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AT THE TABERNACLE IN SALEM*

JULT 23, 1812.

THE DAY OF THE

PUBLIC FAST IN MASSACHUSETTSi

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My Brethren,

WE are convened on a ferlous and aw-
ful occafion. For many years our nation " dwelt
fafely, every one under his vine and under his fig-
tree."--Thofe years are gone.— The found of the
trumpet, and the alarm of war, are now heard in our
land. New fcenes are opening : fcenes in which our
earthly interells and hopes are deeply involved, and
the termination of which no human eye can fee.

" The wide, th' unbounded profpeft lies liefore" us ;
M But (hadows, clouds, and darknefs, reft upon it.'*

At fuch a time as this, what fliould we do, but
refort to the God of our fathers ? To his houfe we
have been called this day j in his holy and dread pre-
fence we are affembled. And, my Brethren, we are
here, not " forftrifeand debate"-— not to agitate quef-
tions which divide and diftraft the nation— not to ex-
amine the public meafures which have brought us to
the prefent conjunfture— not to applaud, or to tocen-
lure, any clafs of men, or fyftem of policy ; but to
cpnfider how we ftand in relation to the great Sove-
reign of the world, to contemplate our concerns as,
under his adminiftration, to view things in the light
of his law and truth, and to commit ourfelves, our
families and our country to his care. Here then, our
psfllons ihould be huflied j our prejudices fliould be
difmiffed j opprobrious names and odious diftincT:ions
fliould be forgotten ; finifter views and worldly ihflu-
cpces fhould be abjured. Our bufinefs is with Him
in whofe holy « fight, that which is highly efteem-
ed among men is abomination." And if here, in the
fljade of his fanctuary, at the foot of his throne, un-
difturbed by the ftrife and tumult of the world, we
can fpend but one hour in fpber reflexion, it may
turn to fubftantial and lalling good.

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For myielf, Httle difpofed as ! have always been,
never was I lefs difpoled, than at this moment, to
difturb your minds, or to heighten your excitements,
in regard to points which hav>? engaged the paffiona
of the country in long and fearful conflict. Were the
indulgence admiffible, I could utter the feelings of my
heart in the language of the pious poet :•

«« Oh for a lodge in feme vaft wildernefs,

«• Some boundiefs contiguity of Jlnde,

*' Where ruir.our of oppreflion and deceit,

*' Of unfuccfjfsful or fuccefsful war,

f« Might never reach me more. My ear is patn'd,

*' My foul is fick, with every day's report

*' Of wrong and outrage with which earth is fill'd.

*« There is nc flefh in man's obdurate heart,

*' It does not feel for man ; the natural bond

•* Of brotheihood is fever'd as the flax

•« That falls -^funder at the touch of fire."

But I muft ftand in my lot. I hear the voice of
God: "Son of man, I have made thee a watchman
unto tlje houfe of Ifrael : therefore hear the word at
my mouth, and give them warning from me." This
voice I muft obey. The fnoral afpeds of the times I
muft faithfully reprefent, I muft declare to you the
law and the truth of Jehovah ; I muft difplay before
you the glories and the terrors of his holy majefty and
government ; 1 muft proclaim in your ears the fins
and the dangers of our land, and point you to the
v/ay of fafety and peace. — A facred text fuitablc tq
my prefent purpofe may be found in

Psalm lx. i — 4.
O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast

SCATTERED US, THOU HAST BEEN DISPLEASED;
O TURN THYSELF TO U3 AGAIN. ThOU HAST
MADE THE EARTH TO TREMBLE ; THOU HAST
BROKEN IT : HEAL THE BREACHES THEREOF J FOR
IT SHAKETH. ThOU HAST SHEWl O THY PEOPLE
HARD THINGS J THOU HAST MADE US TO DRINK

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•the WINF OF ASTONISHMENT. ThOU HAST GlVElf
A UANNER TO THKM THAT FEAR THEE, THAT IT
MAY BE DISPLAYED BECAUSE OF THE TRUTH.

THIS Pfalm appears to have been compofed and fung,
on feme public and folemn occafion, foon after David
had come to the throne of all Ifrael. In the latter
part of the reign of Saul, who, for feveral years, was
more intent on purfuing his hatred againft David,
than on feeking the welfare of his kingdom, the nation
fuffered greatly by internal divifions, and by foreign
incurfions. At the time of Saul's death, his army
was overthrown, and Jfrael was fcattered and difmay-
cd. During the fliort reign of Ifhbolhcth his fon,
the divifion of the nation into two kingdoms, and the
bloody civil war which enfued, occafioned heavy ca-
lamities, and made the land to tremble. And when
David vras crowned king over all Ilrael, the natioa
was ftill mourning and fhaking, for the diflifters which
it had fuftained, and the wars with which it was
threatened. Thefe deplorable fcenes the infpired king,
in this, Pfalm, depicts and laments. But in contem-
plating them, he rifes above all human agencies, and
views the whole as under the fovereign providence of
God. Thou haji fcattered us ; — thou hajl made the
earth to tremble ; thou hajl broken it ; — riiou hajl jhew-
ed thy people hard things ; thou hajl made us to drink the
•wine of ajlonijhment.

