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PREACHED

At the Evening-Lecture
In the Oi.D'-Jewry,

On Sunday, October 21, 1759,
QoOccAisioN of the-

Swrender of QIJEBEC

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His majesty's Forces,

September 18, 1759.

By CHARLES BULKLEY.

LONDON:

Printed for J. Noon, in the Poultry ; and C. Henderson,
under the Royal-Exchange. M DCC LIX.

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Thou {halt arife, and haye mercie

' upon Zion : for the time to favor

her, yea, the fet time is come. For

'thy lervants take pleafure in her

. ftones, and favor the duft thet'eof.

- So the heathen fhall fear the name

' of the Lord: and all the kings of

'' the earth thy glory. rA lUimi

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I H I S pfalm is remarkable for tHe
very great mixture, that there i^
in it, of lamentation and of joy.
Nor'is thio an iiiconliftencie, to
be cenfured ; but rather indicates a beautic
and greatnefs of temper in the compofer
of it, which we may juftly admire. When
we look into the former part of it, and
obferve the paflionate and almoft defpairing
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language, in wliich he cxprefTes himfelf iril
relation to his own private forrows, one
might be almoft induced to imagine, that
his heart muft needs have been To much
engroffed by them, as to be but little, if at
all, at libertie for being afFcAed by any
other fubjeft; that a man, for example,
thus funk in grief, muft have been utterly
incapable of iharing in the joys of his coun-
trie 5 if not, thro* the exorbitant influence
of this felfifh paffion, have in a manner
loft the idea of any fuch connexion with a
national interefl ; and that the louded ac-
clamations of p:iblic exultation and ap^
plaufe might in vain attempt to reach the
ears, much lefs the heart, of one thus
immerfed in private woes. For hear, how
bitterly it is, that he bemoans himfelf.
** For my days are confumed like fmoke, .
*' and my bones are burnt as an hearth.
*'' My heart is fmltten, and withered like
•• grafs 5 fo that I forget to eat my bread.
By reafon of the voice of my groaning
my bones cleave to my fkin. I am like
a pelican of the wildernefs, I am like an
*' owl of the defert. I watch and am as
a iparrow alone upon the houfe-top.**

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Might one not imagine, that a man, thutl

banifhed from the world, and forgoten by
it, had, in his turn too, forgoten the world?
Yet fee with what fervor, in what raptures
of generofitie and public zeal he inftantly
exprefTes himfelf in the words of the text,
and fome following parts of the pfalm. " Thou
" (halt arife, and have mercie upon Zion :
*' for the time to favor her, yea, the fet
** time is come. For thy fervants take plea-
'* fure in her ftones, and favor the duft
" thereof. So the heathen (hall fear the
" name of the Lord, and all the kings of
•" the earth thy glory. When the Lord
fhall build up Zion, he (hall appear in
his glory. He will regard the prayer
" of the deftitute, and not defpife their
prayer. This (hall be written for the
generation to come, and the people, that
** (hall be created, (h?ll praife the Lord.
" Foi; he hath looked down from the
** height of his fandtuarie : from heaven
•* did the Lord behold the earth : to hear
*' the groaning of the prifoner, to loofe
«* thofe, that are appointed to death j to
" declare the name of the Lord in Zion,
'* and his praife in Jerufalcm. When the

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** people are gatheied together, and the

•^■^ " kingdoms to ferve the I^ord." With

, what freedom and enlargednefs of foul is
it, • that he here expatiates, not merely up-
on the interefts of a fingle countrie, his na-
tive land, but even of the univerfal world.
So that now, inftead of looking upon him,
as a man overwhelmed in private forrows,
one would almofl: conclude, that everie
fentiment of the kind had been, long ere
this, abforbed in the love of his countrie and
of mankind. Yet it is not wholly fo : for
•prefently again he recurs to his own perplex-
ed and melancholic fituation. ". He weak-
/* encd my ftrength in the way, he fhorten-
*' ed my days. I faid, O my God, take
. " me not away in the midft of my days :
, *' thy years are throughout all generations."
With this thought, the apprehenfion of
God's eternitie and immutabilitie he con-
foles himfelf under his own perfonal afflic-

