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             A sermon preached before the Queen, at White-Hall, on the 16th day of July, 1690, being the monthly-fast by the Right Reverend Father in God, Gilbert Lord Bishop of Sarum.
             Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.
          
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           PUBLISH'D
           By
           Her
           Majesty's
           Command
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           the
           QUEEN
           ,
           At
           WHITE-HALL
           ,
           On
           the
           16
           th
           .
           Day
           of
           IULY
           ,
           1690.
           
           BEING
           THE
           MONTHLY-FAST
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           ,
           GILBERT
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           SARUM
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Ric.
             Chiswell
          
           at
           the
           Rose
           and
           Crown
           in
           St.
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           ,
           MDCXC
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           Bishop
           of
           Salisbury's
           FAST-SERMON
           Before
           the
           QUEEN
           .
        
         
         
         
         
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preach'd
           before
           the
           QUEEN
           ,
           At
           WHITE-HALL
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Psal.
             Lxxxv.
             Ver.
             8.
             
          
           
             I
             will
             hear
             what
             God
             the
             Lord
             will
             speak
             ,
             for
             he
             will
             speak
             Peace
             unto
             his
             People
             ,
             and
             to
             his
             Saints
             :
             but
             let
             them
             not
             turn
             again
             to
             Folly.
             
          
        
         
           IN
           all
           the
           various
           Turns
           of
           David's
           Life
           ,
           we
           find
           him
           neither
           so
           much
           lifted
           up
           with
           Success
           ,
           nor
           depressed
           with
           Misfortune
           ,
           that
           he
           went
           off
           from
           that
           Confidence
           in
           God
           ,
           which
           was
           his
           Basis
           ,
           and
           on
           which
           all
           his
           Hopes
           rested
           ;
           
           when
           he
           was
           beset
           
             with
             ten
             thousands
             of
             people
             that
             had
             compased
             him
             round
             about
             ,
             he
             was
             not
             afraid
             ,
             but
             laid
             himself
             down
             in
             peace
             and
             slept
             ,
             
             for
             it
             was
             God
             only
             that
             made
             him
             to
             dwell
             in
             safety
             :
          
           and
           when
           his
           Afflictions
           grew
           so
           high
           ,
           
           that
           once
           his
           own
           People
           
             spake
             of
             stoning
             
             him
             ,
             yet
             even
             then
             when
             he
             had
             fainted
             ,
             unless
             he
             had
             believed
             to
             see
             the
             goodness
             of
             the
             Lord
             in
             the
             land
             of
             the
             living
             ,
             he
             encouraged
             himself
             in
             the
             Lord
             his
             God
             :
          
           And
           when
           a
           happy
           reverse
           of
           his
           affairs
           raised
           him
           to
           a
           vast
           Elevation
           ,
           and
           a
           Series
           of
           great
           Successes
           covered
           him
           with
           so
           much
           Glory
           ,
           that
           all
           his
           Enemies
           did
           fall
           or
           fly
           before
           him
           ;
           this
           change
           of
           his
           condition
           wrought
           no
           change
           in
           his
           mind
           ,
           unless
           it
           were
           to
           the
           better
           ,
           he
           imploying
           the
           hours
           of
           that
           Tranquillity
           which
           he
           had
           procured
           to
           himself
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           People
           ,
           in
           composing
           this
           Book
           of
           Psalms
           ,
           in
           which
           by
           a
           happy
           intermixture
           of
           the
           two
           charmingest
           things
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           Poetry
           and
           Musick
           ,
           he
           studied
           to
           raise
           in
           himself
           and
           in
           his
           People
           ,
           the
           loftiest
           Thoughts
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           grateful
           acknowledgments
           of
           his
           Mercies
           that
           was
           possible
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           somewhat
           in
           Misfortune
           and
           Affliction
           that
           gives
           Men
           naturally
           a
           Cast
           towards
           Religion
           and
           Devotion
           .
           For
           ,
           the
           Mind
           being
           driven
           in
           upon
           it self
           ,
           and
           forced
           to
           think
           much
           ,
           if
           it
           is
           apt
           to
           be
           overcharged
           with
           Melancholy
           ,
           then
           it
           encreases
           its
           trouble
           by
           severe
           Thoughts
           ,
           drawn
           from
           the
           Considerations
           of
           Religion
           ;
           but
           if
           it
           is
           naturally
           gay
           and
           cheerful
           ,
           then
           it
           entertains
           it self
           with
           such
           a
           pleasant
           prospect
           of
           Hope
           ,
           as
           Religion
           proposes
           .
           Thus
           it
           is
           so
           common
           to
           all
           men
           in
           trouble
           to
           look
           towards
           God
           ,
           that
           unless
           the
           mind
           is
           strongly
           fortified
           against
           those
           Impressions
           ,
           they
           will
           then
           break
           in
           upon
           it
           .
           But
           the
           Charms
           of
           Ease
           and
           Prosperity
           ,
           of
           Greatness
           and
           Glory
           ,
           do
           soon
           deface
           all
           those
           good
           thoughts
           ,
           which
           arise
           out
           of
           blacker
           circumstances
           ;
           the
           mind
           stays
           no
           more
           within
           it
           
           self
           ,
           but
           is
           softened
           with
           pleasures
           ,
           and
           dissipated
           with
           business
           or
           folly
           ,
           and
           retains
           neither
           its
           former
           wise
           thoughts
           nor
           good
           resolutions
           ;
           yea
           ,
           that
           very
           Devotion
           which
           was
           ones
           Sanctuary
           and
           Relief
           in
           the
           evil
           day
           ,
           becomes
           matter
           of
           Raillery
           in
           the
           daies
           of
           mirth
           and
           gaiety
           .
        
         
           How
           different
           from
           all
           this
           was
           this
           great
           King
           ,
           who
           though
           he
           was
           raised
           from
           a
           low
           condition
           to
           an
           high
           dignity
           ,
           which
           often
           brings
           a
           Giddiness
           over
           weak
           minds
           ,
           that
           cannot
           bear
           such
           an
           unlookt-for
           progress
           in
           their
           Fortunes
           ,
           and
           that
           extraordinary
           Merits
           ,
           a
           high
           Courage
           ,
           a
           wise
           Conduct
           ,
           and
           great
           Vertues
           made
           ,
           that
           his
           advancement
           might
           be
           considered
           ,
           as
           the
           Effect
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Reward
           of
           his
           worth
           ;
           yet
           he
           ascribes
           all
           his
           Deliverances
           ,
           all
           his
           Victories
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           Glory
           ,
           wholly
           to
           the
           Goodness
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           great
           designs
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           was
           employed
           as
           an
           Instrument
           ,
           that
           how
           glorious
           soever
           it
           might
           be
           ,
           was
           yet
           only
           an
           Instrument
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           that
           Eternal
           Mind
           that
           raises
           up
           and
           uses
           all
           persons
           in
           subserviency
           to
           those
           ends
           ,
           for
           which
           all
           things
           were
           made
           ,
           and
           do
           still
           subsist
           .
           In
           these
           his
           Raptures
           he
           did
           not
           think
           it
           would
           derogate
           from
           his
           glory
           ,
           to
           acknowledg
           ,
           that
           
             he
             did
             not
             trust
             in
             his
             Bow
             ,
             neither
             did
             his
             Sword
             save
             him
             ,
          
           but
           that
           it
           was
           God
           
             that
             had
             saved
             him
             from
             his
             Enemies
             ,
             and
             had
             put
             them
             to
             shame
             that
             hated
             him
             ;
             that
             God
             was
             his
             Refuge
             and
             Strength
             ;
             that
             vain
             was
             the
             strength
             of
             man
             ;
             that
             a
             King
             was
             not
             delivered
             by
             the
             multitude
             of
             an
             Host
             ,
             nor
             was
             a
             mighty
             man
             delivered
             by
             much
             Strength
             ;
             that
             God
             was
             his
             Deliverer
             ,
             and
             his
             Shield
             ,
             in
             whom
             he
             trusted
             ,
             that
             subdued
             the
             People
             
             under
             him
             that
             gave
             salvation
             to
             Kings
             ,
             and
             that
             delivered
             David
             his
             servant
             from
             the
             hurtful
             sword
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Conquests
           and
           the
           Treasures
           of
           David
           are
           perhaps
           ,
           Objects
           which
           strike
           the
           minds
           of
           some
           Princes
           ,
           while
           his
           Courage
           and
           his
           Wisdom
           raise
           a
           nobler
           Ambition
           in
           others
           .
           But
           alas
           ,
           shall
           his
           Piety
           and
           Devotion
           have
           no
           force
           to
           work
           on
           great
           Minds
           ,
           raised
           to
           great
           Dignities
           ,
           who
           ,
           how
           much
           soever
           they
           may
           be
           exalted
           above
           the
           rest
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           yet
           still
           in
           comparison
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           when
           put
           
             in
             the
             ballance
             with
             him
             ,
             they
             are
             altogether
             lighter
             than
             vanity
             .
          
           What
           a
           new
           face
           would
           the
           World
           put
           on
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           governed
           by
           Princes
           of
           such
           a
           temper
           ,
           as
           appears
           in
           David
           ,
           when
           he
           composed
           this
           Psalm
           ,
           of
           which
           my
           Text
           is
           a
           part
           .
           He
           begins
           it
           with
           a
           grateful
           remembrance
           of
           the
           Deliverances
           of
           former
           times
           ,
           and
           particularly
           of
           their
           being
           redeemed
           out
           of
           the
           Bondage
           their
           Fathers
           suffered
           in
           the
           Land
           of
           
             Egypt
             .
             Lord
             ,
             thou
             hast
             been
             favourable
             unto
             thy
             land
             ,
             thou
             hast
             brought
             back
             the
             captivity
             of
             Iacob
             ,
             thou
             hast
             forgiven
             the
             iniquity
             of
             thy
             people
             ,
             thou
             hast
             covered
             all
             their
             sin
             ,
             thou
             hast
             taken
             away
             all
             thy
             wrath
             ,
             thou
             hast
             turned
             thy self
             from
             the
             fierceness
             of
             thine
             anger
             .
          
           These
           are
           both
           acknowledgments
           of
           past
           Mercies
           ,
           and
           encouragements
           to
           hope
           for
           a
           return
           of
           the
           like
           Blessings
           ,
           since
           such
           extraordinary
           favours
           were
           marks
           of
           a
           particular
           care
           and
           kindness
           that
           seemed
           to
           watch
           over
           them
           .
           From
           these
           he
           proceeds
           to
           an
           earnest
           Intercession
           for
           the
           People
           ,
           who
           it
           seems
           were
           then
           under
           signal
           characters
           of
           God's
           displeasure
           :
           
           
             Turn
             us
             ,
             O
             God
             of
             our
             salvation
             ,
             and
             cause
             thine
             anger
             towards
             us
             to
             cease
             :
             Wilt
             thou
             be
             angry
             with
             us
             for
             ever
             ?
             Wilt
             thou
             draw
             out
             thine
             anger
             to
             all
             generations
             ?
             Wilt
             thou
             not
             revive
             us
             again
             ,
             that
             thy
             people
             may
             rejoyce
             in
             thee
             ?
             Shew
             us
             thy
             mercy
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             and
             grant
             us
             thy
             salvation
             .
          
           Words
           of
           great
           tenderness
           ,
           that
           express
           both
           a
           deep
           sense
           of
           God's
           anger
           ,
           and
           a
           most
           earnest
           desire
           of
           being
           again
           restored
           to
           his
           favour
           !
           After
           these
           comes
           my
           Text
           ,
           which
           carries
           in
           it
           a
           Poetical
           Allusion
           to
           the
           consulting
           of
           the
           Cloud
           of
           Glory
           ,
           which
           was
           between
           the
           Cherubims
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           receiving
           Answers
           from
           it
           ,
           upon
           all
           critical
           occasions
           .
           David
           turned
           his
           thoughts
           from
           all
           the
           other
           views
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           ,
           to
           this
           ,
           
             I
             will
             hear
             what
             God
             the
             Lord
             will
             speak
             ,
          
           that
           so
           he
           might
           depend
           wholly
           on
           the
           assurances
           that
           he
           should
           receive
           of
           God's
           favour
           ,
           upon
           the
           Repentance
           and
           Prayers
           of
           the
           People
           ;
           and
           in
           consideration
           of
           God's
           Covenant
           with
           them
           ,
           he
           knew
           the
           answer
           would
           be
           Peace
           ;
           which
           being
           the
           form
           of
           Salutation
           in
           those
           Ages
           ,
           among
           Friends
           ,
           imported
           an
           intire
           reconciliation
           .
           So
           that
           by
           
             speaking
             Peace
          
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           an
           assurance
           of
           God's
           love
           and
           favour
           to
           
             his
             People
             ,
             and
             to
             his
             Saints
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           the
           People
           that
           was
           sanctified
           ,
           and
           dedicated
           to
           the
           service
           of
           God
           by
           so
           many
           federal
           Rites
           .
           The
           words
           that
           follow
           are
           capable
           of
           different
           rendrings
           ,
           either
           thus
           ,
           
             to
             his
             Saints
             ,
             and
             to
             such
             as
             turn
             not
             again
             to
             folly
             ,
          
           or
           ,
           
             and
             they
             shall
             not
             turn
             again
             to
             folly
          
           ;
           or
           as
           it
           is
           in
           our
           Translation
           ,
           and
           
             let
             them
             not
             turn
             again
             unto
             folly
             .
          
           The
           LXX
           .
           Interpreters
           differ
           much
           more
           ,
           but
           the
           enlarging
           on
           any
           account
           of
           those
           various
           rendrings
           ,
           would
           
           require
           too
           long
           and
           too
           dry
           a
           Discourse
           for
           a
           day
           of
           this
           kind
           .
           
           Folly
           in
           Scripture
           stands
           often
           for
           Atheism
           and
           Impiety
           ;
           
           
             The
             fool
             has
             said
             in
             his
             heart
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             not
             a
             God.
          
           Sometimes
           for
           Idolatry
           ,
           there
           being
           no
           instance
           of
           folly
           that
           is
           more
           extravagant
           ,
           than
           the
           giving
           divine
           Honours
           to
           the
           works
           of
           Mens
           Hands
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           Fictions
           of
           their
           vain
           Imaginations
           :
           but
           most
           commonly
           the
           irregularities
           of
           Vice
           are
           set
           forth
           in
           Scipture
           under
           this
           notion
           ,
           to
           shew
           how
           contrary
           they
           are
           to
           all
           the
           Principles
           of
           true
           Reason
           that
           are
           in
           our
           natures
           .
           The
           words
           being
           thus
           opened
           ,
           lead
           me
           to
           speak
           to
           these
           Three
           Heads
           .
        
         
           I.
           That
           the
           great
           security
           and
           happiness
           of
           a
           Nation
           depends
           on
           its
           being
           at
           peace
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           favour
           ;
           and
           that
           its
           greatest
           danger
           and
           misery
           arises
           out
           of
           God's
           anger
           and
           displeasure
           .
        
         
           II.
           That
           therefore
           it
           is
           necessary
           to
           use
           most
           earnest
           and
           fervent
           Prayers
           ,
           for
           removing
           God's
           anger
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           procuring
           his
           favour
           :
           And
           that
           our
           great
           encouragements
           to
           this
           ,
           are
           the
           remembrance
           of
           past
           Deliverances
           ,
           and
           the
           consideration
           of
           the
           Attributes
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           is
           naturally
           gracious
           and
           merciful
           .
        
         
           III.
           That
           a
           Nation
           which
           would
           secure
           to
           it self
           the
           continuance
           of
           God's
           favour
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           the
           Blessings
           that
           accompany
           it
           ,
           must
           above
           all
           things
           take
           care
           of
           not
           relapsing
           into
           Vice
           and
           Idolatry
           ,
           Ungodliness
           and
           Atheism
           .
        
         
         
           To
           return
           :
           
             The
             greatest
             Security
             and
             Happiness
             of
             a
             Nation
             ,
             depends
             on
             its
             being
             at
             peace
             with
             God
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             favour
             :
             And
             its
             greatest
             Danger
             and
             Misery
             arises
             out
             of
             God's
             anger
             and
             displeasure
             .
          
           Either
           this
           is
           true
           (
           let
           our
           Scoffers
           make
           it
           the
           subject
           of
           their
           profane
           Mirth
           as
           much
           as
           they
           will
           )
           or
           there
           is
           nothing
           true
           in
           all
           Religion
           .
           If
           God
           is
           infinitely
           Wise
           and
           Perfect
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           made
           the
           World
           ,
           which
           they
           pretend
           to
           own
           ,
           then
           certainly
           he
           still
           takes
           care
           of
           it
           :
           For
           no
           body
           can
           deny
           a
           Providence
           ,
           that
           does
           not
           likewise
           in
           his
           heart
           deny
           a
           God
           ,
           and
           a
           Creation
           .
           The
           Prejudices
           against
           Providence
           arise
           chiefly
           from
           the
           narrowness
           of
           our
           Minds
           ,
           that
           cannot
           conceive
           how
           one
           Being
           can
           have
           an
           extended
           and
           universal
           care
           of
           all
           things
           :
           But
           is
           not
           the
           prejudice
           of
           a
           blind
           Man
           against
           the
           possibility
           of
           seeing
           ,
           as
           well
           grounded
           ?
           For
           how
           extravagant
           must
           this
           appear
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           through
           so
           small
           a
           passage
           as
           the
           Pupil
           of
           the
           Eye
           ,
           such
           a
           vast
           variety
           of
           Objects
           should
           enter
           at
           once
           ,
           and
           open
           themselves
           within
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Eye
           without
           confusion
           ,
           and
           there
           be
           represented
           to
           us
           in
           their
           just
           figures
           ,
           with
           their
           distance
           from
           us
           ,
           and
           from
           one
           another
           ;
           and
           in
           their
           Colours
           ,
           which
           he
           cannot
           understand
           neither
           ,
           and
           that
           thus
           at
           a
           great
           distance
           we
           can
           reason
           and
           judge
           of
           things
           :
           To
           one
           that
           pe●ceives
           nothing
           but
           by
           touch
           ,
           this
           will
           appear
           very
           unconceivable
           .
           If
           then
           the
           good
           disposition
           of
           an
           Organ
           raises
           one
           Man
           so
           far
           above
           another
           ,
           that
           he
           cannot
           apprehend
           how
           such
           an
           extent
           of
           perception
           is
           possible
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           most
           unreasonable
           
           thing
           to
           conclude
           against
           any
           Perfection
           in
           the
           Divine
           Mind
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           beyond
           our
           compass
           of
           thought
           .
           The
           other
           prejudice
           against
           Providence
           seems
           a
           little
           better
           grounded
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           That
           in
           the
           government
           of
           the
           World
           there
           is
           such
           an
           irregularity
           ,
           that
           it
           cannot
           be
           supposed
           to
           flow
           from
           a
           Good
           and
           a
           Wise
           Being
           :
           But
           this
           is
           likewise
           an
           effect
           of
           the
           shortness
           of
           our
           Prospect
           ,
           we
           seeing
           only
           things
           that
           are
           before
           us
           ,
           but
           not
           being
           able
           to
           guide
           our
           Eye
           further
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           Scene
           ,
           nor
           to
           what
           Revolutions
           or
           Catastrophes
           are
           abiding
           those
           who
           at
           present
           seem
           covered
           with
           Success
           and
           Glory
           .
           But
           if
           we
           believe
           God
           to
           be
           the
           infinitely
           Pure
           and
           Holy
           ,
           we
           must
           likewise
           believe
           that
           he
           loves
           those
           that
           are
           truly
           good
           ,
           and
           are
           conformable
           to
           his
           own
           nature
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           has
           an
           aversion
           to
           those
           who
           are
           contrary
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           are
           defiled
           and
           impure
           :
           For
           the
           Principle
           of
           Self-love
           that
           is
           natural
           to
           every
           Being
           ,
           makes
           it
           love
           such
           as
           resemble
           it
           ,
           and
           hate
           such
           as
           are
           in
           an
           opposition
           to
           it
           ;
           not
           by
           a
           hatred
           of
           anger
           and
           fury
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           effect
           of
           Passion
           and
           Disorder
           ,
           by
           a
           hatred
           which
           arises
           out
           of
           the
           contrariety
           of
           nature
           that
           is
           between
           them
           .
           It
           is
           then
           ,
           as
           certain
           as
           that
           there
           is
           a
           God
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           perfectly
           Pure
           and
           Holy
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           consequence
           such
           Nations
           as
           are
           vertuous
           and
           innocent
           ,
           that
           are
           neither
           false
           nor
           cruel
           ,
           vicious
           nor
           dissolute
           ,
           must
           be
           more
           acceptable
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           more
           constantly
           protected
           by
           him
           ,
           than
           those
           that
           are
           corrupted
           by
           sensuality
           and
           luxury
           into
           all
           the
           degeneracies
           of
           humane
           Nature
           ,
           and
           into
           a
           scorn
           of
           Religion
           and
           Vertue
           .
        
         
         
           But
           though
           it
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           such
           debauched
           Nations
           are
           under
           the
           Divine
           Displeasure
           ,
           yet
           as
           to
           the
           properest
           time
           ,
           and
           the
           suitablest
           circumstances
           ,
           in
           which
           God
           will
           pour
           out
           his
           Indignation
           upon
           them
           ;
           and
           as
           to
           the
           ballancing
           of
           the
           sins
           of
           one
           Nation
           against
           another
           ,
           and
           the
           delivering
           one
           over
           to
           be
           plagued
           by
           another
           ,
           till
           the
           one
           is
           purged
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           has
           filled
           up
           the
           measure
           of
           its
           Iniquities
           ,
           those
           are
           Secrets
           lodged
           in
           that
           Infinite
           mind
           ,
           into
           which
           our
           sight
           can
           carry
           us
           but
           a
           very
           little
           way
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           whole
           matter
           ,
           if
           there
           is
           a
           God
           that
           made
           the
           World
           ,
           he
           governs
           it
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           is
           wise
           and
           holy
           ,
           he
           must
           govern
           it
           so
           as
           to
           favour
           the
           Good
           ,
           and
           to
           hate
           the
           Wicked
           .
           If
           any
           object
           to
           this
           ,
           the
           long-flourishing
           of
           the
           
             Turkish
             Empire
          
           ,
           and
           the
           strange
           Progress
           and
           Success
           of
           Mahometism
           ,
           the
           Answer
           is
           plain
           enough
           ,
           That
           the
           
             Eastern
             Christians
          
           were
           so
           far
           degenerated
           from
           all
           that
           is
           pure
           and
           noble
           in
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           become
           a
           Reproach
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           therefore
           God
           has
           delivered
           them
           up
           into
           so
           long
           a
           Captivity
           ,
           and
           has
           rewarded
           the
           Temperance
           ,
           the
           Justice
           ,
           and
           the
           Aversion
           to
           Idolatry
           ,
           that
           are
           among
           the
           Mahometans
           ,
           with
           so
           long
           a
           course
           of
           Prosperity
           .
           If
           the
           Reign
           of
           some
           Princes
           ,
           that
           have
           broken
           through
           the
           Faith
           of
           Oaths
           and
           Treaties
           ,
           and
           through
           all
           the
           sacred'st
           Rules
           of
           Justice
           and
           Mercy
           ,
           has
           hitherto
           had
           a
           course
           of
           Success
           and
           Glory
           ,
           to
           which
           we
           find
           nothing
           that
           can
           be
           compared
           in
           History
           since
           Augustus's
           days
           ;
           yet
           even
           to
           this
           it
           must
           be
           said
           ,
           That
           we
           can
           form
           no
           true
           Judgment
           of
           it
           till
           we
           see
           to
           the
           end
           of
           it
           :
           And
           even
           this
           is
           
           only
           a
           Personal
           Success
           ,
           for
           that
           the
           Nation
           that
           is
           the
           Scene
           of
           that
           Prince's
           Glory
           ,
           may
           suffer
           as
           much
           under
           him
           ,
           if
           not
           more
           ,
           than
           it
           could
           have
           done
           from
           any
           Enemy
           ;
           since
           all
           the
           Protection
           that
           they
           enjoy
           under
           him
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           preserved
           from
           the
           Impressions
           of
           others
           that
           they
           may
           be
           the
           entire
           Prey
           of
           the
           Lawless
           Power
           ,
           that
           devours
           them
           and
           all
           their
           Substance
           ,
           and
           employs
           it
           in
           the
           support
           of
           his
           Injustice
           and
           Cruelty
           .
           Besides
           ,
           the
           great
           decays
           of
           true
           Religion
           among
           all
           those
           Churches
           that
           carry
           the
           Name
           Reformed
           ,
           may
           have
           required
           an
           exemplary
           chastisement
           to
           awaken
           and
           parifie
           them
           ;
           and
           the
           slow
           progress
           that
           they
           make
           in
           this
           ,
           may
           have
           occasioned
           so
           long
           a
           continuance
           and
           encrease
           of
           Glory
           in
           him
           whom
           God
           has
           made
           the
           Rod
           of
           his
           Anger
           for
           correcting
           them
           But
           when
           that
           end
           of
           Providence
           is
           once
           fulfilled
           ,
           we
           may
           then
           reasonably
           hope
           to
           see
           that
           Persecutor
           ,
           who
           is
           swelled
           up
           upon
           his
           success
           ,
           become
           the
           object
           of
           as
           much
           Scorn
           as
           he
           has
           been
           hitherto
           of
           Flattery
           .
           But
           alas
           !
           our
           Impenitence
           and
           Irreligion
           keeps
           off
           still
           that
           day
           ,
           and
           our
           Immoralities
           and
           Vices
           do
           still
           feed
           his
           Pride
           ,
           and
           furnish
           him
           new
           matter
           of
           Triumph
           and
           Glory
           .
        
         
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           nothing
           needs
           be
           further
           said
           for
           a
           fuller
           proof
           of
           this
           matter
           ,
           than
           that
           those
           very
           Sins
           that
           provoke
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           ,
           do
           likewise
           dissolve
           and
           corrupt
           all
           that
           is
           great
           or
           noble
           in
           human
           nature
           ;
           falshood
           dissolves
           the
           mutual
           Confidences
           and
           Union
           of
           a
           Nation
           ,
           without
           which
           it
           must
           act
           feebly
           and
           move
           irregularly
           ,
           as
           a
           disjointed
           body
           .
           Cruelty
           brings
           a
           barbarity
           on
           mens
           natures
           ,
           which
           makes
           them
           incapable
           
           of
           prudent
           and
           wise
           Counsels
           .
           Sensuality
           takes
           away
           mens
           Hearts
           ,
           their
           Courage
           ,
           and
           their
           Spirit
           .
           But
           above
           all
           things
           ,
           a
           brutal
           Impiety
           and
           scorn
           of
           Religion
           cuts
           all
           the
           Banks
           and
           Fences
           of
           Human
           Society
           ,
           and
           not
           only
           sets
           men
           loose
           to
           all
           their
           Appetites
           and
           Passions
           ,
           by
           taking
           off
           all
           inward
           checks
           and
           restraints
           ,
           but
           begets
           a
           sort
           of
           boisterousness
           and
           insolence
           in
           their
           Tempers
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           become
           incapable
           of
           Order
           and
           Conduct
           ,
           and
           equally
           unfit
           both
           for
           Council
           and
           Execution
           .
        
         
           How
           much
           of
           all
           this
           belongs
           to
           us
           is
           but
           too
           visible
           !
           Would
           to
           God
           it
           were
           but
           a
           Secret
           ,
           and
           not
           too
           notorious
           and
           publick
           !
           Where
           is
           the
           ancient
           gravity
           and
           composure
           of
           Behaviour
           that
           made
           a
           large
           part
           of
           the
           Character
           of
           this
           Nation
           ?
           Where
           is
           the
           Truth
           and
           Fidelity
           which
           was
           formerly
           one
           of
           the
           distinctions
           of
           Englishmen
           ?
           Where
           is
           the
           Good-nature
           and
           Generosity
           that
           was
           the
           Ornament
           of
           those
           that
           were
           nobly
           born
           ?
           Where
           are
           even
           the
           Decencies
           of
           Religion
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           ?
           What
           is
           become
           of
           the
           Love
           of
           our
           Country
           ,
           and
           of
           its
           ancient
           Government
           and
           Liberty
           ?
           Has
           not
           this
           shameful
           Degeneracy
           of
           our
           Morals
           brought
           us
           so
           low
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           scarce
           Virtue
           enough
           left
           ,
           and
           men
           enough
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           that
           have
           even
           a
           general
           Tincture
           of
           it
           to
           save
           a
           Nation
           ?
           Sensuality
           has
           run
           many
           into
           such
           a
           deep
           Arrear
           for
           Vice
           ,
           that
           they
           cannot
           be
           true
           neither
           to
           publick
           nor
           private
           Engagements
           ,
           and
           then
           Imployments
           will
           be
           made
           the
           Robberies
           of
           the
           Publick
           ,
           and
           Vice
           will
           swallow
           up
           all
           that
           Strength
           and
           Treasure
           which
           should
           go
           to
           the
           
           support
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
           Men
           are
           pleased
           or
           displeased
           only
           as
           their
           Vices
           are
           fed
           or
           starved
           :
           Some
           pretend
           to
           be
           Patriots
           that
           are
           so
           eminent
           for
           Vice
           ,
           that
           a
           Government
           fixt
           ,
           and
           strong
           enough
           to
           reform
           the
           Nation
           ,
           must
           throw
           them
           off
           as
           the
           Scum
           and
           Reproaches
           of
           it
           :
           For
           let
           those
           Sons
           of
           Belial
           say
           what
           they
           will
           ,
           Atheism
           and
           Impiety
           are
           as
           destructive
           to
           a
           Nation
           as
           they
           are
           to
           a
           Church
           .
           What
           can
           secure
           a
           man's
           Honesty
           ,
           or
           give
           life
           to
           his
           Industry
           ?
           What
           can
           cure
           all
           those
           Diseases
           under
           which
           we
           languish
           ,
           but
           the
           possessing
           mens
           minds
           with
           inward
           principles
           of
           Religion
           ,
           which
           will
           make
           them
           to
           become
           a
           Law
           and
           a
           Rule
           to
           themselves
           ?
           What
           can
           raise
           in
           men
           a
           generous
           love
           to
           their
           Country
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           root
           of
           all
           Political
           Virtues
           ,
           to
           so
           high
           a
           degree
           as
           the
           Principles
           of
           Christian
           Love
           and
           Charity
           ,
           the
           sense
           of
           an
           Account
           to
           be
           given
           to
           God
           for
           all
           we
           do
           ,
           and
           that
           noblest
           Principle
           of
           all
           Religion
           ,
           the
           raising
           up
           our
           Natures
           to
           become
           as
           like
           the
           Divine
           Being
           as
           possibly
           we
           can
           ;
           which
           will
           give
           us
           a
           Zeal
           of
           doing
           all
           the
           good
           we
           can
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           of
           being
           publick
           Blessings
           to
           the
           Age
           and
           Place
           we
           live
           in
           .
           These
           are
           solid
           Principles
           ,
           upon
           which
           Vertue
           is
           founded
           ,
           and
           in
           these
           it
           finds
           a
           Root
           ,
           from
           which
           it
           receives
           a
           perpetual
           encrease
           .
           But
           if
           Virtue
           has
           no
           other
           Root
           but
           Honour
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           decenter
           name
           for
           Pride
           or
           Humour
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           strength
           in
           this
           Principle
           to
           resist
           a
           Temptation
           that
           bears
           hard
           upon
           some
           other
           corrupt
           Inclination
           ,
           especially
           if
           one
           hopes
           that
           things
           may
           be
           managed
           with
           Art
           and
           Secrecy
           .
        
         
         
           But
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           what
           can
           be
           desired
           to
           make
           a
           Nation
           great
           and
           happy
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           at
           the
           same
           time
           recommends
           it
           to
           the
           favour
           of
           God
           ?
           When
           the
           Principles
           of
           Truth
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           of
           Sobriety
           and
           Temperance
           ,
           of
           mutual
           Love
           and
           Kindness
           ,
           and
           above
           all
           ,
           when
           an
           inward
           strictness
           in
           examining
           ones
           Actions
           as
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           ,
           come
           to
           possess
           multitudes
           of
           Men
           ,
           then
           a
           Nation
           may
           reckon
           it self
           safe
           and
           happy
           ;
           because
           as
           it
           comes
           under
           a
           kind
           and
           indulgent
           Providence
           ;
           so
           it
           has
           a
           real
           strength
           from
           the
           vertues
           of
           every
           individual
           Person
           ,
           in
           whom
           those
           good
           qualities
           live
           .
           The
           World
           might
           be
           well
           and
           happily
           governed
           with
           a
           moderate
           proportion
           of
           Understanding
           ,
           if
           there
           were
           but
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Vertue
           under
           it
           .
           For
           if
           it
           were
           not
           for
           Vice
           and
           Falshood
           ,
           which
           must
           be
           watched
           over
           carefully
           ,
           there
           are
           not
           such
           Mysteries
           in
           things
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           may
           be
           easily
           master'd
           .
           Here
           is
           then
           the
           root
           of
           all
           our
           evils
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           and
           the
           remedy
           to
           them
           all
           on
           the
           other
           ;
           we
           have
           fallen
           from
           our
           ancient
           Vertues
           ,
           and
           our
           Religion
           has
           not
           force
           enough
           to
           reform
           or
           restrain
           us
           ;
           we
           went
           easily
           into
           corruption
           ,
           when
           great
           Examples
           led
           and
           encouraged
           us
           to
           it
           .
           But
           we
           do
           not
           so
           easily
           recover
           out
           of
           it
           ,
           though
           we
           have
           now
           as
           bright
           Examples
           before
           us
           the
           other
           way
           ;
           but
           this
           has
           a
           contrary
           operation
           on
           depraved
           Minds
           ,
           and
           instead
           of
           making
           them
           love
           Vertue
           &
           Religion
           the
           better
           for
           the
           lustre
           with
           which
           it
           shines
           in
           the
           Persons
           of
           those
           that
           govern
           us
           ,
           many
           perhaps
           love
           the
           Government
           the
           worse
           ,
           because
           they
           apprehend
           that
           Immorality
           and
           Impiety
           will
           become
           more
           odious
           ,
           less
           excused
           ,
           and
           less
           
           protected
           .
           But
           a
           noble
           Pattern
           set
           by
           Princes
           ,
           tho'
           it
           is
           a
           great
           thing
           in
           it self
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           not
           all
           that
           they
           owe
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           their
           People
           .
           It
           does
           indeed
           give
           them
           great
           advantages
           in
           reforming
           their
           Courts
           ,
           and
           their
           Subjects
           ,
           when
           it
           appears
           that
           they
           do
           not
           deny
           to
           others
           the
           freedoms
           of
           Vice
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           appropriate
           them
           to
           themselves
           ;
           and
           that
           what
           they
           do
           this
           way
           ,
           is
           not
           a
           Hypocritical
           affectation
           for
           advancing
           other
           designs
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           is
           a
           genuine
           effect
           of
           their
           own
           Vertues
           ,
           a
           Homage
           that
           they
           pay
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           an
           effect
           of
           the
           Love
           that
           they
           bear
           to
           their
           People
           .
           And
           we
           do
           not
           doubt
           but
           that
           every
           advance
           that
           is
           made
           in
           the
           establishment
           of
           the
           Throne
           of
           those
           whom
           God
           has
           set
           over
           us
           ,
           will
           be
           acknowledged
           by
           them
           in
           such
           returns
           of
           their
           zeal
           for
           God
           ,
           as
           we
           find
           resolved
           on
           by
           David
           ,
           That
           
             there
             eyes
             shall
             be
             upon
             the
             faithful
             of
             the
             land
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             dwell
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             those
             who
             walk
             in
             a
             perfect
             way
             shall
             serve
             them
             ;
             but
             that
             froward
             and
             wicked
             persons
             ,
             those
             that
             work
             deceit
             and
             tell
             lyes
             ,
             shall
             not
             stay
             within
             their
             house
             ,
             nor
             so
             much
             as
             in
             their
             sight
             .
          
           For
           as
           God
           will
           honour
           those
           that
           honour
           him
           ,
           so
           he
           likewise
           expects
           that
           such
           as
           he
           has
           honoured
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           by
           so
           many
           repeated
           marks
           of
           his
           favour
           ,
           should
           honour
           him
           not
           only
           in
           their
           own
           private
           deportment
           ,
           but
           likewise
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           all
           their
           People
           :
           and
           how
           natural
           soever
           Clemency
           may
           be
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           how
           beautiful
           soever
           it
           may
           appear
           in
           them
           ;
           yet
           if
           milder
           methods
           cannot
           reform
           us
           ,
           they
           must
           at
           last
           resolve
           even
           to
           cut
           off
           wicked
           Doers
           from
           the
           City
           of
           the
           Lord.
           
        
         
           Then
           we
           may
           carry
           our
           Hopes
           as
           far
           as
           we
           can
           do
           our
           Wishes
           ,
           when
           God
           is
           of
           our
           side
           ,
           who
           commands
           
           the
           Seas
           and
           Winds
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           has
           given
           us
           many
           and
           signal
           instances
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           these
           very
           lately
           ,
           who
           confounds
           the
           Councils
           of
           the
           wicked
           ,
           who
           sometimes
           takes
           both
           their
           Understanding
           and
           their
           Hearts
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           at
           other
           times
           strikes
           them
           with
           such
           panick
           fears
           ,
           that
           one
           man
           can
           chase
           a
           thousand
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           blesses
           those
           that
           depend
           on
           him
           ,
           with
           happy
           circumstances
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Frame
           of
           Nature
           is
           of
           their
           side
           ,
           and
           from
           those
           favourable
           appearances
           their
           Courage
           is
           raised
           ,
           and
           their
           Spirits
           are
           animated
           so
           ,
           that
           nothing
           can
           stand
           in
           their
           way
           .
           This
           is
           often
           the
           Portion
           of
           those
           that
           
             fear
             God
          
           :
           For
           ,
           to
           conclude
           all
           ,
           as
           there
           is
           nothing
           that
           depresses
           and
           misguides
           men
           more
           than
           superstitious
           and
           false
           Opinions
           of
           God
           and
           Religion
           ;
           so
           there
           is
           nothing
           that
           does
           so
           raise
           and
           establish
           the
           Mind
           in
           every
           thing
           that
           is
           great
           and
           noble
           as
           true
           Principles
           of
           Religion
           ,
           which
           carry
           a
           Man
           to
           the
           highest
           and
           best
           things
           ,
           of
           which
           his
           nature
           and
           faculties
           are
           capable
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           from
           a
           great
           variety
           of
           Considerations
           it
           is
           plain
           ,
           that
           the
           favour
           of
           God
           is
           the
           foundation
           both
           of
           the
           Security
           &
           of
           the
           Happiness
           of
           a
           Nation
           .
           This
           then
           leads
           me
           very
           naturally
           to
           the
           Second
           Head
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           therefore
           necessary
           to
           use
           most
           earnest
           and
           fervent
           Prayers
           for
           removing
           God's
           anger
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           procuring
           his
           favour
           .
        
         
           This
           can
           be
           no
           indifferent
           thing
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           either
           to
           be
           neglected
           quite
           ,
           as
           an
           empty
           Dream
           ;
           or
           if
           there
           is
           any
           truth
           in
           it
           ,
           we
           ought
           to
           use
           all
           possible
           means
           to
           compass
           it
           .
           If
           the
           favour
           of
           Princes
           is
           pursued
           with
           so
           much
           Application
           and
           
           Industry
           ,
           that
           all
           methods
           both
           good
           and
           bad
           are
           made
           use
           of
           for
           gaining
           it
           ;
           if
           a
           constant
           attendance
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           arts
           of
           pleasing
           them
           ,
           how
           costly
           or
           how
           abject
           soever
           ,
           are
           taken
           for
           securing
           an
           Interest
           in
           them
           ,
           which
           perhaps
           will
           never
           succeed
           ,
           or
           when
           gained
           may
           prove
           of
           small
           advantage
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           quickly
           lost
           ;
           what
           do
           we
           make
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           if
           we
           own
           that
           we
           believe
           all
           these
           things
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           and
           yet
           will
           be
           at
           no
           pains
           to
           procure
           to
           our selves
           or
           to
           our
           Country
           an
           interest
           in
           them
           .
           Can
           such
           cold
           Devotions
           as
           ours
           are
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           greatest
           part
           are
           only
           a
           compliance
           with
           Custom
           ,
           which
           we
           offer
           up
           to
           God
           without
           either
           attention
           or
           affection
           ,
           give
           us
           a
           Title
           to
           such
           invaluable
           Blessings
           .
           We
           pursue
           all
           things
           with
           an
           earnestness
           of
           desire
           ,
           and
           a
           strength
           of
           thought
           proportioned
           to
           the
           value
           that
           we
           set
           on
           them
           :
           And
           if
           we
           are
           cold
           and
           slack
           only
           in
           the
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           when
           we
           over-doe
           every
           thing
           else
           ,
           this
           shews
           that
           either
           we
           do
           not
           at
           all
           believe
           them
           ,
           or
           that
           we
           do
           not
           at
           all
           value
           them
           .
           I
           know
           earnestness
           in
           Prayer
           is
           one
           of
           the
           Subjects
           of
           the
           profane
           mirth
           of
           our
           Scoffers
           ;
           they
           cannot
           think
           that
           God
           is
           moved
           by
           our
           earnestness
           to
           depart
           from
           his
           own
           counsels
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           think
           all
           fervency
           in
           Prayer
           is
           a
           vain
           heating
           of
           the
           Imagination
           to
           no
           purpose
           .
           But
           though
           it
           is
           certain
           that
           our
           Importunities
           do
           not
           overcome
           God
           ,
           though
           Men
           are
           sometimes
           wearied
           out
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           yield
           to
           them
           ;
           yet
           he
           commands
           us
           to
           pray
           earnestly
           ,
           and
           he
           promises
           to
           reward
           our
           fervour
           in
           Prayer
           ,
           for
           this
           end
           ,
           that
           the
           impressions
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           of
           our
           dependance
           on
           him
           ,
           of
           our
           impotence
           without
           him
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           goodness
           and
           bounty
           to
           us
           ,
           may
           go
           deep
           in
           our
           minds
           .
           These
           are
           the
           
           springs
           of
           all
           Religion
           and
           Vertue
           ;
           and
           when
           these
           are
           strong
           in
           us
           ,
           they
           govern
           us
           in
           all
           our
           actions
           .
           In
           fact
           it
           is
           certain
           that
           none
           are
           so
           powerfully
           and
           effectually
           subdued
           by
           the
           Principles
           of
           Religion
           ,
           as
           those
           who
           are
           frequent
           &
           earnest
           in
           Prayer
           .
           God
           haing
           made
           this
           the
           condition
           of
           bestowing
           his
           favours
           on
           us
           ,
           not
           as
           it
           has
           an
           effect
           on
           himself
           ,
           to
           soften
           and
           overcome
           him
           ,
           but
           as
           it
           has
           an
           effect
           on
           us
           to
           make
           us
           serious
           and
           good
           :
           from
           hence
           it
           appears
           how
           reasonable
           a
           thing
           it
           is
           for
           us
           to
           pray
           often
           and
           fervently
           .
           And
           in
           this
           all
           good
           minds
           may
           be
           appealed
           to
           ,
           that
           set
           themselves
           often
           to
           seek
           God
           by
           Fasting
           and
           Prayer
           ,
           if
           they
           do
           not
           find
           the
           happy
           effects
           of
           it
           upon
           their
           minds
           :
           That
           earnest
           agitation
           of
           their
           Thoughts
           ,
           which
           is
           raised
           by
           fervent
           Prayer
           ,
           ends
           in
           an
           inward
           calm
           ,
           ioyned
           with
           higher
           degrees
           of
           confidence
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           upon
           it
           ,
           a
           good
           temper
           of
           mind
           dwells
           upon
           them
           ,
           their
           minds
           grow
           clearer
           ,
           and
           their
           thought
           ,
           brighter
           :
           Whereas
           such
           as
           disuse
           secret
           Prayer
           ,
           come
           under
           a
           flatness
           and
           deadness
           in
           the
           matter
           of
           Religion
           :
           It
           has
           no
           life
           within
           them
           ,
           it
           gives
           them
           neither
           joy
           nor
           courage
           ,
           zeal
           nor
           affection
           :
           Nor
           is
           there
           any
           thing
           to
           which
           the
           visible
           decay
           of
           Religion
           in
           this
           age
           is
           so
           much
           owing
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           neglect
           of
           secret
           Prayer
           ;
           which
           has
           prevailed
           so
           universally
           ,
           that
           whereas
           in
           former
           times
           it
           would
           have
           passed
           for
           a
           strange
           thing
           ,
           if
           a
           Man
           had
           gone
           into
           any
           business
           without
           he
           had
           first
           said
           his
           Prayers
           ,
           it
           would
           now
           be
           thought
           ridiculous
           to
           hear
           that
           a
           Man
           was
           retired
           to
           his
           Prayers
           :
           and
           the
           using
           such
           earnest
           and
           tender
           Expressions
           as
           we
           find
           here
           in
           this
           Psalm
           ,
           would
           pass
           for
           a
           mark
           of
           an
           Enthusiast
           ,
           or
           an
           Hypocrite
           ▪
           But
           let
           the
           World
           think
           and
           say
           what
           they
           will
           ,
           it
           is
           by
           Prayer
           that
           our
           Souls
           ascend
           up
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           draw
           down
           all
           
