A sermon preached in the cathedral and metropolitical church of St. Peter of York, on Thursday the fourteenth of February, 1688/9 being the day appointed by the lords spiritual and temporal, assembled at Westminster, for a publick thanksgiving to Almighty God, for having made His Highness the Prince of Orange, the glorious instrument of the great deliverance of this kingdom from popery and arbitrary power / by George Halley ...
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             A sermon preached in the cathedral and metropolitical church of St. Peter of York, on Thursday the fourteenth of February, 1688/9 being the day appointed by the lords spiritual and temporal, assembled at Westminster, for a publick thanksgiving to Almighty God, for having made His Highness the Prince of Orange, the glorious instrument of the great deliverance of this kingdom from popery and arbitrary power / by George Halley ...
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           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           in
           the
           
             Cathedral
             and
             Metropolitical
             Church
          
           OF
           St.
           PETER
           in
           YORK
           ,
           On
           Thursday
           the
           Fourteenth
           of
           February
           ,
           1688
           /
           9.
           
           BEING
           The
           Day
           appointed
           by
           the
           LORDS
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           ,
           Assembled
           at
           Westminster
           ,
           for
           a
           Publick
           Thanksgiving
           to
           Almighty
           GOD
           ,
           for
           having
           made
           His
           Highness
           the
           PRINCE
           of
           ORANGE
           ,
           the
           Glorious
           Instrument
           of
           the
           
             Great
             Deliverance
          
           Of
           this
           Kingdom
           from
           Popery
           and
           
             Arbitrary
             Power
          
           .
           By
           GEORGE
           HALLEY
           ,
           M.
           A.
           Succentor
           of
           the
           
             Vicar's
             Choral
          
           of
           the
           Cathedral
           ;
           and
           Rector
           of
           St.
           Cuthbert's
           in
           York
           .
        
         
           
             Published
             at
             the
             Request
             of
             the
             Auditors
             .
          
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             R.
             C.
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           Sold
           by
           
             Rich.
             Lambert
          
           ,
           and
           
             Francis
             Hildyard
          
           Booksellers
           in
           York
           ,
           1689.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           In
           the
           CATHEDRAL
           CHURCH
           of
           St.
           Peter
           in
           York
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Psalm
             107.
             
             Verse
             2.
             
          
           
             
               Let
               the
               redeemed
               of
               the
               Lord
               say
               so
               ,
               whom
               he
               hath
               redeemed
               from
               the
               hand
               of
               the
               enemy
               .
            
             
               
                 Or
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 other
                 Translation
                 :
              
            
             
               Let
               them
               give
               thanks
               whom
               the
               Lord
               hath
               redeemed
               and
               delivered
               from
               the
               hand
               of
               the
               enemy
               .
            
          
        
         
           THis
           Psalm
           doth
           in
           the
           most
           Lively
           and
           Glorious
           Colours
           ,
           paint
           forth
           and
           adorn
           the
           admirable
           Kindness
           ,
           and
           Transcendent
           Love
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ;
           doth
           visibly
           represent
           to
           humane
           Eye
           ,
           the
           various
           and
           surprizing
           Scenes
           of
           Divine
           Providence
           ;
           doth
           clearly
           evince
           and
           prove
           ,
           That
           God
           
             who
             sitteth
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             doth
             so
          
           far
           humble
           himself
           ,
           
             as
             to
             behold
             the
             Things
             upon
             
             Earth
          
           ;
           that
           all
           the
           Vicissitudes
           and
           Changes
           ,
           all
           the
           great
           Revolutions
           and
           variety
           of
           Events
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           are
           from
           the
           Hand
           of
           God
           ;
           that
           all
           humane
           Affairs
           and
           Transactions
           are
           under
           his
           Providential
           Conduct
           ,
           and
           Wise
           Disposal
           :
           And
           therefore
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           Psalmist
           gives
           us
           so
           many
           Illustrious
           Examples
           ,
           such
           manifest
           Testimonies
           of
           Providence
           ,
           as
           are
           able
           to
           convince
           any
           considerate
           Person
           ,
           that
           the
           World
           is
           not
           governed
           by
           Fate
           ,
           or
           giddy
           Chance
           ,
           but
           by
           infinite
           Wisdom
           and
           infinite
           Goodness
           ;
           that
           God
           presides
           over
           his
           Creatures
           ;
           that
           his
           Providence
           is
           deeply
           concern'd
           ,
           and
           vigorously
           engaged
           in
           all
           the
           Changes
           and
           Chances
           of
           this
           Mortal
           Life
           :
           Thus
           from
           the
           
             Third
             to
             the
             Seventh
             Verse
          
           ,
           we
           have
           a
           signal
           Instance
           of
           an
           Over-ruling
           ,
           Omnipotent
           Providence
           ,
           where
           we
           find
           the
           Children
           of
           Israel
           wandering
           in
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           in
           a
           Solitary
           Way
           ,
           depriv'd
           of
           the
           necessary
           Supports
           and
           Comforts
           of
           this
           Life
           ;
           yet
           ,
           upon
           their
           devout
           Addresses
           to
           Heaven
           in
           Prayer
           ,
           found
           present
           Relief
           and
           Deliverance
           from
           their
           Pressures
           ;
           God
           ,
           by
           his
           Gracious
           Providence
           ,
           
             led
             them
             forth
             by
             the
             Right
             Way
             ,
          
           and
           safely
           
             conducted
             them
             to
             a
             City
             of
             Habitation
             .
          
           Thus
           from
           the
           
             Tenth
             to
             
             the
             Fourteenth
             Verse
             ,
          
           we
           find
           how
           God
           is
           pleas'd
           to
           discipline
           and
           exercise
           others
           with
           Providential
           Afflictions
           ,
           with
           Bonds
           and
           Imprisonments
           ,
           because
           of
           their
           Wickedness
           and
           Impiety
           ;
           yet
           as
           soon
           as
           ever
           such
           sharp
           Discipline
           ,
           such
           severe
           Chastisement
           has
           produc'd
           its
           desir'd
           Effect
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           brought
           them
           to
           a
           State
           of
           Meekness
           and
           Humility
           ,
           Repentance
           and
           Reformation
           ;
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           thus
           endeavour
           to
           make
           this
           Atonement
           ,
           God's
           Mercy
           then
           gets
           the
           Ascendant
           of
           his
           Justice
           ,
           and
           he
           becomes
           propitious
           and
           favourable
           to
           them
           ;
           brings
           
             them
             out
             of
             Darkness
             ,
             and
             the
          
           Shadow
           of
           Death
           ,
           and
           breaks
           
             their
             Bonds
             asunder
          
           .
        
         
           Thus
           
             from
             the
             Twenty
             third
             to
             the
             Thirtieth
             Verse
             ,
          
           we
           read
           ,
           that
           such
           as
           go
           
             down
             to
             the
             Sea
             in
             Ships
             ,
          
           and
           do
           Business
           in
           great
           Waters
           ,
           such
           have
           more
           than
           ordinary
           Experiments
           of
           the
           Providence
           of
           the
           Sovereign
           Mercy
           and
           Power
           of
           God
           ;
           sometimes
           they
           are
           Mounted
           into
           the
           Air
           ,
           and
           then
           again
           go
           down
           into
           the
           Depths
           of
           the
           Vast
           Ocean
           ,
           are
           at
           
             their
             Wits
             end
          
           ,
           in
           the
           greatest
           Amazement
           and
           Consternation
           ;
           but
           when
           they
           cry
           or
           pray
           unto
           the
           Lord
           ,
           the
           Violent
           Storm
           then
           is
           turn'd
           into
           a
           perfect
           Calm
           ,
           &
           by
           gentle
           Gales
           ,
           they
           are
           safely
           wafted
           to
           the
           Port
           they
           design'd
           to
           sail
           to
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           ,
           What
           doth
           the
           Lord
           require
           at
           the
           Hands
           of
           such
           as
           have
           the
           Characters
           of
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           so
           singularly
           and
           eminently
           engraven
           upon
           them
           ;
           for
           whom
           he
           hath
           wrought
           such
           Signal
           and
           Wonderful
           Deliverances
           ?
        
