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           Some
           THOUGHTS
           on
           the
           CHARACTER
           OF
           
           Solomon's
           Vertuous
           Woman
           ,
           Preach'd
           in
           a
           SERMON
           AT
           THE
           Parish-Church
           of
           Croydon
           ,
           On
           the
           occasion
           of
           Q.
           Mary's
           Death
           ,
           January
           the
           6
           th
           .
           1694
           /
           5.
           
        
         
           Printed
           at
           the
           Request
           of
           those
           that
           heard
           it
           .
        
         
           By
           JOHN
           EVANS
           M.
           A.
           
        
         
           London
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Sam.
             Crouch
          
           at
           the
           corner
           of
           Popes-Head-Alley
           ,
           over-against
           the
           
             Royal
             Exchange
          
           in
           Cornhill
           .
           1695.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Honourable
           the
           Lady
           Coningsby
           ,
           Wife
           of
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           Thomas
           Lord
           Coningsby
           .
        
         
           
             MADAM
             ,
          
        
         
           THis
           Discourse
           ,
           how
           unpolish'd
           soever
           its
           Dress
           is
           ,
           presumes
           to
           prostrate
           it self
           at
           your
           Ladiship
           's
           feet
           ,
           begging
           your
           kind
           Acceptance
           and
           Sanctuary
           ,
           upon
           this
           Recommendation
           ,
           that
           to
           this
           Address
           ,
           't
           was
           not
           the
           vanity
           of
           gracing
           the
           Title
           Page
           by
           prefixing
           so
           great
           a
           Name
           to
           it
           ,
           which
           moved
           me
           ,
           but
           my
           deep
           Veneration
           of
           your
           Worth
           ,
           and
           the
           Sence
           of
           my
           Gratitude
           for
           the
           more
           than
           ordinary
           share
           your
           Honourable
           Family
           have
           ever
           vouchsafed
           me
           in
           their
           Favour
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           conscious
           ,
           that
           the
           vast
           Disproportion
           the
           meanness
           of
           this
           Performance
           carries
           to
           the
           transcendent
           Majesty
           of
           its
           noble
           Theme
           ,
           can
           no
           other
           way
           be
           secur'd
           from
           blame
           and
           censure
           ,
           then
           under
           the
           protection
           of
           so
           great
           a
           Patroness
           :
           a
           Patroness
           ,
           whose
           Greatness
           consists
           not
           in
           meer
           Cumulation
           of
           swelling
           Titles
           ,
           or
           glittering
           Outside
           ,
           but
           in
           personal
           Dignity
           and
           real
           Goodness
           ;
           the
           Description
           whereof
           should
           I
           essay
           to
           draw
           ,
           the
           Draught
           would
           fall
           so
           far
           below
           the
           Excellence
           of
           so
           high
           ,
           so
           compleat
           an
           Original
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           very
           attempt
           I
           should
           incur
           the
           same
           Guilt
           ,
           I
           stand
           self-arraigned
           for
           ,
           in
           the
           subsequent
           Presumption
           ,
           I
           mean
           that
           of
           sullying
           the
           illustrious
           Characters
           of
           those
           Divine
           Accomplishments
           ,
           which
           an
           
           Apelles's
           Pencil
           ,
           the
           most
           skilful
           Artist
           cannot
           sufficiently
           delineate
           or
           represent
           ;
           and
           may
           therefore
           more
           prudently
           be
           passed
           by
           in
           silent
           Admiration
           and
           Esteem
           .
        
         
           Let
           it
           herein
           suffice
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           great
           truth
           ,
           to
           say
           ,
           if
           a
           Commutation
           could
           have
           been
           accepted
           for
           this
           Royal
           Death
           ,
           your
           Ladyship
           would
           with
           the
           First
           have
           expressed
           your
           Loyal
           Affection
           in
           the
           Oblation
           of
           the
           Substitute
           ,
           as
           evidently
           appears
           by
           that
           ample
           Proportion
           of
           Grief
           which
           your self
           voluntarily
           bears
           on
           this
           mournful
           Occasion
           .
           And
           would
           the
           World
           but
           
           prove
           so
           just
           and
           grateful
           to
           our
           common
           Benefactrix
           ,
           as
           your
           Ladiship
           does
           ,
           in
           writing
           after
           so
           fair
           a
           Copy
           ;
           her
           late
           Majesty's
           Memory
           on
           that
           stock
           might
           grow
           immortal
           ,
           and
           (
           what
           is
           the
           general
           Ambition
           of
           Mankind
           )
           reflect
           as
           fragrant
           odor
           on
           the
           Dead
           ,
           as
           on
           the
           Living
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           are
           yet
           unborn
           .
        
         
           Such
           an
           excellent
           Person
           indeed
           had
           merited
           an
           Apotheosis
           among
           the
           Ancient
           or
           Modern
           Romans
           :
           had
           she
           died
           in
           their
           Communion
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           enrolled
           her
           Name
           in
           the
           Registers
           of
           their
           Polytheism
           ,
           preserved
           her
           Sacred
           Reliques
           for
           Divine
           Homage
           and
           Adoration
           :
           Altars
           had
           been
           erected
           and
           Sacrifice
           offer'd
           to
           Her.
           But
           that
           Work
           of
           Supererogation
           is
           too
           much
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           bare
           Remembrance
           is
           too
           little
           :
           there
           is
           a
           safe
           Medium
           between
           these
           Extremes
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           Thankfulness
           to
           God
           for
           ,
           and
           Imitation
           of
           her
           matchless
           Piety
           and
           Vertue
           :
           This
           is
           all
           the
           Honour
           ,
           and
           the
           highest
           Respect
           ,
           either
           she
           is
           capable
           of
           receiving
           ,
           or
           we
           of
           paying
           to
           her
           Merits
           ;
           which
           Debt
           is
           so
           religiously
           discharged
           by
           your
           Ladiship
           's
           ingenuous
           Deportment
           ;
           to
           whose
           genuine
           Candor
           I
           humbly
           submit
           these
           Papers
           ,
           to
           over-look
           those
           Faults
           ,
           which
           are
           too
           palpable
           to
           bear
           the
           examination
           of
           exact
           ,
           impartial
           Judgment
           .
           May
           my
           Lord
           and
           your
           Ladiship
           ,
           after
           having
           been
           many
           years
           ,
           the
           one
           an
           Ornament
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           the
           other
           an
           useful
           Pillar
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           like
           ripe
           Fruit
           ,
           in
           the
           Vintage
           of
           old
           Age
           ,
           drop
           into
           
           Abraham's
           Bosom
           ;
           and
           may
           those
           tender
           Branches
           ,
           which
           Heaven
           hath
           blessed
           you
           with
           ,
           commence
           as
           early
           and
           grow
           up
           as
           perfectly
           in
           Religion
           ,
           as
           our
           most
           Christian
           Princess
           did
           ,
           is
           the
           constant
           sincere
           Prayer
           of
           ,
        
         
           
             Madam
             ,
          
           
             Your
             Ladiships
             most
             humble
             and
             obedient
             Servant
             
               JOHN
               EVANS
            
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             
               PROVERBS
               XXXI
               .
               31
               .
            
             Give
             her
             of
             the
             fruit
             of
             her
             hands
             ,
             and
             let
             her
             own
             works
             praise
             her
             in
             the
             gates
             .
          
        
         
           THO'
           some
           unthinking
           Heads
           may
           be
           willingly
           apt
           ,
           and
           would
           fain
           perswade
           themselves
           to
           forget
           that
           the
           Divine
           oeconomy
           is
           as
           extensive
           as
           the
           utmost
           limits
           of
           the
           Universe
           :
           and
           by
           that
           means
           are
           become
           possessed
           with
           the
           groundless
           prejudice
           and
           fancy
           ,
           that
           this
           World
           is
           nothing
           else
           but
           a
           meer
           Lottery
           ;
           as
           if
           all
           the
           affairs
           thereof
           were
           wholly
           in
           the
           disposal
           ,
           and
           waited
           on
           the
           uncertain
           contingencies
           of
           a
           blind
           Chance
           ,
           or
           the
           worse
           determination
           of
           a
           fatal
           Necessity
           .
        
         
           Yet
           I
           am
           sure
           there
           are
           such
           remarkable
           Occurrances
           ,
           as
           are
           far
           above
           the
           capacity
           of
           natural
           Causes
           to
           produce
           ;
           which
           therefore
           plainly
           discover
           and
           point
           out
           the
           Al-wise
           counsel
           and
           uncontroulable
           proceedings
           of
           an
           Almighty
           Agent
           ,
           that
           manages
           and
           over-rules
           all
           events
           .
           Which
           are
           sufficient
           Indications
           of
           his
           Being
           ,
           and
           such
           demonstrative
           Evidences
           ,
           as
           abundantly
           convince
           and
           lead
           all
           considerate
           men
           to
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           Supreme
           Governour
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ;
           without
           whose
           immediate
           order
           ,
           or
           permission
           ,
           
           even
           
             a
             Sparrow
             can't
             fall
             to
             the
             ground
             .
          
           And
           if
           so
           mean
           a
           part
           of
           the
           Creation
           ,
           so
           inconsiderable
           an
           action
           ,
           (
           which
           seems
           most
           fortuitous
           and
           trifling
           )
           be
           not
           below
           his
           cognizance
           and
           appointment
           ,
           't
           is
           much
           more
           rational
           to
           suppose
           ,
           that
           the
           Life
           of
           Man
           ,
           and
           all
           Human
           Affairs
           ,
           are
           things
           wherein
           his
           Providence
           is
           more
           especially
           concern'd
           .
           For
           these
           are
           worthier
           Subjects
           for
           him
           to
           exert
           and
           imploy
           his
           Divine
           Powers
           upon
           ,
           and
           capable
           of
           reflecting
           the
           most
           Glory
           on
           his
           Majesty
           .
        
         
         
           And
           among
           Human
           Affairs
           ,
           what
           are
           so
           noble
           ,
           so
           momentany
           ,
           so
           deserving
           his
           Power
           and
           Wisdom
           ,
           as
           those
           of
           Kings
           and
           Commonwealths
           ;
           upon
           the
           manegery
           whereof
           ,
           the
           temporal
           welfare
           or
           adversity
           of
           his
           People
           does
           chiefly
           depend
           ?
        
         
           If
           we
           then
           study
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           with
           the
           same
           application
           of
           mind
           as
           others
           do
           the
           Terrestrial
           Globe
           ,
           and
           diligently
           observe
           its
           various
           ,
           tho'
           mysterious
           Dispensations
           ,
           it
           will
           soon
           satisfie
           us
           in
           this
           great
           Truth
           ,
           
           That
           
             the
             most
             High
             ruleth
             in
             the
             kingdom
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             giveth
             it
             to
             whomsoever
             he
             will.
          
           Which
           is
           a
           Prerogative
           ,
           when
           he
           first
           laid
           the
           Foundation
           of
           his
           Government
           ,
           he
           reserved
           to
           himself
           :
           and
           those
           Laws
           ,
           which
           he
           has
           since
           given
           to
           Mankind
           for
           their
           instruction
           ,
           and
           the
           measures
           of
           their
           comportment
           under
           it
           ,
           seem
           no
           way
           to
           abridge
           him
           in
           the
           exercise
           of
           this
           Prerogative
           .
           By
           virtue
           of
           which
           ,
           he
           still
           removes
           Kings
           ,
           and
           setteth
           up
           Kings
           ,
           as
           he
           pleases
           ,
           or
           as
           he
           sees
           sometimes
           necessary
           ,
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           or
           for
           the
           punishment
           of
           either
           King
           or
           People
           .
           For
           the
           proof
           of
           both
           ,
           your
           own
           observation
           ,
           if
           you
           impartially
           recollect
           and
           reflect
           on
           those
           notices
           you
           have
           reposited
           in
           your
           minds
           ,
           can
           easily
           furnish
           you
           with
           so
           many
           instances
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           needless
           to
           recount
           or
           insist
           on
           particulars
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           only
           remind
           of
           those
           things
           which
           have
           happen'd
           in
           these
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           in
           these
           late
           Years
           .
           When
           the
           Spirits
           of
           these
           Nations
           flag'd
           ,
           and
           our
           Hearts
           fail'd
           us
           for
           fear
           ,
           and
           for
           looking
           after
           those
           things
           which
           were
           coming
           on
           the
           Earth
           ,
           Divine
           Providence
           was
           pleas'd
           to
           disperse
           that
           Cloud
           of
           melancholy
           Apprehensions
           ,
           by
           removing
           the
           Cause
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           amidst
           our
           Danger
           and
           Despondence
           ,
           surprize
           us
           with
           Safety
           and
           Deliverance
           ,
           by
           the
           opportune
           Arrival
           of
           his
           present
           Majesty
           and
           late
           Consort
           .
           Who
           out
           of
           a
           compassionate
           resentment
           and
           tender
           regard
           of
           the
           just
           Interest
           of
           Christendom
           ,
           after
           much
           importunity
           ,
           were
           prevail'd
           with
           
           to
           accept
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           ;
           not
           as
           a
           Prize
           of
           Ambition
           or
           Covetousness
           ;
           not
           as
           a
           Reward
           of
           their
           Merits
           only
           ;
           but
           as
           an
           opportunity
           of
           doing
           Good
           ,
           of
           saving
           a
           sinking
           State
           :
           that
           in
           this
           Sphere
           they
           might
           move
           more
           vigorously
           in
           defence
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           vindication
           of
           the
           Oppressed
           against
           the
           growing
           Greatness
           of
           Arbitrary
           Power
           ,
           and
           the
           usurpation
           of
           Popery
           .
        
         
           The
           commencement
           of
           whose
           auspicious
           Reign
           ,
           having
           no
           other
           design
           to
           serve
           than
           that
           of
           our
           Common
           Good
           ,
           gave
           sufficient
           encouragement
           to
           make
           us
           flatter
           our selves
           with
           fair
           promises
           of
           many
           Halcyon
           days
           ,
           and
           most
           flourishing
           Condition
           .
           Which
           began
           to
           bloom
           about
           this
           little
           World
           ,
           and
           make
           all
           our
           Frost-nipt
           hopes
           sprout
           out
           in
           joy
           .
        
         
           But
           alas
           !
           such
           a
           Blessing
           was
           too
           great
           for
           so
           sinful
           a
           People
           to
           expect
           the
           long
           enjoyment
           of
           ;
           whose
           base
           ingratitude
           and
           continued
           impenitence
           under
           the
           influence
           of
           so
           much
           Favour
           ,
           could
           not
           but
           provoke
           Heaven
           ,
           in
           some
           measure
           ,
           to
           shift
           the
           Scene
           ,
           and
           speak
           to
           us
           by
           the
           Messenger
           of
           Mortality
           .
           For
           it
           's
           usual
           for
           God
           Almighty
           ,
           by
           a
           Deprivation
           ,
           to
           teach
           unthankful
           men
           the
           value
           of
           those
           things
           which
           they
           would
           not
           learn
           by
           the
           enjoyment
           .
        
