BX 5133 K39d Kennett Duties of rejoycing in Day of prosperity THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES FREDERIC THOMAS BLANCHARD ENDOWMENT FUND The Duties ofRejoycing in a Jay of Prosperity. Recommended in a SERMON P R E A c H ' D before the QUEEN, AT HER ROYAL CHAPPEL WINDSOR, On S VND AT, June 23. 1706. ECCLES. vii. 14. In the Day ofProfperity le joyful, luf in the Jay of Adverjity con/ider : God alfo hjthftt the one over againft the other \ to the end that Man jbottld find nothing after him. By White Rennet, D. D. Archdeacon of Huntingdon. bg ^ec saajetttes Special CommanD* LONDON: Printed by H.HiUt^ in BlacA-fryars, near the Water-fide. For the Benefit of the Poor. E c c L E s. vii. i^. In the Day of Profperity le joyful, lut in the day of Adyerfity c onfider : God alfo hatkfet the one over againfl the other, to the end that Man fhonld fnd nothing after him. 23 X BY the Day is meant any time or feafons, whether of ihorter or longer Continuance, as God the Au- thor and difpofer of times and feafons fhall ap- jpoint unto us. By a day of Profperity is meant any happy jun&ure of Affairs, private or publick, when it goeth well with us ? and God poureth out his Benefits^ or any one fignal Bleflingon us. and Gladnefs, fo richly to enjoy. By a clay of Adverfity is meant the Midnight of thac former day, a Cloud on the Reverfe of Light and Fire, a time of trouble and fore Trial* and by confidering in that day is meant a Refle&ion on the uncertainty of this World, or rather on the Sins and Follies that may have deferv'd that fatal Change. By God's fetting the one over againfl the other, is meant the manifold Wifdom of Providence interchanging the Scenes of Humane Life, and in theCourfe of this World bringing about a Succeffion of Joy and Grief, as of Heat and Cold, Light and Darknefs, oppofite to one ano- ther, To the end that Man (boitlJ fnJ nothing after him, does feemto mean, that fuch a vidffitude of humane Affairs makes up the Circle of this lower World ; the future (late ftate aloie is unchangeable, and eternally the fame with that God, who is Without variablenefs or Shadow of turn- ing. By the whole Verfe we ought to imderftand, that un- der any favourable Difpenfations of Providence, it is our Duty to be Comfortable and Cheerful : But not to betray the mirth of Foolsj not to lofe our fclves in the ex- travagance of fenfual carnal Sinners. We fhould be wifely moderate in our well-temper'd Expreflions of Joy : Alway re membering there is need of being Sedate and Serious, even in the midft of Joy and Triumph. Thou knoweft not what may be on the morrow : In the time of laughing it may be foon a time to mourn. The Days of Prosperity and Adverfity have their courfe and change appointed to them. Nothing durable ! The even- ing and the Morning that make the Day, break in and tread upon each pther. Be prepar'd for all Events ; in a good Day put not the evil one too far from you. In the Day of Profperitj rejoyce^ but in the Day of Adve rfity cotifitJer : God alfo bathfet the one over againf the other 3 to the end that Man jhould find nothing after him. We ought to thank God and to congratulate one ano- ther, that our prcfent Thoughts are taken up with the former part of this Text , that our Eyes are bleft with a fignal and furprizing Day of Profperitj; and our Hearts invite us, conftrain us, to be Joyful in it. Out of that abundance of the Heart, our Mouths (hall fpeak thy Praife, OGod, Let me direct the moft rati- onal and moft religious Ways and Means of being Joyfttl in any Day of Profperitj. Firft then, In any Day of Profperity we muft call to an early remembrance, that it is God who doth profpcr us in that Day, the good Gift came down from above, from the Father of Lights, and the Author of all Mer- cies. Doft thou count thy felf a happy Man ? Recoiled with Morning-Thoughts, that it was not thy aufpicious Fate or Deftiny, it was not thy lucky Chance or For- tune 3 that brought about this Happinefs untotnee-, but A a ic it was the free Bounty and tender Kindnefs of thy God, thy good and gracious God, becaufe he had a Favour unto thec. Say, Awake my Soul, and bt thou Senfible and Thankful. This was the ingenious Temper of Jacob ; when God had profpered his Condition, and conduced him by Angels in his happy Progrcfs towards Peace and Plenty ^ then he renounces his own Merit and Praife-, he makes this humble and grateful Acknowledgement to God, Gen. 3 2. 