.‘1’ A ._ ,9 J “A -/0;}”‘7 W funeral Rwfigatt'ntt S E R M O N U P O N The M032 High, Mofl Potent LOrd, Francis Henry De Mofltmommy, Duke of Luxembourg and Pine}, Peer and Marlhal of France, Governour of Normandy , 1 Knight and Commander of the Kings Orders, \ Captain of the Guards of His Ma- jefiy 5 Body And General of His Armies. Pronounc’d at PAR IS, in the Church of the Prafefr’d How/e of the Company of 72/10, the 21ft.oprr11169;, By Father De In R “U E, of the fame Society. jfmm the french fiDzigtnal. " 1 —“ 1 ”-- ..- L 0 N7 D 0 1V Printed and SOid by 'R ‘05er Bah/win at the Oxford- Arms in Wan: ick— lane. t69s' ( ‘ -.——— H.-- _~ fl 1;. ‘\ ' 7'”? .5 , ' I 0” l 1' ," [*1 _. LL.‘ A- To THE- W ' ~ ‘ H E fillowing Sheet: contain a Funeral H4. . l » rangue upon the Duke of Lume-burgh, ' , , compot'd and pronounc’d h a fcflite. dad at "Ii: 4 confmmate Piece of jefia'tzflal. For it neither fpeak: Truth to Man, nor to God. To make hi: Cham~ pm of France Great, he falfifitf' the Star} of the Greatefl Heroe at this day in the PVorld. H e knew he had undertaken a Hard Tatk, to Prat/:2 a Man, who fitting afide that he wax a Soldier, had long la~ hour’d under a Very Immoral Charafi'er. No wonder then he employ: all the flock of hi: Rhetorical Flourl/he: to rant/l) over the 'Condufl and Aileen: of hi: Great General, [7} mzf-reprefinting the more Nah/e Exploit: of hi: Antagomfl. We can allow him. the Ginglz'ng Rho- . domontado’s of a Panegyrtfi, fl) long at the Event ha: made it evident tothe PVor/d, that szuxembourg were ahle to Cope with the King of England, it was. more then hit Mafler the French King war e’ver ah/e to doe. filoreover, to he confined of the 7421135: Douh/e-dtalzng with .Man, and hi: Faflt‘fiing the Re- : cord: /\ a ‘\ ‘\\ .1; \ '[*] cord: of open Story, there need: no more then to read on to the Second Part 0 ht: Oratzon, and feeing him :4 mg thefame Plant J‘ ofH'unzane Oratory to ”Gail and harrowing plaufih/e Infinuatzon: fiom Deduéhon: and his General : Zfl‘iflton to the Virgin Mary, to tht him uf into Heaven?!) M Z: Pzece ha: made a Not/i tn the World, and has; gbflvread. over ~I'urogn the French Language Mfifefi-of. Gat’hbk I 'tz'ooz) and therefbre tt was thought requtfite to expo/e tt 1n "Englifh that the Vanity of the Orater might hi dc- rided here, a: will a: tn other Places. fluto'rimtem . nullam, nec fidem Commemitiis Rebus adjutl- gere dcbet (fay: Cicero.) .>‘% 49'"... ,:’“:~P'- . am .4 , :\ v 4., c” [4] _ _ A: ‘ _ ., ; mutt “1 filfififln Francis Henry, _ Duke of Luxembzgrgb. . I For we do not prefent our Supplicatiom‘ ‘beflre‘ thee fir our Righteoufnefler, but for thy great Mercia. Dan. 4. I 8. . HESE are the Moans of a Prophet, in the midlt of a. Captive PCOple, remote from their Country, and panting after Liberty. What a Force was not ‘ this able to give to Prayer, by reprefenting to God the Services of David, of jacob and Abrabam, and I by firiving to draw down his Compaffion upon the Children, by the Remembrance of their 'Forefathers E' To'thefe vain Sub- jeas of Prefumption, rather then Confidence, Daniel clos’d his Eyes. He found a furer Support in the meer Mercy of God, thenin all the Vertues of Men ; and without lofing any thing of that Zeal which enclin’d him to Prayer, and of that Hope which ' B ought 1 l H ll ought to uphold Prayer ,, he Pray’d, he, HOp’d, but, [fill his Prayers and his Hopes Were grounded upon the Mercies of GOdé""" __ W. In”, g. ,,<,._ . -- ...... .V . d”, What are we now come to doe,‘1ny-Beloved, in the PrelEnce of the fame God 3 Come we to bewail the Dead in vain, where it becomes us only to {hed the Tears of Repentance? Come we here to mom their Viétories, and Heroick Labours? ’Tis only . to the Saints, the Vanquilhers. of Sin, that Religion permits us to pay Duties of this N ‘ to Honour, their TOM, and to Extoll their'Vert'ues‘; in I" “ tie and Songs, ey’n up the-.Foorlieps; of the Thmne of God; "‘caul'e they reign with Glorious Him, in the fame Glory. But as for Princes and Hero’s, whofe Vet- tues, frequently'Humane, were no other, for the greatefi part, then Pallions difguis’d under fpecious Names and Veils, when You are call'd to their Interments ; ’tis to fet before Your Eyes, Grandees of the World, a Moving Speé‘tacle of that Inevitable End which you never think of. Tis to fet before your Eyes that Death, which you look upon with Difdain in the bloody and precipitated Heat and furious, Marion of COmbat, ' but Which you can-hardlyvlook in therFace, wi n’Copl and Serious, expos’d to your Reflexions in this Funeral chip, which forces you to LelTons of Repentance. In lhort; If at any time, by a Cuftom eflablilh’d in the Firl’t Ages of the‘Church, [we prefume » to interrupt the Holy Mylieries with an Elogy of their Aétions‘, ’65 nor with a Pharifaical Pride, that vaunted before God the Jullice of their Works, Not for ow‘RigbteouGzef: : ’-tis with the Mo- deliy of the Publican, who begg’d for Mercy only, but for :6] great Mercia. The fad Recitals of’fo many Exploits, that exalt the great Names and Fame of Mortals , were .never made to move God’s Compallion, but to touch the Hearts of Men. And it is with this Intention, my Beloved, that I undertake this day, the Elogy of the Moll High and Mo“ Patent Lord, FRANCIS HENK r of MONTMORANCT, PEER and MR— SHAL of FRANCE, KNIGHT and COMMANDER of the- KING’s ORDERS, GOVERNOR of NORMANDJ‘. CAP" TAIN of the.GUARDS of. the KING’S BODY, and GE- NERAL of His ARMIES. . Upon the only Pronouncing of this Name, what a Grand of Things prelent themfelves to our Minds? What Wonders,,what Courage ,what Refolmiomwhatjuflice allo,in the Opinion ofMenI. But " l3] Butin the Sight of‘God,all this is nothing; Not for 'oiar Rigor-eoa/nqfi. ’Tis for You, my Beloved, and for all France, who have rea-p’d all the Fruit of his Great Actions, to find therein the Morives of Acknowledgment, and by confequenee a Zeal to Pray for him. , But in theft: fame Actions, and in all the Events of lo Turmoyl’d a Life, how many fignal Traces of a particular Mercy apply’d , to hisSalvation ! ’Tis there that we are to fix our Hope, and to feek the Support Of our Prayers which We pour forth'before God ; But for his manifold Mercia. .. Reducing my felf therefore to the Intention of the Church, and the Simplicity, of the Text which 1_ have chofen, I {hall'only ihew to all the Faithful whom Piety concerns in his salvation, in the Two Parts of this Difcourfe, , I. The Obligations ,tlmt France liar to Pro}. II. The Reafons tborfbo 64: to Hope. Her Obligation: to Pray, from what he has done for France; The Reafim: {he has to Hope , from what God has done for Him. But, Lord, what has he done for Thee, and for his Salvation? For this isthat which -makes the Perfonal Merit 3 and weighs doWn’ in the Decifive Ballance of Eternity. We {hall find it included in thefe Two Points, which will-fill our Minds with this comfortable Idea, That this God, who only crowns his Gifts, when hecrowns our Merits; and who making the Vertues of fights Meritorious, is pleas’d to make the Tears of Sinners alfo Meritorious,uwill have found in this Great Man whom we la- ment, what is fufficient to; procure him that lafl‘ Mercy which he beinws upon whom he pleafes, and which no Man can defierve. ' St.Paul,ini’tru£ting the Faithful in their. Duty towardGrcat M en‘, propofes to ’em,’ among Other M orives of Refpeét, the Authority Which they have receiv’d from God, to roreét the Good, and fupprefs and punilh the Wicked. For ( ays he) tiny bear not the. Swml in win. And upon this cflabliihing the Right nOt only of Kings, but of all Perfons advanc’d in Dignity, he requires thatthofe Honours and Tributes lhould be pay’d ’em that are their due 3 Tribute )0 wbom Triéun’, Honour to w/aom Honour 1': due. But befides thefe Tributes fettl’d by Humane Laws, the Apoillc, in favour of Great Perfonages, impofes upon Us another far’ differently” Precious Tribute, Entreatz‘u,‘ Prayer: and Petition}. B 2. And l l ' 4 1 And the Reafon which he gives, is, Becaule that under