         
           O
           Death
           !
           Thou
           King
           of
           Terrour
           ,
           how
           terrible
           and
           fatal
           is
           thy
           sting
           !
           how
           cruel
           and
           inevitable
           thy
           stroke
           !
           which
           neither
           Crowns
           nor
           Dominions
           ,
           neither
           Mitres
           nor
           any
           Majesty
           whatsoever
           ,
           can
           escape
           ,
           or
           secure
           their
           Owners
           from
           ,
           for
           one
           moment
           .
           But
           the
           Rich
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Poor
           ,
           the
           greatest
           Potentates
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           meanest
           Peasants
           ,
           must
           stoop
           to
           Death
           ,
           and
           pay
           their
           Lives
           as
           Tribute
           to
           this
           Conquerour
           ,
           who
           insults
           over
           the
           Frailty
           of
           Human
           Nature
           .
           From
           whence
           we
           see
           ,
           that
           the
           Life
           of
           Man
           is
           but
           of
           little
           value
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           Honour
           but
           contemptible
           ;
           because
           that
           Worm
           of
           Corruption
           lies
           at
           the
           root
           of
           this
           Gourd
           ,
           and
           defaces
           the
           grace
           and
           splendour
           of
           all
           earthly
           things
           .
           For
           no
           
           sooner
           Man
           draws
           the
           Breath
           of
           Life
           ,
           be
           his
           Birth
           and
           Condition
           what
           it
           will
           ,
           than
           he
           is
           enrolled
           in
           the
           Register
           of
           Death
           ;
           and
           from
           the
           Womb
           makes
           swift
           and
           direct
           advances
           to
           the
           Grave
           .
           So
           that
           in
           reference
           to
           his
           abode
           on
           earth
           ,
           I
           may
           ,
           with
           the
           Royal
           Prophet
           ,
           call
           him
           
             a
             vain
             Shadow
          
           ;
           and
           his
           life
           ,
           
           with
           St.
           
             James
             ,
             even
             a
             vapour
             that
             appeareth
             for
             a
             little
             time
             ,
             and
             then
             vanisheth
             away
             .
          
           A
           Life
           ,
           full
           of
           the
           snares
           of
           Death
           ;
           which
           ,
           the
           more
           it
           increases
           ,
           the
           more
           decreases
           ;
           whilst
           it
           flourishes
           ,
           it
           grows
           infirm
           ;
           and
           the
           farther
           it
           goes
           ,
           the
           nearer
           its
           approaches
           are
           unto
           Death
           ;
           from
           whose
           Arrest
           no
           Claims
           of
           Honour
           ,
           no
           Distinctions
           of
           Quality
           ,
           no
           Practice
           of
           Piety
           and
           Vertue
           ,
           can
           grant
           any
           Priviledge
           or
           Protection
           .
           For
           that
           inexorable
           Sergeant
           in
           the
           execution
           of
           his
           Office
           ,
           observes
           no
           such
           Marks
           of
           difference
           ,
           as
           can
           in
           the
           least
           sway
           with
           him
           to
           respect
           the
           Persons
           or
           Conditions
           of
           Men.
           
        
         
           If
           either
           Majesty
           ,
           or
           Goodness
           ,
           or
           the
           vigour
           of
           youthful
           Constitution
           ,
           whetted
           by
           gentle
           Exercise
           ,
           and
           the
           strict
           observance
           of
           the
           Rules
           of
           Temperance
           and
           Moderation
           ,
           could
           have
           stay'd
           its
           violent
           hand
           ,
           we
           should
           now
           have
           had
           no
           occasion
           given
           us
           to
           condole
           the
           Funeral
           Obsequies
           and
           Mournful
           Solemnity
           of
           the
           Best
           of
           Women
           ,
           and
           of
           Queens
           :
           which
           bids
           adieu
           to
           all
           present
           entertainments
           of
           Joy
           and
           Pleasure
           ,
           and
           clothes
           the
           Nation
           with
           Sables
           and
           Blacks
           of
           Sadness
           ;
           which
           hangs
           our
           Walls
           ,
           not
           only
           with
           Mourning
           ,
           but
           deep
           Sighs
           and
           Groans
           ;
           and
           fills
           these
           three
           Kingdoms
           with
           melting
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           sighing
           Accents
           ,
           for
           our
           irrepairable
           loss
           .
        
         
           But
           oh
           !
           what
           Floods
           of
           Tears
           ,
           what
           Tyde
           of
           Ejulations
           ,
           can
           swell
           so
           high
           as
           to
           bear
           a
           proportion
           equal
           to
           the
           Merits
           of
           so
           great
           ,
           so
           good
           a
           Personage
           ?
           
             Give
             her
             of
             the
             fruit
             of
             her
             hands
             ,
             and
             let
             her
             own
             works
             praise
             her
             in
             the
             gates
             .
          
        
         
         
           In
           this
           Chapter
           the
           Wise
           man
           ,
           (
           upon
           whose
           vast
           knowledge
           and
           experienc'd
           judgment
           we
           may
           safely
           depend
           for
           the
           best
           determination
           of
           the
           Case
           )
           after
           he
           had
           enquir'd
           ,
           
             who
             could
             find
             a
             vertuous
             Woman
             ,
          
           and
           subjoyn'd
           the
           reason
           of
           his
           enquiry
           ,
           
             because
             her
             price
             is
             far
             above
             Rubies
          
           ;
           gives
           us
           a
           plain
           ,
           but
           an
           exact
           description
           of
           such
           an
           excellent
           Person
           ,
           as
           a
           Rule
           and
           Standard
           ,
           whereby
           she
           might
           be
           the
           more
           easily
           discover'd
           and
           prov'd
           .
           He
           tells
           us
           ,
           she
           is
           accomplish'd
           with
           all
           the
           Perfections
           ,
           both
           Human
           and
           Divine
           ,
           Natural
           and
           Acquir'd
           ,
           that
           her
           Sex
           can
           be
           capable
           of
           .
           She
           is
           tender
           and
           loyal
           to
           her
           Husband
           ;
           indefatigably
           diligent
           and
           industrious
           in
           Business
           ;
           prudent
           and
           discreet
           in
           the
           government
           of
           her
           Family
           ;
           charitable
           to
           the
           Poor
           ,
           bountifully
           dispensing
           of
           her
           store
           ,
           to
           supply
           the
           indigencies
           of
           all
           wanting
           People
           ;
           affable
           and
           courteous
           to
           every
           Person
           ;
           pious
           and
           devout
           towards
           God
           ;
           in
           each
           of
           these
           respects
           ,
           and
           in
           every
           instance
           of
           a
           vertuous
           Woman
           ,
           acquitting
           her self
           with
           popular
           applause
           ,
           and
           the
           highest
           commendation
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           close
           of
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           but
           you
           will
           all
           unanimously
           agree
           with
           me
           ,
           in
           answering
           
           Solomon's
           question
           in
           the
           affirmative
           ,
           That
           we
           of
           this
           Nation
           had
           once
           sound
           ,
           but
           ,
           alas
           !
           are
           now
           depriv'd
           of
           such
           a
           vertuous
           Lady
           ,
           in
           the
           Person
           of
           our
           most
           gracious
           Queen
           ;
           as
           will
           evidently
           appear
           ,
           when
           we
           have
           tried
           her
           Character
           by
           these
           Marks
           .
           In
           treating
           of
           which
           ,
           I
           shall
           ,
           with
           all
           humble
           deference
           and
           veneration
           that
           is
           due
           to
           a
           Soveraign
           Power
           ,
           endeavour
           to
           represent
           to
           your
           view
           some
           of
           her
           extraordinary
           Vertues
           and
           Perfections
           .
        
         
           Here
           I
           shall
           not
           entertain
           you
           ,
           and
           my self
           ,
           with
           a
           Panegyrick
           on
           the
           lively
           Features
           ,
           the
           beautiful
           Symmetry
           or
           well-proportion'd
           Parts
           of
           her
           Royal
           Person
           ;
           tho'
           that
           should
           not
           be
           passed
           by
           without
           a
           particular
           admiration
           of
           it
           ;
           which
           grac'd
           the
           English
           Throne
           ,
           and
           adorn'd
           her
           Majestick
           Presence
           with
           so
           lovely
           a
           meen
           ,
           as
           could
           not
           but
           
           charm
           the
           Eyes
           of
           all
           Spectators
           .
           Since
           Mortality
           ,
           with
           grief
           I
           speak
           it
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           since
           unhappy
           Mortality
           has
           drawn
           a
           dark
           Veil
           over
           these
           Reliques
           ,
           I
           shall
           only
           recommend
           to
           your
           pious
           imitation
           those
           incomparable
           ,
           immortal
           Beauties
           ,
           and
           Ennoblements
           of
           her
           Mind
           ,
           the
           Ornaments
           of
           a
           meek
           and
           quiet
           Spirit
           ,
           
           which
           is
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           
             of
             great
             price
          
           .
        
         
           Neiter
           shall
           I
           presume
           to
           trace
           ,
           or
           attend
           this
           singular
           Lady
           through
           every
           Scene
           and
           Condition
           of
           her
           Life
           ,
           as
           a
           single
           Person
           ,
           or
           married
           Woman
           ,
           as
           Princess
           of
           Orange
           ,
           or
           Queen
           of
           England
           ;
           that
           were
           a
           Task
           enough
           for
           a
           more
           learned
           Pen
           near
           her
           Majesty
           to
           perform
           .
           Tho'
           in
           all
           these
           Conditions
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           truly
           said
           ,
           She
           always
           manag'd
           herself
           with
           that
           honourable
           Reputation
           and
           wise
           Conduct
           ,
           that
           she
           appear'd
           to
           have
           all
           the
           Vertue
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           but
           none
           indeed
           ,
           I
           think
           none
           ,
           of
           the
           Vanities
           and
           Imperfections
           of
           her
           Sex.
           
        
         
           In
           discoursing
           therefore
           of
           her
           noble
           Character
           ,
           I
           shall
           a
           little
           invert
           the
           order
           which
           the
           Wise
           man
           has
           here
           observ'd
           ,
           and
           digest
           my
           Matter
           into
           this
           Method
           .
           I
           shall
           consider
           ,
           
             
               
               First
               ,
               Her
               Piety
               ,
               with
               some
               useful
               Reflections
               upon
               it
               .
            
             
               
               Secondly
               ,
               Her
               admirable
               Condescention
               .
            
             
               
               Thirdly
               ,
               Her
               extraordinary
               Charity
               .
            
          
        
         
           These
           I
           take
           to
           be
           the
           chief
           Characteristicks
           of
           a
           Vertuous
           Woman
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           also
           in
           the
           last
           place
           ,
           just
           mention
           some
           of
           her
           other
           Vertues
           ,
           and
           then
           apply
           the
           whole
           to
           our
           present
           purpose
           .
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           I
           begin
           with
           her
           Piety
           ;
           because
           this
           is
           the
           necessary
           Foundation
           of
           all
           the
           other
           Vertues
           and
           Graces
           of
           a
           vertuous
           Woman
           ;
           and
           on
           that
           score
           ,
           has
           the
           precedence
           in
           the
           nature
           and
           order
           of
           things
           .
           For
           Piety
           in
           the
           most
           comprehensive
           notion
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           containing
           all
           the
           Dimensions
           
           and
           Boundaries
           of
           the
           Divine
           Scheme
           ,
           is
           that
           pregnant
           Principle
           which
           works
           the
           Mind
           into
           an
           universal
           regard
           of
           all
           God's
           commands
           ;
           and
           ,
           like
           the
           animal
           spirit
           ,
           diffuses
           it self
           thro'
           the
           whole
           Man
           ,
           producing
           acts
           suitable
           to
           it self
           ,
           and
           in
           no
           way
           repugnant
           to
           those
           commands
           .
           Therefore
           ,
           as
           the
           natural
           motions
           of
           a
           Man
           are
           the
           immediate
           effects
           of
           the
           animal
           Spirit
           ,
           so
           all
           his
           good
           ,
           moral
           Actions
           ,
           proceed
           from
           this
           Fountain
           of
           Piety
           ,
           and
           are
           the
           proper
           Emanations
           of
           this
           vital
           Principle
           .
        
         
           But
           without
           this
           internal
           sense
           of
           Religion
           ,
           all
           our
           religious
           Performances
           can
           be
           esteemed
           no
           better
           than
           meer
           Form
           and
           Pageantry
           ,
           the
           Profession
           of
           Hypocrites
           .
        
         
           Now
           this
           genuine
           sensation
           of
           true
           Piety
           was
           admirable
           in
           her
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           above
           the
           flights
           of
           Rhetorick
           ,
           which
           discover'd
           it self
           thro'
           the
           whole
           course
           and
           method
           of
           her
           Life
           ;
           and
           that
           chiefly
           distinguished
           ,
           and
           rais'd
           her
           above
           the
           rank
           and
           condition
           of
           ordinary
           Mortals
           .
        
         
           Some
           indeed
           are
           blown
           up
           to
           the
           high
           Pinacle
           of
           Honour
           ,
           by
           the
           auspicious
           Gale
           of
           Fortune
           ,
           and
           owe
           their
           height
           more
           to
           the
           benevolence
           of
           others
           ,
           than
           to
           any
           merit
           of
           their
           own
           .
           But
           then
           all
           their
           towring
           Height
           and
           glittering
           Shew
           ,
           without
           true
           ,
           solid
           Goodness
           to
           give
           it
           life
           ,
           is
           but
           a
           golden
           ,
           sensless
           Effigies
           ,
           or
           an
           airy
           Meteor
           ,
           which
           only
           dazles
           the
           eyes
           in
           its
           transit
           ,
           and
           then
           vanishes
           into
           its
           first
           Matter
           .
        
         
           Whereas
           Piety
           is
           a
           substantial
           Good
           ,
           which
           intrinsick
           worth
           doth
           infinitely
           excell
           all
           the
           goods
           and
           pomp
           of
           Greatness
           .
           The
           one
           is
           Human
           ,
           Earthly
           ,
           and
           Temporal
           ;
           the
           other
           Divine
           ,
           Heavenly
           ,
           and
           of
           Eternal
           Duration
           ;
           this
           raises
           a
           Person
           to
           an
           higher
           step
           of
           Advancement
           then
           Secular
           Greatness
           can
           possibly
           arrive
           unto
           .
           For
           Religion
           ,
           being
           truly
           Divine
           ,
           both
           in
           its
           original
           ,
           and
           in
           its
           end
           ,
           as
           it
           came
           down
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           so
           tends
           thither
           again
           ,
           and
           thither
           it
           exalts
           its
           Votaries
           .
           In
           order
           whereunto
           it
           spiritualizes
           Humanity
           ,
           
           and
           never
           leaves
           off
           refining
           it
           from
           its
           Terrene
           Imperfections
           ,
           till
           it
           be
           in
           some
           measure
           assimulated
           ,
           and
           united
           to
           the
           Divine
           Nature
           ,
           till
           our
           Minds
           are
           transform'd
           into
           the
           very
           Image
           of
           the
           Deity
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Apostle's
           phrase
           ,
           
             Christ
             is
             formed
             in
             us
          
           .
           
        
         
           By
           this
           time
           ,
           and
           not
           before
           ,
           it
           is
           that
           we
           have
           something
           of
           true
           value
           ,
           and
           solid
           Greatness
           in
           us
           .
           For
           God
           Almighty
           being
           the
           Fountain
           and
           the
           Measure
           of
           all
           Perfections
           ,
           the
           nearer
           any
           Person
           approaches
           him
           ,
           by
           the
           practice
           of
           Sanctity
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           (
           the
           only
           way
           and
           means
           to
           become
           like
           God
           )
           the
           worthier
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           to
           be
           valued
           he
           is
           ;
           and
           the
           more
           hereby
           he
           participates
           of
           God's
           Nature
           ,
           by
           so
           much
           the
           more
           excellent
           and
           honourable
           he
           must
           needs
           be
           ;
           and
           consequently
           the
           greater
           praise
           and
           esteem
           should
           attend
           him
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           that
           Divine
           resemblance
           he
           bears
           .
        
