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             A sermon at the funeral of the Right Honourable the Lady Jane eldest daughter to His Grace, William, Duke of Newcastle, and wife to the Honourable Charles Cheyne, Esq, at Chelsey, Novemb. I, being All-Saints day by Adam Littleton ...
             Littleton, Adam, 1627-1694.
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                   CAVENDISH
                   Duke
                   Of
                   NEWCASTLE
                   .
                
                 
                   Sherlock
                   sculp
                   .
                
              
            
             
             
               
            
          
           
             
             
               A
               SERMON
               AT
               THE
               FUNERAL
               OF
               THE
               
                 RIGHT
                 HONOVRABLE
              
               THE
               Lady
               JANE
               Eldest
               Daughter
               to
               his
               GRACE
               WILLIAM
               ,
               Duke
               of
               NEWCASTLE
               ,
               AND
               Wife
               to
               the
               Honourable
               
                 CHARLES
                 CHEYNE
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               At
               
                 CHELSEY
                 .
                 Novemb.
              
               1.
               
               Being
               All-Saints
               day
               .
               By
               Adam
               Littleton
               ,
               Priest.
               
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               by
               
                 Iohn
                 Macock
              
               ,
               MDCLXIX
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               
                 PROV
                 .
                 XXXI
                 .
                 30.
                 
              
               
                 Favour
                 is
                 deceitful
                 ,
                 and
                 Beauty
                 is
                 vain
                 :
                 but
                 a
                 Woman
                 that
                 feareth
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 She
                 shall
                 be
                 Praised
                 .
              
            
             
               WHO
               King
               Lemuel
               and
               his
               Mother
               ,
               mentioned
               in
               the
               first
               Verse
               of
               this
               Chapter
               ,
               were
               ,
               I
               shall
               not
               undertake
               to
               decide
               ;
               'T
               is
               agreed
               on
               by
               most
               Interpreters
               ,
               that
               by
               Lemuel
               is
               intended
               Solomon
               ,
               who
               ,
               as
               Grotius
               observes
               ,
               was
               Octanominis
               ,
               had
               eight
               several
               Names
               given
               him
               in
               Scripture
               ,
               and
               by
               his
               Mother
               consequently
               is
               meant
               Bathsheba
               ,
               (
               thought
               the
               same
               Grotius
               intimate
               too
               ,
               it
               might
               be
               Hezekiah
               himself
               ,
               who
               order'd
               the
               Collection
               of
               these
               Proverbs
               ,
               
               and
               his
               Mother
               Abijah
               the
               Daughter
               of
               Zechariah
               :
               )
               and
               that
               Lemuel
               was
               
                 blanda
                 matris
                 Appellatio
              
               ,
               a
               made
               word
               of
               Kindness
               to
               sweeten
               her
               motherly
               Instructions
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               Chapter
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               come
               orderly
               to
               the
               Text
               ,
               there
               are
               two
               main
               Parts
               to
               be
               observed
               .
            
             
               I.
               The
               
                 Queen
                 Mothers
                 Lesson
              
               to
               the
               young
               Prince
               her
               Son
               ,
               in
               the
               Nine
               first
               Verses
               .
            
             
               II.
               The
               
                 Character
                 of
                 a
                 good
                 Woman
              
               ,
               from
               the
               10.
               verse
               to
               the
               end
               .
               Which
               if
               it
               be
               but
               the
               continuation
               of
               the
               Mother's
               Lecture
               ,
               is
               then
               a
               Direction
               to
               him
               how
               to
               chuse
               a
               Wife
               :
               but
               if
               we
               take
               it
               for
               a
               Composure
               of
               Solomon's
               ,
               then
               't
               will
               be
               a
               dutiful
               Return
               of
               the
               Son
               to
               his
               Mother's
               Instructions
               ,
               in
               a
               large
               Commendation
               of
               her
               Wisdom
               and
               Care
               ;
               wherein
               he
               sets
               her
               forth
               as
               the
               Pattern
               of
               her
               Sex
               ,
               and
               pleats
               
                 Laudum
                 Corollam
              
               ,
               a
               Garland
               and
               Imperial
               Wreath
               of
               Praises
               for
               his
               Mother's
               Royal
               Head.
               
            
             
               Be
               this
               
                 Good
                 Woman
              
               then
               ,
               in
               the
               History
               ,
               Bathsheba
               ,
               or
               Abijah
               ,
               or
               (
               as
               the
               Popish
               Expositors
               
               turn
               it
               )
               the
               
                 Blessed
                 Virgin
              
               ;
               be
               she
               ,
               in
               the
               Allegory
               ,
               the
               Church
               ,
               or
               any
               pious
               Soul
               :
               it
               cannot
               be
               deny'd
               ,
               but
               that
               even
               Literally
               it
               belongs
               ,
               and
               may
               properly
               be
               apply'd
               to
               any
               Good
               Vertuous
               Woman
               whatsoever
               of
               the
               whole
               Sex
               ;
               who
               is
               here
               Commended
               through
               all
               the
               Letters
               of
               the
               Hebrew
               Christ-cross-row
               :
               This
               being
               
                 Carmen
                 Alphabeticum
                 in
                 Laudes
                 Bonae
                 Foeminae
                 ,
              
               an
               Alphabetical
               Poem
               in
               the
               Praise
               of
               a
               Good
               Woman
               .
            
             
               And
               though
               the
               whole
               of
               the
               Description
               be
               Praise
               ;
               yet
               we
               may
               take
               a
               distinct
               notice
               of
               two
               Particulars
               contained
               in
               this
               Poem
               .
            
             
               I.
               Her
               Properties
               or
               Vertues
               ,
               reckon'd
               up
               all
               along
               to
               the
               28.
               verse
               .
            
             
               II.
               Her
               Praise
               more
               Emphatically
               exprest
               in
               the
               very
               Close
               ,
               the
               four
               last
               Verses
               .
            
             
               Her
               Vertues
               ,
               to
               give
               you
               a
               brief
               Summary
               of
               them
               ,
               are
            
             
               Her
               
                 Conjugal
                 Fidelity
              
               ;
               verse
               11.
               
            
             
               Her
               Kindness
               and
               
                 Constancy
                 of
                 Affection
              
               ;
               verse
               12.
               
            
             
             
               Her
               Houswifery
               and
               Diligence
               ;
               v.
               13.
               19.
               
            
             
               Her
               Thrift
               and
               Menage
               ;
               verse
               15
               ,
               16.
               
            
             
               Her
               Industry
               and
               Assiduity
               ;
               vers
               .
               17
               ,
               18.
               
            
             
               Her
               Charity
               and
               
                 Liberality
                 to
                 the
                 Poor
              
               ;
               verse
               20.
               
            
             
               Her
               Providence
               and
               Forecast
               ;
               verse
               21.
               
            
             
               Her
               Magnificence
               in
               her
               Furniture
               and
               Apparel
               ;
               verse
               22.
               
            
             
               Her
               Reputation
               in
               Publick
               ;
               V.
               23.
               25.
               
            
             
               Her
               Traffick
               and
               
                 Credit
                 abroad
              
               ;
               in
               Selling
               ,
               v.
               24.
               in
               Buying
               ,
               v.
               16.
               and
               in
               both
               ,
               v.
               14.
               
            
             
               Her
               Discretion
               and
               Obligingness
               in
               her
               Discourse
               ;
               v.
               26.
               
            
             
               Her
               
                 Care
                 of
                 Home
              
               ,
               and
               
                 good
                 Government
                 of
                 her
                 Family
              
               ;
               v.
               27.
               
            
             
               Her
               Praise
               to
               these
               many
               Vertues
               is
               threefold
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               
                 At
                 Home
              
               ,
               by
               her
               Husband
               and
               Children
               ;
               who
               do
               not
               speak
               out
               of
               Flattery
               ,
               but
               as
               having
               been
               constant
               Witnesses
               of
               her
               Vertuous
               Carriage
               ,
               ver
               .
               28.
               commending
               her
               in
               this
               form
               of
               words
               ,
               ver
               .
               29.
               
               
                 Many
                 
                 Daughters
                 have
                 done
                 Vertuously
                 ,
                 but
                 Thou
                 excellest
                 them
                 all
                 .
              
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 Pro
                 Rostris
              
               ,
               solemnly
               out
               of
               the
               Pulpit
               ,
               in
               the
               words
               of
               the
               Text
               :
               for
               so
               
                 She
                 shall
                 be
                 praised
              
               ,
               implies
               a
               solemn
               Commemoration
               of
               her
               Vertues
               ,
               and
               an
               Encomiastick
               Harangue
               upon
               her
               Person
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               For
               an
               everlasting
               Memorial
               of
               her
               ,
               throughout
               
                 the
                 whole
                 Country
              
               ,
               where
               she
               lived
               :
               common
               Fame
               shall
               do
               her
               that
               right
               ;
               in
               the
               last
               Verse
               ,
               
                 Her
                 own
                 Works
                 shall
                 praise
                 her
                 in
                 the
                 Gates
                 :
              
               to
               wit
               ,
               
                 among
                 the
                 Elders
                 of
                 the
                 Land
                 ,
              
               as
               't
               is
               ver
               .
               23.
               among
               the
               Nobles
               and
               Rulers
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               ;
               Persons
               of
               the
               highest
               Place
               and
               greatest
               Quality
               .
            
             
               Our
               present
               business
               is
               that
               Part
               of
               her
               Praise
               ,
               which
               is
               to
               be
               perform'd
               in
               this
               place
               :
               whereto
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               always
               accounted
               it
               no
               mean
               Advantage
               of
               my
               life
               to
               have
               been
               known
               to
               a
               Person
               of
               so
               eminent
               a
               Worth
               and
               Goodness
               ;
               so
               I
               find
               my self
               somewhat
               enabled
               by
               that
               personal
               Knowledge
               for
               a
               fair
               discharge
               of
               the
               Duty
               of
               this
               Hour
               ,
               without
               being
               much
               beholden
               either
               to
               
               publick
               Report
               ,
               or
               private
               Information
               :
               though
               the
               Whole
               almost
               ,
               of
               what
               I
               have
               to
               say
               ,
               will
               be
               That
               too
               ,
               which
               All
               ,
               that
               hear
               me
               ,
               will
               readily
               back
               with
               their
               Testimony
               .
            
             
               To
               come
               to
               the
               business
               then
               ;
               the
               
                 Vertuous
                 Woman's
                 Commendation
              
               here
               is
               expressed
               ,
            
             
               I.
               Negatively
               ,
               or
               ,
               if
               you
               will
               ,
               Comparatively
               .
               
                 Favour
                 is
                 deceitful
                 ,
                 and
                 Beauty
                 is
                 vain
                 .
              
            
             
               II.
               Positively
               :
               
                 But
                 a
                 Woman
                 that
                 feareth
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 She
                 shall
                 be
                 Praised
                 .
              
            
             
               As
               if
               he
               had
               said
               ,
               Favour
               and
               Beauty
               are
               Idle
               ,
               Insignificant
               ,
               sorry
               ,
               mean
               ,
               toyish
               Things
               ,
               that
               deserve
               not
               serious
               Commendation
               ,
               at
               least
               are
               not
               fit
               to
               come
               in
               Competition
               with
               Vertue
               and
               Discretion
               and
               Piety
               ,
               which
               are
               the
               truly
               Laudable
               Qualities
               ,
               and
               make
               the
               only
               durable
               lasting
               Foundation
               ,
               to
               erect
               a
               Monument
               of
               Praise
               upon
               .
               'T
               is
               indeed
               the
               Humour
               and
               Custom
               of
               wanton
               loose
               Wits
               ,
               to
               Court
               the
               Beautiful
               ,
               to
               Commend
               the
               Fair
               ,
               and
               the
               Gay
               ones
               in
               their
               
               Sonnets
               ;
               and
               to
               make
               Elogies
               upon
               them
               ,
               while
               they
               are
               Living
               ,
               and
               Elegies
               when
               Dead
               :
               but
               alas
               !
               Those
               are
               poor
               Subjects
               in
               comparison
               of
               the
               Good
               and
               Vertuous
               ;
               and
               when
               those
               Poets
               Laurels
               and
               their
               Mistresses
               Praises
               too
               shall
               be
               blasted
               by
               Truth
               ,
               and
               withered
               by
               Time
               ,
               the
               Woman
               that
               
                 fears
                 the
                 Lord
              
               ,
               the
               Pious
               Lady
               ,
               the
               Vertuous
               Matron
               
                 shall
                 be
                 Praised
              
               on
               still
               ,
               and
               her
               Memory
               ever
               continue
               fresh
               and
               green
               .
            
             
               We
               shall
               ,
               to
               clear
               our
               way
               for
               the
               proving
               Vertue
               the
               alone
               Praise-worthy
               thing
               ,
               shew
               the
               Deceit
               &
               Vanity
               of
               those
               other
               two
               Candidates
               for
               Praise
               .
               
                 Favour
                 and
                 Beauty
              
               .
            