their ‘Authority, we I live flours in Peace and Fiery; ‘ ’ Now, if there be any one in the Degrees infari'our to'Sovea reigns, to whom this Tribute is due from. all among us that are- True Frenchmen, and True Chril’tians, is it flat to this Famous and Warlike Champion, from whom the Kin dom and the Church have receiv’d fuch- fuccefsfhl Services? d to fearch for the Foundations of his Merit in- the Deferts of his Anc'eliors, is there any Defcent, among thofe whofe Names and‘ Renown we Honour, of which it may be more juflly laid, in the words of St. Paul, The] home not borne t]?! Sword in main ? And how long finee, my Lords 9- The Crown has not been-more an- cient upon the Head of our Kings, then the Nobility of the Blood of thefe Hero’s. The Faith of 3‘efiu Cori}? afcended the: Throne with Clovis, but it enter’d into the Court-with a Mont-- mommy. Whence that fingular Title of En? Cori/firm Baron, which is Hereditary to ’em, and which equally denotes, as well‘ their Antiquity, their Nobility, as their Defcent. Let us leave thefe Times of Obfcurity. Are Seven hunder’d Years, I will . not fay, of Diliinétion, but of Conflant Advancement, enou h to merit our Efleern? We no fooner behold; their Name i u- ing forth from the Darknelé of Antiquity, but immediately we fee it cloath’d with the Luflre of the Higheli Dignities, and moreefpecially Military Emplo ments. The Name of Con/fable ‘ never began to appear in- the orld, at leali in our Hiliories, till they wore it. Ever finoe, thole Tranl'cending Dignities have ~ been as it were perpetuated to their Family. Seven Conliables, Seven Marlhals, Four Admirals, Great Officers of the CroWn, Governors of Provinces, Generals of Armies, almofi withOut number, and at all times. Never was the Kingdom or our Re- ligion in any Glorious or Dangerous Condition, but Providence, flill careful of our Affairs, hasfupply’d us out of this Noble Fa- mily moli extraordinary Succours either of Widem orValour. Confeguently, how greatly is the Church and‘ State ob’lig’d to pay With a zealous Fervency this Tribute of their Prayers to all’ thofe that bear this Name, fceing we have prov’d, that for f0 long, a time, tbey battle not borne tbe Swordin 7min. ' But Oh, the'DeXth of God's Defigns and Judgments! That this Grandeur, fo. ncient, f0 lledfalily fix’dupon fuch Solid, andfuchjuliPoundations, fupported by fomany Arms, Allianc’d t0; [ s ] . to: all the Thrones of Chriflend‘om, ihould be now upon the Brink of being Extinguifh’d.‘ That‘the Principal Pillars of this. 11) Potent Family {houl'd’now be TOttering.‘ Alas! and under thofe Fatal Strokes, the fole Remembrance of which makes us Tremble. That their Honours and their Merits ihould be f0 near Extinétion : {hallI lay, their Glory with their Merits ? One only Child, born in Tears, an Orphan before he Came into the World, fcarce able to makehis Way into the'Seats of“ Day-light, in the Midfl ‘of'the Ruins ofhis-Family, is defiin’d'to readyance the Fortune of his Houfe, and to recall to the Elder, that 50-. nou‘r and Grandeur which for Two hunder’d Years together the Younger have acquir’d. And this fame Infant, f0 dear to Pro_-»’ vidence, is the Great General for whom we Pray. Let us pals Over the Firfi Years of his Life, and the Firfl Exer- cifes of his Valour. ’Twas not He alone that needed this In« dulgence’; _’tis due to the Misfortune of thofe Times. He was envelop’d in ’em, lefs by his own Choice, then by theCondi; tion of his Fortune, What Illuf’rriOus Exploits, which we dare nOt remember, and which we cannot forget, What Ufe did-he make afterwards of that lucky Habit I Shall‘ . we enumerate the Particulars of Thirty Years Labours, if‘I may ‘ nor rather call ’em Succeffes ?- Nor think, my Lords, thatI go about to degrade any one of our Hero’s by Comparifons, always raih and odious. There are fo many Ways that lead to Honour, and. f0 many different Traces of Merit and Valour, that they may iéverally ferve for Objects of P-ublick Admiration, without. defacing or ref'embling each Other. But it is enOUgh to fay in Praife of Monfieur dc Luxem/mrg/J, That. there have been few of " our Great Generals, his Contemporaries, who' have prov’d more Formidable to their Enemies, better Belov’d of the Soldiers, or- more Daring and Refolute in Enterprizes. The Qualities. of a' Perfect Soldier, Which Solomon paints forth in his Book ofW'ifilom, Terrible King: [ball fear me: I flmll be awe to lead ‘a multitude, am! flout inBaml.‘ . , - But when, to the end‘I may difplay what is included in thefe- Three Qlalities, I have made it manifefl, that there were few. who were oppos’d by more Puiffant Enemies, and who kept himfelf fiill more then Superior; few that govern’d' more nu- merous-‘ Armies, and govern’d ’em with more Eafe ; few that fuflain’d more doubtful and hazardous-Enterprizes, and Iuliain’d- ’crn r61 ~ ’em with more Refolution and U-ndauntednefs :' what Rank will you allow him among thofe our Generals which you mall el’teem? Now, ’tis this Superiority, this Facility of Genius}, this Refo‘e lutior; and Undauntednefs, that form the Character of Him we now lament. ‘ ’Tis no new thing for France to fee all her Neighbours-become ' her Enemies. The Novelty is this, to fee all her Enemies united ' againfi her, by one and the fame Tye ' not only a Tye of Pall fions and Interefis, but a {ironger T e; ’tis the Afcendant of of one Captain over all the Members f the League. In all Other Leagues this Union being wanting till now, France had always in the Union of her Chieftain, and the Union of her Forces, a Puiffance eafily fuperiour to the Number and Efforts of her molt Pctent Enemies. But they have at length found out: Genius proper to reunite’all their Hatred againfi us. To give more Force to the Inflrument of their Paflions, they have helpt him to dethrone Vertueit felf. To make an Enemy fuflicient to find us Work, they have fet up a Mailer over themfelves. And who is this, my Lords? The fame, upon whom lbme look’d as the Hereditary Guardian of their Liberty; who was by Others call’d in to defend their new Laws againfl the “fall: Terrors of Arbitrary PoWer, and whom Others fear’d as the Natural Enemy , of their Religion: That fame Holland, fo jealous of the Free- dom of her Trade: That fame England, that doates f0 much 4 upon the pretended Privileges of her Parlament: That lame German}, fo accufiom’d to {hare in Sovereign Supremacy : That fame Aufiria, fo' intoxicated with her Nocions of Univerflal Mo- narchy : That fame Spain, fo zealous for the Purity of her Faith: Lafily, That fame Ital], fo pallionately defitous of her Repole, have rooted out of their Hearts all theie fo Ancient and Natural Sentiments, that they might make it their Common In- terefl to advance one Prince, whofe Grandeur can never hurt us, but by overwhelming ’em with their own Weight. A Foreigner, and Abfent, he is the Soul of their Counfels, the" Head that governs ’em. . One would think that thole Sovereign Princes, in yielding him the Title of King, had pay’d him the Homage of their Crowns, and that Lem; is only now become the Objeét of their Jealonfie, and their Hatred, for no Other Reafon but becaule he has taken upon himfelf alone to defend againfl ’em all-the Right; 0 :‘ 4 [7] of Royal Maiefly ; and? he do’s uphold ’em, and Triumphs in dew {pite of all his Enemies. They are n0t become f0 porent by their Union, as by being more {En lible before him of their real W cak- nefs. Their Efforts have nOthing diminiih’d of the Grandeur of his Empire, nor of that of his Soul. More wife and prudent then ever; if Heaven from. time’to time deprive him of the " Minifiers of his Defigns, it leaves him liill his Prudence and his Fortune. This Monarch imparts it to thofe whom he honours with his Choice ; and that which rears up great Captains among. us, is the exact obferva‘nce of his Orders. ' What Inflrument more fafe and tractable in his Hands, to- uphold againfl fo many Enemies the Honour and Profperity of his Arms, then the Duke of Luxemlmrgla .? What an