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A50876	A sermon at the funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Fisher, sister to the Honourable Sir William Dawes, Bar. D.D. and wife to the Reverend Dr. Peter Fisher preach'd at Bennington in Hertfordshire, June the 2d, 1698 / by William Milner ...	Milner, William, Vicar of Shephall in Hertfordshire.	1698 (1698)	Wing M2084; ESTC R15588	15,425	28

Satisfaction so great which she would not fore-goe when to do it would serve any Wise and better Purpose Tho' she long'd for nothing so much as the Enjoyment of her Husband and Children in the privacies of her own House yet this she declin'd when she was sensible she could not gratifie her own Inclinations without being wanting to an Excellent Young Lady who was left to her more immediate Care and who I doubt not retains very Grateful Impressions of her Love and owes much to the Pious and Prudent Example and Instructions which she always laid before her What an Illustrious and Noble Pattern did she set us of a great and generous Contempt of the Vain Pleasures and Useless Divertisements Foolish Mirth and Impertinent Recreations with which Youth is especially Ensnar'd which have a tendency to corrupt the Mind and bewitch and steal away the Heart and often prove of very Fatal Consequence And this when Youth and Opportunity conspir'd to gratifie her in a high Degree She was always above them they were either Insipid or Distastful She aspir'd chiefly after the Pleasures of Religion and Vertue and a good Conscience which is a continual Feast These were more charming sensible and transporting Pleasures Not that she was Cynical or Morose or an Enemy to the Innocent Pleasures of Conversation or Censorious of others who took a greater liberty than she indulg'd to her self 'T is true she was not fond of these things but yet made all reasonable and fit allowances for others she sometimes gave way but when she did she kept the Reins in her Hands and would not be prevail'd with to exceed the bounds of Modesty and Sobriety If we consider her in her conjugal Relation I had almost apply'd the words of the Wise Man in the Close of that Chapter which she so often made the Subject of her delightful Meditation and daily Practice Many Daughters have done vertuously Prov. 31.29 but thou excellest them all Never was any Wife more tenderly Affectionate towards her Husband and more obsequiously Observant of him and rejoyc'd more in him than she did She always suited her Carriage with the greatest Ease and Chearfulness to the gravity of his Character and Sacred Function Nay she has been often heard to speak of it as one of the greatest Blessings of her Life that God in his wise and good Providence had so order'd it that she should be a Clergy-man's Wife And this she did for that very reason for which too many are so forward now a-days to despise not only our Persons but our Function because it might be a check upon her from that outward adorning as St. Peter calls it of plaiting the hair and wearing of gold and putting on of apparel and might be a more particular engagement to put on that Modesty and Gravity and Sobriety and Meekness and Spiritual Ornaments with which the Apostle requires the Wives of such who Minister in that Sacred Office should in a more particular manner Adorn themselves As to her Conversation among her Neighbours they must and I am perswaded will do her that right as to testifie that it was very Kind and Courteous towards all Compassionate and Tender-hearted towards them in their distress She was faithful in her Friendship unwearied in her Diligence and prudent in her Conduct her Speech was Savoury and Behaviour Graceful she was an Ornament and a Crown to her Husband a Blessing to her Family and whole Neighbourhood and a Pattern to her Sex If we take a view of her in her last lingring tedious and oftentimes painful Sickness we have an illustrious example of the due Exercise of all those Graces and Vertues which are peculiar and proper to such a Condion an invincible patience and fortitude of Mind attended with a profound and intire Resignation to the Will of God She was never heard to complain or murmur Was easie in her self and to those about her and thankful for the assistance they gave her Never exprest any great desire of Life I once heard her say with great modesty and temper she should have been glad if it would have pleas'd God to have entrusted her with the Education of her dear and hopeful Children that she might have taken the same Pious Care of them which her Relations and Friends had done of her however she was content knowing they were safe in the Hands of God and committed them to his Good Providence under the pious