A sermon preached before the King, at Whitehall, on the second of December, 1697. Being the day of thanksgiving for the peace. / By the Right Reverend Father in God, Gilbert, Lord Bishop of Sarum.
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             A sermon preached before the King, at Whitehall, on the second of December, 1697. Being the day of thanksgiving for the peace. / By the Right Reverend Father in God, Gilbert, Lord Bishop of Sarum.
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           PUBLISHED
           By
           His
           MAJESTY'S
           Special
           Command
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           the
           KING
           ,
           At
           WHITEHALL
           ,
           On
           the
           Second
           of
           DECEMBER
           ,
           1697.
           
           BEING
           The
           Day
           of
           Thanksgiving
           For
           the
           PEACE
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           ,
           GILBERT
           ,
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           SARUM
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Ri.
             Chiswell
          
           ,
           at
           the
           
             Rose
             and
             Crown
          
           in
           St.
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           .
           MDCXCVIII
           .
        
         
         
           THE
           Bishop
           of
           SALISBURY'S
           THANKSGIVING-SERMON
           For
           the
           PEACE
           .
        
         
         
         
         
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             2
             CHRON.
             IX
             .
             8.
             
          
           
             Blessed
             be
             the
             Lord
             thy
             God
             ,
             which
             delighted
             in
             thee
             ,
             to
             set
             thee
             on
             his
             throne
             to
             be
             King
             for
             the
             Lord
             thy
             God
             :
             because
             thy
             God
             loved
             Israel
             ,
             to
             establish
             them
             for
             ever
             ,
             therefore
             made
             he
             thee
             King
             over
             them
             ,
             to
             do
             judgment
             and
             justice
             .
          
        
         
           THESE
           are
           the
           words
           of
           an
           Arabian
           Queen
           ,
           who
           was
           so
           moved
           with
           a
           Noble
           Curiosity
           ,
           raised
           by
           the
           same
           of
           Solomon's
           Wisdom
           ,
           that
           she
           undertook
           a
           Journey
           from
           
             the
             utmost
             parts
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
          
           furnished
           her self
           both
           with
           an
           Equipage
           and
           Presents
           suitable
           to
           her
           Rank
           ,
           and
           also
           with
           Questions
           ,
           by
           which
           she
           might
           judge
           whether
           Fame
           had
           not
           too
           much
           heightned
           this
           great
           King's
           Character
           .
           She
           could
           not
           believe
           the
           half
           of
           what
           she
           had
           heard
           ;
           and
           having
           probably
           a
           good
           opinion
           of
           her
           own
           Understanding
           ,
           she
           resolved
           to
           try
           His
           with
           those
           Questions
           that
           puzzled
           her self
           .
        
         
           But
           when
           she
           came
           ,
           and
           found
           that
           Report
           ,
           instead
           of
           magnifying
           matters
           ,
           had
           been
           very
           defective
           ;
           when
           she
           observed
           the
           compass
           of
           his
           Knowledge
           ,
           with
           the
           depth
           of
           his
           Mind
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           applied
           his
           Speculations
           to
           the
           Arts
           of
           Government
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           the
           Contemplations
           of
           Nature
           ;
           when
           she
           saw
           his
           vast
           Designs
           of
           Buildings
           (
           his
           own
           as
           
           well
           as
           God's
           House
           )
           so
           wonderfully
           executed
           ;
           the
           Treasures
           he
           was
           heaping
           up
           ,
           and
           the
           Methods
           of
           Trade
           he
           was
           setting
           on
           ,
           for
           procuring
           constant
           and
           fresh
           Supplies
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           could
           join
           the
           Magnificence
           that
           belonged
           to
           his
           Character
           ,
           with
           the
           more
           Real
           Greatness
           of
           his
           own
           Comprehensive
           Mind
           :
           So
           that
           while
           he
           employed
           his
           Thoughts
           in
           the
           Sublimest
           Enquiries
           ,
           he
           did
           not
           neglect
           even
           those
           Lesser
           ones
           ,
           of
           External
           Grandeur
           ,
           which
           how
           inconsiderable
           soever
           they
           may
           seem
           ,
           to
           a
           Soul
           capable
           of
           vaster
           things
           ,
           yet
           are
           necessary
           to
           maintain
           those
           Impressions
           of
           Awe
           and
           Respect
           which
           give
           Authority
           to
           Government
           :
           When
           she
           saw
           the
           State
           in
           which
           he
           was
           served
           ,
           the
           Pomp
           of
           his
           Retinue
           ,
           and
           his
           glorious
           Processions
           to
           the
           Temple
           ,
           she
           was
           overcome
           with
           Wonder
           ;
           she
           despised
           her
           own
           Dignity
           and
           Kingdom
           :
           And
           thought
           that
           the
           Subjects
           and
           Servants
           of
           such
           a
           Prince
           ,
           were
           happier
           than
           the
           Sovereigns
           of
           other
           Nations
           .
        
         
           Her
           admiration
           of
           this
           being
           above
           all
           ordinary
           Expressions
           ,
           she
           vents
           it
           in
           those
           Raptures
           that
           I
           have
           read
           .
           She
           adores
           the
           Great
           Jehovah
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           who
           had
           taken
           pleasure
           in
           advancing
           One
           who
           so
           well
           deserved
           it
           ,
           and
           who
           imployed
           it
           so
           worthily
           ,
           in
           raising
           the
           Honour
           of
           that
           God
           who
           had
           so
           eminently
           exalted
           him
           :
           From
           hence
           she
           concluded
           ,
           That
           certainly
           God
           loved
           that
           Nation
           ,
           whom
           he
           had
           blessed
           with
           such
           a
           Prince
           ,
           by
           whose
           Wisdom
           and
           Conduct
           they
           were
           in
           all
           probability
           to
           be
           established
           on
           the
           firmest
           Basis
           :
           The
           best
           Principles
           and
           Measures
           of
           Government
           ,
           which
           would
           make
           them
           Sure
           and
           Lasting
           .
           
             Establish
             them
             for
             ever
          
           .
           For
           she
           could
           not
           think
           but
           that
           so
           extraordinary
           a
           Blessing
           must
           be
           designed
           for
           great
           Ends.
           Such
           a
           King
           
           would
           certainly
           govern
           them
           both
           with
           Judgment
           and
           Justice
           .
           Two
           words
           that
           seem
           to
           signify
           the
           same
           thing
           ;
           yet
           the
           Masters
           of
           that
           Language
           put
           this
           difference
           ,
           That
           the
           former
           relates
           to
           the
           Rewarding
           ,
           and
           the
           latter
           to
           the
           Punishing
           part
           of
           Justice
           .
           So
           wise
           a
           King
           would
           maintain
           a
           severe
           Execution
           of
           Law
           against
           Offenders
           ,
           and
           be
           no
           less
           careful
           to
           find
           out
           the
           Men
           of
           Merit
           ,
           and
           to
           trust
           ,
           advance
           ,
           and
           reward
           these
           .
        
         
           Certainly
           such
           a
           Prince
           ,
           and
           such
           an
           Administration
           are
           so
           great
           Blessings
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           the
           greater
           ,
           because
           so
           little
           Common
           ,
           so
           few
           Instances
           of
           them
           occurring
           ,
           either
           in
           the
           Observation
           of
           the
           present
           Age
           ,
           or
           the
           Records
           of
           past
           times
           ;
           that
           wheresoever
           we
           meet
           them
           ,
           we
           ought
           to
           acknowledge
           they
           are
           the
           special
           Favours
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           distinguishing
           Marks
           of
           God's
           loving
           a
           Nation
           .
        
         
           The
           Blessings
           we
           now
           enjoy
           ,
           and
           that
           great
           One
           which
           at
           this
           time
           we
           do
           particularly
           Acknowledge
           ,
           do
           so
           naturally
           carry
           us
           to
           Devotions
           like
           those
           in
           my
           Text
           ,
           that
           all
           my
           Hearers
           must
           be
           beforehand
           with
           me
           in
           the
           Application
           .
           But
           in
           our
           Case
           there
           are
           some
           Specialties
           that
           give
           it
           a
           peculiar
           Exaltation
           :
           Solomon
           had
           his
           Crown
           ,
           his
           Treasures
           and
           Armies
           transmitted
           down
           to
           him
           ;
           Conquests
           were
           made
           for
           him
           ,
           he
           himself
           had
           gone
           through
           none
           of
           those
           Scenes
           of
           Horror
           ,
           but
           had
           an
           easy
           Inheritance
           conveyed
           from
           his
           Father
           ,
           without
           Battels
           or
           Blood
           ,
           Fatigue
           or
           Danger
           :
           He
           was
           Bred
           up
           to
           the
           Maxims
           of
           Government
           and
           acquainted
           with
           all
           his
           Father's
           Secrets
           ,
           his
           Designs
           as
           well
           as
           his
           Conduct
           ;
           so
           that
           he
           began
           upon
           great
           Advantages
           :
           David's
           Long
           and
           Glorious
           Reign
           before
           him
           ,
           had
           prepared
           Peoples
           Hearts
           to
           Love
           and
           Obey
           him
           ,
           who
           was
           God's
           
           Choice
           as
           well
           as
           his
           Father's
           .
           The
           Building
           so
           Magnificent
           a
           Temple
           in
           the
           beginnings
           of
           his
           Quiet
           and
           Auspicious
           Reign
           ,
           made
           him
           the
           Delight
           and
           Wonder
           of
           his
           People
           .
           Thus
           the
           Causes
           of
           his
           being
           so
           Great
           and
           Prosperous
           ,
           were
           very
           visible
           .
        
         
           If
           then
           the
           Queen
           of
           Sheba
           was
           so
           struck
           with
           seeing
           
             Solomon
             in
             all
             his
             glory
          
           ,
           with
           how
           much
           louder
           Accents
           ought
           we
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           Hallelujahs
           of
           This
           Day
           ,
           who
           see
           a
           Prince
           Raised
           and
           Conducted
           by
           such
           a
           special
           train
           of
           Amazing
           Providences
           ,
           without
           any
           of
           those
           Supports
           ,
           that
           every
           Step
           he
           has
           made
           ,
           carries
           in
           it
           Characters
           of
           a
           particular
           Direction
           from
           Heaven
           !
           He
           has
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           the
           Blood
           of
           Sovereigns
           in
           him
           ,
           but
           his
           Crowns
           are
           the
           Gifts
           of
           Heaven
           .
           
           The
           Two
           Great
           Heroes
           of
           the
           last
           Age
           ,
           the
           Defenders
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Patrons
           of
           Liberty
           ,
           were
           proper
           Sources
           to
           give
           Life
           and
           Descent
           to
           One
           ,
           in
           whom
           their
           Characters
           were
           to
           be
           Exalted
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           their
           Dignity
           was
           to
           be
           Raised
           .
        
