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 1702 
 
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 Brady 
 
 Sermon upon occasion of the death of our late sovereign 
 
 King William
 
 THE LIBRARY 
 OF 
 
 THE UNIVERSITY 
 
 OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 LOS ANGELES
 
 Dr. B R A D T 's 
 
 SERMON 
 
 On Occafion of the 
 
 DEATH of Our late K I N G ; 
 
 And Her prefent Majefty's 
 
 Acceflion to the Crown.
 
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 William 
 
 Acceffion 
 
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 And One of His late Majefty's Chaplains in Ordinary. 
 
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 KINGS DEATH, 
 
 Acceffion to the Crown. 
 
 
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 PS AL. XLII. n. 
 
 AT/ //tftf c<J/? //>;, wy iS 1 ^/ .> And why artthou 
 difquieted within me > Hope thott in God, for I/hall 
 jet P^aife him t who is the Health of my Counte- 
 nance, and my God. 
 
 IT is the ufual Method of Divinfe Pro- 
 vidence to Chequer our Lives with 
 Black and White ; to allot us fre- 
 quent ViciflStudes of Grief and Joy* 
 which fucceed each other like Night and 
 Day 5 and by thus varying our Profpedt, 
 effectually to take Care, that we neither 
 
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 grow too fond_ of thisJKojJd, nor yet 
 taa'much difgufteJ- at ic. Were in not for 
 this Wife Dtverfity ofi Difpenfations, which 
 are generally diftributpi by Weight and 
 Meafure, and, vjfibljr defign'd to Ballance 
 one another, we fhould be apt to fink, hea- 
 vily in a Storm of Adverfity, or drive too 
 tightly before a. Gales of Pr offer ity $ we 
 ihould find it very difficult to Steer rightly 
 in the dangerous Extreams of either Con- 
 dition * or to manage the Helm with thac 
 fteddineis and gravity, which becomes us. 
 as we are Men and as we are Cbriftians. God 
 therefore, as the Preacher Expreily tells us, 
 basket the one of them over againft the other ; 
 that our Afflidiions being fweetned by fome 
 Comfortable Confederations^ we may not be 
 jwaUowd up of over-much Sorrow ; and our 
 B/e/fings being temper'd with fome Me/an- 
 cboUy rejleflions, we may. not run the hazard 
 of being exalted above Meafure. Thefeare thl| 
 ftanding Maxims of God's unerring WifdonM 
 by whicji heacts inthege^r^/Goveriimcnt 
 of the World; and agreeably to thefe Mea- 
 fure^ has he now proceeded m that particular 
 Sc.enp of iRiDvidence which lies before our 
 
 Eyes: 
 
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 EyesrThat furprizing calamity under which 
 we labour,by the unexpected Death of the left 
 of Kings, is mitigated, and made tolerable, 
 by the Happinefs we look for under the 
 Aufpicious Influence of fo Excellent a Queen > 
 and thofe tranfports of Joy on the other 
 fide, which fo precious an Advantage fliould 
 infpire us withal, cannot but be modera- 
 ted, in fome degree, by a fenfe of the great 
 Lofs we have fo frefhly fuftain'd. I have 
 therefore endeavour'd to fuit my Text to 
 the differing Circumftances of the prefent 
 Occafion, which Invites us at once to Con- 
 dole and to Congratulate 5 firft to attend the 
 going down of our Setting Sun, with that 
 decent Heawnejs which becomes fuch a 
 flight ; and then to refrefti our felves in the 
 Rays of our Rifing Sun, with that Solemn 
 jfoy which belongs to fuch a Morning. The 
 former of thefe Reflections will inform us 
 of the occafion, why our Souls are caft down, 
 and difquieted within us ; the Latter will ac* 
 quaint us with the Juft Reafon which we 
 have, to hope yet in God, and refolve to Praife 
 him, who is the Health of our Countenance, 
 and our God. 
 
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 I fhall therefore divide my Difcourfe up- 
 on this Subject, into thefe two following 
 Propofuions. 
 
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 i ft. I (hall enquire into the Juft Caufe we 
 
 have to mourn and be dejefted for the Af- 
 fliftion laid upon us, in the Lofs of a King 
 to whom we owe fo much. And 
 
 
 1 (hall Examine the Obligation we 
 lie under to rejoice and be thankful for the 
 Blefling afforded us, in the Po'fleffion of 
 a Queen from whom we Juftly expeft fo 
 much. 
 
