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             A sermon preached at the funeral of Her late Majesty Queen Mary of ever blessed memory in the abbey-church in Westminster upon March 5, 1694/5 by His Grace Thomas Lord Archibishop of Canterbury.
             Tenison, Thomas, 1636-1715.
          
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           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           at
           the
           FUNERAL
           of
           Her
           Late
           MAJESTY
           QUEEN
           MARY
           Of
           Ever
           Blessed
           Memory
           IN
           THE
           ABBEY
           CHURCH
           in
           WESTMINSTER
           .
           Upon
           March
           5
           ,
           1695.
           
        
         
           By
           his
           Grace
           THOMAS
           Lord
           Archbishop
           of
           CANTERBVRY
           .
        
         
           Edinburgh
           ,
           Re-printed
           by
           the
           Heirs
           and
           Successors
           of
           
             Andrew
             Anderson
          
           ,
           Printer
           to
           His
           most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           ,
           1695.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           
             
               Die
               
                 Jovis
                 7.
                 
                 Martii
                 ,
                 1695.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           It
           is
           Ordered
           by
           the
           Lords
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           in
           Parliament
           assembled
           ,
           that
           his
           Grace
           the
           Lord
           Archbishop
           of
           Centerbury
           be
           ,
           and
           he
           is
           hereby
           desired
           to
           Print
           and
           Publish
           his
           Sermon
           Preached
           in
           the
           Abbey-Church
           in
           Westminster
           ,
           at
           the
           Funeral
           of
           Her
           late
           Majesty
           Queen
           MARY
           of
           Blessed
           Memory
           .
        
         
           
             
               Matth.
               Johnson
            
             ,
             Cler
             Parliamentor
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             ECCLES
             .
             vii
             .
             14.
             
             Former
             Part.
             
          
           
             In
             the
             Day
             of
             the
             Prosperity
             be
             joyful
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             Day
             of
             Adversity
             consider
             .
             God
             ,
             also
             hath
             set
             one
             over
             against
             the
             other
             .
             —
          
        
         
           PRosperity
           ,
           which
           carries
           the
           Affections
           outward
           and
           discovers
           them
           in
           Joy
           ,
           is
           ,
           by
           no
           means
           ,
           a
           fit
           Subject
           to
           to
           entertain
           you
           with
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Mourning
           .
        
         
           But
           Adversity
           ,
           which
           causeth
           the
           Mind
           to
           retire
           ,
           and
           to
           consider
           ,
           is
           ,
           without
           peradventure
           an
           Argument
           in
           Season
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           a
           
             Fourfold
             Consideration
          
           ,
           in
           this
           day
           of
           our
           Adversity
           ,
           seems
           very
           proper
           .
        
         
           
             I.
             The
             Greatness
             of
             our
             Loss
             .
          
           
             II.
             The
             Principal
             Cause
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             III.
             The
             Degrees
             of
             Good
             ,
             which
             God
             hath
             temper'd
             with
             this
             sore
             Evil
             ,
             for
             the
             rendring
             of
             it
             the
             more
             supportable
             .
             
               He
               hath
               set
               the
               one
               over
               against
               the
               other
               .
            
          
           
             IV.
             The
             Duty
             which
             ,
             upon
             this
             whole
             matter
             ,
             is
             required
             of
             us
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             our
             Affliction
             having
             had
             its
             due
             Effect
             ,
             we
             ,
             who
             ,
             at
             present
             sow
             in
             Tears
             ,
             may
             hereafter
             reap
             in
             Joy.
             
          
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           first
           Consideration
           is
           ,
           the
           Greatness
           of
           our
           Loss
           :
           This
           will
           appear
           ▪
        
         
           1.
           
           From
           the
           Excellency
           of
           the
           Person
           whom
           God
           hath
           taken
           from
           us
           ,
        
         
           2.
           
           From
           some
           Circumstances
           of
           Time
           by
           which
           that
           loss
           is
           further
           enhaunced
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             The
             Greatness
             of
             our
             Loss
             appears
             from
             the
             Exellency
             of
             that
             Person
             whom
          
           the
           Goodness
           ,
           and
           justice
           of
           God
           (
           towards
           Her
           Goodness
           ,
           but
           Justice
           towards
           us
           )
           
             has
             taken
             away
          
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           a
           very
           copious
           Subject
           ;
           and
           the
           difficulty
           consists
           not
           in
           finding
           out
           matter
           ,
           but
           in
           keeping
           a
           measure
           in
           speaking
           .
           To
           that
           ,
           therefore
           ,
           I
           shall
           have
           especial
           regard
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           ,
           the
           
             Excellency
             of
             the
             Person
          
           may
           be
           represented
           to
           you
           ,
           
             
               1.
               
               In
               Her
               intellectual
               Accomplishments
               ;
            
             
               2.
               
               In
               Her
               Graces
               and
               Vertues
               .
            
          
        
         
           1.
           
           This
           incomparable
           Princess
           was
           endow'd
           with
           more
           than
           common
           
             Accomplishments
             of
             Mind
          
           ,
           whether
           we
           have
           respect
           either
           to
           
             
               
                 Her
                 Knowledge
              
               ,
               or
            
             
               
                 Her
                 Wisdom
              
               .
            
          
        
         
           Towards
           Her
           Knowledge
           Nature
           hath
           done
           a
           great
           deal
           ,
           Education
           and
           Conversation
           of
           the
           best
           kind
           ,
           more
           still
           ,
           and
           most
           of
           all
           the
           Grace
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           Her
           Vnderstanding
           was
           clear
           and
           steddy
           ,
           and
           there
           was
           a
           great
           Compass
           and
           Comprehension
           in
           it
           .
           It
           reach'd
           both
           to
           the
           greater
           Things
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           lesser
           of
           Oeconomy
           .
           It
           was
           perpetually
           fed
           and
           improved
           by
           Reading
           ,
           by
           hearing
           Books
           read
           ,
           by
           Discoursing
           ,
           by
           Meditation
           .
        
         
           Her
           Books
           were
           many
           and
           well
           chosen
           ;
           much
           delighted
           in
           ,
           and
           therefore
           well
           studied
           ,
           and
           well
           remembred
           ,
           For
           Her
           Majesties
           
             Memory
             was
             Great
          
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           properly
           exercised
           by
           Books
           of
           History
           .
           One
           I
           may
           name
           which
           She
           much
           valued
           ,
           and
           often
           took
           into
           Her
           hands
           Father
           Paul
           
             's
             Celebrated
             History
             of
             the
             Couneil
             of
          
           Trent
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           were
           the
           Oracles
           which
           she
           chiefly
           consulted
           .
           In
           them
           if
           any
           thing
           occurred
           which
           was
           not
           at
           first
           so
           well
           understood
           it
           was
           ,
           by
           Her
           ,
           noted
           down
           ,
           as
           a
           Subject
           for
           after-thoughts
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           cleared
           by
           them
           ,
           or
           by
           some
           Comment
           ,
           or
           some
           Person
           of
           especial
           Ability
           .
        