1 6. / am not worthy of the leaf of all thy Mercies ^ and of all the Truth , which thou baft Jhew'dunto thy Servant ^ for with my Staff I faffed ever thii Jordan^ and now lam It- come two Bands: i e. Far beyond my Deferts. Icon- fbfs t thy good Providence, O God, has been my only Guide and Support, and Succefs -, with inconfiderable Force I pafs'd over Jordarn^ and now, like that River, mycourfe hath gathered Strength, and 1 am able to de- y/aei my Waters into different Streams. Alas ! how unworthy are we of God's Mercies, if we are unmindful af the hand of God in them? So indeed our greedy Swine devour the Fruit that falleth on the Ground, without looking up to the Tree from whence ft falleth: And fothe wildA/es qutncb their Tbirft) they refrefh themfelves in the Water-Books, without re- garding the Fountain from whence they flow. Bur (hall JVian likewife befovoid of understanding, as to catch up any Gift, without reflecting who beftows it ? How ;iiftly doth the Apoftle argue? I Cor. 4. 7. Who ntaketb tbee to diff^T front another ? And what baft thou that tbou didft 9tot receive ? New if thcu didft receive *f, why doft tbou glory as if thou had j} not received it ? This Recognition of the Grace and Goodnefs of Gcd ought more efpeciallyto be made in any time of Vi&ory over our Enemies : when we muft not affed or affiime the Glorv to onr'felves-, but muft offer ic as a Sacrifice tfac to the Lord of Hoft, a Sacrifice of Praife and Thankfgiving, acceprable and well- Pleating in his-Sighr. Tftl. 44. 2. 3. For they got not the Land in fojfejjion'tbrougb tbtir own Sword, wither -was ittbetr own Arm that belfd them: them: But thy right Hand and thine Arm, And the Light of thy Countenance, becju/e thott badfl a Favour unto them. The very Heathens underftood War ro be a neceffary Appeal to Heaven, and when they obtaiu'd any eminent; Succefs, their natural Notion was, that the Gods had fo decided the Caufe on their fide ^ and thev madeiheir glad Oblations for that divine Juftice and Favour done unto them. And yet they were blinded thro' ignorance of the true God , they talk'd of an Al*a Belli, a throwing of the Dye or the chance in War : Whereas we know that no event is meerly fortuitous , or if there be a Lot eaft into the Lap, yet the whole Jifpo/iug thereof is of tie Lord Wherefore let us look upward, and make this our firfl: Duty in any Day of Profperity, to remember that it is God who hath profpered us in that Duty. Secondly, Our fecond Duty in a Day of Profperity is f To look near, and fearch into the ways of God's Wif- c dom and Goodnefs, to fee how and in whac manner c he wrought out that Profperity for us. Some Perions take in the multitude of God's Mercies as it were by content, without troubling themfdvcs to enquire into the particular Value of them : They think only in general, and view the full Heap, without turn- ing over any part of it. This is but a llovcnly way of Inadvertence and of wretched Negligence. Sotheha- fty Traveller by Night cafteth up his Eyes by chance, andfpieth the Firmament full of Scars, and yet ftayeth. not to contemplate the Order and Beauty of them. The Works of God are great and marvellous, if they are Joitgbt out of then* who have pleasure therein : They are fo excellently done, that they will bear the neareft and the ftrideft View : At a di (lance we have but a flight and imperfect Glance ^ we mutt approach and fee them as it were Face to Face, if we would be let into the Myiierfes of Glory in them. Every happy Revolution of Affairs, hangeth on a Chain of Providences fo fine, and fo ex- quifitely link'd together, that uheecilefs Eye can by no A 3 means means difcern the various Connexion of it : There muft be clote and intimate