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Wretched he is, if he abound or want,
Unceafing Racks the Needy Soul does rent;
With Food and Raiment only who's content?
Or, if it chance his Goods do overflow,
As few they are to whom it happens fo,
The fear of lofing what he has deftroys
The Pleasure of thofe things which he enjoys.
For, who can call thefe Earthly Things his own?
No fooner are they come but they are gone.
As fleeting and as empty as the Air

Are all thofe things that do employ our Care.
Thus, in one fingle moment, have I loft
That which of Earthly Things I valued most;
For with one fatal ftroke Death does deftroy
The greatest Blessing Man did e'er enjoy.
How very great a Burthen must I bear?
Where is that thing that can my Lofs repair?
Her Virtue was above Temptation fure,
As chafte as Ice, no Mixture would endure:
Safely I might my Honour with her trust,
Who was in that and all things elfe lo juft.
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Not that he wanted any of that Heat
That at fit periods fresh Defires create,
But in all things her felf did govern fo,
To fhew her Virtue and Affection too.
So long as I her Conversation had,
A perfect Calm did then my Days o'erspread;
So evenly my Minutes ftill did flide,
I'd all the Comfort, nothing of the Care,
Altho' in Wedlock Joy and Croffes are.
Unto her Care I left my Family,
Her Prudence of that Trouble did me free.
And with what Pleasure have I oft bebeld
Her Condu, which all others so excell'd,

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That Solomon, were he to write again
The Character of a Wife Matron,
He'd fee what he had writ had a Defect,
And by her Copy would his Faults correct.
What Wisdom and Affection did she show
When the rough Storms full in my Face did blow?
With how.much Pleasure the her part did bear,
Or rather fay, did take the bigger share,
And always forward ftill to interpofe
'Twixt me and any Storm when it arose ?
And though the Tempests often were extream,
I rather faw than felt them when they came.
Her Children found she'd all that tender Care
Which all kind Mothers to their Infants bear:
None could feem fonder, yet withal did fhow
She did the part of a wife Mother do ;
So equally her felf to them addreft,

That none could tell which of them the lov'd beft.
With pleafing Arts their tender years the woo'd,
And made them early take delight in Good;
And he was bleft therein with fuch Success,
It did together with their Tears encrease ;
So that it's hop'd, by what's already paft,
That good Impreffion with their Lives will last.
The Poor remember with unfeigned Grief,
How often by her Hand they've had Relief.
How many Supplicants did the cloath and feed,
And ne'r deny'd it any that had Need?
Her Charity did plentifully flow;

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Yet what he did was not to make a Show,
Her left Hand knew not what her right did do..
Gan any doubt whether that fhe who thus
Govern'd her self was not Religious ?
To all that knew her well it did appear,
She truly did her Great Creator fear.

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She bumbly walk'd, and yet without Constraint,
Was not morofe, nor yet impertinent.
In ferving God her Care was to be seen
By him the worship'd, nor observ'd by Men ;
An outfide Worship fhe accounted vain.
A Cheerful Temper the by Nature had,
And what could then make her referv'd or fad
That had fo early made her Peace with God?
Thus did the live till fhe was call'd away,
When the barsh Meffage did not her difmay;
The grim look'd Meffenger he did not fhun,
But made him wait till the her Work had done:
She did a Courage 'bove a Mortal fhow,
And in this A did all the reft out-do.

So have I feen the Sun, who did all day
With mighty Splendor his ftrong Beams display,
Yet did it not abate when it declin'd,
But, as it fett, the brighter then it shin'd.
Thus did the go to her Eternal Reft,

That was of Wives, nay, of her Sex, the Beft.

F INI S.

BOOKS printed for, and fold by John Lawrence,at the Angel in the Poultry, over against the Compter.

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CET's Remaines, being fundry Pious and learned Notes, and Obfervations on the New Teftament, opening and explaining it; wherein Jefus Chrift, as yesterday, to day, and the fame for ever, is illuftrated; by that learned and judicious man Dr. R. Gell, late Rector of St. Mary Aldermary, London.

Chriftian Religions Appeal from the groundless prejudice of the Sceptick, to the Bar of Common Reason; wherein is proved, 1. That the Apoftles did not delude the World, 2. Nor were themfelves deluded, 3. Scripture matters of Faith have the best Evidence, 4. The Divinity of Scripture is as demonftrable as the Being of a Deity. By John Smith, Rector of St. Maries in Colchester.

Quarto.

The Jefuits Catechifm, according to St. Ignatius Loyola; wherein the Impiety of their Principles, Perniciousness of their Doctrines, and Iniquity of their Practises are declared.

The Reverend Mr. Samuel Slater's Sermon on the Thanksgiving Day, October 27th. 1692. at Crosby Square.

His Sermon at the Funeral of Mr. John Reynolds Minifter of the Gofpel, who dyed in London December the 25th, 1692.

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His Sermon Preached Feb. 19. 1692. upon the Funeral of that late excellent Servant of our Lord Jesus Mr. Richard Fincher, who finished his Course Feb. 10th. 1692.

An Apology for the Minifters who fubfcribed only unto the stating of the Truths and Errors in Mr. William's Book. Shewing, That the Gospel which they Preach, is the old everlasting Gospel of Chrift, and vindicating them from the Calumnies wherewith they (especially the younger fort of them) have been unjustly afperfed, by a Letter from a Minifter in the City, to a Minifter in the Country.

The Anfwer of Giles Firmin, to the vain and unprofitable Queftion put to him, and charged upon him by Mr. Grantham, in his Book intituled, The Infants Advocate: viz. Whether the greatest part of dying Infants fhall be damned? Which Advocate, while he fhuts all Infants out of the visible Church, and denies them Baptifm, opens Heaven to all dying Infants; juftifying those of his party, who admit them all as he doth into Heaven without Regeneration. The Preface may be very useful for the Children of Godly Parents.

Some Remarks upon the Anabaptist Answer [Sold by John Harris] to the Athenean Mercuries; and fome upon his Answer, who ftiles himself, Philalethes Pafiphelus. By Giles Firmin.

A brief Review of Mr. Davi's Vindication, giving no fatisfaction; being for the greateft part of it no direct Answer to what is charged upon him, but meer Evasions to deceive the Reader. Things that tend to practice are chiefly infifted upon, other things but lightly touched; to which is added Re marks upon fome paffages of Mr. Crifp, in his Book intituled, Chrift alone exalted. The Reason of the Authors ingaging in this Controverfie, is given in the Preface to the Reader, by Giles Firmin one of the united Brethren.

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