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             A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons at St. Margarets Westminster, January 30th 1677/8 by Thomas Sprat ...
             Sprat, Thomas, 1635-1713.
          
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           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           before
           the
           HONOURABLE
           House
           of
           Commons
           At
           S
           t
           
             Margarets
             Westminster
          
           ,
           January
           30
           th
           1677
           /
           8
           ;
           .
           By
           
             THOMAS
             SPRAT
          
           ,
           D.D.
           Chaplain
           in
           Ordinary
           to
           His
           MAJESTY
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             T.
             N.
          
           for
           
             Henry
             Brome
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Gun
           in
           St.
           Pauls
           Church-yard
           ,
           1678.
           
        
         
      
       
         
           
             
               Mercurii
               30
               
                 Die
                 Jan.
              
               1677
               /
               8
               ;
               .
            
          
        
         
           ORdered
           ,
           That
           the
           Thanks
           of
           this
           House
           be
           Returnd
           to
           
             Dr.
             Sprat
          
           ,
           for
           his
           Sermon
           this
           day
           Preached
           before
           the
           House
           at
           
             St.
             Margarets
             Westminster
          
           :
           And
           that
           he
           be
           desired
           to
           Print
           his
           Sermon
           :
           And
           
             Sir
             Edmund
             Jennings
             ,
             Sir
             Charles
             Wheeler
             ,
          
           and
           
             Mr.
             Robert
             Wright
          
           ,
           are
           to
           give
           him
           the
           Thanks
           of
           this
           House
           ,
           and
           to
           Desire
           him
           to
           Print
           his
           Sermon
           .
        
         
           
             
               Will.
               Goldesbrough
            
             Cler.
             Dom.
             Com.
             
          
        
         
         
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           the
           HONORABLE
           
             HOUSE
             of
             COMMONS
          
           ,
           At
           S
           t
           
             Margarets
             Westminster
          
           ,
           on
           Ianuary
           30
           th
           1677
           /
           8
           ;
           .
        
         
           
             S
             t
             Mathew
             ,
             5.
             vers
             .
             10.
             
          
           
             Blessed
             are
             they
             which
             are
             persecuted
             for
             Righteousness
             sake
             :
             for
             theirs
             is
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Heaven
             .
          
        
         
           WE
           are
           here
           Assembled
           to
           Lament
           the
           Death
           of
           one
           of
           the
           best
           Kings
           that
           ever
           Liv
           d
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           Pious
           Martyrs
           ,
           that
           ever
           Suffer'd
           .
           We
           are
           this
           Day
           to
           bewail
           a
           Crime
           so
           detested
           by
           God
           ,
           and
           Man
           ,
           that
           ,
           unless
           this
           Day
           had
           been
           long
           since
           publickly
           appointed
           ,
           by
           the
           Voice
           of
           the
           whole
           
           Nation
           ,
           Pronounc'd
           by
           you
           the
           Representatives
           of
           it
           ,
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           our
           Posterity
           ,
           to
           Bewail
           it
           Yearly
           ,
           in
           this
           ,
           and
           all
           future
           Ages
           ;
           the
           Guilty
           Memory
           of
           this
           Day
           had
           for
           ever
           remain'd
           ,
           an
           Indelible
           Disgrace
           to
           the
           Present
           Age
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           whole
           English
           Name
           it self
           .
        
         
           When
           we
           shall
           recollect
           the
           Afflictions
           ,
           and
           the
           Virtues
           of
           that
           Blessed
           King
           ;
           and
           shall
           remember
           ,
           that
           in
           his
           Virtues
           he
           Excell'd
           the
           most
           happy
           Princes
           ;
           in
           his
           Afflictions
           he
           Equall'd
           the
           most
           unfortunate
           Men
           :
           though
           it
           should
           not
           incline
           us
           to
           Murmur
           at
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           whose
           Judgments
           are
           above
           our
           knowledge
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ought
           not
           to
           come
           under
           our
           Censure
           :
           yet
           certainly
           ,
           it
           cannot
           but
           make
           us
           abhor
           the
           terrible
           Effects
           of
           furious
           Zeal
           ,
           when
           it
           mistakes
           Providence
           :
           it
           cannot
           but
           raise
           in
           us
           the
           greatest
           Hatred
           of
           Faction
           on
           a
           Pretence
           of
           Liberty
           ;
           and
           of
           Ambition
           ,
           when
           it
           Counterfeits
           Religion
           .
        
         
           Should
           it
           not
           fill
           us
           all
           with
           Grief
           ,
           and
           Amazement
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           King
           could
           suffer
           ,
           as
           a
           Tyrant
           !
           who
           was
           ,
           to
           His
           People
           ,
           the
           
           most
           constant
           Defender
           of
           their
           antient
           Privileges
           ,
           the
           greatest
           Author
           of
           New
           Ones
           :
           or
           as
           an
           Enemy
           of
           the
           True
           Religion
           !
           who
           was
           in
           his
           Life
           the
           Great
           Ornament
           ;
           in
           his
           Death
           the
           most
           devout
           Example
           of
           it
           :
           or
           as
           unworthy
           to
           Govern
           !
           who
           ,
           not
           only
           by
           his
           Birth
           ,
           had
           a
           Successive
           Right
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           which
           he
           could
           not
           forfeit
           ;
           but
           also
           ,
           by
           his
           Personal
           Virtues
           ,
           might
           have
           deserv'd
           another
           Title
           to
           it
           ,
           if
           His
           Crown
           had
           been
           Elective
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           His
           Murderers
           impudently
           pretended
           ,
           at
           the
           disposal
           of
           His
           Subjects
           .
        
         
           Whether
           we
           consider
           Him
           on
           the
           Throne
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           there
           ,
           too
           short
           a
           space
           ,
           the
           Vice-Gerent
           of
           Gods
           Power
           ;
           or
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           as
           he
           alwayes
           imitated
           ,
           and
           resembled
           the
           Divine
           Purity
           :
           or
           should
           we
           measure
           him
           ,
           as
           we
           would
           any
           other
           Man
           :
           should
           we
           take
           His
           Picture
           ,
           as
           He
           Himself
           delighted
           to
           be
           drawn
           ,
           with
           His
           Crown
           and
           Scepter
           laid
           aside
           ,
           and
           his
           Wife
           ,
           and
           Children
           ,
           or
           Servants
           by
           Him
           :
           whether
           we
           observe
           His
           Royal
           ,
           and
           Christian
           ,
           or
           His
           Private
           and
           Moral
           Excellencies
           ;
           we
           might
           find
           ,
           in
           all
           ,
           some
           Extraordinary
           Character
           
           of
           Greatness
           ,
           and
           of
           that
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           only
           true
           Greatness
           ,
           such
           as
           was
           admirably
           Temper'd
           ,
           and
           Adorn'd
           with
           Goodness
           .
        
         
           But
           those
           other
           more
           Resplendent
           parts
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           are
           a
           Subject
           fitter
           for
           a
           History
           than
           a
           Sermon
           .
           And
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           if
           there
           shall
           be
           any
           Virtue
           ,
           any
           Praise
           of
           Virtue
           in
           the
           Generations
           to
           come
           after
           us
           ;
           His
           Name
           will
           live
           ,
           and
           be
           mention'd
           with
           Reverence
           in
           the
           Records
           of
           Honor
           :
           though
           not
           in
           the
           Large
           Roll
           of
           those
           Kings
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           only
           Happy
           ,
           Prosperous
           ,
           and
           Victorous
           in
           this
           World
           :
           yet
           amongst
           the
           far
           smaller
           number
           ,
           but
           much
           more
           Sacred
           ,
           more
           truely
           Glorious
           Number
           of
           those
           Kings
           ,
           that
           have
           been
           Saints
           ,
           and
           Confessors
           ,
           or
           Martyrs
           ;
           and
           therefore
           
             more
             than
             Conquerors
          
           .
        
         
           I
           confess
           ,
           I
           might
           ,
           and
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           say
           it
           ,
           I
           intended
           to
           have
           Complain'd
           ,
           that
           the
           present
           Age
           had
           not
           made
           that
           Use
           of
           Him
           ,
           which
           it
           ought
           ;
           His
           Enemies
           for
           their
           Repentance
           ,
           and
           Amendment
           ;
           nor
           even
           His
           Friends
           for
           His
           Praise
           and
           Honor
           .
           But
           ,
           blessed
           be
           God
           ,
           I
           am
           happily
           prevented
           in
           one
           part
           of
           the
           Complaint
           :
           
           I
           have
           nothing
           now
           to
           wish
           ,
           but
           that
           His
           Enemies
           would
           as
           well
           perform
           their
           Duty
           to
           Him
           ,
           as
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           acknowledg'd
           ,
           you
           His
           Friends
           have
           done
           yours
           ;
           by
           that
           much
           Desir'd
           ,
           long
           Expected
           ,
           Yesterdayes
           Vote
           ;
           in
           which
           you
           have
           given
           a
           Resurrection
           to
           his
           Memory
           ,
           by
           designing
           Magnificent
           Rites
           to
           his
           Sacred
           Ashes
           .
           So
           that
           now
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           an
           English
           Man
           abroad
           will
           be
           able
           to
           Mention
           the
           Name
           of
           King
           
             CHARLES
             the
             First
          
           ,
           without
           blushing
           :
           and
           His
           Heroick
           Worth
           will
           be
           deliver'd
           down
           to
           Posterity
           ,
           as
           it
           alwayes
           deserv'd
           to
           be
           ,
           not
           only
           freed
           from
           Calumny
           ,
           or
           Obscurity
           ;
           but
           ,
           in
           all
           things
           ,
           most
           illustrious
           ,
           in
           all
           things
           to
           be
           commended
           ;
           in
           most
           things
           to
           be
           imitated
           ,
           in
           some
           things
           scarce
           imitable
           ,
           and
           only
           to
           be
           admir'd
           .
        
         
           In
           confidence
           of
           this
           ,
           I
           will
           leave
           the
           rest
           of
           His
           just
           Panegyrick
           to
           the
           Registers
           of
           Civil
           History
           :
           and
           I
           will
           only
           now
           employ
           that
           short
           time
           ,
           your
           favor
           shall
           allow
           me
           ,
           in
           representing
           to
           you
           that
           one
           particular
           Grace
           ;
           which
           ,
           I
           believe
           ,
           He
           had
           in
           as
           high
           a
           degree
           ,
           as
           our
           Mortal
           Condition
           ,
           of
           its
           self
           ,
           is
           capable
           to
           Receive
           ,
           His
           Magnanimity
           
           in
           Suffering
           .
           And
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           best
           become
           this
           Religious
           Place
           ,
           and
           Office
           ,
           to
           recommend
           to
           you
           ,
           from
           amongst
           His
           many
           other
           Virtues
           ,
           that
           one
           Virtue
           of
           his
           Divine
           Patience
           ,
           which
           he
           could
           learn
           from
           no
           other
           Principle
           ,
           but
           his
           Religion
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           purpose
           ,
           I
           have
           chosen
           to
           speak
           on
           these
           words
           of
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           ;
           wherein
           he
           proposes
           Persecution
           ,
           which
           ,
           to
           Nature
           ,
           seems
           the
           greatest
           Evil
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           greatest
           Good
           :
           such
           as
           all
           his
           Disciples
           ought
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           endure
           well
           ,
           as
           a
           nenessary
           Burthen
           ,
           but
           to
           injoy
           as
           a
           Blessing
           .
        
         
           The
           Words
           themselves
           consist
           of
           Three
           Parts
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           This
           New
           ,
           and
           Strange
           ,
           Christian
           Paradox
           ,
           that
           
             to
             be
             persecuted
             is
             a
             Blessing
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           The
           only
           Qualification
           ,
           that
           can
           make
           it
           to
           be
           so
           .
           It
           must
           be
           a
           Persecution
           
             for
             Rightneousness
             sake
          
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           The
           Great
           Reason
           ,
           why
           it
           is
           
             a
             Blessing
          
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           attended
           with
           the
           
           greatest
           Reward
           ,
           
             The
             Kingdom
             of
             Heaven
          
           .
        
