| Obitu fratris. Tom. 3._]
were) be Buried together with Her. |
O my Blessed Brethren, suffer |
neither this Godly Lady, nor Gods |
word to depart so dishonourably |
from you. |
|
Suffer not Her so to depart from | [Note: I.
you; but let her euer liue in your | _Imitation of Her Vertues._]
breasts by Esteeming Her very |
highly in loue for Her workes sake, | [Note i: _Ideo laude oris ad
by Commemorating Gods Graces in | Hominem vtimur, vt alios apud quos
Her; but aboue all by Imitating her | laudatur, in bonam opinionem, &
Faith and Vertues[i]. Then you | Reuerentiam, & Imitationem ipsius
shall not need to grieue very much | inducamus. Thom. Aquin. 22. q.
for Her Absence from you; because | 91._]
she is _with Christ, which is best |
of all_[k]; because she is _Taken | [Note k: _Phil. 1. 23.--Et Christum
away_, not from you; but _from the | laedimus cum euocatos quosque ab
euill to come, Esai. 57. 1._ From | illo quasi miserandos non
you shee is not Taken, but from | aequanimiter accipimus. Cupio,
seeing the plagues and miseries of | inquit Apostolus, recipi iam ...
this wretched world, yea from | Ergo votum si alios consequutos
seeing the future Deaths of you, | impatienter dolemus, ipsi consequi
Her Dearest friends[l], for whom | nolumus. Tertul. de Patient. cap.
she would haue wept full bitterly; | 9. Temperet sane Dilecti Gaudi[=u],
but you haue greater Cause, if you | moestitiam desolatorum, &
will heare S. _Ambrose_ and S. | tolerabilius fiat nobis, quod
_Ierome_ comforting themselues in a | Nobiscum non est, quia cum Deo
like case, to Reioyce[m] and to | est. Ber. in Cant. ser. 27._]
giue God thankes[n], that you Haue |
had Her, nay that you Haue Her, if | [Note l: _Non enim nobis ereptus
so be you follow Her good example, | es, sed periculis.--raptus est ne
and represent her to the life by | totius orbis excidia, mundi finem,
your Godly Life. | propinquor[=u] funera, &c. S.
| Ambros. de Obitu Fratru. fol. 17._]
To conclude: I beseech you all |
(Blessed Brethren) Suffer not the | [Note: II.
Word of God, which you haue heard | _Practise of Gods word._]
this day, for want of the Feare of |
God, which is _The firmest | [Note m: