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A56121 A sermon at the funeral of the learned and ingenious Mrs. Ann Baynard daughter and only child of Dr. Edward Baynard, Fellow of the Colledge of Physicians, London. Together with some remarkable passages in her life. Preached at the parish-church of Barnes in the county of Surry, June the 16th. 1697. By John Prude, A.M. chaplain to his Grace the Duke of Norfolk, and curate of St. Clements Danes in the county of Middlesex. Published at the desire of her friends. Prude, John. 1697 (1697) Wing P3881; ESTC R218353 15,546 40

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of Sullenness in a discontented Stoick who might disparage the World because he would have no share in its Enjoyments but the cool result of Wisdom in a King that could command the Blandishments of this World after he had given the greatest loose to his desires in the Enjoyment of them and who may consequently be the better believ'd in what he saith concerning them Having therefore in the former part of this Chapter found nothing but vanity in all the delights of the Sons of Men whether they were large Possessions or great Retinues whether they were beautiful Gardens or pleasant Fountains whether the mirth of Feasting and Banqueting or the melody of the sweetest Voices and Instruments of Musick he turns himself in the 12th ver as to his last refuge to reflect upon his Wisdom and to consider it as the only good of Man and here he tells us that he found the intellectual pleasures of Wisdom and Knowledge to as far exceed the Madness and folly of sensual Gratifications as the light of the Sun which cleares the eyes and displays the lovely Scene of Nature to our view does the darkness of the night which shuts up all in solitude and silence and exposes us to dangers the wise mans eyes are in his head i. e. he is circumspect and cautious whereby he escapes the Snares and Troubles which the careless and unwary Man does so easily fall into Happy therefore is the man that findeth Wisdom and the man that possesseth understanding Prov. 3.13 14 15. The merchandise thereof is better than the merchandise of Silver and the gain thereof than fine Gold She is more pretious than Rubies and all the things that can be desired are not to be compared unto her She is the off-spring of Heaven the excellency of Men and Angels and the Salt that seasons every state of life and makes it savoury And yet notwithstanding all this the share which the best of Men has of it is but poor and scanty and which is allay'd with much Ignorance and Error It s light is but weak and dim at the best just enough to discover our Miseries but unable of it self to guide us out of them In fine where it is not assissted from above it has its vanity as well as all other things here below it can neither exempt a Man from the Calamities that surround him nor secure him from Death and Oblivion For there is no remembrance of the Wise more than of the Fool for ever seeing that which now is in the days to come shall be forgotten and how dyeth the Wise Man as the Fool. The words represent to us these two things as Vanities incident to Wisdom I. The equal share of Misery and Death that is charged upon the wise Man as well as the Fool for there is one event to them both II. The fruitless Attempt to retrieve our selves from Death by a surviving Memory seeing the wise Man is as soon forgotten as the Fool. I. Then we say that notwithstanding the great Prerogative that Wisdom has above Folly the one can no more free us from Misery while we live nor from the hand of Death at last than the other The wisest Man in the world draws but a precarious Breath here being lodg'd in a Tenement of Clay a tottering and ruinous House subject to many Sicknesses and Infirmities and every moment threatning a Dissolution There is no distinction in his Origin from the Fool or the Beast that perisheth Notwithstanding his boast of Wisdom He is born but as the wild Asses Colt Job 11.12 He spends his Childhood in the same ignorance and vanity and when his knowledge comes to him the disadvantage in comparison seems to lye on his side For having a larger Prospect and nicer Sense than others his knowledge helps him only to discover more things that will vex him and make him sad Hence says our Preacher That the heart of the wise is in the house of mourning and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow Eccles 7.4 and Sorrow dryeth the bones wastes the Flesh and hastens old Age. And as the natural strength wears away so doth the vigour of the Senses and as Life abates so does Wisdom gradually depait from us Death spoils our Tabernacles we lay our Heads down with the beasts of the Field and are crumbl'd into the same common Dust Let our Wisdom be what it will whether speculative or practical spiritual or temporal the Wisdom that is from above or the Wisdom of this world 't is a most certain and undeniable Truth that no Man's Parts or Learning can secure him from the Grave but there is one and the same Event to the Righteous and to the Wicked to the Wise and to the Unwise But here we must remember that we do not mistake the Preachers meaning as if he made no difference at all between the Wise Man and the Fool He only maintains that there was nothing perfect underneath the Sun that Wisdom it self the most excellent of the Gifts of God had its mixtures and allays and was attended with many Inconveniencies that it might not puff us up into Pride and Self-Admiration But in all other Respects Wisdom has been truly justify'd by this her Elder Son who being best acquainted with her has given her her due Praise and recommended her to Mankind And indeed she must be owned to be a Crown of Glory to all that lay hold on her And without her direction and guidance Man is the most forlorn and despicable Creature in the World both as to his moral and his political Capacity For as to the former it is from clouded Und●rstandings and wrong Conceptions of things that Men are so fond of their Vices had they but right apprehensions their Lusts would not look so alluring Who is the proud Man who is the Drunkard who is the Glutton who is the Covetous who is the Voluptuous who is the Profane who is the Adulterer But the Man that lacketh Wisdom And as to the latter how can a Man steer himself thro' the various Circumstances of his Life if he has not this Star and Compass to direct him What is wealth without knowledge but a dangerous Temptation and a sure Evil to the Owners thereof What is want without knowledge but an insupportable Vexation that can neither be born nor remedied What is Power without knowledge but a pompous Station which will either be lost or lessened What is Subjection without knowledge but a brutish drudgery that will neither be valued nor pityed What is Honour without Knowledge but an empty Title that will be either envyed or slighted And what is disgrace without Knowledge but an insulting Evil that can neither be warded nor yet weather'd For certain is it that by a due improvement of our Minds we are the better able to carry our selves thro' this Valley of Tears to moderate a prosperous fortune and to sustain an adverse one Neither would I have the
A SERMON AT THE FUNERAL Of the Learned and Ingenious Mrs. Ann Baynard Daughter and only Child of Dr. Edward Baynard Fellow of the Colledge of Physicians London Together with some Remarkable Passages in her Life Preached at the Parish-Church of Barnes in the County of Surry June the 16th 1697. By John Prude A. M. Chaplain to his Grace the Duke of Norfolk and Curate of St. Clements Danes in the County of Middlesex Published at the desire of her Friends Immodicis brevis est aetas rara senectus Mar. lib. 6. LONDON Printed for Daniel Brown at the Black Swan and Bible without Temple-Bar MDCXCVII TO THE Most Pious and Vertuous Lady The Honourable Lady MARY FANE Eldest Daughter to the Right Honourable VEER Late Earl of WESTMORLAND To the Vertuous and Pious Ladies The Lady CATHERINE LONGUEVIL The Lady RACHEL DELVES of Dodington in Cheshire Madam Mary Bampfield of Poultimore in Devon Madam Diana Montague of Leckham in Wilts Madam Mary Ewer of Richmond in Surry Madam Catharine Broncker of Stoke in Wilts Being all Admirers of the Deceased and equally Admir'd by her THIS FUNERAL DISCOURSE Is with all Submission Dedicated By Your Ladyships most Obedient Servant JOHN PRUDE TO THE READER THE honest Attempt of preserving the Memory of that most Pious and Learned young Gentlewoman Mrs. Ann Baynard has occasion'd the hasty Publication of this Discourse She was perhaps one of the greatest Women that any Age has produc'd both for Parts and their Improvement as her great Skill in the Languages and all manner of Learning and Philosophy has sufficiently made appear but that which is most rare was her great Modesty under which so much knowledge was vail'd without the least Tincture of Vanity or Ostentation For her Words were very few and her Countenance always compos'd so that Taciturnity Wisdom and Discretion were Rival Vertues to her other Accomplishments The good that such a Woman might have done by her Example is unspeakable and her Loss irreparable for she was known too late and lost too early She-was a true and constant Church Woman a great Asserter and Defender both of the Order and Oeconemy of the Church of England and pitied the Breaches and Schisms which Dissention had made in the pure and spotless Religion of the most Holy Jesus She would often say that Pride and Self-conceit were the two main Pillars on which that Fabrick of Dissention stood and therefore Wise and considerate Persons would easily conclude it to be built upon a weak and sandy Foundation She mightily pitied the unthinking part of Mamkind particularly those of her own Sex That were any ways mis-lead into wrong Opinions And as to Heresie so also she was a profess'd Enemy to Atheism and Prophaneness and held the Sacred Name of God in such a Reverence and Admiration that she always either bow'd or stood up when any occasional Discourse offer'd it self that way She was a great Admirer of all good and vertuous Persons in General particularly the Ladies to whom this Discourse is dedicated whom she never named but with a Respect proportionable to that Value and Esteem which they justly deserv'd and which she thought their due The Lady Mary Fane accompany'd with her Mother and the best of Mothers the most Pious and most Vertuous Countess of Westmorland it would seem a Digression if I should speak all that I know to this Purpose often did her the Favour of their Visits in her Sickness The good Lady Languevil her next Neighbour did not only do the Office of a Friend but even out-did the kindnesses of a most near Relation in the Favours she shew'd her in her languishing and weak condition The Lady Delves annually honour'd her Birth-day for many years together with a noble Present And the Character she had of the Vertue and Goodness of that excellent Woman the Lady Bampfield Mother to Sir Coplestone Warwick made her in love with her very Name Madam Montague Madam Ewer and Madam Broncker were all related to her Ladies of the strictest Vertue and Piety for whom she had a great Respect and Kindness As to her Birth and Family it is so well known that I need say no more of it than that she was descended from Ralph Baynard Baron of Dunmow in Essex who left his Son the Lord Jeffery Baynard in the quiet Possession of Eighty five fair Lordships as cited by Mr. Dugdale in his Baronage of England Some Books Printed for and Sold by D. Brown at the Black Swan and Bible without Temple Barr. SIX Sermons Preached on several Occasions by Dr. Haschard Dean of Windsor Eight Sermons Preached on several Occasions by Dr. Mannigham Mr. Ellesby's Funeral Sermon of the Danger of a Death-bed Repentance Dr. Jacomb's Sermom at the Funeral of Mr. Martyn Mr. Bynn's Sermon before the House of Commons Jan. 30. Four Sermons Preached on several Occasions by Dr. Felling Mr. Leighton's House Sermon of the Duty and benefit of Frequent Communion His Sermon at Lincoln Assizes Mr. Maundrell's Sermon before the Turky Company Dr. Horneck's Four Treatises published since his Death Dr. Pelling on the Sacrament 2 Vol. On Charity On Humility On God's Love to Mankind On Prayer Ecclesiastes II. 16. For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever seeing that which now is in the days to come shall be forgotten and how dieth the wise man As the fool THE sad occasion of this day confirms the Position of the Preacher and gives us an ample prospect of the vantiy of the best of Mortals For we see that the most profound Sagacity the most refined Vertues and exalted Graces that humane Nature is capable of cannot secure the Body from the Grave nor the Worms from their Prey seeing the wise Man dieth even as the Fool. The scope and drift of the Royal Preacher in this Book is to evince and illustrate this one great Truth viz. That the real Good and Happiness of Man is not to be found in this World and that whatsoever he sets his heart upon here is so far from yielding any solid Enjoyment or Satisfaction that it is the greatest Allay that can be to it that it raises his desires only to defeat them and invites him with pleasant and specious Expectations to send him away with the greater Vexation of Spirit And this Truth is here very clearly and pathetically laid open to us by a particular disquisition of the Pleasures Honors Riches and Wisdom too of this World which are so much the Idols of mens Wishes and Desires And indeed who was fitter for such a work than he not only upon the account of that depth and capacity he had above other Men but also from that dear bought experience which he had made of all these things God had endowed him not only with a vast Comprehensive Soul but put into his hands all that his heart could wish for so that the Conclusion which he draws from the whole matter is not the effect