Afcendant had he over that famous Prince who got the I’tart of f0 many Others, Accuflom’d in the Dutch War to fly the Shadow only of the! King, he began to turn head in the prefimcc of Luxem- burgh He thought that the Cities of Zwoll, Dc'vmter, the Oral], an Coewerlen, which this General had taken, at the head of the Troops‘of Mun/hr, had render’d him llluflrious enough to make him his chief Rival. ~ He would therefore meafure himfeli with him; but his Chief Mafier-piece’ was a Defeat. Nor was he'more happy at Badmgmm, where the frozen Moraffes could net procea his Army from the impetuous Ardour of the French. - T hele tWo unfortunateEfl‘ays, from that time forward, fill’d the Prince with fuch an Idea of his Vanquilher, that he durfl no more contend with him ;,|)ut only by calling to his Succour, Treachery and Sui-prize. This made him fo hold at the Battle of St. Denis, at What time the two Cam ou ht to have been calm and fe- ' cure upon the Newsof the grid ace. However, in that, as well as in all Other Places, he found by the flaughter of his Men, that Strata m‘as little avail’d as Open Force. againfl the Con» rage of a eneral always prefent with himfelf in Combat. In ihort, ’tis one of the Wonders of Providence, that whatever Precautions his noble Adverfary made uie of, he never en ag’d in any Bartel, wherein he did n0t find Luxemburgb an Obfiadc to his cornpleat Victory. He'mct withhim in the Right Wing at the famous Battle of "Senef, and rendrin g to the Prince of Can t the Fruit of his Glorious Lefl‘ons, which he had receiv’d from him! in. his Youth. He met him commandin the Right Wing at C3151 ;. where FM!“ acknowledg’d in the rather of her King, that. . ' ~ [ s ] t _ that the Princes of the Blood had no need of any Mailer to teach ’em the Art of giving or winning Battels. - Inflrutfited by fo long and fo fatal an Experience, Durfl' that fame daring Prince fuliain the light of him before Cbarlero], ‘ though furrounded with an Army of Fifty .thouiand Men? Durfi he attempt the fa much vaunted Sieges of [Wattage and Dinant, in view of him for a whole Campaign together . Durli he {it down before any one Fortrefs P And {hall we believe his own Teflimony .9 For we furpriz’d his Letters, wherein imparting in writing the Condition of his Affairs to a famous General of the Emperor’s Forces, he acknowledges, 17m: :beDuiae, who bad always the good Luck to matcb bim, load wot/fed bi»: again at, Ner- winde. But could he makea more folemn Confeliion to all Europe, in refpeét of his Genius to that of Luxemburgb’s, then [by the courfe which he took upon the Banks of theMebaign? The main Buli- nefs was to fuccour Namur. He found himfelf oblig’d thereto by theimportance of the Place, which the Confederates look’d upon as their common Bulwark ; and which he feem’d to have made choiceof for the centre of his new Dominion in the Spanilh Low. Countries, by the addition of new Works to thofe that ren- derfd it almofi impregnable before, and by honouring thofeWorks With his own Name. That Name, which in the opinion of the Confederates was enough to have fecur’d Namur from, all At- tempts, ferv’d only as a Bait for the Zeal of Lewis the Great, to go and revenge the Injury done Religion by the falfe Politicks of the Spaniards, in trufiin the Walls and Citadels of their Cities to the Enemies of. their ltars. At the very Name of the Kin , who was prelEnt in Perfon at that Siege, and to whom the Di - ficulty of the Enterprize was a Pledge of the Succefi; upon the Approach of Luxemlmrgb, whom the King had order’d to ad- vance toward the Melmi n, the Prince was foon fenfible of the veiling danger of the lace, and of his own Reputation. A iétory had fiv’d the Town: Nay, inflead of a Viao , of l which the pail Events were but bad Prognoflicks, a with rawn - Bartel had been fuflicient to have lav’d his Honour. He appear’d .in Battel Array on the other tide of ' the River : he ,cover”d it with Bridges; be thought the King would have difputed-the Paf- ‘Iage with him, and that after fome Efforts the Honourof which would have been divided between bath Armies, .he .lhould havs Carry? - ' ,,_s n E 9 l ' " carry’d of? at leaf} the Reputation of ”the Fight. The King be- ing inform’d of allahel‘e MOtions by the Duke of Luxemburgb, read all the Enemies Defigns in the Recelfes of his Soul :, and to ranverfe ’em, What Refolution, think ye, did he take? He gave him all the Liberty to pafs .over, and left him Ground fuf- ficient to embattel his Army; that‘he might reduce him, by that means, , either to expofe himfelf to the Hazard of a decifive Bat- tel, or renounce the Honour of the Paflage, which he feign'd. himfelf fo defirous to attempt. Then was it the firl’t time that Luxembourg/i Was Teen to recoil with his Arms 'in his Hands before the Prince of Oran e; but to the Vexation of the Prince himfelf, who feem’d to wait for that Signal onl to furrender up‘ Namur to her Defiiny, or rather to that o the Conque- ror. What will Pol’terity lay of this magnanimous Confidence ? I find in {acted Antiquity, an innumerable Army of Infidels, de- fended --and {Eacut’d by a Torrent, cry out, being (track with Terror at the Approach of Faith: Maccabem, If be come: over to m, we are undone, we cannot witbflaml him. Our General, on the Other fide, infpir’d with a ~jufl Confidence . in view of the E- nemy, Cries out, If he come: over to m, be’: Ruin’d; lye cannot eféape as. What a Grandeur of Soul is requir’d to take fuch Re« ,folut‘ions-P What aASuperiority of Courage ? .Thus halt thou ordain’dit, Lord of Hofls. ~Few Enemies more Porent then thofe whom thou hal’t rais’d up againli us. But what General ever render’d himfelf ‘ more formidable to fuch a POtent Adve’rfa— ry’? If that famous Maccabean, out of a Pious T endernefs, e- qua! we the Refilution of his Heart, thou ht it an incumbent Duty to offer Sacrifices to God, for the ouls of his Soldiers, that fell in Battel by the Swords of their Enemies; ’tis the-leal’t Duty we can pay Our General, to offer up the Sacrifice of our Tears, and the immortal Vifiim of our Altars, to a Warriour always Viaorious, and who has render’d us formidable to our mofl terrible Enemies. Tarriblc King: flmll fear me. ‘ A kemd Advantage, altogether particular to Him is this; ,‘ That he had under hisCommand, the greatefi Bodies o Armies, that ever Frame brought into the Field ; which was an Effeét of the Conjunfiure of. the Times. With what cafinefs did he give all the Metion requilite for the Succefs of Great Delignsto whole vafi Bodies comps’d of lo many different Parts. I lay Ea- ' . B fine/l" I E m 3 — finefj, my Lords. I could have laid, Prudence and Wifdom, , had I been to paint forth One of thofe profound Souls, whofe , ‘Cond'ua is the Fruit of a painfiil and laborious Application, and who luffer the Importance of their Proieas toberead intheir Countenances. But to have his Defigns alwaysfixcl’d ingood Order, to forefee thofe of the Enemy witha Penetration almolt certain, to find in'himfelf the Remedies always ready at Hand, upon any-fuddain Counter-Events, and to cover all. this with a fedateneis, with an equal Temper, and to make..it his continual Sport, as I may [0 fay, Thefe are Excellencies..which make us callto mind that eternal Wifdom, of which Solomon thought he gave no mean Idea, when, to expreis theexaltation of her Con- duét, and at the fame time, how eafily {he executes-all her great ' ' Defigns, he tells us, That [he make: tbe Government of tbe World ber jpprt. Would it- be an Injury to the Wifdom of Men, to fet forth, by the fame Expreflion, the fidate and eafie Activity of a Mind, luperiour to whatever it undertakes? Such was this great General in the Conduét of his Armies. ’ There was no need of gaudy Pomp, or Haughtinefs, to go- cure Refpea and Reverence to his Perbn. There was no e- oefl'ity for him to make ufe of Rigour or Severity, for the main- taining of good Difcipline; nor to employ Force or Authority to engage his Soldiers to undertake the mofi diflicult Enterpri- zes. All the Qualities requifite for Command were enclos’d in an Air of Noble and Military Popularity, which was natural to him. By that means, my Lords, he was fo well enter’dinte their Hearts, that with an 0in ing and familiar Word, he in- fus’d in a moment into theirs, t e Courage and Gonfidence that abounded in his own Heart. 