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             A sermon preached at Market Harborow in the county of Leicester, on the 17th day of February, 1684/85 being the day on which our Sovereign Lord James II was there proclaimed king, &c. / by Thomas Heyricke.
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           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           at
           Market
           Harborow
           In
           the
           County
           of
           LEICESTER
           ,
           On
           the
           17th
           day
           of
           February
           ,
           1684
           /
           5.
           
           Being
           the
           day
           On
           which
           our
           Sovereign
           Lord
           JAMES
           II.
           Was
           there
           Proclaimed
           KING
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           By
           
             THOMAS
             HEYRICKE
          
           ,
           Minister
           of
           
             Market
             Harborow
          
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Samuel
             Heyrick
          
           ,
           at
           Grays-Inn-gate
           in
           Holborne
           .
           1685.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           JOHN
           Earl
           of
           Rutland
           ,
           Baron
           of
           Haddon
           ,
           Lord
           Roos
           of
           
             Hamelake
             ,
             Trusbut
          
           ,
           and
           Belvoyr
           ,
           and
           Lord
           Lieutenant
           of
           the
           County
           of
           Leicester
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
        
         
           IF
           we
           consider
           what
           pains
           Men
           will
           take
           to
           be
           exquisitely
           wicked
           ,
           what
           diligence
           they
           will
           use
           to
           serve
           the
           worst
           Masters
           in
           the
           worst
           of
           Causes
           ;
           and
           as
           if
           the
           way
           to
           Hell
           was
           not
           broad
           and
           steep
           enough
           ,
           with
           the
           sweat
           
           of
           their
           Brows
           ;
           loss
           of
           their
           Estate
           ,
           Rest
           ,
           and
           Ease
           ,
           procure
           to
           themselves
           Infamy
           ,
           Death
           ,
           and
           Damnation
           .
           It
           not
           onely
           shews
           us
           the
           Malignity
           and
           Poyson
           of
           their
           Natures
           ,
           that
           can
           never
           rest
           ;
           but
           is
           still
           throwing
           them
           sometimes
           into
           the
           Fire
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           into
           the
           Water
           :
           but
           it
           reminds
           us
           of
           that
           indispensable
           Obligation
           and
           Duty
           every
           Vertuous
           and
           Loyal
           Soul
           lies
           under
           ,
           with
           his
           utmost
           Power
           ,
           Integrity
           ,
           and
           Sincerity
           to
           serve
           his
           God
           and
           his
           King
           ,
           and
           purchase
           Heaven
           and
           Happiness
           .
           And
           since
           there
           is
           not
           the
           most
           contemptible
           Instrument
           ,
           but
           by
           our
           Enemies
           is
           made
           use
           of
           ,
           and
           hath
           his
           task
           
           allotted
           him
           ;
           some
           to
           revile
           the
           Government
           ,
           some
           to
           invent
           some
           to
           spread
           Rumours
           and
           Fears
           ;
           some
           to
           assist
           with
           their
           Heads
           ,
           some
           with
           their
           Hands
           ,
           and
           those
           with
           their
           Purses
           ;
           every
           little
           wheel
           helping
           to
           move
           on
           the
           ill
           modelled
           Fabrick
           :
           and
           since
           every
           Loyal
           Person
           hath
           an
           interest
           and
           share
           in
           his
           Prince
           ,
           every
           one
           is
           concerned
           in
           the
           safety
           of
           the
           Father
           of
           his
           Country
           ;
           in
           such
           times
           when
           he
           is
           visibly
           aim'd
           at
           by
           ill-designing
           Men
           ;
           I
           thought
           I
           might
           claim
           the
           priviledge
           of
           Craesus
           Son
           ,
           and
           cry
           
             (
             God
             )
             save
             the
             King
             !
          
        
         
           And
           I
           am
           the
           more
           emboldned
           to
           shelter
           my self
           
           under
           your
           Lordships
           Protection
           ,
           because
           though
           my
           unfitness
           for
           so
           great
           an
           Attempt
           as
           this
           might
           deter
           me
           ;
           yet
           I
           am
           assured
           the
           design
           cannot
           be
           unacceptable
           to
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           who
           have
           shewed
           so
           steady
           and
           unbyassed
           a
           Loyalty
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           worst
           of
           times
           ;
           all
           your
           Actions
           having
           carried
           that
           Spirit
           of
           Loyalty
           ,
           Worth
           ,
           and
           Grandeur
           ,
           that
           as
           they
           are
           the
           glory
           of
           this
           Age
           ,
           so
           they
           may
           be
           a
           Pattern
           for
           succeeding
           Times
           .
        
         
           How
           needful
           it
           is
           that
           every
           one
           in
           his
           several
           Station
           should
           countermine
           that
           restless
           Party
           ,
           and
           quench
           those
           Fires
           they
           incessantly
           kindle
           ;
           
           Your
           Honours
           Prudence
           must
           needs
           be
           sensible
           of
           ,
           who
           ,
           not
           onely
           are
           placed
           in
           Birth
           and
           Authority
           eminently
           above
           ,
           and
           have
           a
           true
           Prospect
           of
           those
           occurrences
           which
           we
           but
           darkly
           apprehend
           ;
           but
           having
           in
           your
           own
           Person
           set
           the
           Tumultuous
           rage
           of
           that
           Seditious
           Band
           ;
           which
           yet
           hath
           given
           a
           luster
           to
           all
           your
           glories
           ,
           the
           Rabble
           having
           no
           sense
           of
           Vertue
           ,
           but
           to
           hate
           it
           ;
           and
           there
           being
           no
           more
           a
           pregnant
           sign
           of
           true
           worth
           ,
           and
           Excellency
           than
           their
           Malice
           :
           as
           Christianity
           was
           honour'd
           by
           being
           Persecuted
           by
           a
           Nero.
           Vouchsafe
           ,
           Great
           Sir
           ,
           to
           accept
           this
           small
           Testimony
           of
           that
           boundless
           honour
           
           and
           service
           I
           have
           for
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           and
           may
           the
           Honesty
           and
           Integrity
           of
           the
           Design
           Attone
           for
           the
           other
           Faults
           ,
           since
           it
           comes
           from
           an
           heart
           full
           of
           Gratitude
           for
           former
           Favours
           ,
           and
           from
           him
           whose
           highest
           Ambition
           (
           next
           to
           serving
           his
           God
           and
           his
           King
           )
           is
           to
           shew
           how
           much
           he
           is
           ,
           My
           Lord
           ,
        
         
           
             Your
             Lordships
             most
             Humble
             ,
             and
             Most
             Obliged
             Servant
             
               THO.
               HEYRICKE
            
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             Proverbs
             21
             ▪
             1.
             
          
           
             The
             Kings
             heart
             is
             in
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             as
             the
             Rivers
             of
             Water
             :
             he
             turneth
             it
             whithersoever
             he
             will.
             
          
        
         
           THere
           is
           nothing
           more
           unworthy
           the
           Prudence
           of
           Man
           ,
           nothing
           more
           dangerous
           to
           a
           Prince
           or
           a
           Nation
           ,
           nothing
           more
           unbeseeming
           a
           Christian
           and
           derogating
           from
           the
           honour
           of
           God
           ,
           than
           for
           men
           to
           entertain
           and
           nourish
           unreasonable
           Fears
           ,
           unaccountable
           Jealousies
           ,
           and
           torment
           themselves
           and
           others
           with
           Chimaera's
           of
           their
           own
           brain
           ,
           and
           fires
           of
           their
           own
           hot
           heads
           .
           Yet
           is
           this
           sin
           no
           less
           common
           than
           destructive
           ;
           it
           seems
           to
           be
           the
           complexional
           sin
           of
           the
           Zealots
           of
           our
           present
           Age
           ;
           who
           have
           no
           better
           way
           to
           prove
           themselves
           to
           be
           
             Israelites
             indeed
          
           ,
           but
           by
           inheriting
           that
           hereditary
           disease
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           
             murmuring
             against
             Moses
             and
             against
             God.
             
          
        
         
           Sure
           if
           Content
           be
           the
           Top
           and
           Aim
           of
           
           happiness
           ,
           and
           all
           our
           Sweat
           and
           Toyle
           ,
           our
           weary
           days
           and
           wakeful
           nights
           are
           spent
           to
           procure
           it
           ;
           if
           Riches
           ,
           Honour
           and
           Glory
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           worldly
           Goods
           are
           therefore
           desired
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           supposed
           to
           be
           the
           way
           to
           Content
           ;
           so
           many
           handmaids
           to
           that
           mighty
           Queen
           .
           And
           if
           there
           be
           nothing
           that
           is
           a
           greater
           canker
           to
           Content
           than
           Fears
           and
           Jealousies
           ;
           if
           there
           is
           no
           misery
           equal
           to
           living
           in
           continual
           fears
           ,
           which
           sets
           the
           mind
           upon
           the
           wildest
           Attempts
           ,
           and
           most
           dangerous
           Projects
           to
           rid
           it self
           of
           that
           intolerable
           load
           ;
           if
           these
           are
           such
           mortal
           enemies
           to
           Content
           ,
           that
           they
           can
           never
           meet
           in
           one
           subject
           ,
           but
           bear
           an
           irreconcilable
           hatred
           one
           towards
           another
           :
           that
           man
           must
           needs
           be
           concluded
           to
           have
           forfeited
           all
           his
           Prudence
           ,
           that
           will
           entertain
           such
           a
           nest
           of
           Hydras
           in
           his
           breast
           ;
           studiously
           and
           industriously
           cherish
           and
           nourish
           them
           ,
           till
           they
           have
           shed
           that
           incurable
           venome
           into
           his
           Soul
           ,
           which
           will
           for
           ever
           blast
           all
           the
           Comforts
           and
           Joys
           of
           his
           life
           .
        
