A sermon preached at the funeral of the Right Honourable Anne, Lady-Dowager Brook, who was buried at Breamor, the 19th day of February, 1690/1 by the Right Reverend Father in God Gilbert, Lord Bishop of Sarum.
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             A sermon preached at the funeral of the Right Honourable Anne, Lady-Dowager Brook, who was buried at Breamor, the 19th day of February, 1690/1 by the Right Reverend Father in God Gilbert, Lord Bishop of Sarum.
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           The
           Bishop
           of
           
           SARUM's
           SERMON
           AT
           THE
           FUNERAL
           OF
           THE
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           Lady
           
             BROOK
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Imprimatur
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Feb.
               21.
               1690
               
               /
               1
               ,
            
          
           
             
               Z.
               Isham
               ,
            
             R.
             P.
             D.
             Henrico
             Episc.
             Lond.
             à
             Sacris
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           at
           the
           FUNERAL
           OF
           THE
           RIGHT
           HONOURABLE
           ANNE
           ,
           Lady-Dowager
           BROOK
           .
        
         
           Who
           was
           Buried
           at
           
             Breamor
             ,
          
           the
           
             19th
          
           day
           of
           
             February
             ,
          
           1690
           /
           1.
           
        
         
           By
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           ,
           
             GILBERT
             ,
          
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           
             SARUM
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             :
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Ric.
             Chiswell
             ,
          
           at
           the
           
             Rose
          
           and
           
             Crown
          
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           .
           MDCXCI
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             PROV
             .
             xxxi
             .
             30
             ,
             31.
             
          
           
             
               Favour
               is
               deceitful
               ,
               and
               beauty
               is
               vain
               :
               but
               a
               Woman
               that
               feareth
               the
               Lord
               ,
               she
               shall
               be
               praised
               .
            
             
               Give
               her
               of
               the
               fruit
               of
               her
               hands
               ,
               and
               let
               her
               own
               works
               praise
               her
               in
               the
               gates
               .
            
          
        
         
           THE
           General
           Lamentations
           which
           the
           sad
           Occasion
           of
           this
           present
           Assembly
           has
           raised
           over
           this
           whole
           Countrey
           ,
           as
           in
           a
           common
           Calamity
           ,
           where
           every
           one
           bears
           a
           share
           ,
           because
           so
           many
           do
           feel
           it
           ,
           have
           so
           far
           prevented
           me
           in
           all
           that
           can
           be
           said
           to
           the
           praise
           of
           her
           ,
           whose
           
             Remains
          
           are
           now
           to
           be
           laid
           up
           in
           the
           belief
           of
           the
           
             Resurrection
             of
             the
             Iust
             ,
          
           at
           which
           time
           they
           are
           to
           be
           restored
           to
           her
           again
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           very
           sensible
           it
           is
           not
           necessary
           to
           say
           any
           thing
           concerning
           her
           ,
           for
           the
           raising
           among
           you
           the
           esteem
           that
           is
           due
           to
           her
           Memory
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           long
           very
           dear
           to
           you
           all
           .
           But
           as
           there
           is
           some
           disadvantage
           in
           speaking
           what
           is
           
           proper
           on
           this
           Subject
           ,
           before
           those
           who
           knew
           her
           well
           ,
           and
           so
           will
           think
           that
           I
           am
           as
           reserved
           in
           commending
           her
           ,
           as
           she
           her self
           was
           in
           hiding
           her
           own
           Worth
           ,
           and
           in
           concealing
           those
           
             Works
          
           which
           do
           now
           
             praise
             her
             ;
          
           yet
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           I
           speak
           with
           the
           more
           assurance
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Countrey
           where
           she
           spent
           so
           many
           of
           her
           years
           .
           I
           should
           be
           afraid
           to
           say
           all
           that
           I
           have
           resolv'd
           on
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           in
           the
           Audience
           of
           such
           as
           had
           been
           Strangers
           to
           the
           Course
           of
           her
           Life
           :
           It
           is
           a
           nice
           and
           tender
           thing
           to
           praise
           ,
           especially
           in
           this
           Vicious
           and
           corrupted
           Age
           ,
           in
           which
           so
           many
           are
           concerned
           to
           keep
           themselves
           in
           Countenance
           ,
           and
           to
           decry
           a
           Virtue
           that
           must
           needs
           make
           their
           Vices
           shew
           more
           foul
           and
           odious
           ;
           and
           who
           cannot
           bear
           what
           is
           due
           to
           others
           ,
           because
           they
           know
           that
           it
           does
           not
           belong
           to
           themselves
           .
           And
           it
           must
           be
           confessed
           ,
           that
           excessive
           Commendations
           on
           these
           Occasions
           ,
           in
           compliance
           with
           Custom
           ,
           and
           the
           tenderness
           that
           seems
           then
           decent
           ,
           where
           Flattery
           is
           thought
           more
           excusable
           ,
           because
           the
           Person
           commended
           does
           not
           receive
           it
           ;
           these
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           have
           given
           but
           too
           much
           reason
           to
           disregard
           what
           is
           said
           in
           discourses
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           in
           which
           it
           passes
           for
           a
           sort
           of
           rudeness
           not
           to
           exceed
           ,
           and
           for
           an
           unkindness
           to
           the
           
           Friends
           of
           the
           Dead
           ,
           not
           to
           praise
           out
           of
           measure
           .
           But
           I
           am
           less
           in
           pain
           to
           enlarge
           upon
           this
           Subject
           ,
           when
           I
           have
           so
           many
           Vouchers
           before
           me
           ,
           and
           when
           I
           am
           to
           speak
           of
           things
           that
           have
           been
           so
           long
           the
           Observation
           of
           all
           these
           parts
           .
           I
           will
           use
           as
           little
           art
           in
           Speaking
           ,
           as
           She
           did
           in
           Living
           ;
           and
           will
           study
           to
           dress
           up
           a
           Memorial
           for
           her
           ,
           with
           such
           a
           decent
           Simplicity
           ,
           as
           she
           used
           in
           the
           dressing
           her
           Person
           ,
           which
           as
           she
           did
           in
           haste
           ,
           so
           I
           will
           be
           as
           short
           as
           may
           be
           .
           I
           will
           for
           some
           time
           interrupt
           my
           speaking
           of
           her
           ,
           and
           consider
           the
           Text
           I
           have
           read
           to
           you
           ,
           that
           so
           I
           may
           return
           with
           the
           more
           advantage
           to
           prosecute
           what
           I
           have
           now
           begun
           .
        
         
           This
           Chapter
           is
           a
           Poetical
           Composure
           ;
           it
           is
           an
           
             Accrostick
          
           in
           the
           
             Hebrew
             ,
          
           according
           to
           the
           Custom
           of
           that
           time
           ,
           for
           the
           help
           of
           the
           Memory
           .
           Every
           Verse
           ,
           from
           the
           10th
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           begins
           with
           a
           new
           Letter
           of
           the
           Alphabet
           in
           their
           order
           .
           It
           is
           to
           little
           purpose
           to
           examine
           ,
           whether
           the
           King
           ,
           called
           
             Lemuel
             ,
          
           to
           whom
           it
           is
           addressed
           ,
           be
           
             Solomon
          
           under
           a
           disguised
           designation
           ,
           or
           not
           ;
           and
           whether
           it
           was
           a
           Poem
           made
           by
           his
           Mother
           ,
           directing
           him
           how
           to
           chuse
           a
           Wife
           ,
           and
           giving
           him
           a
           full
           
           Character
           of
           the
           Excellencies
           of
           a
           good
           one
           ,
           suitable
           to
           the
           Simplicy
           of
           those
           Ages
           and
           Places
           ,
           in
           which
           Women
           of
           the
           highest
           Rank
           ,
           and
           even
           Queens
           themselves
           ,
           managed
           their
           own
           Domestick
           Concerns
           ;
           or
           if
           it
           was
           a
           Composition
           of
           
           Solomon's
           ,
           setting
           forth
           ,
           with
           many
           enlargements
           of
           Poesy
           ,
           the
           Advices
           that
           his
           Mother
           had
           given
           him
           ;
           or
           if
           he
           only
           brings
           in
           the
           Person
           of
           his
           Mother
           ,
           to
           make
           his
           Poetry
           look
           more
           Natural
           .
           It
           is
           to
           very
           little
           purpose
           to
           enquire
           into
           all
           this
           ,
           and
           not
           possible
           to
           determine
           any
           part
           of
           it
           :
           Certain
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           here
           a
           very
           noble
           and
           Elegant
           Description
           ,
           of
           a
           faithful
           and
           affectionate
           ,
           a
           discreet
           and
           an
           industrious
           Wife
           ;
           who
           as
           she
           applied
           her
           chief
           care
           to
           the
           concerns
           of
           her
           Husband
           and
           Children
           ,
           so
           neglected
           not
           any
           of
           her
           Houshold-Affairs
           ;
           she
           rise
           early
           ,
           and
           sate
           up
           late
           ;
           wrought
           with
           her
           own
           hands
           ,
           and
           looked
           to
           the
           ways
           of
           her
           Houshold
           ;
           she
           took
           care
           that
           her
           whole
           Family
           should
           be
           well
           imployed
           ;
           she
           was
           an
           honour
           as
           well
           as
           a
           help
           to
           her
           Husband
           :
           Her
           whole
           behaviour
           was
           both
           prudent
           and
           obliging
           ;
           
             She
             opened
             her
             mouth
             with
             wisdom
             ,
          
           not
           to
           evil
           speaking
           ,
           nor
           idle
           talking
           ;
           and
           
             in
             her
             
             tongue
             was
             the
             law
             of
             kindness
             ;
          
           an
           exact
           ,
           but
           engaging
           decency
           .
        
