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(Ded:::Dem) <To the honorable> ] <Sir> ] <Kelham Digbie> ] <knight>.



<Worthie Sir>. ] I know, that to a Man of your religious Inclination,

a <deuine Argument>, would haue byn much more
Wellcom; And such a one (<good Sir>) haue I
vpon the Anvile for you, but it requires some|#what
a more <Consolatorie time> to fashion it: Being
therefore by the <Wise|#mans> rule (<That saies there>
<is a time for all thinges>) encouraged, I hope it will
not be much in|oportune, after a Season
so sad, to present you with a Matter <Recreatiue>.
Well knowing, that yow, that know well how to
bestow all your Howres, will (in yor release from
<higher Studies>) not thinck a litle peece of time
lost, in Casting, vpon this <Comedie>, yor Smile, and
vpon him, that (in all dutie) submits it to yor gene|]rous
Acceptaunce, your Noble Fauor, as vpon one
that shall still reioyce, to be esteemed
<Your Commaunded Beades|#man> ] <Raph Crane>. ] <Nouemb>. 27. ] 1625.




(Ded:::R61) <To his> ] <much|#esteemed> ] <good Frend>, ] <Mr. John Peirs>.



<My Fate> having cast Me vpon a Condition
of <Life>, wherein it soe neerely concernes Me,
to make it one of my cheif studdies, and a|#Worke
of my vtmost Industrie, aswell carefully
to <Preserue>, as providently to <Purchase> a
<Frend>, I haue here sent <This small Labor>
<of mine>, to tell yow, that I Ranck yow, as a
<prime|#one>, amongst those fewe I haue found
worthie of that sacred <Title>. And the
better to expresse my <desire> still to <Continew>|]#<you>,
in that happy, and vnwearied|#<Way>, I
haue Com(m)aunded It, to remain with yow, as a
poore <Pledge>, and <Com(m)emoratiue|#Couenant> of
his Loue, that will Ever be
<yours, in all thanckfull>|#<Readines>. ] <Ra: Crane>.
<23>. <Oct>. ] <1626>

(Ded::1:Sum) <A Sum(m)arie>, <and true>
<Distinction>, <betweene the>
<Lawe>, <z ye Ghospel>.
<by R. Crane>.
<Lex>. ] <Fire>, Thunder, Threatnings, and a Trembling|#<Mo(unt)>

brought|#forth the <Lawe>; Which showes Its deere Acco(unt)
so terrible. It did From <Moses> drawe,
<Horror>, and <Feare>, and Call^d a <Fierie|#Lawe>.
(Ded::2:Sum) <Euangelium>. ] <But at the Ghospells sound>, <God^s|#Mercie shoan>
,
<Cal^d the glad|#Tidings of Saluation>;
<all Feare put|#by: For thus the Angell said>
<Vnto the Shepherds>, <Be ye not afraid>:
<Good tidings of great Ioy>, <to all I bring>,
<which to confirme>, <did heauenly Souldiers sing>.
<A three|#fold blessed Hymne: To God all glorie>:
<To Earth calme Peace: To Men whole Mercies|#Storie>.
(Ded::3:Sum) <Lex>. ] <The Lawe> was by the hand of <Moses> geaven

<Euangelium>. ] <But Grace and Truth came downe>, <with Christ>, <from he]|uen>

<which is the beutifull Ghospell>, <where alone>
<the Seede of Euerlasting|#Life is sowne>.
<Lex>. ] <Sins>|#knowledge, only by the <Lawe> came|#in

<Euangelium> ] <But by the Ghospell>, <Mercie couers Sin>.

<Lex> ] <The Lawe> obiects thy <Vices>|#sum(m)e is great;

(DED::4:Sum) <Euangelium>. ] <The Ghospell asweres Christ hath paid that Debt>.

<Lex>. ] <The Lawe> is call^d the <Lawe> of <Sin>, and <Death>.

<Euangelium>. ] <But Grace the Lawe of euer|#springing|#Breath>.

<Lex>. ] <A> most importable <yoake>, the <Lawe> is stil^de.

<Euangelium>. <But Christ^s|#yoake easie>, <and his Burthen milde>.

<Lex> ] <The Lawe> first enter^d that <Sin> might be found.

(DED::5:Sum) <Euangelium> ] <But where Sin growes>, <Grace doth much more abound
>
<Lex>. ] <That> as <Sin> (showne by <Lawe>) to <Death> had raign^d

<Euangelium>. ] <Soe might eternall life>, <by Grace be gain^d>.