, tions. ** Of old," as in mofl: fublime and
elegant language he proceeds, " haft thou
** laid the foundation of the earth : and
" the heavens are the work of thine hands :
** they fliall perifli, but thou flialt endure ;
*' yea, all of them fliall wax old, like a

*' garment :

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" garment : as a vefture, (halt thou change
** them, and they Ihall be changed. Buttbou
«* art the fame, and thy years (hall have no
" end." Yet ftill he cannot content him-
felf with this confined and limited applica-
tion of a fentiment fo univerfally intcreft-
ing and important. He therefore concludes
the whole with glancing at that public
welfare and intereft, which, under the
government of this eternal and immutable
deitie, we may fo juftly believe will never
be forfaken. " The children of thy fer-
*' vants (hall continue, and their feed (hall
** be eftablifhed before thee." Never, it
is as if he had faid, never (hall there be
wanting, a fucceffion of thofe, who (hall
worfhip God in the fimplicitie and puritie
of the true religion, and in fuch a manner
as (hall be at once moft honorable to his
infinite perfedions, and moft highly con-
ducive to their own, and to the common
happinefs of mankind. Such is the noble
and exalted fpirit of benevolence animating
the pfalmift, and " awakening all that is
" within him," in behalf of Zion, even
to the reraoteft ages ; notwithftanding the
comfortlcfs and ill-boding fituation of
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his own private aiFairs. This therefore

is the

Firft thing, which I would point out,
as deduciblc from the words of our text,
and as a nnioft important fentiment implied
in it ; that no forrows of our own are to be
fo far indulged, as to divert our attention
from the concerns and intereft of the pu-
blic, as not to leave the mind at libertie
to be even warmly affeded in its caufe,
and ftrongly fufceptible of its. joys. Were
there any one, who could juftly plead an
exemption from this public tie, on account
of the incumbencie and weight of his own
perfonal calamities, by paritie of reafon
everie one elfe might do the like, and
thus the communitie be wholly abandoned,
and left to fufFer (hipwrack amidfl the fur-
rounding ftorms and tempefls of private
adverfitie. Or, if it be only a certain der
gree of perfonal calamitie and diflrefs, that
is fuppofed fufHcient to releafe us ^om the
obligation of entertaining thefe more ger
nerous and extended views, will not eve«
rie man be at libertie to judge, in this
point, for himfelf ; and thus the fatal con-
fequence be, upon the whole, the fame ?

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The proper conclufion therefore fo forcibly
exemplified in the temper of the Pialmift,
as reprefented in this truly pathetic and
afFedling compolition, is, that nothing of
this kind ought fo to contra<ft our views,
or to difturb the fweet and lovely order
of nature, as to efface the rememberance of
our countrie, or to eradicate thofe tender
impreffions, that have been wrought fo
deeply into our original, mental frame, in
behalf of the difFufed and general focie-
tie of mankind. Nay, even thefe af-
flidions befalling ourfelves, if borne aright,
will rather have a contrary effed:. It
is no part of our duty to be wholly unaf-
fed:ed by them. And he, that has no feel-
ings at all, in behalf of himfelf, will fcarce-
ly have much fenfibilitie to the interefls of
his kind. Whereas, if our private forrows
are rightly attempered, there will be in
realitie fome generous pafHon intermingled
with them ; it being fcarcely poifible, that
^ny calamitie (hould be fo abfolutely perfo-
nal, as not in fome meafureor another to ob-t
ftrud the offices of beneficence and friend-
ihip towards our fellow- creatureSv said this

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to flic truly bieficv^lcnt mind will be the
greatdl zrA mbft ienfible afflidion in them
aM. He therefore that forrowg in fuch a
manner as this, within the narrower circle
of his own private concerns, will naturally
have hisheartentenderedtowards the public,
and be difpofed with dill greater cordialitie
to embrace its views. He will enter into
its concerns with a truer fympathie, ha-
ving been before aCcuftomed to the like
generous fenfations, and be with a more
abfolute devotion of fpirit addi<fted to its
weal. And indeed, who would wifh on
any account to be releaied from the im-
preflions of fo felicitating an afFe^ion?
ivhat better fund of confolation can we
have under our own adverfities, than to
have our hearts fo connedled with the com-
mon welfare, and with the great defigns of
providence in relation to it, as enables us
warmly to take our fliare in everie thing,
that is conducing to its advancement and
ftabilltie ? and with what horror and fclf-
tondemnation muft any one, fooner or la-
ter, refitO. upon himfelf for having, if
in realitie he has, fo far debilitated his pu-p

