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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37226	The phoenix, sepulchre, & cradle in the holy death of the right honourable Isabella, Theresa, Lucy, Marchioness of Winchester / by J.D.	J. D.	1691 (1691)	Wing D39; ESTC R33430	9,203	23

THE PHOENIX SEPULCHRE CRADLE IN THE HOLY DEATH OF THE Right Honourable Isabella Theresa Lucy Marchioness of WINCHESTER By J. D. LONDON Printed in the Year MDCXCI A SERMON UPON The Death of the Right Honourable Isabella Teresa Lucy Marchioness of Winchester JOB XXIX xviij In Nidulo meo moriar sicut Palma multiplicabo Dies I will die in my little Nest and I will multiply my Days as the Palm-Tree or the Phoenix as some translate it both from the Hebrew 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and the Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 PREFACE STrange Expression Illustrious Lords and Ladies wherein Job joyns Death with Life the Cradle with the Sepulchre and Dust with Immortality to teach us That as the Palm-Tree lives again in its Branches and the Phoenix is born again of her Ashes so shall the Just arise again from Death and multiply their Days as the Sand of the Sea In Nidulo moriar sicut Palma multiplicabo Dies I made choice of this Noble Expression to allay in some sort the Sorrow which I perceive in your Countenances for the common Loss of the Right Noble Lady Isabella Theresa Lucy Stafford Dowager to the most Noble John Marquis of Winchester But as Painting is never more at a Loss than when it goes about to represent the Sun for though the Works of Painting out-do those of Nature and that with the delightful mixture of Colours it represents the Enamel of the Meadows and the Beauty of the Fields all its Art seems to fail when it goes about to express the least Beam of that glorious Planet Eloquence in like manner never shews it self more deficient than when it attempts to set forth the shining Vertues which Crown the Just None then I hope will wonder if I make Use of the Comparison of the Phoenix to give a general Notion of the holy Departure out of this Life of the Illustrious Isabella This heavenly Bird that never toucheth the Earth such love it hath for Heaven is a perfect Representation of the Change which the Resurrection shall cause in our Bodies For according both to Sacred and Prophane Writers she builds to her self a Sepulchre or Cradle since she dies therein and is there born again Tumulum mortui vel Incunabulum resurgentis dixeris Ambr. Lib. V. Hexam 23. De Fide Resurrectionis Then setting Fire to this Funeral Pile made up all of Aromatick Wood she burns her self in the Flames and is born out of her own Ashes and riseth again and recovering new Vigour soars as formerly in the Plains of the Air an unparallell'd Object of Admiration with the Oars of her Wings Behold an Emblem of what happened to our Noble Isabella She died in a Sepulchre of Incense and Myrrhe that is of Love and Pain and born again of this Cradle she with the Phoenix re-assumes a new Life In Nidulo meo moriar sicut Palma multiplicabo dies O happy Death But O more happy Resurrection O wonderful Metamorphosis O divine Transformation which makes this most Christian Lady die to old Adam and die to her self that she may live to Christ and say with the Apostle I live not I but Christ liveth in me Gal. 2.20 The Division But give me leave to break off from this Comparison of the Phoenix to come directly to the Two Christian Virtues which make up the proper Character of our Noble Marchioness provided I can but Pencil them out 1. Her profound Humility in her Greatness 2. Her heroick Constancy in her Afflictions But as we cannot see the Sun without Light neither can we view the shining Vertues of the Just without the Light of Grace which that we may more effectually obtain let us interpose the Intercession of that Blessed Virgin who was filled therewith when the Angel said to her Ave Maria. PART I. Her profound Humility in her Greatness GReatness is the Proper and true Character of God and is so natural to him that even in humbling himself he cannot divest himself thereof He is so great that he neither can have a Companion nor Equal as earthly Princes who share their Power and Greatness with their Children or their Favourites Wherefore when the Prophet would praise him he is contented to say Our Lord is great and his Greatness has no bound Psal 144.3 And in this the Great Ones of the Land are the Noble Representations of God The right Honourable and most Noble Lady Isabella the Marchioness of Winchester was Great in all the Conditions of her Life First She was Great in her Birth as being born of Two the most Illustrious Families of Great Britain For She being Daughter to the right Honourable William Viscount Stafford lineally descended from the Great Noble and large-spreading Family of the Howards and consequently of the High and Mighty Princes the Dukes of Norfolk Earls of Surrey those Lords High Admirals and Marshals of England the Conquerors and Thunderers of Scotland Great she was also by her Mother's Side For being Daughter to the right Honourable Mary Baroness by Descent sole Heir and Countess of Stafford she is again lineally descended from the right Ancient most Noble Wealthy and ever Pious Family of the Staffords flourishing formerly in the highest Rank and Degrees of Honour in this Nation and whereof Robert Stafford Baron of Stafford was Lord High Steward of the Houshold to King Edward the Confessor This Robert's Posterity grew up yet more Illustrious not only by being ingrafted into the House of Lancaster and into that of the Famous Godfrey of Bullen but also by a long Succession of Signal Heroes both in the Church and State such as Ralph the first and renowned Earl of Stafford with his Glorious Posterity the Henries Dukes of Buckingham whom we may stile The Maker of Kings And from such a bright Constellation of Souldiers Statesmen Earls Dukes Admirals High Chancellors arch-Arch-Bishops and High-Constables of England is lineally descended the High-born Isabella Theresa Lucy Stafford the Mournful Object of our present Grief Great she was again by her noble and holy Marriage being ingrafted into the Ancient and Noble Family of the Paulets and espoused to the right Noble John Marquis of Winchester and first Marquis of England Now Marriage being a communication of all Rights both Humane and Divine Wives are in the same degree of Honour and Greatness as their Husbands so that she was the first Marchioness of England For 't is a constant Maxim in the Law Vxores coruscant Radiis Maritorum Great she was also in her Personal Perfections both of Body and Mind Great for her Beauty hereditary in the Two Illustrious Families of the Staffords and Howards till her Piety found ways to impair it by Penance and Mortification Great in her Wit which was sharp quick solid and capable of managing the greatest Affairs as it was soon perceived by all that had the Honour to converse with her Nor was this Divine Spark of her Soul ever guilty of those Two common Errors