         
           They
           were
           Both
           of
           a
           Race
           of
           Sovereigns
           :
           One
           was
           of
           the
           First
           Form
           ;
           but
           what
           might
           be
           wanting
           in
           the
           Extent
           of
           their
           Territories
           ,
           and
           the
           Lustre
           of
           their
           Coronets
           ,
           was
           fully
           made
           up
           in
           those
           truly
           Royal
           Accomplishments
           of
           their
           Minds
           .
           They
           were
           Capable
           of
           the
           greatest
           things
           ,
           and
           Acted
           in
           a
           Sphere
           suited
           to
           their
           Capacity
           :
           They
           Talked
           little
           ,
           but
           did
           Wonders
           :
           They
           had
           all
           the
           Gravity
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           all
           the
           Virtues
           of
           Religion
           in
           them
           ,
           without
           the
           Affectations
           of
           Shew
           or
           Hypocrisy
           :
           They
           had
           none
           of
           the
           Arts
           of
           Flattery
           or
           Insinuation
           ,
           yet
           could
           bring
           vast
           Multitudes
           to
           Depend
           on
           them
           ,
           to
           Trust
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           Obey
           them
           .
           They
           had
           Souls
           of
           so
           peculiar
           
           a
           Make
           ,
           that
           they
           seemed
           Born
           to
           Animate
           whole
           Nations
           to
           a
           pitch
           of
           their
           own
           Courage
           ,
           to
           a
           like
           Zeal
           for
           Religion
           ,
           and
           a
           like
           Love
           of
           Liberty
           .
           They
           lived
           Great
           ,
           but
           died
           Greater
           ;
           the
           greater
           for
           the
           conjunction
           of
           their
           Descent
           ,
           the
           mixing
           those
           Noble
           Qualities
           of
           their
           Minds
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           their
           Blood.
           The
           Issue
           of
           such
           a
           Union
           was
           designed
           to
           Perfect
           the
           Work
           which
           they
           had
           begun
           ;
           That
           seemed
           Buried
           with
           them
           ,
           but
           was
           to
           have
           a
           second
           and
           nobler
           revival
           in
           One
           ,
           whose
           Composition
           from
           such
           Principles
           gave
           a
           just
           hope
           to
           expect
           all
           that
           we
           do
           now
           see
           .
        
         
           One
           Character
           belonged
           to
           them
           both
           so
           equally
           ,
           that
           no
           wonder
           if
           in
           the
           Conjunction
           it
           is
           carried
           to
           a
           further
           Perfection
           .
           They
           wrestled
           through
           great
           Difficulties
           ,
           and
           as
           great
           Misfortunes
           ,
           but
           with
           so
           firm
           a
           Constancy
           ,
           that
           no
           cross
           Adventures
           could
           ever
           damp
           them
           ,
           or
           sink
           them
           even
           to
           the
           hearkning
           to
           any
           Propositions
           ,
           other
           than
           what
           they
           had
           pretended
           to
           in
           their
           most
           prosperous
           Condition
           .
           So
           little
           Power
           had
           Fortune
           over
           their
           Minds
           ,
           unless
           it
           was
           to
           animate
           them
           with
           so
           fresh
           a
           Courage
           ,
           that
           they
           rose
           by
           Misfortunes
           :
           They
           never
           had
           better
           Armies
           about
           them
           ,
           than
           soon
           after
           they
           had
           met
           with
           such
           Checks
           ,
           that
           their
           Enemies
           look'd
           on
           them
           as
           lost
           ,
           without
           a
           Possibility
           of
           Recovery
           .
        
         
           The
           Two
           greatest
           Powers
           then
           in
           Europe
           ,
           after
           they
           had
           found
           them
           too
           hard
           for
           them
           in
           the
           Gallanter
           Methods
           of
           War
           ,
           were
           not
           ashamed
           to
           betake
           themselves
           to
           the
           Baser
           ones
           of
           Treachery
           and
           Assassination
           .
           Souls
           so
           Brave
           and
           so
           Candid
           as
           theirs
           ,
           were
           not
           capable
           of
           believing
           their
           Enemies
           so
           black
           ,
           as
           they
           ,
           or
           rather
           as
           their
           Friends
           ,
           felt
           them
           
           to
           be
           .
           But
           so
           entire
           was
           their
           Love
           to
           Religion
           and
           their
           Countrey
           ,
           that
           as
           they
           Both
           perished
           in
           the
           Cause
           ,
           so
           One
           of
           them
           in
           the
           Agony
           into
           which
           the
           Fatal
           Bullet
           put
           him
           ,
           having
           but
           a
           Minute
           for
           one
           single
           Thought
           ,
           he
           ended
           his
           Life
           as
           he
           had
           led
           it
           ;
           he
           died
           praying
           for
           that
           People
           for
           whom
           he
           had
           lived
           so
           long
           :
           
           Feeling
           he
           could
           live
           no
           longer
           ,
           he
           expired
           with
           this
           Word
           in
           his
           Mouth
           ,
           
             Have
             Mercy
             on
             this
             People
          
           .
        
         
           Yes
           ,
           
             Great
             Soul
          
           ,
           thy
           Prayer
           was
           heard
           ;
           and
           from
           thee
           One
           springs
           ,
           in
           whom
           God
           signalizes
           his
           Mercy
           ,
           not
           to
           that
           People
           only
           ,
           but
           to
           a
           great
           many
           others
           ,
           who
           share
           with
           them
           in
           this
           Extraordinary
           Grace
           ;
           the
           more
           extraordinary
           for
           this
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           restrained
           to
           one
           single
           Nation
           ,
           but
           is
           a
           Deliverance
           to
           Mankind
           .
           These
           Advantages
           meeting
           in
           One
           Person
           ,
           set
           him
           indeed
           above
           the
           common
           Level
           .
        
         
           A
           Greatness
           that
           passed
           down
           through
           Three
           Successors
           ,
           who
           maintained
           the
           Lustre
           of
           the
           First
           Raiser
           of
           that
           State
           ,
           with
           a
           Glory
           suitable
           to
           its
           wonderful
           Beginnings
           ,
           was
           at
           last
           brought
           under
           a
           Cloud
           ,
           that
           so
           the
           Favour
           of
           Heaven
           might
           shine
           the
           brighter
           on
           Him
           in
           whom
           it
           was
           to
           be
           revived
           .
           The
           Accession
           of
           Royal
           Blood
           had
           indeed
           exalted
           the
           Race
           ,
           and
           seemed
           to
           bring
           it
           nearer
           to
           that
           Imperial
           Dignity
           ,
           with
           which
           it
           had
           shined
           some
           Ages
           ago
           ;
           but
           it
           raised
           Jealousy
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           it
           advanced
           their
           Scutcheon
           .
           The
           Ruins
           of
           Monarchy
           here
           ,
           helped
           to
           draw
           down
           a
           Family
           allied
           to
           it
           ;
           but
           the
           Restoration
           of
           it
           did
           not
           contribute
           to
           its
           Recovery
           .
           That
           was
           to
           be
           the
           immediate
           Care
           and
           Work
           of
           Heaven
           .
        
         
           An
           Inundation
           of
           Conquest
           and
           Calamity
           ,
           forced
           a
           sinking
           State
           to
           seek
           for
           Shelter
           to
           the
           Issue
           of
           that
           
           Race
           to
           which
           it
           owed
           its
           first
           Rise
           .
           An
           ordinary
           Courage
           would
           have
           sunk
           at
           the
           Undertaking
           .
           It
           look'd
           like
           the
           raising
           one
           up
           only
           to
           bear
           the
           Burthen
           and
           Reproach
           of
           their
           Ruin.
           The
           Prospect
           was
           on
           all
           hands
           so
           black
           ,
           that
           Posterity
           will
           reckon
           their
           Recovery
           with
           that
           of
           the
           Romans
           after
           Cannae
           .
           If
           it
           were
           proper
           for
           this
           Place
           ,
           it
           were
           easy
           to
           shew
           that
           theirs
           was
           the
           much
           more
           desperate
           State
           of
           the
           two
           :
           The
           Turn
           was
           signal
           ,
           the
           Effects
           of
           it
           were
           soon
           visible
           ,
           though
           the
           Conclusion
           may
           seem
           to
           have
           come
           on
           but
           slowly
           ;
           for
           now
           we
           see
           a
           Career
           run
           of
           almost
           Six
           and
           twenty
           Years
           ,
           to
           which
           we
           may
           challenge
           the
           Histories
           of
           all
           Ages
           to
           give
           a
           Parallel
           .
        
         
           A
           Mighty
           Power
           ,
           Great
           Armies
           ,
           well
           Commanded
           ,
           an
           Uncontroul'd
           Authority
           ,
           full
           of
           Treasure
           ,
           and
           accustomed
           to
           Victory
           ,
           was
           an
           Enemy
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           marked
           out
           to
           raise
           the
           Character
           of
           Him
           ,
           who
           with
           unequal
           Forces
           ,
           and
           feebler
           Assistances
           ,
           put
           a
           Stop
           to
           a
           Progress
           that
           amazed
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           made
           the
           greater
           part
           even
           of
           Princes
           to
           conclude
           ,
           It
           was
           in
           vain
           to
           maintain
           the
           Struggle
           any
           longer
           ;
           it
           was
           better
           to
           prevent
           the
           Violence
           of
           Conquest
           ,
           by
           submitting
           to
           what
           Terms
           could
           be
           got
           ,
           none
           being
           thought
           worse
           than
           what
           was
           like
           to
           be
           the
           Issue
           of
           the
           War.
           
        
         
           No
           Life
           could
           be
           of
           more
           Importance
           than
           this
           ,
           which
           seemed
           the
           Soul
           of
           the
           whole
           Alliance
           ;
           and
           yet
           none
           was
           more
           freely
           exposed
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           the
           constant
           Fatigue
           of
           perpetual
           Journeys
           and
           Voyages
           ,
           in
           the
           worst
           Seasons
           ,
           with
           such
           an
           uninterrupted
           Continuance
           of
           lengthen'd
           Campaigns
           ,
           that
           these
           alone
           might
           have
           worn
           out
           the
           firmest
           Stock
           of
           Health
           and
           Strength
           ;
           but
           in
           all
           the
           Adventures
           of
           
           War
           ,
           in
           the
           greatest
           Heat
           of
           Action
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           most
           desperate
           Posts
           .
           This
           was
           a
           fair
           offering
           himself
           to
           Danger
           :
           Gallant
           Men
           knew
           where
           to
           find
           him
           .
           In
           this
           only
           he
           seemed
           to
           forget
           the
           great
           Concern
           that
           others
           had
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           exposed
           them
           all
           too
           much
           ,
           while
           with
           a
           Noble
           Intrepidity
           ,
           as
           one
           insensible
           of
           Danger
           ,
           he
           past
           through
           many
           new
           Scenes
           of
           them
           ;
           but
           in
           which
           Heaven
           shewed
           so
           particular
           a
           Watchfulness
           ,
           that
           the
           single
           Relation
           of
           them
           all
           ,
           with
           his
           Deliverances
           out
           of
           them
           ,
           would
           make
           a
           History
           .
        
         
           The
           surest
           as
           well
           as
           the
           swiftest
           Messenger
           of
           Death
           ,
           attacking
           him
           in
           the
           View
           of
           Two
           Armies
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           Eve
           of
           a
           deciding
           Day
           ,
           seemed
           to
           be
           sent
           on
           purpose
           to
           let
           so
           many
           Witnesses
           see
           what
           an
           Invisible
           Guard
           was
           about
           him
           ;
           and
           that
           how
           near
           soever
           the
           greatest
           of
           all
           Dangers
           might
           come
           to
           him
           ,
           yet
           it
           was
           to
           do
           him
           no
           other
           Hurt
           ,
           than
           to
           leave
           so
           slight
           an
           Impression
           ,
           as
           seemed
           only
           made
           to
           prove
           the
           Truth
           of
           so
           unusual
           an
           Accident
           ;
           that
           without
           an
           uncontested
           Evidence
           it
           could
           not
           easily
           be
           believed
           .
        
