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             A sermon preached at White-hall, on the 26th of Novemb. 1691 being the thanksgiving-day for the preservation of the King, and the reduction of Ireland / by the Right Reverend Father in God, Gilbert Lord Bishop of Sarum.
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           THE
           Bishop
           of
           SALISBURY'S
           THANKSGIVING
           SERMON
           Before
           the
           KING
           and
           QUEEN
           .
        
         
         
           PRINTED
           ,
           By
           His
           Majesty's
           Special
           Command
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           at
           WHITE-HALL
           ,
           On
           the
           26
           
             th
          
           of
           
             NOVEMB
             .
          
           1691.
           
           BEING
           THE
           Thanksgiving-Day
           FOR
           THE
           Preservation
           of
           the
           KING
           ,
           AND
           THE
           Reduction
           of
           IRELAND
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           ,
           
             GILBERT
          
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           SARUM
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Ric.
             Chiswell
             ,
          
           at
           the
           
             Rose
          
           and
           
             Crown
          
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           .
           MDCXCI
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           the
           KING
           and
           QUEEN
           ,
           At
           WHITE-HALL
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             PROV
             .
             XX.
             28.
             
          
           
             Mercy
             and
             Truth
             preserve
             the
             King
             ;
             and
             his
             Throne
             is
             upheld
             by
             Mercy
             .
          
        
         
           THERE
           is
           no
           properer
           nor
           usefuller
           way
           of
           praising
           God
           for
           the
           repeated
           Blessings
           with
           which
           ●he
           Crowns
           every
           Year
           ,
           and
           by
           which
           he
           is
           establishing
           and
           perfecting
           that
           great
           Deliverance
           which
           he
           wrought
           for
           us
           Three
           Years
           ago
           ,
           than
           to
           observe
           the
           dependance
           of
           these
           blessings
           upon
           the
           following
           of
           those
           Rules
           which
           he
           himself
           has
           prescribed
           :
           By
           this
           ,
           we
           are
           preserved
           from
           the
           false
           opinion
           of
           a
           partiality
           of
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           towards
           our selves
           or
           others
           ;
           or
           the
           supposing
           that
           it
           will
           still
           favour
           us
           ,
           let
           us
           be
           or
           do
           what
           we
           please
           .
           And
           by
           this
           we
           are
           taught
           ,
           that
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           expect
           the
           continuance
           of
           Gods
           Favour
           to
           us
           ,
           any
           longer
           than
           we
           continue
           true
           to
           those
           Laws
           and
           Rules
           that
           he
           has
           given
           us
           .
           And
           therefore
           in
           
             Psal.
          
           107.
           where
           the
           blessings
           that
           God
           grants
           to
           
           those
           who
           in
           their
           extremities
           call
           upon
           him
           ,
           are
           set
           forth
           with
           much
           Variety
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           very
           Poetical
           Strain
           ;
           the
           Conclusion
           of
           all
           is
           ,
           
             Who
             is
             wise
             ,
             and
             will
             observe
             these
             things
             ,
             even
             they
             shall
             understand
             the
             kindness
             of
             the
             Lord.
          
           If
           we
           are
           full
           of
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           Goodness
           of
           God
           both
           to
           our
           King
           and
           to
           our selves
           ,
           in
           the
           preserving
           the
           King's
           Person
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           maintaining
           the
           Throne
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           two
           subjects
           of
           the
           present
           Thanksgiving
           ;
           it
           is
           fit
           and
           proper
           for
           this
           occasion
           ,
           to
           observe
           what
           may
           be
           supposed
           to
           be
           the
           conditions
           upon
           which
           such
           Blessings
           are
           granted
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           continuance
           in
           which
           ,
           we
           may
           hope
           for
           the
           continuance
           and
           encrease
           of
           them
           .
           Since
           then
           
             Solomon
          
           was
           the
           wisest
           of
           Men
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           Kings
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           Wisdom
           was
           ,
           without
           doubt
           ,
           chiefly
           applied
           to
           that
           which
           was
           his
           proper
           Business
           ;
           we
           may
           very
           certainly
           depend
           upon
           his
           Observation
           ,
           tho'
           there
           had
           not
           been
           a
           special
           Inspiration
           accompanying
           it
           .
           He
           ,
           in
           the
           Words
           of
           my
           Text
           ,
           makes
           the
           preservation
           of
           Kings
           ,
           to
           depend
           upon
           their
           
             Mercy
          
           and
           
             Truth
          
           :
           But
           he
           plainly
           insinuates
           ,
           that
           
             Mercy
          
           had
           in
           this
           ,
           the
           largest
           share
           ;
           and
           therefore
           in
           the
           redoubling
           of
           the
           Period
           ,
           
             Mercy
          
           is
           only
           named
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           weight
           and
           stress
           of
           his
           observation
           ,
           and
           by
           consequence
           of
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           must
           lye
           upon
           
             Mercy
             ,
          
           tho
           
             Truth
          
           and
           Fidelity
           must
           likewise
           have
           its
           share
           .
        
         
           The
           chief
           glory
           of
           Princes
           ,
           and
           the
           chief
           of
           their
           Titles
           ,
           tho
           they
           should
           swell
           them
           up
           with
           all
           the
           loftiness
           of
           the
           
             Eastern
          
           Courts
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           they
           are
           
             God's
             Deputies
          
           and
           
             Vicegerents
          
           here
           on
           earth
           ;
           that
           they
           represent
           him
           ,
           and
           by
           consequence
           ,
           that
           they
           ought
           to
           resemble
           him
           .
           The
           outward
           respect
           paid
           them
           ,
           carries
           a
           proportion
           to
           that
           Character
           of
           Divinity
           which
           is
           on
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           supposes
           an
           imitation
           of
           the
           Divine
           Perfections
           in
           them
           .
           Every
           Man
           is
           made
           after
           the
           
           
             Image
             of
             God
          
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           right
           of
           that
           ,
           he
           hath
           a
           Dominion
           over
           this
           earth
           ,
           and
           all
           its
           productions
           ;
           over
           all
           the
           Beasts
           of
           the
           Field
           ,
           the
           Fowls
           of
           the
           Air
           ,
           the
           Fishes
           of
           the
           Sea
           :
           But
           as
           much
           as
           men
           are
           preferable
           to
           all
           these
           ,
           so
           much
           ought
           Those
           who
           have
           Dominion
           over
           them
           ,
           to
           excel
           all
           others
           in
           this
           Resemblance
           .
           It
           is
           a
           noble
           Thought
           in
           
             Plutarch
             ,
          
           
           That
           there
           
             are
             three
             things
             for
             which
             we
             adore
             the
             Deity
             ,
             and
             in
             which
             we
             desire
             to
             resemble
             it
             ;
             Eternity
             ,
             Power
             ,
             and
             Goodness
             ;
             for
             Eternity
             ,
             we
             all
             know
             we
             are
             Mortal
             ,
             and
             cannot
             live
             for
             ever
             ;
             the
             Elements
             and
             Frame
             of
             things
             last
             much
             longer
             ;
             Power
             is
             a
             gift
             of
             Fortune
             ,
             nor
             is
             it
             in
             it self
             any
             great
             matter
             ;
             Storms
             and
             Thunders
             have
             more
             force
             ,
             than
             the
             most
             mighty
             Potentates
             :
             But
             Virtue
             and
             Goodness
             ,
             which
             lye
             within
             all
             mens
             reach
             ,
             are
             the
             resemblances
             of
             the
             Supream
             Being
             ,
             which
             make
             every
             man
             shine
             ;
             and
             render
             those
             that
             are
             in
             Power
             and
             Authority
             ,
             truly
             Divine
             .
          
           
           The
           famous
           
             Panegerick
          
           has
           exprest
           this
           ,
           not
           more
           nobly
           than
           truly
           :
           
             What
             greater
             ,
             or
             usefuller
             gift
             can
             the
             Divinity
             bestow
             upon
             Mortals
             ,
             than
             a
             Prince
             that
             is
             Virtuous
             and
             Holy
             ,
             and
             that
             resembles
             the
             Gods
             themselves
             ?
          
           (
           Pardon
           this
           ill-sounding
           expression
           of
           his
           Heathenism
           )
           
             who
             governs
             so
             as
             to
             remember
             ,
             both
             that
             he
             himself
             is
             a
             Man
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             are
             also
             Men
             over
             whom
             he
             is
             set
             ;
             and
             that
             considers
             that
             his
             own
             Innocence
             is
             his
             best
             Defence
             ,
             and
             his
             surest
             Guard.
          
           Crowns
           and
           Scepters
           when
           ill-placed
           ,
           discover
           the
           defects
           of
           those
           whose
           Minds
           are
           not
           equal
           to
           their
           Fortunes
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           more
           conspicuous
           and
           sensible
           :
           But
           when
           those
           whom
           they
           adorn
           ,
           have
           the
           Inward
           Ornaments
           of
           real
           Worth
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           they
           give
           them
           all
           possible
           advantages
           ,
           and
           set
           them
           in
           a
           true
           Light
           :
           For
           the
           brightness
           of
           Majesty
           ,
           when
           not
           tempered
           with
           the
           softness
           of
           Mercy
           ,
           is
           like
           a
           scorching
           Sun
           ,
           who
           destroys
           every
           thing
           upon
           which
           his
           Beams
           
           do
           fall
           .
           The
           simplest
           Notions
           which
           all
           men
           have
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           discoveries
           which
           inspired
           Writings
           give
           us
           of
           him
           ,
           represent
           him
           as
           a
           Being
           ,
           in
           which
           
             Truth
          
           and
           
             Goodness
          
           do
           dwell
           in
           perfection
           ;
           which
           are
           the
           Attributes
           that
           we
           need
           the
           most
           ,
           and
           to
           which
           we
           trust
           chiefly
           ;
           in
           which
           we
           rejoyce
           daily
           ;
           and
           for
           which
           we
           offer
           up
           our
           most
           solemn
           Adorations
           .
           Therefore
           whatever
           other
           Characters
           of
           Glory
           may
           appear
           upon
           Princes
           ,
           be
           they
           ever
           so
           wise
           and
           vigilant
           ,
           so
           brave
           and
           generous
           ;
           let
           them
           have
           all
           the
           Arts
           of
           Government
           ,
           all
           the
           Oeconomy
           and
           Conduct
           ,
           all
           the
           Magnificence
           and
           Lustre
           possible
           ;
           the
           vastest
           Treasures
           ,
           the
           strongest
           Frontiers
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           victorious
           Armies
           ;
           yet
           where
           
             Mercy
          
           and
           
             Truth
          
           are
           wanting
           ,
           where
           they
           are
           Perfidious
           and
           Cruel
           ,
           they
           are
           rather
           the
           Representatives
           of
           him
           that
           was
           a
           
             Lyar
             and
             a
             Murderer
             from
             the
             beginning
             ,
          
           than
           of
           that
           God
           ,
           who
           is
           
             just
             and
             true
             in
             all
             his
             ways
             ,
             and
             merciful
             and
             gracious
             towards
             all
             his
             works
             .
          
           If
           these
           are
           wanting
           ,
           the
           greater
           they
           are
           in
           all
           other
           respects
           ,
           they
           are
           the
           juster
           Resemblances
           of
           those
           Apostate
           Spirits
           ,
           
             the
             Princes
             of
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Air
             ,
          
           who
           have
           great
           Dominions
           ,
           and
           a
           vast
           activity
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           all
           imployed
           to
           mischief
           and
           ruine
           ;
           and
           as
           their
           Worshippers
           in
           some
           barbarous
           Nations
           ,
           reckon
           that
           nothing
           works
           so
           powerfully
           for
           appeasing
           their
           anger
           ,
           or
           procuring
           their
           favour
           ,
           as
           Rivers
           of
           Gore
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           are
           then
           best
           pleased
           when
           their
           Altars
           swim
           in
           humane
           Blood
           ;
           so
           those
           who
           delight
           in
           Blood
           ,
           in
           innocent
           Blood
           ,
           and
           especially
           in
           the
           Blood
           of
           their
           own
           Subjects
           ,
           shew
           what
           is
           the
           Original
           after
           which
           they
           Copy
           ,
           and
           the
           Pattern
           upon
           which
           they
           form
           themselves
           .
        
