FOOTNOTES:
[289] Perfecta Die laudatio magis animā perficit, quàm Dei fruitio, quia magis lætatur in Gloriâ & plus gaudebit de Dei gloriâ & honore, quàm de ſuâ Glorificatione, & plus iocundabitur in laudando Dominū, quàm in conſiderādo proprium bonū. Bonau. l. 3. d. 1. q. 1, p. 66. A ſelm. Proſolog. c. 15. & 16.
[290] Quid agimus anima? cur ad mortem eius venire formidas?—S. Ier. Epitaph. Paulæ. Epiſt. ad Principiam. Gal. 3. 28.
[291] 1 Pet. 3. 7.
[292] Eſai. 33. 6. 2 Cor. 4. 7.
[293] —Non conſiderantes Holdam & Annam ac Debboram, viris tacētibus prophetaſſe, & in ſeruitute Chriſti nequaquam differentiam Sexuum valere; ſed Mentium. S. Ierom. Euſtoch.
The workings of Godly feare in regard of Her: Husbād: Children.
Firſt to Her Head, her Subiection and Helpfulneſſe like that of Saint Auguſtines Mother to his Father[294].
To Her Children, her tendereſt Affection and Sollicitouſneſſe to plant the feare of the Lord in their hearts, to fit them with worthy Matches out of Religious Families, to adorne her onely Sonne with the richeſt endowments of Grace and Learning: Witneſſe her Letters to that Learned Profeſſour[295] in our famous Vniuerſitie, worthy to be kept as a Monument of her truly Noble ſpirit and Godly Deſire (like that of Gregory Nazianzen's Siſter) to haue the fruit of her Body become the fruit of the Spirit[296].
Parents.
To Her Parents, ſhee was another Rachel, another Marcella[297].
Kindred.
To Her Kindred by mariage another Ruth, and to them by bloud another Heſter.
Seruants.
To Her Seruants, ſhee was bountifull in their Health; compaſſionate (as Fabiola[298]) in their Sickneſſe, either of Minde or of Body, prouiding for them (like the Centurion) both ſpirituall and corporall Phyſicke.
Religious Deportmēt to all.
To All, Her whole Deportment was ſo Louely, ſo ſweet, what by the law of kindneſſe in her tongue[299], Salutations, Gifts, Almes-Deeds, Viſitations, Inuitations, and by other offices of courteſies and Hoſpitalities, that Her Amiable Behauiour was a powerfull Meanes, an attractiue Load-ſtone to draw vnto Her the hearts and loues of as many as knew Her, yea as but heard of Her.
Eſpecially vn-vnto Gods people.
But vnto Gods children ſhe euer only afforded the deareſt pangs, the higheſt Degree of her kindeſt Affection[300]: Their company ſhe moſt loued, and they Hers. Not ſo much in regard of Her fauour towards them, which was great; but chiefly by reaſon of that ſpiritual Helpe and refreſhment, which they might get by conuerſing with Her in the choiceſt paſſages of Sanctification. For ſhee had the Art to vphold holy conferences about perplexities of conſcience, Relapſes into ſin, and Remedies againſt the ſame: Shee had the skill to beget many ioyfull Meditations of mortifying Grace and euerlaſting Glory: She had the Zeale to nouriſh Heauenly mindedneſſe, boldneſſe in the waies, and cheerefulneſſe in the exerciſes of Religion and Deuotion.