Observanda. The life and death of the late Q. Mary

A Proposal, a Contrivance, How to do Good? was the most Welcome Thing in the World ⟨p. 43⟩unto her. She would call for Suggestions of, that Importance, from those that were about her; yea, She Charged their Consciences, that they should keep nothing of that Nature from her, which they might judge it proper for Her to know: & when any Good Motion was offered, She would have it Repeated, until She had fully Shaped in her own Thoughts the Notion of it. She Did Good, unto her utmost; & then has been seen to Weep, that She could Do no more.

The Good that She was most of all desirous to Do, was, To Reform Her People of the Evil Manners that prevailed among them. Her Heart was Extremely▪ Distressed, from the Apprehensions which the multiplied Impieties of the Nations, gave her, that the Judgments of God were Impending over them. When She was informed of the fearful Wickednesses committed all over the Land, it struck her with Horror, and Sorrow, and gave her a Melancholy prospect. She often said, especially upon the Licentious and Exorbitant Lives of many, that were the Servants of the Crown, Can a Blessing be Expected from such Hands, or on any Thing that must pass thro' them? And She Longed for the Concerns of the Kingdom to be put into the Hands of such Virtuous and Generous men, as one might Reasonably hope for a Blessing of Heaven to accompany. The Crying Sins that ⟨p. 44⟩abounded in the Armies and Navies, caused her to Mourn in the presence of God; and She gave persons in Eminent Stations, to understand, That it was impossible for them to oblige her more, than by a care to stop those Disorders, and Reduce Matters to the Gravity and Sobriety of the former Times.

The Good that She was most of all desirous to Do, was, To Reform Her People of the Evil Manners that prevailed among them. Her Heart was Extreamly▪ Distressed, from the Apprehensions which the multiplied Impieties of the Nations, gave her, that the Judgments of God were Impending over them. When She was informed of the fearful Wickednesses committed all over the Land, it struck her with Horror, and Sorrow, and gave her a Melancholly prospect. She often said, especially upon the Licentious and Exorbitant Lives of many, that were the Servants of the Crown, Can a Blessing be Expected from such Hands, or on any Thing that must pass thro' them? And She Long'd for the Concerns of the Kingdom to be put into the Hands of such Vertuous and Generous men, as one might Reasonably hope for a Blessing of Heaven to accompany. The Crying Sins that