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An elegy on the death of that most laborious and painful minister of the…
An elegy on the death of that most laborious and painful minister of the gospel, Mr. John Norcot who fell asleep in the Lord the 24th day of this instant March, 1675/6.
London: printed for Ben. Harris, 1676
No title page in the transcription: set from the catalogue record.
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.
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If God proceed to call the Shepherds home,
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O what will of so many flocks become.
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'Ith' midst of all, in this doth comfort lie,
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The chiefest Shepherd lives when others die.
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And he be sure who for the Sheep did bleed,
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Will stick to them in times of greatest need.