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             A sermon preached upon the much lamented death of our late gracious sovereign Queen Mary to which is added The address of condolence to His Majesty by the dissenting ministers / by William Bates ...
             Bates, William, 1625-1699.
          
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           Dr.
           
           BATES's
           SERMON
           UPON
           THE
           DEATH
           OF
           THE
           QUEEN
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           upon
           the
           much
           Lamented
           DEATH
           Of
           our
           Late
           Gracious
           Sovereign
           QUEEN
           MARY
           .
           To
           which
           is
           Added
           the
           
             Address
             of
             Condolence
          
           TO
           His
           MAJESTY
           BY
           THE
           
             Dissenting
             Ministers
          
           .
           By
           
             WILLIAM
             BATES
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           
        
         
           Psalm
           112.
           6.
           
        
         
           The
           Righteous
           shall
           be
           in
           Everlasting
           Remembrance
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Brabazon
             Aylmer
          
           ,
           at
           the
           
             Three
             Pigeons
          
           in
           Cornhil
           :
           M
           DC
           XCV
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           The
           Most
           Illustrious
           WILLIAM
           Duke
           of
           BEDFORD
           .
        
         
           
             May
             it
             please
             your
             Grace
             ,
          
        
         
           IN
           this
           Season
           of
           Griefs
           that
           overspreads
           Three
           Kingdoms
           ,
           I
           thought
           it
           not
           unbecoming
           me
           ,
           to
           add
           one
           Voice
           to
           the
           Consort
           of
           Mourners
           .
        
         
           The
           Universal
           Goodness
           of
           the
           Queens
           Life
           ,
           is
           attended
           with
           a
           Sorrow
           of
           Equal
           Compass
           at
           her
           Death
           .
           If
           we
           Consider
           the
           Causes
           of
           it
           ,
           our
           Sins
           ,
           the
           just
           Incentives
           of
           Gods
           High
           Displeasure
           ,
           and
           the
           Chain
           of
           fearful
           Consequences
           that
           may
           ensue
           ;
           What
           Heart
           is
           such
           a
           
           frozen
           Fountain
           as
           not
           to
           Dissolve
           ,
           and
           mix
           flowing
           Tears
           with
           the
           Current
           that
           will
           be
           permanent
           in
           Times
           to
           come
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           presum'd
           to
           inscribe
           your
           Most
           Honourable
           Name
           in
           the
           following
           Sermon
           ,
           knowing
           that
           notwithstanding
           the
           meanness
           of
           the
           Composure
           ,
           the
           Subject
           of
           it
           will
           be
           very
           pleasing
           to
           your
           Grace
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           Expression
           of
           Homage
           to
           the
           Memory
           of
           the
           Incomparable
           Princess
           ,
           our
           Sovereign
           by
           a
           Double
           Title
           ,
           by
           her
           Resplendent
           Virtues
           ,
           and
           by
           her
           Crown
           .
           I
           am
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
           
             Your
             Graces
             very
             Humble
             and
             Obedient
             Servant
             ,
             William
             Bates
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           upon
           the
           much
           Lamented
           DEATH
           Of
           our
           Late
           Gracious
           Sovereign
           QUEEN
           MARY
           .
        
         
           
             PSALM
             102.
             verses
             26
             ,
             27.
             
          
           
             They
             shall
             perish
             ,
             but
             thou
             shalt
             endure
             ,
             yea
             ,
             all
             of
             them
             shall
             wax
             old
             like
             a
             garment
             ,
             as
             a
             vesture
             shalt
             thou
             change
             them
             and
             they
             shall
             be
             changed
             .
             But
             thou
             art
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             thy
             years
             shall
             have
             no
             end
             .
          
        
         
           THIS
           Psalm
           was
           according
           to
           the
           judgement
           of
           the
           best
           Interpreters
           Composed
           during
           the
           Captivity
           in
           Babylon
           :
           And
           in
           the
           former
           Verses
           the
           Prophet
           reflects
           sadly
           upon
           the
           Churches
           Afflicted
           State
           ,
           and
           his
           own
           Misery
           and
           Mortality
           :
           Verses
           14
           ,
           23
           ,
           24.
           
           He
           extends
           his
           view
           to
           the
           Ruinous
           Prospect
           of
           the
           Fabrick
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           :
           They
           shall
           decay
           ,
           and
           ,
           
           be
           destroyed
           ,
           either
           in
           their
           substance
           ,
           or
           qualities
           and
           use
           :
           Perish
           by
           Consuming
           ,
           or
           be
           changed
           by
           a
           purifying
           Fire
           .
           From
           this
           Consideration
           he
           turns
           his
           Thoughts
           to
           the
           immutable
           Constancy
           and
           Eternity
           of
           God
           ,
           
             But
             thou
             art
             the
             same
          
           ;
           thy
           Compassionate
           Favour
           and
           Power
           never
           decline
           ;
           
             and
             thy
             years
             shall
             have
             no
             end
             .
          
           Upon
           this
           ground
           he
           raises
           his
           Hope
           ,
           that
           God
           will
           revive
           and
           restore
           his
           Church
           ;
           
             the
             children
             of
             thy
             servants
             shall
             continue
             ,
             and
             their
             seed
             shall
             be
             established
             before
             thee
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Proposition
           that
           I
           shall
           Discourse
           of
           is
           this
           .
        
         
           
             That
             the
             Unchangeable
             Everlasting
             Perfections
             of
             God
             are
             the
             sure
             Foundation
             of
             the
             Churches
             Hope
             in
             its
             Desolate
             State.
             
          
        
         
           In
           the
           managing
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           shall
           first
           consider
           the
           unchangeable
           Perfections
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           How
           they
           are
           the
           Foundation
           of
           the
           Churches
           Hope
           .
        
         
           In
           Discoursing
           of
           the
           first
           Head
           I
           shall
           premise
           ,
           that
           the
           most
           sublime
           Spirits
           in
           Heaven
           cannot
           fully
           discover
           and
           comprehend
           the
           intimate
           and
           unsearchable
           Perfections
           of
           God.
           
             He
             dwells
             in
             that
             Light
             which
             is
             inaccessible
             ,
          
           the
           astonishing
           Glory
           of
           his
           Essence
           .
           How
           little
           then
           of
           his
           Nature
           is
           known
           here
           ?
           In
           the
           present
           state
           of
           Union
           with
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           we
           cannot
           contemplate
           things
           purely
           Spiritual
           without
           some
           material
           resemblances
           .
           Humane
           Knowledge
           and
           Language
           begin
           by
           the
           Senses
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           ascent
           of
           the
           Mind
           to
           the
           Supreme
           Region
           ,
           we
           are
           constrained
           to
           make
           use
           of
           the
           most
           refined
           sensible
           
           Representations
           of
           Divine
           Things
           ,
           as
           rising
           steps
           ,
           lest
           our
           Thoughts
           ,
           by
           their
           own
           weight
           ,
           fall
           into
           gross
           matter
           .
        
         
           The
           Holy
           Spirit
           in
           great
           Condescension
           reveals
           God
           to
           us
           ,
           in
           Expressions
           suitable
           to
           our
           Capacity
           and
           Conception
           ;
           but
           the
           Understanding
           must
           be
           attentive
           to
           correct
           the
           Imagination
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           not
           offend
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           lessen
           his
           Glory
           .
           In
           the
           Text
           ,
           the
           Eternity
           of
           God
           is
           set
           forth
           ,
           
             His
             years
             shall
             have
             no
             end
             :
          
           And
           he
           is
           stiled
           ,
           
             The
             antient
             of
             dayes
          
           :
           Which
           signifie
           the
           unequal
           spaces
           of
           transient
           Time
           ,
           and
           are
           proper
           only
           to
           created
           things
           that
           have
           a
           successive
           duration
           ,
           and
           are
           Metaphorically
           attributed
           to
           God.
           Eternity
           that
           is
           proper
           to
           God
           ,
           is
           a
           duration
           permanent
           ,
           indivisible
           ,
           and
           wholly
           present
           in
           it self
           .
           All
           the
           numbers
           of
           motion
           and
           measures
           of
           Time
           are
           comprehended
           and
           lost
           in
           the
           vastness
           of
           Eternity
           ,
           as
           a
           few
           drops
           of
           Rain
           that
           fall
           into
           the
           immense
           Ocean
           .
           'T
           is
           said
           of
           God
           ,
           
             He
             is
             ,
             and
             was
             ,
             and
             is
             to
             come
             .
          
           There
           is
           
           no
           past
           or
           future
           in
           God
           ,
           but
           with
           respect
           to
           his
           Works
           .
           Our
           Saviour
           declares
           ,
           
             I
             am
             the
             first
             ,
             and
             the
             last
          
           ;
           wherein
           he
           attributes
           to
           himself
           a
           Perfection
           truly
           and
           manifestly
           Divine
           .
        