Obfervation and Refearch, to carry along the Clew that leads from Earth to Heaven. If private Perfons in their Profperity did but ferioufly confider, what a maze of Difficulties they have run through, what a train of Blefiings have waited and crowded on them, and how fome of their chief Misfor- tunes have unaccountably turn'd to their beft Advan- tage!! iay, if they would turn back and look up, they could not but admire and adore the wonderful Goodnefs of God toward them. But publick States and King- doms have often a more remarkable fhare in God's wife ordering and difpofing their Peace and Safety. We our felves have feen a Rcftauration of Church and State, and again a diliverance of them in a later Revolution : Both in fiich a high time, and both after fo miraculous a manner, that we are in a Dream every time we think of them, efpecially thofe of you who know the fecret operations of *em s how different caufesdid combine, and hr.w divided hearts did unexpectedly and almoftunde- fignedly unite to help bring about what God was doing ! How panick Fears deprett the ftrongcr fide., and how Hope- even againft Hope did raife the weaker ! And how in both Cafes, the whole Work was done by an im- prcifion on the Minds ot Men, without lifting up their Hand', without (bedding Blood! God's ways are not as our ways! This Experience of the infinite Wifdom of Provi- dence, fhould initrudl: us upon any new Scence of Joys, ro take more than a tranfient View, to fix to dwell up- on the piiblick Mercy, till we begin at lead to compre- hend the Heighth and the depth of it. They are the ftrange Circumftances that endear and ennoble every Adion. We do no: rightly tmderftand any Motion, till we narrowly fearch and difcern, what latent Pow- ers there be to give the Impulfe, and to maintain the Communication of it, That That in the Threats of a dread ul Siege, the Winds and the Waves, which are at God's Command, fhould retard the forming of it, which otherwife (if begun up- on the firft Project) muft have fatally prevail'd. That this Siege however retarded fhould be fo forcibly carry'd on, as to be within a Day or two of certain Succefs , a nd yet within that Day or two that Help fhould come i n time of need, as it were flying on the Wings of the Wind , driving away a numerous Fleet before them, and fo pouring in Releifwhen the laft Breath was drawiag ! That a formidable Army fhould then be filent in their Fears, and fwift in their Retreat, and not minding the eclipfing of their Matter's Glory, tho' a bare Jealoufie of fo doing, was once a pretended caufe of War 1 That this one Difgrace was poflibly to be covered, by fending Orders for the fpeedier Engagement in another Place : That fo in diftrefs and ftorm, one Wave of Calamity might ferve to carry on another ! That an Enemy fhould for this Reafon feem to offer Battel, who had learn'd all the Arts of evading Battel. That their appearing to make the firft Onfet, Ihould be an appearance only ! That our braver Troops fhould difdain to expect a Charge, fhould in their wonted manner prefer the ma- king of it ! That our General, the Soul of all, fhould breath in every part, and dare to be more than once teady to expire-, and yet that the precious Life fhould be bound up in the HandofGod, to animate the whole Body, and invigorate every Member ofitl Th.it this valiant Leader fhould not ftop but in abfolute Victory, nor then fhould (lop, but prefs on to ufe, and to im- prove, and to enjoy the Victory-, to make the Putfuit, if pofliblc, be more Glorious than the Defeat -, to break, to fcatter the People that (hall no more delight in YVar , to demand, to accept the Surrender of Fortreffes, Cities, and whole Province^, to do in a few Days what would have rewarded our Hopes, if they had been deferr'd to fcveral years ! This and more is God's doing, and the A 4 more nearly we behold it, the more marvellous will ic be in our Eyes ! It will engage us to this fecond Duty in our Day of Profperity, which is, cc To look near, and iearch into the ways of God's Wifdom and Goodnefs, * to fee how and in what manner he wrought out that * Prosperity for us. Thirdly, A third Duty in the Day of our Profperity i> c To foe Moderate, Meek and Prudent, not to fwell c ^with Pride, nor be exalted out ofmeafure. As is the Infirmity of many leiTer Souls, who cannot bear the being Great-, the higher they advance, the more their Heads turn ; the more Oltentation, Vain-glory, and Infolence, till their proud Boafting does meet witn fome terrible Rebuke-, and then the more exalted they were in their profperous Ellate, the more abjeft and con- temptible they will lye down in the Dtift. It was thus with vain Nebu<;baJncz.z,ar. ) who would have all the Nations bowedown to the Image that he had affected to fet up; and was full of his great fwelJing \Vores, Dan. 4. 30. knot thit (fays he) great Babylon that I have built for the Houfe of the KtKgdsm, by the Might of my Power, and for the Honour of my Majejtj ? Till to humble him, a Voice fell from Heaven, faying, The Kingdom is departed from th;e. And fo he became the dull Image in his own Dream, Dan. 1 1. 32. miferably degenerating from a Head of fine Gold tQ Feet fart of Iron, and fan of Clay. It is thus with many other weak Peo- ple, who can afford to contain thcmfelves while their Bounds are narrow , but when they come to enlarge their Wealth and Dominion, then arc they full of thcmfelves, Dcfpifers of other Men, Haughty, Imperious, Infuffer- able ; and nothing can reftore them to a found Mind, but the being once more reduced to a low Degree, Let us prepare our Heart againft Temptation ^ Let us learn in our Day of Profperity to keep Wifdom and Religion, learn to bear a happy Change, without be- traying Prodigality and Affectations of Pride : Not to Jet our Paffions flow in too faft upon our Fortunes, but to ( 9) to walk humbly ui^our higheft Station. Efpecially to avoid the Temptations ariiing from, any quick and a- mazing Progrefs of our Arms: The Temptations of vaunting our felves, and reviling our Adverfaries, and of doing as the Greeks and Romans did, borrowing the Vices and Vanities of thofe we Conquer. We have feen and certainly have defpifed their vain ways of mag- nifying every Action 2 of Proceffioning and Singing for every little Advantage ^ of finking Medals, and raifing Statutes, and forming Infcriptions, and labouring for many Devices, with Flattery, with Arrogance, with Blafphcmy it felf. All inch falfe ways let us utterly abhor. Truth is a plain thing, and needcth no Inven- tions , and a true Greatnefs of Mind is above the World and the Pomps of it. The worthieft Heroes have been the leaft fond of their own Glory -, have been calm, even and unaffected Men ? have fcta wife Example of this third Duty in a Day of Profperity, which is., c To be Moderate, Meek and Humble. Fourthlv, In the Day af Profperity we ftiould ftill remember, c To be Sedate and Serious, and Sober, and e Temporate in all things within our own Conimand_, ' and conftantly on our Guard. Many loofc People do make their Profperity an oc- cafion of Riot and Excefs, of many foolifla and hurtful Lufts-, and propofe nothing but the Pleafures ofSin for that abufed Seafon of Gladnefs. A fatal way of Re- joycing for Men to be fwallow'd up in Scnfuality, and run away from themfelves in Transports of Frolick and Madnefs. True Joy is not to lofe our Senfes, but to raife them into more quick and lively Apprehensions of the Divine Goodnefs, and our own Felicity. The Affig- nations for Drunkennefs and Revels can ferve only for the Mirth of Fools, the Crackling of Thorns, the fhort Blaze, and the orleniive Smoak. Therefore (aid bolo- won., the Profperity of Fools foall dtftroy tbem^ i. e. Men of Levity and ungovern'd Humour, who have not difcrcd- on to make a right andfober ufe of God's Blcflings, but offer up their Joys^ as the Sacrifice ofFools^ ia a riotous and . < I0 ) and extravagant way of Jiving : They foon make an end of their Subftance, or prehaps of themfel ves. Happier Men, if they had lefs profper'd in the World ! We know the time, when a glorious Reftitution of the King and Royal Family, and a Reftauration of the Government after many years interruption, was a Blef- fing too great for the general iity of People to ufe wifely, or well to bear. They indulg'd themfel ves in Liberties, which they thought at that time excufable i till a Habit of Diflblutenefs was coming on, that threatened tcrcbr- rupt the Age, and even to deftroy a licentious Nation. Any like opportunity of universal Triumph may ex- pofe us to the like Temptations and Dangers, if we be mt Sober and Refer v'd, and Watchful j not turning this Grace of God into Wantonnefs, but holding fait our Prudence a good Confcience, and fo fandifying our great Succeffes by a worthy ufe of them : It is fo far alone, we any way deferve them, or indeed any way enjoy them. If in the midft of our exceeding Happinefs, we only grow more Soft and Senfual, Greater Libertines, and ioofer Companions; then do we fadly proftitute the Mercies of God to the Service of the Wicked One, and his Wages of our Sin may be temporal Deftru&ion, as well as a Damnation that muft be eternal. For we are ithen doing our Enemies Work fo"r them, which they could not do themfel ves : We arc difpiriting an Engltjh People, and preparing them to be weaker than their Neighbours. For 'tis a miferable miftake that fomc Men commit in thinking, that Drunkennefs is a Prin- ciple of Courage : It is fo of Ferity and Brutiihnefs : It is fo for quarrelling and fighting with Friends and one a- nother. But Martial Valour requires the Sound and the Whole Man, not to rufli like the Horfe into Battel, but to have Forefight and deliberate Refolutioa. Hence there never was in Hiftory a perfect General, fam'd for unerring j and bleft with a Series of coatinual Succefs., n, but ( II ) but one who knew how at all Hours to be Matter of himfelf, not voluptuous, but with a Soul at liberty to think, and to execute at any Minute without Surprize. So much it is a Duty in a Day of Profperity, ' To be * Sober and Temperate in all things. Fifthly, a fifth Duty feafonable in a Day of Profpe- rity, is, ' To Rejoyce with Charity and Love, not to c defpife or forget the Calamities of them that mourn. Private Perfons and Bodies of Men under any grie- vous Ad verily, do juftlydefire to be remember'd and reliev'd. And therefore if any of thofe Perfons or Bodies fhould emerge from their Affliction, they fhould not forget the Miferies of thofe who were lately Fellow- furferers with them ; whe having been Partakers of their evil things, ftiould be now made partakers of their good things. Or elfe it is Ingrateful and fome what Inhu- man ! And yet this is often the bafenefs of a great part of Mankind: In a common affliction they cry for equal help, but when they themfelves are delivered, it fufficeth -, they have a feparate Intereft to fcrve, they betray, or at bed they neglect their late Friends. Such unthankful and unholy Mtn werecenfured by the Prophet Amos, when redeem'd from Diftrefs and Dang3r, then they Eat and Drank and Anoint td t bemfefoes, and all the while were not rievedfor the Affliction ofjofepb, i. e. would no be fenfi- ble of the Sufferings of others, when their own turn was fcrv'd. Such like hard ufage may be long the Negled, and at laft the Neceflity of fome declining Power! Not to keep the fond Promife ofreftoring Princes, and of difpofing Crowns and Empires-, but to leave his Affociates in Dif- grace and irrecoverable Ruin. Whereas this can never be the Overfight, nor the Inability (we hope) of righte- ous and honourable Allies, whofe end of War is Peace to all the World, who take up Arms to relieve the Op- preffed ; to bring back the Perfecuted, to let the Slaves go free, to do Right to all who fuffer Wrong-, and foto fee a generous Example to this fifth Duty in the Day of Profperityj ( 11) Profperity, which is, * To Rejoyce with Charity and Love, not to defpife or forget the Calamities of them that mourn. Sixthly, A fixth Duty in our Day of Profperity, is, To ihew Mercy and Companion, not to infult the worft of Enemies, ndr to delight in any meer Revenge upon them. A Retaliation of Injures is the falfc Balance, and is indeed deceitful and abominable. And yet this is the frequent dealing ot the World : We hunt down an Ad- verfary for the Sweetnefs of being reveng'd upon him : And therefore upon any Ad vantage gain'd we fpare him not-, we tread and trample on him with utmoft Indig- nation and Fury. This is commonly the Ferment of a weak and cowardly Difpofition : They moft infult their Enemies who were moft afraid of them ^ when they prevail, their Anger is Fierce, and their Mercies are Cruel. But the brave and excellent Spirit knoweth how- to fpare-, is always generous to a yielding Foe, -aad having Conquer'd him intoSubmiflion, gaineth another Victory by giving Liberty and Life. It is an Attribute of God communicable to good Men, to have Comfaffion^ and if) the mi&jk of "judgment to remember Mercy. However, our Enemies did once exalt themfelves a- gainft ail that fell into their mercilefs HandSj Plunder- ing, Ravaging, Burning, Laying Wafte, and turning Earth into a Place of Torments! Let us (hew a contra- rv Example of Courage and Clemency infeperable. Thofe who fubmit will have the utmoft Favour of the Articles given tothem ythe Sick and Wounded will find Refngein our Hofpitable Tents, and a Relief from the Hands that nobly Hurt them: The Prifoncrs will re- joyce in this, that their Captivity in our Land (hall be calier than what they call Liberty in their own. For (I fay) the excrciiing Cruelty and the enjoying Revenge, are not the Property of Confcience and Honour. God abhorreththe Blood-Thirfty and Deceitful Man, and of- tcu. ' ( '3 ) ten repayeth him that he hath deferv'd. mangled his Royal Captives., and made 'em gather their Meat under his Table-, but at laft he was brought down to Sigh and Say, As / have done fo God bath requited me^ Judg. 1 . 7. Tyrants and Oppreflbrs have rarely efcap'd in this Life , to put us in mind of this Duty in a Day of Profperity, e The fhowing Mercy and Companion, not c infu king the worft of Enemies, nor delighting in any * mean revenge upon them. Seventhly, Anoiher Duty in our Day of Profpcrity, is, c To agree the better among our felves, and with one c Heart and Mind to value and enjoy thofe common 4 Mercies, that God hath vouchfafed to give unto us. All publick Rejoycing fuppofes a mutual confentof the fame People, in the fame Sen fe of their univerfal Happinefsi and a joynt Inclination more effectually to love and toferve one another : Whatever is a National Safety and Glory muft command the Affections, the natural Affe&ions, of all that belong to that Nation, To envy the Succefs of our common Caufe, does betray a foreign Heart, and Blood eftranged from us. If any within our own Land can be grieved for their Enemies Lofs and Reproach, they muft at leaft diffemble, they muft conceal that fhameful Grief for to dare to own it, would be an infufferable Thing. However, if there be any fuch Enemies of our own Houfe, and we can not- withftanding fecure our Houfe, let us try to overcome even their Evil with our Good. It is an happy Change in fome Men, that while they are in trouble, they commend Mercy and Moderation j but in Profperity they likewife fit down in the Seat of the Scornful, and exercife that very Dominion and. Op- preffion, which they fo lately condemn'd in others. As Anto* 6. 3. They put far away the evil D*y, and caufe the Seat cf Violence to cow near. They before fuffcr'd under Tyranny and Pcrfecmion ^ and yet they practice them, as if they had never felt them. This is want of Re- ligion i and even of that moral Gallamry 5 to which fome ( H) fome pretend without Religion. The Wife and Vir- tuous Souls will not be fo corrupted by Profperity ^ they in their Grandeur will be ftill cool, and calm, and mild and moderate. For why, Wrath and Violence ferve only to provoke Man, and to incenfe the merciful God. In every Age and Nation, thofe rifing Powers that would have their turn of running down others, as they themfelves had been everborn -, would plague and perfe- cute, and be aveng'd on thofe, whom they remembred to have been their bitter Adverfaries: This was not their Duty, and it rarely proved theii Intereft ^ Men hated their Fury, and their Fiercenefs did God reftrain. In times of Calamity and Dread, there is a natural Handle given to fuch Animofities and fatal Strifes-, but Succefs and Victory abroad, do by a fort of necefiary Reafons, eftablifh Peace and Union at home. We (hail iive (I pray God) to fee, that our Conqueftof the com- mon Enemy, (hall overcome all other Oppofition ; ihall reftore Charity and brotherly love. Eighthly, The Duty I ihall laft mention, as com- pleting all the reft, is, c To exprefs our Joys by turn- ' ing unto God the Author of them, and fhewing forth * his Praife in a more reform'd Life and Converfation. My Brethren, God of his Wifdom fo dealeth out his Punifhmentsand his Favours, that they may raife up in us aSenfe of his Anger and his Love ; that fo his Judg- ments and his Mercies may both lead us to Repentance. We have felt fome Judgments feverely, and ihope we have been many of us humbled under the mighty Hand of God for them. But now, thofe Hearts that were too hard to be melted down by the Wrath of God, may however be mollify'd by his marvellous loving kindnefs lately (hewn unto us. It exceeds our Defcription, and almoft our Belief! What an aufpicious Glorious Reign is this? How doth the Beginning of it, (for we hope the few years paftare but a Beginning of it) How doth it excel in Happinefs and ( I?) and immortal Honour the longeft Reigns ia Ages gone and paft ! As to publick Mercies, what have we to pray for. out a continuance, a long continuance of that Roy - al Life, wherein all our Hearts are bound up! That alone under God will daily encreafe ourBleffings! The Progrefs of our Victorious Arms in many foreign Coun- tries i the Efle&s of Union, Love and Charity in all her . Majefty's Dominions : The return of reft and Peace, and Joy to all Ettrat t ; and the Glory of it dwelling in this our Land: Ana therefore here the Fruits of Rightcouf- nefs and true Religion \ here a Holy Nation, a peculiar People ftedfaft in the Faith, and zealous of good Works-, who being delivered out of the Hands oftur Enemies , may ferve him without Fear, in Holineft and Rigbttoufnefi before him aU the Days of ettr Life. Amen. FINIS. 'A Catalogue of Sermons "Printed and Sold ly H. Hills, in Black-fryars, near the Water- fide. I John Htadly, M. A. a Benj. Hoadly, M. A. i Thomas Tennifon, ArchBifliopof Canterbury. i S. Clark, M. A. i Mr.Jofepb Perkins. i Rich. Jenks, M. A. I Fran, Gaflrell, D D. i John K.ockhurn t D. D. i Mr. CornwaUii. i JohnSnlsman, B. G, i r. Manningham, D. P. I call d the Lajl Century. i Rjfor? Ejre, D. D. z Charles Trimnal, D. D. now B. of Norwich. l 5. D/?*r A. M, U J. Sharp, A.M. i T.Sherleck, M. A. I H.Nelfon, I ' r. B//f*, M. A. i I.Trap, t M. A. i /. K; , M. A. I ff'. Wotton, B. D. I 7- tyri i The Royal Merchant. i The Char after of a fir tutus We man. Chriftianiry in fhort, or the way to be a good Chriftian. Good News for Repenting Sinner*. A Letter from the Pallors and Pro- fcflbrs of Geneva to the King of Prujfia, with the King's Anfwer. i Mr. Stenet a Thanksgiving, i Mr. Spademan a Thanksgiving. I Mr. Piggot, Thefra/Jty ofPria- ces confider'd. i Mr. Evans a Thanksgiving. i Mr. Williams a Funeral germon on Mr. Doolittle. I Mr. Seeker, Wedding- Ring. i Mr. Bradbury t The Son of Tabca i S> T0& Titfctfin,hte Archbifliop t | of Canterbury. i John Moor, late Bilh. of Norwich, now of Ely. + a Sir William Daws, Bifhop of Chefter, 14 his Volume. 8 Offspring Blackball Bifhop of *- & 1 Gilbert Burner Bifh.of Sarum. i. Getrge Stanhtpe, Dean of C*f. 2 R/^. FT/7/f Dean of L/f#/. i PJ&/7/. iVa^j. l Mr. 7?o^;-f Parfons, Earl of Rp- chefter's Foneral Sermon, l N. Brrt^/, D. D, /.l N. Hough, M. A, 1 Franeii Here t M. A. 1 William Savage. B. D. I Symon Partrick, M. A, l Mr. &fai* G^ry. Vl 5<6. Gibfon, D. D. a F/-. Atterbury, Deaa ofCarliJle with a Letter, and large Viodica- , tion ^ith a z Hrfewooct, D. D. i Rich. SmMbrooke, M A. Will. Ntcholfon. Bp. ol John AcUms, D. D, This book is DUE on the last date stamped below. JRL ^ EP 27 1971 REMINGTON RAND INC. 20