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t)Iic ia^cdions thro* an excf ffive indtil^
gence to more confined and felfifh views,
' of whatever particular kind or nature, as
to have become incapable of being im-
prefled, in any generous way, even by the
mod important and intereftitig events, rela*
tive to the political and focial connexions
of mankind ! who, for inHance, would not
be a(hamed of an inabiiitie,thus coiiiradled,
for taking his patriot-lhare in thofe exhi-
bitions of public joy, that were fo lately
difFufcd thro* the feveral parts of this ex-
tended metropolis, on account of the hap-
pie execution of a defign, that refledls fo
much honor upon the refolution and mag-
nanimitie of thofe, who planned it, as well,
as upon our brave, intrepid countrymeni
by whom it has been cffedled. An event
fo full of terror and difmay, of perplexitie
and difappointment to the inveterate ene-
mies, we have fo long been contending with,
for the fecuritie and prcfcrvation of our na-
tional liberties and peace 5 and which, ac-
cording to all the views, that human pro-
babilitie can at prefent fugged, muft be fo
fruitful of important confcqucnces, not

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only to our own profperitic and happinefs
^ as a free and protcftant nation, but to our
* proteflant allies, to the general interefts df
Europe and America; by no means ex-
cluding the now iavagc inhabitants of the
territories that we have fubdued. But this
naturally leads us to a ^' iua <i Wi i^ -^ui.

Second refle^lion, which feems fo ob-
viouily to arife out of the prefaging and pro-
phetic language of thepfalmiil in our text,
and that is, that there are certain periods,
certain coincidences, and concuring cir-
cuoTiAances in the a&irs and fituation of
public communities, from which the moil
plcafing expeftations may with rcafon be
formed, as to their advancing profperitic
and fuccefs. ** Thou (lialt arife and have
mercie upon Zion, for the time to fa-
vor her, yea, the fet time is come".
It is not improbable indeed, that, accor-
ding to the general fenfe of expofitors
upon this pfalm, written, as is fuppofed,
during the time, and towards the clofe, of
the babylonifh captivitie, there may be in
, this part of our text an cfpecial reference
to thofe prophccies> in which the happy

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termination of that captivitie had been nqiir^-^
culoufly foretold, and the reftoration of the
Jews to their native countrie and ancient
temple. But, notwithftanding this, the
mode of language is by no means un-
applicable even to prefent times, t^or na-
ture itfelf is not without her prophecies ;
which may to us in hmc meafure fupptie
the place of thofe, that were ufed to be de-
livered by the infpired feer^ of old. And
it is undoubtedly one part of the divine in-
tention, in the favorable events of provi-
dence towards a people, not merely to put
them in poffeflion of fome prefent e-
molument, not merely to excite fome
tranfient emotions of joy, but to infpire
them with hope, as to their future pro-
fperitie and encreafing grandeur. And,
if there be any fuch natural prognoftica-
tions now fubfifting in our own favor,
concerning which we might almoft ven-
ture to affirm, that nothing but our own
iniquities can defeat them j may we not
then, humbly, as we moft furely ought,
but yet with fome coniidcrable degree of
animating proprictie fay j ** The Lord will

