A sermon preached at St. Patrick's Church Dublin on the 16th of Novemb. 1690 being the day of thanksgiving for the preservation of His Majesties person, his good success in our deliverance, and his safe and happy return into England : before the Right Honourable the Lords Justices of Ireland / by William King.
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             A sermon preached at St. Patrick's Church Dublin on the 16th of Novemb. 1690 being the day of thanksgiving for the preservation of His Majesties person, his good success in our deliverance, and his safe and happy return into England : before the Right Honourable the Lords Justices of Ireland / by William King.
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           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           AT
           St
           Patrick's
           Church
           ,
           DUBLIN
           ,
           On
           the
           16
           th
           .
           of
           Novemb.
           1690.
           
           BEING
           THE
           Day
           of
           Thanksgiving
           FOR
           THE
           Preservation
           of
           His
           MAJESTIES
           Person
           ,
           His
           good
           Success
           in
           our
           Deliverance
           ,
           and
           his
           Safe
           and
           Happy
           Return
           into
           England
           .
           Before
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           
             Lords
             Justices
          
           of
           Ireland
           .
           By
           
             WILLIAM
             KING
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           Dean
           of
           St.
           
           Patrick's
           ,
           Dublin
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Robert
             Clavel
          
           at
           the
           Peacock
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           
             Church
             Yard
          
           ,
           1691.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           ,
           Henry
           Lord
           Sidney
           ,
           Uiscount
           Sheppy
           :
           AND
           
             Thomas
             Conningsby
          
           ,
           
             Esq
          
           Lords
           Justices
           of
           IRELAND
           .
        
         
           
             May
             it
             please
             your
             Lordships
             :
          
        
         
           THIS
           Sermon
           was
           at
           first
           Composed
           ,
           and
           is
           now
           Published
           with
           peculiar
           respect
           to
           their
           Majesties
           Subjects
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           .
           Those
           in
           England
           ,
           who
           had
           the
           Advantage
           of
           Enquiry
           and
           Correspondence
           ,
           need
           not
           the
           Informations
           here
           offered
           .
           But
           the
           Protestants
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           have
           been
           so
           long
           ,
           and
           industriously
           kept
           in
           the
           Dark
           ,
           and
           not
           suffered
           to
           look
           into
           the
           Designs
           of
           those
           that
           had
           them
           in
           Subjection
           ;
           (
           further
           than
           they
           felt
           the
           effects
           of
           them
           )
           that
           many
           may
           be
           Strangers
           to
           the
           full
           extent
           of
           those
           Designs
           ,
           and
           the
           Miraculous
           steps
           of
           Providence
           by
           which
           they
           have
           been
           ●elivered
           from
           them
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           much
           more
           might
           ●e
           ●aid
           ,
           and
           has
           been
           said
           on
           this
           Subject
           .
           But
           I
           have
           chosen
           those
           points
           that
           seemed
           to
           me
           most
           P●●per
           for
           
           the
           Occasion
           :
           And
           I
           hope
           enow
           to
           satisfie
           us
           all
           of
           the
           great
           reason
           We
           have
           to
           Praise
           God
           for
           our
           wonderful
           Deliverance
           ;
           which
           was
           the
           design
           of
           the
           Discourse
           .
        
         
           Your
           Lordships
           can
           witness
           what
           sense
           the
           Protestants
           of
           this
           City
           have
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           for
           ought
           appears
           ,
           the
           whole
           Body
           of
           them
           through
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           are
           in
           their
           present
           Majesties
           Interest
           
             to
             a
             Man.
          
           Which
           could
           never
           have
           happened
           ,
           If
           the
           
             Late
             Government
          
           had
           been
           in
           any
           measure
           Tolerable
           to
           them
           .
           And
           had
           others
           ,
           instead
           of
           being
           at
           ease
           where
           they
           were
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           Lived
           here
           ,
           under
           the
           Government
           they
           fancied
           so
           Indulgent
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           they
           would
           have
           had
           the
           same
           Sentiments
           with
           us
           ,
           and
           been
           cured
           of
           their
           Folly.
           
        
         
           *
           Your
           Lordships
           have
           come
           to
           the
           Government
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           in
           an
           ill
           ,
           and
           
             Unsettled
             Posture
             of
             Affairs
          
           :
           But
           you
           need
           look
           back
           only
           ,
           to
           Presidents
           in
           each
           of
           
             your
             own
             Families
          
           ,
           to
           Guide
           your
           Management
           with
           the
           happiest
           Success
           your
           Ancestors
           Governed
           it
           ,
           in
           times
           as
           difficult
           as
           the
           present
           ;
           and
           had
           the
           Chiefest
           part
           in
           Reforming
           the
           Superstition
           and
           Barbarity
           of
           the
           Natives
           ;
           and
           
           in
           settling
           Religion
           on
           that
           happy
           Foot
           ,
           on
           which
           it
           has
           since
           stood
           :
           But
           they
           ,
           and
           
             all
             since
          
           have
           been
           forced
           to
           leave
           the
           Work
           Imperfect
           :
           It
           remains
           now
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           to
           be
           perfected
           by
           You.
           
        
         
           Your
           Lordships
           may
           reasonably
           conclude
           ,
           That
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           an
           
             easie
             undertaking
          
           to
           Civilize
           and
           Reform
           this
           Nation
           ;
           since
           so
           great
           Persons
           were
           not
           able
           to
           perfect
           it
           :
           And
           yet
           that
           
             it
             is
             to
             be
             done
          
           ,
           because
           they
           went
           
             so
             far
          
           in
           it
           .
           For
           want
           of
           a
           Vigorous
           Prosecution
           ,
           it
           has
           been
           to
           do
           a-new
           ,
           every
           
             forty
             years
          
           ,
           hitherto
           ;
           Your
           Lordships
           have
           the
           Experience
           of
           many
           such
           Periods
           to
           direct
           you
           how
           to
           do
           it
           effectually
           .
           We
           hope
           ,
           and
           heartily
           Pray
           ,
           That
           ,
           it
           may
           now
           at
           last
           have
           its
           Accomplishment
           in
           Your
           Hands
           ,
           under
           their
           Majesties
           Government
           ;
           and
           that
           this
           may
           be
           one
           of
           the
           Blessings
           of
           their
           Reign
           :
           Providence
           has
           given
           you
           an
           opportunity
           of
           making
           your
           Selves
           ,
           and
           your
           Memory
           Grateful
           to
           Present
           and
           Future
           Ages
           ,
           by
           becoming
           happy
           Instruments
           in
           it
           .
           That
           you
           may
           be
           such
           ,
           I
           hope
           Your
           Lordships
           will
           believe
           is
           ,
           by
           none
           more
           Zealously
           desired
           ,
           than
           by
           ,
        
         
           
             My
             LORDS
             ,
          
           
             Your
             Lordships
             most
             Humble
             and
             Obliged
             Servant
             
               WILLIAM
               KING
            
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preach'd
           on
           the
           16
           th
           .
           of
           Novemb.
           1690.
           
        
         
           
             Psal.
             107
             ,
             2d
             .
             and
             3d.
             Verses
             ,
             
               Old
               Translation
            
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Ver.
                 2.
              
               
               Let
               them
               give
               Thanks
               whom
               the
               Lord
               hath
               Redeemed
               ,
               and
               Delivered
               from
               the
               hand
               of
               the
               Enemy
               .
            
             
               
                 Ver.
                 3.
              
               
               And
               gathered
               them
               out
               of
               the
               Lands
               ;
               from
               the
               East
               ,
               and
               from
               the
               West
               ;
               from
               the
               North
               ,
               and
               from
               the
               South
               .
            
          
        
         
           THanksgiving
           is
           all
           the
           Tribute
           we
           can
           pay
           to
           Heaven
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           so
           easie
           a
           Return
           for
           our
           Beings
           ,
           and
           the
           
             many
             Comforts
          
           we
           receive
           from
           thence
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           very
           inexcusable
           ,
           and
           unworthy
           the
           Mercies
           he
           receives
           ,
           who
           is
           backward
           in
           so
           easie
           an
           Acknowledgment
           :
           Hence
           the
           whole
           World
           has
           ever
           look'd
           on
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           securest
           way
           for
           continuing
           their
           present
           ,
           and
           procuring
           new
           Blessings
           ,
           to
           own
           God
           to
           be
           the
           Author
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           to
           express
           their
           Gratitude
           in
           Hymns
           and
           Sacrifices
           ,
           and
           in
           other
           
             Acts
             of
             
             Devotion
          
           and
           Thanksgiving
           :
           As
           appears
           not
           only
           from
           the
           People
           of
           God
           in
           the
           
             Old
             Testament
          
           ,
           but
           likewise
           from
           the
           yet
           remaining
           Devotions
           of
           the
           
             Ancient
             Heathen
          
           .
        
         
           This
           Psalm
           is
           a
           solemn
           Form
           ,
           used
           by
           the
           Jewish
           Church
           on
           such
           occasions
           .
           'T
           is
           not
           material
           to
           explain
           to
           you
           the
           first
           occ●sion
           of
           its
           being
           made
           ;
           it
           sufficiently
           appears
           from
           my
           Text
           (
           which
           is
           the
           Introduction
           to
           it
           ,
           )
           that
           it
           was
           designed
           ,
           as
           a
           
             Solemn
             Return
          
           of
           Praise
           to
           God
           ,
           for
           Redeeming
           the
           Israelites
           from
           Captivity
           ;
           for
           delivering
           them
           from
           their
           Enemies
           ;
           and
           bringing
           them
           back
           to
           their
           own
           Country
           ,
           whence
           they
           had
           been
           driven
           by
           Violence
           and
           Oppression
           ,
           ver
           .
           39.40
           .
        
         
           Now
           this
           is
           so
           exactly
           
             Our
             Case
          
           ,
           and
           the
           design
           of
           our
           present
           Meeting
           ;
           that
           I
           think
           there
           is
           no
           more
           incumbent
           on
           me
           ,
           than
           to
           endeavour
           to
           beget
           in
           you
           a
           due
           sense
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           stir
           you
           up
           to
           an
           hearty
           Acknowledgment
           of
           Gods
           present
           Mercies
           to
           us
           :
           And
           I
           promise
           my self
           some
           Success
           in
           this
           Undertaking
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Consideration
           of
           the
           following
           Particulars
           will
           make
           the
           same
           Impression
           on
           every
           body
           concerned
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           done
           on
           me
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           Therefore
           let
           us
           consider
           our
           Deliverance
           .
        
         
           And
           Secondly
           ,
           The
           Returns
           we
           are
           obliged
           to
           make
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           In
           our
           Deliverance
           we
           ought
           to
           Reflect
           .
        
         
           I.
           On
           the
           
             Depth
             of
             the
             Contrivance
             ,
             and
             Design
             against
             us
             ,
             from
             which
             God
             has
             graciously
             been
             pleased
             at
             this
             Time
             to
             Deliver
             us
             .
          
        
         
           II.
           On
           the
           
             great
             Extent
             of
             it
          
           .
           All
           Princes
           in
           Europe
           ,
           especially
           such
           as
           profess
           the
           
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           ,
           being
           struck
           at
           by
           it
           .
        
         
           III.
           On
           the
           
             Miraculous
             Concurrence
             of
             Providences
             for
             our
             Deliverance
             ,
             in
             breaking
             this
             Design
             so
             deeply
             laid
             ,
             and
             vigorously
             Prosecuted
             .
          
