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             A sermon preached in the chappel of St. James's, before His Highness the Prince of Orange, the 23d of December, 1688 by Gilbert Burnet ...
             Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.
          
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           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           In
           the
           Chappel
           of
           St.
           
           James's
           ,
           Before
           His
           HIGHNESS
           the
           
             Prince
             of
             Orange
          
           ,
           the
           23d
           of
           December
           ,
           1688.
           
        
         
           By
           Gilbert
           Burnett
           ,
           D.
           D.
           Chaplain
           to
           His
           Highness
           .
        
         
           Printed
           by
           His
           Highness's
           Special
           Command
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ;
           Printed
           for
           
             Richard
             Chiswell
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Rose
           and
           Crown
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           .
           1689.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           Dr.
           
           BVRNET's
           SERMON
           before
           the
           PRINCE
           of
           ORANGE
           .
        
         
         
         
         
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             Psalm
             cxviii
             .
             v.
             23.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             the
             Lord
             's
             doing
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             marvelvellous
             in
             our
             Eyes
             .
          
        
         
           Things
           do
           sometimes
           speak
           ,
           and
           Times
           call
           aloud
           ;
           and
           as
           all
           Men
           are
           before-hand
           with
           me
           ,
           in
           the
           choice
           of
           this
           Text
           ,
           at
           least
           in
           applying
           it
           to
           the
           present
           time
           ,
           so
           that
           amasing
           Concurrence
           of
           Providences
           ,
           which
           have
           conspired
           to
           hatch
           and
           bring
           forth
           ,
           and
           perfect
           this
           extraordinary
           Revolution
           ,
           would
           lead
           one
           very
           naturally
           to
           use
           these
           words
           ,
           even
           tho
           we
           had
           no
           such
           Verse
           in
           Scripture
           ;
           for
           we
           have
           before
           us
           a
           Work
           ,
           that
           seems
           to
           our selves
           a
           Dream
           ,
           and
           that
           will
           appear
           to
           Posterity
           a
           Fiction
           :
           a
           Work
           about
           which
           Providence
           has
           watched
           in
           so
           peculiar
           a
           manner
           ,
           that
           a
           Mind
           must
           be
           far
           gone
           into
           Atheism
           ,
           that
           can
           resist
           so
           full
           a
           Conviction
           as
           this
           offers
           us
           in
           favour
           of
           that
           Truth
           .
           And
           if
           a
           thread
           of
           happy
           steps
           of
           
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           and
           of
           mistaken
           ones
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           can
           upon
           any
           occasion
           be
           made
           an
           Argument
           ,
           we
           have
           it
           here
           in
           its
           utmost
           force
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           the
           
             Lord
             's
             doing
          
           ,
           not
           as
           the
           Heavens
           and
           the
           Earth
           ,
           as
           the
           Revolutions
           of
           Day
           and
           Night
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Chain
           of
           Second
           Causes
           are
           his
           Work
           :
           The
           whole
           Springs
           of
           Nature
           are
           wound
           up
           by
           him
           ,
           so
           that
           all
           things
           are
           in
           some
           sort
           his
           doing
           :
           He
           gives
           also
           a
           secret
           Direction
           to
           all
           second
           Causes
           to
           accomplish
           his
           Eternal
           Purposes
           .
           He
           knows
           all
           the
           foldings
           of
           our
           Hearts
           ,
           and
           the
           composition
           of
           our
           Natures
           so
           well
           ,
           that
           without
           putting
           us
           under
           a
           force
           ,
           he
           can
           bring
           about
           whatsoever
           pleases
           him
           .
           He
           also
           on
           some
           great
           occasions
           does
           Violence
           to
           Nature
           ,
           and
           puts
           her
           out
           of
           her
           Channel
           in
           those
           extraordinary
           Productions
           that
           are
           called
           Miracles
           .
           But
           besides
           all
           these
           ,
           there
           are
           times
           in
           which
           the
           great
           Governour
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           will
           convince
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           not
           an
           unconcerned
           Spectator
           of
           Human
           Affairs
           :
           But
           because
           Men
           are
           apt
           to
           be
           so
           partial
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           to
           their
           own
           Opinions
           ,
           as
           to
           look
           on
           every
           favourable
           Accident
           as
           a
           Smile
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           that
           Sanguine
           People
           are
           as
           ready
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           to
           think
           themselves
           God's
           Favourites
           ,
           
           and
           the
           special
           Objects
           of
           his
           Care
           ,
           as
           Melancholy
           Men
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           in
           the
           sourness
           of
           thought
           that
           oppresses
           them
           ,
           construe
           every
           thing
           that
           succeeds
           not
           according
           to
           their
           Wishes
           ,
           as
           the
           effect
           of
           some
           cross
           Aspect
           on
           them
           ;
           it
           is
           necessary
           to
           find
           the
           true
           Temper
           between
           flattering
           our selves
           too
           much
           ,
           and
           the
           charging
           our selves
           too
           severely
           ;
           and
           to
           examine
           Providence
           by
           such
           equal
           and
           just
           measures
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           neither
           put
           too
           much
           on
           the
           common
           course
           of
           Second
           Causes
           ,
           nor
           ascribe
           too
           much
           to
           such
           Specialties
           as
           our
           Partialities
           may
           incline
           us
           to
           imagine
           appear
           in
           our
           favours
           :
           for
           because
           we
           are
           always
           kind
           to
           our selves
           ,
           we
           are
           very
           apt
           to
           believe
           that
           Heaven
           is
           so
           too
           .
           But
           to
           come
           closer
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           All
           signal
           and
           eminent
           things
           are
           by
           the
           common
           Phrase
           of
           Scripture
           ascribed
           to
           God
           ;
           and
           therefore
           every
           Event
           that
           is
           great
           in
           its
           self
           ,
           and
           may
           become
           yet
           much
           greater
           in
           its
           Consequences
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           imputed
           to
           an
           immediated
           Hand
           of
           Heaven
           :
           some
           that
           have
           judged
           that
           a
           special
           Direction
           of
           all
           things
           was
           too
           great
           a
           Distraction
           to
           his
           Divine
           Being
           ,
           and
           a
           trouble
           unworthy
           of
           it
           ,
           have
           yet
           thought
           that
           its
           care
           extended
           
           to
           great
           matters
           .
           If
           then
           this
           may
           be
           laid
           down
           for
           a
           Rule
           ,
           we
           must
           conclude
           that
           this
           Transaction
           now
           before
           us
           ,
           is
           God●s
           doing
           ,
           since
           the
           vast
           importance
           of
           it
           is
           so
           visible
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           perhaps
           lessened
           rather
           than
           aggravated
           ,
           if
           one
           would
           attempt
           to
           set
           it
           forth
           .
           You
           all
           know
           what
           you
           both
           felt
           and
           feared
           :
           The
           over-turning
           this
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           subverting
           of
           this
           Government
           ,
           must
           in
           consequence
           have
           brought
           on
           the
           Ruine
           both
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           and
           the
           publick
           Liberty
           all
           Europe
           over
           .
           When
           all
           this
           is
           stopp'd
           ,
           and
           a
           happy
           Crisis
           appears
           ,
           that
           gives
           us
           the
           fairest
           hopes
           not
           only
           of
           the
           securing
           our
           Religion
           ,
           together
           with
           our
           other
           Temporal
           Concerns
           ,
           but
           of
           putting
           a
           check
           to
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Persecution
           ,
           which
           has
           of
           late
           raged
           so
           furiously
           against
           our
           Brethren
           in
           so
           many
           different
           places
           of
           Europe
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Persecutor
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Ravisher
           of
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           the
           Scourge
           of
           the
           Age
           ,
           after
           his
           having
           been
           so
           long
           a
           Plague
           to
           all
           his
           Neighbours
           ,
           may
           probably
           be
           brought
           to
           feel
           a
           little
           of
           those
           Miseries
           which
           he
           has
           laid
           on
           others
           ;
           so
           great
           a
           Transaction
           as
           this
           ,
           which
           is
           perhaps
           the
           fore-runner
           of
           a
           greater
           ,
           may
           upon
           very
           just
           grounds
           be
           
           called
           the
           
             Lord's
             doing
          
           ,
           if
           every
           thing
           that
           is
           great
           is
           so
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Those
           Things
           in
           which
           God's
           Honour
           is
           most
           particularly
           concerned
           ,
           may
           be
           well
           reckoned
           his
           doing
           ;
           for
           if
           he
           has
           a
           Providence
           that
           extends
           it self
           to
           all
           Things
           ,
           we
           have
           much
           more
           Reason
           to
           conclude
           ,
           that
           Mankind
           has
           a
           more
           special
           Title
           to
           it
           :
           And
           among
           Men
           ,
           that
           Christians
           are
           under
           a
           particular
           distinction
           ;
           and
           of
           all
           Christians
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           have
           reduced
           Christianity
           to
           its
           Primitive
           Purity
           and
           Simplicity
           ,
           are
           its
           chief
           care
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           reestablishing
           of
           that
           Glorious
           Work
           ,
           which
           God
           in
           a
           series
           of
           many
           signal
           Providences
           had
           set
           up
           in
           the
           last
           Age
           ,
           and
           which
           for
           the
           Sins
           and
           the
           unreformed
           Practices
           of
           those
           who
           pretended
           to
           it
           ,
           was
           brought
           so
           low
           in
           this
           ,
           may
           be
           justly
           ascribed
           to
           that
           Sovereign
           Wisdom
           that
           governs
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           was
           purchased
           by
           
             the
             Blood
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           Matters
           of
           Controversy
           are
           not
           proper
           upon
           this
           Occasion
           ;
           but
           without
           entring
           far
           into
           them
           ,
           the
           common
           sense
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           the
           general
           Notices
           of
           Truth
           that
           are
           impressed
           upon
           our
           Minds
           ,
           may
           serve
           to
           determine
           the
           greatest
           
           part
           of
           the
           Differences
           between
           us
           and
           our
           Persecutors
           .
           Whether
           Men
           ought
           to
           satisfy
           themselves
           in
           the
           Points
           of
           Religion
           ,
           or
           ought
           to
           take
           them
           upon
           trust
           ?
           Whether
           Men
           ought
           to
           put
           the
           stress
           of
           their
           Religion
           upon
           a
           real
           Renovation
           of
           Heart
           and
           Life
           ?
           or
           ,
           if
           it
           may
           do
           full
           as
           well
           ,
           to
           hire
           and
           pay
           a
           Priest
           for
           forgiving
           our
           Sins
           in
           this
           Life
           ,
           or
           redeeming
           us
           from
           the
           punishment
           of
           them
           in
           the
           next
           ?
           Whether
           we
           ought
           to
           believe
           our
           Senses
           and
           Reason
           in
           their
           proper
           Objects
           ,
           or
           not
           ?
           And
           not
           to
           run
           out
           too
           far
           ,
           Whether
           those
           Eternal
           Rules
           of
           Justice
           and
           Mercy
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           the
           Measures
           of
           our
           Actions
           ,
           or
           if
           Zeal
           for
           Holy
           Church
           ,
           can
           warrant
           us
           to
           break
           our
           Faith
           ,
           and
           destroy
           our
           Neighbours
           ?
           All
           these
           seem
           to
           be
           so
           plain
           ,
           that
           one
           would
           think
           the
           Decision
           should
           be
           soon
           made
           ;
           and
           indeed
           ,
           if
           instead
           of
           that
           false
           shew
           of
           Learning
           ,
           and
           the
           many
           hard
           words
           with
           which
           these
           Matters
           have
           been
           disguised
           and
           intangled
           ,
           Men
           would
           try
           them
           in
           a
           shorter
           and
           simpler
           Method
           ,
           Truth
           would
           be
           sooner
           found
           out
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ;
           The
           Truth
           of
           our
           Religion
           appearing
           to
           us
           in
           so
           many
           conspicuous
           Characters
           ,
           especially
           after
           the
           noble
           and
           worthy
           
           Endeavours
           of
           so
           many
           of
           the
           Lights
           of
           this
           Church
           ,
           who
           have
           proposed
           all
           the
           Points
           in
           dispute
           to
           the
           World
           with
           Advantages
           beyond
           any
           thing
           that
           had
           appeared
           ever
           since
           the
           first
           beginnings
           of
           those
           Contests
           .
           After
           all
           this
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           we
           must
           conclude
           ,
           that
           this
           
             is
             the
             Lord
             's
             doing
          
           ;
           since
           a
           Work
           that
           is
           so
           dear
           to
           him
           ,
           seems
           now
           to
           be
           again
           received
           into
           his
           protection
           ,
           in
           so
           signal
           a
           manner
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           seemed
           to
           hide
           himself
           from
           it
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Those
           Providences
           which
           seem
           immediately
           to
           work
           upon
           the
           Minds
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           to
           engage
           them
           into
           the
           Designs
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           are
           in
           a
           more
           conspicuous
           manner
           the
           
             Work
             of
             God.
          
           For
           the
           Mind
           of
           Man
           being
           a
           free
           Agent
           ,
           it
           is
           less
           accountable
           how
           vast
           Multitudes
           should
           come
           all
           under
           the
           same
           Impressions
           ,
           unless
           God
           did
           by
           those
           secret
           and
           undiscernable
           Methods
           of
           his
           Wisdom
           ,
           give
           them
           such
           directions
           .
           This
           Psalm
           seems
           to
           be
           penned
           upon
           the
           making
           up
           of
           that
           Breach
           that
           was
           between
           the
           House
           of
           David
           and
           the
           House
           of
           Saul
           ;
           all
           Israel
           following
           the
           latter
           ,
           while
           only
           the
           Tribe
           of
           Judah
           adhered
           to
           the
           former
           ,
           see
           2
           Sam.
           2.
           
           But
           all
           were
           afterwards
           united
           in
           owning
           of
           David
           ,
           
           who
           was
           become
           the
           
             Head
             Stone
             of
             the
             Corner
          
           ,
           that
           joined
           those
           two
           great
           Divisions
           in
           one
           .
           David
           had
           felt
           how
           little
           either
           Princes
           or
           People
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           those
           of
           the
           Sanhedrim
           ;
           or
           to
           speak
           in
           an
           English
           Phrase
           ,
           the
           Peers
           or
           Commons
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           were
           to
           be
           depended
           upon
           :
           And
           therefore
           ,
           vers
           .
           9
           ,
           and
           10.
           he
           says
           ,
           
             It
             is
             better
             to
             trust
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             than
             to
             put
             confidence
             in
             Man
             :
             It
             is
             better
             to
             trust
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             than
             to
             put
             confidence
             in
             Princes
             ,
          
           either
           numerous
           Armies
           ,
           or
           wise
           Councils
           .
           The
           Reign
           of
           Saul
           ,
           and
           the
           Charms
           that
           were
           in
           Jonathan
           ,
           had
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           given
           the
           Family
           a
           great
           Root
           .
           But
           the
           Divine
           Designation
           that
           was
           upon
           David
           ,
           had
           broke
           through
           all
           that
           ,
           and
           had
           turned
           the
           Hearts
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           as
           one
           Man
           to
           him
           .
           David
           had
           seen
           a
           formidable
           opposition
           in
           his
           way
           ,
           and
           he
           himself
           had
           passed
           through
           great
           and
           threatning
           Dangers
           ;
           but
           the
           
             right
             Hand
             of
             the
             Lord
          
           had
           been
           of
           his
           side
           ,
           and
           had
           done
           valiantly
           .
           And
           all
           the
           Force
           that
           was
           brought
           against
           him
           ,
           had
           vanished
           into
           nothing
           ;
           or
           as
           a
           
             Fire
             of
             Thorns
          
           ,
           it
           had
           blazed
           and
           crackled
           a
           little
           ,
           but
           was
           soon
           spent
           :
           And
           therefore
           as
           there
           was
           an
           universal
           rejoicing
           in
           the
           
             Tabernacle
             of
             the
             Righteous
          
           ,
           
           so
           David
           went
           into
           the
           House
           .
           of
           God
           ,
           this
           Psalm
           being
           set
           as
           the
           Hymn
           of
           his
           Triumph
           :
           which
           was
           probably
           sung
           before
           him
           as
           he
           went
           into
           the
           Tabernacle
           in
           Mount
           Zion
           ;
           for
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Open
             to
             me
             the
             gates
             of
             Righteousness
             ,
             I
             will
             go
             into
             them
             and
             praise
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           together
           with
           the
           answer
           ,
           