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 i ft. th<;n, I (hall Enquire into the Juft 
 Caufe we have to mourn and be dejefledfot 
 the Affliction laid upon us, in the Lofs of 
 a King to whom we owe fo much. Why 
 art tho?* cafi down, my Soul ? And why art 
 thoit Difquieted within me ?.- 
 
 ItisnaturaU upon any Juft occafionofv 
 Sprro,w, to Proportion punGrief, if we are 
 dujy affe^ed, either to the true value of it& 
 Ob^ct, or to the Greatnefs\ of, thofe Advan- 
 tages which we reaped from its Eiijbyme0t^ 
 
 upon
 
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 upon the former account, it commands 
 Rational Concern, as the neceffary 
 of its own Intrinfick Worth $ upon the lat- 
 ter, it engages us in a more fenfible tender-, 
 nefs,in regard of. the relation which it bears- 
 to our felves. If then we will be guided, 
 bythefe equitable Meafures, and refolvc 
 to apply them to the prefenc Inftance* ..we* 
 fhall find our felves oblig'd, in a two-fold. 
 rcfpcft, to mourn deeply for the Lofs of fot 
 Excellent a Prince : If we confider 
 
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 How Valuables was in himfclf,And> 
 
 rr .Q'bc^. j f^i n -"r? 
 adly W hat z/^/? Benefits he has unpart> 
 
 edtous. 
 
 ift. then, In order to Juftifie our Sor 
 row for his Lofe, let us confider how -valu^ 
 able our Late King was in himfel 
 
 I cannot be accus'd of Flattery, or Par- 
 tiality, when I affirm, chat he was the /ferai 
 of the Age he liv'd in ; poflefi'd of all the: 
 Qualicies, and Extraordinary Endowments* ,. 
 which arc required to compleat a Zvlan in i 
 Greatnejs and in Goodnefs. He was horni 
 and bred up in the midft of Difficulties,. 
 
 under
 
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 under the fufpicions and difcouragements 
 of a contrary Faction ; and forc'd to bear 
 up againft fuch Envy and Opposition as 
 nothing but a confummate Merit could 
 have ftruggled through : And yet we find 
 him diftinguifliing himfdf under all thefe 
 Hardfhips ; and breaking forth from thefe 
 Clouds with Tuch a Native Luftre, as drew 
 the Eyes and Admiration of all upon him; 
 It was not long, e're the NecefTitiesof thofe 
 who had endeavour'd to Eclipfe him drew 
 him forth from that Obfcurity to which 
 they would have confin'd him, and vefted 
 him in that Authority to which his Birth 
 Entitled him, and his Excellent Qualificati- 
 ons abundantly recommended him. And 
 now, his Great Soul had a larger Sphere in 
 which to Exercife and Difplay itsz/^y? Abi- 
 lities ; even then he began to affert the Li- 
 berty of Europe, and to give the firft check 
 to that Arbitrary Tyranny which was about 
 to overflow this Quarter of the World. The 
 great Invader of our common Tranquilli- 
 ty was furpriz'd to find himfelf over- 
 inatch'd, and his Ancient Experience baffled 
 by a Toutb j to. fee him Command Armies, 
 
 and
 
 and Form Confederacies, at an Age when 
 others were in Purfait of their Diver/ions $ 
 and to aft the hardcft parts of a General 
 and a Statesman without the cuftomary Pre- 
 paratives of Time and PraRice. Thus with 
 a fteddy Courage that ftemm'd all oppafiu- 
 on, a Confederate Wifdomthzt woather'd all 
 Difficulties, and an Vnbiajsd Honefty that 
 refifted all Temptations, He ftopp'd the 
 Progrefsof thofe Arms which were forging 
 Chains for Europe, buoy'd up the Reputa- 
 tion of his finking Country, and fettled a\ 
 more abfolute Dominion in their Hearts 
 than ever tbaxlSpamfl) tyrants had airn'd 
 at over their Per/ons. And now, when He 
 was the Delight and Bulwark, of his own 
 People, he began to be the Defire and. 
 Expectation of Others* ;> and no fooner 
 did Our Wants begin- to grow Clamo- 
 rous, and to Call ouc Loudly for fomc 
 Forrcign Affiftance, but He was the Uni- 
 verfai Objeft of our Hopes, and the Point . 
 in which all our Wifhes Center d : We In> 
 plor'd his Help,and Hecondefcended to our 
 Requeft, and confented to fupport three 
 Tottering Kingdoms, that nuilt h^vefiank, 
 
