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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67185	A sermon preached at Bowden in Cheshire, April 6th, 1691 at the funeral of the right honourable Mary, Countess of Warrington by Richard Wroe.	Wroe, Richard, 1641-1717.	1691 (1691)	Wing W3729; ESTC R12196	15,529	32

further Ground of Safety and sure Comfort too who is even at the Right Hand of God who also maketh Intercession for us With this it repells all the Alarms of Fear and Despondence In this it rejoyces over all Tribulations With this it eludes the Snares of Temptations With this it quenches all the fiery Darts of the Devil and by this it triumphs o're the Fears of Death which speaks Terror indeed to Nature but not to Grace and looking on it as an Enemy already vanquished by its Saviour doubts not but thro' him also to obtain the Victory over it Now what more pleasant and rejoycing than such a Life of Faith What more satisfactory than such Assurances at the Apprehensions of Death Certainly did we know how to value both it would quicken us to a watchful Endeavour after so happy an Attainment Could we rightly estimate the Worth of our Saviours Intercession it would captivate our Thoughts with ravishing Delight and relish in our Meditations of it and kindle in our Minds the Warmth of Holy Joy and Rapture in the Contemplation of it and endear that part of our Saviour's Undertaking to our Choycest Thoughts and Affections as a lively Faith does every thing that belongs to him as St. Peter observes 1 Eph. 2. 7. To them that believe He is precious I have good reason to think that it had this influence on the well composed mind of this Vertuous Lady since the Remark she left on it for this Occasion witnessed the impression it had made on her Faith and gave Evidence of the Hope She had here Treasured up and is now arrived at the end of the one and the Consummation of the other Faith being become Vision and Hope Translated into a feeling sense of the Vertue of Her ever-living Saviours intercession which She now beholds in Ecstasyes of joy and Transports of never ending pleasure But I must not dwell longer on these Pleasant Reflections since both the Occasion Administers Matter for more pensive thoughts and Duty as well as Custom Obliges us to pay what is justly due to the Memory of that Right Honourable Person whom Providence has made the Subject of our present grief and loss Of whom I am sensible it is very easy to say much but withall very difficult to say all And therefore if I present you with an imperfect draught as Apelles is said to have drawn Antigonus Imagine luscâ half fac'd I know that many that hear me can supply the Character out of their own knowledge and make up what your Orator is Conscious he must leave very defective I will not detain you with an account of Her Birth and Parentage the Quality of her Relations or the Advantages of Her Fortune since her Personal Worth was a far richer Dowry and her Commendable Qualifications the best Monuments of her Praise Her Temper was steady and even equal to the very best and Superior to most of her Sex which if more Rare to be met with is more highly to be valued when found in the weaker Sex An exact Harmony and equal proportion of the Elements Naturalists say must Concurr to a fine and even Temperament of Body And in the Temper of Her mind there seem'd so just a proportion of those dispositions which Embelish and Adorn Humane Nature as rendred it an exact Composition fitly dispos'd for the impressions of Moral Goodness and the higher improvements of Religious Vertue This Evenness of Temper was manifest in the Calmness of her Spirit not easily ruffled by Passion nor discompos'd by Provocation They must have known her long that could say they had once seen Her in Passion and not oftner out of Humour And if She was once seen to be Angry it was when the Provocation was too great to be put up without Resentment and was onely an Occasion to manifest that She was Liable to passions no less then others but was better able to govern them than most This Excellent disposition of Nature happily improved by the Advantages of Education Years and Converse made Her a singular Blessing to that Honourable Family into which She Match'd and to which She became so endear'd in all the several Relations to it of a Vertuous and Religious Consort of a tender and Indulgent Mother of a kind and most Affectionate Relation of a Loving Mistress dear to her Servants and easy to all Her Family that each of them think they justly reckon themselves to have the greatest loss and I think it hard to Name any Respect in which it is not so indeed Her prudent Management of the Affairs of Her household was Accompanied with a watchful Care of and Regard to the good of Her Family thinking Her self Equally concern'd in the Morals of her Servants as in discharging the duty of their places and if at any time there was just cause was an impartial Reprover of their Immoralities yet with a Tenderness to their good which she took her self to be always concern'd in expressing a dislike of their Vices by Her endeavours for their Amendment The great Care of Her domestick Affairs was seen in being extended even to the smallest matters which she did not judge below Her inspection that She might not seem Unconcern'd in any thing that might tend to order and good management And the success of it was so visible in the whole Deportment of a well Regulated House as perhaps Created Envy in some but Admiration in all and may deserve to be imitated where it cannot be equall'd muchless out-done it being hard to say whether it redounded more to Her Honour or the satisfaction of others and must be left undetermined whether was greater the Plenty and Variety or the Choice and Neatness of Her Entertainments Amongst other Concerns of Her Family Her Children had not the least of Her Care as well as the greatest share in Her Affection Her self taking the pains of teaching them all to Read and with the knowledge of Letters instilling into them the early instructions of Piety and solid grounds of Religion which even Children are Capable of remembring and which if duely Cultivated they never forget all their life after Her Respect to Her Lords Relations deserv'd a better Name than Kindness being a Sincere Affection and Real Love manifest on all Occasions exprest in all the Demonstrations of an endear'd Friendship The Dutifulness and Obedient Regard where with She Honoured Her Father-in-Law the Late Lord Delamere gave Her the same place in his Affections which Nature Challenges to the Issue of our own Bowels and met with the equal Regard it Merited and indeed could not fail to find in the excellent and sweet Disposition of that Honourable Lord viz. a respect that wants a proper name to express it To the late Lady Dowager she paid the Duty of a Daughter and Express'd the Affection due to a Mother then especially seen when Her Fatal Indisposition began to betray her danger and call'd for the Presence and Comfort of Her dear Relations