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 Edward Deering, who dyed Anno Christi 1576.
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The Life and Death of Edward Deering, who dyed Anno Christi 1576.
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Then to be penitent; the greatest race
A Christian can desire to run, is this
Fron earths base centre, to eternall blisse.
This race our Deering run; he spent his time
Whilest here he liv'd in studying how to clime
To Heav'ns high Court, true vertue was his prize,
And God the object where he fixt his eyes:
Faith, Hope, and Charity did sweetly rest
Within the Councell Chamber of his brest:
And to conclude, the graces did agree
To make a happy soul, and that was he.
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