I Have this day upon this most sad occasi­on two sable subjects to treat on, one in the Text, the other out of the Text, the first is of slaine Iosiah, a godly Prince, the second is of this slaine Colonell a [...]odly subject: which two valiant worthies as they a­greed [Page 2]in most things in the manner of their life, so did they also in the manner of their untimely timely death Mutato nomine de il­lo fabula.. For Iosiah was shot in the field by an enemy, and so was he: Iosiah was thereby sorely wounded, and God knows so was he; Iosiah was then carryed of in a Chariot by his servants, so was he by his servants, and sad Officers; Iosiah dyed of the stroake, and so did he; Iosiah had the blessing to be buried in Ierusalem, and so hath hee in this Citie; in a word Iosiah was much la­mented both in Ierusalem, and Iudah, and so will he be of all Gods servants, and Loyall Subjects, in the se­verall Kingdomes of his Majesties Dominion.

Give me leave to speak of the latter Subject first, if it be but to ease my owne present sad thoughts for him.

Omitting to say any thing of his worthy descent, of his goodly education, his matching into an honoura­ble family, of his high Command, and how famous­ly he hath behav'd himselfe in forraigne services.

To begin with him at home.

1. Hee was one who had an honourable repute in his and our Nation, with the most honourable there of a prudent faithfull and choyce Warrior, which may appeare by His Majesties and the Honourable Parliaments joynt Election of him for this our great service.

2. He was one who from a Child was imployed in the Military service of our faith and not affected as some with glorious weares, yet which is honourable indeed one that bore in his body Martyr-like, the markes of Christ Iesus, having beene before this his last two severall times sore wounded in two severall services at Mastrichte and Kinsconce.

[Page 3]3. And in a word which is the best of his renowne, the diamond in his gold, he was godly, honest, tempe­rate and faithfull as well to God and his Conscience, as to His King and Country.

Durst I presume to inlarge my selfe further than my limited time, I could tell you rare things of his de­votion, of his frequency in private prayer, of his godly exercise with his Family, of his diligence in reading the Scripture and other holy bookes: Seldome, as I received, from diverse of those best acquainted with him did he come alone to his Chamber, but immedi­ately, for the most part he addrest him selfe to the Bi­ble or some other good booke; a sure argument, that he had his delight in the Law of the Lord, and therefore in a blessed condition.

In the time of my short acquaintance with him I had in private a bundell of such sweet holy divine ex­pressions from him, which with out trespassing on my Conscience, I may say, then filled my soule with ra­vishment of joy, as it is now with sorrow, that God should be so gracious unto this distressed land, to send us in this needfull time a leader of his people, one as well vertuous as valorous, one that was both a Ioshuah and a Iosiah, and indeed such a worthy of whom we in this sinfull kingdome were not worthy.

It is worth recording that immediately before his fore stroke he was reproving a Souldier for swearing, demanding what if God had taken him away with that oath in his mouth.

After being himselfe stricken, and deeming his wound to be mortall, hee with great willingnesse and patient mildnesse submitted himselfe to the LORDS will, and to my knowledge so continued unto the end.

It is true hee lay the after night and many houres the next day in a constant torture of unutterable griefs which could not but trouble each beholder, and yet in all the time of my being with him, I never heard one impatient passage from him, but comforting himselfe that it was in Gods cause he suffered, saying to me, had it not beene his cause, he would never have come over hither on the service; and in a word, passing by many devout passages, as long as his weary spirits had any vigour he scarce ever ceased sending forth with great comfort and confidence most strong cryes & prayers; and as one supposing every breath to be his last, would frequently end his requests with that sweet dying say­ing of Saint Steven, Lord into thy hands I give my spirit, and in the end with the breathing out of our prayers for his salvation he gave up the Ghost; So that how­soever his sore wounded, dead, and bloud-died body is here with us to be inter'd in the dust, yet am I confi­dent that his pure bathed soule is with the soule of Io­siah, with the soules of the blessed Martyrs, and of the just men made perfect in the presence of Iesus Christ, Heb. 12.23. Isa. 53.5. who was sore wounded for his transgressions, bruised and slaine for his sinnes, where he is triumphantly rejoycing like a great Conqueror, where he is made of a godly subject and valiant Souldier on earth, a most glorious happy and immortall King in Heaven. For blessed and holy is hee who hath part in the first Resurrection, On him the second death shall have no power, but they shall bee Priests of God and of CHRIST and shall Reigne with him a thousand yeares, Rev. 20.6.

