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             Of the Happiness of princes led by divine counsel a sermon occasioned by the death of that most excellent princess, our late sovereign, Queen Mary / by Thomas Goodwin.
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           Mary -- II, -- Queen of England, 1662-1694.
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           Mr.
           
           GOODWIN's
           SERMON
           On
           the
           DEATH
           of
           the
           QUEEN
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           Of
           the
           Happiness
           of
           PRINCES
           led
           by
           DIVINE
           Counsel
           .
           A
           SERMON
           Occasioned
           by
           the
           Death
           Of
           that
           most
           Excellent
           PRINCESS
           ,
           Our
           late
           Sovereign
           ,
           
             Queen
             MARY
          
           .
           By
           THOMAS
           GOODWIN
           .
        
         
           Prov.
           31.
           29.
           
        
         
           Many
           Daughters
           have
           done
           vertuously
           ,
           but
           Thou
           excellest
           them
           all
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             J.
             D.
          
           for
           
             Jonathan
             Robinson
          
           at
           the
           Golden-Lion
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           .
           1695.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             PSAL.
             73.
             24.
             
          
           
             Thou
             shalt
             guide
             me
             with
             thy
             Counsel
             ,
             and
             afterward
             receive
             me
             to
             Glory
             .
          
        
         
           IF
           the
           Great
           and
           Wise
           God
           regards
           the
           meanest
           of
           his
           Creatures
           ,
           to
           provide
           for
           them
           in
           every
           Exigency
           of
           their
           Case
           ,
           to
           relieve
           their
           Wants
           ,
           and
           help
           them
           in
           all
           Difficulties
           and
           Distresses
           ,
           we
           may
           be
           assur'd
           that
           his
           kind
           and
           watchful
           Providence
           is
           more
           peculiarly
           imploy'd
           about
           the
           Persons
           of
           good
           and
           pious
           Princes
           .
           While
           they
           live
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           he
           guides
           them
           by
           his
           Counsel
           ,
           he
           steers
           the
           Course
           of
           those
           Kingdoms
           over
           which
           they
           reign
           :
           He
           by
           admirable
           and
           unaccountable
           Methods
           ,
           points
           to
           a
           Discovery
           of
           those
           dark
           Conspiracies
           which
           were
           aim'd
           at
           their
           Ruin
           :
           He
           protects
           them
           ,
           and
           is
           a
           safer
           Defence
           than
           the
           greatest
           Numbers
           of
           their
           armed
           Guards
           .
           He
           influenceth
           their
           Minds
           and
           Thoughts
           to
           observe
           the
           wisest
           and
           best
           Rules
           of
           Government
           ;
           and
           he
           so
           disposeth
           the
           Temper
           of
           
           their
           Hearts
           ,
           that
           Kings
           become
           nursing
           Fathers
           ,
           and
           Queens
           nursing
           Mothers
           to
           his
           People
           and
           Church
           ;
           when
           the
           most
           who
           have
           rul'd
           the
           Nations
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           destitute
           of
           this
           Divine
           Care
           and
           Direction
           ,
           have
           been
           Tyrants
           and
           Oppressors
           :
           And
           when
           the
           Date
           of
           the
           Life
           and
           Reign
           of
           good
           Princes
           is
           ended
           ,
           at
           the
           appointed
           Period
           ,
           God
           removes
           them
           from
           a
           low
           Throne
           on
           Earth
           ,
           to
           an
           higher
           in
           Heaven
           ;
           and
           he
           takes
           off
           a
           Crown
           sharpned
           with
           Troubles
           and
           Cares
           ,
           as
           so
           many
           Thorns
           ,
           to
           set
           one
           of
           undisturbed
           Happiness
           and
           Glory
           on
           their
           Heads
           .
           This
           is
           the
           blessed
           State
           of
           just
           and
           good
           Princes
           ,
           so
           rarely
           found
           among
           Men
           ,
           that
           God
           will
           not
           only
           here
           guide
           them
           by
           his
           Counsel
           ,
           but
           lead
           and
           securely
           bring
           them
           to
           his
           Eternal
           Glory
           .
        
         
           The
           Psalm
           ,
           tho
           wrote
           by
           Asaph
           ,
           yet
           hath
           an
           apparent
           regard
           to
           David
           ;
           and
           of
           him
           as
           a
           King
           ,
           whom
           God
           had
           established
           on
           the
           Throne
           ,
           and
           prosper'd
           his
           Reign
           ,
           guiding
           the
           whole
           Course
           of
           it
           by
           the
           best
           and
           wisest
           Counsels
           ,
           the
           Words
           of
           my
           Text
           are
           meant
           ;
           which
           also
           express
           the
           firm
           Confidence
           which
           this
           Great
           King
           and
           Prophet
           had
           in
           God
           ,
           that
           to
           the
           latest
           Moments
           of
           his
           Life
           and
           Reign
           ,
           he
           would
           assist
           him
           with
           his
           successful
           
           Directions
           ,
           and
           that
           when
           his
           last
           Day
           was
           ended
           ,
           he
           would
           bring
           him
           to
           the
           Possession
           of
           a
           Glory
           infinitely
           exceeding
           all
           the
           Splendor
           and
           Magnificence
           of
           that
           Royal
           Majesty
           of
           which
           he
           must
           be
           disrobed
           .
           It
           is
           by
           these
           Considerations
           he
           supports
           and
           solaces
           his
           Soul
           ;
           which
           ,
           upon
           first
           Thoughts
           ,
           was
           vex'd
           at
           the
           Prosperity
           of
           wicked
           Princes
           ,
           who
           grew
           old
           in
           Tyranny
           and
           Oppression
           ,
           who
           daily
           increas'd
           in
           Greatness
           and
           Power
           ,
           tho
           founded
           on
           the
           Blood
           and
           Ruin
           of
           many
           Nations
           ;
           who
           triumph'd
           in
           uninterrupted
           Successes
           ,
           when
           as
           his
           own
           just
           and
           good
           Reign
           was
           perpetually
           disturb'd
           by
           the
           Wickedness
           of
           his
           own
           ungrateful
           Subjects
           ,
           or
           the
           Invasions
           of
           unjust
           Enemies
           .
           But
           when
           he
           consider'd
           that
           the
           wicked
           Counsels
           by
           which
           they
           acted
           ,
           would
           not
           always
           be
           prosperous
           ,
           for
           God
           would
           blast
           and
           confound
           them
           ;
           that
           all
           their
           Arts
           of
           Policy
           would
           fail
           for
           want
           of
           God's
           Direction
           and
           Blessing
           ;
           that
           all
           their
           Supports
           of
           Power
           would
           be
           suddenly
           broken
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Ground
           on
           which
           they
           stood
           was
           uncertain
           and
           slippery
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           would
           tumble
           into
           unexpected
           Destruction
           :
           When
           this
           good
           King
           entertain'd
           himself
           with
           these
           wise
           and
           sober
           Thoughts
           ,
           the
           Hurries
           of
           his
           Mind
           were
           presently
           compos'd
           ,
           and
           he
           no
           