         
           I
           cannot
           now
           stay
           to
           insist
           distinctly
           on
           these
           Particulars
           ,
           or
           to
           handle
           the
           Argument
           in
           my
           Text
           ,
           as
           a
           Common
           place
           of
           Divinity
           .
           It
           will
           neither
           agree
           with
           the
           present
           temper
           of
           your
           Minds
           ,
           or
           my
           own
           ,
           to
           treat
           of
           it
           in
           such
           cold
           ,
           and
           general
           terms
           .
           But
           what
           I
           shall
           say
           on
           this
           great
           ,
           and
           Primitive
           Doctrine
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           shall
           be
           only
           so
           much
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           apply
           to
           the
           present
           occasion
           :
           that
           when
           I
           come
           to
           recount
           the
           Kings
           unparallel'd
           Sufferings
           ;
           you
           His
           Friends
           may
           be
           something
           comforted
           ,
           in
           beholding
           the
           solid
           ,
           and
           eternal
           Foundation
           of
           His
           Suffering
           so
           well
           ;
           which
           was
           no
           other
           than
           the
           Faith
           into
           which
           we
           were
           all
           Baptiz'd
           :
           and
           that
           therefore
           the
           
             Christian
             Faith
          
           ,
           the
           Faith
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           may
           have
           the
           credit
           of
           that
           greatness
           of
           Mind
           ,
           it
           Taught
           the
           King
           in
           His
           Extremity
           .
        
         
           That
           
             To
             be
             Persecuted
             is
             a
             Blessing
             ,
          
           was
           a
           Doctrine
           never
           heard
           of
           ,
           till
           our
           Saviour
           here
           first
           introduc'd
           it
           .
           No
           other
           Teacher
           ,
           
           or
           Law-giver
           ,
           ever
           went
           ,
           or
           durst
           go
           so
           contrary
           to
           the
           interests
           and
           pleasures
           of
           Flesh
           and
           Blood.
           None
           else
           would
           have
           laid
           so
           much
           weight
           on
           Humane
           Nature
           :
           or
           could
           have
           made
           it
           so
           easie
           :
           none
           but
           He
           ,
           that
           was
           God
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Man
           :
           He
           that
           ,
           as
           Man
           ,
           knew
           what
           it
           was
           to
           suffer
           and
           ,
           as
           God
           ,
           knew
           how
           to
           support
           those
           that
           Suffer'd
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           the
           power
           of
           bearing
           Persecution
           well
           ,
           has
           been
           alwayes
           pretended
           to
           ,
           by
           all
           Sects
           ,
           and
           Nations
           ,
           and
           Religions
           of
           Men.
           All
           History
           is
           full
           of
           such
           great
           Examples
           ,
           amongst
           those
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           Gospel
           was
           never
           reveal'd
           .
           But
           have
           not
           the
           rest
           too
           generally
           gone
           ,
           on
           the
           wrong
           ,
           or
           tottering
           Principles
           ,
           of
           empty
           Fame
           ,
           of
           doubtful
           Philosophy
           ,
           of
           False
           ,
           of
           Imperfect
           Religions
           ?
           certainly
           seldome
           any
           truely
           Great
           ,
           seldome
           any
           steddy
           ,
           and
           unchangeable
           Comfort
           ,
           little
           lasting
           relief
           ,
           most
           certainly
           scarce
           any
           everlasting
           was
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           till
           the
           appearance
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           to
           make
           Men
           ,
           on
           just
           grounds
           ,
           to
           Rejoyce
           ,
           and
           Triumph
           in
           Pains
           ,
           and
           Losses
           ,
           and
           Miseries
           .
        
         
         
           Mankind
           ,
           before
           that
           ,
           was
           left
           detective
           in
           this
           most
           necessary
           Virtue
           ,
           of
           which
           we
           have
           all
           a
           perpetual
           use
           .
           For
           ,
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           Retirement
           so
           Secure
           ,
           no
           Provision
           so
           Large
           ,
           no
           Search
           so
           happy
           ,
           as
           to
           find
           out
           that
           place
           ,
           whither
           nor
           Cares
           ,
           nor
           Misfortunes
           make
           their
           way
           .
           The
           Sweetest
           ,
           the
           Fairest
           ,
           the
           most
           plentiful
           ,
           Alas
           !
           you
           see
           ,
           the
           most
           commanding
           condition
           is
           often
           times
           a
           greater
           burthen
           ;
           at
           best
           ,
           is
           only
           a
           less
           ,
           and
           a
           gentler
           misery
           ,
           not
           any
           real
           hapiness
           .
           Of
           all
           those
           that
           built
           Houses
           in
           the
           Parable
           ,
           the
           most
           rais'd
           them
           on
           the
           Sand
           :
           the
           best
           ,
           and
           the
           wisest
           ,
           could
           only
           found
           them
           on
           the
           Rock
           :
           on
           which
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           their
           prudence
           ,
           the
           Winds
           did
           blow
           ,
           and
           the
           Sea
           did
           rage
           about
           them
           :
           all
           their
           advantage
           was
           not
           a
           full
           quiet
           ;
           but
           only
           that
           the
           Storms
           did
           beat
           on
           them
           in
           vain
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           is
           that
           for
           which
           we
           are
           only
           beholden
           to
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           ;
           of
           whom
           ,
           we
           may
           justly
           say
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           as
           Augustus
           said
           of
           himself
           ,
           and
           
             Rome
             ,
             Lateritiam
             invenit
             ,
             marmoream
             reliquit
          
           ;
           he
           found
           our
           Nature
           weak
           ,
           and
           frail
           compos'd
           
           of
           Adams
           mouldring
           Earth
           ;
           but
           he
           made
           it
           ,
           and
           left
           it
           of
           the
           finest
           ,
           and
           most
           durable
           Marble
           .
           He
           himself
           came
           persecuted
           :
           but
           one
           of
           the
           chief
           ends
           of
           his
           coming
           ,
           was
           to
           free
           all
           that
           believe
           on
           him
           ,
           and
           obey
           his
           commands
           ;
           though
           not
           from
           all
           persecution
           ,
           yet
           from
           all
           the
           Curse
           of
           it
           ,
           nay
           ,
           to
           do
           better
           ,
           than
           if
           he
           had
           taken
           all
           persecution
           quite
           away
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           a
           cause
           of
           Joy
           ,
           and
           Felicity
           ,
           a
           Blessing
           to
           those
           that
           are
           Persecuted
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           How
           feeble
           !
           How
           deceitful
           !
           How
           much
           like
           a
           broken
           Reed
           ,
           which
           only
           pierces
           ,
           where
           it
           should
           uphold
           ,
           are
           all
           the
           other
           Motives
           ,
           and
           Principles
           of
           Suffering
           well
           ,
           in
           comparison
           to
           those
           ,
           that
           He
           has
           Taught
           !
        
         
           First
           .
           Some
           Men
           indeed
           may
           strive
           to
           endure
           Afflictions
           courageously
           ,
           in
           a
           sence
           of
           Natural
           Decence
           ;
           by
           the
           force
           of
           some
           Natural
           Passion
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           single
           Precepts
           of
           Natural
           Wisdom
           .
           But
           ,
           What
           is
           the
           chief
           end
           ,
           that
           such
           Men
           can
           propose
           to
           themselves
           ?
           Can
           it
           be
           much
           more
           ,
           than
           the
           bare
           expectation
           of
           transitory
           Fame
           ,
           and
           Honor
           in
           this
           World
           ?
           or
           some
           Temporary
           Interest
           ,
           
           and
           Contentment
           here
           below
           ?
           And
           ,
           What
           mighty
           Reliefs
           ,
           or
           Rewards
           are
           these
           ?
           such
           Consolations
           ,
           at
           best
           ,
           can
           only
           stupify
           the
           Mind
           under
           pain
           ;
           they
           are
           far
           from
           turning
           the
           Pain
           into
           a
           Blessing
           .
           Such
           Recompences
           are
           imaginary
           ,
           contemptible
           ,
           perishing
           ,
           whilst
           the
           Labors
           Men
           take
           for
           them
           ,
           are
           great
           ,
           and
           real
           :
           Whereas
           to
           a
           Christian
           Sufferer
           ,
           the
           Labors
           are
           contemptible
           ,
           compar'd
           to
           the
           inestimable
           greatness
           of
           the
           Recompence
           .
        
         
           Undoubtedly
           ,
           nothing
           in
           this
           Life
           can
           make
           Afflictions
           tolerable
           ,
           much
           less
           a
           Blessing
           ,
           but
           a
           Belief
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           another
           Life
           ;
           in
           comparison
           to
           the
           Joyes
           of
           which
           ,
           the
           Miseries
           of
           this
           Life
           are
           of
           no
           consideration
           :
           nay
           ,
           a
           belief
           ,
           that
           we
           shall
           partake
           of
           the
           Joys
           of
           another
           Life
           ,
           if
           we
           bear
           patiently
           the
           ordinary
           ,
           and
           extraordinary
           Miseries
           of
           this
           :
           and
           that
           nothing
           can
           teach
           us
           to
           do
           the
           right
           way
           ,
           but
           Religion
           ;
           nothing
           ,
           but
           the
           Right
           Religion
           .
        
         
           For
           Secondly
           ,
           There
           is
           also
           a
           strange
           Force
           ,
           and
           Resolution
           of
           Mind
           ,
           that
           may
           proceed
           from
           False
           Religions
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           Principles
           of
           Enthusiasm
           .
           This
           kind
           must
           
           be
           confest
           far
           to
           exceed
           all
           Natural
           Courage
           in
           its
           effects
           :
           it
           may
           sometimes
           be
           hardly
           distinguishable
           from
           the
           True
           Patience
           ,
           that
           is
           Taught
           by
           the
           True
           Religion
           it self
           .
        
         
           Yet
           there
           are
           very
           Material
           Distinctions
           between
           them
           :
           The
           chief
           this
           in
           my
           Text.
           The
           one
           is
           only
           for
           the
           True
           Righteousness
           sake
           :
           the
           other
           for
           a
           Counterfeit
           ,
           Hypocritical
           Righteousness
           .
           And
           besides
           ,
           they
           differ
           ,
           in
           that
           the
           True
           Religion
           ,
           rightly
           us'd
           ,
           Teaches
           Men
           really
           to
           Believe
           ,
           that
           to
           be
           Persecuted
           is
           a
           Blessing
           ;
           but
           never
           to
           Persecute
           .
           False
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Enthusiasm
           may
           make
           Men
           Pretend
           to
           Believe
           ,
           that
           to
           be
           Persecuted
           is
           a
           Blessing
           ,
           but
           Really
           to
           Believe
           ,
           that
           the
           Power
           of
           Persecuting
           is
           a
           Greater
           Blessing
           ,
           and
           to
           Use
           that
           Power
           with
           the
           Greatest
           Cruelty
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           got
           it
           ;
           as
           we
           have
           felt
           by
           Many
           Dismal
           Instances
           ,
           especially
           that
           of
           This
           Black
           ,
           and
           Guilty
           Day
           .
        
         
           However
           ,
           it
           is
           too
           true
           ,
           that
           Mistaken
           Zeal
           ,
           and
           Deluding
           Inspirations
           ,
           have
           oftentimes
           a
           Prodigious
           Influence
           on
           those
           Minds
           ,
           that
           are
           Possest
           with
           them
           ;
           Possest
           
           in
           the
           Worst
           Sense
           of
           the
           Word
           :
           they
           can
           easily
           make
           Men
           despise
           all
           Dangers
           ,
           and
           Terrors
           :
           they
           can
           fill
           their
           Proselytes
           with
           Heat
           ,
           and
           Raptures
           enough
           to
           rush
           violently
           on
           Torments
           ,
           to
           Glory
           in
           the
           false
           Presumption
           of
           Martyrdom
           ,
           to
           do
           ,
           as
           Empedocles
           of
           old
           ,
           who
           cast
           himself
           willingly
           into
           the
           fiercest
           Flames
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           be
           thought
           to
           go
           to
           Heaven
           .
           We
           have
           seen
           a
           Blind
           ,
           Fanatical
           Zeal
           enrage
           Forty
           Men
           ,
           to
           make
           War
           against
           a
           Mighty
           Nation
           ,
           in
           full
           peace
           ,
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           its
           Principal
           City
           .
        
         
           And
           since
           the
           Implacable
           Enemies
           of
           our
           Church
           and
           State
           have
           had
           ,
           and
           still
           have
           such
           a
           dreadful
           offensive
           Weapon
           in
           their
           keeping
           ,
           as
           all
           Zealous
           ,
           though
           Erroneous
           Religion
           is
           :
           Should
           not
           this
           ,
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           be
           a
           serious
           Admonition
           to
           us
           ,
           who
           profess
           our selves
           Friends
           to
           the
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           to
           make
           provision
           against
           them
           ,
           by
           the
           better
           ,
           more
           powerful
           ,
           indeed
           invincible
           defensive
           Weapons
           of
           our
           Spiritual
           Warfare
           ,
           that
           may
           be
           learnt
           from
           the
           True
           ,
           and
           Unfeigned
           Religion
           ?
           Since
           they
           pretend
           to
           fetch
           their
           Armor
           from
           Heaven
           
           against
           our
           Cause
           :
           ought
           not
           we
           really
           to
           fetch
           ours
           from
           Heaven
           against
           theirs
           ?
           we
           cannot
           want
           all
           other
           means
           of
           defence
           ;
           we
           have
           Reason
           ,
           and
           Justice
           ,
           and
           Law
           ,
           and
           Loyalty
           on
           our
           side
           :
           All
           those
           the
           Enemies
           of
           our
           Church
           and
           State
           must
           want
           :
           But
           let
           us
           beware
           ,
           least
           if
           they
           have
           any
           Zeal
           ,
           we
           none
           ,
           they
           have
           something
           more
           forcible
           than
           any
           of
           the
           other
           .
           Most
           certainly
           nothing
           but
           Conscience
           well-inform'd
           can
           be
           an
           equal
           Match
           ,
           for
           Conscience
           misguided
           :
           nothing
           but
           the
           power
           of
           Godliness
           ;
           nothing
           but
           True
           Zeal
           can
           break
           the
           force
           of
           False
           Zeal
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           very
           form
           of
           Godliness
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           ,
           from
           that
           Fatal
           Example
           ,
           how
           much
           the
           Name
           of
           Godliness
           ,
           Hypocritically
           us'd
           ,
           stood
           our
           Adversaries
           instead
           ;
           may
           we
           be
           instructed
           to
           Govern
           our
           Minds
           ,
           and
           Strengthen
           our
           Hearts
           ,
           and
           Reform
           our
           Lives
           ,
           by
           the
           Directions
           and
           Precepts
           of
           the
           True
           Holiness
           ;
           to
           have
           our
           Consciences
           as
           much
           in
           earnest
           as
           theirs
           ,
           but
           better
           Inform'd
           ;
           not
           only
           to
           hate
           the
           Hypocrisie
           ,
           but
           to
           out-doe
           the
           warmth
           of
           their
           Zeal
           .
           And
           ,
           if
           the
           very
           Shadow
           of
           Christ
           
           could
           do
           such
           wonderful
           things
           :
           What
           would
           not
           his
           Hand
           ,
           his
           Tongue
           ,
           his
           Body
           ,
           his
           Life
           do
           .
           If
           by
           a
           sad
           experience
           ,
           we
           have
           found
           a
           feigned
           ,
           and
           Dissembled
           Piety
           ,
           so
           outragiously
           strong
           ,
           and
           too
           long
           irresistible
           :
           Should
           we
           not
           thence
           conclude
           ,
           what
           greater
           Influence
           ,
           what
           more
           durable
           Authority
           ,
           the
           True
           Piety
           might
           have
           on
           our
           Minds
           ,
           by
           the
           efficacy
           of
           its
           own
           True
           Promises
           ,
           Rewards
           ,
           and
           Comforts
           ?
           In
           which
           God
           has
           pitied
           the
           Infirmities
           of
           our
           weak
           Humanity
           :
           has
           supply'd
           them
           all
           in
           a
           gracious
           proportion
           to
           our
           defects
           :
           has
           provided
           the
           greatest
           happiness
           for
           our
           immortal
           ,
           and
           mortal
           parts
           hereafter
           :
           has
           furnisht
           us
           with
           the
           best
           relief
           for
           our
           Mortal
           part
           here
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           that
           Religion
           should
           bestow
           the
           surest
           aid
           ,
           and
           assistance
           in
           persecution
           ,
           is
           the
           more
           strange
           :
           because
           at
           the
           first
           view
           ,
           it
           seems
           to
           make
           persecution
           more
           grievous
           ,
           by
           forbidding
           us
           many
           helps
           ,
           and
           means
           of
           defence
           ,
           which
           nature
           offers
           to
           the
           afflicted
           .
           Does
           not
           our
           Saviours
           Doctrine
           command
           us
           ,
           to
           have
           the
           severest
           thoughts
           of
           our selves
           ?
           It
           tames
           the
           mind
           ,
           as
           well
           
           as
           it
           requires
           the
           body
           ,
           to
           be
           subservient
           to
           the
           mortification
           of
           the
           mind
           :
           It
           lays
           so
           much
           restraint
           on
           our
           intemperate
           pleasures
           ,
           that
           to
           a
           carnal
           man
           it
           even
           seems
           to
           render
           prosperity
           a
           sort
           of
           persecution
           .
           It
           denies
           us
           the
           use
           of
           some
           kinds
           of
           resistance
           ;
           of
           all
           manner
           of
           revenge
           :
           of
           all
           actual
           revenge
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           delight
           of
           the
           powerful
           ;
           of
           all
           revengeful
           thoughts
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           esteemed
           some
           ease
           to
           the
           weak
           .
        
         
           How
           then
           can
           it
           be
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           Doctrine
           should
           turn
           all
           persecution
           into
           a
           blessing
           ?
           yes
           most
           certainly
           :
           and
           for
           the
           most
           weighty
           reasons
           :
           of
           which
           the
           Two
           principal
           are
           here
           mention'd
           .
           In
           this
           life
           ,
           it
           makes
           the
           suffering
           delightful
           ,
           because
           
             it
             is
             for
             righteousness
             sake
          
           :
           in
           the
           next
           ,
           it
           makes
           it
           our
           glory
           ,
           and
           crown
           ,
           because
           of
           it's
           just
           claim
           to
           
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Heaven
          
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           't
           is
           this
           Doctrine
           only
           that
           prescribes
           such
           rules
           ,
           and
           provides
           such
           helps
           ,
           for
           the
           right
           ordering
           of
           all
           our
           thoughts
           ,
           words
           and
           actions
           in
           this
           Life
           ;
           that
           if
           they
           be
           exactly
           followed
           ,
           will
           put
           us
           into
           a
           condition
           of
           suffering
           for
           nothing
           but
           
             Righteousness
             sake
          
           .
           So
           much
           moderation
           
           it
           imposes
           on
           our
           injoyment
           of
           things
           in
           our
           power
           :
           So
           strictly
           it
           forbids
           all
           irregular
           desires
           of
           things
           in
           others
           power
           :
           So
           much
           it
           teaches
           an
           inoffensive
           meekness
           ,
           and
           caution
           of
           not
           displeasing
           God
           ,
           or
           injuring
           Man
           :
           that
           whoever
           lives
           accordingly
           ,
           whatever
           his
           Persecution
           may
           be
           ,
           he
           cannot
           but
           be
           innocent
           in
           it
           :
           And
           if
           he
           be
           innocent
           ,
           the
           Persecution
           will
           be
           so
           too
           ;
           and
           will
           do
           him
           no
           manner
           of
           hurt
           .
        
         
           To
           a
           heart
           so
           Conscientiously
           prepar'd
           ;
           so
           certain
           of
           its
           Duty
           ,
           so
           rightly
           secur'd
           in
           its
           Cause
           ,
           the
           Afflictions
           of
           this
           World
           have
           quite
           another
           appearance
           ,
           than
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           World.
           They
           are
           presently
           found
           to
           be
           only
           the
           tender
           Trials
           of
           a
           Merciful
           Father
           ;
           to
           be
           not
           only
           his
           Trials
           ,
           but
           Tokens
           ,
           and
           Testimonies
           of
           his
           Love
           ,
           and
           of
           our
           Adoption
           ;
           to
           Intitle
           us
           to
           the
           Privileges
           of
           Gods
           own
           People
           ,
           and
           Children
           ,
           to
           his
           Peculiar
           Care
           ,
           to
           his
           Spiritual
           Joys
           ,
           to
           his
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           That
           is
           the
           other
           Contemplation
           ,
           which
           completes
           the
           Blessing
           .
           And
           it
           is
           only
           the
           hope
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           which
           our
           Lord
           Christ
           alone
           has
           Purchas'd
           for
           us
           ,
           that
           can
           be
           Equal
           to
           the
           Wants
           and
           Wishes
           of
           our
           
           Immortal
           Souls
           .
           That
           only
           can
           Refresh
           the
           Distress'd
           ,
           and
           ease
           the
           Heavy
           Laden
           ,
           and
           Support
           the
           Living
           ,
           and
           Rejoyce
           the
           Dying
           ;
           without
           that
           Expectation
           ,
           the
           least
           Mortal
           Frailties
           ,
           and
           Crosses
           ,
           even
           Mortality
           it self
           ,
           were
           an
           Intolerable
           Oppression
           :
           but
           ,
           with
           it
           ,
           the
           Cruellest
           Mortal
           Pains
           may
           be
           made
           light
           ,
           and
           inconsiderable
           :
           without
           that
           Beliefe
           ,
           as
           Christians
           of
           all
           Men
           ,
           so
           Men
           of
           all
           Creatures
           ,
           were
           most
           miserable
           .
           If
           there
           were
           no
           prospect
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           even
           Earth
           it self
           were
           a
           kind
           of
           Hell
           :
           so
           dark
           ,
           so
           uncomfortable
           ,
           so
           dismally
           doubtful
           were
           the
           Condition
           of
           Mankind
           .
           But
           now
           there
           is
           a
           Heaven
           ,
           so
           certain
           ,
           so
           unquestionable
           ,
           so
           near
           them
           ,
           who
           believe
           it
           ,
           and
           labor
           for
           it
           :
           to
           such
           there
           shall
           not
           only
           be
           no
           Hell
           ;
           but
           even
           Earth
           it self
           ,
           amidst
           all
           their
           Earthly
           Calamities
           ,
           becomes
           a
           kind
           of
           Heaven
           :
           so
           truely
           great
           is
           their
           Present
           Comfort
           :
           so
           unspeakably
           great
           will
           be
           their
           future
           Felicity
           .
        