           Blessings
           from
           him
           :
           This
           is
           that
           which
           removes
           his
           displeasure
           ,
           and
           procures
           his
           favour
           ;
           and
           neither
           the
           abuse
           of
           it
           by
           Hypocrites
           ,
           nor
           the
           scorn
           cast
           upon
           it
           by
           Atheists
           ,
           can
           lessen
           its
           value
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           ,
           nor
           our
           obligation
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           To
           encourage
           us
           to
           it
           ,
           we
           have
           the
           consideration
           of
           the
           Nature
           and
           Attributes
           of
           God
           :
           He
           is
           gracious
           ,
           slow
           to
           anger
           ,
           and
           ready
           to
           forgive
           :
           Judgment
           is
           his
           strange
           Work
           ;
           whereas
           Mercy
           and
           Compassion
           are
           natural
           to
           him
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           the
           just
           and
           righteous
           Governour
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           he
           must
           punish
           when
           it
           is
           necessary
           ,
           for
           the
           maintaining
           the
           Order
           that
           he
           has
           established
           ;
           but
           yet
           
             he
             afflicts
             not
             willingly
             ,
             nor
             grieves
             the
             children
             of
             men
             :
          
           and
           therefore
           we
           are
           sure
           ,
           that
           upon
           our
           turning
           to
           him
           ,
           our
           praying
           earnestly
           ,
           and
           our
           repenting
           sincerely
           ,
           he
           will
           turn
           from
           the
           fierceness
           of
           his
           anger
           .
           Of
           this
           we
           are
           assured
           ,
           both
           from
           his
           Nature
           and
           Attributes
           ,
           and
           also
           from
           his
           Promises
           ;
           and
           if
           those
           limited
           degrees
           of
           Goodness
           that
           are
           in
           us
           bring
           us
           under
           a
           tenderness
           of
           heart
           and
           readiness
           to
           forgive
           such
           as
           seek
           to
           us
           ,
           had
           they
           offended
           us
           ever
           so
           much
           ,
           we
           have
           much
           more
           reason
           to
           assure
           our selves
           ,
           that
           God
           will
           
             speak
             Peace
             to
             us
          
           ,
           upon
           our
           supplicating
           him
           as
           we
           ought
           to
           do
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           in
           this
           Psalm
           another
           consideration
           that
           gives
           us
           great
           encouragement
           in
           our
           Addresses
           to
           God
           for
           pardon
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           That
           in
           former
           times
           ,
           when
           his
           People
           had
           provoked
           him
           to
           deliver
           them
           up
           to
           Captivity
           ,
           he
           had
           ,
           upon
           their
           repentance
           ,
           forgiven
           their
           Sins
           ,
           turned
           away
           his
           Anger
           ,
           and
           brought
           again
           their
           Captivity
           .
           And
           from
           those
           instances
           of
           his
           mercy
           in
           past-times
           ,
           David
           does
           expect
           new
           proofs
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           we
           
           may
           also
           do
           if
           we
           take
           the
           same
           method
           now
           which
           had
           such
           effects
           formerly
           :
           The
           Nature
           and
           Promises
           of
           God
           are
           still
           the
           same
           ;
           Repentance
           and
           Prayer
           have
           the
           same
           effect
           at
           all
           times
           .
           David
           did
           here
           encourage
           himself
           with
           the
           remembrance
           of
           the
           Deliverance
           of
           the
           People
           out
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           when
           after
           a
           long
           course
           of
           oppression
           ,
           God
           did
           with
           a
           mighty
           Hand
           and
           an
           out-stretched
           Arm
           bring
           their
           Fathers
           out
           of
           that
           Bondage
           :
           and
           from
           that
           time
           downward
           ,
           God
           had
           often
           heard
           them
           when
           they
           groaned
           under
           the
           yoke
           of
           Oppressors
           ,
           into
           whose
           hands
           he
           had
           deliver'd
           them
           for
           their
           sins
           ;
           but
           he
           had
           also
           raised
           up
           Instruments
           ,
           by
           whose
           means
           they
           were
           freed
           from
           the
           yoke
           they
           lay
           under
           .
           And
           from
           those
           signal
           instances
           of
           God's
           hearing
           their
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           being
           reconciled
           to
           them
           ,
           they
           had
           reason
           to
           reckon
           ,
           that
           the
           Severities
           of
           his
           Judgments
           ,
           which
           at
           any
           time
           broke
           out
           upon
           them
           ,
           were
           intended
           only
           for
           their
           Reformation
           and
           Correction
           .
           The
           whole
           Old
           Testament
           contains
           a
           Series
           of
           History
           ,
           made
           up
           of
           those
           varieties
           ;
           That
           People
           sinned
           ,
           and
           were
           punished
           ;
           they
           repented
           and
           were
           delivered
           .
           In
           conclusion
           ,
           their
           Sins
           were
           such
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           given
           up
           as
           a
           prey
           to
           the
           King
           of
           Babylon
           ,
           but
           after
           70
           years
           Captivity
           ,
           they
           were
           brought
           back
           ,
           upon
           the
           Prayers
           and
           Intercessions
           that
           Daniel
           and
           other
           good
           men
           put
           up
           to
           God
           ,
           according
           to
           God's
           Promises
           and
           to
           the
           time
           limited
           by
           the
           Prophets
           .
           Upon
           the
           perfecting
           of
           that
           Deliverance
           under
           Artaxerxes
           ,
           they
           began
           to
           relapse
           into
           some
           of
           their
           old
           Sins
           ;
           but
           Ezra
           and
           Nehemiah
           ,
           who
           saw
           well
           what
           consequences
           these
           Sins
           must
           have
           ,
           and
           how
           they
           might
           be
           prevented
           ,
           engaged
           them
           to
           an
           early
           and
           serious
           repentance
           ,
           the
           good
           effects
           of
           which
           continued
           near
           300
           years
           :
           
           but
           then
           they
           corrupted
           themselves
           again
           ,
           upon
           which
           they
           were
           delivered
           up
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           Syria
           ,
           who
           oppressed
           them
           severely
           ,
           and
           studied
           to
           defile
           their
           Temple
           ,
           and
           to
           extirpate
           their
           Religion
           :
           Upon
           this
           they
           returned
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           he
           raised
           up
           Deliverers
           for
           them
           ,
           in
           the
           persons
           of
           Matthias
           and
           his
           Sons
           the
           Maccabees
           ,
           in
           whose
           courage
           ,
           conduct
           ,
           and
           success
           ,
           we
           see
           one
           of
           the
           beautifullest
           Scenes
           that
           is
           in
           History
           .
           Those
           Wars
           did
           purge
           them
           quite
           from
           all
           that
           mad
           inclination
           that
           had
           been
           so
           long
           among
           them
           ,
           to
           Idolatry
           ;
           they
           flourished
           and
           had
           rest
           ,
           about
           an
           hundred
           years
           ,
           till
           they
           corrupted
           their
           Morals
           again
           ,
           and
           then
           they
           fell
           under
           the
           mischiefs
           of
           Civil
           Wars
           ,
           which
           made
           way
           to
           their
           coming
           first
           under
           the
           Tyranny
           of
           Herod
           ,
           and
           then
           under
           the
           Roman
           Yoke
           ;
           but
           under
           all
           that
           oppression
           they
           did
           not
           as
           they
           had
           done
           formerly
           ,
           
             Repent
             and
             turn
             unto
             God
          
           ;
           and
           tho'
           first
           St.
           Iohn
           the
           Baptist
           ,
           afterwards
           our
           Saviour
           himself
           ,
           and
           his
           Apostles
           after
           him
           ,
           particularly
           S.
           Iames
           the
           Brother
           of
           our
           Lord
           ceased
           not
           to
           call
           on
           them
           to
           repent
           ,
           and
           threatned
           them
           with
           a
           final
           extirpation
           if
           they
           did
           it
           not
           ;
           yet
           this
           had
           no
           effect
           ,
           except
           on
           some
           particular
           persons
           ,
           the
           rest
           hardened
           themselves
           in
           their
           Immoral
           ties
           and
           Hypocrisies
           :
           
             They
             killed
             the
             Heir
             ,
             that
             the
             Inheritance
             might
             be
             their
             own
             ,
          
           according
           to
           the
           Parable
           ,
           and
           they
           stoned
           and
           slew
           the
           rest
           ;
           and
           they
           being
           so
           obstinate
           in
           their
           Impenitency
           ,
           that
           neither
           the
           Calamities
           they
           lay
           under
           ,
           nor
           the
           Messengers
           sent
           them
           from
           God
           ,
           could
           work
           on
           them
           ;
           the
           Wrath
           of
           God
           at
           last
           came
           upon
           them
           to
           the
           uttermost
           ,
           and
           in
           so
           terrible
           a
           manner
           ,
           that
           their
           destruction
           is
           by
           much
           the
           most
           tragical
           piece
           of
           History
           .
        
         
         
           Let
           us
           next
           observe
           in
           short
           ,
           the
           History
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           .
           It
           is
           an
           astonishing
           thing
           to
           see
           a
           Doctrine
           ,
           that
           by
           its
           Rules
           carries
           Men
           to
           the
           highest
           degrees
           of
           Purity
           ,
           and
           that
           received
           so
           great
           Authority
           from
           all
           those
           Miracles
           that
           accompanied
           the
           first
           opening
           of
           it
           to
           the
           World
           ;
           yet
           so
           soon
           depraved
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           Apostles
           days
           ,
           by
           many
           false
           Teachers
           and
           false
           Christians
           ;
           this
           were
           an
           incredible
           thing
           ,
           if
           the
           Epistles
           of
           the
           Apostles
           themselves
           were
           not
           full
           of
           it
           .
           But
           upon
           this
           ,
           God
           delivered
           many
           of
           them
           up
           to
           the
           Fury
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Cruelties
           of
           Nero
           ;
           but
           upon
           their
           Repentance
           they
           were
           spared
           in
           the
           final
           destruction
           of
           Ierusalem
           ;
           and
           though
           there
           were
           some
           particular
           Instances
           of
           Persecution
           under
           Domitian
           and
           Trajan
           ,
           they
           passing
           for
           a
           Sect
           of
           the
           Jews
           ;
           yet
           after
           that
           they
           had
           a
           long
           Peace
           of
           about
           140
           Years
           continuance
           :
           In
           which
           time
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           did
           shine
           in
           the
           purity
           of
           their
           Lives
           ,
           who
           professed
           it
           ,
           and
           did
           spread
           it self
           over
           the
           whole
           Roman
           Empire
           :
           And
           the
           Instances
           of
           Severity
           that
           were
           acted
           in
           a
           few
           Places
           ,
           gave
           the
           Church
           the
           Glory
           of
           many
           Martyrs
           ,
           while
           the
           rest
           were
           rather
           encouraged
           by
           their
           Constancy
           ,
           than
           terrified
           with
           their
           cruel
           Deaths
           .
           The
           Writers
           of
           those
           Times
           do
           often
           make
           their
           Appeals
           to
           the
           Lives
           of
           the
           Christians
           ,
           to
           prove
           the
           purity
           of
           their
           Doctrine
           :
           Yet
           Numbers
           are
           generally
           bad
           ,
           and
           a
           long
           Peace
           brings
           naturally
           with
           it
           ,
           a
           softness
           on
           Mens
           Minds
           ,
           together
           with
           a
           dissolution
           of
           their
           Morals
           ;
           of
           which
           S.
           Cyprian
           gives
           us
           a
           particular
           account
           ,
           in
           terms
           that
           shew
           he
           did
           not
           flatter
           his
           Side
           ,
           nor
           the
           