         
           If
           so
           ,
           how
           admirably
           good
           ,
           and
           great
           ,
           and
           honorary
           will
           this
           most
           Religious
           Princess
           appear
           ,
           if
           we
           measure
           her
           Character
           by
           that
           Rule
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           make
           an
           estimate
           of
           her
           Worth
           ?
           in
           whom
           the
           Divine
           Idea
           did
           so
           eminently
           manifest
           it self
           ,
           in
           all
           the
           Instances
           of
           holy
           Living
           ,
           that
           her
           whole
           Life
           was
           a
           Pattern
           not
           unworthy
           of
           our
           imitation
           .
        
         
           As
           Piety
           ,
           in
           its
           limited
           sence
           ,
           signifies
           Devotion
           ;
           how
           constant
           ,
           how
           regular
           ,
           and
           how
           seraphick
           was
           she
           in
           this
           ?
           like
           pious
           Anna
           ,
           
           
             serving
             God
             night
             and
             day
             in
             the
             Temple
          
           ;
           so
           strictly
           observing
           the
           stated
           times
           of
           Publick
           Prayers
           ,
           that
           neither
           the
           necessary
           refreshments
           of
           Nature
           ,
           nor
           all
           the
           hurry
           and
           succession
           of
           State-affairs
           ,
           which
           perpetually
           crouded
           in
           for
           her
           adjustment
           and
           dispatch
           ,
           could
           scarce
           ever
           extort
           from
           her
           any
           intermission
           of
           them
           .
           From
           hence
           we
           may
           with
           good
           reason
           conclude
           ,
           That
           our
           Lord's
           direction
           for
           praying
           ,
           
           in
           our
           retirements
           
             to
             the
             Father
             ,
             who
             seeth
             in
             secret
             ,
          
           could
           be
           no
           less
           practis'd
           in
           her
           private
           Devotion
           .
        
         
           At
           the
           Celebration
           of
           every
           part
           of
           Divine
           Worship
           ,
           how
           
           fixt
           and
           intent
           her
           mind
           ?
           how
           fervent
           and
           enflam'd
           her
           Affections
           ,
           which
           were
           so
           warm
           and
           devotional
           ,
           as
           could
           not
           but
           enkindle
           the
           cold
           indifference
           of
           all
           wandring
           adjacent
           Minds
           ?
           How
           constant
           and
           uniform
           was
           her
           whole
           Practice
           in
           the
           several
           Duties
           of
           the
           Christian
           Institution
           ?
           and
           that
           without
           the
           least
           tincture
           of
           vanity
           or
           ostentation
           .
        
         
           And
           all
           these
           pious
           Performances
           were
           the
           result
           ,
           not
           of
           constraint
           ,
           like
           that
           of
           a
           melancholy
           Recluse
           ,
           but
           of
           free
           and
           generous
           Resolution
           ,
           of
           an
           unaffected
           ,
           well
           grounded
           Zeal
           ;
           so
           neither
           were
           they
           cloister'd
           or
           confin'd
           within
           the
           narrow
           limits
           of
           her
           Closet
           ,
           but
           mostly
           acted
           on
           the
           Stage
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           by
           a
           general
           ,
           and
           no
           less
           true
           report
           ,
           
             proclaim'd
             on
             the
             House-top
          
           ;
           the
           sound
           whereof
           has
           long
           since
           pierced
           thro'
           ,
           and
           ecchoed
           in
           every
           corner
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           even
           
             from
             Dan
             to
             Beersheba
          
           .
           Whereby
           this
           shining
           Model
           of
           Christian
           Vertues
           must
           needs
           prove
           the
           most
           perswasive
           Oratory
           ,
           the
           most
           effectual
           means
           to
           recommend
           to
           ,
           and
           engage
           all
           her
           Subjects
           in
           the
           Practice
           of
           Religion
           .
           For
           Example
           is
           of
           much
           more
           force
           and
           efficacy
           than
           Precept
           ,
           or
           the
           best
           Discourses
           :
           It
           hath
           a
           secret
           power
           and
           influence
           upon
           those
           whom
           we
           govern
           or
           converse
           with
           ,
           to
           mould
           and
           form
           them
           into
           the
           same
           manners
           and
           disposition
           .
           And
           by
           consequence
           ,
           nothing
           in
           the
           World
           can
           contribute
           so
           much
           to
           promote
           the
           Honour
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Propagation
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           as
           the
           Exemplary
           Lives
           of
           those
           who
           make
           profession
           of
           it
           .
           Hence
           it
           is
           we
           are
           enjoyn'd
           to
           
             let
             our
             light
             so
             shine
             before
             men
             ,
          
           
           
             that
             they
             may
             see
             our
             good
             works
             ,
          
           and
           be
           induc'd
           thereby
           
             to
             glorifie
             our
             heavenly
             Father
          
           .
        
         
           For
           this
           great
           End
           ,
           her
           Majesty
           was
           one
           of
           the
           fittest
           ,
           best
           accomplish'd
           Instruments
           that
           ever
           weilded
           the
           English
           Sceptre
           .
           To
           attempt
           the
           Reformation
           of
           our
           Manners
           ,
           and
           establish
           Holiness
           and
           Vertue
           in
           the
           Hearts
           and
           Lives
           of
           these
           Kingdoms
           ,
           suitable
           to
           the
           Principles
           of
           our
           Reform'd
           Religion
           ;
           and
           to
           carry
           on
           so
           great
           a
           work
           with
           success
           ,
           none
           was
           
           so
           proper
           ,
           so
           well
           qualified
           in
           every
           respect
           .
           To
           which
           end
           ,
           among
           other
           qualifications
           ,
           these
           three
           are
           essentially
           necessary
           .
        
         
           
             
             1.
             
             Good
             Example
             .
          
           
             
             2.
             
             Authority
             .
          
           
             
             3.
             
             Zeal
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           first
           Requisite
           is
           good
           Example
           .
           Whoever
           goes
           
           about
           to
           reform
           others
           ,
           must
           first
           see
           and
           take
           care
           that
           his
           own
           Life
           be
           free
           from
           those
           Faults
           which
           he
           would
           amend
           in
           them
           .
           For
           if
           his
           Life
           be
           tainted
           with
           the
           same
           Errors
           ,
           or
           shew
           that
           he
           has
           no
           serious
           regard
           to
           Religion
           ,
           for
           what
           reason
           should
           other
           men
           think
           that
           he
           is
           in
           earnest
           ?
           or
           if
           he
           be
           ,
           they
           ,
           who
           attend
           more
           to
           what
           a
           man
           doth
           ,
           than
           what
           he
           saith
           ,
           will
           be
           apt
           to
           make
           no
           other
           construction
           of
           his
           Arguments
           ,
           be
           they
           never
           so
           pressing
           ,
           but
           this
           ,
           That
           they
           are
           only
           the
           empty
           flourishes
           of
           a
           well-worded
           Eloquence
           or
           the
           effects
           of
           the
           Man
           's
           natural
           Passion
           .
        
         
           But
           for
           that
           Objection
           here
           was
           no
           room
           ;
           the
           most
           inveterate
           Adversaries
           could
           never
           yet
           charge
           this
           Royal
           Reformatrix
           with
           any
           of
           those
           Vices
           which
           she
           has
           been
           labouring
           to
           rectifie
           in
           the
           Nation
           :
           nay
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           but
           be
           satisfied
           in
           the
           sincerity
           of
           her
           good
           Intention
           ,
           when
           they
           saw
           her
           Life
           to
           be
           nothing
           else
           but
           the
           Transcript
           of
           our
           Saviour's
           Doctrine
           :
           this
           prevented
           their
           prejudice
           ,
           this
           stopp'd
           
             the
             mouths
             of
             Gainsayers
          
           .
           Hence
           it
           plainly
           appears
           ,
           that
           no
           Impediment
           in
           her
           Practice
           could
           obstruct
           the
           accomplishing
           of
           this
           intended
           Reformation
           .
           Had
           we
           corrected
           and
           fram'd
           our
           Lives
           by
           hers
           ,
           we
           might
           have
           been
           the
           most
           religious
           and
           happiest
           People
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           ever
           liv'd
           since
           the
           planting
           of
           the
           Gospel
           in
           this
           Island
           ,
           which
           has
           not
           these
           many
           hundred
           years
           (
           if
           ever
           )
           seen
           such
           a
           bright
           Example
           of
           Piety
           and
           Goodness
           sitting
           upon
           the
           Throne
           .
           Which
           put
           Religion
           into
           the
           possibility
           of
           attracting
           others
           ,
           when
           they
           
           perceiv'd
           it
           so
           illustriously
           visible
           in
           such
           a
           Noble
           Person
           ;
           whose
           Example
           had
           the
           highest
           Authority
           and
           Majesty
           on
           its
           side
           .
           That
           's
           another
           qualification
           necessary
           to
           render
           any
           Example
           more
           prevalent
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           To
           reform
           Mankind
           ,
           or
           to
           produce
           any
           remarkable
           change
           in
           their
           Manners
           ,
           the
           utmost
           endeavours
           of
           private
           Men
           ,
           nay
           the
           most
           vigorous
           attempts
           of
           subordinate
           Officers
           ,
           are
           too
           weak
           and
           ineffective
           ;
           their
           Actions
           being
           as
           inconsiderable
           ,
           as
           their
           Persons
           are
           regardless
           ,
           can
           have
           no
           power
           on
           their
           Superiours
           ,
           it
           being
           against
           the
           grain
           and
           the
           establish'd
           course
           of
           Nature
           ,
           whereby
           the
           higher
           Bodies
           are
           suppos'd
           to
           influence
           those
           below
           ;
           the
           inferiour
           Orbs
           are
           whirl'd
           round
           by
           the
           motion
           of
           the
           
             Primum
             mobile
          
           ,
           and
           not
           
             vice
             versâ
          
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           re-action
           in
           this
           case
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           all
           Attempts
           and
           Endeavours
           for
           Reformation
           are
           but
           like
           beating
           the
           Air
           ,
           vain
           and
           fruitless
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           wickedness
           reigns
           in
           High
           places
           ,
           is
           countenanced
           by
           the
           Pattern
           of
           the
           Higher
           Powers
           :
           as
           it
           was
           some
           years
           since
           ;
           when
           Idolatry
           was
           bearing
           down
           before
           it
           all
           bounds
           of
           true
           Piety
           and
           Vertue
           ,
           and
           ready
           to
           establish
           its
           Empire
           by
           a
           Statute-Law
           ;
           for
           the
           accomplishing
           which
           ,
           there
           was
           nothing
           wanting
           but
           the
           Concurrence
           and
           Votes
           of
           the
           two
           honourable
           Houses
           at
           Westminster
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           Point
           being
           now
           weather'd
           and
           past
           ,
           Religion
           has
           once
           again
           lifted
           up
           its
           Head
           above
           the
           Waters
           .
           And
           Piety
           ,
           that
           rare
           ,
           but
           necessary
           qualification
           of
           Princes
           ,
           being
           return'd
           to
           Court
           ,
           has
           ,
           from
           thence
           ,
           lookt
           down
           Vice
           with
           a
           Majestick
           Countenance
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           advantage
           of
           the
           Supreme
           Authority
           on
           its
           side
           ,
           was
           (
           and
           I
           hope
           still
           is
           )
           in
           a
           very
           fair
           way
           of
           recovering
           its
           pristin
           Reputation
           and
           Esteem
           ,
           together
           with
           its
           former
           Ground
           .
           For
           when
           Religion
           comes
           commission'd
           and
           arm'd
           with
           the
           mighty
           Power
           of
           the
           Prince's
           Example
           ,
           who
           is
           so
           disloyal
           ,
           or
           strong
           enough
           to
           resist
           its
           force
           ?
           When
           nothing
           is
           herein
           impos'd
           
           on
           every
           Subject
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           frankly
           perform'd
           by
           the
           Magistrate
           himself
           ;
           what
           should
           hinder
           but
           that
           Vertue
           must
           become
           fashionable
           ,
           and
           that
           natural
           Ambition
           which
           most
           Men
           have
           of
           being
           in
           the
           fashion
           ,
           and
           like
           their
           Governours
           ,
           make
           them
           Religious
           too
           ?
        
         
           'T
           is
           a
           general
           Observation
           that
           Wealth
           and
           Honour
           have
           these
           two
           advantageous
           Appendages
           ,
           as
           they
           render
           any
           Person
           more
           considerable
           ,
           and
           his
           actions
           no
           less
           noted
           ;
           so
           they
           create
           in
           others
           an
           honest
           Emulation
           ,
           an
           aptness
           to
           embrace
           his
           Dictates
           ,
           and
           transcribe
           his
           Copies
           .
           If
           those
           therefore
           ,
           whose
           Superiority
           above
           others
           ,
           have
           vast
           Authority
           over
           them
           ,
           whose
           Sphere
           is
           large
           ,
           and
           Influence
           great
           ,
           who
           have
           many
           Dependents
           or
           Subjects
           who
           court
           their
           Favour
           ,
           and
           whose
           interest
           it
           is
           to
           observe
           and
           please
           them
           ;
           if
           those
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           would
           faithfully
           discharge
           that
           great
           Obligation
           which
           lies
           upon
           them
           ,
           of
           giving
           good
           Example
           ,
           what
           plentiful
           Harvest
           of
           Souls
           might
           Heaven
           reap
           by
           them
           ?
           For
           the
           Multitude
           ,
           like
           the
           lesser
           Lines
           in
           the
           Circle
           ,
           generally
           tend
           to
           the
           same
           Center
           ,
           either
           of
           Vertue
           or
           Vice
           ,
           by
           a
           kind
           of
           a
           natural
           Instinct
           act
           ,
           more
           upon
           the
           Principle
           of
           Imitation
           ,
           than
           upon
           those
           of
           Reason
           and
           Religion
           .
           Upon
           this
           it
           was
           that
           Isocrates
           grounds
           his
           Advice
           to
           Nicocles
           ;
           
           the
           Advice
           indeed
           was
           worthy
           of
           so
           great
           an
           Orator
           to
           give
           ,
           and
           not
           below
           the
           Dignity
           of
           the
           Magistrate
           to
           observe
           in
           the
           Administration
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ;
           
             i.
             e.
             But
             set
             your self
             a
             Pattern
             of
             Temperance
             and
             Moderation
             ,
             or
             Religion
             and
             Vertue
             to
             others
             ,
             as
             knowing
             that
             's
             the
             usual
             Mode
             of
             the
             People
             to
             conform
             to
             ,
             and
             write
             after
             the
             Copy
             set
             them
             by
             their
             Magistrates
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           Another
           Requisite
           in
           a
           Person
           that
           would
           Reform
           others
           ,
           is
           Zeal
           .
           Zeal
           is
           the
           very
           Soul
           and
           Life
           of
           Christianity
           ;
           an
           Affection
           ,
           of
           all
           others
           ,
           the
           most
           active
           and
           vigilant
           ,
           
