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in his life-time, says, "He is a learned man and a true lo ver of books, wholly dedicated to learning, who is now laboriously searching the libraries of England, and proposeth that for the public good which will be for the great benefit of England."

His numerous works were principally written in Latin, and being mostly of a controversial nature, it may not be necessary to enumerate them.

JANEWAY, WILLIAM, was the eldest son of Mr. William Janeway, of Lilly, Herts; who, about 1644 removed to Aspeden, and afterwards became minister of Kelshall, where he died, leaving a widow and eleven children; of whom William, John, James, and Abraham, were ministers, and all of them (excepting John) were ejected. William was admitted at King's College, Cambridge, about 1650. He probably preached at Kelshall after his father's decease, as he resided there, and was a preacher in 1657; when his brother John finished his short, but holy life at his house. It does not appear that he had this rectory; if he had, he could have held it but a short time, for John Franklyn was presented to it Sept. 25, 1660.

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JANEWAY, JAMES, brother to Mr. William Janeway, lived privately after leaving Christ Church College, Oxford; and when the times allowed, he set up a meeting at Rotherhithe, near London, where he had a very numerous auditory, and a great reformation was wrought amongst many. But this so enraged the high party, that several of them threatened to shoot Mr. Janeway, which accordingly was attempted; for as he was once walking upon Rotherhithe Wall, a fellow fired at him, and the bullet went through his hat; but did him no hurt. The soldiers pulled down the place in which he preached, which obliged his people to build another, which was required to be larger, to receive the hearers. Soon after it was built, a number of troopers came in, when Mr. Janeway was preaching, and Mr. Kentish sat behind him in the pulpit; they got upon a bench, and cried out aloud, "Down with him! down with him!" and at that instant the bench broke, and they all fell down. In the confusion which this occasioned,

This, it is presumed, was Mr. Richard Kentish, who had been ejected from St. Katharine's, by the Tower.

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Mr. Janeway came out of the pulpit, and some of the people having thrown a coloured coat over him, and put a white hat on his head, he got out unobserved. But they seized Mr. Kentish, and took him to the Marshalsea, where he was some time kept a prisoner. At another time, when Mr. Janeway was preaching at a gardener's house, several troopers came to seize him there; but he threw himself on the ground, and his friends, covered him with cabbage leaves, by which he escaped again. He died March 16, 1674, and was succeeded by Mr. Rosewell. He was a man of eminent piety, an affectionate preacher, and very useful in his station. In his last illness his mind was under a sort of a cloud, by reflecting on his aptness to hurry over private duties. However, Mr. Vincent in his funeral sermon, says, "It pleased God to dissipate the cloud, and help him to discern the uprightness of his heart with satisfaction;" and that not long before he died, he said, “he could now as easily die as shut his eyes:" adding, "Here am I, longing to be silent in the dust, and to enjoy Christ in glory."

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He was author of, 1. "Heaven upon Earth: or the Best Friend in the Worst Times."-2. "The Life of his Brother, Mr. John Janeway."-3. "The Saint's Encouragement to Diligence."-4. A Token for Children:" a Book well known.5. "The Murderer punished and pardoned; with the Life and Death of T. Savage" and 6. "A Funeral Sermon for Mr. T. Mousley, with a Narrative of his Life, &c."

JANEWAY, ABRAHAM, younger brother to the former. He was a preacher in London before the plague, but being consumptive, retired with his wife to his mother at Buntingford in Hertfordshire, where he was seized by justice Crouch, under a pretence of great friendship. But he made his escape to London, and died in 1665. His funeral sermon was preached by Mr. Vincent, September 18, who, among other things, says of him, that " He was a merciful man, and shewed great compassion to souls. He Spent himself, and hastened his own death, to keep others from perishing everlastingly."

JANEWAY, JOHN, was born at Lilly, in Hertfordshire, Oct. 27, 1633, and was brother to the three Mr. Janeway's abovementioned. He was initiated in the Latin VOL. III.-No. 52.

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tongue by his father, and then sent to St. Paul's school, London, where he made a considerable progress in the Latin and Greek languages; and when about eleven years old, he took a great fancy to the study of arithmetic and the Hebrew tongue. In 1646, he was by Mr. Francis Rous, a learned gentleman, and provost of Eton College, chosen for one of the foundation of that school. At about seventeen he was chosen in King's College, Cambridge; and about eighteen God was pleased to shine upon his soul, and discover to him that the saving knowledge of God, and a sense of an interest in his love, through Christ, was vastly preferable to every thing else. His heart being now opened, God was pleased to make the exemplary life and sacred discourse of a young man in the college, together with the preaching of two eminent divines, and Mr. Baxter's "Saint's Everlasting Rest," of great use and singular advantage to him. He was now so filled with divine con templations, and tasted so much sweetness in the knowledge of Christ, that it was discernable in his very appearance; for he now "counted every thing but as dross and dung, in comparison of the knowledge of Christ, and him crucified." The account of his life tells us, that he looked upon human learning as useless, if not fixed below Christ, and not improved for Christ; he looked upon wisdom as folly, and fearning as madness, and that which would make men more like the devil, more fit for his service, and also put a greater accent upon their misery in another world. When he arrived at the age of twenty, he was admitted a fellow of King's College, which did not a little forward his schemes for promoting the interest of Christ and the good of souls. He could and did speak in the language of St. Paul to all his brethren, whether related in a natural, civil, or religious sense: "Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for you all is, that you may be saved *."

