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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08252	Londons doue: or A memoriall of the life and death of Maister Robert Doue, citizen and marchant-taylor of London and of his seuerall almesdeeds and large bountie to the poore, in his life time. He departed this life, on Saterday the 2. day of this instant moneth of May, 1612.	Nixon, Anthony.	1612 (1612)	STC 18588; ESTC S121754	15,077	34

thousand solde then is deserued And yet abiding belowe to be renowned That thy workes staying here amongst men God may thereby be glorified who is in heauen amidst his Angels Good workes here outwardly performed declare and shew forth Gods great graces wherewith his Saints on earth are from heauen inwardly beautified Euery good worke of theirs swéetly spiced with faith abiding with the distressed members of afflicted Iesus beeing as a comfortable ball of Balme vnto them but ascending vp vnto God comes to be in his Nostrills the very odour that smelleth swéet It were to be wished that his good minde might be a motiue to men of greater Reuenues and abilitie to imitate the like déedes of charitie and that the saying of Ierom verified in his daies touching the pietie of people may not be alluded to our Time Parsinebecillior vincit robustiorem The weaker part doth ouertop the stronger Meaning in relieuing the poore and yéelding succour to the distressed Of 13. aged men to whom he giues yearely 20. nobles a peece and at the end of euery three yeare to each man a gowne WHat the Monuments are of his bountie and liberalitie the tongues and prayers of poore and aged men doe iest●fie whereby there are some of them almost become infants againe doe declare and the meate in their mouthes and cloathes to their backes doe actually testifie vnto the eye that which their words doe openly giue testimonie of vnto the eare They that before had taken vp this Lamentation We are aged succourles fallen into distresse and miserie may now cease their dolorous complaynings and for the comfort they receiue by their bountifull Benefactor they may turne it into this swéeter songe of ioy Loe It is not with vs as it hath béene We that were afflicted are now comforted our heauenly father hath cast a louing looke vpon vs and hath sent vs a second father better then our first father vnto vs. Oh what greatnes is this vera magnitudo Euen very greatnes indéed Tueri infirmos Thus to defend the weakest Thus to maintaine the poorest This is the very ablen●s and the most true power a man can haue giuen of God Eos defendere qui nihil possunt To defend them from the rigour of distresse extreamitie who are least able to resist necessitie Oh goodnes truely good surely great in him Benefacere sine merito remunerationis ab●que spe omni 〈◊〉 ributionis To doe good yea and so much good without all desert of theirs that might call for reward at his hands or without hope of his to receiue recompence at theirs But his hearts loue to God which being true loue is the very desire delight in doing his commandements constrained and vrged him oh blessed constraint happie violence to doe all the good he hath done This vertuous man knowing these poore aged and impotent men to be least able to helpe themselues dealt with them as Iacob did with Ephraim of whom we read thus That when Ioseph had set his two sonnes Manassah and Ep●raim the elder on his right hand and the younger on his left for his father to lay his right-hand on the head of the elder and giue him the principall blessing Iacob beyond the expectation of Ioseph crossed his Armes laying his right hand on the younger and his left hand on the elder being led thereunto by a foresight of things to come that was cléerer and better then was his insight into any thing present So this most godly father being presented by the world both with rich and poore The rich at the right hand euen his able friends and kindred and the poore at the left euen aged persons and impotent widowes he beyond the expectation because beside the custome of the world crossed his armes as it were of abilitie laying his right hand of bounteous liberalitie on the poore and giuing them his principall blessing But his left hand of gratuitie on his well able kindred and friends the foresight of his Soule illuminated by diuine inspiration being cléerer to behold future things then were the eyes of his humane reason to behold things present Beholding euen for the very present this honorable title Pater pauperum miserorum adiutor The father of the poore and the helper of men miserable Engrauen on Gods fatherly helping hands