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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49604	A funeral oration or sermon upon the most high, most potent Lord, Francis Henry De Montmorancy ... prounc'd at Paris, in the church of the Profess'd House of the Company of Jesus, the 21 st. of April, 1695, by Father De la Rue, of the same society ; from the french original.; Oraison funèbre de très-haut et très-puissant Seigneur François Henry de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg et de Piney. English	La Rue, Charles de, 1643-1725.	1695 (1695)	Wing L455; ESTC R6889	22,402	33

to say of those who had had him for their General the Companion of their Dangers and their Guide to Victory Honour'd by their Tears he is as little troubl'd as mollify'd by 'em nothing mov'd he shews himself a Spectacle to the Grief of some and the Pity of others He calls to their remembrance the vanity of Grandeurs that have no other Foundation then the Frailty of this Life He brings into their Minds the Importance of the Journey which he is going to take before 'em and which they must all prepare for after him Penetrated with Sorrow to see himself defective in requisite Purity to offer up his Soul a sweet Savour to God he offers it as a Victim to his Supreme Will and believes that God will vouchsafe him Salvation seeing that after so many Sins committed he leaves him still a lively and humble Hope He accompanies the Sacred Ceremonies with a faithful and reverent Attention and he is desirous to breathe his last Gasps embracing the Cross in Adoration of his Master Enfeebl'd at length and feeling the Approaches of Death he employs the last Efforts of his Speech to desire the Succour of the Holy Ministers and his faithful Friends that with their Voices and their Thoughts they would uphold to the last the Union of his Heart with God In these Sentiments of Submission of a Creature to his Master of the Fear and Humility of an Offender before his Judge of Religion and Piety of a Christian before his Saviour of the Confidence and Love of a Prodigal and Penitent Son toward his Father he expires he goes to appear before the Sovereign Tribunal follow'd by his Works 't is true but laden Lord with thy great Mercies They would never have accompany'd him so many Years they would never have been redoubl'd at last with so much splendour to fail him at the last Moment that very Moment to which all the Moments and Favours of this Life tend This is that which has hitherto upheld his Hope and which at this day ought also to uphold ours in favour of him Not for our Righteousness but for thy great Mercies Let those that know thee not O God blame our Confidence But let those that know thee by a real Faith by long Experiences of thy Goodness those who are enter'd into the Treasuries of thy Mercy who know That thou hast Pity upon all Men because thou art Almighty that thou pardon'st all because we are all thy Creatures that for the gaining of their Pardon thou only demandest we should turn to thee with all our hearts That thou art the good Shepherd that leavest the whole Flock to look after the stray'd Sheep and takest her upon thy shoulders with so much the more Charity as being more feeble and more in a languishing and dying Condition Let those who know thee for such a God Hope in thee O my God And let 'em cry aloud with David Because thou never forsakest those that seek thee Lord. The Person for whom we implore all this Clemency was full of these Sentiments He has never ceas'd to Know Thee If he went astray thou soughtest after him by Adversity by Repentance Invited by the Enquiries of thy Grace he has sought after thee by the Fervency of his Sighs Lord thou never forsakest those who know thee and who seek after thee We know thee too well not to depend upon thee Let 'em Hope in thee that know thy Name because thou hast not forsaken those that seek thee O Lord. The let us not fall into the Snares of the Enemies of Repentance as also of Vertue it self The World is full of Men without Faith who not being in a Condition to pretend to the Hopes of Future Life make it their De light to think ill of those that go out of This and strive as says St. Jerome to Comfort themselves with their own Despair by despairing of the Salvation of all others They believe it an Ease of their Pain that no body should be Righteous But let us not afford 'em this false Joy but let all the truly Faithful reunite themselves to uphold the merciful Strength of the Grace of God against the false Inflexibilities and aflected Zeal of Libertinism Let the Children of this Heroe all so capable to uphold here below the Honour which he has left 'em never imagin that they have not more for him Let 'em be mindful of that Glory of happy Eternity where Repentance has a share as well as Innocency and striving themselves to attain to the most safe of these two ways let 'em be convinc'd that God opens the Other when to whom and after what manner he pleases Let Him among his Illustrious Children whom Providence has made Choice of for the Service of his Church and who was Consecrated to it in his most tender Years with such happy Dispositions to the most Noble Vertues and most High Dignities of that excellent Condition Let this Son I say so justly sensible of the Loss of such a Father apply himself speedily to procure him by his Piety the Peace and Glory of the Elect with as much Fervency as his other Children by their Valour shall doe Honour to his Memory Let that Afflicted Widow as remote from the Pomp and Corruption of the World by Choice and Inclination as she approaches near to what the World accounts most Great by the Blood of Luxembourg and Clermont the Splendour of which she has united to the Blood of Montmorancy now redouble with more Confidence the Exercises of her Charity which she made her sweetest Employment while he liv'd for the etetnal Repose of her Husband Let that Lady in the last place strong above her Sex and her Age who gave Life to this Heroe then the Child of her Sorrow now the Crown of her Old Age who saw him cover'd with Honour after she had seen him born in the midst of the Shadow of Death at this day surviving so many Revolutions as a publick Witness of the Wonders of Providence after Threescore and eight Years of Vertuous Widowhood equal or superiour to the Widow'd Prophetess considering the Number of her Years and her Love for her Country and like to her in Wisdom and Piety consecrate the remainder of her Life to bless the Mercies which God has exercis'd upon her Son and to draw 'em down upon the Flourishing Family of which God was pleas'd that He should be the Chief Let Us. My Lords excited to Pray for Him by so many Motives of Hope work out our Salvation with Fear and Trembling convinc'd of this Truth so brightly shining in St. Paul That it is God who works in us hoth the Will and the Deed according to his Good Will If God has wrought in Him this wonderful Operation Has he wrought it for all Sinners If this Penitent shew'd himself Faithful upon this last Effort of the Goodness of God for Him Are all others therefore Faithful If He have had a Time Shall you have the same If the Felicity of this End seems to harden ye to Sin let the Seldomness of the Happiness carry you to Repentance to this Favourable Death of a Penitent opposite to so many Violent Unexpected Untimely and many otherwise Fatal Deaths In the mean time but for this End so full of Consolation what would become of all the Wonders of his Life What Kindness would the Luster of so many Victories doe him before the Tribunal of his God Nay What stead would they stand him in before the Tribunal of the World and Publick Opinion Therefore it is by this End that we ought to measure all the Grandeur of this Man And God My Lords and the World will Judge of You by your Ends. May it have been for Him and may it be for every one of Us the Beginning of Blessed Eternity THE END