3. His Theological Vertues.

Which were his Faith, Hope and Charity:

Page  99 1. His Faith, evidenced by his faith∣ful constancy in the True Religion, and by his full Confession of that Holy Faith in his Last Will (the antient way of the Holy Fathers in their Te∣staments.)

2. His Hope, expressed by his Pa∣tience under his sufferings, knowing that Tribulation worketh Patience, and Patience experience,*and experience Hope, and Hope maketh not ashamed. His sore fits of sickness, especially for the two last years of his life, often did break his crazed body, but ne∣ver did break his Christian patience.

3. His Charity apparent by his pi∣ous Dedications to God, and bounti∣full Donations to men, so that I wish, that in his Epitaph that character of Gods Servant might be stamped,*He hath dispersed abroad, he hath given to the Poor,*his Righteousness remain∣eth for ever, his born shall be exalted with honour; a consequent blessing upon such Benefactors; for this God∣ly Seed is a Metaphor, taken from a Husbandman, who by scattering of his Seed into the ground in due sea∣son, Page  100 reapeth a plentiful increase in due time. And now here lies before us the remains of a great man indeed.

1. Great by his Dignities lawfully obtained. He was,

1. A Fellow of Caius Colledge in Cambridge.

2. A Priest in God's Church.

3. Master of Peter-house in Cam∣bridge.

4. A Prebendary here.

5. Arch-Deacon.

6. Deane.

7. At last, by these orderly de∣grees he was, through the providence of God, and under God by the Roy∣al Favour of our most Gracious King, in Reward of his Constant and Loyal Services and Sufferings at Home and Abroad, exalted to the Throne of a Bishop, and such a Bishop as was a Count Palatine in England, and so as I may say a petty King, as having the Royalties in this County belonging to him, but still with due Subordina∣tion to a Great King Transcendent a∣bove him, and all Subjects within this Kingdome; but still a 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉Page  101 in our Translation, a Noble Man; in the vulgar Latine,* a Regulus; in St. Hie∣rome, Palatinus;* a parallel Title to that part of our Bishops Dignity.

But now he is dead, and who knows but that God took him away from the evil to come?* And as great as he was you may see now, that a small plat of ground must contain and confine him,*Sic transit gloria mundi. He can carry none of all those Dig∣nities to his grave,* onely his Faith and good Works do attend him to his grave, and beyond his grave,* for his Works do follow him, and that as high as Heaven where he now rests from his labours; but without Faith and good works, when a man is dead, vanity of vanities all is vanity.*

2. This great man was Greater yet by his Actions and great Benefactions, concerning which, when in the pro∣secution of his Great Buildings, he Page  102 was interpelled by some, with the mention of his Children, his usual answer was, The Church is my first∣born; a Noble Speech, yea, a Divine Sentence, worthy of a King, who may envy it out of a Bishops mouth. In∣deed the Church is the Kings first∣born, and the best of his Titles is to be the Defender of it. I am confident that his Noble Relations will Erect unto him a more lasting Monument than this our transient Speech or wi∣thering pen, or failing Press can fully express. Indeed for his time he did great things, and he lived and died also with good intentions of doing greater things; for he was pregnant of generous designs.

3. He was greatest of all by his constant sufferings; in which sence St.*John Baptist is styled, magnus co∣ram Domino: not so much for his doings (though they were great) for John did no Miracles,* as for his sufferings, in which Sence our late Bishop was greatest, for he was a constant Confessor for Christ and his True Religion, and so but one de∣gree Page  103 removed from the Noble Army of Martyrs,* into whose blessed Society our hope is that he is now gathered: to which blessed state of Glory he bring us all at last, who hath both by his precious blood purchased, and by his Free Grace prepared it for us, even Jesus Christ the Righteous. To whom with the Father and the Holy Spirit, three Persons and one God, be ascribed again from Angels, from us, and from all men; all Praise, Power, Majesty, Dominion and Glory for ever and ever, Amen.