7'54 A Sermon upon tbe Death of the Queen. Cores? Her Deportment was becoming the Dignity and Dca rmfs of the Relation. ~i~,~~~~,c~~'~;a;;ec~~,l~. m~~,;',:;~~~ndcd~~:~a'1y f~~~"~;~J.~~~~~nlaa~~t;;,~~sr~~~~~e as a..Coronis, tbat bcr Rtsba"d praiji:s her. The King's declaring, that in all her Con~ ' 'erfation he difcovered no Fault, and bis unfeigned and deep Sorrow for his Lofs are the Queen's entire Elogy. ' She had an excellent Underfl:andin~ that qualified her for Government. Of this h;r prefidmg in Council in times of Danger, and preferving the Tranquility of the Kmgdom, were real Proofs. Her Charity, that Ccl cfl:ial Grace, was like the Sm1, nothing within her Circuit a:~ ~1!~~ i~ ~~~~e~ii';f ~e~~rfe~~~ i~e1:~b:~:r~~N~~~~ ;;;~~,~~e~,~:g~~~,~~i: ca tive Good nefs. I will mention one ACt of her Pious Charity, and the noble Manner of doing it. A Lord of great Honour and Pi ety propofed ta Her a very good Work. that was chargeable: She ordered a hundred Pounds fliould be paid to him for k Some time interpofing before the Receipt of the Money, he waited upon the Queen, and plcafantly told her, that Interefl: was due for the Delay of Payment: She prefently ordered, that 50 Pounds more fhould be given, wliich was done accordingly. If it were known what this good Queen did, and what fhe defigned to do, among all her relucent Virtues, Charity would be illufl:rious. Her wife Redemption of Time from unconcerning Vanities for Domefiick Affairs, was the EffeCt and Indication of her tender and vigilant Conlcience. She confider"d .her Gbls was continually runnin!(, and all the Sands were to be accounted for, How fhonld this great Example corretl: thole who are la villi of 110thin!; fo much as of Time; which, being lofi, is irremverable? The Sun returns every Day, but Time never returns. In her Sicknefs, .Patience had itr pcrfe/1 Work. Her Difeafe wasmicomfortable, yet with refign ed Submiffion fi1e bore it. When the Danger of it was ligni/ied .to her, fhe had no fea rful Thoughts about her future State. 'Tis a cruel Refpett to fick Per- ~b~i' ~~e~i~~~r~~ Pr'~~~~~ ~~n"8:i~~~:~~~rt~~~ L~~~.~:~r~1;!~~~~~}~~~~~x1~[i~: the Advice of approachmg Death JS an Antrctpatton of It. But the Spmt of this excellent .Saint w,u not afraid of Evil-tidingr, h•t fixed, tntjling in the Lord. Her Care had been to fecure the Love of God in the befi time of her Life, this mixed Cordial Drops in the Bitternefs of Death. In fhort to finifh my Dilcourle, all the biefTed Virtues were eminently leen in her that might' render her Government an entire Happinefs to tl1e Kingdom. This erea:~ ed her a Throne in the Hearts of her Subjeers : and the Honour the wife Poet attributes to the Emperor htgttjlin : V.a~rq•e vol~ntu Per pop1tlol dai j11ra: That l1e rul'd a willing P-eopl ~, may more tru l~ be (~id of thi; excellent Princefs; She was Queen of the AffeCtions of the People; and governed them wit11out Con~ llraint. Her Praife-worthy ACtions will eternize her Memory, when other Princes, devefl:ed of their fecular Pomp, fhall either be burred' in dark Oblivion, or condemned in Hifl:ory. . · The Earthen Veffel wherein all thefe Trealures were depo!ited i$ broke, and the in- ~~~ifi~i~~o~~~e~~~J"i~uiltierf~~t~~,~~d1~~s t~a~euri~~:~~e~;e~f~1ls g~o~~~~ He can preferve his Servant, our Sovereign Lord, who by the Divine Affifl:ance has the Honour of efiablifhing our Religion and Liberties at home, .and gives hope of Jcfioring it abroad, from whence it has been fo cruelly and perfidioufiy expell'd. The
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