And thus much of the first thing proposed in this Treatise, the subject out of the Text; to wit the tra­gicallstory [Page 5]of this slaine Christian Colonell.

I proceed to speake of the second thing, of the sub­ject in the Text, which is a like tragicall, to wit, of the fatall death of that godly valiant King Iosiah.

Least I should trespasse my commands, which is to bee briefe, I have hence cull'd out two particulars only to treat of:

The first is of Iosiahs death.

The second is of the peoples lamentation for him.

Certaine it is that there was not a King after David over Iudah and Israel like unto Iosiah; who so reades the Bible History shall finde most glorious things re­corded of him. It is said of Goliah, 1 Sam. 17.33. That he was a man of Warre from his youth, but of this Josiah that from his youth hee did seeke after the God of David; and in the twelfth yeare he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, &c. 2 Chron. 34 4.5, 6. Hee did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left, 2 King. 22.2. In a word such was his zeale against Idolatry and to the service of the Lord, that hee re­maines on sacred record without parallell; and yet for all this, you see that Iosiah was shot, Iosiah was sore woun­ded and taken away with a stroake of an enemy in the Field as well as others. Whence we may observe this conclusion, that ‘ The events, occurrencies and stroaks of Warre, they may betide the good as well as the bad, the best as well as the worst of the Lords people.’

1 Sam. 17. In the great battaile betwixt the Phili­stines, and Israel God by Davids hand with a sling, stone stroke nocent Goliah, and 2 Sam. 7. Thus in a hot b [...]ttaile was innocent Vriah smitten also, 1 Sam. 31.3. Disobedient Saul was shot, and sayes the Text, sore wounded: [...]nd so was godly and obedient Ionathan in the same field on the same day, againe 2 Chron. 18. [...] A certaine man drew a Bow at a venture, and smote wicked Ahab betweene the joynts of the armes, so that hee called to his Chariot man, hast me away for I am sore woun­ded. And you see here that the like occurrence betides this most godly Prince Iosiah. So that as it is said con­cerning the Duke of Alua's sword, that it knew no difference betwixt the Protestant or Papist, so may I say of the adventurous shots and stroakes of Warre, it makes no difference twixt the godly man and the sinner.

Justly therefore are those to bee judged, who will take upon them to judge men by these events; for cer­tainely there is no rule more uncertaine, See Eccles. 9.2. All things come alike to all (viz. all outward things) there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good and cleane and unto the uncleane, to him that sweares, and to him that feares an oath, in Luke 13.1, 2, 3. Our Saviour reasons this case with certaine who conceived that they were more righteous than others, because that they escaped the hands of bloud shedding Pilate; Others because they escaped the fall of the Tower of Siloe which slew eighteene persons, but our Saviour tells them Nay, but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish; It is true som­times God in judgment to destroy wicked men, sends outward evills, sometimes in the field, sometimes in their families, sometimes in their beds, sometime in [Page 7]battell as he did Abner, and Ahab, and Absolom, and Shebah, with many of the rebellious and provoking among the people of Israel of old, and in Histories as he did Olimpius the Arrian Heretike Anno 510. and as hee did Iulian the Apostate, who was slaine with an Arrow having intended upon his returne from Persia to have slaine all the Christians, to root out the name of the Galileans: and as he did the wicked Em­perour Dioclesian of whom it is reported, that hee was strooke with madnesse, and as he did that wicked late persecuting Gardiner, who was suddenly taken and destroyed by a strange strong burning Feaver. Notwithstanding to conclude, that all who have suf­fered these or the like outward evils, are greater sinners then others, because they suffered such things, is no divinity.

The grounds of the points are two. 1. Ground.