<Lex> ] <The Lawe> made Nothing perfect (in It^s scope)

<Euangelium>. ] <But th^#introduction of a better Hope>;

<That#^s faith in Christ>, <Grace>, <and the Ghospels be(utie)>
<whereby we draw neere to our God>, <in Dutie>.
(DED::6:Sum) <Lex>. ] <The Lawe> was writt in <Tables> made of <Stone>.

<Euangelium>. ] <But the sweet Ghospell in the Hart alone>.

<Lex>. ] <The Lawe> none Iustefies: To cleere that Place

<Euangelium> ] <The Iust shall liue by Faith>; <and that#^s by Grace>.

<Lex>. ] <The Lawe> is not of <Faith>; <Works> it <Com(m)ands>.

<Euangelium>. ] <And onlie Faith Lies>, <in the Ghospells Hands>.

(DED::7:Sum) <Lex>. ] <The Lawe> is call^d a <Cursse>; But good|#Men sawe

<Euangelium>. ] <Christ kil^d the Cursse>, <when he ful|#fild the Lawe>

<And this bright Title he hath deerely won>:
<He#^s the Lawes|#Sett>: <The Ghospels Rising Sun>.
<God calls It his new Couenant>: <Christ (our Lord)>
<a new Commaundement (giues it that word)>
<Lifes|#Newnes>: <The New|#man>: <how well coheare>
<may theis sweet Attributes>, <with a New|#yeare>.
<Call then the old>, <the Law>; <whose force is don>;
<And the New|#yeare>, <the Ghospell>, <z Gods son>.
(DED::8:Sum) <The Time of Grace>, <Redemption>, <Comfort>, <Peace>.
<And may your Ioies>, <in those Rich|#Guifts encrease>. ] FINIS.


(Ded:::R301) <To the> ] honorable, and constantly|#adorned Ladie,

the La:(die) <Anne Cooper>:
Wife to the truelie|#ennobled, Sir John Cooper, ] Knight and Baronet:

And sole ] Daughter z heire, to the worthie, and

latelie deceased, Sr. ] <Anthonie Ashley>, Knight, and ] Baronet.


<Good> Madam.
<Your> old Seruant (as old in Cares, as Yeares) He, that in
yor Ladiships ] absence (with his heart) honours yor.
Memorie, thus makes bold, in your ] presence (with the
same heart) to offer you his Dutie.
<This>, and the <Argument>, well suites (Madam) with You; z yor
present ] <Occasion>: You (in a sable habit) celebrate the
<Funerals> of a deere ] <Father>; and <This> (in a black Out|#side)
com(m)emorates the <Passion> of a ] blessed <Sauiour>: Both of them
Worthie yor. Laps. Contemplation: Zeale ] z Deuotion guides
you to the One, Nature z Affection to the Order: and ] in
neither of <theis> are you deficient.
<He> was my <Master>, and though my out|#ward Garment speakes
not ] his death, yet my in|#ward Loue sighes his departure:
And more heauely should ] I doe it, but that I consider,
That as he was <here> a patient|#Bearer of the
Spurnes of the World, So is He <there> a happie Enioyer of
the Blessings ] of Heauen. And had not too|#too many
Disasters, too|#too much weakend ] my Habilities, a more
expressiue and appropriated <Epitaph> had attended ] his
Hearse; For there died with him many Glories of Industrie,
and he ] left behind him no small Examples of <Pietie> (fit
subiects for the Pen ] of a|#readie|#Writer, and the
imitation of an honest heart.)
Your Lap. is the faire and onlie Braunch deriu^d from that
Roote: The ] Tree is falne; But (to your comfort, Madam)
neither by the wild Bore of the ] Forrest, (any sodaine or
dire Accident) or the rough hand of the Hewgher, ] (any
tiranous Action of Death) but by a most gentle and naturall
Blast, ] (a timely, and peaceable End) And not So neither,
Vntill he had (to his] great Ioy) seene you grafted into
an honorable Stock, producing manie ] hope full Buds, whose
sweete Sap, will still keepe Him springing; And I ] know,
that (like a good Vessell) you so retaine the Sauour of
that excellent ] Liquor, where with your tender yeares were
seasond, from whence hath since ] issued so many Streames
of Vertue (and thereof Curtesie not the least) ] that your
Lap. will not reiect the smallest Myte, consecrated (as <This>
humbly ] is) to His <Remembrance>, and yor Acceptance; In wch
assurance, now, and ] euer faithfully waites vpon You z
Yours, the best Intercessions of him, ] whose Reioycings
would be great, were he as strong in power to doe yor. Lap. ]
Seruice, as he is in Soule to wish you happines:
Your good Laps. poorest Seruant,
and humblest|#deuoted|]#Beades|#man,

Raph Crane.
(Ded:::Add347) To ] the right Honorable: and (in all Vertues)

most constantly|#ennobled ] George, <Lord Baltimore>.

