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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51822	A sermon preach'd at the parish-church of St. Andrews Holborn, the 30th of December, 1694, on the most lamented death of our Most Gracious Sovereign Queen Mary by Tho. Mannyngham ...	Manningham, Thomas, 1651?-1722.	1695 (1695)	Wing M504; ESTC R6484	8,282	35

which I am sure is the best sign of a solid piety whatever Business She had which was oftentimes very pressing and weighty in the absence of the King She would never miss Her solemn prayers and if upon the account of some necessary avocations She found the time would be unseasonable for Her Chaplains to attend such was Her Goodness and Condescention to the meanest of Her Servants She would dismiss them and have prayers said in Her own Chamber by the Clerk of Her Closet who was always ready to assist Her Devotion She never miss'd to Communicate every Month in Her Chapel and Her preparation was generally enter'd upon with some strictness almost a Week before and those Innocent Diversions which Her Station call'd for and the Expectation of the Court requir'd and some joyful Occasions made seasonable She always as far as lay in Her power so order'd and contriv'd that they might be at the greatest distance from Her more serious times and give the least disturbance to the Devotional frame of Her Soul Thus She kept up a Continual Intercourse with Heaven Her Lamp was always Burning always Bright and She had but little to do when God was pleas'd to Confine Her to Her Bed of Sickness Resignation and Submission was Her whole Duty then and with that She meekly comply'd When the Art and Skill of the Physicians fail'd and Her Death might be easily read in the Concern of all who were about Her She alone was not surpriz'd She had a God at hand whom She had faithfully serv'd and She was well prepar'd to commit Her Spirit to him and to resign Her Earthly Throne for a share in the Everlasting Kingdom Thus She has had but a short Reign amongst us and that mix'd with Cares attended with some hard Circumstances being often over-clouded with the sad apprehensions of what might befall Her Royal Husband who was call'd from Her every Summer by the Necessities of a Forreign War who has escap'd many Dangers abroad to meet with something more Terrible at Home for He who could have met His own Death in the field with the clearest Courage and the firmest Resolution could not part with His Dearest Queen without the Expressions of that Tenderness of Soul which only True Conjugal Love Could make and must Excuse She is gone from us in the midst of Her Age when we might have expected the Influence of Her Publick piety for many years and when we most wanted it too Thus our Sun went down as at Noon and our Earth was Darkned in the midst of a clear Day and when we had lain in Provisions to make this Season chearful our Feasts were suddenly turn'd into Mourning As to the Pious and Charitable Actions usual at this Time no Afflictions can make Them unseasonable they rather call for more of such good actions but as to the Feasting and Triffling part that seems the less proper under so Great and so Publick a loss We have now in the space of a Month or thereabouts been bereav'd of Two of the greatest Encouragers of Solid Piety in their several ways that this Age hath for a long time produc'd and what Serious Christians can be fond of life when so much Goodness and Vertue are departed from us and so much Iniquity abounds For how do the Men of Natural parts favour Atheism or the Blasphemies of Socinus How do multitudes of the young of both Sexes give themselves up to all manner of Uncleanness How Intemperate and Riotous are some How Worldly and Covetous are others How Factious and Malicious are many who pass for sober People How few are Truly Devout Lovers of God and of Wisdom acted with a Spirit of Zeal and Discretion When God Almighty makes up His Jewels in haste and takes away His Chosen Vessels so suddenly it is a Terrible sign that He intends to bring some great Evil upon us for when such Supports are remov'd what shall hinder the Overflowings of Ungodliness and when once a Torrent of Sin breaks in upon us it will be soon follow'd by a Deluge of Judgments The Best use we can make of such severe Dispensations is to turn immediately from our Sins to betake our selves to the Strong holds of Religion to Imitate the Vertues of those whose Departure we deplore and to admire God and Adore Him in all His proceedings We were certainly most Happy in a Queen who was an Ornament and Blessing to this Kingdom who made such a step to save a Sinking Nation as Her Tenderness shrunk from but Her Wisdom and Conscience saw Necessary to make And tho' She has been Censur'd in the opinion of some whose Judgments have been sway'd