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] |
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The Life and Death of William Whittaker.
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The Life and Death of William Whittaker.
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Keepes life and soul together in their Names,
With much a doe, let such require the praise
Of hyred quils, to cleare their cloudy dayes
With borrow'd Sunshine; let them strive to vamp
Their wasted Mem'ryes, by another Lampe:
Let those whom ordinary wrrth commends
Receive Almes-praise from charitable friends:
Our learned Whittaker craves no expression,
Noe vote, no Trumpit but his foes confession;
Whose well refuted Arguments proclame
His everlasting honor, and their shame:
He was the shield of Truth, the scourge of error,
This Islands Tryumph, and proud Babils Terror.
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