Viewing thofe calamities as brought upon the land
under the adminiftration of God, he regarded tiicm,
with profound humility and awe, as tokens of God's
difpleafurc. God, thou haJi caji us cff;~1hou hofi
been difpleafed.—^wx. while he bows before the oivcndcd
Majefty of Heaven, with holy fear; he does not yield
to defpondency. With hope in the divine mercy, he
fervently prays, turn thyfelf to us again ; —heal the
breaches of^ the land. And his hope is encouraged by
prefent evidence of the divine faithfulnefs. Ihou hajl
given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may is dif
played becaufe of the truth. In bringing David to the
throne, according to his promife, to be the foflering

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fiiepherd of hU people, Jehovah lifted up an enlign
to the nation ; a banner to be difplayed, as a demon-
firation of his truth, and an indication of the way in
which they might expecl his favour, and afluredly
j&nd peace.

Confentaneous with thefe views and fentiments of
;incient and infpired piety, are the views and fenti-
ments with which, at this time, our minds, my bre-
tliren, ihould be deeply imprelTed.— I flidll therefore
endeavour to fliew,

I. That God is difpleafed with this nation. .

IL That there is great reafon for his difpleafure.

HI. That it is moil highly important to us, that
we obtain the return of his favour. And,

IV. That we have reafon to hope, that the return
of his favour may be obtained.

First, then. Gad is difpleafed with this nation.—*
"Who cgin doubt this ? —

He has done great things for us. With an out.,
firctched arm, he brought our fathers over the Atlan-
tic, drove out the heathen before them, and planted
them in this land. He fipiled upon them, and they
uicreafcd to a numerous people. When our rights
were infringed by our parent country, he took us by
the hand, and, with many fignal difplays of his power
and goodnefs, conducted u^ through the perils of an
eight years war, and eftabliftied us at length in inde-
pendence and peace. Afterwards, for the fecurity of
our rights and privileges, and efpecially for theprofpe-
rity of our commerce, it was feen to be necclfary to
ftrengthen the union of thefe fovereign States, and to
give to the whole a common intereft, and a national
capacity and character. He favoured the defign ; and
a federal conflitution, combiriing the wiljdom of ages,
and admirably fuited to its important purpofes, was
adopted. That was the epoch of our national matu-
rity : and at that epoch it might well have been faid,
" What one nation in the earth is like this people,
whom God went to redeem for a people to himfelf,
and to make him a name, and to do for us great
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Defignated, by the finger of Providence, as tluj
people of Heaven's peculiar favour, tJie fubfequcnt
events of our hiftory, for a fcries of years, were an-
fWerable to the high defignation. Our national prof-
peri ty was beyond all parallel, excepting in fomc
bright periods of the hiflory of ancient Ifrael.
Our commerce, that principal objecT: of • the fede-
ral compaa:, blell with the fmiles of Heaven, quick-
ly whitened every fea, and extended itfelf to every
fhore ; and, through its thoufand channels, wealth
flowed in upon us with a conftant tide, from all parts
of the globe. The national treafury was replenifli-
cid, public credit was redeemed and cftablifhed, and
all clafTes of the community were relieved and enrich-
ed, x-^griciiltiiralifts, mechanicks and manufacturers
found ample employment, and their various labours,
ample reward. Our forefts were turned into fruitful
fields J the feveral departments of life and of fociety,
eitiuloufly rofe on the fcale of improvement ; fcience
ahd literature felt and acknowledged the general im-
prulfe ; and our country, in its whole extent, prefented
o^e fcene of aftivity, plenty, and joy.— Such was our
ftate, while the God of our fathers fmiled on our land.
-^But the fcene is changed. —

Commerce, whofe influent tide gave motion to the
whole vaft machinery of our profperity, by check af-
tdr check, has been reprcffed, until its tide has almoft
ceafed. Our fliips and our merchandize have been feiz-
ed, and confifcated j or burnt, or funk, or held in re-
fltaint. Our mariners, taken by force or fraud, have
been immured in foreign prifons, compelled to enter on
board belligerent fliips, or turned upon the world,
dcftitute and forlorn, in diftant and unfriendly climes.
Hundreds of families, lately in affluence or eafy com-
petence, are reduced to poverty or diftrefling embar-
ra'flment. Thoufarids of individuals lately in full and
lucrative employ, are flopped in their feveral occupa.
tions, and know not what to fet themfelves about.
The fpirit of fair and laudable enterprlfe is checked j
the vigour of honeft and generous adlivity is palfied.
Dlfmay aiid diflrefs pervade our maritime towns.

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and thence are communicated to all parts of our coun*
try. No claft of the community, no department of
foclcty, but feels the fliock. — All this, my brethren,
is under the providence of God, and is a fure indica-
tion of his difpleafure.— But this is not all.

We are a divided people :— the effedls of our divl-
fions are deplorable, and the afpccls of them are fear-
ful. " Where envying and urife is, there is confufion,
and every evil work." This divine aphorifm is aw-
fully verified in our land. Our divifions arc infinite-
ly more to be deplored, than the adverfity which we
feel, in regard to our temporal wealth. They difturb
the peace and impair the happinefs of every depart-
ment of fociety ; not excepting the domeftick circle,
nor even the facred enclofure of the church of God.
They rcprefs the focial affections ; they blaft the chari-
ties and courtefies of life ; they violate, and almoll fe-
rer the ties of facred friendfhip, and of chriftian bro-
therhood. They produce chilling alienations, unfleep-
ing jcaloufies, bitter animofities, implacable hatreds.
They injure the reputations, and hinder the ufefulnefs
of individuals, and of whole claflTes of men ; fparing
no age, nor condition, nor ftation, nor character.
Under their baleful influence, we wofuUy know the
import of the prediction, " The people fliall be op-
preircd, every one by another, and every one by his
neighbour; the child ihall behave himfelf proudly
againil the ancient, and the bafe againft the honoura-
ble." And under the fame influence, every publick
defign, however ufeful, however benevolent, however
religious, becomes an objeft of jealoufy ; every effort
of publick fpirit, every confpicuous attempt to good,
is fare to be oppofed.

Yes, my brethren, our divifions fpread through the
Ivnd an influence, every where to be felt, which ads
Vvith the malignity of a confuming curfe. — Their evils
are endlels. — They call into aftion all the bad pafllons
of our nature ; they lever the bands of fociety ; they
bre;\k down the barriers of virtue ; they poifon the
fources of enjoyment ; they obftruft the enterprifes
of benevolence j they viglate the fan<^ity of all that is

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facrcd ; they fliake not only thfc pillars, but the very
foundations of the Republick.— Yet thefe, alfo, are un-
der the providence of God : and what furer token
could we have of his holy dlfpleafure ?

Connefted with this ia another token, too confpicU-
ous and too awful to be paffed unnoticed. An in-
fatuation of mind, as evident as it is deplorable, pre-
vails in our country. Infatuation naturally and ne-
ceffarily refults from the prevalence of the evil paf-
fions. When thefe paflions prevail, people will not fo-
berljr cxercife their undcrftandings, and their minds
are mfatuatcd of courfe. And this infatuation, firft
' he efFeft of the paflions, afterwards becomes a Caufe
of excitement to them. It always views things in a
deceptive light ; and fuel for the paflions is what it
perpetually leeks.

Does any one doubt that fuch an infatuation pre-
vails ? If it does not, what reafon can be afllgned for
the irreconcilable difagreement, regarding almoft eve-
ry thing ?— regarding, not matters of fpeculation on-
ly, but matters of facT:,— matters open to public view,
and capable of being mod perfedly afcertained. Why-
is It, that what one affirms, another is fure to deny f
that what one believes, another is fure to difbelieve ?
that what one receives and holds as moft important,
another cannot with patience, even hear mentioned ?
-—I aflign this infatuation to no party, to no clafs :
but that it exifts, that it moft fearfuUy prevails, no
one can doubt, who is not himfelf, in the higheft de-
gree, under its influence.

_ It is an old adage, « Whom God will deftroy, he in-
fatuates ;" and the adage is warranted by the facred
oracles.— y/jow haji made us to drink the wine of q/io-
niJhment.^When the people of Ifrael fupported Saul
whom God had rejefted ; when, to pleafe him, they
concurred in perfecuting David, who was the Lord**
anomted, and worthy of their higheft efteem and con-
fi^ence ; and when, after Saul's death, they adhered to
Ifliboflieth, and engaged in war againft David, in di-
rect oppofition to the declared will of God ; then it
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mcnt, were intoxicated, were infatuated. This wine of
aftonilhment, or fpirit of infatuation, is often mention-
ed in the divine threatenings againft guilty nations,*
** Take the wine-cup of this fury at my hands," faid
Jehovah to Jeremiah, " and caufe all the nations to
whom I fend thee to drink it; and they Jhall drinks
and be moved, and be mad"\ Efpecially, according to
divine predi(aion, the nations, adhering to the great
ten horned Beaft of the Apocalypfe, in the laft times
of his power, are to drink of this infatuating cup, to
the moft defperate intoxication. — ^Do we, then, par-
take of it in this land ? — and can we doubt whether
we are under the Divine difpleafure !

The token laft to be mentioned is the prefent w ar.—
No perfon, ferioufly converfant with the divine oracles,
can difbelieve that war, whether defenfive pr^ offen-
five, juft or unjuft, expedient or inexpedient, is a to-
ken of the Divine difpleafure. It is one of God's ex-
prefsly appointed judgments, for the punifhmcnt of
guilty nations.

What courfe this war is to take, how long it is to
continue, or what is to be its iffue, is known only to
Him, who has nations with their rulers in his hands.
This, however, we know, that war cannot exift with-
out calamity. ** Every battle of the warrior is with
confufed noife, and garments rolled in blood." Eve-
ry march of an army is with terror and devaftation.
But the carnage of battles and the ravage of march-
es—the deftruftion of life and of property, by land
and by fea — the lamentations of widows and orphans,
and the diftrefs of ruined families — the diminution or
cxcifion of the fources of national and individual
wealth — the preffure of neceifary taxes and contribu-
tions, and the confequent privations, embarraffments,
and fufFerings :— Thefe are not the only evils of war.

" From whence come wars and fightings among
you ? Come they not hence, even of your lufts that
war in your members ? Ye luft, and have not : ye
kill, and defire to have, and cannot obtain : ye fight

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i^eaks the divine oracle. — ^Pride, ambition, avarice,
hatred, revenge ; thcfe and the kindred lufts and paf-
fions of our depraved nature are the inftigators and
fomentors of war. But commenced and profecuted,
with thefe lufts and paffions, what will not war do ?
It will not heiitate to trample on all the laws of God,
and rights of men. Utterly contemning the divine
precept to love others as ourfelves, to love even our
enemies, it glories in hatred and revenge, and offers
every incentive to the thirft for plunder and for blood.
Of all the evils, indeed, refulting from war, its moral
efFefts and confequences are the moft to be deplored.
Hundreds and thoufands, called away from the ordi-
nary occupations of life, from the bofom of virtuous
fociety, from the means of moral and religious inftruc-
tion, are devoted to purfuits in which every corrupt
propenfity finds encouragement, are placed in the way
of every temptation to vice and impiety, and are de-
luded with an imaginary difpenfation from the laws
of morality and religion. A hideous mafs of corrup-
tion is embodied ; the contagion fpreads uncontrola-
bly and without bounds ; and a general diffolution
of morals and manners enfues.