         
           Nor
           doth
           this
           evil
           terminate
           (
           as
           it
           might
           have
           been
           hoped
           )
           in
           the
           Authors
           ;
           for
           then
           the
           sin
           would
           have
           been
           but
           the
           punishment
           of
           the
           sinner
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           a
           contagious
           Disease
           ,
           
           a
           spreading
           Leprosie
           ;
           it
           seizes
           on
           the
           Neighbourhood
           ,
           and
           involves
           them
           in
           the
           common
           ruine
           .
           It
           is
           safer
           conversing
           with
           a
           man
           that
           hath
           a
           Plague-sore
           on
           him
           ,
           than
           with
           one
           that
           is
           thus
           infected
           .
           The
           one
           is
           said
           to
           have
           a
           burning
           desire
           that
           every
           one
           should
           catch
           the
           contagion
           ;
           and
           this
           shews
           his
           ,
           by
           his
           unwearied
           diligence
           to
           infuse
           his
           venome
           into
           others
           ,
           which
           if
           he
           cannot
           or
           dare
           not
           by
           discourse
           vent
           that
           Adders
           poyson
           that
           is
           under
           his
           lips
           ,
           he
           hath
           yet
           a
           way
           of
           conveying
           it
           by
           signs
           ,
           by
           down
           looks
           ,
           dejected
           countenance
           ,
           broken
           and
           interrupted
           sighs
           ,
           shaking
           of
           the
           head
           ,
           or
           holding
           up
           the
           hand
           ,
           and
           other
           such
           mischievous
           gesticulations
           ;
           so
           that
           like
           the
           Basiliske
           ,
           he
           can
           kill
           with
           the
           very
           sight
           .
        
         
           It
           hath
           not
           seldom
           been
           found
           ,
           that
           by
           fears
           and
           jealousies
           artificially
           raised
           ,
           and
           fomented
           by
           ill-designing
           men
           ,
           people
           have
           been
           frighted
           out
           of
           their
           Wits
           and
           their
           Loyalty
           :
           For
           ,
           when
           the
           thoughts
           are
           once
           set
           on
           the
           wing
           ,
           who
           knows
           where
           they
           will
           stop
           ?
           and
           what
           bounds
           can
           be
           set
           them
           ?
           especially
           ,
           in
           an
           object
           of
           fear
           infus'd
           into
           weak
           ,
           credulous
           ,
           and
           cowardly
           spirits
           ;
           then
           what
           Magnifying-glasses
           do
           they
           look
           
           through
           !
           every
           mole-hill
           becomes
           a
           mountain
           ,
           and
           every
           shadow
           a
           formidable
           monster
           ;
           till
           their
           heads
           being
           fill'd
           with
           frightful
           apprehensions
           ,
           and
           their
           hearts
           with
           Pannick
           fears
           ,
           they
           dream
           of
           nothing
           but
           Slavery
           ,
           Chains
           ,
           and
           Death
           ,
           till
           like
           Orestes
           or
           Judas
           ,
           lash'd
           with
           their
           own
           furies
           ,
           they
           have
           run
           upon
           Death
           for
           fear
           of
           meeting
           it
           ,
           as
           that
           Souldier
           that
           kill'd
           himself
           for
           fear
           of
           the
           Enemy
           .
           How
           many
           men
           have
           been
           frighted
           and
           shouted
           into
           War
           !
           as
           though
           some
           invisible
           Daemon
           took
           delight
           to
           hiss
           us
           into
           Quarrels
           ?
           How
           many
           ,
           forced
           on
           by
           their
           own
           fears
           ,
           have
           wilfully
           plunged
           themselves
           into
           greater
           miseries
           than
           ever
           they
           could
           have
           endur'd
           ,
           had
           all
           they
           themselves
           dreaded
           fallen
           upon
           them
           ?
        
         
           Indeed
           ,
           from
           seditious
           talk
           to
           seditious
           acting
           is
           but
           one
           step
           ,
           they
           seem
           to
           be
           brothers
           of
           the
           same
           womb
           ,
           one
           a
           little
           more
           grown
           than
           the
           other
           :
           When
           the
           heart
           is
           once
           inflam'd
           with
           talk
           ,
           't
           is
           hard
           to
           keep
           the
           hand
           still
           ;
           so
           that
           from
           unreasonable
           fears
           once
           infused
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           natural
           chain
           of
           Evils
           linked
           one
           upon
           another
           ,
           till
           it
           terminates
           in
           the
           bottom
           of
           Hell.
           Fear
           procures
           hatred
           and
           discontent
           ;
           that
           is
           the
           assured
           
           mother
           of
           Murmuring
           ,
           for
           fire
           cannot
           be
           hid
           .
           Murmuring
           is
           naturally
           the
           seed
           of
           Sedition
           ,
           as
           that
           is
           Rebellion
           inchoate
           ,
           and
           begun
           ;
           and
           Rebellion
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           the
           first
           cause
           of
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           the
           precipitous
           passage
           to
           Hell.
           So
           that
           mischievous
           fears
           and
           jealousies
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           commonly
           infused
           by
           the
           Devil
           ,
           or
           some
           wicked
           men
           his
           Agents
           ,
           so
           they
           terminate
           in
           Hell
           ,
           they
           run
           but
           round
           the
           circle
           and
           meet
           again
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           that
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           dearest
           to
           us
           ,
           our
           Christian
           Religion
           is
           dishonoured
           by
           these
           discontents
           and
           murmurings
           ,
           nothing
           being
           so
           contrary
           to
           the
           precepts
           ,
           intent
           ,
           and
           life
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           to
           the
           custom
           of
           the
           Primitive
           times
           ;
           to
           Love
           ,
           the
           characteristical
           note
           of
           a
           Christian
           ,
           Jo.
           13.35
           .
           and
           the
           command
           of
           being
           content
           in
           all
           estates
           ;
           nothing
           so
           derogatory
           from
           the
           Honour
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           distrust
           of
           the
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           discontent
           at
           the
           dispensations
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           ours
           are
           the
           Times
           ,
           and
           I
           need
           not
           tell
           you
           who
           are
           the
           men
           ,
           that
           are
           most
           guilty
           of
           this
           Vice
           :
           There
           are
           a
           sort
           of
           volatile
           spirits
           ,
           that
           can
           never
           rest
           ;
           men
           that
           love
           confusion
           ,
           and
           would
           sure
           have
           been
           good
           inhabitants
           of
           the
           Chaos
           ;
           
           men
           whose
           souls
           are
           too
           fierce
           and
           active
           for
           their
           bodies
           ,
           and
           pent
           up
           in
           too
           narrow
           a
           room
           ,
           with
           their
           incessant
           motion
           wear
           them
           to
           nothing
           .
           They
           have
           the
           food
           and
           look
           of
           Envy
           ;
           they
           feed
           on
           crude
           and
           noxious
           humours
           in
           a
           Commonwealth
           ;
           and
           they
           have
           the
           meager
           looks
           and
           snakes
           of
           Envy
           ,
           onely
           she
           wears
           them
           on
           her
           head
           ,
           and
           they
           in
           their
           bosomes
           .
           They
           thirst
           for
           Innovations
           and
           Changes
           ,
           and
           grow
           sick
           with
           ease
           ;
           like
           some
           fish
           that
           live
           and
           delight
           in
           the
           Cataracts
           and
           falls
           of
           water
           ,
           and
           die
           in
           still
           streams
           :
           They
           suck
           in
           ill
           news
           as
           the
           sweetest
           repast
           ;
           and
           relate
           it
           and
           add
           to
           it
           with
           such
           visible
           satisfaction
           ,
           that
           no
           Epicure
           takes
           more
           in
           his
           choicest
           Dainties
           .
        