         
           All
           this
           is
           concluded
           with
           a
           short
           song
           ,
           in
           which
           her
           Husband
           and
           Children
           should
           celebrate
           her
           Praises
           ,
           which
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           probable
           ,
           was
           to
           be
           sung
           among
           them
           by
           turns
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           way
           of
           the
           
             Eastern
          
           Musick
           :
           The
           first
           might
           begin
           ,
           
             Many
             daughters
             have
             done
             vertuously
             ;
          
           and
           to
           this
           another
           might
           answer
           ,
           
             But
             thou
             excellest
             them
             all
             :
          
           Then
           one
           might
           sing
           ,
           
             Favour
             is
             deceitful
             ;
          
           another
           ,
           
             Beauty
             is
             vain
             :
          
           And
           both
           together
           ,
           
             But
             the
             woman
             that
             feareth
             the
             Lord
             ,
             she
             shall
             be
             praised
             .
          
           Then
           one
           might
           sing
           ,
           
             Give
             her
             ,
          
           and
           another
           answer
           ,
           
             of
             the
             fruit
             of
             her
             hands
             ;
          
           and
           then
           both
           together
           ,
           and
           
             Let
             her
             own
             works
             praise
             her
             in
             the
             gates
             .
          
           There
           is
           a
           plain
           Intimation
           given
           of
           the
           custom
           that
           was
           among
           the
           
             Jews
          
           to
           sing
           this
           Song
           by
           turns
           ,
           on
           two
           of
           their
           great
           Solemnities
           in
           the
           
             Misna
          
           *
           .
        
         
           By
           
             Favour
             ,
          
           is
           to
           be
           meant
           all
           that
           is
           insinuating
           in
           a
           Womans
           Humour
           ,
           Manner
           ,
           and
           Conversation
           ,
           by
           which
           a
           Husband
           may
           be
           charmed
           :
           This
           is
           often
           
             deceitful
             ,
          
           and
           under
           it
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Disloyalty
           and
           Treachery
           is
           both
           hid
           and
           managed
           ;
           these
           Arts
           being
           so
           many
           Practices
           upon
           the
           easie
           Husband
           ,
           to
           deceive
           and
           blind
           him
           ,
           to
           impose
           any
           thing
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           obtain
           every
           thing
           
           from
           him
           .
           Therefore
           ,
           tho
           a
           lively
           Air
           ,
           a
           graceful
           Behaviour
           ,
           a
           soft
           Manner
           ,
           a
           Pleasantness
           of
           Humour
           ,
           and
           an
           entertaining
           Conversation
           ,
           are
           very
           valuable
           Qualities
           ,
           and
           have
           Powerful
           Charms
           in
           them
           ,
           yet
           all
           this
           may
           be
           
             deceitful
             ;
          
           much
           baseness
           and
           falshood
           may
           be
           under
           them
           ;
           so
           that
           this
           singly
           cannot
           make
           a
           good
           Character
           .
        
         
           
             Beauty
             is
             vain
             ;
          
           this
           which
           strikes
           the
           eye
           ,
           as
           the
           other
           does
           the
           Imagination
           ,
           is
           yet
           slighter
           ,
           it
           is
           often
           false
           ,
           especially
           in
           the
           East
           where
           beauty
           is
           as
           oft
           the
           work
           of
           Art
           ,
           as
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           it
           had
           been
           well
           if
           that
           practice
           had
           remained
           in
           the
           
             East
          
           still
           ,
           and
           had
           not
           come
           into
           these
           
             Western
          
           parts
           ;
           but
           suppose
           the
           Beauty
           to
           be
           both
           true
           and
           exact
           ,
           
             it
             is
             vain
          
           in
           many
           other
           respects
           :
           It
           does
           not
           always
           lodge
           a
           pure
           Soul
           ,
           which
           does
           often
           contract
           the
           more
           deformity
           ,
           because
           it
           dwells
           within
           a
           beautiful
           Figure
           ,
           that
           but
           too
           often
           feeds
           pride
           ,
           and
           is
           set
           off
           with
           Vanity
           ,
           which
           both
           draws
           admiration
           and
           delights
           in
           it
           :
           it
           does
           insensibly
           dissolve
           the
           mind
           into
           voluptuousness
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           end
           intangle
           it
           into
           many
           snares
           ,
           and
           expose
           it
           to
           much
           Sin.
           It
           is
           
             Vain
          
           in
           another
           respect
           ,
           it
           is
           subject
           to
           many
           accidents
           which
           may
           blast
           it
           ,
           and
           if
           it
           escapes
           these
           ,
           yet
           it
           must
           yield
           at
           last
           and
           fade
           with
           Age
           ,
           if
           by
           the
           precipitated
           
           wastings
           of
           Nature
           and
           other
           disorders
           ,
           it
           does
           not
           fall
           sooner
           .
           These
           words
           run
           thus
           in
           the
           
             Hebrew
             ,
             Favour
             ,
             Falshood
             ,
             Beauty
             ,
             Vanity
             ,
          
           and
           perhaps
           every
           one
           of
           these
           was
           to
           be
           sung
           by
           turns
           as
           the
           answer
           to
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           two
           things
           by
           which
           that
           Sex
           is
           chiefly
           recommended
           to
           those
           who
           make
           slight
           and
           hasty
           Judgments
           ,
           and
           that
           do
           often
           perceive
           their
           error
           when
           it
           is
           too
           late
           to
           correct
           it
           :
           but
           that
           upon
           which
           a
           true
           one
           can
           only
           be
           formed
           ,
           lies
           in
           the
           words
           that
           follow
           
             —
             But
             the
             woman
             that
             feareth
             the
             Lord
             ,
             she
             shall
             be
             praised
             .
          
           The
           fear
           of
           a
           discovery
           ,
           and
           of
           shame
           ;
           the
           fear
           of
           a
           Husband
           ,
           and
           the
           apprehensions
           of
           his
           displeasure
           ,
           are
           but
           feeble
           principles
           :
           they
           may
           restrain
           one
           at
           some
           times
           ,
           and
           from
           some
           temptations
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           only
           the
           
             fear
             of
             God
          
           that
           subdues
           the
           heart
           ,
           that
           shoots
           its
           influence
           into
           the
           secretest
           springs
           of
           our
           actions
           ,
           that
           overcomes
           the
           strongest
           inclinations
           ,
           even
           in
           their
           first
           and
           invisible
           motions
           :
           this
           sets
           a
           Law
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           one's
           actions
           ,
           but
           to
           his
           very
           thoughts
           :
           The
           conduct
           of
           the
           outward
           part
           of
           life
           ,
           when
           that
           is
           contradicted
           by
           the
           wishes
           and
           desires
           which
           are
           allowed
           a
           free
           range
           within
           ,
           is
           but
           a
           constraint
           ,
           and
           the
           acting
           of
           a
           part
           which
           is
           not
           
           natural
           ;
           and
           nothing
           that
           is
           an
           affected
           force
           upon
           Nature
           can
           be
           either
           easy
           or
           lasting
           .
           Nature
           will
           be
           always
           at
           some
           time
           or
           other
           too
           hard
           for
           Rule
           and
           Form.
           And
           even
           a
           Firm
           Resolution
           will
           soon
           grow
           heavy
           and
           will
           at
           last
           be
           forgotten
           ,
           if
           there
           are
           not
           principles
           formed
           within
           ,
           that
           give
           it
           a
           root
           ,
           and
           afford
           it
           nourishment
           :
           therefore
           Vertue
           can
           have
           no
           settled
           basis
           nor
           foundation
           ,
           unless
           its
           bottom
           be
           the
           
             true
             fear
             of
             God
             ,
          
           a
           secret
           sence
           of
           a
           supream
           and
           perfect
           mind
           ,
           that
           sees
           all
           we
           do
           ,
           and
           that
           will
           judge
           us
           at
           last
           according
           to
           all
           that
           we
           have
           done
           .
           When
           this
           is
           lodged
           in
           the
           most
           retired
           corners
           of
           our
           Hearts
           ;
           when
           the
           sense
           of
           it
           returns
           often
           upon
           us
           ,
           to
           acquit
           or
           to
           condemn
           us
           ;
           when
           we
           measure
           our selves
           and
           all
           our
           actions
           by
           our
           conformity
           to
           this
           Eternal
           Being
           ;
           when
           we
           reckon
           it
           our
           supreme
           and
           only
           happiness
           ,
           to
           become
           like
           unto
           it
           ,
           and
           accepted
           of
           it
           ;
           when
           no
           exercises
           become
           more
           delighting
           to
           us
           ,
           than
           our
           Meditating
           of
           its
           Perfections
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           the
           discoveries
           that
           it
           has
           made
           of
           it self
           ;
           and
           when
           upon
           these
           Contemplations
           the
           mind
           grows
           to
           love
           and
           adore
           that
           Being
           ,
           and
           to
           prostrate
           it self
           often
           before
           it
           ,
           and
           dedicate
           it self
           entirely
           to
           serve
           and
           please
           it
           in
           all
           
           things
           ,
           Then
           Virtue
           has
           a
           true
           fastning
           within
           ,
           to
           which
           it
           cleaves
           ,
           and
           which
           will
           support
           and
           strengthen
           it
           :
           And
           indeed
           Virtue
           ,
           and
           the
           Fear
           of
           God
           do
           so
           mutually
           maintain
           one
           another
           ,
           that
           these
           who
           are
           equally
           Enemies
           to
           both
           ,
           know
           that
           the
           rooting
           out
           the
           one
           ,
           will
           soon
           draw
           the
           other
           after
           it
           .
           The
           Prophane
           Tribe
           of
           