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We may read the language of his heart to them in the following extract:

"Give me leave to deal plainly, and to come close to you; for I love your souls so well, that I cannot bear the thoughts of the loss of them. Know that there is such a thing as the new birth; and except a man be born again, he cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. This new birth bath its foundation laid in a sense of sin, and a godly sor row for it, and a heart set against it; without the e there can be no salvation. Upon repentance and believing, comes justification, after

His affection to his relations appeared in his tender concern for the good of their souls, in the success of his addresses to them for that purpose. He was mighty in prayer, and his spirit was oftentimes so transported in it, that he forgot the weakness of his own body, and of others' spirits. Indeed the acquaintance he had with God was so sweet, and his converse with him so frequent, that he scarcely knew how to leave that which was so delightful and suited to his spirit. He used to wrestle with God, like one that was sure to prevail, for a blessing; and this was very evident in the many immediate answers of prayer which he received on his own and others' account. When his father died, he endeavored to fill up that relation in the care of his mother and other relatives in the most tender and affectionate manner. His comforts came from the fountain-head, and he would willingly lead them there to drink with him.

After his father's death he returned to King's College, and became a member of a small society of christians, who met chiefly to discourse on experimental religion, and that with happy success, this being a mean of ripening him apace for the heavenly world.-Societies for the purposes of vital religion have been greatly blessed, and many christians have arrived to eminence in religion this way. Mr. Janeway left King's College, and went to live in Dr. Cox's family, being recommended by the provost of the college to be tutor to his son; where, it may be supposed, they received great advantages from his holy conversation and life; but it may be here observed, that his hard study, and application to the business he went into the family to perform, was by far an overmatch for him. His body grew weak, and great pain soon broke his constitution, so that

this, sanctification, by the Spirit's dwelling in us. By this we come to be the children of God, to be made partakers of a divine nature, to lead new lives, and to have a suitableness to God. It is unworthy of Christians to have such a narrow spirit, as not to act for Christ with all our heart, and soul, and strength, and might. Be not ashamed of Christ. Be not afraid of the frowns and jeers of the wicked. Be sure to keep a conscience vod of offence, and yield by no means to any known sin. Be much in prayer, in secret prayer, and in reading the Scriptures. Therein are laid up the glorious mysteries which are hid from many eyes. My greatest desire is, that God would work his own great work in you. I desire to see you, not as formerly, but that the Lord would make me an instrument of your souls' good, for which I greatly long."

he was obliged to retire into the country for the benefit of the air. And here his first dangerous sickness commenced. He was now in a decline, and could have but little hopes of life; yet he was so far from being affrighted, that he received the sentence of death in himself with great joy. He was ashamed to desire and pray for life. "O, (said he,) is there any thing more desirable than the enjoyment of Christ? Can I expect any thing below comparable to that blessed vision? O that crown! that rest which remains for the people of God; and, blessed be God, I can say, I know it is mine! I know that when this tabernacle of clay shall be dissolved, that I have a house not made with hands; and therefore I groan, not to be unclothed, but to be clothed with Christ. To me to live is Christ, but to die is gain. I can, through infinite mercy, speak in the apostle's language. I have fought the good fight, henceforth there is laid up for me a crown incorruptible, that fadeth not away." He however recovered from this sickness in some measure, and returned to his former practice of engaging in the secret and public duties of religion. He set apart an hour every day for secret retirement and soJemn meditation, which was usually in the evening. He never preached publicly but twice, and we are told that then he came to it as if he had been used to that work forty years, delivering the word of God with that power and majesty, with that tenderness and compassion, with that reaJiness and freedom, that it made his hearers almost amazed. His first and last sermons were on communion with God, Job xxii. 21. "Acquaint now thyself with God, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee." A subject that few Christians under heaven were better able to manage than himself. In the close of life he seemed quite swallowed up with the thoughts of Christ, heaven, and eternity; and the nearer he came to it, the more swift his motion was, and the more earnest his desires for it. He was much concerned about ministers, that they should be careful not to be engaged in low and sordid designs. He judged that to take up the ministry, as a secular employ to get gain, and to aggrandize self, was absolutely inconsist ent with the true spirit of a Gospel minister. He thought it necessary that they who were devoted to the ministry, should have first given themselves and their all to God, and be filled with a real disinterested affection to precious and

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