         
           Whether
           this
           Sin
           proceeds
           from
           Pride
           and
           Conceit
           ,
           as
           there
           is
           no
           Rebellion
           but
           hath
           a
           tincture
           of
           that
           ;
           for
           every
           Rebel
           thinks
           he
           is
           fit
           to
           govern
           ;
           or
           from
           disappointed
           Counsels
           ,
           for
           Ambition
           in
           the
           mind
           ,
           is
           like
           Choler
           in
           the
           body
           ,
           once
           stop'd
           turns
           to
           poison
           ;
           or
           whether
           from
           cowardize
           and
           fear
           ,
           as
           it
           generally
           doth
           .
           From
           an
           ill
           habit
           of
           Body
           ,
           or
           an
           ill
           turn'd
           Soul
           ;
           or
           whether
           (
           which
           is
           most
           likely
           )
           they
           are
           really
           possessed
           ;
           for
           the
           Devil
           ,
           ever
           since
           
           he
           fell
           ,
           never
           found
           any
           delight
           in
           any
           thing
           but
           mischief
           ;
           I
           shall
           not
           now
           pretend
           to
           determine
           .
           This
           is
           sure
           ,
           they
           are
           like
           spiders
           that
           will
           spin
           out
           their
           bowels
           to
           make
           thin
           webs
           that
           every
           fly
           will
           break
           through
           .
           They
           are
           deservedly
           their
           own
           Tormentors
           ,
           undeservedly
           the
           Torments
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           wickedly
           and
           profanely
           the
           Scandals
           of
           Religion
           .
           So
           that
           ,
           this
           being
           so
           spreading
           and
           contagious
           a
           Disease
           ,
           it
           may
           seem
           needful
           to
           search
           what
           Remedies
           are
           most
           suitable
           to
           stop
           the
           further
           growth
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Kings
             Heart
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             These
             are
             the
             words
             of
             Solomon
             ,
             to
             whom
             God
             imparted
             the
             greatest
             share
             of
             Wisdom
             that
             any
             meer
             man
             was
             possessor
             of
             ;
             and
             as
             Proverbs
             are
             short
             sentences
             ,
             wherein
             there
             is
             much
             Wisdom
             lap'd
             up
             in
             few
             words
             ;
             so
             of
             all
             that
             ever
             were
             writ
             ,
             those
             of
             Solomon
             ,
             that
             was
             inlightned
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             are
             most
             excellent
             ;
             and
             ,
             as
             if
             when
             he
             wrote
             this
             ,
             he
             had
             had
             a
             Prophetick
             view
             of
             future
             times
             ,
             this
             seems
             design'd
             for
             such
             an
             Age
             as
             ours
             ,
             and
             like
             a
             well-drawn
             Picture
             ,
             seems
             to
             look
             upon
             all
             in
             the
             room
             ,
             and
             hath
             a
             peculiar
             prospect
             to
             our
             days
             .
             
             This
             Text
             seems
             to
             have
             reference
             both
             to
             the
             Prince
             and
             the
             Subject
             ,
             and
             the
             scope
             of
             it
             is
             on
             one
             hand
             ,
             to
             re-mind
             the
             Prince
             of
             that
             Moderation
             ,
             Justice
             ,
             Clemency
             ,
             and
             other
             Kingly
             Vertues
             whereby
             he
             should
             enoble
             his
             Reign
             ;
             since
             his
             Actions
             must
             n●eds
             be
             peculiarly
             known
             to
             God
             ,
             in
             whose
             hand
             ,
             even
             his
             Heart
             ,
             his
             Thoughts
             ,
             Designs
             ,
             and
             Intentions
             are
             .
             On
             the
             other
             hand
             ,
             it
             teaches
             the
             Subject
             that
             Quietness
             and
             Peace
             ,
             that
             Obedience
             and
             Trust
             they
             ought
             to
             have
             in
             their
             Princes
             ,
             since
             not
             onely
             by
             God
             Princes
             Reign
             ,
             but
             by
             him
             they
             are
             guided
             and
             govern'd
             ,
             and
             their
             heart
             turn'd
             whithersoever
             he
             pleases
             .
          
           
             The
             Text
             seems
             divided
             into
             three
             parts
             .
             First
             ,
             a
             Proposition
             laid
             down
             ,
             that
             
               the
               Kings
               heart
               is
               in
               the
               hand
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
            
             (
             in
             his
             power
             )
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             an
             Illustration
             of
             it
             by
             a
             simile
             ,
             (
             
               as
               the
               Rivers
               of
               water
            
             .
             )
             Thirdly
             ,
             the
             Exertion
             of
             this
             Power
             —
             (
             
               he
               turneth
               it
               withersoever
            
             ,
             &c.
             )
             Every
             word
             hath
             its
             Emphasis
             —
             
               the
               Kings
               heart
            
             —
             not
             onely
             his
             Words
             which
             are
             heard
             ,
             his
             Actions
             which
             are
             seen
             ,
             but
             this
             Heart
             ,
             an
             Abyss
             that
             no
             one
             can
             search
             ,
             a
             depth
             no
             one
             can
             fathom
             ;
             his
             very
             thoughts
             which
             no
             ear
             hears
             ,
             no
             eye
             
             sees
             ,
             nor
             can
             any
             reason
             or
             understanding
             follow
             the
             unaccountable
             wandrings
             of
             them
             ;
             all
             these
             are
             in
             the
             hand
             of
             God.
             Prudence
             or
             Modesty
             ,
             or
             other
             considerations
             can
             set
             bounds
             to
             our
             words
             ;
             fear
             ,
             honour
             ,
             or
             interest
             to
             our
             deeds
             ;
             but
             who
             ever
             yet
             could
             set
             bounds
             to
             the
             thoughts
             of
             another
             ,
             or
             what
             invisible
             and
             inexplicable
             setters
             must
             they
             be
             ,
             that
             can
             bind
             up
             the
             imagination
             .
             But
             such
             care
             doth
             God
             take
             of
             his
             Viceroys
             here
             on
             earth
             ,
             that
             ,
             not
             onely
             their
             words
             and
             thoughts
             ,
             of
             which
             cognizance
             may
             be
             took
             ;
             but
             even
             their
             heart
             ,
             their
             thoughts
             ,
             (
             the
             shop
             where
             all
             actions
             are
             forged
             )
             even
             this
             is
             in
             the
             hand
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             he
             models
             it
             and
             turns
             it
             which
             way
             ever
             he
             will.
             Among
             the
             many
             ways
             wherein
             it
             may
             be
             said
             to
             be
             in
             the
             hand
             of
             God
             ,
             I
             shall
             mention
             two
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             By
             way
             of
             direction
             .
             God
             vouchsafeth
             to
             Kings
             a
             more
             immediate
             influx
             of
             his
             Spirit
             ;
             this
             was
             seen
             in
             Saul
             ,
             whom
             when
             Samuel
             had
             Anointed
             King
             ,
             he
             told
             him
             ,
             
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               would
               come
               upon
               him
               ,
            
             1
             Sam.
             10.
             6.
             and
             it
             was
             made
             good
             ,
             1
             Sam.
             11.6
             .
             for
             when
             Saul
             heard
             the
             tidings
             of
             the
             men
             of
             
               Jabeth
               Gilead
            
             ,
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               
               came
               upon
               him
               .
            
             So
             when
             God
             had
             cast
             off
             Saul
             from
             being
             King
             ,
             and
             David
             was
             Anointed
             in
             his
             stead
             ,
             1
             Sam.
             16.
             13.
             
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               came
               upon
               David
               from
               that
               day
               forward
               ,
               and
               an
               evil
               Spirit
               from
               God
               upon
               Saul
               .
            
             God
             stamps
             something
             great
             and
             excellent
             on
             the
             Souls
             of
             Princes
             ,
             above
             those
             of
             common
             men
             ;
             he
             sets
             his
             own
             Seal
             upon
             them
             ,
             allays
             them
             nearly
             to
             himself
             ,
             and
             calls
             them
             
               Gods
               ,
               Psal.
            
             82.6
             .
             And
             since
             Angels
             are
             supposed
             to
             exceed
             men
             in
             knowledge
             ,
             not
             so
             much
             from
             the
             purity
             of
             their
             essence
             ,
             as
             from
             their
             nearness
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             being
             continually
             in
             his
             presence
             :
             with
             what
             submission
             ought
             we
             to
             obey
             the
             commands
             and
             directions
             of
             our
             Princes
             ,
             who
             are
             thus
             directed
             by
             God
             ;
             and
             how
             ought
             we
             to
             forbear
             censuring
             their
             Actions
             ,
             since
             our
             Souls
             are
             not
             elevated
             enough
             to
             know
             their
             ends
             and
             designs
             ,
             nor
             to
             see
             upon
             what
             center
             they
             turn
             round
             .
             They
             have
             lofty
             conceptions
             that
             we
             are
             not
             capable
             of
             ,
             and
             the
             scene
             of
             things
             looks
             with
             one
             face
             to
             us
             that
             are
             below
             ,
             and
             with
             another
             to
             those
             above
             .
             God
             gives
             them
             singular
             and
             extraordinary
             endowments
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             go
             in
             and
             out
             before
             his
             people
             .
             What
             common
             
             mind
             is
             able
             to
             comprehend
             the
             goodness
             ,
             clemency
             and
             tenderness
             of
             a
             good
             King
             toward
             his
             people
             .
             What
             Tongue
             is
             able
             to
             express
             that
             mercy
             ,
             so
             inherent
             to
             our
             Kings
             ,
             till
             it
             hath
             been
             almost
             fatal
             to
             them
             ;
             who
             can
             express
             that
             pity
             and
             compassion
             a
             King
             (
             a
             true
             Father
             of
             his
             Country
             )
             hath
             for
             an
             afflicted
             Nation
             .
             David
             ,
             when
             he
             saw
             the
             Angel
             that
             smote
             the
             people
             ,
             cryed
             out
             ,
             
               Lo
               I
               have
               sinn'd
               ,
               I
               have
               done
               wickedly
               ,
               but
               these
               sheep
               what
               have
               they
               done
               ?
               let
               thy
               hand
               be
               ,
               I
               pray
               thee
               ,
               against
               me
               and
               against
               my
               Fathers
               house
               ,
            
