s;heet to lay him out!</L>
<L>A &s;hame. O that <HI>Egyptian Odours,</HI> and</L>
<L><HI>Embalmers</HI> too<NOTE N="(f)" PLACE="foot"><HI>Gen</HI> 50.2.</NOTE> were now at my command!</L>
<L>I want them. But <HI>Hyperboles</HI> withdraw,</L>
<L>Be gone <HI>Licentious Poets.</HI> What I &s;aw</L>
<L>On this occa&s;ion let &s;ome countrey Rymes</L>
<L>That call a Spade a <HI>Spade,</HI> tell after-Times.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>DEPRIV'D of <HI>Charrets</HI> &amp; of <HI>Hor&s;men</HI> too,<NOTE N="(g)" PLACE="foot"><HI>all. to</HI> 2. <HI>King.</HI> 2.12.</NOTE></L>
<L>I on the wings of <HI>Contemplation</HI> flew;</L>
<L>Into the howling <HI>de&s;art</HI> thus I went,</L>
<L>The <HI>cut-off garden</HI><NOTE N="(h)" PLACE="foot">&s;o &s;ome render <HI>the Garden of Nuts,</HI> Cant. <HI>6.11.</HI> in a phra&s;e very accomodable to <HI>America.</HI></NOTE> where our <HI>David</HI> &s;ent</L>
<L>His <HI>&s;heep</HI> to &s;eed and fold, from which he drave</L>
<L>The Rav'nous <HI>Tigre-brood,</HI> in which he gave</L>
<L>His herds a <HI>Re&s;t at noon.</HI><NOTE N="(i)" PLACE="foot"><HI>Cant.</HI> 1.7.</NOTE> On <HI>Jordans</HI> Banks</L>
<L>I meant to &s;it with <HI>Thoughts</HI> on this and <HI>Thanks.</HI></L>
<L>But there found I an <HI>Elect Lady,</HI><NOTE N="(k)" PLACE="foot">&s;ome (tho' groundlesly though) &s;uppo&s;e a <HI>Church</HI> intended by that <HI>name</HI> in <HI>2.</HI> Joh <HI>1.</HI></NOTE> There</L>
<L>Grov'ling in A&s;hes, with di&s;hev'led hair,</L>
<L>Smiting her brea&s;t, <HI>black'd</HI> with a <HI>mourning</HI> dre&s;s,</L>
<L>Re&s;embling mother <HI>Sion in di&s;tre&s;s;</HI><NOTE N="(l)" PLACE="foot">all. to the <HI>figure</HI> thereof in <HI>B. K.'s</HI> ingeni|ous poem.</NOTE></L>
<L>Or like a <HI>Rachel</HI> in a <HI>Bethl'em</HI> plight,<NOTE N="(m)" PLACE="foot"><HI>Mat.</HI> 2.18.</NOTE></L>
<L>But with a <HI>Beauty</HI> glittering too, that might</L>
<L>The Features &s;how that Judah's <HI>preaching King</HI></L>
<L>Much did once in his machle&s;s Raptures &s;ing;<NOTE N="(n)" PLACE="foot">viz. the Canticles.</NOTE></L>
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<L>I found her. There amaz'd, into a <HI>Tree</HI><NOTE N="(o)" PLACE="foot">all. to &s;uch a <HI>metamorpho&s;is</HI> celebrated in Ovid.</NOTE></L>
<L>Almo&s;t transformd with pa&s;&s;ion: <HI>Sympathie</HI></L>
<L>Produced this Enquiry, <HI>Who I wonder,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Seems Sorrow's</HI> Center, <HI>Sorrow's</HI> E&s;&s;ence <HI>yonder?</HI></L>
<L>Lo, I no &s;ooner had approached near,</L>
<L>Then from above this voice did thunder; <HI>Here</HI></L>
<L><HI>Pitty, the Church of</HI> Middletown <HI>be&s;peaks</HI></L>
<L><HI>Set in the</HI> mid&s;t of <HI>&s;woons and &s;obs and &s;hrieks.</HI></L>
<L>With Bowells full of <HI>it</HI> I ha&s;tned to</L>
<L>The <HI>Wet place,</HI> asking <HI>Why &s;he grieved &s;o;</HI></L>
<L>And had this An&s;wer.</L>
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<LG>
<L>SIr, <HI>A&s;k</HI> you this? Are you a Sojourner</L>
<L>Within <HI>New-Englands</HI> bounds &amp; know not <HI>why?</HI></L>
<L>I've lo&s;t great <HI>COLLINS,</HI> man! O that, O there,</L>
<L>From <HI>this Tears-Fountain</HI><NOTE N="(p)" PLACE="foot">Hinc illae lacrymae.</NOTE> is my mi&s;ery.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Immortal COLLINS! what a <HI>Charm</HI> is in</L>
<L>So dear a <HI>Name?</HI> 'Tis <HI>Honey</HI> mixt with <HI>gall</HI></L>
<L>To think, I <HI>had</HI> him, but I <HI>mi&s;s</HI> him; Seen</L>
<L>He <HI>was,</HI> &s;ad word!<NOTE N="(q)" PLACE="foot">fuimus Troes.</NOTE> but &s;o <HI>no</HI> more <HI>he &s;hall.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My <HI>Love</HI> is Talkative: tis fit that I</L>
<L>Thus vent my <HI>&s;mother'd Fire.</HI> The <HI>Rabbins</HI> &s;ay</L>
<L>That when good old <HI>Methu&s;ela</HI> did dye,</L>
<L>His Wife <HI>nine hu&s;bands</HI> lo&s;t in him that day.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Like <HI>Loo&s;er</HI> I will <HI>&s;peak:</HI> The <HI>Lamentation</HI></L>
<L>Over Jeru&s;'lems <HI>Woe</HI> doth &s;uit me <HI>well,</HI></L>
<L><HI>A Widow how is &s;he become!</HI><NOTE N="&Verbar;" PLACE="foot"><HI>Lam.</HI> 1.1.</NOTE> Privation</L>
<L>Seems now to be my only <HI>Principle.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB N="4" REF="6">
<L>Once did I <HI>pri&s;e,</HI> I'l now <HI>prai&s;e</HI> what I had.</L>
<L>The <HI>box</HI> of his Fames <HI>Oyntment</HI><NOTE N="*" PLACE="foot"><HI>Eccle&s;.</HI> 7.1.</NOTE> now &s;hall &s;end</L>
<L>Abroad its Odours. <HI>Alexander</HI><NOTE N="&dagger;" PLACE="foot">from who&s;e corp&s;e 'tis &s;aid there went a <HI>&s;mell</HI> &s;urprizingly fragrant.</NOTE> dead</L>
