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           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           The
           Artillery
           Company
           OF
           LONDON
           AT
           St.
           
             Mary
             Le
             Bow
             ,
             April
          
           20.
           1682.
           
        
         
           BY
           
             THOMAS
             SPRAT
          
           D.
           D.
           One
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Chaplains
           in
           Ordinary
           .
        
         
           Published
           at
           their
           request
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Iohn
             Baker
          
           ,
           at
           the
           three
           Pigeons
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           .
           1682.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Honourable
           Sir
           
             William
             Prichard
          
           Knight
           and
           Alderman
           ,
           President
           of
           the
           
             Artillery
             Company
          
           .
           Sir
           
             Iames
             Smith
          
           Knight
           and
           Alderman
           ,
           Vice-President
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Worshipful
           ,
           Sir
           
             Matthew
             Andrews
          
           Treasurer
           .
        
         
           As
           also
           to
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           ,
           Earl
           of
           Thanet
           ,
           Lord
           Allington
           ,
           Lord
           Lumley
           ,
           Lord
           Paston
           ,
        
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Worshipful
           ,
           and
           Worshipful
           ,
           Sir
           
             Iohn
             Narborough
             ,
             Iohn
             Shales
          
           
             Esq
          
           
             Philip
             Frowd
          
           
             Esq
          
           Maj.
           
             Richard
             Burdon
             .
             STEWARDS
          
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           the
           whole
           Court
           of
           Assistants
           ,
           Field-Officers
           ,
           Captains
           ,
           and
           Gentlemen
           ,
           Professing
           and
           Exercising
           Arms
           in
           that
           Renowned
           and
           Honourable
           Society
           .
        
         
           
             
               Right
               Honourable
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           IN
           obedience
           to
           your
           commands
           ,
           I
           have
           published
           this
           honest-and
           loyal
           Discourse
           :
           which
           is
           all
           I
           can
           say
           to
           its
           advantage
           :
           except
           ,
           what
           was
           an
           unexpected
           commendation
           to
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           Enemies
           of
           our
           Church
           and
           State
           have
           thought
           fit
           to
           dislike
           it
           ;
           and
           to
           shew
           they
           did
           so
           ,
           have
           had
           recourse
           to
           
           their
           old
           Arts
           of
           lying
           ,
           and
           slandering
           .
           But
           it
           is
           no
           matter
           what
           they
           say
           or
           do
           ;
           whilst
           you
           continue
           like
           your selves
           ,
           to
           think
           the
           practice
           of
           Loyalty
           not
           only
           a
           part
           of
           your
           Profession
           ,
           as
           Souldiers
           ,
           but
           of
           your
           Religion
           as
           Christians
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           main
           Doctrine
           here
           delivered
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           any
           one
           true
           Son
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           but
           will
           consent
           to
           it
           :
           nor
           any
           of
           its
           Adversaries
           ,
           that
           can
           oppose
           it
           without
           renouncing
           the
           common
           Principles
           of
           Christian
           Government
           .
           As
           for
           the
           manner
           of
           handling
           it
           ,
           I
           have
           reason
           to
           ask
           your
           pardon
           ,
           but
           not
           theirs
           .
           That
           I
           have
           not
           managed
           it
           as
           so
           noble
           an
           Argument
           deserves
           ,
           I
           beg
           your
           excuse
           .
           That
           I
           have
           not
           treated
           of
           it
           with
           bitterness
           ,
           or
           virulency
           ;
           I
           believe
           ,
           even
           they
           will
           confess
           ,
           when
           they
           shall
           read
           it
           ;
           and
           let
           them
           consider
           ,
           what
           moderation
           ,
           and
           temper
           a
           man
           had
           need
           be
           of
           ,
           that
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           this
           Age
           ,
           shall
           speak
           against
           Faction
           ,
           and
           Rebellion
           ,
           without
           extraordinary
           Severity
           .
        
         
           
             
               Right
               Honourable
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             I
             am
             Your
             most
             humble
             ,
             and
             most
             obedient
             Servant
             
               Thomas
               Sprat
            
             .
          
           
             April
             29
             ,
             1682.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           The
           Artillery
           Company
           .
        
         
           
             St.
             LUKE
             xxii
             .
             part
             of
             ver
             .
             36.
             
          
           
             —
             He
             that
             hath
             no
             Sword
             ,
             let
             him
             sell
             his
             garment
             and
             buy
             one
             .
          
        
         
           WHen
           in
           such
           Warlike
           Solemnities
           ,
           as
           yours
           of
           this
           day
           ,
           men
           of
           my
           Profession
           are
           admitted
           to
           the
           honour
           of
           bearing
           any
           part
           ,
           I
           suppose
           it
           is
           not
           expected
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           cloy
           ,
           and
           vex
           your
           ears
           with
           the
           terms
           of
           your
           own
           Art
           ;
           or
           affect
           impertinently
           to
           entertain
           you
           with
           discourses
           on
           the
           Heroic
           Science
           of
           Arms.
           
           
             The
             weapons
             of
             our
             warfare
             are
             not
             carnal
             ,
             but
             spiritual
             .
          
           And
           if
           it
           was
           justly
           esteemed
           once
           a
           very
           indecent
           presumption
           in
           a
           Philosopher
           ,
           to
           read
           a
           Lecture
           of
           Battels
           before
           one
           great
           Commander
           ;
           how
           much
           
           more
           improper
           would
           it
           be
           for
           a
           Divine
           to
           undertake
           to
           teach
           the
           Art
           of
           War
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           so
           many
           .
        
         
           But
           when
           you
           call
           us
           hither
           to
           serve
           you
           in
           these
           your
           annual
           Triumphs
           ,
           I
           know
           you
           do
           it
           with
           a
           pious
           design
           ,
           That
           as
           all
           Wars
           of
           old
           were
           usually
           begun
           with
           a
           public
           Sacrifice
           ,
           so
           these
           your
           exercises
           of
           War
           should
           first
           be
           consecrated
           by
           devotion
           ;
           That
           here
           in
           the
           House
           of
           God
           you
           should
           first
           receive
           the
           Churches
           Prayers
           and
           Benedictions
           on
           those
           Weapons
           ,
           which
           abroad
           you
           are
           so
           ready
           to
           employ
           in
           the
           Churches
           defence
           ;
           That
           of
           those
           Arms
           ,
           of
           which
           you
           have
           elsewhere
           learnt
           the
           skilful
           ,
           and
           the
           glorious
           practice
           ,
           here
           you
           might
           consider
           the
           saving
           ,
           and
           the
           religious
           use
           :
           How
           a
           meer
           natural
           Courage
           may
           be
           so
           improved
           by
           Piety
           ,
           as
           to
           become
           a
           most
           Christian
           Grace
           :
           How
           Victory
           may
           be
           not
           only
           made
           lawful
           ,
           and
           barely
           innocent
           ;
           but
           how
           it
           may
           be
           sanctified
           :
           and
           sanctified
           ,
           not
           first
           by
           Rebellion
           ,
           then
           by
           Sacrilege
           ;
           but
           by
           fighting
           only
           in
           a
           truly
           good
           and
           righteous
           Cause
           ;
           and
           by
           defending
           it
           ,
           not
           with
           hypocritical
           zeal
           ,
           and
           zealous
           cruelty
           ;
           not
           only
           with
           Valour
           ,
           and
           Conduct
           ;
           but
           with
           Fidelity
           ,
           Loyalty
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           Equity
           ,
           and
           Charity
           .
           How
           this
           may
           be
           done
           ,
           it
           being
           ,
           I
           humbly
           conceive
           ,
           my
           proper
           business
           here
           to
           deliberate
           ;
           whilst
           I
           endeavour
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           
           I
           must
           intreat
           the
           favour
           ,
           not
           only
           of
           your
           common
           patience
           ,
           but
           of
           your
           more
           than
           ordinary
           pardon
           :
           if
           ,
           besides
           my
           many
           other
           infirmities
           ,
           that
           ,
           which
           ought
           to
           have
           been
           an
           advantage
           ,
           shall
           prove
           my
           disadvantage
           :
           if
           even
           this
           great
           appearance
           ,
           so
           beautifully-terrible
           ,
           
             as
             an
             Army
             with
             Banners
          
           ,
           which
           guards
           this
           place
           ,
           and
           secures
           all
           within
           it
           ,
           and
           round
           about
           it
           ,
           particularly
           us
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           shall
           yet
           happen
           somewhat
           to
           discompose
           me
           ,
           so
           that
           I
           shall
           not
           be
           able
           to
           bring
           a
           firmness
           of
           mind
           equal
           to
           the
           greatness
           of
           the
           occasion
           .
        
         
           However
           for
           my
           incouragement
           I
           have
           brought
           with
           me
           our
           blessed
           Lord
           ,
           the
           Great
           Captain
           of
           our
           Salvation
           ,
           speaking
           to
           you
           with
           power
           :
           and
           ,
           in
           the
           words
           of
           my
           Text
           ,
           pronouncing
           that
           ,
           which
           at
           first
           hearing
           ,
           seems
           a
           most
           surprizing
           Doctrine
           for
           the
           Prince
           of
           peace
           to
           deliver
           :
           That
           sometimes
           the
           Habiliments
           of
           War
           are
           more
           necessary
           ,
           more
           becoming
           a
           Christian
           ,
           than
           the
           very
           Robes
           of
           Peace
           :
           That
           in
           some
           seasons
           of
           imminent
           danger
           ,
           those
           of
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           who
           had
           not
           Swords
           ,
           were
           obliged
           to
           sell
           ,
           if
           need
           were
           ,
           their
           very
           garments
           to
           buy
           them
           .
        
         
           Such
           is
           the
           literal
           sense
           of
           the
           words
           .
           But
           was
           not
           this
           a
           strange
           Precept
           for
           that
           King
           to
           injoyn
           ,
           
             whose
             Kingdom
             was
             not
             of
             this
             world
             ?
          