        
         
         
           You
           all
           have
           suffered
           so
           much
           by
           this
           Design
           ;
           and
           the
           Memory
           of
           your
           Dangers
           and
           Deliverance
           from
           it
           ,
           is
           so
           fresh
           before
           you
           ;
           that
           I
           need
           not
           trouble
           you
           with
           the
           Particulars
           of
           it
           :
           'T
           was
           ,
           in
           short
           ,
           to
           destroy
           you
           and
           
             your
             Religion
          
           ,
           and
           enslave
           all
           Europe
           under
           the
           Tyranny
           of
           the
           
             French
             King.
          
           
        
         
           I.
           The
           Depth
           of
           this
           Design
           appears
           :
           1
           
             st
             .
             From
             the
             length
             of
             Time
             ,
             wherein
             it
             has
             been
             forming
             and
             carrying
             on
             .
          
           Some
           ,
           and
           not
           without
           Reason
           ,
           date
           it
           from
           the
           very
           beginning
           of
           the
           Reformation
           ;
           some
           from
           the
           Restauration
           of
           the
           
             Royal
             Family
          
           ,
           and
           some
           from
           the
           Pyrenean
           Peace
           ;
           but
           as
           it
           immediately
           concerns
           these
           Kingdoms
           ,
           we
           can
           trace
           it
           by
           many
           Footsteps
           from
           the
           year
           1670
           ▪
           since
           which
           Time
           ,
           not
           only
           we
           ,
           but
           
             all
             Europe
          
           have
           groaned
           under
           the
           Fatal
           Effects
           of
           it
           .
           As
           to
           this
           Kingdom
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           we
           find
           a
           Scheme
           of
           it
           laid
           down
           at
           large
           ,
           in
           a
           Paper
           formerly
           found
           in
           the
           Earl
           of
           
           Tyrconnel's
           House
           ,
           (
           then
           Collonel
           Talbot
           )
           dated
           July
           1671.
           
           Supposed
           to
           be
           drawn
           up
           by
           his
           Brother
           
             Peter
             Talbot
          
           ,
           then
           Titular
           Arch-bishop
           of
           Dublin
           ,
           and
           accidentally
           dropt
           about
           that
           Time.
           Several
           Copies
           of
           which
           ,
           have
           for
           many
           years
           been
           in
           Protestants
           hands
           .
           In
           this
           Paper
           are
           proposed
           the
           
             Modelling
             the
             Army
          
           ;
           the
           admitting
           Papists
           into
           Corporations
           ;
           the
           bringing
           them
           to
           serve
           in
           Civil
           and
           
             Military
             Employments
          
           ;
           and
           the
           raising
           a
           
             vast
             Army
          
           of
           them
           ,
           to
           be
           transported
           into
           England
           on
           occasion
           .
        
         
           One
           Particular
           in
           this
           Paper
           is
           Remarkable
           ;
           't
           is
           in
           these
           Words
           :
           
             The
             Toleration
             of
             the
             Roman
             Catholick
             Religion
             in
             England
             being
             granted
             ;
             and
             the
             Insolency
             of
             the
             Hollanders
             taken
             down
             ;
             a
             Confederacy
             with
             France
             ,
             which
             can
             influence
             England
             ,
             as
             Scotland
             can
             also
             ,
             will
             together
             ,
             with
             God's
             Blessing
             ,
             make
             His
             Majesty's
             Monarchy
             absolute
             and
             real
             .
          
           Where
           we
           see
           that
           the
           Design
           was
           to
           make
           the
           King
           absolute
           :
           
           And
           the
           Means
           proposed
           ,
           
             Toleration
             of
             Popery
          
           ,
           a
           War
           with
           Holland
           ,
           and
           a
           League
           with
           France
           ;
           all
           which
           were
           at
           that
           time
           put
           in
           practice
           ,
           and
           have
           been
           prosecuted
           vigorously
           to
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           But
           2
           dly
           .
           We
           shall
           better
           understand
           the
           Depth
           of
           this
           Design
           against
           us
           ,
           if
           we
           reflect
           on
           the
           
             Power
             ,
             Policy
          
           ,
           and
           Number
           of
           the
           Persons
           engaged
           .
           The
           Power
           and
           Money
           of
           France
           ;
           the
           Cunning
           and
           Craft
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           ;
           the
           numerous
           and
           bigotted
           
             Roman
             Clergy
          
           ;
           the
           Wealth
           and
           Arms
           of
           England
           ,
           were
           all
           to
           be
           employed
           to
           our
           Ruin.
           The
           indigent
           and
           desperate
           Papists
           of
           Ireland
           were
           to
           be
           Armed
           ,
           and
           let
           loose
           upon
           us
           ;
           The
           common
           Enemy
           of
           the
           Christians
           ,
           the
           Turk
           ,
           and
           
             Ravaging
             Tartars
          
           were
           called
           into
           Christendom
           ,
           to
           promote
           this
           Design
           ,
           and
           their
           destructive
           Methods
           of
           managing
           Wars
           by
           
             universal
             Slaughters
             ,
             Havock
          
           ,
           and
           Burnings
           ,
           brought
           into
           Practice
           by
           the
           
             more
             Vnchristian
             French
          
           :
           And
           to
           Crown
           their
           Design
           for
           the
           general
           Slavery
           and
           Desolation
           of
           Europe
           ,
           Protestants
           were
           
             cajolled
             ,
             bribed
          
           or
           compelled
           to
           fight
           against
           ,
           persecute
           and
           devour
           
             one
             another
          
           .
           All
           which
           might
           be
           proved
           by
           undeniable
           Instances
           ,
           if
           this
           Sermon
           were
           designed
           for
           a
           History
           .
        
         
           But
           3
           dly
           ,
           We
           may
           have
           a
           further
           Idea
           of
           the
           Depth
           of
           this
           Contrivance
           ,
           from
           which
           God
           has
           hitherto
           delivered
           us
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           the
           Methods
           used
           for
           effecting
           it
           :
           Had
           it
           been
           hatched
           in
           Hell
           ,
           it
           could
           not
           have
           been
           more
           a
           Mystery
           of
           Iniquity
           than
           it
           was
           ;
           more
           Black
           and
           Villainons
           Means
           could
           not
           have
           been
           applied
           to
           bring
           it
           to
           Perfection
           .
        
         
           For
           1
           st
           .
           We
           find
           Wicked
           ,
           and
           
             Treacherous
             Leagues
          
           and
           Conspiracies
           entred
           into
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           carry
           it
           on
           :
           One
           of
           which
           is
           more
           especially
           Notorious
           and
           Remarkable
           for
           its
           Folly
           and
           Falshood
           .
           A
           League
           
           so
           contrary
           to
           all
           Sence
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Faith
           ,
           that
           the
           great
           Princes
           concerned
           in
           it
           ,
           are
           yet
           ashamed
           to
           own
           it
           ;
           a
           League
           so
           mischievous
           to
           Europe
           in
           general
           ,
           and
           so
           destructive
           to
           England
           in
           particular
           ,
           that
           it
           has
           brought
           them
           to
           the
           very
           Brink
           of
           Destruction
           :
           And
           it
           is
           only
           God's
           Miraculous
           Providence
           that
           could
           ,
           or
           yet
           can
           preserve
           them
           ;
           a
           League
           that
           broke
           the
           Ballance
           of
           Europe
           ,
           so
           carefully
           preserved
           by
           our
           wise
           Fore-Fathers
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           means
           has
           advanced
           one
           ,
           by
           depressing
           and
           sinking
           all
           the
           rest
           .
           This
           is
           that
           Fatal
           
             Confederacy
             with
             France
          
           ,
           proposed
           in
           the
           Fore-mentioned
           Paper
           :
           These
           are
           the
           
             Engagements
             of
             Friendship
             and
             Alliance
          
           ,
           which
           Monsieur
           
             D'
             Avaux
          
           the
           French
           Ambassador
           ,
           tells
           the
           States
           of
           Holland
           ,
           in
           his
           Memorial
           of
           September
           the
           9
           th
           ,
           1688.
           
           
             The
             King
             his
             Master
             had
             with
             the
             King
             of
          
           Great
           Britain
           ;
           This
           is
           the
           secret
           Treaty
           Abbot
           Primi
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             His
             Britannick
             Majesty
             signed
             in
             the
             Year
          
           1670
           ,
           
             whereby
             he
             should
             have
             secured
             to
             him
             an
             absolute
             Authority
             over
             his
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             the
             Re-establishment
             of
             the
             Roman
             Catholick
             Religion
             in
             his
             Three
             Kingdoms
          
           ;
           This
           is
           the
           
             Alliance
             with
          
           France
           ,
           which
           Moloony
           the
           Popish
           Bishop
           of
           Killaloo
           ,
           in
           a
           Letter
           of
           his
           to
           Bishop
           Tyrell
           of
           March
           8
           th
           .
           1689.
           (
           the
           Original
           whereof
           was
           found
           amongst
           the
           Bishops
           Papers
           ,
           and
           is
           ready
           to
           be
           produced
           )
           is
           so
           very
           angry
           that
           some
           Trimmers
           (
           as
           he
           calleth
           them
           )
           obliged
           King
           James
           to
           disown
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           the
           very
           Source
           and
           Fountain
           of
           all
           the
           present
           Calamities
           of
           Europe
           ,
           but
           more
           particularly
           of
           ours
           .
        
         
           A
           second
           Method
           of
           carrying
           on
           of
           this
           Conspiracy
           to
           Ruin
           us
           ,
           was
           ,
           by
           corrupting
           Ministers
           ,
           by
           granting
           large
           Pensions
           ,
           and
           multiplying
           Bribes
           .
           I
           wish
           this
           means
           of
           promoting
           this
           wicked
           Design
           had
           
           stopped
           at
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Honour
           of
           Princes
           had
           set
           them
           above
           the
           Suspition
           of
           taking
           Bribes
           ;
           for
           we
           are
           willing
           to
           think
           that
           it
           should
           be
           below
           the
           Majesty
           of
           a
           Crowned
           Head
           to
           turn
           Pensioner
           ,
           or
           to
           sell
           his
           Crown
           or
           People
           for
           
             Lewis
             d'
             Ors.
          
           
        
         
           A
           Third
           Means
           for
           carrying
           on
           this
           Contrivance
           against
           us
           ,
           was
           Murthering
           and
           Poysoning
           :
           An
           Art
           too
           much
           practised
           of
           late
           in
           some
           Courts
           .
           And
           't
           is
           observable
           ,
           that
           wherever
           the
           Life
           of
           a
           Protestant
           ,
           stands
           between
           a
           Papist
           and
           an
           Inheritance
           ,
           it
           is
           of
           no
           long
           continuance
           ;
           nor
           doth
           any
           Prince
           begin
           to
           appear
           vigorous
           or
           terrible
           to
           France
           ,
           but
           he
           is
           in
           danger
           to
           be
           taken
           off
           in
           the
           Prime
           of
           his
           Age
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           without
           Suspicion
           of
           Foul
           Play
           ;
           witness
           Prince
           Lewis
           of
           Brandenburgh
           ,
           and
           the
           Duke
           of
           Lorrain
           .
           There
           is
           much
           Gold
           in
           France
           ,
           and
           there
           are
           every
           where
           wicked
           Men
           ready
           to
           be
           bribed
           to
           do
           any
           thing
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           not
           supposed
           of
           some
           that
           they
           scruple
           much
           to
           make
           the
           Experiment
           what
           it
           is
           able
           to
           do
           .
        
