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lord_n	day_n	house_n	time_n	11,284	5	3.5200	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26152	A discourse occasion'd by the death of the Right Honourable the Lady Cutts by Francis Atterbury ...	Atterbury, Francis, 1662-1732.	1698 (1698)	Wing A4149; ESTC R35288	17,784	48

Passages of Holy Writ which She took notice of were indeed commonly such as related either to the Concerns of her Spiritual Estate or to Matters of Prudence but it appears also that She spent some time in mediating on those places where the sublimest Points of Christian Doctrine are contain'd and in possessing her self with a deep sense of the wonderful Love of God towards us manifested in the mysterious Work of our Redemption for She had something more than what in the Language of this Loose Age is call'd a Lady's Religion She endeavour'd to understand the great Articles of our holy Faith as well as to Practise the good Rules of it and She sensibly found that the best way to excite her self to the practise of the one was to endeavour to understand the other And this Book of God She was more particularly conversant in on God's day a Day ever sacred to Her and which therefore wore always in Her Family a Face of Devotion suitable to the Dignity of it It was truly a day of Rest to all under her Roof her Servants were then dismiss'd from a good part of their attendance upon Her that they might be at liberty to attend on their great Lord and Master whom both She and They were equally bound to obey There was such a Silence and Solemnity at that time observ'd by all about her as might have become the House of Mourning and yet so much Ease and Serenity visible in their Looks at least in Her Looks there was as shew'd that They who were in quick and sensible concern at any thing which She thought it did not become either Her to hear or others to say True Piety which in great measure consists in an Humility and Submission of mind towards God is attended always with Humility and Goodness also towards his Creatures and so it was in this Excellent Lady Never was there a more deep and unfeign'd and artless Lowliness of Mind seen in her Rank and Station as far as she was placed above the Most of the World yet She convers'd as it were upon the level with All of 'em and yet when She stoop'd the lowest towards them She took care even at that time to preserve the Respect that was due to her from them She had so much true Merit that She was not afraid of being look'd into and therefore durst be familiar and the worst effect of that familiarity was that She was better known by it and by consequence more lov'd and valu'd Not only No one of her Inferiors ever came uneasie from her as has been said of some Great ones but so assur'd were all before-hand of her sweetness of Temper and obliging reception that no one ever went uneasie to her When She open'd her Lips Gracious Words always proceeded from thence and in her Tongue was the Law of Kindness Her Reservedness and Love of Privacy might possibly be misinterpreted sometimes for an Overvalue of her self by those who did not know her but the least degree of Acquaintance made all those Suspicions vanish For tho' her Perfections both of Body and Mind were very extraordinary yet She was the only Person in the World that seem'd without any endeavour to seem insensible of ' em She was 't is true in as much danger of being Vain as great Beauty and a good natural Wit could make her but she had such an over-ballance of Discretion that She was never in pain to have the one seen or the other heard Indeed This was particular to her and a very distinguishing part of her Character that She never studied appearances nor made any advances towards the Opinion of the World being contented to be whatever was good or Deserving without endeavouring in the least to be thought so and this not out of any affected disregard to Publick Esteem but meerly from a Modesty and Easiness of Nature which made her give way to others who were more willing to be observ'd And yet She had also her Hours of Openness and Freedom when her Soul eas'd it self to Familiars and Friends and then out of the good Treasure of her Heart what good things did She bring forth Her Mouth was at such times in the Comparison of Solomon a Well of Life which ever sent forth such pure and sweet Streams as pleas'd the Senses and refresh'd the Hearts of all that drank at ' em So that a doubt it is which was most to be admir'd in her what She did or what She did not say It was wonderful that One who when She pleas'd could discourse so fitly and so freely should yet choose to be silent on so many occasions it was as wonderful that She who was so often silent should whenever She spake charm all that heard her We may be sure that She who had such a command over her Tongue kept no less strict and watchful a Guard upon her Passions those especially of the Rough and Troublesome kind with which She was scarce ever seen to be disquieted She knew not what the Disorders of Anger were even on occasions that might seem to justifie and to require it as much as She hated Vice She chose rather to look it out of countenance than to be severe against it and to win the Bad over to the side of Vertue by her Example than by her Rebukes Her sweet Deportment toward Those who had the happiness to be with her could be outdone by nothing but her tenderness in relation to the Absent whom She was sure to think and speak as well of as was possible and when their Character was plainly such as could have no good Colours put upon it yet She would shew her dislike of it no otherwise than by saying nothing of ' em Neither her Good-nature nor her Religion her Civility nor her Prudence would suffer her to censure any one She thought she had enough to do at home in that way without look●ng much abroad and therefore turn'd the edge of all her reflections upon her self Indeed She spar'd others as much as if She had been afraid of 'em and her self as little as if She had had many Faults that wanted mending and yet 't was because She knew no great harm of her self that She could scarce be brought to suspect any in others Her Conversation might for this reason seem to want somewhat of that Salt and smartness which the ill-natur'd part of the World are so fond of a Want that She could easily have supply'd would her Principles have given her leave but her setled opinion was that the Good Name of any one was too nice and serious a thing to be play'd with and that it was a foolish kind of mirth which in order to divert some hurt others She could never bring her self to think that the only thing which gave Life and Spirit to discourse was to have some-body's Faults the subject of it or that the pleasure of a Visit lay in giving up the Company to one-another's Sport and