Saint Stevens last will and testament A funeral sermon on Acts 7. ver. 59.…Saint Stevens last will and testament A funerall sermon on Acts 7. ver. 59.…

But to rise a step higher. Moral virtue indeed, without grace, is, as Jerome, after Irenaeus and Tertullian, telleth us, but ^qa glassy Bugle, but a counterfeit Pearl; and all the acts thereof, unless they be sanctified, are but ^rglittering slips, as Augustine speaketh. And yet let me tell you by the way, that even these help much to ^sadorn grace, where it is; and that for want of these, to the no small ^tdisgrace of grace, even such married persons as profess and pretend much grace, yet live many times less quietly, contentedly, and comfortably together, then many other mere natural ones do. But these things, in this our Sister were seasoned with grace. She was a woman, as of a virtuous, so of a gracious disposition: and this her gracious disposition was manifested in two things especially, her Piety, and her Charity.

But to rise a step higher. Morall vertue indeed, without grace, is, as Ierome, after Irenaeus and Tertullian, telleth us, but ^qa glassie Bugle, but a counterfeit Pearle; and all the acts thereof, unlesse they be sanctified, are but ^rglittering slips, as Augustine speaketh. And yet let me tell you by the way, that even these helpe much to ^sadorne grace, where it is; and that for want of these, to the no small ^tdisgrace of grace, even such married persons as professe and pretend much grace, yet live many times lesse quietly, contentedly, and comfortably together, then many other meere naturall ones doe. But these things, in this our Sister were seasoned with grace. She was a woman, as of a vertuous, so of a gracious disposition: and this her gracious disposition was manifested in two things especially, her Pietie, and her Charitie.