as well as Dominus Dominantium Rex R●gum The Lord of Lords and King of Kings engrauen on his powerfull thigh And beholding also for the which is to come The day of the Lord called Magnus ille dies That great day And the Lord himselfe at that day pronouncing the sentence of his Iudgemēt on all according to their works of mercie or obduracie towards his poore distressed mēbers giuing or denying them the ioyes of heauen as they haue giuen or denyed the comforts of this earth vnto the indigent and néedie Taking all good or euill as done vnto himselfe Thus he hauing shewed his bountie and charitable Liberalitie vnto his impotent and aged creatures Wormes and no men euen the children of men that are but Wormes They to cléere themselues of vnthankfulnes towardes their good God for him doe acknowledge his wonderfull rich gift and worthy Talent which he gaue in his life time into the hands of his Companie to endure for euer Namely to each of them being 13. in number the yéerly pension of sixe pounds thirtéene shillings and foure pence and to euery one of them a seuerall Gowne at euery thrée yeeres ende Bringing not onely meanes to maintaine their bodies by the staffe of his Bread but their Loynes also as Iob speaketh to be warmed with the Fleeces of his Sheepe Of his Charitie to threescore poore Widowes in the Parish of Saint Buttolphes without Algate and to sixe men who haue euerie three yeeres seuerall Cloakes and foure Nobles a ●eere for euer AMongst many others whome hee hath relieued let it not be forgotten what he hath done to p●●re distressed wi●owes who hauing receiued an Annuall portion frō this their godly Benefactor doe continue their thankfulnes in that remembrance Their néede suc●oured cryeth euery houre in their hearts to put them in minde of their dutie and their reliefe vrgeth them not to be vnthankfull for so great a ben●fite They from whome God had taken the helpe of their Husbandes being left in care and sorrowe for their losse and in distresse for want of maintenance were often enforced with teares to lament their miserable estate forsaken of Friends and through pouertie despised of kinred They had no abilitie to helpe themselues olde age denied thē strength of body to labour for their liuing In this extremitie they were comfortles sauing in the hope they had of Heauen and Celestiall ioyes oftē wishing it would please God by ending their liues to giue end to their miseries But as the Lorde neuer forsaketh such as trust in him So in his good time he prouided meanes for their succour styrring vppe

the heart of this his déere Seruant to regard them with compassionate affection and to stretch out his merciful hands to succour their bodies beaten with sorrow God blessed them by his earthly giftes whome he had blessed by his heauenly Graces By his handes hath the Lord wip't away their teares and breathed newe life into their hearts laden with griefes The loue of Ionathan neuer more appeared to his deare friend Dauid then his loue hath bene manifested to CHRISTS poore members wherefore it may be saide of him that the candle of his Faith was not hid vnder a Bushell but hath burned most bright to the good example of others Hée like a true Steward hath performed his dutie Hee hath nourished Children Hee hath lodged the Harbourlesse Hee hath giuen comfort to the succourlesse Hee hath ministred to them that were in aduersitie and continually giuen to euery good worke It resteth now that these released persons doe yéelde continuall praise to GOD for so gratious a Benefactor daily pray that the number may be increased that the poore may be respected of those that are honored in the Gates and the crie of the needie may cease in the stréetes And to the ende that this charitable déede may not be thought vnworthilie bestowed vpon them who are now relieued that before were distressed It is expedient they should so behaue thēselues in their actiōs as God thereby may be glorified others by their exāple brought frō vice to vertue Their mindes that before were clogged w t care wanting y e which was necessary by which they were made vnapt either in outward action or inward thought to serue their God is now freed from that heauy burden by the works of this reuerend citizen So as they haue now no let but as the P●almist saith To set their delight in the Law of the Lord to exercise themselues therein all the dayes of their life Besides his yéerely Pension allowed to these thréescore Widowes which is vi s. viii d. per annum foreuer besides other allowances He hath also left order towards the cōtinuall maintenāce which was begun in his life