           
           How
           could
           this
           be
           consistent
           with
           that
           meekness
           in
           Persecutions
           ,
           that
           long-suffering
           of
           Injuries
           ,
           that
           very
           
           love
           of
           Enemies
           ,
           with
           which
           his
           whole
           Gospel
           abounds
           ?
           How
           was
           this
           conformable
           to
           his
           mild
           example
           ,
           
           
             who
             went
             as
             a
             Sheep
             to
             the
             slaughter
             ,
             and
             as
             a
             Lamb
             that
             is
             dumb
             ?
          
           
           Who
           though
           he
           might
           have
           summoned
           
             more
             than
             twelve
             Legions
             of
             Angels
          
           to
           his
           immediate
           rescue
           ,
           yet
           never
           employed
           them
           as
           a
           Triumphant
           Host
           ,
           but
           as
           an
           Harmonious
           Choir
           ,
           
           to
           sing
           
             Peace
             on
             Earth
             ,
             good
             will
             towards
             men
             .
          
           How
           comes
           he
           just
           then
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           going
           to
           be
           betrayed
           by
           one
           of
           his
           own
           Disciples
           ,
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           his
           most
           cruel
           Enemies
           ,
           against
           whom
           he
           designed
           nothing
           less
           than
           opposition
           ;
           how
           comes
           he
           then
           to
           talk
           of
           furnishing
           his
           Attendants
           with
           Instruments
           of
           War
           ,
           and
           of
           preferring
           Swords
           before
           Garments
           ?
           Then
           especially
           ,
           when
           presently
           after
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           he
           was
           seized
           on
           by
           the
           High
           Priests
           Officers
           ,
           he
           severely
           rebuked
           the
           great
           Apostle
           St.
           Peter
           for
           but
           once
           using
           the
           Sword
           :
           
           
             Put
             up
             thy
             Sword
          
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           
             into
             its
             place
             .
             He
             that
             taketh
             the
             Sword
             shall
             perish
             by
             the
             Sword.
             
          
        
         
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           these
           two
           remarkable
           Sentences
           of
           our
           blessed
           Saviour
           ,
           that
           to
           St.
           Peter
           ,
           and
           this
           in
           my
           Text
           ,
           may
           seem
           at
           first
           view
           capable
           of
           contrary
           interpretations
           .
           But
           if
           we
           shall
           examine
           the
           circumstances
           ,
           and
           occasions
           of
           their
           delivery
           ,
           we
           shall
           soon
           find
           that
           they
           do
           not
           only
           very
           well
           agree
           with
           each
           other
           ;
           but
           both
           together
           may
           teach
           us
           the
           whole
           Christian
           Doctrine
           of
           War
           :
           
           what
           use
           of
           secular
           Arms
           the
           Gospel
           permits
           ,
           what
           it
           condemns
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           St.
           Peters
           case
           was
           this
           ;
           he
           ,
           with
           an
           unseasonable
           passion
           ,
           proceeding
           from
           his
           own
           intemperate
           zeal
           ,
           without
           any
           call
           from
           his
           Superiours
           ,
           had
           wounded
           the
           High
           Priests
           Servant
           ,
           whilst
           he
           was
           performing
           ,
           't
           is
           true
           ,
           a
           most
           unjust
           action
           ,
           but
           was
           commissioned
           to
           do
           it
           by
           publick
           authority
           .
           Him
           therefore
           his
           Master
           censures
           for
           striking
           with
           the
           Sword
           without
           a
           sufficient
           warrant
           .
           That
           he
           blames
           as
           an
           illegal
           attempt
           of
           a
           private
           man
           against
           a
           publick
           Officer
           .
        
         
           
             Put
             up
             thy
             Sword
          
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           O
           Peter
           .
           Submit
           with
           patience
           .
           Oppose
           not
           Authority
           .
           Do
           not
           thou
           break
           the
           Laws
           of
           thy
           Country
           though
           for
           kindness
           and
           love
           of
           me
           .
           
             Put
             up
             thy
             Sword.
          
           He
           that
           uses
           the
           Sword
           unlawfully
           ,
           though
           on
           a
           pretence
           never
           so
           pious
           ,
           
             shall
             perish
             by
             the
             Sword
          
           :
           shall
           either
           be
           destroyed
           by
           it
           here
           ,
           or
           punish'd
           hereafter
           by
           God
           himself
           for
           having
           so
           used
           it
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           we
           are
           not
           to
           conclude
           ,
           that
           our
           blessed
           Lord
           ,
           by
           this
           check
           given
           to
           St.
           Peter
           ,
           did
           absolutely
           prohibit
           all
           manner
           of
           using
           the
           Sword
           among
           Christians
           ;
           but
           only
           that
           he
           taught
           us
           the
           great
           duty
           of
           Christian
           submission
           .
           For
           if
           St.
           Peter
           was
           ,
           then
           certainly
           all
           other
           Christian
           Subjects
           are
           ,
           forbidden
           to
           unsheath
           the
           Sword
           against
           their
           lawful
           Soveraign
           ,
           or
           his
           Ministers
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           commissioned
           by
           him
           ,
           though
           they
           do
           it
           on
           a
           
           pretext
           so
           spiritual
           ,
           as
           the
           cause
           of
           Christ
           himself
           .
           And
           of
           all
           that
           call
           themselves
           Christians
           ,
           methinks
           the
           pretended
           Successors
           of
           St.
           Peter
           might
           hence
           have
           been
           warned
           ,
           not
           to
           grasp
           at
           an
           universal
           power
           of
           the
           Sword
           ,
           or
           to
           usurp
           a
           Temporal
           Soveraignty
           over
           the
           world
           ,
           on
           any
           shadow
           of
           right
           derived
           from
           St.
           Peter
           :
           since
           he
           was
           so
           far
           from
           having
           any
           such
           power
           ,
           so
           unsuitable
           to
           his
           Apostleship
           ,
           that
           of
           all
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           St.
           Peter
           only
           was
           left
           to
           himself
           ,
           to
           give
           an
           opportunity
           ,
           by
           his
           publick
           reproof
           ,
           for
           confirming
           the
           quite
           contrary
           Doctrine
           .
        
         
           Now
           in
           my
           Text
           ,
           our
           blessed
           Lord
           prepares
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           with
           extraordinary
           courage
           to
           overcome
           those
           dangers
           they
           had
           hitherto
           been
           freed
           from
           :
           but
           after
           he
           should
           leave
           them
           ,
           they
           were
           presently
           to
           encounter
           .
           In
           the
           verse
           foregoing
           he
           appeals
           to
           them
           ,
           whether
           they
           had
           wanted
           any
           thing
           in
           his
           service
           ,
           though
           formerly
           he
           had
           sent
           them
           forth
           without
           Purses
           ,
           or
           Scrips
           ,
           or
           Shoes
           ;
           without
           having
           taken
           any
           common
           care
           before-hand
           for
           their
           subsistence
           :
           and
           they
           acknowledging
           they
           had
           lacked
           nothing
           ,
           He
           proceeds
           here
           to
           advise
           them
           ,
           that
           ,
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           whoever
           had
           Purses
           ,
           or
           Scrips
           ,
           they
           should
           not
           neglect
           them
           ;
           whoever
           had
           not
           Swords
           ,
           they
           should
           provide
           them
           .
        
         
           Erasmus
           in
           a
           just
           indignation
           ,
           that
           the
           Grammatical
           sense
           of
           these
           words
           should
           be
           so
           wrested
           
           by
           some
           Interpreters
           as
           to
           justifie
           the
           groundless
           Quarrels
           ,
           and
           cruel
           Wars
           between
           the
           Christian
           Princes
           of
           his
           time
           ,
           will
           allow
           my
           Text
           to
           have
           only
           a
           mystical
           meaning
           ,
           and
           interprets
           it
           thus
           :
           He
           that
           has
           no
           Sword
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           let
           him
           by
           all
           means
           procure
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           general
           voice
           of
           the
           best
           Interpreters
           agree
           ,
           
           that
           our
           Lord
           ,
           by
           putting
           his
           followers
           in
           mind
           of
           furnishing
           themselves
           with
           Purses
           ,
           Scrips
           ,
           and
           Swords
           ,
           does
           ,
           as
           by
           so
           many
           Symbols
           ,
           and
           Signs
           ,
           represent
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           now
           shortly
           far
           worse
           times
           of
           perils
           ,
           and
           persecutions
           attended
           them
           ;
           that
           therefore
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           more
           cautious
           ,
           and
           watchful
           ,
           more
           careful
           to
           be
           supplied
           with
           all
           inward
           ,
           and
           outward
           just
           assistances
           ;
           as
           all
           men
           are
           wont
           to
           make
           a
           greater
           provision
           of
           Purses
           ,
           Scrips
           ,
           and
           Swords
           ,
           when
           they
           perceive
           some
           great
           and
           imminent
           dangers
           approaching
           .
        
         
           My
           Text
           therefore
           being
           apparently
           a
           figurative
           expression
           ,
           whereby
           our
           Lord
           commands
           all
           his
           followers
           to
           arm
           their
           minds
           against
           the
           Spiritual
           Conflicts
           ,
           and
           Temporal
           Afflictions
           they
           were
           to
           meet
           with
           ;
           I
           beg
           the
           liberty
           only
           to
           use
           the
           figure
           no
           farther
           than
           St.
           Austin
           does
           ,
           
           who
           cites
           this
           very
           place
           against
           those
           Heretics
           ,
           that
           condemned
           all
           use
           of
           secular
           Arms
           as
           unlawful
           :
           So
           I
           crave
           leave
           from
           this
           Symbol
           of
           buying
           Swords
           to
           infer
           thus
           much
           ,
           that
           although
           spiritual
           Arms
           are
           a
           Christians
           proper
           weapons
           in
           
           times
           of
           danger
           ;
           yet
           even
           the
           natural
           means
           of
           just
           defence
           are
           allowed
           to
           Christians
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           other
           men
           .
        
