Mr. Boltons last and learned worke of the foure last things, death ...

x^oFunerall Notesmte^r'tty indifpofing EC-clefiafiualiU-vinis.Keftiitttion tothe Ckurcb.for imitation^ fome worthy and noble parts ofhisrand only tliofe which I conceive may be moft feafonableand fucablc ro the exigency ofmy Auditory.Ajid I mud alfo crave the aid ofyour loves unrohim,& thofe foftned thoughts of mortality whichare wont to attend thefe timesjthat I may convcighand commend them to your liking and pradicewithmore fucceffc and ftronger imprellion.And the firft I fliall commend unto you,is,I . His {ingiilar integrity and honourable purpofein difpofing thofc Ecclefiafticall Livings hehadin his power. And in this Point I my iclfc C2X\fay more than any, who tafted decplieft of hisworthy dealing this way. When I never foughtafter, asitis famouflyknowne, nor thought uponany fuch thing, he fcnt fbi'me, and bcftowedthat which I prefently enjoy moft freely. Which,though every Patron ought proportionably todoe, yet the horrible corruptions abroad m' theworld in fuch cafes, doe (as it were) by akind ofAntipeiiftafis make a duty atranfccndent vercue.And this was. not all. Though incrochments iiponthe Church belike the breathes of the fef5 athoufand to one never retume : yet did he reftoreto a farthing all that which had a long time beencdctain'd from the Church 5 and parted with- itraoft freely; though hee had as much wit and.power as any other to have continued it fo, if,he had plcas'd. And I faid Ecclcfiafticall Livings,though I inftance but in ones bccaufe I partlyknew hispurpofe for the reft. For, he gave mchiiufclfe this mcflage to as worthy and reverend aman^