         
           But
           while
           Angels
           kept
           Guard
           about
           him
           on
           all
           Honourable
           Occasions
           ,
           they
           were
           no
           less
           watchful
           in
           discovering
           and
           disappointing
           Blacker
           Methods
           ,
           and
           Baser
           Designs
           .
           Those
           who
           thought
           not
           fit
           to
           venture
           on
           him
           in
           the
           Day
           of
           Battel
           ,
           betook
           themselves
           to
           the
           most
           Infamous
           Practices
           .
           Designs
           of
           Assassination
           were
           pursued
           with
           such
           unrelenting
           Eagerness
           ,
           that
           as
           soon
           as
           one
           failed
           ,
           another
           was
           set
           on
           foot
           .
           A
           Mind
           not
           capable
           of
           these
           ,
           was
           almost
           as
           little
           capable
           of
           believing
           them
           in
           others
           ,
           as
           of
           practising
           them
           himself
           .
           There
           was
           no
           extraordinary
           Caution
           used
           ,
           neither
           for
           penetrating
           into
           
           such
           Secrets
           ,
           nor
           of
           keeping
           so
           strict
           a
           Guard
           ,
           as
           appeared
           afterwards
           was
           necessary
           .
           Discoveries
           were
           made
           by
           a
           Particular
           Hand
           of
           Heaven
           :
           Men
           who
           were
           thought
           capable
           of
           executing
           the
           worst
           Designs
           ,
           could
           not
           bear
           the
           Horror
           that
           This
           gave
           them
           .
           Those
           who
           were
           appointed
           to
           be
           the
           Instruments
           of
           our
           Ruin
           ,
           proved
           the
           Means
           of
           our
           Preservation
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           Our
           Preservation
           ,
           because
           we
           owe
           it
           to
           the
           Influence
           of
           that
           Sacred
           Life
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           at
           last
           ,
           after
           so
           hard
           a
           Struggle
           ,
           such
           a
           lengthned
           War
           ,
           so
           vast
           a
           Consumption
           of
           Men
           and
           Treasure
           ,
           we
           celebrate
           the
           happy
           Peace
           and
           Tranquility
           that
           we
           ,
           and
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           Europe
           do
           now
           enjoy
           ,
           through
           his
           means
           .
           Have
           we
           not
           reason
           to
           conclude
           that
           
             This
             is
             the
             day
             which
             the
             Lord
             has
             made
             ;
             that
             this
             is
             the
             Man
             whom
             he
             has
             made
             strong
             for
             himself
             ,
          
           whom
           he
           has
           
             delighted
             to
             set
             on
             his
             Throne
             ?
             It
             is
             his
             doing
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             wonderful
             in
             our
             eyes
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Characters
           of
           God's
           Care
           of
           his
           Affairs
           have
           been
           no
           less
           Signal
           ,
           than
           those
           relating
           to
           his
           Person
           .
           Good
           Seasons
           and
           favourable
           Winds
           have
           attended
           constantly
           upon
           him
           .
           The
           critical
           Turns
           of
           those
           Winds
           that
           brought
           him
           first
           hither
           ,
           were
           so
           amazing
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           observed
           them
           ,
           can
           never
           reflect
           on
           it
           without
           a
           constant
           freshness
           of
           Admiration
           .
           All
           the
           many
           Passages
           that
           he
           and
           his
           Forces
           have
           since
           that
           time
           made
           on
           the
           Seas
           ,
           have
           been
           not
           only
           successful
           ,
           but
           smooth
           and
           quick
           .
        
         
           On
           two
           great
           Occasions
           ,
           Nature
           seemed
           to
           go
           out
           of
           its
           Course
           to
           cover
           us
           from
           Invasion
           .
           In
           the
           first
           ,
           the
           calmest
           Month
           in
           the
           Year
           was
           a
           continued
           Storm
           ,
           
           till
           we
           were
           ready
           to
           make
           use
           of
           fairer
           Weather
           ,
           and
           then
           we
           had
           it
           ;
           and
           by
           a
           great
           variety
           of
           Circumstances
           ,
           as
           happy
           to
           us
           as
           cross
           to
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           we
           had
           the
           most
           glorious
           Day
           that
           ever
           the
           Channel
           saw
           ;
           Beacons
           of
           a
           new
           form
           ;
           Fires
           from
           the
           Sea
           carried
           the
           dismal
           Tidings
           to
           the
           adverse
           Shores
           ,
           and
           scattered
           the
           Army
           lying
           ready
           to
           invade
           us
           .
           That
           seemed
           to
           put
           an
           end
           to
           all
           Dangers
           from
           that
           Element
           ;
           we
           were
           restored
           to
           our
           Empire
           on
           this
           Sea
           ,
           which
           recovered
           and
           established
           our
           then
           sinking
           Reputation
           .
        
         
           We
           found
           at
           another
           time
           ,
           a
           no
           less
           unusual
           reversing
           of
           Seasons
           ;
           we
           had
           a
           Winter
           that
           seemed
           to
           anticipate
           the
           Spring
           ;
           the
           Wind
           stood
           all
           the
           while
           in
           the
           warm
           Corner
           ,
           and
           broke
           the
           designs
           of
           sending
           a
           great
           part
           of
           our
           Naval
           Strength
           from
           us
           .
           We
           little
           knew
           our
           danger
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           this
           was
           stopt
           by
           a
           watchful
           Interposition
           ,
           to
           cover
           us
           from
           a
           second
           Design
           of
           Invasion
           ;
           we
           were
           uneasy
           to
           see
           the
           Season
           so
           obstinately
           good
           ,
           so
           contrary
           to
           our
           Intentions
           ,
           and
           to
           what
           was
           to
           be
           expected
           at
           that
           time
           ;
           but
           we
           afterwards
           had
           large
           opportunities
           to
           observe
           the
           kind
           Direction
           of
           Heaven
           that
           made
           the
           Seasons
           wait
           on
           us
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           conspire
           to
           break
           their
           own
           Laws
           ,
           rather
           than
           suffer
           a
           Breach
           to
           be
           made
           upon
           Us.
           
        
         
           Other
           favourable
           Circumstances
           shewed
           us
           also
           how
           God
           delighted
           to
           maintain
           him
           on
           the
           Throne
           ,
           under
           whose
           Shadow
           we
           are
           all
           to
           sit
           safe
           .
           Plenty
           at
           home
           made
           us
           easy
           under
           all
           the
           Charge
           of
           the
           War
           ;
           and
           while
           our
           Neighbours
           (
           for
           we
           have
           now
           no
           more
           any
           Enemies
           )
           were
           much
           pressed
           with
           even
           the
           extremities
           of
           Want
           ,
           under
           those
           vast
           Impositions
           that
           lay
           on
           them
           ,
           we
           had
           enough
           and
           to
           spare
           ;
           
           to
           furnish
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           to
           supply
           that
           great
           waste
           of
           Treasure
           ,
           which
           came
           back
           in
           some
           Years
           faster
           then
           it
           went
           out
           .
           And
           after
           all
           the
           unconceivable
           Expence
           of
           the
           War
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           Losses
           we
           made
           in
           it
           ,
           yet
           if
           it
           had
           not
           been
           for
           the
           wicked
           Practises
           of
           those
           Corrupters
           of
           our
           Coin
           at
           home
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           Train
           of
           mischievous
           Consequences
           that
           have
           followed
           upon
           them
           ,
           which
           was
           an
           Evil
           of
           our
           own
           growth
           ,
           and
           that
           had
           no
           relation
           to
           the
           Affairs
           abroad
           ,
           we
           had
           gone
           through
           it
           without
           feeling
           any
           uneasy
           pressure
           by
           it
           .
           But
           that
           we
           have
           been
           able
           to
           provide
           effectual
           Remedies
           to
           the
           one
           ,
           while
           at
           the
           same
           time
           we
           have
           so
           gloriously
           maintained
           ,
           and
           now
           so
           happily
           finished
           the
           other
           ,
           is
           a
           secret
           Indication
           of
           the
           Power
           and
           Riches
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           in
           this
           Reign
           ,
           of
           which
           perhaps
           the
           most
           Sanguine
           could
           not
           have
           been
           convinced
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           not
           seen
           it
           .
        
         
           Add
           to
           all
           this
           ,
           the
           noble
           Triumphs
           of
           Liberty
           .
           One
           of
           the
           Common
           Topicks
           of
           the
           Enemies
           of
           Publick
           Liberty
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           upon
           great
           occasions
           ,
           the
           Divisions
           in
           Councils
           ,
           and
           the
           length
           of
           Debates
           that
           do
           naturally
           arise
           in
           Free
           Assemblies
           ,
           bring
           such
           a
           backwardness
           and
           slowness
           on
           their
           Deliberations
           ,
           that
           the
           best
           Opportunities
           of
           acting
           are
           lost
           while
           they
           are
           consulting
           .
           Here
           the
           Publick
           Interest
           was
           so
           visible
           ,
           that
           a
           concurrence
           beyond
           all
           former
           Examples
           ,
           has
           appeared
           in
           supporting
           Undertakings
           that
           seemed
           above
           the
           Strength
           and
           Wealth
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
           Nor
           could
           such
           a
           Treasure
           have
           been
           raised
           by
           all
           the
           Efforts
           of
           Arbitrariness
           ;
           for
           nothing
           but
           the
           Certainties
           of
           the
           Faith
           given
           by
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           could
           have
           created
           the
           Credit
           that
           was
           necessary
           in
           such
           unusual
           Supplies
           .
           These
           went
           on
           
           with
           that
           Unanimity
           and
           Heartiness
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           put
           this
           among
           the
           great
           Articles
           of
           that
           over-ruling
           Providence
           that
           has
           watched
           over
           us
           .
           If
           at
           any
           time
           insuperable
           Difficulties
           made
           the
           Publick
           Consultations
           go
           heavily
           ,
           the
           Season
           was
           stopt
           ,
           the
           Course
           of
           Nature
           seem'd
           to
           stand
           still
           ,
           till
           we
           were
           ready
           for
           it
           .
           So
           wonderful
           a
           Conduct
           has
           appeared
           both
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           the
           Elements
           ,
           as
           if
           every
           thing
           had
           been
           set
           at
           Work
           ,
           either
           to
           do
           us
           Good
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           to
           shelter
           us
           from
           Evil.
           
        
         
           I
           reckon
           not
           among
           the
           happy
           Instances
           of
           God's
           Care
           of
           us
           ,
           our
           being
           preserved
           from
           the
           restless
           Attempts
           of
           some
           wretched
           Incendiaries
           among
           our selves
           ,
           those
           Betrayers
           of
           Religion
           and
           their
           Country
           .
           They
           are
           too
           inconsiderable
           ,
           to
           be
           ranked
           among
           the
           Occasions
           for
           which
           we
           do
           now
           celebrate
           the
           Blessings
           of
           Heaven
           .
           If
           their
           Power
           and
           Skill
           had
           been
           equal
           to
           their
           Malice
           ,
           we
           should
           indeed
           have
           had
           great
           reason
           to
           rejoice
           that
           we
           have
           been
           preserved
           from
           a
           Race
           of
           Men
           ,
           
             whose
             Tongues
             have
             been
             set
             on
             Fire
             ,
             while
             the
             Poyson
             of
             Asps
             seemed
             to
             lie
             under
             their
             Lips
             :
          
           but
           the
           one
           has
           proved
           as
           contemptible
           ,
           as
           the
           other
           was
           odious
           .
           They
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           mentioned
           in
           a
           time
           of
           rejoycing
           ,
           in
           which
           ,
           Objects
           that
           give
           Horror
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           kept
           out
           of
           sight
           ;
           yet
           ,
           how
           little
           reason
           soever
           we
           may
           have
           either
           to
           value
           ,
           or
           to
           love
           them
           ,
           we
           ought
           still
           to
           pity
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           pray
           for
           them
           ,
           that
           if
           possible
           ,
           they
           may
           be
           recovered
           
             out
             of
             the
             Gall
             of
             Bitterness
             ,
             and
             the
             Bond
             of
             Iniquity
             .
          