<L>Had not the <HI>&s;cent</HI> which doth from him a&s;cend.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Some <HI>Elogyes</HI> compo&s;e to try their Wits;</L>
<L>The <HI>Gout,</HI><NOTE N="(r)" PLACE="foot">prai&s;ed by <HI>Pichennerus,</HI></NOTE> the <HI>Feavour,</HI><NOTE N="&Verbar;" PLACE="foot">prai&s;ed by <HI>Huttenus,</HI></NOTE> yea &amp; <HI>Inju&s;tice,</HI><NOTE N="(s)" PLACE="foot">prai&s;ed by <HI>Glaucus,</HI></NOTE></L>
<L><HI>Folly</HI><NOTE N="[t]" PLACE="foot">prai&s;ed by <HI>Era&s;mus,</HI></NOTE> and <HI>Poverty</HI><NOTE N="[u]" PLACE="foot">prai&s;ed by <HI>Pierius,</HI> all in &s;et <HI>poems,</HI> or <HI>orations.</HI></NOTE> have in the Fits</L>
<L>Of Ranting Writers had a <HI>comeline&s;s.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My <HI>Theme,</HI> my <HI>Humour</HI> is not &s;uch an one:</L>
<L>Who to prove <HI>Cicero</HI> not eloquent,</L>
<L>Pen'd Books,<NOTE N="(x)" PLACE="foot">as once an humour&s;ome per&s;on did.</NOTE> who <HI>truth</HI> &amp; <HI>worth</HI> for <HI>guards</HI> di&s;own</L>
<L>Such only count <HI>Collins not excellent.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Bright COLLINS, Star of the <HI>fir&s;t Magnitude,</HI></L>
<L>Extol him how could I! I &s;ha'n't be chid</L>
<L>If as much time on him my <HI>gazes</HI> &s;hou'd</L>
<L>Spend, as that <HI>Greeks</HI><NOTE N="(y)" PLACE="foot"><HI>Socrates,</HI> who &s;pent <HI>15</HI> year in framing of one <HI>Panegyric,</HI> one ora|tion.</NOTE> in's <HI>Panegyric</HI> did.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O that <HI>Apelles</HI> were my &s;ervant now</L>
<L>To <HI>limn</HI> this <HI>Hero,</HI> but his utmo&s;t <HI>All</HI></L>
<L>Would blu&s;h, and draw a <HI>vail</HI> upon the Brow<NOTE N="(z)" PLACE="foot">as that painter did upon his Minerva's.</NOTE></L>
<L>Below who&s;e <HI>Maje&s;ty</HI> his <HI>&s;kill</HI> would fall.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB N="5" REF="6">
<L>I would that you, my Friend, each <HI>drop</HI> of Ink</L>
<L>Could fill with <HI>Elogyes</HI> no fewer then</L>
<L>The little <HI>eels</HI><NOTE N="*" PLACE="foot">of which I can with my <HI>Micro&s;cope</HI> &s;ee incredible hundreds playing about in one drop of water.</NOTE> that may &s;wim in't: I think</L>
<L>They all &s;hould celebrate this <HI>Flow'r of men.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I would too that each <HI>&s;yllable</HI> all round</L>
<L>This Globe with <HI>perfum'd Air</HI> might fly about;</L>
<L>Or your <HI>Stentorophonic Tube</HI><NOTE N="&idagger;" PLACE="foot">which <HI>&s;peaking-Trumpet</HI> may be heard a va&s;t way off.</NOTE> might &s;ound</L>
<L>The prai&s;e of admirable <HI>Collins</HI> out.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>Death,</HI> thou <HI>All-biting</HI><NOTE N="&dagger;" PLACE="foot">all. to y^e <HI>Acro&s;t.</HI> of <HI>Mors</HI> Mordens Omnia Ro&s;tro S uo</NOTE> <HI>Prodigall,</HI> a blow</L>
<L>Of thine hath laid <HI>within</HI> the ground a plant</L>
<L>Surpa&s;&s;ing <HI>Cedars.</HI> I did hardly know</L>
<L>A <HI>&s;pice</HI> who&s;e quantity on <HI>it</HI> was &s;cant.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Good <HI>Nature and</HI> good <HI>Education</HI> were</L>
<L>In him conjoyn'd to &s;uch an high degree,</L>
<L>As gain'd the Title of that<NOTE N="&Verbar;" PLACE="foot"><HI>Tit. Ve&s;p.</HI> who was termed, <HI>Deliciae</HI> humani generis.</NOTE> <HI>Emperour,</HI></L>
<L>In this rare &s;oul <HI>Mankinds delight</HI> we &s;ee.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Facetious <HI>Snow-balls</HI> from his <HI>candid</HI> brea&s;t</L>
<L>With <HI>early Magic</HI> hence would captivate</L>
<L>His near, <HI>Familiars,</HI> &s;o that he was ble&s;t</L>
<L>Who could have leave to be his Intimate.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Hence from his Cradle clothes his neat <HI>di&s;cretion,</HI></L>
<L>Mounted upon bridled <HI>&V;rbanity,</HI></L>
<L>Before a mo&s;t obliging <HI>Di&s;po&s;ition,</HI></L>
<L>Triumphant rode in ev'ry <HI>Company.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB N="6" REF="7">
<L>But Oh the <HI>fruits</HI> of Heav'nly <HI>Graces</HI> dew</L>
<L>Upon &s;o rich a <HI>&s;oyl!</HI> Let <HI>Peter</HI> bid</L>
<L>His <HI>Brethren</HI> add one graces <HI>pearl</HI> unto</L>
<L>The<NOTE N="*" PLACE="foot">v. the glorious catalogue <HI>2.</HI> Pet. <HI>1.5, 7.</HI></NOTE> re&s;t: The whole <HI>heap</HI> was in <HI>Collins</HI> hid.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>You'd &s;carce believe the FAITH re&s;iding in</L>
<L>This Child of <HI>Abraham,</HI> the &s;trong Impre&s;&s;ion</L>
<L>On his heart of <HI>Realities</HI> un&s;een,<NOTE N="&Verbar;" PLACE="foot">2. <HI>cor.</HI> 4 18.</NOTE></L>