         
         
           A
           true
           picture
           of
           the
           Deity
           ,
           is
           a
           Prince
           ,
           that
           loves
           his
           people
           ,
           and
           is
           tender
           of
           them
           ;
           that
           renders
           them
           safe
           by
           his
           Protection
           ,
           and
           happy
           by
           his
           Justice
           :
           That
           is
           true
           to
           his
           promises
           ,
           and
           careful
           of
           his
           Laws
           :
           And
           that
           how
           severe
           so
           ever
           he
           may
           be
           in
           punishing
           offences
           against
           others
           ,
           and
           in
           maintaining
           the
           peace
           and
           order
           of
           the
           Community
           ,
           yet
           is
           gentle
           to
           offences
           against
           himself
           :
           except
           when
           his
           care
           of
           the
           publick
           obliges
           him
           to
           let
           the
           Law
           take
           its
           course
           :
           And
           even
           then
           ,
           private
           revenge
           is
           so
           far
           from
           being
           his
           motive
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           forced
           to
           do
           Violence
           to
           his
           own
           Inclinations
           ,
           which
           are
           always
           gentle
           and
           Compassionate
           .
        
         
           A
           Prince
           so
           tempered
           puts
           a
           temptation
           upon
           his
           people
           ,
           (
           if
           they
           are
           not
           under
           the
           conduct
           of
           a
           Religion
           that
           guides
           them
           by
           surer
           Lights
           )
           to
           suspect
           that
           he
           is
           allied
           to
           the
           Divinity
           it self
           ;
           and
           is
           something
           of
           a
           God
           in
           humane
           appearance
           :
           And
           therefore
           no
           wonder
           if
           after
           his
           death
           they
           follow
           him
           with
           Divine
           Adorations
           .
           And
           as
           this
           in
           barbarous
           Ages
           gave
           the
           rise
           to
           almost
           all
           the
           Idolatry
           of
           the
           
             Greeks
             ,
          
           so
           even
           in
           more
           polite
           Times
           the
           
             Roman
          
           Historian
           observes
           ,
           
           that
           no
           man
           made
           any
           shews
           of
           mourning
           or
           lamentation
           at
           
             Marcus
          
           Aurelius's
           Funeral
           ,
           
             all
             men
             holding
             it
             for
             certain
             ,
             that
             as
             he
             had
             been
             lent
             to
             the
             World
             by
             the
             Gods
             ;
             so
             he
             was
             then
             gone
             back
             to
             take
             his
             place
             again
             among
             them
             .
          
           To
           us
           who
           know
           better
           things
           ,
           this
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           a
           bad
           King
           is
           one
           of
           the
           severest
           Instances
           of
           Gods
           anger
           against
           a
           Nation
           :
           A
           Plague
           heavier
           than
           either
           
             Famine
             ,
             Sword
             ,
             or
             Pestilence
             .
          
           For
           how
           sensible
           or
           afflicting
           soever
           these
           may
           be
           ,
           they
           are
           no
           sooner
           over
           than
           all
           their
           ill
           effects
           go
           off
           with
           them
           :
           Whereas
           a
           Prince
           whose
           ill
           Example
           has
           corrupted
           a
           Nation
           ,
           or
           whose
           ill
           designs
           have
           divided
           and
           distracted
           it
           ;
           leaves
           behind
           him
           a
           ferment
           which
           will
           be
           working
           
           perhaps
           for
           some
           Ages
           after
           he
           is
           asleep
           in
           his
           Grave
           :
           On
           the
           other
           hand
           a
           Prince
           that
           is
           just
           and
           true
           ,
           gracious
           and
           merciful
           ,
           shines
           with
           so
           benigne
           an
           Influence
           that
           as
           a
           good
           season
           not
           only
           gives
           us
           warm
           and
           healthful
           Air
           while
           it
           lasts
           ,
           but
           does
           also
           ripen
           those
           Fruits
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           upon
           which
           we
           must
           subsist
           after
           it
           is
           gone
           ;
           so
           by
           his
           good
           Government
           that
           is
           duly
           tempered
           between
           rigorous
           severity
           and
           too
           Indulgent
           goodness
           ,
           he
           no
           ●
           only
           makes
           his
           Subjects
           happy
           ,
           during
           so
           blest
           a
           Reign
           ,
           but
           lays
           the
           foundations
           of
           a
           Felicity
           which
           will
           be
           more
           lasting
           then
           the
           Princes
           themselves
           ,
           who
           
             tho
             they
             are
             called
             Gods
             ,
             yet
             must
             die
             like
             men
             .
          
           There
           is
           no
           need
           of
           the
           Art
           and
           Eloquence
           of
           a
           studied
           Paneygrick
           to
           set
           forth
           the
           happiness
           of
           such
           a
           Government
           :
           It
           speaks
           it self
           ,
           and
           is
           well
           perceived
           ,
           tho
           it
           may
           neither
           be
           decent
           nor
           indeed
           scarce
           possible
           to
           set
           it
           out
           in
           words
           .
           It
           argues
           a
           defect
           in
           the
           Subject
           ,
           when
           Art
           and
           Skill
           must
           be
           imployed
           to
           raise
           it
           .
           Pompous
           figures
           ,
           big
           words
           ,
           and
           a
           laboured
           Method
           are
           false
           lights
           which
           are
           only
           necessary
           for
           Counterfeits
           :
           And
           as
           the
           Arts
           of
           Juglars
           can
           Impose
           no
           belief
           when
           every
           one
           is
           before
           hand
           perswaded
           ,
           that
           their
           performances
           are
           only
           the
           sleights
           of
           hand
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           as
           vain
           an
           attempt
           to
           perswade
           men
           that
           they
           are
           happy
           when
           they
           know
           they
           are
           not
           so
           ;
           as
           it
           is
           a
           needless
           one
           to
           enlarge
           upon
           that
           which
           all
           men
           feel
           better
           then
           any
           one
           can
           describe
           .
           It
           becomes
           this
           place
           and
           this
           day
           better
           to
           observe
           what
           God
           has
           made
           the
           means
           of
           preserving
           the
           persons
           and
           upholding
           the
           Throne
           of
           our
           Kings
           ,
           that
           so
           by
           adhearing
           steadily
           to
           these
           we
           may
           secure
           the
           blessings
           that
           we
           have
           in
           hand
           
           and
           promise
           our selves
           such
           a
           progress
           in
           them
           that
           the
           next
           return
           of
           a
           day
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           may
           be
           to
           celebrate
           an
           entire
           deliverance
           from
           all
           our
           Enemies
           ;
           a
           Peace
           abroad
           as
           well
           as
           we
           have
           it
           now
           at
           home
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           advances
           made
           this
           Year
           are
           to
           us
           a
           good
           pledge
           ,
           if
           our
           Relapses
           do
           not
           retard
           and
           set
           it
           back
           .
        
         
           We
           sent
           away
           our
           King
           with
           Fasting
           and
           Prayer
           :
           we
           seemed
           then
           all
           sensible
           how
           great
           a
           hazard
           every
           one
           of
           us
           run
           ,
           in
           all
           those
           dangers
           to
           which
           we
           knew
           he
           would
           be
           ready
           to
           expose
           himself
           :
           It
           is
           to
           be
           hoped
           that
           many
           continued
           to
           send
           their
           most
           earnest
           Prayers
           after
           him
           .
           We
           wished
           to
           hear
           of
           action
           ,
           but
           we
           wished
           and
           trembled
           at
           the
           same
           time
           :
           We
           knew
           he
           was
           not
           like
           those
           Princes
           who
           never
           fail
           to
           take
           care
           of
           themselves
           ,
           whatever
           they
           may
           do
           of
           their
           People
           :
           and
           will
           keep
           themselves
           at
           a
           sure
           distance
           ,
           when
           by
           a
           very
           unjust
           division
           they
           leave
           the
           danger
           wholly
           upon
           others
           ,
           while
           they
           assume
           the
           honour
           intirely
           to
           themselves
           .
           We
           
             trembled
             ,
          
           for
           as
           
             Davids
          
           men
           said
           ,
           not
           more
           truly
           than
           we
           might
           do
           upon
           this
           occasion
           ,
           that
           
             his
             life
             was
             worth
             ten
             Thousand
             of
             us
             ,
          
           
           so
           we
           were
           sure
           that
           danger
           could
           have
           no
           other
           effect
           upon
           him
           ,
           but
           to
           make
           him
           run
           the
           deeper
           into
           it
           ,
           till
           he
           should
           break
           through
           it
           :
           Our
           
             wishes
          
           for
           action
           ,
           and
           our
           
             fears
          
           for
           his
           person
           were
           things
           so
           Interwoven
           that
           it
           Heaven
           has
           not
           granted
           us
           that
           we
           
             wished
          
           for
           ,
           it
           was
           that
           we
           might
           be
           saved
           from
           what
           we
           
             feared
             ,
          
           since
           an
           entire
           Victory
           with
           that
           loss
           had
           been
           our
           ruine
           .
           God
           has
           now
           brought
           him
           back
           to
           us
           in
           safety
           ,
           and
           with
           this
           fresh
           lustre
           on
           him
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           Enemy
           by
           their
           extravagant
           rejoycing
           last
           year
           ,
           upon
           his
           supposed
           death
           ,
           shewed
           how
           much
           they
           apprehended
           
           his
           Life
           ;
           so
           this
           year
           by
           their
           constant
           declining
           of
           all
           actions
           ,
           how
           much
           soever
           invited
           and
           provoked
           to
           it
           by
           him
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           attack
           that
           was
           made
           just
           after
           his
           leaving
           the
           Army
           ,
           shewed
           that
           they
           considered
           him
           as
           an
           
             Army
          
           alone
           :
           Or
           as
           the
           
             Soul
          
           that
           gave
           Life
           and
           Spirit
           to
           all
           the
           rest
           .
           But
           they
           found
           that
           he
           had
           been
           so
           long
           among
           them
           and
           was
           so
           newly
           gone
           from
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           powerful
           Influence
           wrought
           still
           in
           his
           absence
           .
           We
           have
           had
           many
           Instances
           ,
           in
           every
           season
           ,
           and
           in
           both
           Elements
           how
           watchful
           Providence
           has
           been
           about
           that
           
             Life
             ,
          
           that
           secures
           all
           ours
           ,
           and
           renders
           them
           comfortable
           and
           happy
           to
           us
           :
           had
           it
           not
           been
           for
           this
           ,
           the
           second
           
             Gunpowder
             Plot
          
           had
           proved
           as
           fatal
           as
           the
           first
           was
           intended
           to
           be
           .
           In
           defeating
           the
           first
           the
           good
           nature
           of
           the
           discoverer
           ,
           and
           the
           sagacity
           of
           the
           Prince
           had
           their
           share
           ,
           but
           here
           Providence
           interposed
           without
           an
           Instrument
           :
           The
           train
           was
           fired
           and
           had
           its
           first
           effect
           ,
           but
           the
           invisible
           direction
           appeared
           in
           that
           Critical
           Minute
           next
           to
           a
           Miracle
           ,
           the
           dismal
           Treachery
           was
           defeated
           ,
           and
           the
           Traytors
           were
           discovered
           .
           Can
           we
           but
           open
           our
           thoughts
           a
           little
           to
           measure
           all
           the
           terrible
           effects
           of
           one
           dreadful
           moment
           ,
           the
           destruction
           of
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           but
           too
           probably
           the
           loss
           of
           that
           sacred
           Life
           ,
           which
           if
           it
           had
           escaped
           the
           first
           Violence
           of
           the
           fire
           ,
           must
           have
           perished
           in
           the
           fatal
           train
           of
           Consequences
           that
           would
           have
           followed
           upon
           it
           :
           Who
           is
           so
           fond
           of
           life
           as
           to
           desire
           to
           have
           outlived
           the
           fate
           of
           Religion
           ,
           of
           
             England
          
           and
           of
           
             Europe
          
           ;
           with
           which
           that
           black
           night
           seemed
           big
           ;
           after
           that
           darkness
           who
           would
           have
           desired
           to
           have
           enjoyed
           the
           light
           any
           more
           ;
           or
           to
           have
           beheld
           those
           Scenes
           of
           horrour
           and
           spectacles
           of
           misery
           that
           must
           have
           followed
           ,
           and
           have
           seen
           
           
             Europe
          
           divided
           between
           its
           
             Eastern
          
           and
           
             Western
          
           devourers
           .
           But
           that
           a
           train
           so
           dextrously
           laid
           ,
           and
           so
           successful
           in
           its
           first
           Operations
           ,
           should
           have
           no
           farther
           effect
           but
           to
           shew
           at
           once
           both
           the
           greatness
           of
           the
           danger
           ,
           and
           the
           yet
           greater
           care
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           to
           teach
           more
           precaution
           ,
           and
           to
           discover
           the
           blackness
           of
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           looks
           ,
           as
           if
           every
           Year
           were
           to
           produce
           a
           new
           and
           unlookt
           for
           wonder
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Cannon
           Ball
           upon
           the
           
             Boyne
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Bombs
           upon
           the
           
             Eure
             ,
          
           are
           instances
           vying
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           nearness
           of
           the
           danger
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           greater
           nearness
           of
           that
           favour
           which
           compasses
           the
           King
           about
           as
           with
           a
           Shield
           :
           Such
           an
           extraordinary
           preservation
           may
           justly
           swallow
           up
           ones
           thoughts
           so
           entirely
           ,
           that
           other
           things
           may
           be
           forgot
           by
           the
           transport
           it
           raises
           Yet
           upon
           due
           recollection
           tho
           this
           is
           enough
           to
           fill
           us
           with
           deep
           acknowledgments
           ;
           we
           have
           another
           Scene
           of
           wonders
           before
           us
           .
        