           and
           which
           is
           wont
           to
           inspire
           Men
           with
           the
           most
           passionate
           care
           and
           concernment
           for
           Religion
           ,
           without
           which
           all
           our
           pretences
           to
           it
           are
           but
           formal
           and
           superficial
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           Zeal
           seems
           to
           have
           had
           a
           deep
           Foundation
           in
           the
           Natural
           Forwardness
           of
           their
           Majesties
           Tempers
           ;
           which
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           sufficiently
           experienc'd
           ,
           put
           them
           upon
           the
           most
           dangerous
           Undertakings
           ,
           for
           the
           Rescue
           and
           necessary
           Defence
           of
           the
           best
           Religion
           and
           Constitution
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           When
           an
           over-spreading
           Degeneracy
           had
           seized
           the
           Vitals
           of
           this
           Nation
           ;
           when
           the
           whole
           Body
           was
           well
           nigh
           sick
           ,
           and
           over-run
           by
           strange
           Loosness
           of
           Manners
           ,
           and
           Profaneness
           of
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           had
           ,
           for
           many
           years
           ,
           labour'd
           and
           groan'd
           under
           the
           inevitable
           pressures
           of
           these
           Epidemical
           Distempers
           ;
           to
           undertake
           the
           difficult
           Cure
           thereof
           ,
           no
           competent
           Physician
           was
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           no
           ,
           not
           in
           our
           Israel
           ;
           till
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           in
           compassionate
           regard
           of
           our
           languishing
           Condition
           ,
           was
           pleas'd
           to
           enflame
           and
           stir
           up
           the
           Zeal
           of
           their
           Majesties
           to
           step
           in
           to
           our
           Help
           and
           Assistance
           .
           Since
           their
           Arrival
           ,
           and
           being
           happily
           set
           over
           us
           ,
           towards
           the
           purging
           and
           removing
           away
           these
           Maladies
           ,
           how
           diligent
           ,
           how
           active
           ,
           and
           how
           zealous
           have
           they
           been
           ,
           not
           only
           by
           their
           own
           excellent
           Examples
           ,
           but
           also
           by
           injoyning
           all
           their
           subordinate
           Magistrates
           to
           put
           the
           Laws
           in
           execution
           against
           the
           Contagious
           Evils
           of
           the
           Age
           ;
           and
           so
           with
           all
           their
           might
           ,
           and
           by
           all
           prudent
           ways
           and
           means
           ,
           endeavouring
           to
           recover
           Men
           out
           of
           the
           
             Snares
             of
             the
             Devil
          
           ,
           whereby
           too
           many
           were
           taken
           captive
           ;
           and
           to
           vindicate
           and
           secure
           the
           Honour
           and
           the
           Worship
           of
           the
           most
           High
           God
           ,
           against
           the
           daring
           Insolence
           of
           bold
           Impiety
           and
           Atheism
           ?
           How
           dutifully
           some
           of
           the
           Magistracy
           obey'd
           their
           Injunction
           ,
           or
           how
           far
           this
           Reformation
           has
           been
           advanced
           ,
           is
           a
           Reflection
           beside
           my
           present
           Intention
           .
        
         
         
           However
           ,
           had
           the
           Queen
           liv'd
           to
           give
           the
           finishing
           stroke
           to
           her
           pious
           Design
           and
           Resolution
           ,
           in
           joynt
           Concurrence
           with
           our
           gracious
           King
           ,
           (
           on
           whom
           alone
           ,
           next
           under
           Heaven
           ,
           our
           Hope
           is
           now
           devolved
           and
           united
           ,
           for
           the
           vigorous
           Prosecution
           of
           so
           glorious
           a
           Cause
           )
           we
           might
           have
           seen
           the
           persecuted
           Woman
           in
           the
           Apolypse
           ,
           victoriously
           
             triumphing
             over
             the
             old
             Dragon
          
           .
           But
           that
           Victory
           is
           yet
           incompleated
           ,
           although
           this
           Royal
           Conqueress
           has
           already
           
             fought
             her
             good
             Fight
             ,
             kept
             the
             Faith
             ,
             and
             obtain'd
             the
             Crown
             of
             Righteousness
             .
          
           I
           proceed
           ,
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           To
           consider
           her
           wonderful
           Condescention
           and
           
           most
           obliging
           Carriage
           .
           What
           we
           call
           Humility
           in
           others
           ,
           may
           be
           (
           I
           think
           )
           not
           improperly
           styled
           Condescention
           in
           Princes
           :
           which
           is
           another
           Mark
           of
           a
           vertuous
           Woman
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           good
           Christian
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           a
           special
           Ingredient
           of
           her
           Mastesty's
           Character
           .
        
         
           However
           to
           vulgar
           and
           carnal
           Eyes
           this
           may
           appear
           but
           abject
           ,
           mean
           ,
           and
           a
           despicable
           quality
           ,
           yet
           really
           the
           Soul
           of
           Man
           is
           not
           capable
           of
           an
           higher
           and
           more
           noble
           Endowment
           .
           It
           is
           silly
           ignorance
           of
           one
           's
           own
           Imperfections
           ,
           and
           foreign
           Dependance
           ,
           I
           mean
           upon
           God
           ,
           begets
           Pride
           ,
           that
           destructive
           Elevation
           of
           Mind
           ,
           which
           transforms
           the
           Saint
           into
           a
           Fiend
           ,
           and
           which
           hurl'd
           down
           the
           prime
           Angels
           from
           the
           Throne
           of
           Glory
           to
           the
           Abyss
           of
           infernal
           Misery
           .
           For
           God
           hath
           ever
           
             resisted
             the
             proud
          
           .
           But
           Humility
           results
           from
           a
           better
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           more
           intimate
           Acquaintance
           with
           excellent
           things
           ,
           which
           keeps
           Men
           from
           doting
           on
           Trifles
           ,
           or
           admiring
           themselves
           upon
           some
           petty
           Attainments
           .
           Besides
           ,
           this
           abasing
           Temper
           imports
           a
           peculiar
           Eminence
           ,
           beyond
           all
           natural
           and
           moral
           Perfections
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           peculiar
           Grace
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           and
           also
           the
           Root
           and
           Preserver
           of
           all
           other
           Graces
           and
           Vertues
           .
        
         
         
           Humility
           is
           the
           peculiar
           Grace
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           Before
           the
           Christian
           Institution
           ,
           the
           World
           were
           much
           strangers
           to
           it
           .
           Among
           the
           ancient
           Heathens
           ,
           their
           Masters
           of
           Morality
           ,
           in
           their
           Philosophical
           Discourses
           of
           Fortitude
           ,
           Temperance
           ,
           Wisdom
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           and
           other
           Vertues
           ,
           take
           no
           notice
           of
           that
           of
           Humility
           .
           And
           they
           were
           so
           far
           from
           practising
           it
           themselves
           ,
           that
           we
           find
           as
           deep
           silence
           in
           their
           Lives
           as
           in
           their
           Institutions
           ;
           nay
           in
           their
           Works
           they
           affected
           Popular
           Esteem
           ,
           and
           the
           Eternizing
           of
           their
           Names
           .
           And
           tho'
           some
           of
           the
           most
           rigid
           Sects
           of
           them
           ,
           pretended
           by
           an
           austere
           Course
           of
           Life
           ,
           to
           contemn
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           mortifie
           their
           Passion
           ;
           yet
           even
           in
           this
           they
           were
           extremely
           proud
           ;
           whilst
           other
           Men
           were
           despis'd
           by
           them
           ,
           themselves
           desired
           to
           be
           observ'd
           and
           esteem'd
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           
             Lowliness
             of
             Mind
          
           is
           the
           appropriate
           Law
           of
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           ,
           from
           whose
           Life
           and
           Doctrine
           we
           learn
           it
           .
           'T
           was
           with
           this
           he
           began
           his
           Divine
           Sermon
           on
           the
           Mount
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Blessed
             are
             the
             poor
             in
             spirit
             ,
          
           i.
           e.
           the
           humble
           .
           And
           he
           continues
           and
           ends
           it
           with
           this
           .
           Whereby
           we
           may
           understand
           ,
           both
           the
           great
           excellence
           of
           this
           Vertue
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           need
           we
           have
           of
           it
           ;
           since
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           came
           down
           from
           Heaven
           to
           teach
           us
           the
           practice
           of
           ,
           and
           make
           himself
           our
           Pattern
           therein
           .
        
         
           As
           this
           was
           the
           first
           Corner-stone
           in
           the
           Foundation
           of
           our
           Lord's
           Building
           ,
           so
           't
           is
           still
           the
           Foundation
           and
           Preserver
           of
           all
           Christian
           Superstructures
           .
           As
           the
           Flower
           imbibes
           its
           nutriment
           ,
           and
           receives
           its
           support
           from
           the
           Root
           ,
           which
           being
           eradicated
           ,
           the
           Flower
           instantly
           fades
           and
           withers
           ;
           so
           every
           Vertue
           whatsoever
           ,
           if
           it
           do
           not
           grow
           and
           continue
           in
           this
           Root
           or
           Ground
           of
           Humility
           ,
           degenerates
           into
           its
           contrary
           .
           All
           vertuous
           Actions
           therefore
           must
           be
           commenced
           ,
           accompanied
           ,
           and
           consummated
           by
           Humility
           .
           If
           vain
           Complacence
           and
           Self-pleasing
           thrust
           in
           ,
           that
           mars
           and
           spoils
           the
           grace
           and
           beauty
           of
           the
           best
           Performances
           .
           So
           
           necessary
           then
           is
           this
           humbleness
           of
           Spirit
           for
           the
           acquiring
           and
           conserving
           all
           other
           Vertues
           ,
           that
           even
           Faith
           ,
           that
           first
           Principle
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           supposeth
           a
           submiss
           and
           humble
           Understanding
           ,
           a
           Disposition
           requisite
           for
           its
           Reception
           and
           final
           Improvement
           .
        
         
           Whereas
           Pride
           is
           a
           dangerous
           Rock
           ,
           upon
           which
           the
           Faith
           of
           many
           has
           been
           split
           ;
           who
           have
           afterwards
           grown
           so
           stiff
           and
           tenacious
           of
           their
           Errors
           ,
           that
           even
           Miracles
           were
           not
           demonstration
           sufficient
           to
           restore
           or
           convince
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           Wind
           ,
           this
           Vanity
           which
           puffeth
           up
           ,
           was
           so
           far
           from
           taking
           root
           ,
           or
           finding
           any
           entertainment
           in
           her
           Highness's
           Breast
           ,
           that
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           Temptations
           which
           surrounded
           her
           Royal
           Person
           ,
           and
           might
           have
           carried
           up
           her
           Mind
           to
           the
           highest
           Pyramid
           of
           Pride
           ,
           (
           had
           not
           her
           Temper
           been
           very
           correct
           and
           stay'd
           )
           she
           was
           humble
           ,
           in
           a
           manner
           ,
           to
           the
           lowest
           step
           of
           Abasure
           ;
           and
           yet
           without
           any
           debasement
           of
           Majesty
           ,
           or
           making
           her self
           cheap
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           two
           things
           apt
           to
           swell
           Men's
           minds
           ,
           and
           tempt
           them
           to
           form
           a
           fond
           Opinion
           of
           their
           own
           Worth
           ,
           (
           which
           oft
           creates
           an
           unjust
           Contempt
           of
           others
           )
           namely
           some
           internal
           Endowments
           ,
           or
           some
           external
           Possessions
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           first
           ,
           Nature
           ,
           Birth
           ,
           and
           Education
           conspired
           to
           greaten
           this
           Noble
           Soul
           with
           the
           most
           exquisite
           Ornaments
           of
           an
           accomplish'd
           Lady
           .
           From
           hence
           she
           derived
           a
           quick
           and
           piercing
           Apprehension
           ,
           prompt
           and
           retentive
           Memory
           ,
           sprightly
           and
           active
           Fancy
           ,
           clear
           and
           solid
           Judgment
           over-ruling
           them
           all
           .
           These
           being
           all
           so
           much
           improv'd
           by
           frequent
           Meditation
           and
           Experience
           ,
           that
           no
           station
           inferiour
           to
           that
           wherein
           she
           was
           plac'd
           ,
           no
           dignity
           subordinate
           to
           what
           she
           sustain'd
           ,
           were
           worthy
           enough
           of
           so
           much
           intellectual
           Nobility
           and
           Goodness
           ;
           which
           in
           very
           few
           years
           are
           grown
           ripe
           for
           a
           Crown
           of
           immarcessible
           Glory
           .
        
         
         
           As
           for
           External
           Advantages
           or
           Possessions
           ,
           Fortune
           ,
           or
           rather
           Providence
           could
           not
           ,
           on
           this
           side
           Heaven
           ,
           have
           set
           her
           upon
           an
           higher
           Pinacle
           of
           Honour
           and
           Greatness
           :
           For
           Princes
           are
           in
           Scripture
           styled
           Gods.
           
           They
           are
           the
           Almighty's
           Vicegerents
           on
           Earth
           .
        
         
           Now
           amidst
           all
           these
           high
           Accomplishments
           and
           Altitudes
           of
           Honour
           ,
           she
           still
           kept
           her self
           within
           the
           Region
           of
           Humility
           ,
           like
           the
           Sun
           in
           this
           lower
           Firmament
           ,
           emitting
           her
           benign
           Influences
           on
           all
           her
           People
           ,
           and
           treating
           them
           with
           all
           expressions
           of
           Humanity
           and
           Condescention
           :
           which
           were
           no
           ordinary
           Vertue
           ,
           no
           ordinary
           degree
           of
           Abasement
           :
           For
           ,
           tho'
           Men
           ,
           who
           are
           endow'd
           with
           Parts
           and
           Excellencies
           above
           others
           ,
           should
           ,
           not
           unlike
           the
           full
           Ears
           of
           Corn
           ,
           bend
           the
           lower
           ;
           and
           those
           ,
           whom
           God
           has
           rais'd
           in
           Fortune
           ,
           paramount
           as
           Stars
           ,
           should
           ,
           in
           some
           sence
           ,
           seem
           the
           lesser
           for
           their
           Height
           .
           But
           that
           looks
           like
           Paradox
           to
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           Mankind
           .
           Human
           Nature
           being
           so
           prone
           to
           swell
           upon
           a
           conceit
           of
           its
           own
           Perfections
           ,
           that
           few
           Heads
           are
           strong
           enough
           to
           endure
           Heights
           ,
           and
           walk
           upon
           Spires
           and
           Pinacles
           ,
           without
           growing
           vertiginous
           ;
           so
           indeed
           Wealth
           and
           Honour
           may
           be
           ,
           not
           unjustly
           ,
           termed
           ;
           which
           ,
           like
           the
           loftiest
           Piles
           ,
           are
           always
           assaulted
           by
           the
           highest
           winds
           .
           And
           the
           sublimer
           any
           Person
           is
           advanc'd
           in
           Honour
           and
           Greatness
           ,
           the
           more
           temptations
           and
           hazards
           attend
           him
           ,
           and
           by
           so
           much
           sharper
           will
           be
           the
           Combat
           of
           Vanity
           and
           Self-esteem
           .
           But
           then
           the
           greater
           the
           difficulty
           and
           danger
           are
           ,
           the
           more
           honourable
           the
           Victory
           wherever
           it
           is
           atchiev'd
           .
           According
           to
           which
           Rule
           ,
           how
           ineffably
           excellent
           was
           the
           condescending
           Vertue
           of
           our
           Great
           Deceased
           ?
           which
           exerted
           it self
           to
           all
           Men's
           admiration
           ,
           in
           her
           most
           obliging
           Carriage
           and
           indefatigable
           Diligence
           .
        
