The Most Excellent Maria; In a Brief Character of Her Incomparable Virtues and Goodness. by Her Eternal Honourer, Sir Edward Dering - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1701 Excerpt: ... want all other Excellencies $ and with Wife and Good Men nobody's Misfortunes will be Accounted their Crimes. Vows and Meditations. IT is generally obfervabk, that whatever one fees ones Heart upon, whatever one delights in and loves dearly in this World, One. is fooneftRobb'd of, and quickly Lofeth 5 where One thought to fet up Ones 3$eft and flappiwfi, that is fooneft taken from One 5 things that are indifferent, or rather Troubles and Thorns in Our Sides, remain longer by Us. And this moft certainly not without dieWifdom and efpecial providence of Almighty God, who when he fees fees his Prerogative invaded (which is to have the whole Heart) and Our fymtual Condition in danger, by too much Fondnefs and delight in a Beloved Object, removes it from us for Our Good, to make us fet Our Affections more on things above, and by a fevere but not an Angry Stroke, to bring us nearer to himfelf. Thus it hath pleafed God to Afflict me in the tendereft part of my Soul: She that was the delight of my Eyes, the Joy of my Heart, the Breath of my Noftrils, and the very Life of my Life, is Gone, and I left a Mournful Shadow behind. ButfinceGod ( I truft ) faw it good for me, and Better for Her, I Kifs the Qo/, fubmit to His divine Pleafure, and pray him to Sanctify this fudden Stroke unto me. As Cardan divinely faith, Velle debeo qua Teus vult, non qu& Ego Volo $ Ilk fapientior eft me, M/wr, £"1 «de (Potentior, & fat quid expediat. I adver.ap. ought to will what God wills, not what Lu'au.fc I will: He is Wi/er than I, morepag.83J' Good, more Powerful, and knows what is expedient. A moft pious Ejaculation from a Learned PbyJldan, notwithftanding the Imputation which generally lies upon that This gives me now the Sad Lei fure and the Occafion to retire into my felf...
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