         
           The
           absolute
           immutability
           of
           the
           Divine
           Nature
           is
           by
           a
           comparison
           declared
           in
           Scripture
           :
           God
           is
           stiled
           ,
           
             The
             Father
             of
             Lights
             ,
             in
             whom
             there
             is
             no
          
           
           
             variableness
             nor
             shadow
             of
             change
          
           .
           The
           great
           Luminary
           of
           Heaven
           has
           various
           Aspects
           and
           Appearances
           in
           its
           Rising
           and
           Meridian
           ,
           and
           Setting
           ;
           is
           changeable
           in
           its
           Approaches
           and
           Recesses
           ,
           from
           whence
           different
           Shadows
           are
           cast
           :
           But
           the
           Father
           of
           Lights
           has
           an
           invariable
           tenour
           of
           Glory
           ,
           he
           is
           without
           motion
           and
           mutation
           .
           God
           is
           absolutely
           
           exempt
           from
           all
           change
           in
           his
           Nature
           ,
           and
           from
           all
           accidental
           change
           .
           The
           Reason
           of
           this
           is
           evident
           from
           the
           consideration
           of
           his
           necessary
           self-existence
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           absolute
           simplicity
           of
           his
           Being
           .
           Self-existence
           is
           the
           intrinsical
           Property
           of
           Gods
           Nature
           :
           He
           defines
           himself
           by
           it
           ,
           
             I
             am
             that
             I
             am
          
           .
           He
           directs
           Moses
           to
           tell
           the
           
             Israelites
             ,
             I
             am
             hath
             sent
          
           
           
             me
             unto
             you
          
           .
           This
           and
           the
           Wonder
           working
           Rod
           were
           his
           Credentials
           to
           authorize
           and
           dignifie
           him
           in
           their
           esteem
           ,
           and
           to
           induce
           them
           to
           believe
           his
           Message
           .
           Jehovah
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           same
           with
           
             I
             am
          
           ,
           is
           the
           essential
           ,
           supream
           ,
           and
           singular
           Name
           of
           God
           ,
           whereby
           he
           is
           distinguished
           from
           all
           Created
           Beings
           :
           It
           exhibits
           the
           clearest
           Character
           of
           the
           Deity
           .
           There
           are
           other
           Divine
           Titles
           that
           signifie
           particular
           Attributes
           ,
           but
           Jehovah
           declares
           his
           Being
           from
           himself
           ,
           independent
           upon
           any
           cause
           ;
           his
           necessary
           Eternal
           Nature
           the
           Root
           (
           if
           I
           may
           so
           speak
           )
           from
           which
           his
           Perfections
           spring
           and
           flourish
           .
           All
           other
           things
           are
           from
           his
           Causality
           ;
           every
           spark
           of
           Life
           ,
           every
           degree
           of
           Being
           is
           from
           him
           :
           But
           the
           most
           excellent
           Creatures
           compared
           to
           him
           ,
           are
           but
           as
           dark
           shadows
           without
           reality
           .
           Therefore
           God
           assumes
           to
           himself
           ,
           
             I
             am
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             none
             besides
             me
             .
          
           'T
           is
           said
           the
           whole
           World
           compared
           to
           him
           ,
           
             is
             like
             a
             drop
             of
             the
             bucket
             to
             the
             sea
             ,
             or
             the
             dust
             of
             the
             ballance
             to
             the
             globe
             of
             the
             earth
             ;
             nay
             ,
             is
             less
             than
             nothing
             .
          
           There
           is
           a
           greater
           distance
           between
           God
           and
           the
           Angels
           ,
           than
           between
           the
           Angels
           and
           their
           native
           nothing
           :
           For
           they
           have
           derived
           ,
           and
           dependent
           ,
           limited
           Beings
           ,
           but
           God
           is
           all
           Perfection
           ,
           all
           Greatness
           and
           Goodness
           from
           himself
           .
        
         
         
           This
           necessary
           Self
           existence
           of
           God
           is
           the
           Foundation
           of
           his
           Immutability
           :
           Thus
           he
           declares
           ,
           
             I
             am
             the
             Lord
             Jehovah
             ,
             I
             change
             not
             :
          
           He
           is
           necessarily
           
           and
           eternally
           himself
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           he
           is
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           change
           for
           a
           moment
           .
           Absolute
           necessity
           of
           Existence
           invincibly
           infers
           the
           infinity
           of
           Existence
           :
           For
           the
           limits
           of
           any
           Being
           are
           determined
           by
           the
           productive
           cause
           of
           it
           .
           Of
           Created
           Beings
           some
           excel
           in
           one
           thing
           ,
           some
           in
           another
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Will
           of
           the
           Maker
           .
           Every
           change
           in
           the
           substance
           of
           things
           is
           either
           perfective
           or
           corruptive
           ,
           and
           both
           are
           equally
           impossible
           in
           God.
           For
           nothing
           can
           accrue
           to
           Infinite
           Perfection
           ,
           and
           nothing
           can
           be
           wanting
           to
           it
           .
           Any
           accession
           to
           his
           Excellency
           implyes
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           defect
           before
           ,
           if
           any
           impairing
           ,
           there
           would
           be
           a
           defect
           afterward
           :
           From
           hence
           it
           follows
           ,
           either
           that
           he
           was
           not
           God
           before
           ,
           or
           that
           he
           shall
           cease
           to
           be
           God
           afterward
           ,
           it
           being
           absolutely
           impossible
           that
           any
           Perfection
           be
           wanting
           in
           the
           true
           God.
           
        
         
           The
           absolute
           simplicity
           of
           the
           Divine
           Nature
           does
           infer
           the
           immutability
           of
           it
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           the
           Perfections
           of
           God
           are
           exprest
           by
           different
           titles
           ,
           and
           are
           apprehended
           by
           us
           under
           different
           conceptions
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           all
           the
           same
           Infinite
           Nature
           .
           There
           is
           no
           composition
           and
           mixture
           of
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           Power
           ,
           and
           Goodness
           in
           God
           ,
           but
           he
           is
           all
           Perfection
           in
           the
           Unity
           of
           his
           Essence
           .
        
         
           Eternity
           is
           a
           resultance
           from
           his
           independent
           Nature
           :
           For
           we
           cannot
           conceive
           of
           a
           Being
           necessary
           in
           it self
           ,
           but
           it
           must
           be
           Eternal
           ;
           
             From
             everlasting
             to
             everlasting
             thou
             art
             God.
          
           Whatever
           is
           made
           is
           perishable
           ,
           either
           from
           the
           principles
           of
           its
           composition
           ,
           as
           the
           Bodies
           of
           Animals
           ,
           which
           being
           made
           of
           
           jarring
           Elements
           ,
           dye
           by
           Natural
           Expiration
           ,
           or
           may
           be
           destroyed
           .
           The
           Angels
           ,
           tho'
           Spiritual
           Substances
           ,
           are
           mortal
           to
           God
           ,
           he
           can
           by
           a
           word
           annihilate
           them
           :
           Nay
           ,
           their
           Immortality
           depends
           upon
           his
           Power
           ,
           the
           productive
           and
           conservative
           cause
           of
           their
           Beings
           .
           He
           only
           has
           Immortality
           ,
           the
           inseparable
           
           Perfection
           of
           his
           Nature
           ,
           and
           bestows
           it
           upon
           others
           .
        
         
           The
           Eternity
           of
           God
           is
           inseparably
           connexed
           with
           his
           Immutability
           :
           For
           that
           Being
           that
           cannot
           change
           ,
           cannot
           cease
           to
           be
           .
           These
           Attributes
           infer
           and
           illustrate
           one
           another
           .
           Those
           things
           which
           Time
           bestows
           ,
           it
           takes
           away
           :
           Flowers
           that
           are
           of
           a
           springing
           accomplishment
           ,
           gradually
           wither
           :
           But
           the
           Sun
           shone
           with
           as
           much
           lustre
           and
           force
           the
           first
           day
           as
           ever
           since
           ,
           and
           continues
           in
           its
           perfection
           .
           God
           was
           from
           Eternity
           ,
           and
           therefore
           is
           alwayes
           the
           same
           in
           himself
           .
           He
           is
           not
           more
           Powerful
           when
           he
           Works
           ,
           nor
           Wise
           when
           he
           Governs
           ,
           nor
           more
           Just
           when
           he
           Punishes
           ,
           nor
           more
           Good
           when
           he
           bestows
           his
           Benefits
           .
           The
           Immutability
           of
           the
           Divine
           Nature
           is
           proper
           to
           every
           Perfection
           :
           I
           will
           mention
           some
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Divine
           Wisdom
           is
           so
           perfect
           there
           can
           be
           no
           addition
           to
           it
           .
           From
           Eternity
           it
           fixed
           the
           best
           end
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           Creator
           ;
           and
           appointed
           the
           fittest
           means
           to
           obtain
           it
           .
           His
           all-discerning
           Eye
           with
           one
           imperious
           view
           comprehends
           all
           events
           necessary
           and
           contingent
           .
           He
           sees
           all
           real
           effects
           ,
           and
           all
           possible
           in
           himself
           :
           For
           he
           perfectly
           understands
           his
           own
           Power
           ,
           and
           his
           own
           Will.
           To
           his
           Coeternal
           Knowledge
           nothing
           is
           past
           ,
           or
           to
           come
           :
           Nothing
           occurs
           new
           ,
           or
           appears
           old
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Divine
           Power
           is
           not
           capable
           of
           accession
           or
           diminution
           .
           
             In
             the
             Lord
             Jehovah
             is
             everlasting
             strength
             .
          