             This
             is
             the
             gate
             of
             the
             Lord
             into
             which
             the
             Righteous
             shall
             enter
             ,
          
           seem
           to
           be
           set
           for
           his
           entring
           in
           at
           the
           Gates
           :
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           the
           centring
           of
           the
           whole
           People
           in
           him
           ,
           was
           so
           particularly
           a
           work
           of
           Providence
           ,
           that
           in
           a
           most
           especial
           manner
           
             this
             was
             the
             Lords
             doing
          
           .
           And
           therefore
           an
           extraordinary
           concurrence
           of
           all
           favourable
           Accidents
           ,
           and
           particularly
           ,
           the
           disposing
           of
           all
           Mens
           minds
           one
           way
           ,
           has
           a
           Character
           upon
           it
           ,
           that
           must
           force
           us
           to
           say
           ,
           
             This
             is
             the
             Lords
             doing
          
           .
           I
           know
           how
           dangerous
           and
           deceitful
           an
           Argument
           this
           form
           Providence
           will
           ever
           seem
           to
           be
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           will
           touch
           it
           with
           that
           caution
           which
           is
           requisite
           .
           It
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           God
           for
           the
           punishing
           of
           Nations
           ,
           gives
           sometimes
           such
           a
           torrent
           of
           Success
           to
           those
           who
           are
           the
           Instruments
           of
           their
           Correction
           ,
           that
           this
           may
           be
           rather
           a
           mark
           of
           his
           displeasure
           against
           those
           who
           are
           to
           be
           brought
           low
           ,
           than
           of
           his
           favouring
           those
           who
           
           are
           lifted
           up
           .
           There
           are
           also
           such
           Mysteries
           in
           the
           whole
           Conduct
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           though
           our
           Partiality
           makes
           us
           apt
           to
           Magnifie
           all
           that
           we
           like
           ,
           yet
           if
           we
           carry
           it
           too
           far
           ,
           we
           will
           be
           in
           danger
           to
           be
           often
           out
           of
           countenance
           ,
           when
           the
           same
           Argument
           turns
           against
           us
           ;
           therefore
           before
           we
           can
           make
           any
           Comments
           on
           so
           doubtful
           a
           Text
           ,
           we
           must
           be
           first
           sure
           that
           the
           ground-work
           is
           well
           laid
           ,
           and
           that
           both
           the
           Cause
           it self
           ,
           and
           the
           means
           used
           to
           advance
           it
           ,
           are
           good
           .
           But
           when
           we
           are
           got
           over
           that
           ,
           and
           are
           satisfied
           both
           in
           the
           one
           and
           the
           other
           ,
           then
           we
           can
           hardly
           forbear
           to
           look
           on
           a
           chain
           of
           unlookt
           for
           and
           unaccountable
           Providences
           ,
           without
           a
           most
           sensible
           Joy.
           I
           will
           not
           build
           too
           much
           on
           the
           Characters
           that
           have
           appeared
           in
           the
           Insensible
           part
           of
           the
           Creation
           ,
           I
           mean
           the
           Winds
           and
           Weather
           ,
           for
           one
           does
           not
           know
           how
           far
           those
           have
           been
           the
           effects
           of
           the
           natural
           series
           of
           things
           ,
           yet
           one
           cross
           Wind
           which
           seemed
           design'd
           only
           to
           make
           us
           apprehend
           the
           hand
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           without
           suffering
           much
           by
           it
           ,
           and
           without
           losing
           above
           one
           Man
           in
           it
           ;
           and
           another
           strong
           and
           prosperons
           Gale
           ,
           which
           both
           preserved
           us
           from
           those
           who
           were
           appointed
           to
           wait
           
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           brought
           us
           so
           near
           our
           Port
           ,
           but
           changed
           immediately
           for
           another
           to
           fetch
           us
           into
           it
           ;
           and
           which
           having
           executed
           its
           Commission
           ,
           was
           immediately
           in
           another
           corner
           ,
           and
           the
           softness
           of
           the
           Weather
           ,
           in
           a
           Season
           so
           far
           advanc'd
           ,
           are
           things
           so
           remarkable
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           extream
           insensible
           if
           they
           make
           not
           deep
           Impressions
           on
           us
           .
           But
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           the
           application
           of
           Providence
           in
           the
           turning
           and
           bending
           the
           minds
           of
           Men
           ,
           is
           yet
           a
           most
           immediate
           work
           of
           Heaven
           .
           The
           precipitation
           and
           folly
           of
           our
           Persecutors
           in
           opening
           their
           ill
           designs
           so
           early
           ,
           the
           Impudent
           breach
           of
           Faith
           ,
           and
           the
           unrelenting
           Cruelty
           that
           they
           had
           put
           in
           practice
           in
           the
           Neighbouring
           Kingdom
           ,
           sent
           us
           over
           many
           thousands
           of
           Witnesses
           ,
           to
           awaken
           us
           ,
           and
           to
           let
           us
           see
           what
           we
           ought
           to
           look
           for
           whensoever
           that
           bloody
           Religion
           should
           come
           to
           prevail
           among
           us
           ;
           and
           of
           what
           account
           all
           Promises
           and
           Laws
           were
           to
           be
           ,
           whensoever
           they
           could
           break
           through
           them
           .
           This
           coming
           so
           critically
           ,
           in
           the
           very
           time
           in
           which
           the
           Repeal
           of
           Laws
           was
           to
           be
           asked
           in
           their
           favours
           ,
           was
           a
           more
           sensible
           Argument
           against
           it
           ,
           than
           all
           the
           specious
           ones
           could
           ever
           be
           that
           were
           brought
           for
           it
           ;
           and
           so
           
           much
           Evidence
           was
           necessary
           ,
           otherwise
           the
           good
           Nature
           of
           some
           ,
           and
           the
           weakness
           and
           corruption
           of
           others
           ,
           had
           perhaps
           put
           us
           to
           a
           more
           Melancholy
           and
           Troublesom
           after
           game
           ;
           but
           such
           an
           apparent
           breach
           of
           Faith
           ,
           and
           so
           furious
           a
           Persecution
           as
           they
           had
           raised
           beyond
           Sea
           ,
           were
           Arguments
           that
           every
           Man
           could
           comprehend
           and
           manage
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           which
           it
           was
           not
           possible
           to
           beat
           them
           .
           I
           need
           not
           enlarge
           on
           all
           that
           chain
           of
           Errors
           and
           Violences
           that
           have
           followed
           ,
           since
           the
           first
           broaching
           of
           the
           Design
           ;
           they
           were
           too
           many
           to
           be
           all
           repeated
           ,
           and
           too
           visible
           and
           well
           known
           to
           need
           that
           it
           should
           be
           done
           .
           Nor
           would
           I
           willingly
           say
           any
           thing
           that
           might
           look
           either
           like
           Insulting
           or
           Reproaching
           ,
           God
           has
           seemed
           to
           have
           given
           them
           up
           to
           such
           a
           Spirit
           of
           delusion
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           Curse
           of
           those
           who
           Worship
           graven
           Images
           ,
           had
           fallen
           on
           them
           ;
           
             Like
             unto
             them
             are
             all
             they
             that
             worship
             them
          
           :
           and
           in
           Conclusion
           God
           put
           such
           a
           Cup
           of
           
             trembling
             and
             astonishment
             in
             their
             hands
             ,
             ,
          
           that
           he
           seemed
           to
           have
           taken
           away
           
             the
             heart
             of
             the
             Counsellors
          
           ,
           and
           that
           according
           to
           another
           of
           Davids
           Expressions
           ,
           
             none
             of
             the
             men
             of
             might
             have
             found
             their
             ands
          
           ;
           in
           short
           ,
           the
           methods
           that
           God
           has
           suffered
           
           them
           to
           take
           for
           the
           alarming
           and
           awakning
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           for
           the
           uniting
           of
           all
           that
           were
           so
           unhappily
           broken
           asunder
           before
           ,
           and
           for
           ingaging
           all
           to
           center
           in
           what
           is
           now
           brought
           about
           ,
           is
           an
           Eminent
           Character
           of
           a
           hand
           of
           God
           in
           the
           whole
           matter
           :
           Why
           went
           they
           so
           fast
           and
           so
           barefac'd
           ?
           Why
           grasp'd
           they
           at
           so
           much
           all
           at
           once
           ?
           Why
           was
           the
           Hook
           so
           ill
           covered
           when
           the
           Bait
           was
           thrown
           out
           ?
           Why
           was
           it
           that
           few
           were
           either
           so
           weak
           or
           so
           corrupt
           ,
           but
           they
           have
           been
           so
           successful
           that
           they
           at
           last
           have
           set
           them
           right
           ?
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           all
           this
           blasting
           of
           Counsels
           ,
           and
           defeating
           of
           their
           designs
           by
           their
           own
           means
           ,
           was
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           owned
           to
           be
           his
           doing
           .
        
         
           The
           Errors
           also
           of
           the
           great
           Supporter
           of
           Persecution
           ,
           his
           Quarrels
           with
           the
           Head
           of
           that
           Mystical
           Babylon
           ,
           and
           his
           diverting
           his
           Force
           to
           a
           new
           War
           ,
           an
           unjust
           one
           ,
           to
           be
           sure
           ,
           since
           begun
           by
           him
           ;
           the
           Concurrence
           of
           so
           many
           Great
           Princes
           ,
           and
           above
           all
           ,
           that
           happy
           Union
           that
           was
           in
           those
           Blessed
           Provinces
           ,
           that
           tho'
           compos'd
           of
           so
           many
           different
           Bodies
           ,
           seem'd
           to
           have
           but
           one
           Head
           and
           one
           Heart
           upon
           this
           Occasion
           ,
           are
           all
           conspicuous
           Characters
           .
           The
           
           Constitution
           and
           the
           Interests
           of
           the
           States
           do
           always
           biass
           them
           against
           War
           ,
           or
           every
           thing
           that
           may
           interrupt
           their
           Trade
           ;
           and
           the
           Dangers
           which
           appeared
           from
           a
           War
           in
           their
           Frontier
           ,
           seemed
           at
           least
           to
           engage
           them
           to
           secure
           themselves
           rather
           by
           a
           strengthning
           than
           a
           diminishing
           of
           their
           Force
           ;
           and
           yet
           the
           universal
           and
           chearful
           Concurrence
           of
           all
           among
           them
           ,
           from
           the
           Highest
           to
           the
           Lowest
           ,
           both
           those
           that
           were
           in
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           were
           without
           doors
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           put
           their
           whole
           Strength
           to
           this
           Design
           ,
           and
           put
           all
           to
           hazard
           to
           carry
           it
           on
           ,
           sparing
           neither
           their
           Fleets
           ,
           their
           Armies
           ,
           nor
           their
           Treasure
           ;
           all
           this
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           made
           every
           one
           conclude
           ,
           that
           this
           was
           the
           Finger
           of
           God.
           The
           Concurrence
           of
           all
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           especially
           of
           that
           Great
           Body
           from
           which
           the
           chief
           Opposition
           was
           expected
           ,
           was
           no
           less
           signal
           .
           Their
           Numbers
           ,
           and
           that
           Courage
           which
           is
           so
           natural
           to
           this
           noble
           Nation
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           Considerations
           ,
           concurred
           to
           give
           just
           Apprehensions
           of
           a
           Bloody
           Scene
           .
           But
           how
           strangely
           did
           all
           this
           vanish
           ?
           And
           how
           have
           our
           Hopes
           and
           even
           our
           Wishes
           been
           so
           far
           prevented
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           scarce
           yet
           recovered
           
           out
           of
           that
           surprize
           of
           Wonder
           into
           which
           this
           threw
           us
           ?
           When
           all
           this
           is
           laid
           together
           ,
           we
           are
           tempted
           not
           only
           to
           cry
           out
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           the
           
             Lord●s
             doing
          
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           is
           such
           a
           doing
           of
           his
           as
           is
           beyond
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           in
           all
           the
           Records
           of
           past
           Times
           ;
           and
           is
           a
           Scene
           all
           of
           Wonders
           ,
           but
           Wonders
           of
           Love
           and
           Mercy
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           When
           Revolutions
           happen
           ,
           that
           carry
           so
           many
           Characters
           of
           the
           Attributes
           of
           God
           on
           them
           ,
           that
           we
           see
           both
           Power
           ,
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           Goodness
           in
           every
           step
           of
           them
           ,
           then
           we
           are
           yet
           more
           particularly
           bound
           to
           adore
           the
           Hand
           of
           God
           in
           them
           .
           The
           Progress
           that
           Mihomet
           and
           his
           Followers
           made
           ,
           which
           is
           indeed
           one
           of
           the
           most
           amazing
           things
           in
           History
           ,
           carried
           evident
           Marks
           of
           the
           Power
           and
           Justice
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           suffering
           that
           Scourge
           of
           the
           Eastern
           Christians
           to
           bring
           them
           under
           his
           cruel
           Yoke
           .
           The
           Progress
           of
           the
           Roman
           State
           had
           in
           it
           Characters
           both
           of
           the
           Power
           and
           Wisdom
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           disposing
           the
           World
           for
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           by
           bringing
           it
           under
           one
           Empire
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           Civilized
           Government
           as
           was
           a
           due
           Preparation
           for
           so
           holy
           and
           so
           perfect
           a
           Religion
           .
           But
           here
           we
           have
           both
           Power
           ,
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           
           all
           concurring
           to
           set
           forth
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           Author
           of
           it
           .
           So
           great
           an
           Undertaking
           ,
           and
           the
           several
           Branches
           of
           it
           ,
           all
           meeting
           so
           happily
           together
           ,
           and
           favoured
           with
           so
           many
           prosperous
           Accidents
           ,
           shew
           how
           the
           Power
           of
           God
           concurred
           in
           it
           .
           The
           Depth
           ,
           the
           Secrecy
           ,
           the
           prudent
           Management
           and
           Execution
           of
           it
           ,
           shew
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           God
           ;
           but
           above
           all
           ,
           the
           sudden
           and
           unbloody
           Issue
           to
           which
           it
           was
           so
           unexpectedly
           brought
           ,
           is
           a
           Character
           of
           God's
           Goodness
           to
           us
           ,
           which
           can
           never
           be
           sufficiently
           acknowledged
           :
           If
           either
           a
           slow
           Lingering
           had
           made
           us
           languish
           ,
           or
           a
           bloody
           Decision
           had
           been
           the
           Price
           of
           the
           Victory
           ,
           we
           should
           have
           had
           reason
           to
           confess
           ,
           that
           our
           Sins
           had
           rendred
           us
           unworthy
           of
           so
           great
           a
           Mercy
           as
           we
           have
           now
           before
           us
           :
           But
           with
           how
           much
           admiration
           must
           we
           look
           on
           and
           see
           our selves
           prevented
           with
           so
           early
           a
           Deliverance
           ?
           and
           that
           our
           Deliverer
           ,
           as
           he
           came
           detesting
           the
           Imputation
           of
           Conquest
           that
           was
           cast
           on
           him
           ,
           so
           he
           was
           received
           in
           a
           way
           suitable
           to
           his
           own
           good
           Intentions
           .
           And
           thus
           upon
           all
           these
           Reasons
           ,
           as
           we
           see
           in
           general
           what
           are
           the
           Characters
           from
           which
           we
           may
           conclude
           what
           things
           may
           be
           
           called
           the
           
             Lord's
             doing
          
           ,
           so
           we
           see
           in
           particular
           how
           fitly
           they
           all
           belong
           to
           that
           which
           is
           the
           Subject
           of
           our
           wonder
           at
           present
           .
        
         
           For
           this
           
             is
             marvellous
             in
             our
             eyes
          
           .
           We
           talk
           of
           it
           ,
           both
           to
           our selves
           ,
           and
           to
           one
           another
           in
           this
           style
           :
           who
           can
           cease
           wondring
           ,
           especially
           those
           who
           have
           seen
           how
           the
           springs
           of
           this
           Affair
           have
           moved
           all
           along
           ?
           We
           wonder
           at
           the
           Deliverance
           it self
           ,
           and
           we
           ought
           to
           wonder
           much
           more
           how
           such
           a
           Guilty
           Nation
           as
           this
           is
           ,
           should
           have
           been
           delivered
           in
           so
           harmless
           a
           manner
           .
           We
           see
           what
           a
           storm
           has
           gone
           over
           ,
           and
           broke
           out
           upon
           many
           of
           the
           Foreign
           Churches
           .
           A
           Persecution
           that
           is
           in
           all
           its
           Circumstances
           far
           beyond
           the
           blackest
           of
           any
           that
           are
           in
           History
           .
           If
           our
           Church
           has
           advantages
           in
           her
           Constitution
           ,
           that
           make
           her
           the
           just
           pride
           and
           glory
           of
           the
           whole
           Protestant
           Side
           ;
           we
           have
           still
           so
           much
           the
           more
           to
           answer
           for
           ,
           if
           we
           have
           not
           walked
           worthy
           of
           those
           Blessings
           ,
           that
           Light
           ,
           and
           those
           Advantages
           with
           which
           God
           had
           honoured
           us
           .
           And
           why
           is
           it
           then
           that
           God
           has
           only
           shaken
           the
           Rod
           over
           us
           ,
           but
           has
           not
           suffered
           it
           to
           hurt
           us
           ?
           Our
           Enemies
           had
           rage
           enough
           to
           design
           it
           ,
           and
           they
           had
           an
           abused
           Authority
           so
           entirely
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           that
           they
           seemed
           to
           have
           got
           the
           Government
           
           under
           as
           implicit
           obedience
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           got
           over
           the
           Faith
           of
           their
           Votaries
           .
           How
           comes
           it
           then
           that
           God
           did
           not
           suffer
           this
           to
           go
           farther
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           not
           punish
           our
           sins
           ,
           and
           in
           particular
           and
           sharpness
           with
           which
           we
           had
           treated
           one
           another
           ,
           by
           delivering
           us
           up
           to
           those
           whose
           tender
           mercies
           are
           cruel
           ?
           All
           this
           is
           marvellous
           ,
           but
           whether
           it
           is
           so
           in
           our
           eyes
           or
           not
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           know
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           whether
           we
           make
           those
           Reflections
           on
           it
           ,
           which
           such
           miracles
           of
           mercy
           call
           for
           from
           us
           ;
           or
           if
           we
           let
           it
           pass
           by
           us
           without
           any
           other
           Reflection
           but
           that
           of
           talking
           about
           it
           ,
           as
           we
           do
           concerning
           all
           other
           Revolutions
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           as
           this
           is
           the
           
             Lord
             's
             doing
          
           ,
           and
           marvellous
           in
           it self
           ,
           so
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           so
           
             in
             our
             eyes
          
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           certainly
           so
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           all
           the
           World
           besides
           .
           We
           ought
           to
           make
           such
           pauses
           in
           thinking
           on
           it
           ,
           as
           may
           lead
           us
           up
           to
           adore
           and
           admire
           the
           great
           Author
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           this
           his
           doing
           .
        
         
           1
           st
           ,
           We
           ought
           in
           a
           most
           profound
           prostration
           ,
           to
           magnify
           the
           goodness
           of
           God
           to
           us
           in
           it
           :
           to
           him
           belongs
           the
           Glory
           of
           it
           ,
           for
           his
           hand
           has
           wrought
           this
           Salvation
           for
           us
           .
           Some
           may
           mention
           their
           Chariots
           ,
           and
           some
           their
           Horses
           ,
           but
           we
           ought
           only
           to
           mention
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Lord
           our
           God.
           It
           will
           not
           at
           all
           derogate
           from
           
           the
           Honour
           of
           our
           Great
           Deliverer
           ,
           to
           consider
           him
           as
           the
           Instrument
           ,
           whom
           God
           has
           so
           highly
           exalted
           ,
           in
           bringing
           about
           so
           great
           a
           work
           by
           his
           means
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           direct
           our
           Homage
           and
           Adoration
           to
           the
           Original
           of
           this
           and
           all
           our
           other
           Blessings
           .
           And
           God
           has
           imployed
           an
           Instrument
           in●it
           ,
           who
           desires
           that
           the
           acknowledgments
           may
           be
           wholly
           made
           to
           that
           Eternal
           Purpose
           ,
           that
           brings
           about
           all
           its
           Designs
           in
           so
           Sovereign
           a
           manner
           .
           This
           is
           indeed
           in
           all
           its
           parts
           above
           the
           skill
           and
           wisdom
           of
           Man
           :
           and
           therefore
           let
           us
           offer
           up
           the
           whole
           honour
           of
           it
           to
           God
           :
           and
           when
           that
           is
           done
           ,
           this
           will
           lead
           us
           best
           of
           all
           to
           pay
           all
           the
           due
           returns
           of
           gratitude
           and
           esteem
           to
           Him
           whom
           God
           has
           now
           blessed
           for
           the
           second
           time
           with
           the
           greatest
           honour
           that
           can
           fall
           on
           a
           mortal
           Man
           ,
           that
           he
           seems
           born
           to
           be
           the
           great
           Blessing
           of
           the
           Age.
           His
           first
           appearance
           in
           the
           World
           carried
           with
           it
           a
           Deliverance
           to
           those
           happy
           Provinces
           ;
           for
           happy
           they
           were
           ,
           from
           the
           time
           that
           they
           came
           under
           His
           protection
           .
           We
           that
           saw
           their
           Peace
           and
           Plenty
           ,
           and
           the
           Order
           and
           Justice
           that
           reign'd
           among
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           sense
           that
           they
           have
           of
           that
           Conduct
           that
           procures
           it
           ,
           saw
           an
           earnest
           of
           those
           Blessings
           that
           seem
           to
           be
           before
           us
           .
           And
           indeed
           
           the
           passion
           that
           they
           all
           expressed
           at
           His
           leaving
           them
           ,
           was
           to
           us
           the
           truest
           Indication
           of
           the
           joy
           and
           confidence
           with
           which
           we
           ought
           to
           receive
           Him
           here
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           hopes
           that
           we
           may
           promise
           our selves
           under
           so
           glorious
           a
           Protection
           .
           Let
           us
           therefore
           ponder
           all
           these
           Providences
           of
           God
           so
           as
           to
           admire
           them
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           a
           lazy
           and
           silent
           wonder
           ,
           but
           in
           those
           true
           acts
           of
           Praise
           and
           Adoration
           ,
           by
           which
           
             our
             souls
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             is
             within
             us
             ,
             may
             be
             stirred
             up
             to
             bless
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             forget
             any
             one
             of
             all
             those
             benefits
             which
             he
             has
             bestowed
             on
             us
             ,
             upon
             this
             occasion
             ,
             in
             which
             he
             has
             redeemed
             our
             life
             from
             destruction
             ,
             and
             crowned
             us
             with
             his
             loving-kindness
             and
             tender
             mercies
             .
          
        
         
           2
           dly
           ,
           If
           this
           Work
           of
           God
           does
           possess
           us
           with
           that
           veneration
           which
           is
           due
           to
           it
           ,
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           stop
           the
           course
           of
           it
           ,
           till
           it
           has
           had
           its
           full
           effect
           ;
           nor
           to
           daub
           matters
           by
           slight
           and
           palliating
           remedies
           .
           We
           see
           now
           before
           us
           the
           most
           glorious
           beginning
           of
           a
           noble
           Change
           of
           the
           whole
           face
           of
           Affairs
           ,
           both
           with
           relation
           to
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Peace
           of
           Europe
           ,
           that
           we
           could
           have
           wisht
           for
           .
           It
           is
           so
           far
           beyond
           our
           hopes
           ,
           that
           we
           durst
           scarce
           let
           our
           wishes
           go
           so
           far
           :
           we
           may
           ,
           if
           we
           are
           not
           wanting
           to
           our selves
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Conjuncture
           before
           us
           ,
           hope
           to
           see
           that
           
           which
           may
           be
           according
           to
           the
           Prophetick
           style
           ,
           termed
           
             a
             new
             Heavens
             ,
             and
             a
             new
             Earth
             .
          