         
           Neither
           was
           Her
           Wisdom
           and
           Prudence
           inferior
           to
           Her
           Knowledge
           ;
           and
           of
           this
           there
           are
           many
           Instances
           out
           of
           which
           I
           shall
           select
           a
           few
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Her
           Wisdom
           shew'd
           it self
           in
           the
           
             governing
             of
             Her
             Knowledge
          
           She
           troubled
           not
           Her self
           or
           others
           with
           such
           curious
           Questions
           which
           the
           Prudent
           neither
           ask
           ,
           nor
           think
           themselves
           concern'd
           to
           answer
           .
           Neither
           was
           She
           wrought
           up
           to
           any
           Biggotory
           in
           unnecessary
           Opinions
           :
           She
           was
           most
           Conversant
           in
           Books
           of
           Practical
           Divinity
           ,
           of
           which
           some
           of
           the
           latest
           used
           
           by
           Her
           ,
           were
           certain
           Sermons
           ,
           and
           some
           Discourses
           concerning
           
             Happiness
             Death
          
           and
           Iudgment
           .
           She
           knew
           good
           things
           in
           order
           to
           the
           doing
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           She
           read
           many
           Volumnes
           of
           Controversies
           betwixt
           the
           Reformed
           and
           those
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
          
           Rome
           ;
           but
           it
           was
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           necessary
           Defence
           not
           of
           vexatious
           Dispute
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Her
           Wisdom
           was
           made
           known
           by
           the
           wonderful
           Art
           she
           had
           attain'd
           to
           ,
           for
           the
           
             governing
             of
             Time
          
           ,
           upon
           which
           all
           managements
           do
           much
           depend
           .
           Her
           hours
           were
           so
           adjusted
           to
           the
           several
           Affairs
           of
           Her
           own
           and
           others
           ,
           that
           notwithstanding
           the
           multiplicity
           of
           them
           ,
           She
           found
           a
           season
           for
           every
           thing
           ,
           and
           frequently
           a
           Time
           for
           dispatching
           many
           things
           together
           .
           Dressing
           did
           not
           wholly
           prevent
           Reading
           ,
           or
           Hearing
           ,
           or
           Working
           ;
           and
           nothing
           prevented
           the
           Service
           of
           that
           God
           ,
           who
           gives
           all
           time
           ,
           and
           expects
           an
           Account
           of
           it
           .
           It
           was
           well
           understood
           by
           this
           wise
           Princess
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Current
           of
           time
           ,
           Affairs
           meet
           at
           last
           with
           a
           stop
           ;
           if
           by
           dispatch
           some
           of
           them
           are
           not
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           way
           ,
           but
           all
           are
           suffered
           to
           float
           down
           together
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Her
           Wisdom
           shin'd
           very
           gloriously
           in
           Her
           Administration
           of
           Publick
           Affairs
           ,
           for
           which
           She
           has
           received
           deservedly
           the
           Publick
           Thanks
           ,
           having
           conducted
           them
           with
           Wisdom
           and
           Temper
           and
           unwearied
           Application
           ;
           Application
           ,
           which
           was
           made
           a
           Jest
           in
           a
           late
           Age
           ,
           and
           the
           want
           of
           which
           is
           a
           Lamentation
           in
           this
           .
           It
           was
           an
           Obeservation
           of
           some
           who
           were
           in
           circumstances
           to
           make
           it
           ,
           that
           when
           secret
           Difficulties
           occur'd
           ,
           this
           wise
           Princess
           had
           a
           due
           sense
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           together
           with
           that
           ,
           such
           a
           Command
           of
           her
           Passions
           ,
           that
           there
           appeared
           few
           signs
           of
           Trouble
           ,
           none
           of
           Dejectedness
           in
           her
           Countenance
           ;
           least
           either
           the
           Friends
           of
           the
           Government
           should
           be
           disheartned
           ,
           or
           its
           Enemies
           encourag'd
           .
           Add
           to
           all
           this
           ,
           that
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           this
           Princess
           was
           that
           true
           Wisdom
           which
           chuseth
           the
           best
           things
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ;
           the
           Honour
           of
           God
           before
           the
           Pomp
           of
           Life
           ;
           the
           Salvation
           of
           the
           Soul
           before
           the
           gaining
           of
           the
           World.
           This
           Wisdom
           is
           justified
           by
           the
           genuine
           Effects
           of
           it
           ;
           of
           which
           the
        
         
           
             Second
             part
             of
          
           Her
           Character
           consists
        
         
           Her
           Graces
           and
           Virtues
           ;
           which
           may
           be
           laid
           before
           you
           under
           
           these
           Three
           great
           Branches
           of
           the
           Christian
           Life
           ,
           
             
               Piety
               ,
            
             
               Charity
               ,
               and
            
             
               Humility
               .
            
          
        
         
           1.
           
           She
           was
           a
           Princess
           Eminent
           for
           
             Piety
             ;
             Piety
          
           which
           is
           necessary
           for
           all
           ,
           but
           still
           more
           necessary
           in
           Her
           Station
           ,
           it
           being
           the
           readiest
           way
           for
           those
           who
           are
           to
           govern
           the
           People
           ,
           to
           be
           ,
           first
           ,
           themselves
           obedient
           to
           God.
           
        
         
           Her
           
             Private
             Devotions
          
           were
           extraordinary
           .
           And
           tho
           She
           shut
           out
           the
           World
           ,
           yet
           in
           her
           high
           Circumstances
           ,
           Her
           very
           Retirements
           could
           not
           pass
           wholly
           unobserv'd
           .
           And
           it
           has
           at
           last
           been
           understood
           that
           Her
           Exercises
           of
           Devotion
           which
           were
           known
           ,
           were
           not
           the
           half
           of
           those
           which
           were
           then
           not
           known
           .
           If
           all
           were
           as
           diligent
           in
           examining
           and
           noting
           down
           the
           Condition
           of
           their
           Souls
           ,
           and
           comparing
           the
           former
           and
           the
           present
           Estate
           of
           them
           ,
           Heaven
           would
           in
           some
           measure
           be
           upon
           Earth
           .
        