           'T
           is
           a
           Perfection
           inseparably
           inherent
           in
           his
           Nature
           :
           
             O
             Lord
             be
             exalted
             in
             thine
             own
             power
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Lords
             arm
             is
             not
             shortened
             :
          
           With
           the
           least
           strain
           of
           his
           Power
           he
           can
           do
           all
           things
           .
           We
           have
           a
           constant
           visible
           demonstration
           of
           the
           unchangableness
           of
           these
           Attributes
           :
           For
           the
           same
           Infinite
           Wisdom
           and
           Power
           are
           requisite
           to
           manage
           the
           World
           as
           to
           make
           it
           .
           Without
           his
           directing
           Light
           and
           supportting
           Power
           ,
           that
           Frame
           of
           the
           World
           would
           disband
           ,
           and
           the
           full
           Harmony
           of
           it
           be
           turned
           into
           confusion
           .
           
             He
             upholds
             all
             things
             by
             the
             word
             of
             his
          
           
           Power
           .
           The
           manner
           of
           sustaining
           and
           governing
           this
           great
           World
           ,
           is
           as
           Divine
           as
           the
           thing
           it self
           .
           For
           no
           less
           than
           Infinite
           Power
           can
           do
           things
           by
           a
           commanding
           Word
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Mercy
             of
             God
             endures
             for
             ever
             .
          
           This
           is
           
             renewed
             every
             Morning
             and
             Moment
             :
             'T
             is
             from
             his
             never-failing
             Compassions
             that
             we
             do
             not
             fail
             .
          
           This
           is
           our
           continual
           Advocate
           to
           deprecate
           the
           Evils
           we
           deserve
           ,
           and
           obtains
           all
           good
           things
           for
           us
           .
           'T
           is
           Mercy
           supports
           and
           sweetens
           our
           Lives
           ,
           that
           are
           so
           frail
           ,
           and
           so
           often
           forfeited
           .
           The
           unwasted
           Treasure
           of
           Mercy
           supplyes
           our
           Wants
           ,
           satisfies
           our
           Desires
           ,
           allayes
           our
           Sorrows
           .
           The
           Divine
           Mercy
           vanquishes
           our
           Fears
           ,
           comforts
           us
           in
           the
           Hour
           of
           Death
           ,
           and
           crowns
           us
           after
           it
           with
           Everlasting
           Life
           .
        
         
           The
           Holiness
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           brightest
           Ornament
           of
           his
           Essence
           ,
           is
           unchangable
           :
           
             'T
             is
             without
             spot
             or
             wrinkle
          
           ,
           that
           may
           stain
           its
           Absolute
           Purity
           .
           This
           is
           the
           Radical
           ,
           Fundamental
           Rule
           of
           Order
           in
           the
           
           Divine
           Government
           .
           'T
           is
           as
           impossible
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           should
           decline
           from
           Moral
           Good
           ,
           as
           that
           his
           Understanding
           should
           not
           discern
           it
           .
           From
           hence
           our
           Saviour
           declares
           ,
           
             That
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             shall
             pass
             away
             before
             the
             Law
             shall
             be
             abolished
             .
          
           If
           the
           Pillars
           of
           Heaven
           should
           fall
           ,
           and
           the
           Foundations
           of
           the
           Earth
           be
           overturned
           ,
           there
           would
           be
           no
           loss
           to
           God
           :
           For
           by
           one
           Act
           of
           his
           Will
           he
           can
           Create
           a
           New
           World
           ;
           but
           if
           the
           Law
           ,
           the
           Copy
           of
           his
           Holiness
           ,
           were
           altered
           or
           abrogated
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           an
           Imputation
           upon
           his
           Holy
           Nature
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           Arbitrary
           and
           Mutable
           ,
           and
           consequently
           he
           should
           cease
           to
           be
           God.
           
        
         
           Briefly
           ,
           Divine
           Immutability
           is
           the
           full
           and
           constant
           State
           of
           Perfections
           in
           the
           Deity
           .
           And
           the
           Blessedness
           of
           God
           ▪
           that
           consists
           in
           the
           fruition
           of
           himself
           ,
           has
           a
           necessary
           connexion
           with
           this
           Attribute
           .
           Immutability
           is
           the
           ground
           that
           supports
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           perfection
           that
           crowns
           it
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           The
           Churches
           hope
           in
           its
           extremity
           ,
           is
           supported
           by
           the
           unchangable
           Perfections
           of
           his
           Nature
           that
           establish
           his
           Covenant
           with
           his
           People
           .
           'T
           is
           stiled
           ,
           
             An
             Everlasting
             Covenant
             ,
             ordered
             in
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             sure
             .
          
           This
           will
           be
           evident
           by
           considering
           the
           Immutability
           of
           his
           Counsels
           and
           Decrees
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           Words
           and
           Promises
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           His
           Counsels
           and
           Decrees
           that
           concern
           the
           recovery
           of
           the
           Church
           from
           its
           despised
           and
           desolate
           State.
           The
           unchangable
           Perfections
           of
           his
           Nature
           are
           the
           Foundation
           of
           his
           unchangable
           Decrees
           :
           For
           there
           can
           be
           no
           change
           of
           them
           from
           
           within
           ,
           and
           no
           controlling
           of
           them
           from
           without
           .
           The
           Perfection
           of
           his
           Knowledge
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           he
           can
           never
           be
           surprized
           with
           a
           sudden
           new
           event
           ,
           that
           should
           induce
           him
           to
           alter
           them
           :
           And
           his
           Power
           that
           is
           truly
           Infinite
           will
           effect
           them
           .
           His
           Decrees
           are
           exprest
           to
           be
           the
           
             Council
             of
             his
             Will
          
           ;
           those
           Determinations
           being
           most
           compleat
           that
           are
           the
           product
           of
           Council
           .
           There
           are
           no
           Temporary
           Decrees
           that
           begin
           upon
           an
           unforeseen
           emergency
           ,
           for
           it
           would
           then
           follow
           ,
           there
           were
           a
           Change
           in
           God
           :
           But
           they
           were
           
             before
             the
             Foundation
             of
             the
             World
             ,
          
           and
           shall
           be
           accomplished
           in
           real
           Effects
           ,
           either
           immediately
           by
           his
           own
           Power
           ,
           or
           by
           secondary
           means
           .
           
             The
             Counsel
             of
             the
             Lord
             shall
             stand
             .
          
           The
           Decree
           of
           Election
           ,
           the
           Original
           Spring
           of
           all
           the
           good
           his
           People
           enjoy
           or
           expect
           ,
           is
           of
           infallible
           accomplishment
           .
           'T
           is
           the
           Observation
           of
           *
           St.
           Austin
           ,
           that
           although
           the
           number
           of
           the
           Elect
           shall
           not
           be
           actually
           compleat
           till
           the
           end
           of
           time
           ,
           yet
           the
           Apostle
           speaks
           of
           Eternal
           Predestination
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           finally
           accomplish'd
           already
           :
           
             Whom
             he
             predestinated
             ,
             them
             he
             also
             called
             ;
             and
             whom
             he
             called
             ,
             them
             he
             also
             justified
             ;
             and
             whom
             he
             justified
             ,
             them
             he
             also
             glorified
             .
          
           For
           his
           Eternal
           Will
           ,
           the
           product
           of
           his
           Eternal
           Love
           ,
           can
           never
           be
           frustrated
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           His
           
             Word
             endures
             for
             ever
          
           :
           'T
           is
           more
           stable
           
           than
           the
           Centre
           .
           
             The
             strength
             of
             Israel
             cannot
             lye
          
           ;
           
           
             for
             he
             is
             not
             a
             man
             that
             he
             should
             repent
             .
          
           The
           Immutability
           of
           his
           Nature
           gives
           Firmness
           to
           his
           Counsels
           ,
           they
           are
           unretractible
           ,
           and
           Fidelity
           to
           
           his
           Promises
           ,
           they
           are
           inviolable
           .
           The
           Apostle
           confirms
           Believers
           in
           
             the
             hope
             of
             Eternal
             Life
             ,
             which
             God
             ,
             that
             cannot
             lye
             ,
             promised
             .
          
           His
           Truth
           is
           an
           Attribute
           so
           Glorious
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           solemn
           proclaiming
           of
           him
           to
           the
           Israelites
           ,
           't
           is
           peculiarly
           mentioned
           and
           placed
           next
           to
           the
           Deity
           ,
           
             The
             Lord
             thy
             God
             is
             God
             ,
             the
             faithful
             God
             ,
             that
             keeps
             Covenant
          
           
           
             and
             Mercy
          
           .
           'T
           is
           so
           sacred
           and
           dear
           to
           him
           ,
           
             that
             he
             magnifies
             his
             Word
             above
             all
             his
             Name
             .
          
           Therefore
           he
           revealed
           himself
           by
           the
           Name
           Jehovah
           to
           Moses
           ,
           which
           implyed
           ,
           he
           would
           be
           the
           same
           in
           performing
           as
           he
           was
           in
           promising
           ;
           and
           accordingly
           by
           the
           Miraculous
           Strokes
           of
           his
           Power
           delivered
           his
           People
           from
           the
           Bondage
           of
           Egypt
           .
           This
           is
           the
           ground
           of
           the
           Psalmists
           Confidence
           ,
           
             Thou
             O
             Lord
             shalt
             endure
             for
             ever
             ,
             and
             thy
             remembrance
          
           
           
             unto
             all
             generations
             .
             Thou
             shalt
             arise
             ,
             and
             have
             mercy
             upon
             Sion
             ,
             for
             the
             time
             to
             favour
             her
             ,
             the
             set
             time
             is
             come
             .
          