         
           A
           Doctrine
           which
           the
           severest
           of
           our
           blessed
           Lords
           Precepts
           do
           not
           in
           the
           least
           overthrow
           .
           For
           although
           it
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           by
           such
           Commands
           as
           that
           ,
           
           
             Unto
             him
             that
             smiteth
             thee
             on
             the
             one
             cheek
             offer
             also
             the
             other
             ,
          
           we
           are
           positively
           required
           to
           bear
           all
           tolerable
           injuries
           with
           mildness
           ,
           and
           self-denial
           ;
           yet
           no
           Casuist
           is
           so
           severe
           in
           expounding
           that
           and
           the
           like
           Scriptures
           ,
           but
           they
           universally
           grant
           ,
           that
           when
           private
           mens
           lives
           are
           in
           jeopardy
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           when
           the
           public
           life
           of
           the
           State
           is
           in
           danger
           ,
           the
           free
           use
           of
           all
           the
           honest
           means
           of
           Personal
           ,
           or
           Political
           safety
           was
           never
           prohibited
           by
           our
           blessed
           Saviour
           .
        
         
           Now
           then
           from
           this
           figure
           of
           a
           Sword
           ,
           I
           take
           occasion
           to
           propose
           this
           great
           truth
           to
           be
           the
           subject
           of
           my
           present
           Discourse
           .
           That
           notwithstanding
           the
           most
           Evangelical
           Precepts
           of
           meekness
           ,
           patience
           ,
           forgiving
           ,
           blessing
           ,
           and
           praying
           for
           Enemies
           ,
           still
           the
           warlike
           furniture
           ,
           and
           use
           of
           just
           Arms
           is
           in
           all
           Ages
           of
           Christianity
           lawful
           ,
           is
           in
           some
           seasons
           ,
           some
           exigencies
           of
           times
           ,
           a
           Duty
           more
           incumbent
           than
           the
           very
           Arts
           of
           Peace
           ;
           that
           Christians
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           other
           men
           ,
           may
           furnish
           themselves
           with
           Swords
           ,
           not
           to
           act
           the
           least
           private
           injury
           ,
           but
           to
           defend
           themselves
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           may
           be
           ,
           against
           all
           ;
           and
           especially
           may
           use
           
           their
           Swords
           ,
           when
           lawfully
           called
           ,
           against
           public
           injury
           ;
           in
           assisting
           the
           Civil
           State
           of
           which
           they
           are
           members
           ;
           in
           
             fighting
             the
             Lords
             Battels
          
           ;
           and
           then
           they
           fight
           the
           Lords
           Battels
           ,
           when
           they
           fight
           for
           the
           cause
           of
           their
           temporal
           Princes
           .
        
         
           Of
           this
           Doctrine
           ,
           when
           I
           shall
           have
           briefly
           dispatched
           the
           general
           Theory
           ,
           I
           will
           then
           ,
           God
           willing
           ,
           if
           your
           attention
           shall
           hold
           out
           ,
           try
           to
           reduce
           it
           to
           the
           particular
           practice
           ,
           and
           magnanimous
           design
           of
           this
           great
           Assembly
           ,
           by
           representing
           to
           you
           ,
           that
           ,
           if
           ever
           there
           was
           any
           Time
           ,
           or
           Country
           ,
           or
           Society
           of
           men
           ,
           to
           which
           our
           pure
           and
           peaceable
           Religion
           it self
           has
           more
           than
           ordinarily
           recommended
           the
           pious
           use
           of
           the
           Sword
           ,
           or
           the
           due
           preparations
           for
           using
           it
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           Time
           ,
           this
           the
           Country
           ,
           this
           the
           Society
           ,
           you
           having
           such
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           to
           defend
           ;
           not
           against
           your
           Prince
           ,
           to
           whom
           ,
           or
           to
           his
           Progenitors
           you
           owe
           them
           ;
           but
           against
           the
           same
           parties
           of
           your
           Fellow-Subjects
           ,
           who
           once
           already
           usurped
           them
           ;
           you
           having
           such
           a
           Church
           and
           Faith
           to
           contend
           for
           ,
           against
           forein
           Usurpations
           ,
           Domestic
           Separations
           ,
           and
           Combinations
           of
           Separation
           ,
           you
           having
           such
           a
           Faiths-Defender
           to
           serve
           with
           your
           Purses
           ,
           your
           Scrips
           ,
           your
           Swords
           ,
           your
           Lives
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           first
           thing
           propounded
           ;
           I
           shall
           not
           spend
           time
           in
           proving
           this
           universal
           
           truth
           ,
           That
           all
           defensive
           ,
           or
           offensive
           means
           means
           of
           safety
           ,
           which
           amongst
           all
           men
           are
           righteous
           ,
           are
           equally
           so
           to
           Christians
           as
           to
           any
           other
           part
           of
           Mankind
           .
           It
           will
           be
           enough
           in
           this
           matter
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           all
           the
           Instruments
           of
           a
           just
           defence
           ,
           or
           offence
           ,
           are
           by
           the
           Christian
           Law
           as
           much
           allowed
           to
           be
           used
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           Natural
           Law
           they
           are
           taught
           to
           be
           provided
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           ,
           
           says
           the
           Heathen
           Orator
           ,
           is
           a
           Law
           not
           given
           to
           us
           ,
           but
           born
           with
           us
           ,
           to
           which
           we
           were
           not
           educated
           ,
           but
           made
           ;
           which
           we
           took
           not
           from
           reading
           ,
           or
           institution
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           very
           Principles
           of
           our
           beings
           :
           that
           when
           ever
           our
           Lives
           are
           in
           danger
           ,
           from
           the
           treachery
           of
           Robbers
           ,
           or
           rage
           of
           Enemies
           ,
           then
           
             Omnis
             honesta
             esset
             ratio
             expediendae
             salutis
             ,
          
           then
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           all
           ways
           of
           securing
           our selves
           are
           honest
           ,
           and
           even
           honourable
           ,
           for
           so
           the
           word
           honestum
           does
           usually
           signifie
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           not
           go
           so
           far
           as
           Tully
           does
           ;
           I
           cannot
           say
           ,
           with
           him
           ,
           that
           all
           ways
           of
           defending
           our
           Lives
           from
           danger
           are
           honest
           ;
           much
           less
           are
           they
           honourable
           .
           But
           this
           I
           will
           say
           ,
           that
           all
           Lawful
           ways
           ,
           in
           such
           cases
           ,
           are
           not
           only
           truly
           honourable
           ,
           but
           truly
           Christian
           ,
           and
           I
           will
           use
           no
           other
           proof
           of
           it
           than
           what
           he
           alledges
           ,
           That
           this
           is
           most
           agreeable
           to
           the
           true
           Law
           of
           Nature
           .
        
         
         
           For
           ,
           let
           none
           be
           mistaken
           ,
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Christ
           ,
           in
           its
           highest
           Dispensations
           of
           Grace
           ,
           in
           its
           severest
           Rules
           of
           Mortification
           ,
           did
           never
           design
           to
           abolish
           the
           original
           Dictates
           of
           Right
           Reason
           ,
           or
           of
           sincere
           Nature
           :
           but
           rather
           to
           correct
           the
           irregularities
           of
           Reason
           misguided
           ,
           and
           to
           reform
           the
           Depravations
           of
           Nature
           corrupted
           .
           Of
           Right
           Reason
           and
           Nature
           all
           the
           Light
           and
           Rules
           were
           written
           by
           the
           finger
           of
           God
           on
           the
           hearts
           of
           men
           ;
           of
           the
           Gospel
           all
           the
           Truths
           and
           Precepts
           were
           written
           by
           the
           Holy
           Spirit
           of
           God
           in
           his
           revealed
           Word
           .
           The
           Hand
           indeed
           and
           the
           Character
           of
           the
           one
           is
           much
           clearer
           and
           more
           legible
           than
           the
           other
           .
           But
           ,
           since
           the
           same
           God
           was
           the
           Author
           of
           both
           ,
           they
           cannot
           in
           the
           least
           contradict
           each
           other
           .
        
         
           For
           its
           part
           ,
           so
           far
           is
           the
           Gospel
           from
           doing
           so
           ,
           so
           far
           from
           destroying
           the
           common
           Principles
           of
           Humanity
           ,
           towards
           our
           being
           ,
           or
           well-being
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           that
           it
           more
           strongly
           confirms
           ,
           and
           advances
           them
           all
           by
           the
           higher
           Commands
           of
           Christianity
           .
           So
           far
           it
           is
           from
           extinguishing
           the
           harmless
           desire
           of
           self-preservation
           ,
           that
           of
           all
           Institutions
           in
           the
           world
           it
           proposes
           the
           best
           means
           to
           effect
           it
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           that
           is
           a
           thing
           rather
           to
           be
           taken
           for
           granted
           than
           proved
           ,
           That
           the
           use
           of
           
           the
           Sword
           ,
           for
           public
           or
           private
           defence
           ,
           is
           lawful
           among
           Christians
           :
           A
           self-evident
           truth
           ;
           denied
           by
           none
           but
           by
           some
           wild
           Sects
           of
           Enthusiasts
           .
           And
           indeed
           it
           were
           to
           be
           wished
           that
           all
           those
           who
           are
           of
           that
           opinion
           would
           in
           practice
           stick
           to
           it
           ,
           since
           it
           may
           be
           observed
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           never
           against
           the
           use
           of
           the
           Sword
           ,
           but
           when
           they
           are
           not
           Masters
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Thus
           far
           then
           your
           Duty
           is
           plain
           before
           you
           .
           The
           profession
           of
           Arms
           is
           not
           in
           the
           least
           contradictory
           to
           the
           Christian
           Profession
           in
           general
           .
           But
           still
           there
           is
           some
           difficulty
           behind
           ,
           how
           the
           forcible
           drawing
           of
           the
           Sword
           can
           be
           consistent
           with
           those
           severe
           and
           mortifying
           Graces
           ,
           to
           which
           above
           all
           other
           Religions
           ,
           indeed
           well-nigh
           contrary
           to
           all
           other
           ,
           Christianity
           alone
           obliges
           all
           its
           Disciples
           ?
           How
           Warlike
           Enterprizes
           can
           stand
           with
           Meekness
           ?
           How
           an
           undaunted
           heart
           with
           Self-denial
           ?
           How
           a
           daring
           spirit
           with
           Patience
           ?
           How
           Conquest
           with
           love
           of
           Enemies
           ?
        