         
           Our
           Neighbouring
           Island
           had
           been
           long
           in
           a
           most
           terrible
           Convulsion
           ,
           the
           Seat
           of
           War
           and
           Rapine
           :
           the
           Fire
           and
           the
           Sword
           ,
           had
           gone
           over
           the
           breadth
           and
           the
           length
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           had
           turned
           it
           to
           a
           heap
           of
           Ruines
           and
           Ashes
           .
           The
           Inhabitants
           reduced
           on
           the
           sudden
           ,
           from
           a
           full
           Plenty
           ,
           to
           the
           Extremities
           of
           Misery
           ;
           multitudes
           of
           all
           Ranks
           and
           Ages
           ,
           and
           of
           both
           Sexes
           ,
           were
           forced
           to
           fly
           hither
           ,
           and
           sink
           under
           the
           heavy
           Load
           of
           Want.
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           they
           found
           Relief
           both
           from
           the
           Royal
           Bounty
           ,
           and
           the
           Charity
           of
           this
           Nation
           :
           but
           after
           all
           ,
           as
           
             Charity
          
           is
           a
           Word
           of
           hard
           digestion
           to
           a
           generous
           Mind
           ,
           so
           their
           Numbers
           made
           ,
           that
           every
           ones
           share
           must
           be
           small
           where
           so
           many
           wanted
           .
           Our
           Enemy
           had
           created
           to
           us
           a
           vast
           distraction
           on
           that
           side
           ,
           which
           supported
           the
           Spirits
           and
           Hopes
           of
           our
           
           secret
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           ,
           our
           most
           malicious
           Enemies
           here
           at
           home
           .
           The
           slow
           motions
           at
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Summer
           ,
           together
           with
           some
           other
           accidents
           ,
           made
           all
           people
           apprehend
           that
           the
           miseries
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           were
           like
           to
           lie
           upon
           it
           yet
           one
           year
           longer
           .
           But
           the
           unexampled
           Courage
           of
           our
           Army
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           Zeal
           and
           Fidelity
           of
           those
           that
           commanded
           it
           ,
           broke
           through
           all
           Obstacles
           ;
           in
           a
           series
           of
           Actions
           ,
           every
           one
           of
           which
           will
           pass
           down
           to
           Posterity
           among
           the
           Wonders
           of
           Military
           Valour
           ,
           and
           the
           Prodigies
           of
           Gallantry
           and
           Success
           ;
           and
           ,
           in
           conclusion
           ,
           when
           relief
           was
           so
           near
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           pressed
           with
           no
           necessities
           ,
           but
           those
           which
           their
           own
           fears
           or
           disorders
           threw
           them
           into
           ,
           so
           that
           there
           was
           all
           possible
           reason
           to
           fear
           another
           cruel
           Winter
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           a
           fourth
           bloody
           Summer
           ;
           That
           Kingdom
           is
           intirely
           reduced
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           ,
           the
           Civil
           War
           is
           at
           an
           end
           ,
           and
           our
           Kings
           are
           possessed
           of
           the
           Love
           and
           Duty
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           ,
           of
           the
           fear
           and
           dread
           of
           all
           their
           Subjects
           .
        
         
           Here
           we
           have
           all
           that
           can
           work
           ,
           either
           on
           our
           Compassion
           for
           our
           Brethren
           ,
           or
           our
           care
           of
           our selves
           to
           raise
           and
           fill
           our
           Hearts
           with
           Joy
           and
           Gladness
           .
           Our
           miserable
           Brethren
           ,
           who
           for
           a
           great
           while
           never
           lay
           down
           without
           looking
           for
           a
           dreadful
           Alarm
           of
           flames
           about
           them
           ,
           or
           of
           Enemies
           no
           less
           merciless
           than
           these
           ,
           and
           ,
           next
           to
           the
           fury
           of
           their
           cruel
           Enemies
           ,
           were
           most
           affraid
           of
           some
           of
           their
           unruly
           Friends
           ;
           they
           do
           now
           lie
           down
           and
           sleep
           in
           Peace
           ,
           and
           are
           setting
           about
           the
           Cultivating
           of
           their
           wasted
           Fields
           ,
           and
           the
           Re-building
           their
           ruinated
           Cities
           .
           We
           are
           delivered
           from
           the
           danger
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           charge
           of
           that
           devouring
           War
           ,
           and
           being
           now
           quiet
           at
           home
           ,
           we
           are
           more
           at
           leisure
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           better
           capacity
           to
           
           look
           abroad
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           to
           reassume
           that
           which
           is
           the
           true
           Honour
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Interest
           of
           this
           Government
           ,
           (
           how
           much
           and
           how
           fatally
           soever
           it
           may
           have
           been
           ,
           not
           only
           neglected
           ,
           but
           betrayed
           for
           almost
           a
           whole
           Age
           ;
           )
           of
           adjusting
           the
           Scales
           ,
           and
           maintaining
           the
           Ballance
           of
           
             Europe
             .
          
        
         
           These
           are
           such
           signal
           Blessings
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           seem
           a
           diminution
           of
           them
           ,
           to
           bring
           lesser
           matters
           into
           the
           Account
           ,
           which
           yet
           deserve
           well
           to
           be
           remembred
           :
           Every
           one
           of
           them
           carries
           shining
           Characters
           upon
           it
           of
           Gods
           care
           of
           us
           ,
           and
           his
           goodness
           to
           us
           .
           All
           that
           related
           either
           to
           our selves
           ,
           or
           our
           Allies
           ,
           has
           been
           visibly
           under
           that
           Protection
           ;
           our
           concerns
           have
           been
           every
           where
           safe
           ,
           and
           in
           many
           places
           Glorious
           and
           Triumphant
           .
           Our
           Enemies
           have
           failed
           in
           their
           Undertakings
           ,
           and
           most
           of
           ours
           have
           succeeded
           :
           Our
           Wealth
           and
           Trade
           has
           been
           preserved
           ,
           and
           our
           Fleets
           have
           returned
           with
           this
           Glory
           ,
           That
           no
           Enemy
           durst
           look
           upon
           them
           .
           We
           are
           now
           in
           Peace
           and
           Safety
           ,
           in
           Plenty
           and
           Abundance
           :
           and
           let
           us
           look
           abroad
           ,
           and
           see
           if
           there
           is
           any
           Nation
           under
           Heaven
           that
           has
           half
           the
           Blessings
           to
           answer
           for
           that
           we
           have
           .
           Thus
           it
           is
           plain
           ,
           that
           our
           King
           has
           been
           wonderfully
           
             preserved
             ,
          
           and
           his
           Throne
           no
           less
           wonderfully
           
             upheld
             .
          
        
         
           Our
           next
           enquiry
           must
           be
           ,
           what
           share
           
             Mercy
          
           and
           
             Truth
             ,
          
           but
           more
           eminently
           
             Mercy
             ,
          
           may
           have
           in
           this
           .
           
             Mercy
          
           is
           that
           Divine
           temper
           that
           makes
           us
           both
           pity
           the
           miserable
           ,
           and
           forgive
           the
           injurious
           ;
           the
           former
           of
           these
           is
           more
           Universal
           and
           Natural
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           the
           second
           is
           more
           Heroical
           and
           Divine
           ,
           it
           works
           in
           opposition
           to
           the
           sense
           of
           Injuries
           ,
           and
           the
           resentment
           which
           arises
           out
           of
           that
           ,
           which
           if
           not
           check'd
           by
           
           better
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           a
           nobleness
           of
           Soul
           ,
           raises
           a
           ferment
           that
           works
           strongly
           in
           ungoverned
           Nature
           .
        
         
           The
           elevation
           of
           Princes
           ,
           as
           it
           raises
           them
           above
           the
           common
           miseries
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           so
           it
           very
           often
           makes
           them
           Insensible
           of
           those
           Calamities
           which
           their
           Subjects
           suffer
           often
           by
           their
           means
           ;
           they
           are
           so
           accustomed
           to
           be
           slattered
           by
           others
           ,
           that
           by
           degrees
           they
           come
           to
           slatter
           themselves
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           ought
           to
           take
           no
           share
           in
           other
           mens
           troubles
           .
           But
           as
           the
           Divine
           Goodness
           extends
           to
           all
           ,
           and
           
             his
             tender
             mercies
             are
             over
             all
             his
             Works
          
           ;
           so
           Princes
           that
           pity
           the
           miserable
           ,
           and
           provide
           for
           them
           ,
           that
           give
           both
           access
           and
           redress
           to
           their
           Complaints
           ,
           that
           protect
           them
           by
           their
           Justice
           ,
           and
           relieve
           them
           by
           their
           Mercy
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           the
           
             Roman
          
           Emperour
           ,
           reckon
           that
           
             day
             lost
          
           in
           which
           no
           occasion
           has
           been
           given
           them
           of
           doing
           good
           ,
           of
           making
           a
           sad
           Heart
           glad
           ,
           and
           a
           miserable
           Family
           easie
           ;
           Such
           Princes
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           by
           imitating
           the
           Supream
           Being
           in
           one
           of
           its
           fairest
           and
           lovliest
           Perfections
           ,
           come
           under
           its
           particular
           care
           .
           They
           have
           also
           instead
           of
           other
           Taxes
           ,
           the
           Praises
           and
           Prayers
           of
           great
           Multitudes
           ascending
           up
           continually
           as
           Incense
           before
           God
           :
           
           These
           according
           to
           
             Daniels
          
           Advice
           to
           a
           very
           bad
           King
           ,
           are
           a
           
             redeeming
             their
             Iniquiries
             ,
          
           and
           do
           procure
           a
           
             lengthning
             of
             their
             Tranquillity
          
           :
           And
           if
           they
           could
           have
           such
           effects
           in
           favour
           of
           an
           Idolatrous
           Tyrant
           ,
           what
           may
           PRINCES
           that
           are
           Good
           and
           Religious
           expect
           from
           them
           ?
           What
           may
           they
           not
           expect
           from
           them
           ?
           They
           by
           such
           Acts
           of
           Mercy
           ,
           procure
           to
           themselves
           many
           Affectionate
           and
           Zealous
           Subjects
           .
           even
           
           those
           who
           do
           not
           need
           this
           Instance
           of
           their
           Mercy
           ,
           yet
           must
           love
           them
           for
           it
           ;
           they
           know
           they
           may
           need
           it
           ,
           so
           they
           have
           that
           reserve
           for
           misfortune
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           this
           forces
           the
           love
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           draws
           down
           the
           favour
           of
           Heaven
           :
           yet
           ,
           after
           all
           ,
           a
           good
           and
           generous
           Nature
           finds
           no
           difficulty
           in
           such
           acts
           of
           Mercy
           .
           Treasure
           is
           not
           much
           exhausted
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           true
           Pleasure
           that
           they
           give
           a
           noble
           Mind
           ,
           seems
           to
           be
           Reward
           enough
           :
           Therefore
           we
           must
           next
           look
           to
           acts
           of
           
             Mercy
          
           of
           another
           sort
           ,
           where
           Nature
           is
           more
           heated
           ,
           and
           has
           a
           biass
           another
           way
           .
           
             Mercy
          
           to
           the
           Injurious
           is
           certainly
           the
           harder
           performance
           :
           Where
           the
           Dignity
           of
           the
           Person
           exalts
           one
           to
           so
           high
           a
           Sublimity
           ,
           the
           Insolence
           of
           an
           Injury
           gives
           a
           particular
           sharpness
           ,
           which
           is
           heightned
           if
           done
           with
           scorn
           ,
           and
           delivered
           in
           opprobrious
           words
           ;
           if
           there
           is
           black
           Ingratitude
           as
           well
           as
           deliberate
           Malice
           in
           it
           ;
           if
           there
           is
           a
           Venom
           in
           the
           spite
           that
           makes
           it
           both
           restless
           and
           poisonous
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           has
           ill
           Effects
           at
           present
           ,
           and
           may
           probably
           have
           worse
           afterwards
           .
           When
           all
           these
           concur
           in
           Offences
           against
           Princes
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           acknowledged
           ,
           that
           acts
           of
           Mercy
           ,
           done
           after
           such
           Provocations
           ,
           carry
           so
           very
           near
           a
           resemblance
           to
           that
           Infinite
           Goodness
           ,
           
             which
             is
             kind
             to
             the
             unthankful
             and
             the
             evil
             :
          
           
           That
           ,
           all
           things
           considered
           ,
           Mortals
           can
           scarce
           rise
           up
           to
           a
           higher
           pitch
           of
           Conformity
           .
           
           
             David
          
           found
           in
           himself
           ,
           that
           if
           
             an
             Enemy
             had
             reproached
             him
             ,
             he
             could
             have
             born
             it
             ;
             but
             it
             was
             his
             equal
             ,
          
           (
           one
           whom
           he
           had
           made
           so
           by
           his
           Friendship
           ,
           )
           
             his
             guide
             ,
             and
             his
             acquaintance
             :
          
           And
           this
           was
           too
           hard
           for
           him
           ,
           his
           Heart
           burnt
           within
           him
           :
           and
           he
           broke
           out
           into
           such
           Complaints
           and
           Wishes
           upon
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           easie
           to
           know
           how
           to
           explain
           or
           justifie
           them
           .
        
         
         
           It
           is
           a
           Consideration
           apt
           to
           beget
           Rage
           even
           in
           the
           mildest
           Breasts
           ,
           of
           those
           against
           whom
           the
           Injury
           does
           not
           work
           immediately
           ,
           to
           see
           a
           sort
           of
           Men
           who
           live
           safe
           under
           the
           justest
           and
           gentlest
           of
           all
           Governments
           ,
           go
           about
           with
           a
           restless
           Fury
           ,
           endeavouring
           to
           overturn
           it
           ,
           to
           corrupt
           the
           Minds
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           to
           debauch
           them
           from
           the
           Duty
           and
           Gratitude
           that
           they
           owe
           to
           Princes
           ,
           who
           seem
           born
           for
           the
           good
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           for
           the
           Protection
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           for
           raising
           the
           honour
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           that
           was
           sinking
           into
           such
           a
           shameful
           degeneracy
           ,
           that
           a
           mighty
           Influence
           and
           great
           Examples
           were
           necessary
           to
           restore
           us
           to
           that
           from
           which
           we
           had
           fallen
           .
           If
           these
           were
           only
           the
           practices
           of
           those
           of
           a
           different
           Religion
           ,
           we
           might
           the
           better
           bear
           them
           ,
           because
           we
           could
           expect
           no
           other
           from
           them
           :
           But
           the
           Reproach
           is
           more
           sensible
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Danger
           is
           greater
           ,
           from
           
             false
             Brethren
             ,
          
           who
           like
           the
           Men
           of
           
             Smyrna
          
           that
           called
           themselves
           
             Jews
             ,
             but
             were
             not
             ,
             and
             were
             of
             the
             Synagogue
             of
             Satan
             ,
          
           
           may
           call
           themselves
           English
           Men
           and
           Protestants
           ,
           but
           are
           of
           the
           
             Synagogue
          
           of
           the
           great
           
             Enemy
          
           (
           for
           that
           is
           the
           signification
           of
           the
           word
           
             Satan
          
           )
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           of
           Mankind
           .
           They
           seem
           to
           have
           persuaded
           themselves
           and
           study
           to
           persuade
           all
           others
           ,
           That
           what
           we
           may
           have
           heard
           of
           his
           Cruelty
           ,
           are
           only
           Tragical
           Stories
           aggravated
           far
           above
           the
           Truth
           ;
           that
           we
           need
           fear
           nothing
           ,
           tho'
           we
           should
           fall
           under
           the
           heaviest
           of
           all
           Plagues
           ,
           even
           his
           Tyranny
           ;
           but
           might
           be
           safe
           and
           happy
           under
           his
           Protection
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           Friendship
           :
           and
           tho'
           the
           best
           Soils
           of
           
             Europe
             ,
          
           even
           those
           of
           his
           own
           Religion
           ,
           no
           sooner
           become
           a
           prey
           to
           him
           than
           they
           are
           immediately
           Fields
           of
           Blood
           and
           Bones
           ,
           and
           Scenes
           ,
           of
           Horrour
           and
           Cruelty
           ;
           yet
           
           we
           have
           an
           unnatural
           Race
           among
           us
           ,
           that
           are
           so
           far
           in
           love
           with
           him
           ,
           that
           even
           this
           dismal
           Prospect
           cannot
           cure
           it
           .
           It
           cannot
           be
           denied
           ,
           but
           that
           in
           all
           this
           there
           is
           great
           and
           just
           ground
           of
           provocation
           :
           But
           those
           who
           are
           called
           up
           to
           the
           higher
           Regions
           of
           human
           Nature
           ,
           the
           Elevation
           of
           whose
           Souls
           is
           proportioned
           to
           that
           of
           their
           condition
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           a
           greater
           compass
           in
           their
           Prospect
           ,
           so
           they
           have
           another
           pitch
           of
           sublimity
           in
           their
           Minds
           .
           They
           know
           that
           
             Mercy
          
           does
           then
           shew
           its
           utmost
           force
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           the
           most
           provoked
           .
           Natures
           stampt
           upon
           with
           the
           Divine
           Image
           ,
           feel
           more
           Pleasure
           in
           Pardoning
           than
           the
           most
           spiteful
           can
           do
           in
           Revenging
           Injuries
           .
           The
           Interest
           they
           have
           in
           their
           People
           makes
           them
           reckon
           it
           a
           real
           diminution
           of
           their
           own
           strength
           ;
           when
           any
           Member
           of
           the
           Body
           is
           cut
           off
           :
           they
           feel
           the
           force
           of
           a
           generous
           action
           upon
           themselves
           ,
           as
           they
           scorn
           the
           terrours
           of
           dreadful
           things
           ,
           and
           are
           apt
           to
           make
           such
           Experiments
           upon
           others
           to
           see
           how
           far
           the
           Ingenuity
           of
           Mankind
           can
           be
           wrought
           on
           ;
           and
           their
           Courage
           makes
           them
           despise
           Danger
           from
           a
           forgiven
           Enemy
           .
           For
           tho'
           the
           trial
           succeeded
           ill
           with
           
             Caesar
             ,
          
           yet
           they
           do
           highly
           esteem
           that
           great
           saying
           of
           his
           ,
           
             That
             it
             was
             better
             once
             to
             die
             ,
             than
             to
             live
             always
             in
             fear
             .
          
           The
           Princes
           whose
           Names
           shine
           the
           brightest
           in
           History
           ,
           are
           those
           whose
           Clemency
           shewed
           it self
           ,
           in
           the
           greatest
           Instances
           ,
           and
           after
           the
           highest
           Provocations
           .
           
        
         
           
             Saul
             ,
          
           while
           under
           the
           Influence
           of
           the
           Divine
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           of
           that
           
             new
             Heart
          
           that
           was
           given
           him
           at
           his
           Exaltation
           ,
           how
           much
           soever
           he
           degenerated
           afterwards
           ,
           when
           he
           forsook
           that
           Conduct
           and
           was
           forsaken
           by
           it
           ,
           set
           a
           noble
           Pattern
           in
           his
           first
           Advancement
           ,
           which
           is
           remarkable
           in
           all
           its
           Circumstances
           .
           He
           was
           told
           by
           the
           
           Prophet
           
             Samuel
             ,
          
           
           that
           God
           had
           designed
           him
           to
           be
           King
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           and
           he
           felt
           the
           earnest
           of
           that
           in
           a
           Prophetical
           Spirit
           that
           rested
           on
           him
           .
           Soon
           after
           ,
           the
           whole
           Nation
           fell
           into
           a
           great
           fermentation
           ,
           and
           a
           hot
           canvassing
           for
           the
           Crown
           :
           He
           who
           knew
           where
           all
           must
           end
           ,
           yet
           would
           not
           make
           one
           step
           towards
           it
           ;
           he
           did
           not
           go
           about
           to
           manage
           Intrigues
           and
           render
           himself
           Popular
           ,
           but
           withdrew
           and
           shut
           himself
           up
           all
           the
           while
           :
           At
           last
           the
           matter
           was
           put
           to
           a
           decision
           by
           Lots
           ,
           and
           the
           Lot
           fell
           on
           him
           .
           He
           did
           not
           upon
           that
           rush
           out
           with
           any
           unbecoming
           Joy
           ,
           but
           staid
           till
           he
           was
           addressed
           to
           for
           it
           .
           Then
           he
           was
           received
           and
           proclaimed
           King.
           
           Immediately
           upon
           that
           he
           went
           into
           the
           Country
           ,
           probably
           without
           any
           great
           affectations
           of
           Pomp
           or
           State
           :
           He
           considering
           his
           new
           Dignity
           as
           a
           Trust
           from
           God
           ,
           a
           Tie
           to
           his
           People
           ,
           and
           an
           Authority
           vested
           in
           him
           ,
           not
           to
           make
           himself
           look
           Big
           ,
           but
           to
           make
           his
           People
           truly
           Great
           and
           really
           Happy
           :
           They
           whose
           
             heart
             God
             touched
             followed
             him
             :
          
           They
           distinguisht
           aright
           between
           the
           Forms
           of
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           that
           true
           Sublimity
           of
           Mind
           ,
           which
           makes
           Kings
           great
           in
           themselves
           .
           But
           the
           
             men
             of
             Belial
          
           who
           could
           not
           bear
           the
           Yoke
           ,
           
           nor
           be
           kept
           within
           the
           bounds
           of
           Law
           and
           Justice
           ,
           who
           had
           a
           notion
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           as
           a
           Creature
           of
           Pomp
           and
           Pageantry
           ,
           of
           Vice
           and
           Luxury
           ,
           and
           of
           Pride
           and
           Insolence
           ;
           that
           should
           have
           authorized
           Rapine
           and
           have
           dissolved
           Law
           ;
           and
           who
           knew
           well
           that
           they
           would
           make
           a
           Figure
           about
           such
           a
           Prince
           ,
           and
           were
           the
           only
           proper
           Instruments
           that
           he
           could
           Imploy
           ;
           now
           when
           they
           saw
           a
           new
           Scene
           ,
           and
           a
           Court
           that
           could
           not
           be
           for
           them
           ,
           they
           resolved
           they
           would
           not
           be
           for
           it
           :
           They
           said
           ,
           
             How
             shall
             this
             Man
             save
             us
             ?
             and
             they
             brought
             him
             no
             Presents
             .
          
           In
           that
           
           Infancy
           of
           Kingship
           among
           the
           
             Jews
             ,
          
           the
           Crown
           had
           no
           other
           Revenue
           ,
           but
           the
           free
           gift
           of
           the
           People
           :
           Not
           given
           in
           a
           body
           ,
           for
           every
           one
           brought
           his
           Benevolence
           apart
           .
           And
           then
           some
           of
           those
           ungovernable
           Men
           ,
           who
           perhaps
           had
           been
           among
           the
           first
           and
           hottest
           of
           those
           who
           desired
           a
           King
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           one
           ,
           intended
           to
           keep
           him
           low
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           furnish
           him
           with
           that
           which
           was
           necessary
           to
           support
           the
           Government
           .
           Upon
           all
           this
           
             Saul
             held
             his
             peace
          
           ;
           he
           not
           only
           overcame
           ,
           but
           quite
           supprest
           his
           resentments
           :
           And
           tho'
           he
           resolved
           that
           his
           Mercy
           should
           triumph
           over
           their
           Perverseness
           ,
           yet
           he
           staid
           till
           he
           might
           do
           that
           with
           Advantage
           :
           Some
           perhaps
           imputed
           his
           
             silence
          
           to
           coldness
           and
           insensibility
           ,
           others
           to
           a
           sense
           of
           his
           seebleness
           ,
           but
           no
           doubt
           they
           thought
           that
           he
           laid
           up
           in
           all
           his
           Mind
           ,
           and
           resolved
           to
           take
           severe
           Revenges
           as
           soon
           as
           he
           durst
           adventure
           on
           it
           ;
           but
           very
           few
           could
           imagine
           that
           he
           resolved
           to
           connive
           at
           all
           ,
           till
           some
           great
           occasion
           should
           be
           offered
           him
           to
           shew
           his
           Care
           of
           his
           People
           ,
           and
           his
           Zeal
           for
           the
           Publick
           ;
           after
           which
           ,
           he
           might
           with
           a
           better
           grace
           extend
           his
           Clemency
           ,
           to
           those
           who
           deserved
           it
           so
           little
           :
           This
           was
           so
           great
           a
           thought
           ,
           that
           few
           could
           suspect
           it
           ,
           because
           few
           were
           capable
           of
           it
           .
           But
           a
           Prince
           ,
           whose
           Soul
           is
           raised
           to
           a
           level
           with
           his
           Fortunes
           ,
           has
           a
           nobler
           sence
           of
           things
           ,
           far
           above
           the
           fretful
           peevishness
           of
           little
           and
           angry
           Minds
           .
           A
           remarkable
           Occasion
           gave
           
             Saul
          
           the
           advantage
           ,
           that
           he
           looked
           for
           .
           
           
             Nahash
          
           King
           of
           
             Ammon
             ,
          
           a
           Cruel
           and
           an
           Idolatrous
           Tyrant
           ,
           pushed
           on
           with
           a
           desire
           of
           
             Glory
             ,
          
           and
           of
           enlarging
           his
           Frontier
           ,
           did
           ,
           against
           the
           Faith
           of
           Treaties
           ,
           Invade
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           besiege
           
             Jabesh
             Gilead
             :
          
           the
           poor
           Inhabitants
           ,
           struck
           with
           terrour
           ,
           offered
           to
           
           Capitulate
           ;
           he
           who
           was
           sincere
           ,
           though
           brutal
           ,
           not
           like
           those
           who
           offer
           any
           Conditions
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           once
           possessed
           of
           a
           Place
           ,
           though
           they
           do
           not
           intend
           to
           observe
           them
           ,
           told
           them
           he
           must
           make
           sure
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           since
           the
           way
           of
           War
           in
           those
           days
           was
           chiefly
           in
           
             Archery
             ,
          
           in
           which
           nothing
           can
           be
           done
           without
           the
           direction
           of
           the
           right
           Eye
           ,
           he
           told
           them
           he
           must
           
             thrust
             out
             all
             their
             right
             Eyes
             .
          
           To
           this
           Condition
           ,
           hard
           as
           it
           was
           ,
           the
           besieged
           agreed
           ,
           if
           they
           should
           not
           be
           relieved
           within
           Seven
           days
           :
           They
           gave
           notice
           of
           their
           Extremities
           to
           their
           Country-men
           on
           the
           other
           side
           of
           the
           Water
           ;
           who
           upon
           that
           
             wept
             ,
          
           they
           broke
           out
           into
           feeble
           Mournings
           and
           Complaints
           .
           
             Saul
          
           was
           then
           looking
           after
           his
           
             Cattel
             ,
          
           and
           perhaps
           some
           thought
           him
           capable
           of
           no
           higher
           Cares
           :
           But
           upon
           the
           News
           ,
           he
           gathered
           together
           as
           great
           an
           Army
           as
           was
           possible
           on
           the
           sudden
           ,
           and
           in
           great
           Marches
           came
           to
           
             Jabesh
          
           in
           time
           ,
           and
           did
           so
           entirely
           defeat
           the
           
             Ammonites
             ,
             that
             two
             of
             them
             were
             not
             left
             together
             :
          
           And
           then
           it
           appeared
           ,
           that
           
             Saul
             ,
          
           for
           all
           his
           
             coldness
          
           and
           
             silence
             ,
          
           had
           all
           the
           Flame
           in
           him
           that
           became
           his
           great
           Post
           ,
           and
           that
           urgent
           Occasion
           :
           Upon
           this
           the
           Men
           of
           
             Belial
          
           looked
           a
           little
           out
           of
           countenance
           ,
           and
           began
           to
           be
           afraid
           for
           themselves
           ;
           if
           the
           People
           had
           seen
           them
           ,
           probably
           they
           would
           not
           have
           staid
           for
           the
           forms
           of
           Justice
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           first
           Rages
           of
           their
           Fury
           ,
           have
           taken
           the
           shorter
           way
           ,
           and
           have
           run
           upon
           them
           without
           Order
           .
           The
           Body
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           full
           of
           Resentment
           ,
           move
           
             Samuel
             ,
          
           that
           a
           search
           might
           be
           made
           for
           those
           that
           had
           said
           ,
           
           
             Shall
             Saul
             Reign
             over
             us
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             be
             brought
             out
             ,
             and
             then
             they
             would
             put
             them
             to
             death
          
           ;
           They
           would
           ease
           their
           King
           both
           of
           the
           trouble
           of
           Prosecuting
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           reproach
           of
           a
           severe
           Execution
           ;
           
           they
           would
           both
           Impeach
           and
           Execute
           .
           But
           the
           hitherto
           well
           kept
           
             silence
             ,
          
           was
           now
           broke
           through
           :
           
             Saul
          
           would
           not
           be
           so
           much
           as
           Passive
           ,
           when
           so
           much
           Blood
           was
           in
           danger
           to
           be
           shed
           ;
           and
           since
           his
           People
           had
           not
           Temper
           and
           Union
           enough
           to
           sue
           to
           him
           for
           an
           
             Indemnity
          
           ;
           he
           prevents
           the
           Applications
           of
           the
           Guilty
           ,
           and
           the
           Intercession
           of
           their
           Friends
           ,
           by
           an
           
             Act
             of
             Grace
             ,
          
           prononunced
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             There
             shall
             not
             a
             man
             be
             put
             to
             death
             this
             day
             ,
          
           
           
             for
             to
             day
             the
             Lord
             hath
             wrought
             Salvation
             in
             Israel
             :
             Samuel
          
           saw
           well
           how
           this
           must
           needs
           end
           ,
           and
           that
           so
           Eminent
           an
           Act
           of
           Mercy
           ,
           would
           both
           settle
           and
           uphold
           his
           Throne
           ;
           therefore
           he
           diverts
           the
           People
           from
           their
           zealous
           ,
           but
           ill-governed
           heat
           ;
           and
           directs
           them
           to
           go
           to
           
             Gilgall
             ,
          
           
           the
           Place
           of
           their
           Publick
           Assemblies
           ,
           and
           to
           
             renew
             the
             Kingdom
             there
          
           ;
           which
           was
           done
           with
           that
           Solemnity
           ,
           that
           both
           
             Saul
             and
             all
             the
             men
             of
             Israel
             rejoiced
             greatly
             :
          
           Upon
           all
           this
           ,
           I
           shall
           make
           no
           other
           remark
           ,
           but
           that
           
             the
             thing
             which
             hath
             been
             ,
             is
             that
             which
             shall
             be
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             no
             new
             thing
             under
             the
             Sun.
             
          
        
         
           Another
           Eminent
           Act
           of
           Mercy
           meets
           us
           in
           
           David's
           Story
           ;
           
           who
           when
           he
           was
           in
           one
           of
           the
           lowest
           Ebbs
           of
           Fortune
           ,
           was
           affronted
           by
           
             Shimei
             ,
          
           who
           followed
           him
           with
           the
           Insolence
           of
           flinging
           Stones
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Curses
           at
           him
           ;
           but
           neither
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           when
           the
           freshness
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           unusualness
           of
           the
           Injury
           ,
           might
           have
           justified
           the
           utmost
           rigour
           ,
           nor
           afterwards
           upon
           his
           re-establishment
           on
           the
           Throne
           ,
           would
           he
           give
           way
           to
           the
           demands
           of
           Justice
           against
           him
           .
           He
           bore
           the
           Injury
           decently
           at
           first
           ,
           and
           forgave
           it
           graciously
           at
           last
           .
           The
           reason
           that
           he
           gave
           for
           it
           ,
           agrees
           with
           the
           Maxims
           in
           my
           Text
           ,
           
             Do
             not
             I
             know
             that
             I
             am
             this
             day
             King
             over
             Israel
             ?
          
           There
           was
           no
           
           need
           of
           Acts
           of
           Severity
           to
           bring
           him
           to
           the
           Throne
           ,
           but
           of
           Acts
           of
           
             Mercy
          
           to
           
             uphold
             him
             in
             it
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           he
           reckons
           those
           that
           called
           for
           Justice
           in
           so
           unseasonable
           a
           time
           ,
           
             his
             Adversaries
             .
          
        
         
           
             Augustus
          
           began
           his
           Reign
           with
           great
           Severities
           ,
           which
           were
           extorted
           from
           him
           by
           
             Mark
             Anthony
          
           ;
           who
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           had
           often
           pressed
           
             Caesar
             ,
          
           tho'
           in
           vain
           ,
           to
           the
           same
           courses
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           fail
           to
           persuade
           the
           
             Nephew
          
           from
           his
           
           Uncle's
           Fate
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           but
           one
           sure
           way
           to
           be
           safe
           from
           his
           Enemies
           .
           Such
           Counsels
           well
           became
           a
           Creature
           of
           Vice
           and
           Pleasure
           ;
           who
           ,
           intending
           to
           abandon
           himself
           to
           his
           Luxury
           ,
           knew
           he
           could
           not
           be
           secure
           as
           long
           as
           so
           many
           brave
           
             Romans
          
           were
           left
           alive
           .
           But
           as
           soon
           as
           
             Augustus
          
           got
           out
           of
           his
           Conduct
           ,
           he
           shewed
           how
           well
           he
           deserved
           Power
           ,
           that
           could
           use
           it
           as
           he
           did
           .
           A
           remarkable
           Instance
           of
           this
           is
           related
           by
           
             Seneca
             .
             Cinna
          
           that
           was
           descended
           from
           the
           Great
           
             Pompey
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           from
           the
           Famous
           
             Roman
             ,
          
           whose
           Name
           he
           carried
           ,
           conspired
           against
           him
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           received
           large
           Accessions
           both
           of
           Wealth
           and
           Honour
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           was
           in
           high
           Favour
           with
           him
           .
           All
           was
           discovered
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           first
           emotions
           of
           Anger
           ,
           
             Augustus
          
           resolved
           on
           extreme
           Severities
           .
           His
           
             Friends
          
           were
           brought
           together
           to
           Consult
           about
           it
           ,
           for
           he
           honoured
           some
           of
           his
           Court
           with
           that
           familiar
           Title
           ;
           but
           his
           Heart
           ,
           Nobler
           than
           theirs
           ,
           turned
           him
           to
           softer
           Councils
           .
           He
           broke
           out
           into
           those
           memorable
           words
           ,
           
           
             Life
             is
             not
             worth
             all
             this
             ,
             that
             it
             should
             be
             preserved
             by
             the
             destruction
             of
             so
             many
             Persons
             .
          
           He
           communicated
           the
           matter
           to
           the
           Empress
           
             Livia
             ,
          
           who
           was
           upon
           that
           occasion
           more
           governed
           by
           the
           Tenderness
           ,
           than
           the
           Fearfulness
           of
           her
           Sex
           :
           She
           told
           him
           
             he
             had
             tried
             Severity
             enough
             ,
          
           and
           that
           therefore
           
           he
           had
           best
           do
           ,
           as
           Physicians
           ,
           who
           when
           one
           sort
           of
           Medicines
           do
           not
           succeed
           ,
           change
           their
           Course
           ,
           and
           try
           another
           :
           This
           Advice
           suiting
           with
           his
           own
           Inclinations
           ,
           prevailed
           .
           So
           he
           sent
           for
           
             Cinna
             ,
          
           and
           in
           a
           Conversation
           of
           two
           Hours
           ,
           he
           set
           before
           him
           the
           Kindness
           he
           had
           shewed
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           Baseness
           and
           Blackness
           of
           his
           Crime
           ,
           the
           Folly
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Ingratitude
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           such
           terms
           ,
           that
           after
           he
           had
           almost
           killed
           him
           with
           his
           Discourse
           ,
           which
           he
           drew
           out
           to
           the
           greater
           length
           ,
           that
           being
           all
           the
           Punishment
           to
           which
           he
           had
           condemned
           him
           ;
           he
           revived
           him
           ,
           in
           conclusion
           ,
           with
           so
           entire
           a
           Pardon
           ,
           that
           he
           kept
           him
           still
           about
           him
           ,
           and
           found
           him
           ever
           after
           that
           both
           faithful
           and
           affectionate
           .
           And
           thus
           he
           not
           only
           gained
           him
           ,
           but
           all
           the
           Romans
           likewise
           ,
           who
           were
           forced
           to
           confess
           ,
           that
           he
           deserved
           to
           govern
           the
           whole
           World
           ,
           who
           had
           learned
           to
           govern
           his
           own
           Passions
           and
           Resentments
           .
           Upon
           this
           
             Seneca
          
           observes
           truly
           ,
           
           That
           
             Princes
             become
             safest
             by
             their
             Gentleness
             ;
             that
             Severities
             may
             perhaps
             chastise
             the
             Insolence
             of
             a
             few
             ,
             but
             they
             provoke
             Mankind
             ,
             and
             make
             that
             Hatred
             become
             general
             ,
             which
             was
             before
             particular
             only
             to
             a
             few
             :
             And
             that
             for
             rendring
             Princes
             universally
             amiable
             ,
             it
             must
             appear
             ,
             that
             their
          
           Mercy
           
             flows
             from
             the
             want
             of
             Will
             to
             punish
             ,
             and
             not
             from
             the
             want
             of
             Provocation
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           hard
           to
           set
           forth
           any
           of
           the
           Vertues
           that
           become
           Princes
           ,
           without
           some
           memorable
           Instance
           out
           of
           the
           Life
           of
           
             Marcus
             Aurelius
             ,
          
           whom
           all
           Writers
           represent
           as
           the
           compleatest
           Pattern
           of
           a
           perfect
           Prince
           .
           In
           his
           time
           
             Avidius
             Cassius
          
           assum'd
           the
           Empire
           ;
           probably
           displeased
           with
           the
           Vices
           of
           the
           Emperour's
           Brother
           ,
           whom
           he
           had
           made
           his
           Partner
           of
           the
           Empire
           :
           tho
           he
           found
           it
           more
           easy
           to
           give
           him
           a
           share
           of
           his
           Throne
           than
           of
           his
           Vertues
           .
           
             Cassius
          
           was
           a
           Man
           of
           great
           Probity
           ,
           
           and
           highly
           esteemed
           by
           
             Marcus
             Aurelius
          
           upon
           that
           account
           .
           His
           Brother
           wrote
           him
           a
           vehement
           Letter
           ,
           setting
           forth
           the
           Danger
           of
           this
           Revolt
           ,
           and
           how
           fatal
           it
           might
           prove
           to
           himself
           and
           his
           Children
           ,
           if
           not
           check'd
           in
           time
           :
           and
           to
           sharpen
           him
           the
           more
           ,
           he
           said
           ,
           
             that
          
           Cassius
           
             called
             himself
             a
             vitious
             Fool
             ,
             and
             him
             a
             learned
             Fool.
          
           For
           the
           truth
           was
           ,
           
             Cassius
          
           had
           publickly
           complained
           ,
           that
           tho
           
             Marcus
          
           himself
           was
           a
           good
           Man
           ,
           that
           led
           an
           exemplary
           Life
           ,
           yet
           he
           gave
           way
           to
           the
           Vices
           of
           others
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           imploy
           his
           Authority
           enough
           to
           repress
           them
           :
           which
           is
           the
           single
           Blemish
           that
           lies
           on
           his
           Memory
           .
           
             Marcus
          
           answer'd
           his
           Brother's
           Letter
           very
           coldly
           ,
           he
           said
           it
           was
           writ
           in
           too
           earnest
           and
           too
           anxious
           a
           Stile
           ;
           neither
           suitable
           to
           his
           Brother's
           Dignity
           ,
           nor
           to
           his
           own
           Times
           .
           Upon
           the
           Head
           of
           his
           Children
           he
           writ
           ,
           
           
             May
             my
             Children
             perish
             ,
             if
          
           Avidius
           
             deserves
             the
             Love
             of
             his
             Country
             more
             than
             they
             ;
             or
             if
             it
             is
             the
             Interest
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             that
             he
             live
             rather
             than
             they
             .
          
           The
           Love
           of
           
             Marcus
          
           was
           indeed
           every-where
           so
           great
           ,
           that
           
             Cassius
          
           had
           no
           other
           way
           to
           work
           against
           it
           ,
           but
           to
           give
           out
           that
           he
           was
           dead
           .
           At
           last
           ,
           
             Cassius
          
           was
           forsaken
           ,
           and
           killed
           :
           upon
           that
           
             Faustina
          
           the
           Empress
           writ
           most
           vehemently
           to
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           pressing
           him
           to
           order
           a
           severe
           Inquiry
           after
           all
           the
           Complices
           of
           the
           Revolt
           ,
           that
           so
           he
           might
           secure
           himself
           and
           his
           Family
           .
           To
           this
           he
           answered
           ,
           that
           she
           writ
           as
           became
           her
           ,
           to
           be
           concerned
           for
           him
           and
           his
           Children
           ;
           but
           he
           would
           do
           what
           became
           him
           ,
           he
           would
           pardon
           all
           
           Cassius's
           Friends
           ,
           and
           write
           to
           the
           Senate
           to
           proceed
           gently
           in
           that
           Matter
           .
           
             Nothing
             became
             a
             Roman
             Emperour
             better
             than
             Clemency
             .
             As
             for
             her
             apprehensions
             of
             Danger
             ,
             she
             might
             depend
             upon
             it
             ,
             that
             God
             would
             protect
             him
             ,
             and
             have
             regard
             to
             his
             Piety
             .
          
           He
           writ
           also
           to
           the
           Senate
           ,
           and
           descended
           to
           the
           Language
           of
           
             praying
             
             them
             most
             earnestly
             ,
          
           
           
             that
             they
             would
             do
             nothing
             that
             might
             rob
             him
             of
             his
             Piety
             and
             Clemency
             :
          
           That
           no
           Man's
           Life
           might
           be
           taken
           ,
           but
           that
           such
           as
           they
           had
           already
           banished
           might
           be
           recalled
           :
           he
           wished
           he
           could
           restore
           Life
           to
           those
           who
           had
           been
           killed
           on
           that
           occasion
           ;
           and
           professed
           that
           if
           
             Cassius
          
           himself
           had
           fallen
           into
           his
           Hands
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           only
           reproached
           him
           a
           little
           for
           his
           Errours
           ,
           and
           then
           have
           preserved
           him
           :
           he
           desired
           therefore
           that
           no
           Hurt
           might
           be
           done
           to
           any
           of
           his
           Friends
           or
           Relations
           ,
           
             but
             that
             they
             might
             live
             safe
             ,
          
           
           
             knowing
             that
             they
             lived
             under
          
           Marcus.
           And
           for
           his
           Complices
           ,
           he
           desired
           that
           no
           further
           Enquiry
           might
           be
           made
           about
           them
           ,
           that
           no
           Person
           might
           fall
           under
           any
           diminution
           of
           his
           Fame
           ,
           or
           any
           Hardship
           or
           Reproach
           whatsoever
           upon
           that
           account
           :
           and
           concluded
           all
           in
           these
           few
           ,
           but
           weighty
           Words
           ,
           
             Detisque
             hoc
             meis
             temporibus
             ,
          
           Grant
           me
           this
           in
           return
           to
           what
           you
           enjoy
           by
           my
           Reign
           :
           Words
           that
           carry
           an
           Air
           of
           Pride
           in
           them
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           of
           the
           noblest
           and
           best
           sort
           ;
           and
           that
           could
           scarce
           have
           been
           said
           by
           any
           but
           him
           that
           had
           a
           right
           to
           say
           them
           .
           These
           are
           shining
           Passages
           in
           the
           Lives
           of
           those
           Princes
           ,
           that
           have
           rendred
           them
           famous
           to
           all
           Posterity
           ,
           
           and
           make
           them
           still
           live
           fresh
           and
           glorious
           ,
           when
           the
           Memory
           of
           Tyrants
           gives
           Horrour
           and
           Detestation
           :
           For
           ,
           as
           the
           Panegyrick
           has
           it
           ,
           
             This
             is
             the
             true
             and
             lasting
             Glory
             of
             a
             Prince
             ;
             these
             are
             the
             Honours
             that
             outlive
             them
             ,
             which
             neither
             length
             of
             Time
             ,
             envious
             Successors
             ,
             nor
             the
             Flames
             themselves
             can
             deface
             .
          
        
         
           Shine
           then
           ,
           
             Great
             Princes
             ,
          
           with
           your
           own
           
             Glory
             ,
          
           which
           makes
           you
           look
           brighter
           now
           ,
           than
           you
           did
           in
           all
           the
           Attire
           of
           Majesty
           at
           your
           Coronation
           :
           This
           is
           a
           Lustre
           that
           you
           give
           your selves
           ,
           and
           borrow
           not
           from
           Ceremony
           .
           Triumph
           in
           the
           Hearts
           of
           your
           
           People
           by
           your
           Vertues
           ,
           and
           over
           your
           Enemies
           by
           your
           
             Mercy
             :
          
           this
           will
           cover
           them
           with
           Shame
           ,
           and
           you
           with
           Honour
           ;
           and
           tho
           it
           may
           not
           be
           due
           to
           them
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           due
           to
           your selves
           .
           This
           shews
           that
           you
           were
           born
           for
           Crowns
           ,
           that
           you
           well
           deserve
           those
           you
           wear
           ,
           but
           that
           greater
           ones
           are
           reserved
           for
           you
           :
           This
           gives
           you
           the
           Love
           of
           your
           People
           ,
           which
           to
           you
           will
           be
           always
           instead
           of
           
             Treasures
             ,
             Fleets
             and
             Armies
             :
          
           for
           it
           will
           always
           supply
           you
           with
           every
           thing
           you
           need
           .
           May
           the
           Greatness
           of
           your
           own
           Minds
           be
           your
           constant
           Guides
           ,
           rather
           than
           the
           Peevishness
           of
           spiteful
           Men
           ,
           who
           may
           ,
           as
           
             Parmenio
          
           did
           ,
           suggest
           what
           was
           sit
           for
           
             Parmenio
          
           to
           do
           ;
           but
           your
           Royal
           Hearts
           will
           always
           move
           you
           to
           do
           what
           becomes
           an
           
             Alexander
             ,
          
           or
           ,
           to
           speak
           truer
           English
           ,
           what
           becomes
           
             WILLIAM
          
           and
           
             MARY
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           I
           have
           considered
           how
           
             the
             King
             is
             preserved
             ,
             and
             the
             Throne
             is
             upheld
             by
             Mercy
             .
          