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"^' hiv^ mercie upon !Zion,ourbrlti(h Zion,for
*• the time to favor her, yea, thefct time is
** tbme,*' That late inftancc of our national
fucceis^ which has'fbinluch exKilerated all oUr
hekrts> is far' from ilahding unconnected
and atbne, or ajijj^caring in tihe light of a
merely ^afoal exploit. No, it is of the
feibe «btoplexion with many bther events,
thiat haVe happily preceded it?, in the eourfe
of theprcfeflt Vear;ahd is to b^ looked upon
as part of a plan, that hasi beeh wifely for-
med upon a j lift and generous confcioufnefs
'of otirnathre ftrcngth and dfgmtifc,as a people.
It therefore carries in it fo much the greater
ccrtaintie, as to the confequcnces, that are
to be expcded from it, and ftrongly indi-
cates, what we may in reafon prefume tb
be, under God, the happie cffed: of our
national powers vigoroufly and with proper
l-cfolution exerted. It is but a very little
while ago, that we were almoft ready to
fink into defpondencie, on account of that
gloomy afpedl, which our public affairs did
then feem to wear. But by that plcafmg
change, which has fince appeared in them,
and of which our late fuccels, is only a

fmgle,

ilflgky dK>* indeed a moft knppriaat in«
Aanoe, we are convinced, that th9l^;i|nf>
CGmfbitayeappearaoGcs vveH inot fowing io
any defedt incur inhereiitftreiDgtb, as a oatiof) s
xviddi miifl: needs have beeii^lik^ cocnpe^t
then, as nbw, to .the j^it>tei^$u»ce pf our
wonted dignitie and cbira^ec. flhia IJtisn
fhews us the mightie d^fifcf^c^^;^?! kf9i
Soon to be effeded by a truly JDafoctn^ Add
patriotic Q)irit animating thQ&^» who att
entruiled with the diroflion df our natio-
nal affairs, and that God ia /his p^v'i^fffKim
is ever willing to help that pe^tlj^, v^^hfH^lf
}uft fenfe of their dutie are indioed to<^ei?t
themfelves for their common &£Btle and
defence. We have been plainly, as ana?
tion in general, awakened of late into a
more lively con virion of the part, which
is feverally incumbent upon us, as member
of the communitle. And we fee, whal;
has been the confequence. We fee lh«
truth of that maxim, confirmed by prefent
example and vifible efFe(fls, which has been
^ oft;:»> in theorie inculcated upon us to no
purpofe 5 that, *^ if we amend our ways
A* and our doings, the Lord will have mer*
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^ cie Upon us and be favofable uhto Us,?,
and that the connexion, which is fo much/
and cannot indeed be too frequently or
forcibly, iniiiled upon, between national
virtue and national profperitie, is not the
mere chimera of imagination, but has its
indifpQtable foundation in nature. And
from hence, how plainly may we colled:,
what is our farther dutie, as the means of
advancing our national profperitie and ho-
nor ? For God*s fake, and for our coun-
trie's fake, let us not flop at thefe good be-
ginings. Let us not vainly prefume, that
becaufe we have done fomething in the
reformation of our public manners, we
have therefore done enough. Let not that
fomething, already done, prove abortive and
inefFedual for want only of proceding a
little farther, or by relapfing again into our
former lukewarmnefs and infenfibilitie.
But let thefe fair prefages, thefe goodly
hopes, fo vifibly arifing out of our better
fpkit, encourage us to go on, in the cul-'
tivatlon' and. improvement of it j and t»
correct ^verie vice $ cvcrie latent, everle
open iniquitie, as moil certainly fatal, 'm

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the degree of their prevalence, to the pu-
blic weal, and to our own intereft and pro-
fperitie, as connedled.^ith it. There are
fome vices indeed, tjiat Tiore immediately
ftrike at the root, of public happinefs than
others. But (UU wbateyei; ga^tie paffion,
it is, that we indulge, i^t^ip^i^ft of^neceflatie,
fo far as indulged, fuj^pl^it. the. better
ones, and the love of our countrie among