             
               Favour
               ,
               in
               the
               Original
               ,
               Grace
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               the
               gracefulness
               of
               Habit
               ,
               Gesture
               ,
               Gate
               ,
               Discourse
               ,
               and
               the
               Attractives
               of
               a
               hansom
               Carriage
               ,
               so
               as
               to
               gain
               Beholders
               Love
               ;
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               say
               the
               Septuagint
               ,
               
                 the
                 Complaisances
              
               of
               Conversation
               ,
               which
               do
               readily
               procure
               peoples
               Favour
               and
               good
               Opnion
               .
               Ag
               in
               ,
               Beauty
               in
               the
               Symmetry
               and
               Proportion
               of
               Parts
               ,
               in
               the
               Feature
               and
               
               Complexion
               ;
               That
               which
               strikes
               the
               Eye
               and
               affects
               the
               Heart
               .
               And
               yet
               both
               these
               deceitful
               and
               vain
               ;
               for
               these
               Reasons
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               
                 As
                 Frail
                 and
                 Subject
                 to
                 Decay
                 ,
              
               whether
               in
               their
               own
               Nature
               ,
               (
               or
               which
               is
               all
               one
               as
               to
               the
               Praise
               and
               Esteem
               of
               them
               )
               in
               the
               Opinions
               of
               Men.
               The
               Fairest
               Face
               is
               as
               brittle
               ,
               as
               the
               Glass
               it
               views
               it self
               in
               ,
               and
               is
               at
               best
               thus
               but
               a
               Miroir
               of
               Beauty
               ,
               and
               when
               broken
               with
               Age
               or
               marr'd
               by
               Disease
               ,
               becomes
               a
               Looking-glass
               of
               Mortality
               .
               The
               distinction
               betwixt
               Beauty
               and
               Deformity
               is
               quite
               lost
               in
               the
               Grave
               ,
               and
               many
               times
               before
               they
               come
               there
               .
               Besides
               ,
               These
               are
               things
               ,
               that
               owe
               their
               Estimate
               to
               the
               Opinion
               of
               men
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               any
               Intrinsick
               Value
               ;
               which
               is
               therefore
               as
               mutable
               and
               uncertain
               as
               Opinion
               ,
               which
               't
               is
               built
               upon
               .
               And
               this
               crys
               up
               one
               thing
               to
               day
               ,
               another
               to
               morrow
               .
               Thamar
               ,
               after
               Amnons
               wicked
               satisfaction
               ,
               was
               as
               Unpleasing
               in
               his
               eyes
               ,
               as
               she
               was
               Fair
               before
               .
               Nay
               ,
               the
               Text
               says
               ,
               that
               
                 the
                 Hatred
                 ,
                 wherewith
                 he
                 hated
                 her
                 ,
                 was
                 greater
                 than
                 the
                 love
                 ,
                 wherewith
                 he
                 had
                 loved
                 her
                 .
              
               
               And
               it
               appears
               so
               by
               his
               usage
               of
               her
               ;
               for
               a
               Friend
               was
               imploy'd
               to
               bring
               her
               in
               ,
               but
               a
               Servant
               serv'd
               to
               turn
               her
               out
               ,
               and
               bolt
               the
               door
               after
               her
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 As
                 things
                 that
                 may
                 be
                 Counterfeited
                 and
                 put
                 on
                 .
              
               These
               are
               many
               times
               but
               ascititious
               Ornaments
               :
               when
               Art
               is
               taught
               to
               supply
               the
               defects
               ,
               and
               to
               repair
               the
               decays
               of
               Nature
               .
               Nor
               is
               Beauty
               alone
               thus
               false
               ,
               when
               some
               through
               a
               Fantastick
               Pride
               or
               some
               worse
               Distemper
               ,
               walk
               as
               if
               they
               were
               their
               own
               
                 Sepulcres
                 ,
                 Painted
              
               ;
               but
               Favour
               or
               Grace
               it self
               may
               be
               abus'd
               to
               meretricious
               ends
               ;
               whilest
               in
               a
               demure
               Aspect
               ,
               and
               a
               graceful
               Behaviour
               ,
               it
               may
               be
               difficult
               to
               distinguish
               betwixt
               a
               Courtesan
               ,
               and
               a
               Matron
               ,
               betwixt
               the
               
                 strange
                 woman
              
               and
               the
               
                 woman
                 that
                 fears
                 the
                 Lord.
              
               
            
             
               3.
               
               
                 As
                 they
                 prove
                 too
                 frequently
                 Occasions
                 of
                 Evil
                 ,
                 and
                 Incentives
                 to
                 Lust.
              
               This
               is
               indeed
               
                 Fallax
                 Gratia
                 ,
                 a
                 deceitful
                 Favour
                 ,
              
               which
               leads
               into
               Temptation
               ,
               and
               a
               
                 vain
                 Beauty
              
               which
               insnares
               and
               betrays
               the
               Soul.
               Thus
               some
               of
               the
               Fathers
               tell
               us
               ,
               the
               Angels
               
               themselves
               were
               surpriz'd
               with
               the
               Beauty
               of
               
                 the
                 daughters
                 of
                 men
              
               ;
               from
               whom
               came
               the
               Impious
               race
               of
               Giants
               .
               Some
               Holy
               persons
               have
               upon
               this
               consideration
               been
               remarkably
               Severe
               to
               themselves
               ,
               mischieving
               their
               Bodies
               to
               secure
               their
               Souls
               ,
               and
               preferring
               a
               Voluntary
               Deformity
               before
               an
               Involuntary
               Temptingness
               .
               Matthew
               of
               Westminster
               tells
               us
               ,
               that
               in
               the
               year
               of
               Christ
               870.
               when
               the
               Danes
               were
               got
               into
               this
               Island
               ,
               
                 St.
                 Ebbe
              
               with
               all
               her
               Nuns
               of
               Colingham
               did
               all
               by
               one
               consent
               cut
               off
               their
               noses
               and
               upper
               lips
               ,
               to
               discourage
               wicked
               Attempts
               ,
               and
               to
               preserve
               their
               Chastity
               :
               which
               disappointment
               so
               inrag'd
               the
               Danes
               ,
               that
               ,
               turning
               their
               Lust
               into
               Cruelty
               ,
               they
               burnt
               them
               all
               alive
               together
               with
               their
               Abbey
               .
               And
               
                 Vincentius
                 Bellovacensis
              
               tells
               us
               of
               another
               English
               Nun
               ,
               who
               being
               for
               her
               lovely
               Eyes
               coveted
               of
               one
               of
               the
               King
               Richards
               ,
               and
               by
               him
               demanded
               of
               the
               Convent
               ,
               got
               both
               her
               Eyes
               pluck'd
               out
               ,
               and
               sent
               them
               to
               him
               ,
               as
               a
               Present
               ,
               in
               a
               Dish
               ;
               with
               this
               Complement
               ,
               
               that
               
                 her
                 Eyes
                 were
                 at
                 the
                 King's
                 service
                 ,
                 but
                 her
                 Heart
                 was
                 to
                 be
                 only
                 Christ's
                 .
              
               This
               was
               very
               close
               to
               the
               Letter
               ;
               
                 If
                 thine
                 Eye
                 offend
                 thee
                 ,
                 pull
                 it
                 out
                 .
              
               O
               dangerous
               Beauty
               ,
               which
               dost
               so
               hazard
               Vertue
               ,
               when
               't
               is
               in
               thy
               company
               !
               O
               unfortunate
               Vertue
               ,
               that
               art
               thus
               fain
               to
               wound
               and
               mangle
               thy self
               ,
               that
               thou
               may'st
               be
               kept
               Intire
               !
            
             
               However
               ,
               notwithstanding
               this
               deceitfulness
               and
               vanity
               ,
               Those
               Advantages
               of
               good
               Carriage
               and
               a
               Courteous
               Behaviour
               ,
               of
               Beauty
               ,
               and
               a
               graceful
               Aspect
               ,
               are
               not
               absolutely
               to
               be
               condemn'd
               ,
               or
               to
               be
               at
               all
               disparaged
               by
               us
               ,
               where
               God
               gives
               them
               ;
               they
               being
               Blessings
               ,
               as
               they
               come
               from
               his
               Hand
               .
               And
               Vertue
               and
               Piety
               it self
               doth
               by
               this
               means
               oftentimes
               meet
               with
               a
               fair
               Respect
               ,
               and
               a
               kindly
               Welcom
               in
               the
               World
               ;
               a
               good
               Face
               and
               an
               ingenuous
               Address
               being
               a
               kind
               of
               potent
               Recommendation
               even
               to
               Strangers
               ,
               who
               will
               be
               ready
               to
               think
               the
               Face
               a
               good
               Index
               of
               the
               Mind
               ;
               and
               a
               fair
               compos'd
               Body
               a
               suitable
               
               lodging
               for
               a
               Beauteous
               Soul.
               So
               I
               know
               not
               how
               ,
               Vertue
               having
               Favour
               and
               Beauty
               for
               its
               Attendants
               and
               Maids
               of
               Honour
               ,
               appears
               more
               Serene
               ,
               and
               yet
               no
               less
               Majestick
               ;
               and
               does
               more
               plausibly
               insinuate
               its
               Aw
               and
               Veneration
               into
               peoples
               minds
               .
            
             
               Nor
               is
               our
               
                 Vertuous
                 Woman
              
               here
               wanting
               in
               these
               Imbellishments
               ,
               which
               may
               be
               requisite
               either
               to
               her
               Sex
               or
               State
               ;
               but
               is
               like
               
                 the
                 Merchants
                 Ships
              
               ,
               to
               which
               she
               is
               compar'd
               in
               the
               14th
               ver
               .
               even
               in
               this
               Sense
               ,
               that
               she
               is
               not
               without
               her
               Tackle
               and
               Ornaments
               .
               We
               find
               in
               the
               22d
               ver
               .
               that
               
                 her
                 Cloathing
                 is
                 Silk
                 and
                 Purple
                 :
              
               she
               goes
               in
               good
               Habit
               ,
               in
               a
               rich
               and
               fashionable
               Garb
               ,
               and
               ver
               .
               26.
               that
               
                 she
                 openeth
                 her
                 Mouth
                 with
                 Wisdom
                 ;
                 and
                 in
                 her
                 Tongue
                 is
                 the
                 law
                 of
                 Kindness
                 :
              
               she
               charms
               all
               she
               Converses
               with
               ,
               and
               wins
               them
               with
               her
               Discourse
               .
               But
               then
               she
               prizes
               these
               Advantages
               under
               these
               three
               Conditions
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               
                 Not
                 so
                 as
                 ambitiously
                 to
                 seek
                 them
                 ,
                 or
                 fondly
                 to
                 Vaunt
                 them
                 .
              
               She
               would
               not
               borrow
               
               a
               Complexion
               from
               her
               Boxes
               ;
               but
               ,
               what
               S
               t
               Nazianzen
               says
               of
               his
               Sister
               Gorgonia
               in
               her
               
                 Funeral
                 Oration
              
               ,
               likes
               that
               Red
               best
               ,
               which
               she
               owes
               to
               a
               blushing
               Modesty
               ,
               and
               that
               White
               or
               Pale
               ,
               which
               comes
               by
               a
               severe
               Abstinenee
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 Not
                 so
                 as
                 to
                 be
                 Proud
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 Rely
                 upon
                 them
                 as
                 solid
                 goods
                 .
                 Beauty
              
               is
               a
               thing
               but
               skin-deep
               ,
               and
               at
               best
               is
               but
               a
               Set-off
               ,
               no
               real
               Substance
               .
               Piety
               is
               her
               alone
               Confidence
               ,
               and
               Vertue
               design'd
               for
               the
               Pillar
               of
               her
               Praise
               ;
               whereon
               her
               fair
               Name
               shall
               be
               ingrav'd
               in
               legible
               Characters
               to
               succeeding
               Generations
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               
                 Not
                 so
                 as
                 to
                 Mis-imploy
                 them
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 Guide
                 them
                 with
                 Vertue
                 and
                 Discretion
                 .
              
               She
               likes
               a
               Chearful
               ,
               but
               would
               not
               have
               it
               a
               tempting
               Look
               .
               She
               composes
               her self
               all
               over
               exactly
               to
               Innocence
               ,
               and
               then
               makes
               that
               very
               Innocence
               all
               over
               Complaisant
               :
               and
               above
               all
               things
               takes
               care
               ,
               that
               Beauty
               may
               not
               be
               her
               Crime
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               Fair
               Vessel
               ,
               her
               Soul
               is
               Imbarked
               in
               ,
               may
               not
               want
               a
               good
               Pilot
               ,
               a
               Vertuous
               Mind
               to
               Govern
               it
               .
            
             
             
               And
               this
               for
               the
               Negative
               or
               Comparative
               Part
               ,
               that
               Favour
               and
               Beauty
               are
               not
               of
               themselves
               Things
               commendable
               in
               Women
               ,
               any
               further
               then
               they
               are
               accompanied
               and
               manag'd
               by
               Discretion
               and
               Vertue
               .
               We
               come
               now
               to
               the
               Position
               ,
               which
               is
               that
               
                 a
                 Woman
                 ,
                 which
                 feareth
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 she
                 shall
                 be
                 Prais'd
                 .
              
               In
               which
               Proposition
               we
               have
               ,
               
                 
                   1.
                   
                   The
                   Subject
                   ;
                   
                     a
                     Woman
                  
                   ,
                   with
                   her
                   Qualification
                   ;
                   
                     that
                     fears
                     the
                     Lord.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   2.
                   
                   The
                   Predicate
                   ;
                   
                     She
                     shall
                     be
                     Praised
                  
                   .
                