50 form as he lhew’d himiélf, the Dangers of Afiault, the Difficulties of Bartel, the, Pains and Trouble of hafly Marches, all vaniih’d. They knew , that whatever the Labour was, or where ever they march’d, heJed ’em to Honour, and they were never deceiv’d. ‘ Can that March be forgOt, prodigious for an Army, of above Thirty Leagues in Three Days, which {0 ablolutely dilappointed _ all the Enemies Prudence, and crown’d all the Actions oi the Duke Of' Luxembourgb ? The Confederates had {pent (became pa' 0 in vainly blocking up our Quartersat Vigmmm, inhopes to oroe us either to re-pals the Mmfe, or elfe to expofiaour Flank m‘their Batteries, while wemarch’d back to. Name. Confirain'd . themfelves _-_—_—_..‘-,. ——. - w— x__.,...., w, .4... - .. .r. In} themfelves to give way to the Vifiorious Confiancy of Mon/fear, who by his Prefence added new weight to the Authority of the General, and new Fires to the Armies Zeal, they fought to repair the Shame of their Retreat by fome Signal Aétg toward the Sea- Coalis. They promis’d themfelves at leafi to furprize at their Pleafure the Strongefl of our Towns. 'Great Preparations; a Threatning Fleet ready to favour their Defign; the way open, without any Obftacle, in the midl’t of their Country ; Camps ready mark’d out to fly about from the Parts adjoyning to the Meufe, to the Banks of the Li:, and Scbelzl. ’Twas for us to fly after them; and what mull we do to get before ’em? ~ Nothing, but oblérve Your CountenanCe, and follow Your Steps, GREAT PRINCE, the Happy Son of a Viéiorious KING, for ever Famous, [till more by the Rapidity of his Conquelis, then by their Number or their Grandeur. But what . ' aConfolation was it to You, in the height of Your Zeal to imi- tate the Rapidnefs of that Monarch, unimitable to any Other but your lélf; what a joy was it to You, to find a General at Hand fo eXpert and quick to lecond Your Defigns 3 Upon the Eirfl Orders given for the March, fuch a Fervency feiz’d the .whole Army, that they never fcrupl’d any longer either the Len th of the Leagues, the Number of Days, nor the Difficult Paflgges o’re the Rivers. Every one found in his Courage, and a the Hopes of coming to a Battel, wherewith to harden himflelf againli the Cries of Drowrh and Hunger. _We admire thole brave Ifi'aelites, who prefi by Thirfl, in their March a ainflr Mdian, under the Leading of Gideon, durfi not flop a inure to draw Water, but fiill marching forward, contented them« {elves with fucking in the Water which they took win the Hallow of their Hands. We fee an Army altogether forgetful of their Repofe, and their Necellity, and Refufing the Succour and Refrelhments which the Zeal of the People, and the Fore- fight of the Officers had got ready upon the High Ways. They were running, faid they, to Vié’tory, and wanted nuthing but the Enemy. They found him atlength, but Surpriz’d and Con. flernated at their Diligence, and confounded to fee the Banks of the Scholal all crouded with Squadrons, Monfieur at. their Head, and Luxemlmrg neXt Him. They had nor the Plcafure of a Bartel; but they had the Satésfaétion to vanquilh, and by 2 their [‘12] their appearance to fiifle and difappoint the Boldnefi, and all the Defigns of the Enemy. _ ‘If after fo many Demonlirations of Confummate Ability, and Gallantry, we refule this General the Applaufés that are due to Him, {hall we nor have our Enemies themlélves upbraiding us in his behalf? But he has no need of our Elogies, he has more need of our Prayers.” Let us leave the Care of applauding him to Foreign Nations: As forUs, who have felt the Effeéis of his Happy Conduit, let us take care to difcharge that Duty which he expeéls from us. Let us cry to. God, Lord, this is he who went in and out before us, when we fought for thy Caufe; Sa-ve Him; who [add all Ifi'ael. But whence the Source, my Lords, of thole two Wonders, his Superiority over our Enemies, and his Eafinel}, in govern- ing our Armies ’3 It was at the .B0ttom of his Heart, from that Refolution, from that Undauntednefs , which produc’d that high Reputation, fo formidable to theOne, and fo obliging to the Other : £115er Emil. It wouldbe a dilhonour to him, to fly, that Feat never 215- pear’d in his‘ Countenance But let us fay, that Trouble and Diforder never {hew’d themfelves there. He never beheld Dan- ger, but with Contempt. He beheld at Flmru: the danger of Forcing the Pafl‘age of the Samba in view of the Enemy, and , of going to {but up himfelf to fight ’em botween the River ' and Them. He {orc’d the Pallage, fought ’em, and ma AtLeufe, he law the Danger ofmeetmg widi Eighteen Battav lions, all the Enemies Caval , confifling of Seventy two Squa- drons. But he fac’d and de eated ’em. But that we my the better underfland him, it behaves us to look into the two lafl Battels, of which the One was the Reflexion, and as it were the Image of the Other. At Nme he re y’d the Blow, which they endeavour‘d in vain to have given ‘ at Stealirk. They would have ' furpriz’d him; he was relblv’d to fut-prize- £11511? his turn. But with what Suceefs .' however with what orts. . Aflail’d at Stemb’rl, in the midliof a Camp without defence, he kept his Ground there, as if he hadbeenin a/fortify’d Place; without any Other Advantage over the Enemy, then the Relb- . lutionof his Heart, the Cmfidence of his Men, and thelVa- our [ '3 ] Tour of thofe Princes, who then fecur’d his Vié'tory by their Example, and honour’d it with their Blood. At Narmada. he was the Aggreflor; but‘he affail’d a Camp defended by Art andNature, furrounded with Batteries, and fecur’d by Entrench~ . ,ments. Call to! mind, my Lords, the‘ Burch’ery of that Day, -Wherein theRefifiance of the Enemy almoli Equal to our Va~ lour, made appear in all its Luflre that invincible Obilinacy which .fix’d our General to the purfuit of his Defigns, and pro. mis’d him the Succefs when every thing feem’d Defperate. There it was, .if ever, that he flood in need of it. For let us talk no more of thofe eafie Victories, thofe General Routs, that in a Day changethe Fortune'of Kingdoms. Tho‘ we had nor for our Enemies the Bravef’r People in the World, yet they have been exercifing themfelves fo long time againl’t Us, that ’twould be a wonderi they lhould not have learnt by this .to make a item Defence. -It ought ,to be for our Honour, that They who furmount us, bluih not at their Defeat, and that all Europe gives thisTefiimony of Our Nation, that they know how to triumph over Valont it felf. Wef‘faw the-Proofs of it then in our Arm‘y. feoondedb the Choice of three warlike Nations, faithful Sub- jeas to a 'ng, who deferves to reign over no other then fuch .Sttbjetfits' We faw our Army attacking fo many Nations in Con.