either by a False pity or by Mistaken principles of Government yet all who could consider wisely did not only acquit but applaud Her and all who Truly favour'd Vertue and truly Knew Her Lov'd Her If She had any Real Enemies they were the Wicked and the Prophane whom She would never Countenance however Powerful and Great and 't is no wonder if they who dare to Blaspheme even God Himself The Fountain of all Goodness should likewise endeavour to Defame the Best Created Loveliness who was Kind to all who had any Merit and not willing to offend those who had None who endeavour'd to make all about Her as Vertuous and thereby as Lovely as Her self and who was always ready to place Her Distinguishing favours where God had given any singular Grace I find I am entring into Her Character again But tho' it be a most Engaging Theme I must now try to refrain Perhaps I may be thought too forward in meddling at all with so Great a Subject but truly I was of opinion that any other at this Time would hardly have gone down and that the Publick Concern had indispos'd my Auditory for any Common Discourse I was also perswaded that I might recommend Piety with some advantage to you under so Eminent and so Affecting an Example I have now another Consideration to lay before you which is a General Contribution to Be gather'd from your respective Dwellings for the present Relief of the Poor recommended to us by Royal Authority where our King not only calls upon us to be Charitable but goes before us in this Duty and sets a Pattern for us to follow You are Exhorted to Relieve those who are of the same Houshold of Faith who live in the same City with you who are Distinguish'd from you only by their Misery who suffer not for want of Industry but by reason of a Deadness of Trade and whose Poverty is not their Sin but their Calamity It must be confess'd that Vncharitableness as it relates to the relieving of the Distress'd is none of our National Sins for our Nation has been made a Sanctuary for Exiles and we have largely contributed to the Support of our persecuted Brethren who have fled to us from all Quarters But that should not hinder us from being Kind to our own Poor even they suffer for their Religion too tho' they keep their Dwellings for whilst we labour under a necessity of War there are many hardships and losses which must necessarily fall heavy upon many particular Families but whilst we are able to lessen the Afflictions of others by an easie Contribution let us not be backward in Well-doing There is some hope that God will still Support us under all our Calamities because there is so much of the true Spirit of Christian Charity remaining still amongst us but if this Fountain should once dry up I fear we should scarce have any other Publick Vertue left to plead our Cause with God He therefore who has an Abundance let him give plentifully He who has but little let him give without distrust or fear of wanting for the Especial Providence of God will not fail to make a suitable return Complain not of the Difficulty of the Times when God allows you many Enjoyments and Means of making others happy Neither be you tir'd with the frequency of such occasions as this for they present you with the best opportunities of Glorifying God and will give you a mighty support when ever your Day of Calamity comes I am sure our late Gracious Queen gave Her self a Constant imployment and exercise in this Duty it was Her delight and contrivance how She might spare and lay by for Charitable uses All Her prudent Managements had an Eye to this Vertue and she brought a Decent Frugality into fashion among the Chief of Her Honourable Attendants who in Imitation of Her so proportion'd their Expences that they might always have a certain Fund for Charity When ever any real Necessitious Condition was truly represented at Court it seldom fail'd of some Relief nay it was a Common thing for the Ladies who were about the Queen to Contribute freely themselves upon any such just occasion and amongst them to make a Purse for distressed Persons of such general Influence is a Great Example and so largely Beneficial is a Good one Now since God has been pleas'd to Turn our Feastings into Mourning let us turn some part of our Hospitality into acts of Charity and let us Honour the Memory of our Dear Departed Queen by an Immediate Imitation of Her Example in this particular and by a present and chearful exercise of that Vertue which She always practis'd and lov'd That when God shall please to call us out of this World we also may be found Doing of Good and be receiv'd into that Joy of our Lord and Master of which all his Good and Faithful Servants shall partake Now to God the Father God the Son and God the Holy Ghost be all Honour Glory Power Praise and Thanksgiving now and for evermore Amen FINIS