         
           But
           4
           thly
           .
           Where
           they
           could
           not
           
             Murther
             Protestant
          
           Princes
           ,
           (
           it
           is
           hard
           to
           say
           where
           they
           have
           not
           attempted
           it
           )
           they
           endeavour
           to
           defeat
           them
           of
           their
           Succession
           .
           We
           all
           are
           satisfied
           that
           this
           was
           the
           only
           Womb
           ,
           that
           conceived
           a
           Prince
           of
           Wales
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           gave
           him
           a
           Birth
           .
           There
           was
           an
           Attempt
           of
           the
           same
           kind
           ,
           in
           the
           days
           of
           Queen
           Mary
           ,
           which
           did
           not
           succeed
           to
           their
           mind
           ,
           but
           Time
           and
           Experience
           make
           Men
           wiser
           :
           Hence
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           Contrivance
           that
           proved
           
             abortive
             then
          
           ,
           did
           with
           us
           come
           to
           Perfection
           ;
           but
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           same
           rate
           (
           if
           allowed
           )
           we
           might
           be
           sure
           never
           to
           fail
           of
           an
           Heir
           ,
           to
           defeat
           a
           
             Protestant
             Successor
          
           .
        
         
           A
           5
           th
           .
           Means
           of
           promoting
           this
           Design
           ,
           was
           ,
           by
           calling
           the
           Turk
           into
           Europe
           ,
           and
           by
           supporting
           that
           common
           Enemy
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           to
           the
           Ruine
           of
           those
           
           that
           profess
           the
           Holy
           Name
           of
           Christ.
           And
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           embroyl
           Christendom
           by
           Sea
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           by
           Land
           ,
           has
           made
           his
           Pride
           stoop
           to
           his
           Interest
           ,
           and
           condescended
           to
           buy
           a
           Peace
           with
           the
           Algerines
           :
           Covenanting
           with
           them
           ,
           to
           assist
           them
           in
           their
           Pyracies
           ,
           and
           their
           Enslaving
           Christians
           .
           A
           Man
           and
           his
           Designs
           are
           known
           by
           his
           Friends
           and
           Confederates
           :
           Now
           the
           French
           King's
           Allies
           are
           ,
           the
           Banditi
           of
           Italy
           ,
           the
           Pyrates
           of
           Algiers
           ,
           the
           Turks
           and
           Tartars
           of
           Asia
           ,
           and
           the
           Tories
           of
           Ireland
           :
           What
           a
           Mercy
           of
           God
           is
           it
           ,
           to
           give
           us
           a
           Deliverance
           from
           the
           Conspiracy
           and
           Designs
           of
           such
           Monsters
           .
        
         
           The
           Depth
           of
           this
           Design
           appears
           from
           a
           sixth
           Method
           used
           to
           Effect
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           was
           ,
           to
           stir
           up
           and
           Animate
           one
           Party
           of
           Protestants
           to
           Bite
           and
           Devour
           another
           ,
           'T
           is
           not
           bare
           difference
           of
           Opinion
           that
           makes
           Men
           of
           different
           Sects
           ,
           so
           strange
           and
           unsociable
           to
           one
           another
           ,
           as
           we
           commonly
           observe
           them
           to
           be
           ;
           but
           their
           Strangeness
           and
           Enmity
           proceeds
           either
           from
           Interest
           ,
           or
           from
           some
           peculiar
           Principle
           that
           obliges
           them
           to
           Persecute
           and
           Destroy
           all
           that
           differ
           from
           them
           ,
           tho'
           in
           a
           Trifle
           :
           Where
           neither
           of
           these
           happen
           ,
           or
           where
           Men
           of
           different
           Opinions
           are
           not
           Encouraged
           ,
           or
           suffered
           to
           hurt
           one
           another
           ,
           we
           see
           they
           live
           very
           easily
           ,
           and
           lovingly
           together
           :
           Of
           which
           Holland
           is
           an
           undeniable
           Instance
           :
           And
           likewise
           this
           City
           under
           our
           Late
           Common
           Sufferings
           ;
           in
           which
           the
           Generality
           of
           Protestants
           ,
           notwithstanding
           their
           Difference
           in
           Judgment
           ,
           lived
           with
           much
           Mutual
           Confidence
           and
           Friendship
           .
           But
           it
           is
           a
           Principle
           of
           the
           Roman
           Church
           ,
           that
           every
           Prince
           within
           his
           own
           Dominions
           ,
           is
           obliged
           to
           Extirpate
           ,
           and
           Destroy
           all
           Hereticks
           :
           And
           that
           under
           no
           less
           a
           Penalty
           than
           Deposition
           .
           This
           is
           required
           of
           
           Princes
           by
           the
           Councils
           of
           Lateran
           and
           Constance
           ,
           and
           all
           Popish
           States
           ,
           and
           Princes
           have
           been
           so
           True
           to
           it
           in
           their
           Practice
           ,
           that
           I
           do
           not
           remember
           that
           there
           has
           been
           ,
           nor
           believe
           that
           there
           is
           at
           this
           present
           ,
           any
           Prince
           or
           State
           of
           that
           perswasion
           ,
           who
           doth
           Tolerate
           any
           Religion
           besides
           their
           own
           ,
           in
           their
           Country
           ,
           where
           they
           are
           able
           to
           suppress
           it
           with
           safety
           to
           themselves
           :
           And
           they
           have
           generally
           been
           so
           eager
           upon
           it
           ,
           that
           many
           have
           attempted
           it
           to
           their
           own
           destruction
           .
           No
           wonder
           therefore
           if
           their
           Persons
           ,
           and
           Religion
           be
           very
           Odious
           to
           Men
           of
           different
           perswasions
           ;
           since
           Every
           body
           Naturally
           hates
           one
           that
           is
           always
           ready
           to
           do
           him
           a
           Mischief
           .
           But
           I
           wish
           that
           they
           had
           kept
           this
           Principle
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           not
           industriously
           sowed
           it
           amongst
           Protestants
           ,
           among
           whom
           they
           first
           ,
           by
           their
           Emissaries
           sow
           False
           Doctrines
           ,
           and
           raise
           Schisms
           ;
           and
           then
           set
           up
           others
           to
           Persecute
           ,
           and
           Destroy
           those
           whom
           they
           themselves
           have
           seduced
           .
           And
           when
           they
           have
           prevailed
           with
           one
           party
           to
           
             Bate
             ,
             Worry
          
           ,
           and
           Exasperate
           another
           to
           the
           Height
           ,
           they
           then
           take
           them
           off
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           put
           the
           Rods
           and
           Axes
           into
           the
           Hands
           of
           the
           Oppressed
           ,
           and
           whilst
           they
           yet
           smart
           under
           their
           sufferings
           ,
           they
           stir
           them
           up
           ,
           and
           Encourage
           them
           to
           Revenge
           themselves
           on
           their
           Persecutors
           .
           By
           which
           arts
           they
           make
           the
           breach
           irreconcilable
           ,
           and
           the
           difference
           ,
           tho
           inconsiderable
           in
           it self
           ,
           to
           become
           the
           ground
           of
           an
           Eternal
           Schism
           and
           Feud
           ,
           between
           the
           Parties
           whom
           they
           have
           thus
           Dashed
           against
           one
           another
           .
        
         
           We
           all
           know
           that
           these
           were
           the
           Methods
           used
           to
           set
           us
           together
           by
           the
           Ears
           ,
           ever
           since
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           
             Two
             last
             Reigns
          
           't
           was
           particularly
           observable
           ,
           that
           Toleration
           and
           Persecution
           ,
           succeeded
           one
           another
           by
           turns
           ;
           and
           were
           timed
           
           just
           as
           they
           served
           most
           effectually
           to
           set
           People
           a
           madding
           against
           one
           another
           .
           One
           day
           the
           Laws
           must
           all
           be
           put
           in
           execution
           ,
           and
           none
           must
           be
           a
           Favourite
           ,
           that
           would
           not
           be
           forward
           to
           execute
           them
           ;
           the
           next
           day
           the
           Persecution
           must
           not
           only
           be
           stopped
           ,
           but
           the
           instruments
           of
           it
           exposed
           to
           the
           revenge
           of
           those
           they
           had
           exasperated
           ,
           and
           forced
           to
           take
           their
           turn
           in
           suffering
           ,
           by
           the
           Actions
           and
           Law-Suits
           of
           such
           as
           they
           had
           wronged
           .
           Thus
           the
           common
           Conspirators
           against
           our
           
             Peace
             ,
             Liberty
          
           ,
           and
           Religion
           ,
           blew
           the
           Coals
           ,
           and
           kindled
           a
           flame
           amongst
           us
           ,
           that
           was
           like
           to
           devour
           us
           all
           :
           And
           't
           is
           God's
           great
           Mercy
           that
           we
           have
           escaped
           it
           .
           These
           are
           a
           few
           of
           those
           considerations
           which
           might
           be
           offered
           to
           shew
           the
           depth
           of
           this
           Design
           ,
           from
           which
           our
           good
           God
           has
           graciously
           redeemed
           us
           .
        
         
           II.
           But
           I
           haste
           to
           the
           second
           Head
           of
           my
           Discourse
           ,
           whence
           we
           may
           have
           occasion
           to
           magnifie
           God's
           goodness
           in
           our
           Deliverance
           :
           and
           that
           is
           from
           the
           extent
           of
           the
           design
           against
           us
           ,
           which
           was
           equal
           to
           its
           Depth
           ,
           it
           being
           of
           a
           vast
           and
           comprehensive
           Nature
           .
        
         
           The
           true
           and
           great
           Design
           was
           ,
           to
           satisfie
           the
           Ambition
           of
           the
           King
           of
           France
           ,
           by
           advancing
           him
           to
           the
           
             Vniversal
             Monarchy
          
           of
           the
           
             West
             :
             England
          
           might
           be
           cullied
           and
           wheedled
           with
           the
           imaginary
           pleasure
           of
           Mastering
           his
           Parliament
           ,
           of
           getting
           his
           
             will
             of
             his
             People
          
           ,
           and
           settling
           
             Popery
             ;
             Holland
          
           with
           the
           hopes
           of
           Gain
           and
           free
           Trade
           ;
           the
           Pope
           and
           Emperor
           ,
           with
           the
           specious
           pretence
           of
           re-establishing
           the
           Catholick
           Religion
           ;
           but
           the
           true
           and
           bottom
           design
           was
           ,
           to
           enslave
           Europe
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           the
           French
           King
           as
           great
           and
           as
           pernicious
           to
           the
           Western
           Princes
           and
           States
           ,
           as
           the
           Turk
           has
           been
           to
           the
           Eastern
           .
           And
           they
           did
           not
           miss
           the
           matter
           ,
           who
           in
           the
           Emblem
           represented
           these
           two
           as
           sawing
           the
           
           Globe
           a
           sunder
           ,
           whilst
           the
           King
           of
           Englands
           part
           was
           to
           pour
           in
           Oyl
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           Work
           more
           easie
           for
           them
           :
           A
           thing
           so
           destructive
           to
           the
           true
           Interest
           of
           his
           Crown
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           Miracle
           ,
           how
           he
           could
           be
           prevailed
           on
           to
           accept
           of
           the
           Employment
           ;
           much
           more
           how
           he
           should
           be
           able
           to
           prevail
           with
           his
           Subjects
           to
           assist
           him
           in
           it
           .
           Whatever
           he
           pretended
           of
           the
           Stubbornness
           or
           Vngovernableness
           of
           the
           People
           of
           these
           Nations
           ,
           it
           certainly
           argued
           a
           very
           Passive
           and
           Submissive
           Temper
           in
           them
           ,
           to
           give
           Money
           so
           liberally
           ,
           and
           to
           Fight
           so
           fiercely
           as
           they
           did
           ,
           to
           destroy
           themselves
           and
           their
           Fellow
           -
           Protestants
           ;
           to
           make
           sport
           for
           their
           common
           Adversaries
           ,
           and
           serve
           the
           Interests
           of
           their
           most
           inveterate
           and
           most
           dangerous
           Enemy
           ,
           the
           French
           King.
           