The first is taken from the cruell disposition of the wicked, it is certain the wicked hate the just and their mercies towards them are cruell as wee may see in Ahab and Amaziah, and Iezabel and Pashur and Saul, and in the Primitive and later perfecutors, as Domitian, Dioclesian, Valentinian, Le [...], Garnet, Gardi­ner and others Heb. 11. and that which wee now know by woefull experience of this bitter and hasty Nation, who Caldean like Hab. 1.6. have not onely marched through the breadth of our Land, and possessed the dwelling places which are theirs, but have most despitefully re­proached our Nation, and most holy profession, branding both with as foule opprobrious obloquies as could be devised, either against Iewes or Mahume­tans, neither have the rested herein, but like so many evening Wolves, have torne in peeces poore innocent [Page 16]babes, stripped as well Aged as others in the coldest season both men and women starke naked, and now (wee heare) as in the Parsian massacre under that cruell Duke of Guise, he cut off all, yea as in the Sici­lian slaughter of the French, rip up the bellyes of our Protestant women. Besides the more holy (from the beginning of the rebellion, when their mindes were best difposed) the more holy any man, any Minister had b [...]en, the worse it fared with him, such have been fure to bee stigmatized, to bee sore wounded, to bee slaine or hanged; So that if in an Army they could discover such a one, a Puritan as they terme such, surely they would give charge as the King of Syria in another case, neither fight with small or great, but against him.

The second ground is taken from Gods permis­sion. Ground 2. God is able to guide the instruments of Warre as he pleases, either with Jonathan to shoot beyond, or on either side his gifts: 1 Kings. 19. Dan. 6.22. Dan. 3 25. as he was able to keepe Elijah from the fury of Ahab and his wicked Wife; Daniel from the fury of the Lions, the three Children from the fury of the fire, as hee did Jehosaphat and David who were frequent in hot services, yet were kept from the strokes: and yet the Lord in wsdome findes cause sometimes to permit the righteous to be smitt [...]n, sore wounded, and fall in the battaile as well as the unrighteous sinner.

Neither yet may we conceive that this is for evill, Causes. 1. but first sometimes to prevent evill, Isa. 57.1. The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart, and mer­cifull men are taken away none considering that the righ­teous is taken away from the evill to come, and for this cause it is plain that God took away this godly Prince in the Text thus suddenly, 2 King. 22 20.

When God hath had a purpose to bring a lingring heavie calamity upon a Land, it hath been usuall with him to call and cull out to himselfe such as are his deerely beloved, as Lot to Zoar, these with himselfe, Gen. 1 [...]. safe and free from the discomfort thereof. Even as a carefull mother who seeing her Children in the way, when she beholds a company of wild Horses or beasts comming, she presently whips up the Child in­to her armes and t [...]kes him home, or as the Hen seeing the ravenous Kite hovering in the ayre over her, shee clocks & gathers her chickings under her wing, even so when as the Lord sees a hovering judgement over a Land like a flying fiery Scroule, hee gathers some of his choyce servants unto himselfe, that hee may pre­serve them from the evill thereof. It was a passage which this worthy Colonell fastned for his own stay and comfort in the day of his departure in my hear­ing, that he did conceive that this might be a cause of this Gods dealing with him, expressing his feares of some approaching evill to the Church of God: I pray God that according to his feares it fall not out unto us.

Secondly, God may have a minde in his so doing to bring them the more suddenly to Heaven, one re­ports it for a saying of Bradford the most blessed Mar­tyr, if there being any going on Horse backe to Hea­ven it is by Martyrdome, for this sends them away in an instant, as fast as a raging fit or the like can haste them, had the Gunpowder plot taken, had Faux once given fire, how soone had his then Majesty with thou­sands more of Gods most holy servants before the glance of an eye or motion of a thought beene in Paradise, and certainely with the like celerity, are all [Page 16] [...] [Page 17] [...] [Page 10]those of his Saints hasted unto the Lord, who with Iosiah and this sweet holy Worthy are taken away with a stroake of an Arrow, or any other instruments of Warre before they can returne to their Chambers their soules are in heaven.