           longer
           envied
           at
           the
           Prosperity
           of
           the
           Wicked
           ,
           nor
           complain'd
           that
           God
           was
           pleas'd
           to
           fill
           his
           own
           Life
           with
           Difficulties
           and
           Troubles
           .
           Whatever
           Tumults
           and
           Combustions
           disquieted
           the
           Peace
           of
           his
           Reign
           ,
           yet
           he
           enjoy'd
           an
           undisturb'd
           Repose
           within
           his
           own
           Breast
           ;
           and
           under
           God's
           Protection
           and
           Care
           ,
           he
           was
           sure
           of
           being
           inviolably
           safe
           .
           As
           long
           as
           he
           was
           led
           by
           God's
           Counsels
           ,
           which
           never
           fail
           of
           Success
           ,
           he
           knew
           certainly
           that
           neither
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           nor
           his
           own
           Person
           ,
           could
           be
           in
           danger
           .
           He
           knew
           that
           he
           should
           live
           gloriously
           ,
           and
           die
           happy
           ;
           that
           God
           would
           receive
           him
           to
           a
           greater
           Glory
           ,
           than
           what
           he
           left
           here
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           would
           only
           take
           off
           an
           Earthly
           Crown
           ,
           to
           set
           an
           Heavenly
           One
           infinitely
           more
           bright
           and
           shining
           ,
           on
           his
           Head.
           Thus
           Good
           Princes
           are
           entirely
           bless'd
           ;
           while
           they
           live
           ,
           God
           is
           not
           only
           their
           Guard
           to
           defend
           them
           ,
           but
           their
           chiefest
           Minister
           of
           State
           ,
           to
           give
           them
           the
           wisest
           and
           most
           faithful
           Counsel
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           die
           ,
           they
           go
           off
           honour'd
           and
           lamented
           by
           all
           their
           People
           :
           nor
           do
           they
           leave
           only
           a
           Glorious
           Name
           behind
           them
           ,
           but
           they
           go
           to
           possess
           a
           solid
           ,
           and
           eternal
           Glory
           ,
           which
           fadeth
           not
           away
           .
           They
           but
           step
           out
           of
           one
           Throne
           ,
           to
           ascend
           another
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           shaken
           ,
           nor
           endanger'd
           .
        
         
         
           Observ
           .
           That
           they
           are
           most
           certainly
           bless'd
           whom
           God
           loves
           ,
           and
           takes
           care
           of
           ;
           whom
           he
           leads
           by
           his
           Counsel
           through
           all
           the
           troublesome
           Passages
           of
           their
           Lives
           ;
           and
           after
           all
           Storms
           and
           Dangers
           ,
           lands
           them
           safely
           on
           the
           Shores
           of
           his
           Glorious
           Kingdom
           above
           .
           As
           he
           always
           gives
           the
           best
           Advice
           ,
           so
           they
           can
           never
           miscarry
           who
           follow
           it
           ;
           but
           if
           we
           trust
           to
           our
           own
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           pursue
           Counsels
           different
           from
           what
           he
           gives
           us
           ,
           we
           renounce
           his
           Care
           ,
           we
           refuse
           his
           Instruction
           ,
           we
           blindly
           rush
           on
           without
           him
           ,
           and
           so
           bewilder
           our selves
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           fatally
           lost
           .
           He
           knows
           what
           is
           for
           our
           Good
           ,
           and
           kindly
           directs
           us
           to
           it
           .
           He
           sees
           a-far
           off
           the
           threatning
           Danger
           ,
           and
           warns
           us
           to
           avoid
           it
           .
           He
           discerns
           what
           may
           effectually
           promote
           our
           Happiness
           and
           Safety
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           descry'd
           by
           us
           short-sighted
           Creatures
           ;
           and
           all
           his
           Counsels
           have
           a
           tendency
           to
           bring
           us
           unto
           Blessedness
           :
           and
           if
           we
           are
           led
           by
           them
           ,
           we
           shall
           not
           miss
           of
           arriving
           at
           Glory
           .
           But
           he
           who
           forsakes
           this
           sure
           Guide
           ,
           most
           certainly
           loseth
           his
           Way
           ;
           and
           is
           dismally
           benighted
           ,
           and
           falls
           down
           a
           Precipice
           into
           the
           Place
           of
           everlasting
           Night
           and
           Darkness
           .
           I
           shall
           consider
           ,
           
             
             
               1.
               
               What
               Counsel
               is
               in
               general
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Who
               the
               Person
               is
               ,
               who
               so
               graciously
               offers
               us
               his
               Help
               to
               conduct
               us
               safely
               by
               his
               Counsels
               ,
               through
               all
               the
               Temptations
               ,
               Distresses
               ,
               and
               Dangers
               of
               this
               Life
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               I
               shall
               shew
               how
               the
               Circumstances
               of
               our
               Case
               make
               it
               necessary
               for
               us
               to
               be
               counsell'd
               and
               directed
               by
               God
               ;
               and
               that
               if
               we
               do
               not
               mind
               what
               he
               says
               to
               us
               ,
               if
               we
               are
               obstinate
               and
               will
               not
               observe
               his
               Directions
               for
               our
               Happiness
               ,
               we
               must
               unavoidably
               be
               miserable
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               I
               shall
               display
               the
               blessed
               Fruits
               ,
               and
               Effects
               of
               being
               led
               by
               God's
               Counsels
               ;
               what
               Peace
               and
               Satisfaction
               of
               Mind
               there
               is
               in
               following
               his
               Guidance
               ,
               what
               Security
               in
               such
               a
               Course
               ;
               what
               inward
               Joys
               fill
               the
               Heart
               from
               these
               Thoughts
               ,
               that
               we
               shall
               be
               safe
               through
               all
               the
               Time
               of
               our
               Lives
               ,
               and
               shall
               be
               blessed
               and
               glorious
               whenever
               we
               die
               .
            
