The brides longing for her bride-grooms second coming A sermon preached at the funeral…The brides longing for her bride-groomes second comming A sermon preached at the funerall…

For his conversation with other kind of men, it was sweet and loving, and very useful. He was full of goodness, and offices of love. He did not bear himself big upon his Offices, or Place; but was, as David saith of himself, ⟨p. 123⟩as a weaned Child: Though his parts did raise him up, and advance him above the ordinary sort of men; yet his grace levelled him, that he made himself equal to the lower sort; and yet in such sort, that he had wisdom to understand and know himself in his place: and, so grace will teach a man to do.

For his conversation with other kind of men, it was sweet and loving, and very usefull. Hee was full of goodnesse, and offices of love. Hee did not beare himselfe bigge upon his Offices, or Place; but was, as David saith of himselfe, ⟨p. 123⟩as a weaned Childe: Though his parts did raise him up, and advance him above the ordinarie sort of men; yet his grace levelled him, that hee made himselfe equall to the lower sort; and yet in such sort, that hee had wisedome to understand and know himselfe in his place: and, so grace will teach a man to doe.

He was a marvellous great encourager of honest, laborious, religious Ministers, for their Masters sake, and for their works sake: and he lost nothing by it; he had a Prophets reward, the prayers of all good men, that were acquainted with him. ⟨p. 124⟩And I hope, that that commendations will not die with him, but that it will live in those that he lives in.

Hee was a marvellous great encourager of honest, laborious, religious Ministers, for their Masters sake, and for their workes sake: and hee lost nothing by it; hee had a Prophets reward, the prayers of all good men, that were acquainted with him. ⟨p. 124⟩