A sermon preached upon the much lamented death of our late gracious sovereign Queen…

I shall in speaking of this excellent Queen, not insist on the Privileges in the Order of Nature that eminently distinguished her from others. Her Descent was Royal: but this is only an external Circumstance, and derives no Moral Value to a Person. The Splendour of Extraction, like Varnish in a Picture that gives more Life and Lustre to the Colours, makes the Virtues or the Vices of a Person more conspicuous.

I shall in speaking of this excellent Queen, not insist on the Privileges in the Order of Nature that eminently distinguish'd her from others. Her Descent was Royal: but this is only an external Circumstance, and derives no Moral Value to a Person. The Splendor of Extraction, like Varnish in a Picture that gives more Life and Lustre to the Colours, makes the Vertues or the Vices of a Person more conspicuous.

Her Body was the beautiful Temple of a fairer Soul: Her graceful Presence inspired Reverence and Love in those who saw her, and appeared worthy of Empire. But visible Beauty is often joined with foul Deformity in the same Person.

Her Body was the beautiful Temple of a fairer Soul: Her graceful Presence inspired Reverence and Love in those who saw her, and appeared worthy of Empire. But visible Beauty is often join'd with foul Deformity in the same Person.

I shall begin with her Piety towards God. This is the first Duty of Man in Order and Dignity, and the most considerable in its Consequences: 'tis the Foundation of all Royal Virtues. In the Public Worship of God, she was a bright Example of solemn and unaffected Devotion. She prayed with humble Reverence, heard the Word with respectful Silence, and with serious Application of Spirit, as duly considering the infinite Interval between the Supremacy of Heaven and Princes on Earth: That their Greatness in its Lustre is but a faint and vanishing Reflection of the Divine Majesty. One Instance I shall specify in this kind: When her Residence was at the Hague, a Lady of Noble Quality coming to the Court to wait on her on a Saturday in the Afternoon, was told she was retired from all Company, and kept a Fast in preparation