often had of this heavenly Canaan, when he was upon his mount of contemplation; but now he is gotten up to the top of the ladder, and seeth the face of God indeed in the true Peniel. Methinks now I hear some of you say with Balaam, O that I might die the death of the righteous, and that my latter end might be like his! I shall tell you, in a few words, how that may, and I have done. Follow the steps of his holy life, and the instructions of his godly books; learn of Israel and of this parallel father, to prize the spiritual birthright, above any present fleshly enjoyments, and to wrestle with God for it in prayer: meditate much and often of heaven and heavenly things, as he did; imitate him in his holy vows, and be careful to pay them: follow, I say, the steps of his faith and charity, and you cannot miss of such an end: For as many as walk according to this rule, peace shall be upon them, and upon the Israel of God. AMEN. EPITAPH ON THE MONUMENT OF MR. HENRY BRIGHT, IN WORCESTER CATHEDRAL, Composed by Doctor Jos. HALL, then Dean of Worcester. Mane, Hospes, & lege. qui Scholæ Regiæ istic fundatæ Quo non alter magis sedulus fuit scitusve aut dexter Literis feliciter edocendis : Teste utrâque Academiâ, quam instruxit affatim numerosâ pube literariâ: Sed et totidem annis eoque amplius Theologiam professus, et hujus Ecclesiæ per septemnium Canonicus major, Sæpissime hic & alibi sacrum Dei Præconem magno cum zelo & fructu egit: Vir pius, doctus, integer, frugi, de Republicâ pernoctuque ab anno 1562 ad 1626, strenuè usque extant latis, 4to Martii suaviter requievit in Domino. See Fuller's Worthies of England in Worcestershire. ANGELUS E CELO AD ANGELUM ECCLESIÆ N. AD COELUM TRANSEUNTEM. AVE Pater Sancte, Gratis dilecte, gratiâ jam plene, Benedictus tu inter viros, inter angelos. En age, ociùs hanc nostram ascendas alam, Jamjam aperuit sinum, Fidus Fidorum Pater Abraham: Brachiisq; extensis adstat Parallelus Israel, Quid moraris, quid miraris Lumina hæc pervia? Quid Lunam argenteam noctis reginam? In sidera errantia quid errant oculi? In fixa quid figis Lumina? Proso-metrica. In Ascensu. Quorsum (post solem) duodena signa pervagaris? Non est hoc veri nominis, nec numinis Ceelum Sed ejusdem camerata cella. Nec sunt hæc lumina verè cœlestia Attolle oculos, aspice justitiæ solem, Johannem Baptistam. Ecce Pleiades Empyreos, Septem Fratres, stellas Asiaticas: Variantis magnitudinis, Omnia tibi lucem præbent Venturo. Adjunge latus debito choro, Sed primum, coeli amicus, induas amictum coelestem. Hanc scilicet gloriæ albam, Pro terreâ direptâ pallâ ; Illam victricem palmam, Pro extorto pastorali pedo: Pro tenui decussâ cydari. Vide Arborem vitæ de quâ toties legisti, Hujus nunc fructum legas, Et æternum vivas. J.W. M.A. UPON THE MUCH-LAMENTED DEATH OF THE REV. FATHER JOSEPH, LATE LORD BISHOP OF NORWICH. OUR Father dead? can any dumb-born son But since From hence It must; blow high our deep-fetch'd sighs, and land Of tongue and fancy, can't the briskest quill His worth Set forth, Yet cry we must, and though in uncouth tones, What rich embroidery of wit and grace, Possest That breast. How sweet a dresse of smiling gravity |