             Libertines
          
           does
           chiefly
           hate
           Religion
           ,
           because
           Virtue
           does
           ever
           accompany
           it
           ;
           they
           find
           it
           often
           in
           their
           way
           ,
           and
           wish
           there
           were
           as
           little
           of
           it
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           as
           they
           feel
           in
           their
           own
           Breasts
           :
           but
           it
           were
           too
           barefaced
           a
           thing
           to
           endeavour
           to
           strike
           both
           at
           
             Virtue
          
           and
           
             Religion
          
           at
           once
           .
           There
           is
           a
           sound
           in
           
             Vertue
          
           that
           carries
           Majesty
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           commands
           the
           esteem
           of
           the
           whole
           World
           ,
           so
           such
           as
           hate
           it
           ,
           know
           that
           they
           must
           take
           care
           not
           to
           discover
           that
           too
           soon
           ,
           lest
           they
           should
           draw
           a
           general
           Indignation
           upon
           themselves
           .
           But
           
             Religion
          
           they
           think
           may
           be
           more
           safely
           struck
           at
           ;
           the
           diversities
           about
           it
           ,
           the
           scandals
           given
           by
           many
           that
           have
           pretended
           to
           it
           ,
           the
           Invisible
           objects
           to
           which
           it
           relates
           ;
           the
           distance
           we
           live
           at
           from
           the
           Ages
           in
           which
           the
           Miracles
           that
           confirmed
           it
           were
           wrought
           ,
           and
           the
           many
           Impostures
           that
           have
           been
           put
           upon
           weak
           and
           credulous
           Multitudes
           ,
           
           do
           all
           afford
           some
           plausible
           appearances
           ,
           which
           set
           off
           with
           Boldness
           and
           Scorn
           ,
           and
           served
           up
           with
           Mirth
           and
           Gaiety
           ,
           have
           been
           fatally
           successful
           in
           Poysoning
           weak
           minds
           that
           cannot
           lay
           many
           things
           together
           ,
           and
           cannot
           distinguish
           between
           Truth
           and
           the
           Varnish
           of
           it
           .
           But
           while
           these
           do
           thus
           undermine
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           they
           seem
           to
           be
           mightily
           in
           love
           with
           
             Virtue
             ,
          
           and
           pretend
           that
           it
           has
           had
           great
           force
           on
           Minds
           upon
           whom
           
             Religion
          
           had
           none
           at
           all
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           may
           maintain
           its
           power
           very
           well
           in
           the
           Souls
           of
           Men
           ,
           tho
           they
           were
           not
           over-awed
           with
           secret
           Terrours
           .
           Whereas
           in
           truth
           ,
           they
           only
           hate
           
             Religion
          
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           that
           
             Virtue
             ,
          
           which
           it
           commands
           and
           secures
           :
           and
           they
           could
           well
           look
           on
           ,
           and
           let
           
             Religion
          
           bear
           full
           sway
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           if
           it
           consisted
           only
           in
           some
           dark
           Speculations
           ,
           and
           outward
           Performances
           ,
           and
           contented
           with
           these
           ,
           left
           men
           at
           liberty
           to
           do
           what
           they
           pleased
           ;
           they
           know
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           World
           has
           observed
           it
           too
           often
           ,
           That
           as
           soon
           as
           the
           Impressions
           of
           
             Religion
          
           are
           defaced
           ,
           the
           strength
           of
           
             Virtue
          
           is
           gone
           :
           for
           why
           should
           Men
           restrain
           their
           Inclinations
           ,
           bridle
           their
           Passions
           ,
           and
           deny
           themselves
           any
           pleasures
           or
           advantages
           ,
           if
           there
           is
           no
           sovereign
           Mind
           over
           us
           ,
           to
           whom
           Obedience
           is
           
           due
           ,
           who
           will
           reckon
           with
           us
           ,
           and
           reward
           or
           punish
           us
           eternally
           according
           as
           we
           lead
           that
           course
           of
           life
           here
           ,
           which
           he
           has
           assigned
           us
           as
           our
           passage
           to
           Eternity
           .
           If
           there
           is
           nothing
           in
           
             Virtue
             ,
          
           but
           
             decency
             ,
             interest
             ,
          
           or
           
             humour
             ,
          
           as
           these
           are
           all
           weak
           Principles
           ,
           not
           able
           to
           bear
           much
           weight
           on
           them
           ;
           so
           when
           both
           
             pleasure
          
           and
           
             advantage
          
           are
           in
           the
           other
           Scale
           ,
           they
           will
           certainly
           downweigh
           them
           .
           Hence
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           all
           those
           who
           go
           off
           from
           a
           Religious
           Education
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           Principles
           and
           Practises
           that
           must
           support
           it
           ,
           do
           soon
           forsake
           all
           the
           strictness
           of
           Virtue
           .
           The
           fear
           of
           God
           is
           that
           Principle
           alone
           that
           can
           sanctify
           and
           perfect
           our
           Nature
           ;
           the
           having
           our
           Minds
           full
           of
           high
           and
           sublime
           thoughts
           of
           that
           Supream
           Being
           that
           made
           and
           governs
           the
           World
           ,
           together
           with
           a
           just
           sense
           of
           his
           Authority
           over
           us
           ,
           of
           our
           obligation
           to
           obey
           all
           his
           Laws
           ,
           and
           to
           conform
           our
           very
           thoughts
           to
           his
           Nature
           and
           Will
           ,
           and
           the
           framing
           our
           whole
           Lives
           ,
           and
           the
           laying
           out
           our
           whole
           time
           ,
           so
           as
           we
           may
           be
           ever
           accepted
           of
           by
           him
           ,
           is
           the
           just
           and
           true
           notion
           of
           the
           fear
           of
           God.
           If
           any
           imagine
           that
           it
           consists
           only
           in
           the
           having
           some
           terrible
           thoughts
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           Sin
           ,
           the
           performing
           some
           duties
           to
           God
           as
           a
           homage
           that
           will
           please
           
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           looking
           over
           past
           Sins
           with
           some
           sad
           thoughts
           ;
           and
           when
           that
           is
           done
           ,
           if
           men
           return
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           continue
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           are
           only
           now
           and
           then
           a
           little
           troubled
           when
           they
           reflect
           on
           them
           ,
           which
           is
           all
           the
           Notion
           that
           the
           greatest
           part
           ,
           even
           of
           those
           who
           pass
           in
           the
           World
           for
           Religious
           ,
           entertain
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           that
           great
           advantages
           are
           taken
           to
           decry
           Religion
           it self
           ,
           when
           this
           is
           believed
           to
           be
           all
           the
           effect
           and
           power
           that
           it
           has
           .
           But
           the
           true
           
             fear
             of
             God
          
           is
           a
           much
           deeper
           Principle
           ,
           and
           has
           a
           more
           noble
           effect
           on
           all
           the
           powers
           of
           the
           Soul
           ;
           it
           charms
           as
           well
           as
           reforms
           them
           ,
           and
           elevates
           as
           well
           as
           it
           fortifies
           them
           ;
           it
           follows
           a
           man
           to
           his
           Retirements
           ,
           and
           there
           if
           at
           any
           time
           it
           humbles
           him
           ,
           it
           does
           quickly
           raise
           him
           up
           again
           :
           it
           gives
           him
           solid
           joys
           ,
           when
           he
           perceives
           that
           he
           carries
           God's
           Image
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           is
           reconciled
           to
           him
           ;
           it
           follows
           him
           through
           the
           whole
           business
           ,
           and
           even
           through
           the
           diversions
           of
           Life
           :
           It
           governs
           his
           Mind
           ,
           and
           guides
           his
           Actions
           ,
           and
           though
           the
           sound
           of
           the
           Word
           
             Fear
          
           carries
           terror
           in
           it
           ,
           yet
           how
           severe
           soever
           the
           operation
           of
           it
           must
           be
           upon
           some
           occasions
           ,
           it
           generally
           gives
           it
           such
           a
           noble
           sense
           of
           the
           goodness
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           the
           greatness
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           
           it
           becomes
           a
           Fear
           of
           Reverence
           tempered
           with
           Love
           ,
           and
           not
           a
           Dread
           full
           of
           Guilt
           that
           strikes
           Horror
           .
           Those
           good
           Minds
           that
           give
           up
           themselves
           to
           the
           Conduct
           of
           this
           