           From
           the
           Immutability
           of
           the
           Essence
           of
           God
           ,
           he
           infers
           the
           constancy
           of
           his
           Promises
           ,
           which
           declared
           by
           his
           Prophets
           the
           fixed
           time
           of
           their
           restoration
           .
        
         
           In
           short
           ,
           by
           the
           Covenant
           of
           God
           ,
           his
           Church
           is
           received
           into
           Communion
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           because
           he
           lives
           ,
           't
           is
           impossible
           they
           should
           perish
           .
           In
           this
           the
           force
           of
           our
           Saviours
           Argument
           consists
           against
           the
           Sadducees
           ,
           who
           denyed
           the
           Resurrection
           :
           
             That
             Jehovah
             was
             the
             God
             of
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
             ,
             and
             Jacob
             ,
          
           therefore
           they
           should
           be
           raised
           to
           a
           Glorious
           Immortality
           .
        
         
           
           
             The
             Application
             of
             the
             Point
             .
          
           
             From
             hence
             we
             may
             understand
             the
             Reason
             of
             the
             supreme
             and
             solemn
             Adoration
             that
             all
             intelligent
             Creatures
             are
             obliged
             to
             pay
             to
             God
             ;
             't
             is
             for
             the
             absolute
             and
             unchangeable
             Perfection
             of
             his
             Nature
             ,
             whereby
             he
             is
             infinitely
             superiour
             and
             separate
             from
             all
             created
             Beings
             .
             There
             are
             different
             Degrees
             of
             Excellency
             in
             the
             Creatures
             ,
             but
             in
             comparison
             with
             God
             they
             all
             vanish
             and
             are
             equally
             nothing
             .
             As
             if
             one
             should
             be
             raised
             to
             the
             Region
             of
             the
             Stars
             ,
             and
             cast
             a
             look
             down
             on
             the
             Earth
             ,
             the
             highest
             Mountains
             with
             the
             Vallies
             would
             appear
             an
             equal
             Plain
             .
             God's
             incommunicable
             Name
             is
             ,
             
               I
               am
            
             ;
             he
             is
             alone
             from
             himself
             infinite
             and
             immortal
             ,
             and
             in
             propriety
             of
             Speech
             he
             
               only
               is
            
             :
             all
             other
             Beings
             are
             derived
             and
             dependant
             on
             him
             ,
             and
             have
             but
             a
             Countenance
             and
             Shadow
             of
             Being
             .
          
           
             Let
             us
             consider
             Men
             and
             Angels
             ,
             that
             in
             Nature
             are
             more
             excellent
             than
             other
             Creatures
             .
             The
             first
             Man
             in
             the
             Perfection
             of
             Paradise
             was
             mutable
             ,
             his
             natural
             Life
             was
             in
             a
             continual
             Flux
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             preserv'd
             by
             the
             Fruits
             of
             the
             Garden
             .
             If
             he
             had
             persevered
             in
             his
             Obedience
             ,
             after
             a
             short
             Immortality
             on
             Earth
             ,
             he
             had
             ascended
             to
             Heaven
             alive
             in
             his
             intire
             Person
             ,
             but
             he
             must
             have
             been
             changed
             in
             his
             Ascension
             ,
             
               for
               Flesh
               and
               Blood
               cannot
               inherit
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Heaven
               .
            
             He
             had
             Strength
             to
             stand
             ,
             but
             was
             free
             to
             fall
             ;
             and
             that
             Freedom
             to
             Evil
             was
             a
             Branch
             of
             Imperfection
             .
             There
             is
             a
             woful
             Proof
             of
             this
             in
             his
             rebellious
             Disobedience
             ,
             for
             which
             he
             lost
             more
             in
             a
             Day
             than
             his
             Progeny
             can
             recover
             to
             all
             Ages
             .
             The
             Angels
             are
             superiour
             Spirits
             ,
             yet
             
               they
               were
               charged
               with
               Folly
            
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             a
             Slipperiness
             and
             Mutability
             from
             which
             God
             alone
             is
             entirely
             exempt
             .
             The
             Elect
             Angels
             ,
             who
             
             continued
             faithful
             when
             such
             mighty
             Numbers
             were
             false
             ,
             and
             deserted
             their
             Duty
             ,
             (
             and
             fell
             from
             their
             original
             Purity
             and
             Glory
             )
             are
             not
             absolutely
             unchangeable
             :
             their
             Confirmation
             and
             Stability
             is
             from
             the
             continual
             Irradiations
             and
             Influences
             of
             Divine
             Grace
             ,
             that
             preserve
             their
             Minds
             from
             Error
             ,
             and
             their
             Wills
             from
             irregular
             Desires
             ,
             and
             consequently
             they
             cannot
             sin
             ,
             nor
             forfeit
             their
             Felicity
             ;
             for
             all
             Sin
             proceeds
             from
             Error
             in
             the
             Mind
             ,
             and
             Disorder
             in
             the
             Will.
             
          
           
             In
             the
             Perfection
             of
             Glory
             the
             Angels
             are
             not
             without
             Change
             ;
             their
             Understandings
             and
             Wills
             are
             variously
             tinctur'd
             and
             colour'd
             by
             Diversity
             of
             Objects
             :
             their
             Minds
             are
             illustrated
             with
             new
             Discoveries
             of
             the
             Divine
             Counsels
             in
             their
             gradual
             Accomplishment
             .
             The
             Apostle
             tells
             us
             ,
             
               Unto
               Principalities
               and
               Powers
               is
            
             
             
               made
               known
               by
               the
               Church
               the
               manifold
               Wisdom
               of
               God.
            
             With
             the
             intellectual
             Change
             their
             Wills
             receive
             new
             Impressions
             of
             Joy.
             At
             the
             Incarnation
             of
             our
             Saviour
             a
             Chorus
             of
             Angels
             sang
             with
             celestial
             Harmony
             ,
             
               Glory
               to
               God
               on
               high
               ,
               on
               Earth
               Peace
               ,
               good
               Will
               towards
               Men.
            
             At
             the
             Conversion
             of
             a
             Sinner
             there
             is
             new
             Joy
             
             among
             those
             blessed
             Spirits
             :
             but
             the
             blessed
             God
             is
             always
             the
             same
             .
             'T
             is
             from
             the
             Consideration
             of
             God's
             Peerless
             Excellencies
             that
             the
             glorious
             Seraphims
             are
             for
             ever
             in
             a
             Posture
             of
             lowest
             Reverence
             before
             the
             Throne
             ,
             and
             magnify
             him
             by
             the
             transcendent
             Title
             that
             separates
             him
             from
             all
             Creatures
             of
             the
             highest
             Order
             ,
             
               Holy
               ,
               Holy
               ,
               Holy
               Lord
               God
               of
               Host
               :
               the
               Earth
               is
               full
               of
               thy
               Glory
               .
            
             The
             most
             proper
             Affection
             due
             to
             that
             infinitely
             excelling
             Object
             ,
             is
             Admiration
             mix'd
             with
             humble
             Fear
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             This
             should
             confirm
             our
             Trust
             
               in
               God
               at
               all
               times
            
             .
             The
             Psalmist's
             Induction
             is
             from
             hence
             ,
             Thou
             
             
               art
               the
               same
               ,
               and
               thy
               Years
               have
               no
               End.
               The
               Children
               of
               thy
               Servants
               shall
               continue
               ,
               and
               their
               Seed
               shall
               be
               establish'd
               before
               thee
               .
            
             We
             will
             consider
             this
             Security
             of
             the
             Church
             in
             the
             present
             and
             the
             future
             State.
             
          
           
             1st
             .
             While
             the
             Church
             is
             in
             this
             lower
             World
             the
             Sphere
             of
             Mutability
             .
             The
             first
             Sin
             of
             Adam
             open'd
             a
             Passage
             to
             innumerable
             Evils
             ,
             that
             either
             oppress
             us
             ,
             or
             are
             impendent
             over
             us
             :
             
               Man
               at
               his
               best
               Estate
               is
               altogether
            
             
             Vanity
             :
             not
             only
             when
             languishing
             and
             wasting
             by
             Diseases
             ,
             when
             afflicted
             by
             Disasters
             ,
             but
             in
             his
             fairest
             Flower
             and
             best
             Vigour
             .
             Nay
             ,
             the
             higher
             his
             Exaltation
             is
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             the
             more
             he
             is
             exposed
             to
             the
             Storms
             of
             Mutability
             .
             How
             shall
             Man
             ,
             a
             Creature
             so
             impotent
             and
             apprehensive
             of
             Dangers
             ,
             compose
             the
             Disorder
             of
             his
             Passions
             ?
             How
             shall
             he
             support
             his
             Spirit
             in
             an
             unsafe
             and
             unquiet
             Condition
             ?
             The
             present
             World
             ,
             as
             't
             is
             insufficient
             for
             our
             Satisfaction
             ,
             so
             it
             cannot
             afford
             us
             Protection
             :
             it
             cannot
             fill
             the
             Immensity
             of
             our
             Desires
             ,
             nor
             extend
             to
             the
             Eternity
             of
             our
             Duration
             ,
             nor
             preserve
             us
             from
             Afflictions
             here
             .
             The
             seeming
             Felicity
             hence
             is
             like
             a
             Feast
             in
             an
             empty
             Dream
             ,
             mere
             imaginary
             Food
             ,
             and
             vanishes
             in
             a
             little
             while
             .
             What
             then
             can
             quiet
             our
             Fears
             under
             imminent
             Evils
             ?
             what
             can
             revive
             and
             support
             our
             Hopes
             in
             our
             Distress
             and
             Exigencies
             but
             the
             unchangeable
             God
             ,
             whose
             Love
             ,
             and
             Power
             ,
             and
             Truth
             ,
             are
             everlasting
             ?
             Therefore
             we
             are
             encouraged
             
               to
               trust
               in
               the
               Lord
               for
               ever
               ,
               because
               in
               the
               Lord
               Jehovah
               is
               everlasting
               Strength
               .
            
