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           THE
           Sinner
           a
           Traitor
           TO
           HIS
           KING
           and
           COUNTRY
           .
        
         
           IN
           A
           SERMON
           Preach'd
           in
           the
           Cathedral-Church
           of
           Winchester
           ,
           AT
           THE
           ASSIZES
           Held
           there
           ,
           July
           24.
           1700.
           
        
         
           By
           
             ROBERT
             EYRE
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           Fellow
           of
           the
           College
           near
           Winchester
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           by
           
             W.
             Bowyer
          
           ,
           for
           
             Walt.
             Kettilby
          
           at
           the
           
             Bishop's
             Head
          
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           .
           1700.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           
           To
           the
           Right
           Worshipful
           
             EDWARD
             CHUTE
          
           ,
           Esquire
           ,
           High
           Sheriff
           of
           the
           County
           of
           SOUTHAMPTON
           .
        
         
           
             Honoured
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           THat
           which
           was
           at
           first
           Preach'd
           upon
           your
           Request
           ,
           and
           is
           now
           Publish'd
           by
           your
           Command
           ,
           hath
           a
           just
           Claim
           to
           your
           Patronage
           :
           And
           I
           cannot
           but
           lay
           hold
           of
           it
           as
           a
           particular
           Advantage
           to
           my
           Sermon
           ,
           to
           have
           it
           recommended
           to
           the
           World
           under
           the
           good
           Esteem
           of
           a
           Person
           whose
           exemplary
           Vertue
           and
           Sobriety
           ,
           and
           whose
           zealous
           regard
           for
           the
           Honour
           of
           God
           and
           Religion
           ,
           do
           so
           eminently
           distinguish
           his
           Character
           in
           that
           Dissolute
           and
           Profane
           Age
           wherein
           we
           live
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           for
           want
           of
           more
           Examples
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           that
           Discourses
           of
           this
           nature
           are
           not
           only
           useful
           ,
           but
           necessary
           :
           And
           till
           more
           of
           the
           Men
           of
           your
           Rank
           and
           Quality
           amongst
           us
           are
           happily
           convine'd
           of
           this
           important
           Truth
           ,
           That
           to
           serve
           God
           
           is
           the
           most
           effectual
           means
           they
           can
           use
           for
           the
           Service
           of
           their
           Country
           ;
           and
           ,
           That
           to
           be
           good
           Christians
           is
           the
           very
           best
           proof
           they
           can
           give
           of
           being
           good
           Patriots
           ,
           we
           can
           have
           no
           very
           comfortable
           Prospect
           of
           the
           lasting
           Blessings
           of
           that
           Peace
           and
           Prosperity
           which
           we
           now
           enjoy
           .
        
         
           This
           
             (
             Sir
          
           )
           is
           a
           Truth
           of
           which
           I
           know
           you
           are
           throughly
           persuaded
           :
           for
           you
           have
           not
           only
           profess'd
           it
           with
           your
           Mouth
           ,
           but
           exemplify'd
           by
           your
           Practice
           ,
           having
           throughout
           your
           different
           Stations
           in
           the
           World
           let
           both
           the
           Court
           and
           Country
           see
           ,
           that
           good
           Inclinations
           ,
           cultivated
           by
           a
           good
           Education
           ,
           are
           able
           to
           secure
           a
           Man
           against
           all
           those
           Temptations
           to
           which
           any
           the
           most
           hazardous
           Circumstances
           of
           Life
           are
           obnoxious
           .
        
         
           That
           you
           may
           long
           live
           to
           enjoy
           the
           inward
           Comfort
           and
           Satisfaction
           of
           your
           own
           Vertue
           here
           ,
           and
           receive
           the
           Reward
           of
           it
           hereafter
           ,
           is
           the
           sincere
           Wish
           of
        
         
           
             (
             SIR
             )
          
           
             Your
             most
             Faithful
             ,
             Humble
             Servant
             ,
             ROBERT
             EYRE
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             1
             SAM
             .
             XII
             .
             25.
             
          
           
             But
             if
             ye
             shall
             still
             do
             wickedly
             ,
             ye
             shall
             be
             consumed
             ,
             both
             ye
             and
             your
             King.
             
          
        
         
           THese
           are
           the
           Words
           of
           Samuel
           ,
           which
           he
           spake
           to
           the
           Children
           of
           Israel
           at
           Gilgal
           :
           and
           the
           Occasion
           of
           them
           was
           this
           .
           The
           Israelites
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           wonted
           Inconstancy
           of
           Temper
           which
           was
           so
           very
           remarkable
           in
           their
           Character
           ,
           being
           now
           weary
           of
           their
           former
           Government
           ,
           had
           requested
           of
           Samuel
           to
           set
           a
           King
           over
           them
           :
           which
           Request
           of
           theirs
           although
           we
           find
           branded
           in
           Scripture
           as
           sinful
           and
           a
           
             great
             Wickedness
          
           in
           them
           ,
           we
           must
           not
           from
           thence
           conclude
           ,
           as
           some
           have
           unwarily
           done
           ,
           that
           Monarchy
           ,
           as
           such
           ,
           is
           a
           Form
           of
           Government
           which
           of
           all
           others
           is
           the
           most
           displeasing
           to
           Almighty
           God
           ;
           for
           't
           is
           plain
           ,
           that
           God
           himself
           had
           long
           before
           this
           decreed
           a
           Sceptre
           to
           Judah
           :
           and
           in
           pursuance
           of
           that
           Decree
           we
           are
           expresly
           told
           by
           
             Moses
             (
             Deut.
          
           17.
           )
           what
           sort
           of
           King
           he
           was
           to
           be
           ,
           whom
           the
           Lord
           their
           God
           should
           chuse
           for
           them
           .
           So
           that
           it
           was
           not
           so
           much
           the
           matter
           of
           their
           Request
           ,
           as
           the
           peevish
           manner
           
           of
           addressing
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           undue
           Motives
           from
           whence
           it
           proceeded
           ,
           whereby
           they
           offended
           .
           And
           it
           cannot
           well
           escape
           the
           Observation
           of
           any
           one
           ,
           who
           rightly
           weighs
           all
           the
           Circumstances
           of
           the
           Story
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           their
           seditious
           Humour
           of
           Innovation
           ,
           their
           Distrust
           of
           God's
           Providence
           ,
           and
           their
           foolish
           itch
           of
           Conformity
           to
           other
           Nations
           ,
           which
           made
           them
           chiefly
           criminal
           in
           this
           case
           .
           But
           to
           pass
           by
           this
           Remark
           .
        
