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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28849	A sermon preached at the funeral of Mary Terese of Austria, Infanta of Spain, Queen of France & Navarre, at St. Denis, Sept. 1, 1683 by Monsieur James Benigne Bossuet ...; Oraison funèbre de Marie-Thérèse. English	Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne, 1627-1704.	1684 (1684)	Wing B3791; ESTC R22734	20,939	36

smites her innocent Breast how she reproaches her self for the smallest sins how she bows down that Royal Head before which the Universe bows it self The Earth from whence she sprang and to which she 's now returning is not yet low enough to receive her she would even wholly vanish before the Majesty of the King of Kings God by a lively Faith engraves on the bottom of her heart what Isaiah said Enter into the rock Isai 2.10 and hide thee in the dust for fear of the Lord and for the glory of his majesty Wonder not then if she appear'd so humble before the Throne O wonderful sight and which ravishes both Heaven and Earth with admiration You may behold a Queen who after the example of David attacks on every side her own Greatness and all the temptations to Pride which it offers You will see in the words of this great King the lively Image of this great Queen Domine Psal 130. non est exaltatùm cor meum O Lord I am not high minded Neque elati sunt oculi mei I have no proud looks O Lord I was never disdainful nor said in my heart Isai 11.7 I am alone on the earth How far was the pious Queen from those haughty looks and in so high a State who ever saw in this Princess the least spark of Pride or air of Scorn David goes on Neque ambulavi in magnis neque in mirabilibus super me I walk not in vain thoughts nor deal in wonders which are too hard for me He opposes here the Excesses whereinto great People do naturally fall Pride which always ascends when having extended its pretensions to what humane Greatness has most solid or rather less ruinous pushes forward its designes even to Extravagancy and rushes madly upon senseless Projects as that proud King did a true Figure of the Rebellious Angel when he said in his heart I will lift my self up above the clouds Isai 14.14 I will place my throne above the stars and will be like the most High I suffer not my self says David to wander into such Excesses But having beat it down thus in all the several parts where it seem'd to raise it self David gives it its fatal blow by these words If I have not had humble thoughts but exalted my self Si non humiliter sentiebam sed exaltavi animam meam or as St. Jerom renders it Si non silere feci animam meam If I have not made my soul silent If I have not quieted those slattering thoughts which continually offer themselves to puff us up And in fine he thus concludes this excellent Psalm Sicut ablactatus ad matrem suam sic ablactata est anima mea My soul says he has been like a weaned child I have snatcht my self from those Sweets which are unwholsom to betake my self to better Nourishment Thus an excellent Soul governs this Worldly Grandeur and casts it wholly forth from exercising any Supremacy David never fought a better fight than this The defeated Philistins and the Bears torn with his own hands are nothing in comparison with vanquishing himself But the holy Princess whose Funeral we solemnize has equalled him in both in his Attempts and Successes Yet she knew how to shew her self to the World with all that Grandeur her State required Kings owe that resplendent shew to the World like the Sun for the solace and satisfaction of their Subjects they ought to expose a Majesty which is onely a Ray of that of God 'T was easie for the Queen to display a Greatness which was natural to her She was born in a Court where Majesty delights to set it self forth with all its Circumstances and of a Father that knew how to keep with a kind of jealous circumspection what they call in Spain the Ceremonies of State and the Decorums of the Palace But she chose rather to temperate Majesty and abase it before God than to dazle the eyes of men with it How often have we seen her therefore hasten to the Altars to taste there with David an humble Repose and retire into her Oratory where mauger the Tumult of the Court she found a Mount Carmel the Desart of S. John and the Mount so often a Witness of our Saviour's Sighs and Tears I have learnt from St. Augustin that the attentive Soul makes to it self a Solitude Gignit enim sibi ipsa mentis intentio Solitudinem But my Brethren let us not slatter our selves we must find time to be alone if we will keep Religion alive in our Souls 'T is herein that we must admire the inviolable Fidelity which the Queen observed towards God Neither the diversions nor the fatigues of a Voyage nor any other occasion could deprive her of those particular hours which she design'd for Meditation and Prayer Could she thus persevere did she not taste in these Exercises that hidden Manna of which none knows the sweetness but those that taste Rev. 3.17 Manna absconditum quod nemo scit nisi qui accipit On this account she used to say with David 2 Kings 7.27 O Lord thy servant has found her heart to make to thee this Prayer Invenit servus tuus cor suum ut oraret te oratione hac Where run your hearts estranged from God Even in time of Prayer you let your vagabond-hearts take their wild course O could you say with our pious Queen whom we deservedly honour O Lord thy servant has found his heart I have reduced this Fugitive and here he is intire before thy face Holy Angel that presides over the Orizon of this blessed Princess and carries this Incense above the Clouds to burn on that Altar which St. John saw in Heaven relate to us the Ardours of this Heart wounded with the Divine Love shew us those Rivers of Tears which the Queen poured out before God for her sins How do innocent Souls weep do they undergo the sorrows of Penance Yea certainly seeing it is written that nothing is pure on earth Job 15.15 John 1. and he that says he has no sin deceives himself But they are small sins light in comparison I confess light in themselves The Queen knew none of this nature And this is the sence too of every good Soul The least spot shews it self on those Garments which have never been soyl'd I find Christians too knowing in this matter thou knowest too well the distinction of venial sins from mortal ones What will not the general name of sin be sufficient to deter thee from committing any Knowest thou not that those sins which seem small become great by their multitude and by the dreadful effects they work in the Soul And this is no more than what all the holy Doctors do teach by a joynt consent Knowest thou not that those sins which are venial by their Object may become mortal by excessive prosecution of them Innocent Pleasures become such according to the Doctrine of the Saints and those alone