         
           YOU
           now
           behold
           ,
           the
           Character
           ,
           Supports
           ,
           and
           Benefits
           of
           that
           Persecution
           ;
           which
           ,
           in
           the
           Religion
           ,
           that
           all
           of
           us
           have
           embrac'd
           ,
           is
           reckon'd
           as
           a
           Blessing
           .
           This
           infallibly
           is
           the
           Christian
           Doctrine
           .
           I
           come
           
           next
           to
           inforce
           ,
           and
           illustrate
           it
           by
           a
           Christian
           Example
           .
           And
           ,
           I
           might
           allege
           that
           of
           the
           Blessed
           Author
           of
           it
           ,
           our
           Saviour
           himself
           :
           But
           ,
           in
           him
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           said
           ,
           the
           Godhead
           did
           sustain
           the
           Humanity
           .
           I
           might
           urge
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           Primitive
           Disciples
           .
           But
           they
           also
           were
           immediately
           assisted
           by
           a
           Miraculous
           Power
           ,
           enabling
           them
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           to
           suffer
           .
           I
           might
           produce
           a
           Noble
           Army
           of
           Martyrs
           ,
           in
           all
           Ages
           of
           the
           Christian
           Church
           .
           But
           it
           will
           now
           be
           enough
           ,
           once
           for
           all
           ,
           only
           to
           mention
           the
           blessed
           Pattern
           of
           that
           Saint-like
           King
           :
           whose
           wonderful
           Patience
           ,
           in
           an
           Age
           ,
           wherein
           Miracles
           were
           ceas'd
           ,
           did
           almost
           seem
           to
           revive
           them
           :
           His
           magnanimous
           Suffering
           did
           evidence
           ,
           how
           much
           Strength
           ,
           and
           Lustre
           ,
           the
           true
           Piety
           may
           add
           to
           the
           most
           Princely
           Mind
           :
           the
           Afflictions
           ,
           that
           surrounded
           His
           Head
           ,
           did
           not
           deface
           ,
           but
           beautify
           His
           Life
           :
           as
           the
           Thorns
           ,
           His
           Great
           Master
           wore
           at
           His
           Passion
           ,
           they
           were
           intended
           by
           His
           Enemies
           for
           His
           Shame
           ,
           and
           His
           Pain
           ,
           but
           they
           were
           in
           Truth
           His
           Crown
           ,
           His
           Fourth
           ,
           more
           Precious
           Crown
           .
        
         
           When
           I
           seriously
           reflect
           on
           all
           the
           Sufferings
           of
           that
           Excellent
           Prince
           ;
           how
           little
           
           He
           deserv'd
           the
           least
           of
           them
           from
           any
           Man
           ;
           how
           much
           far
           otherwise
           he
           merited
           from
           many
           the
           chief
           Authors
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           yet
           by
           how
           many
           sad
           Circumstances
           they
           were
           still
           increast
           ;
           against
           how
           many
           fair
           hopes
           they
           still
           prevail'd
           ;
           and
           with
           what
           unshaken
           Constancy
           He
           bore
           them
           all
           :
           I
           cannot
           but
           conclude
           ,
           that
           He
           was
           separated
           ,
           and
           Consecrated
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           by
           Gods
           Special
           Appointment
           ,
           to
           fall
           a
           Glorious
           Sacrifice
           ;
           to
           give
           a
           new
           Example
           of
           Christian
           ,
           Passive
           Courage
           ,
           to
           the
           decaying
           Virtue
           of
           this
           Age
           :
           and
           that
           ,
           as
           the
           blood
           of
           Martyrs
           is
           truly
           said
           to
           be
           the
           Seed
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           so
           the
           Blood
           of
           one
           Martyr'd
           King
           ,
           should
           be
           the
           perpetual
           Seed
           ,
           both
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           Monarchy
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           He
           succeeded
           to
           His
           Temporal
           Crowns
           ,
           by
           the
           Conjunction
           ,
           and
           Indisputable
           Right
           of
           many
           Royal
           ●ines
           .
           Yet
           he
           was
           so
           far
           from
           having
           the
           usual
           allowance
           ,
           that
           seems
           due
           to
           Rightful
           ,
           Sovereign
           Princes
           :
           from
           observing
           whose
           very
           faults
           too
           curiously
           their
           Subjects
           ought
           ;
           and
           in
           better
           times
           ,
           their
           honorable
           Enemies
           were
           wont
           to
           retire
           with
           respect
           :
           so
           far
           He
           was
           from
           being
           
           thus
           us'd
           ,
           that
           even
           His
           Virtues
           were
           Misinterpreted
           ,
           and
           Scandalously
           Revil'd
           .
           His
           Gentleness
           was
           miscall'd
           defect
           of
           Wisdom
           ;
           His
           Firmness
           ,
           Obstinacy
           ;
           His
           Regular
           Devotion
           ,
           Popery
           ;
           His
           Decent
           Worship
           ,
           Superstition
           ;
           His
           Opposing
           of
           Schism
           ,
           Hatred
           of
           the
           Power
           of
           Godliness
           .
           Such
           was
           the
           remarkable
           aggravation
           of
           His
           unjust
           Persecutions
           ;
           that
           though
           He
           had
           manifestly
           the
           Right
           on
           His
           side
           ,
           yet
           His
           Enemies
           ,
           by
           their
           Artifices
           ,
           had
           got
           over
           most
           of
           the
           good
           ,
           and
           plausible
           words
           ,
           to
           be
           on
           theirs
           .
           Whilst
           the
           worst
           of
           their
           Actions
           were
           Sanctify'd
           ,
           and
           made
           Popular
           by
           the
           Specious
           Titles
           of
           
             Liberty
             ,
             Purity
          
           ,
           and
           Reformation
           :
           He
           Dy'd
           for
           the
           Laws
           ,
           as
           a
           Malefactor
           ;
           for
           the
           Church
           ,
           the
           best
           Reformed
           Church
           ,
           as
           an
           Enemy
           to
           the
           Cause
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           To
           His
           People
           He
           was
           ever
           most
           Indulgent
           ,
           still
           scattering
           amongst
           them
           the
           Royal
           Prerogatives
           ,
           with
           a
           Liberality
           rather
           becoming
           the
           Mildness
           of
           the
           Giver
           ,
           than
           due
           to
           the
           Ingratitude
           of
           the
           Receivers
           .
           For
           ,
           in
           Answer
           to
           all
           His
           most
           Bountiful
           Concessions
           ,
           He
           still
           met
           with
           Evil
           Surmises
           ,
           Perverse
           Comments
           on
           all
           His
           Acts
           of
           Grace
           :
           
           and
           those
           seconded
           by
           Mutinous
           Petitions
           ,
           Seditious
           Clamors
           ,
           and
           Assaults
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           an
           open
           Rebellion
           .
           What
           shall
           we
           say
           ?
           some
           strange
           fatality
           ,
           some
           unusual
           unheard
           of
           Giddiness
           had
           unawares
           seiz'd
           on
           ,
           and
           ,
           in
           too
           great
           a
           part
           ,
           infatuated
           the
           English
           Spirit
           :
           to
           make
           them
           grow
           discontented
           ,
           and
           sick
           of
           their
           very
           Prosperity
           ;
           thus
           rashly
           to
           employ
           the
           Riches
           ,
           and
           Plenty
           ,
           they
           reap'd
           from
           the
           first
           happy
           part
           of
           His
           Reign
           ,
           to
           render
           the
           latter
           part
           of
           it
           unhappy
           .
        
         
           Nor
           were
           the
           Calamities
           of
           His
           Fate
           only
           confin'd
           to
           Himself
           ;
           which
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           a
           Mind
           of
           so
           much
           innocent
           tenderness
           ,
           desir'd
           ;
           but
           they
           were
           Infectious
           to
           all
           about
           Him.
           That
           which
           ,
           in
           any
           other
           Age
           ,
           would
           have
           been
           thought
           a
           proof
           of
           the
           greatest
           Human
           Abilities
           ,
           to
           Counsel
           Wisely
           ,
           and
           Faithfully
           so
           Judicious
           a
           Prince
           :
           and
           a
           sign
           of
           the
           greatest
           Human
           Felicity
           to
           be
           b●loved
           by
           so
           great
           ,
           and
           good
           a
           Prince
           :
           was
           then
           acertain
           Forerunner
           of
           Misfortune
           .
        
         
           Of
           His
           dearest
           Servants
           ,
           the
           First
           ,
           whom
           he
           receiv'd
           from
           His
           Father
           ,
           and
           Himself
           long
           Protected
           from
           the
           blind
           Malice
           of
           Envy
           ,
           was
           snatch'd
           from
           Him
           by
           the
           Hand
           of
           a
           base
           Assassinate
           .
           And
           whilst
           His
           Generous
           
           Heart
           was
           bleeding
           for
           the
           Loss
           ,
           many
           thousands
           of
           His
           Subjects
           ,
           with
           Secret
           Shews
           of
           Satisfaction
           ,
           nay
           ,
           with
           open
           Testimonies
           of
           Joy
           ,
           Applauded
           the
           Horrid
           Murther
           of
           His
           Friend
           .
        
         
           His
           other
           best
           Servant
           ;
           a
           Minister
           ,
           the
           most
           able
           of
           that
           time
           ,
           both
           for
           Counsel
           and
           Action
           ;
           a
           Friend
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           best
           which
           ever
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           had
           ,
           since
           it
           needed
           such
           a
           Friend
           :
           Him
           he
           was
           constrain'd
           to
           give
           up
           as
           a
           Prey
           to
           Popular
           Tumults
           ,
           or
           ,
           which
           is
           as
           bad
           ,
           to
           Popular
           Justice
           :
           nay
           ,
           which
           was
           worse
           ,
           and
           which
           ought
           not
           to
           have
           been
           mention'd
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           King
           Himself
           often
           spoke
           ,
           and
           writ
           of
           it
           ,
           with
           such
           Solemn
           Remorse
           ;
           His
           Royal
           and
           guiltless
           Hand
           was
           made
           an
           unwilling
           Instrument
           of
           that
           unrighteous
           Action
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           the
           Justice
           this
           Parliament
           has
           done
           to
           the
           Earl
           of
           
           Strafford's
           Honor
           ,
           has
           Vindicated
           the
           Name
           of
           Parliaments
           ,
           in
           this
           Particular
           :
           and
           the
           Repentance
           of
           that
           Merciful
           King
           has
           paid
           an
           honorable
           Atonement
           to
           his
           Ghost
           .
           The
           Servants
           Innocence
           has
           been
           abundantly
           justify'd
           by
           the
           Masters
           so
           Passionately
           accusing
           His
           own
           Weakness
           ,
           for
           yielding
           to
           his
           Death
           .
           It
           was
           indeed
           a
           Weakness
           ,
           
           to
           which
           the
           Counsels
           of
           His
           disguis'd
           Enemies
           ,
           or
           timerous
           Friends
           provok'd
           Him.
           Yet
           ,
           he
           could
           never
           at
           last
           have
           been
           drawn
           to
           it
           ,
           had
           He
           not
           been
           half
           perswaded
           ,
           that
           't
           was
           better
           for
           one
           Man
           to
           die
           ,
           than
           for
           the
           whole
           People
           to
           perish
           .
           And
           ,
           How
           justly
           may
           we
           think
           His
           Virtues
           to
           have
           been
           extraordinary
           !
           when
           His
           greatest
           fault
           (
           I
           make
           bold
           to
           call
           it
           His
           fault
           ,
           and
           I
           believe
           it
           was
           His
           greatest
           )
           had
           so
           good
           ,
           and
           innocent
           a
           Foundation
           ,
           as
           the
           Peace
           of
           three
           Kingdoms
           .
           Have
           we
           not
           great
           reason
           to
           suppose
           ,
           that
           His
           Conscience
           was
           most
           strictly
           watch'd
           ,
           and
           guarded
           from
           Sin
           ?
           Could
           any
           of
           His
           Enemies
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           their
           boasts
           in
           this
           kind
           ,
           shew
           us
           Proof
           of
           a
           Conscience
           so
           tender
           ?
           which
           did
           so
           Affectionately
           Lament
           ,
           so
           Severely
           Repent
           of
           that
           Offence
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           whole
           Guilt
           of
           it
           had
           been
           His
           own
           :
           whereas
           ,
           at
           the
           worst
           ,
           the
           Infirmity
           of
           it
           only
           was
           His
           ,
           the
           Guilt
           belong'd
           to
           His
           Enemies
           .
        
