Abel redevivus or, The dead yet speaking. The Lives and Deaths of the Moderne Divines. Written by severall able and learned Men (whose names ye shall finde in the Epistle to the Reader.) And now digested into one Volumne, for the benefit and satisfaction of all those that desire to be acquainted with the Paths of Piety and Virtve [by Thomas Fuller] |
The Life and Death of Oecolampadius.
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The Life and Death of Oecolampadius.
Reader, behold the rare-adorned FaceOf him, whose very lookes import a grace;
He was a Man whose constancy to truth,
Ripen'd in age, and blossom'd in his youth:
He was a rocke, whose daring front disdain'd
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The upper hand, though threatning danger lin'd
Each word he spoke, yet would he speake his minde:
'Twas not their proferr'd wealth could make him bold
To sin in Want, and then repent in Gold;
Religion was the Starre by which he steer'd
His well run course, his heart was still endeer'd
To sollid Principls, he lov'd to court
The truth, Love was his Ship, and heav'n his port.
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