              
            
             
               WOMAN
               ,
               in
               the
               primitive
               design
               of
               Nature
               ,
               
                 God's
                 Master-piece
              
               ,
               being
               the
               last
               work
               of
               Creation
               ,
               and
               made
               with
               a
               great
               deal
               of
               Deliberation
               and
               Solemnity
               .
               For
               to
               look
               upon
               her
               as
               a
               Supernumerary
               Creature
               ,
               and
               one
               brought
               into
               the
               world
               by
               the
               By
               ,
               besides
               the
               Creator's
               first
               Intention
               ,
               upon
               
                 second
                 Thoughts
              
               (
               though
               Those
               too
               amongst
               us
               Men
               ,
               with
               whose
               methods
               it
               pleases
               God
               out
               of
               condescension
               to
               
               comply
               ,
               pass
               for
               the
               Wisest
               )
               is
               to
               lay
               a
               foul
               Imputation
               upon
               
                 Divine
                 Wisdom
              
               ,
               as
               if
               it
               had
               been
               at
               a
               stand
               ,
               and
               were
               to
               seek
               .
               Wherefore
               ,
               as
               we
               use
               to
               argue
               ,
               that
               
                 All
                 things
              
               were
               made
               for
               the
               use
               and
               service
               of
               Man
               ;
               because
               He
               was
               made
               Last
               of
               all
               :
               I
               do
               not
               see
               ,
               if
               that
               Argument
               be
               good
               ,
               why
               the
               same
               Consequence
               should
               not
               be
               of
               like
               force
               here
               too
               ,
               that
               Man
               himself
               was
               made
               for
               the
               service
               and
               affectionate
               Care
               of
               the
               Woman
               ,
               who
               was
               fram'd
               not
               only
               after
               him
               ,
               but
               
                 out
                 of
              
               him
               too
               ,
               the
               more
               to
               Ingage
               his
               tenderest
               ,
               and
               dearest
               Respects
               .
               Certainly
               this
               manner
               of
               Production
               doth
               plainly
               evince
               the
               Equality
               of
               the
               Woman's
               Merits
               and
               Rights
               with
               Man
               ;
               she
               being
               a
               noble
               Cyon
               transplanted
               from
               his
               Stock
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               Mystery
               of
               Marriage
               Implanted
               into
               him
               again
               ,
               and
               made
               One
               with
               him
               .
               She
               is
               then
               Equally
               at
               least
               partaker
               with
               him
               of
               all
               the
               Advantages
               ,
               which
               appertain
               to
               
                 Humane
                 Nature
              
               ,
               and
               alike
               Capable
               of
               those
               Improvements
               ,
               which
               by
               the
               Efforts
               of
               Reason
               and
               the
               Methods
               of
               Education
               
               and
               the
               Instincts
               of
               the
               Blessed
               Spirit
               are
               to
               be
               made
               upon
               it
               ,
               and
               no
               less
               fitted
               in
               her
               natural
               Ingeny
               for
               all
               kind
               of
               Studies
               and
               Imployments
               :
               though
               Custom
               ,
               like
               a
               
                 Salique
                 Law
              
               ,
               hath
               excluded
               them
               from
               Publick
               Offices
               and
               Professions
               ;
               and
               confin'd
               them
               mostly
               to
               the
               narrow
               Territories
               of
               Home
               .
               Our
               
                 Vertuous
                 Woman
              
               here
               ,
               besides
               her
               Oeconomical
               Government
               (
               wherein
               her
               Husband's
               cares
               are
               not
               concern'd
               )
               plays
               the
               Purchaser
               and
               the
               Merchant
               ,
               ver
               .
               16.
               and
               24.
               though
               too
               ,
               whilst
               
                 her
                 Husband
                 is
                 sitting
                 in
                 the
                 gates
                 among
                 the
                 Elders
                 of
                 the
                 Land
                 ,
              
               ver
               .
               23.
               
                 her
                 hands
                 are
                 holding
                 the
                 distaff
                 at
              
               home
               ,
               ver
               .
               19.
               
               A
               Learned
               Woman
               of
               Vtrecht
               ,
               has
               in
               a
               Printed
               Discourse
               fairly
               in
               this
               behalf
               vindicated
               the
               Reputation
               of
               her
               Sex.
               Nor
               are
               there
               wanting
               Illustrious
               Examples
               of
               Those
               ,
               who
               for
               Atchievments
               in
               Arms
               and
               Attainments
               of
               Arts
               have
               not
               come
               short
               of
               the
               Bravest
               Men
               ;
               and
               lest
               behind
               them
               signal
               proofs
               ,
               that
               their
               Minerva
               can
               upon
               occasion
               ,
               as
               well
               weild
               the
               Sword
               ,
               and
               manage
               the
               Pen
               ,
               
               as
               lay
               her
               hands
               to
               the
               Spindle
               .
               One
               Instance
               out
               of
               our
               own
               History
               will
               be
               sufficient
               ;
               Elizabeth
               of
               Happy
               Memory
               ,
               who
               44
               years
               together
               sway'd
               the
               Scepter
               of
               this
               Realm
               ,
               with
               as
               much
               Repute
               as
               ever
               any
               of
               her
               Predecessors
               did
               ,
               and
               through
               all
               her
               Reign
               shew'd
               at
               once
               the
               Spirit
               and
               Resolution
               of
               her
               Father
               ,
               and
               the
               Policy
               and
               Wisdom
               of
               her
               Grand-father
               ,
               without
               their
               Vices
               .
            
             
               Hence
               it
               was
               ,
               that
               all
               Arts
               and
               Sciences
               ,
               all
               Vertues
               and
               Graces
               ,
               both
               Divine
               and
               Moral
               ,
               are
               represented
               in
               the
               shape
               and
               Habit
               of
               Women
               .
               Nor
               is
               there
               any
               reason
               for
               fancying
               Angels
               themselves
               more
               of
               Our
               Sex
               then
               of
               the
               Other
               ;
               since
               amongst
               them
               there
               's
               no
               such
               Distinction
               ,
               but
               they
               may
               be
               as
               well
               imagin'd
               Female
               ,
               as
               Male.
               Above
               all
               ,
               for
               Piety
               and
               Devotion
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               Top-perfection
               of
               our
               Nature
               ,
               and
               makes
               it
               most
               like
               Angelical
               ,
               as
               the
               Capacity
               of
               Women
               is
               as
               large
               ,
               so
               their
               Inclinations
               are
               generally
               more
               vigorous
               ;
               the
               natural
               Biass
               and
               Tendency
               of
               their
               Spirits
               
               lying
               that
               way
               ,
               and
               their
               softer
               Temper
               more
               kindly
               receiving
               the
               supernatural
               Impressions
               of
               God's
               Spirit
               .
               This
               is
               That
               ,
               if
               any
               thing
               ,
               which
               gives
               their
               Sex
               the
               Preeminence
               above
               us
               Men
               ,
               and
               gains
               them
               just
               advantages
               of
               Praise
               ;
               that
               ,
               whereas
               Those
               ,
               who
               have
               only
               a
               hansom
               Shape
               and
               good
               Features
               to
               command
               them
               ,
               are
               Ador'd
               and
               Idoliz'd
               by
               persons
               of
               slight
               Apprehensions
               and
               ungovern'd
               Passions
               ;
               Pious
               and
               
                 Vertuous
                 Women
              
               command
               the
               Veneration
               of
               the
               most
               Judicious
               ,
               and
               are
               deservedly
               Admired
               by
               Holy
               Men
               and
               Angels
               .
               Hereupon
               S
               t
               Ierom
               ,
               though
               no
               Friend
               to
               a
               Married
               life
               ,
               yet
               seem'd
               to
               pride
               himself
               in
               his
               Acquaintance
               with
               
                 Vertuous
                 Women
              
               ,
               and
               made
               so
               many
               Addresses
               to
               
                 Religious
                 Ladies
              
               ,
               that
               those
               very
               Epistles
               and
               Missives
               of
               His
               ,
               which
               wear
               Female
               Names
               ,
               would
               make
               a
               competent
               Volume
               of
               themselves
               .
               And
               our
               Blessed
               Lord
               himself
               has
               in
               his
               History
               honour'd
               Them
               with
               a
               frequent
               mention
               ,
               as
               his
               ordinary
               Associates
               and
               constant
               Attendants
               .
               Thus
               
               
                 the
                 Woman
                 who
                 feareth
                 the
                 Lord
                 shall
                 be
                 praised
                 .
              
            
             
               That
               's
               the
               Qualification
               ;
               
                 She
                 that
                 feareth
                 the
                 Lord
              
               :
               for
               that
               is
               the
               right
               
                 Vertuous
                 Woman
              
               ,
               in
               the
               10.
               
                 ver
                 .
                 whose
                 price
                 is
                 far
                 above
                 Rubies
                 .
              
               But
               there
               we
               have
               an
               Objection
               ,
               which
               I
               must
               first
               take
               out
               of
               the
               way
               :
               Where
               shall
               we
               meet
               with
               such
               an
               One
               ?
               
                 Who
                 can
                 find
                 a
                 Vertuous
                 Woman
                 ?
              
               I
               can
               speak
               it
               with
               as
               much
               Truth
               ,
               as
               I
               must
               speak
               it
               with
               Sorrow
               ,
               we
               have
               lost
               One
               ;
               for
               by
               all
               the
               Description
               ,
               if
               there
               be
               such
               an
               One
               to
               be
               found
               ,
               This
               was
               She.
               But
               this
               Question
               does
               not
               import
               an
               Impossibility
               ,
               but
               only
               the
               Difficulty
               of
               finding
               her
               .
               He
               had
               in
               vain
               taken
               all
               this
               pains
               to
               describe
               her
               so
               at
               large
               ,
               if
               there
               be
               no
               such
               Person
               to
               be
               found
               .
               There
               are
               sure
               such
               Women
               ;
               more
               perhaps
               then
               Men
               ,
               as
               Men
               are
               now
               ,
               deserve
               there
               should
               be
               ;
               and
               as
               they
               are
               extraordinary
               Blessings
               ,
               so
               they
               that
               Fear
               God
               shall
               meet
               with
               them
               .
               'T
               is
               shrewdly
               Observ'd
               by
               one
               ,
               that
               the
               reason
               
               of
               their
               Paucity
               proceeds
               from
               us
               Men.
               Men
               being
               generally
               so
               Evil
               ,
               as
               they
               are
               ,
               make
               Women
               generally
               not
               so
               good
               ,
               as
               they
               would
               be
               .
               For
               at
               that
               time
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               when
               Men
               priz'd
               Vertue
               ,
               and
               made
               that
               the
               Standard
               of
               their
               Affection
               and
               the
               Sole
               Object
               of
               their
               Choice
               ;
               when
               Discretion
               and
               Goodness
               were
               lookt
               on
               as
               the
               Taking
               things
               ,
               and
               Piety
               alone
               ,
               was
               accounted
               a
               sufficient
               Portion
               ;
               then
               in
               that
               
                 Golden
                 Age
              
               ,
               the
               great
               Emulation
               of
               that
               Sex
               was
               ,
               who
               should
               weigh
               most
               in
               real
               Deserts
               ,
               and
               come
               best
               Dowried
               with
               those
               desirable
               Qualities
               ,
               when
               Wives
               were
               to
               be
               bid
               for
               ,
               and
               purchased
               at
               considerable
               Rates
               .
               But
               now
               since
               the
               Scales
               have
               been
               turn'd
               ,
               and
               love
               has
               been
               brought
               into
               the
               Market
               ,
               that
               Vertue
               and
               good
               Education
               are
               undervalued
               ,
               and
               Wealth
               is
               become
               the
               Lovely
               Thing
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Shafts
               of
               mens
               Destres
               are
               Tipt
               with
               Gold
               and
               Silver
               ;
               or
               else
               by
               Some
               that
               lay
               their
               Judgments
               aside
               ,
               and
               let
               their
               Fancy
               choose
               for
               them
               ,
               Beauty
               is
               made
               the
               Mark
               ,
               and
               so
               there
               be
               a
               
               fair
               inviting
               Outside
               ,
               no
               regard
               had
               to
               the
               Inward
               disposition
               of
               the
               Mind
               ;
               't
               was
               Consequent
               that
               Women
               also
               should
               grow
               more
               negligent
               of
               Vertue
               ,
               and
               apply
               themselves
               more
               particularly
               to
               those
               Things
               ,
               for
               which
               they
               were
               to
               be
               priz'd
               and
               esteem'd
               by
               Men.
               And
               yet
               there
               are
               still
               ,
               notwithstanding
               this
               Degeneracy
               of
               Manners
               ,
               such
               Women
               to
               be
               found
               of
               the
               Primitive
               Stamp
               ;
               who
               ,
               though
               they
               may
               ,
               in
               common
               Civility
               to
               Vulgar
               Error
               ,
               comply
               in
               sinless
               Fashions
               and
               Modes
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Innocent
               Ceremonies
               of
               life
               (
               taken
               up
               by
               Others
               peradventure
               ,
               to
               ill
               Ends
               ,
               in
               these
               corrupt
               Ages
               )
               yet
               do
               make
               it
               their
               main
               Imploy
               to
               inrich
               and
               beautifie
               their
               Minds
               ,
               and
               bestow
               most
               of
               their
               Time
               in
               the
               Culture
               and
               Adornments
               of
               their
               Souls
               .
               To
               find
               them
               out
               ,
               let
               us
               Examine
               the
               Character
               ,
               by
               which
               the
               Hue
               and
               Cry
               is
               made
               .
               She
               ,
               whom
               we
               call
               the
               
                 Vertuous
                 Woman
              
               ,
               goes
               amongst
               the
               Interpreters
               under
               several
               names
               .
            
             
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               [
               
                 Esheth
                 Hhaïl
              
               ]
               say
               some
               ,
               a
               
               
                 Stout
                 Valiant
                 Woman
              
               ;
               so
               the
               French
               ,
               
                 une
                 Vaillante
                 Femme
              
               :
               a
               Virago
               ,
               one
               fit
               to
               lead
               an
               Army
               ;
               so
               that
               ,
               as
               it
               follows
               in
               the
               next
               verse
               ,
               
                 her
                 Husband
                 shall
                 have
                 no
                 need
                 of
                 Spoil
                 .
              
               Fear
               being
               so
               natural
               to
               this
               Sex.
               it
               looks
               like
               Miracle
               to
               meet
               with
               such
               an
               One
               ;
               and
               yet
               we
               read
               there
               have
               been
               whole
               Nations
               of
               Them
               :
               Witness
               the
               Amazonian
               Courage
               ,
               and
               the
               valour
               of
               the
               Spartan
               Ladies
               .
            
             
               Others
               ,
               
                 strenuain
                 &
                 sedulam
              
               ,
               a
               busie
               Industrious
               Woman
               ,
               one
               of
               a
               stirring
               active
               Spirit
               .
            
             
               
                 A
                 Woman
                 of
                 Wealth
                 and
                 Riches
                 ,
              
               says
               
                 Aben
                 Ezra
              
               ,
               which
               is
               not
               One
               of
               a
               great
               Portion
               ;
               for
               Then
               there
               was
               no
               such
               Custom
               ;
               but
               one
               that
               by
               Industry
               and
               good
               Managery
               got
               Wealth
               :
               so
               in
               the
               verse
               before
               the
               Text
               she
               is
               commended
               in
               the
               Margin
               of
               our
               Bibles
               ,
               
                 Many
                 Daughters
                 have
                 gotten
                 Riches
                 ,
                 but
                 Thou
                 surpassest
                 them
                 all
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 A
                 right
                 good
                 Vertuous
                 Woman
              
               ,
               so
               the
               Chaldee
               :
               one
               that
               in
               her
               Carriage
               and
               Actions
               shews
               that
               she
               has
               the
               Fear
               of
               God
               in
               Her.
               