But while contemplating war with its endlefs evils,
as a token of the divine difpleafure, we ought not to
forget the peculiarly portentous afpefts of the prefent
age and ftate of the world. No enlightened believer
in the divine oracles can doubt, that the times in
which we live are eminently times of God's vengeance
and.recompence on guilty nations: — the "perilous
times" fo often mentioned, and fo awfully defcribed,
in prophetic fcripture. For years, we have viewed
with amazement the tremendous fcenes, exhibited on
the theatre of Europe, and congratulated ourfelves on
our remotenefs from them. That terrifick drama is
proceeding ; and it will proceed, until its cataftrophe
Ihall be developed, in " the battle of the great day of
God Almighty." After having been long fpared in
divine mercy, we are at length drawn into the direful
conflift J and no man can tell how deeply we are to

be involved, or what is to be our ultimate deftiny !— •
Surely, my brethren, God is difpleafed with this n&«
tion. — And,

II. There is great reafon for his difpleafure. — ^^ Ah,
£nful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a race of
evil doers, children degenerate! we have forfaken
Jehovah, we have provoked the Holy One unto an-
ger, we are gone away backward."

As a people, we have been ungrateful. We have
not remembered '* God our Rock, and the high God
our Redeemer." We have not rendered unto him
according to the benefits which we have received ; but
we have abufed his bleffings, and confumed them on
our lufts. We have " waxed fat, and kicked." — We
have been a worldly people. Exceffive love of the
world has ftrongly marked our general charafter ; has
given to us a prominent feature, by which we have
been dillinguiihed, and for which we have been re-
proached, among the nations. — And we have been a
proud, a vain people. We have been vain of our li-
berties and privileges, vain of our increafing wealth
and general profpcrity, vain of our fuppofed know-
ledge and goodnds.

Praifing ourfelves, perpetually, as the wifeft and
moft virtuous people on earth, we have been deluded
into a moil dangerous covfuknce vmS. fecurity. In the
vanity of our minds, we have imagined ourfelves fe-
cure from the dangers and difafterf; of other nations ;
and have refufed to take warning from the fallen re-
publicks of ancient and modern times. And have we
not refufed to take warning, even from the oracle of
Heaven ? Though " the God of Ifrael hath feid, and
the Rock of Ifrael hath fpoken. He that ruleth over
men muft be juft, ruling in the fear of God >" have
we not ventured to contemn this divine maxim ?
Though " the wicked " fliould " bear rule " over us ;
have we not believed that, wife and good as ive are,
our " land " would not " mourn ?" And, while com-
plimenting ourfelves as a religious people, have we
not been wakefuUyjealous, left religion and its inftitu-
tions ihould abridge our liberties, and have too

much influence on our concerns? And hence, in#
ftead of taking our maxims from the word of God,
and the found experience of ages ; have we not ta-
ken them rather from the infidious infidels of thefc
laft times, whofe great objeft has been to "crush**
religion, and rid the world of its reftraints ?

Jehovah has exprefely informed us, that the /r^-
nation of thefabbath was a principal reafon of his dif*
pleafure againft Ifrael, and of their being given into
the hands of the Affyrians and Babylonians : but we
have difregarded the warning. The profanation of
the fabbath is a public and a crying fin of our land j
a fin by which we are conftantly provoking the Holy-
One of Ifrael unto anger — ^Did the land of Ifrael
mourn, « becaufe oi /wearing ?" Who then can paft
through our ftrcets, and not feel at his heart, that
God has reafon to be difpleafed with us ! How many
mouths in our land are continually open againft Hea-
ven, uttering the moft horrid blafphemies, and auda.
cioufly invoking damnation on themfelves and all
around them i-— Lying alfo, vmd gander, were among
the provocations, by which the people of Ifrael brought
down upon themfelves the vengeance of « Him who
cannot lie.'* But, my brethren, if the criminations
and recriminations which we every day read and hear
are juft, the people of this land are all liars and flan-
derers! How far this is true, it behoves every one
moft ferioufly to confider. Certainly, however, it
would feem to have been adopted as a maxim in this
country, that lying for certain purpofes is juftifiable,
and even commendable ; and that a faMehood once

uttered, Ihould never be retraced " Wo unto them

that call evil good, and good evil ,- that put darkne/s for
light, and light for darkne/s ; that put bitter for fweet,
and/weet for bitter P*-^^^ Wo unto them that are mighty
to drink wine, and men o//lrength to mingle fir ong drink :
that ju/iify the vjicked for a reward, and take away the
righteou/ne/s o/the righteous from him /"

" In the laft days," fays the Spirit of prophecy, « pe-
rilous times fliall come. For men fhall be lovers of
their owafelves} covetous, boafters, proud, blafphe.

\^.

mers, difobcdient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
without natural afFeftion, truce breakers, falfe accu-
fers, incontinent, fierce, defpifers of thofe that are
good, traitors, heady, high minded, lovers of pleafurcs
more than lovers of God ; having a form of godlinefs,
but denying the power thereof." This awful defcrip-
tion comprifes all manner of wickednefs ; yet to what
a fearful extent is even this defcription applicable to
the prefent generation of this land ! Who can make
the application, in the extent to which it will obvioufly
go, and not feel the blood chill to his heart !— No
wonder, my brethren, that God is difpleafed with thif
nation. — But,

III. It is moft highly important for us, that we
obtain the return of his favour.

«« Thine, O Lord, is the greatnefs, and the power,
and the glory, and the viftory, and the majefty : for
all that is in the heaven, and in the earth, is thine ;
thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted
as head above all. Both riches and honour come of
thee, and thou reigneft over all ; and in thine hand i»
power and might ; and in thine hand it is to make
great, and to give ftrength unto all." This devout
acknowledgment was made by David, at the clofe of
his long and profperous reign ; and the fentiments of
it fhould evermore dwell m the hearts of all rulers
and people. In this view of God, a nation, as well
as an individual, has every thing to fear from his dif-
pleafure, and every thing to hope from his favour.
« Bleffed is that people whofe God is Jehovah :'* but
when once he " rifes out of his place" to puniih a
perverfe nation, deplorable indeed muft the condition
of that nation be, until he reft from his anger. If,
my brethren, our prefent calamities are from his dif-
pleafure, muft they not continue, and even increafe,
until he turn himfelf to us again ?