             He
             
               sits
               in
               Heaven
            
             ,
             his
             Throne
             is
             unshaken
             ,
             when
             things
             below
             are
             whirl'd
             about
             in
             a
             vertiginous
             Circle
             .
             Creatures
             may
             promise
             us
             Relief
             in
             our
             Troubles
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             so
             false
             or
             fading
             ,
             that
             we
             shall
             be
             deceived
             in
             our
             Reliance
             on
             them
             ,
             and
             Disappointment
             will
             increase
             our
             Vexation
             ;
             
             yet
             our
             carnal
             Constitution
             strongly
             inclines
             us
             to
             depend
             upon
             them
             ,
             either
             for
             the
             obtaining
             what
             we
             desire
             ,
             or
             for
             the
             preventing
             what
             we
             fear
             :
             The
             Reason
             is
             ,
             because
             we
             see
             things
             with
             the
             Eyes
             of
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             accordingly
             esteem
             their
             Strength
             and
             Sufficiency
             as
             't
             is
             visible
             to
             us
             .
             Therefore
             we
             are
             so
             often
             directed
             
               not
               to
               put
               our
               Trust
               in
               Princes
               ,
               nor
               in
               the
               Sons
               of
               Men
               ,
               in
               whom
               there
               is
               no
               Help
               :
            
             His
             
               Breath
               goeth
               forth
               ,
               he
               returns
               to
               his
               Earth
               ,
               in
               that
               very
               Day
               his
               Thoughts
               perish
               .
            
             They
             are
             distinguish'd
             from
             others
             in
             the
             Quality
             of
             Living
             ,
             but
             are
             under
             the
             same
             hard
             and
             inflexible
             Necessity
             of
             Dying
             .
             They
             cannot
             retain
             one
             Ray
             of
             the
             superficial
             Lustre
             of
             their
             Crowns
             ,
             to
             enlighten
             the
             dark
             Shadow
             of
             Death
             :
             they
             carry
             no
             Reliques
             of
             Majesty
             into
             the
             next
             World
             ,
             to
             impress
             a
             Reverence
             upon
             others
             .
             
               All
               Flesh
               is
               Grass
               ,
               and
               the
               Glory
               of
               it
               as
               the
               Flower
               of
               Grass
               :
               the
               Grass
               withers
               ,
               and
               the
               Flower
               thereof
               fades
               ;
               but
               the
               Word
               of
               the
               Lord
               endureth
               for
               ever
               .
            
             God
             is
             our
             living
             Strength
             ,
             a
             sure
             Refuge
             to
             which
             we
             may
             fly
             in
             our
             Extremities
             .
             He
             can
             compose
             a
             raging
             World
             ,
             or
             preserve
             his
             Church
             in
             it
             ,
             as
             he
             did
             the
             Ark
             in
             the
             Universal
             Deluge
             .
             The
             Prophet
             alledges
             this
             Reason
             of
             his
             Confidence
             ,
             
               Art
               not
               thou
               from
               everlasting
               ,
               O
               Lord
               my
               God
               ,
               mine
               holy
               one
               ?
               we
               shall
               not
               die
               .
            
             And
             accordingly
             the
             Prophet
             Jeremiah
             argues
             ;
             
               Thou
               O
               Lord
               remainest
               for
               ever
               ,
               thy
               Throne
               is
               from
               Generation
               to
               Generation
               !
               Wherefore
            
             
             
               dost
               thou
               forget
               us
               for
               ever
               ,
               and
               forsake
               us
               so
               long
               time
               ?
            
          
           
             2dly
             .
             In
             the
             next
             State
             we
             shall
             be
             unchangeably
             happy
             in
             his
             influxive
             Presence
             .
             Here
             there
             are
             many
             Vicissitudes
             ,
             strange
             and
             suddain
             Prosperity
             and
             Adversity
             ,
             Riches
             and
             Poverty
             ,
             Health
             and
             Sickness
             in
             the
             Circulation
             of
             time
             succeed
             one
             another
             :
             
             as
             in
             a
             Voyage
             ,
             the
             change
             of
             the
             Winds
             ,
             sometimes
             a
             Storm
             ,
             and
             after
             a
             Calm
             ,
             the
             unquiet
             Agitation
             of
             the
             Ship
             ,
             the
             Sickness
             of
             the
             Passengers
             ,
             are
             Accidents
             that
             happen
             to
             those
             who
             sail
             in
             the
             Ocean
             :
             but
             when
             they
             arrive
             at
             the
             Port
             ,
             all
             is
             at
             an
             end
             .
             Thus
             when
             we
             shall
             come
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             all
             the
             Variations
             of
             Time
             shall
             end
             in
             a
             permanent
             stable
             State
             :
             Our
             Blessedness
             shall
             exceed
             all
             our
             Desires
             ,
             and
             exclude
             all
             our
             Fears
             :
             it
             shall
             be
             compleat
             and
             surrounded
             with
             Eternity
             .
             
               There
               God
               is
               All
               in
               All.
               
            
          
           
             The
             Text
             I
             have
             been
             discoursing
             of
             ,
             is
             very
             applicable
             to
             the
             Occasion
             ;
             for
             we
             are
             instructed
             by
             very
             afflicting
             Experience
             how
             fallacious
             our
             Hopes
             are
             ,
             that
             depend
             upon
             dying
             Creatures
             .
             The
             excellent
             Queen
             ,
             from
             whose
             Inclination
             and
             Power
             the
             Kingdom
             expected
             such
             diffusive
             Good
             ,
             and
             for
             a
             long
             Continuance
             ,
             was
             in
             the
             Prime
             and
             Vigor
             of
             her
             Age
             taken
             from
             us
             .
          
           
             How
             convincingly
             verified
             are
             the
             words
             of
             the
             wise
             Preacher
             ,
             
               Vanity
               of
               Vanities
               ,
               all
               is
               Vanity
               .
               Those
               who
               are
               stiled
               Gods
               by
               Deputation
               and
               Vicegerency
               ,
               and
            
             
             
               Children
               of
               the
               most
               High
               ,
               shall
               die
               like
               Men
               :
            
             they
             are
             made
             of
             the
             same
             frail
             Materials
             ,
             and
             liable
             to
             the
             same
             Accidents
             with
             the
             lowest
             of
             the
             People
             .
          
           
             That
             we
             may
             have
             a
             due
             sense
             of
             our
             heavy
             Loss
             ,
             I
             shall
             endeavour
             sincerely
             and
             briefly
             to
             represent
             what
             she
             was
             ,
             and
             what
             a
             Blessing
             we
             enjoyed
             in
             her
             Government
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             that
             the
             praising
             of
             the
             Dead
             is
             usually
             suspected
             to
             be
             guilty
             of
             Flattery
             ,
             either
             in
             disguising
             their
             real
             Faults
             ,
             or
             in
             adorning
             them
             with
             counterfeit
             Vertues
             ,
             and
             such
             Praises
             are
             pernicious
             to
             the
             Living
             .
             The
             Temptation
             to
             Excess
             in
             this
             kind
             is
             never
             
             so
             dangerous
             as
             in
             the
             Funeral
             Encomiums
             of
             Princes
             .
             The
             most
             regular
             Discretion
             is
             requisite
             in
             managing
             such
             Subjects
             :
             Flaunting
             Language
             ,
             and
             high
             sounding
             Words
             the
             more
             Poetical
             ,
             are
             less
             Perswasive
             ,
             for
             they
             seem
             to
             proceed
             from
             a
             vain
             Ostentation
             of
             Eloquence
             .
             The
             discovery
             of
             the
             Paint
             of
             Art
             in
             a
             Funeral
             Sermon
             defeats
             the
             End
             of
             it
             ,
             for
             it
             lessens
             the
             Credit
             of
             the
             Speaker
             ,
             and
             the
             Esteem
             of
             the
             Person
             spoken
             of
             .
             The
             suspicion
             that
             more
             is
             said
             than
             is
             true
             ,
             induces
             a
             Thought
             that
             there
             is
             less
             Praise-worthy
             than
             there
             is
             .
             But
             when
             the
             excellent
             Goodness
             of
             a
             Person
             in
             a
             uniform
             Tenor
             of
             Life
             was
             illustriously
             visible
             ,
             the
             naked
             Narrative
             of
             her
             Actions
             will
             be
             a
             more
             effectual
             Amplification
             of
             her
             Worth
             and
             Praise
             ,
             than
             the
             most
             lively
             and
             graceful
             Colours
             of
             Language
             can
             impart
             .
          
