A sermon preached at White-Hall before the King and Queen on the 29th of April, 1691, being the fast-day by the Right Reverend Father in God, Gilbert Lord Bishop of Sarum.
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             A sermon preached at White-Hall before the King and Queen on the 29th of April, 1691, being the fast-day by the Right Reverend Father in God, Gilbert Lord Bishop of Sarum.
             Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.
          
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           PUBLISHED
           ,
           By
           Their
           Majesties
           Special
           Command
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           at
           
             WHITE-HALL
             ,
          
           Before
           the
           KING
           and
           QUEEN
           ,
           On
           the
           29
           
             th
          
           of
           
             April
             ,
          
           1691.
           
           BEING
           THE
           FAST-DAY
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           ,
           
             GILBERT
             ,
          
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           
             SARVM
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             :
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Ric.
             Chiswell
             ,
          
           at
           the
           
             Rose
          
           and
           
             Crown
          
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           .
           MDCXCI
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Bishop
           of
           
           SARVM's
           FAST-SERMON
           BEFORE
           THE
           KING
           and
           QUEEN
           .
           
             APRIL
          
           29.
           1691.
           
        
         
         
         
         
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             PSAL.
             xii
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             Help
             ,
             Lord
             ,
             for
             the
             godly
             man
             ceaseth
             ;
             the
             faithful
             fail
             from
             among
             the
             children
             of
             men
             .
          
        
         
           THE
           unlooked-for
           Turns
           of
           
           David's
           Life
           afford
           us
           one
           of
           the
           most
           diversified
           and
           noblest
           Scenes
           of
           History
           ;
           From
           the
           lowest
           condition
           of
           following
           
             the
             Ewes
             great
             with
             young
             ,
          
           which
           yet
           was
           the
           most
           Innocent
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           perhaps
           the
           Happiest
           part
           of
           his
           life
           ;
           he
           was
           advanced
           to
           be
           the
           Glorious
           Champion
           and
           Deliverer
           of
           his
           Countrey
           ;
           he
           was
           raised
           to
           be
           the
           People's
           Favourite
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           King's
           Son-in-law
           :
           He
           had
           a
           secret
           Intail
           of
           the
           Crown
           setled
           on
           him
           by
           a
           Divine
           Appointment
           ;
           and
           saw
           the
           Affections
           of
           his
           Countrey
           concurring
           with
           the
           Prophet's
           Designation
           :
           He
           was
           by
           their
           indiscreet
           Applauses
           ,
           set
           so
           far
           above
           
             Saul
             ,
          
           as
           to
           give
           him
           just
           cause
           of
           Jealousie
           ;
           and
           he
           found
           ,
           that
           Blessing
           and
           Success
           followed
           him
           in
           every
           thing
           that
           he
           went
           about
           .
           But
           a
           Reverse
           of
           Fortune
           quickly
           overtook
           him
           ;
           he
           was
           pursued
           by
           a
           violent
           and
           a
           jealous
           Tyrant
           ;
           forsaken
           by
           his
           Friends
           and
           
           informed
           against
           by
           Flatterers
           ;
           and
           at
           last
           forced
           to
           secure
           himself
           ,
           by
           entertaining
           about
           him
           such
           a
           company
           as
           ran
           to
           him
           for
           Shelter
           and
           Protection
           ;
           who
           when
           they
           found
           themselves
           in
           grea●
           distress
           ,
           were
           sometimes
           talking
           of
           Stoning
           him
           ▪
           Only
           the
           Great
           and
           Generous
           
             Ionathan
             ,
          
           who
           of
           all
           others
           was
           the
           most
           concerned
           to
           have
           destroyed
           him
           ,
           gave
           upon
           this
           occasion
           ,
           the
           perfectest
           Pattern
           of
           Heroick
           Friendship
           ,
           and
           was
           ready
           even
           to
           sacrifice
           himself
           for
           him
           ,
           whose
           Fortunes
           and
           Family
           could
           not
           rise
           ,
           but
           upon
           the
           ruins
           of
           his
           own
           .
           In
           this
           cloudy
           Revolution
           of
           
           David's
           Affairs
           ,
           it
           is
           probable
           that
           this
           Psalm
           was
           Penned
           ,
           when
           all
           the
           Prospect
           that
           he
           once
           had
           ,
           seemed
           to
           fail
           ;
           which
           obliged
           him
           to
           flye
           to
           the
           
             Divine
             Help
             ,
          
           since
           he
           found
           neither
           Piety
           nor
           Truth
           left
           among
           men
           ,
           to
           which
           he
           could
           trust
           .
           It
           was
           no
           faintness
           of
           heart
           ,
           nor
           want
           of
           Courage
           ,
           that
           brought
           him
           under
           this
           dejection
           of
           Mind
           :
           His
           heart
           was
           as
           the
           heart
           of
           a
           Lion
           ;
           yet
           he
           could
           expect
           little
           from
           a
           Body
           of
           men
           ,
           that
           had
           neither
           Religion
           nor
           Virtue
           among
           them
           :
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           they
           flattered
           him
           ,
           and
           boasted
           perhaps
           both
           of
           their
           Zeal
           and
           Valour
           ;
           
             They
             spake
             vanity
             wit●
             flattering
             lips
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             double
             heart
             did
             they
             speak
             prou●
             things
             ;
          
           boasting
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           their
           mighty
           Performances
           and
           their
           great
           Services
           .
           Whatsoever
           they
           might
           do
           with
           their
           hands
           ,
           they
           were
           sure
           ,
           that
           
             with
             thei●
             
             tongues
             they
             would
             prevail
             :
          
           They
           were
           also
           liberal
           in
           their
           discourses
           ,
           they
           thought
           their
           
             lips
             were
             their
             own
             ,
          
           and
           they
           said
           ,
           
             Who
             is
             lord
             over
             us
             ?
          
           For
           tho
           their
           persons
           might
           be
           under
           his
           Authority
           ,
           they
           resolved
           their
           Tongues
           should
           be
           under
           no
           restraint
           :
           His
           Enemies
           were
           insolent
           and
           fierce
           ,
           oppressing
           the
           poor
           and
           needy
           ,
           adding
           the
           haughtiness
           of
           Scorn
           ,
           to
           the
           cruelty
           of
           Malice
           :
           But
           the
           poor
           ,
           while
           thus
           oppressed
           ,
           sighed
           and
           cried
           to
           God
           ,
           who
           as
           
             David
          
           believed
           ,
           would
           at
           last
           
             arise
             ,
             and
             set
             them
             at
             safety
             from
             〈◊〉
             that
             puffed
             at
             them
             ;
          
           and
           in
           conclusion
           ,
           he
           was
           neither
           terrified
           with
           the
           strength
           of
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           nor
           with
           the
           weakness
           of
           his
           own
           Party
           ;
           he
           trusted
           to
           the
           Promises
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           he
           knew
           had
           not
           that
           allay
           of
           dross
           ,
           that
           was
           in
           the
           words
           of
           men
           ;
           they
           were
           
             pure
             words
             ,
          
           free
           from
           all
           mixture
           ,
           exactly
           true
           ;
           ●●ke
           Silver
           after
           it
           has
           passed
           through
           the
           severest
           refinings
           ;
           and
           therefore
           since
           God
           had
           promised
           to
           ●aise
           him
           up
           to
           reign
           over
           his
           People
           ,
           he
           was
           confident
           this
           would
           be
           performed
           ;
           and
           sure
           the
           Promise
           was
           made
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           Posterity
           ;
           he
           was
           persuaded
           he
           should
           not
           only
           be
           
             preserved
             from
             that
             generation
             of
             his
             enemies
             ,
          
           but
           that
           his
           Posterity
           should
           be
           
             preserved
             for
             ever
             .
          
           This
           he
           concludes
           with
           a
           dark
           Phrase
           ,
           
             The
             wicked
             walk
             on
             every
             side
             ,
             when
             the
             vilest
             men
             reexalted
             ;
          
           which
           is
           capable
           of
           this
           sense
           ,
           That
           when
           
             David
          
           and
           his
           Followers
           ,
           who
           were
           then
           under
           much
           
           scorn
           ,
           should
           be
           exalted
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Promi●
           that
           God
           had
           made
           ,
           this
           should
           so
           confound
           t●●
           wicked
           ,
           that
           had
           both
           despis'd
           them
           and
           their
           hope
           that
           they
           should
           be
           struck
           with
           admiration
           and
           gi●diness
           upon
           it
           ,
           like
           men
           that
           are
           staring
           at
           a
           strang●
           sight
           ,
           and
           going
           round
           it
           ,
           to
           view
           it
           on
           all
           sides
           .
        
         
           I
           now
           come
           to
           consider
           more
           closely
           my
           Tex●
           which
           is
           a
           Prayer
           of
           
           David's
           to
           God
           for
           
             Help
             ,
          
           on
           th●
           ground
           ,
           That
           there
           was
           little
           or
           no
           Religion
           or
           ●●●nesty
           left
           among
           men
           ;
           and
           that
           therefore
           he
           had
           n●
           reason
           to
           trust
           to
           them
           ,
           or
           to
           expect
           a
           Blessing
           〈◊〉
           such
           Instruments
           ;
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           he
           had
           all
           reaso●
           to
           expect
           heavy
           Judgments
           from
           God
           upon
           them
           and
           therefore
           he
           prayed
           to
           him
           for
           help
           .
           In
           speaking
           to
           this
           ,
           I
           shall
           consider
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           What
           is
           the
           Importance
           of
           the
           two
           characters
           here
           given
           ,
           
             Godly
          
           and
           
             Faithful
             men
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Reasons
           that
           he
           might
           then
           have
           ,
           an●
           that
           we
           now
           have
           ,
           to
           lament
           ,
           That
           there
           are
           men
           of
           that
           Character
           to
           be
           found
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           sad
           Consequences
           that
           are
           justly
           to
           be
           apprehended
           to
           a
           Nation
           or
           Interest
           ,
           that
           is
           under
           suc●
           a
           destitution
           of
           Religious
           and
           Honest
           Men.
           