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           The
           Design
           was
           Vniversal
           ,
           and
           aimed
           at
           the
           destruction
           and
           enslaving
           all
           the
           Kingdoms
           and
           States
           of
           Europe
           ;
           no
           Distinction
           of
           Protestant
           or
           
             Papist
             ,
             Enemy
          
           or
           
             Ally
             ,
             All
          
           were
           equally
           devoted
           to
           Destruction
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           Duke
           of
           Lorrain
           was
           actually
           turned
           out
           of
           his
           Dukedom
           ;
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           (
           His
           Present
           Majesty
           )
           was
           deprived
           of
           his
           Principality
           of
           Orange
           ;
           the
           Empire
           was
           partly
           to
           be
           given
           up
           to
           the
           Turk
           ,
           and
           the
           remaining
           Princes
           were
           to
           apply
           themselves
           to
           France
           for
           Protection
           ,
           and
           to
           chuse
           his
           Son
           King
           of
           the
           Romans
           ;
           the
           Dukedom
           of
           Savoy
           was
           to
           be
           brought
           in
           ,
           under
           the
           Notion
           of
           Pupillage
           ;
           the
           Princes
           of
           Italy
           were
           
             frightned
             ,
             bought
          
           ,
           or
           wheedled
           out
           of
           their
           strong
           Holds
           ,
           and
           the
           Keys
           of
           their
           Country
           (
           such
           were
           Cassal
           and
           Guastale
           )
           put
           into
           French
           hands
           :
           Scicily
           was
           perswaded
           to
           Rebel
           ,
           and
           sollicited
           to
           serve
           the
           Spaniard
           ,
           as
           they
           had
           done
           the
           French
           before
           in
           the
           famous
           Vespers
           ;
           Genoa
           was
           to
           be
           bombed
           ,
           England
           bought
           ,
           and
           Holland
           drowned
           ▪
           Spain
           had
           a
           barren
           Queen
           (
           designedly
           made
           so
           (
           as
           
           many
           believe
           )
           put
           upon
           him
           ,
           that
           his
           Crown
           might
           fall
           to
           France
           by
           Succession
           ;
           the
           Northern
           Kingdoms
           ,
           whose
           Cold
           and
           Distance
           secured
           them
           from
           immediate
           Attempts
           ,
           were
           yet
           taken
           off
           from
           assisting
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           brought
           into
           something
           worse
           than
           a
           Neutrality
           .
           The
           great
           Contrivers
           and
           Managers
           of
           these
           ,
           were
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           the
           Great
           Turk
           ,
           and
           I
           need
           not
           name
           the
           
             Third
             ,
             in
             Triumvirate
          
           .
           'T
           is
           too
           much
           ,
           that
           we
           groan
           yet
           under
           the
           Mischievous
           effects
           of
           their
           Conspiracy
           ,
           which
           has
           been
           no
           less
           pernicious
           to
           all
           Europe
           ,
           than
           that
           of
           
             Anthony
             ,
             Lepidus
          
           and
           Augustus
           ,
           was
           to
           the
           Roman
           Common-Wealth
           .
           There
           is
           no
           doubt
           but
           all
           these
           have
           been
           
             designed
             ,
             attempted
          
           ,
           and
           
             almost
             brought
          
           to
           Perfection
           within
           these
           Twenty
           Years
           ,
           by
           strength
           of
           this
           Confederacy·
           And
           there
           is
           not
           one
           Prince
           or
           State
           in
           all
           Europe
           ,
           that
           has
           not
           been
           concerned
           in
           the
           fatal
           effects
           thereof
           .
        
         
           But
           3
           dly
           ,
           This
           Design
           was
           levelled
           more
           immediately
           at
           the
           Destruction
           of
           the
           Protestants
           of
           Europe
           ;
           the
           
             Extirpation
             of
             the
             Pestilent
             Northern
             Heresy
          
           has
           been
           long
           known
           to
           be
           the
           principal
           Article
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           was
           probably
           the
           Pretence
           and
           Bait
           ,
           that
           induced
           His
           
             late
             Majesty
          
           to
           espouse
           it
           .
           He
           was
           not
           fonder
           of
           being
           
             obeyed
             without
             Reserve
          
           ,
           than
           of
           
             propagating
             his
             Religion
          
           ;
           and
           perhaps
           he
           chiefly
           desired
           an
           
             Absolute
             Authority
          
           over
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           compel
           them
           to
           come
           into
           the
           
             Bosom
             of
             his
             Church
          
           .
           What
           business
           had
           he
           with
           a
           standing
           Army
           ,
           or
           numerous
           Troops
           of
           Dragoons
           ,
           but
           to
           employ
           them
           as
           Missionaries
           ,
           to
           Convert
           his
           Heretical
           Subjects
           ?
           The
           Example
           of
           France
           had
           taught
           him
           their
           use
           ;
           and
           that
           Dragooning
           was
           a
           much
           more
           effectual
           way
           to
           Reconcile
           Men
           ,
           than
           Sermons
           or
           Arguments
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           by
           this
           Conspiracy
           ,
           the
           Protestants
           of
           France
           are
           already
           destroyed
           ;
           those
           of
           Savoy
           turned
           out
           
           of
           their
           Country
           ;
           those
           of
           Holland
           have
           been
           invaded
           ,
           and
           forced
           to
           cover
           themselves
           with
           their
           Waters
           ;
           and
           as
           for
           us
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           I
           need
           not
           tell
           you
           how
           we
           have
           been
           used
           ,
           the
           least
           hint
           is
           sufficient
           to
           refresh
           your
           Memories
           ,
           and
           the
           Danger
           we
           have
           escaped
           ,
           is
           yet
           so
           near
           ,
           that
           it
           supersedes
           all
           Necessity
           of
           a
           Description
           .
           It
           has
           been
           said
           of
           some
           ,
           that
           when
           they
           have
           been
           shewed
           the
           
             next
             morning
          
           the
           Danger
           they
           escaped
           
             in
             the
             night
          
           ,
           they
           have
           dyed
           with
           Apprehension
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           no
           Precipice
           can
           have
           a
           more
           dreadful
           prospect
           to
           those
           that
           have
           escaped
           it
           ,
           than
           our
           Danger
           ought
           to
           have
           ,
           and
           will
           have
           to
           all
           that
           duly
           consider
           ,
           and
           look
           back
           on
           it
           .
           But
           God
           has
           Redeemed
           and
           Saved
           us
           out
           of
           our
           Enemy's
           hands
           ;
           He
           has
           brought
           us
           back
           into
           our
           own
           Land
           ,
           and
           we
           are
           now
           before
           him
           this
           day
           ,
           to
           magnifie
           him
           for
           our
           Deliverance
           .
           Let
           us
           therefore
           join
           in
           that
           which
           is
           the
           Chorus
           of
           this
           Psalm
           ,
           
             O
             that
             Men
             would
             praise
             the
             Lord
             for
             his
             Goodness
             ,
             and
             declare
             the
             Wonders
             he
             doth
             for
             the
             Children
             of
             Men.
             
          
        
         
           But
           4
           thly
           .
           This
           Conspiracy
           had
           a
           peculiar
           respect
           to
           the
           Free
           States
           of
           Europe
           :
           'T
           was
           about
           the
           time
           of
           the
           entring
           into
           this
           League
           that
           famous
           Saying
           was
           applied
           to
           
             Holland
             ,
             Delenda
             est
             Carthago
          
           ;
           it
           was
           pretended
           to
           be
           of
           ill
           consequence
           to
           Princes
           and
           Crowned
           Heads
           ,
           to
           let
           a
           Common-Wealth
           be
           their
           Neighbour
           ,
           lest
           the
           sight
           and
           example
           of
           Liberty
           might
           influence
           their
           People
           ,
           they
           combined
           therefore
           to
           destroy
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           Slaves
           of
           France
           might
           not
           understand
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           a
           milder
           Government
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           than
           the
           Tyranny
           of
           their
           Master
           .
           If
           His
           present
           Majesty
           could
           have
           been
           prevailed
           on
           ,
           to
           come
           into
           the
           Confederacy
           ,
           he
           needed
           not
           have
           ventured
           his
           Life
           to
           rescue
           England
           ,
           and
           merited
           a
           Crown
           by
           such
           hazardous
           
           Undertakings
           .
           He
           might
           have
           been
           a
           KING
           out
           of
           hand
           in
           his
           own
           Country
           ,
           and
           secured
           of
           his
           Succession
           to
           the
           English
           Throne
           ;
           but
           he
           scorned
           Crowns
           of
           
           Lewis's
           giving
           ,
           much
           more
           one
           that
           he
           could
           not
           take
           without
           injuring
           his
           Country
           ,
           the
           Liberty
           of
           which
           is
           due
           to
           his
           Ancestors
           ,
           and
           the
           Preservation
           of
           it
           to
           Himself
           .
           But
           when
           they
           could
           not
           corrupt
           ,
           they
           resolved
           to
           destroy
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           more
           particularly
           ,
           because
           they
           look'd
           on
           him
           as
           the
           Patron
           and
           Defender
           of
           the
           Liberty
           of
           Europe
           ▪
           to
           which
           they
           on
           all
           occasions
           declared
           their
           Enmity
           .
           'T
           is
           not
           imaginable
           ,
           with
           what
           Passion
           and
           Zeal
           their
           whole
           Party
           here
           ,
           used
           to
           enlarge
           on
           the
           Praises
           of
           an
           Absolute
           Government
           ▪
           how
           impatient
           they
           were
           to
           hear
           any
           one
           name
           to
           them
           ,
           the
           Laws
           ,
           the
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Subjects
           ,
           or
           a
           Common-wealth
           .
           No
           ,
           the
           
             King's
             Will
          
           was
           the
           
             only
             Law
          
           they
           could
           endure
           to
           hear
           of
           ;
           and
           they
           mightily
           admired
           and
           praised
           the
           submissive
           Temper
           of
           the
           Mahometans
           ,
           that
           counted
           themselves
           happy
           to
           be
           under
           a
           Power
           which
           ,
           when
           it
           pleased
           ,
           might
           present
           them
           with
           a
           Bow-String
           .
           They
           did
           not
           mince
           the
           Matter
           ,
           but
           only
           professed
           ,
           That
           they
           designed
           to
           free
           the
           King
           from
           the
           Chains
           of
           the
           Laws
           ,
           and
           the
           Pupillage
           of
           Parliaments
           :
           Or
           ,
           as
           the
           Irish
           Proposals
           I
           mentioned
           before
           ,
           word
           it
           ,
           
             Make
             his
             Monarchy
             absolute
             and
             real
             .
          