time of poore widowes in Merchātailors Almeshouses on Tower hill And to sixe poore men euery third yeere cloaks a piece to each of them xxvi s. viii d. a yeere to be continued for euer And as anie of these Almes-men shall die their places g●ow voyde then these Cloake-men by Election to stand and possesse the former p●ace and beneuolence in reuertion In regarde whereof they may with the Prophet crie out and say Oh what shall wee giue vnto GOD for all his ben●fites and the Blessings hee hath bestowed on the Sonnes of men If wee would knowe howe to please him and bee readie to followe his will and Commaundement though wee be not able to performe what we would yet doing what we can our vnperfectnes shal be mad perfect through CHRIST and estéemed as righteous in the merites of his Passion Neither doth the Lord ●●quire more then a thankfull heart as the Scripture test●fieth Hee that offereth praise shall glorifie mee and to him that disposeth his wayes aright will I shew the Saluation of GOD. Of his Charitie to Bedlam and Bride-well The Hospitall of S. Bartholmews and Saint Thomas Hospitall in Southwarke NOw turne your eyes vpon wounded and vlcerous Laz●rs that lye vnder the handes of Chyrurgicall Physitians made miserable by their owne grieuous and Eye-wounding sores and made happie againe through present hope and after happe to be perfectly Cured by the prouidēt meanes of this godly Benefactor and you shall sée their woundes and Ulcers to stand wide open before you Oh looke in at them you shal beho●de Miserie her selfe to haue taken possession of their earthly bodies being Houses of Clay as Iob calleth them for to dwell therein And when you are gone come againe within a while beholde their woundes closed and sores skinned and séeing nothing but bare scarres Prints in their places pronounce that Mercie hath beene there and displacing Miserie nothing to be seene but her foote-steps hath set ioy health and comfort as ioynt Tenants in possession assigning them to pay for their Rent Laude and praises vnto the HIGHEST It being his goodnes that sent his seruants Charitie to doe all the good is done vnto them And séeing it is God which hath striken them as Iob felles them bringing on them vulnera per alium wounds by something from without or making to rise vp in them vulnera perse Sores frō something within It is for them to know and acknowledge that Ipse medetur qui vulnerauit c. He which woundeth them by one meanes healeth them by an other And he which hath striken them by his instruments of equitie salueth them by his hands of Mercie Striking them that their hearts may see into their sinne and acknowledge his iustice heartily crying Iustus es Domine iustum iudicium iuum Righteous art thou Oh Lord and iust is thy Iudgement And healing them againe that they may behold his mercifull goodnes sweetly singing Gratia dei est misericordia Domini est This is the fauour of God This is the mercy of the Lord that is euen that they perish not Vpon swéet experience of which great Mercy Dutie laies vpon them that are thus relieued if shamefully they shake it not off this humble confession of Iacob I am not worthy of the least of all thy mercies And this great mercy which they finde comming vnto them from God they may cōceiue that through this godly Benefactor as through a Conduit pipe It is deriued vnto them from their good God the fountaine of mercy yea rather brought vnto them in him as in a vessell of mercy That so God shewing them mercy by him and they returning him honour and praise from him He may aswell from them to God-ward be vas honoris A vessell of honour as he from God to them vas misericordiae A vessell of mercy Who as he was alwaies a charitable relieuer of diseased or maimed persons So did he but at Easter last not thrée wéekes before his happie departure out of this miserable world sent to each of the places a●oresaid Thirtie and odde pounds a peece to be imployed to the ease and comfort of such as were there detained That Prysoners haue beene relieued and released out of the prisons of Newgate The Counters and Ludgate by the riches of his gift HEre may you behold the further care of this vertuous man in his continued déedes of charitie in his life time and a little before his death extended to the comfort of distressed prisoners who if euer men had cause to magnifie the Maiestie of God for his gifts bestowed by the hands of his seruants Then may not they be bashfull to speake or bury in silence the bountifull fauour of so good a Benefactor who through his charitie hath not onely relieued them being in prison but hath also loosed