The happiness of the church, or, A description of those spiritual prerogatives wherewith Christ…The happines of the church, or, A description of those spirituall prerogatiues vvherewith Christ…

There are other, that seem to end in Love, who never all their days walked in this heavenly path. They have a will lying by them, wherein they have bequeathed a certain legacy to the poor; something to such a Church, or such an Hospital. But this will is ⟨p. 138⟩not of force till the testator be dead, so that a man may say, though the will be ready, yet to will is not ready with them: for God shall not have it, so long as they can keep it. These can wish with Balaam, to dye Christians, but they must live Pagans. Having raised thousands out of their sacrilegious and inhospitable Impropriations; they can bestow the dead hope of a little mite on the Church. In memorial whereof the heir must procure an annual recitation; besides the monumental sculpture on the Tomb. Be his life never so black, and more tenebrous then the vaults of lust, yet said a Reverend Divine, he shall find a black prophet, for a black cloak, that with a black mouth, shall commend him for whiter then snow and lilies. Though his unrepented oppressions, unrestored extortions, and blood-drawing usuries, have sent his soul to the infernal dungeon of Satan; whose parishioner he was all his life; yet money may get him canonized a Saint at Rome, and robe him with spotless integrity and innocence. So diverse among them, that lived More Latronū yet in death affected Cultum martyrum. Hence Epitaphs and funeral orations shall commend a mans charity, who never all his days walked two steps in Love.

There are other, that seeme to end in Loue, who neuer all their dayes walked in this heauenly path. They haue a will lying by them, wherein they haue bequeathed a certaine legacie to the poore; something to such a Church, or such an Hospitall. But this will is ⟨p. 138⟩not of force till the testator be dead, so that a man may say, though the will be ready, yet to will is not ready with thē: for God shall not haue it, so long as they can keepe it. These can wish with Balaam, to dye Christians, but they must liue Pagans. Hauing raised thousands out of their sacrilegious and inhospitable Impropriations; they can bestow the dead hope of a litle mite on the Church. In memoriall whereof the heyre must procure an annuall recitation; besides the monumentall sculpture on the Tombe. Be his life neuer so blacke, and more tenebrous then the vaults of lust, yet said a Reuerend Diuine, he shall find a blacke prophet, for a blacke cloake, that with a blacke mouth, shall commend him for whiter then snow and lillies. Though his vnrepented oppressions, vnrestored extortions, and bloud-drawing vsuries, haue sent his soule to the infernall dungeon of Sathan; whose parishioner he was all his life; yet money may get him cannonizd a Saint at Rome, and robe him with spotles integritie and innocence. So diuerse among them, that liued More Latronū yet in death affected Cultum martyrum. Hence Epitaphs and funerall orations shall commend a mans charitie, who neuer all his dayes walked two steps in Loue.