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A77664	A rare paterne of iustice and mercy; exemplified in the many notable, and charitable legacies of Sr. Iames Cambel, Knight, and alderman of London, deceased : worthy imitation. Whereunto is annexed A meteor, and A starre : or, Briefe and pleasant meditations of Gods providence to his chosen, of the education of children and of the vertue of love; with other poems. / By Edw: Browne.	Browne, Edward.	1642 (1642)	Wing B5105; Thomason E1109_1; ESTC R208421	51,495	182

am unworthy to unloose I am bold to intreat your Worship not to d●sd●●ne to peruse these imperfect works of your unworthy servant for therein you shall see how I have spent most p●rt of my spare t●me since I have beene a widower For I having according to my small ability patched the fin●● spun cloth of the Prince of Poets Du Bar●as smooth eloquence with my home spun rags and course materials and framed thereof a piece of rough Poetry for my retired thoughts to repose in I was imboldened to present the same to your Worship in private as a token or pledge of my gratitude for your former favours extended towards me Now as the Tw●ns did strive and struggle within the wombe of Rebecca and the first borne was no sconer brought forth but the younger followed taking his Brother fast hold by the heele so my Annuall World so closely followed those Poeticall Meditations that I could not rest satisfied in my mind till I had likewise brought it forth And so after some labour and travell in English Authors for your Worship knowes I am no Linguist I have brought it to m●turity and placed the younger before the elder as Jacob was by his father preferred before Esau But the first being not approved but greatly disl●ked contrary to my expectation and the opinion of men riper in judgment then my selfe upon the 17. of April last I received the same againe to satisfie the desire of some to have the perusall thereof Before which time as I informed your Worship I had finished my Annuall World to the second story and therefore would not leave off in the midst of my worke contrary to your Worships direction who advised me to surcease and leave lest I might come to be as some have been and receive such punishment as Phaeton brought upon himse●fe by being too busie in things above my learning and st●ength But by the inablement of Gods spirit in me I have as I writ notwithstanding all my other affaires given vent to this new wine which otherwise might have damnified the vessell Now because the former had no relish in your palate I was afraid that my Annuall World would have proved displeasing to your taste and therefore having fully finished that I am advised to put them both into print and to dedicate the same not onely to your selfe but to all the Senators of this famous City of whom you are the most ancient for God hath prolonged your life to enjoy that honourable title of Pater Civitatis and I doe humbly acknowledge that you are Alumnus mens Therefore you being the Master of the time which I have borrowed to accomplish all these workes All my labours and endeavours are properly yours comming from the sweet and wholsome nourishment they receive from you hoping that as the little chamber which the affectionate Shunamite prepared for the Prophet Elisha was more accepted th●n the gold silver and changes of rayment offered by Naaman the Syrian so these unlearned workes of mine being nothing else but an expression of my affection will bee more acceptable now in your old age then a present of greater cost and worth For in my apprehension as your body declines to the earth so your soule ascends into heaven and therefore it is that you disburden your selfe of worldly cares by disposing of your substance while you live to your owne and my Ladies kindred in Felix and Clayhall which evidently showes that you are out of love with earthly fading happinesse That you may more freely apply your minde in seeking after heavenly and everlasting Treasure by contemplation and meditation of the wondrous works of God which is from many learned mens workes briefly comprised in these Bookes the first as your Worship knowes I compared to a Starre as Orion and the Pleiades disasterous and ominous to forewarne me as an evident signe of some ensuing tempest or as Castor and Pollux fortunate and successefull to lead me or a token that I shall arrive in a safe harbour The second I compared to the Moone because it is most part borrowed from that glorious Sun divine Du Bartas And the last to the Sunne because it treats of divine Meditations throughout the yeare as Sol illuminat mundum Now to make these lights shine the clearer I have framed this Meteor for my Star that was not firmly fixed my Moone I have changed but my Sunne will shine the brighter after this foggy and drowsie m●st hath displayed it selfe for after a tempest comes faire weather and the Sun shines pleasantly after a showre of raine All these fruitlesse labours of my braine I am bold to present to your Worship not out of any hope to draw any of your earthly substance