A good man making a good end. The life and death, of the Reverend…

WE are not so Wise, as the Miserable Papists! Among Them, a Person of Merit, shall, at his Death, be Celebrated and Canonized, by all men agreeing in i• as in their Common Interest, for to applaud […] Life. Among Us, Let there be Dues paid unto the Memory of the most Meritorious Person, after his Decease; many of the Survivors are Offended, I had almost said, Enraged at it: They seem to take it as a Reproach unto themselves, (& it may be, so it is!) That so much Good should be told of any man, and that all the Little Frailties and Errors of that man, (and whereof no mere man was ever free!) be not also told with all the Unjust Aggravations that Envy might put upon them This Folly, is as Inexpressible an• Injur• to us all; as it cannot but be an Advantage unto Mankind in General, for Interred Virtue, to be Rewarded with a Statue.

WE are not so Wise, as the Miserable Papists! Among Them, a Person of Merit, shall, at his Death, be Celebrated and Canonized, by all men agreeing in i• as in their Common Interest, for to applaud 〈…〉 Life. Among Ʋs, Let there be Dues paid unto the Memory of the most Merit•rious Person, after his Decease; many of the Survivers are Offended, I had almost said, Enraged at it: They seem to take it as a Reproach unto themselves, (& it may be, so it is!) That so much Good should be told of any man, and that all the Li•tle Frai•tis and Errors of that man, (and whereof no meer man was ever free!) be not also told with all the Unjust Aggravations that Envy might put upon them This Folly, is as Inexpressible an Injur to us all; as it cannot but be an Advantage unto Mankind in General, for Interred Vertue, to be Rewarded with a Statue.