<L>Of <HI>Go&s;pel glories,</HI> of things pa&s;t expre&s;&s;ion:</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>How deare&s;t to him his <HI>Redeemer;</HI> how</L>
<L>With brave <HI>Ignatius</HI><NOTE N="&dagger;" PLACE="foot">who&s;e &s;aying often was, Amor meus e&s;t crucifixus</NOTE> he could warble out</L>
<L><HI>O Chri&s;t my Love;</HI> how we might e'en allow</L>
<L>A <HI>JES&V;S</HI> grav'd<NOTE N="&para;" PLACE="foot">which is gro&s;ly and fabulou&s;ly reported of another.</NOTE> within his brea&s;t no doubt.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>His VERTUE took this <HI>&s;i&s;ter</HI> by the hand;</L>
<L>And with her <HI>train</HI> accompanyed thus,</L>
<L>In <HI>vert'ous flights</HI> he went &mdash; how much beyond</L>
<L>An <HI>Ari&s;tides;</HI><NOTE N="**" PLACE="foot">two glories of the heathen, the one for <HI>Ju&s;tice,</HI> the other for <HI>Fidelity.</HI></NOTE> or a <HI>Regulus!</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For KNOWLEDGE, tho in him poor <HI>Harvard</HI> lo&s;t</L>
<L>One of her <HI>talle&s;t &s;ons,</HI> one of the be&s;t</L>
<L><HI>Souldiers</HI> in her <HI>Minerva</HI>'s Camp, my boa&s;t</L>
<L>Of <HI>higher Wi&s;dom</HI> in him i'n't the lea&s;t.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My <HI>Mo&s;es,</HI> he in <HI>Egypts Learning</HI> ver&s;t<NOTE N="&idagger;&dagger;" PLACE="foot"><HI>Act.</HI> 7.22.</NOTE></L>
<L>Had more then <HI>that;</HI> Accompli&s;hments <HI>Divine</HI></L>
<L>In exerci&s;e of which, while he conver&s;t</L>
<L>With I&s;r'els <HI>Jah,</HI> to us his face did &s;hine.<NOTE N="&dagger;&Verbar;" PLACE="foot"><HI>Exod.</HI> 34.35.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB N="7" REF="7">
<L>Yare at his GRAMMAR, kenning <HI>how</HI> and <HI>when</HI></L>
<L>To &s;peak: his <HI>tongue</HI> a<NOTE N="*" PLACE="foot"><HI>Prov.</HI> 15.4.</NOTE> <HI>tree of life,</HI> no (dro&s;s</L>
<L>Proceeding from this <HI>Chry&s;o&s;tom</HI><NOTE N="&Verbar;&dagger;" PLACE="foot">golden mouth.</NOTE>) the <HI>penn</HI></L>
<L>Of <HI>Ready writers</HI> like, not <HI>barbarous.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>How <HI>lofty</HI> in his RHET'RIC, when with cryes</L>
<L>To the Omnipotent reduc'd to &s;ay<NOTE N="&para;" PLACE="foot"><HI>as in Exod.</HI> 32.10. feriendi licentiam petit a <HI>Mo&s;e</HI> qui fecit <HI>Mo|&s;en.</HI></NOTE></L>
<L><HI>Let me alone,</HI> thereby he &s;cal'd the Skyes,</L>
<L>And with the <HI>old</HI><NOTE N="&idagger;" PLACE="foot">preces et lacrymae &s;unt Arma Eccle&s;iae.</NOTE> <HI>Artill'ry</HI> got the day.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>In the be&s;t LOGIC, Oh how <HI>Rational!</HI></L>
<L>How able to &s;py <HI>Canaan</HI> through! how ready</L>
<L>To baffle a <HI>Temptation!</HI> and withal</L>
<L>Full of his <HI>Oracles</HI> &s;ound, &s;olid, &s;teady!</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>How right was his ARITHMETIC that knew</L>
<L><HI>Wi&s;ely</HI> to mea&s;ure his own<NOTE N="&Verbar;" PLACE="foot"><HI>P&s;a.</HI> 90.12.</NOTE> <HI>dayes!</HI> How right</L>
<L>Was his GEOMETRY, that found the true</L>
<L>Bulk of the <HI>earth!</HI> a point<NOTE N="**" PLACE="foot">and an <HI>invi&s;ible point</HI> no doubt would it be to an <HI>humane eye</HI> in the <HI>&s;tarry Heaven,</HI> tho it probably contains above <HI>Ten Thou&s;and Millions</HI> of cubic German <HI>leagues.</HI></NOTE> not worth the <HI>&s;ight.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>In his ASTRONOMY how ripe his eye</L>
<L>Reaching to things beyond the <HI>&s;tars!</HI> Alwayes</L>
<L>Exact in this <HI>no-vain</HI><NOTE N="&para;&para;" PLACE="foot">as &s;ome other Philo&s;o|phy is call'd in <HI>Col. 2.8.</HI></NOTE> PHILOSOPHY,</L>
<L>That in all things he found his <HI>Makers</HI><NOTE N="&Verbar;&Verbar;" PLACE="foot">pre&s;entem docult quaelibet herba Deum.</NOTE> <HI>prai&s;e.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB N="8" REF="8">
<L><HI>Ma&s;ter of</HI> all the <HI>Arts</HI> that &s;hew us what</L>
<L>Tis from each <HI>Bad</HI> unto each <HI>Good</HI> to goe;</L>
<L>To all his <HI>Knowledge</HI> la&s;t &s;ubjoyning <HI>that,</HI><NOTE N="&rdagger;" PLACE="foot">Socrates <HI>his</HI> Hoc tantum &s;cio, me nihil &s;cire.</NOTE></L>
<L><HI>All that I know is, that I nothing know.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>For TEMPERANCE, he liv'd upon it, hee</L>
<L>Like <HI>Hooper</HI> &s;par d much in his <HI>diet,</HI> more</L>
<L>In 's <HI>&s;peech,</HI> but mo&s;t in <HI>Time;</HI> the hateful <HI>Three</HI></L>