         
           His
           own
           Family
           was
           at
           once
           Persecuted
           in
           many
           Quarters
           of
           the
           World.
           There
           was
           scarce
           a
           Great
           House
           in
           all
           Christendome
           ,
           that
           had
           contracted
           Alliance
           with
           Him
           ,
           which
           Gods
           Visitation
           did
           not
           seem
           to
           search
           
           out
           ,
           and
           to
           reach
           in
           that
           Age.
           An
           observation
           ,
           in
           which
           His
           Adversaries
           were
           wont
           much
           to
           Glory
           :
           As
           if
           he
           ,
           and
           his
           whole
           Name
           had
           been
           utterly
           rejected
           by
           Heaven
           .
           But
           ,
           success
           ,
           and
           prosperity
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           is
           rather
           a
           Turkish
           ,
           than
           a
           Christian
           Proof
           of
           Gods
           favor
           :
           and
           adversity
           the
           like
           of
           his
           displeasure
           .
           Or
           else
           we
           might
           often
           since
           have
           confuted
           the
           very
           same
           Men
           with
           their
           own
           Argument
           .
        
         
           His
           only
           Sister
           had
           a
           long
           familiarity
           with
           unhappiness
           .
           Her
           he
           could
           never
           relieve
           in
           his
           most
           prosperous
           dayes
           .
           Nor
           was
           Providence
           rowzd
           to
           restore
           her
           Family
           ,
           till
           about
           the
           very
           year
           of
           His
           Martyrdome
           .
        
         
           His
           own
           Queen
           was
           expos'd
           to
           all
           manner
           of
           Injuries
           :
           Rob'd
           of
           the
           Privileges
           due
           to
           Her
           Sex
           ;
           much
           more
           to
           her
           high
           Birth
           ,
           and
           Condition
           :
           declar'd
           Traytor
           for
           doing
           the
           duty
           of
           a
           Wife
           :
           the
           Laws
           of
           Human
           Society
           violated
           ,
           to
           keep
           His
           very
           Mind
           from
           her
           :
           his
           Letters
           to
           her
           intercepted
           ,
           published
           ,
           condemned
           ,
           as
           Correspondence
           with
           the
           disaffected
           .
        
         
           His
           Children
           were
           driven
           from
           his
           Paternal
           care
           ,
           in
           that
           Age
           ,
           which
           most
           needed
           
           it
           :
           some
           bred
           up
           at
           home
           ,
           under
           the
           Discipline
           of
           his
           Enemies
           ;
           of
           whom
           ,
           even
           the
           Tender
           Mercies
           were
           cruel
           :
           others
           wandring
           abroad
           ,
           and
           depending
           on
           the
           uncertain
           pity
           of
           His
           Neighbors
           .
           What
           one
           of
           the
           Ancients
           said
           of
           
           Pompey's
           fall
           ,
           was
           too
           true
           of
           the
           Kings
           :
           One
           Country
           could
           not
           contain
           so
           great
           a
           ruine
           :
           the
           Shipwrack
           was
           cast
           on
           many
           Shores
           :
           not
           indeed
           to
           be
           buried
           there
           ,
           as
           Pompey
           was
           ;
           but
           to
           Return
           again
           by
           a
           wonderful
           Restitution
           .
           Yet
           that
           satisfaction
           the
           King
           himself
           liv'd
           not
           to
           see
           :
           He
           only
           felt
           the
           severe
           side
           ,
           their
           Separation
           ,
           and
           Distresses
           :
           the
           comfortable
           part
           ,
           their
           Restoration
           ,
           His
           Blessed
           Spirit
           has
           injoy'd
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           since
           His
           Death
           :
           and
           ,
           by
           a
           strange
           ,
           mysterious
           effect
           of
           the
           Divine
           Mercy
           ,
           his
           very
           Death
           ought
           to
           be
           esteem'd
           the
           Principal
           Cause
           of
           their
           Restoration
           .
        
         
           Thus
           was
           he
           unjustly
           Persecuted
           ,
           in
           one
           part
           of
           his
           Domestick
           Relations
           :
           There
           was
           another
           also
           ;
           in
           whose
           Ruine
           he
           was
           even
           yet
           more
           nearly
           concern'd
           :
           and
           that
           was
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           .
           For
           ,
           Why
           may
           I
           not
           call
           our
           Church
           a
           Member
           of
           His
           Private
           Family
           ?
           seeing
           he
           cherish'd
           it
           so
           Familiarly
           ,
           converst
           with
           it
           so
           constantly
           ,
           provided
           
           for
           it
           so
           carefully
           :
           'T
           were
           well
           if
           this
           were
           all
           :
           but
           I
           must
           add
           ,
           he
           Dy'd
           for
           it
           so
           Zealously
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Service
           ,
           and
           Devotions
           of
           this
           Church
           ,
           his
           Affections
           were
           so
           Inflam'd
           ,
           his
           Judgment
           so
           confirm'd
           ;
           his
           Practise
           in
           them
           so
           Incessant
           ;
           that
           in
           all
           these
           ,
           he
           was
           scarce
           equall'd
           by
           any
           of
           its
           own
           Ministers
           ;
           I
           am
           perswaded
           ,
           he
           was
           outdone
           by
           none
           .
           We
           have
           undeniable
           instances
           ,
           that
           neither
           his
           best
           Beloved
           Recreations
           ;
           nor
           one
           of
           the
           most
           Sorrowful
           Messages
           he
           ever
           receivd
           ;
           not
           his
           most
           Urgent
           Business
           ;
           not
           his
           Greatest
           Delights
           ;
           not
           his
           Greatest
           Grief
           could
           prevail
           with
           him
           ,
           ever
           to
           Omit
           ,
           or
           but
           for
           a
           Moment
           to
           interrupt
           his
           Dayly
           Solemn
           Prayers
           .
        
         
           From
           this
           Church
           he
           might
           justly
           have
           expected
           ,
           and
           he
           had
           his
           last
           Comforts
           .
           But
           ,
           alas
           !
           when
           he
           most
           needed
           her
           help
           ,
           he
           saw
           her
           in
           the
           greatest
           outward
           Desolation
           her self
           :
           Her
           Chief
           Prelate
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Most
           Innocent
           ,
           Devout
           ,
           and
           Magnificent
           Men
           of
           that
           Age
           ,
           Beheaded
           in
           the
           view
           of
           Forty
           thousand
           Men
           !
           and
           too
           many
           of
           them
           so
           Inhumane
           ,
           as
           to
           Rejoyce
           at
           the
           Death
           of
           a
           Bishop
           ;
           against
           whom
           ,
           their
           Chief
           Objection
           was
           ,
           his
           being
           a
           Bishop
           .
        
         
         
           Of
           this
           Church
           ,
           whose
           Preservation
           ,
           and
           Prosperity
           had
           been
           alwayes
           his
           chief
           Study
           ,
           he
           liv'd
           to
           see
           the
           Truth
           Question'd
           ,
           the
           Glory
           Vanish'd
           ,
           the
           Buildings
           Falling
           ,
           the
           Revenues
           Devour'd
           :
           and
           so
           Devour'd
           ,
           that
           he
           himself
           must
           be
           compell'd
           ,
           either
           to
           confirm
           the
           Sacrilege
           by
           his
           Authority
           ,
           or
           to
           make
           way
           for
           it
           by
           his
           Blood.
           Of
           which
           two
           Dreadful
           Extremes
           he
           chose
           the
           last
           :
           And
           so
           became
           our
           Churches
           Martyr
           ,
           as
           he
           had
           been
           her
           Saint
           :
           A
           Saint
           incomparably
           more
           holy
           ,
           than
           all
           the
           Enthusiastical
           Saints
           of
           the
           Sectaries
           :
           A
           Martyr
           ,
           to
           be
           prefer'd
           before
           a
           whole
           Multitude
           of
           Martyrs
           that
           swell
           the
           Romish
           Calandar
           .
        
         
           Of
           this
           Church
           ,
           in
           his
           Imprisonments
           ,
           the
           Publick
           Offices
           were
           sometimes
           denied
           him
           :
           the
           attendance
           of
           his
           own
           Chaplains
           ,
           sometimes
           forbid
           :
           seldom
           but
           precariously
           allow'd
           :
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           refus'd
           the
           King
           ,
           by
           the
           meanest
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           who
           Claim'd
           it
           as
           their
           Own
           Due
           ,
           both
           by
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Nature
           ,
           and
           made
           that
           the
           Chief
           Pretence
           of
           their
           Rebellion
           against
           him
           .
        
         
           His
           most
           Secret
           Duties
           of
           Piety
           were
           often
           disturb'd
           by
           the
           abuse
           and
           outrage
           of
           
           common
           Soldiers
           :
           hardly
           the
           Service
           of
           one
           of
           his
           Bishops
           was
           afforded
           him
           in
           his
           last
           Agony
           .
           Yet
           Providence
           so
           order'd
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           the
           very
           Bishop
           ,
           whom
           ,
           of
           all
           his
           Clergy
           ,
           he
           had
           most
           employ'd
           in
           Secular
           Affairs
           .
           Nor
           could
           any
           thing
           more
           justify
           the
           Pious
           ,
           and
           Conscientious
           Choice
           of
           his
           Ministers
           ,
           both
           in
           Church
           ,
           and
           State
           ,
           than
           that
           the
           very
           same
           Man
           ,
           who
           had
           Manag'd
           his
           Revenue
           ,
           should
           be
           thought
           fittest
           to
           direct
           his
           Conscience
           ;
           that
           his
           best
           Treasurer
           should
           be
           his
           last
           Confessor
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           Unnatural
           War
           against
           him
           ,
           he
           made
           himself
           so
           naked
           to
           avoid
           it
           ,
           that
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           forc'd
           on
           him
           ,
           he
           was
           not
           in
           a
           Capacity
           to
           Maintain
           his
           own
           Just
           Rights
           in
           it
           :
           He
           went
           so
           far
           to
           meet
           his
           Undutiful
           Subjects
           in
           a
           Peaceful
           Compliance
           ;
           that
           he
           devested
           himself
           of
           most
           of
           his
           own
           strengths
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           might
           have
           supprest
           them
           .
           Why
           then
           did
           his
           Enemies
           so
           often
           tell
           heaven
           in
           their
           Prayers
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           the
           Arm
           of
           Flesh
           ,
           which
           brought
           them
           Salvation
           ?
           when
           they
           had
           in
           their
           Usurp'd
           Possession
           the
           most
           considerable
           Forces
           ,
           and
           Estates
           of
           their
           own
           Complices
           ,
           or
           his
           Friends
           ,
           his
           Fleets
           ,
           his
           Magazines
           ,
           his
           Revenue
           ,
           
           and
           the
           far
           stronger
           part
           of
           all
           the
           Carnal
           Means
           of
           the
           Nation
           on
           their
           side
           .
           Why
           did
           they
           so
           often
           boast
           ,
           in
           their
           Way
           of
           Vain-glorious
           humiliations
           ,
           that
           they
           themselves
           were
           only
           dry
           bones
           ,
           that
           a
           Divine
           Spirit
           animated
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           God
           was
           their
           Confederate
           ?
           when
           it
           was
           so
           far
           from
           being
           a
           signal
           Providence
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           was
           at
           last
           overcome
           ;
           that
           indeed
           it
           was
           rather
           a
           wonder
           he
           was
           not
           sooner
           :
           that
           You
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           You
           ,
           and
           Your
           Fathers
           ,
           could
           so
           long
           support
           his
           declining
           Cause
           ,
           against
           a
           power
           so
           much
           more
           mighty
           than
           his
           ,
           and
           yours
           .
        
         
           But
           God
           thought
           fit
           to
           suffer
           him
           to
           be
           defeated
           .
           And
           ,
           though
           the
           Divine
           Counsels
           were
           in
           this
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           in
           many
           other
           things
           ,
           unsearchable
           :
           yet
           ,
           thus
           much
           we
           may
           safely
           pronounce
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           in
           Wrath
           to
           him
           ,
           but
           in
           Mercy
           .
           It
           was
           indeed
           our
           Wound
           ,
           and
           our
           Calamity
           ,
           not
           his
           .
           For
           his
           Sufferings
           that
           followed
           his
           Defeat
           ,
           redounded
           far
           more
           to
           his
           own
           glory
           ,
           than
           if
           he
           had
           Triumph'd
           in
           War
           ,
           or
           if
           his
           Life
           had
           smoothly
           slid
           away
           in
           Peace
           .
           His
           Reign
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           continued
           quiet
           ,
           must
           needs
           have
           been
           most
           happy
           .
           That
           goodness
           
           of
           temper
           ,
           had
           it
           not
           been
           oppos'd
           ,
           would
           sure
           have
           been
           admirable
           ,
           seeing
           it
           was
           so
           great
           ,
           when
           most
           bitterly
           offended
           .
           His
           Victory
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           Conquer'd
           ,
           would
           no
           doubt
           have
           been
           Mild
           ,
           and
           Bloodless
           :
           None
           would
           have
           perish'd
           by
           it
           ,
           but
           Arm'd
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Field
           .
           He
           had
           too
           great
           a
           Heart
           ,
           to
           insult
           over
           the
           Miserable
           .
           He
           would
           certainly
           have
           laid
           no
           other
           Chains
           on
           the
           Vanquish'd
           ,
           but
           those
           of
           Pardon
           ,
           and
           Mercy
           :
           seeing
           He
           forgave
           them
           ,
           and
           pitied
           them
           ,
           amidst
           the
           Pride
           and
           Rudeness
           of
           their
           own
           Victory
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           a
           Truth
           undoubted
           .
           Yet
           still
           I
           must
           affirm
           ,
           that
           't
           was
           more
           for
           His
           own
           Personal
           Renown
           ,
           he
           was
           overcome
           .
           Many
           others
           would
           have
           shar'd
           with
           Him
           ,
           in
           the
           Honor
           of
           the
           Conquest
           .
           His
           Armies
           ,
           His
           Commanders
           ,
           and
           Fortune
           it self
           might
           have
           claim
           d
           some
           part
           in
           those
           Laurels
           .
           But
           ,
           this
           was
           a
           Praise
           far
           Greater
           ,
           much
           Rarer
           ,
           more
           Christian
           ,
           wholy
           Gods
           ,
           and
           His
           Own
           :
           that
           ,
           after
           His
           Soldiers
           routed
           ,
           His
           Garisons
           yielded
           ,
           His
           Friends
           reduc'd
           to
           the
           last
           Extremity
           ,
           but
           Despair
           :
           And
           ,
           Who
           but
           such
           Friends
           would
           not
           then
           have
           despair'd
           ?
           yet
           still
           He
           kept
           His
           own
           Mind
           
           unconquer'd
           ,
           and
           made
           that
           naked
           ,
           and
           alone
           ,
           to
           incounter
           ,
           and
           Triumph
           over
           all
           the
           Malice
           of
           His
           Enemies
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           now
           arriv'd
           at
           that
           ,
           which
           ,
           in
           the
           Worlds
           Opinion
           ,
           was
           the
           most
           unfortunate
           :
           but
           ,
           in
           a
           Christian
           Account
           ,
           was
           the
           most
           Victorious
           part
           of
           the
           Kings
           Life
           .
           There
           is
           still
           behind
           a
           Lamentable
           Story
           ;
           to
           us
           Lamentable
           ,
           though
           not
           to
           Him.
           But
           after
           so
           many
           sad
           Representations
           ,
           't
           is
           time
           the
           Veil
           be
           drawn
           .
           The
           deplorable
           remainder
           is
           only
           fit
           for
           such
           Salvages
           to
           hear
           ,
           who
           could
           see
           it
           without
           Grief
           ,
           and
           cause
           it
           without
           Remorse
           .
           Here
           therefore
           let
           us
           pass
           it
           by
           in
           Silence
           :
           Let
           us
           strive
           to
           overwhelm
           the
           Cruel
           ,
           and
           Guilty
           Part
           of
           the
           Kings
           Martyrdom
           ,
           which
           was
           His
           Enemies
           Part
           ;
           by
           the
           Contemplation
           of
           the
           Innocent
           ,
           and
           Honorable
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           was
           His
           own
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           ,
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           is
           such
           a
           way
           of
           keeping
           the
           Thirtieth
           of
           Ianuary
           ,
           as
           the
           Royal
           Martyr
           Himself
           most
           desir'd
           .
           This
           way
           of
           Observing
           it
           ,
           is
           most
           Answerable
           to
           the
           first
           Design
           ;
           of
           Dedicating
           such
           Days
           to
           the
           Memories
           of
           departed
           Saints
           .
           For
           when
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           first
           Met
           
           on
           such
           〈…〉
           ,
           on
           the
           very
           Dayes
           ,
           and
           〈…〉
           on
           the
           very
           Places
           ,
           where
           some
           〈…〉
           Christian
           had
           suffer'd
           :
           they
           were
           not
           wont
           to
           spend
           their
           time
           in
           Cursing
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           or
           Repeating
           the
           wretched
           Circumstances
           of
           their
           Cruelty
           ;
           but
           rather
           in
           Praying
           that
           God
           would
           Convert
           them
           ,
           in
           declaring
           the
           Pious
           Works
           ,
           and
           Admirable
           Patience
           of
           those
           ,
           that
           had
           Suffered
           ;
           and
           in
           giving
           God
           the
           Glory
           of
           their
           Exemplary
           Sufferings
           .
        
         
           YOU
           have
           therefore
           heard
           enough
           ,
           how
           this
           Blessed
           Martyr
           was
           unjustly
           Persecuted
           :
           though
           I
           have
           stopt
           my
           Narration
           on
           the
           very
           brink
           of
           the
           Precipice
           .
           Let
           us
           now
           see
           ,
           how
           He
           made
           those
           Persecutions
           a
           Blessing
           :
           how
           He
           behav'd
           Himself
           ,
           in
           those
           His
           last
           ,
           and
           severest
           Conflicts
           :
           when
           the
           Whole
           World
           was
           a
           Spectator
           ,
           too
           Calmly
           a
           Spectator
           ,
           of
           the
           Last
           Part
           of
           His
           Life
           :
           whilst
           Wicked
           Men
           Furiously
           Pursu'd
           His
           Death
           :
           furiously
           ;
           for
           it
           was
           one
           time
           ,
           or
           other
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           Cause
           of
           their
           own
           Destruction
           :
           whilst
           Good
           Men
           Pray'd
           for
           Him
           ,
           but
           could
           not
           otherwise
           help
           Him
           :
           nay
           His
           Enemies
           Pray'd
           too
           ,
           and
           boldly
           Bely'd
           Heaven
           ,
           in
           Presuming
           ,
           that
           His
           
           Murther
           was
           the
           Return
           of
           their
           Prayers
           .
           But
           Heaven
           was
           on
           His
           side
           ;
           God
           supported
           Him
           ;
           the
           Angels
           Minister'd
           to
           Him
           ;
           the
           Devils
           Tempted
           ,
           Him
           in
           vain
           ,
           His
           Adversaries
           too
           Effectually
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           Where
           can
           there
           be
           found
           a
           Worthier
           ,
           or
           more
           plentiful
           Subject
           for
           our
           Admiration
           ?
           than
           that
           so
           Great
           a
           King
           ,
           who
           had
           Sway'd
           those
           Scepters
           ,
           that
           are
           the
           Balance
           of
           all
           Europe
           ,
           should
           come
           down
           from
           His
           High
           Estate
           ,
           by
           so
           many
           easie
           ,
           and
           deliberate
           Degrees
           !
           should
           put
           off
           all
           the
           Ornaments
           of
           a
           just
           Soveraignty
           ,
           to
           bear
           all
           the
           Indignities
           of
           His
           own
           Subjects
           Tyranny
           ,
           with
           so
           little
           Reluctancy
           ,
           with
           so
           much
           Contentment
           !
           should
           prepare
           Himself
           still
           for
           thicker
           ,
           and
           greater
           Afflictions
           ,
           by
           a
           Glorious
           Disdain
           ,
           and
           yet
           a
           Pious
           Improvement
           of
           all
           the
           former
           !
           should
           have
           a
           Mind
           so
           Compassionate
           of
           others
           Misfortunes
           ,
           even
           of
           His
           Enemies
           Offences
           ,
           and
           yet
           so
           Serene
           amidst
           His
           own
           Dangers
           !
           should
           have
           a
           greater
           Lustre
           ,
           and
           Majesty
           of
           Countenance
           ,
           as
           Moses
           had
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           when
           he
           was
           performing
           an
           Act
           of
           Government
           ,
           and
           Administring
           the
           
           Law
           ;
           but
           when
           He
           was
           dying
           ,
           by
           the
           Unjust
           Pretence
           ,
           of
           His
           having
           broken
           His
           own
           Laws
           !
        
         
           For
           any
           Man
           to
           bear
           Miseries
           well
           ,
           has
           been
           ever
           counted
           so
           great
           an
           Honor
           ,
           that
           some
           of
           the
           Antient
           Heathens
           have
           too
           extravagantly
           thought
           ,
           it
           equall'd
           Men
           to
           God
           Himself
           ,
           who
           is
           not
           capable
           of
           Misery
           .
           That
           (
           sayes
           one
           of
           them
           )
           is
           truely
           Divine
           ,
           to
           have
           the
           Frailties
           of
           a
           Man
           ,
           the
           Security
           of
           a
           God.
           It
           is
           indeed
           ,
           by
           all
           true
           Philosophy
           ,
           esteem'd
           to
           proceed
           from
           the
           greatest
           strength
           of
           Nature
           ;
           by
           all
           true
           Christianity
           ,
           from
           the
           highest
           degree
           of
           Grace
           .
        
         
           Can
           any
           other
           Virtue
           ,
           so
           cleerly
           manifest
           ,
           of
           what
           strong
           ,
           and
           firm
           ,
           and
           invulnerable
           a
           temper
           the
           heart
           is
           made
           ?
           Passive
           Courage
           is
           perform'd
           within
           ,
           in
           the
           Soul
           it self
           :
           when
           Men
           are
           forlorn
           ,
           oppress'd
           ,
           despis'd
           ,
           not
           so
           well
           as
           only
           forsaken
           :
           when
           they
           have
           no
           Flatterers
           ,
           few
           Comforters
           ,
           scarce
           any
           but
           Enemies
           near
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           this
           Grace
           before
           was
           generally
           more
           found
           in
           the
           Poor
           ,
           Low
           ,
           and
           Obscure
           part
           of
           the
           World
           :
           't
           was
           commonly
           excluded
           from
           Princes
           Courts
           ,
           by
           a
           Thousand
           Delights
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Pompous
           
           Dreams
           of
           Human
           Greatness
           .
           'T
           was
           almost
           enough
           Patience
           before
           in
           Great
           Men
           ,
           to
           be
           only
           more
           moderate
           ,
           and
           reserv'd
           in
           their
           Pleasures
           .
        
         
           From
           the
           Greatest
           ,
           and
           Best
           of
           Kings
           before
           ,
           Men
           us'd
           rather
           to
           take
           Examples
           how
           to
           Lead
           Armies
           ,
           to
           Command
           Nations
           ,
           to
           Distribute
           Justice
           ,
           to
           cherish
           their
           Good
           Subjects
           ,
           to
           subdue
           the
           Rebellious
           .
           These
           were
           the
           Arts
           of
           Empire
           .
           'T
           was
           from
           the
           severe
           Practices
           of
           the
           Cottage
           ,
           the
           Cell
           ,
           and
           the
           Gown
           ,
           and
           they
           usually
           fetch'd
           Instructions
           ,
           and
           Examples
           ,
           how
           to
           submit
           to
           hard
           Fate
           ,
           to
           endure
           Mildly
           the
           Rigors
           of
           a
           stronger
           Power
           ,
           to
           contemn
           the
           Melancholy
           ,
           and
           Terrors
           of
           a
           Prison
           ,
           to
           pardon
           ,
           or
           to
           bear
           the
           Affronts
           of
           mean
           Conquerors
           ;
           and
           ,
           by
           such
           hands
           to
           Dye
           a
           violent
           Death
           with
           Decence
           .
        
         
           What
           Praises
           then
           can
           be
           worthy
           of
           that
           King
           ,
           who
           so
           much
           excell'd
           the
           upper
           ,
           and
           the
           lower
           part
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           in
           their
           different
           perfections
           ?
           who
           out-did
           the
           Upper
           in
           Righteousness
           and
           Mercy
           ;
           the
           Lower
           ,
           in
           Meekness
           ,
           and
           Long-suffering
           ?
           How
           shall
           we
           be
           able
           to
           Extol
           His
           Goodness
           ;
           who
           could
           〈◊〉
           readily
           lay
           down
           His
           own
           
           Life
           for
           His
           Subjects
           ?
           when
           it
           has
           been
           often
           esteem'd
           goodness
           enough
           in
           other
           Sovereigns
           ,
           to
           spare
           sometimes
           the
           Lives
           of
           some
           of
           their
           Subjects
           ,
           that
           have
           transgrest
           their
           Commands
           !
           What
           Title
           shall
           we
           bestow
           on
           that
           Magnanimous
           Courage
           ,
           which
           could
           endure
           all
           the
           Barbarous
           forms
           of
           such
           a
           Tryal
           ,
           and
           Execution
           ;
           the
           Insolence
           of
           the
           Ignominious
           Judges
           ;
           the
           Horror
           of
           the
           Disguis'd
           Executioners
           ;
           nay
           ,
           even
           (
           pardon
           the
           Word
           ,
           for
           He
           Pardon'd
           the
           Thing
           )
           the
           Spitle
           of
           His
           Inhuman
           Persecutors
           :
           could
           suffer
           this
           ,
           with
           as
           much
           unconcern'd
           easiness
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           had
           been
           only
           the
           Pomp
           ,
           and
           Solemnity
           of
           His
           Coronation
           ?
        
         
           To
           Witness
           all
           this
           ,
           I
           might
           challenge
           the
           Testimony
           of
           those
           very
           Servants
           ,
           that
           were
           ,
           by
           His
           Adversaries
           ,
           impos'd
           on
           Him
           in
           His
           Restraints
           :
           of
           whom
           ,
           many
           were
           Converted
           by
           His
           Sufferings
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           His
           most
           bitter
           Enemies
           ,
           whilst
           He
           flourish'd
           .
           I
           might
           Allege
           His
           Speeches
           ,
           His
           Conferences
           ,
           His
           Personal
           Treaties
           ,
           His
           Conversation
           ,
           His
           Immortal
           Writings
           ;
           all
           Compos
           d
           in
           His
           Greatest
           Distresses
           ;
           some
           near
           the
           very
           sight
           of
           the
           Scaffold
           .
           They
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           when
           Caesar
           Swam
           for
           His
           Life
           amidst
           His
           Enemies
           ,
           
           He
           had
           such
           Presence
           of
           Mind
           ,
           as
           to
           Swim
           with
           one
           hand
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           other
           to
           hold
           up
           His
           own
           Book
           ,
           and
           save
           it
           from
           perishing
           .
           But
           ,
           when
           the
           King
           was
           incompass'd
           with
           far
           greater
           ,
           inevitable
           dangers
           ,
           He
           not
           only
           preserv'd
           ,
           but
           Wrote
           that
           Books
           ;
           to
           which
           ,
           amongst
           all
           the
           Writings
           of
           Princes
           ,
           I
           know
           none
           equal
           ,
           but
           
           Caesar's
           ,
           if
           His
           :
           none
           Superior
           ,
           but
           Davids
           and
           Solomons
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           What
           need
           we
           seek
           farther
           ,
           for
           a
           Proof
           of
           His
           Royal
           Courage
           ,
           and
           Christian
           Patience
           ,
           than
           to
           the
           very
           Men
           that
           Conquer'd
           Him
           ?
           And
           that
           not
           only
           now
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           so
           many
           Reasons
           ,
           to
           Condemn
           their
           own
           Cruelty
           towards
           Him
           :
           and
           ,
           of
           all
           Reasons
           ,
           two
           most
           unanswerable
           ones
           :
           I
           wish
           they
           would
           think
           so
           :
           His
           Own
           Pardoning
           them
           ,
           and
           His
           Sons
           Confirming
           His
           Mercy
           .
           But
           we
           may
           even
           venture
           to
           appeal
           to
           their
           Opinions
           ,
           and
           Censures
           of
           Him
           ,
           when
           He
           was
           in
           His
           Lowest
           ,
           they
           in
           their
           Highest
           ,
           most
           Insulting
           Condition
           .
        
         
           His
           Enemies
           had
           Him
           long
           amongst
           them
           :
           long
           they
           had
           all
           His
           nearest
           Concernments
           open
           to
           their
           discovery
           :
           His
           Chambers
           ,
           His
           Cabinets
           ,
           His
           very
           Body
           ,
           and
           Heart
           .
           The
           last
           part
           of
           His
           Life
           they
           forc'd
           Him
           to
           pass
           
           in
           a
           Camp
           ,
           or
           Prison
           ,
           or
           Hall
           ,
           or
           Scaffold
           .
           There
           were
           no
           secret
           conveyances
           of
           a
           Palace
           ;
           no
           officious
           silence
           of
           Servants
           ;
           there
           all
           His
           behaviour
           was
           exposed
           to
           the
           view
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           chiefly
           to
           those
           ,
           that
           mortally
           hated
           Him.
           
        
         
           And
           what
           the
           least
           indecence
           or
           weakness
           did
           they
           discerne
           ?
           What
           the
           Greatest
           Resolution
           ,
           and
           Heroick
           Spirit
           did
           they
           not
           see
           in
           Him
           ?
           Did
           ,
           at
           any
           time
           ,
           any
           word
           ,
           or
           even
           murmur
           of
           discontent
           come
           from
           Him
           ,
           for
           which
           He
           ought
           to
           have
           been
           jealous
           of
           His
           Enemies
           presence
           ?
           Nay
           rather
           might
           He
           not
           ,
           in
           all
           ,
           have
           wish'd
           for
           their
           most
           exact
           ,
           and
           severe
           observation
           ?
           For
           what
           did
           ,
           or
           could
           they
           observe
           ?
           What
           in
           all
           His
           Discourses
           ,
           but
           great
           Truth
           oppress'd
           ,
           and
           yet
           Gloriously
           Prevailing
           ?
           What
           in
           all
           His
           private
           Actions
           ,
           but
           the
           most
           unaffected
           Modesty
           ,
           and
           Devotion
           ?
           What
           in
           all
           His
           Publick
           ,
           but
           Unmoveable
           Constancy
           ,
           and
           ,
           the
           most
           invincible
           thing
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           an
           Humble
           Conscience
           well-assured
           ?
        
         
           How
           many
           various
           ,
           distracting
           thoughts
           ,
           of
           Hatred
           and
           Disdain
           ,
           of
           natural
           Tenderness
           and
           Affection
           (
           not
           to
           speak
           of
           Fear
           or
           desire
           of
           Life
           )
           might
           often
           then
           have
           assaulted
           
           a
           weaker
           Heart
           ,
           in
           any
           one
           of
           all
           the
           dismal
           degrees
           of
           His
           Passion
           !
           was
           it
           not
           then
           enough
           to
           Discompose
           and
           Shake
           a
           Mind
           less
           Establish'd
           :
           or
           then
           when
           ,
           instead
           of
           the
           most
           Flourishing
           Court
           of
           Europe
           ,
           He
           saw
           Himself
           long
           abandon'd
           to
           silent
           Walls
           ,
           or
           Rocks
           ,
           and
           Seas
           ,
           and
           yet
           more
           cruel
           Guards
           ?
           or
           then
           when
           in
           His
           Solitude
           He
           cast
           His
           thoughts
           back
           on
           His
           Travels
           abroad
           ;
           where
           He
           was
           the
           Love
           ,
           and
           Delight
           of
           Forein
           Courts
           .
           and
           ,
           on
           His
           Return
           Home
           ,
           when
           the
           Whole
           Nation
           seem'd
           ,
           for
           Joy
           ,
           to
           go
           out
           beyond
           its
           own
           Shores
           to
           Meet
           Him
           :
           and
           ,
           now
           to
           find
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           Nation
           lay
           so
           quiet
           ,
           and
           Astonish'd
           at
           His
           approaching
           Murther
           ?
           or
           then
           ,
           when
           He
           reflected
           on
           the
           Spotless
           Innocence
           of
           His
           whole
           Life
           ,
           and
           compar'd
           it
           as
           He
           well
           might
           ,
           with
           other
           Princes
           His
           Contemporaries
           :
           and
           yet
           observ'd
           the
           strange
           Difference
           ,
           that
           Heaven
           had
           made
           in
           their
           Fortunes
           ?
           or
           then
           when
           He
           found
           ,
           that
           after
           the
           Greatest
           hopes
           of
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Accommodation
           ,
           He
           was
           so
           suddenly
           ,
           so
           unexpectedly
           Hurried
           to
           Destruction
           ,
           that
           even
           many
           of
           His
           Enemies
           ,
           could
           not
           keep
           pace
           with
           the
           rest
           ,
           in
           their
           Cruelty
           ?
           or
           when
           He
           saw
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           second
           
           Attempts
           of
           His
           Loyal
           Friends
           had
           prov'd
           as
           unfortunate
           ,
           as
           the
           first
           ?
           or
           ,
           when
           He
           remember'd
           the
           Innocence
           ,
           and
           the
           Calamities
           of
           the
           absent
           parts
           of
           Himself
           ,
           and
           took
           His
           last
           leave
           of
           those
           His
           Children
           that
           were
           present
           ?
           or
           ,
           when
           He
           beheld
           the
           places
           of
           His
           Trial
           ,
           and
           Martyrdome
           ;
           the
           one
           the
           Chief
           Seat
           of
           His
           own
           Justice
           ,
           the
           other
           of
           His
           former
           Splendor
           ?
        
         
           Or
           when
           —
           I
           can
           go
           no
           farther
           .
           For
           this
           can
           scarce
           be
           spoken
           without
           Tears
           :
           and
           Tears
           will
           not
           become
           a
           Death
           so
           Triumphant
           .
           Let
           it
           suffice
           ,
           that
           ,
           in
           all
           this
           ,
           He
           was
           not
           without
           all
           Natural
           Affections
           ;
           nor
           can
           any
           Man
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           be
           truly
           Magnanimous
           .
           Two
           things
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           came
           near
           His
           Heart
           :
           the
           Misfortunes
           of
           His
           Family
           ,
           and
           Friends
           ;
           and
           the
           Slavery
           ,
           in
           which
           ,
           He
           saw
           His
           Subjects
           were
           going
           to
           be
           Inthrall'd
           .
           These
           only
           could
           touch
           ,
           yet
           even
           these
           could
           not
           disorder
           His
           Soul
           ,
           nor
           weaken
           His
           Faith
           in
           God
           ;
           to
           whom
           He
           Meekly
           Resign'd
           His
           Own
           Private
           ,
           and
           the
           Publick
           Cause
           ,
           which
           was
           His
           own
           too
           ;
           and
           by
           a
           Divine
           Spirit
           ,
           Foretold
           the
           happy
           Recovery
           of
           both
           .
        
         
         
           Let
           therefore
           the
           present
           Age
           ,
           and
           Posterity
           ,
           let
           all
           his
           Friends
           and
           Admirers
           know
           ,
           what
           his
           Enemies
           could
           not
           but
           confess
           ;
           that
           in
           all
           his
           Last
           Words
           ,
           and
           Looks
           ,
           and
           Actions
           ;
           He
           not
           only
           equall'd
           his
           former
           Greatness
           ;
           but
           he
           Did
           ,
           and
           Spoke
           ,
           and
           Look'd
           ,
           as
           became
           the
           Glory
           he
           was
           going
           to
           possess
           .
           He
           parted
           from
           his
           Crowns
           ,
           as
           not
           asham'd
           to
           have
           worn
           them
           ,
           nor
           conscious
           of
           deserving
           to
           lose
           them
           ,
           nor
           unwilling
           to
           leave
           them
           .
           He
           submitted
           not
           to
           the
           Unjust
           Sentence
           ,
           as
           a
           King
           :
           he
           yielded
           to
           the
           Cruel
           Execution
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           a
           Christian
           .
           The
           dishonorable
           part
           he
           refus'd
           ;
           the
           painful
           he
           accepted
           .
           He
           pleaded
           not
           for
           himself
           at
           his
           Enemies
           Bar
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           below
           him
           :
           He
           Pleaded
           ,
           and
           Pray'd
           for
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           at
           the
           Bar
           of
           heaven
           ,
           which
           only
           was
           above
           him
           .
           That
           Majesty
           which
           Nature
           gave
           him
           ,
           he
           preserv'd
           ,
           he
           improv'd
           :
           That
           humility
           ,
           and
           charity
           ,
           which
           Religion
           Taught
           him
           ,
           he
           Practis'd
           ,
           he
           adorn'd
           .
        
         
           What
           Comforter
           ,
           in
           so
           great
           a
           Tempest
           ,
           could
           have
           inspir'd
           him
           ,
           with
           such
           Security
           ,
           such
           Calmness
           ,
           such
           Cheerfulness
           ?
           Who
           ?
           but
           He
           ,
           whom
           the
           Winds
           and
           Seas
           obey'd
           ,
           
           He
           ,
           that
           walk'd
           Himself
           on
           the
           Roughest
           Waves
           ;
           suffer'd
           himself
           the
           greatest
           Torments
           ,
           and
           was
           able
           to
           make
           His
           Disciples
           do
           the
           same
           .
           Of
           that
           Divine
           Teacher
           He
           learnt
           this
           Heavenly
           Truth
           ,
           
             That
             Persecution
             is
             a
             Blessing
          
           :
           and
           ,
           He
           behav'd
           Himself
           Conformable
           to
           that
           Blessed
           Example
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Doctrine
           .
           He
           was
           Persecuted
           for
           Righteousness
           sake
           ;
           whether
           we
           take
           Righteousness
           for
           Justice
           ,
           or
           Religion
           :
           For
           both
           of
           which
           He
           was
           a
           Martyr
           :
           and
           ,
           although
           his
           Persecutions
           might
           seem
           a
           Curse
           ,
           to
           him
           ,
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           because
           they
           depriv'd
           him
           of
           an
           Earthly
           Diadem
           :
           yet
           they
           were
           a
           Real
           ,
           Inexpressible
           Blessing
           to
           him
           :
           For
           he
           is
           abundantly
           ,
           unmeasurably
           recompens'd
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Heaven
           .
        
         
           Whether
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Heaven
           be
           taken
           ,
           as
           usually
           it
           is
           in
           Scripture
           Language
           ,
           for
           the
           Gospel
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           :
           those
           Truths
           ,
           and
           Precepts
           ,
           that
           shew
           the
           Way
           to
           it
           :
           or
           for
           the
           Joys
           of
           Heaven
           it self
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           Lead
           :
           He
           certainly
           has
           had
           the
           blessings
           of
           both
           :
           He
           felt
           ,
           out
           of
           question
           ,
           the
           sincere
           Comforts
           of
           the
           Evangelical
           Doctrine
           in
           this
           World
           :
           his
           Life
           shewd
           it
           ;
           his
           Sufferings
           
           prov'd
           it
           ;
           his
           Death
           most
           evidently
           confirm'd
           it
           .
           And
           therefore
           we
           have
           a
           charitable
           ,
           undoubted
           assurance
           ,
           that
           he
           attain'd
           ,
           at
           his
           Death
           ,
           to
           the
           other
           more
           happy
           Sense
           of
           the
           Word
           :
           that
           (
           as
           he
           himself
           the
           very
           Moment
           of
           his
           Expiring
           ,
           said
           he
           should
           )
           
             He
             has
             exchang'd
             his
             Corruptible
             ,
             for
             an
             Incorruptible
             Crown
             :
          
           that
           the
           Text
           of
           the
           Sermon
           Preach'd
           before
           him
           ,
           at
           his
           Coronation
           ,
           though
           it
           then
           might
           seem
           unseasonable
           ,
           has
           prov'd
           Prophetical
           :
           which
           was
           the
           latter
           part
           of
           those
           Words
           ,
           
             Be
             thou
             faithful
             unto
             Death
          
           ,
           
           
             and
             I
             will
             give
             thee
             a
             Crown
             of
             Life
             .
          
        
         
           We
           have
           now
           attended
           this
           Godlike
           Man
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           of
           his
           Labors
           :
           and
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           we
           can
           do
           ,
           by
           our
           lmperfect
           Applauses
           ,
           and
           Congratulations
           ,
           we
           have
           brought
           him
           to
           the
           end
           of
           his
           Faith
           ,
           his
           entrance
           into
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Glory
           .
           But
           ,
           I
           am
           sensible
           ,
           that
           ,
           in
           Zeal
           to
           perform
           my
           poor
           Office
           to
           his
           Ashes
           ,
           I
           have
           too
           much
           Trespass'd
           on
           the
           Patience
           of
           this
           Great
           Assembly
           .
           Yet
           ,
           I
           was
           led
           on
           by
           some
           kind
           of
           confidence
           ,
           that
           ,
           having
           this
           the
           Subject
           of
           my
           Discourse
           ,
           I
           should
           not
           only
           have
           
           your
           Customary
           pardon
           ,
           and
           more
           than
           ordinary
           Attention
           ,
           but
           the
           most
           favourable
           Concurrence
           of
           your
           tenderest
           Passions
           ,
           For
           though
           ,
           on
           less
           ,
           and
           private
           occasions
           ,
           there
           is
           scarce
           any
           Sorrow
           ,
           but
           may
           be
           wearied
           and
           dried
           up
           ,
           by
           the
           distance
           of
           almost
           Thirty
           years
           :
           yet
           I
           could
           not
           but
           believe
           ,
           and
           you
           your selves
           have
           given
           me
           the
           greatest
           reasons
           imaginable
           to
           believe
           it
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           none
           here
           present
           ,
           who
           came
           not
           hither
           still
           afresh
           ,
           and
           most
           nearly
           concern'd
           in
           the
           Irreparable
           Loss
           of
           that
           excellent
           King.
           
        
         
           Perhaps
           some
           that
           have
           heard
           me
           this
           day
           ,
           were
           his
           own
           Menial
           Servants
           ;
           and
           so
           were
           Domestick
           Witnesses
           of
           His
           incomparable
           goodness
           ;
           and
           had
           a
           share
           in
           His
           particular
           Kindness
           :
           many
           there
           may
           be
           here
           ,
           who
           injoy'd
           the
           blessed
           fruits
           of
           His
           first
           Peaceful
           ,
           most
           Gentle
           ,
           most
           Religious
           Reign
           :
           many
           I
           see
           ,
           who
           griev'd
           at
           His
           Ruin
           ,
           and
           indeavour'd
           too
           to
           support
           His
           falling
           Greatness
           with
           the
           hazard
           of
           all
           ,
           with
           the
           loss
           of
           much
           ,
           that
           was
           near
           ,
           and
           dear
           to
           them
           .
           Even
           the
           youngest
           of
           us
           ,
           methinks
           ,
           cannot
           but
           still
           ,
           most
           sensibly
           regret
           His
           untimely
           
           Fall
           ;
           by
           which
           they
           were
           depriv'd
           of
           so
           perfect
           an
           Example
           of
           all
           Virtue
           ,
           and
           Piety
           ;
           and
           were
           forc'd
           to
           pass
           away
           their
           first
           years
           ,
           that
           else
           might
           have
           been
           most
           pleasant
           ,
           amidst
           the
           Oppressions
           ,
           and
           Confusions
           of
           their
           Country
           .
        
         
           And
           certainly
           ,
           all
           of
           us
           together
           have
           just
           cause
           to
           be
           humbled
           ,
           under
           a
           sense
           of
           Gods
           Wrath
           ,
           and
           to
           Implore
           his
           Mercy
           ,
           that
           this
           Royal
           Innocent
           Blood
           ,
           which
           was
           spilt
           for
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           has
           cryed
           from
           under
           the
           Altar
           ,
           may
           ,
           at
           length
           ,
           cease
           Crying
           ;
           not
           only
           against
           the
           Wretched
           Instruments
           of
           that
           Cruelty
           ,
           for
           that
           also
           ,
           in
           our
           own
           Charity
           ,
           and
           by
           His
           Example
           ,
           we
           ought
           to
           Pray
           for
           :
           but
           ,
           that
           His
           Blood
           may
           cease
           Crying
           against
           the
           whole
           Nation
           it Self
           ,
           which
           (
           How
           shall
           I
           express
           it
           ,
           without
           offence
           ?
           nay
           ,
           How
           with
           a
           just
           resentment
           ?
           )
           which
           certainly
           suffer'd
           it
           by
           their
           Negligence
           :
           Should
           I
           not
           add
           ?
           by
           their
           stupidity
           ;
           and
           too
           much
           hasten'd
           it
           by
           their
           Sins
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           if
           we
           are
           all
           Cordially
           thus
           affected
           ,
           as
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           but
           we
           all
           are
           ;
           with
           such
           Indignation
           for
           his
           Undeserv'd
           Death
           ;
           such
           
           Veneration
           for
           His
           Never-dying
           Memory
           ;
           may
           we
           all
           endeavor
           to
           express
           these
           our
           Affections
           ,
           not
           only
           by
           declaring
           our
           abhorrence
           of
           those
           Black
           Counsels
           ,
           and
           Accursed
           Practises
           ,
           which
           finish'd
           the
           last
           part
           of
           His
           Tragedy
           ;
           but
           even
           of
           those
           that
           did
           ,
           any
           way
           ,
           though
           at
           never
           so
           great
           a
           distance
           ,
           in
           the
           least
           ,
           Contribute
           towards
           it
           .
           May
           all
           of
           us
           ,
           according
           to
           our
           several
           Stations
           and
           Abilities
           :
           and
           ,
           Who
           can
           have
           Abilities
           to
           do
           this
           ,
           if
           you
           here
           present
           have
           not
           ?
           May
           all
           of
           us
           be
           most
           industriously
           Watchful
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           Schismatical
           Designs
           ,
           and
           Antimonarchical
           Principles
           ,
           which
           then
           lnspir'd
           so
           many
           ill
           Men
           ,
           Misled
           some
           Good
           Men
           ,
           and
           cost
           our
           Good
           King
           so
           Dear
           ;
           may
           not
           once
           more
           revive
           ,
           and
           Insinuate
           themselves
           again
           ,
           under
           the
           same
           ,
           or
           Newer
           ,
           and
           Craftier
           Disguises
           ,
           and
           find
           an
           opportunity
           to
           attempt
           the
           like
           Mischiefs
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Present
           ,
           Let
           us
           all
           joyn
           in
           our
           hearty
           Prayers
           to
           Allmighty
           God
           ,
           That
           he
           would
           be
           pleased
           to
           pardon
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           to
           our
           Country
           ,
           this
           Hainous
           ,
           Publick
           Sin
           ,
           
           by
           the
           same
           Infinite
           Compassion
           ,
           by
           which
           we
           can
           only
           expect
           Forgiveness
           of
           Our
           own
           particular
           Sins
           ;
           By
           that
           Blood
           ,
           which
           speaks
           better
           things
           than
           the
           Blood
           of
           the
           most
           Righteous
           Abel
           ,
           or
           Charles
           ;
           By
           that
           Blood
           ,
           which
           is
           more
           Precious
           than
           the
           Kings
           :
           By
           the
           Blood
           ,
           and
           Merits
           ,
           and
           Intercession
           of
           
             Iesus
             Christ
          
           Our
           Lord.
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
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             Rev.
             2.10