Thirdly, because that God hath a mind to honour such his Saints in their death before men. Dying in the Field we stile a dying in the bed of ho­nour. For indeed next to martyrdome no wounds so honourable, no death so glorious, nay no health or life so honourable, when as they are wounded in the Lords battaile, when as they dye in Gods cause, have they not in this that surpassing glory to be made like unto Christ Iesus, Isa. 63.1.2. who went hence according to the prophecie, with his gar­ments and sacred body dyed in his owne pretious warme hearts bloud. We reade of a sweet Primitive Martyr, that whereas the persecutors had cut orifices diverse wounds in his sides, hee even smiled saying, now have I so many more mouthes, meaning his wounds, to praise the Lord for whom I suffer these things: Nay it is reported of an holy Emperesse, who with her hands dressed the wounds of the persecuted Saints: Of Constantine who kissed the eye of Paph­nutus put out by the Arrians, some Souldiers affect glorious dies in apparell, but give mee a Souldier whose garments have been dyed in bloud, for there­in is the best of outward glory, excellent is that brave resolution of Paul, God forbid that I should glory in any thing, save in the Crosse of Christ Iesus, Gala. 6.14. where by Crosse is not meant Constantines or the Papists fond materiall Crosse, one of their dumbe Idols, but the sufferings, the stripes, which hee under­went for the profession of his faith towards the Crosse: Iesus, See an example of this, in Acts 5.40.41. [Page 11]of Peter and the other Apostles, who when they were imprisoned and beaten, they went from the Councell rejoycing that they were counted worthy to suffer for Christs name. Pauls chaine was Pauls glory, and Peters Crosse, was Peters Crowne.

This uncertainty of the occurrences of War doth certainely afright multitudes of way ward spirits a­mong us, who thinke it death to goe into the field to put their heads out at a Castle, but to such I say, sith God hath made you men, quit your selves like men, for shame feare not to bee made honourable: besides consider how Christ was smitten wounded and slaine for thy sake, why then will you feare to suffer the ha­zard of wound or of life for his sake.

Lastly, this should worke every Colonell, Officer and Souldier of an Army to a holy care to prepare themselves for every event before-hand, and to make their peace with God on their knees in their Cham­bers b [...]fore they go into the field. Thus did those two renowned Emperours, Constantine and Theodosius; for this end consider what you have heard, godly Iosiah was shot and fell in the field, as well as unrighteous Ahab, and if this happen to a Iosiah, to the greene Tree what cause have the wicked especially to feare, and as they are making ready the weapons of Warre, so to make ready their soules and spirits for the Lord that made them. It is a fond conceipt, that every one that dyes in the field shall goe to Heaven, then Goliah had gone to Heaven, then Shebah and Absolon, those two great Rebels had gone to Heaven, then Richard the third that usurping murderous Tyrant had gone to Heaven, then these impious rebels, some whereof are already fallen, and the rest whom I doubt not but [Page 21]God will give us for a prey) according to the tenure of their base romish Bulls should goe to Heaven: surely for those that die in the Lords quarrell, God forbid that I should not be charitable in my secret thoughts of such, yet let me tell you, that hee that goes to Hea­ven, he must die in the Lord, as well as for the Lord, Rev. 14.13. Rom. 8.1.

Man sayes Salomon knowes not his own time though he bee in his parlour, though in his bed, though at his table feeding, though in the fields walking, though in Taverne revelling; how many presidents might I name you in sacred stories, in humane histories, and some in our ex­perience who have suddenly beene taken away in all places and conditions? So that in all places, in all con­ditions, in all actions, at all times, it is a good and meet thing that all persons make ready, with their loynes girt, Luk. 12.35.36. with their lights burning, to bee like men who wait for their Lord; Watch yee therefore, sayes CHRIST, for ye know not when the Master of thehouse commeth, at even, at midnight, or at the Cocke crowing, or in the morning, Mark. 13.35 36. least comming suddenly, he find you sleep­ing, and what I say unto you meaning his Disciples, I say unto all watch. But especially give mee leave to apply my selfe to you who are in the service of Warre, a service honourable, and honoured, yet perillous above all wayes of service, because for you our enemies dai­ly lay ambushments, watch night and day in every opportune place, who are often whole dayes and nights, or may bee charged with instruments ready prepared to take away your lives, you I say of all men should speedily make ready, so that though you bee with Iosiah sore wounded in body, in the day of battel, you may have the sweet comforts, the sweet com­forts [Page 13]of a good Conscience in your soules, Eccles. 12. in a word though killed, you may gloriously live in your spirits with that God, who made you, and his Sonne Christ Jesus, who gave his owne bloud aransome for you. And this of this first point.

I proceed now from Iosiahs death to the peoples la­mentation for him.

And all Iudah and Ierusalem mourned for I [...]siah.

This mourning for this godly Saint is further inlar­ged, in Zach. 12.11. In that day there shall bee a great mourning in Ierusalem as the mourning of Hadadrimon in the Valley of Megiddon, and the land shall mourne, &c.