           The
           very
           Terms
           of
           the
           League
           ,
           according
           to
           Abbot
           Primi
           ,
           were
           to
           secure
           to
           the
           King
           
             an
             absolute
             Authority
             over
             his
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             the
             Re-establishment
             of
             the
             Roman-Catholick
             Religion
             in
             the
             Three
             Kingdoms
             of
          
           England
           ,
           Scotland
           and
           Ireland
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           5
           thly
           .
           This
           Confederacy
           ,
           or
           rather
           Conspiracy
           ,
           had
           a
           peculiar
           relation
           to
           Ireland
           .
           The
           great
           Body
           and
           Magazine
           of
           Men
           ,
           whose
           Hands
           were
           to
           perform
           this
           Work
           in
           these
           Kingdoms
           ,
           were
           to
           be
           raised
           out
           of
           Ireland
           ;
           the
           
             Irish
             Proposals
          
           I
           have
           so
           
           often
           mentioned
           ,
           promise
           150000
           ,
           part
           of
           them
           were
           to
           be
           the
           King
           's
           
             immediate
             Guards
          
           ,
           part
           of
           them
           the
           
             standing
             Army
          
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           all
           of
           them
           the
           Instruments
           of
           our
           Slavery
           .
           In
           order
           to
           make
           them
           considerable
           ,
           and
           to
           hire
           them
           to
           do
           their
           Work
           cheerfully
           ,
           Ireland
           was
           to
           be
           separated
           from
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           made
           independent
           on
           it
           ;
           The
           English
           Interest
           in
           it
           was
           to
           be
           destroyed
           ,
           and
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           under
           the
           Notion
           of
           
             Whigs
             ,
             Fanaticks
             ,
             Cromwelians
          
           ,
           roo●ed
           out
           of
           it
           .
           How
           near
           these
           things
           were
           to
           taking
           effect
           ,
           you
           can
           all
           witness
           .
           They
           were
           not
           only
           designed
           and
           attempted
           ,
           but
           actually
           ,
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           executed
           upon
           us
           ;
           our
           Estates
           were
           taken
           away
           ,
           and
           this
           Kingdom
           cut
           off
           from
           England
           ,
           by
           Acts
           past
           in
           their
           late
           pretended
           PARLIAMENT
           ;
           our
           Houses
           were
           filled
           with
           Souldiers
           and
           Dragoons
           ,
           our
           Churches
           possessed
           by
           Romish
           Priests
           ,
           our
           Persons
           shut
           up
           in
           Prisons
           ,
           and
           our
           Religious
           Assemblies
           interdicted
           .
           Our
           Friends
           and
           Relations
           ,
           our
           
             Nobility
             ,
             Gentry
          
           ,
           and
           Clergy
           ,
           driven
           for
           the
           most
           part
           out
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           attainted
           for
           Life
           and
           Estates
           ,
           and
           an
           Army
           ready
           to
           be
           transported
           into
           England
           ,
           if
           God
           had
           not
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           their
           Designs
           ,
           and
           
             confounded
             their
             Devices
          
           .
           'T
           is
           by
           His
           mercy
           
             we
             are
             redeemed
             from
             the
             Lands
             ,
             from
             the
             North
             and
             from
             the
             South
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           let
           us
           give
           Thanks
           unto
           Him
           ,
           and
           Praise
           Him.
           
        
         
           You
           see
           then
           the
           Extent
           of
           this
           Design
           ,
           that
           it
           took
           in
           all
           the
           Princes
           and
           States
           of
           Europe
           ,
           that
           it
           struck
           at
           our
           Estates
           ,
           our
           Liberty
           ,
           our
           Lives
           ,
           and
           above
           all
           ,
           at
           our
           Religion
           ;
           that
           it
           was
           carryed
           on
           by
           many
           and
           powerful
           hands
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           most
           secret
           and
           efficacious
           Methods
           ;
           And
           who
           else
           could
           defeat
           such
           a
           Contrivance
           ,
           or
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           it
           ,
           but
           the
           same
           God
           that
           
             bounds
             the
             Sea
             with
             a
             Heap
             of
             Dust
             ,
             
             and
             says
             to
             the
             Waves
             thereof
             ,
             hither
             shall
             you
             come
             ,
             and
             no
             farther
             .
          
        
         
           III.
           Which
           is
           a
           proper
           Introduction
           to
           my
           third
           Head
           ,
           
             The
             Miraculous
             Concurrence
             of
             Providences
             for
             our
             Deliverance
             ,
             in
             breaking
             this
             Design
             so
             deeply
             laid
             ,
             and
             vigorously
             prosecuted
             .
          
           These
           were
           so
           many
           ,
           and
           so
           remarkable
           ,
           that
           I
           doubt
           whether
           ever
           any
           Revolution
           was
           accompanied
           with
           a
           Chain
           of
           such
           strange
           and
           unaccountable
           Accidents
           ,
           I
           shall
           mention
           only
           a
           few
           ,
           that
           every
           body
           must
           have
           observed
           ,
           and
           leave
           you
           to
           judge
           ,
           whether
           the
           Finger
           of
           God
           must
           not
           be
           acknowledg'd
           in
           them
           .
        
         
           First
           therefore
           ,
           it
           was
           strangely
           unaccountable
           ,
           that
           the
           Pope
           ,
           who
           seemed
           to
           have
           a
           great
           Stake
           and
           Interest
           in
           this
           Design
           ,
           and
           as
           one
           would
           imagine
           ,
           was
           most
           deeply
           concerned
           in
           the
           Success
           of
           it
           ,
           should
           upon
           a
           trifle
           ,
           break
           with
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           and
           not
           only
           desert
           his
           Party
           ,
           but
           most
           cordially
           espouse
           the
           opposite
           side
           :
           And
           that
           the
           King
           of
           France
           ,
           who
           never
           before
           struck
           at
           any
           thing
           when
           Interest
           was
           in
           the
           case
           ,
           upon
           the
           Worlds
           counting
           it
           base
           or
           wicked
           ,
           should
           refuse
           his
           Ghostly
           Father
           common
           Justice
           in
           Matters
           of
           so
           little
           moment
           ,
           as
           the
           Regale
           and
           Franchises
           .
           It
           is
           plain
           ,
           that
           the
           Pope
           has
           Right
           on
           his
           side
           on
           both
           these
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           French
           King
           was
           not
           much
           concerned
           ,
           either
           in
           Profit
           or
           Honour
           to
           defend
           them
           :
           The
           Regale
           being
           a
           new
           Usurpation
           ,
           and
           the
           Franchises
           an
           ancient
           Nusance
           :
           Yet
           so
           obstinate
           have
           both
           sides
           proved
           in
           the
           Contest
           ,
           that
           we
           hope
           't
           is
           become
           irreconcilable
           .
           Now
           if
           this
           had
           not
           happened
           ,
           the
           Counter-League
           of
           the
           Princes
           of
           Europe
           to
           the
           French
           Conspiracy
           ,
           could
           hardly
           have
           been
           entred
           into
           or
           continued
           ▪
           'T
           is
           this
           takes
           off
           the
           Odium
           from
           the
           
           Emperor
           ●nd
           King
           of
           Spain
           ,
           of
           assisting
           His
           present
           Majesty
           to
           redeem
           England
           ,
           and
           deprives
           the
           French
           King
           of
           
           the
           Advantages
           he
           proposed
           to
           himself
           ,
           by
           declaring
           this
           a
           War
           of
           Religion
           :
           It
           being
           ridiculous
           to
           pretend
           a
           
             Holy
             War
          
           against
           the
           Father
           and
           Head
           of
           his
           Church
           .
           This
           aversion
           of
           the
           Pope
           to
           the
           French
           designs
           is
           ,
           an
           Obstacle
           in
           the
           way
           ,
           that
           neither
           Lewis
           nor
           James
           ,
           can
           yet
           get
           over
           ,
           tho'
           the
           one
           begs
           hard
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           offers
           fair
           to
           remove
           it
           :
           Having
           proffered
           the
           Pope
           all
           that
           he
           desired
           at
           first
           ,
           and
           to
           oblige
           the
           French
           Clergy
           to
           own
           his
           Infallibility
           into
           the
           bargain
           .
        
         
           Thus
           God
           shews
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Hearts
             of
             Kings
             are
             in
             his
             Hands
          
           ;
           that
           he
           can
           make
           them
           stoop
           ,
           and
           do
           mean
           things
           ,
           when
           it
           will
           do
           them
           no
           good
           ;
           and
           obstinate
           ,
           when
           yielding
           would
           be
           serviceable
           to
           them
           .
           It
           cannot
           but
           be
           esteemed
           a
           further
           Providence
           ,
           that
           two
           Popes
           should
           succeed
           one
           another
           of
           the
           same
           humour
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           not
           common
           )
           and
           should
           persevere
           in
           the
           same
           Enmity
           to
           France
           .
        
         
           But
           2
           dly
           .
           It
           must
           be
           owned
           as
           a
           signal
           piece
           of
           Providence
           in
           God
           ,
           to
           have
           raised
           up
           a
           man
           endued
           with
           the
           
             Courage
             ,
             Closeness
          
           ,
           and
           Activity
           of
           his
           
             present
             Majesty
          
           ;
           who
           durst
           attempt
           so
           strange
           and
           (
           in
           human
           probability
           )
           such
           an
           impractical
           thing
           as
           our
           Deliverance
           .
           'T
           is
           a
           rare
           thing
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           one
           man
           should
           have
           the
           Dexterity
           to
           Engage
           ,
           and
           the
           Wisdom
           to
           Manage
           so
           many
           Different
           Interests
           into
           a
           Confederacy
           ,
           and
           argues
           a
           particular
           Providence
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           It
           was
           another
           piece
           of
           
             Divine
             Ordering
          
           ,
           that
           His
           Majesty
           should
           be
           so
           particularly
           interessed
           and
           engaged
           to
           undertake
           this
           Work
           ,
           before
           it
           was
           too
           late
           ,
           and
           our
           Destruction
           unavoidable
           .
           If
           we
           had
           gone
           on
           a
           few
           years
           in
           the
           course
           ,
           in
           which
           we
           were
           ,
           in
           all
           probability
           our
           Condition
           would
           have
           become
           altogether
           desperate
           .
           But
           the
           eagerness
           
           of
           the
           Conspirators
           to
           cut
           off
           Their
           present
           Majesties
           from
           all
           hopes
           of
           Succession
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           made
           them
           introduce
           a
           Prince
           of
           Wales
           ,
           two
           or
           three
           years
           sooner
           than
           they
           were
           ready
           for
           him
           .
           They
           knew
           very
           well
           when
           he
           appeared
           ,
           the
           Persons
           concerned
           would
           be
           provoked
           to
           the
           height
           ,
           and
           that
           then
           ,
           if
           ever
           ,
           Their
           present
           Majesties
           must
           appear
           for
           
             their
             Right
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           for
           their
           Deliverance
           ,
           against
           which
           They
           were
           not
           as
           yet
           prepared
           :
           For
           they
           had
           not
           yet
           sufficiently
           trained
           the
           Irish
           ,
           nor
           filled
           the
           Army
           in
           England
           with
           Papists
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           which
           they
           were
           not
           able
           to
           make
           any
           Resistance
           against
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           having
           awakened
           him
           ,
           before
           they
           were
           prepared
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           necessitated
           him
           to
           make
           his
           Descent
           into
           England
           ,
           whilst
           the
           Arms
           were
           still
           for
           the
           most
           part
           in
           the
           Protestants
           Hands
           ,
           and
           the
           Papists
           in
           no
           capacity
           to
           awe
           them
           .
        
         
           4
           thly
           .
           The
           very
           pretended
           Birth
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Wales
           was
           so
           ill
           managed
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           so
           much
           as
           a
           well-contrived
           Cheat.
           The
           very
           Papists
           complained
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           publickly
           in
           print
           .
           There
           was
           published
           here
           ,
           (
           amongst
           many
           others
           under
           the
           late
           Government
           )
           a
           virulent
           Paper
           against
           His
           present
           Majesty
           ,
           entituled
           ,
           
             England's
             Crysis
             ,
             or
             the
             World
             well
             amended
             .
          
           To
           give
           it
           the
           greater
           Credit
           the
           Author
           pretends
           to
           be
           a
           Protestant
           ,
           and
           the
           Evidence
           of
           Truth
           forced
           from
           him
           this
           following
           passage
           .
           
             One
             Reason
             of
             his
          
           (
           the
           Prince
           of
           
           Orange's
           )
           
             Expedition
             had
             at
             least
             a
             shew
             of
             Justice
             in
             the
             Quarrel
             ,
             I
             mean
             the
             business
             of
             the
             Prince
             of
          
           Wales
           ,
           
             which
             I
             cannot
             but
             confess
             ,
             some
             People
             managed
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             designed
             either
             that
             we
             should
             not
             believe
             at
             all
             ,
             or
             if
             we
             did
             ,
             our
             Belief
             should
             be
             as
             implicit
             as
             to
             Successions
             ,
             and
             Inheritances
             here
             ,
             as
             that
             of
             the
             Romanist
             is
             in
             his
             expectation
             of
             Inheriting
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Heaven
             hereafter
             .
          
           
           This
           it
           is
           true
           ,
           they
           imputed
           to
           the
           Treachery
           of
           Councellors
           and
           Managers
           :
           But
           when
           their
           Zealots
           writ
           ,
           and
           King
           James
           permitted
           such
           Accounts
           of
           that
           matter
           to
           be
           published
           ,
           't
           is
           a
           sign
           the
           business
           needed
           an
           Apology
           ;
           and
           that
           by
           God's
           just
           Judgment
           on
           them
           ,
           their
           usual
           Dexterity
           failed
           them
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           5
           thly
           .
           It
           was
           a
           
             Peculiar
             Providence
          
           in
           this
           Affair
           ,
           that
           King
           James
           did
           not
           adhere
           determinately
           to
           any
           Counsels
           or
           Counsellors
           ,
           but
           did
           things
           irresolutely
           ,
           and
           by
           halves
           .
           I
           find
           Papists
           in
           their
           Letters
           to
           him
           complaining
           of
           this
           ,
           and
           cautioning
           him
           against
           it
           .
           One
           entreats
           him
           ,
           
             for
             Gods
             sake
             not
             to
             listen
             to
             Trimming
             Counsellors
             ,
             whose
             Aversion
             to
             his
             Religion
             ,
             and
             cunning
             design
             of
             spinning
             out
             his
             Life
             with
             their
          
           Pian
           Piano
           ,
           
             put
             them
             upon
             urging
             to
             him
             ,
             that
             great
             Alterations
             are
             dangerous
             ,
             when
             carried
             otherwise
             than
             by
             slow
             and
             imperceptible
             degrees
             .
          
           The
           same
           tells
           him
           ,
           That
           
             nothing
             causes
             Irresolution
             more
             than
             a
             Medley
             of
             Councellors
             of
             a
             Different
             Religion
             from
             their
             Prince
             .
          
           Yet
           King
           James
           could
           never
           free
           himself
           from
           this
           Medley
           :
           And
           that
           is
           the
           Reason
           that
           his
           Actions
           were
           never
           of
           a
           Piece
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           commonly
           spoyled
           his
           Business
           by
           doing
           
             too
             much
          
           ,
           and
           yet
           
             too
             little
          
           .
           Thus
           he
           ought
           either
           not
           to
           have
           brought
           any
           Irish
           or
           French
           into
           his
           Army
           .
           or
           made
           the
           whole
           entirely
           Papists
           ;
           he
           ought
           either
           to
           have
           accepted
           the
           French
           King's
           Assistance
           and
           Fleet
           without
           Reserve
           ,
           or
           else
           broken
           with
           him
           altogether
           ,
           and
           declared
           against
           him
           :
           But
           by
           hanging
           between
           both
           ,
           he
           lost
           the
           Affections
           of
           his
           own
           Subjects
           ,
           which
           might
           have
           supported
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           Benefit
           of
           Forreign
           Assistance
           .
           His
           doing
           and
           undoing
           things
           had
           the
           same
           effect
           ;
           In
           wh●ch
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           particulars
           ,
           his
           not
           sticking
           entirely
           to
           one
           sort
           of
           Counsellors
           ,
           was
           to
           us
           a
           great
           Providence
           .
        
         
         
           I
           must
           reckon
           it
           as
           a
           Sixth
           ,
           that
           the
           States
           of
           Holland
           should
           ,
           without
           scruple
           ,
           trust
           their
           All
           into
           His
           Majesty's
           Hand
           ,
           and
           be
           content
           to
           run
           his
           Fortune
           :
           Which
           they
           plainly
           did
           in
           his
           Expedition
           .
           We
           all
           know
           ,
           that
           the
           United
           Netherlands
           are
           a
           Free
           People
           ,
           most
           Jealous
           of
           their
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           who
           have
           done
           and
           suffered
           more
           to
           maintain
           it
           ,
           than
           perhaps
           any
           Nation
           in
           the
           World.
           And
           as
           they
           are
           jealous
           of
           their
           Liberty
           ,
           so
           they
           are
           close
           and
           wary
           ,
           and
           not
           apt
           to
           venture
           too
           much
           at
           one
           stake
           .
           Now
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           People
           should
           commit
           the
           Absolute
           Disposal
           of
           their
           
             Navy
             ,
             their
             Armies
             ,
             and
             their
             Money
             ,
             the
             very
             Sinews
             of
             their
             State
             ,
          
           to
           one
           man
           ,
           and
           venture
           all
           in
           the
           same
           Bottom
           with
           him
           ,
           was
           an
           unbounded
           
             Trust
             and
             Kindness
          
           ,
           as
           His
           Majesty
           himself
           is
           said
           to
           have
           expressed
           it
           to
           them
           .
           They
           trusted
           not
           only
           Him
           ,
           but
           the
           Winds
           and
           Seas
           for
           his
           sake
           :
           And
           tho'
           they
           had
           such
           entire
           Confidence
           in
           his
           Conduct
           and
           Faith
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           ask
           him
           what
           he
           designed
           ;
           yet
           the
           Hazard
           of
           a
           Winter
           Voyage
           ,
           where
           the
           whole
           of
           their
           State
           was
           at
           once
           exposed
           to
           the
           mercy
           of
           a
           Tempest
           ,
           was
           sufficient
           to
           have
           s●umbled
           them
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           same
           God
           that
           
             inclined
             the
             Hearts
             of
          
           Israel
           ,
           
             as
             of
             one
             man
             ,
             towards
          
           David
           ,
           knit
           their
           Hearts
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           made
           them
           tender
           of
           
             his
             Life
          
           and
           Person
           ,
           where
           they
           ,
           without
           Hesitation
           ,
           ventured
           their
           State.
           
        
         
           7
           thly
           .
           It
           must
           be
           owned
           as
           an
           Effect
           of
           the
           same
           Providence
           ,
           that
           King
           
           James's
           Court
           and
           Ministers
           was
           so
           blinded
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           not
           see
           into
           His
           present
           Majesty's
           Designs
           ,
           and
           so
           secure
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           not
           give
           credit
           to
           the
           many
           Advices
           given
           them
           of
           these
           Preparations
           ;
           of
           which
           we
           can
           give
           no
           other
           account
           than
           that
           of
           Job
           ,
           Chap.
           5.13
           .
           
             He
             taketh
             the
             Wise
             in
             their
             own
             craftiness
             ,
             
             and
             the
             Councel
             of
             the
             Froward
             is
             carryed
             headlong
             ;
             They
             meet
             with
             Darkness
             in
             the
             Day
             ,
             and
             grope
             in
             the
             Noon-day
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             Night
             .
          
        
         
           8
           thly
           .
           I
           shall
           only
           mention
           King
           
           James's
           Deserting
           his
           Army
           in
           England
           ,
           on
           which
           if
           he
           had
           absolutely
           cast
           Himself
           ,
           and
           depended
           on
           their
           Fidelity
           ,
           it
           is
           certain
           ,
           by
           what
           has
           happened
           since
           ,
           that
           a
           great
           part
           of
           them
           would
           have
           stood
           by
           him
           .
           There
           were
           enow
           to
           make
           a
           Vigorous
           Opposition
           ,
           who
           were
           willing
           to
           run
           his
           Fortune
           ,
           if
           God
           had
           not
           Enfeebled
           their
           Courage
           ,
           and
           put
           fear
           in
           their
           Hearts
           .
           It
           was
           this
           opened
           the
           way
           to
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           Revolutions
           that
           ever
           happened
           in
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           almost
           without
           a
           Drop
           of
           Blood.
           Which
           must
           be
           owned
           as
           a
           singular
           Providence
           .
        
         
           9
           thly
           .
           It
           was
           an
           over-reaching
           Act
           of
           Providence
           to
           make
           that
           the
           Key
           to
           open
           a
           Way
           for
           our
           Settlement
           ,
           which
           was
           projected
           by
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           as
           the
           certain
           means
           to
           Embroil
           us
           for
           ever
           .
           I
           suppose
           no
           body
           doubts
           ,
           but
           those
           who
           advised
           King
           James
           to
           Desert
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           believe
           that
           we
           could
           never
           come
           to
           a
           Settlement
           without
           him
           ;
           and
           yet
           the
           Event
           proved
           directly
           contrary
           to
           their
           Expectation
           :
           For
           his
           Presence
           in
           all
           probability
           had
           been
           such
           a
           Rub
           to
           our
           Settlement
           ,
           that
           it
           had
           not
           been
           easie
           to
           get
           over
           it
           .
           It
           was
           indeed
           strange
           we
           should
           come
           to
           a
           Resolution
           so
           soon
           ,
           especially
           where
           the
           Weight
           of
           the
           Matter
           was
           so
           great
           ,
           and
           the
           Opinions
           of
           Men
           so
           divided
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           near
           equality
           of
           Voices
           ,
           the
           Wisest
           could
           not
           foresee
           how
           it
           would
           end
           ,
           till
           Heaven
           it self
           determined
           it
           .
           For
           what
           else
           could
           have
           brought
           such
           different
           Interests
           and
           Judgments
           ,
           to
           acquiesce
           in
           the
           Conclusion
           .
        
         
           Neither
           in
           the
           10
           th
           .
           Place
           must
           we
           imagine
           ,
           that
           that
           strange
           and
           absurd
           Division
           of
           Protestants
           in
           England
           ,
           
           into
           Jacobites
           and
           Williamites
           ,
           happened
           without
           a
           Providence
           .
           Whatever
           Sense
           some
           may
           have
           of
           it
           in
           other
           respects
           ,
           we
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           must
           own
           it
           as
           a
           great
           and
           signal
           Mercy
           .
           King
           James
           and
           his
           Adherents
           here
           ,
           reckoned
           upon
           a
           strong
           and
           numerous
           Party
           in
           England
           ;
           and
           were
           afraid
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           utterly
           destroyed
           us
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           have
           lost
           them
           ;
           and
           therefore
           in
           many
           cases
           were
           oblig'd
           to
           bear
           an
           easier
           hand
           towards
           us
           ,
           than
           otherwise
           they
           would
           have
           done
           .
           And
           whatever
           Favour
           or
           Forbearance
           we
           received
           from
           them
           ,
           it
           was
           intirely
           due
           to
           this
           Consideration
           .
           This
           was
           the
           Use
           God
           made
           of
           this
           Faction
           ,
           and
           now
           it
           has
           served
           his
           Purpose
           ,
           I
           hope
           he
           will
           extinguish
           it
           .
        