         
           Being
           now
           gratify'd
           according
           to
           their
           own
           hearts
           Lust
           ,
           and
           having
           a
           King
           appointed
           over
           them
           ,
           
             to
             judge
             them
             ,
             to
             go
             out
             before
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             fight
             their
             Battels
             for
             them
             ,
          
           as
           they
           themselves
           had
           desired
           ;
           lest
           they
           should
           from
           hence
           too
           confidently
           presume
           upon
           their
           present
           Establishment
           ,
           they
           are
           advised
           by
           Samuel
           what
           Course
           they
           ought
           to
           take
           in
           order
           to
           their
           future
           Security
           .
           For
           this
           purpose
           ,
           he
           exhorts
           them
           in
           this
           Chapter
           ,
           
             To
             obey
             the
             Voice
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             rebel
             against
             his
             Commandments
          
           ;
           but
           to
           
             fear
             him
             and
             to
             serve
             him
             in
             truth
             with
             all
             their
             heart
             :
          
           for
           this
           (
           says
           he
           ,
           ver
           .
           23.
           )
           
             is
             the
             good
             and
             the
             right
             way
             :
          
           this
           is
           the
           only
           means
           whereby
           ye
           can
           secure
           to
           your selves
           ,
           and
           to
           your
           King
           ,
           in
           whom
           ye
           now
           so
           greatly
           rejoyce
           ,
           the
           Favour
           and
           Protection
           of
           that
           
             God
             who
             hath
          
           already
           
             done
             so
             great
             things
             for
             you
             .
          
           Whereas
           ,
           
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           if
           you
           withdraw
           your
           Obedience
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           continue
           to
           follow
           your
           former
           sinful
           and
           rebellious
           Courses
           ,
           
             If
             ye
             shall
             still
             do
             wickedly
             ,
             ye
             shall
             be
             consumed
             ,
             both
             ye
             and
             your
             King.
             
          
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           full
           Scope
           and
           Design
           of
           the
           Words
           ,
           as
           they
           lie
           before
           us
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           and
           as
           they
           more
           immediately
           relate
           to
           the
           State
           and
           Condition
           of
           the
           Jewish
           Nation
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           were
           originally
           apply'd
           .
           But
           if
           we
           take
           them
           out
           of
           their
           History
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           altogether
           as
           instructive
           to
           any
           other
           People
           ,
           or
           Nation
           ,
           or
           Kingdom
           whatsoever
           :
           And
           without
           that
           Spirit
           of
           Prophecy
           ,
           wherewith
           the
           Inspired
           Author
           of
           them
           was
           endued
           ,
           we
           may
           safely
           resolve
           them
           into
           this
           General
           Proposition
           ;
           viz.
           
        
         
           That
           Sin
           and
           Wickedness
           is
           the
           certain
           Cause
           of
           Publick
           Calamities
           to
           a
           Nation
           ,
           and
           effectually
           conduceth
           to
           the
           final
           Ruin
           and
           Destruction
           thereof
           .
        
         
           The
           Truth
           of
           which
           Proposition
           hath
           been
           so
           universally
           acknowledged
           ,
           and
           so
           long
           experienc'd
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           I
           need
           not
           much
           labour
           the
           Proof
           of
           it
           .
           But
           because
           there
           are
           several
           Truths
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           which
           although
           they
           cannot
           be
           contested
           ,
           are
           yet
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           bad
           Memories
           fit
           sometimes
           to
           be
           inculcated
           ,
           give
           me
           
           leave
           ,
           in
           a
           few
           words
           ,
           to
           remind
           you
           of
           the
           Certainty
           of
           it
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           From
           matter
           of
           Fact
           :
        
         
           2.
           
           From
           the
           Reasons
           upon
           which
           it
           is
           founded
           .
        
         
           And
           1.
           
           To
           shew
           the
           Truth
           of
           this
           Observation
           in
           point
           of
           Experience
           ,
           we
           need
           only
           appeal
           to
           the
           History
           of
           all
           the
           Nations
           that
           were
           ever
           yet
           in
           the
           World.
           For
           ,
           
             If
             we
             ask
             of
             the
             Days
             that
             are
             past
             ,
             which
             were
             before
             us
             since
             the
             Day
             that
             God
             created
             Man
             upon
             the
             Earth
             ;
             if
             we
             ask
             from
             the
             one
             side
             of
             Heaven
             unto
             the
             other
          
           ;
           we
           shall
           find
           Evidence
           sufficient
           to
           convince
           us
           ,
           that
           National
           Sins
           were
           always
           the
           Forerunners
           of
           National
           Judgments
           :
           and
           that
           ,
           accordingly
           as
           the
           Iniquity
           of
           a
           People
           did
           abound
           ,
           and
           waxed
           worse
           and
           worse
           ,
           so
           in
           proportion
           to
           that
           ,
           did
           their
           Calamities
           encrease
           upon
           them
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           final
           Ruin
           and
           Dissolution
           of
           their
           Government
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           very
           notable
           Remarks
           to
           this
           purpose
           to
           be
           met
           with
           amongst
           the
           Heathen
           Historians
           themselves
           :
           but
           because
           they
           ,
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           consider'd
           the
           outward
           Means
           and
           visible
           Causes
           only
           ,
           whereby
           the
           Decay
           and
           Fall
           of
           States
           and
           Empires
           was
           effected
           ,
           without
           taking
           the
           Justice
           of
           God's
           Providence
           into
           their
           account
           ;
           let
           us
           confine
           our
           Observation
           ,
           in
           this
           point
           ,
           to
           the
           Jewish
           History
           .
           And
           from
           thence
           
           we
           are
           so
           often
           and
           so
           clearly
           inform'd
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           what
           is
           here
           asserted
           ,
           that
           we
           read
           of
           no
           Judgments
           denounc'd
           or
           executed
           upon
           any
           City
           ,
           or
           People
           ,
           or
           Nation
           ,
           throughout
           the
           whole
           Bible
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           always
           on
           the
           account
           of
           those
           Sins
           and
           Wickednesses
           which
           they
           were
           guilty
           of
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           to
           the
           State
           and
           Condition
           of
           the
           Jewish
           Nation
           it self
           ,
           't
           is
           notoriously
           evident
           ,
           how
           that
           all
           along
           suffer'd
           and
           sunk
           under
           the
           weight
           of
           its
           own
           Iniquity
           ;
           till
           at
           length
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           crying
           Guilt
           and
           many
           heinous
           Provocations
           thereof
           ,
           it
           became
           
             an
             utter
             Desolation
             ,
             a
             Curse
             ,
             and
             a
             Reproach
             ,
             a
             Hissing
             and
             an
             Astonishment
             ,
          
           to
           all
           the
           World
           :
           And
           so
           it
           continues
           to
           this
           very
           Day
           ;
           the
           once
           famous
           fenced
           City
           of
           Jerusalem
           having
           not
           now
           
             one
             stone
             left
             upon
             another
          
           ,
           nor
           any
           thing
           remaining
           of
           all
           the
           
             ancient
             Bulwarks
             and
             Towers
             thereof
          
           ,
           but
           the
           very
           Rubbish
           of
           them
           only
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           lasting
           Monument
           of
           the
           just
           Vengeance
           of
           God
           against
           a
           
             sinful
             Nation
             ,
             a
             People
             laden
             with
             Iniquity
             ,
             and
             a
             seed
             of
             evil-doers
             .
          