from y●u neither doe I hereby cog flatter or sooth you or any other in hope to get some great preferment thereby for I scorne such flatteries neither doe I herein meddle with other folkes matters its enough for me to looke to my selfe and my owne businesse For throughout these Bookes I still reflect upon my selfe knowing very well the old saying That every tub must stand upon his owne bottome and every mans labour will either praise or dispraise the workman But I onely writ them for the ease of my minde and to expresse my gratitude for all your favours extendea towar●● me Therefore I am not fearfull who hath the perusall hereof for I hope it will hold triall beare touch and prove good met all Yet as it is too well knowne I am farre unworthy to appropriate to my selfe the laborious industry and care of J●cob or the wisedome and sanctitie of David so I would not have your Worship surm●se that I meane you have or ever had the venemous qualities of the Serpent or the sharpe cr●gginesse of the Rocke which is likewise very well known to the contrary But because I made use of those ex●mples in some of my writings for which I feare your Worship tooke d●staste I am bold to cleare my selfe thus That as in respect of my long service under you I may in some sort compare my selfe to Jacob and in regard of my penury be like unto David so for providentiall wisedome you are as a Serpent and for solid gravitie as a Rocke Therefore in confidence of your favourable acceptance I humbly present this with my selfe and all my endeavours to your Worsh●ps service never ceasing to pray that God would so blesse you and your loving Consort my vertuous Lady with the graces of his blessed Spirit and temporall blessings in this life th●t you may enjoy eternall happinesse in the life to come and will ever remaine Your humble and gratefull servant Edw. Browne 29. Octob. 1640. Spes Praemium in Coelis In Hevenly Light I will Delight My Portion sure Will ever dure W. M. Sculp A Phantastick Lover BEhold how vainly I have spent my time By making Books in fruitlesse prose and rime To win a Damsells love with Pen and Inke I

some rich mens hearts that they may be induced thereby to doe such like actions to Gods praise and glory poore peoples comfort and their owne honour here and happines hereafter And to prove Sir Iames both a just and merciful minded Gentleman I shall write little of things done by him in his life time for ●hen I should run into an endlesse Labyrinth and overwhelm my ●elfe in an ocean of matter for all ●hat knew him cannot otherwise ●udge but that he was a rare example of Justice m●derated by Mercy And in Justice and Mercy I comprehend all other Graces as Piety and Devotion Wisedome and Policy Temperance and Moderation Fortitude and Courage Frugality and good Husbandry Long suffering and Patience all ●hese were most eminent in Sir Iames while he lived First for his piety and devotion his constant early rising on the Lords day to heare Gods word sincerely preached and to joyne himselfe in the publiqu● worship of God with the rest o● the Congregation in the house of prayer As also his often reading the word of God and earnest zealous prayer with his family all the dayes in the weeke can testifie the same of which I have beene an eye witnesse these 18. yeares and upwards 2 For his Wisedome and Policie in publique affaires as well as private I will prove first by the testimonie of all the whole Senate of this famous Citie London over which he was sometime supreme and 4. yeares or thereabouts senior Alderman Secondly I will produce the French Merchants of this Citie over whom hee hath beene Governour above 20. yeares And in that Trade he was brought up from his minority under his father Thirdly I will prove his wisedome and skill in the choice of cloth and wooll the chiefe commodity of this kingdome famous above other nations for that golden fleece from the testimony of all the Merchants of the Staple by whom hee was chosen Maior or chiefe Governour which in former times was a place of great honour though now not so much esteemed Fourthly I will prove his wisdome and sage advice from the testimony of all the Governours of the Hospitall of Saint Thomas in Southwarke over whom hee was President neere 18. yeares And last of all I will prove his wisedome in all his Judiciary affaires from the testimony of many thousands in this City as well as from his owne kindred my selfe and others of his family Thirdly for his temperance and moderation first in apparell it is well knowne that as he was no follower himselfe so he did not approve that others should be attired in vaine foolish and fantasticke apparell Secondly in his diet he was very temperate so that as he did abhor drunkennes and gluttony in others so he was a strict observer himselfe What and in what measure hee did eate or drinke for I never saw him overtaken with excesse since I came unto him Thirdly in his words he was a Moses a man of slow speech and did not delight in vaine babling But when hee did speake hee would bee sure it should be to good purpose Fourthly for