A sermon preached before the Queen at White-Hall on the 29th of May, 1694, being the anniversary of King Charles II, his birth and restauration by the Right Reverend Father in God, Gilbert Lord Bishop of Sarum.
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             A sermon preached before the Queen at White-Hall on the 29th of May, 1694, being the anniversary of King Charles II, his birth and restauration by the Right Reverend Father in God, Gilbert Lord Bishop of Sarum.
             Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.
          
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             PRINTED
             ,
          
           By
           Her
           Majesties
           Special
           Command
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           the
           QUEEN
           AT
           WHITE-HALL
           ,
           On
           the
           29
           
             th
             .
          
           of
           
             May
             ,
          
           1694.
           
           BEING
           The
           Anniversary
           of
           KING
           CHARLES
           II.
           his
           Birth
           and
           Restauration
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           GOD
           ,
           GILBERT
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           SARUM
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Ri.
             Chiswell
             ,
          
           at
           the
           
             Rose
             and
             Crown
          
           in
           St.
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           ,
           MDCXCIV
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           Bishop
           of
           SARUM'S
           Sermon
           Before
           THE
           QUEEN
           ,
           ON
           The
           29
           
             th
             .
          
           of
           
             May
             ,
          
           1694.
           
        
         
         
         
         
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           Before
           the
           QUEEN
           .
        
         
           
             PSALM
             CV
             .
             5.
             
          
           
             Remember
             his
             Marvellous
             Works
             that
             he
             hath
             done
             his
             Wonders
             ,
             and
             the
             Judgments
             of
             his
             Mouth
             .
          
        
         
           THE
           chief
           design
           of
           the
           Anniversaries
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           the
           Rituals
           instituted
           by
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           was
           to
           oblige
           the
           Jewish
           Nation
           frequently
           to
           reflect
           upon
           the
           wonderful
           Characters
           of
           Gods
           love
           and
           care
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           Signal
           Miracles
           wrought
           for
           their
           Preservation
           and
           Deliverance
           .
           Upon
           the
           returns
           of
           those
           Days
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           performance
           of
           many
           Rites
           ,
           which
           had
           no
           clear
           signification
           in
           themselves
           ,
           it
           was
           natural
           for
           the
           younger
           ,
           
           and
           the
           more
           ignorant
           among
           them
           ,
           to
           ask
           what
           the
           meaning
           of
           those
           things
           was
           ?
           And
           then
           the
           Fathers
           and
           Masters
           of
           Families
           made
           them
           long
           and
           particular
           Recitals
           of
           their
           Deliverance
           out
           of
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           on
           the
           days
           of
           their
           
             Paschal
             Festivity
             ,
          
           of
           their
           Station
           at
           
             Mount
             Sinai
             ;
          
           and
           the
           Promulgation
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           at
           their
           
             Pentecost
             ;
          
           and
           of
           their
           march
           through
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           on
           the
           Feast
           of
           
             Tabernacles
             ;
          
           and
           with
           the
           Commemoration
           of
           those
           Signal
           Transactions
           ,
           they
           were
           to
           mix
           Reflections
           on
           their
           Religion
           and
           Laws
           ,
           their
           Obligations
           to
           adhere
           to
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           to
           conform
           themselves
           to
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           the
           provision
           that
           God
           made
           for
           keeping
           that
           People
           always
           in
           mind
           of
           his
           Goodness
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           Duty
           to
           him
           ,
           besides
           the
           Weekly
           returns
           of
           their
           
             Sabbaths
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Monthly
           returns
           of
           their
           
             New-Moons
             .
          
           Those
           Festivities
           were
           of
           
             Seven
          
           or
           
             Eight
          
           days
           a
           piece
           :
           And
           all
           the
           People
           of
           the
           Land
           assembled
           then
           at
           
             Ierusalem
             ,
          
           and
           spent
           that
           time
           in
           Discoursing
           over
           those
           Memorable
           Transactions
           .
        
         
           The
           Rituals
           of
           their
           Worship
           at
           the
           Temple
           on
           these
           days
           ,
           were
           likewise
           suited
           to
           the
           ends
           of
           those
           Institutions
           ,
           and
           several
           of
           
             Davids
          
           Psalms
           were
           probably
           intended
           ,
           as
           Hymns
           to
           be
           Sung
           at
           those
           times
           for
           heightning
           the
           Solemnities
           of
           the
           Feast
           ,
           and
           for
           infusing
           those
           matters
           deeper
           ,
           both
           into
           the
           Memories
           and
           the
           Affections
           of
           the
           People
           .
           In
           the
           daily
           Worship
           of
           the
           
             Iews
             ,
          
           they
           made
           use
           only
           of
           a
           small
           number
           of
           the
           
             Psalms
             ,
          
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           them
           being
           composed
           upon
           some
           of
           the
           eminent
           turns
           of
           
             Davids
          
           own
           Life
           :
           But
           others
           relate
           to
           remoter
           and
           more
           general
           Matters
           .
           This
           and
           the
           following
           
           
             Psalms
             ,
          
           seem
           to
           have
           been
           penned
           for
           the
           
             Passeover
             :
          
           This
           carries
           on
           the
           Thread
           of
           Gods
           Providences
           towards
           their
           Fathers
           ,
           till
           they
           came
           out
           of
           
             Egypt
             :
          
           The
           next
           begins
           at
           the
           Wonders
           wrought
           in
           the
           
             Red-Sea
             ,
          
           to
           which
           he
           adds
           a
           lively
           Recital
           of
           their
           Ingratitude
           ,
           Disobedience
           ,
           and
           frequent
           Murmurings
           :
           The
           one
           
             Psalm
          
           tending
           as
           much
           to
           humble
           that
           Nation
           ,
           with
           a
           Representation
           of
           the
           Sins
           of
           their
           Fore
           fathers
           ,
           as
           the
           other
           exalted
           them
           with
           Reflections
           on
           Gods
           care
           and
           love
           to
           their
           Ancestors
           ,
           that
           had
           appeared
           in
           such
           Surprising-Instances
           .
           Both
           these
           
             Psalms
          
           are
           introduced
           and
           ended
           with
           such
           elevating
           Expressions
           ,
           that
           could
           not
           but
           very
           much
           affect
           the
           
             Israelites
             ,
          
           as
           oft
           as
           they
           repeated
           them
           ,
           or
           heard
           them
           Sung
           in
           the
           Temple
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           words
           of
           my
           Text
           ,
           we
           have
           ,
           in
           short
           ,
           the
           chief
           Duty
           of
           those
           and
           all
           other
           Festivities
           :
           They
           tend
           to
           raise
           our
           Minds
           towards
           God
           ,
           to
           acknowledge
           and
           adore
           his
           Providence
           ,
           
             Remember
             his
             Marvellous
             Works
             that
             he
             hath
             done
             ▪
             his
             Wonders
             :
          
           Some
           have
           thought
           that
           one
           of
           these
           words
           belongs
           to
           the
           
             Miracles
          
           that
           were
           wrought
           for
           that
           People
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           other
           belongs
           to
           those
           
             Happy
             Providences
          
           that
           had
           watched
           over
           them
           ,
           and
           conducted
           them
           ;
           but
           there
           may
           perhaps
           be
           too
           much
           nicety
           in
           this
           ,
           for
           as
           both
           the
           
             Words
          
           seem
           to
           relate
           to
           
             Miracles
             ,
          
           the
           History
           here
           related
           to
           being
           one
           continued
           Scene
           of
           
             Miracles
             ,
          
           so
           it
           is
           an
           ordinary
           piece
           of
           Beauty
           in
           Poetry
           ,
           especially
           when
           it
           is
           designed
           for
           Musick
           ,
           to
           express
           the
           same
           thing
           by
           different
           words
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           shall
           not
           strain
           these
           too
           nicely
           :
           But
           while
           they
           remembred
           the
           
             Miracles
          
           that
           God
           had
           wrought
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           bringing
           them
           out
           of
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           they
           were
           not
           to
           forget
           the
           
             Iudgments
             of
             his
             Mouth
          
           or
           
             Face
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Laws
           
           which
           were
           delivered
           on
           
             Mount
             Sinai
             ;
          
           first
           to
           
             Moses
             Face
          
           to
           
             Face
             ,
          
           and
           to
           the
           whole
           Nation
           in
           that
           Majestick
           appearance
           ,
           which
           rested
           on
           the
           top
           of
           the
           Mountain
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           dreadful
           Promulgation
           ,
           which
           did
           not
           only
           terrifie
           the
           
             Israelites
             ,
          
           but
           
             Moses
          
           himself
           ,
           who
           though
           more
           accustomed
           to
           Divine
           Manifestations
           did
           
             Fear
             and
             Tremble
             exceedingly
             .
             Iudgments
          
           being
           one
           of
           those
           words
           that
           are
           used
           promiscuously
           with
           
             Laws
             ,
             Statutes
             ,
          
           and
           
             Commandments
             ,
          
           as
           appears
           through
           the
           whole
           129
           
             Psalm
             .
          
        
         
           These
           words
           thus
           opened
           ,
           do
           plainly
           lead
           us
           to
           consider
           the
           right
           end
           ,
           and
           true
           use
           of
           Anniversaries
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           have
           the
           Impressions
           of
           Gods
           governing
           the
           World
           infixed
           deeply
           upon
           us
           ;
           by
           considering
           the
           more
           eminent
           steps
           of
           his
           Providence
           ,
           that
           from
           thence
           we
           may
           be
           brought
           under
           a
           deeper
           Sence
           of
           our
           Obligations
           and
           Duty
           to
           him
           .
           The
           repassing
           frequently
           in
           our
           minds
           ,
           the
           Blessings
           that
           have
           descended
           either
           upon
           that
           Church
           and
           Nation
           to
           which
           we
           belong
           ,
           and
           in
           whose
           prosperity
           every
           individual
           has
           a
           share
           ;
           or
           more
           particularly
           upon
           our selves
           ,
           is
           a
           Duty
           of
           Religion
           which
           is
           sounded
           upon
           the
           common
           Principles
           of
           Gratitude
           and
           Justice
           .
           If
           the
           favours
           that
           we
           receive
           from
           one
           another
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           frequently
           thought
           on
           by
           us
           ,
           to
           beget
           in
           us
           due
           acknowledgments
           ,
           and
           to
           oblige
           us
           to
           suitable
           returns
           ,
           then
           by
           a
           higher
           Parity
           of
           Reason
           ,
           we
           ought
           to
           raise
           our
           minds
           to
           a
           very
           frequent
           revolving
           of
           those
           great
           and
           unvaluable
           Blessings
           ,
           that
           have
           in
           so
           distinguisht
           a
           manner
           ,
           been
           now
           for
           many
           years
           the
           happy
           Lot
           of
           this
           
             Church
          
           and
           
             Nation
             .
          
