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Observanda. The life and death of the late Q. Mary
Observanda. The life and death of the late Q. Mary. : Prefaced, with some observations upon the turns of divine Providence, now bringing of mighty changes, upon the world. : Whereto is added, the address of condolence [sic], made unto His Majesty, by the nonconformist ministers, on the decease of that illustrious queen.Observanda. The life and death of the late Q. Mary. : Prefaced, with some observations upon the turns of divine Providence, now bringing of mighty changes, upon the world. : Whereto is added, the address of condolenee [sic], made unto His Majesty, by the nonconformist ministers, on the decease of that illustrious queen.
printed by B. Green for Samuel Philips, 1695
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The most Reverend A. B. of Canterbury hath given her this Testimony; It ha's at last been Understood that Her Exercises of Devotion, which were known, were not the Half of those which were then not known. If all were as diligent in Examining and noting down the Condition of their Souls, and Comparing the former, and the present Estate of them, Heaven would in some measure be upon Earth.
A QUEEN, Who, to prevent that common, but Fatal, Mischief, The Loss of Time, did spend much Time, in the Reading of Good Books, even those Written by Dissenters, as well as by Conformists, for the Excitation of true Piety. Yea, She frequently Ordered Good Books to be laid in the places of Attendance, that such as waited, might, by Reading therein, save themselves from the Infection of Idleness. And when She was weary of Reading Her self, (generally Aloud, for the Benefit of them that Served Her) She would call upon another to Read, unto the Rest; and in the mean Time She would Work, with Her own Royal Hands, as Industriously as if She had been thereby to Earn her Bread; for She said, She Looked on Idleness, a• the Great Corrupter of Humane Nature! But hereby the ⟨p. 40⟩whole City soon came to write after this Copy; and it was become (as ha's been said) as much the Fashion to Work, as it had been formerly to be Idle.
A QUEEN, Who, to prevent that common, but Fatal, Mischief, The Loss of Time, did spend much Time, in the Reading of Good Books, even those Written by Dissenters, as well as by Conformists, for the Excitation of true Piety. Yea, She frequently Ordered Good Books to be laid in the places of Attendence, that such as waited, might, by Reading therein, save themselves from the Infection of Idleness. And when She was weary of Reading Her self, (generally Aloud, for the Benefit of them that Served Her) She would call upon another to Read, unto the Rest; and in the mean Time She would Work, with Her own Royal Hands, as Industriously as if She had been thereby to Earn her Bread; for She said, She Look'd on Idleness, a• the Great Corrupter of Humane Nature! But hereby the