_Ad_ { _Princip._
and should haue wanted many | { _Ocean._]
inflaming Motiues to follow their |
religious steps. Vpon this | [Note d: _Testor Iesum cui illa
consideration I was bold to commend | seruiuit & ego seruire cupio, me
vnto Gods people the more than | utramq, in part[=e] nihil fingere;
Ordinary passages of your | sed quasi Christian[=u] de
Honourable Mothers Holy Life and | Christiana quae sunt vera proferre,
Death: wherein I haue as a | id est, Historiam scribere non
Christian spoken the truth of a | Panegyricum. S. Ierom, Epitaph.
Christian, that is, (as Saint | Paulae._]
_Ierom_[d] protesteth in a like |
case) made a true Narration; not a |
Vain-glorious Panegyrick. Let Poets |
and Oratours praise those women, |
which _Poppaea_-like[e], are graced | [Note e: _Poppaea cuncta alia fuere
with all other things sauing a | praeter Honestum animum. Tacit.
Gracious Heart: Let them commend | Annal. l. 13._]
their Wit, Wealth, Beautie, |
Nobilitie, and other Gifts of |
Fortune (as they call them) in |
stead of Vertues[f]. Wee the | [Note f: _Laudauit ipse Nero apud
Ministers of Christ, and Stewards | rostra formam eius & quod diuinae
of the Mysteries of God, must | formae parens fuisset, aliaque
adorne none with the Honourable | fortunae munera pro Virtutibus. Id.
Attributes of Heauenly Praise; but | Annal. l. 16._]
such as are truly beautified, |
enriched, and ennobled with the |
Purity and Power of Gods Feare in | [Note A: _Esai. 61. 3._]
their Humble Soules[A]. This praise |
the Lord will Prosper[g], which is | [Note g: _Eccles. 15. 10._]
vttered in that _Wisdome_[h], |
whereof the _Feare of the Lord is | [Note h: _Prou. 9. 10._]
the beginning_. But for the Saints |
themselues: I dare say with Saint | [Note i: _Epist. 125._ where S.
_Augustine_[i], that they desire | _Augustine_ refuseth to commend
more the Imitation, than the | vnto a wicked Husb[=a]d his godly
Commendation of their vertues: and | wife that was dead, not onely
therefore to tell you the truth (as | because she desired not his praise,
the same Father doth his friend) | saying: _Laudem ab hominibus iam
you should neuer haue heard mee | illa non quaerit, imitationem vero
commend this deceased Lady, b