        
         
           And
           if
           the
           
             Holy
             one
             of
             Israel
          
           spared
           not
           his
           own
           chosen
           and
           peculiar
           People
           upon
           this
           account
           ,
           what
           then
           have
           we
           or
           any
           other
           People
           to
           learn
           from
           hence
           ,
           but
           to
           tremble
           under
           the
           Consideration
           of
           so
           terrible
           an
           Example
           ?
           but
           to
           
             hear
             and
             fear
             ,
             and
             do
             no
             more
             presumptuously
             ?
          
           
           For
           what
           happen'd
           to
           the
           Jewish
           Nation
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           may
           be
           very
           justly
           expected
           by
           every
           other
           sinful
           Community
           whatsoever
           ,
           under
           the
           like
           guilty
           Circumstances
           ;
           and
           that
           upon
           these
           two
           accounts
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           Because
           the
           Justice
           of
           God's
           Providence
           is
           more
           especially
           concern'd
           herein
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Because
           Sin
           and
           Wickedness
           ,
           as
           such
           ,
           hath
           a
           natural
           tendency
           in
           it
           towards
           the
           Ruin
           and
           Destruction
           of
           any
           Government
           wherein
           it
           is
           suffer'd
           to
           abound
           .
        
         
           First
           then
           let
           it
           be
           consider'd
           ,
           that
           the
           Justice
           of
           God's
           Providence
           is
           more
           especially
           concern'd
           in
           the
           present
           temporal
           Punishment
           of
           a
           wicked
           and
           rebellious
           Nation
           .
           As
           to
           particular
           Persons
           indeed
           ,
           we
           cannot
           so
           certainly
           conclude
           that
           they
           shall
           be
           always
           punished
           for
           their
           Sins
           in
           this
           Life
           ,
           because
           God
           hath
           appointed
           a
           more
           solemn
           Day
           wherein
           he
           will
           call
           them
           to
           an
           account
           for
           what
           they
           have
           done
           :
           And
           if
           he
           sometimes
           permits
           them
           to
           go
           unpunished
           here
           ,
           the
           Equity
           of
           his
           Proceeding
           will
           be
           sufficiently
           accounted
           for
           before
           his
           just
           Tribunal
           hereafter
           .
           But
           God
           cannot
           deal
           thus
           with
           Nations
           and
           Publick
           Societies
           as
           such
           ,
           because
           they
           (
           as
           hath
           been
           usually
           observed
           upon
           this
           occasion
           )
           are
           not
           made
           to
           be
           immortal
           ;
           but
           shall
           all
           be
           dissolved
           before
           the
           great
           Day
           of
           Retribution
           comes
           .
           Since
           
           therefore
           they
           are
           not
           capable
           of
           any
           future
           Account
           ,
           't
           is
           reasonable
           to
           expect
           that
           
             the
             Judge
             of
             all
             the
             Earth
          
           will
           do
           himself
           Right
           by
           punishing
           them
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           and
           vindicate
           the
           Honour
           of
           his
           Justice
           by
           bringing
           those
           Publick
           Judgments
           and
           Calamities
           upon
           them
           which
           by
           their
           Publick
           crying
           Sins
           they
           have
           deserved
           .
        
         
           How
           long
           a
           patient
           and
           long-suffering
           God
           may
           sometimes
           defer
           the
           Execution
           of
           his
           fierce
           Anger
           in
           such
           a
           case
           ;
           or
           how
           far
           he
           may
           think
           it
           most
           suitable
           to
           the
           wise
           ends
           of
           his
           Providence
           ,
           to
           reserve
           one
           wicked
           Nation
           to
           be
           the
           Scourge
           and
           Punishment
           of
           another
           ,
           is
           not
           for
           us
           to
           determine
           :
           but
           that
           
             God
             ,
             to
             whom
             Vengeance
             belongeth
             ,
          
           will
           sooner
           or
           later
           avenge
           himself
           upon
           a
           sinful
           Nation
           
             for
             the
             Wickedness
             of
             them
             that
             dwell
             therein
          
           ;
           and
           when
           
             the
             measure
             of
             their
             Iniquities
             is
             full
             ,
          
           will
           
             plague
             them
             for
             their
             Offences
          
           ,
           and
           
             make
             the
             power
             of
             his
             Wrath
             to
             be
             known
          
           amongst
           them
           ;
           is
           as
           infallibly
           certain
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           that
           
             he
             governs
             the
             World
             in
             righteousness
             ,
             and
             ruleth
             over
             all
             the
             Kingdoms
             of
             the
             Earth
             .
          
        
         
           And
           let
           not
           any
           stiff-necked
           and
           rebellious
           People
           harden
           themselves
           in
           their
           Wickedness
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           present
           Impunity
           ,
           and
           
             fully
             set
             their
             hearts
             to
             do
             evil
             because
             Sentence
             is
             not
             speedily
             executed
             upon
             them
          
           ;
           for
           the
           Divine
           Vengeance
           will
           most
           certainly
           overtake
           them
           at
           one
           
           time
           or
           other
           :
           and
           if
           it
           lingereth
           for
           a
           season
           ,
           't
           is
           generally
           with
           this
           great
           Disadvantage
           on
           their
           side
           ,
           that
           it
           falls
           the
           heavier
           when
           it
           comes
           .
        
         
           But
           abstracting
           from
           the
           Justice
           of
           God's
           Providence
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           't
           is
           apparently
           evident
           ,
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           Sin
           and
           Wickedness
           ,
           as
           such
           ,
           is
           naturally
           destructive
           of
           Humane
           Society
           ;
           and
           by
           a
           proper
           Efficiency
           directly
           tends
           to
           the
           Decay
           and
           Ruin
           of
           a
           Government
           .
        
         
           To
           be
           just
           to
           this
           Argument
           ,
           I
           might
           here
           detail
           the
           several
           publick
           Inconveniences
           which
           each
           particular
           Vice
           brings
           along
           with
           it
           ;
           and
           shew
           ,
           for
           instance
           ,
           how
           Pride
           and
           Ambition
           ,
           and
           Worldly-mindedness
           ,
           are
           apt
           to
           whet
           up
           the
           angry
           Passions
           of
           Men
           ,
           to
           ingender
           
             Strife
             and
             Envying
          
           amongst
           them
           ;
           and
           in
           consequence
           thereof
           ,
           to
           bring
           on
           Confusion
           (
           as
           St.
           James
           observes
           )
           
             and
             every
             evil
             work
          
           ;
           how
           Luxury
           and
           Idleness
           are
           the
           certain
           Causes
           of
           Poverty
           and
           Want
           ;
           and
           how
           that
           generally
           prompts
           Men
           to
           Acts
           of
           Oppression
           and
           Injustice
           ,
           to
           Rapines
           ,
           Murthers
           ,
           Thefts
           ,
           and
           all
           sorts
           of
           Violence
           ;
           and
           how
           Intemperance
           and
           Lust
           naturally
           tend
           to
           make
           a
           