         
           In
           Publick
           ,
           how
           pious
           an
           Observer
           of
           the
           
             Lords
             day
          
           was
           this
           Religious
           Princess
           ;
           how
           constant
           at
           Prayers
           ,
           at
           the
           Blessed
           Communion
           ,
           at
           Sermons
           ;
           and
           at
           all
           of
           them
           how
           Reverend
           ,
           how
           Attentive
           ?
           Insomuch
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           gave
           themselves
           any
           Diversion
           from
           their
           own
           Duties
           ,
           to
           observe
           the
           manner
           in
           which
           She
           performed
           Hers
           ,
           found
           her
           intent
           upon
           them
           ;
           and
           no
           further
           drawn
           off
           ,
           than
           by
           a
           solemn
           Look
           to
           check
           any
           Interruption
           which
           might
           sometimes
           happen
           .
           So
           Judicious
           and
           Devout
           a
           Saint
           ,
           the
           
             degenerate
             Church
             of
             Rome
          
           can
           by
           no
           means
           shew
           us
           ;
           the
           Zeal
           of
           their
           most
           pious
           Recluses
           ,
           being
           from
           the
           very
           Rules
           of
           their
           several
           Orders
           ,
           embased
           with
           Superstition
           ,
           whilst
           in
           Hers
           appeared
           no
           allay
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           genuine
           Fruit
           of
           the
           true
           Devotion
           of
           this
           Princess
           ,
           was
           Christian
           Charity
           ,
           without
           which
           the
           longest
           and
           loudest
           Prayers
           are
           but
           Pharasaical
           pretences
           .
           
             For
             he
             who
             loveth
             God
             ,
             loveth
             his
             brother
             also
             .
          
           Her
           Charity
           was
           as
           great
           as
           Her
           Power
           ,
           and
           as
           discreet
           as
           it
           was
           great
           .
           The
           distressed
           French
           ,
           and
           Scots
           ,
           and
           Irish
           ,
           and
           the
           Needy
           at
           home
           ,
           were
           daily
           refreshed
           by
           it
           .
        
         
         
           It
           extended
           to
           Persons
           of
           Condition
           who
           were
           fallen
           into
           decay
           ,
           and
           to
           a
           very
           great
           number
           of
           meaner
           People
           ,
           and
           especially
           (
           as
           I
           am
           well
           assur'd
           )
           to
           the
           
             Wives
             and
             VVidows
             of
             inferior
             Soldiers
             and
             Seamen
             .
          
           Her
           Charity
           was
           generous
           and
           unconstrain'd
           .
           When
           it
           was
           ready
           ,
           nothing
           was
           denied
           which
           was
           fit
           to
           be
           asked
           .
           It
           could
           not
           be
           extorted
           by
           the
           Vnworthy
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Worthy
           it
           needed
           not
           .
        
         
           In
           granting
           Charities
           .
           there
           appeared
           in
           Her
           Countenance
           an
           
             Air
             of
             Satisfaction
          
           ;
           and
           when
           Supplies
           were
           not
           at
           hand
           ,
           it
           was
           a
           Grief
           to
           deny
           ,
           but
           the
           mannner
           of
           it
           was
           obliging
           ;
           whilst
           many
           others
           almost
           as
           often
           as
           they
           gave
           a
           denial
           ,
           create
           a
           Enemy
           .
        
         
           If
           God
           had
           thought
           us
           worthy
           of
           Her
           Life
           ,
           She
           had
           done
           more
           publick
           and
           lasting
           Charities
           ,
           and
           particularly
           in
           an
           
             Hospital
             for
             Seamen
             at
             Greenwich
          
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           of
           the
           King
           concurr'd
           with
           Hers
           whilst
           She
           was
           alive
           ;
           and
           which
           at
           this
           time
           His
           Majesty
           is
           going
           on
           with
           ,
           for
           the
           Encouragment
           of
           Navigation
           ,
           which
           I
           take
           to
           be
           the
           
             English
             Nerve
          
           both
           of
           War
           and
           Peace
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           As
           this
           Excellent
           Princess
           added
           to
           Her
           
             Knowledge
             Wisdom
          
           and
           to
           her
           
             Wisdom
             ,
             Piety
          
           ,
           and
           to
           
             Piety
             ,
             Charity
          
           ;
           so
           to
           all
           these
           ,
           She
           gave
           Ornament
           by
           Humility
           ,
           which
           according
           to
           St.
           Peter
           ,
           
           is
           the
           Cloathing
           ,
           [
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ]
           the
           Girdle
           or
           Badge
           of
           a
           Servant
           of
           Christ.
           The
           Haughty
           and
           Over-bearing
           are
           absurd
           enough
           when
           they
           have
           Power
           ,
           
           but
           when
           they
           have
           it
           not
           ,
           they
           are
           perfectly
           ridiculous
           .
           In
           this
           Princess
           ,
           
             Authority
             ,
             Majesty
          
           ,
           and
           Humility
           met
           together
           .
           That
           dwelt
           in
           Her
           to
           such
           a
           degree
           ,
           that
           in
           Her
           Presensce
           ,
           or
           within
           Her
           hearing
           ,
           the
           speaking
           of
           this
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           said
           ,
           or
           any
           thing
           like
           this
           ,
           would
           have
           been
           exceedingly
           offensive
           .
           But
           the
           Justice
           of
           Nations
           gives
           those
           praises
           to
           the
           merit
           of
           Good
           Princess
           ,
           which
           their
           own
           Modesty
           would
           not
           bear
           .
           An
           ordinary
           instance
           may
           suffice
           for
           the
           shewing
           her
           Averseness
           not
           only
           to
           Flattery
           but
           to
           Praise
           .
           
             Of
             a
             Book
             addressed
             
             to
             Her
             ,
             She
             said
             She
             had
             read
             it
             ,
             and
             lik'd
             it
             well
             ,
             but
             much
             the
             better
             ,
             because
             the
             
               Espistle
               was
               a
               bare
               Dedication
            
             .
          
        
         
           This
           Grace
           of
           Humility
           did
           eminently
           discover
           it self
           ,
           when
           at
           any
           time
           Her
           publick
           Administration
           was
           to
           cease
           .
           It
           was
           laid
           down
           with
           the
           like
           unconcernedness
           ,
           as
           one
           uses
           when
           he
           puts
           off
           his
           Garments
           ,
           and
           goes
           to
           Rest.
           
        
         
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           this
           Grace
           was
           accompanied
           with
           a
           remarkable
           Smoothness
           of
           Demeanor
           ;
           but
           it
           was
           not
           such
           as
           the
           Artificial
           use
           ;
           It
           was
           the
           Effect
           of
           an
           excellent
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           worldly
           Craft
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           ,
           also
           ,
           attended
           with
           familiarity
           ,
           but
           with
           such
           a
           good
           sort
           of
           it
           as
           bred
           rather
           Veneration
           than
           Contempt
           ;
           and
           increas'd
           the
           Love
           and
           Duty
           even
           to
           her
           servants
           ,
           tho'
           she
           treated
           them
           as
           her
           Children
           :
           It
           procur'd
           that
           Regularity
           and
           Good
           Order
           ,
           and
           Diligence
           in
           her
           greater
           Family
           ,
           which
           ,
           in
           Private
           ones
           ,
           is
           so
           much
           to
           be
           desird
           .
        