         
         
           
           First
           ,
           In
           the
           Obligingness
           and
           Affability
           of
           her
           Carriage
           ,
           expressed
           to
           all
           Mankind
           .
           Who
           ,
           upon
           any
           Emergency
           ,
           was
           ever
           debar'd
           the
           favour
           of
           her
           Presence
           ,
           or
           denied
           access
           to
           her
           sacred
           Person
           ;
           or
           sent
           away
           without
           a
           smooth
           ,
           easie
           ,
           and
           satisfactory
           Answer
           to
           his
           Request
           ?
           Her
           Majesty
           did
           not
           disdain
           to
           vouchsafe
           a
           candid
           Audience
           to
           the
           humble
           Petitions
           of
           all
           Addressers
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           utmost
           of
           her
           power
           ,
           a
           ready
           Redress
           to
           those
           aggrieved
           ;
           contrary
           to
           the
           humour
           of
           those
           days
           ,
           when
           the
           Higher
           Power
           were
           to
           be
           ,
           not
           petitioned
           ,
           but
           obeyed
           without
           reserve
           ;
           when
           nothing
           ,
           but
           fulsom
           Compliments
           were
           received
           ,
           without
           a
           Frown
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           Temper
           of
           this
           gracious
           Soul
           was
           more
           serene
           and
           free
           from
           sullen
           State
           and
           Imperiousness
           ,
           the
           ordinary
           Infirmity
           of
           Princes
           .
           Her
           whole
           Deportment
           was
           so
           easie
           and
           pleasing
           ,
           that
           it
           gave
           a
           lovely
           Pattern
           of
           chearful
           Air
           ,
           admirable
           Sweetness
           and
           Familiarity
           ,
           which
           at
           once
           gained
           Affections
           and
           preserved
           Respect
           in
           all
           about
           her
           .
           Thus
           Humility
           and
           Greatness
           were
           safe
           in
           its
           own
           worth
           ;
           not
           maintaining
           it self
           by
           a
           morose
           distance
           ,
           but
           comporting
           with
           the
           most
           condescending
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           Some
           Men's
           Veins
           swell
           with
           their
           Fortune
           ;
           and
           their
           Pulse
           keeping
           time
           with
           that
           ,
           beat
           so
           high
           and
           quick
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           fancied
           Greatness
           consisted
           in
           looking
           stern
           and
           big
           ,
           or
           that
           supercilious
           Gravity
           and
           disdainful
           Look
           ,
           could
           extort
           a
           Reverence
           from
           all
           Mankind
           .
           Which
           is
           so
           far
           from
           being
           a
           Mark
           of
           true
           Nobility
           ,
           that
           ,
           if
           I
           be
           not
           mistaken
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           more
           than
           meer
           Pageantry
           and
           Vapour
           .
           And
           also
           ,
           in
           its
           Aims
           and
           Hopes
           ,
           it
           generally
           meets
           with
           disappointment
           .
           For
           Pride
           defeateth
           its
           own
           design
           ,
           and
           deprives
           a
           Man
           of
           that
           Honour
           it
           makes
           him
           pretend
           to
           ,
           whilst
           true
           ,
           genuine
           Humility
           begets
           both
           a
           Veneration
           and
           Love
           amongst
           all
           wise
           and
           discerning
           people
           .
           'T
           was
           this
           ,
           in
           particular
           ,
           that
           render'd
           her
           Majesty
           so
           amiable
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           mighty
           Soveraign
           ,
           in
           the
           hearts
           and
           affections
           of
           all
           men
           ,
           
           as
           far
           as
           known
           .
           If
           any
           thought
           otherwise
           of
           her
           ,
           't
           was
           their
           ignorance
           of
           her
           Worth
           ,
           or
           bigotted
           Prejudice
           ,
           that
           blinded
           their
           Reason
           ,
           and
           biass'd
           their
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           made
           them
           think
           so
           .
        
         
           Another
           Instance
           of
           her
           extraordinary
           Condescention
           was
           her
           indefatigable
           diligence
           and
           industriousness
           ,
           beyond
           the
           Custom
           of
           any
           of
           her
           quality
           ,
           and
           the
           Example
           of
           former
           Ages
           .
        
         
           Tho'
           Nature
           and
           Religion
           have
           provided
           and
           carve'd
           out
           for
           every
           Person
           his
           proper
           Calling
           ,
           wherein
           he
           may
           exercise
           himself
           ,
           and
           imploy
           his
           Talents
           ,
           that
           his
           time
           may
           not
           lye
           upon
           his
           hands
           ,
           nor
           his
           other
           Appendages
           prove
           Snares
           unto
           him
           .
           Yet
           those
           ,
           whom
           Providence
           has
           prefer'd
           to
           a
           condition
           of
           most
           ease
           and
           vacancy
           ,
           are
           strongly
           tempted
           to
           pervert
           that
           condition
           into
           a
           Life
           of
           Sensuality
           and
           Idleness
           .
           Hence
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           our
           Prince's
           Court
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           the
           Nobility
           counted
           themselves
           ,
           manumitted
           from
           business
           and
           industry
           ,
           as
           things
           beneath
           the
           Dignity
           of
           their
           Stations
           ,
           so
           that
           working
           was
           out
           of
           fashion
           ,
           that
           Vertue
           had
           almost
           taken
           its
           final
           leave
           of
           them
           ,
           till
           it
           was
           introduced
           and
           encouraged
           by
           our
           Queen
           ;
           whose
           noble
           Pattern
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Prescription
           had
           now
           ,
           not
           only
           created
           an
           Imitation
           in
           most
           ,
           but
           made
           the
           Apostle's
           Canon
           ,
           in
           a
           manner
           ,
           the
           standing
           Law
           of
           her
           Court
           ,
           
           
             That
             if
             any
             would
             not
             work
             ,
             neither
             should
             he
             eat
             .
          
           This
           disciplined
           the
           Court
           it self
           into
           a
           Royal
           Factory
           ;
           from
           which
           ,
           if
           any
           could
           claim
           exemption
           ,
           surely
           they
           ,
           that
           sit
           at
           the
           Helm
           might
           ;
           who
           ,
           humanly
           speaking
           ,
           might
           be
           supposed
           to
           be
           sent
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           as
           the
           Leviathan
           into
           the
           Deep
           ,
           to
           take
           their
           Pastime
           therein
           .
           And
           consequently
           to
           prescribe
           Princes
           and
           Persons
           of
           Quality
           any
           Manual
           Tasks
           ,
           might
           well
           be
           deem'd
           ,
           not
           only
           absurd
           ,
           and
           adjudged
           ridiculous
           ,
           but
           malicious
           ,
           a
           levelling
           Project
           of
           robbing
           them
           of
           their
           Birth-right
           ,
           of
           degrading
           them
           from
           those
           Priviledges
           
           which
           belongs
           to
           their
           States
           and
           Conditions
           ,
           and
           of
           molding
           them
           again
           into
           that
           Vulgar
           Mass
           ,
           from
           which
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           and
           Human
           Laws
           ,
           have
           distinguish'd
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           Distinction
           ,
           and
           this
           Consideration
           were
           superseded
           by
           a
           Diviner
           Principle
           in
           this
           excellent
           Christian
           ,
           who
           thought
           Working
           no
           indecent
           Vertue
           in
           the
           highest
           Potentate
           ,
           but
           a
           Duty
           indiscriminately
           entail'd
           upon
           every
           Person
           ;
           By
           the
           Obligation
           whereof
           ,
           there
           being
           none
           priviledged
           with
           immunity
           from
           improving
           ,
           in
           industrious
           negotiation
           ,
           those
           Talents
           ,
           of
           which
           God
           has
           made
           them
           ,
           not
           Proprietors
           ,
           but
           Stewards
           .
           How
           officiously
           therefore
           did
           this
           mighty
           Princess
           condescend
           to
           set
           her
           own
           Hands
           to
           work
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           those
           of
           her
           whole
           Court
           :
           not
           unlike
           the
           Heavenly
           Courtiers
           ,
           among
           whom
           there
           is
           not
           one
           President
           of
           Pride
           and
           Sloathfulness
           ,
           but
           all
           incessantly
           busie
           themselves
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           singing
           Praises
           to
           their
           Lord
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           more
           servile
           and
           laborious
           Offices
           of
           being
           Ministring
           Spirits
           to
           Men
           ,
           to
           whom
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           Nature
           and
           Innocence
           ,
           they
           are
           infinitely
           superiour
           ;
           and
           this
           they
           do
           with
           perfect
           alacrity
           and
           complacence
           ,
           thinking
           it
           their
           greatest
           Honour
           and
           Dignity
           to
           be
           thus
           imploy'd
           .
           In
           imitation
           of
           which
           Angelick
           Pattern
           ,
           how
           constantly
           and
           indefatigably
           busied
           were
           our
           Feminine
           Court
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           the
           great
           Concern
           of
           the
           Sanctuary
           ,
           but
           also
           in
           Affairs
           (
           as
           one
           might
           think
           )
           inferiour
           to
           the
           Greatness
           of
           their
           Quality
           ;
           and
           that
           not
           for
           any
           Secular
           Profit
           and
           Advantage
           accruing
           to
           themselves
           ,
           but
           hereby
           to
           cut
           off
           and
           obviate
           all
           opportunity
           and
           incitement
           to
           Vice
           and
           Folly
           ,
           of
           which
           Ease
           and
           Idleness
           are
           the
           greatest
           Incendiaries
           ;
           and
           also
           by
           their
           Example
           to
           excite
           the
           Nation
           to
           the
           like
           Vertue
           of
           Industry
           .
        
         
           Here
           we
           must
           observe
           ,
           That
           their
           Imployments
           were
           not
           vicious
           or
           impertinent
           ,
           but
           always
           worthy
           ,
           useful
           ,
           and
           ingenuous
           .
           Now
           was
           not
           all
           this
           ,
           like
           the
           Angels
           ,
           to
           
           do
           good
           ,
           purely
           for
           the
           good
           and
           benefit
           of
           others
           ;
           others
           ,
           who
           were
           far
           subordinate
           in
           Rank
           and
           Circumstance
           ?
        
         
           In
           this
           particular
           ,
           how
           agreeable
           is
           the
           Character
           of
           
           Solomon's
           Woman
           to
           my
           present
           Theme
           ?
           How
           did
           her
           Practice
           suit
           to
           that
           ?
           
             She
             seeketh
             wooll
             and
             flax
          
           ,
           
           
             and
             worketh
             willingly
             with
             her
             hands
             .
          
           
           
             She
             riseth
             also
             while
             it
             is
             yet
             night
             ,
             and
             giveth
             meat
             to
             her
             houshold
             ,
             and
             a
             portion
             to
             her
             maidens
             .
             She
             girdeth
             her
             loins
             with
             strength
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             strengtheneth
             her
             arms
             .
             She
             layeth
             her
             hands
             to
             the
             spindle
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             her
             hands
             hold
             the
             distaff
             .
             She
             is
             not
             afraid
             of
             the
             snow
             for
             her
             houshold
             ,
          
           
           
             for
             all
             her
             houshold
             are
             cloathed
             with
             double
             garments
             .
             She
             maketh
             herself
             tapestry
             ,
          
           
           
             her
             cloathing
             is
             silk
             and
             purple
             .
          
           These
           are
           the
           Acts
           of
           the
           Vertuous
           Woman
           in
           my
           Text
           ;
           and
           also
           of
           our
           deceased
           Queen
           .
           How
           exactly
           do
           they
           agree
           ?
           how
           well
           do
           they
           hang
           together
           ?
           only
           the
           latter
           has
           out-done
           the
           former
           in
           her
           Religious
           Care
           and
           Zeal
           for
           the
           House
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           she
           has
           adorn'd
           with
           goodly
           Gifts
           and
           rich
           Ornaments
           of
           her
           own
           Manufacture
           .
        
         
           Thus
           her
           Majesty
           was
           pleas'd
           to
           stoop
           to
           some
           of
           the
           meanest
           Offices
           of
           Life
           .
           To
           whom
           nothing
           could
           be
           more
           odious
           ,
           than
           to
           see
           hands
           folded
           up
           in
           the
           bosom
           of
           Sloth
           and
           Emptiness
           .
           Hence
           it
           was
           that
           she
           would
           admit
           no
           Person
           to
           be
           idle
           or
           unimploy'd
           in
           her
           Royal
           Presence
           .
           Nothing
           is
           so
           irksome
           ,
           so
           tedious
           to
           a
           diligent
           and
           industrious
           Soul
           ,
           than
           vacation
           from
           Business
           ;
           and
           nothing
           more
           desirable
           ,
           and
           more
           grateful
           to
           its
           Temper
           ,
           than
           innocent
           Exercise
           and
           Imployment
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           Another
           Mark
           of
           a
           Vertuous
           Woman
           is
           Charity
           .
           Charity
           ,
           in
           its
           largest
           acceptation
           ,
           comprizes
           the
           
           Whole
           of
           Religion
           .
           'T
           is
           the
           Sum
           and
           Abridgment
           of
           our
           Saviour's
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           the
           Whole
           Duty
           of
           Man
           written
           in
           a
           smaller
           Character
           .
           For
           all
           that
           ever
           God
           requires
           of
           
           us
           ,
           amounts
           to
           no
           more
           but
           this
           ,
           That
           we
           heartily
           and
           effectually
           Love
           him
           ,
           and
           one
           another
           .
           Therefore
           Love
           ,
           says
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
           
             is
             the
             fulfilling
             of
             the
             Law.
          
           And
           I
           may
           add
           ,
           'T
           is
           the
           Soul
           of
           the
           Universe
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           brought
           down
           God
           (
           who
           is
           Love
           )
           to
           Man
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           that
           by
           which
           Man
           must
           ascend
           to
           God
           again
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           that
           extent
           Charity
           is
           forreign
           ,
           and
           beyond
           the
           limits
           of
           our
           present
           purpose
           .
           Only
           that
           Branch
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           we
           call
           Mercy
           and
           Compassion
           ,
           falls
           under
           our
           consideration
           .
           In
           this
           sense
           the
           Wise
           man
           reckons
           it
           among
           the
           Properties
           of
           his
           Vertuous
           Woman
           .
           After
           he
           had
           described
           her
           Industry
           and
           Diligence
           for
           acquiring
           of
           Wealth
           ,
           he
           sets
           this
           Vertue
           in
           the
           front
           of
           her
           Disbursement
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           principal
           use
           she
           makes
           of
           her
           Acquest
           )
           
             She
             stretcheth
             forth
             her
             hand
             to
             the
             poor
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             reacheth
             her
             hands
             to
             the
             needy
             .
          
