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A collection of certain learned discourses, written by that famous man of memory Zechariah…A collection of certaine learned discourses, written by that famous man of memory Zachary…
A collection of certain learned discourses, written by that famous man of memory Zachary Ursine; doctor and professor of divinity in the noble and flourishing schools of Neustad. For explication of divers difficult points, laid down by that author in his catechism. Lately put in print in Latin by the last labour of D. David Parry: and now newly translated into English, by I.H. for the benefit and behoof of our Christian country-manA collection of certaine learned discourses, written by that famous man of memory Zachary Ursine; doctor and professor of divinitie in the noble and flourishing schools of Neustad. For explication of divers difficult points, laide downe by that author in his catechisme. Lately put in print in Latin by the last labour of D. David Parry: and now newlie translated into English, by I.H. for the benefit and behoofe of our Christian country-man
Oxford: printed by Joseph Barnes, 1600Oxford: printed by Ioseph Barnes, 1600
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
WE have lately lost (noble and worthy auditors) the most faithful servant of God Zechariah Ursine, a reverend witness of our Lord Jesus Christ, a right virtuous man, my sweet fellow-professor, and one most beneficial to Gods church: of this man are we deprived, and this our orphan-school left destitute of her parent. The greatness of which loss if I would amplify, I should but give occasion of more heaviness to ⟨p. 307⟩your minds, that are already in this case too tenderly affected, and fail exceedingly of that excellency of discourse, which in so excellent a subject may justly be expected. For though fain I would, and could heartily wish that I might speak much to this purpose, yet I neither think it fit, considering I should but minister fuel to the fire of your affection; nor account my self able, as well for divers defects which I feel in my self of wit, learning, exercise, & continuance of conversing with that man of happy memory, whereby I am much disabled; as also because if I were furnished with gifts of utterance (which in my self I acknowledge to be very slender) yet now the weight of this work, the scantness of time, and vehemency of my grief have debarred me all use and practise of them. Wherefore I would indeed have persuaded some others of our college to take some pains in this matter thereby to ease mine own study and sorrow; but they excused themselves with the public grief and their own most affectionate heaviness. And must we then needs neglect the commendation of that sacred soul, if in this public calamity of the Church and our school, we give our selves wholly to mourning and lamentation? But that perhaps will seem an undutiful niceness & ten dernes to such as know not the vehemency of our grief. Besides (to use the words of S. Amb.) though it do but increase our grief to wright of that which grieveth us, yet because commonly we content our selves with ⟨p. 308⟩the remembrance of him whose loss we lament, for th•• in writing a whilst that our minds by meditation are wholly fixed on him, we imagine him to live in our discourse;
WE haue lately lost (noble and worthy auditors) the most faithfull servaunt of God Zacharie Vrsine, a reverende vvitnesse of our Lorde Iesus Christ, a right vertuous man, my sweete fellow-professor, and one most beneficiall to Gods church: of this man are we deprived, and this our orphan-schoole left destitute of her parent. The greatnesse of which losse if I woulde amplifie, I shoulde but giue occasion of more heavinesse to