The night following, which was Wednesday night, the Sun of Righteousness spread gracious beams at his setting, which were comfortable tokens of a glorious rising. His last swanlike song, as he uttered it, was penned by some as he uttered it. One comforting him by his bead-side some two hours or more before his death, he brake out into these speeches; Quid •e salute mea sentiam expectatis •t explicarem: usque adeo indulget ⟨p. 62⟩Deus ijs quos semel dilexerit, ut eos nunquam deserat, atque ideo me in coelos transiturum pro certo habeo: Felicissima sunt ea vincula in quae me conjecit Deus benignissimus; You all expect that I should declare what I think of my own salvation: God is so indulgent to those whom he hath ever loved, that he never forsakes them, and therefore I am assured I shall go to Heaven: Most happy are those fetters into which I was cast by a most merciful God. One telling him, You have fought a good fight, &c. he said, Expetit, expedit ut contendam ad coelum; Tollite, Tollite, Eripite, Eripite, ut coelum adeam: Deus indulget ingenuitati bonorum. It is requisite, it is requisite that I should contend for Heaven: Take me up, take me ⟨p. 63⟩up, carry me hence, carry me hence, that I may go to Heaven; God doth cherish the ingenuity of the good. Being put in mind of Gods mercy towards him, he made answer: Oh, the sea is not so full of water, nor the Sun of light, as God is of goodness, his mercy is ten thousand times more. Being likewise remembered of Gods goodness towards him, in filling his heart with such comforts, after so great tentations, he said: I do (God be praised) feel such comfort from that: What shall I call it? Agony, saith one, Nay, that is too little: That had I five hundred worlds, I could not not make satisfaction for such an issue. Being moved to lift up his heart in token of thankfulness unto his God, he uttered these words: What, shall I extol the magnificence ⟨p. 64⟩of God, which is unspeakable, and more then any heart can conceive? Nay rather let us with humble reverence acknowledge his great mercy: What great cause have I to magnify the great goodness of God, that hath humbled, nay rather exalted such a wretched miscreant of so base condition to an estate so glorious and stately! The Lord hath honoured me with his goodness: I am sure he hath provided a glorious Kingdom for me. The joy that I feel in my heart is uncredible.
The night following, which was Wednesday night, the Sun of Righteousnes spread gracious beams at his setting, which were comfortable tokens of a glorious rising. His last swanlike song, as he uttered it, was pen'd by some as he uttered it. One comforting him by his bead-side some two houres or more before his death, he brake out into these speeches; Quid •e salute mea sentiam expectatis •t explicarem: usque adeo indulget ⟨p. 62⟩Deus ijs quos semel dilexerit, ut eos nunquam deserat, atque ideo me in coelos transiturum pro certo habeo: Felicissima sunt ea vincula in quae me conjecit Deus benignissimus; You all expect that I should declare what I thinke of my own salvation: God is so indulgent to those whom he hath ever loved, that he never forsakes them, and therefore I am assured I shall goe to Heaven: Most happy are those fetters into which I was cast by a most mercifull God. One telling him, You have fought a good fight, &c. he said, Expetit, expedit ut contendam ad coelum; Tollite, Tollite, Eripite, Eripite, ut coelum adeam: Deus indulget ingenuitati bonorum. It is requisite, it is requisite that I should contend for Heaven: Take me up, take me ⟨p. 63⟩up, carry me hence, carry me hence, that I may go to Heaven; God doth cherish the ingenuity of the good. Being put in minde of Gods mercy towards him, he made answer: Oh, the sea is not so full of water, nor the Sunne of light, as God is of goodnes, his mercy is ten thousand times more. Being likewise remembred of Gods goodnes towards him, in filling his heart with such comforts, after so great tentations, he said: I doe (God be praised) feel such comfort from that: What shall I call it? Agony, saith one, Nay, that is too little: That had I five hundred worlds, I could not not make satisfaction for such an issue. Being moved to lift up his heart in token of thankfulnesse unto his God, he uttered these words: What, shall I extoll the magnificence ⟨p. 64⟩of God, which is unspeakeable, and more then any heart can conceive? Nay rather let us with humble reverence acknowledge his great mercy: What great cause have I to magnify the great goodnes of God, that hath humbled, nay rather exalted such a wretched miscreant of so base condition to an estate so glorious and stately! The Lord hath honour'd me with his goodnes: I am sure he hath provided a glorious Kingdom for me. The joy that I feel in my heart is uncredible.