        
         
         
           Let
           us
           turn
           to
           Nobler
           Objects
           ,
           and
           rejoice
           in
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           in
           our
           own
           Happiness
           ,
           while
           we
           see
           
             who
             is
             the
             Man
             whom
             God
             delights
             to
             honour
             :
          
           whom
           by
           a
           concurrence
           of
           many
           Providences
           he
           first
           led
           to
           his
           Throne
           ,
           and
           whom
           he
           has
           hitherto
           maintain'd
           on
           it
           by
           as
           many
           more
           :
           and
           has
           now
           given
           him
           as
           full
           an
           Establishment
           upon
           it
           ,
           as
           Humane
           things
           are
           capable
           of
           .
           He
           has
           made
           his
           Enemies
           to
           be
           at
           Peace
           with
           him
           :
           and
           while
           the
           much
           greater
           half
           of
           Europe
           own
           him
           to
           be
           its
           Recoverer
           and
           Restorer
           ,
           the
           rest
           do
           now
           unanimously
           call
           him
           that
           ,
           which
           He
           is
           ,
           Independent
           on
           all
           Foreign
           Acknowledgments
           ,
           
             THE
             RIGHTFVL
             AND
             LAWFVL
             KING
             OF
             THESE
             REALMS
             .
          
        
         
           And
           to
           make
           the
           Parallel
           to
           my
           Text
           run
           exactly
           ,
           a
           much
           greater
           King
           ,
           lying
           at
           a
           vaster
           Distance
           ,
           leaves
           his
           Throne
           and
           Dominions
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           War
           ,
           struck
           with
           the
           Fame
           ,
           and
           amazed
           at
           the
           Actions
           of
           this
           Prince
           .
           Instead
           of
           a
           little
           Southern
           Queen
           ,
           a
           mighty
           Northern
           Emperour
           ,
           cover'd
           with
           Laurels
           ,
           and
           us'd
           to
           Victories
           ,
           resolving
           to
           raise
           his
           Nation
           ,
           and
           enlarge
           his
           Empire
           ,
           comes
           to
           learn
           the
           best
           Methods
           of
           doing
           it
           ,
           and
           goes
           away
           full
           of
           Wonder
           ,
           possessed
           with
           truer
           Notions
           of
           Government
           .
        
         
           But
           while
           we
           humbly
           adore
           those
           Instances
           of
           the
           good
           Pleasure
           of
           our
           God
           towards
           his
           Anointed
           ;
           let
           us
           also
           with
           the
           same
           holy
           Gratitude
           observe
           how
           he
           has
           shewed
           that
           he
           
             loved
             us
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           that
           he
           
             delighted
             in
             him
          
           ,
           who
           now
           sits
           on
           the
           Throne
           .
           We
           are
           separate
           from
           the
           Continent
           ;
           and
           were
           cut
           off
           from
           the
           great
           Affairs
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           till
           Navigation
           and
           Trade
           brought
           us
           into
           them
           ,
           
           with
           the
           more
           advantage
           ;
           because
           our
           Situation
           keeps
           us
           at
           a
           Distance
           from
           the
           Confusions
           of
           War
           ,
           and
           secures
           us
           from
           the
           Inroads
           and
           Depredations
           of
           Enemies
           ;
           while
           the
           Sea
           that
           covers
           us
           ,
           gives
           us
           also
           a
           Passage
           to
           let
           in
           their
           Wealth
           among
           us
           ,
           and
           to
           pour
           out
           our
           Force
           upon
           them
           .
           Our
           Seas
           and
           our
           Fleets
           are
           both
           our
           Fences
           and
           our
           Mines
           :
           which
           others
           seem
           to
           work
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           give
           us
           no
           other
           trouble
           about
           them
           ,
           but
           that
           of
           a
           safe
           Conveyance
           .
        
         
           All
           this
           ,
           how
           flourishing
           soever
           ,
           yet
           gave
           us
           but
           a
           melancholy
           Prospect
           ,
           while
           we
           saw
           a
           mighty
           Rival
           so
           near
           us
           ,
           rising
           up
           to
           an
           Equality
           with
           us
           ,
           in
           that
           which
           was
           our
           Strength
           as
           well
           as
           our
           Glory
           .
           The
           Counsels
           at
           home
           were
           then
           employ'd
           in
           Designs
           of
           another
           nature
           :
           they
           were
           laying
           down
           Methods
           to
           subvert
           our
           Constitution
           ,
           to
           corrupt
           our
           Senate
           ,
           and
           destroy
           such
           as
           were
           above
           their
           Practice
           .
           The
           Laws
           of
           England
           ,
           the
           Charters
           of
           our
           Towns
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           
             Great
             Charter
          
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           our
           Religion
           and
           Liberty
           ,
           were
           all
           the
           Conquests
           that
           were
           then
           projected
           :
           while
           the
           Safety
           of
           the
           Whole
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           the
           Security
           of
           our
           Neighbours
           about
           us
           ,
           were
           abandoned
           .
           So
           the
           beloved
           Design
           prospered
           ,
           it
           seemed
           to
           be
           laid
           down
           for
           a
           Maxim
           ,
           That
           it
           was
           better
           to
           Reign
           at
           the
           Discretion
           of
           a
           mighty
           Prince
           ,
           than
           under
           the
           Restraint
           of
           Laws
           ,
           which
           was
           called
           the
           Reigning
           at
           the
           Discretion
           of
           Subjects
           .
           So
           infatuated
           we
           were
           ,
           that
           a
           Competition
           ,
           or
           rather
           a
           Superiority
           ,
           in
           that
           which
           hitherto
           we
           claimed
           as
           a
           Property
           ,
           gave
           us
           no
           Jealousie
           ;
           we
           seemed
           pleased
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           were
           glad
           to
           promote
           it
           .
           We
           had
           so
           far
           retir'd
           our
           
           selves
           from
           that
           Share
           which
           we
           naturally
           ought
           to
           have
           in
           the
           Publick
           Concerns
           of
           Europe
           ,
           that
           we
           seemed
           to
           forget
           them
           :
           We
           had
           so
           much
           Work
           at
           home
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           no
           room
           for
           Foreign
           Speculations
           .
           We
           had
           been
           engaged
           once
           and
           again
           into
           Wars
           with
           those
           ,
           who
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           our
           near
           Neighbours
           ,
           so
           have
           been
           in
           all
           Ages
           our
           faithfullest
           Allies
           :
           We
           fell
           into
           Contentions
           at
           home
           ,
           by
           the
           Direction
           of
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           who
           plaid
           us
           so
           dexterously
           one
           against
           another
           ,
           that
           they
           hoped
           to
           have
           done
           the
           best
           half
           of
           their
           Work
           ,
           by
           making
           us
           first
           hate
           and
           then
           destroy
           one
           another
           ;
           while
           they
           were
           ever
           ready
           to
           support
           those
           ,
           whose
           Passions
           and
           Circumstances
           might
           contribute
           the
           most
           for
           carrying
           on
           their
           Designs
           .
        
         
           All
           this
           seemed
           too
           slow
           ,
           to
           those
           who
           thought
           they
           lost
           time
           ;
           and
           therefore
           began
           to
           quicken
           their
           Pace
           ,
           and
           make
           a
           little
           more
           haste
           in
           destroying
           us
           .
           Then
           it
           was
           fit
           for
           God
           to
           interpose
           ,
           when
           All
           was
           struck
           at
           .
           There
           was
           no
           Prospect
           of
           Deliverance
           ,
           but
           from
           one
           single
           Corner
           ,
           and
           even
           that
           seemed
           doubtful
           .
           It
           was
           the
           Reverse
           of
           Elijah's
           Vision
           ;
           one
           Hand
           breadth
           of
           a
           Cloud
           in
           a
           clear
           Sky
           gave
           him
           the
           welcome
           Hopes
           of
           the
           Rain
           he
           pray'd
           for
           :
           Here
           the
           whole
           Sky
           seemed
           set
           for
           Storms
           and
           Thunder
           ,
           while
           but
           one
           Speck
           of
           Blue
           appeared
           in
           the
           whole
           Horizon
           :
           Who
           could
           have
           thought
           that
           this
           should
           have
           conquered
           all
           the
           Clouds
           ,
           and
           have
           given
           the
           Heavens
           and
           the
           Earth
           a
           new
           Face
           ?
           All
           Eyes
           turned
           that
           way
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           plain
           there
           was
           no
           other
           Hope
           left
           us
           :
           Yet
           many
           thought
           it
           was
           too
           great
           an
           Attempt
           to
           be
           expected
           from
           the
           cold
           and
           cautious
           Counsels
           
           of
           a
           State
           ,
           naturally
           slow
           ,
           and
           apprehensive
           Danger
           .
        
         
           The
           Interpositions
           of
           Providence
           were
           not
           wanting
           in
           this
           Extremity
           ;
           many
           favourable
           Accidents
           concurr'd
           ;
           Popular
           Assemblies
           agreed
           then
           so
           unanimously
           together
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           not
           Opposition
           enough
           made
           to
           create
           Delays
           .
           The
           STATES
           seemed
           to
           rejoyce
           ,
           that
           an
           Opportunity
           offer'd
           it self
           in
           this
           Age
           ,
           for
           them
           to
           repay
           what
           they
           had
           been
           owing
           to
           England
           ever
           since
           the
           last
           .
           And
           they
           were
           willing
           to
           perish
           with
           us
           ,
           if
           we
           could
           not
           both
           flourish
           together
           .
           An
           advanced
           Season
           made
           the
           Sea
           less
           practicable
           :
           All
           was
           to
           be
           put
           to
           hazard
           ;
           because
           all
           lay
           at
           stake
           .
           A
           long
           Course
           of
           cross
           Winds
           and
           rough
           Weather
           in
           the
           beginning
           ,
           looked
           like
           the
           Frowning
           of
           Heaven
           .
           The
           first
           Attempt
           was
           unprosperous
           :
           This
           would
           have
           shaken
           any
           Mind
           less
           firm
           than
           that
           which
           animated
           the
           whole
           Undertaking
           .
           A
           Constancy
           was
           then
           observed
           so
           steady
           and
           inflexible
           ,
           that
           not
           so
           much
           as
           an
           Inequality
           of
           Temper
           could
           be
           discovered
           .
           The
           Unsuccessfulness
           of
           the
           first
           Step
           would
           have
           damped
           a
           Mind
           that
           was
           either
           feeble
           or
           superstitious
           ;
           tho'
           our
           returning
           all
           safe
           after
           three
           Days
           tossing
           in
           a
           Storm
           ,
           was
           an
           Earnest
           of
           a
           particular
           Care
           even
           in
           that
           seeming
           Disappointment
           .
           But
           after
           the
           Roughness
           of
           the
           Season
           had
           continu'd
           long
           enough
           ,
           to
           teach
           us
           all
           to
           depend
           a
           little
           more
           on
           Providence
           ,
           and
           to
           apply
           our selves
           more
           earnestly
           to
           him
           that
           rules
           the
           Seas
           ,
           and
           the
           Winds
           at
           his
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           after
           there
           was
           a
           full
           and
           visible
           Experiment
           made
           of
           the
           Steadiness
           of
           him
           ,
           on
           whose
           Mind
           Seas
           nor
           Storms
           could
           make
           no
           Impression
           ,
           
           then
           God
           commanded
           the
           Winds
           ,
           and
           rebuked
           the
           Seas
           ,
           and
           after
           that
           first
           Rub
           ,
           all
           our
           Affairs
           were
           so
           conducted
           ,
           that
           every
           thing
           succeeded
           ,
           beyond
           our
           Hopes
           ,
           I
           had
           almost
           said
           ,
           beyond
           our
           VVishes
           .
        
         
           An
           orderly
           March
           of
           a
           friendly
           tho'
           foreign
           Army
           ,
           an
           unstained
           Victory
           ,
           an
           overturning
           of
           that
           which
           had
           design'd
           all
           our
           Ruine
           ,
           by
           their
           own
           Counsels
           and
           Practices
           ,
           a
           sinking
           of
           Heart
           and
           a
           Giddiness
           of
           Head
           among
           them
           ,
           made
           the
           way
           smooth
           .
           Then
           we
           saw
           that
           Success
           ,
           in
           its
           turn
           ,
           had
           as
           little
           power
           to
           exalt
           ,
           as
           Misfortunes
           had
           to
           depress
           a
           Soul
           ,
           raised
           above
           both
           .
           An
           abandon'd
           Nation
           sought
           for
           shelter
           to
           him
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           chief
           of
           them
           had
           before
           sought
           for
           Relief
           .
           All
           Men
           were
           left
           to
           the
           Freedom
           that
           became
           such
           important
           Deliberations
           ,
           without
           any
           disturbance
           .
           Neither
           Violence
           nor
           Threatnings
           were
           used
           ,
           no
           not
           so
           much
           as
           the
           secret
           Arts
           of
           Practice
           or
           Insinuation
           .
           Some
           thonght
           there
           was
           a
           Coldness
           of
           Behaviour
           express'd
           on
           that
           occasion
           ,
           that
           seemed
           too
           Indifferent
           :
           but
           the
           Directions
           of
           Providence
           were
           depended
           on
           ;
           Men
           were
           left
           to
           themselves
           ,
           or
           rather
           to
           that
           invisible
           Chain
           which
           encompasses
           and
           governs
           all
           things
           here
           below
           .
        
         
           We
           pass'd
           from
           the
           Extremities
           of
           Danger
           ,
           to
           an
           entire
           Establishment
           ,
           without
           those
           Intervals
           of
           Confusion
           ,
           that
           may
           be
           well
           look'd
           for
           in
           so
           great
           a
           Turn
           .
        
         
           When
           we
           reflect
           on
           all
           this
           ,
           and
           on
           what
           has
           happened
           since
           ,
           which
           must
           be
           too
           present
           to
           our
           Thoughts
           to
           need
           any
           further
           Enlargement
           ,
           have
           we
           not
           reason
           to
           conclude
           ,
           that
           
             God
             loved
             our
             Nation
          
           ;
           
           and
           that
           because
           he
           has
           loved
           us
           ,
           he
           has
           set
           such
           a
           King
           over
           us
           ?
           Indeed
           it
           is
           much
           easier
           to
           observe
           ,
           how
           God
           has
           loved
           us
           ,
           than
           to
           find
           out
           the
           Reason
           of
           his
           doing
           it
           ,
           When
           we
           look
           at
           our selves
           ,
           at
           what
           we
           were
           then
           ,
           and
           what
           we
           have
           been
           ever
           since
           ,
           and
           continue
           still
           to
           be
           ,
           we
           can
           hardly
           give
           our selves
           any
           good
           Account
           of
           those
           Distinctions
           of
           Providence
           ,
           in
           which
           we
           have
           had
           so
           large
           a
           share
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           our
           Religion
           ,
           our
           Doctrines
           ,
           our
           Worship
           ,
           and
           our
           Constitution
           are
           pure
           :
           but
           those
           we
           owe
           to
           the
           last
           Age
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Laws
           then
           made
           about
           them
           .
           All
           that
           belongs
           to
           us
           from
           them
           ,
           is
           the
           Reproach
           of
           corrupting
           our selves
           under
           such
           Advantages
           :
           and
           our
           refining
           upon
           the
           Immoralities
           that
           are
           but
           too
           common
           to
           Mankind
           at
           all
           times
           ,
           by
           the
           Profanations
           and
           Impieties
           of
           the
           present
           Age.
           A
           new
           Species
           of
           Wickedness
           ,
           that
           perhaps
           has
           never
           appeared
           with
           such
           Impudence
           ,
           and
           in
           such
           bold
           Instances
           as
           among
           us
           ;
           and
           yet
           
             God
             has
             loved
             this
             Nation
          
           .
           We
           must
           without
           any
           Compliment
           acknowledge
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           for
           our
           sake
           ,
           for
           any
           Worth
           or
           previous
           Merit
           in
           us
           :
           but
           we
           may
           allow
           our selves
           to
           hope
           ,
           that
           tho'
           we
           have
           no
           Title
           to
           this
           Love
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           did
           not
           find
           us
           worthy
           of
           it
           ,
           yet
           it
           will
           have
           those
           Effects
           on
           us
           ,
           that
           may
           engage
           us
           to
           answer
           its
           Design
           ,
           so
           far
           at
           least
           that
           we
           may
           not
           quite
           forfeit
           it
           .
        
         
           Who
           knows
           the
           Secrets
           of
           God's
           Counsels
           ,
           or
           what
           lies
           hid
           under
           all
           that
           train
           of
           extraordinary
           Circumstances
           that
           we
           have
           seen
           ?
           Whether
           we
           are
           at
           last
           to
           be
           reformed
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           made
           the
           Instruments
           of
           spreading
           the
           Light
           of
           the
           Gospel
           in
           its
           Purity
           ,
           to
           other
           Nations
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           
           been
           already
           honoured
           to
           be
           the
           Instruments
           in
           this
           Glorious
           Reign
           ,
           to
           give
           the
           Affairs
           of
           Europe
           another
           Face
           ,
           a
           truer
           Balance
           ,
           and
           the
           Prospect
           of
           a
           firmer
           Establishment
           ?
           For
           let
           the
           Men
           of
           Envy
           and
           Ill-nature
           look
           thro'
           our
           whole
           History
           ,
           and
           see
           where
           they
           can
           find
           ,
           in
           any
           Age
           since
           we
           were
           a
           Nation
           ,
           that
           we
           appear'd
           with
           so
           much
           Glory
           ,
           and
           made
           so
           great
           a
           Figure
           ,
           not
           only
           over
           our
           Neighbourhood
           ,
           but
           over
           the
           whole
           VVorld
           ,
           as
           we
           do
           in
           this
           Reign
           .
           This
           disposes
           a
           Man
           to
           hope
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           Designs
           of
           Heaven
           are
           not
           yet
           accomplished
           :
           but
           that
           what
           we
           have
           seen
           is
           a
           Noble
           Pledge
           of
           somewhat
           further
           ,
           that
           is
           yet
           hid
           in
           the
           Counsels
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           is
           to
           break
           out
           in
           due
           time
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           no
           need
           of
           great
           Meditation
           ,
           of
           much
           searching
           into
           History
           ,
           and
           a
           depth
           of
           Thought
           ,
           to
           comprehend
           this
           ,
           That
           Good
           and
           Bad
           Princes
           are
           among
           the
           chief
           Instances
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           Love
           or
           Anger
           of
           Heaven
           do
           discover
           themselves
           .
        
         
           What
           greater
           Blessings
           can
           be
           hoped
           for
           on
           Earth
           ,
           than
           from
           the
           Reign
           of
           PRINCES
           ,
           that
           have
           in
           them
           the
           true
           Elevations
           of
           Greatness
           ,
           tempered
           with
           the
           Bowels
           and
           Compassions
           of
           good
           Nature
           ;
           that
           are
           faithful
           Observers
           of
           their
           Promises
           ,
           and
           are
           severe
           Lovers
           of
           Truth
           ;
           that
           not
           only
           maintain
           the
           Sacred
           Regards
           that
           are
           due
           to
           Equity
           and
           Justice
           ,
           but
           do
           generously
           reward
           those
           whom
           Merit
           distinguishes
           ,
           how
           little
           soever
           they
           may
           press
           forward
           themselves
           ,
           being
           as
           modest
           as
           they
           are
           deserving
           .
           PRINCES
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           who
           treasure
           up
           the
           Services
           of
           their
           People
           ,
           and
           surprise
           them
           with
           such
           Rewards
           as
           become
           Royal
           Minds
           :
           So
           that
           the
           Fortunes
           of
           their
           Subjects
           are
           owing
           to
           the
           Value
           they
           set
           on
           them
           ,
           without
           those
           Abatements
           
           that
           will
           always
           be
           made
           in
           the
           Acknowledgment
           s
           ,
           when
           Importunity
           or
           Intercessions
           are
           thought
           to
           have
           a
           large
           share
           in
           the
           Success
           .
        
         
           A
           PRINCE
           ,
           who
           observes
           well
           and
           thinks
           much
           ,
           who
           descends
           oft
           to
           the
           Equalities
           of
           Friendship
           with
           his
           Subjects
           ;
           who
           hears
           the
           Petitions
           of
           the
           oppressed
           ,
           and
           hearkens
           to
           the
           Suggestions
           of
           the
           wise
           and
           good
           ;
           a
           PRINCE
           ,
           who
           has
           the
           Just
           and
           Noble
           Ambition
           of
           meriting
           Fame
           and
           Glory
           ,
           without
           the
           troublesome
           Vanity
           of
           shewing
           it
           ;
           who
           deserves
           all
           the
           Returns
           of
           Duty
           and
           Gratitude
           from
           his
           People
           ,
           without
           being
           fond
           of
           hearing
           or
           seeing
           it
           express'd
           ,
           tho'
           in
           the
           highest
           Forms
           of
           a
           Just
           Magnificence
           ;
           who
           is
           satisfied
           with
           this
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           apparent
           what
           all
           Men
           must
           think
           ,
           tho'
           it
           is
           not
           easie
           to
           them
           to
           find
           out
           the
           properest
           Methods
           of
           setting
           that
           forth
           ;
           which
           sometimes
           may
           shew
           greater
           ,
           when
           Surprize
           does
           so
           fill
           the
           Mind
           ,
           that
           Men
           must
           be
           silent
           ,
           because
           they
           feel
           that
           Language
           is
           not
           copious
           enough
           to
           furnish
           suitable
           Expressions
           to
           such
           an
           overcoming
           Joy
           ;
           such
           a
           PRINCE
           as
           this
           ,
           will
           still
           be
           owned
           as
           one
           of
           the
           best
           Gifts
           of
           Heaven
           .
        
         
           Forced
           Rhetorick
           ,
           and
           hired
           Panegyricks
           lie
           thick
           in
           the
           Lives
           of
           some
           Princes
           who
           have
           deserved
           them
           the
           least
           .
           Perhaps
           Commodus
           had
           as
           many
           Flatterers
           ,
           as
           his
           Incomparable
           Father
           had
           silent
           Admirers
           .
           The
           best
           Princes
           are
           those
           who
           feel
           the
           pleasure
           of
           making
           their
           People
           happy
           most
           sensibly
           ,
           and
           yet
           are
           uneasie
           and
           in
           pain
           ,
           when
           in
           compliance
           with
           what
           is
           not
           only
           decent
           but
           almost
           necessary
           on
           Solemn
           Occasions
           ,
           they
           submit
           to
           hear
           it
           acknowledged
           ,
           tho'
           in
           Strains
           far
           below
           the
           Dignity
           and
           Majesty
           of
           the
           Subject
           .
        
         
         
           But
           the
           Happiness
           of
           good
           Government
           is
           then
           best
           felt
           ,
           when
           set
           in
           opposition
           to
           all
           that
           Train
           of
           Blood
           and
           Cruelty
           ,
           of
           Injustice
           and
           Rapine
           ,
           of
           a
           dissolution
           of
           Morals
           ,
           and
           a
           scorn
           of
           Religion
           that
           blacken
           a
           bad
           Reign
           .
           Princes
           who
           have
           a
           wrong
           set
           of
           Mind
           ,
           wrong
           Notions
           of
           Government
           ,
           and
           worse
           of
           Religion
           ,
           who
           are
           corrupted
           by
           their
           own
           Principles
           ,
           and
           more
           by
           the
           Power
           that
           they
           suffer
           others
           to
           have
           over
           them
           ,
           are
           apt
           to
           grow
           to
           Excesses
           that
           are
           as
           insufferable
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           as
           they
           themselves
           are
           incapable
           of
           Cure.
           Accidents
           ,
           how
           unusual
           soever
           ,
           cannot
           reform
           them
           ,
           they
           grow
           rather
           the
           worse
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           Justinian
           the
           Second
           ,
           delivered
           himself
           up
           to
           Tyranny
           and
           to
           Favourites
           ;
           
           to
           whom
           he
           gave
           such
           an
           unbounded
           Authority
           ,
           that
           his
           nearest
           Relations
           felt
           a
           large
           measure
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           barbarous
           Instances
           .
           
           He
           was
           carried
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           to
           deliver
           Constantinople
           to
           them
           to
           be
           a
           Scene
           of
           Horrour
           and
           Massacre
           .
           Such
           a
           pitch
           in
           Cruelty
           animated
           the
           World
           against
           him
           :
           He
           was
           judged
           incapable
           of
           Government
           .
           He
           had
           a
           mark
           set
           on
           him
           indeed
           ,
           but
           he
           was
           sent
           to
           live
           in
           Exile
           ,
           where
           he
           continued
           ten
           Years
           .
           Two
           Emperours
           reigned
           in
           that
           Interval
           ;
           Discontents
           arose
           at
           last
           ,
           and
           a
           proper
           Season
           appear'd
           for
           him
           to
           attempt
           again
           .
           A
           great
           Party
           of
           Justinianites
           was
           formed
           in
           Constantinople
           ,
           who
           invited
           him
           over
           ;
           when
           he
           crossed
           the
           Sea
           ,
           a
           Storm
           had
           well
           nigh
           saved
           that
           effusion
           of
           Blood
           that
           was
           occasiond
           by
           his
           Restoration
           .
           One
           about
           him
           ventur'd
           in
           that
           Extremity
           ,
           to
           suggest
           to
           him
           that
           he
           should
           vow
           ,
           that
           if
           God
           would
           deliver
           him
           from
           that
           imminent
           Danger
           ,
           he
           would
           pardon
           all
           his
           Enemies
           :
           But
           so
           fierce
           a
           thing
           is
           a
           Savage
           Tyrant
           ,
           that
           even
           under
           all
           those
           
           Fears
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           be
           softned
           for
           one
           single
           minute
           ,
           but
           said
           ,
           
             may
             I
             perish
             in
             this
             Storm
             ,
             if
             I
             ever
             pardon
             one
             of
             them
          
           :
           He
           was
           as
           good
           as
           his
           Word
           .
           After
           his
           Party
           had
           made
           him
           Master
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           he
           discharged
           his
           first
           Fury
           on
           those
           who
           had
           possessed
           the
           Throne
           :
           He
           made
           two
           of
           them
           to
           be
           brought
           to
           him
           ;
           he
           had
           the
           Brutality
           to
           trample
           on
           their
           Necks
           ,
           repeating
           these
           Words
           of
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           
             Thou
             shalt
             tread
             upon
             the
             Lion
             and
             the
             Adder
          
           :
           And
           after
           some
           other
           Inventions
           of
           infamous
           Usage
           ,
           he
           put
           them
           cruelly
           to
           death
           ;
           tho'
           they
           had
           let
           him
           live
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           in
           their
           Power
           .
           Next
           ,
           he
           gave
           scope
           to
           his
           Rage
           against
           all
           those
           who
           had
           been
           concern'd
           in
           the
           Revolution
           ;
           both
           they
           and
           their
           Children
           were
           destroy'd
           ,
           without
           either
           Mercy
           or
           the
           Forms
           of
           Justice
           :
           And
           because
           he
           had
           been
           ill
           used
           in
           the
           place
           of
           his
           Exile
           ,
           the
           Country
           now
           Inhabited
           by
           the
           Crim-Tartars
           ,
           he
           resolved
           to
           destroy
           ,
           or
           to
           use
           a
           Modern
           word
           ,
           to
           execute
           the
           whole
           Country
           .
           His
           Army
           thought
           they
           had
           obeyed
           his
           Cruel
           Commands
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           Murdered
           all
           ,
           both
           Men
           and
           Women
           :
           They
           indeed
           spared
           the
           Children
           ;
           they
           thought
           they
           could
           not
           be
           within
           their
           Orders
           ;
           they
           might
           be
           sold
           for
           Slaves
           ,
           or
           trained
           up
           to
           War.
           They
           were
           bloody
           enough
           ,
           but
           not
           to
           the
           pitch
           of
           a
           Tyrant's
           Cruelty
           .
           He
           resolv'd
           to
           satiate
           his
           Revenge
           ,
           even
           with
           the
           blood
           of
           Innocents
           ;
           and
           ordered
           them
           all
           to
           be
           shipt
           and
           brought
           to
           him
           .
           They
           were
           upwards
           of
           Seventy
           Thousand
           .
           A
           Storm
           fell
           upon
           them
           ,
           they
           all
           perished
           in
           the
           Euxine
           ,
           where
           they
           found
           a
           milder
           Fate
           than
           was
           prepared
           for
           them
           :
           This
           gave
           him
           great
           joy
           ,
           because
           they
           had
           all
           perished
           ;
           it
           had
           been
           greater
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           glutted
           his
           own
           Eyes
           with
           so
           inhumane
           a
           sight
           ;
           but
           the
           
           Pleasure
           lasted
           not
           long
           ;
           he
           had
           now
           raised
           all
           Mankind
           against
           him
           ,
           his
           own
           Army
           abhorr'd
           him
           .
           The
           second
           Revolt
           ended
           more
           Tragically
           ;
           they
           were
           not
           then
           contented
           to
           stigmatize
           him
           as
           before
           ,
           both
           he
           and
           his
           Son
           were
           cruelly
           put
           to
           death
           .
        
         
           This
           Meditation
           may
           seem
           to
           go
           too
           far
           from
           the
           joyfulness
           of
           the
           present
           Occasion
           ;
           but
           perhaps
           nothing
           can
           make
           us
           feel
           it
           so
           sensibly
           ,
           as
           the
           remembring
           that
           we
           have
           been
           deliver'd
           from
           ,
           and
           the
           considering
           what
           might
           have
           been
           the
           Consequences
           of
           a
           fatal
           Relapse
           .
        
         
           It
           remains
           that
           we
           look
           at
           the
           Ends
           of
           Government
           as
           they
           are
           express'd
           by
           the
           Queen
           in
           my
           Text.
           The
           two
           great
           ones
           are
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           with
           relation
           to
           God
           ,
           
             to
             be
             King
             for
             the
             Lord
             thy
             God
             ,
          
           and
           with
           relation
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           
             to
             establish
             them
             for
             ever
          
           :
           Then
           follows
           the
           standing
           Maxims
           of
           a
           good
           King
           ,
           in
           the
           course
           of
           his
           Administration
           ,
           
             to
             do
             Judgment
             and
             Justice
          
           ;
           to
           execute
           Law
           ,
           to
           punish
           and
           reward
           ,
           leaving
           the
           severer
           part
           to
           Just
           and
           Impartial
           Judges
           ,
           and
           taking
           the
           Nobler
           one
           of
           Rewarding
           ,
           under
           his
           own
           Care
           and
           management
           .
        
         
           
             To
             be
             King
             for
             the
             Lord
             his
             God
             ,
          
           is
           plainly
           to
           Govern
           in
           God's
           stead
           :
           To
           consider
           Power
           and
           Authority
           as
           a
           derivation
           from
           him
           ,
           which
           will
           be
           then
           best
           applied
           ,
           when
           the
           first
           and
           chief
           of
           the
           Princes
           cares
           is
           ,
           to
           Maintain
           and
           raise
           the
           Honour
           of
           Religion
           .
           Solomon
           began
           his
           Reign
           with
           the
           Executing
           David's
           Designs
           ,
           and
           the
           employing
           his
           Treasures
           ,
           in
           building
           a
           Temple
           of
           that
           Glory
           and
           Magnificence
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           justly
           reckoned
           among
           the
           Wonders
           of
           the
           World.
           This
           was
           suitable
           to
           Natural
           Religion
           ,
           and
           more
           particularly
           to
           that
           Dispensation
           then
           Instituted
           by
           God
           ;
           which
           was
           to
           have
           its
           last
           Finishing
           ,
           in
           
           this
           great
           Structure
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           exact
           Observance
           of
           all
           those
           Rules
           and
           Orders
           that
           had
           been
           settled
           by
           David
           .
           In
           all
           this
           ,
           he
           was
           to
           Reign
           
             for
             the
             Lord
             his
             God
          
           ,
           to
           reduce
           the
           People
           that
           was
           so
           fond
           of
           outward
           State
           and
           Solemnity
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           thereby
           much
           disposed
           to
           Idolatry
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           them
           delight
           the
           more
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           such
           a
           compliance
           with
           their
           Inclinations
           .
           But
           the
           chief
           Instances
           in
           which
           he
           was
           to
           Rule
           
             for
             the
             Lord
             his
             God
          
           ,
           were
           the
           recommending
           Piety
           and
           Holiness
           by
           his
           own
           Example
           ,
           and
           the
           encouraging
           it
           by
           his
           Authority
           .
           His
           Prayer
           in
           Dedicating
           the
           Temple
           ,
           gives
           a
           Noble
           Instance
           of
           the
           Impressions
           that
           Religion
           had
           made
           upon
           his
           own
           Mind
           .
        
