. Miscellanea Spiritualia : or, Devout essaies. To the moft Sacred MAJESTY O F Henrietta Maria ^ Daughter of France^;, and Queen of(jreat Britain. MADAM, He propriety of my Lifeisnot fimply by a common%ght inherent in YourCrown, but lil^mfe (bj afpecialand notoriom Tur--cha/c^^ is annexed untoYour Perfon; and that byfo obliging a Title, as nothing lefs then theceffationof my Life, could feem on my parta legitimate feparation of my perfonal Ser^vices from Your Majefty ; But in this ^ engaged. The Epiftle Dedicatory. engaged ejlate of my life^ (jod hath heenplea^ Jed^ by a civil death, to contri
. Miscellanea Spiritualia : or, Devout essaies. To the moft Sacred MAJESTY O F Henrietta Maria ^ Daughter of France^;, and Queen of(jreat Britain. MADAM, He propriety of my Lifeisnot fimply by a common%ght inherent in YourCrown, but lil^mfe (bj afpecialand notoriom Tur--cha/c^^ is annexed untoYour Perfon; and that byfo obliging a Title, as nothing lefs then theceffationof my Life, could feem on my parta legitimate feparation of my perfonal Ser^vices from Your Majefty ; But in this ^ engaged. The Epiftle Dedicatory. engaged ejlate of my life^ (jod hath heenplea^ Jed^ by a civil death, to contriye a jujlfjiable intermifsion of my fe^tdar Duties, and by Juch av^ay, as renders even this cejfant Jlatein fome Jort aitivBy and difcharging my Obligations:. Since my prefent Jujpended condition is aeon- fequence oftheaBive profecution of my Duty to Your Majefty;, thereby eyen this my in^ animaiie cmftitutioHy in regard of any motim> in Your fervice, feems enlivened by this kinde of dying in that relation^ bytphich means my life may be /aid to have but changed the maner of application unto You, and in place of the Spirit of JBingy to have taken that of Suf-- fering for YourService-^ So that in ejfeBy itismtt^ecorps,asitr!perey of my time that lieth thus intombed in this ^gion of civil deaths yphilethe Spirit thereof liveth in Your Service^ by the occafion of this my pafsive amdition. In this flate of violent quiefcencCy myihcughtsQA^.^dLxn) bavenotceafedto range and The Epiftle Dmiscellaneaspiri00mont
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