        
         
           And
           4
           
             thly
             ,
          
           The
           only
           Remedy
           to
           all
           this
           ,
           which
           is
           an
           earnest
           Prayer
           to
           God
           for
           
             Help
             .
          
        
         
         
           Follow
           me
           in
           these
           things
           ,
           with
           that
           closeness
           of
           Thought
           ,
           and
           that
           fixt
           seriousness
           of
           Mind
           ,
           which
           the
           Importance
           of
           the
           Matter
           ,
           and
           the
           Solemnities
           of
           the
           Day
           do
           require
           .
        
         
           To
           return
           to
           the
           two
           Characters
           of
           Men
           in
           my
           Text.
           The
           word
           rendred
           
             Godly
             ,
          
           in
           its
           strict
           signification
           imports
           a
           benign
           ,
           gentle
           ,
           and
           good-natured
           man
           ;
           but
           this
           has
           such
           a
           relation
           to
           Religion
           ,
           and
           is
           such
           a
           disposition
           to
           it
           ,
           that
           among
           the
           
             Iews
          
           this
           word
           was
           in
           common
           use
           extended
           to
           a
           man
           that
           was
           exact
           to
           all
           the
           duties
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           strict
           in
           the
           performance
           of
           them
           .
           A
           
             Godly
             man
          
           is
           not
           one
           that
           places
           his
           Religion
           in
           many
           assumed
           practices
           ,
           that
           look
           solemn
           perhaps
           ,
           but
           in
           their
           own
           nature
           do
           not
           tend
           to
           make
           him
           better
           ;
           that
           are
           matters
           of
           mere
           Shew
           and
           Pomp
           ,
           which
           do
           begin
           with
           Superstition
           ,
           that
           is
           an
           over-doing
           and
           over-valuing
           indifferent
           things
           ,
           and
           end
           in
           Hypocrisie
           ,
           Faction
           ,
           and
           ill-nature
           .
           A
           
             Godly
             man
          
           is
           not
           he
           that
           understands
           his
           Religion
           well
           ,
           that
           can
           write
           ,
           speak
           ,
           and
           argue
           closely
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           can
           make
           both
           himself
           and
           others
           very
           angry
           about
           it
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           true
           name
           for
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           that
           which
           the
           world
           calls
           
             Zeal
             .
          
           In
           a
           word
           ;
           A
           
             Godly
             man
          
           is
           not
           he
           that
           is
           very
           regular
           in
           all
           outward
           Rules
           ,
           and
           matters
           of
           Form
           ,
           and
           that
           places
           his
           Religion
           in
           the
           exact
           performance
           of
           such
           a
           circle
           of
           things
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           external
           
           acts
           of
           Religious
           Worship
           ,
           and
           in
           which
           a
           man
           may
           go
           the
           round
           very
           punctnally
           ,
           through
           a
           course
           of
           many
           years
           ,
           and
           yet
           never
           deserve
           the
           Character
           of
           a
           
             Godly
             man.
          
           He
           that
           is
           truly
           the
           
             Godly
             man
             ,
          
           is
           he
           that
           has
           an
           inward
           sense
           of
           a
           Supreme
           Power
           that
           is
           over
           him
           ,
           that
           made
           and
           governs
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           all
           things
           in
           it
           ;
           that
           is
           infinitely
           wise
           and
           good
           ,
           and
           perfectly
           pure
           and
           holy
           ;
           that
           sees
           all
           things
           ,
           and
           that
           will
           judg
           all
           men
           for
           every
           thing
           they
           do
           ,
           at
           a
           great
           Tribunal
           ,
           where
           there
           shall
           be
           no
           respect
           of
           persons
           ;
           where
           all
           men
           ,
           even
           the
           greatest
           ,
           shall
           be
           set
           on
           the
           level
           with
           the
           meanest
           ;
           and
           where
           every
           one
           shall
           give
           an
           account
           of
           himself
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           shall
           receive
           according
           to
           what
           he
           hath
           done
           in
           this
           life
           .
           A
           
             Godly
             man
          
           is
           he
           on
           whose
           mind
           the
           sense
           of
           these
           things
           has
           so
           deeply
           seized
           ,
           that
           he
           studies
           ,
           above
           all
           things
           ,
           to
           resemble
           that
           Being
           as
           much
           as
           he
           can
           ,
           and
           to
           raise
           his
           nature
           to
           be
           as
           perfect
           ,
           as
           wise
           ,
           and
           as
           good
           ,
           as
           he
           can
           make
           it
           ;
           he
           endeavours
           to
           govern
           all
           his
           Actions
           in
           a
           conformity
           to
           the
           Will
           and
           Laws
           of
           God
           ;
           he
           rejoices
           when
           he
           does
           those
           things
           that
           he
           knows
           are
           well
           pleasing
           to
           him
           ;
           and
           is
           much
           troubled
           ,
           when
           the
           frailties
           of
           his
           Nature
           ,
           and
           the
           force
           of
           Temptations
           ,
           carry
           him
           to
           any
           thing
           that
           offends
           God.
           A
           
             Godly
             man
          
           is
           he
           that
           does
           so
           firmly
           believe
           ,
           that
           God
           by
           his
           Providence
           warches
           over
           all
           things
           ,
           that
           
           he
           does
           in
           all
           his
           ways
           resign
           himself
           up
           to
           his
           Will
           ,
           and
           submits
           to
           every
           thing
           that
           comes
           to
           him
           from
           that
           hand
           :
           And
           in
           sum
           ;
           A
           
             Godly
             man
          
           is
           he
           that
           does
           always
           acknowledg
           God
           ;
           that
           rays
           to
           him
           for
           every
           good
           thing
           that
           he
           desires
           ,
           and
           chiefly
           for
           the
           Inward
           Assistances
           of
           his
           Grace
           ,
           to
           reform
           and
           purifie
           his
           Nature
           ,
           and
           that
           blesses
           God
           for
           every
           good
           thing
           that
           he
           receives
           :
           When
           this
           
             Godly
             man
          
           prays
           to
           God
           either
           in
           private
           or
           publick
           ,
           he
           does
           it
           with
           so
           serious
           a
           temper
           of
           Mind
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           bent
           of
           thoughts
           ,
           that
           he
           plainly
           perceives
           in
           himself
           ,
           that
           what
           he
           does
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           effect
           of
           habit
           or
           custom
           ,
           but
           rises
           out
           of
           an
           apprehension
           of
           his
           own
           necessities
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Fulness
           and
           Goodness
           of
           God
           :
           This
           is
           the
           Character
           of
           him
           that
           is
           truly
           
             Godly
             ;
          
           who
           considers
           not
           Religion
           as
           an
           Engine
           to
           impose
           fears
           or
           hopes
           on
           the
           weaker
           part
           of
           mankind
           ,
           as
           the
           most
           effectual
           way
           of
           governing
           them
           ;
           nor
           does
           amuse
           himself
           with
           Speculations
           or
           Disputes
           about
           it
           ,
           as
           a
           notional
           and
           dry
           matter
           ;
           that
           does
           not
           consider
           it
           as
           the
           Cement
           of
           Parties
           ,
           to
           form
           and
           advance
           low
           or
           base
           Interest
           ,
           but
           considers
           it
           as
           a
           design
           to
           form
           in
           a
           man
           new
           Principles
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           a
           new
           Nature
           may
           grow
           ;
           but
           such
           a
           nature
           as
           will
           make
           him
           the
           best
           ,
           the
           amiablest
           ,
           the
           usefullest
           ,
           and
           the
           perfectest
           creature
           that
           he
           can
           possibly
           be
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           and
           that
           puts
           him
           
           in
           a
           certain
           way
           to
           be
           vastly
           more
           pure
           and
           perfect
           in
           another
           state
           .
           This
           man
           directs
           all
           his
           Studies
           and
           Practices
           in
           Religion
           ,
           to
           the
           advancing
           of
           these
           Principles
           within
           himself
           ;
           and
           he
           gives
           the
           world
           so
           lovely
           a
           view
           of
           his
           Religion
           ,
           by
           what
           they
           see
           in
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           does
           thereby
           promote
           it
           more
           effectually
           ,
           than
           all
           the
           most
           Learned
           Disputers
           ,
           or
           most
           Eloquent
           Persuaders
           can
           possibly
           do
           .
           And
           to
           advance
           this
           Character
           to
           the
           next
           Branch
           of
           it
           ,
           A
           
             Godly
             man
          
           is
           certainly
           a
           
             Faithful
             man
             ;
          
           for
           he
           that
           has
           a
           true
           sense
           of
           Religion
           in
           him
           ,
           knows
           that
           
             God
             is
             true
             ,
          
           and
           that
           in
           him
           there
           is
           no
           Lye
           nor
           Deceit
           ;
           
             that
             he
             abhors
             the
             deceitful
             man
             ,
             and
             will
             destroy
             him
             that
             speaks
             lies
             .
          