the felt, jitvj'i&jiq iHiicniiiii "ti^-^ T>ft.-» j
But by thefe general hints we are natu»-
rally led to fome .other happie indications
fublifting in our f^vpr^. ^n^. ftfongly. exem-
plified in thofe recent tidings, that have
been fo welcome to everie Briti(h ear. As,
for inftance, the fignal braverie of our
troops in that gallant action, furnilhing us
with fo pleafing a proof, that there are
ftill thofe among us, who can fland as fear-
lefs and undifmayed in the very facp of
danger, as others at a convenient diftance
from it. We cannot indeed enough la-
"ment the early lofs of that genfcrous hero,
.who led them on to conqueft. And yet
cjven.in that lofs itfelf, there are an>ple
jGDurce&ofconfolation, which, heaven graiit,
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may be richly enjoyed, by thofe who are
in the tendered manner afFeded by it.
Had he been lefs brave, he might indeed
have fpared his life — and have fruftrated
too that dcfign, for the fake of which he
was font on purpofe to expofe it. But he
fcorned to fpare it, or e- n to put the fuc-
cefs of the enterprife to the leaft poflible
hazard, upon fuch ignoble terms. He has
Shortened his days, and immortalifed his
fame. And was it not better ? better furely,
to die in glorie at thirty-five, than to have
dragged on his days in infamy and difgracc
to twice that period. And in his untimely
, death, as, on fome accounts, we are with
forrow to efteem it, tho* moft opportune
indeed and feafonable for his own renown
and England's glory, what an infpiring ex-
ample have we of that magnanimitie and
heroifm ; which, it is to be hoped, will
: fire the breaft of everie Britifh foldier with
the generous ambition of recording his
worth in the lading charaders of imita-
. tion ? And thus may the death of a fingle
hero be the means of making many, and
, its confequences amply compenfate the pre-

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fent lofs we fuftain by it. Nor can we for-
bear, upon this occafion, to refle<ft, with
pleafure, upon that generally prevailing dif-
pofition now Co apparent amongft us, vo-
luntarily to arm in defence of our count rie,
and upon the revival, under the fan(ftion
of public authoritie, of our martial and
manly fpirit. Thefe are appearances, in
our favor, which have, I doubt not, al-
ready intimidated our enemies, and bid
fair, I truft, for preventing any hoftlle at-
tempt, that they may have been defigning
againft our native land, as well as of de-
livering ourfelves from that confternation
and difmay, to which, otherways, upon
the flighteft report of any fuch defigns,
we might be continually expofed. Again,
in the account of this great atchievement
we foe, how much of our fuccefs has been
owing to the fpirit of union, which, with-
out a fingle exception, fo far as appears,
prevailed among the feveral commanders
both by fea and land, and in fcenes of ac-
tion and enterprife fo extremely different.
This k not only a point of the highcft con-
fequence in itfelf towards the fuccefs of our

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military efforts, but is, in the pre-
knt iiiflance, a Aill more pleating and
welcome " token for good," on ac-
count of thofe difappointments in our
public meafures, that we have fo lately met
with, for want only of fuch a fpirit. And
juft: of the fame importance, as were the
union and harmonie, with which this par-
ticular undertaking has been fo honorably
conducted, to the fuccefs of it, is the fame
fpirit animating our national counfels in
general, and diffufing itfelf thro' the whole
communitie, to our intire happinefs and
profperitie, as a people. How juflly then
may we look upon it as a prelude to our
advancing glorie, that what in this in-
flance appears to be offo much impor-
tance, will likewife, upon a little attention,
be found to be the real fpirit now pre-
vailing, amongft us. Never were we a more
' united people : never was fa<5lion fo nearly
fubfiding into abfolute oblivion; never fuch
a happy confent of minds for our common
faftty and defence. When to thefe feveral
circumftances we add, that generous en-
cduragement, which is amongft us fo pu-
blicly

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blicly glv^n to the cultivation of ^verie uie«-^
ful art and- fcience, both in our coloniet;
and on our native fpot, that internal peadc, r
that florifliing; trade and. eJttended conik*''
merce, which we havo fo.long enjoyed, >
even during a ftate of w^fi and by which/
we have been fo happily jdiftinguifhed from*
many neighbouring nations^ among whom-
its defolating horrors have now for fonae*
fucceffive years been fo fatally .experienced 3
and deeply feeled ; when wc reflcdt.upoa ?
the many fignal advantages and viftorics t
that have been gained over our enemieer, »
belides that .lateft one,- of fuch pecu-.i
liarly high and eminent importance, and t
thofe perplexities and embaraffments, to •
which their public tranfadions muft by j
this means be reduced j when we refleft
upon the injuftice and iniquitie of their t
ambitious attempts upon the peace and ter-
ritories of the neigboring jiations.; when *
we confider, on the other hand^ what it is, .
that we ourfelvcs contend for, not merely t
for life, not for the fake of lengthening out '^
a fordid being and ilavilh^ exigence, not for
the fake of adding flrength to tyrannic and .
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fupporting the exercife of an arbitrarie and
lawlefs power ; but for the mod previous
rights and liberties, that any nation ever
did, or any nation can enjoy : when, I fay,
we lay all thefe things together, may wc not
with fome humble confidence fay. ** The
** Lord will have mercie upon • Zion j for
** the time to favor her, yea, the fet time
" is conae." For what may not be exped-
ed from a fioriHiing, brave and united
people, exerting themfelves in fuch an in-
fpiring caufe j and in defence of thofe in-
eftimable privileges, which, it is fo na-
tural to prefume, (hould, in proportion to
their importance, invigorate our efforts for
their contini^ance and perpetuitie. And
this is .wi.in^^y^ ...i->-" - .s I ■ .■/

