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The Fa/loftheMiak T Y lamented. 
 'Fmeral DISCOURSE 
 
 upon the DEATH of 
 ' Her molt Exc6Menc Majefty 
 
 WllLHELMINA DOROTHEA 
 
 I Carolina, 
 
 QuJen-Confort to His MAJESTY of 
 ' Great-Britain^ France and Ireland i 
 ' Preach'd on^^awA S3d i737,8, 
 
 ^- In the Audience of 
 
 His Excellency the G o v e r U b t ft, 
 
 the honourable the Lieutenant-Governpur, 
 
 and the honourable Hh Majefifs Council^ 
 
 AttttThurfd«y-Leaure in Bo/Jon, Ueia.ZnghnA^ 
 
 By Samuel. MVit h e r,' ^- A. 
 Paflor of a Church in BOSTO fJ. 
 
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 E Ctfporim FintultY, tangtium e Carcerc' evohverunU 
 * Cicer. Somn. Scigionis. 
 
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 uliud ifi q%am emori difcere r g««« hoc comment emur, 
 mihi crede, disjungamufqite ms a Corpore, fd tft, confu- 
 efcamus mnri. Hoc, et dum erimus tn Terris, irit ilii 
 ctel^i Vit-a fimUe : Et, cum lUuc est' hit yiHCulifemiJlt fere, 
 mitr, minus tardabi(ur Curfus Animoriim. 
 
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 At d Council held at the Council Chd^ber 
 on Tuefday the Twenty-eighth of 
 March i 7 3 ^• 
 
 OuUred, 
 
 THAT Jofiah Wittard and Anthony 
 Stoddard, Efqrs; give the Thanks 
 of this Board to the Rer. Mr. Smuel 
 Mather for his Sermon preached at the 
 publick Lcdture upon Thurfday laft, on 
 Occafion of the Death of Her late 
 Majefty Queen C AR LI N E, zad 
 ask for a Copy thereof for the Prcfs* 
 
 Atteji, 
 
 ^I'mOtt 5FtOft, Dcp. Secri, 
 
THE 
 Tall of the Mighty 
 
 Queen Caroline 
 
 Lamented. 
 
 sa 
 
 * SAM. i. 19. 
 
 — How are the Mighty fallen / 
 
 [HERE is not any one hcf« 
 prefenCjthat beholds thefe Markf 
 andKnfigns of Sorrow and the evi- 
 dent Tokens of undiffembled GrUf 
 in the various Ranks and Grdei s- 
 among us^ but rauft know, that 
 the Death of the high feraighty 
 Princefs C a r p 1 1 1^ e, cur late 
 
 moft gracious Queen, affords the fad^ but yalt, 
 
 Qccafion for them. 
 
^IS The FaU a/-t;be Mighty 
 
 But it may not be amifs to acquaint this Affem- 
 'bly,.that it is in Obedience to His Excellency our 
 Governour and the Honourable His Majefi/s Council for 
 the Province, as that the other Funeral Solemnities of 
 this Diy a:e obferved • fo that I, the lea(l deferring 
 of m , Fathers and Brethren in the Miniftry, arile 
 ani (land up in my Lot * at this Time to exprefs 
 \\\'. juft Se'nfe of the Publick Lofs, which has been 
 fu tain d by the Departure of our Sovereign's Con- 
 
 lort. 
 
 ^ 
 
 I could wifh, that ray Ahlllty were equal to my 
 IncUn tion to Jhew forth the Vert ms, Merits and Praifes 
 of the late moft excellent Queen : But if my Strength 
 be not equal to the Dejire and Pur^ofe of my Mind j 
 yet I cannot but hope, 
 
 May it pleafe your Excellency and your 
 Honours, 
 
 That you will be facisfied \yith ray honeft At^ 
 tempts and moft zealous Endeavors to comply ivitb 
 your Commands and anfiver your Expettations. 
 
 As then there is a Triticefs and a great Madman fallen 
 in the Britilh Ifrael ; the Fall of this great Perfon 
 has led me to the Confideration of the Text, that 
 
 ■ N. B. When the Governour and Council on March ^thot- 
 dered, That the Funeral Refpefti to the late graciom 
 Queen fhauld be paid on Miuh 23d following ; they, upon 
 enquiry, found, that it happened to be my Turn inCourfe 
 to preach the publlck Ltfture on that Day; and hence they 
 appointed a Committee to defire me to preach a Sermon 
 fuitabit to the OccaHon of the Day, which they had ap> 
 pointed to beobferved. And, inafmuch it wai my Turn 
 to preach on that Day, and I could not be fo vain as to 
 think my felf feleded from among tha Miniftry of the Town 
 for (h«t Service ; I therefore ufcd the RxptVMb of vy 
 f0ndi»£ »f in my Ltt, 
 
Queen. CAROLINE lamented, 5 
 
 I have been reading, which is a pathetic'Poeticdl ; 
 Exclamation of the pious David, upon his hearing' 
 the Tidings of the Death oflbme Royal Perfons. 
 
 My Context gives an Account of the furprizing 
 JSTewj brought to DAViD,and the unhappy End of him 
 that brought it • together with the Entertahment 
 which David and his Attendants gave the Ibrrow- 
 ful Tidings. 
 
 'tf 
 
 The young Man, who bro't the Report of Saul's 
 Death, and his own Share in procuring or hafienlng It, 
 w:as an Jmalekite. Some indeed fuppofe, that the 
 Touth fpake'^aliely in the Account, which he gave 
 of himfelf as Jcctffary to the Death of hiS RoyalMalter : 
 But the learned Schmidius proves from various Ar- 
 guments, that he gave a true and faithfulRelation t- 
 
 It fecms evident from his Account, that |ving 
 Saul bad fallen upon his Sword ,• and his Armor- 
 Bearer, (uppofing him to be dead by his Fall, hence 
 ftab'd himfelf: But, by fome Error in the Sword of 
 the hafty Monarch, the Thruft milled his Heart : 
 And hence he lay bleeding and panting, when the 
 yonn^ Amaleklte was approaching unto him. The 
 difcouraged Monarchy perceiving his wretched 
 Condition, therefore entreated this young Man to 
 difpatch him with another and more effediual 
 Wound : ThcYouth readily complied with hisDe- 
 fire^ as knowing his Condition to be Mortal by the 
 Wound which he had already received. 
 
 r And here I cannot help obferving, what indeed 
 muft be obvious to every careful Reader of the in- 
 
 t ?.ik^i&. in ^0^: 
 
4 The Fan of the Mightjr 
 
 fpired Records, that there was a /tgttal Providenee 
 ot Heaven in it, that an JmaUkite mould be the 
 Inftrument of the King's Death. The Neglcft of 
 the King in not (laying the A^nalekUes fecms hereia 
 to have been remarkably punifhed ,• as it was for 
 this faulty Omiffion, that the Kingdom was tranf- 
 ferred to David Nor is it an improbable Sufpi- 
 cion and Conjecture, that when David ftabbed this 
 yo\xr)% Amalekite, he hadfome fuch Thoughts work- 
 ing in his Mind, and was willing to fhew^csi' ready 
 be was to do what Saul had omitted. 
 « 
 But to return, The young y^wa/t/^iVe gave a dc- 
 monftrative Proof of SAUL'sDeath byliringing with 
 him ihtEnJignsofhis Regal Power d^ Authority, namely, 
 the Crown that was on his Head, and the Bracelet 
 that embellifhed hisArm,as it is written in the loth 
 Verfe. It is not at all probable, that King Saul 
 ■wore his CroTvn when he was engaged in Battle : For 
 That would have pointed him out as aMark for the 
 Spears and Arrows of the Pbili^ines : But as the 
 judiciousDr.PATRicK t obferves,Jr was carried along 
 with him into the Field by fome that attended him, 
 that fo he might have it ready to put on if he had 
 obrained the Vidory and returned in Triumph. 
 The Hebrews thmkj that it was in the Cuftody of 
 DotG his Armor-Bearer ; who, before he killed him- 
 fclf, gave it unto his Son, the young Amalekite, 
 and direded him to carry it unto David, that lb he 
 might ingratiate himfelf with him. But, alas 1 the 
 forward Youth, inftead of obtaining the Favour of 
 David, incurred his Difpleafure and loft his Life by 
 the iorrowful Report which he brought him : This 
 was the Conclufion, as of the young AntaUkite'i 
 Meflage, lb of the Perion himTelf that bro't it. 
 