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 into Ruin without his Interpofition. Thus, 
 not his Ambition* but our Necefflty $ not his 
 A/feftaticn of Sovereignty over a;,but our Wife 
 furfuit of Safety under him, concluded him 
 to the Throne, for which he only was In- 
 debted to a Merit proportionable to the 
 greatnefs of our Extremities. And h~rewc 
 muft pafs from our firft Confideration,how 
 very Valuable he was in himfelf, to the 
 
 2</. Great Occafion of cur Mourning 
 for his Lofs, upon account of the vaft Be- 
 nefits which he imparted to us. 
 
 Of thefe we cannot make a Jufter Efti- 
 mate, than by comparing the fa d Condition 
 in which be found us, with the Advantage- 
 ous Circumftances in' which he has left us 5 
 for which Bleffed Alteration we are, next 
 under God, to pay our Gratitude and Ac- 
 knowledgment to this Great Mans Memo- 
 ry. How vaftly is the Scene of Affairs 
 changed with us for the better / Whether 
 we refled: upon our Security at Home, or 
 whether we have regard to our Reputation 
 Abroad /As to the former of thefe, our Se- 
 curity at Home 5 inftead of thofe Encroach- 
 ments upon Liberty and Property, the two 
 
 moft
 
 moft valuable Jewels of an 
 and that (lender Protection which the Be/I 
 Lam could afford, when they were liable 
 >to the Check, of a difaenfing Power ; we are 
 by Him firmly fettled upon our ancient con- 
 ftitution, which makes usjuftly the Envy 
 of all Neighbouring Nations $ a Conftitu- 
 tion, in which the Prerogative of the Prince 
 is fo happily reconciled to the Priviledges 
 of the Subjeft, that they are both beft fup- 
 ported by a Mutual good Intelligence; and 
 the fubverfion.ofthe one is the deftrution 
 of the other. Inftead of thofe Attemptsupon 
 our Holy PrcfeJJion, which were defign'd to 
 overturn the beft Church upon Earth, and 
 to introduce Superftition and Idolatry in its 
 Room 5 By Him we fee Religion re-efta- 
 bhfti'd in its puncy,and fo firmly interwoven 
 with the Intereft of the Government, that 
 they cannot be feparated but by a common 
 Ruin, and muft always, either flouriflh or 
 <jecay together. Thus, inftead of the 
 double Yoke of Popery and Slavery, which 
 was likely to be entail'd upon the fucceed- 
 ing Generation ; our Posterity by Him is 
 rcfcued from the Danger of Romifh Ty- 
 
 C ranny
 
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 ranny and defpotual Authority ; arid to him 
 they ftand indebted for the Affurance which 
 they have, of being born and bred up Pro- 
 teftants and Freemen. Did ever any Prince 
 Enad: more wholefome Laws* or make 
 greater Conceflions from the Throne than 
 He did ? Did ever any carry things with 
 greater Moderation, or Steer more evenly 
 between Contending Factions ? Endea- 
 vouring by his Example, and all other fui- 
 table Methods, to unite our Divifions,and 
 to heal our Breaches 5 as knowing that the 
 beft means to make us Eafee among our 
 fe/Tjes, and to render us considerable to the 
 reft of Chriftendom. 
 
 And this carries me from the view of 
 our Improvements at Home, to the more 
 enlarged Profped: of our Advantages Abroad. 
 How mcon deferable a Figure did England 
 then make, when it a&ed in a mean Subor- 
 dination to France, in comparison of what 
 ic now does, when it holds the Balance \ and 
 fways, by its Important Weight, the whole 
 Intereft of Europe ! How little did we ap- 
 pear wfaen we were Penficners to our 
 Neighbour, and were Cover n'd like a Pro- 
 vince
 