<Theis Meditations>, from a holy <Pen>,
(the <Dajes>, and <Subjects> holy both) oh, when
(by a bless^d holy chance) they came to Me,
I did be|#thinck what holy <Vse> might be
impos^d on them: a holier none can find,
then to bestowe them on a holy|#Mind:
vpon a Soule, compos^d, and fortifide
both <Visages> of <Fortune>, to abide:
On <him> that well hath tri^de, and wisely showne,
that <Free|#borne Mindes>, all <Cuntries> make their owne:
On <him>, that can to <Time>, give <dispensation>,
leaving <World^s|#Troubles>, for <Heauen^s Contemplation>;
And such are <you> (great <Lord>:) Accept <Theis> than,
though#^t be not what I would, ^tis what I can:
Accept them, for your Deere <Redeemers> sake,
in whose <Commemorance>, I vndertake
this bold <Presentment>: knowing you#^ll afford
<Welcome> to those, that come i^th^#name o^th^ <Lord>.
Accept them likewise, for your owne great Worth,
and for those Markes of <Fame> by <you> brought forth:
Accept them (lastly) for the Ioy, and Love
of his true Heart that sends them: Who doth prove
hereby, t^#expresse vnto your noble <Spirit>,
that <Time>, nor <Absence>, nor his want of Merit
can cast into <Obliuion>, nor suppresse
his vow^d <Respects>, vnto your <Worthinesse>,
But that how|#ere (like Coales, raak^d|#vp) they#^ue layne
Coverd #a while, they must breake|#forth agayne,
as here they doe: presenting to your Eie
(perhaps his last <Oblation>) ere he die
his Zealous <Wishes> (consecrate to <Heauen>)
that <Comfort>, and <Long Life>, may <here> be geaven
to <You>, and <Yours>: And when <Time> ends Her <Storie>,
<You> may (^mongst blessed <Saints>) weare <Crownes> of <glorie>.
<Your good Lordships> ] <humblest Beades|#man>. ] <Raph Crane>.


(Ded:::H3357) To ] <the rightly|#worthje of Titles of Worship>.

Sr. Francis Ashley, <knight>.
<One of his Maties. Serjeants at Law>. <zc>.
Sir. ] Though yor. <Profession> be the <Law|#Temporal>, your

<Contemplation> is the <Law|#Theologicall>: and to such yor.
Consecrated howres, comes this well|#meant <Dedication>:
Wherein though I call Nothing Myne|#owne but only the
<Manuscription>: yet having obseru^d that <Cookes> haue
sometimes byn well, and thanckfully esteem^d, meerely for
<Ordering> and <Setting> forth of other mens <Dishes>, I am ye
rather encouraged to hope the like Successe to yeis. <Rarieties>.
I call them <R(ar)ieties>, aswell in regard of their <Vertu>|]|<ous>|#<Method>,
as of their <In|#Com(m)unitie>, (there not being
three such any where extant; and not <One> (vnles sur|]reptitiously
gotten) but of my Pen:)
My humble Desire is, That <They> may supply the
<Customarie Dutie> of the ensuing <New|#yeere> (<They>
bringing with <Them>, the Zealous <Wishes> of many happy
<Ones>, to <You>, and <Yours>.) I should also (even in
<Articulo Mortis>) much reioyce, If <You> shall vouchsafe
to call <Them> (for <Age>, <Affliction>, <Greif> and <Want>
tell <Me>, it will be so) the <Vltimum Vale>, of <Him>
that Honors. your <Name>, Leaves <Theis> (like
<Joshua^s Stones>, pitch^d in <Gilgall>,) as <Memorials>,
that <He> was once to your <deceased Brother> an
<Vnfortunate Seruant>: Still to your <Worthy Self>,
<Decemb>: <1632>.
<A most intirelje|#affected> ] <Beadesman>. ] <Raph Crane>.


