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A65259	Mary's choice declared in a sermon preached at the funeral of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wharton, late wife of the Honourable Sir Thomas Wharton, Knight of the Bath, at Edlington in the county of York together with a narrative of the religious and holy life, and death of that excellent lady / by P.W., Rector of Edlington.	P. W. (Peter Watkinson), d. 1688.	1674 (1674)	Wing W1079; ESTC R38495	55,178	52

Truth and cannot Lie and will not he remember the Word unto his Servants wherein he hath caused them to hope Surely he will ever be mindful of his Covenant of the performance whereof he hath given so many securities 105.8.111.5 for he hath bound it with his Oath Heb. 6.17 and Seal Ephes 5.13 and Earnest ibid. vers 14. and the first fruits of his Spirit Rom. 8.23 which is a blessed forerast of Eternal Happiness in some degrees of that joy of the Holy Ghost which is unspeakable and full of Glory 1 Pet. 1.8 and of that Peace of God which passeth all understanding Phil. 4.7 And shall we think all this to be in vain as indeed it might be if it could be taken away No surely his design in these various confirmations of his Promise and of our Faith in it is that by such immutable things wherein it is impossible for God to Lie Heb. 6.18 we might have strong consolation 5. Lastly This good part so chosen and enjoyed is of a spiritual and divine nature 2 Pet. 1.4 Although through the strength of remaining corruption and the violence of temptation it may for the time be obscured and eclipsed yet it shall never be extinguished and utterly lost This Reed may be shaken and bruised Mat. 12 20. but shall not be quite broken This Flax may be reduced to smoaking but shall not utterly be quenched The Seed that is sown shall remain 1 John 3.9 though for a time it lie hid under-ground yet the Prolifick vertue that is in it will make a seasonable appearance that it was not dead when it lay hid Job 19.28 The root of the matter is still in him who is once planted in the Courts of the House of our God so that he shall still bring forth Psalm 92.13 though sometimes for the while his branches shew neither Fruit nor Leaves yet that Sap which is retired to the heart and root will certainly put forth its vigour again and produce both Leaves and Fruit. The things that are chosen Col. 3.1 2 Cor. 4.18 Col. 1.5 2 Tim. 4.8 Mat. 25.34 1 Pet. 1.4 5. are above things not seen and eternal our Hope and Crown is laid up for us in Heaven the Kingdom and Inheritance was prepared for us from the Foundation of the World and it is inoorruptible and fadeth not away being reserved in Heaven for us and we our selves are kept by the power of God through Faith unto Salvation c. How should these things be if this good part so chosen could be taken away Since therefore this one thing is so necessary so good useful and profitable and withal so durable that when we are once actually possessed of it we can never be wholly deprived of it What remains but that we prefer it in our esteem according to its worth before all things in the World and speedily resolve as we were before exhorted to make this Choice with Mary To which the Lord direct us and in it assist us for his great Names sake To whom with our Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost that ever blessed Unity in Trinity and Trinity in Unity be all Glory Honour and Praise now and ever Amen A Narrative of the Religious and Holy Life and Death of the Lady Mary late Wife of Sr. Thomas Wharton Knight of the Bath In great part as it was delivered at her Funeral with many material passages since added HAving now done with the Text it will justly be expected that I should speak something of that Heavenly Soul whose Corps are now to be Interred to solemnize whose Funerals so many Noble and Worthy Persons are here congregated She was a very sutable Parallel to Her in the Text both in her Name and Choice Nor will it seem strange to those that knew her that she should be in some degree matched with those renowned Maries whom we have had occasion to mention the Mother of our blessed Saviour only excepted who was favoured and blessed above all Women had she but enjoyed the Priviledge of their opportunities to have given like evidence of her great Devotion and Heavenly affection Her Extraction was Noble and Honourable as this Mary's in the Text is probably supposed to be being the Eldest Daughter of the late Right Honourable Henry Earl of Dover whose Grandfather was the renowned Henry Lord Hunsdon Cousin German by the Mothers side to that most excellent Queen of ever blessed memory Queen Elizabeth Her Mother was of the Antient and Worthy Family of the Pelhams of Haland in Sussex called Lady Judick Daughter of Sir Thomas Pelham whose Ancestors were of great Note many hundred years ago meriting for Chivalry in the service of their King and Country an access of Honour which is yet born in their Arms. She was Born November 13. 1615. being the third Child after two Sons and the Eldest Daughter of her Parents who had besides her three Sons of whom the Right Honourable John Earl of Dover is yet living and three Daughters all eminent for Piety and all commendable endowments whereof two are with the Lord and one yet surviving Her Mother died leaving them very young yet she having the advantage of seven years more than the Eldest of her other Sisters supplied a Mothers care of them in their tender years And what influence her instructions advice and gracious example in all her comportment had upon them was very evident in their early proficiency in all Vertue and gracious imitation of so fair a Copy It pleased God who had made Choice of her for himself before all time Eccles 12.1 In seculo nobilis apud Deum cupit esse nobilior Auth. Epist ad Demetriadem Ab illustribus nasci Deo per spiritum renasci Nobilis genere sed multo nobilior sanctitate Hier. E. 27. ad Eustoch de Paula Nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus Juv. Sat. 8. Illa dives quae in Deo est dives Cypr. de hab Virg. Dan. 11.21 1 Kin. 21.20 25 Ephes 2.2 2 Tim. 2.26 Rom. 6.12 2 Pet. 2.19 Non est quod sibi aliquis de nobilitate generis blandiatur si ex meliore parte sit famulus Multò est indignius mente servire quam corpore Auth. Ep. ad Demetr to work her to a serious Choice of his waies in the best time To remember her Creator in the daies of her youth For even in those frail times which most others waste and ravel out in folly and vanity she received such an happy tincture of true Piety and the fear of God as never lost but ever increased its lustre till her last breath This advanced her pious Soul above all carnal priviledges of Nobility Ancestry and all terrene Glories derived from her eminent Progenitors to fix upon that which was only able to make her truly Noble and Glorious She was indeed Noble in the account of the World but not satisfied with that her desire was to be more Noble