- 7 federacy againfi us, in the midi} of their Lines and Entrench- ments,with as much Courage as if it had-been in the Plain Field; a Battel ‘éhang’d into aSiege : Officers and Soldiers, n0t in the leafl: difc0urag’d,-retuming four or five times to the Affault; theSmall and Great Shor rendred ineffeétual by the downright Hacking'and Hewing of the Sword : the General Prefent every where, giving Orders, and putting ’em in Execution himfelf inthe midl’t of the Medlev, as if it had been in the midi} of his Friends: the. Enemi65 forc’d onevery fide: .happy in their Flight, that two Rivers hindred the Vititors Purfuit. Then we faw the Truth 0f thofi: ExpreHions that are lookt upon as fabu- 10m, The Field'cover’d with Heaps Of the Slain, Rivers chang’d ' into Blood, andStopp’d in their Courfe. We {aw renew’d in ,thofe famous Fields the Defcriptions which the Prophet Eze- kiel makes of thofi: Bloody Defeats of the Enemies of God. new, fays he, The Prince: of tbe Nari/J trembling,'and aflmm’d 9f their Adigbt, and cmfbunderl ’in their Strength. There tbe Prime fitromded amt/9 the Styx/diet: of lair Souldim, in the Place it felf, , . ' where [.14] - where he expeéte‘d to triumph: All run though, adds he in the ' lame Place, all 'ran throng/2 and flain by tbe Sword. Lord, one Bartel more ;. one Y ear more, Lord, might have _ compleated - the Work, and recall’d that Peace which has been {0 long Ba- nilh’d. And why may .we not fay, while we are fighing o’re- , his Tomb, what the Prophet Eliflm faid to that Warlike Prince, . .aWhO had withl’tood all the Efforts of Sine, Smite tbeiEartb, fiid he to the King. He fmote it with his ‘avelin; but flopping too foon, Oh! cry’d the Prophet, full of Sorrow, Had/i thou [mit- rm five timer, tbdu bad/2 jr'm‘tten Syria till thou badfl con/amt! it. That Generous Arm, now Duff and Aflm, [hack tbe Edrtbfimr timer. .The Blows of his Four Battels were heard into all the ‘ Parts of Europe. One Viélory. more, Lord, a Fifth Viao‘ry, had compleated our Conquefl, reltor’d Peace to theWorld, and rear’d * up thy Religion upon the Ruins of its Enemies : Si pacuflz‘flé: guinquier. Thou hafi refus’d to hear our Prayers and our Tears: perhaps by reafon of our Sins ; perhaps, by reafon of the Sins of this Great Warriour, who fi htin at the fame time for his Prince and his God, fiudy’d le s to p eafe his God, then he ap- ply’d himfelf to pleafe his Prince; and minded. more the Frail Laurels of a Viétorious General, then the Crowns of Eternity. But feeing that God has depriv’d him the Honour of putting an end to the War, and relérv’d it for. the Valour of another Arm, in .that, my Lords, we mull acknowledge the Goodnels of God toward him, for having lhorten’d his Victories, that he nfight call him off to the Care of his Confcience, and give him Time to provide for his Salvation. But how much the reater Obligation therefore upon Us to redouble the Fervency of our Prayers for a Chriflian, perhaps no otherwife aTranfgreiTor, then for having had a greater care of our Temporal Advantages, then for the Inte- tells of 11's Soul, and whom perhaps the Praifes-which were daily given to his Valour, might have caus’d him to forget the Duties of Chrillian Dependance -, and who perhaps had n0t fallen into the Frailties natural to every mortal Man, but becaule he employ’d all his Strength and Courage in the Service of the Kingdom, which he lhould have made ule of to vanquilh his Paflions, and to keep up at Court the Honour of the Service of God againflt all Wor'dly Refpeéts. Ler us Pray then, my Lords: our Prayersare owi to Him, fince he has done lb much for Us. But let us Hope wit : we may (0, fince God has done fo much for Him. This is the Subjefi of my Second Parr. If 1 ""5 :1 IF the Life of "this Great Captain, to whom we are now pay- ing our lafl Mournful Duties, were only llluflrious by thole Par» ticulars which I have hitherto made ufe 'of, to make you fenfible of his Merit , we might be afraid, that f0 many profane Eitploits and Triumphs, mi ht be only the Reward of thofe feeble Efforts of? Vertue, which {gmetimes may efcape a Sinner, but for which ' Heaven has no Crowns in flore. I lhould look upon him my ‘ (elf with an Eyeiof Pity, as one of thofe Conquerors whom God ' made Life of to ‘ma‘gnifie Himfelf in Ifaz‘ab, to fidzdue Mztiom, put 1 King: to flight, and break down tbeWallr of Cine: : and which he , abandon’d afterwards to the Merits of their Works, and the Pu- . 1 .nilhments attending their Sins, after he had rewarded their am- . biguous Services with the vain Lullre of Worldly Profperity: God forbid that our Charity lhould be cool’d this day by fuch Sentiments as thefe. Too many Reafons raife our Hopes, with: out'pretending to difpute the Rights of God’s Juliice: {0 much Care as he has taken for the Salvation of this Sinner, {Eems to perfiiade and convince us, that” God has made him an Object of his Eternal Mercy. And here, mvaords,‘ let-— us leave him, as .1 3 Camden a- Warriour, and a Conqueror; All this was for the Eyes of Men: in the fight of- God he is a Sinner, diliin» guilh’d indeed by all thole Titles of Honour which he bore upon . Earth °, but at the fame time expos’d to all thole Frailties, and 71 ,~ all thofe Miferies that feem to be faflen’d to thefe dangerous - 1 Titles. Yet in the midfl of thole Abufes which he might have made of’em, and what at length mi ht have led him as they'- have done fo many Others, to a Forget lnefs of his God,” let "us - admire thoie fingular Tendernelfes, or rather *Wonders of his Mercy beflow’d upon him. He- bellow’d upon, him two of the molt precious Graces he could have befiow’d upon Sinners s the ' ' Grace of Adverfity during his Life, and the Grace of Repen- tance at his Death. Let him then eternally fin thofe words of David, --Blefléd 12¢ tbe Lard, becaufe lye has magnify? bi! wonder/W " me? upon me. on believe it non-Grandees-of‘the Earth ; and yet on ~ find it by Experience, at leafi, you make 'Othcrs fenfible' it, . that norhing more corrupts the Heart, then a long and conflam “Profperi' y ; that nathing over-calls the Mind with a thicker Darknefi; that enerall there is norhing but Adverfity that can callback a-wan ing _ ml .to his 'Reafon; to hisConfc'ience, .-., (07...? [I6] to his Salvation, and his God. You believe knot ;'and this Er. rour is your Ruin. The Subject of Difcourfe lay under the fame . Errour, and was fubjeét to thofe Deviations which are the dual Confequences of it. He trod the Paths of Ambition for'fifty Years together : What a Progrefs did he make in it 1 But the farther we advance in that Road, the more, Good God, we go out of our Way. Neverthelel's, thou didft follow him Hep [by . llep; Thou didfl wait in eitpeé’tation of a happy Moment to Th‘g.w;5.“P' pour down thy Mercy upon him. The happy .Moment came, 2:“;5‘1 3:33 and thy Mercy was pour’d down. What'a fignal Kindnefs, pom“,- and a my Lords, was this for all Frame .' .A Man of that Name, that Nemmmter. Rank, cloath’d with fo many-Honours, diltinguiih’d by f0 many Services, to be oblig’d to Juflifie himlélf I Upon What account? For that which cannor fall but into the Meanefi (35601115 5 not only without Religion, but without Reafon, without Fortune, withour Honour. At that very moment he perceives all the Sup- ports of Grandeur failing: Feeble Bulruihes, nodding with ev’ry Tempe“, and bowing under the weight of the Tempefl'. He was n0t aflonilh’d to fee fuch a Change of Looks and Hearts. ' Salomon hays, That Slander tumbler the Heart of a 11/1]: man, and Jr- flro]: tbe flrengtb of bi: heart. But never did more Prudence ape pear in his Heart then at that time; and never did he raife hime fell fo much above his own Strength, and undaunted Courage. The Sight of the Danger, and the Eafinefi to avoid it by'fo many open wa 's, and .offerd to his Choice : On the Other fidg,‘ the Dread 0 all things neceflhry for his Juflifieation, nevergave him the leafl Diflurbance. Confideringhis , helook’d upon his Libertyas nothing ; he facn'fic’d it himfelf ; he ran to the Piiibn with the fame fpeed that the Guilty flieit. There he only minded the faving of his Innocenceand his Ham; and there, he met the Mere ofGod that waited for him - - Yes finely, my Lor s, ’tisfo; and ifwhat I have {aid has proceeded from the Mouth of Fame, yet has it iflil’d from the ips of Truth. In View of this very Church where we are now mettogether, which wasin his way, he made a flop; andatthat very moment, notwithflanding the Confufion of Thoughts Which turmoil’d hisMinrl, he aclmowledg’d the Hand of God Wed up ' him. Far from being cmiflenwed like the .Heathm rince at the fight of the Celeflial Hwowr' ' which me: his .pefiiny; but rather full of Confidence and «milky attire . ante 5k -. . . .33; W, t '.§'—‘:*;;v‘.x w“.