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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51816	A sermon at the funeral of Sir John Norton, Bar. lately deceased prech'd at the Parish-Church of East-Tysted in Hantshire by Thomas Mannyngham.	Manningham, Thomas, 1651?-1722.	1687 (1687)	Wing M498; ESTC R30510	11,241	40

adorn her and protect her by their Learning their Prudence their Fortitude and their Piety He was so well grounded a Member of the Church of England that I am fully perswaded no Art or Cunning no Allurements no Terrors no Losses could ever have mov'd him from the two main Pillars of his constant Profession and Practice viz. his Duty to the Church and his Loyalty to the King but upon all Occasions as formerly so still he would have bravely serv'd his Prince to the utmost Extent of what is lawful and had there been more than this requir'd he would have humbly and mildly suffered for the Testimony of a good Conscience After a continued Enjoyment of his Health for threescore and four years God was pleased to exercise him with a severe Sickness above two years since from which in some time he recovered though perhaps never to the Strength and Consistency of his former State yet to a greater Watchfulness over all his Actions and I am perswaded to a much further Advancement in his spiritual and everlasting Affairs About four Months since he was surprised with an unusual Swelling in the Neck which at first was not apprehended to be of much Consequence but the extraordinary Concern of his most Affectionate Lady would not permit her to entertain the like Thoughts she was restless between Love and Care and her Breast was filled with melancholy and aloding Fears the longer it continued the more confirm'd she was that there was still some lurking Malignity in it not yet discovered and the Event shew'd that she was not mistaken for after most acute and lingring Pains through the pungency of the Humour inclos'd and the Causticks that were apply'd all which he underwent with wonderful Patience and Resignation never murmuring or repining but often lifting up his Hands and Eyes in silent Prayer it came at last to a cancerous Ulcer through which the whole substance of his Body was drein'd notwithstanding all the Assistance of able Physicians all the Skill and Accuracy of Expert Surgeons But though he gradually decayed and was by many given over yet still no possible means were left unattempted through the unwearied Industry and Sollicitude the wise the tender and the honourable Care of his afflicted and sorrowful Lady either for his present Ease and Support or for his future Recovery nothing was left unattempted till the Evening before he died and then having a clear Prospect of his approaching End he told those about him that he would take nothing more took his last Farewel of his Dear Wife prayed God to bless her and compos'd himself for another Life and the next day being Sunday between four and five in the Afternoon without any Convulsions or any Pangs of Death he calmly resign'd his Breath and fell asleep in the Lord. And this he did in the midst of the Commendatory Prayers and Ejaculations of those who were about him joyning with his own Minister then present who notwithstanding his unsought-for Avocation had the Opportunity of attending his noble and beloved Patron the last six Weeks of his Illness passionately interceding for the acceptance of his Faith and Repentance through the alone Merits of Christ our Saviour and at the Point of his Departure humbly presenting his Spirit unto God. III. And now lastly what remains but to comfort one another that through the Mercies and Forgivenesses of our most Gracious God who delights to magnifie himself in the Salvation of Mankind our Noble Friend and Dearest Brother is now in the Possession of that State of Happiness which the Souls of humble Penitents receive after this Life that He is now joyning in the Hallilujahs of that Church which is seated above all the Storms and Confusions of this World where Truth and Holiness have no Disguises and where Religion raises no Contentions but those of Praise and Love. There let us leave his Soul at rest and commit his Body to the Earth till the Resurrection of the Just and in the mean time whilst we have Health and Opportunity let Us also endeavour to be eminent in Integrity Righteousness and Fidelity in speaking of the Truth and in doing good let us maintain the same Loyalty that he practised pay our constant Attendance on the same publick Worship that he frequented and die in the same Faith in which he died Then we also shall one day rest with him upon the same Spiritual Sion the holy Mount of God. Which God of his infinite Mercy grant through the alone Merits of Christ Jesus Amen FINIS THere are Five Sermons and Two Discourses by the same Author printed for William Crooke