          
        
         
           1.
           
           What
           is
           Counsel
           .
           It
           is
           a
           wise
           Advice
           to
           direct
           us
           what
           is
           fittest
           to
           be
           done
           according
           to
           
           the
           Circumstances
           of
           Case
           ;
           and
           what
           may
           be
           the
           properest
           ,
           and
           most
           successful
           Means
           to
           accomplish
           the
           intended
           and
           desired
           Effect
           .
           Such
           Counsel
           all
           Kings
           want
           ,
           but
           few
           are
           so
           happy
           as
           to
           obtain
           it
           .
           Thrice
           happy
           was
           our
           Queen
           ,
           who
           was
           not
           only
           directed
           by
           her
           Counsel
           of
           State
           ,
           but
           by
           that
           of
           Heaven
           too
           .
           It
           is
           God
           the
           absolute
           Disposer
           of
           all
           Affairs
           both
           in
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           as
           universal
           Monarch
           of
           both
           Worlds
           ,
           who
           gives
           out
           Commissions
           to
           the
           Kings
           of
           the
           Earth
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           govern
           according
           to
           his
           Orders
           ,
           and
           are
           led
           by
           his
           Counsels
           ,
           they
           are
           Fathers
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           and
           publick
           Blessings
           .
           It
           is
           this
           great
           and
           wise
           God
           ,
           who
           alone
           can
           make
           any
           Nation
           flourishing
           and
           prosperous
           ,
           by
           instructing
           the
           Prince
           ,
           and
           the
           Senators
           in
           Wisdom
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           If
           we
           consider
           the
           excellent
           Perfections
           of
           
             this
             mighty
             Counsellor
          
           ,
           
           they
           all
           are
           so
           many
           convincing
           Arguments
           to
           prevail
           on
           us
           to
           observe
           his
           Instructions
           while
           we
           live
           ;
           and
           to
           have
           the
           strongest
           Confidence
           and
           Hope
           ,
           that
           being
           pursued
           by
           us
           ,
           they
           will
           make
           us
           happy
           when
           we
           die
           .
        
         
           1st
           .
           The
           Greatness
           of
           God
           gives
           Authority
           to
           his
           Counsel
           .
           We
           redily
           hearken
           to
           those
           who
           are
           
           above
           us
           ,
           and
           every
           Word
           which
           they
           speak
           carries
           a
           weight
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           is
           forcibly
           impress'd
           on
           our
           Minds
           .
           If
           a
           Friend
           adviseth
           us
           to
           what
           we
           apprehend
           may
           be
           an
           Advantage
           ,
           we
           chearfully
           receive
           ,
           and
           follow
           his
           Counsel
           :
           But
           the
           Direction
           of
           a
           Superior
           is
           a
           Command
           ,
           and
           adds
           the
           Obligation
           of
           Duty
           to
           the
           Consideration
           of
           our
           own
           Benefit
           .
           God
           then
           who
           is
           the
           greatest
           above
           all
           ,
           may
           very
           well
           guide
           all
           by
           his
           Counsel
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           not
           more
           a
           Duty
           than
           a
           Privilege
           ,
           to
           observe
           the
           Measures
           of
           his
           Conduct
           .
           Within
           this
           Circle
           our
           Queen
           was
           secure
           ,
           when
           in
           the
           Management
           of
           all
           Affairs
           ,
           she
           was
           under
           the
           Guidance
           of
           a
           Power
           infinitely
           greater
           than
           her
           own
           .
        
         
           2dly
           .
           The
           Wisdom
           of
           God
           assures
           us
           that
           his
           Counsels
           are
           not
           obnoxious
           to
           the
           least
           Mistakes
           :
           and
           that
           by
           adhering
           to
           them
           ,
           we
           can
           never
           be
           misguided
           .
           The
           greatest
           Politicians
           may
           see
           their
           truest
           Rules
           fail
           them
           ,
           and
           their
           exactest
           Measures
           broken
           ;
           for
           there
           are
           so
           many
           nice
           Circumstances
           of
           Affairs
           which
           indiscernably
           pass
           by
           ,
           and
           cannot
           be
           fore-seen
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           impossible
           for
           the
           Wisest
           to
           provide
           against
           all
           Events
           .
           The
           best-laid
           Design
           may
           be
           frustrated
           by
           very
           slight
           unthought
           of
           Accidents
           ,
           which
           could
           not
           fall
           within
           the
           prospect
           
           of
           the
           most
           careful
           ,
           and
           considering
           Designer
           .
           But
           the
           all-knowing
           God
           ,
           who
           sees
           the
           Issues
           of
           things
           ,
           before
           we
           can
           discern
           their
           Beginnings
           ,
           makes
           such
           effectual
           Provisions
           ,
           that
           nothing
           can
           interrupt
           ,
           or
           disappoint
           his
           Counsels
           .
        
         
           3dly
           .
           The
           Goodness
           of
           God
           gives
           us
           sufficient
           Security
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           not
           advise
           us
           to
           any
           thing
           for
           our
           Hurt
           ;
           but
           that
           all
           his
           Counsels
           come
           full
           charged
           with
           Blessings
           to
           us
           .
           It
           is
           condescending
           Goodness
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           instruct
           his
           Creatures
           ,
           whom
           he
           might
           have
           left
           to
           wander
           and
           perish
           in
           their
           Folly.
           Since
           then
           ,
           to
           prevent
           their
           Ruin
           ,
           he
           is
           so
           gracious
           as
           to
           advise
           them
           ,
           we
           may
           be
           certain
           that
           he
           doth
           not
           direct
           them
           to
           any
           thing
           but
           what
           is
           mightily
           conducive
           to
           their
           Welfare
           and
           Happiness
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Let
           us
           reflect
           how
           our
           weak
           and
           helpless
           Condition
           makes
           it
           necessary
           for
           us
           to
           be
           counsell'd
           and
           directed
           .
           What
           is
           the
           greatest
           among
           Men
           ,
           without
           the
           Care
           and
           Aids
           of
           the
           Almighty
           ,
           but
           a
           poor
           wretched
           Creature
           abandon'd
           to
           Misery
           ,
           and
           Despair
           ?
           When
           encompass'd
           with
           amazing
           Difficulties
           ,
           all
           his
           Presence
           of
           Mind
           is
           
           lost
           ,
           if
           God
           doth
           not
           reassure
           him
           ;
           and
           his
           Thoughts
           are
           so
           disorder'd
           and
           perplex'd
           ,
           that
           he
           knows
           not
           which
           way
           to
           turn
           himself
           ,
           nor
           what
           Knot
           he
           should
           first
           untie
           to
           loosen
           his
           Intanglements
           :
           It
           is
           only
           the
           Thought
           of
           his
           being
           under
           the
           Care
           and
           Conduct
           of
           the
           Wise
           and
           Good
           God
           ,
           which
           can
           restore
           his
           Spirit
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           fortify
           his
           Resolution
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           What
           are
           the
           signal
           Advantages
           of
           being
           protected
           by
           God's
           Love
           and
           Care
           ,
           and
           guided
           by
           his
           Counsels
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Assurance
           that
           we
           have
           of
           God's
           kind
           and
           careful
           Regard
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           will
           ,
           sutably
           to
           the
           Exigencies
           of
           our
           Case
           ,
           not
           only
           protect
           ,
           but
           counsel
           us
           too
           ,
           gives
           us
           the
           truest
           Sense
           of
           Pleasure
           in
           every
           State
           of
           Life
           .
           There
           is
           no
           Condition
           so
           prosperous
           ,
           but
           the
           Consideration
           of
           the
           Vanity
           of
           its
           Enjoyments
           ,
           or
           the
           Fears
           of
           a
           Succession
           of
           Misery
           ,
           may
           imbitter
           it
           to
           us
           .
           We
           gain
           therefore
           ,
           in
           the
           most
           flourishing
           Circumstances
           of
           our
           Days
           ,
           a
           double
           Advantage
           by
           our
           Interest
           in
           God's
           Care
           and
           wise
           Conduct
           :
           For
           the
           Experience
           of
           it
           represents
           to
           us
           those
           Blessings
           we
           enjoy
           ,
           not
           only
           as
           Pleadges
           of
           his
           Love
           ,
           and
           
           Testimonies
           of
           his
           Favour
           ,
           but
           as
           Gifts
           which
           Infinite
           Wisdom
           thinks
           meet
           to
           bestow
           on
           us
           ,
           and
           will
           teach
           us
           to
           make
           a
           right
           and
           good
           Use
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           this
           encreaseth
           their
           Value
           ,
           and
           enhanceth
           the
           Pleasures
           of
           Enjoyment
           .
           The
           Confidence
           also
           which
           we
           have
           in
           a
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           kind
           and
           indulgent
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           carefully
           managing
           all
           our
           Concerns
           for
           the
           best
           Purposes
           of
           our
           Happiness
           ,
           doth
           fence
           us
           against
           too
           anxious
           Fears
           of
           a
           Change
           of
           our
           present
           easy
           Condition
           :
           For
           tho
           we
           know
           that
           all
           things
           here
           are
           variable
           ,
           yet
           we
           are
           undoubtedly
           certain
           that
           God
           never
           alters
           in
           the
           greatest
           Revolutions
           ,
           which
           toss
           this
           lower
           World
           ,
           and
           wholly
           change
           the
           Posture
           of
           it
           .
           That
           he
           continues
           the
           same
           Care
           over
           those
           whom
           he
           loves
           ,
           tho
           their
           Condition
           is
           varied
           .
           That
           no
           Extremities
           of
           Misery
           ,
           nor
           Perplexities
           of
           Affairs
           ,
           can
           put
           his
           Wisdom
           to
           a
           loss
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           always
           able
           to
           shew
           us
           
             a
             Way
             to
             escape
          
           ;
           and
           that
           therefore
           tho
           all
           the
           Calamities
           should
           come
           upon
           us
           which
           Men
           have
           either
           suffered
           ,
           or
           do
           fear
           ,
           yet
           we
           shall
           be
           secured
           by
           the
           Benefit
           of
           Divine
           Counsel
           .
           The
           Thoughts
           and
           Hopes
           of
           this
           therefore
           can
           only
           afford
           us
           a
           solid
           Comfort
           in
           the
           deepest
           plunges
           of
           Misery
           :
           For
           what
           can
           support
           us
           in
           any
           sad
           Moments
           of
           our
           Lives
           ,
           
           wherein
           all
           things
           may
           seem
           to
           conspire
           our
           Destruction
           ,
           when
           a
           Storm
           threatens
           from
           all
           Sides
           ,
           and
           a
           wide
           Ruin
           opens
           to
           swallow
           us
           ?
           Where
           can
           we
           find
           Ground
           for
           hope
           to
           settle
           upon
           ,
           or
           from
           whence
           can
           we
           expect
           a
           Rescue
           ?
           If
           in
           so
           sad
           and
           desperate
           a
           Condition
           we
           look
           on
           all
           things
           about
           us
           ,
           we
           have
           nothing
           in
           prospect
           but
           Despair
           .
           It
           is
           the
           Sense
           of
           that
           part
           which
           we
           have
           in
           the
           Protection
           and
           Conduct
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           whose
           Power
           all
           things
           are
           subject
           ,
           and
           whose
           Wisdom
           was
           never
           perplex'd
           by
           the
           greatest
           Difficulties
           ,
           which
           can
           here
           alone
           bear
           us
           up
           from
           sinking
           under
           our
           despairing
           Thoughts
           .
           This
           Faith
           supported
           David
           ,
           Psal
           .
           62.
           1
           ,
           2.
           
           
             Truly
             my
             Soul
             waiteth
             upon
             God
             :
             from
             him
             cometh
             my
             Salvation
             .
             He
             only
             is
             my
             Rock
             and
             my
             Salvation
             :
             he
             is
             my
             Defence
             ;
             I
             shall
             not
             be
             greatly
             moved
             .
          