             Fear
             ,
          
           and
           come
           under
           its
           Discipline
           ,
           feel
           both
           a
           Strength
           in
           it
           to
           govern
           them
           ,
           and
           a
           Calm
           in
           it
           to
           settle
           them
           .
           If
           they
           do
           truly
           fear
           God
           ,
           it
           exalts
           them
           above
           all
           base
           and
           dispiriting
           Fears
           ;
           So
           that
           they
           fear
           nothing
           else
           ;
           all
           the
           Accidents
           of
           Life
           and
           Death
           it self
           can
           give
           no
           Terror
           ,
           where
           this
           has
           once
           had
           its
           true
           Effect
           .
           For
           a
           Man
           that
           
             fears
             God
             ,
          
           and
           feels
           himself
           to
           be
           so
           governed
           by
           this
           
             Fear
             ,
          
           that
           he
           has
           all
           Reason
           to
           conclude
           he
           is
           in
           his
           Favour
           ,
           and
           under
           his
           Protection
           ,
           is
           thereby
           raised
           far
           above
           all
           other
           Depressions
           ;
           nothing
           can
           disturb
           him
           but
           his
           apprehensions
           of
           having
           offended
           that
           Goodness
           which
           he
           fears
           :
           and
           sometimes
           a
           great
           Tenderness
           of
           Mind
           ,
           joyned
           with
           a
           deep
           Sence
           of
           Duty
           ,
           will
           raise
           sad
           Reflections
           in
           those
           who
           have
           the
           justest
           Cause
           of
           rejoycing
           always
           in
           God.
           But
           such
           cloudy
           Thoughts
           ,
           though
           they
           may
           at
           sometimes
           disquiet
           them
           a
           little
           ,
           yet
           have
           a
           good
           Effect
           on
           them
           ;
           they
           oblige
           them
           to
           great
           watchfulness
           ,
           and
           beget
           in
           them
           a
           particular
           application
           to
           their
           Duty
           :
           and
           that
           very
           Anxiety
           which
           was
           the
           Effect
           of
           their
           Tenderness
           ,
           and
           that
           raised
           some
           melancholly
           distrust
           in
           them
           concerning
           
           their
           own
           Condition
           ,
           shews
           plainly
           how
           deep
           a
           Root
           this
           
             Fear
          
           has
           in
           them
           ,
           when
           such
           apprehensions
           prove
           so
           painful
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           happy
           Souls
           that
           rise
           above
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           all
           its
           vain
           Hopes
           and
           Fears
           ,
           and
           settle
           their
           Minds
           on
           God
           ,
           whom
           they
           fear
           and
           serve
           with
           their
           whole
           Hearts
           .
           
             A
             Woman
             that
             fears
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           has
           in
           her
           Constitution
           and
           Method
           of
           Life
           ,
           some
           advantages
           that
           help
           her
           forward
           to
           this
           Disposition
           of
           Mind
           ;
           and
           she
           hath
           at
           the
           same
           time
           other
           things
           that
           ballance
           this
           in
           her
           .
           The
           Affections
           of
           that
           Sex
           are
           more
           tender
           ,
           they
           are
           less
           hardy
           and
           bold
           ;
           they
           are
           under
           a
           greater
           Regularity
           of
           Form
           ;
           
             Decency
          
           and
           
             Modesty
          
           are
           great
           Defences
           :
           They
           are
           not
           so
           much
           exposed
           to
           the
           Temptations
           that
           are
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           they
           live
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           range
           abroad
           ;
           their
           Children
           ,
           especially
           those
           of
           their
           own
           Sex
           ,
           give
           them
           a
           constant
           Entertainment
           ,
           and
           do
           commonly
           carry
           away
           much
           of
           their
           Hearts
           and
           Time
           ;
           so
           that
           they
           are
           out
           of
           that
           loose
           Ramble
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           great
           Corruption
           of
           Mankind
           .
           But
           to
           ballance
           all
           this
           ,
           their
           Education
           is
           not
           so
           studied
           ,
           nor
           so
           laboured
           ,
           that
           thereby
           great
           Notions
           ,
           and
           strong
           Reasonings
           may
           be
           formed
           in
           them
           ,
           which
           give
           a
           Foundation
           to
           Knowledge
           and
           Religion
           ;
           all
           which
           is
           more
           commonly
           laid
           in
           the
           Youth
           of
           our
           
           Sex.
           The
           Affections
           of
           Women
           are
           laid
           deep
           in
           their
           Natures
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           common
           Afflictions
           of
           Life
           ,
           especially
           of
           a
           Married
           State
           ,
           from
           the
           Loss
           of
           Children
           ,
           or
           of
           their
           Husbands
           ,
           go
           farther
           into
           their
           Minds
           ,
           and
           sink
           ,
           and
           shake
           them
           more
           violently
           ;
           to
           which
           the
           Decencies
           of
           their
           Griefs
           ,
           that
           do
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           stake
           them
           down
           to
           it
           ,
           contribute
           not
           a
           little
           ;
           which
           do
           not
           allow
           them
           the
           Diversions
           to
           which
           Custom
           gives
           Men
           a
           freer
           and
           earlier
           admittance
           .
           These
           are
           the
           Advantages
           and
           Disadvantages
           that
           they
           have
           ,
           with
           Relation
           to
           a
           Religious
           Course
           of
           Life
           .
           Upon
           the
           whole
           Matter
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           acknowledged
           ,
           from
           the
           Observation
           of
           all
           Ages
           ,
           that
           this
           Sex
           has
           produced
           the
           Eminentest
           ,
           the
           most
           Exact
           ,
           and
           unblemished
           ,
           the
           most
           Charitable
           and
           Bountiful
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           Serious
           and
           Devout
           Fearers
           and
           Servers
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           the
           World
           has
           yet
           had
           ,
           and
           that
           
             Religion
          
           has
           never
           shined
           brighter
           than
           in
           their
           whole
           Deportment
           .
           And
           therefore
           such
           Women
           ,
           especially
           if
           they
           happen
           to
           be
           in
           an
           Age
           in
           which
           Libertinism
           and
           Impiety
           has
           not
           only
           corrupted
           our
           Sex
           ,
           but
           has
           even
           broke
           through
           the
           Modesty
           of
           theirs
           ,
           and
           almost
           made
           a
           Rape
           upon
           it
           ;
           and
           in
           which
           all
           the
           Exactness
           of
           Vertue
           ,
           and
           the
           Strictness
           of
           a
           Regular
           Life
           ,
           has
           been
           laughed
           at
           ,
           and
           despised
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Stiffness
             of
             Form.
          
           I
           say
           ,
           
           in
           such
           an
           Age
           as
           ours
           ,
           
             Women
          
           of
           Rank
           and
           Birth
           ,
           of
           Quality
           and
           Fortune
           ,
           that
           in
           spite
           of
           a
           Torrent
           of
           Vice
           ,
           that
           had
           got
           Credit
           by
           Great
           Examples
           ,
           and
           had
           lost
           the
           Sense
           of
           Shame
           by
           the
           Multitude
           of
           those
           that
           went
           into
           it
           ,
           will
           still
           own
           and
           practice
           Religion
           and
           Vertue
           in
           the
           strictest
           and
           exactest
           manner
           ought
           to
           be
           celebrated
           with
           just
           Praises
           :
           And
           if
           the
           Example
           is
           set
           by
           them
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           frighten
           any
           from
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           by
           the
           mixture
           of
           
             morose
             Sourness
             ,
          
           or
           by
           the
           affectation
           of
           
             singular
          
           or
           
             superstitious
          
           Practices
           :
           If
           it
           ,
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           is
           shewed
           in
           Instances
           that
           must
           needs
           recommend
           
             Religion
          
           by
           the
           excellent
           Effects
           it
           has
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           soft
           and
           gentle
           manner
           with
           which
           it
           is
           managed
           ,
           then
           the
           
             Memory
          
           of
           such
           a
           
             Woman
          
           ought
           to
           be
           precious
           ,
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           honoured
           with
           such
           deserved
           Commendations
           ,
           as
           are
           one
           part
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           indeed
           one
           of
           the
           smallest
           ,
           of
           the
           Rewards
           that
           are
           due
           unto
           Vertue
           .
           When
           this
           is
           so
           done
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           visible
           Flattery
           has
           no
           share
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           cannot
           corrupt
           the
           Person
           that
           is
           praised
           ,
           into
           Vanity
           or
           Haughtiness
           of
           Mind
           ,
           and
           when
           the
           chief
           Intent
           of
           such
           Praises
           is
           to
           set
           forth
           to
           the
           World
           a
           fresh
           Instance
           of
           the
           
             Power
             of
             Religion
             ,
          
           and
           of
           its
           happy
           Influence
           upon
           whole
           Neighbourhoods
           ,
           for
           the
           incouragement
           and
           instruction
           of
           such
           as
           
           chuse
           to
           follow
           good
           Patterns
           ,
           then
           such
           Commendations
           as
           they
           ,
           are
           a
           piece
           of
           Natural
           Equity
           and
           Justice
           ;
           So
           they
           may
           give
           occasion
           to
           a
           Noble
           Emulation
           ,
           and
           may
           offer
           a
           more
           familiar
           and
           sensible
           Direction
           than
           can
           be
           given
           in
           Rules
           or
           Precepts
           .
           I
           need
           not
           add
           to
           all
           this
           ,
           That
           no
           Custom
           has
           been
           more
           ancient
           ,
           nor
           more
           universal
           among
           all
           Civilized
           Nations
           than
           the
           setting
           forth
           the
           Praises
           of
           the
           Dead
           at
           their
           Funerals
           :
           But
           indeed
           these
           have
           been
           generally
           given
           out
           so
           lavishly
           ,
           and
           often
           so
           unjustly
           ,
           that
           all
           Discourses
           of
           this
           kind
           appear
           with
           great
           Prejudices
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           severely
           weighed
           .
        