             2
             Sam.
             24.17
             .
             When
             Iphigenia
             was
             to
             be
             Sacrificed
             ,
             the
             Painter
             drew
             the
             Spectators
             grief
             with
             all
             possible
             Art
             ;
             but
             when
             he
             came
             to
             her
             Father
             ,
             he
             drew
             a
             vaile
             over
             his
             head
             ,
             it
             being
             a
             grief
             not
             to
             be
             delineated
             ;
             in
             such
             a
             manner
             may
             the
             tenderness
             of
             a
             King
             to
             an
             afflicted
             people
             be
             a
             little
             shadowed
             out
             .
             God
             who
             is
             all
             mercy
             fills
             them
             with
             mercy
             ,
             who
             is
             all
             wisdom
             ,
             gives
             them
             a
             liberal
             portion
             ,
             and
             directs
             them
             with
             his
             own
             right
             hand
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             By
             way
             of
             protection
             and
             defence
             ,
             
               the
               Kings
               heart
               is
               in
               the
               hand
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               and
               who
               shall
               tear
               it
               thence
               ?
            
             in
             that
             hand
             that
             hath
             done
             so
             many
             wonders
             ,
             that
             mighty
             
             hand
             and
             out-stretched
             Arm
             ;
             he
             that
             touches
             him
             touches
             the
             apple
             of
             his
             eye
             ,
             he
             hides
             him
             under
             the
             shadow
             of
             his
             wing
             .
             And
             though
             providence
             is
             interest
             in
             all
             things
             in
             earth
             as
             well
             as
             heaven
             ,
             in
             the
             concerns
             of
             a
             Peasant
             as
             well
             as
             of
             a
             Prince
             ,
             yet
             if
             in
             any
             thing
             it
             is
             more
             careful
             than
             other
             ,
             it
             is
             in
             the
             preservation
             of
             Princes
             .
             And
             surely
             the
             miraculous
             protection
             both
             of
             our
             late
             Soveraign
             of
             blessed
             memory
             ,
             and
             this
             our
             present
             King
             ,
             from
             open
             force
             and
             private
             Conspiracy
             ,
             hath
             sufficiently
             shewed
             the
             finger
             of
             God
             was
             there
             .
             So
             that
             the
             happiness
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             the
             safety
             of
             the
             people
             is
             in
             the
             same
             hand
             ,
             the
             same
             arm
             protects
             them
             both
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             there
             are
             too
             many
             men
             ,
             that
             seem
             to
             repine
             ,
             
               that
               the
               Kings
               heart
               is
               in
               the
               hand
               of
               the
               Lord
            
             ;
             they
             would
             have
             it
             in
             their
             own
             ;
             they
             would
             prescribe
             rules
             and
             methods
             of
             Government
             ,
             and
             all
             should
             move
             according
             to
             the
             model
             laid
             in
             their
             own
             brains
             .
             They
             that
             were
             but
             of
             yesterday
             would
             give
             Laws
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             correct
             the
             ancient
             of
             days
             ,
             and
             they
             that
             know
             not
             what
             a
             day
             will
             bring
             forth
             ,
             would
             have
             the
             guidance
             of
             Providence
             for
             future
             ages
             ,
             and
             
             prescribe
             the
             limits
             in
             which
             it
             should
             move
             .
          
           
             We
             have
             seen
             the
             times
             ,
             when
             men
             ,
             whether
             out
             of
             a
             belief
             that
             Providence
             wanted
             their
             helping
             hand
             ,
             and
             the
             wheels
             of
             it
             could
             not
             stir
             without
             their
             assistance
             ;
             or
             whether
             out
             of
             a
             distrust
             of
             the
             wisdom
             ,
             power
             ,
             justice
             ,
             or
             goodness
             of
             God
             ,
             is
             hard
             to
             determine
             ,
             had
             a
             design
             to
             alter
             the
             course
             of
             Nature
             and
             Succession
             against
             the
             Laws
             of
             God
             and
             Man
             ;
             and
             as
             if
             God
             did
             not
             know
             what
             was
             best
             for
             us
             ,
             so
             well
             as
             themselves
             ;
             as
             if
             Gods
             will
             was
             not
             the
             rule
             of
             Justice
             ,
             but
             they
             would
             call
             him
             to
             the
             Humane
             Bar
             ,
             as
             once
             his
             Vicegerent
             was
             served
             ;
             contrary
             to
             Gods
             revealed
             will
             ,
             they
             attempted
             such
             a
             piece
             of
             Injustice
             ,
             that
             the
             fairest
             Apology
             that
             can
             ever
             be
             made
             for
             it
             ,
             is
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             have
             done
             evil
             that
             good
             might
             come
             of
             it
             .
             But
             it
             is
             no
             unusual
             thing
             ,
             when
             men
             are
             denyed
             their
             requests
             at
             the
             hands
             of
             God
             ,
             because
             they
             ask
             amiss
             ,
             to
             seek
             it
             by
             evil
             means
             ;
             
               as
               Saul
            
             in
             his
             despair
             went
             to
             the
             Witch
             of
             Endor
             ,
             1
             Sam.
             28.
             that
             therefore
             we
             may
             not
             depend
             so
             much
             upon
             our selves
             ,
             and
             our
             own
             wisdom
             ,
             as
             that
             of
             God
             ,
             let
             us
             consider
             two
             things
             .
          
           
           
             1.
             
             The
             wisdom
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             whose
             hand
             the
             Kings
             heart
             is
             .
             That
             there
             is
             an
             infinite
             wisdom
             ,
             that
             runs
             through
             the
             smallest
             causes
             ,
             effects
             ,
             and
             circumstances
             ,
             and
             that
             as
             the
             Spirit
             did
             upon
             the
             waters
             in
             the
             Creation
             .
             Gen.
             1.
             it
             doth
             brood
             upon
             the
             mighty
             frame
             ,
             and
             produces
             all
             those
             various
             occurrences
             that
             happen
             in
             the
             world
             ;
             will
             appear
             to
             any
             one
             ,
             that
             with
             a
             serious
             judgment
             doth
             consider
             the
             order
             of
             things
             ,
             either
             in
             Heaven
             Gods
             Throne
             ,
             or
             in
             Earth
             his
             Footstool
             .
             'T
             is
             writ
             in
             Heaven
             in
             glorious
             Characters
             ,
             the
             Sun
             ,
             Moon
             and
             Stars
             ,
             and
             't
             is
             no
             less
             visible
             in
             this
             lower
             world
             ;
             every
             chive
             of
             grass
             sets
             it
             forth
             .
             What
             branch
             of
             it
             is
             there
             that
             we
             can
             comprehend
             ,
             and
             what
             small
             stream
             of
             it
             is
             there
             that
             will
             not
             swallow
             us
             .
             Heaven
             is
             not
             so
             much
             higher
             than
             the
             earth
             ,
             as
             Gods
             wisdom
             is
             above
             ours
             ,
             ours
             is
             not
             so
             much
             as
             a
             dust
             of
             the
             ballance
             ,
             or
             a
             drop
             to
             the
             ocean
             .
             That
             small
             weak
             knowledge
             we
             have
             ,
             is
             conveyed
             to
             us
             by
             the
             sences
             ,
             by
             species
             and
             objects
             ,
             which
             being
             received
             ,
             are
             laid
             up
             in
             the
             brain
             like
             impresses
             of
             a
             Seal
             in
             wax
             :
             from
             these
             we
             discourse
             ,
             argue
             ,
             conclude
             ,
             and
             after
             all
             our
             labour
             spent
             ,
             the
             deceitfulness
             both
             of
             the
             
             objects
             and
             of
             our
             sences
             considered
             ,
             and
             that
             neither
             any
             thing
             here
             below
             is
             capable
             of
             giving
             as
             true
             wisdom
             ;
             nor
             if
             it
             was
             ,
             were
             we
             capable
             of
             receiving
             it
             .
          
           
             It
             appears
             that
             after
             all
             ,
             our
             wisdom
             is
             but
             elaborate
             folly
             ,
             and
             all
             our
             knowledge
             but
             an
             acquired
             madness
             ;
             and
             there
             is
             not
             one
             of
             the
             lowest
             rank
             of
             Angels
             ,
             but
             is
             as
             much
             superiour
             to
             us
             in
             knowledge
             ,
             as
             we
             are
             above
             the
             vilest
             Infect
             .
             When
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             God
             knows
             all
             things
             by
             ,
             and
             in
             himself
             ,
             all
             things
             that
             were
             ,
             are
             ,
             or
             shall
             be
             ,
             without
             deceit
             ,
             imperfection
             ,
             confusion
             ,
             or
             mixture
             :
             nor
             had
             this
             his
             knowledge
             any
             beginning
             or
             increase
             as
             ours
             ,
             but
             was
             from
             eternity
             to
             eternity
             ,
             is
             the
             cause
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             contains
             all
             things
             in
             it self
             ,
             comprehends
             all
             things
             by
             one
             eternal
             immutable
             act
             of
             understanding
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             a
             moment
             :
             what
             is
             our
             weak
             knowledge
             if
             compared
             to
             this
             ,
             got
             with
             labour
             and
             toyl
             ,
             by
             discourse
             ,
             reading
             ,
             and
             other
             helps
             ;
             blind
             and
             uncertain
             ,
             transitory
             and
             fading
             ,
             and
             at
             best
             of
             little
             use
             ,
             of
             lesser
             extent
             ,
             and
             least
             perfection
             .
          