- ‘- . . ‘) i [ I 7 J . fame time, he cnter’d the Church, and pouring forth his Soul at" the Feet of this fame Altar, he confeis’d, that his Sins had' been the Source of his Misfortune; he ador’d the Goodnefs of God, who had made choice of that means,to draw him from the Preci- pice, and fet him in the right way of Salvation. And lefs Touch'd with the Danger his Eflate and Reputation were in, then the Peril 'of his Soul, he renounces (Hearken Chrif’tians !) he -re-. mamas 192's yu/hfication before Aim, if his Juflification were Op 0— fite to his Salvation. This was then the Senfe and Spirit 0 his Prayer. He has often explain’d his Meaning upon it, at a Time whenthe Confeflion he made of it ought to be a Repro’ach to i . his Conduét. . Thou, ‘Lord, who heardefi him, and hal’t pro- mis’d every thing to Prayer, more-efpecially to‘that which-is g. put -—up_ for Salvation; Thou who hafl afforded him this fignal Jufiification in the Eyes of the World, which he implor’d but faintly of Thee, wouldfl Thou have refus’d him that Salvation which he fu’d for then fo earnefily, in the Bitternefs of a Soul fincerely humbl’d? This was not inefl'eétual , and if I may be permitted to apply to him, what the Scripture fpeaks of a Jufi Man perfecutcd, W'ijdom defiantly with him inta t/ze Pri/bn,anrl forfakes him not in Bonds, He there detel’ted his Vanities ;, he {carch’d into the Errors and Diforders of his Lifle; he folemnly aton’d for ’em by the Ufe of the Sacraments :nor was he deliver’d from his Captivity, tillen- liven’d with more Pious Refolutions. To corroborate him in it,- God permitted, that being Juflify’d as he was, Free and Trium- phant over Envy, a Retirement offeveral Months ihould ferve as a Tryaloi his Fidelity. Faithful to God all that time, he {pent ' his Leifure in the fame Exercifes, and continu’d the Purifying of his Heart by frequent Confeifions. ’I‘was then another Heart, form’d by Adverfity,“and confeCratcd by Repentance : the Work of the Grace of God. How long, think ye, ihould any of you have held oat? Anfwer, you that hear me, and fcarch for the Anfwer in your -own Hearts. After fo many Oaths which you have {worn to God, and which you believ’d to be fincere, what would it require to make you forget all P The flightefl Occa‘ ,fion prefented to your Eyes and Hearts, overturns all your De- fi 5,, and makes ye break all your Promifes What Occafions a ail’d at firli this Heart fo chang’d by Adverfity ! Employ~ .men'ts, Commands, Honours, V iétories, Applaufcs; all the- ‘whole Train of Profperity. If his Heart held not out as it - D ought [‘3] ought to have done, againl’t {'0 many violent AKau—Its, let Us bewail our common Prailty. Condemn Him, bu: at the fame time give Sentence againi’c your. Selves : ac- cufe in his behalf, as in your own, the contagious Aire of' the World, buc more-efpecially the Aire of the Court where you live. Neverthelefs, in all the Relaxations of which he might be guilty fince, admire the féveral Im- reflions of Grace and Vertue which Mercy had {iill left in his Heart ;. to {hew that he was l’till her Care, and». that the Fugitive lhould n0t efcape her. ' Call to Mind the Scorn and Forgetfulnefs of Injuries, which was lignal in him, ev’n to the Complaint of his Friends; who judging of his Attention to the ServiCes he did ’em, by his Indifferency in reference to ill Offices done him ; and of his Gratitude, by his Carelefsnefs in Point of Refcntment, made that a Crime in Matter of Friendfhip, which is a Vertue, in regard to Revenge. Inlenfible, or rather Deaf to fcandalous Reports, Railleries, and max-- licious Stories and Difcourfes, you lhould féehim admit with. a fedate and carefling Aire thofie of his Inferiours,. of whofe Ingratitude he had been inform’d. He found ' ’em more worthy of his Pity, then his Indignation. As he was Eafie to return his Friendlhtp to thofe who! had Contemn’da him, he was no lefs Facile to return his EReem and. good Offices to thole Who Offended him. W ho had ever more Enemies, more manifel’r Realbns to.’ repell Injury by Injury, more Opportunities and Means. to Revenge himfelf ? Upon whom did he ever revenge, himfelf ? At what time? and. in What manner? Oh, my Lords! after what manner, with what an Aire of Moderation and Humanity did he manage ev’n the Pub-- ' l'ick Revenge ! this Minilier of. War, which ufuallyin- fufes Cruelty ?' While the Vanquifh’d reveng’d with rigour the Ignominy of their Defeat upon {itch Officers of Ours that fell into their Hands b .the Chance of War, this Victor made it the Pleafure an Honour of his Vi&o- we .. l !9 ] ties, to treat his Prifoners as he had done his Friends. . \Did he not re‘fiore that Intercourfe of Civility and Gene- rofity which always ought to accompany Valour, and which was interrupted by the firl-l Furies of the War ? Did he forget the Duries of Charity ? You Praife the Chrifiian who is tender toward the Neccflities of the Mi~ . firable, who is affiduous to Succour the Dying, and zea- lous to Honour the Church. \ Praife then a General, who coming from the Field of Battel, or’ewhelm’d with La. hour, and cover’d with Blood, takes diligent care to have the Living feparated from the Dead, to rally the languilh- ing Remainders of thofe Generous Vifiims to the Honour of the Kingdom; to hafien the Spiritual Conlblations of Coniccrated Pal’tors and Minifiers, by exprefs Orders ilTu’d forth to all the Country round about. Praiie the General, who in the Devaflations of War, applies hi miélf', as much as lies within his Power, to turn the Tempe& from the Fields of the poor and defencelefs People; and rather, if there be Occafion, to let it {all upon the POIL lemons and Caflles of the Wealthy, ev’n to the neglect of the Suits andLands of molt of hisIllufiriousKindred,fo that he might fpare the Revenues and Eliates of the Church. Commend a General, who out of a Spirit of Religion, at his own Expences repairs the Diforders of Impiety ; who makes Reflitution out of his own Purfe, to the Altars de~ fpoil'd by the Rapines of the Soldier, and reliores the VeiTels appointed to enclole the Sacred My fierits . Who, lal’tly, but of the lame Spirit of Piety, and with a Dili- gence altogether lingular, keeps of?‘ Fire and Sword from the'Churches and Places where the Saints are honour'd. Famous Church, which renders the City of Hall lo dear to all Flanders ! Ancient Monument of the Devo- tion of thofe Female to the Mother of God ! You mull be alfo a MonUment of that Veneration which this War- riour pay’d to the Name of the fame Holy Virgin : and i when Pofierity {hall behold that City furrounded with the _ ' D 2 , R uins E 20 l * Ruins of her Ramparts, and the Church exalting her Front in the midl’t of lo many Ruins, while they bewail the dire Neceffities of the v" r, can they forbear to re- member with joy the Piety of luch a General ? He took the lame Care, and for the lame Reafon, when he de- molifh'd Braineo 1e. Cowl/ore. He made profeflion of a par- ' ticular Veneration for the Mother of Mercy. And his ' Letters are to be feen to Perfons of the highel’t Quality, wherein he blulhes not to declare, T bat in all 122': Mitfor- tum: he [ii/1 Maire/I’d him/elf to Her, and bad he» fenfib/e of the Efefl: of Her Proteé‘r’ion. ' All thef'e Afiions of his are certain ; and I {h'ould de- lire, my Lords, no Other credit to be given to all thefe Actions, then what is readily giv’rr to Slander and En- vy, when we hear the Reputation of great Perfonages rent and torn, without any ground or proof, by the fou~ kit of Lyes, can that Credit be refus’d me, in this Sacred Place, and this Illuf’trious A‘fl'embly, where I have the Honour to {peak ; and upon Actions that cannot be que- flion’d by the malignity of human Wit, bur only becaufe they are advantageous to the Memory of fo great aiMan? All this while, if the Rom of Divine Grace and Cha- rity have not conferr’d a Soul and Strength, requifite to produce the’Fruit of Salvation, thefi: are no more then unprofitable Leaves that will not fave the barren, Fig- Tree from the Danger of being cut down: Whatever We expatiate thereupon, would be no more then, as Saint Pu! lays, the found of tingling Bra/5, or a tie/cling ij. 6d. ’Tis very true: But this feeble Sound, ,in the cele- brated Centurion, then out of the Pale of Grace, and the true Faith, fail’d hat to reach the Ears of the Al- mighty, who was pleas’d to repay this Sound with the Favour of Cunverfion. Would it be too much to’pre- fume the lime in Favour of a Perfon full-of Faith ? Would it be too much to prefume upon the Mercy of God, which was always {'0 liberal to him, as to look upon the Imgrefl’ . . ' ODS ll; . H *0 g! -[ 2.] . lions ofhis Vertue and Piety, as Tyes, which, as weak 'as they were, werea Help to bring him again to God, and to draw down upon him the Grace of Repentance, which at length put an end to his Life. ‘ . Oh! what a Favour, my Lords, was this! To how many of his Equals has it been refus’d? From how ma- ny Dangers has he been lifted up by the Hand of God, that he might 'be referv’d to that favourable ~Minute? There have been feen feveral of the Enemy, who have . fingl’d .themfelves from their Squadrons on purpofe to give him the fatal Streak : as it happen’d in the Medley at the Conflia: of‘Leuze. 