<L><NOTE N="&Verbar;" PLACE="foot"><HI>the</HI> Plea&s;ures, <HI>and</HI> Profits <HI>&amp;</HI> Honours <HI>of the world, be|come the</HI> 3 Belzebubs <HI>of it, according to the Di&s;tich</HI> Ambitio&s;us honos et opes et foeda voluptas, Haec tria pro trino Numine mundus habet.</NOTE><HI>Fly-gods</HI> o'th' world mean while he car'd not for.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>To <HI>Meat</HI> a<NOTE N="*" PLACE="foot"><HI>Dan.</HI> 1.12.</NOTE> <HI>Daniel;</HI> and a <HI>Rechabite</HI><NOTE N="&para;" PLACE="foot"><HI>Jer.</HI> 35.6.</NOTE></L>
<L>To <HI>Drink;</HI> like a <HI>John Bapti&s;t</HI><NOTE N="&dagger;" PLACE="foot"><HI>Mat.</HI> 3.4.</NOTE> in his <HI>Rayment;</HI></L>
<L>His <HI>&s;leep,</HI> like <HI>David,</HI><NOTE N="&idagger;" PLACE="foot"><HI>P&s;a.</HI> 119.62.</NOTE> robbing in the Night;</L>
<L>Still putting <HI>Nature</HI> off with <HI>&s;canty payment.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>Ab&s;temious</HI> in all things at &s;uch a rate,</L>
<L>Some (like <HI>Eliza</HI><NOTE N="&ldagger;" PLACE="foot">K. Edw. <HI>VI.</HI> u&s;'d to call the Prince&s;s <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> his <HI>Si&s;ter Temperance.</HI></NOTE> in her <HI>Brothers</HI> eyes,</L>
<L>Him <HI>Brother Temp'rance</HI> could denominate.</L>
<L>And <HI>Ju&s;tice</HI> cau&s;'d what e'er lookt otherwi&s;e.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For PATIENCE whole <HI>beds</HI> and <HI>loads</HI> of it</L>
<L>In his &s;oul flouri&s;ht. What <HI>Affliction</HI> meant</L>
<L>He <HI>felt</HI> as much as mo&s;t do <HI>talk,</HI> and yet</L>
<L><HI>Groans</HI> might from him, but <HI>Grumbles</HI><NOTE N="*&Verbar;" PLACE="foot">It was the &s;entence of a great Saint under great pain, <HI>I groan but do not</HI> grumble.</NOTE> ne're be &s;ent.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB N="9" REF="8">
<L>And under <HI>Provocation,</HI> 'twas a care</L>
<L>By him maintaind to <HI>&s;mile Affronts away.</HI></L>
<L>Not fireing when meer <HI>Cock-boats</HI> landed are;</L>
<L>Seldom decoy'd from his mild <HI>Yea,</HI> or <HI>Nay.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>No Brother of<NOTE N="*" PLACE="foot">whom <HI>Homer</HI> &s;o often repre&s;ents in fumes.</NOTE> <HI>Achilles;</HI> like unto</L>
<L>The <HI>&V;pper Regions</HI> free from Tempe&s;ts; full</L>
<L>Of the <HI>doves temper:</HI> Able for to go</L>
<L>Over an <HI>Alphabet,</HI><NOTE N="&para;" PLACE="foot">as was wont to do the Renowned <HI>Roman Empe|rour.</HI></NOTE> tho <HI>Anger</HI> pull,</L>
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<LG>
<L>His GODLINESS <HI>&s;teer'd</HI><NOTE N="&Verbar;" PLACE="foot"><HI>allu&s;ion to</HI> Sola &s;it humanae pietas cyno|&s;ura carinae.</NOTE> all his motions &s;till:</L>
<L>God had his <HI>thrice-hot</HI><NOTE N="&dagger;" PLACE="foot">Amo te, Domine, plu&s;quam meos, plu&s;quam mea, plu&s;quam me. <HI>Bern.</HI></NOTE> <HI>love,</HI> his life, his Whole:</L>
<L>Gods <HI>Honour</HI> was his <HI>End,</HI> and in the <HI>Will</HI></L>
<L>Of God he <HI>moulded</HI><NOTE N="&idagger;" PLACE="foot"><HI>all. to</HI> Rom. 6.17. gr.</NOTE> his renewed &s;oul.</L>
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<LG>
<L>His &s;ev'rall <HI>Turns</HI> on a Religious <HI>threed</HI></L>
<L>He &s;ought to &s;tring: fixing that <HI>Motto</HI> on</L>
<L>What &s;ignal he in both his <HI>Callings</HI> did,</L>
<L>With much devotion, <HI>Lord</HI><NOTE N="&rdagger;" PLACE="foot"><HI>as he,</HI> Propter te, Do|mine, propter te.</NOTE> <HI>for thee alone.</HI></L>
<PB N="10" REF="9">
<L>How <HI>James</HI>-like were his<NOTE N="&Verbar;" PLACE="foot">of whom Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Hi&s;tory relates, that his <HI>hard|ned knees</HI> wore the Badges of his <HI>hard prayers.</HI></NOTE> <HI>Pray'rs,</HI> how did the <HI>word</HI></L>
<L>Of Life, his heart <HI>Chri&s;ts</HI><NOTE N="&para;" PLACE="foot">as Jerome remarkt of his friend <HI>Nepotian.</HI></NOTE> <HI>Library</HI> affect!</L>
<L>What God-ward flames did his <HI>pure</HI><NOTE N="*" PLACE="foot">Ani|ma ju&s;ti Coelum e&s;t.</NOTE> <HI>mind</HI> afford,</L>
<L>Of any <HI>Ord'nance</HI> dreading a Neglect!</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>BROTHERLY-KINDNESS did procure the <HI>Law</HI></L>
<L><HI>Of Kindne&s;s in his</HI><NOTE N="&dagger;" PLACE="foot"><HI>prov.</HI> 31.26.</NOTE> <HI>lips,</HI> a Deni&s;on</L>
<L>Of <HI>Philadelphia</HI><NOTE N="[a]" PLACE="foot">which name &s;ignifies <HI>brotherly love.</HI></NOTE> in him we &s;aw;</L>
<L>Heir to the &s;oul of the Apo&s;tle<NOTE N="[b]" PLACE="foot"><HI>Heb.</HI> 13.1. <HI>gr.</HI></NOTE> <NOTE N="[b]" PLACE="foot">of whom tis &s;aid that when through age he could do no more, he would give that &s;hort Le&s;&s;on for a <HI>long Sermon</HI> to his congregation, <HI>my Children, love one another.</HI></NOTE> <HI>John.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>A <HI>Zuinglian</HI> entire that ever &s;aid<NOTE N="[c]" PLACE="foot">a &s;avory &s;peech recorded of the famous <HI>Zuinglius.</HI></NOTE></L>