        
         
           So
           essentially
           necessary
           indeed
           is
           this
           Vertue
           to
           any
           Person
           's
           being
           truly
           Vertuous
           and
           Religious
           ,
           that
           I
           need
           not
           cast
           about
           for
           Arguments
           to
           prove
           it
           ,
           or
           to
           urge
           the
           Practice
           of
           it
           .
           For
           Kindness
           and
           Compassion
           is
           one
           of
           the
           prime
           and
           essential
           Inclinations
           of
           Mankind
           .
           By
           the
           impulse
           of
           Natural
           Instinct
           we
           are
           prompted
           to
           it
           .
           And
           to
           put
           off
           the
           Bowels
           of
           Mercy
           ,
           what
           is
           it
           ,
           but
           in
           effect
           to
           be
           devested
           of
           Humanity
           ,
           to
           un-man
           and
           brutalize
           one's
           self
           ?
           Be
           sure
           we
           do
           hereby
           disrobe
           our selves
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           whereof
           doing
           good
           ,
           and
           Acts
           of
           Mercy
           are
           the
           main
           and
           most
           substantial
           Part
           ;
           the
           most
           acceptable
           Sacrifice
           we
           can
           offer
           ,
           the
           most
           pleasing
           I
           had
           almost
           said
           meritorious
           Service
           we
           can
           perform
           to
           Almighty
           God
           :
           For
           't
           is
           that
           which
           derives
           to
           us
           all
           the
           Divine
           Gifts
           we
           are
           capable
           of
           receiving
           .
        
         
           Now
           this
           Charity
           consists
           in
           giving
           ,
           and
           in
           forgiving
           .
           For
           both
           which
           our
           gracious
           Sovereign
           of
           blessed
           Memory
           ,
           was
           highly
           Eminent
           and
           Exemplary
           .
        
         
         
           First
           ,
           In
           Giving
           .
           You
           have
           already
           heard
           what
           extraordinary
           
           measure
           of
           Piety
           she
           was
           endued
           with
           ,
           to
           which
           her
           Charity
           must
           needs
           bare
           an
           equal
           proportion
           .
           For
           in
           whose
           heart
           soever
           that
           Principle
           is
           permitted
           to
           make
           a
           deep
           impression
           ,
           as
           Heat
           in
           the
           Centre
           ,
           it
           never
           fails
           to
           diffuse
           it self
           into
           the
           Circumference
           ;
           so
           infallibly
           will
           this
           Divine
           Spark
           extend
           and
           manifest
           it self
           in
           the
           more
           visible
           effects
           .
           All
           the
           products
           and
           emanations
           of
           that
           Soul
           ,
           which
           is
           thus
           inspired
           and
           enflamed
           ,
           will
           resemble
           their
           Parent
           .
           An
           instance
           of
           this
           we
           have
           in
           this
           pious
           Princess
           ,
           who
           ,
           as
           she
           neglected
           no
           Duty
           of
           Piety
           towards
           God
           ,
           so
           likewise
           made
           her
           Love
           to
           Him
           shine
           forth
           most
           resplendently
           in
           Offices
           of
           Kindness
           and
           Beneficence
           to
           his
           Creatures
           .
           She
           had
           it
           not
           to
           learn
           ,
           That
           she
           could
           not
           please
           ,
           or
           glorifie
           her
           Heavenly
           Father
           better
           ,
           than
           by
           bearing
           much
           Fruit
           ,
           or
           which
           is
           all
           one
           ,
           doing
           much
           Good
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           This
           was
           the
           only
           Motive
           which
           ,
           in
           that
           Critical
           Juncture
           ,
           sway'd
           her
           ,
           to
           the
           acceptance
           of
           the
           English
           Crown
           .
           And
           whilst
           she
           wore
           it
           ,
           she
           had
           no
           other
           Affection
           to
           gratifie
           ,
           no
           Interest
           to
           serve
           by
           it
           ,
           but
           the
           Good
           of
           this
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           and
           her
           own
           most
           vehement
           Zeal
           for
           the
           doing
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           know
           no
           Instance
           of
           Charity
           compararable
           to
           that
           of
           rescuing
           whole
           Nations
           from
           the
           Snare
           laid
           for
           them
           ,
           from
           the
           brink
           of
           Despair
           and
           Ruin
           ;
           and
           to
           succour
           those
           who
           are
           persecuted
           for
           Righteousness
           sake
           .
           Herein
           ,
           who
           hath
           ever
           expressed
           greater
           Readiness
           ,
           Warmth
           ,
           and
           Activity
           ,
           than
           King
           William
           and
           Queen
           Mary
           .
        
         
           To
           hazard
           one's
           Life
           to
           preserve
           another
           Man's
           is
           no
           common
           Act
           of
           Charity
           .
           But
           for
           Princes
           to
           venture
           their
           Lives
           for
           the
           good
           of
           any
           People
           ,
           is
           yet
           a
           greater
           matter
           :
           
           this
           renders
           the
           Kindness
           more
           precious
           and
           valuable
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Worth
           and
           Dignity
           of
           the
           Undertakers
           .
           For
           such
           to
           expose
           themselves
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           is
           dear
           to
           them
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           to
           save
           Kingdoms
           ,
           is
           to
           imitate
           the
           unparallel
           Love
           of
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           ,
           who
           spent
           a
           whole
           Life
           of
           Three
           and
           thirty
           years
           ,
           in
           doing
           good
           to
           all
           the
           Kingdoms
           and
           Nations
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           to
           every
           Member
           thereof
           ;
           and
           then
           to
           consummate
           their
           Happiness
           ,
           laid
           down
           that
           Life
           ,
           and
           spilt
           his
           Divine
           Soul
           ,
           for
           the
           purchase
           of
           it
           .
           Tho'
           All
           that
           be
           such
           a
           mysterious
           Instance
           of
           Divine
           Love
           ,
           as
           no
           expression
           of
           Human
           Affection
           can
           possibly
           ,
           by
           many
           degrees
           ,
           come
           up
           near
           to
           :
           yet
           how
           like
           to
           that
           ,
           tho'
           it
           falls
           infinitely
           short
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           this
           ,
           when
           Persons
           of
           the
           highest
           State
           ,
           (
           who
           being
           seated
           on
           such
           a
           Rock
           ,
           as
           the
           waves
           of
           Fortune
           could
           not
           probably
           shake
           )
           reach
           down
           their
           helping
           hands
           to
           relieve
           a
           People
           tost
           in
           a
           tempestuous
           Sea
           of
           Dangers
           ;
           when
           they
           ,
           who
           might
           have
           set
           in
           a
           Calm
           ,
           squandring
           their
           time
           in
           ease
           and
           luxury
           ,
           free
           from
           corroding
           Cares
           ,
           assume
           the
           Rolling
           of
           the
           restless
           Stone
           of
           State-Imployment
           ,
           and
           toil
           at
           it
           with
           singular
           Address
           and
           Integrity
           ;
           and
           undergo
           the
           tedious
           Fatigues
           of
           Camps
           ,
           the
           thousand
           hazards
           and
           difficulties
           of
           Battels
           ,
           besides
           the
           dangerous
           passings
           of
           a
           boysterous
           Sea
           ,
           and
           the
           dangers
           of
           secret
           Conspiracies
           ;
           and
           all
           with
           undaunted
           Courage
           and
           unwearied
           Patience
           ,
           for
           the
           Defence
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Liberty
           of
           Christendom
           ,
           even
           while
           Death
           every
           moment
           stares
           them
           in
           the
           face
           ;
           herein
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           they
           bear
           the
           nearest
           resemblance
           that
           can
           be
           to
           our
           Great
           Redeemer
           .
        
         
           This
           alone
           (
           if
           there
           were
           no
           other
           Instances
           of
           Charity
           )
           might
           sufficiently
           serve
           to
           compensate
           the
           omission
           of
           all
           other
           .
           But
           in
           them
           ,
           this
           generous
           Princess
           ,
           was
           not
           wanting
           neither
           .
           The
           natural
           greatness
           and
           Generosity
           of
           her
           Mind
           ,
           being
           much
           enlarged
           by
           the
           additional
           Improvement
           
           of
           a
           pious
           Institution
           ,
           were
           every
           whit
           equal
           ,
           I
           should
           have
           said
           superiour
           ,
           to
           the
           Eminence
           and
           Plenty
           of
           that
           Condition
           wherein
           Providence
           had
           placed
           her
           .
           And
           consequently
           ,
           as
           her
           extraordinary
           Ability
           ,
           the
           easie
           access
           to
           her
           Person
           ,
           and
           the
           wonderful
           Affability
           of
           her
           Temper
           ,
           were
           no
           little
           Motives
           and
           Encouragements
           to
           all
           sorts
           of
           Persons
           to
           repair
           to
           her
           Majesty
           for
           favour
           and
           relief
           ,
           (
           that
           she
           could
           never
           be
           to
           seek
           Objects
           and
           pressing
           Occasions
           to
           dilate
           her
           bountiful
           Heart
           ,
           and
           disperse
           her
           benign
           Influences
           )
           so
           she
           would
           ,
           not
           only
           courteously
           entertain
           ,
           but
           ,
           to
           the
           utmost
           stretch
           of
           her
           Capacity
           ,
           grant
           them
           what
           they
           had
           requested
           ;
           and
           that
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           ,
           as
           mightily
           enhanc'd
           the
           value
           of
           every
           Kindness
           she
           bestow'd
           ,
           the
           Frankness
           of
           her
           doing
           it
           doubled
           the
           benefit
           and
           obligation
           .
           Men
           spoil
           a
           good
           Turn
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           extorted
           from
           them
           .
           It
           loseth
           its
           Grace
           and
           Acceptableness
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           done
           grudgingly
           ,
           and
           as
           of
           necessity
           .
        
         
           But
           so
           full
           of
           Goodness
           was
           this
           Royal
           Heart
           ,
           that
           like
           the
           extended
           full
           Breasts
           of
           a
           nursing
           Mother
           ,
           it
           could
           not
           be
           at
           ease
           without
           continual
           venting
           it self
           ,
           till
           it
           sometimes
           caus'd
           in
           her
           one
           of
           the
           deepest
           Resentments
           ,
           to
           find
           her
           Treasury
           exhausted
           ,
           before
           the
           streams
           of
           her
           Bounty
           had
           filled
           every
           Chanel
           ,
           satisfied
           every
           Supplicant
           .
        
         
           That
           she
           has
           not
           left
           as
           fair
           and
           lasting
           Monuments
           of
           her
           Charity
           ,
           as
           any
           of
           her
           Royal
           Predecessors
           ,
           must
           be
           imputed
           to
           the
           brevity
           of
           her
           Life
           ,
           and
           the
           expensive
           circumstances
           of
           our
           present
           Affairs
           .
           For
           doubtless
           such
           a
           generous
           Soul
           could
           not
           want
           for
           mighty
           Projects
           of
           erecting
           them
           ,
           and
           of
           doing
           much
           more
           good
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           As
           to
           the
           other
           Office
           of
           Charity
           ,
           which
           consists
           in
           Forgiving
           ,
           and
           is
           peculiarly
           styled
           Clemency
           ,
           her
           
           native
           Tenderness
           pre-dispos'd
           her
           Temper
           to
           that
           ;
           so
           that
           had
           she
           only
           swum
           with
           the
           stream
           of
           Natural
           Affections
           ,
           
           her
           Compassion
           had
           been
           worthy
           enough
           of
           our
           Remark
           and
           Admiration
           .
           For
           the
           Nature
           of
           that
           Sex
           ,
           consisting
           of
           softer
           Mold
           ,
           is
           generally
           more
           pliant
           and
           yielding
           to
           the
           impression
           of
           Pity
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           strength
           of
           Imagination
           redoubles
           the
           horrour
           of
           any
           sad
           Object
           .
           But
           as
           Grace
           out-goes
           Nature
           ,
           so
           her
           compassionate
           Temper
           ,
           and
           Readiness
           to
           Forgive
           ,
           was
           heightned
           to
           a
           pitch
           more
           than
           ordinarily
           remarkable
           ;
           which
           often
           transported
           her
           to
           such
           Acts
           of
           Mercy
           and
           Oblivion
           ,
           as
           made
           some
           apt
           to
           tax
           the
           present
           Establishment
           with
           excess
           therein
           ;
           there
           being
           not
           any
           thing
           more
           to
           be
           fear'd
           in
           it
           ,
           than
           it
           s
           too
           much
           Mildness
           and
           Clemency
           .
           But
           thereby
           she
           shew'd
           her
           better
           Skill
           and
           singular
           Talent
           in
           the
           prudent
           Managery
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           in
           a
           way
           corresponding
           with
           their
           Genius
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           led
           by
           such
           a
           gentle
           Method
           ,
           but
           can't
           be
           driven
           by
           an
           harsher
           Treatment
           .
           This
           ,
           I
           am
           perswaded
           ,
           made
           more
           Friends
           ,
           the
           other
           might
           have
           procur'd
           more
           Enemies
           to
           the
           present
           Government
           .
        
         
           For
           that
           Government
           which
           is
           founded
           in
           Blood
           and
           Violence
           ,
           can
           be
           neither
           safe
           nor
           lasting
           .
           But
           Gentleness
           and
           Moderation
           are
           a
           firmer
           Foundation
           ,
           as
           being
           most
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Evangelical
           Dispensation
           ;
           and
           consequently
           most
           capable
           of
           Divine
           Benediction
           ,
           and
           also
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           an
           easier
           Yoke
           ,
           and
           a
           lighter
           Burden
           .
        
         
           What
           strong
           Cathartic
           do
           often
           endanger
           ,
           Conserves
           and
           Electuaries
           seldom
           fail
           to
           preserve
           .
           These
           co-operate
           gently
           with
           the
           Faculties
           of
           Nature
           ;
           but
           those
           by
           their
           rapid
           Convulsions
           tear
           the
           Bowels
           ,
           and
           are
           apt
           to
           put
           the
           whole
           Frame
           into
           disorder
           .
        
         
           Their
           Majesties
           therefore
           ,
           being
           no
           such
           rough
           and
           resolute
           Physicians
           ,
           had
           learnt
           the
           Art
           of
           Curing
           the
           Diseases
           of
           the
           Body
           Politick
           ,
           from
           a
           more
           skilful
           Master
           ,
           even
           from
           him
           who
           has
           taught
           us
           ,
           That
           as
           Wine
           is
           to
           be
           pour'd
           into
           the
           wound
           to
           search
           ,
           so
           Oyl
           is
           also
           necessary
           to
           supple
           ;
           
           both
           sometimes
           expedient
           to
           effect
           the
           Cure.
           Thus
           the
           Affections
           of
           Male-contents
           and
           Delinquents
           have
           been
           courted
           over
           to
           a
           better
           mind
           ,
           by
           methods
           of
           Mildness
           and
           Pardon
           ,
           rather
           than
           by
           the
           force
           of
           the
           Secular
           Arms
           ,
           or
           rigorous
           Execution
           of
           Laws
           .
        