         
           11
           thly
           .
           God
           in
           his
           Providence
           so
           order'd
           it
           ,
           that
           King
           James
           found
           an
           unexpected
           Diversion
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           that
           employed
           all
           his
           Forces
           till
           things
           were
           settled
           in
           England
           ;
           and
           till
           his
           Present
           Majesty
           had
           leisure
           to
           break
           the
           Enemies
           Power
           in
           Scotland
           ;
           and
           prepare
           for
           the
           Conquest
           of
           Ireland
           .
           Had
           King
           James
           on
           his
           Landing
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           found
           no
           Opposition
           in
           it
           ,
           but
           been
           intirely
           at
           Liberty
           to
           join
           his
           Forces
           with
           that
           Party
           that
           appeared
           for
           him
           in
           our
           Neighbouring
           Kingdom
           ,
           every
           one
           is
           sensible
           ,
           how
           fatal
           the
           Event
           might
           have
           proved
           :
           Not
           only
           to
           England
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           the
           Liberty
           of
           all
           Europe
           .
           But
           it
           pleased
           God
           to
           find
           him
           Work
           here
           by
           an
           unexpected
           Opposition
           ,
           which
           not
           only
           imployed
           ,
           but
           ruined
           his
           best
           Men
           ;
           and
           lost
           him
           such
           an
           Opportunity
           ,
           as
           never
           could
           again
           be
           expected
           .
           If
           we
           consider
           the
           Places
           and
           Persons
           that
           made
           this
           Opposition
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           Miracle
           that
           they
           should
           undertake
           ,
           much
           more
           that
           they
           should
           succeed
           in
           it
           .
           And
           it
           looks
           as
           if
           God
           Almighty
           in
           his
           Providence
           had
           raised
           them
           up
           for
           that
           Juncture
           ,
           and
           inspired
           them
           with
           Resolution
           ,
           in
           an
           extraordinary
           Manner
           ,
           to
           shew
           
             his
             
             Power
          
           in
           
             their
             weakness
          
           ,
           and
           his
           Care
           of
           us
           ,
           in
           the
           Seasonableness
           of
           their
           Undertaking
           .
           Our
           Enemies
           were
           very
           sensible
           of
           the
           Unluckiness
           of
           this
           Accident
           ,
           as
           they
           called
           it
           ,
           and
           curst
           Derry
           and
           Eniskillin
           as
           the
           Occasion
           of
           the
           Ruin
           of
           their
           Affairs
           .
        
         
           12
           thly
           .
           It
           was
           certainly
           a
           
             great
             Providence
          
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesty
           in
           Person
           should
           undertake
           the
           Reduction
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           at
           a
           time
           ,
           and
           in
           such
           Circumstances
           ,
           that
           King
           James
           ,
           and
           his
           Party
           judged
           it
           impossible
           :
           And
           promised
           themselves
           that
           they
           had
           made
           him
           such
           Work
           at
           home
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           rather
           fear
           an
           Invasion
           from
           Ireland
           ,
           than
           think
           of
           an
           Expedition
           into
           it
           .
           But
           the
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           his
           single
           Courage
           and
           Resolution
           ,
           broke
           all
           their
           Measures
           ,
           and
           put
           them
           out
           of
           those
           Methods
           ,
           which
           they
           imagined
           so
           well
           concerted
           ,
           that
           it
           must
           be
           impossible
           to
           defeat
           them
           .
        
         
           13
           thly
           .
           Can
           it
           be
           ascribed
           to
           any
           thing
           else
           than
           a
           
             singular
             Providence
          
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           mistake
           themselves
           ,
           and
           disregard
           the
           Advices
           ,
           or
           rather
           (
           as
           they
           themselves
           used
           to
           call
           them
           )
           
             their
             Orders
             from
          
           France
           ,
           so
           ,
           as
           to
           put
           themselves
           to
           the
           hazard
           of
           a
           Battle
           ,
           when
           delay
           was
           so
           much
           their
           Interest
           whatever
           it
           cost
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           easie
           to
           them
           ,
           had
           they
           not
           been
           infatuated
           ?
        
         
           14
           thly
           .
           It
           was
           no
           less
           an
           
             Over-ruling
             Providence
          
           ,
           that
           an
           Army
           so
           well
           Trained
           ,
           Disciplined
           ,
           and
           Armed
           ;
           and
           so
           advantageously
           posted
           ,
           should
           make
           so
           little
           Opposition
           .
           The
           Advantage
           of
           their
           Post
           by
           all
           Intelligent
           men
           ,
           was
           reckoned
           above
           three
           to
           one
           ;
           and
           it
           had
           been
           impossible
           to
           beat
           them
           from
           it
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           God
           of
           Battles
           enfeebled
           their
           hearts
           ,
           and
           animated
           his
           Majesty
           to
           an
           Attempt
           ,
           that
           seems
           next
           in
           strangeness
           to
           that
           of
           Jonathans
           on
           the
           Philistines
           :
           And
           which
           perhaps
           ,
           only
           his
           Majesty
           of
           all
           Men
           living
           ,
           would
           have
           attempted
           .
        
         
         
           15
           thly
           .
           Add
           to
           this
           ,
           the
           strange
           Panick
           Fear
           that
           seized
           the
           Vanquished
           .
           Tho'
           their
           Troops
           were
           for
           the
           most
           part
           untouched
           ,
           and
           a
           very
           few
           fallen
           ;
           yet
           such
           Dread
           and
           Terror
           possessed
           them
           ,
           as
           did
           formerly
           the
           Syrians
           at
           Samaria
           ,
           and
           
             they
             fled
             where
             no
             man
             pursued
             them
             .
          
           King
           James
           did
           not
           stop
           till
           he
           got
           out
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           his
           Army
           fled
           as
           far
           as
           the
           Sea
           would
           let
           them
           ;
           had
           they
           had
           ships
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           gone
           all
           together
           .
        
         
           16
           thly
           .
           I
           must
           remark
           it
           further
           as
           a
           peculiar
           Providence
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesties
           Victory
           happened
           at
           such
           a
           Critical
           Time
           ,
           that
           the
           Peace
           of
           England
           ,
           nay
           perhaps
           the
           Fate
           of
           Europe
           ,
           depended
           on
           it
           ,
           Had
           it
           but
           been
           delayed
           one
           Week
           ,
           no
           body
           knows
           what
           would
           have
           been
           the
           Consequence
           .
        
         
           17
           thly
           ,
           The
           saving
           of
           this
           City
           of
           Dublin
           from
           so
           often
           threatned
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           both
           we
           ,
           and
           the
           generality
           of
           our
           Enemies
           believed
           ,
           )
           resolved
           Destruction
           ,
           is
           another
           piece
           of
           Divine
           Goodness
           :
           And
           withal
           so
           strange
           ,
           that
           we
           can
           yet
           give
           no
           Account
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           so
           much
           as
           guess
           at
           what
           altered
           their
           Resolution
           .
           I
           need
           only
           mention
           this
           to
           most
           of
           my
           Hearers
           ,
           to
           fill
           their
           hearts
           with
           Admiration
           ,
           and
           open
           their
           Mouths
           with
           Thansgiving
           to
           God
           ,
           for
           the
           Miracles
           of
           his
           Mercies
           .
        
         
           18
           thly
           .
           And
           yet
           there
           is
           still
           behind
           a
           greater
           Miracle
           and
           Mercy
           than
           this
           ,
           and
           which
           we
           can
           hardly
           think
           on
           without
           Terror
           ,
           and
           that
           was
           ,
           
             the
             Miraculous
             Preservation
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Person
             in
             the
             Battle
             :
          
           To
           whom
           we
           may
           apply
           what
           David
           affirms
           of
           himself
           ,
           
             there
             is
             but
             a
             step
             between
             me
             and
             Death
          
           ;
           our
           danger
           came
           nearer
           ,
           even
           within
           a
           hairs
           breadth
           .
           If
           there
           were
           no
           dangers
           &
           difficulties
           in
           Life
           ,
           we
           should
           not
           be
           sensible
           of
           particular
           Providences
           :
           But
           one
           such
           escape
           as
           this
           ,
           awakens
           the
           Sense
           of
           Religion
           ,
           
           and
           of
           Gods
           Power
           ,
           more
           in
           our
           Hearts
           ,
           than
           many
           years
           of
           even
           and
           un-interrupted
           Happiness
           .
           We
           must
           acknowledge
           that
           all
           our
           Lives
           in
           him
           ,
           were
           at
           the
           Mercy
           of
           that
           one
           Bullet
           :
           And
           't
           was
           surely
           the
           God
           of
           Battles
           in
           his
           unspeakable
           Mercy
           and
           Providence
           preserved
           us
           .
           If
           Thousands
           of
           us
           had
           dyed
           ,
           the
           Enemy
           would
           not
           have
           cared
           for
           us
           :
           And
           notwithstanding
           they
           lost
           the
           Battle
           ,
           yet
           they
           would
           have
           counted
           it
           a
           Victory
           ,
           and
           their
           loss
           sufficiently
           Ballanced
           by
           the
           single
           Life
           of
           his
           present
           Majesty
           .
           'T
           is
           certain
           they
           would
           willingly
           have
           given
           their
           Army
           for
           it
           .
           And
           this
           alone
           is
           sufficient
           to
           teach
           us
           how
           to
           value
           it
           ,
           and
           what
           thanks
           we
           owe
           to
           God
           for
           preserving
           it
           .
        
         
           In
           short
           ,
           we
           had
           not
           ,
           neither
           have
           we
           yet
           in
           our
           utmost
           view
           ,
           another
           chance
           to
           save
           us
           ,
           our
           
             Liberties
             ,
             Estates
          
           or
           Religion
           ,
           but
           this
           one
           ,
           of
           His
           Majesties
           coming
           to
           the
           rescue
           of
           these
           Kingdoms
           :
           And
           his
           undertaking
           it
           has
           been
           carried
           on
           by
           such
           a
           miraculous
           Chain
           of
           Providences
           ,
           that
           we
           must
           acknowledge
           ,
           it
           is
           by
           the
           
             Grace
             of
             God
          
           ,
           that
           William
           and
           Mary
           are
           now
           our
           King
           and
           Queen
           .
           Perhaps
           they
           have
           more
           visible
           reasons
           to
           put
           that
           in
           their
           Titles
           ,
           than
           any
           Princes
           in
           Christendom
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           therefore
           own
           the
           whole
           of
           our
           Deliverance
           to
           be
           a
           work
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           ascribe
           it
           intirely
           to
           him
           ,
           without
           assuming
           any
           part
           of
           it
           to
           our selves
           .
           God
           in
           his
           Providence
           has
           so
           ordered
           the
           matter
           ,
           that
           we
           ,
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           have
           had
           no
           hand
           in
           it
           ,
           or
           pretence
           to
           it
           .
           And
           as
           for
           others
           ,
           it
           plainly
           appears
           not
           to
           be
           so
           much
           a
           work
           of
           man
           ,
           or
           carried
           on
           by
           humane
           means
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           
             over-ruling
             Providence
          
           of
           God.
           'T
           was
           manifestly
           God
           ,
           rather
           than
           the
           People
           ,
           set
           our
           King
           and
           Queen
           on
           the
           Throne
           .
           The
           People
           Obstructed
           it
           as
           much
           as
           they
           could
           ,
           by
           their
           Divisions
           ;
           the
           Nobles
           Opposed
           it
           ;
           the
           Mighty
           
           stood
           up
           to
           hinder
           it
           ;
           the
           Nations
           Combined
           against
           it
           ;
           but
           God
           had
           them
           in
           Derision
           ,
           and
           not
           only
           delivered
           their
           Majesties
           from
           the
           Striving
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           but
           also
           made
           them
           their
           Head.
           'T
           is
           He
           ,
           
             the
             most
             High
             ,
             that
             Ruleth
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Men
             ,
             and
             giveth
             it
             to
             whomsoever
             he
             will.
          