 I t inloc. 
 
^een CAROLINE lamented. ^ 
 
 Let us now look towards David and his Atten- 
 dants, and fee how they received the melancholy- 
 Report which was brought them, and how they 
 behaved themfelves under it. And indeed they 
 exprefs the greiteft Sorrow and Humiliation for the 
 publick Bereavement : For, fir(i of all, they rent 
 their Garments ; which was a Cuftom betokening excef- 
 five Grief, as among the Hebrews, fo likewife among 
 the Greeks, Romans and various other Nations. Nor 
 was this all that they did : No 1 They alfo, with 
 their Mourning and fVeeping,{A^ed until Even for Saul 
 and for Jonathan his Son, and for the People of the 
 LORD and far the Houfe o/Ifrael. 
 
 Nor yet did the forrow of D AVID terminate here: 
 But, as he was fingularly qualified for it, both by his 
 natural Genius and the Infpiration of the Divine 
 Sftrit, he compofes an Elegy or Funeral Song ; in 
 which he laments thcDeaths of Saul and Jonathan 
 in fuch a Manner as to Ihew the moft generous 
 Friendfhip and Honour, as well as a moft admirable 
 Invention and Judgment. And this Song, which, 
 from Refpe<a to his beloved Jonathan, who was 
 wonderfully skill'd in the Ufe of the Bow, he gave 
 the Title of The Bow, he directed to be taught to 
 the Children of Judah. 
 
 In the Words which I have been reading, we 
 have the beginning of David's Elegy, his divinely 
 poetical Lamentation. The Beauty of Ifrael is fiain 
 ufon the high Places : How are the Mighty fallen ! 
 Where, by the Beauty of Ifrael and the Mighty, Saul 
 and Jonathan are particularly intended; alfhough 
 without Queftion there were many Perfons of 
 ■ Quality and Worth, who ftiared the fanje Fate in 
 Battle along with them ; Thefe, notw^ftanding 
 * - theic 
 
6 The Fall of the Mighty 
 
 their go6d Condud and approved Refolution and 
 Fortitude, and alcho' they had the Advantage qf 
 the Enemy with refpedto the Ground, being »» tbt 
 high Places, yet were worfted ,• and,as we read in the 
 firft Verfc of the laft Chapter in the firft Book of 
 Samuel, The Men of Ifrael fltd from before the Phi- 
 hltineSj and fell down Jlain in Mount Gilboa. 
 
 By this Vidory of the Thlllfiines, the IfratUtifh 
 Nation were firuck in the Head as it were : And the 
 f-wect Singer, as well as elegant Foet, of Ifrael, writes 
 as if the whole Nation were ftun'd with the dread- 
 ful Blow. Ho'w are the Mighty fallen 1 How fud- 
 denlyj how unexpededly, how amazingly are they 
 funk and covercdAvith the Shades of Death / 
 
 In fpeaking to the Text, and that it may be ma- 
 nifcfted to be properly applicable to the prefent 
 Occafion, I propoi'e and Ihall attempt the follow- 
 ing Things, 
 
 In the frfi Place, To (hesv, -ivho are the Mighty • or 
 who they are to whom this Charader belongs. 
 
 In the next Place, To conflder fuch as Falling. And, 
 
 In the hft Place, To reprefent and frove cur Duty on 
 the Occafion of their Falling. 
 
 I am to begin with ftiewing^- W'lSo are the Mighty, 
 or ivho they ere tov;hom this Charatterbelongf. 
 
 And here I know not whether it be needful to 
 obferve, that altho' all the Children of Men in their 
 prefent State of Corruption and Immaturity be /cm/, 
 imperfdf, little Creatures } yet there are fome of the 
 
 humane 
 
Queen CAROLINE lamented, 7 
 
 humane Race, who avt great and excellent ^ and who, 
 when they are compared with others, may have 
 the Title andCharatJter of the Mighty foitably given 
 them. 
 
 But, inftead of infifting on this, I Ihall mention 
 the Inftances and RefpeSls wherein fome of the Chil- 
 dren of Men may be ftiled Mighty. 
 
 Now thisCharaBer of the Mighty will he fecufel 
 to thofe that have fuferior mental and Jpiritual Accom- 
 plijhments to others. Some there are, whofc Minds 
 feem to he of a greater Make than the Minds of others 
 and who are replenifhed with Hereto Vertues and a Ma- 
 jefly of Soul show t the ordinary Part of our Species. 
 Such an internal Majefty was given to King Saul 
 at his firft Entrance upon the Adminiflration of 
 Government ; Hence we read, in i Sam. x. 9, GOD 
 gave him another Heart j that is, He dilated, grea- 
 tened and enlarged his Heart : So that it was vajtly 
 bigger than it was before. 
 
 The great GOD, who is the Author and Giver 
 of every PerfecStion, is pleafed to give fome a mighty 
 Valor,<i« extraordinary Vrefence of Mind and Fortitude, 
 Several fuch there have been, and, I believe, there 
 are at this Time in the World, who, furnilh'd with 
 this Divine Vertue,are as bold c^ intrepid as a Liowy 
 and who can even Laugh at Fear, nor are affrighted ac 
 any Danger. Gideon was one of this Number ^ 
 and therefore on this Accouut was applauded by 
 one of the Celeftial Inhabitants : The Angel faid. 
 The Lord is -with thee, thou mighty Mgn of Valor, 
 as in Judg. vi. 12; And the three Wofthi^i of David 
 who are called the three Mightles in i Chron.xi,i2, 
 were undoubtedly famd for their bold and adven- 
 
 B " " fureus 
 
8 Tha Fall of the Mighty 
 
 turous Exploits and the jrei^uent Difceveries of thtir 
 Forth tide and Valor- 
 
 Some there are, who are favored of Heaven iinth 
 flip rl,.r Mid excelling and mighty VVifdom : This 
 cniifes thar Faces to (liine with unfullied Radiance 
 and a Blaze of Glories : It enables them to perform 
 gre.1t /i»d wonderful Things • and it procures an uftcerrh- 
 won E/lecm and Veneration for them. So the great 
 Promulger of the Divine Law to the Hebrews, was 
 mighty, as in Deeds, fo likewife in U^ords : One 
 Reafon of whicli might be his va.R. Learnit^, and 
 his Acquaintance with all the Wifdam cfthe jEgyp- 
 tians, as in j4ffs vii. 22. And whoevet has the lame 
 Qualification of Mind in a mightyv Degree mufl of 
 Confequence be enabled to great Performances and 
 entitled to vaft ApplauCe. Hence the inightyivijt 
 Solomon allures us, in Prov. xxi. 22, A wife Man 
 fcdleth the City of the Mighty, and cajleth down th6 
 Strength of the Confidence thereof^ that is to fay, By 
 his mighty PVifdom, he will eafrly prevail over the 
 external Might and overthrow the ftrongeft Confi- 
 dences of others : And his Wif3om witi be hetttr 
 and mi^hiitv than all their Weapons of War. 
 
 There are fome likewife, who are more eminent 
 and mighty than others with refpeB to their real Reli- 
 gion and fubftantial Piety. And indeed, if the/or- 
 ;;:tr internal Salifications and AccompliflimentS be- 
 f'peak thofe, wTio are poffeflcd of them, to htgreat^ 
 This, even true Religion and Victy, muji render them 
 kth the Beauty of Jfrael and the Mighty. 
 
 'Tis true ihdt oufward' Cireumfimcet may ke low 
 and mean, as were the Circumftanccs of /he firfi 
 Treacher s of the 'Gofpel : But, if they bc ad&rned, Hke 
 
 them 
 
Queen Caroline lamented* p 
 
 them, with true Religion and Goodness, this will 
 render them truly great and mighty Verfmi. 
 