           An●
           as
           every
           Man
           will
           find
           in
           the
           Series
           of
           his
           own
           small
           
           concerns
           ,
           much
           matter
           of
           Reflection
           and
           Praise
           ,
           when
           he
           considers
           that
           watchful
           Providence
           that
           has
           hovered
           over
           him
           ,
           that
           has
           by
           an
           indiscernable
           conduct
           ,
           carried
           him
           by
           many
           Dangers
           ,
           which
           he
           seemed
           to
           be
           courting
           ,
           and
           into
           which
           he
           had
           precipitated
           himself
           ,
           if
           that
           good
           Hand
           had
           not
           diverted
           the
           danger
           from
           him
           ,
           or
           him
           from
           it
           :
           Often
           dangers
           being
           past
           before
           we
           were
           so
           much
           as
           aware
           of
           them
           .
           The
           good
           things
           that
           we
           receive
           ,
           come
           to
           us
           often
           very
           unexpectedly
           ,
           by
           unpromising
           means
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           Conjuncture
           that
           we
           had
           neither
           laid
           ,
           nor
           so
           much
           as
           ever
           looked
           for
           :
           In
           short
           ,
           every
           Man
           ,
           who
           does
           attentively
           and
           gratefully
           observe
           the
           Methods
           of
           Providence
           towards
           him
           ,
           will
           be
           soon
           able
           to
           furnish
           himself
           with
           much
           matter
           of
           Meditation
           here
           :
           But
           I
           am
           now
           upon
           a
           more
           general
           Subject
           ,
           of
           considering
           the
           Reflections
           that
           we
           ought
           to
           make
           on
           those
           Blessings
           ,
           that
           come
           down
           upon
           greater
           Bodies
           in
           common
           ;
           which
           Anniversaries
           are
           designed
           to
           perpetrate
           .
        
         
           Here
           is
           an
           exercise
           of
           Religion
           which
           is
           beyond
           no
           mans
           compass
           of
           thought
           or
           capacity
           .
           A
           little
           memory
           to
           lay
           things
           together
           ,
           and
           a
           small
           measure
           of
           judgment
           to
           observe
           the
           visible
           causes
           and
           consequences
           of
           them
           ,
           will
           serve
           turn
           here
           ;
           some
           may
           descend
           to
           more
           particulars
           than
           others
           ,
           and
           may
           reason
           more
           exactly
           ;
           but
           every
           man
           is
           capable
           of
           thought
           enough
           upon
           this
           head
           ,
           to
           beget
           in
           him
           a
           sense
           of
           the
           power
           and
           wisdom
           ,
           the
           justice
           and
           goodness
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           World.
           A
           man
           needs
           no
           great
           stock
           of
           knowledge
           ,
           nor
           much
           fineness
           of
           thought
           to
           go
           far
           
           here
           ;
           and
           as
           this
           sort
           of
           exercise
           is
           within
           every
           mans
           reach
           ,
           so
           it
           has
           not
           in
           it
           that
           irksomness
           that
           hangs
           often
           upon
           other
           duties
           ,
           such
           as
           publick
           or
           private
           worship
           ,
           the
           sorrowings
           of
           repentance
           ,
           or
           earnestness
           in
           prayer
           :
           this
           goes
           more
           with
           the
           grain
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           pain
           but
           a
           very
           considerable
           pleasure
           in
           it
           .
           All
           History
           ,
           especially
           what
           is
           secret
           and
           instructing
           ,
           is
           pleasant
           ,
           but
           most
           of
           all
           are
           such
           Remarks
           from
           History
           as
           represent
           the
           Church
           and
           Kingdom
           to
           which
           we
           belong
           as
           the
           special
           Subjects
           of
           a
           favourable
           Providence
           .
           Partiality
           and
           self-love
           may
           carry
           us
           too
           far
           on
           this
           head
           ,
           and
           make
           us
           construe
           things
           too
           advantageously
           of
           our
           own
           side
           ,
           and
           stretch
           them
           too
           much
           ;
           imagining
           perhaps
           ,
           that
           to
           be
           the
           indication
           of
           a
           more
           particular
           care
           ,
           which
           was
           only
           the
           effect
           of
           a
           general
           Providence
           :
           but
           even
           this
           bias
           upon
           us
           ,
           to
           carry
           our
           Observations
           further
           then
           things
           will
           bear
           ,
           makes
           it
           out
           ,
           that
           such
           Meditations
           are
           exercises
           that
           give
           much
           more
           pleasure
           than
           pain
           .
           Sometimes
           I
           confess
           a
           black
           prospect
           and
           a
           gloomy
           face
           of
           things
           ,
           may
           be
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           as
           unreasonably
           aggravated
           by
           men
           of
           melancholly
           tempers
           :
           yet
           even
           in
           that
           case
           ,
           the
           remembring
           past
           deliverances
           gives
           livelier
           and
           more
           promising
           hopes
           ,
           so
           that
           this
           may
           be
           well
           reckoned
           the
           easiest
           and
           pleasantest
           exercise
           of
           Religion
           ,
           nor
           is
           there
           any
           one
           more
           useful
           :
           nothing
           shews
           the
           folly
           of
           Man
           ,
           and
           the
           wisdom
           of
           God
           more
           eminently
           ,
           then
           when
           we
           set
           them
           together
           :
           nothing
           shews
           the
           corruptions
           of
           the
           Human
           Nature
           ,
           and
           mercies
           of
           the
           Divine
           more
           conspicuously
           ,
           nothing
           mitigates
           the
           sharpness
           of
           our
           afflictions
           ,
           nor
           tempers
           our
           mind
           in
           prosperity
           so
           much
           as
           our
           depending
           upon
           Providence
           and
           ascribing
           the
           good
           things
           that
           happen
           to
           its
           influence
           ,
           and
           not
           claiming
           too
           great
           a
           
           share
           in
           them
           to
           our selves
           ;
           nothing
           tempers
           the
           mind
           so
           equally
           in
           every
           turn
           and
           sta●●
           of
           life
           ,
           as
           the
           Belief
           of
           God's
           go●erning
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           the
           turning
           our
           thoughts
           frequently
           to
           serious
           reflections
           upon
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           not
           enter
           here
           upon
           that
           deep
           ,
           but
           mysterious
           ,
           and
           often
           abused
           Argument
           of
           Providence
           .
           I
           suppose
           you
           do
           all
           believe
           it
           ;
           for
           indeed
           if
           you
           believe
           it
           not
           ,
           you
           believe
           nothing
           in
           Religion
           ,
           to
           any
           purpose
           :
           without
           this
           ,
           our
           Prayers
           and
           Praises
           would
           come
           within
           a
           very
           small
           compass
           :
           our
           faith
           and
           hope
           would
           be
           much
           narrower
           ;
           and
           our
           love
           to
           God
           would
           be
           much
           blunted
           ,
           if
           we
           brought
           our selves
           once
           to
           think
           ,
           that
           all
           things
           go
           in
           a
           chain
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           no
           special
           directions
           in
           the
           conduct
           of
           this
           World
           ;
           but
           that
           
             Chance
          
           or
           
             Fate
          
           dispence
           every
           thing
           ;
           either
           with
           inexorable
           sullenness
           or
           in
           a
           tumultuary
           levity
           ;
           We
           must
           in
           consequence
           to
           such
           perswasions
           let
           our selves
           loose
           from
           all
           the
           restraints
           and
           all
           the
           seriousness
           of
           Religion
           :
           but
           instead
           of
           these
           ,
           how
           ungrateful
           soever
           they
           may
           be
           to
           undisciplined
           minds
           ,
           we
           should
           have
           nothing
           to
           ballance
           ,
           to
           fix
           or
           to
           govern
           us
           ,
           but
           should
           be
           toss'd
           from
           wave
           to
           wave
           .
           We
           should
           either
           have
           the
           black
           Cloud
           of
           hard
           fate
           hang
           over
           us
           ,
           or
           be
           in
           the
           constant
           fears
           of
           the
           next
           bad
           chance
           ,
           which
           might
           in
           a
           minute
           throw
           down
           all
           that
           former
           good
           ones
           had
           built
           up
           .
           A
           man
           that
           does
           not
           believe
           a
           Providence
           has
           no
           support
           from
           a
           better
           prospect
           in
           his
           ill
           circumstances
           ,
           nor
           are
           his
           good
           ones
           secured
           to
           him
           by
           any
           hope
           of
           their
           continuance
           :
           whereas
           he
           who
           believes
           that
           all
           things
           are
           directed
           by
           infinite
           wisdom
           and
           goodness
           ,
           receives
           the
           good
           things
           that
           fall
           to
           him
           with
           a
           particular
           tenderness
           ;
           because
           they
           seem
           to
           be
           the
           
           indications
           of
           the
           love
           of
           his
           heavenly
           Father
           towards
           him
           ;
           and
           he
           expects
           that
           they
           shall
           be
           continued
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           it
           is
           fit
           that
           he
           should
           hold
           them
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           they
           are
           real
           blessing
           to
           him
           ;
           and
           he
           desires
           to
           keep
           them
           no
           longer
           ,
           and
           on
           no
           other
           terms
           :
           he
           does
           not
           sink
           under
           calamities
           ;
           he
           considers
           them
           as
           medicinal
           things
           sent
           to
           reform
           him
           or
           to
           try
           his
           vertues
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           some
           publick
           Essay
           of
           the
           force
           and
           firmness
           of
           his
           faith
           and
           patience
           .
        