'He warded off the Blow ;\ "twas God that gave him the Addrefs and Strength. But What befel him at Nerwinde .9 He fought after the man- ner of the ancient Hero’s of his Race, that is to fay, in. the midit of his Children. The youngefi, at Seventeen Years of Age, was there the Second time that ever he had been in the Field, and .it was the Second Battel wherein his Courage had been try’d. The Third, forcing the Enemies Trenches at the Head of his Brigade, happen’d to receive a dangerous Wound. The Father Ptill advanc’d and driving the Recoilers to a dangerous Pof’r, not regar- ding the Importunities of his Officers, who laid the Danger before him, the eldefl Son, the worthy Heir of his Courage and Name, here prefent, and paying his lafl: Duties to his Memory, running with a delign to flop. him, receiv’d the Blow that was dcfign’d againli his Fa- ther. ’ I‘ was God that watch’d over ’em, and who mea- fur’d their Paces, who by the Danger of the Son, pro. long’d to the‘ Father the Minutes of a Life profitable for his Condition, to conduct him to this Time of Salvation flill ' conceal’d in the Borome of Providence. What a fhort time was this to Prepare for Salvation! ‘ i A few Days of Sighs and Tears, after a long Series of Years fpent in the Engagements and'Paflions of this World. I grant, and upon this Subjeé’t I know the Re-. ’ flexions {22] . flexions of .the Holy Fathers. '1 grant that when they admit Sinners to Repentance at the late HOur of Death, they do not allure ’em of their Salvation. I can admit Repentance, but not ajfure Salvation. But let Charity taule you to difiinguilh upon whom this Sentence is gi- ven. Upon Sinners, whole Faith is without Light, and whofe Religion is withoUt Authority. Upon Sinners, whole Reafon is beforted, and whole Hearts are incapa- ble of ,any Ready Refolution: Sinners, who by a long Abufe of Holy Things, are become blind to all the Idea’s of God: who neither then fubmit to the lall Duties of Religion, till after they are as it were conflrain’dby all that Zeal, Prudence, and the refpeét of the World is ca- pable to fuggel’r. Sinners, whole Reafon, good Sehle, Faith, Hope, Confidence, and Fear of God, muff be léttl’d, before you mention Sorrow and Repentance for Sin. For a Sinner, under this. Character, who expects ap. preaching Death, for him to tell us, That he believes, that he hopes, and that he loves God, We grim: bim, fays " SLAu/Zin, Reprntazce; but what Allurance of Repenc ' rance ? . ' ' The Cafe was not the lame with our Penitent, whofe Salvation is this Day the Subject of our Prayer. Faith, Religion, the Fear of God, a Veneration for Holy Things, Contempt of Death, Indir’lerency for Life, a lively and . dilplay’d Reafon, Great and Noble Sentiments: There; were the Dilpofitions of his Soul to Repentance. ’Tis tl'en "upon this Occafion, or never, that the sentence of St.C}priw ought to be of greatForce : TharRepentame ne’er com: 5 too late, pn'vrded it be "VIC, 7707 i: there an] thing 51;: film! may be remitted, provided the Rgpentzmcc 5e 4 part of the Heart. Now in regard of our Penitent, every thing demonlirated the vifible Marks of a lincere and folid Re- pentance. .. ' . . , Uneapable of Cowardice and Bafenels, during the who'e courfe of his Life ; accul’tom’d to rail'e his Courage ' prOpor-. E 2 3- J proportionably to the Grandeur of the Danger ; upon the Approach of the Danger of his Life, which was declar’d' to him by his real Friends, or rather at the Approach of the Danger of his Soul, of which he was more {Enfible- then any Body, he follow’d Grace, which rais’d him a-~ bove every thing, and forming to himfle an Idea of.- God, according to the Attractions of that Grace, and the natural Propenlity of his Heart, he meafur’d the Bit-- tent of his Mercy by the infinite EXtent of his Grandeun . Was he deceiv’d? ’I‘was the meafure which the wife- Man took : According to his Gr'eatrzefr, [#55 i: tbegreatw nefi of his Mercy. No Prefumption all this while in this Confidence. It was accompany’d with aHumility, pro- per for a Sinner, a-lham’dof his [ngratitude, and the long Abule of God’s Gifts. No diflimulation in his Venerati-- ‘ on of the Holy Myfieries. We found that all he did, ‘ when he difpos’d. himfelf to receive ’em , all he laid; when he receiv’d ’em was. the fincere and-voluntary. Aét of a Heart accufiom’d, in defpite of Mortal;Pa(Iions,.to‘ humble it fel-f before God, to adore, invoke him, and'to. be forrowfully fenfible of. not loving him fufl'iciently. No honing after the Grandeurs of the Age. With all the Vivacity, and all the pre-fence of Mind that was na- tural to him, he turns awa his Eyes from that fame glitw tering Fortune which he. aw vanilhing before him: he thought it n0t worthy of one fingle Sigh- If there were any Cares of. this-World,or any thing of human Thoughts - that remain’d behind, ’twas only toaccomplifh the Duties of Jufiice: He exrended his Cares. to his Domeiiicks; there was n0t. one that had-nor a {hate in his Remem~ brance according to his Merits and his Services. And who does: he choofc- for the Confident of his, laii Will? That Son, always by his fide in the Confufi'on of Battel, was Hill. at handrin his late fatalConfliEt', to receive and » execute his Orders : Alas_!..notwith that joy, as when heobey’d him withhis Arms in. his Hands. With a tremor-- . ' bung? [24] biingHand,‘ and throbbing Heart, he wrote what with a fereneAir the dyingFather di&ated. And there it was that he found himfelf too unable to imitate him. All his Chil~ dern came to his Bed-fide, lead in by a Hand ~which V Friendlhip render'd {till more precious; towhich we may add the Lulire of Birth, of Merit, and high Digni- ties, both in the Church and Court. In the’prel‘ence of a Friend of this Importance and Reputation, he fcrupl’d not to difcover the tendernels of his Heart, and to take his Friend for a Witnefs and Depofitary of his Thoughts. But how far does his Tendernels for his Children-eXtend? To infpire into -’em Sentiments of God above his own, Sentiments for the King equal to his own, and, for them felves Sentiments of Concord and Union worthy of them- felves. . With the fame Conflancy, f'enlible of the Sor- rows of his Friends, he is touch’d with, it without the leaft weaknefs, he difiinguilhes ’em, all by particular Marks of Efieem, without partiality. To 'thole alfo, whom he had no reafon to look upon as his Friends, he made it appear, by his Examinations of himlelf, and made ’em confefs by their Tears, that he had always de- {érv’d to be f0, and that he had always been f0. _ - What‘Thronging! What a Concourfe to his Bed-tide of all that was great in Frame, or at the Court! What 'Surprize and Afioniflmient at the heavy News of the , prelfing Danger he was in ! How was the King diliurb’d for the Lofs of fuch a Subjeét, who had conquer’d and fav’d fo many Provinces! What Lamentations of all' . the great Princes who had commanded under him ! that is to lay, of thoie who had had him for theirGeneral, the Companion of their Dangers, and their Guide to Vi- fiory. Honour’d by their Tears, he is as little troub'l’d as mollify’d by ’em ; norhing mov’d, be them himelf a Spectacle to the Grief of fume, and the Pity of Others. He calls to their remembrance the vanity of Grandeurs, that have no other Foundation then the Frailty of-rh'is. ’ Life. 1 ,,,. 