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&quot; night, one short night, I shall be from thee, when the CHAR 

 &quot; glorious morning, by that never-setting Sun of Glory, 



&quot; shall eternally bring us together.&quot; Like a good pastor, 

 he shewed a great concern for the well-doing of his flock 

 after he was dead and gone. &quot; As St. Paul,&quot; said he, 

 &quot; prayed for his brethren according to the flesh, that all 

 &quot; Irsael might be saved ; so do I pray for my flock, that 

 &quot; all my people may be saved. And to this end I earnestly 

 &quot; entreat the Lord, that after my departure he will send 

 &quot; faithful and painful pastors among them, who may break 

 &quot; the bread of life sincerely unto them, and in all godliness 

 &quot; go in and out before them.&quot; 



When his death came with nearer approaches towards 

 him, he shewed greater acts of faith and fearlessness of it. 

 He declared he forgave all men, as he desired God should 

 forgive him. &quot; Let my people know,&quot; added he, &quot; that 

 &quot; their pastor died undaunted, and not afraid of death. I 

 &quot; bless my God, I have no fear, no doubt, no reluctation ; 

 &quot; but an assured confidence in the sin-overcoming merits of 

 &quot; Jesus Christ.&quot; And in the conclusion of all, he shut his 

 own eyes with his own hands, dying in the Lord Jesus in 

 the month of January 1625, the first year of King Charles I. 

 a year memorable for a severe pestilence; in which time 

 died fifty-four preachers of London. He was buried in his 

 own parish church, and honoured with a funeral sermon 

 preached by Dr. James Usher, the most learned Archbishop 

 of Armagh. And all this we have said of the Bishop 1 s se 

 cond son, Theophilus. 



His third son, and his namesake, John, perhaps a soldier, His third 

 for some service, or testimony of honour the Prince thought son Jc 

 fit to shew him, was knighted, and styled Sir John Ay liner, 

 of Rigby in the county of Lincoln, Knight. He married 

 Susan, daughter and heiress of Sampson of Suffolk. 



Of his fourth and fifth and seventh sons, Zachary, Na-HU fourth, 

 thaniel, and Edmund, I know little ; only that Zachary and seventh 

 Edmund, as they were brothers, so they were friends, a sons 

 most entire affection passing between them. As a notable 

 testimony whereof, when Edmund lay sick, Zachary never 