his fortitude and courage I shall onely take notice that what businesse soever he undertooke either publique or private upon good and warrantable foundation he would be sure to prosecute maintaine and hold as in all these places of Judicature where hee was seated it is well knowne Fifthly for his frugality and good husbandry though in some it may be esteemed covetousnesse and avarice when they shall oppresse their neighbour and grind the face of the poore debter for the maintenance of pride and prodigality in their children and kindred Yet in Sir Iames it was a rare vertue for he was so farre from oppressing any with tedious suits in law that to my knowledge during the time that I lived with him he was very unwilling that any should bee cast into prison at his suit and would rather agree upon a small composition then take the rigour of the Law against any though he lost thereby For I doe not remember that he caused above one or two to be arrested though he hath had many bad debters as his Executors shall find But admit he had been a neere austere and hard man as is reputed yet that should not be any disparagement to his other rare virtues but rather a commendation For we reade that God himselfe whose example he followed in Justice will looke for a severe account of all his servants though he be reputed by the unthankfull wretch a severe and hard man for the same reaping where hee sowed not and gathering where hee strowed not And it is but reason that hee should have the glory of his owne graces for he gives the talents of spirituall graces and temporall blessings unto the children of men to use and profit thereby and not to bee bound up in a napkin or thrown under a bushell And hee commands that our light should so shine before men that they may see our good workes and glorifie our Father which is in heaven Therefore shall any be reputed covetous or an oppressour for looking to have his owne goods restored according to law that he m●y husband them himselfe for the glory of God and good of others as Sir Iames did of whom I may truly say without flattery that if any were he was a steward for heaven in making friends of his unrighteous Mammon in thus casting his bread upon those waters and in being thus mercifull unto the poore surely he is received into everlasting habitations He hath found the reward of his labours and God hath shewed mercy unto his soule through Christ as he hath had mercy on the poore And last of all for his patience and long suffering I shall onely write this for any judicious reader to judge that notwithstanding all my Satyricall writing yet he was never moved therewith but as I thought did affect me the better for expending my spare time in such divine meditations and did say that God had put into his heart to doe me good which he hath done accordingly for if he had given mee a large portion of wealth I should have beene proud and idle but leaving me so small a portion for my long service it hath made me humble and industrious to publish his charitable Legacies for the good of others to his eternall memory though I debase my selfe thereby And although he was grievously pained with the stone in the bladder of which he dyed yet for my good he was willing to doe any thing which I thought would procure me profit and never seemed to bee impatient as many would have beene had they felt such paine as he did What shall I say more for in him all graces seemed to be concatinated and linked together so that in him they became a chaine of graces even grace upon grace which continually increased from his birth to his death for ought I know because the end crownes all actions for as a tree growes

doth he make inquiry and is sorry That he did so his erring selfe misearry Likewise sometimes God doth his grace restrain From rarest Saints to shew they are but vaine Wiithout his aid also to see and try What bidden Graces in their hearts do lie So fell King David Peter and Saint Paul To humble them us to Repentance call In which respests by Christ some men may say I come in blamles and so goe away Now consider I pray if what David spake in another sense Psal 85. 10 11. verses may not bee truly said of Sir Iames Cambel Mercy and Truth are met together Righteousnesse and Peace have kissed each other Truth shall flourish out of the earth and Righteousnesse hath looked downe from heaven Onely in stead of Truth reade Justice in the 10. verse and Mercy in the 11. verse and then 't is plaine enough that mercy shall spring or bud out of the earth that is as I apply it Sir Iames Cambels name was given him by earthly parents so it sprung out of the earth and that signifies mercy as is before specified in the Anagram Se I came balm and Righteousnes hath looked downe from heaven that is the Sun of Righteousnesse hath infused the Graces of his holy Spirit into his heart to doe righteousnesse as in his life so at his death and that likewise may be applyed to the Anagram on his name I came blamles so that it is evident by these Anagrams and Acrosticke verses that in Sir Iames Cambel Justice and Mercy met