           But
           if
           a
           Spirit
           of
           jealousy
           and
           murmuring
           ,
           of
           impatience
           and
           faction
           ,
           and
           of
           returning
           back
           to
           that
           out
           of
           which
           God
           has
           so
           signally
           extricated
           us
           ,
           grows
           up
           ;
           so
           that
           instead
           of
           reaping
           the
           fruits
           that
           we
           have
           now
           in
           prospect
           ,
           we
           have
           not
           Souls
           big
           enough
           ,
           nor
           Hearts
           good
           enough
           ,
           to
           carry
           this
           on
           to
           perfection
           ,
           then
           we
           may
           justly
           fear
           our
           being
           delivered
           up
           to
           all
           those
           Evils
           from
           which
           we
           will
           not
           be
           healed
           .
           But
           if
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           we
           raise
           our
           minds
           above
           every
           narrowness
           of
           thought
           ,
           and
           all
           partial
           regards
           ,
           and
           consider
           matters
           with
           such
           a
           naked
           impartiality
           as
           becomes
           Christians
           ,
           Protestants
           and
           Englishmen
           ,
           and
           provide
           such
           Remedies
           as
           are
           requisite
           ,
           then
           we
           may
           hope
           to
           see
           this
           blessed
           morning
           to
           grow
           up
           to
           a
           perfect
           day
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           life
           and
           death
           are
           before
           us
           ,
           and
           blessing
           and
           cursing
           .
           Those
           who
           chuse
           life
           ,
           and
           every
           thing
           that
           leads
           to
           it
           ,
           secure
           a
           blessing
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           entail
           it
           on
           their
           Posterity
           :
           but
           if
           we
           chuse
           death
           rather
           than
           life
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           help
           for
           it
           :
           such
           persons
           secure
           a
           curse
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           do
           what
           in
           them
           lies
           to
           entail
           it
           on
           their
           Posterity
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           scarce
           any
           indication
           
           more
           certain
           of
           the
           Sins
           of
           a
           Nation
           being
           grown
           up
           to
           that
           height
           ,
           that
           it
           must
           be
           destroyed
           ,
           than
           the
           Miscarriage
           of
           so
           great
           a
           Deliverance
           as
           God
           has
           wrought
           for
           us
           ,
           which
           will
           be
           an
           eternal
           Blot
           on
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           since
           ,
           in
           that
           Case
           the
           Figure
           of
           our
           Saviour
           must
           be
           justly
           applied
           to
           us
           ,
           
             We
             have
             piped
             to
             you
             ,
             but
             you
             have
             not
             danced
          
           ;
           or
           these
           other
           words
           of
           his
           ,
           
             O
             Jerusalem
             ,
             Jerusalem
             ,
             how
             often
             would
             I
             have
             gathered
             thee
             under
             my
             wings
             ,
             as
             the
             hen
             gathereth
             her
             brood
             ,
             but
             thou
             wouldest
             not
          
           :
           Or
           that
           of
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           That
           while
           
             Children
             were
             in
             the
             Womb
             ,
             there
             was
             not
             strength
             to
             bring
             forth
             .
          
        
         
           3
           dly
           ,
           But
           if
           we
           will
           carry
           on
           ,
           and
           perfect
           this
           marvellous
           Work
           of
           God
           ,
           we
           must
           study
           to
           be
           such
           ,
           that
           God
           may
           not
           repent
           him
           of
           the
           good
           which
           he
           seems
           to
           have
           prepared
           for
           us
           .
           While
           we
           are
           under
           such
           a
           happy
           Influence
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           we
           must
           not
           raise
           up
           such
           an
           Interposition
           between
           it
           and
           us
           ,
           as
           may
           not
           only
           make
           us
           lose
           this
           happy
           opportunity
           ,
           but
           turn
           it
           to
           a
           Curse
           by
           the
           ill
           use
           we
           may
           make
           of
           it
           .
           We
           have
           not
           forgot
           the
           Criminal
           Excesses
           of
           the
           year
           Sixty
           ,
           and
           how
           that
           great
           Revolution
           that
           seemed
           to
           promise
           all
           that
           a
           Nation
           that
           had
           been
           so
           long
           tossed
           with
           
           wars
           and
           changes
           of
           Government
           ,
           could
           wish
           for
           ,
           was
           so
           unsuccessful
           ;
           but
           instead
           of
           the
           Nations
           receiving
           that
           with
           those
           Acknowledgments
           that
           were
           due
           for
           such
           a
           Blessing
           ,
           how
           did
           all
           People
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           conspire
           to
           defeat
           the
           ends
           of
           Providence
           in
           it
           ?
           The
           excesses
           of
           Rioting
           and
           Drunkenness
           ,
           and
           the
           Disorders
           of
           all
           sorts
           ,
           grew
           not
           only
           to
           be
           practiced
           ,
           but
           gloried
           in
           ,
           as
           if
           those
           Abominations
           had
           been
           the
           proper
           distinctions
           of
           a
           Loyal
           man
           ;
           a
           Virtuous
           man
           looked
           out
           of
           Countenance
           ,
           if
           he
           could
           not
           go
           in
           to
           the
           madness
           of
           the
           time
           ;
           and
           because
           the
           high
           Professions
           of
           Religion
           in
           the
           former
           times
           ,
           had
           been
           a
           disguise
           to
           many
           ill
           Designs
           ,
           men
           not
           only
           laid
           aside
           all
           the
           Decencies
           of
           Religion
           ,
           but
           began
           to
           think
           it
           a
           piece
           of
           breeding
           to
           decry
           it
           as
           an
           Imposture
           .
           This
           went
           so
           far
           ,
           that
           perhaps
           in
           no
           Nation
           ,
           under
           Heaven
           ,
           did
           Men
           treat
           the
           Religion
           which
           they
           professed
           ,
           so
           familiary
           as
           we
           did
           ;
           and
           those
           who
           were
           not
           concerned
           any
           further
           in
           Religion
           than
           as
           it
           might
           advance
           their
           ungodly
           Designs
           ,
           were
           willing
           to
           encourage
           this
           Spirit
           of
           Atheism
           ,
           hoping
           that
           it
           would
           make
           way
           for
           a
           Religion
           which
           in
           some
           respects
           is
           worse
           than
           no
           Religion
           at
           all
           ;
           for
           tho
           ,
           with
           
           relation
           to
           particular
           Men
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           Comparison
           indeed
           to
           be
           made
           between
           Popery
           and
           Atheism
           ;
           yet
           ,
           with
           Relation
           to
           humane
           Society
           ,
           a
           Religion
           that
           dissolves
           Faith
           and
           good
           Nature
           ,
           and
           gives
           Authority
           both
           to
           Persidy
           and
           Cruelty
           ,
           is
           worse
           than
           none
           at
           all
           .
           As
           we
           reflect
           upon
           these
           Abominations
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           fatal
           Consequences
           of
           them
           ,
           which
           have
           been
           on
           us
           so
           long
           ;
           so
           in
           order
           to
           the
           preventing
           the
           return
           of
           the
           like
           Evils
           ,
           we
           must
           avoid
           the
           relapsing
           into
           the
           like
           Sins
           .
           It
           is
           neither
           the
           Union
           nor
           Wisdom
           of
           Councils
           ,
           nor
           the
           Strength
           of
           Fleets
           or
           Armies
           ,
           that
           will
           secure
           us
           from
           the
           Judgments
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           we
           may
           expect
           will
           fall
           upon
           us
           with
           an
           extraordinary
           redoubling
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Prophetick
           Phrase
           of
           seven
           times
           heavier
           than
           any
           thing
           that
           we
           have
           yet
           seen
           or
           known
           ;
           
             if
             those
             that
             are
             filthy
             ,
             will
             be
             filthy
             still
          
           :
           If
           the
           Atheist
           will
           think
           that
           his
           standing
           up
           for
           the
           Prorestant
           Religion
           ,
           is
           a
           warrant
           to
           him
           to
           laugh
           at
           all
           that
           is
           Sacred
           ;
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           if
           Men
           think
           that
           their
           Fears
           are
           over
           ;
           and
           that
           ,
           therefore
           they
           may
           give
           themselves
           up
           to
           work
           wickedness
           without
           restraint
           ;
           then
           we
           may
           justly
           expect
           a
           return
           of
           the
           like
           ,
           if
           not
           of
           greater
           Miseries
           .
           We
           
           despised
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           God
           has
           threatned
           to
           take
           it
           from
           us
           ;
           yet
           it
           seems
           the
           Prayers
           of
           the
           Few
           have
           prevailed
           over
           the
           cry
           of
           the
           sins
           of
           the
           Many
           .
           But
           we
           have
           no
           reason
           to
           expect
           that
           it
           should
           be
           always
           so
           ▪
           We
           are
           certainly
           the
           happiest
           Nation
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           if
           we
           can
           but
           know
           and
           value
           it
           as
           we
           ought
           to
           do
           .
           Our
           Climate
           ,
           though
           none
           of
           the
           best
           ,
           yet
           is
           Kind
           and
           Fruitful
           :
           and
           if
           the
           Sun
           is
           less
           favourable
           to
           us
           ;
           yet
           our
           Situation
           as
           it
           separates
           us
           from
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           so
           it
           lets
           the
           Wealth
           of
           the
           whole
           World
           in
           upon
           us
           ,
           and
           keeps
           Danger
           and
           War
           at
           a
           distance
           from
           us
           :
           We
           have
           all
           the
           Liberties
           of
           Freemen
           tempered
           with
           a
           firm
           and
           steady
           Government
           .
           But
           which
           is
           above
           all
           ,
           we
           are
           blest
           with
           that
           holy
           Religion
           which
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           revealed
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           we
           are
           Reformed
           from
           those
           Corruptions
           which
           had
           defiled
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           so
           equal
           a
           manner
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           the
           chief
           Object
           of
           the
           Roman
           Fury
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           just
           Glory
           of
           the
           Reformation
           :
           We
           have
           had
           the
           truths
           of
           Religion
           both
           in
           the
           points
           of
           Speculation
           and
           Practice
           opened
           to
           us
           with
           such
           advantages
           ,
           that
           if
           we
           stumble
           or
           lose
           our
           way
           in
           
           the
           midst
           of
           so
           much
           light
           ,
           we
           have
           more
           to
           answer
           for
           than
           any
           Nation
           under
           Heaven
           :
           and
           to
           Crown
           all
           ,
           God
           has
           put
           us
           so
           far
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           as
           to
           let
           us
           clearly
           see
           what
           we
           were
           to
           expect
           from
           them
           .
           They
           had
           devoured
           us
           in
           their
           hopes
           ,
           and
           seemed
           to
           be
           as
           
           Haman's
           Friends
           casting
           Lots
           ,
           and
           watching
           a
           fit
           opportunity
           to
           destroy
           us
           ,
           when
           of
           a
           sudden
           the
           Snare
           was
           broken
           ,
           and
           we
           have
           escaped
           out
           of
           it
           .
           I
           hope
           none
           of
           those
           that
           were
           here
           will
           soon
           or
           easily
           forget
           how
           near
           they
           were
           to
           be
           swallowed
           up
           :
           and
           if
           they
           had
           then
           grave
           thoughts
           and
           serious
           purposes
           ,
           I
           hope
           this
           change
           in
           their
           Fortunes
           will
           not
           make
           them
           dismiss
           ,
           or
           forget
           them
           .
           And
           for
           us
           that
           saw
           God's
           Wonders
           in
           the
           Deep
           ,
           and
           that
           after
           we
           had
           past
           an
           Eminent
           Danger
           ,
           languished
           so
           many
           daies
           in
           the
           Harbour
           between
           Hope
           and
           Despair
           ,
           upon
           which
           we
           seemed
           to
           put
           on
           firm
           resolutions
           ,
           and
           make
           solemn
           Vows
           of
           amendment
           ,
           Can
           we
           be
           guilty
           of
           so
           hainous
           an
           Ingratitude
           and
           breach
           of
           Faith
           ,
           as
           to
           forget
           the
           engagements
           ,
           into
           which
           we
           then
           entred
           ,
           of
           a
           serious
           and
           universal
           Reformation
           ?
        
         
         
           4.
           
           But
           while
           we
           let
           our
           thoughts
           out
           to
           wonder
           at
           the
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           of
           God
           ,
           let
           the
           admiration
           of
           these
           produce
           somewhat
           like
           them
           in
           our selves
           :
           we
           ought
           to
           grow
           wise
           ;
           for
           our
           Experience
           has
           cost
           us
           dear
           ,
           and
           had
           almost
           proved
           a
           very
           dreadful
           School
           to
           us
           :
           we
           now
           see
           the
           folly
           of
           trusting
           to
           that
           Religion
           ,
           and
           of
           imagining
           that
           any
           weight
           was
           to
           be
           laid
           on
           all
           the
           Promises
           that
           could
           be
           made
           us
           by
           them
           .
           It
           is
           not
           to
           be
           doubted
           but
           that
           many
           were
           so
           little
           acquainted
           with
           the
           depths
           of
           Satan
           that
           are
           in
           that
           Black
           Society
           ,
           as
           to
           believe
           it
           was
           possible
           for
           them
           to
           maintain
           Truth
           ,
           Honour
           and
           Good
           nature
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           points
           of
           Speculation
           that
           are
           in
           their
           Schools
           :
           we
           resolved
           to
           make
           the
           Experiment
           ,
           and
           they
           have
           taken
           such
           pains
           to
           let
           us
           see
           our
           mistake
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           to
           be
           hoped
           we
           will
           never
           at
           any
           time
           hereafter
           relapse
           into
           the
           like
           Error
           .
           The
           goodness
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           appears
           now
           in
           such
           endearing
           Characters
           to
           us
           ,
           ought
           likewise
           to
           form
           the
           like
           temper
           in
           us
           .
           Our
           minds
           have
           been
           too
           much
           embittered
           on
           all
           hands
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           some
           inconsiderable
           differences
           which
           our
           Enemies
           
           have
           always
           managed
           ,
           with
           so
           much
           address
           ,
           as
           to
           engage
           us
           to
           weaken
           our
           common
           Force
           ,
           by
           dividing
           our selves
           into
           Parties
           :
           and
           by
           a
           fatal
           series
           of
           woful
           Accidents
           ,
           these
           sparks
           have
           been
           blown
           up
           into
           such
           a
           flame
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           almost
           quite
           consumed
           us
           .
           But
           it
           is
           to
           be
           hoped
           that
           we
           will
           study
           to
           be
           all
           of
           one
           mind
           ;
           or
           ,
           if
           we
           cannot
           arrive
           at
           so
           great
           a
           blessing
           ,
           that
           at
           least
           we
           will
           love
           one
           another
           ,
           and
           remember
           that
           we
           are
           Brethren
           ,
           fellow
           Christians
           and
           fellow
           Protestants
           ,
           that
           must
           have
           been
           destroyed
           together
           ,
           and
           therefore
           must
           now
           support
           and
           bear
           with
           one
           another
           .
           But
           as
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           the
           happy
           disposition
           of
           all
           peoples
           minds
           will
           now
           produce
           a
           desired
           temper
           in
           those
           matters
           ;
           so
           we
           must
           not
           bound
           our
           Charity
           within
           so
           narrow
           a
           compass
           :
           No
           ,
           we
           are
           Christians
           ,
           and
           therefore
           we
           must
           not
           only
           love
           our
           Brethren
           ,
           but
           even
           our
           Enemies
           and
           our
           Persecutors
           ,
           and
           so
           overcome
           their
           evil
           with
           good
           .
           For
           how
           hard
           thoughts
           soever
           we
           may
           justly
           have
           of
           the
           Spirit
           and
           Councils
           that
           govern
           that
           Church
           ;
           yet
           many
           among
           them
           in
           the
           simplicity
           of
           their
           heart
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           the
           impliciteness
           of
           their
           Principles
           follow
           