           
             Before
             I
             proceed
             ,
             't
             is
             necessary
             to
             consider
             two
             Acts
             of
             Divine
             Providence
             concerning
             the
             Queen
             ,
             that
             are
             eminently
             observable
             ,
             and
             were
             principal
             Ingredients
             in
             our
             miraculous
             Deliverance
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             is
             ,
             That
             She
             was
             not
             early
             engaged
             in
             the
             Belief
             and
             Practice
             of
             Popery
             ,
             a
             Religion
             so
             contrary
             to
             Reason
             and
             Divine
             Revelation
             .
             Children
             before
             they
             come
             to
             the
             free
             Exercise
             of
             Reason
             ,
             are
             very
             receptive
             of
             the
             first
             Impressions
             :
             especially
             the
             Instructions
             of
             Parents
             enter
             with
             Authority
             and
             Efficacy
             into
             the
             Minds
             ,
             and
             more
             especially
             if
             they
             partake
             from
             them
             as
             the
             secondary
             Authors
             ,
             not
             only
             Life
             ,
             but
             high
             Honour
             and
             Riches
             .
             There
             is
             the
             clearest
             Evidence
             of
             this
             ,
             for
             in
             all
             Nations
             Children
             receive
             their
             Religion
             from
             the
             Quality
             of
             their
             Parents
             .
             Now
             't
             is
             truly
             wonderful
             ,
             that
             the
             Queen's
             Father
             being
             so
             amorous
             of
             his
             Religion
             ,
             did
             not
             take
             the
             season
             of
             
             instilling
             it
             into
             her
             ,
             before
             she
             could
             with
             Understanding
             make
             a
             Choice
             of
             it
             .
             It
             increases
             the
             Wonder
             ,
             in
             that
             the
             Priests
             were
             Attendants
             in
             his
             Court
             ,
             who
             being
             deeply
             struck
             with
             Superstition
             ,
             are
             watchful
             to
             take
             all
             Advantages
             to
             propagate
             it
             .
             If
             she
             had
             been
             tainted
             with
             it
             ,
             how
             unhappy
             had
             it
             been
             to
             her self
             ,
             how
             pernicious
             to
             others
             ?
             
               If
               the
               Light
               that
               is
               in
               thee
               be
               Darkness
               ,
               how
               great
               is
               that
               Darkness
               ?
            
             Darkness
             !
             Popery
             is
             a
             Religion
             that
             begins
             in
             inward
             Darkness
             ,
             and
             leads
             to
             utter
             Darkness
             .
             If
             her
             Mind
             had
             been
             prepossest
             with
             so
             dangerous
             Errors
             ,
             how
             hard
             to
             have
             represented
             Truth
             convincingly
             to
             her
             ?
             The
             Wool
             that
             has
             imbibed
             a
             dark
             Tincture
             ,
             can
             never
             receive
             a
             lighter
             Colour
             .
             The
             change
             of
             Inclinations
             that
             are
             deeply
             set
             in
             the
             Will
             is
             very
             hard
             ,
             and
             the
             change
             of
             Opinions
             concerning
             Religion
             that
             have
             first
             possessed
             the
             Mind
             ,
             is
             equally
             if
             not
             more
             difficult
             .
             How
             pernicious
             had
             it
             been
             to
             others
             ?
             For
             the
             corrupting
             the
             Mind
             of
             a
             Royal
             Person
             with
             a
             false
             Religion
             ,
             is
             like
             poisoning
             a
             publick
             Fountain
             ,
             that
             conveys
             Infection
             abroad
             .
             How
             admirable
             was
             the
             preventing
             Mercy
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             as
             soon
             as
             she
             was
             capable
             ,
             she
             was
             instructed
             in
             the
             knowledg
             of
             the
             saving
             Truth
             ;
             and
             that
             her
             Mind
             and
             Heart
             were
             so
             firm
             and
             fixed
             in
             it
             ,
             that
             she
             was
             neither
             seduced
             nor
             terrified
             from
             it
             .
             This
             preventing
             Grace
             was
             an
             illustrious
             Mark
             of
             her
             Election
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             Disposal
             of
             her
             in
             Marriage
             to
             a
             Prince
             of
             the
             Reformed
             Religion
             ,
             raised
             by
             God
             to
             oppose
             the
             proud
             Aspirer
             ,
             and
             check
             the
             Current
             of
             his
             Fury
             ,
             who
             usurps
             the
             Glory
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             breaks
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             Earth
             ;
             who
             arrogates
             a
             Soveraignty
             over
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             has
             compelled
             such
             vast
             Numbers
             to
             abjure
             the
             Truth
             :
             whose
             infamous
             Ambition
             has
             turned
             
             Europe
             into
             a
             Stage
             of
             bloody
             Confusion
             .
             Our
             Serenity
             and
             Tranquillity
             ,
             the
             flourishing
             of
             Peace
             and
             Truth
             ,
             are
             from
             the
             benevolent
             Aspect
             and
             favourable
             Influence
             of
             these
             two
             bright
             Stars
             in
             Conjunction
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             in
             speaking
             of
             this
             excellent
             Queen
             ,
             not
             insist
             on
             the
             Privileges
             in
             the
             Order
             of
             Nature
             that
             eminently
             distinguish'd
             her
             from
             others
             .
             Her
             Descent
             was
             Royal
             :
             but
             this
             is
             only
             an
             external
             Circumstance
             ,
             and
             derives
             no
             Moral
             Value
             to
             a
             Person
             .
             The
             Splendor
             of
             Extraction
             ,
             like
             Varnish
             in
             a
             Picture
             that
             gives
             more
             Life
             and
             Lustre
             to
             the
             Colours
             ,
             makes
             the
             Vertues
             or
             the
             Vices
             of
             a
             Person
             more
             conspicuous
             .
          
           
             Her
             Body
             was
             the
             beautiful
             Temple
             of
             a
             fairer
             Soul
             :
             Her
             graceful
             Presence
             inspired
             Reverence
             and
             Love
             in
             those
             who
             saw
             her
             ,
             and
             appeared
             worthy
             of
             Empire
             .
             But
             visible
             Beauty
             is
             often
             join'd
             with
             foul
             Deformity
             in
             the
             same
             Person
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             begin
             with
             her
             Piety
             towards
             God.
             This
             is
             the
             first
             Duty
             of
             Man
             in
             Order
             and
             Dignity
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             considerable
             in
             its
             Consequences
             :
             't
             is
             the
             Foundation
             of
             all
             Royal
             Vertues
             .
             In
             the
             Publick
             Worship
             of
             God
             ,
             she
             was
             a
             bright
             Example
             of
             solemn
             and
             unaffected
             Devotion
             .
             She
             prayed
             with
             humble
             Reverence
             ,
             heard
             the
             Word
             with
             respectful
             Silence
             ,
             and
             with
             serious
             Application
             of
             Spirit
             ,
             as
             duly
             considering
             the
             infinite
             Interval
             between
             the
             Supremacy
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Princes
             on
             Earth
             :
             That
             their
             Greatness
             in
             its
             Lustre
             is
             but
             a
             faint
             and
             vanishing
             Reflection
             of
             the
             Divine
             Majesty
             .
             One
             Instance
             I
             shall
             specify
             in
             this
             kind
             :
             When
             her
             Residence
             was
             at
             the
             Hague
             ,
             a
             Lady
             of
             Noble
             Quality
             coming
             to
             the
             Court
             to
             wait
             on
             her
             on
             a
             Saturday
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             ,
             was
             told
             she
             was
             retired
             from
             all
             Company
             ,
             and
             kept
             a
             Fast
             in
             preparation
             
             for
             the
             receiving
             the
             Sacrament
             the
             next
             day
             .
             The
             Lady
             staying
             till
             five
             a
             clock
             ,
             the
             Princess
             came
             out
             ,
             and
             contented
             her self
             with
             a
             very
             slender
             Supper
             ,
             it
             being
             incongruous
             to
             conclude
             a
             Fast
             with
             Feast
             .
             Thus
             solemnly
             she
             prepared
             her self
             for
             spiritual
             Communion
             with
             her
             Saviour
             .
             When
             Moses
             was
             surpriz'd
             at
             the
             sight
             of
             the
             flaming
             Bush
             ,
             and
             intended
             to
             come
             near
             to
             it
             ,
             he
             was
             warn'd
             by
             a
             Voice
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             
               Draw
               not
               nigh
               hither
               :
               Put
               off
               thy
               Shoes
               from
               thy
               Feet
               ,
               for
               the
               Place
               wherein
               thou
               standest
               is
               holy
               Ground
               .
            
             By
             the
             familiar
             figure
             of
             putting
             off
             the
             Shoes
             ,
             is
             signified
             the
             purifying
             our selves
             from
             all
             Defilements
             .
             And
             certainly
             the
             Presence
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             is
             more
             peculiar
             in
             that
             sacred
             mysterious
             Ordinance
             ,
             than
             it
             was
             in
             the
             burning
             Bush
             ;
             accordingly
             we
             should
             sanctify
             our selves
             ,
             and
             approach
             with
             holy
             Fear
             .
          