(Ded:::FFav) To ] <the Right Honorable>, <and worthelie dignified>

<Lord>, <John>, <Earle of Bridgwater>, <Lord President>
<of the high>, <z roiall Principalitie of>
<Wales>; <and one of the Lords of his Maties. most honorable> ] <Priuy|#Counsell
>, <zc>.
<To> you (Great <Lord>) this Great <Lord> I present
to show the difference betwixt <Great>, and <Good>;
<He> weake in <Faith>, was <Great>, but by <Descent>:
<You> are as <Great> in <Vertue>, as in <Blood>.
His <King> lean^d on his <Hand> (a prowd <Supporter>)
<You>, on <Christs Bosome> leane, yet are not <Prowd>:
<Gods Mercie#s> sweete: the <Man> of <God> (<Reporter>)
<He> scoffs at both: <Your Faith> hath <both> allowd:
The <holje Ghost> holds <Him>, so base, so Vile
He Nothing leaves recorded but his Shame:
<Your charitable Actions> Hee#^ll Compile,
and Recommend vnto Eternall <Fame>.
<His Great|#bad|#Name>, for <Paper> was vnfit:
<Your Great|#good|#Name>, i^th^#<Booke> of <Life> is writ.
<Againe> ] <Farr> be it from Your Lp. (my de(a)rely honourd <Lord>) to Imagine M
e, a
Man so high in Folly, as to thinck that this <Presentment> should de(liv)re,
Supplie, or any way better yow, in point of Knowledge or Learning (either
<Deuine> or <Humaine>,) Well knowing that you haue many <Prophets> z
<Prophets Children> (both abroad, and at home) that like fruitfull
<Limbecks>, distill into your Lps. <Soule> the <Angelicall Waters> of the
holy <Scriptures>, Making yow <Wise> vnto <Saluation>: And that your
deuine Care and zealous Willingnes hath prouided many <Stooles>,
<Tables> and <Candlesticks> for <holy Men>, and <Messengers> of <God>.
Which considered, yow may demand What <Liquor> can drop from soe
broaken a <Cisterne>, to advantage yow in any way <Sanctimonius>[
And for Matters <Morrall> and <Humaine>, either tending to the Making
of you vp, a perfect <Lord> of a <Familie>, or an exact <Instrument>
of <State>, Yor Lp. wants no <Authors>, or famous <Writers>, to Render
You Compleate therein (besides your owne Naturall and Instinctive
Inclination:) A nobler Witnes of all which there needes none, then
the excellent, publique and Com(m)odious vse is made of yor Courage,
Constancie and Faith, by the determinate and Decreed pleasure
of your <God>; by the gratious Roiall and loving Disposure of your
<Soueraigne>: and by the Alacritie and Ioy of all good, honest, and
Well disposed Mindes, to the benefit both of <Church> and <Com(m)on>|]<Wealth>;
and to your owne Renowne z Honor for ye present and glorious
<Fame>, in Futuritie: For what could <Heauen> in Grace or his
<Matie>. in Trust; yor <Peeres> in Love; or the Generalitie in Hope, do more the
n(as they haue don) Make yow the resplendant Light, z <President>
of that great <Dominion>, <Seate> and <Inheritance> of their First|#borne
<Prince>. (A poore mans <Praiers>, are acceptable <Sacrifizes> in the eares
of the <Lord>) <Good luck haue you with yor Honor>: <Ride on>: <etc>.
But (o my <Dutie> and <Ioy>,) transport me not too Farr in this
<Argument>; but beseech my <Lord>, to deale with this weake <Oblation> of
Mine, as I haue knowne many doe that haue had large, and well replenishd
<Orchards> or <Gardens> of their owne, yet happening into a small and
litle|#promising peece of <Earth> of an other mans, haue found there
some <Fruit>, <Flowre> or <Herbe>, which their owne spacious <Acres> could
not afford, and haue esteemed never the worsse of it for the holmely
Soile it was bred in, but re|#planted It in their owne richer <Ground>.
The <Celestiall Orchard>, or <Garden> of <Paradize> hath many <Riuers>
and <Streames> in it, and all sweet and Comfortable; None distastfull
or vnprofitable: O my good <Lord>, Construe it thus: And where
yow find any thing in It (as I doubt not but yow shall) worthie your
<Vse>; may that little <Firtilitie>, excuse the other <Barren Places>:
So shall your benigne Acceptance never Repent you; Nor my devoted <Pre>|]|<senta
tion>dis|#ioy Me. And I would to God, no <Age> nor <Climate>
(especially our owne) had ever given so many lamentable proofes, or
sad examples of any such <Lords> as is here characterd; For very
confident I am, that their <Infidelitie> was their <Fall>, and a provo|]|cation