           If
           this
           is
           a
           sure
           Fence
           ,
           and
           a
           good
           Bottom
           ,
           we
           may
           all
           conclude
           that
           we
           are
           very
           safe
           .
           This
           speaks
           so
           much
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           may
           well
           say
           nothing
           upon
           a
           Head
           ,
           which
           is
           capable
           of
           no
           Censure
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           how
           much
           soever
           the
           Narrowness
           of
           some
           angry
           and
           impatient
           Minds
           may
           have
           blamed
           the
           Excesses
           on
           the
           other
           .
           But
           little
           People
           must
           have
           low
           Thoughts
           ;
           whereas
           exalted
           Souls
           have
           a
           compass
           of
           
             Mercy
          
           far
           beyond
           their
           measure
           :
           and
           tho
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           denied
           ,
           but
           that
           too
           great
           an
           easiness
           to
           forgive
           ,
           may
           have
           some
           Mischiefs
           attending
           it
           ;
           yet
           happy
           is
           the
           Nation
           that
           is
           under
           Princes
           ,
           who
           may
           be
           too
           good
           on
           some
           occasions
           ,
           but
           can
           be
           cruel
           on
           none
           :
           especially
           ,
           when
           that
           flows
           not
           from
           a
           feeble
           Easiness
           ,
           but
           from
           true
           Principles
           ,
           and
           a
           real
           firmness
           and
           strength
           of
           Mind
           .
        
         
         
           But
           after
           all
           ,
           
             Mercy
          
           hath
           its
           Bounds
           :
           and
           it
           is
           often
           fit
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           necessary
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           have
           long
           abused
           it
           ,
           and
           have
           presumed
           much
           upon
           it
           ,
           should
           feel
           the
           Weight
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           the
           Burden
           of
           their
           own
           Crimes
           :
           If
           
             Mercy
          
           has
           its
           Limits
           ,
           the
           next
           Fence
           in
           my
           Text
           has
           none
           at
           all
           .
           
             Truth
          
           does
           also
           
             preserve
             the
             King
             ,
          
           and
           that
           does
           at
           all
           times
           ,
           and
           upon
           all
           Occasions
           ,
           bind
           equally
           .
        
         
           The
           Notion
           of
           
             Truth
          
           is
           so
           plain
           ,
           and
           the
           Necessity
           of
           it
           is
           so
           visible
           ,
           that
           all
           Mankind
           seem
           to
           agree
           almost
           equally
           ,
           both
           in
           commending
           and
           in
           neglecting
           it
           ;
           all
           Men
           claim
           it
           from
           the
           rest
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           but
           almost
           every
           Man
           pretends
           here
           to
           a
           dispensing
           Power
           for
           himself
           .
           The
           common
           Notion
           of
           
             Truth
          
           is
           an
           Opposition
           to
           all
           manner
           of
           Falshood
           ,
           Doubleness
           or
           Deceit
           :
           This
           is
           the
           Foundation
           of
           all
           Confidence
           ,
           and
           the
           Cement
           of
           all
           Society
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           not
           only
           the
           
             Honour
             ,
          
           but
           both
           the
           chief
           
             Strength
          
           and
           the
           best
           
             Treasure
          
           of
           Princes
           :
           This
           makes
           their
           Subjects
           depend
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           their
           Allies
           trust
           to
           them
           :
           the
           Pressures
           and
           the
           Fears
           of
           Men
           of
           low
           Degree
           ,
           force
           them
           sometimes
           to
           
             make
             Lies
             their
             Refuge
             ,
          
           they
           escape
           to
           it
           from
           a
           present
           Mischief
           ,
           which
           to
           them
           is
           more
           sensible
           than
           a
           lasting
           Inconvenience
           ,
           that
           a
           Discovery
           which
           often
           comes
           and
           is
           always
           to
           be
           feared
           ,
           will
           bring
           upon
           them
           .
           But
           Princes
           are
           exalted
           far
           above
           all
           those
           Occasions
           that
           poorer
           Men
           may
           have
           for
           a
           Lie
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           their
           Designs
           are
           noble
           and
           good
           :
           when
           these
           grow
           bad
           ,
           they
           must
           indeed
           betake
           themselves
           to
           as
           bad
           shifts
           ,
           but
           those
           will
           soon
           be
           found
           out
           ;
           and
           then
           though
           their
           Condition
           will
           free
           them
           from
           the
           Injuriousness
           of
           a
           Discovery
           ,
           yet
           the
           Inconveniencies
           of
           it
           will
           hang
           upon
           them
           as
           long
           as
           they
           live
           :
           and
           therefore
           
             Solomon
          
           reckoned
           
             lying
             Lips
          
           in
           a
           
             Prince
          
           one
           
           of
           the
           greatest
           Incongruities
           that
           could
           be
           thought
           on
           .
           Happy
           those
           ,
           who
           how
           hard
           soever
           it
           may
           be
           to
           have
           the
           
             Word
             ,
          
           or
           obtain
           the
           
             Promise
          
           of
           a
           
             Prince
             ,
          
           yet
           when
           they
           have
           it
           ,
           know
           that
           they
           can
           trust
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           depend
           upon
           it
           .
        
         
           
             Truth
          
           stands
           sometimes
           for
           Integrity
           ,
           in
           Opposition
           to
           Corruption
           and
           Bribery
           ;
           this
           is
           that
           to
           which
           Princes
           in
           their
           own
           Persons
           are
           little
           subject
           ,
           unless
           it
           be
           to
           betray
           a
           Confederate
           ,
           or
           sell
           an
           Alliance
           ;
           Accidents
           that
           happen
           but
           seldom
           :
           but
           the
           best
           Courts
           and
           the
           worthiest
           Princes
           are
           subject
           to
           Corruption
           by
           Proxy
           ,
           to
           have
           their
           Favour
           ,
           and
           often
           their
           Justice
           too
           ,
           and
           the
           Protection
           and
           Security
           of
           their
           People
           ,
           set
           to
           sale
           ,
           and
           that
           sometimes
           so
           grosly
           ,
           as
           if
           an
           Auction
           were
           proclaimed
           to
           him
           that
           bids
           most
           .
           Men
           of
           Vanity
           ,
           Avarice
           and
           Luxury
           ,
           that
           design
           both
           to
           live
           profusely
           ,
           and
           to
           raise
           vast
           Fortunes
           ,
           cannot
           compass
           all
           this
           with
           regular
           Appointments
           ,
           and
           fair
           Purchase
           ;
           but
           rather
           than
           fail
           in
           it
           ,
           they
           will
           prostitute
           themselves
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           in
           them
           lies
           ,
           the
           Honour
           of
           the
           Prince
           likewise
           :
           by
           this
           means
           a
           King
           suffers
           not
           only
           in
           the
           Esteem
           and
           Love
           of
           his
           People
           ,
           but
           all
           his
           Affairs
           do
           likewise
           suffer
           sensibly
           ,
           especially
           in
           critical
           Times
           .
           No
           Man
           thinks
           so
           much
           how
           to
           serve
           him
           ,
           as
           how
           to
           rob
           the
           Publick
           ;
           and
           every
           one
           reckons
           that
           he
           owes
           neither
           Gratitude
           nor
           Duty
           when
           he
           comes
           in
           as
           a
           Purchaser
           :
           the
           first
           Duty
           he
           thinks
           is
           to
           himself
           and
           his
           Family
           ,
           to
           recover
           once
           what
           he
           laid
           out
           ,
           that
           so
           he
           may
           live
           afterwards
           on
           clear
           Gains
           .
           One
           Emperor
           nailed
           to
           the
           Bench
           the
           Skin
           of
           a
           Judg
           that
           sold
           Justice
           ;
           and
           another
           ordered
           a
           Favourite
           to
           be
           smoaked
           to
           Death
           ,
           for
           selling
           the
           Credit
           he
           had
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
             It
             was
             fit
             that
             he
             should
             die
             by
             Air
             ,
             who
             had
             sold
             it
             :
          
           If
           this
           Death
           was
           too
           witty
           ,
           yet
           certainly
           
           it
           was
           not
           too
           severe
           .
           Corruption
           is
           so
           apt
           to
           return
           to
           Courts
           ,
           as
           a
           Plant
           that
           grows
           in
           its
           proper
           Soil
           ,
           that
           many
           and
           great
           Examples
           will
           be
           necessary
           to
           root
           it
           out
           .
           Even
           
           Samuel's
           Sons
           took
           Bribes
           ,
           and
           neither
           the
           Vertues
           of
           their
           Father
           ,
           nor
           the
           Fall
           of
           
           Eli's
           Family
           ,
           which
           was
           ruined
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           two
           bad
           Sons
           ,
           could
           keep
           them
           from
           Corruption
           :
           and
           so
           indulgent
           are
           even
           good
           Governours
           to
           those
           they
           love
           ,
           that
           
             Samuel
             ,
          
           who
           had
           good
           Reason
           to
           know
           how
           dear
           
           Eli's
           Indulgence
           to
           his
           Sons
           stood
           him
           ,
           
           was
           yet
           too
           remiss
           himself
           in
           looking
           narrowly
           to
           his
           own
           Sons
           ,
           which
           brought
           on
           him
           that
           publick
           Affront
           ,
           that
           the
           People
           did
           openly
           reproach
           him
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           for
           that
           very
           Reason
           desired
           a
           Change
           of
           Government
           .
           
           This
           Evil
           is
           so
           common
           and
           so
           natural
           to
           Men
           of
           Power
           ,
           and
           the
           Poison
           of
           it
           is
           so
           pernicious
           ,
           that
           Princes
           who
           desire
           to
           preserve
           themselves
           and
           their
           People
           ,
           cannot
           use
           Care
           enough
           to
           watch
           over
           it
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           yet
           a
           third
           Sense
           in
           which
           
             Truth
          
           stands
           frequently
           in
           Scripture
           ;
           we
           find
           it
           often
           both
           in
           the
           
             Psalms
          
           and
           in
           this
           Book
           ,
           signifies
           true
           Religion
           ,
           and
           not
           only
           the
           Profession
           ,
           but
           the
           Practice
           of
           it
           :
           Of
           all
           Men
           Princes
           are
           those
           who
           owe
           most
           to
           God
           ;
           for
           as
           he
           has
           raised
           them
           to
           high
           Degrees
           of
           earthly
           Glory
           and
           Happiness
           ,
           so
           he
           has
           put
           it
           in
           their
           Power
           to
           do
           the
           greatest
           Good
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           the
           World
           happy
           both
           in
           them
           and
           in
           one
           another
           :
           And
           as
           their
           Zeal
           for
           Truth
           in
           this
           highest
           and
           noblest
           Sense
           ,
           is
           that
           which
           gives
           them
           the
           clearest
           Title
           to
           the
           Favour
           and
           Blessing
           of
           God
           ;
           so
           true
           and
           unaffected
           Piety
           has
           a
           Beauty
           in
           it
           that
           strikes
           the
           greater
           as
           well
           as
           the
           better
           Part
           of
           Mankind
           ;
           even
           Men
           that
           are
           resolved
           to
           be
           bad
           themselves
           ,
           are
           sorry
           to
           see
           their
           Prince
           so
           ;
           for
           they
           do
           clearly
           perceive
           the
           ill
           Effects
           which
           that
           
           may
           have
           upon
           the
           Community
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           may
           end
           in
           their
           own
           Ruin
           at
           last
           :
           And
           all
           considering
           Princes
           will
           have
           many
           Occasions
           to
           observe
           ,
           that
           Impiety
           and
           Vice
           are
           as
           hurtful
           to
           their
           Affairs
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           greater
           ,
           the
           vastly
           greater
           Concerns
           of
           Religion
           .
           What
           Fidelity
           or
           Zeal
           ,
           what
           Duty
           or
           Affection
           can
           be
           expected
           from
           Men
           ,
           who
           will
           be
           always
           truer
           to
           their
           Interests
           and
           Lusts
           ,
           than
           to
           their
           own
           Honour
           ,
           or
           their
           Masters
           Service
           ?
           that
           are
           Slaves
           to
           Pleasure
           ,
           and
           whose
           Spirits
           are
           enervated
           ,
           and
           their
           Hours
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Fortunes
           ,
           devoured
           by
           Luxury
           .
           It
           is
           an
           Observation
           so
           obvious
           ,
           that
           none
           can
           scape
           it
           ,
           which
           gives
           one
           much
           Regret
           ,
           but
           yet
           with
           it
           some
           Satisfaction
           ,
           that
           our
           chief
           Misfortunes
           are
           owing
           to
           those
           Vices
           and
           Excesses
           ,
           which
           have
           not
           been
           yet
           severely
           enough
           repressed
           and
           punished
           .
           But
           as
           you
           ,
           
             Great
             Princes
             ,
          
           have
           begun
           to
           shew
           your
           Dislike
           and
           Hatred
           at
           these
           ,
           and
           not
           contented
           to
           teach
           your
           Court
           and
           Subjects
           by
           your
           Example
           ,
           are
           resolved
           to
           imploy
           your
           Authority
           ,
           in
           obliging
           them
           at
           least
           to
           the
           Decencies
           of
           Vertue
           and
           Religion
           :
           Go
           on
           and
           prosper
           in
           these
           noble
           Designs
           .
           What
           are
           Conquests
           and
           Triumphs
           ,
           the
           wasting
           and
           dispeopling
           of
           Cities
           and
           Provinces
           ,
           which
           make
           such
           a
           Figure
           in
           the
           false
           Estimate
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           compared
           to
           the
           more
           real
           and
           solid
           Honours
           of
           reforming
           vitious
           Courts
           ,
           luxurious
           Cities
           ,
           and
           degenerated
           Countries
           ?
           This
           is
           so
           hard
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           such
           a
           decried
           Undertaking
           ,
           especially
           by
           those
           who
           need
           it
           most
           ,
           and
           who
           ought
           to
           promote
           it
           chiefly
           ,
           that
           no
           small
           Degree
           of
           Courage
           and
           Resolution
           is
           necessary
           to
           support
           those
           that
           set
           about
           it
           .
           Suffer
           me
           to
           repeat
           to
           you
           the
           Words
           with
           which
           God
           himself
           animated
           
             Joshua
          
           on
           the
           like
           occasion
           ;
           
           
             Be
             thou
             strong
             and
             very
             couragious
             ,
             that
             thou
             mayst
             observe
             to
             do
             according
             
             to
             all
             the
             Law
             which
          
           Moses
           
             my
             Servant
             commanded
             thee
             :
             Turn
             not
             from
             it
             to
             the
             right
             Hand
             or
             to
             the
             left
             ,
             that
             thou
             mayst
             prosper
             whither-soever
             thou
             goest
             .
             This
             Book
             of
             the
             Law
             shall
             not
             depart
             out
             of
             thy
             Mouth
             ;
             but
             thou
             shalt
             meditate
             therein
             Day
             and
             Night
             ;
             that
             thou
             mayst
             observe
             to
             do
             according
             to
             all
             that
             is
             written
             therein
             ;
             for
             then
             thou
             shalt
             make
             thy
             Way
             prosperous
             ,
             and
             then
             thou
             shalt
             have
             good
             Success
             .
             Have
             not
             I
             commanded
             thee
             ?
             Be
             strong
             and
             of
             a
             good
             Courage
             ,
             be
             not
             afraid
             ,
             neither
             be
             thou
             dismayed
             ,
             for
             the
             Lord
             thy
             God
             is
             with
             thee
             whithersoever
             thou
             goest
             .
          
           These
           Words
           were
           said
           to
           
             Joshua
             ,
          
           after
           he
           had
           shewed
           his
           military
           Courage
           upon
           great
           Occasions
           ;
           and
           import
           ,
           that
           besides
           the
           Magnanimity
           of
           affronting
           Danger
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           
             Courage
          
           in
           the
           Mind
           ,
           necessary
           to
           repress
           Sin
           ,
           and
           to
           maintain
           Vertue
           and
           Religion
           ,
           that
           must
           compleat
           and
           perfect
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           Happy
           you
           ,
           that
           have
           it
           in
           your
           Power
           to
           be
           such
           Blessings
           to
           Mankind
           !
           May
           your
           Will
           equal
           your
           Power
           ,
           and
           may
           all
           things
           bend
           to
           your
           Authority
           :
           May
           it
           be
           ever
           imployed
           in
           advancing
           the
           Honour
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           his
           dear
           Son
           !
           May
           your
           Persons
           be
           ever
           safe
           under
           his
           Protection
           ,
           and
           your
           Government
           happy
           under
           his
           Influence
           !
           And
           may
           we
           at
           the
           Conclusion
           of
           every
           Year
           have
           fresh
           matter
           to
           rejoice
           in
           God
           ,
           both
           on
           your
           Account
           and
           on
           our
           own
           ,
           who
           hath
           done
           great
           things
           for
           you
           ,
           and
           for
           us
           all
           ,
           both
           in
           you
           and
           by
           you
           .
        
         
           And
           let
           us
           all
           study
           that
           our
           Thankfulness
           to
           God
           ,
           may
           at
           least
           bear
           some
           Proportion
           to
           his
           Goodness
           to
           us
           :
           Let
           us
           pay
           the
           Vows
           that
           we
           made
           to
           him
           in
           our
           Days
           of
           Fasting
           and
           Prayer
           :
           and
           as
           we
           desire
           another
           happy
           Year
           to
           conclude
           what
           is
           so
           far
           carried
           on
           in
           this
           ,
           let
           us
           make
           such
           a
           right
           
           Use
           of
           our
           present
           Advantages
           ,
           and
           such
           decent
           Returns
           for
           the
           Blessings
           that
           we
           have
           in
           hand
           ,
           as
           may
           give
           us
           a
           Title
           to
           expect
           the
           compleating
           them
           in
           another
           Season
           .
           We
           are
           now
           almost
           in
           Sight
           of
           Land
           ,
           and
           the
           Prospect
           is
           so
           fair
           ,
           that
           nothing
           but
           our
           Sins
           and
           our
           Divisions
           can
           stop
           a
           Course
           of
           Success
           and
           Glory
           ,
           that
           is
           near
           its
           last
           and
           highest
           Point
           .
           May
           no
           corrupt
           nor
           misguided
           Humours
           ,
           no
           unjust
           Jealousies
           nor
           peevish
           Resentments
           ,
           no
           Faction
           nor
           Animosity
           in
           our
           Councils
           ,
           retard
           or
           defeat
           those
           great
           Designs
           which
           have
           been
           hitherto
           under
           such
           a
           visible
           Conduct
           and
           Blessing
           from
           above
           .
           Suffer
           me
           to
           sum
           up
           all
           in
           the
           Words
           of
           
             Samuel
             ,
          
           upon
           an
           occasion
           not
           much
           unlike
           this
           :
           
           
             Now
             therefore
             this
             is
             the
             King
             and
             Queen
             that
             you
             have
             desired
             ;
             and
             behold
             ,
             the
             Lord
             hath
             set
             them
             over
             you
             ;
             if
             you
             will
             fear
             the
             Lord
             and
             serve
             him
             ,
             and
             obey
             his
             Voice
             ,
             and
             not
             rebel
             against
             the
             Commandment
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             then
             shall
             both
             you
             and
             the
             Kings
             that
             reign
             over
             you
             continue
             following
             the
             Lord
             your
             God.
          
           And
           a
           little
           after
           he
           redoubles
           the
           Exhortation
           :
           
             Only
             fear
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             serve
             him
             in
             Truth
             with
             all
             your
             Heart
             ,
             for
             consider
             how
             great
             things
             he
             hath
             done
             for
             you
             :
          
           May
           they
           be
           compleated
           !
           May
           they
           be
           lasting
           !
           and
           may
           they
           produce
           amongst
           us
           ,
           all
           that
           for
           which
           they
           are
           intended
           !
           May
           our
           Princes
           still
           triumph
           !
           May
           their
           Councils
           be
           always
           wise
           ;
           and
           their
           Forces
           ever
           prosperous
           !
           And
           may
           we
           and
           our
           Posterity
           after
           us
           rejoice
           long
           in
           our
           Kings
           !
           May
           they
           live
           long
           ,
           and
           may
           their
           Names
           live
           for
           ever
           ;
           and
           may
           all
           Nations
           call
           them
           blessed
           !
           May
           Religion
           and
           Vertue
           prevail
           and
           flourish
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           be
           established
           under
           them
           !
           May
           they
           ever
           
             preserve
             Mercy
             and
             Truth
             ,
          
           that
           so
           they
           may
           be
           ever
           
             preserved
             ,
          
           and
           
             their
             Throne
             always
             upheld
             by
             them
             !
          
           May
           Justice
           and
           Righteousness
           ever
           flow
           from
           
           them
           ,
           and
           such
           an
           Abundance
           of
           Peace
           ,
           as
           may
           make
           us
           both
           safe
           and
           rich
           ,
           great
           and
           happy
           under
           their
           Protection
           :
           so
           that
           both
           we
           and
           all
           round
           about
           us
           ,
           when
           we
           reflect
           on
           the
           88
           of
           this
           Age
           ,
           may
           almost
           forget
           the
           88
           of
           the
           former
           ,
           and
           that
           our
           second
           5
           
             th
          
           of
           
             November
          
           may
           wear
           out
           the
           Remembrance
           of
           the
           1
           
             st
             .
          
           And
           to
           conclude
           all
           ,
           for
           I
           can
           rise
           no
           higher
           ;
           May
           the
           
             Happy
          
           and
           
             Glorious
          
           Days
           of
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
          
           be
           darkned
           and
           eclipsed
           by
           the
           more
           
             Happy
          
           and
           more
           
             Glorious
          
           Reign
           of
           KING
           
             WILLIAM
          
           and
           QUEEN
           
             MARY
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
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             A
             ●olent
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             Authority
             ,
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             deprived
             Bishops
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             a
             letter
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             Country
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             of
             what
             past
             in
          
           Christendom
           
             from
             the
             War
             begun
             1672
             ,
             to
             the
             Peace
             concluded
             1679.
          
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             Remarks
             upon
             the
             Ecclesiastical
             History
             of
             the
             Ancient
             Churches
             of
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           .
           
             By
          
           PETER
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           ,
           
             D.
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             of
             the
             Church
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           Notes for div A30439-e160
           
             In
             
               Arts
               ●●de
               .
            
          
           
             
               Plin
               ●inlr
               ●●
            
             Quod
             enim
             pr
             ●●stabilius
             aut
             pulchrius
             munus
             Deorum
             quam
             cistus
             &
             sanctus
             &
             dii
             ●
             simillimus
             Princeps
             ?
             —
             qui
             nec
             minus
             hominem
             se
             quam
             hominibus
             prae
             ●●se
             meminit
             .
             —
             sid
             ●lissuna
             custo
             ●li
             ●
             Principis
             ipsius
             ●ano
             ●●ncia
             .
          
           
             
               Jul.
               Capit.
               Nemo
               illum
               plaugendum
               censuit
               :
               oertis
               omnibus
               quod
               a
               Diis
               comodatus
               ad
               Deos
               Rediisset
               .
            
          
           
             2.
             
             
               Sam.
            
             18.
             3.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             
               Dan.
            
             27.
             
          
           
             Luke
             6.35
             .
          
           
             Psalm
             55.
             12
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             2.
             9.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             10.9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             10.1
             .
          
           
             Chap.
             1
             ●
             .
             24
             ,
             26.
             
          
           
             Verse
             27.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             17.3
             .
          
           
             Verse
             12.
             
          
           
             V.
             13.
             
          
           
             V.
             14.
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             19
             22.
             
          
           
             
               Non
               est
               tami
               Vita
               ,
               ut
               si
               ego
               non
               periam
               cum
               mul
               ●i
               perdendi
               sunt
               .
            
          
           
             
               Lib.
               de
               Clem
               ,
            
             Regibuscertior
             est
             ,
             ex
             mansuetudine
             securitas
             :
             quia
             frequens
             vindicta
             paucorum
             odium
             reprimit
             ,
             omnium
             irritat
             .
             Voluntas
             oportet
             ante
             saeviendi
             quam
             causa
             deficiat
             .
          
           
             Liberi
             mei
             pereant
             ,
             si
             magis
             amari
             merebitur
             Avidius
             quāilli
             :
             &
             si
             magis
             Reipublicae
             expediat
             Cassium
             vivere
             quam
             liberos
             Marci
             .
          
           
             Oro
             atque
             obsecro
             ut
             censura
             vestra
             deposita
             ,
             meam
             pietatem
             clementiamque
             servetis
             .
          
           
             Vivant
             igirur
             securi
             ,
             scientes
             sub
             Marco
             se
             vivere
             .
          
           
             Scis
             enim
             ubi
             vera
             Principis
             ubi
             sempiterna
             sit
             Gloria
             ,
             ubi
             sint
             honores
             ,
             in
             quos
             nihilflammis
             ,
             nihil
             senectuti
             ,
             nihil
             successoribus
             liceat
             .
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             3.11
             .
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             8.5
             .
          
           
             Josh.
             1.
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             24.