           
             But
             that
             which
             comes
             nearer
             to
             our
             present
             purpose
             ,
             will
             be
             the
             consideration
             of
             
             the
             wisdom
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             dispensations
             of
             Providence
             ,
             which
             produces
             great
             and
             glorious
             designs
             ,
             beyond
             the
             reach
             ,
             thought
             ,
             &
             imaginations
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             contrary
             many
             times
             to
             their
             designs
             ;
             not
             unlike
             a
             skilful
             Architect
             ,
             when
             the
             Scheme
             of
             the
             building
             being
             contrived
             and
             modelled
             in
             his
             careful
             thoughts
             ,
             allots
             to
             the
             workmen
             their
             several
             tasks
             ,
             without
             making
             them
             acquainted
             with
             the
             grounds
             and
             reasons
             of
             it
             .
             Those
             men
             whom
             God
             ordains
             to
             bring
             his
             sacred
             purposes
             to
             pass
             ,
             at
             the
             same
             time
             perhaps
             have
             designs
             of
             their
             own
             ,
             and
             yet
             unknown
             to
             themselves
             ,
             are
             the
             instruments
             of
             his
             holy
             will.
             This
             was
             visibly
             seen
             all
             along
             in
             the
             life
             of
             Joseph
             ,
             each
             Agent
             had
             his
             design
             apart
             :
             no
             one
             trouble
             that
             fell
             upon
             the
             neck
             of
             the
             other
             ,
             but
             might
             have
             been
             to
             a
             natural
             eye
             looked
             on
             as
             a
             signal
             judgment
             ;
             yet
             all
             of
             them
             workt
             together
             the
             most
             unparellel'd
             instance
             of
             heavenly
             wisdom
             ;
             the
             advancement
             of
             Joseph
             ,
             the
             safety
             of
             his
             Fathers
             Family
             ,
             and
             the
             bringing
             them
             into
             Aegypt
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             the
             promised
             Canaan
             .
             The
             Caldeans
             besiege
             Jerusalem
             and
             take
             it
             ,
             and
             carry
             away
             that
             miserable
             Nation
             captive
             :
             the
             increasing
             their
             
             Dominion
             ,
             and
             filling
             themselves
             with
             spoil
             was
             that
             which
             stimulated
             them
             on
             ,
             but
             God's
             secret
             design
             was
             to
             punish
             that
             Idolatrous
             Nation
             ,
             and
             to
             fulfil
             his
             purpose
             so
             long
             foretold
             by
             his
             holy
             Prophets
             .
             Let
             Vespacian
             besiege
             Jerusalem
             ,
             and
             reduce
             to
             ruinous
             heaps
             that
             City
             of
             God
             ,
             let
             him
             triumph
             in
             the
             Conquest
             of
             millions
             of
             that
             presuming
             ,
             stubborn
             ,
             and
             senceless
             people
             :
             He
             ,
             carried
             on
             by
             rage
             and
             ambition
             ,
             undertakes
             it
             ;
             but
             God
             had
             a
             farther
             design
             ,
             and
             made
             him
             his
             Scourge
             ,
             to
             punish
             that
             execrable
             people
             ,
             to
             fulfill
             the
             Prophesie
             of
             our
             blessed
             Saviour
             ,
             Mat.
             24.2
             .
             and
             to
             revenge
             the
             innocent
             Bloud
             of
             his
             well-beloved
             Son
             on
             that
             cursed
             Nation
             ;
             nay
             ,
             as
             the
             highest
             piece
             of
             Wisdom
             ,
             God
             can
             bring
             even
             good
             out
             of
             evil
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             looked
             upon
             as
             the
             most
             dreadful
             judgment
             ,
             becomes
             in
             the
             end
             the
             greatest
             mercy
             .
             Attila
             from
             the
             farthest
             North
             ,
             brings
             an
             inundation
             of
             Goths
             into
             Italy
             ,
             and
             over
             runs
             all
             Christian
             Nations
             ;
             the
             holy
             men
             ,
             even
             of
             those
             times
             look'd
             upon
             this
             as
             an
             unparellel'd
             Judgment
             ,
             but
             God
             designed
             and
             brought
             other
             things
             to
             pass
             ;
             and
             whereas
             they
             thought
             all
             Religion
             and
             Learning
             was
             buried
             under
             
             the
             ruines
             of
             the
             Roman
             Empire
             .
             God
             made
             those
             Barbarians
             a
             Scourge
             to
             Luxurious
             Rome
             ,
             then
             buried
             in
             Vice
             ,
             Sensuality
             ,
             and
             Effeminacy
             ,
             and
             what
             was
             the
             greatest
             ,
             his
             Wisdom
             ordered
             those
             Conquerours
             to
             be
             over
             come
             by
             those
             they
             had
             conquer'd
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             converted
             to
             Christianity
             .
          
           
             Men
             design
             one
             thing
             and
             God
             another
             ;
             they
             contrive
             ,
             but
             God
             brings
             to
             pass
             ;
             at
             what
             time
             ,
             in
             what
             manner
             ,
             and
             to
             what
             end
             he
             himself
             best
             pleases
             .
             
               O
               the
               depth
               of
               the
               riches
               both
               of
               the
               wisdom
               and
               knowledge
               of
               God
               ,
               How
               unsearchable
               are
               his
               judgments
               ,
               and
               his
               ways
               past
               finding
               out
               ;
               For
               who
               hath
               known
               the
               mind
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               or
               who
               hath
               been
               his
               councellor
               ,
               or
               who
               hath
               first
               given
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               it
               shall
               be
               recompenced
               to
               him
               again
               ,
               for
               of
               him
               ,
               and
               to
               him
               and
               through
               him
               are
               all
               things
               to
               whom
               be
               honour
               and
               glory
               for
               ever
               and
               ever
               .
            
             Rom.
             11.33
             .
             I
             am
             apt
             to
             believe
             ,
             the
             not
             understanding
             and
             weighing
             this
             wisdom
             of
             Providence
             ,
             or
             the
             impatience
             of
             mens
             spirits
             ,
             that
             will
             not
             stand
             still
             and
             see
             the
             Salvation
             of
             God
             ;
             will
             not
             wait
             the
             leisure
             of
             Providence
             ,
             but
             judge
             and
             censure
             it
             before-hand
             ;
             hath
             been
             the
             cause
             of
             so
             many
             errours
             in
             judgment
             ,
             and
             
             so
             many
             worse
             in
             practice
             .
             For
             we
             would
             have
             things
             move
             as
             fast
             as
             our
             thoughts
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             method
             that
             best
             pleaseth
             us
             .
             He
             that
             looks
             carelesly
             and
             superficially
             upon
             Providence
             ,
             is
             like
             the
             blind
             man
             our
             Saviour
             cured
             ,
             Mark
             8.24
             .
             
               that
               saw
               men
               as
               Trees
               walking
               .
            
             But
             the
             deeper
             he
             searches
             ,
             the
             more
             satisfaction
             he
             finds
             ,
             till
             he
             sees
             every
             thing
             clearly
             .
             And
             he
             that
             with
             impatience
             looks
             upon
             it
             ,
             finds
             things
             abortive
             ,
             and
             his
             mind
             is
             lost
             in
             the
             number
             of
             possible
             events
             .
             For
             take
             the
             actions
             of
             Providence
             separately
             ,
             and
             they
             seem
             irregular
             ,
             disorderly
             ,
             and
             confused
             ;
             like
             Tapestry
             in
             broken
             pieces
             ;
             but
             put
             the
             parts
             together
             ,
             and
             they
             will
             shew
             their
             beauty
             ,
             and
             discover
             their
             genuine
             and
             surprizing
             symmetry
             .
             We
             know
             not
             now
             what
             blessings
             lye
             in
             the
             womb
             of
             Providence
             for
             us
             ;
             why
             should
             we
             anticipate
             our
             misery
             by
             our
             fears
             ,
             and
             torment
             our selves
             before
             the
             time
             ,
             for
             those
             things
             that
             may
             never
             come
             .
             For
             we
             are
             as
             oft
             deceived
             in
             our
             fears
             ,
             as
             we
             are
             in
             our
             hopes
             .
             'T
             is
             sure
             ,
             our
             Prudence
             as
             well
             as
             our
             duty
             to
             settle
             our
             minds
             upon
             God
             ,
             to
             leave
             all
             to
             his
             infinite
             wisdom
             ,
             who
             will
             order
             all
             things
             for
             our
             good
             ,
             much
             better
             than
             we
             could
             our selves
             .
          
