A96098:17
The crown of righteousness. Set forth in a sermon preached at Stephens Walbrook, May…
The crown of righteousness. Set forth in a sermon preached at Stephens Walbrook, May 1. 1656. At the funeral of Thomas Hodges Esquire. / By Thomas Watson, minister of Stephens Walbrook, in the city of London.The crown of righteousness. Set forth in a sermon preached at Stephens Walbrook, May 1. 1656. At the funeral of Thomas Hodges Esquire. / By Thomas Watson, minister of Stephens Walbrook, in the citie of London.
London: printed for Joseph Crawford, 1656
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
carmina lugubri, commemoranda sono.
Nuper enim tristi noctis squalor sepultus
Nuper enim tristi noctis squalore sepultus
eximiae cecidit maximus urbis honos.
Scilicet egregius generosi nobilis haeres,
quem tenuit verae Religionis amor.
Nullus amicorum lateri constantior haesit,