 It muft beconfcfled indeed, that Religion & TUty 
 may be lb far from rendring one copfiderable, that 
 it may cauie him to be defpifed and procure him 
 Reproach and Difgrace among the Irreligious and 
 Profane. So it happened to the Man after GOD' s own 
 Heart : For, when the Ark of the LORD came Into 
 the City ofDAWio ; and Me, under the irrefiflable 
 Power of internal Devotion and Piety, danced before 
 it -with all bU Might ; Mi chal, the Daughter ofSAVh 
 faw him dancing and leafing before the LORD, and fie 
 defpifed him in her Heart,as it is written in 2 Sam. 
 vi. 16. And probably Others befides did fo too : And 
 fhc might fpeak the Sentiments of tnany, when at 
 David's Return to blefs his Houjhold, flie faid in a 
 taunting Way unto Him, as at the Twentieth Verfe, 
 How glorious was the King o/Ifrael toDay \ She meant. 
 How little,how mean, how contemptible hasKing 
 D^viD made himfelf 1 
 
 But, however this may be ^ let the Impious and 
 Profane cenfure, defpife and ridicule the Religious and 
 Good as much as they pleafe j the Good and Reli^ 
 glotfs tught not to be difceuragedat it : The God-like 
 David was not by f'uch a Treatment ,• but bravely 
 relblved, as at the twenty-fecond Verfe of the juft 
 mentioned Chapter, that he would be more vile ft;ll ; 
 that is,He would be more ^.ealous and adive tharj 
 ever in his Devotion and Piety. 
 
 /^nd whoever they be,that,not:withftanding any 
 
 Ahitfets and injuries which they may mdergo for it, are 
 
 nevertheiefs Ivflixibly Good and Religious j thiey are 
 
 certainly High and Mighty Terfons ; §9 they are 
 
 B a deemed 
 
10 The Fall of the Mighty- 
 
 deemed to be both by all the (fmtuallf difcemtng 
 and wife on Earth and by the holy and blejjed Inha- 
 bitants above. 
 
 Thefe are the Mental and Spiritual Qualifications 
 and Jccomplijhments, which belpeak and indeed fe- 
 cure the Charader of the M'gbty for luch as are 
 pofleflcd of them. 
 
 But then, There are External Ad'uantages & Glo- 
 ries with which fome above others are di^rnified : 
 And, altho' T^&c/tf be not of fuch Value and Confe- 
 quence as the Mental and Spiritual Endowjiints al- 
 ready mentioned ,• yet they may not be forgotten 
 here : For Tlj.-fe demand theCharader of the Mighty 
 for fuch as are honored with them. 
 
 Thus there are Some among the Children of Men, 
 onho are Mighty above others with refpeil to their Birth 
 and Parentage .- For, altho' GOD hath made of 
 one Blood all the Nations of Men to dwell on the Face 
 of the Earth, and it muft be allowed that all the 
 humane Race are dtfcended from the fame common 
 'Parents ,• neverthelefs it appears very evident, that 
 the fupremeGovernor of theWorld has been pleas'd 
 to conRirilte a Difference in Families : For, while x 
 moft of the Sons of Men are Brethren of low Degree 
 or. of common Derivation ; Some are Sons and 
 Daughters of the Mighty : They are more honorably 
 Jefccnded, and have greater Relations than Others ; 
 Thefe therefore may well wear the Character of the 
 M'ghty. 
 
 Again ■ Some are Mighty hy Meansoftht Wealth, 
 which the Frovldence of a bountiful GOD has viven 
 
 thm. So Abraham the faithful was a Man oicon, 
 
 fiderabls 
 
Queen Caroline lamented. 1 1 
 
 fiderahle Wealth : And for thisCaufe it probably was, 
 chat the Children of Heih addrefled him in fuch a, 
 Manner as in Gen. xxiii. 5, Jhcu art a mighty 
 Tritice among us. And it is matter of common Ob- 
 fervation, that they, who abound in Riches, at the 
 fame Time encreafe in Power and Might. The Pfal- 
 mift has joined thelc two together in defcribing 
 the Bkjjednefs of the Good and Obedient : For, fa^ s he, 
 in Pfalcxii.2 & 5, His Seed Jhallbe mighty on Earthy 
 Wealth and Kicnes Jhall be in his Houfe : Where the 
 former appears to be the EfFedt and Confequence 
 of the latter. And indeed we foraetimes find thefe 
 Things more clofely united, as in the Charader 
 of BoAz, the greatGrandfather of DAViD,Of whom 
 it is written in Ruth ii. i. He was a mighty Man 
 of Wealth. Hence then the Wealthy andOfuknt, on 
 the Account of their vaft Eftates and Revenues,, 
 are to be accounted the Mighty. 
 
 Finally, There are fame who are rendred Mighty by 
 the Power, which from the Fountain of all Honor and 
 Majefty is derived unto them. The King of Kings and 
 Lord of Lords has gi'ven them Dominion and .Authority : 
 And this Honor, which he has conferred on them^, 
 procures for them the Charafter of £/fl/jm,Gods or 
 mighty Ones. And indeed they may well be falu- 
 ted with thisStyle .- For with refpecS to thatPower, 
 Rule and Authority,which they have over others, 
 they refemble the jilmighty, who is the Original of all 
 Dominion, Might and Majefty. And this is more 
 efpecially true of fuch as are advanced to fupremv 
 Authority on Earth, and fuftaln the hlghefi i'lace of 
 Government amongMen : Thefe are/f«feiby themoifc 
 High o» the High Places of the Earth : And, from che 
 Heighrh of their Place and their Appearance in 
 it like the Majefiy of Heaven, they are entkUd to a 
 
 ■ becoming 
 
1 2 The FaU of the Mighty 
 
 hcoming Veneration and Homage : The Dignity.Mag- 
 nificence and Glory of their exalted Circumftan- 
 ees challenges for them the higheft cMlOhyfancesand 
 Rejpefls. Nor, on the Account of their elevatedState 
 and mighty Figure,will there beany Indecence in 
 addreffing "them as in P(al. Ixxxii. 2, Te are Gods 
 end all ofjcu the Children of the mofi High. 
 
 Thus, by mentioning the external Advantagts and 
 Glories as well as the mental and fftritual Qualifica- 
 tions which make and zccom^h^ the Mighty, I have 
 fuffictently fhewn ivho are the Mighty, or to whom thii 
 
 Charailer properly belongs And, if there be any in 
 
 whom all tbefe Salifications and Advantages are 
 united, they are^re^r without Controverfy and un- 
 cxceftionably Mighty. 
 
 I proceed now. in the Next Place, To confider the 
 Mighty as falling. How are the Mighty fallen ! The 
 Meaning is, How are the Mighty deceafed and laid 
 in the Pk in Corruption .' For by Falling in the 
 Scupcares Diii,;r is frequently exprefled ; as, on the 
 contrary, the A'etaphor of Standing is ufed for 
 Living. 
 
 When Death was rhreatned againft the rebellious 
 llraelitci:, hear the Style of the Threatning, as it is 
 in Num. xiv. 29, Tour Carcaj]es jhall fall in the Wil- 
 (lerners. And in like Manner, when a raging Pefti-> 
 hnce IS defcribed, which fpreads Deftrudion and 
 Ruin and Terror in its Progrefs, the Account of its 
 Dclolations is that, in Pfal xci. 7. AThoufandfhall 
 iaW at thy Side and Ten Tbeufand at thy Right Hani. 
 
 And indeed this Term for Dying conveys a juft 
 and forceable Idea to our Minds ; For in Vying 
 
 4q 
 
Queen Caroline Umtnted. 1 5 
 
 do we not fall ? Does not Death, the King of 
 Terrors, jtrike us down ? Does he not lay us flat 
 in the dufty Lap of the Earth ? The Froprhty of 
 the Term then uCcd here for JDp»g is very plain and 
 indifputable. 
 
 Nor can any Thing be more manifeft than the 
 Trmh emergii^ from it, that the Mighty arefubjetl to 
 Death as veil gs -ethers. For, as the Pfalmxft fuicably 
 appeals in Pfalm Ixxxix. 48, What Man is he that 
 Itveth, andjhall not fee Death ? Shall he deli'ver his 
 Soul frifm the Hand of the Grave ? And, in Jofhua 
 xxxiii. 14. Death is called the Way ef all the Earth. 
 And ind«*ed it is evident, as from the Scriptures of 
 Truth, fo likewife from common Obfervation, that 
 the Children of Men ef e'very Rank, Degree and Figure 
 mull without Difl:in(aion walk and Jink and fall in 
 this Way. 
 