<L><HI>Let me &s;ee</HI> Chri&s;t <HI>in any one, I &s;hall</HI></L>
<L><HI>Him with both Armes embrace.</HI> Whatever made</L>
<L><HI>Di&s;tinctions,</HI> this with him removed all.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And CHARITY in him <HI>warm Beams</HI> extended</L>
<L>To all the Race of Man; <HI>Philanthropy</HI></L>
<L>Him like a <HI>&s;haddow</HI> every where attended;</L>
<L><HI>COLLINS made up of Love,</HI> we u&s;'d to cry.</L>
<PB N="11" REF="9">
<L>An <HI>Injury</HI> &s;eldom re&s;enting more</L>
<L>Than <HI>Cranmer</HI> or the <HI>Martyrologer</HI><NOTE N="*" PLACE="foot">Holy Mr. <HI>Fox.</HI></NOTE></L>
<L>Who <HI>urn'd</HI> his <HI>A&s;hes,</HI> of whom tis notour,</L>
<L><HI>Of good, for ill, Turns from them &s;ure you were.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>In fine, As the<NOTE N="&para;" PLACE="foot">Seneca.</NOTE> <HI>Philo&s;opher</HI> did give</L>
<L>His friend advice, <HI>&s;uppo&s;e a</HI> Cato's <HI>eye</HI></L>
<L><HI>On you, and &s;o be wi&s;e;</HI> when I would live</L>
<L>Uprightly, I'd imagine, <HI>COLLINS</HI> by.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thus was he for a <HI>Chri&s;tian,</HI> and thus he</L>
<L>With Conver&s;ation <HI>lightned,</HI> every <HI>Deed</HI></L>
<L>Of his in print a <HI>Sermon</HI> yeeldeth mee:<NOTE N="&Verbar;" PLACE="foot"><L>Ille pius pa&s;tor, quo non pre&s;tantior unus,</L>
<L>Qui faciendo docet, quae facienda doc<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">t.</L></NOTE></L>
<L>But now what as a <HI>Mini&s;ter</HI> you'l heed.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Methinks I &s;ee how fraught the <HI>Pulpit</HI> was</L>
<L>Of Grace, of Gravity, of Wi&s;dom, when</L>
<L>With mo&s;t harmonious notes a <HI>Barnabas</HI></L>
<L>He now was, and a <HI>Boanerges</HI> then:</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>How <HI>deep</HI> his Sermons were, where <HI>Elephants</HI></L>
<L>Might take content, and yet withal how plain,</L>
<L>Suited unto the <HI>leather Dublet's</HI> Wants.</L>
<L>All in a near unimitable Strain:</L>
<PB N="12" REF="10">
<L>What <HI>unda&s;ht</HI><NOTE N="&dagger;" PLACE="foot"><HI>all. to</HI> 2. Cor. 2.17. gr.</NOTE> <HI>wine</HI> he gave me: what a <HI>Zeal</HI></L>
<L>For me con&s;um'd him: how <HI>material</HI></L>
<L>He was in <HI>Di&s;pen&s;ations</HI> aim'd to heal</L>
<L>Di&s;tempers in me, yet how <HI>Spiritual:</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He like an <HI>Ox</HI><NOTE N="*" PLACE="foot">all. to tho&s;e <HI>2</HI> creatures in Rev. <HI>4.7.</HI> whereof by the former &s;ome will have the <HI>Pa&s;tor,</HI> &amp; by the latter the <HI>Teacher</HI> of a <HI>Church</HI> to be meant.</NOTE> was alwaies labouring</L>
<L>To feed me, but he like an <HI>Eagle</HI><NOTE N="*" PLACE="foot">all. to tho&s;e <HI>2</HI> creatures in Rev. <HI>4.7.</HI> whereof by the former &s;ome will have the <HI>Pa&s;tor,</HI> &amp; by the latter the <HI>Teacher</HI> of a <HI>Church</HI> to be meant.</NOTE> too</L>
<L>Did &s;oar to <HI>Pi&s;gah</HI>'s Top, from thence to bring</L>
<L>Cele&s;tial <HI>Vi&s;ions</HI> pore-blind us unto.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>One is a <HI>Doctor</HI> mo&s;t<NOTE N="&para;" PLACE="foot"><HI>&s;o</HI> Alexander Hales.</NOTE> <HI>Invincible</HI></L>
<L>Another mo&s;t<NOTE N="&rdagger;" PLACE="foot"><HI>&s;o</HI> Bradwar|dine.</NOTE> <HI>Profound,</HI> a Third is counted</L>
<L>A <HI>Subtil</HI><NOTE N="&ldagger;" PLACE="foot"><HI>&s;o</HI> Scotus.</NOTE> one; (Schola&s;tic Records tell)</L>
<L>A Fourth<NOTE N="&idagger;" PLACE="foot"><HI>&s;o</HI> Aquinas.</NOTE> <HI>Angelical</HI> by none &s;urmounted:</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>COLLINS</HI> was <HI>all</HI> of this. The noble<NOTE N="&iexcl;:!" PLACE="foot">thus di&s;|tingui&s;hed in an <HI>Epigram</HI> of <HI>Beza</HI>'s</NOTE> <HI>Three</HI></L>
<L><HI>Geneva</HI> Crowns, enlightning <HI>Calvin,</HI> and</L>
<L>The thundring <HI>Farel</HI> join'd au&s;piciou&s;lie</L>
<L>With &s;houring <HI>Viret,</HI> here in one did &s;tand.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For <HI>Memory</HI> almo&s;t a <HI>Seneca,</HI><NOTE N="&Verbar;&Verbar;" PLACE="foot">who&s;e tenacious <HI>Memory</HI> is to all Ages <HI>memorable.</HI></NOTE></L>
<L>For <HI>Judgement</HI> and <HI>Fancy</HI> inferior</L>
<L>To few: in Learning rich, and ev'ry way</L>
<L>He was a <HI>furni&s;ht</HI> Go&s;pel-Orator.</L>
<PB N="13" REF="10">
<L>How many<NOTE N="*" PLACE="foot">all. to. Act. <HI>16.14.</HI></NOTE> <HI>Lydian</HI>-hearts reputed him</L>
<L>A<NOTE N="&Verbar;" PLACE="foot">an excellent Divine, the Engli&s;h of who&s;e Name &s;eems to be <HI>Key-carrier:</HI></NOTE> <HI>Claviger,</HI> by him <HI>unlockt?</HI> To us</L>