         
           Certainly
           those
           who
           reckon
           the
           Title
           of
           
             Defender
             of
             the
             Faith
          
           one
           of
           the
           peculiar
           Glories
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           will
           apply
           their
           Thoughts
           with
           a
           particular
           Zeal
           to
           every
           thing
           that
           may
           promote
           Religion
           ,
           both
           in
           their
           own
           Dominions
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           them
           .
           The
           Decencies
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Solemnities
           of
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           ,
           will
           not
           be
           thought
           below
           their
           Care.
           But
           above
           all
           things
           ,
           the
           Contempt
           and
           Scorn
           of
           Sacred
           matters
           ,
           is
           that
           against
           which
           they
           will
           turn
           their
           indignation
           with
           the
           warmest
           Zeal
           ,
           and
           against
           those
           who
           do
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           attack
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           make
           War
           upon
           it
           ,
           who
           Study
           to
           render
           Religion
           as
           Contemptible
           to
           others
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           made
           it
           look
           to
           themselves
           .
           What
           Prince
           cou'd
           suffer
           a
           subordinate
           Magistrate
           under
           him
           ,
           who
           should
           bear
           with
           all
           the
           Affronts
           put
           on
           Majesty
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           the
           lower
           respects
           due
           to
           himself
           were
           observed
           .
           This
           may
           teach
           them
           with
           how
           just
           a
           Zeal
           they
           should
           punish
           those
           bold
           Attempts
           against
           Heaven
           ,
           tho'
           made
           by
           some
           who
           pretend
           to
           Zeal
           and
           Affection
           to
           themselves
           .
           
           Such
           Persons
           instead
           of
           Supporting
           the
           Throne
           ,
           pull
           it
           down
           ,
           by
           engaging
           Heaven
           against
           all
           that
           they
           undertake
           .
           It
           is
           a
           degree
           of
           Compliance
           with
           thei●
           wickedness
           ,
           to
           be
           pleased
           with
           them
           ,
           to
           trust
           them
           or
           to
           shew
           them
           favour
           .
           But
           it
           is
           not
           enough
           not
           t●
           seem
           to
           be
           of
           the
           side
           of
           those
           who
           fight
           against
           God
           or
           to
           abett
           them
           .
        
         
           Princes
           
             who
             Rule
             for
             God
          
           ,
           enter
           into
           all
           the
           true
           Concerns
           of
           Religion
           ,
           tho'
           not
           indeed
           into
           the
           Passions
           and
           Violences
           of
           those
           who
           espouse
           it
           :
           While
           they
           check
           these
           ,
           they
           will
           promote
           the
           other
           in
           the
           most
           effectual
           manner
           .
           An
           unblemish't
           Pattern
           set
           by
           themselves
           in
           the
           Purity
           and
           Probity
           of
           their
           own
           Deportment
           ,
           will
           give
           the
           fullest
           Authority
           to
           all
           their
           other
           Designs
           .
           Next
           to
           their
           Persons
           ,
           their
           chief
           Care
           will
           be
           the
           reforming
           of
           their
           Court
           and
           Houshold
           ,
           and
           the
           letting
           it
           appear
           that
           Vertue
           and
           Religion
           are
           reckoned
           among
           the
           first
           and
           most
           indispensible
           Qualities
           of
           those
           who
           may
           pretend
           to
           Favour
           :
           And
           that
           Vice
           and
           Impiety
           are
           insuperable
           barrs
           in
           the
           way
           to
           it
           .
           Princes
           who
           Govern
           so
           ,
           that
           they
           
             Rule
             for
             God
          
           ,
           may
           justly
           expect
           that
           he
           will
           Watch
           over
           them
           and
           Protect
           them
           :
           That
           he
           will
           make
           their
           Crown
           sit
           sure
           and
           easie
           ,
           and
           their
           Thrones
           safe
           and
           fix'd
           under
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Second
           Design
           for
           which
           such
           Kings
           are
           raised
           up
           ,
           is
           ,
           
             because
             God
             loves
             their
             People
          
           ,
           that
           by
           their
           means
           they
           may
           be
           
             established
             for
             ever
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           the
           Jewish
           Phrase
           for
           a
           long
           time
           .
           A
           Happy
           tempering
           of
           Government
           at
           Home
           ,
           a
           subduing
           of
           Enemies
           abroad
           ,
           and
           a
           ballancing
           of
           Neighbours
           so
           equally
           ,
           that
           none
           of
           them
           may
           grow
           beyond
           their
           pitch
           ,
           are
           the
           surest
           Methods
           for
           arriving
           at
           a
           fixed
           Establishment
           .
           We
           were
           so
           shaken
           at
           Home
           ,
           
           that
           the
           Foundations
           of
           our
           Government
           seem'd
           to
           be
           undermined
           ;
           not
           only
           by
           open
           and
           violent
           Attacks
           upon
           Liberty
           and
           Property
           ,
           but
           likewise
           by
           the
           more
           cover'd
           ,
           tho'
           no
           less
           dangerous
           Invasions
           ,
           made
           under
           the
           pretences
           of
           Law
           ,
           but
           against
           the
           plainest
           Intentions
           of
           it
           .
           Colours
           were
           oft
           given
           to
           excuse
           that
           ,
           which
           in
           it self
           carried
           such
           a
           Face
           of
           Injustice
           ,
           that
           without
           those
           Masks
           ,
           it
           could
           not
           have
           passed
           upon
           a
           free
           People
           .
           Success
           in
           some
           of
           these
           Attempts
           encouraged
           the
           Contrivers
           to
           a
           further
           prosecuting
           of
           them
           ;
           so
           that
           there
           was
           scarce
           any
           part
           of
           our
           Law
           left
           ,
           which
           those
           Harpies
           had
           not
           touch'd
           ,
           and
           by
           touching
           defil'd
           .
        
         
           The
           happiness
           of
           this
           Reign
           is
           ,
           that
           in
           it
           all
           those
           Attempts
           made
           on
           Law
           and
           Liberty
           ,
           have
           been
           stigmatiz'd
           ,
           as
           they
           well
           deserv'd
           to
           be
           ,
           but
           with
           such
           mildness
           towards
           those
           who
           had
           offended
           ,
           hurried
           on
           in
           the
           Croud
           ,
           or
           betray'd
           by
           their
           Fears
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           understand
           not
           how
           boundless
           a
           thing
           Royal
           Clemency
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           have
           ,
           from
           thence
           ,
           pretended
           to
           infer
           ,
           That
           the
           not
           punishing
           Offenders
           ,
           was
           a
           Confession
           ,
           that
           their
           actings
           were
           Legal
           and
           Innocent
           :
           But
           a
           Government
           that
           was
           Merciful
           as
           well
           as
           Just
           ,
           was
           as
           gentle
           in
           punishing
           past
           :
           Offences
           ,
           as
           it
           intended
           to
           be
           exact
           to
           provide
           against
           the
           like
           for
           the
           future
           .
           The
           Laws
           have
           been
           fortified
           by
           new
           Explanations
           ,
           which
           assure
           us
           of
           their
           true
           meaning
           .
           These
           have
           deliver'd
           us
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           from
           the
           Practices
           of
           those
           Corrupters
           ▪
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           Enemies
           to
           Liberty
           ;
           nor
           is
           this
           all
           ,
           but
           where
           our
           Ancient
           Constitution
           seem'd
           defective
           ,
           and
           had
           not
           guarded
           enough
           against
           the
           Fraud
           of
           Sycophants
           ,
           it
           has
           been
           fortify'd
           by
           the
           addition
           of
           further
           Securities
           ,
           which
           as
           Buttresses
           were
           judged
           necessary
           to
           support
           the
           Fabrick
           .
        
         
         
           The
           bringing
           matters
           on
           the
           other
           side
           of
           the
           Sea
           ,
           to
           juster
           proportions
           ,
           the
           raising
           of
           some
           depressed
           Princes
           ,
           and
           the
           limiting
           others
           that
           were
           over-grown
           ,
           has
           laid
           the
           Fears
           that
           the
           World
           had
           fall'n
           under
           ,
           of
           being
           overpower'd
           by
           a
           New
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           has
           provided
           for
           our
           own
           quiet
           ,
           by
           stopping
           the
           progress
           that
           was
           made
           upon
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           by
           which
           we
           have
           secured
           to
           our selves
           ,
           all
           the
           returns
           of
           gratitude
           ,
           acknowledgment
           ,
           and
           dependence
           ,
           that
           can
           be
           expected
           in
           such
           cases
           .
        
         
           Both
           Ancient
           and
           Modern
           Writers
           have
           thought
           that
           Theodosius
           Conquering
           Maximus
           ,
           and
           Restoring
           Valentinian
           the
           Second
           ,
           not
           only
           his
           own
           share
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           but
           to
           Gratian's
           likewise
           ,
           was
           a
           Subject
           fit
           for
           Rhetorick
           :
           Yet
           that
           cost
           him
           but
           one
           Campaign
           ,
           and
           in
           it
           there
           were
           only
           two
           days
           of
           Action
           ,
           neither
           the
           Charge
           nor
           the
           Danger
           were
           extraordinary
           .
           Besides
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           a
           just
           gratitude
           to
           Gratian's
           Memory
           ,
           who
           had
           raised
           him
           to
           a
           Partnership
           with
           him
           in
           the
           Empire
           ,
           to
           revenge
           his
           Death
           ,
           and
           to
           Restore
           his
           Brother
           .
           How
           much
           juster
           is
           the
           Panegyrick
           !
           when
           we
           see
           a
           Prince
           in
           a
           course
           of
           many
           Years
           carry
           on
           a
           War
           thro'
           infinite
           Dangers
           ,
           and
           at
           an
           inestimable
           Charge
           ,
           and
           that
           only
           to
           preserve
           the
           States
           of
           Neighbouring
           Princes
           ,
           without
           any
           other
           Advantage
           ,
           but
           the
           Pleasure
           of
           having
           Protected
           the
           Oppressed
           ,
           and
           of
           having
           secured
           the
           Neighbourhood
           ;
           not
           reserving
           any
           one
           Place
           ,
           either
           as
           a
           Pledge
           upon
           his
           Allies
           ,
           or
           an
           encrease
           of
           Dominion
           to
           himself
           .
           In
           all
           Ages
           Princes
           have
           been
           ready
           to
           assist
           their
           Neighbours
           with
           Auxiliary
           Troops
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           with
           hired
           Armies
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           the
           peculiar
           glory
           of
           this
           Age
           ,
           that
           we
           see
           a
           King
           ,
           who
           has
           maintain'd
           a
           long
           War
           ,
           led
           the
           Armies
           ,
           and
           exposed
           
           himself
           to
           innumerable
           hazards
           ,
           only
           to
           maintain
           others
           in
           their
           Right
           .
           If
           this
           adds
           nothing
           to
           his
           Crown
           ,
           yet
           as
           it
           makes
           it
           fit
           the
           firmer
           ,
           so
           it
           must
           be
           acknowledged
           ,
           that
           it
           makes
           it
           shine
           the
           brighter
           :
           The
           Gems
           of
           it
           have
           a
           peculiar
           Lustre
           ,
           a
           Glory
           of
           which
           former
           Ages
           cannot
           boast
           .
           This
           is
           indeed
           to
           answer
           that
           Character
           to
           which
           all
           Princes
           pretend
           ,
           how
           few
           soever
           of
           them
           study
           to
           deserve
           it
           ,
           of
           being
           God's
           Representatives
           ,
           and
           Vicegerents
           ,
           who
           takes
           pleasure
           in
           delivering
           
             the
             Oppressed
             ,
             setting
             him
             at
             liberty
             from
             him
             that
             puffeth
             at
             him
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           we
           see
           what
           are
           the
           two
           great
           Ends
           of
           Government
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           set
           forth
           by
           this
           Southern
           Queen
           :
           Next
           let
           us
           view
           the
           Measures
           to
           be
           kept
           in
           the
           Administration
           ;
           
             to
             do
             Judgment
             and
             Justice
          
           .
           The
           Generosities
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Severities
           of
           Government
           ,
           are
           believed
           to
           be
           implyed
           in
           these
           two
           .
           The
           rigour
           of
           Punishment
           being
           the
           harder
           part
           ,
           not
           so
           natural
           to
           Minds
           of
           the
           best
           Mold
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           left
           to
           the
           Persons
           of
           that
           Robe
           ,
           who
           ought
           to
           be
           so
           chosen
           ,
           that
           they
           be
           
             Men
             fearing
             God
             ,
             hating
             Gifts
             ,
             and
             eschewing
             Covetousness
             .
          