         
           Nothing
           but
           the
           Tribute
           of
           Praise
           and
           Thanksgiving
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           a
           grateful
           Sense
           ,
           and
           publick
           Acknowledgment
           of
           his
           immense
           Favours
           ;
           such
           a
           Sense
           ,
           as
           darts
           a
           powerful
           Influence
           upon
           their
           Life
           and
           Conversation
           ;
           such
           a
           Sense
           ,
           as
           obliges
           them
           to
           look
           up
           unto
           him
           as
           the
           Heroick
           Captain
           of
           their
           Salvation
           ,
           to
           ascribe
           the
           Honour
           due
           unto
           his
           Name
           ,
           to
           praise
           him
           for
           his
           Goodness
           ,
           from
           whom
           they
           received
           their
           Protection
           ,
           their
           Safety
           and
           Preservation
           :
           
             O
             give
             Thanks
             unto
             the
             Lord
          
           ;
           for
           he
           is
           
             good
             or
             gracious
             ,
             and
             his
             Mercy
             endureth
             for
             ever
             ;
             let
             the
             Redeemed
             of
             the
             Lord
             say
             so
             :
             Or
             let
             them
             give
             Thanks
             whom
             the
             Lord
             hath
             redeemed
             ,
             and
             delivered
             from
             the
             Hand
             of
             the
             Enemy
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           Words
           are
           these
           Two
           Observables
           :
           
             
               I.
               
                 A
                 Duty
                 enjoin'd
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 the
                 Object
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 is
                 ,
                 to
              
               give
               Thanks
               unto
               the
               Lord.
               
            
             
               
               II.
               
                 The
                 Reason
                 or
                 Enforcement
                 to
                 the
                 Practice
                 and
                 Observation
                 of
                 this
                 Duty
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 is
                 ,
                 the
                 Consideration
                 of
                 a
              
               Redemption
               or
               Deliverance
               from
               the
               Hand
               of
               an
               Enemy
               :
               Let
               them
               give
               Thanks
               whom
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
           But
           First
           ,
           of
           the
           First
           Observable
           ,
           
             A
             Duty
             enjoin'd
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             Object
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             ,
          
           to
           give
           Thanks
           unto
           the
           Lord.
           
        
         
           
             To
             give
             thanks
          
           ,
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           is
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Version
           
             of
             the
          
           LXX
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           a
           Word
           ,
           which
           according
           to
           the
           Sence
           of
           the
           Ancient
           Interpreters
           ,
           properly
           imports
           Confession
           ;
           and
           in
           this
           Sense
           I
           find
           it
           us'd
           by
           St.
           James
           ,
           5.16
           .
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           Confess
           
             your
             Faults
          
           ;
           and
           indeed
           ,
           before
           we
           offer
           up
           unto
           God
           ,
           any
           Eucharistical
           Sacrifice
           ,
           it
           is
           necessary
           for
           us
           to
           Confess
           and
           beg
           Pardon
           of
           our
           Sins
           ,
           which
           hinder
           God's
           acceptation
           of
           our
           Services
           ;
           
             for
             if
             we
             regard
             Iniquity
             with
             our
             Hearts
             ,
             the
             Lord
             will
             not
             hear
             us
             ,
          
           Psalm
           ,
           66.18
           .
           And
           here
           ,
           by
           the
           by
           ,
           we
           may
           admire
           the
           Beautiful
           Succession
           of
           Times
           and
           Seasons
           .
           Yesterday
           was
           Ash-Wednesday
           ,
           a
           day
           of
           Sack-cloth
           and
           Ashes
           ,
           a
           day
           of
           Sorrow
           and
           Humiliation
           
           for
           Sin
           ;
           to
           day
           ,
           a
           day
           of
           Thanksgiving
           and
           Joyfulness
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           as
           Heinsius
           observes
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Modern
           Interpretation
           ,
           the
           Word
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           doth
           likewise
           import
           to
           praise
           ,
           or
           
             give
             Thanks
             unto
             the
             Lord
          
           ;
           and
           in
           this
           Sense
           I
           find
           it
           ,
           Mark
           10.21
           .
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ;
           
             Jesus
             rejoiced
             in
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             I
             thank
             thee
             ,
             O
             Father
             .
          
        
         
           To
           
             give
             Thanks
             unto
             the
             Lord
          
           ,
           is
           a
           Duty
           frequently
           inculcated
           and
           press'd
           upon
           us
           in
           Holy
           Scripture
           ;
           thus
           Phil.
           4.6
           .
           
             In
             every
             thing
             by
             Prayer
             and
             Thanksgiving
             ,
             let
             your
             Requests
             be
             made
             known
             unto
             God
          
           ;
           thus
           Col.
           2.7
           .
           
             Abounding
             therein
             with
             Thanksgiving
          
           ;
           and
           Chap.
           4.2
           .
           
             Continue
             in
             Prayer
             ,
             and
             watch
             in
             the
             same
             with
             Thanksgiving
          
           ;
           thus
           1
           Tim.
           4.4
           .
           
             Every
             Creature
             of
             God
             is
             good
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             received
             with
             Thanksgiving
          
           ;
           thus
           Rev.
           7.12
           .
           
             Blessing
             ,
             and
             Glory
             ,
             and
             Wisdom
             ,
             and
             Thanksgiving
             ,
             be
             unto
             GOD
             for
             ever
             and
             ever
             .
          
           Amen
           .
        
         
           But
           Secondly
           :
        
         
           We
           have
           not
           only
           Precepts
           for
           ,
           but
           rare
           and
           illustrious
           Examples
           in
           
             Holy
             Scripture
          
           ,
           for
           the
           
             Practice
             and
             Observation
             of
             the
             Duty
          
           of
           Thanksgiving
           :
        
         
         
           Not
           to
           
             Multiply
             too
             many
             Instances
          
           ;
        
         
           Where
           do
           we
           find
           a
           more
           Noble
           Pattern
           of
           Gratitude
           ,
           than
           the
           Royal
           Prophet
           ,
           
             King
             David
          
           ?
           He
           thought
           no
           place
           unfit
           ,
           no
           time
           unseasonable
           for
           the
           Practice
           of
           this
           Duty
           ;
           he
           continually
           revolv'd
           in
           his
           Thoughts
           ,
           and
           imprinted
           upon
           his
           Memory
           ,
           the
           Mercy
           and
           Loving
           Kindness
           of
           the
           Lord
           ;
           it
           was
           his
           pious
           Resolution
           to
           
             meditate
             or
             muse
             upon
             all
             his
             Works
             ,
          
           Psal
           .
           77.11.12
           .
           thus
           Psal
           .
           103.2
           .
           
             Praise
             the
             Lord
             ,
             O
             my
             Soul
             ,
             and
             forget
             not
             all
             his
             Benefits
             ,
          
           which
           he
           expresses
           ,
           Verse
           4.
           
           
             Who
             saveth
             thy
             life
             from
             Destruction
             ,
             and
             crowneth
             thee
             with
             Mercy
             and
             loving
             Kindness
             .
          
        
         
           But
           Thirdly
           :
        
         
           Who
           can
           look
           upon
           God
           as
           his
           Creator
           ,
           and
           not
           at
           the
           same
           time
           think
           himself
           under
           an
           indispensable
           and
           eternal
           Obligation
           to
           
             praise
             and
             give
             him
             thanks
          
           ?
           Have
           we
           not
           the
           strongest
           Obligations
           to
           thank
           and
           praise
           him
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           Author
           of
           our
           Frame
           and
           Constitution
           ?
           Who
           is
           the
           Preserver
           of
           our
           Being
           ?
           Who
           sustains
           
           our
           Life
           by
           the
           continual
           Influence
           of
           his
           Love
           ?
           Upon
           him
           we
           have
           a
           constant
           and
           a
           necessary
           Dependance
           ;
           to
           him
           we
           owe
           the
           Common
           Protection
           of
           Life
           ,
           the
           Mercies
           of
           Health
           and
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           the
           reasonable
           Expectation
           of
           Happiness
           hereafter
           :
           Can
           we
           then
           be
           so
           unnatural
           ,
           so
           inhumane
           ,
           so
           disingenuous
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           
             praise
             and
             give
             him
             thanks
             ?
             It
             is
             he
             that
             has
             made
             us
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Royal
           Psalmist
           ,
           Psal
           .
           100.2
           .
           
             and
             not
             we
             our selves
             ;
             we
             are
             his
             People
             ,
             and
             the
             Sheep
             of
             his
             Pasture
             ,
          
           upon
           this
           Foundation
           he
           superstructs
           our
           Duty
           in
           the
           next
           Verse
           ;
           
             O
             go
             your
             Way
             into
             his
             Gates
             with
             thanksgiving
             ,
             and
             into
             his
             Courts
             with
             praise
             ,
             be
             thankful
             unto
             him
             and
             speak
             good
             of
             his
             Name
             !
          