         
           To
           all
           this
           ,
           that
           demonstrates
           how
           much
           a
           happier
           thing
           it
           is
           for
           Mankind
           to
           be
           under
           the
           belief
           of
           Providence
           then
           otherwise
           ,
           I
           will
           only
           add
           one
           consideration
           that
           wise
           men
           have
           observed
           in
           many
           different
           Ages
           and
           Climates
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           which
           they
           have
           thought
           no
           small
           confirmation
           of
           this
           great
           Article
           of
           Religion
           ;
           that
           at
           some
           times
           a
           strange
           Spirit
           seems
           to
           run
           through
           whole
           Nations
           an●
           Communities
           ,
           which
           can
           hardly
           be
           either
           resisted
           or
           repressed
           .
           A
           great
           Impetus
           and
           Fermentation
           works
           powerfully
           for
           a
           while
           ,
           and
           then
           goes
           off
           ,
           without
           any
           visible
           cause
           that
           appears
           ,
           either
           for
           its
           beginning
           or
           for
           its
           ending
           .
           The
           same
           occasions
           that
           produced
           such
           a
           temper
           at
           one
           time
           ,
           will
           not
           have
           the
           same
           effect
           at
           another
           ;
           an
           irresistible
           courage
           does
           sometimes
           rise
           in
           great
           Bodies
           ,
           as
           unaccountably
           as
           it
           falls
           .
           The
           servour
           with
           which
           the
           Reformation
           began
           was
           not
           more
           extraordinary
           ,
           than
           the
           flatness
           under
           which
           it
           has
           fallen
           in
           this
           Age
           ,
           and
           the
           extraordinary
           heat
           and
           giddiness
           that
           spread
           it self
           over
           these
           Nations
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           wars
           ,
           was
           not
           more
           amazing
           than
           the
           calm
           conclusion
           in
           which
           they
           
           ended
           at
           last
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           blessing
           that
           we
           do
           now
           commemorate
           ,
           and
           on
           which
           I
           do
           now
           enter
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           the
           
             Iews
          
           did
           at
           the
           
             Paschal
             Solemnity
          
           carry
           back
           the
           recapitulation
           of
           their
           deliverance
           out
           of
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           to
           God's
           first
           calling
           
             Abraham
          
           out
           of
           the
           Land
           of
           the
           
             Caldeans
             ,
          
           so
           that
           we
           may
           make
           fuller
           and
           clearer
           reflections
           on
           the
           blessings
           of
           God
           to
           this
           
             Church
          
           and
           
             Nation
             ,
          
           in
           the
           protection
           and
           prosperity
           of
           the
           
             Royal
             Family
             ,
          
           and
           that
           in
           the
           same
           view
           ,
           we
           may
           observe
           those
           extraordinary
           steps
           of
           Providence
           ,
           that
           have
           appeared
           both
           towards
           the
           
             Crown
          
           and
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           at
           once
           ,
           both
           consider
           
             his
             Wonders
             ,
          
           and
           
             the
             Iudgments
             of
             his
             Mouth
             ,
          
           suffer
           me
           to
           begin
           my
           Recital
           of
           some
           more
           Signal
           Providences
           ,
           as
           high
           as
           the
           first
           beginnings
           of
           the
           Reformation
           .
        
         
           Before
           that
           time
           ,
           our
           Princes
           were
           but
           half
           Kings
           ,
           a
           Forreign
           Power
           ruled
           over
           the
           Consciences
           of
           their
           People
           :
           The
           
             Immunities
          
           of
           
             Places
          
           and
           
             Persons
          
           were
           great
           checks
           to
           their
           Authority
           .
           The
           best
           part
           of
           the
           Soil
           ,
           and
           much
           of
           the
           Wealth
           and
           Treasure
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           were
           at
           the
           disposal
           of
           a
           Body
           that
           claimed
           to
           be
           Independent
           on
           the
           
             Crown
             ;
          
           and
           were
           subject
           to
           a
           severe
           Master
           ,
           at
           whose
           Mercy
           our
           
             Kings
          
           Reigned
           ,
           and
           governed
           their
           
             Subjects
             ;
          
           and
           were
           frequently
           put
           into
           great
           Convulsions
           ,
           when
           they
           seemed
           to
           break
           in
           upon
           an
           Authority
           that
           pretended
           to
           be
           
             Sacred
             ,
          
           and
           on
           that
           score
           justified
           its
           being
           so
           tender
           of
           all
           its
           Usurpations
           .
           A
           High-spirited
           King
           arose
           ,
           who
           together
           with
           his
           People
           ,
           were
           resolved
           to
           bear
           no
           longer
           
           with
           that
           Diminution
           of
           the
           Security
           and
           Dignity
           of
           this
           
             Imperial
             Crown
             :
          
           The
           Importance
           of
           that
           
             Word
             ,
          
           as
           it
           is
           used
           in
           our
           
             Laws
             ,
          
           having
           no
           Relation
           to
           our
           Constitution
           at
           home
           ,
           as
           some
           have
           vainly
           imagined
           ,
           it
           signifying
           only
           ,
           that
           this
           was
           a
           compleat
           Government
           within
           it self
           ,
           having
           no
           dependance
           on
           any
           Forreign
           Authority
           whatsoever
           .
           That
           King
           though
           often
           threatned
           with
           Invasion
           and
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           though
           he
           had
           drawn
           upon
           himself
           the
           Fury
           and
           Revenges
           of
           a
           vast
           multitude
           of
           Implacable
           
             Wasps
             ,
          
           whom
           he
           had
           stirred
           out
           of
           their
           
             Nests
             ,
          
           yet
           escaped
           all
           dangers
           ,
           and
           carried
           on
           his
           designs
           as
           far
           as
           his
           Principles
           could
           go
           :
           He
           removed
           the
           Rubbish
           ,
           and
           so
           made
           way
           for
           that
           which
           he
           could
           not
           have
           promo●ed
           himself
           ,
           being
           still
           deeply
           tinctured
           with
           his
           first
           Impressions
           and
           Engagements
           .
           It
           was
           much
           for
           one
           Man
           ,
           to
           do
           so
           much
           as
           he
           did
           :
           He
           restored
           the
           Crown
           to
           a
           g●eat
           part
           of
           its
           Lustre
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           its
           Authority
           ,
           and
           recovered
           that
           which
           was
           weakly
           parted
           with
           ,
           in
           a
           course
           of
           many
           dark
           and
           Superstitious
           Ages
           .
           Before
           him
           our
           Princes
           were
           to
           make
           their
           Applications
           elsewhere
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           their
           measures
           from
           thence
           ,
           how
           their
           own
           People
           were
           to
           be
           governed
           :
           but
           now
           the
           Government
           is
           entire
           ,
           all
           is
           done
           at
           home
           ,
           no
           Vassalage
           is
           to
           be
           paid
           to
           a
           Tyranny
           ,
           which
           was
           as
           cruel
           in
           its
           Administration
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           unjust
           in
           its
           pretentions
           ;
           and
           had
           in
           a
           more
           particular
           manner
           oppressed
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           Triumphing
           too
           Imperiously
           over
           the
           easiness
           of
           our
           Princes
           ,
           and
           the
           Superstition
           of
           their
           Subjects
           .
        
         
           As
           the
           first
           part
           of
           that
           great
           Work
           was
           so
           far
           
           advanced
           by
           a
           King
           ,
           whom
           nature
           had
           fitted
           for
           a
           performance
           that
           required
           a
           Man
           of
           no
           ordinary
           
             Genius
             :
          
           So
           a
           young
           Prince
           succeeded
           ,
           who
           had
           every
           thing
           in
           him
           that
           was
           Great
           and
           Promising
           ,
           far
           beyond
           his
           years
           .
           In
           his
           Reign
           our
           Reformation
           was
           perfected
           ,
           but
           while
           some
           went
           into
           that
           good
           design
           upon
           True
           and
           Noble
           Principles
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           mixed
           multitude
           that
           came
           in
           for
           a
           share
           of
           the
           
             Spoil
             ,
          
           and
           were
           a
           
             Reproach
          
           to
           that
           which
           they
           seemed
           to
           promote
           :
           One
           bad
           Man
           in
           particular
           ,
           who
           at
           his
           Death
           professed
           that
           he
           had
           all
           the
           while
           adhered
           to
           his
           old
           perswasions
           ,
           even
           when
           he
           seemed
           to
           act
           most
           differently
           from
           them
           .
           The
           good
           Men
           of
           that
           time
           ,
           did
           look
           for
           a
           terrible
           
             Catastraphe
             :
          
           They
           did
           not
           think
           that
           God
           would
           suffer
           his
           House
           to
           be
           built
           up
           by
           such
           
             defiled
             Hands
             ,
          
           or
           bless
           such
           a
           corrupted
           Scene
           ,
           with
           the
           continuance
           of
           so
           good
           a
           King
           ,
           the
           
             Iosias
          
           of
           this
           Church
           .
           All
           was
           quickly
           laid
           in
           the
           Dust
           ,
           and
           turned
           not
           only
           into
           Rubbish
           but
           to
           Ashes
           ,
           and
           a
           severe
           storm
           was
           set
           over
           this
           Church
           ;
           but
           when
           it
           was
           like
           to
           have
           spread
           it self
           over
           the
           rest
           of
           
             Europe
             ,
          
           and
           that
           the
           two
           Crowns
           being
           under
           the
           Ministry
           of
           two
           
             Cardinals
             ,
          
           both
           designing
           to
           extirpate
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           were
           coming
           into
           a
           Peace
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           might
           be
           at
           leasure
           for
           such
           bloody
           work
           at
           home
           ;
           it
           pleased
           God
           to
           deliver
           this
           Church
           ,
           to
           raise
           up
           again
           that
           light
           which
           seemed
           almost
           quite
           extinguisht
           ,
           and
           to
           bless
           us
           with
           that
           ever
           renowned
           
             Queen
             ,
          
           who
           did
           not
           only
           restore
           and
           repair
           what
           had
           been
           ruined
           at
           Home
           ;
           but
           became
           the
           Support
           and
           Strength
           of
           all
           Abroad
           .
           They
           found
           not
           only
           Sanctuary
           among
           us
           ,
           but
           carried
           from
           us
           both
           
           Force
           and
           Treasure
           ,
           to
           preserve
           and
           secure
           themselves
           .
           Things
           lookt
           often
           so
           cloudy
           ,
           whilst
           the
           greatest
           power
           ,
           and
           the
           vastest
           Treasure
           of
           
             Europe
             ,
          
           was
           engaged
           with
           an
           unrelenting
           fury
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           that
           for
           about
           twenty
           years
           together
           ,
           the
           wise
           Ministry
           of
           that
           Reign
           were
           every
           year
           looking
           for
           a
           fatal
           Revolution
           :
           At
           last
           God
           by
           blasting
           all
           their
           designs
           ,
           both
           open
           and
           secret
           ,
           and
           chiefly
           the
           last
           and
           greatest
           Attempt
           of
           the
           boasted
           
             Invincible
             Armada
             ,
          
           did
           secure
           that
           
             Queen
             ,
          
           and
           Establish
           this
           
             Church
             ;
          
           and
           by
           her
           Protection
           and
           Influence
           ,
           several
           Forreign
           Churches
           were
           also
           Formed
           and
           Established
           ,
           and
           the
           Correspondence
           we
           maintained
           with
           those
           beyond
           Sea
           ,
           made
           us
           the
           safer
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           united
           at
           home
           .
           The
           Crown
           was
           fortified
           with
           Alliances
           and
           Dependencies
           abroad
           ,
           the
           Nation
           was
           spread
           by
           many
           Colonies
           into
           remote
           parts
           .
           Trade
           flourished
           ,
           and
           Wealth
           from
           all
           parts
           flowed
           in
           upon
           us
           :
           The
           blessings
           both
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           meeting
           together
           in
           that
           
             Celebrated
             Reign
             .
          