3&3; 1 as I 131156 Hebtingairwo 11211611? Mindsthe hupoitance 01 the «Jourmy 1111661111113 isgeiag to take‘ before’ em, and which khey 51111-111611 prepare 1011, after 1111111 Penetraeed with .. 561161111116 REhMFdf3dM1w 1n «reqoifite Purity, to 0561‘. up M 80111 11 {ween 81110116 to God, he 10561.13” as a’ N16111:! tohis :Supteme Will, and believes that God will mi:hfife 111m Salvation, {66mg that. after f0 many Sins . maln'itted, he, haves 11111111111 a lively and horrible Hope. ~ He momwntes the 81058111’ (16116111011163 with 11 faithful _ Q1111 3611616111 Attention, and 11:15: delir‘ous to breathe’his f , cmbflmin- the Crofd, 111 ‘Aéiloration of: his M1117? finfmhl’d a: thgiandl 1-661ing the Approaehe’s H of {Death he employs: the 1211171350115 01 his Speech, to M6 the 811660111 ofthe Holy Minil’ters, and his {1111111111 fmouds, thatiswith their. Voices and 111611 Thoughts they would uphold to the lafi the Union bf his Heat: _ .4 with God. B1 thefe Sedtiinents of'Submnfion of a Creature to his 5 Mailer; of the Fear and Humility of an O5endcr be fQ66 his Judge; 01' Religion and Piety 0 a Ohriliian before his “.ShviOm; of the Confidence and Love of? a Prodigal and .Penitent Son toward his Father, he CXpitC‘S, he goes to appear before the Sovereign Tribunal: 1111wa by his 'sWorks, t1s true , but laden, Lord, with thy rent Me 1‘- £366. They would never have anceompay yd him F1 gmany Years, they would never have,bsen redoubl’d at 2111’: with f0 much fplendour, to fail him at the ialt ‘vlo... meat; that Very \Moment to which all the Monients and 'ifiavours of this Life tend“ This is that which has hitherto upheldl n5 Hop-1., and “Eel; at this day ought 21110 to uphold ours in 1110111 of him. Not for our RigWEOII/IJE/J‘, but far- tbygrez: 111mm. Let thole that know 11166 1101, U God, blame our Confi- ‘ deuce. But let thofe that know‘ thee, by a real Faith, by long EXPeriences of thy Goodnefs , 111016 who are en- .terid Into the Treafuries of thy Mercy, who know, That 1/2911» l 25 l ' vel'mu be]? Pit}.- flpan; afl —Mex, benefe the m filmy/rt] "; that 1/2014 patfiofl’j} all, bemafi: we are all thy Creatures; that for the gaining oft/zer'nPardon, that: only demonic]? we [boa/l twin to‘ (‘be hit/r. all our hem: : That thou art the good .. SllCl'Sllefidjbhfil leave-fl the whole Flock to look after the firay’dshoep, and takefl— heréupon thy {hamlets with To much the more Charity, as ‘bein more feeble, ahd more ' in a languilbing and dying Condition. Let tbafe mm fluefi-r fuel: t God, Hrpem the, 0 my God. :And let ’em cry aloud with David, Becufi than peter far/dew tlaofe that feel: thee,«L’oral. The Perlon for whom weimplore all . .this3Clemency,was full of thele SenémenmvHehagaimt‘ ' ceas’d to Know Thee; If he'went aflray,,th0u‘m. "59 after him, by Advetlity, byRepentance. -lnvited by' the Enquiries of thy Grace, he has foughtiafrer'th‘eebythe “Feryency of his Sighs. Lord; thou neverforfaltefi {hole who know thee, and who feek after thee. .We know. _ ghee too well, net to depend nponthee. Let ’em Hope in .tbee, tlizt! know My lt’amc,6:caufe that In]? not far/Ate» tin/e tint/u} rim, 0 Lord. ' ' ' ' ; Thtn let us, no: fall into the Snaresof the Enemies. fizf Rt.pcntanCC,-.-as alfoofVertne itl'clf. The World is full of Men withcut Faith, Who no: being in a Condition to pretend to the Hopes of Future Life; make it their De light to think i.-’/ of thofe that go out of This; and lirive (35 lb} 3 St. D’erome) to Comfort theml'elves with their own, I‘m-{pair by dk fpairing of the Salvation of all others. - The} .bt-Izwc 1: an E4]: of IlJr/f Pain, tint no 59d}. fimuld le Rig/1- t rm. But ltt us no: allord ’cm this falfejoy; butktall the truly Faithful reunite themlelves, to uphold themerci- , t’ul Strength of the Grace ofGod, againfl the falfc Infiexi- hiiitics at'd afleéled Zeal of Libertinifm. “ ' . ‘ '3 Lt t the Children of this Heme, all lo capable to uphold here below the Honour which he has left ’em,- never imagin that they have not more for him. Let’em'be mindful ol’that Glory of happy Eternity, where Repen. tance [27’] . tance has a {hate as well as Innocency; and {triving them? felires to attain to the mol’t fafe of thefe twoways, let .’em be convinc’d, that God Opensvthe Other, when, to whom, and after what manner hejpleafis. . Let Him, among his Illuf’trious Children, Whom Pro. -- vidence has made Choice of for the Service of his Church, - , and who was Conlécr’ated to it in his mof’t tender Years, ' withfuch happy Difpofitions to --the mofi Noble Venues and tuck High Dignities of that excellent Condition ; Let ' this. Son, I lay, fo juflly fenfible of the Lois of fueh a Fa- , ther,appl_y himElffpeedily to procure -him,by his Piety,the Peace and Glory of the Elect, with as much Fervency, as his, Other Children by their Valour [hall doe Honour to his, Memory. , . i Let that Afflifled Widow, as remote, from the Pomp - and Corruption'of the World, by Choice and Inclination, - as fhe approaches near to what the World accounts mofl Great, by the Blood of Luxembamfg and Clermcmt, the' Splendour of which [he-has united to. the Blood of Monta‘ mommy, now redouble, with more Confidence the Exer. . cifés of her Charity, which {he made her l‘weetefi/‘Em- . ployment while he liv’d,.for the etetnal. Repole ,of her" Husband. Let that Lady, in the-laflplace, firong above her Sex » I and her Age, who gave Life to this Heroe, then the Child ‘ of her Sorrow, now the Crown-of bar Old Age, who flaw! him cover’d with Honour, after lhe had feen him born -. in the midfl of the Shadow of Death, at this day furvistiug To many Revolutions, as a publick Witnefs of theWon. ders of Providence, after Threefcore and eight Years of Vermous Widowshood, equal or {aperiour to the Wi- dow’d Prop/nerds, confidering the Number of her Years, and her Love for her Country, and like to her in Will- dom and Piety, confecrate the remainder of her Life, ,. to blefs the Mercies which God has exercis’d' upon her Son, and to draw ’em down uponthe Flourifhing, Family,. [”23] Family, of which God was Pleas’dvthaefie Mame 3 tin Cl)iefo I o. {blitz} 41' ? £3 [1,“,33f 01" .‘5‘, Let Us. My M excited to TmyioN-Iiifiwhy 13‘ » . many Mocives of Hope work at» 0% MM)! was?» and Transit/mg; ednvmc’d of this Tttith’ Mrig :iggéiii‘ fling in SLBMI, That it 1': Ga?! who Pt‘bfllfi‘bflb‘ Willa/Idtk Deed, meaning to In": 69194in) 3‘1? wrought in Him: this wondetifll @per atihniJfls fl. Wtoltght 1t foreallflinners. 3’3‘1 If thisPceaitehélmg {elf Faithful upon this lafl £38ch of thd Goodhei' healed for Him,Are all other: therefibre Faithful. 7 If He have 11%} a Time. Shall)”; have Mame? lithe Felta End few“ to har'den yet‘o Sin, let the S'e‘ldomhh of 155;"; Happinefi carry you to Repentance , to this FaVéhr it Death of a Peniteat; op {new {5) ‘Violflit Uh. expeéttzi, Untimely; a thahy Othetwi ‘Fa‘fii Dha‘ths. In the meantitne, bat for this End 16 fulf- 6F-Cenfdiatton, vdlat wouid become of all the Wonders GP his Life. ?’ What Kindnefé would the Lufier of {0 many Viflorie‘s doe him before the Tribunal of his God? Na’y, “What“ {lead would they [land him in, beforothe“ Tribi’m’al 6f 6 World, and Pnblick Opinibn? Therefore itas by i i that we ought to meafute ail the Grandeur of this’Mahi‘ And God (My Lords) and the World wiii Judge of¥on by you: Ends. May it have been for Bird; and tiny 1 be. for every oneof Us, the Beginning of Blefféa Etet- , nity. , 1 _ , 1 : .' / .m'fxz til . g . .. . . :‘z‘i 7'.) 2:231; : T': "fir." 1W. WW! ,3 8‘1: IV: “infill QI ~J\‘. V‘ {1“ 1137. , "t , l (1“, t-'(J(’l,.c. / 5 .J . I (I, r . - . V , " ~ ' ,- w much; ; 3 i; - , .; 11.. a- - ., In , I)“ . RARE DC 130 .189 L37 1695 was ELL SPC RRE RAREcm 13.0 L89 L37 1695