         
           The
           following
           Words
           in
           my
           Text
           give
           such
           measures
           ,
           that
           if
           these
           be
           observed
           ,
           all
           Errors
           and
           Excesses
           will
           be
           prevented
           .
           
             —
             Give
             her
             the
             Fruit
             of
             her
             own
             Hands
             ;
          
           That
           is
           ,
           let
           her
           not
           be
           praised
           by
           a
           pompous
           setting
           forth
           of
           those
           things
           that
           were
           not
           her
           own
           ,
           such
           as
           her
           Birth
           and
           Fortune
           ,
           which
           are
           only
           the
           Distinctions
           of
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           by
           which
           Persons
           of
           Noble
           Minds
           are
           set
           in
           a
           higher
           Sphere
           ,
           and
           are
           made
           capable
           of
           giving
           a
           more
           conspicuous
           Example
           ,
           and
           of
           being
           a
           more
           general
           and
           publick
           
           Good
           to
           Mankind
           .
           Therefore
           the
           shewing
           what
           were
           the
           real
           Instances
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           Effects
           of
           her
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           is
           the
           most
           proper
           way
           of
           praising
           her
           :
           and
           the
           less
           Pomp
           of
           Eloquence
           ,
           or
           Art
           of
           Disposition
           and
           Expression
           ,
           that
           accompanies
           such
           a
           Description
           ,
           it
           comes
           the
           nearer
           the
           Rules
           that
           are
           here
           given
           
             —
             Let
             her
             own
             Works
             praise
             her
             in
             the
             Gates
             .
          
           Among
           the
           
             Jews
             ,
          
           their
           Courts
           of
           Judicature
           ,
           and
           other
           Solemn
           Assemblies
           ,
           were
           at
           their
           
             Gates
             :
          
           It
           being
           judged
           much
           safer
           for
           a
           City
           ,
           that
           the
           chief
           place
           of
           
             Concourse
          
           should
           rather
           be
           at
           and
           about
           its
           
             Gates
             ,
          
           than
           in
           its
           
             Heart
          
           and
           
             Center
             :
          
           So
           that
           by
           
             Gates
          
           we
           are
           to
           understand
           the
           gathering
           of
           the
           People
           ;
           and
           there
           it
           was
           that
           
             her
             Works
          
           were
           to
           
             praise
             her
             ,
          
           every
           one
           having
           somewhat
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           had
           either
           fallen
           under
           his
           own
           Observation
           ,
           or
           that
           had
           come
           to
           his
           Knowledg
           :
           There
           was
           no
           need
           of
           an
           
             Orator
          
           to
           recite
           them
           ,
           of
           a
           
             Poet
          
           to
           adorn
           them
           ,
           or
           of
           
             Hired
             Mourners
          
           to
           sing
           them
           out
           in
           doleful
           Tunes
           ,
           which
           were
           the
           Methods
           of
           those
           Times
           :
           All
           these
           might
           well
           be
           spared
           ,
           when
           the
           Universal
           Sense
           of
           the
           Town
           ,
           and
           the
           Groans
           of
           the
           Neighbourhood
           agreed
           in
           the
           same
           Character
           ,
           and
           that
           a
           
             General
             Lamentation
          
           
           followed
           a
           
             Common
             Loss
             .
          
           This
           is
           a
           Panegyrick
           that
           can
           never
           be
           suspected
           ;
           for
           no
           Man
           misdoubts
           those
           Tears
           that
           fall
           upon
           a
           real
           Loss
           .
           When
           the
           Widows
           came
           to
           mourn
           over
           
             Dorcas
             ,
          
           who
           had
           been
           
             full
             of
             good
             Works
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             Alms-Deeds
             ,
          
           and
           shewed
           the
           
             Coats
             and
             Garments
             ,
          
           which
           she
           had
           not
           only
           given
           them
           '
           but
           
             had
             made
             for
             them
             while
             she
             was
             with
             them
             :
          
           Here
           was
           a
           more
           powerful
           Strain
           of
           Rhetorick
           than
           the
           most
           studied
           Composures
           .
        
         
           The
           reciting
           the
           Names
           ,
           the
           Vertues
           and
           the
           Sufferings
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           and
           Martyrs
           ,
           was
           in
           the
           First
           Ages
           of
           Christianity
           a
           great
           part
           even
           of
           the
           Office
           of
           the
           
             Communion
          
           it self
           ;
           and
           the
           striking
           the
           Names
           of
           any
           out
           of
           those
           Registers
           and
           Memorials
           ,
           was
           reckoned
           to
           be
           one
           of
           the
           severest
           Acts
           of
           the
           Discipline
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           the
           Abuses
           that
           were
           ushered
           in
           by
           this
           ,
           do
           well
           excuse
           us
           ,
           though
           in
           this
           particular
           we
           do
           not
           conform
           our selves
           to
           so
           ancient
           a
           Custom
           ;
           yet
           when
           singular
           Instances
           come
           in
           our
           way
           ,
           as
           we
           ought
           to
           rejoice
           to
           see
           that
           
             Religion
          
           has
           not
           yet
           lost
           its
           force
           ,
           but
           can
           even
           in
           this
           degenerate
           Age
           ,
           give
           Noble
           Instances
           of
           the
           
           Power
           it
           has
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Effects
           that
           follow
           it
           ,
           so
           we
           ought
           to
           set
           it
           out
           in
           its
           True
           and
           Natural
           Colours
           .
           We
           are
           not
           indeed
           to
           follow
           the
           Steps
           of
           a
           Church
           ,
           that
           as
           she
           is
           made
           up
           of
           Lies
           ,
           so
           lies
           more
           impudently
           in
           nothing
           than
           in
           dressing
           up
           the
           Legends
           ,
           and
           setting
           forth
           the
           Excellencies
           of
           those
           who
           have
           contributed
           to
           her
           enriching
           ,
           or
           to
           her
           Exaltation
           ,
           and
           that
           does
           plainly
           shew
           no
           regard
           either
           to
           what
           is
           true
           ,
           or
           to
           what
           is
           so
           much
           as
           likely
           in
           the
           Lives
           ,
           or
           rather
           the
           Fables
           that
           are
           given
           out
           of
           her
           Saints
           :
           In
           which
           it
           is
           visible
           ,
           that
           no
           Care
           is
           had
           to
           tell
           things
           truly
           as
           they
           were
           ,
           but
           as
           they
           think
           they
           ought
           to
           have
           been
           done
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           managed
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           ,
           as
           may
           most
           powerfully
           work
           on
           the
           Credulity
           or
           Superstition
           of
           the
           Age
           in
           which
           they
           write
           :
           They
           varying
           the
           Performances
           of
           their
           
             Saints
          
           according
           to
           the
           Taste
           of
           the
           several
           Ages
           in
           which
           they
           happen
           to
           write
           ;
           and
           by
           these
           means
           they
           serve
           their
           Ends
           of
           deceiving
           the
           World
           by
           this
           Exchange
           of
           Sophisticated
           Ware
           ,
           for
           the
           wealth
           and
           advantages
           that
           it
           brings
           to
           them
           .
           
             But
             we
             have
             not
             so
             learned
             Christ
             ,
          
           we
           know
           no
           other
           
             Arts
          
           but
           the
           plain
           Simplicity
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           we
           dare
           not
           
             lye
             for
             God
             ,
          
           and
           much
           less
           for
           the
           best
           Person
           upon
           
             Earth
             .
          