             Sin-sick
             and
             unsound
          
           Nation
           ,
           even
           without
           a
           Metaphor
           ;
           and
           to
           propagate
           those
           Diseases
           ,
           and
           Infirmities
           ,
           and
           putrified
           Sores
           ,
           which
           are
           commonly
           observed
           to
           debilitate
           the
           
           Genius
           ,
           and
           corrupt
           the
           very
           Strain
           of
           a
           stout
           and
           warlike
           People
           ,
           till
           at
           length
           they
           become
           weak
           and
           defenceless
           ,
           and
           fall
           an
           easie
           Prey
           to
           every
           the
           next
           Invader
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           bare
           hint
           only
           of
           these
           things
           may
           be
           sufficient
           for
           our
           present
           Observation
           :
           although
           if
           any
           farther
           Evidence
           were
           required
           in
           this
           point
           ,
           it
           is
           obvious
           to
           be
           met
           with
           from
           the
           common
           Sense
           and
           Experience
           of
           all
           Mankind
           :
           from
           whence
           it
           hath
           pass'd
           into
           a
           standing
           politick
           Maxim
           amongst
           all
           wise
           Nations
           whatsoever
           ,
           to
           restrain
           the
           Growth
           of
           Wickedness
           and
           Vice
           amongst
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           not
           so
           much
           upon
           account
           of
           the
           Guilt
           and
           moral
           Turpitude
           thereof
           ,
           as
           because
           of
           the
           fatal
           Influence
           which
           it
           is
           always
           known
           to
           have
           upon
           the
           Peace
           and
           Welfare
           of
           the
           State.
           
        
         
           For
           the
           mischievous
           Consequences
           hereof
           are
           so
           very
           visible
           ,
           that
           the
           Florentine
           Politician
           himself
           could
           not
           but
           take
           notice
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           direct
           his
           Prince
           to
           provide
           against
           them
           ;
           and
           yet
           't
           is
           plain
           that
           his
           celebrated
           Scheme
           of
           Policy
           was
           far
           enough
           from
           being
           founded
           upon
           any
           Religious
           Principle
           :
           nay
           ,
           that
           very
           Atheistical
           Objection
           ,
           whereby
           it
           hath
           been
           suggested
           ,
           that
           Religion
           is
           nothing
           else
           but
           a
           piece
           of
           State-Policy
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           awe
           Men
           into
           good
           Manners
           ,
           and
           to
           prevent
           those
           
           Extravagancies
           which
           the
           unbridled
           Lusts
           and
           Vices
           of
           Men
           would
           otherwise
           lead
           them
           into
           ;
           is
           a
           clear
           Acknowledgment
           of
           the
           Humane
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           Publick
           Usefulness
           at
           least
           of
           this
           supposed
           Project
           .
           And
           thus
           much
           we
           may
           learn
           to
           our
           present
           purpose
           ,
           even
           from
           the
           Confession
           of
           Atheistical
           and
           wicked
           Men
           themselves
           ,
           That
           the
           Wickedness
           of
           a
           People
           is
           always
           found
           to
           be
           of
           such
           pernicious
           Consequence
           ,
           that
           no
           Government
           can
           long
           subsist
           under
           the
           licentious
           and
           avowed
           Practice
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           A
           Toleration
           of
           Religion
           is
           what
           we
           have
           heard
           pleaded
           for
           ,
           and
           approved
           of
           as
           a
           Politick
           Expedient
           for
           quieting
           the
           Minds
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           for
           uniting
           the
           divided
           Interests
           of
           a
           Nation
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           its
           greater
           and
           more
           confirm'd
           Strength
           and
           Security
           :
           but
           a
           Toleration
           of
           Irreligion
           ,
           a
           Toleration
           of
           Vice
           and
           Debauchery
           ,
           and
           all
           sorts
           of
           Immorality
           ,
           was
           never
           yet
           permitted
           in
           any
           Kingdom
           whatsoever
           ,
           that
           we
           read
           of
           ,
           unless
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Satan
           only
           :
           and
           yet
           even
           there
           also
           there
           are
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           some
           Vices
           and
           Irregularities
           which
           the
           Devil
           himself
           cannot
           safely
           allow
           ,
           without
           the
           utmost
           hazard
           of
           Ruin
           and
           Confusion
           to
           his
           Government
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           whether
           we
           call
           to
           remembrance
           the
           Times
           that
           are
           past
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           reflect
           
           upon
           the
           usual
           Justice
           of
           God's
           Providence
           in
           this
           case
           ;
           or
           whether
           we
           consider
           the
           bare
           Tendency
           of
           the
           thing
           it self
           ;
           the
           Proposition
           abovemention'd
           will
           still
           be
           found
           true
           and
           undeniable
           ,
           
             (
             viz.
          
           )
           That
           Sin
           and
           Wickedness
           is
           the
           certain
           Cause
           of
           Publick
           Calamities
           to
           a
           Nation
           ,
           and
           effectually
           conduceth
           to
           the
           final
           Ruin
           and
           Destruction
           thereof
           .
        
         
           This
           therefore
           being
           laid
           down
           as
           a
           standing
           and
           establish'd
           Truth
           ,
           let
           us
           now
           apply
           the
           serious
           consideration
           hereof
           to
           the
           present
           melancholly
           Circumstances
           of
           that
           sinful
           Nation
           whereunto
           we
           belong
           .
        
         
           And
           what
           a
           black
           and
           dismal
           Prospect
           ,
           both
           of
           Sin
           and
           Ruin
           ,
           have
           we
           here
           before
           us
           ,
           whilst
           we
           contemplate
           that
           lewd
           ,
           profligate
           ,
           and
           profane
           
             Spirit
             that
             now
             worketh
             in
             the
             Children
             of
             Disobedience
             !
          
           by
           means
           whereof
           ,
           our
           National
           Guilt
           is
           become
           so
           very
           clamorous
           and
           provoking
           ,
           that
           we
           seem
           just
           ripe
           for
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           
             Vessels
             of
             Wrath
             ,
             fitted
             for
             Destruction
             .
          
        
         
           
             O
             Tempora
             !
             O
             Mores
          
           !
           hath
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           been
           a
           constant
           Theme
           of
           Declamation
           in
           all
           Ages
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           even
           that
           
             Life
             and
             Immortality
             which
             is
             brought
             to
             light
             through
             the
             Gospel
          
           hath
           not
           been
           able
           to
           prevail
           so
           far
           against
           
             the
             Power
             of
             Satan
             ,
             and
             the
             Rulers
             of
             the
             Darkness
             of
          
           
           
             this
             World
          
           ,
           but
           that
           there
           have
           been
           still
           many
           unrighteous
           ,
           unholy
           ,
           and
           
             ungodly
             men
             ,
             walking
             after
             their
             own
             Lusts
             ,
          
           and
           such
           as
           were
           
             Enemies
             to
             the
             Cross
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           at
           all
           times
           and
           in
           all
           places
           of
           the
           Christian
           Church
           .
           Nay
           this
           is
           no
           more
           than
           what
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           and
           his
           Apostles
           prophesied
           aforetime
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           find
           the
           unhappy
           effects
           of
           this
           Prophecy
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           fulfill'd
           in
           our
           Days
           ,
           we
           have
           been
           long
           since
           forewarn'd
           
             not
             to
             look
             upon
             it
             as
             if
             some
             strange
             thing
             had
             happen'd
             unto
             us
             .
          
           Yet
           this
           however
           seems
           somewhat
           strange
           and
           surprizing
           in
           the
           Observation
           ,
           that
           Iniquity
           should
           so
           universally
           abound
           amongst
           us
           ,
           at
           this
           time
           especially
           ;
           and
           that
           a
           Nation
           should
           lie
           under
           the
           Guilt
           and
           Reproach
           of
           so
           general
           a
           Corruption
           both
           of
           Faith
           and
           Manners
           ,
           wherein
           the
           most
           pure
           and
           undefiled
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           best
           Christian
           Church
           in
           the
           World
           is
           established
           .
        
         
           The
           corrupt
           Principles
           and
           Practices
           of
           Men
           in
           former
           Ages
           might
           be
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           owing
           to
           the
           many
           gross
           Superstitions
           and
           loose
           Doctrines
           of
           the
           Romish
           Church
           ;
           and
           the
           Madness
           and
           Confusion
           of
           the
           late
           Times
           hath
           been
           pleaded
           as
           some
           sort
           of
           Apology
           for
           the
           Wickedness
           of
           the
           Men
           of
           that
           Generation
           .
           But
           God
           be
           thanked
           ,
           we
           are
           now
           left
           without
           any
           manner
           of
           Excuse
           of
           this
           kind
           ;
           
             we
             have
             now
             no
          
           
           
             cloak
             for
             our
             Sin
          
           upon
           either
           of
           these
           Accounts
           :
           and
           yet
           ,
           to
           our
           shame
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           observ'd
           ,
           that
           Irreligion
           and
           Profaneness
           ,
           and
           a
           profess'd
           Contempt
           of
           Christianity
           and
           its
           Divine
           Author
           ,
           was
           perhaps
           never
           so
           openly
           countenanc'd
           ,
           never
           so
           fashionably
           abetted
           in
           any
           one
           Baptized
           Nation
           under
           Heaven
           ,
           as
           it
           seems
           to
           be
           with
           us
           at
           this
           very
           Day
           :
           nor
           was
           the
           
             Seat
             of
             the
             Scornful
          
           ever
           more
           highly
           advanced
           in
           any
           one
           Age
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           from
           the
           very
           time
           that
           
             the
             Mystery
             of
             Iniquity
          
           first
           began
           to
           work
           in
           it
           .
           For
           ,
           not
           to
           mention
           those
           many
           gross
           Immoralities
           ,
           and
           that
           horrid
           Lewdness
           and
           Debauchery
           of
           Manners
           which
           betrays
           so
           great
           a
           Neglect
           of
           Religion
           amongst
           us
           ;
           that
           which
           yet
           aggravates
           our
           Guilt
           ,
           and
           heightens
           the
           Horror
           of
           our
           Prospect
           ,
           is
           our
           insolent
           and
           avow'd
           Contempt
           of
           it
           :
           for
           how
           is
           our
           most
           holy
           Religion
           it self
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           
             Wisdom
             of
             God
          
           ,
           now
           become
           the
           Scorn
           of
           Fools
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           Derision
           of
           such
           as
           
             put
             it
             to
             an
             open
             shame
             ,
          
           and
           impudently
           revile
           it
           all
           the
           day
           long
           !
           How
           is
           that
           
             worthy
             Name
             by
             which
             we
             are
             called
          
           publickly
           affronted
           and
           blasphemed
           amongst
           us
           !
           and
           that
           not
           only
           by
           those
           
             ungodly
             Deeds
             which
             ungodly
             Sinners
             do
             commit
             ,
          
           but
           by
           the
           many
           
             hard
             Speeches
          
           and
           profane
           Raillery
           likewise
           of
           those
           who
           seem
           to
           
             glory
             in
             their
             Shame
          
           ,
           and
           take
           a
           pride
           in
           being
           thought
           the
           Reproach
           of
           their
           
           Maker
           ,
           and
           the
           Scandal
           of
           their
           Times
           .
        
         
           Now
           were
           such
           Monsters
           of
           Impiety
           as
           these
           as
           rare
           as
           Monsters
           use
           to
           be
           ;
           were
           they
           either
           few
           in
           number
           ,
           or
           inconsiderable
           for
           their
           Quality
           and
           Station
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           we
           might
           then
           hope
           to
           have
           their
           Sin
           confined
           to
           their
           own
           doors
           only
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           would
           be
           still
           righteous
           Persons
           enough
           found
           amongst
           us
           to
           atone
           the
           heavy
           Wrath
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           incline
           his
           Long-suffering
           and
           Forbearance
           towards
           us
           .
           But
           the
           unhappy
           prospect
           of
           our
           present
           Case
           is
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           Wickedness
           of
           these
           Men
           is
           great
           ,
           so
           is
           the
           Contagion
           of
           it
           likewise
           ;
           and
           the
           Danger
           wherewith
           it
           threatens
           us
           is
           so
           much
           the
           more
           formidable
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           spreading
           Infection
           and
           malignant
           Influence
           thereof
           .
        
         
           For
           those
           profane
           Scoffers
           of
           whom
           I
           am
           now
           speaking
           ,
           are
           not
           content
           to
           
             foam
             out
             their
             own
             Shame
          
           ,
           and
           to
           
             open
             their
             mouths
             in
             Blasphemy
          
           themselves
           ;
           but
           they
           are
           profess'd
           Advocates
           for
           the
           Cause
           :
           they
           seem
           zealously
           concern'd
           to
           gain
           Proselytes
           to
           it
           ;
           and
           plainly
           shew
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           industriously
           forming
           a
           Party
           (
           as
           much
           as
           in
           them
           lieth
           )
           to
           laugh
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           quite
           out
           of
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           And
           indeed
           ,
           't
           is
           very
           lamentable
           to
           observe
           what
           great
           Advances
           they
           are
           likely
           to
           make
           in
           the
           prosecution
           of
           their
           Project
           :
           for
           ,
           besides
           
           that
           the
           Minds
           and
           Manners
           of
           our
           Youth
           are
           so
           generally
           corrupted
           by
           the
           contagious
           Example
           and
           Encouragement
           of
           these
           Men
           ,
           't
           is
           too
           notorious
           to
           be
           conceal'd
           ,
           that
           many
           ,
           too
           too
           many
           of
           our
           very
           Children
           also
           (
           lest
           the
           hopeful
           Breed
           of
           this
           
