himselfe will haue _Her workes | [Note m: _Hebr. 13. 15._]
follow her to Heauen_[k], and |
_Accepting of her_[l], and _Them, | [Note n: _Esai. 8. 13._]
by Christ Iesus_[m], _Hee himselfe |
will praise Her, that hath made Him | [Note o: _Deut. 10. 21._]
Her Feare_[n], _Her praise_[o], |
saying: _Well done thou good and | [Note p: _Matth. 25. 21._]
faithfull seruant, thou hast beene |
faithfull ouer a few things, I will | [Note q: _Perfecta Die laudatio
make thee ruler ouer many things, | magis anim[=a] perficit, quam Dei
Enter thou into the ioy of thy | fruitio, quia magis laetatur in
Lord_[p]. Where it is best to leaue | Gloria & plus gaudebit de Dei
Her, euen with her Lord, taking | gloria & honore, quam de sua
more ioy (as a Schoole-man teacheth | Glorificatione, & plus iocundabitur
truly) in praising Him, than in | in laudando Domin[=u], quam in
contemplating her owne praise, in | consider[=a]do proprium bon[=u].
Glorifying God, than in her owne | Bonau. l. 3. d. 1. q. 1, p. 66._
Glorification[q]. | A selm. Prosolog. c. 15. & 16._]
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But though we haue brought a Godly |
Woman where she would be, to |
Heauenly Praise, and Honour, and |
Glory, and found them by Gods free |
fauour in Christ giuen vnto Her; |
yet who is such a Woman? We haue |
not found Her yet; and why not yet? |
Because among other reasons, as |
Saint _Ierom_ was afraid to entreat |
of the Death of that Venerable |
Matron _Paula_[r]; so am I to | [Note r: _Quid agimus anima? cur ad
speake of the Decease of this | mortem eius venire formidas?--S.
Honourable Lady. Therefore giue me | Ier. Epitaph. Paulae. Epist. ad
leaue (beloued) to deferre the | Principiam. Gal. 3. 28._]
vncomfortable Passions of her |
Death, vntill I be a little better |
heartened by relating some of the |
laudable actions of her Life. |
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For the subiect then of my Text, I | [Note: _Application. The Lady
dare say, in regard of the | deceased. Mulier Tim[=e]s
Description thereof, your owne | Dominum._]
consciences haue made the |
Application, and doe witnesse for |
Her, that She was _A Woman fearing |
the Lord_. A Woman indeed, & so the |
_Weaker Vessell_[s], yet