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fcch as ICp/fg thcJJc'dd, Clofing their Eyes, ComUmatlon^ 
■ Seundir/g brazen Veflcls, WaJ/jwg^ Afiowiing or Emhalm'wg 
the De;id, Adornhg, Drejfif/g and Crowmng the Corps, 
Ldymg it out, Catrywg it torch, the Funeral Procelfio//^ 
Burning or Bnrjwg the Corps, the manner of Mourmttg^ 
and in ftiort, many things relating to the fore and after 
part of the Funeral Duty 5 giving a great variety of per- 
-iiiient Quotations ouc of Ancient Authors, intermixed with 
good c^njeftures of what inducements the Ancients were 
jnfiuv^nc'dby, in falling into and adhering to their various 
and refpeftive Cuftoms : But his main View is to (how 
how far thefe Fji^w^r^/ Rites and Ceremonies are ufeful and 
allowable, when accompanied with the Art of FjHbdmwg 
and on the contrary, how vain and ridiculous they are 
when ufed without it^ efpecially if they do but intheleaft 
exceed the bounds of Modefty and Frugality. And thus 
having (hewn, as aforefaid, how and when Funeral Cere- 
monies are ufeful, as alfo that they are infignificant with" 
o]jit Emhdming 3 he tells you moreover, That care is due 
* to the. Body, tho' Lifelefs, upon the confideration, that 
'the Soul, in a feparatc ftare, longs for Re-union, and 
* w idles her Dead Companion to (hare in her then prefcnt 
' felicity, by virtue -of eternizing Monuments. He fets 
' forth, that Embalming is the belt and moft lively way of 
* preferving the memory of deceafed Friends, by giving a 
* real Prefence, in(tead of faint and fhadowy Reprefenta- 
* tions, ' and brings abundance of Iheologkal^ Vhyfical and 
* Political hrgvmcnts, in vindication of the Artoffi;». 
' balming ^ but not having room to infert them, we will 
only mention two or thre^ of the latter. 
' Fir ft:. If wetakeit in a general fenfe, as the Art of pre- 
* fcrving the Memory ot Man, as well as his Body, it is very 
* extenlive and infinite. In this fenfe, all the Monuments 
' of tlie Ancients, Statues, Poems, Writings, c^r. may be * 
' efteemed SLkhxd ot Embalming: And in the fame refped, 
2 F^^^^may not improperly be called the Soddefs and Pa- 
tronefs 
