A sermon preached at the funerall of Mr. Iosiah Reynel Esquire, the 13. of August 1614. in East-Ogwell in Deuon. By Iohn Preston Minister of Gods word in East-Ogwell

TO THE RIGHT WORSIPFVL SIR THO∣MAS REYNEL, SIR GEORGE REYNEL, SIR CAREW REYNEL, KNIGHTS: M^r. RICHARD REYNEL Esquire, Grace, Mercy and Peace in the blessed LORD IESVS.

RIGHT WORSHIPFVL,

IT may seeme strange that I haue ioyned you all together in one In∣scription, when euery one of you seuerally are worthy of a better gift then here is exhibited, or by me can be giuen; yet herein I haue done no more then nature, brother∣ly affection, and Christianity hath done. That I haue clothed this in the liuery of your Pa∣tronages, I might haue giuen many reasons: First, for that you are louers of true religion, and fauourers of all true professors. Secondly, because it was preached at the interring of your deere brother. Thirdly, because I had rtaher the whole world shold condemne me as vniust, & the curious and captious carpe at me, then you should so much as thinke me vnthankfull. I owe vnto you all a double debt, of Loue, and of Seruice. Of loue, the more I pay, the more I owe; though a debt once paid, be

no more due, yet loue being paid, is still due. Seruice I will bee ready to pay to the vttermost, though it come short of your great deserts, and of my manifold desires: I that yeeld to all in learning, will yeeld to none in loue and seruice to you. But to you right worshipful and wor∣thy Patron, I owe a treble debt, of Loue, of Seruice, and Thankfulnesse: Of loue, for your extraordinary kind∣nesse in preferring me, and for that countenance you haue continually giuen to my weake Ministerie: Of ser∣uice, such as I can performe, I will not faile; daily besee∣ching God for the increase of his spirituall graces here, and eternal glory hereafter, both to your selfe, and al such as are d••ere vnto you. Of thankfulnesse, in patronizing me being absent, kindly entreating me present, and for affecting me long before I was by you preferred. Of some I shall be hardly censured, of others thought ambitious in seeking mens fauours. For this I care not, so the well-affected Christian may think of the shortnesse of his life, and thereby prepare to dye; and being ready, to bee wil∣ling to dye, and you be pleasd to procure a quiet passage vnder your patronages for those few indigested medita∣tions, which were by Gods permission, and his assisting Spirit, first preached, and now published: I ascribe the patronage to you, the vse to the godly, and the successe to God. The God of peace giue you the peace of God which passeth all humane vnderstanding, and affoord you ma∣ny comforts and ioyes in this life to the end, and in the next his ioy without end.

Your worships in all faithfull seruice, IOHN PRESTON.