affectionate and prudent Care of her dearest Husband of which she was intirely satisfy'd When she had the quickest and most sensible Apprehensions of Death she said she was neither afraid nor unwilling to Die having nothing upon her Mind to trouble her How great an argument of Integrity and Innocence Guilt if there be any usually manifesting itself at such a time in Persons of Pious Principles and Education But she could not charge her self And it pleas'd our Wise and Good God to reward her Innocence with a calm and comfortable Death It pleas'd him to release her out of the Troubles and Miseries of this World the last Lord's Day with great hopes of keeping an Everlasting Sabbath with Him in that Glory which he has prepar'd for all those who Love Him in Sincerity and Truth And thus have I very imperfectly given you something of the Character and Conversation of that Excellent Person whose Remains are here before us I have not been sollicitious of any Method or used any Art to deceive and am perswaded that nothing but meer Malice can accuse me of Insincerity or Flattery And the sum of all is this That our Deceas'd Sister was Blest with as many truly Noble and Great Accomplishments and had as few defects and imperfections as any of her Sex and must be reckon'd amongst the best and brightest Patterns of a Refin'd and Exalted Virtue And now should not the Consideration of so Early and Exemplary a Piety and true Goodness which made her too good for this World and qualified her for a better incline us to wipe our Eyes at least not to Mourn immoderately at this our Loss which is her unspeakable Gain If Natural Affection must and will have a vent yet we must govern it by Reason and Religion We must remember what great and just Grounds we have to believe she died in the Lord and is Blessed in a rest from her Labours and that the happy Fruits Effects and Reward of her Works follow Her and must comfort our selves with such Considerations Above all since in the establish'd Method of the Divine Wisdom and Goodness there 's an impossibility she should return to us again let us strive so to order our Conversation that when our appointed time comes we may go to her and all our Christian Friends to the General Assembly of Saints and Spirits of just Men made perfect without any future possibility of ever parting with them again and give me leave to say that the best and kindest thing we can do to the Memory of our departed Friends is to Copy after them to Transcribe their Piety and Goodness into our own Practice To imitate their Virtues is most Honourable to them and Profitable to our selves this shews a true Love and Value for them and will at length Transmit us to them again where we shall partake with them in their Blessedness If amongst them there be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 any sense or knowledge of our Affairs we can do nothing so Grateful and Delightful to them By so doing we stand up in their Room and supply their Places and present and future Generations will call Us as well as Them Blessed and we shall enter into our Rest as they have entr'd into theirs and be for ever with the Lord. Amen FINIS BOOKS Printed for and Sold by Thomas Speed at the Three Crowns near the Royal-Exchange in Corn-hill THE Duties of the Closet being an earnest Exhortation to private Devotion 120. Price 1 s. 6 d. A Sermon Preach'd before the King at White-Hall Nov. 5th 96. By Sir William Dawes Baronet D. D. and Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty Publish'd by his Majesty's special Command The Second Edition Quarto Price 6 d. A Sermon Preach'd before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and Aldermen at Guild-Hall Chappel on Sunday April the 11th By Sir William Dawes Baronet D. D. and Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty Quarto Price 6 d. A Sermon at the Funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Fisher Sister to the Honourable Sir William Dawes Baronet D. D. And Wife to the Reverend Dr. Peter Fisher Preach'd at Bennington in Hertfordshire June 2d 1698. By William Milner Vicar of Shiphall in Hertfordshire Quarto Price 6 d. Of the Happiness of the Saints in Heaven A Sermon Preach'd before the Queen at White-Hall October the 12th 90. By William Beveridge D. D. Rector of St. Peters Cornhill The Third Edition Quarto Price 6 d. A Sermon at the Funeral of the Reverend Mr. Thomas Grey Late Vicar of Dedham in Essex Preach'd in the Parish Church of Dedham Feb. 2d 92. With a short Account of his Life By Joseph Powel M. A. Rector of St. Mary on the Wall in Colchester Quarto Price Six-Pence The Death of Good Josiah Lamented A Sermon occasion'd by the Death of our late most Gracious Soveraign