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 vince by Foreign Counfels, in refped: of 
 what we now do when we ftand upon our 
 own bottom, and fee the Kingdoms round 
 about wait for our Determinations ! How 
 Contemptible were we grown under for- 
 mer Mon archs^who were contented to truckle 
 to the French Tyrant, that they might Lord 
 it more impcrioufly over their Free-born 
 Subjefls, in regard of what we were under 
 the Government of a Prince, who vouch- 
 fafed to praftife the greateft Cvndefcention 
 towards his People, that he might better 
 bumble the Pride of his Enemy and their s~ 
 A Prince, who was the Head to model and 
 direft, the Heart tofortifie and encourage, 
 the Soul to animate and unite the moft glo- 
 rious Confederacy that was ever fet on Foot, 
 to defeat the Defigns laid for Vniverfal Mo- 
 narchy, and to aflert, and vindicate the / 
 berty of Chriflendom. What Merit but his 
 could have gain'd England the Honour of 
 prefidmg in fo noble an Alliance as This \ 
 And of feeing Empires^ and Kingdms, and 
 Commonwealths agree to take their meafures 
 of adting from the refolution of her Senate ! 
 To this lofty pitch of Grandeur and Reputa- 
 
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 ticn has out Late King of Bleffed Memory 
 Exalted thefe Nations,which he found funk 
 to a low degree of Infamy and Contempt ; 
 and to compafs this End 3 he refus'd no hard- 
 fliips,he declined no dangers,but expos'd his 
 Sacred Perfon in Baffle AbroaJ,znd ran fre- 
 quently the hazard of Affaffinat'ions at Home\ 
 fometimes ftruggling with the difficulties 
 of an Honourable War> fometimes with the 
 difappointmcnts of a Treacherous PeaceyAl 
 his Body, being unable to keep Pace with 
 his v5W,fainted under the Tasks which That 
 continually laid upon it; but not till he had 
 gain'd this point of Honour, of having Eng- 
 land acknowledged the moft confiderableState, 
 and Hiwfelft\\zgreateft Man in the Chriftian 
 World. And now,is it poflible for anyone 
 to reflect, either upon the valuable Quali- 
 fications of this Prince, or upon the vaftnefs 
 of thofe Benefits which he has imparted to- 
 us (by having fettled fo firmly out. Securi- 
 ty* at home, and advanc'd fo considerably our 
 'Refutation Abroad) without being fenfibly 
 affected for the Lofs of fo Eftimao/e a Per- 
 o,and ta Eminent a Benefaclor! And ought 
 not we to behave oui felves upon, this oc- 
 
 ca(Ion ?
 
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 cafion, as it is Recorded of the 
 they loft their good King Hezgkjah ? 
 Hezekiahyfe/?/ with his Fathers, aad they bu- 
 ried him in the chief eft of the Sepulchres of, 
 the Sons of David ; and all Judah, and the 
 Inhabitants of Jcrufalem did him honour at 
 his Death. 
 
 And here I fhould clofe up this Imper- 
 fedt Character, did not the following part/ 
 of my Difcourfe, which I am now to en- 
 ter upon, fuggeft another Inftance* how 
 much we are oblig'd to reverence the Me- 
 mory of our late deceased Sovereign, fince 
 to him we owe even That Excellent Princejs, 
 who now fills the Throne of her Royal An- 
 ceftors : Without his Interpofition, as the 
 Inftrument of Providence, an hnp&ftor, one . 
 perhaps of the meaneft of the People, had 
 deprived us of that happinefs which we pro- 
 mife our felves under Her, whofe Veins 
 are filled with the richeft Blood in Europe,. 
 and whofe great^qualities are anfwerable to 
 the Noblenefs of her Extraction : And this, 
 leads me to the 
 
 2d. General Head of my Difcourfe. in 
 which Lacn to Examine the Obligation.
 
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 we lie under, to rejoice, and be thankful for 
 the Bleffing afforded us in the Poffeffion of a 
 Queen from whom we juftly expeft fo much. 
 Hope tbou in God, for I /ball yet praife himjvho 
 isthe health of my Countenance, and my God. 
 