           Order
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           to
           which
           he
           was
           so
           great
           an
           Honour
           ;
           for
           he
           sets
           out
           the
           Corruptions
           ,
           as
           well
           of
           the
           Bishops
           and
           Clergy
           ,
           as
           of
           the
           Laity
           of
           his
           Time
           ,
           in
           a
           stile
           that
           is
           far
           from
           Partiality
           .
           After
           this
           came
           Persecution
           after
           Persecution
           ;
           but
           these
           having
           the
           Effect
           for
           which
           they
           were
           appointed
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Church
           had
           again
           forty
           Years
           Peace
           .
           But
           it
           would
           offend
           weak
           Minds
           ,
           to
           hear
           the
           words
           in
           which
           Eusebius
           sets
           forth
           the
           Corruption
           that
           this
           brought
           on
           the
           Church
           :
           Then
           came
           the
           last
           Persecution
           ,
           which
           continued
           Ten
           Years
           with
           very
           little
           intermission
           ,
           and
           with
           so
           excessive
           a
           Fury
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           succession
           of
           the
           Persecutors
           ,
           every
           one
           studied
           to
           out-do
           all
           that
           had
           gone
           before
           him
           .
           Yet
           these
           repeated
           Fires
           of
           their
           Martyrs
           ,
           kindling
           another
           Fire
           in
           the
           Minds
           of
           the
           Christians
           ,
           and
           setting
           them
           on
           to
           Fastings
           and
           Prayers
           ,
           God
           did
           at
           last
           arise
           ,
           and
           sent
           them
           a
           Deliverer
           ,
           from
           this
           Island
           ,
           Constantine
           ,
           who
           first
           gave
           them
           Quiet
           and
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           then
           Protection
           and
           Favour
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           shined
           with
           a
           new
           Lustre
           of
           Wealth
           and
           Prosperity
           :
           But
           ,
           alas
           ,
           this
           was
           not
           so
           happy
           to
           it
           as
           that
           which
           the
           Fires
           of
           the
           Martyrs
           had
           given
           it
           .
           The
           Church
           did
           soon
           degenerate
           ,
           and
           the
           Bishops
           of
           the
           chief
           Sees
           fell
           into
           Factions
           .
           The
           History
           of
           that
           Time
           gives
           us
           but
           a
           sad
           viow
           of
           the
           governing
           Men
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           But
           yet
           even
           there
           we
           have
           a
           Witness
           in
           favour
           of
           that
           Religion
           that
           is
           beyond
           Exception
           ,
           I
           mean
           Iulian
           ,
           who
           tells
           his
           Heathen
           Priests
           ,
           in
           his
           Zeal
           for
           the
           restoring
           of
           Paganism
           ,
           how
           both
           Priests
           and
           People
           ought
           to
           imitate
           the
           Lives
           ,
           the
           Temperance
           ,
           
           the
           Gravity
           ,
           and
           above
           all
           ,
           the
           Charity
           that
           was
           among
           the
           Christians
           .
           But
           insensibly
           in
           the
           course
           of
           an
           Age
           ,
           Christianity
           did
           so
           degenerate
           ,
           that
           scarce
           any
           thing
           of
           the
           first
           Purity
           and
           Simplicity
           was
           left
           .
           Great
           Disorders
           ,
           Irreconcileable
           Heats
           ,
           and
           Differences
           ,
           and
           Disputes
           ,
           even
           about
           Authority
           and
           precedence
           ,
           tore
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           exposed
           it
           to
           the
           Reproaches
           of
           its
           Enemies
           :
           And
           after
           that
           God
           had
           suffered
           that
           Apostacy
           for
           a
           whole
           Age
           ,
           it
           drew
           at
           last
           a
           Series
           of
           Plagues
           upon
           them
           ,
           that
           amazes
           every
           one
           that
           reads
           it
           .
           The
           Western
           Empire
           was
           over-run
           with
           an
           Inundation
           of
           Northern
           Nations
           ,
           that
           came
           so
           thick
           one
           after
           another
           ,
           that
           whatsoever
           one
           had
           spared
           ,
           seem
           to
           be
           only
           reserved
           to
           be
           destroyed
           by
           the
           next
           that
           came
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           the
           Goths
           and
           Vandals
           ,
           and
           the
           Hunns
           brought
           an
           unheard-of
           Destruction
           along
           with
           them
           ;
           that
           was
           followed
           by
           Plagues
           and
           Famines
           ,
           to
           so
           high
           a
           degree
           ,
           that
           whole
           Countries
           were
           almost
           dispeopled
           .
           The
           Eastern
           Empire
           was
           also
           long
           wasted
           by
           the
           Goths
           and
           Avares
           ,
           and
           then
           by
           the
           Saracens
           ,
           and
           finally
           destroyed
           by
           the
           Turks
           .
           In
           this
           Island
           we
           received
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           very
           early
           :
           We
           had
           our
           Martyrs
           as
           well
           as
           the
           other
           Churches
           ,
           and
           a
           particular
           simplicity
           of
           Manners
           ,
           which
           is
           remarked
           as
           the
           peculiar
           Ornament
           of
           our
           Clergy
           :
           But
           this
           did
           not
           last
           long
           ,
           for
           there
           followed
           a
           vast
           Corruption
           among
           all
           sorts
           of
           People
           ,
           which
           is
           set
           forth
           very
           sincerely
           and
           pathetically
           ,
           by
           a
           very
           good
           Man
           that
           saw
           it
           ,
           and
           lamented
           it
           ,
           I
           mean
           Gildas
           ;
           after
           that
           we
           lost
           both
           our
           Religion
           and
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           fell
           under
           the
           Saxon
           Tyranny
           ,
           than
           Christianity
           
           got
           footing
           again
           among
           us
           ,
           within
           an
           Age
           and
           an
           half
           after
           that
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           much
           allayed
           and
           debased
           ;
           yet
           ,
           such
           as
           it
           was
           ,
           it
           made
           a
           great
           progress
           ,
           and
           produced
           some
           very
           good
           Men
           ,
           if
           we
           may
           believe
           Bede
           .
           But
           the
           Nation
           became
           rather
           more
           corrupt
           than
           ever
           ,
           and
           then
           we
           were
           delivered
           over
           to
           the
           Depredations
           ,
           the
           Burnings
           and
           Cruelty
           of
           the
           Danes
           ,
           which
           continued
           at
           several
           Reprises
           ,
           for
           near
           two
           hundred
           Years
           to
           be
           the
           Plague
           of
           England
           .
           At
           last
           all
           was
           melted
           into
           one
           Government
           ,
           but
           then
           the
           Nation
           became
           a
           Scene
           of
           Blood
           ,
           what
           during
           the
           Competitions
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           the
           Barons
           Wars
           ,
           the
           Wars
           with
           France
           ,
           and
           those
           of
           the
           Houses
           of
           York
           and
           Lancaster
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           take
           a
           narrower
           view
           of
           the
           State
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           both
           abroad
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           here
           in
           England
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           how
           often
           God
           ,
           for
           the
           Sins
           of
           those
           who
           carried
           that
           worthy
           Name
           of
           
             Reformed
             Churches
          
           ,
           but
           that
           were
           not
           worthy
           of
           it
           ,
           has
           brought
           them
           very
           low
           ;
           and
           what
           sudden
           and
           unlook'd-for
           Deliverances
           have
           again
           recover'd
           and
           restored
           them
           .
           Upon
           the
           first
           opening
           of
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           all
           the
           World
           run
           into
           it
           .
           The
           Corruptions
           and
           Ignorance
           of
           Popery
           ,
           were
           things
           of
           which
           all
           Men
           were
           so
           weary
           ,
           that
           they
           with
           joy
           welcomed
           the
           Light
           and
           the
           Purity
           of
           the
           Gospel
           :
           but
           in
           the
           multitudes
           that
           embraced
           it
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           great
           mixture
           ;
           many
           came
           in
           only
           for
           the
           Spoil
           ,
           and
           threw
           off
           the
           Yoke
           of
           all
           Religion
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           that
           of
           Popery
           .
           But
           God
           punished
           this
           severely
           ;
           for
           though
           they
           were
           by
           much
           the
           superior
           force
           in
           Germany
           ,
           which
           was
           then
           the
           Scene
           ;
           
           and
           were
           secretly
           favoured
           both
           by
           England
           and
           France
           ,
           yet
           all
           their
           Strength
           did
           melt
           away
           ,
           and
           they
           dividing
           their
           Forces
           ,
           became
           an
           easy
           Prey
           to
           Charles
           the
           5th
           ,
           who
           got
           both
           their
           Heads
           ,
           the
           
             Elector
             of
             Sax
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Landgrave
             of
             Hesse
          
           into
           his
           Power
           ,
           and
           made
           all
           the
           rest
           bend
           under
           him
           ;
           only
           the
           Town
           of
           Magdeburgh
           stood
           out
           against
           him
           :
           And
           in
           a
           course
           of
           five
           Years
           Success
           ,
           the
           Protestant
           Interest
           was
           brought
           so
           low
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           every
           where
           given
           for
           lost
           ,
           when
           of
           a
           sudden
           ,
           
             Maurice
             of
             Saxe
          
           ,
           that
           had
           been
           the
           chief
           Instrument
           of
           dividing
           the
           Party
           ,
           and
           of
           delivering
           it
           up
           to
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           gave
           Matters
           so
           quick
           a
           turn
           ,
           that
           the
           Emperor
           was
           forced
           to
           run
           out
           of
           Germany
           ;
           and
           he
           soon
           saw
           he
           could
           not
           hope
           ever
           to
           return
           to
           it
           ,
           without
           granting
           the
           Edict
           of
           Passaw
           ,
           under
           which
           Security
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           has
           subsisted
           there
           ever
           since
           .
        
         
           Not
           many
           years
           after
           that
           a
           second
           Storm
           arose
           ,
           King
           Edward
           died
           ,
           and
           while
           Queen
           Mary
           persecuted
           and
           burnt
           the
           Protestants
           here
           in
           
             England
             ,
             France
          
           and
           Spain
           fell
           under
           the
           Ministry
           of
           two
           Cardinals
           ,
           who
           seeing
           that
           the
           way
           which
           they
           called
           Heresy
           ,
           was
           gaining
           ground
           every-where
           ,
           under
           the
           shelter
           of
           the
           Wars
           ,
           they
           projected
           and
           effected
           a
           Peace
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           Extirpating
           of
           Heresy
           ;
           but
           while
           this
           was
           in
           agitation
           ,
           Queen
           Mary
           died
           :
           and
           soon
           after
           ,
           the
           King
           of
           France
           was
           killed
           ,
           and
           left
           that
           Kingdom
           under
           the
           feebleness
           of
           a
           long
           Minority
           :
           a
           Deliverance
           sprung
           up
           also
           in
           Holland
           ,
           after
           many
           unsuccessful
           Attempts
           ,
           by
           a
           small
           company
           of
           Fishermen
           ,
           who
           seized
           on
           the
           
           Brill
           ,
           and
           from
           inconsiderable
           beginnings
           ,
           falling
           happily
           ▪
           under
           the
           Conduct
           of
           a
           Family
           of
           Heroes
           ,
           have
           grown
           up
           to
           be
           one
           of
           the
           Powerfullest
           Nations
           that
           any
           Age
           has
           seen
           :
           Here
           was
           the
           second
           Crisis
           carried
           off
           .
        