            
             
             
               
                 A
                 Discreet
                 Wise
                 Woman
              
               ,
               say
               Others
               ;
               or
               as
               an
               ancient
               Armenian
               Copy
               has
               it
               ,
               one
               
                 of
                 a
                 Sound
                 Brain
              
               ,
               and
               a
               good
               Understanding
               :
               and
               this
               falls
               in
               with
               
                 the
                 Fear
                 of
                 God
              
               here
               ,
               which
               ,
               the
               Wise
               Son
               and
               the
               Pious
               Father
               both
               tell
               us
               ,
               is
               
                 the
                 Beginning
              
               ,
               or
               ,
               as
               the
               Hebrew
               word
               imports
               ,
               
                 the
                 Sum
                 Total
                 of
                 Wisdom
                 .
                 And
                 they
                 have
                 a
                 good
                 Vnderstanding
                 that
                 Do
                 thereafter
                 .
              
            
             
               This
               
                 fear
                 of
                 God
              
               doth
               not
               only
               Contract
               ,
               but
               Dilate
               the
               Heart
               too
               ,
               laying
               Restraints
               indeed
               upon
               the
               Conscience
               from
               Sin
               ,
               but
               withal
               Inlarging
               the
               powers
               of
               the
               Soul
               to
               all
               kind
               of
               Duty
               :
               for
               't
               is
               an
               Ingenuous
               
                 Filial
                 Fear
              
               ,
               that
               has
               a
               very
               quick
               sense
               and
               tender
               Apprehension
               of
               God's
               Displeasure
               ,
               and
               makes
               her
               wary
               of
               offending
               him
               ,
               either
               in
               Doing
               any
               thing
               that
               should
               not
               be
               done
               ,
               or
               Omitting
               ought
               that
               should
               .
               'T
               is
               not
               a
               Fear
               then
               ,
               that
               ariseth
               from
               the
               Weakness
               and
               Imbecillity
               of
               Female
               Constitution
               ,
               which
               renders
               them
               more
               apt
               to
               Devotion
               ;
               but
               is
               very
               well
               consistent
               with
               that
               Valour
               and
               Courage
               ,
               which
               the
               70
               ,
               and
               
               other
               Interpreters
               make
               the
               great
               Ingredient
               of
               the
               Character
               ,
               Imboldning
               us
               and
               putting
               us
               on
               to
               Do
               or
               Suffer
               any
               thing
               for
               God's
               sake
               .
               And
               we
               may
               consider
               it
               Two
               Ways
               .
               1.
               
               In
               the
               Root
               and
               Principle
               .
               2.
               
               In
               the
               Branches
               and
               Productions
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               Principle
               ,
               't
               is
               a
               
                 Reverential
                 Fear
              
               ,
               which
               composes
               the
               Inner
               man
               to
               becoming
               Thoughts
               and
               awful
               Apprehensions
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               obliges
               the
               Heart
               close
               to
               him
               with
               Silken
               Cords
               ,
               and
               binds
               up
               all
               the
               Affections
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               not
               run
               loose
               after
               Vanities
               ,
               but
               fixes
               them
               upon
               Heavenly
               things
               ,
               and
               suits
               all
               the
               Passions
               of
               
                 Humane
                 Nature
              
               in
               a
               fit
               and
               constant
               Correspondence
               to
               the
               Attributes
               of
               the
               Divine
               ;
               so
               as
               to
               Love
               him
               for
               his
               
                 Goodness
                 ,
                 Admire
              
               him
               for
               his
               
                 Wisdom
                 ,
                 Dread
              
               him
               in
               his
               Power
               ,
               stand
               in
               Aw
               of
               his
               Iustice
               ,
               take
               Delight
               in
               the
               remembrance
               of
               his
               Mercies
               ,
               and
               at
               last
               to
               be
               swallowed
               up
               into
               Him
               in
               the
               Contemplation
               of
               his
               Infiniteness
               ,
               in
               all
               These
               .
            
             
             
               In
               its
               Operations
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               in
               all
               the
               Actions
               of
               Life
               ;
               for
               ,
               like
               the
               Warp
               ,
               it
               runs
               through
               the
               whole
               Web
               of
               all
               Her
               Duties
               ;
               it
               Tutors
               the
               Senses
               ,
               and
               puts
               all
               the
               Members
               in
               Array
               ,
               and
               orders
               the
               Outward
               man
               into
               an
               answerable
               Decorum
               to
               the
               Inward
               ;
               that
               her
               Looks
               ,
               her
               Speech
               ,
               her
               very
               Gesture
               and
               Carriage
               ,
               prove
               innocent
               Expressions
               of
               honest
               Meanings
               ,
               and
               a
               Vertuous
               Mind
               ;
               and
               all
               the
               Phaenomena
               and
               outward
               Appearances
               of
               Her
               in
               her
               Conversation
               are
               but
               the
               natural
               Representments
               of
               her
               Bright
               Spotless
               Ingenuous
               Soul
               ,
               the
               fair
               Inmate
               of
               a
               rightly
               Disciplin'd
               and
               well
               Order'd
               Body
               .
            
             
               The
               
                 Fear
                 of
                 God
              
               then
               comprehends
               in
               it
               all
               
                 Religious
                 Worship
              
               ,
               both
               Internal
               and
               External
               :
               nor
               doth
               it
               consist
               in
               an
               hypocritical
               Demureness
               ,
               and
               a
               distantial
               Pride
               ,
               or
               supercilious
               Contempt
               of
               others
               ,
               but
               in
               a
               sincere
               Humility
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               Charity
               to
               Men
               ;
               when
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               Vertuous
               Woman's
               Practice
               ,
               what
               with
               Church
               and
               Closet
               on
               the
               one
               side
               ,
               to
               which
               she
               alway
               pays
               
               a
               regular
               Attendance
               ;
               and
               her
               Family
               on
               the
               other
               ,
               which
               she
               is
               always
               ,
               what
               with
               Instruction
               ,
               what
               with
               Example
               ,
               looking
               after
               ,
               She
               is
               continually
               Imploy'd
               ,
               and
               divides
               her
               Time
               betwixt
               the
               Offices
               of
               a
               Chearful
               Devotion
               and
               the
               Duties
               of
               an
               Indearing
               Converse
               .
            
             
               Now
               certainly
               if
               there
               be
               such
               a
               Reward
               as
               Praise
               appointed
               for
               the
               Pious
               ,
               if
               Honour
               hath
               its
               Temple
               adjoyn'd
               to
               that
               of
               Vertue
               ;
               then
               this
               Pious
               
                 Vertuous
                 Woman
              
               ,
               here
               mention'd
               ,
               must
               be
               reckon'd
               the
               truly
               
                 Honourable
                 Woman
              
               ,
               and
               will
               deserve
               to
               have
               her
               Grave
               strow'd
               with
               Roses
               and
               Violets
               ,
               and
               her
               Memory
               crown'd
               with
               Flowry
               Chaplets
               and
               Myrtle
               Wreaths
               of
               fragrant
               and
               lasting
               Praises
               .
            
             
               That
               's
               the
               Next
               thing
               we
               have
               to
               do
               ;
               
                 She
                 shall
                 be
                 Praised
              
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               a
               Morose
               Humour
               in
               some
               ,
               even
               Ministers
               ;
               that
               they
               will
               not
               give
               a
               due
               Commendation
               to
               the
               Deceased
               :
               whereby
               they
               not
               only
               offer
               a
               seeming
               Unkindness
               to
               the
               
               Dead
               ,
               but
               do
               a
               real
               Injury
               to
               the
               Living
               ,
               by
               discouraging
               Vertue
               ,
               and
               depriving
               us
               of
               the
               great
               Instruments
               of
               Piety
               ,
               
                 good
                 Examples
              
               ;
               which
               usually
               are
               far
               more
               effectual
               Methods
               of
               Instruction
               ,
               then
               any
               Precepts
               ;
               These
               commonly
               urging
               only
               the
               Necessity
               of
               those
               Duties
               ,
               which
               the
               Other
               shew
               the
               Possibility
               and
               Manner
               of
               Performing
               .
               But
               then
               't
               is
               a
               most
               Unchristian
               and
               Uncharitable
               Mistake
               in
               those
               ,
               that
               think
               it
               unlawful
               to
               Commemorate
               the
               Dead
               ,
               and
               to
               Celebrate
               their
               Memories
               :
               whereas
               there
               is
               no
               one
               thing
               does
               so
               much
               uphold
               and
               keep
               up
               the
               Honour
               and
               Interest
               of
               Religion
               amongst
               the
               Multitude
               ,
               as
               the
               due
               Observance
               of
               those
               Anniversaries
               ,
               which
               the
               Church
               has
               ,
               upon
               this
               Account
               ,
               scatter'd
               throughout
               the
               whole
               course
               of
               the
               Year
               ,
               would
               do
               :
               and
               indeed
               to
               our
               Neglect
               of
               this
               in
               a
               great
               Part
               the
               present
               Decay
               of
               Religion
               may
               rationally
               be
               Imputed
               .
               Thus
               in
               this
               Age
               of
               our's
               what
               Pliny
               saith
               of
               His
               ,
               
                 Postquàm
                 desiimus
                 facere
                 laudanda
                 ,
                 Laudari
                 quoque
                 ineptum
                 putamus
                 .
              
               Since
               People
               have
               
               left
               off
               doing
               things
               that
               are
               Praise-worthy
               ,
               they
               look
               upon
               Praise
               it self
               as
               a
               silly
               thing
               .
               And
               possibly
               the
               Generality
               of
               Hearers
               themselves
               are
               not
               free
               from
               this
               Fault
               ;
               who
               peradventure
               may
               Fancy
               their
               Own
               Life
               Upbraided
               ,
               when
               they
               hear
               Anothers
               Commended
               .
               But
               that
               the
               servants
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               depart
               this
               life
               in
               his
               Faith
               and
               Fear
               ,
               may
               and
               must
               be
               Praised
               ,
               I
               shall
               endeavour
               to
               make
               good
               upon
               these
               three
               Grounds
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               
                 In
                 common
                 Iustice
                 to
                 the
                 Deceas'd
                 themselves
                 .
              
               Ordinary
               Civility
               teaches
               us
               to
               speak
               well
               of
               the
               Dead
               .
               
                 Nec
                 quicquam
                 Sanctius
                 habet
                 Reverentia
                 Superstitum
                 ,
                 quàm
                 ut
                 Amissos
                 Venerabiliter
                 Recordetur
              
               ;
               says
               Ausonius
               ,
               and
               makes
               this
               the
               ground
               of
               the
               Parentalia
               ,
               which
               had
               been
               ever
               since
               Numa's
               time
               .
               Praise
               ,
               however
               it
               may
               become
               the
               Living
               ,
               is
               a
               just
               Debt
               to
               the
               deserts
               of
               the
               Dead
               ,
               who
               are
               now
               got
               clear
               out
               of
               the
               reach
               of
               Envy
               ;
               which
               ,
               if
               it
               have
               any
               thing
               of
               the
               Generous
               in
               it
               ,
               will
               scorn
               ,
               Vultur-like
               to
               prey
               upon
               Carcass
               .
               Besides
               ,
               
               Christianity
               lays
               a
               greater
               Obligation
               upon
               us
               ;
               The
               
                 Communion
                 of
                 Saints
              
               is
               a
               Tenet
               of
               our
               Faith.
               Now
               as
               we
               ought
               not
               to
               Pray
               To
               them
               or
               For
               them
               ,
               so
               we
               may
               and
               must
               Praise
               them
               .
               This
               is
               the
               least
               we
               can
               do
               in
               Return
               for
               those
               great
               Offices
               they
               did
               the
               Church
               Militant
               ,
               while
               they
               were
               with
               Us
               ,
               and
               now
               do
               ,
               they
               are
               with
               God
               :
               nor
               have
               we
               any
               other
               probable
               way
               of
               Communicating
               with
               them
               .
               The
               Philosopher
               in
               his
               Morals
               makes
               it
               a
               Question
               ,
               whether
               the
               Dead
               are
               any
               way
               Concern'd
               in
               what
               befals
               Them
               or
               their
               Posterity
               after
               their
               Decease
               ;
               and
               whether
               those
               Honours
               and
               Reproaches
               ,
               which
               Survivers
               cast
               upon
               them
               ,
               reach
               them
               or
               no
               ?
               and
               He
               concludes
               it
               after
               a
               long
               debate
               in
               the
               Affirmative
               :
               not
               so
               ,
               he
               says
               ,
               as
               to
               alter
               their
               State
               ,
               but
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               to
               contribute
               to
               it
               .
               Tully
               ,
               though
               not
               absolutely
               perswaded
               of
               an
               Immortal
               Soul
               ,
               as
               speaking
               doubtfully
               and
               variously
               of
               it
               ,
               yet
               is
               constant
               to
               this
               ,
               that
               He
               takes
               a
               good
               Name
               and
               a
               Reputation
               ,
               we
               leave
               behind
               us
               ,
               to
               be
               a
               kind
               of
               Immortality
               .
               But
               there
               is
               more
               in
               
               it
               then
               so
               :
               Our
               Remembrance
               of
               the
               Saints
               may
               be
               a
               Means
               to
               Improve
               their
               Bliss
               ,
               and
               Heighten
               their
               Rewards
               to
               all
               Eternity
               .
               Abraham
               ,
               the
               Father
               of
               the
               Faithful
               ,
               hath
               his
               Bosom
               thus
               daily
               Inlarg'd
               for
               New
               Comers
               .
               Whether
               the
               Heirs
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               are
               at
               their
               first
               Admission
               Instated
               into
               a
               full
               Possession
               of
               all
               their
               Glory
               ,
               and
               kept
               to
               that
               Stint
               ;
               I
               think
               may
               be
               a
               Doubt
               .
               For
               if
               the
               Faculty
               be
               perfected
               by
               the
               Object
               ,
               about
               which
               't
               is
               Conversant
               ;
               then
               the
               Faculties
               of
               those
               Blessed
               Ones
               being
               continually
               Imploy'd
               upon
               an
               Infinite
               Object
               ,
               must
               needs
               be
               Infinitely
               Perficible
               ,
               and
               Capable
               still
               of
               being
               more
               and
               more
               Inlarg'd
               ,
               and
               consequently
               of
               receiving
               still
               new
               and
               further
               Additions
               of
               Glory
               .
               Nor
               only
               so
               (
               This
               is
               in
               Heaven
               :
               )
               but
               even
               the
               Influence
               of
               that
               Example
               ,
               they
               leave
               behind
               them
               on
               Earth
               ,
               drawing
               still
               more
               and
               more
               Souls
               after
               them
               to
               God
               ,
               will
               also
               add
               to
               those
               Improvements
               to
               the
               End
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               bring
               in
               a
               Revenue
               of
               
                 Accessory
                 Ioys
              
               .
               And
               would
               it
               not
               be
               Unjust
               in
               us
               then
               to
               deny
               
               them
               those
               Glorious
               Advantages
               ,
               which
               our
               Commemoration
               and
               Imitation
               may
               and
               ought
               to
               give
               them
               ?
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 In
                 a
                 due
                 Acknowledgment
                 of
                 Gods
                 Gifts
                 and
                 Graces
                 .
              