           
             Her
             Religion
             was
             not
             confin'd
             to
             the
             Chappel
             ,
             but
             every
             Day
             she
             had
             chosen
             Hours
             for
             Communion
             with
             God
             ,
             of
             which
             he
             is
             the
             only
             Discerner
             and
             Rewarder
             .
             Some
             that
             are
             High
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             think
             it
             sufficient
             to
             pay
             a
             Complemental
             Visit
             to
             God
             once
             a
             Week
             ,
             and
             content
             themselves
             with
             the
             external
             Service
             ,
             tho
             destitute
             of
             Holy
             Affections
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             Life
             of
             Religion
             ,
             or
             at
             best
             are
             satisfied
             with
             a
             few
             expiring
             Acts
             of
             Devotion
             :
             But
             the
             good
             Queen's
             
               Conversation
               was
               in
               Heaven
            
             ,
             she
             was
             constant
             in
             those
             Duties
             wherein
             the
             Soul
             ascends
             to
             God
             by
             solemn
             Thoughts
             and
             ardent
             Desires
             ,
             and
             God
             descends
             into
             the
             Soul
             by
             the
             Excitations
             and
             Influences
             of
             his
             Spirit
             .
          
           
             Her
             Religion
             was
             not
             only
             exercised
             in
             Divine
             Worship
             ,
             but
             was
             influential
             into
             her
             Practice
             .
             
               The
               Law
               of
               God
               was
               written
               in
               her
               Heart
               ,
               and
               transcribed
               in
               her
               Life
               in
               the
               fairest
               Characters
               .
            
          
           
           
             She
             had
             a
             sincere
             Zeal
             for
             the
             healing
             our
             unhappy
             Divisions
             in
             Religious
             Things
             ,
             and
             declared
             her
             Resolution
             upon
             the
             first
             Address
             of
             some
             Ministers
             ,
             that
             she
             would
             use
             all
             Means
             for
             that
             Blessed
             End.
             She
             was
             so
             wise
             as
             to
             understand
             the
             Difference
             between
             Matters
             Doctrinal
             ,
             and
             Rituals
             ;
             and
             so
             good
             as
             to
             allow
             a
             just
             Liberty
             for
             Dissenters
             in
             Things
             of
             small
             Moment
             .
             She
             was
             not
             fetter'd
             with
             Superstitious
             Scruples
             ,
             but
             her
             clear
             and
             free
             Spirit
             was
             for
             the
             Union
             of
             Christians
             in
             Things
             essential
             to
             Christianity
             .
             This
             revives
             in
             me
             the
             sorrowful
             Remembrance
             of
             the
             late
             Excellent
             Arch-bishop
             ,
             tho
             in
             Place
             incomparably
             inferiour
             to
             the
             Queen
             ;
             their
             Principles
             and
             Temper
             ,
             their
             Designs
             and
             Endeavours
             were
             for
             Peace
             :
             And
             the
             hopes
             of
             obtaining
             it
             are
             weakened
             by
             the
             fatal
             Conjuncture
             of
             their
             Funerals
             .
          
           
             The
             Holiness
             of
             her
             Life
             was
             Universal
             .
             She
             was
             Born
             and
             Lived
             in
             the
             Court
             that
             shines
             in
             Pomp
             and
             flows
             in
             Pleasures
             ,
             and
             presents
             charming
             Temptations
             to
             all
             the
             Diseased
             Appetites
             .
             Pride
             that
             destroyed
             both
             Worlds
             ,
             and
             cleaves
             so
             close
             to
             Human
             Nature
             ,
             reigns
             there
             .
             The
             Love
             of
             Pleasure
             is
             a
             soft
             Seducer
             ,
             that
             easily
             insinuates
             through
             the
             Senses
             ,
             and
             captivates
             the
             Soul.
             'T
             is
             an
             Observation
             of
             St.
             Chrysostom
             that
             the
             three
             Hebrew
             Martyrs
             that
             were
             preserved
             unpolluted
             in
             the
             Court
             of
             Babylon
             ,
             was
             a
             greater
             Miracle
             than
             the
             preserving
             them
             unsinged
             in
             the
             Fiery
             Furnace
             .
             In
             the
             absence
             of
             Temptations
             the
             Corrupt
             Nature
             is
             sometimes
             so
             conceal'd
             that
             't
             is
             hardly
             known
             to
             it self
             ;
             but
             when
             tempting
             Objects
             arm'd
             with
             Allurements
             offer
             themselves
             ,
             the
             corrupt
             Nature
             is
             presently
             discover'd
             :
             Especially
             if
             a
             Person
             comes
             to
             the
             Licence
             of
             the
             Scepter
             ,
             that
             swells
             Pride
             ,
             and
             authorizes
             the
             exorbitant
             Desires
             .
             To
             be
             humble
             
             in
             such
             a
             high
             Elevation
             ,
             to
             be
             temperate
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             freest
             Fruitions
             ,
             is
             the
             Effect
             of
             powerful
             Grace
             .
             Who
             ever
             saw
             in
             the
             Queen
             an
             Appearance
             of
             Pride
             and
             Disdain
             ?
             How
             graceful
             was
             the
             Condescendence
             of
             her
             Greatness
             ?
             Who
             saw
             any
             Disorder
             in
             her
             Countenance
             ,
             the
             Chrystal
             wherein
             the
             Affections
             are
             visible
             ?
             Her
             Breast
             was
             like
             the
             Pacifick
             Sea
             ,
             that
             seldom
             suffers
             and
             is
             disturbed
             by
             a
             Storm
             .
             She
             was
             so
             exempt
             from
             the
             Tyranny
             of
             the
             angry
             Passions
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             have
             some
             conjecture
             of
             the
             Felicity
             of
             the
             State
             of
             unstained
             Innocence
             ,
             of
             which
             one
             Ray
             is
             so
             amiable
             .
             And
             was
             so
             abhorring
             from
             the
             sensual
             Passions
             ,
             that
             nothing
             impure
             durst
             approach
             her
             Presence
             .
          
           
             In
             her
             Relation
             to
             the
             King
             she
             was
             the
             best
             Pattern
             of
             Conjugal
             Love
             and
             Obsequiousness
             .
             How
             happy
             was
             her
             Society
             ,
             redoubling
             his
             Comforts
             ,
             and
             dividing
             his
             Cares
             ?
             Her
             Deportment
             was
             becoming
             the
             Dignity
             and
             Dearness
             of
             the
             Relation
             .
             Of
             this
             we
             have
             the
             most
             convincing
             Proof
             from
             the
             Testimony
             and
             Tears
             of
             the
             King
             since
             her
             Death
             .
             Solomon
             adds
             to
             many
             Commendations
             of
             a
             vertuous
             Woman
             ,
             as
             a
             Coronis
             ,
             
               that
               her
               Husband
               praises
            
             her
             .
             The
             King
             's
             declaring
             ,
             that
             in
             all
             her
             Conversation
             he
             discovered
             no
             Fault
             ,
             and
             his
             unfeigned
             and
             deep
             Sorrow
             for
             his
             Loss
             ,
             are
             the
             Queen
             's
             entire
             Elogy
             .
          
           
             She
             had
             an
             excellent
             Understanding
             that
             qualified
             her
             for
             Government
             .
             Of
             this
             her
             presiding
             in
             Council
             in
             times
             of
             Danger
             ,
             and
             preserving
             the
             Tranquillity
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             were
             real
             Proofs
             .
          
           
             Her
             Charity
             ,
             that
             Celestial
             Grace
             ,
             was
             like
             the
             Sun
             ,
             nothing
             within
             her
             Circuit
             was
             hid
             from
             its
             refreshing
             Heat
             .
             Love
             is
             the
             clearest
             Notion
             we
             have
             of
             
             the
             Deity
             :
             
               God
               is
               Love.
            
             A
             Prince
             in
             no
             Perfection
             resembles
             God
             more
             than
             in
             his
             communicative
             Goodness
             .
             If
             it
             were
             known
             what
             this
             good
             Queen
             did
             ,
             and
             what
             she
             designed
             to
             do
             ,
             among
             all
             her
             relucent
             Vertues
             ,
             Charity
             would
             be
             illustrious
             .
          
           
             Her
             wise
             Redemption
             of
             Time
             from
             unconcerning
             Vanities
             for
             Domestick
             Affairs
             ,
             was
             the
             Effect
             and
             Indication
             of
             her
             tender
             and
             vigilant
             Conscience
             .
             She
             consider'd
             her
             Glass
             was
             continually
             running
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Sands
             were
             to
             be
             accounted
             for
             .
             How
             should
             this
             great
             Example
             correct
             those
             who
             are
             lavish
             of
             nothing
             so
             much
             as
             of
             Time
             ;
             which
             ,
             being
             lost
             ,
             is
             irrecoverable
             ?
             The
             Sun
             returns
             every
             Day
             ,
             but
             Time
             never
             returns
             .
          
           
             In
             her
             Sickness
             ,
             
               Patience
               had
               its
               perfect
               Work.
            