        
         
         
           And
           now
           I
           am
           brought
           back
           to
           the
           Subject
           with
           which
           I
           began
           .
           If
           we
           have
           here
           before
           us
           the
           earthly
           Tabernacle
           of
           a
           Woman
           that
           
             feared
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           then
           it
           is
           just
           and
           reasonable
           for
           us
           to
           
             praise
             Her
             ;
          
           but
           in
           the
           praising
           Her
           ,
           I
           shall
           strictly
           observe
           the
           Direction
           of
           my
           Text
           ,
           I
           will
           only
           
             give
             her
             those
          
           Commendations
           that
           are
           due
           to
           Her
           ,
           that
           are
           
             the
             Fruit
             of
             her
             Hands
             ,
          
           and
           will
           set
           before
           you
           some
           of
           
             Her
             Works
             ,
          
           and
           leave
           them
           to
           
             praise
             Her
          
           by
           an
           Eloquence
           ,
           that
           will
           have
           more
           Force
           and
           Beauty
           in
           it
           ,
           than
           can
           be
           possibly
           put
           in
           Words
           .
           I
           will
           say
           nothing
           but
           that
           which
           I
           have
           good
           reason
           to
           believe
           to
           be
           true
           :
           for
           though
           I
           had
           not
           the
           honour
           of
           so
           particular
           a
           Knowledge
           of
           Her
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           able
           to
           form
           out
           of
           it
           an
           entire
           Character
           ,
           yet
           what
           I
           saw
           in
           Her
           ,
           shewed
           so
           sincere
           and
           so
           profound
           a
           Piety
           ,
           so
           severe
           and
           scrupulous
           a
           Vertue
           ,
           so
           pure
           a
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           such
           an
           exact
           Conduct
           ,
           that
           from
           thence
           I
           have
           good
           reason
           to
           believe
           other
           Particulars
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           received
           from
           those
           who
           have
           been
           long
           the
           nearest
           Witnesses
           to
           the
           whole
           Course
           of
           Her
           Life
           .
        
         
           This
           I
           must
           say
           ,
           and
           you
           all
           know
           it
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           that
           both
           in
           the
           Neighbouring
           City
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           chief
           Part
           of
           my
           Care
           ,
           and
           in
           this
           whole
           Countrey
           ,
           She
           hath
           had
           this
           Character
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           the
           greatest
           Example
           ,
           and
           the
           Instrument
           of
           the
           most
           
           Good
           ,
           of
           any
           Person
           that
           has
           been
           in
           these
           Parts
           within
           the
           Memory
           of
           Man.
           
        
         
           I
           will
           not
           lessen
           what
           I
           am
           to
           say
           concerning
           Her
           ,
           by
           any
           account
           of
           Her
           Birth
           ,
           of
           the
           Nobleness
           of
           her
           own
           Family
           ,
           or
           of
           that
           into
           which
           She
           married
           ,
           nor
           of
           the
           Greatness
           of
           the
           Fortune
           that
           descended
           to
           Her
           ;
           if
           I
           should
           speak
           of
           these
           ,
           I
           should
           not
           
             give
             her
             the
             Fruit
             of
             her
             own
             Hands
             ;
          
           only
           it
           is
           no
           small
           part
           of
           a
           Character
           ,
           that
           such
           things
           can
           neither
           swell
           a
           Mind
           to
           Pride
           ,
           nor
           dissolve
           it
           into
           Vanity
           or
           Sensuality
           :
           Her
           descending
           to
           the
           concerns
           of
           the
           meanest
           Persons
           ;
           Her
           going
           so
           oft
           about
           to
           the
           poorest
           Houses
           ,
           where
           Her
           Charity
           or
           Assistance
           was
           necessary
           ;
           Her
           constant
           care
           of
           the
           Sick
           ;
           Her
           supplying
           them
           so
           plentifully
           with
           Medicines
           from
           that
           vast
           Store
           that
           She
           provided
           for
           them
           ;
           Her
           sending
           oft
           for
           Physicians
           and
           Surgeons
           to
           them
           ;
           Her
           frequent
           handling
           and
           dressing
           their
           Sores
           Herself
           ,
           when
           Surgeons
           could
           not
           be
           had
           ,
           which
           as
           She
           never
           affected
           to
           do
           ,
           so
           She
           never
           declined
           it
           where
           it
           was
           necessary
           ;
           Her
           kneeling
           so
           oft
           down
           ,
           and
           treating
           Ulcers
           which
           were
           so
           loathsome
           ,
           that
           no
           Charity
           less
           than
           Hers
           ,
           could
           have
           endured
           so
           odious
           a
           Sight
           ;
           Her
           not
           being
           afraid
           even
           of
           contagious
           Diseases
           ,
           except
           that
           of
           the
           small
           Pox
           ,
           
           in
           which
           Her
           care
           of
           Her
           Children
           obliged
           her
           to
           more
           Caution
           :
           All
           these
           Particulars
           of
           which
           I
           appeal
           to
           you
           that
           are
           before
           me
           ,
           how
           many
           Instances
           you
           have
           seen
           and
           known
           ,
           do
           fully
           shew
           that
           Her
           Rank
           and
           Fortune
           were
           only
           considered
           by
           Herself
           as
           so
           many
           Engagements
           upon
           Her
           ,
           to
           be
           
             rich
             in
             good
             Works
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             cloathed
             with
             Humility
             .
          
        
         
           But
           to
           give
           you
           her
           Character
           in
           that
           which
           according
           to
           my
           Text
           gives
           a
           just
           Title
           to
           praise
           ,
           
             She
             feared
             the
             Lord
             greatly
             ,
          
           she
           had
           so
           deep
           a
           sense
           of
           Religion
           ,
           that
           she
           spent
           a
           great
           part
           of
           her
           time
           both
           in
           studying
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           which
           she
           had
           laid
           well
           up
           in
           her
           Memory
           ,
           and
           in
           reading
           Books
           both
           of
           Devotion
           and
           of
           Instruction
           in
           Matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           which
           she
           did
           carefully
           :
           those
           who
           have
           attended
           on
           her
           many
           Years
           ,
           have
           assured
           me
           ,
           that
           she
           would
           not
           lose
           quite
           that
           time
           which
           was
           set
           off
           for
           her
           Dressing
           ,
           and
           which
           the
           far
           greatest
           part
           make
           to
           be
           a
           studied
           and
           lengthened
           Vanity
           ,
           but
           she
           used
           then
           ,
           either
           to
           read
           herself
           ,
           or
           imploy
           another
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           that
           so
           her
           Mind
           might
           have
           some
           share
           of
           that
           Time
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           might
           not
           go
           all
           to
           her
           Person
           .
           She
           made
           Extracts
           out
           of
           many
           Books
           ,
           but
           in
           short-hand
           ,
           since
           they
           were
           only
           intended
           for
           her
           own
           or
           her
           Childrens
           
           use
           ;
           she
           also
           used
           her
           short-hand
           in
           taking
           the
           edifying
           Parts
           of
           Sermons
           ,
           which
           she
           went
           over
           in
           private
           afterwards
           with
           her
           Children
           ;
           she
           was
           frequent
           and
           constant
           in
           secret
           Prayer
           ,
           which
           had
           been
           ,
           as
           she
           owned
           to
           me
           ,
           the
           chief
           Joy
           and
           Support
           of
           her
           Life
           ;
           in
           that
           it
           was
           that
           she
           found
           Strength
           to
           bear
           the
           loss
           of
           Six
           Sons
           ,
           one
           after
           another
           ,
           all
           she
           ever
           had
           ,
           and
           a
           dear
           Husband
           that
           was
           more
           than
           all
           :
           who
           was
           so
           dear
           to
           her
           ,
           that
           with
           this
           single
           Consideration
           she
           quieted
           her
           Mind
           ,
           after
           the
           loss
           of
           one
           Son
           which
           happened
           soon
           after
           her
           Lord
           had
           recovered
           of
           a
           great
           Sickness
           ,
           that
           she
           could
           not
           complain
           of
           any
           thing
           which
           God
           did
           to
           her
           after
           he
           had
           granted
           her
           so
           great
           a
           Blessing
           .
           She
           was
           a
           Religious
           Observer
           of
           the
           Lord's-Day
           ,
           but
           without
           Superstition
           or
           Affectation
           ;
           she
           never
           fail'd
           in
           a
           Course
           of
           many
           Years
           while
           in
           Health
           ,
           to
           lay
           hold
           of
           every
           opportunity
           of
           receiving
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           and
           was
           always
           retired
           a
           day
           or
           two
           before
           it
           ,
           and
           did
           rise
           ever
           very
           early
           on
           Communion-days
           ,
           that
           she
           might
           be
           for
           a
           considerable
           time
           retir'd
           before
           she
           went
           to
           Church
           :
           She
           observed
           the
           daily
           Returns
           of
           religious
           Performances
           in
           her
           Family
           in
           a
           most
           regular
           manner
           ,
           the
           Prayers
           of
           the
           Church
           being
           never
           discontinued
           ,
           nor
           so
           much
           
           as
           put
           off
           .
           She
           was
           constant
           in
           the
           Communion
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           and
           had
           so
           hearty
           an
           affection
           to
           it
           ,
           that
           when
           she
           saw
           the
           danger
           of
           our
           being
           over-run
           with
           Popery
           ,
           she
           exprest
           her
           sense
           of
           it
           in
           the
           tenderest
           manner
           ,
           and
           told
           her
           Children
           that
           she
           had
           much
           rather
           go
           with
           them
           to
           a
           Stake
           ,
           than
           see
           them
           defile
           themselves
           with
           the
           Idolatry
           of
           the
           Mass
           ;
           yet
           her
           Zeal
           for
           her
           Religion
           did
           not
           transport
           her
           to
           any
           uncharitable
           Excesses
           ,
           and
           therefore
           she
           had
           a
           due
           regard
           to
           Vertue
           and
           Goodness
           wheresoever
           she
           saw
           it
           .
           But
           though
           all
           about
           her
           saw
           how
           much
           Religion
           possessed
           her
           Thoughts
           ,
           yet
           she
           shewed
           it
           as
           little
           as
           was
           possible
           ,
           except
           where
           the
           Obligations
           of
           a
           Mother
           ,
           or
           of
           a
           Mistress
           of
           a
           Family
           required
           it
           .
           She
           took
           care
           to
           have
           all
           her
           Family
           know
           and
           fear
           God
           ,
           such
           as
           could
           not
           read
           ,
           she
           allowed
           them
           both
           Time
           and
           Books
           ,
           and
           other
           necessary
           Helps
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           she
           furnished
           all
           about
           her
           ,
           not
           only
           those
           of
           her
           Houshold
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           Countrey
           quite
           round
           her
           ,
           with
           such
           Books
           as
           might
           instruct
           and
           direct
           them
           ;
           and
           as
           her
           Modesty
           made
           that
           she
           would
           not
           assume
           to
           herself
           to
           be
           a
           Reprover
           of
           those
           that
           were
           not
           under
           her
           Authority
           ,
           so
           the
           way
           she
           took
           ,
           where
           she
           saw
           any
           occasion
           for
           it
           ,
           was
           to
           send
           them
           such
           
