A96098:33
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.
corpus, at aethere as mens petit alta domus.
Illio terrestris discusso ponder limi
Illio terrestris discusso pondere limi
exultat, pseno necteris amne lavans.
O utinam digno celebrarem funus honore,
& tacito cineri debita jura darem.
Non cuperem violas mollisve rosaria pesti,