         
           What
           shall
           we
           say
           in
           this
           Question
           ?
           Will
           it
           suffice
           to
           affirm
           ,
           That
           Christ
           our
           great
           Law-giver
           has
           divided
           the
           parts
           of
           his
           Discipline
           ?
           Has
           distributed
           to
           several
           men
           their
           several
           portions
           of
           it
           according
           to
           their
           distinct
           conditions
           in
           this
           world
           ?
           That
           only
           from
           such
           as
           you
           ,
           the
           governing
           and
           active
           part
           of
           mankind
           ,
           He
           
           requires
           Valour
           ,
           a
           high
           Mind
           ,
           and
           a
           brave
           Spirit
           ?
           And
           that
           only
           from
           such
           as
           us
           ,
           the
           lower
           ,
           and
           the
           obeying
           part
           ,
           he
           expects
           Mildness
           ,
           Gentleness
           ,
           Patience
           ?
           That
           cannot
           be
           :
           For
           although
           to
           several
           Stations
           and
           Relations
           of
           men
           in
           this
           world
           our
           blessed
           Lord
           has
           assigned
           their
           peculiar
           duties
           :
           yet
           to
           no
           particular
           Rank
           or
           Order
           of
           men
           did
           he
           ever
           confine
           any
           one
           of
           all
           his
           general
           Precepts
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           there
           must
           be
           some
           other
           way
           for
           all
           these
           Virtues
           ,
           that
           seem
           so
           extremely
           distant
           ,
           to
           meet
           and
           entirely
           agree
           in
           the
           same
           Breasts
           .
           To
           this
           end
           ,
           you
           may
           be
           assured
           ,
           that
           our
           Lord
           did
           never
           so
           injoyn
           any
           one
           Christian
           Grace
           to
           all
           Christians
           ,
           as
           utterly
           to
           exclude
           any
           other
           :
           He
           never
           obliged
           any
           of
           his
           Followers
           to
           be
           so
           meek
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           without
           all
           Courage
           ;
           nor
           so
           courageous
           as
           to
           be
           void
           of
           all
           Meekness
           .
           But
           he
           has
           so
           wisely
           tempered
           ,
           and
           graciously
           proportioned
           all
           his
           heavenly
           gifts
           ,
           that
           the
           stoutest
           courage
           ,
           which
           he
           teaches
           ,
           is
           always
           found
           to
           be
           the
           meekest
           ;
           and
           the
           meekest
           heart
           ,
           which
           he
           makes
           so
           ,
           is
           in
           the
           likeliest
           way
           to
           be
           the
           most
           courageous
           .
        
         
           Here
           then
           let
           us
           fix
           .
           If
           this
           be
           true
           ,
           then
           instead
           of
           any
           jealousie
           ,
           that
           the
           strictest
           Laws
           of
           Christ
           will
           break
           a
           brave
           mind
           ,
           or
           debase
           a
           bold
           heart
           to
           Cowardize
           ;
           you
           
           ought
           rather
           hence
           to
           conclude
           ,
           That
           only
           by
           his
           Laws
           ,
           and
           the
           Hopes
           ,
           and
           Rewards
           which
           attend
           their
           performance
           ,
           you
           can
           be
           taught
           a
           perfect
           Valour
           .
           And
           consider
           ,
           I
           pray
           ,
           how
           undeniable
           this
           will
           appear
           in
           the
           particular
           Instances
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           our
           holy
           Faith
           most
           solemnly
           injoyns
           Condescension
           ,
           Long-suffering
           ,
           Forbearance
           ,
           Mercy
           ;
           and
           requires
           the
           more
           of
           all
           these
           in
           men
           to
           one
           another
           ,
           since
           it
           shews
           us
           there
           is
           so
           infinitely
           much
           of
           them
           in
           God
           towards
           men
           .
           But
           now
           will
           any
           of
           these
           Virtues
           be
           a
           hindrance
           to
           the
           true
           Fortitude
           ?
           Rather
           in
           the
           common
           experience
           of
           the
           best
           ,
           and
           most
           generous
           part
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           Christians
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           truest
           Fortitude
           always
           observed
           to
           be
           the
           most
           inoffensive
           ,
           most
           accessible
           ,
           hardest
           to
           be
           provoked
           ,
           easiest
           to
           be
           intreated
           ?
        
         
           It
           is
           confessed
           ,
           the
           Law
           of
           Christ
           requires
           the
           most
           fearless
           minds
           ,
           nevertheless
           to
           fear
           God
           ;
           to
           fear
           him
           so
           ,
           as
           to
           tremble
           at
           offending
           him
           ;
           so
           as
           to
           obey
           him
           ,
           and
           by
           such
           a
           fear
           helps
           us
           to
           enjoy
           him
           .
           But
           now
           ,
           can
           can
           there
           be
           any
           surer
           means
           ,
           than
           such
           a
           fear
           ,
           to
           raise
           your
           minds
           above
           all
           unworthy
           fear
           of
           men
           ,
           or
           worldly
           dangers
           ?
           We
           know
           the
           Gospel
           commands
           us
           to
           fear
           men
           too
           ,
           for
           Gods
           sake
           :
           obliges
           the
           stoutest
           minds
           ,
           as
           much
           
           as
           the
           gentlest
           ,
           to
           pay
           an
           equally-dutiful
           submission
           to
           their
           Lawful
           Superiours
           .
           But
           does
           the
           strictest
           obedience
           suppress
           the
           true
           stoutness
           ?
           Do
           not
           you
           find
           ,
           that
           exactness
           of
           Discipline
           increases
           it
           ?
           Is
           it
           not
           brutish
           Ferity
           rather
           than
           manly
           Boldness
           ,
           which
           will
           not
           endure
           the
           easie
           yoke
           of
           Conscientious
           Obedience
           ?
        
         
           It
           is
           granted
           ,
           our
           Religion
           forbids
           all
           men
           to
           invade
           each
           others
           Rights
           .
           That
           ,
           says
           the
           fierce
           ,
           or
           the
           ambitious
           man
           ,
           would
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           many
           a
           gallant
           and
           valorous
           action
           .
           It
           would
           indeed
           to
           many
           a
           licentious
           ,
           and
           outragious
           :
           But
           not
           to
           any
           worthy
           Enterprize
           .
           For
           ,
           as
           in
           Peace
           nothing
           can
           be
           truly
           just
           ,
           so
           in
           War
           nothing
           can
           be
           truly
           brave
           ,
           where
           the
           sacred
           distinction
           between
           Right
           and
           Wrong
           is
           not
           kept
           inviolable
           .
        
         
           My
           Brethren
           ,
           That
           slowness
           ,
           and
           backwardness
           of
           attempting
           upon
           others
           unjustly
           ,
           that
           fear
           of
           injuring
           others
           ;
           for
           such
           a
           Fear
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           your
           shame
           ,
           but
           your
           praise
           to
           own
           ;
           that
           willingness
           to
           right
           others
           as
           well
           as
           your selves
           ,
           which
           Christianity
           teaches
           all
           its
           Disciples
           ,
           will
           certainly
           make
           a
           Souldier
           innocent
           in
           all
           his
           Quarrels
           ,
           and
           the
           consciousness
           of
           that
           innocence
           cannot
           but
           render
           his
           mind
           more
           calm
           ,
           serene
           ,
           and
           even
           invincible
           in
           all
           their
           Events
           .
           
             Whence
             come
             Wars
             ,
             and
             
             Fightings
             among
             you
             ,
          
           
           says
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             Come
             they
             not
             from
             your
             Lusts
             ?
          
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           Rapine
           ,
           and
           unjust
           Wars
           come
           from
           thence
           :
           and
           that
           Religion
           ,
           which
           most
           subdues
           your
           Lusts
           ,
           will
           most
           remove
           the
           occasions
           of
           such
           Wars
           .
           But
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           very
           same
           way
           ,
           it
           will
           more
           secure
           the
           Success
           ,
           more
           increase
           the
           Renown
           ,
           and
           more
           brighten
           the
           Luster
           of
           all
           your
           just
           Arms.
           
        
         
           Wherefore
           so
           far
           is
           Christianity
           it self
           ,
           so
           far
           those
           Doctrines
           ,
           it
           most
           tenderly
           cherishes
           as
           its
           own
           genuine
           product
           ;
           the
           Doctrines
           ,
           I
           mean
           ,
           of
           Humility
           ,
           Patience
           ,
           Kindness
           to
           the
           Afflicted
           ,
           and
           Pardon
           of
           Offenders
           ;
           so
           far
           is
           any
           of
           these
           from
           being
           opposite
           to
           the
           Principles
           of
           true
           Honour
           ,
           and
           Valour
           ,
           your
           Art
           professes
           :
           that
           whoever
           would
           conceive
           in
           his
           mind
           the
           perfect
           Character
           of
           an
           excellent
           Warrior
           ;
           so
           he
           ought
           to
           form
           his
           Image
           ;
           to
           furnish
           him
           with
           all
           kinds
           ,
           but
           especially
           to
           adorn
           him
           with
           this
           kind
           of
           easie
           ,
           mild
           ,
           and
           gentle
           Virtues
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           the
           very
           Heathens
           thought
           their
           Poetic
           Heroes
           could
           not
           be
           complete
           ,
           except
           they
           first
           received
           their
           Arms
           from
           their
           Gods
           :
           How
           much
           more
           ought
           a
           Christian
           Hero
           to
           fetch
           his
           from
           Heaven
           ?
           