           And
           the
           same
           Faith
           so
           strongly
           establish'd
           the
           Heart
           of
           our
           Queen
           ,
           that
           no
           Report
           of
           Evil
           Tidings
           ,
           nor
           Appearances
           of
           Danger
           ,
           could
           once
           move
           it
           from
           its
           due
           Station
           ,
           but
           she
           firmly
           bore
           all
           Events
           with
           an
           equal
           Mind
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Apprehension
           of
           being
           guarded
           by
           God's
           careful
           Love
           ,
           and
           guided
           by
           his
           Counsel
           ,
           will
           give
           us
           that
           entire
           Satisfaction
           of
           Mind
           ,
           as
           
           we
           shall
           possess
           Ease
           and
           Joy
           within
           ;
           which
           is
           a
           Rational
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           best
           and
           purest
           Pleasure
           .
           What
           greater
           Torment
           is
           there
           ,
           than
           a
           Man
           's
           own
           unruly
           Passions
           when
           let
           loose
           ,
           which
           rage
           with
           the
           utmost
           Violence
           ?
           What
           Delight
           doth
           a
           Man
           feel
           ,
           when
           those
           Furies
           being
           quell'd
           ,
           he
           enjoys
           an
           unclouded
           Serenity
           of
           Mind
           ?
           It
           is
           the
           pleasing
           Reflections
           which
           we
           make
           on
           our
           being
           under
           the
           Conduct
           of
           a
           Good
           and
           Wise
           God
           ,
           which
           breaths
           this
           Calm
           in
           our
           troubled
           Breasts
           ,
           and
           lays
           the
           Storms
           which
           were
           rais'd
           there
           ,
           either
           by
           our
           own
           blustering
           Passions
           ,
           or
           the
           Impressions
           of
           outward
           Accidents
           :
           For
           Man
           is
           not
           only
           expos'd
           to
           all
           manner
           of
           present
           Evils
           ,
           but
           tormented
           with
           the
           Fears
           of
           greater
           to
           come
           ,
           which
           aggravates
           and
           sharpens
           the
           Sadness
           of
           his
           Condition
           :
           For
           as
           an
           Addition
           to
           his
           present
           Distresses
           ,
           he
           anticipates
           those
           Miseries
           which
           he
           apprehends
           will
           come
           upon
           him
           ;
           and
           all
           those
           Evils
           which
           he
           yet
           sees
           but
           at
           a
           greater
           distance
           ,
           are
           represented
           by
           his
           Fears
           as
           present
           in
           the
           most
           horrible
           Appearance
           .
           If
           he
           be
           therefore
           left
           wholly
           
           to
           the
           Mercy
           of
           his
           present
           Troubles
           ,
           without
           any
           Defence
           ,
           and
           hath
           no
           hopes
           of
           his
           future
           being
           prevented
           ,
           he
           cannot
           entertain
           one
           comfortable
           Thought
           :
           The
           Horror
           of
           so
           sad
           and
           dismal
           a
           Condition
           ,
           will
           eternally
           confound
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           always
           be
           distracted
           with
           his
           own
           Fears
           ;
           Prov.
           28.
           1.
           
           
             The
             Wicked
             fly
             when
             no
             Man
             pursues
             :
          
           They
           startle
           at
           the
           least
           Appearance
           of
           Danger
           ,
           and
           fly
           from
           those
           terrible
           Shadows
           which
           their
           own
           Phancies
           have
           frightfully
           drawn
           :
           They
           have
           no
           Interest
           in
           the
           Care
           and
           Counsel
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           only
           can
           help
           a
           forlorn
           abandon'd
           Creature
           ,
           and
           relieve
           him
           in
           the
           most
           deplorable
           Extremities
           :
           They
           have
           no
           Strength
           to
           oppose
           against
           the
           dreaded
           Danger
           ,
           no
           Refuge
           to
           fly
           unto
           for
           Security
           .
           Whither
           shall
           that
           Man
           go
           for
           Advice
           ,
           whom
           God
           refuseth
           to
           lead
           by
           his
           Counsel
           ?
           Where
           can
           he
           be
           safe
           ,
           whom
           God
           will
           not
           take
           care
           of
           ?
           To
           what
           Power
           shall
           he
           have
           Recourse
           to
           defend
           him
           ,
           who
           wants
           the
           Divine
           Assistance
           ?
           or
           by
           what
           Hand
           can
           be
           expect
           to
           have
           what
           he
           fears
           turn'd
           off
           from
           him
           ,
           who
           hath
           not
           the
           least
           apprehension
           that
           
           God
           hath
           a
           kind
           Regard
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           will
           safely
           conduct
           him
           thrô
           all
           the
           wild
           and
           hazardous
           Passages
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           to
           Eternal
           Bliss
           and
           Glory
           ?
           Such
           a
           wretched
           Man
           must
           necessarily
           be
           left
           to
           the
           Fury
           of
           his
           own
           fretting
           Thoughts
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Violence
           of
           the
           deepest
           Despair
           ,
           who
           not
           only
           groans
           under
           present
           Evils
           ,
           but
           is
           wrack'd
           by
           Fears
           of
           the
           Future
           ,
           without
           any
           hopes
           of
           Relief
           .
           But
           the
           happy
           Person
           ,
           who
           knows
           that
           the
           whole
           Course
           of
           his
           Life
           is
           steer'd
           by
           a
           wise
           and
           skilful
           Hand
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           kind
           as
           to
           be
           careful
           of
           his
           Welfare
           and
           Felicity
           ,
           may
           banish
           all
           Fears
           and
           troublesom
           Passions
           from
           his
           Breast
           ,
           reposing
           himself
           secure
           upon
           the
           Love
           and
           Care
           of
           his
           God.
           