           
           
             The
             next
             thing
             which
             more
             peculiarly
             belongs
             to
             the
             Text
             ,
             is
             the
             power
             of
             God
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             signifying
             his
             power
             ,
             which
             we
             render
             his
             hand
             .
             This
             is
             sure
             ,
             what
             ever
             the
             infinite
             wisdom
             of
             God
             orders
             ,
             the
             infinite
             power
             of
             God
             brings
             to
             pass
             ;
             which
             is
             so
             great
             ,
             that
             it
             cannot
             be
             restrained
             to
             ,
             or
             censured
             by
             our
             weak
             imaginations
             :
             nor
             must
             we
             think
             that
             that
             is
             impossible
             with
             God
             ,
             which
             to
             our
             weak
             capacities
             seem
             so
             .
             For
             if
             there
             be
             many
             actions
             of
             men
             ,
             of
             which
             beasts
             are
             supposed
             to
             have
             no
             knowledge
             ,
             nor
             can
             comprehend
             the
             manner
             how
             ,
             or
             the
             reason
             why
             they
             were
             acted
             ;
             why
             should
             we
             expect
             to
             know
             the
             extent
             of
             Gods
             power
             ,
             since
             there
             is
             an
             infinitely
             greater
             distance
             between
             the
             God
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             the
             wisest
             of
             the
             sons
             of
             men
             ,
             than
             there
             is
             between
             the
             best
             of
             men
             and
             the
             vilest
             Creature
             .
             So
             that
             were
             we
             in
             greater
             slavery
             than
             the
             Jews
             under
             the
             Brick-kills
             of
             Aegypt
             ,
             in
             greater
             straights
             than
             they
             at
             the
             Red-Sea
             ,
             when
             the
             Mountains
             hemmed
             them
             in
             on
             both
             sides
             ,
             the
             Sea
             was
             before
             ,
             and
             their
             enemies
             behind
             :
             did
             all
             humane
             helps
             fail
             ,
             and
             we
             were
             left
             a
             secure
             bait
             for
             destruction
             .
             Yet
             the
             same
             God
             that
             parted
             the
             Red-Sea
             ,
             could
             make
             a
             
             passage
             for
             our
             escape
             ,
             and
             bring
             us
             out
             by
             wondrous
             means
             beyond
             our
             hopes
             .
             For
             his
             arm
             is
             not
             shortned
             ,
             but
             his
             hand
             is
             stretched
             out
             still
             .
             And
             we
             have
             reason
             to
             believe
             so
             ,
             when
             we
             consider
             that
             nothing
             is
             done
             but
             by
             this
             infinite
             power
             ,
             and
             nothing
             can
             be
             acted
             against
             it
             .
             The
             highest
             Angels
             stand
             upon
             the
             brink
             of
             nothing
             ;
             and
             did
             God
             leave
             them
             to
             themselves
             but
             one
             moment
             ,
             they
             would
             fall
             into
             that
             gulph
             from
             whence
             of
             themselves
             they
             could
             never
             get
             out
             :
             for
             ,
             as
             their
             passage
             from
             Nothing
             to
             Being
             was
             by
             an
             infinite
             power
             creating
             ,
             so
             their
             Fall
             from
             Being
             to
             Nothing
             ▪
             again
             ,
             would
             necessarily
             follow
             ,
             without
             an
             infinite
             power
             preserving
             .
             Nay
             ,
             not
             all
             the
             power
             of
             Angels
             ,
             wit
             of
             Men
             ,
             and
             industry
             of
             all
             Creatures
             joyned
             together
             ,
             could
             preserve
             a
             worm
             one
             moment
             without
             an
             influx
             of
             Being
             from
             God
             :
             they
             would
             be
             as
             unable
             to
             preserve
             it
             ,
             as
             to
             create
             one
             anew
             .
             The
             
               Nodus
               perpetuitatis
            
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             called
             by
             Plato
             ,
             is
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             God.
             But
             as
             this
             power
             of
             God
             is
             the
             cause
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             acts
             in
             all
             things
             ,
             so
             nothing
             can
             act
             against
             it
             ,
             all
             our
             endeavours
             are
             as
             vain
             ,
             as
             that
             mans
             would
             be
             that
             strove
             to
             stop
             a
             
             ship
             under
             sail
             ,
             by
             setting
             his
             shoulders
             to
             the
             side
             .
             Pharaoh
             may
             harden
             his
             heart
             and
             not
             let
             the
             people
             of
             Israel
             go
             ;
             but
             they
             shall
             at
             last
             be
             brought
             out
             by
             an
             high
             hand
             .
             Josephs
             Brethren
             may
             think
             ,
             by
             their
             selling
             him
             to
             the
             Ishmaelites
             ,
             they
             had
             eluded
             the
             succession
             of
             his
             Prophetical
             Dreams
             ,
             but
             that
             way
             they
             took
             for
             his
             ruine
             ,
             shall
             be
             turned
             to
             his
             advancement
             .
             So
             that
             as
             this
             power
             of
             God
             administers
             matter
             of
             comfort
             ,
             since
             all
             things
             are
             acted
             by
             it
             ,
             and
             nothing
             but
             by
             its
             permission
             ;
             so
             it
             shows
             the
             desperation
             of
             those
             men
             that
             will
             fight
             against
             God
             ,
             and
             strike
             at
             him
             through
             his
             King
             on
             earth
             ,
             as
             Witches
             kill
             by
             Effigie
             .
          
           
             We
             have
             thus
             seen
             ,
             
               that
               the
               heart
               of
               our
               King
               is
               in
               the
               hand
               of
               God
               ,
            
             and
             there
             let
             us
             leave
             it
             ,
             as
             in
             a
             sacred
             Treasure-house
             ,
             and
             come
             to
             the
             next
             particular
             ,
             the
             simile
             by
             which
             it
             is
             illustrated
             .
          
           
             
               As
               the
               rivers
               of
               water
            
             ,
             some
             take
             it
             thus
             ,
             that
             God
             rules
             the
             heart
             of
             Kings
             as
             he
             doth
             the
             Rivers
             of
             waters
             ;
             and
             we
             are
             assured
             ,
             
               that
               God
               hath
               set
               them
               their
               bounds
               ,
               which
               they
               shall
               not
               pass
               ,
               nor
               turn
               again
               to
               cover
               the
               earth
               ,
            
             Psal.
             104.9
          
           
             And
             that
             merciless
             and
             restless
             Element
             the
             
             Sea
             ,
             hath
             its
             limits
             ,
             
               hitherto
               shalt
               thou
               come
               and
               no
               farther
               ,
               and
               here
               shall
               thy
               proud
               waves
               be
               stoped
               ,
               Job
            
             38.11
             .
             Nothing
             is
             more
             rapid
             and
             furious
             than
             water
             ,
             and
             nothing
             more
             head-strong
             than
             the
             thoughts
             of
             men
             ;
             both
             of
             them
             are
             deaf
             to
             reason
             and
             intreaty
             ,
             and
             both
             of
             them
             scorn
             a
             curb
             or
             bridle
             .
             What
             will
             not
             water
             overflow
             ?
             and
             what
             will
             not
             our
             thoughts
             bear
             down
             ?
             so
             that
             since
             the
             Element
             of
             water
             is
             supposed
             by
             Philosophers
             to
             be
             higher
             than
             the
             Earth
             ,
             the
             finger
             of
             God
             is
             seen
             in
             setting
             its
             bounds
             that
             it
             doth
             not
             overflow
             it
             :
             and
             the
             same
             wonder
             is
             shown
             in
             our
             thoughts
             ,
             which
             though
             they
             continually
             tower
             above
             ,
             yet
             God
             hath
             bridled
             them
             so
             ,
             that
             they
             do
             not
             drown
             the
             little
             world
             of
             Man.
             Both
             water
             and
             thoughts
             are
             things
             extreamly
             fluid
             ,
             and
             require
             a
             solid
             body
             to
             contain
             them
             ,
             and
             God
             hath
             took
             care
             of
             them
             both
             .
             So
             that
             in
             this
             sence
             ,
             
               the
               Kings
               heart
               is
               in
               the
               hand
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               he
               hath
               set
               it
               bounds
               and
               limits
               ,
               he
               fills
               it
               with
               the
               dew
               of
               heaven
               ,
               and
               with
               water
               of
               life
               from
               himself
               ,
               who
               is
               the
               fountain
               ;
               and
               orders
               that
               he
               should
               refresh
               the
               thirsty
               parts
               of
               the
               earth
               ,
               and
               chear
               and
               make
               glad
               the
               weary
               ,
            
             as
             the
             Psalmist
             in
             
             the
             104.10
             .
             expresses
             ,
             
               he
               sendeth
               the
               springs
               into
               the
               valleys
               ,
               which
               run
               among
               the
               hills
               ,
               they
               give
               drink
               to
               every
               beast
               of
               the
               field
               ,
               and
               the
               wild
               asses
               quench
               their
               thirst
               ,
               by
               them
               shall
               the
               fowles
               of
               the
               air
               have
               their
               habitation
               which
               sing
               among
               the
               branches
               .
            
             Our
             King
             under
             God
             is
             the
             dispenser
             of
             happiness
             ,
             our
             happiness
             is
             bound
             up
             in
             him
             .
             God
             only
             hath
             made
             this
             difference
             ,
             God
             is
             the
             fountain
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             the
             stream
             .
          