           What
           was
           wanting
           to
           Compleat
           the
           Happiness
           of
           this
           Nation
           was
           brought
           about
           in
           the
           
             next
             ,
          
           in
           which
           the
           whole
           
             Island
          
           was
           brought
           under
           the
           same
           
             Head
             :
          
           And
           the
           Northern
           parts
           which
           had
           been
           formerly
           Scenes
           of
           War
           and
           Desolation
           ,
           uncultivated
           and
           ill
           peopled
           ,
           became
           the
           quiet
           Seats
           of
           Tillage
           and
           Industry
           ;
           so
           that
           
             Nature
             ,
          
           that
           seemed
           to
           have
           laid
           this
           Island
           ,
           and
           designed
           it
           for
           one
           
             Monarchy
             ,
          
           was
           now
           answered
           by
           this
           happy
           Union
           .
           And
           the
           many
           Disorders
           in
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           forced
           the
           Reduction
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           to
           Civility
           and
           Industry
           ,
           to
           the
           same
           Laws
           and
           Language
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           greater
           part
           to
           be
           of
           the
           same
           Stock
           and
           Race
           with
           our selves
           .
        
         
         
           These
           are
           some
           of
           the
           more
           signal
           felicities
           ,
           which
           have
           happened
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           
             Crown
          
           that
           protects
           and
           governs
           us
           ,
           since
           that
           happy
           
             light
          
           first
           visited
           us
           :
           
             And
             the
             Land
             had
             rest
             fourscore
             years
             :
          
           
           The
           longest
           period
           that
           we
           find
           marked
           in
           the
           old
           Testament
           ,
           of
           the
           quiet
           of
           the
           people
           of
           
             Israel
             .
          
           Nor
           can
           we
           easily
           assign
           the
           like
           period
           in
           any
           History
           ,
           of
           such
           an
           entire
           and
           long
           continued
           peace
           :
           for
           in
           all
           that
           time
           ,
           tho
           we
           had
           Wars
           abroad
           ,
           they
           never
           broke
           in
           upon
           us
           ,
           to
           disturb
           us
           at
           home
           .
           The
           short
           and
           soon
           supprest
           Insurrection
           of
           some
           
             Earls
          
           in
           the
           
             North
             ,
          
           scarce
           being
           to
           be
           reckoned
           as
           an
           interruption
           of
           our
           quiet
           .
           But
           while
           God
           protected
           us
           from
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           yet
           when
           we
           had
           
             corrupted
             our
             ways
             before
             him
             ,
          
           he
           delivered
           us
           up
           to
           our selves
           ,
           to
           be
           plagued
           by
           our
           own
           Follies
           ,
           and
           they
           proved
           severe
           punishments
           .
           I
           will
           not
           open
           that
           black
           and
           dismal
           Scene
           :
           I
           will
           not
           suffer
           any
           thing
           that
           looks
           like
           
             anger
          
           or
           
             satyre
             ,
          
           to
           darken
           the
           chearfulness
           of
           this
           day
           ,
           or
           to
           sowr
           those
           thoughts
           that
           should
           be
           now
           softned
           to
           joy
           ;
           but
           a
           joy
           in
           God
           ,
           decent
           and
           modest
           ,
           and
           suitable
           to
           the
           occasion
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           not
           repeat
           History
           or
           Gazettes
           :
           I
           will
           only
           lay
           before
           you
           some
           reflections
           that
           are
           not
           the
           less
           important
           ,
           because
           how
           obvious
           soever
           they
           may
           be
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           not
           so
           generally
           commented
           on
           ,
           as
           they
           well
           deserve
           to
           be
           .
           Our
           Confusion
           lasted
           long
           ,
           and
           the
           Scenes
           shifted
           so
           oft
           ,
           that
           at
           last
           men
           found
           no
           known
           Constitution
           ,
           no
           Precedent
           either
           at
           home
           or
           abroad
           ,
           that
           could
           fit
           us
           :
           so
           that
           Assemblies
           of
           a
           new
           nature
           were
           formed
           ,
           in
           which
           men
           gave
           scope
           to
           their
           imagination
           ;
           to
           invent
           a
           Scheme
           of
           Government
           that
           could
           secure
           us
           :
           Bu●
           all
           in
           vain
           ,
           the
           Ancient
           Landmarks
           stood
           still
           in
           all
           mens
           eyes
           ,
           and
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           the
           Nation
           grew
           so
           weary
           of
           its
           tossings
           ,
           and
           so
           wise
           after
           
           
           
           
           
           so
           many
           practices
           ,
           that
           had
           been
           made
           upon
           it
           ,
           as
           to
           return
           to
           its
           first
           Basis
           ,
           and
           to
           its
           immemoral
           Constitution
           :
           The
           Confusions
           of
           that
           time
           will
           still
           be
           preserved
           in
           our
           History
           ,
           as
           the
           best
           and
           most
           demonstrative
           Arguments
           ,
           to
           recommend
           our
           Constitution
           to
           us
           :
           since
           we
           see
           that
           nothing
           could
           bring
           the
           Nation
           to
           Quiet
           and
           Order
           ,
           till
           it
           settled
           again
           on
           its
           old
           Foundation
           ,
           and
           returned
           to
           that
           frame
           under
           which
           it
           had
           subsisted
           ,
           and
           flourished
           for
           many
           Ages
           ;
           and
           without
           which
           it
           could
           not
           be
           supported
           a
           few
           years
           ,
           even
           tho
           a
           resolute
           and
           victorious
           Army
           ,
           that
           was
           deeply
           engaged
           both
           by
           Principle
           and
           Interest
           ,
           endeavoured
           to
           fix
           it
           upon
           another
           bottom
           .
           The
           Tide
           turned
           ,
           and
           how
           strangely
           soever
           mens
           Passions
           and
           Humours
           wrought
           against
           it
           ,
           yet
           nothing
           could
           withstand
           the
           united
           desires
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           that
           called
           aloud
           for
           
             bringing
             back
             the
             King.
          
           This
           no
           doubt
           has
           been
           ,
           and
           will
           still
           be
           a
           powerful
           Curb
           to
           restrain
           the
           violence
           of
           some
           mens
           tempers
           ;
           and
           to
           make
           all
           to
           consider
           ,
           how
           hard
           it
           is
           even
           by
           Force
           and
           with
           Success
           ,
           to
           work
           a
           Nation
           off
           from
           its
           antient
           and
           known
           Government
           ,
           to
           new
           Models
           and
           airey
           Speculations
           .
        
         
           The
           great
           and
           free
           range
           that
           Enthusiam
           then
           had
           ,
           the
           multiplicity
           as
           well
           as
           the
           extravagance
           of
           the
           Sects
           that
           sprung
           up
           among
           us
           ,
           in
           those
           day
           of
           Confusion
           and
           Violence
           ,
           the
           wild
           Notions
           as
           well
           as
           the
           ungoverned
           practices
           of
           the
           several
           parties
           ,
           their
           mutual
           animosities
           ,
           and
           the
           gross
           hypocrisie
           that
           run
           too
           visibly
           through
           the
           greatest
           numbers
           of
           them
           ,
           did
           contribute
           not
           a
           little
           to
           bring
           the
           Nation
           back
           to
           love
           
             Decency
          
           and
           
             Order
          
           in
           sacred
           matters
           :
           and
           many
           ,
           who
           perhaps
           formerly
           disliked
           our
           publick
           Establishment
           ,
           having
           exceptions
           that
           seemed
           plausible
           to
           some
           particulars
           
           in
           it
           ,
           came
           afterwards
           to
           see
           how
           mischievous
           it
           was
           to
           bring
           men
           once
           off
           from
           rule
           and
           
             order
             ,
          
           and
           to
           give
           such
           scope
           to
           humour
           and
           fancy
           :
           and
           so
           ,
           they
           grew
           more
           in
           love
           with
           settled
           methods
           ,
           and
           have
           adhered
           more
           firmly
           to
           them
           :
           and
           thus
           we
           may
           conclude
           that
           the
           Essay
           ,
           which
           was
           made
           then
           to
           new
           model
           both
           
             Church
          
           and
           
             State
             ,
          
           how
           fatal
           soever
           it
           proved
           to
           those
           who
           were
           run
           down
           in
           the
           struggle
           ,
           yet
           has
           since
           that
           time
           ,
           had
           this
           good
           effect
           ,
           to
           establish
           both
           ,
           upon
           a
           firmer
           foundation
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           people
           .
        
         
           Two
           things
           were
           also
           very
           eminently
           remarkable
           in
           the
           whole
           course
           of
           our
           disorders
           ,
           the
           one
           was
           ,
           that
           the
           very
           Party
           which
           of
           all
           others
           was
           the
           most
           concerned
           to
           new
           cast
           the
           Nation
           into
           the
           old
           model
           ,
           and
           to
           set
           up
           that
           Government
           ,
           on
           how
           bad
           a
           title
           soever
           ,
           which
           was
           that
           only
           ,
           that
           our
           Law
           could
           acknowledge
           ,
           since
           they
           of
           all
           others
           needed
           a
           pardon
           most
           to
           cover
           them
           from
           
             Sacred
             and
             Royal
             Blood
             ,
          
           besides
           many
           other
           lesser
           crimes
           ,
           which
           lay
           upon
           them
           ,
           they
           had
           also
           divided
           among
           themselves
           the
           spoils
           of
           the
           
             Crown
             ,
          
           and
           of
           the
           
             Church
             ,
          
           to
           which
           they
           could
           have
           no
           title
           founded
           in
           Law
           ,
           without
           an
           authority
           ,
           with
           which
           our
           Constitution
           did
           agree
           :
           for
           so
           sacred
           is
           our
           frame
           ,
           that
           the
           very
           shadow
           of
           it
           ,
           has
           a
           great
           operation
           in
           
             Law
             ,
          
           and
           had
           they
           agreed
           to
           have
           set
           up
           their
           
             Idol
             King
             ,
          
           this
           would
           have
           gone
           so
           far
           ▪
           both
           to
           have
           indemnified
           their
           persons
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           secured
           their
           Estates
           ,
           that
           even
           the
           happy
           Restoration
           that
           followed
           ,
           could
           not
           easily
           have
           set
           that
           matter
           right
           :
           both
           the
           
             Crown
          
           and
           the
           
             Church
          
           had
           been
           put
           to
           wrestle
           with
           great
           difficulties
           ;
           all
           which
           was
           happily
           prevented
           ,
           by
           the
           unmanagable
           stiffness
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           of
           all
           others
           were
           the
           most
           concerned
           to
           have
           promoted
           it
           :
           and
           thus
           
           without
           any
           considerable
           difficulty
           ,
           every
           thing
           did
           easily
           fall
           into
           its
           old
           Channel
           again
           :
           and
           when
           it
           was
           too
           late
           ,
           those
           who
           proved
           the
           Instruments
           of
           their
           own
           Ruin
           ,
           saw
           their
           Errer
           :
           but
           could
           not
           then
           rectifie
           it
           :
           they
           expiated
           their
           crimes
           with
           their
           own
           Blood
           ,
           and
           so
           
             the
             Land
             was
             purged
             :
          
           and
           what
           had
           been
           unjustly
           acquired
           ,
           was
           most
           justly
           restored
           back
           to
           the
           true
           owners
           again
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           most
           eminent
           character
           of
           God's
           merciful
           Providence
           towards
           these
           Nations
           ,
           in
           the
           blessing
           of
           this
           
             day
             ,
          
           was
           the
           manner
           of
           it
           .
           It
           made
           our
           miseries
           both
           the
           less
           sensible
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           the
           less
           out
           of
           our
           power
           to
           overcome
           ,
           that
           
             Strangers
          
           got
           no
           footing
           among
           us
           ,
           all
           the
           while
           :
           and
           that
           the
           depressed
           side
           ,
           was
           not
           cast
           on
           demanding
           assistance
           from
           those
           who
           might
           in
           conclusion
           have
           proved
           cruel
           friends
           ,
           and
           the
           worst
           of
           
             Enemies
             .
          
           All
           
             Europe
          
           was
           so
           deeply
           engaged
           in
           a
           long
           and
           cruel
           War
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           in
           the
           power
           of
           our
           neighbours
           to
           take
           advantage
           either
           from
           the
           feebleness
           that
           our
           distractions
           threw
           us
           into
           ,
           or
           from
           the
           necessities
           of
           the
           weak
           and
           
             unfortunate
          
           side
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           come
           in
           for
           a
           share
           of
           the
           
             spoil
             ,
          
           which
           is
           commonly
           all
           ,
           that
           
             Auxiliary
          
           forces
           design
           on
           such
           occasions
           .
           While
           the
           Nation
           was
           left
           to
           its
           self
           ,
           and
           all
           was
           in
           its
           own
           hands
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           its
           Substance
           and
           Stock
           was
           kept
           entire
           ,
           it
           was
           in
           their
           own
           power
           to
           return
           again
           to
           their
           old
           Foundations
           .
           The
           time
           in
           which
           this
           happned
           ,
           was
           also
           Critical
           ,
           for
           it
           was
           when
           our
           destemper
           was
           at
           its
           height
           :
           when
           an
           Enthusiastical
           and
           Cruel
           Spirit
           was
           in
           the
           
             Ascendant
             ,
          
           which
           probably
           if
           it
           had
           not
           then
           been
           effectually
           mastred
           ,
           had
           burst
           forth
           into
           very
           dismal
           extravagancies
           .
           
             Enthusiasm
          
           armed
           with
           
             power
             ,
          
           being
           like
           a
           Sword
           in
           a
           mad
           mans
           hand
           :
           but
           as
           our
           distractions
           at
           home
           were
           
           in
           their
           heighest
           Fermentation
           ,
           the
           state
           of
           affairs
           abroad
           changed
           so
           considerably
           ,
           by
           the
           
             Peace
          
           that
           was
           made
           between
           the
           two
           
             Crowns
             ,
          
           that
           then
           it
           was
           highly
           probable
           ,
           Foreigners
           might
           have
           thrust
           themselves
           into
           our
           affairs
           :
           and
           that
           both
           out
           of
           Political
           and
           Religious
           considerations
           .
           It
           appears
           to
           have
           been
           the
           settled
           opinion
           of
           a
           great
           
             Cardinal
             ,
          
           and
           a
           Chief
           
             Minister
          
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           War
           was
           quite
           ended
           ,
           both
           Crowns
           should
           have
           concurred
           to
           the
           reestabliment
           of
           the
           Royal
           family
           ;
           tho
           from
           those
           remnants
           of
           his
           ,
           it
           also
           appears
           that
           he
           neither
           meant
           well
           to
           the
           
             King
          
           nor
           to
           the
           
             Nation
          
           in
           it
           .
           However
           it
           is
           most
           likely
           ,
           that
           upon
           the
           lessening
           of
           the
           Forces
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           that
           followed
           upon
           the
           Peace
           ,
           the
           late
           
             King
          
           might
           have
           received
           such
           a
           powerful
           assistance
           of
           men
           of
           fortune
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           have
           
             invaded
             ,
          
           or
           rather
           come
           into
           his
           Kingdom
           with
           a
           foreign
           force
           .
           If
           he
           had
           succeeded
           in
           it
           ,
           as
           he
           would
           have
           been
           under
           great
           obligations
           to
           those
           who
           had
           assisted
           him
           ,
           so
           he
           would
           have
           been
           much
           in
           their
           power
           ,
           and
           might
           have
           come
           under
           the
           odious
           name
           of
           a
           
             Conqueror
             ,
          
           which
           might
           have
           rendred
           his
           Government
           both
           severe
           and
           hateful
           ;
           and
           must
           have
           ended
           ,
           either
           in
           the
           total
           subversion
           of
           
             Publick
             Liberty
             ,
          
           or
           in
           new
           and
           dreadful
           Convulsions
           ,
           which
           must
           have
           endangered
           the
           whole
           ,
           and
           exposed
           us
           to
           be
           a
           prey
           to
           some
           violent
           Invader
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           therefore
           no
           inconsiderable
           part
           of
           the
           deliverance
           of
           this
           day
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           brought
           about
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           owed
           it
           entirely
           under
           
             God
             ,
          
           to
           the
           duty
           and
           affections
           of
           his
           own
           
             Subjects
             ,
          
           without
           any
           others
           pretending
           to
           have
           the
           least
           share
           in
           it
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           whole
           frame
           of
           our
           Constitution
           reverted
           to
           its
           former
           state
           ,
           and
           nothing
           was
           put
           ,
           or
           left
           
           out
           of
           
             joint
             .
          
           The
           late
           King
           had
           no
           reason
           to
           depart
           from
           our
           Constitution
           with
           relation
           to
           his
           People
           ;
           because
           they
           had
           so
           chearfully
           returned
           to
           it
           with
           relation
           to
           the
           
             Crown
             :
          
           and
           of
           all
           others
           he
           had
           the
           least
           ob●igation
           on
           him
           ,
           to
           his
           next
           neighbours
           ,
           tho
           they
           were
           likewise
           his
           most
           immediate
           Kimed
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           chief
           occasion
           of
           our
           miseries
           ,
           came
           from
           Councils
           that
           were
           inspired
           from
           thence
           .
        
         
           As
           this
           blessing
           was
           procured
           to
           us
           immediately
           ,
           by
           a
           management
           at
           home
           ,
           so
           the
           calm
           and
           the
           unanimity
           ,
           with
           which
           it
           was
           brought
           about
           ,
           had
           such
           a
           stamp
           of
           the
           goodness
           and
           mercy
           of
           Providence
           in
           it
           ,
           as
           is
           perhaps
           without
           example
           in
           History
           .
           Those
           who
           know
           the
           transactions
           of
           that
           time
           ,
           cannot
           reflect
           without
           amazement
           ,
           on
           the
           unaccountable
           change
           of
           the
           dispositions
           of
           the
           Nation
           towards
           the
           
             Royal
             Family
             ,
          
           that
           happened
           from
           the
           year
           1640
           ,
           to
           the
           year
           1660.
           
           And
           all
           this
           was
           brought
           about
           by
           a
           turn
           over
           the
           whole
           Nation
           .
           Arguments
           or
           Speculations
           seldom
           have
           such
           effects
           .
           If
           the
           greater
           part
           had
           brought
           in
           the
           less
           ,
           the
           event
           had
           been
           still
           great
           and
           amazing
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           all
           over
           wonderful
           when
           the
           
             whole
          
           changed
           so
           entirely
           ,
           that
           the
           
             few
          
           who
           were
           engaged
           by
           their
           Interests
           and
           Fears
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           by
           their
           Notions
           ,
           to
           oppose
           it
           ,
           were
           brought
           under
           such
           a
           consternation
           ,
           broken
           into
           such
           divisions
           ,
           which
           the
           Ambition
           and
           Heat
           of
           some
           ,
           and
           the
           the
           Mistrust
           and
           Jealousie
           of
           others
           had
           sowed
           among
           them
           ,
           
             that
             none
             of
             those
             men
             of
             might
             found
             their
             hands
             ,
          
           but
           seemed
           to
           be
           cast
           into
           
             a
             dead
             sleep
             .
          
           So
           great
           an
           Army
           ,
           so
           long
           trained
           ,
           so
           well
           Disciplined
           ,
           and
           so
           oft
           Victorious
           ,
           might
           have
           raised
           such
           an
           opposition
           as
           could
           not
           have
           been
           easily
           resisted
           ,
           if
           at
           all
           .
           It
           had
           appeared
           in
           the
           year
           1648
           ,
           what
           feeble
           things
           popular
           and
           tumultuary
           Insurrections
           were
           ,
           when
           in
           almost
           all
           the
           quarters
           of
           
             England
          
           
           the
           people
           rise
           and
           desired
           to
           be
           rid
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           to
           have
           that
           
             Blessed
             King
             ,
          
           set
           at
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           on
           his
           Throne
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           the
           Nation
           again
           settled
           :
           but
           so
           little
           Concert
           and
           Union
           ,
           so
           little
           Method
           and
           Order
           ,
           appeared
           in
           all
           those
           motions
           ,
           that
           they
           only
           served
           to
           promote
           that
           which
           they
           were
           affraid
           of
           :
           the
           Army
           was
           flushed
           with
           Victory
           and
           Success
           ,
           and
           carried
           every
           thing
           before
           it
           :
           Which
           brought
           on
           the
           black
           and
           fatal
           30
           
             th
          
           of
           
             Ianuary
             .
          
           But
           now
           when
           the
           time
           was
           come
           ,
           in
           which
           God
           was
           to
           restrain
           their
           force
           ,
           as
           he
           does
           the
           Seas
           ,
           
             hither
             shalt
             thou
             come
             and
             no
             further
             :
             here
             shall
             thy
             proud
             waves
             he
             stopt
             :
          
           when
           
             God
             arose
             to
             judgment
             ,
             the
             earth
             feared
             and
             was
             still
             .
          
        
         
           It
           appeared
           by
           the
           violence
           in
           which
           a
           small
           number
           of
           them
           studied
           to
           overturn
           this
           happy
           change
           after
           it
           was
           wrought
           ,
           what
           greater
           numbers
           of
           them
           ,
           if
           united
           might
           have
           done
           to
           have
           hindred
           it
           .
           So
           that
           the
           giddiness
           with
           which
           they
           were
           struck
           ,
           and
           their
           want
           of
           Council
           and
           Spirit
           ,
           upon
           so
           great
           an
           occasion
           ,
           was
           a
           greater
           indication
           of
           an
           over-ruling
           Providence
           ,
           than
           if
           they
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           had
           really
           changed
           their
           minds
           ,
           and
           gone
           into
           the
           Stream
           .
           They
           both
           meant
           to
           oppose
           it
           ,
           and
           might
           have
           done
           it
           to
           a
           great
           degree
           ;
           had
           not
           God
           taken
           from
           them
           at
           once
           ,
           both
           
             Head
             ,
             Heart
             ,
          
           and
           
             Hand
             :
          
           and
           thus
           when
           we
           observe
           all
           the
           Methods
           of
           the
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           bringing
           this
           about
           ,
           we
           must
           adore
           the
           Wisdom
           ,
           but
           most
           particularly
           the
           Goodness
           of
           them
           ,
           both
           towards
           the
           
             Royal
             Family
          
           and
           towards
           the
           whole
           
             Nation
             .
          
        
         
           From
           what
           confusions
           were
           we
           then
           freed
           ,
           and
           what
           a
           Scene
           of
           Blood
           and
           Misery
           had
           this
           Nation
           probably
           been
           ,
           if
           the
           turn
           had
           not
           been
           so
           entire
           as
           it
           was
           :
           And
           how
           little
           soever
           ,
           many
           may
           either
           apprehend
           
           or
           value
           the
           blessing
           of
           a
           legal
           Government
           ,
           tempered
           between
           the
           extreams
           of
           lawless
           
             Tyranny
          
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           and
           of
           wild
           and
           Enthusiastical
           Frensies
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           yet
           they
           must
           conclude
           that
           in
           this
           respect
           we
           were
           restored
           at
           that
           time
           to
           a
           Government
           that
           is
           much
           the
           happiest
           of
           any
           now
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           is
           so
           particularly
           fitted
           for
           us
           ,
           that
           nothing
           else
           could
           make
           us
           either
           safe
           or
           happy
           .
        
         
           But
           all
           the
           blessings
           of
           that
           time
           did
           not
           terminate
           in
           that
           day
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           Restoration
           of
           the
           
             Royal
             Family
          
           at
           that
           time
           :
           what
           was
           done
           then
           ,
           made
           way
           to
           what
           we
           enjoy
           at
           present
           :
           Without
           
             that
          
           we
           could
           not
           have
           expected
           the
           happiness
           we
           do
           now
           live
           under
           ,
           and
           look
           for
           .
           I
           will
           not
           reflect
           on
           the
           Gloom
           that
           has
           come
           between
           :
           the
           unhappy
           things
           which
           have
           come
           since
           :
           but
           whatever
           we
           have
           been
           ,
           or
           whatever
           we
           were
           like
           to
           have
           been
           ,
           we
           do
           
             now
          
           see
           a
           better
           prospect
           ,
           not
           only
           the
           
             Crowns
          
           flourshing
           at
           home
           ,
           but
           the
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           of
           the
           people
           happily
           revived
           ;
           not
           only
           our
           Religion
           secured
           ,
           and
           our
           Church
           protected
           ,
           but
           that
           from
           us
           other
           Churches
           are
           in
           hope
           to
           receive
           
             Protection
          
           and
           Strength
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           
             Europe
          
           a
           just
           ballance
           ,
           and
           a
           quiet
           security
           :
           that
           now
           
             England
          
           is
           not
           only
           recovering
           the
           interest
           and
           share
           that
           naturally
           belongs
           to
           her
           ,
           but
           is
           at
           present
           the
           great
           Instrument
           of
           giving
           all
           
             Europe
          
           a
           happy
           escape
           from
           a
           vast
           danger
           ,
           that
           had
           threatned
           it
           all
           over
           .
        
         
           In
           this
           Audience
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           enlarge
           further
           on
           this
           Subject
           .
           I
           need
           say
           the
           less
           ,
           because
           we
           do
           all
           feel
           and
           hope
           so
           much
           from
           it
           .
           The
           Subject
           indeed
           speaks
           so
           much
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           be
           well
           allowed
           to
           say
           the
           less
           .
           This
           is
           the
           compleating
           of
           that
           happy
           change
           ,
           which
           is
           now
           to
           be
           reflected
           on
           ,
           with
           so
           much
           the
           more
           joy
           ,
           because
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           hope
           that
           we
           are
           near
           ,
           very
           near
           ,
           
           all
           that
           a
           Nation
           can
           wish
           for
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           both
           Great
           and
           Happy
           ,
           Prosperous
           and
           Safe
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           we
           have
           thus
           let
           our
           thoughts
           run
           out
           upon
           the
           
             wonderful
             works
             ,
          
           that
           God
           on
           this
           day
           did
           for
           us
           ,
           so
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           forget
           the
           
             Iudgments
             of
             his
             mouth
             ,
          
           his
           
             Laws
          
           and
           his
           
             Gospel
             :
          
           that
           are
           the
           much
           greatest
           of
           all
           his
           blessing
           ,
           that
           render
           all
           other
           things
           to
           be
           blessings
           indeed
           to
           us
           ;
           they
           being
           chiefly
           intended
           to
           secure
           this
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           to
           engage
           us
           to
           improve
           it
           to
           the
           best
           purposes
           .
           For
           as
           the
           Psalm
           ends
           ,
           all
           Gods
           mercies
           to
           the
           Jewish
           Nation
           ,
           were
           given
           them
           ,
           on
           this
           design
           
             that
             they
             might
             observe
             his
             Statutes
             ,
             and
             keep
             his
             Laws
             ;
          
           so
           what
           answers
           to
           this
           among
           us
           ,
           but
           is
           indeed
           a
           great
           many
           sizes
           beyond
           it
           ,
           is
           the
           purity
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           now
           enjoyed
           above
           an
           Age
           and
           a
           half
           ,
           with
           advantages
           beyond
           any
           Church
           under
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           course
           of
           temporal
           blessings
           beyond
           any
           that
           we
           ever
           knew
           since
           we
           were
           a
           people
           :
           
             England
          
           is
           more
           encreased
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           ,
           in
           the
           Soil
           cultivated
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Colonies
           sent
           abroad
           ,
           in
           the
           numbers
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           in
           Force
           and
           Shipping
           ,
           in
           Wealth
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           Trade
           all
           the
           World
           over
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           resinings
           of
           solid
           Learning
           ,
           or
           useful
           Arts
           ,
           in
           this
           period
           ,
           since
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           than
           for
           ought
           appears
           to
           us
           ,
           it
           ever
           was
           before
           ,
           since
           we
           were
           a
           Nation
           :
           and
           it
           now
           possesses
           all
           this
           under
           a
           Civil
           Government
           ,
           that
           is
           the
           wonder
           as
           well
           as
           the
           envy
           of
           the
           World
           :
           for
           while
           other
           Nations
           have
           either
           foolishly
           thrown
           up
           and
           abandoned
           their
           
             Liberties
             ,
          
           or
           have
           been
           forcibly
           deprived
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           see
           no
           remedy
           ;
           we
           have
           ours
           not
           only
           preserved
           ,
           but
           secured
           by
           fresh
           explanations
           and
           provisions
           :
           All
           this
           put
           together
           ought
           to
           make
           us
           consider
           the
           great
           value
           of
           that
           unspeakable
           blessing
           which
           God
           is
           so
           signally
           
           recommending
           to
           us
           ,
           by
           those
           happy
           Providences
           which
           accompany
           it
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           could
           examin
           it
           in
           it self
           ,
           without
           those
           blessed
           consequences
           ,
           we
           should
           see
           cause
           enough
           to
           value
           it
           highly
           ,
           or
           if
           we
           could
           compare
           our
           own
           condition
           with
           either
           the
           
             Heathen
             Nations
          
           that
           are
           utter
           strangers
           to
           it
           ,
           or
           those
           
             degenerated
             Christians
          
           that
           have
           corrupted
           it
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           be
           but
           little
           better
           than
           
             Heathenism
          
           it self
           ,
           then
           we
           might
           be
           able
           to
           form
           a
           truer
           judgment
           of
           that
           happiness
           ,
           which
           we
           enjoy
           in
           it
           .
           I
           confess
           ,
           as
           the
           far
           greater
           part
           use
           it
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           great
           account
           to
           be
           had
           of
           it
           :
           if
           it
           is
           only
           a
           set
           of
           Notions
           ,
           how
           true
           soever
           they
           may
           be
           ,
           and
           a
           circle
           of
           some
           forms
           ,
           in
           which
           we
           go
           always
           round
           ,
           without
           making
           any
           progress
           ,
           then
           tho
           our
           Religion
           may
           be
           less
           burdensome
           and
           imposing
           than
           some
           others
           ,
           yet
           after
           all
           ,
           it
           can
           be
           no
           great
           matter
           it self
           :
           but
           if
           this
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           these
           Laws
           of
           God
           are
           means
           intended
           by
           him
           for
           the
           greatest
           ends
           ,
           fitted
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           capable
           of
           procuring
           them
           to
           us
           ,
           if
           they
           by
           their
           own
           efficiency
           are
           capable
           of
           making
           us
           not
           only
           happy
           in
           another
           world
           ,
           but
           even
           happy
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           happy
           in
           our selves
           ,
           and
           happy
           in
           another
           ,
           if
           they
           tend
           to
           make
           a
           Nation
           great
           in
           general
           ,
           and
           every
           individual
           of
           it
           ,
           both
           great
           in
           himself
           ,
           and
           great
           in
           his
           usefulness
           to
           mankind
           ,
           then
           we
           may
           justly
           Glory
           in
           our
           Religion
           and
           in
           those
           
             judgments
             of
             his
             mouth
             ,
          
           with
           which
           God
           hath
           blessed
           us
           :
           and
           whatever
           advantages
           the
           
             Iews
          
           had
           reason
           to
           reckon
           themselves
           under
           ,
           by
           their
           Laws
           ,
           beyond
           the
           Nations
           round
           about
           them
           ,
           these
           will
           appear
           to
           belong
           much
           more
           eminently
           to
           us
           ,
           when
           we
           compare
           our selves
           with
           the
           corrupted
           state
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           that
           prevails
           in
           so
           many
           Kingdoms
           not
           far
           from
           us
           .
        
         
         
           The
           
             Iews
          
           were
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           delivered
           from
           all
           that
           Idolatry
           and
           Magick
           ,
           those
           superstitious
           and
           barbarous
           rites
           that
           had
           over-run
           Heathenism
           :
           from
           the
           cruelty
           of
           offering
           up
           humane
           Sacrifices
           ,
           nay
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           Children
           too
           ,
           to
           those
           
             false
             Gods
             ,
          
           whom
           they
           served
           :
           They
           worshipped
           the
           host
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           Sun
           ,
           Moon
           ,
           and
           Stars
           ,
           high
           Hills
           ,
           great
           Stones
           ,
           ancient
           Oaks
           ,
           the
           founders
           of
           Nations
           ,
           and
           inventers
           of
           Arts
           :
           they
           had
           Images
           and
           Statues
           to
           resemble
           the
           Divinity
           ,
           and
           believed
           ,
           that
           a
           company
           of
           extravagant
           rites
           ,
           had
           in
           them
           ,
           by
           the
           Charms
           they
           used
           with
           them
           ,
           strange
           and
           sublime
           vertues
           .
           Those
           Deities
           they
           appeased
           with
           a
           variety
           of
           oblations
           ,
           which
           they
           believed
           were
           acceptable
           to
           them
           :
           these
           were
           managed
           with
           much
           Pomp
           ,
           and
           at
           a
           vast
           charge
           :
           an
           exactness
           in
           them
           they
           thought
           pleased
           the
           Deity
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           a
           failure
           therein
           provoked
           it
           :
           and
           they
           had
           a
           variety
           of
           Gods
           for
           several
           Countries
           and
           Professions
           ;
           a
           special
           Deity
           belonged
           to
           every
           occasion
           :
           How
           happy
           then
           might
           the
           
             Iews
          
           reckon
           themselves
           ,
           who
           saw
           through
           all
           those
           vain
           imaginations
           ,
           and
           knew
           that
           there
           was
           but
           
             one
             only
             God
             ,
          
           the
           supream
           Lord
           of
           all
           things
           ;
           a
           
             pure
             mind
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           capable
           of
           no
           bodily
           representation
           ,
           and
           so
           sublime
           a
           
             Being
             ,
          
           that
           what
           Sacrifices
           ▪
           and
           Rites
           soever
           he
           appointed
           ,
           yet
           admitted
           of
           no
           humane
           Sacrifices
           ,
           and
           had
           limited
           his
           appointments
           within
           such
           bounds
           ,
           that
           all
           Superstition
           was
           cut
           off
           .
           Now
           if
           these
           Characters
           of
           the
           Heathenish
           and
           Jewish
           Religion
           are
           applied
           to
           the
           present
           State
           of
           Christendom
           ,
           it
           will
           appear
           that
           we
           have
           the
           same
           reason
           to
           value
           our
           Religion
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Iews
          
           had
           to
           value
           theirs
           .
        
         
         
           There
           is
           a
           Communion
           of
           Christians
           ,
           whose
           Churches
           are
           full
           of
           Corporeal
           representations
           ,
           of
           that
           which
           they
           adore
           :
           those
           Statues
           have
           all
           such
           Ornaments
           about
           them
           ,
           and
           such
           adorations
           paid
           them
           as
           the
           Heathens
           were
           accustomed
           to
           :
           Many
           created
           beings
           have
           all
           the
           acts
           of
           worship
           ,
           such
           as
           Prayers
           ,
           Praises
           ,
           Incence
           burnt
           ,
           bodily
           adoration
           ,
           Churches
           built
           ,
           Sacraments
           used
           for
           their
           honour
           ;
           and
           even
           that
           Sacrament
           which
           is
           no
           less
           than
           the
           immediate
           object
           of
           the
           highest
           degrees
           of
           worship
           among
           them
           .
           Thus
           if
           ever
           there
           was
           ,
           or
           if
           there
           can
           be
           Idolatry
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           they
           are
           guilty
           of
           it
           .
           All
           those
           pretended
           vertues
           ,
           that
           by
           their
           benedictions
           they
           give
           out
           ,
           that
           they
           put
           on
           holy
           water
           ,
           
             Agnus
             Dei's
             ,
          
           with
           all
           the
           train
           of
           those
           consecrated
           things
           ,
           with
           which
           they
           entertain
           the
           credulity
           and
           the
           misled
           Devotion
           of
           their
           People
           ,
           is
           either
           Imposture
           ,
           or
           Charm.
           In
           the
           cost
           of
           these
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           other
           invented
           parts
           of
           worship
           ,
           particularly
           their
           Processions
           ,
           another
           rite
           of
           heathenism
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           measure
           put
           to
           the
           Pomp
           and
           Magnificence
           with
           which
           they
           study
           to
           adorn
           them
           .
           It
           is
           true
           they
           have
           no
           humane
           Sacrifices
           in
           the
           strictest
           sense
           :
           but
           no
           Religion
           ever
           taught
           the
           shedding
           so
           much
           human
           blood
           ,
           nor
           made
           that
           so
           main
           a
           piece
           of
           Religion
           ,
           of
           such
           merit
           ,
           so
           certainly
           and
           so
           highly
           rewarded
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           done
           :
           of
           which
           both
           the
           last
           and
           the
           present
           Age
           have
           received
           too
           sensible
           and
           too
           demonstrative
           a
           conviction
           .
           What
           reason
           then
           have
           we
           to
           value
           our
           Religion
           ,
           which
           has
           so
           entirely
           freed
           us
           from
           such
           excesses
           and
           corruptions
           :
           since
           Idolatry
           does
           vitiate
           Religion
           in
           its
           Source
           and
           Fountain
           :
           it
           debasing
           the
           Idea
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           bringing
           us
           to
           fancy
           him
           to
           be
           something
           like
           our selves
           .
           We
           own
           him
           to
           be
           a
           pure
           mind
           ;
           that
           can
           be
           represented
           by
           no
           bodily
           figure
           :
           We
           
           worship
           him
           in
           a
           sp●ritual
           manner
           :
           in
           acts
           and
           forms
           suitable
           to
           his
           nature
           .
           We
           worship
           him
           only
           ,
           and
           pay
           no
           adorations
           to
           Angels
           or
           Saints
           :
           nor
           have
           we
           invented
           any
           parts
           of
           worship
           ,
           besides
           those
           of
           his
           own
           appointment
           :
           We
           teach
           and
           practice
           Charity
           to
           Enemies
           ▪
           even
           to
           those
           who
           hate
           us
           ,
           and
           who
           we
           kn●w
           would
           persecute
           us
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           in
           their
           power
           .
        
         
           Another
           Consideration
           ,
           on
           which
           the
           
             Iews
          
           had
           just
           reason
           to
           value
           their
           Religion
           ,
           was
           because
           it
           was
           fixed
           and
           stated
           ,
           in
           the
           
             Books
          
           of
           
             Moses
             :
          
           no
           additions
           could
           b●
           made
           to
           it
           ,
           unless
           God
           had
           sent
           a
           Prophet
           on
           a
           special
           Commission
           ,
           with
           particular
           Credentials
           :
           their
           Priests
           had
           not
           ,
           as
           the
           Heathens
           ,
           
             Books
          
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           that
           were
           kept
           as
           
             secrets
             ,
          
           which
           the
           people
           might
           not
           see
           ,
           and
           which
           they
           might
           vouch
           for
           any
           additions
           ,
           with
           which
           they
           loaded
           them
           ,
           as
           oft
           as
           it
           served
           their
           ends
           .
           A
           written
           Law
           which
           every
           man
           might
           read
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Priests
           ,
           was
           a
           vast
           security
           against
           fraud
           and
           Impositions
           .
           Upon
           the
           same
           account
           ,
           we
           have
           just
           reason
           to
           set
           a
           high
           value
           upon
           our
           Religion
           ,
           since
           it
           can
           be
           neither
           more
           nor
           less
           than
           what
           is
           contained
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           ;
           we
           have
           no
           Article
           in
           
             reserve
             ,
          
           for
           which
           ,
           as
           oft
           as
           we
           please
           
             Tradition
          
           may
           be
           vouched
           :
           We
           have
           no
           
             infallible
             tribunal
             ,
          
           to
           coin
           new
           Articles
           ,
           or
           impose
           new
           Doctrines
           upon
           the
           pain
           of
           Anathemas
           and
           Extirpation
           :
           How
           great
           that
           Tyranny
           is
           and
           how
           unbounded
           is
           easily
           enough
           imagined
           ;
           when
           a
           man
           must
           believe
           a
           
             blank
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Church
          
           has
           the
           filling
           up
           that
           
             blank
             :
          
           and
           when
           the
           more
           implicit
           and
           blind
           men
           are
           in
           their
           Faith
           ,
           they
           are
           thereby
           esteemed
           the
           truer
           Sons
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           will
           have
           none
           enquire
           into
           what
           she
           dictates
           .
           nor
           dispute
           her
           commands
           :
           Whereas
           in
           ours
           ,
           the
           
             Officers
          
           of
           the
           Church
           are
           only
           considered
           as
           men
           appointed
           to
           minister
           in
           
             holy
             things
             ,
          
           
           to
           serve
           and
           instruct
           the
           people
           ,
           in
           the
           things
           of
           God
           ,
           without
           being
           the
           Masters
           of
           their
           Faith
           and
           Conscience
           ,
           we
           pretend
           to
           no
           other
           authority
           :
           and
           leave
           to
           the
           people
           entire
           ,
           all
           the
           liberties
           of
           humane
           nature
           .
        
         
           A
           3
           
             d.
          
           Consideration
           that
           did
           very
           particularly
           recommend
           the
           
             Mosaical
          
           Religion
           to
           the
           
             Iewes
             ,
          
           was
           its
           purity
           :
           the
           justice
           and
           probity
           ,
           the
           freedom
           from
           luxury
           ,
           simplicity
           of
           Life
           ,
           the
           restraint
           of
           appetite
           and
           passion
           ,
           and
           the
           modesty
           of
           deportment
           ,
           that
           it
           enjoyned
           :
           these
           were
           great
           and
           noble
           Characters
           of
           a
           Religion
           that
           came
           from
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           tended
           to
           make
           men
           in
           a
           good
           degree
           to
           resemble
           him
           :
           for
           tho
           that
           was
           an
           imperfect
           Religion
           ,
           yet
           the
           
             Law
             of
             the
             Lord
             was
             pure
             ,
             and
             his
             commandments
             were
             clean
             .
          
           But
           all
           this
           in
           a
           much
           higher
           degree
           concurs
           to
           recommend
           to
           us
           ,
           the
           Religion
           that
           by
           the
           blessing
           of
           God
           is
           received
           among
           us
           .
           We
           own
           the
           Gospel
           in
           the
           same
           simplicity
           in
           which
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           delivered
           it
           :
           we
           teach
           that
           men
           must
           
             deny
             ungodliness
             and
             worldly
             lusts
             ,
          
           and
           
             live
             soberly
             ,
             righteously
             and
             godly
             ,
          
           and
           that
           
             without
             holiness
             no
             man
             shall
             see
             the
             Lord
             :
          
           we
           offer
           no
           other
           conditions
           ,
           or
           means
           of
           salvation
           ,
           but
           
             Faith
             ,
             Repentance
             ,
          
           and
           
             new
             Obedience
             :
          
           we
           oblige
           all
           persons
           to
           the
           highest
           degrees
           of
           purity
           ,
           and
           warn
           them
           to
           avoid
           every
           
             sin
             ,
             the
             wages
             of
             which
             is
             death
             .
          
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           the
           main
           part
           of
           our
           Doctrine
           is
           ,
           to
           convince
           the
           world
           of
           the
           indispensible
           necessity
           of
           an
           universal
           holiness
           ,
           which
           must
           first
           possess
           a
           mans
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           rectifie
           his
           intentions
           ,
           and
           then
           run
           through
           his
           whole
           life
           ,
           and
           govern
           all
           his
           Actions
           .
           We
           flatter
           no
           men
           with
           hopes
           of
           the
           after-game
           of
           a
           
             Purgatory
             ,
          
           and
           a
           redemption
           out
           of
           it
           by
           
             Masses
             :
          
           we
           make
           no
           sin
           to
           be
           slight
           or
           
             venial
             ,
          
           nor
           do
           we
           teach
           that
           any
           duty
           is
           only
           a
           
             council
             of
             perfection
             ;
          
           much
           less
           do
           we
           flatter
           Pride
           and
           Vanity
           
           by
           the
           Doctrines
           of
           
             Supererrogation
             :
          
           we
           do
           not
           pretend
           to
           supersede
           the
           obligation
           of
           
             loving
             God
             ,
          
           or
           of
           being
           truly
           contrite
           
             for
             sin
             ;
          
           nor
           do
           we
           teach
           any
           methods
           of
           supplying
           imperfect
           acts
           of
           Contrition
           ,
           by
           the
           
             Sacraments
             ,
          
           as
           if
           acts
           of
           sorrow
           ,
           which
           of
           their
           own
           nature
           could
           not
           be
           accepted
           of
           God
           ,
           could
           be
           supplied
           by
           the
           
             Sacraments
             ,
          
           and
           so
           become
           the
           means
           of
           justifying
           those
           who
           are
           still
           in
           the
           habits
           of
           sin
           :
           we
           pretend
           to
           no
           other
           power
           of
           
             Absolution
          
           but
           the
           
             absolving
          
           from
           the
           censures
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           declaring
           men
           
             absolved
          
           according
           to
           the
           truth
           of
           their
           Repentance
           .
        
         
           Thus
           it
           appears
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           much
           juster
           grounds
           for
           setting
           a
           high
           value
           on
           the
           purity
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           among
           us
           ,
           than
           the
           
             Iews
          
           had
           for
           esteeming
           their
           Law
           far
           beyond
           the
           Idolatry
           of
           the
           
             Heathens
             .
          
           If
           these
           are
           the
           most
           valuable
           things
           ,
           as
           indeed
           what
           can
           be
           valuable
           ,
           if
           they
           are
           not
           ,
           then
           how
           particular
           a
           reason
           have
           we
           ,
           to
           rejoyce
           in
           them
           ,
           now
           when
           we
           have
           so
           fair
           and
           likely
           a
           prospect
           of
           their
           being
           setled
           and
           secured
           to
           us
           ,
           of
           their
           being
           no
           more
           undermined
           among
           us
           ,
           by
           the
           practices
           of
           disguised
           Enemies
           ,
           by
           the
           engaging
           us
           into
           animosities
           ,
           and
           by
           subdividing
           us
           into
           parties
           ,
           and
           so
           weakening
           us
           by
           our
           own
           follies
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           become
           an
           easier
           prey
           to
           our
           Enemies
           :
           and
           while
           all
           these
           things
           grow
           to
           be
           safer
           and
           firmer
           at
           home
           ,
           by
           the
           Protection
           that
           the
           
             Crown
          
           gives
           to
           those
           who
           profess
           the
           same
           faith
           abroad
           .
           While
           we
           at
           home
           ,
           are
           feeling
           the
           tender
           hand
           of
           such
           a
           
             nursing
             Father
          
           and
           such
           a
           
             nursing
             Mother
             ,
          
           and
           while
           those
           abroad
           ,
           are
           not
           hoping
           to
           feel
           ,
           but
           actually
           feeling
           ,
           the
           happy
           effects
           of
           their
           
             Favour
          
           and
           
             Protection
             ;
          
           then
           it
           is
           that
           we
           may
           with
           peculiar
           accents
           of
           
             joy
             ,
          
           commemorate
           the
           blessing
           of
           this
           day
           .
        
         
         
           When
           our
           almost
           withered
           
             Roses
          
           begin
           to
           look
           fresh
           ,
           and
           to
           open
           again
           ,
           while
           the
           
             Lillies
          
           grow
           pale
           and
           fade
           :
           When
           
             England
          
           begins
           not
           only
           to
           recover
           the
           figure
           it
           once
           made
           ,
           but
           puts
           on
           a
           new
           lustre
           ,
           and
           has
           an
           interest
           in
           
             Europe
          
           beyond
           what
           former
           times
           can
           boast
           ;
           while
           our
           
             Church
          
           checks
           the
           pride
           of
           
             her
             ,
          
           that
           has
           so
           long
           made
           the
           earth
           drunk
           with
           her
           
             Sorceries
             ,
          
           and
           while
           she
           animates
           those
           other
           bodies
           that
           were
           either
           in
           their
           last
           Agonies
           ,
           or
           very
           near
           them
           ;
           then
           we
           have
           just
           reason
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           words
           with
           which
           this
           Psalm
           begins
           ,
           to
           say
           ,
           
             O
             give
             thanks
             unto
             the
             Lord
             ,
             call
             upon
             his
             name
             ,
             make
             known
             his
             deeds
             among
             the
             people
             :
             sing
             unto
             him
             ,
             sing
             Psalms
             unto
             him
             ,
             talk
             ye
             of
             all
             his
             wondrous
             works
             :
             Glory
             ye
             in
             his
             holy
             name
             ,
             and
             let
             the
             heart
             of
             them
             rejoyce
             that
             seek
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           Let
           us
           conclude
           all
           with
           our
           most
           earnest
           praises
           to
           God
           for
           those
           who
           do
           now
           fill
           the
           
             Throne
             ,
          
           with
           so
           peculiar
           a
           grace
           .
           May
           they
           live
           and
           prosper
           :
           ●ay
           their
           Reign
           be
           long
           and
           Glorious
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           still
           have
           more
           and
           more
           reason
           to
           
             remember
             the
             marvellous
             works
             that
             God
             has
             wrought
             for
             us
             ,
             by
             their
             means
             :
             his
             wonders
          
           in
           them
           ,
           
             and
             the
             judgments
             of
             his
             mouth
             ,
          
           secured
           to
           us
           by
           them
           .
           May
           we
           live
           so
           worthy
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           long
           ,
           long
           enjoy
           them
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           accessions
           of
           Plenty
           and
           Peace
           .
           
             Amen
             ,
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Books
           lately
           Published
           by
           the
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           
             Sarum
             .
          
        
         
           A
           Discourse
           of
           the
           Pastoral
           Care.
           8o.
        
         
           A
           
             Lent
             Sermon
          
           before
           the
           Queen
           ,
           
             March
             11th
             1693
             /
             4
             ;
             .
          
           On
           1
           Cor.
           1.
           16.
           
        
         
           Four
           Discourses
           delivered
           to
           the
           Clergy
           of
           the
           Diocess
           of
           
             Sarum
             .
          
           I.
           Concerning
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           .
           II.
           The
           Divinity
           and
           Death
           of
           Christ.
           III.
           The
           Infallibility
           and
           authority
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           IV.
           Obligations
           to
           continue
           in
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           8o.
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A30444-e230
           
             Judges
             3.
             30.