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…

Lo here the verifying of that ancient adage, quod differtur, non aufertur, for long looked for comes at last. That which before a Solemn and sad assembly, was publicly preached and committed to the ears of some, is now printed ⟨image 3⟩and committed to the eyes of all that have a mind to read it; which thing hath with a long and longing desire bin wished and waited for by sundry. This Funeral sermon bespake your receiving and respecting of it in a double consideration, each of which, in my opinion, hath an important, rare, and singular ponderation. Behold, first the Man; secondly, the matter. The Man by ⟨image 3⟩whom, and the man for whom, it was made: the one that worthy Divine, Dr Sibs, who in his life time intended and approved it for the press, as it now comes forth; the other that Worshipful Serjeant, Sir Thomas Crew, men of more then ordinary worth and goodness; whom to name is enough, to those that knew them: for if I should enter into a particular discourse, ⟨image 4⟩and discovery of their deserved worth, I fear I should more dishonour my undertakings, and wrong your expectation, then in any proportion answer the excellency of two such worthy Themes. Secondly, for the matter, as the occasion & mens expectations were extraordinary, so shall you find his preparation; Read, & then judge. It sweetly, and to the life sets forth the duty, desire, and disposition of