           those
           Opinions
           that
           have
           been
           dropt
           into
           them
           from
           their
           Childhood
           ;
           they
           have
           not
           strength
           of
           thought
           to
           look
           narrowly
           into
           them
           ,
           nor
           do
           their
           Rules
           allow
           them
           in
           so
           bold
           a
           thing
           as
           to
           examine
           whether
           they
           are
           in
           the
           right
           or
           not
           :
           and
           though
           it
           is
           hard
           to
           imagine
           how
           any
           should
           go
           over
           to
           them
           ;
           yet
           it
           is
           easie
           to
           imagine
           how
           those
           who
           are
           among
           them
           should
           be
           shut
           up
           blindfold
           and
           muffled
           up
           with
           the
           awful
           bonds
           of
           Authority
           and
           Infallibility
           .
           And
           for
           such
           ,
           though
           we
           are
           under
           the
           highest
           provocations
           that
           any
           Nation
           can
           have
           ;
           yet
           after
           all
           ,
           let
           us
           still
           remember
           that
           we
           are
           Christians
           ,
           and
           that
           as
           we
           have
           declared
           openly
           against
           the
           Injustice
           and
           Cruelty
           of
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           we
           govern
           our selves
           by
           the
           Rule
           of
           doing
           as
           we
           would
           be
           done
           by
           .
           It
           is
           a
           presage
           of
           Moderation
           in
           our
           whole
           proceedings
           ,
           that
           even
           the
           less
           governable
           Part
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           I
           mean
           the
           unruly
           Multitude
           ,
           has
           been
           so
           happily
           restrained
           from
           extravagant
           act
           of
           fury
           :
           for
           without
           justifying
           what
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           we
           may
           well
           rejoyce
           for
           what
           they
           have
           not
           done
           ,
           and
           that
           Bloody
           and
           Outragious
           Sacrifices
           have
           not
           been
           made
           .
           It
           is
           the
           peculiar
           
           Character
           and
           Glory
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           That
           Tenderness
           and
           Compassion
           are
           so
           natural
           to
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           Unfortunate
           are
           always
           pitied
           by
           them
           .
           And
           if
           tumultuous
           Numbers
           have
           observed
           so
           much
           temper
           in
           their
           wrath
           ,
           how
           much
           more
           is
           to
           be
           expected
           from
           Councils
           that
           are
           to
           be
           governed
           by
           Justice
           and
           Mercy
           ,
           and
           under
           the
           directions
           of
           a
           Prince
           who
           has
           shewed
           that
           his
           hatred
           of
           Persecution
           in
           others
           ,
           was
           not
           only
           because
           his
           own
           side
           suffered
           in
           it
           ;
           but
           from
           a
           steady
           and
           uniform
           Principle
           which
           has
           made
           him
           not
           only
           just
           to
           those
           of
           that
           Religion
           ,
           but
           even
           kind
           too
           ,
           whensoever
           they
           deserved
           it
           .
           We
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           ought
           to
           study
           the
           firm
           securing
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           even
           from
           the
           remotest
           possibilities
           of
           hurt
           that
           can
           come
           to
           it
           from
           that
           restless
           and
           violent
           spirit
           which
           has
           hitherto
           created
           us
           so
           much
           trouble
           ;
           this
           we
           owe
           to
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           to
           this
           Glorious
           Church
           ,
           to
           our Selves
           and
           to
           our
           Posterity
           :
           but
           in
           doing
           this
           we
           must
           so
           govern
           our selves
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           suffer
           our
           Blood
           to
           boil
           too
           high
           ,
           nor
           our
           Thoughts
           to
           run
           too
           fast
           ;
           and
           while
           we
           consider
           what
           we
           may
           perhaps
           owe
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           we
           ought
           to
           take
           care
           not
           to
           
           forget
           what
           we
           owe
           our Selves
           ,
           that
           so
           we
           may
           look
           to
           the
           honour
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           security
           of
           our
           Holy
           Religion
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           let
           us
           resolve
           to
           be
           Christians
           indeed
           ,
           and
           to
           act
           as
           Men
           that
           have
           those
           undefiled
           Rules
           ,
           and
           that
           bright
           Example
           ,
           which
           our
           Saviour
           has
           given
           us
           ,
           ever
           in
           our
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           then
           it
           is
           impossible
           for
           us
           to
           miscarry
           .
           But
           if
           Revenge
           and
           Animosity
           prevail
           over
           the
           softer
           and
           wiser
           Councils
           ,
           that
           Reason
           and
           Religion
           may
           suggest
           ,
           and
           if
           in
           all
           that
           we
           do
           ,
           we
           take
           not
           care
           to
           have
           God
           ever
           on
           our
           sides
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           easie
           for
           him
           to
           blast
           all
           Councils
           ,
           and
           to
           defeat
           even
           the
           greatest
           and
           best-laid
           Designs
           .
           We
           have
           now
           before
           our
           Eyes
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           signallest
           Instances
           that
           is
           in
           any
           History
           ,
           of
           the
           Instability
           of
           all
           human
           things
           :
           on
           which
           one
           cannot
           reflect
           without
           making
           a
           full
           stop
           in
           his
           thoughts
           .
           But
           the
           subject
           is
           so
           speaking
           ,
           that
           it
           needs
           not
           be
           insisted
           on
           ,
           and
           there
           are
           particular
           Circumstances
           in
           it
           that
           forbid
           it
           :
           but
           if
           it
           is
           not
           decent
           to
           speak
           much
           of
           it
           ,
           yet
           I
           hope
           none
           are
           so
           insensible
           as
           not
           to
           think
           much
           of
           it
           .
           Perhaps
           some
           may
           imagine
           that
           we
           are
           safe
           ,
           because
           we
           cannot
           be
           dashed
           on
           the
           same
           Rock
           about
           
           which
           we
           see
           so
           great
           a
           Shipwrack
           ;
           but
           ,
           alas
           ,
           if
           we
           provoke
           God
           to
           hide
           his
           Face
           ,
           and
           to
           withdraw
           his
           Protection
           from
           us
           ,
           his
           ways
           are
           past
           finding
           out
           ,
           he
           can
           bring
           ruine
           and
           destruction
           on
           us
           from
           that
           hand
           from
           which
           we
           perhaps
           apprehend
           it
           the
           least
           :
           If
           Prosperity
           and
           Success
           blow
           any
           up
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           forget
           God
           and
           all
           the
           Vows
           that
           they
           made
           to
           him
           ,
           he
           will
           never
           want
           means
           and
           methods
           to
           make
           them
           return
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           to
           remember
           him
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           whole
           matter
           then
           ,
           since
           God
           has
           wrought
           so
           extraordinary
           a
           deliverance
           for
           us
           ,
           let
           us
           adore
           him
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           true
           Author
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           under
           him
           let
           us
           pay
           all
           the
           returns
           possible
           of
           Respect
           and
           Gratitude
           to
           that
           Blessed
           Instrument
           on
           whom
           he
           has
           laid
           so
           much
           Glory
           .
           Let
           us
           improve
           it
           to
           the
           highest
           and
           noblest
           ends
           that
           can
           be
           thought
           on
           ;
           let
           us
           live
           under
           it
           as
           becomes
           those
           who
           take
           care
           to
           do
           nothing
           that
           may
           render
           them
           unworthy
           of
           the
           continuance
           of
           it
           :
           and
           let
           us
           all
           ,
           in
           our
           several
           Stations
           ,
           study
           to
           behave
           our selves
           so
           ,
           That
           the
           Glory
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Safety
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           the
           lustre
           as
           
           well
           as
           the
           establishment
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           may
           be
           raised
           up
           to
           that
           pitch
           ,
           that
           the
           Name
           of
           an
           Englishman
           and
           a
           Protestant
           may
           have
           a
           sound
           all
           the
           World
           over
           ,
           that
           may
           give
           Terror
           as
           well
           as
           create
           Esteem
           ;
           and
           that
           this
           Work
           ,
           which
           is
           now
           brought
           to
           so
           great
           a
           forwardness
           ,
           may
           in
           due
           time
           attain
           to
           its
           full
           perfection
           ;
           and
           that
           then
           we
           may
           all
           have
           reason
           to
           break
           forth
           in
           the
           Triumphant
           words
           with
           which
           this
           Psalm
           begins
           ;
           
             O
             give
             thanks
             unto
             the
             Lord
             ,
             for
             he
             is
             good
             ,
             because
             his
             mercy
             endureth
             for
             ever
             .
             Let
             Israel
             now
             say
             ,
             That
             his
             mercy
             endureth
             for
             ever
             .
             Let
             the
             house
             of
             Aaron
             now
             say
             ,
             That
             his
             mercy
             endureth
             for
             ever
             :
             and
             let
             them
             that
             fear
             the
             Lord
             say
             ,
             That
             his
             mercy
             endureth
             for
             ever
             .
          
        
      
       
         FINIS