           How
           devoutly
           ought
           he
           to
           
             put
             on
             the
             whole
             Armour
             of
             God
             ,
          
           as
           St.
           Paul
           calls
           all
           the
           Graces
           of
           a
           Christian
           life
           ;
           how
           careful
           should
           he
           be
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           abstain
           from
           the
           common
           sins
           ,
           
           which
           Religion
           condemns
           ;
           but
           to
           aspire
           to
           the
           highest
           Duties
           ,
           it
           commands
           !
           not
           only
           not
           to
           be
           given
           to
           Luxury
           ,
           and
           Debauchery
           ,
           not
           only
           not
           to
           owe
           his
           valor
           to
           his
           vices
           ;
           but
           amidst
           so
           many
           more
           temptations
           ,
           to
           keep
           his
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           Thoughts
           from
           being
           defiled
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           his
           hands
           from
           being
           rapacious
           :
           Not
           only
           not
           to
           blaspheme
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           defy
           his
           Maker
           ,
           with
           horrid
           Oaths
           ,
           and
           Curses
           ;
           but
           more
           humbly
           to
           Reverence
           ,
           more
           dutifully
           to
           depend
           on
           that
           God
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           more
           peculiarly
           appeals
           :
           to
           keep
           your
           natural
           Lives
           more
           than
           ordinarily
           innocent
           ,
           which
           are
           exposed
           to
           so
           many
           more
           than
           natural
           Deaths
           :
           to
           have
           your
           Minds
           free
           from
           all
           sordid
           Passions
           ,
           or
           Desires
           ,
           far
           above
           the
           mean
           appetites
           of
           Avarice
           ,
           or
           Cruelty
           :
           to
           have
           true
           Glory
           only
           for
           your
           End
           :
           to
           use
           no
           inglorious
           means
           in
           acquiring
           it
           :
           to
           have
           your
           Courages
           strengthen'd
           with
           Truth
           ,
           Faith
           ,
           Righteousness
           ;
           sweeten'd
           ,
           and
           graced
           with
           Brotherly
           Love
           ,
           Pity
           ,
           Compassion
           :
           not
           to
           be
           Enemies
           to
           your
           very
           Enemies
           ;
           but
           only
           to
           their
           Oppressions
           ,
           and
           Injustice
           ;
           to
           be
           Friends
           ,
           Lovers
           ,
           Imitators
           of
           their
           virtues
           :
           not
           only
           to
           be
           unconcern'd
           in
           Dangers
           ,
           but
           patient
           in
           bad
           ,
           mild
           in
           good
           Success
           ;
           merciful
           in
           Victory
           .
        
         
           These
           ,
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           Religion
           tells
           us
           are
           the
           chief
           Excellencies
           of
           a
           Christian.
           These
           ,
           you
           know
           ,
           are
           the
           principal
           Accomplishments
           of
           a
           Soldier
           .
           Of
           these
           your
           Profession
           acknowledges
           
           the
           Necessity
           ,
           and
           labors
           for
           ,
           what
           the
           School
           of
           Christ
           only
           teaches
           ,
           the
           Perfection
           .
        
         
           The
           use
           ,
           and
           honor
           of
           just
           Arms
           appearing
           thus
           consistent
           with
           the
           sincerity
           ,
           with
           the
           very
           meekness
           of
           Christianity
           :
           Be
           pleas'd
           ,
           that
           we
           now
           go
           on
           to
           contemplate
           ,
           in
           what
           special
           Opportunities
           ,
           what
           conjunctures
           of
           times
           ,
           they
           may
           be
           most
           justly
           ,
           and
           with
           truest
           praise
           employ'd
           .
        
         
           First
           without
           question
           ,
           always
           justly
           the
           Sword
           may
           be
           drawn
           by
           private
           Men
           ,
           to
           defend
           their
           Lives
           against
           private
           Assaults
           ;
           but
           not
           alwayes
           ,
           nor
           at
           any
           time
           ,
           for
           their
           private
           revenge
           .
           Your
           personal
           Preservation
           from
           Injury
           ,
           God
           has
           ,
           in
           some
           sort
           ,
           committed
           to
           your selves
           ,
           and
           to
           your
           own
           Swords
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           the
           Magistrates
           care
           :
           but
           in
           no
           sort
           ,
           distinct
           from
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           has
           God
           intrusted
           to
           your selves
           ,
           the
           avenging
           of
           any
           personal
           Injuries
           .
        
         
           What
           a
           bold
           invasion
           then
           on
           Authority
           !
           what
           a
           rude
           violation
           of
           Public
           Justice
           ,
           is
           the
           too
           common
           ill
           custom
           ,
           of
           Mens
           striving
           to
           right
           themselves
           by
           private
           Duels
           !
           what
           is
           it
           indeed
           ,
           but
           another
           kind
           of
           Rebellion
           against
           the
           Government
           !
           that
           every
           man's
           hand
           should
           be
           ready
           to
           be
           lift
           up
           ,
           against
           every
           man
           ,
           on
           every
           imaginary
           affront
           !
           that
           the
           Shadows
           and
           Punctilio's
           of
           Honor
           should
           be
           so
           much
           ,
           more
           regarded
           ,
           than
           the
           solid
           Substance
           of
           it
           !
           that
           those
           weapons
           ,
           which
           nothing
           ought
           to
           command
           ,
           but
           the
           Sacred
           Cause
           
           of
           your
           God
           ,
           and
           your
           King
           ,
           men
           should
           oftner
           draw
           ,
           for
           every
           trifle
           ,
           on
           every
           rash
           word
           ,
           against
           their
           Countreymen
           ,
           their
           Neighbors
           ,
           their
           best
           Friends
           sometimes
           ;
           against
           their
           King
           in
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           against
           their
           God
           in
           his
           Laws
           .
        
         
           A
           mistaken
           way
           of
           mens
           gaining
           to
           themselves
           a
           contemptible
           Reputation
           ;
           when
           either
           Passion
           ,
           or
           Intemperance
           makes
           them
           not
           themselves
           .
           A
           way
           of
           Honor
           ,
           which
           the
           most
           victorious
           Nations
           ,
           of
           the
           Ancient
           World
           ,
           seldom
           ,
           or
           never
           practis'd
           ;
           and
           which
           that
           very
           Nation
           of
           the
           Modern
           World
           ,
           that
           either
           first
           introduc'd
           ,
           or
           most
           cherish'd
           it
           ,
           is
           grown
           quite
           asham'd
           of
           .
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           let
           not
           the
           English
           think
           that
           to
           be
           the
           greatest
           bravery
           ,
           which
           was
           never
           esteem'd
           brave
           by
           the
           old
           Romans
           ;
           whos
           's
           National
           greatness
           of
           Mind
           ,
           in
           other
           things
           ,
           you
           so
           much
           resemble
           .
           Let
           not
           the
           English
           any
           longer
           allow
           that
           to
           be
           praise-worthy
           ,
           which
           your
           next
           Neighbors
           on
           the
           Continent
           ,
           your
           old
           Competitors
           in
           Arms
           ,
           have
           quite
           forsaken
           ,
           as
           dishonorable
           :
           and
           since
           they
           have
           done
           so
           ,
           have
           remarkably
           flourish'd
           in
           the
           Field
           .
        
         
           You
           cannot
           but
           know
           ,
           that
           it
           has
           not
           bin
           by
           particular
           Quarrels
           ,
           or
           single
           Combats
           against
           the
           Will
           of
           the
           Prince
           ,
           that
           the
           Profession
           of
           the
           Sword
           has
           bin
           made
           so
           famous
           :
           I
           must
           say
           ,
           had
           there
           bin
           no
           other
           use
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           had
           soon
           bin
           most
           infamous
           :
           A
           Skill
           fitter
           for
           divided
           Barbarians
           ,
           than
           for
           Nations
           civilized
           .
           The
           virtue
           ,
           the
           loveliness
           
           of
           your
           Art
           consists
           in
           the
           joint
           force
           of
           it
           :
           that
           it
           can
           make
           whole
           Troops
           ,
           and
           Armies
           to
           have
           at
           once
           the
           strength
           of
           a
           great
           Multitude
           ,
           and
           the
           firm
           Union
           ,
           and
           well
           combined
           motion
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           of
           one
           Man.
           
        
         
           There
           never
           was
           ,
           nor
           ever
           will
           be
           any
           Country
           ,
           or
           Government
           ,
           that
           got
           a
           lasting
           fame
           ,
           or
           Empire
           ,
           by
           the
           unruly
           Passions
           ,
           and
           unlawful
           Attempts
           of
           private
           Men.
           Most
           surely
           many
           States
           have
           bin
           destroy'd
           by
           them
           ,
           whilest
           those
           Kingdoms
           have
           bin
           alwayes
           most
           prosperous
           ,
           and
           renown'd
           ,
           where
           an
           orderly
           ,
           well-disciplin'd
           Valor
           has
           bin
           most
           incourag'd
           ,
           and
           single
           Outrages
           most
           severely
           punish'd
           :
           where
           no
           force
           has
           bin
           thought
           honorable
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           justify'd
           by
           Authority
           :
           and
           that
           force
           honorable
           in
           the
           judgment
           of
           the
           Gospel
           it self
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           Secondly
           ,
           as
           by
           private
           Men
           ,
           for
           private
           Safety
           ,
           though
           ,
           not
           for
           private
           Revenge
           ,
           the
           Sword
           may
           be
           justly
           drawn
           ;
           so
           much
           more
           by
           all
           in
           a
           Public
           Cause
           .
           And
           then
           not
           only
           for
           Safety
           ,
           but
           also
           for
           Revenge
           :
           for
           Revenge
           too
           ;
           since
           vengeance
           belongs
           only
           to
           God
           ;
           and
           to
           none
           besides
           himself
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           Public
           Sword
           ,
           has
           God
           reserved
           the
           repaying
           of
           vengeance
           .
        