           
             Others
             ,
             with
             more
             reason
             ,
             suppose
             this
             simile
             to
             be
             took
             from
             skilful
             Husbandmen
             ,
             which
             in
             those
             dry
             Southern
             Countries
             where
             water
             was
             precious
             ,
             used
             to
             draw
             Rivers
             and
             Streams
             from
             their
             wonted
             passages
             ,
             by
             artificial
             Channels
             &
             Cuts
             into
             thirsty
             grounds
             ,
             refreshing
             ,
             cherishing
             ,
             and
             making
             them
             fruitful
             .
             The
             experience
             that
             not
             onely
             small
             ,
             but
             mighty
             Rivers
             can
             thus
             be
             drawn
             to
             leave
             their
             former
             Bed
             ,
             to
             seek
             a
             new
             one
             ;
             Babylon
             ,
             once
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             dearly
             bought
             ;
             which
             being
             by
             its
             scituation
             upon
             the
             Euphrates
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             chief
             Rivers
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             impregnable
             ,
             yet
             saw
             by
             several
             Cuts
             and
             new
             Rivers
             made
             by
             the
             Medes
             and
             Persians
             ,
             her
             streams
             drawn
             away
             ,
             and
             the
             enemy
             enter
             her
             by
             the
             Rivers
             dry
             and
             
             forsaken
             Channel
             .
             So
             that
             God
             can
             draw
             away
             the
             heart
             of
             a
             King
             from
             its
             natural
             Channel
             to
             do
             good
             ,
             turn
             the
             stream
             of
             his
             thoughts
             ,
             against
             even
             his
             will
             ,
             design
             ,
             and
             intent
             ,
             to
             nourish
             and
             cherish
             that
             which
             of
             its
             own
             bent
             ,
             and
             naturally
             ,
             it
             would
             never
             have
             done
             .
          
           
             And
             since
             water
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             fluid
             body
             ,
             and
             naturally
             by
             its
             own
             weight
             tends
             to
             the
             center
             ,
             yet
             by
             the
             help
             of
             Art
             ,
             can
             contrary
             to
             its
             own
             Nature
             ,
             be
             made
             to
             ascend
             ,
             and
             be
             carried
             to
             high
             and
             far
             distant
             places
             :
             so
             can
             mans
             heart
             ,
             which
             naturally
             tends
             to
             evil
             ,
             crawles
             on
             the
             ground
             ,
             and
             like
             the
             Serpent
             licks
             the
             dust
             ,
             be
             made
             by
             God
             to
             fly
             up
             to
             heaven
             and
             take
             it
             by
             force
             .
             So
             that
             could
             we
             suppose
             ,
             that
             the
             heart
             of
             a
             King
             was
             naturally
             cruel
             ,
             unjust
             ,
             and
             tyrannical
             ,
             (
             which
             God
             be
             praised
             we
             of
             all
             Nations
             have
             no
             reason
             to
             do
             )
             yet
             we
             are
             assured
             ,
             it
             is
             in
             the
             hand
             of
             God
             ,
             he
             can
             turn
             it
             contrary
             to
             its
             nature
             ,
             make
             it
             ascend
             ,
             fill
             it
             with
             all
             heavenly
             vertues
             ,
             and
             in
             one
             moment
             make
             as
             great
             a
             change
             ,
             as
             there
             was
             between
             Saul
             the
             Persecutor
             ,
             and
             Paul
             the
             Preacher
             .
             So
             that
             were
             all
             our
             fears
             just
             ,
             which
             wicked
             and
             unreasonable
             men
             
             suggest
             ,
             which
             those
             private
             and
             hidden
             Traytors
             intimate
             ;
             yet
             what
             reason
             have
             we
             to
             despond
             ,
             while
             we
             have
             a
             God
             of
             infinite
             wisdom
             ,
             power
             ,
             and
             mercy
             to
             depend
             upon
             .
          
           
             But
             blessed
             be
             God
             ,
             we
             have
             all
             the
             assurances
             that
             an
             indulgent
             Prince
             can
             give
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             that
             neither
             our
             Religion
             ,
             nor
             our
             Liberties
             shall
             be
             violated
             ;
             never
             so
             undeserving
             a
             Nation
             had
             such
             a
             prospect
             of
             unmerited
             blessings
             .
             We
             have
             another
             Phenix
             sprung
             out
             of
             the
             ashes
             of
             the
             former
             ;
             a
             Prince
             that
             hath
             lived
             by
             continued
             and
             successive
             wonders
             of
             Providence
             ,
             by
             Land
             and
             by
             Sea
             ,
             at
             home
             and
             abroad
             :
             his
             life
             and
             heart
             was
             in
             the
             hand
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             neither
             
               the
               rage
               of
               the
               waves
            
             ,
             nor
             the
             madness
             of
             the
             people
             could
             tear
             him
             thence
             .
             A
             Prince
             that
             hath
             been
             thus
             the
             care
             of
             Providence
             ,
             is
             sure
             in
             infinite
             wisdom
             reserved
             for
             great
             Actions
             and
             glorious
             times
             .
             What
             may
             not
             we
             hope
             for
             from
             the
             Son
             of
             a
             Martyr
             ?
          
           
             This
             brings
             me
             to
             the
             last
             particular
             ,
             
               God
               turns
               it
            
             ,
             &c.
             
             This
             is
             the
             wheel
             of
             Providence
             ,
             upon
             which
             all
             our
             thoughts
             turn
             round
             ;
             we
             would
             fain
             look
             into
             futurity
             ,
             
             but
             it
             is
             a
             book
             that
             no
             one
             can
             open
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             lock'd
             up
             among
             the
             Secrets
             of
             the
             Almighty
             .
             We
             would
             know
             the
             events
             of
             time
             to
             come
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             a
             boundless
             Ocean
             ,
             an
             unfathomable
             Abysse
             ,
             where
             all
             our
             Reason
             is
             ship-wrack'd
             and
             sunk
             .
             To
             satisfie
             therefore
             our
             thoughts
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             not
             run
             upon
             needless
             curiosities
             ,
             I
             shall
             undertake
             to
             shew
             how
             God
             will
             deal
             with
             us
             .
             And
             to
             that
             end
             ,
             lay
             down
             two
             Propositions
             ,
             from
             which
             any
             one
             may
             gather
             the
             consequence
             .
             And
             since
             the
             stress
             seems
             to
             lye
             upon
             the
             word
             (
             will
             )
             
               he
               turneth
               it
               whether
               soover
               he
               will.
            
             The
             first
             shall
             be
             ;
             That
             God
             always
             wills
             us
             good
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             nothing
             hinders
             him
             from
             doing
             good
             but
             sin
             .
          
           
             God
             is
             eternally
             ,
             essentially
             good
             ,
             the
             author
             of
             all
             good
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             streams
             of
             goodness
             that
             water
             the
             world
             owe
             their
             original
             to
             him
             .
             And
             as
             he
             is
             good
             ,
             and
             fills
             all
             things
             living
             with
             plenteousness
             ,
             so
             he
             always
             wills
             good
             to
             us
             ;
             
               not
               the
               death
               of
               a
               sinner
               ,
               but
               that
               he
               should
               turn
               and
               live
               .
            
             He
             uses
             all
             Methods
             and
             Topicks
             of
             perswasion
             to
             invite
             us
             to
             ,
             and
             for
             our
             good
             ,
             and
             when
             we
             refuse
             ,
             his
             holy
             Spirit
             goes
             sad
             away
             .
             We
             see
             it
             in
             every
             object
             ,
             feel
             it
             in
             every
             blessing
             ,
             
             and
             speak
             it
             in
             every
             breath
             we
             draw
             :
          
           
             Nor
             is
             there
             any
             thing
             that
             stops
             the
             current
             of
             his
             goodness
             but
             our
             sins
             ,
             they
             are
             the
             clouds
             that
             hinder
             this
             Sun
             from
             arising
             upon
             us
             with
             healing
             in
             his
             wings
             .
             Sin
             is
             that
             which
             is
             enmity
             toward
             God
             ,
             and
             which
             he
             cannot
             see
             with
             allowance
             .
             The
             dreadful
             effects
             of
             sin
             were
             early
             seen
             in
             the
             Creation
             ;
             no
             sooner
             was
             sin
             acted
             ,
             but
             a
             curse
             followed
             ,
             as
             naturally
             as
             the
             effect
             doth
             the
             cause
             ;
             a
             dreadful
             and
             contagious
             curse
             fell
             not
             only
             upon
             the
             actors
             ,
             but
             on
             the
             whole
             creation
             ;
             which
             hath
             continued
             in
             an
             in-unterrupted
             line
             to
             our
             days
             ,
             which
             no
             changes
             could
             alter
             ,
             nor
             no
             time
             devour
             .
             And
             that
             misery
             is
             now
             our
             portion
             ,
             that
             in
             sorrow
             we
             must
             eat
             our
             bread
             ,
             we
             owe
             it
             still
             to
             that
             fatal
             cause
             .
             That
             one
             breach
             of
             the
             Law
             was
             such
             a
             sea
             breach
             ,
             that
             it
             let
             in
             an
             ocean
             of
             miseries
             ,
             which
             not
             all
             our
             labour
             ever
             since
             could
             get
             out
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             God
             never
             punishes
             till
             we
             have
             sin'd
             ,
             and
             then
             unwillingly
             too
             ,
             and
             not
             till
             he
             hath
             used
             all
             ways
             to
             reduce
             us
             .
             Judgments
             are
             wrested
             out
             of
             his
             hand
             by
             our
             importunate
             and
             loud
             crying
             sins
             .
             So
             that
             as
             men
             cheerfully
             and
             readily
             go
             about
             that
             
