This Reverend and blessed man of God, Mr. James Nalton, was a person of great Note and •enency among us, one well known in this City, and in this ⟨p. 433⟩place, where he spent his labour and pains many years. I could give large accounts and testimonies of him (if need were) from my own knowledge of him, having been acquainted with him many years. He was not only a Minister, but the Son of a Minister, his birth and education suiting together. He looked upon it not only as an honour, but as an engagement to be careful to walk in those steps set before him, and to continue the work of the Ministry begun by his Religious Father. Certainly the Children of godly and holy Parents cannot come off so cheap in their carriages as others; they have greater accounts to make, as having greater examples set before them, greater advantages of prayer, exhortation, &c. and so greater engagements; this was thought on, and observed by him. And as he was the Son of a Minister, so when he came to years and was fitted, he took upon him the Ministry: as he was one of great abilities, so accordingly he discharged them faithfully and conscientiously. He was a spiritual, powerful, conscientious Preacher, he preached by his Life; for (as Erasmus saith) we should not only love to speak truths, but we should digest truths on our own hearts before we commend them to others, and so they will be the more effectual. He was a man of a very meek, sweet, and humble spirit; a man of great humility and of great meekness in the midst of great abilities, which was a great Ornament in him; a man full of tenderness and condescension to others; a man of a very yielding and melting frame of spirit, soon dissolved into tears. It was the saying of one, that a good man is full of Tears: so this good man was full of Tears, not affected, but very real, and hearty, drawn from the fullness of his Spirit, as the Apostle Paul saith, he served the Lord in much humility and ⟨p. 434⟩many tears. This was remarkable, that in these times our Reverend Brother was full of tears in delivering his Doctrine, which was suitable to the age we live in, being full of sin and calamity; there is much need of a bewailing spirit to bewail the iniquities and miseries of the times; they that cannot bewail themselves, need the tears of others. He was a man of great integrity, and single-heartednesse;
This Reverend and blessed man of God, Mr. Iames Nalton, was a person of great Note and •enency among us, one well known in this City, and in this ⟨p. 433⟩place, where he spent his labour and pains many years. I could give large accounts and testimonies of him (if need were) from my own knowledge of him, having been acquainted with him many years. He was not onely a Minister, but the Son of a Minister, his birth and education suiting together. He lookt upon it not onely as an honour, but as an engagement to be carefull to walk in those steps set before him, and to continue the work of the Ministry begun by his Religious Father. Certainly the Children of godly and holy Parents cannot come off so cheap in their carriages as others; they have greater accounts to make, as having greater examples set before them, greater advantages of prayer, exhortation, &c. and so greater engagements; this was thought on, and observed by him. And as he was the Son of a Minister, so when he came to years and was fitted, he took upon him the Ministry: as he was one of great abilities, so accordingly he discharged them faithfully and conscienciously. He was a spirituall, powerfull, consciencious Preacher, he preached by his Life; for (as Erasmus saith) we should not onely love to speak truths, but we should digest truths on our own hearts before we commend them to others, and so they will be the more effectual. He was a man of a very meek, sweet, and humble spirit; a man of great humility and of great meekness in the midst of great abilities, which was a great Ornament in him; a man full of tenderness and condescension to others; a man of a very yeilding and melting fram of spirit, soon dissolved into tears. It was the saying of one, that a good man is full of Tears: so this good man was full of Tears, not affected, but very real, and hearty, drawn from the fullnesse of his Spirit, as the Apostle Paul saith, he served the Lord in much humility and ⟨p. 434⟩many tears. This was remarkable, that in these times our Reverend Brother was full of tears in delivering his Doctrine, which was sutable to the age we live in, being full of sin and calamity; there is much need of a bewailing spirit to bewaile the iniquities and miseries of the times; they that cannot bewaile themselves, need the tears of others. He was a man of great integrity, and single-heartednesse;