           His
           Religion
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           true
           and
           unsophisticated
           ,
           works
           him
           up
           to
           such
           a
           purity
           of
           Mind
           ,
           
           that
           he
           always
           speaks
           
             the
             Truth
             as
             it
             is
             in
             his
             heart
             .
          
           
           His
           belief
           of
           the
           Eye
           of
           God
           that
           sees
           through
           him
           ,
           
           to
           which
           all
           things
           
             are
             naked
             and
             opened
             ,
          
           and
           that
           
             will
             bring
             every
             secret
             thing
          
           to
           Judgment
           ,
           obliges
           him
           to
           a
           severity
           in
           the
           matters
           of
           Truth
           ,
           that
           will
           shut
           out
           not
           only
           plain
           downright
           Lying
           and
           Falshood
           ,
           but
           that
           will
           raise
           him
           above
           all
           little
           and
           disingenuous
           arts
           and
           practices
           ,
           to
           such
           a
           pitch
           of
           Candor
           and
           Sincerity
           ,
           that
           every
           man
           who
           has
           any
           concerns
           with
           him
           ,
           will
           soon
           see
           what
           he
           is
           to
           trust
           to
           ,
           or
           to
           depend
           on
           .
           A
           
             Faithful
             man
          
           is
           he
           that
           hates
           both
           Lies
           and
           Liars
           ,
           and
           scorns
           those
           
           base
           and
           unworthy
           methods
           of
           Slander
           and
           Calumny
           ;
           he
           deceives
           no
           man
           ;
           he
           may
           and
           often
           ought
           to
           use
           decent
           and
           prudent
           Reserves
           ;
           but
           in
           what
           he
           says
           and
           professes
           ,
           he
           is
           exact
           often
           to
           keep
           within
           the
           Truth
           ,
           but
           never
           to
           go
           beyond
           it
           :
           He
           is
           true
           in
           his
           Actions
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           in
           his
           words
           ;
           He
           is
           just
           in
           all
           the
           Commerce
           of
           Life
           ,
           upright
           in
           all
           Dealings
           ,
           punctual
           in
           performing
           Agreements
           and
           Promises
           ,
           but
           slow
           in
           making
           many
           ,
           because
           in
           these
           he
           may
           often
           forget
           ;
           but
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           cannot
           know
           that
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           will
           be
           apt
           to
           impute
           that
           failure
           rather
           to
           a
           want
           of
           Sincerity
           ,
           than
           of
           Memory
           ;
           for
           when
           any
           thing
           is
           liable
           to
           two
           sorts
           of
           Judgments
           ,
           the
           one
           mild
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           severe
           ;
           the
           ill
           natured
           and
           false
           part
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           which
           is
           always
           by
           much
           the
           greatest
           ,
           will
           ever
           pass
           the
           worst
           Construction
           that
           can
           be
           made
           .
           A
           man
           that
           has
           either
           the
           sense
           of
           truth
           in
           himself
           ,
           or
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           absolute
           necessity
           of
           it
           to
           all
           Human
           Societies
           ,
           for
           maintaining
           the
           Commerce
           and
           Confidence
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           will
           upon
           other
           Principles
           besides
           those
           that
           arise
           out
           of
           Religion
           ,
           soon
           see
           the
           beauty
           of
           Truth
           ,
           and
           find
           the
           Indispensible
           Obligations
           that
           lie
           on
           him
           to
           love
           ,
           and
           to
           practise
           it
           :
           yet
           all
           these
           are
           but
           seeble
           Ties
           ,
           in
           comparison
           with
           those
           that
           arise
           out
           of
           true
           Religion
           ,
           which
           has
           a
           deeper
           and
           more
           certain
           operation
           for
           the
           
           belief
           of
           the
           Allseeing
           Eye
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Judgments
           to
           come
           ;
           are
           Restraints
           of
           another
           nature
           ,
           than
           all
           those
           which
           arise
           out
           of
           other
           Considerations
           ;
           a
           Man
           
             may
          
           be
           true
           and
           faithful
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           tho
           he
           has
           not
           much
           Religion
           ;
           but
           he
           
             must
          
           be
           true
           and
           faithful
           if
           he
           has
           it
           :
           Besides
           that
           ,
           a
           Religious
           Man
           will
           be
           always
           true
           and
           faithful
           ;
           whereas
           he
           that
           is
           not
           so
           ,
           will
           be
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           true
           in
           the
           ordinary
           and
           more
           obvious
           parts
           of
           his
           Life
           ;
           but
           when
           he
           thinks
           Art
           and
           Management
           a
           little
           necessary
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           can
           avoid
           a
           discovery
           ,
           he
           will
           dispense
           with
           all
           Obligations
           ,
           and
           allow
           himself
           great
           Liberties
           .
           Here
           we
           have
           in
           two
           words
           the
           Character
           of
           such
           Men
           in
           whom
           Princes
           might
           well
           trust
           ,
           and
           from
           whom
           they
           might
           expect
           a
           good
           Account
           of
           all
           their
           Affairs
           .
           A
           truly
           Godly
           ,
           and
           a
           sincerely
           honest
           Man
           ,
           is
           the
           Support
           of
           a
           Throne
           ,
           and
           the
           Security
           of
           a
           State
           ;
           and
           as
           there
           is
           a
           secret
           Blessing
           about
           him
           watching
           over
           him
           ,
           directing
           and
           prospering
           him
           in
           all
           his
           ways
           ;
           so
           there
           are
           Charms
           in
           him
           which
           attract
           the
           esteem
           and
           love
           of
           all
           that
           know
           him
           :
           They
           see
           in
           him
           a
           foundation
           of
           Confidence
           ,
           and
           they
           look
           for
           every
           thing
           that
           is
           good
           from
           him
           
             When
             it
             goeth
             well
             with
             the
             Righteous
             ,
          
           
           
             the
             City
             rejoiceth
             ;
             as
             well
             as
             when
             the
             Wicked
             perish
             there
             is
             shouting
             .
          
           Set
           in
           the
           same
           light
           with
           this
           ,
           the
           best
           drawn
           Pictures
           of
           Hero's
           
           and
           Conquerors
           that
           are
           void
           of
           Religion
           and
           Vertue
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           Plagues
           and
           Scourges
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           you
           will
           soon
           see
           how
           Ghastly
           and
           Deform
           they
           look
           ,
           compared
           to
           those
           bright
           Characters
           with
           which
           the
           Godly
           and
           the
           Faithfull
           Men
           shine
           .
        
         
           I
           go
           next
           to
           a
           more
           Melancholly
           Subject
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           be
           the
           second
           Part
           of
           my
           Discourse
           ;
           
           David's
           Complaint
           that
           the
           
             godly
             ceased
             ,
             that
             the
             faithful
             failed
             from
             among
             the
             children
             of
             men
             .
          
           Upon
           this
           Subject
           we
           find
           another
           Psalm
           that
           lies
           very
           near
           this
           ,
           which
           carries
           the
           matter
           much
           further
           .
           Not
           only
           
             godly
             men
             ceased
             ,
          
           
           but
           the
           Ungodly
           grew
           to
           that
           pitch
           ,
           as
           to
           
             say
             in
             their
             heart
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             no
             God
             ;
             They
             were
             corrupt
             ,
             they
             had
             done
             abominable
             works
             ,
             there
             was
             none
             that
             did
             good
             ;
          
           by
           a
           Poetical
           Figure
           he
           represents
           God
           as
           looking
           down
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           
             to
             see
             if
             there
             was
             any
             that
             did
             understand
             and
             seek
             after
             God.
          
           It
           is
           some
           comfort
           ,
           to
           hope
           that
           even
           in
           a
           general
           Corruption
           ,
           there
           are
           some
           Men
           in
           corners
           that
           have
           
             have
             kept
             their
             garments
             clean
             ,
          
           and
           that
           stand
           in
           the
           Breach
           ,
           and
           keep
           off
           God's
           Wrath
           from
           breaking
           in
           .
           Now
           these
           words
           shut
           out
           that
           secret
           reserve
           of
           hope
           ;
           for
           after
           God
           is
           represented
           as
           thus
           surveying
           that
           Nation
           ,
           the
           account
           of
           the
           Enquiry
           is
           ,
           
             They
             are
             all
             
             gone
             aside
             ,
             they
             are
             altogether
             become
             filthy
             ,
             there
             is
             none
             that
             doth
             good
             ,
             no
             not
             one
             .
          
           Not
           only
           they
           did
           not
           
             call
             on
             God
          
           themselves
           ,
           but
           they
           trod
           upon
           the
           Poor
           ,
           and
           Oppressed
           them
           ;
           
             eating
             them
             up
             as
             one-eats
             bread
             ;
          
           They
           also
           reproached
           the
           Poor
           because
           they
           trusted
           in
           God
           ,
           which
           is
           thus
           expressed
           ;
           
             You
             have
             shamed
             the
             counsel
             of
             the
             poor
             ,
             because
             the
             Lord
             is
             his
             Refuge
             .
          