 God, who in the ordinary courfe of Na- 
 ture , has always placed the Antidote near 
 the Poifon which calls for it, has, to alle- 
 viate our Sorrow for the Lofs which we 
 deplore, made it up to us abundantly in the 
 B/effing we Enjoy. We fee feated upon 
 the Imperial Throne of thefe Kingdoms^ a 
 Queen defcended from a long Race of Kings$ 
 and thereby Entailing upon us that happi- 
 nefs which the Preacher declares to be the 
 Portion of that Land ivhofe King is the Son 
 of Nobles : One, in whom all the Titles to 
 the Crown, which can make a Right that is 
 Inconteftabk, are happily centered and uni- 
 ted,and confequently under whom we may 
 hope to experience an amicable compofure 
 of thofe differing Opinions, which, how- 
 ever trivial, and infignificant in themfelves, 
 yet ferv d to rend and divide us into Par- 
 tics and Fadions, One, who has been bred 
 up under feveral Reigns, and has been an 
 
 Eye-
 
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 Eye-witnefs, and Faithful Obferver of the 
 Inconveniences which attend Mifcarriages in 
 Government, and the Advantages which re- 
 fult from a Wife Adminiftration, and is con- 
 fequently qualified from her own Experi- 
 ence to avoid the one, and cultivate the o- 
 ther. One , who gave us long fince the mod 
 convincing Argument of Her Love to her 
 Country and her Religion, when (he freely 
 Sacrificed to //;o/e?Confiderations theneareft 
 Ties of Intereft and Blood 5 and thereby has 
 aflur'd us that She will (till prefer the Ho- 
 nour of her Go </, and the good of her People, 
 to all other Engagements whatsoever. One, 
 who by approving herfelf upon all occafi- 
 ons the beft of Wives , and the tendered 
 of "Mothers^ fliews the value which (he has 
 for all fuch Obligations, as any Bond of 
 Relation can juftly lay upon her ; and there- 
 by gives us hopes that She will difcharge 
 them as fully now (he is happily Effoufed to 
 thefc her Kingdoms, and become a Nurfing 
 Mother to the Church ofChrift. One, who by 
 the Prudent Management of her Family, 
 gain'd the Refpedt and Affections of all thac 
 ever belonged to her * ; and thereby demon*.
 
 ftrates, that She has the true Art of Go- 
 verning, which confifts in the acquiring 
 of Reverence and Love. One, who by the 
 diffufivenefs of her Princely Charity^ has 
 conftantly teftified the largenefs of her 
 Soul and the tendernefs of her Heart; 
 arid thereby recommends her felf to Uni- 
 vevfal Efteem, which is never better fear 
 red than by Liberality and Comfaffion. One, 
 who being bred up in the Church of Eng- 
 4and, and having always liv'd in Confor- 
 mity to her DoRrine and Worfhip^ thereby 
 afluresus She will fupport it out of Choice 
 and Conviction, and deferves the glorious 
 Title of Defender of the Faith. One, who by 
 the Piety of her Life and Converfation,has 
 Exemplified the Ferrer of the Religion (he 
 Profcfles, and thereby gives us hopes that 
 it will have a happy Eftedt upon the praftice 
 of all thofe who are under her Influence. 
 One^ who having been the Parent of a Nu- 
 merous Off-fpring, and being ftill in the 
 ftrength and vigour of her Age, may yet 
 blefs us with a Prince from her Fruitful 
 Womb, to Succeed his Royal Mother in her 
 Vtrtue and her Kingdoms. Thefe are fomeof 
 
 thofc
 
 thofoReafons which forcibly Engage us 
 to be thankful for the Bleffing of fo Excel- 
 lent a Queen. And I doubt not , but as her 
 Gracious and Wife Deportment, fince her 
 late Acceffion to the Crown, has confirm d all 
 People in the hopes which they conceiv'd of 
 her before , fo every day of her Aufpici- 
 ous Reign will bring forth fome new caufe 
 of Rejoicing in her, and give us frefh occa- 
 fion to praife God for her continually, who 
 is the health of our Countenance, and our God. 
 
 Thus havellook'd over the two differ- 
 ing Scenes which my Text afforded me, 
 of Sorrow, and of Joy 5 Sorrow for the Lofs 
 of fo good a King, and Joy for thepo/effi- 
 cn of fo Excellent a Queen. And now 1 have 
 nothing more to add upon this Subjeft,but 
 only to recommend to you the Wife Mans 
 Advice , That in the day of Profferity we 
 Jhould rejoice, and in the Day of Adverfity we 
 jhtiuld confider ; By Exhorting you 
 
 ift. To Confider the heinoufnefs of our 
 National Tranfgreffions, which brought 
 down fuch a Judgment as the Lofs we have 
 fuftain d : And 
 
 2<//y. To Rejoice in the Goodnels of our 
 
 D God
 
 God* which has conferitt i on us a JBleffing 
 weJfb little defei^ii 
 
 1/2, then, Let us confider the heindufnefc 
 of our National Tranfgreflions ; which 
 have brought down fuch a Judgment as the 
 Lofs we have fuftain'd. 
 