together according to this saying of the Prophet David for now I shall not need to change the words in either verse for Truth which is Fides as Tremelius translates it is the root from whence justice and Mercy spring and without justice and mercy faith is dead and truth is falshood But if these two branches of Mercy and Justice spring from the root of a true lively and justifying faith the fruit that they beare will bee peace of conscience and joy in the holy Ghost Thus will I sing with holy David as in a spirituall sense so in remembrance of my late honoured Master Mercy and Truth have met together Righteousnesse and Peace have ki●●ed each other Truth shal flourish out of the earth and Righteousnesse hath looked downe from heaven Therefore I will conclude with these verses following JVstice and Mercy were at great debate Who should in Sir James most predominate True Faith came in and said it was most meet That Mercy she should have the upper seate For she 's the Queene of Grace and for that cause She is to moderate Gods Righteous Lawes So 't was concluded to appease the brall Sweet lovely Mercy should be principall For from true saving Faith Sir James did bring Mercy and Justice like a living spring Of heavenly water to refresh and glad All ●ood mens hearts his losse maks me full sad For Justice ceased with his vitall breath But Mercy will endure long after death And sure his Justice and his Pious waies Shall ever live to his eternall praise For an example though in act it cease But Mercy now in act doth still increase And shewes her beauty in most brave array To poore distressed people whose decay She greatly pittying doth give supply To their necessities and misery Oh had I art I would set forth the praise Of Sir James Cambels pious righteous waies But being my learning 's small conclude will I In mournfull Epitaph and Elegie An Acrostick Elegie IF losse of friends be cause of griefe then I And all good people have some cause to cry Many good men there are I hope but yet Ev'n as Sir James was are full hard to get Such was his Prudence and his Pious care Could order all things well which to declare And show his vertues all in e●ch degree Might mase the Muses nine and much more me But this I doe by my unskilfull Art Eternally to shew my thankfull heart Losses I have how can I chuse but cry Losse hath this City can our eyes be dry Yet though he 's lost to us he 's found in heav'n Because his Mamon to the poore is giv'n Whose Friends are there for to receive and keep His blessed soule although his body sleep Our Friend Lazarus sleepeth John 11. 11. Pretious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his Saints Psal 116. 15. Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord even so saith the Spirit for they rest from their Labours and their works follow them Apoc. 14. 13. An Acrostick Epitaph IN this same Casket lies a Jewell rare And will you know the great worth of the same● Mark well these words his vertu●s passe compare Eternall honour shall raise to his name Soe Just and equall were his vertuous waies Constant in Prastice thereof all his daies A man that alwaies stood for common good Made him belev'd of all men far●e and neere By Prudent Justice he all vice withstood Equall to him where shall we find his peere Lo now hee 's laid up in this earthen mould Like as a Jewell in a case of gold This is the monument upon his name Which I erected by my rustick quill But there 's a thing of cost and curious frame Rarely contrived by industrious skill In Olaves Jewry Church it is to stand A more compleater thing 's not in this land Sir Iames is there to lie in stately port Clad all in armour like a Martiall man Like a grave Senator in gallant sort Hee 's wrapt in robes even as an Alderman Courage and Wisedome in him did remaine And now hee 's dead this Figure shews the same Most Just and equall were his P●ous waies And therefore at his feet doth Justice stand And at his head to his eternall praise Mercy is fixed with her Babe in hand In him sterne Justice did sweet mercy meet And now hee 's dead they stand at 's head and fe●t Close by him kneeles his Lady much lamenting The losse of her deare Pheer this pious man A true Character lively representing The sad Condition of this good woman For shee is truely like the Turtle dove Dayly bewayling the losse of her Love But let her cease to grieve for from above Behold an Angell bright descending downe And for the ●ood deeds done by her true Love With Laurell Garland will his Temples crowne●s To learne by their examples all men may Justice and Mercy drawes the Vaile away Therfore is Fame and Time his Arms supporters To shew to all that in the world doe live That vertuous Actions cannot want reporters For Fame will Time to such man surely give That in good works doe spend the pain and time And now I did intend to cease my Rime But that Fame calls to shew the cost and skill Of this rare structures Fabricke stately brave Contrived and composed but my quill Is blunt and dull for I no learning have Therefore I 'le cease and say 't is rich and faire Marble