             Her
             Disease
             was
             uncomfortable
             ,
             yet
             with
             resigned
             Submission
             she
             bore
             it
             .
             When
             the
             Danger
             of
             it
             was
             signified
             to
             her
             ,
             she
             had
             no
             fearful
             Thoughts
             about
             her
             future
             State.
             'T
             is
             a
             cruel
             Respect
             to
             sick
             Persons
             ,
             especially
             to
             Princes
             ,
             to
             conceal
             from
             them
             their
             Danger
             till
             Death
             steals
             insensibly
             upon
             them
             .
             Indeed
             considering
             their
             past
             Lives
             ,
             and
             their
             present
             Anxieties
             ,
             the
             Advice
             of
             approaching
             Death
             is
             an
             Anticipation
             of
             it
             .
             But
             the
             Spirit
             of
             this
             excellent
             Saint
             
               was
               not
               afraid
               of
               Evil-tidings
               ,
               but
               fixed
               ,
               trusting
               in
               the
               Lord.
            
             Her
             Care
             had
             been
             to
             secure
             the
             Love
             of
             God
             in
             the
             best
             time
             of
             her
             Life
             ,
             this
             mixed
             Cordial
             Drops
             in
             the
             Bitterness
             of
             Death
             .
          
           
             In
             short
             ,
             to
             finish
             my
             Discourse
             ,
             all
             the
             blessed
             Vertues
             were
             eminently
             seen
             in
             her
             that
             might
             render
             her
             Government
             an
             entire
             Happiness
             to
             the
             Kingdom
             .
             This
             erected
             her
             a
             Throne
             in
             the
             Hearts
             of
             her
             Subjects
             :
             
             and
             the
             Honour
             the
             wise
             Poet
             attributes
             to
             the
             Emperor
             Augustus
             ;
          
           
             
               Victorque
               volentes
            
             
               Per
               populos
               dat
               jura
               ,
            
          
           
             That
             he
             rul'd
             a
             willing
             People
             ,
             may
             more
             truly
             be
             said
             of
             this
             excellent
             Princess
             ,
             She
             was
             Queen
             of
             the
             Affections
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             governed
             them
             without
             Constraint
             .
             Her
             Praise-worthy
             Actions
             will
             eternize
             her
             Memory
             ,
             when
             other
             Princes
             ,
             devested
             of
             their
             secular
             Pomp
             ,
             shall
             either
             be
             buried
             in
             dark
             Oblivion
             ,
             or
             condemned
             in
             History
             .
          
           
             The
             Earthen
             Vessel
             wherein
             all
             these
             Treasures
             were
             deposited
             is
             broke
             ,
             and
             the
             instructive
             Providence
             should
             perswade
             us
             to
             look
             to
             our
             living
             Strength
             ,
             the
             blessed
             God
             ,
             fixing
             our
             Trust
             in
             him
             .
             He
             bestowed
             this
             rare
             Instrument
             of
             his
             Goodness
             :
             He
             can
             preserve
             his
             Servant
             ,
             our
             Sovereign
             Lord
             ,
             who
             by
             the
             Divine
             Assistance
             has
             the
             Honour
             of
             establishing
             our
             Religion
             and
             Liberties
             at
             home
             ,
             and
             gives
             hope
             of
             restoring
             it
             abroad
             ,
             from
             whence
             it
             has
             been
             so
             cruelly
             and
             perfidiously
             expell'd
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           Address
           of
           Condoleance
           TO
           His
           MAJESTY
           ,
           BY
           THE
           Dissenting
           Ministers
           .
        
         
           
             May
             it
             please
             your
             Majesty
             ;
          
        
         
           THO
           we
           come
           in
           the
           Rear
           of
           the
           Train
           of
           Mourners
           ,
           to
           pay
           our
           Tributary
           Tears
           for
           the
           unvaluable
           Loss
           in
           the
           Death
           of
           your
           Royal
           Consort
           ,
           and
           our
           most
           Gracious
           Queen
           ,
           yet
           our
           Resentments
           of
           it
           are
           with
           as
           tender
           a
           Sympathy
           as
           are
           in
           the
           Breasts
           of
           any
           of
           your
           Subjects
           .
           This
           gives
           the
           sharpest
           Accent
           to
           our
           Passions
           ,
           that
           the
           Considerations
           which
           are
           most
           proper
           and
           powerful
           to
           allay
           our
           Sorrows
           ,
           exasperate
           them
           :
           for
           while
           we
           remember
           what
           She
           was
           ,
           how
           general
           and
           diffusive
           a
           Blessing
           to
           three
           Kingdoms
           ,
           the
           severe
           stroke
           of
           Providence
           in
           taking
           Her
           from
           us
           ,
           is
           most
           afflicting
           .
           Such
           a
           Concurrence
           of
           high
           Perfection
           shin'd
           in
           Her
           Person
           
           and
           Actions
           ,
           that
           would
           have
           made
           Her
           Illustrious
           in
           a
           low
           Condition
           ;
           and
           in
           Her
           exalted
           Station
           they
           were
           attractive
           of
           the
           Eyes
           and
           Admiration
           of
           all
           .
           Her
           Mind
           was
           above
           the
           Temptations
           that
           attend
           the
           Throne
           .
           Majesty
           was
           mix'd
           with
           that
           condescending
           Humility
           ,
           that
           tender
           and
           beneficent
           Goodness
           ,
           that
           She
           was
           easily
           accessable
           to
           all
           for
           their
           Relief
           and
           Support
           .
           Her
           Piety
           and
           Purity
           were
           so
           conspicuous
           ,
           Her
           Affections
           were
           so
           composed
           and
           temperate
           ,
           that
           the
           Court
           ,
           that
           is
           usually
           the
           Centre
           of
           Vanity
           and
           Voluptuousness
           ,
           became
           vertuous
           by
           the
           Impression
           of
           Her
           Example
           .
           Her
           Conversation
           was
           so
           regular
           ,
           that
           Her
           Enemies
           (
           if
           Goodness
           in
           such
           a
           bright
           Eminency
           had
           any
           )
           could
           not
           fasten
           a
           Taint
           upon
           Her.
           Her
           Royal
           Endowments
           for
           Government
           ,
           Wisdom
           ,
           Magnanimity
           ,
           Vigilance
           and
           Care
           in
           managing
           Affairs
           of
           State
           (
           without
           which
           the
           highest
           Princes
           are
           but
           civil
           Idols
           ,
           useless
           and
           unprofitable
           to
           the
           World
           )
           these
           were
           in
           such
           a
           degree
           of
           Excellency
           ,
           that
           in
           your
           Majesty's
           constrained
           Absence
           ,
           while
           you
           were
           defending
           the
           Interest
           of
           Christendom
           ,
           against
           a
           potent
           Enemy
           abroad
           ,
           with
           the
           Sword
           of
           War
           ,
           She
           sweetly
           ordered
           all
           things
           at
           home
           with
           the
           Scepter
           of
           Peace
           .
           She
           is
           gone
           ,
           and
           must
           return
           no
           more
           :
           O
           astonishing
           Grief
           !
           But
           it
           becomes
           us
           with
           humble
           Submission
           to
           acquiesce
           in
           
           the
           Divine
           Disposal
           .
           The
           Will
           of
           God
           is
           always
           directed
           by
           Infinite
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           is
           the
           Rule
           of
           Goodness
           .
           We
           must
           refresh
           our
           Sorrows
           with
           the
           hope
           that
           She
           is
           entered
           
             into
             her
             Saviour's
             Joy
          
           ,
           whom
           She
           imitated
           and
           honoured
           ,
           and
           that
           She
           is
           made
           happy
           in
           the
           Love
           of
           God
           and
           the
           Light
           of
           his
           Countenance
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           We
           humbly
           beseech
           your
           Majesty
           to
           accept
           the
           renewed
           Assurances
           of
           our
           inviolable
           and
           constant
           Fidelity
           to
           your
           Person
           and
           Government
           ;
           and
           that
           we
           shall
           influence
           all
           that
           are
           within
           our
           Compass
           to
           persevere
           in
           their
           Duty
           :
           We
           shall
           earnestly
           pray
           to
           the
           blessed
           God
           to
           keep
           you
           in
           the
           best
           Protection
           ,
           his
           encompassing
           Favour
           ,
           to
           support
           your
           Spirit
           with
           Divine
           Comforts
           ,
           and
           to
           continue
           long
           your
           precious
           Life
           ,
           so
           necessary
           for
           preserving
           the
           pure
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Civil
           Rights
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
         
           ADVERTISEMENT
           .
        
         
           THE
           four
           last
           Things
           ,
           viz.
           Death
           ,
           Judgment
           ,
           Heaven
           ,
           Hell
           ,
           practically
           considered
           and
           applied
           :
           In
           several
           Discourses
           .
           By
           
             William
             Bates
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           Printed
           for
           
             Brab
             .
             Aylmer
          
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A26800-e290
           
             Rev.
             1.
             4.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             44.
             6.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             3.
             
          
           
             Mal.
             3.
             6.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             6.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             21.
             
             Esay
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             11.
             
          
           
             *
             Adhuc
             usque
             in
             finem
             seculi
             multiplicandi
             &
             justificandi
             sunt
             :
             Tamen
             verba
             praeteriti
             temporis
             posuit
             de
             rebus
             etiam
             futuris
             ,
             tanquam
             jam
             fecerit
             Deus
             ,
             quae
             jam
             ut
             fierent
             ,
             ex
             aeternitate
             disposuit
             .
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             15.
             29.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             7.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             102.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             3.
             10.
             
          
           
             Luke
             15.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             39.
             
          
           
             Lam.
             ●
             .
             19
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             82.
             6
             ,
             7.