         
           A
           Third
           was
           ,
           when
           the
           League
           of
           France
           was
           formed
           ,
           for
           the
           Extirpation
           of
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           that
           Spain
           at
           the
           same
           time
           designed
           the
           Conquest
           of
           England
           ,
           upon
           which
           they
           reckon'd
           ,
           that
           the
           War
           in
           the
           Low-Countries
           would
           soon
           come
           to
           an
           end
           :
           but
           all
           this
           was
           blasted
           ,
           the
           Armada
           of
           Eighty
           eight
           was
           scattered
           and
           lost
           ,
           the
           Heads
           of
           the
           League
           were
           killed
           ,
           and
           Spain
           became
           so
           feeble
           ,
           that
           those
           were
           its
           last
           efforts
           .
           In
           this
           Age
           ,
           from
           the
           Year
           1620
           ,
           for
           ten
           Years
           together
           ,
           the
           whole
           Protestant
           Interest
           was
           every-where
           sinking
           .
           The
           Revolution
           of
           Bohemia
           ,
           and
           the
           Reduction
           of
           Hungary
           ,
           raised
           the
           House
           of
           Austria
           so
           high
           ,
           that
           every
           thing
           that
           stood
           in
           their
           way
           ,
           fell
           before
           them
           ;
           and
           all
           the
           Attempts
           made
           to
           preserve
           Germany
           ,
           proved
           fatal
           to
           those
           who
           undertook
           it
           ;
           then
           Holland
           was
           brought
           very
           low
           ,
           by
           the
           loss
           of
           Breda
           ,
           and
           the
           breach
           among
           themselves
           occasioned
           by
           the
           Arminian
           business
           ;
           the
           French
           Protestants
           were
           by
           the
           Reduction
           of
           Rochel
           ,
           brought
           to
           extremities
           ;
           England
           fell
           under
           a
           feebleness
           and
           dis-joynting
           at
           home
           ,
           when
           of
           a
           sudden
           ,
           the
           Great
           Gustavus
           with
           a
           small
           Army
           broke
           through
           the
           whole
           Austrian
           Force
           ,
           and
           restored
           the
           Liberty
           of
           Germany
           ,
           and
           obliged
           France
           that
           needed
           his
           Alliance
           to
           confirm
           the
           Edicts
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           Protestants
           ;
           so
           that
           Storm
           went
           over
           ,
           and
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           was
           again
           as
           strong
           as
           ever
           .
        
         
         
           The
           next
           Crisis
           was
           in
           Seventy
           Two
           ,
           when
           the
           States
           were
           marked
           out
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           First
           Sacrifice
           ;
           but
           we
           were
           to
           have
           gone
           next
           ,
           and
           Tyranny
           and
           Popery
           were
           every-where
           to
           be
           established
           :
           That
           Union
           which
           had
           at
           first
           such
           an
           unlook'd-for
           success
           ,
           had
           almost
           swallowed
           up
           Holland
           ,
           the
           Inundation
           breaking
           in
           upon
           them
           with
           such
           a
           Rapidity
           ,
           that
           nothing
           could
           stand
           before
           it
           ,
           till
           a
           Young
           Prince
           ,
           who
           as
           he
           was
           the
           Inheritor
           of
           the
           Glory
           of
           Four
           Successive
           Ancestors
           ,
           every
           one
           of
           whom
           had
           Lustre
           enough
           to
           have
           ennobled
           a
           whole
           Race
           ;
           so
           was
           he
           designed
           by
           Heaven
           ,
           for
           a
           much
           greater
           Harvest
           of
           Triumph
           and
           Glory
           ;
           till
           he
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           stemmed
           this
           Torrent
           by
           so
           small
           a
           handful
           at
           first
           ,
           that
           it
           seemed
           a
           tempting
           of
           Providence
           ,
           to
           have
           hoped
           for
           success
           ,
           where
           the
           Force
           was
           so
           unequal
           .
           But
           his
           Vertues
           ,
           and
           his
           Valour
           begot
           ,
           first
           Union
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           then
           Security
           abroad
           ;
           and
           tho'
           he
           could
           not
           all
           at
           once
           raise
           up
           their
           Armies
           to
           imitate
           the
           Pattern
           he
           set
           them
           ;
           yet
           ,
           we
           now
           see
           ,
           even
           in
           their
           late
           misfortune
           ,
           with
           what
           a
           Spirit
           of
           Courage
           such
           a
           Hero
           can
           inspire
           an
           Army
           .
           This
           Crisis
           went
           off
           likewise
           ,
           and
           there
           appeared
           such
           Characters
           of
           the
           Protection
           of
           God
           over
           
             the
             Man
             ,
             whom
             he
             had
             made
             strong
             for
             himself
          
           ;
           and
           the
           State
           which
           was
           then
           so
           gloriously
           preserved
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           World
           looked
           on
           this
           ,
           as
           an
           Essay
           of
           the
           Great
           things
           that
           Heaven
           design'd
           to
           the
           Age
           ,
           by
           that
           Hand
           ,
           whose
           first
           Attempts
           proved
           so
           fortunate
           .
        
         
         
           The
           last
           Crisis
           in
           which
           we
           still
           are
           ,
           began
           in
           85
           ,
           when
           within
           the
           compass
           of
           one
           Year
           ,
           Popery
           was
           on
           the
           Throne
           here
           in
           England
           ;
           it
           had
           likewise
           the
           Palatinate
           brought
           under
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           was
           proscribed
           and
           Persecuted
           ,
           both
           in
           France
           and
           Savoy
           .
           Then
           the
           Instruments
           of
           the
           Pride
           and
           Cruelty
           of
           the
           Persecutor
           ,
           reckoned
           that
           Heresy
           was
           to
           be
           extirpated
           all
           the
           World
           over
           :
           There
           was
           indeed
           no
           visible
           Hope
           left
           ,
           but
           in
           him
           who
           had
           begun
           his
           Carier
           with
           so
           much
           Glory
           ,
           and
           seemed
           marked
           out
           to
           be
           the
           Common
           Deliverer
           of
           Europe
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           special
           Blessing
           of
           all
           the
           Churches
           of
           God.
           I
           shall
           not
           enlarge
           further
           on
           that
           ,
           with
           the
           Sense
           of
           which
           I
           hope
           all
           your
           Hearts
           are
           filled
           ,
           how
           ungratefully
           soever
           it
           may
           be
           opposed
           by
           some
           ,
           whose
           Designs
           ,
           whatever
           their
           meaning
           may
           be
           ,
           tend
           to
           the
           bringing
           us
           under
           French
           Tyranny
           ,
           and
           Popish
           Cruelty
           .
           When
           we
           also
           consider
           the
           special
           Deliverances
           of
           this
           Church
           ,
           the
           Critical
           Time
           of
           Henry
           the
           Eighth's
           breaking
           with
           Rome
           ;
           and
           of
           Q.
           Mary's
           Death
           .
           Queen
           Elizabeth's
           Glorious
           Reign
           ;
           the
           discovery
           of
           the
           Gunpowder-Treason
           ;
           the
           long
           Peace
           of
           Eighty
           Years
           with
           which
           this
           Kingdom
           was
           blessed
           ,
           to
           which
           there
           is
           not
           any
           thing
           that
           can
           be
           compared
           in
           our
           whole
           History
           ;
           the
           easy
           conclusion
           of
           a
           long
           and
           bloody
           Civil
           War
           ;
           the
           First
           ,
           and
           now
           the
           Second
           Preservation
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           with
           the
           surprising
           Circumstances
           of
           both
           :
           What
           reason
           have
           we
           from
           all
           these
           to
           conclude
           ,
           that
           as
           God
           has
           hitherto
           
           watched
           over
           us
           ,
           and
           preserved
           us
           in
           so
           wonderful
           a
           manner
           ,
           he
           will
           still
           continue
           to
           do
           it
           ?
           But
           this
           last
           Deliverance
           of
           Ireland
           must
           not
           be
           past
           over
           in
           general
           Words
           .
           Can
           we
           reflect
           on
           the
           many
           Dangers
           to
           which
           that
           
             Sacred
             Life
          
           ,
           on
           which
           all
           ours
           depend
           ,
           in
           so
           signal
           a
           manner
           ,
           was
           so
           lately
           exposed
           ,
           without
           feeling
           a
           Commotion
           within
           us
           ,
           that
           is
           both
           melting
           and
           tender
           ?
           for
           though
           it
           is
           now
           past
           ,
           we
           still
           tremble
           to
           think
           that
           it
           was
           once
           so
           near
           ;
           while
           a
           Hand
           of
           Heaven
           seemed
           so
           to
           lead
           the
           Bullet
           ,
           that
           though
           it
           was
           suffered
           to
           
             touch
             his
             Anointed
             ,
             yet
             could
             do
             him
             no
             Harm
             .
          
           Do
           not
           we
           look
           amazed
           on
           one
           another
           ,
           when
           we
           think
           in
           what
           a
           State
           we
           had
           been
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           gone
           deeper
           ;
           while
           he
           that
           received
           it
           ,
           seemed
           to
           be
           the
           least
           concerned
           of
           all
           that
           beheld
           it
           .
           And
           thus
           while
           other
           Princes
           take
           care
           of
           their
           own
           Safety
           ,
           and
           grow
           proud
           upon
           the
           Glory
           that
           their
           Subjects
           procure
           them
           ;
           He
           does
           not
           think
           the
           Regal
           Dignity
           bright
           enough
           ,
           but
           as
           it
           takes
           a
           fresh
           Lustre
           from
           Military
           Glory
           .
           But
           while
           we
           take
           leave
           humbly
           to
           complain
           ,
           that
           he
           has
           so
           little
           regard
           to
           himself
           ,
           we
           must
           with
           all
           Thankfulness
           acknowledg
           ,
           that
           this
           defect
           of
           Care
           in
           him
           is
           fully
           supplied
           by
           the
           watchfulness
           of
           that
           Providence
           ,
           on
           which
           he
           does
           in
           so
           particular
           a
           manner
           depend
           ;
           If
           our
           Glory
           has
           on
           another
           side
           received
           an
           Eclipse
           ,
           tho
           even
           on
           those
           less
           fortunate
           Occasions
           we
           have
           seen
           particular
           Instances
           of
           a
           watchful
           Providence
           ,
           while
           the
           Winds
           changed
           to
           preserve
           and
           favour
           us
           ;
           and
           perhaps
           it
           would
           have
           been
           too
           great
           a
           provocation
           
           to
           Pride
           and
           Security
           ,
           if
           we
           should
           have
           had
           two
           great
           Victories
           at
           once
           .
           Yet
           if
           we
           have
           failed
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           What
           may
           not
           we
           hope
           from
           such
           an
           Essay
           ,
           but
           that
           Angels
           watch
           over
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Head
           of
           Angels
           covers
           him
           ?
           and
           that
           this
           retarding
           of
           our
           Deliverance
           ,
           and
           darkning
           of
           our
           Glory
           ,
           is
           but
           for
           a
           new
           reserve
           of
           Triumph
           to
           him
           ,
           whose
           Scene
           of
           Success
           is
           not
           compleat
           ,
           till
           all
           that
           false
           shining
           ,
           which
           has
           so
           long
           compared
           it self
           to
           the
           Sun
           ,
           is
           darkned
           ;
           and
           that
           not
           only
           England
           ,
           but
           Europe
           ,
           is
           by
           his
           Means
           delivered
           from
           all
           their
           Fears
           and
           Dangers
           .
        