<L>For <HI>Light</HI> giv,n to our <HI>Hou&s;e</HI> how much E&s;teem</L>
<L>He had as an<NOTE N="&idagger;" PLACE="foot">another, who&s;e Name in likelyhood was <HI>Hou&s;e-Lamp.</HI></NOTE> <HI>Oecolampadius!</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>To &s;ave poor me and mine, Oh how <HI>&s;evere</HI><NOTE N="&dagger;" PLACE="foot">ob&s;erving the <HI>Motto</HI> of the Emperour <HI>Se|verus,</HI> which was <HI>LABOREMUS.</HI></NOTE></L>
<L>His <HI>Labours</HI> were! how la&s;ting his Renown</L>
<L>Mu&s;t to my <HI>Offspring</HI> be, <HI>Once</HI> (&s;aying) <HI>were</HI></L>
<L><HI>Doves eyes within the Locks of</HI><NOTE N="&rdagger;" PLACE="foot">all. to Cant. <HI>4.1.</HI> where by tho&s;e expre&s;&s;ions &s;ome under&s;tand <HI>Chri&s;tian Teachers</HI> &s;urrounded with their <HI>believ|ing Hearers.</HI></NOTE> Middletown!</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My <HI>Neighbourhood</HI> &s;har'd with me too; he gave</L>
<L>Some <HI>Spirit</HI> unto them: and then his<NOTE N="&ldagger;" PLACE="foot">One of his la&s;t Services was that he a&s;&s;i&s;ted in a <HI>Day of Prayer at</HI> New-Haven, im|mediatly on which he &s;ickned.</NOTE> <HI>Haven</HI></L>
<L>He cho&s;e: So on the <HI>Day</HI><NOTE N="&Verbar;*" PLACE="foot">He died on a <HI>Sab|bath Day</HI> about the beginning of <HI>the Morning Ex|erci&s;e.</HI></NOTE> we u&s;'d to have</L>
<L><HI>Heaven</HI> from <HI>him,</HI> from <HI>us he</HI> flew to <HI>Heaven.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Age of <HI>Perkins</HI><NOTE N="**" PLACE="foot"><HI>about</HI> 44.</NOTE> ju&s;t attaind, he thought</L>
<L>It time to follow him. But <HI>Why &s;o fa&s;t?</HI></L>
<L>The <HI>cau&s;e</HI> you know that of <HI>&s;uch things</HI> is brought</L>
<L>Belong'd to him, <HI>he only grew too fa&s;t.</HI><NOTE N="&para;" PLACE="foot">Immodicis brevis e&s;t aetas et rara &s;enectus.</NOTE></L>
<PB N="14" REF="11">
<L>More would I &s;ay but Heart-corroding <HI>Angui&s;h</HI></L>
<L>Layes that check on me, <HI>you have lo&s;t him now.</HI></L>
<L>Broken with thy big Lo&s;s dear Friend, I langui&s;h:</L>
<L><HI>Hence</HI> would my <HI>Tears</HI> more than my <HI>River</HI> flow.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Now in <HI>Micaiahs</HI> Trance<NOTE N="*" PLACE="foot">1. <HI>King.</HI> 22.17.</NOTE> I &s;eem to &s;ee</L>
<L>For <HI>Food</HI> on mountains, wandring Shepherdle&s;s,</L>
<L>And Shiftle&s;s rambling, what belongs to me.</L>
<L>Wa&s;t <HI>Park</HI> of mine that now no <HI>Keeper</HI> has!</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>Lord,</HI> is my <HI>Night</HI> come &s;hall <HI>Impaenitent</HI></L>
<L>Tran&s;gre&s;&s;ours now continue <HI>&s;o?</HI> Shall it</L>
<L>Upon my <HI>Meeting-Hou&s;e,</HI> while men repent,</L>
<L><HI>This and that man born here</HI><NOTE N="&Verbar;" PLACE="foot">allu&s;ion to P&s;al. <HI>87.5.</HI></NOTE> no more be writ?</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Shall a for&s;aken now <HI>Society</HI></L>
<L>Without its <HI>Head,</HI> its <HI>Heart,</HI> its <HI>Eyes</HI> remain?</L>
<L>And like <HI>I&s;aiah</HI>'s woful <HI>Vineyard</HI> ly<NOTE N="[a]" PLACE="foot"><HI>all. to</HI> I&s;ai. 5.</NOTE></L>
<L>With with'ring <HI>Grapes</HI> abandon'd by the <HI>Rain?</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O Gha&s;tly <HI>Omens!</HI> if <HI>Paraeus</HI> dy</L>
<L>Let <HI>Heidleberge</HI> look to't. If <HI>Au&s;tin</HI> go</L>
<L>Let <HI>Hippo</HI> tremble. If <HI>Eli&s;ha</HI> fly<NOTE N="[b]" PLACE="foot">2. <HI>King.</HI> 15.20. <HI>'Tis one of the Jewi&s;h Oracles,</HI> Quando Lumi|naria patiuntur <HI>Eclip&s;in,</HI> malum e&s;t &s;ignum mundo.</NOTE></L>
<L>After his Ma&s;ter, <HI>next year</HI> brings a wo</L>
<PB N="15" REF="11">
<L>I fear of both &s;orts now<NOTE N="[c]" PLACE="foot"><HI>Some have ob&s;erved,</HI> that the <HI>Death</HI> of a faithful <HI>Mini&s;ter</HI> in a place where he hath done God much &s;ervice, is oft attended with a great Mortality among other per&s;ons in that place. <HI>I. Collins. Elijahs Lamenation. p.</HI> 18.</NOTE> <HI>Mortalities,</HI></L>
<L>Of <HI>Famines</HI> too I fear the<NOTE N="[d]" PLACE="foot"><HI>See Amos</HI> 8.11.</NOTE> wor&s;t, I fear</L>
<L>The <HI>Gallop</HI> of no le&s;s Calamities</L>
<L>Then can be wrap'd in a pale <HI>Comets</HI> Hair.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Amid&s;t the&s;e hideous <HI>Frights</HI> perplext, I mourn</L>
<L>With <HI>Incohaerent</HI> Throbs you &s;ee. Now tell me</L>
<L>Whether it be not <HI>ju&s;t</HI> that thus forlorn</L>
<L>I here bewail this that has late befel me.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>SHE &s;aid; Her heavy words were hardly out</L>