of many <Iudgements> and <Afflictions> this <Land> hath now, z
then, though sparingly z mercifully; (as the Releif from <Famine>,
and Release from the <Pestilence>, both handled in this <Tract>) tasted
of: But against wading any farther in this <Theame>, I haue
many <Ancient Prouerbs>; as <Not medling with Edge|#Tooles>; <Not>
<Climbing too high>: <Not playing with Saincts> (but that last
can least hurt me: for <Saincts> they never were) I will therefore
praise <God> for your Lp. and such as may be numbred amongst those <Ten>,
that (at <Abrahams Petition>) might haue Saued a whole <Cittie>; and
leave the rest(e) (such as are yet alive) to their <Conuersion>, in <Ignomie>,
and (such as are gon) to the <Mercie>, or <Iustice> of the <Almightie>:
One short <Apologie> more I desire to make in defence of this poore
<Labour> of my <Pen>, (for I challenge Nothing therein, but only the <Manu>|]|<s
cription>)That (<de Iure>) yor Lp. may somewhat the more gratiously
entertaine It, in regard <It is a Manuscript>: For I haue often
(experimentally) obseru^d, That a small <Iewell>, not Com(m)on, hath byn
more esteemed, then a greater that may be had in every Place, and by every ] bod
y:
But now (my Honorable <Lord>) give me leave (wth yor accustomed pardon) to
to descend to somewhat neerely, and meerely concerning myself: and vouchsafe
to beleeue, What my <Soule> vnfaignedly professes to be true: That the
same sacred, and good <Spirit>, that (by <Instinct>) Cooperated with my
<Heart>, and Inspired Me (now divers yeares since) to lay my First <Offring>
vpon Your <heroique Altar>, hath continually (like <Tobias Angell>) gon
along with <Me>, in a most ardent <Zeale>, to yor Lp. and your <honourd>
<House>; forcing me (in my <Morning z Euening <Sacrifize>, and in a kind
of holy Rapture) to breake into theis short <Ejaculations>: (Lord <remem>|]|<ber
><that good Lord>: <Lord loue him>, <and preserue him>: <Lord accept his>
<Offrings>: <Lord make him happie in himself>, <and in the Fruit of his>
<Loynes>. <etc>.) And then (to close them all vp) haue made this <Wish>
their <LenVoy>: That the very self|#same <Spirit> would (vpon the Wings
of a happie Wind) fly to yor <Honors> Brest, and print therein a <beleeuing>
<Knowledge> of the deere <Effect> and Constant <Couenant> it hath wrought
in <Me>: So durst I promise to myself, What here my <Desire> presumes
to Implore, That as long as my <Infelicitated|#Self> shall remaine
vpon this <Stage> of <Mortalitie>: (which, by a generall <InVndation> <of>
yeares, and some late more speciall <Assaultes> (<as Sicknes>, <Greif> <z>
<Want>) cannot be long) You Will (cheifely at this Free and open <Feast>
of the <New|#yeere> (whereof the <Creator>. of <Time>, graunt yor Lp. many
Ioyfull ones) not refuse an <Annuall Tribute>, representing my
<Dutie> in some Alacritous <Seruice> of my <Pen>: (Which (I thanck
God) is not yet so much decaied as my <Age> (to my <Ruine>) makes
Men beleeue:) Thereby to Inscribe yor Lp. my Noble <Mecenas>, and my
poore Self, yor <Honors> humblest <Beadesman>: Wherein the lower z
more deiected I appeare, the more shall your Lp. by such yor Illustra|]|tion,
resemble the glorious <Sun> that shines as well vpon a <Mud>
<Wall>, as the loftiest <Turret>.
And lastly (for I submissively feare I offend in length) knowing
that your Lp. in the <Volume> of yor learned and well|#stord <Librarie>, hath
(as I haue seene in Others) severall <Supporters>, for severall <Workes>;
with <Subscriptions> to declare their severall Natures (as <Diuinitie>
he(re) <Historie> there, z the like) If accordingly yor <Honor>.  shall
designe, such my <yeerely Destinate> to some Corner, and there vnder
fix in Capitall <Letters>, (<Honor> z <Bountie>.) They will be no disgrace
at all to your <Librarie>, But may (as <Iosuahs Monumentall>
<Stones> pitchd in <Gilgall>) remaine a <Trophie> to your <Charitie>
Here vpon Earth, and no doubt help to Fashion <Wheeles>, for that
<Chariot> which (like <Elias Chariot>) shall (in your fullnes of
<Time) mount your <Soule> to <Heauen> And so here prostrates him|]|self
to your <Noblenes>. ] <Ian>: 1631. <Yor hoble. Lordships in all> ] <intire Humil
itie> ] <Raph Crane>.



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