         
           But
           how
           far
           soever
           such
           a
           Subject
           may
           carry
           me
           ,
           I
           must
           not
           suffer
           you
           to
           forget
           that
           which
           remains
           of
           my
           Text
           ,
           
             But
             let
             them
             not
             turn
             again
             to
             Folly.
          
           I
           shall
           not
           dwell
           here
           upon
           so
           beaten
           a
           Path
           ,
           as
           the
           shewing
           you
           the
           Madness
           and
           Follies
           of
           Vice.
           You
           have
           so
           many
           Instances
           of
           so
           great
           force
           round
           about
           you
           to
           demonstrate
           this
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           needless
           to
           enlarge
           upon
           the
           Breaches
           that
           Vice
           makes
           on
           Mens
           Persons
           ,
           and
           their
           Estates
           ,
           on
           their
           Reputation
           and
           Courage
           ;
           it
           s
           wasting
           their
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           depressing
           their
           Minds
           ,
           are
           such
           visible
           things
           ,
           and
           have
           shewed
           us
           so
           many
           Wrecks
           on
           all
           hands
           ,
           that
           we
           must
           needs
           see
           how
           just
           and
           reasonable
           it
           is
           to
           bring
           all
           these
           Disorders
           under
           the
           denomination
           of
           Folly.
           Idolatry
           is
           also
           such
           a
           debasing
           the
           Nature
           ,
           both
           of
           God
           and
           of
           Man
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           Idea's
           of
           God
           are
           brought
           so
           low
           ,
           and
           our
           Natures
           are
           so
           affronted
           ,
           while
           we
           prostrate
           our selves
           before
           
           the
           Works
           of
           Mens
           Hands
           ,
           or
           the
           Fictions
           of
           their
           Minds
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           also
           Folly
           ,
           and
           a
           Folly
           of
           so
           strange
           a
           kind
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           easy
           to
           imagine
           that
           Humane
           Nature
           should
           be
           capable
           of
           it
           :
           But
           no
           Folly
           is
           more
           extravagant
           than
           that
           of
           imagining
           that
           things
           were
           made
           ,
           and
           are
           preserved
           by
           Chance
           ,
           or
           Fate
           ,
           without
           the
           directions
           of
           a
           wise
           and
           good
           Being
           :
           And
           that
           either
           there
           is
           no
           God
           ,
           nor
           Maker
           of
           all
           Things
           ;
           or
           if
           there
           is
           one
           ,
           that
           he
           has
           abandoned
           the
           Works
           of
           his
           Hands
           ,
           that
           he
           does
           not
           see
           through
           the
           thick
           Cloud
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           in
           vain
           to
           serve
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           Wrath
           is
           but
           a
           Word
           ,
           made
           use
           of
           by
           crafty
           Men
           to
           frighten
           Fools
           .
           This
           is
           the
           Language
           of
           Scoffers
           ,
           and
           a
           degree
           of
           Folly
           beyond
           all
           others
           ,
           even
           the
           venturing
           upon
           Eternal
           Misery
           ,
           upon
           the
           maddest
           set
           of
           Principles
           that
           ever
           were
           put
           together
           .
           These
           are
           the
           Follies
           that
           we
           must
           guard
           against
           ,
           lest
           if
           after
           God
           has
           delivered
           us
           once
           more
           ,
           we
           should
           again
           relapse
           into
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           then
           our
           latter
           End
           should
           prove
           worse
           than
           the
           Beginning
           .
        
         
           If
           God
           should
           now
           according
           to
           the
           Riches
           of
           his
           Grace
           deliver
           us
           from
           all
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           hand
           of
           all
           that
           hate
           us
           ,
           and
           should
           establish
           that
           which
           he
           has
           wrought
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           add
           to
           the
           Settlement
           of
           his
           true
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           happy
           Constitution
           both
           of
           Church
           and
           State
           among
           us
           ,
           a
           secure
           and
           honourable
           Peace
           ,
           a
           fullness
           of
           Plenty
           ,
           and
           a
           freedom
           of
           Trade
           ,
           and
           should
           carry
           the
           Glory
           of
           our
           Soveraigns
           so
           high
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           them
           
           the
           Arbiters
           of
           Christendom
           ,
           and
           the
           Protectors
           of
           all
           Protestants
           .
           If
           I
           say
           ,
           after
           so
           great
           an
           accession
           of
           Wealth
           and
           Prosperity
           ,
           of
           Success
           and
           Glory
           to
           us
           ,
           we
           should
           then
           give
           our selves
           up
           to
           our
           Vices
           ,
           as
           if
           all
           our
           Blessings
           were
           only
           intended
           to
           furnish
           out
           our
           Luxury
           with
           all
           the
           variety
           of
           Entertainments
           ;
           if
           we
           should
           grow
           proud
           of
           the
           Ancient
           Valour
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           while
           we
           degenerate
           from
           it
           our selves
           ;
           and
           by
           despising
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           should
           both
           make
           them
           stronger
           ,
           and
           our selves
           weaker
           ;
           if
           we
           should
           take
           up
           our
           Animosities
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           had
           only
           made
           a
           Truce
           with
           one
           another
           ,
           while
           we
           had
           a
           mighty
           Enemy
           to
           deal
           with
           ,
           and
           so
           would
           revive
           these
           Follies
           ,
           which
           God
           has
           by
           an
           Interposition
           of
           so
           many
           Providences
           called
           on
           us
           to
           forget
           ;
           if
           we
           of
           the
           Church
           should
           forget
           all
           our
           promises
           ,
           and
           resolve
           to
           yield
           nothing
           for
           the
           gaining
           of
           our
           Brethren
           ,
           but
           should
           let
           our
           Minds
           rather
           be
           soured
           with
           the
           old
           Leaven
           of
           bitterness
           and
           malice
           .
           If
           those
           who
           depart
           from
           us
           ,
           should
           rather
           study
           to
           strengthen
           their
           Party
           ,
           than
           to
           hearken
           to
           the
           Counsels
           of
           Peace
           ;
           if
           those
           of
           a
           higher
           Rank
           ,
           should
           become
           swell'd
           with
           Pride
           ,
           or
           softned
           with
           Voluptuousness
           ;
           If
           the
           Clergy
           should
           become
           Lazy
           ,
           Covetous
           ,
           and
           Ambitious
           ;
           and
           the
           whole
           Nation
           should
           again
           break
           loose
           into
           open
           Vice
           ,
           and
           divide
           into
           Parties
           and
           Factions
           :
           But
           above
           all
           ,
           if
           Impiety
           and
           Blasphemy
           ,
           Scoffing
           and
           Atheism
           ,
           should
           again
           be
           in
           vogue
           ,
           and
           pass
           for
           Wit
           and
           Spirit
           ,
           then
           upon
           so
           fatal
           an
           abuse
           of
           God's
           Mercies
           ,
           we
           should
           have
           reason
           to
           look
           for
           Judgments
           as
           eminent
           ,
           as
           such
           our
           Ingratitude
           should
           be
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           return
           of
           Wrath
           should
           be
           so
           heavy
           ,
           
           that
           our
           Portion
           should
           be
           to
           perish
           with
           an
           everlasting
           Destruction
           from
           the
           Presence
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           Glory
           of
           his
           Power
           .
           But
           if
           we
           become
           so
           wise
           ,
           and
           so
           good
           as
           to
           improve
           the
           Deliverance
           that
           is
           already
           come
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           those
           which
           we
           have
           in
           prospect
           ,
           to
           the
           Noble
           ends
           for
           which
           they
           are
           design'd
           by
           God
           ,
           then
           we
           may
           expect
           to
           see
           an
           accomplishment
           of
           all
           the
           other
           Blessings
           which
           David
           promises
           to
           himself
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           people
           in
           this
           Psalm
           ,
           That
           
             Mercy
             and
             Truth
             should
             meet
             together
             ,
             and
             Righteousness
             and
             Peace
             should
             kiss
             each
             other
             .
          
           That
           a
           Spirit
           of
           Truth
           ,
           and
           Honesty
           ,
           and
           Love
           ,
           and
           Charity
           ,
           should
           run
           through
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           and
           knit
           it
           altogether
           in
           one
           Body
           ;
           that
           Truth
           should
           become
           so
           natural
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           like
           the
           growth
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           it
           should
           
             spring
             up
          
           of
           it self
           ;
           and
           that
           Righteousness
           should
           like
           a
           dew
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           cover
           the
           whole
           Land
           ;
           that
           God
           should
           bless
           them
           with
           every
           good
           thing
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           should
           have
           a
           rich
           Soil
           and
           fruitful
           Seasons
           ;
           and
           that
           Deliverances
           should
           be
           near
           or
           present
           at
           every
           return
           of
           Danger
           ,
           for
           preserving
           those
           that
           fear
           God
           ;
           and
           the
           top
           of
           all
           ,
           that
           Glory
           should
           dwell
           in
           their
           Land
           :
           By
           which
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           that
           Cloud
           of
           Glory
           which
           was
           between
           the
           Cherubins
           ,
           and
           was
           the
           Symbol
           of
           God's
           Presence
           among
           them
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           That
           the
           True
           Religion
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           happy
           Characters
           of
           God's
           Favour
           ,
           should
           be
           still
           continued
           among
           them
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           were
           the
           Glory
           of
           all
           Lands
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Nations
           of
           the
           Earth
           were
           to
           be
           blest
           in
           them
           :
           This
           as
           applied
           to
           us
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           God
           may
           establish
           
           and
           continue
           his
           True
           Religion
           among
           us
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           watch
           over
           ,
           and
           preserve
           those
           whom
           he
           has
           set
           over
           us
           ;
           and
           that
           as
           their
           Lives
           have
           been
           hitherto
           a
           Series
           of
           Wonders
           ,
           so
           he
           may
           perfect
           that
           which
           concerns
           them
           ,
           and
           bless
           the
           Work
           of
           their
           Hands
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           whole
           Nation
           may
           return
           to
           its
           Ancient
           Honesty
           and
           Vertue
           ;
           and
           that
           all
           Differences
           and
           Divisions
           may
           be
           composed
           ,
           we
           being
           animated
           with
           one
           Heart
           ,
           and
           one
           Spirit
           ;
           and
           that
           to
           all
           this
           ,
           the
           Blessings
           of
           Peace
           and
           Plenty
           may
           be
           joined
           :
           which
           God
           of
           his
           Infinite
           Mercy
           grant
           ,
           through
           Jesus
           Christ
           our
           Lord
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         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A30434-e220
           
             Psal.
             3.
             6.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             4.
             8.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             30.
             6.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             14.
             1.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             5.
             21.
             
             &
             10.
             8.
             
             &
             23.
             13.