Is the adverfity of the times, in regard to our tem-
poral interefts, a token of his difpleafure ? How thea
can we expect a change for the better, fo long as his
difpleafure towards us continues ? Should we not ra-
ther expeft this adverfity, with the various embarrafi.

» *

unholy,
fe accu-
hat are
ileafurcs
^dlinefs,
defcrip-
to what
cable to
in make
bvioufly
:t !— No
vith thit

that we

5 power,
fty: for
is thine ;
t exalted
come of
! hand is
to make
s devout
: clofe of
ments of
all rulers
, as well
n his dif-
s favour,
ih:" but
puniih a
:ondition
iger. If,
n his dif-
increafe,

our tem-
iow thea
ng as his
ve not ra-
imbarraiTo

ments and diftreffes refultingfrom it, to become more
and more infupportable ?

Are our civil divifions a token of his difpleafure ?
What then are we to expeft, if he do not turn himlelf
to us again ? The ftrife will increafe j the animofities
and hatreds will become more and more rancorous ;
and erelong they will "break out, and blood will
touch blood !**

Is the prevailing infatution a token of the divine
difpleafure ? If then the difpleafure be not turned away,
what have we to exped, but to drink of this wine of
aftonilhment even to the dregs ? What, but to become
more and more infatuated, until, totally blind to the
things of our peace, we furioufly rufli into ruin ! It
was thus with the Jews in the laft times of their na-
tional hiftory. Thus the Spirit of prophecy has foretold
It fliould be, with the nations, adhering to the ten horn-
ed Beaft, or under his influence, in the laft times of hi»
power. And have not awful inftances of the fulfilment,
m part, of this prediction, been witncfled in our day ?
What but this fpirit of infatuation was the ruin of
Holland, of Italy, of Switzerland, of Germany, of
moft of the States and Kingdoms of continental Eu-
rope ? They did not fall under the arm of the conquer-
or, till they had drunken of this wine, and were " mad."
The rulers as well as the people were intoxicated.
Iheir councils were perverted, their arms were en-
feebled 5 they were " aftonied one with another," and
their ruin became inevitable. And if God do not
turn himfelf to us again, how can we afliire ourfelves,
that he will not foon fay,« Behold I will proceed to do a
marvellous work among this people, even a marrcl-
lous work and a wonder : for the wifdom of their
wife men fliall perifh, and the underftanding of their
prudent men fhall be hid. W© unto them them that
leek deepi and hide their counfel from the Lord ; and
their works are ift the dark, and they fay, Who feeth
us ? and who knoweth us ? Surely your turning of
things upfide down liidl be efteemed ag the potter's

Is the war a token of the divine difpleafure ? What
then muft be its progrefs, and what its iffue, if the
difpleafure be not turned away ? We fondly indulge
the hope, that the conflift will be fliort, and the cala-
mities of it light ; but the whole difpofal of it it
with the Lord. Under his providence, the courfe
of events may be altogether different from what
-we calculate ; and the awful appeal which we have
made, inftead of iffuing in the eftabliflirnent of our
rights, may turn to their utter fubverfion. "The
race is not to the fwift, nor the battle to the ftrong."

The relation in which we now ftand to the ^reat
conflift in Europe, is not to be regarded with hght-
nefs. We fhall deceive ourfelves, if we imagine that
we Ihall not be confidered as having a part in that
conflia. Firmly refolved as we may be to ftand by
ourfelves, and to carry on our own warfare, uncon-
trolled and unaffifted by any other power ; we fliould
certainly lay our account, that the mighty power>
under whofe iron rod all Europe groans, will regard
us as a confederate ; and will employ all the refources
of its policy to connea our d^ftiny indiffolubly with
the deftinies of the great empire. On this point there
can be, it would feem, no difcordance of opinion.
Nor can there be any difcordance of opinion, in regard
to the event, fliould fuch a connexion be formed.
That terrible power knows no difference between
friends and dependents, between allies and vaffals.

And what is that power, but the Roman empire re-
vived—the ten horned Beaft, with his' deadly wound

healed ? " His deadly wound was healed ; and all the

world wondered after the Beaft."— «* And they wor-
fhipped the Beaft, faying. Who is like unto the Beajl t
'ivho is able to make war with him /"-—" The ten horns
are ten kings, which — receive power as kings one hour
ivith the Beaji. Thefe have one mind, and jhall pve
their power and Jirength unto the BeaJi"—''' They Jhalt
hate ihe whore, and Jhall make her defolate and naked,
and Jhall eat her flejh, and burn her with fire:*— And I

hi the

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, BEAsr, and the kings of the earth, and their ar-

mies gathered together to mate war againji Hm that fat on,

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hi the horfe, and againjl his anny:'—.<^ These shall
MAKE n^AR wnH THE Lamb, and the Lamb Jhall over^
rome them ; for he is Lord of lords and King of kinffs •

^"? J¥L *''^^ ^''^ '''"^ ^"^" ^'"^ called, and chofen!
and faithful.*— Could dcfcription, my brethren be
more exaft ? or predidion more diainft ? Is not'the
power here defignated, while it has hated the whore
the Romifh Church, and made her ddolate, yet evi'
dently alfoat war with the Lamb? Diditnot,but a few
years ago, explicitly and in the face of the world de-
clare itfelf againft the King of kings r.ndLord of lords—
agamft the throne and " monarchy of lieaven ?" And
though it has fince, for purpofes of {late, put on the
papal form of religion, are we to fuppofc that its real
character is altered, or that it has relinquiflied its once
avowed defign to « crush " Jefus Chrill ! No, my
brethren, it is the fame infidel, atheiilical power Hill •
and is purfuing, though now under cover, the fame
defperate defign. And this defign it will not ceafe to
purfue, until by the influence of its " fpirits of de-
nions," itsinfidious emiifaries, "that go forth to the
kings of the earth and of the whole world," its ar-
mies fliall be aflTembled at Armageddon, for the bat-
tle of the great day of God Almighty !

My brethren, if there is a plain and " fure word of
prophecy" in the book of God, this is one ; and it was
made plain, becaufe it was intended as a warning to
all people in thefe lafl: times :— a warning which, as a
watchman on the walls of our Zion, 1 am bound, fear-
lefs of reproach, mofl loudly to proclaim. If it is pof-
fible that this nation may be connected with the great
infidel empire of Europe j the bare poffibility fhould
deeply imprefs our minds with the importance of ob-
taining the fpeedy return of God's favour and protec-
tron. His own warning voice proclaims, " Come out
of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her fins,
and that ye receive not of her plagues." And the
moll fervent prayer of every friend to him, of every

* Rev. xiii. 3, 4. xvii. 12, 13, 16. xix. 19. xvii. 14,

friend to his country, fliould be, * From that ^ofuf
doom, good Lord deliver us !'-^But,

IV. We have rcafon to hope, that the return of
the divine favour may be obtained.

Great as I view our fins to be, and imminent our
dangers ; yet 1 am not of the number of thofe, if any
there are, who « defpair of the Republick :*' but while
mine eyes would run down with tears for the Condi-
tion of my country, my heart cleaves to the hope and
to the confidence, that the God of our fathers, though
difpleafed, and greatly difpleafed, has not utterly for-

faken her. t ^ .^

Theu hqfi given a banner tiy them that feat thee, that tt
inav be difplayed becaufe of the truth, David, raifed to-
the throne in fulfilment of the divine promife, wa*
the leader and commander of Ifrael, under whofe ban-
ner the fcattei-ed tribes were reunited, their breaches
Were healed, and their land became profperouS an(J

To them that fear him in this land. Cod has alf^
given a banner, that it may be difplayed becaufe of
the truth. Chrift, of whom David wais an eminent
type, was acknowledged by our fathers as their
"Leader and Commander." He was their « Hope,"
he was their « Saviour in times of trouble." '* They
cried unto him and Were delivered ; they trufted m
him and were not confounded."— His name, my
brethren, is ftill the glory of our laud; and his call to'
lis is, " Look unto me, and be ye faved." If we
obey his word, if we rally round his ftandard as the
centre of our union, and the pillar of our hopes, he'
will affure^y •* deliver us out of the hand of our ene-
mies," fave us from our dangers, and make us to dwelt
Jn quiet and joyful habitations. ^^

Is ours, then, a defperate cafe ? Degenerate chil-
dren as we are, and deeply as we have revolted from
God ; yet is there not a precious number in our latid,
who remember him ftill, and who will hear his voice?
They muft be the firft to rally round the ftandard.
To them the banner is given, and they muft difplay
it. By all that is dear to them :— by the welfare of

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, thai it
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ireaches
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If we
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rate chit-
ted from
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1 difplay
irelfare of

their families and of their country, by the honour of
their Lord and Saviour, by the peace and profperity
of Zion, by the Wood of their redemption and their
hopes for eternity, the call is urged home to their
liearts, to ccafe from ftrife and from difcord among
themfelves ; to lay afide aU wrath, and clamour, and
evil foeakmgi to love as brethren, forbearing one
anQther, and forgiving one another ; and to fliew
thcmfelves in true charadcr, as the difciples of Chrift,
as foldier^j of "the Captain of falvation." United
under ;his banner, they muft " take unto them the
whale armour of God, that they may be able to with-
Jtand in the evil day, and having done all to ftand.**
They muft " ftand, having their toins girt about with
truth, and having on the breaftplate of righteoufnefs ;
Rnd their feet fhod with the preparation of the gofpel
of peace. Over all they muft take up the fhield of
faith, with which they will be aWe to quench all the
*ery darts of the wicked. And they muft take the
the helmet of ialvation, and the fword of the Spirit,
M^hich is the word of God : praying always with all
prayer and fupplication in the Spirit, and watching
thereunto with aU pcrfeverance."-^Ycs, with one
heart and one mouth,they muft lift up the fervent and
MiceiTant prayer, « Spare thy people, O Lord, and give
pot thme heritage to reproach." « We have heard thy
fpeech, and were afraid : O Lord, revive thy work in
the midft of the years, in the midft of the years make
l^nown ; in wrath remember mercy."