        
         
           We
           
             are
             his
             Creatures
          
           !
           A
           Word
           of
           the
           greatest
           Emphasis
           ;
           a
           Word
           ,
           that
           demands
           and
           extorts
           from
           us
           all
           imaginable
           Thankfulness
           ,
           all
           possible
           Praise
           and
           Adoration
           ;
           being
           Creatures
           ,
           shews
           us
           God's
           absolute
           Soveraignty
           and
           Dominion
           over
           us
           ;
           we
           depend
           upon
           him
           ,
           as
           a
           Ray
           depends
           upon
           the
           Sun.
           When
           the
           Sun
           goes
           off
           the
           Horizon
           ,
           the
           Rays
           perish
           and
           vanish
           away
           :
           Thus
           if
           God
           should
           withdraw
           his
           Influx
           from
           us
           ,
           we
           should
           instantly
           lapse
           and
           return
           into
           our
           primitive
           Nothing
           .
           But
           ,
        
         
         
           Fourthly
           ;
           That
           we
           may
           be
           perswaded
           to
           offer
           up
           unto
           the
           Lord
           the
           Sacrifice
           of
           Praise
           
             and
             Thanksgiving
          
           ,
           let
           us
           consider
           ,
           that
           by
           such
           Sacrifices
           we
           not
           only
           glorify
           the
           Lord
           ,
           but
           our selves
           ;
           we
           thereby
           pursue
           our
           own
           Eternal
           Wel-fare
           and
           Felicity
           ;
           for
           God
           is
           so
           infinitely
           happy
           in
           Himself
           ,
           so
           perfect
           and
           beautiful
           ,
           so
           transcendantly
           glorious
           ,
           that
           we
           can
           give
           no
           Addition
           ,
           no
           Lustre
           to
           his
           
             Divine
             Majesty
          
           ,
           by
           the
           greatest
           Praise
           ,
           and
           most
           Solemn
           Thanksgiving
           ;
           No!
           God
           enjoins
           us
           to
           this
           duty
           of
           praise
           and
           thanksgiving
           ,
           not
           for
           his
           ,
           but
           our
           own
           Interest
           and
           Advantage
           .
           He
           would
           have
           us
           contemplate
           his
           Glory
           and
           Perfection
           ,
           bless
           and
           praise
           him
           for
           no
           other
           end
           and
           purpose
           ,
           but
           that
           thereby
           we
           may
           be
           excited
           to
           transcribe
           into
           our
           Nature
           his
           Adorable
           Perfections
           ,
           and
           thus
           fit
           and
           qualify
           our selves
           for
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           the
           Joys
           of
           Eternity
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           Ties
           ,
           these
           are
           Obligations
           strong
           enough
           of
           themselves
           to
           enforce
           upon
           us
           the
           Constant
           Practice
           of
           the
           Duty
           of
           Thanksgiving
           .
        
         
           But
           these
           are
           not
           all
           ;
        
         
           There
           is
           yet
           behind
           one
           Argument
           more
           ;
           an
           Argument
           of
           no
           little
           Weight
           and
           Importance
           ;
           
           an
           Argument
           ,
           which
           ,
           if
           any
           thing
           can
           ,
           must
           rouze
           and
           awake
           us
           to
           the
           Duty
           of
           Thanksgiving
           ;
           must
           perswade
           us
           to
           entertain
           a
           grateful
           Affection
           ,
           a
           deep
           Sense
           of
           the
           Mercy
           and
           Loving
           Kindness
           of
           the
           Lord
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           rare
           
             Accident
             of
             Divine
             Providence
          
           ,
           our
           Miraculous
           Deliverance
           ,
           for
           which
           we
           are
           this
           day
           met
           to
           praise
           the
           Lord
           :
           And
           which
           is
           the
           Second
           Observable
           in
           the
           Words
           of
           my
           TEXT
           ;
           Namely
           ,
        
         
           The
           Reason
           or
           Enforcement
           to
           the
           practice
           and
           observation
           of
           the
           Duty
           of
           Thanksgiving
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Consideration
           of
           a
           Redemption
           or
           Deliverance
           
             from
             the
             Hand
             of
             an
             Enemy
             :
          
           Let
           
             them
             give
             thanks
             whom
             the
             Lord
             hath
             redeemed
             and
             delivered
             from
             the
             Hand
             of
             the
             Enemy
             .
          
        
         
           And
           here
           I
           might
           Discourse
           of
           the
           Universal
           Redemption
           of
           Mankind
           by
           Christ
           ,
           who
           paid
           the
           greatest
           Price
           ,
           who
           purchased
           our
           Liberty
           and
           Enlargment
           with
           his
           dear
           and
           precious
           Blood
           ;
           who
           delivered
           us
           from
           our
           
             Spiritual
             Enemies
             ;
             from
             the
             Principalities
             ,
          
           and
           
             Rulers
             of
             the
             Darkness
             of
             this
             World
             ;
             from
             Spiritual
             Wickedness
             in
             High
             Places
             ,
          
           by
           recovering
           lapsed
           Man
           to
           his
           former
           Capacity
           of
           Bliss
           and
           Happiness
           ,
           by
           an
           Expedient
           as
           full
           of
           Wonder
           as
           Mercy
           ,
           of
           
           which
           we
           can
           never
           express
           too
           grateful
           a
           Resentment
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           shall
           only
           speak
           of
           a
           
             Temporal
             Redemption
          
           ,
           or
           Deliverance
           ;
           for
           to
           such
           a
           Deliverance
           the
           Text
           directly
           points
           ;
           
             Let
             them
             give
             thanks
             whom
             the
             Lord
             hath
             redeemed
             and
             delivered
             from
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             Enemy
             ;
             E
             manu
             tribulantis
             ,
             de
             manu
             angustiae
             ,
             de
             potentia
             angustiatoris
          
           ;
           Out
           of
           the
           hand
           of
           the
           Oppressor
           ,
           out
           of
           our
           Distress
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           Power
           of
           such
           as
           vexed
           and
           afflicted
           us
           .
           This
           is
           that
           for
           which
           we
           are
           now
           to
           celebrate
           the
           
             Divine
             Goodness
          
           ,
           to
           magnifie
           him
           who
           hath
           demonstrated
           his
           Providence
           in
           so
           wonderfully
           relieving
           us
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Danger
           and
           Distress
           ;
           
             Let
             us
             give
             thanks
             whom
             the
             Lord
             hath
             delivered
             from
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             Enemy
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           from
           the
           detestable
           
             Superstitions
             and
             Corruptions
             of
             Popery
             ,
             from
             the
             intolerable
             Yoke
             of
             the
             
               Romish
               Church
            
             .
          
        
         
           A
           Church
           ,
           which
           is
           our
           implacable
           Adversary
           ;
           a
           Church
           ,
           which
           is
           become
           our
           Enemy
           for
           
             telling
             the
             Truth
          
           ,
           because
           we
           worship
           God
           
             after
             the
             way
             which
             they
             call
             Heresy
          
           ;
           a
           Church
           ,
           which
           mortally
           hates
           us
           for
           recovering
           the
           
             Christian
             Religion
          
           to
           it's
           ancient
           Brightness
           and
           primitive
           Splendor
           ;
           for
           professing
           that
           Faith
           ,
           
             which
             
             was
             once
             delivered
             to
             the
             Saints
          
           ;
           Is
           not
           this
           to
           hate
           us
           without
           a
           Cause
           ?
           Because
           we
           have
           accurately
           filed
           Religion
           ,
           polished
           and
           freed
           it
           from
           the
           Rust
           it
           had
           contracted
           ,
           and
           set
           upon
           it
           its
           former
           Lustre
           ;
           because
           we
           have
           fully
           discovered
           their
           horrible
           Cheats
           ,
           and
           grand
           Impostures
           ,
           by
           which
           
             they
             get
             their
             Wealth
          
           :
           The
           Romanists
           for
           these
           reasons
           industriously
           endeavour
           
             to
             take
             away
             both
             our
             Place
             and
             Nation
             ,
          
           to
           destroy
           not
           only
           our
           Holy
           and
           Excellent
           Religion
           ,
           but
           our
           Incomparable
           Government
           ,
           and
           
             to
             bring
             our
             independent
             Freedom
             into
             a
             Subjection
             to
             their
             Foreign
             and
             Antichristian
          
           Yoke
           .
        
         
           How
           many
           Efforts
           have
           been
           made
           ?
           How
           many
           Arrows
           have
           been
           shot
           at
           this
           Glorious
           Nation
           ,
           out
           of
           their
           Quiver
           of
           malice
           and
           revenge
           ?
           but
           all
           of
           them
           missed
           the
           Mark
           ;
           it
           was
           God
           that
           covered
           this
           Nation
           with
           the
           Wings
           of
           his
           Providence
           ,
           that
           Defended
           it
           
             from
             the
             Arrows
             that
             flew
             by
             Day
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             Pestilence
             that
             walked
             in
             Darkness
             .
          
        
         
           It
           
             was
             in
             Eighty
             eight
          
           ,
           when
           the
           
             Spanish
             invincible
             Navy
          
           came
           ,
           like
           Great
           and
           Formidable
           Castles
           ,
           floating
           to
           our
           Coasts
           ,
           with
           Sails
           swell'd
           with
           fury
           ,
           and
           puffed
           up
           with
           hopes
           of
           Victory
           ;
           but
           the
           Lord
           fought
           for
           us
           
           by
           Fire
           &
           Winds
           ,
           by
           Rocks
           and
           Tempests
           ;
           how
           did
           the
           Lord
           then
           display
           his
           Wonders
           for
           us
           in
           the
           deep
           ?
           How
           wonderfully
           did
           he
           then
           deliver
           us
           from
           the
           hand
           of
           the
           Enemy
           ?
           
             Oh
             that
             men
             would
             therefore
             Praise
             the
             Lord
             for
             his
             Goodness
             ,
             and
             declare
             the
             Wonders
             he
             hath
             done
             for
             the
             Children
             of
             Men
             !
          
        
         
           It
           was
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           King
           
             James
             the
             first
             of
             Blessed
             Memory
             ,
          
           that
           the
           Execrable
           
             Gun-Powder
             Plot
          
           ,
           that
           damnable
           Contrivance
           ,
           was
           formed
           under
           
             Jesuitical
             Wings
          
           ;
           but
           when
           it
           was
           grown
           to
           Maturity
           ,
           and
           ready
           to
           be
           Hatched
           ,
           GOD
           Crushed
           this
           
             Hellish
             Project
          
           by
           a
           timely
           Discovery
           ,
           and
           Delivered
           the
           Nation
           from
           the
           
             Hand
             of
             the
             Enemy
          
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           in
           
             Eighty
             eight
          
           too
           ,
           that
           we
           as
           well
           as
           our
           Fore-Fathers
           ,
           
             were
             redeemed
             and
             delivered
             from
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             enemy
             ,
             from
             Popery
             and
             
               Arbitrary
               Power
            
             .
          
        
         
           Great
           were
           the
           hopes
           that
           the
           Papists
           had
           of
           introducing
           and
           setling
           their
           Religion
           ;
           A
           Prince
           of
           their
           own
           Religion
           upon
           the
           Throne
           :
           A
           Zealous
           and
           an
           Industrious
           Prince
           too
           for
           propagating
           the
           Principles
           of
           his
           Religion
           :
           This
           gave
           them
           a
           Charming
           Prospect
           of
           Success
           ;
           this
           made
           them
           leave
           no
           Stone
           unturned
           ;
           
           this
           made
           them
           ,
           Jehu
           like
           ,
           drive
           on
           with
           all
           imaginable
           Fury
           and
           Violence
           ;
           this
           Emboldned
           them
           to
           put
           that
           galling
           and
           fretting
           Yoke
           upon
           our
           Necks
           ,
           which
           neither
           we
           nor
           our
           fore-fathers
           were
           able
           to
           bear
           :
           Unhappy
           and
           
             Unfortunate
             Prince
             !
             How
             is
             the
             Mighty
             faln
             !
             I
             am
             Distressed
             for
             him
             .
          
           Who
           can
           reflect
           upon
           his
           misfortunes
           without
           pity
           and
           perturbation
           of
           Mind
           ?
           
             How
             would
             his
             Throne
             a'
             been
             Establish'd
             in
             Righteousness
             ,
             had
             but
             the
             wicked
             been
             taken
             away
             from
             before
             him
             ?
          
           Had
           but
           his
           
             base
             Flatterers
          
           ,
           and
           
             false
             Prophets
          
           been
           removed
           from
           his
           Court
           and
           Councils
           ,
           the
           Hearts
           of
           his
           People
           would
           never
           a'
           been
           Alienated
           from
           him
           :
           Never
           Prince
           came
           to
           the
           Crown
           with
           more
           unanimous
           and
           cheerful
           Acclamations
           ;
           he
           was
           look'd
           upon
           as
           a
           Prince
           of
           no
           less
           Heroical
           Vertues
           ,
           than
           Noble
           Extraction
           :
           He
           then
           
             declared
             that
             the
             Laws
             of
          
           England
           
             were
             sufficient
             to
             make
             him
             as
             Great
             a
             Monarch
             as
             his
             Heart
             could
             wish
             ,
             and
             therefore
             promised
             his
             Endeavours
             to
             Preserve
             the
             Government
             both
             in
             Church
             &
             State
             as
             by
             Law
             Established
             .
          
        
         
           In
           all
           Probability
           he
           might
           have
           been
           the
           Greatest
           ,
           the
           most
           
             Triumphant
             Monarch
          
           that
           ever
           sway'd
           the
           
             English
             Scepter
          
           ,
           had
           not
           his
           Passion
           of
           Glory
           yielded
           to
           his
           Bigottry
           
           and
           Zeal
           for
           his
           Religion
           ;
           had
           he
           not
           put
           the
           Reins
           of
           Government
           into
           the
           Hands
           of
           a
           
             Fiery
             Jesuit
          
           ;
           who
           ,
           
             Phaeton
             like
          
           ,
           presently
           set
           the
           Nation
           on
           a
           flame
           ,
           put
           him
           upon
           such
           Illegal
           Practices
           as
           prov'd
           destructive
           of
           the
           Nation
           's
           Happiness
           and
           Tranquillity
           ,
           and
           plunged
           him
           into
           the
           most
           calamitous
           and
           deplorable
           Circumstances
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           now
           seen
           by
           woeful
           Experience
           what
           the
           
             Prophetick
             Parliaments
          
           at
           Westminster
           and
           Oxford
           ,
           in
           the
           Year
           80.
           
           Prognosticated
           :
           We
           are
           now
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           highly
           sensible
           that
           they
           were
           compos'd
           of
           Persons
           of
           greater
           Understanding
           and
           Integrity
           than
           the
           World
           at
           that
           time
           was
           pleas'd
           to
           represent
           them
           ;
           't
           is
           now
           plain
           that
           the
           clear
           prospect
           they
           had
           of
           the
           Kingdoms
           Interest
           conducted
           all
           their
           Consultations
           ;
           it
           now
           appears
           that
           the
           
             Bill
             of
             Exclusion
          
           was
           carried
           on
           thro'
           a
           true
           Zeal
           for
           the
           Nations
           Safety
           &
           Happiness
           ,
           for
           the
           Protection
           and
           Security
           of
           the
           Peoples
           Liberty
           and
           Property
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Preservation
           of
           ,
           what
           ought
           to
           be
           dearer
           to
           us
           than
           our
           Lives
           ,
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           :
           But
           their
           weighty
           reasons
           could
           make
           no
           Impression
           ,
           their
           Designs
           were
           all
           blasted
           ;
           and
           we
           may
           attribute
           it
           to
           the
           good
           and
           secret
           Hand
           of
           
           Providence
           that
           they
           were
           so
           ;
           for
           probably
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           taken
           effect
           ,
           the
           Nation
           would
           have
           been
           involv'd
           in
           Blood
           and
           Confusion
           ,
           because
           of
           its
           unbelief
           ,
           That
           ever
           Popery
           could
           have
           produc'd
           
             Arbitrary
             Power
          
           ,
           that
           ever
           Popery
           could
           have
           destroyed
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           and
           unhing'd
           the
           Government
           :
           For
           though
           in
           History
           we
           have
           Recorded
           many
           pregnant
           Instances
           ,
           many
           ample
           Testimonies
           of
           
             Popish
             Perfidiousness
             and
             Impiety
          
           ;
           yet
           no
           Instance
           ,
           no
           Testimony
           so
           convincing
           and
           impressive
           as
           Experience
           ;
           Popery
           was
           never
           so
           generally
           understood
           as
           it
           is
           at
           this
           day
           ;
           we
           now
           see
           the
           truth
           and
           certainty
           of
           this
           Maxim.
           
        
         
           
             That
             it
             is
             impossible
             for
             the
          
           Protestant
           Religion
           
             to
             flourish
             under
             ,
             or
             the
             present
             Constitution
             of
             the
          
           English
           Government
           
             to
             be
             preserved
             by
             any
             Person
          
           whom
           Rome
           hath
           stamped
           her
           Proselyte
           .
        
         
           Alas
           !
           What
           signify
           all
           the
           plausible
           pretences
           ,
           all
           the
           fair
           promises
           and
           assurances
           where
           Popery
           hath
           got
           the
           ascendant
           ?
           What
           security
           can
           there
           be
           to
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           and
           Liberty
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           a
           subjection
           to
           the
           Pope
           ?
           Where
           Jesuitical
           Counsels
           influence
           and
           command
           ?
           Alas
           !
           There
           is
           no
           
             Faith
             to
             be
             kept
             with
             Hereticks
             .
          
           This
           is
           the
           Decree
           of
           the
           Roman
           Councils
           ,
           this
           is
           
           the
           standing
           Rule
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           unalterable
           resolution
           of
           the
           Roman
           Church
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           Doctrine
           which
           she
           hath
           constantly
           practis'd
           ,
           and
           the
           sad
           effects
           of
           it
           such
           have
           sensibly
           felt
           as
           have
           justly
           oppos'd
           her
           usurped
           Sovereignty
           and
           Dominion
           ;
           witness
           the
           
             Parisian
             Massacre
          
           ,
           a
           villainy
           that
           had
           its
           Authority
           and
           Approbation
           from
           Rome
           ;
           never
           did
           that
           polluted
           City
           rejoice
           so
           much
           in
           Memory
           of
           
             Christ's
             Birth
          
           ,
           or
           St.
           
           Peter's
           ,
           as
           at
           the
           joyful
           news
           of
           that
           more
           than
           
             Herodian
             Butchery
          
           ;
           how
           did
           she
           sound
           the
           praises
           of
           the
           bloody
           Actors
           and
           Contrivers
           of
           that
           shameful
           Tragedy
           ?
        
         
           Not
           to
           expatiate
           upon
           the
           Irish-Massacre
           .
        
         
           Witness
           too
           ,
           the
           late
           Persecution
           in
           France
           and
           
             Piedmont
             :
             O
             Barbarous
             and
             more
             than
          
           Scythian
           or
           Thracian
           Cruelty
           !
           Those
           our
           poor
           Brethren
           had
           Edicts
           ,
           Promises
           ,
           and
           Oaths
           sealed
           with
           the
           Holy
           Sacrament
           ;
           but
           alas
           !
           as
           soon
           as
           ever
           an
           opportunity
           presented
           it self
           ,
           they
           found
           that
           Popery
           can
           absolve
           from
           the
           strictest
           Oaths
           ,
           can
           tear
           in
           pieces
           the
           most
           Religious
           Seal
           ,
           and
           cancel
           the
           strongest
           Obligation
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           Instances
           enough
           at
           home
           ,
           which
           plainly
           shew
           that
           Popish
           Engagements
           and
           Promises
           ,
           are
           lighter
           than
           the
           very
           Breach
           that
           utters
           
           them
           :
           Did
           not
           Queen
           Mary
           promise
           the
           Norfolk
           and
           Suffolk
           Inhabitants
           ,
           and
           call'd
           her
           God
           to
           Witness
           too
           ,
           That
           she
           would
           content
           her self
           with
           the
           Private
           exercise
           of
           her
           own
           Devotion
           ,
           and
           Preserve
           the
           then
           Protestant
           Government
           ,
           uninjur'd
           ?
           and
           yet
           as
           soon
           as
           ever
           her
           Sovereign
           Power
           was
           securely
           Establish'd
           ,
           the
           Masque
           then
           fell
           off
           ,
           Fire
           and
           Faggot
           then
           Illuminated
           the
           Peoples
           understanding
           ;
           nay
           ,
           those
           very
           men
           ,
           who
           rais'd
           her
           to
           the
           Throne
           ,
           felt
           the
           most
           signal
           marks
           of
           her
           vengeance
           ;
           they
           
             made
             Claim
             indeed
             of
             her
          
           former
           Promises
           ,
           but
           
             were
             thought
             insolent
             ,
             and
             accounted
             as
             criminals
             for
             so
             doing
          
           ;
           they
           found
           that
           no
           Merits
           or
           Service
           could
           secure
           any
           from
           the
           Cruelties
           of
           that
           Religion
           ;
           for
           ,
           her
           
             Princely
             gratitude
          
           for
           their
           Crowning
           her
           with
           a
           Diadem
           ,
           Crown'd
           them
           with
           Martyrdom
           .
        
         
           We
           our selves
           too
           ,
           had
           promises
           of
           the
           like
           Nature
           ,
           and
           thought
           we
           deserved
           them
           ;
           but
           alas
           !
           they
           proved
           as
           Quick-sands
           ,
           not
           the
           least
           glimpse
           of
           Safety
           to
           be
           repos'd
           in
           them
           ,
           not
           the
           least
           hopes
           to
           be
           built
           upon
           them
           :
           Had
           we
           
             not
             Assurances
          
           ;
           and
           yet
           at
           the
           same
           time
           the
           greatest
           Invasion
           of
           Rights
           and
           Privileges
           ?
           Instead
           of
           
             Governing
             according
             to
             Law
          
           ,
           such
           a
           
             Dispensing
             Power
          
           set
           a
           foot
           as
           laid
           all
           the
           Laws
           
           asleep
           ,
           as
           would
           presently
           have
           laid
           in
           Ashes
           ,
           too
           ,
           the
           beautiful
           Fabrick
           of
           our
           excellent
           Religion
           ,
           and
           incomparable
           Government
           ;
           Promises
           !
           it
           is
           the
           
             nature
             of
             the
             
               Popish
               Religion
            
             ,
             first
             to
             deceive
             and
             then
             destroy
          
           ;
           it
           is
           a
           Religion
           that
           Transubstantiates
           the
           very
           Nature
           of
           him
           who
           embraces
           it
           ;
           it
           is
           a
           Religion
           that
           acts
           in
           disguise
           and
           masquerade
           ,
           changes
           frequently
           its
           colours
           ,
           
             and
             puts
             out
             a
             false
             Flag
             to
             conceal
             the
             Pyrate
          
           ;
           no!
           
             it
             is
             better
             to
             trust
             in
             the
             Lord
             than
             to
             put
             any
             confidence
             in
             man
             ;
             it
             is
             better
             to
             trust
             in
             the
             Lord
             th●n
             to
             put
             any
             confidence
             in
             Princes
             .
          
        
         
           What
           great
           Reason
           then
           have
           we
           to
           magnify
           Divine
           Providence
           ?
           What
           an
           obligation
           do
           we
           all
           lie
           under
           ,
           to
           pay
           all
           imaginable
           respect
           ,
           all
           possible
           gratitude
           to
           the
           Lord
           who
           hath
           
             Redeem'd
             us
          
           from
           Popery
           and
           Slavery
           ,
           from
           a
           Remorseless
           ,
           Bloody
           ,
           and
           Treacherous
           Religion
           ?
           
             Let
             us
             give
             thanks
             whom
             the
             Lord
             hath
             so
             wonderfully
             delivered
             from
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             enemy
             .
          
        
         
           We
           have
           the
           best
           Religion
           ,
           the
           best
           constituted
           Government
           in
           the
           whole
           world
           ;
           a
           Religion
           which
           meer
           flesh
           and
           blood
           never
           revealed
           ;
           a
           Religion
           ,
           that
           is
           retrench'd
           from
           all
           False
           Doctrine
           and
           Superstitious
           Practices
           ;
           a
           
             rational
             Religion
          
           ;
           a
           
             reasonable
             Service
          
           ,
           against
           which
           our
           Roman
           
           adversaries
           have
           no
           exception
           ,
           But
           that
           it
           preferrs
           the
           written
           Word
           before
           uncertain
           Traditions
           ;
           and
           the
           all-sufficient
           blood
           of
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ,
           before
           the
           impure
           and
           imperfect
           works
           of
           Mortal
           Men.
           
        
         
           A
           Government
           too
           incomparable
           for
           its
           constitution
           ;
           the
           
             legislative
             Power
          
           is
           so
           lodg'd
           ,
           that
           nothing
           can
           be
           Enacted
           without
           
             the
             King
             and
             Parliament
          
           ;
           thus
           as
           the
           inferiour
           Orbs
           do
           ,
           by
           their
           transverse
           and
           opposite
           motions
           ,
           stay
           and
           moderate
           the
           rapid
           force
           of
           the
           
             primum
             mobile
          
           or
           first
           Sphere
           ,
           so
           Parliaments
           by
           their
           
             Fabian
             Counsels
          
           ,
           do
           temper
           and
           moderate
           the
           quick
           motion
           of
           Sovereign
           Power
           :
           All
           our
           Laws
           and
           Decrees
           ,
           by
           which
           we
           are
           govern'd
           ,
           are
           first
           of
           our
           own
           choice
           ,
           and
           then
           confirm'd
           by
           the
           King
           ;
           neither
           the
           morning
           ,
           nor
           the
           evening
           Star
           in
           the
           Heavens
           ,
           is
           more
           beautiful
           than
           the
           frame
           and
           complexion
           of
           our
           Government
           ;
           we
           have
           Laws
           that
           are
           sufficiently
           able
           to
           make
           us
           a
           Nation
           of
           Righteousness
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           but
           actuated
           by
           men
           of
           impartial
           Justice
           and
           Integrity
           .
        
         
           Now
           !
           Was
           this
           our
           excellent
           Religion
           in
           danger
           of
           being
           overflown
           with
           the
           filthy
           streams
           of
           Popery
           and
           Superstition
           ?
           Was
           this
           our
           incomparable
           Government
           brought
           by
           
             Arbitrary
             
             Power
          
           to
           the
           very
           brink
           of
           Destruction
           ?
           And
           hath
           God
           preserv'd
           both
           our
           Religion
           and
           Government
           ?
           Have
           we
           now
           a
           blessed
           and
           a
           comfortable
           Hope
           of
           seeing
           our
           Religion
           and
           Government
           flourish
           ?
           
             Of
             having
             our
             Judges
             restor'd
             ,
             as
             at
             the
             first
             ;
             and
             our
             Counsellors
             ,
             as
             at
             the
             beginning
             ?
          
           Isai
           .
           1.26
           .
           How
           ought
           we
           then
           to
           magnify
           the
           Divine
           Goodness
           ?
           How
           prudently
           and
           religiously
           have
           our
           Senators
           acted
           ,
           in
           appointing
           this
           day
           of
           solemn
           thanksgiving
           ,
           to
           pour
           forth
           our
           Praises
           to
           him
           ,
           who
           hath
           so
           strangely
           redeemed
           ,
           so
           miraculously
           deliver'd
           us
           
             from
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             enemy
             ?
          
        
         
           A
           Redemption
           ,
           that
           bears
           the
           most
           legible
           Characters
           of
           Divine
           Providence
           !
           That
           God
           should
           send
           us
           over
           a
           Deliverer
           at
           a
           season
           ,
           when
           
             sailing
             was
             dangerous
          
           ;
           at
           a
           time
           ,
           when
           
             the
             Waves
             of
             the
             Sea
             rage
             horribly
             and
             swell
             ,
          
           when
           the
           Winds
           are
           most
           tempestuous
           ,
           that
           most
           of
           our
           
             Nobility
             and
             Gentry
          
           ,
           that
           
             a
             standing-Army
             too
          
           (
           in
           which
           the
           Papists
           seem'd
           to
           repose
           the
           greatest
           Confidence
           ,
           because
           Numbers
           of
           their
           own
           Religion
           were
           mix'd
           with
           it
           ,
           because
           several
           Regiments
           therein
           were
           under
           the
           command
           and
           conduct
           of
           Popish
           Officers
           )
           should
           concurr
           to
           our
           deliverance
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           should
           
             be
             no
             effusion
             of
             Blood
          
           ;
           
           this
           was
           
             Digitus
             Dei
          
           ,
           the
           Finger
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           we
           cannot
           reflect
           upon
           it
           without
           Astonishment
           and
           Admiration
           .
        
         
           A
           sudden
           and
           a
           seasonable
           deliverance
           :
           A
           deliverance
           which
           argues
           the
           vigilant
           Eye
           of
           Providence
           ,
           and
           the
           powerful
           Hand
           of
           God
           ;
           the
           
             deep
             waters
             of
             the
             proud
             had
             gone
             even
             over
             our
             Soul
             ;
             we
             escaped
             even
             as
             a
             Bird
             out
             of
             the
             snare
             of
             the
             Fowler
             ;
             the
             snare
             is
             suddenly
             broken
             and
             we
             are
             delivered
          
           ;
           our
           enemies
           were
           stopp'd
           in
           their
           Career
           their
           undermining
           Projects
           and
           base
           Designs
           were
           prevented
           by
           a
           sudden
           and
           an
           unexpected
           change
           of
           the
           Scene
           ,
           by
           a
           most
           strange
           and
           astonishing
           revolution
           .
        
         
           Thus
           the
           Lord
           on
           a
           sudden
           dash'd
           in
           pieces
           the
           black
           contrivances
           of
           wicked
           Haman
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           procur'd
           a
           Royal
           Decree
           ,
           and
           fixed
           a
           time
           for
           the
           quenching
           of
           his
           thirst
           with
           Torrents
           of
           
             Jewish
             Blood
          
           ;
           thus
           the
           Lord
           discomfited
           the
           
             Egyptian
             Host
          
           ,
           dispirited
           their
           Horses
           ,
           and
           affrighted
           Pharaoh
           with
           Thunder
           and
           Lightning
           ;
           made
           the
           Sea
           to
           swallow
           him
           and
           his
           Army
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           upon
           the
           heel's
           of
           the
           Children
           of
           Israel
           ;
           thus
           when
           Sennacherib
           had
           encamped
           against
           Jerusalem
           with
           a
           formidable
           Army
           ,
           and
           had
           made
           all
           necessary
           preparations
           for
           a
           storm
           ,
           
           the
           Lord
           sent
           
             an
             Angel
             ,
             who
             rais'd
             the
             siege
          
           by
           the
           destruction
           of
           
             one
             hundred
             and
             eighty
             five
             thousand
             ,
          
           2.
           
           Kin.
           19.35
           .
           and
           indeed
           ,
           in
           several
           other
           places
           of
           
             Holy
             Scripture
          
           we
           find
           this
           to
           be
           the
           frequent
           practice
           ,
           the
           usual
           method
           of
           Divine
           Providence
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           God
           can
           blast
           a
           project
           ,
           God
           can
           defeat
           an
           hellish
           Design
           upon
           its
           first
           formation
           ,
           in
           its
           very
           Embryo
           ;
           but
           ,
           to
           
             Illustrate
             his
             Providence
          
           ,
           he
           generally
           suffers
           it
           to
           come
           to
           some
           ripeness
           and
           maturity
           ,
           to
           the
           very
           birth
           ,
           and
           then
           deprives
           
             it
             of
             Strength
             to
             bring
             forth
          
           ;
           permits
           the
           Projecters
           to
           mount
           up
           to
           the
           top
           of
           confidence
           ,
           and
           then
           tumbles
           them
           down
           ;
           stays
           till
           his
           innocent
           People
           are
           placed
           upon
           the
           very
           precipice
           ,
           and
           
             then
             with
             his
             own
             right
             hand
             and
             his
             out-stretched
             Arm
             doth
             he
             catch
             hold
          
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           saves
           them
           from
           the
           design'd
           destruction
           ;
           when
           men
           are
           thus
           snatch'd
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           from
           the
           jaws
           of
           Danger
           ,
           when
           both
           
             Church
             and
             State
          
           is
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           
             pull'd
             out
             of
             the
             fire
          
           ,
           they
           cannot
           but
           see
           that
           the
           Lord
           hath
           done
           it
           ;
           unless
           they
           wilfully
           shut
           their
           Eyes
           against
           the
           light
           ,
           they
           cannot
           
             but
             perceive
             that
             it
             is
             his
             Work
          
           ;
           this
           cannot
           but
           enforce
           them
           to
           magnify
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           praise
           his
           Divine
           Goodness
           .
        
         
         
           And
           such
           a
           sudden
           and
           an
           unexpected
           deliverance
           was
           ours
           ;
           
             the
             Enemy
             cry'd
             ,
             Come
             and
             let
             us
             root
             them
             out
             that
             they
             may
             be
             no
             more
             a
             People
             ,
             and
             that
             their
             name
             may
             be
             no
             more
             in
             remembrance
             ;
             our
             heart
             was
             disquieted
             within
             us
             ,
             and
             the
             fear
             of
             death
             was
             faln
             upon
             us
             ,
             and
             an
             horrible
             dread
             overwhelmed
             us
             .
          
           Why
           ?
           Because
           Treason
           walk'd
           barefac'd
           in
           our
           Streets
           at
           broad
           noon-day
           with
           the
           greatest
           effrontery
           and
           impudence
           ;
           because
           
             unrighteousness
             was
             in
             the
             City
          
           ;
           because
           a
           false
           and
           superstitious
           Religion
           wrestled
           with
           our
           own
           ,
           and
           endeavour'd
           
             to
             lay
             her
             honour
             in
             the
             dust
          
           ;
           nay
           !
           it
           was
           not
           only
           an
           open
           and
           a
           declar'd
           Enemy
           that
           struggled
           with
           her
           ,
           but
           even
           some
           who
           call'd
           themselves
           
             her
             Children
          
           ,
           who
           
             came
             to
             the
             house
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             pretended
             to
             her
             Doctrine
             and
             Worship
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           ,
           
             (
             intolerable
             hypocrisie
             !
          
           )
           endeavour'd
           as
           much
           as
           in
           them
           lay
           ,
           to
           throw
           down
           
             her
             Walls
          
           and
           destroy
           
             her
             Fences
          
           ,
           to
           overthrow
           
             all
             her
             hedges
             ,
             and
             break
             down
             her
             strong
             holds
             ,
          
           to
           take
           away
           such
           necessary
           ,
           such
           good
           and
           wholsome
           Laws
           ,
           as
           were
           her
           greatest
           
             visible
             Security
             and
             Protection
          
           .
        
         
           If
           such
           
             low-priz'd
             Souls
          
           ;
           such
           
             mercenary
             Creatures
          
           ;
           (
           whose
           God
           was
           Mammon
           ,
           who
           studied
           nothing
           but
           their
           own
           advancement
           to
           honour
           ,
           and
           promotion
           to
           profitable
           employments
           ,
           to
           
           build
           their
           nests
           on
           high
           ,
           tho'
           it
           were
           upon
           the
           ruins
           
             of
             their
             Mother
             ,
          
           )
           I
           say
           if
           those
           
             temporizing
             Persons
          
           ,
           had
           once
           broken
           down
           the
           hedge
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           
             her
             Grapes
             then
             would
             soon
             a'
             been
             pluck'd
             off
             ,
          
           the
           
             wild
             Boars
          
           would
           soon
           a'
           rooted
           her
           up
           ;
           the
           
             Romish
             Priests
             ,
             and
             fiery
             Jesuits
             ,
          
           would
           soon
           have
           been
           possess'd
           of
           our
           
             Garden
             of
             Eden
          
           ,
           and
           sow'd
           it
           with
           the
           seeds
           of
           Popery
           and
           Superstition
           .
        
         
           Thus
           when
           our
           Church
           had
           Enemies
           without
           ,
           and
           (
           which
           is
           more
           dangerous
           )
           within
           ,
           when
           no
           
             small
             Tempest
             lay
             upon
             her
             ,
             when
             all
             hopes
             of
             her
             being
             sav'd
             were
             taken
             away
             ,
          
           it
           pleased
           the
           Lord
           to
           visit
           her
           ,
           to
           arise
           
             and
             have
             mercy
             upon
          
           Zion
           ,
           
             to
             redeem
             her
             from
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             Enemy
             ,
          
           to
           still
           the
           proud
           and
           insulting
           Waves
           ,
           to
           
             make
             the
             storm
             to
             cease
             ,
             and
             to
             bring
             her
             to
             the
             haven
             where
             she
             would
             be
             :
             Oh
             that
             we
             may
             therefore
             praise
             the
             Lord
             for
             his
             goodness
             !
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Hath
           his
           Providence
           watch'd
           over
           us
           with
           a
           careful
           Eye
           ?
           Hath
           he
           in
           the
           time
           of
           trouble
           and
           imminent
           danger
           rais'd
           us
           up
           
             a
             Prince
          
           ;
           a
           Prince
           of
           the
           greatest
           Courage
           and
           Conduct
           ,
           the
           Terror
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Envy
           of
           France
           and
           Rome
           ,
           a
           Prince
           equal
           to
           His
           Ancestors
           in
           all
           Noble
           and
           Vertuous
           Qualities
           ,
           enrich'd
           
           with
           Wisdom
           and
           the
           greatest
           Integrity
           ;
           a
           Prince
           of
           a
           Martial
           and
           Noble
           Temper
           ,
           who
           will
           
             really
             venture
             his
             Life
             in
             Defence
             of
             this
             Nation
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             preserving
             of
             it
             in
             all
             its
             just
             Rights
             and
             Liberties
          
           ;
           a
           Prince
           who
           will
           be
           a
           Courageous
           
             Defender
             of
             our
             Faith
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           our
           Laws
           ;
           who
           is
           resolv'd
           to
           encourage
           and
           protect
           us
           and
           our
           excellent
           Religion
           ?
        
         
           But
           here
           ,
           Behold
           a
           Miracle
           indeed
           !
           Stand
           and
           admire
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           ;
           God
           hath
           not
           only
           Blessed
           us
           with
           a
           Prince
           who
           will
           be
           a
           
             Nursing
             Father
          
           ,
           but
           also
           with
           a
           Princess
           who
           will
           be
           a
           
             Nursing
             Mother
          
           of
           our
           Church
           ;
           our
           Church
           was
           never
           more
           Blessed
           before
           ;
           a
           Princess
           of
           our
           own
           Nation
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Religion
           ;
           a
           Princess
           of
           exemplary
           Piety
           ,
           and
           unparallell'd
           Goodness
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           hath
           the
           Lord
           given
           us
           such
           Blessings
           ?
           What
           then
           shall
           we
           render
           unto
           him
           for
           all
           
             his
             Benefits
          
           ?
           What
           return
           shall
           we
           make
           for
           this
           his
           transcendant
           Love
           ,
           and
           admirable
           kindness
           ?
        
         
           Nothing
           but
           
             thanks
             for
             his
             unspeakable
             Gifts
          
           ,
           nothing
           but
           an
           heart
           possessed
           with
           a
           grateful
           Sense
           and
           Affection
           ,
           nothing
           but
           the
           Sacrifice
           of
           
             Praise
             and
             Thanksgiving
             :
             O
             then
             sing
             unto
             God
             ,
             and
             sing
             
             praises
             unto
             his
             name
             ;
             praise
             him
             in
             his
             name
             ;
             yea
             and
             rejoice
             before
             him
             .
          
        
         
           But
           this
           is
           not
           all
           :
        
         
           We
           must
           praise
           the
           Lord
           our
           God
           ,
           not
           only
           with
           our
           Lips
           ,
           but
           in
           our
           Lives
           ;
           We
           must
           not
           express
           our
           Joy
           for
           our
           stupendious
           deliverance
           ,
           by
           
             Rioting
             and
             Drunkenness
          
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           extravagancies
           ,
           but
           by
           walking
           in
           all
           Holiness
           and
           Purity
           of
           Conversation
           ;
           let
           me
           beg
           of
           you
           ,
           always
           to
           remember
           the
           Holy
           Apostle
           St.
           
           Paul's
           humble
           and
           passionate
           request
           ,
           which
           is
           
             the
             fi●st
             sentence
             in
             the
             Form
             of
             Prayer
             for
             the
             day
             ,
             and
             the
             first
             verse
             in
             the
             second
             Lesson
             :
             I
             beseech
             you
             Brethren
             ,
             by
             the
             mercies
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             ye
             present
             your
             bodies
             a
             living
             Sacrifice
             ,
             holy
             ,
             acceptable
             unto
             God
             ,
             which
             is
             your
             reasonable
             Service
             .
          
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           only
           way
           to
           endear
           us
           to
           the
           God
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           to
           entitle
           us
           to
           his
           Almighty
           Favour
           and
           kind
           Protection
           .
        
         
           We
           seem
           indeed
           to
           be
           the
           
             peculiar
             care
             of
             Heaven
          
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           only
           
             Blessed
             Children
             of
             the
             Lord
          
           ;
           yet
           if
           we
           live
           not
           as
           becometh
           a
           reformed
           and
           a
           
             redeemed
             People
          
           ,
           if
           we
           live
           not
           as
           highly
           sensible
           of
           God's
           
             reiterated
             mercies
          
           ,
           (
           which
           sense
           we
           must
           demonstrate
           by
           a
           life
           conformable
           to
           his
           
           Divine
           Laws
           )
           then
           ,
           though
           our
           Sky
           at
           the
           present
           is
           beautified
           with
           an
           
             Evening
             Redness
          
           ,
           which
           speaks
           the
           Clouds
           thin
           ,
           and
           the
           Air
           pure
           ;
           tho'
           our
           Firmament
           now
           looks
           bright
           and
           serene
           ;
           yet
           God
           ,
           if
           provok'd
           by
           our
           ingratitude
           and
           impiety
           ,
           can
           ,
           in
           the
           twinkling
           of
           an
           Eye
           ,
           change
           it
           from
           
             an
             Evening
             to
             a
             Morning
             Redness
          
           ;
           can
           in
           a
           moment
           make
           the
           Firmament
           lowring
           ,
           by
           condensing
           the
           Clouds
           ,
           and
           veiling
           the
           Sky
           with
           darkness
           ;
           will
           certainly
           bring
           us
           into
           worse
           circumstances
           than
           before
           ,
           and
           pour
           upon
           us
           fiercer
           instances
           of
           his
           anger
           and
           heavy
           displeasure
           .
        
         
           But
           Lastly
           :
        
         
           One
           word
           of
           Exhortation
           ,
           and
           I
           a'
           done
           .
        
         
           As
           we
           are
           obliged
           to
           render
           unto
           God
           Almighty
           our
           most
           Solemn
           Thanks
           for
           the
           comprehensive
           Mercy
           we
           this
           Day
           Celebrate
           ,
           in
           the
           deliverance
           of
           this
           Nation
           from
           Popery
           and
           
             Arbitrary
             Power
          
           ;
           so
           let
           the
           serious
           consideration
           thereof
           oblige
           us
           to
           hold
           the
           Faith
           in
           
             Unity
             of
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             bond
             of
             Peace
          
           ;
           to
           be
           
             like
             minded
             ,
             to
             have
             the
             same
             love
             ,
             to
             have
             no
             divisions
             amongst
             us
             ,
             to
             be
             perfectly
             joined
             together
             ,
             in
             the
             same
             mind
             and
             in
             the
             same
             judgment
             ,
             to
             live
             together
             in
             Brotherly
             love
             and
             Christian
             charity
             .
             Charity
             !
          
           the
           Essential
           mark
           of
           a
           true
           Church
           ;
           Charity
           !
           which
           
           out-shines
           all
           other
           Christian
           Vertues
           ,
           and
           
             Theological
             Graces
          
           ;
           it
           is
           the
           Characteristick
           of
           our
           Holy
           and
           Incomparable
           Religion
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           Grace
           so
           singularly
           eminent
           and
           ornamental
           ,
           so
           necessary
           a
           Vertue
           ,
           that
           without
           it
           all
           our
           doings
           are
           nothing
           worth
           ,
           without
           it
           whosoever
           
             liveth
             is
             counted
             dead
             before
             God
          
           ;
           without
           it
           no
           Beatifick
           Vision
           ,
           no
           Joys
           of
           Immortality
           :
           Charity
           is
           represented
           by
           St.
           Paul
           as
           a
           Vertue
           of
           the
           greatest
           Beauty
           and
           Comeliness
           ,
           he
           hath
           engraven
           upon
           it
           the
           most
           illustrious
           Character
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           read
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           13.
           where
           we
           find
           that
           it
           is
           a
           permanent
           and
           durable
           Vertue
           ;
           all
           other
           Gifts
           and
           Graces
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           only
           display
           their
           Glory
           in
           this
           sublunary
           World
           ,
           but
           
             this
             Grace
             ,
             this
             Vertue
             ,
             Charity
             ,
          
           shall
           retain
           it's
           native
           splendor
           and
           dazling
           brightness
           ,
           will
           be
           useful
           and
           necessary
           to
           us
           after
           our
           translation
           from
           hence
           to
           the
           Mansions
           of
           Eternity
           ;
           and
           therefore
           the
           
             Holy
             Apostle
          
           gives
           it
           the
           Honor
           of
           Precedency
           ,
           the
           highest
           Encomium
           ,
           ver
           .
           13.
           
           
             And
             now
             abideth
             Faith
             ,
             Hope
             ,
             Charity
             ,
             these
             three
             ;
             but
             the
             greatest
             of
             these
             is
             Charity
             .
          
        
         
           We
           
             have
             considerable
             Enemies
          
           both
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           ,
           who
           ,
           as
           they
           envy
           ,
           so
           no
           Question
           will
           set
           all
           Engines
           at
           work
           ,
           will
           strenuously
           
           endeavour
           to
           disturb
           our
           Repose
           ,
           and
           ruffle
           our
           Happiness
           and
           Tranquillity
           .
           Now
           ,
           nothing
           can
           be
           more
           pleasing
           or
           grateful
           to
           them
           ,
           nothing
           can
           give
           them
           a
           better
           Prospect
           of
           Success
           than
           Difference
           and
           Discord
           amongst
           our selves
           ;
           for
           where
           such
           things
           are
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           
             but
             Confusion
             and
             every
             evil
             Work
             ,
          
           nothing
           but
           Misery
           and
           Distraction
           :
           Emnity
           and
           Strife
           is
           the
           Rock
           they
           have
           all
           along
           endeavour'd
           to
           run
           us
           upon
           ;
           and
           indeed
           ,
           nothing
           can
           more
           effectually
           split
           our
           Religion
           and
           Government
           :
           
             A
             Nation
             divided
          
           ,
           a
           Kingdom
           without
           Peace
           and
           Unity
           in
           it self
           ,
           cannot
           stand
           ;
           This
           is
           the
           Voice
           of
           
             Truth
             it self
             ,
             If
             a
             Kingdom
             be
             divided
             against
             it self
             ,
             that
             Kingdom
             cannot
             stand
             ,
          
           Mark
           3.24
           .
           It
           is
           not
           for
           nothing
           too
           ,
           that
           the
           Royal
           Psalmist
           cries
           out
           ,
           
             Behold
             ,
             how
             good
             and
             joyful
             a
             thing
             it
             is
             for
             Brethren
             to
             dwell
             together
             in
             Unity
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Papists
           are
           very
           sensible
           that
           nothing
           consolidates
           or
           fortifies
           a
           Nation
           more
           than
           Unity
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           hath
           been
           their
           constant
           Practice
           to
           foment
           Divisions
           ,
           to
           enkindle
           Jealousies
           ,
           to
           set
           us
           at
           Variance
           one
           with
           another
           :
           But
           remember
           ,
           Sirs
           ,
           we
           are
           Brethren
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           
             not
             ignorant
             of
             their
             Devices
          
           ,
           so
           let
           us
           strive
           to
           live
           together
           in
           mutual
           Love
           and
           Charity
           :
           For
           if
           we
           keep
           Innocency
           ,
           and
           preserve
           Unity
           ,
           we
           shall
           not
           only
           disappoint
           our
           Enemies
           Expectation
           ,
           and
           become
           invincible
           ,
           but
           we
           shall
           also
           oblige
           Heaven
           to
           be
           our
           Succour
           and
           Defence
           ;
           GOD
           will
           then
           continue
           His
           Mercy
           and
           Favour
           towards
           us
           ,
           the
           Lord
           of
           Hosts
           will
           secure
           and
           protect
           us
           ,
           will
           alwaies
           
             deliver
             us
             from
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             enemy
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           to
           God
           the
           Father
           ,
           to
           God
           the
           Son
           ,
           and
           to
           God
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           be
           ascrib'd
           ,
           as
           is
           most
           due
           ,
           blessing
           and
           glory
           and
           wisdom
           ,
           with
           thanksgiving
           ,
           both
           now
           and
           for
           evermore
           :
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           Books
           Written
           by
           the
           same
           Author
           .
        
         
           DOctor
           
           Scott's
           Christian
           Life
           ,
           Part
           I.
           from
           its
           beginning
           to
           its
           consummation
           in
           Glory
           .
           Together
           with
           the
           several
           means
           and
           instruments
           of
           Christianity
           conducing
           thereunto
           ;
           with
           directions
           for
           Private
           Devotions
           ,
           and
           Forms
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           fitted
           to
           the
           several
           states
           of
           Christians
           .
           The
           Fourth
           Edition
           .
        
         
           —
           's
           Christian
           Life
           ,
           Part
           II.
           Wherein
           the
           Fundamental
           Principles
           of
           Christian
           Duty
           are
           Assigned
           ,
           Explained
           and
           proved
           ,
           
             Vol.
             I.
          
           The
           Second
           Edition
           .
        
         
           —
           's
           Christian
           Life
           ,
           Part
           II.
           Wherein
           that
           Fundamental
           Principle
           of
           Christian
           Duty
           ,
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           our
           Saviour's
           Mediation
           is
           explained
           and
           proved
           ,
           
             Vol.
             II.
          
           The
           Second
           Edition
           .
        
         
           —
           's
           Sermon
           before
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           ,
           Decem.
           16.
           1683.
           on
           Prov.
           xxiv
           .
           21.
           
        
         
           —
           's
           Sermon
           before
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           ,
           July
           26.
           1685.
           on
           2
           Sam.
           xviii
           .
           28.
           
        
         
           —
           's
           Sermon
           at
           the
           Chelmsford
           Assizes
           ,
           Aug.
           31.
           1685.
           on
           Rom.
           xiii
           .
           1.
           
        
         
           —
           's
           Sermon
           before
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           ,
           Sept.
           2.
           1686.
           on
           John
           v.
           14.
           
        
         
           —
           's
           Sermon
           at
           Sir
           John
           Buckworth's
           Funeral
           ,
           Dec.
           29.
           1687.
           on
           Eccles
           .
           xi
           .
           8.