         
           Such
           Accomplishments
           as
           these
           ,
           are
           ,
           usually
           ,
           increas'd
           by
           Fame
           but
           diminished
           by
           Presence
           ,
           which
           discovers
           those
           Imperfections
           that
           ,
           at
           a
           distance
           ,
           are
           not
           discern'd
           .
           But
           ,
           here
           the
           more
           this
           Queen
           was
           understood
           ,
           the
           more
           she
           was
           admir'd
           ;
           and
           those
           who
           knew
           her
           best
           ,
           could
           not
           but
           most
           esteem
           her
           .
        
         
           After
           this
           excellent
           Princess
           had
           been
           very
           well
           known
           for
           several
           Years
           in
           a
           
             neighbouring
             Country
          
           ,
           she
           was
           so
           extreamly
           valued
           ,
           that
           her
           removal
           from
           it
           was
           lamented
           as
           a
           Death
           ,
           and
           occasioned
           a
           Deep
           and
           Universal
           Sorrow
           .
        
         
           Concerning
           Her
           forementioned
           Graces
           and
           Vertues
           ,
           they
           may
           upon
           many
           Accounts
           ,
           be
           still
           further
           recommended
           .
        
         
           They
           were
           not
           blemished
           by
           Vanity
           or
           Affection
           :
           Had
           that
           been
           so
           ,
           she
           would
           scarce
           have
           made
           such
           a
           Profession
           as
           this
           a
           little
           before
           her
           Death
           .
           
             I
             know
             (
             said
             She
             )
             what
             loose
             People
             think
             of
             those
             who
             pretend
             to
             Religion
             :
             They
             think
             it
             is
             all
             Hypocrisie
             :
             Let
             them
             think
             what
             they
             will
             ,
             I
             may
             now
             say
             ,
             and
             I
             thank
             God
             I
             can
             say
             it
             ,
             I
             have
             not
             affected
             to
             appear
             what
             I
             was
             not
             .
          
        
         
           Further
           ;
           Her
           Vertues
           were
           the
           early
           Fruits
           of
           the
           Grace
           of
           
           God
           ;
           whilest
           Fear
           and
           Impotency
           are
           the
           ordinary
           Causes
           of
           the
           shews
           of
           Piety
           in
           aged
           Sinners
           .
        
         
           They
           dwelt
           in
           a
           Person
           seated
           in
           that
           high
           Estate
           which
           is
           subject
           to
           many
           and
           violent
           Temptations
           .
        
         
           They
           were
           practis'd
           in
           conjunction
           with
           one
           another
           .
           They
           were
           the
           agreeable
           parts
           of
           an
           uniform
           life
           .
        
         
           They
           were
           sincere
           and
           unpolluted
           ;
           and
           it
           could
           not
           be
           said
           of
           this
           Princess●
           that
           She
           had
           great
           Virtues
           and
           no
           less
           Vices
           .
        
         
           There
           was
           Devotion
           without
           Enthusiasm
           ,
           and
           Charity
           without
           Vain-glory
           ,
           and
           Humility
           without
           that
           Censoriousness
           which
           tramples
           upon
           the
           Pride
           of
           others
           with
           a
           greater
           Pride
           of
           its
           own
           .
        
         
           They
           had
           their
           Influence
           upon
           her
           in
           her
           several
           Stations
           and
           Capacities
           .
           She
           was
           a
           wise
           and
           good
           Queen
           an
           incomparable
           Wife
           ,
           and
           One
           who
           (
           I'm
           well
           assur'd
           )
           had
           all
           the
           Duty
           in
           the
           world
           for
           other
           Relations
           ,
           which
           after
           long
           and
           laborious
           consideration
           ,
           she
           judged
           consistent
           with
           her
           obligatIons
           to
           God
           and
           her
           Country
           .
           She
           was
           likewise
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           great
           Supports
           of
           Gods
           Church
           establish'd
           among
           us
           ,
           and
           not
           without
           due
           temper
           towards
           the
           Scrupulous
           ;
           a
           Patroness
           of
           Religion
           and
           Learning
           ,
           a
           Mistress
           whose
           service
           was
           a
           Pleasure
           ;
           a
           True
           and
           Certain
           Friend
           ;
           and
           a
           Christian
           mild
           and
           Merciful
           to
           her
           Enemies
           .
           Marvel
           not
           that
           she
           had
           some
           ;
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           himself
           was
           not
           without
           them
           .
        
         
           In
           fine
           ,
           there
           was
           in
           her
           Life
           a
           perpetual
           Course
           of
           
             Christian
             Practice
          
           .
           She
           was
           not
           distemper'd
           with
           fits
           of
           unsubstantial
           Piety
           ,
           which
           are
           suddenly
           rais'd
           ,
           and
           as
           suddenly
           vanish
           .
           The
           Spring
           was
           in
           the
           Judgment
           and
           the
           Heart
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           the
           Exercises
           of
           Holy
           living
           were
           regular
           and
           constant
           .
        
         
           O!
           how
           good
           ,
           how
           happy
           a
           Life
           was
           this
           ?
           what
           a
           glorious
           Scene
           was
           it
           ,
           not
           of
           vain
           Pleasure
           ,
           and
           soft
           and
           unprofitable
           Ease
           ,
           but
           of
           true
           Usefulness
           and
           Comfort
           ?
           how
           reasonable
           were
           her
           very
           Diversions
           ;
           such
           as
           Building
           ,
           and
           Gardening
           ,
           and
           contriving
           ,
           and
           improving
           ,
           and
           adorning
           ,
           and
           adjusting
           every
           thing
           thereunto
           belonging
           ?
           How
           does
           her
           Life
           upbraid
           theirs
           ,
           who
           are
           at
           the
           end
           of
           their
           Race
           ,
           before
           they
           have
           
           set
           a
           few
           wise
           Steps
           ?
           Lord
           ,
           teach
           us
           so
           to
           husband
           our
           Time
           
             that
             we
             may
             apply
             our
             Hearts
             unto
             Wisdom
             .
          