           I
           will
           go
           on
           further
           into
           
           David's
           Story
           ,
           to
           examine
           upon
           what
           grounds
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           he
           made
           the
           Complaint
           in
           my
           Text
           :
           He
           had
           the
           most
           reason
           to
           know
           it
           best
           ,
           and
           was
           the
           most
           concerned
           at
           it
           .
           That
           Nation
           was
           God's
           chosen
           People
           ,
           upon
           whom
           he
           had
           bestowed
           many
           signal
           Blessings
           ;
           They
           were
           the
           only
           Nation
           ,
           then
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           was
           in
           Covenant
           with
           God
           ;
           they
           had
           past
           under
           much
           severe
           Discipline
           ,
           for
           their
           many
           Revoltings
           from
           God
           ;
           They
           were
           often
           delivered
           up
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           were
           as
           often
           upon
           their
           Repentance
           redeemed
           from
           them
           ;
           God
           raising
           up
           many
           Deliverers
           ,
           by
           whom
           he
           wrought
           upon
           many
           Occasions
           a
           mighty
           Salvation
           for
           them
           :
           and
           very
           lately
           God
           had
           delivered
           them
           out
           of
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           
             Philistines
             ,
          
           and
           had
           by
           a
           happy
           and
           well
           directed
           cast
           of
           a
           Sling
           ,
           delivered
           them
           from
           the
           terrour
           
           of
           a
           mighty
           Champion
           ,
           that
           according
           to
           the
           way
           of
           War
           in
           those
           times
           ,
           was
           to
           be
           first
           fought
           with
           ,
           that
           defied
           the
           Armies
           of
           
             Israel
             ;
          
           and
           was
           so
           formidable
           ,
           that
           no
           man
           could
           be
           found
           that
           was
           thought
           an
           equal
           Match
           to
           him
           ,
           till
           the
           Pen-man
           of
           this
           Psalm
           ,
           being
           animated
           and
           assisted
           by
           God
           ,
           did
           both
           undertake
           and
           succeed
           in
           it
           .
           The
           People
           of
           
             Israel
          
           had
           at
           this
           time
           none
           of
           the
           best
           Kings
           indeed
           ;
           but
           
             Ionathan
          
           was
           their
           Prince
           :
           
             Ionathan
          
           the
           Wonder
           and
           the
           Charm
           of
           all
           succeeding
           Ages
           :
           
             Ionathan
             ,
          
           that
           shewed
           that
           true
           Friendship
           could
           live
           in
           a
           Court
           ;
           and
           that
           even
           the
           Jealousie
           and
           Rivalry
           of
           a
           Crown
           could
           neither
           interrupt
           nor
           cloud
           it
           .
           
             Ionathan
          
           the
           greatest
           of
           Men
           ,
           because
           the
           best
           and
           noblest
           of
           Friends
           .
           Next
           
             Ionathan
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Eye
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           tho
           before
           him
           in
           the
           Divine
           Designation
           ,
           was
           
             David
             ,
          
           in
           whom
           there
           appeared
           even
           then
           the
           most
           Heroical
           Piety
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           shining
           Vertues
           :
           tho
           afterwards
           the
           Prosperities
           of
           an
           Established
           Reign
           corrupted
           even
           these
           :
           So
           hard
           a
           thing
           it
           is
           for
           Piety
           and
           Vertue
           to
           maintain
           their
           Force
           in
           a
           flourishing
           Court
           :
           Yet
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           and
           during
           the
           course
           of
           those
           Struglings
           ,
           through
           which
           he
           past
           ,
           he
           was
           the
           most
           extraordinary
           Example
           that
           any
           Age
           had
           produced
           ;
           his
           Skill
           in
           Government
           ,
           and
           
           his
           Conduct
           in
           War
           ,
           his
           Successes
           and
           Victories
           ,
           gave
           him
           all
           the
           Reputation
           of
           which
           a
           great
           Prince
           was
           capable
           :
           But
           his
           Piety
           is
           even
           beyond
           wonder
           ;
           which
           appears
           in
           his
           turning
           himself
           upon
           all
           occasions
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           composing
           the
           greatest
           Collection
           of
           Inspired
           Hymns
           that
           ever
           was
           made
           :
           in
           which
           the
           flights
           of
           raised
           Thoughts
           ,
           and
           the
           tenderness
           of
           melting
           Devotions
           ,
           have
           made
           a
           mixture
           ,
           that
           has
           been
           the
           constantest
           and
           the
           pleasantest
           Entertainment
           of
           the
           Pious
           in
           all
           Ages
           .
           No
           part
           either
           of
           the
           
             Iewish
          
           Story
           ,
           or
           of
           his
           own
           ,
           and
           no
           accident
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           none
           of
           the
           depressions
           or
           elevations
           of
           his
           Fortune
           have
           scaped
           him
           ;
           but
           upon
           all
           these
           a
           Soul
           that
           was
           ever
           on
           the
           Wing
           ,
           takes
           its
           flights
           towards
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           in
           these
           he
           has
           left
           us
           the
           chief
           Helps
           of
           raising
           all
           that
           have
           come
           after
           him
           thither-ward
           ever
           since
           .
           That
           Nation
           that
           had
           so
           many
           Advantages
           ,
           and
           such
           Helps
           ,
           such
           Laws
           ,
           and
           such
           Patterns
           ,
           as
           it
           had
           much
           to
           answer
           for
           ,
           so
           it
           had
           much
           to
           apprehend
           when
           it
           fell
           under
           so
           general
           a
           Corruption
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           I
           leave
           the
           History
           of
           that
           Nation
           to
           come
           and
           observe
           the
           present
           State
           of
           our
           own
           .
           
             Ah
             ,
             tell
             it
             not
             in
             Gath
             !
          
           where
           are
           
             the
             Godly
             and
             the
             Faithful
             Men
             ?
          
           are
           they
           all
           gone
           into
           the
           Generations
           
           of
           their
           Fathers
           ?
           or
           are
           they
           as
           invisible
           as
           the
           Seven
           thousand
           men
           were
           in
           
           Elijah's
           time
           ;
           who
           tho
           they
           had
           not
           bowed
           their
           Knee
           to
           
             Baal
             ,
          
           yet
           were
           so
           hid
           ,
           and
           so
           little
           known
           ,
           that
           even
           the
           Prophet
           thought
           he
           was
           the
           only
           Man
           that
           was
           left
           that
           had
           not
           defiled
           himself
           with
           that
           Idolatry
           ?
           Are
           we
           without
           a
           Remnant
           ?
           Are
           there
           not
           Ten
           Righteous
           Men
           left
           ,
           for
           whose
           sake
           God
           may
           be
           moved
           to
           spare
           and
           deliver
           us
           ?
           Is
           there
           not
           a
           Man
           among
           us
           according
           to
           
           Ieremy's
           Words
           ?
           Are
           all
           gone
           aside
           ?
           Is
           there
           none
           that
           doth
           good
           ,
           no
           not
           one
           ?
           Where
           is
           the
           Piety
           and
           Devotion
           ,
           the
           Zeal
           for
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Holiness
           becoming
           it
           ,
           that
           was
           was
           once
           the
           Strength
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Glory
           of
           this
           Nation
           ?
           Where
           is
           the
           Truth
           and
           Honesty
           ,
           the
           common
           Morality
           and
           Probity
           that
           must
           be
           the
           Strength
           of
           every
           Nation
           ?
           Have
           these
           things
           all
           left
           us
           ?
           and
           have
           we
           only
           a
           Name
           ,
           that
           we
           live
           ,
           while
           we
           are
           truly
           dead
           ?
           We
           are
           now
           pretending
           to
           Fast
           and
           Pray
           ;
           and
           to
           humble
           and
           afflict
           our
           Souls
           before
           God
           ;
           but
           are
           any
           of
           us
           looking
           inward
           ,
           and
           saying
           within
           our selves
           ,
           
             What
             have
             we
             done
             ?
             are
             we
             those
             that
             have
             troubled
             our
          
           Israel
           ?
           It
           is
           a
           very
           easie
           Thought
           ,
           which
           will
           give
           us
           no
           Pain
           at
           all
           ,
           to
           accuse
           the
           Sins
           of
           the
           Nation
           in
           general
           ,
           and
           more
           particularly
           the
           Sins
           
           of
           others
           :
           These
           we
           may
           be
           apt
           enough
           to
           aggravate
           both
           in
           our
           Thoughts
           and
           Discourses
           :
           for
           naturally
           all
           Men
           are
           partial
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           sharp
           upon
           others
           .
           But
           then
           do
           we
           truly
           humble
           our selves
           before
           God
           ,
           when
           we
           search
           our
           own
           Hearts
           and
           Ways
           ,
           when
           we
           confess
           our
           own
           Sins
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           grief
           of
           Heart
           and
           confusion
           of
           Face
           that
           belongs
           to
           us
           for
           them
           ;
           with
           the
           firmest
           Resolutions
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           Solemn
           Vows
           of
           forsaking
           them
           .
           And
           that
           we
           may
           the
           better
           be
           directed
           to
           make
           a
           severe
           Enquiry
           ,
           let
           us
           reflect
           a
           little
           on
           the
           Two
           Characters
           in
           my
           Text
           ,
           and
           ask
           our
           own
           Hearts
           ,
           which
           will
           answer
           us
           truly
           if
           the
           Question
           is
           right
           put
           ,
           Whether
           are
           we
           of
           the
           small
           and
           despised
           number
           of
           those
           that
           are
           truly
           Godly
           and
           Faithful
           or
           not
           ?
           Have
           we
           a
           Sense
           of
           God
           dwelling
           much
           upon
           our
           Hearts
           ?
           Is
           his
           Fear
           much
           before
           our
           Eyes
           ?
           Does
           this
           Principle
           make
           us
           do
           or
           forbear
           many
           things
           ,
           that
           we
           would
           not
           do
           or
           forbear
           without
           it
           ?
           Do
           we
           accustom
           our selves
           often
           to
           reflect
           on
           the
           Works
           and
           Ways
           of
           God
           ?
           Do
           we
           acknowledge
           his
           Providence
           ,
           depend
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           things
           submit
           to
           it
           ?
           Do
           we
           often
           consider
           that
           he
           sees
           and
           observes
           all
           we
           do
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           will
           call
           us
           to
           give
           an
           Account
           of
           it
           at
           the
           last
           Day
           ?
           Do
           we
           often
           