<L>When, as one <HI>planet-&s;truck,</HI> a doleful &s;hout</L>
<L>Of the &s;urviving <HI>COLLINSes</HI> detaind</L>
<L>Me from <HI>Replies</HI> to what had been complain'd.</L>
<L>To fill the <HI>Stage</HI> there &s;eem'd to throng a croud</L>
<L>Of his <HI>Relations</HI> to us. Fir&s;t aloud</L>
<L>His Aged <HI>Parents</HI> with drench'd Hankerchiefs</L>
<L><HI>Saw</HI> and <HI>had</HI> cau&s;e thus to proclaim their Griefs:</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>A Son, our</HI> Staff <HI>and</HI><NOTE N="&Verbar;" PLACE="foot">A Bird fam'd for its regard to its Dam:</NOTE> Stork; (&s;aid they) <HI>A Son,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Our</HI> Benjamin, <HI>Alas, mu&s;t</HI> he <HI>be gone</HI></L>
<L><HI>To his</HI> Long-Home <HI>before us? Heaven more</HI></L>
<L><HI>May now be</HI> Heaven <HI>to us than before.</HI></L>
<PB N="16" REF="12">
<L><HI>Farewel, thou world of</HI><NOTE N="*" PLACE="foot">One of the mo&s;t &s;plendid Cities wherein, is hence ap|po&s;itely term'd <HI>Lutetia.</HI></NOTE> Dirt; <HI>we meekly wait</HI></L>
<L><HI>But for a</HI><NOTE N="&Verbar;" PLACE="foot">Vitam habentes in <HI>pati|entia,</HI> Mortem in <HI>de&s;iderio.</HI></NOTE> <HI>Call too.</HI> This deplored: Straight</L>
<L>His <HI>Brethren</HI> not as a<NOTE N="&dagger;" PLACE="foot"><HI>&s;ee Jer.</HI> 22.17.</NOTE> <HI>Jehoiakim</HI></L>
<L>But as a<NOTE N="&idagger;" PLACE="foot"><HI>v.</HI> 2. Sam. 1.17.</NOTE> <HI>Jonathan,</HI> bemoaned him,</L>
<L>With this, <HI>We live to &s;ee the</HI> Jo&s;eph <HI>die,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Whom we thought born for our</HI> Adver&s;ity!</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>His <HI>Widdow</HI> then, (the tender <HI>Whiting</HI> &s;wam</L>
<L>Thro' the <HI>Black</HI><NOTE N="&rdagger;" PLACE="foot">all. to the <HI>Mare mortuum.</HI></NOTE> <HI>&s;ea</HI> of <HI>Death</HI> to us) <HI>I came</HI></L>
<L>(Said She) <HI>to bear a part with you. But I</HI></L>
<L><HI>Mu&s;t in</HI> deep Silence <HI>do't. That ev'ry Sigh</HI></L>
<L><HI>Of mine &mdash; O that it</HI> Marbles <HI>might erect</HI></L>
<L><HI>To</HI> him, <HI>for lack of</HI> whom <HI>I'm thus deject.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And then his <HI>Orphans,</HI> all <HI>en&s;abled</HI> add</L>
<L><HI>O could we &s;ay &mdash; that once a Father had,</HI></L>
<L><HI>A Father who&s;e paternal over-&s;ight</HI></L>
<L><HI>Did make us over happy, who&s;e Delight</HI></L>
<L><HI>Was in our</HI> Welfare, <HI>who&s;e Behaviours</HI></L>
<L><HI>Still taught us</HI> &mdash; Mercy! <HI>what a Lo&s;s is our's!</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>In this Di&s;traction <HI>mixing</HI> once again</L>
<L>A <HI>Con&s;olation-cup;</HI><NOTE N="[f]" PLACE="foot">&s;uch the <HI>Jews</HI> were wont to have at their <HI>Fune|rals.</HI></NOTE> Thick <HI>Mi&s;ts</HI> amain</L>
<L>About us gathering; a Murmur there</L>
<L>Of the <HI>ble&s;t Shade</HI> him&s;elf we then might hear.</L>
<PB N="18" REF="12">
<L>FOND <HI>Mortals,</HI> wipe your eyes (&s;aid he) pray keep</L>
<L>That <HI>liquor</HI> for your &s;elves.<NOTE N="*" PLACE="foot">all. to Luk. <HI>23 28.</HI></NOTE> poor <HI>Envy</HI> 'tis</L>
<L>Which prompts your <HI>Threnodies</HI> for me. To weep</L>
<L>For <HI>my &s;ake,</HI> is but to Ignore <HI>my Bli&s;s.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O what a world of <HI>&s;moke</HI> of <HI>du&s;t</HI> of <HI>Folly</HI></L>
<L>Am I <HI>&s;ayl'd</HI><NOTE N="&Verbar;" PLACE="foot">all. to Phil. <HI>1.23.</HI> where to <HI>depart,</HI> is by &s;ome tran&s;lated <HI>to loo&s;e Anchor.</HI></NOTE> from! No <HI>&s;in</HI> &s;hall me annoy,</L>
<L>And no <HI>Temptation</HI> more to be <HI>unholy</HI></L>
<L>Shall e'er mole&s;t me in my <HI>Ma&s;ters JOY.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I have my <HI>Ragged Mantle</HI> dropt; I have</L>
<L>All <HI>Vanity</HI> and all <HI>Vexation</HI><NOTE N="&dagger;" PLACE="foot">Mors Beatitudinis principium, Laborum meta, peremptoria peccatorum, <HI>Aug.</HI></NOTE></L>
<L>E&s;cap'd, my <HI>Clay</HI> &s;afe kept within a Grave</L>
<L><HI>Pre&s;erv'd</HI> lies for the <HI>Re&s;urrection.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>No <HI>Cro&s;s</HI><NOTE N="(g)" PLACE="foot">Chri&s;t &amp; his <HI>Cro&s;s</HI> part at Heavens door, for there's no room for <HI>Cro&s;&s;es</HI> in Heaven. <HI>Rutherf. Epi&s;t.</HI></NOTE> &s;hall ever gall my &s;houlders more,</L>
<L>From <HI>God,</HI> correcting my <HI>di&s;orders,</HI> and</L>
<L>No <HI>Club e're</HI> &s;trike me, red with ancient Gore,</L>
<L>Still by each <HI>Cain</HI><NOTE N="(h)" PLACE="foot">Caint adhuc clavus Abelis &s;anguine rubens ubique circum|fertur. <HI>Bucholtz.</HI></NOTE> retained in his hand.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I'm got within the <HI>Vail,</HI> and there I &s;ee</L>