 The lafi Enemy is no more afraid of meetino- the 
 Prince than the Pcafant : He pays no more Re- 
 gard to the Grown and Sceptre than the Plough-Jhare f. 
 Hence therefore, when it was faid to the Magi- 
 Itrates of aid, Te are Gi>is ; it was added in the 
 next Verfe, ill Verfe feventh of the Eighty-fecond 
 Pfalm, But ye jhall die like Men, and fall like one of 
 the fnneesi 
 
 From thefe Things then it is plain,, that, nor the 
 mofi extenfive Rnowlege and enlarged Wifdom, nor 
 the m.a& approved Valor and Fortitude, not Juperior 
 Vertue ondGoodnefs, nor yet any Other Endowments of 
 ti gnat Mad, can preferve one from a fure and per- 
 
 t Ses^tra Ligoniiu 4cyt»t, 
 
 haps 
 
14 the Fall of the Mighty 
 
 baps a fudden Mortality : And that, as »o Aecmn- 
 fUfltmetits and PerfeBlons of Mind can preferve from 
 this, fo neither can the hefi Defcent, the mo[t encreaf- 
 ed Stibftance, the bighefi Honour or any other external 
 yidvantages ■whatfoe'ver be any Security againftit. 
 
 But, fince it is evident and inconteftible, that 
 the Mighty mujt fall, as well as others ; we may 
 therefore properly, and without any Digreffion, 
 tntjuire into the Rcafons of this Dijttnfation. 
 
 And here, firft of all, It may be fuggefted, that 
 the firfi Tranfgreffion was the beginning of this, as well 
 as of other Sorrows : For, by Means of this. Death 
 has obtained an abfolute and univerfal Monarchy 
 over the humane Race. As therefore by one Man 
 Sin entred into the World, and Death by Sin ; fo Death 
 has pajfed upon all Men, for that all have finned, as in 
 Rom V. 12, that is, all Men, whether low and 
 fmall or Mighty, feel the fad EfFecSts of Sin and 
 Corruption in their frail and mortal Condition. 
 
 Bur, in Confequence of this original Caufe for the 
 uni-verjal Prevalence of Death ; there is alfo a natural 
 Caufe to be afigned for it : For all the humane Race 
 in common are compoled oi the fame weak earthly 
 Matter : They dwell in Houfes of Clay, whofe Foun- 
 dation is in the Dujl, which are cru(hed before the 
 Moth, as in Job iv. 19. And it is in a fpecial Man- 
 ner remark'd of a Prince and a great Man, as in Pfal. 
 cxlvi. 3 and 4 Verfes, In him there is no Help : His 
 Breath goeth forth : Hereturneth te his Earth • and in 
 that very Day his Thoughts perish. We fee then, that 
 iheBeauty o/'Ifrael mufifade and the Mighty mujt fall : 
 For jucb is their Nature, and ioweak and frail is their 
 earthly Confiitutlon. 
 
 And 
 
Queen CAROLINE lamented, i jf 
 
 And befidcsjit may not be paffedoverby us,that tht 
 moli Higband Mighty on Earth are equally TvUb others 
 fubje(5t to mortal Difeafes and Accidents. It is 
 too notorious to produce any Inftances and Exam- 
 ples of it, that mighty Rulers and Potentates are 
 fubjeil to the very fame Difeafes^ both acute and 
 chronical, with their Subjeds and Dependants, 
 and as liable to fall before them. 
 
 And if no Dlfeafe Ihould prevail over them ,• yet 
 they may fall by fome fatal Accident or other : For 
 they are as liable as any others to fatal Cafualties : 
 And indeed they are generally in moreDanger of thefe 
 than inferior & ordinaryPerfons. The Time would 
 fail me to mention the Mighty Ones of the Earth,' 
 that have fallen by a violent Death. Both facred 
 and common Hiftories abound with Inftances and 
 Examples of Princes, who by the feathcr'd Jrrow 
 have been pierced with fure Deftruftion, whofe 
 Blood has fmoak'd on the S'jvord of the avowedEne- 
 my, if not of the perfidious Friend, and who have 
 drank delicious Deftrudion in a Potion prepared 
 and offered by difcontented, envious and revenge-^ 
 ful Courtiers. 
 
 It is nor therefore at all wonderful, that the Migh- 
 ty fall as well as the common and meaner Sons of 
 Men, fince they arp equally liable with them to the 
 fame mortal Cafualties, zad are expoled to even more 
 and greater D fingers than their Subjeds and Infe- 
 riours. 
 
 Furthermore, The Sins of others va^iY procure the 
 Fall of the Mighty. The facred Records mention 
 feveral young,.and valuable Princes, who hvftdied 
 fnemdtUrely for/.tbe S.lns of their Tarints. So died 
 
 c abijah; 
 
i4 The M of the Mighty 
 
 ABIJAH ; and fo fell the Children «/ AHAB : It hap- 
 pen'd unto them according to that Paflage in Ifa. 
 xiv. 21, Slaughter was p-efor'dfor the Children for the 
 Iniquity of their Fathers. And this was the Cafe of 
 the great and generous Jonathan and the other 
 Sons of Saul ; They fell as innocent Sacrifices to 
 theWlckednefi of their Parent. And lometinies Prin- 
 ces, that are good and mighty, have fallen into the 
 Grave for the Sins of their unthankful and rebellious 
 People : Hence we have that penitential Acknow- 
 ledgement upon the Death o fJosiAH, in Lam.v.i6, 
 The Crown is fallen from our Head : Wo unto us that 
 wt havejtnned. King Josiah was the Crown of 
 their Head:. And it was their Sin and Wickednefs, 
 that procured his Fall and their Wo and Mifery. 
 
 Moreover,The Mighty muft dy as well as others, 
 that fo They may gl-ve up an Account of thtlr Conduit 
 and Behaviour In the prefent World. For the High and 
 Mighty of the Earth, equally with the low and weak, 
 are accountable unto GOD: And they muft render 
 an Account unto Him of their fuperior Talents, and 
 the Manner wherein they have acejuitted themfelves with 
 them in their exalted Stations : For, as in Rev. 
 XX. 1 2, The Deal, both great and fmall, Jhall fiand before 
 GOD, and the Books (liall be opened', and the Dead 
 Jfiall be judged out of the Things which are written in 
 the Books according to their Works. 
 
 And, even before nht general Judgment, the Chil- 
 dren of Men, both of low and high Degree Ihall 
 be called at their Death to give an Acconrit of their 
 Stewardfhlp. It follows therefore, that the M^htf 
 muft dy as well as others, that fo they may appear 
 before their Judge,and render an Account of their 
 Doings unto him .- For as in Heb ix. 27, It is a/- 
 f tinted unto Men enct to dy,»td tftw this, the Judgmenf, 
 
 N«i5 
 
f^een Caroline lamented, "t 7 
 
 Now, upon fuch Accounts & for fuchReafons as 
 thelc, the Mighty mufi dy as well as others. Having 
 therefore thus confidered the Mighty as falUnz, and 
 recited the Grounds and Reafons ofthisDifpcnfationj 
 the Way is now prepar'd to repre/ent and prove our 
 Duty on the Occ«fisn of their Falling. 
 
 This is the Third and lafi Thing that was pro5 
 pofed. Now Our Duty en fuch aforrewful Occajiom 
 is to lament them, but with this RcftricStion, yo/«f 
 *s they defervt, when they fall, to be lamented : For 
 the Death of the Mighty, when they are meritorious 
 and fo far as they are fo, affords ajufi Qauftfor Hu' 
 vtiliation and Mourning, 
 
 So the pious David tho't : And therefore He la- 
 mented over the fallen Saul and Jonathan- And 
 when Abner, who had been the General of Saul's 
 Army died, we read in zSam. iii. jj, &;8, Tht 
 King lamented ever Asneb., and faid, died AsNEK ft 
 a Feol dieth ? And the King Jaid unte his Servants, 
 Know ye not, that there is a Princefand a^grcat Maq 
 fallen this Day in Ifrael ? 
 
 'Tis truQ all the Mighty, without Exception, «• 
 not worthy of Mourning and LamentaHon,\N\icn thcy 
 fall : For the Death of fome of them fometimes a^ 
 fords Matter oijoy and Rejoycing. To be fure it 
 is thus, when they are implacable Enemies ofG O 2?, 
 the great Oppreffors and Perfecutors of His Peo- 
 ple and Enemies to His pure and holy Religion. 
 
