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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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* Cicer. Somn. Scigionis.
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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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