         
           For
           just
           defence
           then
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           and
           for
           just
           offence
           too
           ,
           the
           Sword
           ought
           to
           be
           used
           in
           a
           Public
           Cause
           .
           But
           let
           us
           remember
           ,
           nothing
           can
           make
           it
           to
           be
           a
           Public
           Cause
           ,
           but
           a
           lawful
           Authority
           .
           It
           can
           never
           be
           made
           so
           by
           every
           ,
           or
           by
           any
           private
           Spirit
           .
           
           It
           is
           most
           true
           Divinity
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Politics
           ,
           that
           none
           the
           most
           vehement
           persuasions
           ,
           or
           dissuasions
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           none
           the
           greatest
           pretences
           to
           new
           Light
           ,
           or
           Divine
           Inspirations
           can
           justifie
           any
           Member
           of
           a
           Christian
           State
           ,
           or
           Church
           ,
           nor
           any
           whole
           Church
           ,
           to
           violate
           the
           establish'd
           Laws
           of
           their
           Country
           by
           resisting
           .
           Nay
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           no
           surer
           proof
           of
           an
           erroneous
           Conscience
           ,
           of
           a
           Spirit
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           of
           God
           ,
           than
           this
           ,
           if
           it
           shall
           provoke
           Men
           possess'd
           with
           it
           ,
           under
           any
           colour
           of
           the
           Cause
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           Arm
           against
           ,
           and
           by
           open
           force
           to
           oppose
           the
           Powers
           ,
           that
           undoubtedly
           are
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           'T
           is
           true
           of
           old
           under
           the
           Jewish
           dispensation
           ,
           God
           himself
           thought
           fit
           sometimes
           ,
           by
           an
           immediate
           call
           ,
           different
           from
           that
           of
           the
           Civil
           Government
           ,
           to
           excite
           private
           Men
           to
           draw
           the
           Sword
           ,
           and
           to
           perform
           acts
           of
           Supreme
           Justice
           ,
           Yet
           then
           he
           made
           them
           cease
           to
           be
           private
           Men
           any
           longer
           ;
           first
           placed
           them
           in
           his
           own
           stead
           ;
           shew'd
           certain
           ,
           signs
           of
           his
           presence
           with
           them
           ;
           and
           often
           gave
           them
           the
           power
           of
           Miracles
           ,
           to
           confirm
           what
           they
           did
           .
           So
           that
           no
           man
           now
           ought
           to
           imitate
           such
           extraordinary
           Examples
           ,
           without
           being
           able
           to
           produce
           the
           like
           extraordinary
           Commission
           .
           And
           that
           is
           not
           now
           God's
           method
           any
           longer
           .
           His
           reveal'd
           Law
           being
           now
           completely
           discover'd
           ,
           God
           himself
           has
           seldom
           ,
           or
           never
           now
           recourse
           to
           such
           instances
           of
           his
           absolute
           Prerogative
           .
           And
           therefore
           certainly
           no
           man
           ought
           to
           usurp
           them
           at
           
           his
           pleasure
           .
           To
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Testimony
           ,
           to
           his
           written
           Word
           ,
           he
           now
           refers
           us
           ;
           and
           ,
           as
           that
           commands
           ,
           
             to
             Kings
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             are
             in
             Authority
          
           ;
           to
           whom
           alone
           he
           has
           committed
           the
           executive
           part
           of
           his
           common
           Power
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Vicegerents
           upon
           Earth
           of
           his
           Justice
           and
           Mercy
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           therefore
           ,
           on
           a
           public
           Call
           only
           ,
           and
           only
           in
           a
           public
           Cause
           ,
           can
           just
           public
           Arms
           be
           taken
           up
           ;
           and
           so
           they
           may
           be
           even
           by
           Christians
           :
           for
           the
           Cause
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           :
           which
           ,
           though
           in
           words
           they
           seem
           divided
           ,
           yet
           in
           reality
           they
           are
           one
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           inseparable
           :
           as
           the
           same
           Sword
           ,
           of
           old
           ,
           was
           call'd
           the
           Sword
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           of
           Gideon
           ,
           the
           Supreme
           Magistrate
           .
           This
           ,
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           is
           not
           only
           the
           best
           ,
           but
           the
           only
           true
           Cause
           of
           God
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           for
           which
           all
           Subjects
           are
           bound
           in
           Conscience
           to
           fight
           ;
           the
           Cause
           of
           their
           lawful
           Soveraign
           ,
           that
           which
           he
           Authorizes
           ,
           either
           by
           his
           Person
           ,
           or
           his
           Commission
           ,
           or
           his
           Allowance
           .
        
         
           This
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           is
           the
           only
           true
           Cause
           even
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           can
           justly
           call
           for
           your
           Swords
           .
           Besides
           this
           ,
           we
           know
           ,
           God
           has
           another
           Cause
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           that
           of
           his
           own
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           true
           Religion
           :
           which
           whenever
           it
           is
           united
           with
           the
           Soveraign
           Authority
           ;
           as
           ,
           Blessed
           be
           God
           ,
           it
           is
           in
           our
           Nation
           ,
           then
           that
           is
           of
           all
           others
           unquestionably
           ,
           a
           Cause
           the
           most
           sacred
           ,
           the
           nearest
           ,
           and
           dearest
           to
           God
           himself
           .
           But
           wherever
           the
           Cause
           of
           the
           true
           Religion
           ,
           
           and
           that
           of
           the
           Supreme
           Power
           ,
           are
           at
           variance
           ,
           then
           God
           himself
           is
           pleas'd
           to
           take
           his
           own
           Religion
           into
           his
           peculiar
           care
           ;
           to
           maintain
           ,
           and
           advance
           it
           in
           a
           way
           ,
           that
           of
           all
           others
           is
           the
           most
           Divine
           ,
           a
           way
           that
           is
           more
           esteem'd
           of
           God
           himself
           ,
           let
           me
           say
           it
           ,
           than
           even
           your
           way
           of
           triumphant
           Arms
           ,
           and
           Conquest
           .
           For
           such
           is
           the
           way
           of
           gentle
           teaching
           ,
           and
           innocent
           living
           ,
           and
           patient
           suffering
           ,
           and
           meek
           obedience
           .
        
         
           By
           this
           Method
           only
           God
           chose
           to
           begin
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           first
           rais'd
           the
           Christian
           Church
           whilest
           the
           Empire
           was
           Heathen
           ,
           and
           the
           World
           idolatrous
           ,
           and
           by
           no
           other
           Methods
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           conform
           to
           this
           ,
           most
           surely
           not
           by
           forcible
           resistance
           ,
           or
           open
           violence
           ,
           does
           God
           still
           allow
           the
           Gospel
           to
           be
           carried
           on
           by
           Subjects
           ;
           wherever
           the
           Soveraign
           Power
           is
           addicted
           to
           Superstition
           ,
           or
           Idolatry
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           ,
           say
           they
           ,
           must
           we
           not
           arm
           against
           the
           lawful
           Prince
           for
           the
           Cause
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           Truth
           ?
           How
           then
           shall
           we
           exercise
           our
           Zeal
           for
           the
           true
           Religion
           ?
           What
           then
           will
           become
           of
           the
           true
           Religion
           it self
           ?
        
         
           No
           ,
           not
           for
           the
           Cause
           of
           God.
           For
           then
           at
           best
           ,
           you
           will
           oppose
           one
           Cause
           of
           God
           against
           another
           :
           and
           ,
           as
           you
           order
           it
           ,
           the
           false
           Cause
           of
           God
           against
           the
           true
           :
           and
           thus
           for
           the
           seeming
           interest
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           you
           infringe
           the
           fundamental
           Percepts
           of
           it
           .
        
         
         
           Not
           you
           ,
           My
           Brethren
           .
           I
           speak
           this
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           some
           without
           Doors
           ;
           if
           they
           would
           but
           hear
           us
           .
           But
           alas
           !
           they
           make
           it
           a
           part
           of
           their
           Religion
           not
           to
           hear
           us
           .
           However
           I
           must
           say
           ,
           that
           Zeal
           may
           be
           irregular
           ,
           and
           wicked
           ,
           though
           in
           the
           Cause
           of
           the
           true
           Religion
           .
           Zeal
           is
           not
           only
           to
           be
           justfy'd
           by
           the
           cause
           ,
           which
           raises
           it
           ;
           but
           as
           much
           by
           the
           authority
           on
           which
           it
           acts
           .
           As
           for
           the
           right
           ,
           and
           well-order'd
           Zeal
           ,
           whenever
           it
           has
           not
           the
           count'nance
           ,
           or
           concurrence
           of
           the
           Magistrate
           ;
           it
           ought
           only
           to
           be
           employ'd
           in
           peaceable
           Actions
           :
           in
           their
           Wishes
           ,
           and
           Studies
           ,
           and
           Prayers
           ;
           in
           their
           Counsels
           ,
           and
           Advises
           ,
           when
           call'd
           to
           it
           ;
           but
           chiefly
           in
           amending
           their
           own
           lives
           ,
           and
           turning
           the
           edge
           of
           their
           Zeal
           on
           their
           own
           Sins
           ;
           by
           that
           innocent
           ,
           but
           effectual
           way
           too
           ,
           to
           do
           their
           parts
           to
           preserve
           ,
           and
           spread
           the
           true
           Faith.
           