             Generation
             of
             Vipers
          
           should
           be
           lost
           amongst
           us
           )
           are
           now
           train'd
           up
           without
           any
           manner
           of
           sense
           of
           their
           Baptismal
           Vow
           ,
           and
           with
           so
           little
           
             Knowledge
             of
             God
             in
             the
             World
             ,
          
           that
           we
           can
           rarely
           pass
           our
           Streets
           ,
           and
           places
           of
           publick
           Concourse
           ,
           without
           observing
           how
           early
           they
           have
           learn'd
           to
           affront
           their
           Maker
           ,
           by
           stammering
           out
           their
           Oaths
           and
           Blasphemies
           against
           him
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           this
           be
           the
           wretched
           state
           of
           that
           wicked
           and
           profane
           Age
           wherein
           we
           live
           ;
           if
           such
           
             Horrible
             Impiety
          
           as
           this
           be
           so
           openly
           and
           so
           universally
           
             committed
             in
             our
             Land
             ;
             What
             shall
             we
             do
             in
             the
             end
             thereof
             ?
          
           for
           ,
           
             Will
             not
             God
             visit
             us
             for
             these
             things
             ?
             Will
             not
             his
             Soul
             be
             avenged
             on
             such
             a
             Nation
             as
             this
             ?
          
           And
           when
           he
           doth
           visit
           us
           for
           these
           things
           ,
           when
           
             his
             wrathful
             Indignation
             is
             fully
             kindled
             ,
          
           so
           that
           he
           
             suffers
             his
             whole
             Displeasure
             to
             arise
             against
             us
          
           ;
           what
           shall
           we
           be
           able
           to
           say
           in
           the
           day
           of
           our
           Calamity
           ,
           unless
           it
           be
           with
           Shame
           and
           Confusion
           of
           Face
           to
           acknowledge
           thus
           much
           only
           ,
           
             Just
             and
             righteous
             art
             thou
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             in
             all
             that
             is
             brought
             upon
             us
             .
             Thou
             hast
          
           
           
             done
             right
             ,
             but
             we
             have
             done
             wickedly
             :
             and
             after
             all
             that
             is
             come
             upon
             us
             for
             our
             evil
             Deeds
             ,
             and
             for
             our
             great
             Trespasses
             ,
          
           yet
           
             thou
             our
             God
             hast
             punished
             us
             much
             less
             than
             our
             Iniquities
             have
             deserved
             .
          
        
         
           But
           this
           is
           too
           sad
           and
           melancholly
           a
           Reflexion
           for
           our
           Thoughts
           to
           dwell
           any
           longer
           upon
           .
           And
           it
           being
           my
           main
           Design
           at
           present
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           to
           represent
           the
           crying
           Guilt
           and
           heinous
           Provocation
           of
           our
           National
           Wickedness
           ,
           as
           to
           forewarn
           you
           of
           the
           Danger
           ,
           and
           to
           prevent
           the
           unhappy
           Consequences
           thereof
           ,
           I
           will
           direct
           the
           remaining
           part
           of
           my
           Discourse
           as
           usefully
           as
           I
           can
           to
           this
           purpose
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           Arguments
           shall
           I
           here
           urge
           ?
           What
           Motives
           of
           Persuasion
           shall
           I
           make
           use
           of
           upon
           this
           Occasion
           ?
           If
           I
           should
           take
           up
           the
           Words
           of
           Solomon
           ,
           and
           tell
           them
           ,
           that
           
             Sin
             is
             a
             Reproach
             to
             any
             People
          
           ;
           if
           to
           the
           great
           Scandal
           which
           accrues
           from
           it
           ,
           I
           should
           add
           the
           Folly
           and
           Unreasonableness
           ,
           and
           base
           Ingratitude
           thereof
           ;
           and
           if
           to
           this
           I
           should
           likewise
           subjoin
           the
           Consideration
           of
           that
           
             Indignation
             and
             Wrath
             ,
             that
             Tribulation
             and
             Anguish
             ,
          
           which
           is
           so
           severely
           threatned
           to
           it
           in
           the
           Gospel
           :
           all
           this
           perhaps
           might
           be
           rallied
           by
           some
           as
           the
           Common-place
           only
           of
           the
           Pulpit
           .
           For
           to
           talk
           at
           this
           rate
           ,
           say
           they
           ,
           is
           the
           business
           of
           our
           Trade
           ,
           and
           what
           we
           have
           
           our
           Tythes
           for
           ,
           &c.
           not
           considering
           ,
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           that
           severe
           Censure
           which
           we
           incur
           if
           we
           preach
           not
           the
           Gospel
           of
           Christ
           according
           to
           all
           the
           reveal'd
           Terms
           and
           Conditions
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           declare
           the
           whole
           mind
           of
           the
           Lord
           concerning
           it
           .
           However
           ,
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           to
           avoid
           all
           manner
           of
           Exception
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           and
           to
           divest
           my
           Character
           of
           those
           Prejudices
           which
           the
           very
           Name
           ,
           and
           Nature
           ,
           and
           Design
           of
           our
           sacred
           Function
           is
           so
           unhappily
           found
           to
           lie
           under
           (
           especially
           amongst
           those
           against
           whom
           the
           main
           drift
           of
           my
           Discourse
           is
           here
           directed
           )
           I
           beg
           leave
           to
           be
           heard
           upon
           this
           Occasion
           ,
           as
           a
           true
           Englishman
           only
           ,
           and
           a
           hearty
           Well-wisher
           to
           my
           King
           and
           Country
           :
           for
           ,
           a
           due
           and
           sincere
           regard
           to
           the
           Welfare
           and
           Preservation
           of
           both
           these
           ,
           is
           what
           is
           now
           chiefly
           offer'd
           to
           our
           Consideration
           from
           the
           Words
           of
           the
           Text.
           From
           whence
           it
           is
           plainly
           intimated
           to
           us
           ,
           what
           those
           Temporal
           Calamities
           are
           ,
           which
           by
           our
           continued
           Wickedness
           we
           shall
           bring
           upon
           us
           ;
           
             We
             shall
             be
             consumed
             ,
             both
             we
             and
             our
             King.
             
          
        
         
           The
           Judgment
           here
           threatned
           is
           very
           terrible
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           ought
           to
           be
           throughly
           considered
           ,
           and
           laid
           to
           heart
           ,
           even
           by
           the
           most
           Atheistical
           and
           Profane
           Member
           of
           our
           establish'd
           Government
           .
        
         
         
           First
           then
           let
           it
           be
           consider'd
           to
           what
           an
           imminent
           and
           apparent
           Danger
           the
           Honour
           and
           Safety
           of
           our
           King
           ,
           
             the
             Anointed
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             the
             Breath
             of
             our
             Nostrils
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Guardian
           of
           our
           Peace
           ,
           is
           hereby
           exposed
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           not
           long
           since
           that
           we
           solemnly
           thank'd
           God
           for
           him
           as
           our
           
             Great
             Deliverer
          
           ,
           and
           the
           happy
           Instrument
           of
           his
           Providence
           ,
           whereby
           we
           were
           rescu'd
           from
           the
           danger
           of
           all
           those
           malicious
           Designs
           which
           the
           declared
           Enemies
           both
           of
           our
           Church
           and
           State
           had
           formed
           against
           us
           :
           And
           we
           have
           since
           that
           pretended
           at
           least
           to
           so
           grateful
           a
           sense
           of
           what
           he
           hath
           undergone
           and
           wrought
           for
           us
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           not
           only
           offer'd
           up
           our
           constant
           Prayers
           and
           Intercessions
           to
           Heaven
           for
           his
           Preservation
           ,
           but
           we
           have
           moreover
           devoted
           our
           Hearts
           and
           Hands
           ,
           our
           Treasure
           and
           our
           Blood
           also
           ,
           as
           a
           Tribute
           ,
           which
           we
           thought
           but
           justly
           due
           to
           the
           Merits
           of
           a
           Prince
           ,
           under
           the
           auspicious
           Influence
           of
           whose
           Courage
           and
           Conduct
           we
           have
           been
           hitherto
           protected
           ,
           and
           who
           still
           continues
           both
           the
           Honour
           and
           Defence
           of
           our
           Nation
           .
           And
           shall
           we
           now
           ,
           after
           all
           this
           ,
           treacherously
           betray
           him
           by
           our
           own
           Wickedness
           ?
           and
           by
           means
           thereof
           draw
           down
           upon
           his
           sacred
           Head
           those
           heavy
           Judgments
           which
           yet
           we
           have
           so
           often
           ,
           with
           Fasting
           and
           Prayer
           ,
           humbly
           beg'd
           of
           Almighty
           God
           to
           avert
           ?
           Shall
           he
           
           who
           hath
           so
           gloriously
           fought
           our
           Battels
           ,
           wasted
           his
           Strength
           ,
           and
           jeoparded
           his
           Life
           for
           our
           sakes
           ,
           be
           nevertheless
           ungratefully
           consumed
           upon
           our
           account
           ?
           And
           shall
           it
           be
           said
           ,
           to
           our
           Reproach
           ,
           that
           a
           Prince
           who
           hath
           so
           often
           braved
           the
           
             King
             of
             Terrors
          
           himself
           ,
           and
           against
           whom
           all
           the
           most
           formidable
           Power
           and
           Malice
           of
           his
           Enemies
           was
           never
           able
           to
           prevail
           ,
           did
           at
           last
           unworthily
           fall
           by
           the
           Sins
           of
           his
           own
           People
           ?
           
             Tell
             it
             not
             in
             Gath
             ,
             publish
             it
             not
             in
             the
             Streets
             of
             Askalon
          
           ;
           and
           let
           not
           so
           foul
           a
           Reproach
           as
           this
           be
           cast
           upon
           us
           ,
           lest
           the
           Enemies
           of
           our
           Peace
           rejoyce
           at
           it
           ;
           lest
           those
           who
           have
           evil
           Will
           against
           us
           Triumph
           over
           us
           .
        
         
           We
           may
           talk
           of
           our
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           make
           what
           outward
           Professions
           of
           it
           we
           please
           ;
           but
           as
           long
           as
           we
           so
           openly
           contemn
           the
           Authority
           ,
           and
           rebel
           against
           the
           Commandments
           of
           God
           ,
           
             and
             will
             not
             suffer
             him
             to
             reign
             over
             us
             ,
          
           all
           our
           pretended
           Faith
           ,
           and
           true
           Allegiance
           to
           our
           Sovereign
           Lord
           the
           King
           ,
           is
           mere
           Complement
           ,
           and
           can
           but
           little
           avail
           him
           ;
           for
           we
           are
           Enemies
           not
           
             to
             God
          
           only
           (
           as
           St.
           Paul
           observes
           )
           but
           to
           his
           Vicegerent
           also
           ,
           
             by
             our
             wicked
             Works
          
           :
           and
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           provoking
           Guilt
           thereof
           ,
           we
           become
           Traitors
           to
           the
           Peace
           and
           Welfare
           of
           his
           Government
           ,
           and
           form
           a
           kind
           of
           spiritual
           Conspiracy
           against
           it
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           diminish
           the
           Glory
           of
           his
           Crown
           ,
           
           and
           to
           shake
           the
           very
           Throne
           upon
           which
           he
           sits
           .
        
         
           For
           there
           is
           so
           near
           a
           Relation
           betwixt
           a
           King
           and
           his
           People
           ,
           that
           the
           Sins
           of
           the
           one
           are
           oftentimes
           punished
           by
           the
           Fall
           of
           the
           other
           .
           And
           if
           this
           should
           happen
           to
           be
           our
           Case
           (
           which
           God
           avert
           )
           we
           must
           thank
           our selves
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           put
           it
           upon
           the
           score
           of
           our
           own
           sinful
           Ingratitude
           ;
           whereby
           we
           provoked
           God
           to
           
             quench
             the
             Light
             of
             our
             Nation
             ,
          
           and
           to
           withdraw
           that
           Blessing
           which
           we
           no
           longer
           deserved
           to
           have
           continued
           to
           us
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           the
           Honour
           and
           Safety
           of
           our
           King
           be
           not
           sufficient
           to
           move
           our
           regard
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           let
           us
           in
           the
           next
           place
           reflect
           upon
           those
           sad
           Calamities
           which
           our
           Sins
           are
           likely
           to
           bring
           upon
           our Selves
           and
           our
           Country
           ;
           for
           the
           Judgment
           here
           threatned
           extends
           to
           the
           Ruin
           and
           Destruction
           of
           That
           also
           .
        
         
           Notwithstanding
           the
           many
           different
           Principles
           and
           Opinions
           of
           Men
           amongst
           us
           in
           other
           respects
           ,
           't
           is
           observable
           nevertheless
           ,
           that
           we
           would
           be
           all
           thought
           very
           zealous
           Patriots
           ,
           and
           highly
           concern'd
           for
           the
           Good
           of
           the
           Publick
           ,
           the
           lasting
           Welfare
           and
           Prosperity
           of
           
             our
             dear
             Nation
          
           ,
           carries
           so
           much
           charm
           along
           with
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           seems
           to
           be
           the
           Darling
           Object
           of
           All
           our
           good
           Wishes
           .
        
         
         
           But
           how
           ,
           alas
           !
           can
           this
           dear
           Nation
           of
           ours
           be
           well
           thought
           so
           dear
           to
           us
           as
           is
           pretended
           ,
           when
           't
           is
           plain
           that
           our
           Lusts
           are
           so
           much
           dearer
           to
           us
           than
           That
           ,
           that
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           the
           one
           we
           can
           be
           content
           to
           hazard
           the
           Ruin
           and
           Desolation
           of
           the
           other
           !
           How
           can
           we
           be
           truly
           said
           to
           love
           our
           Country
           as
           we
           ought
           ,
           when
           at
           the
           same
           time
           we
           so
           openly
           correspond
           with
           its
           greatest
           Enemies
           ?
           and
           cherish
           those
           Sins
           ,
           which
           ,
           if
           the
           former
           part
           of
           my
           Discourse
           holds
           true
           ,
           must
           in
           the
           end
           lay
           it
           waste
           ,
           and
           utterly
           consume
           it
           ?
        
         
           We
           All
           pretend
           to
           wish
           well
           to
           the
           Happiness
           and
           Prosperity
           of
           our
           Nation
           ;
           we
           argue
           ,
           and
           debate
           ,
           and
           earnestly
           contend
           for
           it
           ;
           we
           are
           bravely
           resolved
           ,
           upon
           any
           just
           occasion
           ,
           to
           fight
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           die
           for
           it
           :
           but
           why
           ,
           amidst
           all
           this
           pretended
           Zeal
           for
           its
           Defence
           ,
           should
           we
           not
           be
           prevail'd
           upon
           to
           live
           for
           it
           also
           ?
           so
           to
           live
           for
           it
           ,
           I
           mean
           ,
           as
           that
           we
           may
           not
           by
           the
           Wickedness
           of
           our
           Lives
           and
           Conversations
           forfeit
           our
           Title
           to
           the
           continued
           Favour
           and
           Protection
           of
           Almighty
           God
           towards
           it
           ;
           for
           without
           That
           ,
           all
           other
           Ways
           and
           Means
           for
           its
           Preservation
           will
           be
           found
           vain
           and
           ineffectual
           :
           without
           That
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           our
           Councils
           will
           be
           defeated
           ,
           the
           Strength
           of
           our
           Armies
           subdued
           ,
           and
           all
           our
           vain
           Confidence
           in
           the
           
             Arm
             of
          
           
           Flesh
           will
           be
           confounded
           and
           brought
           to
           nought
           .
           And
           when
           once
           we
           are
           made
           the
           Objects
           of
           the
           Divine
           Vengeance
           ,
           and
           miserably
           abandon'd
           to
           that
           just
           recompense
           of
           Reward
           which
           our
           angry
           and
           offended
           God
           shall
           inflict
           upon
           us
           ,
           what
           then
           will
           become
           of
           all
           those
           endearing
           native
           Rights
           and
           Privileges
           which
           we
           now
           seem
           so
           fond
           of
           ?
           How
           will
           our
           admired
           Liberties
           be
           then
           enslaved
           ?
           our
           beloved
           Properties
           invaded
           ?
           our
           dear
           Religion
           violated
           and
           oppress'd
           ?
           and
           all
           our
           ancient
           English
           Constitution
           ,
           both
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           quite
           dissolved
           ,
           and
           given
           up
           as
           a
           Prey
           to
           those
           that
           hate
           us
           ?
           who
           when
           this
           evil
           Day
           is
           come
           upon
           us
           ,
           will
           insolently
           
             shake
             their
             heads
             at
             us
             ,
             and
             laugh
             us
             to
             scorn
             ,
          
           saying
           ,
           
             God
             hath
             forsaken
             them
             ,
             persecute
             them
             ,
             and
             take
             them
             ,
             for
             there
             is
             none
             to
             deliver
             them
             .
          
        
         
           This
           then
           being
           the
           sad
           and
           dismal
           Prospect
           of
           those
           National
           Calamities
           which
           by
           our
           manifold
           and
           great
           Provocations
           we
           so
           justly
           deserve
           ,
           and
           which
           ,
           without
           our
           Repentance
           and
           Amendment
           ,
           we
           have
           too
           much
           reason
           to
           fear
           ;
           how
           should
           the
           serious
           Consideration
           hereof
           rouze
           up
           our
           true
           English
           Zeal
           for
           the
           Good
           of
           our
           Nation
           ?
           and
           effectually
           persuade
           us
           to
           forsake
           our
           Sins
           ,
           reform
           our
           Manners
           ,
           and
           
             turn
             unto
             the
             Lord
             our
             God
             with
             all
             our
             heart
             ,
          
           that
           so
           
             our
             Iniquity
             may
             not
             prove
             its
             Ruin
             ?
          
           for
           to
           apply
           the
           Words
           of
           
           Moses
           upon
           a
           like
           occasion
           
             (
             Deut.
          
           32.
           47.
           
           )
           to
           our
           present
           Case
           .
           That
           which
           is
           here
           offer'd
           to
           our
           Consideration
           ,
           
             is
             not
             a
             vain
             thing
             for
             us
          
           ;
           't
           is
           not
           a
           trivial
           matter
           ,
           or
           a
           thing
           of
           Indifference
           ,
           to
           be
           slighted
           and
           neglected
           by
           us
           ;
           
             for
             it
             is
             our
             life
          
           :
           't
           is
           that
           wherein
           the
           Publick
           Safety
           and
           Prosperity
           of
           our
           Kingdom
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           our
           own
           Private
           Happiness
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           our
           Posterity
           after
           us
           ,
           is
           principally
           concern'd
           :
           the
           Fate
           of
           our
           whole
           Government
           ,
           together
           with
           all
           our
           Ecclesiastical
           and
           Civil
           Rights
           thereunto
           belonging
           ,
           depend
           upon
           it
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           if
           those
           more
           engaging
           Motives
           which
           our
           Religion
           offers
           cannot
           work
           upon
           us
           ;
           if
           we
           will
           not
           be
           reclaim'd
           ,
           neither
           for
           God's
           sake
           ,
           nor
           for
           our
           own
           Soul's
           sake
           ;
           let
           us
           at
           least
           ,
           for
           our
           King
           and
           Country's
           sake
           ,
           be
           prevail'd
           upon
           to
           turn
           from
           our
           present
           evil
           ways
           ,
           and
           to
           
             do
             no
             more
             wickedly
          
           :
           for
           if
           we
           do
           ,
           
             their
             Calamity
             may
             rise
             suddenly
             ,
             and
             who
             knoweth
             the
             Ruin
             of
             them
             both
             !
          
           May
           God
           ,
           of
           his
           infinite
           Mercy
           ,
           avert
           the
           Judgment
           !
           and
           give
           us
           All
           Grace
           
             in
             this
             our
             day
             to
             know
          
           and
           to
           mind
           
             the
             things
             that
             belong
             unto
             our
             Peace
             ,
             before
             they
             are
             hid
             from
             our
             eyes
             !
          
        
         
           
             Glory
             be
             to
             the
             Father
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Son
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             .
          
           
             As
             it
             was
             in
             the
             Beginning
             ,
             is
             now
             ,
             and
             ever
             shall
             be
             ,
             World
             without
             End.
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .