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             A thanksgiving-sermon preach'd at Sutton in Surrey, April the 16th, 1696 being the national thanksgiving day for His Majesty's most happy preservation from the most detestable assassination, in order to a French invasion / by Henry Day ...
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           A
           Thanksgiving-Sermon
           Preach'd
           at
           SUTTON
           in
           SURREY
           ,
           APRIL
           the
           16th
           .
           1696.
           
        
         
           Being
           the
           National
           Thanksgiving-Day
           FOR
           His
           Majesty's
           most
           Happy
           Preservation
           from
           the
           most
           Detestable
           Assassination
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           a
           French
           Invasion
           .
        
         
           By
           
             HENRY
             DAY
          
           .
           M.
           A.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Richard
             Baldwin
          
           ,
           near
           the
           Oxford-Arms
           in
           Warwick-Lane
           .
           MDCXCVI
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
           A
           Thanksgiving-Sermon
           Preached
           at
           SVTTON
           in
           SVRRY
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             PSALM
             CXXII
             .
             6.
             
          
           
             Pray
             for
             the
             peace
             of
             Jerusalem
             ;
             they
             shall
             prosper
             that
             love
             thee
             .
          
        
         
           WHatever
           was
           the
           particular
           Occasion
           of
           this
           Pslam
           ,
           't
           is
           commonly
           taken
           for
           a
           Song
           of
           Rejoicing
           after
           Victory
           ,
           upon
           the
           Resettlement
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Israel
           in
           Peace
           and
           Quietness
           .
           The
           Royal
           Psalmist
           seems
           not
           to
           be
           better
           pleas'd
           
           with
           his
           Success
           (
           which
           was
           perhaps
           his
           winning
           the
           Fort
           upon
           the
           Rock
           of
           
             Sion
             )
          
           ,
           than
           with
           the
           Opportunity
           it
           gave
           him
           to
           go
           up
           to
           Jerusalem
           to
           praise
           the
           Lord
           of
           Hosts
           ,
           that
           inspir'd
           him
           with
           Courage
           ,
           and
           bless'd
           him
           with
           Victory
           :
           Ver.
           1.
           
           
             I
             was
             glad
             when
             they
             said
             unto
             me
             ,
             Let
             us
             go
             into
             the
             house
             of
             the
             Lord.
          
           Ver.
           2.
           
           
             Our
             feet
             shall
             stand
             within
             thy
             gates
             ,
             O
             Jerusalem
             .
             Diodati
          
           paraphrases
           ,
           We
           shall
           no
           more
           need
           to
           run
           here
           and
           there
           to
           do
           God's
           Service
           ,
           as
           we
           did
           at
           other
           times
           ,
           when
           the
           Ark
           removed
           from
           place
           to
           place
           ;
           now
           that
           it
           stands
           still
           in
           Jerusalem
           ,
           we
           shall
           not
           go
           any
           where
           else
           .
           Ver.
           3.
           
           
             Jerusalem
             is
             built
             as
             a
             city
             that
             is
             compact
             together
             .
          
           David
           having
           paid
           his
           Devotions
           ,
           celebrates
           the
           Holy
           City
           ;
           1
           st
           .
           for
           its
           Compactness
           ;
           
             i.
             e.
          
           as
           some
           interpret
           ,
           for
           its
           Uniform
           Beautiful
           Buildings
           ;
           others
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           joining
           of
           the
           low
           Town
           and
           Castle
           ;
           for
           the
           latter
           ,
           till
           the
           time
           of
           David
           ,
           remain'd
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Jebusites
           ,
           whom
           the
           Children
           of
           Judah
           could
           not
           drive
           out
           .
           He
           prosecutes
           his
           Praise
           of
           the
           City
           farther
           ,
           taking
           notice
           that
           it
           was
           the
           place
           ,
           Ver.
           4.
           
           
             Whither
             the
             tribes
             go
             up
             ,
             the
             tribes
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             unto
             the
             testimony
             of
             Israel
             ,
             to
             give
             thanks
             unto
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord.
          
           Ver.
           5.
           
           
             For
             there
             are
             set
             thrones
             of
             judgment
             ,
             the
          
           
           
             thrones
             of
             the
             house
             of
             David
             .
          
           The
           chiefest
           Honour
           of
           Jerusalem
           is
           plac'd
           in
           these
           two
           things
           ;
           it
           was
           the
           Place
           of
           Worship
           ,
           and
           the
           Seat
           of
           Judicature
           ;
           thrice
           in
           the
           year
           the
           Inhabitants
           go
           up
           thither
           to
           praise
           the
           Lord
           ;
           there
           also
           sat
           the
           Sanbedrim
           ,
           the
           Supreme
           Court
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           moreover
           ,
           there
           was
           the
           Palace
           of
           the
           King.
           For
           these
           several
           Great
           and
           Weighty
           Reasons
           ,
           David
           owns
           it
           the
           Duty
           of
           himself
           and
           Subjects
           to
           pray
           for
           the
           Peace
           of
           
             Jerusalem
             .
             Pray
             for
             the
             peace
             of
             Jerusalem
             ;
             they
             shall
             prosper
             that
             love
             thee
             .
          
        
         
           The
           word
           Jerusalem
           is
           taken
           Properly
           for
           the
           City
           it self
           ;
           or
           Metonymically
           ,
           for
           the
           Inhabitants
           in
           general
           ;
           or
           Metaphorically
           ,
           for
           the
           Celestial
           City
           ,
           the
           Heavenly
           Jerusalem
           .
           In
           this
           place
           it
           manifestly
           signifies
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           Jerusalem
           in
           general
           ,
           of
           what
           Order
           or
           Degree
           ,
           what
           Quality
           or
           Denomination
           soever
           ;
           every
           Man
           of
           them
           in
           particular
           is
           requir'd
           to
           pray
           for
           the
           Prosperity
           of
           the
           whole
           Body
           of
           them
           in
           general
           .
           The
           Scripture
           never
           uses
           the
           word
           Jerusalem
           but
           in
           one
           of
           the
           three
           ways
           which
           I
           have
           mention'd
           ;
           yet
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           it
           is
           applied
           sometimes
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           and
           by
           them
           that
           apply
           
           it
           so
           ,
           the
           Church
           is
           restrain'd
           to
           signify
           none
           but
           the
           Clergy
           ;
           but
           if
           other
           men
           had
           equal
           Heat
           of
           Fancy
           ,
           they
           might
           with
           equal
           reason
           apply
           it
           to
           our
           Merchants
           ,
           and
           the
           word
           Merchants
           might
           be
           restrain'd
           to
           the
           East-India
           Company
           ,
           in
           contradistinction
           to
           the
           Interlopers
           .
        
         
           Without
           question
           the
           Royal
           Psalmist
           was
           sensibly
           concern'd
           for
           the
           Prosperity
           of
           all
           Israel
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           one
           Tribe
           only
           :
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           David
           was
           often
           piously
           busied
           in
           regulating
           the
           Service
           of
           the
           Temple
           ;
           but
           we
           do
           not
           ever
           find
           ,
           and
           cannot
           reasonably
           suppose
           him
           to
           have
           been
           so
           partial
           as
           to
           intercede
           with
           God
           only
           for
           the
           Levites
           ,
           and
           so
           it
           went
           well
           with
           them
           ,
           not
           to
           care
           how
           it
           far'd
           with
           all
           the
           People
           besides
           .
           A
           Learned
           Man
           hath
           lately
           told
           us
           of
           a
           Muscovite
           Divine
           ,
           that
           thought
           Heaven
           was
           made
           only
           for
           the
           Czar
           and
           the
           
             Boyars
             .
             David
          
           knew
           better
           ;
           nor
           Heaven
           nor
           Earth
           was
           ever
           promised
           as
           an
           Inheritance
           to
           a
           particular
           Order
           of
           Men
           ,
           with
           exclusion
           to
           others
           .
           In
           the
           New
           Testament
           we
           read
           ,
           that
           God
           desires
           that
           all
           men
           ,
           all
           in
           general
           ,
           might
           come
           to
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           Truth
           ,
           and
           be
           saved
           :
           
           And
           David
           desires
           that
           all
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           all
           in
           general
           ,
           may
           understand
           their
           Interest
           and
           their
           Duty
           ;
           and
           by
           Associating
           for
           the
           Safety
           and
           Honour
           of
           his
           Sacred
           Person
           ,
           of
           their
           common
           Religion
           ,
           Laws
           ,
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           become
           settled
           in
           a
           happy
           Peace
           ,
           and
           bless'd
           with
           a
           full
           Prosperity
           .
        
         
           Granting
           that
           the
           distinction
           of
           Clergy
           and
           Laity
           is
           founded
           on
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           yet
           surely
           Clergy
           and
           Laity
           ought
           not
           to
           have
           Distinct
           and
           Separate
           Interests
           ;
           but
           as
           in
           One
           God
           they
           both
           believe
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           their
           Everlasting
           Happiness
           ;
           so
           by
           the
           same
           Laws
           they
           should
           both
           be
           willing
           to
           be
           govern'd
           ,
           the
           same
           King
           they
           should
           both
           own
           for
           their
           RIGHTFUL
           and
           LAWFUL
           Sovereign
           ;
           that
           so
           the
           Peace
           of
           their
           common
           Jerusalem
           ,
           of
           their
           Native
           Countrey
           ,
           may
           be
           promoted
           ,
           the
           Prosperity
           of
           every
           Honest
           Man
           among
           them
           taken
           care
           of
           .
           Without
           this
           Unity
           of
           Interest
           ,
           without
           this
           Unity
           of
           Allegiance
           ,
           no
           Government
           can
           be
           settled
           on
           sure
           Foundations
           ,
           no
           King
           secured
           from
           a
           Combination
           of
           Murderous
           Assassines
           .
        
         
         
           They
           who
           shall
           interpret
           praying
           for
           the
           Peace
           of
           Jerusalem
           ,
           to
           be
           nothing
           else
           but
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           praying
           for
           the
           things
           which
           make
           only
           for
           the
           advantage
           of
           the
           Priesthood
           ,
           they
           do
           as
           good
           as
           bid
           the
           Secular
           Power
           take
           care
           of
           it self
           ,
           they
           alienate
           the
           Affections
           of
           the
           despis'd
           People
           from
           them
           ,
           they
           enervate
           the
           force
           of
           their
           own
           wisest
           Instructions
           ;
           in
           short
           ,
           they
           very
           anti-Apostolically
           invert
           the
           honest
           Practice
           of
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           hinted
           in
           that
           Divine
           Aphorism
           ,
           
             We
             seek
             not
             yours
             ,
             but
             you
             .
          
        
         
           I
           have
           said
           that
           the
           Word
           Jerusalem
           in
           the
           Text
           is
           to
           be
           taken
           Metonymically
           ,
           for
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           Jerusalem
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           general
           ,
           not
           for
           the
           Levites
           only
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           Laick
           Vulgar
           also
           ,
           even
           the
           whole
           Bulk
           of
           the
           Twelve
           Tribes
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           thing
           to
           be
           determin'd
           is
           ,
           what
           King
           David
           meant
           by
           this
           Phrase
           ,
           
             Pray
             for
             the
             peace
             of
             Jerusalem
             .
          
        
         
           That
           Teacher
           who
           throws
           out
           hard
           Words
           ,
           and
           mysterious
           Expressions
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           intends
           to
           amuse
           them
           ,
           or
           has
           some
           other
           Design
           ,
           not
           more
           honourable
           :
           But
           whoso
           uses
           Words
           and
           
           Expressions
           common
           ,
           and
           plain
           ,
           gives
           a
           fair
           testimony
           ,
           that
           he
           has
           no
           sinister
           Ends
           to
           serve
           ,
           when
           he
           delivers
           his
           Message
           .
           Few
           men
           care
           to
           trouble
           themselves
           with
           an
           inquiry
           after
           the
           sense
           of
           hard
           Words
           ,
           and
           mysterious
           Expressions
           ;
           but
           Words
           and
           Expressions
           common
           and
           plain
           they
           understand
           without
           an
           Interpreter
           ;
           though
           yet
           by
           accident
           ,
           through
           the
           untowardness
           of
           men
           of
           perverse
           minds
           ,
           even
           the
           plainest
           things
           that
           can
           be
           said
           ,
           shall
           need
           an
           explanation
           .
        
         
           I
           make
           no
           question
           ,
           but
           the
           Enemies
           of
           David
           ,
           who
           sought
           to
           cast
           him
           down
           from
           his
           Excellency
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           to
           dethrone
           him
           (
           for
           no
           mean
           Criticks
           ,
           of
           different
           Parties
           ,
           suppose
           him
           ,
           when
           he
           penn'd
           the
           62d
           Psalm
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           a
           Crown'd
           Head
           )
           might
           satisfy
           the
           letter
           of
           this
           Text
           ,
           and
           
             pray
             for
             the
             peace
             of
             Jerusalem
          
           ;
           but
           ,
           in
           that
           ,
           they
           sought
           to
           dethrone
           him
           ,
           it
           appears
           they
           did
           ,
           or
           not
           understand
           the
           meaning
           of
           the
           words
           ,
           or
           not
           obey
           it
           .
           They
           pray'd
           for
           the
           Peace
           of
           Jerusalem
           ,
           as
           Sinners
           do
           for
           the
           Grace
           of
           Repentance
           ,
           who
           pray
           ,
           but
           do
           not
           labour
           for
           the
           Grace
           they
           pray
           for
           :
           they
           pray'd
           for
           the
           peace
           of
           Jerusalem
           ,
           as
           some
           Nominal
           Protestants
           have
           done
           for
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           time
           they
           labour'd
           
           to
           bring
           back
           merciless
           Tyranny
           ,
           and
           foolish
           Superstition
           .
        
         
           To
           
             know
             the
             ways
             of
             righteousness
          
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Language
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           imports
           not
           only
           bare
           knowing
           ,
           but
           actual
           walking
           in
           those
           ways
           ;
           and
           to
           
             remember
             the
             word
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           denotes
           more
           than
           a
           simple
           calling
           it
           to
           mind
           ,
           even
           a
           conscientious
           conformity
           to
           it
           :
           So
           the
           Command
           of
           praying
           for
           the
           peace
           of
           Jerusalem
           ,
           implies
           an
           honest
           endeavour
           of
           every
           man
           in
           his
           Station
           to
           promote
           it
           .
           And
           what
           the
           Israelites
           were
           commanded
           to
           do
           on
           behalf
           of
           Jerusalem
           the
           Capital
           City
           of
           the
           Land
           of
           Promise
           ,
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           ,
           or
           right
           Reason
           commands
           every
           particular
           man
           to
           do
           ,
           for
           the
           peace
           ,
           and
           prosperity
           of
           that
           City
           ,
           Kingdom
           ,
           or
           Common-wealth
           ,
           whose
           Protection
           ,
           as
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           same
           Body
           Politick
           ,
           he
           enjoys
           .
        
         
           Some
           of
           our
           Order
           ,
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           have
           been
           justly
           reproached
           for
           running
           too
           much
           out
           of
           their
           Province
           to
           meddle
           with
           Affairs
           that
           concern'd
           them
           not
           ,
           principally
           State-Affairs
           ,
           in
           the
           late
           Reigns
           :
           And
           we
           all
           know
           out
           of
           what
           Design
           ,
           and
           to
           serve
           whose
           Purpose
           ,
           the
           Sons
           of
           
           Levi
           became
           the
           Disciples
           of
           Achitophel
           .
           But
           Morality
           being
           a
           part
           of
           what
           we
           are
           oblig'd
           to
           teach
           ,
           I
           think
           none
           of
           you
           will
           say
           that
           I
           forget
           my
           Duty
           ,
           if
           I
           spend
           some
           time
           to
           shew
           you
           the
           Just
           Obedience
           due
           to
           the
           Legal
           Powers
           set
           over
           us
           ;
           for
           as
           these
           ,
           so
           is
           Religion
           ,
           and
           we
           that
           preach
           it
           ,
           ordain'd
           for
           the
           use
           and
           good
           of
           the
           Publick
           .
        
         
           Our
           Prayers
           then
           for
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           renowned
           Metropolis
           ,
           London
           ,
           our
           great
           Jerusalem
           ,
           and
           our
           Endeavours
           in
           our
           several
           Stations
           to
           promote
           that
           Peace
           ,
           cannot
           be
           sincere
           and
           honest
           ,
           unless
           we
           do
           these
           Three
           things
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Own
           the
           Legality
           of
           the
           Government
           under
           the
           Administration
           of
           King
           William
           ,
           our
           Rightful
           and
           Lawful
           King.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           Forbear
           traducing
           it
           ,
           or
           patiently
           hearing
           it
           traduc'd
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Associate
           for
           its
           defence
           against
           all
           the
           Enemies
           thereof
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Own
           the
           Legality
           of
           the
           Government
           under
           the
           Administration
           of
           King
           William
           ,
           our
           Rightful
           and
           Lawful
           King.
           
        
         
         
           By
           nature
           all
           men
           are
           free
           ,
           equal
           ,
           and
           independent
           ;
           no
           man
           can
           be
           mov'd
           from
           this
           State
           ,
           and
           made
           a
           Member
           of
           a
           Community
           ,
           or
           Government
           ,
           but
           by
           his
           own
           consent
           ;
           and
           when
           ,
           for
           the
           better
           securing
           to
           himself
           his
           Temporal
           Interests
           ,
           he
           has
           giv'n
           his
           consent
           ,
           and
           becomes
           a
           Member
           of
           a
           Community
           ,
           or
           Government
           ,
           he
           must
           be
           contented
           to
           regulate
           himself
           according
           to
           the
           Laws
           ,
           and
           Measures
           ,
           which
           shall
           be
           prescrib'd
           by
           the
           majority
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           or
           any
           number
           of
           men
           chosen
           by
           the
           Majority
           for
           that
           end
           .
        
         
           No
           man
           in
           Civil
           Society
           ought
           to
           be
           exempted
           from
           the
           Laws
           of
           it
           ;
           for
           such
           an
           exemption
           brings
           him
           back
           to
           the
           state
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           in
           such
           a
           state
           every
           injur'd
           private
           man
           has
           a
           right
           to
           be
           reveng'd
           of
           him
           .
           To
           apply
           this
           ;
           When
           the
           late
           King
           James
           ,
           after
           that
           he
           had
           tyrannically
           labour'd
           to
           alter
           the
           whole
           Frame
           of
           the
           Old
           English
           Government
           ,
           and
           utterly
           to
           root
           out
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           profess'd
           and
           exercised
           by
           all
           that
           bear
           the
           name
           of
           Protestants
           ,
           did
           abdicate
           and
           renounce
           the
           Government
           of
           England
           ,
           
           Scotland
           ,
           and
           Ireland
           ,
           with
           their
           Dependences
           ,
           that
           would
           never
           basely
           yield
           themselves
           Popish
           Slaves
           to
           his
           Arbitrary
           Lust
           ;
           the
           Majority
           of
           the
           People
           chose
           their
           Valiant
           Deliverer
           to
           be
           their
           King
           ,
           to
           go
           in
           and
           out
           before
           them
           ,
           to
           fight
           their
           Battels
           ,
           and
           see
           their
           old
           Laws
           put
           in
           execution
           .
           Now
           there
           is
           not
           an
           Englishman
           ,
           but
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           and
           Reason
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           concluded
           by
           this
           Choice
           :
           For
           ,
           as
           a
           Modern
           Author
           convincingly
           argues
           ,
           If
           the
           consent
           of
           the
           Majority
           shall
           not
           in
           reason
           be
           receiv'd
           as
           the
           act
           of
           the
           whole
           ,
           then
           nothing
           but
           the
           consent
           of
           every
           Individual
           can
           make
           any
           thing
           to
           be
           the
           act
           of
           the
           whole
           ;
           and
           then
           ,
           say
           I
           ,
           it
           is
           impossible
           there
           should
           be
           any
           such
           thing
           as
           Society
           .
        
         
           I
           hope
           no
           man
           will
           he
           so
           foolish
           as
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           the
           Majority
           of
           the
           People
           chose
           King
           William
           to
           be
           their
           King
           
             in
             Fact
          
           ,
           but
           not
           
             of
             Right
          
           ;
           for
           they
           had
           not
           chose
           him
           to
           be
           their
           King
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           not
           been
           satisfied
           that
           the
           Tyrant
           his
           Predecessor
           had
           Forfeited
           and
           Renounc'd
           all
           the
           little
           Right
           that
           he
           could
           pretend
           to
           .
           But
           supposing
           (
           let
           me
           be
           pardon'd
           for
           so
           extravagant
           a
           Supposal
           )
           
           that
           the
           Choice
           of
           the
           Oppress'd
           and
           Abandon'd
           People
           of
           England
           gave
           to
           King
           William
           only
           Possession
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           no
           Right
           ,
           (
           since
           it
           came
           to
           pass
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           how
           ,
           he
           was
           not
           solemnly
           and
           expresly
           declar'd
           Rightful
           and
           Lawful
           till
           t'other
           day
           ,
           when
           it
           appear'd
           clear
           as
           the
           Sun
           ,
           that
           the
           
             de
             Facto
          
           Doctrine
           miss'd
           but
           narrowly
           of
           taking
           away
           not
           only
           both
           his
           Crown
           and
           Life
           ,
           but
           also
           our
           Religion
           ,
           Laws
           ,
           and
           Properties
           )
           ,
           suppposing
           as
           abovesaid
           ,
           yet
           the
           present
           Parliament
           ,
           by
           whom
           the
           Nation
           is
           to
           be
           concluded
           ,
           have
           (
           God
           be
           thanked
           )
           at
           last
           recogniz'd
           King
           William
           as
           our
           Rightful
           and
           Lawful
           King
           :
           He
           therefore
           that
           refuses
           to
           do
           the
           same
           ,
           being
           now
           by
           Law
           expresly
           call'd
           to
           it
           ,
           declares
           himself
           an
           utter
           Enemy
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           not
           only
           justly
           may
           ,
           but
           necessarily
           ought
           to
           be
           treated
           as
           such
           ,
           for
           the
           Safety
           and
           Preservation
           of
           the
           Government
           .
           When
           Mercy
           to
           Restless
           Conspiring
           Traytors
           ,
           so
           plainly
           as
           in
           our
           Case
           ,
           appears
           to
           be
           Cruelty
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           the
           Magistrates
           that
           show
           it
           ,
           cut
           not
           only
           their
           own
           Throats
           ,
           but
           the
           Throats
           of
           all
           Loyal
           Subjects
           ,
           who
           depend
           on
           their
           Vigilance
           ,
           Fortitude
           ,
           and
           Wisdom
           .
        
         
         
           These
           seven
           Years
           that
           we
           have
           been
           disputing
           the
           Right
           of
           King
           William
           ,
           and
           the
           honesty
           of
           our
           Establishment
           ,
           what
           have
           we
           been
           doing
           but
           exposing
           his
           ,
           and
           our
           own
           Lives
           ,
           Religion
           ,
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           to
           the
           bold
           Insults
           of
           bigotted
           ,
           Unreasonable
           ,
           Licentious
           ,
           Superstitious
           ,
           Needy
           ,
           Atheistical
           Men
           ?
           I
           do
           not
           think
           that
           all
           these
           Epithets
           belong
           to
           the
           Character
           of
           every
           
             Frenchifi'd
             Jacobite
          
           ,
           but
           if
           every
           one
           of
           them
           does
           himself
           Justice
           ,
           they
           will
           not
           leave
           me
           a
           word
           of
           Reproach
           upon
           my
           Hands
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Our
           Duty
           of
           praying
           for
           the
           Peace
           ,
           and
           endeavouring
           to
           promote
           the
           Prosperity
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           obliges
           us
           to
           forbear
           traducing
           it
           ,
           or
           unconcernedly
           hearing
           it
           Traduc'd
           .
        
         
           A
           discontented
           Reflection
           upon
           the
           Government
           ,
           naturally
           tends
           to
           weaken
           the
           Hands
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           cannot
           well
           be
           understood
           to
           be
           meant
           otherwise
           .
           And
           since
           every
           particular
           is
           included
           in
           the
           acts
           of
           the
           Majority
           ,
           such
           Reflection
           is
           not
           more
           injurious
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           than
           to
           the
           reputation
           of
           the
           Man
           ,
           who
           makes
           bold
           with
           it
           .
           If
           a
           man
           cannot
           bring
           his
           mind
           to
           approve
           the
           Title
           of
           the
           Prince
           in
           Possession
           ,
           why
           is
           he
           so
           disingenuous
           as
           to
           be
           beholding
           to
           him
           
           for
           his
           Protection
           ?
           Let
           him
           pack
           up
           his
           awls
           and
           be
           gone
           to
           some
           more
           blessed
           Region
           ,
           where
           he
           may
           Sacrifice
           all
           that
           he
           has
           to
           the
           Divine
           Right
           of
           an
           Arbitrary
           Lord
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           manages
           his
           business
           well
           ,
           arrive
           at
           the
           Honour
           of
           sqeezing
           and
           oppresing
           others
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           remember
           any
           nation
           of
           Old
           ,
           (
           but
           I
           am
           little
           read
           in
           History
           ,
           )
           with
           whom
           it
           was
           safe
           to
           reflect
           on
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           but
           ,
           that
           such
           as
           give
           themselves
           this
           liberty
           ,
           should
           enjoy
           and
           execute
           Offices
           of
           Honour
           and
           Trust
           !
           Sure
           it
           was
           never
           so
           in
           any
           Nation
           ,
           or
           if
           it
           were
           ,
           they
           lived
           upon
           Providence
           by
           the
           day
           ,
           and
           took
           no
           care
           of
           themselves
           ,
           lest
           they
           should
           seem
           to
           distrust
           the
           goodness
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           not
           enough
           to
           forbear
           traducing
           the
           Government
           :
           A
           good
           Subject
           will
           not
           patiently
           hear
           it
           Traduced
           .
           
             Qui
             non
             vetat
             peccare
             ,
             cum
             potest
             ,
             jubet
             .
          
           He
           that
           can
           ,
           and
           does
           not
           prevent
           a
           Sin
           ,
           tho'
           he
           join
           not
           in
           the
           immediate
           Act
           ,
           yet
           partakes
           of
           the
           Guilt
           .
           What
           Son
           will
           endure
           to
           hear
           his
           Father
           abused
           ,
           and
           shall
           I
           ,
           without
           resentment
           ,
           hear
           the
           Father
           of
           my
           Country
           ,
           who
           freed
           me
           from
           insupportable
           
           Tyranny
           ,
           blackned
           with
           the
           Odious
           name
           of
           an
           Usurper
           ?
           God
           forbid
           .
           When
           Absalom
           reproched
           his
           Father's
           Administration
           ,
           and
           rose
           up
           against
           him
           ,
           David
           took
           all
           prudent
           care
           to
           suppress
           ,
           the
           dangerous
           Insurrection
           ,
           but
           he
           had
           a
           tenderness
           for
           Absalom
           ,
           and
           took
           it
           ill
           ,
           that
           the
           forfeited
           Life
           of
           the
           Ambitious
           Youth
           was
           not
           spared
           ,
           but
           his
           valiant
           and
           faithful
           Captain
           Joab
           put
           it
           home
           to
           him
           ,
           2
           Sam.
           19.
           6.
           
           I
           perceive
           that
           if
           Absalom
           had
           lived
           ,
           and
           all
           we
           had
           died
           this
           day
           ,
           it
           had
           pleased
           thee
           well
           :
           Upon
           this
           honest
           Remonstrance
           ,
           the
           good
           King
           was
           satisfied
           ,
           and
           the
           Kingdom
           safe
           .
           Shall
           I
           hear
           mention
           the
           Heroick
           vertue
           of
           
             Lucius
             Junius
             Brutus
          
           ,
           who
           when
           his
           own
           Sons
           were
           found
           engaged
           in
           the
           Conspiracy
           for
           bringing
           back
           the
           Proud
           Tirant
           Tarquin
           ,
           himself
           dragged
           them
           to
           condign
           punishment
           .
           Indeed
           the
           Romans
           in
           the
           Infancy
           of
           their
           State
           ,
           were
           impartially
           zealous
           for
           the
           publick
           Good
           ,
           they
           Sacrificed
           not
           only
           their
           private
           Interests
           ,
           but
           their
           natural
           Affection
           to
           it
           .
           But
           you
           had
           rather
           hear
           me
           deal
           in
           sacred
           Story
           .
           I
           will
           speak
           of
           David
           again
           ,
           Psalm
           62.
           3.
           he
           expostulates
           with
           his
           Enemies
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             How
             long
             will
             you
             imagine
             mischief
             against
             a
             man
             ?
          
           I
           suppose
           
           some
           honest
           Secretary
           stood
           at
           his
           Elbow
           ,
           and
           answer'd
           for
           them
           ,
           
             As
             long
             as
             they
             are
             unpunish'd
          
           ;
           for
           his
           very
           next
           words
           are
           ,
           
             You
             shall
             be
             slain
             all
             of
             you
             ,
             as
             a
             bowing
             Wall
             shall
             you
             be
             ,
             and
             a
             tottering
             Fence
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           Our
           duty
           of
           praying
           for
           the
           Peace
           ,
           and
           endeavouring
           to
           promote
           the
           Prosperity
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           obliges
           us
           to
           Associate
           for
           its
           defence
           against
           all
           the
           Enemies
           thereof
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           The
           great
           end
           why
           Men
           at
           first
           unite
           and
           associate
           into
           Bodies
           Politick
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           able
           to
           maintain
           their
           just
           Rites
           ;
           and
           if
           Wicked
           Men
           among
           them
           by
           base
           Arts
           and
           Treacheries
           labour
           to
           betray
           the
           Community
           ,
           they
           find
           it
           necessary
           to
           tye
           themselves
           in
           stricter
           Bands
           ,
           for
           the
           discovery
           of
           their
           treacherous
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           setting
           a
           distinguishing
           Mark
           upon
           them
           ,
           that
           so
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           longer
           endur'd
           in
           the
           Community
           ,
           they
           may
           be
           prevented
           from
           doing
           it
           Mischief
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           ,
           our
           first
           choice
           of
           the
           
             Prince
             of
             Orange
          
           to
           be
           our
           King
           ,
           was
           in
           Law
           and
           Reason
           ,
           the
           Act
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ;
           and
           our
           Oath
           of
           bearing
           Faith
           and
           true
           Allegiance
           to
           him
           ,
           (
           if
           it
           be
           not
           shamefully
           misinterpreted
           )
           
           obliges
           us
           not
           only
           to
           live
           quietly
           under
           ,
           but
           also
           actually
           to
           support
           the
           Government
           .
           But
           so
           it
           has
           happen'd
           ,
           some
           among
           us
           ,
           who
           as
           yet
           are
           contented
           to
           be
           called
           Protestants
           ;
           nay
           ,
           challenge
           the
           name
           of
           
             Church
             of
             England
             Men
          
           ,
           have
           learn'd
           some
           Sophistical
           skill
           from
           the
           Schools
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           whereby
           they
           miserably
           impose
           upon
           themselves
           and
           others
           ;
           they
           prate
           and
           publish
           ,
           that
           such
           Oath
           obliges
           them
           only
           to
           live
           quietly
           under
           King
           William
           ,
           (
           tho'
           that
           is
           more
           than
           they
           will
           do
           ;
           for
           under
           pretence
           of
           Charitable
           Collections
           for
           the
           relief
           of
           Non-Jurers
           Wives
           and
           Children
           ,
           to
           raise
           vast
           Sums
           to
           promote
           a
           
             French
             Invasion
          
           ,
           is
           not
           living
           quietly
           )
           and
           by
           no
           means
           will
           they
           admit
           that
           the
           Oath
           requires
           them
           to
           oppose
           the
           reduction
           of
           the
           Late
           King
           ,
           whose
           Soul
           thirsts
           to
           be
           reveng'd
           of
           our
           taking
           the
           advantage
           of
           his
           Forfeiture
           .
           Well
           then
           !
           
             Hac
             non
             successit
             aliâ
             aggrediundum
             est
             via
             .
          
           This
           Oath
           will
           not
           hold
           them
           ,
           we
           must
           try
           what
           an
           Association
           will
           do
           ;
           for
           shall
           they
           Associate
           to
           destroy
           us
           ,
           and
           shall
           not
           we
           do
           as
           much
           to
           preserve
           our selves
           .
        
         
           When
           Jerusalem
           was
           Besieg'd
           by
           Titus
           there
           were
           three
           strange
           Factions
           in
           the
           City
           ,
           that
           
           battled
           one
           another
           ,
           as
           often
           as
           the
           Romans
           intermitted
           their
           Onsets
           ;
           but
           when
           the
           Romans
           came
           on
           ,
           they
           laid
           aside
           their
           intestine
           Hatred
           ,
           and
           all
           united
           for
           the
           common
           defence
           of
           the
           City
           .
        
         
           Nature
           teaches
           the
           worst
           and
           the
           simplest
           of
           Men
           this
           common
           Prudence
           ,
           to
           Associate
           for
           their
           common
           Defence
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           we
           have
           now
           had
           a
           demonstration
           ,
           That
           not
           King
           William
           ,
           nor
           any
           Friend
           of
           the
           Government
           under
           him
           ,
           can
           possibly
           be
           safe
           without
           it
           ;
           even
           they
           that
           have
           been
           unwilling
           to
           think
           that
           King
           James
           could
           forfeit
           his
           Crown
           ,
           were
           he
           never
           so
           great
           a
           Tyrant
           ;
           even
           they
           have
           seen
           with
           their
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           heard
           with
           their
           Ears
           those
           Evidences
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           like
           to
           have
           been
           brought
           home
           ,
           (
           not
           Re-inthron'd
           ,
           Boufflers
           would
           have
           taken
           care
           of
           that
           )
           at
           the
           charges
           of
           their
           ruin
           also
           ,
           and
           the
           ruin
           of
           their
           Families
           .
           Therefore
           after
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           ,
           which
           so
           many
           Jacobites
           have
           play'd
           with
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           only
           prudent
           ,
           but
           just
           and
           necessary
           ,
           that
           an
           Association
           be
           requir'd
           under
           a
           severe
           Penalty
           .
           A
           Command
           without
           a
           Penalty
           has
           not
           the
           face
           of
           a
           Law
           ,
           the
           Person
           to
           whom
           it
           is
           given
           ,
           must
           be
           very
           well
           dispos'd
           
           if
           it
           pass
           but
           for
           so
           much
           as
           good
           Counsel-Rewards
           are
           proper
           encouragements
           to
           Vertue
           ,
           but
           Penalties
           are
           the
           necessary
           sanction
           of
           Laws
           ;
           therefore
           well
           and
           wisely
           ,
           like
           King
           Williams
           true
           Liegemen
           ,
           and
           old
           
           England's
           genuine
           Patriots
           ,
           have
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           enacted
           ,
           that
           whoso
           refuse
           the
           Oaths
           ,
           shall
           be
           deem'd
           as
           a
           Papist
           convict
           ;
           and
           he
           that
           speaks
           or
           writes
           against
           it
           as
           Illegal
           ,
           shall
           be
           deemed
           a
           promoter
           of
           the
           designs
           of
           King
           James
           ,
           and
           a
           betrayer
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           Laws
           ,
           and
           Liberties
           ;
           and
           yet
           for
           all
           this
           ,
           so
           tinctured
           with
           their
           old
           leaven
           ,
           are
           some
           sour
           minds
           ,
           that
           they
           pretend
           Conscience
           against
           one
           Clause
           in
           the
           Association
           ,
           which
           is
           this
           ,
           
             and
             in
             case
             his
             Majesty
             come
             to
             any
             violent
             ,
             or
             untimely
             death
             (
             which
             God
             forbid
             ,
             )
             we
             do
             hereby
             further
             freely
             and
             unanimously
             oblige
             our selves
             ,
             to
             unite
             ,
             Associate
             ,
             and
             stand
             by
             each
             other
             ,
             in
             Revenging
             the
             same
             upon
             his
             Enemies
             and
             their
             Adherents
          
           —
           In
           truth
           the
           Men
           that
           Scruple
           this
           Clause
           ,
           would
           be
           glad
           to
           be
           excused
           from
           the
           Declaration
           that
           goes
           before
           ,
           nay
           ,
           I
           am
           afraid
           had
           rather
           absolved
           the
           Traytors
           ,
           than
           oppose
           their
           Treason
           ;
           but
           they
           shall
           Associate
           ,
           they
           shall
           ,
           or
           the
           World
           shall
           see
           ,
           that
           Conscience
           is
           not
           the
           Reason
           of
           the
           refusal
           .
           When
           they
           
           put
           on
           all
           their
           gravity
           to
           vail
           their
           malignant
           Doctrins
           and
           Designs
           ,
           and
           make
           the
           best
           shew
           of
           Religion
           they
           can
           ;
           this
           is
           what
           they
           plead
           —
           
             Vengance
             is
             mine
             and
             I
             will
             repay
             it
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           —
           I
           suspect
           these
           Men
           are
           Atheists
           at
           the
           bottom
           ,
           who
           hope
           by
           their
           wit
           to
           elude
           the
           Vengeance
           of
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           believe
           a
           future
           Judgment
           .
           But
           I
           answer
           them
           —
           we
           also
           read
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           
             He
             that
             spills
          
           Man's
           
             Blood
             ,
             by
             Man
             shall
             his
             Blood
             be
             spill'd
             .
          
           But
           they
           will
           reply
           ,
           why
           should
           Vengance
           extend
           beyond
           the
           Persons
           that
           spill
           Blood
           ?
           I
           will
           rejoin
           ,
           why
           shall
           others
           by
           their
           ungodly
           Prints
           ,
           and
           Preachments
           tempt
           Murderous
           Assassines
           to
           do
           the
           vile
           deed
           ?
           If
           King
           William
           be
           an
           Usurper
           and
           a
           Tyrant
           ,
           then
           the
           horrour
           of
           the
           Assassination
           is
           taken
           off
           ,
           and
           his
           bold
           Enemies
           are
           not
           left
           unacquainted
           ,
           that
           old
           Greek
           and
           Roman
           Historians
           have
           celebrated
           the
           Murderers
           of
           Usurpers
           ,
           and
           Tyrants
           ,
           as
           
             Liberatores
             Patriae
          
           ,
           Deliverers
           of
           the
           Country
           .
           It
           is
           of
           so
           violent
           and
           mischievous
           influence
           to
           lead
           a
           People
           to
           think
           ,
           that
           their
           King
           has
           no
           Title
           to
           his
           Crown
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           but
           just
           ,
           that
           Vengeance
           should
           reach
           them
           ,
           if
           their
           Doctrin
           reaches
           him
           .
           But
           I
           shall
           be
           told
           ,
           let
           a
           Villany
           be
           as
           hainous
           as
           it
           will
           ,
           
           yet
           God
           has
           forbid
           private
           Revenge
           .
           I
           will
           speak
           to
           that
           ,
           and
           borrow
           some
           words
           from
           the
           Author
           that
           has
           answered
           Sir
           
             R.
             Filmer
             of
             Government
          
           ,
           so
           Solidly
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           be
           as
           old
           as
           an
           Antediluvian
           Father
           ,
           or
           rather
           not
           die
           ,
           but
           be
           changed
           if
           he
           lives
           till
           his
           Book
           is
           well
           answered
           ,
           P.
           229.
           
           Sect.
           87.
           
           Man
           being
           born
           with
           a
           Title
           to
           perfect
           Freedom
           ,
           and
           an
           uncontrouled
           enjoyment
           of
           all
           the
           Rights
           and
           Priviledges
           of
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           ,
           equally
           with
           any
           other
           Man
           ,
           or
           number
           of
           Men
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           hath
           by
           Nature
           a
           Power
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           preserve
           his
           Property
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           his
           Life
           ,
           Liberty
           and
           Estate
           ,
           against
           the
           injuries
           and
           attempts
           of
           other
           Men
           :
           But
           to
           judge
           of
           ,
           and
           punish
           the
           breaches
           of
           that
           Law
           in
           others
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           perswaded
           the
           Offence
           deserves
           ,
           even
           with
           Death
           it self
           ,
           in
           crimes
           where
           the
           heinousness
           of
           the
           Fact
           ,
           in
           his
           Opinion
           requires
           it
           .
           Hence
           I
           Argue
           ,
           That
           if
           upon
           the
           Murder
           of
           our
           King
           ,
           which
           God
           always
           forbid
           ,
           there
           were
           no
           Legal
           Successour
           ,
           but
           the
           Kingdom
           hurld
           into
           sudden
           Confusion
           ,
           and
           Anarchy
           ,
           then
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           and
           Reason
           ,
           every
           particular
           Person
           had
           a
           right
           to
           Revenge
           himself
           to
           the
           uttermost
           upon
           the
           Murderous
           
           Assassines
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           Treacherous
           Adherents
           .
           But
           I
           shall
           be
           told
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           not
           our
           Case
           ;
           no
           ,
           God
           be
           thanked
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           ,
           but
           we
           will
           not
           tamely
           part
           with
           our
           King
           for
           all
           that
           :
           The
           Revenge
           which
           the
           Association
           threatens
           upon
           the
           violent
           or
           untimely
           Death
           of
           our
           King
           ,
           (
           which
           God
           prevent
           )
           is
           not
           a
           private
           Revenge
           ,
           but
           a
           Publick
           ,
           Solemn
           ,
           and
           Legal
           ,
           albeit
           not
           in
           the
           tedious
           ,
           usual
           ,
           Methods
           of
           Law
           ,
           which
           ,
           if
           at
           such
           time
           we
           were
           obliged
           to
           follow
           ,
           many
           of
           the
           most
           Guilty
           would
           have
           the
           Opportunity
           ,
           by
           one
           means
           or
           other
           ,
           to
           evade
           it
           .
           But
           if
           every
           injured
           Subject
           be
           Commissionated
           to
           do
           the
           Traytours
           and
           their
           Adherents
           Justice
           ,
           't
           is
           odds
           ,
           but
           they
           pay
           for
           their
           horrid
           Murder
           .
        
         
           Pray
           Consider
           farther
           ,
           This
           Association
           is
           the
           most
           Solemn
           and
           Legal
           that
           can
           be
           imagin'd
           ;
           't
           is
           an
           Association
           Enacted
           by
           the
           Supreme
           Authority
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           wherein
           the
           King
           himself
           ,
           and
           almost
           every
           particular
           Lord
           and
           Commoner
           join
           ;
           the
           King
           as
           to
           his
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           they
           to
           the
           whole
           ,
           wherein
           the
           People
           are
           duly
           called
           to
           join
           ,
           and
           have
           ,
           and
           are
           ready
           a
           vast
           majority
           to
           join
           ,
           they
           themselves
           ,
           not
           only
           by
           their
           Representatives
           ,
           but
           in
           their
           own
           proper
           Persons
           .
        
         
         
           Then
           consider
           also
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           an
           Act
           for
           the
           continuing
           ,
           meeting
           and
           sitting
           of
           a
           Parliament
           in
           case
           of
           the
           King's
           death
           ,
           or
           demise
           ,
           &c.
           so
           that
           this
           our
           Association
           ,
           even
           as
           to
           the
           Revenging
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           all
           along
           Ascertained
           to
           be
           made
           good
           by
           a
           Legal
           Conduct
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           yet
           one
           thing
           more
           to
           say
           in
           its
           behalf
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           best
           Expedient
           ,
           both
           for
           the
           Friends
           and
           Enemies
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           that
           could
           be
           devised
           by
           the
           Wit
           of
           Man
           :
           For
           now
           it
           may
           be
           Reasonably
           hoped
           that
           our
           King
           and
           his
           Government
           shall
           be
           safe
           ,
           since
           the
           destroyers
           of
           it
           are
           sure
           to
           be
           destroy'd
           themselves
           .
        
         
           Dangers
           force
           improvident
           Men
           on
           wise
           Councils
           ;
           we
           had
           not
           been
           this
           day
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Settlement
           ,
           if
           we
           had
           not
           been
           a
           few
           daies
           agoe
           on
           the
           Brink
           of
           Ruine
           .
           Therefore
           blessed
           be
           the
           name
           of
           God
           who
           hath
           disappointed
           the
           horrid
           designs
           of
           our
           Faithless
           ,
           and
           Cruel
           Adversaries
           ,
           who
           hath
           as
           it
           were
           forc'd
           us
           to
           Establish
           the
           Throne
           of
           our
           great
           Restorer
           ,
           our
           present
           King
           William
           ,
           forc'd
           us
           to
           Associate
           Vigorously
           in
           the
           defence
           of
           that
           Title
           ,
           which
           the
           consent
           of
           the
           People
           gave
           him
           ,
           which
           ,
           as
           hath
           been
           well
           and
           truly
           observ'd
           ,
           
           is
           the
           only
           Title
           of
           all
           Lawful
           Governments
           ,
           and
           which
           no
           Prince
           in
           Christendom
           hath
           more
           fully
           and
           clearly
           than
           King
           William
           .
           Together
           with
           him
           ,
           we
           by
           this
           Association
           ,
           take
           the
           most
           effectual
           course
           to
           preserve
           our
           Religion
           ,
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           spake
           what
           I
           could
           call
           to
           mind
           ,
           upon
           a
           short
           Warning
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Duty
           enjoyn'd
           in
           the
           first
           part
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
           
             Pray
             for
             the
             peace
             of
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           that
           duty
           is
           enforc'd
           with
           this
           Reason
           ,
           They
           shall
           prosper
           that
           love
           thee
           .
        
         
           I
           make
           no
           doubt
           but
           God
           in
           his
           Mercy
           may
           have
           order'd
           much
           Prosperity
           to
           them
           that
           Fear
           him
           ,
           Honour
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           Serve
           their
           Country
           ,
           by
           secret
           ways
           of
           Providence
           ,
           into
           which
           we
           are
           not
           able
           to
           Penetrate
           :
           But
           I
           am
           convinc'd
           by
           the
           Evidence
           of
           Sense
           ,
           that
           a
           conscientious
           performance
           of
           these
           Duties
           ,
           is
           a
           natural
           means
           for
           Men
           to
           procure
           and
           establish
           their
           own
           Prosperity
           .
        
         
           Every
           particular
           Person
           ,
           Member
           of
           a
           Body
           Politick
           ,
           by
           being
           a
           Member
           of
           such
           Body
           ,
           authorises
           the
           Legislative
           Power
           to
           make
           Laws
           for
           him
           as
           the
           publick
           Good
           shall
           require
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           Majority
           of
           them
           who
           have
           the
           Legislative
           Power
           ,
           are
           Judges
           .
           Now
           ,
           as
           a
           particular
           
           Person
           's
           Consent
           is
           included
           in
           the
           Acts
           of
           the
           Majority
           ,
           so
           his
           Peace
           and
           Happiness
           is
           included
           in
           the
           Peace
           and
           Happiness
           of
           the
           State
           which
           the
           Majority
           govern
           :
           A
           Man
           cannot
           serve
           the
           Publick
           ,
           but
           at
           the
           same
           time
           he
           serves
           his
           own
           private
           Interest
           also
           ;
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           he
           cannot
           do
           mischief
           to
           the
           Publick
           without
           doing
           mischief
           to
           himself
           ,
           while
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           in
           Duty
           bound
           ,
           take
           care
           of
           the
           Sacred
           Life
           and
           Government
           of
           K.
           William
           ,
           they
           take
           care
           also
           of
           themselves
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           that
           is
           near
           and
           dear
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           I
           do
           not
           believe
           that
           there
           is
           a
           Man
           ,
           a
           single
           Man
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           a
           penny-less
           Beggar
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           a
           wretched
           Villain
           ,
           who
           would
           have
           found
           his
           account
           in
           the
           Success
           of
           a
           
             French
             Invasion
          
           .
        
         
           I
           might
           run
           through
           all
           orders
           and
           degrees
           of
           Men
           among
           us
           ,
           Courtier
           ,
           Citizen
           ,
           Souldier
           ,
           Scholar
           ,
           Merchant
           ,
           Mariner
           ,
           &c.
           their
           Immunities
           ,
           Charters
           ,
           Stipends
           ,
           Revenues
           ,
           Trade
           ,
           Pay
           ,
           are
           not
           safe
           to
           them
           without
           the
           safety
           of
           the
           King
           and
           Government
           ;
           the
           King
           and
           Government
           not
           safe
           without
           the
           Association
           .
           Let
           us
           therefore
           ,
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           Heart
           and
           Hand
           Associate
           ;
           so
           shall
           our
           King
           and
           his
           Government
           prosper
           ,
           and
           every
           one
           
           of
           us
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           King
           and
           Government
           ,
           
             Pray
             for
             the
             Peace
             of
          
           Jerusalem
           ,
           
             they
             shall
             prosper
             that
             love
             thee
             .
          
           I
           was
           just
           going
           to
           dismiss
           you
           ,
           but
           just
           now
           there
           comes
           into
           my
           Head
           another
           sense
           of
           the
           Words
           —
           
             They
             shall
             prosper
             that
             Love
             thee
          
           —
           a
           sense
           very
           obvious
           and
           literal
           :
           I
           cannot
           say
           I
           have
           met
           with
           it
           in
           any
           Commentator
           ;
           those
           Gentlemen
           are
           so
           ingenuous
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           ever
           their
           Custom
           ,
           
             Transilire
             ante
             pedes
             posita
          
           ,
           to
           skip
           over
           the
           literal
           sense
           of
           a
           Text
           ,
           and
           run
           in
           quest
           of
           the
           figurative
           Senses
           and
           Mysteries
           .
           The
           Sense
           ,
           I
           mean
           ,
           is
           this
           -
           O
           Jerusalem
           ,
           
             they
             that
             love
             thee
             shall
             prosper
             ,
             for
             I
          
           David
           ,
           
             the
             Anointed
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             choice
             of
             his
             People
          
           Israel
           ,
           
             will
             take
             care
             to
             reward
             them
             who
             are
             most
             zealous
             to
             preserve
             my
             Life
             ,
             and
             Support
             my
             Government
             .
          
           I
           am
           apt
           to
           believe
           that
           David
           in
           these
           Words
           encouraged
           the
           honesty
           of
           his
           trustiest
           Liege-People
           ,
           assuring
           them
           who
           defended
           his
           Right
           against
           the
           Abetters
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Saul
           ,
           that
           their
           faithful
           Services
           should
           be
           amply
           rewarded
           ,
           that
           their
           Prosperity
           should
           be
           his
           Care
           ,
           as
           his
           sacred
           Life
           ,
           and
           just
           Right
           was
           theirs
           .
        
         
         
           God
           grant
           that
           the
           Words
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           now
           heard
           with
           our
           outward
           Ears
           ,
           may
           be
           so
           inwardly
           ingrafted
           in
           our
           Hearts
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           bring
           forth
           in
           our
           Lives
           and
           Conversations
           ,
           Loyalty
           to
           King
           William
           ,
           Zeal
           for
           the
           Religion
           ,
           Laws
           ,
           and
           Liberties
           of
           Old
           England
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .