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A19624	A lasting ievvell, for religious woemen In the summe of a sermon, preached at the funerall of mistris Mary Crosse, late wife of Mr. Henry Crosse of Barnestaple in the countie of Deuon merchant, Nouemb. 11. 1628. and now published with some additions. With a briefe description of her life and death. By William Crompton, preacher of the Word of God at Barnestaple in Deuon.	Crompton, William, 1599?-1642.	1630 (1630)	STC 6058; ESTC S117122	20,905	44

many others whose names deserue to bee engrauen in pillars of Marble and all to teach vs the necessity of this duty Which will further appeare if wee consider these enforcements First there are many that haue had and doe deserue this praise you haue read or heard I presume of Rachel and the pillar Iacob erected in memory of her of Deborah Hannah Ester Iudeth Marie Martha Lydia Sarah c. whose names and condions are registred by a neuer-erring Historian to tell vs God is as wel pleased with the gracious actions of good woemen as with the best of any of the sonnes of men and that we as he ought to giue them their due commendation who can passe ouer in silence the renowned names of our two famous English Elizabeths without admiring the one for valiant doing the other for patient suffering many calamities the Lord in mercy put an end vnto them in his time and praysing both for their vertues many others I could name where I liue and haue liued who deserue it but desire it not let their owne workes praise them in the gates Secondly this makes much for Gods glory whose power is most seene in weakenesse what is praise worthy is the speciall worke of God their weakenesse magnifies his power when they are praised for good workes hee is glorified Thirdly it is a meanes to augment that which is commended in them vertue increases by praise if it be in an humble minde or else indeed it is not vertue Fourthly it is a necessary part of distributiue Iustice to giue to euery one their owne praise to whom praise belongs Fiftly it is beneficiall to all others as to excite and stirre them vp earnestly to seeke after that Iewell yea to sell all they haue to buy it which is so highly and generally commended so also it will serue as a patterne to shew them how they must liue if they would be praysed and although none would be praised yet all must doe things worthy praise Sixtly it is comfortable to suruiuing friends by this meanes though death haue depriued you of the presence of many good and vertuous woemen yet of the presence of their vertue and good workes it cannot a good name is left still yea a fresh memory which will speake in their praise when they are turned to clay grace our-liues death it stoopes not to the graue but wa●tes on the soule to the throne of glory beauty and fauour moulder into dust the feare of the Lord indures for euer It cannot be but a great comfort to heare wise men and religious woemen speake truly in prayse of our departed friends to see the pens of strangers employed as Gods instruments to publish their due praise a reward to them an example to others In the application of this Lesson we find matter of direction teaching vs as to practise what is here inioyned for the time to come so to be sorry for former neglects we may not we must not be silent in the praise of good woemen their number is small the fault may be ours when goodnesse is slighted or disesteemed by most weake woemen seeke it not at all let others be condemned for not seeking it when they should rather then any of vs for not praysing it where it is But stay are wee not too forward in this point doe not most bedaube the dead with vndeserued praises too many no doubt but then the rule set downe here is not obserued they praise them but doe not giue them the workes of their owne hands they rob one to enrich another take Iewels from the Israelites and giue them to the Egiptians as in Rome common strumpets haue beene highly extold so amongst vs those are often praysed after death both in funerall Orations and ordinary talke who neuer yeelded any fruit praise-worthy during life by this fauning stile God is highly dishonoured good men and woemen discouraged and the vildest wretches countenanced in euill I speake not this as condemning al those which haue or do cast a few flowers vpon the coffin of the dead it may be they saw more in them then all others did but could wish men in this kind where sin raignes euidently aboue the feare of God to be wisely sparing for feare of future danger If any demand here how a good woeman may be knowne that so they may praise her and giue her the worke of her hands without offence to any I answere for this end you must make vse both of your eye and eare a good woeman may be knowne partly by what you see in her partly by what you heare of her First by what you see in her that she be as farre forch as is possible for man to discerne first vertuous inricht with competencie of knowledge and a good vnderstanding agreeable to her Sexe able to discerne betweene good and euill morally and accordingly to make choyce both for speculation and practice with wisedome which consists in seeking for finding out following and maintaining the truth according to abilitie place and calling with iustice ready to giue vnto euery one their owne pietie to God fidelitie to her husband charitie to the needie and diligent industri● to her charge in familie with temperance a vertue fetching backe all extreames to a mediocritie and is employed in euery vertuous woman about these particulars especially First her wordes that they be not rash hastie loud nor many especially in the presence of her husband Secondly her pleasure that she seeke not so much as is desired by the vnregenerate part nor any at all as the flesh desires it let that which is reported of Semiramis Pasiphae Faustina Messalina with many other filthy woemen amongst the Gentiles both Grecians and Romanes Rom. 1.26 keepe backe all from submission of their reasonable part to the slauish regiment of sense and carnall appetite thinke not with delight of variety lest you desire it desire it not lest Sathan offer you meanes to act it act it not least after in stead of expected satisfaction it lay you open to further inuasion Thirdly her dyet that she be neither carelesse curious or excessiue in meate or drinke for quantitie nor ouer-much the guise of drunken Gossips for qualitie ouer-daintie a sinfull sauce wherewith proud Cleopatra entertained her familiar guest Marke Anthonie Fourthly about her apparell that she be neither garish nor sluttish that she passe not the bounds of her Husbands calling and abilitie either in the matter or manner ground or fashion of her attire Secondly it is required she be religious in affection profession and conuersation that she delight in the hearing of Gods word obserue due howers of prayer publique with the Church especially on the Lords day not slighting it at other appointed times priuate by her selfe and after with her familie so ordering her houshold businesse that this dutie may not be omitted or interrupted through her default that shee loue Gods seruants countenancing with her best indeauour the best things

sowe in their Children the seedes of pride and idlenes by keeping them in the fashion for their haire face attire gesture complement c. neglecting the old fashion after which God made them to set them vp on high the churlish thistles daughter must marry with the Cedars sonne only for his height plodding to leaue them rich though gracelesse a greater fault there is in some other parents whose indeauour is to dishearten and hinder their forward children in good courses like the Scribes and Pharisees will neither enter heauen nor suffer those that would I aduise children to honour their parents because of our precept but God more because of many parents are deare Christ dearer their loue precious his inestimable the parents care may adorne the body this feare of the Lord is the soules ornament Secondly this serues to vnuaile the deformed pouertie of such women as want this Iewell though faire yet faithlesse and may be compared to an Irish bogge or quagmire which appeares greene and solid till it be tried then opens her mouth to deuoure the passenger such are faire rich women without grace to looke vnto they are like a bed of downe to touch like a bundle of the sharpest thornes whosoeuer deales with them had better grapple with a nest of snakes their ornaments are all outward and such as are indeede the disgrace of Christianitie borrowing poudering frizeling and cutting of their haire naked breasts ear-rings nose-iewels with strange fantasticke fashions yet what a gay show doe such make esteeming themselues no meane persons no more they are not for they are alwaies in extreames how haughtie are they walking with stretched-forth neckes wanton eyes tripping nicely as they goe how are they admired by simple ones that know them not when as there is nothing in them praise-worthy it must needs bee folly fl●ttery or both to commend them if wee giue them the fruit of their hands and let their owne workes speake for them what a haruest must they reape will they not blush to heare and see pride idlenesse lust drunkennesse laid before them as their owne Oh consider this yee back-sliding proud wanton wine-bibbing loud-speaking daughters the fruit of your hand shall be giuen you when nothing can be spoken of you but will dispraise you here and after death your name and memory shall rott away it is not a bare out-side will praise you nor painting that can preserue you your muffes ruffes laces lawnes perfumes rings bracelets with the rest of that deceitfull burthen a compleatly fashionable woman in our age beares a little packe about her laid aside what is left but a barren carcasse that neuer did nor is like to receiue any good without speedy repentance and reformation Let no vertuous Matrons be discouraged hereby nothing is spoken against yea I haue comfort for them in store Feare not yee I know you feare and seeke the Lord Iesus and what can daunt you should pouertie Christ is your riches sicknesse Christ is your health contempt in this world honoured you are and shall be in heauen want of a good complexion alas it is nothing and it may be it is in mercy those that haue it sinne more about it and encrease sinners amongst men or of due proportion amongst the partes of the body mee thinkes a little grace doth abundantly supply all defects in nature a woeman that feares God appeares alwaies most amiable and louely though in bodie neuer so deformed let this Iewell of the soule comfort you against all other crosses though you had nothing else in this world glorie in this that you know and feare the Lord. I may stay no longer here let me exhort you that haue heard or by any other meanes shall heare what I haue deliuered this day to affect true prayse bee wiues indeed and truth like helpfull parts in a liuing body not in name and shew onely like artificiall eyes which supplying the roome performe no part of the office of an eye wiues neglecting their dutie when they should be helpfull become hurtfull are but the shadowes of wiues and were they shadowes onely it were well with those that haue them if you would haue the reward doe the worke of good wiues seeke the chiefest Iewell weare the best ornament then know though fauour be deceitfull and beautie vanitie yet a woeman that feares the Lord shall be praised We all stand bound to acknowledge this grace in those woemen on whom God hath bestowed it husbands children neighbours yea the whole Church must giue them the fruit of their hands whence arises for our instruction this third and last conclusion That it is a necessary no arbitrary action to giue vertuous women their due commendation beautie is vanitie and fauour deceitfull not worthy naming but a woman that feares the Lord shee shall bee praised that is acknowledged for such and commended besides this precept we find the spirit of God hath practised it else-where it is storied of Ruth Ruth 3.11 that all the people of the Citie did know her for a vertuous woeman that is acknowledge commend and praise her of Abigail 1. Sam. 25.3 that she was a woman of a good vnderstanding in the booke of Kings 2. Kings 4.9 we find the good Shunamite commended and our blessed Sauiour himselfe enioynes it to bee done of one woman Math. 26.13 for a good worke performed by her wheresoeuer this Gospell shall be preached in the whole world there also shall this that this woman hath done be told for a memoriall of her So of Tabitha the spirit records Acts 9.36 that she was full of good workes and almes-deeds which she did Neither is it without Gods guiding prouidence but by speciall direction that humane histories haue beene such faithfull records of the acts of vertuous woemen I confesse some haue impiously dipt their pens ouer-deepe in the waters of Marah going to describe the female sexe so painfully publishing their owne disgrace Suetonius makes mention of Claudia who seeing her father riding through the streets of Rome to be pluckt from his triumphant Chariot by the Tribunes with a masculine boldnesse freed him from their hands placed him againe in his seate and neuer left till shee saw him receiued withall magnificent pompe into the Capitoll Solinus mentions another Romane Lady who when her mother was committed to straight prison by the Triumuiri there to be starued to death shee nourisht her with the milke of her owne brest Plinie tels vs of another who did the like vnto her owne condemned Father Wee read of Alceste that died to saue the life of her husband Admetus drawing from her owne chaste breast such and so many solid drops of blood as erected for her selfe a liuing monument of honour to out-last time the like instance I find in Iulia the wife of Pompey mentioned by Plutarch in Portia the wife of Brutus commended to vs by Valerius Maximinus and in Pompeia Paulina the wife of Seneca with