           They
           minister
           in
           the
           less
           acceptable
           part
           ;
           and
           to
           them
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           left
           ,
           except
           when
           the
           interposition
           of
           a
           
             just
             Mercy
          
           softens
           the
           rigour
           of
           strict
           Justice
           .
           I
           say
           a
           
             just
             Mercy
          
           ,
           for
           there
           are
           
             Mercies
             that
             are
             cruel
          
           .
           When
           upon
           false
           suggestions
           ,
           Blood
           is
           cover'd
           ,
           or
           encouragement
           is
           given
           to
           enormous
           Criminals
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           the
           hopes
           of
           Favour
           ,
           especially
           when
           they
           see
           that
           it
           may
           be
           purchased
           ,
           this
           will
           soon
           dissolve
           the
           Strength
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Order
           of
           Societies
           .
           Princes
           ,
           by
           so
           doing
           ,
           render
           themselves
           ,
           in
           some
           sort
           ,
           accessary
           to
           all
           the
           Crimes
           that
           happen
           to
           be
           committed
           afterwards
           ,
           
           by
           those
           whom
           ,
           thro'
           a
           feebleness
           of
           Grace
           ,
           they
           have
           rescued
           from
           deserved
           Punishment
           .
        
         
           Judgment
           is
           the
           more
           acceptable
           part
           .
           The
           Branches
           of
           this
           are
           the
           distributing
           of
           Trusts
           and
           Rewards
           ,
           the
           delivering
           the
           Oppressed
           ,
           and
           the
           relieving
           the
           Necessitous
           ,
           beginning
           at
           those
           who
           are
           brought
           low
           by
           a
           heavy
           share
           in
           common
           Calamities
           ,
           especially
           those
           of
           War
           ,
           which
           entitle
           them
           to
           more
           special
           degrees
           of
           the
           Prince's
           Favour
           and
           Bounty
           .
           There
           is
           in
           all
           this
           such
           a
           shadow
           of
           Divinity
           ,
           that
           in
           it
           lies
           the
           Noblest
           part
           of
           a
           King's
           Prerogative
           .
           It
           is
           not
           he
           but
           the
           Law
           that
           punishes
           the
           Bad
           ;
           but
           the
           distinguishing
           ,
           the
           employing
           ,
           the
           honouring
           and
           rewarding
           of
           those
           who
           deserve
           well
           of
           him
           and
           the
           Publick
           ,
           is
           singly
           in
           him
           .
           All
           must
           owe
           this
           only
           to
           the
           Bounty
           of
           the
           Prince
           ;
           yet
           the
           whole
           is
           a
           Trust
           from
           Heaven
           ;
           and
           those
           who
           Rule
           for
           God
           and
           the
           good
           of
           their
           People
           ,
           will
           manage
           this
           ,
           as
           knowing
           that
           they
           must
           answer
           it
           to
           the
           King
           of
           Kings
           .
        
         
           This
           Subject
           is
           too
           tender
           to
           be
           enlarged
           on
           by
           any
           Person
           below
           that
           High
           Dignity
           ,
           let
           us
           then
           hear
           the
           Resolutions
           of
           a
           Good
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           a
           Warlike
           King
           ,
           when
           he
           found
           himself
           setled
           on
           the
           Throne
           ,
           to
           which
           his
           Son
           had
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           a
           particular
           regard
           .
           
           
             I
             will
             behave
             my self
             Wisely
             in
             a
             perfect
             Way
             :
             I
             will
             walk
             within
             my
             House
             with
             a
             perfect
             Heart
             :
             I
             will
             set
             no
             wicked
             Thing
             before
             mine
             Eyes
             ,
             a
             froward
             Heart
             shall
             depart
             from
             me
             :
             I
             will
             not
             know
             a
             wicked
             Person
             .
             Who
             so
             privily
             slandereth
             his
             Neighbour
             ,
             him
             will
             I
             cut
             off
             ;
             him
             that
             hath
             a
             high
             Look
             ,
             and
             a
             proud
             Heart
             ,
             will
             I
             not
             suffer
             ▪
             Mine
             Eyes
             shall
             be
             upon
             the
             Faithful
             in
             the
             Land
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             dwell
             with
             me
             :
             He
             that
             walketh
             in
             a
             perfect
             Way
             he
             shall
             serve
             me
             :
             He
             that
             worketh
             Deceit
             ,
          
           
           
             shall
             not
             dwell
             in
             my
             House
             :
             He
             that
             telleth
             Lies
             ,
             shall
             not
             tarry
             in
             my
             sight
             .
          
           I
           add
           not
           the
           words
           that
           follow
           ,
           for
           they
           seem
           too
           severe
           for
           the
           milder
           State
           of
           the
           Gospel
           :
           
             I
             will
             early
             destroy
             all
             the
             Wicked
             of
             the
             Land
             :
          
           There
           would
           be
           little
           occasion
           for
           this
           ,
           if
           the
           former
           Resolutions
           were
           exactly
           maintain'd
           :
           Kings
           have
           a
           Dialect
           peculiar
           to
           themselves
           ;
           they
           will
           understand
           one
           anothers
           Language
           ,
           and
           penetrate
           into
           their
           Thoughts
           ;
           therefore
           I
           will
           not
           presume
           to
           add
           to
           these
           Words
           either
           Paraphrase
           or
           Inferences
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           having
           looked
           over
           all
           that
           compass
           of
           Thoughts
           ,
           to
           which
           this
           Noble
           Devotion
           of
           the
           Royal
           Traveller
           led
           us
           :
           It
           remains
           that
           we
           conclude
           ,
           in
           turning
           the
           whole
           to
           Solemn
           Adorations
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Celebrating
           the
           goodness
           of
           God
           both
           to
           King
           and
           Kingdoms
           .
           Our
           Hearts
           are
           now
           so
           full
           of
           Joy
           ,
           and
           our
           Mouths
           so
           full
           of
           Praise
           ,
           that
           these
           will
           inflame
           us
           to
           Hallelujahs
           ,
           equal
           ,
           if
           not
           to
           the
           Occasion
           ,
           for
           what
           can
           rise
           up
           to
           that
           !
           yet
           to
           our
           strength
           ,
           which
           will
           naturally
           carry
           us
           to
           the
           highest
           Transports
           ,
           the
           loudest
           Acclamations
           ,
           and
           the
           perfectest
           Harmony
           that
           we
           are
           capable
           of
           .
           This
           will
           go
           easily
           ;
           we
           can
           hardly
           restrain
           our selves
           from
           it
           :
           Our
           Thanksgivings
           must
           go
           further
           .
           We
           must
           study
           to
           express
           them
           in
           more
           valuable
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           more
           lasting
           Instances
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           remember
           and
           pay
           all
           the
           Vows
           that
           we
           made
           to
           God
           in
           our
           Days
           of
           Fasting
           and
           Prayer
           :
           Let
           us
           now
           resolve
           to
           live
           as
           a
           Nation
           deliver'd
           and
           Redeem'd
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           blessed
           with
           the
           most
           special
           favour
           of
           Heaven
           :
           Let
           us
           walk
           suitably
           to
           that
           Light
           ,
           and
           to
           those
           Advantages
           that
           we
           enjoy
           beyond
           all
           other
           Nations
           .
        
         
         
           Under
           God
           ,
           the
           Fountain
           of
           our
           Life
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           giver
           of
           our
           Peace
           ,
           let
           us
           make
           all
           the
           humblest
           returns
           of
           Duty
           and
           Gratitude
           ,
           of
           Fidelity
           and
           Zeal
           ,
           to
           our
           
             Great
             Deliverer
          
           .
           Let
           us
           continue
           our
           most
           earnest
           Prayers
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           our
           highest
           Thansgiving
           to
           God
           for
           him
           .
           I
           will
           not
           suggest
           so
           Melancholy
           a
           Thought
           ,
           as
           the
           change
           in
           Solomon's
           Reign
           :
           The
           difference
           between
           its
           bright
           Beginning
           and
           dark
           Conclusion
           .
           None
           ,
           how
           Great
           ,
           or
           how
           Wise
           soever
           ,
           are
           so
           established
           in
           the
           ways
           of
           Vertue
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           above
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           beyond
           Temptations
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           all
           therefore
           Pray
           that
           God
           may
           long
           Preserve
           the
           King
           whom
           he
           has
           set
           over
           us
           ,
           and
           the
           Peace
           that
           by
           his
           means
           is
           procured
           to
           us
           .
        
         
           May
           his
           Reign
           of
           Peace
           be
           as
           Glorious
           ,
           as
           his
           Course
           in
           War
           has
           been
           ,
           but
           of
           a
           much
           longer
           continuance
           .
        
         
           May
           he
           be
           long
           the
           Delight
           of
           his
           People
           ,
           the
           Arbiter
           of
           Europe
           ,
           the
           Patron
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           the
           Maintainer
           of
           Right
           all
           the
           World
           over
           .
        
         
           May
           the
           Nation
           still
           Flourish
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           be
           ever
           Glorious
           ,
           by
           his
           Conduct
           and
           Care
           :
           And
           may
           he
           be
           as
           Happy
           in
           the
           Love
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           as
           he
           has
           made
           them
           safe
           under
           his
           Protection
           .
        
         
           To
           Conclude
           ,
           in
           a
           Devotion
           Dictated
           by
           a
           Royal
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           an
           Inspired
           Author
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Lord
             hear
             thee
             in
             the
          
           Day
           
             of
             Trouble
          
           ,
           
           
             Send
             thee
             help
             from
             his
             Sanctuary
             ,
             Grant
             thee
             according
             to
             thine
             own
             heart
             ,
             and
             fulfil
             all
             thy
             Councels
             .
             The
             Lord
             fulfil
             all
             thy
             Petitions
             .
             We
             will
             rejoyce
             in
             thy
             Salvation
             .
             Now
             we
             know
             that
             the
             Lord
             saveth
             his
             Anointed
             :
             He
             will
             hear
             him
             from
             his
             holy
             Heaven
             .
             And
             we
             will
             remember
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord
             our
             God
             ,
             for
             we
             are
             risen
             ,
             and
             stand
             upright
             .
          
        
         
           
             O
             Lord
             save
             the
             King.
          
           
        
         
           And
           Mercifully
           hear
           us
           when
           we
           call
           upon
           thee
           .
        
         
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               recte
               asseria
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               &
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             CAV●
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           Notes for div A30451-e200
           
             William
             Prince
             of
             
               Orange
               ,
               Gaspar
               de
               Coligny
            
             ,
             Admiral
             of
             France
             .
          
           
             Una
             morientis
             ad
             Deum
             vox
             ,
             
               Miserere
               Popish
            
             ,
             Grot.
             Annal.
             lib.
             4.
             
          
           
             Rhinotmel
             .
          
           
             
               Cedrenus
               ,
               Theophanes
            
             .
          
           
             Psalm
             101.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             21.