               The
               Praise
               of
               his
               Servants
               redounds
               to
               his
               Glory
               ;
               as
               Water
               rises
               to
               the
               same
               height
               it
               had
               in
               its
               Well-spring
               .
               The
               
                 Father
                 of
                 Lights
              
               gives
               order
               ,
               that
               
                 Our
                 Light
              
               ,
               which
               he
               communicates
               to
               us
               ,
               
                 may
                 so
                 shine
                 ,
                 that
                 men
                 may
                 see
                 our
                 good
                 Works
                 and
                 Glorifie
                 Him
                 :
              
               nor
               has
               he
               only
               annexed
               to
               our
               Temporal
               Services
               an
               Eternal
               weight
               of
               Glory
               hereafter
               ;
               but
               even
               here
               in
               this
               World
               is
               content
               we
               should
               go
               Shares
               with
               him
               ,
               and
               be
               made
               Partakers
               of
               that
               Glory
               ,
               we
               bring
               into
               his
               Infinite
               Stock
               .
               The
               Servant
               was
               justly
               condemn'd
               ,
               that
               put
               his
               Master's
               Talent
               in
               a
               Napkin
               ,
               and
               buried
               it
               under
               ground
               :
               nor
               would
               our
               Ingratitude
               be
               less
               Inexcusable
               ,
               should
               we
               in
               silence
               bury
               those
               Gifts
               he
               has
               bestowed
               upon
               any
               his
               Eminent
               Servants
               ,
               that
               have
               by
               his
               Grace
               well
               Imploy'd
               them
               ,
               and
               wrap
               up
               the
               Memories
               of
               his
               Saints
               in
               the
               same
               Shrowd
               with
               their
               Bodies
               .
            
             
             
               Lastly
               ,
               
                 For
                 the
                 Benefit
                 of
                 the
                 Living
              
               ;
               and
               that
               two
               Ways
               :
               for
               their
               Instruction
               ,
               and
               for
               their
               Comfort
               .
            
             
               
                 For
                 the
                 Instruction
                 of
                 all
                 that
                 are
                 to
                 come
                 After
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 fit
                 the
                 lives
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 have
                 gone
                 Before
                 should
                 be
                 Remembred
                 .
              
               'T
               is
               not
               enough
               to
               have
               a
               Map
               of
               the
               Country
               we
               are
               Travelling
               to
               ,
               unless
               we
               have
               experience'd
               Guids
               ,
               whose
               Conduct
               and
               Directions
               we
               may
               safely
               follow
               .
               Our
               way
               to
               Heaven
               does
               not
               lye
               so
               ready
               and
               plain
               ,
               that
               we
               cannot
               Miss
               it
               ;
               and
               here
               't
               is
               dangerous
               to
               trust
               to
               our
               own
               Judgment
               ,
               and
               (
               which
               was
               one
               kind
               of
               ancient
               Superstition
               )
               to
               resolve
               our selves
               as
               our
               Staff
               falls
               :
               but
               our
               surest
               Course
               will
               be
               ,
               to
               observe
               the
               Track
               of
               others
               Footsteps
               ,
               and
               walk
               in
               their
               Faith
               ,
               and
               go
               on
               in
               the
               beaten
               Road
               of
               
                 Holy
                 Examples
              
               ,
               for
               fear
               of
               being
               either
               led
               aside
               into
               the
               untrodden
               By-paths
               of
               Schism
               and
               Separation
               ,
               or
               carried
               along
               in
               the
               broad
               High-way
               of
               Prophaneness
               with
               the
               mistaking
               Multitude
               .
               As
               in
               a
               Voyage
               by
               Sea
               the
               skilful
               Pilot
               ,
               though
               he
               consult
               his
               Card
               ,
               and
               steer
               by
               his
               Compass
               ,
               
               yet
               he
               neglects
               not
               the
               Discoveries
               ,
               other
               Navigators
               have
               made
               ,
               that
               have
               sayl'd
               those
               Seas
               ,
               and
               given
               notice
               of
               Rocks
               and
               Shelves
               ,
               and
               describ'd
               the
               Coastings
               and
               Rhumbs
               of
               the
               whole
               Course
               .
               Example
               gives
               life
               to
               a
               Rule
               ,
               makes
               it
               Intelligible
               and
               Practicable
               .
               God's
               bare
               Commanding
               us
               to
               do
               any
               thing
               is
               a
               sufficient
               Obligation
               to
               Obedience
               ;
               but
               when
               by
               Others
               he
               shews
               us
               How
               't
               is
               to
               be
               done
               ,
               this
               as
               it
               renders
               it
               more
               Easie
               to
               Obey
               ,
               so
               it
               puts
               our
               Disobedience
               past
               all
               Excuse
               .
            
             
               
                 For
                 the
                 Comfort
                 of
                 Survivers
                 that
                 stay
                 behind
                 ,
                 the
                 Vertues
                 and
                 Praises
                 of
                 their
                 Deceased
                 friends
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 Recounted
              
               ;
               that
               they
               may
               not
               Mourn
               and
               hang
               down
               the
               Head
               with
               Despondence
               ,
               as
               having
               no
               Hope
               .
               It
               was
               the
               Custom
               of
               some
               
                 Barbarous
                 Nations
              
               upon
               the
               very
               consideration
               of
               the
               Troubles
               of
               this
               Life
               ,
               from
               which
               Death
               sets
               us
               Free
               ,
               to
               attend
               their
               Dead
               with
               solemn
               Shouts
               and
               Expressions
               of
               Joy
               :
               but
               We
               ,
               who
               have
               better
               Assurances
               ,
               when
               any
               of
               our
               Relations
               are
               delivered
               from
               the
               Sins
               and
               Miseries
               of
               a
               
               Wicked
               and
               Wretched
               World
               ,
               have
               much
               greater
               reason
               to
               Rejoyce
               in
               their
               behalf
               ,
               if
               by
               the
               Testimony
               of
               a
               good
               Life
               they
               have
               confirm'd
               those
               blessed
               Expectations
               ,
               Upon
               which
               the
               Hinge
               of
               all
               Religion
               turns
               .
               For
               in
               that
               we
               Grieve
               ,
               't
               is
               for
               our
               Own
               sakes
               ,
               not
               for
               Theirs
               .
               'T
               is
               Our
               loss
               ,
               we
               Lament
               .
               They
               are
               infinitely
               Advantaged
               by
               the
               Change.
               Why
               then
               should
               we
               repine
               at
               their
               Advancement
               ,
               with
               them
               back
               to
               their
               Hurt
               ,
               and
               be
               discontented
               for
               the
               want
               of
               their
               Company
               ,
               who
               ,
               as
               
                 St.
                 Paul
              
               says
               in
               another
               case
               ,
               
                 are
                 therefore
                 Departed
                 for
                 a
                 season
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 may
                 Receive
                 them
                 for
                 ever
                 ,
              
               if
               We
               by
               following
               their
               good
               Example
               be
               found
               worthy
               to
               be
               Admitted
               to
               Them.
               If
               it
               be
               a
               Kindness
               to
               Them
               ,
               that
               our
               Hearts
               are
               touch'd
               with
               ,
               we
               should
               rather
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Apostle's
               Rule
               ,
               
                 Rejoyce
                 with
                 them
                 that
                 Rejoyce
              
               ,
               and
               not
               Weep
               over
               them
               ,
               since
               all
               Tears
               are
               now
               wiped
               away
               from
               their
               Eyes
               .
               'T
               is
               usual
               in
               great
               transports
               of
               Joy
               for
               Tears
               to
               burst
               out
               :
               and
               such
               should
               be
               our
               Tears
               over
               Those
               ,
               that
               by
               
               Living
               well
               Learnt
               and
               Practis'd
               to
               
                 Dye
                 Well
              
               ,
               to
               flow
               from
               Joy
               as
               well
               as
               Sorrow
               ;
               and
               our
               Ioy
               that
               they
               are
               in
               Heaven
               should
               far
               exceed
               the
               Grief
               we
               show
               for
               their
               leaving
               Earth
               .
               I
               have
               read
               of
               Parents
               ,
               that
               ,
               when
               their
               Sons
               have
               return'd
               Conquerers
               from
               the
               
                 Olympick
                 Games
              
               ,
               could
               not
               master
               their
               Resentments
               ,
               but
               have
               dyed
               with
               excessive
               Joy.
               Now
               ,
               in
               a
               Christian
               sense
               ,
               to
               have
               fought
               a
               good
               Fight
               ,
               and
               with
               a
               Victorious
               Faith
               to
               overcome
               the
               World
               ,
               how
               much
               more
               considerable
               a
               Conquest
               is
               it
               ,
               and
               how
               does
               it
               deserve
               our
               most
               concern'd
               Joys
               ?
               That
               in
               any
               Friend's
               case
               ,
               that
               Dyes
               thus
               ,
               it
               would
               become
               us
               to
               say
               what
               S.
               Thomas
               did
               ,
               when
               word
               was
               brought
               of
               Lazarus
               his
               death
               ,
               
                 Come
                 let
                 us
                 go
                 ,
                 and
                 Dye
                 with
                 him
                 .
              
               It
               was
               Kindly
               said
               ,
               and
               perhaps
               not
               Fondly
               neither
               .
               For
               certainly
               the
               most
               exquisite
               Felicities
               of
               Life
               are
               not
               Comparable
               to
               the
               Advantage
               of
               a
               Holy
               Death
               .
               Let
               us
               then
               upon
               such
               Occasions
               ,
               (
               as
               we
               use
               ,
               when
               any
               Friend
               alters
               his
               Condition
               to
               the
               Better
               ,
               to
               Wish
               him
               Ioy
               ;
               )
               Gratulate
               those
               
               that
               Dye
               thus
               in
               the
               Lord
               ;
               not
               consider
               what
               We
               have
               Lost
               ,
               but
               what
               they
               have
               Gain'd
               ;
               and
               joyn
               with
               Them
               in
               singing
               Hallelujahs
               ,
               Praising
               them
               ,
               and
               Praising
               God
               for
               them
               ,
               and
               Praising
               God
               with
               them
               .
               Praise
               is
               a
               Chearful
               Exercise
               ;
               wherefore
               let
               me
               Entreat
               ,
               that
               those
               
                 Noble
                 Friends
              
               and
               Relations
               ,
               who
               have
               any
               Share
               in
               this
               day's
               Loss
               ,
               whilst
               I
               practically
               Apply
               to
               the
               Duty
               of
               the
               Text
               in
               Praising
               this
               
                 Honourable
                 Vertuous
                 Woman
              
               before
               us
               ,
               would
               lay
               aside
               their
               own
               Concerns
               ,
               and
               be
               Comforted
               ,
               as
               they
               do
               mean
               heartily
               to
               Joyn
               with
               me
               in
               the
               Acknowledgment
               of
               her
               Praises
               .
            
             
               I
               would
               not
               detain
               you
               long
               ,
               I
               need
               not
               .
               All
               that
               has
               been
               ,
               or
               may
               be
               said
               of
               the
               
                 Vertuous
                 Woman
              
               ,
               belongs
               to
               Her.
               To
               say
               all
               that
               might
               be
               said
               ,
               would
               not
               be
               the
               Business
               of
               an
               Hour
               ,
               but
               of
               Days
               and
               Weeks
               .
               The
               bare
               Relation
               of
               her
               Life
               would
               make
               the
               best
               Panegyrick
               .
               I
               shall
               gather
               it
               up
               as
               close
               as
               I
               can
               ,
               that
               it
               may
               be
               both
               Brief
               and
               Useful
               :
               and
               That
               according
               
               to
               our
               former
               Method
               ,
               where
               we
               treated
               of
               the
               
                 Fear
                 of
                 God
              
               ,
               which
               is
               here
               given
               as
               Her
               Character
               .
            
             
               First
               as
               to
               Principle
               ;
               the
               Candour
               of
               Her
               Disposition
               ,
               the
               Sweetness
               of
               her
               Nature
               ,
               and
               the
               Evenness
               of
               her
               Temper
               ,
               whereof
               throughout
               her
               whole
               Life
               she
               gave
               Innumerable
               Demonstrations
               .
               And
               certainly
               
                 Good
                 Nature
              
               (
               however
               some
               Ill-natur'd
               People
               ,
               who
               would
               pass
               for
               the
               most
               strictly
               Religious
               ,
               may
               declaim
               against
               It
               and
               all
               Morality
               )
               is
               the
               best
               Seed-plot
               for
               Piety
               and
               all
               Vertue
               to
               thrive
               in
               ;
               the
               Kindliest
               Soil
               for
               the
               Fruits
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               
                 Meekness
                 ,
                 Ioy
                 ,
                 Patience
                 ,
                 Gentleness
                 ,
                 Long-suffering
                 ,
                 Loving
                 kindness
                 ,
              
               &c.
               which
               were
               abundantly
               seen
               in
               all
               the
               Instances
               of
               her
               Conversation
               .
            