           pour
           out
           our
           Souls
           before
           him
           in
           earnest
           Prayer
           ?
           Are
           we
           so
           sensible
           of
           our
           Frailty
           and
           Misery
           ,
           that
           we
           cry
           mightily
           to
           God
           for
           Mercy
           and
           Grace
           ?
           Do
           we
           often
           Implore
           the
           Assistances
           of
           his
           Holy
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           bless
           him
           for
           all
           the
           good
           things
           that
           we
           receive
           at
           his
           Hands
           ?
           Do
           we
           often
           in
           our
           Prayers
           to
           him
           intercede
           for
           all
           Mankind
           ;
           and
           more
           particularly
           for
           the
           Church
           and
           Nation
           to
           which
           we
           do
           belong
           ?
           Do
           we
           in
           our
           secret
           Addresses
           to
           the
           Throne
           of
           Grace
           ,
           make
           mention
           of
           those
           whom
           God
           in
           his
           merciful
           Providence
           has
           set
           over
           us
           ?
           Do
           we
           implore
           a
           Blessing
           upon
           their
           Persons
           and
           Government
           ,
           upon
           their
           Counsels
           and
           Undertakings
           ?
           Do
           we
           upon
           these
           Solemn
           Days
           join
           our
           Secret
           Devotions
           with
           the
           Publick
           Offices
           ?
           and
           are
           we
           seriously
           affected
           with
           the
           State
           and
           the
           Dangers
           of
           our
           Religion
           ?
           Do
           we
           rejoice
           in
           the
           Publick
           Acts
           of
           Religious
           Worship
           ?
           Do
           we
           assist
           in
           them
           with
           our
           Hearts
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           with
           our
           Persons
           ?
           Have
           we
           a
           Witness
           within
           us
           that
           can
           answer
           all
           these
           Questions
           ?
           or
           must
           not
           we
           ,
           to
           deal
           truly
           with
           our selves
           ,
           acknowledge
           that
           we
           are
           Strangers
           to
           them
           all
           ;
           and
           that
           tho
           Religion
           is
           a
           Name
           of
           so
           decent
           a
           sound
           ,
           that
           we
           dare
           not
           directly
           attack
           it
           ;
           yet
           in
           our
           Hearts
           we
           wish
           there
           were
           no
           such
           thing
           in
           the
           
           World
           :
           we
           are
           weary
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           if
           we
           cannot
           conveniently
           throw
           off
           the
           very
           Name
           and
           Appearances
           of
           it
           ;
           yet
           we
           take
           care
           to
           let
           all
           the
           World
           see
           ,
           that
           in
           our
           Account
           it
           is
           no
           more
           than
           a
           Name
           .
           If
           then
           the
           much
           greater
           part
           of
           Mankind
           live
           as
           if
           there
           were
           no
           such
           thing
           as
           Religion
           in
           all
           their
           Thoughts
           ,
           unless
           it
           be
           to
           abuse
           and
           profane
           it
           .
           If
           the
           whole
           course
           of
           their
           Lives
           shew
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           said
           in
           their
           Hearts
           
             That
             there
             is
             no
             God
             ;
          
           then
           we
           have
           but
           too
           much
           Reason
           to
           cry
           out
           ,
           
             Help
             ,
             Lord
             ,
             for
             the
             Godly
             man
             ceaseth
             .
          
           And
           alas
           there
           is
           but
           too
           much
           reason
           to
           add
           ,
           and
           
             the
             faithful
             faileth
             from
             among
             the
             children
             of
             men
             :
          
           and
           that
           the
           whole
           Charge
           of
           the
           Prophet
           belongs
           too
           truly
           to
           us
           ,
           
           
             that
             there
             is
             no
             mercy
             ,
             no
             truth
             ,
             nor
             knowledge
             of
             God
             in
             the
             land
             ,
          
           while
           every
           Man
           is
           ready
           to
           cheat
           and
           deceive
           his
           Neighbour
           ,
           to
           flatter
           him
           with
           the
           Shews
           and
           Professions
           ;
           and
           perhaps
           the
           Oaths
           and
           Protestations
           of
           Kindness
           ;
           while
           in
           his
           Heart
           he
           hates
           him
           ,
           and
           endeavours
           to
           undermine
           him
           ;
           while
           Calumny
           and
           Slander
           are
           the
           most
           common
           Heads
           of
           Discourses
           ;
           while
           no
           trust
           can
           be
           given
           to
           what
           is
           said
           ,
           and
           almost
           as
           little
           regard
           to
           what
           is
           sworn
           ;
           while
           it
           is
           one
           of
           the
           Arts
           of
           Conversation
           to
           affirm
           things
           which
           are
           known
           to
           be
           false
           ,
           and
           to
           promise
           things
           which
           are
           not
           intended
           to
           be
           observed
           ;
           while
           all
           these
           
           things
           are
           so
           common
           among
           us
           ,
           Where
           is
           that
           Truth
           in
           the
           inward
           Parts
           which
           God
           loves
           ?
           Where
           is
           the
           Probity
           and
           Fidelity
           that
           is
           practised
           among
           many
           Heathen
           Nations
           ,
           with
           so
           Religious
           a
           Simplicity
           ,
           that
           the
           very
           Name
           of
           
             Christianity
          
           is
           blasphemed
           among
           them
           ?
           When
           the
           Christians
           that
           go
           from
           us
           ,
           and
           carry
           with
           them
           those
           Qualities
           that
           they
           had
           learned
           in
           these
           Parts
           ,
           are
           for
           this
           very
           reason
           thought
           to
           have
           a
           false
           Religion
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           so
           impudent
           in
           the
           practises
           of
           Falshood
           and
           Dissimulation
           .
           And
           while
           we
           reproach
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
          
           with
           the
           Doctrines
           of
           Equivocation
           ,
           as
           the
           Arts
           and
           Disguises
           of
           Falshood
           ,
           the
           greater
           part
           among
           our selves
           practise
           these
           things
           in
           so
           bare-faced
           a
           manner
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           angry
           only
           at
           the
           dressing
           up
           and
           disguising
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           resolved
           to
           practise
           a
           more
           honest
           Falshood
           ,
           would
           avowedly
           practise
           that
           which
           the
           others
           teach
           us
           to
           do
           covertly
           .
           Ah
           ,
           if
           according
           to
           the
           threatning
           ,
           God
           would
           
             cut
             off
             all
             lying
             Lips
             ,
          
           under
           what
           a
           desolation
           should
           our
           Cities
           and
           Countries
           ,
           our
           Courts
           and
           Camps
           be
           quickly
           brought
           ;
           it
           would
           destroy
           us
           faster
           than
           Famines
           ,
           Plagues
           ,
           or
           Wars
           could
           do
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           leads
           me
           to
           the
           Third
           part
           of
           my
           Discourse
           ;
           which
           is
           to
           consider
           the
           dangerous
           and
           almost
           desperate
           State
           of
           a
           Nation
           ,
           in
           which
           
             Godly
             
             and
             Faithful
             men
             do
             fail
             .
          
           It
           is
           dangerous
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           natural
           Effects
           that
           must
           needs
           follow
           on
           such
           a
           Corruption
           ,
           besides
           the
           Judgments
           of
           God
           that
           it
           must
           draw
           down
           upon
           a
           Nation
           .
           Where
           Men
           are
           no
           more
           restrained
           by
           the
           Principles
           of
           Religion
           ,
           they
           naturally
           give
           themselves
           up
           to
           their
           Pleasures
           or
           Interests
           :
           this
           makes
           them
           both
           feeble
           and
           effeminate
           ,
           base
           and
           treacherous
           .
           When
           inward
           Restraints
           are
           taken
           off
           ,
           Nature
           must
           break
           out
           ,
           and
           undisciplined
           Appetites
           and
           Passions
           must
           work
           the
           Dissolution
           of
           Society
           and
           Government
           ;
           especially
           where
           Liberty
           is
           preserved
           ,
           and
           Law
           bears
           sway
           .
           Absolute
           Governments
           may
           be
           restrained
           and
           maintained
           at
           the
           pleasure
           of
           a
           severe
           Prince
           :
           But
           a
           legal
           and
           free
           Government
           cannot
           stand
           long
           against
           an
           Inundation
           of
           Vice
           and
           Impiety
           .
           So
           that
           here
           Religion
           becomes
           Indispensably
           necessary
           ,
           even
           for
           the
           Preservation
           of
           the
           Constitution
           :
           For
           how
           can
           Men
           live
           long
           together
           in
           any
           tolerable
           Order
           and
           Quiet
           ,
           if
           neither
           the
           Fear
           of
           God
           ,
           nor
           the
           Awe
           of
           Man
           restrains
           them
           .
           The
           censures
           of
           the
           Law
           fall
           only
           upon
           some
           enormous
           Crimes
           ,
           but
           the
           corruption
           of
           Mens
           Morals
           and
           Principles
           ,
           cannot
           be
           reached
           in
           a
           Government
           that
           is
           exactly
           legal
           .
           Therefore
           such
           a
           Constitution
           must
           either
           be
           fortified
           by
           Religion
           ,
           otherwise
           it
           must
           turn
           feeble
           and
           fall
           