A third particular fuggefted to us in the
following words of the text : " For thy
" fervants take pleafure in her ftones, and
" favor the duft thereof" This is ex-
pireflive of that tender afFe<5lion, which
the Jewifh people retained for their coun-
trie, notwithftanding their prefent eftrange-
ment and diftance from it. They recol-
Icifted with a kind of veneration and exta- i
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tic pleafure, the ftately buildings, and par-
ticularly the goodly temple of Jcrufalem,
tho' now, alas, in ruins. And even the
very " duft" of their native foil ferved, in re-
membrance and imagination, to excite their
afFedlionate wifhes towards it. It is plain
too, that this is mentioned, as a circum-
ftance* prefaging the favor of heaven to-
wards them. " The Lord will have mer-
cie upon' Zion, for the time to favor
her, yea, the fet time is come : for thy
fervants take pleafure in her ftones, and
favor the duft thereof." They loved
and " favored" it themfelves, and were not a
little delighted with the hope and expecta-
tion of feeing it again in all its glorie ; and
might therefore innocently and chearfuUy
entertain the animating hope, that heaven
would ** favor" it too. They could not but
look T;pon this as an emotion of foul, that
was highly pleailng and acceptable in the
fight of God, and might hence reafonably
encourage themfelves in concluding, that he
would not fail, in hisgratious providence, of
giving fuccefs to their laudable exertion of
themfelves in conformitie to its dictates.

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And furely this is a prefage of national
Jbappinefs, that cannot be wanting among
ourfelves. If very Haves, as we have
known, and as, at this very day, is the cafe,
are willing to encounter the greatefl dan-
gers, and to expofe even their lives in de-
fence of the mifcrable land they dwell in 5
miferable, oecaufe enllaved, however in
other refpcdts delightful, {hall we, the chil-
dren of libertie, inhabiting its temple, and
furrounding its throne, be indifferent to
her relidence among us. It can never be,
that any Britilh heart fliould be fo far de-
generated from the high-born fpirit of our
noble anceftors. And, according to the or-
der of God's univerfal providence, who
never giveth, but to thofe, who *' feek,"
who never *' opens," but to thofe, who
" knock ;" and whofe promife, it is, a
promife delivered by the voice of nature, as
well, as in the venerable pages of holy writ,
tbat, if we " feek" him, he will be
** found" of us, what happier omen can
we have in our favor, than fuch a fpirit of
loyaltie and good affection to our countrie
generally diiFufmgit£slf amongfl us? Amidfl

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fo many other flriking indications then of
thegratious views and purpofes of divine
providence, tovyraids us, on account of which
it may with fo much probabilitie be pre-
fumed, that " the time to favor our Bri-
" ti{h Zion, even the fct time is indeed
'^ come," let not that farther happie one
be wanting, which depends upon the zeal
and fervor of our own hearts in its behalf.
What is there, that (hould make us indif-
ferent in our countrie's caufe ? what, that
does not call upon us, with heart and hand
to join in our utmoft efforts for its falvation
and defence ; nor to " count" ojr fortunes,
or even " life itfelf, dear unto us," may we
but be contributing to its prefervation and
honor ? have we not the bell form of
government, the beft laws, the beft reign-
ing prince, the higheft civil libertie, and
the greateft freedom in religion, of any na-
tion under heaven ? But were it poffible,
that fuch mightie and interefting confidera-
tions, as thefe, fliould prove infufficient for
warming our hearts, and animating our
zeal, there is yet another fuggefled to us