           Books
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           might
           find
           the
           Reproofs
           that
           they
           needed
           .
           When
           she
           reproved
           her
           Servants
           ,
           those
           who
           have
           been
           twenty
           Years
           about
           her
           ,
           have
           assured
           me
           she
           never
           did
           it
           in
           words
           of
           Reproach
           or
           Anger
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           way
           that
           she
           believed
           was
           the
           most
           proper
           to
           have
           a
           good
           effect
           on
           them
           .
           She
           said
           ,
           she
           was
           naturally
           passionate
           ;
           but
           she
           came
           to
           be
           early
           under
           the
           Power
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           broke
           herself
           so
           entirely
           from
           it
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           have
           known
           her
           the
           longest
           ,
           do
           affirm
           they
           never
           saw
           her
           at
           any
           one
           time
           under
           the
           Power
           of
           it
           :
           She
           was
           more
           particularly
           gentle
           to
           those
           who
           were
           immediately
           about
           her
           ,
           so
           that
           neither
           her
           Grief
           for
           those
           great
           Afflictions
           ,
           with
           which
           it
           pleased
           God
           to
           visit
           her
           ,
           nor
           the
           sharp
           Pains
           ,
           nor
           lingring
           Disease
           of
           which
           she
           died
           ,
           ever
           drew
           an
           indecent
           Expression
           from
           her
           .
        
         
           Her
           Religion
           as
           it
           gave
           her
           much
           Joy
           ,
           so
           it
           gave
           her
           some
           Trouble
           ,
           while
           by
           an
           exactness
           that
           carried
           her
           into
           too
           scrupulous
           a
           Jealousy
           of
           her self
           ;
           she
           was
           too
           apt
           to
           censure
           her
           own
           Defects
           and
           Coldnesses
           .
           She
           chose
           a
           proper
           Guide
           ,
           to
           whom
           she
           gave
           frequently
           an
           account
           of
           the
           various
           Scenes
           of
           Thoughts
           that
           passed
           
           in
           her
           Mind
           ;
           her
           choice
           of
           one
           of
           my
           Reverend
           Brethren
           shewed
           how
           well
           she
           could
           judg
           
           of
           a
           Person
           fit
           for
           such
           a
           Confidence
           ,
           and
           she
           had
           found
           ,
           as
           she
           told
           me
           ,
           great
           Benefit
           and
           Comfort
           in
           his
           Conduct
           .
           Her
           Soul
           was
           so
           wholly
           dedicated
           to
           God
           ,
           that
           she
           seemed
           to
           have
           no
           other
           concern
           upon
           her
           ,
           but
           how
           to
           know
           and
           to
           do
           her
           Duty
           upon
           all
           Occasions
           ;
           and
           it
           made
           even
           the
           Burden
           of
           her
           Sickness
           a
           redoubled
           Affliction
           to
           her
           ,
           because
           it
           depressed
           her
           Spirits
           ,
           so
           that
           she
           could
           not
           raise
           them
           up
           to
           God
           ,
           with
           that
           Chearfulness
           and
           Joy
           that
           she
           had
           felt
           on
           other
           Occasions
           ;
           and
           that
           she
           did
           not
           fly
           towards
           Death
           with
           so
           entire
           a
           willingness
           ,
           as
           had
           often
           formerly
           inflamed
           her
           Thoughts
           :
           she
           thought
           that
           even
           the
           desire
           of
           seeing
           the
           last
           part
           of
           her
           Care
           setled
           and
           entred
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           was
           a
           concern
           below
           that
           Elevation
           of
           Soul
           with
           which
           a
           Christian
           ought
           to
           entertain
           the
           Approaches
           of
           Death
           .
        
         
           With
           all
           this
           deep
           Sense
           of
           Religion
           she
           had
           no
           sort
           of
           Affectation
           ,
           Singularity
           ,
           Censoriousness
           ,
           or
           Sourness
           of
           Temper
           ;
           she
           had
           all
           the
           decent
           chearfulness
           about
           her
           that
           became
           her
           ,
           tho
           always
           governed
           with
           a
           stay'd
           Gravity
           ,
           she
           affected
           nothing
           that
           made
           any
           extraordinary
           shew
           ,
           so
           that
           in
           all
           indifferent
           things
           she
           lived
           like
           those
           of
           her
           Rank
           .
           She
           never
           placed
           Religion
           in
           little
           and
           assumed
           Severities
           ,
           but
           studied
           
           in
           the
           whole
           Course
           of
           her
           Life
           ,
           to
           practise
           that
           
             pure
             Religion
             and
             undefiled
             with
             God
             and
             the
             Father
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             visit
             the
             Widows
             and
             the
             Fatherless
             in
             their
             Affliction
             ,
             and
             to
             keep
             her self
             unspotted
             from
             the
             World.
          
           She
           was
           free
           from
           that
           Spirit
           of
           Censoriousness
           ,
           to
           which
           even
           good
           People
           are
           too
           prone
           ;
           perhaps
           through
           the
           sharpness
           of
           their
           Zeal
           against
           Sin
           :
           but
           when
           the
           occasions
           of
           observing
           the
           Evil
           that
           was
           in
           the
           World
           came
           in
           her
           way
           ,
           she
           made
           the
           right
           use
           of
           them
           in
           proper
           Reflections
           on
           them
           ,
           to
           those
           who
           were
           under
           her
           Care.
           She
           loved
           the
           Privacies
           of
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           much
           more
           than
           the
           Diversions
           and
           Disorders
           of
           the
           Town
           :
           She
           loved
           to
           be
           at
           quiet
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           either
           improving
           her
           own
           Mind
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           doing
           good
           to
           others
           :
           She
           had
           attained
           to
           a
           great
           understanding
           in
           the
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Scriptures
           ;
           and
           was
           not
           only
           conversant
           in
           the
           practical
           ,
           but
           even
           in
           the
           speculative
           parts
           of
           it
           .
           So
           much
           study
           as
           she
           used
           ,
           with
           so
           true
           a
           Judgment
           as
           she
           had
           ,
           carried
           her
           a
           great
           way
           :
           next
           to
           that
           she
           studied
           Physick
           most
           ;
           as
           that
           by
           which
           she
           found
           she
           had
           the
           greatest
           opportunities
           of
           doing
           the
           most
           good
           ;
           and
           in
           this
           she
           set
           no
           bounds
           to
           her
           Care
           and
           Labour
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           expence
           it
           drew
           with
           it
           :
           and
           in
           her
           later
           
           Years
           the
           extent
           of
           her
           Charity
           and
           the
           Zeal
           and
           Tenderness
           of
           it
           grew
           upon
           her
           very
           sensibly
           ;
           She
           had
           observed
           one
           constant
           Practice
           ,
           upon
           any
           special
           Blessing
           that
           she
           received
           from
           God
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           particular
           Largess
           of
           Charity
           ,
           besides
           her
           ordinary
           Givings
           :
           but
           this
           of
           late
           encreased
           to
           great
           Sums
           ,
           that
           walked
           round
           the
           Jayls
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           amongst
           the
           miserable
           in
           these
           Parts
           ;
           besides
           that
           Riches
           of
           her
           Liberality
           with
           which
           she
           relieved
           the
           
             French
          
           and
           
             Irish
             Protestants
             :
          
           So
           that
           she
           seemed
           to
           be
           making
           haste
           to
           do
           all
           the
           good
           that
           was
           possible
           for
           her
           ,
           as
           if
           she
           had
           had
           a
           secret
           Intimation
           that
           there
           was
           but
           a
           small
           Portion
           of
           time
           now
           before
           her
           .
           A
           slow
           Decay
           came
           to
           seize
           on
           her
           ,
           while
           she
           was
           yet
           a
           great
           way
           from
           Old
           Age
           ,
           being
           but
           Fifty
           when
           she
           died
           .
           She
           quickly
           apprehended
           that
           it
           would
           make
           an
           end
           of
           her
           ,
           and
           so
           she
           set
           her self
           diligently
           to
           prepare
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           add
           one
           part
           of
           her
           Character
           ,
           which
           I
           think
           so
           bright
           a
           one
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           not
           afraid
           to
           rank
           it
           among
           those
           I
           have
           already
           mentioned
           :
           She
           had
           so
           great
           a
           sense
           of
           the
           Goodness
           of
           God
           to
           the
           Nation
           in
           the
           late
           happy
           Revolution
           ,
           
           that
           she
           said
           her
           
             Nunc
             dimittis
          
           with
           the
           more
           Joy
           ,
           because
           she
           had
           seen
           that
           
