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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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
A QUEEN, Of so Diffusive and Extensive […] Charity, that all the Miserable, on all Opportunities had Experience of it. How many ⟨p. 41⟩Thousands of Refugees, found Her a Liberal Mother unto them all; and this, without any Regard unto their Different Persuasions, in the Circumstantials of Christianity! She would Encourage all that had Access unto her, to lay before her the Necessities of all the Good Men, that they knew, Languishing in any Needy Circumstances. And yet She managed this her most Royal Bounty, with such a Regular Discretion, and a Self-denying Secrecy, as was the Admiration of all that penetrated thereinto.
A QUEEN, Of so Diffusive and Extensive 〈…〉 Charity, that all the Miserable, on all Oppor•unities had Experience of it. How many ⟨p. 41⟩Thousands of Refugees, found Her a Liberal Mother unto them all; and this, without any Regard unto their Different Perswasions, in the Circumstantials of Christianty! She would Encourage all that had Access unto her, to lay before her the Necessities of all the Good Men, that they knew, Languishing in any Needy Circumstances. And yet She managed this her most Royal Bounty, with such a Regular Discretion, and a Self-denying Secrecy, as was the Admiration of all that penetrated thereinto.
A QUEEN, Who yet Remembered, that She was a WIFE; and by the Raptures of Affection, Obedience, and Resignation, wherewith She always treated that Great Monarch, whom She made in all things her Oracle, She practically taught the Rules of Christian Economics unto all the Families of more than Three Nations. The Sitting of Two such Persons upon the Throne together had a Tendency to recover the Married State, from all that Infamy, which the Debaucheries of the Two last Reigns, had been trying to cast upon it; But the Matchless Love which ran through the whole Behaviour of Two such Persons towards each other, did Raise the Married State unto the Just-Height of its Reputation. The Tears of the King since her Death, are her most glorious Elegy and Elogy. Her Husband Praises her, Declaring, That in her whole Conversation, he never discovered a