 It is allowable to Tray far the DefiruSlion oftbofe 
 fublic Enemies of GOD and Goodnefs ; So the Plal* 
 raift judg'd i and therefore it was his Prayer con- 
 •crniBS luch crafty, treacherous, baf« aftd wickc* 
 
1^ The FdU of the Mighty 
 
 Perfons as in Pfal. Ixxxiii. i r, Make their NohUs like 
 Oreb and like Zeeb ,• yea all their Princes as Zcba and 
 Zalmunna. 
 
 And as it is allowable to Pray for the Dcftru«aion 
 of fuch Mighty Sinners ; fo it muft likewifebe al- 
 lowable and even a Dut^ to Rejoice at their Fall. 
 Hence we read, in Pfal. Iviii. lo, The Righteous (hall 
 rejoyce^ when bejeeth the Vengeance : He jhall wajh his 
 Feet in the Blood of the Hacked. And we may learn, 
 both from the Fifth Chapter of Judges and the 
 Fiff tenth of Deuteronomy, that the downfall of fuch 
 Perfons, inftead of calling for Lamentation and 
 Mourning, Funeral Odes and Elegies, and the other ufual 
 ExfreJJions of uncommon Grief , demand rather Songs 
 "f Joy and Prat ft, Gratulatlon and Triumph . 
 
 But the Gafc is very different, when the Mighty- 
 fall, who are the Friends and Encouragers of the Wife 
 and Good, and who are well affeiled to the true Rell- 
 giom For,as the Death of fuch is afuHick Lofs, it 
 eli'o challenges a general Humiliation and Muurnitig. 
 So it was rightly apprehended in ancient Times. 
 Hence when the A//g%, as well as Good,}osih}i 
 died fuddcnly and prematurely, before he was 
 Forty Years of Age, the Prophet Jeremiah lamen- 
 ttdfor Him, and all the Jlnglng Men andfinglng Wo- 
 men f fake of Him In their Lamentation s,zs in 2 Chron. 
 XXXV. 25, And fo, when that mighty young Prince 
 King Edward the Sixth died, who was for carry- 
 ing on the Work of Reformation farther than be- 
 fore his Time it was carried, all the good Men of 
 the Kingdom lamented his dying ; None but your 
 uncoramended Lauds and Heylins, and their El- 
 der Brethren the Pafip, tho't his Death a Favour 
 and rejoiced at it. 
 
 h 
 
Queen Caroline lamented. 1 9 
 
 It is indeed a forrowful Thing to lofe a ;m;<7f« 
 Trkrti and BenefaUor. But, when an hearty Friend 
 to the Tublick and a general BcnefaBor falls,it requires 
 a general Grief and even an univerfal Lamentation. 
 The Fall, the Death of Kings and ^«eraj as good 
 as mighty, fervent Lovers and nurfing Parents to 
 the Subjetls of their Care, full of Concern and Zeal 
 iortht Publick 7»re>-e/,Friends and Advocates to the 
 True Religion, Enemies to all Vice and Wickednefsy 
 Patrons to xhtWlfe and Good of all Denominations, 
 and Examples of Devotion and Piety towards the GOD 
 ofGods, as well as Good-Will, Benignity and Charity to- 
 "ivards their Fellow-Mortals : The Fall or Death, I 
 fay, oi fuch Kings and ^eens as thefe is a very great 
 and mighty Lofs : And the Grief hy reafon of fuch 
 a Calamity,when it is weighed In theBallances,ihou\d 
 be found heavier than the Sand. 
 
 But you will be ready to enquire, Why, upon the 
 forrowful Occafion of the Fall of the Mighty, we (hould 
 be filled with fuch ponderous Grief and mourn fo bitterly ? 
 
 And in Anfwer to This ,• From many Confide- 
 racions and Arguments that might with eafe be 
 produced to Ihew that we fliould be fo, I fhall 
 only CelediTwo, which will aSord fufficient Reafon 
 for fuch a Grief and Sorrow as is required upon 
 the Death of the Mighty. 
 
 The former of thefe is the procuring Caufe of fuch 
 a grievous Difpenfation : Now This may be the Sin 
 and Wickednejs of the People under them : For, if they 
 be notfenfible of the Benefits and Advantages enjoyed 
 by therti under the Adrainiftration of fuch, nor 
 thankful for them, but continue difobedient, un- 
 thankful and impenitent ,- well may the Divine 
 
 Majefty, 
 
20 The Fall of the Mighty 
 
 Majefty, incens'd by their Ingratitude and Rebel- 
 lionSjdeprive them of their mighty Benefaftors, that 
 fo, by the Want of them, they may know their real 
 anj incomparable Worth- And, if This be the procuring 
 Caufe of the Mighry's Fall, doubtlels we ought to 
 be heartily grieved, as well for the Kvilitjelf, as for 
 the wretched Cauje of it. 
 
 And the other Confideration and Argument to be 
 mention'd for mourning greatly and even mighti- 
 ly at the Fall of the Mighty, is to be taken from the 
 Trofpeil and Apprehenjion of the unhappy Confeejuences of 
 it : For, when the Bodies of fuch fall to Dull as 
 they were, and their better Tart afcends exulting 
 to fuperior Manfions among the Bleiled, it caufes 
 gloomy Profpeffs and Apprehenfions and Fears : There IS 
 then great Reafon to apprehend and fear, left the 
 Indignation of the Divine Ma^efiy Ihould break forth 
 and overwhelm their rebellious and incorrigible 
 l^ople. 
 
 Thus, by confidering the procuring Caufe of the 
 Fall oi the Mighty, and the Confecjuences, the fad 
 and unhappy Confequences, to be apprehended and 
 feared from it, we muft needs be convinced, that 
 7ve jl)ould be much ajfi'Bed at the Fall of the Mighty^ 
 and heartily and mightily lament it. 
 
 But, having thus heard who are the Mighty, ha- 
 ving confider'd them zs falling, and receiv'd the Re- 
 prefentationof'ourDuty on fuch a (orrowful Occafion ; 
 let us now pafs to (uch an Improvement of thefc 
 Things, as is fuitable to the prclent Day of mighty 
 6rict and unutterable Wo. 
 
 Ilcre 
 
i^een Caroline lamented* 2 1 
 
 Here then in the firfi Place, From the Account 
 which has been gtvtn of the Mighty j may we not 
 with a great deal of Truth and Juftice infer, That 
 cur late mofi exc-tlUnt QUEEN ■n'as worthy this 
 Defcriptlon and CharaBer ? Truly we may : And I 
 Ihall beg leave particularly to fet before you the 
 RefpeSls c:^7w/<7wc«,whereinftiewas deftrvlngofthat 
 auguJiTitle :But at the fameTimel muft befecch you, 
 
 Mofi honoured Rulers avd my candid Hearers, 
 of every Rank and Order, that this mighty Woman 
 may not fuffer in your Regard and Etteem, your 
 Honors and PraifeSjthro' the defedive and broken 
 Account, * which I may give concerning her. 
 
 This great Lady was born on thefirfi of Marck 
 1682-5 ; and defcended from Anceftors of Renown,- 
 being Daughter to John-FreDERICK Marquefs of 
 Brandenburgh-Jnfpach by ELEANOR ERDMUTH- 
 LOVISA his fecond Wife, who was Daughter to 
 John George Duke ofSaxe-Eyfenacb. 
 
 But, without dwelling on the Dignity of her Birth, 
 with the affluent Circumftances to which by This 
 fliewas entitled,! would remark,thatthisilIuftrious 
 Perfon tho't an high Defcent and a -vafiFortune could 
 be no Vertue or Prailc j but ftie rightly judged, 
 that it was much more glorious to furpafs eminent 
 jincefiors f in excellent Arts, in Vertue, and fuc- 
 
 * Fuit jintiquijjinia Cotifuetudo hudtinM Mmtitos injamlri Oratime . 
 JdfU ego non reprebendo : modo e» adhikatur Moderatio, ut Lous 
 minis redundetin Deura.Ita autem Romani GraeCique ijli's Lm- 
 ittltnibHi indulftmnt, ut ad Extremum etiam Mulieres Cteperint 
 laudare. Pet. Martyr, in i Lih Sam. Cap. i. Commentar. 
 t Exupiras Mortim Noiilitate Genus. Ovid. Triji. h. 4. iUg. 4 
 — — Gtnu5& Proaws & t^e nonfieimas ipji 
 
 fix ea mtftra iiofs.— Ovid. Metamorph.L. 1 3. 
 mmmmNoiilitas jola eft atque mica Firtus. Juvenal. Satyr. 8. 
 *— • JJla wfira Nmina minquavt fim admiratut : Virts tts, qui 
 I* vitk reliquifent magvos erbHtrtr. 
 
 tsieer. Appio Pulcliro, tfiS. 7. Lit. 3. 
 
 ccfsfal 
 
22 The Fall of the Mighty 
 
 cefsful Renown than to borrow Light and Bright- 
 jiefs from others. Accordingly, by a diligent yip- 
 flication to Reading and the Study of Mankind, zs well 
 as by aCare to learn the more inferior Accomplilh- 
 ments of her Sex, She foon made an eminent Fi- 
 gure, and was fam d, not only for the Majefij of 
 her Air and the Serenity of her Countenance, the Ele- 
 gance of her Manners, and number! els engaging 
 Things in her Jppearance and Behaviour ^ but alfo 
 and in a fpecial Manner fbr the rare .Qualities and 
 fuperior Endowments of her Mind, 
 
 It could not now be expected, that, in the Style 
 of the harmonious Addison concerning this Lady, 
 when Princef's of Wales^ 
 
 So bright a Trincefs, who, with graceful Eafe 
 And native Majefij, was form'd to pleafe j 
 With manly Valor and attrailive Air 
 To quell the Fierce and captiziate the Fair : 
 
 It could not be expefted, I fay. That a Perfon 
 of lb much Merit ftiould be without her Admirers, 
 And indeed it muft not be forgotten,that CHARLES 
 then King o{ Spain, now the Emperor oi Germany, 
 paid his Refpeds unto her : But, under the Di- 
 rection of a good Judgment and the Influence of 
 god's Grace, fhe determined to continue a Vrotefiant, 
 and hence refufed to become that Prince's Confort. 
 
 This heradmirableCondud might not have been 
 fo much efteemed and applauded, had fo great a 
 Prince as our prefent Sovereign, even before his Ad- 
 vancement to the Royal Dignity, declar'd his 
 paflionate Regard for the fame Alliance at that Time : 
 For it would not have been at all wonderful and 
 furprizing, that r/je» all other Propofals Ihould be 
 rcjeded. 
 
 But, 
 
Queen Caroline lamented^ 2 3 
 
 But it was the Fartte of this heroic Confiancy, that 
 determijied the Eleltoral Prince, now our moft gra- 
 cious Sovereign, to defire this Princefs as his own, 
 Whofe Terfonal Charms, -ivhicb before -were uni'vcrfally 
 admfred, were aow become the leafiPart of herCharaSfer *. 
 And, upon his Addreffing of Her, Ihe wifely con- 
 fented to be the happy Companion of his Joys and 
 Cares : And in the Year 1705- and the twenty-third 
 Year of her Age, Ihe became the Confort of the 
 Mighty GEORGE AUGUSTUS. 
 
 Remember, O Great-Br!ttai»,the Joys of that im- 
 portant Day J when, befides the Hapfinefs then en- 
 joyed by you ffom the Conjunction of fuch excel- 
 lent Perfons ; you had alio a ProfpeB of the Continu- 
 ance of this Felicity to Generations in long SucceJJion. 
 
 I rtray not tarry to mention the Generojtty, Can- 
 dor, Kiftdnefs, Difcret'ion, Prudence and Goodnefs, of 
 which (he was continually giving Specimens, when 
 Princefs of Hanover only, and afterwards when 
 Princefs o{ Wales, and which greatly endear'dHec 
 to His Majefty King GEO RGE the Firft, thac 
 wifeft of Princes. N'dr need I flop to inform you, 
 that, before her Advancement to the Royal Dignity, ftie 
 was always known and confefs'd to hs a Per fon of 
 true Honour : I (ay, true Honour, which is the diftln- 
 guiflring Perfe^lon of noble Minds, that is AJJtfiant 
 foFerf«e and Goodnefs when found in Company 
 with it ; and not that Honour, falfely fo called, 
 which makes the Appearance and imitates the Actions 
 of Vertue and Goodnefs, without the Truth and 
 Reality of ir. 
 
 The StiehMer. No. >I. frUay, March a> 
 
 P 3But 
 
24 The Fall of the Mighty 
 
 But 1 come \vi h profound Subtniffion and awful 
 Refped to fpeak of the ^U EE N :lt was, as mod 
 of us here prefent remember, on the Eleventh of 
 O la'nr in the Xt■^c r 7 2 7, that, with her Royal 
 CLvirort, S!ie wis crown'd at Weftminlhr : From 
 ivhich Diy Imolous Difcord l>ega» to hejilent and the 
 boiitercus Factions to be footh'd Into J'eace. 
 
 Tho'{hcwas now rais'd to this highEarthlyDig- 
 nity ,• (lie was not ralfed above Her felf: For it was 
 her Opinion, as from her Conduct it plainly ap- 
 pear'd, t[\^t true Grandeur and Majefty confifts not 
 in the Sceptre, Globe and Crown • but in the Poiver 
 to do Good, in Eajlnefs of Accefs and in a confiant 
 Re.h-!!i;efs, both to hear the Griefs and Burdevs of the 
 SubjcB, and to afford effeUuiland ffeedy Relief againU 
 them j or, in one Word, in refembllng the Majefiy 
 «f Hesvcn. And indeed, fo great was her Good-lVUl 
 and Beneficence,t\\zt None met with Refulfes from Her, 
 or retired from her Prefence dejeited and fad, unlefs 
 they defired what was in it felf wrong and unjuft, 
 or might be detrimental to the Public. 
 
 As for true Fortlude, which is dlfcovered in con- 
 fderahk Exploits, that are guided by Difcretionand 
 warranted byjuftice,- (he frequently gave Proofs, 
 that Sh; b.ul Inrn^e Meafures of it in Her ,• but efpe- 
 cially when once and again, purliiant to Corr- 
 millions palled the great Serl, She was conftituted 
 Ginrdir.n of ihe Kingdom «/" Great-Brittain, and His 
 ^t-'jefiy s Lieutenant within the fame, during His Ma- 
 jefty s Abfisnce in foreign Parts: Nor did She only 
 cunduiS her felf with Heroic Prefence of Mi/td, and 
 approved Fortitude, but alfo govern'd with confiant 
 Vigilance and unblameMt Fidelity in the King's Ab- 
 fencc. 
 
 Furthermore 
 
Queen CAROLINE lamented. 2 ^ 
 
 Furchermore 5 Her vaft accjuired Knowledge and 
 mightyWifdom weic daily demonftiatcd How much 
 Delight did She take, as in reading th. mofi --j.duablf 
 Authors, fb in Con'verfmg w'.th the mofi karneJ, inge- 
 nious and judicicus of her Subjdis ? \V hat Penetration^ 
 what ex/juljite good Senfi did (lis difcover among 
 them ;and how many of them have gone away from 
 her, erilightned and charm' d bj bcr Dijceitrfes ? And 
 with what immenfeDelight to Hei" were your Men 
 of extenfive Learning, unTvcaried JffUcatlun and re- 
 markable for Ability and Ufrightnej's, thro' Her Injlu-r 
 ence call'd up to Stations of Prof t and Honour ? 
 
 But, notivithftanding thefe Refpeds, vvherein 
 Her lateMajefty was High and Mighty ; there is o«e 
 Inftance, wherein (lie was fingularly deferving the 
 Character of the Mighty, and requires a more diftin- 
 gaifhingNotice from us infuch a Plac? as This ; And 
 this is with refpe<ftto her Religion and Piety. 
 
 A learnedFrench-Man *in his Funeral Oration 
 on the Queen of France, taking for his Text thof'e 
 Words of JupiTH, There was none that gave her an 
 Hi H'^ord ifor She feared G O'D greatly • |) He remarks, 
 That one may challenge all the Grecians and Ro- 
 mans in all their Writings to produce an Inftance 
 of fo great an Idea to be given in lo few Words of a 
 Woman worthy to be celebrated, t But, howevef 
 great the Idea contain'd in thofe Words may be • 
 the Paflage was more remarkably verified in the 
 late J^JE E N than in any of the famousHeroines 
 of Antiquity or of later Ages. 
 
 * M I- -^ibe de la Chmbri. 
 
 II Judith vUi.8. 
 
 + BayU J^ouv?!ks de 1» g. f. deLettres. Dti. jffj^. 
 
26 The Fall of the Mighty 
 
 His Majefty King WILLIAM, refleAing u p- 
 on his Royal Conforc's, Queen MJRTs, Piety, 
 Devotion and Integrity, as well as Knowlege ofDi'vine 
 Things, Gould not help laying, that, If He could 
 helitve any Mortal were born vithcu: theContagion of Sin, 
 He -would believe it of the Queen. And, O gracious 
 CARO LINE, thy refpedful C«»/orf was ready 
 to make the fame Obfervation of Thee : So fure, jo 
 chafie, fo religious wafi Thou, and fo in all good Things 
 exemplary, zvnidi^ theExceflcs of a magnificentCcurt, 
 and in an Age of Luxury and Wantonnels. 
 
 The pious Queen was conftant at her fecret De- 
 votions * : And She lov'd the Habitation of G O D's 
 Hcufe, and, from Regard to the Divine Intlitutions, 
 with Delight and Steadinefs attended on them. And, 
 as She efieemed and pratlifed every Duty of Piety 
 towards the Almighty ; fo She detefted and frown- 
 ed on every Perlon and Thing that made but an 
 Appearance of what was wicked and impious ||. 
 
 And, as it has fcmetimes been juftly remark 'd, 
 that none are really Good, bj4t fuch as are Relatively 
 fo • This mufl: be likewife obferved of Her late 
 Majefty. As fhe perform 'd every Duty incumbent 
 on Her towards Her beloved SubjeBs ^ fo She duely 
 reverencd the King : And, while His Majefty Honours 
 Her and w'lWTraife Her to his laft Moments, Her 
 Royal Offspring muft rife up a?td call Her Bleffed, 
 
 * .... Kcc ilia reverentlor ulla Detrum. 
 
 Ovid. Mittmtr$h. L. j^ 
 [J Conrrary to that in the Poer, 
 
 yirtu! &fitmma Poteftef 
 
 Vm eseunt. 
 
 Luan. Phsrfal. L. VIII. 
 
 Seven 
 
Queen Caroline lamented. 27 
 
 Seven are the Children, which She has left 
 behind her *. Thefe like the noble Roman Cor- 
 nelia, She took to be her chief Ornaments \\. Ac- 
 cordingly it was both her Care and her Pleafure 
 to imfrove their Minds and form their Manners, that 
 ib they might hereafter frove Blejfings to the Nation 
 and the World. What a lovely, heavenly Sight muft 
 it have been to behold the Majefilc, Royal Matron 
 with htv faithful and obfequlous Offspring around her ? 
 So the Tlanetary Orbs about the Sun, gra'vltate te- 
 wards It, keef their proper Diftances from it, and rc- 
 celve from It the Meafures of Light and Influence re- 
 fpedively belonging to them. Such was, O fatal 
 Grief 1 Such was the late moft excellent ^uetn !— 
 
 In the Next Place then, let us refled, Haw Is the 
 Mighty fallen ! As the elegant and curioufly happy 
 EngUlh Poet fang unto Her, 
 
 Even all thofe Graces In your Frame comhlnd 
 The common Fate of mortal Charms may find f j 
 
 * Their N»mes and Births are as follows ; 
 1. His Royal Highnefs FREDERICK -LEWIS, Prince 
 
 oi WaUf, born at Hamwr, January 20, 1706,7. 
 s. The Prlncefs ^NN, hornOBder 21. 1709. 
 
 3. The Prlncefs AMELIA.SOP HI A- ELt^NORyl, 
 
 born May 30th 171 1. 
 
 4. The Prineefs ELIZABETH CHARLOTTE, bora 
 
 May 30th 1713- 
 y. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS Dake oi Cumberland, born in 
 England, April ijth 17H. 
 
 6. The Princefs MART horn February ri, 1715-3. 
 
 7. The Princefs LOyiSA born December 7th I7»4- 
 
 Ij fLec Ornamtnta meafmt. 
 
 Valer, Maxim. L. IV. Cap. IV. Exempl. i.' 
 t Add! Con's Poem to Her, when Princefs oiiValtt; prefented 
 with his Catt, 
 
 So 
 
28 The FaU of the Mighty 
 
 So it his come to pafs accordingly. This 
 wife and good and incomparable Princefs is laid 
 in the filenc Grave: The jfr// of U^omcn and the bejt 
 of Queens is funk to Earth andWorms : The faithful 
 Pattern of what was great and good and excellent, 
 in former Princes of Renownj and the hrlght Ex- 
 emplar CO living Queens and Monarchs yet unborn 
 1! fallen, is fiUcn, is fallen. Alas ! How uncertain 
 arc our Comforcs .' How fleeting and momentany 
 are our Bleflings and Joys ! 
 
 But, bleffed be God, She was as Exemplary in her 
 falling, as fhe was good and ufeful in her Life. 
 Though her laft IHnefs was fevereand painful, yet 
 file was divinely enabled under it to ^nw the moji 
 compofeJ and fi:bmijfi've Frame of Spirit : And, while 
 her Pain and Anguifh would permit Her, ihe was 
 employed either in AHs of Devotion towards the 
 great GOD, or in exprejfmg her hearty Regard and 
 Z'-al for the Public Welfare, or fJiewlng her Benevo- 
 lence and Kindnefs to h.r Eriends and Servants about 
 Her, until (he expired on the twentieth Day of the 
 laft November. — Mark the perfeB Woman, and behold 
 the upright Quctii : For Her F.nd was as peaceful^ as 
 her Life was righteous, good and merciful. 
 
 And what now, in the Third Place, mu^ he out 
 Duty on this melancholy Occajion ? Certainly every 
 hriton, every American Englljh-Man, and indeed 
 every true Prote/lant ftiould properly lament this for- 
 rowful Providence. Lee us all then be ajjli^ed and 
 mourn and weep : Let our Laughter be turned to Mourn- 
 ing, and our Joy to Heavinefs ; And let us humble our 
 felves in the Sight of th: L o B. B under His mighty 
 lUnd. 
 
 When 
 
Queen CAROLINE lamented, 2^ 
 
 When, the Death of Scipio tIImuianus, I think 
 it was, becarne publickly knovin, Metellus fir- 
 nam'd the Macethnlan brake forth openly with 
 thefe Words in the Ccmmon Hall of Juftice, JrtHf 
 Arm, Citizens, the Walls of your City are broken tloti'n : 
 But the Style is now a little to be varied : Inftead 
 of Arm, Arm.-, the Cry muft be, Weip, tVeep, O 
 Great-Brittain and Ireland, with your Dependances • 
 and Mourn, O Nevj- England, in particular : For 
 ycur Citudel is iroken down as it tvere ,• and your Tower 
 of Defence is dgmoliflnd. And let every true Tro- 
 tefiant, as Well as every true Engli(h-Man bewail 
 the Lofs of their ccmmon Frien'd and one who 
 had their beft Interelts continually near her 
 Heart .- For the Motto, which She chofe for the 
 Medals to be thrown away at her Coronation, 
 in which Brittanja and the Protefiant Religion were 
 aptly reprefented, with her Majefty laying hold 
 on each of them, exprefling her Love to tie Pro- 
 tefiant Religion, and hcr Regard to Brittain as her 
 Country, * contain'd the conftant as well as upright 
 Senfe of her Soul. 
 
 Surely then, every Briton, every Englijhman and 
 every genuine Trotejtant ought to be forrowfully af- 
 febled withHer Fall. Let every fuch an one, that is 
 here prefent, bewail our paft Negligence and Un- 
 fruitfulnefs under the Adminiftration of fuch a 
 Princefs, and the many Sins which have provoked 
 the Divine Majefty to bereave us fo foon of Her 
 Light and cherrilhing Influences, and lament for 
 the dark Profped of the Evils approaching, frcpj . 
 hich {he may have been happily taken away. 
 
 w 
 
 * The Motto 5s H!c Amur ; u<ec Pjitria t The Protefl»Bt 
 Religion is tny Love : And Brittaip is my Country. 
 
 And 
 
30 The M of the Mighty 
 
 And, at the fame Time, let our Sorrow bring us t$ 
 our knees and caufe us to fray without ceaftng for Di- 
 vine Forgivenefs and fparlng Mercy, and an Heart to re* 
 turn to G OD in the Way of Repentance and new Obe- 
 dience. 
 
 Thus let us lament and forrow after a Godly fort. 
 But, as it is not becoming to defpife the Cbaflening 
 of the LORD ; lo neither is it to faint whew rebuked of 
 Him I I fay therefore, altho' we lament and mourn 
 bitterly for the Lofs of a great and good Queen ; 
 yet our Grief fhould not render us unmindful of the 
 Mercies yet indulged unto us, nor make US unreafon- 
 ably refufe to be comforted. 
 
 Thro' the tender Mercy of the Eternal Majefty 
 our high, puiflant and mighty KING is yet 
 living : And, I doubt not, that as it is the united 
 VVifti & Prayer of this great Aflembly, O King, li-ve 
 forever ,■ fo that it is the Purpole and Kefolution of 
 every Soul here prefent, O moft powerful and gra- 
 cious Sovereign, That Affetlion, that Submiffion and 
 Obedience, aadunjhaken Fidelity, which has been be- 
 fore divided between Thee and thy glorified Ca- 
 roline, (hall all be yielded unto Thee. 
 
 And, bleffcd be the Name of the Lord, Great- 
 Brittain, with its Dependences, is not yet called to 
 bemoan its broken Genealogy and the uncertainty of 
 its Throne : For it can behold with big Delight 
 the numerous Royal Progeny and tafte the Comfort 
 of (ucceeding Generatiuns under their aufpicious Ad- 
 miniftrations. 
 
 But, if all the High a»d Mighty fhould fall, whora 
 we entirely love and in whole Ssrvice we feould be 
 
 ready 
 
Queen Caroline lamented. 3 f 
 
 ready to facrifice our Lives and Fortunes j yet, as 
 in Pfal. cxiix. 2, Ihzel Jliculd rejoice in Htm that made 
 htm, and the Children of Z^ion fljoald h joyful ia their 
 King, 
 
 Wherefore, at the Fall of mighty Kings & Queens 
 and your Lamentations for Them, h not difcouraged 
 and hofelefs, O our Dutiful, Loyal and Pious Peo- 
 ple I But let it be your Support and Comfort, The 
 LORD llveth : King J ESUS liveth : And 
 hlejfed be our Rock and the God of our Salvation he sx-^ 
 alted. 
 
 And, in the fourth Place ,• Since the Mighty fall 
 as well as others j Let not the mighty Men then glory 
 in their Might ; nor let us be fo unadvifed as to fut 
 cur Trufi and Confidence in the moft Mighty on Earth up- 
 on this Account. There was a mighty King of 
 France, palled Lewis the Eleventh, who gave a 
 Itridt Charge that the JVordDezth jhould not be fo much 
 as mentioned ■jvithin his Court. But his mofi Chri(ti4it 
 Majefiy was not in this fo wife as Philie the Mace- 
 donian King, who was a Vagan : For he ordered, that 
 every Morning under his Chamber Window a 
 Trumpet ftiould be founded, and that then thefe 
 Words Ihould be pronounced. King Philib, remem-r 
 her, that you are hut a mortal Man. This is a certain 
 and undoubted Truth, Whether the Mighty will hear 
 it or whether they will forbear, that they are mortal 
 Creatures, and that all their Might will not profic 
 in the Article of Death : For they fliall fion and 
 perhaps fuddenly fall before it. Confider of this, 
 all of you, who are really or in Imagination migkty 
 Perfoas, 
 
 And give me leave, wo/? Honoured Rulers to call up- 
 on you all, to think of your {'elves foberly, as frail, 
 falling, dying Men. Permit one, who isnot'worthy.\to 
 four Water en jour H^nds^ but yet has the Honor to 
 S fpeak 
 
3 2 The Fall of the Mightj^ 
 
 fpeak unto you in the Name of the great King, whbfe 
 Name i' Areadful, to entreat you to confider, why 
 jcu u-tre bcrtt, andjcr -what T.vel ycuhave betn ai'vanc d 
 and are continued in your Stations } Do not imagine, 
 Sirs, that it is to pleafe your fel'ves and raife your Fami- 
 lies upon the Ruins of the Public, that you haVe 
 bsen fo highly favoured of Heaven ; but it is for the 
 Glory of Him, who has given you Being, Promotion 
 and Grandeur, and for the Good of your Brethren. 
 Be not therefore high minded and confident and pre- 
 suming ; but fear always, and live to G O D, your 
 KING and pur Country. 
 
 And, O our dear People, he advifed not to fut your 
 Trufi and Confidence in the mofi mighty Men on Earth '. 
 For, befides the Curje of the Almighty, which is de- 
 nounced againft fuch as put their Trufi and Confi- 
 tlence in the Children of Mdn, however Mighty 
 and confiderable ; it is really a Jimple and ill-judged 
 Ih'nginitfelf. Let us for the Proof of this, hear 
 the Direiiion of the Pfalmift and the Rcafon with 
 which he backs & enforces it, in the forecited Pfal, 
 cxlvi. 5 & 4 Verfes, Tut not your Trufi in Princes, mr 
 in the Son of Man, in ■whom there is no Help : His Breath 
 goeth forth: He returneth to his Earth : In that 'very 
 Day his Thoughts perijh. See here the Inanity of de- 
 pending on Men, however Mighty, and refolve for 
 the future not to place your Confidence in them. 
 
 Retire O my Soul, to thy King and thy G O D *. 
 Say unto Him, LORD GOD, thou art a perma- 
 Kcnt and e'verlafiing Good ^ and all my Happinejs is in 
 thy Favor : As for Men, the mofi Mighty and the mofi 
 XJjeful, they are but frail Mortals. And what can they 
 do for me ? If their Breath fails, their Friendjhip ex- 
 pires : Let me therefore .expe*^: no more from any 
 Man, than what it is reafonable to expeft from a 
 -dying Creature. And fince the Flejb and Heart of 
 ^he Mighty, as well as mv {^u/n.mu/f- /v.;/. r%^r^n- 
 
^een Caroline lamented^ 3 '^ 
 
 Mighty and Good G O D, ^e thou the Strength of 
 my Heart and my unfailing Vorthn for ever and ever. 
 
 But then, in the hfl Place ; Let me conclude 
 with a brief Mdrefs to all, who are rtiet together 
 in this Place .' Hear it, O all ye People, both Low and 
 High, both Focr and Rich, both Small and Great to- 
 gether : It is This, O beferfwaded, from the great 
 Inftance ofMortality which has been fet beforeyou, 
 to think of Death and prepare for it without any Delay. 
 
 Francis Borgia, a Spanilh Courtier, having 
 been at the Funeral of the Emprefs, and reflefted 
 maturely uponthe narrowCompaJs to which the Migh- 
 tiefi Earthly Greatnefs was reduced, laid, when he 
 came to his own Houfe, The Death of the. Emprefs 
 hat brought me to Life. || And the Hiftorian iays^ 
 that He became a wonderfully reformed Man f- 
 
 We have/ee«, like him, an End of all Earthly Ter- 
 fe£tion in the Fall of our late moft gracious Queen : 
 Oh .' That the happy Confequence of it might be, 
 that one and all of us might be brought to Life by be- 
 holding her Death i I mean a Life of Repentance H- 
 wards GOD and Faith towards our Lord JESUS 
 CHRIST and Devetednefs and Obedience unto Him in 
 all Things. GOD grant that it may be fo ,• and 
 that, when we retire from His Houfe and confider 
 the Things which we have been Hearing, we may 
 find Him of His infinite Goodnefs and Mercy 
 vouchfafing unto Us Underfiandlng and Grace in all 
 Things ! 
 
 AMEN md AMEN ! 
 
 3?^«^aKgS2&^«S3^sSSSSS- 
 
 IJ Augufls Mors mihi Vitam attulit. 
 
 Ribaden. de Fit. Franclf. Borgls. L. I. Cap.9. 
 
 * ToiltttSmutJituti'rimgliUc. id." ibid. 
 
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