Will not all good men do this ? By whatever dif.
tent names they may have been called, will they not
gU unite under this banner j and let their motto be

one, «FoR Christ and our Country!' If they

will, God will be entreated for our land. He will
turn himfelf to us again, and " remember for us hi$
former loving kindnefs, and tender mercies." « The
Spirit will be poured out from on high j" hundreds
and thoufands will flock to the ftandard ; "truth fliall
fpring out of the earth, and righteoufnefs fliall look
^own from heaven ;" « and the work of righteoufnefs
ithall be peace, and the effed of righteouihefs, quietne^^

f> I

«0

and fecurity." Cod will dwell in the midft of us j
^^"rl m akeolr land as " a ftrong city ; and wi appoint
H vad n for walls and bulwarks." He will dilpofc
our enemies to be at peace with us, and us to be at
c cc >^Sl^ them ; or elfe, if he call us to vindicate our
ii^h^s n he high places of the field, he will « go forth
^ our armie?, cover their heads in the day of bat-
tk " and ffive to them the fong of viaory. He will
rclloreouf judges as at the firil, and our counfellors
'is at the beginning;" "andwifdom and knowledge
Jhall b the flabiUt^ of our times and ftrength of fal-
vation, and the fear of the Lord our treafure. -"Hap-
py is the people that is in fuch a cafe ; happy is th<j
people whofe God is Jehovah.''

My friends, the ftandard is lifted up ; the banner ij
aifplayed: the only banner by which you, or your
country, can be faved. Will you repair to this ilan,
Srd" Will you enlift under Chrift as your " Leader
and Commander ?' wSay not, * It will avail nothing,
as it regards thefafety of the country, for us to enhft,
un lefs others will/ If it avail nothmg for the fafe^Y
of the country, it wUl affure your own fafety for tm e
and eternity. Befides, who rather than you, fhould
be firft to enlift ? and who can tell how extenfive
how numerous the enliftment may be? The fame
banner is difplayed, and will be difplayed, m the differ-
,nt parts of our land ; and thoufands on thoufands, we
truft will volunteer under it. Delay not, then j
but prefs forward for the firft honours of the fervice
lio vou alk to have the terms of enliftment, and the
Sities of the fervice explained ? I will briefly explair^

'^Inhen you would enlift under the banner of the
Prince of peace, you muft utterly renounce the ier-
V ce of his^ vet;rL Adverfary You rnuft renounce
fin You muft " deny ungodlinefs, and every wodd-
fv iuft ;" and refolve to " Uve foberly and "glueoufiy,
7nd pioufly in the world." And you muft refign
;ourFresLrefervedlytohim,intowhofefervi^^^^^^^^^
Inter. You muft believe in him as the Squ of th«

f USf
)point
iilpofc

be at
te our
> forth
of bat-

"will
ifellors
wledgc

ot fal-
."Hap-
^ is th^

inner is
)r your
lis ilan-»
' Leader
lothing,
to enlilt,
tie fafety
for time
I, Ihovild
xtenfive,
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he differ-
fands, we
t, then }
e fervice.
, and the
y explaii^

ler of the
:e the fer-
renounce
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[ervice you
Squ of tha

IHgheft, the Prince of the kings of the earth, to
whom angels, principalities and powers arc fubjcct j
** in whom are all the treafures of vvildom and know-
ledge," who is " mighty to fave,'* and who will allur-
cdly conduct his followers to" glory and honour, and
immortality." Thcfe are the terms of enlillment ;
and correfpondent with thefe are the duties of the
fervice.

Having entered the fervice, implicit obedience to
your Commander will always be indifpenfablc. You
will hold yourfelves no more at liberty to walk " in
the way of your own hearts, or the fight of your
own eyes j'' no more at liberty to regulate your de-
portment, or converfation, by the culloms, or max-
ims, or courfe of this world ; but taking the facred
manual given you by Chrift, the fcriptures of truth,
for your diredory, by this perfeft ftandard, ail your
opinions and all your aftions muft be formed. Love
to God and love to men muft rule in your hearts ;
and the glory of God, the honour of Chrift, and the
highcft good of men, all which unite in one, muft
evermore be held in view, as your ultimate objeft.

You will love your country, and feek her profperi-
ty. *' Submitting yourfelves to every ordinance of
man for the Lord's fake," you will " render unto all
their dues : tribute to whom tribute is due ; cuftom to
whom cuftom ; fear to whom fear ; honour to whom
honour." But you will ferve your country, only un-
der the banner of Chrift. You will hold it as a fure
and facred maxim, that *' except He keep the city,
the watchmen watch in vain ; if he be not the fun and
the fhield of the nation, our deareft rights, and li-
berties, and interefts, muft be in conftant jeopardy.
** Ceafing from man then, whofe breath is in his nol-
trils," you will put no confidence for fafety in
princes or rulers, any farther than their mculures
fliall appear to be conformable to the eternal princi-
ples of truth and right. Neither will your confidence
reft in the boafted wifdom and virtue of the na-
tion ; in our civil inftitutions, excellent as they are ;
in our local fituation, remote from the feats of Euro-

■">

i i

^w»«(. '■'/"'Vr"*, he Wonderful, the Comn.ei-

"""tll^MLHTV G0D7.he P..NCE OF PeaCE," » ««-

^rfit ^rioTo"".ur . untry and to wh.ujvc' <««.
«^f arduous duty J"" l'' ^liSa^s " o^u'yo«.