 Job tells us,That Affliction comes not forth 
 from the Duft, neither does Trouble faring out 
 of the Gromd ; we rnuft look upwards for 
 the Original of our Calamities ; muft hear" 
 the Rod* and him that fent it 5 There is no 
 E&il of this kind, and God has not done it ^ 
 nor does He ligktfy afflift the Sons of Men ^ 
 He is indeed the Author of our Punifhment, 
 tot we niuft fcek for the Caufe of it with- 
 in our SehesMft have had feveral Inftances 
 f God's Heavy Difpleafore, which have 
 all been defign f d for our Amendment j and 
 jfc hitherto we have not fuflfer'd them to 
 have adtte Efe<5t upon us. When we grew 
 Forgetful of the Mercy of our happy Re- 
 utolutiw, God began to take away feme/of 
 rfic chief Advantages *if i^ ; daae wie iinaighr 
 karri 1 tealue out ''%k(jfcg<( by; 'the want 
 which we found of thetn : And firflr, that 
 titio/iou* Queen was ravilh'd (irbm u^ at a 
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 ftroke, which was the Delight of our Eyes, 
 and the Joj of our Hearts ; and though we 
 Mourn'd and Lamented for fo touching an 
 Affliftionjet were we very little concern'd 
 for thofe Sins which had occafion'd it : Af- 
 ter a competent attendance for the Eflfedt 
 of fA/'s Judgment, God rous'd us again out 
 of our grofs Infenfibility, by depriving us 
 of a Prince in whom we had treafur'd up 
 our hopes, and lodged our Expectations of 
 Future Profperity ; and yet, how little 
 were we affe&ed with thisfecond Infliction ? 
 How far were we from anfwering God s 
 Ends in our Correction ? The long Suffer- 
 ing of God has Waited feveral Years 
 fince, and we have ftill doz'd on in the 
 fame ftupid Impenitency 5 and therefore he 
 has given us a ftartling Blow indeed, which 
 cannot fail to awaken us into Repentance, 
 unlefs the Sleep that has feiz'd us be un- 
 to Death : The Breath of our Koftrils of 
 whom we faid under his Shadow we /hall live, 
 The Anointed of the Lord, is fnatch'd away 
 from us furprizingly, and unexpectedly ; 
 The Crown is fallen jrom our head. Woe unto us 
 that we have Sinned. Away then with that 
 
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 open PropbanenefsandVebaucheryi 
 tempt of God, Religion, and Soh 
 Ingratitude for Ble flings of the firft Magni- 
 tude, and that murmuring at difappointments 
 of fmall confideration, which are to be met 
 with in all Ranks and Degrees of Men a- 
 mongftus: Away with thofe uncharitable 
 Di/enticns and Divifions, thofe Se/fijb Princi- 
 ples and Violent Methods 5 which fome, iu 
 all Parties, promote with fo much Heat r as 
 renders the public^. Spirit and Moderation 
 of others Ineffe&uaL Thefe are the Traytors 
 which have taken off our Soveraign ; thefe 
 are the Murtherers of our BenefaSour and 
 Deliverer $ and unlefs thefe Enemies of God 
 and the Nation are brought forth by us, and 
 Slain before him, we rnuft expect fharper 
 Judgments than yet we have felt 5 we /hall 
 find that God is yet Incens'd againft usj 
 That fo* aUthn bis Anger is not turned away, 
 hti that his Hand u ftretctid outftill. But, 
 
 vdfyi Let us alfo Rejoice in the Goodnefs 
 of our God, which has conferred on us a 
 Skffing we fo little defer ve. .( i^n 
 
 Suppofe that the Daughters of the Philiftines 
 
 ti* told in Gath that
 
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 w Mighty One is fatten-, yet, cannot they at 
 
 the fame time but /ay tfwwg Me Heathens 
 That the Lord hath done great things for 'us* 
 nor can we fail to.Eccbo from pur gr^eful 
 Hearts , Tea, the Lord hath done great things 
 for us, whereof we Rejoice. Fie has gracioufiy 
 wiped the Tears from our Eyes j 'has c6n~ 
 firm'd to us the Advantages which we/cm.- 
 merly enjoy 'd, and given us juft Reafon to 
 expedt y ec greater ; and therefore, we muff 
 take care that our Joy and our Gratitude be 
 proportionable to the greatnefs of the 
 Eleffing we have received- 5 fince,to be cold- 
 ly unaffe 'Sled with fofignal a Mercy, is the; 
 ready way to tempt God to withdraw it,, 
 who is wonderful Jealous of this his Dar- 
 ling Attribute, and will not fuflfer it to be^ 
 Proftituted to the unthankful* or Infenfible. 
 Let our Hearts then overflow with Grati- 
 tude and Joy ; and lee us jointly exprefs, 
 the true Senfe which we have of the happir 
 nefs we enjoy under herprefent Mayfly y by 
 all fuch Methods as may be moft fignifiti- 
 tive of an inward Satisfaction that isGe 
 nuine and Lively, j/fc By Praifes and 
 to Almighty God, who is 
 

 
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 .rtfc ntiM o/fcr goodGifni by 
 afcribing to him the folc Honour of it,and 
 not vainly imputing it to any Merit of our 
 own ; and by.anfrrcring the End of this 
 and all his Mercies, in the Purity and un- A 
 blameablenefs of our Lives and Converfa- 
 tions. 2<//y> By Loyalty and Obedience to 
 ourGrnf/o#s Sovereign, who is the Bleffing 
 which we Cdlebrate, and the 'WWgp of 
 Future ones 5 by a due Recognition of her 
 Juft Authority ; by Prayers and Suppli- 
 cations offer'd up in her behalf $ by a du- 
 tiful, and refpedtful Behaviour towards her 
 Perfon^ by following the great Example 
 of Piety which (he gives us ; and by a 
 Hearty and Vigorous Afliftance of her, 
 both with our Perfons, and our Fortunes, 
 for compleating that great Work which is 
 in fogooda forwardnefs, and which She 
 has Engaged in fo Honourably fince her 
 Aceeffion to the Crown, ^dly, By Tender- 
 xe/Sy and Affefticn one towards another, 
 wko are the Mutual Partakers of this fig- 
 nal Mercy ; by laying afide all beats and 
 AnimofitieSy all odious Names of Parties, 
 and of Faftions ; by promoting Vnity, 
 
 and
 
 and Brotherly Kindnefs>% and Jby Jetting the 
 car/? Contention, amongft 115, be, .who fhall 
 moft zealoufly ferve his Go^ , who lhall 
 moft vigoroufly affift his Swmigtk and who 
 (hall moft Cordially */<?# each oifer. Then 
 may we hope, that God will bid** our 
 Counfels and our Armies, ^ad jwlfer e- 
 very thing that we fut our Hand unto ; and* 
 will make that Bleffing^ for which we now 
 Praife him, but the Earneft of grarf^which* 
 he has yet in refer ve for us. Who knows. 
 but the humbling of thathauglty Monarch* 
 who thinks himfelf Superiour to all the 
 Kings of the Earth, may, to make his Falll 
 more grating and uneafie, be Providential- 
 ly refer v'd for one of the Weaker Sex ? That,, 
 as our Englifh Elizabeth gave a Mortal- 
 Blow to the Pride and Power of the Houfe 
 / Auflria, whea//^/ was endeavouring at 
 Vnherfal Empire 5 fo, Anne of England may 
 have the lafting Honour of putting a fulti 
 Period, in her Aufpicious Reign* to the fame 
 Ambitious Aims in the Houfe of Bourbon^ 
 And that we may<a]^haye r*afon to take 
 up Judith's Song of Praife, when, fhe fru- 
 ftrated the Defigns of fuch another Oppref-
 
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 fort 3f/& bragged that be would kill m} young 
 Men ffith jhe Svord, and, daft) the.* -Staking 
 Children againft the Ground ; but the Almigh- 
 ty Lord has difappointed him by the hand of 
 * Woman \ This Ihould be the Prayer of 
 every Loyal Suhjeft, and, therefore let all 
 the People fay, Amen. 
 
 Now to God the Father, Son-, and Holy-Spi- 
 rit, be afcribed all Honour, Power, Might, 
 Majefty, and Dominion, henceforth and for 
 Evermore, Amtn;
 
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