             
               Now
               because
               much
               of
               This
               may
               seem
               to
               be
               Extracted
               from
               the
               Parents
               ,
               and
               by
               Lineal
               Descent
               to
               be
               derived
               from
               the
               Family
               ;
               (
               For
               
                 Fortes
                 creantur
                 Fortibus
                 ,
                 &
                 Boni
                 Bonis
                 .
              
               Vertues
               and
               good
               Qualities
               likely
               run
               in
               a
               Blood
               )
               I
               must
               so
               far
               mention
               
               Her
               Pedigree
               ,
               as
               to
               give
               the
               True
               Blazonry
               of
               her
               Vertues
               .
            
             
               She
               was
               
                 Eldest
                 Daughter
              
               to
               His
               Grace
               the
               
                 Duke
                 of
                 Newcastle
              
               ,
               a
               Person
               of
               no
               less
               Excellence
               in
               His
               Merit
               and
               in
               His
               Nature
               ,
               then
               he
               is
               in
               his
               Title
               ;
               One
               that
               has
               been
               the
               most
               Illustrious
               Example
               in
               all
               the
               three
               Nations
               of
               an
               Acting
               and
               Suffering
               Loyalty
               .
               To
               him
               ,
               besides
               His
               other
               vast
               Deserts
               ,
               the
               World
               ow'd
               this
               
                 Excellent
                 Lady
              
               ;
               who
               being
               powerfully
               inclin'd
               by
               Instinct
               and
               Duty
               ,
               and
               Choice
               to
               be
               like
               Her
               Noble
               Father
               ,
               did
               so
               Naturally
               Resemble
               Him
               ,
               and
               so
               Affectionately
               Imitate
               Him
               ,
               that
               She
               represented
               the
               lively
               Characters
               of
               his
               Soul
               as
               well
               as
               Feature
               .
            
             
               Nor
               must
               I
               omit
               her
               
                 Pious
                 Mother
              
               ,
               a
               Lady
               of
               most
               Exemplary
               Charities
               ,
               from
               whom
               She
               received
               the
               first
               Elements
               of
               her
               Vertuous
               Education
               ;
               and
               Her
               Noble
               Grand-Mother
               ,
               the
               Lady
               Ogle
               ,
               whose
               Daring
               she
               was
               ;
               who
               ,
               to
               this
               Lady
               IANE
               did
               in
               her
               life
               and
               at
               her
               death
               give
               particular
               Testimonies
               of
               an
               extraordinary
               Affection
               ,
               
               which
               were
               often
               gratefully
               remembred
               and
               repeated
               by
               Her.
               
            
             
               From
               these
               Advantages
               of
               Birth
               ,
               that
               Natural
               Principle
               of
               Goodness
               flow'd
               ,
               which
               being
               Inlarged
               by
               the
               Moral
               accessions
               of
               Noble
               Breeding
               ,
               and
               Impregnated
               with
               Holy
               Exercises
               ,
               and
               the
               Influences
               of
               God's
               good
               Spirit
               ,
               stream'd
               into
               all
               the
               Faculties
               of
               her
               Soul
               ;
               by
               which
               she
               became
               the
               Absolute
               Governess
               of
               Her
               own
               Mind
               .
            
             
               She
               had
               that
               Command
               of
               Her
               Passions
               ,
               that
               it
               might
               be
               questioned
               ,
               whether
               she
               had
               Any
               .
               Anger
               and
               She
               were
               so
               utter
               Strangers
               ,
               that
               the
               very
               Expressions
               of
               Dislike
               from
               Her
               were
               Obliging
               .
               Greatness
               and
               Goodness
               of
               Mind
               kept
               her
               Soul
               always
               in
               an
               equal
               Poise
               ,
               so
               that
               she
               could
               never
               fancy
               an
               Injury
               or
               an
               Ill
               meaning
               from
               any
               one
               ,
               or
               be
               upon
               any
               Provocation
               Exceptious
               .
               She
               knew
               her self
               so
               Innocent
               and
               Good
               ,
               that
               she
               deserv'd
               no
               Ill
               ,
               and
               therefore
               suspected
               none
               ;
               and
               withal
               She
               was
               of
               so
               Generous
               and
               Great
               a
               Spirit
               ,
               that
               unkindnesses
               ,
               if
               intended
               ,
               could
               not
               reach
               Her.
               So
               
               that
               as
               on
               the
               one
               hand
               no
               body
               (
               she
               believ'd
               )
               would
               wrong
               Her
               ,
               if
               they
               could
               ;
               so
               on
               the
               other
               ,
               (
               she
               resolv'd
               )
               they
               should
               not
               ,
               if
               they
               would
               .
               Her
               soft
               yielding
               Compliance
               back'd
               with
               Magnanimity
               was
               like
               polish'd
               Marble
               ,
               smooth
               and
               strong
               .
               She
               was
               seated
               above
               the
               clouded
               Atmosphere
               of
               Worldly
               Joys
               and
               Troubles
               ,
               even
               while
               she
               was
               Here
               ;
               and
               had
               wrought
               Her self
               to
               a
               perfect
               Indifference
               and
               Vnconcernedness
               in
               all
               things
               ,
               but
               Her
               Service
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               Kindness
               to
               her
               Friends
               .
               She
               had
               no
               Value
               for
               the
               World
               ,
               nor
               Over-value
               for
               Her self
               ,
               who
               was
               one
               of
               the
               Best
               Parts
               of
               it
               .
               For
               as
               Her
               Worth
               had
               set
               Her
               Even
               with
               the
               Greatest
               ;
               so
               Her
               Humility
               plac'd
               Her
               familiarly
               with
               the
               Meanest
               :
               and
               yet
               this
               attended
               with
               so
               natural
               a
               Becomingness
               ,
               that
               her
               very
               Humility
               exalted
               her
               ,
               and
               her
               Condescensions
               made
               her
               the
               more
               Venerable
               and
               Highly
               Esteemed
               .
            
             
               Where
               the
               Passions
               are
               kept
               in
               this
               Aw
               and
               Order
               ,
               the
               
                 Superiour
                 Faculties
              
               ,
               being
               clear
               and
               undisturb'd
               ,
               must
               needs
               exercise
               
               all
               their
               Functions
               aright
               .
               She
               took
               ,
               when
               Young
               ,
               special
               delight
               in
               her
               Father's
               Excellent
               Composures
               .
               And
               she
               hath
               left
               in
               Writing
               a
               considerable
               Stock
               of
               Excellent
               ones
               of
               Her
               own
               ,
               ever
               spending
               the
               time
               that
               best
               pleased
               Her
               with
               her
               Pen.
               Above
               all
               ,
               Reading
               of
               good
               Discourses
               and
               making
               of
               
                 Pious
                 Meditations
              
               were
               Her
               chief
               and
               daily
               Imployment
               :
               to
               which
               and
               to
               Her
               Devotions
               she
               was
               so
               Constant
               ,
               that
               ,
               as
               she
               hath
               fill'd
               some
               Volumes
               with
               the
               One
               ;
               so
               for
               the
               Other
               ,
               from
               her
               Youth
               to
               her
               late
               Death-bed
               she
               fail'd
               not
               of
               Prayer
               (
               as
               I
               am
               Informed
               )
               thrice
               a
               day
               ;
               and
               if
               Morning
               or
               Noon
               hapned
               to
               be
               omitted
               ,
               She
               would
               make
               amends
               at
               Night
               ,
               and
               then
               to
               be
               sure
               even
               that
               Account
               .
               Herein
               lay
               her
               solid
               Satisfaction
               ,
               in
               Conversing
               thus
               with
               God
               ,
               that
               She
               lookt
               upon
               all
               Occasions
               ,
               that
               Interrupted
               That
               ,
               as
               Impertinent
               and
               Uneasie
               ;
               and
               if
               She
               had
               any
               Quarrel
               to
               
                 this
                 Place
              
               ,
               't
               was
               this
               ,
               the
               Multitude
               of
               Formal
               Visits
               ,
               which
               she
               could
               not
               avoid
               receiving
               from
               London
               and
               returning
               ,
               that
               took
               off
               her
               time
               
               from
               these
               Spiritual
               Exercises
               .
            
             
               This
               as
               to
               her
               Principle
               .
            
             
               Then
               as
               to
               the
               Emanations
               of
               It
               to
               the
               Eye
               and
               Observation
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               for
               we
               have
               as
               yet
               been
               but
               in
               the
               Closet
               .
            
             
               In
               her
               Maiden-state
               ;
               Of
               her
               Infant-years
               ,
               which
               were
               spent
               at
               Welbeck
               ,
               (
               a
               place
               that
               bears
               the
               Proportion
               and
               Resemblance
               of
               a
               Court
               )
               under
               the
               Tuition
               of
               her
               Father
               and
               Mother
               ,
               we
               have
               already
               spoken
               .
               We
               shall
               now
               treat
               of
               her
               more
               
                 Adult
                 Vertues
              
               .
            
             
               What
               Courage
               and
               Loyalty
               ,
               as
               the
               right
               Daughter
               of
               a
               General
               ,
               as
               the
               
                 Valiant
                 Woman
              
               here
               spoken
               of
               ,
               did
               she
               shew
               ,
               in
               keeping
               the
               Garrison'd
               House
               of
               her
               Father
               ,
               where
               she
               was
               left
               with
               One
               of
               her
               
                 Noble
                 Sisters
              
               ,
               as
               a
               Sharer
               ,
               in
               her
               Vertues
               and
               the
               Misfortunes
               of
               Ill
               times
               (
               the
               Other
               being
               before
               that
               Time
               Happily
               bestow'd
               )
               amongst
               the
               Horrid
               Circumstances
               of
               War
               ,
               till
               taken
               by
               the
               Enemy
               ,
               and
               there
               made
               their
               Prisoners
               ?
            
             
               What
               Gallantry
               of
               Charity
               at
               the
               Retaking
               it
               by
               the
               King's
               Forces
               ,
               when
               She
               
               became
               Petitioner
               to
               save
               her
               Iaylor's
               life
               ,
               whose
               Treatments
               ,
               though
               not
               Barbarous
               ,
               yet
               had
               been
               much
               short
               of
               such
               Civilities
               ,
               as
               to
               Persons
               of
               their
               Age
               ,
               Tenderness
               ,
               and
               Quality
               were
               due
               ?
            
             
               What
               Patience
               and
               Magnanimity
               in
               all
               the
               Disasters
               of
               Her
               
                 Loyal
                 Family
              
               ;
               Her
               Mother's
               Death
               ,
               the
               Loss
               of
               my
               Lord's
               Army
               ,
               his
               leaving
               England
               ,
               His
               and
               her
               Brothers
               Banishment
               after
               and
               Proscription
               ,
               and
               the
               Seizure
               of
               all
               their
               Fortunes
               ,
               beside
               Her
               own
               Personal
               Sufferings
               and
               Unsettlements
               ?
            
             
               What
               Duty
               and
               Piety
               ,
               when
               after
               the
               Fifths
               were
               procur'd
               ,
               She
               was
               inabled
               to
               become
               Sollicitor
               for
               her
               Father
               and
               Brothers
               ,
               when
               Loyalty
               was
               so
               Criminal
               ,
               that
               nothing
               less
               would
               serve
               then
               to
               Except
               them
               from
               Life
               :
               when
               with
               all
               Her
               early
               Diligences
               ,
               and
               Attendances
               ,
               and
               Petitionings
               ,
               how
               humbly
               and
               closely
               soever
               prosecuted
               ,
               She
               could
               not
               prevail
               for
               Her
               Father
               ;
               Her
               Brothers
               only
               with
               much
               difficulty
               had
               Pardon
               for
               Life
               ?
               And
               then
               when
               
               things
               were
               grown
               to
               that
               Extremity
               ,
               that
               All
               that
               could
               be
               had
               from
               an
               Enemy
               was
               too
               scant
               a
               Support
               for
               Her
               Banisht
               Father
               .
               (
               I
               have
               it
               from
               an
               Excellent
               Hand
               ,
               that
               with
               great
               Obligingness
               gives
               this
               Account
               in
               Print
               )
               She
               converted
               Her
               own
               Peculium
               of
               Jewels
               and
               Plate
               (
               which
               her
               Father
               and
               Grand-Mother
               had
               given
               Her
               )
               into
               Monies
               ,
               and
               sent
               it
               over
               a
               Token
               of
               Affectionate
               Duty
               .
            
             
               Nor
               stopt
               Her
               Duty
               here
               ,
               but
               She
               continued
               it
               together
               with
               her
               Obedience
               to
               her
               
                 Married
                 state
              
               :
               having
               resolv'd
               without
               his
               Leave
               and
               Consent
               not
               to
               change
               her
               Condition
               ;
               nor
               so
               neither
               ,
               without
               a
               Liberty
               from
               her
               Intended
               Husband
               ,
               out
               of
               that
               Fortune
               ,
               Her
               Father's
               Nobleness
               had
               design'd
               Her
               ,
               to
               make
               him
               a
               considerable
               Present
               (
               so
               I
               find
               it
               Nobly
               Acknowledg'd
               by
               the
               same
               Excellent
               Authoress
               )
               of
               which
               
                 His
                 Grace
              
               (
               I
               understand
               )
               soon
               after
               his
               Restauration
               no
               less
               obligingly
               with
               greatest
               Kindness
               of
               all
               generous
               and
               indearing
               Expressions
               Ordered
               a
               liberal
               Return
               .
            
             
             
               And
               then
               with
               what
               
                 Condescending
                 Prudence
              
               and
               
                 Iudicious
                 Moderation
              
               did
               She
               make
               her
               Choice
               ,
               when
               having
               through
               the
               Iniquity
               of
               the
               Times
               observ'd
               the
               Desolation
               made
               in
               the
               Greatest
               Families
               ,
               and
               the
               little
               Choice
               then
               amongst
               those
               Few
               left
               of
               the
               Higher
               Nobility
               ,
               (
               for
               She
               resolved
               to
               match
               with
               no
               Family
               ,
               which
               had
               ill-treated
               her
               King
               and
               Father
               ,
               how
               advantageous
               soever
               )
               She
               suiting
               her
               Judgment
               to
               her
               Inclination
               accepted
               a
               Gentleman
               ,
               yet
               One
               (
               besides
               His
               othet
               Accomplishments
               ,
               and
               the
               Merit
               of
               his
               most
               Affectionate
               Respects
               )
               of
               an
               
                 Ancient
                 Family
              
               and
               a
               very
               
                 Noble
                 Descent
              
               ,
               with
               whose
               Principles
               and
               Fortune
               She
               perswaded
               her self
               of
               Content
               .
               And
               she
               found
               That
               perswasion
               did
               not
               deceive
               Her
               ,
               having
               here
               in
               Chelsey
               lived
               these
               14
               years
               and
               few
               Months
               ,
               as
               Well
               to
               Her
               own
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               great
               Satisfaction
               and
               Joy
               of
               every
               Body
               else
               that
               knew
               Her.
               