<L>The ever-glorious Face of the<NOTE N="(i)" PLACE="foot">The Heaven of Heaven, pourtray'd in Joh. <HI>17.24.</HI></NOTE> GOD-MAN;</L>
<L>And He with Tran&s;ports doth convey to me</L>
<L>As much of GOD as entertain I can.</L>
<PB N="19" REF="13" MS="y">
<L>I <HI>Know,</HI> I <HI>Live,</HI> I <HI>Love;</HI> But <HI>how?</HI> forbear</L>
<L>To be inqui&s;itive: It can't be told</L>
<L>To <HI>you;</HI> No, tho you all<NOTE N="(k)" PLACE="foot">&s;kil'd in the language which bold conjectures think to be <HI>Heavens Dialect.</HI></NOTE> <HI>Hebricians</HI> were:</L>
<L>Nor can <HI>&s;hell-ve&s;&s;els</HI><NOTE N="(l)" PLACE="foot"><HI>all. to</HI> 2. <HI>cor.</HI> 4.7. gr.</NOTE> this things meaning hold.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I find be&s;ides my loving <HI>Guardians</HI> here,</L>
<L>Here the <HI>Good Angels</HI> that convey'd me thro'</L>
<L>T<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters"> Divel-haunted-Dungeon-<HI>Atmo&s;phere,</HI><NOTE N="(m)" PLACE="foot">the territores whereto the apo&s;tate troops of Lucifer &s;eem to be confined, from eph. <HI>2.2.</HI></NOTE></L>
<L>To mine annex their <HI>Hallelujahs</HI> do.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Here, me the <HI>Chorus</HI> of the <HI>glorify'd,</HI></L>
<L>The <HI>poli&s;ht</HI><NOTE N="(n)" PLACE="foot"><HI>all. to</HI> 2. <HI>cor.</HI> 5.5.</NOTE> <HI>&s;tones,</HI> now in the Temple plac,t</L>
<L>The <HI>twice cloath'd</HI><NOTE N="(o)" PLACE="foot">all. to <HI>2.</HI> ibid. where an <HI>upper garment of glory</HI> is engaged to the &s;ouls on which an <HI>under garment</HI> of <HI>grace</HI> is wrought with the Eternal Spir<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ts <HI>Needle-work.</HI></NOTE> Souls, &s;alute on ev'ry &s;ide;</L>
<L>I &s;ee <HI>Nathaneel</HI><NOTE N="(p)" PLACE="foot"><HI>v. Joh.</HI> 1.47.</NOTE> here, I know the re&s;t.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Be <HI>glad</HI> that I am here, and after hye,</L>
<L>Your &s;elves with diligence, all <HI>po&s;ting</HI> hither,</L>
<L><HI>Precepts</HI> and <HI>Patterns</HI> left, my <HI>Coun&s;els</HI> eye,</L>
<L>And <HI>Copyes,</HI> &s;o we &s;hall be &s;oon together.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>Souls,</HI> follow me. Anon the <HI>Stars,</HI> the <HI>Sands,</HI></L>
<L>The <HI>Atoms</HI> of the Univer&s;e &mdash; a Scrol</L>
<L>Like <HI>Heaven</HI> fill'd with <HI>Nines,</HI> for <HI>cypher</HI> &s;tands,</L>
<L>Compar'd to the <HI>Long joyes</HI><NOTE N="&Verbar;" PLACE="foot">a line <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> <HI>too long</HI> for the ver&s;e, but too &s;hort not|with<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="3 letters">nding to give a &s;haddow of <HI>ETERNITY</HI></NOTE> that over us may roll.<NOTE N="(q)" PLACE="foot">a thing rationally &s;ung by the <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="3 letters">man Swan</HI> the night before he died.</NOTE></L>
<PB N="20" REF="13" MS="y">
<L>A <HI>PERIOD</HI> this puts to the <HI>Tragaedy.</HI></L>
<L><HI>He</HI> vani&s;ht; <HI>They</HI> retir'd; confu&s;ed <HI>I</HI></L>
<L>Now quite <HI>alone,</HI> have nothing el&s;e to do,</L>
<L>But to pour out a &s;hort <HI>Ho&s;annah</HI> to</L>
<L>The Worlds Almighty GOVERNOUR to whom</L>
<L>On this account now the&s;e <HI>Petitions</HI> come</L>
<L>From lifted <HI>Hands,</HI> and bended <HI>Knees</HI> &mdash;</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>Dread Lord,</HI></L>
<L><HI>By whom va&s;t Ho&s;ts of Beings with a Word</HI></L>
<L><HI>Are made and mov'd: Let thy much-hop'd Salvation</HI></L>
<L><HI>Shield us, like Walls from much-fear'd De&s;olation.</HI></L>
<L><HI>O Save</HI> New-Englands <HI>Churches; Let them be</HI></L>
<L><HI>Still golden Candle&s;ticks, belov'd by thee,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Still</HI> Puritans; <HI>Still</HI> Iv'ry Pallaces.</L>
<L><HI>Keep up the</HI> Quick&s;et Hedge <HI>about them; Plea&s;e</HI></L>
<L><HI>To keep the glad&s;ome</HI> Streams <HI>of them alive.</HI></L>
<L><HI>Save</HI> Middletown, <HI>and cau&s;e the Place to thrive</HI></L>
<L><HI>&V;nder</HI> Fat Clouds <HI>&s;till, and that</HI> Bochim <HI>let</HI></L>
<L><HI>By thy Provi&s;ion be a</HI> Bethel <HI>yet.</HI></L>
<L><HI>Save ev'ry &s;oul that reads this Elegy;</HI></L>
<L><HI>Like COLLINS let us live, like COLLINS dy.</HI></L>
</LG>
<CLOSER>AMEN.</CLOSER>
<EPIGRAPH>
<Q><L>Sic mihi contingat vivere &s;icque mori.</L>
<L><HI>Sic optat,</HI></L>
<L>Qui longe &s;equitur ve&s;tigia &s;emper adorans.</L>
<L>Qualis vita, ita</L></Q>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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