        
         
           Thus
           our
           Queen
           was
           led
           by
           God's
           Counsels
           ;
           and
           though
           in
           the
           Administration
           of
           Affairs
           she
           imploy'd
           that
           admirable
           Wisdom
           with
           which
           God
           had
           endow'd
           her
           ,
           and
           fitted
           her
           to
           sway
           the
           Scepter
           of
           Three
           Kingdoms
           ,
           yet
           with
           an
           entire
           Confidence
           she
           committed
           all
           the
           Events
           of
           Government
           unto
           him
           .
           This
           made
           her
           always
           easy
           in
           her
           own
           Mind
           ,
           
           whatever
           Occasions
           there
           were
           ,
           which
           would
           have
           disquieted
           any
           Soul
           less
           firm
           than
           Hers
           ;
           and
           her
           Thoughts
           were
           ever
           compos'd
           and
           serene
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           God
           answer'd
           that
           Trust
           which
           she
           repos'd
           in
           him
           ,
           in
           leading
           her
           by
           his
           Counsels
           in
           the
           Conduct
           of
           a
           Reign
           ,
           which
           though
           alas
           but
           too
           short
           ,
           yet
           was
           very
           difficult
           ,
           and
           in
           preserving
           her
           Person
           and
           Government
           ;
           so
           when
           the
           sad
           Hour
           arriv'd
           ,
           sad
           indeed
           to
           Three
           Nations
           ,
           but
           glorious
           to
           Her
           ,
           in
           which
           a
           Period
           was
           put
           to
           a
           Life
           so
           dear
           to
           all
           good
           Men
           ,
           and
           which
           the
           Worst
           could
           not
           but
           admire
           ,
           God
           made
           good
           his
           own
           Promise
           ,
           and
           satisfy'd
           her
           Hopes
           and
           earnest
           Wishes
           ,
           in
           bringing
           her
           to
           his
           Glory
           .
           In
           the
           joyful
           Assurance
           of
           this
           ,
           the
           Great
           Soul
           took
           its
           flight
           to
           its
           Redeemer
           ,
           and
           is
           for
           ever
           with
           the
           Lord.
           
        
         
           She
           is
           gone
           ,
           and
           hath
           left
           us
           to
           our
           Sighs
           and
           Tears
           ,
           to
           bewail
           a
           Loss
           ,
           of
           which
           every
           Day
           will
           make
           us
           more
           and
           more
           sensible
           .
           
           She
           is
           retir'd
           out
           of
           sight
           ,
           and
           our
           Eyes
           will
           no
           longer
           be
           charm'd
           with
           the
           View
           of
           so
           many
           Excellencies
           ,
           as
           are
           the
           Wonder
           of
           this
           Age
           ,
           and
           will
           difficultly
           be
           believ'd
           by
           the
           Succeeding
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           found
           in
           any
           one
           single
           Person
           .
           She
           was
           weary
           of
           the
           Troubles
           which
           infest
           this
           lower
           Region
           ,
           where
           nothing
           but
           Sin
           and
           Sorrows
           dwell
           ,
           and
           silently
           withdrew
           to
           a
           safe
           and
           pleasant
           Retreat
           .
           Her
           calm
           and
           gentle
           Soul
           was
           contrary
           to
           Storms
           ,
           though
           it
           was
           never
           disturb'd
           by
           them
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           Direction
           of
           God's
           Counsel
           it
           hath
           arriv'd
           in
           a
           quiet
           and
           smooth
           Haven
           ,
           while
           looking
           on
           this
           little
           World
           ,
           it
           sees
           every
           Shore
           cover'd
           with
           the
           sad
           scatter'd
           Remains
           of
           innumerable
           Shipwracks
           of
           Princes
           and
           Nations
           ,
           whom
           God
           led
           not
           by
           his
           Counsels
           ,
           but
           left
           them
           to
           steer
           their
           own
           fatal
           Course
           .
        
         
           She
           enjoys
           not
           only
           a
           perpetual
           Peace
           ,
           and
           uninterrupted
           
             Pleasures
             for
             ever
             more
             ,
             Psal
             .
          
           16.
           11.
           after
           all
           her
           Cares
           and
           Labours
           employ'd
           for
           the
           Happiness
           of
           her
           Subjects
           ,
           
           but
           
             God
             hath
             brought
             her
             to
             his
             Glory
          
           ;
           a
           Glory
           which
           ,
           being
           above
           our
           highest
           Thoughts
           ,
           must
           necessarily
           exceed
           the
           Compass
           of
           any
           Words
           to
           express
           it
           ;
           an
           Eternal
           Glory
           which
           can
           never
           decay
           ,
           and
           in
           comparison
           of
           which
           all
           the
           Magnificence
           of
           the
           greatest
           Earthly
           Monarchs
           ,
           is
           but
           the
           Pageantry
           of
           an
           Hour
           ,
           and
           a
           transitory
           Shew
           .
           But
           though
           she
           hath
           left
           this
           World
           ,
           her
           Great
           and
           Honourable
           Name
           and
           Memory
           will
           never
           leave
           it
           ;
           that
           ,
           Immortal
           as
           her
           Mind
           ,
           will
           be
           had
           in
           
             everlasting
             Remembrance
          
           ,
           
           and
           Princes
           in
           many
           Ages
           to
           come
           ,
           will
           strive
           to
           resemble
           her
           Character
           ,
           as
           the
           most
           exact
           Pattern
           of
           an
           Excellent
           Queen
           .
        
         
           She
           was
           greater
           by
           her
           Vertues
           ,
           than
           by
           her
           Birth
           and
           Dignity
           ;
           and
           the
           Blood
           of
           Kings
           which
           flow'd
           in
           her
           Veins
           ,
           was
           one
           of
           the
           least
           Things
           which
           enobled
           Her.
           Those
           extraordinary
           Qualities
           by
           which
           she
           was
           so
           illustriously
           distinguish'd
           from
           all
           others
           among
           Men
           ,
           would
           have
           rendred
           her
           worthy
           of
           the
           greatest
           Crown
           on
           Earth
           ,
           tho
           she
           had
           not
           been
           born
           to
           one
           :
           And
           if
           she
           
           had
           liv'd
           among
           Nations
           ,
           where
           not
           distinction
           of
           Birth
           ,
           but
           the
           Suffrages
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           place
           the
           Crown
           upon
           the
           worthiest
           Head
           ,
           and
           the
           Power
           of
           Empire
           is
           conferr'd
           on
           the
           Person
           ,
           whose
           Majestick
           Presence
           ,
           and
           Great
           and
           Noble
           Mind
           ,
           recommend
           him
           as
           the
           most
           deserving
           and
           fittest
           to
           command
           others
           ,
           whom
           he
           so
           eminently
           excells
           ;
           Her
           alone
           appearance
           among
           the
           assembled
           Tribes
           ,
           at
           the
           very
           first
           sight
           ,
           would
           have
           determin'd
           the
           Choice
           of
           the
           rejoicing
           People
           .
           Never
           was
           in
           any
           finite
           Person
           ,
           such
           a
           due
           mixture
           of
           Sweetness
           and
           Majesty
           ;
           and
           Royal
           Greatness
           was
           never
           so
           equally
           lov'd
           and
           rever'd
           before
           .
           We
           saw
           ,
           with
           a
           surprizing
           Amazement
           ,
           all
           those
           manly
           Vertues
           in
           the
           softer
           Sex
           ,
           which
           we
           admire
           in
           a
           Heroe
           ;
           Wisdom
           in
           Counsels
           ,
           a
           steady
           firmness
           of
           Mind
           amidst
           all
           the
           perplexing
           Difficulties
           of
           Government
           ,
           and
           a
           Resolution
           never
           startled
           by
           the
           sudden
           appearance
           of
           any
           sad
           Accidents
           or
           unexpected
           Dangers
           .
        