             to
             which
             their
             nature
             inclines
             them
             ;
             but
             with
             reluctancy
             and
             ill
             will
             to
             that
             which
             is
             against
             their
             temper
             ;
             so
             God
             who
             is
             goodness
             ,
             and
             whose
             mercy
             is
             over
             all
             his
             works
             ,
             showrs
             down
             blessings
             with
             a
             liberal
             hand
             ,
             but
             dispenses
             Judgments
             sparingly
             ,
             with
             grief
             and
             sorrow
             ,
             &
             washes
             even
             the
             wounds
             he
             makes
             ,
             as
             Christ
             did
             at
             Jerusalem
             with
             his
             tears
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             would
             he
             know
             how
             God
             will
             deal
             with
             us
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             need
             of
             having
             recourse
             to
             the
             hidden
             book
             of
             the
             Stars
             with
             Astrologers
             ,
             or
             to
             deceitful
             prophesies
             ,
             with
             the
             inquisitive
             and
             credulous
             ,
             or
             to
             Endor
             with
             Saul
             ;
             the
             way
             is
             short
             ,
             and
             the
             labour
             small
             ;
             let
             us
             search
             our
             own
             Consciences
             ,
             that
             is
             an
             unerring
             book
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             lines
             are
             written
             in
             truth
             ;
             't
             is
             the
             only
             book
             of
             fate
             we
             need
             ,
             't
             is
             without
             deceit
             or
             fraud
             ,
             and
             will
             plainly
             tell
             us
             what
             we
             merit
             ;
             't
             is
             like
             the
             righteous
             man
             bold
             as
             a
             Lion
             ,
             it
             knows
             not
             bribes
             ,
             and
             it
             fears
             not
             threatnings
             ,
             it
             will
             speak
             ,
             and
             it
             will
             be
             heard
             in
             the
             greatest
             hurry
             of
             business
             or
             delights
             .
             Would
             we
             know
             how
             God
             will
             deal
             with
             the
             Nation
             ?
             't
             is
             not
             hard
             to
             determine
             .
             View
             the
             crying
             sins
             and
             iniquities
             ,
             the
             scarlet
             and
             crimson
             sins
             that
             have
             overspread
             the
             face
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             what
             do
             these
             merit
             at
             the
             hand
             of
             a
             just
             God
             without
             
             repentance
             ;
             a
             sinful
             Nation
             never
             wanted
             misery
             :
             no
             sooner
             did
             the
             Jews
             run
             after
             other
             Gods
             ,
             but
             they
             were
             sold
             into
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             heathen
             ,
             and
             they
             that
             hated
             them
             were
             Lords
             over
             them
             ;
             and
             no
             sooner
             doth
             a
             Nation
             repent
             and
             turn
             to
             God
             ,
             but
             he
             prevents
             them
             with
             blessings
             .
          
           
             These
             things
             being
             so
             ,
             surely
             those
             men
             that
             are
             so
             inquisitive
             into
             future
             times
             ,
             and
             fill
             their
             own
             ,
             and
             others
             heads
             with
             fears
             ,
             discontents
             and
             murmurings
             ;
             that
             revile
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             like
             flies
             stick
             upon
             sore
             places
             and
             pass
             by
             the
             sound
             :
             it
             would
             be
             well
             ,
             if
             these
             men
             would
             but
             examine
             their
             own
             breasts
             ,
             and
             know
             whether
             their
             own
             sins
             have
             not
             given
             an
             helping
             hand
             to
             those
             miseries
             they
             bear
             ;
             and
             since
             no
             evil
             is
             alleviated
             ,
             but
             rather
             doubled
             by
             fearful
             and
             feeble
             expectations
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             the
             true
             way
             is
             to
             use
             those
             means
             which
             are
             conducive
             either
             to
             overcome
             or
             bear
             it
             ;
             and
             since
             repentance
             is
             the
             only
             way
             to
             prevent
             Judgments
             ,
             it
             would
             sure
             better
             become
             them
             to
             begin
             the
             Reformation
             at
             home
             ;
             &
             if
             they
             must
             be
             inquisitive
             ,
             let
             it
             be
             in
             their
             own
             breasts
             :
             if
             they
             must
             be
             censorious
             ,
             let
             it
             be
             on
             their
             own
             actions
             ;
             and
             if
             custom
             or
             nature
             leads
             them
             to
             revile
             ,
             let
             it
             be
             their
             own
             sinful
             lives
             .
             They
             would
             find
             
             matter
             enough
             in
             themselves
             ,
             no
             doubt
             ,
             for
             their
             busie
             restless
             thoughts
             ,
             their
             mischievous
             surmizes
             ,
             and
             their
             fester'd
             spleenes
             to
             work
             upon
             .
          
           
             And
             since
             this
             is
             an
             age
             ,
             wherein
             every
             one
             pretends
             to
             be
             a
             Politician
             ,
             and
             meddles
             with
             the
             Secrets
             of
             Government
             ;
             and
             thinks
             it
             his
             birth-right
             to
             censure
             those
             at
             the
             Helm
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             well
             ,
             if
             these
             men
             would
             learn
             to
             govern
             themselves
             ;
             and
             yet
             that
             most
             beautiful
             and
             glorious
             victory
             ;
             if
             they
             must
             be
             Politicians
             ,
             let
             them
             study
             the
             insinuations
             ,
             deceits
             ,
             treacheries
             ,
             seditions
             ,
             and
             rebellions
             of
             their
             own
             lusts
             ;
             the
             arts
             they
             make
             use
             of
             ,
             the
             specious
             pretences
             they
             carry
             ,
             and
             the
             secret
             ambushes
             they
             continually
             lay
             for
             them
             .
             Let
             them
             search
             out
             the
             weapons
             ,
             policy
             ,
             machinations
             ,
             and
             engines
             of
             their
             great
             enemy
             the
             devil
             ,
             and
             study
             how
             to
             countermine
             him
             .
             And
             if
             their
             ambitious
             spirits
             must
             be
             great
             ,
             let
             their
             Kingdom
             be
             within
             ;
             every
             one
             hath
             an
             Empire
             in
             his
             own
             mind
             ,
             let
             them
             be
             absolute
             there
             .
             There
             they
             may
             lay
             their
             Kingdom
             as
             wide
             as
             they
             will
             ,
             without
             incroaching
             upon
             anothers
             right
             ;
             make
             Laws
             without
             infringing
             others
             liberty
             ,
             and
             command
             and
             dictate
             without
             intruding
             into
             anothers
             office
             .
             But
             why
             should
             he
             who
             is
             a
             coward
             at
             home
             ,
             think
             to
             be
             valiant
             abroad
             ,
             he
             
             that
             hath
             lost
             his
             own
             liberty
             ,
             think
             it
             his
             right
             to
             enslave
             others
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             is
             submissive
             and
             cringing
             at
             home
             to
             a
             sordid
             vice
             ,
             think
             it
             is
             his
             Province
             to
             be
             Lordly
             and
             Imperious
             over
             others
             .
             'T
             is
             sure
             a
             piece
             of
             extravagant
             kindness
             to
             have
             business
             wait
             him
             at
             home
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             busie
             abroad
             .
             'T
             is
             sure
             a
             sign
             of
             incorrigible
             folly
             to
             leave
             his
             own
             house
             on
             fire
             ,
             that
             calls
             for
             his
             help
             ,
             and
             run
             about
             to
             instruct
             others
             how
             they
             may
             regulate
             their
             Families
             .
          
           
             Let
             us
             therefore
             all
             of
             us
             keep
             our
             thoughts
             at
             home
             ,
             turn
             our
             eyes
             into
             our
             own
             bosomes
             ,
             and
             spend
             all
             the
             rancor
             and
             malice
             of
             our
             hearts
             upon
             sin
             ,
             which
             is
             Gods
             and
             our
             Enemy
             .
             And
             since
             our
             sins
             took
             away
             from
             us
             our
             Martyred
             Soveraign
             Charles
             the
             First
             ,
             and
             God
             in
             Judgment
             to
             this
             Land
             punished
             sin
             with
             sin
             ,
             in
             that
             unnatural
             and
             horrid
             Murther
             .
             since
             it
             hath
             took
             from
             us
             the
             Mirrour
             of
             Princes
             ,
             a
             King
             of
             Mercy
             and
             Clemency
             ,
             CHARLES
             the
             Second
             ,
             let
             us
             by
             our
             Repentance
             stop
             future
             Judgments
             ,
             and
             beg
             of
             God
             that
             he
             would
             so
             turn
             the
             heart
             of
             our
             present
             Soveraign
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             not
             be
             turned
             from
             us
             ;
             but
             that
             Kings
             may
             be
             nursing
             Fathers
             ,
             and
             Queens
             nursing
             Mothers
             to
             the
             Church
             .
             And
             that
             neither
             our
             neglect
             ,
             coldness
             ,
             or
             hypocrisie
             in
             Religion
             ,
             nor
             any
             other
             cause
             may
             provoke
             God
             to
             take
             away
             our
             Candlestick
             from
             us
             ;
             but
             that
             we
             may
             be
             happy
             in
             our
             Prince
             ,
             and
             our
             Prince
             in
             us
             ;
             and
             that
             we
             may
             be
             a
             Nation
             whom
             God
             may
             take
             delight
             to
             do
             good
             to
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .