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6/^ o^ Sermin PreachedEpwie Dedi-catory to SirRobert Carre,inordinary convcrfation above the ordinarie ftraineof Writers.How induftrious a ftudent he was in the Univerficy,hismany note bookes left behind him will bearewitncfTe, and how well reputed he was for his learnir^,ashis other exercifes, fo his publike difputationsbefore King Jamhs will teftifie.But Learning is nothing, Induftry is nothing to bepraifcd before Go d without grace 5grace hath theprehemincnce and gives the lufter to all che reft 5 theLord enrfched his heart with a great meafure ofgrace,hence is it that his life was unftained and withoutreproofe 5though he was not freed from infirmities,yethe was from crimes.Hence it was that he was fo laborious in his Miniftery,a true ftudent he was all his dales, as appearcsby his library though great, yet very few bookes init which were not read over and noted in the margent,and he attained that high ftraine of grave eloquence,familiar to him, fcarce imitable by any o-thersj you were twife aweekc ordinarily fed withSermons and Catcchifmes, and with the Expofitionof Scripture on Holydaies which would have becncacceptable, wholcfome foode I am fure, to the mofl:learnedauditoiy of the Land.And though he was fo great a Gierke, and fo famous,yet was not he ambitious nor fought greatmatters for himfelfc,and he doth bcfeechan honou-^^^^^ Knight, to whom he dedicated his laft booke,and all Others in him to doe him that fivour, nay thatjighf^nay that hottour, not to conceive that he had athought that way.His