         
         
           But
           Accomplishments
           of
           Nature
           have
           been
           seen
           ,
           and
           with
           wicked
           Flattery
           have
           been
           ador'd
           in
           Heathen
           Princes
           ;
           though
           the
           greatest
           Examples
           of
           them
           cannot
           ,
           by
           many
           Degrees
           ,
           reach
           the
           Height
           of
           our
           Queen
           :
           She
           excell'd
           them
           in
           all
           the
           Heroick
           Vertues
           with
           which
           God
           hath
           been
           pleas'd
           (
           that
           the
           Designs
           of
           his
           Providence
           might
           be
           effected
           )
           to
           dignify
           sinful
           Humane
           Nature
           in
           several
           Persons
           ,
           who
           neither
           knew
           nor
           acknowledg'd
           him
           .
           A
           Crown
           never
           shin'd
           so
           brightly
           before
           ,
           though
           worn
           by
           many
           Kings
           of
           the
           Christian
           Name
           ,
           because
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           so
           very
           rarely
           sparkles
           there
           ,
           hath
           never
           ,
           since
           the
           Time
           of
           David
           ,
           spread
           such
           a
           Lustre
           on
           any
           Crowned
           Head.
           
        
         
           Our
           Queen
           (
           whose
           Loss
           not
           only
           we
           ,
           but
           many
           Ages
           to
           come
           will
           deplore
           )
           was
           not
           only
           Great
           ,
           but
           truly
           Religious
           ;
           She
           had
           not
           meerly
           the
           Vertues
           of
           an
           Excellent
           Princess
           worthy
           to
           command
           Men
           ,
           but
           the
           Graces
           of
           a
           Christian
           .
           She
           had
           
           not
           the
           empty
           Title
           of
           
             Defender
             of
             the
             Faith
          
           ,
           but
           knew
           ,
           and
           heartily
           believ'd
           the
           Truths
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           felt
           their
           lively
           Influence
           on
           her
           Heart
           ,
           and
           the
           Fruits
           were
           visibly
           apparent
           in
           the
           Actions
           of
           her
           Life
           .
        
         
           She
           wore
           a
           Crown
           ,
           not
           to
           glory
           in
           the
           Pride
           of
           Majesty
           ,
           but
           to
           feel
           the
           Weight
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           the
           Regal
           Power
           did
           not
           administer
           to
           her
           the
           Luxuries
           and
           Pleasures
           of
           a
           Court
           ,
           but
           the
           anxious
           Cares
           of
           Government
           ;
           and
           when
           other
           Kings
           have
           been
           only
           solicitous
           to
           make
           the
           Throne
           easy
           and
           delightful
           ,
           and
           to
           indulge
           themselves
           in
           all
           things
           which
           the
           Licentiousness
           of
           a
           Scepter
           would
           afford
           ,
           She
           alone
           burden'd
           her Self
           with
           the
           Affairs
           of
           Three
           kingdoms
           ;
           and
           her
           constant
           Thoughts
           were
           to
           provide
           for
           the
           Welfare
           and
           Safety
           of
           her
           numerous
           Subjects
           in
           them
           all
           .
           This
           was
           her
           troublesome
           Employment
           ;
           Religion
           was
           her
           great
           and
           pleasing
           Business
           ,
           as
           those
           many
           Hours
           which
           she
           spent
           in
           Sacred
           Retirement
           ,
           and
           a
           Spiritual
           Converse
           between
           
           God
           and
           her
           own
           Soul
           ,
           did
           evidence
           .
           These
           happy
           Moments
           solaced
           her
           amidst
           all
           the
           Disquiets
           of
           her
           Reign
           ,
           and
           eas'd
           the
           Burden
           of
           that
           Crown
           which
           would
           otherwise
           have
           oppress'd
           her
           .
           As
           she
           lov'd
           her
           Lord
           Jesus
           ,
           she
           made
           him
           her
           Support
           ,
           trusted
           in
           him
           ,
           cast
           her
           Care
           upon
           him
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Direction
           of
           the
           Apostle
           Peter
           ;
           and
           her
           Faith
           and
           Hope
           in
           him
           ,
           who
           is
           King
           of
           Kings
           ,
           made
           her
           Soul
           calm
           and
           serene
           ,
           when
           threatning
           Storms
           arose
           ,
           and
           the
           Hearts
           of
           all
           the
           People
           trembled
           :
           Her
           Faith
           did
           not
           only
           establish
           her
           Mind
           ,
           but
           was
           fruitful
           in
           good
           Works
           towards
           others
           ;
           and
           that
           remarkable
           and
           distinguishing
           Character
           of
           a
           true
           Christian
           ,
           which
           could
           never
           be
           found
           in
           the
           most
           celebrated
           Instances
           of
           Ethnick
           Vertue
           ,
           was
           eminently
           discern'd
           in
           Her.
           
        
         
           She
           lov'd
           and
           did
           good
           to
           them
           who
           hated
           her
           ;
           and
           they
           that
           could
           not
           be
           her
           Enemies
           ,
           without
           being
           so
           of
           their
           Country
           too
           ,
           felt
           the
           Blessings
           of
           a
           Government
           which
           they
           so
           eagerly
           endeavour'd
           
           to
           subvert
           .
           She
           reliev'd
           their
           Wants
           ,
           who
           would
           have
           rejoic'd
           to
           see
           her
           reduc'd
           to
           the
           Condition
           of
           the
           meanest
           of
           her
           Subjects
           ;
           and
           who
           not
           only
           murmur'd
           ,
           but
           would
           have
           cut
           off
           the
           Hand
           which
           fed
           them
           .
           They
           then
           who
           regarding
           only
           their
           private
           Gain
           and
           Interest
           ,
           and
           insensible
           of
           the
           Calamity
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           triumph'd
           at
           her
           Death
           ,
           might
           yet
           with
           better
           Reason
           have
           bewail'd
           their
           private
           Loss
           in
           the
           Publick
           One
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           for
           they
           soon
           were
           sensible
           of
           the
           Decay
           of
           those
           Streams
           of
           Bounty
           which
           refresh'd
           them
           ,
           when
           the
           Spring
           was
           dry'd
           up
           .
        
         
           As
           such
           Instances
           of
           all
           Princely
           Qualities
           ,
           join'd
           with
           the
           Graces
           of
           a
           Saint
           ,
           are
           very
           extraordinary
           ,
           we
           ought
           to
           acknowledg
           them
           as
           Publick
           Blessings
           ,
           and
           most
           joyfully
           to
           praise
           God
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           favour'd
           this
           Nation
           with
           such
           Examples
           ,
           as
           very
           rarely
           appear
           upon
           Earth
           :
           We
           ought
           to
           value
           ,
           love
           and
           reverence
           their
           Persons
           ,
           to
           do
           all
           that
           we
           can
           to
           ease
           the
           Cares
           and
           Weight
           of
           a
           Crown
           ,
           by
           our
           chearful
           Obedience
           
           to
           all
           just
           Commands
           ;
           and
           by
           our
           readiness
           to
           imploy
           our
           Lives
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           we
           have
           ,
           for
           the
           Support
           of
           their
           Government
           .
        
         
           When
           God
           deprives
           a
           People
           of
           a
           Wise
           ,
           Good
           ,
           and
           Pious
           King
           or
           Queen
           ,
           we
           should
           tremble
           at
           such
           a
           dreadful
           and
           portentous
           Sign
           of
           his
           Displeasure
           ,
           as
           foreboding
           Ruin
           to
           us
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           yet
           be
           obstinately
           resolv'd
           to
           continue
           in
           Sin
           ,
           and
           refuse
           to
           be
           reform'd
           .
           We
           ought
           not
           only
           to
           bewail
           the
           Loss
           of
           so
           much
           Excellence
           in
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           Queen
           ,
           but
           to
           lament
           it
           as
           a
           National
           Calamity
           ,
           and
           to
           feel
           the
           Wound
           that
           is
           struck
           so
           deep
           into
           the
           very
           Bowels
           of
           our
           Country
           .
           When
           good
           Princes
           die
           ,
           the
           strong
           and
           healthy
           Constitution
           of
           a
           good
           Government
           is
           impair'd
           ;
           and
           the
           Life
           and
           Vigour
           being
           gone
           ,
           with
           the
           departure
           of
           the
           Universal
           Soul
           by
           which
           it
           was
           animated
           ,
           a
           Kingdom
           lies
           expiring
           ,
           when
           They
           resign
           their
           latest
           Breath
           .
           This
           draws
           Tears
           from
           all
           Eyes
           at
           their
           Funerals
           ,
           
           
             and
             not
             only
             the
             Court
             ,
             but
             a
             Whole
             Nation
             goes
             into
             Mourning
             .
          
        
         
         
           Our
           Sorrow
           should
           sharpen
           a
           just
           Hatred
           and
           Indignation
           against
           our
           Sins
           ,
           as
           the
           Causes
           of
           that
           dismal
           Calamity
           ,
           which
           occasions
           it
           .
           
             The
             Sins
          
           of
           a
           Country
           shorten
           the
           Lives
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           Fathers
           of
           it
           .
           They
           infect
           the
           Air
           of
           a
           Nation
           ;
           and
           Good
           Princes
           first
           fall
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           unguarded
           People
           perish
           in
           whole
           Multitudes
           .
           They
           destroy
           with
           a
           swifter
           Violence
           than
           the
           malignant
           Designs
           of
           Secret
           ,
           or
           the
           Swords
           of
           Open
           Enemies
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           not
           put
           our
           entire
           Trust
           in
           Princes
           ,
           though
           the
           best
           upon
           Earth
           ;
           for
           none
           but
           God
           who
           cannot
           die
           ,
           nor
           any
           of
           his
           Perfections
           ever
           decay
           ,
           but
           are
           unchangeable
           ,
           is
           strong
           enough
           to
           bear
           up
           all
           the
           Confidence
           we
           can
           put
           in
           him
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           sadly
           experienc'd
           how
           soon
           we
           may
           be
           disappointed
           in
           the
           best
           of
           Creatures
           .
           What
           great
           ,
           and
           just
           Expectations
           had
           we
           from
           the
           Reign
           of
           a
           Princess
           ,
           in
           whom
           Regal
           Power
           was
           join'd
           with
           Goodness
           ,
           
           and
           Grace
           ?
           How
           did
           we
           promise
           to
           our selves
           from
           the
           vigorous
           Constitution
           of
           her
           Youth
           ,
           not
           only
           happy
           Influences
           ,
           and
           Prosperity
           of
           her
           Government
           ,
           but
           also
           a
           long
           Continuance
           ?
           But
           how
           soon
           were
           our
           Desires
           and
           Expectations
           blasted
           on
           a
           sudden
           ?
           and
           when
           we
           did
           not
           suspect
           it
           ,
           a
           cruel
           and
           treacherous
           Disease
           in
           a
           few
           Hours
           murther'd
           all
           our
           Hopes
           .
           It
           is
           then
           in
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           alone
           ,
           who
           is
           King
           of
           Kings
           ,
           and
           Lord
           of
           Lords
           ,
           and
           who
           presides
           not
           only
           over
           Nations
           ,
           but
           the
           Persons
           of
           Kings
           themselves
           ,
           that
           we
           ought
           perfectly
           to
           confide
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           believe
           ,
           and
           trust
           in
           him
           ,
           
             be
             will
             here
             lead
             us
             by
             his
             Counsel
             ,
             and
             assuredly
             bring
             us
             to
             his
             eternal
             Glory
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A41541-e170
           
             Isa
             .
             9.
             6.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             112.
             6.
             
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             35.
             24.