        
         
           To
           have
           lost
           a
           very
           Wise
           and
           Virtuous
           Friend
           ,
           tho'
           of
           Private
           Condition
           ,
           had
           been
           no
           small
           Calamity
           ,
           but
           here
           we
           lament
           the
           Death
           of
           a
           Publick
           person
           ,
           who
           was
           as
           Publick
           a
           Good
           and
           that
           has
           made
           our
           Loss
           so
           much
           the
           heavier
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           also
           ,
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Some
           
             Circumstances
             of
             Time
          
           which
           farther
           shew
           the
           greatness
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Great
           is
           our
           Loss
           of
           a
           most
           Pious
           Queen
           in
           an
           Atheistical
           and
           Profane
           Age
           ,
           the
           Seeds
           of
           which
           Impiety
           have
           been
           sowing
           for
           some
           years
           ,
           and
           now
           seem
           to
           spring
           up
           in
           greater
           plenty
           than
           ever
           .
           Great
           is
           our
           Loss
           of
           a
           most
           Charitable
           Queen
           ,
           in
           an
           Age
           which
           takes
           up
           the
           Reverse
           of
           our
           Lord
           's
           Saying
           ,
           and
           declares
           that
           
             it
             is
             more
             blessed
             to
             receive
             than
             give
          
           ;
           of
           a
           most
           Humble
           Queen
           at
           a
           time
           when
           Pride
           would
           bring
           all
           to
           such
           a
           Level
           ,
           as
           is
           the
           Parent
           of
           Confusion
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           Great
           is
           our
           Loss
           with
           respect
           to
           this
           Iuncture
           ,
           a
           time
           of
           foreign
           War
           ,
           and
           domestick
           Discontent
           reigning
           in
           those
           whose
           Resentments
           are
           stronger
           than
           their
           Reasons
           .
           A
           Person
           is
           taken
           away
           who
           was
           a
           Partner
           in
           all
           the
           Joys
           ,
           and
           Griefs
           ,
           and
           Fortunes
           of
           the
           King
           ;
           one
           who
           could
           Administer
           ,
           with
           the
           entire
           Confidence
           of
           all
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           without
           the
           
             Competition
             of
             the
             Great
          
           .
        
         
           
             Likewise
             ,
             Great
             was
             our
             Loss
             by
             the
             Death
             of
          
           a
           matchless
           
             Queen
             as
             taken
             away
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             her
             Daies
             ,
          
           and
           in
           less
           than
           half
           the
           common
           standard
           of
           Human
           Life
           .
           It
           is
           certain
           ,
           All
           Princes
           are
           Mortal
           ;
           
             Dust
             they
             are
             ,
             and
             to
             Dust
             they
             shal
             return
          
           :
           But
           yet
           Good
           Princes
           are
           the
           especial
           care
           of
           Providence
           ,
           which
           often
           preserves
           them
           by
           striking
           a
           Terror
           into
           the
           Desperate
           themselves
           ;
           whilst
           Tyrants
           ,
           
             who
             have
             not
             God
             before
             their
             Eyes
             ,
          
           and
           observe
           not
           how
           he
           rules
           by
           the
           Eternal
           Laws
           of
           Equity
           ,
           do
           seldom
           die
           an
           unbloody
           death
           .
           Moreover
           ,
           this
           Princess
           ,
           being
           a
           Person
           of
           the
           nicest
           Modesty
           ,
           and
           most
           regular
           Life
           ,
           and
           free
           from
           those
           uneasie
           &
           vexatious
           Passions
           ,
           which
           wear
           out
           Nature
           
           before
           its
           Time
           ;
           we
           had
           entertained
           hopes
           that
           ,
           under
           the
           Shadow
           of
           her
           Protection
           ,
           we
           might
           have
           sate
           down
           many
           Years
           with
           safety
           and
           delight
           .
           But
           Man's
           Expectation
           is
           often
           very
           vain
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           as
           often
           disappointed
           ;
           and
           when
           it
           is
           so
           .
           That
           causeth
           Grief
           .
           And
           there
           is
           a
           
             double
             Grief
          
           which
           it
           ought
           to
           awaken
           at
           this
           time
           ;
           a
           Grief
           for
           our
           Loss
           ,
           and
           a
           greater
           one
           for
           ,
           That
           which
           is
           a
           ,
        
         
           II.
           
             Second
             Consideration
          
           ,
           the
           
             principal
             ,
             Occasion
             of
             it
          
           .
           Natural
           Causes
           had
           their
           share
           in
           this
           Evil
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           the
           Immortality
           ,
           the
           Sin
           of
           the
           Nation
           which
           hastened
           it
           as
           a
           Judgment
           .
           A
           Sparrow
           falls
           not
           to
           the
           ground
           without
           God's
           Providence
           ,
           much
           less
           a
           Crowned
           Head.
           God
           has
           guided
           and
           ordered
           this
           Affair
           as
           he
           does
           all
           things
           ,
           most
           suitable
           to
           his
           own
           Justice
           .
           He
           is
           Righteous
           ,
           but
           we
           have
           been
           Wicked
           :
           He
           shewed
           what
           a
           mighty
           Blessing
           he
           had
           for
           a
           People
           ,
           if
           they
           would
           become
           reform'd
           ;
           but
           we
           were
           not
           sufficiently
           sensible
           ,
           nor
           thankful
           .
           Their
           
             Majesties
             Letters
             for
             Reformation
          
           were
           early
           issu'd
           out
           ,
           but
           how
           few
           had
           a
           just
           regard
           to
           them
           ?
           The
           Light
           shone
           ,
           and
           we
           followed
           not
           its
           direction
           ,
           and
           God
           has
           remov'd
           one
           Branch
           of
           it
           ;
           let
           us
           sin
           no
           more
           lest
           (
           which
           God
           avert
           )
           those
           which
           remain
           be
           extinguish'd
           also
           .
        
         
           As
           yet
           we
           may
           be
           happy
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           amend
           ;
           for
           God
           hath
           shewed
           us
           by
           several
           Tokens
           ,
           that
           he
           has
           not
           yet
           given
           us
           up
           to
           Destruction
           .
           He
           has
           afficted
           us
           ,
           but
           in
           judgment
           he
           has
           remembered
           Mercy
           .
           And
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
        
         
           III.
           
             A
             third
             Consideration
          
           ,
           in
           this
           Day
           of
           our
           Trouble
           :
           He
           has
           temper'd
           
             Prosperity
             with
             Adversity
          
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           latter
           the
           more
           supportable
           ;
           
             He
             hath
             set
             the
             One
             over
             against
             the
             other
             .
          
           And
           thus
           much
           the
           following
           Remarks
           will
           prove
           .
        
         
           The
           
             King's
             Life
          
           is
           (
           blessed
           be
           God
           )
           preserv'd
           ,
           and
           his
           Health
           re-established
           ;
           and
           is
           still
           pursuing
           the
           great
           Design
           of
           securing
           the
           
             Liberties
             of
             Europe
          
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           Present
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           when
           our
           Loss
           happen'd
           ,
           for
           the
           keeping
           us
           from
           that
           Instability
           which
           this
           Accident
           might
           have
           procur'd
           .
        
         
         
           He
           still
           more
           endear'd
           himself
           to
           his
           People
           ,
           by
           that
           Tenderness
           which
           he
           express'd
           upon
           this
           most
           sorrowful
           Occasion
           .
           That
           went
           as
           far
           as
           Decence
           would
           permit
           ,
           and
           gave
           us
           an
           Instance
           of
           such
           true
           Greatness
           of
           Mind
           as
           is
           made
           up
           of
           Courage
           and
           Humanity
           .
        
         
           The
           good
           Vnion
           of
           the
           
             Royal
             Family
          
           in
           this
           Realm
           ,
           confuted
           the
           Surmizes
           of
           Evil
           minded
           Men
           ,
           and
           disappointed
           their
           Devices
           .
        
         
           The
           Great
           
             Council
             of
             the
             Nation
          
           was
           sitting
           at
           this
           Time
           ,
           and
           came
           to
           a
           speedy
           and
           seasonable
           Resolution
           for
           the
           Support
           of
           the
           King
           and
           his
           Government
           .
        
         
           The
           Season
           admitted
           of
           little
           of
           such
           Actions
           as
           might
           disturb
           Affairs
           abroad
           .
        
         
           And
           at
           the
           
             same
             Time
          
           that
           
             Foreign
             Countries
          
           had
           the
           sad
           
             News
             of
             the
             Queens
             Death
          
           they
           reciv'd
           
             Tidings
             of
             the
             Loyalty
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             .
          
        
         
           These
           several
           Things
           ,
           by
           the
           Conduct
           of
           God's
           wise
           Providence
           ,
           have
           
             wrought
             together
             for
             Good.
          
           
        
         
           And
           there
           is
           
             one
             Thing
             more
             to
             be
             considered
          
           under
           this
           Head
           ;
           that
           seeing
           God
           had
           determin'd
           this
           Good
           Queen
           must
           die
           ,
           the
           
             Christian
             Manner
          
           in
           which
           She
           went
           out
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           is
           ,
           in
           some
           sort
           ,
           an
           Alleviation
           of
           the
           Grief
           of
           those
           whom
           She
           has
           lef
           behind
           Her
           ;
           who
           have
           indeed
           Reason
           more
           than
           enough
           to
           mourn
           ,
           but
           yet
           not
           as
           Persons
           without
           Hope
           .
        
         
           Some
           few
           Days
           before
           the
           Feast
           of
           our
           
             Lord's
             Nativity
          
           ,
           She
           found
           her Self
           Indispos'd
           .
           That
           ,
           where
           it
           was
           known
           ,
           was
           (
           I
           hope
           )
           some
           Check
           to
           the
           Liberties
           of
           such
           who
           mispend
           that
           most
           Solemn
           Festival
           in
           very
           improper
           Mirth
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           not
           say
           that
           of
           this
           Affliction
           She
           had
           any
           formal
           Presage
           :
           But
           yet
           there
           was
           something
           which
           look'd
           like
           an
           immediate
           Preparation
           for
           it
           .
           I
           mean
           her
           chusing
           to
           hear
           read
           more
           than
           once
           ,
           a
           little
           before
           it
           ,
           the
           
             last
             Sermon
          
           of
           a
           Good
           and
           Learned
           Man
           now
           with
           God
           ,
           upon
           this
           Subject
           ,
           Iob
           2
           ,
           10.
           
           
             What!
             shal
             we
             receive
             Good
             from
             the
             Hand
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             shal
             we
             not
             receive
             Evil
             ?
          
        
         
         
           This
           Indisposition
           speedily
           grew
           up
           into
           a
           
             dangerous
             Distemper
          
           .
           As
           soon
           as
           that
           was
           understood
           ,
           the
           earliest
           Care
           of
           this
           Charitable
           Mistress
           was
           for
           the
           removing
           of
           such
           immediate
           Servants
           as
           might
           ,
           by
           distance
           ,
           be
           preserved
           in
           Health
           .
        
         
           Soon
           after
           this
           ,
           She
           fix'd
           the
           
             Times
             of
             Prayers
          
           in
           that
           Chamber
           to
           which
           her
           Sickness
           had
           confin'd
           her
           .
        
         
           On
           that
           very
           Day
           She
           Shewed
           how
           sensible
           She
           was
           of
           Death
           ,
           and
           how
           little
           she
           fear'd
           it
           .
           She
           required
           him
           who
           officiated
           there
           ,
           to
           add
           that
           Collect
           in
           the
           
             Communion
             of
             the
             Sick
          
           ,
           in
           which
           are
           these
           Words
           —
           
             That
             whensoever
             the
             Soul
             shal
             depart
             from
             the
             Body
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             without
             Spot
             presented
             unto
             thee
             .
             I
             will
             (
             said
             Shee
             )
             have
             this
             Collect
             read
             twice
             every
             Day
             .
             All
             have
             need
             to
             be
             put
             in
             mind
             of
             Death
             ,
             and
             Princes
             as
             much
             as
             any
             Body
             else
             .
          
        
         
           On
           Munday
           ,
           the
           Flattering
           Disease
           occasioned
           from
           Hopes
           ,
           though
           they
           were
           but
           faint
           ones
           .
        
         
           On
           
             the
             next
             Day
          
           ,
           the
           
             Festival
             of
             Christ's
             Birth
          
           ,
           those
           Hopes
           were
           raised
           into
           a
           kind
           of
           Assurance
           ;
           and
           there
           was
           Joy
           ,
           great
           Joy
           seen
           in
           the
           Countenances
           of
           all
           good
           People
           ,
           and
           heard
           from
           their
           Mouths
           ;
           and
           ,
           I
           believe
           ,
           it
           was
           very
           warm
           in
           their
           Hearts
           .
           But
           alas
           !
           we
           saw
           what
           a
           few
           Hours
           could
           bring
           forth
           .
           That
           Joy
           endur'd
           but
           for
           a
           Day
           ;
           and
           that
           Day
           was
           clos'd
           with
           a
           very
           Dismal
           Night
           .
           The
           Disease
           shew'd
           it self
           in
           various
           Forms
           ,
           and
           smal
           Hopes
           of
           Life
           were
           now
           left
           .
           Then
           it
           was
           that
           he
           who
           perform'd
           the
           Holy
           Offices
           believ'd
           himself
           oblig'd
           to
           acquaint
           the
           Good
           Queen
           with
           the
           Apprehensions
           all
           had
           of
           an
           unlikelyhood
           at
           least
           of
           Her
           recovery
           .
           She
           receiv'd
           the
           Tidings
           with
           a
           Courage
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Strength
           of
           Her
           Faith.
           Loth
           She
           was
           to
           terrify
           those
           about
           Her
           ;
           but
           for
           her self
           She
           seem'd
           neither
           to
           fear
           Death
           ,
           nor
           to
           covet
           Life
           .
           There
           appear'd
           not
           the
           least
           sign
           of
           Regret
           for
           the
           leaving
           of
           those
           Temporal
           Greatnesses
           which
           make
           so
           many
           of
           High
           Estate
           unwilling
           to
           die
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           (
           you
           may
           imagine
           )
           high
           Satisfaction
           ,
           to
           hear
           Her
           say
           a
           great
           many
           most
           Christian
           Things
           ,
           and
           this
           amongst
           them
           ;
           
             I
             believe
             I
             shal
             now
             soon
             die
             ,
             and
             I
             thank
             God
             ,
             I
             have
             from
             
             my
             Youth
             learned
             a
             true
             Doctrine
             that
             Repentance
             is
             not
             to
             be
             put
             of
             to
             a
             Death-bed
             .
          
        
         
           That
           Day
           she
           called
           for
           Prayers
           a
           
             third
             Time
          
           ,
           fearing
           She
           had
           slept
           a
           little
           when
           they
           were
           the
           second
           Time
           read
           ;
           for
           She
           thought
           a
           Duty
           was
           not
           perform'd
           ,
           if
           it
           was
           not
           minded
           .
        
         
           On
           Thursday
           She
           prepared
           Her self
           for
           the
           blessed
           Communion
           ,
           to
           which
           She
           had
           been
           no
           Stranger
           from
           the
           
             fifteenth
             Year
          
           of
           Her
           Age.
           She
           was
           much
           concern'd
           that
           She
           found
           Her Self
           in
           so
           
             dozing
             a
             Condition
          
           ;
           (
           So
           She
           expressed
           it
           )
           .
           To
           that
           She
           added
           ,
           
             Others
             had
             need
             to
             pray
             for
             me
             ,
             seing
             I
             am
             so
             little
             able
             to
             pray
             for
             my Self
             .
          
           However
           ,
           She
           stirred
           up
           her
           Attention
           ,
           &
           prayed
           to
           God
           for
           his
           asistance
           ,
           &
           God
           heard
           her
           ,
           for
           from
           thenceforth
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           Office
           She
           had
           the
           perfect
           Command
           of
           her
           Vnderstanding
           ,
           and
           was
           intent
           upon
           the
           Great
           Work
           She
           was
           going
           about
           :
           and
           so
           intent
           that
           when
           a
           Second
           Portion
           of
           a
           certain
           Draught
           was
           offer'd
           Her
           ,
           She
           refuss'd
           it
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             I
             have
             but
             a
             little
             Time
             to
             live
             &
             I
             would
             spend
             it
             a
             better
             way
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Holy
           Elements
           being
           ready
           ,
           and
           several
           Bishops
           coming
           to
           be
           Communicants
           ,
           she
           repeated
           piously
           and
           distinctly
           ,
           but
           with
           a
           low
           voice
           ,
           (
           for
           such
           her
           Weakness
           had
           then
           made
           it
           )
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           
             Holy
             Office
          
           which
           were
           proper
           for
           her
           ,
           and
           received
           with
           all
           the
           Signs
           of
           a
           strong
           Faith
           and
           fervent
           Devotion
           ,
           the
           blessed
           Pledges
           of
           Gods
           Favour
           ,
           and
           thank'd
           him
           with
           a
           joyful
           Heart
           that
           she
           was
           not
           depriv'd
           of
           the
           Opportunity
           .
           She
           owned
           also
           that
           God
           had
           been
           Good
           to
           Her
           beyond
           her
           Expectation
           ,
           though
           in
           a
           circumstance
           of
           smaller
           Importance
           ;
           She
           having
           without
           any
           Indecence
           or
           Difficulty
           taken
           down
           
             That
             Bread
          
           ,
           when
           it
           had
           not
           been
           so
           easie
           for
           her
           some
           for
           time
           to
           swallow
           any
           other
           .
        
         
           That
           Afternoon
           She
           called
           for
           Prayers
           somewhat
           earlier
           than
           the
           time
           apppointed
           time
           ,
           because
           She
           feared
           (
           that
           was
           Her
           Reason
           )
           that
           She
           should
           not
           long
           be
           so
           well
           compos'd
           .
           And
           so
           it
           came
           to
           pass
           :
           for
           every
           minute
           after
           this
           ,
           't
           was
           plain
           Death
           made
           nearer
           and
           nearer
           approaches
           .
           However
           ,
           this
           true
           Christian
           kept
           her
           Mind
           as
           fixed
           as
           posibly
           she
           could
           upon
           the
           
           best
           things
           ;
           and
           there
           were
           read
           ,
           by
           her
           direction
           ,
           several
           
             Psalms
             of
             David
          
           ,
           and
           also
           a
           Chapter
           of
           a
           
             Pious
             Book
          
           concerning
           
             Trust
             in
             God.
          
           Toward
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           it
           ,
           her
           Apprehension
           began
           to
           fail
           ,
           yet
           not
           so
           much
           but
           that
           she
           could
           say
           a
           devout
           Amen
           to
           that
           Prayer
           ,
           in
           which
           her
           Pious
           Soul
           was
           recomended
           to
           that
           God
           who
           gave
           it
           .
        
         
           During
           all
           this
           time
           ,
           there
           appeared
           nothing
           of
           Impatience
           ,
           nothing
           of
           Frowardness
           ,
           nothing
           of
           Anger
           ;
           there
           was
           heard
           nothing
           of
           murmuring
           ,
           nothing
           of
           impertinence
           ,
           nothing
           of
           ill
           sound
           ,
           and
           scarce
           a
           number
           of
           disjointed
           words
           .
        
         
           In
           all
           these
           Afflictions
           the
           King
           was
           greatly
           Afflicted
           ;
           how
           sensibly
           ,
           and
           yet
           how
           becomingly
           ,
           many
           saw
           ;
           but
           few
           have
           Skill
           enough
           to
           describe
           it
           :
           I
           'm
           satisfyed
           I
           have
           not
           .
           At
           last
           ,
           The
           Helps
           of
           A●t
           ,
           and
           Prayers
           and
           Tears
           not
           prevailing
           ,
           
             a
             quarter
             before
             One
             on
             Friday
             morning
             ,
          
           after
           two
           or
           three
           smal
           struglings
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           without
           such
           Agonies
           as
           in
           such
           cases
           are
           common
           ,
           having
           (
           like
           David
           )
           serv'd
           her
           own
           Generation
           by
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           she
           fell
           on
           sleep
           ,
           Acts.
           13.36
           .
        
         
           Thus
           piously
           ,
           thus
           resignedly
           ,
           thus
           calmly
           departed
           this
           Wise
           ,
           and
           Great
           ,
           and
           Good
           Princess
           ,
           who
           could
           never
           have
           learn'd
           the
           Art
           of
           Dying
           so
           well
           ,
           if
           she
           had
           not
           first
           well
           understood
           and
           duly
           practis'd
           ,
           the
           Art
           of
           Living
           so
           .
        
         
           What
           becomes
           Vs
           ,
           who
           are
           left
           behind
           in
           this
           troublesome
           World
           ,
           is
           the
           IV
           Fourth
           and
           last
           Consideration
           ;
           And
           I
           will
           detain
           you
           with
           it
           but
           a
           very
           little
           Time.
           
        
         
           
             Our
             Duty
          
           is
           manifold
           ;
           Towards
           GOD
           ,
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Memory
           of
           the
           Queen
           ,
           (
           the
           Blessed
           Queen
           !
           )
           and
           our
           own
           selves
           .
        
         
           Towards
           GOD
           ,
           our
           Duty
           is
           ,
           to
           give
           Him
           the
           Glory
           ,
           Thankfully
           to
           commemorate
           the
           Excellencies
           of
           his
           Grace
           ,
           which
           shin'd
           in
           the
           Queen
           :
           for
           by
           his
           Grace
           she
           was
           what
           she
           was
           ;
           to
           give
           Thanks
           to
           him
           for
           enjoying
           so
           wonderful
           a
           Blessing
           thus
           long
           ,
           without
           any
           murmuring
           because
           He
           was
           not
           pleas'd
           to
           continue
           it
           longer
           to
           us
           ;
           to
           own
           his
           Justice
           ,
           to
           tremble
           at
           his
           Iudgments
           ,
           to
           remove
           the
           Causes
           of
           them
           ,
           our
           grievous
           Sins
           ,
           and
           with
           frequent
           and
           earnest
           Supplication
           ,
           to
           cry
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           
             Spare
             thy
             People
             ,
             Good
             Lord
             !
             spare
             them
             ,
             &
             be
             not
             angry
             with
             us
             for
             ever
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Towards
             the
             King
          
           ;
           our
           Duty
           is
           ,
           to
           pray
           to
           God
           to
           double
           his
           Blessings
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           endeavour
           our selves
           to
           support
           him
           by
           the
           steddiest
           Loyalty
           .
        
         
           
             Towards
             the
             Memory
             of
             the
             Queen
             ,
          
           our
           Duty
           is
           ,
           to
           mourn
           solemnly
           and
           deeply
           ,
           (
           so
           much
           even
           Foreign
           Nations
           have
           done
           )
           and
           yet
           to
           temper
           our
           Sorrow
           with
           the
           strong
           Hopes
           we
           have
           of
           her
           Everlasting
           Felicity
           ;
           To
           speak
           Good
           of
           her
           ,
           to
           observe
           and
           extol
           the
           mighty
           power
           of
           her
           Piety
           ,
           which
           conquer'd
           so
           many
           Hearts
           ;
           so
           to
           commend
           her
           Virtues
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           let
           them
           cool
           in
           our
           Practice
           ,
           but
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           we
           can
           and
           may
           ,
           to
           follow
           her
           Example
           ,
           who
           liv'd
           more
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           more
           purpose
           )
           in
           three
           and
           thirty
           years
           ,
           than
           very
           many
           do
           in
           Seventy
           .
        
         
           
             To
             conclude
             our
             Duty
             towards
             our selves
          
           is
           ,
           to
           weep
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           
             for
             her
          
           as
           
             for
             our selves
          
           ,
           and
           for
           our
           provoking
           Iniquities
           which
           have
           drawn
           down
           this
           Calamity
           upon
           us
           ,
           and
           speedily
           to
           amend
           our
           Lives
           ;
           and
           in
           order
           to
           that
           ,
           to
           
             think
             daily
             of
             Death
          
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           suffer
           the
           Splendor
           of
           any
           Thing
           ,
           that
           is
           Great
           ,
           nor
           the
           Conceit
           of
           any
           Thing
           ,
           that
           Good
           in
           us
           ,
           to
           divert
           us
           from
           the
           Consideration
           of
           our
           Mortality
           .
        
         
           Seing
           the
           most
           
             VVise
             ,
             Pious
             ,
             Charitable
             ,
             Humble
             Queen
          
           is
           taken
           away
           in
           the
           flour
           of
           her
           Age
           ;
           how
           foolish
           ,
           how
           wicked
           is
           the
           wilful
           Forgetfulness
           of
           Death
           in
           the
           Dissolute
           ,
           the
           Bloody
           ,
           the
           Sick
           ,
           the
           Aged
           ,
           the
           Decrepid
           ,
           nay
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           Young
           and
           Healthful
           !
        
         
           Let
           us
           consider
           we
           are
           Mortal
           ,
           (
           which
           we
           must
           do
           if
           we
           have
           any
           Thought
           that
           way
           at
           all
           )
           and
           let
           us
           carry
           that
           Thought
           forward
           to
           all
           the
           Purposes
           of
           the
           holy
           living
           .
           For
           ,
           when
           a
           Man
           dies
           ,
           to
           concern
           is
           not
           how
           great
           or
           how
           rich
           he
           has
           been
           ,
           (
           all
           that
           is
           come
           to
           an
           end
           )
           but
           how
           good
           a
           Life
           he
           hasled
           .
        
         
           May
           God
           give
           us
           all
           Grace
           to
           live
           as
           this
           Blessed
           Princess
           did
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           dye
           like
           her
           ;
           that
           we
           may
           
             fight
             the
             good
             fight
          
           ,
           and
           
             finish
             our
             course
          
           by
           all
           the
           Exercises
           of
           our
           Holy
           Religion
           ,
           and
           
             keep
             the
             Faith
          
           inviolate
           ,
           to
           the
           last
           minute
           of
           our
           days
           ,
           that
           from
           thenceforth
           ,
           there
           
             may
             be
             laid
             up
             for
             as
             a
             Crown
             of
             Life
             ,
          
           by
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           the
           righteous
           Judge
           of
           all
           Men
           ;
        
         
           
             To
             whom
             ,
             with
             the
             Father
             ,
             and
             holy
             Ghost
             ,
             be
             all
             Honour
             and
             Glory
             world
             without
             end
          
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
        
      
    
     
       
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             1
             Pet.
             5.5
             .
          
           
             Jul.
             Poll.
             
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             l.
             4.
             c.
             18.