           into
           Decay
           ,
           and
           in
           Fact
           we
           see
           that
           no
           free
           Government
           was
           over-run
           with
           Tyranny
           ,
           till
           the
           Minds
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           by
           the
           abuse
           of
           their
           Liberty
           ,
           were
           corrupted
           with
           Sensuality
           .
           This
           blunts
           Industry
           ,
           and
           raises
           the
           Expence
           beyond
           the
           income
           ,
           which
           must
           quickly
           bring
           Ruin
           after
           it
           .
           The
           Expence
           of
           Vice
           must
           be
           supported
           with
           Extortion
           and
           Oppression
           ,
           Corruption
           and
           Bribery
           .
           The
           ravenous
           Men
           of
           Pleasure
           ,
           as
           they
           do
           little
           for
           the
           Publick
           ,
           so
           they
           think
           they
           can
           never
           rob
           it
           enough
           .
           The
           Love
           of
           the
           Publick
           ,
           and
           of
           ones
           Country
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Root
           of
           the
           most
           generous
           Actions
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           Nature
           of
           Man
           is
           capable
           ,
           sinks
           in
           a
           Man
           dissolved
           into
           Pleasure
           ,
           or
           sold
           to
           Interest
           .
           A
           noble
           contempt
           of
           Life
           ,
           which
           gives
           an
           Heroical
           Courage
           ,
           that
           is
           the
           chief
           Instrument
           of
           the
           Preservation
           of
           a
           Nation
           ,
           has
           no
           true
           Foundation
           but
           in
           Religion
           .
           Not
           to
           fear
           Death
           ,
           in
           one
           that
           has
           reason
           to
           believe
           there
           is
           a
           black
           Immortality
           that
           comes
           after
           it
           ,
           is
           Madness
           ,
           and
           an
           unthinking
           Extravagance
           ,
           and
           not
           a
           true
           and
           setled
           Courage
           .
           Whereas
           to
           him
           that
           has
           a
           good
           Conscience
           ,
           that
           trusts
           in
           God
           and
           serves
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           has
           reason
           to
           believe
           that
           he
           shall
           be
           for
           ever
           happy
           in
           another
           World
           ,
           Death
           cannot
           be
           terrible
           ,
           but
           may
           be
           thought
           on
           ,
           and
           ventured
           
           on
           with
           an
           undaunted
           firmness
           of
           Mind
           .
           The
           want
           of
           Truth
           destroys
           all
           Confidence
           and
           Kindness
           among
           Men
           ,
           without
           which
           Societies
           are
           but
           as
           Ropes
           of
           Sand.
           Men
           can
           neither
           trust
           a
           false
           Man
           ,
           nor
           love
           him
           ;
           and
           what
           strength
           can
           there
           be
           in
           any
           Government
           ,
           where
           there
           are
           no
           Foundations
           for
           these
           ?
           It
           would
           be
           too
           invidious
           to
           bring
           all
           these
           things
           ,
           that
           have
           been
           said
           in
           general
           ,
           nearer
           us
           ;
           and
           to
           observe
           how
           far
           they
           belong
           to
           us
           .
           Alas
           ,
           the
           Matter
           is
           but
           too
           plain
           ,
           and
           needs
           no
           enlargement
           .
           What
           pains
           has
           been
           taken
           among
           us
           ,
           to
           laugh
           out
           of
           our
           Minds
           the
           sense
           both
           of
           Religion
           and
           Vertue
           ?
           These
           have
           long
           pass'd
           for
           things
           of
           the
           old
           World
           ,
           that
           are
           now
           out
           of
           fashion
           .
           And
           it
           is
           but
           too
           visible
           ,
           that
           the
           Heat
           which
           many
           shewed
           some
           time
           ago
           for
           preserving
           their
           Religion
           ,
           flowed
           from
           any
           Principle
           rather
           than
           Affection
           to
           it
           ,
           or
           Zeal
           for
           it
           ;
           since
           they
           do
           now
           shew
           so
           little
           concern
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           live
           so
           little
           suitably
           to
           it
           .
           Ah
           ,
           have
           we
           our
           Religion
           for
           no
           other
           end
           ,
           but
           to
           be
           laugh'd
           at
           and
           despised
           by
           some
           ,
           while
           it
           is
           made
           by
           others
           only
           matter
           of
           Passion
           and
           Faction
           ?
           Where
           are
           the
           most
           common
           Vertues
           of
           ordinary
           Heathens
           ?
           Are
           Honesty
           and
           Truth
           ,
           Sobriety
           and
           Chastity
           ,
           Mercy
           and
           Charity
           ,
           Generosity
           and
           good
           Nature
           ,
           only
           so
           
           many
           splendid
           Names
           of
           Qualities
           that
           are
           to
           be
           admired
           in
           the
           Men
           of
           former
           Ages
           ,
           while
           they
           are
           despised
           in
           the
           present
           ?
           And
           what
           can
           we
           think
           of
           our selves
           ,
           when
           that
           which
           is
           the
           Root
           and
           Spring
           of
           all
           other
           Political
           Vertues
           ,
           the
           Love
           of
           our
           Country
           ,
           and
           a
           Zeal
           for
           the
           Publick
           ,
           is
           so
           visibly
           sacrificed
           to
           private
           Interests
           and
           Passions
           ?
           These
           things
           do
           as
           certainly
           dissolve
           the
           Strength
           of
           a
           Nation
           ,
           as
           Palsies
           or
           Gouts
           do
           the
           Strength
           of
           a
           Body
           .
           But
           as
           so
           universal
           a
           Degeneracy
           does
           by
           its
           own
           Operation
           weaken
           a
           Nation
           ,
           so
           it
           draws
           down
           heavy
           Judgments
           from
           Heaven
           upon
           it
           .
           Every
           Man's
           Indignation
           against
           faulty
           Persons
           ,
           encreases
           in
           proportion
           to
           the
           Favours
           that
           have
           been
           shewed
           ,
           but
           despised
           by
           the
           Offenders
           .
           The
           Judgments
           of
           God
           upon
           the
           Jewish
           Nation
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           Roman
           Empire
           ,
           are
           things
           so
           generally
           known
           ,
           that
           I
           presume
           it
           is
           not
           necessary
           to
           enlarge
           much
           upon
           them
           :
           The
           Instances
           of
           past-times
           are
           perhaps
           at
           too
           great
           a
           distance
           from
           us
           to
           affect
           us
           as
           they
           ought
           to
           do
           .
           But
           in
           our
           own
           Age
           ,
           do
           not
           we
           see
           how
           God
           has
           arisen
           to
           
             shake
             the
             whole
             Earth
             terribly
             ,
          
           and
           that
           his
           Judgments
           have
           been
           going
           round
           the
           whole
           Compass
           of
           
             Europe
             ,
          
           while
           we
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           had
           been
           the
           priviledged
           Corner
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           have
           indeed
           heard
           
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           and
           seen
           them
           at
           a
           distance
           ,
           but
           have
           not
           yet
           felt
           them
           ?
           How
           many
           Protestant
           Churches
           have
           been
           plucked
           up
           by
           the
           Roots
           ?
           How
           terribly
           have
           many
           others
           been
           shattered
           and
           next
           to
           ruined
           ?
           What
           Scenes
           of
           Blood
           and
           Destruction
           ,
           of
           Burning
           and
           Vastation
           ,
           have
           the
           
             Netherlands
             ,
          
           the
           
             Rhine
             ,
          
           and
           
             Hungary
             ,
          
           been
           now
           in
           a
           course
           of
           twenty
           Years
           ,
           with
           very
           little
           interruption
           ?
           And
           not
           to
           go
           out
           of
           the
           Precincts
           of
           this
           Crown
           ,
           What
           a
           Field
           of
           Blood
           ,
           of
           Death
           and
           Desolation
           ,
           has
           
             Ireland
          
           been
           ,
           and
           alas
           still
           is
           ?
           And
           yet
           all
           this
           while
           none
           of
           these
           dreadful
           Things
           have
           broke
           in
           upon
           us
           .
           We
           do
           indeed
           feel
           them
           a
           little
           in
           our
           Purses
           ;
           but
           ah
           ,
           how
           light
           is
           this
           Burden
           compared
           to
           that
           which
           others
           bear
           ,
           whose
           Persons
           and
           Houses
           ,
           their
           Estates
           and
           whole
           Stock
           ,
           are
           every
           day
           exposed
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           the
           Fury
           of
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           but
           even
           to
           the
           Violences
           of
           those
           that
           ought
           to
           be
           their
           Friends
           ;
           for
           in
           all
           Wars
           it
           is
           but
           too
           common
           ,
           that
           Countries
           suffer
           almost
           equally
           from
           both
           Sides
           .
           And
           if
           one
           should
           judg
           of
           that
           easy
           share
           of
           Taxes
           which
           we
           bear
           in
           so
           terrible
           a
           Convulsion
           of
           all
           