The point arising thence is, ‘ That when God takes away an eminent Saint, set in place of extraordinary service, that then is surely great cause of great lamentation.’

When Abner that great Generall of the field was slaine by Ioab, 2 Sam. 3.32.33 it is storied that David cursed Ioab, and he and his people mourned greatly for Abner, and sayes the Text, the King lift up his voyce and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept, and the King lamented over Abner, &c. Again behold what excessive mour­ning was by him, and his people at the tydings of the death of Saul and Ionathan, but especially for righte­ous Ionathan, Then David tooke hold of his cloathes, and rent them, and likewise all the men that were with him, they mourned and wept and fasted untill even for Saul, 2 Sam. 1.7.12. 2 Sam. 1.24, 15 and Jonathan and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of Israel, because they were fallen by the sword, after hee applies himselfe to the women most pathetically, and elegantly: Yee daughters of Israel weepe over Saul [Page 14] who cloathed you in Scarlet with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparell. How are the mighty fallen in the middest of the battell, O Jonathan thou wast slaine in thy high places, I am distressed for thee my brother Jonathan, &c. Moreover I dare adventure to go fur­ther, that to be insensible of an affliction, that besides a Ioseph a Saint, a Land of Gods people, is a provok­ing sinne as is plaine, Amos 6.1, 2, 4, 5. Much more when the Lord doth not only wound but take away a Ioseph a Iosiah a religious Statesman, a godly Officer, as he hath done from us this day.

1. Because as you have heard it is a presage of some neere approching evill to the land from whence they are taken.

2. Because this begets courage and gives cause of triumph to the adversaries, a thing to be lamented, oh how did the Papists joy, and rejoyce at the death of that sweet Iosiah Edward the sixth, and of his unpa­ralleld godly Sister Queene Elizabeth, and without question which pierces my heart to thinke on the like rejoycing is now in the hearts of our base and cruell enemits in this Kingdome upon the unhappie tydings of the fall of this renowned valiant. This was one maine cause of Davids great mournings for the losse of the forenamed Saul and Ionatham, 2 Sam. 1.19, 20, 21. The beauty of Israel is fallen slaine how are the migh­tie fallen? Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askalon, Why? Least the daughters of the Phili­stims rejoyce, least the daughters of the uncircumcised tri­umph, and for this cause sayes oe o [...] our Tex [...] it was that Iosiah's servants after he was wounded took him out of his owne Chariot where he was, and put him into another Chariot, to cover and conceale his death [Page 15]from the enemy least they should have then trtumph­ed in the Campe.

Thirdly, consider that howsoever it is in many re­spects a blessing to the Saints thus taken from us, yet is it in it selfe a grievous judgement to the people left where they had abode see the Prophets bewaylings of this evill and how hee rankes it with one of Gods sore judgments, Isa. 3.1, 2, 3. For behold the Lord, the Lord of Heasts will take from Ierusalem the stay and staffe, the whole stay of bread, & the whole stay of water, the migh­tie man (marke) the man of War, the Iudge and the Pro­phet, and the prudent, and the Ancient, and the Captaine of fiftie, and the honour able man, and the Councellor; So that not improperly may the soules of such cry, and apply to the relict land, that of our blessed Saviour; Weep not for me but weep for your selves, for as their gaine is unutterable so in their death, the Kingdomes losse unconceiveable. I remember what a most solid holy Divine M. Bolton in his Funeral notes on Iudg Nicols. said of the death of a worthy Judge of Eng­land, that the redemption of the life of such a one in such times as we live in, for the good of such a Coun­try had beene worth a Kings ransome, neither in my opinion doe I conceive, that the life of this deceased Gentleman in such a time and place as this is to bee prized at a lower rate, all the bloud in the bodies of a province of Rebels is not worth the bloud that ran in his Vaines.

The ground of this conclusion is in that the losse of such men doe greatly weaken the State of a Realme, especially when a Realme is in such a broken conditi­on, and stands in such need of mighty men, of men of Warre and prudent Captaines and honourable Coun­cellors, and most of all of godly servitors, as ours doth this day.

It is a great losse to lose an Abner, a Ioab, a valiant Captaine, such as were our old English Warwick, Tal­bot, and Bedford, who were the terrour of the French, such as Mountjoy, Essex, and Chichester in Ireland, but there is no losse like the losse of such as these, being godly religious.

As for a swearing deboyst Souldier, Ios. 7. he may bring a curse upon the Camp, he may lose the day in the field though he fight couragiously; wee have an example of this in Achan, it is like he neither wanted skill nor will, nor courage enough to help the Lords noast, but by the wickednes he committed in taking the unlaw­full pillage, the wedge of Gold, and the Babilonish garments, he so provoked God, that he permitted the men of Ai to smite Israels great Hoast, them under brave Ioshuah, that before prosperous Generall. In Tertullians time the Christian Saints were counted of the wicked as now with us, hostes publici, the enemies of the common-Wealth, so Ahab accounted of Elijah the troubler of Israel, but the truth is, it is Ahab and such as he, wicked men who cause trouble, and all evill that betides a State, being indeed as so many secret hornets and Caterpillars to a Common-wealth, or as so many vipers who eate into the bowels of their mo­ther the Church.

As for the godly howsoever deem'd by the wicked they are the best friends that they have in the world, they are the strength of a Land, 2 King. 2. as it is said of Elijah, they are the Chariots and horse-men of Israel, that is their very strength of War, who prevaile more, though at home precando, then the Souldiers can pugnando. Take away sayes famous Jewell the bonds the hoopes of the vessell and all will fall asunder, so if God take away [Page 17]these who are our bonds, our hoopes, our Church, our Common-weale cannot hold together, See Isa. 1. Except Lord had left us a seed, we had been as Sodome, That is except the Lord had continued some seed of righte­ous men, we had been destroyed before this day. An example of this we have in Genesis 19. Whenas the Lord was about to destroy Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboim, and Zegor, had there been in those five Cities but 50, 45, 40, 30, 20. Yea ten righteous persons the Lord would not have destroyed them: for why sayes the Text, for tens sake; moreover whenas the Lord was bringing fire on them because there was not ten righteous persons found there, onely Lot his Wife and his two daughters, though a family abased, and abused by the ungodly Citizens, yet the Lord out of his pretious esteeme and care of them, hee provides a Zoar a safe place for Lot and them, and commands them to make hast thither, Why? because saies the Lord, I cannot doe any thing, marke, I cannot doe any thing, untill you be come thither, Gen. 20.22.

These things being considered, Ʋse. let any reasonable man tell me when as a godly Iosiah or any other godly and Religious Commander or any righteous person whatsoever is taken away, especially I say where there is such breaches and perills, whether that the people of that Land, nay all the people thereof with Iudah and Ierusalem have not cause to mourne and lament greatly.

It was Zedekiahs blessing of honour to be lamented of the people, Ier. 34.5. And contrary it is a judgment for an eminent person to die, and the people not to la­ment, as Jer. 16.4, 5, 6. Wherefore it is an evill done to the party deceased, but indeed the greatest evill is done unto God and to our selves.

For our particulars, Sir Laurence Carij, and Captaine Rorchford. I pray God it bee not a present sin in this our present evill time, we had two religious valorous brave Officers sore wounded to death of late before this Honourable Colonell. I might say they were were too slightly lamented, howsoever consider what you have heard this day among other things that the neglect thereof is a most grievous sin, as a signe of a most wicked sensuall obdurate heart. My bel: we have other sins as yet reigning and very raging among us want of humiliation on fast dayes, excessive drun­kennesse abundance of oathes, notwithstanding all the desires that God hath brought upon us, God of hea­ven withstand that wee persist no further therein, but that wee may forsake our wicked wayes, and returne unto the Lord who though hee hath stricken us, then wil he surely heale us, and make the light of his coun­tenance againe to breake forth upon us in this land of darknesse. But passing many other things which the very short time of my meditation constraines me unto Let mee beseech you right Honourable and the rest of Gods people here present to apply your hearts to a sa­ble sensiblenesse of this great evill w ^ch the Lord hath done unto us, let it never be said that such a religious af­fable honourable worthy, who came over and offered himselfe willingly to help us, and by Gods blessing did, having by Gods permission in our cause fallen; I say, let it never be said that such a great man should fall in this our Israel, and the people did not lament, least the Lord, great Iehovah be angry and in his displeasure take a­way yet more of those brave valiants which he raised up for us, to the weakening of our armies, and the ruine of our hopes. And thus have I ended a few houres meditation of that which may well be many yeares Lamentation.