            
             
               How
               willing
               She
               ever
               was
               to
               Oblige
               all
               persons
               ;
               how
               Ready
               to
               all
               good
               Offices
               ;
               
               how
               Meek
               ,
               and
               Humble
               ,
               and
               Charitable
               ,
               and
               Familiarly
               Courteous
               to
               Neighbours
               and
               all
               others
               ,
               let
               Fame
               ,
               let
               Envy
               it self
               speak
               .
            
             
               Of
               her
               Charity
               to
               this
               Place
               I
               question
               not
               but
               we
               shall
               see
               in
               a
               short
               Time
               some
               fair
               Testimonies
               erected
               .
            
             
               Her
               Devotions
               she
               lov'd
               particularly
               to
               make
               out
               in
               Observing
               the
               Fasts
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               as
               much
               and
               as
               oft
               ,
               as
               the
               tenderness
               of
               Her
               Constitution
               could
               well
               permit
               .
            
             
               Next
               to
               Reading
               and
               Writing
               she
               delighted
               much
               in
               her
               Needle
               ,
               and
               hath
               left
               great
               quantities
               of
               Work
               to
               her
               Children
               .
            
             
               This
               in
               short
               the
               account
               of
               her
               Life
               in
               its
               Healthful
               time
               .
            
             
               We
               come
               at
               last
               to
               the
               sad
               Scene
               of
               her
               Sickness
               and
               Death
               ,
               wherein
               it
               pleas'd
               a
               good
               God
               in
               some
               measure
               to
               answer
               her
               desires
               (
               who
               had
               always
               a
               tender
               Apprehension
               for
               Pain
               )
               that
               ,
               though
               the
               Fits
               to
               sorrowful
               By-standers
               seem'd
               not
               to
               be
               without
               Pang
               and
               Agony
               ,
               yet
               were
               graciously
               
               Alleviated
               to
               Her
               by
               a
               Surprize
               of
               her
               Senses
               ,
               for
               the
               time
               ,
               and
               That
               so
               Gentle
               too
               ,
               as
               never
               to
               cause
               any
               Disorder
               or
               Indecency
               .
               Nor
               after
               the
               Fits
               ,
               at
               the
               return
               of
               Spirits
               ,
               sufficient
               to
               give
               Her
               liberty
               of
               Speech
               ,
               did
               She
               ever
               (
               except
               two
               of
               her
               four
               last
               days
               )
               complain
               of
               Pain
               ,
               which
               was
               then
               violent
               in
               her
               Head
               ,
               but
               even
               then
               and
               at
               all
               other
               times
               of
               her
               Sickness
               ,
               while
               She
               had
               Speech
               ,
               She
               used
               it
               most
               in
               Devotion
               ,
               and
               in
               many
               gentle
               chearful
               and
               obliging
               Expressions
               to
               her
               
                 Husband
                 ,
                 Children
                 ,
                 Doctors
              
               ,
               and
               other
               her
               mournful
               Assistants
               .
            
             
               Particularly
               in
               the
               Three
               weeks
               Interval
               ,
               She
               had
               ,
               when
               there
               were
               very
               good
               hopes
               of
               her
               Recovery
               ,
               She
               used
               often
               to
               say
               ,
               
                 That
                 though
                 she
                 resigned
                 up
                 Her self
                 wholly
                 to
                 the
                 wise
                 disposal
                 of
                 a
                 good
                 God
                 ,
                 yet
                 She
                 being
                 in
                 expectation
                 of
                 being
                 call'd
                 away
                 in
                 her
                 first
                 Fits
                 ,
                 look'd
                 upon
                 her
                 Recovery
                 as
                 a
                 gracious
                 kind
                 of
                 Disappointment
              
               (
               they
               were
               Her
               own
               Words
               )
               
                 by
                 God
                 Almighty
                 .
                 This
                 She
                 did
              
               (
               She
               said
               )
               
                 not
                 out
                 
                 of
                 Discontent
                 at
                 her
                 Sickness
                 ,
                 which
                 she
                 thankfully
                 acknowledged
                 tolerable
                 Easie
                 ,
                 but
                 (
                 as
                 having
                 conquered
                 this
                 World
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 now
                 in
                 her
                 Passage
                 to
                 a
                 Better
                 )
                 out
                 of
                 her
                 intuition
                 of
                 a
                 glorious
                 Crown
                 ,
                 that
                 ,
                 She
                 trusted
                 ,
                 awaited
                 her
                 in
                 Heaven
                 .
              
            
             
               Now
               ,
               now
               ,
               was
               the
               Time
               ,
               when
               all
               the
               Powers
               of
               Her
               Soul
               ,
               all
               Her
               Vertues
               and
               Graces
               were
               Summon'd
               together
               ,
               with
               united
               force
               to
               make
               up
               the
               Complin
               of
               her
               Devotions
               ;
               wherein
               she
               Profess'd
               ,
               to
               the
               Equal
               Comfort
               and
               Grief
               of
               Those
               that
               heard
               Her
               ,
               her
               Confidence
               in
               God
               ,
               her
               patient
               Submission
               to
               Him
               ,
               her
               Holy
               Resignation
               ,
               her
               Indifference
               to
               Life
               ,
               and
               her
               Preparedness
               to
               Dye
               .
               Of
               which
               ,
               amongst
               many
               others
               ,
               there
               were
               two
               Remarkable
               Instances
               .
               One
               to
               a
               
                 Reverend
                 Father
                 of
                 our
                 Church
              
               ,
               whom
               she
               told
               with
               great
               Unconcernedness
               ,
               as
               he
               was
               discoursing
               piously
               to
               Her
               ,
               
                 That
                 she
                 was
                 not
                 afraid
                 to
                 Dye
                 ;
                 not
                 that
                 she
                 had
                 or
                 fear'd
                 any
                 Trouble
                 or
                 Discontent
                 here
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 she
                 might
                 Injoy
                 the
                 Blessings
                 of
                 that
                 Better
                 World.
              
               The
               Other
               
               to
               Her
               sad
               and
               afflicted
               Husband
               ,
               whom
               ,
               as
               He
               was
               at
               her
               Bed-side
               praying
               to
               God
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               restore
               Her
               again
               to
               Health
               ,
               that
               she
               might
               Live
               and
               Glorifie
               him
               ,
               when
               those
               ,
               that
               went
               down
               into
               the
               Pit
               ,
               could
               not
               Praise
               him
               ;
               she
               stopt
               Him
               in
               his
               Prayer
               ,
               and
               with
               a
               comfortable
               Look
               and
               strong
               Voice
               (
               though
               a
               great
               difficulty
               of
               Speech
               had
               some
               time
               before
               possest
               Her
               )
               said
               ,
               
                 She
                 would
                 Glorifie
                 God
                 ,
                 whether
                 she
                 lived
                 or
                 dyed
                 :
              
               and
               then
               recommended
               
                 her
                 Children
                 to
                 His
                 Care
              
               :
               Who
               as
               He
               did
               in
               all
               her
               sickness
               out
               of
               a
               strong
               Sympathy
               of
               Love
               ,
               suitable
               to
               His
               constant
               Tenderness
               and
               Her
               great
               Merit
               ,
               entertain
               all
               her
               Ills
               with
               quicker
               and
               deeper
               Resentments
               (
               if
               we
               may
               consider
               Those
               as
               Two
               ,
               who
               were
               so
               nearly
               One
               )
               then
               if
               they
               had
               been
               His
               Own
               ;
               that
               those
               Epileptick
               and
               Convulsive
               Fits
               ,
               which
               seiz'd
               Her
               Brain
               ,
               did
               at
               the
               same
               time
               seize
               His
               Heart
               :
               so
               after
               Her
               Dissolution
               and
               the
               Departure
               of
               His
               Better
               Soul
               ,
               He
               finds
               no
               Reason
               to
               live
               ,
               no
               Joy
               in
               life
               ,
               but
               This
               ,
               to
               look
               after
               those
               living
               Remains
               
               of
               his
               Dear
               and
               Pious
               Deceased
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               Paying
               on
               that
               Love
               ,
               which
               was
               Due
               to
               Her
               ,
               in
               the
               Indulgent
               Care
               of
               Her
               Children
               .
            
             
               These
               dear
               Children
               of
               Hers
               ,
               as
               She
               had
               often
               in
               her
               Health
               ,
               so
               she
               did
               now
               more
               frequently
               in
               her
               Sickness
               Instruct
               ,
               charging
               them
               to
               apply
               themselves
               much
               to
               Reading
               ,
               especially
               to
               be
               diligent
               in
               constant
               Prayers
               to
               God
               ,
               to
               be
               Observant
               to
               their
               
                 Dear
                 Father
              
               ,
               and
               transferring
               that
               Obedience
               they
               had
               to
               Her self
               upon
               Him
               ,
               to
               pay
               Him
               now
               a
               
                 double
                 Duty
              
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               intirely
               Loving
               to
               One
               another
               ;
               Then
               and
               not
               else
               they
               might
               assure
               themselves
               of
               all
               good
               things
               from
               God
               and
               their
               Father
               .
               Further
               injoying
               them
               to
               be
               Respectful
               to
               those
               that
               had
               the
               charge
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               ever
               to
               give
               ear
               to
               their
               just
               and
               vertuous
               Advices
               :
               and
               carefully
               to
               decline
               the
               Company
               of
               vain
               and
               impertinent
               Persons
               .
            
             
               As
               it
               was
               Her
               only
               Trouble
               in
               all
               her
               Sickness
               ,
               that
               her
               Indisposition
               made
               Her
               uncapable
               of
               giving
               that
               Attendance
               to
               the
               
                 Offices
                 
                 of
                 Religion
                 ,
                 Praying
                 ,
                 Meditating
                 ,
                 Reading
                 ,
              
               as
               she
               used
               to
               do
               :
               So
               in
               the
               Close
               ,
               it
               was
               the
               great
               Affliction
               of
               All
               about
               Her
               ,
               and
               that
               ,
               which
               of
               any
               thing
               She
               her self
               shew'd
               most
               Sense
               of
               ,
               that
               her
               Speech
               Fail'd
               her
               :
               upon
               the
               Loss
               of
               which
               she
               had
               no
               other
               means
               of
               Expressing
               those
               pious
               Ejaculations
               ,
               She
               in
               her
               last
               Sickness
               Incessantly
               poured
               forth
               ,
               but
               by
               Sighs
               ,
               and
               Eyes
               and
               Hands
               lifted
               up
               to
               Heaven
               ;
               whither
               She
               is
               gone
               
                 Bless
                 Soul
              
               ,
               to
               increase
               the
               number
               of
               Saints
               ,
               whom
               the
               Church
               this
               day
               Commemorates
               ,
               and
               to
               enter
               into
               the
               Ioy
               of
               her
               Saviour
               ,
               having
               left
               Grief
               behind
               Her.
               
            
             
               Whom
               in
               the
               Whole
               ,
               as
               to
               all
               Relations
               ,
               as
               Her
               
                 Noble
                 Father
              
               (
               in
               Whose
               Affections
               if
               Any
               had
               a
               greater
               share
               then
               Other
               ,
               it
               was
               She
               )
               in
               a
               Letter
               of
               His
               since
               her
               Sickness
               Stiles
               Her
               
                 the
                 Best
                 of
                 Daughters
              
               ;
               so
               Her
               Husband
               praises
               Her
               for
               the
               
                 Best
                 of
                 Wives
              
               ;
               Her
               Children
               rise
               up
               and
               call
               
                 the
                 Best
                 of
                 Mothers
              
               ;
               Her
               Servants
               (
               for
               whose
               Encouragement
               and
               Reward
               she
               took
               care
               to
               the
               Last
               )
               own
               as
               
                 the
                 Best
                 of
                 Mistresses
              
               ;
               Her
               Allies
               lookt
               upon
               as
               
                 the
                 Best
                 of
                 Friends
              
               ;
               Those
               
               that
               had
               the
               Honour
               to
               know
               Her
               ,
               
                 the
                 Best
                 of
                 Acquaintances
              
               ;
               and
               Those
               that
               liv'd
               near
               Her
               ,
               
                 the
                 Best
                 of
                 Neighbours
              
               .
            
             
               May
               We
               All
               ,
               that
               knew
               Her
               ,
               keep
               her
               Vertues
               alive
               in
               our
               Memory
               ,
               and
               in
               our
               Imitation
               .
               May
               her
               Worthy
               and
               Afflicted
               Husband
               ,
               as
               he
               does
               ,
               praise
               Her
               ,
               and
               with
               a
               chearful
               gratitude
               mitigate
               his
               Sorrow
               ,
               and
               comfort
               himself
               with
               the
               expectation
               of
               a
               Happy
               Meeting
               ,
               when
               
                 Her
                 own
                 Works
                 shall
                 Praise
                 her
                 in
                 the
                 Gates
              
               of
               Heaven
               .
               May
               her
               Children
               ,
               those
               Three
               Noble
               Plants
               She
               hath
               left
               behind
               Her
               as
               the
               dear
               Pledges
               of
               her
               Memory
               ,
               
                 rise
                 up
              
               and
               grow
               up
               in
               her
               Example
               ,
               and
               
                 call
                 her
                 Blessed
              
               .
               And
               may
               the
               Echo
               of
               her
               Praises
               tend
               to
               the
               setting
               forth
               of
               the
               Praise
               of
               God
               ,
               the
               Father
               of
               Spirits
               ,
               and
               the
               Father
               of
               Lights
               ,
               from
               whom
               cometh
               every
               good
               and
               perfect
               Gift
               .
               To
               whom
               ,
               the
               Immortal
               and
               Ever-blessed
               ,
               
                 Three
                 Persons
              
               and
               
                 One
                 God
              
               ,
               We
               ,
               together
               with
               the
               whole
               Company
               of
               All
               his
               Saints
               ,
               ascribe
               ,
               as
               is
               most
               due
               ,
               all
               
                 Honour
                 ,
                 Praise
              
               and
               Glory
               ,
               Now
               and
               for
               Ever
               .
               Amen
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
               AN
               ELEGY
               ON
               THE
               DEATH
               of
               the
               THRICE
               NOBLE
               And
               VERTUOUS
               LADY
               THE
               Lady
               
                 IANE
                 CHEYNE
              
               ,
               Eldest
               DAUGHTER
               to
               WILLIAM
               DUKE
               of
               NEWCASTLE
               ,
            
             
               
                 By
                 a
                 Person
                 of
              
               Quality
               and
               Neighbour
               in
               Chelsey
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               An
               Elegy
               on
               the
               Death
               of
               the
               Thrice
               Noble
               and
               Vertuous
               Lady
               the
               Lady
               Jane
               Cheyne
               ,
               Eldest
               Daughter
               to
               William
               Duke
               of
               Newcastle
               .
            