           'T
           is
           He
           raised
           up
           King
           William
           to
           be
           a
           Deliverer
           to
           us
           .
           And
           to
           sum
           up
           all
           .
           'T
           is
           He
           that
           
             delivered
             us
             from
             so
             great
             a
             death
             ,
             and
             doth
             deliver
             :
             In
             whom
             we
             Trust
             that
             ▪
             he
             will
             yet
             deliver
             us
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           to
           him
           be
           the
           sole
           glory
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           that
           God
           has
           so
           signally
           appeared
           for
           us
           ,
           let
           us
           (
           which
           was
           the
           Second
           General
           Head
           I
           proposed
           )
           Consider
           what
           Returns
           we
           are
           Obliged
           to
           make
           him
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           Let
           us
           Remember
           that
           it
           was
           not
           for
           nothing
           that
           he
           Delivered
           us
           .
           He
           had
           Certainly
           a
           Peculiar
           design
           in
           saving
           us
           from
           the
           Hands
           of
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           by
           so
           many
           and
           so
           Remarkable
           Providences
           ,
           
             even
             that
             we
             might
             serve
             him
             without
             fear
             .
          
           Let
           us
           therefore
           Employ
           those
           
             Lives
             ,
             Liberties
             ,
             Estates
          
           and
           Churches
           to
           his
           service
           ,
           that
           he
           has
           preserved
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           restored
           to
           us
           .
           Let
           us
           avoid
           those
           provocations
           that
           induced
           him
           to
           bring
           such
           Heavy
           Judgments
           upon
           us
           ;
           and
           let
           us
           Remember
           ,
           how
           Easy
           it
           is
           for
           him
           to
           bring
           us
           to
           a
           condition
           much
           worse
           ,
           than
           that
           from
           whence
           he
           delivered
           us
           ;
           and
           assure
           our selves
           ,
           that
           if
           instead
           of
           serving
           him
           ,
           we
           serve
           his
           Enemies
           the
           Devil
           ,
           and
           our
           Lusts
           ,
           he
           will
           make
           his
           Providence
           as
           signal
           in
           our
           future
           punishment
           ,
           as
           it
           has
           been
           in
           our
           present
           Deliverance
           .
           It
           were
           Easy
           to
           point
           out
           the
           sins
           that
           provoked
           God
           ,
           and
           Occasioned
           our
           late
           Sufferings
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           causes
           will
           always
           have
           the
           same
           Effects
           .
        
         
           2
           dly
           .
           Let
           us
           own
           God's
           goodness
           to
           us
           in
           our
           late
           Sufferings
           ,
           how
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           his
           anger
           ,
           he
           remembred
           
           Mercy
           ;
           how
           he
           made
           our
           Sufferings
           easier
           to
           us
           than
           we
           expected
           ,
           and
           relieved
           us
           sooner
           than
           we
           could
           have
           reasonably
           imagined
           ;
           he
           continued
           us
           amongst
           the
           living
           ,
           when
           we
           expected
           Death
           ;
           He
           gave
           us
           Hearts
           to
           bear
           up
           under
           our
           Pressures
           ,
           and
           made
           us
           Unanimous
           and
           kind
           to
           one
           another
           ;
           He
           pr●served
           us
           from
           Famine
           and
           Pestilence
           ,
           which
           we
           feared
           ,
           and
           granted
           us
           ,
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           Opportunity
           of
           Meeting
           together
           ,
           to
           Worship
           him
           ;
           and
           in
           many
           things
           rather
           afforded
           our
           Enemies
           an
           occasion
           of
           shewing
           their
           Malice
           ,
           and
           wicked
           Intentions
           against
           us
           ,
           than
           of
           Executing
           them
           .
           So
           that
           we
           must
           acknowledge
           with
           the
           Psalmist
           ▪
           That
           the
           
             Lord
             has
             Chastned
             ,
             and
             Corrected
             us
             ,
             but
             hath
             not
             given
             us
             over
             unto
             Death
             .
          
        
         
           3
           dly
           .
           Let
           us
           be
           thankful
           to
           God
           for
           our
           Deliverers
           ,
           and
           thankful
           to
           them
           for
           the
           great
           Pains
           they
           have
           taken
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           Dangers
           they
           have
           run
           to
           effect
           it
           .
           This
           is
           in
           a
           manner
           all
           we
           can
           return
           them
           at
           present
           ,
           for
           all
           the
           Pains
           and
           Costs
           they
           have
           been
           at
           for
           us
           ▪
           and
           for
           all
           the
           Generosity
           they
           have
           shewed
           towards
           us
           :
           Our
           Enemies
           having
           disabled
           us
           in
           a
           great
           Measure
           ,
           either
           to
           help
           our selves
           ,
           or
           make
           any
           Retribution
           to
           them
           .
           However
           ,
           what
           we
           can
           do
           ,
           let
           us
           do
           cheerfully
           .
           And
           let
           us
           return
           at
           least
           our
           hearty
           acknowledgments
           and
           Prayers
           to
           God
           for
           them
           :
           Especially
           for
           their
           Majesties
           ,
           whose
           Parts
           have
           been
           so
           signal
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           revive
           in
           our
           Minds
           the
           Memories
           of
           the
           Ancient
           Heroes
           ,
           the
           Kings
           of
           England
           ;
           the
           
             Edwards
             ,
             Henries
          
           ,
           and
           (
           of
           Queens
           )
           the
           fam'd
           Elizabeth
           ,
           that
           made
           us
           safe
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           dreadful
           to
           our
           Neighbours
           .
           If
           we
           consider
           what
           we
           have
           seen
           the
           King
           do
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           
             what
             part
          
           her
           Majesty
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           acted
           in
           England
           ;
           it
           must
           be
           our
           own
           faults
           if
           we
           are
           not
           a
           happy
           People
           under
           such
           Princes
           ,
           
           and
           we
           must
           be
           very
           ungrateful
           both
           to
           God
           and
           Them
           ,
           if
           we
           are
           not
           sensible
           of
           his
           Goodness
           in
           blessing
           us
           with
           such
           Governors
           ;
           either
           of
           which
           seems
           capable
           of
           Governing
           much
           larger
           Territories
           ,
           than
           they
           yet
           possess
           .
           And
           I
           hope
           as
           they
           are
           Entitled
           to
           them
           ,
           so
           in
           time
           they
           will
           acquire
           them
           .
        
         
           4
           thly
           .
           Let
           us
           spare
           no
           pains
           nor
           costs
           to
           perfect
           this
           happy
           Work
           of
           our
           Deliverance
           :
           And
           let
           us
           remember
           that
           if
           this
           had
           not
           happened
           ,
           we
           must
           have
           lost
           our
           Estates
           and
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           together
           with
           them
           ,
           
             our
             Lives
          
           .
           Who
           would
           not
           within
           these
           last
           Three
           Years
           have
           given
           one
           half
           of
           his
           Estate
           to
           save
           the
           other
           ?
           And
           then
           what
           great
           matter
           if
           we
           give
           half
           of
           our
           In-comes
           for
           some
           Years
           ,
           to
           Enable
           Their
           Majesties
           to
           secure
           the
           whole
           to
           us
           ,
           since
           whatever
           it
           cost
           us
           ,
           't
           is
           but
           restoring
           part
           of
           what
           we
           have
           saved
           ,
           or
           had
           Restored
           by
           their
           Means
           .
        
         
           5
           thly
           .
           Let
           us
           not
           grudge
           or
           murmur
           at
           the
           Hardships
           ,
           or
           Difficulties
           ,
           with
           which
           we
           may
           be
           obliged
           to
           struggle
           for
           a
           few
           Years
           .
           No
           great
           Cure
           was
           ever
           perfected
           without
           putting
           the
           Patient
           to
           some
           pain
           ;
           and
           then
           why
           should
           we
           expect
           it
           ?
           Those
           that
           saw
           not
           what
           we
           suffered
           under
           the
           Late
           Government
           ,
           may
           think
           some
           things
           hard
           at
           present
           .
           But
           I
           observe
           that
           the
           People
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           that
           seem
           to
           have
           the
           greatest
           Cause
           to
           complain
           ,
           are
           best
           satisfied
           :
           Which
           gives
           us
           reason
           to
           suspect
           ,
           that
           if
           any
           complain
           ,
           't
           is
           rather
           from
           their
           dissatisfaction
           with
           the
           present
           Government
           ,
           than
           their
           Particular
           Uneasiness
           .
           And
           I
           am
           afraid
           some
           among
           us
           are
           become
           like
           the
           Roman
           Common-Wealth
           in
           the
           Time
           of
           Sylla
           ,
           which
           as
           the
           Historian
           observes
           ,
           could
           neither
           indure
           its
           Wounds
           nor
           its
           Remedy
           :
           'T
           is
           want
           of
           Experience
           in
           the
           World
           for
           any
           one
           to
           Expect
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           great
           Revolution
           should
           be
           brought
           about
           ,
           without
           Exposing
           many
           to
           Hardships
           and
           
           Difficulties
           .
           But
           
             he
             that
             has
             Patience
             shall
             see
             the
             end
             of
             his
             Hope
             .
          
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           Let
           us
           lay
           aside
           all
           Animosities
           amongst
           our selves
           ,
           and
           all
           Virulency
           against
           our
           Enemies
           .
           Let
           us
           be
           Charitable
           to
           the
           Distressed
           and
           mindful
           of
           those
           that
           have
           not
           yet
           obtained
           their
           Share
           in
           this
           Deliverance
           ;
           Let
           us
           perform
           our
           Vows
           and
           Engagements
           to
           God
           ,
           which
           we
           made
           in
           our
           Distress
           ;
           Let
           us
           lay
           aside
           self-Interest
           ,
           and
           set
           our selves
           to
           lay
           the
           Foundations
           of
           a
           solid
           Peace
           ,
           in
           Piety
           and
           Justice
           .
           That
           the
           God
           of
           Peace
           may
           delight
           to
           bless
           us
           and
           our
           Governours
           ;
           and
           grant
           us
           an
           intire
           Victory
           over
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           a
           Happy
           Union
           and
           Agreement
           amongst
           our selves
           ,
           and
           Minister
           unto
           us
           many
           more
           occasions
           of
           Thanksgiving
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A47445-e160
           
             *
             Sir
             Henry
             Sidney
             
               Five
               times
               Chief
               Governor
               between
               the
               years
               1557.
               and
               1578.
               
            
             Adam
             Loftus
             
               Arch-Bishop
               of
            
             Dublin
             ,
             
               three
               times
               Lord
               Justice
               between
               the
               years
               1582.
               and
               1600
            
             ▪