             Europe
             ,
          
           by
           the
           Prodigality
           and
           Luxury
           ,
           the
           Gaming
           ,
           the
           Playhouses
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           extravagant
           Expences
           that
           are
           still
           among
           us
           ,
           one
           would
           conclude
           that
           
           Men
           are
           not
           much
           pinched
           ,
           when
           there
           is
           so
           much
           left
           for
           Vanity
           and
           Pleasure
           .
           A
           moderate
           Frugality
           would
           do
           more
           than
           pay
           Taxes
           .
           And
           when
           Men
           grudg
           their
           Religion
           and
           their
           Country
           ,
           the
           sacrificing
           that
           to
           it
           which
           they
           had
           better
           be
           without
           ,
           tho
           that
           were
           not
           in
           the
           Case
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           concluded
           that
           they
           have
           no
           great
           regard
           for
           either
           the
           one
           or
           the
           other
           .
           But
           while
           we
           see
           that
           God's
           Judgments
           are
           abroad
           in
           the
           Earth
           ,
           why
           should
           we
           flatter
           our selves
           so
           far
           as
           to
           think
           that
           they
           should
           never
           come
           near
           us
           ?
           or
           rather
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           why
           should
           we
           not
           conclude
           ,
           that
           the
           seeming
           partiality
           of
           his
           Providence
           hitherto
           to
           us-ward
           ,
           will
           be
           fully
           cleared
           by
           the
           severity
           of
           his
           Judgments
           ,
           when
           he
           shall
           think
           fit
           to
           let
           them
           loose
           upon
           us
           ?
           For
           certainly
           ,
           the
           longer
           they
           are
           delayed
           ,
           they
           will
           fall
           the
           heavier
           at
           the
           last
           :
           If
           neither
           the
           Light
           we
           enjoy
           ,
           nor
           the
           Deliverance
           that
           has
           been
           almost
           as
           miraculously
           ,
           tho
           more
           slowly
           carried
           on
           and
           maintained
           amongst
           us
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           at
           first
           given
           to
           us
           ;
           if
           neither
           the
           Miseries
           of
           others
           ,
           nor
           our
           own
           extream
           Dangers
           ;
           if
           neither
           the
           great
           Instructions
           that
           are
           given
           us
           ,
           nor
           the
           shining
           Examples
           that
           are
           set
           before
           us
           can
           reclaim
           us
           ,
           but
           that
           we
           will
           still
           go
           on
           ,
           and
           sin
           with
           a
           high
           hand
           ,
           then
           what
           remains
           for
           us
           but
           to
           cry
           ,
           
             Help
             Lord
             ,
             for
             the
             godly
             Man
             ceaseth
             ,
             the
             
             Faithful
             fail
             from
             among
             the
             Children
             of
             Men
             ?
          
           The
           more
           reason
           that
           we
           have
           to
           apprehend
           Judgments
           from
           God
           for
           our
           own
           Sins
           ,
           we
           have
           still
           the
           more
           reason
           to
           redouble
           our
           most
           earnest
           Prayers
           to
           him
           ,
           
             Help
             Lord
             :
          
           If
           God
           do
           not
           help
           us
           ,
           for
           his
           own
           great
           Name's-sake
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           that
           small
           number
           of
           Intercessors
           that
           we
           hope
           are
           still
           among
           us
           ,
           the
           cry
           of
           whose
           Prayers
           may
           be
           more
           effectual
           ,
           than
           the
           loud
           Cries
           of
           the
           multitudes
           of
           Sinners
           ;
           we
           see
           before
           our
           Eyes
           ,
           all
           that
           can
           be
           formidable
           to
           Men
           ,
           who
           have
           any
           regard
           ,
           either
           to
           their
           Souls
           or
           Bodies
           ,
           to
           their
           Estates
           or
           their
           Posterity
           ;
           if
           God
           should
           now
           withdraw
           his
           Help
           ,
           and
           abandon
           us
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           that
           the
           most
           melancholy
           and
           afrighted
           Imagination
           can
           set
           before
           us
           ,
           that
           can
           rise
           up
           to
           the
           Miseries
           that
           we
           shall
           most
           certainly
           fall
           under
           .
           That
           small
           but
           much-boasted
           
             Earnest
          
           of
           
             burning
             upon
             our
             Coast
          
           last
           Year
           ,
           was
           the
           true
           Sample
           of
           what
           we
           may
           then
           look
           for
           :
           Wasting
           and
           Destruction
           must
           walk
           over
           the
           Land
           as
           a
           Flood
           sweeping
           all
           before
           it
           .
           And
           as
           we
           have
           no
           defended
           Cities
           ,
           nor
           Passes
           to
           stop
           the
           Fury
           of
           a
           enraged
           Enemies
           ,
           if
           they
           can
           but
           once
           break
           in
           upon
           us
           ;
           so
           the
           Interest
           they
           have
           to
           make
           this
           Nation
           a
           heap
           of
           Ruins
           ,
           and
           the
           particular
           Rage
           with
           which
           their
           Spirits
           are
           whetted
           against
           
           us
           ,
           and
           the
           Fury
           of
           their
           Priests
           ,
           the
           Outragiousness
           of
           their
           Souldiery
           ,
           and
           above
           all
           the
           Barbarity
           of
           the
           Counsels
           that
           direct
           them
           ,
           give
           us
           the
           certainest
           grounds
           of
           apprehending
           utter
           Destruction
           .
           If
           they
           have
           used
           the
           Countries
           of
           their
           own
           Religion
           so
           as
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           where
           there
           has
           been
           neither
           Faith
           kept
           ,
           nor
           Mercy
           shewed
           ;
           then
           we
           may
           justly
           apply
           these
           words
           of
           our
           Saviour
           to
           our selves
           ,
           
             If
             these
             things
             be
             done
             in
             the
             green
             Tree
             ,
             what
             shall
             be
             done
             in
             the
             Dry
             ?
          
           If
           ever
           God
           for
           our
           Sins
           deliver
           us
           up
           to
           such
           a
           devouring
           Calamity
           ,
           then
           these
           will
           be
           the
           only
           happy
           Men
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           who
           are
           now
           thought
           the
           most
           impardonable
           ;
           for
           they
           will
           quickly
           fall
           Sacrifices
           to
           the
           Rage
           of
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           endure
           the
           lingring
           Torment
           of
           seeing
           and
           feeling
           the
           Miseries
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           in
           which
           all
           must
           perish
           at
           last
           ;
           for
           late
           Instances
           ,
           but
           feeble
           Ones
           in
           comparison
           to
           those
           dismal
           things
           that
           are
           before
           us
           ,
           if
           those
           black
           Days
           should
           come
           upon
           us
           ,
           may
           have
           taught
           those
           unnatural
           Protestants
           and
           unnatural
           Englishmen
           ,
           that
           would
           be
           at
           first
           insulting
           upon
           the
           Ruin
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           be
           very
           soon
           looked
           on
           as
           the
           worst
           of
           Enemies
           ,
           if
           they
           should
           afterwards
           pretend
           but
           to
           think
           of
           preserving
           the
           Religion
           and
           the
           Laws
           .
           This
           is
           but
           a
           small
           part
           of
           
           that
           dismal
           Catastrophe
           which
           we
           must
           look
           for
           ,
           if
           God
           should
           deal
           with
           us
           as
           our
           Sins
           have
           deserved
           at
           his
           Hands
           .
           And
           are
           not
           all
           these
           powerful
           Arguments
           to
           press
           us
           to
           call
           on
           God
           mightily
           for
           his
           Help
           ?
           Can
           we
           look
           on
           tamely
           when
           so
           much
           is
           at
           Stake
           ?
           Can
           we
           be
           indifferent
           ,
           when
           no
           less
           than
           the
           Destruction
           of
           our
           Country
           ,
           the
           Loss
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Ruin
           of
           the
           whole
           Reformed
           Side
           all
           
             Europe
          
           over
           ,
           is
           the
           Judgment
           which
           threatens
           us
           ,
           if
           God
           is
           not
           appeased
           ,
           and
           his
           Wrath
           turned
           away
           by
           a
           serious
           Repentance
           and
           a
           true
           Reformation
           ,
           without
           which
           the
           utmost
           fervour
           of
           our
           Prayers
           is
           but
           the
           heat
           of
           Imagination
           ,
           and
           can
           signify
           nothing
           ?
           The
           barbarous
           hatred
           which
           we
           lie
           under
           ,
           from
           those
           who
           pretend
           to
           be
           of
           the
           same
           Religion
           with
           us
           ,
           is
           somewhat
           extraordinary
           ;
           but
           the
           stupid
           and
           unconcerned
           Indifferency
           of
           those
           who
           are
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           seem
           to
           be
           ,
           with
           us
           ,
           is
           yet
           in
           some
           respects
           more
           amazing
           ,
           who
           perhaps
           look
           on
           all
           that
           is
           doing
           as
           if
           it
           were
           other
           Mens
           Work
           and
           not
           their
           own
           ;
           as
           if
           it
           were
           only
           done
           for
           the
           Establishing
           of
           the
           Throne
           of
           our
           Princes
           ,
           and
           not
           for
           the
           Preservation
           and
           Happiness
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           and
           as
           if
           the
           Quarrel
           were
           personal
           and
           not
           national
           .
           We
           have
           Princes
           who
           shew
           us
           but
           too
           often
           how
           regardless
           they
           are
           of
           their
           own
           Persons
           ,
           
           and
           how
           much
           they
           consider
           the
           Publick
           :
           and
           who
           can
           neither
           be
           kept
           from
           the
           Danger
           nor
           the
           Fatigue
           of
           Campagnes
           ;
           when
           ,
           to
           the
           lasting
           Reproach
           of
           the
           Youth
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           so
           many
           choose
           to
           loiter
           it
           away
           at
           Home
           in
           Luxury
           and
           Effeminacy
           ,
           rather
           than
           go
           and
           learn
           how
           to
           defend
           their
           Country
           ,
           and
           shew
           that
           they
           have
           the
           Zeal
           and
           Affection
           for
           their
           Religion
           ,
           their
           King
           and
           their
           Country
           ,
           which
           becomes
           their
           Blood
           ,
           and
           the
           Rank
           that
           they
           hold
           in
           it
           .
           They
           deceive
           themselves
           ,
           who
           think
           that
           the
           present
           Quarrel
           is
           any
           other
           than
           
             Religion
          
           and
           
             England
             .
          
           While
           then
           all
           is
           struck
           at
           ,
           why
           are
           not
           all
           concerned
           ,
           since
           every
           Man
           must
           bear
           his
           share
           in
           the
           Issue
           ?
           Shall
           those
           that
           go
           out
           in
           our
           Armies
           and
           Fields
           ;
           and
           with
           all
           dutiful
           Reverence
           be
           it
           said
           ,
           shall
           his
           Majesty
           alone
           carry
           away
           the
           whole
           Honour
           of
           preserving
           and
           saving
           the
           Nation
           ?
           Have
           we
           who
           stay
           at
           Home
           no
           Ambition
           to
           share
           with
           them
           in
           it
           ?
           If
           we
           go
           on
           in
           our
           Sins
           ,
           we
           are
           fighting
           against
           them
           behind
           them
           ,
           while
           they
           have
           a
           powerful
           Enemy
           in
           Head
           :
           but
           if
           we
           are
           Fasting
           and
           Praying
           while
           they
           are
           Marching
           and
           Fighting
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           in
           this
           a
           strong
           Reserve
           ,
           and
           a
           mighty
           Supply
           sent
           to
           them
           .
           We
           have
           on
           our
           Side
           the
           justest
           Cause
           that
           ever
           any
           Nation
           engaged
           in
           :
           we
           have
           also
           on
           our
           
           Side
           the
           Sighs
           of
           many
           poor
           and
           needy
           Persons
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           made
           miserable
           by
           the
           Treachery
           and
           Cruelty
           of
           our
           Enemies
           :
           So
           that
           according
           to
           the
           words
           of
           this
           
             Psalm
             ,
          
           we
           may
           hope
           that
           
             for
             the
             Oppression
             and
             Sighing
             of
             the
             Poor
             and
             Needy
             ,
             God
             will
             now
             arise
             and
             set
             him
             in
             safety
             from
             him
             that
             puffeth
             at
             him
             .
          
           The
           Cry
           of
           all
           that
           Innocent
           Blood
           that
           has
           been
           shed
           in
           a
           course
           of
           many
           Years
           unjust
           Wars
           ,
           and
           cruel
           Persecution
           ,
           does
           all
           stand
           of
           our
           Side
           .
           If
           then
           we
           join
           to
           these
           true
           Repentance
           and
           earnest
           Prayers
           ,
           we
           may
           justly
           hope
           that
           they
           shall
           be
           heard
           ,
           that
           
             God
             will
             arise
             ,
             lift
             up
             his
             Strength
             ,
             and
             come
             and
             save
             us
             .
          
           It
           will
           be
           but
           a
           very
           light
           part
           of
           the
           War
           ,
           if
           we
           lay
           upon
           our selves
           an
           Obligation
           of
           offering
           up
           every
           day
           some
           Petitions
           to
           God
           with
           relation
           to
           it
           ,
           if
           we
           raise
           our
           Fervor
           a
           little
           higher
           once
           a
           Week
           ,
           and
           if
           we
           observe
           the
           monthly
           Fast
           with
           that
           solemn
           strictness
           which
           becomes
           so
           important
           an
           Occasion
           ,
           this
           will
           upon
           the
           whole
           Matter
           bear
           a
           greater
           share
           in
           our
           Preservation
           than
           our
           prophane
           Libertines
           can
           understand
           .
           God
           is
           a
           hearer
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           and
           this
           will
           be
           
             a
             continuance
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             a
             watching
             thereunto
             ;
          
           according
           to
           the
           Apostle's
           Phrase
           ,
           That
           our
           Prayers
           may
           go
           up
           before
           God
           
             as
             Incense
             ,
          
           we
           must
           
             cleanse
             our
             Hearts
             ,
             and
             wash
             our
             Hands
             :
          
           we
           must
           
             put
             away
             from
             us
             the
             evil
             of
             our
             
             ways
             ,
          
           and
           entertain
           nothing
           within
           us
           ,
           by
           which
           
             our
             Prayers
             may
             be
             hindred
             :
          
           for
           
             as
             the
             effectual
             fervent
             Prayers
             of
             the
             Righteous
             avail
             much
             ,
             so
             the
             Prayers
             of
             the
             Wicked
             are
             Sin.
             If
             we
             regard
             Iniquity
             in
             our
             Hearts
             ,
             God
             will
             not
             hear
             us
             ,
          
           but
           both
           we
           and
           our
           Prayers
           shall
           be
           an
           Abomination
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           then
           pray
           ,
           and
           pray
           earnestly
           to
           God
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           go
           forth
           with
           our
           Fleets
           and
           Armies
           ;
           and
           above
           all
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           direct
           and
           bless
           ,
           preserve
           and
           restore
           to
           us
           him
           that
           is
           
             the
             Light
             of
             our
             Eyes
             ,
             and
             the
             Breath
             of
             our
             Nostrils
             ,
          
           the
           only
           visible
           Support
           ,
           not
           only
           of
           these
           Nations
           ,
           but
           of
           Religion
           and
           Liberty
           in
           general
           :
           and
           that
           has
           hitherto
           been
           in
           so
           peculiar
           a
           manner
           the
           care
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           that
           nothing
           but
           our
           Sins
           can
           make
           us
           doubt
           but
           that
           Angels
           will
           still
           encamp
           about
           him
           ,
           and
           watch
           over
           him
           .
           Let
           us
           also
           pray
           ,
           that
           the
           Partner
           of
           his
           Crown
           and
           Throne
           may
           have
           the
           same
           gracious
           Protection
           hovering
           over
           Her
           ,
           enlightning
           and
           prospering
           all
           her
           Counsels
           ;
           and
           that
           this
           present
           Separation
           that
           our
           common
           Preservation
           makes
           necessary
           ,
           may
           be
           of
           a
           short
           continuance
           ,
           and
           have
           a
           glorious
           Conclusion
           ;
           that
           this
           our
           Fast
           may
           end
           in
           Days
           of
           Joy
           and
           Thanksgiving
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           be
           quiet
           and
           safe
           at
           Home
           ,
           and
           his
           Majesty
           glorious
           and
           victorious
           Abroad
           ;
           that
           instead
           
           of
           Wars
           ,
           and
           Rumours
           of
           Wars
           ,
           which
           do
           so
           often
           endanger
           that
           Life
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           best
           part
           of
           ours
           ,
           we
           may
           see
           those
           desirable
           and
           happy
           Days
           ,
           in
           which
           according
           to
           the
           prophetick
           Phrase
           ,
           
             The
             Wolf
             shall
             dwell
             with
             the
             Lamb
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             the
             Leopard
             shall
             lie
             down
             with
             the
             Kid
             ;
             and
             the
             Calf
             and
             the
             young
             Lion
             shall
             lie
             down
             together
             ,
             and
             a
             little
             Child
             shall
             lead
             them
             .
          
           That
           so
           our
           Princes
           being
           no
           more
           distracted
           with
           the
           more
           pressing
           and
           necessary
           Care
           of
           our
           Preservation
           ,
           may
           be
           able
           to
           attend
           more
           entirely
           to
           that
           which
           they
           do
           so
           earnestly
           desire
           ,
           the
           raising
           up
           the
           true
           Lustre
           of
           this
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           by
           reviving
           all
           those
           Vertues
           which
           were
           the
           Ancient
           Glories
           of
           this
           Nation
           ;
           and
           reforming
           all
           those
           Abuses
           and
           Disorders
           which
           the
           Luxury
           of
           latter
           Times
           have
           let
           in
           among
           us
           .
           May
           They
           live
           and
           prosper
           ,
           and
           may
           every
           Year
           be
           a
           new
           Scene
           of
           Glory
           to
           Them
           ,
           an
           Encrease
           of
           Triumph
           ,
           and
           a
           Progress
           of
           Victory
           ,
           and
           let
           all
           the
           People
           say
           ,
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A30438-e260
           
             Psal.
             5.
             6.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             15.
             2.
             
          
           
             Eccle.
             12.
             14.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             11.
             
             ●0
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             14.
             
          
           
             Hosca
             4.
             1.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             11.
             6.