"thSr« '^e however, in your <^^^'^

^"^V' w^ w"ofe you »e, and whom you fave.

i„ the time -^^"'^'^^V^l^mlC^M «'«!-
Cr'^d'h^t'tli^^oemy," you wiU rcm^bej
that his command ia,"X,.«y.Hr «/«».«; "»'*'•
;t'ever imagine '^^ grh^.K^VS'l^tS
lo your couotry, confito '»/'"'.'i*°„ "WetDrifes of

Ihan thofe of neceffity and mercy, f "- ?' Jf ,„^
Sntion And the P"f-at»n °f h. ^^^^

?^'Sfcrfli^plce-■;;^w§Ifeelit in^UL^t 0«
;'?u,% =Sl fultS meL to check, and a.iar a. pot
iible to fupprels.

tVtB0i

hearu
[y put
orcign

tE TO

e. But

in evc-
: fceae«
ly* •♦ be
: yaur-
r— id-
U haUl

J of pri«
>l»ces of
I, at na
m forve.

if then

y neigh-
smcmbcr

nor wiU
true lov€
sr nation,
prifes o£
►rovfi; ia
>u in t^ft

you wlft

ruppofing.
I difpenfjb-
ifabbath-;
rns, other
;€ your atf.
' ^th, that
Jy grow-.
unbent oa
.far as jKrf»

'»"

Ifot wSl you forget the exprefs order of your Com*
jfiandcr in chief, ^ Swear not at all:"—** take not ihg
name of the Lord thy God in vain.** Not only will y (^u
refrain im)ft facrcdly yourfelves, from every breachi
of this order \ but you wilJ fet your far«?s, firmly and
efficiently, agahift the audacious, the heaven daring
profanenefs and blafphemy, with which our ftrcms»
and corner*, and wharves inccffantly ring, and which
is continually afcending, for judgment, to the ears of
the Lord of fabbaoth ! . . ,

Another order of the fame high authonty is : •* Lte
not one unto another ; bat Jpeak every man truth unto his
neighbour.*' Never, then, can you admit, never care
you tolerate the delufion, the pernicious dcftrine, that
lithet the divine glory or the good of your country is ti>
be promoted by Wifehood, or by a finifter fuppreffion of
truth. Nor will you ceafe, m thefe evil tinies, to
charge your confciences, on this fubjeft, moft folemn-
ly before God ; left by rejoicing in the cxpcded iuc-
cefs of a lie, or by connivance at falfchood, you be-
come unawares partakers of the guilt.

" Let all your things be done with charity** is another
general order of great comprehenfion : one which, ia
tiie prefent divided ftate of public opinion, demands
very fpecial attention. Differences of opinion muft
be expe^ed to exift ; and the right of all freely to ex-
prefs, and honeftly to maintain their opinions, no en-
lightened friend of tru^h, or of his country, can dil-
puto, or wifli to abridge. But this right fliould al-
ways, and efpecially at a time like the prefent, be ex-
ercifed with charity. The folemn and fearful ftate of
our country fliould bring every one to a ferious and
thoughtful paufc. llie man is mad, who refolvc*
that lie will not ice, otherwife than he has feen.
Rather ihonld he fit down, and difpaffionately and de--
i llberatdy examine the grounds on which his opinions
reft, and the ends for which they are maintained.
TLe love of country and the fear of God fliould re-
ftrain every one, from yieldmg his judgment to the
control of his paflions j from aclins upon the pre-
pofterous maxim, that nothing v.hich does not favour

,. views, and --7 ^^\^^^^'^
ed-, from anfwering a bfta^nn^^^^ i .^^^ ^^

gry denunciation. \^f^r preiudice to candour.
Ion niuft give place to leafonPJ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^

bitternefs to chanty, delulion ^

views to the pubhc good. ^^ ^ fo^ver things are '
Under Chnft, ma ^v"^^', J^^^ whatfoever things < «
true, xvhatfoever thmg^j^f^ 7"'"' p^re, whatfoever
Z aft, f^t":;hatSr king's ar'e of good re-
things are lovely, "^^^'^^ ^f ti°rc be any praife,
port; if there t';J> JJ^'.^ely confukr,'' and inva-
th^fe tlungs you will ^"e"t.ve y ^^^ ^^.^ .^ ^^^^

riably praclife. A^^'i^^^\^^^'^ J,^^ 'u mull keep your

duty or falter \^y«^X ^y on ^m with unwa-
eves on your divine Uade^ rey ^^^^^^ .eludancc

v^ring affiance and ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ you may do all
and without fear. ,^^ ^"'^ '« 'Jiquerors, and more
things; he >vdl .^^I'^^^fi,^, foreword is, "To him

-CS;;ds,are you co^erned for^V- -^^^

,0 /ou, aefire her we^^^^^^^ J^^^ this llandard ,
banner here difj la^ed , join ^^ ^^ ^^

.,nd it will not be y^ur tault,^t y ^^^.^.^ ^,.

f,fc and happy. ^"4 "^,^, ^he whole nation, that
liavd, I would P-^-^,,;\^;%Tfafety and happi;
tins is the way ana ^^^ "^^ j, ^/,/, ;.. .. /^^

«ef3.-'' /..»y^ ^/ f'f^Zlold. ^s the clay is tn the
Uer^s hand fo are e mnme . ^^^

\4t -ivhat ivjUnt I fPff"'J'p'ull down, and to de/iroy
tnga k,r.^dom,io pluck np^P^ ^^^^ need turn

,,t. if that nau.n. -f ''f JJJ;,, ,,;/ that I thought to do

/-" 'Zrh^:^^:tlr. unto .., and l^Ul return
tinto tiJiiiiu ,^ »'

gu-

an-

paC-

)ur,

rtial

are

ings ' '
ever
d re-
raife,
inva-
your
your
mwa-
[tance
do all

more
ohim
me in

mtry ?
kr the
p.dard ;
be not
)ic: br-
n, that
1 happi-
as this
s in the
)f Ifraeh
' concern-
to dejlroy
:edi turn
ight to do
nil return