         
           When
           
             Antoninus
             Pius
          
           was
           once
           by
           Aurelius
           charg'd
           for
           the
           like
           remisness
           and
           lenity
           ,
           he
           reply'd
           ,
           
           
             That
             he
             had
             rather
             save
             one
             Citizen
             of
          
           Rome
           ,
           
             than
             kill
             a
             thousand
             enemies
          
           .
           We
           know
           who
           has
           done
           the
           latter
           ,
           many
           times
           over
           ,
           with
           greatest
           Courage
           and
           Bravery
           ,
           whilst
           he
           made
           Acts
           of
           Indempnity
           the
           Vehicle
           of
           Grace
           and
           Obligation
           to
           all
           his
           Domestick
           Foes
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           Mark
           of
           no
           ordinary
           Goodness
           ,
           when
           hurt
           ,
           to
           be
           able
           to
           forgive
           ;
           nor
           any
           little
           Glory
           to
           put
           up
           Injuries
           ,
           to
           pardon
           Provocations
           ,
           that
           deserve
           the
           severest
           Penalty
           .
           Such
           Clemency
           ,
           such
           Tenderness
           in
           Princes
           makes
           them
           look
           the
           most
           like
           to
           the
           Most
           High
           ,
           most
           resemble
           Him
           ,
           whom
           they
           represent
           ,
           and
           whose
           most
           glorious
           Attribute
           is
           ,
           
             To
             have
             Mercy
             and
             to
             Forgive
             :
          
           and
           not
           only
           cast
           a
           glorious
           Lustre
           round
           about
           ,
           attracting
           the
           Eyes
           and
           Hearts
           of
           other
           Men
           ,
           but
           it
           reflects
           chearful
           and
           solacing
           Gleams
           of
           Glory
           on
           Majesty
           it self
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ;
           This
           Grace
           ,
           being
           the
           most
           excellent
           and
           perfect
           Act
           of
           Charity
           ,
           inspires
           Kings
           and
           Queens
           with
           a
           Greatness
           and
           Goodness
           of
           Mind
           ,
           equal
           to
           their
           high
           Stations
           ,
           and
           fit
           for
           God's
           Vicegerents
           ;
           in
           whom
           certainly
           nothing
           is
           more
           admirable
           than
           a
           generous
           Goodness
           and
           Clemency
           ,
           even
           towards
           great
           Enemies
           and
           Offenders
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           is
           consistent
           with
           the
           Publick
           Safety
           .
        
         
           Against
           what
           hath
           been
           said
           under
           this
           Head
           ,
           there
           may
           perhaps
           be
           one
           Objection
           ,
           made
           in
           favour
           of
           some
           Persons
           ,
           unhappily
           fallen
           under
           hard
           measures
           ,
           since
           this
           great
           Revolution
           .
        
         
           In
           Answer
           to
           that
           ,
           let
           the
           Necessities
           of
           Government
           ,
           
           the
           indispensable
           Obligation
           of
           executing
           Laws
           (
           the
           Dispensing
           Power
           being
           at
           this
           time
           of
           day
           out
           of
           doors
           )
           be
           duly
           and
           impartially
           weighed
           ;
           and
           Reasons
           enough
           will
           appear
           to
           vindicate
           their
           Majestie
           's
           Proceeding
           ,
           and
           to
           convince
           any
           unprejudiced
           Mind
           concerning
           their
           great
           unwillingness
           therein
           .
           The
           truth
           is
           ,
           the
           Queen
           had
           such
           a
           quick
           sense
           of
           Men's
           Sufferings
           of
           any
           kind
           ,
           that
           in
           giving
           them
           ease
           ,
           she
           took
           a
           special
           Complacence
           ;
           but
           to
           find
           herself
           sometimes
           straightned
           ,
           or
           disabled
           of
           that
           ,
           by
           some
           unfortunate
           Impediment
           in
           the
           Object
           ,
           she
           accounted
           one
           of
           her
           greatest
           Infelicities
           .
           The
           Malice
           and
           Ingratitude
           of
           Men
           were
           not
           able
           to
           obstruct
           the
           flowings
           of
           her
           Love
           ;
           she
           overlook'd
           Injuries
           ,
           pitied
           Folly
           ,
           and
           overcame
           Evil
           with
           Good.
           Is
           it
           any
           wonder
           then
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           Person
           as
           this
           was
           reverenc'd
           and
           admir'd
           ,
           and
           counted
           the
           Darling
           of
           Mankind
           ?
           This
           inward
           Goodness
           ,
           this
           compassionate
           Benignity
           of
           Spirit
           reflected
           a
           graceful
           Air
           upon
           all
           she
           said
           and
           did
           ;
           and
           now
           renders
           her
           Memory
           precious
           and
           grateful
           to
           Posterity
           ,
           making
           it
           lovely
           ,
           and
           continue
           like
           the
           Perfumes
           in
           their
           Ashes
           ,
           uncorrupted
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           Corruption
           .
        
         
           Having
           thus
           gone
           thro'
           my
           three
           first
           Propositions
           ,
           should
           I
           here
           enter
           upon
           the
           Consideration
           of
           her
           other
           Vertues
           and
           Accomplishments
           ,
           Time
           would
           fail
           me
           before
           I
           could
           arrive
           to
           a
           full
           Period
           .
           I
           shall
           therefore
           only
           crave
           your
           patience
           would
           give
           me
           leave
           ,
           just
           to
           touch
           her
           Loyalty
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           her
           admirable
           Resignation
           at
           Death
           .
        
         
           To
           compleat
           the
           Parallel
           between
           the
           vertuous
           Woman
           in
           the
           Proverbs
           ,
           and
           this
           Royal
           Princess
           ,
           (
           who
           rather
           excell'd
           the
           other
           in
           all
           the
           Perfections
           of
           an
           accomplish'd
           ,
           good
           Christian
           ;
           
           )
           'T
           is
           said
           ,
           
             The
             heart
             of
             her
             husband
             doth
             safely
             trust
             in
             her
             ;
             so
             that
             he
             shall
             have
             no
             need
             of
             spoil
             .
             She
             will
             do
             him
             good
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             not
             evil
             all
             the
             days
             of
             her
             life
             .
          
           
           The
           Application
           of
           all
           which
           was
           not
           impertinent
           to
           this
           ,
           Royal
           Person
           ;
           who
           ,
           to
           a
           Punctilio
           ,
           discharg'd
           the
           Duty
           of
           a
           most
           Loyal
           Wife
           .
           So
           tender
           was
           she
           of
           the
           King's
           Person
           ,
           so
           just
           to
           his
           Interest
           ,
           so
           faithful
           to
           his
           Secrets
           committed
           to
           her
           Breast
           ,
           and
           so
           sensibly
           concern'd
           for
           all
           his
           Affairs
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           truly
           said
           of
           Her
           ,
           
             Many
             Women
             have
             done
             vertuously
             ,
             but
             Thou
             excellest
             them
             all
             .
          
        
         
           Her
           Patience
           and
           Resignation
           in
           Death
           ,
           was
           of
           the
           same
           Stamp
           with
           her
           other
           Graces
           and
           Vertues
           .
           Crowns
           and
           Dominions
           are
           such
           tempting
           things
           ,
           as
           make
           Men
           aspire
           after
           with
           greatest
           vigour
           and
           intensness
           of
           Mind
           ;
           and
           which
           ,
           when
           got
           ,
           are
           retain'd
           and
           grasp'd
           with
           that
           obstinacy
           and
           tenaciousness
           ,
           that
           Men
           generally
           express
           as
           great
           reluctance
           and
           regret
           at
           parting
           with
           them
           ;
           and
           will
           not
           let
           lose
           their
           hold
           ,
           even
           at
           the
           Summons
           of
           Death
           ,
           without
           the
           sharpest
           Conflict
           and
           Violence
           .
           But
           here
           was
           a
           Crown
           laid
           down
           with
           the
           same
           Indifference
           it
           had
           ,
           at
           first
           ,
           been
           taken
           up
           .
           The
           Commutation
           for
           an
           immortal
           One
           ,
           was
           the
           chief
           Aim
           of
           her
           Care
           and
           Ambition
           .
           Her
           Conversation
           having
           been
           so
           long
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           that
           her
           lively
           Hopes
           and
           constant
           Expectance
           ,
           I
           had
           almost
           said
           Fruition
           ,
           of
           those
           ravishing
           Joys
           and
           Glories
           above
           ,
           had
           long
           since
           unlac'd
           and
           wean'd
           her
           Mind
           from
           the
           Pleasures
           and
           Embraces
           of
           Sensual
           Enjoyments
           .
           Her
           Thoughts
           were
           fix'd
           there
           ,
           her
           Desires
           always
           ascending
           thither
           ,
           where
           full
           and
           endless
           satisfaction
           is
           to
           be
           found
           .
           So
           that
           neither
           the
           Charms
           of
           this
           World
           could
           arrest
           her
           Affections
           ,
           nor
           its
           Frowns
           disturb
           her
           Fears
           :
           She
           was
           not
           taken
           with
           its
           Applause
           ,
           nor
           griev'd
           at
           the
           leaving
           of
           it
           .
           She
           was
           morally
           dead
           before
           she
           died
           ,
           and
           paid
           that
           Debt
           to
           Nature
           .
           To
           die
           well
           is
           the
           Result
           of
           a
           well-spent
           Life
           ;
           but
           to
           die
           without
           being
           sick
           is
           the
           special
           Favour
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           he
           vouchsafed
           to
           this
           his
           peculiar
           Favourite
           ,
           whose
           precious
           Soul
           ,
           in
           a
           single
           Sigh
           ,
           step'd
           over
           into
           the
           other
           World.
           
        
         
         
           All
           that
           now
           remains
           ,
           is
           to
           improve
           and
           apply
           what
           hath
           been
           deliver'd
           ,
           to
           our
           Present
           purpose
           .
           The
           Design
           of
           this
           Discourse
           is
           ,
           First
           ,
           To
           possess
           you
           with
           due
           Sence
           of
           our
           present
           Loss
           :
           Secondly
           ,
           To
           excite
           you
           to
           a
           vigorous
           Imitation
           of
           this
           excellent
           Example
           .
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           The
           main
           Design
           of
           this
           Discourse
           is
           ,
           to
           possess
           you
           with
           due
           Sence
           of
           our
           Loss
           in
           the
           Person
           of
           this
           excellent
           Princess
           .
           The
           true
           Standard
           ,
           whereby
           we
           are
           to
           measure
           the
           Loss
           of
           any
           thing
           ,
           must
           be
           taken
           from
           ,
           either
           the
           Benefit
           we
           might
           have
           reap'd
           by
           it
           ,
           or
           the
           Detriment
           consequential
           to
           the
           Deprivation
           of
           it
           .
           By
           both
           these
           Ways
           ,
           we
           shall
           come
           ,
           to
           understand
           the
           Nature
           of
           our
           present
           Loss
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           Benefits
           ,
           we
           might
           have
           reap'd
           by
           this
           excellent
           Princess
           ,
           we
           can
           easily
           conjecture
           at
           them
           ,
           partly
           by
           those
           which
           we
           have
           already
           receiv'd
           by
           her
           ;
           to
           whose
           ,
           and
           his
           Majesty's
           wise
           Providence
           ,
           under
           God
           ,
           we
           owe
           the
           free
           Enjoyment
           of
           our
           Religion
           and
           Civil
           Properties
           .
           And
           partly
           ,
           by
           those
           incomparable
           Qualifications
           for
           the
           doing
           of
           Good
           ,
           she
           was
           endued
           with
           ,
           and
           which
           I
           have
           been
           describing
           to
           you
           .
           What
           glorious
           Advantages
           should
           we
           have
           enjoy'd
           under
           her
           Government
           ,
           if
           she
           had
           liv'd
           to
           the
           utmost
           Period
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           done
           all
           the
           Good
           we
           could
           have
           hop'd
           from
           her
           ?
           How
           much
           Good
           might
           a
           Person
           ,
           so
           qualified
           as
           she
           was
           ,
           so
           dispos'd
           ,
           so
           resolv'd
           ,
           so
           indefatigable
           in
           Business
           ,
           we
           can
           ,
           not
           uneasily
           ,
           judge
           ,
           by
           what
           she
           has
           done
           ?
           How
           much
           more
           Good
           might
           ,
           and
           would
           she
           have
           done
           ,
           had
           she
           liv'd
           to
           the
           full
           Age
           of
           a
           Man
           ?
           But
           to
           be
           taken
           off
           ,
           at
           Two
           or
           Three
           and
           Thirty
           ,
           in
           the
           Flower
           of
           her
           Age
           ,
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           her
           doing
           Good
           to
           these
           Nations
           ,
           when
           she
           might
           have
           liv'd
           at
           least
           as
           long
           again
           ,
           (
           if
           it
           had
           pleas'd
           God
           to
           have
           spar'd
           her
           to
           us
           )
           to
           go
           on
           in
           
           doing
           as
           she
           did
           ;
           the
           Thought
           of
           this
           hath
           much
           pain
           ,
           much
           uneasiness
           in
           it
           :
           who
           is
           able
           to
           bear
           the
           weight
           of
           it
           ?
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           other
           way
           of
           discovering
           the
           Nature
           of
           our
           Loss
           ,
           the
           Detriment
           that
           may
           follow
           the
           Death
           of
           so
           excellent
           a
           Magistrate
           ,
           (
           I
           pray
           God
           we
           incur
           none
           )
           is
           yet
           an
           Embryo
           in
           the
           Womb
           of
           Time
           :
           we
           are
           much
           at
           a
           loss
           in
           our
           Guesses
           of
           what
           that
           may
           be
           .
        
         
           This
           I
           am
           sure
           of
           ,
           that
           tho'
           the
           good
           God
           ,
           who
           never
           doth
           any
           thing
           ill
           ,
           intended
           this
           immature
           Fall
           for
           her
           gain
           ,
           whom
           he
           has
           taken
           to
           himself
           ;
           and
           whom
           he
           has
           taken
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           which
           doubtless
           suited
           best
           to
           her
           Circumstances
           ,
           tho'
           some
           cannot
           discern
           it
           ,
           who
           consider
           not
           ,
           That
           
             the
             righteous
             is
             taken
             away
             from
             the
             evil
             to
             come
          
           :
           
           yet
           our
           Loss
           is
           great
           and
           irrepairable
           ;
           and
           therefore
           we
           have
           just
           Cause
           to
           grieve
           for
           our selves
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Church
           ,
           who
           are
           depriv'd
           of
           the
           Benefits
           of
           such
           a
           Queen
           :
           how
           much
           more
           ,
           since
           for
           ought
           we
           know
           ,
           she
           is
           taken
           away
           for
           our
           sins
           ?
           since
           for
           ought
           we
           know
           ,
           it
           is
           because
           the
           Age
           was
           not
           worthy
           of
           such
           a
           Blessing
           ?
           Since
           for
           ought
           we
           know
           ,
           't
           is
           in
           order
           to
           some
           Judgment
           ,
           which
           will
           come
           the
           sooner
           ,
           seeing
           she
           ,
           who
           stood
           in
           the
           Gap
           ,
           is
           gone
           ,
           when
           we
           have
           filled
           up
           the
           measure
           of
           our
           Iniquities
           ,
           which
           God
           Almighty
           never
           fails
           to
           punish
           .
        
         
           This
           Consideration
           must
           needs
           affect
           us
           with
           deep
           sence
           of
           our
           Loss
           .
           O!
           how
           shall
           the
           English
           World
           ,
           this
           Motherless
           Land
           ,
           weep
           Elegies
           enough
           to
           condole
           the
           untimely
           Fall
           of
           
             This
             Royal
             Cedar
             ,
             This
             Light
             of
             our
             Eyes
             ,
             This
             Breath
             of
             our
             Nostrils
             ,
             This
             Anointed
             of
             the
             Lord
          
           ;
           of
           whom
           ,
           we
           said
           ,
           
             under
             her
             wings
             we
             shall
             be
             safe
             !
             If
             ,
          
           as
           St.
           Paul
           speaks
           ,
           
             for
             a
             good
             man
          
           ,
           
           
             some
             would
             even
             dare
             to
             die
          
           ;
           who
           would
           not
           have
           died
           for
           her
           ,
           who
           was
           worth
           ten
           thousands
           of
           the
           People
           ?
           O!
           that
           our
           Sighs
           and
           Tears
           could
           reverse
           the
           irreversible
           Sentence
           ,
           and
           reprieve
           
           her
           to
           Life
           again
           !
           but
           ,
           alas
           !
           that
           were
           an
           impossible
           thing
           ,
           and
           unlawful
           for
           us
           even
           to
           attempt
           .
           All
           that
           we
           can
           do
           ,
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           is
           ,
           to
           pay
           our
           just
           Tribute
           of
           Sorrow
           to
           her
           Sacred
           Memory
           ,
           and
           take
           up
           
           David's
           Lamentation
           over
           Saul
           ,
           and
           over
           Jonathan
           his
           Son
           :
           
             The
             Beauty
             of
          
           Israel
           
             is
             gone
          
           ;
           
           
             how
             is
             the
             mighty
             fallen
             ?
             Tell
             it
             not
             in
          
           Gath
           ,
           
             publish
             it
             not
             in
             the
             streets
             of
          
           Askelon
           ,
           the
           Enemies
           Cities
           and
           Countries
           ;
           
             lest
             the
             daughters
             of
             the
             Philistines
             rejoyce
          
           ;
           lest
           the
           Daughters
           of
           uncircumcis'd
           Papists
           triumph
           .
           
             Ye
             daughters
             of
          
           Israel
           
             weep
             over
          
           your
           Nursing
           Mother
           ,
           
             who
             clothed
             you
             in
             Scarlet
             ,
             with
             other
             delights
             :
             who
             put
             on
             Ornaments
             of
             Gold
             upon
             your
             Apparel
             .
          
        
         
           Methinks
           I
           hear
           the
           valiant
           Joshua
           ,
           that
           Heroick
           Prince
           ,
           who
           has
           so
           often
           fac'd
           the
           King
           of
           Terrour
           ,
           without
           a
           frightful
           Thought
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           knew
           no
           such
           Passion
           as
           Fear
           .
           Methinks
           I
           hear
           him
           mourning
           in
           secret
           ,
           sighing
           out
           his
           tender
           Affections
           in
           such
           sorrowful
           Expressions
           ,
           as
           those
           of
           the
           Royal
           Prophet
           ;
           
             I
             am
             distressed
             for
             Thee
          
           ,
           my
           dear
           Consort
           ;
           
             very
             pleasant
             hast
             Thou
             been
             unto
             me
             :
             Thy
             Love
             to
             me
             was
             wonderful
             ,
             passing
             the
             Love
             of
             Women
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           May
           the
           God
           of
           all
           Consolation
           buoy
           up
           his
           drooping
           Spirit
           ,
           under
           the
           weight
           and
           load
           of
           so
           much
           grief
           :
           and
           continue
           him
           many
           and
           many
           years
           ,
           to
           be
           be
           the
           Folstern
           Father
           of
           this
           Church
           ,
           the
           Defender
           of
           the
           Faith
           ,
           and
           the
           Bulwark
           of
           this
           Nation
           ;
           and
           together
           with
           him
           ,
           those
           Royal
           Branches
           in
           whom
           we
           have
           a
           farther
           Prospect
           of
           a
           Protestant
           Succession
           ,
           and
           an
           Happiness
           to
           come
           .
           Which
           Consideration
           serves
           particularly
           to
           set
           here
           bounds
           and
           shores
           to
           our
           Grief
           and
           Lamentation
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Another
           Design
           of
           this
           Discourse
           is
           ,
           to
           excite
           you
           ,
           and
           my self
           to
           a
           vigorous
           Imitation
           of
           this
           excellent
           Example
           .
           A
           good
           Example
           is
           of
           very
           great
           advantage
           to
           Religion
           ;
           and
           no
           less
           useful
           and
           beneficial
           to
           all
           Men
           that
           would
           be
           Religious
           .
        
         
         
           Example
           is
           of
           so
           great
           Advantage
           to
           Religion
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           the
           very
           Life
           of
           it
           ;
           wherein
           Religion
           appears
           in
           its
           native
           Complexion
           ,
           and
           real
           Features
           :
           whereas
           the
           most
           Learned
           Discourses
           do
           but
           varnish
           it
           over
           with
           dead
           Colours
           .
        
         
           Example
           also
           is
           no
           less
           useful
           and
           beneficial
           to
           all
           that
           would
           be
           Religious
           :
           It
           points
           out
           the
           visible
           way
           ,
           how
           they
           may
           become
           so
           ;
           gives
           us
           the
           best
           assurance
           ,
           that
           either
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           thing
           is
           capable
           of
           ,
           or
           our selves
           can
           rationally
           desire
           ,
           of
           the
           Reality
           and
           Excellence
           of
           Religion
           :
           walks
           before
           us
           in
           all
           the
           Ways
           of
           Wisdom
           ,
           shewing
           us
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           no
           Difficulties
           therein
           ,
           but
           what
           may
           be
           conquer'd
           by
           Diligence
           and
           sincere
           Endeavour
           :
           and
           so
           perswades
           and
           encourages
           us
           to
           tread
           in
           its
           Steps
           ,
           and
           follow
           its
           Tract
           .
        
         
           From
           hence
           its
           evident
           ,
           that
           a
           good
           Example
           is
           the
           most
           convincing
           ,
           instructive
           Argument
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           of
           far
           more
           efficacy
           than
           any
           Precept
           or
           Counsel
           ,
           as
           has
           been
           prov'd
           above
           .
           These
           are
           made
           up
           only
           of
           Words
           and
           Notions
           ,
           which
           are
           but
           aireal
           and
           intelluctual
           ;
           and
           therefore
           often
           prove
           flat
           and
           fruitless
           :
           whereas
           That
           is
           a
           substantial
           ,
           demonstrative
           Guide
           ,
           that
           convinces
           Mankind
           that
           Vertue
           is
           both
           practicable
           and
           truly
           delightsome
           :
           These
           are
           but
           artificial
           Descriptions
           of
           it
           ,
           resembling
           the
           dark
           Shade
           and
           languid
           Colours
           of
           the
           Picture
           :
           But
           That
           is
           the
           very
           Picture
           or
           Image
           of
           God
           animated
           ,
           and
           most
           advantageously
           expos'd
           to
           Publick
           view
           ,
           or
           the
           Original
           ,
           breathing
           in
           the
           Life
           of
           Man
           ,
           and
           walking
           upon
           the
           Stage
           in
           its
           lovely
           Charms
           and
           Attractions
           .
        
         
           To
           assist
           us
           then
           in
           our
           Christian
           Race
           ,
           we
           would
           do
           well
           to
           set
           always
           before
           us
           the
           best
           and
           most
           excellent
           Examples
           ,
           which
           are
           thus
           useful
           and
           advantageous
           .
           Among
           all
           the
           Modern
           Examples
           ,
           what
           can
           be
           propos'd
           so
           adequate
           to
           the
           Christian
           Life
           ,
           so
           attractive
           and
           cogent
           to
           us
           ,
           as
           the
           
           Life
           of
           this
           most
           Christian
           Queen
           ?
           which
           seems
           to
           be
           entirely
           compos'd
           of
           those
           Celestial
           Vertues
           that
           are
           the
           proper
           Graces
           and
           Ornaments
           of
           a
           Godlike
           Soul.
           Surely
           we
           can't
           resist
           its
           force
           ,
           and
           the
           mighty
           sway
           of
           its
           Authority
           ,
           or
           undervalue
           and
           forget
           it
           ,
           without
           the
           greatest
           difficulty
           and
           prodigy
           of
           Ingratitude
           :
           especically
           if
           we
           reflect
           on
           all
           that
           Good
           which
           was
           in
           her
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           Good
           which
           we
           have
           received
           by
           her
           means
           .
           Unless
           we
           are
           resolv'd
           to
           prove
           forgetful
           and
           ungrateful
           ,
           we
           can't
           but
           acknowledge
           it
           with
           profound
           Respect
           of
           Praise
           and
           Esteem
           .
           Now
           the
           best
           Respect
           of
           Praise
           and
           Esteem
           ,
           and
           the
           highest
           Veneration
           we
           can
           possibly
           express
           to
           her
           sacred
           Worth
           ,
           is
           this
           ,
           to
           transcribe
           the
           fair
           Copy
           she
           has
           left
           with
           us
           ;
           and
           by
           That
           ,
           rule
           our
           Lives
           :
           It
           's
           left
           with
           us
           ,
           yea
           ,
           it
           is
           recommended
           to
           us
           by
           all
           the
           Endearments
           imaginable
           .
           Our
           Imitation
           of
           it
           is
           both
           safe
           and
           warrantable
           from
           Scripture
           .
           The
           Author
           to
           the
           Hebrews
           tells
           us
           ,
           
           That
           we
           should
           
             be
             followers
             of
             them
             ,
             who
             thro'
             faith
             and
             patience
             inherit
             the
             promise
             .
          
           And
           again
           ,
           we
           must
           remember
           them
           ,
           
           
             which
             have
             the
             Rule
             over
             us
             ,
          
           and
           their
           Faith
           follow
           ,
           considering
           the
           end
           of
           their
           Conversation
           ;
           
             i.
             e.
          
           when
           they
           are
           dead
           ,
           and
           gone
           ,
           we
           are
           still
           to
           remember
           them
           ,
           their
           Works
           and
           Conversations
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           endeavour
           the
           Imitation
           of
           them
           ,
           to
           follow
           their
           Christian
           Profession
           ,
           their
           Sanctity
           and
           Goodness
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           chance
           to
           discern
           any
           little
           Blemishes
           in
           them
           ,
           (
           for
           who
           is
           free
           from
           Faults
           and
           Imperfections
           in
           this
           imperfect
           state
           ?
           )
           them
           we
           must
           pass
           by
           ;
           Charity
           obliges
           us
           to
           cover
           and
           forget
           them
           .
           We
           are
           to
           be
           followers
           of
           all
           good
           Men
           ,
           only
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           perfect
           and
           compleat
           Pattern
           of
           Holiness
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           and
           Temperance
           ,
           
             who
             did
             no
             sin
          
           ,
           
           
             neither
             was
             guile
             found
             in
             his
             mouth
             .
          
        
         
         
           To
           shut
           up
           all
           :
        
         
           Let
           us
           ,
           as
           many
           of
           us
           as
           love
           Religion
           ,
           our
           Souls
           ,
           and
           this
           late
           Patroness
           of
           Vertue
           ,
           follow
           her
           singular
           Piety
           ,
           and
           unaffected
           Goodness
           .
           Let
           's
           follow
           her
           constant
           and
           regular
           Devotions
           towards
           God.
           Let
           's
           follow
           her
           exact
           and
           uniform
           Self-government
           ,
           according
           to
           all
           the
           Rules
           of
           Temperance
           and
           Sobriety
           .
           Let
           's
           follow
           her
           innocent
           and
           candid
           ,
           her
           free
           and
           ingenuous
           Conversation
           amongst
           Men
           ;
           which
           was
           neither
           vain
           nor
           morose
           ,
           neither
           haughty
           nor
           sordid
           ,
           but
           equally
           pois'd
           between
           all
           extremes
           .
           Let
           's
           imitate
           her
           impartial
           Distribution
           of
           Justice
           .
           Let
           's
           imitate
           her
           humble
           and
           meek
           Temper
           ,
           which
           abhor'd
           Affectation
           and
           Vain-glory.
           Let
           's
           imitate
           her
           charitable
           and
           compassionate
           Disposition
           ,
           which
           was
           without
           Noise
           and
           Respect
           of
           Persons
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           and
           to
           crown
           all
           our
           imitations
           ,
           let
           us
           endeavour
           to
           imitate
           the
           admirable
           Patience
           of
           this
           calm
           and
           serene
           Soul
           ,
           under
           all
           the
           Terrours
           and
           Agonies
           of
           Death
           ,
           which
           a
           Conscience
           void
           of
           Offence
           will
           obtain
           .
        
         
           This
           will
           lead
           us
           thro'
           the
           Ways
           of
           Pleasantness
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Paths
           of
           Peace
           ;
           and
           at
           last
           waft
           us
           over
           to
           a
           more
           delightsome
           Country
           .
           Where
           we
           shall
           again
           see
           and
           enjoy
           the
           sweet
           Society
           of
           all
           Holy
           Men
           and
           Women
           that
           are
           departed
           this
           Life
           in
           the
           true
           Faith
           and
           Fear
           of
           God's
           Holy
           Name
           ,
           and
           gone
           before
           us
           into
           the
           Mansions
           of
           Eternal
           Bliss
           :
           we
           shall
           enjoy
           them
           without
           the
           apprehension
           or
           danger
           of
           ever
           parting
           ;
           and
           we
           shall
           be
           unspeakably
           happy
           in
           each
           other's
           Embraces
           .
           Where
           we
           shall
           behold
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           ,
           the
           Founder
           of
           our
           Faith
           ,
           and
           the
           Author
           of
           our
           Eternal
           Redemption
           :
           we
           shall
           ,
           not
           only
           behold
           him
           in
           all
           his
           Glory
           ,
           but
           enjoy
           the
           utmost
           Effects
           of
           his
           infinite
           Love
           ,
           and
           live
           with
           him
           for
           ever
           ,
           in
           his
           heavenly
           Habitation
           :
           where
           dwells
           an
           undisturbed
           Peace
           ,
           and
           overflowing
           Plenty
           :
           where
           neither
           Diseases
           approach
           the
           Body
           ,
           nor
           Vices
           have
           access
           to
           the
           Mind
           ,
           nor
           Guilt
           does
           stain
           the
           Soul
           :
           
           where
           shall
           be
           Life
           without
           fear
           of
           Death
           ,
           and
           Joys
           without
           mixture
           of
           Sorrow
           ,
           without
           Allay
           ,
           and
           without
           End.
           To
           which
           happy
           Mansion
           God
           of
           his
           Infinite
           Mercy
           and
           Goodness
           bring
           us
           all
           in
           his
           good
           Time
           ,
           thro'
           Jesus
           Christ
           our
           Lord.
           
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A69991-e350
           
             Mat.
             10.29
             
          
           
             Dan.
             4.17
             .
          
           
             Jam.
             4.14
             .
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             3.4
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             4.19
             .
          
           
             Luk.
             2.37
             .
          
           
             Matt.
             6.6
             .
          
           
             Matt.
             5.16
             .
          
           
             
               Isocrates
               Oratio
               ad
               Nicocl
            
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             81.6
             .
          
           
             2
             Coloss.
             3.10
             .
          
           
             Vers.
             13.
             
          
           
             15.
             
          
           
             17.
             
          
           
             19.
             
          
           
             21.
             
          
           
             22.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             13.10
             .
          
           
             Vers.
             20.
             
          
           
             
               Opus
               de
               temporibus
               mundi
               ,
               in
               vitâ
               Ant.
               Pii
               .
            
          
           
             Vers.
             11
             ,
          
           
             12.
             
          
           
             Isai.
             57.1
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             .
             5
             7.
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             1.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             6.12
             .
          
           
             Ch.
             13.7
             .
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             2.22
             .