             
               
                 DIsmal
                 the
                 darkness
                 ,
                 fearful
                 was
                 the
                 Night
                 ,
              
               
                 All
                 thoughts
                 were
                 banish'd
                 bord'ring
                 on
                 delight
                 ;
              
               
                 Nature
                 wore
                 Blacks
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Worlds
                 beauteous
                 Eye
              
               
                 Fled
                 far
                 from
                 the
                 approaching
                 Tragedy
                 :
              
               
                 My
                 doubtful
                 Muse
                 lay
                 trembling
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Knell
              
               
                 More
                 doleful
                 from
                 the
                 midnight
                 passing
                 Bell
                 ,
              
               
                 Subtracting
                 hopes
                 addition
                 gave
                 to
                 Woe
                 ,
              
               
                 Now
                 ripe
                 in
                 Numbers
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 Tears
                 to
                 flow
                 .
              
               
                 Ye
                 Chelsey
                 Fields
                 no
                 more
                 your
                 pleasures
                 boast
                 ,
              
               
                 Your
                 greatest
                 Pride
                 ,
                 is
                 with
                 your
                 Lady
                 ,
                 lost
                 ;
              
               
                 No
                 more
                 cry
                 up
                 your
                 sweet
                 ,
                 and
                 healthy
                 Air
                 ,
              
               
                 Now
                 only
                 fit
                 for
                 such
                 as
                 breath
                 despair
                 ;
              
               
                 Of
                 your
                 delightful
                 River
                 brag
                 no
                 more
                 ,
              
               
                 Briny
                 its
                 Waves
                 ,
                 and
                 Fatal
                 is
                 its
                 Shore
                 ;
              
               
                 Not
                 all
                 its
                 Sands
                 can
                 count
                 the
                 Tears
                 we
                 spilt
                 ,
              
               
                 Not
                 all
                 its
                 Stream
                 can
                 wash
                 away
                 this
                 guilt
                 .
              
               
                 Farewel
                 (
                 
                   Dear
                   Lady
                
                 )
                 now
                 a
                 blessed
                 Saint
                 :
              
               
                 Did
                 not
                 Religion
                 on
                 us
                 lay
                 restraint
                 ,
              
               
                 Our
                 Vows
                 and
                 Prayers
                 soon
                 would
                 turned
                 be
              
               
                 From
                 Praying
                 for
                 ,
                 to
                 Praying
                 unto
                 Thee
                 ;
              
               
                 But
                 these
                 as
                 fruitless
                 are
                 ,
                 as
                 those
                 are
                 vain
                 ;
              
               
                 Thou
                 feelest
                 none
                 ,
                 nor
                 pitiest
                 our
                 pain
                 ,
              
               
                 Our
                 Eyes
                 will
                 better
                 shew
                 the
                 Love
                 we
                 bore
                 ,
              
               
                 Where
                 to
                 lament's
                 more
                 fit
                 ,
                 then
                 to
                 implore
                 ;
              
               
               
                 And
                 sorrow
                 sure
                 our
                 loss
                 will
                 most
                 become
                 ,
              
               
                 Like
                 
                   losing
                   Gamesters
                
                 when
                 we
                 count
                 the
                 sum
                 .
              
               
                 Her
                 Noble
                 Birth
                 she
                 from
                 Newcastle
                 took
                 ;
              
               
                 High
                 in
                 Bridgwater
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 Bullingbrook
                 :
              
               
                 But
                 she
                 not
                 half
                 so
                 Great
                 as
                 she
                 was
                 Good
                 ,
              
               
                 Ow'd
                 her
                 least
                 Praise
                 to
                 her
                 
                   Illustrous
                   blood
                
                 ;
              
               
                 By
                 her
                 intrinsick
                 Worth
                 her
                 Titles
                 rise
              
               
                 More
                 splendid
                 from
                 her
                 Vertues
                 ,
                 then
                 Allies
                 ;
              
               
                 And
                 she
                 more
                 Honour
                 gave
                 unto
                 their
                 Fames
                 ,
              
               
                 Then
                 she
                 derived
                 from
                 their
                 mighty
                 Names
                 ,
              
               
                 Yet
                 not
                 pufft
                 up
                 with
                 
                   Honours
                   Timpany
                
                 ,
              
               
                 Like
                 Stars
                 she
                 less
                 appear'd
                 for
                 being
                 High
                 ;
              
               
                 And
                 like
                 them
                 too
                 she
                 freely
                 did
                 dispence
              
               
                 On
                 all
                 beneath
                 her
                 gentle
                 Influence
                 ;
              
               
                 So
                 sweetly
                 condescending
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 she
              
               
                 Less
                 then
                 our selves
                 had
                 own'd
                 a
                 Dignity
                 ;
              
               
                 Her
                 Goodness
                 did
                 our
                 Modesty
                 besiege
                 ,
              
               
                 She
                 never
                 knew
                 where
                 she
                 did
                 not
                 oblige
                 :
              
               
                 Hence
                 at
                 her
                 Ills
                 so
                 common
                 was
                 our
                 grief
                 ,
              
               
                 Nothing
                 but
                 hers
                 could
                 perfect
                 our
                 relief
                 ;
              
               
                 Tears
                 drown'd
                 our
                 Joy
                 ,
                 Joy
                 did
                 from
                 Tears
                 release
                 ,
              
               
                 As
                 her
                 Distempers
                 did
                 arise
                 or
                 cease
                 ;
              
               
                 And
                 at
                 her
                 Death
                 an
                 Universal
                 groan
              
               
                 Was
                 heard
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 her
                 Fate
                 had
                 been
                 our
                 own
                 .
              
               
                 Since
                 then
                 she
                 's
                 gone
                 ,
                 Oh!
                 that
                 I
                 could
                 inherit
              
               
                 One
                 portion
                 of
                 her
                 great
                 Poetick
                 Spirit
                 ,
              
               
                 Like
                 him
                 who
                 caught
                 Elijah's
                 Mantle
                 ,
                 I
              
               
                 Of
                 Her
                 and
                 Heaven
                 soon
                 would
                 Prophecy
                 :
              
               
                 My
                 Muse
                 should
                 learn
                 to
                 bear
                 a
                 noble
                 Part
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 boundless
                 Grief
                 make
                 regular
                 by
                 Art
                 :
              
               
                 An
                 Art
                 she
                 knew
                 and
                 practised
                 so
                 well
                 ,
              
               
                 Her
                 Modesty
                 alone
                 could
                 it
                 excell
                 ;
              
               
                 Which
                 by
                 concealing
                 doubles
                 her
                 Esteem
                 :
              
               
                 'T
                 is
                 hard
                 to
                 understand
                 and
                 not
                 to
                 seem
                 .
              
               
               
                 Wandring
                 abroad
                 small
                 Poets
                 does
                 become
                 ,
              
               
                 Great
                 Wits
                 (
                 like
                 Princes
                 )
                 best
                 are
                 seen
                 at
                 home
                 :
              
               
                 And
                 yet
                 her
                 Name
                 might
                 Patronize
                 a
                 Muse
              
               
                 Defying
                 strictest
                 Censure
                 to
                 accuse
                 ;
              
               
                 For
                 whatsoe'er
                 her
                 Fancies
                 stamp
                 did
                 own
                 ,
              
               
                 Was
                 
                   Sterling
                   Coin
                
                 to
                 be
                 refus'd
                 by
                 none
                 ;
              
               
                 Without
                 allay
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 her self
                 refin'd
              
               
                 High
                 as
                 her
                 Birth
                 ,
                 yet
                 gentle
                 as
                 her
                 mind
                 ;
              
               
                 Where
                 Female
                 sweetness
                 manly
                 strength
                 did
                 meet
                 ,
              
               
                 At
                 once
                 (
                 like
                 Samsons
                 riddle
                 )
                 strong
                 and
                 sweet
                 ,
              
               
                 If
                 such
                 her
                 Art
                 ,
                 her
                 Nature
                 was
                 the
                 same
                 ,
              
               
                 As
                 this
                 her
                 Wit
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 adorn'd
                 her
                 Frame
              
               
                 Mov'd
                 by
                 a
                 Soul
                 so
                 Pious
                 ,
                 that
                 might
                 be
              
               
                 Well
                 term'd
                 a
                 Beam
                 of
                 the
                 Divinity
                 ;
              
               
                 Which
                 in
                 her
                 Life
                 ,
                 and
                 Actions
                 shone
                 so
                 bright
              
               
                 That
                 We
                 i'ts
                 Heat
                 perceiv'd
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 Light
                 ;
              
               
                 Her
                 thousand
                 Graces
                 with
                 a
                 mingled
                 Ray
                 ,
              
               
                 Made
                 her
                 Lifes
                 Path
                 seem
                 one
                 pure
                 milky
                 Way
                 ;
              
               
                 Whilst
                 others
                 Splendors
                 only
                 shew
                 their
                 Blots
                 ;
              
               
                 As
                 the
                 Moons
                 Light
                 discovers
                 her
                 own
                 Spots
                 .
              
               
                 Her
                 Passions
                 all
                 to
                 Reason
                 gave
                 the
                 sway
                 ,
              
               
                 As
                 she
                 unto
                 her
                 Husband
                 did
                 obey
                 ;
              
               
                 From
                 just
                 Complyance
                 neither
                 did
                 desist
                 ,
              
               
                 'Cause
                 neither
                 were
                 accustom'd
                 to
                 resist
                 ;
              
               
                 Each
                 kept
                 within
                 it's
                 proper
                 bounds
                 ,
                 and
                 range
                 ,
              
               
                 Serving
                 to
                 vary
                 her
                 ,
                 but
                 ne're
                 to
                 change
                 .
              
               
                 Her
                 Humor
                 still
                 in
                 Complaisance
                 did
                 '
                 bide
                 ,
              
               
                 Ne're
                 ebb'd
                 to
                 Sullenness
                 ,
                 nor
                 swell'd
                 to
                 Pride
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 her
                 a
                 
                   Multiply'd
                   Example's
                
                 gone
                 ;
              
               
                 And
                 many
                 Noble
                 Patterns
                 lost
                 in
                 One
                 :
              
               
                 None
                 more
                 Devout
                 ,
                 none
                 was
                 more
                 Chast
                 of
                 Life
                 ,
              
               
                 None
                 better
                 Mother
                 ,
                 none
                 more
                 loving
                 Wife
                 ;
              
               
                 Three
                 
                   Blessings
                   (
                   Copies
                
                 of
                 her self
                 )
                 she
                 brought
                 ,
              
               
                 Yet
                 was
                 her self
                 the
                 greatest
                 Blessing
                 thought
                 :
              
               
               
                 Worthy
                 by
                 none
                 ,
                 but
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 possest
                 ,
              
               
                 Who
                 best
                 deserv'd
                 her
                 ,
                 'cause
                 he
                 lov'd
                 her
                 best
                 ;
              
               
                 Such
                 his
                 affection
                 as
                 in
                 Truth
                 extends
              
               
                 Beyond
                 th'
                 Examples
                 of
                 the
                 loving
                 Friends
                 :
              
               
                 Her
                 griefs
                 he
                 griev'd
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 her
                 Pains
                 he
                 felt
                 ,
              
               
                 As
                 if
                 one
                 Soul
                 within
                 two
                 Bodies
                 dwelt
                 ;
              
               
                 And
                 she
                 from
                 that
                 did
                 part
                 (
                 I
                 'm
                 bold
                 to
                 say
                 )
              
               
                 With
                 less
                 regret
                 then
                 He
                 from
                 her
                 away
                 :
              
               
                 With
                 hers
                 He
                 would
                 have
                 given
                 up
                 his
                 Breath
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 Love
                 preserv'd
                 untoucht
                 by
                 mighty
                 Death
                 :
              
               
                 But
                 that
                 to
                 dare
                 to
                 suffer
                 life
                 might
                 prove
              
               
                 More
                 kindness
                 to
                 the
                 Pledges
                 of
                 her
                 Love.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Pardon
                 (
                 
                   Dear
                   Saint
                
                 )
                 my
                 Muses
                 wandring
                 fire
                 ;
              
               
                 Silence
                 is
                 heard
                 ,
                 where'ts
                 easie
                 to
                 admire
                 :
              
               
                 The
                 praise
                 that
                 him
                 I
                 give
                 (
                 praise
                 justly
                 due
                 )
              
               
                 I
                 'm
                 sure
                 you
                 will
                 not
                 think
                 detain'd
                 from
                 you
                 ;
              
               
                 'T
                 is
                 equal
                 to
                 rejoyn
                 ,
                 whom
                 cruel
                 Fate
              
               
                 So
                 hardly
                 did
                 attempt
                 to
                 separate
                 .
              
               
                 As
                 you
                 to
                 dye
                 his
                 glory
                 were
                 content
                 ,
              
               
                 So
                 may
                 he
                 live
                 your
                 noblest
                 Monument
                 .
              
            
             
               FINIS
               .