        
         
           Wherefore
           let
           them
           no
           longer
           intitle
           the
           true
           Religion
           to
           their
           own
           Discontents
           ,
           or
           Ambitions
           .
           What
           Religion
           can
           there
           be
           ,
           in
           Mens
           persuing
           violent
           paths
           ,
           on
           a
           pretence
           of
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           contrary
           to
           his
           express
           commands
           ?
           Let
           them
           practice
           its
           duties
           ;
           and
           God
           will
           assert
           its
           interest
           .
           Religion
           desires
           none
           to
           be
           its
           Champions
           ,
           except
           they
           first
           become
           its
           Disciples
           ;
           and
           such
           are
           not
           they
           who
           will
           do
           evil
           ,
           
           that
           good
           may
           come
           .
        
         
           Can
           such
           men
           think
           to
           give
           us
           better
           examples
           for
           the
           propagating
           Religion
           ,
           than
           the
           first
           great
           Masters
           ,
           and
           Founders
           of
           Christianity
           did
           ?
           or
           can
           
           they
           hope
           for
           better
           Success
           in
           it
           ,
           than
           they
           had
           :
           and
           what
           way
           did
           they
           judge
           best
           ?
           what
           by
           Experience
           did
           they
           find
           best
           to
           promote
           it
           ?
           Prodigious
           indeed
           was
           the
           Gospels
           first
           increase
           :
           But
           far
           more
           ,
           admirable
           the
           means
           of
           it
           :
           which
           were
           chiefly
           their
           Enemies
           Persecutions
           ,
           their
           own
           Submission
           ,
           and
           the
           power
           of
           Miracles
           .
           By
           the
           wonders
           they
           wrought
           ,
           they
           exercised
           a
           violence
           over
           Nature
           ;
           but
           none
           over
           Laws
           ,
           or
           civil
           Governments
           ,
           to
           change
           ,
           or
           to
           subvert
           them
           .
           By
           a
           lowly
           yielding
           to
           the
           Heathen
           Empire
           ,
           they
           first
           soften'd
           its
           fury
           ,
           then
           converted
           it
           :
           they
           piously
           
             render'd
             to
             their
             Caesars
             the
             things
             ,
             that
             were
             Caesars
          
           :
           they
           cheerfully
           pay'd
           them
           Tribute
           ;
           readily
           took
           up
           Arms
           at
           their
           Summons
           ;
           most
           willingly
           perform'd
           all
           their
           Laws
           ,
           except
           such
           as
           that
           of
           adoring
           them
           .
           Though
           they
           could
           not
           be
           induced
           by
           fear
           ,
           or
           favour
           to
           rank
           their
           Princes
           equal
           with
           their
           God
           ,
           yet
           they
           preserved
           them
           in
           the
           next
           place
           :
           though
           they
           would
           never
           worship
           ,
           them
           as
           Gods
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           yet
           they
           religiously
           obey'd
           them
           as
           God's
           Deputies
           and
           Representatives
           :
           they
           judg'd
           those
           ,
           who
           rebell'd
           against
           them
           ,
           worthy
           of
           Death
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           actually
           rebell'd
           against
           God
           himself
           .
           What
           else
           means
           St.
           Paul
           ?
           
           when
           ,
           in
           so
           many
           words
           ,
           he
           declares
           ,
           That
           
             whosoever
             resisteth
             the
             Power
             ,
             resisteth
             the
             Ordinance
             of
             God
             :
             and
             they
             that
             resist
             shall
             receive
             to
             themselves
             Damnation
             .
          
           Out
           of
           all
           doubt
           ,
           he
           there
           speaks
           
           of
           the
           Temporal
           Power
           ,
           and
           of
           Eternal
           Damnation
           to
           ensue
           upon
           resisting
           it
           :
           than
           which
           what
           more
           grievous
           Punishment
           could
           have
           bin
           inflicted
           ,
           had
           they
           immediately
           resisted
           God
           himself
           ?
        
         
           And
           recollect
           ,
           I
           intreat
           you
           ,
           the
           time
           ,
           when
           this
           was
           so
           positively
           pronounc'd
           by
           St.
           Paul.
           It
           must
           have
           bin
           written
           ,
           under
           the
           reign
           of
           Claudius
           ,
           or
           Nero.
           So
           that
           it
           is
           evident
           ,
           all
           that
           resisted
           them
           ,
           were
           ,
           without
           repentance
           ,
           in
           a
           damnable
           state
           .
           Can
           there
           be
           then
           any
           colour
           so
           specious
           ,
           any
           cause
           so
           just
           ,
           in
           which
           ,
           instead
           of
           Damnation
           ,
           a
           Christian
           subject
           may
           justly
           expect
           to
           receive
           to
           himself
           Salvation
           ,
           on
           the
           account
           of
           resisting
           ?
        
         
           Was
           it
           then
           forbidden
           ,
           on
           the
           penalty
           of
           everlasting
           Death
           ,
           to
           rebel
           against
           those
           Emperors
           ,
           most
           cruel
           Tyrants
           ,
           most
           fierce
           Enemies
           to
           the
           Christian
           Name
           ,
           Monsters
           of
           Men
           ,
           either
           of
           no
           Religion
           ,
           or
           a
           false
           one
           ,
           and
           yet
           a
           disgrace
           to
           Heathenism
           it self
           ?
           if
           however
           on
           the
           most
           solemn
           obligation
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           they
           were
           not
           to
           be
           oppos'd
           ,
           much
           less
           destroy'd
           by
           any
           Christians
           ;
           what
           can
           be
           said
           greater
           ,
           or
           more
           august
           than
           this
           ?
           what
           stronger
           ,
           what
           more
           sacred
           Confirmation
           can
           be
           given
           to
           our
           conscientious
           ob
           〈…〉
           nother
           manner
           of
           Authority
           ?
           By
           how
           many
           more
           tyes
           ,
           Temporal
           ,
           and
           Eternal
           ,
           are
           we
           bound
           to
           yield
           a
           faithful
           subjection
           to
           a
           Christian
           King
           ?
           Under
           whose
           gentle
           Protection
           ,
           his
           Subjects
           prosper
           ;
           though
           some
           almost
           against
           their
           wills
           :
           
           a
           King
           ,
           whose
           Power
           is
           only
           shewn
           by
           moderate
           Laws
           ,
           which
           to
           his
           mildness
           owe
           their
           Moderation
           :
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           a
           King
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           best
           nursing
           Father
           of
           the
           best
           Church
           in
           the
           Christian
           World.
           
        
         
           Against
           this
           Doctrine
           ,
           I
           know
           the
           Enemies
           of
           our
           Peace
           will
           be
           ready
           with
           their
           old
           ,
           and
           obsolete
           Objection
           ,
           That
           this
           is
           Court
           Flattery
           ,
           and
           a
           Divinity
           only
           sit
           for
           Camps
           ,
           and
           standing
           Armies
           .
           I
           must
           tell
           them
           ,
           it
           had
           bin
           well
           for
           our
           Country
           ,
           if
           we
           had
           never
           heard
           of
           worse
           Camp-Divinity
           than
           this
           ,
           we
           had
           then
           never
           felt
           the
           real
           tyranny
           of
           a
           standing
           Army
           .
           And
           if
           they
           would
           consult
           Scripture
           for
           other
           uses
           ,
           than
           to
           pervert
           it
           ,
           they
           would
           soon
           be
           convinc'd
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           good
           Evangelical
           Divinity
           .
           Nay
           ,
           this
           Assembly
           gives
           me
           confidence
           to
           inform
           them
           ,
           what
           they
           will
           be
           more
           loath
           to
           hear
           ,
           that
           now
           ,
           God
           be
           prais'd
           ,
           this
           is
           not
           only
           good
           Camp
           ,
           but
           good
           City-Divinity
           too
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           when
           we
           teach
           the
           great
           Doctrine
           of
           Obedience
           ,
           if
           we
           must
           be
           said
           to
           flatter
           ,
           our
           comfort
           is
           ,
           we
           flatter
           in
           no
           worse
           company
           ,
           than
           that
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           St.
           Peter
           ,
           and
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           and
           wellnigh
           of
           all
           the
           divinely-inspired
           Penmen
           of
           the
           Bible
           .
           However
           when
           they
           accuse
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           of
           this
           kind
           of
           Flattery
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           of
           unshaken
           fealty
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           let
           them
           consider
           ,
           which
           of
           the
           two
           is
           the
           more
           excusable
           Flattery
           :
           to
           humour
           the
           uncertain
           populace
           ,
           and
           the
           unstable
           vulgar
           ,
           which
           to
           serve
           is
           the
           lowest
           Slavery
           ;
           or
           to
           Preach
           
           a
           due
           Submission
           to
           the
           Lawful
           establish'd
           Government
           ;
           which
           to
           obey
           is
           the
           safest
           Liberty
           ?
        