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by the noble fpirit of the pfalmift, as ex-
prefled in the conclufion of our text. ** So
•^* the heathen fliall fear the name of the
*' Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy
*' glory." In comparifon of the god-like
fpirit of univerfal benevolence, even the
love of our countrie is in a manner but a
felfifli paffion. And in fome inftances the
one, in the corruption and degeneracie of
it at leaft, has been known to operate to
the prejudice of the other. But in our
own cafe, and according to the ftridteft
renlitie and truth of it, they cannot inter-
fere, in fr.d they coincide. And the more
we love n.ankind, the more, for that very
reafon, lliall we be induced to iiitereft our-
felves in the profperitie and honor of our
countrie. Among all the bleffings, that
can be enjoyed by any body or communitie
• of people, there are none, that can by any
means equal, in their importance, that, of
which the pfalmirt here fpeaks, " the fear
" of God's name," or, as this facred lan-
guage imports, the reverential adoration
of him founded upon jufl and proper

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apprehenfions of the tranfcendent and
matchlefs " glories" of his nature. But we
all know, how much this exalted and
divine principle has been obflruded, in
its happy influence upon the mind, by
the corruption, in popifh countries, of
that very fyftem of chriftianitie, which
was intended to elevate and enoble ev ' ry re-
ligious and devout afFedion, and to advance
it to its higheft pitch of puritie and excel-
lence. And, as to the poor American In-
dians, as they have never had the oppor-
tunitie of corrupting, fo neither of im-
proving, this grand difpenfation of divine
mercie and love. But where, let it now be
afked, is that nation or people of the earth
fo likely to be the intended inftruments of
divine providence, in difpelling, either Po-
pi(h or Indian darknefs, than we of this
reformed countrie, this enlightened and
happie land ? Or when the period, which
we might have better fuppofed introdudtorie
to fo interefting and delightful a fcene, as
now ? and with what confiftencie can we
make any pretenfions either to the faith or

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charitic of chriftians, if we would not b^
chearfully contributing our utmoft ta fo

defirable an end ? • — ■ ^ *-^uv„...m-
Upon the whole then we fee, in what
manner it is, that we are to exprefs our
fenfe of that fignal triumph over our ene-
mies, which has been fo lately the fnbjedl
of our common joy. Whether this be in-
deed " the time" appointed, in the order
and decree of heaven, for bringing about
thofe great events I have been hinting at,
I by no means intend abfolutely to deter-
mine. I have been only endevoring to ani-
mate your minds with the fame pleafing
hopes that I find arifing in my own, and
to direct your thoughts to fame probable
enough prefumptions in favor of them. But
this I know, that the period is now arriv-
ed, which we ourfelves had in expedation
Jet^ as that, which we hoped, might prove
wholly decifive in our favor, as a people
engaged in war, and put an end in a man-
ner extremely happie and glorious, both
for ourfelves and our allies, to all the hor-
rors and defolations of it. The acquifi-
tion of the place, which God has now put
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into our hands, his, in this view of it, beeii^
for fometime paft, coniidered, as one of
the gi'and and ultimate obje^s in the plan
x)f our military operations. And now he
has ** arifen, and fhewn mercie unto us,**
in the very way that we ourfelves had in
thought and eager expedtation been, as it
were, prefcribing. ** This is the Lord*s do-
" ing, it is marvellous in our eyes/'
And is there nothing then to be done, on
our part, and by way of return ? or
ihall providence by fuch fweet and gentle
invitations, by fo pieafing and welcome
a voice, be calling upon us, to " regard the
" things, that belong to our peace," and
we, after all, in ungrateful difobedience,
as well as, in the height of folly, be un-
mindful of them ? O never, never let it
be faid of us, as it was of old concerning
Jerufalcm j ** how often would I have ga-
thered youj as a hen gathereth her
chickens under her wings, and you
*< would not!'* But let us be all concur-
ing with the intimations of providence by
the renewed and more vigorous practice

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