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into those pleasing Delights of Poetry; and as he was of an Obliging
Conversation for his Wit and Fancy; so was he also very Grave and Pious
in his Writings; Witness his Printed Sermons on the Lords Prayer, and
others which he Preached on several Occasions. His Father was _John
King_, Bishop of _London_; one full fraught with all Episcopal
Qualities; who died _Anno_ 1618. and was Buried in the Quire of St.
_Paul's_, with the plain Epitaph of _Resurgam_: But since a prime Wit
did enlarge thereon, which for the Elegancy of it, I cannot but commit
it to Posterity.

Sad Relique of a blessed Soul, whose Trust
We Sealed up in this religious Dust.
O do not thy low Exequies suspect,
As the cheap Arguments of our neglect.
Twas a commanded Duty that thy Grave
As little Pride as thou thy self should have.
Therefore thy Covering is an humble Stone,
And but a Word[A] for thy Inscription.
When those that in the same Earth Neighbour thee,
Have each his Chronicle and Pedigree.
They have their waving Penons, and their Flags,
Of Matches and Alliance formal Brags.
When thou (although from Ancestors thou came,
Old as the Heptarchy, great as thy Name;)
Sleepest there inshrin'd in thy admired Parts,
And hast no Heraldry but thy Deserts.
Yet let not them their prouder Marbles boast,
For they rest with less Honour though more Cost.
Go search the World, and with your Mattock wound,
The groaning Bosom of the patient Ground:
Dig from the hidden Veins of her dark Womb,
All that is rare and precious for a Tomb.
Yet when much Treasure, and more time is spent,
You must grant his the Nobler Monument;
Whose Faith stands o're him for a Hearse, and hath
The _Resurrection_ for his _Epitaph_.

[Footnote A: _Resurgam_]

This worthy Prelate was born in the same County, Town, House, and
Chamber with his Father; Namely, at _Warn hall_ nigh _Tame_ in
_Buckingham-shire_, and was Bred up at _Christ-Church_ in _Oxford_. in
_Anno_ 1641. when Episcopacy was beheld by many in a deep
_Consumption_, and hoped by others that it would prove Mortal. To cure
this, it was conceived the most probable Cordial to prefer Persons into
that Order, not only unblameable for their Life, and eminent for their
Learning; but also generally, beloved, by all disegaged People; and
amongst these, King _Charles_ advanced this our Doctor, Bishop of
_Chichester_.

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