             Salvation
             which
             God
             hath
             wrought
             for
             us
             :
          
           She
           paid
           one
           Tax
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           with
           so
           hearty
           a
           Zeal
           ,
           in
           offering
           up
           many
           earnest
           Prayers
           to
           God
           for
           its
           Establishment
           ,
           that
           if
           many
           made
           so
           many
           Free-Will
           Offerings
           of
           that
           kind
           as
           she
           did
           ,
           we
           might
           hope
           for
           a
           better
           account
           of
           all
           the
           other
           Taxes
           ;
           and
           a
           speedy
           end
           put
           to
           them
           all
           :
           and
           as
           she
           had
           so
           true
           an
           Affection
           to
           this
           Government
           her self
           ,
           so
           she
           declared
           an
           unalterable
           Resolution
           of
           not
           bestowing
           that
           dear
           part
           of
           her
           Care
           ,
           which
           she
           did
           not
           live
           to
           finish
           ,
           to
           any
           but
           such
           as
           she
           believed
           were
           Faithful
           and
           Zealous
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           the
           Melancholy
           part
           is
           yet
           before
           me
           ,
           I
           unwillingly
           go
           to
           it
           ,
           but
           as
           the
           Discourse
           leads
           me
           ,
           so
           I
           may
           well
           speak
           of
           it
           ,
           since
           it
           was
           such
           as
           agreed
           with
           all
           that
           had
           gone
           before
           :
           she
           felt
           the
           Decays
           of
           Nature
           come
           so
           fast
           on
           her
           ,
           that
           she
           prepared
           her self
           to
           meet
           her
           God
           :
           She
           had
           quite
           overcome
           all
           that
           unwillingness
           which
           so
           just
           a
           desire
           ,
           as
           was
           formerly
           intimated
           ,
           had
           raised
           in
           her
           :
           She
           rejoiced
           in
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           expressed
           
           so
           much
           satisfaction
           and
           chearfulness
           even
           in
           her
           Looks
           ,
           that
           it
           plainly
           appeared
           all
           was
           calm
           within
           :
           She
           was
           no
           more
           depressed
           with
           uneasy
           Reflections
           on
           her self
           ,
           but
           had
           the
           Joy
           of
           a
           good
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           the
           Assurance
           of
           the
           Love
           and
           Goodness
           of
           God
           through
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           to
           so
           high
           a
           degree
           ,
           that
           she
           felt
           not
           now
           those
           unjust
           Censures
           with
           which
           she
           alone
           had
           sometimes
           punished
           her self
           :
           For
           she
           was
           the
           only
           Person
           ,
           that
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           I
           have
           been
           informed
           ,
           ever
           thought
           hardly
           of
           herself
           .
           Since
           I
           could
           never
           hear
           that
           she
           had
           an
           Enemy
           ,
           or
           that
           ever
           a
           considerable
           Injury
           was
           done
           her
           by
           any
           Person
           ;
           her
           prudent
           ,
           grave
           and
           unmedling
           Temper
           kept
           her
           out
           of
           the
           way
           of
           making
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           to
           this
           was
           joyned
           a
           special
           Blessing
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           preserved
           her
           from
           unjust
           Malice
           :
           Thus
           for
           meer
           want
           of
           occasion
           I
           could
           not
           learn
           how
           her
           Charity
           would
           have
           wrought
           towards
           an
           Enemy
           that
           had
           injured
           her
           in
           any
           sort
           :
           She
           continued
           during
           the
           Course
           of
           her
           Sickness
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           have
           the
           Prayers
           of
           the
           Church
           said
           by
           her
           ,
           but
           was
           very
           often
           ,
           indeed
           almost
           constantly
           ,
           observed
           to
           be
           raising
           up
           her
           Soul
           to
           God
           :
           She
           had
           resolved
           to
           fit
           her self
           for
           her
           
           last
           Passage
           ,
           with
           the
           great
           
             Viaticum
          
           of
           Christians
           ,
           but
           Nature
           sunk
           all
           at
           once
           ,
           and
           so
           fast
           that
           she
           could
           only
           communicate
           inwardly
           ;
           yet
           though
           she
           could
           not
           end
           her
           Life
           with
           that
           most
           solemn
           Act
           of
           Church-Communion
           ,
           She
           desired
           that
           Character
           of
           dying
           in
           the
           Churches
           Peace
           ,
           that
           is
           given
           in
           
             Absolution
             ,
          
           which
           she
           received
           with
           much
           devout
           Joy
           :
           At
           last
           she
           broke
           Prison
           ,
           and
           left
           a
           feeble
           and
           exhausted
           Body
           ,
           and
           is
           now
           entered
           into
           the
           
             Joy
             of
             her
             Lord
             ,
          
           into
           that
           
             Rest
          
           to
           which
           she
           was
           so
           long
           aspiring
           ,
           and
           of
           which
           she
           had
           felt
           so
           many
           ravishing
           Fore-tastes
           in
           her
           way
           to
           it
           .
           There
           she
           is
           now
           ,
           in
           the
           Fellowship
           of
           Angels
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Presence
           of
           God
           ,
           where
           she
           will
           remain
           ,
           till
           the
           restitution
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           that
           this
           her
           now
           forsaken
           Body
           shall
           be
           changed
           and
           be
           made
           meet
           for
           her
           to
           return
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           dwell
           in
           it
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           her
           Memory
           ,
           
             let
             her
             own
             Works
             praise
             her
             ,
          
           and
           make
           her
           Name
           to
           be
           
             as
             Ointment
             poured
             forth
             .
          
           May
           all
           in
           these
           Parts
           ,
           that
           have
           either
           observed
           her
           Deportment
           ,
           or
           felt
           the
           effects
           of
           her
           Charity
           ,
           honour
           her
           ,
           or
           rather
           Religion
           that
           made
           her
           to
           be
           what
           she
           truly
           
           was
           ,
           even
           a
           publick
           Blessing
           to
           the
           whole
           Countrey
           .
           Look
           through
           all
           the
           Companies
           of
           the
           gay
           Libertines
           ,
           and
           see
           what
           you
           can
           find
           among
           them
           all
           compared
           to
           that
           which
           Religion
           wrought
           in
           her
           ,
           and
           then
           acknowledge
           that
           
             This
             is
             the
             Salt
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             World.
          
           May
           all
           that
           hear
           of
           her
           ,
           rise
           up
           and
           call
           her
           Blessed
           ;
           and
           by
           a
           noble
           Emulation
           ,
           study
           to
           imitate
           the
           Vertues
           that
           shined
           so
           fair
           in
           her
           :
           May
           the
           great
           Family
           that
           is
           to
           succeed
           to
           her
           Seat
           ,
           so
           far
           follow
           her
           steps
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           dry
           up
           the
           Tears
           which
           do
           now
           flow
           so
           plentifully
           for
           her
           loss
           :
           May
           her
           noble
           Children
           answer
           the
           honour
           of
           being
           hers
           ,
           and
           the
           Obligations
           that
           lie
           on
           them
           by
           the
           Example
           that
           they
           saw
           in
           her
           ,
           and
           the
           Education
           that
           they
           received
           from
           her
           :
           And
           may
           he
           whom
           she
           loved
           and
           esteemed
           so
           highly
           ,
           carry
           still
           with
           him
           so
           tender
           a
           sense
           of
           all
           the
           excellent
           Things
           that
           he
           observed
           and
           admired
           in
           her
           ,
           that
           according
           to
           her
           last
           Words
           to
           him
           ,
           
             Though
             they
             are
             now
             parted
             ,
             since
             it
             was
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             that
             it
             must
             be
             so
             ,
             yet
             they
             may
             meet
             again
             never
             to
             be
             separated
             ,
             but
             to
             live
             eternally
             happy
             in
             that
             Fulness
             of
             Ioy
             ,
             and
             in
             those
             Pleasures
             which
             are
             for
             evermore
             :
          
           
           And
           in
           conclusion
           ,
           May
           the
           Example
           she
           has
           set
           ,
           and
           the
           Good
           she
           has
           done
           ,
           be
           ever
           celebrated
           ;
           may
           it
           recommend
           true
           Religion
           to
           the
           World
           ;
           
             Mark
             the
             Upright
             ,
             and
             behold
             the
             Perfect
             ,
             for
             their
             latter
             End
             is
             Peace
             .
          
           To
           which
           God
           in
           his
           Mercy
           bring
           us
           all
           in
           his
           good
           and
           appointed
           Time.
           
        
         
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
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           Notes for div A30437-e280
           
             *
             Treat
             of
             ●●sts
             ,
             
               c.
            
             4.
             
               n.
               ●
               .
            
          
           
             Acts
             9.
             39.
             
          
           
             The
             Lord
             ●●●●●p
             of
             
               Worcester
               .