         
           You
           see
           ,
           My
           Dear
           Brethren
           ,
           the
           course
           of
           my
           Argument
           has
           brought
           us
           to
           such
           a
           Cause
           ,
           as
           is
           worthy
           of
           your
           Swords
           ,
           if
           need
           shall
           require
           .
           Though
           the
           Ardour
           of
           your
           Loyal
           Valour
           must
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           say
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           and
           I
           verily
           believe
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           no
           such
           need
           .
           I
           am
           persuaded
           ,
           and
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           I
           may
           presage
           ,
           that
           this
           present
           alacrity
           ,
           and
           vigor
           ,
           to
           which
           you
           ,
           and
           His
           Majestie
           's
           other
           Loyal
           Subjects
           have
           bin
           of
           late
           awaken'd
           ,
           this
           cheerful
           posture
           ,
           and
           prepared
           readiness
           of
           your
           Swords
           to
           be
           drawn
           ,
           will
           be
           an
           abundant
           Safety
           to
           our
           King
           ,
           and
           Country
           without
           once
           drawing
           them
           .
           Such
           will
           be
           the
           Innocence
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Justice
           of
           your
           Arms
           ,
           such
           the
           desperate
           condition
           of
           your
           Adversaries
           ;
           that
           whenever
           they
           draw
           their
           Swords
           against
           their
           Prince
           ,
           they
           must
           throw
           away
           the
           Scabbard
           :
           whilest
           yours
           ,
           by
           God's
           Providence
           ,
           being
           manag'd
           with
           an
           ordinary
           watchfulness
           ,
           and
           sobriety
           ,
           will
           be
           sufficient
           to
           defend
           him
           ,
           without
           ever
           unsheathing
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           ,
           which
           God
           in
           his
           Infinite
           Mercy
           a●●ert
           ,
           if
           ever
           the
           same
           tumultuous
           spirit
           ,
           on
           the
           same
           groundless
           insinuations
           ,
           shall
           once
           more
           infatuate
           the
           corrupt
           part
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           to
           their
           own
           Destruction
           ,
           to
           their
           own
           certainly
           it
           will
           be
           at
           last
           ;
           if
           they
           do
           not
           again
           meet
           with
           the
           like
           mercy
           :
           But
           if
           God
           ,
           in
           his
           unsearchable
           Judgments
           ,
           shall
           
           suffer
           our
           Country
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           Age
           ,
           to
           be
           scourg'd
           again
           the
           same
           calamitous
           way
           :
           then
           what
           can
           be
           a
           more
           Noble
           ,
           or
           more
           Pious
           Cause
           ,
           wherein
           to
           employ
           your
           Arms
           ,
           than
           this
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           his
           Family
           ?
        
         
           A
           Cause
           ,
           in
           which
           you
           will
           scarce
           meet
           with
           an
           Enemy
           ,
           but
           he
           ,
           or
           his
           Relations
           have
           bin
           already
           forgiven
           .
           And
           so
           they
           will
           carry
           about
           with
           them
           the
           black
           guilt
           ,
           not
           only
           of
           Rebellion
           ,
           but
           of
           an
           ungrateful
           Rebellion
           ,
           after
           Pardon
           receiv'd
           ;
           a
           Sin
           ,
           which
           the
           Devil
           is
           not
           capable
           of
           committing
           ;
           whil'st
           you
           will
           have
           a
           Cause
           ,
           in
           which
           all
           your
           several
           Interests
           ,
           that
           are
           elsewhere
           scatter'd
           ,
           of
           personal
           Preservation
           ,
           of
           political
           Duty
           ,
           of
           conscientious
           Obedience
           ,
           are
           united
           .
           In
           this
           one
           Cause
           ,
           all
           your
           Countries
           Blessings
           ,
           all
           your
           Churches
           Rights
           ,
           all
           your
           own
           Securities
           are
           involved
           :
           in
           defending
           his
           Life
           ,
           his
           Throne
           ,
           who
           
             is
             the
             breath
             of
             our
             Nostrils
             ,
             the
             anointed
             of
             the
             Lord
          
           :
           who
           has
           not
           only
           this
           common
           to
           him
           with
           other
           Kings
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           the
           Image
           of
           the
           Divine
           Power
           ,
           but
           has
           ,
           this
           peculiar
           to
           himself
           ,
           or
           communicated
           to
           him
           with
           a
           very
           few
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           the
           Image
           of
           the
           Divine
           Mercy
           :
           of
           whose
           Abhorrence
           of
           all
           Illegal
           Oppressions
           ,
           or
           Arbitrary
           Proceedings
           ,
           if
           the
           grace
           of
           all
           his
           former
           Oblivions
           ,
           and
           Indemnities
           has
           not
           yet
           convinc'd
           a
           stubborn
           Generation
           of
           Men
           ,
           after
           they
           have
           so
           long
           injoy'd
           the
           benefits
           of
           them
           ,
           what
           need
           they
           any
           other
           new
           Argument
           ,
           
           than
           this
           here
           before
           me
           ?
           that
           when
           he
           has
           such
           a
           Nobility
           ,
           and
           Gentry
           ,
           such
           a
           Militia
           of
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           ,
           especially
           yours
           ,
           entirely
           at
           his
           Service
           ;
           yet
           he
           is
           pleas'd
           to
           use
           your
           Arms
           no
           otherwise
           than
           now
           ,
           in
           the
           peaceful
           Exercises
           of
           War.
           
        
         
           For
           such
           a
           King
           ,
           whilest
           his
           Goodness
           ,
           and
           Benignity
           gives
           you
           no
           occasions
           to
           fight
           for
           him
           ,
           what
           can
           all
           his
           Subjects
           do
           less
           ,
           than
           to
           love
           ,
           and
           revere
           him
           in
           Peace
           ?
           to
           yield
           him
           an
           active
           Obedience
           the
           more
           cheerfully
           ,
           since
           he
           has
           taken
           care
           ,
           we
           shall
           have
           no
           opportunities
           of
           giving
           him
           a
           passive
           Obedience
           ?
           not
           only
           not
           to
           hinder
           but
           to
           perform
           his
           just
           Commands
           ?
           to
           think
           our selves
           only
           capable
           of
           being
           a
           great
           People
           ,
           by
           making
           him
           greater
           ?
           
           
             Every
             Soul
             to
             be
             Subject
             to
             him
             ?
          
           So
           ,
           if
           we
           believe
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           necessity
           we
           should
           be
           .
           The
           Phrase
           in
           the
           Original
           is
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ;
           
           which
           signifies
           the
           necessity
           not
           only
           of
           a
           cold
           ,
           and
           forc'd
           ,
           and
           meerly
           just
           Subjection
           ;
           but
           of
           a
           regular
           ,
           well-disposed
           Submission
           ;
           not
           only
           to
           live
           quietly
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           quiet
           order
           ;
           nay
           more
           ,
           to
           live
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           in
           Military
           Order
           under
           him
           .
           For
           the
           word
           belongs
           to
           your
           Profession
           .
           The
           Rules
           of
           the
           warlike
           Art
           are
           properly
           call'd
           Tacticks
           ,
           and
           such
           should
           be
           our
           Obedience
           to
           our
           Soveraign
           :
           so
           exact
           ,
           as
           that
           which
           you
           practice
           in
           Armies
           :
           so
           ,
           as
           strictly
           to
           observe
           his
           Orders
           ;
           so
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           careful
           not
           to
           transgress
           his
           Laws
           ,
           for
           love
           of
           him
           ,
           more
           than
           for
           fear
           of
           Punishment
           ;
           so
           ,
           as
           
           to
           be
           silent
           from
           Murmurings
           ,
           loud
           only
           in
           Applauses
           ,
           and
           Thanks
           to
           Almighty
           God
           for
           the
           felicities
           of
           his
           Reign
           .
        
         
           Happy
           all
           his
           Subjects
           !
           if
           all
           were
           but
           sensible
           of
           their
           Happiness
           ,
           and
           would
           do
           their
           parts
           to
           perpetuate
           it
           .
           Happy
           !
           if
           all
           would
           remember
           what
           he
           has
           forgot
           :
           and
           remember
           it
           ,
           not
           to
           upbraid
           others
           ,
           but
           to
           beware
           ,
           and
           grow
           wiser
           themselves
           for
           the
           future
           .
           Happy
           !
           if
           all
           were
           such
           as
           you
           .
           So
           willing
           to
           obey
           the
           King
           in
           quiet
           times
           ;
           so
           skilful
           to
           serve
           him
           in
           the
           Administrations
           of
           his
           Justice
           ;
           so
           ready
           ,
           and
           able
           to
           guard
           him
           against
           all
           Confusions
           .
        
         
           Such
           an
           Academy
           of
           Arts
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Arms
           ;
           such
           a
           Company
           of
           Citizens
           ,
           such
           a
           Nursery
           of
           Commanders
           cannot
           ,
           under
           God
           ,
           but
           afford
           him
           a
           sure
           defence
           in
           his
           Wars
           ;
           as
           you
           do
           already
           supply
           him
           with
           the
           Riches
           ,
           and
           Ornaments
           of
           Peace
           .
        
         
           
             Happy
             is
             the
             People
             ,
             that
             is
             in
             such
             a
             case
             !
             Happy
             is
             the
             People
             ,
             whose
             God
             is
             the
             Lord
             !
          
           The
           Lord
           of
           Hoasts
           ;
           
             who
             giveth
             Salvation
             to
             Kings
             ;
             who
             delivereth
             his
             Servant
             David
             from
             the
             hurtful
             Sword
          
           and
           arms
           him
           with
           the
           Sword
           of
           Justice
           ;
           
           which
           he
           manages
           by
           
             a
             law
             of
             Kindness
          
           :
           and
           which
           I
           beseech
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           may
           flourish
           in
           his
           hand
           ,
           for
           many
           ,
           many
           years
           ;
           in
           his
           House
           ,
           for
           all
           Generations
           to
           come
           .
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A61178-e420
           
             2
             Cor.
             10.4
             .
          
           
             Joh.
             18.36
             .
          
           
             Acts
             8.32
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             26.53
             .
          
           
             Luke
             2.14
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             26.52
             .
          
           
             
               Calvin
               ,
               Grotius
            
             ,
             Dr.
             Hammond
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               Contra
               Manich
            
             .
             lib
             22.
             
          
           
             Luke
             6.29
             .
          
           
             
               Cicero
               Pro
               Milone
            
             .
          
           
             James
             4.1
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             6.11
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             3.8
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             13.2
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             13.1
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             13.4
             .
          
           
             Ps.
             144.